Hotel & The November Co. Graduates Friday, Jet August 7, 2015 Vol. 50, No. 31 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C. “TheStream noise you hear is the sound of freedom.” See Page 9 Beaufort.Marines.mil 2 3 facebook.com/MCASBeaufort3 twitter.com/MCASBeaufortSC One step closer to Proposed changes to the Marine Corps U.S. Marines Corps Declares Ultimate Tactical Warrior – Page 8 uniform policy – Page 8 the F-35B Operational – Page 9 Construction moving along on simulated LHD See page 4 for story and photos Photo by Lance Cpl. Jonah Lovy A simulated Landing Helicopter Dock is being constructed on the flight line aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. An LHD is a classification for amphibious assault ships which are capable of landing helicopters or vertical take-off jets like the F-35B Lightning II. MCAS Beaufort Main Gate to close for road construction Story by: Cpl. Brendan Roethel Press Chief The entrance ramps and a portion of Geiger Blvd. lead- ing to Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort’s main gate will be closed to be repaved Friday Aug. 14 and will reopen Mon- day Aug. 17. The inbound lane leading in to MCAS Beaufort will close at 12 p.m. Aug. 14 in order to facilitate the movement of SEE MAIN GATE, PAGE 6 A Marine stands at parade rest for the pilot and weapons system officer of an F/A-18D Hornet aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort July 30. The pilot is executing a systems check before he takes the jet to the skies. The Marines and aircraft are with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224, Marine Aircraft Group 31. Palmetto Fire brings the heat Story and photos by: Corps, Air Force, and Navy aircraft,” Weather Fighter Attack Squadrons] Lance Cpl. Samantha K. Torres said Capt. Brian Radler the Air Officer 533 and 224 as forward air control- Staff Writer with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion. lers,” said Capt. Jason Whitaker, the Palmetto Fire is an air-to-ground weapons systems training officer Integrated training exercises pull exercise that involves tactical re- for VMFA-224. “The ground troops pieces from all branches of the mili- inforcements of aircraft for the can utilize this exercise to learn Courtesy Photo tary to create a working force like 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion and and rehearse information back and no other. Exercise Palmetto Fire is a the 15th Air Support Operations forth amongst the pilots in the air.” The entrance ramps and a portion of Geiger Blvd. leading up joint service exercise that was took Squadron. Units along the east coast will to the main gate will be closed to be repaved and repainted place at the Townsend Bombing “The exercise is hosted by [Ma- participate in the exercise, from Friday Aug. 14 in the afternoon, and will reopen Monday Range and Fort Stewart Army Base rine Aircraft Group] 31 with the Marine Corps Air Station New River, Aug. 17 at 6 a.m. Cunningham St., aboard the Air Station, in Georgia, July 27 - Aug. 7. mission of training and upgrading will also be closed to traffic during this time, as the cement “The exercise incorporates Marine the aircrew Marines of [Marine All- SEE PALMETTO FIRE, PAGE 7 barriers on Geiger Blvd. will be stored there. 2 The Jet Stream Friday, August 7, 2015 Games and Entertainment MCAS Beaufort Movie Schedule Saturday 2 p.m. Saturday 4:00 p.m. Saturday 7:00 p.m. PG (1:51) PG-13 (2:02) R (1:55) MCRD Parris Island Movie Schedule MESS HALL MENU Monday - Friday Saturday, Sunday Breakfast: 6 - 7:30 a.m. and holidays Lunch: 11 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Brunch: 8:30 - 11 a.m. Dinner: 4 - 6 p.m. Dinner: 4 - 6 p.m. MIDRATS Sunday - Thursday 11:30 p.m. - 1 a.m. TAKEOUT WINDOW HOURS Breakfast - Mon. - Fri. 7:30 a.m. - 11 a.m. Lunch - Mon. - Fri. 12:45 p.m. - 4 p.m. Dinner - Mon. - Fri. 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Sunday 2 p.m. Sunday 4:30 p.m. Sunday 7 p.m. Saturday Lunch Dinner PG (1:35) PG (1:51) R (2:00) Bayou jerk pork loin Shrimp cocktail, fried and rice chicken, steak Sunday Lunch Dinner Name:________________________________ Date:_____________ Salmon with Baked ziti with cucumber relish italian sausage Road Construction Word Search Monday - Friday Breakfast Road Construction Hot farina, hot hominy grits and oven-fried bacon E N A L D N U O B N I W V N Monday Lunch Dinner Baked smoked ham Spicy shrimp with N W O R K Z O N E N H B N O and sweet potatoes cheesy grits Tuesday Lunch Dinner H O O T L A H P S A L C X I Chicken and dump- Herbed roast pork lings and rice loin with pan gravy Wednesday I G I N S R E I R R A B A T Lunch Dinner Roast turkey and Manhattan clam green beans chowder G E N T R A N C E R A M P I Thursday Lunch Dinner Arroz con pollo and Apple glazed corn H E Y I C G N I L E V E L L garlic bread beef and squash Friday W D M T V U R U O T E D T O Lunch Dinner Herbed baked Chili macaroni and chicken and carrots green beans A A E A E A R L U E O U R M CHAPEL SERVICES Y A T S I F P T D R G B A E Roman Catholic • 9:30 a.m. - Sunday Mass • Confession takes place before Mass E P U S O N A E S C N F F D • Confession Monday - Thursday at noon Protestant • 9:45 a.m. - Protestant Church School (Sun- T R O L C L G S R N A Y F Z day School) • 11 a.m. - Protestant Sunday Worship Service (Children’s church is also available at this R S E N O C C A P O O W I G time) • 5 p.m. - Wednesday Protestant Bible Study • 5 p.m. - Saturday Worship Service at Laurel I I Y A L E D C T C G C C J Bay Youth Center Buddhist O G N I D A R G M E W K B I • 11 a.m. - Saturday Worship Service in the Word List: CONSTRUCTION CLOSED IN BOUNDLANE Chapel Fellowship Hall HIGHWAY DEMOLITION REPAVING CONSTRUCTION HIGHWAYASPHALT ASPHAENTRANCELT RAMP CONCRETE DELAY Labyrinth Walk Word Bank WORKZONE TRAFFICONCRETEC BARRIERS SAFETY CLOSED GRADING • 8 a.m - 4 p.m. - Monday in the Chapel Fel- DEMOLITION ENTRAWORKNCERAM ZONEP SAFETY CONES CONES LEVELING lowship Hall TRAFFIC MAIN GATE MAINGATE DETOURBARRIERS INBOUNDLDETOURANE REPAVING Other Faith Groups DELAY GRADING LEVELING • For Jewish, Mormon and Islamic support, contact the Chaplain’s Office at 228-7775 Sudoku July 31st solution Hotlines MCAS Beaufort Station 228-7789 Inspector Sexual Assault Response 228-6904 Coordinator Force Protection infor- 228-6924 July 31st solution mation and concerns PMO Dispatch 228-6710 Severe Weather and Force Protection 1-800-343-0639 Sexual Assault The contact number for a Uniformed Victim Advocate is 592-0646. This number can get you in contact with a UVA 24 hours a day. Fraud, Waste and Abuse If you know of or suspect any fraud, waste or abuse aboard MCAS Beaufort, call 228-7777. If you know of or suspect any fraud, waste or abuse within MAG-31, call (252) 466-5038. The automated answering service on these lines is available 24 hours a day. Command Information The Jet Stream Friday, August 7, 2015 3 Did you know... Fightertown deployed: August 7, 1990: President Bush ordered U.S. military aircraft and troops to Saudi Arabia as part of VMFA-251 Thunderbolts VMFA-312 Checkerboards a multinational force to defend are currently deployed are currently deployed to the Western Pacific as part of the that nation against possible Iraqi aboard the USS Roosevelt as invasion. One week later the Marine Unit Deployment Program. part of the U.S. Fifth Fleet. Corps announced the commitment of 45,000 troops to the Persian Gulf MALS-31 Stingers area as part of Operation Desert Shield which would become the have detachments currently largest deployment of U.S. forces deployed to the Western Pacific since the Vietnam War. supporting VMFA-251, VMFA-312, and VMFA(AW)-224. Fightertown Fun Facts Looking back at Laurel Bay’s beginning Effective June 1, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort is Story by: Cpl. Brendan Roethel event, and Albert Gersten, the contrac- them. in Tropical Cyclone Condition Press Chief tor for the project. The grounds of Laurel Bay have more In his speech, McCaul expressed ex- history that extend beyond its life as a V for Hurricane season until Five years of planning, meetings, and citement for the project and that he be- plantation. Nov. 30. There are currently budgeting, the loud roars of heavy lieved in Gertsen’s ability to accomplish In 1816, Laurel Bay became the final equipment machines and the tune of the project well and on schedule. resting place of South Carolina Gover- no threats. Due to El Nino the Marine Corps Hymn played by the Rivers mentioned that the project nor Paul Hamilton. Hamilton served as Parris Island Marine Band filled the air would bring Beaufort into a period of the third Secretary of the Navy under conditions, it’s likely to be a during the Capehart Housing Project prosperity and that the housing de- President James Madison during the below average tropical cyclone Ground Breaking Ceremony Jan.