HAWAII MarineServing MCA% Kaneohe Bay, 1st MEB, Camp H.M. Smith and Marine Barracks. November 26, 1992 Vol. 21, No. 46 SGLI coverage doubles Tuesday This will be able to increase their coverage to the new maximum. available at their command Indemnity Compensation. Premiums reman 8C per $1,000; coverage but will be required to But veterans not in the reserves administration office. compensation goes to survivors of members who die on active submit proof of good health. Tuesday cannot increase their More than 99 percent of members will be able coverage, including retirees. duty or after military service from total cost of $16 for $200,000 Separating servicemembers now have the a service-connected cause. to convert their coverage into an maximum $100,000 coverage, Servicemen's Group Life equivalent amount in the Premium rates will be the same Current indemnity payments- are or eight cents which was automatically based on the member's pay grade Joint Public Affairs Office Insurance (SGLI) coverage is Veterans' Group Life Insurance as they are now, increased in 1991, unless declined. program. This coverage per every $1,000 of coverage. So and range from $61641,580 per $100,000 but beginning Tuesday, (VGLI) The new increase is part of the month. For deaths occuring after servicemembers can increase their will be renewable in five-year for every additional multiple of Act of 1992, Beginning Tuesday, all eligible cost will be Veterans' Benefit Dec. 31, 1993, payments will be coverage in blocks of $10,000, up terms for life. Currently, this $10,000 desired, the which President Bush signed last active duty and reserve of expires five years after 80 cents more a month, with the a flat $750 a month, regardless servicemembers can increase their to the new maximum benefit coverage month. of pay grade. Basically, members $200,000. The increased coverage separation from service. Veterans maximum $200,000 benefit costing life basic life insurance protection who are in the active $16. Naval servicemembers The Veterans' Act also revised above the grade of E7 will be up to an additional $100,000. will apply to deaths occuring after with VGLI of losing coverage will the new Dec. 31. or inactive Individual Ready desiring additional coverage must the rates of the Department SGLI form, Affairs Dependency and changes. The present ceiling for After April 1, 1993, members Reserve can increase their fill out another Veterans Safety highlights Bike safety rodeo to be held Friday "This event is very important to families this, the group can chose any order to NQLB meeting By Sgt. Jason Erickson aboard the station, because it is the child's attend the remaining stations providing life we're talking about," Jones stressed. all are eventually completed. "Having given their child a vehicle which children will be "Stations will be set up for At each station, the By Sgt. Kevin Doll school children has the potential for serious injury if not a skill. They will practice it first, children to go through where they A bicycle safety course for operated properly, a parent has an shown star Wrfter School parking demonstrate the ability to perform will receive handouts, have their will be held in the Mokapu obligation to train that child to ride it then riding skills tested and learn lot Friday from 9 a.m. -1 p.m. The event the skill for the instructor. Successful is free to all station community members responsibly.' demonstration of the skill leads to a check- "The big issue now is safety," about bike safety and station and Jones added that this event will provide said Neighborhood Quality of Life state regulations," Jones said. and will greatly enhance the safety mark on a card they will carry around awareness of children operating bikes here. parents with an avenue to do exactly that, to each station, Jones explained. Board (NQLB) Chairman David "They will also be able to register while saving time and offering the best Keene at the start of the Nov. their bikes with PMO (Provost According to organizer GySgt. B.D. Jones, knowledge on the subject of bicycle safety. He said the training was geared around 19 monthly gathering of the Marshal's Office) if they haven't Joint Safety Office, the event was organized this environment, to teach bicycle operators station community action already done so." Dubbed a "bike rodeo," the training will bikes on the after attendees of the monthly take approximately an hour to an hour- how to safely operate their meeting. Jones said bicycle inspectors Neighborhood Quality of Life Board station's roadways. Citing recent accidents aboard will also be on hand to suggest and-a-half. Parents should remain in the meetings expressed concern that children area during this time, because Jones and the other stations will include the station, including a housing improvements to children's bikes here are not operating their bikes safely. Some of fire causing $40,000 in damage, to make them safer and a his staff cannot take responsibility for all such skills as how to cross streets, Many close calla and a few accidents have the children he expects to attend. signals and the board began this month's completion certificate will be given occurred as a result, Jones said. performing left and right turn meeting focusing on safety issues after finishing the course. Sessions will begin every half-hour until gauging accurate stopping distances. Jones and awareness. Ed Mueller, a JSC safety Air Station Commanding Officer Col. 1 p.m. As a group of children arrive, they said there will be four to six of these skills Guest speakers included specialist, stressed that parents R.R. Crawford tasked safety to sponsor the will be registered and assigned to one of stations. members of the Joint Safety are responsible for the safety of event to educate children here as to what 20 Boy Scouts who will be on hand. The the stations, as a group's guide through Finally, after completing all Center (JSC). Gunnery Sgt. Brian their children and must teach their responsibilities are as operaters of Scouts will act the children will be given a diploma if Jones detailed tomorrow's bicycle their children how to be safe. vehicles on the road, and teach them about seven to nine different stations which will the course be set up. they successfully meet rodeo, a safety training event for With the holiday season here, he proper safety precautions. The safety office, requirements. all children with bikes. The rodeo said this safety awareness must in turn, is being aided in this endeavor The first three stations, general safety, will be conducted at Mokapu be applied to the purchase of by the Military Police Department, Mokapu safety helmet demonstration and bicycle While not mandatory, the course is highly Elementary School here from 9 toys. School and two local Boy Scout troops. safety inspection, must be done first. After recommended. am:noon. See NQLB, A-14 `In every clime and place' 24-hour Marines provide relief, keep peace standdown on the gound in Mombasa, Kenya, food to and blankets. Monitor, clothing a naval blockade of By WO Joe Boyer with 10 C-130 cargo aircraft carrying These missions are not without Yugoslavia, designed to keep weapons PrOSS the much-needed supplies. hazard. Recently, a French cargo from entering that country. In a ordered Commanded by Marine BGen. Paul aircraft took a bullet in the plane's truly international effort, the U.S. In the wake of natural disasters A. Fratarangelo of the U.S. Central fuselage. UN relief flights were frigate Halyburton, a Perry-class and political and ethnic upheaval, Command, Joint Task Force (JTF) suspended after the incident, but have guided missile frigate, joined with By Cpl. Aaron Martin tirelessly **Winer Marines and sailors are busier than Provide Relief has worked been resumed. Italian, German and Turkish naval ever. Providing disaster relief and since their inception to provide famine Army personnel have deployed a vessels to enforce the UN-sanctioned keeping the peace are only two of the relief. The force began moving food Mobile Army Surgical Hospital to the blockade. The nations of Holland, The number of Marines and sailors plethora of tasks assigned to our from the staging area in Mombasa, city of Zagreb, scene of heavy factional Greece and Great Britain will also stationed in the Pacific command is the nations "9-1-1" force. Kenya to Belet Huen, Somalia Aug. fighting. Immediately after opening, participate. highest concentration of naval forces in On the continent of Africa, United 21. The JTF operates in support of the hospital treated three wounded Marines in the Mediterranean serve the Marine Corps. Despite the large Nations (UN) forces, including U.S. the special coordinator for Somalia civilians who had been attempting to as an important part of Standing numbers of personnel the number of Marines, continue to provide Relief. clear mines nearby. Naval Force Mediterranean, which mishaps that have occurred has caused desperately needed food to the starving Elsewhere, Americans serve in the Sixteen military personnel also serve was activated April 30. This force grave concern among the staff at Marine famine victims of Somalia and Kenya. strife-torn former nation of Yugoslavia. with the UN Protection Forces succeeded the On Call-Force in that Forces Pacific. To date the United States has Since flights began in July, U.S. headquarters. Headquartered in strategic area, which had been Commander, Marine Forces Pacific, delivered 15,278 metric tons of aircraft have landed 391 times in the Belgrade, Bosnia, their mission is to periodically operating over the past LtGen.