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The White Falcon - 26.06.1987, Blaðsíða 1

The White Falcon - 26.06.1987, Blaðsíða 1
Vol. 27 No. 20 NATO Base. Keflavik. Iceland June 26, 1987 Northern Viking'87 i NATO exercise tests reinforcement ability Exercise Northern Viking '87, an Iceland Defense Force executed command post exercise, finished this week. It was the latest In in a series of similar exercises conducted every two year. The joint and combined exercise included participants from the Netherlands, Canada, benmark, Norway, and the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and three reserve components. The major objectives of Northern Viking '87 were to exercise plans and procedures for the reception of rein- forcement forces; to exercise and evaluate communications capabil- ities, and air defense and reinforcement procedures for Iceland. please see •NORTHERN' on p*qcp 6. md-Z New commander takes over NSGA On June 15, in a change of command ceremony held in the A.T. Mahan Elementary School, Cmdr. John P. O'Neill relived Lt. Cmdr. Judith A. Gallina as commanding officer, Naval Security Group Activity, (NSGA) Keflavik. Lt. Cmdr. Gallina's next assignment will be at the NSGA headquarters in Washington, D.C. During the ceremony the lieutenant commander was presented her second Meritorious Service Medal for "superb performance" as the commanding officer of NSGA. The citation said her efforts "...resulted in superior accomplishment of her command's mission in support of the Atlantic Fleet and its High Frequency Direction Finding Network in a location of increasing strategic and political importance." In her final address to the people of NSGA Lt. Cmdr. Gallina referred to the many sacrifices military people make for our country and reminded them that "Our primary objective is to keep the peace, and the title 'Peacekeeper' is one of which I am proud, you should be too." Cmdr. O'Neill, in his address, said that he has been to Iceland before to visit his wife's family. His mother married an American and moved to the U.S. but his wife, the former Antoinette A. Pellegrino, still has grandparents living in Reykjavik. The O'Neills have four children: Heather, Kelly Fitzpatrick, Bridget and Shannon. The commander was born in New York in 1949. He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian Literature and was commissioned through the NROTC program in August 1970. He began his career aboard USS Saginaw (LST-1188), graduated from the Defense Language Institute where he studied Russian, and then was assigned to NSGA Misawa, Japan. Cmdr. John P. O'Neill (U.S. Her9 pkete) Next he was Assistant Commander, NSGA in Ft. Meade, Md. and later became the officer in charge. From 1980 to 1983 he earned an MSEE degree with an Engineering Electronics subspecialty. Recent assignments include duty at Naval Electronics Systems Command,, Headquarters, Naval Security Group Command and Naval Security Group Support Activity, Washington, D.C.

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