Ready for Life Threatening Call Just Listen to My Voice and Hang On." by Cpl
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HAWAII Marine Vol 21, No 42 Serving MCAS Kaneohe Bay, 1st MEB, Camp H.M. Smith and Marine Bennetts. October 29,1992 Marines Camp Smith MPs answer ready for life threatening call just listen to my voice and hang on." By Cpl. Aaron Martin The ambulance arrived and the crew prepared to transport Marine Forces Pacific PAO the victim. The Marines continued to work on Kern as he was transported to Pali Momi Medical Center. tomorrow Over the years it has been said, "there is never a policeman Later, as the three Marines returned to their normal duties around when you need one". Fortunately for 68-year-old the watch commander, SSgt. Jerry Boddie, notified them that turbulent times, the most Kern, there was someone to help in time of need. Marines Kern's condition had improved and he would be alright. By Gen. Carl Mundy, Jr. meaningful was last year's Joel Commandant ol the Marine Coe. from the Provost Marshal's Office of Camp H.M. Smith "At that moment, it was a tremendous rush that our efforts reference to us as "the nations responded just when he needed them most. had paid off," said O'Dwyer upon hearing of Kern's recovery. 911 force." That characterizes, On the evening of Oct. 20, Kern and some fellow retired "I'm really glad to hear he survived," Magana echoed. This November, the Marine as well as any way I've ever veterans were attending a meeting at the Camp Hawkins area The Marines were in total agreement that although they Corps begins it's 218th year of heard it put, what Americans located aboard Camp Smith. Kern suffered a heart attack at were at the scene, the entire shift contributed greately in the service to our country. It's fitting have come to understand what it approxamately 6 p.m. Someone notified the Provost Marshal's effort. "The unit deserves all the credit. We were just doing as we pause to reflect on our is that the Corps does: Shape Office and the city and county emergency service. LCpl. Raul our job; but the team effort is what brought about the results heritage, that we also look to events, manage instability, project Magana was in the dispatch office when the call came in. and was the key contributing faactor to Mr. Kern being alive the future. A future, frankly, influence, respond to crises on He immediately jumped into a vehicle and rushed to the meeting today," stated O'Dwyer. filled with both uncertainty and short notice, and when required, area. Upon arrival he found Kern unconscious, but breathing "The Marines performed as they were trained and did their opportunity. to fight. and with a steady pulse. job well, but most importantly, they functioned as a unit," If there is a sense of deja vu, Obviously, Marines don't go it Cpls. Mark Hall and Robert O'Dwyer had just completed stressed Brodie. it's understandable. We've been alone. Never have, never will. evening colors when they received word of the situation and The Marines in the Provost Marshal's Office had just through these times before; times We've always worked with the responded immediately to the call. Five minutes after Magana completed their yearly certification in cardio pulminary that called for reduced defense Navy and Marines first walked arrived, Kern's heart stopped. Magana, Hall and O'Dwyer then resuscitation just a week prior to Kern's heart attack. The spending and smaller armed alongside the Army in 1776. became a solid team to revive Kern. O'Dwyer kept up a steady course is an annual requirement for the Marines and "could forces. With the end of the Marines are naval in character. stream of conversation to Kern saying, "If you can hear me, not have come at a better time," stated Hall. Second World War, our nation's We embark, deploy, and answer leaders struggled with many of the call for help assisted by navy the same questions we face today: ships and sailors. We rely on the How big an armed forces do we Air Force's strategic airlift need? What military capabilities capability as part of our should those forces have? prepositioning program. We train U.S., Russian militaries team up The answers to these questions with army units to be sure that came during the Korean war; a the full spectrum of capabilities have been mutually adopted. members crowded the flight deck war that saw us come within are available to a regional on- Interoperability progress made, These efforts provided a good and took advantage of the weeks of being unceremoniously scene commander when and start for ensuring Russian- opportunity to view the unusual tossed off the Asian mainland. where he needs them. Since our new operational spectrum opens American operations are KA-27 Helix helicopter. The Congress responded to this near earliest days, we've worked hard conducted safely. aircraft has two rotors, one right K. Taylor, Commander, U.S. disaster by definiing a new role to be sure that our unique Navy News Service Working level meetings have on top of the other, which rotate . for the Marine Corps as a capabilities always complemented Naval Forces Central Command, in opposite directions to ensure American warships have been been conducted on a wide range standing force-in-readiness. They those provided by our larger sister of other topics, including flight stability. understood that a time would services. United States and Russian working with Russian ship armed forces are now operating Admiral Vinogradov for more helicopter operations. A Helix "The fact that the Russians come again when the nation But this is not 200, nor 40, nor helicopter from Russia's guided are now working their helicopters would neither require nor desire even five years ago. The greatest together in a manner than 10 days in the Arabian unimaginable just a few years Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. missile destroyer Admiral with our ships opens up a whole large, standing armed forces. threat to our national security is Vinogardov landed on board new spectrum of operations into Nevertheless, it would always gone, replaced by other ago. For example, the integration Taylor stated there are two initial of Russian naval forces into goals; safety of operations and Aircraft carrier USS Ranger and which they can be integrated," need a force that was most ready uncertainties and new challenges destroyer USS Kinkaid. The said Taylor. when the nation was least ready." to respond to disasters-both Arabian Gulf coalition naval operational interoperability. operations took an historic step Progress has already been Russians were given a tour of "It goes far beyond a simple There are no better words that natural and man-made. their cold war adversary's current describe what the Corps has Nevertheless, the force-in- Oct. 14 as a Russian navy made in some selected areas. Arabian Gulf-deployed carrier passenger transfer as was done long been and what we intend to readiness envisioned 40 years ago helicopter landed on two U.S. Interoperable voice and teletype today and into critical areas such ships. communications have been end observed flight operations be in the future. continuuee in action around the from the San Diego-based ship. as maritime surveillance, We've been called a lot of things globe every day. Under the regional established and several basic antisubmarine warfare and over the years, but in these See Ready, A-14 command of RAdm. Raynor A. tactical maneuvering procedures Hundreds of Ranger crew See Team, A-14 K-Bay to receive over $3 million for housing upgrade Persistence, strong package pay Street on the east, Middaugh on because of the Whole House than ideal conditions." St. John said with this funding, the north, Fort Ham Beach on Neighborhood Revitalization St. John and his staff were the majority of major exterior for badly needed structural repairs the west and Mokapu Street on Program for FY '94-'97. Studies able to convince Col. Walter upgrades around the installation the south will be given new under this program indicated that Cloyd, commander of OCFH, to will be completed. manager of housing here, the windows and most will receive it would be more cost effective to allocate year-end funding for the Next he wants to make interior By Sgt. Jason Erickson of this money was the will replace much of the most pressing of repairs. repairs and upgrades to junior Slat Witter approval various structural repairs and completely result of several factors. Not be repainted. junior enlisted housing than to The housing office also had to enlisted housing. "I want to have least of these is persistence. Also, Windows in company grade make major repairs, so in the split up some of the projects into kitchens and bathrooms redone The Kaneohe office of Oahu Kaneohe has some areas that officer housing area on Pond Road past requests for upgrades there smaller projects, in order to keep and there are several storage Consolidated Family Housing drastically need repairs. will also be replaced. Other have been denied, he added. the cost below $1 million for any sheds there which also need (OCFH) will receive more than $3 "We didn't give up asking, projects will include replacing 24 "But major projects like tearing particular project. repairs," he explained. million for a number of badly although some of these projects termite damaged power poles down these buildings and "Projects that go above $1 St. John will be the guest needed repairs and upgrades in have been requested several times around housing and re-paving completely rebuilding them will million require approval from a speaker during tonight's housing during fiscal year 1993.