The White Falcon - 18.08.1978, Blaðsíða 1
RAdm Bernstein relieved in ceremony today
RAdm Martini takes over
IDF command
Rear Admiral Richard A. Martini will
relieve Rear Admiral Karl J. Bernstein
as Commander Iceland Defense Force (IDF)
in a change of command ceremony today at
11 a.m. in Hangar 831.
RADM Bernstein, who assumed command
of IDF in August 1976, has been ordered
to Washington, DC to serve as Comman-
dant Naval District Washington.
^ Previously, RADM Martini served as
Rhe deputy manager, Anti-Submarine War-
fare Systems Project, Naval Material
Command, Washington.
In addition to the IDF command, the
admiral will become Island Commander
Iceland, Commander Fleet Air Keflavik,
Commander Iceland Sector Anti-Submarine
Warfare Group and Commander Fleet Air
Wing Northern Atlantic.
Guest speakers for the change of
command will be The Honorable James J.
Blake, U. S. Ambassador to Iceland, and
Vice Admiral George E. R. Kinnear II,
Commander Naval Air Force, U. S. Atlan-
tic Fleet.
RADM Martini was born Jan. 15, 1932,
in Norway, MI. A member of the Naval
Reserve Officers Training Corps at the
University of Utah, he received his
commission upon graduation in 1954.
He then entered flight training at
Pensacola, FL, and was designated a
naval aviator in January 1956.
He was assigned to Naval Air Com-
mand, Corry and Whiting Fields, FL,
as a flight instructor in T-28 air-
craft. In 1958, he was assigned to
Patrol Squadron Six at Naval Air
Station Barbers Point, HI. After com-
pleting a course of instruction at the
Naval Applied Science Laboratory in
1961, he was Commander Fleet Air Wing
Two staff at NAS Barbers Point.
In 1963, RADM Martini was assigned to
Air Development Squadron One. After at-
tending the Armed Forces Staff College
in 1965, he reported to Patrol Squadron
10, Naval Air Station Brunswick, ME.
There his duties included safety offi-
cer, operations officer and officer-in-
charge of an Argentia, Newfoundland, de-
tachment. He also participated in de-
ployments to Iceland, the Azores, Spain
and Bermuda.
During his tour with Patrol Squadron
24, where he reported in 1968, RADM
Martini became executive officer. In
December 1969, he became VP-24's com-
manding officer. He returned to Wash-
ington in 1971 and served in the Office
of Program Appraisal, Office of the
Secretary of the Navy until August
1971.
RADM Martini reported to Patrol
Squadron 30 as commanding 'officer from
October 1972 until October 1973. Com-
pleting his tour with VP-30, he served
as P-3C Program Coordinator in the of-
fice of the Chief of Naval Operations
until becoming Commander Patrol Wing
11 in March 1975. He was assigned to
the Naval Material Command in October
1976.
He is authorized to wear the Legion
of Merit, the Meritorious Service
Medal, the Navy Unit Commendation,
Meritorious Unit Commendation and the
National Defense Medal.
RADM Martini is married to the
former Janet Fretwell of Ogden, UT.
They have three children: Kenneth,
Steven and Catherine.
Capt Keene relieves Capt Weir in Tuesday ceremony
Captain Thomas J. Keene will relieve
Captain Jack T. Weir as Commander Naval
Forces Iceland/Cojnmanding Officer Naval
Station Keflavik at 11 a.m. Tuesday in
Hangar 885.
Having served in Iceland since Sep-
tember 1976, Capt. Weir will be assigned
to the Pentagon in Washington, DC, as
Head of the Command and Control and Com-
munications Systems Branch, Navy Depart-
ment .
Ambassador Pall A. Tryggvason will be
the guest speaker for the change of com-
mand. He was appointed ambassador Jan.
1, 1977. The ambassador also is Chief
of the Defense Division and Icelandic
Chairman of the Defense Council.
Capt. Keene, a native of Los Angeles,
began his naval career as an aviation
cadet in January 1954 in the jet attack
training program. He completed flight
training, having been designated a
naval aviator in May 1955.
Early in his career he was assigned
to Fighter Squadron 63, later redesig-
nated Attack Squadron 22, homeported at
Naval Air Station Alameda, CA. While
stationed with VA-22, he completed two
western Pacific cruises on the USS
■r Shangri La and the USS Midway, flying
F9F-8 and FJ-4B aircraft.
Entering the patrol aviation com-
•munity in 1962, Capt. Keene deployed to
Kodiak and Adak, AK, and Iwakuni, Japan
as Patrol Plane Commander in the SP-2H
"Neptune" with Patrol Squadron Two,
homeported at Naval Air Station Whidbey
Island, WA.
The latter deployment included oper-
ational flights in Southeast Asia in
Operation Market Time, beginning in
March 1965.
From July 1968 to June 1969, Capt.
Keene served as plans officer in
Fleet Air Wing 10, deploying to Sangley
Point, Philippines and Cam Ranh Bay,
Vietnam.
In 1970, Capt. Keene was executive
officer and later commanding officer
of Patrol Squadron 22, liomeportcu at
Naval Air Station Barbers Point, HI,
while flying P-3B aircraft. Deploy-
ments in VP-22 included Okinawa as well
as detachment operations in Utapao,
Thailand.
Base roads get repaving
More than $500,000 is expected to
be allocated this year for new asphalt
paving for some Naval Station streets,
according to Lieutenant Ronald R.
Hudson, Assistant Public Works Offi-
cer.
The project, which will stretch
into a two-year construction before
final completion, is being directed by
the Iceland Prime Contractor.
A "lay down" machine measures the
correct thickness of the asphalt.
Rollers then compress the asphalt.
Based on vehicle traffic patterns,
a one and a half inch leveling course
is laid down. On the other hand, a
two-inch overlay is sometimes used to
build up a more frequently congested
area.
Work began Monday on International
Highway from the old Mini-Mart to the
Iceland Defense Force Headquarters.
Further paving was in progress this
week from the IDF Bldg, to the Public
Works Department, including parking
lots in housing.
The Naval Station Chapel parking
lot is also scheduled for paving soon.
The current paving construction is
slated for completion by early Septem-
ber.
Before majoring in engineering sci-
ence at the Naval Postgraduate School at
Monterey, CA, Capt. Keene earned a bach-
elor of science degree in education at
the University of Kansas.
He then served in the Office of the
Secretary of Defense in the Pentagon as
contingency plans officer and later was
the patrol aviation training officer on
the staff of Commander, Naval Air Force,
U. S. Pacific Fleet.
Capt. Keene was graduated from the
Naval War College, Newport RI, where he
concurrently earned a master of science
degree in international affairs from
George Washington University.
Following Norwegian language train-
ing at the Foreign Service Institute
in Washington, DC, Capt. Keene attended
the Royal Norwegian Defense College in
Oslo, Norway.
His last assignment was as Assistant
Chief of Staff, Plans and Policy Divi-
sion at Headquarters, Allied Forces
Northern Europe, Kolsaas, Norway.
Capt. Keene's decorations include
the Meritorious Service Medal, Joint
Service Commendation Medal and the
Meritorious Unit Commendation. Cam-
paign and service medals include the
Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of
Vietnam Civil Actions Unit Citation,
Republic of Vietnam Campaign Ribbon,
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal and
National Defense Medal.
The captain is married to the former
Mary Woodbury of Leona, WI, and Oak-
land, CA. They have three girls:
Linda, Sandra and Holly.
PAVING CREWS LAY DOWN asphalt on Vesturbraut near the Naval Station
Chapel Tuesday.