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Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362 Marines from Reuniting with Their Families Oct Hawaii ARINE OLUME UMBER ARINEHOMAS EFFERSON WARD INNING ETRO ORMAT EWSPAPER OVEMBER MVM37, N 42 T J A W M F N N 2, 2007 Training Lion King Sports A-3 B-1 C-1 HMH-362 reunites with families, loved ones Story and Photos by Christine Cabalo Photojournalist A little rain didn’t stop returning Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362 Marines from reuniting with their families Oct. 25 after a seven-month deployment to al Asad, Iraq. Diverted to Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu, the “Ugly Angels” couldn’t land near Hangar 105 due to wet weather. Buses on standby went to pick up the Marines and return them to Marine Corps Base Hawaii. After a two-hour wait, families and loved ones gathered facing the flight line to welcome home 105 returning Marines. The returning squadron members received an orchid See HMH-362, A-7 Petty Officer 3rd Class Theron J. Gohde, a corpsman with 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, is greeted by family. The battalion arrived home throughout October, and were welcomed by smiling faces at Hangar 105 here. 1/12 returns from Iraq Story and Photos by Lance Cpl. Regina A. Ruisi Combat Correspondent Marines of 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment returned from an Iraq deployment throughout October, bringing an end to a seven-month tour with Task Force Military Police, 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward). The deployment marked a special place in the battalion’s history. It was the first time since Desert Storm that the entire battalion deployed to a combat zone at the same time. “Because of the size of the mission, it required a force that big,” said Lt. Col. Stephen Liszewski, commanding offi- Captain Bradley Sams, who served as officer-in-charge of the Regional Detention Facility in Fallujah, Master Sgt. Mike Majercin, maintenance chief, Marine Heavy cer, 1/12. returned with 1/12 and was welcomed home by family. The battalion's four batteries were welcomed Helicopter Squadron 362, hugs his family during his unit's return to back with leis from the Key Volunteer Network, as well as hugs and kisses from patient wives, children, The battalion served as mil- Hawaii. Majercin's wife said she wanted to surprise her husband parents and friends. with a 1968 Harley Davidson for his 21 years of service. itary police, outside of their military occupational special- Training Area on the Big ty of artillery. Island, and at Fort Polk, La., “Very few Marines actually prepared the Marines for life worked in their MOS,” said in the task force. Battery B 2/3 departs for Sgt. Maj. Stephen A. Bell, bat- went through the Expeditionary talion sergeant major, 1/12. Detention Operation Course for “Ninety percent of the task two weeks to help prepare Mojave Vipor force was working outside of them for work at the RDFs. their MOS. I’m very proud of “There’s never enough them. I can’t imagine any unit training you can do,” Bell Story and Photo by deployment?” doing a better job than we said. “As a leader, it’s always Cpl. Mark Fayloga Now, with the final did.” in the back of your head ‘I Combat Correspondent group of Island Warriors The battalion’s four batter- wish we had more time to having arrived at Marine ies deployed with different train, just one more month.’ TWENTYNINE PALMS, Corps Air Ground Combat missions and covered the Once we got there, the train- Calif. — Days prior to Center, Twentynine Palms, entire al Asad province. ing we did was sufficient arriving in California for Calif., Monday, the battal- Headquarters Battery linked enough that, coupled with Exercise Mojave Viper, the ion is underway ensuring up with Company G, 2nd the Marines’ drive, they were Marines and Sailors of 2nd their Marines and Sailors Battalion, 10th Marine able to accomplish the mis- Battalion, 3rd Marine have the necessary training Regiment from Camp Lejeune sion. It was really an impro- Regiment, filled the base and skills to return to Iraq and remained in al Asad. vised mission. We trained to theater at Kaneohe Bay for in support of Operation Battery C occupied Camp an idea of what it would be, an exercise briefing. Iraqi Freedom and the Fallujah and conducted con- but Marines being Marines, Third Marine Regiment Global War On Terrorism. voy and route security. Battery they adapted to the mis- Commanding Officer Col. Duffy is confident Mojave A guarded ports of entry into sion.” Duffy W. White stood Viper will do just that. the country on the Jordanian The Marines’ motivation before approximately 1,000 “Mojave Viper is a slice border. Battery B was split and drive led to a successful Island Warriors from 2/3, of Iraq, and it replicates between Ramadi, al Asad and deployment for the battal- and after posing a question Iraq as closely as possible,” Fallujah, and had the special ion. The battalion accom- to the battalion, more than White said during his mission of running Regional plished every mission they half of the hands in the speech to the Island Detention Facilities in the were assigned, and did more theater went up. The ques- Warriors. “We want to get cities. than was asked of them, tion – “Who is going out you individually, and as a Months of training outside Liszewski said. for their first combat unit, as prepared as possi- of their MOS helped prepare “The Marines executed Marines from 1/12 walk into Hangar 105 here to meet their fami- the Marines for the deploy- lies and friends. More than 650 Marines returned throughout See DEPART, A-6 ment. Training at Pohakuloa See RETURN, A-7 October after a seven-month deployment to Iraq. A-2 • NOVEMBER 2, 2007 HAWAII MARINE NEWS BRIERIEFS Why compare fires to hurricanes? 2007 Hawaii Marine Corps Officers pared to Hurricane Katrina. the same type of tragedy? rebuild to be even better than Birthday Ball He gave a politically correct It seems like the media will we were before.” Could it be answer and then the news do anything to get a juicy story. because the people in Orange Tickets for the 2007 Hawaii Marine Corps agency cut to commercial. Why People might get tired of seeing County have the money to Officers Birthday Ball are now on sale. This would people compare these pictures of fires and homeless rebuild, and the people in year's ball, celebrating the 232nd anniver- two disasters? Don’t get me people living in shelters so why Louisiana lost everything they sary of the founding of the Corps, is Nov. 10 wrong, they are equally devas- not add a little controversy to had and are still trying to at the Hilton Hawaiian Village's Coral tating but isn’t it fair to say the story. You know, to get recover from the tragedy? Is Ballroom in Waikiki, with cocktails starting Katrina was a bit worse? more people interested in there something wrong with a 5 p.m. and the uniform pageant and cake- In my opinion it’s common what’s going on. this picture? cutting ceremony starting at 6 p.m. sense, there is no comparison. Next thing you know the Many will say yes. The issue Tickets are $75 and may be purchased A hurricane is a natural disas- news is going to turn this into a is no longer about a hurricane from unit representatives. ter; there is no way to stop a racial debate. Some of the peo- or a fire. It becomes about For more information, go to U.S. Marine hurricane from coming and ple in Louisiana, who were being black or white or rich or Corps Forces, Pacific, home page at dumping water on an area. affected by Katrina and mostly poor. Comparing the two only https://www. mfp.usmc.mil. Most fires on the other hand poor and black, feel as though sparks more debates. So why don’t just start by themselves. they didn’t receive the care and not just let the situation be Road Closure on Base Sgt. Sara A. Carter Sure, lighting may be the cause expedited response they what it is, a fire in California Community Relations Chief of some wild fires making it a deserved. The fires in that is being fought? Manning Road will close between 8:30 natural disaster, but the news California, in a place where Again, I must stress both dis- a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Wednesday to Nov. 21, I was watching the continuous agencies are saying this fire was mostly rich, white people live, asters are sad and very unfortu- and Lawrence Road will close Nov. 12 to 21 news about the fires in arson. This fire was not a natu- are being fought quickly. nate for all of the people affect- from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. California. Well, I wasn’t really ral disaster, it was man-made During Katrina the media ed by them. That should be the Please plan your routes accordingly and watching, just listening while I disaster. showed so many negative story. There is no need to com- allow additional time to get to your destina- worked, and I heard a reporter These were two totally differ- images of the people affected pare. So remember while you’re tion. ask the “Governator” of California, ent disasters that needed to be by the hurricane but those watching the news they’re try- Detour signs will facilitate access to Arnold Schwarzenegger, how the handled two different ways. affected by the fire seem so pos- ing to make the story as juicy as Klipper Villas, SNCO Club and Klipper Golf state’s response to the fires com- Why are they being grouped as itive saying stuff like “we will possible.
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