The White Falcon - 16.04.1999, Blaðsíða 2

White Falcon
Commander, Iceland Defense Force
Commander, Fleet Air Keflavfk
Rear Adm. David Architzel
The White Falcon is produced by the
Iceland Defense Force staff. The editorial
content of this newspaper is prepared, edited
and provided by the public affairs office of
IDF. Photo processing is provided by
Commander, Fleet Air Keflavik.
PAO - Lt. Cmdr. Karen D. Sellers
Deputy PAO - Fri0|o6r Kr. Eydal
Asst. PAO - JOCS(SW) Dave Voungquist
Editor - J02 Christopher E. Tucker
Staff Journalist - J03 Mike C. Jones
Administrative Asst. - Sigriflur Svansddttir
The White Falcon is an authorized publica-
tion for members of the military services and
their families stationed at NAS Keflavfk. Its
contents do not necessarily reflect the official
views of the U.S. Government, the
Department of Defense, the U.S. Navy, the
U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Army or the U.S.
Air Force and do not imply endorsement
thereof.
The appearance of advertising in this news-
paper, including inserts or supplements, does
not constitute endorsement by the
Department of Defense, the Navy, Marine
Corps, Army or Air Force, Commander
Iceland Defense Force or /Egir Mar Karason
of the products and services advertised.
Everything advertised in The White Falcon
shall be made available for purchase, use or
patronage without regard to race, color, reli-
gion, gender, national origin, age, marital sta-
tus, physical handicap, political affiliation or
any other non-merit factor of the purchaser,
user or patron. If a violation or rejection of
this equal opportunity policy by an advertiser
is confirmed, the publisher shall refuse to
print advertising from that source until the vio-
lation is corrected.
The White Falcon is published by /Egir M6r
K3rason, a private publisher, in no way con-
nected with the Department of Defense, the
U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S.
Army or the U.S. Air Force, under exclusive
contract with the U.S. Navy.
Questions or comments can be directed to
the public affairs officer or the editor. The
White Falcon staff can be reached by calling
ext. 4612 or 6492, e-mail
pao@ldfcfk.navy.mil or stopping by Bldg.
936. The deadline for story submissions is
close of business Friday for the following
week of publication. The White Falcon
reserves the right to edit all submissions.
The White Falcon is published every Friday
by /Egir Mar Karason, whose office is located
at Hafnargotu 57, Keflavik. /Egir Mar
Karason may be contacted at 421-7700, 896-
0708, fax 421-7701 ore-mail
euro@simnet.is
Printed at Gragas in Keflavfk.
The White Falcon is now on-line at
www.nctskef.navy.mll/lDF
CFK Chief of Staff
Commander in the Spot Light
In this article I will attempt to explain the differ-
ent titles and roles that are sometimes associated
under the collective title of Commander Fleet Air
Keflavik (CFK).
First, the actual role Rear Adm. David Architzel
fulfills as CFK is that of the senior Naval officer
present. He is responsible for administration of
assigned fleet units, and the horizontal coordina-
tion between all Naval activities in Iceland. This is
unique from his Iceland Defense Force hat where
he exercises authority over Navy-only issues such
as uniform requirements, quality of life issues, and
legal proceedings. In his role as CFK he does not
own any operational forces, but rather focuses on
the administrative authority assigned by CIN-
CLANTFLT.
A second hat, or component, of CFK is the
Commander Patrol and Reconnaissance Force
Eastern Atlantic or CTG 84.1. This is probably the
most visible function of CFK on the base. While
wearing this hat the Admiral exercises operational
control over the P-3 patrol squadron, currently VP-
45, and the Dutch airplane and aircrew deployed to
the Keflavfk sector. The Tactical Support Center
(TSC), located on the second floor of the
Combined Operations Center, is the nerve center of
CTG 84.1 operations. Staff personnel working in
this windowless environment provide the intelli-
gence and briefs to the flight crews prior to each
mission. During the flight, personnel from NCTS
working within the TSC enable the communication
link between the aircraft and the TSC. Following
the flight, the aircrew reports to the TSC for a
debrief and post flight analysis of their logs and
records.
Another hat the Admiral can wear is the
Commander Iceland Anti-Submarine Warfare
Forces Iceland, referred to as COMNAVICE,
reports directly to Iceland Defense Force. During
an exercise or actual crisis, CFK puts on the COM-
NAVICE hat and, along with the Commander of
the 85th Group who serves as Air Forces Iceland
(AFICE), Commander of the Army’s National
Guard 28th Brigade who serves as Army Iceland
(ARICE) and the Commander of the Naval Air
Station, reports directly to CIDF. Component com-
manders NAVICE, AFICE, ARICE and CO
NASKEF provide their respective forces to IDF in
order to defend Iceland.
Wearing many different hats the officers, men
and women assigned to CFK continue to perform
superbly. All four of my hats are off to you!
Group (COMICEASWGRU). This is the NATO
maritime patrol command. Under this hat the on-
island patrol aircraft would respond to tasking from Have a great Navy day!
COMMAIREASTLANT. COMICEASWGRU
would only be activated during NATO contingency
operations.
The fourth and final hat is part of the local, on-
island command structure. Commander Naval
Cap!. Ken Morrell
Lyte Bytes
By Chaplain Henry Hensley
In his Nov. 11, 1942 report on
the war to the British House of
Commons, Winston Churchill
referred to the “soft underbelly
of the Axis.” On the surface,
Hitler’s regime seemed any-
thing but soft. The powerful
blitzkrieg of Nazi troops and the
bravado and pageantry of the
Third Reich seemed solid.
What the British prime minister
perceived, however, was the
hidden side of the German dic-
tator: his lack of character, his
insecurity, and his racially
biased fears. Churchill saw the
moral darkness of Hitler’s soul
and predicted that when that
darkness was exposed, it would
Page 2
Be True
create a black hole where all the
Nazi claims would be sucked
into oblivion.
Mark Twain used a similar
word picture when he said,
“Everyone is a moon, and has a
dark side which he never shows
to anybody.”
When you face up to your
own darkness of sin, you can
either embrace and pursue it -
which leads to condemnation -
or you can repent and turn from
it, trusting God to forgive you
and flood your dark soul with
light. In so doing, you ultimate-
ly find that you have no risk of
exposure, because there is noth-
ing to expose! You can’t be
truly embarrassed, because
there is nothing you are desper-
ate to hide.
F-15s continued from page 1
work with the Air National Guard, the 199th is a group of highly
skilled professionals who can get the job done.
“Whenever we deploy we carry a stigma [as reservists] that we’re
second-class citizens. We want people to know that we’re world
class. We can step beside any active duty member and do our part
- and do it proudly.”
What may be the most extraordinary about the airmen of the
199th is they’re fulfilling this job for only two weeks, and they are
still able to maintain a high level of continuity.
“We stay in contact with the rest of the squadron in Hawaii on a
daily basis through e-mail and tele-conferencing,” Bruhn explained,
“so they know what we’re doing and we can set things up for them
to deploy here.”
Suprisingly, none of the squadron complained about the 18-hour
flight or adjusting to a 12-hour time-zone change. They just say
they’re ready to return to the sunshine of Hawaii. Integrating into
the NATO Base command in just 12 hours, the first wave of the
154th say they received a warm welcome from everyone on base
and look forward to another deployment to Iceland in the future.
“I’ve met a lot of professionals here who were very helpful to us,”
said Bruhn. “People have been very friendly and receptive. It’s
been a very rewarding experience for me. I’ve made some friends
that I’d like to maintain contact with.”
The White Falcon
April 16, 1999