The White Falcon - 30.07.1993, Blaðsíða 1

Vol. 52 No. 30 July 30,1993 Serving the Iceland Defense Force Community
Icelandic words of the week:
May I have the bill please?
Get eg fengid reikninginn?
(Get e-yeg fen-gith rake-ning-in?)
nWhite Falcon
wounded
The hospital stays pro-
ficient on acute care
through mass casualty
on
Ready for
disaster
On-going training at
Disaster Preparedness
pays off for Northern
Viking exercise, see
page 7.

New policy
e new, President-di-
■>~cted, Department of
Defense policy on
homosexuality in the
military is spelled out
ill
Total
domination
35TH Supply holds no
punches as they finish
the softball season with
a perfect record, story
on page 8.
Inside
Editorials..........2
Classifieds.........3
Northern Viking 4-7
Sports..............8
Hundreds ofU. S. Army troops arrive at NAS Keflavtk, to participate in Northern Viking ‘93. A C-5
aircraft flew into Keflavik late Monday night bringing off-island active duty and reserve participants
who will be here until Aug. 7. They will train at various locations around the island. (Photo by PH2
David Difuntorum)
Northern Viking descends upon Iceland
The troops have arrived, the
helicopters unloaded and as-
sembled and base personnel have
readied themselves for the sixth,
biennial command post and Held
training exercise.
The exercise is expected to in-
clude more than 2,900 base mili-
tary members, as well as 850
Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast
Guard off-island personnel.
During the two-week exercise,
forces here will test the ability of
the Iceland Defense Force (IDF)
to defend various locations
around the island in a simulated
attack.
Northern Viking (NV) ‘93 has
been in the planning stages since
the conclusion of the previous
exercise in 1991. The goal for
this year’s NV was to expand the
scope of the exercise by increas-
ing the cooperation and coordi-
nation with the Government of
Iceland, while reducing the re-
sources used.
According to IDF Plans Offi-
cer Lt. Col. Charlie Parker, those
goals are being achieved in this
year’s exercise. See pages 4-7 for
more on Northern Viking.