Indonesian Marine & USA, Social Health and School Renovation

Situbondo, beritabaru.com - United States Marine Corps (USMC) and U.S. Navy Marine Corps joined the Navy Elementary School building (SDN) 2005 Banyu Putih in Situbondo, East Java. It was part of a series of Joint Exercise (Latma) Indonesian Marines and America, since October 17, 2009, titled "Interoperability Field Training Exercise, FTX Marine IIP Exercise 2009" which led the Marine Commander Colonel Nur Alamsyah Exercise.


According to teachers at SDN 5, Juma'ani, this school was established in 1983 without its own building. Therefore, he was pleased the social work undertaken Indonesian and American marines in their school. "In 1983, the process of learning and teaching carried out on the terrace house hamlet Bugeman RT 02.01. There, the number of students is only 20 kids, then get an extra students from Hamlet Cottage Langgar, to 73 students," he said, accompanied by the Vice Principal of SDN 2005 Banyu White, Burawi.

In 1985, he continued, Banyu Putih Branch Office of Education established in 2005 Banyu Putih SDN building with three classrooms and a staffroom which berlantaikan cement. Subsequently, in 2000, carried out the renovation of the floor replaced with concrete tiles used until now.

Major renovation work was led Edi Riyaldi Marines and Marine First Lieutenant Platoon Commander Rudik Kuskundarto conducted mutual assistance between the Navy Marine Corps with the U.S. Marines (USMC) and U.S. Navy.

"Now, the building measures 8 x 30 feet built on a land area of 1500 m2 area was undergoing renovation at the walls, roofs, ceilings, door frames and windows, locks and the hook," said Juma'ani.

In addition to renovating the school, members of the Marines two countries also held a free medical social work at the Banyu Putih Health Center. Social Service held for three days was recorded 257 patients who came with the majority suffering from eye disease, gout, and asthma. Although there are several patients suffering from hernia disease, skin, diarrhea, teeth, and so forth.

"We could have difficulties communicating with patients who are only capable of speaking regions, because the committee only prepared the Indonesian language and English, so we use a friend as a language translator Madura," said Good Kresno March Letda interpreters.

In fact, there is a unique scene, he said, when a patient's eye disease called Miskaya (61) of the Village of Rainfall Retrieval Banyu Putih district will be checked for eye doctors. "We are commanded to read letters from lowercase to uppercase can not always answer, then after being asked to my friend that, turned out to have a grandmother who has five grandchildren that are illiterate," he said. (*)