The White Falcon - 15.10.1976, Side 1

(White Falcon)
Volume XXXII Number 41
Keflavik, Iceland
October IS. 1976
Closed circuit TV becoming
reality on the NATO Base
Thanksgiving Day you should be able
£o watch a football game on closed cir-
cuit television or listen to stereo
music over closed circuit FM radio if
Kou reside in U. S. government housing
n the NATO base. If neither of those
options suits your taste, American
Forces Radio 1484 AM will continue nor-
mal broadcasting on a radiated signal.
Captain Jack T. Weir, Naval Station
Commanding Officer, chaired a meeting of
the closed circuit television system
committee last Friday and announced
plans to complete the system on the base
New rotation plan for
Navy women announced
A new overseas rotation pattern for
enlisted women has been created by the
Bureau of Naval Personnel to make sea/
shore rotation patterns for enlisted men
and women more equitable.
The rotation plan, designated OUTUS/
CONUS instead of sea/shore, recognizes
that women are prohibited by law from
shipboard or sea-going assignments. Also
considered was the fact that sea duty
opportunities for women have been limit-
ed to remote overseas activities, while
men on sea duty may be homeported in
CONUS.
Women now may expect no more than two
back-to-back overseas tours to no less
than one tour in CONUS. Overseas as-
signments will be for the prescribed
area tour length, and CONUS tours will
parallel the shore tours of their male
counterparts.
For a majority of the ratings, women
can expect consecutive OUTUS tours. The
ratings for which consecutive OUTUS
tours for women normally will not be
required include AC, ADR, AG, AK, AQ,
AS, ASE, ASH, ASM, AV, AX, CTA, DK, DM,
DP, DT, HM, MA, MU, NC, PN, PR, TD and
YN.
Details on the new rotation plan will
be in a forthcoming BuPers notice.
by Thanksgiving. Once the system is
completely installed and tested on the
base, at Rockville and at Grindavik, the
atmospheric signal will be terminated.
Television viewers will notice very
little initial change in programming.
There still will be only one entertain-
ment channel and program selection will
not change significantly from current
schedules. However, in the field of
radio, listeners will enjoy a wider se-
lection in FM stereo programming.
American Forces Radio is planning a
program package that will include at
least 16 hours daily FM music. Programs
are being planned to allow maximum un-
interrupted music, while maintaining the
flexibility necessary to keep the audi-
ence informed with expanded news summar-
ies and on base activities.
The closed circuit system has been in
planning and engineering design for more
than two years. In August, a team of
engineers arrived in Keflavik to oversee
the installation of more than 60,000
feet of coaxial cable for the system.
The work is scheduled for completion by
early November.
A NATO base crew is installing cable
hookups in barracks and family housing
units and in other areas where closed
circuit will be provided.
The Navy Exchange has on order ap-
proximately 2,000 cable hookup kits
which will connect the wall hookup to
television and stereo sets. Additional
cable will be available for persons who
wish to run extensions or connect more
than one unit to the system.
These hookup kits are necessary to
receive closed circuit programming and
must be purchased by individuals who
want to receive programming.
According to J. C. Grimsley, Navy Ex-
change Merchandising Manager, the basic
hookup kit will cost about $4.00. They
will be sold in the Personalized Serv-
ices Center at the Exchange, the Bever-
age Store, Stereo Shop, Mini-Mart and
Viking Convenience Store. They will go
on sale Nov. 2.
NavSta Fire Department honors contest winners
Winners of the poster, slogan and es-
say contests were announced and given
recognition for their contributions
during Fire Prevention Week.
^ An awards ceremony was held at the A.
Pi. Mahan Elementary School last week.
The contests were sponsored by the
Naval Station Fire Department.
Winning entries were as follows:
Pos ter
First prize
John Pasterczyk
Sandra White
Second prize
Slogan
First prize
Essay
First prize
Second prize
Celia Carter
Valerie Starr
Andrew Palmer
Thomas Preston
Michelle Collins
Patrick Casey
John Christopherson
Kathy Windbigler
Stacey Fuller
Joe Pasterczyk
FOR THEIR WINNING ENTRIES, Assistant Fire Chief Haraldur Stefansson awards
A. T. Mahan Elementary students certificates of appreciation.
Captain Jack T. Weir, Commander Naval Forces Iceland/Commanding Officer,
Station Keflavik, and Colonel William Lindeman, Commander Air Forces Ice-
land, sign joint CFC0A contributions.
CFCOA tallies $21,000 to date
The NATO Base Combined Federal Cam-
paign Overseas Area has received about
$21,000 in pledges, Lieutenant Colonel
Jerry M. Miles, Iceland Defense Force
CFCOA coordinator, announced Wednesday.
Outstanding contributors in the
campaign so far are Air Forces Iceland
and the Naval Security Group Activity.
NATO Base personnel are urged to con-
tribute on a completely voluntary basis.
A number of organizations receive CFCOA
funds. IDF members may designate their
contribution to a specific organization.
Last year an estimated $52,000 was
donated in the fund drive. The campaign
began Sept. 13 and will run to Oct. 31.
Tire requirements outlined
Traffic conditions Alfa, Bravo,
Charlie—know them and heed
Winter driving in Iceland poses
unpredictable safety hazards, according
to Lieutenant J. M. McAuley, Naval Sta-
tion security officer. Lt. McAuley also
stated that Icelandic law requires some-
thing more than just regular tires (ra-
dials included) to be used when driving
on ice and snow.
Beginning today through May 1, ve-
hicle owners are allowed the following
options: Non-stuaded snow tires on all
wheels, studded snow tires on all wheels
and studded or non-studded tires on the
front wheels with chains on the rear
wheels.
Traditionally in Iceland, studded
Modified form 15 for
Christmas parcels issued
A modified Christmas Form 15 was is-
sued Tuesday, according to Lieutenant
Commander William J. Ford, Iceland De-
fense Force Staff Judge Advocate.
"This is a special privilege we've
been granted," explained LCdr. Ford,
stating that each year the government of
Iceland grants special permission to
NATO Base personnel for take-off of
Christmas mail packages.
Christmas packages, received in the
mail, may be removed from the Agreed
Area through the Turner Gate from Nov.
30 to Jan. 30, 1977. The original mail
package must be taken "as is" to the
take-off gate for customs inspection.
Non-electrical toys for children un-
der 14 are allowed on a "take-off" basis
also from Nov. 23 to Jan. 8, 1977. An
allowance of $30 per child under 14 in
the immediate family will be allowed.
Toy removal must be performed on the
same day during one trip.
In addition, NATO Base personnel may
use the modified Christmas Form 15, be-
ginning Nov. 23 through Christmas, for
removing a Christmas tree and a reason-
able number of non-electrical Christmas
tree ornaments.
The form is available for pick-up at
the Naval Station Legal Office, Iceland
Defense Force Staff Judge Advocate,
Naval Communications Station, Grindavik
and the Naval Security Group Activity as
well as the other tenant commands.
Instructions for using the form are
printed on it.
tires are mounted on the first day of
winter, Oct. 27.
Together with these snow tire regula-
tions, three traffic conditions may be
declared to assist in winter traffic
safety at the NATO Base. They are:
ALPHA LIMITED: Traffic proceeds as re-
quired by existing conditions, but at a
reduced speed of 20 m.p.h.
BRAVO: Movement of emergency and essen-
tial traffic is permitted. Essential
traffic is defined as official vehicles,
service vehicles, buses and private ve-
hicular traffic necessary to proceed to
and from work. When this condition is
in effect, snow tires or chains are re-
quired as a safety measure.
CHARLIE: Emergency vehicles only are
allowed to move at a reduced speed.
Emergency vehicles include ambulances,
fire department vehicles, command and
duty officer vehicles, private vehicles
on recall and snow removal equipment.
With the days getting shorter, acci-
dents, occurring while backing, have
almost tripled. Extra precaution must
be taken to prevent an obstruction which
blocks a backing vehicle's path.
The security officer advises that
special consideration must be given to
driving in blowing snow during the day;
blowing snow conditions at night pose an
additional safety hazard.
Scraping and cleaning windshields and
all windows is also a required safety
precaution.
The following are some important
safety points to remember concerning
winter driving:
—vehicles cannot stop effectively on
ice.
—melting ice is often slicker than fro-
zen ice.
—chains and studded tires are not as
effective on ice as regular tires are on
dry roads.
—high winds affect braking.
—brakes work better on ice if they are
pumped.
—"black ice" is almost impossible to
see, and it is very dangerous.
—blowing snow can make vehicles in
front of you disappear.
—drifting snow often makes it impossi-
ble for two vehicles to pass.
—pedestrians are very hard to see.
—snow removal equipment always has the
right-of-way.
.—help others if they get stuck.