We will become the official color guard for future highland games for the Hawaiian Scottish Association, beginning in 2018.Ĭadet Petty Officer first Class Rika Kihara receiving the SAMS JROTC award at our awards banquet at E. We look forward to our first meeting called by our new post commander, Larry Phillips in the near future, where a formal change of command will commence. #Bagpipe player oahu PatchOur post was renamed to Princess Victoria Ka'iulani Post 808 to commemorate the Hawaiian Scottish heritage of our former monarchy and a post patch was designed by Amanda Hess and instituted to members in 2017.įuture prospects for our post include the formation of a genealogy section to enhance the heritage of members of Post 808. Our post consists of a nice mixture of veterans representing the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force and Marine Corps, as well as the National Guard. There are several schools which are not aware of our program, so we are contacting them this year, as well as schools on Hawaii Island, and Maui. In Hawaii, the following schools have been provided awards with the presentations planned within the next few weeks: King High School in Sasebo, Japan was one of the recipients of our SAMS medal. We are starting 2018 with our continual support of the JROTC program, not only in Hawaii, but in the Far East as well. Leilehua, Farrington, Kaiser, Castle, Waianae, Punahou, Waipahu, Radford and Mililani all on Oahu.Ĭolor Guard - Chuck Jamison, Amanda Hess, Mike Mederios, Sita Menor, Larry Phillips at the Scottish Games JROTC SAMS Awards were presented at the following High Schools: The month of May is a busy time with all the JROTC Award Presentations: We are looking at establishing a Color Guard for performing at the Military and local events here in Hawaii. We also were the Color Guard for the opening ceremonies for both days. I believe in giving back to the community and hope as a Post we can be more involved with our local military and veterans.Īt the Hawaiian Scottish Festival and Highland Games, SAMS manned a table, with Amanda Hess, Sita Menor, Chuck Jamison, and Mike Medeiros spreading the word. I am Past Chieftain of the Caledonian Society of Hawaii, and Past Chieftain of the Hawaiian Scottish Association. I served as Vice president of the Golden Bear Chapter, Telephone Pioneers( a volunteer organization which serves the community), I have been the Vice-President of the Local Postal Workers Union. My background is: I served in the Navy, am a Vietnam Vet, have retired from AT&T as a Maintenance Splicer(26 years), and U.S Postal Service retired Machine Mechanic(14 years). The change of command ceremony is being planned with no date set as of yet. Vote was unanimous and the board was accepted as presented. Phillips - Post Commander, Chuck Jamison - Adjutant and Webmaster, Amanda Hess - Quartermaster, Garth Hess - Historian and Genealogist, Primasita "Sita" Menor - Sergeant-at-arms. As of today we have 14 members on our roster.Īt the 37th Annual Hawaiian Scottish Festival and Highland Games, held April 7 & 8,2018 at McCoy Pavilion, Ala Moana Beach Park, Honolulu the membership nominated the following slate for election to board. #Bagpipe player oahu PcPC Phillips reports: As the incoming commander for Princess V Ka`iulani, Post 808 Honolulu, Hawaii, this my first quarterly report. I also brought my flugelhorn along to play a British Army bugle call, 'The Last Post', and played that at both events. Tina Yap, Hardy Spoehr, Howard Lavy, Warren Cone, Lisa Gomes, Adolph 'Alf' Schnieder, Kristen McNab, Greg Kim, Pomaikai Wee, Frank Talamantes, and Dan Quinn. The Celtic Pipes and Drums of Hawaii played Battle's O'er and other tunes at the Eternal Flame across the street from the State Capitol at 11 am. Left to right: John Bell (read the honors), Theresa Bell, Kim Greeley (wife of a former marine), Melanie Brown, Christopher (student of Kim), Warren Cone (wearing my Coast Guard Tropical Blue uniform with the Coast Guard Tartan kilt), Mark Reed (Celtic Kula, but also an Army Reservist). As it turned out I played that tune, and a few others with members of Celtic Kula. Officially the 6 am playing of Battle's O'er was not affiliated with any band. We here in Hawaii would have been among the last to play. Warren Cone: Pipers around the world played 'When the Battle's O'er' at 6 am in their time zones. Piper Warren Cone with Celtic Kula at the War Memorial (left) and with Celtic Pipes and Drums of Hawaii
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