Better Family Health Coverage Outages on Than.Kgivin Day T'lue Your Preference for a Particular Health Care Provider
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1- Vol. 23, No. 45 Serving Marine Forces Pacific, MCB Hawaii, III Marine Expeditionary Forces, Hawaii and 1st Radio Battalion November 23, 1995 It's Thanksgiving; let's make it safe all windows and doors are secure when SSgt. Dan Bowen you are away. Base Safety Center In Hawaii, "road trips" are relatively Do some thinking during this brief, but if you will be doing any travel- Thanksgiving Holiday: thinking about ing here or on the mainland be sure safety, that is! your vehicle is well serviced and sup- We are all looking forward to the long plied with emergency equipment. Also Weekend softball actim. See 8-i weekend, time to eat, drink, and be before you start your trip, ensure you for more. merry and to watch football. Time to be notify someone of your time of depar- with family and friends and truly be ture and estimated arrival time. thankful for all the things we do have. Weather is not too much of a problem PFT or unit runs to This will also remind us how much we here in Hawaii, but we do see an increase have to lose if we do not stop from time in rain this time of year. One thing you back gate to time and think and about protecting can do is periodically check your tire ourselves and our families by preventing pressure. Over-inflated or under-inflated All unit size PT/PFT runs to the potential hazardous situations. tires dramatically reduce traction. back gate are reminded this area is The holiday season is upon us and Many of us here in the near future a posted no-chanting area. there are many things that we should will be going out buying and putting up pay a little closer attention to during our traditional Christmas trees. Keep this time of year. Things like traveling water or some kind of tree conditioner in Obstacle/confidence safely, security for your home and fami- the stand. This will keep your tree from course limits ly, fire prevention and electrical safety. drying out too soon and creating a defi- off The following are a few tips to think nite fire hazard.. Plus it's hard to get about to keep the holidays safe: those little needles out of the carpet! The indocker obstacle and COP.- Never leave anything cooking in the you are hosting a party or get fideincc courses are closed and off If oven or on the stove unattended. together during the holidays, be a limits -until repairs and improve- Before putting up Christmas lights responsible host. If you will be serving moots are Illade. you've had for years, inspect all bulbs alcohol, take measures to ensure your and the condition of the wires. If it guests do not drink and drive. For doesn't look right it probably isn't, so example, collect car keys, have designat- No chanting zones replace it. ed drivers or call a cab for your guests. *When putting up Christmas tree This is my favorite time of year, with For. nelividuals. There lights follow the manufacture's sugges- friends and family getting together to will be no el g or loud noise tions, but avoid stringing more than two celebrate the holidays. Unfortunately, while running izu th a no-Ch a n strands of lights together. The farther every year we hear in the news those r,one.s (family housing areas and you go from the source of power the more tragic stories of a family's house burning nei:t gates). load you put on the weaker, less insulat- down, losing everything they have, or of ed Christmas light wires. This increases a terrible automobile accident involving your chances of a breakdown of that drinking and driving. These stories wire, and could result in an electrical fire seem to be that much sadder during the or someone being shocked or electrocut- holiday season, but the saddest part of ed. all is that they probably could have been Sgt. Jesse Faleris There will be rxn enlistd assign- Never leave any Christmas lights on, prevented. So, as we begin this holiday ment brief Dec. 11 presented to all Sound the bell interior or exterior, when no one is season, make it truly a time to do some family members by the Enlisted The sounding of the bell takes place every morning just before the raising of the col- home. thinking about safety. From the Base Assignment Monitor. Section. The ors. The bell is sounded eight times to signify the hour and the time for the chang- This is a season when the house is Safety Center, have a Happy brief will be. at the base theater ing of the watch. For story and photos see A-4. full of packages and presents, so ensure Thanksgiving! from. 6-8 pan; spouses are encouraL.,,vd to attend. See A-11 for complete schedule of M,MEA visit. TRICARE offers three plans for Ii fI past there better family health coverage outages on Than.kgivin Day t'lue Your preference for a particular health care provider. Requires use of doctors in the TRICARE Provider to erverloaded eix.tuits. To 1.101) pre- SSgt. Aiko Brum Frequency you use health care services. Network. vent this from happening this year, Community Relations Chief Frequency of travel outside Hawaii. Requires referral of authorization from Health Care the following are guicielines to fol- The absolute worst time to have to wonder about your Other comprehensive health care coverage you or Finders for specialty care. low; medical coverage is during an emergency. Yet, many your spouse may have. Enhanced preventive services, at no charge. *Donot rtirn air conditioners while Marines and Sailors who don't enroll in the TRICARE TRICARE Prime Benefits apply only in Hawaii. and California, except cooking.. Prime health plan may end up doing just that wor- Voluntary enrollment; minimum 12-month enroll- for emergencies or urgent care. Avoid peak cookU times of 9 - rying, then paying large, out-of-pocket medical bills. ment period. "TRICARE Prime is a managed health care option," I TRICARE is the Department of Defense health care Annual enrollment fees for retirees, their family said Lynn Cutl)rell, a marketing representative with prepare bokOd dishes program and also the new name for health coverage members and survivors. the Hawaii Medical Service Association which adminis- r rind use the microwavE. previously known as CHAMPUS. It allows eligible Offers the lowest out-of-pocket costs for health care; ters the Hawaii TRICARE contract. With Prime, active duty family members, retirees and their families $6 copayment per outpatient visit, for corporals/equiva- your primary care manager is your first point of contact and survivors, who are enrolled in. DEERS, to choose lent rank and below; $12 copayment for whenever you need health care. He or she is akin to a from three plans which best meet their needs: TRI- sergeants/equivalent rank and above, for most services. personal physician who manages your wellness and CARE Prime, TRICARE Extra or TRICARE Standard. *No annual deductible or premiums; no percentage preventive health care needs, Cuthrell explained. [Inside Choose a TRICARE option dependent upon: cost share. Initially, when you enroll in TRICARE Prime, you YOUT ability to meet costs. Usually no 'claim forms. See TRICARE, A-5 Briefs A-6,7 Editor Medal of Honor recipient returns home after 52 years Every, clime and his remains and prepare them for trans- Movies. MGySgt. Dave Treadway fer to San Antonio. MarForPac Public Affairs Chief MMEA ,A11 GySgt. Angela McDaniel, Marine MARINE FORCES PACIFIC, Camp Forces Pacific, was assigned to escort his MWR H. M. Smith, HI - Marine SSgt. remains home. She delivered them to Photo Feature. William James Bordelon will finally San Antonio Oct. 19. SSgt. Bordelon was return to his native San Antonio after 52 reburied in the Fort Sam National years. Cemetery on the 52nd anniversary of his Sporb ,,,,, B-4 The Medal of Honor awardee was killed death. on Tarawa Nov. 20, 1943, and was buried Reverend Buckner Fanning, pastor of in the National Memorial Cemetery of the Trinity Baptist Church in San the Pacific at Punchbowl after transfer Antonio, and, like Bordelon, a former You can cislw from that tiny Pacific island where he member of the 2nd Marine Division, vis- General questions served so gallantly. ited Hawaii in July to lay the ground- or interne. His only surviving brother and sister work for a production about San E-Mai:: recently asked the U.S. Department of Antonio's first native Medal of Honor BACE@CG@MCBH Veterans Affairs to return his body to recipient. Assisted by his two sons, Rev. Inlet-net: San Antonio for reburial in the Fort Sam Fanning will produce a documentary biced@mcm-smitp3usmc GySgt. Angela McDaniel Houston National Cemetery. That plan about Bordelon's life and the final return Buckner Fanning talks with two members of the MarForPac color guard, LCpI. Ryan was put into place October 18 when a of his remains. Holloway, left, and Cpl. David Cove!, right. local mortuary vvas contracted to exhume See Medal, A-8 e vision o MCB ; cilities and services in e De-art.. Ilse now 4 A-2 November 23, 1995 Hawaii Marine B Company 1/6 takes LeatherNet is combat to jungle in Panama from cushion comfort MARINE CORPS AIR levels when used to complement GROUND COMBAT CENTER, time in the field," Jones said. FORT SHERMAN, Panama - but they seemed to adapt well. er searches to look for concealed Twentynine Palms, Calif. - "There is no way simulation will Welcome to Fort Sherman's Jungle "Back home there are a lot of pine weapons and materials such as maps, Where at MCAGCC can you fly a ever substitute the real thing, but Operations Training Battalion.