MCAS Kansoho Bay Camp H.M. Smi th Marino Barracks Volume. 20, No. 44 November 7, 1991 I HAWAI'N,.1,444yor.Atiiimiww" etamm NEWS Briefs, turns 216 Sunday Corps' B-day Corps celebrated Joint Public Affairs Office Corps' The birthday will Celebrations for the Marine be officially celebrated with a Corps' Station and let 216th birthday Nov. 10 combined began last week an eve- cake cutting ceremony with MEB ning parade at Barracks, the Air Station Fri- Marine aboard Hawaii, and the events continue. day, beginning at 10 a.m. at Platt Field. Camp Smith will hold an All Marines, sailors, official cake cutting ceremony families and civilians of the this morning immediately fol- Station community are cor- lowing morning colors. The dially invited, and should be ceremony will take place in in place by 9:30 a.m. The Parking Lot 1 outside the designated uniform is utilities. FMFPac headquarters building. Marines attending are encour- aged to wear their dress blue Station "D" uniform. Across the Pali, at Kaneohe, Marines a combined Air Station and let MEB cake cutting ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at change Platt Field. All Marines, sail- ors, families and civilians of the uniforms Station community are invited Marines assigned to to attend and should be in place the Marine Corps Air Station by 9:30 a.m. The designated are now required to wear the uniform is utilities. summer service "C" uniform The cake cutting ceremonies on Mondays, Wednesdays and here mirror celebrations being Fridays. The utility uniform held by Marines at installations will be worn on Tuesdays and and outposts throughout the Thursdays. world. Only a year ago, nearly half of all Marines celebrated number Hawaii Marine 215 in the sands of Saudi Arabia as the days ticked down toward looking for Operation Desert Storm -- a 45- day offensive that broke numer- Pearl Harbor ous records for success. These Marines join a frater- Marines nity of combat warriors who've The Hawaii Marine is risen to the call throughout the looking for retired Marines Corps' history and date back as far as the very first Marines to who served during the attack Mar, CorpS uniforms dating as tar back as 1775 uniform in 1775. Marines from BSSG-1 display historical on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941, wear the to share their stories of the attack with readers of the Hawaii Marine and the rest are more combat and survival of the Marine Corps. orientated than the old train- Besides those Marines ing," said Lamb. "With Ma- New who served on ships ',Wadi: Team of instructors rines being aquatic in nature, it ments and at the 'Marine was determined that a more Barracks, Pearl Harbor, and combat-intense swim-training Ewa Mooring Mast Field, we program was needed. Overall, housing are also interested in the I wouldn't say the new training who served survival certain of Marines teach water but stories is more difficult, 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and stages are more strenuous." in the Story and photos There are still three basic addition of these 13, there are approved the 7th Defense Battalions; by Cpl. Posner SWIM classes of swim qualification: around 20 total at Kaneohe Bay, There are other differences. 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Hawaii Marine Salt tto.tat combat water survival third, said SSgt. Truman Lamb, one Under the new swim training, Joint Public Affairs Office Fighter Squadron-211; or Ma- second and first class; third of the three instructors from CWS -3e will have to re-qualify Squadron. A three-man Marine instruc- rine Scout Bomber being the minimum class. The Landing Force Training Com- yearly, while CWS-2s will have confer- time. tor team from Coronado, Calif., The House and Senate 231 during that next higher stage after CWS-1 mand, Pacific, based at Naval to re-qualify every two years. the Fiscal The Hawaii Marine would spent four weeks on the ence committee on is water safety qualified (WSQ), Amphibious Base, Coronado, CWS-le and WSQe have to re- Defense Authoriza- like to speak to sailors Station training 13 Brigade Year 1992 also followed by combat water safety Calif. qualify once every three years. recently authorized the who served at NAS Kaneohe Marines to be instructors in the tion bill swimmer (CWSS), Marine Although the new Marine The draft border states that construction of 1,228 family Bay during the attack. Corps' newest version of com- bat water survival training. combat instructor of water Corps Order on the new water WSQ "remains the ultimate goal housing units on Oahu, accord- survival (MCIWS), and finally, survival program isn't officially for all Marines." ing to HawaiiCongressman Neil The big news is that these 13 Marine combat instructor trainer published, the draft order is, For now, units that don't have Abercrombie. of water survival (MCITWS). and units around the Corps have an instructor will have to instructors are now able to train The bill must still be voted on Marine Brigade and Station Marines in already begun using the new "borrow" from units that do. The three Marines from standards. For now, the new "It would behoove all units to by Congress before becoming the new swim training program, law. memorial to which, like the old swim quali- Coronado are instructor train- order is labeled MCO 1500, and try to get at least one MCIWS fication program, is mandatory ers, and the 13 K-Bay Marines it cancels MCO 1500.29C. Marine, so the units can qualify This approval does not affect be unveiled for all Marines. are now instructors. With the "The new water qualifications their own Marines." the 276 units already approved for construction aboard the Air soon Station and scheduled for an accord- Nov. 20 will mark the un- early 1993 completion, Col. Walter L. Cloyd veiling of a memorial at ing to Army at the Big HMM-265 tackles readiness evaluation III, director at Oahu Consoli- Hapuna State Park Ft. Island, honoring the "Alliga- Besides the personnel dated Family Housing, Story and photos tions against the invading Shaffer. tor Marines" of World War II. by Cpl. Paul Schneider country of "Red," actually changes, the change from These original "amtrackers" Hs.. Marta. Staff Writer Company L, 3rd Bn., 3rd flying at around sea level at Of the 1,228 Oahu units trained on the island prior to Marines. Kaneohe Bay, to the high authorized by the conference the Marianas campaign. POHAKULOA TRAINING The last of 1/3's lifts were altitude flying of PTA, was committee, 360 are covered by AREA, Hawaii-- Three CH-46 in the landing zone by 6:30 a challenge. a $41.5 million appropriation Sea Knights of HMM-265 moved a.m. The remaining three "The weather is great up signed into law Oct. 25. This project onto the runway as the first flow days were long for HMM-265. here, but it's more difficult military construction will of light appeared around Mauna The squadron had to fly at higher altitudes build new units at Schofield B-Day run to be on Force Kea, the large dormant volcano call 24 hours a day for any because of less air," ex- Barracks, Hickam Air Base and Air Station is Friday on which, 6,400 feet up, Brad- missions 1/3 would need to plained latLt. John Foley, a Naval shaw Army Airfield ig located. support their exercises. CH-46 pilot with HMM-265. Barber's Point. The annual Marine Corps "The MCCRES was the "Less air affects the engines An additional 368 units are to Birthday 10K Fun Run will A8 soon as the helicopters capstone of our training; it and rotors, making them less be constructed at West Loch near begin at 6:15 a.m. Nov. 8 at were in position, the first told us just how well we did effective." Pearl Harbor under the Section Dewey Square. three helo teams of 1st Bn., in the 3 to 4 weeks we've Leading up to the 802 program, which is also the Registration has begun at the 3rd Marines, rushed across been up here," said LtCol. MCCRES, the pilots worked type to be built here on Station. Station Gymnasium and will the airfield and boarded the Skip Booren, commanding with the infantry doing These units are constructed by continue until the start of the aircraft for the first assault, officer of H MM-265. "We've tactical air lifts, external private developers who are race. All active duty military, Oct. 23, of both units' three- made dramatic improvements lifts, night vision goggle guaranteed a 97 percent rental dependents, DoD civilians and day Marine Corps Combat in our overall training." flights and gun shoots. occupancy level by the military. tenants aboard Station are Readiness Evaluation. Before the MCCRES, the "Our whole deployment has Rents are set at affordable levels. is no encouraged to run. There unit had a lot of work to been a series of these Another 500 units have been entry fee. At approximately 6 a.m., do. In the months following flights," Booren said. "The approved for construction al- There will be a military unit the helicopters lifted off the the Gulf war, the squadron, high altitude operations have though the Oahu Housing Office category. The unite must con- Cpl. James Pemerlon, crew chief, runway and headed for the like the rest of the Marine really been a challenge for is still determining what type of sist of a minimum of 20 people checks over a 50 cal. in prepara- landing zone, which would Corps, had several personnel pilots in flight planning and housing they will be and where and a maximum of 25.