The White Falcon - 27.08.1993, Blaðsíða 3

ew Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff named
Washington (NNS) — President Clinton
recently nominated Army Gen. John M.
Shalikashvili to replace Army Gen. Colin
Powell as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff. Powell is to retire next month. Shalika-
shvili currently serves as Supreme Allied
Commander, Europe and Commander-in-
Chief, U.S. European Command.
In his nomination speech, the President
remarked that Shalikashvili is superbly well
qualified for the job. “He is a soldier’s
soldier, a proven warrior,” the President said.
“He has shown me a real concern for the
ordinary men and women who have enlisted
in our Armed Services and who are living
through this difficult and challenging period
of downsizing.”
Kuwait Liberation Medals available
Washington (NNS) — Additional Kuwait
Liberation Medals (KLMS) have been re-
ceived from the Government of Saudi Arabia
for presentation to those eligible personnel
who did not receive the award during initial
distribution. Eligibility for the award is out-
lined in ALNAV 016/92.
NAVADMIN 137/93 directed command-
ing officers to ascertain the number of eli-
gible personnel under their command who
have not yet received the KLM. However,
Soccer tournament
W A friendship soccer tournament between
the U.S. and the Icelandic National teams
will be starting Aug. 31 at 8 p.m. in the main
soccer stadium in Reykjavik.
Tickets for the event are available from the
due to the high number of transfers since the
end of the conflict, you should notify your
personnel office if you never received your
KLM. NAVADMIN 137/93 also contains
requisition information for the medal.
There is a cost of one dollar for each medal
and they will be distributed on a one-time
only basis. If the medal is lost, individual
service members are responsible for pur-
chasing a replacement medal from commer-
cial sources.
tickets available
tour office. Prices are $ 14 for adults and chil-
dren under 12 are admitted free. A bus leaves
the base at 6:45 p.m. and the cost is $8 per
person. For more information, call the tour
office at ext. 4200.
September shows traces of winter
Seasonal changes begin to occur during
September at Keflavfk. The transition to
winter becomes apparent when precipita-
tion amounts increase in liquid and frozen
forms, and temperatures begin to decrease.
Winds vary significantly during Sep-
tember as storm tracks move closer to
Iceland and the average wind speeds in-
crease slightly.
At the beginning of the month there will
be 14 hours, 31 minutes of daylight. By
month’s end, daylight shortens to 11 hours,
26 minutes.
Average temp. 47F/8C
Average max. temp. 51F/10C
Average min. temp. 43F/6C
Extreme max. temp. 64F/18C
Extreme min. temp. 27F/3C
Dominant wind direction East
Average wind speed 15 m.p.h.
Extreme max. gust 93.3 m.p.h.
Average rainfall 4.3 inches
Max. monthly rainfall 10.05 inches
Max. 24-hour rainfall 2.18 inches
Labor day announcement
tin observance of Labor Day, September 6, all NEX facilities except for
e Mini-Mart and Wendy’s, will be closed. Wendy’s will have regular
trnrs and the Mini-Mart will be open from 10a.m. to 10 p.m. The Three
r lags Club will be serving a special dinner on the 4th and 5th. The Bowling
Alley will have specials throughout the weekend.
Lyte Bytes:
“The Church is”
By Chaplain Dan Powell
“The Church is a potluck supper
with a steeple on it. It caters to three
types of folks: acknowledged sin-
ners, unacknowledged sinners asnd
golfers. The Church is a proving
ground for PTA organizers and NFL
schedule makers, and State Depart-
ment bureaucrats. The Church is an
institution fiercely dedicated to the
conception, design and propagation
of meetings.
In the early days of the Church, two
or three gathered were thought to be
sufficient, but now there is a trend
toward 12 or 15 gathered on the sec-
ond Monday or the third Thursday of
each month. The Church is one of the
few sanctuaries where you can go and
be bored and still feel good about it
afterwards. The Church is a con-
sumer of man-and-woman hours like
the ground soaking up rain in late Au-
gust, and with as little apparent ef-
fect. The Church is an open door that
hardly anyone ever enters — except
when they have no where else to go,
or on other occasions like birth, mar-
riage and death.
The Church is a convergence where
you can discover and converse with
bankers, bakers, volunteer firemen,
salespersons, mothers and fathers, Re-
publicans and Democrats, and, oc-
cassionally — Christians.
The Church is a music hall where
you can practice the same 47 songs
for 15 years without ever giving a
concert. The Church is an Edsel given
to a missionary. The Church is a gate-
way where, when we aren’t arguing
about robes for the choir or the menu
for a meeting, we practice eternity.
The Church is God’s people at
prayer and at play, wandering in the
wilderness in search of themselves.
The Church is the reluctant and tainted
Bride of Christ. The Church is a
memory of childhood. The Church is
a revolution waiting to break out in
people’s lives. The Church is a possi-
bility waiting to be realized. The
Church is US!”
August 27,1993
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