UTILITIES CONSERVATION MEASURES EMPHASIZED .4 recent Utilities Conserva- sures by all Station and Brigade ance and Operations rands for the mulgated to all station activities wanders. tion Survey was conducted activities. new fiscal year, a "Utilities Conser- as one of the initial steps de- Wholehearted cooperation and vation Awareness" at all levels of , signed as a "(' onservation of the support of all hands aboard aboard MCAS, Kaneohe Bay, A savings of $45,000 annually the 14th Naval District Pub- command will decidedly help to Utilities Measure." Experience the station toward this conserva- b' could be attained merely through off-set the reduction in funds avail- lic Office. has indicated that in order to be tion goal will help to accrue sav- Works This survey astute use of water and electricity. able to operate and maintain the rvelled that an annual savings of effective thip conservation pro- ings of funds. These savings from Since this Bureau of Aeronautics station. gram must be vigorously prose- this reduction in the utilities cost could be realized through 05.000 managed station has received a A recent Station Order 11300 cuted at the workirg level by all will release funds for other urgent vigorous Conservation Utility Mea- substantial reduction of Mainten- dated July 11, 1953 has been pro- i department heads and unit com- and essential work. VOL. VI, No. 29 U. S. MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, KANEOHE BAY, T. H. Friday, July 19, 1957 `TRADEWINDS' SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED Landing Rehearsal Set for Maui Aug. 7; Followed by Kahciolawe FIREX Aug. 8=9 Twenty-two Navy ships, including the world-- first helicopter assault carrier. and 5,000 Navy men will take part in Operation -Tradewind:**, it was announced Wednesday by staff officers from San Diego who arrived this week for planning conferences. The full-scale air and sea assault by the 7,00.) man 1st Marine Brigade is scheduled for the Barking Sands area of Kauai August 10 through 14. Rear Adm. Harold 0. Larson, USN, commander of Amphibious Group Three, has been named Officer Conducting Exercise 40CE) . From the amphibious force flagship USS Estes. due in the islands later this month, he will exercise control over the initial amphibious assault phases. Commander of Amphibious Troops and Amphibious Troops Maneuver Director will be Brig. :Gen. Avery R. i,ier, Brigade com- THE USS THETIS BAY, helicopter assault carrier, shown here during manding general. In joint Navy- helicopl'er operations off the West Coast of the Mainland, arrived Marine amphibious assaults the at Pearl harbor Wednesday. The carrier began training with 1st Ma- OCE retains control of all aspects rine Brigade units this week. The Thetis Bay is commanded by Capt. ' of the operation until the Marine J. R. Compton, USN. headquarters and controlling agen- cies have landed, at which time USS Bay control of operations ashore passes Thetis to the commander of amphibious troops. lEAR ADM. Harold 0. Larson, BRIG. GEN. Avery R. Kier, com- Helicopter Assault Carrier Arrives; Amphibious Squadron Five. con- commander, Amphibious Group manding general, 1st Marine Bri- sisting of eight landing ships tank Three and Officer Conducting Ex- gade and Commander of Amphib- (LAT), four attack transports ercise for OFeration "Trade- ious Troops for "Trade- (APA), four dock landing ships Operation Starts Training With Brigade Units winds." winds." The Navy's first helicopter assault carrier, the (LSD) , two high speed transports USS Thetis (APD) and two attack cargo ships Bay I target island of Kahoolawe for a forces utilizing the several types (CVHA-1 arrived in the Hawaiian area Wednesday and (AKA), will arrive late this month. began a week-long training schedule yesterday with various The helicopter assault carrier USS firing exercise Aug. 8 and 9. before of landing craft and helicopters to units of the 1st Marine Brigade. The training exercise will con- Thetis Bay arrived Wednesday to heading for Kauai. be employed in "Tradewmcts" The tinue through Friday, July 26. provide pre-exercise indoctrination The firing exercise will bring in-; bulk of the infantry regiment. the for the Marine air-ground forces. A rehearsal for operation ing and debarkation exercises will to play with live armament the 4th Marines. and Brigade head- get underway involving units of the Loading of the LSTs is slated for quarters. service and artillery units "Tradewinds", the training will in- powerful punch of the 1st Brigade. Kaneohe Aug. 5 and 6. The larger Marine will remain aboard ship for this clude : (1) day and night carrier Brigade's air arm, Marine Aircraft crew- ships such as the APAs will be phase. This will be a turn away qualification for pilots and In the first of these, H3 R -161 Group 13. Ships guns also will be men of Marine Helicopter Transport loaded at Pearl Harbor Aug. 4 rehearsal and it is not anticipated helicopters are slated to airlift I through 6. brought to bear on the tiny target will land. Squadron 11-LMR,1 161 (2) airborne men and equipment of MACS-2 that any troops boarding and debarkation exercises from Kaneohe Marine Corps Air After leaving Oahu, the ships Arriving this past Sunday for by Marine Air gontrol Squadron Station to the carrier, returning with their Marine assault forces The landing rehearsal to be held planning conferences with Brigade Bay on Maui will be on NIA'S) Two and 3d Battalion, 12th them to Kaneohe in the after- will proceed to Maui for a landing at Maalaes. staff officers were: Lt. Cdr. R. E. Marines; (3) airborne debarkation noon. rehearsal Aug. 7 and then to the j a small scale involving only token Renaldi, USN. air planning officer combat-equipped personnel of Adm. Larson's COMPHIBGRTJ- Tuesday. "G- Battery of 3rd Bn., on 1st Battalion. 4th Marines. The THREE staff and the following of- 12th Marines, will be air-lifted in latter group will board the carrier the ficers on the staff of the com- mine manner. The battery will be Runway Construction Project Ended from surface craft. mander. Amphibious Squadron Five: -quipped with 75 mm pack howit- USN, Opera- Working in direct liaison with zers for the airlift. Cdr. H. B. Wyman. IrMR-161. the Thetis Bay will Here at Estimated Cost of $176,000 tions: Capt. C. Romano, USMC. operate approximately two miles Night carrier qualification of Construction work on the Kaneohe Bay cod of the main run- combat cargo officer: and Lt. D. E. off Kaneohe Marine Corps Air TIM -161 pilots will be staged , Clark. USN, assistant operations. Wednesday with pilots meeting the way was completed last Thursday. Begun Feb. 16 this year, Station during the training period, the project cost an estimated $176.000. The work was performed it was reported. Lt. Col S.1'. Tit- Same requirements as in daylight Bay Outlines terud, commanding officer of qualification. by the D. B. Kincaid Ltd. construction company. Thetis An asphaltic surface, covering 500 feet in from the bay end IIMR-161. has been named to Rounding out the week of train- Aid Pilot Training coordinate the training aboard ing, Weapons Co.. H &S Co.. "A" and 200 feet in width, was first ship. Co. and Co. of removed from the runway. This diagonal stripes. enabling more Two painted outlines of the flight "C" the 1st Bn., 4th car- Marines, will be shuttled to the was replaced by reinforced con- rapid identification of the runway, deck of the helicopter assault Leading off the training sched- com- carrier by surface craft and re- crete, 12 inches in depth. This new and a wider safety margin should rier USS Thetis Bay were ule. officers of the Brigade units Aeronau- at K-Bay. One, turner' to the Air Station by pavement is a Bureau of an engine failure cause a plane to pleted recently -Aved met with Thetis Bay offi- tics specification and helps pre- painted yellow, is at the end of cers conference" ILMR -161 helicopters. This final land short of the landing strip. To at a "boarding vent deterioration of the runway. runway 18. The other. which is white. aboard phase will begin Thursday morn- prevent wash from the sea cutting the vessel at Pearl Harbor, Hot jet blasts shortened the life is south of hangar 101. The outlines after it had docked. ing and is expected to be com- into the shoreline a riprap process of the macadam surface used was used. This involved placement are the actual size of the carrier Folio-ring ear- pleted by Friday noon. the conference. the formerly. of a mixture of concrete and heavy deck. 448 feet long and 82 feet ner moved to a position off Ka- Designed to carry combat troops in air- boulders along the shoreline. For- wide. neohe Marine Corps Air Station and helicopters within easy striking While work was prrgress. diverted to run- merly, this area only had a dirt The work was done by paint where she began daylight carrier range of an enemy coast. the car- field traffic was way This is a runway paral- surface. Crews from the Air Station Public cii.:alifications for HMR-161 pilots. rier's participation in Operation 4-left. lel to the main strip. Works department. The qur ifications will continue "Tradewinds" will be a mile-post in The runway was officially re- through Friday, July 19, with each training operations for the 1st Ma- Included in the project was the opened at 4 pm. last Thursday, The two outlines are used by hell- Pilot required to make ten landings rine Brigade. It will make it pos- construction of a ramp which when Lt. Col. Jack E. Conger, MCAS coptzr pilots of HMR-161 for day aboard the carrier.