The White Falcon - 25.02.1977, Side 1

(White FalcoiQ
Volume XXXIII Number 8
Kellavik, Iceland
February 25, 1977
Vietnam veteran bonus still offered
...If you are a Vietnam-era veteran and
haven't applied for your state bonus,
time is running out. Many states ended
their programs recently and several more
intend to follow suit soon.
Residents of certain states still
have a chance. Eleven states and Guam
still offer bonuses to the veterans.
They are Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa,
Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New
Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Is-
land and Vermont.
Connecticut—Cutoff date for applica-
tions is July 1, 1978. Contact the Vet-
erans Bonus Division, State Treasurer's
Office, 20 Trinity St., Hartford, CT.
06115.
Guam—You must have your application
in before May 7, 1977. Contact the Vet-
erans Affairs Officer, Office of Veter-
ans Affairs, Veterans Bonus Division,
P.0. Box 3279, Agana, Guam 96910.
Illinois—Apply before July 1, 1977.
Write to Illinois Veterans Commission,
Vietnam Compensation Fund, 126 West Jef-
ferson St., Box 5054, Springfield, IL
62705.
Iowa—June 30, 1977 is the last day
to apply. Contact the State of Iowa
Vietnam Service Compensation Board,
State Capitol, Des Moines, IA 50319.
Louisiana—Apply before March 28,
1978. Department of Veterans Affairs,
Vietnam Bonus Division, 3rd Floor, Old
State Capitol, Baton Rouge, LA 70801 has
more information.
Massachusetts—The state has not es-
tablished a cutoff date. Contact Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts, State Trea-
surer, Bonus Division, Rm. 1203, John W.
McCormack Bldg., One Ashburton Place,
Boston, MA 02184.
Michigan—You must apply before June
30, 1980. Contact Vietnam Era Bonus
Section, Department of Military Affairs,
P.0. Box 1500, Lansing MI 48904.
New Hampshire-—August 21, 1977 is the
last day to apply. Write the Adjutant
General's Department, State Military Re-
servation, Attn: Bonus Division, Con-
cord, NH 03301.
Ohio—Apply before January 1 . 1978.
Contact Director, Ohio Vietnam Veterans'
Bonus Commission, 79 E, State St., Cor
lumbus, OH 43215.
Pensylvania—Deadline is March 28,
1977. Contact Vietnam Bonus Bureau, HHD
PAARNG, Bldg. 6, 14th and Calder St.,
Harrisburg, PA 17103.
Rhode Island—Apply before June 30,
1977. Write Department of Veterans Af-
fairs, 321 S. Main St., Providence, RI
02903.
Vermont—No cutoff date established.
Contact Military Department of Veteran's
Affairs, State Veteran's Affairs Office,
City Hall, Montpelier, VT 05601.
Navy Campus announces LACCO, U of M
off-duty courses available for Term IV
Los Angeles Community College Over-
seas (LACCO) is featuring two new cours-
es for the term beginning March 14, ac-
cording to Miss Sandy Lang of the Navy
Campus.
The first course is AVIATEK 27—Avia-
tion Maintenance (Aircraft Power Plant).
This course is designed for individuals
working within the aviation maintenance
field and will focus on power plant. The
class will be followed in May by AVIATEK
29 which directly prepares the individu-
al for the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion Airframe and Power Plant examina-
tion.
The second course is Electronics 22/
23—Electronics Circuits. This course
examines details of AM and FM communi-
cations circuits and systems and pre-
pares the student for the FCC second
class examination. This class is a
prerequisite for Electronics 44 which
will prepare students for the FCC first
class examination.
U of M TO OFFER SCANDINAVIAN CULTURE
COURSE
The University of Maryland will have
a Resident Lecturer here for Term IV.
Mr. Forrest Studabaker, a government/
politics instructor, will teach two new
courses during his eight-week stay in
Iceland.
The first course, Political Ideolo-
gies, analyzes the leading modern poli-
tical doctrines including communism, so-
cialism, fascism and democracy.
The second course, a Special Topics
course taught particularly for people
living in Iceland and other Scandina-
vian countries, looks at the politics,
literature and culture of Scandinavia.
This course, in giving some insight into
the Icelandic culture, may be of special
interest to military personnel and de-
pendents on the NATO Base.
PET: children
"The most important job in the world
is raising kids. Parents don't have
training but I think it's a job that we
need training for," remarked Air Force
Chaplain (Lieutenant Colonel) William
Cuthriell. That training will be avail-
able to parents who enroll in Parent Ef-
fectiveness Training (PET). The course
is being offered to NATO Base parents or
other interested non-parents. The first
Schedule of classes for Term IV,
March 14-May 6:
LACCO:
ACCT 1—Introductory Accounting 1 (T/TH)
ACCT 2—Introductory Accounting 2 (M/W)
ADM JUS 6—Patrol Procedures (T/TH)
ART 10—Drawing 1 (T/TH)
AVIATEK 27—Aviation Maintenance Techni-
tion (M/W)
AVIATEK 53—Aeronautical Ground School
(T/TH)
AUTOMEK- 12—Tune-up and Carburetion
Principles (T/TH)
BUS DP 1—Principles of Business Data
Processing (T/TH)
ELECTRN 6/7—Fundamentals of AC Elec- •
tronics (M/W/F)
ELECTRN 22/23—Electronic Circuits II
(T/TH)
ENGLISH 64—Reading and Writing: Basic
Skills (M/W)
FINANCE 2—Investments (T/TH)
MGMT 2—Organization and Management The
Theory (M/W)
MGMT 66—Purchasing and Cost Control
(T/TH)
PHOTO 12—Introduction to Photography
(M/W)
REAL ESI—Real Estate Principles (M/W)
SUPV 3—Human Relations (Developing
Supervisory Leadership)(Wed.
from 1 to 5 p.m. at AIMD)
U of M:
BMGT 381—Business Law (M/W)
BMGT 340—Business Finance (T/TH)
ECON 203—Principles of Economics (M/W)
ENGL 292—Introduction to Literary Types
(M/W)
GVPT 240—Political Ideologies (T/TH)
UCSP 389—Contemporary Topics (Culture,
Politics and Literature of
Scandinavia and Iceland) (M/W)
Registration Dates: Feb. 28 through
March 11 in the Navy Campus Office lo-
cated In Bldg. 752 (ABMIN).
are individuals
session will begin March 10 in the Lower
School Multi-Purpose Room at 7 p.m.
This is the second time PET, instruc-
ted by Chaplain Cuthriell, will be of-
fered here. The first course was pre-
sented last fall.
"I found the course very enlighten-
(contlnued on page 3)
Thirty-five years ago, on March 3,
1942, the Navy officially organized de-
tachments of construction battalions,
the Seabees, to take over military con-
struction . previously contracted to ci-
vilians through the Civil Engineer
Corps.
On March 5 the Civil Engineer Corps
will mark its 110th anniversary.
Both birthdays will be celebrated
Thursday at the Top of the Rock Club, at
the Annual Seabee Ball. The celebration
will include a cocktail hour, a buffet
dinner, a formal ceremony including the
naming of Seabee of the Year, Seabee
Queen, the oldest and the youngest mem-
ber of the Seabees on the Naval Station.
A speech by Air Forces Iceland Commander
Colonel Lindeman is also scheduled, to
’'e followed by the traditional cake cut-
ting ceremony and dancing.
The Seabee symbol, the fixing, fight-
ing, building "Bee" was originated at
the Naval Air Station at Quonset Point,
R.I. early in 1942.
Ensign R.D. Woodward, a supply corps
officer, came up with the word "Seabee"
and Frank J. Iafrate, a civilian clerk
at the air station and who was later to
serve as a Seabee in World War II, cre-
ated the cartoon symbol.
He drew a flying bee—fighting mad—
with a sailor hat on his head, a spit-
ting tommy gun in his forehand, a wrench
in his amidships hand and in his aft
hand, a carpenter's hammer. The Bureau
of Yards and Docks added a Civil Engi-
neer Corps insignia on the bottom of
each sleeve.
The Seabees started working in Ice-
land almost immediately after their for-
mation. The Seabees' reliable responses
to emergencies both on and off the sta-
tion are a matter of fecord.
The United States was invited by Ice-
land to take over the bases established
in 1940 by Great Britain. In July 1941,
the Navy sent personnel to Iceland and
hired civilian workmen to build facili-
ties for aircraft and anti-submarine
forces on these bases.
Following the Japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor, Iceland was one of the
first bases to receive a detachment of
Seabee6. They landed at several strate-
gic cities in Iceland in 1942.
Civilian workmen, Icelandic and Amer-
ican, built the first installations in
Iceland. The Seabees, arriving late in
1942, helped expand the construction of
the convoy-protection bases and the
naval facilities began to grow to unpre-
cedented proportions.
Following the advance party of Sea-
bees was the 9th Construction Battalion
which arrived to complete the work on
Camp Knox (a part of what is now the
Naval Station) and the airstrips and
tank farms of Meeks Field at Keflavik.
By October 1942, the Seabees had
built a naval ammunition dump and were
paving Patterson Airfield for the Army.
Meeks Field, Keflavik, was the largest
airport in the world when it was com-
pleted May 21, 1943. Camp Mable Leaf in
Reykjavik was built by Seabees and turn-
ed over to the Canadians.
In less than a year, the Seabees of
the 9th and 28th Battalions and Con-
struction Battalion Maintenance Units
514 and 586 had built Iceland into a
floating aircraft carrier which success-
fully guarded the convoy lanes and mat-
terially contributed to the victory over
the German submarine offensive.
SEABEE
Most of the Seabees stationed in Ice-
land today are attached to the Public
Works Department, headed by Commander
D.J. Monarch, Civil Engineer Corps, USN.
The Seabees work along with Icelandic
and American civilian employees who make
up the Public Works Department. Public
Morks is responsible for a variety of
tasks on the Naval Station:
Transportation: Handles care and
maintenance of all military vehicles as-
signed to the Navy.
Maintenance: Provides emergency re-
pairs for heating, water, electricity,
telephone and appliances.
Engineering: Is in charge of plan-
ning, estimating and design.
Maintenance Control: Is the record
keeping function for maintenance work on
the entire base.
Telephone Maintenance: Is responsi-
ble for the installation and servicing
of the telephone system, plus the main-
tenance and repair of the TV cable.
Housing: Provides a housing referral
service for off-base housing; assigns
government quarters for family housing
and issues available furniture on a temr
porary basis.