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ICELANDIC POLICEMAN Sigurdur Joakimsson and BM2 Dennis Mauzy, secur-
ity safety patrol supervisor, test a newly-acquired radar gun. The
device, to be used on the Agreed Area starting Wednesday, will enable
Icelandic and base authorities to monitor vehicle speeds here, (photo
by PHAN Kirk Fasking)
To improve traffic safety, a joint
U. S./Icelandic patrol will begin op-
erating a newly-acquired radar gun on
the Agreed Area on Wednesday, May 24.
The traffic patrol, consisting of
one Naval Station Security member and
one Icelandic policeman, will use the
radar gun at random times and places
to control vehicle speeds on the
Agreed Area.
Patrol cars, equipped with red
lights, will be furnished by NAVSTA
Security and the Icelandic Police,
and will be used on an alternating
basis.
Violators of speed limits will be
shown the radar-clocked speed on the
radar gun prior to receiving a traf-
fic citation, which will be written
in kilometers-per-hour (KPH).
Personnel receiving a speeding
citation will have their cases tried
by the Icelandic Court, which is loca-
ted at the Njardvik gate.
Speed radar
to control
drivers
on base
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Volume 34, Number 20
Kefiavik, Iceland
May 19, 1978
Armed Forces
Day May
20 '
President Carter honors past
and present service members
The observance of Armed Forces day,
May 20, is a well-earned tribute to US
Servicemembers and a reminder that mili-
tary readiness is essential to ensuring
peace and security for our Nation.
Almost two centuries ago, President
George Washington said, "There is a rank
due to the United States among nations
which will be withheld, if not absolute-
ly lost, by the reputation of weakness.
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be
able to repel it; if we desire to secure
peace, it must be known that we are at
all times ready for war."
This is as true today as it was at
the end of the 18th century. Thus, as
we read and hear the debated pros and
cons of military power and defense spend-
ing, we might keep in mind that such
questions have been raised before.
Throughout the history of the US, it has
been the tendency to prepare for war
when it was forced upon us, and to dis-
mantle our military forces when fight-
ing was over.
This "national philosophy" goes back
to post-Revolutionary War days. Those
early US citizens, leary of military
might, thought that a large standing
army should not be maintained in times
of peace. And our ocean borders were
considered natural protection.
But such is no longer the case. Mod-
ern technology now enables a potential
enemy to hurl missiles over or from un-
der the oceans onto our cities in a
matter of minutes. This coupled with
today's close East-West balance of pow-
er, makes it imperative that the US be
prepared for any eventuality.
Such thinking is not new. Thomas
Jefferson declared, "Eternal vigilance
is the price of Liberty." And his fel-
low Virginian, Patrick Henry, dramatic-
ally pointed out, "The battle, sir, is
not to the strong alone; it is to the
vigilant, the active, and the brave."
Many years later, John F. Kennedy said,
Base cleanup successful
250 tons of trash collected
Excellent results follow the basewide
cleanup that collected a total of 250
tons of trash last week. The base split
up into sections, and each department
and tenant command was given one of
these sections to clean up.
All day long more than 50 dump trucks
and more than 200 pickup trucks trans-
ported loads of trash to the dump for
disposal. Large amounts of metal and
other trash were removed from every
area of the base, around the airfield,
Fuel Farm vicinity, main base area and
housing area.
Each department and command trans-
ported all the trash which could be
handled to the dump with respective ve-
hicles. Heavier material such as
metal, or large amounts of wood, was
picked up by the Public Works Depart-
ment heavy equipment section.
Within the next month, the 'V/7D
base expects to have a metal bailer,
and will receive an incinerator in 18
months which will make the trash dis-
posal problem at the Naval Station a
thing of the past.
The Naval Station gives a "well
done" to everyone who participated in
the base cleanup.
"This Nation can afford to be strong, it
cannot afford to be weak. We shall do
what is needed to make and keep us
strong."
Today, President Jimmy Carter echoes
this theme that has been sounded by Amer-
ican . statesmen throughout our history.
He's stated, "While I am President, our
military strength and our capability to
defend freedom will be second to none in
all the world."
The history of the world has shown
that nations secure peace only through
being prepared for war. President
Dwight D. Eisenhower perhaps expressed
it best: "We seek peace, knowing-as all
ages of man have known-that peace is the
climate of freedom. And now, as in no
other ag'e, we seek it because we have
been warned by the power of modern weap-
ons that peace may be the only climate
possible for human life itself."
Channel five
is coming soon
BEFORE THE BASEWIDE
CLEANUP, the Naval Sta-
tion Dump was just that.
AFTER CANVASSING THE EN-
TIRE BASE, the dump is
now certainly cleaner,
more convenient to use
and overall better for
all patrons as is the
NATO base as a whole.