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HAWAIIVoluntary payment for delivery to MCASMARINE housing/$1 per four week period VOL. 9 NO, 49 KANEOHE BAY, HAWAII, DECEMBER 10, 1980 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES Exchange additions New services are being provided to the patrons of the MCAS Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Exchange. According to WO.1 David Brininger, assistant exchange officer, the new services, which include glass etching, portrait painting, batiking, pearl clipping and hand-crafted jewelry, are now available by short term contracts. "I have attended local craft and trade fairs searching for services which are not offered in the exchange," said Brininger. "We waOto get prime quality products at a reasonable price for ouilpattrons." Brininger said that contracts apply for a period of 30 days . and do not exceed 90 days. Two stipulations are required from these dealers. Products are Sold at a price at least 20 percent below equivalent priceS on the civilian market,- and the exhcange receives a commission on the total sales of the craftsmen. "The scommissions," said Brininger, "are used in the recreational fund." He added that the method used to keep track of sales is through receipts signed by the customer. "We are trying to coordinate these services with deployments, making them available to returning floats," Photos by Victor Gutierrez concluded Brinin ger. MARCHING TO THE BEAT OF THE DRUM the reviewing stand to lead the 10th Annual - The Fleet Marine Force Pacific Band, Kaneohe Christmas Parade. Members of the flanked by the Color Guard of Company E, 2d Koolau Senior Hui provided pre-parade Local spot bid sale Battalion, 3d Marines, 1st Marine Brigade, entertainment for honored guests and and the 3d Marines' marching unit, passes spectators lining the streets Saturday. The Defense Property Disposal Service will hold a local spot bid sale of 156 items of government surplus at 9 a.m. tomorrow. The sale will be held at Bldg. 4 at the Pearl City Junction area, located one block Ewa of Waimano Home Road in Pearl City. Items offered will include houSehqld furniture, Uncle Sam supplies chow barS -pip.es, tubes, mopeds, motorcycles, abandoned vehicles and Pefsbn ne I boat. by Sgt Phillip Williams operationally controlled by the Defense testing center, tests and prepared, I, the officer-in-charge, Prospective purchasers may inspect the items from 7:30 to commanding officer of 3d Marines, establishes recipes that will give or the chief cook always check on 9 a.m. For more information, call 455-5171. "By eating what is sufficient, and usually takes care of the each individual his daily nutrition- the food. This is done to ensure man is enabled to work; he is nutritional needs of Leathernecks al needs." Officials at Anderson that guidelines set by instructions hindered from working and assigned to that command. Marine Hall concur. given on the recipe cards are Sea Service Deployment becomes heavy, idle, and stupid if Air Group-24's commanding So what makes Marines speak so followed," said Pless Hall's gunny. he takes too much. As to bodily officer has operational control negatively about the food prepared The Secretary of the Navy has released a revision to the distempers occasioned by excess, over Pleas Hall and facilitates and served at the dining facilities? "Here at Anderson Hall, our guidelines for awarding the Sea Service Deployment there is no end of them." dining services to station and "There's only so much you can do chief cooks are constantly Ribbori.A -Thomas R. Jones MAG-24 Marines.' with a recipe card," stated WO -1 supervising to ensure quality," Individuals who have spent 1. year with a Fleet Marine Technically speaking, if a Perry Marzean, officer-in-charge Marzean stated. "Additionally, Force iiSit and deploy during that period for 90 consecutive Several food service establish- Marine went to a dining facility at of Anderson Hall. the cooks and messmen eat the days Or longer; or have completed a 12 -month ments make the claim of serving Camp Butler on Okinawa and then "I think it's the atmosphere. Our meals prepared for the troops first. unaccompanied tour during the periods Aug. 15 through over. one billion customers. traveled clear across the globe to a dining facility isn't as nicely so if any doubts arise about the Dec. 31.. and Jan. 1, 1979 through the present, are entitled to Although there may not be any dining facility located at Cherry decorated as Pless Hall. And what quality it comes out then." one avy-T'd Of the ribbon. solid figures as to how many Point, N.C., the manner in which it amounts to is, if you don't like Brigade and station officers in a o.:,I.rolib they have served, Marine food is hark6A and prepared eating in a.n atmosphere that's not duty watch status also make charge cren.c Corps dining facilities have been should be identical. But is this enjoyable, you won't enjoy your frequent checks at the two dining Hospipl providing "three square" meals for really the case? Let's compare the food." facilities to ensure that quality the millions of its service two dining facilities aboard standards are met. WASHING'.CON, D.C, (MCNews) - Cost of military personnel on a daily basis for 205 station. "THE MARINES WHO do all . hospital inpatient care. for families of servicemembers has years. Its mission has remained the moaning and groaning just BOTH DINING FACILITIES increased to $5.50 per day Oct. I, according to officials here. the same throughout the years, ACCORDING TO GYSGT don't realize what it takes to face the same cleanliness and Prior to this increase, the charge was $5 per day. Affected whether it be the American Ralph Grace, noncommissioned - prepare a single meal," santitation inspections. "Our members of active duty, retired and deceased are family Revolution or the Vietnam War: officer - in charge of Pless Hall, commented Grace. "We're limited galleys are scrubbed down on servicemembers. providing nutritional substance "The food prepared here at Pless by the recipe guidebook to put every watch and inspected by the Active duty members participating in the Civilian Health for the men and women defending Hall is no different than that at items into a meal that are chief cook," said Grace. and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services this country. Anderson Hall. specifically detailed on the The Marine chow halls are also (CHAMPUS) will also feel the increase. They will pay the "We all have a basic recipe recipe cards. No more, no less." inspected daily by the facility's new daily rate or $25, 'whichever is greater, according to THE TWO DINING facilities guidebook that we have to follow. Quality is something that the OICs. Inspectors from the officials. aboard MCAS Kaneohe Bay, This guidebook outlines each Marine Corps refuses to preventive medicine section of The change does not affect CHAMPUS cost -sharing Anderson Hall and Pless Hall, are required measurement for compromise. That determination Naval Regional Medical clinic, requirements for retirees' families or family 'members of tasked with fulfilling that individual portions served. The is no different in either dining Kaneohe Bay, are likely deceased servicemembers. They will continue to pay 25 responsibility. Anderson Hall is Natick Laboratory, Department of facilty. "While the food is being percent of the reasonable costs of in- and out-patient care. Military hospital charges are adjusted with military pay increases. The 50-cent increase is about the same percentage of increase as the Oct. 1 military pay raise. Sexual harassment Rifle Squad Competition defies military ethics WASHINGTON, D.C., (MCNews) - The 1981 Marine Corps Rifle Squad Combat Competition willbe held May 3- All military and any military member or employees of other 16 at the Marine Corps Development and Education civilian personnel in civilian employee who Federal agencies, with Command, Quantico, Va. the Department of the makes deliberate or persons employed in Events to be held during the competition will be selected Navy have a responsi- repeated offensive the privatc sector, or by MCI)EC's commanding general, and will not be bility for maintaining verbal comments, with other members of announced until the beginning of competition. According to high standards of gestures or physical the public is violating officials here, not announcing the actual events will require honesty, integrity, contact of a sexual standards of conduct competing squads to be proficient in all phases of squad impartiality and nature in the work and will be subject, as employment. conduct to assure environment is also appropriate, to disci- In order to keep commands from forming regimental proper performance of engaging in sexual plinary action. "super squads" for the competition; membership in the harassment. business and mainten- Individuals who are The chain of com- competing squads must be firm before squads compete at the ance of public trust. mand shall be fully battalion level. sexually harassed by Sexual harassment supervisors, co-work- utilized. Further, it is The field competition events will be held May 6-12. actual violates those stand- ers or peers should the responsibility of May 14, competitors will tour the nation's capital, and on ards, especially with make it clear that such every supervisor and 4 May 15 ;awards will be presented at Marine Barracks, regard to principles of behavior is offensive manager - military Washington, D.C. equal opportunity, and and report harassment and civilian-to ensure The 19181 annual Marine Corps Rifle Squad. Combat specific acts of such to the appropriate that any instance of Competitionwas announced in Marine Corps Bulletin 3590 misconduct may be the supervisory level. The sexual harassment is of Oct. 22, .1980. Information is also available in Marine subject of disciplinary appropriate supervisor dealt, with swiftly, Corps Order 3490.14C.

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