The White Falcon - 18.06.1976, Síða 1

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Volume XXXII NUMBER 24
Keflavik, Iceland
JIINF 18. 1976
Dispensary hours adjusted
During the months of June, July and
August, the Naval Station Dispensary
will undergo a rapid change in staff. In
order to accommodate the needs of pa-
tients during this period, the following
arrangements have been made:
Active duty military sick call
Sick call is Monday through Friday
8 to 8:30 a.m. and 1 to 1:30 p.m. Avia-
tion medicine sick call is Monday
through Friday 8 to 9 a.m. and 1 to 2
p .m.
Dependent sick call
Beginning Friday, appointments will
be made on a daily basis through the ap-
pointment desk, 3235 or 3236. Appoint-
ments will be for that day or the fol-
lowing work day.
Patients will be screened by para-
medical personnel. Problems beyond the
treatment authority of the paramedical
personnel will be referred to a medical
officer and seen at that time. When
recommended by the medical officer, ap-
pointments for a longer period of inter-
view-study will be made. The numbers for
appointments are—3235 and 3236.
Pediatrics
Beginning next Friday Pediatrics ap-
pointments will be made on a daily basis
by calling the appointment desk. Pa-
tients will be screened by paramedical
personnel. Problems beyond the treat-
ment authority of paramedical personnel
will be referred to a medical officer.
Appointments should be made at six to
eight weeks of age for well-baby checks.
Call the appointment desk.
When recommended by :a Medical Of-
ficer, appointments for a longer period
of interview-study will be made.
U of M changes
allow better
program here
Beginning August 1, with Term I this
year, the University of Maryland Atlan-
tic Division will be dissolved. The
Keflavik center of the university will
come under the jurisdiction of the Euro-
pean Division.
The Director of the Atlantic Divi-
sion, Captain Morgan Slayton USN (Ret.)
|and Dr. Ernest W. Hankamer, the area
director of the United Kingdom Area,
European Division, met in Keflavik this
week to discuss the changeover.
"The Atlantic Division only has four
centers in the Azores, Bermuda, Iceland
and Labrador. Because of its size and
the cost of staffing, it was decided
that the division should be termi-
nated," commented Capt. Slayton. The
office in Labrador is closed; Bermuda
will be handled by an office in Maryland
and the Azores and Iceland will become
part of the United Kingdom Area of the
European Division.
"The change will really benefit the
center here," said Dr. Hankamer. "It
will mean more courses can be offered
each term and more instructors will be
available to teach here."
The University of Maryland European
Division has its headquarters in
Heidelberg, Germany. It is divided into
Ithree areas and has centers in 10 coun-
tries .
In 1949 the Armed Forces invited
University College of the University of
Maryland to offer off-duty classes for
its military and civilian personnel in
Europe. Classes began in October 1949,
at six education centers in Germany, and
the program soon expanded to other
classes at 135 military installations in
11 countries in Europe, the Middle East
and Africa.
The university also has a Far East
Division with education centers in
Japan, Korea, Okinawa and Taiwan.
Children should have immunizations at
four, six, twelve and eighteen months
after screening by paramedical person-
nel. Do not bring your child if he is
ill or has a fever (over 100°).
Shot clinic
All immunizations, allergy and other
shots are given daily, Monday through
Friday 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m.
in the emergency room. Please use the
emergency room entrance.
Surgery
No change in schedule. Please phone
3235 or 3236.
Obstetrics-gynecolgy
Additional appointment times have
been, made available for birth control
recheck. Make appointments well in ad-
vance of the time the prescription will
run out. For other obstectrics or gyne-
cology appointments, there will be no
change. Call 3235 or 3236.
Changes
The major change at the dispensary is
in general medicine and pediatrics
scheduling.
It is hoped that the expanded use of
paramedical personnel will result in
more readily available medical care with
continued maintenance of high quality.
The Dispensary anticipates having a
pediatrician during the months of July
and August on a temporary basis. In
September, a permenantly assigned pedia-
trician will be available.
Remember— the appointment you do not
keep and do not cancel deprives someone
else of medical care.
The Dispensary appreciates your co-
operation and understanding during the
transitional period.
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS, General Lewis H. Wilson, is greeted at the NATO
Base by Mr. Doyle Martin, Charge d'Affairs United States Embassy, Reykjavik. Also
greeting the commandant is Major D. J. O'Conner, Commanding Officer Marine Bar-
racks, Keflavik. During his short visit Sunday, General Wilson visited C0MFAIRKEF
and toured the Marine Barracks where he addressed Marines from the barracks and
the embassy. He later joined Marines and other guests of the Officers Club for
dinner and cocktails. (Photo by PH3 Rene Pearce)
DMC proposes retirement plan
The recently released Defense Man-
power Commission (DMC) Report to the
President and Congress contains several
items of top-level interest for service
members.
The military retirement system is one
area discussed in some detail. The re-
port proposed a changed retirement sys-
tem by saying, "To support the new ca-
F0R HIS LONG-TIME administration on behalf of the University of Maryland, Ray
LaCroix, Naval Station management/information assistant, receives a certificate of
appreciation. Commander D. B. Cox, Executive Officer, presented the certificate
during a visit to Keflavik by Captain Morgan Slayton, USN (Ret.), U of M Director
of Atlantic Division. ' (Photo by J02 Jerry Foster)
Chevron changes for airmen
personnel who entered training before
June first were issued the old style
chevrons.
To avoid wasting these chevrons, the
following rules applied for these in-
dividuals: Four-year enlistees who en-
tered basic prior to June first were
authorized to wear the old stlye E-2
chevron with a silver star upon their
initial promotion to E-2. They will be
required to wear the new style chevron
with a blue star when promoted to E-3;
also six-year enlistees who entered
basic prior to June first were issued
E-3 chevrons. Consequently, they are
authorized to wear the old style chevron
upon their initial promotion to E-3.
They will be required to wear the new
style chevron when promoted to E-4.
With certain temporary exceptions,
Air Force personnel promoted to E-3,
and E-4 from now on will wear new chev-
rons with a blue star in lieu of the
current silver star.
To keep from requiring people to pur-
chase chevrons, special rules have been
set. Airman who were promoted to E-3 or
E-4 June 1 may elect to continue wearing
their old chevrons at the lower grade
until new chevrons for the higher grade
are available at the clothing sales
stores; or they may buy the new chev-
rons. Personnel currently serving in
grades E-2 or E-3 are not required to
change to the new insignia until they
are promoted to the next higher grade.
Since chevrons are part of the cloth-
ing issue at basic military training,
reer force profiles of the services, a
restructured retirement system should be
implemented based on the following:
—The present 20-year retirement with
an immediate annuity should be phased
out as a general practice. A full mili-
tary career should normally be a minimum
of 30 years, with earlier retirement
eligibility reserved for actual service
in the combat arms and closely similar
assignments.
—The military retirement system
should support the objectives of the
recommended career force principles.
The military retirement system should
provide for retirement eligibility with
an immediate annuity only upon an accu-
mulation of 30 retirement points. Re-
tirement points should be earned at a
rate such that 30 years of service in
noncombat jobs will qualify and a mini-
mum of 20 years of service in combat
jobs is needed to qualify. Intermediate
rates should be assigned to jobs accord-
ing to the mission and degree of combat
orientation.
Only those members who reach the ca-
reer gate and volunteer to serve in the
career force, if selected, should be
vested in the military retirement sys-
tem.
Both officers and enlisted personnel
would enter a voluntary indefinite
status at that point, in contrast to the
present system in which enlisted person-
nel are periodically required to renew
their enlistment contracts. Thus, mem-
bers should become vested in the mili-
tary retirement system upon entering a
voluntary indefinite status at the ca-
reer gate in the 10th year of service.
Voluntarily separating vested members
should be provided a deferred annuity
payable at age 65 or actuarially reduced
at age 60. Involuntary separatees
should be provided a choice between re-
adjustment pay in cash plus a deferred
annuity, or an amount in cash equal to
twice readjustment pay.
The Defense Manpower Commission was
created by Congress in 1973 to study
Department of Defense manpower needs.
Leave Policy Reminder
Naval Station Personnel feturning
from leave must call in or check in off
leave before the time and date indicated
on the leave papers. Papers must be re-
turned to military personnel or classif-
ied files on the day of your return.
Failure to turn leave papers in will
result in the charging of extra days
leave. Cover yourself and call Classi-
fied^, files as soon as you return, then
take your leave papers in. The tt ..e-
phone numbers are 7883 or 7424.