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NAVY
USS Missouri fund-raiser set
The USS Missouri Memorial Association is holding "Moon over Missouri," a fund-raising event to support the ongoing restoration of the USS Missouri, Thursday, 6-9 p.m. on the fantail of the battleship.
The event marks the end of the memorial's local phase of its "All Hands on Deck" campaign and inaugurates the national phase of the campaign. More than $2 million has been raised locally to support restoration, and an additional $1 million is expected by the end of the year. The association then will work toward a new goal of raising the remaining $7 million needed on the Mainland.
Projects to be financed include the creation of an alternative visitor center for disabled people; opening of the Missouri's "Broadway," the long corridor below deck connecting the ship's engine rooms; introduction of interactive kiosks; and opening of a 16-inch gun turret for visitor access.
Admission is $75 per person, and the cost is tax deductible.
Transportation will be provided via trolley from the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum starting at 5:45 p.m. No bags are permitted on the trolley.
For reservations or information, call 423-1260.
MARINES
Terror scenario practiced
Marines based at Camp H.M. Smith have been training to thwart and fight back against terrorists in the Islands.
The training is part of an initiative called Joint Rear Area Command Hawai'i. The initiative, led by civilian authorities, supports homeland defense.
On Nov. 14, military police from Camp Smith and Marine Corps Base Hawai'i at Kane'ohe joined other Marine units and civilian agencies to simulate the interception of terrorist plans to target the Camp Smith command building.
A working unit called Base Cluster Command X-ray was formed, similar to a Marine air-ground task force. Seventy Marines were transported by helicopter to Camp Smith and "fast roped" from the craft onto the base's landing zone, successfully securing the target building.
ARMY
$2 million in tuition aid used
At Hawai'i Pacific University, 263 students spent more than $1 million dollars in educational assistance money provided by the Army this year, according to the U.S. Army Recruiting Company, Honolulu, while 135 students at the University of Hawai'i spent $448,000.
Leeward Community College students — 181 of them — spent $479,000, and 122 Chaminade University students spent $361,000.
The money was made available through Army educational assistance programs, including the Montgomery GI Bill and the Army College Fund. The students are veterans or service members.
More information is available on the Army's Web site.
