{"id":41107,"date":"2022-07-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/retireenews.org\/?p=41107"},"modified":"2024-08-27T18:21:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T18:21:38","slug":"webmaster-comments-pau-hana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/2022\/07\/01\/webmaster-comments-pau-hana\/","title":{"rendered":"Webmaster Comments: Last Post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2022\/05\/screen-shot-2019-11-11-at-13.23.29.png?w=1000\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:500px;height:200px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first post on the&nbsp;<strong><em>Retiree News<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>website was on Tuesday, January 22, 2013. The post said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Retiree News&nbsp;began as an electronic newsletter and has evolved to this&nbsp;blog.&nbsp;Definitely&nbsp;more to come\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been&nbsp;10,500&nbsp;posts over the last nine and a half years. Posts included promotion and retirement announcements, new benefits, old photographs, and the sharing of health information. Unfortunately, there were too many &#8220;<em>Taps<\/em>&#8221; posts announcing the passing of our friends, but we are all growing older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been over&nbsp;1,750,000 views. Numerically, the &#8220;<em>Check Six<\/em>&#8221; posts generated a lot of interest. The photographs of old friends and events hopefully brought memories of our past in the Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preserving our Guard history is&nbsp;<s>important<\/s>&nbsp;\u2013 no,&nbsp;critical, so future generations have a source where they can discover stories of Guard personalities and activities of our past.&nbsp;Hopefully there is a younger person out there who will continue the&nbsp;<strong>Retiree News<\/strong>&nbsp;tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before closing, I need to thank all those who submitted photographs and story ideas over the years. I would be remiss if I didn\u2019t single out these retired Guardmembers who consistently submitted materials and information for posts, especially identifying people in photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong style=\"font-style: italic;\">Billy Chang<\/strong><i>,<\/i><strong><i>&nbsp;John \u201cJC\u201d Chun, Clinton &#8220;Church&#8221; Churchill, Tai &#8220;Mynah&#8221; Hong, Dave<\/i><i> Howard, <\/i><i>Edmund &#8220;Fred&#8221; Hyun,&nbsp;Bob Inouye<\/i><\/strong><i>,&nbsp;<\/i><strong style=\"font-style: italic;\">Kyle Kamikawa, Gordon Lau<\/strong><i>, <\/i><strong style=\"font-style: italic;\">Blossom Logan, Randall Lum. Steve Lum, Yvette Miraflor, Ed Miyahira, Vern Nakasone, Stan &#8220;Ossum&#8221; Osserman, Edward Richardson<\/strong><i>, <em><strong>Donna Shimazu<\/strong><\/em>, the late <\/i><strong style=\"font-style: italic;\">Melvin &#8220;Humphrey<\/strong>&#8221; <strong style=\"font-style: italic;\">Souza<\/strong><i>, <strong>Wayne &#8220;Wildman&#8221; Wakeman<\/strong>,&nbsp;<\/i><strong style=\"font-style: italic;\">Erik W<\/strong><em><strong style=\"font-style: italic;\">ong<\/strong> and <strong>Sam Wong<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Special thanks to the Public Affairs staff of the State Department of Defense and the 154th Wing for their support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I posted earlier, Retiree News started in 2013, the initial intent was a 2\u20133-year gig; it has lasted over nine years. Earlier, Retiree News was an e-newsletter from 2006-2012.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What does that mean for the future of Retiree News? I\u2019m not sure. The website itself will remain up. But, as far as current posts go, this is it \u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Thank you &#8211; it has been a great run and a wonderful ride.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Me Ka Aloha Pumehana,&nbsp;Aloha K\u0101kou<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2015\/05\/f-15-break-right.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11749\" style=\"object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#003366\"><strong><em>BREAK RIGHT<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:10px\"><em>The appearance of external hyperlinks did not constitute endorsement by Retiree News, this included the linked websites, information, products, or services contained therein. Retiree News did not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. Additionally, some of the sites linked to may limit the number of stories you can access without a paid subscription. All links were provided with the intent of meeting the mission of Retiree News.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first post on the&nbsp;Retiree News&nbsp;website was on Tuesday, January 22, 2013. The post said, Retiree News&nbsp;began as an electronic newsletter and has evolved to this&nbsp;blog.&nbsp;Definitely&nbsp;more to come\u2026 There have been&nbsp;10,500&nbsp;posts over the last nine and a half years. Posts included promotion and retirement announcements, new benefits, old photographs, and the sharing of health information. 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