MARINE BARRACKS
AND
COMPANY »A" KARINS SUPPORT BATTALION (KSG) IIQMC
MAR IKE BARRACKS
PROMOTIONS
At ceremonies held at Marine
Barracks, on Thursday, by the
Commanding Officer, Major H.W.
HELZBL, the following Marines
rec'jeived their promotion warr
ants •
Being promoted to Cpl E4 was:
LCpl Cleto VASQUEZ
Being promoted to LCpl E3were:.
PEC Roger C. ATHERTON
PEC William H. JOHNSON
PEC James L. LLOYD
PEC Jerry D. MEINTS
PFC Francis ROSS
PEC Larry J. BIRNELL
PFC Gerald L. MCKINNEY
Being promoted to PFC E2 were:
Pvt Acel C. ALEXANDER
Pvt Norman R# TOPE
AWARDS
Awarded a Good Conduct Medal
this past week, was LCpl S3
Lenord L. DORR.
Awarded a set of Marine Corps
Dress Blues, was LCpl'James L.
LLOYD for being chosen as the
most outstanding "Marine of the
Month", for the month of Dece
mber 1961. A board convenes
every month, and the personel
chosen from the different pla
toons have to appear before it
for selection of Marine of the
Month.
PHYSICAL FITNESS
Achieving the highest scores
on the quarterly Physical Fit
ness Test, as prescribed by the
Commandant of the Marine Corps
were the following Marines*
1st Place - LCpl Francis ROSS
. -2nd Place - LCpl William A. SCERBA
3rd.Place - PFC Kenneth E. WILLIAMS
4th Place - PFC Daniel H. THOMPSON
COMPANY "A."
Captain G. S. DELONG Jr, Company "A11
Commander, departed Adak on 12 Jan 62
for ten days temporary additional du
ty at Marine Support Battalion Headq
uarters in Washington, D. C.. While
in Washington, "Captain DELONG will
discuss Company affairs with the Bat
talion Commander, IstLt George V. E
LLISON is the acting Commanding Offi
cer in the absence of hhe r,SkipperM.
As the snow continues to fall, more
and more men of the Company are tak
ing up skiing. It is a good sport as
long as the body stays in one piece
from the many spills taken on the sl
opes of Mount Agadak.
Cpl C. H. MARSHALL has received the
”joyous" news that he has been exten
ded on Adak until June of this year*
The Company basketball team is pro
udly sporting their new scarlet and
gold uniforms just received from the
Supply Depot at Barstow, California.
Unification of some common items of
clothing in the services is fine but
it seems this unification has gone too
far. The Company has received ten
field jackets with "U. S. ARMY” in
black and gold stamped over the left
breast pocket..
PFC J. I, BARTON has succesfully
completed the USAFI GED high school
test, giving him the equivalency of
a high school education.
SSgt Robert E. BAILEY has enrolled
in the Naval Security Group corresp
ondence course, Special.Communicati
ons 31#