The White Falcon - 13.02.1976, Page 1

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Volume XXXII. Numbers Kellavk. Iceland February O. STB
Dispensary outlines
policies for visitors
Primary voting
begins soon
Three eastern states will be holding
their 1976 Presidential primaries in
early March.
Voters from Massachusetts and Vermont
can express their Presidential prefer-
ences on March 2.
If you are a member of the armed for-
ces, a military spouse or dependent and
a qualified Massachusetts or Vermont
voter, all you have to do to obtain your
absentee ballot is mail a completed and
witnessed federal post card application
to the city of town clerk, place of re-
sidence. Massachusetts voters should
enter their political party preference
in item two of the application. You do
not have to be registered to vote before
applying for your absentee ballot for
the March 2 primary.
The Florida Presidential primary is
scheduled for March 9. If you are a re-
sident of Florida, send a completed fed-
eral post card application to the Super-
visor of Elections, your county of resi-
dence. Be sure to put your political
party preference in item two of the ap-
plication and enter "March 9 primary" in
item six.
If you are registered to vote in Flo-
rida, you will receive your absentee
ballot right away. Floridians who are
not registered voters will receive a re-
gistration application. Fill this out
and return it promptly to the Supervisor
of Elections to obtain the primary bal-
lot .
Federal post card applications can be
obtained at the base Legal Office.
Det 3--A new
name and plane
Detachment 3, 552nd Airborne Early
Warning and Control Group will be re-
designated the Operating Location AA
(OLAA) of Detachment 1 of the 20th Aero-
space Defense Squadron on March 1.
Actually, there will be no change of
personnel or equipment. The unit will
remain the same size with three EC-121
"Warning Stars" assigned to provide air-
borne early radar warning and air de-
fense surveillance in the North Atlan-
tic. The only local change is the name.
Det 3 has 51 PCS personnel who pro-
vide support for the command’s admini-
stration, operations and maintenance
functions. In addition, about 45 TDY
aircrew personnel assist in operations
of the three EC-121 aircraft.
The detachment operates as seaward
extention of the land-based radar.’
Det. 3 maintains a continuous alert
response to provide additional radar
early warning intercept control and
meteorological data.
Secondary missions include radar and
radio assistance to aircraft crossing
the North Atlantic and aiding rescue
missions in any way possible.
AWACS, the new version of an airborne
early warning aircraft, using the Boeing
707 with new, computerized components
will eventually replace the "Connie."
Until then the EC-121 will continue to
supply essential radar coverage other-
wise not available in this area of the
world. So, while the name will change,
the mission and unit will continue to
operate and provide the same services it
always has while stationed in Iceland.
Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Ramsden
will assume command of the new operating
location here at Keflavik. He is cur-
rently the Weapons Controller Supervisor
for the 963rd AEW&C Squadron.
Automobile inspection continues
this bers. week for the following JO num-
Today JO-4806-5001 Wed JO-5369-5521
Mon JO-5002-5188 Thur JO-5522-5647
Tues JO-5189-5365 Fri JO-5649-5755
YOUR HANDS HAVE A VOICE !
Cinema exhibit
in Reykjavik
An exhibition on "The Beginning
of French Cinema" is now open to the
public at the French Library, located at
Laufasvegur 12, near the American Embas-
sy in Reykjavik.
The exhibition, open seven days a
week from 5 to 7:30 p.m., will close
Feb. 22.
The history of French film making,
and prominent people of that profession,
unfold before you in the form of motion
pictures, a still photograph collection
and numerous books and magazines.
"The Pioneers of Cinema," "The Inven-
tions of the Lumiere Brothers," "Georges
Melies," and "Judex" are the four films
continously shown at the exhibition.
Two are English language presen-
tations, while the other two are in
French.
More than 75 still photographs, taken
from actual motion picture film, along
with a good variety of books and maga-
zines, present to the viewer those ac-
tors and events of France’s history in
the cinema world from 1895 to 1975.
The exhibition is sponsored by the
French Library Film Club.
Records to be converted
The Bureau of Naval Personnel will
begin converting enlisted personnel ser-
vice records from paper to microfiche
Tuesday.
The conversion, scheduled for comple-
tion in October of 1977, will be made
alphabetically. Each record will be
screened and extraneous documents, such
as duplicates or transmittal letters,
will be removed prior to filming. The
four-by-six inch microfiche cards can
handle up to 98 pages of material.
The schedule for conversion is:
1976 1977
A Feb. 17-Mar . 8 M Jan. 17-Mar. 14
B Mar. 9-Apr. 30 N Mar. 15-Mar. 24
C May 2 I-Jun. L5 0 Mar. 25-Mar. 31
D Jun. 16-Jul . 15 P Apr. 1-Apr. 29
E Jul. 16-Jul . 28 Q May 2
F Jul. 29-Aug . 18 R May 3-Jun. 2 1
G Aug. 19-Sep . 17 S Jun. 3-Aug. 1
H Sep. 20-Nov . 3 T Aug. 2-Aug. 23
I Nov. 4-Nov. 5 U Aug. 23
J Nov. 8-Nov. 24 V Aug. 24-Aug. 31
K Nov. 25-Dec . 16 w Sep. 1-Oct. 7
L Dec. 17-Jan 14 X Oct. 10
Y Oct. 10-0ct. , 12
Z Oct. 13-0ct. , 14
Since the actual conversion process
is not accomplished at BUPERS, records
in the process of conversion may not be
available to an individual.
Personnel desiring access to t.heir
records should consult the schedule. If
the desired record is within five days
of conversion (before of after), the
individual should write the Chief of
Naval Personnel (Pers 383), Department
of the Navy, Washington, D.C. 20370, to
determine if the record can be made
available for review.
Dispensary staff personnel are always
on duty to give the best possible medi-
cal care. To accomplish this, estab-
lished guidelines must be followed.
Each patient will be allowed two vis-
istors at a time from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
has been designated as "quiet hour".
Visitors should remember that pa-
tients admitted for in-hospital care
need rest. Keep your visit short and
maintain quiet respect and restraint
while on the ward. Your friend may be
feeling well, but his roommate may not.
Children under 16 may not visit the
ward, nor may they be brought into the
dispensary unless seeking treatment.
This is to ensure that children are not
unnecessarily exposed to communicable
disease, and to decrease unnecessary
traffic in the dispensary.
Obstetrical patients may be visited
by their husbands and parents ONLY. The
hospital stay for these patients is
three to four days, a period which they
need for rest and getting acquainted
with their new family member.
The dispensary requests that interes-
ted persons should not call the dispen-
sary requesting any information on pa-
Admiral James L. Holloway, the Chief
of Naval Operations, testified recently
before the House Armed Services Subcom-
mittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials, on the subject of
fleet readiness.
In 1975, the CNu established fleet
readiness as the primary objective for
the Navy. Current fleet readiness and
material readiness.
Personnel readiness, according to
Admiral Holloway, "depends on enough
people of the necessary skills, training
and experience, to properly operate and
maintain the ships, aircraft and weapons
systems in the fleet."
Recruiting, training, and retention
programs to provide personnel stability
are seen as prerequisites to progress in
a wide variety of Navy programs, includ-
ing material readiness.
Admiral Holloway traces the Navy's
existing problems in material readiness
to accelerated "wear-out" rates which
from higher operating tempos during the
Vietnam War, inadequate numbers of qual-
ified shipyard maintenance personnel,
and inadequate funding for parts short-
Career broadening re-assignments for
Air Force Officers are the latest item
being scrutinized as a result of the
permanent change of station dollar
crunch.
Advice to commanders on career broad-
ening is to "encourage it locally where
possible/'
According to Major Roy Anderson, Di-
rector of Personnel, Air Forces Iceland,
"This program applies to CONUS, but does
not usually apply for a short tour."
The intent is not to do away with
career broadening assignments. On the
contrary, Military Personnel Center of-
ficials stress that the personnel system
must continue to provide officers with
the wide range of experience necessary
to prepare them for top level management
jobs. The difference lies in re-empha-
sized guidance on where those jobs will
be provided.
Attention focuses on local level
tients and/or deliveries of newborn
babies. This information cannot and
will not be given over the telephone:
only to immediate family members.
Children admitted to the in-patient
ward may be visited by one parent from
9 a.m. to 11 a.m. as well as regular
visiting hours. When a child is seri-
ously ill, a parent may remain at the
bedside. You may bring your child's
formula or feedings,if he is taking sus-
tenance other than regular formula or
foodsy along with other items necessary
during his stay and not normally sup-
plied, such as diapers. It is also a
good idea to bring his favorite toy or
blanket for comfort while he is in dif-
ferent surroundings.
There are no facilities for visitors
to eat in the dispensary. Smoking is
permitted ONLY in the lounge on the
ward. Visitors should not sit on the
bed when they visit. Chairs are provi-
ded. If there isn't a chair, please ask
for one.
You may bring gifts, magazines,
books, a few flowers or a small plant.
Your cooperation in following these
visiting hours and guidelines will help
all who are involved.
ages.
Improvement in material readiness is
a high priority item for the Navy. The
Board of Inspection and Survey has been
tasked with providing detailed reports
to the CNO on the material condition of
the fleet.
In addition to monitoring materials
conditions through the inspection re-
porting system, the Navy will improve
material readiness through better sched-
uling of support seri/ices and mainten-
ance availabilities. Action is underway
to improve the effectiveness of overhaul
periods.
In summing up the situation, Admiral
Holloway explained that "steady progress
toward increased fleet readiness is de-
pendent on positive and continuous com-
mand." He emphasized that although we
have problems in material readiness, "we
are not sweeping them under the rug."
The admiral called on Congress for
support in maintenance funding areas.
"I see progress," he said, "But it
takes time and we can expect criticism.
Success depends on funding, retention of
skilled people and positive leadership."
career broadening. Methods recommended
include assigning officers to positions
of increased responsibility at their
current base. The Major Command Addi-
tional Duty Program will receive new em-
phasis in this respect.
Duty specialty changes and cross-
training to fill command vacancies from
their own resources are other suggested
ways to career broadening outside the
individual's primary specialty. Accord-
ing to the Air Force MPC, career mana-
gers will respond to such requests when-
ever possible.
Exceptions to the PCS’ restrictions
are for such highly competitive career
broadening programs as Air Staff Train-
ing, Air Force Institute of Technology,
and Professional Military Education
(PME). At command level part-time, off-
duty advanced academic curricula and on-
base PME seminars and individual corres-
pondence programs are being pushed as
alternatives.
A dm. Holloway speaks
out on Navy’s readiness
Cut-backs on AF officers’ program