The White Falcon - 15.12.1978, Síða 1

VP-5 change of common
r Commander Charles H. Conley
will relieve Commander William R.
Spearman as commanding officer of
Patrol Squadron Five this morning.
The ceremony, scheduled for
11 a.m. in Hangar 831 will fea-
ture Rear Admiral John V. Josephson
as guest speaker.
Rear Admiral Josephson, a
former ‘ commanding officer of VP-5,
is now serving on the NATO military
committee in Brussels, Belgium.
tours of duty as a SP-2H plane
commander, an intelligence analyst
for the National Security Agency,
and has served as executive of-
ficer of Patrol Squadron 30.
Commander Spearman took com-
mand of the squadron in January
1978 and now has orders to the
Bureau of Naval Personnel in
Washington, D.C.
Music for the ceremony will be
provided by the Royal Air Force
Kinloss Station Pipe Band.
Commander Conley has served as
executive officer of VP-5 since
January 1978. He has previous
The "Mad Foxes" of VP-5 are
homeported in Jacksonville, FL
and have been in Iceland since
mid-September. The squadron
operates under the control of
Commander, Fleet Air Keflavik,
flying the P-3C "Orion" anti-
submarine warfare aircraft.
today
Cdr Charles H. Conley
Volume 34, Number 50
Keflavik, Iceland
December 15, 1978
Total 39 honored
34 people to be frocked Monday
Thirty-one people of Naval Sta-
tion, Keflavik and three men of Na-
val Mobile Construction Battalion
133 Detachment, Keflavik will be
frocked to the next higher rank in
ceremonies to be held Monday by
Captain Thomas J. Keene, NavStaKef
commanding officer.
Three other people of the Naval
Station, and one man of NMCB 133
Detachment will be advanced to the
next higher paygrade during the
same ceremonies.
Under a new policy announced
by the Navy, men and women selected
for advancement to petty officer
pay grades E-4 through E-9 may be
frocked to the next higher pay grade
if serving in a billet of the grade
for which they were selected, or
higher. The reason for the change
in policy is to give commanding of-
ficers the flexibility to recognize
deserving individuals by placing
them into vacant billets of the
next higher paygrade.
Frocking is an administrative
authorization that allows personnel
to wear the uniform of a higher pay
grade, although it does not entitle
the wearer to the pay and allowances
of the higher grade until the act-
ual advancement.
The following personnel will
be frocked to the ranks shown:
ACC Edward L. Cosmah, EMC Mich-
ael W. Price, AOC Ted L. Scott, HMj.
Lawrence D. Bennett, MM1 Gary R.
Brightbill, MSI Armando A. Morato,
MSI Pete Viado, AC1 James R. Wilde,
LI2 Ronald J. Brendemihl, AK2 Ruby
A. McCrary, MS2 Becky L. Hill, AD3
Chester J. Antczak, PH3 Michael L.
Major Robert F. Itnyre relieved
Major J. M. Strickland as Comr-
manding Officer of the Marine Bar-
racks in a ceremony held at the
Marine Club last week.
Maj. Itnyre's last assignment
was at Marine Corps Base 29 Palms,
CA., where he served as CO of the
1st 155 Howitzer Battery. A
Blake, PN3 Richard A. DeTemple, AK3'
Ann M. Estock, PN3 Dick E. Fender,
HT3 Michael A. Heflin, AZ3 Jacque-
line E. Hines, BM3 Thomas L. Jeffer-
son, MM3 David W. Jensen, BM3 Rob-
ert R. Mack, SK3 Howard C. Martin,
AD3 Colleen M. Musser, SK3 Lawrence
A. Napoli, SK3 Joyce A. Ponder, AC3
Thomas B. Robison, AME3 Edward M.
Schaffer, SK3 Larry S. Tarpinian,
J03 Bonnie E. van Zuuk, AD3 Bryan
P. Watson and SK3 Alan E. Young.
Continued on pg. 4
native of Chicago, Ma j. Itnyre is
a graduate of Montana College and
received his commission in 1966.
The former Commanding Officer,
Ma j. Strickland, served as Com-
manding Officer of the Marine Bar-
racks for 14 months. He has been
ordered to the Marine Corps Educa-
tion and Development Center,
Quantico, VA.
Marine Barracks has new CO