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Guantanamo Gazette Vol. 45 -- No. 105 --U.S. Navy's only shore-based daily newspaper -- Monday, June 5, 1989 Security Guard School demanding for students sis in three main areas - classroom lines. They then fire a course which The terrorism and By MACM JOHN SCHICK night sentry training . lecture, laboratory (hands on) sessions and involves moving through simulated barri- lab allows students to think and react to Grunts and groans, sore arms and stiff physical fitness. cades and firing at various targets. Stu- developing situations. This block of shoulders can all give students at the Navy Classroom sessions are centered dents also shoot a night-fire exercise. instruction acquaints students with the psy- Security Guard School a bruised ego: but around various topics such as legal matters, "Ows and Ouchs" can be overheard chology and philosophy of terrorists. Stu- more importantly, they install in them a communications, investigations and report during practical demonstrations of pain dents participate in training exercises and healthy respect forpain. Such things are writing. Modem video tapes, films and compliance as taught by the unarmed self- are tested in their ability to respond to necessary in training personnel in the field other visual aids are used to enhance these defense staff. Students receive an orienta- and contain a potentially dangerous situ- of security and law enforcement. sessions. tion to self-defense that deals with the ation. Never in the history of our country has escalation of force and basic self-defense there been a more urgent need for well- Graduates are expected to perform a concepts such as takedowns, come alongs The physical fitness program, which trained personnel in this type of work. myriad of skills while serving in the and escapes from dangerous situations. stresses motivation through teamwork is Recent increases of worldwide terrorist security billets. The lab sessions give stu- The Navy is the first and only branch highly intensive in nature. Individuals are activity, including acts against Navy dents a chance to exercise these skills under of service to teach and use thePR-24 police expected to push themselves for maximum installations, prompted the Chief of controlled conditions in firearms, un- baton instead of a straight baton. The side results. The running, push-ups and sit-ups Naval Operations to seek ways to improve armed self-defense, emergency vehicle handle allows for increased velocity, are accomplished in formation. By the security. In 1984, the Naval Investigative operation, handcuffing and most recently many times the striking power of straight end of this training period, many students Service proposed the establishment of terrorism and night sentry training. As batons and permits many takedown and actually find themselves in the best shape rofessional Navy Security Force the staff attempts to orient students to the arm-lock techniques to be performed. of their lives. A 4 to 6 percent reduction in ' ned at a formal and dedicated school. real life dangers they may encounter, these PR-24 closes the gap between wrestling body fat is common, as is a definite That school was established in 1985 sessions become physical; yet, the school and the use of a firearms when apprehend- improvement in all areas of physical fit- and today it continues to meet the need for maintains an excellent safety record. ing a suspect. Students must pass an ness. increased security by producing students Weapons training is vital to security intensive 12-hour phase of instruction to The pace at the Navy Security Guard that are physically and mentally prepared personnel. This portion of the course is become certified to carry this baton. School is rapid and difficult. The students to deal with matters of basic security and designed to expose students to the .45 are expected to be in shape, study hard and law enforcement. caliber pistol, .38 caliber revolver and 12 Many traffic cones are flight-tested exhibit mature personal behavior. The Located at the Naval Air Engineering gauge shotgun and requires them to qualify during the Emergency Vehicle Operation graduates of the school can be proud of Center, Lakehurst, in the Pinelands of on standard courses of fire. lab session. Students find that completing passing a tough training course; just as the Southern New Jersey, the Navy Security Students can only move to the range to the serpentine, land changeandcontrolled staff of 49 civilian and military instructors Guard School is under the control of the fire weapons after they have completed braking drills is more difficult than it from a variety of Navy ratings, is proud of Chief of Naval Air Technical Training. classroom sessions on range safety and appears. Practical knowledge and safety its graduates. The "Navy Lakehurst Team" has gradu- weapons familiarization. Once at the procedures, combined with actual driv- The efforts of the Navy Security ated over 2,000 students. range, they are required to fire a combat ing practice, produce security personnel Guard School are adding professionalism The school's curriculum places empha- course from three, seven, 15 and 25 yards with good driving skills and knowledge. to the military security posture worldwide. Military Women's Memorial site at Arlington National Cemetery By EVELYN HARRIS so significant, the foundation is Vietnam. But she believes that ample, women who ferried registry. AFIS Correspondent conducting a two-stage competi- most of the confusion is in the planes during World War II and For more information or if tion to pick a design. Three first- past by now. World War I Signal Corps you want to register yourself, a Speaking at the recent stage winners will be announced women did not gain veteran relative or a historical woman, Women's History Month obser- in June and each wil be given an A computer registry is a key status until years after they had write to: Women in Military vance at the Pentagon, Women award of $10,000 plus $10,000 element of the memorial and is served. The foundation is seek- Service memorial, Box 560, In Military Service for America to do the final work. The final the main fund-raising medium. ing these women out to let them Washington, D.C. 20042-0560, Memorial Foundation, President winner will be slected this No- There are 1.2 milion women know they are eligible for the or call (703) 533-1155. and retired Air Force Brig. Gen. vember and will have the honor veterans alive today as well as ap- Wilma Vaught, announced good of seeing the chosen design built. proximately 400,000 women news: The foundation has been The biggest hurdle is raising now serving on active duty or in given its first choice of sites - enough money. Before ground the Guard or Reserves. For a Memorial Gate areaatthe end can be broken for the memorial, minumum donation of $25, these Reasons for memorial e road leading to Arlington the foundation must rais $15 women can register their photos National Cemetery. million for its construction. The During the African cam- Marines Corps and Coast and names, along with informa- paign of 1943, Frances The first major legislation authorizing the me- Guard. It also meant to honor national me- tion such as period of service, Slanger, an Army nurse, wrote the morial morial women who served in the recognizing the contrib- decreed that these funds highest rank or rate held and the the The Stars and Stripes that nation's early conflicts as utins of women to the nation will must be raised by November stories of their most memorable she felt guilty working nurses, cooks and spies and in 1991. be located at the foot of a hill Included in this cost is the militaryexperiences. For privacy "safely" at a clearing station a other roles without being below the Lee-Custis mansion estimated $4 million to complete purposes, addresses will not be few miles behind the lines, formally enlisted in the armed and near John F. Kennedy's and restore the Hemicycle, a included but the foundation while the infantrymen were up forces. grave. Vaught said the four-acre neoclassical, semicircular retain- intends to provide a locator serv- front with rifles. Shortly site is ideal because "it affords us ing wall erected in 1931, which ice. therefafter, she was killed by A beautiful "Angel of visibility, linkage, prominence, will serve as the memorial's Many people are sponsoring an artillery shell that landed in Mercy" statue was erected in access to Metro (subway) stops centerpiece. Finally, the founda- other women for the registry. her clearing station. Arlington Cemetery in 1939 to and tourists. This is the place tionplanstoraiseanadditional$5 For example, Clair Freeman, In the Revolutinary War, honor women nurses who everybody goes to pay homage." million to start a trust fund to deputy assistant secretary of de- Deborah Sampson posed as served their country in times of The next stage of the memo- maintain the site forever. fense for civilian personnel, is Robert Shirtliffe in a Massa- war. A Vietnam Women's rial process will be to select a The federal government do- sponsoring Emily "Rose" Mor- chusetts regiment until her Memorial statue will honor the design, which must somehow nated the site but provided no gan, the mulatto "Yellow Rose of sex was discovered. In the brave women who served in present 200 years of women's funds for the memorial. Accord- Texas." Her service as a spy is Civil War, Dr. Mary Walker, an that conflict. But the Women Military service in the past, as ing to Vaught, the foundation is believed to have been instru- Army surgeon, disguised in Military Service to Ameri- well as the present and future.