c C Vol. 23 no. 15 Serving Marine Forces Pacific, MCB Hawaii, Ill Marine Expeditionary Forces, Hawaii and 1st Radio Battalion April 20, 1995 Finall y Home! Marines from 1st Radio Battalion return from Somalia after 10-month deployment Marines from Company E, 2nd Operations Capable), based out of Aaron Martin Camp Pendleton, Calif. The 13th Battalion, 3d Marines, got a 'of MEU provided the combat support for taste of amphibious raids dur- Marines from 1st Radio Battalion Amphibious Squadron Five which was ing a recent training course. For returned Saturday from a ten-month comprised of the Essex, the USS more on the training see A-3. deployment which included serving in Ogden (LPD 5) and the USS Fort Operation United Shield, the final Fisher (LSD 40). pullout of United Nations personnel in According to 1st Radio Battalion's Phone directories war-torn Somalia. detachment commander, lstLt. Pete The 21 Kaneohe-based Marines Hraba, the deployment went without returned aboard the USS Essex ( LHD- any major problems. The new Oahu White and Yellow 2) after being away from Hawaii since "The Marines of Radio Battalion per- Pages and the- Windward Phone July 1994. formed superbly. We did not have any Directories for office and work "This has been a very long deploy- problems and the Marines really sections aboard MCB Hawaii, ment," said GySgt. Brett Hagberg, 1st worked well as a team," said Hraba. Kaneohe Bay are ready for pick- Aaron Martin Radio Battalion's staff non-commis- "When you have a deployment which up at the Base Telephone Office. Finally together Cpl. Paul Rodriguez, I st Radio Battalion, was greeted by his wife sioned-officer-in-charge. "I think we lasts this long, it is great when you - Unit representatives can drop-off Laurie after mom than 10 months of separation while Rodriguez was deployed with the are all very happy to get back." have a group of Marines with such old directories and pick-up the 13th MEU. The Marines of 1st Radio Battalion diverse jobs and yet all of them met For new ones at building 505. were a part of the 13th Marine more information contact Cpl. See Radio, A-6 Expeditionary Unit (Special Maurice Mordecai at 257-2323. Federal building bombed the New Federal Building on 200 NW 5th 8th MC District HO, New Orleans DRMO Day Street, which was reported to have suf- Four Marines and one DoD civilian were fered extensive damage from n bomb The Base Supply Department injured and two Marines are missing fol- explosion at approximately 9 a.m. (CDT). will be sponsoring a "DRMO Day" lowing an explosion Wednesday that The recruiting station had been located April 25. This is a chance for all destroyed part of a federal office building in the federal building since April 1977, commanders to turn in all unus- in downtown Oklahoma City, Okla. where it has served as the headquarters able property or excess material Names of the missing and injured are for more than 50 Marine recruiters and including scrap metal, ammo being withheld pending notification of officer selection officers throughout ties cans, demilitarization equipment, next-of-kin. state of Oklahoma and the southern hall barbed wire and minor property The personnel were assigned to U.S. of Kansas. In FY94, RS Oklahoma City to include: refrigerators, office Marine Corps Recruiting Station processed more than 800 applicants for furniture, BEQ/BOQ material and Oklahoma City, located on the sixth floor of enlistment into the Marine Corps. other non-T/E equipment. Units must coordinate turn-in of all minor property with the Base Property Control Officer and Officio' DoD photo MarForPac Marines bound respective Garrison Property Phibron Five - The USS Essex, the USS Ogden and the USS Fort Fisher comprised the Responsible Officers. Segregate ships which supported the 13th MEU's current operations including Operation United and turn-in all material to the Shield in Somalia. for Roving Sands '95 Freight Branch, building 209. coordination necessary in joint and com- Material must be banded and pal- MGySgt. Dave Treadway bined combat operations. letized and have completed turn- 1 3th MEU homeward bound 'Draining with the Marines will be sonic in document, DD Form 1348-1. More than 2,000 Marines will take part 13,000 active duty and reserve soldiers, For more information and to coor- in the U.S. military's largest annual Sailors, and airmen from more than 100 dinate turn-in contact Fred Tester deployment to Somalia after Joint Air Defense Training exercise, participating units, including two foreign at 257-3531 or 254-2875. Roving Sands 495, which begins April 29. countries. Exercise activities will encom- Five, which included the USS Essex Aaron Martin Nearly 100 MarForPac Marines from pass a 14,000 square-mile area between Et (LHD-2), the USS Ogden (LPD-5) and Camp H. M. Smith, as U.S. Marines White Sands Missile Range, N.M.; Fort. the USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40). The TOL Central (USMARCENT), will join those Bliss, Thxas; and Roswell, N.M. icons legend The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit mission of Phibron Five is to plan and from I MEF, H MEF, and Marine Forces The training exercise will showcase the Marine (Special Operations Capable) based in conduct amphibious operations and for Hawaii Reserve for the 10-day exercise in the U.S. Central Command Joint Optic Camp Pendleton, Calif., arrived at training and to ensure the highest desert ranges of west Texas and south- Cobra (JPOC). JPOC exercises and inte- Pearl Harbor Saturday in the last port state of efficiency, morale, and materi- ern New Mexico. grates ongoing theater missile defense call before returning from their six- al readiness, and maintain maximum Exercise Roving Sands is designed to initiatives which are being designed and month deployment which included readiness for war. This mission Goal #1 Enhance evaluate Joint Integrated Air Defense tested by various DoD components to - Operation United Shield in Somalia. turned into more than a training exer- Military Readiness capabilities in a highly intense, realistic actively identify, target and destroy the- The port call allowed 21 Marines cise when they were called upon to combat environment that will challenge ater ballistic missiles. Included in the from 1st Radio Battalion to come home provide their expertise in amphibious both individual and unit battlefield RS95 JPOC efforts are the Army's after a long and active deployment. operations. skills. As a joint-training exercise, it will advanced warfighting experiment for The 13th MEU is providing combat Goal *2 Advance also provide a stage for all services to - support for Amphibious Squadron See MEU, A-6 See Sands, A-5 Risk Management and practice teamwork and inter-service Loss Prevention New Parent Support Program offers help, encouragement Goal #3 Enhance Al Aff - dad close by to give that extra support available to go to individual families. Parents many times need somebody Quality of Life sir Sgt. Lou Genzer and help with the children. The distance "We are laid back and try to make the there with whom to share experiences. the military puts between families places parents feel comfortable," Kennedy said. Most civilian families have mom and dad Cars come with manuals, electronics an extra burden on military parents. The New Parent Support Program available to provide the moral support. with instructions, but the most precious They have to go Through all the good realizes military families have special needed by new parents. They encourage Goal *4 thing in the world comes without nei- times and sometimes the agonies of needs. Their programs relate to the mili- them by letting them know what a won- Continuously Improve ther. being a parent alone. tary families' special issues and con- derful job they are doing and tell them In order to help new parents adjust and Although nothing can compare to hav- cerns. how wonderful their children are. answer some of their many questions ing family by your side during Some of the topics discussed during "We can be their cheerleaders," about raising a child, the Marine New these times, the New Parent the home visits are developmental Kennedy said. "If they feel like they need Parent Support Program was imple- Support Program is available to stages before and after birth, child to call back home for encouragement and Inside mented throughout the Marine Corps. provide a helping hand, a smile of T T development and how feelings warm fuzzies, we can provide that here. The program began as a pilot project at encouragement or sometimes a relate to the child's behavior. Some military families may have some MCB Camp Pendeleton, Calif. It has shoulder to cry on. Because each family has different limitations due to transportation or Blotter A-2 since expended to MCB Hawaii, and "We see ourselves as a surrogate fami- needs, the home visitor gets to know 'financial difficulties. These problems Briefs A-8 thirteen other bases and air stations ly," said Jennifer Kennedy, NPSP man- each family individually. In some could easily be solved if the extended Family Service Center B-3 throughout the Marine Corps. ager. instances they may only want to be visit- families were close. Being that they are Movies B-2 The office here opened in January 1993 Families have the alternative of either ed once or twice, however, the home visi- far away, the home visitor tries to give MWR Offerings B-3 to provide parenting education and sup- going to the program office located at tor will continue visiting until the family them suggestions and alternatives, On the Home Front A-10 port services to the Marines and Sailors building 216 or being seen by a home vis- wants to stop.