The White Falcon - 07.11.1980, Síða 1

Keflavik, Iceland
WHITE
November 7, 1980
Volume 23, Number 44
FALCON
News briefs
PTO Carnival next week
The PTO carnival is just around
the corner. It's a week from
tomorrow in Hangar 885.
This annual event will feature a
variety of booths, entertainment and
food. This event is a major fund
raising project for the Parent
Teacher Organization.
The PTO carnival is traditionally
a full day of entertainment for all
NATO base personnel to enjoy.
Fil-Am potluck tomorrow
The Filipino-American Association
will hold a potluck-style Hail &
Bless tomorrow at 5 p.m. in the Com-
munity Center. A General Assembly
meeting will follow, and all members
and family are encouraged to attend.
Marine Corps Birthday Ball
The Marine Corps Ball will be
Iteld Monday in the O' Club. The
Hll which begins at 6:30 p.m. will
by invitation only as the number
of seats is limited.
The Marine Corps celebrates its
205th anniversary Monday. See story
page 2.
Gospel Choir Wednesday
A Gospel Choir meets every Wed-
nesday in the USO Music Room at 7
p.m. If this form of worship is
appealing to you, call the Choir
Director, Lee Jamerson at Rockville
extension 61 or 42.
CNO Retention Team meeting
All hands are invited to the
Chief of Naval Operations Retention
Team meeting November 10 at 8 a.m.
at Andrews Theater.
The team will discuss rights and
benefits gained and being pursued
for military members. The meeting
will last about 2% hours with a
question and answer session.
Some model planes illegal
Some radio control model air-
planes which operate on stateside
frequencies are not authorized for
use in Iceland.
If you have a radio controlled
«jdel aircraft, either purchased at
Hie Navy Exchange or from another
Psource, contact Chief Petty Officer
Farrow at extension 4313 before you
fly into trouble.
Ho-Boo!
Halloween "trick or treaters" were
everywhere Friday night. A full bag
of candy and a trip to the House of
Horrors - a complete night for any
child. (Photo by J02 Fisher)
Pres. Carter proclaims
Nov. 11 Veteran’s Day
Washington (AFNS) - "On Veterans
Day, 1P80, we pay tribute to 30 mil-
lion living and 14 million deceased
patriots who served in our armed
forces so that you and I might live
in freedom," President Carter said
in proclaiming Nov. 11 as Veterans
Day.
"We must honor these men and
women....by committing ourselves
anew to the task of ensuring that
the freedoms they helped to pre-
serve and the nation they fought
to defend will be safe and secure
for future generations of Ameri-
cans .
"I call upon all Americans to
support the Veteran- Day theme,
'A Grateful Nation Remembers,'
to show their gratitude by visi-
ting ill and disabled veterans in
Veterans Administration medical
centers across the country."
Proud Spirit--
an exercise
in readiness
The Iceland Defense Force is
participating in exercise Proud
Spirit '80, a command post exercise
sponsored by the Joint Chiefs of
Staff. The exercise began yesterday
and will continue through November
26.
Proud Spirit '80 is designed to
test the military services' and JCS'
plans, systems and procedures for
mobilization and deployment. Each
Iceland Defense Force command will
participate to some extent. As the
exercise is a mobilization exercise,
Air Forces Iceland, Naval Forces
Iceland, Naval Communications Sta-
tion Iceland and IceDeFor will be
most heavily involved.
Basically a command post exercise
means that situations are simulated.
As an example, a situation might be
given such as five aircraft sched-
uled to land at Keflavik, and host
commands will need to provide food
and housing for 500 men for three
days, refuel and equip the aircraft.
The aircraft will then proceed to
another simulated strategic point.
Although the exercise is done on
paper, that is, the aircraft and
personnel won't actually land,
commands will need to reveal
whether or not they could carry
out the mission. Thus, current
operating plans and procedures are
tested for their feasibility and
effectiveness.
Proud Spirit '80 exercises pro-
cedures to expand the active com-
ponents by simulating the mobiliza-
tion of all units in the approved
force, all individual reservists and
the logistic, communications, medi-
cal and industrial resources to
support this effort.
Ronald Reagan
wins election
details in next week's edition