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NETWORK continued from pg. 10
Livley said the third phase of the network will
provide financial services through automated tel -
ler machines. "That means," said Livley,"the ab-
ility to get instant information on balances in
checking accounts, buy Individual Retirement Ac-
counts, certificates of deposit or get loans."
"Down the road, people will be able to apply
for a loan at an automated teller machine thous-
ands of miles from their home financial institution.
The application will be processed through public
access terminals and the funds .disbursed to the
bank or credit union where the loan was requested.
That bank or credit union will then be reimbursed
by your financial institution."
Another key to the successful use of the sys-
tem is direct deposit. Lively says deposits can
not be allowed through automated teller machines
because of state laws concerning interstate trans-
fer of funds.
Livley says it will take 18 months to two years
to bring the network to maturity.
Omsbudsman Academy Nov. 3
Story by Katherine E. Crognale
Ombudsman Council Coordinator
The Ombudsman Council and Family Services Cen-
ter will sponsor an Ombudsman Academy for current
and prospective ombudsman and anyone interested
in finding out more about the ombudsman program
and how the base runs. The Academy will be of-
fered from 3 thru 5 December. A training team
from NMPC, Anne Holland and Betty Jones, will
conduct the academy which will feature topics in-
cluding the role of an ombudsman, effective com-
munications skills, dealing with complaints, cri-
sis intervention and other topics of interest not
only to ombudsman, but to other dependents as
wel 1.
The Ombudsman Academy, which will run from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m., will feature a resource panel
from the Chapel, Exchange, MWR, Housing Office,
and other facilities that we deal with every day
in gathering information and handling complaints.
For more information, please call the Family
Service Center, at ext. 4401.
SPORTS .................................
Marines win base playoff
After winning 1st Place in flag football at
the conclusion of the 1985 intramural season, the
Marine Barracks again captured a number one slot,
this time in the base championship playoffs.
The Marines defeated the team of IDF/CFK by a
score of 26 to 12 to win the base championship
title.
At the conclusion of the game, one of the Mar-
ine players stated that, "Our coach had us out
in the snow practicing everyday, so, we were ready
to go during the playoffs."
Commodore out - Admiral in...
The next time you pass the Commander, Iceland
Defense Force, don't say good morning Commodore!
Not that there's a new prohibition against greeting
flag officers, its just that the Commodore is no
longer a Commodore but a Rear Admiral. . .but
he's not been promoted. He is still an 0-7. Here's
an explanation of the title change taken in part
from a November 8 Stars and Stripes article by
Norman Black.
The Navy has a new rank: rear admiral lower
half. The change will resolve a controversy that
has raged in the Navy for five years: what do you
call a Navy officer between the ranks of captain
and rear admiral? (In the Marine Corps, Army and
Air Force the title of an 0-7 is brigadier general.)
Until now, or at least for the last five years, a
Navy captain who attains his first star has been
called a commodore. The fiscal 1986 budget bill
deletes the title commodore and replaces it with
rear admiral lower half. (In reality, nobody is
going to address someone in person as rear
admiral lower half; we'll just call him admiral.)
The Navy first adopted the rank of commodore in
1864. In 1899 it was dropped and you were either a
captain or a rear admiral. During World War II the
rank was resurrected, only to be dropped again in
1946. At that point commodore was also used
informally to designate the senior captain who
commanded a squadron of ships.
Until 1982 the Navy called everybody who
advanced past the rank of captain a rear admiral.
There were one-star and two-star levels but
everybody wore two stars "and nobody but the
paymaster knew the difference." The Defense
Officer Personnel Management Act of 1980 was
revised in 1982 so that one-star Navy officers
were called commodore.
But the Navy didn't like the change. It was argued
that sailors were getting confused between the
two-star "real-commodore" and the senior captain
heading a squadron. After three years of
discussions with the House Armed Services
Committee a compromise was reached. Now an 0-7
will be a rear admiral lower half and wear one star
but will be addressed as admiral.
The White Falcon November 22, 1985
Photo by J01 Howard Watters
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