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Guantanamo Bay !A I199 ~, Guantanamo Bay !a. 6AZEi YE 'C, Vol. 57 No. I Friday, January 7, 2000 Y2K bug poses no threat to GTMO GEN Cartwright By JO1 Kristen Ellis both before and after the clocks struck midnight visits GTMO Assistant Public Affairs Officer to ensure there were no problems. Then, key The U.S. Navy was the first to ring in the personnel around base reported in to Scott, who new year. Los Angeles-class, nuclear-powered in turn, reported to Commander, Navy Region attack submarine USS Topeka (SSN 754) navi- Southeast personnel. gated across the international dateline and equa- "I'm happy to say there were no issues to tor as 1999 faded into 2000. report," said Scott. Guantanamo Bay rang in the new year safely Scott said he and other information technol- and without incident. Command Master Chief ogy professionals tuned in to the news all day PRCM(AW/PJ) Gary Gattis said he would like Dec. 31 and watched as Australia and Japan rang to convey a special "thank you" to everyone who in the new year. "We watched them and knew if volunteered to help make the New Year's Eve they came through unscathed, we probably celebrations in Guantanamo Bay safe. would, too." Deputy Even though there was a great deal of antici- Although he said he didn't think there were Commander, US. Marine Forces, pation of the stroke of midnight and the Y2K going to be any problems going into the new year, Atlantic BGEN James E. Cartwright addresses Marine Corps spouses andfields bug, Information Systems Department Head John Scott did mention the fact that no one should let questionsfrom them during at Bulkeley Scott said Guantanamo Bay has not been affected down their guard. He explained that Feb. 29 may by the Year 2000 bug. raise some problems, as well. Scott said there Hall's Locke Auditorium during his visit to "The base did excellent. All mission critical are a few simple steps people can take to help GuantanamoBay Dec. 22 - 23. The general systems rolled over." Scott explained, "A lot of ensure they don't encounter difficulties. They are visited several areas of the base, time, energy, research and effort went into it by to increase vigilance when opening e-mail attach- including the Marine Barracks, both Windward and Leewardfencelines and cognizant parties to ensure we could meet our ments, change your password and turn off com- mission." puters and peripheral devices when not in use. chow hallfacilities. Photo by PH2 Emmitt J. Hawks Scott and others around the base were at work For more information, call 4138. Retired ADM Elmo 'Bud' Zumwalt dies at age 79 Courtesy of Navy Wire Service the youngest four-star admiral to be appointed world as president of American Medical Build- Retired Admiral Elmo Russell (Bud) to the post of Chief of Naval Operations. As ings, and in subsequent years served as director Zumwalt, Jr., former Chief of Naval Operations CNO, he initiated wide-ranging reforms through of a number of corporations. and Joint Chiefs of Staff member from 1970 to his famous "Z-grams" and made Navy careers Zumwalt is survived by his wife, Mouza 1974, died Jan. 2 at Duke University Hospital in much more attractive. Coutelais-du-Roche Zumwalt; one son, James; Durham, N.C., from complications following Zumwalt was born in San Francisco in 1920 two daughters, Anne Zumwalt Coppola, and chest surgery in October for malignant mesothe- and grew up in Tulare, Calif. He was a distin- MouzettaZumwalt-Weathers; six grandchildren; lioma. He was 79. guished graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy in a sister, Saralee Zumwalt Crowe; and a brother, At 44, Zumwalt was the youngest ever of- 1942. James G. Zumwalt. ficer promoted to rear admiral, and at 49, was After retirement, he entered the corporate A full-honors funeral will be held Jan. 10. Display diving flag Candlelight March honors Dr. King GUANTANAMO BAY - When snorkeling By CWO2 Ricky Bland tanamo Bay a beacon for community involve- or scuba diving outside areas where swimming COMNAVBASE Administrative Officer ment. is permitted, all participants shall display the The African American Cultural Committee The Candlelight March is set for Jan. 17 at diving flag from a flotation device within 50 is excited about initiating the first-ever Candle- sunset. It will begin at the Windjammer Club feet of dive site and intended surface opera- light March in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King and end at the POW/MIA Memorial. tions within the bay. Floatation devices may Jr. All participants can pick up candles and glow be a boat, inner tube, diving buoy or surf float. This is a special event that crosses color bar- sticks on the day of the march at 5 p.m. in the Using dive flags outside the bay is mandatory. riers as well as recognizes multicultures and the staging area beside the Windjammer Club. need for positive dialogue in order to make Guan- For more information, call 4511/4709. 1998 Navy Chief of Information Merit Award Recipient Best Overall Military-Funded Newspaper - Small Shore Unit and Small Deployed Unit GTMO Recycle this GAZETTE What are your resolutions for the new millennium? Marjorie Arndt: "To give up TMSN Nona Billy: "I'm going ET2(SW) Michelle Ainsworth: MA2 Tangela Marshall: "I'm second-hand smoking and complete to keep myself in better physical "I'm going to live each day going to complete my degree, be- the Calculus program at Navy Col- shape and try to avoid all of the bad knowing that I'll have to pay for it come a more knowledgable master lege Learning Center." stuff." tomorrow." at arms and help junior personnel." 'I am a Sailor' letter found near Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (This is a letterfound near the Tomb of the nal - yours is but a moment. ters of the Mekong Delta. Unknown Soldier. The author is unknown) I am the spirit of heroes past and future. I I wear many faces. I am a Naval Aircrewman I am the American Sailor: Hear my voice, am the American Sailor. I was born upon the icy soaring across God's blue canopy with my flight America! Though I speak through the mist of shores at Plymouth, rocked upon the waves of crew. I am that young Ensign down in the hanger 200 years, my shout for freedom will echo the Atlantic and nursed in the wilderness of Vir- bay of LHA-4, motivating other young men and through liberty's halls for many centuries to ginia. I cut my teeth on New England codfish women to hustle, so we make the launch time. I come. Hear me speak, for my words are of truth and I was clothed in southern cotton. I built am a reserve Seabee atop a dusty bulldozer in and justice, and the rights of man. For those ide- muscle at the halyards of New Bedford whalers the South Pacific. I am that Chief Boatswain on als I have spilled my blood upon the world's and I gained my sea legs high atop mizzen of DDG-67 teaching our next generation of Sailors troubled waters. Listen well, for my time is eter- Yankee clipper ships. standard seamanship. I am that old Navy Phar- I am the American Sailor, one of the greatest macist Mate, now a Medical Service Corps Cap- seamen the world has ever known. The sea is tain, nursing wounded Marines in the jungle. I Guantanm a my home and my words are tempered by the am a Command Master Chief, teaching Sailors sound of paddle wheels on the Mississippi and how to be the best in the world. I'm a nuke the song of whales off Greenland's barren shore. Machinist's Mate on USS Memphis deep beneath GAZETTE My eyes have grown dim from the glare of the North Pole. I am hard and strong. U.S. Naval Base sunshine on blue water and my heart is full of But it was my eyes that filled with tears when Guantanamo Bay, Cuba star-strewn nights under the Southern Cross. My my brother went down with the Thresher and it hands are raw from winter storms while sailing was my heart that rejoiced when CDR Shepherd Commander, Naval Base down round the Horn and they are blistered from rocketed into orbit above the earth. I languished CAPT Larry E. Larson the heat of cannon broadside while defending our in a Viet Cong prison camp and I walked upon nation. I have seen the sunset of a thousand dis- the moon. It was I who saved the Stark and the Chief Staff Officer tant, lonely lands. Samuel B. Roberts in mine infested waters. CDR Jack H. Van Zandt It was I who stood tall beside John Paul Jones I pulled my brothers from the smoke filled Command Master Chief as he shouted, "I have not yet begun to fight!" I compartments of Bonefish and wept when my PRCM(AW/PJ) Gary M. Gattis fought upon the Lake Erie with Perry and I rode shipmates died on Iowa and White Plains. with Stephen Decatur into Tripoli harbor to burn When called again, I was there, on the tip of Public Affairs Officer Philadelphia. I met Guerriere aboard Constitu- the spear for Operations Desert Shield and Desert JOC Walter T. Ham IV tion and I was lashed to the mast with Admiral Storm. I am woman, I am man, I am white and Assistant Public Affairs Officer Farragut at Mobile Bay. black, yellow, red and brown.
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