Tech. Sgt. Rhonda Miller, 324th Intelligence Squadron, noncommissioned officer in charge, Air Defense Analysis, was awarded the Air Combat NCO of the Year.

According to Hickam Air Force Base officials, Air Combat Command recognized Miller's achievements in unit, base and community volunteer service.

Supply squadron receives honor

Pacific Air Forces Regional Supply Squadron was recently awarded the Pacific Region Federal Organizational Excellence Award 2002 from the Honolulu-Pacific Federal Executive Board, a program that honors outstanding federal employees.

According to Air Force officials, the squadron provided warfighter support to nine wings while serving as America's air bridge across the Pacific. The squadron also supported weap-ons systems valued at more than $10 billion.

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25th Infantry to change leaders

A ceremony has been scheduled July 18 for the change of command for the 25th Infantry Division (Light) and U.S. Army, Hawaii.

Maj. Gen. James M. Dubik, who took charge of the division in November 2000, is being replaced by Maj. Gen. Eric T. Olson.

Dubik has been assigned as director for joint experimentation, J-9, U.S. Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va.

Olson was commandant of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.

Olson commanded the 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry (Mechanized) of the 197th Separate Infantry Brigade and served as a task force commander during Operation Desert Storm.

WWII remains sought in Europe

Search-and-recovery operations are set to begin in Europe for American remains unaccounted for during World War II.

Two recovery teams consisting of about 20 people from the U.S. Army Central Identification Laboratory Hawaii will deploy today to four sites believed to contain the remains of servicemen lost during World War II.