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Marine lacrosse coach makes impression

5 Mar 2007 | Lance Cpl. Frances L. Goch Marine Corps Air Station Miramar-EMS

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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. -- Marines are known for making an impression everywhere they go.

For Cpl. Chris Castleberry, or Coach “Castle-B” as his players at Mt. Carmel High School know him, this couldn’t be more true.

Castleberry, a physical security specialist with the provost marshal’s office here, has coached boys’ lacrosse for the past two years and is credited with starting the Marine Corps’ first varsity lacrosse team at Miramar in 2005.

Last year, the team won the International Open Tournament in Hawaii.

At age 22, Castleberry was the youngest head coach in the high school league last year.

This year he has stepped back to assistant coach and let his friend and last year’s assistant coach, Nathan Williams, take the reins.

“It has been a blast working with Chris,” said Williams. “Chris concentrates on the defense, and I take care of offense.”

Castleberry gives constant reassurance to his players with a soft voice while teaching them a new technique or helping them to refine their skills. But his kindness is not to be mistaken for weakness.

“The kids know I have two stages to getting mad,” said Williams. “Stage one, I make them stop what they are doing and do pushups until they are ready to work as a team again. At stage two, I hand them over to Chris, who is most upset when the kids fight and don’t work together as a team.”

Castleberry has found other outlets for volunteering through lacrosse besides coaching the high-school team. He assists with camps and clinics for lacrosse and is still the captain for the Miramar lacrosse team.

“Lacrosse is part of my heritage,” said Castleberry. “It is an ever-changing and evolving game. I think that’s what I like the most about it.”

Miramar’s lacrosse team competes year round. To join, contact Castleberry at 951-897-7556.

POLICY

The most important starting point for an EMS* is the development of an environmental policy. ISO14001 requires local governments to implement their own environmental policy. The environmental policy acts as a basis for the environmental management system.

PLANNING

ISO14001 requires that an environmental management system is planned properly. It requires the organization to consider the following carefully: Environmental Aspects; Legal and Other Aspects; Objectives and Targets; and an Environmental Management Program.

IMPLEMENTATION

The two requirements for implementation of an EMS is to define, document, and communicate roles, responsibilities and authorities, and to allocate the resources needed to implement and control the EMS.

CHECKING

The key requirement in this EMS step is to regularly monitor and measure key characteristics of activities and operations that could have a significant impact on the environment. Changes to EMS procedures may become necessary in order to deal with nonconformances with the EMS, with mitigating environmental impacts, or corrective and preventive action.

REVIEW

The management review process ensure that information is collected to enable management to carry out proper review. Top management review the need for changes to policy, objectives and targets, and ensure that a commitment to continual improvement is being demonstrated.

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar-EMS