The White Falcon - 26.08.1994, Síða 1

Vol. 53 No. 34 August 26, 1994
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Bryant relieves Haskins today
Prospective commander of the Iceland Defense Force, Rear Adm. Stanley W. Bryant, and his wife, Judi,
are greeted Tuesday morning at the Keflavik International Airport by Rear Adm. Michael D. Haskins and
the deputy commander of the Iceland Defense Force, Col. H. John Markulis. Bryant relieves Haskins
today in a change of command ceremony at 11 a.m. in Hangar 831.
Story and photo by
J02(AW) B. Natalie Dias
Rear Adm. Stanley W. Bryant relieves Rear
Adm. Michael D. Haskins as commander of the
Iceland Defense Force (IDF) today in a change
of command ceremony in Hangar 831 at 11 a.m.
A Detroit native, Bryant’s most recent assign-
ment was as the commanding officer of USS
Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), homeported at
Norfolk, Va. As the IDF commander, Bryant
will assume the responsibility of approximately
3,000 military members from all four branches of
the U.S. armed services and staff officers from
Canada, Denmark, The Netherlands, Norway
and the United Kingdom.
Also, as the IDF commander, Bryant will
serve as the Commander, Fleet Air Keflavik;
Commander, Iceland Anti-Submarine Warfare
Group and Island Commander Iceland.
Haskins and his wife Joanne will make their
18th move when they leave Iceland tomorrow
for Norfolk. Not new to Haskins is the fact he’ll
wear a dual hat in his new position. He will be
the Commander of Patrol Wings, U.S. Atlantic
Fleet and Commander, Task Force EIGHT-
FOUR.
“If somebody were to ask me to describe
Iceland in one sentence,” says Haskins, “I would
have to say it is a land of cold climate and warm
people.”
Joanne adds, “It might not make much sense,
but I’m not ready to leave Iceland, and at the
same time I’m looking forward to going back to
the United States.”
“We’ll miss Adm. Haskins,” expresses Col.
Richard B. Cross Jr., 35th wing commander.
“He’s been a strong advocate of Air Force mem-
bers stationed here, a great leader and friend.”
Pick up next week’s White Falcon for coverage
of the change of command ceremony.