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WHITE FALCON
Friday, June 10, 1966
EDITORIAL
Accidents Arc Costly
Many bright ideas and money-saving suggestions have
been contributed in the Department of Defense drive for
cost reduction. Tens of thousands of servicemen and women
all over the world daily make a real effort to cut expenses.
Yet scores ignore the one area where the biggest waste of all
occurs—accidents.
Accidents can cost grief and loss of life. Others may in-
volve personal injuries. They all cost dollars—millions of
dollars annually. They also deter military readiness, the
product of defense dollars.
Accidents are caused for the most part either by human
or mechanical failure. Often mechanical failure can be traced
back to human oversight.
No one will ever devise a system to eliminate accidents
completely, but everyone can contribute toward reducing
them. The effort will often save lives. It will always save
dollars.
Every man and woman in uniform and every civilian
working for the services is armed with the primary weapon
in this war against accidents. That weapon is forethought.
A little time and a little care can make the difference.
Welcome Aboard
Navy
Homer L. Rothenhoffer, J., PA ...... Columbus, Miss.
Glen W. Thibodeaux, FA ................ Charles, Pa.
Lincoln J. Flamo, FA........Columbus Heights, Minn.
David M. Delpizzo, FA...............Norristown, Pa.
Glen W Thibodeaux, FA ................. Charles, Pa.
James, R. Markovitz, FN ............ Bedford, Ohio
Anthony J. Digiacomo, FA .............. Imperial, Pa.
Harvey W. Kny Jr., FA .............. St Louis, Miss.
Ronald C. Simpson, FA............Rapid City, S. Dak.
Edwin J. Kauppinen, FA ............. Calumet, Mich.
Curtis, K. Wright, DTI ..... North Kingstown, R. I.
Robert S. Sikora, SN ............ New Kesington, Pa.
Joe D. Etheridge, CTC ........... Henderson, Tenn.
Glenn A. Rogers, ADR1 ........... Morristown, Tenn.
Humberto E. Dellacruz, SN .......... Eagle Pass, Tex.
Francisco C. Reyes, Jr., SD2 . Camarines Sur, Philippines
Wayne E. Fletcher, PCSA ............... Austin, Tex.
George S. Parsons, PCSN ............ New York, N. Y.
Edmond J. Paquette, Jr., SA ........... Oxford, Mass.
Paul C. Williams, TMSN .......... Greenfield, Mass.
Russell E. Garner, CS1 ............. Columbia, S. C.
Robert E. Gutsche, PR2 ............. Milwaukee, Wis.
Jack F. Botsford, TDAN ............. Corvallis, Ore.
Joe C. McCarty, AK1 ................ Talahani, Okla.
Charles R. Johnt, RM3 ................. Aiken, S. C.
Phillip R. Litrenta, AE3......... Middlehope, N. Y.
Air Force
A3C Edward W. Davies ............... Chandlerville, Ill.
A3C Richard A. Gorkosky ............ San Jose, Calif.
A3C Kenneth D. Gray ................ Cheyenne, Okla.
A3C Larry E. Grooms ................ W. Union, Ohio
A3C Cyril J. Guidry ............. St. Plaquemine, La.
A3C James A. Guthrie ............... Oakland, Calif.
A3C Ralph A. LaPaug..............Middletown, Conn.
A3C Ralph L. MuConchie ................ Marshall, Ill.
A3C Donald D. Ness .................... Oneco, Fla.
A3C Joseph T. Ostrowski ............... Colonie, N. J.
REENLISTMENT—On Friday, May
27, 1966, Billy J. Fletcher, CS3 re-
enlisted on board for six years.
Billy is shown signing his reenlist-
ment papers. (Nav Photo)
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Chaplain A
Corner
by Chaplain A. R. Saeger, Jr.,
How are you feeling these days? How alive are you? Easy now ....
don’t jump to some quick conclusions or grab for your pulse, or run
to sick bay to check your blood pressure. I am sure you are very
much alive,
But some days we feel more alive than others. Do you ever stop to
wonder why? Maybe it is because you have been eating properly and
obtaining your necessary rest, or you are enjoying your duties, or
you have received some good news from home. Well, whatever is the
cause, we know there are degrees of living. Sometimes we feel like
winners and sometimes we are down.
This is a vital aspect of our every day living, yet few people give
much thought to this. One day everything goes right, another day it
doesn’t—so really what difference does it make? On the good days
we may have a few more good words for our friends and fellow
workers, we may sing a bit, hum our favorite tunes, smile more
frequently ,crack a few jokes all because we feel fine, but that’s about
as far as it usually goes. On the bad days we may gripe a lot more,
take longer to do our various jobs, lose our tempers more easily and
literally become Mr. DULL, but usually we do little about it.
Why don’t you try this simple pattern of common sense thinking
and feeling for awhile, and see what happens.
LOOK OUT—NOT IN! Many people make themselves unduly
miserable and quite impossible to live with by looking in all the time.
They really are quite self-centered. All they see is themselves. LOOK
OUT! See other people as people. Yes, wonderful people. Try to see
them for what they are, not merely for what they may or may not
mean in your private little schemes. Also, direct your thoughts OUT,
to become aware of the wonderful world about you — the dynamic
events which are daily taking place all around you and the beauties
and wonders of the world in which you live.
LOOK AHEAD—NOT BACK! Frequently we can make our lives
disagreeable and almost intolerable by looking back upon our failures,
mistakes, foolish decisions and unused opportunities. We think about
them and brood over them, as if we could change them by this process.
To be sure there will always be those mistakes, failures and missed
chances in our lives. But we can’t cancel them out by looking back;
we can do something about them if we remember that we have a
loving Heavenly Father who will and does forgive and desires that
we LOOK AHEAD in Faith, accepting the opportunities the future
to live and act wisely where we once acted foolishly. Our mistakes
should make us wiser. Now we are to use that wisdom, not in brooding
over the past, but in meeting and taking on the challenges of the
future.
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