Oct. 14, 2012 COMMENTARY - Quotes I Learned from the 624 RSG In the noisy days we live in sometimes it is hard to know what noises to give your attention. You can easily become overloaded by information that tells how you should eat, sleep, dress, exercise, rest, vacation, work, etc. With so much going on it is easy to shut down and go into autopilot. It is
Oct. 14, 2012 IN FOCUS - Master Sgt. Abner Ganigan Master Sgt. Abner Ganigan is the 48th Aerial Port Squadron air transportation superintendent. Ganigan is the person everyone in the squadron goes to for just about everything for the past 24 years, from deployment prep to annual tour paper work. He says that helping the people in his squadron every
Oct. 14, 2012 624th RSG kicks off CFC 2012 season The 624th Regional Support Group kicks off its 2012 Combined Federal Campaign season this year with a goal of contacting each and every member of the organization by the end of their respective drill weekend in November.The annual fund-raising drive is conducted by Federal employees in their
Sept. 18, 2012 48th APS Chief volunteers at Bagram CASF [The following story features Chief Master Sgt. Gregory Boyer who is deployed from the 48th Aerial Port Squadron, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii] The state-of-the-art Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Airfield is widely recognized as the premier medical facility in Afghanistan. CJTH
Sept. 9, 2012 Mendoza assumes command of 624th RSG Col. Maynard "Max" Mendoza assumed command of the 624th Regional Support Group during a ceremony held Sept. 8, 2012 at the Missing Man Formation, Aloha Aina Park, here.Distinguished visitors in attendance included Brig. Gen. Joseph Kim, deputy adjutant general Hawaii National Guard, Brig. Gen.
Aug. 5, 2012 IN FOCUS - Staff Sgt. Michelle Falcetti Training manager, Staff Sgt. Michelle Falcetti is one of only two full-time personnel currently assigned to the 624th Security Forces Squadron. Prior to joining the Air Force Reserve last year, she served on active duty for six years. She moved to Oahu because she wanted to experience life on a
July 8, 2012 IN FOCUS: Master Sgt. Jaylene Cadiente Master Sgt. Jaylene Cadiente, health service technician in the 624th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, is focused on keeping members of the 624th Regional Support Group medically ready to deploy. Born and raised in Honolulu, she joined the Air Force Reserve in 1998. I recently sat down with Cadiente to
June 9, 2012 624th RSG mourns member killed in hit and run accident The 624th Regional Support Group mourns the loss of Staff Sgt. Matthew K. Fragas, a Fire Protection Journeyman with the 624th Civil Engineer Squadron here, who was killed in a hit and run accident on Saturday, June 2, 2012. He was 30 years old. Sergeant Fragas is survived by wife Nola, and sons