AMC Flight Advisory Editor's Choice Conservation Friday's Flight 727 Arrive Depart Energy "Captain's Mike" Usage: 336,495 KWH NAS Norfolk, Va. ----------- 8:00 a.m. Cost: $42.062 Jacksonville, Fla. 9:25 a.m. 11:35 a.m. Tonight, 8 p.m., FM 103 Cost in Norfolk: $25,237 Guantanamo Bay 1:15 p.m. 2:15 p.m. Water Jacksonville, Fla. 3:55 p.m. 5:20 p.m. Production: 1.8 MIL I NAS Norfolk, Va. 6:45 p.m. ----------- I I Consumption: 2.0 MIL Guantanamo Bay Gazette Vol. 49 -- No. 75 U.S. Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Wednesday, July 7, 1993 Navy News Gitmo command s awarded Coast Guard SOS ribbon lb partment of State have been con- we speak, hundreds of Coast Navy expands PRD transfer win- By JOSN JOHN WHIPPLE sulting with both the incoming Guard men and women, and nu- dow - To increase assignment opportuni- and outgoing administrations to merous Coast Guard ships and ties for sailors and help improve fleet t "To all involved, I pass along develop a response plan that as- aircraft are underway and pre- readiness, the Navy is expanding the Pro- "Th r,.,.T Te _,,, a; we., pe k, hundreds of. Coast. jected Rotation Date (PRD) transfer win- Vice Adm. Wellington's appre- sures the safety and welfare of pared to respond to any emer- dow. Detailers can now issue orders for ciation and add a hearty well- those Haitians who may attempt agency aboard overloaded and enlisted personnel to transfer up to three done of my own." to reach the United States by sea. unseaworthy boats. In addition, USA months prior to PRD and up to four This Bravo Zulu was given by News months after PRD. Capt. Tom Russell, sThe U. S. Coast Guard is well personnel and resources from the Coast familiar with the Washington- Analystssay new evi- director ofenlisted assignments at the Bu- Guard Rear Adm. William perils that face Department of Defense are ready dencethat economic growth entereda lull reau of Naval Personnel (BuPers) said, Leahy, commander of the Sev- Haitians on the high seas. Over to respond to major live threaten- in June probably will prompt federal re- "These changes will allow greater flex- enth Coast Guard District and 40,000 Haitian men, women and ing situations." serve policy makers ibility in accommodating a member's to hold offon raising operational commander for this children have been rescued by the Approximately 12 270-, 213- interest rates. The feds key policy-mak- duty preferences, while meeting training area. It is directed towards every- Coast Guard during the past year. doors Tues- and fleet requirements." Previously the ,and 2 10-foot medium endurance ing group met behind closed PRD window was one month prior and one involved in Operation Able Many have attempted to make the cutters and five 110-foot patrol day and will meet again today to shape monetary strategy for three months after PRDfor E-1 through E- Manner for his or her contribu- 600-mile voyage from Haiti to boats will also be deployed to the the rest ofthe year. At its last meeting in 7 personnel and two months prior and four May, the group tions to the effort. Miami in small and unseaworthy waters between Haiti and the U.S. rates months after PRD for E-8 and E-9 person- reportedly tilted toward pushing Commands involved in Op- boats. These numbers may change economists think nel. The expanded PRD window will give higher, but now many that won't happen until at leastthe end of BUPERS more flexibility to meet class eration Able Manner at Guan- "These boats are usually no slightly from day to day. Stuart Hoffman of convening dates for training, fill gapped tanamo Bay have been authorized more than 40-50 feet in length, Nearly adozen fixedwing air- the year. Economist Pittsburgh says "There's nothing on the billets, and help correct sea-shore imbal- the Coast are severely overcrowded and Guard Special Opera- craft and helicopters are patrol- immediate horizon that would cause the ances in some ratings. For more informa- tions Service Ribbon, which can overloaded, and are lacking in the ling the the waters between Haiti fed to tighten tion, see NAVADMIN 104/93. its rates." Recent reports be worn once service record en- most basic elements necessary to and the show inflation pressures Navy expands fleet reserve/retire- U.S. every day. Many of abating and sug- condi- ment request window - To help Navy tries have been made. These com- sustain life at sea. Few oftheboats these aircraft are forward de- gest the economy paused in June, tions that do not argue for higher rates. enlisted members who are retiring or mands include Naval Station carry life preservers or life rafts ployed to NAVSTA Guantanamo transferring to the fleet reserve, the win- Analysts also say last weeks' cut in Ger- Communication Detatchment, and the potential for a major ca- Bay, Cuba. The Coast Guard man interest rates took some pressure dow for submission offleetreserve/retire- off Navy Exchange, Shore Interme- lamity is always present. I have wants to send U.S. rates. ment requests has been expanded to 18 a loud, clear signal months. Previously, requests were only diate Maintenence Activity, Per- directed that the Coast Guard de- to the Haitian people that they Georgia - Jury selection began Tuesday in atrial accepted between six and 12 months prior sonnel Support Detatchment, ploy significant resources in an cannot expect to reach the U.S. by to determine whether a to a service member's fleet reserve/retire- Naval Hospital and Branch Den- effort to prevent the possibility DuPont fungicide is responsible for ex- of vessel. In doing so, they expect to tensive crop damage across four states. ment date. The expansion helps those tal Clinic. major loss of life, should a surge in save many lives-by rescuing those transitioning Thecase combines lawsuits by farmers in to plan their future earlier, Eligibility for the Haitian migrants and helps personnel planners by indicat- Coast Guard occur. who take this dangerous voyage Georgia, Alabama, Michigan and Ha- waii. It's ing retirement information sooner. "This ribbon began January 14 and is "We have designated this ef- and by preventing others from being heard in U.S. district court in Columbus, is a 'win-win' change," said ViceAdm. R. still going. Personnel are eligible fort Operation Able Manner. As attempting Ga. The outcome of it. the J. Zlatoper, chief of naval personnel. once they are in the theater of case could indicate how 400 similar "This will help minimize the numbers of cases across the country may go. After operation 21 days or longer. A widespread E-8s and E-9s required to be selected for complaints about the fungi- early retirement. The earliest decision by limited number of ribbons are cide (Benlate D-F), DuPont pulled it retirement-eligible senior and master available now at the Navy Ex- from the market in 1991. The company chiefs will be immensely helpful." Vice change, and there are 1,500 more conducted tests and now says the fungi- cide is not at fault for the Adm. Zlatoper explained that the ex- en route to Gitmo through Fan- damage. panded Texas - Texas state health officials window was intendedto give indi- dango Air. viduals more time to plan andtake advan- say a woman who died of respiratory tage of transition assistance, while also Operation Able Manner is failure may have been the state's first giving BUPERS the ability to compute designed to save lives at sea by victim ofthe so-called mystery virus that anticipated retirements more accurately. quickly locating has claimed 21 lives, mostly in the South- migrant vessels, west. The Texas Department of Health The change will not alter other retirement taking the Haitians safely aboard eligibility requirements. Requested re- reported Monday that preliminary labo- tirement dates still should coincide with, Coast Guard cutters, and return- ratory tests indicate the woman died of or be earlier than a member's PRD. Once ing them immediately to shore. exposureto hantavirus, whichhaslargely a request has been submitted, members Adm. J. William Kime, com- been confined to the Navajo tribe. Fed- eral health experts have narrowed the will not be eligible for advancement inrate mandant, U. S. Coast Guard, or selection source of the virus to urine produced by board consideration. Once made a short approved, requests may not be withdrawn statement January deer mice to mark their territory. or selection board consideration. Once 15 concerning Operation Able Michigan - Researchers at two The approved, requests may not be withdrawn Manner. He said, "I wantto stress "Challengers" of VC-10 marked their fifth year and over 10,500 flight Michigan hospitals are looking for hours of flight free mishap as of the end of May. This is a women interested in participating or deferred. For more details, see that the Coast Guard, the Depart- major accomplish- in an NAVADMIN 099/93. ment and could have only been achieved with a superb maintenance depart- experiment to test a drug designed to ment of Transportation, the De- ment and a safety-concious More officer promotions cleared attitude by all personnel. prevent breast cancer. The breast cancer in Tailhook Inquiry - The Navy contin- partment of Defense, and the De- prevention trial, begun in June of last ues to reduce the number of officers af- Highlights from year, aims to see whether taking the drug fected by the Tailhook Certification Pro- "Captain's Mike:" Fleet Reserve Association tamoxifen will cutthe incidence ofbreast cess.