MARINE BARRACKS
AND
SUB-UNIT #1
KARINE BARRACKS
Starboard Platoon left last Mon
day, the 18th of September, for
a field problem. Lieutenant
JOHNSON and Sergeant DAVISON are
in charge of the platoon on the
problem. The purpose of the pro
blem is to leaiti more about how
to operate under the conditions
on Adak, and further their train
ing. The men left Monday morn
ing about eleven o'clock on an.
eleven mile forced march. Eleven
miles may not seem very far, but
when you start over those hills
in all that tundra, the going
gets pretty rough. Each man was
carrying about a sixty to eighty
pound pack that had all theirwet
weather and cold x^eather gear in
it. They also had their cloth
ing, food (C Rations), mess gear
and their sleeping bag on their
pack. Some of the men had extra
weight as they had to carry radi
os for communication. The radios
weigh about ninety pounds each &
are broken down into three parts.
That adds about thirty pounds to
the unlucky men that have tocarry
it. That extra thirty pounds
makes their packs weigh in the
vicinity of one hundred pounds.
The training they get willcon
sist of learning how to operate
under different situations that
might occur in time of war at
one time or another. The weath
er conditions here is about the
biggest problem they have to
face. They have learn what kind
of clothing to wear on different
occasions, such as when in' the
attack3 moving to new positions,
and When they are set up in one
for a while.
These Marines are getting some
good training, and at the same
time are keeping up the Marine
Corps standard "COMBAT READY".
Port Platoon will be going out
next week for the same kinf of
problem and for the same purpose.
SUB-UNIT #1
Corporal Samuel MAZMAN Jr, was
presented Meritorious Mast for
outstanding performance of duty
by the Commanding Officer Naval
Communication Station via the
Officer - in - Charge of Sub
Unit #1 Marine Security Group
for solving a difficult techni
cal problem in connection with
Naval Security Group matters.
Staff Sergeant H. J. REYER? ad
minstrative chief, recently re
porting aboard from Camp Lejeune
North Carolina is replacingStaff
Sergeant B, J. CLUBB as adminis
trative chief of Marine Security
Group Sub-Unit #1 on 4 October
1961. '
The Marine Sub-Unit #1 Security
Group office has recently been
moved from the old chapel to the
terminal building. We are now
known, as ■■subterranean Marines.
Marine Barracks bowling team is
not doing too good at the pres
ent . Due to some of their men
being out in the field they are
having trouble. More than like
ly, they will be back up to parr
before long though.