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Hawaii Marine Sea Life Park NCO Parade Volume 28, Number 32 Serving Marine Corps Base Hawaii August 12, 1999 A-4 B-1 Photo by Cpl. David Salazar Ed Cabney, Fuel divison wins award right, president of the American Cpl. David Salazar quality, safety, environmental compli- Marines, Sailors and civilians. Petroleum Combat Correspondent ance and operations. The award Was important so that the Institute, pre- The MCB Hawaii fuel division was When all was said and done, the fuel.- personnel behind making the facility a sents Col. Michael Olson, honored in a flagpole ceremony Aug. 4, ing facility at MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe success could be recognized, said Col. the MCB for obtaining a Marine Corps-wide Bay came out on top. Michael Olson, the MCB Hawaii deputy Hawaii deputy award. Winning the award.was no easy task, commander. commander, The division garnered a trophy for said Ed Cabney, the API preSident, who "What this trophy represents is the with the winning the American Petroleum came aboard the installation to present people who work hard out here to make American Institute award for outstanding Marine the award. sure that everything runs smoothly and Petroleum Corps fueling facility in a Corps-wide "Getting it right is a shared committ- efficiently," Olson said. "That's a mis- Institute award competition May 16. ment. On this, there is no question - sion that's critical to our nation and criti- for outstanding The institute judged Marine Corps you are the very best of the best," said cal to the tenant commands here on K- Marine Corps fueling facilities on fuel quality, facility Cabney, while addressing fuel division Bay." fueling facility. BayFest benefits base units Cpl. Trent Lowry Combat Correspondent Rain or shine, the biggest event of the summer for Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe' Bay, was Ocean Concepts' BayFest, July 16-18. Now the facts and figures behind the 1999 event are in. Base units will receive a total of more than $22,000 for their respective recre- ation funds, said Marine Corps, Commun- ity Service officials for MCB Hawaii. "All the areas of BayFest, except for the gate (admissions), were up in revenues," said William Lindsey, deputy assistant chief of staff for MCCS. "The Marine Corps Base Hawaii community all pitched in to create what I consider to be one of the Photo by Cpl. Trent Lowry most successful BayFests we've had. I'm Lileth Galario, a Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadet from Farrington High School on Oahu, tackles the rappel tower. very happy with all the aspects of BayFest, except for the weather." Despite wet and windy evenings; BayFest drew more than 23,500 peo- Cadets sample ple, Lindsay said, coming up short of 1998's 30,000-person attendance fig- ures. But event organikers said the annual water sports carnival was still Marine life one of the best since its introduction 10 years ago. Cpl. Trent Lowry their first foray into military "This is the most perfect place on the Combat Correspondent training. It gives them more islands to have a water sports carnival," Junior Reserve Officer Training actual Marine training." said Jim Bocci, marketing director of Corps cadets from Hawaii and the main- The cadets are experi- MCCS. "The scope of activities at land spent about a week aboard MCB enced with inspections, drill BayFest is mind-boggling. One person Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, at a leadership and physical training from can't see all of BayFest in one day." camp which ended Sunday. their JROTC training at their Marine Corps Community Service About 80 cadets, including some from respective high schools, donated $20,000 of BayFest revenue to Washington and. California high schools, which said prepared them for the units, to be divided up based on each experienced a whirlwind: of varied the camp. unit's population, Lindsey said. Marine training, such as the gas cham- "Drill instills them with On top of that figure, Marines and ber, rappel- tower, obstacle course, and instant obedierice to follow Sailors will be the beneficiaries of $2,000 water survival training. orders, so when they get worth of pre-sale ticket revenue. Each unit "I wanted to come here to be a better here they listen to us," Gray received $ t for every pm-sale ticket sold by leader, to benefit myself," said cadet Said. "For their ages and that unit. The MCCS donation and the pre- Photo by Cpl. Trent Lowry Patrick Kam, a Castle High School stu- experience they've got more sale ticket funds will go into the respective Sergeant Jeremy Riglesberger, left, nuclear, biological and chemical defense specialist dent from Kaneohe. "I'm looking for- discipline compared with units' recreation funds, Lindsey added. with Headquarters Bn. training, helps cadet Mark Real, center, out of the gas chamber ward to doing everything that's planned other kids their age that I with the help of a fellow cadet. "The base wins on three counts from for us." know." BayFest," Bocci said. Those three areas. Marine instructors were happy to be The students realized something was worried about doing here, and I feel "I personally love doing all this are money from the pre-sale tickets, the able to teach the cadets a thing or two. about themselves while they performed stupid about that because it was actually stuff," said Jennifer Farr, a cadet from MCCS donation, and activities that will be "It's definitely good working with training. tasks. really neat." Kalaheo High School and a K-Bay resi- developed and improved with the profits younger kids," said Sgt. Brian Gray, "So far, what I've liked most was the Despite the physical and mental stress dent. "When I'm here I don't want to go earned from the carnival. chief instructor of helicopter rope sus- gas chamber," said cadet l st Sgt. Jesse they experienced during the camp, the home. I think it's something every cadet pension training and water survival with Stewart from Del Mar High School in cadets expressed their .love for the train- should get the chance to experience. It's Regimental Schools. "(For many) this is San Jose, Ca. "It was the only thing I ing. awesome." Index Marines kick off embarkation exercise A Section Sergeant Major's Corner Cpl. David Salazar Crocodile '99," said Cpl. Roger D. Ralls, Jr., a III MEF Every Clime and Place Combat Correspondent Maritime Prepositioning Force noncommissioned officer. NCO Parade Marines froin Combat Service Support Group 3 and the "Once we get these Marines trained on this system, they'll Midshipmen with VP-4 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force teamed up for Lancer. 6, know exactly how it works and how to operate it." 1/I2 Personality Feature an exercise designed to train Marines on the use of an The system is used to keep track of Marine gear during Blotter invaluable embark tool. transport to deployment destinations. It is comparable to Menu, Salutes Experts on the use of the Logistical Automated the systems used in supermarkets which "scan" bar codes I/12 at Leadership Reactionary Course Infdrmation System from HI MEF, Okinawa, Japan, came on items to account for them. B Section aboard Kaneohe Bay to train Combat Service Support Prior to movement, bar codes are assigned and affixed Sea Life Park, ITT Group 3 Marines Aug. 2 through 6, in preparation for to supplies. When the gear arrives at its destination, the SMP, SMP Golf Tournament Crocodile '99, a deployment to Australia that is scheduled bar codes are scanned with the use of a hand-held "wand Movies, Blair Witch II to kick off this fall. scanner," which deems the arriving equipment accounted Youth Soccer The Marines set up a mock Maritime Prepositioning for. Ads, Religion, Intramural Standings Photo by Cpl. Barry Melton Force within the confines of the MCB Hawaii Combined For several Marines, this training marked the first time Word to Pass, Ticket to Fun, uses the to scan in a Arms Staff Training Center, in which the system was used they had ever used the system. For other, more seasoned A Marine wand scanner Football Column bar code during the Lancer 6 exercise at K- to train the Marines during a "mock embark." Marines, the exercise served to renew an easily perishable Bay Friday. "This is basically a work-up to the offload for skill. A-2 August 12, 1999 Hawaii Marine lar. Sergeant Major's Corner ty VPS131114.1, Anderson Hall will he holding a Family Night Dinner An. 26 from 4-6 p.m. Active duty, family members, DoD person- nel and bona fide. guests are invited. Servicemembers pay Combined Federal Campaign helps all of us grade E-4 and below pay $2.45; all others pay $3: The menu will feature steam ship round, crab legs, fried chicken and Sgt. Maj. Robert W. Holub Also, you don't have to contribute to this When I recall the Marine who *aped his flak MarForPac Sergeant Major fried catfish. campaign in any way, shape or form if you do jacket around a small child (to protect her Well, it's getting to be that time of year again not want to. No one is allowed to threaten you, instead of himself) as he raced to a helicopter COLA Open House when kids head back to school and we think put on extra duty or harass you for a contribu- during a real' world noncombatant evacuation about fall and the things that come with it. tion. As a matter of fact, anyone who "leans" on operation in Rwanda. Also, I remember the Hickam Air Force Base will host an informational open One of the things that you to donate against your will is subject to pun- Marines of 2nd Bn., 9th Marine Regiment ("The house to discuss change to Oahu COLA rates, Interested occurs doling this time of ishment under the Uniform Code of Military Black Boot" as they were known to the persons can, attend the open house Friday; from 10 am, to year is the annual Combined Justice.