HAWAIIVoluntary payment r- for delivery to MCASMARINE housing/41 per four week period VOL. 10 NO. KANEOHE BAY, HAWAII, MARCH 4, 1981 TWENTY PAGES, pt44 Rov-i:e4v Operation conditions Marines BELLOWS AIR training area near Electricity' was in a relatively small THE ACTUAL test variety of 'situations FORCE STATION, Waimanalo. Several generated for lighting trailer-like Hawaii, box. The of combat efficiency such as they Would, Security Feb. 26 - conditioning hikes held and a variety of center processed the took place Thursday. guard detachment Eight months ago I handle in an actual in previous weeks had services requiring vast amount of paper- Beginning at 8 a.m., tactical situation. wanted to take Head- prepared well the power. One such service work passed through QUANTICO Va.-The Marine quarters Operation Poi Pounder Emanating from, a Security Guard Tehran Company, servicemen and women was a portable repro- and out of a brigade- 1-81 Detachment returned here this Brigade to the field. I presented head- Tactical Exercise week. for the trek which was duction center housed size headquarters. quarters sections with The nine Marine security guards, held hostage for 444 was told there were a lot made in good time with a cont. on A-8 days, were recognized at a graduation ceremony for MSG of problems. We'rehere. not one member drop- Class 2-81, Friday at 11 a.m. in the Little Hall Auditorium in Eight weeks ago I ping out. Quantico. wanted Headquarters Upon arrival at Welcomed back by their fellow Marines were SSgt Michael Company, Brigade to Bellows, the headquar- Moeller and Sergeants William Gallegos, Kevin Hermening, walk to the CPX at ters personnel moved Steven Kirtley, Paul Lewis, James Lopez, John McKeel, Bellows. I was told into a city of tents Gregory Persinger and Rodney Sickman. We're here, congratula- employed both for Guest speaker for the event was LtGen Richard Carey, tions and good job." housing, dining and commanding general, here. It was with these operating. The primary Within a few days of the graduation ceremony, the class words that Major intention of the exercise was assigned to Marine security guard detachments General-selectee W.H. was to familiarize throughout the world. Rice, lst Marine individuals whose jobs Specific duty assignments for the returned Marines have Brigade commanding often keep them in yet to be determined. general, began Opera- garrison with the tion Poi Pounder 1.81, conditions they could the first test of brigade be working under in headquarters and staff combat. Career sea pay sections' tactical readiness conducted in THROUGHOUT four years. Feb. 23 and 24, WASHINGTON, D.C.-Sea duty pay for Marines is out, sections replaced by a new program, normally housed in which means more money for FOLLOWING mon- seagoing corporals and above, and-for the first time- well-lit, air conditioned officers, ths of planning, comfort found them- too. Marines and It's all part of a Career Sea Pay provision, sailors selves working with contained in the from Headquarters dirt floors, Military Pay and Allowances Benefit Act of 1980. tented walls The act Company and other and ceilings, field desks 44,)t.. was signed by former President Jimmy Carter last brigade December, and became when staff sections and manual type- law Carter issued an gathered on the mor- executive order on it just before leaving office. writers. Even in the ning of Feb. 24 for the less-than-optimum Photo Under old sea duty pay provisions, privates through lance en- by Sgt Chris Taylor corporals were more than 12-mile hike vironment, though, GROUND POUNDERS MaJGen eligible for extra money; under the new lay from MCAS - selectee Company, 1st Marine Brigade on a force they are not, according Kaneohe to normal work flow was W.H. Rice, right, commanding general, 1st march to ALMAR 018/81, which the Air Force's Bellows accomplished to Bellows Air Force Station. announced the new program. However, the ALMAR states, still Marine Brigade, leads Headquarters seagoing privates through lance corporals, who entered the Marine Corps on or before Sept. 30, 1978, will continue to draw sea duty pay until Sept. 30,1981, the end of the present fiscal year. Brigadier The new sea pay generals rates, according to the ALMAR, will receive promotions automatically start for corporals through sergeant* major who began receiving old sea duty pay as of Dec. 31,190. The CSP for officers, BrigGen Thomas R. Morgan, however, will not automatically start, since Marine Corps. In addition tp, the "V", the Meritorious Service Medal aviators and one is a supply officer. no officers had been collecting the old sea duty pay. The deputy commander, Fleet Marine new major general picks, 13 with gold star, in Force Pacific lieu of second Here are the selectees: Col James ALMAR indicates that the Marine Corps Finance Center in and BrigGen W.H. colonels were chosen to become award, Joint Service Commenda- R. Vandenelzen, Col William Kansas City Rice, commanding general, 1st G. is now gathering input from disbursing offices brigadier generals. tion Medal, Combat Action Carson Jr., Col Lloyd W. Smith Jr., and commanding officers throughout the Marine Brigade were among seven Ribbon, Marine Corps, in brigadier Vietnamese Cross of Col Edwin J. Godfrey, Col William jorder to identify which officers are eligible. generals selected for MORGAN, WHO assumed his Gallantry, with Gold $tar, Col E eme B. All eligible Marines, off dais here say, uld have promotion to major general. present duties in July 1980 is a Vietnamese Honor Medal 1.1 Clap received their first GRP in Pete, 10 sre angel The rielecteee were native of Allentown, Pa, Ile was and the Vietnamese tirr ors I June ..1962.., ( or 4 '111' -,PV .1-"k"-1491V- Iri, to College, the general also trial Calif. They have one son, and Col John H. Gary holds a 'Bachelor of Arta Degreein dam. History and Political Science from Exchange offt Colgate University and an M.A. in THE OTHER MAJOR general Counselor Education from the aelectees are: BrjgGen Ernest R. University of Virginia. His Cheatham Jr., Deputy Chief of WASHINGTON, D.C.-There is a shortage of exchange personal awards include the Staff for Plans and Policy, Joint officers, and unrestricted lieutenants are being sought to fill Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Exercises, Atlantic Fleet. it, according to Marine Corps Bulletin 1200, of Jan. 26. Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, BrigGen John V. Cox, Warrant and limited duty officers normally get the Air Medal and the Navy commanding general, MCAS El I Exchange Officer Military Occupational Specialty 4130 Commendation Medal. He is Toro, Calif. MOSS are being offered to unrestricted lieutenants with married to the former Barbara Ann BrigGen John Phillips, undergraduate or graduate education in marketing, Croze of Kailua. They have three commanding general, 2nd Force merchandising or similar fields. children Lynn, Suzan and Beth. Service Support Group, Camp Applications (NAVMC Forms 10274) must be received Lejeune. at Code MMOA by April 30, Because of a current pilot Rice, who became Commanding BrigGen Gregory A. Corliss, shortage, Naval aviators should not apply, the bulletin General of the let Marine Brigade commanding general, MCAS I state*. in June 1980, was born in Cherry Point, N.C. Qualified applicants will be screened here to determine Baltimore and was commis- BrigGen Harold G. Glasgow, their availability and the effects of an exchange officer sioned in October 1962. A graduate commanding general, 29 Palms assignment on their career patterns. Selectee. will be of the Air War College, he and the 7th Marine Amphibious assigned the secondary MOS and form a pool from which to also holds a Bachelor of Science Brigade. fill billets as needs arise. degree in Social Science from Troy Those picked will attend the five week Navy Exchange State University. His personal The brigadier general selectees Management Course at the Navy Supply School, Athens, decorations include the Legion of were chosen from 340 eligible Ga. They will later be assigned three-year tours as exchange Merit with Combat "V", the colonels. Eight of the 13 selectees BrigGen W.H. Rice officers, and upon completion of those tours, will normally BrigGen Thomas R. Morgan Bronze Star Medal with Combat are ground officers, four are be assigned duties relating to their primary MOSs, or to appropriate unrestricted officer billets. The Marine Corps Exchange System is A large, Developmental research aids infantry commercially-oriented retail business which generates annual gross sales exceeding $291 million, from 17 major operating complexes. The system surpasses most commercial retail chains in operational scope, thes the need with merchandising and management the effectiveness officers prove for New weapons bulletin states. be fielded for complete details on said a weapons official, 20mm rounds with minimum parte - The Dover Devil will See Marine Corps Order P1200.71) WASHINGTON, D.C.-The unite," the 1990s. System. "The SAW will put Marine rifle changes. sometime during the Marine Corps Exchange Marine Corps is currently working developments in armor- on three weapons to improve the equadd on an equal footing with Current "THIS MACHINE gun will piercing ammunition are overall effectiveness of infantry their Soviet counterparts and will the same round as the provide a dual capability, is two- underway which will enhance battalions, according to ground fire the of medium and heavy ready group weapons officials here. improved M16A1 rifle." thirds the weight of the M2 .50 capability Amphibious caliber machine gun, and should automatic weapons. However, The three weapons are the are only in the Fabrique National MX249E1 THE .50 caliber machine gun coat significantly less than the these developments gun," the official said, formative stages now, and no in- WASHINGTON, D.C.