The White Falcon - 21.10.1966, Side 1

THE WHITE
U.S NAVAL STATION, KEFLAVIK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, ICELAND
Volume VII, Number 11 Friday, October 21, 1966
Station Sailors
Ladder One Step
Eighty-five sailors from the
Naval Station received the long-
waited word this week that they
passed the August fleetwide
examinations an will be advanced
in rate.
Thirty-three were completely
surprised when the rate results
came in Oct. 17 to learn that their
effective date was Oct. 16.
The following named men and
the rate advancing to, including
the effective dates are as follows:
October 16
Daniel Lee...............AG1
John J. Ackerman.........CS1
Lehman is VP-26
Sailor of the Month
Aviation Maintenance Admini-
strationman Third Class Dale
R. Lehman was chosen as
Patrol Squadron Twenty-Six “Sai-
lor of the Month” for October.
He was praised by his command-
ing officer and was presented a
certificate during ceremonies
held last week.
A native of North Platte, Neb.,
Lehman enlisted in the regular
Navy on Nov. 9, 1965. Although
he was an AZ striker when he re-
ported to the squadron in Febru-
D. R. Lehman
ary 1966, Lehman could not be as-
signed to a maintenance billet due
to a critical shortage of person-
nel in other departments. Undaun-
ted about not having a job where
he could work in his rate, he re-
peatedly volunteered for after
duty hours instruction in the
maintenance night check. As a
result of this extra effort he was
able to achieve the necessary re-
quirements for advancement in
rate.
Prior to entering the Navy,
Lehman completed two years of
instruction at Colorado State Uni-
versity.
Ernesto G. Alfaro ......... SD3
Ben R. Atkinson .......... CMH2
Jerry E. Benson............ RM2
Melvin U. Bowman .......... AE3
Dennis R. Bradshaw .... ETN3
Bruce W. Bray ............ EON3
Scott J. Byers ............ AE3
Joseph Cawthon ............ A03
Robert R. Davocato..........ET1
Michael H. Dolan .......... EM2
Roger A. Dowe ............ MR3
Gary C. Evans ........... IC2
Robert E. Fiorella ....... ABH3
Billy W. Fletcher ......... CS2
John Fountain ............. SK3
Raymond J. Freiler ........ SK2
John J. Gorham ........... ETR3
Laurence Hammond .......... ATI
Larry D. Helmke ..........ABH3
James G. Masterson........ETN2
George E. Monroe .......... AK2
Walter C. Mueller ......... SKI
George S. Parsons ......... PC3
Arnold P. Pratt .......... ABH3
Gordon Richardson ......... PH2
Barry Rosensteel ......... ABH2
Rex M. Sorrell ........... SFP3
Jay M. Transue ............ A03
Leon G. Traynor ........... MM3
Lewis V. Watkins .......... A03
Louie C. Wison ............ CS1
November 16
B. R. Taylor .............. SHC
H. E. Winchell ............ SK2
Albert L. Adrian ......... ADJ3
Max A. Akins .............. PHI
Allowances Increased
For Household Goods
Increased weight allowances
for shipment of household goods
have been approved for the
majority of married military per-
sonnel. In most cases, the increase
amounts to 2,000 pounds.
The increases were announced
by the Per Diem, Travel and
Transportation Allowance Comm-
mittee. The group is composed of
the Secretaries of the Armed
Forces, Treasury, Commerce and
Health, Education and Welfare.
Effective date for the new
weight allowances was Sept. 23.
Included are all shipments, inclu-
ding nontemporary shortage.
This is the second increase in
three years. In September 1963,
most grades were authorized an
additional 500 pounds.
Under the new weight allow-
ances, staff sergeants were in-
creased 1,500 pounds to 7,000
pounds and majors and chief
warrant officers (W-l) 1,000 to
the ceiling 11,000 pounds. Other
grades, starting with airman
first class with more than four
years’ service, through captain
and chief warrant officer (W-3),
gained 2,000-pound increases.
The new allovances entitle cap-
Alan S. Casper ......... AK3
Bruce V. Cline ......... PH3
Humberto Delacruz ......... QM3
Robert E. Dennis.......... CEW2
Roger L. Hagy ............ CEP3
Vernon J. Heath ........... CS2
Keith G. Marshall..........ADJ2
Daniel J. Mielke .......... AC3
Hugh B. Miller ............ CS2
Dennis F. Mosley .......... MN3
Royce L. Netherton .... ATN2
Sylvester Ramirez ......... SKI
Larry L. Roberts .......... PC3
Robert S. Sikora .......... BM3
W. L. Sullivan ............ ETC
Ronald J. Thompson ........ CS3
Charles Thornton .......... YN1
December 16
Larry E. Yarbrough ........ AG3
David W. Caddick ......... ETN3
Bill E. Groscost .......... EN3
Gunnar Gunnarsson ......... AE2 ■
Donald W. Maddox .......... CS3
Raynor A. Subijano ........ SD3
Tommy G. Waldrop .......... BT1
January 16
Michael Crumpler ......... ATR2
John W. Denton ........... ATN3
William E. Ecret ......... AME3
Gary W. Fowler ............ PH3
Don S. Fretwell .......... ABH3
Ronald Gallineau........AM SC
William F. Green...........CYN3
Ronald R. Greene ......... ETN2
Lyle D. Hale .............. SK3
Sammy M. Hensley .......... IC3
Frank L. Reynolds....... ABH3
Earnest H. Stewart ........ ET1
February 16
Thomas R. Kaut ............ AG3
Bruce D. Adie.............. AC3
Robert A. Bates ............MN3
Virgil Desormeaux ......... MM3
Robert G. Goode ........... PCI
Terry H. James ............ YN1
Matthew Schaffner .... AMS3
March 16
Roger H. Vaughn .......... CYN3
Wesley F. Brody ........... MR3
Richard A. Fink ........... AE3
David L. Fourier .......... MM2
Jerry W. Richmond ......... PC3
tains and W-3 warrants to the
same amount authorized for a full
general officer. A request to in-
crease the 11,000-pound ceiling fi-
gure is under consideration by
Congress.
The increased weight allowan-
ces, compared with previous fig-
ures, follows:
Grade Old All. New. 411.
E-4 (With more
than four years’
service) 5,000 lbs 7,000 lbs
E-5 5,500 lbs 7,000 lbs
E-6 6,000 lbs 8,000 lbs
E-7 6,500 lbs 8,500 lbs
E-8 7,000 lbs 9,000 lbs
E-9 7,500 lbs 9,500 lbs
0-1, W-l 7,500 lbs 9,500 lbs
0,2, W-2 8,000 lbs 10,000 lbs
0,3, W-3 9,000 lbs 11,000 lbs
0-4, W-4 10,000 lbs 11,000 lbs
RECEIVING A FEW POINTERS—Reykjavik firemen Agust Gud-
mundsson (left) and Svavar Sigurdsson receive some facts about one
of several type nozzles that is used to fight fires here at the NATO
Base. Giving the instruction is Assistant Fire Chief Sigurbergur
Sveinsson. The two capital city firemen were members of a group of
50 firemen visiting the base to learn what steps were taken here to
promote Fire Prevention Week observed last week. At present time,
Iceland doesn’t have a Fire Prevention Week, but plans are now being
studied to promote fire safety rules in the Iceland homes and place of
work. (Falcon Staff Photo)
Iceland Vardberg
Society Visits U.S.
The Vardberg Society and the
Society for Western Cooperation
returned to Iceland on Monday,
Oct. 17, after a week long tour of
military installations and organi-
zations in the Norfolk area and
government offices and organiza-
tions in Washington D. C.
The group departed Keflavik
International Airport early Satur-
day morning Oct. 8. After a brief
stop-over at Quonset Point, R. I.,
they arrived at NAS Norfolk
Saturday evening where they
where met and welcomed to the
United States by RAdm R. D.
Hogle, Commandant, Fifth Naval
District.
Top Navy Commanders briefed
and hosted the visitors from Ice-
land while they were in Norfolk.
Included during their stay at Nor-
folk were tours of the aircraft
carrier USS Forestal, the sub-
marine USS Carp and two des-
troyers. Other points of interest
such as the Hermitage Founda-
tion and the Mariners Museum
were also visited.
On Wednesday, Oct. 12, the
group traveled from Norfolk to
Washington D. C. via Williams-
burg, Va. where they stopped for
lunch and toured that historic city.
During the last three days of
their United States tour, the Ice-
landers were hosted by the State
Department. Government brief-
ings, a visit to Congress, meetings
with individual Senators and tours
of government buildings includ-
ing the Supreme Court were on
the agenda. The Washington D. C.
stay was climaxed with a tour of
Mount Vernon and visit to the
grave of John F. Kennedy in Ar-
lington National Cementery.
The Vardberg Society and
Society for Western Cooperation
are made up of men from the
three democratic parties in Ice-
Air Force Revises
Enlisted Promotion
Allocation System
Air Force has updated its
system for allocating enlisted
promotion quotas into a program
that in the long run is expected
“to increase promotion opportu-
nities in career areas that have
experienced the most stringent
control.”
Endorsed by Deputy Chief of
Staff for Personnel, Lt. Gen.
Horace M. Wade, Air Force now
uses an improved Promotion
Management List (PML) that
will control imbalances and move
the Air Force closer to an “equit-
able manning” goal in each grade
as established by Department of
Defense ceiling.
“The Air Force must limit pro-
motions in career fields that have
more than their share and allow
promotions to be made in fields
that are short,” officials said.
It was noted that the PML
program is aimed at meeting this
situation by specifying in alloca-
tion to commands the maximum
percentage of eligible airmen or
NCO,s who may be advanced to
each grade in each subdivision or
Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC)
land. Their principal objective is
to develop an understanding
among the people of Iceland con-
cerning the value of democratic
administrative practices and the
importance of cooperation among
the democratic nations for the
preservation of peace and security
of the North Atlantic.
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