Ochwepheshe bezokuXhumana eMasisini I-2nd Class Riza Wenthe
Umqeqeshi we-Riverine Group Squadron wokuqala we-Navy (RIVRON) wekhulu lama-21 oqedile ukuqeqeshwa koMakhono Okulwa Nokulwa, isigaba sokuqala sokuqeqeshwa kwangaphambi kokuthunyelwa, uJuni 29 esikoleni se-Infantry (SOI) e-Marine Base Camp Lejeune.
Ebizwa ngokuthi "Devil Squids" ngabafundisi be-SOI's Instruction Training Battalion, i-RIVRON 1 yathola ukuqeqeshwa kwamakhono ayisisekelo okuzalwa ngamantombazane, okuzoqhubeka nawo ukwakha kuze kube yilapho eqeqeshiwe ukuthutha.
Cmdr. UWilliam Guarini, umphathi we-RIVRON 1, uthe iNavy ibeka kakhulu ukugcizelela lolu hlobo lwempi oluvuselelwe.
"Imifula iyasungulwa kabusha yi-CNO (uMqondisi wezokuPhepha kwemikhumbi) yokwandisa ukuthi iMavy ibuyele emanzini emifula yangaphakathi emanzini nasemifuleni emhlabeni jikelele," kusho u-Guarini. "Izifunda eziningi zokungazinzi zikhona emifuleni nasemigodini yamanzi - ngokwemingcele kanye nezinsongo ezilinganiselwe - ezingenakwenzeka kalula njengelwandle kanye 'nemikhumbi' yamanzi.
I-RIVRON 1 iyinhlangano yokuqala yezigaba ezintathu ezihlelwe emifuleni. Bamiswa ngokusemthethweni ngoMeyi 25 eMazal Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va. Ngaphansi kwamasonto amabili kamuva, amalungu angama-220 e-RIVRON 1 ashukumisela ukusebenza eKamp Lejeune ukuqala ukuqeqeshwa.
"Uqeqesho lwe-FEX (field practice) olutholakale lapha luzohlinzeka isisekelo sokuqhubeka nokuthuthukisa amakhono namakhono noma okuhlangene kuwo wonke umjikelezo wabo wokuqeqesha," kusho uMarine Capt.
UFrank Dillbeck, isikhulu esiphezulu, iBattonali Bravo Company Infantry Training. "Lokhu kuyisiqalo sokuziphendulela kweyunithi - ukuwafundisa okuyisisekelo sokuba usana."
"Bazokwakhela kulawo makghono," wanezela uDillbeck, "futhi uma behamba emisebenzini yokuqoqa ndawonye futhi beqeqesha njengamaqembu emikhumbi nemikhumbi, wonke umkhumbi oyedwa osebenza endaweni eyodwa."
I-RIVRON 1 ihlanganisa nabasebenzi be-Navy bezilinganiso ezahlukene. Nakuba lokhu kuvuselelwa kabusha "uMnyuzi wamanzi obomvu" kunomsebenzi ohluke ngokuphelele kunabangu-pre-classers "abahlaza okwesibhakabhaka", amasheya abo emisebenzi azobaluleka kuzo zombili amapulatifomu.
"Abashayeli beBootwain balwa ne-coxswain ye-craft encane, ama-OSs (ochwepheshe bezokusebenza) bazoqhuba isikhungo sethu sokusebenza, abakwa-Seabee Sailors bazothatha amagoli ethu okulwa," kusho u-Guarini. "Ziyizinga elihlukahlukene, futhi zonke ziyiqiniso emazingeni abo - amanani ayisisekelo enza izinsizakalo eziyisisekelo, kodwa asetshenziswa ngendlela ehlukile."
I-Classroom 3 ye-Boatwain ye-Boatwain (SW) uJoshuwa Holder, RIVRON 1 Id. 1, kusho ukuthi ukuziphatha okuphezulu nokuxhasana kunamandla ngaphakathi kwebutho.
"Singumyalo omusha, kodwa siye sahamba okuningi," kusho uMlindi. "Uma uhamba ngezinto ezifana nalezi - ukuhlala nokulala ensimini kanye nokuqeqeshwa ngokweqile ngokomzimba - kufana nobuzalwane."
"Abalingani bakho beba ngumndeni wakho futhi kuletha isibopho esiseduze," u-Holder waqhubeka, "ikakhulu uma wazi ngelinye ilanga bazoya empini nawe."
RIVRON 1 Abasolwandle baqhubeka nokuqeqeshwa ngokulwa ngoJulayi ngezibhamu zemishini, kanti izikhulu kanye nezikhulu ezincane zihola ubuholi nobuchwepheshe bamakhono.
Lapho sekuqedile ukuqeqeshwa kwenyanga, abagibeli bafika esigabeni sesibili sokuqeqeshwa kwabo e-Special Missions Training Centre Camp Lejeune futhi bafundiswa amakhono okuqhuba izikebhe ezincane.
"Isigaba sesithathu sokuqeqeshwa kwethu," kusho u-Guarini, "sizobandakanya isici sekhanda." Ngamabutho amathathu ahlukene, sizobe sibhekene nohlelo lwe-FEP (yokugcina ukuhlolwa kwenkinga) ukuze siqinisekise umyalo wethu wokuthunyelwa. "
I-RIVRON 1 ihlelelwe ukuhambisa eMiddle East ngonyaka ka-2007. U-Guarini uthe leli qembu lijabule ukwenza umlando wempi.
"Akudingeki ngenze noma yini ukuze ngigcine ukuziphatha okuhle," kusho u-Guarini. "Abantu bajabule ukuba abe inhlangano entsha entsha." Abayi-plankowners be-Riverine Group yokuqala yekhulu lama-21. "
"Iqembu elilodwa elikhulu, futhi siziqhenya ngokuba yi-US Navy Riverines," wanezela.