arineMCAS Kaneohe Bay Camp H.M. Smith Marine &mocks 4 NEWS Briefs Brigade units train on Big Island Relief society By Cpl. Porn., Smith able chance to work hand-in- ment Program. So to satisfy offers course Hawaii Menne Slall Maw Air, ground, support elements hand. Marine Corps requirements, each "At the command level, we're is being put through a MCCRES The Navy-Marine Corps Re- POHAKULOA TRAINING at PTA 1-92. lief not directing how they run their Society is offering a course AREA, Hawaii -- Major air, conduct realistic rnaneuvers air coordination. This allows Gerichten said every part of which will cover NMCRS poli- ground and support elements of a unit is evaluated during a missions, not just a squad." them freedom. If they need cies and procedures as well as the 1st Marine Expeditionary units are getting, according to help, then we're here to give it." MCCRES, from the administra- budgeting techniques, military Brigade are conducting their Maj. William S. Gerichten, PTA also offers invaluable tion shop to the commanding pay regimental operations officer. support training dur- In addition to getting out in and allowances and op- first intensive training evolu- close-air the field, and the benefits of officer. portunities At PTA, we have 20 ranges, ing Valiant Fire, a fire-support are for volunteering. tion here since Brigade forces PTA as a training area, three "The units being evaluated The class will be held Oct. 28 returned from the Persian Gulf plenty of room for maneuvers coordination exercise. scrutinized by a counterpart," and numerous Schwartz, regimen- units will have their combat -Nov. I, 8:30-11:30 a.m. in the war last spring. firing points of Maj. Rick readiness tested through the Gerichten said. "For instance, Alii Room artillery and mortars," Gerichten tal air officer, said PTA is the at the Air Station's Dubbed PTA 1-92, this com- Marine Corps Combat Readiness 1/3's commander will be evalu- officers' said. "With the Marines actu- only place around the Islands club. Free child care plete, Marine air-ground task Evaluation System (MCCRES). ated by 3,3's commander. will be ally working with live ammu- where close-air support can be Becton provided to the atten- force exercise is combining This is how the Corps deter- HMM-365's operations dees. Mileage will be reim- elements from Marine Aircraft nition, it's realistic and its performed to include supporting will be evaluated by HMM-262's hands-on." as mines if its units are ready for bursed upon request. Accord. Group-24, Brigade Service arms such mortars and battle. oils section and so on." ing to Karin J. Marks, a Support Group -1 and 3d Marine Gerichten added that the main artillery. This "counterpart" evaluation NMCRS benefit is that units to As standard operating proce- representative who Regiment - all under the get deploy la addition, 1st Battalion, 3d dure, is designed to give the tested will instruct away from Kaneohe. By Marines the bulk of the Marine units are put the course, "there command of the 3d Marines task a units an idea where improve- is no obliigation bringing the whole unit out here, farce ground combat element through MCCRES prior to to volunteer, Task Force. The evolution deploying. Battery C, 1st Bat- ment is needed, from evaluators although many individuals began the last week of Septem- the commanders get the chance - and Marine Medium Helicop- who are objective and who know who to work with their unit com- ter talion, 12th Marines, as well as come to the course ber and will continue through Squadron-265 - the bulk of 1/3 and what it takes to do the job without interest the end of October. pletely. An infantry platoon the task force's aviation combat HMM-265, are all set in volunteer- to deploy to Okinawa in Decem- right, according to Marine Corps ing become The fiscal point of PTA 1-92 commander can take his entire element -- are getting an invalu- enthusiastic and ber as part of the Unit Deploy- doctrine, Gerichten said. want to work in our pro- is the hands-on training the platoon on firing and maneuver grama." To register for the course, call 254-1327. Parts of Red Cross Corps 'closes shop' in Saudi helps Gulf downed Joint Public Affairs Office veterans The Corps turned another jet found The American Red Cross page in history in the last 14 has been awarded nearly $13.6 months. It was a tale of million to help Story and photos military person- rapid deployment, powerful by Cpl. Kevin Doll nel and their families cope with force, unquestionable success iewel Menne Ste, Writer unique problems arising in the at war and, yes, an unprece- aftermath of Operation Desert dented cleanup of the war tools Two local fishermen had to Storm. The Red Cross received that made it all possible. It cut short their day Friday after the grant under the Persian was a saga told in blood, finding pieces of a downed Gulf Conflict Supplemental sweat and tears. Marine Corps F/A-IS jet fighter Authorization Act of 1991 to Not long after Kuwait's liber- in the ocean near the Air provide military families with ation, more than 94,000 Mar- Station. child care assistance and coun- ines and sailors of I MEF got The aircraft had gone down seling services. their long-awaited word to head Oct. 9 when the pilot, Maj. home and they left without hesi- Henry Dewey, Marine Fighter tation. It had been a long, tough Attack Squadron-235, safely deployment. But when they took ejected approximately six miles `Drive Straight' off, they left behind nearly 70 northeast of the Station. Dewey percent of the Corps' ammuni- was picked up by a Search and program tion, and 60 to 70 percent of its Rescue crew from Station equipment. These tools of war Operations and Maintenence offered were left for someone else to deal Squadron and taken to Trirl : A free cab iwroirc with Army Medical Center bcf...o to ;.;.:vent druak dl.aung is "Someone else" turned out About 200 Marines, sailors, DoD civilian employees and third country nationals gather around BGen. being released, but little was offorod Ma,,ne, and their to be approximately 2,500 Ma- Gary E. Brown, commander of Special Purpose MAGTF, Southwest Asia on the pier at Al Mishab, Saudi recovered of the aircraft. dependents by the Century rines, sailors and civilian Arabia. BGen. Brown extended the Commandant's gratitude for a lob well done. Ken Broad of Hauula and Ren Cab Co. The program stipu- government employees who Beaumont of Kailua snagged a lates: Forces South- five-foot-long piece of the air- formed Marine saga that will undoubtedly Task Force, 3d Marines, of equipment that was loaded Participants' destination west Asia and began the craft as they were trolling in find a chapter in Marine Corps included on-load operations to qualifies as "one of the larg- their 16-foot fishing boat ap- must be home. retrograde of hundreds of mission to help must have driven to history. their security est in Marine Corps history," proximately eight miles north They tanks and assault amphibian the retrograde to a according a restaurant or bar. of tone Nearly 500 Hawaii Marines bring to BGen. Gary E. of Kaneohe Bay. vehicles and thousands speedy conclusion. Brown, Commanding General, They must be able to show of supplies on April 21. played an integral role in the After hauling it aboard, cab That was exactly the result. Special Purpose MAGTF and Beumont recognized it as "an the driver car keys, was completed last cleanup operations. It was Commander driver's licenses, vehicle reg- The job these leatherneck, assembled The speed of this historic retro- of Marine Forces airplane wing" and remembered -- nearly six months, 46 Southwest istrations, and insurance no- week from throughout the 1st grade far exceeded all expec- Asia. hearing about the crash on loaded ships and thousands it is the signifi- television. He put two and two fault cards and military of work later. Marine Expeditionary Brigade, tations. But Behind those accomplish- identification cards. of man-hours who served as the ground cance of the task that was ments, were the Marines, sail- together and called the Air The final ship battened down most by the men Station with a mobile phone on Passengers are not eligible. and sailed off over combat element of the force. mentioned ors and civilians who made its hatches who lead the effort. them happen, BGen. Brown the boat. Shortly thereafter, a Call 261-5566 or 1128 -4655 for the horizon with the last of Dispersed across the region's desert shelf, small detachments is the first time in said. "The performance has crew of sailors from SOMS more information. the gear Sept 5. "This Waterfront Operations Search guarded outposts, well-used history (that MPF ship recon- been truly remarkable." Shortly there after, the ma- roads and entrances and Rescue were dispatched to and women the to var- stitution) has been done in About the Marines, Harris jority of the men ious bases. explained Col. meet up with the fishermen in DoD civilians of MARFORSWA loaded the field," added, "the enlisted Marines the Bay. and headed As the re-constitution William H. Harris, Com- and SNCO'e came to the aboard aircraft of the Blount "It spun the boat around when allowed at to family and friends at Marine Corps weapons and mander of Island forefront and met the chal- we home (Forward). pulled it up," Broad said of their parent commands.