The White Falcon - 10.05.1985, Page 8

Navy Nurse Corps birthday celebrated May 13
Story by JOSN Tim A. Abbott
Monday, May 13, is the Navy Nurse Corp1 s77th
anniversary. To commemorate their birthday a
banquet was held at the Commissioned Officer's
Club on May 4. Members from the Icelandic Nur-
sing Association also attended.
Navy Nurses have played an important role in
the Navy since they first reported aboard the USS
Rel ief in 1920. Today, they continue to play that
important role. According to Cmdr. Mary D.
Sattazahn, Senior Nurse, the Navy Nurses role is
becoming more influential in the Navy. Cmdr.
Sattazahn also stated, "It is important for the
Medical Corps to work as a team, and the most im-
portant thing is to provide quality patient care."
There are 2,922 nurses in today's Navy and 26
percent of them are male. In fact, three of
the six nurses at the base hospital are males.
Here are some interesting facts about the nurse
corps:
During World War II , the Nurse Corps had 11,086
officers. When the surrender of Japan was signed
on the USS Missouri, nurses were stationed on
three hospital ships to assist the allied pri-
soners.
In 1960 Nurse Corps Officers were first as-
signed to Keflavik.
In November 1964, the Secretary of the Navy
approved a change, permitting the appointment of
male nurses and the enlistment of male nursing
students in the Navy Nurse Corps Candidate Pro-
gram. On August 25, 1965, George M. Silver was
appointed an Ensign in the Nurse Corps, the first
male nurse in the Navy.
In July 1972, Captain Alene Bertha Duerk was
promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral, the first
woman in the Navy to be promoted to flag rank.
Country rock show
"Two Bucks-N-Change," a fid-
dle driven country rock show is
now aboard the Naval Station.
Their performance.schedule is as
follows:
May 10 9 p.m. - Windbreaker
May 11 9 p.m. - Top of the
Rock
May 12 2 p.m. - USO
May 13 8 p.m. - Rockville
Commissary News
Commands and social groups
should be thinking of their
summer picnic and party needs.
If you are going to require
large quantities of spare ribs
hamburger, hot dogs, steaks
or that special suckling pig
for roasting, now is the
time to make your special
order. Contact Commissary
Stock Control at extension
4107.
Oops!...
In our last week's PW0C story
written by TD3 Swansen of the
base Photo Lab, it was mistaken-
ly credited to J01 Watters.
CWOC meeting
The CWOC Monthly Meeting will
be held at 1 p.m. tomorrow in the
Chapel of Light Fellowship Hall.
Projects for the coming year wi11
be discussed.
Correction...
In last week's White Falcon,
we indicated that free ballons
would be given out by the base
weather dept., during the up-
coming Armed Forces Day cele-
bration. However, the helium-
filled ballons will be sold,
with profits donated to the Navy
Relief Society.
In addition, the unit will
also provide weather information
for all interested personnel.
Savings Bond Campaign
underway on NATO Base
By JOSN Tim A. Abbott
Iceland Defense Force 1985
U.S. Savings Bonds Campaign is
from May 1 to June 1.
An easy way to purchase EE
Bonds is through the Payroll
Savings Plan. For example: for
$6.25 a month a person can pur-
chase a $50 bond in four months.
The EE Bond is worth 50 percent
of its face value.
Original maturity of the bond
is set at 10 years from purchase.
This is based on the time it
takes the bond to grow, and there
is a guaranteed 7.5 percent in-
terest rate. The current rate
of interest is 10.94 percent.
Also, the interest of EE Bonds
is exempt from state and local
income taxes. U.S. Saving Bonds
are a convenient and easy way to
save.
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The White Falcon May 10, 1985