c Vol. 23 no. 9 Serving Marine Forces Pacific, MCB Hawaii, Ill Marine Expeditionary Forces, Hawaii and 1st Radio Battalion March 9, 1995 Classes offered to improve ASVAB BRAC '95 shows and AFCT scores MCB Hawaii Thu will Joint Education Center is offering classes in English and Math. The classes begin March 13 and run through April 13 from increase in numbers 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.. Monday through Thursday. These classes assets. Plans call for the Reserve Headquarters Marine Corps help improve Armed Forces Marine Corps and Navy squadron, Classification Test and Armed originally planned for Beaufort, to Services Vocational Aptitude Secretary of Defense William Perry relocate to NAS Atlanta. Battery score. The average score recently announced his intention to While MCAS Cherry Point will not increase on the AFCT is 14 points recommend to the Defense Base realize an increase in personnel due to for Electronics (EL), and 13 points Closure and Realignment Commission BRAC '95 recommendations, the for General Technical (GT). An the closure or realignment of 146 mili- Naval Aviation Depot there has placed administ!-ittive action form is tary installations in the United States. 900 civilian personnel on the payroll required for registration and Though no Marine Corps installation during the past year and is expected to AFCT test administration. or facility is included for closure or dis- hire 300 more. Testing is scheduled for April 14. establishment, four installations will The Secretary said that he had There is no cost to the student or be impacted by recommended changes approved the recommendations made unit. For more information, con- Cpl. Wanda Compton to prior BRAC decisions. by the military departments without the J EC tact at 257-2158/1232. I said down! These recommendations are now sub- exception. "These actions are neces- by the sary so we can shape Tessa and her handler, LCpl. David Byrnes pin Cpl. John Rosacker during a recent ject to reviews the Commission, that carefully our demonstration of their skills at Keolu Elementary School. The Military Police Congress and the President, with the armed forces to support the National Spouses invited to Department was asked by 1st Battalion, 12th Marines to put on a demonstration possibility of future revision or com- Military Strategy and the Bottom Up Garden Party for as part of their adopt-a-school program. The show was also a part of the school's plete rejection. Review," Perry said. "Color my community drug free" as a coalition for a drug free Hawaii. The most significant impact for the Perry also announced his intentions to Marine Corps results from recom- recommend the current BRAC Mrs. Mundy and Mir that Mrs. Overstreet mended changes related to the 1993 authority be extended to permit another BRAC decision to close MCAS El Toro, base closure round in three to four years Calif. and MCAS Tustin, Calif. Marine to "absorb the closure of over a hundred All Mar i ilk spouses are invited to Several activities relocating Helicopter Training Squadron (HMT)- major bases while continuing to refine attend an aloha Garden Party in 302 and its 700 personnel from MCAS our force structure and our mission." honor of MI'S. Carl E. Mundy, Jr. Consolidated Public Affairs Office MCB How.° Tustin will relocate to MCAS New The BRAC commission is scheduled and Mrs. Harold G. Overstreet. River, N.C. (vice NAS Miramar, CA.) to complete its review of the The party will be held March 21 at The recent relocation of MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay command staff and other Additionally, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, Secretary's recommendations, and for- 10:30 a.m. at 201 Marine Barracks activities into building 216 will soon be complete. Aviation Support Element, aboard ward them to the President by July Way, Naval Base Pearl Harbor. 1, Previously occupied by the command element of the 1st Marine Expeditionary MCB Hawaii, will receive approxi- 1995. The President must either The party is being held in the home Brigade before its deactivation in August 1994, spaces of building 216 have mately 128 personnel from Marine approve or disapprove the recommen- of MGen. and Mrs. J.D. Howell, recently received upgrades to included painting and recarpeting. Helicopter Squadron (HMH) -363. dations by July 15, 1995. If he deputy commander, Marine Forces According to SSgt. Eileen Osterhout from the MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, HMH-363 was slated to relocate to approves the recommendationb, he Pacific. This historic quarters. Inspector's Office, "Some conunanci staff and activities of building 215 have yet NAS Miramar. An additional 418 Navy will forward the list to the Commission built in 1911, has been the home of to finish moving, but the relocation is expected to be complete by March 13." personnel from Helicopter Support and Congress, along with his certifica- three commandants of the Marine Many of the phone numbers for activities moving into building 216 will remain Squadron (HC-5) from Agana, Guam tion of approval by July 15. the Corps and Janel Howell has gra- If the same, along with local area network computer addresses. Customers are are also slated to move to MCB Hawaii. President disapproves the recommen- ciously invited party guests to tour advised to call the military information operator at 471-7110 for phone numbers MCAS Cherry Point, N.C., originally dations, in whole or in part, he must the quarters. The cost is $5 and that have been changed. The Staff Judge Advocate's Office will commence their planned as one of three sites to receive notify the Commission and Congress the check is your reservation. own relocation from building 256 to building 215 during the month of April. assets from NAS Cecil Field, of the reasons for disapproval. The Make checks payable and mail to Agency or staff unit New location in building 216 Jacksonville, Fla. (closing in accor- Commission must then submit a Earlene Parks, 677 Baugh Road, Family Service Center, North-West Wing dance with BRAC '93), will not realize revised list for consideration to the Aiea, Hawaii, 96701. Deadline is Red Cross, TAMP, Military that gain based on BRAC '95 recom- President by Aug. 15, 1995. The March 15. Aloha attire is appropri- Personnel mendations. MCAS Beaufort, S.C. President must then certify his ate for this event. If anyone needs Commanding General, Second Deck slated during BRAC '93 to receive both approval of all revised recommenda- a map or directions contact Sgt. Adjutant, Admin Staff a Marine Corps and Navy Reserve tions and transmit his approval to the Larsen at 477-0055. Environmental Dept., Public 1st Deck F/A-18 squadron with approximately Congress by Sept. 1, 1995. Should the Come out and show your support Affairs Office, TQL 110 personnel, will instead see their President disapprove the report, in for these ladies who have vigorously ASYMCA, Navy Relief North-East Wing v.. population increase by 540 military whole or in part, no closure list will be supported our Marine families dur- and five civilian personnel from two submitted this year. If Congress does ing their tenure as the wife of the The Hawaii Marine will publish phone numbers and specific locations active Navy F/A-18 squadrons. Three not disapprove the list within 45 leg- 30th Commandant of the Marine of all activities in building 216 in an upcoming issue. different Naval Air Stations will islative days of receipt, the list will Corps and the wife of -the 12th Source: MCB Hawaii Facilities recoup the remainder of Cecil Field become law. Sergeant Major of the Marine Corp. TQL icons legend for Hawaii Marine Marines, AAVs help clean up Nu'upia Ponds Nu'upia ponds, aboard MCB Hawaii, ment plan to bolster the Stilt popula- from birth, and inhibiting access to Sgt. Jesse Faleris Kaneohe Bay, to gain access to the tion was devised. the ponds by predators. Domestic WI write, beach. In doing so, they were unin- We are willing to do everything that cats, dogs and wild mongooses are a The endangered Kukulua&o, a bird tentionally plowing these non-indige- we can to help the environment," said serious threat to the Hawaiian Stilt. Goal #1 Enhance - known as the Hawaiian Stilt, looks on nous weeds and brush: originally Sgt. Eric Swanson, section leader, AAV Game wardens, aboard MCB Military Readiness as the immense tractors of introduced in Hawaii to curtail costal Platoon, 3d Marine Regiment. Hawaii, fight a continuous Amphibious Assault Vehicle Platoon, erosion. Government biologists "I volunteered my section for battle to control the popula- 3d Marine Regiment rip through the observed that this activity attracted this important mission." tion of these predators. They overgrown pickle weed and mangrove the Stilts, who began to lay their eggs The Marines of the AAV IftIf are assisted by government Goal #2 Advance - brush that are destroying her natural in the muddy tracks the AAVs had left Platoon annually biologists and conduct Risk Management and breeding grounds. behind. Upon realizing this, the embark on the project it continuous trapping Loss Prevention Over two decades ago, the Marines of Marines diverted daily AAV traffic to of clearing the over- "The Stilt popula- project in order to AAV platoon used a trail through another route, and a wildlife enhance- grown plant life from tion here has grown impound as many of the Stilt's nesting these bird-menacing Goal #3 -- Enhance from 60 to about tit grounds. They predators as possible. Quality of Life accomplish this 160 birds since "The Stilt population through direct super- 1984. The State here has grown from vision of base envi- fi0 to about 160 birds Goal #4 ronmental specialists, since 1984," explained Continuously Improve considers Nu'upia by driving their Ponds to be one Dr.