The White Falcon - 18.06.1993, Blaðsíða 1

Detailers' visit
Navy detailers from Washing-
Icn, D. C., representing nearly
lill Navy ratings will be on
board NAS, Keflavfk, Wed.
andThur. Anyone wishing to
speak with a detailer should
contact your command career
counselor for arrangements.
Admiral's visit
Admiral Henry Mauz, Com-
mander in Chief, U.S. Atlan-
tic Fleet, will visit NAS
Keflavik Monday and Tues-
day. He will be available to
address all active duty and
civilian Navy personnel in
Andrews Theater at 1 p.m.
Monday and 2:15 p.m. Tues-
day. Mrs. Peggy Mauz, will
Itave breakfast with all active
"uty and civilian Navy
spouses in the USO at 8 a.m.
on Tuesday. Tickets are $3.50
and are available from Jeanne
Baldwin at the Family Serv-
ices Center, ext. 4401/ 7909.
Best photo
Starting in July, The White
Falcon will feature the “Photo
of the Month.” The best black
and white photo of something
shot while in Iceland and sub-
mitted by the third week of the
month will be selected and
published in the following
week’s edition of The White
Falcon. Hand deliver your
I photos to our office or mail to
(C 1003, Box 1. Include
S'our name, telephone number
and caption.
Vol. 52 No. 24 June 18, 1993 Serving the Iceland Defense Force Community
.White Falcon
James Davis, 5,was one of hundreds who helped
plant over 700 trees last weekend during the
Arbor Day celebration at NAS, Keflavik. (Photo
by PHI (SW) Bill Reed)
Local Marine
sentenced in
shooting case
In a courts martial held last week, LCpl.
Jon J. Wahl, 20, Security Sentry, Marine
Corps Security Force Company, Keflavfk,
was found guilty of involuntary manslaugh-
ter by culpable negligence.
In a shooting incident which occured March
13,1993, atU. S. Naval Air Station Keflavfk,
Wahl fatally shotPFC. Steven J. Smalley, 19,
with a 9mm pistol. Smalley was observing
watch change-over proceedures while being
indoctrinated with his platoon when a single
round from Wahl’s pistol was discharged.
A court composed of six officer members
and one presiding judge convened for a courts
martial trial which lasted for four days, June
6-9. In making their decision, the court
received testimonies from a total of 12 wit-
nesses during the trial.
Wahl was sentenced to two years confine-
ment, reduction in rank to E-l, forfeiture of
$500 pier month for two years, and a Bad-
Conduct Discharge.
New maintenance contract increases efficiency
By J03 (SW) Andreas Walter
The Public Works Department (PWD) and the
Housing Department recently teamed up with
Keflavfk Contractors (KC) to bring about two
noteworthy changes affecting family housing.
Under a contract signed by CDR Dan L.
Grigsby, Public Works Officer, and officials of
KC, all maintenance that has in the past been
performed by PWD will now be handled exclu-
sively by the contractors, starting July 1.
“Over the past three years, the number of
housing units has risen from 914 to 1388, putting
a tremendous workload on the maintenance
personnel. With these new units and the con-
stant upkeep of the aging ones, we were hard
pressed to meet the demand,” Grigsby explained.
In this instance, the light at the end of the
tunnel involves response times to trouble
calls. Emergency calls now warrant a one
hour or less response time, urgent calls, four
hours or less and routine trouble calls are
expected to be rectified within three days.
The trouble call line will remain ext. 7600
and maintenance personnel will be on hand to
take calls after hours.
“This is a great stride forward for both us
and the housing office. Housing is the num-
ber one quality of life issue for service
members today and we aim to make living in
Keflavfk an enjoyable experiencing,” he
stated.
The second transformation involves house
(see CONTRACT on page 8)
Traffic Motor vehicle accidents: 0 b
Statistics Citations issued: 16 (From NAS Security (Of week ending June 4.)