The White Falcon - 05.11.1976, Blaðsíða 3

November 5, 1976
Photo and story by
J02 Terry Barnthouse
ACTING AS LIAISON, Helgi Bernharvsson
mans the trouble desk phone at the Pub-
lic Works Department where his office
handles some 1,200 trouble calls on a
monthly basis. He records each call so
that a complete follow-up may be made.
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‘Trouble Desk, may I help you . .
Picking up the telephone receiver,
dial 4-1-0-0. It's busy, so"you wait a
few mintues before repeating the dial.
"Trouble Desk, may I help you?"
As if the reply were a starting sig-
nal of a race, you quickly begin report-
ing your complaint or problem to the
person on the other end of the line.
With a sigh of relief, you hang up
the receiver. You had put in your
"trouble call" and had received a work
order number. Your problem will now be
solved.
But how long will it take for the re-
pairman to comply with your work re-
quest? Is your problem so severe or
complex that you cannot handle it your-
self?
Says Utilitiesman First Class Earl
Lloyd at the Emergency Service Desk,
"Unless the problem you have is a major
break or leak, nothing will be done im-
mediately."
Describing the handling procedures of
a trouble desk call, he added, "After
the call is logged in, a job order or
contract number is assigned to the call.
This work request is then turned over to
maintenance control where it is distri-
buted to an appropriate work shop for
action. Currently, we are only two to
three work days behind calls."
The most frequent trouble calls re-
ceived are: No heat, faucet leaks, no
hot water, stopped up commodes, washer
repairs, door repairs, wall and floor
leaks, clogged drains, sink repairs and
stove repairs. With approximately 46
calls a day, it requires an average of
2.64 hours for each job order to be com-
pleted .
The Public Works Department receives
about 1,200 emergency and service calls
monthly at the Trouble Desk, with more
calls expected during the winter. The
Maintenance Division, which handles
these work requests, has a total of 156
personnel assigned: Three American
civilians, 116 Icelandic nationals and
37 enlisted men.
To indicate the magnitude and range
of responsibilities, the following is a
list of what they cover: Repair of more
than 600 buildings, 735 housing quarters
and seven messing facilities, about
1,000 washing machines and dryers, 30
miles of perimeter fence, 78,143 lineal
feet of runway and taxiway lighting, 72
miles of communication lines, 32,700
lineal feet of street lighting and 3,080
lineal feet of water lines for fire pre-
vention.
Public Works is also responsible for
the maintenance and repair of 61 diesel
generators, 200 electric motors, 216
steam and hot water boiler-heating sys-
tems, 24 deep-water well pumps, 33,906
lineal feet of sanitary sewage, plus
seeding and fertilizing 110 acres of
runway shoulders and taxiways.
Based on the above statistics, it is
estimated that the scope of the Public
Works Department's functions is compara-
ble to those in a city with a population
of approximately 15,000 to 25,000 peo-
ple.
Certain problem areas require a con-
tinual program of replacement, such as
water and heating system pipes because
of corrosion and old age of systems and
dry rot in wooden structures which are
being replaced with treated lumber.
Many offices are housed in temporary
buildings that were built 15 to 29 years
ago and are in constant need of repairs
because roofs and siding lack paint.
Ample preventive maintenance to struc-
tures is needed.
To accomplish work in these various
areas, the Maintenance Division has five
branches: Administrative, Emergency
Service, Building Trade, Metal Trade,
Electrical and General Service.
Some preventive maintenance proce-
dures you can take, suggests Boiler
Technician First Class Doug Sorenson of
the Maintenance Division, are "If you
live in the Bunker Hill or Coral Sea
Housing areas, furnace filters should be
frequently changed. These filters are
available for pickup at the Housing Of-
fice. If you have a garbage disposal,
make sure you check peelings or scraps
for any hard particles before using the
disposal. For leaking faucets, the
Housing Office has an ample supply of
washers that you can use. Clogged
drains or commodes often need only to be
fixed by the use of a plunger, which can
be purchased at the Navy Exchange."
He continues, "A while back, the Pub-
lic Works Department placed plungers in
all homes, but people didn't use them
properly or let their children play with
them."
Lieutenant Ron Hudson, assistant Pub-
lic Works officer, urges, "Treat your
living quarters and offices as if you
would have to pay for the repairs. Of
course, being preventive is the best up-
keep, but, if something does need repair
and you don't know how to fix it, then
we'll do the job for you!"
About 60 booth* are planned
Tomorrow is PTO carnival fun time
Tomorrow the Parent-Teacher Organiza-
tion will hold its annual carnival at
Hangar 830 from 2 until 8 p.m.
The annual event, which will include
about 60 booths, serves two purposes:
It provides money for the PTO for school
and community projects, and an opportun-
ity is given to a number of military and
social groups on the NATO Base to parti-
cipate in this activity which supports
their various functions.
According to the PTO president, Lieu-
tenant W. B. Duquette, these groups re-
ceive half of the total profits.
One particularly important fund to
which the PTO contributes, Lt. Duquette
adds, is the scholarship contribution to
A. T. Mahan High School students.
Sponsor
Activity
Weapons
57th F.I.S.
57th F.I.S.
Seabee wives
Boy Scouts
Cub Scouts
F.R.A.
NavFac
AIMD
AIMD
8th grade
10th grade
11th grade
12th grade
Cheerleaders
Band
pinball game
dive bomber
dunk brass
bean pag
hot dogs
popcorn
com dogs, candy apples
food booth
popcorn
pony rides
babysitting
chip pitch
jail and coke sales
taco and pop sales
basketball toss
cake walk
rat roulette
A.T. Mahan Yearbook
Staff picture-taking
Pep club sponge toss
Det 14/39 ARRW para-jump
NAVCOMMSTA- darts
Kef. bowling equipment game
Kiwanis ^ing-pong, horse race
Girl Scouts fish pond
1st grade ping-pong toss
2nd grade ye olde curiosity shop
4th grade sweet shop
6th grade games
Youth Center bingo
932nd Rockville games, jewelry sales
Toastmistresses sales and monster
Family Services Icelandic food
AIMD roulette game
NSGA spook house
Midnight Sundowners fish and chips
Public Works basketball shoot
Comptroller ring toss
NCO Wives bottle/pin drop
NWSED balloons
AFI Junior Officer Council wheel of
fortune
Supply Wives sundae shoppe
L.D.S. Church obstacle course
Dental Clinic sloppy ;foes
USMC tire swing
Commissary Wives bake shop and
shuffleboard
Grindavik 'Wives afghan game
IDF cotton candy, coffee
owe candy apples
7th grade candle shoot
CPO Wives ring toss
Railroad Club train display
Bank service hour options survey
The Military Banking Facility presently is open the following hours:
Monday through Friday 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; 1 .to 2 p.m.
(for clubs only); and from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Two options to these hours have been suggested:
Option 1: Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 2 to
2:30 p.m. (for clubs only); and 2:30 to 4 p.m.
Option 2: Monday 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 2 to 2:30 p.m.
(for clubs only); Tuesday through Thursday 9:30 a.m. to
1 p.m.; 2 to 2:30 p.m. (for clubs only) and 2:30 to 4 p.m.
Friday 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; 2 to 2:30 p.m. (for clubs
only); 2:30 to 5 p.m.
Option 2 is valid unless payday falls on a Monday. Then the Thursday before
the Monday payday will be treated as a Monday, and payday will have regular
Tuesday through Thursday hours.
Please indicate your choice of banking hours and cut out this note and send it
to the Naval Station Disbursing Office, Code 123, no later than Nov. 10.
VP-49 wins ‘Top Gunner’ award
Patrol Squadron FORTY-NINE has been
selected as the winner of the first an-
nual Commander Patrol Wing ELEVEN *"Top
Gunner" award for fiscal year 76. The
oquadron earned the distinction by dem-
onstrating its ability to accurately
execute torpedo attacks against sub-
marines .
The primary basis for comparison of
the six competing squadrons was the suc-
cess achieved on training flights
which torpedoes are expended. To de-
termine the award recipient, Captain
Charles 0. Prindle, Patrol Wing Eleven
commander, considered such specific fac-
tors as: Total squadron involvement,
aircraft readiness, aircrew composition
and performance, ordnance crew loading
capabilities, -aircrew coordination, tar-
get localization and weapon delivery
profienincy#
The awarding of the "Top Gunner" tro-
phy, a new tradition established by Wing
ELEVEN, will be done on an annual basis.
The trophy will be engraved with the
name of each new winning squadron and
presented to the winner in October.
Capt. Prindle presented the trophy to
the VP-49 Woodpeckers Oct. 27. The com-
modore, who assumed command of Wing
ELEVEN in September, was in Keflavik*for
two days to familiarize himself with the
squdron's operations and to inspect VP-
49 's hangar spaces and living quarters.
During his visit, the commodore also
held question and answer sessions with
the squadron's chiefs and officers.
Green flag is up; competition begins
"The moment has arrived, the first
competitor is airborne and the competi-
tion is on," reports a member of the
Air Forces Iceland team to his home base
here in Keflavik.
The team is in Tyndall Air Force
Base, Florida, participating in the Air
Defense Fighter Interceptor marksmanship
competition known as "William Tell 76."
The competition began yesterday and will
last for 13 days.
"William Tell 76" will determine the
"best of the best" as each team compet-
ing tries to prove its superiority over
other teams in their respective category
of competition. Categories are F-4,
F-101 and F-106 aircrafts. The 57th FIS
team is competing in the F-4 category.
Eleven teams are participating in the
competition: Three from the Aerospace
Defense Command, four from the Air Na-
tional Guard and one each from the Tac-
tical Air Command, Alaskan Air Command,
U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Canadian
Forces Air Defense Group.
The teams arrived at the Florida par-
handle Air Force base Sunday. In prepa-
ration for the competition, each team
flew a one hour shakedown flight over
the Gulf of Mexico range, which is the
William Tell world series arena. The
pre-meet days were for fine-tuning of
air crews, ground crews, weapons con-
trollers and their associated weapons
and equipment.
This is the first William Tell for
the F-4 "Phantom" fighter and the first
William Tell where a supersonic "Fire-
bee" drone will be used in one round of
competition.
The William Tell competition is
hinged on four basic air defense plays:
A head-on attack against a drone target;
a five-minute alert and scramble against
a supersonic drone flying at 50,000
feet; a low altitude stem attack
against a towed target; and an electron-
ic counter measure (ECM) mission against
a B-57 bomber and F-101 fighters equip-
ped to jam the radar of the air defense
fighters.
The Tyndall AFB William Tell support
people, augmented with personnel from
participating commands, is in full mo-
tion to make this bicentennial William
Tell, the ninth in Tyndall's history,
the best ever.
Living up to a promise
"On my honor, I will try: to serve
God, my country and mankind, and to live
by the Girl Scout Law"—is a promise a
girl scout has to make when she enters
junior scouting.
In living up to the promise, the NATO
Base Girl Scouts Junior Troop No. 3 has
been involved in a community safety
program. it was completed Wednesday
afternoon after a tour of the base dis-
pensary, conducted by Commander Mary A.
Bogdanski, Navy Nurse Corps.
During the tour the troop learned
about preventive measures, completing
the requirements of, and making the
scouts eligible for, the Community Safe-
ty Badge. The rest of the requirements
were met during Operation Edith which
was held last month.
I & F begins rehearsal
Ice and Fire continues rehearsing for
its upcoming production of 6 Rms Riv Vu.
Tickets are now on sale at the Officers'
Club for the performance Nov. 13.
A social hour will be held at 7:30
p.m. with dinner at 8 and the curtain
will rise at 9:30.
Tickets are also on sale at the Top
of the Rock for Nov. 17 and 18 perform-
ances. On both nights, the evening.will
begin at 6:30 p.m. with dinner at 7:30
and the curtain will go up at 9.
6 Rms Riv Vu is produced by special
arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.