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WHITE FALCON
Saturday, March 7, 1964
TRAINING KUDOS — Capt. Stanley E. Ellison presents certificates
of achievement to members of the Naval Station Fire Department
for completion of an internal training program. In attendance were
Fire Chief Sveinn Eiriksson, Asst. Chief Magnus Olafsson, Astvaldur
Eiriksson, SigurSur Sveinsson, Halldor Stefansson, Heimir Stigsson,
Emil Palsson, and Employee Development Officer Oli Stephensen.
Volunteers Are Requested
For UDT Replacement
Volunteers are urgently required for the Underwater
Demolition Team Replacement Training Course commen-
cing June 29, 1964.
UDT Replacement Training consists of two consecutive
courses of sixteen weeks and eight weeks duration re-
spectively, commencing in January and July. These cour-
ses are intentionally designed to
insure that only those applicants
possessing the highest qualities of
physical endurance, emotional
stability, aggressiveness, and
ability are assigned to UDT duties.
The first course of sixteen
weeks duration consists of train-
ing conducted at the U. S. Naval
Amphibious Base, Little Creek,
Virginia, and the U. S. Naval
Station, Roosevelt Roads, Puerto
Rico. The second course of eight
weeks duration for trainees who
have successfully completed the
first course consists of three weeks
of airborne training conducted at
the U. S. Army Infantry School,
Fort Benning, Georgia, and five
weeks of SCUBA (Self Contained
Underwater Breathing Appa-
ratus) training conducted at the
Underwater Swimmer’s School,
Key West, Florida. Successful
graduates of the entire 24 weeks
training cycle are then ordered
for duty with underwater demoli-
tion teams of the U. S. Atlantic
Fleet.
Requests for this nrogram are
now being accepted and must reach
the Education and Training Of-
fice no later than April 15, 1964.
Local Festivities
SeaBees, CEC Celebrate
March Anniversaries
Festivities at the Civilian Club
highlighted local celebration of the
Construction Battalion’s 22nd an-
niversary as Mrs. Betty Ramsey
reigned as queen of the Seabee
Ball. !
Queen Of Ball
Mrs. Ramsey was selected queen
for the occasion in balloting held
at the NCO party room on'Feb. 21.
She was chosen from a field of
ten contestants as voted Oh by the
Seabees.
Guests of Honor present at the
Seabee Ball held on March 6, in-
cluded Rear Adm. Paul D. Buie,
Commander Barrier Forces At-
lantic, Captain Stanley E. Ellison,
Commanding Officer Naval Sta-
tion, Cdr. R. O. Boe, Executive
Officer, Naval Station, Lt. Col. A.
E. House Jr., Commanding Officer
Marine Barracks and Depart-
ment Head Cdr. W. R. Reece.
March 2 marked the 97th .an-
niversary of the founding of the
Navy’s Civil Engineer Corps and
it was three days later that the
Construction Battalions celebrated
their 22nd anniversary on March
5.
Admiral H. P. Smith, USN,
said in his anniversary message
“Both of these organizations have
proven their ability and capability
during time of war as well as
peace. The Navy and the entire
nation is justifibaly proud of your
past record. I extend my personal
best wishes to all members of the
Civil Engineer Corps and the
Building-Fighting members of the
Construction Battalions. May the
future bring you as much success
as you have experienced in the
past.”
Station Supervisors
Certified For Course
Twelve civilian supervisors and
seven military heads received
certificates of training (NavExos
2290) for satisfactory completion
of Phase I of the Station Super-
visory Development Program,
March 2.
The training was administered
by the Training Division of the
Industrial Relations Department.
Phase I was designed as basic
training for new and potential
supervisors, as well as a refresher
course for more established super-
visors. The course consisted of 10
consecutive sessions, once every
two weeks, of lectures and dis-
cussions covering topics such as
the mission of the Station, the
responsibilities of a supervisor,
work simplification, wage and1*1
classification, industrial safety,
leadership, labor relations, and
other related subjects.
SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS — Capt. S. E. Ellison congratulates the
Honor Students of the Supervisory Development Program as they
receive their training certificates. Left to right are Capt. S. E. Elli-
son, Hans Jetzek (Supply), Pordis Porarinsdottir (Supply), Angelo
Ferrentino (PWD), Lt. A. Ashbacher (Supply), CEC, N. R. Martin
(PWD) and Kjartan Jonsson (PWD). The course was conducted by
the Training Division, IRD.
Dental Report
Assignments for home study in-
cluded units on work simplifica-
tion, on-the-job training, industrial
ps--cholo(rv, and other selected
topics from a home study course,
“Fundamentals of Supervision for
Navy Civilians” prepared by IRD.
The first round of Phase I,
given at the Station’s Supply De-
partment and the Maintenance and
Utilities Division of Public Works
Department, was very favorably
accepted, and has shown an excel-
lent outcome of desired results.
The six participants receiving
the highest grades were congratu-
lated by Capt. Stanley E. Ellison,
NavSta CO, who presented the
Honor Students with their certifi-
cates of training at a special pre-
sentation ceremony. Among those
present were Capt. Wolf, Supply
Officer; Cdr. Reese, Pul ic Works
Officer: Mr. O. D. I /eland, In-
dustrial Relations Of-.cer, and Mr.
O. Stenhensen, Employee Develop-
ment Officer.
New Dental Innovations
Help Curb Patient's Fears
Two out of three Americans don’t visit their dentist with-
in any given year — and the major reason is fear of pain.
Strangely, almost all of the recent developments in dental
equipment, and many of the new drugs have been designed
specifically to reduce discomfort in dental equipment.
Since a dentist introduced anesthesia to the medical world
a century ago, giant strides havd
been taken in this field. With to-
day’s new and varied anesthetics,
complete blockage of pain can be
achieved. Local analgesics and
anesthetics are available for rou-
tine use in dental offices. If major
dental surgery is needed, some
dentists may hospitalize their
patients so that general anesthe-
tics and hospital surgical equip-
ment may be used. A small num-
ber of dentists use general anes-
thetics in their offices.
Another development designed
by the Navy Dental Corps at
Bethesda, Md., to eliminate dis-
comfort is the new high-speed
cutting instruments or drills. To-
day, two out of three dentists use
instruments that work at speeds
from 30,000 to over 250,000 rev-
not in general use — is “audioanal-
gesia.” This device uses music and
various sounds as a diversion
while the dentist is operating. The
device is in use in relatively few
dentist will be pleasant: Visit
Finally, there is something
which you can contribute to make
certain that your trips to the
dentists will be pleasant: Visit
your family dentist at least twice
a year, and between these visits
faithfully practice sound oral hy-
giene measures. By doing this,
you will avoid the extensive em-
ergency care that can be unplea-
sant.
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olutions per minute. Such high
speeds have three advantages.
One is that they eliminate bone-
conducted noises. A second is that
they clean out decayed enamel in
a fraction of the time and with
a fraction of the pressure re-
quired by instruments operating
at low speeds. Additionally, many
of these new instruments spray
a jet of air or water on the tooth,
thus keeping it cool. This helps to
eliminate a major cause of dis-
comfort in older instruments: The
heat generated by the revolving
bur.
The dental chair, too, has been
modernized with your comfort in
mind. Some dentists now are us-
ing posture-designed chairs which
provide more comfort for the
patient and which enable the den-
tist to operate with less strain.
Another new development —
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LASS AND LACE — Pert starlet
Joan Staley is a striking figure in
her black attire.