HAWAII MARINE) Voluntary Payment for Delivery to MCAS Housing/81 Per Four Week Period
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HAWAII MARINE) Voluntary payment for delivery to MCAS housing/81 per four week period. VOL 10 NO. 52 KANEOHE BAY. HAWAII. DEC. 30. 1981 SIXTEEN PAGES ade begins d ear compiled by Sgt Inez J. Stoner guard Naval bases in the The Brigade was reorganized mostly in the Pacific Theater. In 1953 President Harry S. Since 1977 the Brigade has Philippines and to administer the from 1939 to 1941 at Marine Truman commissioned the 1st exercised its combat readiness by The 1st Marine Brigade, unique military government. In 1914 the Barracks, Quantico, Va. where THE 1ST PROVISIONAL Piovisional Marine Brigadeas the providing battalion landing in that it is the only permanent Brigade was disbanded. Brigade Marines studied the Marine Brigade was again 1st Provisional Marine Air- teams for the Unit Deployment brigade in the Marine Corps, is techniques of amphibious revived in March 1944, this time at Ground Task Force and based it at Program. Units of the 1st Marine- celebrating its 81st anniversary JUST A YEAR LATER the landings. Pearl Harbor. Shortly lifter that it the newly established Marine Brigade make regular deploy- Jan. 1. 1st Marine Brigade was was headquartered on Guadal- Corps 'Air Station, Kaneohe Bay. ments to Japan and the Western reorganized and sent to Haiti to In June 1941 the 1st Provisional canal. , For a very brief time, the Task Pacific in six-month increments, The 1st Marine Brigade was restore law and order and protect Marine Brigade was assembled in During the Korean War the 1st Force was comprised of the 3d providing international security formed Jan. 1, 1901 is the American interests in the Charleston, S.C. and in July Provisional Marine Brigade was Marine Regiment and Marine and engaging in a number of Philippines and was made up of revolution-torn country. The landed in Iceland. For the first comprised of the -5th Marine Aircraft Group-13. various training exercises. During Marines stationed there plus Brigade was disbanded again in time during World War II, Regiment, 1st Marine Division the early months of 1880 the about 1,000 Marines from China 1934 after nearly 20 years of Marines had been sent into what from Marine Corps Base, Camp IN 1955 THE SCOPE of the Brigade's 31st Marine Amphi- who had been participating in the service in Haiti. During it stay in was considered a war zone. Pendleton, Calif., and was known Task Force was greatly expanded bious Unit sailed from Oahu to the Boxer Rebellion. Haiti the Brigade was at one time Shortly after the Japanese as the "Fire Brigade." Although with the arrival of the 4th Marine Arabian Sea to support U.S. policy commanded by Major Smedley D. attacked Oahu in Dec. 1941, the active less than .40 days, the Regiment and additional At that time the Brigade was Butler. Gunnery Sergeant Dan Brigade was pulled out of Iceland, Brigade traveled nearly 400 miles, squadrons from the Far East to TODAY, THE 1ST MARINE often referred to as the "Philippine Daly also earned his Medal of disbanded and the Marines were mostly on foot, and took up many reinforce the MAG. In addition, Brigade is the only permanent Brigade". Its mission was to Honor while serving there. sent to parent organizations, important battle positions. the Task Force and its attached brigade in the Marine Corps. It units were homeported here, combines both air and ground ending their six-month rotation elements to provide a complete schedule. force in readiness. The 1st Marine Amphibious tractors and Brigade is made up of three helicopters soon begain arriving battalions of the 3d Marine from Korea and by 1956 the Task Regiment. With more than 4,000 Force had been renamed the 1st Marines it is the largest infantry Marine Brigade and was ready to regiment in the Marine Corps. participate in live fire air-ground Included within the reinforced exercises on many of the neighbor regiment are the 1st Battalion, islands. 12th Marine Regiment, providing During the 1960s major units of artillery support; Detachment, the Brigade deployed to Okinawa Company A, 3d Assault and served in a number of Amphibian Battalion; and campaigns in Vietnam including Company A, 3d Reconnaissance the Tet Offensive in 1968. Also in Battalion. 1968, some elements of MAG-24 Logistical support and supplies began arriving here from the are provided by the Brigade MCAS Cherry Point, N.C. In 1969 Service Support Group. the Brigade's 1st Battalion, 27th Air support for the Brigade is Marine Regiment was redesignat- provided by MAG -24 comprised of ed as the 1st Battalion, 3d Marine three fixed wing fighter attack Regiment. squadrons, VMFA-212, 232 and 2 3 5; and four helicopter DURING 1970 THE Bri- squadrons, Marine Medium gade's strength increased with the Helicopter Squadron-165, 265 and. arrival of a company of 262, and Marine Heavy Helicopter amphibious tractors, a company Squadron-463. Support is of engineers and the activation of provided by Headquarters nad a Provisional Service Battaliqn. Maintenance Squadron-24; By 1971 the Brigade had three Marine Air Base Squadron-24; fighter attack squadrons equipped and Marine Air Control with the F-4 Phantom aircraft and Squadron-2. medium and heavy helicopter squadrons. The 1st Battalion, AT 81 YEARS OF AGE, this 12th Marine Regiment arrived in unique air-ground team known as USMC Photo early June and the remainder of the 1st Marine Brigade is TEAMWORK - Leathernecks from the First Marine Brigade's an exercise. This constant training hones t he Brigade's combat the 3d Marine Regiment joined the constantly training and ever 3d Marines and Marine Aircraft Group-24 train together during readiness. prigafle June 9. ready for amphibious warfare, Construction causes traffic pattern changes TRIPLER ARMY fenced off Monday and gency Room and Personnel Building, H intersection of Jarrett MEDICAL CENTER, designated off limits hospital parking is via lot and G unit. White and Krukowski Hawaii - Whether due to construction of Jarrett White and The rerouted city bus Roads. All traffic you're driving, park- the new three-wing Ward Roads only. Due line enters Ward Road driving in the vicinity ing, or walking, four story addition. to the narrow width of from' Jarrett White, of the Tripler gas Tl'ipler's traffic pat- The makai (ocean) Ward Road, no park- make its first stop at station, the Company terns totally turned side of the hospital is ing is allowed on it nor the E wing entrance, area, gymnasium and around with closing of now the "front" with adjacent to the spray next at the D wing Well Baby clinic is Patterson Road, park- main entrances at D. pond across from D entrance, then exit routed via Krukowski ing lots and entrances and E wings. Upper D Wing. though the lower, D. Road. All construction on the mauka (moun- and E parking lots are parking lot past the vehicles will use tain) side of the reserved for patients Staff parking is in ballfiald. and out via Krukowski Road. hospital. from 8 am. till 2 p.m., the lower D and E lots Krukowski Road. The entire area Monday through Fri- on the makai side of Coming up the hill, a Entrances and exits fronting the former day. the hospital, except for new left turn only lane to parking lots are main entrance was Access to the Emer- a few slots by the was added at the clearly marked. kl NA.% Photo by SSgt Joe Blackburn PUNCH FOR PUNCH - Corporal Jesse bit off more than they could chew Dec. 19 Ferguson (left) receives the worst of an during a boxing smoker in Kalihi. For exchange between him and Hawaii more photos and story, t urn to page A-4. Youth's boxer Jesse Shelby. The Marines Memorial services set Christopher R. !lanky, 19, son of Li 3utena nt Colonel and Mrs. Gene H. Hartley; drowned Dec. 23, while body surfing here. Funeral services for the youth are scheduled to be held in Kingston, Mo. Hartley, an apprentice at the Naval Shipyard in Newport News, Va., was in lrawaii for Christmas visiting his parents. He abd his brotherThomne, 16, had been body surfing at the Air Station's Pyramid Rock beach area when heavy waves swept the two away from shore. Surfer Jim Robinson, eon of Colonel Charles Robinson, Commanding Officer of the air Station, came to their aid and managed to pull Thomas to shore but was unable to help Christopher, whose body was not recovered until Saturday. Hartley is survived by his parents; two brothers, Bennett, 21, a Central Missouri State University student, and Thomas, who resides with his parents aboard the Air Station; and a sister, Cynthia, 23, of Richmond Va. LtCol Hartley is currently assigned as the 1st Marine HOSPITAL ROUTES -A dotted line on Ward Road during construction of a new three wing, four-story Brigade Comptroller. The entire family had gathered in Hawaii for the holidays. hiohlighte new route to Trlpler's Emergency Room. addition. Parking for patients is reserved in Iota The requests that those who desire to express their sentiments make donationsito Arrows point out main entrances on makal side of acmes the street from entrances to Wings D and E. the S afford High School hand, Stafford, Va., in lieu of sending flowers. hospital and Emergency Room which will he used *NW Opinions expressed by ublishers with the Department of the Navy or the U.S. Marine Corps. and writers by RFD Publications; Inc., a private firm in no way connected of advertisements . Published of the Navy or the U.S. Marine Corps. The appearance n this publication are their own and not to be donsidered an official expression of the Department or services advertised.