Letter to the editor

As GySgt Kurt McMinn departs Guantanamo Bay to join the 1st Marine Division in Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Capt Patrick Gaughan transfers within this command to take on new duties as the supply officer, we would like to take this opportunity to express our sincere appreciation to everyone who has assisted our Marines in the S-4 section in providing the necessary logistical support for the many activities undertaken by Marine Barracks during the past year.

While we have received solid support from nearly every Naval Base agency and tenant command, we would like to thank the following individuals and units for their particularly outstanding support: GMC(SW) Ron Helmer, Igol Burkett and CWO4 Steve Wilson in Ordnance; Judy Taylor, Maureen Rugemer and Tim Moore in the Housing; Jack Neill, Cathy Sconiers, Michelle Hyatt, Tina Rule, Yvette Loper and Ethel Glover in ROICC; Art Torley, Rick and Kim Daniels, CEC(SCW) Jim Bracken, Ben House, Dennis Stephenson, Rick Baggett, Trish Loop, Barbara Howe, Fred McKissock and especially the now departed LT Gordy Meyers in PWD; Bill Troxell, Jack Welch, Rich DeSanto, Mike Spiker and Marty Bryant at Burns and Roe; Larry Riggs, Bill Tollman, Larry Casper and Tom Taylor from Kvaerner; Jean at the C-pool; Nikki at the BEQ; Bronco at Grounds Maintenance; Bill and Jessie Keenan and Connie Helmer at Ocean Enterprizes; Diane Officer at Witt Associates; Candace Keller at TMO; Karl and Patrick at base HAZMAT; CDR Jack Van Zandt and Lena Hagedorn in the base commander’s office; all of the Seabees from NMCB-74, NMCB-7 and NMCB-5; Sue Ferinden, Bob Reed, Craig Basel, Jerri Camarco, Tom Moriarty and Norman at MWR; HTC(SW) Jeff McGlothin at CMAA; Alan Mickle and Davis Gayle at DRMO; HTC(SW) Stephen Baker, BMC Luc Bodenheimer and everybody at Port Services; Sherry Weiss at PSD; ASC(AW) Mark Veditz, MSgt Steve Cathey, Amy and all the Burns and Roe folks at the Air Terminal; Shirley Sabong; everyone at Island Mechanical; HM2(FMF) Chris Hyatt, HM2(FMF) Jesse Brown, HM3(FMF) Nathanial Narayana, HM3 Fabian Browne, HMCS(SW/FMF) Glenn Baxter, HMC(FMF) James Jackson, Ginger Siedel and Cathy Lantz in Records, LT William Lopez and LCDR Jerome Enad at the hospital.

There are a number of other folks who have given us invaluable assistance at one time or another but we don’t have space to list everyone’s name. If we’ve missed anyone, we apologize. We appreciate every unit’s efforts on our behalf. The barracks could not have accomplished everything we did this year without your support.

GySgt K. D. McMinn
Capt P. A. Gaughan