The White Falcon - 13.01.1971, Page 1
Pay raise signed by President
Pay raises have In the past
en marked by lengthy fights
within various committees of Con-
gress. This may be over in the
future since the machinery to
provide semi-automatic raises for
both civil service and military
personnel has been created. Un-
der the present law, a civil ser-
vice pay raise must be accompa-
nied by an equivalent military pay
hike.
Under the new program, a Fed-
eral Employees' Pay Council will
be created. Serving in an advi-
sory capacity, it would suggest
recommendations necessary to bring
the level of pay up to that of
private industry. Hie President
would then be empowered to make
his decision based upon those
reports. His decision concern-
ing the pay raise would then have
to be reported to Congress
no later than September 1.
Should he refuse to reconroend a
pay raise, the Congress could
still override his decision within
30 days.
Regardless of the eventual
outcome of this program, one bill
has been placed on the President's
desk by Congress and has received
the chief executive's signature
of approval. For civilian work-
ers close to six percent was pro-
vided; therefore, the equivalent
military pay raise is translated
to 7.9 percent. This pay hike is
retroactive to January 1 and
should appear in the pay check at
the end of this month.
On page 3 is a chart copied
from one appearing in the "Army
Times." Though the official Navy
copy has not been received yet,
it should not vary much from the
one provided herein. Should any
major discrepancies exist, they
will be published in the next
issue of the White Falcon.
THE WHITE FALCON
Vol. XIV, No. 2
U.S. Naval Station, Keflavik, Iceland
Jan. 13, 1970
% Senior enlisted
Master Chief Aviation Maln-
tenanceman John D. Whittet has
been selected as the replacement
for Master Chief Gunner's Mate
Delbert D. Black as Master Chief
Petty Officer of the Navy. The
ceremony marking the change will
take place in March. Chief Whit-
tet feels that his primary role
in this position will be to re-
verse the Navy's problem with
first-term reenlistments. He
feels that treating the navyman as
a responsible person will help the
situation significantly. While
it is true that the MCPCN seems so
removed from our daily concerns,
advisors - EM’s
many navymen don't realize that
they have a sounding board much
closer to them. He is the Command
Master Chief Petty Officer or
Leading Chief. Each naval com-
mand which comprises the Iceland
Defense Force has such a person.
Serving as Master Chief of the
naval station is CSCM George F.
Norton,(see story, page 3).
Naval Facilities has the help
of OTCM Paul E. Michau. As the
senior enlisted man in that com-
mand, Chief Michau speaks with
close to 23 years of experience
and almost eleven of those as a
chief. He serves as master—at
sounding board
-arms as well as being NavFac's
representative to the various
boards.
NavCommSta's enlisted person-
nel can bring their problems to
the most senior Master Chief
Electronics Technician in the
Navy. Chief William H. Stewart's
naval career spans over a quarter
of a century. He considers him-
self a good sounding board with
the ability to get both sugges-
tions and complaints to the CO or
to the XO. Chief Stewart, real-
izing that experience cannot be
the sole criteria for effective
(See ADVISORS, Page 4)
MICHAU STEWART BENSON PATRICK