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SPEED Halloween Safety A-2 \ DASH Doer's Profile A-10 HydroFest, B-1 Running, B -1 Football Pool B-5 Vol, 26r No, 40 Hitt bo,50 of cho cry Col the `d.1 rit c.r,rrlvey Octobctir 16, 1997 Krulak Coffee FSC ets violence prevention All spouses are invited to meet Mrs. Charles C. Krulak, Sgt. William Poff include protecting victims, creating a wife of the commandant of the Combat Correspondent climate which has zero tolerance for Marine Corps, at a coffee to be spouse and child abuse and holding held in her honor Friday from The Family Services Center here is offenders accountable for their 1.0:30 to noon at the Officers' using fundraisers, classes and video- actions, said Kiefer. Club Lanai. For more infor- taped programs on Channel 2 to "We want to ensure all commands, mation, call Katie at 254- highlight Domestic Violence agenCies and employees on base have 1477. Awareness Month. the same focus and goals for reduc- The national military theme for the ing domestic violence," said Kiefer. Hawaii Marine month is, "The power to prevent "The events we hold are designed to domestic violence begins with me:" specialist here. managing the domestic violence promote awareness and enable "Abuse of family members is "In 1993 the Marine Corps took cases." everyone to come forward, partici- Due to increased questions assault and inconsistent with over family advocacy from the Navy The Marine Corps developed three pate and uphold the three goals," it .regarding submissions to the Marine Corps values," said Gail L. department," said Kiefer. "It goals to help effectively prevent Hawaii Marine newspaper, the medical The three goals See PREVENTION, A-2 following numbers are sup- Kiefer, family advocacy prevention wanted to take responsibility for domestic violence. plied as points of contact: Press Chief: 257-5600 Editor: 257-5620 $42 million housing Press Officer: 257-2728 News Staff: 257-5600 Officers' Ball project ready by1998 ty of housing here, it This project is provid- The 1997 Officers' Marine Continuing will help ease the tran- ing the base with a Corps Birthday Ball will be improvements sition of personnel long-awaited housing held Nov. 8 at the Hilton arriving with the Base capacity increase, Hawaiian Village Hotel in the seen at MCB Realignment and according to Cowan. Coral Ballroom. Cocktail hour Hawaii. Closure of NAS "This housing will begins at 5 p.m., dinner at Barbers Point. have a lot of new fea- 6:30 p.m., and the ceremony at Base residents 'can tures that will 8 p.m. $55 get a of enhance The per person Cpl. Steven Williams sneak preview base hous- ticket. price dinner, to "It includes Combat Correspondent what they're going ing," said Cowan. tax aild gratuity, in addition get when two proto- will feature things like to birthday cake, memento, Nearly $42 million in type units are complet- a bike path, half bas- dinner, wine and corkage fees. family housing con- ed near Pyramid Rock ketball courts, picnic. Wine, mixed drinks, beer and struction, in the form beach. sites with barbeque soft drinks will be available in of 237 new units; are "We are in the grills and tot lots for the foyer throughout the scheduled to be com- process of building two the kids to play in." evening. Retired officers pleted -here by fall - - prototype units which The duplexes will wishing to attend the ball 1998. should be completed in feature three bath- need to contact CWO4 Natalie This new housing is the next couple of rooms in the four-bed- McPherson at 477-8383 before going to be extremely months," said Cowan. room units and two Wednesday. important when P-3 "The contractors will and a half in the squadrons begin mov- use these as examples three-bedrooms. ing here from Naval of how to build the rest They'll have Corian CREDO Air Station . Barbers of the units." counter tops, walk-in Point in 1999, said These include three- closets in the master For married couples who Navy Lt. Marilee A. and four-bedroom bedroom, garages and desire to improve or re-ener- Cowan Civil Engineer duplexes on Kansas Whirlpool appliances. gize their marriage, the Corps, resident officer Tower. hill for enlisted Additionally, 12 of Hawaii. Interfaith Marriage in charge of construc- families and 54 hous- these duplex units will Encounter is conducting a tion here. Not only is ing units being built be single-level, handi- marriage encounter weekend it improving the quail- on Fort Hase Beach. cap-accessible houses. Nov. 8-9. The encounter is Digital photo by LCpI. Barry Proctor designed to improve communi- cation between married cou- ples and improve marital BURNING HOT understanding. For more Welder Mike Scott, MCB Hawaii Metal Shop, welds a piece of metal Tree snake blues information, call George and Wednesday morning at the shop. The metal shop supports any base activities is Susan Krueger at 422-5474. which may require metal shaping, welding or other metal work. Cpl. Steven Williams greatest danger area Hickam Air Combat Correspondent Force Base because that's where all our Traffic Change incoming flights from other countries Animal specialists island-wide, are landing. What is dangerous for us including some from the is the cargo is trucked over here and Through traffic on " Moses FBI funds new range Environmental Department here, are there's always Street will be eliminated due Training Facilities, here. "Range working hard inspecting planes and a possibility a to the construction of perime- Sgt. William Poff 6 was the most suitable of any educating aviation communities on snake is hid- i ter fencing and dust screens Combat Correspondent site on the island to be upgraded how to stop the brown tree snake den in it some- around the construction of the Marine Corps Base Hawaii, for FBI's purposes." before it slithers here to wreak havoc. where." new 54-units of housing. For the Kaneohe Bay, Oahu The The FBI has used the existing With nothing to hunt it and an Two brown- more information, call David - Federal Bureau of Investigation Range 6 for it's firearms training appetite for just about anything, the colored snakes Buffum at 257-4005, will fund a range here to replace for several years. features a BTS ran rampant on Guam, killing off were spotted It Danny Rodrigues Range 6 on Ulupau crater. 25-yard line and limited amount nine of eleven species of birds and escaping from Brown tree snakes After a site survey of several facil- of firing points, said Garcia. threatening native reptiles and mam- a cargo plane FYI can easily hide in ities throughout Hawaii, the range "The best part of the deal is the mals. They feed on prey much larger at Hickam in cargo containers. here proved to. be best suited for FBI is paying for the entire con- than themselves, such as puppies, rats August. No Ask the Commanding the FBI's firearms training needs. struction of the range," said and poultry. one is sure if they were BTSs, but General via E-Mail: "New FBI firearms training stan- Garcia. "It will have multiple fir- But so far, Oahu and MCB Hawaii whatever they were, they're free in dards required a 50-yard line with ing lines, including a 50-yard line haven't had to worry about the BTS. Hawaii now And if they are BTSs, BICE@CG@MCBH KBAY turning targets," said CWO-2 Eric and facilities for a running target "This base hasn't had any sightings," which can lay up to a dozen eggs twice Internet: B. Garcia, officer in charge, Range range." said Lance Bookless, natural resource a year, it could plague Hawaii like it [email protected] management specialist, here. "The has Guam. Base Environmental Hotline: 257-6920 ext. 221 from The gains Base order Action Committee: Frag marks planning Corps does for the nation -"Making framework, the Frag Order, signed Aug. Laboratory: Established in October [email protected] Fred Carr or phone: Marines and Winning Battles." 31, updates Marines on initiatives man- 1995, the MCWL was created to explore HOMC Public Affnirs 257-5318 Now, two years into his tenure, dated by his original planning guidance new and potential technologies for the WASHINGTON -Upon becoming Krulak has issued a Frag Order and articulates a new initiative to pre- 21st century Marine Corps. In commandant in 1995, Gen. Charles C. designed to institutionalize, clarify, pare the nation and the Corps for the February 1997, the lab conducted the Domestic violence Krulak fired a round from focus and capitalize on the gains made battlefield of the 21st century. first in a series of advanced warfighting help Headquarters Marine Corps that to date from the original CPG. As he did with the CPG, the comman- experiments -Hunter Warrior -in numbers awakened the Corps, as well as much of "rib remain the "agile, adaptable, com- dant has ordered a Corps-wide stand- southern California.Corps Combat Military shelter 533-7125 the public. bined arms force the nation needs for down to provide units the opportunity Development Command and Marine His "Commandant's Planning the 21st century, Marines must focus to discuss the contents of the order, and Corps Systems Command. 10PD 257.7114 Guidance" was a vector for the future - their efforts on three areas - opera- its implications for the Corps and for Crisis Hotline 521-4555 a strategic direction aimed at accom- tional Maneuver from the Sea, individual units. (Editor's Note: The second part of plishing what he believed were the two Innovation and the Individual Marine," ON-GOING INITIATIVES Fred Carr's article will appear in the Child Protective Serv.