Slings no more: MCB Hawaii to replace obsolete web slings
March 27, 2015 — Since first qualifying with their rifles at boot camp and constantly marching around the parade deck, Marines become familiar with the web sling, or parade sling. Even in the fleet, some units only have the web sling available for annual rifle training; however, the web sling’s days are numbered.
By July 1, all Marine Corps Base Hawaii subordinate and tenant commands will be required to possess either the three-point sling or the vigorous combat application sling, otherwise known as the VCAS, or “Vickers” sling.
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Hawaii Job Corps pushes students toward summit
March 27, 2015 — Members of the Hawaii Job Corps staff met with Col. Eric W. Schaefer, the commanding officer for Marine Corps Base Hawaii, and other base representatives to discuss the Job Corps and it’s effects on the local population and community March 24, 2015 at the Job Corps Center in Waimanalo. MORE
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Sailors set out to WESTPAC
March 27, 2015 — Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 37, otherwise known as the “Easyriders,” sent off Detachment 5 to embark on a seven-month deployment to the Western Pacific aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Preble, Tuesday. While deployed, the detachment of 28, including pilots and air crew, will join more than 300 sailors aboard the vessel to be a vital role in theater security cooperation and maritime presence operations with partner nations. MORE
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Top Devil Dogs visit MCB Hawaii
March 20, 2015 — More than 850 Marines and sailors gathered in the base theater to hear from the new top dogs of the Corps, March 18, 2015. Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., 36th commandant of the Marine Corps, and Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, 18th sergeant major of the Marine Corps, who have just been appointed this fiscal year, are making their rounds through the Pacific to hear firsthand what are on the minds of Marines and sailors. MORE
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Hawaii governor visits K-Bay
March 20, 2015 — MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - Hawaii Gov. David Ige made his first ever visit to Marine Corps Base Hawaii for a tour, March 16, 2015. Accompanied by Lt. Gen. John A. Toolan, commanding general, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and Col. Eric W. Schaefer, commanding officer, MCB Hawaii, among other guests, Ige and his spouse, Dawn, were given a tour of the base. MORE
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‘Enemy mortar fire in the open!’: 1/12 JTACs wrap up Spartan Fury with exercise
March 20, 2015 — POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii — A group of Joint Tactical Air Controllers conducted a Fire Support Coordination Exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area, March 12 and 13, 2015. MORE
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1/12 concludes battalion phase of Spartan Fury
March 13, 2015 — The battalion phase of Operation Spartan Fury 15.2 drew to a close for 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island of Hawaii, March 10, 2015. MORE
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HSM-37 searches for lost hiker
March 13, 2015 — Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 37 sailors lent their eyes and aircraft to the search for Daylenn Pua, a hiker who went missing Feb. 27, 2015 after possibly climbing off-limits Haiku Stairs. MORE
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Battery Bluff hits target
March 13, 2015 — A new urban terrain unknown-distance range opened on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, March 5, 2015. MORE
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3...2...1...Fire!
March 6, 2015 — Marines of 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment headed to Pohakuloa Training Area on Kona Island Feb. 25 and got settled into the area. It didn’t take them long before they were heading to the machine gun range to re-familiarize themselves with the weapon systems on Feb. 27, 2015. MORE
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