The White Falcon - 25.06.1965, Blaðsíða 3

Friday, June 25, 1965
WHITE FALCON
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EARLY BIRD MESSAGE—Adm Thomas H. Moorer, U.S. Navy, Su-
preme Allied Commander ATLANTIC (SACLANT), in Norfolk, and
Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, U.S. Army, Supreme Allied Commander
Europe (SACEUR), in Paris, communicated via the “Early Bird”
communications satellite on June 10 and thus became the first mili-
tary commands to use the space satellite.
Admiral Moorer read the text of the message to the press as-
sembled in his SACLANT NATO office and then gave it to Radioman
First Class Loyal A. Ekholm, U.S. Navy, for transmission to Paris.
The initial transmission was sent to NATO’s Secretary General
Mr. Manlio Brosio in Paris at his NATO headquarters, and took
exactly twelve minutes from the time it left Norfolk to be delivered
to the secretary general.
Both the admiral and Mr. Brosio were expected to arrive at Iveflavik
for visits as the White Falcon went to press. (Official NATO Atlantic
Command Photo by A.L. Sayer)
Men Of Month Honors
Given For April-May
The month of June has seen the awarding of Men of
the Month honors to two groups of outstanding Iceland De-
fense Members. Awards for the month of April were made
June 8 and awards for the month of May were presented
June 18 by RAdm Ralph Weymouth, Iceland Defense Force
(IDF) commander, in his office at IDF Hq.
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Month Of April
The men awarded for the
month of April, were PFC John
W. Mercer, Marine of the Month,
Ralph E. Christianson, YN3
Sailor of the Month, and A1C
Harold G. Hamilton, Airman of
the Month.
Mercer, who works at the Ma-
rine Barracks Supply Section
came to U.S. Naval Station, Kefla-
vik, from Camp Lejeund, N.C.,
where he worked in the Fire Di-
rectional Control Section. A na-
tive of Millville, N.J., Private
Mercer hopes to make a career
of the Marine Corps.
Sailor Of Month
Christianson became Sailor of
the Month after competing with
Navy men at the Naval Station
and Barrier Forces Atlantic. Cur-
rently assigned to the Aircraft
Maintenance Department of the
Naval Station, he performed yoe-
man duties in the Supply Depart-
ment at Clarksville, Tenn., before
coming to Iceland. Christianson
hopes to complete his colloge edu-
cation when he returns to his
home in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Also in the June 8 group was
Airman of the Month, A1C Harold
G. Hamilton, who received his
award May 27 because of impend-
ing transfer.
Month Of May
Honors of the month of May
went to A1C John F. Hess, L.Cpl.
Richard Vought and Robert P.
Lynch, SK3.
Airman of the Month, A1C
John F Hess is attached to the
57th Fighter-Interceptor Squad-
ron’s radar shop. Prior to report-
ing to Keflavik, Hess served with
the 18th Fighter-Interceptor
Squadron at Grand Forks AFB,
N.D. A native of Uniontown,
Pa., Airman Hess is married to
the former Miss Sandra Dix of
East Grand Forks, Minn., and has
one daughter, Heidi Susan, age
10 months. Hess plans to make a
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Pay Raise .. •
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Proposals Recommended
commended the enactment of a
variable reenlistment bonus,”’ said
Rep. Rivers, “and the committee
believes there is considerable merit
in the proposal.’
Under the variable reenlistment
bonus concept, enlisted personnel
in critical skills would be paid re-
enlistment bonuses amounting to
as much as 85,000. The committee
modified the proposal by authoriz-
ing payments in installments in-
stead of a single payment. A lump
sum payment could be made, with
approval of the secretary of the
department concerned, for meri-
torious reasons.
Pay Reviewed Annually
Also approved in part, was the
Department of Defense proposal
that military pay be reviewed an-
nually, and that a complete re-
vision of the military pay struc-
ture be submitted to Congress in
January 1967 and not less than
once every four years thereafter.
Your Personal Affairs —
Transactions Should Have Written Contracts;
Your Base Legal Officer Can Provide Help
Every enlistee who enters the armed forces signs a contract. For some it may be the
first contract they have ever signed. But odds are against it being the last. And therein
lies a potential problem, because it will be a rare day when a service member will ever
again encounter a contract so straight-forward and simple as the enlistment contract.
Basically, a contract is a written, legally binding agreement between two or more
parties. One party agrees to do something and the other party agrees to do something
else in return. In the military en-1
listment contract, the enlistee
agrees to serve in the armed
forces for a prescribed amount of
time and to follow all lawful
orders given to him by his de-
signated superiors. In return, the
parent service agrees to pay him,
feed and house him and release
him from duty at the end of the
contract.
The problem with many other
contracts is that they are couched
in such technical terminology that
the average person has a hard
time fathoming just what it is
he’s being asked to sign.
IS a serviceman, he has an ace
in the hole.
Keflavik’s Legal Office
Every military installation of
any size provides a legal assistance
officer and U.S. Naval Station,
Keflavik, is no exception! These
officers are highly trained in the
legal matters and one of their
prime functions is explaining con-
tracts and offering advice as to
possible pitfalls in the provisions.
The wise serviceman will enter
no serious contract without check-
ing it out thoroughly with his
legal assistance officer.
It is equally important for the
serviceman to insist that there IS
a written contract in many serious
transactions. The verbal promises
of a salesman aie never legally
binding, and if thei’e is the slight-
est doubt the promises will be ful-
filled, the serviceman should in-
sist that they be put in writing
and signed.
Then the serviceman again may
take the agreement to his legal
assistance officer, have it checked
out, and be sure he has done all
he can to protect himself. (AFPS)
“Off With Your Head”
The importance of knowing
what you’re signing can’t be over-
ly stressed. Proof was illustrated
recently when a group of people
were given formal contracts, ask-
ed to read them carefully and sign
if they agreed to the provisions.
The contracts, many of which
were signed and returned, evi-
denced the signer’s willingness to
have his head amputated “in the
interests of medical research.”
In the strictest legal sense, the
signers might well have found
themselves being waltzed off to
the operating table if the contracts
had been offered in a serious
project. However, it was merely
a test to see how carefully people
read before they sign.
A service member who signs a
contract he doesn’t fully under-
stand may find himself in almost
as much trouble. But, because he
U*r T A. JC.
DISORDERS
and
DEVELOPMENTS
So that you may act to improve
your health the White Falcon, in
cooperation with the Dental De-
partment begins a series of ar-
ticles on “Your Dental Health."
Despite modern knowledge, den-
tal disease is on the rise. In this
country alone, it has been esti-
mated that about 97 per cent of
the population suffers from dental
diseases of the gums and other
supporting tissues of the teeth.
Yet dentists tell us that most
tooth loss can be prevented, that
most dental disease can be stopped
before it starts.
Trinkets To Dentures
Members of ancient tribes often
wore teeth around their necks as
a mark of beauty. We moderns
like to wear them in our mouths.
But it has only been in recent
centuries that man has considered
his teeth to be of real importance.
Until the major killing diseases
were brought under some measure
of control, man had too many
other things to worry about.
Why be concerned about keep-
ing his teeth when his life ex-
pectancy was only 35 to 40 years?
But, now, the average man lives
until age 70—and in his seventieth
year, he should still have his na-
tural teeth.
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Military Special Combat Pay
To Include 6All’ In Yiet Nam
Deputy Secretary of Defense Cyrus R. Vance has signed
a new Department of Defense directive modifying the po-
licy established last year concerning eligibility of military
personnel to receive special or “combat pay” for those
subject to hostile fire.
The new policy will permit all military personnel located
in geographic areas designated by the Secretary of Defense
to become eligible for the special'^
pay. The unified or specified
commander concerned will be re-
sponsible for determining specific
locations or areas within the pre-
viously designated area in which
personnel may be excluded from
receiving the special pay due to
lack of risk.
Beneficiaries Subsidy
The new directive also author-
izes the special pay of $55 per
month to be paid to the benefi-
ciaries of personnel killed or to
the military member, if wounded
or injured by hostile fire, ex-
plosion of hostile mines, or any
other battle action, regardless of
whether or not the incident oc-
curred in a previously designated
area.
Includes All Viet-Nam
Under this new modified po-
licy, all U.S. military personnel
serving in the Republic of Viet
Nam will be eligible for the spe-
cial pay, unless certain areas are
excepted by the unified comman-
der.
Other geographic areas i n
which military personnel may be-
come entitled to the special pay
will be designated by the Secre-
tary of Defense as appropriate.
Santo Domingo Named Also
In separate action, the Depart-
ment of Defense had previously
provided authorized special pay
for duty subject to hostile fire in
the Dominican Republic for those
personnel who were killed or
wounded by hostile fire, explosion
of hostile mines or any other hos-
tile action in that operation.
(AFPS)
VICE CNO ARRIVES—Adm. Horacio Rivero, Jr., Vice Chief of Naval
Operations, arrived at the Keflavik Airport Monday for a short visit
with the Iceland Defense Force. He was greeted upon arrival by RAdm
Ralph Weymouth, commander of Iceland Defense Force and Col. Alan
G. Long, commander of Air Forces Iceland. Adm. Rivero was briefed
on the Anti-submarine Warfare operations and operations control of
Barrier Forces Atlantic and the functions of the Naval Station. A
tour of the base completed his itinerary at the Naval Station.