MARINE BARRACA-S
AND
COMPANY "A". MARINE SUPPORT BATTALION (i'ISG) ECMC
Captain Edward E. D AITS TEH, promo
ted to that rank on 1 .October
sends his greetings to all his
friends on Adak. He is presently
stationed at Marine Corps Base
Twenty-Nine Palms, California whe
re he will command a firing pla
toon of the 3d- Heavy Artillery
Rocket Battery (682mm) when that
unit is activated in January.
Corporal SCHULTZ, who wrote
this column when it first appear
ed in the SUN, is also at Marine
Corps Base, Twenty-Nine Palms.
GOOD CONDUCT AWARDS
Last Friday Major HENZEL, Comm
anding Officer of Marine Barr
acks, congratulated and gave
Good Conduct awards, first award
to Corporal G. D. VAN BUREN &
Corporal Philip BRENT'. Nice go
ing men - keep up the good rec
ord.
SAR AND PATROLS
Last Wednesday Marine'Barracks
personnel were again alert and
ready for any emergency which
may have occurred. Port Platoon,
the off-duty platoon 'gave their
assistance to Starboard Platoon
to keep the security patrOl
functioning properly. In spite
of the high winds and rain,the
patrols performed their duties
very efficiently. The personnel
that weren’t on patrol were in *
a stand-by status for search &
rescue.
LET H. HARDEE
APPOINTED TO THE GRADS OF MAJOR
Major Lee H. HARDEE received the
leaves for his rank as Major ata
ceremony on 28 November.
Port and Starboard Platoon's has
had cold weather training during
the past week. These Platoons
made a hike to Mount Moffetwhere
schooling and training exercises
were held on the movement of indi
viduals on treacherous terrain.
The personnel of the above pla
toons were- schooled by Staff Ser
geant H. L. GATLEY, the Training •
NCO of Marine Barracks.
COMPANY "A"
GySgt W. P. GIEKM has completed
the Marine Corps Institute course,
Staff Functions, Combat Orders,
and Communication Plans & Orders.
Now having the equivalent of one
year of college is PFC L.J.CAMP
’BELL. PFC CAMPBELL recently com
pleted the college level general
educational development tests
satisfactorily.
During the past week, Corporal
L. C. WISE, Lance Corporal F.
D. BAILEY, and Lance Corporal
WWW. ALFORD were each awarded
•a Good Conduct. Medal, first a
ward, for three'years continuous
active service and havingn o con
victions by a courts-martial and
not more-than one non-judicial
punishment under Article 15,UCMJ
STATESIDE
Returning from leave in Pennsyl
vania the 25th of November was
-GySgt GRBICH, Admin Chief of Ma
rine Barracks. From the way he
talked he really enjoyed himseli
He said the weather there was
beautiful and the temperature
was up to 80°.