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CAPT Tom Butler, Commanding Officer, NAS, Keflavik
The purpose, vision and values of NAS, Keflavi

Strategic planning is the process by which
the leadership of an organization envision its
future and develop the necessary procedures
and operations to achieve that future. The
Mission, Vision and Guiding Principles state-
ment for Naval Air Station (NAS), Keflavik
reflect the purpose, future vision and basic
values of our organization. They represent
our initial strategic planning efforts.
In order for any organization embarking
on the transformational journey towards T otal
Quality, the organization must establish goals
which will enable them to reach their vision
of a quality organization. The N AS, Keflavik,
Executive Steering Committee has established
the following strategic goals and strategies to
achieve them:
— We will fully integrate the military and
civilian defense force by fostering an under-
standing of international cultures, ethnic
backgrounds and religious beliefs. We will
focus on integrating involvement through
consistent education and training for all per-
sonnel. We will create realistic exercise sce-
narios that incorporate military, civilian and
reserve personnel. We will include all per-
sonnel in operational plans.
— We will safeguard the environment by
promoting community awareness, expand-
ing and promoting recycling programs and
reducing the inventory and use of hazardous
materials. We will apply modem technology
in all waste collection and disposal systems.
We will support DoD and Icelandic environ-
mental regulations and policies and work
pro-actively with local and other competent
authorities to implement environmental pro-
grams.
— We will achieve a quality of life that
attracts and retains talented and dedicated
people, allowing every opportunity for pro-
fessional development and personal excel-
lence by fully implementing Total Quality
Leadership in our corporate culture and man-
agement philosophy. We will improve qual-
ity and efficiency of training for our person-
nel and foster an environment of teamwork
and professional excellence among our
workforce. We will create an atmosphere
which promotes an initial and lasting positive
impression about NAS, Keflavik. We will
continuously improve quality of life within
our working and living environment by in-
stilling a sense of ownership and personal
responsibility in our military and civilian
workforce. We will also promote and empha-
size all aspects of safety.
— We will be customer oriented by devel-
oping a communication system which will
keep our customers informed of emerging
service-related issues. We will improve inter-
nal processes to better serve our customers
and develop methods to enhance our respon-
siveness to issues raised by our customers.
We will provide Total Quality Service train-
ing for all military and civilian personnel and
conduct periodic customer surveys to meas-
ure our effectiveness.
— We will optimize our resource utiliza-
tion by improving efficiency through auto-
mation and consolidation of redundant sys-
tems. We will streamline and consolidate
activity functions, facilities, equipment and
reports to the maximum extent permissable.
We will plan priorities for efficient resource
utilization and appropriately size and align
the structure for optimization.
The NAS, Keflavik, goals provide strate-
gic guidance for the development of support-
ing action plans throughout the organization.
The Executive Steering Committee is con-
tinuing its strategic planning efforts by iden-
tifying the critical processes which will sup-
pert the accomplishment of the strategic goals.
Deploying the strategic plan and developing
supporting plans are essential steps that link
and help to integrate strategic planning with
the management of day-to-day operations.
Anyone who has participated in strategic
planning will tell you it’s hard work, but in
the current economic climate and “right-siz-
ing” environment, we must continue to opti-
mize our resources and work together to
accomplish the mission. One focus, one
direction — to provide reliable, continually
improving host support services to the U.S. /
NATO force personnel assigned to or operaM
ing from Naval Air Station, Keflavik. VSfl
envision ourselves as a model military com!
munity, in which each individual’s well-being
will assure their full range of personal, social
and proffessional development in order to
fully support the mission of their respective
commands.
In memory...
Ms. Sigridur Hjartardottir, Food Service Worker at the
Naval Air Station, Keflavik Supply Department since Feb-
ruary, 1988, died August 5, 1993, at the age of 56 in the
Keflavik hospital. Ms. Hjartardottir is survived by five sons
and daughters.
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