HAWAII MARINE Voluntary payment for delivery to MCAS housing/$1 per four week period VOL 9 NO. 45. KANEOIIE RAY. IL1WAII. NON ENIBER 12. 1980 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES No Nh ge4/44/ WestPac float returns Families and friends planning to met Marines and sailors returning tomorrow from the West Pac deployment should be aware of security restrictions at the Naval Supply Center, Pearl Harbor. In the inter,At of safety, all pier areas (to include the "H" Piers, Pie- v a ' 1, and the entire fenced area around Piers K-1( . ' e off limits to other than authorized military personne. : personnel and NSC employees. Theships are sch, e_d to begin arriving at 9 a.m. Once the ships are socked, families and friends will be allowed on the piers until the start of cargo and vehicle offloading operations, approximately one hour. Once these operations begin all visitors must leave the pier. NSC Police will be available to provide security and 4liforce"eivtie 4 areas. The cooperation of all visitors will pmroote sat and expedite the offloading of our returning Manner _ silors. Dregs cap frame WASHINGTON, MCNews - Field grade officers must now wear the dress cap frame on all occasions where the service cap-frame was previously required, according to officials. The dress cap frame replaced the service cap frame which field grade officers are no longer authorized to wear. The dress cap frame with the ornamental visor, when worn with the service uniform, includes the black chin strap, black insignia and black screwpost buttons, as well as the green cover. The dress cap may be worn by all field grade officers whenever the service uniform is worn, except when in formation with enlisted Marines. The dress cap frame may Photo by Cpl David Davis be worn by enlisted Marines with the service uniform, in AND NOW PRESENTING - Color guards representing units at annual Marine Corps Birthday pageant. The air station celebrated formations only within organizations where the service MCAS Kaneohe Bay parade onto Pop V.'arner Field during the the Corps' 205th Birthday Friday. frame cap is issued to enlisted Marines. Dependent transportation Marines display who pomp WASHINGTON, MCNews - Children attend birthday boarding schools overseas may ride on space-required transportation during seasonal recesses, according to The Marine Corps Birthday Marine Corps' 13th Commandant, Marine Corps Bulletin 4630 of Aug. 8, 1980. Pageant for personnel of the let Gen Robert Barrow, Commandant Only dependents of Department of Defense and Foreign Marine Brigade and MCAS of the Marine Corps and LtGen Military Sales contractors (permanently stationed Kaneohe Bay was held at Pop A.W. °Donnell, commanding overseas) attending DoD operated seven-days-a-week Warner Field Friday. general, Fleet Marine Force dormitory schools are eligible. These dependents may ride Pacific, were read. DoD trant.portation between their sponsor's overseas duty THE PAGEANT got underway BrigGen W.H. Rice, command- station and the boarding school. They may take round-trip with brigade and air station units ing general, 1st Marine Brigade rides during spring, summer and winter recesses. displaying their guide -one along presented his birthday message Additional round trips may be permitted by proper school the sides of the field. Following the saying, "We are the Corps of men authority Afould i.eL facilities close teeirrorsrily. National Anthem, played by the and women who wanted to serve Dependents 17 and older can ride unaccompanied; Fleet Marine Force Pacific Band, with the best." Col Mel Sautter, dependents under 17 must he accompanied by on adult. each unit's color guard marched commanding officer MCAS onto the field. Kaneohe Bay, joined Rice in Students attending non-DoD schools cannot ride aboard The Marine Corps suddenly wishing all Marines a happy DoD-owned or controlled aircraft except on a space- stepped back in time as Marines in birthday. available basis. uniforms from the past and Before the birthday cake was cut present marched in display before the oldest and the youngest an audience of more than 2000. A Marines at the air station were Positions open narrative history of the Corps was recognized. MSgt Alfred Hanley, recited as the FMFPac band Marine Aircraft Control Squad- Good for WASIIINGTON, MCNews - Wanted: Marines played appropriate music ron-2 was the oldest and Pvt drill instructor and security guard duty. representing each era. John Olsen, the youngest. Requirements: Must be fully qualified. The traditional Marine Corps The message of ALMAR 147/80, published Aug. 21, tells Photo by Cpl David Davis Birthday Cake was escorted onto MARINES gathered at the field commanding officers and officers-in-charge that good PIECE OF CAKE - BrigGen W.H. Rice, commanding general, 1st the field flanked by four women again at 11 a.m. for the birthday Marines are needed for these duties, but that too many Marine Brigade, slices a piece' of the traditional Marine Corps Marines in dress blue uniforms. football game featuring MCAS unqualified Marines are showing up at drill instructor and birthday Kaneohe Bay's Varsity football security schools. cake as Sgt. Carolyn Wren, Station Operations and Marine guard Maintenance Squadron, stands by. The cake-cutting BIRTHDAY messages from team' against the Army's DisCav Over eight percent of sergeants and 12 percent occurred as part below, and of the MCAS Kaneohe Bay Marine birthday the late MajGen John Lejeune, Squad. of Staff NCOs who reported to security guard school this Corps 205th celebration. year did not meet admission requirements, according to the ALMAR. 'These misassignments are costly not only in dollars, but School reinforces combat more significantly in their effect on personnel turnover," the aerial skills ALMAR states. "They add to the number of Marines in a by lstLt Ed Finn the ground crews. keep these aircraft MAINTENANCE for the West Coast, it transient status who are unavailable to fill billets Maintenance men are ready. While expertise ground personnel must won't be "just another (elsewhere)." Tomorrow, both radar techniques and tasked with keeping and intensive know- continually prove that school or "just The responsibilities of these duties are great, the ALMAR Marine Fighter Attack enemy aircraft evalua- four very complex ledge are vitally they possess the another deployment," concludes. Commanders have been instructed by the Squadron-212 Lancers tion. aircraft operational, important factors necessary qualities to but rather a challenge. ALMAR to ensure that only the most mature, motivated and and the VMFA-232 Red with little more than a essential to keeping an perform all the tasks This challenge will be thoroughly-screened Marines are sent to these schools. Devils will send a After the classroom skeleton crew. aircraft flying, these they are assigned. met with an enthusi- detachment to Naval instructions have been traits must be comple- asm unique to Marines Discount fares available Air Station, Miramar's completed, practical It is no small mented with a certain As the Kaneohe when a mission is to be Top Gun Fighter application training accomplishment. to team spirit. fighter Marines depart accomplished. Six additional airlines have elected to participate in the Weapons School. will be implemented by trial 50 percent discount military furlough fare through extensive aerial com- Mar, 31, 1981. Each squadron will bat with aircraft that These airlines are: American, Continental, United, take two F-4S Phantom closely resembles Northwest, Braniff and Western Airlines. They offer the aircraft, two crews Soviet war planes in discounts on selected routes while U.S. Air offers discounts (each consisting of one both performance and on all domestic routes. pilot and one radar size. Only active duty military on leave or pass and people who intercept officer) and 15 have been discharged from active duty, whose travel is maintenance troops to This training, pro- completed within seven days after discharge, are eligible. keep the aircraft vided by the Navy, is These discount fares are only applicable on mainland operational. The air- perhaps the most flights. For those flying first to the west coast, fares may be crews will undergo demanding training greatly decreased, however some direct flights are even intensive training to undertaken during a cheaper. improve their skills and fighter pilot's career. For more information persons may contact the SATO enhance the readiness office at 254-1564. of the squadrons. The participating aircrews are expected TOP GUN was to excel in all facets of Spot bid sale formed in the late 1960s piloting their aircraft. to ensure that U.S. Perhaps the most A local spot bidding sale conducted by the Defense fighter aircraft a- grueling part of Top Department in Building 4, Pearl City Junction occurs chieved a superior kill Gun, however, is not tomorrow at 9 a.m. ratio over the Commun- encountered at Mira- Among the items offered for sale are trailers, mopeds, ists in Vietnam. mar. The true test is motorcycles, furniture, recreation equipment, televisions, taken upon them when photographic equipment, electrical components, air Since its beginning, they must teach lessons 0 y pl David Davis treatment equipment, office equipment, and food Top Gun has continual- learned to the remain- V.I.P. TREATMENT - LtGen Edward Col Warren Ferdinand, commanding officer, preparation and serving equipment. ly produced superior der of their squadrons. Bronars (center), deputy chief of staff for Marine Aircraft Group-24; and Maj Kevin A list of sale items