The White Falcon - 10.11.1995, Síða 1
Vol. 54 No. 45 November 10, 1995
Serving the joint service community since 1941
USNA football fans brave the elements
Facing high winds and driving rain, Rear Adm. Stanley W.
Bryant, IDF commander, and Capt. W. Robert Blake Jr., NAS
commanding officer, lead a group of Navy fans in a “Go Navy,
beat Army” spot last Saturday at the Blue Lagoon.
It will be sent to ABC Sports for possible airing during the
annual Army-Navy football game, which will be carried live
locally Dec. 2 at 5 p.m. on Channel 6.
“Considering the wind and rain, I thought the turnout was
great,” relates Lt. Vince Broome, IDF public affairs officer.
“The videotaping went well, and I hope to see it during the
game.”
After the Army-Navy football spot, a holiday greeting was
videotaped for Good Morning America. (Photo by JOl Kevin A.
Mills)
Viking Thunder
Quarterly exercise tests
troops* readiness
during times of crisis
By JOl Kevin A. Mills
Viking Thunder 96-1 will be held
Wednesday and Thursday. During the
exercise, all branches of service work to-
gether to defend Iceland. The opposing
force will be represented by the Danish
Jrigate HMDS Vaeddern and eight
^rwegian F-16s.
Wfor family members and civilian work-
ers, the exercise may cause curiosity
about what is going on. Siren blasts, peo-
ple donning chemical protective gear or
set for next week
security vehicles and ambulances sur-
rounding a particular building usually
cause rubbernecking.
The purpose of Viking Thunder is to
test the readiness of NAS Sailors,
Marines and Airmen. “The training you
get from these scenarios is great because
it gives you an opportunity to practice
what you’ve been taught,” said Senior
Airman Scott J. Cruse during a past exer-
cise.
Basewide power and telephone out-
ages are not scheduled for the exercise,
but individual commands may arrange
limited outages if desired.
The Naval Hospital will participate in
the exercise. The Acute Care Clinic will
operate as usual, but there will only be a
limited number of outpatient appoint-
ments available on Wednesday and
Thursday.
Pick up next week’s The White Falcon
for further coverage on the exercise.
SO years ago in
The White Falcon
... Wind, rain, snow and the war proved no
handicap to romance in Iceland. A recent
survey showed that since the arrival of the
first American troops in Iceland in 1941,31
officers and 92 enlisted men took the trip to
the altar.
Icelandic Comer
Congratulations
Til hamingju
(Til ham-in-gue)