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SENDING A SIGNALDuring a two-week course on Camp

Hansen, Marines are the fi rst to train with a new state-of-the-art

deployable antenna.pg. 8

A CHANGE OF SCOPEOkinawa Marines compete in the

first Division Match marksmanship competition since the Corps revamped

its Competition in Arms program.pg. 10

Lance Cpl. Terence L. YanceyOKINAWA MARINE STAFF

CAMP FOSTER — Gen. James T. Conway, the 34th commandant of the Marine Corps, and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps John L. Estrada, visited Okinawa Feb. 21-23 for the first time since Conway assumed his position in November.

During the visit, the comman-dant met with Marines and sail-ors across the island to convey his plans for the future of the Corps and to answer questions from the service members.

Conway expounded on many of the topics from his planning guidance published shortly after he took command of the Marine Corps in November. He touched on achieving victory in the Long War, improving the deployment-

to-dwell ratio to ensure Marines and units are not over extended in combat zones, modernizing the Corps to meet demands of the future and improving the qual-ity of life for Marines and their families.

Conway also addressed his recent all-Marine message “Every Marine Into the Fight,” which expressed his intent to rotate ap-proximately 33,000 Marines who have not been tapped for a combat deployment into units where they will deploy to support the War on Terror.

“It ’s my belief that if you joined the Marine Corps after 9/11, you did so with the intent of fighting for your country,” Conway said. “Our goal is to do everything we can to give every Marine that opportunity.”

Conway also addressed what

the Corps is doing to support the Marines currently deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.

“We’ve got to give great support to the warfighter,” Conway said. “It’s our number one priority.”

Conway addressed the gear currently being used by Marines in combat and what’s being done to keep them safe; for example, he discussed employing the mine resistance ambush protective vehicle in Iraq. According to Con-way, occupants of an MRAP have a 400% better chance of surviving an improvised explosive device.

Conway also took time to ad-dress the Corps’ plans to increase its size by 27,000 by 2012; reenlist-ment bonuses designed to retain quality Marines; recruiting strate-gies, such as including the blue dress coat with issued uniform

SEE LEADERS PG 6

Top Marine leaders visit Okinawa

Commandant of the Marine Corps General James T. Conway speaks to Marines at the Camp Hansen House of Pain Gym Feb. 22 about future plans for the Marine Corps. Photo by Sgt. Andres M. Alcaraz

Lance Cpl. Bryan A. PetersonOKINAWA MARINE STAFF

BATO BATO, JOLO ISLAND, Republic of the Philippines — Bato Bato resident Nader Daud and his friends come daily to watch the progress Marines and Seabees make on the repair of the main road that leads from the village to the island’s largest municipality, Jolo City.

Daud and many of the locals here travel the road to the city most every day to sell crafts, buy food, and trade their belongings to support their fami-lies. But during three months out of the year, heavy rains cause erosion and ruts, making travel nearly impossible for vehicles.

Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force and Seabees with Naval Mobile Construc-tion Battalion-3, 30th Naval Construc-tion Regiment from Port Hueneme, Calif., with support from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, began an engineer civil assistance project as part of Exercise Balikatan 2007, an annual combined bilateral exercise that began Feb.14.

The road construction is one of sev-eral projects being conducted through-out the island during the exercise.

The exercise between the Repub-lic of the Philippines and the United States is designed to further develop the Armed Forces of the Philippines in crisis action planning, conducting humanitarian assistance operations and to promote the interoperability of the two military forces.

The road project is expected to extend beyond the end of the exercise due to the length of the road and the time it will take to complete it, said Staff Sgt. Jami D. Larson, the Jolo De-tachment operations chief.

SEE EXERCISE PG 6

Marines, sailors repair damaged roads during Exercise Balikatan ’07

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MARINE CORPS MOUNTAIN WARFARE TRAINING CENTER BRIDGEPORT, Calif. | Marines head toward their bivouac site while conducting winter mountain warfare training Feb. 9. Marines with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division spent three weeks learning the skills necessary to effectively employ themselves in a combat situation in a winter environment. Photo by Lance Cpl. Nicholas Lienemann

MYRIAM RANGE, Djibouti | Lance Cpl. Manuel A. Giraldo, with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 2/2, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires a MK19 40mm machine gun MOD 3 Feb. 11. Photo by Sgt. Freddy G. Cantu

MARINE CORPS BASE KANEOHE BAY Hawaii | Lance Cpl. Erwin Gregorio leads his team Jan. 26 during the Humvee pull portion of the Leatherneck Competition, an event designed to foster motivation and increase unit morale. Photo by Lance Cpl. Edward C. deBree

INDIAN OCEAN | Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 264, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fly a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during an aerial live-fire exercise Feb. 9. Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Clark J. Schindler

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TO SUBMIT AN OPINION OR EDITORIAL, E-MAIL US AT [email protected]

Does Operation Enduring Freedom only encompass missions in Afghanistan?

MARINE CORPS FACT CHECKOPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

No. Though the primary focus of Operation Enduring Freedom is in Afghanistan, it is part of the Global War on Terror and encompasses operations in several countries, such as the Philippines, Republic of Georgia and Yemen, according to the official White House Web site at http://www.whitehouse.gov.A:

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Navy Lt. j.g. Kevin Bemel

A power-hungry tyrant spares no expense showing the world his greatness. His diabolical prime minister is dedicated to

genocide. A gorgeous young queen fears for her life as she performs her duty while her sage uncle sees beyond everyday events. Is this a contempo-rary drama?

Actually, these characters appeared in southwest Asian history 2,000 years ago. The tyrant was King Achashverosh. His prime minister was Haman, the queen was Esther and her

uncle was Mordechai, leader of the Jews in exile from the Holy Land and living in Persia.

The holiday of Purim commemorates the mi-raculous victory over Haman’s attempt to anni-hilate the Jewish people. But amidst the holiday celebration, the most important honoree may be

forgotten if we are not careful. God is never men-tioned in the Old Testament Book of Esther, even though it was a miracle that the Jewish people survived, and only God performs miracles.

Purim demonstrates God’s miraculous impact on the world through a chain of seemingly nor-mal occurrences. Long before there appeared to be a need, God arranged for King Achashverosh, an avowed Jew-hater, to replace his queen, the granddaughter of Nebuchadnezzar, with an or-phan Jewish girl whom he didn’t realize was Jew-ish. Then God saw to it that Esther was able to hide her faith from the court. Next, God arranged for Mordechai to uncover a plot to assassinate Achashverosh, then caused the king to forget about this man who saved his life until it fit God’s plan for him to remember. So, by the time Haman came on the scene with his genocidal plan and the authority of the king to kill all Jews, the rescuers were already in place.

Mordechai told Esther she must intervene

with the king. She refused. She knew it meant death to go to the king when he had not called for her. But when Mordechai explained that she only became queen to help her people, Esther realized she must risk all. When she approached the king to invite him to a banquet, not only did he agree to come, he offered to give her half his kingdom. She invited Haman as the only other guest and he was so flattered he agreed to come.

After a meal, Esther exposed Haman’s plot to the king and convinced him to let the Jews defend themselves. The battle was joined. Haman and his forces were defeated.

In our time, when God seems no longer to per-form miracles, Purim comes as a reminder that if we look closely, we can see miracles in everyday happenings.

Bemel conducts Jewish services each Friday at 6 p.m. at the Camp Foster Chapel Complex. Purim will be celebrated this year at the Camp Foster Community Center March 4.

Purim a reminder of God’s infl uence on the world through miracles

CHAPLAIN’S CORNER

Lance Cpl. Warren Peace

When I decided to join the military, I was faced with a decision: Which of the

branches should I choose?This decision was not as hard

for me as it may have been for others. The Marine Corps had a reputation in my mind of being the most elite and feared fighting force on Earth. How could I choose anything other than the best?

Throughout basic, combat and military occupational specialty training, my leaders reinforced this perception. However, once I reached the Fleet, thoughts began to surface that I may have been de-ceived by the media, drill instruc-tors and recruiting propaganda. I

began to lose the pride I once had in being one of the few, the proud.

It seemed to me that all branches were equal; they just had different missions. Each has its own place in history and has helped sculpt our great nation.

Army soldiers have earned about eight times as many Congres-sional Medals of Honor as Marines. Navy corpsmen fight beside Ma-rines and take care of us when we are injured. If it wasn’t for all the branches and their ability to work hand in hand, our nation would neither be as powerful nor as free.

So what sets the Corps apart from the rest? I noticed something recently that caused a renewal of my pride in the Marine Corps. While participating in a joint ex-

ercise, I noticed the other services didn’t place as much confidence in their junior enlisted as the Corps does. Within my office alone, lance corporals have performed jobs normally reserved for ser-geants and staff sergeants. This is something I have never seen in other services. Granted, I don’t work with the other services on a daily basis, but after conversa-tions with leaders in other ser-vices, it seems they don’t employ their junior enlisted in such a way nearly as often.

The reason for this may be because of pure necessity due to the Marine Corps’ small size. But I believe there is more to it. The Ma-rine Corps instills a certain level of responsibility in its juniors that I

don’t believe other services do. While attending my MOS

school, for instance, drill sergeants from each of the other military branches marched formations of their students to class while our formation was led by one of the students. It’s the little things like this that give new Marines reason to be proud.

As the Marine Corps continues to do more with less, it grows and feeds on the confidence infused in its junior enlisted ranks. I have nothing against the other branches. We all fight for the same cause, and I hope they have as much pride in their branch as I do in mine.

Ooh-rah!Peace is a staff member of the

Okinawa Marine newspaper.

Confi dence in junior ranks sets Marine Corps apart

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FOR THE DINING FACILITY SCHEDULE, VISIT HTTP://WWW.OKINAWA.USMC.MIL

COMBAT CAMERA STUDIO CLOSUREThe Combat Camera Center photo studio

on Camp Foster will be closed for mainte-nance March 7 and 8. For more information, call 645-2533.

USNH PARKING The U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa is cur-

rently renovating the front entrance of the hospital. The traffic circle in front of the hospital will be closed to all vehicular traffic. During renovations, patients will be guided to an alternate entrance at the front of the hospi-tal. Reserved parking spaces have moved, and new spaces are clearly marked. The project is expected to be completed in August. For more information, call 643-7294.

TRACK MEETThe Dragon All-Comers’ Track Meet will

be held March 10 at Kubasaki High School’s Petty Stadium on Camp Foster. Registration is from 8-8:50 a.m., and the event will begin at 9 a.m. The entry fee is $5 and the meet is open to everyone islandwide. For more information, call 645-0802 or (090) 6138-1092.

NAVAL OFFICERS’ ASSOCIATION MEETINGThe local chapter of the National Naval

Officers’ Association will hold its monthly general body meeting March 8 at 11:30 a.m. at the Habu Pit on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. For more information, visit http://www.nnoa.org or call 637-1980.

MARINENET TRAININGThe College of Continuing Education

will conduct MarineNet Training Manager Training at the following locations:

•Camp Foster (Bldg. 5679), March 7, 9-10 a.m.•Camp Kinser (Bldg. 1220), March 8, 9-10 a.m.•Camp Hansen (Bldg. 2339), March 9, 9-10 a.m.•Camp Schwab (Bldg. 3429), March 9, 1-2 p.m.

The course is intended to train officers, staff noncommissioned officers and NCOs on procedures required for Training Managers to effectively manage a unit’s MarineNet activi-ties. For more information, visit http://www.marinenet.usmc.mil.

HANSEN DENTAL CLINIC CLOSUREThe Camp Hansen Dental Clinic will be

closed March 1-18 for interior painting. Patients with urgent treatment needs should contact the Camp Courtney Dental Clinic at 622-7539 or 622-7569. Patients with scheduled appointments will be contacted regarding those appointments. After hours emergency dental care will be avail-able at the Camp Courtney Dental Clinic.

MUSICIANS NEEDEDThe Pacific Okinawa Players are looking

for musicians interested in playing in a band for “Gilligan’s Island, the Musical” March 15-17 and March 22-24. They are looking for people able and willing to play the following: Tenor sax, clarinet, flute, electric bass guitar, electric guitar and percussion drum set. For more information, e-mail Christine Smith at [email protected] or stop by the Camp Foster Community Center Auditorium.

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LEADERS FROM PG 1items; and getting the Corps’ best Marines on recruiting duty.

Finally, Conway addressed issues concerning quality of life, stressing that the Corps can do more for Marines and their families and do a better job of supporting Marines wounded in combat.

Conway said he is creating a command whose job is to keep track of wounded Marines even after they have separated from

the Corps. Estrada addressed his guid-

ance for bettering the quality of life for single Marines living in barracks. He reiterated his guidance on modifying bar-racks regulations as a way to help single Marines’ govern-ment quarters feel more like home. He also discussed the plans to build more barracks in preparation for the Corps’ increase in size.

According to Conway, Es-

trada, who will be retiring, also used the opportunity to bid farewell to the Marines of III MEF and MCBJ. In a few weeks Sgt. Maj. Carlton Kent, currently the sergeant major of I MEF, will take over as the 16th sergeant major of the Marine Corps.

For more information on the Commandant’s Planning Guidance, refer to ALMAR 008 /07 and M A R A DMI N 107/07, which are available at http://www.usmc.mil.

Lance Cpl. Warren PeaceOKINAWA MARINE STAFF

CAMP FOSTER — The 2007 Ac-tive Duty Fund Drive in support of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society is underway through March 31.

Maj. Gen. Mary Ann Kru-sa-Dossin, the Marine Corps Base Camp Butler command-ing general, kicked off the lo-cal campaign by making the

first donation Feb. 26 at MCB headquarters building on Camp Foster.

The society provides assis-tance to sailors, Marines and their families in times of need.

In 2006, NMCRS on Okinawa provided $572,858 of financial assistance to service members and their families here. Of that, $35,186 was given out in relief grants and the remaining $537,722 was distributed pri-

marily as interest-free loans.Donations are accepted in

the form of payroll deduc-tions (allotments), checks, or cash. Service members are encouraged to contribute by allotment since the donation can be spread over a 12-month period.

For more information about donating to the society, service members can contact their com-mand keyperson.

Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Active Duty Fund Drive underway

Maj. Gen. Mary Ann Krusa-Dossin, the commanding general of Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, makes the first contribution to the 2007 Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Fund Drive Feb. 26. Photo by Lance Cpl. Warren Peace

EXERCISE FROM PG 1“This is the only (engineer civil assistance

project) the detachment is doing that will require attention everyday we are here,” Larson said. “The road is more than three-miles long, and with ve-hicles coming through here every day, it’s impos-sible to shut this road down. Working here is the only way this road will be finished.”

During the project, Marines and sailors are dig-ging ditches on both sides of the road to ensure the road has proper water run-off to prevent erosion and ruts. Graders and a compactor are being used to even the road to create a smooth ride to Jolo City.

A lot of progress has been made on the project,

but it hasn’t been easy, Larson said. “It’s tough doing all of this in this hot weather,

but the Marines and Seabees are really working together to get the job done,” he said.

With the project partly finished, Daud and others are already looking forward to a better road ahead.

“It seems that no one here cares about the area we live in,” Daud said. “We all come here everyday and wave to the militaries to show our appreciation for their hard work. The road is not even complete yet, and we all have seen road improvement.”

The exercise is scheduled to officially end March 3, but some medical and construction projects will continue through the month.

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Aircraft recovery Marines snag training opportunity

Dinner promotes unity among spouses of deployed service members

Brig. Gen. Mastin Robeson, commanding general of 3rd Marine Division, proposes a toast to the spouses of the unit’s deployed Marines and sailors Feb. 16. Photo by Lance Cpl. David Rogers

A VMFA-212 pilot snags the wire with his F/A-18C Hornet during an arrested landing on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Feb. 13. Photo by Lance Cpl. Kevin M. Knallay

Lance Cpl. David RogersOKINAWA MARINE STAFF

CAMP COURTNEY — Lead-ers from 3rd Marine Division hosted a Deployed Spouses Dinner at Tengan Castle Feb. 16 for dozens of spouses of deployed service members from the division.

The command organized the formal dinner event to honor the spouses and bring them together to pro-mote a strong sense of unity and community among the 3rd MarDiv family, accord-ing to Hope Fiorvanti, the protocol officer to the 3rd MarDiv commanding gen-eral and event organizer.

“We’re letting them know that while their husbands are deployed they are still very much a part of the 3rd Marine Division family and that their sacrifices as spouses on Okinawa are truly amplified by an enduring separation in a foreign country,” Fiorvanti said.

Currently, Marines and sailors from 3rd MarDiv’s

3rd Reconnaissance Battal-ion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and several individual-aug-ment Marines and sailors from units throughout 3rd MarDiv are deployed to Iraq. Further, there are numerous 3rd MarDiv Marines and sailors deployed to both Afghanistan and the Philip-pines in support of Opera-tion Enduring Freedom.

Spouses of those serving in individual augment posi-tions are also challenged by the feeling they are going it alone, Fiorvanti said. They may feel that they don’t have the support system of fel-low spouses that is usually available when an entire unit deploys, and because families from within their unit don’t have deployed members as well, they often have no one close to them who can relate to their im-mediate concerns, she said.

Spouses who attended said the entire event was great and right on target.

“I think a lot of people forget how stressful it is being that single parent

taking care of the fam-ily back home,” said Te-resa Toney, wife of Staff Sgt. Erik Toney, a platoon sergeant with 3rd Recon-naissance Bn. “When your husband is gone, you can feel like you’ve been sort of put off to the side. This dinner reminded us that we are still appreciated. The organizers did a beautiful job with everything.”

Toney and others present at the dinner also discov-ered they were not as alone as they may have thought.

“We got to mingle and meet new people,” Toney said. “I saw ladies there who I had seen around base and had no idea their hus-bands were deployed.”

Efforts such as the din-ner are intended to address family support concerns by bringing together the many spouses from all over the di-vision and promoting unity among all of them, Fiorvanti said. “We also wanted to re-mind the spouses that there are measures in place to help them, such as the Key

Volunteer Network.” Since assuming command of 3rd MarDiv in January 2006, Brig. Gen. Mastin Robeson has made family readiness a priority to ensure the welfare and concerns of spouses and their families are adequately addressed. The key to success to any family readiness program is continuous command involvement, which encom-passes frequent personal contact of spouses who have husbands/wives deployed.

The unit provided free childcare for the event, al-lowing those with children to take a break from their single-parenting responsi-bilities.

Hundreds of dol la rs worth of prizes, ranging from gift certificates for free pedicures to the grand prize, a one-night stay at a hotel with accommodations for two, were given away throughout the night. Every spouse walked away with a gift. “We really tried to make them feel special, and they are,” Fiorvanti said.


MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA — As an F/A-18C Hornet approached Marine Corps Air Station Futenma’s flight line Feb. 13, a four-man team of Marines waited with the emer-gency arresting gear needed to catch the jet’s tail hook and bring it to a screeching halt.

The arrested landing was part of a two-day training package involving Hornets from MCAS Iwakuni and expeditionary airfield systems technicians with the aircraft recovery section of Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, MCAS Futenma.

The aircraft recovery Marines and the pilots with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 212 from MCAS Iwakuni conducted two arrested landings,

one Feb. 12 and one Feb. 13. Pilots can call for arrested landings if an air-

craft is experiencing mechanical problems such as hydraulic failures, according to Sgt. William Johnson, the operations chief for the aircraft re-covery section. Arrested landings are the primary focus of an aircraft recovery Marine’s job.

An arrestment requires four recovery Marines. Three of them operate and coordinate two engines that control a steel cable stretched across the run-way, and the fourth, known as the point man, is positioned further down the runway where the plane will come to a stop. The point man assists the pilot and engine operators with disconnecting the tail hook from the steel cable and directs the pilot off the runway.

Recovery Marines on MCAS Futenma have performed seven arrestments in the past three

years, all of which were part of scheduled train-ing. They have limited opportunities to practice the technique because there are no aircraft with tail hooks assigned to MCAS Futenma.

Johnson said recovery Marines have to take advantage of arrestment training opportunities as often as possible because when they go to other air stations around the world, they may perform at least one arrestment per week under non-training circumstances.

“You never really want (an arrestment) to happen, but you do want the training for when it does,” said Lance Cpl. Casey Caylao, an aircraft recovery Marine on Futenma.

The members of the VMFA-212 were temporar-ily stationed at Kadena Air Base while conducting a month-long training evolution at live-fire ranges on Okinawa.

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Lance Cpl. Richard BlumensteinOKINAWA MARINE STAFF

CAMP HANSEN — More than 30 Marines with 7th Communications Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Wing Com-munications Squadron 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, trained with the new Large Aperture Multi-band Deployable Antenna Feb. 5-16 at Camp Hansen.

The purpose of the two-week course was to teach the Marines how to operate the LAMDA in deployed environments around the world, according to Dennis Evanchik, the project leader from Warfighter Information Network-Tactical out of Fort Monmouth, N.J.

“The Marines are the first people to get this new state-of-the-art equipment,” Evanchik said. “They’re getting serial number one, right out of the factory.”

The LAMDA is the enhanced version of the Lightweight High Gain X-band Antenna the Marine Corps is currently using, Evanchik said. It has the ability to pick up fainter signals than any other tactical antenna used to date.

Also, its new tri-band feature gives Marines the ability to send data over a number of dif-ferent commercial and military frequencies making it superior to the previous antenna,


OKINAWA CITY — Service members with Marine Wing Support Group 17 volunteered Feb. 16 to assist the staff and residents of the Okinawa Chil-dren’s Development Center.

Marines and sailors visit the center a couple times a month to do some of the more tedious tasks that the staff of the facil-ity often need help with while they take care of residents.

The development center is a home, school and hospi-

tal to more than 80 disabled residents. More than 70 outpa-tients visit the center daily. The center has a limited staff for the amount of patients that require care and upkeeping of the area, according to Michiko Urasaki, a community relations special-ist with the personal services center.

In the past, Marines have played with the children and painted a mural of cartoons. During this visit, the Marines and sailors mowed the lawn and trimmed overgrown vines and weeds around the center.

“It’s just one of those things that needs to be taken care of, but it’s hard to make time for,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Yann Folange, a reli-gious programs specialist with MWSG-17.

The Marines and sailors cleared the majority of the center’s entangled fence line and are making plans to return to finish the job, according to Folange. He is also looking to see if tools could be donated so that the center may direct more of its budget to benefit its residents and patients.

Marines first to try out high-tech antenna

Marines, sailors continue relationship with children’s development center

according to William E. Campbell, a systems analyst with Training and Doctrine Command in Fort Gordon, Ga.

“With this antenna, you can provide tele-phone and Internet services around the world for anyone who has a need for it,” Campbell said.

This added feature gives Marines greater communications capabilities in international areas that restrict frequencies to ensure airways are clear for emergency services transmissions, said Staff Sgt. Shaun L. Sloan, a satellite com-munications technician with 7th Communica-tions Bn.

“The tri-band gives us a wide range of fre-quencies in those areas,” Sloan said. “The more bands we can operate in, the more flexible our capabilities are in areas with international restrictions.”

The antenna will also decrease communica-tion costs as it requires a fraction of the power used by other antennae. The LAMDA’s 4.9 meter dish requires only two watts of electricity to produce the same capabilities as the Light Weight Multi-band Satellite Terminal’s 2.5 meter dish, another antenna the Marine Corps

uses, according to Campbell. “In the satellite world, it’s ‘the bigger the

better,’” Campbell said. “With a larger dish you can save costs because you don’t have to use the same amount of power as a smaller dish. The LAMDA requires one fourth the amount of power as the LMST to perform the same capabilities.”

Even though it is being much bigger than the LMTSs, the LAMDA is still a highly mobile communications system able to be deployed wherever the Marines need it to go, Sloan said.

“Even though the dish is larger, it’s tactical,” Sloan said. “You can take it anywhere in the world.”

The antenna was designed specifically to withstand harsh weather in field environments. It can operate in up to 70-mile-per-hour wind gusts.

According to Sloan, this ability can be cru-cial in harsh areas.

“It allows us to continue operations without having to jeopardize the equipment,” Sloan said. “It all boils down to the greater capabilities it gives us to accomplish the mission.”

Larger, more durable dish will help cut costs, improve efficiency on deployments

Marines with 7th Communications Battalion train on the new Large Aperture Multi-band Deployable Antenna Feb. 15 on Camp Hansen. Photos by Lance Cpl. Richard Blumenstein

A Marine activates the new antenna. The LAMDA is the enhanced version of the Lightweight High Gain X-band Antenna the Marine Corps is currently using.

Pfc. Andrew Lucko mows the yard of the Okinawa Children’s Development Center in Okinawa City Feb. 16. Marines and sailors visit the center regularly to assist the staff with various tasks and to interact with the children. Photo by Lance Cpl. David Rogers

OKINAWA MARINE | FEATURE | MARCH 2, 2007 9


The Marines of 3rd Re-connaissance Battalion are looking for a few

good corpsmen. On the last Friday of each

month starting March 30, the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion Aid Station will hold physi-cal and medical screenings to identify qualified Navy corps-men capable of serving in its elite ranks.

“If the corpsmen want to work directly with recon Marines, they need to show us first that they are dedicated and strong enough to handle being a Marine and a corps-man at the same time,” said Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin A. Wilson, the senior medical department representative for 3rd Recon Bn.

The Navy has deemed Fleet Marine Force Reconnaissance Corpsmen a critical field, with the number of recon corpsmen being just more than half of what the Navy calls for.

“The Navy says we have to have 200 recon corpsmen,” Wilson said. “Right now the Marine Corps has only fifty-two percent of that.”

Wilson said the benefits of becoming a recon corpsman outweigh any other training a regular corpsman will receive.

“We do everything the Marines do,” Wilson said. “We are usually out in isolated areas ahead of the regular landing forces conducting recon missions, and we have to know medicine in and out to take care of our Marines.”

Gunnery Sgt. Kris A. Rossignol, the 3rd Recon Bn. training chief, said once a corpsman passes all required training to become a fully-qualified recon corpsman, he immediately becomes part of the recon family.

“The job is demanding. Recon corpsmen work just as hard and more,” he said. “They are treated as part of the team.”

Corpsmen desiring to at-tend the screenings must be male graduates of Field Medi-cal Service School who are currently serving with Marine Corps units, and they should be enlisted sailors from sea-man to petty officer 1st class.

They also must have a

current Armed Services Vo-cational Aptitude Battery gen-eral technical score of 100 or higher, and must have the last three physical fitness assess-ments and be able to achieve a first class swim qualification.

Corpsmen also must receive a commanding officer endorsement and cannot have any non-judicial punishments for 12 months and no court martials for 24 months.

Normally, recon corpsmen are sent to a Reconnaissance Marines Awaiting Training platoon at Coronado, Calif., where they train continuously. Wilson is currently trying to get corpsmen who pass screening to be temporarily attached to 3rd Recon Bn., un-der supervision from senior re-con corpsmen to prepare them for what they can expect.

“The RMAT is a three-week course designed to physically and mentally prepare Ma-rines and sailors for the (Basic Reconnaissance Course),” Wilson said. “If we can get approval from a candidate’s commanding officer, we can utilize some, if not the rest of his time here before he leaves to instill the knowledge he will need to be a successful recon corpsman.”

Once a corpsman passes the screening criteria, he must attend the 13-week BRC at Camp Pendleton, Calif. After BRC, corpsmen must complete training schools including the Marine Corps Combatant Dive Course, Army Basic Airborne School and Special Amphibi-ous Reconnaissance Corps-man.

The extensive training requirements make it neces-sary for corpsmen to commit to serve as a recon corpsman for three years.

“Any male corpsman who has worked with the green side who wants to be in the fight first needs to come to the screening,” Wilson said. “Whether a recon Marine or recon corpsman, we are all a family that lives and breathes recon.”

For more information on Fleet Marine Force Reconnais-sance Corpsman screenings, call the 3rd Recon Bn. Aid Station at 625-2525. Marines interested in joining the recon community can call 3rd Re-con Bn., training at 625-2711.

Special ops Marines, soldiers conduct joint parachute training

Recon Marines seek green-side corpsmen

Lance Cpl. Corey A. BlodgettOKINAWA MARINE STAFF

CAMP SCHWAB — Elite Marines and soldiers from the special operations community on Okinawa teamed up Feb. 13 1,000 feet above Camp Schwab to sharpen some of the high-flying skills common to their missions.

Marines from 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, and soldiers from the Army’s 1st Bat-talion, 1st Special Forces Group, rehearsed Tactical Water Insertion Jumps during the event, which in this case involved landing in the water to link up with waiting boats.

During the training, a KC-130 Her-cules aircraft carrying the Marines and soldiers made several passes over the Oura Wan Beach Drop Zone as three-man teams executed static-line jumps on each pass.

The Special Forces soldiers con-tacted 3rd Reconnaissance Bn. re-questing amphibious support for the jump in exchange for jump slots, explained Gunnery Sgt. Tim A. Parkhurst, the 3rd Reconnaissance Bn. paraloft chief.

“They needed boat support for the drop zone,” Parkhurst said. “We’re right there at Camp Schwab with our dive and boat locker. So we pro-vided boats for the (drop zone) crew, and they gave us some seats on the plane.”

While most units would rely on “in-house” support from other Marine Corps units, Parkhurst said he often doesn’t have that help when it comes to jumping.

“We (take advantage of) that unique opportunity to work with the other services,” he said.

The Marines often perform jumps with aviation support from the Air Force’s 31st and 33rd Rescue Squad-rons, Parkhurst said. But working with the soldiers from 1st SFG is dif-ferent because their duty as a ground combat force is something the units have in common.

“Sometimes it’s quite a bit differ-ent between a Marine and a soldier,” Parkhurst said. “But we all went to the same schools and we have the same mission, so there is a distinctive mutuality.”

A jumpmaster with the Army’s 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group prepares himself and checks over his gear a final time before the back of the KC-130 Hercules aircraft opens up to let service members jump during Tactical Water Insertion Jumps on Camp Schwab Feb. 13. Photos by Lance Cpl. Corey A. Blodgett

Marines jump from a KC-130 Hercules aircraft above Camp Schwab during Tactical Water Insertion Jumps.

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Lance Cpl. Anthony J.

Muscurella, a lectro-optical

ordnance repairer with

Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd

Marine Division, shoots from the

kneeling position at the 200 yard

line Feb. 21 during the rifle

team portion of the Far East

Division Matches at Camp Hansen’s rifle range. More than 120 Marines

competed Feb. 19-21 in the first

Division Match marksmanship

competition since the Marine Corps revamped its Competition

in Arms program. Photos by Lance Cpl. Richard Blumenstein

Marines fire from the 50

yard line during the rifle team portion of

the matches. The 50 yard

line firing course was

added to the newly revised

Division Matches.Rifle

competitors now start shooting from the furthest

distance and move closer,

engaging targets at

500, 300, 200 and 50 yards.

Marines compete during the pistol team portion of the event. The Marine Corps Base team won both the rifle and pistol competitions for the second year in a row.

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More than 120 Marines on Okinawa competed Feb. 19-21 on Camp Hansen in the first Division Match

marksmanship competition since the Marine Corps completely revamped its Competition in Arms program.

The 106-year-old program, which is in-tended to provide skilled and experienced marksmen to support a productive training program and promote success in battle, recently underwent its first major recon-struction since its inception, according to Chief Warrant Officer 2 Billy R. William-son, the Division Matches representative for the commandant of the Marine Corps.

The structure of the competition’s four featured events – the individual rifle and pistol matches and the rifle and pistol team matches – was changed to better emulate how Marines fire their weapons in combat, according to Chief Warrant Officer 2 Mark W. Clark, the officer-in-charge of Marine Corps Base Camp Butler range control.

“The purpose of the old course was to help improve Marines’ marksmanship skills,” Clark said. “This course is some-thing completely new. The Division Match-es now give Marines more experience shooting how they would in combat.”

Marines competing in Division Matches in the past were allowed to use leather slings and shooting jackets. The newly-revised competition requires Marines to wear flack jacket and Kevlar helmet and use a three-point sling.

Rifle competitors now start shoot-ing from the furthest distance and move closer, engaging targets at 500, 300, 200 and 50 yards. Pistol competitors start engaging targets at 25 yards and move up to the 15- and then 7-yard lines. The new structure allows Marines to continually fire, Clark said.

“These Marines are learning better ways to apply the fundamentals in combat situations,” Williamson said.

The individual match winners in both the rifle and pistol competitions were first-time competitors, or Tyros.

“I can’t ever remember when two Tyros took both individual competitions before,” Williamson said. “It’s not a normal thing.”

Sgt. Geoffrey R. Furgason, with the MCB team, won the individual pistol match, scoring 768 points out of a possible 800 with 29 center shots.

Lance Cpl. Brian C. Bussing, with the 9th Engineer Support Battalion team, won the individual rifle match, scoring 229 points out of a possible 280 with 18 center shots.

Both gold medal winners will receive the M-1 Garand Secretary of the Navy Trophy Rifle.

Marine Corps Base won both the rifle and pistol team competitions for the sec-ond year in a row. The rifle team scored 445 points out of a possible 560 in the rifle matches and 1,514 points out of a possible 1,600 in the pistol matches. They received the Lloyd Trophy and the Shively Trophy for their victories.

The top 10 percent of the competitors earned a chance to compete in the Marine Corps Matches at MCB Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Okinawa first to host Division Matches under reconstructed Competition in Arms program

A plug is used to determine a shooter’s score during the pistol team portion.

Master Gunnery Sgt. Bryan K. Marheine (Right) and 2nd Lt. Kenneth W. Smith write down target scores during the pistol team portion.

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In the hills on the outskirts of the Mo-tobu Peninsula stands what is left of the Kingdom of Hokuzan, one of three kingdoms that ruled Okinawa between the 13th and 15th centuries.

Nakijin Castle was the center of the Hoku-zan, or Northern Kingdom, until the early 1400s when it was attacked and conquered by Sho Hashi, king of the Chuzan, or Central Kingdom.

Today, after suffering damage brought on by war, time and weather, Nakijin Castle is now a shell of its past glory but still offers visitors a unique look at the rich history of Okinawa.

Covering close to 14 acres and surrounded by more than 1.5 kilometers of Ryukyu lime-stone rock, the Nakijin Castle site, construct-ed in the late 13th century, is open daily from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

A kingdom in ruinsNakijin Castle site holds secrets of historic Okinawa within 13th-century limestone walls

Today, visitors can walk through the ruins and take a peek into the castle’s past.

Stone walls that once protected the castle are still standing, surrounded by an ongoing archeological excavation. Many of the arti-facts found at the site are on display at the Nakijin Village History and Culture Center, west of the ruins.

Heirojo Gate, restored in 1962, is the main gate to the Nakijin Castle site.

The Nakijin Castle site covers approximately 14 acres and is enclosed by more than 1.5 kilometers of Ryukyu limestone rock. Photos by Lance Cpl. Bryan A. Peterson

The Nakijin Village History and Culture Center, located west of the ruins, houses many of the artifacts found at the site.

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Shrines, constructed to pay tribute to gods, still stand as well, and stone pave-ments carved out of the bedrock remain on a trail known as the Hanta Trail. The trail leads to other shrines north of the ruins. There are also many areas with a bird’s-eye-view of the coastline and the mountains of Northern Okinawa.

To find the Nakijin Castle ruins, travel north on Highway 58 towards Nago. Once inside the city, turn right onto Highway 72 northbound. Inside Nakijin Village, turn left onto Highway 505 westbound. Approximate-ly three kilometers west of Highway 72 there is a sign on the left indicating the route to the site.

For more information on the Nakijin Castle site, call (098) 056-4400.

Portions of this story were compiled from information provided by Wonder Okinawa, http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp, a Web site maintained by the Okinawa Prefectural Gov-ernment.

The Hinukan, or God of Fire, shrine sits atop the castle site.

Visitors walk the Hanta Trail amid cherry blossoms on the castle grounds. The stone-paved bedrock trail leads to shrines located north of the ruins.

All artifacts such as Chinese pottery, metal arrowheads and swords found at the site during archaeological digs and excavations are displayed in the Nakijin Village and Culture Center.

Patrons enter the grounds through the castle’s stone walls that once protected it from rivals.

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Lance Cpl. W. Zach GriffithOKINAWA MARINE STAFF

Tearing over open ground Feb. 16 toward a crippled truck surrounded by wounded,

frantic Marines, Cpl. Phillip Carter got a sense of the vast difference between learning about combat ca-sualty care and actually applying it.

Carter, a supply administration and operations clerk with Combat Logistics Bn. 4, 3rd Marine Logistics Company, was among more than 50 other Marines, all sprinting toward the climactic finale of their week-long Combat Lifesaver Course on Camp Kinser.

The course was part of a series of training evolutions for CLB-4 personnel preparing for an upcom-ing deployment.

Marines in the course learned how to assess the condition of wounded service members as well as how to determine heart rate and blood pressure, said Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Dunlap, the Tactics Readiness and Train-ing section’s corpsman instructor. Training also covered identifying and treating bleeding wounds, bone fractures, burns, and other compli-cations from battlefield wounds.

The final stage of training put the Marines into one of the most common scenarios on today’s battle-fields: an explosion from an impro-vised explosive device followed by an ambush. For Carter, the experi-ence was an eye-opener.

Lance Cpl. Corey A. BlodgettOKINAWA MARINE STAFF

An armed terrorist looks out into the dark sea from an ocean-front villa. It’s so quiet, he doesn’t suspect that there are

more than 100 Marines under the cover of night preparing to assault the compound he is helping guard.

With quick action, Marines and sailors of Camp Pendleton-based F Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, now serv-ing as the battalion landing team of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, detained the mock aggressor and his comrades and secured the villa during pre-deployment training on Camp Schwab Feb. 16.

The aggressors were role players and the villa was phony, but the situation was aimed to prepare F Co. for real-world missions, ac-cording to 1st Lt. Paul D. Fischer, the execu-tive officer for E Co., which was the aggressor force for the training.

The night boat raid is part of a larger pre-deployment training program to prepare F Co. while attached to the 31st MEU.

“The purpose of the training is to prepare F Co. for potential raids in the real world while we’re on the MEU,” said Fischer.

The training had Marines of E Co. fortify

an abandoned building close to the water with machine gun nests and mock improvised explosive devices to protect fake drug stashes.

At another location, F Co. received intel-ligence on the aggressors’ operation and set out on Zodiac boats, landing and assembling on Camp Schwab, and then assaulting the compound.

The training was designed to be as authen-tic as possible.

“The more realistic the training they get before we go into a real world situation, the more prepared they are when they have to do it for real,” Fischer said. “You never want the first time you go into a real fight to be the first time you see real world tactical scenarios.”

CLB-4 Marines put life-saving skills into practice

Marines, sailors slip through cover of darkness during nighttime raid

A mock aggressor fires blanks from his M-249 Squad Automatic Weapon at Marines and sailors from the Regiment’s F Company who are assaulting his compound during a night boat-raid on Camp Schwab Feb. 16. Photos by Lance Cpl. Corey A. Blodgett

A mock aggressor stands on lookout during a tactical exercise on Camp Schwab.

“There’s a big difference between sitting in a classroom learning the correct procedure for applying an IV or a tourniquet and actually using those techniques on a person who’s thrashing around and screaming in pain,” Carter said. “There’s so much more you have to think about.”

The victims – Marines covered in realistic-looking simulated wounds – lay strewn about the area sur-rounding the truck. It was up to the CLB-4 Marines to identify and treat the wounded while dealing with sporadic small arms and mortar

fire. If there was a hole in security, some of the CLB-4 Marines became casualties.

“The goal is to make the train-ing as realistic as possible,” Dunlap said. “That way the Marines get a better insight into how they will react in a real-life situation. Are they going to freeze up, or take care of their fellow Marines?”

The upcoming deployment will be Gunnery Sgt. Steven Tolliver’s second to the Central Command area of responsibility. The CLB-4 maintenance company gunnery

sergeant said the Combat Lifesaver Course training is invaluable. Fol-lowing the course, the Marines will have a better chance to react correctly should a similar scenario ever play out in the future. The les-sons are better learned in a training environment when no lives are at stake.

“When it comes to saving lives, it doesn’t matter what rank or (military occupational specialty) you are,” Tolliver said. “It all comes down to the experience and train-ing you have.

Marines with CLB-4 pull the last of the simulated casualties to the evacuation site during the Combat Lifesavers Course on Camp Kinser Feb. 16. Photo by Lance Cpl. W. Zach Griffith

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Lance Cpl. Daniel R. ToddOKINAWA MARINE STAFF

Thousands of Japanese and American runners darted out of the gate of the Okinawa

Comprehensive Park in Awase to participate in the 15th Annual Okinawa Marathon Feb. 25.

More than 8,900 participants showed up at the park Sunday morning to take on the physical and mental challenge of the 26.2-mile race or its accompanying 10K race.

The overall winner was Nago City resident Ryuji Suematsu, 36, who finished the grueling run in 2 hours, 28 minutes and 43 seconds. Not far behind Suematsu, the over-all female winner Chisato Washio, 32, from Nagasaki Prefecture crossed the finish line at 2:47:04.

Steve Schmid, 41, finished 9th overall and was first among Ameri-can runners with a time of 2:42:29.

“I have competed in over 20 marathons, and this was one of the toughest marathons I have ever run,” Schmid said. “I am proud of how I did. The last time I com-peted in 2002, I didn’t do as well as I wanted and this was my last chance to run in a marathon on Okinawa.”

Meghan Gebke, 24, was the fast-est American woman, and she fin-ished fourth overall in the women’s division with a time of 3:23:31.

Marathon participants had to be at least 16 years old. Those who weren’t up for the full 26.2-mile race could opt to run a 6.2-mile race instead.

Families lined the streets of the course to support the runners, of-fering water, fresh-fruit, and other items. Supporters also waved red flags and shouted words of encour-agement to the participants.

The marathon course goes through nine central Okinawa mu-nicipalities and Kadena Air Base.

According to the Okinawa Marathon official Web site, the objectives of the marathon are to promote progress among the town-ships that are located adjacent to each other in the central region of Okinawa and encourage sports and general fitness throughout Okinawa Prefecture. It is also held to help promote international and inter-cultural exchange.

The marathon was sponsored by Kadena Air Base, Marine Corps Community Services, Local Gov-ernment Association of Central Okinawa, Field Athletic Society, Ryukyu Shimpo newspaper and more than 60 other organizations.


With a small wall of poker chips stacked neatly in front of him, his head

resting on his left hand, Chris Housley raised, causing Richard Evans to go all-in during the fi-nal hand of a six-hour-long Texas Hold’em poker tournament.

After the last flop, the play-ers flipped their cards. Hous-ley said he felt lucky that his hand of two pairs — 10s and 3s — would claim victory over Evans’ pair of 10s.

Housley’s luck was con-firmed, and he claimed the winner’s $200 Army Air Force Exchange Service gift cer-tificate when the dealer dealt a Jack on the turn followed by a six on the river.

More than 20 people took part in the Marine Corps Com-munity Services Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament Feb. 24 at the BeachHead Club on Camp Schwab for a chance to win $200, $125 and $75 in AAFES gift certificates for first through third place.

Each player received poker chips with a game value of $2,500 after paying the $25 entry fee.

Throughout the tournament, Housley aggressively bet with a calm demeanor, forcing player after player out of the game. He

Okinawa Marathon attracts more than 8,000 participants

Aggressive betting gives poker champ upper hand

The last six competitors sit at the final table compete during the Marine Corps Community Services Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament Feb. 24 at the BeachHead Club on Camp Schwab. Photos by Lance Cpl. Richard Blumenstein

Huy Nguyen, who was taken out by a pair of kings, peeks at his hand before deciding whether to fold or ante up.

said his strategy was to let the other players “bet their own fate” and then raise the pot forc-ing them to fold.

“I was playing extremely ag-gressive,” Housley said. “I was lucky, and I bluffed a lot.”

Though Housley held on to the chip lead throughout most of the tournament, his betting style was not the only highlight.

Evans, the second place winner, went to the final table as the low-stack player. He had $1,600 in chips, which was little more than the $1,200 blinds that increased by $200 every 15 minutes.

“It was pretty phenomenal,” Evans said. “I took second place after starting off as the low-stack player.”

Evans said he secured a place in the tournament by adjusting to the other players and making a drastic change to his strategy, switching from playing aggressively to playing conservatively.

“When you go from low-stack on the table to second place, you know you’re pretty good,” he said.

Huy Nguyen won third place after Housley took him out of the game with a pair of Kings.

MCCS hosts Texas Hold’em tournaments once a month. The next tournament is sched-uled for St. Patrick’s Day at the Palms Club on Camp Hansen, according to Ashley Love, the catering manager for the Palms.

18 OKINAWA MARINE | MARKETPLACE | MARCH 2, 2007

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FRIDAY Bridge to Terabithia (PG), 7 p.m.; Children of Men (R), 10 p.m.

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Kadena Air Base 634-1288

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Kadena Paintball RangeMarch 6, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.Departure times:Camp Kinser, 7:45 a.m.

MCAS Futenma, 8:15 a.m. Camp Foster, 8:45 a.m.Camp Lester, 9 a.m.

*Cost: $35 (includes rental gear and 1,000 rounds)

*You must bring a change of clothes and shoes to be allowed on the bus

Hiji Falls Hiking TripMarch 10(Sign Up by March 7)Departure times:

Camp Courtney, 9:30 a.m.Camp Hansen, 10:15 a.m.Camp Schwab, 10:45 a.m.

March 11Departure times:Camp Kinser, 9 a.m.MCAS Futenma, 9:30Camp Foster, 10 a.m.

*Cost: ¥200

*Bring a camera, a hat, sunscreen, a towel and lunch.

FRIDAY Night at the Museum (PG), 7 p.m.

SATURDAY Charlotte’s Web (G), 3 p.m.; Code Name: The Cleaner (PG-13), 7 p.m.

SUNDAY Night at the Museum (PG), 6 p.m.

MONDAY Closed

TUESDAY Norbit (PG-13), 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY The Number 23 (R), 7 p.m.

THURSDAY Charlotte’s Web (G), 7 p.m.

MOTORCYCLES’92 HONDA CBR 400 CC JCI June 08, $2,000 OBO. (090) 9783-0867’99 SUZUKI SKYWAVE 400 CC JCI July 07, $2,500 OBO. (090) 9780-2180’04 HARLEY-DAVIDSON SPORTSTER JCI July 07, $6,400 OBO. 632-3198

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