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Marines, Sailors Depart for KITP iii marine expeditionary force and marine corps bases japan AUGUST 27, 2010 WWW.OKINAWA.USMC.MIL Marines, sailors MMA fighters depart for KITP support Lance Cpl. Justin R. Wheeler OKINAWA MARINE STAFF service CAMP FOSTER — Approximately 400 Marines and sailors from Combat Logistics Regiment 3 and Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III members, Marine Expeditionary Force, as well as augments from across the 3rd MLG, departed for South Korea this week for an exercise as part of the Korean Incremental train with Training Program. KITP is the final exercise in the fiscal year 2010 series and focuses on logistics training and interoper- Marines ability with the Republic of Korea Marine Corps, said Lance Cpl. J Nava Col. Jay L. Hatton, the Commanding Officer of CLR-3 OKINAWA MARINE STAFF and of the Logistics Combat Element of the III MEF Alert Contingency Marine Air Ground Task Force. OKINAWA, Japan — Marines are The focus of this exercise is to further develop the known for being elite warriors partnership between the U.S. Marine Corps and Re- on the battlefield. Three men public of Korea Marine Corps in order to enhance our known for being elite warriors ability to respond to contingencies within the Pacific on a different kind of battlefield Theater, he added. commonly known as “the octa- “The purpose is to build relationships and enhance gon” recently came to Okinawa tactical proficiency,” said Hatton. “This exercise is fo- to show their support for service cused on our ability to work together in a crisis.” members and spent a day sweat- The Marines will conduct bilateral bulk liquid op- ing alongside Marines. erations, counter improvised explosive devise training Professional Mixed Martial Arts fighter Rich Franklin Mixed Martial Arts fighters and convoy operations training and unilateral mounted prepares to rappel off the 60-foot Camp Hansen Rappel Rich Franklin, Joe Stevenson and and dismounted crew-served weapons training and Tower, Aug. 22. Photo by Lance Cpl. J Nava SEE MMA PG 5 combat lifesaving skills. Additionally, 3rd MLG Marines and sailors will prepare for humanitarian assistance, non-combatant evacuation, mass casualty and tactical security opera- Power outages to improve future QOL tions by conducting practical application simulations throughout the exercise. Lance Cpl. Aaron Hostutler lot of power to operate, according to Joaquin SEE KITP PG 5 OKINAWA MARINE STAFF Lujan, the electronic trades general foreman with the maintenance and repair section of CAMP FOSTER — Service members and their the Facilities Maintenance Branch of Marine families will continue to periodically experi- Corps Bases Japan. ence scheduled power outages in the future. Currently, all of the electricity comes direct- However, according to leaders at Facilities ly from an Okinawa Electric Power Company Maintenance Branch here, these power out- substation. But, that substation alone is unable ages are planned in order to provide more to provide enough power to support the hospi- reliable power and a better quality of life in tal, so a new substation is being built behind the future. Kubasaki High School on Camp Foster. The recent scheduled outages, although an The new substation will be capable of inconvenience, are a result of a new hospital supporting seven feeders, or main lines of An amphibious assault vehicle operated by Marines, being built on Camp Foster directly behind power. Each feeder has a rating of 600 amps assigned to Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st where the temporary dental and medical at 13,800 volts of electricity. The hospital is Marine Regiment, assaults a beach during the bilateral clinic is located. such a big project, it requires two feeders amphibious training exercise Korean Incremental A building the size of the new hospital dedicated to it. Training Program 2009. Official Marine Corps photo and all the equipment it uses will require a SEE POWER PG 5 UFG ‘10 CONCLUDES FIRST KACHASHI DANCE Exercise improved the ability of the ROK and Marines from MCAS Futenma are some U.S. Alliance to defend the ROK against current of the first Americans to participate in the THIS THIS and future threats by understanding roles. 33rd Ginowan Hagoromo Festival. ISSUE IN IN PG. 3 PG. 9 okinawa marine | OPINION & EDITORIAL | august 27, 2010 FamilyUnderstanding strengthensof friends relations Lance Cpl. Heather Choate concept. My platoon, however, understood. We were all going through the same alternate uni- U.S. MARINE CORPS HISTORY DIVISION lthough I have been in the Marine Corps verse together. a short amount of time I have noticed We had been willingly taken away from the August 28, 2002 - For the first time in significant changes in the way I relate lives we were, for the most part, comfortable with. recent memory, two of the east coast A Marine Expeditionary Units traded with people. Not because I went to boot camp We were together 24-hours a day, seven days a places stateside rather than on the and I think I’m better than others week for three months. We saw each other at EDITORIAL other side of the Atlantic Ocean. The because I’m a Marine, but the life- our weakest times and built each other up when 24th MEU left Camp Lejeune as the style that I live now is somewhat of an alternate home sickness and mental break downs tore us 22nd MEU returned. Deployments were universe to what I was used to as a civilian. apart. Once boot camp graduation became more thrown slightly off kilter since the war Prior to the military, I was still in high school, of a reality rather than a hope, I noticed that I was in Afghanistan began but were put working a fairly good somewhat disappointed back on track with the unusual at home paying job for a high by the fact that I would be tradeoff. school teenager, and my I’ve noticed that the leaving these girls, more main concern was what so than I was to leave my August 28, 1983 - A combat outpost my boyfriend at the time relationships you make in childhood friends. They manned by 30 Marines and Lebanese and I would be doing that had become my family. I Army troops east of Beirut International ‘‘the Marine Corps are so much Airport comes under fire from semi-au- night. had never felt so close to a easier to maintain, simply tomatic weapons and rocket-propelled As high school ended group of people in such a grenades. Marines return fire for the I began to notice that the because we all experience the short time. first time, with rifles and M60 machine friends in high school At the time I didn’t guns. No friendly casualties, after a 90- weren’t as important as same lifestyle. know that this would minute firefight. I had thought they were. become a norm during my They weren’t actual military career. August 29, 1983 - A heavy rocket, friends. They were people I had classes with, I finally reached my first duty station and mortar, and artillery attack on the 24th people I talked with in the hall, they were all within the first month or so of being here on Oki- Marine Expeditionary Unit positions ’’ on eastern side of Beirut International merely acquaintances. Although I did keep my nawa I had already gotten close to a few people. two best friends close to me because we had good The roommate was first, and then I became closer Airport results in 2 Marines killed in ac- tion and 14 Marines wounded in action. solid relationships. to others. I’ve noticed that the relationships you Marines retaliate with 155mm artillery. When I left for boot camp they wrote me letters make in the Marine Corps are so much easier to and I looked forward to those letters every day. maintain, simply because we all experience the August 31, 2006 - As the Marines But as I got closer to the girls I was going through same lifestyle. The friendships I’ve made in the of 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, began boot camp with I noticed a very distinct differ- Corps are more of a brotherhood and sisterhood. deploying in support of Operation Iraqi ence in the relationships that I had with them They’re your friends, but they seem to be natu- Freedom, the unit was among the first and my friends back home. rally closer to you than the civilian friends that to return to Iraq for a fourth tour. When I wrote my friends back home it was you have or had because they understand. I love easy to say what we did each day and how the the friends that I have made here and honestly, September 1, 2008 - Iraqi security food in the chow hall wasn’t the best. The hard I think that these relationships will last longer forces assumed responsibility for secu- part was being able to share the experience with than the ones I made back home. They’re a con- rity of Al Anbar Province. The Marine Corps main area of operation, Al Anbar them. There was no way they could understand, stant growing bond. was the 11th of Iraq’s 18 provinces to they were back at home with their friends and They are real friendships. come under provincial Iraqi control. families. I could write down every detail of the Choate is a combat correspondent with the Marines remained deployed to the area day and they still wouldn’t be able to grasp the Okinawa Marine. to provide support and training to the Iraqi security forces. September 2, 1945 - The Japanese of- ficially surrendered to the Allies on board the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
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