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GENERA', INSPECTION - Brigadier General Wesley H. Rice (center), deputy commander, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (V '41,Pac), and lieutenant General Andrew ()Donnell, commandidg general, FMFPac, troop the line during honor ceremonies held recently for BrigGen. Rice at Camp Smith. The general assumed his new mist March 1. Photo by SSgr Sieve Menu& WA S, MARINE MCA Kaneohe Bay, HI it March 9, 1979 Naval attaches Foreign officers see Corps' versatility Thirty-four foreign naval attaches toured the air station Tuesday as part of the 1979 Annual Foreign Naval Attache Tour.. The attaches are assigned to their respective countries' embassies in Washington, D.C. The tour is an annual event which allows the attaches to ' a-ern85 aretion,04,--- an During their stay at the air station a ey were first greeted by. Lieutenant General Andrew °Donnell, commanding general, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, and then by 1st Marine Brigade Commanding General Brigadier General Harry Hagaman. ' The group was then shown a multi-inedia presentation explaining the efe, mentsof the brigade and how it functions. The afternoon started with a trip to Kansas,Tnwer where Station Corn- manding.Officer Colonel Mel Stainer gave the group a brief summation of the history of the Hawaiian Islands and the military here. Also while at Kan- sas Tower the attaches were able to watch a demonstration of an F-4J Phan- tom jet landing using arresting gear and a regular landing. The group then took a tour through the Marine Aircraft Group-24 flight line and proceeded tw the rifle range. There a reinforced rifle squad demonstrated an assault on a fortified posi- Photo by SSWI. Charles Welland tion and simulated a medkal evacuation via a CH-53 helicopter. A static dis- ATTACHES TOUR - Foreign naval attaches from Marines answer questions. The group spent a day at play of weapons was available for viewing with Marines on hand to answer their respective countries' embassies In Washington, the air station as part of the 1979 Foreign Naval any questions. D.C., view a display of Marine Corps weapons while Attache Tour. The attaches were scheduled to leave the Hawaiian Islands Wednesday. Brigade Navymen J et Golden Anchor This year's Golden Anchor Award was presented to who have been around for awhile and from people he Chief Hospital Corpsman Charles Meeds, Navy com- works with every day." mand career counselor for the 1st Marine Brigade, by Brigadier Harry Hagaman, the brigad9icommanding "The Navy's programs are a definite help in our general, during ceremonies here Friday, March 2. high retention figures," Meeds admits. "When a sailor The award is given by Navy fleet commanders in comes in to sec me about staying in, I can offer him recognition of the unit in 'h fleet that has had the best things like a choice of duty stations tit' more advanced retention percentages for the fiscal year. training in his present military occupational specialty The brigade had the highest retention percentage of (MOS). If he doesn't like what he is doing now, he can any Navy unit in the Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, for ask to be retrained in another MOS." fiscal year 1978. The command reenlisted 60 per cent Meeds went on to explain that the most common of the eligible first term sailors and 100 per cent of the requests by sailors are for a particular duty.station or eligible career Navymen. more advanced training. Meeds said that he was honored to accept the award "I recently reenlisted and chose the duty station on behalf of the command but stressed it was not a option," said Dental Technican Second Class Don personal award. Hackett, a native of Columbus, Ohio. "I was stationed "This award belongs to the entire career retention in Orlando, Fla., once and wanted to return there. By team," hat explained. "I don't do it alone. The team reenlisting I got my chance. I like the MOS I'm in so I starts,with the commanding general and goes all the wasn't looking for more training, just a choice of duty way to the people who advise a sailor on whether or stations." Ill IN FMFPAC - Chief Hospital Corpsman Charles Meeds, Navy con not he shotild stay in the service. I can counsel a sailor Meeds concluded by saying that while the options mind career counselor, 1st Marine Brigade, accepts the Golden Ancho but he has fre the decision and that is usually available to a sailor help in retention there are many Award from Brigadier General Harry Ilagaman, 1st Marine Belga& coon based on wht he sees and hears from other persons who reenlist "simply because they like the Navy life. mandlog general. 5. Page 2, Hawaii Marina, March 9, 1979 - At lance Officials wage war on corrosion NAVN 342.1IEF By GySgt. CD, Gilbert "Three jeep bodies, which have been Coated with a nylon type product, The Navy Relief Society does not Quartile° PAO are being tested by the 3d Force Service Support Group (FSSG) on finance motor collides but can help A silent war ha n waged with an enemy since the first metals Okinawa," McKissock said "The material is sprayed on and baked in --were invented, 'and no creams of anguish can be heard everyday as an oven. It's easy," he added, , repairs. ' . The society may be able to help -bear the enemy hits every work' g man and woman where it hurts most - "Another project we're working on is the testifig of a new cost of the repairs in their pocketbooks. government grease. We found that the old grease breaks down when a Is the esti nutted repair in tine' with actual The enemy is corrosion and it ekits billions in maintenance and vehicles pound their way through the surf and salt water," McKissock value of a car (blue book or classified resent Cil repair annually, and the Marinerorps is no exception when it 'comes related. can get you that valuer to fighting this costly enemy. The new grease is being tested by the 8th Motor Transport Can the member ordinarily afforg,. A recent study by the National Bureau of Standards, "Economic Battalion, 2d FSSG, at Camp Lejeune. of Metallic operate a vehicle? - Effects Corrosion in the United States," found that Such items as weather stripping in vehicles, rubber hoses and fan If the society does not fund tit corrosion costs the 41.S. economy approximately $70 billion per year. belts, anything made of rubber, plastic or vinyl, are under scrutiny. how long will the member bq with With current -technology, approximately $10-$20 billion of this is "The 1st Marine Division, in conjuction with the Air Force, is portution? More titan I4.days is ch thought to be avoidable. The study also shows tosses by the federal testing a new product on those types of materialsAWth the new excessive. i government in the range of $8 billion annually, oVvhieh 20 per cent, is ' product, the life expectancy of those materials will be increased by 50 a Ts the member's Inalgt-t nlnnageablq estimated as avoidable. percent," the major said. One. of the Corps' larger projects is being Navy Relic) can assist in many wit The Department of Defense is conducting a corrosion research and conducted at Camp Lejeune this month as amphibious tracked contact there today. development program which is carried out at both in-house vehicles (LVTs) will be getting more than just an occasional glance. PARENTHOOD CLASS laboratories and by industrial concerns, universities, and non-profit "Parts of the LVTs that are subject to corrosion will be corrosion 'I he Re,' Cross Office here will otter a institutions. prbteeted and then evaluated. We've got $23,000 tied up in this potation Inc Parenthood class or, Mo ' Its major thrusts include understanding the mechanisms of project." and WednoidnYt., Moich 19, 21, 26; an corrosion, developing new materials and coatings which are less The Mediterranean is the site of another ongoing test on LVTs and from 610' until 9;30 p.m, susceptible to corrosion, and developing inspection techniques for tanks. A new oil can lubrication is being tested on any moveable parts For, more information ecniric early detection. of the two vehicles. "Lab tests show that the new 'tube' is superior in a ,toss at 257-3006 iv 2$7 -1575. Military services, including the Marine Corps, have made and are salt water environment," McKissock said. ErtilLIST,ED W1V CL continuing to make numerous studies of corrosion occuring on The Corps' weapon systems are also getting a shot in the arm with a l he K-Bay Frilisted Wives. Club specific items of military hardware. new product. The product is a cleaner, lubricant, preservative and it new members in order In The Marine Corps began battling the enemy in earnest In 1976 when water displacer. It eliminates solvent cleaning in mechanisms, which soother up to sufficArrd str II to Is its Corrosion and Wear Control Program (CWCP) was established. should -give those cleaning their M-16 rifles cause for a smile. boos and be Since then, the Corps has been testing corrosive preventive The information obtained from the various tests will become part of anti sailors it materials on weapons, vehicles and parts which are susceptible to the primary design criteria at the very early stages in the development in tine Ofthe corrosion. "Preventive materials have already been invented that will of new systems. to join. probably do the job we need it for," said Major Gary S. McKissock, "We're a clearing house for information," explained McKissock. The clith Meets CWCP section, Logistics Branch.