The White Falcon - 12.12.1980, Blaðsíða 3

December ' , 1980 White Falcon 3
New book store
Customers check out the new selection of books at the Mini-Mart. The new
600 square foot book store opened Saturday and features hard cover and
paper back books as well as magazines. All books are discounted from the
publisher's suggested retail price. The Mini-Mart was selected to house
the new store because of its convenient location and longer hours of oper-
ation. (Photo by J02 Fisher)
Big year for
—$50 per month for the period of
the extension.
—30 days "R and R."
—15 days "R and R" and round trip
transportation to Conus.
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Pay raise
Other legislation affecting
itary pay and compensation al-
dy passed by Congress during the
ar is summarized below:
Highlights from the Defense
Authorization bill include:
—An 11.7 percent across the board
pay raise for all military personnel
wa3 effective October 1.
—Provides for a $30 per month
family separation allowance for E-4s
and below, who were not previously
eligible.
Moving costs
Pays the cost of moving a mobile
home or an amount to the cost of
moving the member's household goods
weight allowance, whichever is less.
Increases the Conus per diem rate
from $35 to $50 per day and the
Conus high cost area actual expense
reimbursement rat' from $50 to a
maximum of $75 per day.
"Grandfathers" the revised system
for calculating retired pay leans
that people presently on active duty
will have their retired pay calcu-
lated under the present system.
Enlistment incentives
Increases enlistment incentives
for certain skills from $3,000 to
$5,000.
Increases the maximum selective
^-enlistment bonus (SRB) from
,000 to $16,000 (from S15.000
20,000 for nuclear trained
rsonnel).
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Authorizes a Zone "C" SRB for
members with 10 to 14 years of
service.
Authorizes an incentive for in-
dividuals who affiliate with the
ready reserve or selective reserve
units.
Increased BAS
Increased BAS by 10Z, effective
September 1, 1980.
Increased flight pay for of-
ficer and enlisted aircrewmen by
25Z, effective September 1, 1980.
Housing allowance
Started a variable housing
allowance (VHA) based on the dif-
ference between the average cost of
housing In a geographic area and
115Z of BAO.
Removed the mileage rate for PCS
moves and permitted an increase in
the rate from 10q to 18.5c per
mile. Further, Congress has
approved the MALT (mileage allow-
ance in lieu of transporation)
concept of a combination of mileage
and per diem.
Keflavik births
LT and Mrs. Peter L. Husty are
the parents of a son, Brian Peter,
born November 22.
AG1 and Mrs. John A. Coleman are
the parents of a daughter, Rachael
Hope, born November 26.
SSgt. and Mrs. Chester D.
Martinez are the parents of a son,
Daniel Bryant, born November 26.
MS2 and Mrs. Wayne A. Reay are
the parents of a daughter, Miranda
Denise, born November 30.
Base CFC drive deemed
one of the best ever
The 1981 NATO Base Combined
Federal Campaign has been described
by Lt. Col. Donald L. Hausam, CFC
Chairman, as one of the best ever
for Keflavik.
NATO Base personnel opened their
hearts and donated or pledged
$47,935.25, almost $5,000 more than
last year's campaign total.
CFC contributions provide funding
to voluntary, non-profit organi-
zations on the local, national and
international level.
Participation within the four
NATO Base divisions varied. Base-
wide participation was recorded at
44 percent with donations averaging
$32.60. Leading the division for
participation was Iceland Defense
Force with 80 percent contributing
$3,300.
Air Forces Iceland recorded 56
percent participation contributing
$14,479. Thirty-eight percent of
Naval Station personnel partici-
pated contributing $27,639 to the
annual CFC fund. And, Fleet Air
Keflavik reported 27 percent par-
ticipation donating $2,814 to the
campaign fund.
In preparing the final campaign
report Colonel Hausam said he was
pleased with this year's partici-
pation and thanked all those who
participated, especially the key
persons and the project officers.
Det. 14 Commander
selected for Col.
Lt. Col. Bruce K. Ware, Commander
Det. 14, the "Jolly Green" helicop-
ter unit, has been selected for
promotion to colonel.
Since Colonel Ware assumed
command the unit has performed 26
missions. The colonel personally
flew eight of those missions.
The unit also assisted the Ice-
landers by airlifting six pieces of
drilling equipment off an Icelandic
Coast Guard ship to the volcanic
island of Surtsey for scientific
exploration.
Colonel Ware also assisted in the
planning of the first hospital heli-
pad in Iceland at the City Hospital
in Reykjavik and inaugurated the pad
by making the first landing there.
Colonel Ware entered the Air
Force in June 1960 and completed
helicopter school after pilot
training.
He has flown rescue helicopters
his entire career except for tours
at Aerospace and Rescue Recovery
Service and Military Airlift Command
Headquarters which he completed
prior to his tour with Det. 14.