The Jet Stream (July 31, 2015)

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Friday, July 31, 2015 Vol. 50, No. 30 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.

“The noise you hear is the sound of freedom.”

The entrance ramps and a portion of Geiger Blvd. leading up to the main gate will be closed to be repaved and repainted Friday Aug. 14 in the afternoon, and will reopen Monday Aug. 17 at 6 a.m. Cunningham St., aboard the Air Station, will also be closed to traffic during this time, as the cement barriers on Geiger Blvd. will be stored there.

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60th annual Beaufort Water Festival parade entertains – Page 5

Sweathogs help remodel local children’s shelter – Page 6

Palmetto Fire takes flight

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha K. Torres

A maintainer executes preflight checks prior to night flights as part of Exercise Palmetto Fire July 29. The squadron, along with other military installations along the east coast will execute a joint training live fire exercise involving indirect fire to destroy targets. The maintainer is assigned to Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 224, Marine Aircraft Group 31.

Fightertown receives Secretary of the Navy Excellence awards

WTI course just around the corner

MCAS Beaufort Press Release

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort received two awards during the Secretary of the Navy’s annual Environmental and Safety Excellence Awards Ceremony at the Navy Memorial Heritage Center in Washington, D.C. July 23.

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort earned the Off-Duty Base Safety Award and the Environmental Planning Team Award.

The Off-Duty Base Safety Award is awarded annually to an installation with a superior off-duty safety program with proactive measures for risk and hazard reduction, and a command culture that holds not only operational excellence, but off-duty safety, to a high standard. see

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Weapons and Tactics Instructor course begins Sept. 15 and goes through Oct. 27. Approximately 20 jets from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort will participate in the course held aboard MCAS Yuma. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 and Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort will participate in the course.

Story by: Lance Cpl. Jonah Lovy Staff Writer

Photo by Cpl. Brendan I. Roethel

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort was awarded the Off-Duty Base Safety Award and the Environmental Planning Team Award during the Secretary of the Navy’s annual Environmental and Safety Excellence Awards Ceremony at the Navy Memorial Heritage Center in Washington, D.C. July 23.

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 and Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 began preparing for the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. The course begins Sept. 15 and goes through Oct. 27.

The WTI course is held twice a year aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma and gives combat familiarity and proficiency to pilots, weapon system officers, ground combat and combat support service personnel.

The VMFA-115 “Silver Eagles” and the VMFA(AW)-533 “Hawks” are each slated to deploy approximately 10 of the 20 F/A-18 Hornets in the course and 125 maintenance Marines to ensure the aircraft are ready

to fly every day.

The course is intended to train fixed wing and rotary wing pilots with classroom instruction and flight hours. The ground combat and combat support service troops provide realism, but also use the opportunity for realistic training.

“For our Marines, it’s a chance to go out to the field and practice ussee

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Games and Entertainment

Friday, July 31, 2015

MCAS Beaufort Movie Schedule

Saturday 4:30 p.m.

PG-13 (2:04)

Saturday 2 p.m.

PG (1:35)

Mess Hall Menu

Saturday 7:00 p.m.

PG-13 (1:38)

MCRD Parris Island Movie Schedule

Monday - Friday Saturday, Sunday Breakfast: 6 - 7:30 a.m. and holidays Lunch: 11 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Brunch: 8:30 - 11 a.m.

Dinner: 4 - 6 p.m.

Dinner: 4 - 6 p.m.

Midrats Sunday - Thursday 11:30 p.m. - 1 a.m.

Takeout window hours Breakfast - Mon. - Fri. 7:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Lunch - Mon. - Fri. 12:45 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Dinner - Mon. - Fri. 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Saturday Lunch Bayou jerk pork loin and rice Lunch Salmon with cucumber relish

Dinner Shrimp cocktail, fried chicken, steak

Sunday

Dinner Baked ziti with italian sausage

Monday - Friday Breakfast Hot farina, hot hominy grits and oven-fried bacon Monday Dinner Lunch Spicy shrimp with Baked smoked ham cheesy grits and sweet potatoes Tuesday Dinner Lunch Herbed roast pork Chicken and dumploin with pan gravy lings and rice Wednesday Dinner Lunch Manhattan clam Roast turkey and chowder green beans Thursday Dinner Lunch Apple glazed corn Arroz con pollo and beef and squash garlic bread Friday Dinner Lunch Chili macaroni and Herbed baked green beans chicken and carrots

Chapel Services Roman Catholic • 9:30 a.m. - Sunday Mass • Confession takes place before Mass • Confession Monday - Thursday at noon Protestant • 9:45 a.m. - Protestant Church School (Sunday School) • 11 a.m. - Protestant Sunday Worship Service (Children’s church is also available at this time) • 5 p.m. - Wednesday Protestant Bible Study • 5 p.m. - Saturday Worship Service at Laurel Bay Youth Center Buddhist • 11 a.m. - Saturday Worship Service in the Chapel Fellowship Hall Labyrinth Walk • 8 a.m - 4 p.m. - Monday in the Chapel Fellowship Hall Other Faith Groups • For Jewish, Mormon and Islamic support, contact the Chaplain’s Office at 228-7775

Sunday 2 p.m.

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Sunday 4:30 p.m.

PG-13 (2:04)

Sunday 7 p.m.

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July 24th solution

Hotlines

MCAS Beaufort Station Inspector Sexual Assault Response Coordinator Force Protection information and concerns PMO Dispatch Severe Weather and Force Protection

228-7789 228-6904 228-6924 228-6710 1-800-343-0639

Sexual Assault The contact number for a Uniformed Victim Advocate is 592-0646. This number can get you in contact with a UVA 24 hours a day.

Fraud, Waste and Abuse

If you know of or suspect any fraud, waste or abuse aboard MCAS Beaufort, call 228-7777.

If you know of or suspect any fraud, waste or abuse within MAG-31, call (252) 466-5038.

The automated answering service on these lines is available 24 hours a day.

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Command Information

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Fightertown deployed: VMFA-312 Checkerboards

VMFA-251 Thunderbolts

are currently deployed to the Western Pacific as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

are currently deployed aboard the USS Roosevelt as part of the U.S. Fifth Fleet.

MALS-31 Stingers have detachments currently deployed to the Western Pacific supporting VMFA-251, VMFA-312, and VMFA(AW)-224.

Brain Teaser Can you divide a cake in 8 pieces with three cuts?

July 24th Brain Teaser solution: When you light a rope from both ends it burns in half an hour.

You only need to light both ends of one rope and one end of the other.

When the first burns out you light the second end of second rope. Half hour is burned away from that one already. The rest burns out in 15 minutes, burning from both ends.

Happenings • Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are held at the Station Chapel aboard MCAS Beaufort every Monday at 6 p.m. and Thursday at 10 a.m. Meetings are open to all service members, veterans, and civilians within the Tri-Command.

• The Station Chapel aboard MCAS Beaufort is hosting a Youth Lock In Movies, Fun, Games, and Crafts Night Aug. 8-9 from 6.pm.-11a.m.

Parents interested in registering their children for the event should call 228-7775. Registration ends Aug. 2.

• The MCAS Beaufort Library will be closed for renovations for approximately two months beginning Aug. 1. During this closure, please visit the MCRD Parris Island Library or other libraries in the surrounding area. The Parris Island Libraries hours of operation 9 a.m.-8 p.m.

Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-6p.m. on Friday, and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more information call 228-1672.

• The photocopying of U.S. Government identification cards is a violation of Title 18, U.S. Code Part 1, Chapter 33, Section 701 and punishable by fine and imprisonment.

• The detention ponds located in the Freedom Sound neighborhood of Laurel Bay housing are off limits to all personnel. ‘No fishing allowed’ and ‘Keep out’ signs have been posted on the fences encircling ponds.

Friday, July 31, 2015

Did you know...

July 28, 1918: Brig. Gen. John A. Lejeune assumed command of the 2d Division, U.S. Army in France, and remained in that capacity until August 1919 when the unit was demobilized.

He was the first Marine officer to hold an Army divisional command, and following the Armistice, led his division in the march into Germany.

Effective June 1, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort is in Tropical Cyclone Condition V for Hurricane season until Nov. 30. There are currently no threats. Due to El Nino conditions, it’s likely to be a below average tropical cyclone season for the Atlantic. NOAA is predicting 6-11 named storms, 3-6 hurricanes, and 0-2 major hurricanes. Monitor local weather sources to stay up to date and be prepared.

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Contact us: 228-7225 mcasbeaufort@gmail.com BFRT_JPAO@usmc.mil Commanding Officer MCAS Beaufort Col. Peter D. Buck

Public Affairs Officer Capt. Clayton Groover

Public Affairs Chief Cpl. Brendan Roethel

Community Relations/Staff Writers Lance Cpl. Samantha K. Torres Lance Cpl. Jonah V. Lovy

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Chaplain’s Corner

Chaplains and other helping professionals

Story by Cmdr. William Holiman MCAS Beaufort Command Chaplain On our base there are a great many people here to help personnel and their families. There is, first of all, your chain of command then there are the Military Family Life Counselors, Behavioral Health Counselors, Family Readiness Officers, New Parent Support counselors, the Visiting Nurse from the Navy and Marine Corps Relief Society, twenty other kinds of counselors and social workers of the various agencies on and around the base and finally there is your Chaplain.

Everyone wants the people assigned to this base to flourish. But there are differences between the different categories of helpers. Some of us can prescribe drugs, or are specialists in behavior, finances, or family. Chaplains are not specialists in those fields. We can talk about those fields, we are usually trained in some of them, but we are here primarily to help you with your Spiritual Fitness.

What is Spiritual Fitness? That is tough to define. Naval Regulations among other things say the commanding officer shall use all proper means to foster high morale, and to develop and strengthen the moral and spiritual well-being

of the personnel under his or her command.

Chaplains are provided the necessary logistic support for carrying out the command’s religious programs to provide maximum opportunity for the free exercise of religion by service members.

That tells us that the Commanding officer is required to develop and strengthen our moral and spiritual well-being, but does not tell us what that well-being is. The regulations give us the maximum opportunity for the free exercise of religion, but do not give us the content of that religion.

The commander wants to strengthen your moral and spiritual well-being. Two of his tools are the Chaplain and the free exercise of religion.

They are not the commanders only tools though.

They will also use the spiritual resources that the commander finds helpful, and will use all the helping professionals to help develop moral and spiritual well-being. But the CO will use the Chaplain.

The Chaplain has tools to help the commander, such as the Spiritual Fitness Guide. The SFG says spirituality may be used generally to refer to that which gives meaning and purpose in life, or to refer to the practice of a philosophy, religion or way of living. The SFG, available at http:// www.navy.mil/docs/SpiritualFitnessGuide.pdf, does not use religious language. Chaplains are

religious, but not all Marines are. We want every Marine to flourish, not just the members of our own faith group.

The SFG talks about being engaged in life’s meaning and purpose, being hopeful about the future, making sound moral decisions, being able to forgive ones self and others, and respecting the core values and beliefs of others. The guide moves from green, meaning that the person is positively active in those areas of life, to yellow, orange and finally red. You can guess that the red has answers that show injury in those categories.

How do we help with Spiritual Fitness? Well, first and most obvious is we give you the opportunity to worship with likeminded people.

Here on the base we have two really wonderful religious communities that worship on Sundays: the Protestant and Catholic communities. Those are real churches with all the things you would expect including baptisms, weddings, communion, preaching, prayer, Bible study, and encouragement. On Saturdays we have a Buddhist community that provides the public and private opportunities to engage in all the practices of Buddhism. Your Chaplains also facilitate for Jewish, Muslim, Atheist/Humanist, Hindu, and Wiccan communities as they engage in practices meaningful to them.

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Marines compete for tactical athlete title Story and Photos by: Lance Cpl. Jonah Lovy Staff Writer

Marine Corps Community Services held a Tactical Athlete Competition July 28-29, aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.

Marines from MCAS Beaufort competed in challenges based on the rigorous fundamentals of the High Intensity Tactical Training program, said Kelly Colon, a personal trainer and HITT instructor aboard MCAS Beaufort.

The course includes several cone drills, a standing broad jump, a kneeling power ball throw, a 400 yard tactical course, and a kettlebell burpee challenge. “Our main objective when we do these courses is to teach Marines how to prevent injuries and still get a good workout in,� said Colon The winners of the challenge will be announced next week. The male and female with the top scores will be flown out to Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., to compete in finals.

Staff Sgt. Vincent Huggan and Sgt. Osias Lozano perform kettle bells swings during the Tactical Athlete Challenge aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort July 29. Every event in the challenge was based on exercises in the High Intensity Tactical Training program. Huggan is a training chief with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31. Lozano is a training non-commissioned officer with MALS-31.

Sgt. Osias Lozano executes a cone drill during the Tactical Athlete Challenge held aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort July 29. Marines from MCAS Beaufort competed in challenges based on the rigorous fundamentals of the High Intensity Tactical Training program. Lozano is a training non-commissioned officer with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31.

Sgt. Osias Lozano carries weights during the Tactical Athlete Challenge held aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort July 29. The 400 yard tactical course includes tire flips, sprints, and fireman carries. Lozano is a training non-commissioned officer with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31.

Staff Sgt. Vincent Huggan flips a tire for 100 yards during the Tactical Athlete Challenge aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort July 29. One male and one female from MCAS Beaufort will be selected as winners and advance to the next challenge. Huggan is a training chief with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 31.

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60th Annual Beaufort Water Festival parade hosts Marines

Photos by Lance Cpl. Kayla L. Douglass

Col. Peter D. Buck waves at spectators during the 60th Annual Beaufort Water Festival Parade through downtown Beaufort July 25. The Festival is a ten-day celebration showcasing Lowcountry cuisine, arts and crafts, and more than two-dozen individual sporting, water, and music events. Buck is the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.

The Color Guard awaits the command to lead the Annual Beaufort Water Festival parade in downtown Beaufort July 25. Each year, Beaufort hosts local residents and visitors from across the state and country during the annual festival.

Spectators honor the American flag during the 60th Annual Beaufort Water Festival Parade through downtown Beaufort July 25. The Beaufort Water Festival is one of the largest festivals in the state of South Carolina.

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Around Our Corps

Air Station Marines help remodel children’s shelter

Marines repair a ceiling at a Beaufort children’s shelter July 22. Marines donated their time and energy to remodel the shelter, so that it may house more children. The Marines are with Marine Wing Support Squadron 273, Marine Aircraft Group 31.

Story and Photos by: Lance Cpl. Samantha K. Torres Staff writer

The sounds of the saw and drills were constant. Saw dust flew all around, and Marines were carrying in one piece of material after another.

Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 donated their spare time and energy to help remodel a children’s shelter July 20-24.

“We had a Marine who started the project, and we are finishing it for him,” said Sgt. Anthony Williams, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the combat engineer platoon for MWSS-273.

Gunnery Sgt. Gregory Salinas started the program, and now 15 Marines and one civilian are carrying out his plans.

“We reached out to MWSS-273 to see if they could donate their time and labor, and they did,” said Christina Wilson, the executive director of the Child Abuse Prevention Association of Beaufort. “They are doing an outstanding job.”

The Marines remodeled the inside of the shelter, allowing it to house five more children.

“We’re all doing our small part to ensure the children have a place to stay,” said Wilson.

The shelter has been in Beaufort for nearly 30 years. The shelter’s mission is to break the viscous cycle of child abuse and neglect through community outreach and with the help from Lance Cpl. Phillip Truong cuts a piece of wooda Beaufort children’s shelter July 22. Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron the Marines of MWSS-273 they can now reach 273 donated their time and manpower to help remodel a local children’s shelter. After the shelters completion it will have the capability to provide a home for five additional children. Truong is a combat engineer with MWSS-273, Marine Aircraft Group 31. out and help more children.

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“The Townsend Bombing Range Integrated Planning Team, led by MCAS Beaufort, earned the Environmental Planning Team Award for the establishment, commitment, and innovative actions of the IPT,” said William Drawdy, the Natural Resource and Environmental Affairs Officer for MCAS Beaufort.

Team members brought expertise in environmental and natural resource affairs, cultural resources, community planning and liaising, public affairs, real estate, training and operations, and policy and compliance to successfully achieve a record of decision to expand the range.

“Thank you all for the effort put in to receive this award,” said Col. Peter D. Buck, the commanding officer for Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. “Well done to all. I’m very proud of this air station. Receiving two awards is a big deal and we’ll display the awards proudly.”

According to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, the objective of the Environmental and Safety Excellence Awards is to highlight activities that have excelled in improving warfighting and mission readiness through professional risk management in the elimination of preventable deaths, injuries, occupational illnesses, infrastructure and materiel losses, and mission degradation. The awards emphasize the unique importance of safety as a top Department of the Navy priority.

ing the equipment we use when deployed,” said Capt.

Nathaniel Griggs, a pilot with Marine Aviation training Support Squadron. “Everyone will get an ample opportunity to build proficiency.”

The course is six weeks long, with about three weeks of live fire training focusing on integrating aviation and a mobile ground force.

In addition to the proficiency and tactics training, participating in WTI will help the Marines work together more efficiently.

“Marines are very proficient here, but training in the field together will help build that camaraderie,” said Griggs.

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Maintainers prepare for Weapons and Tactics Instructor course. The course begins Sept. 15 and goes through Oct. 27. The WTI course is held aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma and gives combat familiarity and proficiency to pilots, weapon system officers, ground combat and combat service support personnel. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 and Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort will participate in the course.

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Marines prepare an F/A-18 hornet for the Weapons and Tactics Instructor course. The course begins Sept. 15 and goes through Oct. 27. The course is held aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma and allows pilots, aircrew, and maintainers to rehearse combat operations and increase their proficiency. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 and Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533 aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort will participate in the course.

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Never Left Behind, Forgotten;

Honorary Marine Recognized for Bringing Brothers Home Story and Photo by: Sgt. Justin M. Boling Defense Media Activity

TRIANGLE, Va. – Never leave a Marine behind. A mantra shared between the brothers and sisters in arms of the Corps.

One civilian earned the title of Honorary Marine by retrieving Marines, who were thought to be lost forever.

Mark Noah, the executive director of History Flight, received the title of Honorary Marine during a ceremony held at the National Marine Corps Museum, at Triangle, Va., July 24.

“It is an awesome honor that I accept very humbly,” said Noah. “I am just a guy following in the foot steps of these incredible characters.”

Awarding the title of Honorary Marine began in 1992 to recognize individuals, living or deceased, in the civilian community, who have made a contribution to the United States Marine Corps.

A few of the 93 recipients of the title include: Joe Rosenthal, Felix de Weldon, U.S. Senators Max Cleland and Daniel Inoye, Jim Nabors, Chuck Norris, Gary Sinise and Bugs Bunny.

“If there is anybody deserving of this title it is Mr. Mark Noah,” said Major Gen. James Lukeman, the commanding general of Training and Education Command, who presented the honor on behalf of the commandant of the Marine Corps.

Noah, a commercial airline pilot, started his Florida-based, non-profit, non-governmental organization, to keep the history of flight alive.

“We started about 13 years ago to preserve American aviation history,” said Noah.

“In subsequent years, we were invited to instruct as aircraft history experts for missing persons recovery operations.

That changed our focus from strictly historic preservation to recovering the people who made the history possible.”

Using radar, cadaver dogs and cross referencing old military maps with high resolution aerial maps of the island today, Noah’s organization finds heroes who were thought to be lost forever.

“He is so damn smart and determined,”

Mark Noah receives the title of Honorary Marine during a ceremony held at the National Marine Corps Museum, at Triangle, Va., July 24. Noah is the executive director of History Flight which uses radar, cadaver dogs and cross referencing old military maps with high resolution aerial maps of the island today to find seven Marines, who were thought to be lost after the island hopping campaign of World War II.

said Retired Col. Michael Brown, who has worked with Noah for nearly seven years.

“He doesn’t want accolades. He just looks at it as mission accomplishment, and there is nothing more Marine than that.”

History flight has recovered the remains of several hundred Marines and sailors deemed unrecoverable at the conclusion of the Battle of Tarwa. The 76-hour conflict cost America the lives of 1,600 Marines and sailors.

The U.S. Army retuned to Tarawa after the

conclusion of World War II to find the graves of hundreds of fallen Marines and sailors.

They were only capable of recovering approximately half of the American service members.

“He has a desire to make a difference,” Brown said. “He has a shack for an office on Tarawa. He has returned personally more than 30 times, and raised a lot of money for this cause.”

When Noah met Gen. Joseph Dunford, Jr., the 36th commandant of the Marine Corps,

and Adm. Jonathan Greenert, the chief of Naval Operations, before the evening parade held at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., his organization was loading the remains of 35 Marines to be brought home from Tarawa.

“We do this work for the souls of the missing and the families they left behind,” Noah said. “We are able to travel back in time and connect families with their missing loved ones and restore the dignity of the individual person,who died in the line of duty for this country.”

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Marines train to take the streets

Lance Cpl. Steven Hoggand directs his Marines’ fire while suppressing an enemy position during platoon attack drills aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. July 24. Training began for the Marines with a combined arms fire and maneuver exercise as part of their Integrated Training Exercise in preparation for their upcoming deployment with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Crisis Response Central Command 16.1 scheduled to depart later this year. Hoggand is a machine gunner and section leader with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment.

Marines prepare to load onto a CH-53E Super Stallion aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 26. The Marines were inserted into an urban terrain to cordon and search the area for possible threats. The Marines are with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. The aircraft is with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366

Story and Photo by: Cpl. Seth Starr I Marine Expeditionary Force

Story and Photo by: Sgt. Owen Kimbrel I Marine Expeditionary Force

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – It was a warm morning when Marines from 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, rose at 3:17 a.m. to begin preparation for platoon attacks aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 24.

Training began for the Marines with a combined arms fire and maneuver exercise as part of their Integrated Training Exercise in preparation for their upcoming deployment with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Crisis Response Central Command 16.1 scheduled to depart later this year.

Platoon attacks started with an assault on three reinforced enemy machine gun bunkers. The goal of the assault was to effectively suppress enemy positions, breach any obstacles toward the objective, and clear all three bunkers.

1st Lt. Cress Clippard, a platoon commander for 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, said that his Marines performed well and adapted to the situation despite several unknowns.

“This is a lot more challenging than we’re

used to because instructor trainers will throw obstacles in our way that test our skills of leadership and problem solving,” said Clippard. “However, my Marines took charge and quickly handled the situation without error.”

When the assault began, Marines occupied two support by fire positions and initiated suppressing of all three enemy bunkers, while engineers and rifleman skirted along a jagged creek bed under the cover of M240 medium machine guns.

“In order to grow and develop my platoon as a whole, I allow my squad leaders to take charge after I issue a command,” said Clippard.

After breaching several wire obstacles in the creek bed and sustaining two casualties, riflemen closed on their objectives one by one and eliminated threats through the use of fragmentation grenades and close quarters fire.

“I believe this kind of training is necessary for refining the basics,” said Lance Cpl. Randy Dick, a grenadier with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment. “Improving marksmanship, communication and violence of action are all skills that ensure we do this job right.”

Through aggressive action and effective communication, the Marines will continue to prepare for their deployment with SPMAGTF-CR-CC.

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – The sound of CH-53E Super Stallion rotors spinning in the distance could be heard as Marines and sailors with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 teamed up to run drills in ground air integration training at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 26.

Using helicopters, the Marines increased their ability to reach a remote area, insert, and conduct a cordon and search to locate potential targets housing weapons and drugs.

“This type of training is important because it gives the Marines the opportunity to conduct Tactical Site Exploitation methods and exploit an actual village to set up an inner and outer cordon,” said 1st Lt. Alan Blackburn, a platoon commander with 1/3.

The Marines inserted on the outskirts of the village and tactically cleared buildings in search of possible targets, establishing a cordon of the area to not let anyone in or out.

After clearing the buildings, the Marines found five possible targets. Upon further questioning and battling varying combatant attitudes from the role players, the Marines used a biometric scanner to scan each individual’s eyes and finger prints to determine which individuals needed to be detained.

“A good thing to take away from this type of training is that you sometimes are going to have to force people to do what you say, and when they don’t speak the same language as you, it makes it that much harder,” said Lance Cpl. Arata Young, a team leader with 1/3. “So you have to be patient yet assertive in order to make progress.”

After completing the mission, the Marines received feedback from observers with varying fields of experience from detainee questioning to employment of the biometric scanners.

“It was a good opportunity for us to come out here and perform,” added Blackburn.

“Everyone likes to conduct towns, so we came in here and had a good time.”

This training allows Marines to successfully replicate sectioning off an area in order to search and seize hazardous material or individuals.

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Delta Company Graduates Honor Graduates

Platoon 1056

Platoon 1060

Pfc. W. T. Daily, Columbia, SC Senior Drill Instructor: Staff SSgt J. M. Santa Cruz

Pfc. A. A. Gibson, Monterey, TN Senior Drill Instructor: Sgt. C. A. Serra

Platoon 1057

Platoon 1061

Pfc. T. C. Rich Jr., Norfolk, VA Senior Drill Instructor: Sgt. J. A. Zitzman

Pfc. C. M. Brown, Raymond, NH Senior Drill Instructor: Staff Sgt. S. C. Lichtenfels

Platoon 1058

Platoon 1062

Pfc. T. J. Curtin V, Brighton, MI Senior Drill Instructor: Staff Sgt. T. M. Walsh Jr.

Pfc. A. L. Scott, Franklin, KY Senior Drill Instructor: Staff Sgt. C. A. Vargas

Platoon 1056 Pvt. T. A. Abbott , Pfc. A. B. Asta , Pvt. N. S. Bacardi , Pfc. J. C. Ball , Pvt. W. T. Ballard II , Pvt. M. V. Bivona , Pvt. R. K. Bodnar , Pfc. I. C. Booth , Pvt. L. A. Borden II , Pvt. M. J. Bridge , Pfc. B. J. Brooks , Pfc. J. D. Brooks , Pvt. A. T. Brown , Pvt. J. J. Buckner , Pfc. Q. D. Campbell , Pfc. W. C. Cappelen* , Pfc. C. M. Chishibanji , Pvt. W. D. Comer , Pfc. W. T. Daily , Pvt. J. M. Defoor , Pfc. R. J. Desmarais , Pvt. A. A. Franklin , Pvt. M. H. Garvin , Pvt. J. B. Green , Pfc. R. S. Griffin* , Pvt. L. T. Henderson III , Pvt. J. J. Huskin , Pfc. D. L. Huskins , Pvt. M. E. Ingram , Pvt. T. C. Jewell , Pvt. A. D. Jones , Pvt. J. T. Kinsey , Pfc. J. A. Laciskey , Pvt. J. B. Ladson , Pvt. W. N. Lowry , Pvt. M. A. Madden , Pvt. A. P. Marcus , Pvt. J. W. Martin , Pfc. D. L. McCollum , Pfc. E. T. Montgomery , Pfc. M. F. Moore , Pvt. E. L. Phillips , Pfc. N. T. Pierce* , Pvt. D. E. Roberts , Pvt. S. C. Sinclair , Pvt. V. Suhanov , Pvt. G. P. Winston II

Platoon 1057

Pfc. J. R. Arici , Pfc. A. L. Armstrong , Pfc. D. J. Beegle , Pfc. M. M. Brown , Pfc. A. J. Caballero* , Pfc. J. G. Carter , Pvt. Y. M. Chaudhary , Pvt. K. W. Conrad , Pvt. J. A. Delrioalicea , Pfc. B. C. Foreback , Pvt. A. J. Godwin , Pfc. M. J. Guerrero II , Pfc. P. A. Hicks , Pvt. T. T. Hyder , Pvt. J. D. Ignone , Pvt. K. A. Jones , Pvt. J. D. Keller , Pfc. C. W. Kelly , Pvt. J. M. King , Pvt. S. M. Knox , Pvt. A. K. Lyon , Pvt. J. L. Maldonadocortes , Pfc. M. J. Marlow* , Pvt. J. D. Morris , Pvt. H. A. Myers , Pfc. A. M. Nyberg , Pvt. A. L. Partridge , Pvt. C. R. Patterson , Pvt. R. Perez , Pfc. D. A. Pettie , Pfc. R. Picaso Jr. , Pfc. J. Z. Powell , Pvt. M. J. Prevo Jr. , Pvt. G. D. Pruitt Jr. , Pfc. G. F. Reed , Pvt. B. M. Reider , Pvt. E. M. Rice , Pfc. T. C. Rich Jr.* , Pvt. L. E. Rogiers , Pfc. C. J. Sanchezlopez , Pfc. A. M. Stout , Pvt. A. R. Swicegood , Pfc. R. T. Temen , Pvt. S. A. Thompson , Pvt. Q. D. Ware , Pvt. M. R. Watson , Pvt. B. A. Weber , Pfc. M. J. Wright

Platoon 1058 Pvt. M. R. Allen , Pfc. A. J. Andrzejak , Pvt. V. L. Annichiarico , Pvt. E. D. Bailey , Pvt. B. W. Beason , Pvt. B. M. Berry , Pfc. K. R. Bickham* , Pfc. M. L. Bishop , Pvt. J. A. Brown , Pfc. D. Clement , Pfc. Z. T. Cochran , Pvt. D. P. Crary , Pfc. J. C. Cummings , Pfc. T. J. Curtin V , Pfc. C. E. Custer* , Pfc. P. R. Dealmeida , Pfc. R. A. Delaca , Pvt. E. A. Driscoll , Pfc. M. A. Funes , Pvt. D. A. Galler , Pfc. D. P. Gray , Pfc. T. P. Green Jr. , Pfc. D. S. Hill , Pfc. P. R. Hobbs , Pfc. M. R. Hudecheck , Pvt. R. L. Keller , Pfc. A. W. Kiskeravage , Pfc. K. E. Krupa , Pfc. M. A. Mclaughlin , Pvt. N. B. Mcneil , Pfc. C. J. Michaels , Pvt. J. H. Miller , Pvt. P. K. Moffat , Pfc. S. J. Myers , Pvt. A. M. Occhipinti , Pfc. S. C. Rasmussen , Pfc. H. T. Rhodes , Pvt. R. X. Rodriguezrosario , Pfc. T. R. Sanders , Pfc. L. J. Scarnici* , Pfc. A. D. Schad , Pvt. T. N. Sewell , Pvt. M. A. Sweeney , Pvt. J. T. Thibodeau , Pvt. D. L. Troy , Pfc. R. J. Walden

Platoon 1060 Pvt. T. Albin , Pvt. T. A. Angel , Pvt. R. R. Argabrite , Pvt. J. C. Bailey , Pfc. C. L. Bechard , Pfc. M. E. Behnke , Pvt. E. Benaventfuentes , Pfc. S. W. Bish , Pfc. J. A. Bryan , Pvt. N. A. Chernis , Pfc. S. R. Cohen , Pfc. L. G. Collana , Pvt. B. A. Cook , Pvt. T. D. Craik , Pvt. A. W. Davis , Pfc. A. Dejesus , Pvt. K. P. Demers , Pfc. D. C. Divalerio , Pvt. S. M. Faith , Pvt. M. S. Feigly , Pvt. C. S. Flannery , Pfc. B. Z. Foster , Pfc. C. E. Friend , Pfc. A. A. Gibson* , Pvt. J. E. Gonzalez , Pvt. K. A. Granja , Pfc. M. D. Hannon , Pfc. C. M. Harris , Pvt. J. S. Hernandez , Pvt. A. L. Hopkins , Pfc. E. J. Jeanmarie , Pvt. B. E. Jeffries , Pvt. M. M. Joyce , Pfc. D. R. Kushner , Pfc. M. A. Leighton , Pfc. T. Liu , Pfc. A. L. Lopuga , Pfc. W. M. Lowber , Pvt. J. Y. Maldonadosoto , Pvt. K. A. Mendoza , Pvt. X. Olivero , Pvt. J. R. Pemberton , Pfc. E. M. Price Jr. , Pfc. K. A. Ragland , Pfc. T. D. Raines* , Pfc. A. G. Ramoscastellanos , Pfc. O. E. Ramosrodriguez , Pvt. L. M. Reyes , Pfc. A. Rodriguez , Pfc. D. C. Rodriguez* , Pvt. J. J. Rudolph , Pvt. B. J. Schaefer , Pfc. J. L. Vadeboncoeur

Platoon 1061

Pvt. B. P. Albano , Pfc. W. T. Austin , Pvt. D. C. Bartholomew , Pvt. K. O. Bishop Jr. , Pvt. E. J. Bonilla , Pvt. G. A. Briones , Pfc. C. M. Brown , Pvt. W. L. Burnette , Pvt. R. T. Cassino , Pfc. B. D. Cocks , Pvt. F. A. Coriano , Pvt. H. G. Desai , Pvt. F. Didy , Pfc. L. S. Evans* , Pvt. Z. T. Faith , Pfc. T. L. Farias , Pfc. M. A. Gilmore , Pvt. A. L. Green , Pvt. J. K. Hooper , Pvt. C. J. Hrivnak , Pvt. J. B. Justice II , Pfc. B. A. Kindrix , Pvt. J. D. Landon , Pvt. T. M. Large , Pvt. J. A. Lowber , Pvt. J. A. Lunathibaud , Pvt. B. S. Ly , Pfc. L. J. Martinezvazquez , Pvt. P. M. Martone , Pfc. I. M. Mcfarland , Pfc. J. E. Mejiarosales , Pvt. W. A. Merola , Pvt. M. A. Moatscarpenter , Pfc. W. L. Mone , Pfc. B. M. Munoz , Pfc. D. J. Murphy , Pfc. J. A. Ortizsantos , Pvt. N. B. Pabilona Jr. , Pfc. M. A. Ribot , Pfc. D. L. Rincon , Pfc. M. A. Smith Jr.* , Pfc. T. F. Staback , Pvt. L. F. Steinmark , Pfc. P. J. Stockhausen , Pvt. S. T. Townsend , Pfc. R. C. Tufano , Pvt. S. C. Veduccio , Pfc. R. T. Wilson

Platoon 1062 Pfc. B. F. Acuna* , Pvt. J. L. Alverado , Pvt. A. A. Aponte , Pvt. A. J. Berry , Pvt. A. Buceta , Pfc. J. M. Buenomercedes , Pfc. J. A. Buess , Pfc. R. A. Chance , Pfc. C. L. Childress , Pvt. J. B. Covello , Pfc. L. C. Cradic , Pfc. R. K. Dicarlo III , Pvt. O. Duran , Pfc. C. K. Essah , Pfc. P. Ferdinand , Pvt. R. W. Harper , Pvt. S. R. Jones , Pfc. J. K..

Kellond , Pvt. J. B. Martin , Pfc. M. A. Martinez , Pvt. J. A. Medlock , Pvt. N. A. Moskites , Pvt. J. A. Mulholland , Pvt. P. R. Noel , Pvt. N. M. Nolasco , Pfc. J. B. Otero* , Pvt. K. R. Perez , Pfc. B. L. Perkins , Pfc. J. J. Post , Pvt. I. C. Remers , Pfc. B. N. Rendich , Pvt. R. J. Resta , Pfc. A. L. Scott* , Pfc. K. E. Sebastian , Pvt. T. W. Sherpa , Pvt. B. A. Smith , Pfc. C. T. Smith , Pvt. Z. M. Taylor , Pvt. A. A. Tirado , Pfc. S. S. Travis II , Pfc. Z. A. Trudeau , Pfc. T. L. Twist , Pvt. J. T. Waters , Pfc. Z. T. Westpheling , Pfc. P. J. Yantinmarrero

*Denotes meritorious promotion

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