FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Base Hawaii ~ 03 MAY 2016

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Road Trip: Marine Corps Base Hawaii

Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), formerly Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay and originally Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay, is a U.S. Marine Corps base facility and air station located on the Mokapu Peninsula of windward O'ahu in the City and County of Honolulu. Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, is home to Marines, sailors, their family members, and civilian employees. The United States Marine Corps operates a 7,800-foot runway at the base.

MCBH is home for the 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Aircraft Group 24, Combat Logistics Battalion 3 (CLB-3) 3rd Radio Battalion, and the Navy's Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 2.

On April 15, 1994, the Marine Corps consolidated all of its installations in Hawaii. MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Camp H.M. Smith, Molokai Training Support Facility, Manana Family Housing Area, Puuloa Range, and the Pearl City Warehouse Annex combined to form a new command, the Marine Corps Base Hawaii, headquartered at MCBH Kaneohe Bay.

All U.S. military units located in Hawaii fall under the command of the U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) which is headquartered at Camp H. M. Smith on Oahu.

 The Commanding General of Marine Forces Pacific (MARFORPAC) also commands 12 Marine Corps bases and stations in Arizona, California, Hawaii and Japan, as well as operational forces in Hawaii, and Okinawa, as well as units deployed to Southeast/west Asia.

Learn More About MCB Hawaii Here!

Docked at Pearl Harbor along the "Battleship Row," the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park is a fitting tribute to the 52 American submarines and more than 3,500 submariners lost in World War II.

 

The Bowfin is one of only 15 U.S. World War II submarines that did not wind up as scrap metal or as target practice for another military ship. The Pacific Fleet Memorial Association was chartered in 1978 and acquired the Bowfin just one year later. In 1980, the submarine was brought to Pearl Harbor and docked next to the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center. Finally, on April 1, 1981, the Bowfin officially opened to the public as a "museum ship."

The 10,000-square-foot museum exhibits a variety of submarine-related artifacts, including weapon systems, battle flags, photographs, recruiting posters and detailed submarine models. Visitors can examine the inner workings of a Poseidon C-3 missile, the only one of its kind to be put on public display. Also on exhibit is a Purple Heart that was awarded to crewmember Reid Lee, the lone Bowfin casualty of war. (Lee suffered shrapnel wounds during a surface engagement during the Bowfin’s seventh patrol.

Visit The USS Bowfin Museum Here!

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[mylife]

I used to have a cigarette lighter from USS Ronquil that I had been given by a Vietnam Army Vet who held the bronze star.

Sadly this bit of history was lost or stolen

[radu]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Sending out prayers for Arrowhead1952 as he recovers from his horrible fall.

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[radu]

Howdy do, Conor. *Hugz*

Did the train derailment cause hassles for you getting to work today?

[radu]

Howdy, PRO!

Another pretty day out your way today?

[luvie]

Thanks for another great road trip....to a state I’d love to visit some day!

Oo-rah for the Marines stationed there!

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Has the day gone as badly as you feared it might? I hope not.

[SandRat]

[PROCON]

Hi there!

Yup, 87 degrees today and more tomorrow before a temporary cool down.

This is my last night dog-sitting, no problems with them today.

Interestingly enough, and staying with this thread's Hawaii theme, son just called me from Pearl Harbor as they were finished touring and asked me if I wanted a Pearl Harbor hat or shirt. I said hat as, "that's my style", LOL.

Good day for me all around, how about you?

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Radu!

*HUGS*

It's great to see you this evening! The derailment did not affect me. The Brunswick Line, however, was shut down all day while CSX sorted out the mess. Thankfully, I ride the Camden Line.

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

[mylife]

At the risk of being banned LOL ☺

[radu]

Lucky you! It was another cloudy, chilly day here and we got a little rain. Not enough but we’ll take what we can get!

Good doggies, not making any messes today!

What timing for your son to call. Did you tell him about the thread? Cool that you’ll get a Pearl Harbor cap when he gets home.

Quiet day here. Too wet to get outside to do stuff so I just did some house work. woo.
Called the vet to schedule Cooper’s surgery and I’ll drop him off late tomorrow afternoon. They’ll nip him in the buds first thing Wed. morning.
I’m going to miss his fabulous jowls when they shrink.

[radu]

Ah, good! I thought about you when I saw the reports about the derailment and didn’t know if you took that line or not.
Looked like a pretty big mess to clean up.

I feel for the folks who depend on that line to get to work or wherever.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...still the same project? A new one on the horizon?

Overcast all day. Hints of rain all around, but nothing. We need rain.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...son and family home soon?

[mylife]

You haven’t lived till you’ve been ripped to shreds skinny dipping in the moonlight in Hanauma bay LOL

[PROCON]

Hey, I've skinny dipped in many bodies of water around the world, but not Hanauma bay, LOL.

[PROCON]

They’re coming home tomorrow, check out post #29.

[mylife]

Guam was dangerous too LOL

Damned Island could tip over is a NY second LOL

But seriously the razor coral

[Rembrandt]

In 1969 I was permanently based in the Philippines though we spent the majority of our time in DaNang, VN. I had been on a special assignment to NSA and recommended to our CO that we change our mission to include an additional item (I was a linguist flying intercept missions). The CO agreed.

Without that addition, our group would have been relocated from the PI/DaNang to Kaneohe. (sp?)