THE KWAJALEIN HOURGLASS Volume 40, Number 4 Friday, January 14, 2000 U.S
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Kwajalein Hourglass THE KWAJALEIN HOURGLASS Volume 40, Number 4 Friday, January 14, 2000 U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands Team NMD adds new elements Set for Wednesday, IFT-4 will test additional assets By Jim Bennett The National Missile Defense Team is set to incorporate some new members in its next play. Team NMD will conduct Integrated Flight Test 4 (IFT-4) 2:00 p.m., Wednesday. IFT-4 takes the NMD program one step further than the successful IFT-3 conducted Oct. 3, when the team hit an incoming reentry vehicle with exoatmospheric kill vehicle. This is the first time well be using multiple NMD elements in Ebeye Mayor Wilmer Bolkeim, right, takes the oath of office administered by Kwajalein the program, said Jim Hill, KMR Atoll District Court Judge Tony Korab, while Bolkeim’s wife, Bernice, stands by. site manager for NMD. Before, we were using NMD representative assets to launch Ebeye inaugurates newly the (payload launch vehicle), which was really a test of the EKV. Wednesday, Team NMD will elected mayor and council bring into the test the highly technical Battle Management Story and photos by Jim Bennett commander. It was nice to Command, Control and At one point, newly reelected experience and different, especially Communications center (BMC3), Ebeye Mayor Wilmer Bolkeim looked in the laying of the marmar. along with the Ground-Based as if he might disappear beneath the They had a mixture of Radar Prototype on Kwajalein. marmar placed around his neck. But experienced councilors and some KMR and uprange sensors will that was just part of the pomp and younger, McMillen added, describing also be used and will track the circumstance surrounding his the officials. This mixture should do test for further data collection, inauguration. Shortly after the them well, with the experience for Hill added. presentation, he rose to take the oath ideas and youth for enthusiasm to Joining them will be the U.S. of office, officially installing him as implement them. Navys Observation Island, a mayor for the next four years. In fact, five of the nine council tracking ship that supports a Residents on Ebeye, joined by members are returning incumbents variety of missions, and the USAKA/KMR officials, gathered at Jeban Riklon, Jack Akeang, Airborne Surveillance Testbed, a the United Church of Christ Monday Irumne Bondrik, George Luther and Boeing 767, and the HALO-IRIS morning to inaugurate Bolkeim and Ranney Bolkeim and four are new aircrafts, each loaded with other city council members. to the council Noda Lojkar, Togo scientific equipment that also I was glad to be invited, said Col. Langrine, Aruo Aluka and Johnsay (See NMD’S, page 3) Gary K. McMillen, USAKA/KMR (See INAUGURATION, page 2) www.smdc.army.mil/KWAJ/Hourglass/hourglass.html Friday Page 2 Kwajalein Hourglass January 14, 2000 Inauguration brings out pomp ... Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday Hours (From page 1) Tuesday, Jan. 18 Kobney. Unless otherwise noted, Monday and Mayor Bolkeim enters into his Wednesday hours are normal operating hours third term. The inaugurations follow the KWAJALEIN November national elections in Community Activities Beaches which the United Democratic Party Coral Sands ............ Buddy system at all times gained the majority and voted Camp Hamilton ....... Buddy system at all times Emon .......................................... 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Speaker of the Nitijela Kessai Note Bowling Center ..................................... 1-8:30 p.m. as president. Note took office Jan. 3. CRC Gym ............................................. Noon-9 p.m. Racquetball courts .............................. Noon-9 p.m. The ceremony opened with a Gear Locker .................................... 4:30-6:30 p.m. processional of dignitaries. McMillen Golf Course .................................Sunrise to sunset and the USAKA team followed. Golf Pro Shop ............................. 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Hobby Shop ....................................... 12:30-6 p.m. Bolkeim led the council members to ........................................... Closed Wednesday the front of the sanctuary, taking Ivey Gym .................................. 8-11 a.m., 2-7 p.m. Library ......................................................... 1-7 p.m. decorated chairs. ........................................... Closed Wednesday The Rev. Lawson Matauto, pastor Photo Lab .............. Key checkout at Hobby Shop Pools of the church, gave an invocation Adult ........................ Buddy system at all times and the crowd sang the Marshallese Family ............................................. Noon-6 p.m. Small Boat Marina ............................. 8 a.m.-6 p.m. national anthem. UPRC ............................................ 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Next, ladies from the crowd Draped in marmar, council members take Monday ................................... 10 a.m.-11 p.m. approached the seated councilors Youth Center ................................................ Closed the oath of office, while Mayor Wilmer Monday .............................................. 7-10 p.m. and presented marmar, garlands and Bolkeim, center, waits his turn. Hourglass ........... Closed; published Wednesday shell necklaces. Councilors were Food Services (Monday and Tuesday) Yokwe Yuk Club (dining) ............................. Closed buried under numerous marmar. Bernice, standing beside him. Yokwe Yuk Club (lunch) .............................. Closed Some removed a few, placing them In a brief speech, Bolkeim Yokwe Yuk Club (bar) ........................ 4:30-11 p.m. Three Palms Snack Bar .................. 7 a.m.-9 p.m. around their arms. thanked those in attendance on Three Palms Snack Bar Delivery ........ 4:30-9 p.m. Kwajalein Atoll District Court behalf of the newly elected officials, Sunrise Bakery ........................................ 7-11 a.m. Oceanview Bar.. ................................. Noon-9 p.m. Judge Tony Korab adminstered the and especially those who elected us Country Club Bar ........................ 6:30 a.m.-5 p.m. oaths of office to the councilors, and so that we might give you four more Emon Beach Snack Bar ................. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. then to Bolkeim, who stood at the years of service. DSC Snack Bar (checkpoint) ...................... Closed Enra Food Truck .......................................... Closed front of the group, with his wife, Matauto closed the service with a Café Pacific benediction, and the elected officials Breakfast ................................................ 7-9 a.m. Brunch ................................. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The Kwajalein Hourglass gathered at the front in a reception Dinner ............................................... 4:30-6 p.m. Commanding Officer.......Col. Gary K. McMillen line, allowing all attendees to come Merchandising Macy’s and Macy’s West ................ 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Public Affairs Officer..............Preston Lockridge forward and shake hands with them. Surfway ......................................................... Closed Editors...........................Pat Cataldo, Jim Bennett Ten-Ten ..................................... 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Associate Editor...............................Peter Rejcek Kom ruwainene Laundry ......................................................... Closed Feature Writers.........................Barbara Johnson Beauty/barber shops ................................... Closed Bob Fore Kom ruwainene is the Marshallese way Tape Escape ............................. 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. KW Hillis to say, Welcome. Self-Help. ..................................................... Closed Graphics Designer ...........................Dan Adler Trash pick-up. .............................. Tuesday,Friday Circulation Manager.................Bobby Lamug Sr. Michael Allen Huck Huckeby Continental Travel Agency. ...................... Closed arrived recently from Albuquerque, Sunday, Monday.................................... Closed The Hourglass is named for the insignia N.M. Bank of Guam. ............................................ Closed of the U.S. Army 7th Infantry Division, which Post Office ................................................... Closed He is a mechanical engineer with Hospital/Dental Services. ...... Emergencies only liberated the island from the forces of Impe- Sick call Wed... ....... 8:15-10:30 a.m; 1-3:45 p.m. rial Japan on Feb 4, 1944. the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. ROI-NAMUR The Kwajalein Hourglass is an authorized Gimbel’s ............................................. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. publication for military personnel, federal em- Jeramon non kom Tape Escape ............................................... 3-6 p.m. Community Activities ployees, contractor workers and their families Jeramon non kom is the Marshallese way to Gear Locker ....................................................Closed assigned to USAKA/KMR. Contents of the say, Goodbye and good luck friends. Golf Course .................................. Sunrise to Sunset Hourglass are not necessarily official views William T. (Toby) and Laurie Hobby Shop ....................................................Closed of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, De- Library ............................................................. Closed Mann and their son, Lee, departed Small Boat Marina ............................... 8 a.m.-6 p.m. partment of Defense, Department of the Army ............................................. Closed Wednesday or USAKA/KMR. It is published Tuesdays on