Kwajalein Hourglass THE KWAJALEIN HOURGLASS Volume 40, Number 70 Friday, September 1, 2000 U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands Colonel hosts first town hall New planes to By Jim Bennett More than 400 people attended Editor the meeting, sitting and standing in be delivered Resident Cindy Stephens had never the room and on the stage. attended a town hall meeting on Wrenn opened the meeting on a Kwajalein, and shed never met Col. positive note, presenting comman- in September Curtis L. Wrenn Jr., USAKA/KMR ders coins to Dianne Morris, for her By Peter Rejcek commander. But that changed set-up work for the change of com- Associate Editor Wednesday night when she sat in a mand and various other projects Before the end of the year, ev- packed CRC Room 6 and watched including the town hall meeting; this eryone flying between Kwajalein the new colonel visit with the Kwaj writer and Peter Rejcek for recent and Roi-Namur will have both an community during his first town hall. recognition from the Pentagon for aisle and window seat. And, yes, I was impressed, Stephens said the Hourglass; and Dave Burris, John there will still be room for dive afterwards. I think hes going to try Brown and Jerry Leverett for their gear or golf clubs for a weekend to understand the issues and do work following the Aug. 20 storm recreational visit. something about them. that damaged a number of build- Negotiations to lease three Cable television with high quality ings, knocked out 25 trees and de- 1900D aircraft to replace the Internet service and new post office stroyed the traditional structures at Dash-7 fleet are in the final improvements highlighted the 2 hour the Marshallese Cultural Center. stages, according to Skip and 15 minute meeting. The Yokwe Wandering through the aisles with MacQueen, Aviation Services Yuk Club figured heavily in the dis- a wireless microphone, the com- (See 1900D, page 5) cussion, as well. (See TOWN, page 4) Sea Rogue delivers timber to rebuild cultural center By Peter Rejcek Associate Editor Less than a week after the traditional structures at the Marshallese Cul- tural Center were flattened by a violent storm, packing gusts up to 67 mph, rebuilding efforts are already underway thanks to a fortuitous turn of events at nearby Lib Island. Missionaries Paul and Michelle Moseley, along with Brandon Skinner, were preparing to leave Lib Friday morning after passing out the last of 340 Marshallese- language Bibles to outer island com- (Photo by Peter Rejcek) munities from their Paul Moseley, left, hands over a log to the waiting arms of Preston Lockridge, right, with the help of pirate ship, the Sea Taro Kuli at the Small Boat Marina Saturday. Moseley’s ship, the Sea Rogue, transported wood from (See CULTURAL, page 3) Lib to be used to help rebuild the Marshallese Cultural Center, which was hit hard by last week’s storm. www.smdc.army.mil/KWAJ/Hourglass/hourglass.html Friday Page 2 Kwajalein Hourglass September 1, 2000 He said, she said that the sexes will never agree It seems that I have a tendency to sive. For example, I was talking about bring up a subject out of the blue or how fat a friend was, for some reason, with no warning, according to Peter she thought I was talking about her. (the Geckos friend) and other male Conclusion: Both genders take of- friends. fense easily, for no apparent reason You seem to be having a conversa- to the speakers. tion in your head, and then all of a Quite a few males answered the sudden you start vocalizing, Peter survey question with, What commu- said, while looking at me as if I had nication? while quite a few women lobsters coming out of my ears. singles, it may be one of the reasons said; Men dont communicate. Inner monologue: This is the stuff behind the complaint that there are Additional comments about the miscommunication is made of. I won- no people to date. If you cant com- lack of communication included: der if this is a male versus female municate, how can you ask someone Women dont talk about things and communication issue. After observ- out to a movie? For that matter, how then everything blows up. One man ing the way men introduce a new will they know you asked? did explain that communicating with subject into their conversations, I I decided to conduct an indepen- friends of the opposite sex wasnt a tried a different tactic. I added, That dent survey to find out how exten- problem. [blank] reminds me of [blank], be- sive this problem is on Kwaj. First, I Women said, They sulk, while fore launching into a new topic or am required to disclose the methods one female indicated that part of the idea. This tactic did away with the used for the survey. Sounds pretty non-communication results from a lobsters-out-of-my-ears stare. scientific doesnt it? hearing deficiency, Men only hear Many books have been written Official survey methods: Actually, what they want to hear. They have about verbal communication, or lack one of the great things about con- selective hearing, especially when thereof, between the sexes. Among ducting an independent survey is watching TV. the Men are from Mars, Women are that no one else is financing, dictat- Conclusion: Whether single or from Venus-type books probably lies ing rules or requiring proof. So with married, male or female, the basic a solution to the problem. But I was that understood, this is how the problem seems to be that no one curious if inter-gender discussions survey was conducted. actually communicates anything. were different on Kwaj than in other The question asked: What both- In addition to responding directly parts of the world. ers you the most about the way the to the question, participants volun- The problem is more than just an opposite sex communicates? teered information about how well inability to successfully talk to an- The number of people polled: Ap- their gender communicates. The fol- other human being. Among Kwaj proximately 30 and about the same lowing is combined from different The Kwajalein Hourglass numbers of men and women both survey participants. See if you can Commanding Officer...Col. Curtis L. Wrenn Jr. married and single. The random se- determine which gender said what. Public Affairs Officer..............Preston Lockridge lection process was based on if I ran One side said, [We] use an Editor..........................................Jim Bennett into someone in the Café Pacific or economy of words. [We] say what we Associate Editor...............................Peter Rejcek with my blue Huffy before the col- want to say and are done. [They] like Feature Writers.........................Barbara Johnson Bob Fore umn was due. to talk around things and expect us KW Hillis Their responses: The responses I to get it and are mad when we dont. Graphics Designer ...........................Dan Adler list are really the actual responses Were not mind readers. Circulation Manager.................Bobby Lamug Sr. (although similar answers were com- The other side said, [We] like to The Hourglass is named for the insignia bined) without any prompting from bounce ideas off of other people. of the U.S. Army 7th Infantry Division, which me. [They] think were arguing or stating liberated the island from the forces of Impe- The conclusions: Purely subjec- something when were just discuss- rial Japan on Feb 4, 1944. tive, but this is my column. ing ideas. [They] dont like to hear an The Kwajalein Hourglass is an authorized publication for military personnel, federal em- Now for the survey: idea different than their own. ployees, contractor workers and their families A woman summed up one of the Conclusion: We all think were com- assigned to USAKA/KMR. Contents of the more common female responses, If municating exactly what we want to Hourglass are not necessarily official views he plans something, even if it is just communicate to the detriment of of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, De- wearing a certain shirt, and I sug- actual communication. partment of Defense, Department of the Army gest another choice, he takes of- Final conclusion: Kwaj may or may or USAKA/KMR. It is published Tuesdays fense. Then he wont even discuss not be unique. But until I get some and Fridays using a network printer by the original plan he had. funding to pursue this line of ques- Raytheon Range Systems Engineering edito- Men thought women took offense tioning maybe even work up some rial staff, P.O. Box 23, APO AP 96555. too. One comment was, Every time I metrics I believe Ive communi- Phone: Autovon 254-3539; local 53539. Printed circulation: 2,300 mention something about another cated more than enough about this person, my wife seems to get defen- subject. Friday September 1, 2000 Kwajalein Hourglass Page 3 Labor Day Holiday Hours Cultural Center’s ship comes in ... Tuesday, Sept. 5 (From page 1) early Saturday afternoon at the Unless otherwise noted, Monday and Rogue. Paul Moseley is the son of Small Boat Marina. The 10 heavy Wednesday hours are normal operating hours KWAJALEIN local resident Elliot Moseley. logs were then transported to the Community Activities USAKA/KMR officials contacted Marshallese Cultural Center. Beaches the Sea Rogue on behalf of Iroij Lane said she hopes at least two Coral Sands ............... Buddy system at all times Camp Hamilton .......... Buddy system at all times Michael Kabua, traditional leader of the structures can be rebuilt for Emon ............................................ 11 a.m.-6 p.m. of the Marshallese Cultural Cen- the Manit Day celebration in Bowling Center .......................................