IIIIII MarineMarine ExpeditionaryExpeditionary ForceForce andand MarineMarine CorpsCorps BasesBases JapanJapan AprilApril 13, 2007 www.okinawa.usmc.milwww.okinawa.usmc.mil CLR-35 receives Online service award for safety STRONG TIES to speed offi ce Lance Cpl. Robert C. Frenke U.S., ROK Marines conclude joint training OKINAWA MARINE STAFF supply delivery CAMP KINSER — 3rd Marine Lance Cpl. Daniel R. Todd Logistics Group’s Combat Lo- OKINAWA MARINE STAFF gistics Regiment 35 received the Navy League of America’s CAMP FOSTER — Ordering General James L. Jones Safety office supplies for Marines on Award April 3 for measures Okinawa just got a lot easier, the unit has taken to imple- according to base officials. ment the most effective safety General Services Adminis- program possible. tration, the organization that Col. Robert R. Ruark, the provides office supplies for commanding officer for CLR- units and has a walk-in store 35, and Gunnery Sgt. Izial L. on Camp Foster, now offers an Toles, the regimental safety online shopping cart. officer, accepted the award The online service will at the Navy League’s Sea-Air- improve GSA’s speed of order, Space Exposition at the Mar- delivery and other services riott Wardman Park Hotel in provided, according to Lt. Col. Washington, D.C. Thomas Huettemann, the of- The annual award is in- ficer-in-charge for the Marine tended to inspire safety Corps Base Camp Butler sup- through ideas and programs ply office. that reduce avoidable inju- Instead of having to call ries and fatalities by showing or fax orders or visit the appreciation to individuals, store, customers can now units or organizations who go to https://ww1.servmart. best exemplify and improve mcbbutler.usmc.mil/shop, safety. log in and shop without leav- The award is presented to ing their office, Huettemann an individual or group whose said. actions and examples have Customers who submit notably improved the over- orders before 10 a.m. will all safety within the Marine receive their items by 4 p.m., Corps. and if the order is received The award was established after 10 a.m., their products in 2003 by former secretary of will arrive the next day, he the Navy Gordon England and said. his wife Dotty to reward units The site also provides cus- or organizations. tomers with several options, Toles said one of CLR- such as order history, order 35’s strongest points was tracking, and a wish list. the unit’s command safety These options will help A Republic of Korea Marine demonstrates his tae kwon do skills by leaping off the program, which increased back of another Marine more than nine feet in the air and breaking a board March customers track the status of the frequency of safety in- 23 at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex, Republic of Korea. The demonstration was current orders and make it spections from quarterly to part of a barbecue and sports day event for more than 400 U.S. and Republic of easier to reorder, according to monthly. Korea Marines who celebrated the successful completion of the Korean Integrated Huettemann. SEE AWARD PG 6 Training Program. SEE STORY ON PAGE 10. Photo by Lance Cpl. Corey A. Blodgett SEE SUPPLIES PG 9 WOMEN’S HEALTH LEARNING THE ROPES ON THE RUN Seventy-nine female Marines and Camp Hansen fi refi ghers train Marine The Kubasaki High School track sailors discuss health issues at 1st Corps Bases Japan fi refi ghters on team turns in an impressive Marine Aircraft Wing’s Women’s new equipment and rope rescue performance at the 5th Annual Health Seminar on Camp Foster. techniques at Maeda Point. Mike Petty Memorial Track Meet. INSIDE pg. 7 pg. 9 pg. 17 OKINAWA MARINE | NEWS | APRIL 13, 2007 3 ASAD, Iraq | Gunnery Sgt. Deborah Mangan, Around the with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 28, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Air Wing, and other female service members participate in training as part of the Lioness Program March 27. The program is designed to ensure proper care is taken while For more Marine Corps stories and photos, searching female Iraqis. CorpSvisit http://www.marines.mil Photo by Sgt. James R. Richardson SAN DIEGO | Marines and sailors fall into formation April 2 before manning the rails on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, Carrier Air Wing 11 and Destroyer Squadron Group 23 are deploying to support operations in U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Photo by Seaman Eduardo Zaragoza MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. | Logan, 6, waits to greet his father, Capt. Jeff Polson, Headquarters Company commander, Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, for the first time in almost eight months during a homecoming celebration March 30. Photo by Cpl. USS BATAAN | Marines attached to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment’s Battalion Landing Kaitlyn Scarboro- Team board a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Medium Marine Helicopter Squadron Vinklarek 264 April 2 in the Persian Gulf. Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ken J. Riley OKINAWA MARINE | OPINION & EDITORIAL | APRIL 13, 2007 5 Enhancing education one box top at a time Sgt. Christopher Pilgrim school submits up to $20,000. saving box tops and periodically get cuts. Whether it’s the money These coupons are found on hun- sending them to a friend in the for art supplies or curriculum ou may have seen them be- dreds of products and usually U.S. whose daughter collects materials, all of our schools here fore on the top of your cereal have an expiration date that is them for her school. Recently, I have felt the pinch of a decreasing Ybox, on the label of your more than a year away. wondered to myself if the schools budget. The education of the next canned goods or somewhere else I used to throw them away in Okinawa participated in the generation is one of the great- on the packaging of your grocer- too. At the time, I was single, program. A few phone calls est investments we can make in ies. You may have simply ignored had no children and didn’t know later, I found out that a number our future, and I would like to it and discarded it with the con- what the program was. A friend of schools here do participate. encourage each of you to partici- tainer it was on. Hopefully, if you of mine mentioned it to me. His After a quick Google search, I pate. have a child enrolled in school, son’s school was having a col- found the Box Tops Web site, Since neither of my sons is you clipped it off and sent it to lection contest with a prize for where I discovered that all of our old enough for school yet, I am school with your child. They’re the most coupons collected, so I Department of Defense Depen- clipping those box tops, and I will called Box Tops for Education started collecting them in my bar- dents’ Schools are far below the donate them to the closest school Coupons, and they are definitely racks room for him. By the end of $20,000 annual cap. I started to me. Since this month is the not trash. a month, I had about $10 worth saving. “Month of the Military Child,” I’d General Mills, which started of box tops set aside. He didn’t With the current funding like to encourage you to do the the Box Tops for Education pro- win the contest, but it sparked my needs for the Global War on Ter- same. gram in 1996, donates 10 cents interest in the program. rorism, schools are one of many Pilgrim is a contributing writer for every box top coupon the Until recently, I had been areas which have suffered bud- with Marine Corps Base. DoD off ers options for reporting sexual assault WHAT TO DO IF YOU HAVE BEEN DoD Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office porates a comprehensive policy that reinforces SEXUALLY ASSAULTED a culture of prevention, response and account- • Go to a safe location Editor’s note: This is part 1 of 3 in a series ob- ability. serving Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The goal of the SAPR Program is to ensure • Preserve all evidence of the assault. Do not the safety, dignity and well-being of all mem- bathe, wash your hands or brush your teeth. pril is Sexual Assault Awareness bers of the armed forces through training and Do not clean the crime scene Month, and this annual observance pro- education programs, treatment and support of vides an opportunity to increase knowl- victims. • Contact a Sexual Assault Response Aedge and promote prevention of sexual assault Since 2004, advancements in reporting Coordinator or health care provider through special events and public education. options have helped create a climate of confi- This year’s theme is “Stand Up Against Sexual dence in reporting. One of the policies imple- • Seek medical care as soon as possible. Even if you do not have visible physical injuries, Assault … Make a Difference,” which encom- mented in 2005 was the restricted reporting you may be at risk of becoming pregnant or passes an attitude toward prevention, remind- option, which enables victims to come forward acquiring a sexually transmitted disease ing that each of us can make a difference. without triggering the investigative process, Sexual assault is one of the most underre- yet still receive the care they deserve. • Ask the health care provider to conduct a ported violent crimes in America today. Since Sixty-five percent of the increase in sexual Sexual Assault Forensic Examination the military is not impervious to this trend, the assault reports involving members of the Department of Defense strives to ensure that armed forces can be attributed to the restricted • If you suspect drugs were involved in the service members are aware that sexual assault reporting option that began in June 2005.