Legislation to benefit service members Award-winning Page A-3 messhall Page A-2 First-ever Senior Pro-Am held Sunday Page B-1 Vol. 17, No. 48 Serving MCAS Kaneohe Bay, 1st MEB, Camp H.M. Smith and Marine Barracks, Hawaii December 1, 1988 MEB goes Special force-on-force Operations at CAX 2-89 training By Sgt. T. Shearer More than 2,000 Marines to increase and sailors from the 1st MEB conducted Combined Arms By SSgt. Christopher Grey Exercise (CAX) 2-89 at Soon, people who live and Marine Corps Air Ground work aboard the Air Station Center Twentynine will be seeing much more Combat con- Palms, Calif., from Nov. 12- tactical combat training ducted right here in their own 1 9 . This year's CAX included a backyards. new follow-on exercise called It's all part of a program Force-on-Force, which pitted that is designed to raise the the 1st MEB Marines against level and scope of 1st MEB's elements of 1st Bn., 4th special operations capabili- Marines out of Twentynine ties before individual infantry Palms. Annually 10 infantry battalions, helicopter squad- battalions conduct CAXs at rons and artillery batteries the Combat Center deploy to Okinawa, Japan, The CAX kicked off with a under the Unit Deployment three-day live-fire exercise, Program. allowing elements of the 1st "There will be a lot more MEB to work together and training right here on the to coordinate fire and move- base than in the past. We are ment through the Combat going to use the surrounding Center's Delta Corridor. area and take advantage of Key elements for the live the things we can do right fire were the gunfighters of here," explained Maj. Lane 2nd Bn., 3rd Marines and Neal, the assistant operations the artillerymen of Batteries officer for the Brigade. There A and C, 1st Bn., 12th will be more activity such as Marines. Air support was rubber boat training, night Cpl. Reg.* Cole photo operations, rappelling, com- provided by ground crews and bat swimming and fast- FIRE - Marines from Battery A, 1st Battalion, 12th Marines fire an M190, 155mm Howitzer during Combined Arms Exercise roping. See CAX/A-3 2-89 at MCAGCC Twentynine Palms, Calif. See other related stories, pages A-3, A-4 and A-5. When Hawaii-based Marine units arrive in Okinawa and become part of the III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF), they begin an exten- Camp Smith Cross to be replaced sive training program in spe- cial operations along with all CAMP H.M. SMITH - the other combat training 47th Anniversary The Camp Smith Cross will usually associated with U.S. Navy to Observe be taken down and replaced Marines. To better enhance of Pearl Harbor Attack by a pedestal and a plaque the III MEF's training pro- PEARL HARBOR-In commemoration of the 47th here today. gram, the level of pre- anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, the U.S. Navy will The memorial cross was deployment preparation is conduct a memorial service on board the USS Arizona dedicated 22 years ago in being raised to its highest Memorial Wednesday at 7:50 a.m. remembrance of U.S. Marines potential. The USS Arizona is the final resting place for 1,102 Navy who died in combat during "The Commanding General men and Marines killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl the Vietnam conflict. It was of the 1st MEB's goal is to Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, an act which launched the United later rededicated as a beacon send his Marines to III MEF States into World War II. The Memorial spans the hull of of hope for the safe return of as highly Special Operations the sunken battleship. our prisoners of war and for Capable (SOC) as possible," the fullest possible account- said Maj. Neal. "When his The memorial service will include prayers, wreath presen- ing of the nearly 2,400 serv- men get to III MEF, they can tations, a gun salute and echo taps. The keynote speaker will icemen still listed as missing hit the deck running, and be Admiral Huntington Hardistry, Commander in Chief, U.S. in action. their level of training will be Pacific Command. The cross will be replaced such that they can move on Attendance at the Arizona Memorial morning ceremony is by a 36-inch high concrete to a higher plane of exper- by invitation only because of limited space on board the and marble a tise." Memorial. However, pedestal, and the National Park Service will conduct remembrance plaque. An 80- In a message sent to the a concurrent observance at the Arizona Memorial Visitor foot flagpole will mark the Commanding General of the Center for the general public beginning at 7:40 a.m. site of the pedestal and 1st MEB from the Command- plaque. A large (20'x38') U.S. ing General of III MEF in flag and the national POW/ July, both the hard work of Staff NCO Wives Help Those in Need MIA flag will fly 24 hours a the 1st MEB and the upcom- ing SOC were NCO distributed 75 food baskets to day from the flagpole. Both training The Staff wives' club will be addressed. "The MEF pro- Air families prior to Thanksgiving during their illuminated during III needy Station hours of darkness. gram is designed to pick up fifth annual Thanksgiving food drive. where the 1st MEB's pre- NCO wives' club members collected and sorted more On Aug. 30, Judge Thomas Staff F. Hogan of the U.S. District deployment Marine Corps than 2,100 canned goods collected by organizations like the Menehuna Preschool, the Court, District of Columbia, Combat Readiness Evalua- commissary, Mokapu Elementary, tion Systems Test off. chapel, and various Air Station units. directed that the cross be leaves food or money donations for the Christmas removed, although allowing From the III MEF perspec- To contribute a 60-day delay to appeal. The tive, 1st MEB is doing a super Food Drive, contact the ASYMCA Outreach office at 254-4719/ decision was not appealed; job of sending us well-trained 4965, Susan Nelson at 254-2223, or Susan Pederson at 254- co-chairpersons of the Staff NCO wives' club. however, the Marine Corps units. Notwithstanding 1st 3951, both was granted a delay in MEB's previous high stan- execution of the judgement dards, the benefit to the III Reduce Grades to permit the concurrent MEF's Special Operations CMC to Help upper removal of the cross and Cpl. Fritz MeCorkle photo Training Program of having The final phase of the enlisted career force control dedication of the replacement aviation and ground units implementation began Oct. 1, with the purpose of relieving marker and flagpole. COMING DOWN - The Camp Smith Cross will be replaced train together before their the stagnated promotions in overcrowded MOSs. This goal by a pedestal and a plaque. arrival in the Western Pacific will be achieved by voluntary early retirement of Marines in is incalculable," read the over MOSs. By decreasing the surplus of the upper grades message. "It is the III MEF's in an MOS, promotion vacancies will flow down throughout Energy-saving tip: goal to capitalize on such a the rank structure. In order to encourage volunteers for early pre-deployment training con- retirement, CMC will waive some time eligibility requirements Stade q4441a. Malt:0C cept by designating not only in certain over MOSs and grades. For a complete list of these the infantry battalions, but MOSs, refer to ALMAR 261/88. Family Services B-6 Tickets B-6 also the helicopter squadrons At a Glance B-5 Legally Speaking A-7 and artillery batteries from Courts-Martial A-6 ASYMCA B-5 1st MEB to support the spe- Religious Services B-6 Webb To Speak Here on Defense Reform On the Blotter A-7 cial operations training." Movies B-6 The Joint Chiefs of Staff Former Secretary of the Navy James Webb will speak on Publication 1 defines special 1990's" at the Ala Moana Hotel Soviet Seapower Presentation operations as: "Operations "Defense Reform for the conducted by specially December 8. Webb, a highly-decorated Marine Vietnam The staff of CINCPACFLT will host a Soviet Seapower veteran and a well-known author, will be in Hawaii to lay trained, equipped, and orga- presentation at the U.S. Naval Submarine Base Theater nized Department of Defense the groundwork for a Vietnam Veteran's Conference in April (Building 628) at Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 7 - 9 :30 p.m. 1989. In his speech, he will address burden sharing, economics, forces against strategic or The presentation takes a look at the Soviet people, their tactical targets in pursuit of and national inter-relationships of defense reform, with history and culture, the Communist Party and government. Keep lights off or low. emphasis on the role of Japan. For more information, call national military, political, Documentary footage of the USSR will be shown 6:30-7 p.m. Electric lights generate economic, or psychological Frank Hutchinson at 949-8972. For more information, contact LtCm dr. Robert Anderson heat and add to the load or J02 Amy Harden at 474-1174. See story, page B-6. on your air conditioner. See SPECIAL OPS/A-6 A-2 HAWAII MARINE December 1, 1988 Marine Barracks' Puller Hall chosen best independent mess Story and photos SSgt. David Banks, mess important. Pastry is another cooks as bakers, messmen, by Sgt. B.S. Little hall manager, credits the item which falls into the eye subsistence personnel and , staff's dedication to their appeal category.