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HMH-361 receives ‘Mike Yunck’ award as best 3rd MAW squadron

9 Feb 2007 | Cpl. James B. Hoke Marine Corps Air Station Miramar-EMS

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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. -- Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 361 was presented the “Mike Yunck” Perpetual Trophy by the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Commanding General, Maj. Gen. Samuel T. Helland here Feb. 9.

The squadron received the award for being recognized as the best squadron in 3rd MAW for the year of 2006.

Both flying and support squadrons can earn the award named after World War II test pilot, Col. Michael R. Yunck honoring his reputation as ‘the best of the best.’

HMH-361 stood out as being the ‘best of the best’ by, among other accomplishments, accumulating more than 4,400 mishap-free flight hours while transporting 24,000 personnel and about three million pounds of cargo while deployed to Iraq.

“This award is a great honor,” said Lt. Col. Frederick H. Lengerke, commanding officer, HMH-361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, “but it’s for the Marines. HMH-361 was deployed for the majority of the year, and we flew so many hours and had no mishaps, injuries or accidents. Unfortunately, that’s not the norm.”

The award, administered by  the Marine Corps Aviation Association, has been passed from one top squadron to the next for the past 30 years.

“It was accomplished with a lot of hard work from all of the Marines meeting the requirements,” said Sgt. Maj. Mark S. Allen, sergeant major, HMH-361. “It is definitely an honor everyone wants to have, and it puts you above your peers – our fellow squadrons.”

“The Marines will probably say they were just doing their job,” said Lengerke, a graduate of UCLA, “but they’re humble. In reality, they have gone above and beyond what is required.”

Since returning home from deployment the squadron continues to train and work toward replicating the performance that earned them this year’s ‘Mike Yunck.’

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.

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