Relief society is no help without help Page A-2 DoD waives personnel cuts...for now Page 4-6 Marine boxers are Aloha State's best Page B-1 Vol. 20, No. 24 Published itt MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Also serving fat MEB, Camp H.M. Smith and Marine Barracks, Hawaii. dune 20,1991 Brits !IF K-Bay bound After Gulf, Bangladesh, invade': HMM-265 heads home and story photo 30. by Lard G. Primer Smith Mint Peelle AlnarS Office toting cyclone April H..11 M4orm 8111 The amphibious teak force Editor's note: Portions of the arrived off the Bangladesh coast MOLOKAI TRAINING following story wets excerpted May 16, joining other elements AREA, Molokai- With the from a news release from of a joint task force already in completion of a force-on -force Headquarters,Marine Corps, place to coordinate U.S. mili- Sad exercise here June 1412, a tary assistance to the relief British Army infantry company Marine Medium Helicopter efforts, and Marines from Co. L, 3d Squadron-265, the only The tITF's primary mission Battalion, 3d Marines, wrapped Brigade unit Mill de- was to provide badly needed air up three weeks of cross-training ployed that participated in and sea lifts of relief supplies during Union Pacific '91. Operation Desert Storm, will already stored at supply centers Union Pacific '91, which began return home Friday. HMM -285 in Dhaka to the devastated May 27, was one of the first was most recently deployed to islands and countryside left extensive training evolutions for Operation Sea Angel in Bang- inaccessible by the cyclone. a Brigade unit since returning ladesh. From the beginning of U.S relief from Operation Deaert Storm. The unit will fly from the operations and through the Training with the Marines deck of the USS Tarawa into amphibious task force's depar- Army were about 150 British soldiers the Air Station at 6 km. 1-1MM. ture, U.S. Marine, and from Cu. B, lot Bn., The 265 wives have asked the Station Air Force aircraft and Navy community to "break-out the landing craft delivered more Royal Regiment of Wales, based sup- at Stanley Fort in Hong Kong. yellow ribbons" today through than 4.5 tons of relief PFC Roderick McGee, a machine-gunner with ist Pit., Co. t_, 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, looks out plies, This was done with more The British company is in part Thermopoll" Sunday as a show of support for enemy patrols from his company's defensive perimeter atop the "Hill of on Molokai for Marines. than 1,720 helicopter and C-130 responsible for patrolling the See Page A-7 for additional story and photos_ the returning Hong Kong-China border, and during Union Pacific '91, a joint U.S.-British exercise. The 200 Marines and their sorties, and 46 missions by conducts extensive training to CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters landing craft. stay ready as a reactionary force He also said that while there down the chain." on-force exercise, according to left here in December QS part Initially named Productive for various situations, accord- are some similarities in U.S. The British advance party Capt. Joseph Molofeity, Co. 1. of the 5th Marine expedition- effort, the operation was re- ing to its commander, Maj. Marine Cotpa and British army arrived here May 20, followed commander. Weapons famili- ary Brigade. Nitta departing named Sea Angel when Ban- Christopher Poyntz. training, there are a great many a week later by the main body. arization, welting, Zodiac. the North Arabian Sea May 7, gladeshi people referred to the Union Pacific is One of this evolution was The Brits are completing their (rubber boat) assaults, assault the unit was [mei of Ma; in es delivering ehef sup- just differences, so and Vern) homing packages the a refreshing change. Hawaiian deployment with VIA. amphibious vehicle training, abibious toss fart, dive4gd. .. plies in a May Levert:raft as Baits use to stay ahem Poyntz "Ir not only allows us to soldiers from the 25th Infantry numerous other classes and Bangladesh. -73eit Angels." explained. experience a bit of what Ma- Division (light) at Schofield applications rounded-out the Made-up of eight ships from During the Desert Storm ("We havc very limited train- rines do in training," Poyntz Barracks. evolution. Amphibious Group Three and ground offensive in February, ing areas in Hong Kong, espe- added, "it also sharpens our The focus on the Marine Other Brigade unite contrib- elements of the 5th MEB, the the 5th MEB was the only major cially for live firing," Poyats 'MAY to be flexible when faced portion of the annual ex- uted to Union Pacific, included task force spent nearly two Marine unit to conduct an said. "That is why we are so with new challenges, from my ercise is on small-unit train- helicopter squadrons from MAG- weeks assisting the Bangladesh amphibious landing in northern glad to be involved in Union level of planning and coordina- ing, including helicopter/water- 24 and Marines from Co. A, 3d government with relief opera- Saudi Arabia as part of combat Pacific." tion for exercises all the way borne operations, and the force- Reconnaissance Bn, tions in the wake of a deafer- operations. BSSG-1 leadership to change hands Joint Public Milan cote He returned to MCRD San Detachment C, Marine Wing Okinawa, Japan, where he Diego as a captain, and served Support Group-17. initially served as the engineer Col. Kenneth D. Frantz will as the maintenance operations Frantz was later transferred officer for III Marine Expedi- take command of Brigade officer. However, he was tempo- to the 1st Combat Engineer tionary Force and later as Service Support Group-I from rarily assigned to Camp Pendle- Battalion at Camp Pendleton, commanding officer, 3d Combat Col. Ernest G. Beinhart III ton, Calif., as the engineer officer where he served as operations Engineer Battalion. Wednesday at 4 p.m. on the Air for Operation New Arrival. His officer, logistics officer and While serving as battalion Station's Dewey Square. priority task was to set-up camps finally commanding officer for in the Marine commander, he was selected to Frantz enlisted to house 18,000 refugees from Support Company, He also hie present grade. He served his Corps in 1967. His first assign- Southeast Asia in sit days. The served as battalion executive leader, last year on Okinawa as the ment was as troop 26 Camp Pendleton Reception and officer. As a major, Frantz assistant chief of Ill MEF. Infantry Training Regiment, Processing Center ultimately completed the Marine Corps staff, upon graduation from Marine processed more than 50,000 Command and Staff College at Frantz's personal decorations Corps Recruit Depot San Diego- refugees in less than seven Quantico. Following that, he include the Meritorious Service He received his commission months. graduated from Central State Medal, the Navy Commenda- Salute as a second lieutenant through Frantz went back to MCRD College, Okla., with a bachelor tion Medal and the Navy the enlisted Commissioning San Diego and assumed duties of science in computer science Achievement Medal with a gold Colonels John Admire and Wayne, Hollings salute during the national Program. Following the Basic as commanding officet, Service end management. star in lieu of a second award. anthem at the 3d Marines' change of command ceremony June 13. School and Marine Corps Company, Headquarters and In 1985, Frantz was assigned Reinhart enlisted in the Admire relinquished the helm to Hollings and was then trucked to Engineer School, he was as- Service Battalion. From 1975- to Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic Marine Corps in 1968 sad served brigadier general. Ste related story on Page A-4. signed as a platoon commander 78, he served as facility man- as a lieutenant colonel to serve his first tour in Vietnam as a with the '8th Engineer Battal- agement officer for the depot. as engineer officer. He also rifleman with Company K, 3rd ion, ad Force Troops at Camp He returned overseas to the served as engineer staff officer Battalion, 7th Marines after Lejeune, N.C. 1st Marine Air craft Wing at for II Marine Amphibious Force completing the Army's airborne 1st MEB to demonstrate Volunteering for overseas lwrikuni, Japan. and served as and 4th Marine Amphibious school. He was ordered to duty, he was transferred to 3d the wing utilities offices, and Brigade. Officer Candidate School in Combat Engineer Battalion in later as executive officer for He was then transferred to 1970. capabilities for families 1971. He first served there as to Vietnam assistant operations officer; then Reinhart rturned Join) Public Alla)ro Cahc to selected cnnimunity and as a second lieutenant later that military guests. as commanding officer, Head- The Basic quarters and Service Company; year, after completing The 1st Marine Expeditionary The exercise will lie held at School and High Intensity Lan. the Air rifle range. was re- assigned as battalion He Brigade will conduct its Capa- Station's atomic demolitions munitions guage Training (Vietnamese). bilities Exercise 2-91 June 27 Parking will be available at Ft. served as a rifle platoon leader will Hate Beach and Middaugh officer, and finally as officer- lot Military and 28. The exercise in-charge of the Leadership with Company 0, demonstrate the Marine Air- Beach Street. Guests will be School. Police Battalion. Ground Task Force concept to shuttled to the (Rupee Crater Returning to Camp Lejuene. In 1971, when Marine ground invited guests and Brigade and and reviewing stands on buses. Frantz served at the Marine forces redeployed from Vietnam, Air Station families during a Those wishing to observe the Corps Engineer School, first as Beinhart was assigned to the 2rI special demonstration time 2'7.