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Friday, February 21, 2014 Vol. 49, No. 7 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.
Charlie Gate Traffic Alert See Page 15
“The noise you hear is the sound of freedom.”
n Entertainment n News Briefs n Weather n In The Community n Around The Corps
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NMCRS active duty fund drive Page 6
Big leadership skills, little package Page 14
100,000 jobs for veterans Page 15
Run. Hide. Fight. Cpl. Timothy Norris Staff Writer
Run. Hide. Fight. Through a Department of Homeland Security grant, the city of Houston produced a short video informing viewers of three potentially life-saving actions that embody these concepts to survive an active-shooter attack. The public service announcement, viewable on YouTube, has more than 2.5 million views. It begins by showing a normal office setting and playing ominous music. The narrator establishes the perpetrator. “Their motivations are different,” says the narrator. “The warning signs may vary, but the devastating effects are the same, and, un-
fortunately, you need to be prepared for the worst.” Then an active shooter scenario begins to play out on unsuspecting workers. “It can happen,” said Serge Watson, the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort antiterrorism analyst. “The lone offender is the biggest threat in the workplace, and it’s the least expected. “The best thing we can do is have a policy and plan in place, and train to make sure you are prepared to deal with it,” he said. Watson advised that the “Run. Hide. Fight.” video is a good personal policy to follow in the event of an active shooter. The first guideline given is to run. see
shooter, page 12
Silver Eagles sweep into Sentry Savannah Cpl. Sarah Cherry Staff Writer
Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 left to participate in Sentry Savannah 2014 at the Savannah Combat Readiness Training Center in Savannah, Ga., Feb. 11. Sentry Savannah 2014 is a month-long joint service air-toair combat training exercise to help prepare service members for deployment, including pilots from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort along with Air National Guardsmen from Florida, Vermont, Hawaii and South Carolina. “In the real world, that’s how it’s going to go down,” said Capt. Chris Robinson, a pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115. “You’re going to have an integration of Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps in some fashion.” see
sentry, page 4
Burn, baby, burn: Fire fighters train in Pine Grove Cpl. Sarah Cherry Staff Writer
The Structural Fire Department and Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighters aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort joined forces to train and fight fires in Pine Grove aboard the Air Station, Feb. 10. While the Air Station is home to one of two buildings in Beaufort County designed for firefighting, called a burn building, this specific training provides a different kind of opportunity. The burn building’s interior and exterior walls are made of brick, and fires are only permitted in one room which is protected by thermal layers built into the building. Burning the condemned buildings of Pine Grove gives fire fighters a less readily available opportunity for more realistic, accurate training in extinguishing structural fires, identifying the source of the fires, and understanding the effects of fires on houses. “It’s designed for fire suppression and fire suppression only,” said Barry
Shughart, assistant chief of training and emergency medical services. “[Training in Pine Grove] gives us the opportunity to light a fire in a room and let our guys actually go in and watch how the fire develops in that room, and then [suppress the fire]. They can work in zero visibility and see how the fire’s going to react to what they’re doing.” There are several other benefits to using the condemned houses of Pine Grove for training. In the burn building, fire fighters can’t practice cutting open the roof, breaking down walls and ceilings, or venting the building. “If we [compare] the burn building to an actual house, it’s like the difference between watching T.V. on a black and white set with bunny ears and watching on a flat screen with all the bells and whistles,” said Brynne Burrough, assistant fire chief. The structural fire department worked closely with the Tri-Command, base contractors, base environmental and the see
Fire, page 13
The Structural Fire Department and Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighters aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort joined forces to train and fight fires in Pine Grove aboard the Air Station, Feb. 10.
Sharing emotion through art See page 8