The White Falcon - 17.09.1976, Blaðsíða 3

September 17, 1976
Page 3
SUMMING UP his tour, Captain John R. Farrell de-
livers his farewell speech.
Jeff:
AMBASSADOR James J. Blake addresses the change of
command assembly.
REAR ADMIRAL Karl J. Bernstein, Commander Iceland
Defense Force, expresses his welcome.
Captain John R. Farrell and Captain Jack T. Weir
slice the first piece of cake.
‘You can count on me to five every ounce of my energies and personal self...’ (continued from Page 1)
among Navy men and women.
"The mission of this command is to
provide services and material support to
the operating forces of the Navy and
other military services,” Capt. Weir
said. "Through the successful accom-
plishment of our mission, in a profes-
sional manner, we can make a major con-
tribution toward the Chief of Naval Op-
erations' primary goals of increased
readiness of our fleet and improved pro-
fessionalism of our personnel."
Capt. Weir said naval personnel must
continue to generate new innovative
solutions to the problems they face.
"You can count on me to give every
ounce of my energies and personal self
to doing the best job possible, and
through a rededication of effort and re-
allocation of time, I will devote my-
self to looking after the people of this
command," he said.
Following the formal change of com-
mand and cake cutting ceremonies, the
captains and their guests were hosted at
an Officers' Club reception.
Capt. Weir, born in West Branch,
Mich, i enlisted in the Navy after gradu-
ation from high school. He received his
commission in 1954 upon graduation from
Central Michigan University. He was
designated a Naval Aviator in 1956, af-
ter flight training at Naval Air Station
Pensacola, Fla., and Naval Air Station
Hutchinson, Kans.
Capt. Weir is readily identified with
Patrol Aviation. His career in antisub-
marine warfare squadrons began in Patrol
Squadron 26 where he flew P2V5 Neptunes.
He also has served with Patrol Squadron
31 at NAS Moffett Field, Calif., and
Patrol Squadron 46, where he participa-
ted in the introduction of the P3A Orion
in the Pacific and made several Western
Pacific deployments.
He became executive officer of Patrol
Squadron 40 in December 1970, and in
March 1971, assumed command of the
squadron.
Capt. Weir also has served on the
staff of Antisubmarine Warfare Group 4/
Commander Carrier Division 20 where he
participated in several ASW exercises
and served as Recovery Task Force com-
munications officer for Apollo 7.
While serving as Operations and Plans
Officer for Commander Task Force 72,
Capt. Weir's duties included planning
and directing the operations of deployed
patrol squadrons assigned to support the
Seventh Fleet.
Capt. Weir has attended the Navy's
General Line Officer School and the
Naval War College. He has earned a
Daily housing allowance increases
The daily housing allowance was increased last month, according to the
Naval Station Disbursing Office. The following chart ind1 ates the raise on
the basis of rate/rank, with or without dependents, the old allowance and the
new change:
Rate/Rank Dependents Chanye in Dally Allowance
E-l w/o $.55 $1.10
w .95 1.95
E-2 w/o .60 1.20
w .95 1.95
E-3 w/o .65 1.35
w .95 1.95
E-4 w/ 0 .75 1.50
w 1.10 2.25
E-5 w/o .85 1.75
w 1.30 2.55
E-6 w/o .90 1.75
w 1.40 2.75
E-7 w/o .95 1.95
w 1.50 3.00
E-8 w/o 1.50 2.25
w 1.60 3.20
E-9 w/o 1.20 2.40
w 1.70 3.40
WO-1 w/o 1.75 2.30
w 2.25 2.95
W0-2 w/o 1.95 2.55
w 2.45 3.20
WO-3 w/o 2.20 2.85
w 2.70 3.55
WO-4 w/o 2.45 3.20
w 2.90 3.85
0-1 w/o 1.55 2.00
w 2.00 2.60
0-2 w/o 1.95 2.55
w 2.45 3.25
0-3 w/o 2.25 2.95
w 2.75 3.60
0-4 w/o 2.50 3.30
w 3.05 4.00
0-5 w/o 2.80 3.65
w 3.35 4.40
0-6 w/o 3.00 3.90
w 3.65 4.75
The dally allowance was effective Aug. 23, 1976.
Bachelor of Arts Degree In Economics and
a Master of Arts Degree in Management.
He wears the Air Medal, the Joint
Service Commendation Medal, the Armed
Forces Expeditionary Medal, Navy Commen-
dation Medal, National Defense Service
Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal and the
Vietnam Campaign Medal.
Capt. Weir is married to the former
Sally Jean Bliss of Midland, Mich. They
have three children: John, Jeffery and
Shannon Jean. Mrs. Weir and Shannon
Jean accompany the Captain in Iceland.
Officers* Wives Club hosts farewell luncheon
Members of the Officers' Wives Club
hosted a farewell luncheon for Mrs.
Gloria Farrell, wife of Captain John R.
Farrell, outgoing Naval Station command-
ing officer, Monday at the Officers'
Club.
Special guests included Mrs. Dolores
Blake, Mrs. Jean Bernstein and Mrs.
Sally Weir.
A gift of Icelandic silver jewelry
was presented to Mrs. Farrell by Mrs.
Justine Lionberger, OWC president.
Two members of the Icelandic Hand-
craft Center in Reykjavik performed a
wool-spinning demonstration for the club
during which time members examined the
wool and woolen goods.
As September is sign-up month for OWC
classes, a time during the luncheon hour
was set aside for members to sign up for
OWC craft classes at booths, displaying
information and registration forms.
Some classes, which will be offered,
are needlepoint, bridge and sewing.
OWC regular meetings are held on the
second Tuesday ol; each month..
The OWC October coffee will be high-
lighted by an Icelander, telling Ice-
landic ghost stories.
About 95 members and guests attended
the luncheon.
Selection Board to convene
The selection of the Naval Station
Sailor of the Quarter and Petty Officer
of the Quarter will be held at 1:30 p.m.
Sept. 27 and 1:30 p.m. Sept. 28, res-
pectively, in the Admin conference room,
building 752.
Departments are requested to submit
nominations no later than noon Thursday
to Yeoman Second Class Hanneman of the
Naval Station Personnel Office.
The selection of the Commander Naval
Forces Iceland Sailor of the Quarter and
Petty Officer of the Quarter will be
held at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 29 and 1:30 p.m.
Sept. 30, respectively, in the Admin
conference room, building 752.
Activities and commands are requested
to forward their candidate's service
record and letter of nomination to YN2
Hanneman no later than noon Sept. 27.
For more information, call YN2 Han-
neman at ext. 2116 or 2117.
Fire Department inspection continues...
The following family quarters on the Naval Station will be inspected for
fire hazards by a fire department inspector on the dates and times specified:
Today:
9:30-11:30 a.m.—All quarters in
building 929-2.
1-3 p.m.—All quarters in building
930-1.
3-5 p.m.—All quarters in building
930-2.
Monday:
9:30-11:30 a.m.—All quarters in
building 931-1.
1-3 p.m.—All quarters in building
931-2.
Tuesday:
9:30-11:30 a.m.—All quarters in
buildings 1004 and 1005.
1-3 p.m.—All quarters in build-
ings 1006 and 1007.
3-5 p.m.—All quarters in building
1008.
Wednesday:
9:30-11:30 a.m.—All quarters in
buildings 1000, 1001, 1002 and 1003.
1-3 p.m.—All quarters in building
1031.
3-5 p.m.—All quarters in build-
ings 1032, 1033 and 1034.
Thursday:
9:30-11:30 a.m.—All quarters in
buildings 1035, 1036 and 1037.
1-3 p.m.—All quarters in build-
ings 1038, 1039 and 1040.
3-5 p.m.—All quarters in build-
ings 1041, 1042 and 1043.
Friday:
9:30-11:30 a.m.—All quarters in
buildings 1044 and 1045.
1-3 p.m.—All quarters in build-
ings 1046, 1047, 1048 and 1049.
3-5 p.m.—All quarters in build-
ings 1050, 1051 and 1052.
The occupants ot the above mentioned quarters are requested to have one re-
sponsible person of their household at home during the date and time indicated
for the purpose of accompanying the fire inspector during his inspection.