The White Falcon - 26.08.1977, Page 1

MajGen. Saunders
RAdm. Hedges
Major General Ralph S. Saunders, Com-
mander of the Aerospace Rescue and Re-
covery Service, Scott Air Force Base,
IL, arrived Saturday for his annual
visit to Detachment 14, 39th Aerospace
Rescue and Recovery Wing.
The general's three-day visit coin-
cided with the detachment's longest over
water rescue. General Saunders ex-
pressed great satisfaction with 800-mile
plus accomplishment.
The general's stay concluded with an
informal dinner at the Officers' Club.
Special guests included Rear Admiral
Karl J. Bernstein, Commander Iceland
Defense Force, Hannes Kafstein, director
of the Icelandic Rescue Association,
Colonel Leon Babcock, Commander Air
Forces Iceland and selected detachment
members.
VIPs
visit
Keflavik
Commander Patrol Wings Atlantic Rear
Admiral R. R. Hedges recently visited
the "Batmen" of Patrol Squadron TWENTY-
FOUR (VP-24).
RADM Hedges addressed squadron per-
sonnel during his visit, and congratu-
lated them on the operational successes
that they have had since arriving in
Iceland three months ago.
The admiral then met separately with
various groups, discussing future de-
velopments in the patrol squadron com-
munity. He then fielded questions on
an informal basis.
After meeting with Rear Admiral
Karl J. Bernstein, Commander Fleet Air
Keflavik, RADM Hedges was briefed on
the Tactical Support Center on present
antisubmarine warfare activity in the
North Atlantic area and VP-24's role in
the most recent series of operations at
Keflavik.
Volume 33 Number 34
Keflavik, Iceland
August 36 1977
Reorganization of supply units
Maj. McKinney releases approved structure
EMPTY DESKS were filled today as 772
dependent children started their first
day of school. Be sure to drive care-
fully and watch out for children around
bus stops, (see story page 3.)
School started today with children
putting their summer activities aside to
begin their task of school work at the
NATO Base. But, their task cannot be
done safely if motorists do not watch
these children.
Equipment Operator Second Class Brad
E. Forsyeth, Naval Station license
examiner, said that all safety precau-
tions will be observed for this school
year, beginning with the school pro-
viding the students with reflective tape
to be placed on all their winter jac-
kets .
"This tape will help identify the
student when there is only one to two
hours of daylight here," E02 Forsyeth
said.
There are six basic rules that
pedestrians have over motorists, and
should be observed when approaching
students: (1) priority of right in
using pedestrian crosswalks; (2) the
right to use the crosswalk at a signal-
ized intersection during a green or
walk indication, without being sub-
jected to hazard from vehicles; (3)
the right to priority use of cross-
walks where or when signals are not
in operation, so long as they show
proper regard for approaching vehicles
on their side of the roadway; (4) the
right to walk on the left side, facing
traffic along or upon a highway with-
out sidewalks; (5) with certain ex-
ceptions, the right to cross a road-
way at places other than at a cross-
walk, but only yielding right-of-way
to all vehicles and (6) the funda-
mental right to expect drivers to use
every precaution to avoid a colli-
sion.
Jan. 3, 1977, Headquarters, United
States Air Force, Washington, DC, ap-
proved a reorganization of supply units
to be implemented throughout the Air
Force.
The reorganization will result in im-
proving customer support through in-
creased effectiveness and efficiencywith-
in the supply division and better re-
source usage.
The background, test, approved struc-
ture and tasks necessary to implement
the reorganization were released by the
Air Forces Tr*»land Chief of Supply,
Major Charles McKinney.
Major McKinney stated that the stan-
dard base supply organization was im-
plemented Air Force-wide in 1965 when
the UNIVAC 1050-11 computer was intro-
duced for base level inventory control.
The structure has been highly successful
in the Air Force with only minor orga-
In other safety features, the base
will observe having a Security patrolman
on the kindergarten bus to help the
children on and off the bus during heavy
traffic.
And, on International Highway, a
Security patrolman will be posted at the
crosswalk in the mornings.
Let's make this school year a safe
one for many children who now attend
school.
Remember to drive defensively when
approaching a group of children because
they will dart out within a split
second without looking both ways.
TV, phone to lapse
during next several weeks
The Naval Station Telephone Office
has advised that during the next several
weeks, base personnel will have periods
of temporary interruption to their tele-
phone and television service.
There is a base-wide project present-
ly underway to bury telephone cable.
Persons living in housing or in BEQs
and BOQs will be affected most by the
cable-laying project. The telephone
orrice uas reported, however, that what-
ever interruptions there may be, it will
be temporary. Repairs will be made as
soon as possible.
Commissary closed Sept. 1
The Commissary Store will be closed
all day Thursday, Sept. 1, to allow for
a relieving inventory.
The store will reopen for business on
Friday, Sept. 2.
nized changes, the major commented.
Some recognized inefficiencies, pro-
cedural changes and continued manpower
reductions created the need to reexam-
ine and optimize the functional rela-
tionships. This examination began
about two and a half years ago with
suggested improvements made by base
and major command personnel.
Test plan
A test plan, proposed by Air Staff
in October 1975, was developed and
implementation guidance was formulated.
In the test, supply sections were
consolidated into one branch to elimin-
ate duplication. A streamline paper-
work flow was also implemented where
the customer only makes one stop vice
the five he presently makes.
Tactical Air Command (TAC) and
Strategic Air Command (SAC) started the
testing on Jan. 1, 1976 while Military
Airlift Command (MAC), United States
Air Force in Europe (USAFE) and Na-
tional Guard Bureau (NGB) started March
1, 1976. With adjustments to the test,
along with evaluations and recom-
mendations to Air Staff, the final re-
organization was adopted for Air Force-
wide implementation.
Enlisted advancement quotas for Octo-
ber 1977 through March 1978 were re-
leased recently by the Bureau of Naval
Personnel.
Advancements, which will be effective
on the 16th of the month, are authorized
for more than 15,000 personnel:
USN/R TAR
Oct. 1977 E-7 775 25
E-6 1,470 33
Customer Support
In the new supply reorganization, a
branch called Customer Support will pro-
vide necessary support for all customer-
related functions.
Others, such as Material Management,
Management and Procedures, Supply Sys-
tems, Material Storage and Distribution
branches, have been reorganized to
facilitate many supply functions under
one branch.
The Fuels Management Branch was un-
changed in the reorganization.
The new Customer Support Liaison
Section was created to provide greater
emphasis on the customer. It is the
primary contact with the customer, and
must ensure that requirements or prob-
lems are quickly satisfied.
This activity operates as a staff
function under the direction of the
customer support officer.
All requests for status, assistance
or any problem will be directed to
this section.
In short, this section will operate
as the single point of contact for the
customer.
E-5 2,838 40
Nov. 1977 E-7 516 17
E-6 1,127 27
E-5 2,347 28
Dec. 1977 E-7 480 15
E-6 1,079 24
E-5 2,262 28
Jan. 1978 E-7 672 21
Feb. 1978 E-7 486 16
Mar. 1978 E-7 774 25
School today
drive defensively for a child’s safety
READY TO EELP you with any matters concerning the newly reorganized An Etipply
is MSgt. Jens Heitmann, Customer Liaison NC0. He may be contacted by calling
4281 or 7428.
Bureau releases quotas for Oct 77- May 78