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MALSEK wins Hawaii Marine Junior Golf at softball, B-1 Volume 27, Number 32 August 27, 1998 champions, B-2 K-Max debuts at MCB Hawaii CpI. M.V. Trindade copter's ability to get supplies to Marines in Each hook has an individual release the and CpI. Barry Melton the field, said Capt. Jim Washburn, com- pilot controls, making it easy to touch down Combat Correspondent manding officer of LSC. and release specific supplies and quickly "It's very exciting for our unit to be part move on to the next supply point. This A new, external-lift helicopter made its of something that might change the way we makes it easier to unload because there isn't debut at MCB Hawaii Aug. 17-26 in an do business," said Washburn. "It's not very a need to dig through a cargo bay of a CH- experiment conducted by the Marine Corps often that you can be involved in something 53 or CH-46 for specific supplies before Warfighting Lab's Urban Warrior. like this." taking off again. Urban Warrior tests new ideas and equip- Marines of LSC claim the K-Max is Urban Warrior testing of the K-Max also ment that may one day become part of something they would like to see in the involved the resupply of relatively small, Marine Corps inventory. future, according to Cpl. Luke Drew, a land- 80-foot vessels at sea travelling at speeds Built by Kaman Aerospace, the K-Max ing support specialist with Combat Service near 30 knots, a test the helo performed spent the week demonstrating its capability Support Group 3. well. to resupply land and sea-based units set far "It's faster, smaller and compact," Drew Most ship resupply drops are done by apart from each other. said of the helicopter. "One man can load CH-53 and CH-46s at 10-12 knots on ships The K-Max is currently used commercial- this easily where a bigger helo would much bigger than those used during the ly for carrying heavy loads from place to require more landing support specialists to exercise, said Doug Steffanson, a K-Max place, mainly for the logging and construc- load the helo. Its rotor doesn't produce a field service representative. tion industries, according to Grant Sparks, a heavy downwind like the CH-53 and this The K-Max's most obvious difference senior consultant for seabasing with makes it easier for the Marines on the from Marine helos is its intermeshing, MCWL. ground to operate and communicate." torque-cancelling rotors. Landing Support Company Marines The four-point hook system used by the "In a conventional helicopter, a tail rotor Photo by Cpl. Barry Melton worked with MCWL specialists and repre- helo allows it to carry four different loads, The K-Max flies in and drops supplies at a landing zone sentatives from Kaman to test the heli- such as ammunition or medical supplies. See K-MAx, A-4 here on the old flightline. Anthrax vaccine date set CpI. Barry Melton Combat Correspondent All military servicemembers here are slated to receive anthrax vaccinations in September to protect them in the event of a biological conflict. Marines from 1st Radio Battalion, Combat Service Support Group 3 and 3d Marine Regiment scheduled for exercises in Asia in the coming months will start receiving the shots next week, said Navy U. Jim Herbst, the Preventive Medicine Department head at the Naval Medical Clinic, Naval Station Pearl Harbor. The arm-administered vaccination is part of a DoD-wide directive to get all U.S. military servicemembers protected against the threat of anthrax, according to SSgt. Robert Andrews Jr., the nuclear, biological and chemical warfare specialist at Headquarters Battalion here. Photo by Cpl. Barry Melton Servicemembers with more than 18 months After landing at Bellows AFS, Marines of G Co., assaulted the beach, overrunning 1st Pit., E Co., to secure their objective Aug. 19. of active-duty service left will receive the shots. 2/3 Anthrax, which can either be inhaled or lodged into the skin, is a spore commonly found in cattle, Andrews said. It only takes six spores E Company platoon defends beach assault to kill a human. The spores can remain active for as long as 50 years. Cpl. M.V. Trindade ing to Cpl. Derek Leader, the machine gun meant the Marines had to deal with lack of were going to get hit." After spores settle in the body, their host will Combat Correspondent squad leader, 1st Plt., E Co. In the aggres- sleep, according to 2ndLt. Louis Bush, pla- "We can still cover a lot because we can become ill with flu-like symptoms for seven to sor role, 1st Plt., dressed in desert cammies, toon commander of 1st Platoon, E Co. see a lot," Leader said, speaking of the pla- 10 days, later begin to feel much better, and then BELLOWS AIR FORCE STATION, were outnumbered by G Co. and over- This made the training a little more realis- toon's ability to create a "wall of lead" with die within 12 to 36 hours, he added. Oahu- Vicious war cries broke the morn- exhausted from lack of sleep. tic and allowed the Marines to see what it its firepower. "The machine gun teams just Six shots must be administered per person to ing silence Aug. 19 as Marines of 1st "We were only a platoon reinforced was like to be aggressors. have to set up the fields of fire so the other complete the vaccination, said Andrews. The Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 3d with machine guns," said Leader. The platoon had to increase their atten- guys in the platoon can do their jobs." cycle consists of an initial shot, a shot two Marines, repelled a beach assault with sim- "Basically we were going up against a tiveness more so than normal due to By the end of the morning, 2/3's objec- weeks later, another at four weeks, then shots at ulated firepower. whole company." exhaustion, according Cpl. Jeremy tive had been secured. Even though E six, 12 and 18 months after the first shot was Marines from G Co., 2/3, hit the beach For E Co., the exercise included con- McEntarfer, 1st squad leader, with 1st Plt., Co.'s defenses were conquered, the train- given. to overrun 1st platoon's defenses, accord- stant movement and reconnaissance, this E Co. "We really didn't know when we ing was productive, said Bush. Photos by Cpl. M.V. Trindade Marines Base Legal wins award from 3d Marine 2nd Lt. Angela Judge ventative law course informs students on Regiment, Press Ofhcer basic legal issues such as purchasing a car, Explosve divorce/separation, bankruptcy, credit reports Ordinance The first-ever CMC Award for Excellence in and debt management, according to Capt. Ian Disposal Legal Assistance was awarded to MCB Hawaii Brasure, defense officer for Base Legal. and the Legal Service Center earlier this month. Presently, MCB Hawaii is the only legal Rifle Range The award was given to Base Legal office in the Marine Corps that has a program use all of because of their outstanding initiative and like the CFS. However, it is one of the legal their overall ingenuity in providing fast, effective initiatives that can be implemented through- strength to legal service, read get the tan- the award. out the Marine Caps, according to the award. gled nets One initiative that MCB Hawaii imple- "We recommend this type of course up the hill. mented, which the award highlighted, was the Marine Corps wide," said Brasure. Command Financial Specialist certification The CMC Award for Excellence in Legal program. The CFS program provides com- Assistance is the second award that Base Ulupa'u Crater beach gets face lift by Marines prehensive training in consumer law, accord- Legal has received this year. The 1998 Legal ing to the award. Assistance for Military Personnel Cpl. M.V. Trindade the senior natural resource man- The shoreline at the base of the crater is Drigot, The CFS is a three-day course involving Distinguished Service Award was presented Combat Correspondent limits to the public because agement specialist with the off of possible students from MCB Hawaii units. This pre- to Base Legal in April. Environmental Department here. unexploded ordnance from the range. Nearly a dozen Marines put hours of "In Hawaii, it's been shown that as However, wildlife still thrives there. sweat and stain into spiffing up one of much as 80 percent of all this trash comes "It's important to keep this place clean Hawaii's most valued resources Aug. 20- from our own back yards," Drigot said. because of the creatures that live here," Index 21 - its environment. The other 20 percent comes from illegal said SSgt. Nathan Bell, the pistol line A Section Savings on Utilities A-10 A litter-strewn beach cradled beside sea dumping off ships, she added. NCOIC at the range here and beach clean- School parking A-2 Fire Safety A-10 Uluupa'u Crater was in dire need of a It may seem unlikely to some that the up volunteer. "You don't want to have the Base Action Committee A-2 B Section good field day when leathernecks from 3d garbage-strewn beach could have become place so dirty that animals won't be able Terrorism Awareness A-2 Snorkeling B-1 Every Clime and Place A-3 Softball B-1 Marine Regiment, Explosive Ordnance littered because of the trash in homes far to live there." Urban Warrior A-5 Junior golf B-2 Disposal, and the Rifle Range came to the from the sea, but according to Drigot, it's Though maintenance of the beaches LSC A-6 Flag football B-2 rescue.