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Sides, These units, dispersed from Officers Aboard Observing Commander in Chief of the the West Coast of the U.S. U.S. Pacific Fleet. throughout the entire Pacific Said the announcement in ocean area, will continue their Brigade's Troop Training, Staff Procedures part: normal operational commit- "U nits of the Pacific ments, but " will naturally, in There are now two 1st Ma- Fleet's Amphibious Squad- consonance with the Presi- rine B r i g a de commanders ron Three, homeported in dent's directive, increase their aboard the Air Station - com- San Diego, Calif., and the readiness posture. Should the manding two different bri- First Marine Brigade, sta- situation change, these ships gades. tioned at Marine Corps Air and aircraft can be immediate- MajGen. Kung Ling-Sheng, Station, Kaneohe Bay, Ha- ly redeployed to any point in CG of the 1st Marine Bri- waii, that were to have par- the world with a minimum of gade, Chinese Marine Corp, ticipated in the training ex- delay." arrived at K-Bay last Friday ercise will resume their rou- Col. C. J. Quitter, Chief of tine duties." Staff at Headquarters, FMF- afternoon. In view of ".he President's Pac, added that "the Presi- He is accompanied by Col. statement to the nation and dent's words served to ac, lluang Kauang-Lo, Chief of the world earlier Monday, in cent our normal readiness Staff of the Chinese Fleet Ma- which he directed the armed posture. -me Force, and lstLt. Hsieh forces to be prepared for any "That which our Command- Kuo-Shu, the general's aide-de- eventuality, it was considered er-in-Chief directs, we of the amp. prudent to cancel the training Fleet Marine Force Pacific will They came to Hawaii di- exercise so that the readiness execute with dispatch." rectly from Taiwan and will CHINESE MARINE GIFT BrigGen. K. B. McCutcheon (r), posture of the forces involved With the cancellation of - would be enhanced. Cross Bar, the Brigade return there upon comple- Brigade CG, accepts a hand-painted scroll from MajGen. Kung returns Ling-Sheng (c), CG of the Chinese Marine Corps' 1st Marine The Pacific Fleet com- to normal garrison duties. All tion of their visit. Brigade, as Col. Huang Kauang-Lo looks on. The painting of mander also told the press advance groups were being re- Gen. Kung told the Wind- a Wind Tiger was done by a 74-year-old Chinese man on that the recent turn of turned from Maui. ward Marine in an interview Taiwan, Free China, and was presented by Gen. Kung to Marines shortly after his arrival that of the U.S. 1st Brigade. he is particularly interested in `Prepare for . Eventualities' learning more about the U.S. visory Group in Taiwan, includ- of the Junior School at Quan- 1st Brigade's troop training ing U.S. Marines, operates with tico. program. his Brigade in an advisory ca- On Monday they visited and President's Talk to Nation He said his Chinese Bri- pacity. were briefed by the Brigade gade, with a T/O strength of Col. Huang, FMF chief of staff and TEC and toured the just over 5,000, is similar to (See Visitors, page 3) the U.S. counterpart in the staff, will be in an on-the-job Gives Cuban Crisis Facts organization of its ground training status with the Bri- (Ed. Note: The following are high- bases can be none other than elements. However, he has gade while here. Civil Defense Air Raid lights from President Kennedy's to provide a nuclear strike no aviation units within his televised report to the nation and Col. Huang served as com- the world Oct. 22 concerning the capability against the West- organization. mander of the Chinese aggres- Sirens to Sound Nov. 1 Cuban situation. While space limi ern hemisphere. tations preclude carrying the full Unlike the U.S. unit, he has sor forces during Operation "Upon receiving . in- Hawaii's Air Defense and text of his report the following a company of tanks organic to Blue Star in Taiwan during pertinent excerpts are published for formation of this nature last his Brigade. His infantry is March, 1960. He is a graduate Civil Defense sirens will be information of all our readers.) Tuesday morning (Oct. 16) at 1, 11 composed of one regiment and tested Thursday, Nov. at "This government . has 9 a.m., I directed that our sur- a.m. he has an artillery battalion maintained the closest surveil- veillance be stepped up . and support units. K-Bay Chest Drive MCAS's test will consist of a lance of the Soviet military "The characteristics of these Gen. Kung is a graduate steady blast of one minute jur- buildup on the island of Cuba. new missile sites indicate two of the Senior School at Quan- $6200 ation followed by one minute "Within the past week, un- distinct types of installations. tico and has visited the U.S. Draws Over of silence and then one minute mistakeable evidence has es- "Several ... include medium Mainland on three occasions. K-Bay personnel contributed of the wailing "take cover" sig- tablished the fact that a series range ballistic missiles, capa- He took command of the more than $6200 to the Hono- nal. of offensive missile sites is now ble of carrying' a nuclear war Chinese Brigade last February, lulu Community Chest Drive, The tidal wave warning will in preparation on that impris- head . more than 1,000 nau- with headquarters in the south- according to figures released be tested five minutes after the oned island. tical miles . ern part of Taiwan. The Bri- Tuesciay by Station and Bri- wailing tone. "The purpose of these "Additional sites not yet gade was formed in 1957. gade activity chairmen. completed appear to be de- The general said a "sub-sec- Of this total. Station person- From Point Mugu s i g n e d for intermediate tion" of the U.S. Military Ad- nel contributed $2016.76, plus range ballistic missiles - a number of sealed contribu- capable of traveling more tions. Top PMR Official to Visit K-Bay's than twice as far . :Maj. G. H. Benskin, Sta- "In addition, jet bombers, Sea Services tion chairman, said the 'Down Range' Facilities Thursday capable of carrying nuclear sealed contributions will be weapons, are now Navy It ldm. John E. being un- final tally and Clark, visit in the Hawaiian area was crated and assembled added to the Commander Pacific Missile in Cuba, Extend Tours should put the Station over in February. while the necessary air bases Following close on the heels Range, will arrive here Nov. 1 the top on the 1963 drive. are being prepared. of the Presidential proclama- for an inspection tour of "down tion authorizing the use of A well done" to all keymen range" Hawaiian and mid-Pa- "This urgent transformation naval, military and air power and departmental chairmen cific instrumentation facili- of Cuba into an important stra- to block delivery to Cuba of has been voiced by Col. W. R. ties. tegic base . constitutes an Campbell. MCAS CO, and will explicit threat to arms, Defense Secretary Rob- Range instrumentation fa- the peace and in a bul- security ert S. McNamara ordered all be reiterated Station cilities to be inspected include: of all the Americas ... letin. Marine and Navy personnel K-Bay's PMR Facility, the down "The 1930's taught us a clear held on active duty for as Capt. Q. I. Franklin, Bri- range headquarters; Barking lesson: aggressive conduct, if much as one year beyond their gade activity chairman, an- Sands and Kokee on Kauai; allowed to grow unchecked normal tours. nounced that $4200 had been South Point on the big island; and unchallenged, ultimately Citing Public Law 87-736, tallied so far. However, there Canton Island: Kwajalein and leads to war . Our unswerv- the Secretary authorized the still remained about 16 en- Eniwetok Atolls; Midway Is- ing objective . must be to Navy Department at 8 a.m. velopes to be returned. Last land; Wake Island; a fly-by prevent the use of these mis- Oct. 24 to extend all regular year the Brigade gave look at the Tern Island site and siles against this or any other and reserve officers and en- 33541.64. the satellite recovery and country . listed personnel on active duty He also said that a number tracking ships based in Hono- ". We will not prema- whose service would expire be- of confidential contributions lulu. turely or unnecessarily risk (See fore Feb. 28, 1963. had been turned in. The range commander's last RAdm. J. E. Clark President's, page 8) 2 Windward Marine October 26, 1962 Mobile TB Unit Here to Check K-Bay Workers It's annual chest X-ray time for K-Bay civilian employees. NeW Chopper Squadron for Cherry Point - The 2d-MA1,N The 14th Naval District's has announced the addition of a new helicopter squadroi, to MAG-26 and a training addition for HMM-262. The nev, Mobile photo - fluorographic .Unit will conduct X-ray ex- squadron is HMM -265, activated at MCAF, New River, N.C.