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Hawaii Marine Adopt-a-School Hispanic Heritage Volume 28, Number 40 Serving Marine Corps Base Hawaii October 7, 1999 A-2 B-1 MCCS earns Corps-wide award Cpl. Trent Lowry Businesses Operation of the Year Award, products, to the base community, Black Operations activities like the video store, service classes as well, so they can see the Combat Correspondent determined by the Personal and Family said. These services include the barber travel office, and photo shop. teamwork it takes to achieve customer sat- Doing a job right is enough to satisfy Readiness Office at Headquarters, Marine shop, tailor shop and dry cleaners. Another key to providing good cus- isfaction," said Jennifer Sherman, MCCS the average worker, but being recognized Corps. The award compared their suc- "The Marine Corps has a lot of pride in a tomer service is being sure to listen to contracting administrator. for doing the job better than anyone else cess against the successes of their peers at lot of things. For instance, when a Marine the customer, Black said. The grading criteria for determining really puts the icing on the cake. other Marine Corps installations. gets a haircut, it has got to look just right," "What's really nice about working the award winners included measuring Members of the services and contract- "We won this award due to the sup- Black said. "When we hire Marine family with Marines is that they're part of a an increase in the number of customers ing operations department of Marine port of the base and the people who members, they understand the importance of vocal population," Black said. "We get using the services, operational efficien- Corps Community Services, MCB work here," said Richard Black, director pride in a Marine's appearance and provide feedback to make adjustments in the cy, and the share of money put back into Hawaii, got icing with sprinkles on top of contracting services at MCCS, MCB a quality service." right direction." Marine Corps programs. All three crite- when they were recognized recently for Hawaii. "We've had great base support. Many facilities were moved or All MCCS employees are required to ria work together to make a complete their excellence, not just within the com- They determine what we can and cannot upgraded to improve the accessibility to go to customer service classes to ensure department, Black said. munity, but within the entire Marine do, and they gave us a highway to work services. The main move and upgrade in that everyone receives the help they "That's the kind of thing that makes Corps. with instead of a trench." 1998 was the opening of the Mokapu deserve when they visit a MCCS activi- this award good," Black said. "This says The MCCS services and contracting Services Operations, MCCS, is respon- Mall, where the main barber shop relo- ty. the rest of the Marine Corps recognizes department earned the 1998 Services sible for providing services, as opposed to cated, as well as other Services "Our contractors attend our customer us and thanks us." Andretti meets Marines Cpl. Otto C. Pleil-Muste Combat Correspondent With the first Hawaiian Super Prix weekend just around the corner scheduled for Nov. 11- 13, racing fever has not only touched Hawaii, but the Marines and Sailors of Kaneohe Bay, as well. Marines welcomed auto-racing superstar Mario Andretti aboard K-Bay Sept. 29 in "ooh- rah" fashion with a humvee escort around base as they showed him a sample of the way of life for Marines. "It's certainly a privilege for me to come to the Marine base ... and have Marines show me their toys," said Andretti, with a smile, after touring the base all morning long. "It's very special - the opportunity to do something I'd never do any other time." Instead of driving a race car, Andretti tested the turns of Marine tactical vehicles including a humvee, light armored vehicle, and an amphibi- Photo by Cpl. Otto C. Pfeil-Muete Race car driver Mario Andretti test drives a humvee while aboard MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Sept. 29. See ANDRETTI, A-9 1st Radio Battalion learns ropes at K-Bay Lance Cpl. Roman Yurek Marines, they also get a bit of enjoyment out of it. Combat Correspondent `All we do is strap in, With the danger that is involved with SPIE rigging, Marines rushed to hook-up to the rope dangling each Marine had to trust his fellow leatherneck to from a helicopter above, as sheets of salt water blinded clamp on and stand by check his gear. Even with these concerns, many of and pelted their faces from the rotor wash. for the ride.' these devil dogs expressed great enthusiasm about the Only minutes were left as the four man team live helo operations. screamed to one another to ensure accountability. The Lance Cpl. Kevin Fields "This training is awesome," said Lance Cpl. Kevin thumping of the rotors increased, signaling their ascent Communication Operations Technician Fields, a communication operations technician for 1st to the sky above. 1st Radio Battalion Radio Bn. "The SPIE rigging makes me feel like I'm Leathernecks from 1st Radio Battalion spent time really flying." learning the "ropes" recently during the Helicopter Besides the SPIE rigging, which is conducted from Rope Suspension Training in the Masters Course, con- pel techniques, tie offs, rescues and fast rope procedures. the ground or water during both the day and night, the ducted by 1st Radio Reconnaissance, 1st Radio Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction, which students had hands on training with the various types of Battalion aboard MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay. requires Marines to hang from a rope attached to the knots in the rigging line and equipment they will use, The Helicopter Rope Suspension Training course is bottom of a helo, is a tool used to get Marines to a des- said Korff. a three-week evolution that started Sept. 27 and finish- tination, even if there is no where to land. Marines who are becoming HRST masters also learn es Oct. 15. To become a HRST master, these Marines A HRST master is required for every exercise where how to supervise each operation, during the course, must learn and become proficient in rappelling, fast HRST operations will be employed, said Korff. while under the guidance of an experienced HRST roping, helo casting and Special Patrol Insertion and "There are six-man teams that must support them- master, in order to make sure that everything is safe and Photo by Lance Cpl. Roman Yurek Extraction, said Staff Sgt. D.J. Korff, platoon sergeant selves," said Koff. "For safety, at least one HRST mas- done correctly, explained Korff. First Radio Battalion Marines learn for Radio Recon Contingency Training Platoon. ter must be there to perform their duties for the team." "This training is not difficult," said Fields. "All we SPIE rigging over K-Bay Friday. During the course, Marines will learn rigging and rap- Though this training is taken very seriously by the do is strap in, clamp on and stand by for the ride." Support detachment delivers for task force at Crocodile '99 lst Lt. Angela Judge group noncommis- Index SPMAGTF-3 Public Affairs Officer sioned officer-in- GLADSTONE, Australia charge. A Section Special Marine Air Ground Task Fprce "Our job (in the MALSEK Adopt-a-School 2 3, which is currently participating in port operations group) Every Clime and Place 3 Exercise Crocodile 99, received criti- is to be in charge of Sergeant Major's Corner 4 cal support from Maritime the movement of Word to Pass 6 Prepositioning Ships the Motor equipment across the Smart Cards at Crocodile '99 7 Vessels Lummus and Lopez during an ocean, onto the beach Menu 8 equipment offload at Gladstone Port and into the hands of Marine Corps Birthday Balls 10 Sept. 30. the Marines who'll be The port operations group, which is using it," said 2nd Lt. B Section part of Combat Service Support Justin Goering, the Hispanic Heritage Events 1 Photo by Cpl. Robert Hale Detachment 78 from Marine Corps port operations group Dental Devil Dog Dash 2 A lighter carries engineering equipment from Maritime Prepositioning Force ships. Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, offloaded officer-in-charge. SM/SP Events 2 81 pieces of equipment from the ships With the amount of Ticket to Fun 2 for distribution to the various elements equipment the Marines are moving to track each piece of equipment elec- 30 vehicles off, we download the scan- Soccer Champions 3 of the SPMAGTF-3 Marines who will from ship to shore, it's difficult to tronically. ner onto a computer and forward that Football Pool 3 travel north to Rockhampton Ground account for everything offloaded. "Once the vehicles come off the information to the landing force sup- Movies, Free Ads 6 Training Areas for the exercise, said However, this obstacle is navigated ship, we scan a bar code from each port party so they can track every Religion 6 Cpl. Jesus Deniz, the port operations more easily by using a bar code system vehicle. Once we get approximately See CROCODILE, A-9 A-2 October 7, 1999 Hawaii Marine Mary Fitzgerald, left, Commissary Closing and Aubree Shipman, right, third graders at The Kaneohe Bay Commissary will be closed Monday Kainalu Elementary Lance Cpl. and Tuesday in observance of the Columbus Day Holiday. School, pull Antonio Hammil, an The store will reopen for normal business Wednesday. avionics electrician with MALSEK, as they play a School Fairs sheriff's version of tag. The Mokapu Elementary School Fall Fling will be held Friday from 4-8 p.m.