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VIPEX Marines show civic Bellows'value as training Page A-4 HAWAII MARINE Voluntary payment for delivery to MCAS housing /$1 per four week period. VOL. 12 NO. 4 KANEOHE RAY, HAWAII, JAN. 26, 1983 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. Major general selectees named Brigadier General Jacob W. Moore, commanding general, 1st Marine Brigade and BrigGen Dennis J. Murphy, deputy commanding general, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, Camp H.M. Smith are two of eight general officers selected for promotion to major general. BrigGen Moore took command of the brigade on June 11, after a tour at Headquarters Marine Corps, where he served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Studies. Other major general selectees are: BrigGens Richard M. Cooke, corn- mander, Marine Corps Air Bases, Western Area/commanding general, Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, Calif; Clyde D. Dean, Inspector General of the Marine Corps, Headquarters Marine Corps; Donald J. Fulham, commanding general, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Anthony Lukeman, director, Manpower Plans and Policy Division, HQMC; Frank E. Petersen, director, Facilities and Services Division, Installations and Logistics Department, HQMC; and Richard T. Trundy, assistant wing commander, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro, Calif. Although the promotion list has been approved by the Secretary of the pining on the additional Gen J.W. Moore Navy, the major general selectees won't begin BrigGen D.J. Murphy Brig star until the list is approved by President Ronald Reagan. February declared Taxes Black History Month Neat, accurate and carefully prepared returns yield faster refunds Feb. 1 marks the beginning of Black History Month. This year's theme is "The United States Constitution and the Black American." the correct column for your filing Did you use the pre-addressed, The theme provides an opportunity to look at the Constitution and its WASHINGTON - If you're one Make sure you have enough of the millions of people who get a paper, or a calculator, for your status? coded envelope? amendments that have special meaning to black history. Have you retained a copy of Dr. Carter Woodson, scholar and founder of the Association for the tax refund each year, the Internal math figuring. return signed and Revenue Service says you may be Is the your return for your records? Study of Afro-American Life and History, introduced the concept of if it's a joint to put able to speed things up by simply Don't rush your work. Take dated? Remember, Did you remember a Black History Week in 1926. He chose the week containing the birthdays your time, and consult the instruc- return, your spouse must sign, too. stamp on the pre-addressed of Frederick Douglass checking your return for errors (Feb. 7) and Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12). and legibility. tions for each line on the tax form. envelope? Black History Week was extended to a month in 1976 to allow time for Did you attach the peel-off And last but not least, programs and celebrations. The IRS says a neat, accurate, Make sure you received a label to your return, and is the Aren't you glad you're carefully prepared return can be Form W-2, "Wage and Tax State- information on the label correct? finished? processed faster, and that can ment," from each employer you Outage hampers crossing mean a faster refund. On the other worked for during the past year. hand, an incorrect or hard-to-read - W-2 forms due soon A power failure at the runway zation. "The cars thought it was return can take weeks to Once you finish your return, here Jan. 4 caused a near mishap okay to pass." straighten out. A mathematical take a few moments to look it over. According to the error will not necessarily cause a involving privately owned message, one Then go through the following WASHINGTON .. By Monday, request the form. Those still vehicles and 10-4s pilot saw POV long delay, the IRS stresses, but it from Marine a depart from the checklist: taxpayers should receive a "Wage without the form by Feb. 15 should Fighter Attack Squadron -235, left side of the runway and could prove inconvenient if you notify exact Are your W-2 forms attached? and Tax Statement," Form W-2, IRS. according to a recent 1st Marine another POV approaching from are counting on getting an they have If a taxpayer receives a W-2 that amount back, and end up getting from every employer Brigade message. the right side. The lead aircraft worked for during the past year, contains an error, like the wrong continued less. Have you attached all the The gates controlling access its takeoff roll and supporting schedules if you're the Internal Revenue Service said. amount of wages received, he or across the runway are supposed to passed 75 feet directly over the How can you check your return? filing Form 1040? Even if the taxpayer had more she should ask the employer to be closed prior to take-off first POV as it continued to cross than one employer or worked for a issue a new form. The new form the runway. The IRS says good preparation is clearance. The correct procedures The second aircraft the best way to begin. Start as Is your arithmetic correct? particular employer for only part must have the box marked were followed, the gates were did not start its roll. of the year, he or she should be "correction" filled in. If the The message soon as possible - before you lowered, and two F-4s were given stated that if the begin, check these tips supplied by If you rounded off your sent or given the form. employee's name, social security clearance to roll. aircraft had been operating at a IRS: numbers, did you round number or address are incorrect, Between clearance and take-off, higher gross weight, a collision consistently? Taxpayers who have not copies B and C of the W-2 should a power failure was experienced at may have been unavoidable. Collect all the necessary received their "Wage and Tax. be corrected and the employer the gates. Hall said that personnel are forms and records you will need to When you used the tax table, Statement" by Monday should notified. It is not required to "When the power fails, the gates trying to rewire the system so that complete your return. did you follow the line across to contact their employer and obtain a new form in this case. automatically go up," said Major when a power failure occurs, the Sam Hall, 1st Marine Brigade gates will fall in the down Director of Safety and Standardi- position. Laundrymen double as helicopter refuelers by SSgt Stan Pederson Protecting the bladders on three "These Marines have taken on Corporal James Bourgue, of sides is a 5-foot high wall of the job of doing the laundry," said Boston, Lance Corporals Bill BEIRUT, LEBANON (Delayed) sandbags. With firefights Lieutenant Colonel William Durst, of Youngstown, Ohio, - The helicopter carrier USS occurring almost daily east of the Beebe, executive officer of Marine and John Kay, of Youngstown, Inchon usually keeps all Marine perimeter, there's a Medium Helicopter Squadron-263, N.Y., are knee-deep in dirty helicopters of the American chance of a stray round hitting "and they have done a great job." clothes when they are aboard peacekeeping force here well one of the bladders. Beebe said he's never seen another ship, when they rotate into Beirut, supplied with fuel, but "sometimes group of Marines tackle that job they get valuable operating the deck isn't open for refueling," with enthusiasm. Although experience on the HERS system. "The bladder can absorb one M- said Marine Sergeant Tony Cobb, 16 round," Sgt Cobb. But a second of Merry Hill, N.C., "So they have round could set them ablaze. to come to us." The HERS team in Beirut has Sgt Cobb heads a five-man pumped more than 40,000 gallons team from Wing Engineer of commercial jet fuel in just over Squadron-27 based at Cherry 40 days. The fuel is delivered by a Point N.C., which operates a civilian firm located at the portable gas station called HERS - opposite end of the airport. Helicopter Expedition Refueling System in the center of Beirut "The old man who delivers the International Airport. When fuel is great," said the sergeant. flight operations aboard in "We have learned a lot about the Inchon are too hectic, the HERS fighting in this area this team stands by ashore to top-off summer." the tanks of any helos that clatter into the Marine landing zone, Although the fuel is stored in collapsible bags, the system has to Lightweight and portable, the be checked each morning for HERS system can be set up water contamination. "We usually practically anyplace helicopters recirculate about a thousand can land. For Sgt Cobb and his gallons to get the water out of the team the current location is ideal, hoses," said Lance Corporal near the end of the commercial James Rivers of Ocean Springs, runway next to the LZ. Miss. The fuel is pumped through the filter-separator to remove The HERS team has positioned water and other contaminations six 500-gallon rubber fuel before it is pumped into thirsty bladders. In an area that was once helicopters. the scene of heavy fighting While between Syrians and Israelis. Sgt Cobb remains ashore with HERS, the four Marines working for six- him rotate from the "The bladders are made of Inchon every two weeks.