The White Falcon - 29.05.1981, Side 2

2 White Falcon May 29, 1981
SecNav cites people as first priority.
Secretary of the Navy John Lehman told Armed Forces Day audience in
Detroit, Michigan, that, "It is not by accident that the Navy places its
greatest priority on its people."
"While expansion of the Navy's responsibility and missions brings
with it great demand for increased numbers of ships and planes, and more
supplies and equipment," he said, "we are totally committed to the con-
cept that our people must remain our most vital concern."
Secretary Lehman said during his May 18 presentation that Navy
people had suffered losses of nearly 20 percent in purchasing power because
of pay caps imposed in recent years. He said, "Despite recent advances,
military pay remains far from competitive with private sector wages. Our
1980 advances were directed primarily toward rectifying documented short-
comings in specific elements of the pay system."
The Secretary said that seldom before during wartime, and never in
peacetime, have such enduring efforts been demanded of service people.
"We are virtually stretched out taut. And yet, as one expects with
people of quality, the response has been magnificent. It has really been
nothing less than heroic."
He continued by using the homecoming of USS Ranger (CV 61) in San
Diego, California, as an example. Secretary Lehman said, "Ranger and her
crew of 4,700 Navy men...have just returned from an arduous eight-month
deployment to the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean...eight months...hot...
few liberty ports."
The Secretary said Ranger had been operating at the highest peacetime
tempo in U.S. history, and had been at sea for 80 percent of the time.
He said, "Stretched out taut, were my words, and I meant it. And those
men, responding to such demands, working in those conditions, their
families half a world away, were absolutely magnificent."
184 Navy personnel advanced •
Results of the Navywide Advancement Exams for E-4, E-5 and E-6 have
arrived on the NATO Base. Below is a list of selectees, along with their
new ranks.
COMFAIRKEF SM2 E. Robinson RM2 J. Jamison CTT3 R. Obriant AK2 D. New HM3 L. Richardson
DS2 D. Benjamin SKI T. Santos 0T2 H. Knispel CTR2 C. Vertigan SK2 R. Orender EN3 M. Robinson
DS1 D. Burnham RM2 S. Solomon RM2 R. Knoblock CT03 D. Hoffman DP 2 D. Park AD3 M. Saunders
IS3 G. Valenti ET2 P. Wintrow 0T2 R. Michaels CT03 T. Keenan MS 2 Y. Peters SH3 R. Six
CTO3 F. . Crandall RM2 G. Colahan 0T2 S. Vandigriff CT03 K. Sanchez BM1 G. Prescott A03 P. Spagnotti
RM2 D. Curley CTO3 D. Hoffman HM1 M. Sabat AK3 D. Spofford
COMMISSARY STORE ET1 W. Schauf 0T3 W. Bacheller NAVSTA CMl Thornburg HM2 W. Terrell
MSI H. Noble ET2 G. Schramm UT3 T. Ciena AD2 M. Whitney AK2 P. Trecha AMS3 Vanwatermuelen
SH2 G. Patterson EM2 F. Kaluza EN3 D. Cornett LI2 K. Bines AZ2 Whitenack AD3 M. Walker
ET1 D. Courtney RM3 R. Din AMS2 M. Brown AZ3 J. Allen AC3 L. Walsh
ICEDEFOR ET1 J. Luke 0T3 R. Gumiela AK2 B. Destefano YN3 L. Bowman IC3 R. Williamson
BM2 K. Frizzell RM1 B. Ward 0T3 D. Hansen PCI M. Mendoza ET3 C. Brent HM3 L. Wynn
YN1 T. Luscombe SK3 C. Hagood MR3 K. Hoffman CMl E." Renales SKI D. Crowe
PH3 D. Tepe RM3 P. Jensen 0T3 D. Hunt SKI H. Ordonez YN3 M. Day NAVY EXCHANGE
RM3 W. Johnson EN3 J. Hunt MR2 B. Alford AMS3 A. Delgado HT2 L. Auge
NAVY BROADCASTING RM3 C. Lewis 0T3 J. Jones AE2 J. Alvarez DP 3 R. Duron MSI A. Sison
IC1 E. Ramirez SK3 R. Lewis 0T3 B. Lee ABH2 L. Ballard AZ3 R. Dyer MSI R. Vandegeer
ET1 G. Wilson RM3 B. MacMaster RM3 L. McConville MSI R. Cachin SK3 R. Glick SH3 C. Sarver
J03 M. Gareau RM3 M. Mathis 0T3 T. Nagamine PR2 D. Champagne CE3 J. Grobe
MS 3 K. Mills 0T3 L. Ostrout MS2 G Ch.licas ASH3 G. Hemmingson NWSED
NAVCOMMSTA RM3 C. Robinson 0T3 J. Pereira SK2 H. Duke AMH3 R. Jenkins AG2 B. Amos
AX2 G. Stallings RM2 P. Katus OT3 J. Snyder ASE2 W. Durr ABH3 J. Kelly AG3 S. Brehe
AX1 M. Wagner RM3 A. Wilbourn EN3 N. Stoddard SK2 J. Fiorito BU3 L. Knock AG3 J. Leonard
DS1 A. Slnkiewicz 0T3 T. Treadway PH2 R. Hagensen MS 3 R. Lessard PERSUPPDET
0S2 W. Townsend NAVFAC EN3 R. Turnbull AK2 H. Hedgecoth CM3 J. Lynch DK2 C. Smith
AX2 A. Denko 0T3 S. Flowers UT2 F. Huber DT3 W. McFarland DK2 D. Robinson
0S3 R. McCrea 0T2 K. Francies NSGA HT2 L. Knoblock DT3 D. McKibbens PN2 E. Tapia
DP3 D. Monahan BU2 R. Ostrout CTM1 L . Burroughs AC2 R. Lathrop YN3 D. Millatti PN1 R. Welborn
RM2 S. Bocchino 0T1 J. Gordon CTM2 R . Drew MSI H. Mallari AME3 W. Mitchell PN2 C. Zellner ^
RM2 M. Delisle 0T2 R. Pardo CTR1 M . Paliwoda HT2 McAllister LI3 W. Moore PN3 D. Lemek
RM1 D. Fraser DS2 K. Rehberg CTM2 J . Porter HT2 F. McGowan EM3 J. Moulin PN3 E. Lewis
RM2 I. Gill EM2 G. Anderson CTR3 C. . Behm CE2 S. Medley AZ3 J. Mungo DK2 R. Muir
YN2 M. Lovelace 0T1 L. Gyure CTT3 L . Evans SM2 W. Meeks YN3 Y. Munoz DK3 G. Ohman
ET1 S. Pippins 0T2 C. Hardin CTT3 R . Lock HM1 M. Morris AK3 E. Rainey PN3 J. Shelanskey