Aloha e Ohana,

I want to take this opportunity to say “Mahalo Nui” to our Ohana and business associates whocontinue to support Native Hawaiian Veterans, LLC. Creating an organization that honorsdiversity and provides core values as a solution to our customers has further enriched mylife. Reflecting over the last 3 years fills me with gratitude for the many blessings in my life,for the opportunities that NHV has had to share our Ohana with everyone and how weconduct ourselves.

NHV’s continuous success is based on our people who are our Kuhinas (Ambassadors). You

live the core values of Alaka‘i, Lokahi, Ohana, Ho‘okipa, and Kina‘ole that makes it possiblefor the continuous growth of our company and our Ohana.

I want to personally thank each and every one of you for your support for NHV’s mission,for your commitment and dedication over the past year to NHV and NHV’s clients. I wishyou continuous growth as an individual and collective growth as an Ohana.

Mahalo Nui Loa,

Dr. Raymond Jardine, Jr.

CEO/PRESIDENT ’S CORNER

CONTRACTING THE 8(A) WAYby Michelle Ponce

On May 23rd, 2008, Native Ha-waiian Veterans, LLC wascertified as a Participant in theU.S. Small Business Admini-

stration’s (SBA) 8(a) Business DevelopmentProgram and as a Small Disadvantaged Busi-ness (SDB) in the Federal Government’sSDB program.

The 8(a) program is designed to use federalprime contracts in conjunction with businessdevelopment assistance to help eligible busi-nesses grow their firms. The focus of theprogram is to provide a broad range of busi-ness development support, such as mentor-ing, procurement assistance, training, finan-

cial assistance, and other management andtechnical assistance. The goal however, is toprepare small disadvantaged firms for pro-curement and other business opportunities.

Congress has mandated that the Federal Gov-ernment contract 23% of all prime contractsto small businesses; 5% of prime and subcon-tracts to small disadvantaged businesses, an 8(a) company. Being an 8(a) certified companyallows NHV to sole source contracts under$3.5 million with the Federal Government.Large contractors must also have a small busi-ness plan that incorporates small disadvan-taged businesses. With the 8(a) certification,it has now opened up even more opportuni-ties for NHV to explore.

NATIVE HAWAIIAN VETERANS , LLC

JANUARY—JUNE 2008VOLUME 1, ISSUE 1

THIS ISSUE:

E KOMO MAI 2

ANNIVERSARIES 2

HAU ‘OLI LA HANAU 2

K INA ‘OLE - A WAY OF L IFE 3

K INA ‘OLE FOUNDATION 3

HR UPDATES 4

NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION 4

TECHNOLOGY UPDATES 5

CONTACTS & PARTNERS 6

CONTRACTING THE 8(A) WAY 1

CEO/PRESIDENT ’S CORNER 1

AWARDED CONTRACTS 5

PULEKINA HA ‘ ILONO

Vance V. Aydlett Jr., F&ES SME

Dennie G. Bourbeau, ISC Watch Specialist

Mark Bowers, Installation Readiness and Training Coordinator

Michael A. Brown, ISC Watch Specialist

Mark M. Brunette, Director of Strategic Development - DoD

David L. Butler, F&ES SME

Charles T. Campbell, F&ES SME

Clement V. Caneso, Lead Technician

Gene Q. Carmody Jr., F&ES SME

Amber K.K.M. Cazimero, Technician

William E. Dietz, F&ES SME

Christopher E. Greene, C3P Manager & Public Safety ProgramManager

Scott M. Harvey, CBRNE/EM Coordinator

Charlie T. Kistler, Techinical Writer

James P. Meagher, F&ES SME

Michael S. Norris, CBRNE/EM Coordinator

Megan C. Noyes, Administrative Analyst III

Robert F. Pedersen, Public Safety

Talmadge S. Robinson, ISC Watch Specialist

Dillard J. Spray, Manager Installation & Maintenance Division

James A. Spray, Tire Sales & Service Representative –Installation & Maintenance

Brendan Sullivan, ISC Watch Specialist

Nuialapati Uperesa, Technician

Wendell F. Vieira, Technician

Lorrie A. Villanueva, F&ES SME

Kenneth K. White, Public Safety

Bud L. Williams, F&ES SME

E KOMO MAI — WELCOME

HAU ‘OLI LA HANAU — HAPPY B IRTHDAY

PAGE 2

ANNIVERSARIES

Bob Carr — Jan. 16th

Rick Giorgi — Jan. 24th

Steven Volkman — Mar 7th

Raymond Neal — Mar 15th

David Dyer — Mar 19th

Megan Noyes — Mar 20th

David Butler — Apr 2nd

Mark Brunette — Apr 7th

Rudy Navor — May 25th

Chad Payeur — May 26th

Clement Caneso — May 30th

Bob Carr — May 31st

Dennie Bourbeau — Jun 2nd

Robert Pedersen — Jun 2nd

Gene Carmondy Jr. — Jan 3rd

Thomas Bourque — Jan 8th

Michael Norris — Jan 12th

Michael Jones — Jan 25th

Daniel DuBois — Jan 31st

Michelle Ponce — Feb 3rd

Jasen Takei — Feb 11th

Kenneth White — Feb 13th

Charles Kramer — Feb 17th

Kaui Cazimero — Feb 19th

Talmadge Robinson — Feb 24th

Daniel Marshall — Mar 6th

David Aponte — Jun 5th

Brendan Sullivan — Jun 15th

James Spray — Jun 19th

Christopher Greene — Jun 22nd

Ivan Felix — Jun 23rd

David Aponte — Feb. 19th

Todd Finnigan — March 19th

Lucianna Lawrence — March 19th

Puni Akana — March 27th

HO ‘OKIPA PULEKINA HA ‘ ILONO

by Michelle Ponce

In operational terms,

Kina‘ole means:

Doing the right thing, inthe right way, at the righttime, in the right place, to theright person, for the rightreason, with the right feeling– the first time.

The concept is based onconstantly rising standardsbecause as you do your best,you are making continuousimprovements.

We have adopted Kina‘ole,not as our core value, butrather a way of life because itwill always challenge ourdesire to be the very best, not

only for ourselves but for ourcommunity, state andcountry.

Ultimately, Kina‘ole ensuresthe highest quality ofservice for those we serveand touch.

K INA ‘OLE — A WAY OF L IFE

K INA ‘OLE FOUNDATION

school programsin the State of

Hawai‘i. A fullarticle with thelist of the 2008O u t s t a n d i n gCadet awardeescan be found inthe Uni t edStates Army,Pacific News, http://www.usarpac.army.mil/news/JROTC_F.asp

The award represents: In Old

Hawai‘i, if a professional,whether a craftsman, artist,priest, or official, performeda particular task in his line ofwork, it was expected to be

done without defect or flaws.A n y t h i n g l e s s w a sunacceptable.

JROTC Kina‘ole Awardby Michelle Ponce

On May 1st 2008, theJunior ReserveOfficer Training

Corps (JROTC) cadets from

high schools on Hawai‘i,Kauai, Maui and Oahu weregathered at the historic PalmCircle, Fort Shafter, HI tohonor the top cadets at the26th Annual Governor’sJROTC Review and AwardCeremony.

The sponsor of the award is

the Kina‘ole Foundationcreated by the NativeHawaiian Veterans, LLCfounders, Raymond Jardine,Jr., our President & CEO andMichael P. Jones, ourExecutive Vice President.Both Raymond and Michael

were present as Hawai‘i’sGovernor Linda Lingle andLt. Gen. Benjamin R. Mixon,Commanding General, U.S.Army Pacific presented the

JROTC Kina‘ole Award tothe outstanding cadet from

each of the 26 Hawai‘i high

“K INA ‘OLE MEANS

DOING THE RIGHT

THING , IN THE

RIGHT WAY , AT

THE RIGHT TIME , IN

THE RIGHT PLACE ,TO THE RIGHT

PERSON , FOR THE

RIGHT PERSON ,WITH THE RIGHT

FEELING — THE

FIRST TIME . ”

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— HR UPDATES

NEW EMPLOYEE ORIENTATION

lastly, email the NHV Admin at admin@nativehawaiianveterans.com or call(808) 792-7528.

See Technology Update (page 5) for NHV’s SharePoint.

by Todd Finnigan

We recently created our 1st NewEmployee Orientation. As thecompany is really growing, we

decided to create a more formal program.We introduce new employees to variousaspects of the company including core values,a bit of history, Vision, Core Competencies,some who’s who, Policy and Procedures, andthe where and how you can sign up forbenefits--that sort of thing.

Currently, we are doing live delivery in theconference room at NHV in Honolulu (a copyof the PowerPoint is available on the NHVwebsite). In the near future, we will addinteractivity to the web version, along withaudio and maybe even video. Part of what isshown is how to find various information youmight be looking for such as the EmployeeHandbook or where to make your tax with-holding elections. We also created a cheatsheet as a shortcut to finding answers.

In a nutshell, first look at the NHV website(www.nativehawaiianveterans.com); then theTriNet website (www.hrpassport.com) and

by Michelle Ponce

Open Enrollment for Benefits on HR Passport justclosed May 30th, 2008. Benefits elected during OpenEnrollment will take effect July 1, 2008, and will

remain effective through June 30, 2009. Each year, TriNethas partnered with health care providers around the countryto bring a wide variety of plans with the highest quality ofcoverage. This year TriNet has brought on newenhancements:

New Point-of-Service (POS) plan in certain regions

Enhanced vision benefits

Online FSA filing

With all these enhancements and changes, medical premiumshave increased 30%. Because of NHV’s dedication andgenerosity to their Ohana, NHV will be absorbing this 30%

increase so that it doesn’t impact the employees.

2008 is a year of growth! NHV has been growing andgrowing since 2005. At the end of 2006, NHV had 12employees; by 2007, NHV was 27 strong. Since January ofthis year, NHV has hired 27 new employees. Take a look atour list of New Hires this year. Talk about growth, we seemto be doubling every year!

In February 2008, NHV announced that 401(k) was availablewith Fidelity. This is a great opportunity to help you to reachyour financial goals for Retirement! A few have already takenadvantage of this great benefit. For more information, youcan view the enrollment video at http://www.brainshark.com/fidelityemg/Enrolling_in_Your_401kor go to www.401k.com to start the enrollment process.

PAGE 4 HO ‘OKIPA PULEKINA HA ‘ ILONO

For those employees who use webmail, we will sendthe new URL and the “How to access…” white papers.

We look forward to these new changes and hope thatthis will add convenience and create a lot moree-wareness within our NHV Ohana.

EMAIL Update

by Rudy Navor

Also in June 2008, we will be switching email hosting fromOceanic-Time Warner to a Web Hosting service. Thismove primarily focuses on the need for more storage space

for employees who engage in webmail communication as opposed toMicrosoft’s desktop email application—Outlook.

Email addresses will remain the same. For those employees usingMicrosoft Outlook (desktop version), we will send out the “How tosetup…” white papers to assist in reconfiguring the email settings.

TECHNOLOGY UPDATE

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AWARDED CONTRACTS

Current Open Contracts = 27Awarded contracts (Jan – Jun) = 12Of those awarded contracts, 5 were renewedcontracts.

Closed contracts (Jan – Jun) = 4Contracts being actively pursued = 50

Microsoft SharePoint™

by Rudy Navor

As part of a strategic initiative to keep up to date with the ever-changing trends in today’s technology, MicrosoftSharePoint™, a collaboration software (a.k.a. Intranet to some), will be implemented starting in June 2008 topromote online collaboration and more importantly, document sharing. SharePoint will be accessible on the World

Wide Web @ http://www.nhvllc.net. This employee only web portal will provide access to company news, file sharing,company calendar and much more. Access will be available anytime from anywhere using an Internet browser.

For those familiar and interested in participating with the design and implementation of SharePoint, please contact Rudy Navorfor more information rudy.navor@nativehawaiianveterans.com.

MISSION

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

our partners and for our customers while fostering growth and profitability 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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MALAMA…TO SERVE , TO HONOR, TO PROTECT

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Editor: Lucianna Pikelny-Lawrence

Senior Writer: Michelle Ponce

Contributors: Rudy Navor

Todd Finnigan

Webmaster: Rudy Navor

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