ANG, Marine Reservists Here Tomorrow K-Bay Is Site Brigade CC, Staff of Two Week Return from Calif, Summer Stints Brig
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ANG, Marine Reservists Here Tomorrow K-Bay Is Site Brigade CC, Staff Of Two Week Return from Calif, Summer Stints Brig. Gen. Avery R. Kier, 1st Ma- servicemen of Hawaii rine Brigade commanding general, "Citizen" members of his staff, were will arrive by land and air tomor- and slat- VOL. VI, No. 24 U. S. MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, KANEOHE RAY, T. H. Friday, June 14, 1957 'ed to return to Kaneohe Bay yes- row to begin two weeks of annual terdaY after taking part in confer- summer training. Arriving by land en,-rs on the forthcoming Opera- is the Marine Corps Reserve's 15th radewinds." Col, Hutchinson Infantry Battalion, while air The group left by Marine aircraft guardsmen of the 119th Intercep- or the West Coast Sunday, and tor Squadron, Hawaii Air National were slated to confer with Air To Leave June 30 Guard, will set their sleek F-88E FMFPac representatives Monday at jets down on the X-Bay runway. the Marine Corps Air Station. El Col. Homer G. Hutchinson, Jr., after first flying oiler the field in Toro, Calif. The conferences were MCAS executive officer, is slated formation to conclude with a meeting with to leave June 30 aboard the Mat- The 15th Infantry Bn., under the Navy's commander, Amphibious sonia for the Mainland and duty of Lt. Col. Lewis M. Group command Three aboard the USS Cal- at the Air War College, Maxwell Nutting. will conduct training in -,ert at Coronado. Calif. Air Force Base, Montgomery, Ala. two phases. Phase One which starts Operation -Tradewinds- is an im- The incoming executive officer will tomorrow, is designed to familiarize pending joint Navy-Marine Corps be Lt. Col. Charles Kimak, presently all recruits with the Marine Corps exercise scheduled for August in the serving with the 1st Marine Air- and to serve as a review for all Barking Sands area of Kauai. craft Wing in the Far East. personnel in basic individual and Until the arrival of Lt. Col. snail unit training. Personnel will or requalific,a- about July 6, Lt. Col. Ed- fire for qualification Kimak will J. Doyle, MCAS Operations tion during this phase, which Thailand Officers ward Ma- and Training Officer, will be the be conducted at the Kaneohe acting executive officer. Tine Corps Air Station. During its two-week stint, the See Brigade, MCAS Col. Hutchinson has been execu- Reserve Battalion will be hosted tive officer of the Marine Corps Thirty-seven Thailand officers by the 3rd Bn., eth Marines, ar- Air Station since August 16, 1955. rived yesterday morning to receive SAFETY AWARDS-Rear Adm. C. E. Olsen, Commandant of the which served as host during last On March 11 of this year he was a first-hand look 14th Naval District, right, presents the Secretary of the Navy Indus- year's training. at this Air Station promoted to colonel. and the 1st Marine Brigade air- trial and Motor Vehicle Safety Awards to Col. Jack R. Cram, CO, During phase two, the battalion round team. The officers are vi- MCAS, on Wednesday, May 29. in March of this year, the Station When he leaves. Col Hutchinson will operate out of Camp Kyle lo- siting Oahu-based will close out his second tour of Field. Helicopters military In- was notified that it had qualified for the awards for 1956. The Indus- cated at Bellows sta:lations. duty in Hawaii. He started his first will carry some of the Reserve trial Safety Award was previously awarded the Marine Corps Air Sta- Brigade and Air Station of- tour in 1948 when he was com- Leathernecks to Bellows Field next 1954 and ficers briefed the group et Kan - tion for the years 1955. They are presented annually through- manding officer of VMF -322, MAO- Friday, with the remainder going sas Tower and then escorted then out the Navy and Marine Corps. U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH 15, at Ewa by motor vehicle. Small unit train- on a tour of the station with a ing will again be emphasized at look at MAG-13's installations Bellows Field, culminating in a and AD Skyraider pilots of VMA- battalion landing exercise. Training 212 undeegoing Field Carrier Modern Warfare Techniques will conclude with a battalion pa- Landing Practice. rade with Col. L. C. Reinberg, Di- A spectacular demonstration by rector, 14th Marine Corps Recruit- the Air Station's crash crew showed ing District, as reviewing officer. the Thailand Armed Forces Staff Tested By 4th Marines in FEX Concurrent with the two phases College officers the speed with of training, the Reserve Marine which gasoline-fed flames envelop- A simulated atomic explosion at began to move into the defensive ges toward their first objectives. unit will conduct officer and Staff positions from which 2nd Counter fire of the regi- ing a downed aircraft can be ex- I p.m. Wednesday injected an- the Bn. battery NCO schools, and specialist was being evacuated ment's own mortars reduced the tinguished while rescuers disap- other test of modern warfare con- by the 1st Ma- schools in the Clerical and Supply pear into the holocaust rine Brigade 'copiers and trucks. effectiveness of this fire, accord- to remove cepts practiced by the 4th Ma- fields. the pilot. The evacuation to the Brigade's ing to the umpires, but aggressor Bn. offices and rines, in their three-day maneuv- The 15th Infantry medical company collection center aircraft inflicted heavy "casual- in Bldg. 226. ers in the Kahuku hills of Oahu barracks are located was completed and the main line of ties" on the 1st Bn. as it continued Enlisted Reservists will eat in the Blood The explosion came as the Ma- resistance reestablished by reserve its advance. regimental mess hall. Bank Sets rines were preparing to jump off in forces in approximately three hours. Marine Aircraft Group-13 provid- 240 officers and the attack again. having reorganized The regiment was tactically sound ed both friendly and aggressor close Approximately enlisted men are expected to report Visit to K-Bay on the three regimental objectives again. defending their 6,000 yard air support. coming which in tomorrow. Some will be they had captured in mid- front. In keeping with modern concept.: while others The Mobile Blood Bank of Ha- morning. Brisk winds had not dis- from Pearl Harbor, with The 4th Marines remained in of rapid movement and wide dis- the satellite will be at the Station Dispen- sipated pink, mushroom cloud will report in from the their positions Wednesday night, persal. the regiment relied entirely at Kaneohe. sary July 6 through 12 to obtain before command decisions had trig- unit based blood from alert for simulated aggressor action. on radio for communications rather The Hawaii Air National Guard personnel or dependents gered the reflexes of recovery. A who Earlier on Tuesday, a light rain than the usual radio and wire. will experience 100 per cent par- wish to donate. helicopter with a regimental moni- Tuesday night the regiment The Blood Bank, a bad barely settled the red dust at ticipation in annual training non-profit toring team aboard swooped in low when 4th Marines tested night defense with aggres- organization. will credit Kahuku the where the pilots are concerned. the blood over the hillsides nearest the blast, jumped off in attack to start the sor forces continuing to add re- donated to Trip ler Army Hospital Maj. George R. Duncan, RANG measuring radioactivity three-day exercise. alism. Umpires down to platoon if desired by the donor. If desired Operations Officer said this week, was 2nd Battalion level decided the outcome of ac- by any dependents who may donate, Hardest hit Shortly after the regiment reached with 100 per cent anticipated the blood which had been defending posi- the training area early that morn- tion. from the enlisted ranks, too. may be credited to any 4th During the night the 3rd Bn., civilian hospital for use tions on the left half of the ing, the 1st Bn. was hit by aggressor Forty-seven officers and 382 a'r- later by Marines line of resistance at which had been regimental reserve, that person or anyone else they main forces and suffered light casualties. men will report for duty. may specify. the time of the explosion. They The 1st and 2nd Battalions moved moved in and effected a night re- Intensive training for pilots and For further sustained 75 per cent casualties. into attack positions in preparation lief of the heavily hit 1st Bn. The ground crews is on tap, with op- information contact 2nd Bn. moved out in night attack Lt. Paul Hatfield, Damage control teams and medi- for the regimental attack Tuesday erations slated to begin in earnest USN. Medical between midnight and dawn Wed- Administration Asst. (72259, or cal shock teams landed by 'copter afternoon. Sunday. Thirteen full days of op- EMC in the 2nd Battalion sector and be- The 1st Bn. on the right and the nesday morning. erations are planned, with each Dau 1ton Holmes, Chief-in- Wtnessing the 4th Marines Charge of Out-Patient Department gan to prepare the blast victims for 2nd Bn. on the left ran into sim- pilot gunning for 25 flight hours "enemy" jump-off Tuesday were Col. John 72259) . evacuation. Simultaneously the 1st ulated mortar fire as See SUMMER TRAINING P-2 En serving as regimental reserve, they advanced up the rugged rid- See KAHUKU EXERCISE P-2 KAHUKU MANEUVERS-In picture at left, Col. Bryghte D. Godbold, 4th Marines inflicted "heavy" casualties. At right, fast help for a "casualty" is made possible by commending officer, left, and 2nd Lt.