The White Falcon - 25.01.1985, Page 1

Professionalism nets TJ Award for NBS
I take great pleasure in congratulating you and your staff for winning two
Thomas Jefferson Awards. This accomplishment is extremely unique in military
broadcasting. As you all know, the TJ competition is very stiff, and for
any station to win multiple awards indicates a degree of excellence unmatched
throughout Navy Broadcasting Service. You performance continues to reflect
the Keflavik tradition of setting the standards for Navy Broadcasting Service.
Well done."
Mr. R. Hiner
Headquarters Navy Broadcasting Service
Washington, D.C.
By J03 Elizabeth Rathbone
The Navy Broadcasting Service
(NBS) Detachment here in Keflavik
has won two first place awards in
the Thomas Jefferson Awards com-
petition.
J01 Gary Bennett, who was
transferred from here several
months ago, was honored for his
"News Four" production in the
single television newscast with
an emphasis on local news cate-
gory.
The other first place award
went to the entire NBS staff for
their production of USO spots in
the radio spot production cate-
gory.
The Thomas Jefferson Awards
is a competition sponsored by
the Defense Information School
at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Ind-
ianapolis, Ind. The competition
is between both broadcasting and
print units of all the armed
services.
For NBS to even be considered
for a Thomas Jefferson Award,
they first had to enter the Navy
competiton sponsored by the Of-
fice of the Chief of Information.
The detachment did that and
won in several categories as
previously reported in The White
Falcon.
When questioned about his
feelings concerning the awards,
Ensign Ron Barkdull, the Officer
in Charge of the detachment,
said, "I'm delighted. I knew
we had those kind of people be-
hind our entries, along with the
professionalism."
Physically, the awards con-
sist of plaques and bust statu-
ettes of Thomas Jefferson. The
plaques are presented to indivi-
duals who win the awards and the
statuettes go to the parent or-
ganization of only the first
place winners.
Names have changed Share Prayer Breakfast
to preserve history with Icelandic bishop
WASHINGTON (NES) - They're gone. It's as if a
giant hand reached down and snatched them off the
base overnight. The unaccompanied enlisted per-
sonnel housing, unaccompanied officer personnel
housing and enlisted dining faci1ity have vanished.
But don't panic! The sailors still have rooms
to sleep in and a place to eat. The IJEPH, UOPH
and EDF may be gone, but the buildings are still
there and are once again known by their more tra-
ditional names: barracks or bachelor enlisted
quarters; bachelor officers quarters; and mess
decks, galley, mess and wardroom.
The name changes are part of the return to
more traditional naval language. In addition, the
Navy is placing more emphasis in using such every-
day nautical terms as ladder, topside, deck, pas-
sageway and bulkhead.
WASHINGTON (AFNS) - Military members will have
an opportunity to share breakfast and prayer Jan-
uary 31. The National Prayer Breakfast is an an-
ual event sponsored by the Congress during which
the President of the United States and other gov-
ernment officials meet to rededicate the ideals
upon which the American nation was founded.
The base-wide observance of this event will be
held from 7:30 until 8:45 a.m. at the Top of the
Rock. The guest speaker will be Olafur Skulasson
the ordaining bishop of Iceland.
Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger ex-
plained that, "As we pray together this year, may
we be reminded that the struggle for freedom and
peace is costly," then added, "We cannot shrink
from the challenge, with faith., and courage. . .
we ask God's blessings that all may be free."