The White Falcon - 01.04.1971, Qupperneq 9

Story & photos by
QM2 John Getker
From the day he checks in un-
til the day he checks out, a Navy
enlisted man assigned to the na-
val station is constantly in the
hands of the military personnel
office.
There are currently 14 men
under the leadership of Lt. Cdr.
Donald F. Causey who handle the
responsibility of job assignment,
leave, dependent travel, reen-
listments and numerous other ad-
ministrative duties.
The new arrival's first con-
tact with this office comes with-
in an hour of debarkation from
the TIA or Pan American flight.
Ready to meet the men are SN Ro-
bert J. Lovely or SN Ray J. Ca-
mara, who are in charge of re-
cieving new arrivals. Should
they however, be on their lunch
ur, there is still someone that
mains behind to provide the
rst welcome.
After, the new man's service
record is checked for appropriate
entries, the records come under
the scrutiny of PNCS Donald R.
Niedert, who then has the respon-
sibility of assigning each man to
a division. These assignments
are made according to rate, de-
signation or other considerations
that usually include a man's past
experience or the particular needs
of the various departments.
Before the man leaves the of-
fice, his "Page 2" or record of
emergency data is reviewed. Then
the man is given a check-in list
which must be completed. His two
major appointments are on Thurs-
day when he attends a "Welcome
Aboard" lecture at Andrews Thea-
ter in the morning and goes to a
driving lecture in the afternoon,
so he may be authorized to drive
in Iceland. Check-in is usually
completed the following Tuesday
when the new man goes to disburs-
ing to collect his base pay that
may have accumulated during leave,
his travel pay and other allowan-
ces.
PN2 Vincent J. Pasquarelli
along with his striker, PNSA Ed-
die D. Pinkerton are in charge of
diary and accounting. This duty
entails among other things, main-
taining a record of all the bil-
lets and the men assigned. Should
a man desire leave, personnel is
once again involved. After a
chit is passed through the man's
division it comes to the person-
nel office. There, SN Charles E.
Lucas and SN Ben L. Gilbert type
up the neccessary papers. These
men are also in charge of hand-
ling ComRats and ID card re-
quests.
Another function of person-
nel is the constant updating of
service records which are kept in
the vault. Since service records
contain all the information on a
man's service career, this job is
very important and requires du-
plicate copies of the more vital
information to be sent to the Bu-
reau of Naval Personnel in Wash-
ington. This responsibility is
shared by everyone in the office.
When the man is ready to com-
plete his tour either in the Navy
or just in Iceland, he comes un-
der the guidance of PN2 Michael
E. Mooney and PNSN Hank A. Lu-
thringshausen who has just as-
sumed the duties from PN3 Robert
H. Loomis who has relegated him-
self to handling only one more
transfer — his own — next week.
PN3 Ben D. Bergeron and PN3
Terry A. Ramsey are on hand to
prepare reenlistments and dis-
charges. YN3 Lewis S. Moyer has
the responsibility of handling
such items as dependent travel
and extensions.
Currently all the work being
done by this group that make up
the personnel office come under
the supervision of PN1 Stanley T.
Pett.
Though the office is normally
open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
through Friday, a duty personnel-
man is available 24 hours a day
for emergencies. Personnel going
on emergency leave will find the
duty man via the quarterdeck. As
soon as the Red Cross verifies an
emergency, leave orders will be
typed up and personnel will help
in every way possible to arrange
for flights out.
For assistance with any per-
sonnel problems, Navy enlisted
men attached to the naval station
should call Ext. 2166.
FALCON
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