Rocky Mountain Navy Association Newsletter April 2018

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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April 2018

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, May 2nd, 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

https://www.facebook.com/colorado.esgr.1

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. There are so many interesting experiences and opportunities to learn and our newsletter is just one way that information can be shared.

On April 3, 1860, the first Pony Express mail, traveling by horse and rider relay teams, simultaneously leaves St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California. Ten days later, on April 13, the westbound rider and mail packet completed the approximately 1,800-mile journey and arrived in Sacramento, beating the eastbound packet’s arrival in St. Joseph by two days and setting a new standard for speedy mail delivery. With the advent of the first transcontinental telegraph line in October 1861, the Pony Express ceased operations. However, the legend of the lone Pony Express rider galloping across the Old West frontier to deliver the mail lives on today.

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“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” – Abraham Lincoln

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Received this email from Elizabeth and her student, Mason (an eighth-grader) who found our website as a research project. I have placed the website he recommended to us on our webpage as well.

He also recommended the book pictured on the War of 1812. If anyone wants to email Mason via Elizabeth Crowley (ecrowley@kingstonschools.org) other items of interest in the Navy/Military, I think he would love that outreach.

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Anikwa and James, twelve years old in 1812, spend their days fishing, trapping, and exploring together in the forests of the Indiana Territory. To Anikwa and his family, members of the Miami tribe, this land has been home for centuries. As traders, James's family has ties to the Miami community as well as to the American soldiers in the fort. Now tensions are rising―the British and American armies prepare to meet at Fort Wayne for a crucial battle, and Native Americans from surrounding tribes gather in Kekionga to protect their homeland. After trading stops and precious commodities, like salt, are withheld, the fort comes under siege, and war ravages the land. James and Anikwa, like everyone around them, must decide where their deepest loyalties lie. Can their families―and their friendship―survive?

In Salt, Printz Honor author Helen Frost offers a compelling look at a difficult time in history.

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2013 A Frances Foster BookPasted from <https://www.amazon.com/Salt-Story-FriendshipTime-War/dp/1250062896>

https://www.teletracnavman.com/gps-fleet-tracking-education/notable-us-navy-battles 2

Trump Nominates Current White House Physician, Navy Admiral as Next Veterans Affairs Secretary

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Rear Adm. Ronny L. Jackson is a native of Levelland, Texas, and graduated from Texas A&M University in 1991 with a Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology. He then went on to attend medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch, graduating in 1995 with his Doctor of Medicine. He began his active duty naval service in 1995 at the Portsmouth Naval Medical Center in Virginia, where he completed his internship in transitional medicine.

After completing his first year of residency training in 1996, he went on to become the honor graduate of the Navyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Undersea Medical Officer Program in Groton, Connecticut.

Uniquely qualified in submarine and hyperbaric medicine, his subsequent operational assignments included, instructor at the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center in Panama City, Florida; det. officer in charge and diving medical officer at Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 8 in Sigonella, Italy; and diving safety officer at the Naval Safety Center in Norfolk.

In 2001, Jackson returned to Portsmouth Naval Medical Center to begin his residency in emergency medicine, finishing at the top of his class and receiving the honor graduate designation. Upon completing his residency in 2004, he was assigned as clinical faculty in the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia. In 2005 he joined the 2nd Marines, Combat Logistics Regiment 25, in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

From there he deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as the emergency medicine physician in charge of resuscitative medicine for a forward deployed Surgical Shock Trauma Platoon in Taqaddum, Iraq.

In 2006, while still in Iraq, Jackson was selected as a White House physician. Since arriving at the White House, he has directed the Executive Health Care for the Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cabinet and Senior Staff, served as physician supervisor for the Camp David Presidential Retreat, held the position of physician to the White House and led the White House Medical Unit as its director. He has served as White House physician during the past three administrations and was the appointed physician to the president for President Barack Obama. He currently serves as the appointed physician to the president for President Donald J. Trump.

His awards include, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal (four awards), the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal (three awards), as well as other individual, unit and campaign awards. He is also designated as a diving and undersea medical officer, naval parachutist, Fleet Marine Force Warfare qualified officer, and submarine warfare qualified medical officer.

Jackson is a board certified diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Medicine and is designated as a fellow of the American Academy of Emergency Medicine. He currently holds faculty clinical appointments with the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Harvard School of Medicine affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Disaster Medicine Fellowship Program.

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USS Colorado (SSN-788) Commissioning, March 17, 2018

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https://coloradopolitics.com/colorado-sublaunched/

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https://www.stripes.com/news/navy/navy-s-newattack-submarine-uss-colorado-joins-the-fleet1.517435

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https://news.usni.org/2018/03/16/fast-attack-subuss-colorado-to-commission-saturday

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How the Navy Punches a Nuclear Sub Through Arctic Ice: It may look easy, but surfacing a nuclear submarine in the Arctic requires careful preparation.

A submarine bursting through the Arctic ice is a powerful image. But it's not an easy one to pull off.

“The arctic environment is very unique and presents numerous challenges,” Commander Tommy Crosby told Popular Mechanics. “Our focus is to ensure we conduct every surfacing safely and effectively.”

The Arctic is a convenient hiding spot, since sea ice provides submarines with cover making them almost impossible to The Los Angeles-class USS Hartford surfaces in the Arctic detect from the air. However, that same during ICEX 2018.

U.S. NAVY/MICHAEL H. LEE sea ice makes communicating (or launching missiles) impossible, which means sometimes subs must crack through the ice with several thousand tons of steel.

BUSTING THROUGH ARCTIC ICE IS A “KEEP YOUR HANDS AND ARMS INSIDE THE VEHICLE” KIND OF MANEUVER. Read the Popular Mechanics Article Here…...

SPY SUBS -PROJECT 09852 BELGOROD Wed 07 March 2018

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Updated with refined cutaway and additional info as-of 1st March 2018 Ru MoD video. Originally posted 25th June 2016 Russia is building a new military complex deep under the Arctic, and is bringing the new KANYON strategic nuclear weapon into service. The massive new Project 09852 Belgorod submarine will play a key role in both projects.

KC-139 "Belgorod" (KS-139 "Белгород") is an unfinished OSCAR-II cruise missile submarine which is being converted to serve as a Special Missions mother submarine (known as Project 09852). It will be crewed by the Russian Navy but operated under GUGI, the secretive Main Directorate Deep Sea Research organization. In order to conduct covert special missions, it will carry a deep diving midget submarine, large payloads and the new KANYON (Status-6) strategic nuclear torpedo weapon. The project started in 2010, with the refit commencing in 2012, and is expected to be completed this year.

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http://www.flyingheritage.com/Watch/Chronicles-of-Courage.aspx

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http://www.flyingheritage.com/ http://www.nbclearn.com/courage: Free Resources Chronicles of Courage: Stories of

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The Mystery P-51 Pilot

Sent by RMNA member Robert Dolezal

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This 1967 true story is about an experience by a young 12-year-old boy in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It is about the vivid memory of a privately rebuilt P-51 from WWII and its famous owner/pilot.

In the morning sun, I could not believe my eyes. There, in our little airport, sat a majestic P-51. They said it had flown in during the night from some U.S. Airport, on its way to an air show. The pilot had been tired, so he just happened to choose Kingston for his stopover. It was to take to the air very soon. I marveled at the size of the plane, dwarfing the Pipers and Canucks tied down by her. It was much larger than in the movies. She glistened in the sun like a bulwark of security from days gone by.

The pilot arrived by cab, paid the driver, and then stepped into the pilot's lounge. He was an older man; his wavy hair was gray and tossed. It looked like it might have been combed, say, around the turn of the century. His flight jacket was checked, creased and worn - it smelled old and genuine. Old Glory was prominently sewn to its shoulders. He projected a quiet air of proficiency and pride devoid of arrogance. He filed a quick flight plan to Montreal ("Expo-67 Air Show") then walked across the tarmac.

After taking several minutes to perform his walk-around check, the tall, lanky man returned to the flight lounge to ask if anyone would be available to stand by with fire extinguishers while he "flashed the old bird up, just to be safe." Though only 12 at the time I was allowed to stand by with an extinguisher after brief instruction on its use -- "If you see a fire, point, then pull this lever!", he said. (I later became a firefighter, but that's another story.)

The air around the exhaust manifolds shimmered like a mirror from fuel fumes as the huge prop started to rotate. One manifold, then another, and yet another barked -- I stepped back with the others. In moments the Packard-built Merlin engine came to life with a thunderous roar. Blue flames knifed from her manifolds with an arrogant snarl. I looked at the others' faces; there was no concern. I lowered the bell of my extinguisher. One of the guys signaled to walk back to the lounge. We did. Several minutes later we could hear the pilot doing his pre-flight run-up. He'd taxied to the end of runway 19, out of sight. All went quiet for several seconds. We ran to the second story deck to see if we could catch a glimpse of the P-51 as she started down the runway. We could not. There we stood, eyes fixed at a spot halfway down the runway. Then a roar ripped across the field, much louder than before. Like a furious hell spawn set loose -- something mighty this way was coming.

"Listen to that thing!" said the controller.

In seconds the Mustang burst into our line of sight. Its tail was already off the runway and it was moving faster than anything I'd ever seen. Two-thirds the way down 19 the Mustang was airborne with her gear going up. The prop tips were supersonic. We clasped our ears as the Mustang climbed hellishly fast into the circuit to be eaten up by the dog-day haze. We stood for a few moments, in stunned silence, trying to digest what we'd just seen. The radio controller rushed by me to the radio. "Kingston tower calling Mustang?" He looked back to us as he waited for an acknowledgment.

The radio crackled, "Go ahead, Kingston."

"Roger, Mustang. Kingston tower would like to advise the circuit is clear for a low-level pass."

I stood in shock because the controller had just, more or less, asked the pilot to return for an impromptu air show!

The controller looked at us. "Well, What?" He asked. "I can't let that guy go without asking. I couldn't forgive myself!"

The radio crackled once again, "Kingston, do I have permission for a low-level pass, east to west, across the field?" "Roger, Mustang, the circuit is clear for an east to west pass." "Roger, Kingston, I'm coming out of 3,000 feet, stand by." We rushed back onto the second-story deck, eyes fixed toward the eastern haze. The sound was subtle at first, a high-pitched whine, a muffled screech, a distant scream.

Moments later the P-51 burst through the haze. Her airframe straining against positive G's and gravity.

Her wing tips spilling contrails of condensed air, prop-tips again supersonic. The burnished bird blasted across the eastern margin of the field shredding and tearing the air. At about 500 mph and 150 yards from where we stood she passed with the old American pilot saluting.

Imagine. A salute! I felt like laughing; like crying; she glistened; she screamed; the building shook; my heart pounded. Then the old pilot pulled her up and rolled, and rolled, and rolled out of sight into the broken clouds and indelibly into my memory.

It was a loving salute to that old American pilot: the late JIMMY STEWART (19081997), Actor, real WWII Hero (Commander of a US Army Air Force Bomber Wing stationed in England), and a USAF Reserves Brigadier General, who wove a wonderfully fantastic memory for a young Canadian boy that's lasted a lifetime.

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Retirees and Annuitants, The newest edition of Navy Shift Colors is now available.

Web Site: www.shiftcolors.navy.mil Click on or copy and paste one of the following links to your browser: http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/publications/shiftcolors/Documents/Shift% 20Colors%20Spring-Summer%202018.pdf https://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/publications/shiftcolors/Documents/Shift% 20Colors%20Spring-Summer%202018.pdf Navy Shift Colors is the Navy's official newsletter for Retired Sailors and surviving spouses. It updates the retired Navy community about changes to laws, policies, programs, and benefits that affect them.

All Retired Sailors and surviving spouses with active myPay accounts now receive Navy Shift Colors electronically at their email address in myPay. Update your email address in myPay by visiting: https://mypay.dfas.mil/mypay.aspx Retired Pay DFAS Cleveland 8

Click link for answers: http://usnhistory.navylive.dodlive.mil/files/2017/12/FINAL_ANSWERS_NavyCrosswordPuzzle.jpg

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Clues Across

Click the image to download and print a PDF version and grab a pen — or pencil if you’re not that bold! If you need hints, check out the clues below and click on the corresponding links to help solve the puzzle. Each answer can be found within our blog or via searching www.history.navy.mil

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What motto is famously featured on the U.S. Navy Jack? (four words) Which U.S. Navy captain is quoted as having said, “I have not yet begun to fight”? (three words) This U.S. Navy nurse was the first woman to receive the Navy Cross while still living. (two words) This is the Navy term for “rumors or gossip.”

On Oct. 15, 1917, this Sailor, upon seeing a German U-Boat torpedo, ran aft of the USS Cassin (DD-43) and started throwing depth charges overboard to save the ship. He was the first enlisted Sailor to be killed in World War I. (two words) 16 The surname of the Vice Admiral who lead the Navy in the joint bombing operation, the “Doolittle Raid.”

18 Complete the phrase: “ ______ ________ and all is well.” (two words) 19 How many times was U.S. Marine Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller awarded the Navy Cross?

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In February 1944, the Navy commissioned its first African-American officers. The twelve commissioned officers and a warrant officer who received his rank at the same time came to be known as the “_________ _______.” (two words) This female Navy Captain logged more than 1,200 hours in space when she completed four space flights: STS-67 Endeavor, STS-86 Atlantis, STS-91Discovery, and STS-114 Columbia. (two words) What is the surname of the of the first Medal of Honor awardee of World War II? Entered into uniform regulations for our enlisted Sailors in 1886, what affectionate nickname was given to this cover described as a “low rolled brim high-domed item of constructed canvas”? (two words) What was the name of the first Seabee unit? Hint: It is based on the codename for the small island of Bora Bora in the Society Islands.

This class of carrier can move at a speed of 31.5 knots, has a crew of 4,582, and utilizes a catobar launch and recovery system.

When a visitor reaches a predetermined point and begins his or her approach to board the ship, sideboys are called to attention, and the boatswain’s mate pipes “_____________.”

How many stars are featured on the seal for the USS Gerald R. Ford? Hint: It coincides with his tenure as president. (two words) This is the term for a naval signal, conveyed by flaghoist or voice radio, meaning “well done.” (two words) The 1942 Battle of the ______ ___ was the first time in history where combat between two fleets took place solely by carrier plane. (two words) Which Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier made three Pacific deployments serving in the Vietnam War and receiving five battle stars for her service?

A “uniform based” nickname for any surface Navy officer or CPO. (two words)