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Volume IX, Number 20 Headquarters, Iceland Defense Force, Keflavik Airport, Iceland Saturday, October 24, 1959 |
1500 School Slots
Open lor AF Officers
Nearly 1500 educational opportunities for officers have
been authorized for the Fiscal Year 1961 at the Institute
of Technology by Headquarters, USAF. Many vacancies
still exist in this quota and in particular in the engineer-
ing and bio-sciences fields. The Institute of Technology,
part of Air University, is a means of Air Force officers
continuing their formal professional educations.
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These educational opportunities
will afford undergraduates a
chance to complete work for a
Bachelor’s Degree, others a chance
for a Master’s or Ph.D., while still
others will enroll in the Training-
W ith-Industry-Program.
Students studying for a degree
will be either in residence at the
Institute or placed in civilian in-
stitutions of learning. The re-
sident schools are the School of
Business, with studies at the
Master’s level only, and the
School of Engineering which of-
fers work at the undergraduate
and Master’s levels in several
fields.
Requests for evaluation of aca-
demic and military records may
be submitted at any time direct
to the Admissions Division, In-
stitute of Technology (AU),
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. A
completed Transcript Work Sheet
is required to be forwarded with
the request for evaluation. The
format for submission will be
found in the IT Information Bro-
chure and AFR 53-11.
Information and educational
guidance relating to possible par-
ticipation in IT programs may be
obtained by writing, calling, or
visiting the Institute.
Foxy Foxes
Frolic Freely
‘Outfox’ MP
Huntsville, Ala. — This is a
play about three little foxes and
the frolic they had at the Army
Ordnance Missile Command head-
quarters here.
Act one begins as Mrs. Carolyn
Harper, a civilian secretary, spots
a fox sitting in the parking lot
near her car. She runs off to tell
the guard.
Enter Tracy Bishop, guard. In-
stead of one little fox, Bishop
finds two.
Exit Bishop. He calls the MPs.
Enter MP Lt. John Parker. Dis-
covering a small gray fox, he
waves his arms, screaming like a
movie-type Rebel. The fox skit-
ters.
But up pops another little fox.
Parker makes like a platoon of
Rebels this time, and the second
fox dashes off.
Parker decides he’ll call it quits,
when another little gray fox peeks
out. Howling like a company of
Rebels, Parker sends this little
critter off at a run to join its
two pals.
The trio turns and makes a
slow withdrawal a few feet away
to wait out the lieutenant.
Major Slots
Available for
900 Captains
Some 900 long service MATS
captains will have the best chance
of their career for promotion to
Major during the forthcoming
cycle according to Colonel Claude
M. Stubbs, Deputy Chief of Staff,
Personnel, MATS.
Recent legislation provides an
increase of 3,000 major’s positions
in the Air Force, ninety per cent
of the vacancies will be used to
provide a “four out of five”
selectivity ratio for promotion
of Air Force Captains who com-
plete 13 or more years active
commissioned service by Dec. 31,
1959.
Ten per cent of the promotions
will go to captains, four years in
grade, with more than ten but less
than 13 years active duty as offi-
cers.
Although the figures are not
yet available on captains meeting
the latter criteria, the number of
MATS eligibles in this group is
expected to exceed 1,300.
The MATS board is scheduled
to meet on Dec. 7 of this year. It
is not anticipated that promotions
will be announced prior to April
of 1960.
Freedoms Foundation
Reminds of Deadline
Valley Forge, Pa. — Officials
of Freedoms Foundation here
have emphasized that Nov. 1 is
the absolute deadline for en-
tries in the 1959 Letter Writ-
ing Program for members of
the Armed Forces on active
duty.
They also stressed that a let-
ter submitted should not ex-
ceed 500 words; should be typ-
ed or written legibly on one
side of paper only, and should
bear the writer’s typed or
printed name, rank and mili-
tary and home addresses.
Winning letters will be an-
nounced at the annual Awards
Ceremony on Washington’s
Birthday, Feb. 22, 1960.
Color Escort?
“Color escort” is now the offi-
cial term for women of the Armed
Forces who perform the function
of color guards. Under a Defense
Department policy statement, the
ladies are not authorized to carry
arms nor will they require armed
male guards for this detail.
“Popeye” Docks
At Keflavik
O.K. kids! Here he is. Cap-
tain Sully finally docked his
good ship, “Popeye” at the
sleepy little fishing village of
Keflavik.
Braving rough seas and the
dangerous weather, Capt. Sully
brought along his “Kartoon
Karnival” which will appear re-
gularly from now on through
the facilities of Keflavik Air-
port’s Armed Forces Television
(Channel 8), each Monday
through Friday from 5 to 5:30
p.m.
And that isn’t all. If you
would like to meet Capt. Sully
in person and appear on his
television program, all you have
to do is have mom or dad . . .
or better yet ... do it your-
self . . . drop Capt. Sully a post
card in care of AFRS-TV. Give
him your name, age and your
school grade. Hurry now, and
you may soon appear in person
with Capt. Sully on television.
DameronW ins
AOM Honors
Airman Second Class Jerry D.
Dameron, presently assigned to
the Ammunition Section of the
1400th Supply Squadron, was sel-
ected as Keflavik Airport’s top
airman for September.
Dameron, a native of Yukon,
West Virginia, arrived in Iceland
in March of this year. Prior to
his assignment to Keflavik, he was
with the 95th Fighter Interceptor
Squadron, Andrews Air Force
Base, Maryland.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E.
Dameron of War, West Virginia,
the new “Airman of the Month”
graduated from Big Creek High
School in War, W. Va., in May
of 1956.
He attended a Munitions
course at Lowry Air Force Base,
Colorado, from June of 1957 to
October of the same year.
Airman Dameron, prior to en-
tering the Air Force, was em-
ployed with the Kroger Company
in Welch, W. Va., as a Grocery-
Produce Clerk.
Married to the former Miss
Clara Jeanne Sizemore of Squire,
West Virginia, the couple have
one child, Jerry, Jr., one year
old.
“Sergeant” Airborne
The SERGEANT missile now
strengthens the backbone of
STRAC — it’s gone airborne and
can be air-transported anywhere
in the world to give the Corps
added fire support.
In the same disclosure this
week, the Army announced that
it has, literally, put brakes on
the SERGEANT in order to guide
it with pinpoint accuracy to its
target on a modern battlefield.
This has been done by use of a
set of drag brakes — fins or
vanes which extend and retract
from the body of the missile.
President Backs Federal
0'seas Fund Campaign
President Eisenhower has appealed to all military per-
sonnel and government employees overseas to make the
fourth Federal Service Overseas Fund Campaign “an out-
standing success.”
The drive, which is being conducted on a worldwide
basis during September and October of this year, is a
single solicitation for eight voluntary U.S. agencies which
have special American welfare concerns abroad.
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Here at Keflavik Airport, Col.
Benjamin G. Willis, IDF Com-
mander, urged all defense force
personnel to participate in the
campaign.
For the fourth year, this cam-
paign is seeking help in carrying
on the work of the following vol-
untary agencies: United Service
Organizations; Crusade for Free-
dom; CARE; National Recreation
Association; International Social
Service; United Seamen’s Service;
American Social Hygiene Associa-
tion, and the American-Korean
Foundation.
According to Major O. R. Hub-
bell, Base Project Officer, each
person will be provided with an
envelope by w'hich they may de-
signate to whom they wish their
particular contribution to go. The
envelope will also serve to keep
the amount of the donation pri-
vate.
Major Hubbell also said that
“a key man” will be appointed in
each section to collect the envel-
opes and turn them in to the pro-
ject officer. The last pick-up date,
Major Hubbell said, will be Oct.
30. The campaign officially ends
Oct. 31.
This is the fourth annual cam-
paign under the policy and pro-
gram for “true voluntary giving.”
It is a combined solicitation for
officially approved agencies, any
or all of which may be designated
by the contributor in making his
gift.
In the 1958 campaign, overseas
personnel set a new “charity re-
cord” as they contributed $324,000
an increase of $8,000 over 1957.
Addresses PTA
Mrs. Glendora Krause in address-
ing the October meeting of the
Keflavik Parent Teachers Associa-
tion, said, “We ask ourselves sear-
chingly, in what ways can we, as
parents best provide the healthy
soil of good citizenship in which
to root and nourish our children?”
The speaker’s suggested answers
to this question formed the body
of her speech, “Good Citizenship
in the Home.” Well qualified as a
speaker, Mrs. Krause received
training in Journalism, English and
Education at Ball State College
and Purdue University in Indiana.
The wife of Lt. Col. H. F. Krause,
Commander of the 1400th Opera-
tions Squadron, she is Vice Presi-
dent of the Officers Wives Club;
a member of the Girl Scout Troop
Committee and sings in the Church
Choir.
Air Force GED Pays Off
SSgt Arthur L. Davis, NCOIC of the Keflavik Airport
Legal Office, last week completed work on his high school
diploma through the Air Force’s General Education Deve-
lopment Program.
He was issued an equivalency
diploma from his homfetown high
school in Hobart, Indiana.
Davis began work on his high
school diploma upon his arrival
in Iceland last November.
Sergeant Davis first entered
the service in June of 1943 with
the U.S. Navy. He served aboard
the Destroyer Escort U.S.S. Cata-
line prior to her assist in the
capture of the German U-505.
Upon return to the United
States next month, Davis will be
assigned to the Main Recruiting
Station in Chicago, Illinois.
He, his wife, Nancy, and daugh-
ter, Cathy, will make their home
in Gary, Ind., during his Recruit-
ing tour.
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