Na Leo O Na Koa

(Voices of Warriors)

2007 Chapter Rating

Newsletter of the Aloha Chapter, An Affiliate of the Military Officers Association of America Chartered January 27, 2000

Volume No. 15, Issue No. 8 Web Site: http://www.aloha-moaa.org August 2014 Tour of FAA Tower at HNL vices 15 civilian and 4 military airports. There- after, we were split into four groups of ap- On Wednesday, 23 July 2014, 46 Aloha and proximately eleven persons and went on a Hawaii Chapter members and guests travelled to physical tour of the various area of operations. the far end of Hickam Air Force Base, JBPHH, to visit the FAA Honolulu Air Traffic Control Contrary to what some might think, there Facility. We were treated to a most informative were different procedures and terms used to and fascinating tour of all phases of air traffic control air traffic in the various geographical control in and around the State of Hawaii. belts around Hawaii. We got to go into the darkened main operation control room to hear Security to the facility was tight. We had to and see how traffic instructions were given by park our cars outside the gate, be cleared indi- the air traffic controllers to airplanes up to vidually, go thru a scanning procedure like is some 30 miles enroute to or from Hawaii. done by TSA at the airport, and then be es- Then we saw the handoff of air traffic to the corted into the building. Once inside we were Honolulu Tricon that sequenced traffic to 5 briefed by Michael Schmidt, the District Facil- miles of an airport. Within five miles of the ity Manager and his senior staffers, Debbie Hawaii airport, local Airport Control tower Saito, the Deputy Facility Manager, and Darrell controllers take over and control the traffic Hood, Support Manager, about the responsi- landing, taxiing and taking off at the airport. bilities and operations of their facility that ser- One true highlight of the trip was the climb to the 10 story level glass enclosed Honolulu airport control tower to experience the 360 de- gree panoramic view of all the runways, and buildings that Inside August Issue comprise the Honolulu Inter- Birthdays 4 national Airport. Bridge Report 3 It was a truly Calendar of Events 2 spectacular view Chapter Leaders 6 not only of Dia- Community Service Project 3 mond Head, the Golf Report 4 Koolaus, and JROTC Awards 2 Honolulu but Membership Application 5 Darrell Hood , Support Manager, FAA Honolulu Con- also of cargo MOAA Picnic 5 trol Facility, left, and MG Stephen Tom , USA, Ret., jets, fighter jets, Obituary 4 addressing the tour group in the FAA Conference Room See FAA Page 3 President’s Message 2

Page 2 Nā Leo O N ā Koa No. 15, August 2014 President’s Message By John Ma Summer is in full swing and so is the election season. As good citizens we all need to exercise our privilege and re- sponsibility to vote. I strongly encourage all of you to vote – choose a person of integrity and character who supports those issues that are near and dear to your heart. On Wednesday, 23 July, 46 MOAA members and their guests participated in the tour of the Federal Aviation Administration Honolulu Control Facility. Thanks to Stephen Tom for setting up the visit. We now have a greater ap- preciation of the complexity and responsibility of our air traffic controllers. On Sunday, 10 August, we will be joining the Hawaii Chapter in their annual summer picnic Add these Websites to your “Favorites” at Bellows beach. Come and join in on the fes- tivities. The Reservation Form is on Page 5 http://www.aloha-moaa.org of this newsletter. http://www.moaa.org JROTC Awards Ceremony CALENDAR OF EVENTS 10 Aug 2014 1200, Annual MOAA Picnic, Pavillion 5A, (Sunday) Bellows AFS, Waimanalo, Oahu 10 Aug 2014 1300, Bridge Party, Fahrni Realty Class- (Sunday) room, Aiea. Hostess: Joan White 22 Aug 2014 0900, Golf Outing, Navy—Marine Golf (Friday) Course, 943 Valkenburgh Street, Honolulu 4 Oct 2014 0900, Community Service Project for the (Saturday) Fisher House, TAMC and Center for Aging 4 Dec 2014 1730, Annual Christmas Dinner Party, Sunset (Thursday) Lanai, Camp H. M. Smith, Aiea Heights (Note: Changed from a luncheon to a joint dinner )

Notice This newsletter, my 104 th issue of N ā Leo O N ā Koa, is promulgated electronically monthly as an official pub- lication of Aloha Chapter, Military Officers’ Association of America, P.O. Box 201441, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96820. Views expressed herein are not necessarily chapter policy.

No 15, August 2014 Nā Leo O N ā Koa Page 3 Aloha Chapter Party Bridge Sunday, 10 August, hosted by Joan White and June Bridge Article will be held in the Fahrni Realty Classroom. Those who have not signed up but would like The chapter’s party bridge group played on to play on that date must contact Joan by th 22 June, the 4 Sunday, because of Fathers telephone at 681-6266, or e-mail to Day. It was hosted by John Kim and played in [email protected] not later than the Fahrni Realty Classroom. Play began at 1 Wednesday, 6 August. Shirley PM with 3 tables and 3 guests. Seated, left to right: A scoring record was set this session when Jean Wilkinson , Dayle Carlson amassed an astounding 7,380 Shirley Ihara & Har- points. The closest the next player was able to riet Weissman . Stand- score was 4,930 points, and that was set by ing: Hostess Mitzi Aus- Joan White , who was followed by guest tin , Dan Matthews Tamae Shiraishi , Les Ihara and Dan Mat- & Joan White . thews . Also participating were Mitzi Austin , Bobbi Carlson , Shirley Ihara , John Kim, Community Service Project Jean Wilkinson and guests Judy Lutsy and Save the date – 4 October for our commu- Hazel Theodore . nity service project. We will again donate vital The monthly bridge sessions for the rest of supplies to the Fisher House on the grounds the year will be the 2 nd Sunday of the month. of Tripler Army Medical Center and prepare Thus, the next session will be held in the inspirational cards for the 250 patients at Fahrni Realty Classroom on 13 July hosted by TAMC and 60 at the Center for Aging. This Mitzi Austin. project is being coordinated by the Aloha Chapter’s COL Wes Fong , USA, Ret., and July Bridge Article Marion Von of the Merrie Ladies . This greatly As stated in last month’s report, this month’s appreciated project was a big success last year bridge session was played on the 2 nd Sunday, 13 so we are going to do it again. July. It was hosted by Mitzi Austin , who tried Hope you can join us on 4 October. De- relentlessly to get program members to play tails to follow. Wes but was able to muster enough for only 2 ta- FAA Continued from Front Page bles of bridge. Play began promptly at 1 PM in the Fahrni Realty Classroom. passenger jets, and even small propeller aircraft taking off, landing and taxing all around us. Ending this session with the highest score We all came away from the visit with a greater was Harriet Weissman with 4,840 points. appreciation and sense of admiration on how She was followed by Les Ihara who scored safe our air traffic control system is in Hawaii. 4,050 points. Since there was a discrepancy in Our special thanks goes out to District Man- total scores discovered while verifying them, ager Schmidt and especially our host, Darrell Joan White ended up in 3 rd place followed by Hood and to our guides, David Hodges, Glo- Dan Matthews . The other 4 players were rianne Cooper, and Clendon Nakasone. Mitzi Austin, Shirley Ihara , Jean Wilkinson , Following our visit to the Honolulu Control Fa- and guest Judy Lutsy . A small slam was bid cility, we enjoyed a delicious lunch of hamburg- and made by partners Joan White and Dan ers, chicken Caesar salad, or prime rib dip sand- Matthews. wiches at Sam Choy’s Island Seafood Grille The next monthly bridge session will be on (formerly the Seabreeze Restaurant). Stephen

Page 4 Nā Leo O N ā Koa No. 15, August 2014 July Golf Report oka ; and in the final group were Jerry Bruce , Gary Hamada and Vernon Von . Once again you have a re- port by an absentee golf coor- Since we did not have our usual blind partner dinator. Things seemed to be mega jackpot, we settled for bragging rights. going well, there were twenty In third place with a net score of 72 was Kelly ayes for this month's golf out- Lau and a tie for first place between Curtis Lee ing, with nary a single change and Gary Hamada with a net score of 67, con- of “can't make it.” Thus, the gratulations to the top pairs; we had a great Norm Fujiwara list was completed, the golf game. Thank you all for coming out today and course notified, Guy Hagi gave a favorable re- hope that you all had an enjoyable day. Sorry I port and everything was a go: golf bag, shoes could not make it. and all necessary items in the trunk of the car. Now for our thought of the day: “Skillful Then, on Thursday around noon, I must have listening is the best remedy for loneliness, lo- ingested some contaminated food or swallowed quaciousness and laryngitis.” some nasty bug because I spent the rest of the Our next golf outing will be on Friday, 22 afternoon in bed. I asked J ohn Ma if he August, at the Navy Marine Golf Course. would coordinate the golf outing. Signup forms will be e-mailed soon. Aloha! The group Hau'oli l ā ānau! started promptly at h In Memoriam Partial List of 0900. The lead LTC Kenichi Ken Watanabe , foursome was August Babies USA, Ret., 90, of Aiea passed away headed by Kelly Mark Torreano 8/02 1 July at Pali Momi Hospital, Aiea. Lau , with Steve Thomas Seale 8/02 Kenichi was born at Oahu Sugar, Tom , Paul Lister George Brenenstahl 8/03 Waipahu. He graduated from Far- and John Ma; next Pearl Miyasaki 8/06 rington High School in 1940. He was in the came Gordon William Higgins 8/06 Army with the Military Intelligence Service from Cho and Curtis Lisa Crompton 8/14 1944 to 1954, under MacArthur in occupied Ja- Lee , and Gordon's Eugene Imai 8/19 pan and then in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. guests Michael Kenzo Kanemoto 8/21 Ken was a Life Member of the Aloha Chap- Helene Webster 8/22 and Barb Proctor ; ter, MOAA, a member of the Military Intelli- Irwin Cockett 8/24 gence Service (MIS) Veterans’ Club of Hawaii, in the third Louis Crompton 8/24 and a Life Member of MIS Post 110, Veterans group were Walt Mel Soong 8/24 of Foreign Wars (VFW), which he founded. and Janice Kino- Eddie Lee 8/26 Ken volunteered at the Battleship USS Mis- shita, and their Nobuo Matsuda 8/26 souri and at Tripler VFW helping many veter- guests Kerry Kiy- Harold Kuwahara 8/28 ans prepare and submit VA benefit claims. abu and an un- Harold Tonda 8/30 He generously supported patients at Tripler known guest; Ken Best Wishes for AMC as a VA Voluntary Service leader for Yamada followed many, many more VFW. He will be sorely missed by the veter- playing with his Birthdays! ans for whom he did so much and his friends. three guests Char- Ken is survived by his wife, “Miki”, now a life lie Takayama , auxiliary member, 2 brothers, 1 sister, 2 daugh- Dennis Kawano ter, 6 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. and Danny Yoshi-

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2014 Aloha Chapter Leade rship Directors Executive Committee & Committee Chairs President: John Ma , USA Effective 1 January 2014 486-4805 [email protected] Vice President: Stephen Tom, USA (Term in years indicated in parenthesis) 295-2570 [email protected] Secretary: Ira Tagawa, USA (1) Mark Webster, USN Chairman 487-5448 [email protected] Treasurer: John Kim, USAF 734-5994 [email protected] 988-3349 [email protected] Community Affairs: Wesley F. Fong, USA (1) Lawrence Enomoto, USAF Parliamentarian 595-6127 [email protected] 685-1521 [email protected] Legislative Liaison: Robert G. F. Lee, HARNG 486-1488 [email protected] (2) Wesley Fong, USA Membership: Lawrence Enomoto, USAF 595-6127 [email protected] 685-1521 [email protected] Personal Affairs: Harold Okita (Windward), (2) Mel Soong, USA 262-0882; & John Jefferis (Leeward) 372-6601 254-2374 [email protected] Programs: Stephen Tom, Ira Tagawa. Melvin Soong & Helene Webster (1) Robert Kozuki, USA Publications/PR: Mark Webster , USN 942-4047 [email protected] 734-5994 [email protected] ROTC/Veteran Affairs: Harold Kuwahara , USA (2) Ira Tagawa, USA 944-4010 [email protected] Bridge: Shirley Ihara 487-5448 [email protected] 239-7947 [email protected] Fundraising: Herb Nakagawa , USAF (2) Harold Takenaka, USA 271-1172 [email protected] 456-7822 [email protected] Golf: Norman Fujiwara, USA 626-4630 [email protected] Scholarships: Curtis Lee, USA 836-6733 [email protected]