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Medal of Honor Recipient Speaks, Cuts Ribbon Lance Cpl NOVEMBER 12, 2010 VOLUME 41, NUMBER 45 WWW.MCBH.USMC.MIL Hawaii Marine BACK HOME, BACK HOME Cpl. Colby W. Brown | Hawaii Marine Lance Cpl. Kyle Gorecki, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, native of Buffalo, N.Y., greets his wife at Hangar 105 Sunday after returning from his deployment to Afghanistan. Gorecki and more than 120 other Marines and sailors returned from Afghanistan as part of 3/3’s advance party, where they conducted ground operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Medal of Honor recipient speaks, cuts ribbon Lance Cpl. Reece E. Lodder sixth Marine Corps installation view image on the trainer’s fundamentals in a virtual Inouye and other observers Combat Correspondent to receive the trainer. 15-foot-tall wraparound screen, environment that has never watched as a five-man fire According to the Marine enabling controllers on the been available before,” said support team from 2nd Since World War II, the Corps Systems Command, the ground to see a realistic view for Antonio, of Coral Springs, Fla. Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, United States military has SAVT will be used to train joint mortar, artillery and air strike “It provides Marines the realism received and began preparing changed. Technology has terminal attack controllers, scenarios. prior to executing live fire for their mission. Their training advanced, fighting styles have forward air controllers, and “The trainer teaches the training evolutions.” station was set up in front of the evolved, and many service forward observers in the screen, including a laser range members from “The Greatest placement of tactical ordnance finder, infrared pointer, global Generation” have passed on. for close air support, naval positioning system locator and A witness to these changes is surface fires and ground surface laser target designator. highly decorated, former Army fires. Amidst the crowd, an officer and U.S. Sen. Daniel “Being a former forward air operator and instructor Inouye, who visited Marine controller, the SAVT is critical initiated, monitored and Corps Base Hawaii Nov. 5 to to training our joint terminal controlled the scenario, as the unveil another technological attack controllers and forward team worked their way through advancement — the base’s air controllers, and practicing training that included artillery new Supporting Arms Virtual joint close air support tactics, and air strikes. Trainer. techniques and procedures,” Col. James Bierman, Inouye joined Lt. Gen. said Lt. Col. Michael Antonio, commanding officer, 3rd Duane Thiessen, commander, director, Operations and Marine Regiment, explained U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Training, MCB Hawaii. to Inouye that the regiment’s Pacific, to cut the ribbon at At the unveiling, high- Lance Cpl. Reece E. Lodder | Hawaii Marine deploying Marines will receive the training facility’s opening resolution projectors created U.S. Sen. and Medal of Honor Recipient Daniel Inouye watches further live fire training during ceremony near Landing Zone a 240-degree horizontal and Marines conduct a simulated air strike using the new Supporting predeployment training at Boondocker. MCB Hawaii is the 60-degree vertical field-of- Arms Virtual Trainer Nov. 5. See SAVT, A-7 FROM BIRTHDAYS PAST Photos by Lance Cpl. Reece E. Lodder | Hawaii Marine Lance Cpl. Karl Duffey, data network specialist, prepares Lance Cpl. Isidro Grana, administrative clerk, and fellow Marines display uniforms for his role as a World War I Marine Wednesday. from different time periods during a Marine Corps uniform pageant here Wednesday. Inside today’s Hawaii Marine Weekend Forecast Patience, Grasshopper. Marine Corps Karate club on base Birthday Bash. Saturday Sunday teaches youth self defense Kids celebrated the Corps’ High — 82 High — 82 and self confidence,B-1 birthday with cake, displays and a learning Low — 72 Low — 72 experience, C-1 A-2 • NOVEMBER 12, 2010 HAWAII MARINE NEWS BRIEFS A birthday message from the Post Offi ce Deadlines and Updates Commandant of the Marine Corps The recommended mailing deadline for sending economy-priced holiday packages to service members ixty years ago, the United States Marine Corps — in Afghanistan, Iraq and other places around the world as it has throughout our history — demonstrated is today, according to the U.S. Postal Service. Sits vital role as America’s Expeditionary Force in Other deadlines for arrival by Dec. 25 are Nov. 26 Readiness. Just weeks after North Korean Communist for space-available mail; Dec. 3 for parcel airlift mail; forces crossed the 38th Parallel, the First Marine Dec. 10 for priority mail and fi rst-class mail, letters Provisional Brigade landed in South Korea, forming the and cards; and Dec. 18 for express mail military backbone of the perimeter around the city of Pusan. service. Holiday packages and mail headed for Iraq The efforts of the “Fire Brigade” at Pusan allowed for and Afghanistan must be sent a week earlier than these the daring amphibious landing at Inchon and set the deadlines. stage for one of the most savage campaigns in our For more information, see the website at http:// Corps’ history — the Chosin Reservoir. As we pause www.usps.com/holiday/shippingcalendar.htm. to celebrate our 235th Birthday, we pay special tribute Also, due to Veterans Day and the Marine Corps to the Marines of the Korean War and recognize their Birthday, the base Post Offi ce will be closed through contributions to our enduring legacy. today. Normal business hours will resume tomorrow. This past year marked the end of Marine Corps For more information on the base Post Offi ce, call combat operations in Iraq. Beginning with the Chief Warrant Offi cer 2 Howell at 257-1834. invasion in March 2003 and through the next seven years of fi ghting, our Corps acquitted itself valiantly Adopt a Wounded Warrior Family tomorrow in the Anbar province and throughout the country. Locations such as Fallujah and Ramadi have taken The USO Hawaii and Windward Mall are bringing their place in the illustrious battle history of our holiday cheer to our wounded warriors. From 10 a.m. Corps. Our efforts in defeating the insurgency helped to 4 p.m., you can choose a wounded warrior family to build a brighter future for all Iraqis. wish list and donate items from the list to that family. For 235 years, at sea and ashore, Marines have For more information, call the USO at 422-1213. succeeded in every clime and place … where hardship and adversity have often been the common thread. Marine Security Guard Brief and Screening Today, in the rugged mountains and valleys of United States Marine Corps photo Afghanistan — and recently in earthquake-damaged Family, I want to extend my sincerest thanks for all The Marine Security Guard duty screening team will Haiti … in fl ood-ravaged Pakistan … or off the coast you have done and all you continue to do. be at Kahuna’s Ballroom Nov. 15 for a brief at 8 a.m. of Africa — we continue to protect our Nation, just as Happy 235th Birthday, Marines! and screening from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and at Sam we did 60 years ago in Korea. Adams Pub Nov. 16 for a screening from 7 a.m. to 4:30 To the Marines and sailors deployed overseas, Semper Fidelis, p.m. to those training and preparing for their next All Marines with orders to MSG School must attend deployment and to the warriors who no longer wear one of the briefs. Marines not on orders but who desire our uniform … we honor your selfl ess service to the to be screened must bring a signed and completed Nation. To our loved ones who endure the many James F. Amos commanding offi cer’s checklist/fi nancial checklist, diffi culties that come with being part of the Marine General, U.S. Marine Corps service record book, copy of their security clearance form, medical records and MSG screening package. Marines on orders and those being screened must be in their Service “B” uniform. Those wanting Corps planning guidance available information about MSG duty may attend without Sgt. Jimmy D. Shea needs an expeditionary force in readiness that is checklists and in the uniform of the day, but will not Headquarters Marine Corps prepared to respond to any crisis.” be interviewed. In order to maintain the “spirit of innovation WASHINGTON — The 35th commandant, Gen. and institutional fl exibility,” the commandant’s Combined Federal Campaign Ends Monday James F. Amos, tells Marines to prepare for what the priorities are clear. The four main priorities are: future holds — a transformed, fl exible and lighter The 2010 Combined Federal Campaign has been force ready to respond to any contingency. 1) Continue to provide the best trained and extended to Monday to ensure everyone who is eligible “As befi ts our expeditionary nature, Marines equipped Marine units to Afghanistan. This will not to contribute has been contacted. will be forward deployed and engaged in areas of change. This remains our top priority! The charities sponsored by CFC provide services and instability and potential confl ict” said Amos in 2) Rebalance our Corps, posture it for the future assistance to people in nearly every walk of life. his Commandant’s Planning Guidance, released and aggressively experiment with and implement For more information, visit http://www.cfc-hawaii. Oct. 27. Marines must remain “a multi-capable, new capabilities and organizations. org or call 473-3513. combined arms force, comfortable operating at the 3) Better educate and train our Marines to succeed high and low ends of the threat spectrum, or in the in distributed operations and increasingly complex In-bound lanes of G Street closed Nov. 20 shaded areas where they overlap.” environments. With keeping the focus on the fi ght in Afghanistan 4) Keep faith with our Marines, our sailors and In-bound lanes of G Street will be closed after the as his top priority, Amos stresses the importance of our families.
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