The White Falcon - 23.06.1978, Síða 1

Naval Station goes to sea
Landing craft launched
Volunteers from the Security and Pub-
lic Works Departments launched a Navy
LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) at the
Njardvik Pier last week.
The craft was officially put to sea
last week when the crew rendered honors
and "piped the side" to Captain Jack T.
Weir, Naval Station Keflavik Commanding
Officer.
The vessel originally came from Naval
Station Argentia, Newfoundland, and has
been at Keflavik for the past two years
until recent repairs made it operative.
Weighing 40 tons with a length of 56
feet, the LCM-6 (Mike-6) was made for
moving equipment from a larger ship to
shore, according to Ensign R.A. Sefton,
Public Works Transportation Division Of-
ficer.
SN TOM JEFFERSON tweeds a line for the
LCM-6 (upper left). BM1 Lary Brinlee,
BMCS William Coffey, SA Dan Perkins and
SN Jefferson wait for the launching to
begin (left). SN Ed Prather, MMFN
David Jensen and BM1 Brinlee rev up the
engine before launching the craft
(right). (Falcon staff photos)
Inspector General visits
Inspector General of the Navy Rear
Admiral Stanley J. Anderson visited the
Naval Station last week.
During his stay at Keflavik, the in-
spector general consulted with person-
nel who desired to meet with him to dis-
cuss problems or suggestions.
To receive a general overview of
respective operations, the admiral was
briefed on the Naval Weather Service and
Environmental Detachment, Air Forces
Iceland and Fleet Air Keflavik intelli-
gence and operations divisions.
RADM Anderson also toured Patrol
Squadron 56 as well as the Naval Com-
munication Station, Explosive Ordnance
Disposal Detachment, Naval Security
Group Activity and the Naval Facility.
The inspector general was hosted by
Rear Admiral Karl J. Bernstein, Com-
mander Iceland Defense Force.
RECREATION OFFICER Lieutenant Commander Stanley Primmer (left)
points out highlights of the new Hobby Sales Store for visiting
Inspector General Rear Admiral Stanley J. Anderson last week. Be-
hind the admiral is Captain Jack T. Weir, Naval Station Keflavik Com-
manding Officer.(upper left). WHILE INSPECTING the Enlisted Dining
Facility, RADM Anderson consults with Supply Officer Commander R.
Arendell (below). (photos by PHAN Jesse Williams)
CPR-valuable and needed
Early one evening last year Hospital-
man Phyllis DeBlois saw a truck run a
red light outside the Naval Training
Center, Orlando, FL. .
When the truck stopped ahead of her
at the NTC gate, she learned that the
driver, a retired master sergeant and
the NTC librarian, had suffered a possi-
ble heart attack. DeBlois took charge
and aided the man until an ambulance
and an emergency team arrived.
Following major treatment and a hos-
pital stay, the man was able to go home
to convalesce.
If DeBlois had not acted immediately
and started the first aid process, the
man might have died, since the four to
six minute time span following a heart
attack is the most important period in
such an emergency. If the correct life
saving process is not begun immediate-
ly, death or irreparable damage to the
T>rain could result.
This is the reason that the Red
Cross has undertaken a massive campaign
to train at least one person in every
family in cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR).
The odds of surviving heart attacks,
drownings, drug overdoses or electric
shocks are heavily weighted in favor of
those victims who are lucky enough to
have a CPR-trained relative, friend,
coworker or passerby on hand.
The CPR course consists of seven to
10 hours of instruction and involves ex-
tensive practice of life-saving techni-
ques. Red Cross students are taught how
to recognize a heart attack, how to give
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to someone
who has stopped breathing and how to pro-
vide artificial circulation for someone
whose heart has stopped by giving ex-
ternal cardiac compressions—rhythmic
pressure on the chest with the heels of
the hands.