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ego Memorial Day: They are not forgotten Memorial Day services A 21 -gun salute from the were prevalent in Hawaii as FM1,1 'at Saluting Battery, Marines,' other military and a Missing Man Forma- service members and tion flyover by F-4 Phantoms civilians honored those who from the Hawaii Air National sacrificed their lives for the Guard ended the PUnchbowl sake of freedom. services. The Memorial Day services Handmade his and small at the National Memorial American flags had been Cemetery of the Pacific at placed on each of the more Punchbowl, May 27, included than 20,000 headstones by a musical prelude of cub, girl and boy scouts of the. Hawaiian and patriotic Aloha Council on the day music by the Roy al Hawaiian before the services. Band and Honolulu Chorale. Services We're also hTtld, Honolulu Mayor Frank Fasi, May 27, at the Veterans of Foreign the featured speaker, placed a Wars Memorial at Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr. (I), Commander in Chief, U.S. commemorative wreath on Kailua's Castle Junction Pacific Command, and lieutenant General C.G. Cooper, ' the monument after a -Joint where vett,rans and their Commanding General, FMFPac, render honors during Patriotism is displayed by this veteran a he attends Memorial Military Color Guard posted guests gathered to remember Memorial Day services at the National Memorial Cemetery of Day Services at Kailua's Castle Junction, May 27. the American Flag. fallen companions. the Pacific at Punchbowl, May 27. Fitness report system modified j by SSgt. Fred Carr semiannual to annual comprehensive performance markings. field. None of this is meant to he changes he has called for. reports; a two-thirds counseling policy will be "Per formanee counseling reduce or increase the ''A well-structured educa- The MCNews - Marine reduction in the types of developed within the year. unquoslieinirhIy a s number of adverse reports. tion program regarding Evalua- Corps Performance reporting occasions; and a important to improving hit it is to ensure the validity perforniance evaluation will tion System has received its standArdization of the individual and unit perfor- of all reports. he instituted at our formal "fitness report" from the Evaluation, , mance tis is t he evaluation of schools, as well as being who is reporting chain. Commandant, - The modifications don't counseling that performance.' Gen.. .Report forms provided to your commands. convinced that the current stop with the paperwork Fitness report preparation Kelley says. "I am convinced to change "I solicit the cooperation of system does work and portion of the system. Calling has, over the years, assumed that we can do a better job in all commanders in ttlucating basically sound. on the' results of formal an added dimension - this -critical area by The fitness report form will reporting officials .on 'the General Kelley maintains studies and input from becoming a combination of separating these two aspects under go some minor changes outlined above, and that some improvements can general Officers, t Corn- evaluation and performance of leadership. changes. A second page will I further require that they live make the be added side of -bernade which will mandant determin at - Coanaeling- A study dune by -For this reason, I have to the reverse up to their responsibilities in system work even better. lie evaluation of a Marine's MCDEC in 1981 found that,- directed that coun.selin ft in the form, and on it reporting this most important aspect-of fitleiTs out what thoSe performance, recorded on the simultaneous tisu conjunction with fitness seniors will alphabetically leaders" changes will be in White fitness report, should be fitness report prep report preparation be list all Marines of the same Letter 19-85, published on distinctly separated from the establishes situations w ere -discontinued. A program to grade they report on. It will April 26. personal counseling the Marines are more interested educate and provide counsel- indicate the relative position shifts The major emphasis, Marine receives on his in fitness report marks th;in ing tools to leaders at all of the Marine being evaluated if marked with In the past, each Marnae according to the letter, will be performance. counseling. levels within the Corps is was individually other Marines as "outstand- responsible directed at the accountability Asserting that evaluation The study indicated that forthcoming." for making sure his/her and accuracy of, individual and performance counseling counseling is often slanted Review of adverse fitness ing." Page two will also fitness report provide space for reviewing was submitted reports and records. Improve- are both vital elements of toward past efforts, while reports is another area of on tittle. When officer input and certifica one turned up ments the Commandant leadership, the Commandant failing to provide positive -policy change: Current missing, the Marine had an tion. to seeks will. also result from a states, and often result in . insight into improving future guidance Concerning locke the former reporting simplification of the current ineffective counseling and performance. There is also adverse report will IM Education and leadership senior and request corrective system. inflated fitness reports when evidence that the practice expanded, and Will. go to a are the - tools which the Commandant says will effect See FITNESS/A-2 There will be a shift from done simultaneously. A. contributes to inflated third level of review in the Navy dentist earns bronze star minds of the survitinit by Sgt. L.C. Brooks incident secured ... and I still 'operations wing in Vietnam. is victims. However, along Wit feel had." said the I 7-year :The pain and anguish U. there is Lieutenant Gilbert veteran. 'That Was not the just as real as if it was the those memories, Bigelow, Brigade Service first time I'd lost friends and first time. Very rarely does a probably heartfelt apprecia- Support Group, 21st Dental and comradeses in a hostile day go by that I don't think tion for Higelaw's actions Company, recently received environment," he said, while shout that tragedy." guidance. to others in the Bronze Star for rescue his experiences The painful memories of providing the life-saving care efforts while serving with remembering it, they might as an Air Force combat that day will probably that, without Marine Service Support for a special continue to live on in the not have survived. Group-29 in Beirut, Lebanon, controller Oct. 23-24, 1983. When an explosion shook the Battalion Landing Team's barracks that October morning, Bigelow and five hospital corpsmen and dental technicians gave immediate care to the victims. Bigelow, with another Navy dentist and their assistants, cared for approximately 65 casualties within the first few hours after the explosion until all the victims were evacuated, earning Lt. Bigelow the Bronze Star, his third one. "It Was fortunate that we had developed an emergency bishop visits Station triage and aid plan in case of Honolulu such a disaster," said Commander J.F. Friel ( I), command chaplain, talks with Bishop Bigelow. Several days before Joseph A. Ferrari°, of the Diocese of Honolulu, during his visit, the blast they had in-depth May 20. Bishop fAmoriBrotenin, Episcopal Bishop of Hawaii, training in emergency and Captain W.B. Turner, Brigade chaplain (background) procedures, and cross-trained accompanied Bishop Ferrari° during the nisi(- The 13;.s-ops h the corpsmen and dental received briefs on family programs and the role of Brigade and technicians assigned to fide. Chief on Staff, presents I t. Gilbert U. Bigelow, BSSG, 21st Dental them. Col. J.M. Solon, lstMar Station chaplains. Co., with a Bronze Star. "I felt very bad When the U.S. Marine Corps. The appearance of Publications, Inc., a private firm in no way connected with the the Department of the Navy or the Published by RFD in this publication, including inserts, does not constitute an Department of the Navy Or the U.S. Marine Corps. Opinions expressed by publishers advertisements' endorsement of the firms, products or services advertised by the Department of the and Writers herein are their own and are not to be considered an official expression of Navy or the U.S. Marine Corps. May 30, 11 ) HAWAII MARINE What's inside Hard work, determination pays off Brigade change of for Medical Service Corps ensign well," said Allred. command by Sgt. L.C. Brooks medical service corps for 11/2 for an officer program when Navy as years. "I went back to he found out about Sack's Sack will attend the A different kind Promotions fill one with Officer Indoctrination pride and a sense of college in 1983, and I selection. mess night A-4 received a bachelor's degree Former coworkers of School in New Port, RI., for of accomplishment. In the six weeks. Following that, military, this is especially in health services in Sack's agree that he'll make Corps' proposed budget January. I'm sure the a fine officer. "He's an asset he'll be assigned to the true when you go from Jacksonville Naval. Hospi: enlisted to the officer ranks. degree helped with the not only to the Medical for FY-86 A-6 Corps, but to the tal, in Florida. Ensign Gary R1 Sack, board's selection," said the Service Armed Forces Day Brigade surgeon's staff, 32-year-old Seattle native. recently experienced these Entering the Medical celebrations B-1 feelings when he was Service Corps opens a whole commissioned on May 15 new career field, according Kaneohe Tennis Assn. under the In-Service to Sack. tournament B-3 Procurement Program. "I'll be working in the Prior to being chosen for general hospital administra- HMH-463 wins CNO the program, Sack took an tion office in the beginning, eight-hour general academic and later branch out in safety award B-5 examination which focused other areas of MSC." said on the fiscal and the eight-year veteran and administrative aspects of father of two.