3D Marines' Colors to Pass to New Leader
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`Date rape': No means no Marine dogs steal Page A-3 canine show Marines helped to ease into civilian Page A-6 world Page A-8 Korean War vet retires after four decades Page A-10 Vol. 20, No. 23 Published at MCAS Kaneohe Bay. Also serving 1st MEB, Camp H.M. Smith and Marine Barracks, Hawaii. June 13, 1991 3d Marines' colors to pass to new leader Joint Public 555 Mlle* Col. Wayne E. Rollings will take command of the 3d Marine Regiment from Col. John Admire today. Railings, a recipient of the Navy Cross and two Silver Stars, will accept the colors from Admire, who will also be (rocked to brigadier general during the 3 p.m. ceremony on the Air Station's Platt Field. Admire will report later to Head- quarters Marine Corps. A 31-year veteran, Railings completed his first tour of duty Rapt audience as an enlisted reconnaissance Marine. In 1963, he returned LCp1 Gary M. Roy, from Marine Barracks, Pearl Harbor talks to Hilo Intermediate students about to Parris Island, S.C. and served first aid. Roy and other Marines visited the school as part of a drug awareness prcgram. Related as a drill instructor for 26 story and photos on Page B-1 months. In 1965 he was re- leased from active duty and entered the Marine Corps Col. Wayne E. Rollings Col. John Admire Reserve while attending the University of Georgia. He colonel in 1988, Rollings was had been assigned to 11th graduated in June 1968 with a reassigned to the Joint Staff, Marines in support of various BSSG-1 proves bachelor's degree in history and The Pentagon, where he has Marine and Arab regiments MPS was commissioned. been chief of the Strategy along the Kuwaiti border. After The Basic School, Branch (J-5) for the past three Taro served as one of the 1st Rollings served as a platoon years. Marine Division's infiltrating doctrine commander in Vietnam for 1st Rollings' personal decorations forces, which preceded the main to rest of include the Navy two assault mostly on foot, guard- world Force Reconnaissance Company. Cross, By Cpl. Repine Id M. col. Like floating warehouses, off-load to a bar-code swan- Fourteen months later, he im S. Iver Stars, the Defer.. Supg- ing the main forces flanks as 1.1.01 Ywlrr at. orrOlw the four monstrous cargo- ning procedure and well- tated to Kaneohe Bay to serve rior Service Medal, the Bronze they attacked and taking many carrying MPS-3 ships -- trained, well-disciplined as a company commander with Star with Combat "V," two prisoners. 1/12 fired missions Editor's not : Col. Ernest Motor Vessels That, Jack personnel. 1st Battalion, 3d Marines. Purple Hearts, and the Navy in support of various operations Beinhart will relinquish his Lummus, Sgt. William Button, "In the rush to get the Rollings returned to Vietnam Commendation Medal. in the area. command of Brigade Service Ist Lt. Baldomero Lopez, gear off rapidly, there was a in 1972, where he served as a In April 1981, Rollings set a Elements of the task force, Support Group-1 in a cere- and FPC newayne Williams real danger that accountabil- battalion adviser with a South world record by performing including 1:12 and Co. A, lst mony June 26. Beinhart pulled into port. And like ity of equipment could be Vietnamese marine division. He 40,000 consecutive sit-ups in 16 Reconnaissance Bn., also made describes BSSG-1's experiences clock work, the ships' hulls lost," he explained. later completed Amphibious hours. enemy contact in support of in southwest Asia in the follow- were emptied. After 13SSG-1's initial Warfare School and was a staff Admire, a 26-year veteran of allied-Arab operations in and ing story. According to Col. Ernest mission was completed platoon commander at the Basic two wars and holder of three around the Saudi border city of They had just finished Beinhart, BSSG-1 command- Sept. 4, the unit cased School. master's degrees, came to Khafji weeks before the main perfecting their off-loading ing officer, the ships carried its colors at the port of In 1974, Rollings was reas- Kaneohe in 1989 and served as allied attack. capabilities during Exercise enough equipment for a Jubail and "ceased to exist." signed to the Middle East, where assistant chief of staff (G-3) of Admire also served two tours Freedom Banner-90 at Indian brigade of more than 16,f I0 Its Marines were then re- he served as a United Nations the 1st Marine Expeditionary of duty in Vietnam -- one with Island, Wash. Then, Marines. Once off-loaded assigned to various detach- observer. In 1975, he became Brigade. He took command of 3d Marines and a second as an just a few days later at the onto the dock and staged, ments and battalions within a company commander and later 3d Marines (Reinforced) in June adviser for the Vietnamese port of Jubail, Saudi Arabia, accountability and organiza- the growing let Force Service a battalion operations officer 1990, and mounted-out for Saudi Marine Corps. Brigade Service Support tion of gear became crucial, Support Group, whose head- with the 2nd Marine Division. Arabia two months later. Other highlights of Admire's Group-1 was proving it to Beinhart said. quarters came from Camp In 1977, Rollings took com- Under Admire's command, the career include a tour as a senior the rest of the world. "Knowing where and how Pendleton, Calif. From mand of 2nd Force Reconnais- regiment was assigned to the White House military social aide To the 1,200 Marines and to find one container out of there, they were dispatched sance Company. Later, after 1st Marine Division and com- to President Carter, and com- sailors of BSSG-1, getting literally thousands took throughout the theater in attending Armed Forces Staff posited with elements of all three manding officer of the 2nd and equipment off the Maritime organization," Beinhart said. support of the I Marine College and a tour as an officer- Marine divisions to serve as a 3d Reconnaissance Battalions. Pre-positioning Ships and He added that within that Expeditionary Force. instructor at the University of key defender of Saudi coastal He also participated in plan- into the hands of Marine container could be a key "We were spread to the South Carolina, he returned as facilities. "Task Force Taro," ning for the 1986 retaliatory air units as quickly as possibly spare part for a downed winds, figuratively speaking," a lieutenant colonel to The Basic which the regiment was desig- strikes against Libya, and was was their primary mission. assault amphibious vehicle. said Beinhart, adding that School where he served as nated, was later joined by the commander of Contingency But the fact that BSSG-1 Carefully balancing the they were spread from commanding officer of Head- Marines of 2nd Bn., 3d Marines, MAGTF 3-88 during its deploy- would be disbanded and speed of the off-load with Bahrain up to the Kuwaiti quarters and Service Battalion, who had come from their ment to the Persian Gulf (1988- scattered throughout the accounting procedures became border, and later into Ku- Rollings later returned to the Okinawa deployment. 1989). theater of operation soon a crucial part of the opera- wait. 2nd Marine Division where he Shortly before the four-day Admire's personal decorations after did not affect the unit's tion, according to Beinhart. Every element of IISSG-1's served as operations officer until allied attack on occupied Kuwait, include the Legion of Merit, two ability to handle the He attributed the success of nucleus now faced new June 1986, after which he Task Force Taro was reunited Bronze Stars, the Purple Heart, enormous off-loading task. BSSG-1's rapid and controlled See BSSG-1/ A-4 immanded 3d Bn., 4th Marines, with its artillery element, 1st and two Defense Meritorious until May 1988. Selected for Battalion, 12th Marines -- which Service Medals. Marines, sailors and their spouses prepare to make the transition Marksmanship, PFT from the military to a financially productive and stable civilian requalification waived for life. Shield, Storm veterans The time limits for marksmanship and Physical Fitness Test Navy Hospital Corps requalification for Marines who were deployed to Southwest Asia have been waived to provide them a transition period. Operations celebrates 93rd anniversary Desert Shield and Storm veterans are required to update their The Navy Hospital Corps will celebrate the 93rd anniversary current PFT score within 90 days from their return date. of its existence Monday. In a recent message, LtGen. R.F. Composite score rifle qualifications are to be updated by Sept. Milligan, commanding general of Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, 30, 1992. said the corpsmen performed their "vital mission superbly" alongside Marines in Operations Desert Shield and Storm. He also noted that hospital corpsman in FMFPac increased from Housing needs to know 2,500 to more than 4,000 "to answer the call," and that augmentees came from "numerous medical treatment facilities as well as rotation date changes reserves throughout the country." Servicemembers who live in military housing and whose rotation dates have changed are asked to notify their area housing office of the change. Support of Operations Desert Shield and Storm caused many adjustments in rotation dates. Oahu Consolidated Desert Storm photo, art, Family Housing needs all adjusted information to provide an appropriate number of employees to service outgoing personnel, writing contest and to come up with accurate estimates for people on waiting Marines and sailors with photographs, art and writings from lists for military housing.