When a Marine platoon fires the
rifle for qualification, the goal
is always 100% qualification,. It
doesn’t happen very often. Marine
Barracks personnel fired a 100%,
though not with rifles, with 100$
voluntary participation in donat
ing to the Federal Services Joint
Crusade and the HealthAgency Drive.
A little from each Marine adds up
to a lot of help for a Korean child
or a research program and we are
proud that we have done our share
for a good cause.
Eleven Marines, comprising the
March draft, completed their tour
this week and left Adakfbr trans
fer to the 1st Marine Division at
Camp Pendleton, California .Amongst
the departees was Corporal Roy L.
BURNS, AFRS technician who added
to- the Island ’ s entertainm'ent fac
ilities not orly by keeping the
equipment In top shape but also by
his occasional D.J. duties on the
A Night' Watchman show. Other Marines
w leaving the Island were: ’
Lance Corporal Lyle GOEHRING
Lance Corporal David ANDERSON
Lance Corporal Charles SLAYMAKER
Lance Corporal Lynden CASE
PFC Frank CLUBB
PFC Jimmie VAN CLEAVE
PFC Jerry SCOVILL
•PFC Danny SCHACHT
Private Bob HORR
Private James OWEN
Ihe liberty situation isn't the
best here on Adak:, and the only
thing to do is make the best of it.
It’s a little easier for the per
sonnel of Marine Barracks to do
that now, because the Commanding
Officer's cabin is now fixed up,
and. in use. Located out by And
rew Lake, the cabin makes a perfect
spot for a week-end away from it.
all. It has a nice fireplace, a
grill, cooking utensils,etc,, mak
ing "roughing it" pretty enjoyable.
We owe thanks to Staff Sergeant
Clifton HILL for directing the re
novation job.
Port Section spent a vjeek-endout
there last week and Lieutenant E.
E. DAUSTER reported that the cab
in had all items necessary for a
good time, except, of course,food
and liquid essentials which t.here.
seemed to be plenty of when Port
made the trip.
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One more promotion to report this
week. Private First Class Don S.
WOOLMAN was promoted to the rank
of Lance Corporal. He received
his well-earned step up as a re
sult of a billet vacancy left by
transfer of personnel.
New arrival to Marine Barracks
is Lance Corporal Philip BRENT.He
will be assigned to AFRS.
The reason for.the. rank.structure change is to give the junior.Non
Commissioned Officer (Corporal E4) more authority (more people under
him) and to keep the higher NCO grades consonant with the other serv
ices. It has worked very well and after the changeover has been com
pleted, it will improve our personnel and organizational planning.
’’MARINE BARRACKS, ADAK, ALASKA