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Show December HILL TOP TIMES Page 22 22, 1978 Corriiie Stockton welcomes Europeans to By Betty Jones Corrine Stockton was the first staff member the Multinational Test and Operational Evaluation (MOT&E) team to arrive at Hill c AFB. She breezed in Aug. 1, from Nellis AFB, Nev., and immediately set to work on the task of helping to bring to Hill AFB and Utah's Wasatch Front the MOT&E staff and trainees the U.S., Belgium, the from five nations and Norway. Denmark Netherlands, Corrine is coordinator for Operation Beddown, whereby all MOT&E personnel of the foreign air forces and their dependents are provided every assistance in settling themselves for PCS tours averaging two years. routine to us, but remained unique to each of them. "We originated a checklist specifically designed for PCS arrivals from another country. The second day normally was limited to essentials such as obtaining identification badges and establishing bank accounts, and ended in early afternoon. The jet lag usually caught up with them by about one o'clock the second day," she said. "We have had wonderful support from so many organizations and individuals at Hill "SOMEONE WOULD observe us and overhear the mix of languages being spoken and would greet us and inquire about the languages. After I explained what we were doing, they would call the manager over and he would make the women feel welcome and show them every courtesy," she said. and also from the communities. Almost without exception, the newcomers prefer to rent apartments and houses off base. All of radius of them are settled within a seven-milHill AFB, in places convenient to public schools, shopping, and transportation. e "ONE INTERESTING THING we did was to take a group of nine women dependents of the MOT&E personnel representing all four on a shopping tour that included nations stops at a supermarket, discount store, department store," Corrine recalls. The children of the newcomers, with few exceptions, are enrolled in public schools, playing with neighborhood children and, according to Corrine, seem to have made the adjustment easily. Corrine is a native of the Netherlands. She was born in Amsterdam and grew up there. At age 15, she accompanied her mother and stepfather to the U.S. Her stepfather was career Air Force and was reassigned to Barksdale AFB, La., where Corrine attended high school. Following another change of duty station, she completed high school in Nevada and first entered Civil Service there. She has worked in Washington, D.C. More recently, she was employed at Nellis AFB with a tactical fighter wing and then the Air Combat Evaluation and Air Intercept Missile Evaluation, a joint Air Force - U.S. F-- 5 and 4 Navy team dealing with the weapon systems. to her scheduled two-yeA follow-o- n tour k of in tour Hill a AFB is the each at will four European countries, where she accomplish the reverse of her current duties. I - II SHE HAS SPECLAL qualifications for the job. She speaks fluent Dutch, and has a good "X "- 1 'WW J a- 1H speaking knowledge of Norwegian and A -- Danish. at the Salt Lake City Airport. ' "IF THEY KNEW anything of their destination and travel arrangements, they knew of 'Corrine'," she says. "When departing their countries, they were told to look for the tall blonde in Salt Lake City." "MOST OF THE ARRIVALS were quite tired after such a long trip. Most arrived at night. We would take them back to the base to their temporary quarters so they could get some rest. "AFTER A NIGHT'S REST, the newcomers were escorted the next few days through a series of activities that became For A Lasting Gift J have been conducted for PCS arrivals from the air forces of the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway by Corrne Stockton of MOT&E, shown hero with (I to r) Senior Master Sgt. Arno Dreyer, Mastor Sgt. Robert Heerlng and Master Sgt. Arnold Van Elen. 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