The White Falcon - 12.12.1980, Blaðsíða 1

WHITE
Keflavik, Iceland
December 12, 1980
Volume 23, Number 49
FALCON
News briefs
Christmas portraits
Photographs of children with
Santa Claus are being taken at the
base Hobby Shop on Saturdays and
Sundays from 1:30 to 4 p.m. The
photos are 8 x 10 and a "minimum"
fee is charged.
Gas price increases
The Navy Exchange has announced
a 10 cent per gallon price increase
for gasoline effective Monday.
NEX specials
A wide selection of "Waterford
Crystal" and "Bosson Heads" will be
available at the Navy Exchange
Wednesday. Saturday is "kids day"
from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
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TV
ber Shop hours
The Navy Exchange Crews Barber
Shop will open 6:30 to 10 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday.
WF Happy Holidays page
Beginning Monday you can come on
in and sign the Happy Holidays page
of next week's White Falcon. We are
located in building 734C behind the
Naval Station and Air Forces Iceland
headquarters. So come in and wish
happy holidays in print to your
friends and neighbors on the NATO
Base.
The White Falcon holiday issue
will be distributed Friday. The
next full issue will be January 9.
The entertainment supplement will
continue to be published.
NEX board meeting
The Navy Exchange Advisory Board
will meet Monday at 1:30 p.m. in the
Naval Station Conference Room.
Family Nite Thursday
The Navy Exchange will be
featuring a giant "Holiday Gift"
^ starting Family Nite at 6 p.m.
sday. Wide selection of gifts
around the world. All items
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Ho! Ho! Ho!
Santa Claus took time out of his busy schedule this weekend to visit with
the children of the town of Hofn. Four hundred children were Invited to
the Hofn (H—3) site for an all-day Christmas party, which was hosted by
the men of the site. A photo-feature on the party appears on pages four
and five.
Big year for benefits
Congress passes military pay legislation
The Chief of Naval Operations
announced this week the 96th Con-
gress passed perhaps the most sig-
nificant legislation affecting
military pay in history.
All major 1980 objectives for
pay and improved military compen-
sation have been achieved. The
total amount of all of these in-
creases in pay and benefits for
Navy personnel and their families
exceeds $1.2 billion.
A list of basic pay, allowances,
career incentive pays and re-enlist-
ment incentives passed by the Con-
gress follows:
The fair benefits package has
just been passed. When signed by
the President, the benefits will be
effective January 1 and include:
Sea pay for officers and enlisted
consists of two parts. Regular
sea pay and a sea pay premium:
Regular sea pay is paid to
sailors based on pay grade and the
number of years of sea duty they
have accumulated. Enlisted sea pay
is paid to E-4 and above. For ex-
ample, an E-6 with six years of sea
duty will receive $225 per month in
sea pay. Officer sea pay is paid to
WO's, 0-1E/2E and 0-3 through 0-6
who have at least three years at sea
to qualify.
A sea pay premium provides an
additional monthly amount of $130
for those qualifying for regular
sea pay and serving at sea for more
than 36 consecutive months.
Submarine duty incentive pay.
Increases sub pay for both officer
and enlisted personnel.
BAO for bachelors; All E-7’s and
above have the option of receiving
BAO, except while they are deployed
from homeport for more than 90 days.
Accumulation of up to 90 days
of leave: Navy personnel on long
deployments can accumulate up to 90
days of leave, usable in the year
following their deployment.
Enlisted members who extend at
least one year on an overseas tour
are eligible for one of the follow-
ing:
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