The White Falcon - 28.04.2004, Blaðsíða 1

Country Legend
to visit Iceland
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Vol. 63 No. 17
online at www.nctskef.navy.mil
April 28, 2004
By CNRE Public Affairs
Naples, Italy — Rear Admiral Stanley D. Bozin
assumed command as Commander, Navy Region
Europe (CNRE) on Monday, April 19. He relieved
Rear Admiral Lewis W. Crenshaw, Jr.
Rear Adm. Bozin, a native of Union, N.J., gradu-
ated from Rutgers College of Engineering at New
Brunswick, N.J., in 1974 with a bachelor of sci-
ence degree in industrial engineering. He received
his commission in November of 1974 through the
Aviation Reserve Officer Candidate Program and
was designated a Naval Aviator in December 1975.
Rear Adm. Bozin has been awarded the Defense
Superior Service Medal, three Legion of Merit
Medals, two Meritorious Service Medals, the Navy
and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, and vari-
ous other unit awards.
Rear Adm. Bozin assumes his duties as CNRE in
addition to his current assignments as Commander,
Fleet Air Mediterranean; Commander, Maritime
Surveillance and Reconnaissance Forces, U. S.
Sixth Fleet; Commander, Naval Surface Group
Mediterranean; and Commander, Maritime Air
Allied Naval Forces South.
Rear Adm. Crenshaw continues to serve as Deputy
Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe.
Nine bases from Keflavik to Souda Bay, the U.S.
Naval hospitals, Naval Dental Center Europe, and
the Naval Support Elements at Madrid, Lisbon,
Larissa, and Valencia, report to CNRE.

Story by J02 Jeannette Bowles
Photos by J02 Travis D. Eisele
Diplomacy is a firm handshake between ambassadors at lavish state
ceremonies. Diplomacy is a firm grip between participants at a local
wrestling exhibition.
A team of Russian wrestlers visited NAS Keflavik yesterday to dem-
onstrate the Russian sport of Sambo; a combat form used by soldiers
and KGB units from the former Soviet Union with origins dating back
to 1923.
The three-man team was brought to NASKEF by the Ambassador
of the Russian Federation, Alexandr Rannikh and was led by David
Rudman, a nine-time Russian Federation Sambo Champion.
“In the very beginning in 1923, Sambo was created for the military and
KGB,” said Rannikh. “For a long time it remained only as a combat regi-
men for special troops. By the end of the 30s, it was made a sport.”
Sambo is an acronym for a Russian phrase that means self defense
without weapons. It’s a composite style of jacket wrestling that today
is practiced two ways; Sport Sambo which is a form of submission grap-
pling and Combat Sambo, a method of self-defense training.
“It is really tough to train for Combat Sambo,” said Rudman, who
earned his mastery of Sambo through 46 years of experience. “So most
people who train in Sambo for combat must train through the sport at
competitions.”
During the demonstration at the gym, a few NASKEF residents had an
opportunity to learn some of the sport’s moves under the watchful eyes of
the team. They wanned up with tumbles and stretching exercises.
See Diplomacy pg. 4
Bozin relieves Crenshaw, as new
Commander, Navy Region Europe