The White Falcon - 24.12.1971, Page 8

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By J02 Tom Wiecks
"Yes, the number is 1429."
"Thank you."
"PropellerMaintenanceWazenswenskispeakingcanlhelpyou."
"Good morning. Operations Administration Coordination office? Can
you tell me why..."
"This isn't what you said, this is Propeller Maintenance,dum-dum."
"Is this 1429?"
"No, this is 8416, Propeller Maintenance. You got the wrong num-
ber ."
"But I DIALED 1429. What the..."
(click)
(dial-dial-dial) (silence) (more silence) (still more silence)
(click) (dial-dial-dial-dial)
"Who's that dialing on our line?"
"Huh?"
"Who is that?"
"Who are you? I'm trying to get Operations Administration Coordin-
ation. "
"Well, this ain't it, buddy. Now get off the phone. So anyway,
Arnie, then she reaches into her purse and pulls out this big..."
"How'd you guys get on my phone? I'm trying to make one simple
call to..."
(click)
"Hello? Hello?"
(dial-dial-dial-dial) (busy signal)
(dial-dial-dial-dial) (ring-ring-ring - ring-ring-ring-ring-ring-
ring-ring-ring)
Hang up, light a cigarette, lean back, stare at the phone, and
shake my head. Take a deep drag.
(ring)
“White Falcon, Wiecks speaking, can I help you?"
"WHITE FALCON! How'd I get the White Falcon? This is Jenkins at
Operations Administration Coordination-sorry, I must have a wrong..."
"Did you say OPERATIONS ADMINISTRATION COORDINATION? Wow! Lis-
ten, can you tell me why..."
Virtues of Christmas
by AN Fred Davidson
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Faith
Navy offers service
to stamp collectors
The Navy is offering a special
service to stamp collectors in
connection with the launch of Ap-
polo 16 on March 17.
Covers sent to the Pacific Co-
ordination Center will be for-
warded to the recovery ship for
cancellation and will also re-
ceive the Special Apollo 16
Cachet. Those covers sent to the
Atlantic Coordination Center will
receive the Cachet. They will be
cancelled with the standard "U-S
Postal Service" because the At-
lantic Recovery Force will not
include a ship with costal fac-
ilities .
Only United States postage can
be used on the covers. Two covers
per collector will be accepted.
Collectors should send stan-
dard-sized covers, 3 5/8 by 6 1/2
inches with a three inch square
on the left-hand side for the
cachet. They should be sent to
the Coordination Centers before
Feb. 25.
The address for the Pacific
Coordinator is: Chief In Charg^
(Apollo 16), Task Force 130, Na'^B
Terminal Post Office, Fleet PosB
Office, San Francisco, Calif.,
96610. The Atlantic Coordina-
tor's address is: Apollo 16 Cov-
ers, Task Force 140, Naval Air
Station, Norfolk, Va., 23511.
New AF policy in effect
A new Air Force personnel pol-
icy requires all enlisted person-
nel to serve a year within the
continental United States before
becoming eligible for overseas
assignment.
The only exceptions are Airmen
applying for a humanitarian re-
assignment and personnel who en-
list or reenlist under the base
preference program. Overseas vol-
unteer statements submitted be-
fore Nov. 19 will be honored.
Special duty assignment appli-
cations such as ROTC and Recruit-
ing may be Submitted anytime. Al-
though these are handled on an
individual basis, personnel will
not be moved until the one year
residency requirement is met.
A few Airmen with critical
skills, both volunteers and nor^
volunteers, will receive oversea
assignments with less than 1?
months on a base.
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