The White Falcon - 29.04.1988, Page 3

Kefiavik volunteer of the year
Nancy Lawson has von the Naval Air Station
(Rflavik Volunteer of the Year award for 1987.
JFor the last two years, Nancy has volunteered
er time as ombudsman for Naval Air Station,
Kefiavik.
Starting out with only eight members on the
ombudsman council, she now has 18 members. She
has included Air Force and Marine Corps wives into
the program, thus making it unique.
“I like to know what’s going on around this base,"
Nancy said, “and by volunteering my time as NAS
ombudsman, I’ve got a better understanding about
the base and how it functions.”
Almost every advisory board on base has a
representative from the ombudsman council. And,
according to Nancy, this is very important.
“Having an ombudsman representative on an
advisory board gives the dependents a say on what
happens around the base and lets people know that
we are concerned."
As if being NAS ombudsman was not enough,
Nancy volunteers her time as class mother for her
daughter’s first grade class. She is also the
activities chairman for the elementary school
please see “Volunteer" on pg. 11
TAC's evaluation team
speaks to AFI officers
^An Air Force Tactical Air Command (TAC)
Befing team explained the revised Officer
Valuation System (OES) to Air Forces Iceland
officers in a series of discussions yesterday.
Col. (Brig. Gen. selectee) Joe Redden stopped
here as part of a tour that will take him and the
briefing team to all TAC bases.
"In the spring of 1987, Air Force Chief of Staff
Gen. Larry Welch chartered three groups to study
the way the Air Force evaluated its officers,"
explained Col. Redden. "Active and retired officers
from across the Air Force, as well as experts from
a civilian firm that specializes in executive
appraisal systems, took a look at our officer
evaluation report and provided their thoughts on
changes."
General Welch passed these recommendations to
the Air Force Military Personnel Center (AFMPC) at
Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, and a working
group was commissioned to develop the revised
system.
“The chief decided to revise the Officer
Effectiveness Report (OER) system for a couple of
reasons," said Col. Redden. "General Welch was
concerned that, while the right officers were being
promoted under the old system, it didn’t provide
officers enough feed back on what was expected of
them and how well they were doing.
please see "TAC" on pg. 8
Military Code of Conduct
revised to include women
Servicemembers will be American fighting men
no more according to the newly revised Code of
Conduct, which describes them simply as fighting
Americans.
An executive order signed by President Reagan
March 28 removes the gender-specific phrase
"American Fighting Man" from the wording of the
Code of Conduct to include all servicemembers.
IJhe order is the result of a letter 3ent to the
pretary of Defense in 1985 by Hospitalman
ephaine Augustine, a Naval Reservist. Augustine
submitted the letter through her chain of command
because she felt that the code did not incorporate
women servicemembers.
Amended are articles I, II, and VI of the six-
paragraph code originally written in 1955 to provide
guidelines for servicemembers who may become
prisoners of war.
The wording of the “old" code described a
servicemember as: “..An American fighting man;
... I will never surrender my men...; and,... I
will never forget that I am an American fighting
man..
The code now reads " I am an American ;... I will
never surrender the members of my command...;
and,... I will never forget that I am an
American.
The changes to the code still retain Its full
meaning and effect.
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