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Master Sgt. Fransico Noda, the operations chief for Charlie Company, Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38, demonstrates some Judo techniques on Sgt. C.J. D’Alessandro, a test cell operator for Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 11 power plants section, at the racquet ball courts at the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Sports Complex Aug. 11. The MCAS Miramar Submission Grappling Club is competing in the Guns-n-Hoses Submission Grappling Championship in San Bernardino Aug. 16.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Justis T. Beauregard

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Grappling club gets new name, keeps same competitive training

13 Aug 2009 | Lance Cpl. Justis T. Beauregard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar-EMS

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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. -- With mixed martial arts becoming more popular, the air station now can accommodate the demand for a club to support the service members who wish to train and possibly fight in competitions.

The MCAS Miramar Submission Grappling Club is now open to all active-duty service members on base and from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.

Formerly a grappling and pankration team, changed to a group club to allow for more participation. Members of the grappling and pankration team had to try out to become a member unlike the Submission Grappling Club where everyone is welcome.

Marines from the club are picked to fight for the MCAS Miramar Submission Grappling Team in civilian and military grappling tournaments.

“The club’s grappling and submission skills are greatly improving from the training,” said Cpl. Steve Rios, a helicopter power plants mechanic for Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 16. “The club has a good curriculum to prepare them to take on the competition.”

The next tournament for the team is the Guns-n-Hoses Submission Grappling Championship in San Bernardino, which raises money for the families of fallen law-enforcement officials, fire fighters and service members.

The long-term goal for the club is to become established like the teams at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and Marine Corps Air Ground Training Center Twentynine Palms, explained Chief Warrant Officer 2 Christopher Diem, a USA Jiu Jitsu certified instructor. Marines from Camp Pendleton go on temporary additional duty orders to their grappling team.

The air station’s club currently trains in one of the racquet ball courts at the MCAS Miramar Sports Complex. The club has 700 square feet of mat space in the courts, but Marine Corps Community Services has ordered an additional 2,000 square feet of mat for the team. The club is looking for a building to accommodate the mat space which will allow more service members to train.

The club practices Gi and no-Gi, and plans to enter tournaments in both styles. A Gi is the traditional uniform worn in many types of Martial Arts.

They are also looking to enter tournaments in submission grappling and pankration. Pankration is a type of grappling with strikes allowed below the neck. 

The club trains from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday. On Mondays and Thursdays the club practices Jiu Jitsu. On Tuesdays and Fridays the club works on striking. On Wednesdays the club works on Judo and Jiu Jitsu.

For information on the club, e-mail Diem at christopher.diem@usmc.mil.


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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