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Volume VIII, Number 23_____________Headquarters, Iceland Defense Force, Keflavik Airport, Iceland____ Friday, November 28, 1958 j
Miss Sigurdsson and Students
Dependents Here Being
Taught Iceland Language
Study of the Icelandic language is now a regular part
of classroom work for children in the Dependents School at
Keflavik Airport. In line with the policy of U. S. Services
dependent schools all over the world, the school here is giv-
ing instruction in the native language, according to Miss
Pauline Snapp. principal.
Operation Santa Claus
To Begin December 1st
Plans for this year’s early se-
paration program for the Christ-
mas holiday period were confirmed
by IADF Deputy Chief of Staff
for Personnel, Colonel George S.
Geanetos.
Primarily, officers and airmen
who are eligible for separation
between Dec. 15 and Jan. 31 will
be separated before Christmas if
their commanders determine that
there are no military considera-
tions to preclude the pre-Christ-
mas release.
Airmen requesting early release
in this year’s “Operation Santa
Claus”, however, will be barred
from enlistment or reenlistment
for 91 days after separation, a
message to the field warned.
As in the past years, transporta-
tion capabilities will have a bear-
ing on eligible overseas personnel.
Those returning from overseas for
early out who arrive too late
for separation processing before
Christmas can be reassigned to a
base nearest their home of record
or place of entry on active duty
for separation after Christmas, if
they have enough leave time.
Personnel whose separation dat-
es have been moved up earlier by
other AF early release programs
are included in the Christmas sea-
son separation program, USAF
confirmed.
No one will be separated under
this program before Dec. 1, it was
emphasized. Eligibles from over-
seas who arrive at ZI ports after
Nov. 30 for honorable separa ion
may be reassigned to another base
for post-Christmas release if they
cannot complete processing by Dec.
20.
Twelve IADF airmen will re-
ceive a monthly pay boost of $30
retroactive to Nov. 1, 1958
Proficiency pay is awarded to five
and seven level E-4’s and above
who meet qualifications in design-
ated AFSCs. Evaluation of an-
other group, including some 26
AFSCs, will be completed by Jan-
uary 1, 1959.
Those receiving pay boosts as
of November 1 are: T/Sgt William
R. Miller, S/Sgt Lewis V. Martin,
A/1C Jimmie L. Monahan, A/1C
Edwin J. Siwarski, all of the 57th
FIS; M/Sgt Gilbert C. Thrower
of the 1400th Field Maintenance
Olympic Year Book
At Base Library
The Olympic Year Book cover-
ing the 1959 games is now avail-
able at the Base Library.
As the official record of the
famed Olympic Games, including
the record of Air Force participa-
tion, the book should be of inter-
est to all Special Services person-
nel and all others interested in the
Olympics and the Air Force sports
program.
Miss Davina “Dolly” Sigurds-
son, a navite of Iceland, is employ-
ed by the school for the language
instruction. Two half hour periods
each week are devoted to pupils
of all grades from the first
through the sixth. Approximately
160 children are receiving the in-
struction.
Learn Native Songs
In the process of learning the
language the children are learning
Squadron; S/Sgt James E. Boat-
man of the 667th AC&W Squad-
ron; M/Sgt Robert E. Dice, T/Sgt
William R. Heinemann, T/Sgt
Thomas R. Hughes, A/1C Thurlow
Hall, all of the 932nd AC&W
Squadron; M/Sgt Alious J. Casey
and S/Sgt Richard N. Lariviere,
both of the 934th AC&W Squad-
ron.
To Come Later
The next group to be evaluated
includes the following AFSCs:
20130, 20170, 20351, 20371, 25330,
25370, 30153, 30173, 30450, 30470,
30451, 30471, 30452, 30472, 30453,
30473, '32250, 32270, 32430, 32470,
and 99125. For E-8s evaluations
include the 20180, 20380, 25380,
30480, and 32480 AFSCs.
Here’s how the system works:
— USAF Headquarters decides
which AFSCs will be evaluated.
— Boards, usually at group
level, evaluate each man who
meets the qualifications in that
AFSC. (Qualifications require men
to be E-4s at the five- or equival-
ent level and to be in their second
enlistment).
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Icelandic songs in the native ton-
gue. As another aid to teaching,
Miss Sigurdsson hopes to obtain
Icelandic primmers from the local
schools, so that reading can be
taught.
Miss Sigurdsson, who was born
in Iceland, went to Scotland dur-
ing WWII. There she attended St.
Hilary’s School for girls in Edin-
borough.
Since returning to Iceland she
has worked with the Icelandic
Travel Bureau Agency and with
the State Importers in drugs and
medicines where she was employ-
ed as a sales representative and
pharmacist.
Also Teaches English
This is Miss Sigurdsson’s se-
cond year in the local school. Be-
sides teaching Icelandic to the
English speaking children she is
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Christmas Fund
— 1958 —
The spirit of Christinas has
no truck with pride, prejudice
or parsimony.
“It is more blessed to give
than to receive,” has a special
significance in our situation.
The Christmas Fund is an op-
portunity for us, away from
our homes and families, to
make a brighter Christmas for
the homeless and aged in the
land of our hosts.
Your contribution will be a
blessing to the children of
Keflavik Airport, the children
in orphans’ homes in Iceland,
the physically handicapped,
and to those in homes for the
aged.
Be prepared to give gener-
ously to this year’s Christmas
Fund.
Twelve Keflavik Airmen
To Get Proficiency Pay
Services Drop
Morale Leave
Two new rules pertaining to leaves to the States are
now in effect for personnel at Keflavik Airport. Colonel
George S. Geanetos, IADF Deputy Chief of Staff for Per-
sonnel has reported that all personnel currently on orders
for morale leave to the states who have not yet departed,
will not be able to proceed.
Notice
Just who can or cannot
train into or out of what skills
was spelled out in an easy-
to-understand chart released
to the field recently by per-
sonnel officials at Hq. USAF.
Entrance requirements for
schools remain unchanged.
Up to now airmen seeking
retraining were confronted
with a complicated maze of
directives, letters and TWXs
to discover where they stood.
Many eligibles when confront-
ed with this chore decided that
“later” is as good a time as
any to put in for school.
A new chart, posted on
squadron bulletin boards puts
an end to this tedious sear-
ching. Questions can be refer-
red to T/Sgt George Stillings,
IADF Personnel, extension
7226.
Civilization Came Six
Minutes Ago - Furbay
“If all the time since the world
began were condensed into one
day, the world became civilized
just six minutes ago,” said Dr.
Dr. Furbay
John H. Furbay, education direc-
tor for Trans World Airlines, dur-
ing a speech at the Officers’ Open
Mess Monday.
Dr. Furbay, renowned speaker
on international affairs and the
air age, spoke to an overflow
crowd at the Officers’ Open Mess
at 4:30 p.m. Monday, followed by
dinner, a television appearance
and another speech at the Viking
Service Club.
Following the development of
civilization, Dr. Furbay noted that
only during the last six minutes in
his theoritical 24 hours since the
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Ordinary and Emergency leaves
are not affected by these instruc-
tions. Personnel will still receive
the ordinary leave at the mid-
point of their overseas tour. Leave
will start and terminate at Kefla-
vik Airport and seventeen days
instead of fifteen days will be
allowed due to the loss of the two
days travel time between Keflavik
and McGuire authorized with mor-
ale leaves.
Personnel applying for leave
should plan their leave time care-
fully. They must now consider
travel time, as well as time ex-
pended in waiting for transporta-
tion on military aircraft, as char-
geable against the leave time
granted. Also all travel is at the
individual’s expense and transpor-
tation aboard military aircraft is
completely on an “available” basis
These new instructions will be
in effect until April 30, 1959, un-
less sooner superseded or rescind-
ed and apply to all branches of
the military assigned here at Kef-
lavik.
BCT Volunteers
Graduate From
S and R School
The 2nd BCT here recently
graduated another outstanding
group of men from their con-
tinually growing “Land Search
and Rescue School.” Lieutenant
Colonel William D. McDowell,
Commander 2nd BCT, presented
diplomas to 36 of some 50 enrol-
lees graduating from the latest
class, instructed by First Lieuten-
ant George H. Jarrett of Delta
Company.
Near the end of this class, PFC
Wayne D. Davis of Bravo Co. was
injured when a hiking pick was
driven through his right thigh,
cutting an artery. Colonel McDo-
well, made a special trip to the
hospital room of PFC Davis, after
ceremonies in the BCT classroom
for the other graduates, and pre-
sented Davis his diploma.
Students of the school are all
volunteers and are taught such
operations as: mountain-walking,
rope climbing and casualty evac-
uations over extremely difficult
terrain, including, cliffs, crevices
and jagged lava beds. These
operations are being taught year
round so the men will have the
ability to perform the hazardous
tasks whether it be summer or
winter, rain, snow, or sunshine.
Lt. Jarrett, who has done a
fine job as OIC, was extended for
one month so that he can orient
his replacement, Lt. Cline, who
will conduct the forth coming
winter phase of the S and R
school.
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