The White Falcon - 27.02.1965, Blaðsíða 10

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WHITE FALCON
Saturday, February 27, 1965
1st ‘Ship-Over’ At H-2, Ponder Re-Ups
FIRST RE-UP AT H-2 — Abraham B. Ponder, A03, (right) reenlists
for six more years marking the first Navy reenlistment performed at
the H-2 Site. The ceremony was performed by Lt T.C. Crandall, (left)
officer-in-charge of H-2 Site, in his office Feb. 17.
Navy Offers Variety
Of X■■ clea■* Courses
The shipbuilding program for nuclear submarines and
surface ships is well underway. Fast attack and Fleet Bal-
listic Missile subs are joining the fleet now, while the surface
ship building program is well on its way.
Engineering personnel must receive extensive training
in nuclear power theory and operation to meet the require-
ments of the expanding pro-1
grams and their ranks must he
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swelled.
For this purpose there are
three programs available: Nu-
clear powered submarine pro-
gram, nuclear powered surface
ship program and Army nuclear
powered programs.
The nuclear sub and surface
ship program is divided into
two phases, the Basic and the
Operational.
The Basic course is in techno-
logy and science and is of 24-week
duration. Its courses of study
cover:
• Mathematics-arithmetic, al-
gebra, trigonometry, logarithms,
analytical geometry and cal-
culus.
• Physics-basic physics ne-
cessary to understand atomic
and reactor physics. Primarily
this is instruction in fields of
mechanics, electrostatics and
electrodynamics.
• Reactor Principles-an in-
troduction to fundamentals of
reactor theory, design, opera-
tion and safety.
• Thermodynamics-covers the
properties of steam, laws of
steam plant machinery and heat
transfer.
The Operational course lasts 26
weeks. Its courses consist of:
• Reactor Plant Technology-
a background knowledge in the
operation of the major system
and components of a nuclear
power plant.
• Engineering Materials-brief
course on the properties of me-
tals and their application and
design in operation of nuclear
power plants.
• Radiological Controls-de-
scribes the properties of radia-
tion, its potential hazards, safety
rules and safety equipment.
• Electrical Theory and
Equipment-an introduction to
the principles of operation of
electrical machinery in the
nuclear power plant.
The Army Nuclear Power
Plant operator’s course, which
is for Naval Personnel operating
land-based installations, is di-
vided into three phases of four
months each. These phases are
the Academic, Specialty and
Operational.
The academic phase provides
the student with the background
in fundamentals, mathematics,
physics, electricity, and nuc-
leonics necessary for the Opera-
tional Phase.
The specialty phase trains the
students in a specific portion of
the Nuclear Reactor. In this
phase the students are divided
into groups according to their
rates: Instrument, Electrical,
Mechanical, and Process Con-
trol.
The final phase is the opera-
tional phase in which the stu-
dents are qualified as nuclear
power plant operators. Training
is done on 24-hour shift basis
and a pressurized reactor is used
in the training.
In general the qualifications
for one of the nuclear power
schools are: be motivated for
the program; have a minimum
combined GCT/ARI of 110; high
school education or GED equi-
valent; be recommended by
your commanding officer; be
not more than 25 years of age;
be physically qualified and he
a U. S. citizen.
Interested personnel should
call the Education and Training
office for additional informa-
tion and for exceptions to the
above listed qualifications. For
fast results, DO IT NOW.
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Waiting
prohibited
Three “firsts” were established
when Abraham B. /Ponder, AC3,
reenlisted at H-2 Site Feb. 17.
Not only was it Ponder’s first
“re-up” but Officer-in-Charge Lt.
I. C. Crandall’s first shipping-
over ceremony to perform at the
site. It was also the first such
event to take place at the site
since the Navy took command of
the installation. Other reenlistees
previously shipped-over at the
Naval Station.
Ponder, a native of Whigham,
Ga., reenlisted for six years on
the Star Program incentive and
expects to be transfered soon to
Aviation Ordnanceman “B”
School.
England Next
For Robinson
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high school—nor at Reykjavik.
Tom Robinson is a native of
Logan, W. Va., where he attended
Logan High School, playing three
years on the varsity baseball,
basketball, football, and track
teams. He graduated from high
school in 1951 to accept a foot-
ball scholarship at Highlands
University in Las Vegas.
Robbie decided that college life
wasn’t for him and enlisted in
the Air Force after a year at
Highlands. In his 14 years of ser-
vice life he has travelled extensive-
ly and it seems like he’s been busy
everywhere else as he is here at
Keflavik.
In Japan (1954-55) he played
on the base football, basketball
and baseball teams. The baseball
team won a berth in the Air
Force World-Wide tournament.
They placed fourth, competing as
the Far East Champions.
It was on to Tinker AFB, Okla.,
in 1959 through 1962 for some of
Robbie’s busiest years. He grad-
uated from Central State College
with a Bachelor of Science de-
gree in Education in 1962. In
1961 the San Fransiseo 49ers
offered Tom a football tryout
This is one of the most highly
treasured items in his scrapbook
today. At Tinker, he coached
the base basketball team, which
won the Air Force Logistics Com-
mand Tournament and went on
to place fifth in world-wide com-
petition.
Robbie, who collects rock-and-
roll albums when he can squeeze
in the time, has also collected quite
a number of honors. Besides the
football tryout at Tinker AFB,
Tom has been offered a basketball
scholarship to St. Bonaventure
(1952) and one to Tulane in 1956.
He made the independant All-
American Honorable Mention
team while playing basketball at
Houma Naval Air Station, Ark.
also in 1956. Our man also has
to his credit three years working
as a recreation leader at the
Oklahoma City Parks and Re-
creation Dept, and one year as an
assistant physical director with
the YMCA in San Antonio, Tex.
Tom arrived here at Keflavik
in March 1964, so he’s due to de-
part soon. Where next? England,
he says. Robbie isn’t sure exactly
what he’ll be doing there—except
that some of his time will be de-
voted to a December wedding. The
future Mrs. Robinson is Miss
Marjorie Boulton-Cox of London.
This writer wonders if she is
aware that she is getting a man
of many talents—sportsman, edu-
cator, scholar, Air Force career
man and all-around good guy.
SMOKING AND HEALTH
by Capt. Tay J. Weinman, (MC), FMO, USAF
A little more than a year has passed since the Surgeon
General’s report on smoking was made public. The re-
sulting panic of tobacco planters, cigarette manufacturers,
and the smokers has since passed and cigarette sales are
at all-time highs. Although there is no longer any doubt
that smokers have a higher death rate than nonsmokers,
the optimistic but illogical ide&*:'
that “it’ll never happen to me”
seems to have prevailed through-
out the land.
Before World War I tobacco
had been used mainly in pipes,
cigars, snuff and for chewing.
The ensuing fifty years, however,
have seen the consumption of
manufactured cigarettes climb to
about four thousand per adult per
year. The actual changes in
smoking habits are more signifi-
cant in that the overall rise in
tobacco usage. That is, cigarette
smokers usually inhale whereas
this is not so with the other meth-
ods. In addition, it has been found
that heavy smokers tend to inhale
more deeply and, compared to men,
women consume fewer cigarettes,
begin smoking at a later age, and
inhale less often.
among smokers. However, the rate
is about seventy percent higher
among the latter.
Causes Of Death
Other causes of death showing
a fairly high degree of association
with cigarette smoking are can-
cers of the lips, tongue, throat,
voice box and urinary bladder,
ulcers of the stomach and duo-
denum, certain diseases of the
arteries, lung diseases, and cir-
rhosis of the liver. In addition,
there is a high degree of correla-
tion between smoking and certain
physical symptons and complaints,
most particularly coughing, loss
of appetite, shortness of breath,
chest pains, being easily fatigued,
insomnia and hoarseness. Sound
familiar?
(To be continued)
Lung Cancer
By far the most publicity re-
garding the effects of smoking
has centered around lung cancer.
However, as far back as 1938 it
was reported that smokers in
general had a far shorter life ex-
pectancy than those who did not
use tobacco. The total death rate
from all causes is far higher
among men with a history of re-
gular cigarette smoking than
among men who never smoked or
who use pipes or cigars and do
not inhale. Death rates rise pro-
gressively with increasing number
of cigarettes smoked per day as
well as with depth of inhalation.
Interestingly, the death rate of
those who once smoked but have
given it up is significantly less
than those who continue (proving
that it is almost never “too late”.)
Coronary Arteries
The effect of these relationships
is so great as to indicate that
smokinc must be associated with
other diseases than cancer of the
lung. In fact, the most important
diseases associated with smoking
as a cause of death is that in-
volving the coronary arteries.
These are the vital blood vessels
that supply the heart itself with
oxygen and nourishment. Since
coronary artery disease is the
leading cause of death among men
in the United States today, it is
not surprising that it is found to
be the leading cause of death
among nonsmokers as well as
The Radio Log
by John Stromberg J03
David Wayne will be the host
Monday on the Monitor Show.
Starting its second week on AFRS,
entertainment will feature Andre
Kostelanetz, Doris Day and Robert
Goulet.
Gunsmoke
This week on Gunsmoke, Matt
finds it necessary to use force to
break up a disturbance in the
main street of Dodge to protect
an old man from a gun-happy
bully.
In the scramble, the brother of
the guntoter is wounded and Matt
receives a vicious threat in the
form of “an eye for an eye, a
tooth for a tooth.” But, when
Chester disappears and is shot
in a “planned accident” by Matt’s
gun, Matt vows his own vengeance
on one Jabe Leach. Don’t miss
this thriller on Gunsmoke at 10:05
Monday night.
Host Scott
Tonight at 11:30 on Downbeat
host Dave Scott will be featuring
Dave Brubeck and his trio. You
may also hear from the Joy Boys
on Downbeat doing some of their
skits too, but even if you don’t
like jazz listen in just the same.
You never know what’s in store
with that nut Dave Scott.
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