Kwajalein Hourglass THE KWAJALEIN HOURGLASS Volume 41, Number 37 Friday, May 11, 2001 U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands Exercise tests Kwaj readiness By Jim Bennett Editor At 8:10 a.m. Tuesday, Nita Jarrell, the KMR commanders secretary, got a call no one looks for. A man claim- ing to be part of a terrorist organiza- tion called Against Mutual Assured Destruction told her his group had targeted Kwajalein to shed Ameri- can blood. It was very scary, Jarrell said. I knew it was an exercise. It sounded real. Jarrell used a phone threat check- list provided to her and other offices around the island by USAKA Provost Marshal Maj. Paul Bezzek, marking (Photo by KW Hillis) down specifics about the call. High school science students, from left, Niki Powell, Spencer Mawhar, Misha I always kept it by my desk, she said. I didnt think Id use it. I knew Pierre-Mike and Katie DeLong participate in a hands-on mission simulation during (See EXERCISE, page 4) a tour of TRADEX. Sixteen students participated in the KMR briefings this week. Range opens doors to students Greenpeacers to By KW Hillis objectives, each with equal weight, spend week in jail Feature Writer said Jeff Beckley, RSE Kwajalein By Jim Bennett Some of them already have plans Technical manager. First, educate Editor to pursue other fields, such as ar- the students with regard to what Two Greenpeace protesters will chitecture or international rela- we do here second, encourage spend a week in jail and pay a tions, but a small group of high students to pursue degrees and $100 fine each for trespassing on school students opted to get up careers in engineering third, USAKA Monday, and future tres- early and stay late for a week to have fun. passers could get longer jail terms, learn about Kwajalein Missile The program is the brainchild of according to John Young, assis- Range and careers in engineering. Lt. Col. Raymond Jones, KMR com- tant attorney general for the RMI. The weeklong program has three (See STUDENTS, page 5) Anne Marie Rasmussen, 21, of Denmark, and Mike Townsley, 37, of the United Kingdom, were YYWC raises $40,000 for education arraigned Tuesday in the Repub- lic of the Marshall Islands Dis- By Peter Rejcek gain Bazaar. The money will be used Associate Editor trict Court, visiting on Ebeye this next school year to assist education week. Both Rasmussen and The eel traps and beautifully carved throughout Micronesia, from college Townsley pleaded guilty to a pelagics that sit on shelves at Kwaja- scholarships to sports equipment for charge of trespassing, and each lein homes are more than mere deco- schools on Ebeye. received $100 fines and 30 days rations. For many students through- Its more [money] than weve raised in jail, with only seven days to out Micronesia, they represent a in a while, noted Dianne Tarnstrom, serve, according to court docu- ticket to a better education. YYWC president. ments. Furthermore, the two were The Yokwe Yuk Womens Club an- The Mic Shop alone earned allowed to secure air passage to nounced this week that it raised $30,000, with proceeds from Bargain Majuro, where they could finish $40,000 between sales at the Micro- Bazaar adding another $10,000. The (See PROTESTERS, page 3) nesian Handicraft Shop and the Bar- (See YYWC, page 4) www.smdc.army.mil/KWAJ/Hourglass/hourglass.html Friday Page 2 Kwajalein Hourglass May 11, 2001 Editorial Warning! This column not for the faint of heart: Read at own risk As you know, I was TDY in the cant even work up a good steam with states for the entire month of April. that. Theyre not going to hit the wa- The morning after I got home, I looked ter. Theyll do well to plunk into the out over the oceanfront vista around water. Its a major disappointment to me and this thing caught my eye. me and Im not even a kid. Our effort had materialized. The no- When I finally stopped fuming about torious water slide had been installed it, I realized that I had actually em- at the Family Pool. powered someone to buy this thing Travel back in time with me if you water slide at the Family Pool. Now and install it. If this is what I get from will to July of last year. This com- its here. empowering people to do their jobs, mand was awarded $75,000 in APIC But, I have to tell you, I gazed in we were all robbed. I probably couldve prize money. We supplemented that amazement at this thing. I had pic- done better with my Sears catalog with another $33,000, surveyed the tured small children conquering the and credit card! Kwajalein and Roi-Namur communi- long ascension to the top, standing This is not what right looks like ties, listened to your requests and on the summit, looking down through to me. And, I would not be as disap- tried to make as many of them hap- the long, dark tunnel before them, pointed if someone had ever stepped pen as fiscally possible. This commu- contemplating going through it, hit- forward and said to me, Look, Colo- nity wanted a water slide at Emon ting the water at the bottom at 15 nel, heres the thing we dont need Beach. mph. What a thrill. What a personal to spend that much money on this When the Emon Beach option best. purchase we can use the extra proved too costly, we opted for, and I wondered at the many, many little money we save to do this (great other estimated and allocated, over $8,000 thrill-seekers who would challenge thing) for the community or words for the purchase and installation of a The Water Slide, while parents bit to that effect. their nails and took video of Little Do me a favor. Ride by the Family Want to voice an opinion? Johnny coming through the chute! Pool and look at what we purchased with $8,100 of your prize money. Letters should be less than 300 words. Wrong. It aint going to happen, folks. Keep your comments to the issues. If youve seen this $8,100 piece of Then, tell me is it ME, or do you Letters must be signed. We will edit for AP plastic, you must be wondering, also think we were robbed? style and space. Please limit yourself to Whats up with the colonel? What Write a letter to the editor and tell one letter every 30 days. was he smoking when he let some- me what you think. Call 51098 the Send your letter to: The Hourglass, P.O. Box 23, Local; or body spend $8,100 for THIS? Hotline and tell me if you think [email protected]. For our $8,100, we got ten steps up your APIC prize money was gouged. and seven short feet down. Our kids Hooah! The Kwajalein Hourglass Jest for Fun By Ron Tsubamoto Commanding Officer...Col. Curtis L. Wrenn Jr. Public Affairs Officer..............Preston Lockridge Editor..........................................Jim Bennett Associate Editor...............................Peter Rejcek Feature Writers....................Barbara Johnson KW Hillis Graphics Designer ...........................Dan Adler Sports Writer ............................Bruce Sinkula The Hourglass is named for the insignia of the U.S. Army 7th Infantry Division, which liberated the island from the forces of Impe- rial Japan on Feb 4, 1944. The Kwajalein Hourglass is an authorized publication for military personnel, federal em- ployees, contractor workers and their families assigned to USAKA/KMR. Contents of the Hourglass are not necessarily official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, De- partment of Defense, Department of the Army or USAKA/KMR. It is published Tuesdays and Fridays using a network printer by Raytheon Range Systems Engineering edito- rial staff, P.O. Box 23, APO AP 96555. Phone: Autovon 254-3539; local 53539. Printed circulation: 2,100 Friday May 11, 2001 Kwajalein Hourglass Page 3 Editorial/News Military spouses earn their stripes Protesters could face (Editors Note: May 11 is Mili- stiffer penalties if they tary Spouse Day.) I cant speak for the husbands trespass again ... out there. Theyll have to write (From page 1) their own story. But I will say for military and government-contrac- out their sentence, provided they paid tor wives everywhere you are for the round trip for an Ebeye police soldiers, airmen, sailors and Ma- officer who would accompany them. rines, too. You just dont get the in a couple of languages. The sentence is standard for a sec- uniforms or the promotions. She is strong and flexible. She ond offense, a first offense generally Ahh, these wives of our military, has to be to survive that last- carrying just 30 days probated, Young and our nomadic contractors and minute change of orders, sending said. But two other Greenpeace pro- Department of Army civilians her and her family to Walla Walla, testers were convicted of trespassing drawn to the pomp and circum- Wash., when the household goods on Meck Island in July 2000, during stance by the thrill of serving their await them in Germany, and the the Integrated Flight Test, and conse- country through their men, right? family van is on a barge some- quently, Rasmussen and Townsley were Wrong. They each have their own where in between. treated as second-time offenders. war story, but chances are their An atta-girl can spot the box Another [Greenpeace] incident and military or GOCO (government- with the wall hangings in it while [jail time] will go up even more, and the owned, contractor-operated) lives its still on the Mayflower moving cost of doing business for them goes began with promises of exotic van, tear it open with her teeth if up, Young said.