HAWAI I rine Vol. 21, No. 39 Ser/Ing MCAS Kaneohe Bay, 1st MEB, Camp H.M. Smith and Marine Smocks. October 8, 1992 Task Force returns home (MAGTF) doctrine, it was By Sgt. Jason Erickson performed both quickly and ski wile, efficiently. "I don't mean to sound like The last Marines participating some sort of doctrine specialist in Joint Task Force Garden Isle trying to sell you on the Marine closed the books on a near month- Corps, but our MAGTF concepts long relief operation to hurricane really work well," Lottie said. "I stricken Kauai, returning home even heard some pretty good Monday. compliments from a pair of Army At peak strength, 503 1st colonels to that effect." Marine Expeditionary Brigade Hurricane Iniki struck Kauai Marines were deployed to the Sept. 11. That evening 1st MEB island conducting disaster relief Commanding General BGen. C.D. in the wake of the most Kuhn issued a warning order to devastating storm to ravage the begin planning for disaster relief Sal. Aron Bkloon islands in more than a century. operations. F/A-18s will be missing from Kaneohe Bay skies soon as VMFA-212 and 232 relocate to NAS Barbers Point for two months during airfield Their missions included By the time a formal operations runway Improvements. handing out food and purified order was issued by the Joint water, providing power to key Task Force Garden Isle facilities and restoring power lines commander Sept. 13, the Marines to others, conducting a massive were ready to go. That morning, debris cleanup operation and a six-man detachment deployed Station runway closes Nov. 7 helping clear wreckage from local to Kauai to asses the situation. schools. In addition, numerous By Sept. 15, the Marine other small-scale projects were detachment had already begun to done by Marines at the request deploy en masse and more than for arresting gear renovations of area residents. 40,000 meals, ready to eat (MBEs) According to Task Force USMC were being handed out a day. will be transportation for Marines traveling Ota said. "These plates help prevent the Engineer Commanding Officer Marines from Company B, 1st By Sgt. Kevin Doll back and forth to Barbers Point," Guilfoyle chipping of the runway concrete from Maj. Robert Lottie, his mixed bag Battalion, 3d Marines were Sid Miler said. "Squadrons are looking into acquiring repeated landings." of 1st MEB Marines performed deployed to begin construction billeting at Barbers Point so some Marines However, the older design of the arresting superbly as a team and and clearing projects. By the can remain there temporarily." gear combined with years of aircraft accomplished all assigned end of the day, a command The station runway will close for Station facilities engineer Gerald Ota landings didn't keep the concrete intact as missions. operations center was established approximately two months beginning Nov. designed modifications to the current well as expected, hence the improvements. "We continually stressed that at the Pacific Missile Range 7 as improvments to the arresting gear standards for runway arresting gear which Ota's design modifications for the while we were all from different Facility at Barking Sands and sites are made. will be implimented in the improvements. improvements came after collaboration with units and with various Task Force USMC Engineer was The closure will force Marine Air Group- Arresting gear is the device by which engineers at Barbers Point and Pearl occupational specialties, we were fully operational. 24's fixed-wing assets to relocate to Naval aircraft are Stopped on aircraft carriers Harbor about problems they had with their 1st MEB Marines foremost," The Marines began dispatching Air Station Barbers Point for routine and runways. Landing aircraft tailhooks existing design standards. Necessary explained Lottie, of Marine Wing emergency generators to sites operations. This includes Marine Fighter snag a cable running across the landing improvements include the use of a wider Support Squadron-174. around the island Sept. 18. At Attack Squadrons-212 and 232. According strip, pulling more of the cable from steel plate cover to prevent runway "Throughout the duration of the peak, 25 generators were to Maj. William F. Guilfoyle, MAG-24 fixed- underground spools until the aircraft is chipping, the redesign of the bolting system task force, I never saw anything dispatched to 17 sites. wing operations officer, the helicopter stopped. The station runway has three which holds the plates to the concrete to suggest otherwise." Additionally, Marines began squadrons will remain here and conduct arresting gear sites along its length. foundation and the use of stainless steel The brigade, Lottie said, had to making water using reverse business as usual. "The sites are covered by steel plates bolts and self-locking nuts to prevent the do a special task organization for osmosis water purification units "The major problem for the squadrons where the arresting cable is pulled out," plates from loosening. the operation, but because of Sept. 16. Ay the end of the Marine air-ground task force See Return, A-8 Headquarters spells out enlisted career force controls "All Marines should be aware educated decisions about their out policy" and the first-term stabilize the number of boat specialties (MOS) are not By Sgt. Jason Erickson of the controls we have careers and to know why things alignment plan. spaces available each year for overfilled, thus causing promotion Stall Wet established for the enlisted force," are done they way they are." As most Marines are now well first-termers to reenlist. stagnation. Career planning news explained Capt. Jeff Peterson, The annual message outlines aware, the up-or-out policy "What has happened in the grams announcing the available Headquarters Marine Corps enlisted career force plans officer in brief form, all of the controls governs how long Marines in past, due to poor planning, is one boat spaces in each MOS are published ALMAR 292/92 Sept.30 within Manpower. Peterson, who that have been created since the particular grades can remain on year, Marines in a particular field provided to the field by the to explain and update the Enlisted wrote the message, said he has program was established in 1985. active duty, and also requires that are told they can't reenlist and a enlisted retention section. Career Force Controls (ECFC) been in plenty of administration It includes the most recent sergeants, gunnery sergeants and couple years later we're taking These are only two of several program. While little has changed shops before going to HQMC and changes as well. master sergeants twice passed lateral moves to fill all the needed current controls which are used in the last few months, officials always sees the same thing. For instance, Peterson said two over for promotion be separated. billets," Peterson said. "That to manage the enlisted force. For at headquarters feel the annual "These ALMARs come in and of the most significant career force The first term realignment plan wasn't fair to the individual more on the entire program, message is important to release after the heavies read them, they controls have been established in is a bit less publicized. This was Marines and it didn't serve the contact your unit administration because the controls effect so get filed," he said. "But Marines just the last two years. These created in January to ensure that Marine Corps." shop to review a copy of ALMAR many Marines and are rarely need to be made aware of these are the current service limitations planning for the strength of each The realignment plan also 292/92 or consult your career understood. controls to be able to make or as most know it, the "up-or- field is done well in advance to ensures military occupational planner. Direct deposit Station child care mandatory receives face lift By Sgt. Jason Erickson Stall Mist classrooms to be added to the current By Sgt. Jason Erickson Hourly Day-Care (HDC) program. Rat Wffier HDC now operates with three While the automated shift away from classrooms, which are segregated by paychecks is now the mandatory form of pay Officials of the Early Childhood age group. for all military and civil service employees, Several structural changes will be nearly 20 percent of the Department of Defense's Education (ECE) program here are looking forward to several facilities made to allow HDC to take over (DoD) work force continues to be paid manually another classroom. These include due to a variety of legal loopholes. upgrades this fiscal year which will increase services and improve safety. renovating some of the rooms to meet Only after specific events for servicemembers, child-care codes, shifting other civilian employees, retirees or annuitants, does According to Ray Ripple, Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) liaison activities in the building into new DoD require enrollment in the program. rooms and knocking out existing walls Additionally, due to collective labor bargaining to Facilities Department, significant structural upgrades to child to combine certain rooms. agreements, many civilian employees are The new rooms will make a big currently exempt. development facilities are needed. The MWR director requested these difference, Cleveland said, because With 64 such employees here, a ratio of 15 the current age group breakdown percent, the air station is somewhat ahead of projects be included in the station's fiscal year 1993 budget. Facilities hampers the quality of services HDC the average, but payroll officials would prefer can provide. everyone to be on line. Department Director LtCol. Darrell According to Fran Mayo, station manpower Olson said that since the limited By adding additional classrooms, director, those 64 employees, serving in non- funding in this area must be used up to 20 older children will be cared management positions, are allowed to stay off judiciously, additional help will be for separately.