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ay 30, 1985 marked the beginning of another

Air National Guard milestone as 35 membersof the 54 t h Ci v i l Eng i ne e r i ng ( CE) Fl i gh t ' s ' '

v ' -Pr i me BEEF (Ba s e Eng i ne e r Eme rg ency For ce ) - ,> .team departed for the Pacific Air Force by Sgt. George Katsu oto(PACAF) special combat engineering tra ningsite t Runsan Air Base , Korea. This wasthe first time Air Guard engineers integra-

Col. John S. W . Lee, 154 Compositeted with regular Air Force Prime BEEFers for Group Co mander, said farewell to 44 mem ersthe specialized wartime training at the camp,

of the 154 Tactical Hospital at Hickam 's MACDurin the rigorous five days of training,

te minal. Hospi al workers deployed on theirthe.

154th worked alongside 40 engineers from second trip o the USAF Hospital at YokotaM sawa Air base Japan 's 432nd Civil Engineer-

Air Base, Japan. This deployment, fromin Squadron (PACA ). T e site is operated une 21 to July 4 involved 38 medical per on-by PACAF's 554th Red Horse Squadron and man- nel and additional support personnel whichned by cadre instructors who are highly ex-

included one officer, three cooks, twoperienced heavy equipment operators special-

drivers, one historian and totalled 45 per-ly trained in base recovery after attack sonnel.techniques. T e purpose of the deployment was to

The primary operational tasking of everytrain with respective counterparts in the

USAF, ANG and AFRes Civil Engineering Prime medical field and to conduct the TacticalBEEF unit is to provide specially skill man-

Hospital's medical readiness.and trained, fully equipped , rapid mobile

During the 14-day trip, ll 154 Tacticalgineering teams which can deploy to any war

lospital personnel were certified or requali-zone worldwide withing 28 hours notice. On

fied in the following training areas:arrival, teams must rapidly setup living,

1) Cardiopulmona y Resuscitation, 2) Firstmessing and sanitation facilities then restore Aid, 3) Chemical Warfare, 4) Gas ask Fami-enemy bombed runways and taxiways to minimum liarization, 5) Quality Assurance Program ,operating co dition so mission ai craft can b) Physical Fitness Testing and 7) Disaster

(Continued on page 6) Training. (Continued on page 7)

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July 14, 1985 Kukailimoku

Commanders `Code of the U. S. Fighting ForceCorner •6I will never forget that I am anAmerican fighting man, respon-sible for my ections , end

by dedicated to the principlesCol. J ohn S .W. Lee whi c h ma de my c o u n t r y f r e e . I

wi l l t r u s t i n my God e n d i n t heUnited States of America.

Co manders Corner

When July comes around each year, theHANG Co mma n d e r s a n d t he i r s t a f f in e e t t o M A O P O P O IA Eplan and formalize the next fiscal year's „activities. Goals and objectives aredefined to provide guidance markers for '

__the coming year; all deployments arescrutinized so that each functionalagency is exposed to the "big picture"

and then resources needed for deployments ;a r e me a n i n g ul l y a pp l i e d ; c omma n de r s a r e ,

/briefed by critical sta ff agenciesconcerning where their unit stands with dregard to the managernent of personnel and l'logistics. Corrective actions needed to by CA Sq lst Sgtbring units up to par are openly discus- Jack W Uhrigsed among commanders to take fulla va nt a g e o f c r o s s - .t e l l i n f or ma t i on .

We went through an ambitious and . C ange to 35-10,"Fatigues ay be worn

c ha l l e ng i n g FY8 5 UT a n d de p l o y me n t t o o f f b a s e e s t ab l i s hmen t s t o i n c l ude s or t

schedule. The total effort produced by convenience stops and eating at fast-food

our Composite Group personnel accounted restaurants".for an intensive and highly productiveworking year. Our commanders will egain 2. Change to 35-10, Cap, Blue Flight,

"OP-be seeking to structure high quality TIONAL : en not being worn , may be tucked

t r a i n i ng e x p e r i e n c e s c o u p l e d wi t h un der b e l t on l e f t s i de b e twe en l s t an d 2n d

deployment opportunities to broaden our belt loops with opening of cap facing to t

personnel's growth wave. rear. Hat must not protrude ahove top of

The return of the TWA highjacked belt".hostages with no U .S , compromise toterrorist demands underline the impor- 3. C ange to 35-10, Cap Fatigue,

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tance of our military credibility along W en not being worn , may be carried by tuck

with the firm American conviction to seek ing bill of cap in back of trousers. Shirtjustice and not retribution. In our role must be tucked in".as ANG members, it is important tomaintain our readiness level at "betterthan the average bear" in order to N EXT UTAcontribute to the U .S , military deter-rence factor to preempt terroristcontemplated actions against any 3 & 4 AUG 1985American. In our own small way, we docontribute to a strong America.



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,SA FETY N OTES

CARRYI NG LA IABLES CAN BE AZARDOUS

' By TSg t Vi c La a dr i d - Gr oun d Sa f e t y NCO

."" A recent fatal POW mish p involving a... , PACA member indicated that he was carrying

a container of extra gasoline in his car.' In a collision, the cap of the container

. came o f f an d v apo r s f i l.l e d t h e p a s s en ge r

b Cha lain t compartment which was ignited by a smallfire in the engine area. Both vehicles were(ll t) Robert Nagamine en gu l f e d i n f l ame s wi t h i n t wo mi nu t e s o f t he

_ •pact. Other factors in case i.e. alcohol

Summer can be a time of reevaluation ,use and non-use of seatbelts. Compound thiswith extra fla mables in the vehicles andthought and reflection for some of us. you have a " O-WIN" situation.Thought provoking questions may arise. Where

am I going? What a I doing? What •hasbroug t me to where I am now? VW Bugs have a unique design that is

One of the gt acest prayers ever ripe for this type of mishap. The heaterrecorded was a prayer by Saint Francis o.

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ducts which is built into the framepan con-

P a y . 0 S .F a n n e c t s t h e ho t en gi ne d i r e c t l y o t h e pa s s en-

ger compartment. So if any fla mable vapors

LO cd , ma e me an r e o 6 you p ea ee .a r e i n t h e c a r , i t c r e a t e s an exp l os i v e s i t -uation . As a Honolulu Police Traffic Inves-he .

ha t ed, me b aw o ve ; t i ga t or , I ' v e d pe r s onn a l y i nv e s t i ga t ed ah e .e e e nl y , pa don; e a s e l i k e t h i s l o ea l l y an d n e e d l e s s t o s ayh e e . ..

dou6, a e; t h e o pe r a t o r ex p i r e d f r o b u rn s an d n o t i n-he e t. t h , op e ; u r i e s f r om t h e col l i s i on . We h ope t h ih Q e n • 9 ' i n f o r a t i on i s a l e s s on l e a r n f or a l l . Le t cs

an d e h e a d, oy . not make the sa e mistake.

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much eeo be eo a ed a o eon a e;o be unde e aod a o d r and; KUKAILIMOKUo be oved o OVQ .

MEM BERS O f T HE K U KA/ LIM O K USTAF

, ,n g v ng ha we eee ve, T b s K UKA ILIMOKU Is a t u n de d C l a s s 1. p Ld U n g h W e 1.C

D _n s s p a p e r p r bt i s >se d ss o a t h l y by a n d ! o rt he sas mbs rs ot t he t 3 4 th C O M PG , H A NGed, and n dy ng a we a e H i c k a sa A F6 , Ml . O p i a l o e s s : p re s s e d e rs6 0 t n L , , a rs a o t ne e e s s a l y t h o . e o t t <t e U a i t s dS tat es A i r F ore s or t s H a va i l A r N at ioa t G ar d.As we l o o k a t o u r Mi s s i o n i n l i f e , o n e s o sae e t the sa. t e ria l r s s d as ` s s w

o f o u r mi s s i o n s ma y b e e x p r e s s e d t h r o u gh Pro v i de d by t e sss t i c . . o rc e s Pre s st i s p r a y e r . I t t a k e s s ome ma t u r i t y on o u r .

s e r ic e a ad ths Air e re s s s s rv te s ,ot le lal Dyp. rt sat ot Deteese act lvl tls. .p a r t t o s t r i v e t owa r d a mi s s i o n s u ch a s t h i s . t trts . . o . ld e d lr. c t s d to t Co MPGBu t p o s i t i v e g r ow t h wi l l f o l l ow . Ot h e r wi s e / PA. HANG, Hlc a. w r o re s a a e . HIi s t h e r e a n y g a i n i n l i f e ? 9 6e 3 . PH: 4 49 -l 74 .

Coloael do a S.W. Lee, 15• CO PGBu t t h e n c ome s t h e b l e s s i n g a n d r e wa r d .

Co ms ande rs t a t e me n t i s t r u e : " F o r i t i s i n g i v i n g Ma)or Richard K. Shtsao nr. ,` h a t we r e c e i v e , i t i s i n p a r d o n i n g t h a t we P . b1ic A ta l rs o ttlc e r

.re pardoned, and it is in dying that we areb o r n t o e t e rn a l l i f e .

" a t we s ow , we s h a l l KUKAIKIMOKU 6 TAFF

r e a p . Wh a t we p u t i n t o l i f e , we wi l l r e c e i e Ts Cb te . s . G . lct . . . . . . Edlto rb a c k

. M y we a l l h a v e a b l e s s e d s u m e r a ss t s . t. s s i lva. . . . . As s o e . Edl to rSS 16e. r Cals i. a. . . . . . . . I l tust r. torwe apply t is prayer to our lives. .



Pa e 4 July 14, 1985 Kukailimokution MSgt Ken Morimoto new : QC superv isor

S replacing Tosh i Oshiro ... nd to SSg Billie' Benner who w ill be assigned to the Un it C

-r e e r o f f i c e d u r i n g UTA d a y s . . Ou r Fon d e s

•̀' •̀ Al oh a t o TSg t Au g u s t Be r n a r d i n o l o n g t i en e W S- ` part tirner from the Electric shop . August

-., - -• one of the old timers of the guard will be

' t ` ' l e av i n g t h e gu a r d r e t i r i ng a f t e r t h e Aug u sV.W S

, UTA. . ah a l o Augu s t f or y our s r on g ded i c a -• rtion ...by SMSgt. Art Lee...

fter w eeks of trying to pay Zippy for

... kay you people out there, th is heah the Ch ili Sale ,Chief Sato finally comple-

new sletter may be a little lengthy today ,ted his financial report ; Gross Sales was

so Mr Edita please give me some mo space .6,5

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, profits $3,181.15 . Ch ief Satoextends his appreciation to all who sup-

... irst of all, we want to congratulate ported t is project... ahalo.our Commander for receiving the "Outstand-ing Field Grade Officer 's Award" for the -.. ur deepest condolences to th e Padilla

past year. Col Ault was presented the fam ily on the recent passing of their sonaward recently during th e annual HNGA as-

Geoffery ... nd to the Paahana family onsociation banquet.. igh t On ..

passing of their Father ...loha No ..

... e also want to congratulate the two ••. ing this month : Sgt Charles McKee ,new Chiefs recently promoted , Chief Kozen 1ain t Scheduling Crse 7 July to 20 pKaneshiro and Ch ief Stan Kodama, although at (UGH ) C anu te ; SMSgt Dicky DeVeas .

I -not in the CAM squadron these guys really

18 Ju ly NCO Academy Seminar , Lincoln ;support our personnel.. ongratulations ..

Capt Keith Kunich ika Reserv e Forces CrseMa ell Ala, and to A1C Ron Mori avion c

... lsc to MSgt Tom Hirao and his fishing section for being chosen honor studeitcrew who won the special award during the at Lowry..Ahi Tourney held on Kauai, a trophy forcatching the smallest fish, a 1 pound ... uring the Kamehameha Day parade, theKa akawa.. is crew, General Richardson Kamehameha float broked down between theand Colonel Cabrinha.. e team of SMSgt Ilikai Hotel and Kaiser.-Hospita

l, hold-Howard 5ato, TSGt's Rod Tokuda and Dennis ing up the parade. T e Royal Guard m rch-Fukumoto won lst place, Also Col Mo Sman ing in the b ck of the float came to ateam also placed high, a clean swe@p for complete halt also. The Royal Hawaiianthe Hickam fishermen..

Band in front of the float kept on march-ing and was ge ting farther and farther

... ountdown on retirement: SM Sgt Toshio a ay from everyone .. uick th inking KapenaOsh iro retired from the A ir Tech Detach- Moku CMSgt Harry Awana maneuv ered the RGment 22 June and SMSgt Bill Austin will around the float, pu t th e guard in quickretire 19 July .. oth Bill and Toshio were step cadience and caugh t up the band ..

h ehonored at the awards luncheon this past parade covered 4.5 miles and along th eFriday at th e Halekoa , also honored were rou te , th e Royal Guard received tremendousChief Tom Sato, MSgt Paul Kealoha and TSg ovations especially when they passed th eRobin Ito for th irty years of serv ice o rev iewing stand ... muathe guard, wow, sure is a lot of years eh .The squadron will honor Bill at a retire- •.. no her group of guardsmen really de-

ment Luau on the 20 h of July and Toshio se ving recognition is the basketball team .at a chinese dinner on the 17th of August. ey just recently won the HNG ChampionshiContact MSgt Rudy Luat for Oshiro's party,

by beating the 487t battalion last Wednes-and TSgt John Chun for Bill's Luau.. et us day . This is the 2nd title since Febr aryreally send these guys off and show them when they won the State Air Guard champion-our appreciation for their long time ser- ship. Coached by TSgt Jimmy Pahukula withvice... peaking of parties, don 't forget Sgt arold Hewett assisting. Tsgt Pahukulathe CAM squadron recognition night on the did a tremendous job organizing the team2lst Sep 85, we promise you all this will to win both titles. Team members: Captainbe the best banquet ever and for only $10 Darryl Wong, Sgts Guy Fuentes, Arthur Kaai,bucks?? John Rodrigues, Gary ema, Mark Coulbourn e,

and R ick Manois .. ood work fellas .,.and can

... e wan to welcome to the Staff func- (Continued on nex t pa e)



July 14, 1985 Kuk ilimoku

you fmagine we will have the same te possi le ineligf il ty for reenlistment bo-t year? nus if you execute an i nedi te reenlistment

or extension prior to your no mal Expizatio... inally, all you Sandbaggers, this is Te of Service (ETS).the lst and last notice of t e coming All O ce you are enrolled, it is your re-A G Golf Tourney, scheduled for 16 Sep 85

sponsibility to apply to the VA for benefits.Hickam Golf Course Shot Gun .Only 144 gol- Apply at our local VA office or educationalfers will be allowed to play . Sig up now . institution's veterans' affairs office. _. . . nd ow abou t tha t 154 g ol f c l ub membe r Bene f i t s ar e pr ov i de d f or pur s ui t o f a

who played 13 holes finally noticed his program vf education at an inst tution offly was open, Hmm no wonder his pants kept higher learning approved by the Veterans

on sliding downwards, next time L .K . carry Administration (VA). The program wi11 bea safety pin with you ... uwe and Auwee..... ad inistered and benefits paid by the VA aa

NE1N GI BILL Y gf o l l ows :

B MS t. Iris Kabazawa A $140 per month for full-ti e enroll-On July 1, 1985, Public Law 98-525 be- ment.came effective for all military personnel g,

$105 permonth for three-quarter-timewh meet eligibility requirements . Members, enrollment.including bonus program participants are C,

$70 permonth for one-half-ti e en-eligible for this new educational assistance rol ent.entitlement. As a result of the new I Bill, e ma imum benefit period is 36 monthsnew enlistees will no longer have the option r the equivalent in three-quarter or one-to select between a cash bonus or educational half time enrollment. School attendanceassistance bonus. T e educational assistance criteria to qualify will be deter ined bybonus has been el inated. Cash enlistment; the VA .reenlistment; affiliation bonuses and the

dent Loan Repayment Program have hot been Members currently utilizing the Vietnam. ected.

Era Bill or the VEAP Program are not eligibleA ecent ruling by the State Attorney for the new GI Bi11. Like the Tuition Waiver,

eneral states that the NG Tuition Waiver you cannot double dip. Shouid you have any

_rog'r m and the new "GI Bi11" cannot both questions on the new GT Biil or any other

be utilized. Opinion is that it's one orbonus program , contact MSgt, Iris Rabazawa,

the other.BCA, at 449-5 b9 or 449-5685,

Eligibility for the new GI Bill is as pRO M Q T1 N Sfollaws:

A . Must be a High School diploma g a-Congratulations to the following people

duate or w ill receive a secondary school who have been pramoted to the ranks indicated:diploma or equivalency certificate beforecompletion of initial Active Duty Training K EFFECTI E DATE(IADT).

C GT. Kozen Kaneshiro Jun-17, 1985B. Must complete IADT and 180 calendar GT. Stanley S. Kodama Jun 1 , 1985 '

days satisfactory Selected Reserve erv ice.SSGT. Dennis N. Abe Ju 17, 1985

C. Must not have received a baccalau-SSGT. Russell T. Leong Jun 17, 1985

reate degree, or equivalent, or completed aMSGT. Stanley K. Tsuka oto Jun 17, 19$5

course of instruction required for award of SSGT. Eric Y.C. Lee Jun 17, 1985

a BA/BS degree.SGT. William L. Abilla Jun 21, 1985

D . Must agree to se ve 6 years in theSGT. George Goula Jun 8

, 1985Selected Reserve between Jul. 1, 1985 - Jun.

SGT. Craig M . I.akiya Jun 21, 198530, 1988.

SGT. M iles K. Moriya a Jun 21, 1985E. Officers without degrees must serve SGT. Douglas K. Pilares Ju 21, 1985

6 years in addition o any other Selected SGT. Grant H . Yamashiro Jun 15, 1985R erve obligation.

SRA . Nicholas 1uragin Jr. Jul i0, 1985SRA . George Woolworth Jul 5, 1985If you meet the ab ve eligibil ty re-

quirements, you are entitled to receive theA1C. Roxanne E. Willia son Jul 8, 1985

ew GI Bill benefits. Enrollment may beA1C. Za1en R. Arakaki Jun 18, 1985

.ccomplished at CBPO where DD For 2385 andA1C. Jeffrey P . Buss Jul 9

, 1985

necessary extension/reenlistment will be •A1C. Angela L . Ho Jul 11, 1985

completed. You may execute an immediateA1C. Joyce A . Valdivia Jun 8

, 1985

reenlistment or extension for a period which,A1C. Pamela B.L Hiu Jun 19, 1985

when added to your current obligated service, • Gregory J . Pelayre Jul 2,1985

, ., , v ,, ,, , ; r A . Wy a t t L . Copp Ju l 2 198 5

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,1985 Kukailimoku

(FIND T E BEEF , Continued from fron t p ge)

be launched. The next phase of the team 's job ` •is to reconstitute primary base support facil-ities , especially aircraft m ain tenan ce , com- ,mand operating lacations and util t

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of the un it had been at Eglin AFB six month:_

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The first day as busy as the team me - USAF integrated Prim BEEF training deploy-b ers , working under the direction of 154th men t w ith H ickam 's 15 CE Squadron (PACAF)deploym ent OIC

,Capt Alvin Satogata and as- to the Air Force 's Special Training Center

sisted y Capts Sid Keliipue le and R y ama- at Eglin AFB,F lorida last December .

shiro , constructed 13 hard and soft b ack ten ts T rough the combination of intense homefor sleeping quarters , messing and sanitation station train ing and the two deployments ,facilities using R i and arvest Eagle kits the 154th attained m ission capab le Prirneidentical to those prepositioned at all USAF BEEF trained status w ith in the first nine

theater bases in orea and Europe . For the mon ths of receiving it 's directed operation

next tw o days, the engineers received in- al tasking .T is m ajor qualification m ile-

struction and ha ds-on train ing in expedient stone norm ally requ ires at least t ree year

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systems , em ergency power production , potab le /

water plan t assembly and use and s ort cu1t

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utility system restoration. Y actical train-• . -̀ « ' .

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day wartime exercise began .As attack perfo m ance in these words : "Wartim e

warning sirens sounded , the engineers don- engineering is our first order of business ;

ned gas m asks and scrambled to shelters .our job is to fix th e runw ay so the planes

Once the all clear sounded , field recon- ' can get back in the air fast. Obv iously ,aissance teams selected m in imum op rating all the variations that occur in wartire

strip locations from cratered runways and can 't be taugh t academ ically ; our success

taxiways while the RRR team s began mov ing at solv ing wart me prob lems is the combined

equipmen and materials to command post result of in tense home station training , th

directed locations . W ithin four hours ,exceptional in itiative of each member of ou

unexploded ordnance was cl ared , major unit and the pride w e t ke in gettin every

cra ers filled and A -2 alum inum m atting job done fas and well . W at makes all t i

patches assemb led and pulled into place over happen though , are the unequalled leadersh il

the filled craters . The thumbs up to launch qua lities and broad experience of our offic-

aircraft was given less than four hours ers and N COs .S mply put, they 're the best

after attack .I 've seen and orked w it anywhere ! '



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members reciprocated July 3, the day beforedeparture, by hosting a barbecue for the <: ._154 contingent.

T e be a u t y a n d e nj o y me n t o f J a pa n wa s .< a::.:..:. ..., , >e nr i ch e d w i t h t o u r s t o Ni kk o , wh i c h h i gh - " ` `l i h t e d t he To sho u Shr i ne o t o (Tomb o f 'g .I eyas u Tokugawa ) and t he Ts ukuba Ex po ' 95 . ' ' `A o t her o f f - dut y h i gh l i gh t was t he o ppor t un f - " "' . .t y t o d i ne a t an aut hent i c J apane s e t ea hous e , < < ;

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July 14, 1985 KukailimokuRANK STRUCTURE

E1 - E4 $ .00HNGEA E - E6 $6.00E7 - E9 $8.00

ALOHA NO! Members of the HNGEA .We

Your embership chairman is TSG Al DeRego ,

have a very busy year ah ad of us and we15 CAM / 449-128 or MSG Wayne Som , 15

hope that you w ill learn of the accomplish-CSS / 449-69

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ments, goals, projects and purpose of the Tangible benefits as we already accomHawaii National Guard Enlisted Assn. plished for you such as:

Brief History: The HNGEA was formed

and organized as the Hawaii National GuardDiscount Buying List

NCO Assn on 16 July 64.

On 9 May 73, theGroup Insurances

Hawaii National Guard NCO Assn opened the • Scholarship Program (member depe

membership to all enlisted ranks and thedants)

' Awards Programname was changed to the Hawaii NationalGuard Enlisted Assn. Throughout the years

L Continuity Program (20 yrs svc)

% 500 st a t e t ax exempt i onthe HNGEA has worked towards ma intainingour national security ,

improving the readi-State tuition waiver(UH part/full)

' Uniform Allowanceness of the Hawa ii National Guard and ad- uarterlvancing he status, welfare , an profession-

''̀ "Puali Koa" Newsletter (q y)

alism of its members. We 've projected two fundraisers for F

Our newly elected officers and counc il- $5 - 86 and hoping to have our Annual Memb

members FY '86: ship Meeting hosted on the island of Maui.

Pr S. SSG Jan DeRego / HANG Our biggest project is MEMBERSHIP and we 'r

V.P. MSG Wayne Soma / HANG gearing up for EANGUS Conference which w i

SEC. SPS Dennis Shimabuku l HARNG be held in Portland Gregon (26 - 28 Aug.8

TREAS. CSM Mitsuo Hasegawa / HARNG We 've put our bid to host a EANGUS Confere

Past Pres. SGM George Cho / HARNG in Hawaii for 1990. Bid w ill be VOTED up

HANG Councilmembers:during the T ime Place Comm ittee at t eNational Conference.

MSG Harvey Maeda (Kaua i) '

MSG Ken Enoki (Hilo) We urge you to continue to support

TSG A1 DeRego HNGEA annually or Life-Time,ideas of your

SGT Neal Gima own is always welcome to the council. We '

HARNG Councilmembers: working closely w ith the Officers Assn anc

w ith your dedicated support we can accomp-CSM Isayas Santa Ana (ret) lish many taskings we plan to set. Look i

MSG Stanley Mede iros (Maui) to the HNGEA 's "Puali Koa" newsletter thi:

SFC Wayne Lew is month. More issues for you to know.SFC Tom ChockSFC James Sugiyama ahalo Nui Loa......•.•• _SFC Wendell Hatam i (Hilo) p A S S & ID SSSG Robert StinsonSSG Karl Robello -PFC Norvin Olivas (Kaua i)

The following hours of operation for

the 154th Security Police Flig t's Pass &

Membership Dues INGREASE Registration Section is provided:

Your embership in the HNGEA is impor- TUESDAY - SATL'R AY : 8:30a.m . - 11:30a.m .tant to us, and we hope it's important to SAT (154 CO PG UTAs)• 8:30a.m . - 11:30

you too . The increase is based on the in- 12:30p.m - 3:OOp.m

creased requirment for more effective lob- SUN (154 CO PG U As): 8:30a. . - 11:30

bying legislative issues S ther servicesat na tional leve l as we ll as loca l leve l. Individuals requiring U .S.

Un iform ed

It 's been amended into the EANGUS By-Law s Se vices Iden tification Card ,(DD Fo 2A

and HNGEA By-Laws , o f such increase and has (Res) w ill initially report to CBPO 's Cus

taken in effect as o f 1 July 85 tom er Service Section and fill out AF Fo( n n t i n n n c



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,"Application for I entification

rds will not be issued to individuals not T e Award of Com endation will al o beting the appearance requirements of A R presentpd, by the National Safety Council,3 10,

"Dress and Personal Appearance of to he 150th Aircraf Control & Warningir Force Personnel"). Squadron , Kekaha; lst CISS (Co bat Info -

mation Systems Squadron), Hilo: 201st .'Cambat

T e following documents are required Info matfon Systems Group , Hicka ; and 201stwhen registering vehicles: CISF !Combat Information S stems FliQht),

i cka .A. Current Certificate of RegistrationO ly 10 Awards of Commend tion are bei g

B. Current Safety C eck awarded this year by, the National Safetycouncil, to Air National Guard Units nation-

C. No-Fault Insurance Card w de and six are being presented to Hawaii

Air National Guard u its.D. M ilitary Identification Card

Brigadier General dward V , Richardson ;Anyone desiring service at times other ®ander of the Hawaii Air National Guard, will

than listed above should contact S gt Har- be heading the Hawaii Air National Guard's dele-rison W .H. Ho , 154th Security Police Flight gation to the convention to eceive the awards.at 449-2080 or 449-2186.NGAUS KUDOS

Seven units of the Hawaii Air National 169t'h ACW SGuard will be onored at the National GuardAssociation of the United States (NGAUS) A N N AL TNG

vention to be held in Louisville, Ken-cky,

23-25 September 1985, w ith the pre-

sentation of 10 awards. By Capt Mary E. Branan

The 154th Composi e Group, Hicka , will e 169th conducted nnual trainingbe presented with a Distinguished Flying from June 8 - 14,1

985, cover ng a wide

Unit Plaque by the NGAUS and t e National ange of instructivn and activities. Annu l

Safety Council's highest safety award (Award training at er camp provides the oppor-

of Honor) by t e Safety Council. T e NGAUS tunity for maximu participation in complet-annually presents five distinguished fl ing ing our necessa y requirements and this year

unit plaques nationwide to recognize units was no exception .who have shown excellence in ach evement,dedication and se vice to the mission of Our squadron me bers were instructed inthe Air National Guard. T e composite group first aid , CPR, self aid and buddy care,is the only Hawaii based Air National Guard driver trainfng, height system orientation ,unit to be awarded the Award of Honor and enviromental health education , A /ECM anit is the second time that they ave been PACAF SS-79 trafning and Ha1on orientation.selected for this award.

In addition to the schedule training periods,we also received immunizations and under ent

The 202nd Combat Co unication Flight,our annual weight c ecks and physical fitness

Hick m , and the 169th Aircraft Control testing. As par of the weeks activities onWarning Squadron, Wheeler, have bo h been June 12, Capt T Lee and a group of twenty

selected to receive the Mission Support 169th members boarded the ANG C-130 and flewPlaque from the NGAUS, whic is pr se ted to Kauai for cross training visit with theto outstanding Air National Guard mission 150th ACWS. At the IROCC, we hosted a group

port units. Only five plaques are pre- of U .S. Ai Force Acade y cadets on June 14th .nted annually to Air National Guard units.

hey toured the complete facility and received

In addition, both units have again been extensive orientation on our control consoles.elected to receive the Award of Co endationfrom t e National Safety Council for their As a wrap up of for the week of hard

outst r. ing safety record.work, a get together was held on T ursdayafternoon. Needless to say it was a greatsuccess due to the many contributions of

our fellow members.



Julv 14, 1985 Kuka limoku

0N TARGET W ITH HANG need not be on active duty; however, you

must be on active duty during the period yoT e fifth annual A G precision air are actually using the facilities .

rifle pistal tournament will be held duringthe month of November. The tournamen t w ill D .

They w ill not accept any reserva-

be conducted as follow s : tions more th an thirty (30) days in advance

of th e reques ted (start) date ; i.e ., reques

A . Aut_horized entries : C rren t rnemb- ted date is Aug.

30,

1985 application must

ers of HANG and personnel in the Air Force be made on Jul.31,

1985 and no earlier .Senior Advisors office .

B. Team Composition• Unit team wi11 E. For weekend reservations, check-in

consist of a infmum of four (4) firing mem- time is by COB Friday - there wi11 be nobers. en more than four membexs are on check-ins on Saturdays or Sundays.the team , all may fire, but only the fourhighest scores w ill be used .

F.

The on ly "new " policy change (made

C . Pellet air rifles (single shot) of during the last year) is that all ANG/Reser

.177 or .

22 caliber hat operate by single vists must b e on activ e duty when using the

pump , m 7tiple pump or C02 's may be used .facilities - camp sites , cab ins , picnic

The Walther ,Feinw erkbau and other air rifles areas, etc . P eviously , use was unrestrict

used in in ternational competition are not but on a "spaceavailab l " b asis ; indiv idual

allowed .did not have to be on active duty .

D. Course of fire:1) Distance w ill be 10 meters (33 'Ft) The key to remember is to te11 the re-2) 20 h ts prone position servations clerk that you are , or at least

3) 20 shots standing position wi11 be , on active duty during the period

4) Tim e limit of 40 minutes is all- of use .Just advisin t em that you are in

owed for each position . the Haw aii ANG,Air Guard ,

AGR , or a Reser-E . Tournament w ill consist of highest vist, could lead to a qu ick m isunderstandi

unit team and indiv idual scores (lst,2nd or evoke a den ial of entitlemen t response .

and 3rd place).Everyone should rem ember that the use of

F . En try date : All entry forms w ill Bellows AFS is a privilege and not a rig t.be NLT Sept.

30,1985

.Entry for s may be

locally reproduced.G. Tournament period: To be completed pTIC E!!

by Nov . 30th and a11 targets eturned NLTDec.

8th.

Any questions and/or request for assist- ATTENTION 154 CO PG A,B,&C BASKETBAL

ance s ould be r ferred to the Marksmansh p TEAMSChairman, TSgt Ronald Muronaga, 449-5595,154 CAM/MAA (EC}.

"PA_RTY TIME"

BELL S AFS FACIT ILIES Da t e : J u 1y 26 , 1985Place : 1206 A la Napunani St ,

Moanalua ,A few f r HANG personnel w ere turn- Time : 6 :30 p .m .

ed away from using the Rel _owsA S f cilit- BYOE - "See you there !"

.ies ,

including AGR-types applying for ca in .Ha s t h e r e b e e n a p o l i c y c h a n g e f o r t h e s u mme r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

period wh ich precludes or restricts ANG per-sonnel from using facilities at Bellows?

The follow ing appl es : ATTENTION 154 COMPG A TEA BASKETBAL

PLAYERS

A . Res rv ists on active duty and AGR

personnel are entitled to use the Bellows "Meeting"

AFS facilities at any time .Date : Ju ly 14 1985

Place : NG M ess Hall

B.

Act ve duty is defined as periods Time : 2 :00 p .m .of "72 heurs or more" on rrders .

Can 't m ake meeting? Con tack Ji y Pahuku

or Me1 Aka ine.C .

W ile making reservations , a person


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Melvin Kauahi,by the 150th AC&W Squadroa was a tremendous Harvey Maeda, and Myron Dobashi. An awardaccess. Eighteen teams par icipated in banquet was held Saturday evening, June 22,

_ne three day tournament, June 19-21. As at the Kauai Surf Hotel.sho n in the photc captions, the 154 h Com- Congratulations to the Group te s:posite Group teams captured three of the 154th Motor Pool team-largest ahi, 154thsix categories. The o her catgories were: Composite G oup tea -second largest ahi,largest ahi for boats under 19 feet-Kauai d 154th ivi1 Engineering Flight te -te , 202nd Air Traffic Control Flight, most ahi.l a r g e s t m r l i n - Ka u a i t e a m, 15 0 t h &W Sq ,and most fish , m ixed-the Ben i M ark teo f Ka u s i .

HANG 6 LING TQURNAMENT?

More detailed planning to be done if in- This will be a two day event, with theterest is generated. Sixty bo lers eeded team event on one day and the singles and •to start. doubles on the other.

Proposed fo at of tournament: Play will Bowling establish r.entsbeing considered

consist of: are Aiea, MAK or Classic.

A. Five men team event. . . M x of 7 Approximate time is 3 hours for the te mersjteam and 2 ho rs for the singles and doubleaB. Single event (each).C. Doubles eventD. All events (Op ional) Proposed date is October 1985.

Participation is lfmited to 12 teams as A11 interested parties and questionsonly 12 lanes w ill be av ilable, should be referred o the Bowling Chairm n ,

CMSg[ Hiroshi Go,449-1840,

154 CAMjMAA.

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J lly 14,

1985 Kukail moku •

The championship round w as a play-off

tw een the first four team s w ith the best wloss record . Entering th is round w ere th

teams from the 159th Main tenance Battalio(A and B) 298t Engineering D etachment ,

29

Supply and Service Battlion (A and B) 227S S Engineer Com pany ,

487th Field Artillery , a

the only Air National Guard team-the fight"154 CQM G A TE ". In the end, after ea

I II I t e a m h a d d i s p l a y e d t h e i r t a l e n t a n d e x p e r t

;,,; ' it w as the "154 CO PG,A TEAM" the tournam

''I , winner. Brig. General Edward V , RichardsoI1!

, ' •j ') , p r e s e n t e d t h e t r o ph y . A p e r p u t u a l t r o p h y

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I ' wa s a l o a wa r d e d .:

' •I • Te a m me mb e r s i n c l u d e d ; Co a c h J . P a h u

G . H emma , J . Rodrigues ,A. Kaai, G .

Fuen te

- / ' Co u l b o u r n e , M. So a r e s , C . Ma n l e y , M. Ak a mi

_" ' D . Al mo d ov a , C . S i l v a , R . Ma n a o i s .'

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By Major Edw in C ung-Hoon

The Hawaii National Guard Special Ser- _® ®

vices Basketball Tournament co prised of °a

t e ams f r om t h e Hawa i Ar mv Na t i o n a l u a r d a n dAi r Na t i o n a l Gu a r d f r om Oa u c omp l e t e d i t s a .. -1 t rti -• sl - : - a . : Z-6 th o as - sll i • oc + •b

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