The White Falcon - 28.04.1978, Side 1
Money shortage affects Navy transfers
Based on a permanent change of sta-
tion (PCS) funds shortage for fiscal
year 1978 fourth quarter, the Chief of
Naval Operations has initiated a short-
term policy, regulating PCS orders which
affect all officers and enlisted person-
nel with July, August or September 1978
projected rotation dates.
Personnel who received orders dated
before April 8 are not affected.
Officers will continue to receive PCS
orders, according to the following: No
cost reassignments, accessions and sep-
arations, reassignment after completing
maximum overseas tours, hospitaliza-
tions, assignment as commanding or exe-
cutive officer, duty under instruction
(DUINS) through August, new construc-
tions/decommissionings and assignments
to/from sea duty as funding permits.
PCS orders for all other officers
will be delayed until October 1978 if
additional funds are not allocated.
The following PCS orders will con-
tinue to be assigned to enlisted per-
sonnel: Accession orders to and from
training assignments, including school
graduates and drops, separation orders
(fleet initiated), assignments to new
constructions, from decommissioning or
inactivating units, immediate availa-
bilities—from or to hospitals and
rehabilitation centers and reenlist-
ment incentives.
OTHER ENLISTED PCS ORDERS
Additionally, enlisted personnel
will continue to receive PCS orders
for: Assignment after completing a
five-year maximum sea tour; assign-
ment after serving a tour in a depen-
dent-restricted area and members as-
signed to Type 2 ships/units who are
operating in an overseas area for a
proposed period of one year, assign-
ment to, but not from, recruiting, Armed
Forces Entrance and Examining Station,
instructor and recruit company commander
billets and no-cost assignments.
If additional PCS funds are not made
available, orders for all other enlisted
personnel will be delayed until October
1978.
NAVY REQUESTS MORE FUNDS
The Navy has requested additional
funds to alleviate the shortage. Con-
gress must approve these; however, a
decision on this matter is not antici-
pated before mid-July.
These actions will cause unavoidable
gapping of some officer and enlisted
billets. Exceptions to this policy
will be granted on a case-by-case
basis, depending on the urgency of the
requirement and the availability of
funds. Personnel affected by these
cost-avoidance actions will be personal-
ly notified.
Every effort will be made to minimize
inconvenience and hardships to personnel
within the framework of available PCS
funds.
According to Commander Paul J.
Thorpe, Iceland Defense Force assistant
chief of staff, J-l Administration/Per-
sonnel Division, mistakes will probably
be made in a few cases such as cancel-
lation of orders issued before April 8
or personnel being extended when they
should receive orders.
KEFLAVIK OUTLOOK
"I recommend that in the event a
mistake is made, the person involved
shoul request his/her command look into
the matter to get it straightened out,"
Cdr. Thorpe stated. "I think there is
a good chance we'll get more funds for
PCS moves in July."
Air Forces Iceland Comptroller Cap-
tain Harry R. Masters said that there
were no problems expected with Air
Force PCS funding.
At the present time, Marine Barracks
Keflavik personnel officials anticipate
no problems with their PCS funds.
Volume 34, Number 17
Keflavik, Iceland
April 28, 1978
APPOINTED in early March, the Employee Advisory and Communications
Committee chairman Hall dor Magnusson is congratulated by Captain Jack
T. Weir, Commander Naval Forces Iceland/Commanding Officer Naval Sta-
tion Keflavik. Commander Walter J. Landen and Captain M. C. Clegg,
who helped lay the groundwork for the group, share in the ceremony,
(photo by PH3 Tom Wall)
NEW RECREATION DEPARTMENT officer Lieutenant
Commander Stanley L. Primmer was presented
the Navy Commendation medal last week. The
medal is based on his outstanding service as
assistant operations officer for Commander
Patrol Wings U. S. Atlantic from August 1975
through March 1978. As staff facility mana-
ger, his responsibilities included three
naval air stations.
Navy’s top enlisted member
to visit NavSta Keflavik
The master chief petty officer of the
Navy is slated to visit the Keflavik
NATO base early next week.
Master Chief Operations Specialist
Robert J. Walker will visit the base as
part of a four-base, nine-day trip. He
is expected to arrive early Tuesday
evening and will leave late Thursday
morning.
During his stay, the 49-year-old
master chief will attend a luncheon
with E-6 through E-9 personnel at the
Top of the Rock Club from noon until
1:30 p.m. Wednesday. Additionally, he
will hold a session with all hands at
the Andrews Theater from 1:30 to 2:30
p.m. that same afternoon.
Other events planned for the master
chief are a visit with Patrol Squadron
Fifty-Six and base officials, a base
briefing and tour and a visit to Rey-
kj avik.
A New York native, Master Chief
Walker has been master chief of the
Navy since September 1975. Nearly 17
years of his career have been in ship-
board duty and eight years have been
spent in instructing and training
duties.
Before taking over his present as-
signment, Master Chief Walker was
master chief petty officer (force
master chief) of Naval Air Force, U. S.
Atlantic Fleet.
Among his nine awards, Master Chief
Walker holds the Navy Achievement and
Commendation medals, both of which
cited his superior leadership abili-
ties .
Other bases the 30-year Navy
veteran will visit during this trip
include Naval Air Station Brunswick,
ME; Naval Station Bermuda; and Naval
Facility Lajes.
Law Day May
By Cdr. Walter jf Landen
While May Day is a national day of
celebration in many countries, includ-
ing Iceland, it is also a special day
in the United States. By joint reso-
lution of Congress and presidential
proclamation May 1 has been set aside
as Law Day.
This annual nationwide event is not
a day set aside for lawyers, but a day
for every citizen to think about the
role law plays in our society. Law is
that intangible force that makes free-
dom possible, the search for equal
justice achieveable, and which enables
a highly industralized complex society
to function with a maximum of order
and a minimum of injustice and infringe-
1; A memorial for justice
ment upon basic human rights. It is a
time for all citizens to reflect upon
the rights they hold under the United
States Constitution: Free speech, free
press, freedom of assembly, freedom of
religion, freedom from unreasonable
search and seizure and the right to
legal counsel.
Law Day serves as a reminder that
law should not be taken for granted,
but must be nurtured and sustained
by all citizens every day of the year,
for a government without law is limit-
ed to administration of services.
Whether or not we agree that the
American system is the best, it does
rank as a daring effort for the work-
ing out of solutions, in a peaceful
and orderly manner, to the many and
varied problems generated by a com-
plex industrialized society. The
alternative is a government which
recognizes few if any individual
rights.
Law Day is also a day when citizens
are asked to consider their individual
duties and responsibilities such as
(1) to be informed on issues of govern-
ment and community affairs; (2) to
support and encourage efforts to up-
date and modernize our courts; (3)
to vote in elections; (4) to obey, re-
spect and uphold the law; (5) to sup-
port those institutions and persons
charged with law enforcement; (6) to
respect the rights of others; (7) to
practice and teach the principles of
good citizenship in their home; and
(8) to serve on juries and as a court
witness if called.
As the Founding Fathers wrote it,
the Declaration of Independence was
a catalogue of numerous injustices
perpetrated by the British Crown upon
the colonies. The Declaration led,
after five years of war, to the crea-
tion of the Constitution. The Con-
stitution launched the United States
on a search for justice that has been
pursued to this day.
Each of us on this Law Day, should
rededicate oneself to the ideals of
equality and justice under law with
each other and to encouraging and
fostering that respect for law that
is so vital to our democratic way
of life.