Desert Storm taxpayers have more time Common Page A-3 sense vital to 1 Education center offers 'unlimited help' biking Page A-6 safety Page A-2 Allies protect Iraqi POWs' rights Pages A-7 & A-8 ?ft Vol. 20, No. 14 Published at MCAS Kaneohe Bay. Also serving 1st MEB, Camp H.M. Smith and Marine Barracks, Hawaii. April 11, 1991 Returns Specific arrival dates difficult to predict Office of the Commandant, gram that involves regularly U.S. Marine Corps scheduled overseas deploy- Dawning of WASHINGTON- 0 n e ments of various Marine question lingers on the units. UDP provides forward minds of families who have deployed Marine units which a new day Marines deployed to Opera- serve as the nation's force in tion Desert Storm: When readiness around the world. Members of the Air Sta- will their Marine be home? The program involves infan- tion congregation ga- While families are eager to try, artillery, light armored thered at the rifle range know when their Marines are infantry and assault amphib- here before sunrise coming home, they must ian vehicle units, and tacti- remember that Marines de- Easter morning for a cal squadrons and detach- ployed to South West Asia special service. As the ments. are still involved in a vola- During Operations Desert sun came up along the tile operational situation. Shield/Storm, the program ocean's horizon (right), For example, on March 20, has been augmented by se- Navy Lt. Ken Atkins, Air it was necessary for an Air lected Marine Corps reserve Station Chaplain, was Force F-15 Eagle to shoot units. Their continued serv- down an Iraqi SU-22 Fitter ice is needed to allow active delivering his sermon to and force another to land. approximately 300 duty units to recoup after Another Iraqi aircraft was returning from South West attendees. downed March 22. Asia before deploying over- As Marines and others seas again. pull-out, the Central Forces When a unit is scheduled Command must retain the to reenter, the UDP will also capability to defend their influence how quickly it area of operations. Retrograde returns from South West is a slow, deliberate process Asia. Units with the most that maintains security of re- deployed time with the UDP maining troops as a top and Desert Shield/Storm over priority. the last two years will be As the situation stabilizes, the last to enter UDP. officials may be able to Units scheduled to be the better project when specific first to reenter the UDP will units or individuals are be returned from South West heading home, but right now Asia as soon as possible to it is very difficult. Specifics allow maximum preparation are often available only a time before they again de- day or so ahead of time. ploy overseas. Officials at Headquarters, While this will, in some U.S. Marine Corps say that cases, alter the "first in, first in general, the plan calls for out" policy, the slight delay the majority of Marines to for some units should result be out of country by May, in a longer stay at their with the first troops deployed home bases before their next to be the first coming home. overseas deployment. Units and personnel needed As reservists return to the to assist in moving units United States, they will ini- itzeto, Etiez and equipment back aboard tially be processed, as units, ship and to the states will at one of the mobilization their enrollment allows. obviously be needed longer processing centers. They will Power outage affects than others. Other units then return to their home will be needed to provide training centers for two to newspaper Blood donors urgently needed adequate security for those seven days of final process- Like many offices throughout Oahu, the Hawaii Marine's opera- involved in the backload/ ing before being released 'lions were extremely hampered by the power outage Wednesday. Blood donors with blood types 0 and B are urgently retrograde operations. from active duty. Much of the editorial content planned for this issue was postponed needed to provide a specific blood component (platelets) for The actual timetable for There is no central point and will be included in next week's issue. We regret any inconve- bone marrow transplant patients. Please call Saint Francis the redeployment of units is of contact able to say ex- nience this delay may have caused. Medical Center, Cell Separator Dept. at 547-6136, Monday - fluid and can be affected, for actly when specific units or Friday, 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. better or worse, by a number Marines are slated to come of factors. home. Probably the best Parts of Kaneohe Bay Drive For instance, 500 Marines sources of information will might be scheduled to fly be base support groups, such unsafe for runners Temporarily out of order out on two aircraft on a as family service centers, key given day. The Marine wives organizations. Due to construction, a portion of west-bound Kaneohe Bay The Pearl Harbor Commissary Store is tentatively sched- adrive is dangerous for runners, according to the Joint Corps might then gain A telephone hotline estab- uled to be closed April 22 and 23 for the third phase of access to another two air- lished here is 257-3657. It is Safety Center. The area across from Kailua Waste Water asbestos removal. The store at Barbers Point will retain Treatment Plant is under construction, and the north shoul- craft and be able to get available Monday - Friday, 7 its regular schedule of Tuesday through 9 a.m. to 7 Friday, 1,000 Marines out. Con- a.m. - 10 p.m. der of the road is currently blocked by barricades and p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. cones. Runners travelling along the shoulder of the west- versely, one of the two Officials stress that they bound lanes are eventually channeled by the barricades into scheduled aircraft could break want families to understand vehicle traffic. down and only 250 Marines that the two main concerns Create voting slogan would be able to fly out. in this controlled pullout are However, another major security for our Marines and Anderson Hall If you can create a slogan to encourage voting in Amer- consideration is reestablishing successful completion of this ica, it may end up on manuals, publications and media the Unit Deployment Pro- mission. back in business materials all over the country. The Federal Voting Assis- The Anderson Hall Dining Facility has re-opened tance Program is conducting a voter slogan contest to Meals are served three-times a day Monday-Friday and increase voter awareness. All military members and fami- twice on weekends and holidays between 8 and 11 a.m., lies can enter. There's no limit on the number of slogans and 3 and 5 p.m. Hours during the week are as follows: or entries a person can submit. They should be written on Information needed Breakfast -- Early chow, 5-5:15 a.m., regular chow 5:30- 8 X 11 paper and each page must include full name, Information is needed ing back to the Station via 7:30 a.m. branch of service, mailing address and daytime phone about a sailor who was found the KMCAS liberty bus or Lunch -- Early chow, 10:30-10:45 a.m., regular chow 11. number. Send slogans to: Federal Voting Assistance seriously injured adjacent to taxi that night, please con- a.m.-1 p.m. Program, Room 1B457, The Pentagon, Washington D.C. an oil tank (building 125) tact the Naval Investigative Dinner-- Early chow, 3:30-3:45 p.m., regular chow 4-6 p.m. 20301-1155. Deadline is July 31, 1991. Military winners March 9, sometime after mid- Service at 257-2379. will compete with state winners for nation-wide contest. night. If you saw the sailor Names will be kept confi- pictured be low, travel- dential, if desired. Mokapu registers kindergarteners Tune-in to Station Mokapu School is registering kindergarteners for the 1991- information channel 92 school year through tomorrow at the school office, from 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. Parents must show: a birth certificate, or The most up-to-date information about activities, events other proof that the child is 5-years-old by Dec, 31; and a and programs of interest to active duty personnel, their current physical examination and tuberculosis clearance families, civilian employees and retirees can be found on before entering school. In the past, Mokapu School has the Station's new cable television channel. Channel 2 on not been able to accommodate all Station children. As the Oceanic Cable dial is the Air Station Information ',lasses are filled, new students are placed on an overflow Channel, and it can be viewed by all Oceanic Cable list. These students are bused to four nearby schools as subscribers on the Windward side of Oahu. A-2 HAWAII MARINE April 11, 1991 Biking Take necessary precautions to keep excursions fun, safe By Cpl. Jason Erickson bikes. They're the result of juveniles, including depend- Howell Marine Stall Writer poor safety precaution by ents, are properly instructed Editor's note: The infor- cyclists themselves. in the safe operation of mation contained in this bicycles and that they story was derived from a There's the classic entangle- understand and obey the 1986 bicycle safety handbook ment scenario, in which feet, laws or regulations," as published by the Channing loose clothing or packages stated in Air Station Order L. Bete Co. The handbook get caught up in the gears.