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INSIDE Military Budget A-2 1/12 Firing A-3 K-Bay Sailor Honored A-4 Hawaii State Art Museum B-1 MCCS & SM&SP B-2 Pride Day B-3 Word to Pass B-5 Menu B-6 Swamp Romp C-1 Sports Briefs C-2 The Bottom Line C-3 Military Appreciation D-1 MVMOLUME 35, NUMBER 17 ARINEARINEWWW.MCBH.USMC.MIL APRIL 29, 2005 Bush nominates Marine 2001. ‘Marine’ is shorthand for ‘can-do,’ and Bush praised Myers for his work in Gen. Pace could The president also nominated Navy I’m counting on Pete Pace to bring the preparing U.S. military forces for the Adm. Edmund Giambastiani Jr. to Marine spirit to these new responsibil- threats of the new century. become chairman serve as vice chairman. Giambastiani ities.” “This is a huge task, even in peace- currently serves as the commander of Pace said the task ahead of him is time,” the president said. “Dick Myers Jim Garamone U.S. Joint Forces Command and as exhilarating and humbling. “It’s did it while defending America from American Forces Press Service NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander exhilarating because I have the oppor- one of the most determined and Transformation. The admiral is based tunity ... to continue to serve this vicious enemies we have ever faced.” WASHINGTON — President Bush in Norfolk, Va. great nation,” he said. “It’s humbling Myers was on Capitol Hill when nominated Gen. Peter Pace as the first Bush said that his most sacred duty because I know the challenges ahead terrorists hit New York and Marine to serve as chairman of the is to protect the American people and are formidable, but I have great faith Washington on Sept. 11, 2001. He Joint Chiefs of Staff, April 25. that choosing the chairman of the in our ability to meet those chal- sped back to the Pentagon and If confirmed by the Senate, Pace Joint Chiefs of Staff is one of the most lenges.” manned the National Military will succeed Air Force Gen. Richard B. important decisions the commander Pace said the reason he has such Command Center with Defense Myers, when he steps down in in chief makes. confidence is “that we have the Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. September. Myers assumed the office “The first thing America needs to world’s best young men and women “On General Myers’ watch, we top- as senior military adviser to the presi- know about Pete Pace is that he is a serving in our armed forces. Active, pled two brutal dictatorships in dent, the secretary of defense and the Marine,” Bush said at the White guard, reserve, civilian — they simply National Security Council in October House. “To the American people, deliver every time our nation calls.” See PACE, A-4 PACE Welcome home 1/3 Cpl. Michelle M. Dickson Above — Cpl. Daniel Castillo, electronics technician, Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, accepts a lei from a little girl upon returning to MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, from a 7-month deployment to Iraq with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable). Right — Marines exit the plane Tuesday as they return to MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, from a 7-month deployment to Iraq. Approximately 440 Marines from 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, returned after fighting in the battle of Fallujah. See next week’s Hawaii Marine for the full story. Pfc. Roger L. Nelson 1st MAW CG tours base, talks with Marines logical chemical spe- Thiessen expected to cialists, Marine Air Group 24. “I think move on to Korea the troops here really Photo Courtesy of The Boeing Company Pfc. Roger L. Nelson appreciated this visit, Marines take notes during an Operation Homecoming writing workshop Combat Correspondent especially the at Camp Pendleton, Calif., in February. Marines who just There are many characteristics that returned from com- make up a good leader in today’s mili- bat.” Marines learn how tary. Some of these qualities consist of While at MCB living up to your responsibilities and Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, understanding your troops. Thiessen gave the For Brig. Gen. Duane D. Thiessen, first of a series of to put wartime commanding general, 1st Marine briefings to members Aircraft Wing, Okinawa, Japan, those of the 31st Marine leadership qualities were shown at his Expeditionary Unit experience on paper recent visit to MCB Hawaii, Kaneohe Detachment in the Bay. conference room of Pfc. Roger L. Nelson writers that include a variety of Thiessen is expected to transfer to the Bachelor Officer’s Combat Correspondent well-known novelists, poets, his- the Combined Force Command, Korea, Quarters. The gener- torians and journalists. in June after having served as com- al also conducted A workshop, sponsored by the Following is an audio CD that manding general since June 2004. briefings at the Base National Endowment for the includes examples of wartime According to 1st Lt. Lauren G. Theatre to E-5s and Pfc. Roger L. Nelson Arts, “Operation Homecoming: writings in the form of letters, Buonanno, Aide de Camp, 1st Marine below and also to Brig. Gen. Duane D. Thiessen, commanding general, 1st Writing for Wartime poems and memoirs, some dat- Aircraft Wing, the general wanted to senior non-commis- Marine Aircraft Wing, Okinawa, Japan, gives a brief to E-5s Experience,” was conducted ing back to the Civil War. The conduct briefings, have flight time, and sioned officers and and below during his recent visit to the Base Theater at MCB Friday, on MCB Hawaii, third and fourth components, walk through different areas of the K- officers. Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay. Kaneohe Bay, at the Senior Non- yet to be completed, are a cre- Bay before his tour as commanding “I did the briefs Commissioned Officer’s Club. ation of an anthology of general is up. because I like to talk to Marines as operational setting that involved air- The workshop is an NEA wartime writing by troops and “I don’t really know how I feel about much as possible,” admitted Thiessen. craft. National Initiatives program, the creation of a unique histori- this change,” said Thiessen. “But it A portion of the general’s briefings “Marines and Sailors are good work- which encourages members of cal archive of stories. really isn’t a matter of feeling,” included a discussion about the contin- ers,” said the CG. “They work hard at all branches of the military and This program was organized Thiessen said that one of the main uous threat of mishaps in the field. what they do and achieve.” their families to preserve their by the NEA through memoran- reasons for visiting K-Bay was to get “These Marines have challenges that The feedback Thiessen received from experiences of serving on the dum of understanding with the feedback from Marines who have been include accidents. Every Marine just Marines will help with the changes that frontlines and stateside or sup- Department of Defense and is to combat, and the troops were recep- needs to exercise their leadership quali- need to be made to improve the quality porting troops from home. made possible by the Boeing tive to sharing their experiences with ties everyday, and the accidents and of life for those in combat zones. The The program consists of four Company. the general. incidents will be reduced.” feedback will also serve to show where major components. The first of At Friday’s workshop, Richard “The general, coming through, was A combat veteran himself, Thiessen the Marine Corps is going and what it is the four is a writing workshop, good for Marines at K-Bay’s morale,” explained that the best part of being which is conducted by veteran See OH, A-4 said Cpl. Cory A. Rogers, nuclear bio- the CG was working with troops in an See THIESSEN, A-4 A-2 • APRIL 29, 2005 HAWAII MARINE NEWS BRIEFS Rumsfeld, Myers testify on State Alert to Sound Sunday The State Civil Defense monthly test of sirens military budget requests and the Emergency Alert System will be held Sunday at 11:45 a.m. The siren test is a steady 45- Jim Garamone aspects of U.S. government power must be But while progress has been made, the second tone, used to alert the public of emergen- American Forces Press Service focused on the enemy. This includes long- U.S. military is still largely equipped to con- cies that pose or may pose a threat to life and range policies and programs aimed at allevi- front conventional forces, he said. property. WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary ating the conditions that force young people Myers told the senators that there are Donald H. Rumsfeld asked Congress to embrace extremism. three major processes this year that will help Headquarters Battalion Presents Wednesday to approve the fiscal 2005 sup- The second reality is that the U.S. cannot inform decisions in the years ahead. The “Days of Remembrance” plemental funding request quickly. win this struggle alone. “No one nation first is the Quadrennial Defense Review, due On Thursday, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., The $81.9 billion request will fund the can,” Rumsfeld said. “It will take coopera- in September. “It will provide a comprehen- the events of the holocaust will be remembered at military through Sept. 30. The money will tion among a great many countries to stop sive strategic plan for reforming the armed a luncheon at Anderson Dining Facility. It will be cover the cost of operations in Iraq and weapons proliferation, for example. It forces,” Myers said. “Second, the base presented by Headquarters Battalion, MCB Afghanistan, training Iraqi and takes nations working together to realignment and closure process provides an Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, featuring holocaust survivor Afghan troops, addressing the trans- locate and dismantle extremist excellent opportunity to further transform Jack Adler.

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