The White Falcon - 22.12.1978, Page 3

December 22, 1978
White Falcon
Page 3
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Navy Exchange holiday hours set
The Navy Exchange facilities'
holiday hours are as follows:
On Dec. 24 the Mini Mart and
Viking Cafeteria will close at 8
p.m. The Service Station will be
open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All
other facilities will be closed.
On December 25 the Viking Cafe-
teria will be open from 9 a.m. to
2 p.m. and 5 p.m. to midnight. All
other facilities will be closed.
On Dec. 26 the Retail store,
Personalized Services, Geyser Cafe-
teria and Laundry/Dry Cleaning will
be closed due to an Icelandic holi-
day. All other facilities will be
as usual.
B On Dec. 31 the Mini Mart and
^^ing Cafeteria will close at 8
p.m. The Service Station will be
open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All
other facilities will be closed.
On Jan. 1 the Mini Mart will
be open from 9:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
The Viking Cafeteria will be open
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
to midnight. All other facilities
will be closed.
Pizza deliveries
The Navy Exchange Food Service
Department has recently added an-
other vehicle to its pizza delivery
service which will speed up deliv-
ery time considerably. Six selec-
tions of pizzas in three sizes are
available.
Pizzas may be ordered for deli-
very from 5:30 to 11 p.m. daily by
calling 2149. They are also avail-
The Recreation Department has
announced that all recreational
facilities will be closed on Monday,
Christmas Day.
On Sunday, Christmas Eve, the
Youth Center, Auto Hobby Shop,
able daily at the Viking Cafeteria
from 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Potential toy hazard
Parker Brothers announced a
voluntary recall of all their Rivi-
ton Construction toys. They pose
a potential hazard to children.
Anyone who has purchased any of the
following models from the Navy Ex-
change may return them to the Store
Manager for a full refund:
2100 Riviton Basic, 2200 Ri-
viton Expanded, 2300 Riviton Mas-
ter and 2400 Riviton Transportation.
Bowling Alley, and gym will close
at 6 p.m. The Andrews theater will
be showing a 2 p.m. matinee and
will be closed for the remainder of
Sunday and all day Monday
Recreation facilities closed
Telecommunications
People in grades E-5 through E-7
in overage of balanced Air Force
specialty codes are eligible to re-
Revised NCO
scoring set
Beginning with promotion cycles
Aug. 1, 1979, scores for all airman
promotion system factors except dec-
orations will be computed and carw
ried to two decimal places for com-
petition to grades E-5 through E-9.
The revised scoring policy is de-
signed to give individuals the exact
score they achieve on airman perfor-
mance reports, specialty knowledge
tests, promotion fitness examina-
tions, and USAF Supervisory Exam-
inations.
Scores for these factors are cur-
rently rounded off. That is, scores
are carried out to two decimal
places but rounded to the next high-
er whole number for decimals of 0.50
or higher or to the lower whole num-
ber for decimals of 0.49 or lower.
Time-in-service and time-in-grade
points are already scored to two
decimal places. Decoration points
are in whole numbers and are not af-
fected.
retraining
train into the telecommunications
control specialty, 307X0.
Current requirements call for
approximately 150 additional non-
commisioned officers to fill super-
visory positions at worldwide loca-
tions. They will be responsible
for analyzing and monitoring the
Air Force's radio and wire telecom-
munications equipment.
Eligible NCOs should request re-
training under the PALACE TELECOM
program, and can request a base of
preference when applying. Appli-
cants should have a score of 80 or
above in the electronics portion of
the Airman Qualification Exam, and
meet base residency requirements of
two years on station. Partial wa-
vers of AQE and residency require-
ments will be considered.
People interested in the program
should contact the retraining unit
at the local consolidated base per-
sonnel office to determine their
eligibility and for help in com-
pleting applications. For further
details, call TSgt Anthony Langford
SEASONS
GREETINGS
available
at the Air Force Manpower and Per-
sonnel Center, Autovon 487-2863/
4378.
HC’s Eligible
CWO selection
Hospital Corpsweu iu paygrades
E-5 through E-9 once again are eli-
gible for selection for promotion
to unief Warrant Officer under the
Physician's assistant program, re-
cently reinstituted by the Secre-
tary of the Navy.
Some of the eligibility require-
ments are: GCT of 55 and ARI of
55, R WK/AR of 110. Be at least
21, but not more than 36 years of
age. Possess at least a High
School diploma or its equivalent.
Agree to 54 months obligated ser-
vice.
Applications must arrive at the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery by
Dec. this year. On Jan. 10, BUMED
will select the best qualified ap-
plicants to attend the program at
Naval Regional Medical Center
Portsmouth, VA, in April.