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Navy a Section 01 26 INSIDE Hawaii CG Mail A-2 Cobra Gold 2002 A-3 Common Access Card A-4 Every Clime & Place A-5 101 Days of Safety B-1 MCCS B-2 SM&SP Activities B-2 Crossword B-5 Ads B-7 3rd Marines 10K C-1 MMARINEARINE Youth Wrestling C-3 Volume 31, Number 19 www.mcbh.usmc.mil May 17, 2002 ‘Strap ‘em on tight’ Tackle football returns to MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay Sgt. Robert Carlson cept for 2-minute warnings in Press Chief the second and fourth quarters, and for timeouts. After an absence of nearly Yamada said the schedule eight years, tackle football is hasn’t been set in stone yet, but scheduled to return to MCB it looks like games will go on Hawaii this summer, adding Friday and Saturday evenings more breadth to an already beginning at about 6 p.m. healthy intramural sports pro- “We’re going to have two gram and offering yet another games each night, and play opportunity for Kaneohe Bay twice a week,” explained Joe residents to come together and Au, MCCS intramural sports co- support their favorite team. ordinator. “The regular season At least eight teams are set to will end on or around Oct. 19, begin tryouts and pre-condi- and then we’ll have a couple of tioning July 29, and the season weeks for makeup games before is scheduled to begin Sept. 6. the championship tournament,” Each MCB Hawaii command he added. has the opportunity to field a The championship will be de- team, and Marine Corps cided by a single elimination Community Services is footing tournament, with a final cham- the bill for equipment and pro- pionship game tentatively motion. scheduled for Nov. 23. “This is a program the com- Athletes are already getting manding general wanted to set ready for tryouts and are excit- up, and we found a way to do ed about the new intramural of- it,” said Wayne Yamada, MCCS fering. Semper Fit director for MCB “I played 8-man tackle foot- Hawaii. ball at Camp Lejeune, and it was Since there are no other mili- Hawaii Marine Archive Photo awesome,” said Sgt. Aaron tary tackle football programs in Bobby Ray Wiggins hangs on to Twentynine Palms rusher Hal Spann during intramural football action Dobson, a training NCO for Hawaii, the teams will compete aboard K-Bay in 1978. Headquarters Bn., MCB Hawaii. with other K-Bay squads, and “It’s good competion and it’s a each will have seven games dur- west-coast teams from the The program will be 8-man they will have only eight play- lot of fun. I saw a lot more ing the regular season. Camp Pendleton and Mirimar tackle football, with 15-minute ers on the field at any time. sportsmanship than I have in Yamada said he’s working to areas to add some variety to the quarters. Although teams will The clock will continue run- other sports,” he explained. set up exhibition games with program. be allowed 25-person rosters, ning throughout the game, ex- “Everyone has a great time.” Pilot program to test Former CG honored at HPU Stackpole receives prestigious ‘Fellow of the Pacific’ award recycling efforts here Hawaii Pacific der of Marine Forces Sgt. Robert Carlson partment is working with the family University Pacific, the single largest Press Chief housing department to see what kind of Press Release U.S. Marine field com- participation the program gets. mand in the world. Marine Corps Base Hawaii has started “We’re doing the pilot program for Hawaii Pacific Uni- Lieutenant Gen. a pilot program to collect recyclables two or three months, and then we’ll de- versity has named Stackpole has been hon- from family housing units. The first cide if we need more collection sites in Retired Marine Corps Lt. ored by several govern- satellite collection facility is set up adja- other key locations,” said Jim Sibert, re- Gen. H. C. “Hank” ments. He has been rec- cent the Family Housing Department cycling center manager. “This is great Stackpole, who is presi- ognized by the Republic and the Lending Locker. because it’s an inexpensive way to dent of the Asia-Pacific of Korea, by Japan for Units aboard MCB Hawaii, help residents here recycle.” Center for Security advancing Japan-U.S. re- Kaneohe Bay, have always had Base residents received a Studies, the recipient of RETIRED MARINE lations, and by the gov- the ability to recycle, but when newsletter Saturday, which ex- the Fellow of the Pacific LT. GEN. STACKPOLE ernment of Bangladesh the base discontinued curbside plained the program and offered Award — the Univer- for disaster relief and pickup in October 2001, family suggestions on recycling. Sibert sity’s highest accolade. the community and humanitarian support. housing residents began taking said that there was an immediate The award was given salutes his dedication to For the past 37 years, their recyclables to the base recy- response, and that people have al- at HPU’s spring com- the people of Hawaii Hawaii Pacific Univer- cling center. ready started to use the pilot site. mencement exercises and the Asia Pacific,” sity has honored out- In an effort to increase participation in “We’re already learning a lot from the Wednesday, where Lt. said HPU President standing community the base recycling program, Brig. Gen. program, and we are adjusting it to meet Gen. Stackpole deliv- Chatt G. Wright. leaders for their contri- Jerry C. McAbee, MCB Hawaii’s com- the needs of the residents. ered the keynote address Prior to heading the butions to the Hawaiian manding general, implemented the pilot “We had to upgrade the cardboard col- at the Waikiki Shell. Asia-Pacific Center for islands, the Pacific Basin program to collect recyclables in the lection bin to a bigger size, and we’re get- “Hawaii Pacific Uni- Security Studies, Lt. and the University. housing area. ting an early idea about what is being re- versity is honored to Gen. Stackpole served in Past recipients have The pilot site is more convenient for cycled the most.” make this presentation the Marine Corps for 36 included governors, residents since the collection site is lo- Informational posters and a logbook to General Stackpole. years, retiring as a lieu- senators, business lead- cated within the neighborhood. are attached to the portable site, and This award signifies our tenant general. ers, educators, philan- Currently, the Rainbow Housing Area Sibert personally answers any recycling- recognition of his out- His last active duty as- thropists and other not- is the only neighborhood with a collec- related questions residents write in the standing leadership in signment was comman- ed professionals. tion site. The base environmental de- book. Reach Sibert at 257-4300. Handing out a different kind of ticket Base Safety Center Director Bo Irvine (right) tickets to drivers who wear their seatbelts. and Military Policeman Cpl. James Jaeger Drivers who are not wearing their belts will re- give a movie ticket to Lance Cpl. Eric R. ceive a warning from the military police. For Johnson. Johnson was stopped for wearing more information about the Base Safety his seatbelt. Beginning Monday, the Base Center’s preparations and activities planned Safety Center, in conjunction with the Military for the 101 Critical Days of Summer, see page Sgt. Robert Carlson Police Department, will issue 250 free movie B-1. A-2 • May 17, 2002 HAWAII MARINE MCBH NEWS C.G.C.G.‘‘SS MMAILAIL BBOXOX BRIEFS ‘I am taken aback to such a DEFY NEEDS MENTORS What is DEFY? DEFY is a unique, compre- hensive, one-year program for youth 9 to 12 liberal civilian attire code.’ years old. The program helps reduce risk fac- tors linked to adolescent alcohol and drug - Submitted by Sgt. Kevin C. Jamison, Headquarters Bn., MCB Hawaii BRIG. GEN. abuse, school failure, delinquency and vio- MCABEE lence. The program delivers leadership and “I arrived aboard MCB Hawaii, any Marine who is new to this in- sents a conservative, clean, non-of- life skills training for youth, by teaching team Kaneohe Bay, in January of this year. stallation, and see the reaction on his fensive and neat appearance is the building, conflict resolution, age-appropriate When stepping into the base es- or her face at such a liberal civilian standard for active duty personnel goal setting and self-confidence skills. tablishments such as the chowhall, attire policy. assigned to this base while in a leave The office is looking for men and women, main exchange, and 7-day store, I Sir, you ask, “What are we doing or liberty status. whether military or civilian, to serve as men- noticed that this base has a very (and that we shouldn’t be doing?” We are While aboard Marine Corps Base tors. A minimum of 15 mentors are needed I say this painfully), very relaxed abusing the base order. Hawaii, retired military, family by May 31. If you’re interested in getting in- civilian attire policy. You ask, “What are we not doing members of Armed Forces person- volved, call Daryl Picadura, program coordi- I am not the only person who has that we should be doing?” We are nel, DoD civilians, and all guests will nator at 257-2103, ext. 313. noticed. not adhering to the base order. adhere to the same standards. When coming from another You ask, “What are we doing that Due to climatic conditions and lo- CREDO POSTS SCHEDULE Marine Corps facility and stepping we should be doing better?” We cal customs unique to Hawaii, the Marines, Sailors, federal employees or their onto this one, I am taken aback to should be being better Marines.” wearing of full, conservative fit tank family members may participate in any up- such a liberal civilian attire code.
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