Sergeant Major William DONOVAN has re
turned from a few weeks leave in Anchor
age, where he says everything is in real
Tine shape. He was anxious to return
■ hough, to resume supervision of the re
lovation of the Marine Club. It won't be
Long till we have the Club going again.
We're happy to have Private Ronald L.
IESSENGER back in the Barracks after his
/:;ay at the Station Hospital, Almost cora
jletely recuperated, Private Messenger
-111 soon be back in the midst of Barracks
activities. _
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lance Corporal Prank BENINAT I, the Mar
ne Barracks Field Music, now heads up the
•eonglows, the small combo -that provides
v-sic for the Clubs of Adak. It appears
hat .lance Corporal BENINAT I is doing a
;ood job and the Moonglows are putting out
etter music than ever. If fine music is
?at you need for your party or meeting,
all 246 and ask for Frank, he111 be glad
.o talk business.
Four new Marines joined the Barracks
anks last Friday to spend their tour of
uty on the Rock. Welcome to
Private First Class Bruce MILKE
Private Roger ATHERTON
Private William ESTES
Private Francis ROSS
Each Marine is a basic rifleman and
the skills of a basic rifleman must be
learned and retained no matter what the
individual* s job is. This isn't easy,
and to retain knowledge, a Marine must
1 first learn it thoroughly and soundly.
The month after a Marine graduates from
* Boot" Chmp is spent doing just that at a
place called InfantryTraining Regiment •
Crammed into that month is almost 200
hours of hard, thorough training on inf
antry weapons, techniques,assaults,tac
tics, etc.
Ask almost any Marine,and he will tell
you that Infantry Training Regiment is
one of the best schools he*s ever att
ended, It has to be, to get young men
started on a competent Marine Cbrps car
eer, But what makes it that good?First
of all, instructors at ITR are among the
most efficient the Corps has to offer,,
They have the ability to make the stud
ent listen and learn. Not one class is
boring or unnecessary. Second, most of
the subjects taiight in Infantry Train
ing are followed by an ample amount of
time spent on practical application-—
"You’ve got to do it to learn it". Live
firing, squad tactics, compass . marches,
individual movement, grenades, demoli
tions and booby traps’are all partici
pated in by the student in both day and
night practices.
Its plenty difficult for a Commanding
Officer to keep his troups combat ready
when they are busy at other jobs—Admin,
Supply, Guard—and without the basic
training learned at Infantry Training
Regiment, it would approach the imposs
ible, Here at Adak, where we don’tvork
with combat gear daily, we have training
scheduled to "follow-up" the knowledge
already learned in ITR so as to keep
combat ready.
’•MARINE BARRACKS, ADAK, ALASKA”