In this issue In this issue Exercise Explosives Cyrogenics- Sports Leathernecks Trespassers lungs of the airwing Bodybuilding, train with wander into Windward Marathon, landing vehicles restricted area Surfing Page A-4. Page A-6 Page A-8 Page B-1 HAWAII MARINE Voluntary payment for delivery to MCAS housing/81 per four week period. VOL:1 1 N(). I 1 KANEOHE BAY, HAWAII. MARCH 17. 1982 TWENTY PAGES Angels replace Devils in Western Pacific sky radar intercept officers and the F- The Red Devils of VMFA-232 by Sgt Inez J. Stoner 4S Phantoms are scheduled to also participated in two arrive Thursday and Friday. operations in the Sea of Japan, For the past six months, devils Approximately 230 enlisted protecting American aircraft with Marine Corps emblems on Marines and 35 officers from carriers. The squadron flew air their covers have been spotted in VMFA-232 left the Air Station last patrols with the USS Midway last the skies over the Far East. September. While in the Far East, November and with the USS Recently, those devils were the Red Devils were based out of Constellation in February 1982. replaced in the Western Pacific by Marine Corps Air Station, angels with the same Marine Iwakuni, Japan, for a time, and Protecting American interests Corps emblem. also Kadena Air Base on in the Far East is a 24-hour-a-day The Death Angels of Marine Okinawa. endeavor, even on the holidays. Fighter Attack Squadron-235 left During the six-month period, The nearly 300 Marines of VMFA- the Air Station early this month to the squadron redeployed to the 232 spent both Christmas and replace the Red Devils of VMFA- Naval Air Station at Cubi Point in New Year's far from family and 2 32 on a six-month unit the Republic of the Philippines. friends, on duty at Kadena Air deployment of the Western There, they participated in the Base. Pacific. joint service exercise, Cope The Red Devils of VMFA-232 The Red Devils began arriving Thunder, with the United States are home now. They have been SAD FAREWELL - Pilots and radar intercept Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan. VMFA-235 is back at the Air Station Feb. 17. Air Force and Navy, the replaced in the Far East by the officers from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron- replacing VMFA-232 on a six-month unit The main body of the squadron Philippine air force and forces Death Angels of VMFA-235, due 235 say good-bye to family and friends before deployment to the Western Pacific. (Photo by arrived March 6 and the pilots, from Australia. to return home sometime next fall. flying their F-4S Phantoms to Marine Corps Sgt Chris Taylor) Women Female military enlistments increase places all officer candidates in the same by Sgt Corrina Martell military environment where they can be judged fairly and uniformly on their A platoon sergeant has a soft voice. A 'performance under stress. Men and parachute rigger smells like,Chanel No. women are tested in similar environments 5, and a motor transport diiver wears which duplicate, to a degree, the stress mascara. No, the rough, tough Marine they will encounter in carrying out their image isn't changing. That's a demanding assignments in the field and description of women Marines, who are in garrison. rapidly increasing in number. Women officers participate in all phases From an enlistment of 305 women of training in separate woman Marine Marines in World War I to a total platoons. However, this participation in enlistment of 7,500 as of February 1982, tactical field training exercises is limited women have expanded in the Marine to the defensive role, and to support and Corps - and are continuing to enlist. staff functions on the offense. - According to Assistant Secretary of Enlisted woman Marines receive initial Defense Lawrence J. Korb, in the January training at the Marine Corps Recruit 1982 issue of "Defense 82" magazine, the Depot, Parris Island, S.C. The female dramatic increase in the number of training program is eight weeks long, military women is the result of two compared to male recruit training, which developments- the women's movement is 10.3 weeks in length. ON X. KEEP PUSHING - General Paul Kelley, demonstration. After observing the Marines in throughout our society, and the All- Male and female recruits are assigned Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, talks to action, Gen Kelley encouraged them to continue Volunteer Force (AVF). Korb states that the same learning objectives only in Marines of Detachment, Company A, 3d Assault carrying the Marine banner with pride. (Photo by Cpl those Macer Allen) the expansion of opportunities for women subjects covered in both programs of Amphibian Battalion following an anti-tank in the military is wise if we are to instruction. Only male recruits are taught maintain the AVF while the male youth battlefield skills, such as weapons population is shrinking. employment and tactics. visits The February issue of "SSAM" revealed Both programs of instruction are Commandant by 1985 will be 91 fewer continuously reviewed. However, Assistant that there percent there 18-year-old males in America than in are no plans to integrate the two The state of the Corps is good, and Bain McClintock, Commanding Combat Movement Course. There the 1975. By 1987, there will be 13 percent programs. The woman Marine's motto, the future outlook is promising. This General, let Marine Brigade, set out to Corps' second in command observed fewer. "To Free a Man to Fight", is the same was the theme of a speech delilvered tour the command. an anti-tank demonstration. Women will be increasingly needed in today as it was in 1918 when the first by General Paul X. Kelley, Assistant At Marine Fighter Attack Afterwards, he talked with the the military to fill the roles of our woman raised her hand to enlist. Commandant of the Marine Corps to a Squadron-212, the-32-year leatherneck assembled Marines, and encouraged country's depleting male population. Exactly how many Marines the women group of 1st Marine Brigade officers strolled through work areas, them to continue carrying the Marine However, because of its mission and have freed to fight has often been a topic last week. occasionally pausing to chat with banner proudly. 'status as a fighting organization, the of speculation. Their peek strength - During his visit to the 1st Marine Marines. His candor and jovial Gen Kelley then called on Colonel combat exclusion will continue to limit the nearly 19,000 - approximated the Brigade and MCAS Kaneohe Bay attitude quickly eased the tension of Charles Robinson, Air Station number of women the Marine Corps can strength of a Marine Corps division. March 8, Gen Kelley offered some many who were meeting him for the Commander, who accompanied him to effectively utilize, states an article General Alexander A. Vandegrift, the insight into the future of the Corps. He first time. the Family Service Center. Gen Kelley published by the Division of Public second wartime Commandant, once suggested that some changes may As the tour continued, Gen Kelley exchanged greetings with the center's Affairs, HQMC. But, the Corps' ultimate remarked that women Marines could "feel include rebuilding and reorganizing stopped at brigade Service Support workers, and sat in on an operational goal is to take full advantage of the responsible for putting the 6th Marine certain areas to more effectively use group's Maintenance Facility, where brief. contribution women can make to mission Division in the field; for without the manpower and equipment. he quizzed several Marines about their A joint reception at the accomplishment. women filling jobs throughout the Marine Following his brief, Gen Kelley, jobs and equipment. Commissioned Officers' Club Nov. 8, 1967, President Johnson signed Corps, there would not have been accompanied by Brigadier General Then it was on to the 3d Marines' concluded the General's visit. Public Law 90.130, which repealed the sufficient men available to form that legal limitations on the number of women division." in the armed services; permitted the For women Marines on active duty, the permanent promotion of women to '80s signal a period of unprecedented colonel; and provided for the temporary opportunity. SHOW AND TELL - appointment of a woman to rear admiral Women Marines serve on an General Paul X. or brigadier general while serving in a interchangeable basis with male Marines Kelley (right), As- specified "flag rank" billet in the Navy or in noncombatant positions, subject to sistant Comman- Marine Corps. restrictions imposed by current laws. dant of the Marine In his remarks that day,the President Women now serve in 90 percent of all Corps, accompanied noted: Marine occupational fields, and hold by Major J.E. Stur- "Our Armed Forces literally could not positions of responsibility in combat tevant, Executive operate effectively or efficiently without. support and combat service support Officer, Marine our women ... So, both as President and as units throughout the Marine operating Fighter Attack Commander in Chief, I am very pleased forces. Squadron-212, talks and very proud to hve this measure sent to Major Beverly A. Short, Manpower, with Staff Sergeant me by the Congress." HQMC, stated March 10 that the Marine Roby Lancaster and Promotion and career opportunities Corps has set a goal of 9,100 women Corporal Alfredo open to women in the military have Marines by 1986. This goal has recently Martinez. VMFA- increased as their numbers have grown. been reduced because of women Marine 212 was one of the And, women Marines have moved into a retention. units the Assistant more fully integrated role in the Marine Currently, women Marines come under Commandant visit- Corps.