The White Falcon - 16.12.1983, Blaðsíða 1

Volume 26* Number 48
NATO Base? Keflavik. Iceland
December 16* 1983
Batmen to the
rescue in England
Everyone has heard of how important it is
to learn Cardio Pulmonary Resusitation,
(CPR), as two VP-24 "Batmen" found out re-
cently.
LTJG Joseph Shartung and LTJG Michael
Christopher were driving to Cambridge, Eng-
land on November 19, when they saw an eld-
erly man fall off of a bicycle.
"There were people standing around him
trying to talk to him, but he wasn't answer-
ing, just staring into space." Said LTJG
Christopher.
After checking his breathing and pulse,
the two l ieutenants began to administer CPR.
By the time a physician and ambulance ar-
rived, the man was breathing again.
According to the doctor at the scene,
"Hr. Charles Cutter of Chesterton, Cambridge
survived a cardiac arrest because of the
,quick response by the naval officers."
CPR training is available on the NATO
Base through the American Red Cross.
VP-24 is on deployment to Keflavik from
their homeport of Jacksonville, FL.
MCPON pays a
visit to Keflavik
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy,
Billy C. Sanders, was scheduled, (at press
time), for a three-day visit to the NATO
Base beginning yesterday and extending
through tomorrow.
Yesterday, the MCPO
was scheduled to vis-
it with CAPT Eric A.
McVadon, NavSta CO,
and to stop at the
NEX, the hospital and
various commands.
Today, the master
chief is scheduled to
address current is-
sues wi th personnel E-
6 and below at the An-
drews Theater from 8
to 9:15 a.m. He will
then talk to the E-7
and up community from
9:30 to 10:45. Later
he will continue a tour of the base.
A brunch is scheduled for 10 a.m. tomor-
row at the Top of the Rock. All CPO's are
invited to attend. The master chief will
conclude his visit tomorrow.
See page 2 of this issue for an inter-
view with the master chief.
FSHB checks no good
after Dec. 31
During the recent DoD bank transition,
an agreement between the National Bank of
Fort Sam Houston and American Express, pro-
vided a period of three months during which
Fort Sam checks could continue to be used
by bank customers.
Starting January 1, all Fort Sam checks
drawn on former banking facility accounts
will be processed in the following manner:
Checks presented to the Fort Sam bank will
be returned unpaid to the payee (whoever you
wrote the check to), with instructions to
present the check to American Express for
payment. Any checks in the system after
December 31 will be subject to thisprocess.
In order to avoid any inconvenience,
patrons should begin using American Express
checks immediately. If you do not already
have them, a check starter kit and an order
blank for free personalized checks may be
obtained from the customer service counter
at the bank.
LTJG's Joseph Shartung and Michael Christ-
opher saved the life of a man in England.
Shortest day meeting
In observance of the shortest day of
1983, NAVSTAKEF's annual Shortest Day De-
partment Head Meeting will beheld on Thurs-
day, December 22 at the Officers' Club.
The meeting will commence with sunrise at
11:22 a.m. and lunch will followatl2 noon.
The cost for lunch will be $4.50 per person,
U.S. or Icelandic currency, to be collected
at the door.
At 1:30 there will be a rap session dur-
ing which CAPT McVadon will address the ma-
jor events occurring at NAVSTA in 1983.
Department heads and special assistant of-
ficers who so desire may briefly address
their 1983 items of interest in narrative,
poem or other form.
The meeting will end at 2:30 and all
hands will secure at sunset (3:34) except
for watch/duty personnel. Civilian person-
nel may take appropriate leave.
This annual meeting is open to all NAVSTA
officers, E-7 and above enlisted and civil-
ian employees GS-11 and above. Department
heads and special assistants are requested
to RSVP by calling CAPT McVadon's office at
2101 or 2102 by 4 p.m. tomorrow to indicate
the number of personnel planning to attend.
U of M registration
Registration for the University of Mary-
land will beheld January 9-13. Registration
will be at the Navy Campus Office, located
in the Viking Mall. The office will be open
from 8 a.m. till 5 p.m. Monday through Fri-
day. Additional evening hours will be on
Thursday, January 12 from 6 to 9 p.m. Pre-
term counseling is available by appointment
from December 27 through January 6, 1984.
All Navy personnel planning to use tuition
assistance for the first time at Keflavik
must schedule-.an advisement appointment.
Information concerning Los Angeles Met-
ropolitan College courses will be released
when it is available.
(See REGISTRATION, Page 5)
Holiday Falcon schedule
Due to the holidays, the next two
editions of the paper will be two-pages
and will have the TV guide and movie
schedules with a minimum of news stories.
The first paper of the new year, Jan. 6
will be four-pages. After that issue
we will return to our regular schedule.
CREO group, re-up
policy changes
The Chief of Naval Operations announced,
in NAV0P 124/83, adjustments to first-term
re-enlistment and rating entry requirements
in order to channel manpower into the Navy's
force structure of the 1990's.
Sustained retention, recruiting succes-
ses and "A" school output have reduced the
number of undermanned ratings and caused
some ratings to become overmanned, parti-
cularly in the junior paygrades. The re-
sult has been a decline in promotion oppor-
tunity in these ratings and a reduction in
ratings available to general apprentices.
To meet the objective of a balanced
force by 1990, the NAV0P outlines changes
to career re-enlistment objectives (CREO)
directives and a new rating entry for gen-
eral apprentices (REGA) instruction.
Nine male ratings and six female ratings
in CREO groups D and E now have first-term
re-enlistment or extension restrictions.
Men in the ABH, AG, AMH, AMS, PN, TM, AD,
PH, and TD ratings will require Naval Mili-
tary Personnel Command (NMPC) approval to
re-enlist or extend their first enlistment.
Women in the AG, PH, PN, YN, OS and TD rat-
ings have similar restrictions.
Except for ratings previously in CREO
group E (AD, OS, TD), these controls are
effective for personnel with an EA0S on or
after April 1, 1984. Those in ratings pre-
viously in CREO group E must continue to
submit requests for a first-term re-enlist-
ment or an extension to a first enlistment.
Personnel in receipt of orders are exempt
from these re-enlistment controls.
Rating entry procedures have been ad-
justed to increase competition for entry
into controlled ratings. Quotas in select-
ed controlled ratings will be raised to
permit more general apprentice personnel to
sit for advancement examinations. Person-
nel are cautioned that this change does not
increase total numbers permitted to enter
controlled ratings, only the opportunity to
compete for entry. To accommodate this
change in policy, striker designation will
no longer be assigned via the exam in any
rating. General apprentices will either be
advanced to E-4 or remain undesignated.
CDR Thomas Fraim
new NOCF CO
LCDR George W. Schwenke was relieved as
Commanding Officer of the Naval Oceanograph-
ic Command Facility Keflavik, by CDR Thomas
S. Fraim in a ceremony yesterday.
CAPT Leon J. Pingel, Commander of the
Naval Oceanography
Command, was the guest
speaker at the cere-
mony. RADM Ronald E.
Narmi , Commander Ice-
land Defense Force,
was guest of honor.
CDR Fraim comes to
Keflavik from the Na-
val Eastern Oceano-
graphy Center in Nor-
folk, VA., where he
served as operations
officer and regional
coordinator. CDR Fr-
aim received his com-
mission and his wings
as a naval flight officer in 1967. In 1973,
he received a master's degree in meteorology
from the Naval Postgraduate School in Mont-
erey, CA. Some of his duties since have in-
cluded; prgram manager for the Defense Map-
ping Agency Aerospace Center in St. Louis
and as CO of Oceanographic Unit One.
LCDR Schwenke has served as CO of NOCF
Keflavik since July 1981. He will be re-
porting to the Naval Academy in Annapolis,
MD., as an instructor in the Oceanography
department.
MCPON Sanders
CDR Fraim