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WHITE FALCON
MARCH 19, 1976
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The Tooth Fairy* says:
dental x-rays are essential
Most of the treatment provided by the
dentist today is pain free. In fact,
many patients who go to their dentist
for regular care never know what it is
to experience dental discomfort.
One of the simplest yet most impor-
tant things a dentist does is to take x-
ray pictures of your teeth and support-
ing bone structures.
Such x-rays are essential because
they not only spot hidden cavities and
the early signs of gum diseases, but
they can even save your life by detect-
ing certain types of oral cancer early
when they are curable.
Providing modem dental care without
x-rays would be like asking someone to
fix the engine of your car without look-
ing under the hood. The x-rays can help
your dentist see inside your teeth and
j aws, hidden areas between teeth and the
portion of your teeth beneath the gums.
For example, small cavities that are
concealed beneath old fillings may go
undetected without the use of x-rays.
The cavity may grow unnoticed until it
reaches the pulp of the tooth and causes
severe pain. Often it is then too late
to save the tooth.
Besides cavities, x-rays can detect
such conditions as abscessed teeth, ex-
tra teeth, signs of peridontal disease
and other diseases of the gum and bone
structure, large and crooked roots and
broken and retained root tips.
Your dentist may want to take com-
plete x-ray pictures of your mouth. How
often he does this will vary with your
particular oral health condition. He has
been trained to take your x-rays with
maximum safety to you, and the amount of
radiation from dental x-rays reaching
the more sensitive cells of your body is
less than that you receive from natural
sources such as cosmic rays or the nat-
ural radiation in rocks and other mater-
ials.
Even before the dentist uses x-rays,
the first thing he will do will be to
give your teeth and mouth a general in-
spection. He will check for decay, ab-
normal wear, loose teeth, the way your
teeth meet (occlusion) and any diseases
of the soft tissue. He will look for
signs of improper chewing habits.
One of the routine tasks for the den-
tist or his hygienist will be to clean
the stains and mineralized deposits,
called calculus or tartar, off the
teeth. For many people this profession-
al cleaning must be done about every six
months, although the need varies with
the individual.
In some of the dentist's activities,
such as cleaning teeth and removing de-
cay, he is aided by a handpiece, a mod-
ern instrument capable of 30,000 to
250,000 revolutions per minute. It en-
ables him to complete in seconds proce-
dures like decay removal that used to
take minutes. The handpiece is also
equipped with water or air to cool the
tooth.
Advancement results
to be announced soon
The Bureau says that with the Feb-
ruary 1976 E-4, -5 and -6 exams, the
following will apply: all selectees
will be notified in April and firm ad-
vancement dates will be sent out for
those being advanced during May through
July. Those being advanced during Au-
gust through October will be notified in
July.
For the August exam cycle, E-4, -5
and -6 selectees will be notified in
October. The advancement list for No-
vember through January will go out in
October. Those being advanced during
February through April will be notified
in January.
For those taking the E-7 exam, it'
will still be conducted in January, and
the selection board will convene in
June. Selectees will be notified in
September, and the list of advancements
for October through March will also be
announced in September. For those to be
advanced from April through September,
the list will go out in March.
The E-8 and E-9 exams will continue
to be held in November, with the board
meeting in March and selectees notified
in June.
The Bureau of Naval Personnel has an-
nounced some revisions in the enlisted
advancement cycles and the frocking
policy.
This new policy was developed by
BUPERS with the intent of eliminating
the cause of frustration and uncertainty
of petty officer selectees who have not
had a firm advancement date until well
withing the advancement cycle.
Hang your law ’shingle*
with help from the AF
Air Force members who want to go to
law school may have a chance to do so.
There are two Air Force-sponsored pro-
grams taking applications from now to
May 1. They are the Funded Legal Edu-
cation Program (FLEP) and the Excess
Leave Program.
The details of FLEP applications can
be found in Air Force Regulation 36-7.
Applications should be sent to the near-
est staff judge advocate and should con-
tain proof of acceptance at an accred-
ited law school.
The funded legal education program
gives up to 25 career Air Force commis-
sioned officers a chance to attend law
school each fiscal year.
During school, they continue getting
military pay. This training is limited
to not more than 36 months and must lead
to the award of a bachelor of laws or
juris doctor degree and completion of a
Falcon
COMMANDING OFFICER
Capt. John R. Farrell
PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER
JOCS James A. Johnston
____ INFORMATION CHIEF
WllitC JOC Jerry L. Babb
EDITOR
J02 Jerry L. Foster
STAFF
J01 Jim Miller
J02 Glenna L. Houston
J03 Pat McGreevy
White Falcon is published Fridays
in accordance with SECNAVINST 5720.AA
for distribution to U.S. military
personnel, Naval Station, Keflavik,
Iceland, and their dependents, and to
military and civilian employees of
the Iceland Defense Force and their
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made herein are not to be construed
as official views of the Department
of Defense or the U.S. Government.
News items, questions, suggestions,
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calling 7A09 or by visiting AFRTS,
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bar examination.
To meet eligibility requirements, ap-
plicants must: be an active duty com-
missioned officer in the U.S. Air Force;
be a U.S. citizen; have served on active
duty between two and six years on the
first day of classes; and be in pay
grade 0-3 or below as of the first day
of classes.
The Excess Leave Program is a sepa-
rate program from FLEP. It authorizes
excess leave for up to 36 months to let
career Air Force officers get a basic
law degree and take the bar examination.
Excess leave is not charged against
an officer's leave account and does not
have to be repaid. However, he receives
no pay or allowances during this time
and does not earn leave.
Applications for this program should
be submitted to the staff judge advocate
at the nearest air force base. The for-
mat and information required is in at-
tachment 3 to AFR 36-7. Selections for
this program will be made Immediately
after the selections for FLEP.
Questions concerning these two pro-
grams should be addressed to Headquar-
ters, U.S. Air Force/JAEC, Washington,
D.C., 2031A.
The White Falcon wishes "Hail and
Bless" to the following personnel: newly arrived
RMSN John M. Bailey NAVSTA
CTTSN Terry E. Block NAVSECGRUACT
RMSA Richard D. Bonwell NAVSTA
CT0SA Glen Castellow NAVSECGRUACT
ETRSA Anthony J. Corcoran NAVSTA
CTRSA D. E. Crose NAVSECGRUACT
RM3 William J. Flemming NAVSTA
SM3 Kerry A. Flood NAVSTA
RM3 Rebecca D. Gordon NAVSTA
AGAN Bruce L. Halvorson NWSED
ETN3 Michael Highlands NAVSTA
RMSA Robert M. Jamison NAVSTA
RMSA Mark W. Miller NAVSTA
ETN3 Robert H. Raterink NAVSTA
ETNSN William L. Rathfon NAVSTA
CTTSA Brenda K. Ray NAVSECGRUACT
RM3 Treva A. Ross NAVSTA
RM3 Gordon L. Schooler NAVSTA
ETR2 Brooks W. Smith Jr. NAVSTA
"Farewell and Bless" to the following departing personnel:
CT02 H. P. Kimball NAVSECGRUACT
Navy wants
another ‘Nimitz’
The Deputy Chief of Naval Operations
for Surface Warfare has testified before
Congress in support of a fourth Nimitz
Class carrier.
Vice Admiral James Doyle, Jr., told
members of the House Armed Services com-
mittee that procurement of another Nim-
itz carrier is the most cost effective
means of providing the needed combat
capability in our next carrier.
He said the Navy's request for an-
other carrier of the Nimitz Class is the
result of an indepth study of nuclear-
powered carrier design alternatives.
AF clearing up ROTC backlog
Air Force ROTC graduates have to
stand in line to enter active duty.
Force reductions, fewer pilot author-
izations and lower flying training
quotas have caused a backlog of Air
Force ROTC graduates waiting to enter
active duty. Air Force is now taking
steps to clear up the backlog and insure
that all of their ROTC graduates are
offered an Air Force job.
The backlog consists of those already
commissioned and available for active
duty as of the end of February. The
lack of pilot training vacancies for all
the 1,500 pilot candidates posed the
biggest problem. Some have been waiting
2A months. Without interim action, re-
duced undergraduate pilot training
(UPT), rates might have more than dou-
bled the delay, before AFROTC reduction
could catch up with today's lower man-
power ceiling.
To alleviate the situation, the dis-
tinguished graduates included in the
backlog will be offered first chance at
approximately A00 UPT vacancies avail-
able between March and July.
All of the UPT selectees will be of-
fered an opportunity for a 90-day active
duty tour and subsequent transfer to the
Air Reserve Forces, a program called
"Palace Option."
The approximately 1,100 pilot candi-
dates in the backlog who are not select-
ed for UPT will be offered nonrated as-
signments or the Palace Option duty
tour. Officials say about 850 can be
brought on active duty by September in
nonrated jobs.
NEWS
BRIEFS
No laughing mattar
All Military Airlift Command pas-
senger terminals will soon have a
sign prominently displayed. It will
say, "We take security seriously.
Remarks about bombs, weapons, hijack-
ings, etc., may result in disciplin-
ary action." The sign is a result of
several jokes and remarks that have
triggered bomb alerts. MAC of-
ficials advise all visitors and pas-
sengers in terminals to be serious
about security.
Closing
The commissary store will be clos-
ed on Tuesday for its semi-annual in-
ventory.
Graanland Fasthml
The Nordic House in Reykjavik is
scheduled to hold a Greenland Festi-
val between April 24 and May 5. It
will include lectures, exhibitions
and performances concerning the
country of Greenland and Eskimo cul-
ture and artifacts.
Basa stork
Three new arrivals made their ap-
pearance last week at the NAVSTAKEF
Dispensary. Nicole Anne Marquis,
daughter of CTR1 William and Patricia
Marquis, arrived at 1:19 a.m., last
Friday. CTR1 Marquis is attached to
NAVFAC.
MlchMl Patrick Ashton made his
appearance later that same day at
10:55 p.m. Micheal is the son of HM2
Patrick and Asta Ashton. HM2 Ashton
is attached to Medical NAVSTA.
The newest arrival is Lesley Dawn
Lewis, daughter of SH3 Elzie and
Nancy Lewis. Lesley came into the
world last Saturday at 12:46 p.m. SH3
Lewis, Jr., is attached to the com-
missary store.
Shlpovars
UTI Dean H. Fulgium reenlisted for
four years March 10. UTI Fulgium is
attached to the Public Works Office.
MMCS Douglas M. Allen signed on
for another four years at the Food
Services Office March 11.
JUMPS
The Navy's Joint Uniform Military
Pay System (JUMPS) will soon be ef-
fecting conversion of the first en-
listed pay records. Conversion will
begin July 1 for people with social
security numbers ending in zero, one
or two. All remaining enlisted re-
cords are scheduled for conversion
beginning Jan. 1, 1977. Conversion
of officers' pay records to JUMPS has
already been completed.
Housahold goods
Retiring officers now may ship
household goods to two areas. Previ-
ously, they could only ship to their
place of retirement.
Under the new rule, officers are
able to send one shipment to their
home of record or to the place from
where they were originally ordered to
active duty, or one to each area, if
the cost meets guidelines of NAVOP
21/76 issued on February 13.
Managamant handbook
The Air Command and Staff College
at Air University publishes a hand-
book for supervisors entitled "Guide-
lines For Command," a handbook for
the management of people.
Information gained from this hand-
book will enable each supervisor to
better advise and answer questions
posed by the employee and to cope
more successfully with problems en-
countered in dealing with people.
Officials say the manual will also
provide insights into the Air Force
military system and can be a valuable
training aid in the base-level
management training program.
Copies may be ordered by writing
to: "Guidelines For Command" Project
Officer, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 36112.