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WHITE FALCON
Saturday, October 7, 1961
THE WHITE FALCON
UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION KEFLAVIK
The WHITE FALCON’S mission — To inform and
entertain all hands; to serve as a positive factor in pro-
moting the efficiency, welfare and contentment of per-
sonnel.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM R. MEYER, USN
Commanding Officer, Naval Station, Keflavik
COMMANDER F. G. VESSEL, USN
Executive Officer, Naval Station Keflavik
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER R. C. POWERS, USNR
Service Information Officer & Officer-in-Charge
STAFF
Ralph M. Tuttle, SSgt., USAF
Editor
D. R. Vanden Brink, SN, USN
Assistant Editor
The WHITE FALCON is published weekly on Saturdays in
accordance with NAVEXOS P-35, revised June 1958, for free dis-
tribution to personnel of Naval Station Keflavik, Keflavik Inter-
national Airport, Iceland. It is printed commercially by the Isa-
foldarprentsmidja h.f., Reykjavik, Iceland, from appropriated funds.
Opinions and statements made in articles published here are those
of the authors and are not to be construed as official views of the
U.S. Government, Department of Defense or the Navy Department.
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Red Star On The Home Front
This is the sixth in a series of articles dealing with
the cold, hard facts behind Communism, its doctrines
and threats to the free peoples of the world. These are
provocative articles and should provide the reader much
food for thought. Ed.)
“It is absolutely necessary for every Communist
Party to systematically combine legal with illegal
work and legal with illegal organization. Sabotage,
assassination, and armed revolt are justified, if
they will help to replace the existing government
with a Communist government.”
— LENIN
The threat posed by the Communist Party as an agent
of the Soviet Union is closely related to the threat of
sabotage by agents of other foreign countries. The major
difference between the two lies in the ultimate objectives,
that is, whether they are nationalistic or Communistic,
rather than in specific objectives or methods. Within the
Communist Party, USA, individual agents will, in most
cases, be American citizens, well established in their
locales and job positions. Within a foreign country, the
activities of nationalist agents, themselves often disguised
as nationalist for tactical reasons. The United States is
presently on a relatively friendly basis with the majority
of the countries of the world, but in many areas, such
as in Japan, Communist influences are attempting to force
government attitude changes against the United States.
The Soviet Union has been carrying out, in conjunction
with her other war efforts, an extensive program in the
training of saboteurs and espionage agents. It is suspected
that many of these agents are already located in the
United States and in areas of interest to the United
States, prepared to carry out a program of destruction
at an opportune time. If true, these individuals will have
received the necessary training to make them experts in
their field and, in addition, will be imbued with a spirit
of determination which will insure that they will make
every effort to carry their mission through to a successful
completion. These agents will be well trained, skilled
technicians, but outwardly will appear normal, harmless,
and commonplace. It is highly possible that some sabotage
activity has already taken place although such acts are
difficult to prove. Many of the slippages in rearmament,
training, industry, as well as major labor strikes, could
well be the work of these trained Soviet agents.
(Continued Next Week)
President Kennedy
Addresses the World
When President Kennedy spoke
to the nation on July 25th he was
speaking- to the world — not to
the free world alone but to that
other world whose military ac-
tions in the months ahead could
provoke what every American
would avert but no American
should shrink from: conflict to
protect our own interests and
those of our NATO allies in West
Berlin.
For that beleaguered city is, in
the President’s words, “the great
testing place of Western courage
and will, a focal point where our
solemn commitments and Soviet
ambitions now meet in basic con-
frontation.”
Every member of the Armed
Forces must have heard their
Commander-in-Chief, or read his
words, while asking: What does
this mean to me? Only future
development can answer that in
specifics, but one thing is certain
—the role that we shall be called
upon to play in our country’s
history will be far greater than
in recent years. The spotlight will
focus on the services more intense-
ly than at any time since the
Korean war.
We will be bigger numerically,
yes, but we will not necessarily
be stronger unless each of us wills
it and accept the responsibility
that will fall to us as the build-
up of the Armed Forces proceeds.
The President’s call for sacrifice
was directed to all Americans,
but it addressed us as that body
of the nation certain to be im-
mediately affected. He had us in
mind when he said, “Any danger-
ous spot is tenable if brave men
will make it so.”
The regulars, the Reserves, the
National Guard — all are brave
men and willing to work — and
if necessary fight — with the
same devotion to the goals of
freedom that the President’s calm
and courageous words reflected.
We above all other Americans
understand the language of lead-
ership.
Might Measured;
Meets The Need
It is axiomatic that today’s
military forces must be versatile,
mobile, self-sufficient, and econ-
omical to meet the many challeng-
es imposed upon us. Deployed
naval forces, employing the task
force principle of organization,
meet all of these prerequisites.
Naval forces can be tailored to
form organizations involving
every type of ship in one instance,
through a graduated scale, to a
single type ship at the other end
of the spectrum. The many per-
mutations and combinations to
which the different types of ships
lend themselves are the means by
which the Navy builds up its task
forces to cope with a particular-
mission and environment.
The open seas give us freedom
to move far — quickly. Over these
broad reaches our seaborne forces
can move to suppress trouble at
its inception, before it can grow
into an all-out conflagration.
Naval forces are an ideal in-
strument with which to apply
graduated deterrence covering the
entire range of the application of
military might — from a show
of the flag through sub-limited,
limited, conventional and general
war.
The Chaplain A Corner
By Chaplain, Cmdr. Warren L. Wolf, USN, Staff Chaplain
Time Marches On
Longfellow wrote, “the everyday cares and duties
which man calls drudgery, are the weights and counter-
poises of the clock of time; giving its pendulum a true
vibration and when they cease to hang upon its wheels
the pendelum no longer swings, the hands no longed move,
the clock stands still.”
So man must continually move ahead and not mourn-
fully look into the past with a lashed and awesome guilty
conscience because of personal sins and errors.
He is wise who proves the present and does the best
with it. By an honest use of the God-given talents, today,
then does not become drudgery, but becomes a rythmic
and resonant revelation.
With an honest faith we go forth to meet the shadowy
future without fear, with faith in ourselves and in the
future.
SUNDAY
Episcopal Services . Chapel ........ 9 a.m.
Adult Bible Class .. Bldg. S-626 .... 9:45 a.m.
Sunday School — Primary .... Chapel Annex.10. a.m.
Sunday School — Jr & Sr .... Chapel.10 a.m.
Worship ............ Chapel ........ 11 a.m.
Christian Science .. Chapel Annex .... 12 noon
Lutheran Sevice (3rd Sunday) .... Chapel .... 2 p.m.
Evening Vesper Service .... Chapel .... 7 p.m.
Fellowship Meeting .... Chapel Annex .... 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Senior Choir Rehearsal .... Chapel .... 6:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Junior Choir Rehearsal .... Chapel Annex .... 6:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
Senior Choir Rehearsal .... Chapel .... 4 p.m.
PROTESTANT CHAPLAINS
Chaplain, Cmdr. Warren L. Wolf, USN and Chaplain, Capt.
Luther M. Neilson, USAF.
CATHOLIC
SUNDAY
Low Mass .... Chapel ......... 8 a.m.
High Mass ... Chapel ......... 12:15 p.m.
Dialogue Mass.... Chapel......4:30 p.m.
Religious Education (children) .... Hut-314 .... 11 a.m.
Holy Name Society Communion (2nd Sunday) .. Chapel 8 a.m.
MONDAY—SATURDAY
Low Mass .... Chapel..... 12 noon
Holy Name Society meeting (1st Wednesday) .... “C” Club
7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Adult Choir Rehearsal..Chapel ...... 6:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Novena.....Chapel......7 p.m.
Adult Religious Education by appointment. Confessions heard
one-half hour before each Mass and on Saturday from 7 to 8:30
p.m. Baptisms and Weddings by appointment.
CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN
Chaplain, Capt. John H. Greeley, USAF.
JEWISH
First Friday Sabbath Service .... Chapel Annex .... 7 p.m.
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