Native Hawaiian Veterans, LLC Named on Top Business List for 2009

In recognition of the economic power of privately held businesses, DiversityBusi-ness.com, the nations’ leading business-to-business internet site, recently namedNative Hawaiian Veterans, LLC as one of the top businesses in the United States.

This is the 9th annual listing of the State’s and/or Nation’s top businesses by Di-versityBusiness.com. Ranging in revenue size, the companies listed on the TopBusiness Lists represent the Nation’s top multicultural earners and challenge thelong-held notion that a privately held business is small or insignificant. Winnersare sought after by major corporations wishing to increase spending with smallbusinesses.

“Entrepreneurs are a growing force in the U.S. economy, and a force to be reckoned with,” said KentonClarke, CEO of Computer Consulting Associates International, the company that built DiversityBusi-ness.com. This is a whole business segment that can carry its own, that provides jobs, products and ser-vices, and generates wealth for their communities. These are the new leaders in American business.”

“Native Hawaiian Veterans, LLC has build a trusted name in the industry, and being a partner to thecommunity, by providing exceptional services and solutions via an ethical employee-oriented companythat gives back.” said Dr. Raymond Jardine Jr., President & CEO of Native Hawaiian Veterans, LLC.

CEO / President’s Corner

Inside this issue:

E Komo Mai, Anniversaries,

Birthdays2

Ho’okipa—Revisited 3

Spotlight: Strategic Planning

Conference4-5

CNIC Change in Command 6

Small Business Person of theYear 2009

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NHV Assists in Go Live 8

Fire & Emergency Servicesfrom NHV

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NHV Execs Attend theInaugural Ball

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The List

This List is a classification that represents the top small businesses in theU.S., in sectors such as technology, manufacturing, food service and pro-fessional services. Large organizational buyers throughout the countrythat do business with multicultural, small and women-owned businessesuse the list. The List is produced annually by DiversityBusiness.com, thenation's leading multicultural B2B Internet portal that links large organ-izational buyers to multicultural product and service suppliers.

The winning companies will be honored at a special awards ceremony atDiversityBusiness.com’s “9th Annual Multicultural Business Confer-ence”, taking place April 29 – May 1, 2009 at the Disney’s Contempo-rary Resort in Orlando, Florida.

Native Hawaiian Veterans, LLC will be honored in eight categories:

Top 100 Native American Owned Business in the US – 92 Top 500 Hispanic American Owned Business in the US – 310 Top 500 Asian Owned Businesses in the US – 416 Top 500 Veteran Owned Businesses in the US – 266 Top 100 Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses in the US – 90 Top 100 Privately held Businesses in Hawaii – 23 Top 50 Diversity Owned Businesses in Hawaii – 10 Top 100 Disabled Owned Businesses in the US – 42

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PULEKINA HA‘ ILONO

(“Sharing of the News” Bulletin) ISSUE 4

Anniversaries

Ralph Ayala January 3rdGene Carmody, Jr January 3rdThomas Bourque January 8thRobert Brush January 8thMarco Beltran, Jr January 13thMichael Jones January 25thMichelle Ponce February 3rdOmar Cruz February 9thClayton Kaplan February 10th

Hau’oli La Hanau—Happy Birthday!

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E Komo Mai—Welcome!

Did you know? … More Cost Savings from TRICARE

Posted by: Major General Elder Granger

It’s my pleasure to discuss how TRICARE is helping our eligible National Guard and Reserve memberssave money. With a change in law, TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS) monthly premiums dropped onJan. 1, 2009.

To read the entire blog entry visit: http://www.health.mil/TMABlog/Article.aspx?ID=498

Current Open Contracts = 37Awarded contracts (Jan—Mar) = 10Of those awarded contracts, 2 were renewedcontracts.

Closed contracts (Jan—Mar) = 12Contracts being actively pursued = 46

Awarded Contracts

Jasen Takei February 11thHector Medina February 17thCharles Kramer February 17thAmber Cazimero February 19thCarlos Rosado February 25thStormy Baird March 5thDavid Dyer March 19thMegan Noyes March 20th

David Bean, Shore Force Training InstructorMatt Keith, Battle Watch SupervisorGarnet Lever, Physical Security Specialist

Start Date Position No. of YearsCharlie Kistler 1/1/2008 Technical Writer 1Rick Giorgi 1/24/2007 Force Protection Analyst 2Mark Brunette 1/31/2008 Director of Strategic Development—DoD 1Vance Aydlett, Jr 2/1/2008 F&ES SME 1Dave Butler 2/1/2008 F&ES SME 1Gene Carmody, Jr 2/1/2008 F&ES SME 1William Dietz 2/1/2008 F&ES SME 1James Meagher 2/1/2008 F&ES SME 1Lorrie Villanueva 2/1/2008 Editing Analyst 1Bud Williams 2/1/2008 F&ES SME 1David Aponte 2/21/2007 EM Analyst 2Todd Finnigan 3/19/2007 Training Specialist 2Lucianna Pikelny-Lawrence 3/19/2007 Training Specialist 2Puni Akana 3/27/2006 Chief Operating Officer/FSO 3

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Ho‘okipa is the hospitality of complete giving.

For there to be ho‘okipa, hospitality must be unconditional.

Unconditional means there are absolutely no strings attached.

Word of the day… Ho`okipa—Revisited

Imagine that you are standing in front of this beautiful woman, her smile exquisitely captured inthe photo above. She is ready to give you her flower lei of yellow plumeria, but it is gently andpatiently held, resting well below her relaxed shoulders so she can be fully present for you. Herfirst gift, her first genuine desire, is that you receive the just-for-you intention of her smile. Shewaits, so you will connect with the look in her eyes seeking to share warmth, sincerity, and thecomplete aloha she has bubbling effervescently within her countenance. You are in a wonderfulplace, natural, green, verdant, but it has become a background now fuzzy and unimportant; all thefocus is on the breadth of her grace in your presence, and the giving of her smile to you.

She is there for you, and for no other reason.

You soon understand that the lei is not really the gift; it is actually the lasting reminder you willtake with you. It remains so you can keep holding that moment of aloha she had given you beforethe lei was placed around your shoulders, so that its beautiful scent could entice your own alohaspirit to come out and play. However by then, it might very well be that the woman is gone, anartist of ho‘okipa who has already left her mark. She did not have to wait for you to receive com-pletely, because she had already given completely. Her giving has been unconditional, and her artgloriously celebrated. You have just been in the presence of Mea Ho‘okipa, that rare personwhose ho‘ohana it is to share hospitality with complete giving.

Excerpt from: Managing with Aloha by Rosa Say. For more information the author and the bookgo to: www.managingwithaloha.com. The book can also be purchased at Amazon.com

STRATEGIC PLANNING CONFERENCE BETWEENNATIVE HAWAIIAN VETERANS AND BATTELLE

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By Charlie Kistler

On February 5-6 2009 a Strategic Planning Confer-ence was hosted by the Battelle Crystal City Re-gional Operations office for the Native HawaiianVeterans (NHV) Executive Team. Ken Tourison,Vice President and Manager for the Battelle Na-tional Security Division facilitated the two dayworking session in an effort to build a second gen-eration NHV Business Plan to include the next tenyears of growth. In his opening remarks RaymondJardine, NHV President & CEO, praised the ac-complishments of the company for meeting or ex-ceeding the milestones established in the initialBusiness Plan that spanned the first five years ofbuilding a foundation of vision, mission and values.Some key strategic areas of discussion included theimportance of maintaining corporate values, refin-ing and strengthening core competencies, fully har-nessing the status and certifications of the com-pany, cultivating and promoting champions within

the client and teaming community, and empower-ing the NHV work force to succeed as the growthstrategy continues to unveil itself. A comprehen-sive Business Plan will be crafted from this strate-gic planning conference that will provide a road-map for capturing and managing growth as we col-lectively build the next phase of this company’sfuture according to closing remarks by Ray Jar-dine.

During the Strategic Planning Conference, Battellehosted a Chinese New Year Celebration whichfeatured Kenneth D. Tourison as a guest speaker inhonor of his family heritage. A slide presentationwas narrated by Ken about Chinese customs andfamily traditions and a Chinese dragon dance con-cluded the celebration followed by an authenticChinese meal.

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From L to R: Kenneth D. Tourison Vice President and Manager Battelle Na-tional Security Division, Mark Brunette Director of Strategic Development,Raymond Jardine Jr. President & CEO and Michael P. Jones Executive VicePresident Native Hawaiian Veterans.

From L to R: Dennie G. Bourbeau Program Manager, Michael P. Jones Ex-ecutive Vice-President, Mark Brunette Director of Strategic Development,Chinese Dragon from Ming Dynasty and Kenneth D. Tourison Vice Presidentand Manager Battelle National Security Division

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By Michelle Ponce

Vice Admiral Michael C. Vitale re-lieved Vice Admiral Bob Conway,Jr., as Commander, Navy Installa-tions Command (CNIC) Friday dur-ing a ceremony at the WashingtonNavy Yard’s Sail Loft on Friday,January 30th 2009.

Raymond Jardine, Jr, NHV President& CEO and Michael Jones, NHVExecutive Vice President flew toWashington, D.C. to attend the cere-mony. There they congratulated ViceAdmiral Vitale on his new positionand Vice Admiral Conway on hisnew beginnings.

Both Vice Admiral Conway and Vice AdmiralVitale served portions of their Naval career atPearl Harbor as Commander, Navy Region Hawaiiand Commander, Naval Surface Group, MiddlePacific. Both have worked closely with our NHVExecutives and some of our employees.

NHV looks forward to working with Vice AdmiralVitale in providing services to CNIC.

For a full article on the “CNIC holds change incommand,” go to https://www.cnic.navy.mil/ndw/Newsroom/PressReleases/CNICC_066314

CNIC CHANGE IN COMMAND—TIES TO HAWAII

Official U.S. Navy photo by Bruce Moody

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead ac-knowledges Vice Adm. Michael C. Vitale as he assumes dutiesas Commander Naval Installations Command from Vice Adm.Bob Conway Jr., during ceremonies held Friday in the SailLoft on Washington Navy Yard

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SMALL BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR 2009

NHV ATTENDS THE ANNUAL HFD FCU EVENT

Vaughn Vasconcellos, president and chief executive officerof Akimeka LLC, has been named this year's small businessperson of the year for Hawaii.

The U.S. Small Business Administration honors outstandingsmall-business owners, entrepreneurs and advocates whohave made important economic and quality-of-life contribu-tions.

Akimeka, founded in 1997, is a fast-growing native Hawaiiancompany that provides specialized technology solutionsmostly for government agencies, including the U.S. Depart-ment of Defense. The company graduated from SBA's 8(a)

program a few years ago, and has expanded since then.

Vaughn Vasconcellos also sits on the Advisory Board for NHV and was very instrumental in assistingNHV get started back in December 2004. NHV would like to congratulate Vaughn Vasconcellos on awell deserved win and also thank him for all of his knowledge and wisdom that he has shared with NHV.

Full article can found on: http://www.starbulletin.com/business/20090314_SBA_names_business_award_winners_for_2009.html?page=1&c=y

From L to R: Rebecca Soon, Barb Payomo, Raymond Jardine, Chris Dawson,Dorian Espinosa, Lika and Puni Akana

patchers with visual display, automated incidenttracking capabilities, and increased dispatching ca-pability with extended geographic coverage; and (3)Mobile Data Computers (MDCs), providing CADcapabilities to field personnel in emergency re-sponse vehicles, response unit communication withdispatch centers, and real-time input to the recordsmanagement application.

On Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 0800 hours, NRSERegional Dispatch Center (RDC) officially went“Live” and switched all 9-1-1 and administrativecalls and the control of dispatch for NAS Jackson-ville’s Security and Fire & Emergency ServicesFirst Responders to the new NRSE RDC. LuciannaPikelny-Lawrence and Michelle Ponce assisted dur-ing the “Go Live.” In the next few months, NRSWwill also “Go Live” bringing another RDC online toserve the Navy, its Installations and Military Fami-lies. NHV is proud to assist in this segment of theNERMS project for the United States Navy.

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By Lucianna Pikelny-Lawrence

In December 2005, Northrop Grumman Corpora-tion was awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy forthe implementation of an emergency responsemanagement system that will automate dispatchoperations and improve incident response times.

Northrop Grumman's teammates on the contractinclude GE Security and GETAC, Lake Forest,Calif.; Native Hawaiian Veterans, Honolulu; Hew-lett-Packard, Palo Alto, Calif.; EnvironmentalSystems Research, Redlands, Calif.; Security In-formation Systems, Orlando, Fla.; and G/I/S Inc.,Birmingham, Ala.

The Navy Emergency Response Management Sys-tem (NERMS) is a consolidated Computer-AidedDispatch (CAD) system that combines traditionalfire, police, and medical dispatch services withmodern GIS real-time services such as addressverification, automatic vehicle location, automaticvehicle recommendation and routing, map dis-plays, and online GIS updating to enhance emer-gency response. NERMS is fully-integrated, scal-able, and expandable, supporting Navy police,firefighters, and EMS at Navy shore locations inthe continental United States.

NERMS operates out of Regional Dispatch Cen-ters; one located in Jacksonville, Florida (NavyRegion Southeast – NRSE) and the other locatedin San Diego, California (Navy Region Southwest– NRSW). The RDCs will provide video monitor-ing, emergency call-taking, alarm monitoring andcommunicates with installation-level first re-sponders via radios and Mobile Data Computers(MDC) in emergency vehicles in over 30 Navyshore installations.

A year ago Michelle Ponce, Lucianna Pikelny-Lawrence and Todd Finnigan went to NRSE totrain the dispatchers, police officers and firefight-ers on three fully-integrated system components:(1) Records Management System (RMS), the en-terprise web portal centrally hosted for access byall Navy fire, police, and Emergency Medical Ser-vices (EMS) personnel and their commands; (2)Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD), providing dis-

NHV ASSISTS IN “GO LIVE” AT NRSE RDC

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FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES FROM NHV

By Michelle Ponce

Fire and Emergency Services(F&ES) is one of the many servicesthat NHV provides to its customers.It is one of the core competenciesthat NHV is known for. One ofNHV’s subcontracts from Battellewas entitled: Vision 2020. The con-tract’s objective was to develop anoverarching strategy and policy forF&ES as the Navy moves into the21st Century by evaluating the op-tions available for specific programinitiatives necessary to bring therequired operational capability ofthe F&ES into alignment with theprojected operational environmentof the Navy in the year 2020.

The F&ES team consists of retired Regional FireChiefs that have over 260 years of combined experi-ence in firefighting. With Mike Jones, NHV’s Ex-ecutive Vice President as the Program Manager, hehas put together a great team that includes: DavidButler, Bud Williams, Bill Dietz, Gene Carmody,CT Campbell, Vance Aydlett, and James Meagher.

The F&ES Team has assessed over 22 Navy Instal-lations. Here is a response from CNRH’s FederalFire Chief Glenn de Laura:

“CNRH has just completed their PCA with theTeam from NHV and a Representative from CNIC.

The team consisted of 3 retired Navy F&ES RegionFire Chief, 1 Retired Fire Chief from both the Army/Marine Corp F&ES and 1 "EMS" SME. This teamwent through our department with a fine tooth combworking 12 hours days (to include the weekend)right along side of [CNRH FFD’s] team, for twostraight weeks. Having 35 yrs. in this departmentand going through many visits by the old Fire Mar-shall's program and a lot of various contract visits,WE as a Region organization had never gonethrough something like this. Although the teamidentified a lot of puka's (holes) in various pro-grams, they actually sat with members of our depart-ment and suggested ways of correcting or improvingthings. Being former Navy Region Chiefs they were

all well respected, but more-so very knowledgeableabout our programs. Being a Region that servicesboth the Army and Marine Corp, they brought in aRetired SME from those areas, [and the NHVteam] also educated themselves [in] those areas.They took the time out to actually understand theentire response area, not only areas where Fire Sta-tions are located. They pounded us but more so,listened to us.

It gave the CNIC Rep the time to sit with theRegion Chief and discuss Region programs andother areas where CNIC could assist or even takeback ideas, something he could not do while doingassessments.

In conclusion, in my opinion the decision byCNIC to hand this off to this particular group is agreat decision, but I also feel that a Region FireChief tagging along with them will ultimately in-crease their knowledge of their own Regions. Thisopportunity should not go away.

Our department took many hits in the last twoweeks, many that were addressed already but theones that we are working on right now will defi-nitely make our department a great example ofwhat a CNIC Regional Department should looklike.”

Congratulations F&ES Team on another job welldone.

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On January 20, 2009, NHV Executives Raymond Jardine, Jr,Michael Jones, and Jasen Takei witnessed a historic moment asBarack Obama was sworn into office as the President of theUnited States. NHV was graciously invited to join the festivitiesat the 2009 Hawai’i State Society Inaugural Ball.

NHV EXECS ATTEND THE INAUGURAL BALL

Senator Daniel Inouye and Raymond Jardine, Jr

Michael Jones, Congressman Neil Abercrombie andRay Jardine

Congresswoman Mazie Hirono and Ray Jardine

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Mike Jones, Ray Jefferson, Ray Jardine, Jasen Takei

Beadie Dawson, Mike Jones, Ray Jefferson,Donne Dawson, Ray Jardine, Jasen Takei

Vaughn Vasconcellos, Ray Jardine, Chris Dawson

Mike and Ya Jones

Vaughn Vasconcellos, Kimo Wong, Ray Jardine

HNL C&C Mayor Mufi Hanneman & Ya Jones

Vaughn Vasconcellos, Ray Jardine, Chris DawsonSons of Hawaii (with flower leis) Raiatea’s Manager, Raiatea Helm, Ray Jardine

Mission

To be known as an exceptional provider of products, services and solutions

to our partners and for our customers while fostering growth and profitabil-

ity for our ohana and enriching our community.

Founding Core Values

Ohana—the circle of those who are family and those chosen as family

Alaka‘i—leading with initiative and by setting a good example

Kina‘ole—doing the right thing, the right way, the first time

Lokahi—working together to achieve more

Ho‘okipa—sharing with our ohana and our community

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Phone: 808-792-7528Fax: 808-792-7527

E-mail: admin@nativehawaiianveterans.com

MALAMA…TO SERVE , TO HONOR, TO PROTECT

Newsletter Staff:

Rudy Navor, Lucianna Pikelny-Lawrence,

Michelle Ponce, Todd Finnigan

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Partners and Customers

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