The White Falcon - 23.07.1993, Blaðsíða 1

Vol. 52 No. 29 July 23,1993 Serving the Iceland Defense Force Community
Hours of operation for the General
Mess from July 27 to August 6
t reakfast 0600-0845; Lunch 1030-1330
Winner 1515-1845; Night meal 2230-0030
.White Falcon
Women
in combat
Reservist makes history
as first woman assigned
to combat aircrew, see
page 4.
Hall returns
RADM Thomas F. Hall,
visits Keflavfk once
again, see page 5.
Ice breaker
USCG Polar Sea makes
stop in Keflavfk on its
(way to the Arctic, see
page 5.
Kef golfers
clean up
The NATO Men’s Golf
team sweeps NOREUR
tourney, see page 8.
Inside
Editorials.........2
Briefs.............3
Lyte Bytes.........3
Tidal Info.........3
Features.........4-6
Photo of the
Month........6
^Jlassifieds.......7
Sports.............8
Marines of the Marine Corps Security Force Company, Keflavfk drill in preparation for Northern Viking
93. The exercise will run from July 26 through August 6. (Photo by J02 Carlos Bongioanni)
Base prepares for biennial exercise
Exercise Northern Viking 93
(NV-93), an Iceland Defense
Force (IDF) executed land and
air command post and field train-
ing exercise, will take place in
Iceland July 26 through August
6, 1993. It is the next in a series
of similar exercises conducted
every two years, and will include
more than 675 participants from
stateside units from all branches
of the U.S. military.
Directed by the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, the exercise is scheduled
by the Commander in Chief, U.S.
Atlantic Command and will be
conducted by Rear Admiral
Michael D. Haskins, U.S. Navy,
Commander, Iceland Defense
Force. It is a non-threat-specific
exercise, with no “enemy” iden-
tified.
NV-93 has been coordinated
with the government of Iceland
and is in accordance with the
1951 defense agreement between
the government of Iceland and
the government of the United
States.
Northern Viking 93 will be a
multi-event exercise. Army,
Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard
and Marine Corps units will par-
ticipate in a core command post
exercise (CPX) to test the com-
mand, control, and communica-
tion capabilities of the Iceland
Defense Force. Events will be
scripted to test the capabilities of
active duty forces stationed in
Iceland and reserve component
forces that would mobilize to
support Iceland during a crisis.
A logistics exercise (LOGEX)
will also be conducted in con-
junction with the overall NV-93
events. The LOGEX will focus
on refining the support require-
ments necessary to expand the
capabilities of U.S. forces in
Iceland in the event of a natural
disaster or the requirement to
project military.. Army reserve
and national guard units deploy-
ing for NV-93 will also conduct
a field training exercise (F I X)
and a communications exercise
(COMEX) to evaluate/improve
their operational capabilities in
the unique environment of Ice-
land. The FTX portion will focus
on individual skills training and
small unit training. The COMEX
will evaluate the communication
capabilities of Army forces in the
nigged terrain of Iceland.
The Iceland Defense Force will
also test the overall coordinated
joint operations of its Marine
Corps element, air operations of
assigned maritime patrol aircraft,
and Air Force units of the 35th
Wing at Keflavik. This will
See EXERCISE on pg. 8.