HAWAII MARIN. Voluntary payment for delivery to MCAS housing /$1 per four week period VOL 9 li10, 41 Rethze.44/ Meal price increase Servicemembers received an 11.7 percent pay increase to offset rising prices of clothing, housing, transportation, and food. Effective Oct. 1, the dining facilities on the air station were required to raise the price of meals offeredto authorized personnel. The price hike is a nickel in certain categories and Marines, sailors and civilians will feel the pinch. New prices for patrons without meal cards are: breakfast $.70, lunch $1.40, dinner $1.40, brunch $1.60, dinner /brunch $1.90 and holiday meal $2.05. Surcharges have increased and are now $.40. The Cost of the night meal will vary depending on the meal actually served. A recent audit by the Defense Audit Service has revealed that serious deficiencies exist thloughout military feeding facilities which coot millions of dollars annually. In a message dated Sept. 11, it was revealed that since budgets do not include monetary allowance for second portions, second portions of food will not he served unless personnel elect not to take their share or they select less expensive meals. concerning the food, its preparation or Comments the Photos by Sia Chtis dining facility itself should be placed in suggestion boXes raylof located in troth fleas and Anderson Halls. For a proper response to a suggestion or comment originators should MAKAHIKI CELEBRATION 4- Hawaiian kahana Sam Loan and his haumanas (students) shared both smiles and prayer during the include name, rank and a telephone number so the food Makahiki festival service office can contact them. held during the Columbus Day weekend at MCAS Kaneohe Bay. The three day event attracted more than 300 people, both military and civilian, who watched- Lono and his followers worship the gods of ancient Hawaii at the Pyramid Rock site. BAQ applications WASHINGTON, MCNeWs - Many Marines who get married and apply for full Basic Allowance for Quarters do not get it at first and have to reapply; according to Personnel Services officials here. One of the reasons Marines have to reapply for BAQ is raise offsets that they lack proper documents, such as marriage licenses Pay inflation or birth certificates necessary to receive BAQ payments. Another problem, Personnel Services officials cite, is Aug. 26, Congress Bay, should have their effective Oct. 1. Capt year. It is something increase in aviation Flipping through his untimely submissions for BAQ. Marines should apply for took final action on two Leave and Earnings Larry Mullin, die. every member can pay. The Variable notes, messages and BAQ as sista as someone becomes their dependent. significant bills. Both Statement by today, as butelng officer at appreciate." Housing Allowance will files on the pay To receive full BAQ, Marines should talk to their company were approved by the well as a Monthly MCAS Kaneohe Bay, The strongest points be very beneficial to increase, Mullin ex- administrative clerk to properly submit a claim. Marines president and have personal gay file folder explains important si Allowaenrca,,l,Fed those members who are plained the method of should ensure they have all the documents needed. resulted in tangible to maintain 'record of factors of the raise that going to the continental calculating percent En. more information on BAQ cheek Marine Corps Order improvements in mili- their 1.1.:tis. brigadwstation person- 11.s. ages of the mileage 1751,30. tary compensation, nel e an look forward blici)li pisrenetnrwt YabBl: which should lie ToitikomigraIMBER to seeing in the pay to junior enlis it add ..13ElniwAom" to evident in, today's 5,ressts Categories. olficers. get advanced` W, "PersopsWho were in paychecks. of t payable amount s lle pp lid, "I think we n.fpd eattfle farting an allotment transit, at; long Moathe Marines assigned to of the 11.7 percent see aleenruay to see the d above before going on a unit effective date of their e Unleaded unavailable the lot Marine Brigade, across the board pay 11..7 percent increase` 11.71 a long deployment should orders was after Oct. 1 , and MCAS Kaneohe increase, which became. without a pity cap this list of adj manta," make new allotments are entitled, to the new 'Prior to purchasing 1961 automobiles, military personnel he continued. "There easier are cautioned to for some families. rate," he noted. "We contemplating overseas assignments has been an increase in The mileage allowance must stress effective inquire about effects of using leaded fuels in 1981 the maximum amount increase date of orders. United has raised This automobiles purchased in the continental States. of selective reenlist- sharply 10 cents a doesn't mean date of and reinstall emission from Also, the capability to remove bonuses and zone Mile to 18 detachment or joining should be determined. ment and one half control system's, and costs involved, 'C' has been added. per mile," he date, but the first day of some 1981 models rents Manufacturers do not recommend taking There has been an added. Cont. on A-2 equipped with gasoline engines to overseas areas where unleaded fuel is not available. Under the present Department of Defense Privately Owned Vehicle Import Control Program, modification of pre:1981 models is no problem since, the emission control system or its components can he removed and preserved while leaded gasoline is being used. Later, the components can be reinstalled for use in the O.S. or its territories. For some 1981 models however, the new components are expensive and the unit will have to be tested for compliance with EPA standards prior to reimportation. One major manufacturer has taken the position of discouraging exportation of all 1981. vehicles equipped with its new emission control system. Diesel engine equipped automobiles are not affected. Airline fare decrease Several commercial airline companies are introducing special reduced faro' to patrons utilizing the airways as a means of travel. Predesignated travel zones will determine the cost of an airline ticket purchased from participating airlines. sr The offer for reduced airfare will expire Dec. 31 for most ill', (JP AND AWAY -A Search and Rescue helicopter from Station airliner. Further information can be obtained by contacting Operations and Maintenance Squadron, MCAS Kaneohe Bay, lifts the Scheduled Airline Ticketing Office aboard MCAS David Clashed!, dependent of an air station Marine, out of the water Kaneohe Bay at 2541544. when he was unable to swim back to shore. Cramps and physical exhaustion from fighting the. water current overcame Cutshall Oct. hat notelets Beach. MCAS Kaneohe Bay and SSgtdoseph Contreras, 1st Battalion 3d Marines, rendered assistance to Cutalaill by New squadron to activate keeping him calm until SAR arrived. Marine Heavy Ileltoopter Squadron-464 to scheduled to be activated during March 1961 at MCAS New River. N.C. High surf overcomes The helicopter squadron will have a total of 15 Ch-53E "Super Stallions" to complement its fleet. exhausted swimmer A report of a distressed swimmer swimming out to him, and Search Money saving idea at lialeloa Beach approximately and Rescue was over the area in 500 yards off the beach occurred their helicopter." WASHINGTON, MCNeWs Official, here have mid-afternoon Oct, 5. When Contreras arrived at the developed a way to save the Corps nearly a million dollars in "I was listening to our radio 'point where David Cutehall, a Kaneohe ammunition over a tIve,year period. when I heard that there was a dependent aboard MCAS According to ALM/MIX-80, the $040,000 savings will be distressed swimmer," explained Bay was struggling, he rendered achieved by aft/ number TA land 9 shot. tZgaugeahotgim ICp1 Owen Hagen, a Special assistance by keeping Cutshall amaitanttion in pilot of tuntduartin buckshot for training and Services lifeguard. "I was down on calm while SAiett chopper famithisbanket firing the 14th tee, so I lonked through maneuvered into position to lift nig onsinglikien Ina pretrionely need foe trap and eking the binoculars and didn't see Cutehall from the water. for h outtakes. The Sieribt C aiw tta kW" formally partientlitat anyone. I ran down to the bench Cutslinll was treated of approximately and released from the PAST MEETS FUTURE - HN Genard Hamilton, Nova) in the *intakes, braving sit MOM/ two about three quarters of a mile abrasions a hand will to weed I Medical Center, R.giuuat Medical Clinic, Kaneohe Branch. renders million roundlet ammunition. These tonal' far where I saw the guy. sterns! Naval Regional during Navy Birthday training artd kunillorination firing. swimming out but couldn't get to Kaneohe Branch. to Lt. Crude. Louis Miller. retired, on MICAS Kaneohe Ray. Miller, a veteran of merely,. About 983,500 roan& oit number AO lorkehot ant natittion the guy. The surf was breaking at An investigation revealed that obeervanee. to shore in the Navy rioting before World War I, was the honored guest nt 10 IONA rifR yetis, and the was of both 71441,4 number 9 shot six to eight feetso I started hack in, Cutahall could nut swim he was Hamilton is the youngest Navy person on the will sugghteasittt the *SOW CO beskinet seed. "When I was about halfway out I due to cramps and that the ceremony. saw that SSgt doeeph Confrere's, physically exhausted after base. let Battalion, :td Marines, was battling the strong water current Publications, Inc., a private firm in no way connected Department of the Navy or the U.S. Marine Corps. Opinions Mt Weaned by publishers Published by Community with the in and writers herein are their own and not to be considered an official expression of the Department of the Navy or the If 4.