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Vol. 16, No. 43 Serving MCAS Kaneohe Bay, 1st MAB, Camp H.M. Smith and Marine Barracks, Hawaii October 22, 1987 Air Station to switch to Oahu Telephone System All telephone service users access to various fea- MCAS/1st MAB units by aboard the Air Station - and tures that were previously Unit Telephone Control Offi- three other military installa- unavailable. cers (UTCO). tions on Oahu - will switch This survey procedure from the Defense Adminis- allowed these UTCOs an trative Telephone System State-of-Art opportunity to validate their (DATS) to the state-of-the-art unit's telephone needs; the Oahu Telephone System System location and types of individ- (OTS) on the evening of Nov. on-line ual telephone; any custom 5. features that those tele- The OTS is designed to link Nov. 5 phones would need; and Oahu military installations which telephone numbers together in a single telecom- would be listed in the tele- munications network using The basic features of all Air phone direcotry. digital switching and fiber Station OTS telephone are: Air Station and 1st MAB optic technology. The net-. Consultation/Hold Communications and Elec- work is specifically designed All Calls a feature that will tronics officials praised the, for military applications let users place a call on hold, UTCOs who did the valida- such as precedence calling, tion survey for the efforts pre-emption, call another user, and return and access to to the holding call or allow they put forth in completing the world-wide Defense the validation requirements. Switched Network for a three-way conference: (DSN Call Transfer -a fea- In effect, the UTCOs are which is replacing AUTO- responsible for the telephone VON). ture that will let users transfer a call anywhere services that will be avail- The Air Station, NAS within the OTS network; able to individual units under Barbers Point, Ford Island Direct Inward Dial- OTS. and Pearl Harbor are the first ing - a feature that lets A briefing on the OTS "cut- military installations that users receive calls from out- over" for UTCOs will be held will switch to OTS. All other side the OTS network with- at 1 p.m., Oct. 26, in the military installations are out operator assistance. .Station Theater. Background 'scheduled to be switched to Other specialized features information on OTs, as well OTS by April 1988. will also be available on some as instructions on the instal- ' Installed, operated and telephones if they were lation and operation of the maintained by the Hawaiian applied for properly by new telephones, will be pro- Smooth Landing vided Telephone Company under a UTCOs, and were within, at that time. Three CH-53D Sea Stallions from HMH-463 come in for a landing at PMRF Barking $110 million contract with budgetary contraints. For more information on flying OTS Sands, Kauai. The unit recently spent ten days there to sharpen their and the Defense Communictions or the Oct. 26 meeting, maintenance skills. For more on HMH-463 see page B-1. Agency, Pacific, OTS will During October 1986, site UTCOs should contact their give single-line telephone surveys were conducted at all appropriate CEO. Grenada, 1983 News in Brief 'Urgent Fury remembered Persian Gulf update In the early morning hours Greatly concerned by the nation. Resistance was met able to leave the ' Caribbean U.S. Navy ships destroyed two Iranian oil platforms in of Oct. 25, 1983, U.S. Ma- Cuban and Soviet presence in the form of 1,200 men from island to let the Grenadian the Persian Gulf Oct. 19. According to an Associated Press rines, sailors and soldiers in Grenada, the Grenadian "People's Rev- people begin the task of re- vanded the OECS saw report Iran promised "a crushing response," and said the on the island of Gren- increased violence and a olutionary Army," various storing democracy. United States had launched a full-scale war. ada to rescue nearly 1,000 collapsing armed militia and 600 Cuban The collective forces cap- Americans Grenadian gov- President Reagan called the attack "a prudent, yet caught amidst ernment as a threat to peace nationals. tured large caches of Soviet restrained response" to Friday's strike against U.S. flagged the violence of a collapsing and security in the region. American forces seized the style weapons throughout tanker off Kuwait. communist regime. The assault forces con- Grand Anse Campus of the the operation. Proving that At 1:30 p.m., four U.S. destroyers moved to within about The invasion, code named sisted of Marines of the 22nd Saint George's University this island nation had been 6,000 yards of the two platforms, said Fred. S. Hoffman, Operation "Urgent Fury," Marine Amphibious Unit, School of Medicine to evac- turned into what President the Pentagon's chief spokesman. involved 6,000 U.S. military joined a detachment of Navy uate 400 American medical Reagan called "a Soviet- An 85-minute barrage of 1,000 rounds of 5-inch gunfire personnel and 300 troops Seals and two battalions and students and other foreign Cuban, colony being readied destroyed the platforms. The Pentagon said no Americans from the Caribbean nations two brigades from the U.S. nationals. as a major military bastion were injured. Tehran reported the attack wounded some of Antigua, Barbados, Army's 75th Rangers and The heaviest fighting oc- to export terror and under- Iranian "civilian crewman" but, did not mention any ,Cominica, Jamaica, Saint 82nd Airborne Division, re- curred on the evening of Oct. mine democracy." fatalities. Kitts, Saint Lucia and Saint spectively, and a carrier 27 at the Calivigny Military To mark the anniver- Weinberger said the U.S. ship destroyed the two platforms Vincent. group. Barracks on the southern sary of this victory, this in retaliation for the attack on the Sea Isle City , a U.S. The United States re- The invading forces simul- coast, as artillery and air issue of the Hawaii Ma- flagged tanker in Kuwait territorial waters Oct. 16. sponded quickly to the Orga- taneously assaulted the strikes helped U.S. forces rine focuses on Hawaii The attack injured seven crew members and blinded nization of Eastern Carib- Point Salinas Airfield on the secure the area. based Marines who the American captain. bean States (OECS) urgent, southern end of Grenada, By Nov. 2, the fighting was fought there, and the last- formal request for armed and Pearls Airfield on the over and the collective forces, ing significance of the Re-ups first come, first serve' intervention in Grenada. northwest coast of the island victorious over the PRA, were Grenada action. For Marines planning to reenlist in FY88, don't wait until the last minute, because starting next month the HQMC policy will be "first-come, first-serve." Beginning in November, the Marine Corps will institute CFC tally: Getting close a major change in retention of its enlisted Marines by establishing Corps-wide ceilings by Occupational Field (OF) and retention category (first termers, intermediates, and Hawaii's Combined Fed- than 2.6 million dollars, a few top the 100% mark by contrib- The following are the latest careerists). eral Campaign ends on Oct. thousand dollars are still uting to CFC, if they haven't CFC statistics for Marine The available spaces for OF/category retention in FY88 30, and although close to needed. already done so. So far the organizations as of Oct 19: will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. Marines who reaching its goal of more Marines here can help CFC Marines are lagging behind .1st MAB 93.08 wish to reenlist after these spaces are filled may have to their goal of $264,000. Camp Smith 81.50 make a lateral move or be denied further service. A CFC donation enables MCAS Kaneohe 94.48 No out-year reenlistment goals for Marines. with FY89 Marines and 88,000 military 1st Radio Bn. 80.28 Expiration of Active Service (EAS) dates will be assigned Barracks, HI 118.89 In Mememorium and federal civilian workers Marine during FY88. Marines, whose EAS falls in FY89, will be here to give to more than 200 I&I staff 161.14 allowed to reenlist early. eligible health, welfare and FMFPac, HQ 133.62 Also no extension goals for FY89 will be assigned during service agencies. Total 95.28 FY88. Career Planners will establish a "not to exceed" goal Last year alone there were for extensions that will be monitored by HQMC. Extensins more than 100,000 instances are granted to permit Marines to serve a tour of specific of military and federal length and are primarily for the benefit of the Marine Corps. Beirut employees in Hawaii using 1002 For more information, call the Joint Career Planning CFC agency programs. The 90 Office at 257-3244/2403. October 23, marks four mass of concrete and steel lay Aloha United Way, Interna- years since the "suicide" beside the crater left by the tional/Service Agencies, 80 bombing of the 24th Marine National Voluntary Health explosion - which was 70 Amphibious Unit's position reportedly 30 feet deep by 40 agencies and National Ser- in Beirut, Labanon. feet across. vice Agencies, are the feder- 60 ations under which. CFC Square it Away! Most of the occupants of The effects of the blast 50 the four story building that jolted the entire nation and charities are listed. The following is an excerpt from Air Station Order 1020.41), Uniform housed the ground compa- virtually every state suffered According to a recent 40 Regulations and Personal Appearance Standards. FMFPac message, Major nies of the 24th MAU were losses in the bombing.