The White Falcon - 07.03.1964, Side 1

WHITE
U.S. NAVAL STATION, KEFLAVIK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ICELAND
Volume III, Number 9______ ___ Saturday, March 7, 1964
Conway Selected
For NAVCAD
Perseverence and devotion to
duty have paid off for a local
sailor. Through tenacious effort
Michael F. Conway, PH3, of the
Naval Station Photo Lab was
recently selected for Naval Avia-
tion Cadet training.
Conway will depart Keflavik on
or around March 11, en route
to Pensacola, Fla. for 18 months
of training beginning with the
class convening March 25.
Conway joined the Navy in Jan.
of 1961. Upon completion of “boot”
training he was sent to Memphis,
Tennessee where he attended Avia-
tion Electronics Technician “A”
School.
The next stop in his naval
career was at Navy Prep School,
Bainbridge, Maryland. Following
his tutelage at Bainbridge, Con-
way attended Louisville Universi-
ty as an NROTC Midshipman.
Later, while attached to VP-8
at Patuxent River, Maryland, Con-
way became interested in the
STAR program. He reenlisted un-
der STAR and was sent to Pensa-
cola, Florida for Photographer
“A” School. Following graduation
he was advanced to PH3.
Conway arrived at Naval Sta-
tion Keflavik in August, 1963. In
September he applied for the
NAVCAD program and was ac-
cepted February 18.
The “soon-to-be-Cadet” hails
from Moultrie, Georgia. He is a
graduate of Moultrie High School.
Families Lose Pay
If Voluntarily Apart
If you are one of the thousands of servicemen who
voluntarily serve overseas without your families, you will
soon be losing your family separation allowance.
The Comptroller General has ruled out FSA for men
who leave their families at home. He left the door slightly
open by noting the FSA is not payable under present ser-
vice regulations and the regula-1^
tions should be re-written. It is
doubtful that the rules can be
re-written without a major over-
haul of overseas assignment po-
licies. This could mean denying
servicemen the choice of moving
their families or serving unac-
companied.
The Defense Military Pay and
Allowance Committee asked
whether FSA would be payable
to a (1) serviceman who is entitled
to concurrent family travel but
does not take it and (2) to a
member overseas who chooses to
serve the short unaccompanied
tour even though dependents are
allowed in the area.
A possible “out” for the ser-
vices was implied in the Comp-
troller’s final conclusion but it is
not clear how much leeway it
leaves. He noted that the Defense
and service rules on overseas as-
signment were developed long be-
fore the separation allowance
came into being. He said the ques-
tions asked by the services can-
not properly be answered on the
basis of the current regulations.
He added he would cooperate with
the services in preparing new
ones.
The services are talking about
Surtsey Si ill In News
possible changes, the problem is
to make a clear distinction be-
tween enforced and voluntary
separation.
The best approach would be to
order all members overseas on
either accompanied or unaccom-
panied tours. The services have
tried to leave this choice to their
members. In cases where they have
barred dependents, there has been
serious impact on morale.
If they continue to give mem-
bers the choice of moving or leav- suies a
ing their families, the question of
voluntary vs. enforced separation
remains. Actually, the services
could still pay FSA to the mem-
ber who asks for family travel
but is denied it. But, there is
the problem of the member who
does not ask.
Last November 14’s quirk of nature off the south coast
of Iceland continues in the news. Although its importance
has been relegated somewhat to feature items such as Pro-
fessor Athelstan Spilhaus’ syndicated cartoon strip “Our
New Age”, the newly formed vol-1^
canic island is still bringing physi-
by the droves to
It. Evans Awarded
For Accident-Free Hours
Last Monday, March 2, Captain
Stanley E. Ellison, Commanding
Officer U. S. Naval Station, pre-
sented Lt. James D. Evans with
a certificate representing twelve
hundred “Accident Free” hours as
a flight instructor.
The award, from the Chief of
Naval Air Basic Training, was
in recognition of service at VT-2
while stationed at Whiting Field,
Fla. between January ’61 and
October ’62. During this time Lt.
Evans accumulated 840 instruc-
tional hours.
Duty flight instructor later
took him to Ellyson Field, also in
Fla., where he logged an addi-
tional 740 hours as flight instruc-
tor while assigned to VT-8.
21 Foreign Officers
Visit United States
Twenty-one Reserve Officers
representing nine NATO nations
are visiting the United States on
an invitation of the Defense De-
partment. The visit began Feb. 25
and will end March 15.
His Royal Highness Prince
Peter of Greece and Denmark,
heads the group in his capacity
as President of the Inter-Allied
Confederation of Reserve Officers,
and Lieutenant Colonel in the
Greek Army Reserve.
During their stay in Washing-
ton the groups are to call on
senior civilian and military of-
ficials. They also will visit various
military installations in the area
which are to include the U. S.
Naval Academy at Annapolis, the
Marine Corps School at Quan-
tico, David Taylor Model Basin,
and the Naval Observatory.
Prince Peter is to lay a wreath
at the Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier, Arlington National
Cemetary, in the name of the
Inter-Allied Confederation.
On March 1, the NATO Of-
ficers departed for a two-week
orientation tour of the United
States to visit operational and
training activities of the Regular
and Reserve components of the
Armed Forces.
USS Manley Sailors
Evacuate Zanzibar
The USS Manley (DD 940) re-
sponded to an unusual situation
by successfully effecting an over-
night evacuation of American
citizens from the strife-torn is-
land of Zanzibar. Ninety-one per-
sons including 55 American citi-
zens, were evacuated.
The representative from the
U.S. Embassy in Zanzibar notified
the ship that due to the revolu-
tion, the American citizens living
and working in the area were in
danger and assistance was needed.
Manley responded quickly, arriv-
ing in Zanzibar in mid-afternoon
on January 13, and anchoring a
mile out.
Manley’s boat went ashore and
established contact with the
Americans, all under one roof.
Negotiations for permission for
them to depart Zanzibar, were
made. An embassy official, with
the ship’s executive officer, went
to the Revolutionary Headquart-
ers and obtained permission to
evacuate those people who desired
to leave. The landing on Manley’s
boats began at sunset and contin-
ued into the night. The first boat
from the shore carried children
and mothers.
The evacuees found the sailor’s
hospitality' hard to believe. Hot
food, fresh beds, babysitting ser-
vice, hot showers, and a new twist
— a destrover diaper service —
were part of the touch of home
provided by the men. After an
overnight trip to the African
mainland at Dar Es Salaam,
Tanganyika, the evacuees were
offloaded into small boats and
sent safely ashore.
cal scientists
Iceland.
At present, the island, which
has been dubbed Surtsey in honor
of the Norse god of Fire, mea-
substantial 900 feet in
length, and 125 feet high. Its
surface is still warm and it still
emits clouds of cumulous vapor
on a 24-hour basis.
The island has been habited,
but only for short periods of time
by geologists, other scientists and
newsmen.
Iceland’s newborn island has
received its share of the press,
in such publications as Life
magazine, National Geographic,
Paris MATCH and the New York
Times.
In his feature, Professor Spil-
haus speculated a little on the
future of Surtsey. He had this
Honor Roll Studeuts
Announced By Mahan
Alfred T. Mahan’s administra-
tion has announced the High
School Honor Roll for the first
semester.
One student, Julia Mahler, earn-
ed First Honors and five students
were named to the Second Hon-
ors list.
Julia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
F. W. Mahler, completed her first
semester of work with a straight
A average. She takes five cours-
es and is a member of the Glee
Club, Glee Club Sextet, Pep Club,
Drill Team, Library assistant, and
a member of the Student Council.
Julia, is a member of the Fresh-
man Class and has attended school
at Keflavik since the second grade.
Paula Schulthess, Steven House,
Jeanne Downey, Henry Thornhill
and Wayne Gibson were Second
Honors students.
Paula, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest R. Schulthess, is a
member of the eighth grade. She
attended school in Maryland be-
fore coming to Keflavik.
Steven, son of Lt. Col. and Mrs.
A. E. House, attended school in
Georgia for the past two years.
He takes six courses and is a
member of the eighth grade.
Jeanne, daughter of Cdr. and
Mrs. Richard S. Downey, attended
school in Maryland for two years
before coming to Iceland. She is
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to say: “With ocean waves bat-
tering away, will it wear down to
just a shoal? Or will it grow up
to be a real, new European is-
land?”
Fire Station Employees
Finish Training Course
Members of the Naval Sta-
tion Fire Department recently
completed a special training
course. The course consisted of
104 consecutive sessions, lectures
and discussions from October 1,
1963 through February 1, 1964.
The duration of the daily sessions
was three hours. A total of 48
outside drills supplemented the
classroom instruction.
Instruction was given in phases
such as Organization and Re-
sponsibility, Training and Train-
ing Aids, Science of Firefighting,
Engine Companies Operations, and
Salvage Operations. Instructors
for the course were Fire Chief
Sveinn Eiriksson, Asst. Chief
Magnus Olafsson, Asst. Chief
Gunnar Petursson and Asst. Chief
Halldor Marteinsson.
The course will be followed by
a specialized training course in
crash rescue firefighting begin-
ning March 15.
Those named to the Fire De-
partment’s Honor Roll and their
grades are Astvaldur Eiriksson
(99.83), Sigurbergur Sveinsson
(99.83), Heimir Stigsson (99.66),
Haraldur Stefansson (99.66) and
Emil Palsson (99.00).
(Picture On Page 6.)
Spaghetti Dinner
Ticket sales for the PTA
Spaghetti dinner were report-
ed high by Lt. Cdr. Paul
Pflimlin, Vice President of the
Parent Teachers Association
and Chairman of the ticket
sales committee.
For those who may have
missed the feature in last
week’s White Falcon, here are
the important statistics:
Date: Sunday, March 15
Time: 3 to 8 p.m.
Place: CPO Mess Hall
Menu: Homemade Spaghetti
Price: Adults, $1.25 — Child-
ren under 12, .75 cents —
Family Plan, $4.25