If you are driving : around Adak
-\nd happen to- see a Marine with a
;ull pack runningidown the road,or
If you have already seen one, don’t
•*et excited—dche Marines are not
evacuating. It is just part of a
lew physical fitness test which is
required to be passed byall Marines
throughout the.U. S-. Marine Corps.
This' new- physical; fitness test is
rot just - designed to see if a Mar*
^ino has the guts, and strength• to
^pass the test, as was the previous
version. The current testpresents
to the individual Marine, obstacles
that are similar to the obstacles
encountered by a Marine in actual
combat.
Very briefly, to outline the new
ohysical fitness test, here are the
events that are covered in the new
test: Climbing Uphill, 60 steps in
three minutes or less; Hope Climb,
tO feet and back down in30 seconds
^r less; Evacuation, carrying the
‘casualty" in a fireman's carry 50
cards, in b2 seconds or less; Ad
) vance by Fire and Maneuver, running
end creeping, crawling,zig-zagging
md what have you to keep from be
ing shot for 175 yards in three and
ine-half minutes or less;andForced
March, walk and double time for a
three mile stretch in 36minutes or
Less.
All of this is, of course, done
with full combat gear and is also
done one event directly after the
ether. This test is a requirement
for promotion at this Command and
throughout the Marine Corps it is
taken at least annually as a means
^f seeing just how combat ready an
outfit is. Failure in any one of
the events causes the Marine to be
completely disqualified.
New arrivals on Adak includes
Gunnery Sergeant S. GRBICH
■ Sergeant Carldene DAVISON
Sergeant Louis Hi STAMB^UGH
PFC C'onard PARKER
PFC Jack C. BULINGTON
Private Larry M. DIRTH
Gunnery Sergeant GRBICH has taken
over as Barracks Administrative
Chief relieving Staff Sergeant Ho
Wo T. MAN who was transferred to
Hawaii. Sergeant DAVISON has been
assigned duties as StarBoard Pla
toon Sergeant, and Sergeant STA.M
BATJGH is a Food Services Man work
ing at the Bering Galley.The other
three men have been assigned to the
Guard Sections for*duty.
of:;, no
h
Wrapping up promotions for this
quarter, the Commanding Officer
presented warrants to the following
personnel for promotion to the rank
of Corporals
Lance Corporal John E. LLORCA
Lance Corporal■Dallen BLOWERS
Also, promoted to Lance Corporal
wa s s
PFC George C. GITTHENS
■•■I
VtR
Four Marines were fortunate to
be able to board the Clover for a
Spring cruise. Making the trip
Corporal D. F. RASMUSSEN
Lance Corporal H.O. VALENZUELA
Lance Corporal F. G. LIRA
PFC D. R." TURNER
Also, PFC Frank MARTINEZ made a
R&R voyage to Kodiak and Anchorage,
returning last week.
"MARIN
BARRACKS. ADAK,. .ALAf