The White Falcon - 05.03.1976, Blaðsíða 2

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White Falcon
Auto inspection
The following JO-numbers are sch-
eduled for inspection this week:
Today JO 6432-6489 Wed JO 6624-6684
Mon JO 6490-6559 Thur JO 6685-6744
Tue JO 6561-6634 Fri JO 6745-6850
Crows
New crows at NAVFAC include: ENC
Eutimio F. Polancio, 0T1 John A.
Bunting, 0T2 David E. Murray, RM3
Dennis L. Radford.
CT01 Richard Billouris reenlist-
ed for six years. The reenlisting
officer was Lieutenant A.J. Xlimchak,
NAVFAC Executive Officer.
MS2 Lomberto M. Cruz reenlisted
for six years Wednesday. Rear Admir-
al H. C. Rich was the reenlisting
officer.
Marine a*mrd
The Commandant of the Marine Corps
General Louis H. Wilson, recently
awarded the Marines of the Marine
Barracks a ‘'Certificate for the Com-
mandant’s Honor Roll" for excellence
in achieving a 94.5 percent comple-
tion rate in the Marine Corps In-
stitute correspondence course train
ing for 1975.
Academy 'dames’
The Air Force Academy has announc-
ed the names of six young women who
are the first to be offered appoint-
ments to the school.
If they accept the appointments,
they will arrive at the Academy June
28, with the class of 1980. They
will be among about 150 women who
will be the first to enter the
Academy.
Approximately 1500 students will
be offered appointments for the class
of '80. There are 229 young men who
have been offered appointments. The
selection process is continuing and
all appointments will be made by this
spring.
Home-basing
The Air Force’s new "Home-Basing"
policy has been extended to airmen
now serving short tours overseas.
Home-basing is a policy whereby
airmen with dependents, who are se-
lected for a short tour overseas, can
apply for a guaranteed assignment
back to their current duty station by
agreeing to not move their depen-
dents .
The policy is part of the effort
to save scarce PCS funds, and will
also reduce the personal inconven-
iences involved in moving.
Previously, airmen who were serv-
ing short tours when the plan went
into effect in December were exclud-
ed.
The deadline for airmen now over-
seas to apply is June 30, according
to the AFI personnel office.
To be eligible, airmen must not
have moved their dependents at
government expense when they went
overseas.
COMMANDING OFFICER
Capt. John R. Farrell
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER
JOCS James A. Johnston
INFORMATION CHIEF
JOC Jerry L. Babb
EDITOR
J02 Jerry L. Foster
STAFF
JU2 Glenna L. Houston
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Iceland, and their dependents, and to
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White
Falcon
CAAC Dry Dock helps
US service members, dependents
by J02 Glenna Houston
Drinking problems, alcohol-related
problems, alcoholism; these terms mean
the same thing. They describe a person,
who because he drinks alcohol, no longer
functions well socially, personally or
professionally. Only a very small per-
centage of alcoholics are "skid-row
bums" sleeping in doorways. How often a
person drinks or the amount he drinks
does not indicate he has a drinking
problem.
"The Navy is on the right track.
It cares and it's trying to do
something about alcoholism," Lieutenant
James Doherty, director of the Counsel-
ing and Assistance Center (CAAC), said.
The Navy and other branches of the serv-
ice leave the choice of drinking or not
drinking alcohol up to the individual,
but if his drinking affects his perform-
ance, his safety or someone else's, or
if his action reflects negatively on his
service, the Navy demands he seek help.
Local treatment
The average alcoholic is either an
0-4 with 16 years service, or an E-6
with 12 years service.
"It's good management practice to
offer rehabilitation to alcoholics, the
lieutenant said. "The cost of rehabil-
itation is small compared to the value
of the training and experience most of
these people have received."
Last August, the CAAC gained a new
facility for outpatient treatment of
alcoholism, the Alcohol Rehabilitation
Dry Dock.
"We had been carrying on alcohol
counseling since the CAAC was establish-
ed in October, 1974, but we gained need-
ed people, funds and supplies from af-
filiation with the Alcohol Rehabilitat-
ion Program," said Lt. Doherty.
The program
The Dry Dock program is for all
service- members and dependents on the
NATO base, including Marines and Air
Force personnel. It Is usually a 12
week period of treatment.
"The Dry Dock permits the person to
stay here where his family and friends
are, rather than shipping him off to a
treatment center 3,000 miles away,"
said Captain Don La Marca, AFI Social
Actions Officer.
"The first four weeks of treatment
are a period of evaluating and counsel-
ing. The Dispensary has been very
cooperative in medically evaluating our
patients, " Capt. La Marca said. People
also are given a "reeducation" on what
alcoholism is. "We try to erase the
Water fluoridation saves teeth
If someone offered you an opportunity
to reduce the number of cavities in your
child's teeth by 65 percent for the
amazingly low cost of 10 cents a year,
would you take it?
More than 80 million Americans are
benefiting from such an opportunity.
Not only have they been able to dramati-
cally reduce the decay problem but they
have also saved themselves a considera-
ble amount of money in dental repair
bills in the process.
The 10-cent remedy is water fluorida-
tion. The fluoridation of public drink-
ing water — costing approximately 10
cents per year—is regarded as the most
important public health measure ever
taken to help prevent tooth decay—in
fact, one of the greatest public health
measures of all time.
It is safe—not a single case of ill
effect from fluoridated water has been
found in America—and it effectively
reduces decay.
As with any public health measure,
fluoridation has met with some opposi-
tion, usually based on emotion instead
of fact.
Just how effective fluoridation is
was dramatically shown to the residents
of Antigo, Wis., during the four years
after a vote to end fluoridation in
1960. They had previously benefited
from fluoridation for 11 years. By 1964
the number of decayed teeth shot up an
average of 92 percent in kindergarten
children, 183 percent in second graders,
and 41 percent in fourth graders.
Fluoride is a mineral that exists
The White Falcon wishes "Hail and
Bless" to the following newly arrived
personnel: CTTC D.G. Rosemeyer NSGA
CT01 D.R. Wurst NSGA
CT01 V.P. Forbes NSGA
CTM2 B.D. Esterton NSGA
CTM3 P.D. Moore NSGA
CT03 R.J. Flory NSGA
CTO3 R.B. Coombs NSGA
"Farewell and Bless" to the following
departing personnel: Ssgt. R.S. Keiper Marines
Cpl. E.E. Onley III Marines
LCpl. M.R . Heiland Marines
naturally in all community water sup-
plies and much of our food. The natural
fluoride in the water supplies of some
communities is about one part per mil-
lion, the ideal level for preventing
tooth decay. Other communities have to
add fluoride in the water to bring the
level to one part per million parts of
water. Others remove fluoride to bring
it to the ideal level.
Fluoride is chemically incorporated
into the tooth enamel crystals, making
them more resistant to decay. The pro-
tection is particularly effective in
children who drink fluoridated water
from birth, since tooth enamel is formed
during the early years of life. The
benefits are lifelong.
Older children who begin drinking
fluoridated water also can benefit from
fewer cavities during their lifetime,
although the protection may not be as
great as for those who drink fluoridated
water from birth. Some studies have
indicated that even adults introduced to
fluoridated water can realize some de-
gree of protection.
Although fluoridation is widespread,
still 40 percent of Americans on public
water supplies are not getting this pro-
tection. A number of states have state-
wide fluoridation laws, and the resi-
dents of such large cities as New York,
Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Cleve-
land, Washington, St. Louis and Detroit
have had fluoridated water for many
years.
The United States Public Health Serv-
ice estimates that the delay in extend-
ing fluoridation throughout the country
costs more than $450 million a year in
cavity repair for children that could be
orevented.
Scholarships available
Each year scholarships are made
available to military dependent stu-
dents for which applications have not
been made.
Now is the time to make those ap-
plications .
For the Navy, Marines and Coast
Guard there is a BUPERS INST 1755 of
Dec. 5, 1975 that outlines informa-
tion concerning eligibility and other
criteria.
More information can be obtained
by writing to the Chief of Naval Per-
sonnel (Attn: Pers-7311), Navy De-
partment, Washington, D. C. 20370.
Applications and supporting docu-
ments (including school transcripts)
must be received in BUPERS by March
15.
For further information, contact
Mrs. Alford at the high school or
call 7625.
social stigma attached to the disease,"
Lt. Doherty said.
Insurance policy
The person being treated is given in-
dividual counseling daily, and may join
a group counseling session. The doctors
may recommend that the individual be put
on Antibuse, a drug that produces very
strong negative reactions to alcohol,
causing the user nausea, vomiting, se-
vere cramps and other symptoms if he
drinks.
"Some people call Antibuse a medical
crutch for the alcoholic, the Captain
said, "but I prefer to call it an 'in-
surance policy’ for the person. It's a
back-up for the person's desire to quit
drinking."
After the initial four weeks of
treatment, an individual is counseled
frequently and given care for another
eight weeks. He spends increasingly
longer periods of time on his job.
Deeming drinking
A person has to admit that he has a
problem before anyone can help him.
Capt. LaMarca explained:
"The alcoholic will 'deem' his prob-
lem—that's deny, evade, excuse and min-
imize. He won’t seek help until he hits
rock bottom, but somebody else can reach
him before that point."
"Most of the people we treat here-
about 70 percent—are referred to us by
their commands," Lt. Doherty explained.
'A person will be consistently late, and
may not be functioning well at his job.
His supervisor, realizing he has a prob-
lem, will refer him to the Dry Dock."
"Unfortunately, sometimes a super-
visor will realize that an individual
has a problem, but he will rationalize
that it is 'not that bad yet' - or he
will be hesitant about taking action
that will bring the person to rehabil-
itation because alcohol problems are
socially taboo," he said.
"What someone in that position does
not realize is that he is doing both the
service and the individual a dis-serv-
ice," Capt. LaMarca commented.
Education
"We have supervisor advisory seminars
here at the center, they give the super-
visors some idea of the changes in work
patterns that an individual might dis-
play if he had an alcohol problem. We
also try to make them willing to send
their people to rehabilitation," Lt.
Doherty explained.
"The newest project at the Dry Doc
is a 'DWI Counter-Attack Program.1 It
should be implemented in the fall,
Capt. LaMarca explained. "The program
will consist of 12 hours of education in
off-duty hours, and will be required for
anyone found driving with a blood
alcohol level of .10. The thing to re-
member is that 66 percent of the DWI of-
fenders are problem drinkers. With this
program, they will automatically be re-
ferred to us for counseling," Capt.
LaMarca said.
Move it yourself
When the peak moving season arrives
this summer, many Marines may have an
additional option in moving their house-
hold effects. The Marine Corps is test-
ing a "do - it-yourself" method of mov-
ing personal property at 11 stateside
bases. The test will run through May
31.
The concept was tested by the Army
and Navy in CONUS. The program resulted
in its expansion CONUS-wide for both
services.
Under the test program, Marines will
be provided with materials to pack their
own household effects and a rented
vehicle, truck or trailer, . to transport
them to their next duty station.
While Corps officials encourage the
use of the program, there is no manda-
tory requirement for Marines to move
property on their own.
Do-it - yourself moving was developed
to increase shipping options available
to Personal Property Shipping Offices
and to provide the best suited transpor-
tation service to Marines and their
families. Marines also have the advan-
tage of moving their gear on the date
they desire, rather than awaiting packer
and shipper availability.