{"id":66615,"date":"2022-05-14T08:06:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-14T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retireenews.org\/?p=66615"},"modified":"2024-08-28T18:58:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T18:58:50","slug":"unforgettable-thank-you-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/2022\/05\/14\/unforgettable-thank-you-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Unforgettable \u2018Thank You Note\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hawaiiairguard\/\"><em>Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/files\/2022\/05\/280744388_328404319424215_7144110050056514956_n.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66616\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Hawaii Air National Guard photograph<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s face it, work emails might not be the most thrilling part of your day. But like everything else, there are exceptions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maj. Hank and the rest of the 204th Airlift Squadron\u2019s Human Space Flight Rescue Crew received an unforgettable \u2018thank you note\u2019 directly from the International Space Station after supporting NASA\u2019s most recent launch. The message included a jaw-dropping photo of earth from the ISS\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the four astronauts blasted off into the earth\u2019s orbit, Hawaii Air National Guard C-17s provided contingency standby rescue packages, ready to deploy in the event of an unplanned landing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pueos have taken on the rescue mission since the Commercial Crew Program started to send travelers to space in 2020, and routinely work alongside pararescue teams and many other ground-support partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An exert from the message read \u201cIt is humbling to be supported by you all, and to see the resources that are amassed to support our launches and landings. We are grateful for your vigilance and professionalism. Please extend our thanks to the rest of your team.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well done and&nbsp;congrats&nbsp;on completing another successful mission!<\/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>Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page Let\u2019s face it, work emails might not be the most thrilling part of your day. But like everything else, there are exceptions! Maj. Hank and the rest of the 204th Airlift Squadron\u2019s Human Space Flight Rescue Crew received an unforgettable \u2018thank you note\u2019 directly from the International [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"51775,62509,30181,9589,38651,34410","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12393,15],"tags":[282,1212,1617,5582,9250],"class_list":["post-66615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2020s","category-history","tag-204th-airlift-squadron-204-as","tag-astronaut-recovery","tag-boeing-c-17-globemaster-iii","tag-human-space-flight-rescue-crew","tag-pueos"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dod.hawaii.gov\/retireenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}