SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM
HST
KRIS:
APRIL IS EARTH MONTH, TIME TO
SEE
WHAT THE NAVY IS DOING TO
PROTECT
AND PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT.
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
HARRISON DEPONDICCHELLO - KNOWN
TO HIS FRIENDS AS "D" - IS
RADFORD HIGH SCHOOL'S NAVAL
SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR FOR
THE JUNIOR ROTC
PROGRAM. HE'S HERE WITH HIS
BATTALION COMMAND MASTER CHIEF
ROBERT IBANEZ, A SENIOR AT
RADFORD
HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT
CADETS
PARTICIPATING IN THE FISHPOND
CLEANUP
AT JOINT BASE PEARL
HARBOR-HICKAM.
1. WELCOME, COMMANDER D. TELL
US ABOUT THE JROTC PROGRAM.
. RADFORD HS BEGAN THE
PROGRAM IN 1983 TO HELP CADETS
DEVELOP GOOD
LEADERSHIP SKILLS. OUR SCHOOL
POPULATION IS 73% MILITARY
FAMILIES.
WE HAVE 140 CADETS, 97 YOUNG MEN
AND 43 YOUNG WOMEN. CADETS IN
THE PROGRAM ALSO
BECOME BETTER CITIZENS BY BEING
MORE
INVOLVED WITH THEIR COMMUNITY
AND VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME AT
COMMUNITY
EVENTS LIKE EARTH DAY! 2.
MASTER CHIEF, WHY DID YOU JOIN
THE PROGRAM?
. I'M A SENIOR NOW AND JOINED
4 YEARS
AGO. MY DAD IS IN THE ARMY AND
HE TOLD ME HOW THIS PROGRAM WILL
GIVE ME A HEAD START IN MY OWN
MILITARY
CAREER. I'M LEARNING GOOD
LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND WILL BE
JOINING
THE ARMY AND
FOLLOWING MY DAD'S FOOTSTEPS. 3.
AND CDR D, WHAT'S SPECIAL
ABOUT THIS FISHPOND? PEOPLE MAY
BE
SURPRISED THAT THERE IS AN
ANCIENT
FISHPOND ON BASE PROPERTY. .
LOKO PAAIAU IS ONE OF ONLY 3
FISHPONDS ON THE NAVY BASE. I'VE
LEARNED THAT HISTORIC STUDIES
SHOW MORE THAN 20 ANCIENT
HAWAIIAN
FISHPONDS
ONCE EXISTED IN PEARL HARBOR.
THESE FISHPONDS PROVIDED FOOD
FOR
THE AREA
CHIEF AND HER PEOPLE. THREE
YEARS AGO THE JOINT BASE
CONDUCTED A MAJOR CLEANUP OF
INVASIVE
MANGROVE TREES AT THE SITE.
SINCE
THEN, THE JOINT BASE
ENVIRONMENTAL FOLKS HAVE BEEN
MAINTAINING THE
AREA WITH CLEANUPS SEVERAL TIMES
A YEAR ALONG WITH THE HAWAIIAN
CIVIC CLUBS AND
CULTURAL PRACTITIONER, UNCLE
SHAD KANE. SCHOOL GROUPS
PARTICIPATE IN THIS CLEANUP AND
GET A
GOOD CULTURAl. LESSON ON
HAWAIIAN HISTORY. MORE
IMPORTANTLY,
THEY LEARN TO PROTECT THE LAND
AND ENVIRONMENT.
4. AND FINALLY,
HOW DOES BEING IN JAY-ROT-ZEE
HELP
YOUNG
PEOPLE?
BEING A GOOD LEADER HELPS ME TO
STUDY BETTER AND GET BETTER
GRADES. AND I CAN HELP MY
CLASSMATES BE BETTER MOTIVATED
IN THEIR STUDIES. IN SPORTS,
BEING A
GOOD LEADER HELPS IN TEAM
BUILDING.