Radio Recon Hones Skills "Play" with Deceptively Simple Trained to Do Are Pretty Dangerous "We're Just Bringing Them Objects Which Explode, Throw Off Cpl
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INSIDE Salutes A-7 DENTAL GOLF Bay Fest B-2 Olympics, B-1 Juniors, B-1 Family Safety B-3 Vol. 25, No. 25 Serving the base of choice for the 21st century July 3, 1997 Fireworks Safety Each year, many Americans Radio Recon hones skills "play" with deceptively simple trained to do are pretty dangerous "We're just bringing them objects which explode, throw off Cpl. Steven Williams if you don't know what you're through this to touch up their showers of hot sparks or reach sur- Combat Correspondent doing," said Cpl. Riley V. Soelberg, skills and get them ready for face temperatures hotter than a 'lb infiltrate the most dangerous radio recon Marine. "And in this deployment." kitchen stove. Few realize what enemy territory, Marines from job, if you mess up, you mess up RRIP training includes day and they are doing when they set off Radio Reconnaissance Company, the whole team. Someone could night fast-roping and rappelling fireworks. Most fireworks injuries 1st Radio Battalion here, have to get seriously hurt." from towers and helicopters, dry involve children, and those in be precise in their expertise Fifteen Marines are currently in and wet Special Purpose Insertion school age years consistently face - Marine Expeditionary Units the RRIP, including two six- and Extraction rigging, patrolling the highest risk. Most injuries also depend on them. Marine teams preparing for and Zodiac (recon boat) training. involve fireworks which are legal That's why these devil dogs deployment, according to GySgt. The RRIP is wrapped up with a under current federal and state spend eight weeks jumping out of Robert Gomez, platoon sergeant, final exercise which could last laws. Even sparklers, which are and hanging from helicopters, Radio Reconnaissance Platoon. anywhere from one to five days, among the fireworks least likely to honing reconnaissance skills and The teams are scheduled to be according to Gomez. A six- be regulated at any level, caused spit-shining their communica- attached to MEUs from Camp Marine team is inserted into an more than 900 of the injuries treat- tions knowledge in the Radio Pendleton, Calif. area, with a mission it must com- ed in emergency rooms. The Base Reconnaissance Indoctrination "These Marines have already plete as quickly and concisely as Safety Center wants to remind Program. been through the Basic possible. everyone fireworks are not allowed 'The things we learned here are Reconnaissance School in The current RRIP will conclude Digital photo by Cpl. Steven Williams on any property belonging to important because the tasks we're Coronado, Calf.," said Gomez. Aug. 4. A team of Radio Recon Marines dangles over Kaneohe Bay. Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Have a safe Independence Day. Independence Day Meal, snack Concert guidelines Start your Fourth of July off with a bang with a free concert by the Marine Forces Pacific Band for in-home tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Dewey Square. This concert will feature the 1812 Overture with the con- providers cussion section provided by 1st Battalion, 12th Marines. LCpl. Barry Proctor Everyone is welcome to attend. Combat Correspondent Come early, relax and enjoy barbe- cued hamburgers, hot dogs and To ensure the health and well- plate lunches available for pur- being of children staying with in- chase from MWR. home child care providers, MCB Hawaii's Early Childhood Education Center here, follows Commissary closing federal guidelines for the meals and snacks a child receives. The commissary will be closed Food Friday in observance of The Child Care Program was established by the Food and Independence Day. The store will Nutrition Service under the U.S. reopen Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 Department of Agriculture. This p.m. For more information, call federal program's main objective 257-2612. is to provide and enforce guide- lines over what providers and School Physicals child care centers feed children ages 12 and younger, according to A reminder to all parents with the provider's nutrition manual. school-aged children: get your chil- The guidelines are important dren in early for their school phys- because they ensure all children ical. Appointments are available Digital photo by Cpl. Michael Wiener will be fed only healthy meals throughout July. Beat the last With his static line about to be pulled, a 4th Force Reconnaissance Marine steps off the ramp of a CH-53D Sea Stallion and snacks while under the care minute rush and schedule early to helicopter. His MC-5 parachute can be rigged for a static line or a free-fall jump. of a provider, according to Phyllis avoid nonavailability. Call N. Kia-Luttrell, USDA training Central Appointments at 257- technician. 2131/2155. The providers are trained how to 4th Force plummets into K-Bay read food labels, how to select meals for the children, and how Lemon Lot lion of the MC-5 parachute. to prepare them, said Kia- Cpl. Michael Wiener The MC-5 won't replace the round chutes which deploy at Luttrell. The providers are given All vehicles must be removed from Combat Correspondent 800 feet, but will replace the MT1, according to SSgt. Daniel booklets with various recipes for the lemon lot adjacent to the base After exiting the plane in the cover of darkness, Marines P. Furiak, Recon jumpmaster. nutritious meals and snacks. The gas station before July 9. The lot aimed to the teeth fall toward the sleeping country below. 'The round chutes can (open up) at 800 feet -much lower guidelines allow three meals and will be repainted and swept. After Chutes deploy at 8,000 feet, and shadowy figures silently fly than the MC-5," said Furiak, "but having the MC-5 is big three snacks each day for the the work is completed, servicemem- to their objective enemy supply point. The team of plus for us. It can be rigged fora free-fall or a static line jump. children. bers will be required to register the -an Marines touch down and regroup a few hundred meters from The only difference is the addition of the center line for the The providers are required to vehicle they intend to sell with the the enemy, ready to give them the surprise of their shortened static jump." record what meals and snacks pass house at the front gate. All lives. The change allows Recon to train more Marines in more they feed children and times the vehicles not registered will be Parachutes have played an important part of stealthy capabilities without sending them to formal schools. It also children are fed. The meals and towed. Contact PMO at 257-2047 insertions since World War II, and just recently 4th Force snacks recorded must meet the for more information. See JUMP, A-2 Reconnaissance has expanded its capabilities with the addi- See FOOD, A-2 Questions Trench training increases safety dous progress with this training," said tifying existing and predictable hazards Cpl. Steven Williams Ask the Commanding Louis R. Rowe, deputy director of Safety. in excavation work or taking prompt cor- Combat Correspondent General via E-Mail: 'We're already seeing a reduction in rective measures." BICE@CG@MCBH KBAY MCB Hawaii's first-ever trenching, injuries, which saves the Marine Corps Workers who participated in the train- shoring and excavation training was money and the workers time because ing had to pass the course with a score of Internet: held June 17, opening a whole new door the jobs are getting done quicker." 90 percent or above to be considered a biced @mfp.usmc.mil to safety here. The training is geared at certifying competent person, according to Loechel. The Base Action Committee: Base Safety's Horst Loechel, construc- workers as "competent persons," Anyone scoring lower received a certifi- tion safety specialist, developed the Loechel said. The Department of Labor cate. BAC@CG@MCBH KBAY training to cut back on injuries and haz- requires a "competent person" be pre- The training consisted of four and a ards during trench work here. sent on a trench five or more feet deep in half hours of classroom instruction and "By learning how to inspect a trench stable soil, or four or more feet in unsta- one and half hours of practical applica- for safety, we can prevent workers from ble soil. tion at the base landfill. engulfment, entrapment, a hazardous "A competent person must have had "At the landfill, there are a lot of nat- Military shelter 533-7125 atmosphere and even being crushed to specified training in and be knowledge- ural gases," said Loechel. 'That made it death," said Loechel. 'The more people I able about soils analysis, the use of pro- a better learning environment." MPD 257-7114 train, the more eyes and ears I have. I tective systems and the requirements of The next training should be scheduled Digital photo by Cpl. Steven Williams Crisis Hotline 521-4555 can't be everywhere to ensure sites are excavation," said Loechel. "One who in August, according to Loechel. For Horst Loechel, construction safety spe- safe." does not have such training or knowl- more information, call Base Safety at cialist, Base Safety, gives instruction on Child Protective Serv. 832-5282 "We feel (Loechel) has made tremen- edge cannot possibly be capable of iden- 257-1830. excavation regulations. A-2 July 3, 1997 Hawaii Marine In-home care homes are monitored three FOOD times each a year to ensure providers are From A -1 adhering to the guidelines, said Kia-Luttrell. "If parents complain their children are not standards set by the USDA, said Kia- being fed properly, it is my responsibility to Luttrell.