Business cards, flyers, invitations and more! Contact printshop.stripes.com 042-552-2510 (extension77315) 227-7315 VOLUME 13 NO. 34 AUGUST 15 − AUGUST 21, 2019 FREE SUBMIT STORIES TO: [email protected] STRIPESOKINAWA.COM FACEBOOK.COM/STRIPESPACIFIC INSIDE INFO KADENA HISTORIAN Minnajima! DEPLOYS TO SE ASIA PAGE 2 A quick, satisfying getaway PAGES 4-5 FUN EVENTS HAPPENING ON OKINAWA PAGE 6 PAG E 7 Photos by PO2 Jeanette Mullinax, Media Center-Japan PO2 Jeanette Photos by FUN IN THE SUN IS ALWAYS BETTER WITH TACOS PAGE 8 LIKE US ON FACEBOOK ‘Corpsman!’ ‘Corpsman!’ Jungle medicine course a challenge PAGE 3 FACEBOOK.COM/STRIPESPACIFIC 2 STRIPES OKINAWA A STARS AND STRIPES COMMUNITY PUBLICATION AUGUST 15 − AUGUST 21, 2019 Kadena historian deploys to SE Asia Max D. Lederer Jr. STORY AND PHOTOS BY Publisher STAFF SGT. BENJAMIN SUTTON, Lt. Col. Richard E. McClintic 18TH WING Commander Joshua M Lashbrook Chief of Staff KADENA AIR BASE – Deploy- Michael Davidson ments are a common occur- Revenue Director rence throughout the Armed Chris Verigan Forces. This holds true for both Engagement Director the uniformed service mem- Marie Woods Publishing and Media Design Director bers as well as their civilian Chris Carlson counterparts. Publishing and Media Design Manager According to the U.S. Air Eric Lee Force’s website, around 400 Advertising and Circulation Manager civilians a year join their mili- Kentaro Shimura Production Manager tary teammates in Afghanistan, William P. McEvoy, Rie Miyoshi Iraq and other locations around 18th Wing History Engagement Manager the world. Recently, the 18th office chief, Scott Wheeler Wing’s History of- performs safety Okinawa Area Manager checks after Denisse Rauda fice chief, William disassembling and Publishing and Media Design Editor P. McEvoy, became reassembling his Publishing and Media Design Writers one of those team- M-9 pistol ChiHon Kim Shoji Kudaka mates. Takahiro Takiguchi “Certain civilian simple: capture and document Forces Squadron combat arms Layout Designers career fields like what happens for each unit, ev- instructor. “He is the first ci- Ayako Kamio Yukiyo Oda historians, tend to ery year. vilian employee I have trained Yuko Okazaki deploy on a consis- “My colleagues and I record and he did an excellent job.” Kayoko Shimoda tent basis just like the Air Force’s history, and in McEvoy explained he is ex- Multimedia Consultants Max Genao Doug Johnson active-duty mem- doing so, we preserve its insti- cited to meet a variety of people Brian Jones Jason Lee bers,” said McEvoy. tutional memory and provide from other nations and have Hans Simpson Chae Pang Yi Gianni Youn Robert Zuckerman “I think many of us this information to leaders for the unique opportunity to work Graphic Designers have a deep desire wear the OCPs,” said McEvoy. analysis and decision making,” in a joint environment with Kenichi Ogasawara Yosuke Tsuji to serve our nation, and that in- “But I understand the neces- he stated. “Further, we present members from other military Sales Support trinsic desire to serve is a must that history and heritage to the branches. Kazumi Hasegawa Hiromi Isa sity as I am deploying to an for these opportunities.” airmen.” “The opportunity to deploy Ichiro Katayanagi Yoko Noro area where this uniform is re- Yoichi Okazaki Yusuke Sato For their personal safety and Part of McEvoy’s pre-deploy- is something I have looked for- Chae Yon Son Saori Tamanaha quired. Mostly, I am excited to security, the civilian-airmen ment training required him to ward to, and frankly, find hum- For feedback and inquiries, are issued two sets of opera- get in place and begin working become proficient with an M-9 bling,” he said. “The Air Force’s contact [email protected] tional camouflage pattern uni- on cataloging the history of my pistol. mission doesn’t stop, and its ac- To place an ad, call DSN 645-7419 forms when headed to the area deployed unit.” “He scored a 44 out of 45 hits tions must be documented. I’m stripesokinawa.com/contact of operations. According to McEvoy, the re- on target,” said Staff Sgt. Ro- honored to be chosen to deploy “It’s very rare for civilians to sponsibility of every historian is gelio Rios J.R., 18th Security and support this vital mission.” AUGUST 15 − AUGUST 21, 2019 A STARS AND STRIPES COMMUNITY PUBLICATION STRIPES OKINAWA 3 ‘This experience is like nothing else’ STORY AND PHOTOS BY them by air or vehicles.” PO2 JEANETTE MULLINAX, As a lead course instructor, Hospital Corpsman MEDIA CENTER-JAPAN 3rd Class Kevin Gizara spent time each day with the students through training evolutions that included Corpsman!” tracking patients, land navigation, rope systems, “Corpsman!” Adrenaline boils, fueling first- rappelling techniques, tactical combat casualty care “ and casualty evacuation. responder instincts as 10 hospital corps- men respond to an ambush in the dead of “It really is go-go-go,” Gizara said. “The training the night. There is little to no visibility in is definitely hard, and all of the JWTC medical staff the crude field hospital, armed with only have done it. However, we’re not just breaking peo- their M16s and jungle medical packs. ple off. There are reasons why we train the way we This is the Jungle Medicine Course. do, and there are definitely reasons why we give the Two days into the course, Hospital- students rest days.” man Mitchell Bromley, 3d Medical Bat- The course schedule outlines the objectives for talion, described the nature of the living each day, allotting time for classroom training, fol- lowed by practical application of each skill. This al- Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Alfredo Gregorio. conditions. “Our uniforms are getting pretty lowed the corpsmen to hone hands-on skills outside smelly and really muddy at this point.” of the medical field. “It’s rainy, humid, and the temperature can change “As corpsmen, we are going to go where the Ma- really, really fast,” Bromley said. “There are some rines go, whether that’s the jungle or the desert,” really dangerous points where you can get hurt, but Morris said. “Just because we are not in the infan- at the same time it’s honestly worth it because it puts try or the Marines, we still need to learn how to land everything into perspective.” navigate, we still need to learn how to track, because The Jungle Warfare Training Center at Camp we might be that person that needs to do it.” Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, hosts a rigorous 10-day During the latest class, Hospital Corpsman 1st Jungle Medicine Course, designed to train medical Class Windell Kellogg, returned to the training cen- personnel to operate and treat patients in a tropical ter to instruct a portion of the course, which he origi- combat environment. nally began developing in 2011. Located in northern Okinawa, the only Depart- “Upon coming here, I noticed that there was a ment of Defense jungle training facility for Marines need for this training,” Kellogg said. “For the last and joint forces welcomes students on day one into twenty years, our focus has been primarily on desert the jungle with course conditions that include meals, warfare. Now is a great time to start building up our Ready-to-Eat rations, two-person tents and luxuri- foundation for that new set of knowledge to take ev- ous field showers. erything in that history and incorporate that into our While the course continues to focus on jungle sur- modern medicine, techniques and equipment.” vival and unit leadership skills, the latest revisions The Jungle Warfare Training Center occupies reflect a shift to more hands-on jungle medicine 17,500 acres of forest and is home to 24 endangered practice. species, as well as a variety of poisonous insects, spi- The Jungle Warfare Training Center’s medical ders and the infamous Habu snake species. staff, led by the command’s independent duty corps- A Jungle Medicine Course student, Hospital man, Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Phillip Morris, Corpsman 2nd Class Alfredo Gregorio, 3d Medi- implemented the revisions. As instructors and role cal Battalion, said that he recommends every field players, the staff was able to recognize areas for corpsman to take advantage of the hands-on training. improvement and took the time to redesign the cur- “This experience is like nothing else,” Gregorio riculum. said. “A blue-side or hospital corpsman wouldn’t get “We wanted to focus more on the jungle medicine this field experience. Out here, your mission is still portion,” Morris said. “The course still has the phys- the patient, but you’re learning other techniques like ical aspect of it, but in the form of having patients patient tracking, movements, evacuation, and how in the jungle, retrieving and tracking those patients, to sustain yourself and the patient as you battle the 2nd Class Alfredo Gregorio, left and Hospitalman Patrick Newton, from Clinton. treating them in the jungle and then medevac-ing jungle.” 4 STRIPES OKINAWA A STARS AND STRIPES COMMUNITY PUBLICATION AUGUST 15 − AUGUST 21, 2019 Okinawa’s Minnajima a q STORY AND PHOTOS BY AYA ICHIHASHI, No doubt the countless beautiful The island’s population is around 50, As the ferry approaches the Minna u STARS AND STRIPES beaches around Okinawa are the big- and there are no convenience stores or port, I am astonished by the beautiful b Published: July 11, 2019 gest attraction for many visitors. ATMs there, so bring enough cash and view. 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