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Property of Se;tit MARINE CORPS HISTORICAL LIBRARY More 'Eye' A p eal FE B 0 1961 Please Retires to Room 3127 Housing, Barracks, Messes Scheduled For 'New Look' 'Plans for Kaneohe Bay's "New landscape will be two large fuel terior painting and installation of Look for 1961" have been out- storage tanks near the commis- additional electrical convenience lined by the Public Works Depart_ sary, and the Navy's electronics outlets in living rooms, dining ment, with emphasis on the laboratory facility now under rooms and kitchens. "residents'-eye-view" in station construction on the bay side of Crescent Circle and Cresent housing, barracks and both mess- Mokapu Drive just inside the Circle annex rental quarters halls. main gate. will have restained roofs. According to Leda, 7'. C. The brightest innovation will Fifteen Quonset quarters of the Williams, Public Worka Officer, be installation of street lights "reduced rent" category along the tnejority of changes will be throughout the hilltop and Rain- Lawrence Road are scheduled for internal improvements to de- bow Village housing rreas, and fresh paint on ends and trim, pendents' housing, ranging from along Lawrence Road from Moka- Those "aboard" Showboat will MEDAL WINNER - Brig. Gen. Lewis J. Fields, CG, Marine Corps new paint to complete redeco- pu Drive to the edge of the new see their quarters completely re- Base, Twentynine Palms, Calif., admires the Navy Marine Corps ration. Most improvements will Capehart Project. novated for "maximum livibility" Medal recently presented to LCpl. Ramon Camacho. The young Ma- be completed within the next HOUSING AREAS and added fire protection, pro- rine received the Medal for six months, bably in the latter months of the heroic action while serving with the Rainbow Village residents Kaneohe-based 3/12 Cannoneers. may year. (Official USMC Photo) 1 Major additions to K-Bay's look forward to complete ex- BARRACKS AND MESSHALLS New tables and chairs have been ordered for both messhalls. Former K-Bayite Tables will be rectangular, with light maple formica tops, and chairs will have plastic contour Wins N-M Medal seats. New or rehabilitated recreat- For Heroic Acts tion furniture will be installed in all barracks whose furnishings LCpl. Ramon Comacho was re- are now considered inadequate. ently presented the Navy Ma- VOL. X No. 7 U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii rine Corps Medal during LANDSCAPE ADDITIONS a pa- The fuel storage conversion t ade of the Field Artillery Group Other Categories Offered project, scheduled to be com- Force Troops, at the Marine Corps pleted by late September, will "rase, Twentynine Palms, Calif provide two 27,000-barrel stor- ere received the Medal for heroic age tanks for "higher perfor- etion while serving with the 'Temp' mance" JP-5 jet fuel, with its Kaneohe-based Unrestricted 3/12 Cannoneers Officer necessary distribution system. Ist March. To be built entirely above Brig. Gen. Lewis J. Fields, CG. ground, the tanks will be lo- Twentynine Palms, pre- Program Okayed By C MC cated in the area directly a- nted the Medal to Comacho The Marine Corps' more-than- dated Feb. 8, will permit those cross Sixth Street from the qualified for continued service conunissary, and will be 70 In the early morning of March 1,000 temporary unrestricted offi- selected to continue in ass offi- in an officer status. 10, Connate was on mess duty cers will be given an opportunity cer status feet in diameter, 44 feet in toward a full 30- Selections in all categories height. in the field during 3 12 ex- to seek appointments in other year career. It will also do away will be made by a single board. Navel Electronics Laboratory cereiees at Puutoa Point. Paus- more permanent career office) with the temporary unrestricted Plans call for board results to Facilities will consist of a trans- ing bi;efly in tee work he notic- categories under a re.ised pro- efficer category in the Marine he published by June 30, 1961. ed rising eloette of smoke corn- gram established by the Com- Corps by the end of fiscal year mitter building and an antenna Deadline for applications is complex, ing from a nearby latrine. mandant of the Marine Corps. 1964. April 15. The new program, outlined Plans and specifications for Upon reaching the scene of the All temporary officers now on Corps 1400 (See OFFICERS Page 3) both of these installations were Ccmar.ho leerred from men In Marine Bulletin active duty, except temporary limited duly and prepared by the District Public no nag ener)c,1 the building warrant officers, Works Officer, 14th Naval Dis- oat two more isein had been may be considered by a one-time selection board trict, for the Chief of the Bureau emeked dowe during the initial President's Day for permanent of Yards and Docks. eplosion and were still inside. regular, reserve, temporary lim- POISONINGS Is Legal Holiday ited duty, or warrant officer stat- Without further hesitation, us. r.)rna.-Aio ran into the burning In accordance with the instruc- plans THIS WEEK structure end pulled the two Present call for ap- MAC -13's Safety tions contained in Naval Regula- of 70 to regular, 40 -urn, already completely engulf- pointment In an effort to halt the tions, Presidents Day - Wednes- to temporary LDO, and 50 to increasing number of home , d in flames, outside the build- day, Feb. 22 will be observed ' warrant officer, W-1, n g. - Total re- poisonings of children, the Mark Lauded By as a holiday, serve officer selection will be WINDWARD MARINE re- Without regard for his per - All Marine Exchange activities governed by the number of cently, in cooperation witn sonal safety, Comacho per- except the Cafeteria Golf Course temporaries the board finds the Station Dispensary, be- AirFMFPac CG formed this herice act and only Snack Bar and 1090 Snack Bar qualified for duty with the gan offering a "box score," Pilots, ground crewmen and received minor burns on his will be closed. regular establishment. In each issue we will re- aviation technicians of Marine hands end fingers. The Commissary Store will The bulletin emphasizes that port the type, number and Aircraft Group 13 were congratu- Due to the fast moving nature close at 5 p.m. Tuesday and will total. lated this week for their outstand- there is room in the combined of- ing performance in the field of I the explosion and fire, both reopen 9:30 a.m. Thursday. ficer categories for all temporary This week we report. the :ten had received serious burns Special Services activities following: aviation safety during the past All unrestricted officers now serving Maj. Gen. Sam- ver most of Their bodies before will operate on holiday hours on active duty who are consid- BOX SCORE seven months by uel S. Jack, CG, AIRFMFPAC. Comacho could get to them. The Wednesday, as will the Gfficers, ered by the board to be fully Poison Number ex° Marines perished as a re- Staff NCO and Enlisted Clubs. Saccharin 1 In a dispatoh addressed to eel of the fire in spite of the Post Office and Bank facilities TOTAL 2 the Commending Officer of epreme effort of a fellow Ma- at K-Bay will be closet' Wednes- Air Ground Show (See SAFETY Page 3) day. Set For Touring SeeNav Visitors The Commanding General of the 1st Marine Brigade will host a group of 15 guests of the Secre- tary of the Navy during a visit to the Air Stadon on Friday, Feb. 24. In addition to the mainland guests, local newspaper repre- sentatives will be invited to visit the Station. Arriving by helicopter, the SeeNav guests will attend a briefing given by Brigade Staff Officers. Following lunch, the group wilt attend a static display of aircraft presented by the Brigade's air- arrn, MAG-13. This will be fol- lowed by a demonstration of an amphibious landing in the Fort Base area. During the demonstration. the Brigade will employ all the air and ground weapons organic THE CANNONEERS-Cdr. A. R. Anderson, right, 1st NEW EAGLE - Scouting's highest award was presented to Gary to the Brigade. THANKS TO L. during 9 at Mokapu Marine Brigade Chaplain, thanks Capt. N. C. Tullis 3/12 Adjutant, Pinkston (left foreground) ceremonies Feb. In for the demon- preparation after a from him Feb. 13 representing donations School. Seated are his parents, MSgt. and Mrs. C. C. Pinkston. the elements partici- receiving check stration, for $108.29. Total donations for a Standing in background are, left to right, Sgt. Q. T. Lewis, Advisor, pating in the program will con- from the artillery personnel new Explorer Scout Post 225, P. Perko, and J. Youderien, who also holdiduct practices on Feb. 20, 21 and Brigade-sponsored, $2,000, stained glass window in the Quantico the Eagle Scout rank. (Photo by LCpi. D. A. Breden) '23 at 10 a.m. Memoriai Chapel are $1,296.21. 17, 1961 CORPS AIR STATION, KANEOHE BAY, HAWAII February Page 2 U.S. MARINE corner LIFE'S OPPOSITES By Chaplain A. It. Anderson COL. W. It. CAMPBELL Commanding miler It may be said that wrong is LT. COL. C. II. MOORE Executive Officer right out of place. Many wrongs Services Officer are the perversion of a good CAPT. ROBERT W. ARSENAULT Information thing. Love is one of our noblest GYSGT. JOIIN P. McCONNELL . Editor capacities but it can be degener- can be- JACK T. PAXTON .. Assistant Editor ated to lust. Self-respect GYSGT. come egotism. Incentive can be- SGT. WILLIAM H. STUCKEY . Sports Editor come avarice and greed. Riches and and splendor can become infected The WINDWARD MARINE is published every Friday by and degrading when they are not for the personnel of the U.S.