The White Falcon - 08.08.1986, Qupperneq 4

New Netherlands officer assigned to Defense Force
by J02 Kerry Honore
Welcome aboard to
Netherlands Navy Commander
Teunls A. Kruis, the second
NATO officer to be assigned to
Island Commander Iceland.
Commander Kruis, a native of
Noordwykerhout, is a grad-
uate of the Nautical Academy.
He received his Naval Reserve
Commission to the grade of
Ensign in March 1962, along
with his designation as a Navigational Flight Officer
(NFO).
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Cmdr. Kruis awards include the Netherlands'
Men's National Sporting Fitness medal, which he has
obtained twice. This medal is equal to the United
States Presidential Medal for fitness. He also
received a Naval Medal for service and has 20 years
active duty.
Iceland is not an unfamiliar place for Cmdr.
Kruis. For 12 years he has been flying in and out of
Iceland on aircraft.
Cmdr. Kruis or "Bram", his nickname, would like
to thank Lt. Cmdr. John V. Alexander, Cmdr. Mark
B. Baldy and his wife for the friendly welcome to
Iceland.
Cmdr. Kruis is married to the former Conny
Goetjaer. They have two children, Ingrid, 22 and
Eric, 20.
VP-8 pilot honored during recent ceremony
by Lt.(jg) Maynard, Patrol Squadron
EIGHT Public Affairs Officer
Ensign Gerald L. Nyberg II, USNR, of Patrol Squad-
ron EIGHT was recently awarded the 1985 Daughters
of the American Revolution Achievement Award by
Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Wayne E. Foshay at a
special VP-8 quarters.
Each year this award is given to a Navy, Marine
Corps and Coast Guard pilot who achieves the highest
overall flight grades while assigned to the Naval Air
Training Command during the competing year.
Ens. Nyberg joined VP-8 on May 26 after completing
his training as a Naval Aviator. He is now acting
Maintenance Training Officer for VP-8 and is current-
ly in the Patrol Plane Third Pilot syllabus.
Photo by PH2 Pamela Cyr
From the Child Care Center
Bid QQig "Ufff,
SMS
Tracey Sour a said she
enjoys working with the
kids at the Child Care
Center. Tracey averages
IS hours-a-week assist-
ing the teachers, while
doing volunteer work for
the Station Teens Accept-
ing Responsibility
Program.
Photo by J03 Tim Abbott
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The White Falcon August 8, 1986