Rocky Mountain Navy Association Newsletter September 2017

Rocky Mountain Navy Association

News The Rocky Mountain Navy Association (RMNA) is a not-for-profit, organization to promote the United States Navy and the Naval Reserve in the local community. Specific out reach efforts have been extended to civic organizations, educational institutions, and the business community. RMNA also provides mission support to the local recruiting command and offers a wide variety of professional development assistance programs to the naval reserve community. Newsletter Contact: James Garrett, CAPT, USNR (Ret.), garrettj3745@yahoo.com This is an interactive newsletter so Click on underlined inks or photos for websites for more information or zoom the page.

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Reminding you of next monthly RMNA Luncheon at the American Legion Post, 5400 East Yale, Denver (southeast corner of I-25 and Yale), on Wednesday, October 4th, gathering around 11:30 a.m.

See You There!

RMNA Interests and Activities Denver Council of Navy League https://www.facebook.com/Denver-Navy-League-295522804808/ Colorado ESGR

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Navy Recruiting District Denver http://www.cnrc.navy.mil/Denver/ Navy Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) http://www.nrotc.navy.mil/ U. S. Naval Academy Blue and Gold http://www.usna.edu/Admissions/BGO/ USS Colorado (SSN 788) Commissioning Committee http://usscoloradocommittee.org/ Members Annual Golf Tournament This newsletter is posted online to our website at (www.navrescolorado.org) and Facebook page at (https://www.facebook.com/RockyMountainNavyAssociation/) Do you have an idea or a success story to share? Maybe you’ve heard of an upcoming event that we should all support. Send me your ideas @ garrettj3745@yahoo.com. garrettj3745@yahoo.com. There are so many interesting experiences and opportunities to learn and our newsletter is just one way that information can be shared.

“Be helpful, When you see someone without a smile, give Video…. them yours”- Zig Ziglar Hilary Hinton "Zig" Ziglar was an American author, salesman, and motivational speaker.

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September’s Guest Speaker

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Tom Larson, Executive Director Before founding MRP, Tom served as the founder and president of Healing Waters International, a nonprofit organization that provides clean water to more than 100,000 people in developing countries. Tom came up with the idea for Motorcycle Relief Project while going through counseling for trauma in his own life and then learning about the issue of veterans and PTSD. Tom acquired his first motorcycle - a 1974 Kawasaki KZ400 - at the age of 17. Since then Tom has owned bikes made by Honda, Suzuki and Triumph, and he's currently on his second BMW R1200GS adventure bike. Tom lives in Evergreen, Colorado with his wife Dana and two teenage daughters, Sara and Casey. Tom can be reached at tom@motorelief.org.

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Rocky Mountain Navy Association thanks Tom Larson for his very informative presentation on the Motorcycle Relief Project and its support of veterans. The members of RMNA provided a donation to this very important outreach project.

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Blow Stuff Up

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Navy: USS Indianapolis Wreckage Well Preserved by Depth and Undersea Environment The condition of USS Indianapolis (CA-35), the August 23, 2017 4:53 PM

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World War II-era cruiser preserved for 72 years at the bottom of the sea, has so far proved to be most surprising to researchers studying the wreckage site discovered earlier this week.

“The paint is still in place, like on the anchor and on parts of the ship. On the anchor, you can read Norfolk on there. You can read on boxes, on supply boxes, you can read Indianapolis and read very clearly what is on that box,” said Robert Neyland, Underwater Archeology Branch Head with the Naval History and Heritage Command.

By: Ben Werner

Mystery deaths of HL Hunley submarine crew solved - they accidentally killed themselves A team of Duke University researchers say they have solved one of the last remaining mysteries of the American Civil War: the cause of death of the eight-man crew aboard the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley.

The H.L. Hunley made history on Feb. 17, 1864, when it became the first combat submarine in history to destroy an enemy ship.

The Confederate submarine sunk the USS Housatonic in Charleston Harbor with a submersible barrel bomb — a copper keg filled with 135 pounds of black powder.

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USS COLORADO (SSN 788) COMMISSIONING COMMITTEE

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USS Colorado Completes Initial Sea Trials Click on links or photos for websites or more information

PCU Colorado returned from sea trials on August 30 completing both the Alpha and Bravo trials. The first phase, Alpha Trials, lasted from 19th to the 22nd and included a range of submarine and propulsionplant operations, submerging for the first time, and high-speed runs on and below the surface to demonstrate that the ship’s propulsion plant is fully mission-capable. The trials were directed by U.S. Navy Adm. James F. Caldwell Jr., director – Naval Nuclear Propulsion. Also participating in the sea trials were Capt. Jeffrey Heydon, supervisor of shipbuilding in Groton; and Jeffrey S. Geiger, president of Electric Boat.

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USS Colorado Crest Presented to State Capitol On Friday August 18th, the Colorado Thirty Group presented a bronze sculpture of the Ship’s Crest to the State Capitol. Don Addy, Executive Director of the Colorado Thirty group, State Senator Bob Gardner, Sponsor of the USS Colorado Support Bill passed in the last session of the legislature, and JJ Mackin, Chairman of the Commissioning Committee appeared before the State Capitol Improvements Committee to make the presentation. This crest is another copy of the one presented to the boat at Christening and now is mounted in the Wardroom. The Colorado Thirty Group has also presented a copy to the Pentagon and will present a fourth copy to the City of Colorado Springs in October. The crest will be mounted sometime next spring in the South wing of the Capitol Click here for link to slide show of the presentation.

U P D AT E D P R E S E N TAT I O N V I D E O We have recently updated the Committee presentation video to include the latest status of the boat.

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The Fighter Plane That Shot Itself Down

The plane literally ran into its own gunfire.

In 1956, the Grumman aircraft corporation was testing its new fighter, the F-11 Tiger, off the coast of New York state. The pilot fired a long burst from its guns and moments later suffered mysterious, catastrophic damage that caved in the windshield and mortally wounded the engine. What happened? The pilot had shot himself down.

The F-11 Tiger, like all Grumman aircraft, was named after a cat. Fast and nimble, the F -11 was only the second supersonic fighter in the Navy's inventory, capable of 843 miles an hour (Mach 1.1). It was actually Grumman's first supersonic fighter and the company's inexperience with the consequences of supersonic flight, as well as the fighter's amazing speed, would be one test Tiger's undoing.

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A video released by the MoD shows the Black Sea-based frigate Admiral Essen (751) launching three Kalibr NK SS-N-30A cruise missiles from a position in the Mediterranean Sea. The Kremlin said the missiles struck targets near the East Syrian city that has been mostly controlled by ISIS forces. ISIS has held a force of Syrian Army forces and civilians under siege in the city since 2014. Syrian Army forces with the assistance of their Russian allies have reportedly broken through ISIS lines to reach Syrian forces under siege.

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Undersea mission is a top intelligence priority for the Navy By: Mark Pomerleau

GAO Written Testimony to Congress on Navy Readiness Problems Related to the USS John S. McCain, USS Fitzgerald Collisions Click here for the report The following is the written testimony of the Government Accountability Office to the House Armed Services Committee ahead of a Thursday hearing, “Navy Readiness – Underlying Problems Associated with the USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain.”

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SECNAV Spencer: Five Maritime, Defense Companies to Assist with Surface Collision Review 7

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With the return of so-called great power competition and a need for meeting priorities of the chief of naval operations ― to include providing a ready and capable fleet to address the challenges facing the United States ― the Navy’s top intelligence official has indicated what intel might best support the CNO’s to-do list.

“Our greatest need right now is in the undersea [mission] and the modernization of acoustic intelligence. That’s No. 1,” Vice Adm. Jan Tighe said during a panel discussion at the INSA National The U.S. Navy's Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine Security and Intelligence Summit in Washington on Wyoming approaches Naval Submarine Base Kings Wednesday. “Uniquely understanding and being Bay, Ga., on Jan. 9, 2008. (Lt. Rebecca Rebarich/U.S. able to surveil and do analysis in the undersea is Navy via AP) something the Navy has to bring in spades.”

Tighe also explained the need to be able to provide insights into adversaries’ capabilities and weapons.

These insights inform acquisition and help the force conduct modeling and simulation against threats.

In terms of intelligence readiness, Tighe described the Navy’s as moderate, noting that measuring intelligence readiness is very difficult versus deliberate means of measuring ther service’s aircraft and ship readiness. “The intelligence side really isn’t just lines of [processing, exploitation, dissemination] PED ― that’s not sufficient to the need; it’s getting after the outcome,” she said.

The intelligence readiness issue isn’t so much about budgetary issues as it is about the conflicts in which the force has been engaged for the last 15-20 years, Tighe explained.

“The global war on terror, the counterinsurgencies, we’ve been in Iraq and Afghanistan, we’ve been with SOCOM [U.S. Special Operations Command] ― especially our intelligence forces are being drawn into that. … At the same time, getting them ready for a potential high-end fight with near-peer competitors is quite a challenge,” she said. “Informing that acquisition system with the science and technical intelligence that we need, that’s a focus area for us to rebuild.”

Editors Pick of the Month In Rick Campbell's new thriller Blackmail, a bold military and political strike by the Russian government leaves the U.S. reeling, crippled and vulnerable, with only a desperate long shot chance to avoid a devastating world war.

The U.S. aircraft carrier patrolling the Western Pacific Ocean is severely damaged by a surprise salvo of cruise missiles. While the Russian government officially apologizes, claiming it was the result of fire control accident during a training exercise, it was instead a calculated provocation. With the U.S. Pacific fleet already severely under strength, the Russian President decides that the US response is a clear indication of their weakness, militarily and politically, and initiates a bold plan.

Political unrest is spreading through the Eastern European states.

The Russian Northern Fleet moves swiftly in the Mediterranean Sea, the Russian army is moving west to the border, and Russian Baltic and Black Sea Fleets are mobilized. In one bold strike, the Russian army moves to reoccupy a large number of the industrialized areas of the former USSR, while blockading the vital sea passages through which the world’s oil and natural gas transit. To make matters worse, Russia’s Special Forces have wired every major oil and natural gas pipeline with explosives. If the U.S. makes one move to thwart Russia, they’ll destroy them all. The U.S. is risking disaster if it acts, but the alternative is quite possibly worse. Torn between the unthinkable and the impossible, the only possible move—to launch an attack on all fronts, simultaneously.

RICK CAMPBELL, a retired Navy Commander, served on four nuclear-powered submarines, finishing his career with tours in the Pentagon and the Washington Navy Yard. On his last submarine, he was one of the two men whose permission is required to launch the submarine's nuclear warhead-tipped missiles.

Upon retirement from the Navy, Rick was signed by Macmillan / St. Martin's Press for his novel - The Trident Deception, which was hailed by Booklist as "The best submarine novel since Tom Clancy's classic - The Hunt for Red October". Rick lives with his wife and three children in the greater Washington, D.C. area, and is under contract for the fifth and sixth books in this series, sequels to The Trident Deception, Empire Rising, Ice Station Nautilus, and Blackmail. To learn more, visit Rick Campbell's website and his "Submarine 101" page at www.rickcampbellauthor.com.

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