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INSIDE Sgt. Maj's Corner A-2 Paintball A-3 3/3 Makes Friends A-4 H Chosin Few Feature A-5 Futenma RILE A-8 Bold ng 13-1 MCCS 13-2 Football Ponl 13-3 Word To l'ams B-6 Ma Iceponos B-7 Volume 29, Number 52 www.mchh.usmc.mil December 21, 2000 2/3 Marines depart for Okinawa Lance Cpl. Deployment Program. participate in exercises in many dif- tary and the United States Navy. deployed in the Pacific for long peri- Lain A. Sch aible The Marines of 2/3, who recently ferent Pacific countries. with foreign The Marines will also conduct ods of time helps to promote and Combat Correspondent completed their , Marine Corps militaries and other United States training at Camp Fuji, Japan, the maintain peace in the unstable area." Combat Readiness Evaluation in Armed Forces. Jungle Warfare Training Center on The deployment of 2/3 to the The leathernecks of 2nd Battalion, preparation .for the deployment, will One of the major exercises 2/3 will Okinawa, and other training areas in Pacific Rim will not only help to 3rd Marine Regiment departed MCB be absent from the K-Bay way of life participate in will be Tandem Thrust the region, said Ragsdell. promote peace in their area of opera- Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Dec. 10 and until June 2001, said Maj. Keith H. 01', a bilateral, joint-service exercise "The UDP, on a strategic level, is tions, it will also help continue to 1 I for a seven month deployment to Ragsdcll, assistant operations officer in Australia, said Ragsdell. ' the Marine Corps' force projection maintain the Marine Corps' role as Okinawa, Japan, and the Western for 3rd Marine Regiment. The exercise will be conducted in throughout the Pacific theatre," said the nation's premier "total force in Pacific as a part of the Unit During their deployment, 2/3 will conjunction with the Australian milk Ragsdcll. "Having Marines forward readiness." Defense Secretary investigates MV-22s Compiled by Cpl. David Salazar Editor Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen announced the appointment of an independent high-level review panel for the MV-22 program in wake of the second tilt-rotor aircraft crash since early April. Cohen asked retired Marine Gen. John R. Dailey to chair the panel. Retired Air Force Gen. James 13. Davis and Norman R. Augustine will join Dailey on the panel. In his tasking to the panel members, Cohen wrote, "The V-22 accident history and other testing issues..neccessitate that we undertake an independent, high level review of the program. You are hereby appointed to conduct this review, to include safety of the aircraft, and to recommend any proposed corrective actions." Specific factors to be addressed in the review, as they affect safety and combat effectiveness, arc training, engineering and design, production and quality control, suitability to satisfy opera- Hot, r,;,;:olt Gob,0 tional requirements, performance and safety of Corporal Winston L. Craword, a 21-plear4Ad Miami native and fiscal clerk with the MCB Hawaii Ammunition Supply Point, fires an flight. AT-4 anti-tank assault weapon during Headquarters Elm, MCB Hawaii's unit training Monday morning at the Kaneohe Bay Range Four Marines died Dec. 11 when their Osprey Training Facility. crashed near Jacksonville, N.C. ."..0"0....,.. .. "... Killed were Lt. Col. Keith M. Sweaney, 42, of Richmond, Va., Marine Helicopter Squadron 1, MCB Quantico, Va.; and Maj. Michael Murphy, Marines attracting 'Great Americans' 38, of Blauvelt, N.Y., Staff Sgt. Avely W. Runnels, 25, of Morven, Ga.. and Sgt. Jason A. Army Staff Sgt. "We're challenging them to accept responsibility," McMichael said. [3uyck, 24, of Sodus, N.Y., all of Marine KailikeILLEhg111 "Then it's up to our leadership to inspire, motivate and keep them on Medium Tilt-rotor Training Squadron 204, American Forces Press Service track." .MCAS New River, N.C. M.cMichael said another boon to the Marine Corps' recruiting efforts The crash was the fourth accident involving WASHINGTON - The Marines believe they aren't experiencing is the enthusiasm of its recruiters. He said sergeants major are volun- the tilt-rotor aircraft since 1991. The Navy and the recruiting woes of the other services because they work harder to sell teering in record numbers to extend on recruiting duty. Marine Corps have grounded all MV-22 Osprey the "intangibles of service life," their senior officer said. "Never before have we had so many sergeants major raising their flights until further notice. Military officials "That's one of the keys to our success," Gen. James Jones said in an hands and volunteering to stay on recruiting duty," he said. "But they recovered the aircraft's "black box" in good American Forces Press Service interview. "We work hard to appeal to believe in the message they're giving, and they're asking to stay on and shape. An aviation mishap board will investi- potential recruits' sense .ofpatriotism and the desire to work for the corn- contiaue that mission." gate. mon good." McMichael and Jones both said the good economy hasn't necessarily The aircraft was about three minutes out from He said the Marine Corps' core values - honor, courage and com- hurt Marine recruiting because people who become Marines are looking MCAS New River when the crew sent a distress mitment - appeal to the type of people the military wants. for something other than financial wealth. They want to serve, their call, according to Lt. Gen. Fred McCorkle, His senior enlisted adviser agreed. "We don't grow little boys and country as United States Marines. Marine Corps.deputy commandant for aviation. girls to be Marines," Sgt. Maj. of the Marine Corps Alford L. "You don't see Marine Corps commercials that say, 'Join the Marines He said'the Osprey went down about five miles McMichael said. "These arc great Americans before we get them. We're for college money or a high quality of life," Gen. Jones said. "Our com- north of Jacksonville in a remote area accessible just giving them the opportunity to do extraordinary things." mercials say, 'Become one of the few, the proud.' You have to want to only by a four-wheel-drive vehicle. ,General Jones said that once they convince potential Marines of the be a Marine. That's our ethos; that's what we sell." "1 don't think there's anything that we can say merit of those values, all Marines must live them or retention would sur- But that's not to say benefits are any less important to Marines, he that would ,.. make this easier for the families," fer. "At the end of four years (a typical enlistment), we have to have con- said. "You don't take a vow of poverty to serve your country, but it is the general said, "except to say that the Marine vinced them those things arc real or we would experience a mass exo- more akin to having a calling than just getting a job," he added. Corps is going to do everything that it can do to dus," he said. "Well, that hasn't happened, so we must be doing our find out what caused the accident, to take care of jobs." See GREAT AMERICANS, A-10 these families and to take care of our Marines." iimmmorniminommomm, momimmummarm. min in an earlier accident, all 19 Marines aboard K-Bay Marine dies an Osprey died April 8 when their aircraft MCB Hawaii Hawaii Marine on holiday hiatus See MV-22, A-10 ahlicAffaira Press release Due to the holiday season, this issue will be the and more unit and personality features. final edition of the Hawaii Marine Newspaper for Because the Hawaii Marine newspaper is for the A Marine from 1st Bn., 3rd 2000. Our next issue will be printed. Jan. 11, 2001. military and family members who live and work Marine Regiment died Friday The combat correspondents, Whose hard aboard MC.B. Hawaii installtion.s, we always during a 3-mile unit physical work and talent you see displayed on these welcome comments and suggestions from our training run. pages each. week, are working together to readers. Lance Cpl. Reginald L. make the paper an even bigger succes We are constantly seeking to improve Bonds, 29, suffered a cardiac in the corning year. our paper, and keep it the finest civilian arrest and was pronounced dead As part of our ongoing effort to provide enterprise publication in the Marine Corps at 9;18 a.m. at Castle Medical our readers timely and useful information. and the Department of Defense. Center. The cause of death is we have made several changes in the past months While we pause operationally, we would like to currently being investigated. which have significantly increased the informa- wish everyone a happy holiday season. Please be The Marines of 1/3 honored tional value of the Hawaii Marine. We have many safe. Bonds Tuesday at an evening more changes planned in the coming months Sgt. Robert Carlson D#,,friite.1111k Oulu memorial ceremony at the MCB including, but not limited to, additional sections Press Chief Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen has Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Chapel. appointed a review panel for the MV-22. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111M111 fir' A-2 DeceMber 271 2000 HAWAII MARINE; Mf3 1-1 NEWS SERGEANT MAJOR'S BORNE RIEFS Improving the Corps with your suggestions ANDERSON HALL SCHEDULE Sgt. Maj. to change that specific tions on paper as agenda items this same Marine by considering The Anderson Hall Dining Facility is scheduled to Stecolt However, many of our recom- and pass them on to your his height to be 73" and within Ma rtorPae Sergeant Major operate on a holiday schedule 'Monday and Tuesday mendations to the commandant sergeant major for the annual weight standards by two pounds.