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Inside ROLLER HOCKEY MP HERO Military Appreciation Week A-10 `Hollywood' Marine Visits B-1 Very Important Patriots B-2 B-1 A-7 Vol. 27, No. 17 Serving the base of choice for the 21st century May 7, 1998 Career fair Change of command starts tomorrow CpI. Trent Lowry suing a job search," said Jim Combat Correspondent Gardner, the family employment assistance program manager with Flipping through the classified ads the FSC. "The services and employ- or just dropping in on a prospective ers we talked to were more than anx- employer can be daunting for job ious to provide incentives for family seekers, especially for family mem- members to start their careers or go bers of servicemembers. back to school." The Family Service Center offers Representatives from base educa- another option for people here inter- tion, base child care and MWR will ested in starting or changing a career offer their services, as well as agents with the second annual Spouses from retailers such as Liberty House, Career Fair, Friday from 9 a.m. to 12 Sears and Radio Shack, according to noon at the Officers' Club Lanai Gardner. Room. Family members and civil- "We have a well-rounded lineup of ians, as well as active duty military, opportunities," Gardner said. "The are welcome to attend, and although response from last year's fair was reservations are recommended, very positive. With the representa- walk-ins are welcome, too. tives we are offering Friday, we hope "We will have about 20 booths with to help a lot of people." representatives offering employment Call 257-3135, extension 353 to reg- opportunities and guidance for pur- ister. Photo by SSgt. Dorrick Lee Janet Howell, center, hugs Gen. C.C. Krulak, the commandant of the Marine Corps, as her husband, liGen. J.D. Howell Jr, watches. LtGen. Fulford takes MarForPac helm CpI. Barry Melton Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines in the Vietnam Combat Correspondent Republic. His personal decorations include the Defense Family, friends and Marines welcomed LtGen. Distinguished Service Medal; Silver Star Medal; the Carlton W. Fulford Jr. as the new commanding gener- Legion of Merit with Combat "V" and gold star; al of Marine Forces Pacific and bid aloha to LtGen. Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V"; the Purple Jefferson D. Howell, Jr., here Friday. Heart Medal with gold star; Joint Service "I've made a history of following in the steps of Commendation Medal; the Meritorious Service giants," said LtGen. Fulford, the former commanding Medal; the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal general of I Marine Expeditionary Force. "I'm doing with gold star; the Combat Action Ribbon with gold it again today." star and the Presidential Unit Citation. LtGen. Fulford took command of more than 80,000 LtGen. Howell ended more than 37 years of Marine Marines and Sailors in the Pacific theater during the Corps service. Digital photo by Cal Barry Melton flightline ceremony near Hangar 101. For related story and "Gung ho! Gung ho! Gung ho!" LtGen. Cpl. Beau Felder, of Weapons Company, 2/3, prepares his pack for PTA. He was the commander of Task Force photos, see A-6 Howell exclaimed, his voice booming Ripper during the Persian Gulf War across the flightline. and has also served as the vice-director of The Joint LtGen. Howell was gung ho from the day he was Staff, the commanding general of Marine Corps Bases commissioned until he relinquished command . of Packing right for PTA Japan and the commanding general of III MEF. MarForPac. Born in Newnan, Ga., May 11, 1944, LtGen. Fulford "Looking back on my career, it all boils down to one "You have to pack everything CpI. Barry Melton was commissioned in June 1966. After completion of word," LtGen. Howell said. "Marine. I'm a Marine Combat Correspondent you need, but you also need to The Basic School in Quantico, Va. and the Vietnamese and I am so proud to be a Marine. It's been a glorious pack light," said Cpl. Rob do and Language School, he was the commander of D time." What snails, turtles Macchia, a 81mm forward Marine infantrymen have in observer with Weapons common? Company, 2d Battalion, 3d Whenever any of the three Marines. "Don't pack anything have to set out for a trip, their you don't need and waterproof Fire damages K-Bay home necessities are attached to everything." their backs. But unlike the "The temperature drops about snail, a isn't CpI. Barry Melton than 10 minutes, said John Lee, by a stove burner that wasn't turtle or grunt 30 degrees from day to night at a haven on Combat Correspondent the chief of the Base Fire turned off, Lee said. Lack of provided natural PTA," said Cpl. Beau Felder, a He has to pack it. The Federal Fire Department Department. None of the resi- attention to detail could have pos- his back. gunner with Weapons Co, 2/3. from here doused a kitchen fire at a dents were injured. sibly been the root of the flame. Marines Weapons "It's cold at night and hot in 2/3 shipped out for home on Lawrence Street here "The fire was isolated to the "The resident might have turned Company, the day, so you have to pack all Pohakuloa Training Area on Monday. stove area and in the cabinets the wrong knob," Lee added. your cold weather gear." The fire department above the stove," said Lee. "The "Everyone just needs to be more the Big Island Saturday, but Goretex, sleeping bags and responded trip, at 6:26, arrived on the scene at fire also spread in the the crawl careful and double check to make before their month-long thermals are a must at PTA, they had to get ready for what approximately 6:29 p.m. and space of the attic." sure the stoves are turned off was in store for them. See PACK, A-7 extinguished the flames in less The fire was apparently caused when they finish cooking." Local dealership messes with wrong woman SSgt. Stephen Gude "You should have seen us when we "The front bumper was a different we were trying to rip them off. One Press Chief bought it," said Japhet, who works color and the fenders were pushed of the service managers said We in the flight equipment section of in along the bottom," said Japhet, think you're trying to get out from Corporal Kim Japhet thought she MALSEK "We thought we were 22. "And because of the way the underneath it."' was getting a sweet ride when she the bomb." fenders were stressed, the struts But in making more than 20 visits and her husband Chris bought a However, the only thing "wide" kept blowing out." Japhet said she to the dealership, the only Pontiac new 1997 Pontiac Firebird about the car were huge gaps in the believes the car's front bumper cap dealership on the island, Japhet Formula, a car with a huffing, puff- body seams and the four-inch ex ack was hit on the ground at some point clearly intended for the problems to ing, 5.7 liter V-8 capable of deliver- in the front fender. The gap before the car was delivered, which be fixed, because she wanted to keep ing the shove hi the back only between the flip-up headlights and stressed the fenders and misaligned the car, which now has 6,500 miles American V-8s can. the hood are wide enough to see the struts. on it. But the dealership's personnel But as it turned out, Japhet had parts of the engine. Japhet discov- It looked as though the dealership consistently tried to discourage her. to do more huffing and puffing in ered these problems the day after had tried to fix the car's problems However, unlike what the dealer- attempts to get several major prob- she bought the car. before it was sold, but didn't do a ship's people thought, it wasn't like lems with the car repaired. Hers is These problems turned out to be good job, Japhet said. Japhet didn't know what she was a story of persistence paying off. just the tip of the iceberg. Japhet "I was accused of causing the dam- talking about. She has swapped Digital photo by SSgt. Step en Gu e Driving around a new car like tried, with more than 20 visits to the age," she said. "We were really try- motors, worked on internal engine Cpl, Kim Japhet displays the wide gap between the that should have left Japhet with a dealership, to rectify various body ing to be cool about it, trying to see if components and replaced transmis- hood and front cap of her Firebird. grin on her face, and initially, it did. and suspension problems. they would fix it, but they acted like See LEMON, A -10 A-2 May 7, 1998 Hawaii Marine headache, loss of appetite, vomiting, con- A strike for Sergeants Course stipation and pica (the desire to eat Adopt-a-School strange objects, like dirt), to more severe symptoms, such as mental retardation, Richelle Jones, a sixth grader at Course 6-98 begins Tuesday Sergeants changes in level of consciousness, stagger- Puohala Elemetary School in The course is and will run to June 18. ing and unsteady walking, and even Kaneohe, bowls during an open to sergeants who have completed AdoptoSchool function April seizures and coma. 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