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Marines Legal center offers divorce assistance on parade PageA-7 onMolokai PageA-2 Men's Golf Association championship Page B-1 Vol. 18, No. 41 Published at MCAS Kaneohe Bay. Also serving 1st MEB, Camp B.M. Smith and Marine Barracks, BawaB. Battlefield robotic make test debut By Lcpl. Mlcheel C. flemming rain vehicles, with assorted A platform HMMWV with CAMP PENDLETON, antennae and cameras at· shelter attached is used for Calif. - Three of the latest tached. the control van. It houses inventions in battlefield tech All three vehicles are a control center where a TOV nology made their debut here controlled through tiny fiber section leader and up to three in a joint Marine Corps-Army optic cables. TMAPs also operators work. robotics demonstration Sept. have RF frequency (radio) Each operator controls the 15-20. back·up in case the cable robotic vehicle through its During the five-day event, breaks Or is damaged. mission, by watchiBg the senior officers, media repre All three variants showed monitor and listening to a sentatives and VIP's got a their stuff on a three-kilome sound system, providing an chance to see some of the ap ter-square test range using audio and visual stereo dis· plications of robots serving laser·guided Hel1fire missiles play of the remote's position. as battlefield predators. fired from a ground launcher Operators con~rol mission Of the three prototypes and Copperhead artillery modules, safety features and demonstrated, one or more rounds fired by Golf Battery, its hiser range finder. are expected to be in full use 3rd Bn., 11th Marine Regi by both services before 1995. ment. Future concepts of employ "Their development is a During part one of the ment for TOV/TMAPs in· result of a congressional demonstration, the TOV clude counter·mine warfare, mandate that the services maneuvered through various electronic warfare and pro consolidate their efforts in types of terrain. As each vide tactical deception. the field of robotic technol· target was sighted, the op Development of Marine ogy, in its development, and erator using the TOV as his Corps robotic vehicles began ultimately in its acquisition," eyes, called for pinpointed, in 1986. Unmanned Ground said Capt. George W. Mur conventional artillery fire or Vehicle Program Office Pro ray, a joint program test a Hellfire missile attack. Ad gram Manager, LtGol. Robert officer. Effort consolidation ditionally, an M-8 chemical Harper, said robotic vehicles helps save DoD time and alarm mounted to the TOV will bring new capabilities taxpayer money, Murray said. reported the presence of and safety to the battlefield. The Marine Corps-devel oped teleoperated vehicle chemicals (simulated by CS Harper, who works out of (TOV) system will consist of gas) in the environment. the Marine Corps Research, three remote·controlled The major difference be· Development and Acquisition HMMWVs (high-mobility tween the Army and Marine Command, Quantico, Va., Ulultipurp se wheeled ve Corps systems was portabil said unmanned ground ve· hicles) and a fourth multipur ity; the Army controlled their hicles will help keep humans pose vehicle used as a con· TMAPs from a fighting hole. out of the line of fue. "It Similarly, Army TMAPs lo trol station. will move the Marine (or cated targets for attack, The Army's two versions, soldier) out of harm's way Deep Down Clean displayed their accuracy and prototypes called tactical and provide reconnaissance, mobility. Cpl. Anthony Pollard of Maintenance Co .. BSSG-l. was one of 82 volunteers in mobile automated platforms surveillance and target acqui· an effort to clean up Hanauma Bay Oct. 6. See Story and photos, page A-2. (TMAPs), are smaller The Marine Corps' system sition, supporting arms and (HMMWV transportable) and uses TOV (s) and the control laser designation of targets," resemble four-wheeled all-ter· van. explained Harper. Spanish pride is Emergency Numbers the Joint Safety Center (JSC). The JSC advises parents of the following Halloween America's gain to Change safety tips: Have children wear flame-proof costumes, don't accept unwrapped treats, keep children on the sidewalks By Sgl B. S. Lime went on to be known in the Starting Nov. 1, many emergency telephone numbers and accompany children while trick or treating. CAMP H. M. SMiTH-Not history books as Gen. Pon aboard the Air Station will change. The new numbers for For more information call the JSC at 257·2096. very many years ago, Amer cho Villa. I value my iden the agencies will be: ica annually celebrated its tity as his grandson...but, Aircraft Accident! discovery by Christopher first and foremost, I am an Crash Control ..............•... , 257-7118 Columbus on Oct. 12. Fit American." Station Ambulance , .. , 257-7116 tingly, this year, Marines at The New Orleans native Acute Carel Family Housing Council Camp Smith chose that day mused about preparing his Emergency Room 257·3133 The Family Housing Council is a medium for people in to conclude the nation's thoughts for the speech. "I Military Police ................•............257·7114 base housing to improve quarters and the quality of life month·long tribute to His· dug into my history books Fire Deparlment , , .471-7117 available to people assigned to government quarters. panic Americah's with the and found many facts and theme of "500 Years of Explosive Ordnance Representatives for the housing areas and residents meet figures about Hispanics," he Disposal , 257-7112 Hispanic Heritage 1492-1992, said. As the list of their con the first Tuesday of each month at7 p.m. in the Family The Continuing Adven Service Center, and on the third Friday they meet to reach tributions grew, Ayala said ture." he began wondering where Commissary Closing solutions to points raised. The meetings are informal and The ceremony, which was his research was leading. The Commissary will be closed Nov. 11, due to the Marine open to all residents. also attended by members of After reading the story Corps Birthday. Manager Harlon F. Kurisu said the For more information call the Family Service Center at the staff of the U. S. about LtCmdr. Everet Aiv· Commissary will resume normal hours, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 254-1541. Commander·in-Chief, Pacific, eres, the first American pilot on Sunday. was highlighted by Hispanic to be shot down over North CIT Needs Marines musical selections performed Vietnam, Ayala said, "It hit Fish Fry for CFC by the Fleet Marine Force, me. What was really signifi The 11th Counterintelligence Team is accepting applica Pacific Band and the guest cant is that Aiveres was There will be a fish fry on Friday Oct.20 on the football tions from qualified Marines to make a ·Iateral move into speaker, Maj. Joseph R. identified as an American their field. field behind the E Club from 1·4 p.m.. Come on out and Ayala, United States Marine pilot." help make a difference. Interested male Marines must meet the following criteria: Corps. Ayala concluded. that it's The cost is $2 per plate. For more information, call 257. eBe a sergeant or corporal in any MOS. Ayala, a second·generation easy to miss the message of 2593. eMarine and immediate family must be U. S. citizens. Hispanic-American, who is observances that honor eBe 21 years-old. currently assigned as assis· Hispanics, Blacks, Pacific eMinimum GCr of 110. tant operations/exercise offi Islanders, Asians, American Halloween Regulations eThree years of obligated service after school. cer, G·3 Division, FMFPae. Indians, etc. "All along I eBe emotionally, financially and morally stable. spoke proudly to more than was trying to research what Halloween trick or treating aboard the Air Station will For more information refer to MCO 3850.1G and see your 200 of his fellow Marines and Hispanics have done for this only be allowed between 5-8 p.m. Oct. 31, according to career planner, or call 257·2698. servicemembers about his country when the true sig ethnic heritage and that nificance of what I was look Combined Federal Campatgn progress special pride of being an ing for is that these people American. were Americans of Hispanic Through Oct. 17 "My maternal grandfather extraction," he said. was Doroteo Arrango. He UNIT TOTAL AVERAGE See HERITAGE/A-7 UNIT UNIT PERCENT STRENGTH DONNERS DONATIONS DONAnON CAMP SMITH GOAL ACHIEVED 781 105 $6.97900 $66.47 $39,000 17.89 1STMEB 7700 2103 107,040.50 MCAS 50.90 260,500 41.09 1,364 156 5,04200 32.32 MARINE BARRACKS 54.QOO 9.34 442 79 4.01100 MWR Movie. RADIOBN 50n 21. 19.10 Blotter A·S A-S 479 40 3,12600 7815 AlA Glence A-6 Education B-3 TOTAL 11. 2718 10.766 2.483 126.198.50 5083 sse Legelly Speeklng A·7 HawaII Mlrlne Ad' B-4 .$ MWR Ticket. A-S OependentRec B-4 I b WV/WV/smut., v A-2 HAWAII MARINE: October 19,1989 Battle of the Bay Han/roma Bay aurae is rip to ill nog /If RI, tourists per day ory and pholon y Srti Brad aAllrollen As Honolulu police blocked the entrance to Hanauma Bay early the morning of Oct. 6, 82 volunteers, mostly Marines from Maintenance mayed to find an art a Iti :data Co., Brigade Service Support the increasing pollution being Group-1, managed to beat the caused by overcrowding in rush of tourists down to the the bay - the state's most water. popular site for snorkeling; One of the 27 snorkelers scans The Marines were about to and one of its leading tour- the reefs of Hanauma Bay for wage their own "Battle of ist attractions.