The White Falcon - 24.02.1962, Page 1

Volume II, Number 8
U.S. NAVAL STATION, KEFLAVIK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ICELAND Saturday, February 24, 1962
Air Force, Navy men Upped in Grade
11 Named by Navyr "Air Force Units
For Advancement
To Grades E-7,8
Within the last month, 11
Navymen at Keflavik Air-
port were advanced to pay
grades E-7 and E-8.
Thomas R. Behen, RMCS, USN,
arriver at Keflavik Oct. 31. His
last duty station was in Bain-
bridge at the Radioman “B”
School. He entered the Navy in
January, 1944 and made chief in
1957.
Donald G. Fuller, AGCS, USN,
served as division petty officer of
the Air Traffic Control Center at
NAS, Memphis. He entered the
Navy in 1945 and has been a chief
since 1956.
Robert C. O'Brien, SHCS, USN,
arrived from his last duty station,
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Dec.
9. He entered the Navy in August
1944.
Arriving at Keflavik June 1961,
Robert T. Hess, QMC, USN, adds
a star to his arm after being
promoted from Chief to Senior
Chief. He is with ComBarLant
and is assigned to the Operations
Control Center.
Serving with the Naval Techni-
cal Training Unit, Jacksonville, at
his last duty station, Bobby L.
Reese, AECS, USN, arrived in
Iceland May 18, and has seen
Naval service since 1948.
Adam Tigelman, PNCS, USN,
entered the Navy in 1942 and has
been chief since 1957. His last
duty station was Great Lakes,
NTC where he was with the ad-
ministrative command.
Vernon F. Bolt, SKCA, USN,
arrived in Iceland Oct. 31 from
NAS Memphis. He was a super-
visior of the auxilary country
stores while at his last duty sta-
tion. He has been in the Navy
since 1945.
Having seen Naval service since
1949, David M. Irons, ACCA,
CSN, arrived at Keflavik Sept. 9.
He reported aboard from NAS
Patuxent River where he was a
supervisor with RATCC 13.
Carroll B. Cole, RMCA, arrived
at Keflavik July 20. He spent 31
weeks at Radioman “B” School at
NTC Bainbridge prior to report-
ing here. He has been in the Navy
since 1948.
Vernon A. Hannan, CTCA, saw
duty at Celtenham, Md. before
reporting aboard Dec. 10. He en-
tered the Navy in December 1947.
Robert A. McGowan, ENCA,
arrived at Iceland July 8 from
Istanbul, Turkey. He has been in
Naval service since 1948.
Marine Promoted
A certificate of promotion, re-
ceived at Marine Barracks from
the Commandant of the Marine
Corps, has advanced Gunnery
Sergeant Charleton F. Saunders,
USMC, to pay grade E-7.
Saunders, who entered the Mar-
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BROWNIES OF TROOP 4, Keflavik Airport, made a field trip to the civilian hospital
in Keflavik, Feb. 13. The 4th grade girls presented tray mats they had decorated to
Head Nurse, Johanna Brynjolfsdottir, center. The Brownies, from left: Dianne Schultz,
Rosemarie McMahan and Kathleen Quilty. F ollowing a tour of the facility, the girls
were served refreshments by the hospital staff.
Inflexible Deadlines
Demand Stories Early
In Station Newspaper
Deadlines, those bugbears for
newspaper editors, are also rough
on contributors.
Every newspaper must work
against a deadline, some more len-
ient than others. The White Falcon
is printed commercially in Reykja-
vik and its deadlines must, of nec-
essity, be early. Although the Sta-
tion newspaper bears a Saturday
dateline, Tuesday noon is the cut-
off time for nearly all stories.
The copy is sent to the printer
on Monday and Tuesday after-
noons. Articles and pictures re-
ceived in the White Falcon office
(Bldg. T-44) by noon Monday
stand a much better chance of
good placement and larger play
than those that come in Tuesday.
It is to the advantage of the
contributor to get articles in as
soon as possible.
The paper’s early deadlines
(Monday noon and Tuesday noon)
have necessitated discontinuing the
Movie Schedule and other items
of interest. This was done reluct-
antly, but deadlines are not flex-
ible. We want to give your organi-
zation the publicity it deserves.
Help us make your newspaper a
better one.
Get copy in early!
The Church of Christ Bible Class
will meet in apartment 606-C, Sun-
day, 3 p.m. For more information
call 5277.
'Short Term Area' Airmen
Get Reassignment Priority
Airmen now serving in short tour areas, such as Ice-
land, termed “remote” or “isolated” by the Air Force will
have a better chance of getting the assignment they want
in the future.
% Changes to AFM 35-11, now
being distributed, are designed to
provide better distribution of air-
men for preferred assignments,
Rugged
March Weather
Could Be
Experts Predict
March weather shows no sign
of spring at Keflavik. In fact, for
the past few years, it has been
even worse than February, local
weather experts have disclosed.
For the past three years, this
month has had more snow than
previous months with average
temperature increases of 3-5 de-
grees.
The month of March has had as
little as 4 and as much as 50
inches of snow at Keflavik but
the average amount is 8 inches
falling on 7 days.
High winds are not as frequent
during this month as in other
winter months. Gusts over 50
knots occur only 5 to 10 hours
per month compared to 15 to 20
hours in February. Incidentally,
this February has been the wind-
iest since 1949, with winds over
50 knots more than 50 hours.
March daylight increases to 13
hours per day by the end of the
month.
both stateside and overseas.
Established Priority
Under the revisions, airmen re-
turning to the United States from
remote tour areas are given an
established priority for assign-
ment, depending on the areas
from which they are returning.
The Air Force said that, gener-
ally, preferences will be based on
the following priority:
Returnees from a 12-month
tour area, such as Iceland, will
rate first; those coming from 13-
17 month tours will be given sec-
ond preference and all others will
follow.
Won’t Be Reassigned
Additionally, a new selection
order stipulates that an airman
returning to the U.S. from a re-
mote area will not be reassigned
to a similar area unless he has
served an intervening tour at an
overseas location where the length
of tour exceeds 17 months.
The Air Force calls “remote”
or “isolated” those areas with
tours of from 12 to 17 months.
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Aboard Keflavik
Advance 64 Men
Should the Navy Ex-
change note a decrease in
cigars it could only be the
result of recent promotions
involving 64 Air Force per-
sonnel at Keflavik Airport.
Four organizations were effect-
ed by the official releases. These
were: 100th Support Squadron,
667th Aircraft Control and "Warn-
ing Squadron and the 57th Fight-
er Interceptor Squadron.
1400th Supoprt Squadron
Promoted to Airman First Class
were: Maurice Bishop, Jerry E.
Blackwell, Alfred Engel, Melvin
C. Green, Harry S. Jacobsen, Jr.,
Daniel R. Lindner, James L.
Rhoades, Robert D. Ruiz, Richard
Scrugham, and Thomas E.Simler.
Advanced to Airman Second
Class: Donald W. Anderson, Ray-
mond M. Anna, David R. Belden,
Robert A. Butler, Gerald D.
Bryant, John S. Byington, Jr.,
Millard A. Coit, Thomas M.
Costigan, Daniel E. Euler, John
R. Foley, Kenneth W. Graupner,
Gerald A. Halpin, Dirk U. Juer-
gena, Robert F. Kastner, Ladislao
H. Lopes, Louis W. Laubengeyer,
Jr., Raymond A. Millovitsch, Earl
J. Mueller, Gary L. Newsam,
Ronald A. Patterson, Donald L.
Timmins.
Alton J. Boutte, Jr., was pro-
moted to Airman Third Class.
57th Fighter Intercetpor Squadron.
Adding their third stripe were:
Raul A. Asselin, Donald D. Moore,
George L. Rees, Larrell T. Thom-
as, Roberto Trijo and David I.
White.
Promoted to Airman Second
Class: Richard J. Anderson, James
E. Cliburn, Cletus L. Daugherty,
William A. Girman, David M.
Jones, Ralph A. Lapaugh, Thomas
G. Michael, David W. Price and
James H. Ray, Jr.
667th AC&W Squadron
Advanced to Airman First Class
were: Milton G. Blasting, Larry
G. Campbell, Jerome D. Lampen,
Harold O. Martin, Edwin M.
McBerry, Bruce W. Palmer, Law-
rence R. Spears and Robert G.
York.
Airman Second Class: Thomas
V. Anderzunas, Raymond N. Belk,
Frank L. Clippinger and Roy
Robert.
932nd AC&W Squadron
Four men were promoted to Air-
man First Class. These were: Carl
J. Ellston, Walter G. Nilsen,
Mervin J. Robin and Kenneth D.
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