Medal of Honor recipient's reenlistmeAte Recon Marines rappel here Page A-2 Intramural basketball season begins Page B-1 pie411461.44 Vol. 17, No. 50 Serving MCAS Kaneohe Bay, 1st MEB, Camp H.M. Smith and Marine Barracks, Hawaii December 15, 1988 Brigade Navy takes on new practices role in Persian Gulf MPF Ops in Guam Escort duties for U.S. Naval will do so from a distance. forces operating in the Per- ROTE POINT, Guam As a result, Navy ships may - sian Gulf will be tailored Approximately 250 1st MEB further as the Secretary of not always be in position to Marines departed MCAS Navy immediately defend merchant Defense announced ships. Kaneohe Bay Dec. 6 to ships will "just keep track" participate in an exercise here of U.S. shipping in the "(Navy ships) don't have dubbed "Guamex 88." The region. to go with other ships," training exercise is primarily Carlucci said. "They can just designed to simulate the early Defense Secretary Frank C. stages of a maritime proposi- keep track of the (U.S. - Carlucci said in Kuwait Dec. flagged) ships and be pre- tioning force deployment. 7 that Navy ships will shift pared to respond as neces- Working out of a tent camp from the accompanying pos- sary." erected by the MEB advance ture to a monitoring role. party, Marines from H&S Co.; Defense Department Co. B, 7th Comm Bn.; BSSG- The Navy began the ac- spokesmen said U.S.-flagged 1; 3rd Marines (Rein) and companying plan last Sep- vessels may not always be MAG-24 are fine-tuning the tember, allowing its ships to within visual or radar range, enormous amount of logisti- establish a "zone defense," but Commander, Joint Task cal coordination it takes to remaining close enough to Force Middle East will be offload the four cargo ships U.S.-flagged ships to take aware of the presence and that contain equipment for necessary action but not destination of those vessels. the 1st MEB. actually sailing with them. These "floating Albany SecDef's decision comes as USMC photo Under the new plan, Middle warehouses" - as one offi- East Force ships will use a result of the cessation of PUT IT OUT - Marines from the Crash, Fire and Rescue unit here extinguish flames cer calls them are nor- visual rules, radar, and other hostilities in the Persian Gulf pluming out of a burn pit during a routine training exercise here recently. For more - on crash crew training, see page A-7 mally "forward deployed" in surveillance methods to since the Iran-Iraq ceasefire the vicinity of Guam. The monitor tanker shipping, but took effect Aug. 20. commercial cargo ships con- See GUAMEX/A-1 0 Driver in fatal accident convicted Remains found at 29 Palms thought The driver of the truck that be overturned and killed a ser- to of missing Marine geant last April near the MCAGCC Twentynine Palms, Calif. -Searchers here Kuhuku Training Area has have found what are believed to be the remains of a Marine been found guilty of charges missing since Aug. 31. The search, conducted Dec. 4 by stemming from that accident the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department, revealed and has been sentenced to a military clothing and an M-16 rifle, as well as a wallet bad conduct discharge and and Marine identification card. six months confinement. LCpl. Jason Rother, 19, of Minneapolis, Minn., was LCpl. Brian S. Lloyd of discovered missing here during a training exercise involving Motor Transport Company, his Camp Lejeune, N.C., infantry unit. He had been posted BSSG-1, was convicted Fri- as a road guide to help direct vehicles during a tactical day of negligent homicide, battalion-sized night movement across the desert training negligently damaging his area. He was not picked up the next morning at the five-ton truck, and dereliction movement's conclusion, and two subsequent large-scale of duty by general court- searches failed to locate him. martial. Three Marines, Rother's squad leader, his platoon ser- The court-martial panel, geant and the officer responsible for placing LCpl. Rother and consisting of six officers and the other road guards on the night of Aug. 30, have three enlisted members, delib- been referred to courts-martial. Also, LCpl. Rother's platoon erated for seven and one-half leader and company commander were relieved of their corn- hours before convicting LCpl. mands and reprimanded as a result of the incident. Lloyd after the three-day trial. The squad leader, Sgt. Thomas Turnell, is awaiting trial In addition to the BCD and on charges of dereliction of duty and unauthorized absence. confinement, LCpl. Lloyd was Sgt. Joe P. Jascur photo Sgt. Christopher Clyde, LCpl. Rother's platoon sergeant, also sentenced to total forfei- has also been DRIVER CONVICTED - The driver of this truck was found guilty on charges which included charged with dereliction of duty. lstLt. Allen ture of pay and allowances, V. Lawson has negligent homicide and dereliction of duty Dec. 9 by a general court-martial. been charged with dereliction of duty and and reduction to pay grade willful disobedience of an order for not posting the road E-1. in front of him "spun out." minor injuries. hour. The posted speed limit guides in pairs as he had been told to do. The court-martial arose out LCpl. Lloyd's truck hit a At the trial, t h e was 15 miles per hour. 'Wife line' available to Marine Corps of a fatal truck accident near concrete irrigation flume, prosecution's evidence Troops in the back of the the Kahuku Training Area vaulted 25 feet through the showed that LCpl. Lloyd truck were alarmed to the families April 28, 1988. Three BSSG- air, sheared off a telephone negligently disregarded his point of banging on the cab The Navy Internal Relations Activity produces the 1 M925 trucks had just picked pole, overturned in mid air passengers' safety by speed- of the truck to signal Lloyd quarterly newspaper, "Wife line." for Navy and Marine up members of Co. F, 2nd and landed on its cab. ing on a rain-slicked road, to slow down when the Corps families. Bn., 3rd Marines, after sev- Sgt. Phillip A. Vinson, a which is owned by the accident happened. "Wife line's" mission is to help make sea service life a eral days of training in the platoon sergeant with Co. Waialua Sugar Company. LCpl. Lloyd's truck sus- little easier for its audience, and it addresses the needs and Kahukus. "F," who was riding in the Honolulu Police Department tained more than $20,000 in concerns of Navy and Marine wives, husbands and children. LCpl. Lloyd, who was cab, was killed. Several accident reconstruction expert damage. Many Navy and Marine spouses don't know of "Wife- driving the third truck, Marines riding in the back of Officer Charles K. Kaalele The case will be reviewed line," or for that matter, of the Navy Wife line Association, applied his brakes after the the truck were thrown from testified that LCpl. Lloyd was by the commanding general which began the publication in the late 1960s. Every Navy truck approximately 350 feet the truck, and eight suffered traveling at least 30 miles per of the 1st MEB. and Marine Corps spouse is automatically a member of this non-profit, no- dues-required association and can benefit from its resources by writing the Navy Wife line Associa- `Second chance' forthcoming on GI Bill Energy tip tion, Washington Navy Yard, Bldg 172, Washington, D.C. 20374-1721; or calling (202) 433-2333, or Autovon 288- Due to recently enacted on active duty between July Monthly reductions rang- 2333. legislation, the Montgomery 1, 1985 and June 30, 1988, ing from $200 per month for Always Also available is "Wifelines' 1987 special issue of rights GI Bill (MGIB) has under- served continuously on ac- six months to $600 per turn and benefits. To request copies, call (202) 696-6882, or gone a number of changes. tive duty without a break in month for two months. three-way bulbs Autovon 226-6882. down to the The most important of service, are on active duty The MGIB now also pro- 411 Hawaii Marine Hiatus these changes is an "open during the "open period," and vides a death benefit, which lowest lighting agree to a $1,200 reduction level In observance of Christmas and the new year, the Hawaii period" from Dec. 1, 1988 pays the unused portion of when in pay. into the program Marine will not be published Dec. 29 and Jan. 5. Happy through June 30, 1989 that money paid watching holidays, nevertheless, from the Hawaii Marine staff. will allow service members For Marines with 14 or by the service member to his television. who passed up the MGIB more months left on active SGLI beneficiary. This benefits a second chance to duty, this reduction will be benefit, like the "open pe- turn a $1,200 investment into taken out in $100 increments riod," is retroactive to July 1, Ifediede a $10,800 educational bene- for 12 months. However, 1985. fit. those who have four to 13 Eligibility for service Legally Speaking A-10 Hawaii Marine Ads 8-8 On the Blotter months left on active duty members who were discharged A-8 Movies B-7 Service members can take At a Glance B-6 advantage of this second have two options: early for erroneous enlist- Special Services B-4 Tickets B-8 ment, defective enlistment Family Services Religious Services 8-8 chance if they first took the One-time payment of oath of enlistment or came $1,200 Sole MGIB/B-3 A-2 HAWAII MARINE December 15, 1988 Special Operations Training Recon Marines attack cliff at Ulupau Crater Story and photo Each rope was anchored by by Cpl.