Career Advice AutoMatters & More Around Town This Weekend This week’s Interpersonal Edge: Remem- Highway 101 cruise, NSU Ro 80 & how car Manhattan melodrama, moonlight parade, ber, we all have moments of self-loathing, repairs are like home repairs. fall home show, beach blanket movie, fear. See page 5 See page 10 spirits fest, bike the bay. See page 15 Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard Army Air Force ARMED FORCES San Diego Navy/Marine Corps Dispatch www.armedforcesdispatch.com 619.280.2985 FIFTY EIGHTH YEAR NO. 12 Serving active duty and retired military personnel, veterans and civil service employees THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2018 MAG-13 makes Marine Corps history: 1,600 Reserve mile HF shot Birthday All branches of the military were represented at the 2017 Naval Base Ventura County surf competition. The Marine Forces Reserve Photo courtesy of Naval Base Ventura County was created in 1916, in con- junction with the creation of the Navy Reserve. Since Surf Contest at Point Mugu then, the evolution of this force would expand from just to be open to the public 35 to today’s roughly 40,000 The Naval Base Ventura County Surf Contest will showcase Marine Corps Reservists. The some of the best surfers in Southern California. Marine Corps Reserve Birth- The contest, which will be held Aug. 25-26 beginning at noon day is observed every year daily, is free and open to the public. This is an exciting opportu- on Aug. 29 nity for the surfing community to access some of the best waves Mission of the Marine Southern California has to offer. The Southern swell, submarine Corps Reserve canyon, and sandbars cause a distinctive and larger wave break The Marine Forces Reserve than at other local beaches. The event draws international surfing is tasked with the mission of champions from around the globe, and 70 contestants are expected augmenting and reinforcing to ride the waves. active duty Marine forces dur- There will be live music throughout each day and for the first ing a war or open hostilities, time, MWR will host a Cornhole Tournament offering prizes for the national emergencies, and two-person team winners. A variety of vendor booths will be open contingency operations. The during the event and food will be available for purchase. Marine Corps Reserve also The Las Posas Gate at NBVC Point Mugu will be open 11 a.m. relieves active duty forces - 6 p.m. both event days for visitors. All guests will be directed in peacetime missions and by Sgt. David Bickel arines with Marine Air- to a parking lot near the Surf Contest venue. During these times, offers service to the com- NBVC residents and personnel will need to show their DoD ID munity. Mcraft Group (MAG) 13 effectively communicated with to proceed to areas on base outside of the Surf Contest thruway In 1916, President Wood- Marines with Marine Aircraft and venue. row Wilson’s signature on air station assets throughout Group (MAG) 13 work on com- the Naval Appropriations southern California utilizing munications equipment during Act brought the concept of a organic equipment from exer- Exercise Northern Lightning. Navy and Marine Corps Re- cise Northern Lightning at Volk Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Da- serve force to life. When the Field Counter Land Training vid Bickel U.S. joined World War One, Center, Camp Douglas, Wis., the Marine Reserve forces Aug. 16. totaled three officers and 32 enlisted Marines, but by This communication, or “shot” this asset would assist us on any many targets were destroyed and the time the war ended that communicating with MCAS Mi- type of island hopping campaign if there are any casualties.” number expanded to over ramar successfully traveled over we would participate in.” 6,000 total Reservists. 1,600 miles crossing the Rocky In addition to maintaining The Marine Corps began Mountains, Grand Canyon and Communication or “comm” effective communication, high to expand its’ horizons dur- other large obstacles making assets are key to any exercise or frequency shots, like the one ing World War Two, with the this one of the longest shots in operation Marines participate in. from Volk Field, are extremely creation of The Marine Corps MAG-13 history. Without comm, Marines would difficult for the enemy to track. Women’s Reserve, which was not be able to function as a full authorized by Congress in “The entire background to Marine Air Ground Task Force. “HF is an extremely reliable July 1942. Other branches completing the shot is the proof source of communication,” said of the military had started of concept that we can send an “This is key in allowing ef- LCpl. Arnold Juarez, a MAG- Saturday, Aug. 25 accepting women for ser- air trafficking order using high fective communication with the 13 radio operator. “Our other 5 p.m. to midnight vice, and the Marine Corps frequency capabilities,” said rear,” said Vandiver. “We can systems can be effected by rain Tickets: $45.04 - $99.37 Women’s Reserve swore in Stacy Vandiver a MAG-13 field instantly let them know what and other elements which will www.eventbrite.com 1943. radio operator. “Theoretically planes flew or didn’t fly, how not have an effect on HF.” New phone fitness app, wearable technology coming to the Marine Corps by Shawn Snow routines that can lead to injuries. able tech to build leaderboards to from the popular GPS tracking “We are not going to do that,” or other geolocation features on MARINE CORPS TIMES - A Marine programing the ap- highlight the fastest runners on Strava app indicated the loca- Armes said. devices in operational areas or The Corps is working on a new plication must build a balanced a particular PFT route, Armes tions and layouts of secret U.S. deployed locations. phone fitness app that will aid workout plan that includes a cited as one example. installations and small outpost In early August, the Defense Marines in programing fitness mixture of mobility, strength, across the globe has since forced Department officially banned the The new app will also allow routines to tracking injuries endurance, muscular, and flex- But the fallout after a heatmap the Corps to drop that plan. use of GPS tracking fitness apps units to share fitness plans. across a unit, and the Marines ibility, according to Armes. want the app to complement wearable tech like the popular The phone app will warn the U.S., Iraq, Kuwait complete trilateral exercise Fitbit fitness trackers. programmer if a fitness regimen by MC2 Samantha Montenegro Cmdr. Russ Moore, The Sullivans’ commanding officer, said the is not properly balanced. ARABIAN GULF - The Navy and Coast Guard completed a exercise helped develop collective maritime security tactics. “Kuwait The new application will help trilateral exercise with Iraqi navy and Kuwaiti navy partners in the and Iraq play a key role in maintaining maritime stability in this the Corps’ nearly 600 Force Fit- The Corps is still working with Northern Arabian Gulf, Aug. 15. region,” said Moore. ness Instructors, or FFIs, create the Office of Naval Research, balanced fitness regimens that and Marines can expect the app The exercise focused on improving collective proficiency in “This trilateral exercise was an opportunity for all of us to flex could support the force’s goal sometime later this year. maritime security tactics between the three nations and ensuring the our capabilities and learn more about our collective capability. We of reducing injuries and track- freedom of navigation through- proved that our nations have the ing overall fitness of a unit or “We want to make sure all out the U.S. 5th Fleet area of Cmdr. Russ Moore shakes commitment and capacity to col- individual Marine. the bugs are out of the system,” operations. Participants included hands with a member lectively preserve the free flow of Armes said. USS The Sullivans, U.S. coastal of the Iraqi visit, board, commerce and freedom of naviga- A Marine will be able to ac- patrol ships USS Tempest and search and seizure team. tion in the Gulf.” cess the app through his phone The next phase of the program USS Chinook, U.S. Coast Guard Photo by MC2 Samantha and see what he is “going to will be integrating wearable tech patrol boat Monomoy, Iraqi navy P. Montenegro The exercise was led by Task be doing 30 days from now, like the Fitbit watches that track patrol boat P 303, and Kuwaiti Force (TF) 55 and is part of a next week, or tomorrow,” Col. performance and health stats, navy patrol boat KNS Al-Garoh. routine theater security coopera- Stephen Armes, the director according to Armes. The Sullivans led command and control of each event throughout tion engagement serving as an opportunity to strengthen tactical of the Force Fitness Division, the exercise. proficiency in critical mission areas and support long-term regional told Marine Corps Times in an A Marine using the integrated stability. interview. tech can look at the phone app Exercise events included live fire gunnery exercises, visit, board, and see “you ran an 18-minute search and seizure team training, maritime infrastructure protection TF 55 controls surface forces in the 5th Fleet area of operations, And Marines will be able to PFT, your heart rate was this, and drills, search-and-rescue training, and high-value unit protection such as U.S. Navy patrol craft, U.S. Coast Guard patrol boats and self-report injuries on the app. here are your training zones,” operations. independently deployed ships. The FFIs can then take those re- Armes said, describing how the ports to build an injury database.