The White Falcon - 14.05.1993, Qupperneq 1

Icelandic words of the week:
Happy Birthday!
kTU hamingju med afmselid
I (Til hamingu meth avmylith)
School Registration
All A.T. Mahan High School and
Elementary School student sponsors
wishing to register their children for the
1993-1994 school year should be at the
school officeduring thefollowing dates:
May 24 - last names from A - L
May 25 - last names from M - Z
May 26 - make-up
Times: 8 to 10 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m.
Sponsors registering kindergarten
students must have:
• a copy of orders showing dependent
entry approval
• a passport or birth certificate
• an immunization record
• a social security number
• and be five years old on or before
October 31, 1993.
^For more information call ext. 7412/
■34.
Post Office changes
The Post Office will not open next
Friday due to their physical readiness
test. Also, starting in June, the Post
Office will be closed the first Wed-
nesday of each month for training.
Icelandic Holiday
Thursday is Ascension Day and is
celebrated in Iceland like a Sunday.
Most businesses will be closed for the
occassion.
Watch out for sheep!
Icelandic law is tough on motor-
ists who hit a farmer’s livestock.
Motorists are not only responsible to
pay for the value of the injured
jiimal, but also the estimated value
the potential offspring the injured
Tiimal could have produced. For
more details on liability, contact your
local car insurance company.
Serving the Iceland Defense Force Community Vol. 52 No. 19 May 14,1993
.White Falcon
Members of the 56th RQS land their HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter at the Reykjavik Hospital
and provide much needed assistance to an Icelandic fisherman who fell ill while at sea.
56th RQS makes another save,
rescues Icelander at sea
An aircrew from the 56th Rescue Squad-
ron saved a very ill fisherman Sunday when
they transported him from his ship 287 miles
at sea to Reykjavik for treatment.
“It went very smoothly from start to fin-
ish,” said Capt. Thomas Couch, Pilot of the
HH-60 Pave Hawk that performed the res-
cue. “We had great crew coordination, good
weather plus tanker and communications help
from an HC-130 aircraft crew from the 71st
Rescue Squadron, home based at Patrick
AFB, Florida.”
This was the first rescue at sea for both para
rescuemen SrA. Charles Stiefken, and Navy
flight surgeon LT Joseph Costa. Both men
said it worked as advertized in training.
“At first when being lowered down the
swinging cable to the rolling ship, I couldn’t
help but hope I didn’t get smashed against the
bow,” Stiefken said. “But I was able to
quickly focus on the job and run through a
mental check list of how to treat the patient.”
The Icelander, suffering from internal
bleeding, was three levels below deck. “St-
iefken did an outstanding job,” said the Navy
Flight surgeon. “He stabilized the patient
and got him topside with the help of the other
fishermen and to the helicopter as quickly as
possible.”
As for the joint service medical evacu-
ation, Costa said, “It was transparent. There
was no difference between the Air Force and
Navy. We all worked together to save a life.
Everyone had a role to play.”
First lieutenant Bernard Willi was the co-
pilot; Sgt. Paul Balcom was the flight engi-
neer and SSgt. Lee Shaffer was a second para
rescueman.
The 56th RQS has registered three saves
for the year and a total of 257 saves in the past
22 years.
Notable
Quotable
“Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary
things, but in doing ordinary things extraordi-
narily well.” Angilique Arnauld