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Guantanamo Bay- ay AZ~rE EPF_ Vol. 57 No. 32 Friday, August 11, 2000 British guided Proper documents missile destroyer required for all visits GTMO stateside travel By JOC Walter T. Ham IV By CDR J. Kevin Brady Naval Base Public Affairs Officer Naval Base Operations Officer The British Royal Navy guided missile While GTMO is the finest U.S. Naval destroyer HMS Cardiff (D 108) made a port Base in the world and is a great place to live, call this week to U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo residents need to remember that we do NOT Bay, Cuba. live in the United States - we do indeed live in The ship's crew of more than 250 visited a foreign country. Prior to going home for the America's oldest overseas military TAD or leave, all GTMO residents should installation while conducting operations in take a few minutes to review their paperwork Caribbean Sea. prior to travel to ensure that they have the During their stay, Cardiff Sailors played proper documentation to enter the United softball against the GTMO Chief Petty States, as well as return to GTMO. The fact Officers Association and the Senior Petty that you may be eligible to board the airplane Officers Association. does not mean you have met requirements to In a soccer game of historical significance, enter the United States or return home to the Cardiff's crew played against the base's GTMO later. Jamaican team during the same week that To enter the United States, the prime re- Jamaica celebrated its 38th year of independence quirement is to be able to prove U.S. citizen- from Great Britian. ship or show that you have received entry "We had an outstanding time," said Cardiff The British Royal Navy guided missile approval. The three primary means to meet Commanding Officer CAPT Neil Morisetti. destroyer HMS Cardiff (D 108) visits this requirement is either: an active duty mili- "We've been taken care of brillantly. We would US. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. tary ID card, with orders or leave papers; an official copy of a birth certificate: or a pass- love to come back. And if we can't come back, See more on visit on page three. another ship from the Royal Navy will." Photo by Mi-Ok R. Ham - continuedon page three Guantanamo Bay celebrates Jamaican Independence Day GUANTANAMO BAY - Many base residents celebrated Jamaican Independence Day at Phillips Park Monday.T,"l This year's celebration commemorated Jamaica's 38th year of inde- pendence from British rule. Jamaica's Minister of Labour Donald Buchanan attended and Counselor for Political and Economic Affairs Michael Koplovsky and Deputy Visa Chief Roger Cooper represented the U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica at the ceremony. A wide variety of Jamaican cuisine was served and many speakers addressed the large crowd. Jamaica's Real Deal dancers and a fire-eater also performed at the celebration. The celebration was coordinated by the Guantanamo Bay Jamaican Employees Committee. A large crovd of base residents gather at Phillips Park for the The first Jamaican employees arrived in GTMO in 1 960s and have Guantanamo Bay Jamaican Independence Day celebration. worked at the base ever since. Photoby Jay Wood III GTMO Recycle this GAZEWTTC Naval Safety Center releases summary of recent mishaps Courtesy of the Naval Safety Center Authorized personnel only!" cially when you're sitting backwards in the last (Partone oftwo-part series) Now don't get me wrong. Just because I row, staring a non-skid-coated cargo ramp in the Did I ever tell you about the time I got a call have no physical evidence of extra-terrestrials face. from an official arm of the United States govern- doesn't mean I don't believe they're here; cause I So it was that, when the airplane launched ment asking if we had any parts from crashed know they are. I get reports of close encounters with a jolt, the LT was delivered of an insight of flying saucers stored at the center? of the fourth kind every day. You know .that's Newtonian proportions: gravity is a right pow- If I'm lyin' I'm dyin'. where they not only take you on board but drill erful force. One that's flat-near irresistible after This all happened in the days before the bud- holes in your skull and pour your brains into a it's been multiplied several times by the com- get surplus, when Congress didn't have much to beaker before they send you back. bined effort of the COD's eleven thousand shaft do and some staffer wanted us to fess up to the How else might one explain: horsepower and a major squirt of steam from fact we were hiding broken pieces of inter-galac- The lance corporal who, while fighting back CAT four. tic flying machines here. against the dreaded scourge of flyaway hair, tried Predictably, the greyhound and everything in I told him, "Not my part of ship. Flying sau- burning those obstinate little critters away with a it: its crew, its passengers, its mail, and its cargo, cer safety is an Air Force program; wholly under cigarette lighter. It worked pretty good too, until shot down the track in unison. Everything, that their cog and every time we find one of those her hairspray burst into flame and left her with is, except the lieutenant's ditty bag which, having things, they come and take it away." second degree burns on her head and neck. been torn from his grasp by the G forces of the He never showed. But I was ready for him Sort of reminds me of a guy I used to work CAT shot, became independent of its surround- had he done so. I had a hasp, a big padlock, and for. Except he usually didn't require so complex ings and lagged behind a bit until it snagged on the a sign ready to attach to the door on the an ignition source. His hair would combust more locking lever of the kid's seat belt, popped it gentleman's latrine that read, "X-Files! Keep out! or less spontaneously. open, and set him free! Then there's this story of the El Tee who The LT, getting some altogether unexpected refused to be bothered with the "rules" as they first-hand experience with another one of were clearly the province of lesser Newton's "rules", bounced off the Guantanamo Bay beings. Thus, ramp, rico- when the COD crewmen asked him to hand over cheted into the overhead and, when the rest of his carry-on bag that they might stow it safely the aircraft finally caught up with him, found away for the cat shot, he refused; vowing to hold himself wedged into a small corner of the tail it tightly in his lap. Never a good idea - espe- cone. No word yet as to the fate of the bag. U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Bikers pound ground during GTMO race Commander, Naval Base Courtesy of the MWR Bike Shak 4th place: Bobby Connolly, time 46:81 CAPT Robert A. Buehn Yo Dudes! We had the coolest mountain bike Generation Lost race ever Aug. 5, hosted by the MWR Bike Shak 1st place: Gaberiel Hilario, time 18:55 Chief Staff Officer and held at the ninth hole on the golf course. Generation Now CDR Jack H. Van Zandt Mountain bike races challenge competitors 1st place: Jim Grewe, time 19:31 physically and mentally; crankin' their nerves and Command Master Chief - continued on pagefive skills with every steep and downhill. PCCM(SW) Lloyd E. Smethers Last Saturday's race was no exception to the defini- Mail Call tion, with the line up of "rad" riders. Public Affairs Officer During week of July 31 - Aug. 6, the base Winners in the gnarly, 6 mile Highlander Di- JOC Walter T. Ham IV post office received 15,782 pounds of mail vision are: and dispatched 2,014 pounds. Staff Writers/Editorial Assistants Generation I YN1 Michele Natividad 1st place: Matthew Hayos, time 37:39 Jay Wood Ill 2nd place: Mike Merrill, time 39:24 Energy conservation tip 3rd place: Devin Bastmeyer, time 45:52 Editorial Assistant Use a bucket or tub of water with a sponge Generation Lost Mi-Ok R. Ham to wash an automobile or other vehicle. Ist place: Glen Baxter, time 46:29 This newspaper is an authorized 2nd place: Jeff Setzer, time 53:48 publication for members of the military Generation Now Water Conservation service stationed overseas. Its contents do not necessarily reflect the official views 1st place: Julio Rouz, time 54:26 For the week of July 31 - Aug. 6 of the U.S. Government, the Department of Winners in the way bad, 3 mile Lowland Di- Weekly Use - 5,344,962 Defense or the U.S. Navy and do not imply vision are: endorsement thereof. - Daily Avg. - 763,566 Voice: 4502, 4819 Fax: 4520 The Phatt Tires (youth 9-12) Daily Goal - 700,000 E-mail: [email protected] 1st place: Chris Setzer, time 27:79 (all amounts are in gallons) CAZMWPEl On-line: 2nd place: Nick Baggett, time 27:80 We spent $5,784.51 over our www.nsgtmo.navy.mil 3rd place: Chris Grewe, time 43:97 goal this week. Page 2* Friday, August11, 2000*GAliWWpFS GTMO Recycle this @AS Jamaican soccer team ties HMS Cardiff crew Guantanamo Bay's local Jamaican soccer team tied the team from the visiting British guided missile destroyer HMS Cardiff 2 - 2, in a game played Wednesday night in GTMO.