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By Vice Admiral Rodney P Rempt '66, U.S. Navy

"Honor—^Foundation of Our Officer Corps" Frequent headlines in our daily newspapers and the TV news remind us that honor and ethics issues pervade our society. The public rightfully demands the highest ethical standards from those in positions of leadership and trust, including our military officers.

Here at the U.S. Naval Academy, we are committed to the moral development of our midshipmen so they become the best possible leaders of character in the Navy and Marine Corps. Our honor concept forms the foundation for that development. We seek to educate

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our graduates on values, ethics and honor so that they can make the right decisions based on their personal convictions as future naval officers, and later as leaders in public service, business, or their communiries.

Accordingly, there are three main reasons why honor education and training is so important here: 1. Honor is the basis of our officer corps.

2. We don't just want our midshipmen to go through the motions of learning about honor in the classroom; we want them to take it into their soul.. .to "Uve" honor in their personal Hves.

3. Our young men and women come to us from all walks of life; they don't always arrive wdth the same sense of honor that we are trying to instill.

Honor is the basis of our officer corps. Our commitment to honor is the bedrock upon which the American people build their trust in us and upon which we build our trust in each other The American people hold us in high regard. This is not due to our skill in flying jets or driving ships—it has to do with trust. In a recent Gallup survey, 72 percent of Americans rated military officers "high" or "very high" in terms of honesty.

Each officer's personal honor is the glue that binds us together within the naval service, binds us to the commission we accept, and binds us to the American public whom we serve. Each person's personal integrity is what really counts. Our ability to work together to succeed in peace, and fight together to win in war, depends on trust. Success in combat requires teamwork.

We are only a team if we trust and beUeve in each other Whether a winning football team or a Marine platoon fighting in Iraq, trust is the foundation of what we do.

Without honor there is no trust, there is no teamwork, there is no victory.

We don't just want our midshipmen to learn about honor in the classroom, we want our midshipmen to take honor into their soul...to "Uve" honor in their personal lives. For a naval officer, honor is, first and foremost, a personal commitment to his or her country, and to the principles of honesty

and integrity above his or her own self-interest. This requires moral courage. We want our midshipmen to stand up for what they believe and not bow to peer pressure.

Our midshipmen are future combat leaders. They can't fake it in fixint of their troops. Sailors and Marines will follow a leader who makes honest mistakes; they v^dll not foUow an officer they don't trust. They wiU quickly see through an officer who is not honest with himself and tries to fake it. Such an officer will quickly lose credibility with their men and women.

To lead effectively, our graduates need to live honor.

They need to do the right thing, even when no one's looking. Honor is something no one can take away from us; only we as individuals can give it away. In the same way, the Commandant and I carmot dictate a sense of honor, only midshipmen can uphold the Brigade's honor concept.

Our young men and women come to us from all walks of life; they don't always arrive with the same sense of honor that we are trying to instill.

Midshipmen come to the Naval Academy from varying backgrounds. They may have a basic concept of honor instilled by parents, teachers, coaches, ministers, priests and scout leaders. Some, however, may come from environments where the concepts of lying, cheating or stealing were not as clearly defined—and in some cases condoned or overlooked, or have friends who think nothing of cheating. We tell our midshipmen from day one they will be held to a higher standard. The peer pressure about being honorable they increasingly feel here is geared to a sense of teamwork and trust. As they mature as midshipmen, we expect them to set the example about honor and personal integrity in word and deed.

Midshipmen are also taught to understand the difference between a conduct lapse and an honor compromise. For example, we tell them if they're driving down the highway at 65mph in a 55mph zone, that is a lapse in conduct, a conmion one in our society.

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When they get pulled over and the trooper asks if they were doing 65, they reply "Oh no, officer, I was only going 54." They've just compromised their honor.

While not a compromise of huge consequence, such a statement starts them down the sUppery slope of constandy compromising their personal integrity. Where do they stop? We need them to understand honor as a personal trait—one they either have or do not. A trait that becomes a part of their soul and that appUes in all aspects of their personal and professional lives.

Another example. A group of midshipmen go over the wall and head out for a weekend of underage

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drinking and general partying. When confronted upon their return, they make up an elaborate story about being in the Hall all weekend. One midshipman has the moral courage to come forward with the truth, knowing fuU well the conduct consequences. He is the example of what we are trying to instill in our midshipmen, preserving his honor is more important than avoiding possible punishment or giving in to peer pressure. He is not ratting on his classmates, he is telling the truth when it counts.That is the kind of officer we want in our Navy and Marine Corps.

We are not a zero defect institution. The Academy is a learning environment, albeit one with very high standards and expectations. Midshipmen are here to learn and they vwU make mistakes. Our honor remediation program, under the guidance of a senior officer who acts as a mentor, provides a midshipman who has committed an honor offense the opportunity to understand why he or she compromised their honor. During the remediation period, usually three to six months, the midshipman must develop a plan of personal goals, take part in a significant service project, keep a journal of personal progress, complete selected readings and produce a paper that specifically discusses the honor offense.

Throughout the program, the officer mentor and the midshipman meet regularly to discuss the midshipman's personal progress and development. In this way, midshipmen who have made mistakes have the opportunity to develop themselves with the help of senior personnel who have had to make choices about their own honor.

Midshipmen don't always enter the Academy with a clear sense of honor, but by the time they graduate and are commissioned as officers, they have demonstrated they are ready to lead, and serve, with the highest sense of personal honor.

In the end, it is the responsibility of each midshipman to strive to become a leader of character. These

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midshipmen come to us from differing backgrounds with differing ideas about honor and personal integrity.

Other universities could teach them about honor. We seek to make it part of their very being. We want our graduates to Uve honor, to be effective officers, to be leaders of character, and to exercise moral courage.

Honor is the foundation of our officer corps, •i^

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In addition, all employees of the organization will have direct dial phone numbers, all of which begin 410-295, explains Vice President, Information Services Tim Kobosko '80. However, he emphasizes that calls placed to the former numbers wiU automatically be transferred to the new numbers for several months as the organization transitions ftdly to its new phone system.

"Our phone numbers are changing, but we remainfocusedon our commitment to providing great service to our Alumni," said Kobosko. "For the next several months, we will be transitioning to our new phone system to give Alumni time to get used to our new phone numbers."

The integrated phone system replaces the individual phone systems that existed for each of the sub-organizations and will help eliminate technology barriers and enhance customer service. For example, the new system allows calls to be transferred between the three sub-organizations, something which was not possible under theformersystems.

"With the new system, you'U have more options for reaching people within our organization," explained Kobosko.

"You can call the person you want to speak with directly or you could call the main number and be transferred. We WTU continue to have a person answering our main phone numbers during regular

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business hours, as well as an automated system to answer calls after hours or when our receptionist is on the phone with another call."

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"This is a complex transition, with lots of pieces that need to come together," he said. "We are working hard to ensure a smooth transition, but we ask for your patience and understanding as we implement our new system.

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ri^^Uumatfity^ One on One with Admiral Thomas B. Fargo 70 THIS WILL GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE WORST NATURAL DISASTERS IN OUR HISTORY. BUT IT WILL ALSO GO DOWN AS ONE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S BEST COLLECTIVE EFFORTS IN THE SUPPORT OF HUMANITY," SAID ADMIRAL THOMAS B. FARGO 70, USN, COMMANDER, U.S. PACIFIC COMMAND, OF THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI TILAT BROUGHT DEVASTATION TO SOUTHEAST ASL\

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nder Admiral Fargo's leadership, the U.S. military joined the international community in the extensive humanitarian relief and assistance mission known as Operation Unified Assistance. Admiral Fargo spoke wdth Shipmate recendy about the complex relief effort.

Let's start at the beginning—26 December 2004. What was your initial reaction to the reports of the earthquake and the tsunatni that devastated parts of Southeast Asia?

Of course, the tsunami happened over Christmas weekend and we were all at home when we got the initial reports. And, Hke most first reports, we really didn't have a clear picture of the magnitude of this catastrophe. We knew that there had been a huge earthquake, on the order of 8.9,9.0 on the Richter scale, and we got early reports that a tsunami had generated. But we certainly didn't have a good feel for the specific locations and the enormity of the loss of life at the outset.As we pulled together our planning team and began to talk to folks in the region, it became clear relatively early—^within the first 24 hours—^that this was going to be a devastating event.

Sunday the 26th (of December), we spent planning, looking at where we had assets and the kinds of capabilities that were going to be relevant. On Monday, I contacted all of our ambassadors in the region and all of the Chiefi of Defense, and we talked through the situation to compare notes. By that point in time, we recognized that we were going to need to move capabilities into the area as quickly as possible and that speed was

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Photo courtesy of Lieutenant Commander John M. Daniels

going to be a fimdamental component in saving lives. Based on previous experience, we also knew that getting water out to those remote areas was going to be particularly important.

O n Monday, we directed the ABRAHAM LINCOLN Batde Group to head at best speed toward the Singapore Straits, and we redirected the BoNHOMME RICHARD Expeditionary Strike Group to move directly past Guam and into the South China Sea. That would allow us to get the kinds of capability into the area early on. In addition to the LINCOLN and BONHOMME R I C H A R D , we moved C-130s out of KadenaAFB on Okinawa and fromYokota AFB on Honshu into the region.

Did you have an opportunity to view the devastation firsthand?

If so, what images come to mind?

I did. I went out with Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Woifowitz and spent a week from 14-21 January in the region.

You think you're going to be prepared for the devastation after reading reports and seeing pictures. But I really wasn't.There's no way to fidly describe it. There are places in Indonesia, in northern Sumatra, especially along the west coast, where everything within one to two rrules of the coast is essentially gone.

Whole villages were completely destroyed, with nothing but cement slabs remaining.

By Tuesday, 28 December, we had reviewed all of the potential courses of action and I made the decision to stand up a Joint Task Force in Utapao, Thailand. We gained immediate approval from the Thais to do that. I selected Lieutenant General Rusty Blackman, USMC, who commands our 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force, to be the commander of that group. He has led the Combined Support Force in a magnificent manner.

The estimates of loss of life continue to grow. Today, we think that in Indonesia alone, it will be well over 200,000 people who have perished; in the region, something close to 280,000.

In parallel with all of these efforts, relief supplies were moving from Japan and at sea, and assessment teams were sent in to Thailand, Indonesia and Sn Lanka. So we had the first relief supplies on the ground on 29 December, and the search and rescue teams and assessment teams began to gain a clear picture of the damage.

By Friday the 31st, LINCOLN had moved to the Singapore Straits and up to the Straits of Malacca and was off the coast of the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Her helos began work on that same day.

How has the operation evolvedfrom the initial response to what it is today?

We're now a litde over a month into the operation and we've already gone through a number of phases.

Our first objective was to save lives and to take whatever actions were necessary to do so. We recognized that the U.S. military had a set of unique capabilities that would be particularly helpful, with none being more obvious than the helicopter Hft. The other thing we have is capacity and we have a lot of it.

When you look at the ABRAHAM LINCOLN C S G with 17 helicopters and you bring die BONHOMME RJCHARD E S G into March 2005

play with another 24 helicopters, it is a tremendous amount of capacity. And it was really needed because we had to get to the outlying areas where there was no other way to provide support.

For example, the roads into the west coast into Meulaboh were all destroyed. This made the small villages firom Banda Aceh down to Meulaboh essentially inaccessible by anything other than helicopter lift or amphibious craft. So "job one" was to make sure we tended to those people. It was a combination of moving food and water to them and evacuating those who were injured and required immediate medical attention.

In the second phase of the operation, the international community responded in a large and appropriate way. With the assessment teams in place, we started to gain a soHd picture of what was going to be required and what quantities were going to be needed. We needed to make sure we got the right capabilities in place. That meant not only food and water, but also medical attention and the abihty to get food to the large number of displaced people. The number of displaced people is probably in the neighborhood of 500,000 people in Indonesia alone.

The joint task force stood up, and we recognized that this would be a complex emergency, requiring coordination on any number of levels. It would require coordination with the other U.S. agencies like USAID and OFDA, as well as the ambassadors and country teams we have in the region. But it also required coordination with the international organizations Hke the United Nations which have a nimiber of component parts like the World Food Program, World Health Organization, the U N Joint Logistics Center, UNICEF and U N H C R , as well as the non-governmental organizations (NGOs). So we transitioned the Joint Task Force to memorial celebration for what we call the Combined William J. Dickerson '50 Support Force. Once again, and his wife, Jane, was held in we positioned this in Utapao, Fairfax, CA, 11 February 2005, where we had operated and to remember and celebrate conducted exercises in the their lives. past. Utapao is just south of Bangkok, which is probably The Dickersons lost their lives the largest home of these when the 26 December tsunami international relief organizadevastated the resort where tions. It made the coordinathey were staying, north of tion with each of these Phuket, Thailand. entities much easier.

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The third phase is what I would call transitioning to the professional relief providers and that's what is happening right now (early February 2005).The international community has responded with a very robust capability They are really good at this.The immediate relief effort is over, and we are now looking at rehabilitation and reconstruction, so we are transitioning these specific capabilities to the professional relief organizations.

What has been the greatest challenge so far of the relief effort?

Certainly the most immediate challenge right off the bat was getting to the remote areas and preventing more loss of life. It is pretty difficult terrain. Some of it is on the coast and there are some significant mountain ranges when you move fix)m Medan direcdy across to Meulaboh. Of course, we were concerned about the potential for disease if we didn't get fresh water to these people. Because of our quick response, however, we have been fortimate that there hasn't been a significant second wave of fatalities due to disease.

I think the second piece is coordinating the moving parts.

There are lots of different organizations that are involved here.

Fundamentally, the host nation is in charge and they have each done a great job. Helping (the host nation) with this coordination was important. There are over 100 NGOs participating, as well as eight to 10 separate U N organizations in addition to our other efforts.This is a complex emergency and the coordination of it is one of the bluest challenges.

How does this type of an emergency—a natural disaster— compare to a military operation in terms of mobilization?

It is similar in many ways.The taxpayers made a fabulous investment in a wonderfirl U.S. military.They didn't buy capabilities like the LINCOLN Batde Group or the BONHOMME RJCHARD Expeditionary Strike Group for this purpose, but the obvious inherent capability these have to do good was demonstrated in great measure here. I think we need to undentand that.

There's a second piece of this that I think is particularly important. Response in a complex emergency like this—a himianitarian assistance disaster relief operation—doesn't come about at a single point in time such as on 26 December. It results from years of setting the stage through things Hke training exercises. A good example of this is Exercise C O B R A GOLD, the multinational exercise that we run out of Utapao every year. It also comes fix)m biulding relationships within the region with. the key leadership and militaries. And it comes Scorn developing standard procedures that you can employ in these kinds of situations.We had written a multinational standing operating procedure over the last couple years and had bmlt a Multinational Planning Augmentation Team. I didn't start all

these. Some were started by another Naval Academy graduate, Admiral Denny Blair '68, U S N (Ret.).This situation has been the best test of the energy that was put into those particular efforts. And developen of these products had to have thought through and planned and put the training and the relationships in place.Then you adapt those basic efforts to the situation. N o problem or crisis or contingency is going to go down exactly as you envision it at the start.

A meeting in Banda Aceh between Admiral Fargo Irightj and the Commander in Chief, Indonesian National Defense Forces, General Endriartono Sutarto, 15 January2005. Photo courtesy of Captain Bill Stacia, USN

Obviously the U.S. military has played a key role in assisting with disaster relief efforts in the past. What lessons learned did we apply to this disaster relief operation?

There is a set of guiding principles in response to this kind disaster that we have in place. We have done some significant work in this area before. Most recendy, it was when the Republic of Philippines was devastated by four consecutive typhoons. We put together a much smaller Joint Task Force that provided relief for the mudslides and the loss of life suffered there. And in 1991, Operation SEA ANGEL in Bangladesh was a very large effort providing relief based on cyclonic flooding that occurred, and we had all of the lessons learned from that. Our institutional memory in this area is better than you might imagine.

The principles that I spoke of before are the following: The first principle is we recognize that speed and tempo of operations is terribly important. We knew that we had to provide immediate relief in parallel with the assessments because the basics—^food, water, medical aid and vertical lift—^were going to be common to any humanitarian and disaster relief effort.

The second principle is that the host nation is in charge and that's really important.These are proud countries.We respect their sovereignty and respond to their priorities and requests.

The third principle is unified action. We recognized that we had to blend these unique military capabilities with those provided by the host nation and our country teams and the other government agencies that I mentioned.

The fourth principle, which plays off the third, is focusing on the multinational coordination. And we have learned a lot over the years about the multinational piece and these organizations.We know even more today after working this particular problem. We embraced die contributions of other countries and their expertise, which is significant.

The fifth principle is employing the experience from previous multinational efforts—exercises, training and previous relief operations. And the investment that we have made in multinational standard operating procedures and multinational planning teams really paid off. The multinational planning teams fixjm nine separate countries became an integral part of the combined support force.

The last principle is looking at how you prioritize the U.S. effort. And that essentially means using our unique capability and capacity well. We probably do better on the macro level for distribution and aid, while allowing the NGOs and the host nation to provide the distribution to the individual viQages.With that said, however, we do whatever is necessary. If you see people in need, you respond to it. And that's exacdy what you saw with all of those folks out there working hard on the relief operations.

What has been the greatest satisfaction or the most rewarding aspect of this operation?

The greatest satisfaction, without a doubt, is watching our people at work and the people from many nations who have made a fabulous contribution. Everyone has to think on their feet and adapt. We sent our people into places where they had probably very Htde idea of what they would have to contend with.They did whatever was required and fashioned unique solutions to problems to save lives and provide relief. You can't train people in that specific task.You have to provide the skills, guidance and support to allow them to do things right. And they did.

You can't help but appreciate the depth of American humanity when you see those young helicopter crews, landing in places they've never been before and where they couldn't even anticipate being able to get on the ground, evacuating folks who need medical treatment. Or, for example, consider the electronics technician I saw in Banda Aceh, who was loading 50-pound bags of rice off a truck to her shipmates so they could load them on a helicopter to be moved out to remote villages.

This is a very complex operation and it means a great deal to the region and the world. Certainly, the Navy and Marine Corps foDcs, as well as all the service members, have performed wonderfiilly. continued on page 13

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Successfiil Surgp to Support Sumatra JL JL

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Onboard ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72) (CVN-72) OnhnarrI ABRAHAM LINCOLN

By Rear A d m i r a l W i l l i a m D. C r o w d e r ' 7 4

avy knowledge. Navy planning.

Sailor ingenuity. The success of the ABRAHAM LINCOLN Carrier Strike Group (ALCSG) in supporting humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts to victims and survivors on the Indonesian island of Sumatra can be attributed to all three. Without that trio.

Operation Unified Assistance could not have been conducted as effectively and efficiendy as it was.

It is no stretch to state that the achievements by the Sailors and Marines had their foundation in Chief Naval Operations Admiral Vern Clark's Fleet Response Plan (FRP) that postures our naval forces to apply "presence with a purpose." The FRP is designed to rapThe Military Sealift Command (fi/ISC) hospital ship idly develop and sustain readiness in USNS MERCY (T-AH 191 navigates alongside ABfiAHAi[/i ships and accompanying squadrons so LINCOLN ICVN-72) after arriving on station near Banda Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. MERCY has been forward that, in a national or international crisis deployed to assist in humanitarian aid efforts or contingency operation, we can currently in progress. MERCY served as an enabling platform to assist humanitarian operations ashore in quickly surge significant assets to the ways that host nations and international relief organi- scene. The FRP was developed with our zation found useful. Photo by Photographer's Mate Navy's focus on combat capabiHty in 3rd Class Gabriel R. Piper mind. As demonstrated in Sumatra, the

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U.S. Navy is also extremely capable of utilizing the concept during a peacetime crisis.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72)

and Carrier Air Wing T W O (CVW-2), BENFOLD P D G - 6 5 ) , SHOUP

86), SHILOH

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and USNS BJVINIER ( A O E - 7 ) were concluding a port visit to Hong Kong, when word of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and following tsunami in the Indian Ocean became known. The fourth largest recorded earthquake generated a tsunami that ravaged every coastline on the Indian Ocean, with Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand hardest hit.

Immediately after leaving port, ALCSG headed south en route to the stricken region. The initial, sketchy reports began to fill in.

(CG-67)

The need for expediency was real.

Our humanitarian reHef mission was simply to provide prompt aid that would save lives and alleviate the suffering of disaster victims.The LINCOLN Strike Group centered its efforts on the

\^li^i^ delivery of food, water and medical supplies.

As the casualty total continued to rise, and the extent of the widespread damage became apparent, our personnel put their training into action. O n 1 January, the ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Strike Group arrived on station off the coast of Sumatra. We met with Indonesian officials to offer whatever assistance they deemed would most help in their relief efforts. Clearly, the number one capability we brought to this mission was our 17 helicopters. Within an hour our hehcopter aircrews began transporting life-saving food, water and medicine down the coast of Aceh to isolated villages.

During the 35 days that ALCSG was engaged in Operation Unified Assistance we worked closely with the BONHOMME R J C H A R D Expeditionary Strike Group and then the ESSEX and F O R T M C H E N R Y . In addition to the nearly six million pounds of food and water delivered to the displaced persons of Aceh Province, we also gave them hope. Indonesian and American mihtar\' and civflian persormel worked together along with those of other nations who rushed military and civihan aid organization assets to Banda Aceh. The various rruhtary and civilian aid groups united in common purpose to help ease the suffering and begin the work of addressing the tremendous devastation and loss of life the province suffered.

The recovery and reconstruction of Aceh Province will take some time. Indonesia is still in need of assistance in the next stage of rebuilding. International cooperation carried the day in the aftermath of the tsunami damage in Aceh Province.

While executing our assigned humanitarian relief mission, U.S. naval forces may have additionally contributed to a sense of goodwill toward the U.S. in a region that has at times been suspect of U.S. motives. O n a personal level, we will remember the resilient spirit of the Indonesian people during the early dark days.We will take with us the images of the people's thankful smiles, thumbs-up and salutes. WTien we're in our rocking chairs yearsfiromnow, that's what we will remember, i ' RADM Doug Crowder points to sailors gathered on the flight deck while holding a framed photo of an Indonesian woman holding a sign that states "U.S. Soldiers Don't Leave," given to him by the U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia, the Honorable Lynn Pascoe, during a farewell ceremony thanking the crew of ABRAHAM LINCOLN {CVN-72) and embarked Carrier Air Wing ICVWj 2 for their involvement in Operation Unified Assistance.

Photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class James R. McGury

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Admiral Fargo, how has your Naval Academy ^ JMJ ^

experience better prepared you for situations such as this one?

This Naval Academy education contributes to the flexibility and adaptability I talked about earli-

er. You never know what the challenge is going to be, but your ability to take this wide variety of skills and endurance that is gained at the Naval Academy is a huge advantage throughout your career.

I know there are probably a lot of Naval Academy graduates who have been involved in this effort. One who comes to mind is Rear Admiral Doug Crowder, out of the Class of'74. He has provided fabulous leadership and done a wonderfiJ job affecting coordination with all of the maritime contributors.

Is there a way to quantify the U.S. commitment to and involvement in the relief ^orts? j\s of 2 February 2005, there have been 23 million pounds of relief supplies and equipment provided, 3,000 helicopter and fixed-wing flights and more than 2,000 patients treated.We had more than 15,000 service members and 24 ships involved in the relief operation. It is important to mention that as of 3 February, USNS M E R C Y relieved ABRAJJAM LINCOLN on station.This provides an imaginative solution to a problem.You will see that febulous national capability—^MERCY—out there with her civilian mariners and active duty and Reserve crews and civilians fiiom NGOs providing humanitarian and medical assistance to Indonesia and the region.

One last point I would make is that MERCY is another transition piece toward the long-term U.S. commitment.The American public has been very generous providing relief. When you add up all that has been, and will be, done between what President Bush has committed in terms of resources, what flinds his father and President Clinton are raising and what the U.S. military has done, our commitment will equate to a billion dollars. And we'll stick with it because that's the way we are.

Admiral Fargo will retire on 26 February 2005 after 35 years of service. He and his wife, Sarah, plan to split their time between Hawaii and the West Coast. "We've been in Hawaii five and a half years now and are considered part of the family, or 'ohana' here," he told us. "And I don't consider this a 'retirement'let's call it a transition. Fundamentally, I'm going to stay engaged in our national security, as well as Asia and the Pacific." <!>

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Viewfiom the Ground

By Lieutenant M a t t Somerville '99

LIEUTENANT MATT "SQUEAK" SOMERVILLE '99, PILOT/AIRCRAFT COMMANDER WITH H S L - 4 9 DETACHMENT 2, ONBOARD THE BUNKER HILL WITH E S G - 5 (BONHOMME RICHARD) RECOUNTS HIS EXPERIENCE IN SUMATRA.

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While in Sumatra, one of "Squeak's" co-pilots was USNA graduate. Lieutenant Junior Grade John P. Mikols '01, USNR. Photo courtesy of Matt Somerville

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fter a Htde over a week in Sumatra, we have, unformnately, moved on.

We're currendy heacHng west to our original destination to fulfill our original tasking. I wish Hke hell that we could have stayed longer, but we left behind a large and efficient crew of miHtary and civiHan volunteers who will continue to have an amazing effect on the people of Indonesia. Additionally, we definitely made a positive impact in our short time there. Over the span of a week or so, we flew more than 33 sorties (missions) totaling 95 hours. During that time, we transported more than 100,000 pounds of food, water and medical suppHes

(a couple thousand pounds at a time) to some very needy survivors of the tsunami.

It was awesome!

Looking back on it, it was quite possibly the most rewarding week of my life—definitely the most rewarding I can remember. Every time we landed, we were absolutely mobbed by tens and, in most cases, hundreds of people—all completely gratefiil for whatever we could give them. I can't imagine what these people were going through—most all of them have lost their houses, their clothes, their sources for food and water and, I'm sure in most cases, many of their family members. I'm assuming most of them

Photos courtesy of Lieutenant Commander John M. Daniels and Photographers Mate 2nd Class Seth C. Peterson

hadn't smiled in a couple weeks until we showed up. Rarely, among the hundreds of people that rushed the heHcopter, did we see a face that was not ear-to-ear with a smile. That's an extremely intense feelingâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;^knowing that you're making such a positive effect in their Hves, right then and there.

Most of the days were long and, in some cases, quite trying. We would often takeoff an hour or so after sunrise and not land until after sunset. Long daysâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;some of which w^e never stepped foot out of the cockpit. Not even for bathroom breaks. Most times I would't even realize it until we landed back on the ship and then it would hit me. I think over the course of the week I didn' t once need to "go" while we were flying, partially caused by the heat of the region, but exacerbated by the anti-Malaria pills we've been taking since two days prior to arriving. The pills completely dry you out. But here's the real kicker.The water quaHty is so poor off the Indonesian coast that the ship has to add extra Bromine to the water to kill the bacteria, etc.

(Remember, our only source for fresh water is the big blue that keeps us afloat).

The result is that not only does the drinking water on the ship taste Hke a

rusty pipe dipped in chlorine, but the added Bromine completely dries you out.

So, we'd fin our Camel packs full of water early in the morning, usually finish it by noon, sweat through our flight suits and land on the ship that evening with a cotton mouth. It was kind of ironic, too, because on some flights we were deHvering thousands of pounds of bottled water to the people while suffering of thirst ourselves. But none of us wanted to take the water, knowing they needed it much more than us.

One of the most memorable instances of the week happened on our last flight.

That day, we made multiple deHveries of food and suppHes; some we deHvered doctors and volunteers to disaster sites, etc. We thought we were done for the day and we started heading up the coast on our way back to the ship. As we were flying along, my air crewman in the back pointed out that we had some botdes of water that fell out of a case and some of our leftover lunches (a couple Styrofoam cases of chicken nuggets and french fries).

We made it a point to never return to the ship vwth food or water, so we started looking for people in need. That didn't take long. We quickly spotted a group of about 20 people along a road waving flags

and T-shirts as we flew overhead. We quickly pulled a U-turn (so to speak) and landed on a nearby one lane road to give them what Htde we had. I almost felt bad because we had so Htde to offer them. I assumed they were expecting much more, since we usually had much more to offer. Maybe they were, but it wasn't apparent. After my air crewman gave the people what Htde we had and returned to the heHcopter, he told me that a Htde kid ran up to him and gave him all the coconuts the kid could carry. These people have practically nothing, but this kid stiH managed to give us what Htde he had as a token of appreciation. Intense. I don't even know if we can eat the coconuts considering the disease in this area of the world, but it doesn't matter. That's just plain cool!

I wish we could have stayed for much longer, but feel extremely blessed to have even been a part of what I just experienced and there is stiH a strong presence of both military (from multiple countries) and civilian volunteers (fix>m even more countries) continuing to work around the clock. Each day the reHef efforts got increasingly more organized.

Rest assured, there is much good still being done there. <!>

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U r ^ n t : Respond by 15 April 2005 Ballot inserted in this issue of Shipmate Dear Alumni Association Members, Please take a few moments and read the biographies of the members who aspire to serve on the Board of Trustees and be part of the Alumni Association's governance. We also have additional information on the candidates on our web site, www:usna.com.

These alumni are wiUing to offer some very precious and personal resources: their time and talents.

I hope that you will also take the time to readVice Admiral Ed Martin's (USNA '54) short article on the importance of voting. Ed spent a career in the service of our country and decades serving our membership while on the Board ofTrustees. He continues to serve and support the Alumni Association, the Academy and the Brigade in many ways today. We are a membership organization, and the participation of each member in Alumni Association programs and events makes us stronger. So, if you can not join us for every chapter or class event, you can stay in touch through Shipmate, wrsvw.usna.com, email and, especially, by voting.

AH regular members are encouraged to vote for the single-slated vice chair. If you are in the Central or Eastern Region (as noted on the ballot page), you can vote for your choice of the trustee from your region.Your ballot must be signed and received at the Association by 15 April 2005. Only original postcards wiU be counted (no copies, faxes or emails).

Thank you for your interest and your support and now, please thoughtfiJly mark your ballot and send it today.Your participation will make us stronger and ever more relevant.

Go Navy!

George P Watt,Jr. President and CEO

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Vote for Vice Chair and your Regional Trustee (see biographies contained in this issue and on the web at www.usna.com)

INSTRUCTIONS All ballots must be received by 15 April 2005. If you reside in the Eastern Area, vote for one Eastern Region Trustee. If you reside in the Central Area, vote for one Central Region Trustee. All may vote for the Vice Chair.

In accordance with the By-Laws, only Regular Members are eligible to vote in the Annual Election.

Remember: • Only Eastern Area Members will vote for the Eastern Region Trustee.

• Only Central Area Members will vote for the Central Region Trustee (Detach here to mail)

2005 BALLOT For Vice Chair: a Corbin A. McNeill Jr. '62 Write in:

ONLY VOTE FOR YOUR REGIONAL TRUSTEE Eastern Region States: For Eastern Region Trustee: a Warren G. Hahn. RE. '60 G F. Francis "Frank" Hughes Jr. '62 D William 0. Rentz '55 a Roy A. "Skip" Wiegand '73 Write in:

The Eastern Region is comprised of the States of ME, NH, VT, MA, Rl, CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, WV, NC, SO, GA, FL and the region lying east of the East Coast of the United States to longitude 61 degrees east.

OR For Central Region Trustee: G James M. Bethmann 77 a Leonard R. Wass '64 Write in:

Central Region States: The Central Region is comprised of the States of OH, Ml, IN, IL, Wl, MN, KY, TN, AL, MS, LA, AR, MO, lA, ND, SO, NE, KS, OK, TX and the Americas, excluding those states listed in a., b. and d. as noted in the By-Laws and including the Caribbean.

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By Vice Admiral Edward H. Martin '54, USN (Ret.)

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uring the past decade, the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association has made remarkable, even spectacular, accompUshments with respect to its mission, i.e., to serve and support the United States, the Naval Service and the Naval Academy The effectiveness, growth and maturing of our Alumni Association is a direct resiflt of dynamic and visionary leadership of dedicated, involved Alumni, our Board ofTrustees and President/CEO, supported by a most capable, professional staff.

With the highly successful amalgamation of the Alumni Association and the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation on 31 December 1999, the magnitude and scope of support provided to the Naval Academy and the Brigade of Midshipmen has increased exponentially. From a coUegial, fraternal organization, our Alumni Association has developed into a modern, effective and increasingly complex organization; one of which all Alumni can be justifiably proud.

Fortunately, many Alumni are actively involved in fUfilHng the mission, perpetuating the weU-being and growth of the Association through personal participation and commitment.

'...the magnitude and scope of s u p p o r t provided t o the Naval A c a d e m y and the Brigade of M i d s h i p m e n has increased exponentially."

Conversely, far too many Alumni do not show interest and do not get involved in any of the activities and programs of the Association. Of particular concern is the lack of participation by many Alumni in the governance of the Association. The sine qua nan for proper, effective and inclusive governance is contingent upon broad-based participation in the electoral process. In order to ensure meaningftJ representation and compHance with the will of the majority of the approximately 70,000 Hving Alumni, it is vitaUy important that aU members of our Alumni Association participate in the election of their officers and representatives. It is their responsibiHty.The ballot for the 2005 election is contained in this issue o{ Shipmate and provides candidates for the vice chairman and Eastern and Central Region trustees. AU eHgible Alumni are encouraged to get involved and vote.

The Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation has made giant strides in supporting the Naval Academy in areas that cannot be funded with appropriated fiinds and funding for these programs and faciHties that are essential to maintaining USNA as the premier service academy and institution of excellence. The ongoing Leaders to Serve the Nation campaign has been highly successfiil to date but requires the involvement and commitment of, not just a core cadre of supporters, but of all Alumni. Arguably, there is not a single Alumnus of our aHna mater who is not far better off in Hfe because he or she is a graduate of USNA. We all owe a great debt of gratitude to the Naval Academy for the education, training and core values inculcated in us.

With individual involvement and commitment, our Alumni Association and Foundation will continue to evolve and provide the requisite support in the fulfillment of our mission. 4>

INSTRUCTIONS All ballots must be received by/15 April 2005. If you reside in the Eastern Area, vote for one Eastern Region trustee. If you reside in the Central Area, vote for one Central Region trustee. All may vote for the vice chain In accordance with the By-Laws, only Regular Members are eligible to vote in the Annual Election.

Remember: â&#x20AC;˘ Only Eastern Area members will vote for the Eastern Region trustee. â&#x20AC;˘ Only Central Area members will vote for the Central Region trustee.

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2005 Board of Trustees Candidate Biographies For Vice C h a i r m a n : Corbin A. McNeill, Jr. '62 / ' S o r b i n A. McNeill,Jr. is the retired 'W'Chairman and co-CEO of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), one of the nation's largest utilities, which was formed in October 2000 by the merger of PECO Energy Company and Unicom Corporation. Prior to the merger Mr. McNeill was Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of PECO Energy, the Philadelphia utiHty. During his tenure as Chief Executive Officer, PECO Energy was recognized as "UtiHty of the Year" by the Edison Electric Institute.

Mr. McNeiU completed a twenty-year career wath the U.S. Navy in 1981 after serving as Commanding Officer of the USSTautog and Commanding Officer of the Naval Nuclear Power School. Subsequent to his naval service Mr. McNeiU joined the utility industry and served in positions of increasing responsibility prior to his election as CEO of PECO Energy.

Mr. McNeill received his Bachelor of Science Degree in 1962 from the U.S. Naval Academy and has completed graduate courses in business at the University of California (Berkeley) and

Syracuse University. He is a 1992 graduate of Stanford University's Executive Management Program.

Mr. McNeill serves on the Board of Directors ofAssociated Electric & Gas Insurance Services Limited (AEGIS), Northwestern Corporation, Ontario Power Generation, the ProvinciaUy owned generating company and Portland General Electric where serves as Chairman of the Board.

Mr. McNeill is a former trustee of Drexel University and The Valley Forge Military Academy, and former Chairman of Leadership Inc., of Philadelphia. He is currendy Vice Chairman of the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association (USNAAA).

Mr. McNeill was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree by Drexel University in 2000. He has also received awards from the World Nuclear Association, the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, the American Nuclear Society and the Nuclear Energy Institute.

He and his wife, Dorice, are the parents of five children.

They reside in Jackson, WY, and maintain a second residence in Wilmington, DE.

For Eastern Region Trustee: Warren G. Hahn w, RE.

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have been fortunate to be a member of the Naval Academy community for the past 44 years. I intend to continue to provide service to USNA.The best way to do this, is as the Eastern Region Trustee. My education and professional experiences make me an exceptional candidate for the position.

I graduated from the Naval Academy with the class of 1960.

I continued my education at the USMC Officers Basic School and Combat Engineer School, where 1 was first in class, and had the opportunity to demonstrate my leadership abiHties as I continued my military career for the next four years.

Upon completing my miHtary service 1 began my professional career as an Engineer. After twenty years as the central Horida Branch Manager ofJohnson Controls, I retired and started my own engineering company. It has been a thriving business for 15 years. During this time 1 organized and served as a Charter Chapter President of the American Society of Heating Ventilating & Air Conditioning Engineers and a Chapter

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President of the National Society of Professional Engineers.

I continued to stay an active member of the USNA community. I organized and served as the Charter President of the USNA Tampa Bay Alumni chapter.

Additionally, I served as a member and chairman of the Congressional Service Academy selection committee. Moreover, I have been a Naval Academy Information Officer since 1971 and during this time served as Team Leader and Area Coordinator. During my 34 years as a Blue and Gold Officer, 1 have counseled over 250 high school candidates, resulting in over 50 appointments.

It has been my pleasure for over 41 years to give back to die USNA all that it has provided me. It is my hope to continue my service and commitment as the Eastern Region Trustee.

For Eastern Region Tmstee: CAPT F. Francis (Frank) Hughes '62, USN (Ret.)

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. Francis (Frank) Hughes graduated fix)ni the Naval Academy in 1962.

The first in his class to earn his wings, he served eleven years on active duty making cruises on both the East and West coasts withVA 46,VA 163, andVA 87. A graduate of the Empire Test Pilot School in England he flew and tested over 40 different aircraft. After leaving active duty, Frank served eighteen years in the Navy Reserve and served as Commanding Officer of five Naval Reserve units including C.O.VA 203 and C O . N R NAS Keflavik Iceland.

In his civiHan career, Frank founded F.F Hughes & Associates, afiiUservice management and real estate consulting

company speciaHzing in work out solutions for individuals and institutions. His company has sales and refinancing in excess of $280 milHon and restructured one cHent's $300 million real estate portfoHo. He has recendy retired as C E O of an international company that initiated and estabHshed operations in 13 countries in Latin America, India, the Philippines, and South Africa.

Frank earned a Masters degree from George Washington University and a Masters degree from Princeton University. He served as a Blue & Gold officer and is a Hfe member of NAAA. Frank and his wife HoUy Hve in Eustis Horida. They have three children, Lynn, a television producer; Jim, an airHne captain with U.S. Airways; and Michael, who is with the State Department in Argentina.

For Eastern Region Trustee: CART William o. Rentz '55, USN (Ret.)

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aptain Rentz was a career Surface Warfare Officer. His sea assignments were Chief of Staff to Commander Carrier Group Four, embarked and deployed in Kennedy, Nimitz, CarlVinson, and Coral Sea. He commanded USS California (CGN 36) and USS Goldsborough (DDG 20). He served as Executive Officer of USS Bambndge (CGN 25), USS Waller P D 466), and USS Dash (MSO 428). He was Engmeer on USS Rowe (DD 564) and was in the Pre-Commissioning Crew and Initial Crew in the Reactor Department of USS Enterprise (CVN 65). His shore assignments were Deputy Program Manager Aegis Shipbuilding, NAVSEA, CNO's Executive Panel (OP OOK), Office of Secretary of Defense, and as an Instructor at NPTU, Idaho. His awards include the Legion of Merit (3), Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Commendation Medal (2), Batde Efficiency Ribbon (4), and numerous service area awards, including Viemam. He received the Navy League Stephen Decatur Award in 1980 for Operational ExceUence.

After retiring in 1985, he started his civiHan career as a commercial nuclear power plant Evaluation Manager at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (1985-1988), was a management and engineering consultant forWilHams Power Corporation (1988-1991), and for United Energy Services Corporation (1991-1994), and was Vice President of Experimental Engineering Corporation, a small consulting firm for

Department of Energy contractors, primarily Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, at Oak Ridge and Hanford (1994-1998).

He attended Georgia Tech for one year prior to entering the Naval Academy, graduating with a BS in 1955.

He completed Advanced Nuclear Power training in 1960 and Chief Engineer of nuclear ship qualification in 1965. He completed two years of postgraduate study at George Washington University in Management in 1970 at night school and graduated from MIT Sloan School of Management Senior Executive Program in 1980. He holds Masters level or equivalent in Nuclear Engineering and Management.

Captain Rentz is a USNA Alumni Association Life Member. He was elected Adanta Chapter President for two terms from 1991 to 1993 and again from 2003 to 2005. He also served as Adanta Chapter Trustee from 2002 to 2003. He served on the Other Chapter Selection Committee and The Admissions Standing Committee. He started new Chapters and served as first Chapter President of KnoxviUe-Oak Badge (1994-1996) and Hanford-Tri Cities (1997-1998).

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For Eastern Region Tmstee: CAPT Roy A "Skip" Wiegand 73, USNR (Ret.) I am honored to be nominated to serve 1 on your Board ofTrustees as the Regional Trustee, Eastern Region. I served on active duty more than 22 years, and my command tours included a P3 squadron and a naval air station. 1 also served staff tours wdth CRJ'WL in NorfoHc and N88R on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations in the Pentagon. Personal awards include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal (3), Navy Commendation Medal and Navy Achievement Medal.

Although I retired from active duty in 1997,1 have continued my commitment to military and alumni participation. I serve on the USNA Nominating Committee for Pennsylvania's 13th Congressional District and am also a Blue and Gold Officer. For 7 years, I have counseled students at three area high schools and, as a member of the Philadelphia Chapter, 1 am the site coordinator for the annual informational open house which draws nearly 300 local high school students. In addition, I am a USNA Alumni Association Life Member and a member of SPPA.

With my son Matt's recent induction into the USNA Class of 2008,1 am uniquely qualified to bridge the traditions of the past, that we alumni remember, to the reaHty current midshipmen experience. Matt provides invaluable insights into Hfe at the Academy and, having just followed my son's progress through his first year, I have a good feel for the fine young men and women now on board at USNA. I am a flight officer vwth a major cargo airHne, ABX Air, part of the DILL Worldwide network. My wife Margaret and I Hve in Ambler, Pennsylvania.

If elected as your Trustee, I pledge to: • Keep the region informed on deHberations and issues facing the Board.

• Establish lines of communication and availabiHty by any means—^in person, telephone or internet—^throughout the term.

• Provide feedback with regular progress reports.

• Faidy represent the views of alumni in the Eastern Region.

• Work to increase the interaction of the 'extended brigade' with the current Brigade of Midshipman.

For Central Region Trustee: James M. Bethmann 77

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ames M. Bethmann has been a USNA Alumni Association Life Member since graduation ui 1977, a member of the President's Circle the past five years, and the President of the North Texas Chapter for the past six years. He is a key contact for Naval Academy and Alumni Association activities and Foundation fiind-raising activities in North Texas. He works closely vrith the Admissions Office and the Blue & Gold network serving on a Texas Senator's Candidate Selection Committee, and has chaired the Blue Chip Dinner (a "marquee" chapter event in the national alumni network) in North Texas the past six years.

Jim entered USNA via NAPS and spent seven years on active duty upon graduation in the Surface Warfare Community where he was selected for the Carrier Readiness Improvement Program in 1979. After five years at sea in two commands,Jim returned to Annapolis as the Executive Assistant to the head of Professional Development and as a Seamanship & Tactics Instructor. He coached the Hght weight football team's offensive backs fixDm 1982 to 1984 while there as well.

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Since leaving active duty, Jim has had a number of corporate executive pubHc and private company positions. He is currendy Vice Chairman of Highland Parmers, (NASDAQ:HHGP), a global executive recruiting boutique speciaHzing in CEO and Board Director placements worldwide.

Jim has two brothers who recendy retired from active duty Scott '80 and Ronnie '82 and a nephew Thomas, a plebe in the class of'08!

He has current higher level education leadership experience as a Board Member for the Center for Business International Education and Research (CEBER) at the University of Texas and as an Advisory Board Director at die University of South CaroHna. Jim is married to Lyn and has a son at USC and a daughter in high school '06.

For Central Region Trustee: CAPT Leonard R. Wass '64, uSNR (Ret.)

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o: Central Region Alumni, USNA Alumni Association PLATFORM: Continue to seek your input of your likes and concerns—with the Alumni Association and the Academy—and to represent your thoughtful views. Continue to be available to help in person, by phone, or by email throughout my term—and to feedback progress periodically. Build on my work with fellow Trustees to ensure the Alumni Association is responsive to the needs and concerns of the Alumni.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS D U R I N G FIRST TERM: SoHcited and acted on alumni input on a wide range of issues; Played key role to get Regional Trustees represented on the Executive Committee; Helped numerous alumni with requests for information, assistance, etc.; Issued 74 Central Region Newsletters at my own expense since May 2002; Recognized by fellow Trustees, and enjoy their support, as an activist for positive change on the Board.

QUALMCATIONS/NAVY SUPPORT/OTHER ACTIVITIES • Active Duty: Five years; three submarines (including Vietnam service) • Reserves:'Iwenty years; CO, Chicago submarine unit; Naval Research unit • MBA '71 University of Chicago (Finance & International Business) • Management Consulting: Senior Partner ofTowers Perrin (22 years); CHents: Fortune 500 Boards and Executive Management; Served on Firm's Board, Executive Committee, & other Board Committees; Managed East Coast offices and the worldwide Energy Practice • CEO:Wass Consulting Group, a small consulting Firm (nine years) serving the same cHent base • Lifetime member: USNA Alumni Association, Navy League, Naval Reserve Association,VFW; American Legion, and MOAA; also member U.S. Submarine Veterans

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Alvimni ''Face Off" to Support Navy Lacrosse s Past, Present and Future An enduring respect and gratitude for the lessons learned while playing lacrosse has spurred Navy's lacrosse Alumni to band together in an appeal that wiU enshrine Navy's legacy of past exceUence in the "fastest game on two feet," help renovate the home of Navy lacrosse at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium and provide resources to support current and future Navy coaches and teams.

Navy lacrosse Alumni have provided an enthusiastic advocacy for the program for many years, and now a group of these Alumni is collaborating with the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation and the Naval Academy Athletic Association on an appeal that wiH provide significant financial support for Navy lacrosse. Alumni leading the "Navy Lax Alumni Group" are Marty Mason '75,Tom Hagan '69, Buddy Garland '84, Jake Lawlor '75, Greg Murphy '70, Brian Lander '65, Mike Gottlieb '70 and Jim Lewis '66.

The goal is to raise at least $3 mUHon for three project components.

The first $1.5 milHon wiU support the renovation of The 1975 Navy lacrosse team celebrates a 10-9 victory over Maryland at home on Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium and name the 26 April 1975 Photo from 1975 Lucky Bag "Bilderback/Moore Navy Lacrosse Hall of Fame," to be located on the second floor of the new banquet/conference facility at the stadium. The second $1.5 miUion will be aUocated two ways.

The first priority wiU be to provide a world-class enshrinement of the legacy of Navy lacrosse exceUence in the HaU of Fame.

Then, fiinds raised in excess of that requirement wiU be dedicated to program support for Navy varsity lacrosse. In the event that the appeal yields funds in excess of $3 million, those additional resources vwU be equally provided to varsity lacrosse program support and the fiind for athletic exceUence at the Naval Academy.

"We came together as a group to support our alma mater, our coaches and our teammatesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;from whom we learned so much as midshipmen," said Buddy Garland '84. "We want to appropriately honor the Navy lacrosse legacy, as weU as support current and future Navy lacrosse exceUence."

Ongoing renovations to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium wOl create the finest coUege lacrosse venue in the nation. Additional program support for varsity lacrosse vyiU more fuUy enable the Academy, NAAA and Coach Richie Meade and The 2004 Navy lacrosse team celebrates a 9-6 victory over Maryland at Maryland his staff to recruit the finest lacrosse prospects in the nation to on 4 April2004. Photo by Phil Hoffmann

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apply for admission, coach them to success on the field for Navy and, in so doing, help prepare them for careers in the Navy and Marine Corps. By honoring past players, teams and coaches, the HaU of Fame wUl enable Navy teams of the future to fuUy appreciate the history and heritage of Navy lacrosse. The HaU of Fame wiU also serve as a magnificent outreach for the Naval Academy, displaying to the general pubHc the tremendous opportunities avaUable through intercoUegiate athletics and, specifically lacrosse, at the Academy.

"We are very appreciative of these Alumni who have come together in support of Navy lacrosse," said Coach Meade. "The positive impact their support wiU have on current and future teams and the manner in which this project wUl honor past coaches, players and teams is remarkable."

Initial discussions among past team captains, their teammates and the Navy Lax Alunmi Group are currendy under way.

A "Navy Lacrosse Face Off" event is planned for Friday, 4 March 2005 to pubUcly launch this project. The event wUl be held in the space proposed to become the BUderback/Moore Navy Lacrosse HaU of Fame at the stadium and will precede the lacrosse home opener vs. North CaroHna the next day. The Naval Academy Foundation intends to begin its phone calls soHciting financial support for the project in mid-March.

"We're asking that Navy lacrosse Alumni look back at the experience they had while playing lacrosse at the Naval Academy," said Tom Hagan '69. "Then we're asking that they give back something to support the program that has played, and in many cases, continues to play, such a large role in our Hvesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Navy lacrosse." ^t'

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Class of 2005...

Service Assignment Night T

he Naval Academy views service assignment not as a "onenight" event, but as a continuum which begins prior to coming to the Academy, runs through commissioning and even initial officer qualifications. Last November, the members of the Class of 2005 received their service assignments in their company area. O n 10 February, the Firsties participated in Service Assignment Night, selecting theur ships or class dates.

Future Marine Corps officers at service assignment night on 10 February 2005

The continuum doesn't end on Service Assignment Night.

The First Class Midshipmen will now learn what it takes to succeed during their first years in the fleet through a communityoriented capstone course designed to puU together various topics they've learned at the Academy so they can hit the decks running.

FinaUy, service assignment will continue when the Class of 2005 leaves the Yard. They will continue to train within their community, and learn to drive ships,flyplanes, operate subs and do aU the things they must do to qualify for their warfare pin or other professional qualifications.

Ninety-six percent of this year's First Class Midshipmen received their first or second choice of service assignment.

Specific community assignments include: Community

Assignments Class of 2005 {as of 1 February 2005)

Surface Warfare Officer Submarines Navy Pilot Naval Flight Officer USIVIC SEALS Special Ops Supply Corps Civil Engineering Medical Corps Cryptology Aerospace IVlaintenance Duty Officer intelligence Interservice Transfer

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service Selection in 1955

By Tom Kiefaber '55, class secretary

Service selection and first duty assignments for our class were very different from what the Class of '05 has experiencedâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that much is for sure! What is not so certain is what the exact circumstances were in our day. Not too surprising is that so many of my classmates remember it differently, or not at all. Accounting for this memory loss is the passage of 50 years and the fact that the attention devoted to the recruitment and selection process was pretty low-key in those days.

The consensus seems to be the following: The Class of 1955 selected service and first duty assignments during First Class Year. Both selections were made in accordance with a preference number assigned by a lottery where the Second Class president pulled slips of paper with our names on them out of a cigar box. The sequence determined our preference number with a few exceptions. For instance, if a midshipman had a previous affiliation with either the Air Force or Marine Corps, he was allowed to go into that service regardless of his preference number.

Because the Air Force Academy wasn't founded until 1954, a percentage of the class was destined for the Air Force. As it worked out, 67 percent of service-eligible '55ers picked the Navy, 25 percent selected the Air Force and 8 percent chose the Marine Corps. Some of our class recalls that more than 25 percent of our class wanted to go into the Air Force for a number of reasons, including seasickness and incentives. Incentives such as direct entry into graduate school or flight training and the potential for earlier promotion opportunities were appealing to recent graduates. However, the consequence of not making the Air Force cut (or USMC cut, for that matter) was being placed then at the bottom of the Navy duty selection list.

Everyone who wanted to go in the USMC apparently did so, according to our informal survey.

Numerous duty assignment differences were prevalent in our day. Chief among them was the fact that there was no direct entry into the submarine serviceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;one had to qualify first in the surface Navy as an OOD, Underway. An interesting fact is that three classmates (two Marines and one Navy) transferred over to the Army after graduation.

There were some interesting stories connected with service and duty assignment selection. One '55 Classmate had selected the Air Force and was notified by the tailor shop that his uniforms were ready for pick up. Before doing so, he went out in town to see the movie. The Bridges at Toko-Ri. At that point, he said to himself, "If I go in the Air Force, I'll never land on a carrier." He decided then and there to change his selection to the Navy and informed the tailor shop of his decision. They casually replied, "No problem. You are pretty average in size, so we can fit them to anybody." He went on to a distinguished career in naval aviation.

Another '55er was sent directly to USAF Navigator's School.

Consequently, several hot fighter jocks thought he'd never amount to much in the pilots' Air Force. He did get assigned to pilot training later and ended up with four stars!

One classmate had two and a half months off before reporting to Pensacola for flight training. Being newly married and underpaid, he decided to get a job before he had to report. He checked the want ads and applied and was hired for a job as an Electrolux Vacuum cleaner salesman. He did well enough to be named salesman of the month and received a job offer for after his "obligation."

He stayed in the Navy for 30 plus yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;never once checking back to see if Electrolux was still holding a job for him.

As the Class of '05 prepares for their lives after commencement, they, too, will have interesting stories to tell (and forget). <!>

Midshipmen discuss ship selection at the Surface Warfare Officer assignment evening

Gunny Sergeant Judd Baker (background, center) with midshipmen slated for the Marine Corps and guests at service assignment

Vice Admiral James M. Zortman '73 congratulates a midshipman on his selection of naval aviation

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Summer seminar participants get wet in a team-building exercise utilizing the zodiac boats.

Photo by Lacy Montgomery

Summer Seminar Once-in-a-Lifetime Experience!

By Captain Brian Antonelli ' 9 7 , Southeast regional director

A REWARDEVIG OPPORTUNITY EXISTS THIS JUNE FOR 1,800 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO HAVE JUST COMPLETED THEIR JUNIOR YEAR WHEN THE OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS HOSTS THE ANNUAL NAVAL ACADEMY SUMMER SEMINAR (NASS) PROGRAM ON THE YARD.

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ccording to Don Nekon, assistant director of Admissions and the Summer Seminar director, this annual program needs the support ofAlumni, Blue & Gold Officers and parents to help spread the word to high school students interested in learning about the Naval Academy experience.

Held during the first three weeks ofJune, the Summer Seminar is a chaUenging six-day program that affords students the opportunity to experience what it is Hke to be a midshipman. The dates for the three sessions in 2005 are session one, 4-9 June; session two, 11-16 June; and session three, 18-23 June.

Nelson explains that participating in the Summer Seminar program gives students an opportunity to witness firsthand the moral, mental and physical aspects of the Naval Academy experience. The students participate in daUy physical training on Rip MiUer Field, take the Physical ReacHness Test, participate in academic workshops such as character development seminars, martial arts training, drUl competition and complete the week with an eight-hour leadership challenge of Sea Trials.

"We want the students who attend NASS to fiiUy understand who we are and that the Naval Academy is a very demanding and chaUenging place to go to school," states Captain Thomas Leahy, USMC, die officer in charge of Summer Seminar. "The program is designed to assist them m learning about us and the exceptional opportunities diat are available to them as junior officers in the fleet."

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serve as mentors for the high school stu-

academic transcript, extra curricular

dent participants a clear understanding of

dents w h o participate in NASS. T h e

activities, the PSAT, A C T or SAT scores

the Naval Academy's mission and what it

32 First Class Midshipmen fiU staff bUlets

and geographic representation.

would b e like t o attend U S N A , but it also

and acmaUy plan, execute and manage

provides valuable leadership opportunities

the day-to-day program, whUe the Third

onHne at www.usna.edu/Admissions/

Class Midshipmen serve as squad leaders

nass/ AppHcations wdU b e accepted until

for the candidates."

1 AprU 2005.

T h e N A S S program offen the stu-

for midshipmen, explains Nelson.

WhUe N A S S is administered and managed by the Office of Admissions, the

T h e 2004 Summer Seminar was very

program is actuaUy r u n by an exceptional

successfiil and Nelson anticipates a favor-

Interested students should apply

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and demanding detafl.

appHed for the 1,800 vacancies for the

interested in learning more about the

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June 2004 program. Because of the large

Naval Academy and encourage t h e m to

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number of appHcations several factors are

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inputs fix)m t h e m in order to select the

used to select attendees. These may

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Surviving Wmtet of 1905

By Ginger Doyle

T F D E FOURTH EvI A SERIES BASED

ON LETTERS WRITTEN BY ALFRED SCHANZE 1908

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he Weather Bureau had nothing but bad news for AnnapoHs in the winter of 1905. Each day it deHvered a dismal forecast, and each day midshipmen braced for more of the same:fi-eezingtemperamres, violent winds and the possibiHty of yet another snowstorm.

Alfi-ed described this miserable weather in his letten. He also noted how he, and his peers, coped with it.

Dances offered some reHef, including a New Year's Eve Hop and Graduation BaU. Alfred mentioned the first affair in this paragraph: "Last night there was a big hop in the armory at which they

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who cared to attend. Bloebaum and I tvent as jealous of me if he could have seen the way in which I strutted up to Mrs. Supt. and shook

ajienmrd the bugler blew Year A large number of "plebes" staid [sic] to see

roommate, Chester ,R*''^'

Bloebaum] and I went to bed at the usual hour."

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new in. At twelve o'clock there

this part of the show but

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Parties offered further reHef, and Alfred attended as many as possible. He was—to be fi:ank—a social climber, who tried to hobnob with distinguished officers and their famiHes. Consider this letter that he wrote to his mother:

big as life. Admiral Deivey would have been

reveille to awaken the Nav

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joked, "her closet was probablyjull of dresses."

watched the old year out and the

blew "taps." Immediately

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the second dance. They enjoyed what was "perhaps the most brUHant and beautifiil [baU] ever held" at the Academy—especiaUy his sister, Horence. She had bought a new dress for it, even though, as Alfred

famUy came to

hands at the same time handitig her a game of jolly as to hotv very much pleased I was to be able to come, in ansiver to the jolly sliegave me about hoti' kind it was of me to come.

"TIK next person I braced was Miss Badger, otheniHse known as Miss Commandant. Ijollied her into giving each of us two chaps a plateJiill of some sort of salad, cake, etc. I then walked over to Mrs. Halseyfor 10 minutes while I ate my grub Ttie next lady I struck was Miss Supt.

[Superintendent Bromtson's daughter]. She dealt me out a glass of coffee sherbet which I

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Wops Committee 1905. Alfred attended many hops in winter of 1904-'05, including the Graduation Bali The ball honored members of the Class of 1905, who graduated midway through their senior year to help meet the fleet's need for junior officers. When describing their early departure, Alfred wrote, "In three weeks Ithey] will be officers. Six of them have been physically disqualified and have been notified that their resignations will be accepted. ..I feel sorry for these poor chaps; it seems like a pretty hard streak of luck to get through four years of hard work and then be disqualified on account of weak heart or eyes." Photo from 1905 Lucky Bag

ate while she talked at me a streak which took

Miss Terry. She is a Wellesley

aivay my breath...

grad so we tivo talked shop for

"Tlie room ivas aowded and I managed to work my wayfrom the parlor into the dining

a quarter of an hour..

"No one there kneiv that

room. My stomach gauge registered ajitll cargo,

I did not attend a reception at

so I got busy dodging things to eat. Whenever I

the Wlnte House every week.

saiv a lady with a plate, glass, or cup, making

I wish the Supt. and Suptess

toivard me I broke out in some other direction

would receive every week; it's

and butted into some neiv circle. At last I

a circus."

honed up alongside of Miss Halsey who very kindly asked me to sit beside her and help her

Alfred also socialized

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with weU-to-do civUians that winter.

holds are made until after it is all over and the

eat some olives. She is daughter of Captain

Sometimes he visited them alone. Other

victim is rubbing his joints. We all have the Jiu-

Halsey, Head of the Department of

times, he brought a friend, Asahi Kitagaki

jitsu fever now and keep choking and otherwise

Seamanship, so Ijust made good right then

1909, who he caUed "Kitty" when he

maiming each other all the time."

and there.

was "in a hurry."

"After a litde while I saw Miss Terry,

Asahi was one of 16 Japanese students

whose dad is Head of the Department of

who attended the Academy in the 19th

PItysics and Chemistry. I managed to slip away

and early 20th centuries. Alfred men-

from Miss Halsey while she happened to be

tioned him for the first time in this

looking some other way, and came up alongside

passage, dated 26 January: "/ am quitefriendly with the [Japanese] candidate here in toivn. He comes here three times a week together with two other [students]

Later,Alfrednoted that Asahi was "still a little behind the times with his English, but [was] getting up to date better every day."

In addition to social events, sports helped midshipmen to cope wdth winter's cold. For instance, Alfred, who had been a star gyrrmast in high school, joined the gym team in February.

His timing was perfect. He joined just

who teach the First Class "Judo" orJuicy Jitsu

in time to prepare for, and perform in, a

or whatever else they call it. [They] are pretty

special exhibition. As he wrote:

good at throwing our biggest and most powerful

"On March 18th there is to be a grand

men around on the mats. They seem to have a

tournament in every branch of athletics here.

wonderful gift in using their legs just as if they

Among the amusements there is to be a gymnas-

were arms. [Tljey] are quick as lightening; so

tic exhibition to begivett by the gym team. lam

very quick, in fact, that we cannot see how

one of the stuntmen and shall do my best to give the spectators their money's worth. Admission is free, so you can imagine what my ability must be

Alfred attended many parties on the Yard in the winter in order that they do notfeel cheated." of 1905, including at least one hosted by thenSuperintendent Captain Willard H. Brownson 1865, shown The team trained rigorously for the here. Their frequency prompted him to write, "If this recepevent, which was a success. In fact, one tion craze continues...I expect to be well up on all sorts of week after it occurred, Alfred declared: social stunts by springtime."

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Asahi Kitagaki 1909 was one of 16 Japanese midshipmen who attended the Naval Academy in the mid- 19th and early 20th centuries. They came as a result of Emperor Mitsuhito's effort to modernize his country in 1868. That year, Japan's government asked permission to enroll select students (from Japan's nobility or samurai caste) in foreign schools, including the Academy Congress granted its request, and the first Japanese midshipman arrived in 1869. Asahi entered the Academy in 1905, but did not graduate. He died in 1929 in Japan.

"Ourgym exhibition is still more or less

"My box of cake and candy was delivered

Alfred's family sent him more than

talked about by everyone as it was quite a surprise

to me on Wednesday without the least

sweet comfort food to help him through

to the whole place to have tiie team come out and

question... When Florence has her masquerade

the vraiter.They also sent magazines,

do something worth looking at. Until this year the

and there should happen to be anything left

toothpaste, drawing materials, underwear,

gym team has never amounted to much."

after the fun you can pack it up into a box and

calling cards and, most frequendy, stamps

send it this way. Bloeb and I will be pretty sure

for his letters, i'

It's a good thing that Alfred joined the gym team. Otherwise, he might not have been able to maintain his svelte, 143-pound frame in the winter of 1905.

Alfred had a sweet tooth; his famUy knew it; and, as a result, they sent him

to clean up all you can send us."

"Last Friday's mail brought me a box of

Sources include Evening Capital arti-

the finest fudge I have ever eaten... [It] lasted

cles; 1904,1905 and 1906 Lucky Bags;

about three hours."

Jack Sweetman's The U.S. Naval Academy:

"If Barbara makes any cakes which are too

An Illustrated History; and the Personal

many boxesfiUedwith desserts that season.

largefor the mail try the express... The young

Correspondences of Alfi^ed Schanze, U.S.

Consider these Hnes from his letters:

lady whom Bloebaum had here sent him a

Naval Academy Nimitz Library Archives

large box of candied dates andfudge by express

& Special CoUections.

"My box [of sweets] reached me two days ago and I received it without trouble. It is

and he received

nearly empty and almost time for another."

it without the least trouble."

All photos courtesy of U.S. Naval Academy Nimitz Library Archives & Special Collections unless otherwise noted.

The Academy's 1908 Gymnastics Team and its captain, Alfred Schanze, who joined the gym team in 1905. He was its captain in 1908, the same year he was named all-round and tumbling champion. Alfred enjoyed gym practiceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and showering afterwards. And, on 19 February 1905, he suggested that his father do the same. He asked him how he was "getting on with [his] course in physical culture," and added, "You would find great pleasure as well as benefit in taking shower baths after exercising. You could have a shower apparatus rigged up over the bath tub. I advise you to try it"

Alfred and his fellow teammates practiced in old Fort Severn, which had been converted into a gymnasium. It is shown here in 1896 (left) and 1903 (right).

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from every stand and every street crowd we passed. It was enough to give us all a heap of conceit but everyone is normal.

"Unfortunately I did not get permission to fall out and, as a result, missed seeing Mr. Linnett, Albert, Mary, and everyone else.

Only those who had visiting parents or brothers or sisters were given liberty. Those who had brothers or sisters there were given one hour off while those who had parents were allowed to remain all night and return this afternoon. On Friday afternoon I received a tetter from Mary in which she asked me to take supper at her house.

I telephoned to her that I could not do this and Mrs. Haron spoke up and said she wanted me to stay over night She said she was going to ask Captain Brownson to let me do this as a personal favor to her.

Evidently the Captain refused.

"We were served a very fine luncheon after the parade by Mrs. McLean [sic]. All the pretty debutantes were there to serve us. Her

1905 Inaugural Parade

house is one block beyond the Shoreham. There I was within holler-

The highlight of Alfred's winter occurred on 4 March, when the

Mrs. Mc's luncheon was the finest thing of the kind I have ever seen.

Brigade marched in President Theodore Roosevelt's inauguration in

There was music during the whole thing (one hour) and in spite of

Washington, DC. He recorded the event in several letters, including

the fact that there were five hundred of us to serve everything went

this one, dated 12 February:

smoothly. Beside the girls and young ladies there were a lot of wait-

"Our program for March 4th has already been pretty well fixed.

ing distance of Mr. Linnett and could not get loose. That was tough.

ers who did the principal part of the waiting. It was certainly slick.

We are to leave here about 10 a.m. arriving at Washington at noon. Mrs. Mc was the best of all. She came to our table and said 'children Then we march until 4 or 5 o'clock until the parade is over. The

do have some more croquettes.' Just think of us children marching

entire Brigade of Midshipmen is to be entertained at luncheon by

eight miles, with our overcoats and rifles."

Mrs. Mc Laine. I do not however know whether we shall be turned loose or not. As we must return to Annapolis upon the same day we shall get but little time to ourselves even if we are turned loose..."

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wanted to visit a family friend, Mr. Linnett, who would be in town that day. He described his plan to see him in this letter, dated 28 February: "About seeing Mr. Linnett in Washington I can make only this arrangement Between four and four thirty I shall fall out of ranks at a place near the Shoreham. I shall proceed at once to that hotel and ask for Mr. Linnett. If he is not there I shall wait a half hour or so and then skip. If Mr. Linnett goes there and I do not show up by four forty he had better give me up. You might tell Albert the same.

I am not absolutely sure of permission to fall out on that day but I guess there will be no trouble on that score."

Alfred mentioned the inauguration for the last time in this letter, on 5 March: "My dear Mamma, The inauguration has come and gone but I am just the same as ever in spite of the strenuous march we had.

Our brigade most certainly was at its best as you may know by what the papers have to say about us. I do wish you could have been down at the capital to see the parade. I do not believe there has been one as good since the Grand Army parade of 1865. We chaps worked hard and tried our level best and I am of the opinion that we met with success. You should have heard the cheers we received during the entire march. Navy! Navy! Navy! Sounded

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Brothers and Sisters As a Plebe, I was fascinated by classmates whose brothers and sisters were also midshipmen. The chaUenges Fourth Class Midshipmen face are plentiful, and the benefit of having an older brother or sister's guidance always seemed valuable to me.

BARRY'S three most junior USNA graduates aU have the distinction of having siblings who graduated from the Naval Academy. Ensign Heather Foster '03, USNR, and her older brother Ben Foster '02, USNR, Hved in Hong Kong and Delaware before settling in Boca Raton, FL. Ben, who lettered in soccer at the Academy, fHes SH-60s assigned to the NiMlTZ Carrier Strike Group whUe Heather has done a superb job as auxUiaries officer in addition to making an impact on our entire crew as M W R officer.

Ensign Vanessa Forrest '03, USNR, also moved around with her famUy as her father concluded a successfill Navy career as a limited duty officer. Her famUy, now from MUton, FL, has produced four Naval Academy graduatesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;^Vanessa; her sister Gidget Forrest '98, USN; her brother Brandon Forrest '99, USN; andVanessa's twin sister CarruUe Forrest '01, USN. Our Electronic Warfare Officer, Vanessa recendy earned her Surface Warfare pin on deployment and achieved the highest marksmanship score on the ship to boot.

Our latest addition from the Naval Academy, Ensign Nate Chase '04, USNR, spent his early childhood in Hiroshima where his parents were missionaries.This experience created a tight bond between Nate and his younger brother Midshipman Jeremy Chase '06. Both brothers have lettered in footbaU at the Academy with Jeremy starting as defensive end on this year's history making team. Off to a strong start on BARRY, Nate continues to lead with enthusiasm and a team-oriented philosophy as main propulsion division officer and our athletics officer.

Listening to these three young officers reminisce about their experiences confirmed for me how special it must be to have a sister or brother at the Academy at the same time. Ensigns Forrest and Foster, as the younger

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From left. Ensign Vanessa Forrest '03, Ensign Nate Chase '04 and Ensign Heather Foster '03 Photo by Ensign Sara Green

sisters of midshipmen, recaUed the benefits of having an upperclassman in Bancroft HaU to look after them.

Vanessa, whose twin sister CamiUe preceded her by two years, was too smart to get into the specific benefits of having a Second Class Midshipmen who looked exacdy Hke her during Plebe Year. Nate, the only older Academy sibling on board, claimed that younger Academy sibHngs, "never had a Plebe Year," compared to their older brothers or sisters.

Ensign Chase and I were fortunate enough to be able to watch his Htde brother and his teammates beat Army as our ship was deployed in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Seeing the game through the eyes of a former varsity footbaU player watching his younger brother from thousands of rrules away made this ArmyNavy game one that I wiU remember for a long time.

Midshipman Chase, who wants to serve in the United States Marine Corps, made the game even more memorable by choosing a BARRY patch as the unit patch he wore on his uniform for the game.

In an article featuring the Chase brothers, my commanding officer. Commander Chip Denman '85, USN, reflected, "BARRY is proud that Nate's brother Jeremy wiH be wearing our ship's crest as he represents the Naval Academy on the footbaU field. However, I am much more impressed by these two young men's commitment to serve their country as officers in the naval service." A few months later, my captain's words stUl ring true and 1 think this sentiment appHes to aU of the Naval Academy famUies, Hke the Fosters, the Chases and the Forrests, who continue to support each other and serve our Nation. <i>

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he Third Annual Texas Guff Coast Chapter USNA Alumni Association and Foundation Goff Classic was held 9 November 2004 at Raveneaux Country Club in Houston, TX, raisuig $100,000 for the Foundation. Witii 135 playen and sponsors, plus another 65 lunch attendees, the event was a smashing success from the impressive limcheon to the exhilarating rounds of goff.

Duruig lunch, there was an incredible lineup of speaken.

Tim Rebhorn '83 welcomed everyone, thanked our many generous sponsors and introduced the event's Honorary Chairman, from left. Former President George H. W. Bush, Tim Rebhorn 'S3, James Baker, George Watt '73 and Robert Mosbacher Sr Photos by Andy Howard 75 Robert A. Mosbacher Sr., former Secretary of Commerce.

Secretary Mosbacher humorously mentioned that he agreed to serve as Honorary Chairman only ff die Committee put forth "maximum effort" in tiiis fiindraismg event, and he acknowledged the Committee's success as weU. Secretary Mosbacher introduced James A. Baker III, Secretary of State in the George H.W Bush Admimstration. In 1988, during the early days of the Bush Administration, the Commandant of the Marme Corps, General Al Gray, USMC, caUed to make an mtroductory

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(against Missouri), BelHno recaUed Mather intercepting a lateral and running 98 yards for a Navy score, in front of then President-elect John F.Kennedy. The audience was tremendously impressed with BeUino—a true sportsman who directed the attention to his feUow footbaU teammates.

"It \A/as exciting t o see the Extended Brigade c o m e for\A/ard for this event...Alumni, parents. Blue 8>L Gold Officers, military veterans and many of friends of the Naval Academy."

appointment, recaUed Baker. As a former Marine Captain, Baker quickly accepted the overture and was somewhat humbled and amused at the prospect. At the end of the visit. The Commandant gave Secretary Baker a "camouflaged" calling card with the tide "U.S. Marine" in big letten underneath his name, and "Secretary of State" in much smaller letters.

With the tone of the luncheon set, James Baker introduced George H . W Bush, the 41st President of the United States, as simply, "Ensign Bush." The President told a few Navy stories, as weU as aviation stories from his early years. He also spoke about the perilous times we currendy Hve in and his admiration for the men and women in today's miHtary.

FoUowing the President's remarks, Secretary Mosbacher presented George P. Watt '73, president and C E O of the USNA Alumni Association and Foundation, with a $100,000 check to the Foundation on behaff of the tournament. Watt was extraordinarily

gracious as he accepted the donation and mentioned that no other Alumni chapter has ever raised flinds of this magnitude.

AdditionaUy, Chet Gladchuk, USNA athletic director, spoke to the group about the Navy footbaU team's increcHble 2004 season. Continuing on the football theme, Neil Block '61 introduced our next speaker and his classmate, Heisman Trophy winner Joe BelHno '61. BelHno briefly mentioned winning the Heisman during the 1960 season and acknowledged that it meant a lot to him and to the Naval Academy. He graciously recaUed a few spectacular accompHshments by his Navy football teammates— now Hving in Houston.

Joe BeUino said that as a Plebe in 1957, he watched Buddy WeUbom '59 score three touchdowns in a victory over Notre Dame. He reminisced about Greg Mather '62 kicking a last-minute field goal to win the game against the University of Washington (then ranked #1) in Seattie in 1960. And, after that season, in the January 1961 Orange Bowl

"It was exciting to see the Extended Brigade come forward for this event.

Robert Mosbacher's commitment energized many others in the community who had good feelings toward the Navy and the Naval Academy; but who would not have known about the opportunity to participate in such a worthwhile and enjoyable event.The commitment came forth from Alumni, parents. Blue & Gold Officers, miHtary veterans and many friends of the Naval Academy," said PeterVanDerlofske '68.

We gratefliUy acknowledge the extraordinary work of the Tournament Committee—^PeterVanDerlo6ke '68, Rob Brown '65,Tim Rebhorn '83, Ed Hlopak '65, Lynn Wegner '65, TomWojciechowski '69, Rick Kercheval (father of Jason Kercheval '01 and Christi Kercheval '03),Tony Kindred (father of Jenrufer Mungas '99) and Rick Mawdsley (father ofAndrew Mawdsley '05).

The goff tournament was founded in 2002 under the leadership of Peter VanDerlofike '68, with the help of the local Alumni chapter board and the Blue & Gold Organization.The objective was, and continues to be, to estabHsh an annual fiindraising event so the Chapter increases its support of the Naval Academy. vi> Andy Howard '75performed admirably as the official (and volunteer) Chapter photographer.

Many more photos can be found (and downloaded) at http://wiviv.usna.com/Chapters/ US/TX/GulfCoast/default.htm.

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N E W R O O M WEAVES Exfflcs INTO DIVERSE DISCIPLINES The Admiral IngersoU Teaching Ethics Resource Room was officiaUy opened in Luce HaU during a ribbon cutting ceremony 19 January. Made possible by a gift firam AHce IngersoU Nagle to the Naval Academy Foundation for the Academy's Center for the Study of Professional MUitary Ethics, the new resource room has books, journals, case studies, simulations, exercises, ethical codes, syUabi, videos, interactive media and teaching aids. The materials cover not only the teaching of ethics and character development, but also the ethical dimensions of other academic disciplines such as engineering, physical sciences, history, economics and poUtical science.

The room was named after Nagle's father, the late Admiral Royal Eason IngersoU 1905, USN (Ret.). Born in 1883, IngersoU represented the second of three generations of IngersoUs to attend the Academy. His father. Rear Admiral Royal Rodney IngersoU 1868, USN (Ret.), fought in the CivUWar, Spanish American War and World War 1. His son. Lieutenant Royal Rodney IngersoU II '34, USN, was kUled in the Batde of Midway.

As a midshipman, Admiral IngersoU sang in the choir and served as a fourstriper. As an officer, he taught seamanship and international law at the Naval Academy. Later, he taught in the EngHsh department. During World War II, he was commander in chief of the U.S.Adantic Heet and later commander,Western Sea Frontier.

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Admiral Rodney Rempt '66 said Mrs. Nagle was investing in the fliture of Navy From left, Al Pierce, Alice IngersoU Nagle and Superintendent Rodney R Rempt '66 cut the opening ribbon at a ceremony on 19 January 2004. and Marine Corps Photo by Shannon O'Connor officers. He said that ethics is a critical part been said and the way in which my father of the foundation of how we Hve our Hves. has been remembered by the academy."

He said it's what we beHeve in our gut and Reprinted in partfiom a 28 January rely on to make the right decision when 2005 article in Trident by Martha Thorn, our backs are against the waU. Vice Admiral Rempt praised the acad- assistant editor emy's "strong ethics program" and the IngersoU Room, which wiU offer an additional resource to instiU ethics into the midshipmen. He said the impact of Mrs. Nagle's gift will last not just for years, but for generations and would make a difference in how the midshipmen think about values, ethics and honor.

Dick Johnson, executive vice president, represented the Naval Academy Foundation in thanking Mrs. Nagle for her gift. He said Mrs. Nagle's connection to AnnapoHs goes back a long way, from attending school in the basement of Mahan HaU to visiting the academy when her brother was a midshipman.

Johnson said her combination gift and estate plan would serve as a model for others. "You're doing a terrific thing, and we're very gratefiil," Johnson said.

As for Nagle, she had always wanted to do something special to remember her father's name. For her, the day was a wish come true.

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GOLF TOURNAMENT PROCEEDS BENEFIT USNA VARSITY GOLF PROGRAM On 21 January 2005, George PWatt '73, president & CEO of the Naval Academy Alunmi Association and Foundation, presented a check for the largest amount ever received from a Homecoming Golf Tournament to the Navy Golf Team.

Coach Pat Owen and Chet Gladchuk, USNA director of athletics, accepted the 2004 tournament donation of SI 1,004 on behalf of the Navy varsity golf program.

Coach Owen says with the help of the proceeds firom the Naval Academy Homecoming Golf Tournaments, the vanity goH" team has been able to coordinate a fantastic spring trip each year. For the past 10 years, the team has traveled to Orlando, FL, to train at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club. Lake Nona is a world-class facUity that includes Ernie Els and Anruka Sorenstam among its members. The team had the opportunity to meet vrith and exchange golf stories with Els, feUowr tour player Charles HoweU III and the world's most famous golf instructor David Leadbetter. In addition to training at Lake Nona, the team had the opportunity to compete in several

coUegiate tournaments during the same trips, primarUy in the Port St. Lucie area.

This year the team wUl start its spring trip vrith the Lexus IntercoUegiate Tournament in Naples, FL.The midshipmen wUljoin 11 other teams from aU over the country to compete in this event hosted by PGA Tour player Peter Jacobsen.

After returning fixjm Naples, the team wUl travel to PineVaUey, NJ, for two days of training before departing for WUHamsburg, VA, and the WUHam & Mary Invitational.

This tournament is held at the famous KingsmUl Resort's River Course, former site of the PGA Tour Anheuser Busch Classic. Last year. Navy team Captain Ensign BiUy Hurley '04, USNR, captured the individual tide on the strength of a second round score of 66.

AdditionaUy, the team supplements its equipment budget with the Alumni proceeds. Over the past several years it has been able to purchase top-notch travel gear so that the team presents itself in a professional manner when on the road representing the Academy.

Many thanks to aU who donated and for your continued support!

From left, George R Watt Jr. '73, president and CEO of the USNA Alumni Association and Foundation, presents a check for $11,004 to Pat Owen, USNA golf coach, and Roger Doyel, chair of the Homecoming Golf Tournament with Chet Gladchuk, director of athletics

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mii ' 5 2 : V A D M WilUam R Lawrence, U S N (Ret.), is to be inducted into the Nashville,TN, Scholastic HaU of Fame for his performance as a high school student.

'58: R o b e r t J. Maguire was presented the Dealer Education Award from Northwood University in honor of his extensive philanthropy in support of education and opportunities for young people.

t960s '62: C A P T D o n a l d W. Allee, U S N R (Ret.), took office as the elected County Attorney of Kendall County,TX, on 1 January 2005.

'64: Chaplain D a v i d A . Martin has joined Robert Packer Hospital as director of pastoral services.

'66: Richard A . Plotkin, a partner in the accounting firm of Tofias PC, was awarded the Small Business Leader of the Year by the Providence, R I , Chamber of Commerce. In December he was awarded, by the RJiode Island Foundation, the Harold B. Soloveitzik Professional Leadership Award that is given to an outstanding professional advisor. C D R D o n a l d E. E s h l e m a n , U S N (Ret.), has been appointed to the board of directors of Pennfield Corporation.

'68: MajGen Charles F. B o l d e n Jr., U S M C (Ret.), has been elected to the board of directors of GenCorp, Inc.

laais '73: MajGen Richard S. Kramlich, U S M C , has been promoted to the rank of major general in a ceremony at Camp Taqaddum, Iraq, before his warriors of the 1 st Force Service Support Group. R A D M (Sel) J a m e s D .

Kelly, U S N , has been assigned as deputy chief of naval personnel/commander. Navy Personnel Command, Millington.TN. '75: C A P T Brian J. Wegner, U S N (Ret.), retired from the United States Navy in November 2004 after 29 years of service.

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CAPTWiUiamH. Luebke, U S N (Ret.), has been selected as director. Machinery Systems (SEA 05Z), a senior executive position at Naval Sea Systems Command.

'76: Louis J. S a c c o c c i o has been named executive director for the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA).

'77: R A D M Mark W. Kenny, U S N , is the new commander, Navy Region Northeast/ commander. Submarine Group Two, Groton, CT. James D . D u n c a n has been named director of business development for Meggitt Aerospace Equipment Group.

R A D M Dirk J. D e b b i n k , U S N R , is the new reserve deputy and chief of stafi", U.S. Pacific Fleet, Pearl Harbor, HI.

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'78: C D R Michael R . Shumaker, U S N (Ret.), serves as a senior technical director with Anteon Corp., supporting maritime homeland security efibrts at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D C . In December, his team received a Department of Homeland Security Team Award from Secretary Ridge. In January, Mike was named employee of the month at Anteon's Center for Security Strategies and Operations.

'79: Esteban J. Garcia HI is the new facilities director for MUlville City Schools.

C D R R o b e r t O. Wray Jr., U S N R , has joined SAIC as general manager of SAICMiddletown, a division of the company's Naval and Maritime Systems Business Unit.

'83: L t C o l J a m e s R . S w e e n e y H, U S M C R has been elected as one of 15 new parmers at Barnes &Thornburg LLP Charles E .

Bresnahan has been chosen to be the new defensive coordinator for the Cincirmati Bengals.

'86: LT Jay L.Ward, U S N R has been appointed managing director of Donaldson Europe.

'87: C D R Charles L. Shilling, U S N , recendy assumed the roU of deputy superintendent, U.S. Naval Observatory. C D R Steven J. Yoder, U S N , is the new commanding officer of Hehcopter Antisubmarine Squadron 11 stationed at NAS Jacksonville. Jason D . Hardebeck has accepted a position with Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development to become the state s first C E O in residence and start up a statewide mentoring program.

JMi '80: Herbert D. Frerichs Jr. has joined Saul Ewing LLP as a partner in the business department m Baltimore, MD. C A P T J o h n P. Fry, U S N R , has joined Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP as a partner in the firm's intellectual property group.

'82: C D R R o b e r t W. D o n n a h o o m , U S N (Ret.), took a new position in March 2004 as president of PP Payne, a packaging company based in the UK with facilities in Richmond,VA, Nottingham, UK; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Surabaya, Indonesia; Singapore; and Bangalore, India.

'04: E N S Billy J. Hurley, U S N R , was named the Virginia State Golf Association Golfer of the Year.

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By Geoige P WattJr. '73, president ami CEO

Ah, the Dark Ages Thirty-five years ago this month 1 was in the second half of my Plebe year. Things were different back in the previous century than they are now. There was only one Bay Bridge span, not two. The Little Campus Inn was still open (and thriving on Maryland Avenue. The often-maUgned "Jimmylegs" stood guard at the Naval Academy gates, as opposed to armed Marines.You could go to a movie on Main Street and State Circle. On Saturday mornings, we attended classes and, on Sunday, we formed up for mandatory Chapel (or we joined a church party—the best ones provided doughnuts). Ah, those were truly halcyon days.

That was also my first winter in AnnapoHs when I encountered something known as the "Dark Ages." The administration wanted us to ignore it.The term "Dark Ages" was not only banned, one was subject to a conduct offense for just saying it out loud. We hated it too. Over the years, we found different ways of coping with the wet cold, the gloom and the wind. During Plebe year, there wasn't an opportunity to do much of anything, unless an upperclassman volunteered his room and stereo on a Saturday evening while he was out. As youngsters, we formed poker nights and hall hockey games—a personal favorite—to pass the time. There were also many evenings spent doing "damage control training" (shaving cream bombs, among other nefarious ways to wipe out a room).There were even rumors of company gangs (The Sharks,The Stompers,The Fantastic Eldorados), who purportedly met in Bancroft Hall for weekend "rumbles." No wonder the administration wanted to ban The Dark Ages—it stood in the way of good order and discipHne. It seemed that nothing good ever happened during this time of year, regardless of whether you were a Plebe or a Firstie. Every time I got fried, it happened during the Dark Ages. Whenever 1 had thoughts of "why am 1 here?" it was always during the Dark Ages. In fact, I'm struggling to come up with one good thing that came out of the Dark Ages, but let me try.

I was a "hot dog man" and, for the record, a rather successful one. I made enough in proceeds over two years to buy a sports car. Sales were always the highest during the Dark Ages.You brightened someone's evening when you showed up with freshly cooked hot dogs (on buns, mind you, not mess hall bread).We even ran specials during the Dark Ages because volumes were so high and the cold weather allowed us to store our inventory out on the ledge, thereby, lowering operating costs. If you had an entrepreneurial spirit, you could at least make the most of things.

We tend to recount only the best of our past, but I'm sure the Dark Ages were far more terrible than I remember. I also know there is a wonderful Hght at the end of the Dark Ages tunnel. We knew it as June Week.

Now that the Class of 2005 has made its service selection, let me say: Don't despair.. .as of this writing, only 102 days to Graduation and Commissioning Week.

And then, no more Dark Ages!

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The following is from Joe Kavale '68: • It is with a saddened heart that I have to report that RADM Frank Thomas '25 suffered a stroke on January 6th, and subsequently passed away on January 19th. A hero at Pearl Harbor, where he was awarded the Navy Cross, Admiral Thomas successfully got USS Nevada (BB-36 ) underway during the attack, the only battleship to do so. As Admiral Thomas steamed past the destruction of the other battleships, and stOl under attack, he was ordered to beach Nevada, lest she be sunk, and bottle up the charmel into Pearl Harbor. Admiral Thomas used to always joke and say that he was the only Naval Officer that he knew of that was given a medal for "running his ship aground". Admiral Thomas continued to serve in Nevada for much of the war, and was present at the Normandy Landings.

A regular attendee of the Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter Luncheons, Admiral Thomas wiU be missed by all of us.

I have attached a picture taken at Admiral Thomas's 98th birthday party, I know it is not current, but I know it was one of his favorites. In the picture are Jack Barrett '43, Admiral Thomas, and John Besson '35. •

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The Alumni Association received the sad notice that Louise H. Bennett, widow of Rear Admiral Rawson Bennett II '27, died from pulmonary failure on 30 December 2004 in Arlington,VA. She is survived by their loving son, Gregory C. Bennett '76. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at St. Agnes Catholic Church on 6 January 2005 and there will be a private burial at a later date in Arhngton National Cemetery. It is suggested that memorial contributions be made in her name to the Alzheimer's Foundation.

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The number of our classmates is small and during the past year I have tried to talk to each of those with whom I have not seen recendy or otherwise communicated wdth them. It developed that the last person I tried to contact was "Cowboy"Weston. I had the usual problems getting in touch with him but I finally reached his son who, I am sad to say, informed me that our classmate had died on 20 December 1996.

Wallace Humphrey Weston was appointed to the Academy from Madison, Maine and somehow picked up the nickname of "Cowboy" during his

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midshipmen days. Upon graduation he was assigned to the Hght crtiiser T R E N TON where he served for two years until ordered to Pensacola for fHght training.

Enroute to Pensacola he stopped off in Yuma, Arizona to marry Helen Luscomb.

After receiving his \vings he was ordered to the aviation unit attached to a patrol plane squadron base in Norfolk and then toVP 31 in Panama. With the outbreak ofWorldWar II in Europe he was engaged in "neutraHty patrol" duties in the Caribbean. After we entered the war he served at the Naval air station. North Island and then on carrier duty.

Orders followed as executive officer of a newly commissioned "jeep" carrier and he served in the invasion of Southern France as operations officer of a jeep carrier task force. The end of the war found him as an air officer in B O N MOMME RICHARD. After the war, a year at the war college in Newport was followed by duty on West Coast based aviation units and two year in the Corps Christi. In 1954 he was order to duty on a NATO staff in London. His final tour of active duty was in the Pentagon as a Haison officer to SACLANT. In 1962, Cowboy retired to a sheep and prune ranch in the hills near Healdsburg, CaHfomia but gradually converted the ranch to raising cattle.

There seem to have been an element of prediction in his academy nickname.

Wally is survived by three sons. His wife Helen died on 9 February 2002.

L to right Fred Howe '57, Dick Blair '32 and Mayson Brooks '81

I received a note from "Nemo" Howe's son, Fred How,Jr. '57, enclosing a picture of Fred, his son-in-law Mason Brooks '81 and our classmate, Dick Blair '32 taken on the occasion ofThanksgiving dinner at the Bird Key Yacht Club in Sarasota, Florida. The Blairs and the Brooks are neighbors in Sarasota. Dick looks

dwarfed by Fred and Mason who are very big men, both are well over six feel tall.

In case some of you missed it, the navy football team with its 10-2 record was rated in the top 25 teams in the country in both national polls. It has been a long time since a navy team was rated that high (24'-") nationally. This bit of football history brought to mind another footnote in Army-Navy athletic relations. During the four years the class of 1932 was at the Navy Academy athletic relations between West Point and Navy were broken off and we did not play Army in any sports until post season football games were arranged for charity our second and first class years.

The reason for the break had to do with eHgibiHty rules for athletics. Navy foUowed the then common rules for coUeges that freshmen could not play on varsity teams and an athlete was only aUowed three years of eHgibiHty. Army did not follow those rules. (In fairness to Army, West Point was a relatively small school. The class of '32 at that Point only had about half the numbers of our class.)

My memory might be a Httle hazy as to the final act that caused the break in athletic relations but the straw that broke the camel's back as I recall it had to do with an outstanding running back at Penn State named Harry Wilson. For three years he played against Navy and was a factor in beating Navy. He was "allAmerican" at Penn State. To Navy's chagrin,Wilson showed up after graduating from Penn State, at West Point and played against Navy for four years for Army, a total of seven years straight against Navy. Here my memory is reaHy fiizzy but I beHeve Wilson reaUy wanted to be an Army officer and he became a career officer finally retiring as a general. If anyone reading my notes finds my recollection of the facts faulty, I would be very pleased to hear a correction. After all I am drawing on a memory of over 70 years ago.

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USNA Alumni Assodation DGA Award Video, 2004 This is an invitation to my Hving classmates of record to order a copy of the subject video tape. It is the best I've seen that explains to Midshipmen and possible Academy appHcants what a naval career can someday mean for them and their loved ones.You grads need a copy in your home to explain why you are of "the Greatest Generation and its greatest Navy Five awardees, introduced by the Supe, briefly tell their advice on graduating and joining the Fleet. First among these is our own Brute Krulak, followed by Gerry Miller '42,Jun Calvert '43, Charles Cooper '50 and Ronald Marriott '57. The best speech is a short moving response from the Midshipman Brigade Commander. All this comes in 30 minutes.

President George Watt has asked me to arrange, for my "constituency", at a future meeting, luncheon or fathering, to view the tape. As the Association's first "Heritage Class" we wiU have few, if any, events of this kind. So I have arranged an option for you to order one copy to keep or give away.

The option requires a snail mail to me at 316 Martins Cove Road, AnnapoHs, MD 21401. It should include the name and address of the person to whom the tape wOl be mailed and a check for $10.00 made out to "USNA Alumni Association". The Association's Customer Service department wiU do the maHing.

Class of 1934 Loss The Alumni Association has received word that Homer H. Nielsen passed away on Sunday, 16 January 2005. We hope an obituary will appear in Shipmate in a future issue.

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History and Traditions Flushed vwth conquest, the Japanese now sought to secure Tulagi in the Solomons and Port Moresby in New Guinea, in order to provide shore based air mastery over the area and consummate Admiral Yamamoto's avowed intention of annihilating the U.S. Fleet before help could come from new construction.This brought on the Battle of the Coral Sea in early May, the first naval battie in which opposing ships never sighted each other.

LEXINGTON andYORKTOWN, escorted by CHICAGO, two AustraHan cruisers and a few destroyers made up our side, under command of BJUDM Fletcher.

On 8 May the two opposing, carrier groups came to grips. SHOKAKU and ZUIKAKU were put out of action for two months, which would include the upcoming Batde of Midway. On our side, LEXINGTON was hurt so badly she bad to be abandoned and sunk, while YORKTOWN was also damaged.

Undaunted by rebuff in the Coral Sea, the enemy now concentrated on the invasion and occupation of Midway and the western Aleutians. Admiral Yamamoto included practically the entire Japanese Navy in the total of 162 warships and auxHiaries aUotted to the mission: an advance force of sixteen submarines, the original Pearl Harbor striking force of four big carriers and their escorts, a Midway occupation force of 5,000 men in twelve transports and protected by two battleships, six heavy cruisers and numerous destroyers, a main body consisting of seven battieships and a Hght carrier, and the Northern Force of two Hght carriers, two heavy cruisers, four transports and destroyers, whose mission was to lure defenders away from Midway and occupy the Aleutians.

Admiral Nimitz in Pearl Harbor had no such strength, but he did have the advantage of having shore based Marine aircraft and a defending garrison of Marines at Midway, as weU as Navy PBYs, good intelHgence ofJapanese plans from intercepted messages read by the Fleet Radio Unit at Pearl Harbor, and a carrier task force built around ENTERPRISE,

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H O R N E T andYOPJCTOWN, with Admiral Spruance destined to become the guiding genius of batde.

The two opposing forces in the Aleutians never came to grips, and the Japanese landed troops in the western Aleutians and inflicted some damage on Dutch Harbor. Our side consisted of cruisers, destroyers and six ancient S boats, and it seems fair to say the only thing they encountered was miserable weather, although later the submarines, reinforced by eight fleet boats and additional S boats from the Adantic, effectively cut the Japanese supply Hnes to Attn and Kiska, leading to the isolation and abandonment of these remote islands. S 31, skippered by the. first member of our Class to have a submarine combatant command, torpedoed a merchant ship off the KurHe Islands on 26 October 1942, recording the first sinking by a '34 submariner.

During these operations, S 27 and GRUNION were lost, the latter taking our John McMahon.

Midway itself was of course a classic air batde and turning point of the war. In their worst defeat in history, the Japanese lost their entire fast carrier group, together with its complement of planes and pilots, and numerous surface ships as weU. Our losses were severe: a lot of damn good pilots, including classmates "Red" Parks of the Marine Air Detachment on Midway, Royal IngersoU of the H O R N E T and Charley Ware from the ENTERPRISE; Marty Ray, another classmate, was Chief Engineer of the HAMMANN, alongside YORKTOWN ftirnishing power to the stricken carrier foUowing the batde, and was lost when a Japanese submarine fired torpedoes that did both ships in.

We had submarines at Midway, too, and the NAUTILUS sank the damanged carrier, SORYU, after the batde, about the only enemy ship stHl afloat after the stunning losses inflicted by Navy and Marine aircraft.

In the course of the war. Navy and Marine Corps pilots destroyed over 15,000 enemy aircraft in the air and on the ground, sank 174 Japanese warships, including thirteen submarines, totaUing 1,600,000 tons, and in the Adantic destroyed sixty three German U Boats. In combination with surface forces. Navy and Marine aircraft helped sink another 157,000 tons of warships and 200,000

tons of merchant ships, plus another six Japanese and another twenty German U Boats.

And where does the Class of 1934 fit into this picmre of Navy and Marine Corps Aviation? Let us remember that Naval Aviation began officiaUy Hi 1911. So it stands to reason that, come 1941 45, otur Class "arrived" for positions of command in aviation squadrons, air groups and on air stafis.We grew up together.

FoUowing graduation from, fHght training, '34 pilots joined the various squadrons flying every type of plane the Navy and Marine Corps had. In operations, there was a change as whole squadrons began to turn in the record performances previously accompHshed by individual pUots. Three new aircraft carriers joined the fleet, raising the operational total high enough to equip peacetime forces with a respectable seagoing air arm.

Only in the field of Hghter than air was there a serious setback. Crashes of the AKRON and the MACON sounded the death kneU of the Navy's rigid airship program, and in spite of favorable reports from investigating committees, continued successes in Germany, and repeated recommendations, the rigid airship was finished. By association, non rigids almost foUowed them into obHvion.

Thirty years after the Navy had acquired its first airplane, and only nineteen years after it had acquired its first aircraft carrier. Naval Aviation faced the supreme test of war. When it was caUed upon to carry the fight to the enemy, it not only carried out its tasks but forged ahead to become the very backbone of fleet striking power in World War II. War in the North Adantic was a miserable and frustrating experience for the Navy. In 1942, German submarines were sinking merchant ships faster than we could build them, and the Germans were buUding U Boats a whole lot faster than the very low rate we were sinking.

The scarce numbers of surface escorts dictated that priority be given to getting convoys through, rather than going after one submarine and leaving the convoys exposed to attack by others.

Scientists were brought to the field of tactics, organizing standard operating procedures, with code names for rapid use, for every conceivable situation. Shore based air cover for convoys, with measures

for high frequency direction finding HF/DF location of submarines, was extended as far and as quickly as possible.

Trying to cut the lead time of shipbuUding, priorities were given to produce a rush of DEs, gready improved ASW speciaHsts, which could fire a pattern of fast sinking depth charges before sonar contact was lost. We finaUy got permission to base aircraft in the Azores. Scientists developed a new radar the Germans never detected, giving shore based aircraft a free hand surprising and attacking U Boats proceeding on the surface between their bases and operating areas. Hunter killer groups of C VEs and DDs or DEs effectively fiUed the final gap in air coverage.

All this, however, was a long time coming, and there were stiU dark gaps in the coverage, but the crisis was being Hcked but by tiny bit as the waters of 1942 flowed under the keels. ActuaUy, the spring of 1943 was when the scales swung in our favor.

'34 lost two classmates early in the North Atlantic: Dewey Johnston in the REUBEN JAMES, and Art Newman m die TRUXTON. In fact, die REUBEN JAMES was lost in the '"undeclared" Batde of the Atlantic, before we were officiaUy at war.

The long awaited and much debated second front in "Europe" turned up first in North Afiica in the faU of 1942. Using the longer, southern route and effective HF/DF, the Americans managed to avoid the U Boats completely, and despite a brief but brisk initial resistance by the Free French, who afterwards cooperated, did a creditable job of doing something else new for the first time. RANGER and four CVEs provided air cover and ASW patrols enroute and at the landings, v^rhile an assortment of surface ships ranging in agefiromdie new MASSACHUSETTS to the old TEXAS and DALLAS, provided gunfire support.

Very few^ in '34 had ever heard of a place caUed Guadalcanal when, after the rebuff ofJapanese plans at the Batde of the Coral Sea, Admiral King dictated that here would be the stopper against fiirther enemy incursion and the start of the long road back. That stinking Htde island was to be the stage for the bitterest campaign in U.S. history, involving seven major naval engagements, at least ten pitched land

batdes and innumerable skirmishes, not least of which was gaining permission of the Europe minded Joint Chiefs of Staff to go there in the first place.

Complete surprise was achieved during dayhght of 7 August 1942, and that afternoon the air strip was secured. By the evening of the 8th, beachheads on both the Guadalcanal and Tulagi sides of the Sound were in our hands.

Right after midnight, Japanese surface units attacked our forces guarding the waters to the northward and southward of Savo Island, and in half an hour of night torpedo and gunfire action sank the QUINCYVINCENNES, ASTORIA, and die AustraHan CANBERRA. The destroyer JARVIS, having been damaged in an air attack the previous day, had the misformne to be passing through the same waters later in the morning, enroute Sydney for repairs, and was sunk by A torpedo planefix>mRabaul. Our only scores were that of the S 44, which on the loth sank a Japanese cruiser retiring from the fray, and the fact that Henderson Field was aUowed to make ready to receive planes by the 15th.

In the third week ofAugust, the Japanese planned a major reinforcement of Guadalcanal. Warned by friendly coast watchers, the Americans sent the ENTERPRISE, SARATOGA and WASP groups to the area, and on the morning of 24 August, opposing forces engaged in the Battie of the Eastern Solomons. It was essentiaUy another air battie, with some improved anti aircraft support from the N O R T H CAROLINA and the ATLANTA, both recently arrived from the Adantic. The Japanese lost a Hght carrier, while our damages were sHght.

However, SARATOGA was torpedoed by an enemy submarine on the 31st, necessitating another down time of about three months. Marine aircraft from Henderson field chased offjapanese transports, but not before they had landed some 1500 reinforcements on the western side of Guadalcanal.

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Our tenth decade Our Class, growdng old together, has no more classmates to congratulate on their ninetieth birthday. AU of us who are stiH around have now achieved that milestone and many of have had parties given in their honor.

Sad news We have learned of the death of Agatha Kimmel "in the autumn of '04." She was the only child of Manning Kimmel who was lost when the submarine he commanded, Rabalo, struck a mine in March 1944. Her mother, Gay, remarried and had two more children and later when widowed married another classmate, Amos Hathaway. Our "20 Year Rendezvous" lists Agatha as Mrs. F R. Blair but we are led to beHeve she was later divorced. She had a successful career in banking; our "Fifty Year Rendezvous" which has her picture on page 107, says of her, "She was the first woman to go through CitiBank's coUege training program where she stood first in her class." Many of us met her when she attended our Fiftieth Year Reunion to "meet Daddy's classmates I have never seen before."

Our continuing champion athlete Jesse Gay won the Class "A" Oglesby, WV tennis championship in the 85 age group this faU. It was especiaUy gratifying to him because it was his first victory over Doyle Royal, the former tennis coach at the University of Maryland. A downside was that as a left hand player he tore a muscle in his tennis weapon, his left forearm. Deprived of the key to his backhand, he had to switch his racquet to his right hand every time the baU was returned to his right side. Jesse says that he was able to do so because he is moreor-less ambidextrous, being forced as a child to write and eat with his right hand.

Some survival statistics Mr.TomTrueblood of the USNA Alumni Association has kindly made available a printout of the Association's records of

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CLASS N E W S what they caU "Hving graduates" {com the oldest through our Class. The Association, he says, reversed its former conservative poHcy and now considers a graduate to be "Hving" until a rehable notice of death is received. Thus the oldest Hving graduate on last year's printout is now preceded by sixteen recendy "resurrected" graduates. Fifteen graduates who are 105 years of age or older are on the Hst and 74 over 100 years of age are there as weU. The oldest Hving member of our Class is now considered by the USNAAA to be Roy Stamps who resigned at graduation and has not been heard from since then. Roy does not appear in our 20 Year or 50 Year Lucky Bags. Others, also long absent from our Class records, are Jerome White and Albert Sadler. And, we have had no contact with Earle Gardner in recent years. Some time in the future, if the present procedure of the Alumni Association continues, one of them might weU be Hsted as the last survivor of our Class. On the basis of the current poHcy one could suppose that an 1849 USNA graduate who resigned his commission to "go south" at the time of the war, then emigrated to South America on the defeat of the Confederacy and was never heard from again, might be Hsted as the oldest graduate at age 177 on next year's revised printout.

Our true oldest Hving classmate, one whose address and vitaHty we know, was the 113 oldest in last year's printout.

He is now, vwth aU the additions, Hsted as the 191^'' oldest. For the last eight years a comparison of the survival rate for '35 with the ten classes ahead of us has been a part of this column every spring, and in that spirit, is continued here. To continue that practice it becomes necessary to take the position that the new Hsting of oldest graduates affects aU classes equaUy, a somewhat questionable assumption. Using the December 2004 printout, for what it may be worth, to give the numerator and the number of graduates for the denominator for each class produces these survival rate results: '35,12.9%; '34,13.6%; '33,6.3%; '32,5.7%; '31,4.8%; '30,3.7%; '29,3.8%; '28,4.6%; '27,3.3%; '26,1.3% and "25, 2.9%. The true survival rate for '35, however, is 11.5%, but the true rate for other classes cannot be determined.

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What some of us did in 2004 Here is a random sample from Christmas cards received fixsm members of the Class.

Helen CaldweU had her first great grandchild. RuthWordeU Packard celebrated her 90'" birthday at Vinson HaU with the chef baking her favorite dessert, a carrot cake. Ida Mary Detweiler Boyd and BiU made a Mississippi River trip in the spring on board the American Queen.

The American Poets society gave a poem

by Gwen Gay the lead-off position in a book they pubHshed. Page Knight and AUie made their usual trip to Waupaca, WI last summer and had a reunion with eight other members of the Waupaca High School class of 1930. Lew Schock has cut his daily walk back to a half rmle at 2 knots, replacing his former pace of a mUe at 4 knots.

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LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 46% PRES: CAPT William N. Price, USN (Ret.) SEC'Y/TREAS: CAPT John M.Court.USN (Ret.) 900 Cumberstone Rd. Harwood.MD 20776 P: 410-867-2872 C O R R . SECY: CAPT John H. Carmichael, USN (Ret.) 744 Oglethorpe Ave. St. Simons Island, GA 31522.4908 P&F: 912-638-2830 E: jhc36@bellsouth.net

From the President The situation in Iraq is worrisome. We can rejoice about the vote of the Palestinians in choosing a new president who gives promise of improved relations with Israel.

By the time you read this, the initial vote in Iraq wiU have taken place despite efforts of some Iraquis to sabotage it. HopefuUy, there wUl have been many voters, and the way vioU be paved for the next election that wUl get us closer to the time we can puU out and reHeve the strain on our reserves who have served much longer than they expected and wanted to serve.

Class News The foUowing snippet was taken from 4 January 2005 issue ofThe Florida / Georgia Times Union newspaper: "Ship's bell comes home from its World War II service". The story involves Dick Pratt and his family and the newly commissioned Hudson DD 464 (Commissioned in 1943) and the ship's beU. Dick reported aboard as executive officer later fleeted up to Captain. I beHeve he was the first of our Class to command a destroyer.

Dick had a busy and exciting tour in Hudson. The ship provided close support for Marines on IwoJima. During the Okinawa campaign Hudson operated in the kamikaszi picket line and the carriers; saved a carrier from fire, sank a Japanese submarine, and shot down nine Japanese aircraft. This performance earned Hudson, the Captain and the crew the Unit Citation. (Awards were harder to earn in those days.)

Ann Pratt had a vivid memory of Dick's war record and fiUed in many details of the BeU story. After a very busy stint during the war, Hudson was decommissioned in 1946 and scrapped.

The beU was Ann Pratt auctioned and passed through several hands. Sixty years later Dick's grandson John learned that the bell was again to be auctioned this time on eBay. John entered the contest and won.

He deHvered it to his father for Christmas.The beU had come home. John held up the 80 pound beU for his father to ring. After several attempts and a hard tug on the rope it rang with a mighty sound: " T H H H O O N N N G G G ! " One deep sound that spoke the tone of stories long past.

WWII ship's bell from HUDSON DD 464 Remembrance

While on he staff of LantFlt/Saclant I received a caU from BuPers asking if I would like to go to the National War CoUege. 1 didn't know much about the War CoUege. He explained and 1 accepted. Gordie and I bought a hundred and thirty year old house in OwensviUe, Maryland, near the Courts in the Soudi River area south of AnnapoHs. John was m BuShips.John and I commuted to Washington together. John's driving plus

his wartime Jeep produced floating kidneys. Without seat belt or door, we were in more danger in the Washington traffic than in war time.

The War CoUege routine started at 9:00 AM with a series of dafly lectures by prestigious speakers, one of which was Airforce General Lemay. During the questioning period one unsuspecting questioner was told by the General that he would not answer his question because he knew there •were Communists in the audience. He received no more questions.

Students were assigned to smaU buzz groups for a period of two weeks to produce a security position paper. Each student was required to submit a personal thesis. After the lecture the groups met to discuss the lecture's contents and to develop a group paper. In the afternoon students worked on their theses. Toward the end of the course papers of two groups were selected for presentation to the class. AU selected papers stricdy foUowed the Security Council's position. I protested that w^hile the Security Council was responsible for its poUcy decisions, we were students in an educational institation and were not so responsible. In fact we had the opportunity or even a mandate to explore a wide variety of approaches to problem solving seeking innovative ideas.

During this period I had a running discussion with a State Department type over whether or not the Navy was over committed, I insisted that it was; the State department representitive insisted that the United States was not over committed. I asserted that we were not talking about the same thing.

The final curriculum activity •was trips to Europe, South America and the Far East. Students requested the tour of their choice. I knew I was too junior for the European tour; I was not interested in the South American tour; so I appHed for the Far East tour. In •view of different sanitation condition in the Far East, students were issued a smaU bottle of paregoric. We embarked in a large Airforce aircraft •with hostesses and an equipped refrigerator.

Because of changeable weather we carried blue service, khaki, whites and civiHan clothes due to landing restrictions. The hostesses did not interfere with our landing in proper uniform. We modestly changed clothes with out interfering with their duties.

The Far East itinerary was as foUows: Depart Washington, D C for Seatde, Anchorage.Tokyo, Okinawa,Taipei Formosa, Hong Kong,Taiwan, Guam, Hawaii and return to Washington. At every stop fix)m Tokyo to Indochina we were told that each could hold out until the carrien arrived. This testimony con^vinced my State Department antagonists that indeed the Na^vy was over committed.

The first stop was Anchorage, Alaska.

My B O Q room had a sign that read, "Don't open the •window; it may freeze the radiator." Anchorage was the only fiiU service year round port in 1955.The Army required a second year round service base that was under construction atWhittier.

Our group traveled by train to an access tunnel for cars only. The multistoried admin buUding (that contained some housing) and a few ware houses were completed. Personnel Hved in mobile homes that were almost covered with snow. There were 65 feet of snow and 220 inches of rain that year. At the briefing we were told what a wonderfld place to be— hunting, fishing, snow activity and so forth. The only naval officer on the staff was a junior grade Heutenant representing MSTS. He told several of us that he did not Hke this duty—he was a bachelor that neither hunted nor fished.

The next stop was Tokyo. Except for the briefing I don't recaU anything of interest. We then headed for Okinawa for another caU for the carriers. I left a war torn island ten years before. The change was impressive; a thriving modern community •with talk of separation fix)m Japan.The next stop was Formosa. In addition the briefing we had time to walk about the country side. My State friend joined our walking group. A truck passed close by that emitted a gross odor. State asked me what that awful smeU was. I explained that it was a honey barge, part of the local sanitation system. The last night we attended a banquet. Warm scotch was served then we went to dinner. The dirming room was very large with tables for ten. Each table was hosted by a senior Chinese officer. My host resembled a mean looking bandit. Guests were mixed Chinese, local Americans and our War CoUege group. I asked my American dinner pardoner what was the grip for chop sticks. He said look at the Chinese, they aU use different grips.

White wine accompanied a superb authentic Chinese meal. The second glass tasted a bit different. I mentioned this to our host who was deHghted that I could teU the difference. He said that one wine was rice the other wheat. Then using his chop sticks he selected samples from the many dishes and placed them on my plate. After dinner he gave me the menu (in Chinese) and told me that, in the future, when I entered a Chinese restaurant in America show the waiter the menu. If he can't read it, don't eat there.

Our next stop was Hong Kong, at that time under British jurisdiction.The briefing began to sound Hke a broken record—the Brits assured us they could hold out until the carriers arrived.

Shopping was great in Hong Kong, When Admiral Spruance left the PhOippines he stopped to buy clothes in Hong Kong to buy clothes. I had his tailor's name and •visited the shop. I was Hke a boy in a candy shop. I bought Gordie a Hght blue cashmere coat Hned in sflk. I was fitted for a tropical worsted blue uniform and two flannel suits. The anti-inflation cost was a Htde over $100.

Our next stop was Indonesia. Again we were told that they could hold attackers off until the carriers arrived. The President presented each of us a very fancy smoking jacket adorned with dragons. The dinner was Indonesian chutney toned down for us raised on pablum Americans.

I was told to beware of a dish of sauce for it was very hot. I tried a Htde and found it enhanced the chumey without removing the Hning of my mouth, throat and stomach.

Guam was out next stop. The Fifth Heet Staff was on Guam in 1945 after Okinawa preparing for the invasion of Japan. Guam had made a remarkable recovery from its war damage.

The final stop was Pearl Harbor. We had a hot wash up of our trip and a Hawauan luau.The food was exceUent, but I enjoyed especiaUy plucking the crisp skin off a roasted pig. Our flight back to Washington was uneventful.

In Memorial Tom Dabney •wrote that his Academy roommate and long time friend Bob Odening was in serious condition with cancer at the St. Johns Hospital in Santa Monica, CA.Just a short time later, Tom

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CLASS NEWS sent the sad word that Bob passed away on 3 January 2005.

Bob had an iUustrious interesting naval career. He served in battieships, studied at CorneU for a year and a half.

Then he served as gunnery officer of Massachusetts BB-59, operating with Mitscher's carriers from Palau to Okinawa. He earned his first Bronze Star.

In 1946 he was in OpNav planning for the establishment of Defense Department and Airforce. He did graduate work at Cal Tech in nuclear physics. During his second tour in the Korean War he earned his second Bronze Star. He was involved in the nuclear weapon development and commanded the Naval Ordnance Lab. On retirement he worked for TRW a company speciaHzing is ASW weapon development. The Class of 36 offers our sincere sympathy to Sil^via and their Family.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 15% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 58% PRES: CAPT John S. Slaughter, USN (Ret.) 3801 Canterbury Rd. #812 Baltimore, MD 21218 E: captnjack@juno.com C O R R . SECY: VADM Charles S. Minter Jr. 7101 River Crescent Dr. Annapolis, MD 21401 H: 410-897-5906

Navy fans enjoyed a great football season ending •with an upset •victory in the Emerald Bowl on national TV We were outweighed fifty pounds a man and playing on a wet field but Na^vy was by aU odds the superior team in a great •win watched in person by a high percentage of the Brigade who made it to the West Coast for the game.

But, as usual after a successfiil season (in which Navy retained the Commander in ChiefTrophy) you pay a penalty for success. We graduate this spring a superior quarterback, a pro bowl fuUback contender, and some outstanding linebackers, among others who •wiU have to be replaced by the coaches •with material on hand. The word is that we have a superior place kicker in the incoming plebe class but clearly a rebuilding program faces the coaches. Fortunately, we have one of the best coaches in the country in Paul Johnson and he is so recognized on national TV, so we are optimistic about the future.

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I received a welcome letter from Ed Arentzen reporting on the bi-monthly luncheon at the Marriott in Coronado attended by Ed, Bob Erly, Russ WaUace, Vic Wildt, and EUse Wildt, Marg Phaler, Tory Flood and Jim Flood.

Ed and Jann Murphy are scheduled for a cruise around the Hawauan Island aboard the Norwegian Crown in mid January sailing from Honolulu. From a cold East Coast, I en'vy them.

Our Washington, AnnapoHs luncheon group met at Paul's restaurant in AnnapoHs on 15 January. Present were Jean and Swampy Lajaunie, Betty KeUy, Elsie Mack, and Mary and CharHe Minter and daughter Meredith Hinkle, Bess and Jack Slaughter. By chance five of the nine present had January birthdays so it was considered that a bit of the bubbly was in order and was duly dispensed to the deHght of all hands.

Elsie Mack, who resides at Ginger Cover in AnnapoHs has estabHshed herself as a power to be reckoned •with our New Years Ever paper money •winning contest where each year at the beginning of the evening each attendee is given a stack of paper money which can be used for playing games of chance at various locales against house dealers. At the end of the everung aU paper money is turned in and counted and last year Elsie had the winning amount and this year her total amount was second. The prize in each case is a very handsome large basket of a variety of foods.

The LaJaunies, ADM Harmanns daughter, fi/lartha, and ADM Hartmann

Jean and Swampy LaJaunie Norfolk

Luncheon

Libby and P.K. Taylor

Mary Barry, Libby Taylor and Jack Roulston '46 LaJaunie luncheon

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Mary Barry and Paul Hartmann The LaJaunies, Mary Minter, ADM Minter, Meredith Hinckle and Elsie Mack

P.K. Taylor, Mary Barry and Libby Taylor 'VM ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 16% * ^ LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 64% PRES: RADM M J l . Rindskopf, USN (Ret.) 7101 Bayftont Dr. #324. Annapolis. MD 21403 E: inrindskopf@comcast.net CHAIRMAN. WASH.AREA; CAPT Hugh M. Robinson, USN (Ret.) 3709 Woodstock St.Ailington.VA 22207-1324 H: 703-532-3772: E: hughrobinsonl(gwebtv-.nct SECY: CAPT D.K. Ela, USN (Ret.) 3260 N. 12di St. #329. Grand Junction, C O 81506 H: 970-256-7174, F: 970-256-9120 E: dkela@earth]ink-net

President's Comer LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: Although we provided advance information on the 2005 Leadership Conference (26-28 January) last month, we now come at it fiom a different direction.

The Naval Academy Foundation, in the person of Captain Bob Hofford '61, Director, Class Gi^ving, has written to the Class as part of the "Leaders to Serve the Nation Campaign" in such glowing terms, that you must read it. 1 quote his letter in part: "Our intent is to provide you •with a sense of the impact that your private support is having at the Academy.

The acti^vity of the Class of 1938 continues to astound me. We have many classes in the 40's and 50's shutting down, but the great Class of'38 roUs on. We do appreciate your interest in Leadership".

Bob included a summary of last year's Leaders Conference and an update on our Endowment account sho^wing that our original contribution of $238,000 has grown to $417,000, even though the Academy has drawn some $210,000 in support of the past 21 conferences.

BANCROFT LEADERSHIP LffiR^i?Y:With the assistance of the new project officer. Lieutenant Darren Sweeney '98, we are giving the Library renewed vigor. We have provided class gifts including books from our indomitable Secretary Deke Ela, an

Air Force Falcon presented to the Class

by Air Force Cadets who attended a prior conference, brass book ends donated by Bob Schelling which were cast during our first class year by his roommate A.W (Andy) Anderson, a statuette presented posthumously to Captain Ed Anderson on his induction into the Virginia Aviation HaU of Fame, andfinaUy,thefiiUsized clay model of our Class Crest,fix)mwhich the bronze crest was produced for Alumni HaU. RAZORBACK-A LONG STORY: This wiU not be a long story in words, but it long in time. It commences when our good classmate D o n Brown took command of RAZORBACK (SS394) m WWII in November 1944, prior to her second war patrol. He made four patrols earning a Na^vy Cross for sinking three and one half ships of 20,800 tons on his first patrol. She was one of 12 U.S. submarines at the Tokyo surrender ceremonies. She was one of the few submarines which participated in WWII and the Vietnam War. In 1970, she was transferred to the Turkish Na'vy as one of several U.S submarines which our aUy operated throughout the cold war. When she was retired by the Turks in 2003, the Submarine Veterans ofWorldWar II raised sufficient private fiinding to tow her across the Adantic to her permanent berth in Litde Rock, AR where she is now a tourist attraction. Lieutenant Rob Brown '65 had a key role in this operation. The accompanying photograph shows RosaHe Brown, Don's •widow, Rob Bro^wn, and his elder brother Don, Colonel U.S.Amy (Ret) on board RAZORBACK after she reached Litde Rock.

Aboard RAZORBACK

Class Corner Mike's lead into the colunm caUs to mind our earHest training in leadership other than closely observing the habits of the Academy Watch Officers. We were issued as first class a very slim volume, 70-90 pages of leadership cHches. It, our

Bowditch, and aU other texts in our cruise box, not to mention the box itself, were lost on our first transfer in June '39 from BROOKLYN CL40 to a 4-stacker, CLAXTON DD40 of our second class cruise fame. So we had no autopflot cHches for division leadership problems.

With a crew at 60% of aUowance, our priorities were coping, coping, and coping. Then our first deployment was again, taking a detachment of second class on summer cruise. The commissioned officer in charge of the detachment was none other than "Altimeter Al" from the Ordnance Department and who had Batdeship sea-legs. He got deathly sick as soon as the DD rounded Cape Henry into the bounding Adantic, much to the Midshipmen's glee. But we digress from our deck plate experience of leading a division of sailors: in a word, we left it to the Chiefs, not a good example. I did get do^wn to looking after my men, e.g. getting my only torpedo man out ofjail in Norfolk for, as he told me on the phone, fortification in the park bushes.

But, we were never successfiil on the cruiser in comforting our conscientious PoHsh laundry man, Pionkowski, who got aU the criticism for mangling the buttons off the officers shirts. So we'U attend the Leadership conference and find how these laundry leadership problems may be solved on the internet(?). Not to be frivolous, e-mail on our ships is, we understand, a huge factor in uniting famiHes and a major morale success. It may put a sweat on the brows of the IntelHgence community. The deadline for this column is too early to give you the answers the 250 leadership conference attendees develop. But, let us reiterate, attending the conference is an experience that is rewarding, if not thrflling, to watch and mix in •with the coming generation.

You may have noticed that our customary opening to this column is missing, i.e. the sad news of funeral services and memorials. How lucky can we get.?

RSRH notes: (Reefed Sail Retirement Home) The conversations as you may also have experienced He in one word: Tsunami. We won't belabor the physical devastation, but wiU offer a comment on the cultural shock. We have some dim comprehension of the holy war between Islam, Hindu and Buddha factions from visiting

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S a i l CLASS NEWS BaH and Sumatra in Indonesia several years ago. The sometimes bloody confficts predate Iran and Iraq. There is •wide fimdamental beHef in reincarnation. We understand that catastrophe victims, without last rites so to speak, are denied reincarnation. It is another form of shock, Htde noted, and yet it is a matter of mass despair to the family survivors.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 17% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 50% ACTING PRES: CAPT Robert B.Wood, USN (Ret.) E: rbwacny(^ol.com C O R R . SECY: Ronnie Wood 1525 Soudi 23rd St.Arlington.VA 22202 THIRTY-NINE O N LINE: docabbot@aol.com

The baUots for election for the Class of '39s President were mafled out around February 1st. The nominees are Doc Abbott and Bob Wood. Results wiU be announced on or around April 1,2005.

The members of the Executive Committee are Bob Wood, Ronnie Wood, (Correspondence Secretary), Danny Weitzenfeld, DeWitt Patterson, Bing Gfllette, Rhythem Moore, Butch Coulter, and Henry Adams.

It is taps for Ed Blouts, Ned Harkleroad, and FHp Anderson. We wUl have more detaUs later.

Nicky and Bob Clark had enough of New England's •winter weather and saUed on a 101-day cruise aboard the Crystal Serenity.

Peg and Rythem Moore paid a •visit to Hawau and met •with Joe Vassey.

Ben's Retirement Community, the Forum (Hereafter, BAG, meaning "Bay Area Group" •wiU be translated once a year at this time). On hand were Ben and fiiend Joyce Crowther, Betty and Pat Clancy, Toshiko and Ozzie Osboume, Isabel and Swede Carlson, John Sims and friend Kathe MitcheU,Aime Gage (Doc Weatherup's daughter) and husband Stan.

Other than the DC-Annapolis group (who have yet to come up with an acronym), the BAG is most active, often drawing classmatesfiximsunnier regions south.

Eunice (Mlllikin) Shophard, Betty Clancy and Pat Clancy

John Clagett, Betty Newcomb and Marjorie Clagett

Betty and Pat Clancy with Isabel Carlson

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A number of photos are at hand foUowing social gatherings over the past several months. A word on photos (or "images", as they are now called): since their size is now reduced down to that of a postage stamp, it is incumbent to emphasize facial features, meaning standing as close to your subjects as practicable when you snap the camera. If faces are shaded, use the flash.

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Toshiko and Ozzie Osboume

Had a nice visit with Bert and Ned Garrett before Christmas. Here they are in front of the fireplace in their lovely home in Los AHmitos. Both are and in good health—^Bert active in a tap dancing ensemble while Ned pUes stock quotations in the WaU Street Journal. They wiU be on hand at the September reunion; in the meantime they welcome any 'mates passing through the L.A. area.

We see Marjorie and John Clagett •with Betty Newcomb, taken at the Honolulu Art Museum on one of their annual treks to Honolidu and the Hale Koa. Notes From the Class President I The Washington area class group has a new custom for monthly limches. Before, we had two coed lunches, one in May, one in December. The other monthly limches were men only, but our numbers are getting smaUer, so at last December's lunch, we decided to invite the ladies to each lunch. We met at the Army Navy Country Club on 14 January, with the foUowing attendees: Betty and JuHan Burke, Mary and BUI Carpenter, PhU Eckert, Chris Hardey,Joan Healeyjohn Lacoumre and friend Dorothy Nolte and two other friends, BUI andToniTwiford, who drove them up fixim WilHamsburg, Jack Newbould, BUI Scott, Betty and Harvey Seim andTotoWUson.We shaU try this "all hands" invitatuon plan fixim now on, for better attendance and more fiin. Photos of most of us at the 14 January lunch are in this issue. •

Joan Healey, Phil Eckert, Toto Wilson and Mary Carpenter

FL.Their product is "Charantea" a bitter melon tea effective in stabUizing blood sugar of diabetics. Baldy continues Hving at Air Force VUlage near Riverside, CA, maintaining a very active Hfe, including regular runs to the PhUippines in addition to running a company. He claims to have climbed up and down 400 steps in the Pt. Reyes Hghthouse recendy with no aches or pains (just thinking of such a feat twinges my knees). Baldy, the Washington monument awaits you in September. Or has Homeland Security secured the place?

Aloha, Phogg Our wortii motto: ONLY '40 IS 4.0 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 22% ^ LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 60%

Harvey and Betty Seim with Betty and Julian Burke

John LaCouture and friends from Williamsburg: Front Dorothy Nolte, back, Toni and Bill Twiford

The mystery of the figure in •white works run in December's Shipmate has been cleared up. One of the party was John Sims who wrote a note to say it was Markeson Varland. He writes, "Mark was in white works because he cooked the fish which Sam Forter cleaned, which the rest of us caught. John LaCouture was our interpreter to get us through the wUds of French Canada." End of story.

George Block has been having heart problems according to Betsy, who wrote also to say that they have moved to Taos to be closer to the med. faciUties George requires. Write him at their ne^w address, 414 Camino de la Placita #61, Taos, N M 87571, or phone 505-737-5198.

A newsworthy item from Maurice (Baldy) Baldwin: He has just taken over the CEO. job of FULLIFE NATUBJ>LL OPTIONS, Inc., based in Boca Raton,

CHIVlN & SECY: CAPT Victor Delano, USN (Ret.) 760Waterford Dr., Apt. #201 Naples, FL 34113 H: 301-215-7532 E: vdelano@1941.usna.com WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1941/default.html

Out in California, Sidonia and Bill McReynolds founded a non-profit group caUed Friends of the San Onofre Marines to provide turkeys, pies, stuffing and gift certificates for Thanksgiving for about 750 marines and later, for Christmas, a toy giveaway for the roughly 1,200 children from San Onofre schools and day care centers. In addition there were donations for parents in need. This has been its second year in operation and has been extremely weU-received.

Sidonia and BiU certainly deserve a WeU Done for such a splendid accompHshment.The December column had a picmre of Mary and Pierre Charbonnet together •with another smiling face labeled as Buddy Yates, '44 who sent me the picmre. ActuaUy it was not Yates but was Beaver Horton, '44, also smiHng.The recent limitations on space in Class columns for Shipmate have not, so far, affected our column very much. Anyhow, the Shipmate authorities are continuing to review the content of the magazine.

Frankly, I think the prettying up of the pages has wasted space and I have passed this on. If any of you have ideas for improving Shipmate, don't hesitate to pass your thoughts along to Skid Heyworth, or Debbie Beck, Director of Communications and Managing Editor, at 410-263-4448, ext. 114 or Debbie.Beck@ usna.com.

We have lost some more Classmates and spouses. On 11 December 2004, Sheldon Kinney died of cancer. Sheldon was indeed a distinguished Classmate with many decorations for his naval service which you can read about in Last Call. 1 always appreciated and valued his friendship. I know he •wiU be missed. To Lea, their two sons, Douglas and Bruce, and their three grandchUdren and a greatgrandson go our most sincere condolences in their loss. On 18 December 2004, Bob Hayler died of cancer. Bob and 1 have kno^wn each other since we were Htde boys in Newport, RI where we both learned to sail and play tennis. The past year was not kind to Bob. He has been the caretaker for Barbara and last year he lost his beloved brother. Bill Hayler, '45, whose widow is our Classmate, C.C. Poole's widow.

Over the years Bob has been a hard worker for the Class. He did a tour as president and has arranged many of our luncheons at Army, Navy Country Club.

Bob is survived by his •widow, Barbara, a son, Bob, a daughter, Nicole, and four grandchildren. Bob was buried in Arlington on 7 February near his parents.

I know you join me in extending our sympathy and understanding at this time of loss to Bob's family. 1 have no detaUs but BUHe Plemons died on 27 September 2004. Rollo Bienvenu wrote to teU me that his wife,Verne, passed away on 13 December 2004. She had been in a nursing home for 20 months with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's. Please, RoUo, accept the condolences of your Classmates.

The new Roster is now included in our web site.The changes that appear in Shipmate only appear once a month but are put in the Roster in our web site as soon as I get them tojim Bartlett. So, ff you are looking for someone or planning a trip and need addresses go to our web site for the latest, current iaformation.You wUl find other items of interest there, too.

Jim indicates that it has been getting more acti^vity recendy. Keep using it. So far, 7 Rosters have been returned from our maUing as undeHverable.With one a correct address was pro^vided but for six no new address was given. The six are: Mrs. Josephine Capps, Mrs. Paula Casstevens, Mrs. June DeStefano, Mrs. Holton (ex-spouse of Guy Lucian),

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CLASS NEWS Mrs. Robert Slaymaker.Jr., and CHfford Wise. Can you help on any of these?

Now about those birthdays and there are not too many: Einstein, Rieve, Rush and Sweeny. The stones for March are the Bloodstone and the Aquamarine, symboHc of courage! Jonquils and Daffodils are the flowers of the month.

Be generous.

To borrow from a phrase of old, "When change is inevitable, relax and enjoy it." Almost before the new Roster was mailed changes came in and here they are: Vic Blandin has a new area code: 336 and a different edress: vblandl23@ bellsouth.net; Pau Clark has a new address: 45-090 Namoku Street, Apt. #508,Kaneohe HI 96744; BUI EUiott has a new edress: snaketutu@comcast.net; Seymour Einstein's edress in the new Roster is a bit unclear - the correct version is seym2@comcast.net; Elinor Hancock has a new address: 4138 Swanson Blvd. #186, Wooster O H 44691-9646.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 12% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 63% PRES: CAPT Gerald Miller, USN (Ret.) SECY: CDR R.S. Day, USN (Ret.) 2426 Chestnut St., Falls Chutch.VA 22043-3052

Here in Washington, we are midway between the Sweetheart Luncheon and the Mary E. HiU Memorial Golf Tournament and spring is not far away.

You wUl have received our president's class newsletter •via emaU and the new directory is weU in hand. The new class organization under Jerry's guidance is moving ahead smardy and to make it work even more effectively, we need your input to let everyone know how you are doing and how we can serve you even better.

On 13 January, we said goodbye to Pappy Sims. He had been fighting a series of problems for several years.

Martha had brought him to their home in AnnapoHs earHer that day from his last hospital •visit and he sHpped away that evening •with aU of the fairuly around him. His last appearance at a class function was the Homecoming dinner at the Officers and Faculty Club in October.

Services were held at the Naval Academy Chapel on the 24'-" and his ashes were placed in the columbarium. He had met Martha at RusseU High School in Adanta where each had been named outstanding

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city athlete of the year. He went on to a distinguished footbaU career at Georgia Tech before entering the Naval Academy.

As a result, he only had two years of varsity eHgibiHty avaUable, but in those two was a rock at center. He served in submarines •with a sterling career as a Cold War warrior, being the skipper of the third Polaris submarine, foUowed by a impressive record conducting operations at Carnaveral for succeeding Polaris boats.

He and Martha were married in June 1942. They were avid golfers. In our 50 Years book he had concluded his bio with "My plans for the fumre: to celebrate my lOO'-'^ birthday on the first tee! WUl you join me there, or at the 19'-" hole?"

Betty Gutting (Phil's widow) has moved into Heron Point Retirement Community on the Maryland Eastern Shore. Her new address is 221 Heron Pomt, Chesterto^wn, MD 21620-1675; 410-810-2199.

Dale Reed reported that the December meeting of the '42 Book Discussion Luncheon co-hosted by Barbara and Betty Crawford was a fine affair. At Dale's request, Jerry Miller re^viewed a speech by Charles Krauthamer on the subject "Democratic ReaHsm,An American Foreign PoHcy for a Unipolar World." His review was reveaHng and concise. A very Hvely discussion ensued.

This event was foUowed by each couple relating some story about their famiHes. This was a great exchange. We are aU drawn closer as we learn more about the personal Hves of our friends. We didn't get to play golf as the weather was "cold out there."Those in attendance were Betty & Jack Crawford.Joan & Dick Curtis, Martha Ann & CharHe Smith, Charlotte & Ken Simmons, Jo Ann & Jerry Miller, Marion & BUI Montgomery, and Barbara & Dale Reed. At the January Class luncheon. Dale let us know that he was in the process of clearing out their personal effects from their "estate" in anticipation of a pending move into Falcon's Landing joining Buck O'Neil and Bill Montgomery.

Max Duncan sent along a piece fix)m The Capital, the AnnapoHs newspaper.

Seems that at age 83, Max doesn't have much taste for beer, but was spotted soaking up the suds at the 19"^ hole at the Naval Academy Goff Club and for good reason. He was buying after he notched a

hole-in-one earHer in the day, his first one smce he took up the sport 75 years ago.

He plays with Dick Lazenby's group every Friday and there was a large number on hand to join him and to celebrate •with popcorn and beer. His shot came on the 146-yard No. 4 hole which in his younger years would have taken a 6 or 7 iron. This time he required a 5 wood.

Unformnately, Max can only see about 150 feet, and no one in the foursome had any idea where the baU landed. However, he knew he had hit the baU weU based his past experience on that hole so figured he was at least on the green. When they drove up to the hole, no baU! So, someone said to look in the cup and there it was.

Max is a 26 handicap and had been close to a hole-in-one several times over the years, but had pretty much surrendered any hope of it happening at this stage of his Hfe. The Class has been advised that the Naval Academy Foundation has awarded The Class ofl942 Honor Scholar scholarship to Kyle M. MUler, a graduate of CabeU Midland High School in Ona, West Virginia. He played footbaU, basketbaU, track, and cross-country. He was a four-year letterman in track, where he received First Team AU-Conference and First Team AU-Region honors for the 4800 meter relay team. He also lettered two years in cross-country. He was the president of the National Honor Society, a member of the Steering Committee and a member of the Smdent CouncU.At his church he served as youth elder for one year. He was also an active member of his church's youth group in which he served over 200 hours of community service.

Kyle attended Northwestern Preparatory School, Cresdine, CaHfornia this year.

Mary Arm McFetridge, George's •wife, passed away on 22 December in CaHfornia. She was a nurse in the Army Air Corps during World War II. She •was buried at Arhngton Cemetery with fiiU miHtary honors on 3 February. George has moved in with his son Robert at 5874 Iron Stone Court, Centte^vUle,VA 20120-4915;703-815-1369.

Gene Malone, who has been working with Charlie Bishop to round out the Class emaU contacts, has learned that Les Skidmore died on 15 January after a long illness. He had moved to Napa in 1999 from Monterey where they had

retired in 1982. Before that, he had worked at Hughes Aircraft Company in Culver City for many years after retiring fix)m the Navy. Before 1999, he had been single-handedly taking care ofJoy, who at that time was already several years into a s t r u c k with Parkinson's. Unfortunately, she had a stroke soon after their move to Napa and has been Hving in a local nursing home ever since.

In mid-January Mindy & Gene Farrell drove to Tucson, AZ, to visit Sue &: Grif Stokes. Grff, is recoveringfix)ma broken femur bone in his left leg suffered last year, is a patient in La Rosa, an excellent health care cHnic, which includes a complex of assisted Hving apartments. Sue is resident in one of the apartments in the same buUding as GriTs clinic. Their hope is to move Grff there when he no longer requires 24/7 care. The clinic granted him "Hberty" to go to the apartment when Mindy and Gene caUed on him and Sue.Their daughter Lori was present, ha^ving driven fiom the East and rented a nearby apartment in order to lend support to her Dad and Mom during GriTs convalescence.

The, w^ho had served together several times on active duty, exchanged sea stories. Gene had pre^viously •visited the Stokes during Thanksgiving 2004 weekend. He said that Grff has achieved substantial progress since Thanksgi^ving in his long battie to regain his health. We aU rejoice at such good news abou •visit was pleasant for aU. Lori provided the "Happy Hour" wine and hors d'oeuvres whUe Grff and Gene t a classmate who is fighting gamely to graduate from the binnacle Hst. Letters and get weU messages to Grff wUl surely be appreciated. Sue's (and Grips) postal address is La Rosa, 7500 North Calle Sm Envidia, Apt. 302, Tucson,AZ 85718.Tel. 520-742-3746.

For several years, Joan & Dick Curtis have held a pre-Christmas open house for their many friends and neighbors. A number of classmates gather with them and thoroughly enjoy their hospitaHty. Dick has joined BJta HUl as a first class photographer and between them we are assured of an ample record of the various venues where the class assembles. These Christmas parties are no exception and Dick has acquired an ample supply of Santa hats as shown m this year's picture to properly mark the occasion.

As reported in the January/February Shipmate, ADM Trost had presented Hap Day with an "Outstanding Service" award on behalf of the Alumni Board of Trustees Rita HiU recorded the event as sho^wn here.

At Joan and Dick Curtis' pre-Christmas open house

ADM Trost presenting Hap Day with his award

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 18% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 6 1 % PRES: CAPT E.A. Robie, USN (Ret.) 2111 River Crescent Dr.,Annapolis,MD 21401 H: 410-224-0850; E: ediobie@aol.com SECY: CAPT LesUe R. Heselton Jr., USN (Ret.) 7101 Bay Front Dr., Apt. 61 I.Annapolis, MD 21403 H: 410-216-9629; E: Heselton43@1943.usna.com

Remembrarue Chuck Pendleton reports: H Mrs. June Kathleen DonneUy, widow of John Augustine Donnelly, passed away at her home in PonteVedra Beach, FL on 8 Dec 2004. She is survived by two sons, Johnjr. ofBerwyn, PA andWilHam of JacksonvUle Beach, FL, and a daughter, Elizabeth of Miami, FL. Inurnment at Arhngton National Cemetery. H Judy McCain Hubich and Mark McCain •wrote to inform us of the death of their father, Audley Hill McCain, passed away 22 Dec 2004 •with his family after a long illness. He was buried in the Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort, SC, on 27 Dec. His widow is doing weU. Her address is 1224ViUage Creek Lane, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464, phone 843 216 3903, e-maU biffywinston@aol.com.

Allen Leighton (a.k.a. Abraham Leichtman), John Lobdell's roommate at the Academy, died 7 Jan 2005 in Summit, NJ. After serving in surface ships for about a year AUen went to sub school and severed the remainder of the war in submarines. Shortly After the war he transferred to Naval reserve and went into private business. He is survived by his •wffe, Elaine, who unfortunately needs 24/7 care and his son John, a financial advisor, and a daughter, Nancy, an attorney. There was no fimeral.

Louise Reh informed us that after a period •with hospice Roger Robert Meyer passed away Thursday, 14 Jan 2005 in Brenham,TX. Memorial services were held there and then the famUy went to Johnstown, PA Bob had been iU for many years. Louis remembers many happy parties and camping trips with the four Meyer's and Reh's. Jan Meyer's address is stUl 135 Ahrens Ave.,Brenham, TX 77833.

SaUy CorneHus, •wffe of George Cornelius, passed away 11 Jan 2005 in St. Luke's Hospital, JacksonvUle, and H. She moved from San Diego in 1995 with George and pre^viously the two of them Hved in Paris for 26 years. SaUy is survived

by George, her devoted husband of 30 years, a step son, Andy of New York City, a step daughter, Theresa Merrick-Kamm of San Francisco, and two grandchildren.

Memorial services were held 29 Jan 2005 at Christ Episcopal Church, PonteVedra, and Heet Landing, Adantic Beach, FL. Jacque White and John Shepherd reported that William Sanford Humphrey, Jr.finaUylost his vaHant fight against a debUitating illness and passed away on 10 Jan 2005. HisfimeralwUl be 7 Mar 2005 at Memorial Chapel, Ft Meyer at 1100.

New Honors The Naval Skyhawk Association is planning a Jim Holloway day at their Annual Luncheon m Reno, NV, on 9 Sept 2005.

Among other things they plan to present Jim with a book of letters from former shipmates, classmates, and friends on their remembrance ofJim. For detailed information contact Dave White at 800 300 2487. or at a4pUot@aol.com. Also for any A4 pUots, I am sure that you would be welcome at the luncheon and be invited to join the Association!

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CLASS NEWS Miscellaneous Lefty Lavrakas has been active again. After criticizing an article in his "Local PUot" newspaper by means of a letter to the editor, he received a scotching response by the same means stating that perhaps we should trade the young soldiers serving in Iraq •with Lefteris Lavrakas I can •write to the White House and offer their names for Iraq, Are they veterans ofWorld War II (unHke the writer who "proudly gave 4 years of my Hfe to serving my country in the US Navy in WWII") or any other war? who is the hero? I am awaiting Lefty's response!

Next Lefty took on the Naval Academy Superintendent. After praising his feature article in the December Shipmate, he noted that although the Superintendent mentioned moral values there was Htde mention of the importance of rehgion or the need to pro^vide some encouragement for church or chapel attendance. As we recaU the value of Chapel Attendance and the stirring sermons of Chaplain Thomas had great influence on our fiamre. He included a report of a scholarly smdy pro^ving that "SpirituaHty Increases Smdents Emotional and Mental Health" and recommended that the Superintendent should put his chanceUors and counselors to work more on this "moral fiber".The Superintendents reply should be interesting!

Conner Cooper, young son of Charlie Cooper, is doing great and enjoying Hfe in Dover, DE. He is shown with his father, CharHe, •who looks Hke he has trimmed his beard somewhat closer than when I last saw hun!

The remark by Bob Adrian that his •wffe, Joan, was the last '43 •wffe working fuU time brought several rebuttals.

Ken Ruiz is now added to the Hst. He states that his wffe, Judith, is not only working fuU time but even has him working for her. She is the President/Chief Executive Officer of the Las Vegas VaUey Humane Society but plans to retire as soon as a replacement can be found. Ken sent me the advertisement for Judith's replacement which indicated how difficult the search •wUl be. There is no salary for the position, the hours arefix>m5AM to 9PM plus on caU for the remainder of the day, the occupant must raise $300,000 a year for operating expenses and be prepared to meet any shortfaU, duties include adopting out about 1,000 animals per year and, ha^ving no shelter, must find foster homes for the animals pending adoption. There is more, this gives an idea of the situation.

Judith held the position which took up most of her Hfe for over 13 years. She wUl continue to assist but wants some time for herself] Ken also mentioned that his book, "The Luck of the Draw", should be pubHshed this year with the proceeds going towards support of the Humane Society!

As always, I need more reports from the field, including pictures, to make this column interesting. I couldfiUthe column •with news and photos of Bay Woods, AnnapoHs, and my travels but I am sure that would get boring. So, let's have more input!

Glad to be '43

L to right: Harry Caldwell and Bill Burlin on the beach in front of the Burlin beach house in North Chatham, Cape Cod, MA

As the professionals who keep the guns poHshed and ready, we are in a special position to admire our feUow citizens who always have left farm and factory to "go in harm's way". Moreover, today, when some •widess and disloyal people in our country, claim to "support the troops, -however", we should not fail to speak up.

(We have a fine example to foUow in John O'Neill '67.) Too many fail to recognize when we have to defend Athens against the barbarians.

We are no end pleased to get this picture of Pat and Maury Hartle, and to welcome Pat to the ranks of '44.

They were married (by Pat's daughter, a Federal Judge!) last November. Maury lost his wffe, Liz, in August 2003.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 12% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 6 1 % PRES: Fred Schnurr WASHINGTON REP: CAPT Charlie Rozier, USN (Ret.) SECY: LCDR Prescott Palmer, USN (Ret.) 7450 Spring Valley D r , Cttstwood Ct., #227 Springfield,VA 22150-4939 H: 703-644-3180; E: spalmer_22151(@yahoo.com

Pat and Maury Hartle

Get a load of the great crowd who were hosted (hostessed?) to a luncheon in Coronado by Nan Barbour on her visit I am deHberately fading to get to the West Coast, last December. The Bill Burlin's permission to quote fiom a group includes, in addition to Nan and fine speech he gave in Chatham, Mass last her Cal Berkley Sports Director daughter Veterans Day. It's his fault, of course, for Sandy: R o z and Art Battson,Vince sending in the nifty picture ff himseff and Cassani, Bee DePrez, Ralph Frame, Harry Caldwell in front of Bill's place Barbara and Jim Hollifield, Doyen on Cape Cod. and Bud Salsig, and Mickey "W e can all, on this day, especially and Strat Wentworth. remember with gratitude and heartfeU appreciation the service and sacrifices of our veterans, and their efforts to keep this great country free."

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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 7% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 64%

Coronado Luncheon last December

Your Class Sec'y presumes to intrude into this last picture because of the distinguished company, members of our West Point brother class: '43 June. Betsy and I have had the pleasure of meeting and frequendy dining with Miriam and Bill Rocs, here in our Greenspring resident community. Bill is a retired Engineer Corps colonel, and we have discovered that we share many interests and most prejudices. (I have remained courteously sUent on the subject of footbaU.) The photo is of a '43 June Luncheon at Ft. Myer O'Club, to which Bill was so kind to invite me. From left to right below:

'43 June Luncheon at Ft Myer O'Club

Roger Ray: wounded. Battle of the Bulge; Buz Buzalski: Okinawa; Alan Jones: wounded, prisoner, Battie of the Bulge; Frank Wood: Burma; Your '44 Sec'y; Bill Roos: Eniwetok, Kwajalein, Saipan, and Guam; Hank Morgan: wounded, Battie of the Bulge; Jack Novak: B-17 pUot, wounded over BerHn We are saddened to report our loss of Bob Bristow on 12 January inTavares, Horida . Services were in Euustis, Horida.

We are saddened also to learn of the death of Muriel Prince Rice, in January 2004, widow of Ted Rice, who left us the pre^vious January. She served in the Office Naval IntelHgence during World War II. New addresses: Barbara and Jim Holbrook; 1970 SUverleaf Cffcle Apt. 314; Carlsbad, CA 92009; Tel. (760) 7041396. Betty and Budd; 2020 S. Momoe St. Apt.301; Denver, C O 80210.

PRES: BGEN D.H. Brooks, USMC (Ret.) 1212 Quincy St.Ale.tandria.VA 22302 E: jkamci@aol.com C O R R . SECY: RADM D.T. Poe, USN (Ret.) 2207 River Crescent D r Annapolis, MD 21401 H: 410-224-4544 C O R R . SECY: CAPT J.T. Cockrill, USN (Ret.) 8107 River Cirscent Dr. Annapolis, MD 21401 H; 410-266-3596 E: JTCBFC@comcast.net WEB SITE: wwAv.usna.com/cIasses/1945

INMEMORIUM HUGH MURPHREE has provided us a most interesting bio of our Anchor Man, WALKER BENNETT. He was appointed to the Naval Academy as a Marine Junior, with a reputed superior mind, but he was often on the Tree. He sought the Anchor position, realizing the difficulty. He was commissioned a Marine but shordy left the Corps. He then joined the Merchant Marine and began an intense smdy of the Great Books. He later was the Project Officer of the Adas MissUe and after that, president of a Lutheran Hospital in Chicago. FoUowing this, he joined Northrop and then took charge of aU Lutheran Charities in the Southwest.

Every one who knew him considers him a very interesting man!

On Christmas Day, EMIL SAROCH's •wffe, Pat, died at home with aU the chUdren and grandchUdren present. There was a communion service before she went to join the Lord. Her health deteriorated rapidly in the last week. There was afimeralservice at St. Margaret's Episcopal in Annapolis on December 30, a lovely lady.

BILL SELLS died January 3,2005 in Philadelphia,The memorial service was held at St Peter's Episcopal Church on January 6. His ashes wUl be distributed in northern Michigan and New York at a later date.

AS WE ARE These are the stalwarts who attended the TaUgate party before the Homecoming game when Navy trounced Rutgers: DICK WILSON, CHUCK GARDNER, LARRY SHAFFER, THAD TAYLOR, JIM COCKRILL, BERT FINDLY, GEORGE ELLIS, GUS SWAINSON, BILL CAMPBELL, BILL COSGROVE, SAM SIMPSON, RALPH STELL,BILL

McCULLOCH, HUB DAVIDSON, JIM MONTGOMERY, FRED KELLEY, and JACK KNUDSEN.

NICK BURDE checked in from Gulffiort •with a photo of Connie and himseff. He told us that Hurricane CharHe forced them into a shelter in St. Pete High School. There was a near hit on the Tampa Bay area but they escaped.

Nick and Connie Burde still "with it" in Gulf port, FL

SWEDE HANSON writes us that after several years of abusing an already bad back, his recent move and its attendant excessive lifting, hauHng, pushing and shoving resulted in his lower vertebrae coming completely unglued.The past week was pure and constant agony aU the way down both legs to his toenaUs. He had no physician in Florida but Eloyce's doctor recommended an organization of neurological surgery associates in OcaUa and he pleaded with them for immediate help. To our utter surprise and deHght, they scheduled him for a considtation the foUowing day •with a neurological surgeon who readily agreed he was a basket case.

Two days later he had completed the preop, battery of x-rays, MRI, and physical exam. The doctor was pleased with his general condition and considered him an exceUent candidate for a spinal laminectomy. The alternative was a epidermal block but that was only a band aid for a serious and recurrmg condition. Since his unpending nuptials hopefuUy involved some physical acti^vity more or less, he needed aU the help he could get.

The Coronado Yacht Club was jumping •with the Look AHve crowd at the annual gathering for the Army/Navy

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CLASS NEWS game. Notwithstanding the inclement weather, a rarity in San Diego, an enthusiastic group cheered on the Na^vy team to a very satisfying victory. Beware of Bobby Ross and Army — they can only get better •with Bobby at the helm. The program fare was hot coffee, juice, muffins and conversation. Participating in the conversations were Anna and TINY ATKINSON, Beth and ED BEHM, Gwen and BILL BENSON, Betty Berger, D O N EDGE, Louise andAL GIORGIS, Bobbie Hames,JIM HAMBURG, Evelyn and FRANK KLEBER, Raye and BOB LENSON, Midge and ART LEVY, Jennie Le^wis with son Marty, PhyUis and KEN LONGNECKER, Ann and BOB McCRARY.Arlene and JIM M O N T GOMERY (they ahready had tickets for the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco), JERRY PATTON, our leader with guest Darwin Clark ('86), FiERB P O O R MAN, Joann Riley •with guest Bob Erly ('37) who seemed to be •winning the footbaU pool hands down, Peggy and D O N SHELTON with daughter Donna, her husband Mike and BUI Robinson ('54), HARRY STEBNER and Marian and BILL T P J > L Y N O R .

With the AN Game comes the local election for who shall lead us in the coming year. The good news is that BILL BENSON has agreed to serve another year as Treasurer. For that we offer thanks and a weU done. For our leader, Gerry Patton we have nothing but praise for the job he did this past year. Each of us tried to no avail to con Gerry into another term. But he demurred by expressing the notion that this job is to be enjoyed and therefore should be shared. Our attempt to find another candidate within the attendees was unsatisfactory. So we, of necessity, feU back on those that were not in attendance. SAM GORSLINE and HAL HOFFER were selected, voted on and, there being no objections, were elected. There's one smaU problem: who shaU serve? ShaU they joindy serve? ShaU SAM or HAL serve? We shaU see. More to foUow later. There's nothing but fun and games out here in San Diego. Have you been foUowing the drama to elect our mayor?

'45 had the most people at the Suncoast Chapter Army/Na^vy Game celebration, ten in the total of sixty-seven attendees. Forty-two pushups for the first

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three touchdo^wns by Na^vy were done by our own CLIFF BERMANN, along -with Tom Gibson '66 and Al Burda '68. The rest of the crew, '33 thru '88, drank, ate, sang and cheered!

Pictured left to right: BILL PETRAT, CLIFF BERMANN, PETE PERKINS. LEE HAINES.

We have no reports of significant gatherings for watching the great show that the midshipmen put on at the Emerald Bowl.

It is certain, however, that it was enjoyed by many, either in person or by TV We are told that JIM MONTGOMERY did attend the game in person.

This snapshot was forwarded by JERRY RESTER taken at a party of '45 submariners and their wives earHer in 2004 at the RESTORS inVero Beach, FL. Pictured left to right: HOWIE BLUM, JERRY RESTOR, GEORGE ELLIS, ERNIE BARRETT, STU BOWCOCK.

The RESTORS were on a tour of Pacific N W Parks when Hurricane Jeanne hit Vero Beach, the second hurricane in three weeks. They saw Vero Beach on TV during Jeanne when in Vancouver, B.C. In late January they are taking a Princess cruise in the eastern Caribbean, and in mid-AprU a river cruise through HoUand and Belgium — tuHp time.

TheTRAYNORS write us that in February Marion feU on the bowHng green and broke her left arm near the wrist. It's OK now but she has lost some strength. In early AprU they enjoyed their usual tune-share in PaHn Springs. Then

BILL started eight weeks of radiation treatment for the currendy popular prostrate cancer. Treatment was apparendy completely successful. In May the three kids visited, first time aU had been together at home in 17 years! What a time they had. Late in August, Marion went to the hospital emergency room with severe pains in her stomach; The problem turned out to be ruptured appendix. Removal of the appendix was performed without mishap.

She is coming along weU. In early December BILL joined the parade to the hospital and underwent cardiac catherization. Doctor found a narrow spot in an artery and he instaUed a stent. On the positive side, our son David married Erin last year and this October, Erin deHvered an 8 ? lb. boy James Martin Traynor. Great granddad is smUing. Medical problems notwithstanding, they have a great deal to be happy about.

BOB EIDSON was, on October 19'-'^, awarded a certfficate of appreciation by the USNA Foundation, Athletic and Scholarship Di-vision. The Award was presented by the Di'vision President P.ADM Tom Lynch. It was to express appreciation for BOB's 42 years of service to the Foundation as a trustee.

Congratulations, BOB! CLASS BUSINESS VAN ORDEN writes that we have been asked by the Library of Congress for copies of the 60 year book; thus, we must order more. If you want to get in on a cutrate deal, let him know how many you want and he •wUl negotiate a deal for aU. LOOKAUVE!

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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 9% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 61% PRES: VADM C.H. Griffidis, USN (Ret.) E: chuckgriffiths01@comcast.net VICE PRES.; CAPT A. E.White, USN (Ret.) E: •W1ZZER0923@AOL.COM TREASURER: CAPTWUs F.Engel.USN (Ret.) 6807 Rosewood St.,Annandale,VA 22003 H; 703-256-5832; E: \vcngel@bellatlantic.net SECY: Clete KenneUy 7911 SleafordPl.Bethesda.MD 20814-4625 H: 301-654-7315; E: budkennelly@.iol.com C O R R . SECY: CAPT Ed Ellis, USN (Ret.) 5229 Baistow SL, San Diego, CA 92117-2202 H; 858-278-8665; F: 858-576-0979 E: thirteen22ed@aol.com WEBMASTER.: CDR A.C. HANSMANN, USN (Ret.) E; hansmann@alum.mit.edu WEB SITE: ww^v.usna.com/classes/1946

60th Reunion Chairman - Capt Al White USN (Ret) 4108 Wynwood Ave, Annandale,VA 22003 - 3425; Tel: (703) 256 - 7327; e: whizzer0923@aol.com Assistant Chairman - Capt Lee Zeni, USN (Ret) 100 Severn Ave #208, AnnapoHs, MD 21403 - 2520;Tel: (410) 280 - 0532; e: leezeni@aol.com DEFENDI RESPUBLICAN ADOLESCENS, N O N DESARAM SENEX Our SIXTIETH is commg.We'U be gathering in ArmapoHs in only TWO M O R E MONTHS Assuming that this Column appears in the March SHIPMATE, in early March we'U be rendezvousing in AnnapoHs for our 60th R E U N I O N in only two more months. Hard to beHeve. WhUe we're waiting, here's a timely anecdote: • "In early 1946, my ship USS HAWKINS(DDR 873) was operating in the PhiHppine Sea, generaUy around the Marianas Islands, escorting and plane guarding USS BOXER and USS ANTIETAM as a unit of DESRON THREE. (When WWII ended those ships had remained in Asian waters as TF 58 when everyone else went home because they had been late arrivals in the War Zone.)

DESDIV 32, of which HAWKINS was a part, was reHeved in mid March and shordy therefter headed home. On 1 AprU about 0830 in the morning whUe the Division was headed East in Column Open Order about five hundred rrules west of Pearl Harbor we received a Tidal

Wave Warning. (The word Tsunami for these Warnings was a later development.)

The Commodore was embarked in my ship and because I had the 8 -12 Watch was in the middle of the responsesto this and the few later confusing messages. The first ampHfying Warning received was that the Tidal Wave was 90 feet high and traveling south at a very high rate of speed. (I don't remember the speed cited but it was weU over 100 mUes an hour.) The Commodore ordered the Division to change formation to a scouting fine perpendicular to our course and opened the distance between ships to 2,000 yards.

AU ships were directed to set Material Condition ZEBRA and to put everyone into Hfe jackets untU further notice. Ther Commodore and my Captain read everything they coiUd find on Tidal Waves. As I remember the most elucidating was BOWDITCH. I read it and remember it clearly stated that upon sighting the Tidal Wave head direcdy toward it. When my watch reHef came to the bridge I asked him what he would do when he sighted the Tidal Wave. When he said he'd turn away I made him read Bowditch and give me the correct response before he reHeved me. We were aU very anxious and kept watching for the Wave. In mid-afternoon we saw a stretch of rough choppy dark water ahead mo^ving toward us. It didn't have any height that we could see.

When it reached the ship, she "bounced and vibrated" quickly for a few minutes and when the rough water passed us, the ship settled down to smooth steaming, as before. We could see the patch of rough dark water moving away behind us. I don't remember when we secured from Material Condition ZEBRA or were able to remove our Hfe jackets but, as I remember, it was before dinner. By then, too, we began recei^ving reports of damage in the Hawaiin Islands caused by the Tidal Wave." • Here's another anecdote, a different kind of story: H "When I was Commanding Officer of USS WASHTENAW COUNTY (LST1166) we visited Kobe, Japan on a routine port visit in 1961. After mooring, I walked around the ship to check our position alongside. Then, I went into the wardroom for a cup of coffee and was startied by the presence of an unaccompanied

civiHan sitting there by himseff. I asked ff I could help him and he responded that he was waiting for my Supply Officer who had just left to get something from his office. I got my coffee and as I was sitting down I asked him ff the Foreign Cemetery had been moved. He repHed: "No, but, it's schediUed to be moved"We sat there quiedy for awhUe when he said: "Excuse me, I don't want to seem nosey but, why are you interested in the Foreign Cemetery?" I repHed "My maternal grandparents are buried there." He then said that his father was an old time German resident of Kobe and maybe he knew them. "Where are they buried in the Cemetery? he continued. I had visited the Cemetery several years before and had visited both graves but, could not remember anything distinctive about the location of my grandfather's grave. It was halfway into the men's section on a slope facing the Inland Sea but, I couldn't provide any distinctive information. On the other hand, I remembered several names on the tombstones around my grandmother's grave. One of them was Thomas which is the only name I remember to this day. (Perhaps, it's because mother had commiuniced with a former school friend named Thomas in Germany during World War II.) He was starded when he heard the names and said he was sure that his father had known those famiHes. Then, he said that he'd Hke to teU my story to his father ff I had no objection. I had none and with the return of my Supply Officer we didn't talk any fiirther. About an hour or so after he left the ship, he caUed me and said that his father remembered my grandfather and asked if I could join his father for dinner that night at the Kobe Athletic and Regatta Club. I readUy agreed and met him for an unforgetable dinner. I not only heard about my grandfather but also about my mother, her sister and her brother when they were Htde chUdren. He confirmed several stories we had heard, through the years One was that my grandfather had the Tsingtao Beer Agency for aU ofJapan but he lost it and everything else during World War I. (As a side note, he said that my grandfather would not drink Tsingtao Beer because it was too expensive. He drank Japanese beer instead.) Two. Although my grandfather was the only son of a weU to do German

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AdditionaUy, he said that he tried to get my grandfather to go back to Germany •with him when the TransSiberian Railroad opened making travel time much much shorter than by ship but, he wouldn't go. He didn't remember very much about the chUdren. The girls were brought up in a French convent because their mother had died when they were very young.

(EpUogue: Many years later after I had retired, I visited the Foreign Cemetery again. It had been moved beyond the hUls on which Kobe is buUt. Now the husbands, wives and chUdren are together in famUy plots. AdditionaUy, the deceased are buried in sections identified by their country of origen. It is much larger and more beautiful than the old Cemetery and the government continues to pay aU upkeep expenses. Subsequendy, I was able to find "the civiHan" I had met in the wardroom of the WASHTENAW COUNTY. His father had passed away several years before my later visit.

However, I was not able to •visit with "the ci^vUian" because he was away fiom Japan on vacation.) H Lost and Found UntU recendy Robert WUHam Dibling (17) was among the Lost but he found us.

He contacted Al White (6), our Chairman to obtain information on the Reunion.

His address isl8 Curtis Ave, Sttatford, NJ 0804. Phone number (856)783 - 4683.

The enclosed Christmas picture shows Patricia and Jack Roulstone (11) in their home in Virginia Beach.

WaUy Schirra (13), our astronaut, continues to reside in Rancho Santa Fe, CaHfornia but, has changed his email address to:Wskyray@sbcglobal.net East Coast A-N Celebration follow-up Here are a few photos to recap the •write up that appeared in the Jan-Feb. '05 1946 Class column.

Larry Baldwin, Elsie Sommer, guest of Chuck Hansman, Rod Wingo and Jackie Smith, guest of Gordon Yeo

Chuck Hansman (we didn't win by enough). Bob Baylis (it feels good to win again), Al White (of course we won), and Gordon Yeo (he lost his shirt in the defeat from years ago, but this victory makes up for it)

Anne Kennelly, Len Baylis and Elsie Sommer

Patricia and Jack Roulstone

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I deeply regret to report the passing of Dr Albert Joseph KeUey (9) from pneumonia at the Jefferson, a retirement center, in Arhngton,Virginia. He was a former Navy test pUot, guidance systems engineer with NASA, Boston CoUege adminstrator and Deputy Undersecretary of Defense.

His younger brother had become the Commandant of the US Marine Corps.

He was predeceased by his •wffeVurginia RUey KeUey, who died m 1988. He is

survived by three sons: Mark, Shaun and Da^vid. Please refer to Last CaU for his obituary. I extend the sincerest condolences of the Class to his survivors.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 9% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 71% PRES: VADM James H. Doyle Jr., USN (Ret.) SECY: Chester H."Chet" Shaddeau Jr. 1972 Scott's Crossing Way, Apt. #002 Annapolis, MD 21401 H: 410-224-5890; F: 410-224-7613 E: stadir@erDls.com

A PERSONAL NOTE Your scribe apologizes for his absence last month which resulted in no column and a pUing-up of several timely news items.

There was simply no way out. We spent (under duress!) about seven weeks in various Temples of Healing whUe undergoing very successful pulmonary surgery and then trying to get out from under the not-so-successfiil and rampandy infected recovery period. I offer my warmest thanks to those who sent emails, Christmas cards, and phone calls, and trust that you •wUl all overlook our fumbling whUe we attempt to get back to normal. CHS A VIETNAM INTERLUDE '65-'66 Enjoy the foUowing memoir fix)m Classmate Jim Hatch: • "When the Admiral walked mto my office and said "Jim, we need you in Vietnam. Go home and talk it over with Lynn", it was just two weeks after the American Embassy in Saigon was bombed. Lynn and I agreed that after aU, this duty •was what I had trained for.

It was hard leaving her with 5 chUdren, aged 6 months to 11 years, but Lynn is a wonderfld Navy wffe and gave me her full support.

I arrived at the Saigon airport on my 41st birthday I was #2 Supply Officer for aU the miHtary in Vietaam, •with 1116 officers, enHsted andViemamese in the Supply Department.There were 35,000 miHtary in Vietnam when I arrived and over 230,000 when 1 left. Later, odier ports were added, but in 1965 aU suppHes came into the port of Saigon and were offloaded and reshipped throughout Vietnam. Tonnage-^wise, Saigon was the busiest port in the world.

The war went on...

I had completed 355 days in Vietnam.

My roommate was in the shower and I •was shaving.The bomb shook our hotel, and since we felt no need for Purple Hearts, we hit the deck and crawled out to the haU in order to not get hit by flying glass. An Army Major direcdy above was firing down into the street and return fire was coming into the windows. The shooting lasted 40 minutes. There were 13 dead and 30 woimded in the street. A suicide car bomber had crashed into our gate, and kiUed the guards, but the cement blocks stopped the bomber. EarHer, another suicide car bomber had driven under the hotel, destroyed many rooms and kUled miHtary in their rooms. Not this time.

I may have been the oiJy member of '47 on active duty In Country in South Vietaam at that time.

The next day I corrected that — my time was up, and I flew out of Saigon to meet my Lynn in Madrid!" I ONTHE ROAD AGAIN...

ActaaUy, it was more Hke "On the Bay again!"

AU of us are old enough to remember very •weU the contribution of the Liberty Ships in WWII. Which makes it hard to realize that there are only two of them left in wartime operating condition in the U.S. One is SS John W. Brown, berthed in Baltimore, which has been restored to its 1945 configuration, complete •with 5"/38 singles for the Navy Armed Guard, and otherwise spiffed up to a fare-theeweU by dedicated volunteers, who have restored her to certifiable and registered sailing condition.

She sails on occasional day trips on the Chesapeake Bay, and it was John Prehn's sons who thought up the idea of sending John back to sea for a day as a birthday gift. The trip was complete •with tours of the bridge and the reciprocatingengine machinery spaces, meals and snacks from the gaUey, and occasional musical performances of songs from the era we aU remember so weU , plus weUinformed explanations by the volunteers on various features of the ship and of the World War II Batde of the Adantic. John's Academy "wffe", Kent "Curly" Weber and John's brother. Army Colonel (ret) Robert "Pete" Prehn, USMA '46, rounded out the roster. See photo nearby

Joan, arranged for and graciously hosted the gathering. See the photos nearby.

LtoR: Colonel "Pete"Prehn, Curly Weber, and John Prehn on board SS John W. Brown

FINAL HONORS The Class has suffered grievous loss in these past few weeks; we join their famiHes and friends in sorrow as we mourn the loss of Classmates Alfred Elroy "Ace" Adams, James Russell Dillman, John Glennon "Jake" Finneran, Alan Jay Frankel, Delbert Da^vid Grantham, Edward Boyd Meyer, and William Ross St. George.

Obimaries for aU appear in Last CaU. BEATINGARMY! Sure, it was great fun whipping New Mexico in the rain at San Francisco, but there is stUl nothing Hke watching the Corps of Keydets getting •whupped!

Thirty-one San Diego Classmates, with famiHes and friends, had luncheon at the MCAS Muramar"WOXOF Room" (i.e.: ceiling zero, •visibUity zero, fog !) to cheer gleefuUy as the team thrashed Army in PhUly on 4 December.

In addition to the San Diego contingent, they welcomed Anne and Dick Beaubien from Monarch Beach, Jo Ann and Bill Blair from Huntington Beach, Walt Krstich and his (congratulations!) new bride Margo, from Escondido, Liz and D o n Wallace from Long Beach, and Georgea and Tom Hudner aU the way from Boston. Guests included the Hudners' daughter KeUy Fernandez and the Ruppels' neighbors. Cam and Royce WUHams.

Tom was in town to appear •with four other Medal of Honor recipients on Sunday at the San Diego Aerospace Museum, and the occasion was ripe for a welcome mini-reunion of Hudner with Bill Russell and Royce WUHams, the three of whom were shipmates and Department Heads in KITTY HAWK ,

1965-66.

As always, Dick Bivin, the current local '47 Class representative, and his wffe

Newlyweds Walt and Margo Krstich at the San Diego Army game party

LtoR Former shipmates and Department Heads in KITTY HAWK, with wives, at San Diego Army game party: Bill (Air Boss) and Billie Russell, Georgea and Tom (Navigator) Hudner, Cam and Royce (Air Wing Commander) Williams

THE MAIL BUOY A note to us aU from John Jahant in Cleveland: B " I had a surprise 80th birthday party in December and had no idea to what lengths my famUy would go to spread the •word to my '47 Classmates. As a result, I received a flood of cards and letters that wUl take me some time to answer. I 've taken this way of thanking aU of you, especiaUy those of you who didn't know me from Adam (or SUky!). Many of you are already one, two, or even three years beyond your eightieth, so thanks to you, I feel young. I stay active, playing a lot of goff and tennis (•with those older than 1, for obvious reasons).

I am looking forward to Reunion sixoh in oh-six and to greeting everyone in person. Many thanks. Silky"H This one from Philadelphia: H "The day after the Army game we needed bananas, so I stopped in at the Acme supermarket to buy that one item. After making my selection, 1 Hned up, bananas in hand, in the express checkout Hne. I was wearing a NAVY hat, so the stranger in front of me turned and said "Nice game yesterday." I repHed, and we chatted for a minute or two, when he

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When I got back to the car I told Dorothea that I had had guys buy me a drink in a bar from time to time, but bananas in a supermarket was a first!

Bob O'Shea" • And fiom M.R. Clement in Maine: H "Sue and I had to go in to the Bangor Federal BuUding the other day to check on some things •with the Social Security Office.

Of course, I was prepared to have to pass through a security check, but after several tries, ha^ving emptied my pockets of everything including dustbaUs, I stiU couldn't avoid the alarm, and by this time had the fuU attention of 3 guards!

I offered to prove that I am a retired Na^vy Captain, but they weren't interested finaUy, when I took my sweater off, one of them pointed out the metal clasps on my suspenders. Problem solved.

We thought you would aU sleep better knowing that old gray-haired Navy types aren't getting away •with threatening our country's security... Clem" H QUICKTAKES Our warmest congratulations are in order for the former Mary Carol "Mac" Haggerty, widow of Classmate Don Haggerty, and her new husband, Robert R.Throckmorton,Jr.The couple make their home in Hot Springs ViUage , A R . . .

Bill Hosking •writes that he was honored at an affair in Albuquerque in November to receive the Pearl Harbor Survivor medal from the Representative in Congress of New Mexico's 1st District, Heather WUson, who is a graduate of the Air Force Academy.. .And two items, a Htde delayed, come •via George Grove from the Naval War CoUege, who advises that at its awards ceremony, their MUitary Operations Prize was awarded to our own Class President, Jim Doyle; the War CoUege also dedicated an executive conference room in honor of the

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CoUege's 37th President, Stan Turner.. .We were pleased to talk on the phone to Jack Raftery when he toured through to^wn with his son a few weeks back — too bad we couldn't get together...

Congratulations to Hank Ruppel, who was recendy instaUed as Master of North County DayHght Masonic Lodge No. 843, E&A.M. of Escondido CA .. .In December, the Submarine Veterans of WWII Inc. voted ALBACORE (AGSS569) the Submarine of the Year and •wiU induct it into the Submarine HaU of Fame on Memorial Day of 2005. Ted Davis, who served as PUot for Jon Boyes '44 m ALBACORE, wUl be the guest speaker. Our thanks go to Irwin Patch '51, who was kind enough to volunteer the information that the Hst of '47 NAPS entrants from the Fleet, which we offered some time back, was originaUy part of a project produced by EU Vinock and L.H.Alford, both Class of'38; Nat Heller came up independentiy with the same inteUigence. The Hst continues to be avaUable, and was maUed to about 20 who inquired... Al Maxfield ad^vises that whUe visiting the National Warplanes Museum in Horseheads, NY, he was pleasandy surprised to find a memorial to our "Swoose" Snead! SmaU world, indeed! .. .And this month's final gem from the Book of Zen Wisdom: "Always remember — you're unique —just like every-

body else!" Until next month. CHS ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 7%

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This is written as the Dark Ages take hold in what is thus far a mUd •winter in these parts. That •wUl change. This month we are sparse on indi^vidual news items. The limitations on column size which have been the subject of much discontent among the Class secretaries shoidd not be a problem this month.

Paul Corrigan is pushing his novel, "Last of the Aerial Gunfighters", and has been hustHng around trying to get his book into the PXs. As I reported several months ago, it is an exceUent read and it's weU worth picking up the paperback. He and Nancy have relocated to Surprise, AZ, 35 mUes west of Phoenix. From his Christmas card he reports:

• "It was a big move for us, but we got away from the Florida humidity and the rich overbearing snowbirds. We have them here as weU, but not as many, and most are on the other side of Snottsdale (the local word for Scottsdale). Had a great weekend at Luke AFB exchange, sold 100 books with more to go. The distributor for the Army and AF exchanges is great and very supportive. Wish I had the same support from Anderson News that suppHes the Navy. I did a good book signing at NAS JacksonviHe before 1 left. They had never heard of my book, nor did the Anderson agent, though he had it in stock. Saw Jim Welsh's book review in Shipmate and read it. I hope to have a re^view, too, in the next Shipmate."

It is neat to remain young and springy.

Paul describes their Arizona house-hunting •with a visit to theVaUey of the Sun. "Nancy had done her homework on the web prior to the •visit so we were a jump ahead of the game. In a week's time we bought 2 houses, designed 2 pools, did the interiors, and finalized on our house, with the great view of the White Tank Mountains, and the overhead roar of the F-16s from Luke AFB. We hadn't even Hsted the house back in Venice, but upon return we sold it the same day, packed and were gone •within a month." H The Washington area 14 January limcheon at the Army Na^vy Country Club included six 24th Company midshipmen, the Company officer, Lt. Mike HoUenbach, and the new Company senior enHsted, Chief Aviation Machinist Bob Coats, who has seen a lot of service in P-3s.The Company Commander,Jim Colgary, 1/c Matt Luke^vics, 2/c Eric Shuey (footbaU team pimter), 2/c Abby Brandon (4.0 mathematician), youngster Wes VanDorn, who lunched with us last year as a plebe, (He wanted us to know he is StiU on deck), and plebe BUI CicchUlo aU were deHghted to escape Bancroft HaU and lunch with us. MingHng with the mids were the BaUs, Moores, Carruths, Deeleys, Stacys, Shockeys, Reeds,Tony Duncans, Harkins, Morgans, and Bartows, plus singles Ghormley, Andrus, Coriey, Welch, Borlaug, Sisson, and Olson. The mids were hungry, and showed an easy charm. After lunch Lt HoUenbach briefed us on how the Company is getting on in the annual Brigade competition,

mtroduced Chief Coats, and each mid had a chance to say a few words. As before, the 24th Company midshipmen leave no doubt that the Academy is in good hands, and that they have great pride in their Class, their Company, the Brigade, and the Naval Academv.

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I am sad to report that Roy C. Anderson, 21st Company, died of in his Key West home on 14 January of cancer, which had invaded his body extensively since late last summer with no pre^vious symptoms. As the cancer advanced, he was never in pain, and he died peaceftUly. Andy was a submariner, skippered the submarine Balao, attended the Naval War CoUege, and after retiring, he and Barbara setded in Key West, estabHshing an outpost as the southernmost continental 48er over these many years. His Key West funeral was on 17 January and his remains were scheduled to be interred at Arlington Cemetery on 11 February. From Key West he was involved in multiple civic and volunteer organizations. A Rotarian, he was District Governor of the Southern US District, which includes the Bahamas. He was Commander-in-Chief of the MiHtary Order of the World Wars, and was Commander of the Han-BusweU Chapter of the MOWW a country-^wide phUanthropic chapter. He was a Hfe member of the Key West Yacht Club, active in the Salvation Army, the Key West High School N R O T C has estabHshed a scholarship in Roy's name, and the Island Opera Company has estabHshed a Volunteer of the year award in his name.

The Hst of his many good works goes on, and he was indeed an extraordinary volunteer covering not just Key West and the State, but across the country. He wiU be missed. He and Barbara were married 55 years, had two daughters, Robin Anderson of Seatde, and Kim Anderson Hughes ofTaUahassee, and two. grandsons and a granddaughter. They did not join in many Class events, mosdy because of being so far south, but also because of Andy's heavy commitments in so many other areas. We wUl miss his easy smUe and laid back friendly way.

The gestating Class Website is hard at work in the hands ofJohn Tsiknas, as

reported in the last Column. He says that he has a good start, and that the site wUl be a good place to pass the word. There remains developmental work to be done, and it wiU continue to evolve after it hits the air. At the moment, I see a problem in that we only a Htde over haff the Hving Classmates •with computers and for whom we have emaU addresses. Of these (today about 374), probably less than 300 are vaHd. People change servers and faU to notify us of the change. A number have never sent us their addresses. It is fioistrating to send out information to a Class grouping and have a large number bounce with invaHd addresses. So, please keep your address current. Notify Dick Scott (rscott57@edurostream.com) and/or Dave Carruth (sHpstk@aol.com), or me (sk48moore@aol.com).

We have lost another Classmate.

Leland Frederick Estes (20th Company) died at home in Palm Harbor, FL, 13 January 2005, under hospice care. A salty Bostonian •with salt water in his veins, Lee was varsity dinghy saUor and Hved and breathed sailing aU through his Hfe. He loved salt air, and the more the better. He was a proud member of the U.S. Lighthouse Society. Back in Bancroft HaU, •woe be to the plebe pre-reveUle windowcloser who dared shut the Estes window, no matter the weather. Lee and Ruth were married 56 years and produced a son, Stephen of PaHn Harbor, three daughters, Kimberly Showalter,Wheaton, D; Christina Tickner andjohannah OHver both of Pasedena, CA; ten grandchildren and two great grandchUdren. Lee was a surface saUor and retired as a commander.

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PRES: Harold E Tipton 18862 Colony Cir.,Villa Park, CA 92861-4307 E: haltip@ix.netcom.com SECY: RADM Ralph Ghormley, USN (Ret.) EO.Box 10262, McLean.VA 22102-8262 P: 703-351-0964; F: 703-351-5864 E: rmghormley@msn.com

Hi Classmates! It's me again, Pete Swanson, on TAD to the column helping out Ralph Ghormley as he undergoes very, important, Hfe-changing events.

Namely, his marriage to Marlene Sherman (Frank's widow) at a family ceremony on 8 January 2005. Then he wUl have moved to new quarters and then

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undergone a computer cormection upgrade using DSL. He's swamped and so here I am. Ralph and Marlene's new address are listed at the end of the column.

By the time you read this, hopefiiUy, but not certainly, •winter's woes •wUl be over. As we write now, there are a few inches of snow on the ground in Norfolk and Virginia Beach and in Corpus Christi (!) but no snow around the Capitol Metro area yet. I just spotted a big flock of robins on the front lawn!

WASHINGTON/ANNAPOUS The Class contingent at AnnapoHs had a fine Christmas luncheon this year on 16 December at the Fleet Reserve Club.

Here is a picture of the AnnapoHs luncheon group submitted by Keatinge Keays. Standing, from left to right are: Gene Shine, Keatinge Keays, Steve Kraus, Mary Lou Pringle Krause, Chet Da^vis, Rita Keays, Carol Baysinger, AHce Kraus, Betty WarHck, Helen Brady, Warren Vosseler, Bob Brady, Mickey McDonald, Cal Roberts, and WUHam WarHck. Seated, left to right, are: EUa Davis, Joan Shine, Betty Jepson, Ursula Vosseler, EUeen Roberts, and Madelon McDonald. tmm

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Bob Eustace, Bill Goewey, Bill Guthrie, Graham Leonard, Gene Reiher, Paul Riegert, Pete Swanson, and Voss Vosseler (escorted to the luncheon by Ursula.) The get-together was fun. We found out that Voss and Ursida plan to •visit Florida this spring and NAS SigoneUa, Italy, in the faU to vacation •with their extended Academy-graduate famUy. We also noted some quiet conversations.

For example one Classmate, speaking of his youth was heard to say, "Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was 'Shut

60^^^ REUNION PLANNING Now is the time for Class movers and shakers to suggest, what we shoidd do for our 60'-" reunion coming up in 2009.

That time is closer than you think. Yours truly remembers the early planning for our 55 ' over five years ago; no one had a workable idea or volunteered to get things going. I also remember the letters we got from discontented Classmates who realized, in late 2003, that a reunion was being planned in Branson, M O (which

49 House Through the years, USNA '49er Fred Baur has been a strongly interested contributor to the Naval Academy and to Alumni acti'vities, as is exemplified in his Class crest engraved stamping tool gift for "49 House."

The initial story was related in a prior issue of Shipmate.

In the photo, mfirontof "49 house," Fred Baur '49 (right) is holding die stamping die. Warren Vosseler '49 (left) is reminiscent of pointing at the purple historical marker when he proposed "49 House" in die early 1990s. Subsequent significant work by other Classmates and generous contributions by multiple Classmates made possible the buUding restoration of 49 CoUege Avenue.

nirned out to be a lot of fun.). "Why wasn't it in AnnapoHs like it is supposed to be," was the basis of many complaints.

Now, we can start again, get some good ideas, round up some volunteers to make it happen and the Class can have a great 60"^. So let Hal Tipton, our President, hear firom you.

To emphasize the foregouig, here is a letter fiom our President, Hal Tipton: • "Dear Classmates, I consider it an honor and a privUege to have this opportuiuty to serve as your Class President.

Let me briefly teU you what I've been up to since graduation. After I married upon graduation, my first orders took me to fHght training at Pensacola. My first duty station was with UtiHty Squadron 3 in San Diego flying target drone aircraft for fleet antiaircraft practice and for ground to air missUe development at White Sands, NM. There I learned how to fly 2 aircraft at once doing takeoffi and landing approaches. Next, I had a tour at the Naval Weapons Test Station at China Lake, CA; as a test pUot concenttating on air to groimd rockets. I next spent two years as Catapult & Arresting Gear Officer onTICONDEROGA and tiien had a great tour as Operations Officer ofVF-24 flying F8U Crusaders. Unexpectedly, I received orders to USNA as a Company Officer - you remember who those were.

I tried my best to emulate "Hector the Specter" but came up a bit short of his fame. After the Academy tour, I was in Hawaii for 4 years in logistics on the CINCPACFLT Staff. 1 retired m 1969 as a Commander and headed for the private sector.

After about a month of retired leisure, 1 took a position •with RockweU International in computer system design and development. In 1977,1 seized the opportunity to start up and direct Information Security at RockweU. This kept me busy until my retirement in 1994 after almost 25 years. During my RockweU days, I helped found, and was President for a few years, respectively, of two non-profit organizations - the "Information Systems Security Association" and the "International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium". The first, a worldwide organization, enables members to meet regularly to compare notes, solve

problems and stay current in the Information Security field. The second is an educational and testing organization that professionaUy certifies members in the Information Security field.

Fortunately, both organizations are thriving. Since 1993,1 also have been serving as technical editor for Auerbach PubHshers and have put together their Handbook of Information Security Management - an annual pubHcation.

During aU of the above, since retiring fix)m the Na^vy, I became involved in local poHtics and served on theViUa Park City CouncU with a couple of terms as Mayor foUowed by 20 years as City Treasurer.

Now that we have re^viewed my past, it is time to look to the future. My one big commitment is to have a worthwhUe 60th anniversary that •wUl be here in 2009. But first I need ideas and then a consensus on a site and time and then volunteers to make things happen. We're now asking for your "druthers" regarding where and when to assemble. Should it be back to our roots in AnnapoHs, or on the West Coast, or in the Northwest or somewhere else? If ArmapoHs, should it be just after June Week or the traditional homecoming time? Your opinion is needed and is herevwth soHcited. Please let us know. 1 need your help now. Hal" U A note came in from Roger Boh who resides in Pensacola, Florida. His property, on the bay, took a hit from at least one of the four hurricanes that devastated the state, the Air Training Command, Pensacola, and his house. He •writes, "We in Pensacola start the New Year on a positive note as we enter an extended period of rebuUding.

I now have a new roof A contractor wiU be rebuUding my pier so that the next hurricane has a nice fresh target. And I'U need a boat by the time the kids arrive in the Summer....another hurricane target I suppose." We •wish Roger, and aU Floridians, good luck and hope that things are on the mend there; and may this next hurricane season be peaceful..

San Diego area so we see our granddaughter frequently. We took them aU to Cabo San Lucas for Thanksgiving at our place on the beach and had a wonderful time. We have been going to Cabo for about six years and the place is reaUy growing, world class resorts popping up everywhere. Our travel plans for 2005 include a trip to Palm Desert in January, PuertoVaUarta in February, and Italy in AprU-May.We stay and enjoy La JoUa during the summer and visit our daughter and famUy in Newport, R.I. in the faU. This old fighter pUot is indeed reaUy blessed. [My e-maU is: robairmohr@ aol.com]" H There isn't a Naval Academy graduate who doesn't like a lost/found Academy ring story; here's Jack Benoit's: H "Like most of you, I have "lost" my ring at least a dozen times. It has always turned up in the cushions of a chair, a drawer, in the car, etc. So, shordy after the New Year, I could not find my ring. No problem, since 1 knew it would turn up somewhere around the house.//Several days later, I received a caU from a lady who asked if 1 was a Naval Academy Graduate and ff I had lost my ring. This was an indication that it was not somewhere in the house.//She informed me that another lady had been caUing the "Benoits" in Virginia, but was having a problem since her eyesight was fading, so she was helping out with the caUs. She did not remember the lady's name but gave me the telephone number of KnoUwood, a retirement home in the District of Columbia.//! caUed KnoUwood, explained the situation and asked ff they could post a notice •written with my name. A few hours later, I received a caU from a lovely lady named Helen Fries, 93 years of age. I made arrangements to pick up the ring on 31 December 2004. When Rose Marie and I met her, we discovered that her late husband, Stewart Fries, was a West Point Graduate, USMA 1935; fiirther, a nephew

From Robair Mohrhardt came this news: H "Hi Pete, Lffe is good in La JoUa, CA. Bev and I are in good health considering the wear and tear of aU the years. I play tennis three times a week and goff with the old guys once a week. We are fortunate in that our son and famUy Hve in the

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of hers had lost his MUitary Academy ring also and had had it remrned 13 years later it having been found in the sand on a beach in Hawau.//Anyway, it seems that she w^as in the Fort Myer Commissary when she kicked something with her foot. The lady accompanying her picked it up and examination determined that it was a 1949 USNA Class ring! She refused to leave it at the Commissary saying she would find the owner.//When we arrived at her apartment, she declared that the occasion caUed for a celebration.

She led us to the kitchen w'here a selection of refi^shments was arranged on the counter. My kind of lady!//We had a wonderfiil •visit. She showed us around KnoUwood, originaUy an Army distaff retirement home. It is an outstanding facUity.//We sent flowers to show our appreciation and she caUed to invite us to brunch and the "Army/Na^vy Town Club with some of her relatives and fidends.//So you see, we beat the odds against the return of the ring and made some new fiiends—and. Oh yes, I have added a ring guard.. Jack" I Class Directory Changes: Marlene and Ralph Ghormley: 1800 Old Meadow Road, Apt 405, McLean.VA 221021819. T; 703/556-3918 Mike Lake: 2130 Kaneka St, #410; LUiue, HI 96766. T: (808) 246-4449 Jim Matheny: E: waters2626@yahoo.com Andforever and ever, remember: NOTHING COULD BE FINER THANTO BE A 49ER ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 6% ,J LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 67% PRES: RADM Roy Snyder, USN (Ret.) 3921 Colonel Ellis Are., Ale.\andria,VA 22304 H: 703-823-2464; F: 703-823-4467 E: roydl314@aoI.com CHIEF FUND RAISER; J. Richard PowcD Jr. 8123 Dunsinane Ct. McLean,VA 22102 H70:V8934583 or 866-859^362 EXEC. SECY: Larry Hawkins 3916 Linda Ln.,Annandale,VA 22003 H: 703-573-4256; F: 703-573-1661 (call first) E: llhawlansl@juno.com CORR-SECY: CAPT Wayne L. Jensen, USN (Ret.) 499 Skyhill Ct.. ChulaVista, CA 91910 H: 619-421-6756; E: wayneljensen@cox.net

The Hst is near complete of those who wUl be present in Hawau for our 55th reunion and who bear the tide of Golden Honeymooners.They are: Cathy and

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Rip Van Kleeck, Donna and Ted Speaker, Peggy and Ted Mills, PJckie and John Snyder, Pat and Larry Hawkins, Carol and CharHe Cooper, Char and Bob Monroe, Beny and Dick Goodspeed, Rosemarie and Barney Bamette, Margaret and Ames Smith, Joanne and George Van, Marjorie and Frank Perry, Jacquelyn and George Deranian, Frances and George Bowen, Claire and Ray Engle, Bets and PhU Ryan, Jane and Ron Hays, Bobbie and Walt Davis, Claire and Dick MUler, Gerry and Skip Orem, Joann and Joe Pausner, Barbara and Ken MoU, Joyce and Gene Dunaway, Ann and Roy Snyder, Barbara and BUI DeMers, SaUy and Chuck MuU. Mary and Paul McMahon, Dottie and Harry Buehler, Barbara and Barney Ruble and Yvonne and BiU Wright. They will be appropriately recognized at the reunion for their health, longe^vity, fortimde and accomplishments.

Regional Meetings: In ArmapoHs on 7 January at the USNA O'Club there gathered: Gerry Coleman, Rex KUbourn, Ed McLean,Tom Rogers, Tom Ross, PhU Ryan and Daryle Tripp.

Tom Ross has reduced his stay in Florida this winter because the AnnapoHs weather has been most mUd and because the Academy basketbaU team needs some more cheer support. Daryle Tripp suppHes some late statistics on the class with: We graduated 691 on 2 June 1950 and of these there are a total of 254 deceased with 437 StiU H^ving. There were 32 flag/general officers in the class with 21 admirals, 4 USMC generals and 7 USAF generals.

In San Diego on 7 January we convened at the Coronado Goff Course Club House for lunch. This wiU be the San Diego group meeting place for the first Friday of each month and the time wUl be at 1130. In January we had: BUI Grimm (he makes the arrangement),Terri and John MaUoy, Dick Martin, Helen and Gene Wisenbaker, Bob Muck, Wa^yne Jensen, Mark Frudden, BUI Martin, Marcia and CharHe Clark, and Dean French.

In Washington D C . on 6 January there gathered: BUI Rockey, Larry Hawkins, John Greenwood, Frank Carter, Tom Rogers, Marsh Treado, Deke Forbes, Law Kivlen, Dick PoweU, Bob Monroe, Bob Shultz, BUI Diehl,Tom Ross, MUt Schultz, BUI Kiehl, BUI Simons and

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LOSSES Pete Abercrombie passed away on 3 December 2004. On graduation, Pete went Air Force and served as a combat pUot during the Korean and Viet Nam Wars. He taught R O T C classes at various Universities and earned three masters degrees. He retired fix)m the Air Force in 1973 and then held positions with SheUer Globe, Westinghouse and ARAMCO. He is survived by his wffe, Hattie, his daughter, HaUie, his son, Robert and 5 grandchildren. A memorial service was held on 18 December in Spring TX. with a reception at the home of his daughter.

WUHam J. Dickerson (non graduate) was kiUed in the tsumami on a beach resort in ThaUand. His wffe, Jane, remains missing as of 27 December 2004. BiU finished his education at the U. of Oklahoma School of Medicine and went on to become a prominent Marin County, CA. psychiatrist. He was on the faculty at U.C. San Francisco Medical School. Survivors include daughters, Anne and JuHe and 4 grandchUdren. Services are pending.

Mary Jane Schultz died on 24 December 2004. Funeral services were conducted on 4 January at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in McLean.VA. •with interment at Arlington National Cemetery. A large classmate representation at the service was noted. Mary Jane had fought a vaHant fight against brain cancer over a 13 month period.

Pap Phelps died on 20 December 2004. There was a celebration of his Hfe at an open house at his home in Moraga, CA. on 29 December. It was to be foUowed by a memorial service in AnnapoHs on 1 AprU 2005 with mumment at the Columbarium. Pap is survived by his wffe, Lois, 3 chUdren and 9 grandchUdren.

Beat Army, Wayne.

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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 5% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 67% PRES: RADM Guy H.B. Shaffer, USN (Ret.) 7101 Bay Front Dr. #125,Araiapolis.MD 21403 P: 410-269-6609; F; 410-295-5277 E; ghbs51\isna@aol.com VICE PRES: CAPT William T. Marin, U S N (Ret.) 709 BallastWay.Annapolis, MD 21401 P: 410-573-1261;E: 51Marinei@comcast.com C O R R . SECY: CAPT H.T."Beau" Dietrich, USN (ReL) 9508 Woody Ln., Great Falls,\7\ 22066-2024 P: 703-759-5006; E: Beau9pnt5@aol,com TREAS: CAPT John L.Woodbury Jr., USN (Ret.) 7515 Corinth Dr.. Alexandria.VA 22306 H: 703-768-3848; E:jaywoodl@juno.cora CLASS FUND RAISER: Burton Lee Doggett Jr. 1626 Trawler Ln. Annapohs,MD 21401 P: 410-757-5273 E: LeeDoggett51@aol.com •^EB SITE www.usna.com/dasses/class51/51aJiIinl

Phil and Ruth Pahl

Not to be outdone, the Down-East Group reported their Autumn Gathering in Kennebunkport, Maine. Bill Hennessy reports that the group is currendy composed of the Beidermans, Bregmans, Joe Grace, Hennesseys, Orems, O'Tools, McDonoughs, and occasionaUy, the ".. .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours Winnffelds. A great time was had by all. that we arefightingbut forfreedom— for that alone, ivliich no honest man gives up but uHth life itself' From The Declaration of Arbroath, 1320 Around the Class, Around the World TheTapatio Goff Resort at Boerne,Texas was the scene of a Mini-Air Force Blue Class of'51 Mini-Reunion October 18-21.

Attending were Sinclair and Dot Buckstaff, Ed and sherry Hymi, Herm The Down-East reunion Group Geisen, Max and Jane HUl, Ray and Beck Lessig, John McGrew and Mary Projected San Diego Class of 1951 Group Stuart, Fred and Shirley Meredith, Dinner Bemie and Nancy Morgan, Dave and The San Diego Area members of the Barbara MuUaney Phil and Ruth Pahl, Class of 1951 wUl gather at dinner on the Edwin and Marilyn Peake, Rob evening of 22 AprU 2005 to honor our Roberts andVi Bacon, Frank and Ruby esteemed Classmate VADM. Bill Stelzer, Bill and Terry Smith, and Bill and La^wrence, who wUl be in town for a Marilyn WUson. The reunion began •with gathering of'The Golden Eagles".The a poolside cocktaU party. FoUowing days dinner wUl be held at the Ocean View events included a tour of San Antonio's Club, Submarine Base, Point Loma from famous Mission Churches, and a dirmer 1800 - 2200 hours; dress: coat andtie.San evening at Jim CuUum's Landing on the Diego Area Classmates •wUl receive maUed San Antonio Riverwalk for an evening invitations. Others are welcome and ofjazz. should contact John Tillson, 13078 Survey Pomt, San Diego, CA 92130, The Italian Connection Dick Crawford reports that "he and Barbara spent last March at the University for Foreigners in Perugia, Italy. The University was instituted bt Mussolini in 1825 to promote the ItaHan Culmre around the world. Having acquired a 'love affair' for things ItaHan whUe assigned to SIXTH Fleet, combined with Barbara's The Tapatio Mini-Air Force Blue 2004 Texas Reunion SicUian heritage, we have pursued our

interest over the years. We studied ItaHan for several years at home in Seatde. Since you can only go so far studying a foreign language outside the native country, we decided to go forfiUlimmersion in Italy, in an area where very Htde EngHsh is spoken. We learned of Perugia, a smaU hUl-to-wn about 150 mUes NE of Rome with a university that encourages the type of study we sought. Perugia is a sister-city of Seattle, and through the Seattie-Perugia Sister City Association, learned of avaUable scholarships. Barbara appHed for and was awarded a scholarship for a month's intensive study. We switched roles, and for once I became the "Camp FoUower" Great work when you can get it!

Dorris Gorka Bartuska Honored Doris Gorka Bartuska, M.D., FACP, FACE, widow of Tony Bartuska recendy received the Strittmatter Award.

This award is the highest honor presented to a physician who has made the most valuable contribution to the heaHng arts surgical or medical. Doris is currendy Emeritus Professor of Medicine at The Medical CoUege of Pennsylvania/ Nanemann University Hospital. Our sincere congratulations for earning this very significant honor.

Wedding Bells Recendy a number of Classmates joined Al Raithel and the family of Charlotte "Toddy's Girl" and Lee Sklarsky for the marriage of Charlotte Lauren Sklarsky and Bryan Joseph Jernigan. The wedding was held in Truro Episcopal Chapel, Fairfax,Virginia, with the reception at Ft. Myers Officer's Club. The brides great uncle The Rev. Dr. Raymond Palmer Whitfield, USMA '46 gave the blessing to the bride and groom.

The famUy of Larry Raithel,'76 were also members of the bridal party.

Al RaitheL Bob Small Babs Beniovsky,Art Ismay, and Jay Woodbury

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Class of 1951 guests with Jernigan Wedding Party

2005 Class of 1951 Spring Fling The Spring FHng •wUl be held this year on Saturday 9 Aprol, at the Army-Navy Country Club, ArHngton,Virginia.

Notices wUl be maUed to aU in the Greater Washington —AnnapoHs Area. AU are welcome. Others desiring to attend please contact Jay Woodbury (address details are in the masthead) And finaUy a couple ofTaUgate Photos from the Rutgers Game, and one from Graf and EHsa McFadden's recent •visit to the area.

Rutgers Tailgate: John Bres, Bill Foster and Katiiy Foster

Rutgers Tailgate: Gilda Shaver, Trent Shaver, Babs Benjovsky, and Bob Small

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Jack Hamilton, Elisa McFadden, Al Raithel, & Graf McFadden

That's aU for now. Keep those letters & photos coming.

Over to Walt Boyes.

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TraditionaUy we think of the "Dark Ages" as ending in March, and one can look forward to spring. With Navy winning the Emerald Bowl and the Commander-in-Chiefs'Trophy the notion of darkness has seemed brighter.

True, there have been and •wiU be dark days for the tsunami victims who •wUl be rebuUding for a long time. Also when we think about our troops in Iraq, there is hope of better days.

Agnes and Ron Mathis were •visiting their son in Jakarta, Indonesia.They originaUy had planned to go to BaH, but when they were told that their reservation had been invaHdated, they opted for Phu Ket, ThaUand. At the last moment, a canceUation had opened up for the BaH trip, which they took. WhUe airborne to BaH, they were told that the tsunami had hit.

They have returned home safely.

From John Fuller, H "It was a great week-aHnost-end! We arrived Wednesday (29 December) afternoon, at the Tuscan Inn, to find Bill Ryan and Kenny Weir already aboard.

They went off to some favorite haunt whUe we took advantage of the adjacent Italian/seafood restaurant for dinner.

Thursday am we caught the #10 minibus

at the corner, for a $2 ride across town, getting off a couple of blocks from the SBC field. It was drizzling, but not a downpour. We found our way over to the 'world's biggest taUgate party' at Pier 48.

There must have been over 3,000 of us, midshipmen everywhere and plenty of "old fiids, young studs and LCDRs. "We re-encountered BiU and Kenny plus Kersteen, and others. I had e-maUed our ticket information to several bay area classmates, and Safety Firth, Jim Fuller (non-grad classmate), Hannah Wiseman (Charlie recovered post-op from leg surgery). Also Richard Goelzer, another non-grad, who is definitely not deceased!

We discovered only when we got to our seats that they were under the overhang and sheltered from the rain. So we were warmly-dressed and dry and comfortable.

The game was very exciting and most enjoyable to watch us win (as you know from having watched it on ESPN2).We caught the minibus back to the Tuscan Inn..." John concludes by saying, "Saturday we had lunch at the Bay City GrUl in the SFO terminal, caught our ffight back to LAX. A great experience.

To see our team here on the Coast, to see Navy win, to rub shoulders •with a few thousand at the taUgate party, to renew old friendships •with classmates, to enjoy our favorite hotel in our favorite city on the Bay, it was a fabulous time. Today, we relax, put away the Christmas decorations, catch up on month end maU and biUs, and cherish our memories of a highly-successfld evolution." And to Rita and Garnett BaUey, "Again, Happy New Year to you and Rita. Hey, let's do this again next December, okay? Blessings. Fr.John and Jarrel" H

Tailgating at the Emerald Bowl

Judy and Tom at the Emerald Bowl

Bill Ryan sends along a picture taken at the taUgate party, showing Ray Bright and Ken Weir widi SECNAV England, whUe Tom Thawley sends us a snapshot of himseff and Judy Wanfried huddled in the stands. Thanks, BiU and Tom. From Vince Manara I "It's that time of year again. The snowbirds are arriving in Cocoa Beach, and under the guidance of Neil Prince we are planning the third annual USNA Class of 1952 Central Florida Mini-Reunion to be held on 28 January." H Thanks,Vince, and we wUl look forward to more information.

The annual Valentine Brunch was held on 13 February at the Ginger Cove facUity in Annapolis. More later. Planning for the 55 Reunion continues and by the time you read this we •wUl have pinned down the location. WUl keep you ad^vised.

Gathering after the NC/M Lacrosse game

Odds and ends Harry Spencer's Christmas letter told of lots of fishing, watching grandchildren's faU sports and celebrating his father's lOl^*birthday. Bill Ryan sends along a picture of a gathering after the NCAA Lacrosse finals last spring for chiH. He notes Bill "Skin" Fisher, Booge Strange, Kenny Weir and BUI aU played plebe lacrosse together. Thanks, Harry and BUI.

From an e-mail, some information fix)m Andy Le Moal, "Slung French hash for about 30 years.We sold out in December 1984, so I have been retired for 20 years. Talk about old age..." Thinking about relocating fix)m Florida he continues, "We werefl^yingto Maine on 11 September 2001 to house hunt, and had a stopover in DC and arrived 15 minutes before the hit on the Pentagon. The airport was evacuated....We returned to Florida on a bus trip fix)m heU. We did finaUy get to Maine and found a condo near my daughter. Not bad, most of the work-snow removal etc. done for us-but stiU miss Florida." They are in Scarborough, Maine.

Ron Campbell's MEMORIES OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY (LST 1126) highHghts his first CO tour as a LT in November 1959 and two deployments one to WESTPAC and the other to MIDPAC. Two episodes foUow. Ron writes, • "I received my orders as Prospective Commandmg Officer of SNOHOMISH COUNTY in November 1959. I was serving as Assistant District Operations Officer on the staff of Commandant of the Thirteenth Naval District in Seatde.

My prior experience was Hmited to two destroyers and an APD, so I was concerned, as I had never been on an LST before and judging from those I had seen, they appeared to have unusual handHng characteristics to say the least. I was famUiar with the county name as it is the next county north of Seattie.

"The ship was deployed to WESTPAC (December 1959), and I traveled toYokosuka,Japan and ...upon arriving at the ship...and on stepping over the chain raU I was greeted by the CO, 'Doc'Lamb, who announced,'Welcome aboard to Snow White and the seven dwarfs.'The wardroom consisted of the C O and seven ensigns." I Episode 1, The First Beaching: Ron begins, I "We joined •with our LST Division for our first exercise, which was a beaching at Numazu on the coast ofJapan. Naturally, I was anxious, as I had never participated in a beaching exercise before. I asked the Chief Engineer, ENS Paul GUbert,'How do we baUast for beaching?' He said we

just go in with whatever is in our tanks.

This didn't sound right so I read aU of the manuals written about 1942-1944 about LST operations and his answer was correct. In wartime, you go in with aU baUast tanks dry to try to get a dry ramp to unload the trucks and tanks and hopefiiUy you would be able to extract from the beach. However, in peacetime, you keep the baUast tanks fiiU so you can pump them out ff you need assistance in retracting from the beach.The other critical item was to determine the correct point to drop your stern anchor. There are 900 feet of wire on the stern anchor reel. The ideal amount of •wire to have out after beaching is 600 feet. If you drop the stern anchor too soon the •wire runs off the drum, as there is no way to stop it. If you drop late you wUl have insufficient wire out for the stern anchor to get a good purchase on the bottom. The manuals detaUed how to judge the correct moment for dropping the stern anchor as foUows: standing on the forward area of the conning tower, you sight across the forward area of the conning tower, you sight across the edge of the forward 40mm gun shield and when the line of sight reaches the center of the surf zone, you drop the anchor. OK, this sounds simple, so we are ready for our first beaching.

"The LST Division is in Hne abreast formation as we head for the beach at fuU speed. As the surf zone draws near I estabHsh my Hne of sight and as it reaches the middle of the surf I teU the telephone talker 'Drop the stern anchor.' The talker relays the order then announces that he has lost communication •with the fantaU. 1 run to the back of the conn and wave to the bo'swain mate who waves back. By then most of the bridge personnel join me and are aU shouting, 'Drop the anchor.'

FinaUy the anchor is released and I assume that there wiU be very Htde cable paid out. As the ship's bow grounds, it continues to move up the beach a good distance and stops.The fantaU reports '610 feet of cable paid out.' It is a near perfect beaching and I don't understand how it happened.

"In the meantime, the Commodore's LST flagship, TIOGA COUNTY, reports that it has lost its stern •wire over the fantaU and is sending a boat with a grapnel to retrieve it..."

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CLASS NEWS The first deployment was completed (early 1960). Ron describes the homecoming in San Diego, and preparations being made in December 1961 made for a January yard overhaul. That changed when he found out that the ship was deploying on January 2nd for a highly classified movement. He recalls, "We were to proceed to Hawaii where we would be ad^vised of our assignment. I had the pri^vilege of announcing this change in plans during the annual Christmas party held the next day on the tank deck, which included a •visit from old Saint Nick and presents to aU the chUdren.

"We left on January 2nd in company with POLK COUNTY, whose skipper was Ced WaUace.The weather for the passage was fair •with blue skies and sHght seas, which was beneficial in restoring morale. The ships alternated as guide and we did underway exchanges of mo^vies, repair parts and, popcorn.

"On arrival at Pearl Harbor we reported to Commander Joint Task Eight, and were ordered to support 'Operation Dominic,' the United States' last aboveground atomic weapons testing to be held in the Pacific"The ships performed many tasks invol^ving many South Pacffic ports.

Episode 2: A "typical port •visit" to foUow next time. H Thanks, Ron, for sharing.

We were saddened to learn of the death ofWUHam B. Hoyt of ClarkesviUe, Georgia on 7 December 2004. Also we learned of the death of CAPT Walter AUen Brooks, USN (Ret.) who died on 28 December 2004 in Piano, Texas. In addition, FaithWinkler, wife of CDR Thomas Q.Winkler,Jr., USN (Ret) (also deceased), died on 4 January 2005.

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December 2004 was a most interesting month. The Navy FootbaU Team won both against Army and against New Mexico in the Emerald Bowl to go 10-2

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and wind up ranked as the 24 best team in the country. SaUy forced me to go to the emergency room on 11 December as I had been feeHng lousy. She said I think you are having a heart attack and I repHed no way, I don't have any chest or arm pain at aU.The ER Dr took a couple of quick tests and said you had a heart attack!

Wives are always right! I got to ride in an ambulance from the Prince WUHam Hospital in Manassas to Fairfax Inova Hospital. It was traffic hour and the ambulance driver said lets tarn on the flashers and the sirens. They did and the rush hour traffic just melted away—one of the few fun things that happened in the middle part of December. At Inova they checked to see ff a stent could ease the sitaation, discovered it couldn't and thus scheduled me for a triple bypass. That was done on Tuesday, December 14 and I don't remember anything from about noon time until 4 AM on Wednesday when I came out from the anesthesia to discover a horrible tube in my throat. I tried to ask that it be removed, I tried to get my hands up to puU it out and couldn't as my hands were tied down.

Fortanately, after a Htde whUe they did remove the tube and took me to the first of several ICUs where I began the recovery process.The surgery apparently went very weU, but other compHcations kept me in the hospital an extra week. I got to go home on December 27 and we celebrated Christmas on the 28'-'^ with the kids and grandkids. It is just as good a day or so late as it is when held on the right date. Have been doing pretty weU at home, exercising four times a day and walking several times a day—am now taking two ten minute walks per day and am working toward one thirty minute walk a day. We hope to be able to go south to Florida in early February and I'U start the Cardio Rehab down there. It was an interesting month and whUe I don't recommend it to anyone, I do think there are at least two lessons to be learned.

Listen to your wffe—she probably knows more than you do and don't expect a heart attack to signal itseff to you with chest or arm pains. I stiU have not had any such pain at aU. One other most important thing is that both SaUy and I are most grateful to aU the classmates and friends

who put us in their thoughts and prayers.

It is most appreciated and IT WORKED! As to regular news I have been sort of out of the loop. In addition my e-maU box got fifled up whUe I was in the hospital and refused a week or so of messages.

Thus I'm sure I missed some. However, I did learn that in the sad news category Marlene Hutchens, the wffe of Walt Hutchens, died on November H*- after a year plus battle with cancer. Walt says she put up a good fight, but died peacefuUy (and •without pain) in her sleep at home. They had to cancel coming to our 50th as the cancer had just been diagnosed and she started Chemo in September of 2003. Walt also says she was a big Navy footbaU fan so it was nice that the team had a big year for her. I'm sure we aU send Walt our most sincere condolences and have him and his famUy in our thoughts and prayers.

MikeViers sent out an update message on the Viers fairuly. December started out weU for the whole famUy as they took a three day cruise to the Bahamas and had a great time. Gus however, started ha^ving trouble breathing and sleeping and wound up in the hospital for a time. His condition was stabilized and he went home where he is now in the Hospice Program.

Early reports say aU the Viers are very pleased with Hospice and that Gus is doing weU. Add the entire Viers famUy to your prayer Hst. They are good people.

More sad news came in November when we learned of the deaths of Don Koch in the PhiHppines after a long batde •with cancer; and George Nelson in Gloucester County,Virginia also after a long struggle with cancer. Don was one of our most weU known Napsters and was so salty he scared fresh caught civUians like me. WhUe he and his wffe did not come to the 50'-" you may remember seeing his essay m which they made the trip back to the Academy in spirit. HopefiiUy, he wUl be with us m spirit from now on. We send our most sincere condolences to his wffe Ty and the rest of his famUy. George had a good career in the Na'vy then wound up as one of Gloucester County's most hard working citizens, serving on numerous church committees, acting as president of the local Rotary Club and serving on the board of the County Humane Society. He was predeceased by his wffe Annette and two sons, but is survived by two daughters

and two sons and their respective spouses and chUdren as weU as by a sister and a faithfiil companion, Joyce Faye White. We send aU of the survivors our most sincere condolences and wUl keep them in our thoughts and prayers.

Other candidates for our prayer Hst are Webb Trammel and John PhiUips.

They are both iU and need aU the help they can get. Webb had a lung removed and John has cancer. We hope they both are on the road to recovery.

We had our annual Pre Army-Navy Game luncheon with our '53 compatriots fix)m that school on the Hudson on 30 November at the Fort McNair Officers Club. Joyce and D o n McVay did their usual super job in seeing that aU went weU.We had 47 Classmates and spouses in attendance and were joined by RADM Bill Miller '62, the Academic Dean at USNA. Dean MUler did a very good job as the Na'vy speaker. This was a very nice luncheon for the Na^vy side as we aU were pretty sure that Navy •was going to win this game. The game itseff went even better than most of us had hoped for.

And, a month later at the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco the team did us aU proud. I can't recaU ever seeing a coUege team holding the baU for over 14 minutes to leave the opponent only a Htde over a minute to try a comeback. As New Mexico was down by three touchdowns they had no chance to •win. Go Navy!!!

Jerry Weinstein and D o n Hente watched the bo^wl game at a Sports Bar in Albuquerque •with some New Mexico fans. They said the New Mexico bunch got •very quiet as Na^vy ate up almost aU of the fourth quarter. It was very good year to be a Navy Fan. Short Bits: Leo Cannon's widow, Sarita has moved to Texas. Her new address is: Sarita Cannon, 1306 Modena Drive, Pearland,TX 77581-5335. Her new phone is 281-484-7585. She wUl be near her kids at this location. Pearland is near Houston and Sarita says "Mosey on over!" Don Cooke moved reluctandy from his Coeur d'Alene home to 107 S. Tschffley Rd, No. 121, Spokane VaUey, WA 49016. Don notes that Spokane VaUey is a fair sized, newly incorporated city east of Spokane covering much of what was an agricultural area and now is largely urbanized. D o n Lovelace '55 sent me a picmre of the '53ers that were at the

Charleston, SC area Army-Navy Game party. Included in the picture are Tom Mayberry, Fuzzy Knight, Jim Rodgers, Jean LoveU (widow of Don) and Bill Lawler. Thanks Don, it is a good picture.

The second picture was taken at our 50'^'^ and shows Keith Nelson with Alta Eddy. Another 50'- picture shows Betty and Sandy Levey, whUe the last picture shows a meeting of the AustraHa class chapter—note the '53 on the table.

Don't forget class luncheons are on the first Tuesday of each month at the Fort McNair Officer's Club at 1130. Hopefidly we wUl be in Delray Beach when you read this. Stay healthy and Hsten to your wives. Beat Army and Air Force, Dave ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 14% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 4 6 % PRES: CAPT George V. Zeberlein, USN (Ret.) H: 410-267-7470; E: gvzeb@comcast.net SECY; CAPT George M. Henson, USN (Ret.) 701 CreekViewCir.,Phoenixville,PA 19460 H: 610-933-6955; E: G140250H@aol.com •WEBMASTER: •Will Croom E: willyaye@cox.net WEB SITE: www.usna54.net

'53ers at the Charleston, SC, A-N Game Party

Keith Nelson and Alta Eddy

Betty and Sandy Levey at the 50^"

Kassel and Jones near Sydney, Australia

Class Notes President George Zeberlein has reviewed and approved the foUowing financial statement submitted by Treasurer Pete Vogelberger for year 2004.

ASSETS Cash and Bank Accounts Calvert MMF $14,222.51 Class '54 Checking $ 7,705.33 Total $21,927.84 LLJBILITIES $ 0.00 Net Worth $21,927.84 INCOME & EXPENSES Income Dues $8,029.23 Interest $ 50.11 Total $8,079.34 Expenses Charity-In Memory of Classmates $ 600.00 Horist $ 75.00 Printing and Reproduction $ 91.96 Total $ 766.96 OveraUTotal-Net Income $7,312.38 Jacksonville Area Army/Navy Fete Lu Yarger sends the foUowing report of Classmates assembling and enjoying the big game do^wn there in the sunshine state.

I The annual gathering at T.C.Watson's spacious abode for the Army-Na^vy game was a great event with a great game. It evened the record with Army. Enjo^ying the victory were Harriett and By Byington, Dorothy and Jose CabanUlas, Marcia and Rod Cra^wford,Jim Moore, Jane and Pete Schoeffel, Donna Smith, Barbara and Bob Tolg, Lynn Watson, and Marcia and Lu Yarger, aU of'54 vintage.

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From Pete Schoeffel, "MITY PURTY DAY." Any time we beat Army it is that.

Most of us are involved with goff, fishing, travel, and grandchUdren. Here is a picture of the ladies that attend to us.

They look better than we do. Academy roommates T.C. and Lu are the bookends.

"WUl hold tryouts for new Pom Pom Girls when we have more drinks." Some other comments; By Byington, who evidendy flew one of the "Japanese" planes in the classic movie, "Launched the Pearl Harbor sttike inTora,Tora,Tora"; Bob Tolg, "Our son John and his wffe Niamh are expecting twins in December and Barbara is going to Gaeta, Italy to help. John is on the COMSIXTHFLT Staff and has orders to the Naval War CoUege in AprU. Our youngest son, James, was ordained as a Benedictine Priest in AprU." H BEATARMY!

h i Left to right: Pete Schoeffel, T.C. Watson, Jose CabanUlas, Lu Yarger, Bob Tolg, Jim Moore,

By Byington, Rod Crawford;

Lu, Dorothy CabanUlas, Lynn Watson, Marcia Crawford, Jane Schoeffel, Barbara Tolg, Harriett Byington, Marcia Yarger, T.C.

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50th Anniversaries Your scribe was privUeged to be included in a festive group of famUy and friends celebrating the 50th Wedding Anniversary of Peg and Bill Greenlaw at the O'CaUaghan Hotel in AnnapoHs Bill and Peg Greenlaw on November 27th.

BUI, Peg, and I go back a long way; Nuclear Power School, West MUton Prototype, Skipjack, fian-fiUed "visits and trips together, and adjacent season Marilyn and Jay Smith ticket holders at Na^vy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium for many years. I know aU their coundess friends join me in congratulating them for their 50 years of love and sharing and •wish them many more to come.

Also celebrating 50 years together are MarUyn and Jay Smith. Jay sends, "On graduation day we were married at 7:30 PM in the St. Andrews Chapel. Our original thought was to renew our vows during the 50th reunion at the Naval Academy. However, our chUdren got together and arranged a vow renewal ceremony in Beaumont,TX, on 29 May, foUowed the next day with a Caribbean cruise aboard the RJiapsody of the Sea. The enclosed photo was taken on 4 June 2004 aboard the ship. Needless to say we were one happy couple and now have a DVD recording of our Hfe together over those 50 years (plus 8 courting years), a DVD recording of our vow renewal, and great memories of a cruise •with three of our four chUdren, their spouses, and 5 grandchUdren. MarUyn and I look forward now to our 75th, and we just may get to that Class reunion.

PS. FoUo^wing the cruise we took one of our grandsons on a tour through 13 states, including a stop in AnnapoHs, aboard our Dutch Star motor home."

Photo 4 MarUyn and Jay Smith

JoAnne and Charlie Powell

Charlie Powell sends me a December 21,2004 article from the San Angelo Standard Times, also down there in Texas.

• Col. and Mrs. Charles Edward PoweU, 50th Anniversary Retired Air Force Col. and Mrs. Charles Edward PoweU of San Angelo celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Dec. 4,2004 •with a reception at the Brentwood Country Club.

Charles PoweU and JoAnne McAdams were married December 21,1954, in NashviUe, Ark. They are the parents of Teresa Anne McKinney of Flower Mound.

They also have two grandchUdren.

Mr. and Mrs. PoweU have Hved in San Angelo since 1980. He retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1984 and was •wing commander at GoodfeUow Air Force Base. He is Chairman ofWeUs Fargo Community Bank Board. She managed the local District 21 congressional office for Congressman Tom Loeffler and Congressman Lamar Smith.

Hosts for the anniversary celebration were the couple's famUy and friends. I Jay and MarUyn, and CharHe and JoAnne, 1 join Classmates in congratulations and best •wishes. Scribe Sadness and Joy Dennis BaUou sends word of the loss of his beloved Jennie yet teUs that happiness can StUl be found.

• The year 2004 has been the saddest of my Hfe but it •wiU have ended on a happy note.

My Jennie, the love of my Hfe, died on the first of AprU, foUowing an extended Ulness that lasted for a year and a haff. It •was a period of trial yet it was one of discovery of the depth of our love for each other. During our Hfe together, with wisdom and grace, Jennie taught me how to Hve; and, during her long iUness, •with

quiet dignity and indomitable courage, she taught me how to die.

Jennie's fianeral was held in the Episcopal Cathedral of St. PhiHp in Adanta. Jennie was loved by aU as evidenced by the large number of people attending. Members of her guUd, St. Veronica's, gave a reception after the service. On the evening foUowing the fimeral, family, and close friends gathered at Glen EUa Springs in the North Georgia mountains for a celebration of her lffe. She had loved the mountains, and we had spent many pleasant hours hiking the trails, and canoeing the white water streams and the placid deep water mountain lakes.

FoUowing the graveside service, the town gave a further reception.

Though the radiance that was once so bright has been forever taken from my sight, I •wiU be comforted by the many memories of a Hfe that was exceedingly weU led, a lffe of devotion to her famUy, a Hfe of service to others. Nothing can bring back the hour of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower, but someho^w, I must find strength in those that remain behind.

The happy note is that I have remarried — my high school sweetheart, Kathleen Peeples Pendleton of Macon. We had begun seeing one another and decided to take up where we had left off 52 years ago. I had given her my high school ring and we used it in our marriage ceremony. We pray that the Lord wUl bless this marriage even as we pray that He •wUl bless the soul of our departed Jennie.

In closing Kathleen joins me in •wishing you, treasured finends, good health, peace, happiness, and prosperity for the New Year and always. B

Dennis and Kathleen Ballou

Annapolis Area Christmas Luncheon Bill Peery and Dick HoUenbach put together another annual Merry Christmas luncheon at the Naval Academy Officers and Faculty Club on December 15th.

Then: efforts resulted in 65 of the faithful

gathering to enjoy companionship, drink, and food. Here are a few of the revelers caught in action by OUie Shearer.

John Lyding, Lu Wood, Phil Livingston

Dora Bell, Bill Hargrave, Jim Bell, Cheron Hargrave

Pete VogelBerger

Bob "Santa"Sheehan

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 16% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 45% PRES: LCDR Dennis Sullivan, USN (Ret.) SECY: CAPT Thomas G. Kiefaber, USN (Ret.) 11814Triple Crown Rd., Reston.VA 20191 H: 703-758-1077; E: KIEF55@aol.com WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1955

Ray Hine spent the month ofJanuary in PaHn Desert CA with his friendVirginia Wyman.They were able to spend some time with Jim DeGroflFin a home and home exchange of culinary skUls. First it was meat and potatoes at the Palm VaUey Country Club where Ray is renting and then it was dinner at the beautifiil soup kitchen in the PGA West home ofJim. Jim is doing quite weU now that one year has passed since his bride of over 40 years passed away peacefliUy in her sleep.

Dene's passing was a catastrophic event for Jim as it was totaUy unexpected since she

was so vibrant right to the end, as weU as, being such an active member of the community. Over 700 people attended the memorial service. Jim continues to play goff 3 times each week •with his local buddies, as weU as, with classmate Ken HighfiU, who Hves nearby.

Jerry GUstad writes: • Edna and I were in Alamogordo N M for about three weeks last November.

WhUe visiting the New Mexico Museum of Space History, I learned that a feUow '55er, Wayne Mattson, was a local resident. We got together with Wayne and his wffe Lu at the HoUoman Air Force Base Officers' Club and then again at the Mattson home just before our departure.

Wayne had a long career in the Air Force and a second career with Hughes Aircraft before retiring to Alamogordo. Wayne is weU known locaUy because of his •writings and speaking engagements on the history ofWhite Sands MissUe Range and his strong interest and research into the mystery of UFO's. The December issue of New Mexico magazine featured an article about Wayne and his contributions to New Mexico space history. With regard to UFO's, I find myseff in the same boat as the reporter who •wrote the article — I've never seen a U F O but I'm waiting patientiy. Edna and I were in Alamogordo to work on a house that our son has owned for several years. He is currendy stationed with the USAF in Germany. Our goal was to get the house ready for sale. It is worth noting that Wayne and I had no contact that we could remember during our midshipman days and had never crossed paths since graduation. Despite the unfamUiarity, we had a great time together. The bond between classmates is stUl strong after almost 50 years. I

Jerry & Edna Gilstad with Wayne & Lu Mattson

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U.S. Naval

.y Class of 1955 eunion

September 7 - 1 1 , 2005

Annapolis, Maryland

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS (HIGHLIGHTS):

Wednesday, September 7 - Lunch Cruise on the Bay, 12:15 pm - 2 pm - Reception, Soccer FaciUty, 7 pm - 10 pm Thursday, September 8 - Picnic, Crown Center/YP Cruises, 12 pm - 2:30 pm - Welcome Party, Marriott, 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm Friday, September 9- Memorial Service, Chapel, 9:30 am - 10:30 am - Gift Presentation Ceremony, 10:30 am - 11:30 am - Class Meeting, Mahan Hall, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm - Banquet, Alumni Hall, 6:30 pm - 12:00 pm Saturday, September 10 - Tailgate in '53 PaviUon, 11:00 am - 5:00 pm - Football Game - Stanford -Victory Celebration, Marriott, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm - CO/BATT Parties, 7:00 pm Sunday, September 11

- Brunch at Marriott, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Other events include:Yard tours/briefings, tennis & golf, and stadium tour.

Questions? Call Denny Sullivan at (703) 683-0733, or Tom Kiefaber at (703) 758-1077, or visit wv^rw.usna.com/classes/1955 for reunion updates.

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TAPS. Ed\vard Browder (14) died suddenly at home on 3 January. That evening he commented on chest pain and died vrithin minutes. The cause of death was determined to be previously undetected coronary disease. On 14 January, he was interred at the Naval Academy Columbarium foUowing a service in the St Andrew's Chapel. A reception at the Officers' & Faculty Club followed.

Classmates attending were: Wally Christmas and George W. Martin (Ed's roommates at the academy), close friend and brother-in-law, Dickinson Smith, Dick Peterson, Tom Kiefaber, Ted Parker, Robin Pirie, Jerry Holland, George Compton, George McMurtry, Denny SulUvan,Jack Baldv«dn, Bill Kennington, Dick Morgan, Tom Stallman, and Spud Flowers. He is survived by his v^dfe Judy, daughter Ann and son Steve. In an emaU,George McMurtry •wrote: "I knew Ed whUe we were at the Academy, but came to know and appreciate him much better during the short time he was at Penn State ( X O and Associate Professor of Naval Science in the N R O T C unit).

He was an outstanding role model for the N R O T C midshipmen, and it was a privUege for me to work with him and observe his sigmficant and positive contributions to the development of young men and women for service in the Navy.

He was a credit to the Academy and to the Class of 1955." George Martin also contributed a nostalgic remembrance of their time together — including the fact that it was Ed who crashed in the N 3 N and had his back broken (the pUot waskiUed).

Charles "Chuck" Smith (09) passed away on 15 January. Chuck had severe pain in his chest region on 30 October, the day after his 74th birthday.

He was diagnosed with a severe case of pancreatitis and transferred the next day to the I C U at Mercy Medical Center in Redding, CA, where he remained until his death. He is survived by his •wffe Barbara of 49 years, a daughter and two sons. He •was cremated and, at some fumre date, wUl have a colum barium ceremony at ArHngton National Cemetery.

John Haynes reported that the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco ( N O T the Fruit Bowl, as it was initiaUy caUed by some!) was a blast. From his perspective, it aU started with a wine and puu puu party at the Marriott Hotel put on by the Alumni Association the night before the game, foUowed by the huge taUgate in the warehouse on Pier 48 before the game.

He met Juanita and SeabornWade at the Marriott party, and they joined him in his box for the game. John Dezell (nongrad), and George H. Martin •with his son were at the TaUgate, as were Burt Munger, Ray Medeiros, and Preston Reynolds. George Martin tried to locate other 55ers at theTaUgater •with a 1955 sign, but didn't get any response. Burt Munger saw Wally Christmas in the stands, and sat exacdy next to John Weaver. John and he were roommates aboard Ranger, wrote their thesis at PG School together and were vmigmen for each other in VF-213 aboard Lexington (Htde known but interesting fact!) As George Martin was lea^ving, a younger feUow stopped him and told him his father was in '55. And who was that? John McDonnell! It was Red's son, Dave McDonnell '85. He graduated a year after John died at the young age of 50. George had a short discussion with him - teUing about leading the league at Sub School with the officer's class basketbaU team, his father the star. Dave is presendy on duty at Annapolis.

POTPOURRI. The Dark Ages Poduck at Aime & Ted Parker's AnnapoHs home on 15 January was a brunch this year so participants could attend a variety of Navy sports events during the day. The weather was bright and beautifiil, and terrffic brunch dishes were brought to the gathering by: LesHe & Jack Baldwin, Tom Catm and Shirley Echard, Gale & Tom Emery, Betsy & Bob Fountain, Nancy & Don Kellerman, Sabra & Bill Kennington, Lucy & Hank Mustin, Dick Peterson and Marcia Cathey.AHce & Don Sturtz, Denny SuUivan and Betsy & John Thune. The Poetry Society of Virginia elected Edward Lull to his fourth term as president. He pubHshed recendy Cabin Boy to Captain: a Sea Story.

Written in four parts, it features a fictitious young boy who matures through a series

of adventures — based on historical events in EHzabethan England. The character circumnavigates the globe with Francis Drake and later commands a ship that fights the Spanish Armada. The four-part story is told in blank verse. Thirty-four Navy and 22 Army folks met at a local (CharlottesviUe.VA) HoHday Inn to watch Navy vanquish Army. Attending were 9 '55ers and wives. Cheering Navy on were: Pat and Glenn Bates, BJta and Dan Butterfield, Pat Dunn, Gale and Tom Emery, Larry Frost, Pat and Bill Greene, Betty and Tony Hastoglis, Donna and Jack Renard, Roz and Mai MacKinnon, and Joan and Jack McNish.

Joe Dunn was home recoveringfir>mhis bionic hip so Pat represented him.

Jack Renard, Tom Emery and Mai MacKinnon

Received from Bob Boyd: • W e arrived back in Arizona on 3 December (just in time for the A - N game). The Christmas Cards are in the maU, tree and yard decorated, so we can take time to report our fabulous 50-day NZ-AustraHa trip •via KV's. New Zealand in the spring is reaUy picturesque •with blooming flowers and flowering trees everywhere. The country is a green velvet carpet with pines on the hUls (mosdy replanted for fumre harvest), and sheep in every pasture. Occasional some dairy cows and red deer (look more Hke an eUc for meat production) can be seen.

The backdrop is snow covered mountains and steep slopes that run right into the sea. MUford Sound, a §ord to the sea, was a beautiful boat trip •with water falls everywhere. We saw the Fox glacier, were overcome •with rain for it's neighbor glacier—^but only had a day and haff of rain. Our wagonmasters had been to N Z twice before, but never saw Mt.Cook (12,000') before, rising above a whole range of scenic alpine peaks. We enjoyed beautifiil fresh water lakes, great seafood,

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TraveHng by 18ft. recreational vehicles (on the left side of the road) was the way to go, stopping for a picture or a cup of coffee/lunch when the mood struck us.

We covered just about aU of South and North Islands. We traveled with 15 other couples and formed many friendships.

There are very nice clean RV parks, campgrounds and roadside parks, aU with clean restrooms/showers. The people were very friendly and pro American & Bush. During the second haff of the trip we flew to Cairns, AustraHa and worked our way south to Sydney in simUar 18 ft.

RV's. Cairns and Towns^viUe on the northeast coast were quite warm, but the Great Barrier Reef was awesome.

SnorkeHng (Bob) among the colorful corals and unique fish was memorable.

The rain forests hold every kind of fern and tree •with different birds calls.

Gigantic trees were once logged there.

We ventured some toward the outback to see and pet kangaroos, waUabys and wombats, and held koalas. The emus and cassowaries are interesting as weU as other different birds. Egrets, Kookaburras, Cockatoos, colorful Lorikeets and parrots.

We parasaUed and took local ffights over the white beaches. Sydney is a huge city and a busy harbor, but the Opera House is an unequaled show by itseff. The people were also very friendly and appreciative of American culture. It is an industriaHzed and progressive country. The 14 hour trip home and 9 time zones took a bit of adjustment. Surely a trip of a Hfetime! we are grateful that we had good health to undertake the trip. •

A N W A L MEMBERSHIP: J3~O/„ * " ' * LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 49% CLASS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRMEN: CAPT Douglass E Hayman, USN (Ret.) (11) Col George Mushalko, USAF (Ret.) (15) SECY: Dave Swanson (4) 16 E. Del Ray Ave., Alexandria.VA 22301 P: 703-548-7240; F: 703-548-0272 E: hdswanson@aol.com •WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1956

50th Reunion-3,4,5 and 6 November 2006 REUNION OF USAF FUGHT TRAINING CLASS 57-T Mick Greene organized a reunion of USAF flight training class 57-Tango from 17-21 November 2004.The original class of 120 was aU '56 academy grads, haff from West Point, and haff from Navy. The gathering took place at El Conquistador in Tucson, near Marana AFB, where the class went through primary flight training inT-34 andT-28 prop trainers.

Thffty-eight "Old, bold pUots" attended the gathering, most with wives.

Besides the goff tournament, a •visit to Marana, tours of art attractions and a-viation memorabUia, and festive dinners, each of the 38 told what he'd done for the last 47 years. Twenty-nine "part owners of the farm," including those lost in the Vietnam years, were remembered and toasted.

The group (photo 56#1) included (L-R, back row) John Forbrick, Larry and Lois Berger, Sandra KuUi and Dan Flaherty, BiU Hagenmeyer; (middle row) John and Rosemary LaUy, LyeU and Jean Harris, Leo and LuDeUe Koerkenmeyer; (front row) George Textor, Sharon Walsh and, Steve Arnold, Mick and Bata Greene,

Another taUgate picture is included

The Lavallees with the Hepworths

'56 group

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Joan and Jim Kautz, Paul Cusick. Fred Ernst missed the photo. Carl Murray and his wffe Victoria attended but were not in the group photo.

Mick Green

The high point of the reunion was the series of personal stories, mo'ving accounts of Hves and service that brought laughs and tears aU around. Huge thanks go to Mick and Rita for their great effort that underlay a wonderful experience for aU hands.

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Paul Cusick and the banner made for the Reunion

EMERALD BOWL George Mushalko provided the foUowing input on the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco.

• " About 10 classmates and 15 wives and guests attended the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco on 30 December. The game itseff was exciting, the SBC stadium very nice with a nice view of the bay, the taUgate was impressive with great food and drink, and the Marriott DowTitown Hotel was very festive and Hvely as the Navy headquarters-especiaUy after the game.

Those in attendance at the game were: Steve Arnold, John and Ann Conway, Rod and Maggi Dresser, Al and Jan Eagye, Jim and Helen Edgerton,Jini and Joann GUlman, Bob Harmon, Don and Jean Lindquist, Larry and Liz Marr, and George and Barbara Mushalko. Couldn't find most but Barbara and I did manage to have dinner with Larry and Liz and Jim and Helen and talk to Bob who was staying in the same hotel." • DOC BLANCHARD GOLFTOURNAMENT Received the foUowing input from Don Kennedy (12): I The event •was the annual Doc Blanchard goff tournament, held on 15 September and sponsored by the HUton Head Chapter of the Navy League.

Once again this year the faithful gathered on September 15th for the annual playing ofThe Doc Blanchard Goff Tournament sponsored by the HUton Head Chapter of the Navy League. Over 80 goffers participated this year in the event held at the Parris Island goff course.

For a change, the weather cooperated and we didn't have to fight the elements.

There was, of course the usual rifle and machine gun fire along with occasional mortar round explosions but we've learned to adapt to those distractions.

The Class of 56 was weU represented for this memorial to Doc including Sammy Blanchard on the beverage cart and Doc's son Jim as a player and trophy presenter. The group included Don and Nancy Kennedy, Herm and Joan (McGarry) Methfessel, Perry Stone, Squirt and Anne Crone, Jack WUson, Roy and LesHe GiiHck,Jim and Charlotte Smith, MUlard and Francis AUen and Steve and Anita Cunniff (did not graduate).

Although none of the class got into the wirmer's circle a good time was had by aU and was foUowed by a commitment to make it an even bigger event next year. As a bonus, it was a homecoming for Roy

GuHck who wandered those grounds as a teenager when his father was stationed there in the early 50's.

'56 at the Doc Blanchard Golf Tournament

The photo of classmates in attendance shows (left to right): Perry Stone, Squirt Crone, Jack WUson, Roy GuHck, MUlard AUen, Jim Smith, and Don Kennedy USNA Seattle Mini-Reunion In late October, 25 shipmates and wives venmred to Seattie for four days of fun, festivities and great food. Participants included Mike and Val Ahrens, Duane Barnhart, Bob and Barbara Harmon, Jack Bossert, Bob Dietrich, Larry, Bette and Kathy FUley, Roy and LesHe GuHck, Dave and Kathleen Minton, George and Barbara Mushalko, Tom and Onie Northam, Matt and Pat Ryan, CHff and Jacque Schoep, Rich and MarUee Seesholtz, DickTarbuck and PJ. and Roma WUson.

We toured the famous Pike Place Market, took a boat to TUHcum VUlage to feast on salmon cooked the genuine "Indian way" (woven on cedar stakes), and saw a program of native Northwest Coast Indian dances and music. We took in aU the local tourist sights via the famous "Show Me Seatde" big van tours. We chartered a boat which took us around Lakes Union and Lake Washington where we saw the houseboat used in fiJming "Sleepless in Seatde", a waterfront •view of BUI Gates multi-miUion doUar mansion (•with 50 bathrooms and a 55-car underground parking garage.). We saw the Crittendon Locks and watched returning salmon jumping fish ladders as they headed back to their birth home, then saw them again many mUes later after they finaUy made it back to the very hatcheries where they had been spawned.

Our fareweU dinner on the Seatde waterfront •was a sumptuous feast topped off with a gorgeous view of Puget Sound

with plying ferry boats and cargo ships, whose Hghts shown so briUiantly in the night. The reunion hotel (the Mayflower Park) was superb in every way and had the best centtal location in Seatde. Our charter bus whisked us everywhere in style and comfort.

Our final frUl day took us over the beautiful Cascade Mountains to Leavenworth where Tom and Onie Northam roUed out the red carpet for us.

We were welcomed in the town center by Projekt Bayern's (ensures Leavenworth retains its Bavarian motif) Bavarian attired Bob KeUey and the Chamber of Commerce's Hank Manriquez. Hank was our local history and local interest guide for a 1-hour plus bus tour through Leavenworth proper. Icicle Canyon, and the many homes best reflecting the Bavarian theme. The tour was foUo^wed by lunch at various Bavarian restaurants and three hours of do^wntown shopping where aU stores had Bavarian goods. Later we had •wine tasting during a tour ofTom and Onie's new giant log home stiU under construction. FoUowing this was a catered Bavarian dinner (by the RumplestUzkins Restaurant) and German imported beer at the Icicle Ridge •winery •with German background music, including Anchors Aweigh to the poUca beat.

Our heartfelt thanks to Bette FUley (Seatde) and Tom & Onie Northam (Leavenworth) for arranging this near perfect 3-day event.

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WeU, here we are looking in the rearview at what remains of this season's Army team, a terrific Emerald Bowl and the whole of the grand year of 2004. Straight ahead Hes the Dark Ages, stretching (as they were always wont to do) as far as the eye can see in every direction. Only after having faced this obstacle more than 50 times does one become aware that not

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This year's principal distraction •wUl be provided by our left coast mates, inspiring them to crank up a Htde get together immortalized as "47.5'\^' strategicaUy simated squarely between the 45th and 50th and holding forth in that garden spot of the west, San Diego. Under the supreme command of Vic Prushan, the CaHfornia contingent has been hard at work on the details for a couple years and aU those fortunate to have got their oars in early are fiUed with anticipation. The most comprehensive account of this extravaganza that can be shoehorned into these pages •wUl be filed direcdyfiromfix>ntHnes and included in the May column.

MeanwhUe the Christmas maU yielded another of Nancy and Bobby Bowers' classic accounts of the last year's travels, this year even more exotic than last. One page (front and back in about 6 point type) and a bonus sheet of photos covered the odyssey from Tasmania through China, MongoHa, Russia, Scandina^via, the Orkneys and Aran Islands, up and down across the U.S. and back home again. The favorite country on this s^wing (of 14 countties on four continents) was.. .wait for it.. .MongoHa. After a 28-day train ride you might anticipate an even more aberrant perspective.

If you're interested in getting on Nancy's card Hst (which is only way to get the whole story), she is sure to respond positively. Apparendy her book wiU get some serious attention during this next year as they plan to "stay home" (in AustraHa) in 2005.

A brief note forwarded along by John Shewmaker from Clem GaUigan of Assumption Outreach Program, the recipient of the gifts that Class members brought to this year's Christmas party at the Army-Navy Country Club: • Thank you so much for your armual contribution to our Christmas Program here at Assumption.Your gifb were certainly of quaHty and quantity. The Class of'57 is to be complimented.

It was a most successfid Christmas distribution program for us here in southeast (DC). Benefactors, such as you, aUowed us to provide toys and gifts to approximately five hundred and fifty famiHes, including almost two thousand

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youngsters. That's a pretty good show for our relatively smaU staff and limited space.

Thanks again for your support. • Particular thanks are also due Jane and Peter Junghans who masterminded the gala event and to Rockie and BiU TruxaU whose piano playing and tapdancing (respectively) were the highHghts of the evening.

Left over finm the scribe's excursion into the wilds of the Sunshine state at Thanksgiving is a kind letter from Fred Derr who rendezvoused in Sarasota for a lunch PASSEX.You'U have to take my word for that part because the photo you reaUy need to see proceeds fix)m an early November meeting of the Fighting Tenth in Orlando, together •with Mayor (and Mrs.) Larry Bustle fix)m Palmetto.

Standing (1. to r.): Edie and Larry Busde, Orrie Hiett, and Fred Derr; seated Paula Hiett, Terri Derr, Lloyd Fernald and Carol Fernald.

At the Orlando Peabody

The next short blast came from Al Brookes way out in the great Northwest: • Those of us stiU kicking in the damp, upper left corner of the country gathered on 16 November at the Seatde Yacht Club for drinks and dinner. Terry Mahony, Art Wright and 1 put the event together— and enjoyed a few beers during our planning sessions. We encountered much enthusiasm and, despite a few "snowbird" absentees and people •with work commitments, stUl had about haff the '57 population in Washington and Oregon in attendance.

Those were: Helen and BiU Abbott, Kay and Don Beatty,Toni and George Bouvet, Gretchen and Al Brookes, Diana and Pat (A.B.) Brown, Barbara and Dave Butterfield, Mike Giambattista and Nancy Morris, Joan and Kent Larabee, Bev and Terry Mahony, Cameron and Roger McPherson,

David MitcheU and daughter Barbara Pine Kluge, Chuck Popik, Special and D o u g Scott, Sandra and Earle Smith, Susan and Art Wright. The snowbffds included Jim Baker, M.D., who retired as a ffight surgeon and has been teaching at Embry-Riddle in Arizona. He plans to remrn next year to his permanent home near NAS Whidbey Island where saUing wiU be on the agenda. Another sun-seeker was Ron Pruett, who responded from a goff course somewhere in greater PaHn Springs., just couldn't return until the handicap was down another stroke.

Neenie and Duane Greenhoe made it to Seatde but not to dinner, having diverted to a hospital after Duane suffered acute gastric distress. He was released in a few days and is feeHng fine again. The Greenhoes had the distinction of having made the longest trip to our get together, about 335 mUes from Bend, O R , just beating the Scotts (SUetz, OR) by a nose.

We were honored and happy to see Kimiko Dickey again; Pat Dickey passed away last year. We had hoped to see H . A. Boggs too, but sadly we lost Hal on 22 October. We were pleased that Hal's daughters. Shannon Do^w and Lisa McCabe, could join us and share reminiscences about their dad's "uninhibited" youth.

After dinner Earle talked Na'vy footbaU, past and present, ha'ving just returned from a reunion of the '55 Sugar Bowl "Team Named Desire" that upset Ole Miss 21-0. George Bouvet told a handful of the best jokes from his extensive archives (accumulated during his career at Boeing and now being transformed into book form) and Toni played piano whUe the rest of us sang (sort of) Tlie Goat is Old and Gnarly and other old chesmuts fix)m the Navy songbook, ending with Mjt7 B&G (original lyrics, of course). It was a good evening. • Al went to the considerable trouble of archiving the official photos firam this soiree to a CD which he then sent along for consideration. Unformnately the group shot (which included aU the mates) was not close to being useful for pubHcation so we have to go with the photo of the three wUd attendees you see below.

Note to photographers: use maximum resolution on digital photos for Shipmate.

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[L to rl: John Tyler, Pete Baker, Don McCoy //. to r.] Seattle Thrill-Seekers Mitchell, Brookes and Wright

Sometime back Dick Toner sent in a summary of the Fighting Thirteenth's third bi-annual assembly at Colorado Springs.

Considering the time late and the fact that space in this place is at a terrible premium we'U forgo the game detaUs and just plug in a couple lines detaUing attendees: • Elaine and Roger Williamson and Joan and I once again hosted what has become a tradition in the even years and the celebration was the best yet. Sarah and Jack Davis and SybU and BiU West were guests of the WUHamsons whUe Mimi and Dave Cooper and Mary EUen and Tom DonneUy bunked in •with us.

Bob Arnold was able to make it down fiom Denver for a few hours but he was unable to stay throughout the time. We learned that Mary Jane and Joe Koch were the guests of Carolyn and Rex Leonard at the same time and •were fortunate enough to aU get together for a great brunch at the WUHamsons before the game. • As indicated, Dick's report came awhUe back with (sort of) the promise of a later photo. Since that photo is apparendy stiU sitting in someone's camera somewhere we have reluctandy concluded to proceed with the foregoing overview.

As a Htde change of pace, this next photo came with hardly any words and was passed along by George Philipps, having originated with D o n McCoy, and taken at an Austin (TX) Alumni meeting in May '04.

BOT ballots must be I mailed back to the DON'T Alumni Association FORGET TO VOTE by 15 April 2005.

Late in the period there have been two comprehensive Emerald Bowl photo reports; one from Steve Bond and the other from Ray Fazzio. Ray somehow managed to corral a significant number of attendees under very difficult circumstances and ended up with pre-game pep raUy and post-game dinner photos which were posted on the Class website. Ray's prize for aU his efforts is a handsome shot of him with his bride and a very large, two-legged goat capmred wandering through the area.

Ray and Jeanie and Friend

Some reHef on our space aHocation here has been forthcoming from management this month but there's stUl not room for great reports from Paul Roush and Dick Sargent, both of which we wUl bank until next month.

Standby for a ram out there in La-La land. We're coming for some sun!

Carpe diem. FNH

There are some winters that seem to grab one by the shoulders, drop a gray mande over one's mind, and then proceed to growl and puff endlessly. So it goes with this one, but there has to be Hght at the end of the tunnel, as this issue gets us into the month of March, and therefore is at the end of the Dark Ages. As this was being written a few weeks ago, it was the night before the inaugural parade for President Bush, the temperature outside was 21 degrees, and 2" of new snow was on the ground. The next day, the Midshipmen were to march on Pennsylvania Avenue in 30 degrees and possible snow flurries. For some, that may bring back memories of the parade we marched in for the inauguration of President Eisenhower, on a day that was also bitter cold and gray. We bused up to the Capitol HUl area, feU out on some back street in Washington and stood around whUe the ceremonies were taking place. If memory serves correcdy, when the parade formed up, the word was passed to remove our overcoats, as we had on our dress unfforms and looked better with aU those brass buttons on display. So we marched bravely on that cold day for a couple of mUes, did an "eyes left" at the reviewing stand, got a gHmpse of the President, marched to the buses waiting at the end of the parade, and retorned to Bancroft HaU. No Hberty, no dinner out, and nothing but an icy day spent out of doors and out of the classroom to show for it. Oh, and the entry of another '58 memory into the ledger!

The D C . Chapter of the Class of'58 finished out the year with the annual Christmas luncheon held at the Army-Navy Country Club on the 17™ of December. There were 100 people in attendance, the largest turnout in some years for this event. This included Sharron and Pete Ericksen (6'-'^) from SaHnas CA, who were •visiting their daughter in the area for the hoHdays, and Carol and Dick Sorensen (5'-"), who

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The San Diego Class of '58 group also had their Christmas luncheon •with wives at the Miramar O'Club. As it was December in southern CaHfornia, they went so far as to wear long sleeve shirts, and in a couple of cases, sweaters! Chuck Smith (20) provided a couple of photos, one of which you •wUl see here, and both which you wUl see on the class web site when this issue is maUed. The '58ers in the photo that foUows, 1-to-r, are: John Washburn (7), Pete Hekman (2),John Dean (22), Chuck Smith, Tom Doyle (19), Phil Given (6), Chip Day (23), Ray Hardy (13), Dick Lawe (22),Joe Fenick (7), and Bruce Craig. The ladies •wUl show up on the web site photo, which you wUl be able to enjoy in color!

'58 at the Emerald Bowl

CaHfornia, where they were joined by '58ers from the Bay area and other western locations. The first gathering was at the huge taUgate party put on by the Alumni Association on the dock next to the SBC stadium. In what was a huge crowd, the '58ers gathered beneath a '58 flag for the photo below. The front row, 1-to-r, shows Vince Panaia (13), Don Harris (7), Paul Polski (2), Al Barbero (15), and Ed Kessler (15). In the back row, Phil McNaU (15), Frank Gamboa (17), Scotty Gibbons (19), Larry Higgins (15), Chuck Larson (8), Bruce Bartels (7), Mike Gigho (10), and John Witzmann (13).

San Diego Christmas Luncheon

After the game, the San Francisco '58 coordinator,John Potter (19), arranged for a class dinner. Here is his report:

At the end of the year, the center of attention for the Class of '58 became the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco, featuring the Navy footbaU team taking on and defeating New Mexico in a weU-played footbaU bowl game. The class Executive Committee responded early on to a request for game tickets for midshipmen by purchasing from class funds 58 tickets to be provided to members of our Linkin-the-Chain class, 2008. A sizable contingent form the D C . Chapter flew to

• "We met once again, this time at the memorable Marines' Memorial Club in San Francisco on Thursday, 12/30/04.

Most were from the East Coast on a sojourn on the Left coast in the name of watching a footbaU game. (It turned out to be a pretty good game with a good crowd, and wet! But not wet enough to stop the F-18s fly-over!)

Our Master of Ceremonies was the indomitable Paul Polski, appropriately leading off with the Pledge of AUegiance.

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With introductions around the room, along •with a few rejoinders typical of old friends, we got down to what we do best —talk of old times. Of course, Frank Gamboa got his pitch in for the Foundation and Chuck Larson made some comments for the "Good of the Class", but most relevant John Da^vis invited everyone to a party at his house in Palo Alto after the Navy-Stanford game there in 2006. Details to be pubHshed m 2006! Yes, the '58 Hag was prominendy mounted.

Those attending were: Mary and Al Barbero, •with their daughter and son-in-law; Nancy and Bruce Bartels; Joan and Jerry BeUows (18);Jane and George Coyne (7); Pat and John Davis (7); Linda and Frank Gamboa; Scotty Gibbons; EUeen and Mike Gigho; Kay and Larry Higgins; Roxanne and Ed Kessler, with Ed's sister and her husband; SaUy and Chuck Larson; Diane and Jake McMichael (10); Andrea and Phil McNaU; Barbara and Paul Polski; Jude and John Potter; Kay and Tom PoweU (13); and Zelda and George Skezas (16)."

The next day was New Year's Eve, so many of the east coast travelers elected to stay in the area and celebrate the New Year in San Francisco. The first event on that

occasion was a cocktaU party held in one of the hotel rooms honoring the anniversaries of Kay and Larry Higgins and Roxanne and Ed Kessler, along with the birthday of Mike Gigho. Joining the Higgins, Kesslers, and GigHos in celebration were Jane and George Coyne, Linda and Frank Gamboa, Kay and Tom PoweU, and Barbara and Paul Polski. After appropriate gifting and revehy, aU excepting the Hi^ins went for a New Year's Eve celebration aboard a harbor cruise ship, wdth more cocktaUs, dinner, dancing, and fireworks! In the attached photo, the party hearty crew, firom 1-to-r, are: Roxanne Kessler, Frank Gramboa, Linda Gamboa, Ed Kessler, Jane Coyne, Barbara Polski, Tom PoweU, Kay PoweU (seated), Paul Polski (seated), George Coyne, and EUeen Gigho (Mike Gigho is snapping the picture). AU in aU, the Emerald Bowl trip was a great one for the Navy footbaU team, the USNA reputation, and the faithful fans firom '58! •

New Years Eve in San Francisco

The year ended sadly for two of our '58 famUies. On 28 December, Carol Kraham Clason, the •wffe of Roy Clason (23), passed away after a courageous 4-year batde with cancer. Carol and Roy were married the day after graduation. She was an avid bridge player and world traveler, and leaves behind Roy, daughter Lora, Son Roy Jr. and granddaughter KeUy, aU of Zephyr Cove, (LakeTahoe) NV On Christmas Eve, a car hit and kUled Jamie McNuUa, the 45-year old son of SaUy and Jim McNuUa (1). Jamie left behind his widow, Kristina, and two smaU chUdren, AUison and James, as weU as his parents and sibHng brother and sisters.

Funeral services were held on 30 December 2004 in Springfield VA, and burial was in famUy plots in Prospect Cemetery inVergennesVT on 3 January 2005. A coUege fund has been set up for James V and AUison, and any contributions

may be sent to Kristina McNuUa, 1803 Sword Lane Alexandria VA 22308. The class offers its sincere condolences to the Clason and McNuUa famUies upon the losses of these famUy members.

There is more information in the on-line version of die '58 SHIPMATE column, which •wUl be posted when this issue is pubHshed. There are some address changes, and a traveling flag picmre. AU pictures presented in this issue wiU also be on-Hne so you may see them in color and fuU-screen size. Keep sending in your news items, travel stories, classmate gatherings, and famUy Hfe events. They •wiU be shared •with classmates either in the magazine or on the web site.

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Hi and Happy Mid Winter to aU the 59ers and other friends who may see fit to have a look at our column. Hope this report finds you in good health and trying your best to be positive and upbeat. No complaints here! Of course there is good and bad to report. First I regret to teU you that we lost a great lady, the wffe of BOB BEATON, LINDA, just after January 1, 2005. Also, we learned very late that LEE TALBERT died in an automobUe accident in AprU, and his wffe PHYLLIS is just now recovering from severe injuries sustained in that accident. Stand by for more details on that loss. MICKEY GARVERICK is a great classmate, a good friend of the Beatons, the Executive Director of the Submarine organization, and a super correspondent. Mickey made sure Dave SuUivan, the Executive Committee, and many classmates know right away of Linda's death, which was unexpected and a shock for aU of us.

Linda's UHiess began •wath an aggressive infection in the abdomen area, foUowed by removal of her appendix. Her condition was extremely critical, compHcated by liver problems. Should you feel led, donations in honor of Linda could be

made to Campus Crusade for Christ or to the American Diabetes Association. Use BOB BEATON'S address: Campus Crusade for Christ, MUitary Campus Director, USNA, 49 Pinkney St, AnnapoHs MD 21407, and you can phone Bob at 410 263-1869. Many of us enjoyed conversation with Linda during the 45' Reunion, and so her loss hit aU of us hard.

Our deepest condolences to you. Bob, and aU the great famUy. Many 59ers were able to attend a "Celebration of Life" evening of 7 January, or the funeral foUowing day in AnnapoHs. My daughter MoUy said that the love and ~support of a strong, loving famUy, and dear friends, was something to behold!! Again I want to praise MICKEY GARVERICK for being so caring, so much on the baU, and such an example of a 59 who shines!

GEORGE STROHSAL is the classmate who let us know about LEE TALBERT. He received a letter from PhylHs detaUing her lengthy recovery. George is in CaHfornia for the winter and did not have "that folder" on his laptop, so there may be delay in getting further explanation.

George Strohsahl was able to get some information about LEE ROSS TALBERT. He died in an autombUe accident on 8 October 2004. There was a recent memorial service but I do not know ff any classmates were able to be there in Henderson TX. The obit and service were delayed due to severe injuries to PhyUis Talbert, hospitaHzed untU recently. Lee graduated high in Class of 59 and seemed to learn everything with very Htde stud^ying. He was accepted into Naval Aviation having earned a pUot's Hcense in High School, but foUo^wing award of a graduate school scholarship, he opted for immediate assignment to submarines so he cold complete required sea duty before grad school. Assigned to a sub out of Charleston SC, he earned his gold dolphins without attending sub school. FoUowing a lengthy stay at Stanford University (where he met/married first wffe) Lee was assigned to destroyers as Weapons Dept Head. He was hand-picked for duty in Systems Analysis and ended up on SECDEF staff in the early McNamara years (•with the office dubbed "The Whiz Kids"). Lee elected to leave the Navy foUowing that tour so he coiUd work fuU time in the

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computer networking business. Lee was a man of great energy and unbridled enthusiasm for whatever he was doing.

He had many interests and was a consummate entrepeneur. I thought his personaHty was captured weU in his choice of a vehicle to commute to & fro the Pentagon, a rusty old W W II Army Ambulance. He did this simply because he thought it ws fiin. Thanks George for your into and commentary!

Lee Ross Talbert's widow, PhyUis, asks that any contributions in memory of Lee go to: First United Methodist Church, in Memory of Lee Ross Talbert, 204 North MarshaU, Henderson,Texas, 75652.

Another great •writer (and fearless prognosticator) and super nice guy is TOM LUKISH. Many of us cheered for Na^vy footbaU from afar, and a great number of the AnnapoHs/DC/Baltimore contingent were regular rooters at home footbaU games (and they exceUed at the TaUgates), but Tom and a number of East Coast-ers made the trip to San Francisco for the Emerald Bowl. 59ers from AnnapoHs and points beyond (Hke Luke, from New Jersey) joined forces •with CaHfornia 59ers to cheer and to celebrate a great Navy •victory, and super season.

Tom, prior to the game, had analyzed New Mexico and Na^vy, and amused readers with his candid comments and fearless forecast. Na^vy stopped NM running game (which Tom had said was a must) and we were able to run, but also pass some.

Here's a short excerpt from a couple of LUKISH emaUs: Dolores and 1 had a great time. There was a good mrnout of classmates, nice to see and talk to aU of them. Hope I do not miss names, but BEDNAREKS, EMMERSONS, FINERTYS,TRUAX', DOBBS, DICK JOHNSONS, DAGAMPATS, MASCALTS, MCGLINCHEYS, MCREYNOLDS, PAGNILLOS, O'CONNORS, BOB MICHAEL, JOHN KNIEF, FINLENS. RAGAN PHILLIPS was there somewhere, but he is one I did not see. Tom also expressed his sympathies for the Beaton famUy.Tom was a 2" Co. guy also, and we reaUy felt the loss! Tom said that he and Dolores spent,a lot of time talking with companymate JOHN KNIEF, who had been unable to get back for reunion. I am happy to be back in touch with John, thanks to Luke.

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John's latest address: 15 Red Rock Way N-204, San Francisco CA 9413 1.

The Tsunami that devastated so many people and places in Asia was a kiUer. I hope that no 59ers, famUy or friends were caught up in that disaster. I knew that the LOVELESS' loved diving in that area, and I was afraid they may have been out there on a Scuba Diving trip. Happy to report this: "We were going to be in ThaUand this year - and our boat operates out of Phuket where their office is located. We were there 2 yrs ago at Christmas. The boat was okay, because they were at sea when the tsunami hit, but their offices and homes of many employees were destroyed. The good news is that aU of the Dive Operation people are okay.

This year our kids complained about us not being home for Christmas sowe stayed in Las Vegas and had a wonderful famUy time." I guess the message is Hsten to your kids at least now and then! But we are thankffil, Jerry and Carole, you stayed in Nevada this Christmas!

If you want to be in touch •with "Jack the Sheriff' — our 5 9er Jack Shirrefis know that he has moved, but stUl in the PaHn Beach area. His new emaU is jj.shirreffs@adelphia.net. SnaU address is 200 Potter Rd.WPB FL 33405-3361.

Nice Christmas card from our J. P. LONDON, founder and the "mam man" at CACI. Jack stays active in many arenas, amongst which is District of Columbia Society, Sons of the American Revolution. BRENDA & GARY GEIST sent nice card and note. They love their new home/golf course location in North CaroHna. They had a baU at Reunion and on other trips (we hope they include us on a West Coast venture next year), but Hke many of us there have been ups 'n downs. One daughter has had very serious brain surgery, but that is balanced by the pride they share in her son/the Geist grandson who is serving on a Coast Guard cutter in the Guff/in the ever tense Middle East.

JUDY & JOHN COLLINS checked in with their Christmas 2004 note, and it was good to catch up on Hfe with the endless adventurers. "Hola! We are happy to be back on the good ship PRIMO, on the grass at Panama Canal Yacht Club (PCYC), Cristobal, Colon, RepubHc of Panama. The boat was very dry inside and out thanks to a

dehumidifier. N o mold! The first week back we were aU smUes after 2 Thanksgi^ving diimers (at the Galbreaiths /daughter Kristen's famUy in Coronado and here at PCYQ and on seeing our new 1970VW van fresh from the body and paint shop of a bicycHst friend here in Colon. A week later we had sad news. A longtime friend was kiUed in a solo auto accident. The bloody poHce photos were on the front page of 2 Panama newspapers.We had spent Thanksgi^vings before, with our friend's extended famUy.We are StUl in shock! We have not driven up the coast to see our property because John has been working on theVW brakes. It is back to taxis, busses, and rides from friends. Our squeaky brakes sound Hke the recycled "Bluebird" busses which are aU around here. In the evening we test the car by driving out to the tranquU, lakeside Gamn Locks neighborhood to jog and bicycle there. Soon we hope to drive the VW to Panama for the monthly amateur radio club meeting.VW willing, we wiU return for a dress-up hoHday party and then do a duathlon (run, bike, run) ... or not!! We hope this letter finds you weU. Hasta Luego,Judy & John. Always good to hear from the Collins! They have famUy scattered around the whole U.S.They put in lots of travel each year, by various means, and thatVW could write a book!!

To contact the CoUins: PSC 02 Box R3501, APO AA 34002, or emaU JnjcolHns@yahoo.com or phone Oil 507 698 9080/9081. Oh, the cover of the cute Christmas note shows S/V PRIMO nesded amongst coconut palms and Judy refers to it as "Our (coconut) Tree House."Thanks for the update dear friends!

I just found the letter from KATHY & RONTROSSBACH. One of the big bits of news with them, is they have sold their saiHng vessel and have reaUy shifted gears.They are now power boaters! And for many of us that is hard to beHeve! The Trossbachs had quite a time of it with theff Florida home in Smart. They felt the brunt of those hurricanes, and they had some damage to their lovely waterside home. They lost many trees, bushes, and flowers but aU in aU they feel quite formnate. Neighbors close by and many others suffered much worse! TeamTrossbach is a resUient, positive, energetic duo (aided by then: 'dog chUd' Uncle Sam) and their

can-do spirit makes one marvel! A few thoughts from them foUow: "2004 has been a very good year for the Trossbachs.

Late last year we purchased a previously owned SabreHne 36 Fast Trawler. We christened her SUNNESHINE. Later we sold our beloved saUboat MOONESHINE after we unloaded 20 yrs of possessions. We are thrUled she has gone to a competent seaman who is using her weU.Yes, we do miss hoisting the saUs on crisp days when the breeze is up.

However, entertaining famUy and friends is much easier in a 3 cabin, 2 head boat! 2 hurricanes hit our Stuart home.

Theytaught us much about survival, caring neighbors, cherishing each day, and rejoicing in famUy. Living through this experience helped us hone our goals and re^view our perspective of events." And with those good thoughts we shaU close for this month. Put the dark ages behind you, and "Rise 'n Shine" VM

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First of aU, Dennis Vied (24) has some pictures of the Bowl game and associated festivities. Take a look at his web site foUowing: http://dhvied.com/emeraldbowl From Ed Clexton (10): • "Thanks for the picmres, Dennis. No wonder everyone is smiling - after that super Navy win. I can identify about haff of those in the group shot. Maybe BiU can identify them aU, but please try to give us ids on aU of them. I saw John Tait, Al Pauole and Ace Goldtrap from the Terrible 10th - it's good to know there was some discipline around ff needed!

Who brought the banner? Was it from Jack Shaw (2) m San Diego? It's fancier than the one we have here in Tidewater.

Ed"^ To finish off the year (04) Tidewater had an exceUent Christmas party which Ed reported:

• "BiU, the '60 in Hampton Roads group celebrated the hoHdays last night at Honey Bee Goff Club. In attendance were: MerrUu & Al Ablowich (16), Bobbie & Bob Brenton (12), Sue & Jack Brockman (18), Catherine & Ed Clexton (10), Sue & Paul Cooper (5), Joe Febel (5) with Henny Schultz, Paula & Rod Friedmann (5), Muriel & Jack Greenhalgh (9),Janet & Dave Harden (23), Maureen & Bob lanucci (16), Karen & Tom Inderlied (21), Christy &Joe Jaap (13), BiU Kee (9), Sarah & Ed McCaskiU (8), Donna & Mike McCuUough (14), AHce & Tom Meinicke (22),Bob Osmon (17), Prissy & Wick ParceUs (12), Nancy & Skip Sweetser (6), Ray Taylor (14), Sandy Cutter •with Dennis Terry (15), Mary & Henry VonKolnitz (22),MaryJane & John Whelan (8), and Sandy and Tom Wishart (22). Many thanks to Tom Wishart (22) and Jack Greenhalgh (9) who arranged the entire event and I'm sure to Sandy and Muriel, for such a nice time for aU of us last night. I thought it was especiaUy fitting that you arranged one of the dishes to be "Mystery Meat" to remind us of our beginnings! I'm also sorry the CannonbaUs got changed at the last hour to apple pie alamode, but the thought was good. By the way, one of the ladies (never to be named) suggested next year we have chocolate sauce for the ice cream! (you can't •win 'em aU). A special Thanks to Paul Cooper (5) who got fingered by Skip to do the Grace in Jim E.'s absence! Very weU done - you captured the essence of our togetherness in your offering. Happy HoHdays to aU, Ed & Catherine" • I'm assuming we'U go back to our luncheon haunts on Tuesday, 1/11.1 wiU alert aU. I know that a number of classmates were affected by the summer's spate of Hurricanes. We can only wish the best and our prayers for aU. In any event Jay Newbern (8) did pass along a rundown of how things went in his neck of the woods.

• "From PonteVedra at the beach near JacksonviUe, we had two 'canes which dropped some branches and leaves. Our neighborhood of duplexes had just had preventive maintenance on aU the roofs so only a few shingles needed replacing. We

boarded windows and ran for cover once, then rode out the second.

At JAX NAS, where my saUboat is, nine boats were sunk in the first storm, and seven in the second. About fifteen were blown ashore. The boats in sHps caused major damage when their spring Hnes stressed the finger piers. About onethird of the total are missing. Many marinas reported similar extensive damage. 1 lost the mooring buoy. The starboard bridle Hne was chafed badly in the first storm so 1 ran a temporary replacement then instaUed two additional Hnes and secured them to the mast base. I removed the main to reduce windage.

There were a couple of inches of water in the bUge, most firom the starboard quarter engine compartment, vent that was open facing forward. The bUge pump had a short and didn't work. Nothing else faded on my boat.

Destroyer anchors and eight feet of destroyer chain were the mooring system bottom components. Mulberry Cove Marina learned that four days of •wind could find the weak points in that system so they are adding chain for more scope.

We beHeve the pitching Hfted the chain and dragged some anchors. Corrosion could have played a part in Hnk or shackle faUure because I see corrosion evidence in my system. Most of the boats were not checked prior to the storms. Jay N." • We had a group get together for the Tulane game in New Orleans. A number of notes are included: Oz writes — • "Tom Glew (15), I would Hke to express my appreciation once again for putting the dinner and taUgate together.

We're blessed to have a classmate Hke you in town to take such good care of us.

Hank Papa (17), appreciate your efforts with the tickets as weU. Good seats, great company, lousy game. The first two to your credit, the last not your fault.

And it was wonderfiil to share the company of aU of you who attended. I have always felt blessed to have such wonderfiil classmates. God bless. Oz" • From Hank Papa (17): • "Bob Osmon (17) and I along •with Theresa and Bob's friend Pat, Gloria & Bob Antonio (14), Rob Kunkle (10) and his friend Pam, Jim McConneU (23), John Michalski (6), and Maryann

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jTiHill CLASS N E W S seeing everyone at the 45th! Best •wishes - Lew PoweU •

& Tom Gle^w (15) were just a few of the many cheering at the Dome for a Navy team that just was out played by Tulane.

Credit goes to Tom Glew for aU the many efforts that came together in a truly "Super Sixty" fashion. Tom sure knows "NarHns". Beat Army! Hank 2PO " • Rob Kunkle (10) added: • "Yes, B-Z to Tom and 2PO - a great time had by aU! This was Pam's first trip to New Orleans and she was very impressed - with the city and my classmates and wives! On Sunday we went to a smaU restaurant off Frenchmen and Royal (just east of the Quarter) and had a great meal. This was close to our B&B and was supposed to be the spot where we could watch the Cowboys game.

Unfortunately they didn't have the right channel so we went down to Bourbon Street and found a smaU sports bar (dedicated to the Redskins!). What a lousy game - two for two! Pam has volunteered never to attend another footbaU game with me - it must be her! Thanks guys, for the arrangements! R o b " • From Ed Clexton (10): • "BUI; We had our best Tidewater class luncheon turn-out today - starting •with great food for 24 classmates and 12 •wives at Mike & Donna McCuUough's (14) famUy restaurant, FeUini's, on CoUey Ave. in Norfolk, we then moved to the construction site of the Schooner Virginia on the Norfolk waterfiront, where we were given a briefing and tour of the Schooner, as arranged by \{^ck ParceUs (12). In attendance were Bobbie & Bob Brenton (12),Joel Febel (5), Nancy & Skip Sweetser (6), George Vanhouten (24), Maureen & Bob lanucci (16), Wick ParceUs (12),Jane &Jim Eilertsen (21),Jack Brockman (18), Donna & Mike McCuUough (14), BiU Kee (9), Sue & Paul Cooper (5), Frank Kay (8), Sandy & Tom Wishart, Ed McCaskiU, Henry & Mary vonKolnitz, Tom InderUed, Ray & Maryjane Taylor, Bob Osmon, (22) Cristy & Joe Jaap (13), Rod Friedman (5) MaryAnn & Bob Rutherford (8), John Whelan (8), Catherme & Ed Clexton (10) and Torry Rogers (3). Rod took some picmres that he •wUl send. Ed" •

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Thanks to Jim Knorr (20) who dropped off the picmre included ofJack Lynch (11) rep to Alumni GolfTourney 2004. I didn't hear the scores or who won, but a good time must have been had by aU. IncidentaUy, though detaUs were not reported, Merf Moerschel (3) arranged the usual off year get together after homecoming. A great time.

Fred Hale (20) was buried at ArHngton National Cemetery on January 6,2005 •with fidl miHtary honors. About 60 guests were present at the burial site and the reception at Ft. Myers. Classmates present included: Bill Le^wis (5), Don Broadfield (22), Fred PhUUppi (6), Gary Chew (22), Jack Kazenski (22), Joe Dobes (22), Ken Baum, (23) Rod Friedman (5), Tom Wishart (22), and Ward O'Brien (22). Thom Moyland (22)and Lew GUlett (22) planned to attend ho^wever their airplanes were grounded by the weather the day.

BiU Holman '54 and personal friend was also present. Fred is survived by his •wffe Jo Anne and his three adult chUdren.

From Lew PoweU (21): • "The attached photo (L-R Dusty(24) and Lynda Graver, Carol Lavery and Lew PoweU (21) is at Christmas Dinner at Dusty and Lynda's home. Neither Dusty nor I were aware that we both Hved in the Eugene, O R area untU a chance meeting at a smaU Army/Na^vy game get together. Dusty is a semi-retired anesthesiologist who have Hved in the area for several years. Carol and I moved here earHer in 04 after retiring for good firom the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho FaUs, ID. Eugene is the unofficial tie-dyed capital of the world complete with old hippies and quirky poHtics as weU as being a university (Univ of Oregon) town with lots of attractions. Looking forward to

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GreetingsfiromAnnapoHs! Seems like a long time since my last column input in mid-December prior to the great showing of our Big Blue footbaU team in the Emerald Bowl. I hope you aU had the opportunity to see the game either in person or on the mbe. It reminded me of the "good old days" in the early 60's with Joe BeUino leading our classmates to national rankings.

Speaking of the "good old days" ... here I am, sitting in firont of my trusty Macintosh putting together some final words of •wisdom to keep you firom faUing asleep. The temperature has been below 20 degrees for three days. Last evening, we had the first snowfaU of the •winter in the AnnapoHs area. Right now I'm haffwatching President Bush's Inaugural Parade on the tube. As Yogi Berra once said, "It's deja vu" aU over again."

This specter brought to mind the day exacdy 44 years ago when the brigade pUed mto buses early in the mornkig on a cold a dreary day to take part in President Kennedy's inaugural parade. The unfform of the day was parade dress blue, •with overcoats and rubbers. A heavy snowfaU the day before the inauguration had covered the streets and mrned to ice. The temperature was weU below freezing. The busses arrived in DC early that morning and we debarked into streets that had

been plowed overnight. The snow pack on both sides rose above our heads. There •we waited ... and waited ... and •waited and our butts began to freeze. I can't e^ver remember being so cold in my lffe.

FinaUy, after hours of waiting, we got underway, headed do^wn Pennsylvania Avenue, and as they say, the rest is history.

The Brigade of Midshipmen, led by the World's Greatest Naval Academy Class, proudly marched in honor of our new president, but managed to leave our signature for aU to see as hundreds of our rubbers were seen strewn along the length of Pennsyl^vania Avenue, much to the chagrin of the officers who accompanied us. We, of course, had the last laugh, because ... as PhUo McGiffen once said.

"You can't fiy them aU!" THE LATEST NOOZE. George Worthington: • Here we go again, up in the air.

Pictured is me in the white jump suit "swooping Jan Scruggs, president of the Viemam Veterans' Memorial Fund. Jan was in San Diego in July up the harleyDavidson guys for dough for his CongressionaUy-approvedVietoam Education Center. I'm on his Board of Ad^visors. Jan has enlisted General Barry McCaffiey to chair the board. An-yway, I convinced Jan to do a tandem skydive and he was hot to go. It •was my 1,200 skydive too. By the way, my 19 year old son, Graham, has enlisted in the Army Airborne Infantry. He shipped out in October and has his airborne training in February, the same month I did mine in 1966. •

George Worthington on his 200(P^ dive One of our classmates, D o n Knudsen (3rd Company) died in a car accident shordy after graduation. Several years ago, someone in CaHfornia found his Naval Academy ring along a highway in CaHfornia. Recendy, a friend of this

person, a retired Army officer, was asked if he could find the owner. He eventuaUy contacted me to have the ring remrned to his famUy. Gary Seraly, the 3™ Company rep could not find anyone who knew anything about Don Knudsen's famUy.The ring has been sent to the Alumni Association for safe keeping. If any classmate has any information that can help us find his next of kin, please let me know.

SEEN AND HEARD AROUND TOWN. Our last Class Prez, Jerry Smith, is putting the finishing touch on his new home being buUt in AnnapoHs and is planning on moving in late winter. There goes the neighborhood! Seriously, Judy & I were given afiiUtour ofJerry's palace overlooking the waters of MUl Creek, on the other side of the Severn river. I, for one, cant wait for his housewarming party.

Our Class webmaster, Howie Winfree, asks that aU classmates update their personal data in our class data base.

To do this, go our home page, http//^www.USNA61.org. User ID is "wgnac"; password is "plebe". If your data is not correct, send an emaU to •winfree(^hore.intercom.net and update it.

FinaUy, I'm very happy to formaUy announce that Donald H. Horner,Jr., Ph.D. was selected by the Naval Academy to fiU the USNA Class of 1961 Distinguished Professor of Leadership Education Chair. Donnie sent the foUowing letter to omr Prez, ArHe CampbeU. • "I •wanted to take a moment to contact you and teU you how thrUled I am to be on board as the 'Class of 1961 Distinguished Professor of Leadership Education' at USNA. To be quite honest with you, I'm stiU pinching myseff about how fortonate I am to be serving in this capacity. My sincere 'thank you' to you and your class for endo^wing this position at the Academy. I come to the Academy after having spent 4 1/2 years at Penn State as an Associate Professor and Director of their Leadership Development Program. Prior to that, I graduated from West Point and served as a career Army officer. I want you to know how seriously I take being assigned to the Academy and how sincerely deHghted I am to be charged with leading and

teaching midshipmen. I wUl do aU I can to make sure that I don't let you do^wn, and to make sure that I fulfiU my duties in a way that reflects positively on the Class of 1961." • UPCOMING CLASS EVENTS. Washington area Class luncheon on March 15"^^ & May 10"^^ 45'^^ REUNION. It's not too early to start planning for our big 45'-'^ reunion that wiU take place in AnnapoHs from September 21 thru 24, 2006. Our reunion guru,Joe AUegretti, and his team have been working to make this the best reunion to date. We are scheduled to play Tulsa in footbaU at the newly renovated Na^vy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. If you haven't been to the stadium recendy, you're going to be pleasandy shocked! Block out your calendar, and make plans to attend.

We have several hotels blocked out for the reunion weekend, but it's too early to make reservations.You should be getting the first mailing sometime in late spring or early summer this year. This wUl give you aU the information you'U need to make plans and reservations.

Joe teUs me he's already getting questions from classmates, and asked me to help him out. I wUl herein, therefore, attempt to answer some of the most common questions that are sure to be asked and might be of interest to any of you who haven't been back for a reunion in recent years. Yes, Dave Parker, I'm talking about you!

In accordance with my standard operating procedure, I'U start with the first question, which is: • Q. How come the 45*-" reunion won't be held m 2005? As I remember our 30^^ reunion was held a year early.

A. We finaUy got someone to head the reunion committee who didn't sleep through Math classes during plebe year.

Q. When we get our reunion notice to sign up for various activities, •wiU we be required to send a deposit?

A. Yes! Q. Why? A. Because!

Q. Like most people, I usuaUy wait untU the last possible minute before making major commitments Hke signing up for a reunion, so I won't have to send

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A. Yes, but you take the risk of having to share a room •with either Hank "Teddy Bear" Hahn or Neil "Chip oflF the Old" Block!

Q. Can you guarantee us a Na^vy •victory in footbaU? A. Absolutely! Anticipating your concern, we have already petitioned the Director of Athletics to change our opponent for that day from Tulsa to the U of New Jersey.

Q. Where , exacdy, is the U. of New Jersey? As far as I know there is no such school.

A. Bingo!

Q. Can you give me an estimate of how many Classmates you expect to attend the 35"^^?

A. Let's see! There are eight guys on the Class Executive Committee and seven guys on the 45'-" Reunion Committee, so I guess the answer is,"Not less 15."

Q. WUl we have an oppormnity to meet with the Superintendent during the reunion?

A. Yes! VADM Rod Rempt has given the entire Class of 1961 a come-around during the weekend. The unfform •wUl be white works over sweat gear; and don't forget to bring your Reef Points and Steam Kit. • I reaUy hope this clears everything up for aU the readers out there; both of you!

Hope to see you soon!

"GET IT DONE WITH '61" ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 9% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 59% PRES: CAPT Richard J. Hayes, USN (Ret.) H: 703-461-3582; E: usna621@netzero.net SECY: CDR Howard S. Pinskey, USNR (Ret.) PC. Box 3380, Annapolis, MD 21403-3326 H: 410-974-1962;E: PlNSK62@aol.com WEB SITE: www.nampows.org/62.htiiil

GREETINGS FROM ANNAPOUS Spring has almost sprung and as usual AnnapoHs and the yard are receiving more visitors to view this beautifiU area. Now for our monthly class news.

INMEMORIUM It is with great sadness that I report the passing of our friend and classmate, JIM GAUL, on Friday 8 January 2005. Jim had suffered from a rare blood disease for the last couple of years which worsened last

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faU. A service •was held in Hanover, Massachusetts on January 14th. There wUl be another service in Manistee, Michigan, •with burial in Oak Grove cemetery. Jim is survived by his •wffe Eydie and 3 sons; Steve, David and Robert. Jim's brother-inlaw is classmate John Perry CarroU who married Kay Winkler, Eydie's sister. Jim was a retired Navy Commander, fine officer, who worked foUo^wing retirement from the Navy, •with Dynamic Systems in Andover, MA and the DC metto area before that. Jim also earned a Master of Science Degree firom George Washington University. The class extends it's sincere sympathies to Eydie, Steve, Da^vid and Robert and aU Jim's famUy and friends.

CLASS NEWS Great to hear from R O N BELL, who practices law in Chelmsford, Massachusetts: •just a brief note to provide some updates on Valerie and me. Although 1 was sure it couldn't be done.Valerie persuaded me to juggle my court schedule so that last February and March we could take a trip to Florida to spend some time •with relatives from England, who were vacationing in Orlando. On the way down, we stopped off in Charleston, SC. and stayed •wdth my roommate Bob DeMarco and his wffe Barbara at theff Bed and Breakfast.

They put us up and took us on a tour of their beautiful city. After spending time with our relatives from England, we headed ffirther south to •visit another roommate. Ken Duckworth and his wffe Joan at their home in Fort Lauderdale, FL. After reminiscing with Ken and Joan, we headed over to the West Coast to •visit friends in Naples and stay on Sanibel Island before we headed back to Massachusetts. WhUe in Naples we hoped to hook up with my third roommate Bob DiAiso and his wife Elaine at their former vacation home, but they were stiU back in Maryland and we only got to speak to Bob on the phone. AU in aU, we had a great time and I now understand from experience why people like to go south for the •winter.

For a few years now, we have been planning to move to the water in southern N H or Maine. In order to avoid trying to synchronize the seUing and buying of homes, in August, we sold our home in Westford, MA and are presendy

U^ving temporarUy in CheHnsford, MA. (our old home town) whUe we look for a place on the water.

In November,Valerie and I had the good formne to be able to attend a dedication ceremony in the Town of Winchester, Ma. to name a park in the center of town in honor of it's favorite son, Joe BeUino '61. Members ofJoe's •winning high school footbaU team and Gino CapeUetti, long time radio voice of the New England Patriots and a former teammate ofJoe's when he played pro footbaU, aU spoke with fond memories of the experiences they shared with Joe. Town officials and a representative firom Governor Mitt Romney's office also added their voices to the praise of our feUow shipmate who has always made us proud. TypicaUy, Joe was humble and, for someone who has been showered with accolades for aU these years (and deservingly so), he was genuinely touched and brought to tears when they unveUed the plaque dedicating the park in his name and honor. FeUow teammates, Al Hughes, accompanied by his wffe Carol and Jim Joyner'61 also attended the ceremony. I enclose a photograph ofJoe and me taken at the reception hosted by the Sons of Italy after the dedication ceremony. Joe's Heisman trophy is conspicuously displayed in the foreground.

Joe BelHno '61 with Ron Bell

The 60th anniversary of the Batde of Iwo Jima took place in February 2005. Our classmate,JOHN RIPLEY, Hves outside Gate 3 in AnnapoHs and is the Director,

Marine Corps History and Museums.The tbUowing letter appeared in the Naval Instimtes Naval History pubHcation. It is a letter John wrote to a friend after visiting Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, in November 1987. It is a thoughtfid, poignant and pattiotic letter and it is reprinted here for aU of our class to read.

• From the most unlikely spot I am inspired to write you for reasons I can't fiiUy explain. Certainly you have received no other letters firom here I would wager and you may find this interesting. It's the middle of the night and cold, windy, uncomfortable and profoundly moving.

I'm looking down on a tiny island three mUes wide and five mUes long. Down there, and here where I'm writing by UashHght, over 7,000 Marines died.The mountain is Suribachi, the island, Iwo Jima. Of the hundreds of thousands of words written about this place, nothing comes close to describing it's starkness, it's inestimable cost and now, sadly, the poverty of it's abandonment.

The entire island is a shrine, mosdy Japanese, but a fe^w American - orUy a few.

Americans don't seem to care about such things when, as is the case here, it's inconvenient. And yet the island, it's name and most especiaUy this very spot where I sit-where the flag was raised- are immortalized in our national consciousness for as long as there is an America.

The debris and detrims of war remain even after nearly 43 years. Rusty vehicle hulks, wrecked boats, sunken ships, canteens, mess kits, thousands of rounds of corroded ammunition, blockhouse, piUboxes, ttenches, abandoned airfields, large naval shore guns, artUlery, etc. And beneath my feet remains of 22,000 Japanese defenders, brave men who died at their posts, hated then, respected now.

Rupert Brooke said it perfecdy: "Here, in some smaU corner of a forgotten field, wiU be forever England." And this brutally stinking sulfuric rock, depressing to me, demoralizing as it has lost its once •vital importance and our nation's once great concern, wiU be forever America. It wiU be forever in the memory of those 75,000 Marines who fought here, the 25,000 who suffered wounds here and the 7,000 who gave their blood and Hves to its black sod.

Again, Rubert Brooke: "In that rich earth.

a richer dust concealed."Their hopes, their happiness and their dreams ended here. And if we fad to honor them in our memory and our prayers, we should be damned to heU for such a faUure.

I brought a smaU team here to survey the island for fiiture exercise use. The Japanese would prefer we did not exercise here, but that wiU be over my dead body. I find it hard to beHeve (and impossible to accept) that our government gave the island back to them. It's as ff we gave them Gettysburg or Arlington National Cemetery. Americans died in such numbers here that in 9 1/2 months, had the batde lasted that long, it would have equaled our losses of 10 years in Vietnam.

The Marine Corps must never lose it's right to exercise here and I'm damned proud of ha^ving something to do •with assuring that it wUl be so. • BOB BYRNE writes from Faufax, CaHfornia that he spent the hoHday season visiting famUy and friends up and down the west coast. He saw his roommate T O M and JULIE HITCHCOCK m Vancouver, Washington: • For me, the experience of 2004, was a May vacation with daughter Wendy in Paris - an 8 day sojourn. We had a time together; sta^ying in a postage-stamp-sized room near the Place Ste Michel even though awakened each morning by the stteet washers of Paris. We "did the Metro thing" tunneling under Paris to aU the tourists spots. I particularly enjoyed the Luxembourg Gardens, the Catacombs, Les Egouts (the Paris Sewers) and even the old Rue Ste Anne which 1 recaUed visiting •with my folks in the '50s when dad was stationed in France. We picnicked on the Pont des Arts (a foot bridge over the Seine) enjoying the late evening (9:30p) sun setting behind the hazy sUhouette of Paris. Best of aU were the cycling side trips: day trips toVersaUles and Giverny plus a night time Paris ride that ended on the Seine sipping some van rouge. Taking a vacation with Wendy was a blast-a time not to be forgotten.

I came home to more cycling. Thanks to the generosity of friends I again partook in the annual SF to LA CaHfornia Coast Classic - cycHng for eight days and raising donations for the Arthritis Foundation. This year over 160 cycHsts

participated m the 500+ mUe trek raising $600+K for the foundation's research and programs. • J O H N HINKLE sent us an article that appeared in the Pomerado newspaper in CaHfornia about our classmate BOB CHAMPION. • Some high school athletic teams are blessed with numerous trophies, but the Poway boys' soccer team has only one "Champ." And now, after more than three decades of service, that distinction •wUl no longer apply. After 32 seasons at the helm of the boys soccer team at Poway High, head coach Bob Champion has stepped down. The man affectionately known as "Champ" leaves behind a legacy of excellence unparaUeled in San Diego County.

During his 32 seasons. Champion presided over three section championships, 13 Polamar league tides 10 league runners-up and an overaU record of 483-180-98. • Congratulations to Bob for a great career.

WENDY BRANDON writes us from Pensacola Beach, Florida, that she and TOM survived hurricane Ivan last faU but what is left of their home on the beach •wUl have to be demoHshed and rebuUt. It -wUl probably take 18-24 months to complete and must be buUt on pUings - but rebuUd they wiU. In the meantime, they purchased a 33 foot Fleetwood motor home and are doing some traveling when not Hving •with their son and daughter-in-law. They had planned to •visit Peru and see WILLIE TIRADO and •visit their church's mission, six hours from Lima, but the trip is on hold. Good luck to TOM and WENDY as they rebuUd their home.

That's our class news for this March 2005 issue of SHIPMATE. As always, your cards, letters, photos and e-maUs are greatly appreciated by your classmates. We •wUl always stay close and be in contact •with each other. Keep in touch. UntU next time...

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CLASS NEWS ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 9%> LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 52% PRES: The Honorable Stephen M. Duncan SECY: Michael H. Shelley 25 Sweetwater Ln., Pisgah Forest, N C 28768 H: 828-862-4245: E: nstat@citcom.net "WEB SITE: www.USNA63.org

Our new class president, Spencer Johnson, has issued a letter to the class.

Space limitations prevent itfirombeing pubHshed here, but you can see it in the web site version of this column at www.USNA63.org/shipmate/. Among the topics covered in the letter are appreciation to outgoing class president Steve Duncan for seven years of "selfless dedication and tireless effort" on our behaff, increased opportunities for social interaction among our classmates, and an armouncement that our 45th Reunion wiU be held the weekend of 30 September 2008. Spencer also discusses the Class of 63 Academic ExceUence Center at USNA, which we endowed with a SI.2 miUion doUar gift at our 40th reunion and notes the continuing efforts of the Class of 1963 Foundation to respond to the needs of the descendants of our deceased classmates and to conduct other acti^vities to memorialize those of us no longer present for muster. FinaUy, he soHcits input from aU of us concerning Class of 1963 affairs and activities.

In the interest oftimeHness,Spencer's letter was published by e-maU in January, long before this issue of the magazine was printed. If you did not receive it, please contact me by e-maU (nstar@citcom.net) so that you can be added to our electronic disttibution Hst. What a great season for Navy footbaU! The final game in the 10-2 campaign was the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco, attended by several of our classmates and their ladies. Local resident Jim Oakes stepped forward and coordinated communications and planning for'63, •with assistance from Bob MiUer. Here is Jim's account of the opening event: • On Wednesday, 29 December, I hosted a dinner for the Class of'63 in San Francisco for the Emerald Bowl at a private club caUed the VUla Taverna.

Attendees included: Bob and Chris MiUer, GaU and Craig Barton, Margarette and John BoleyArlene and Forest Siburt, Sue and Ben Cole, Susan and Jim Penrod,

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Art Weidner, Lew BlackweU and his firstie, Angelo Karampalas, Bob Forster, GaU and Vern Von Sydow,Vicki and Roy Warren, EUeen and Mark Schwing, Chet White, Ginnie and John Dolby, Bob Easton '64 and his daughter Lara, John Newton and his guest Pat Leicher, and Arlene Inch with Jim Oakes. The rain faded to dampen our spirits and in between our gourmet meal we drank several toasts to the anticipated Navy victory the next day. • Ben Cole has suppHed some snapshots from that evening; see them at USNA63.org. Don Freese also provided images firom the taUgate and the stadium which are posted on our web site, including this group duruig the pregame warm-ups. Left to right are Bob Easton'64, Ben Cole, Jim Oakes,VernVon Sydow, Mark Schwing, and Pete Optekar.

Here also is a nice snapshot of the Coles.

The long baU hitters from the class of '63 got in some extra innings by starting the pre-game party early —Vern Shotts, John Conroy, Bernie Grabowski, and me in my fiiU dress blue bravo midshipman unfform. The cap and shoes fit much better than the unfform, which seems to have shrunk over the years.

It was a great game and the party continued when we aU returnedfiromthe stadium in Phdadelphia. Search and rescue produced Jim Tolbert and John Castro for the post-game muster to celebrate another Navy victory. This snapshot shows (standing) John Conroy, John Newsom, Dave Honhart, and Fred Storz; in the firont row are Jim Tolbert and John Castro. •

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Celebrating after beating Army

Before the Emerald Bowl

Sue and Ben Cole

John Newsom prepared an account of Bucks County, PA, Army-Navy game spirit and social activity invol'ving our classmates. Some of it appears here; see USNA63.org for additional text and photos.

• The day broke beautifuUy for the 2004 game. Whenever two or three shaU meet... it's time for a party.

One of the most enjoyable parts of the Class of 1963 web site is the Pride and Tradition section. We have just added some interesting reminiscences to the Midshipman Memories coUection there.

These came firom Dirck Praeger, Norm Shackleton, and Jim Ring. Dirck remembers an encounter with LCDR Jack "Blackjack" Sco^vdle '49, then considered by the Mids to be the terror of Bancroft HaU. Webmaster Steve Coester found and contacted the legendary Black Jack, who responded with an anecdote fiom his viewpoint. I'm sure you wiU enjoy reading these accounts, and I encourage you to send me a story or two firom your own memory bank.

From Virginia Beach, frequent contributor Jim Metcalfe sends this news of our classmate MerriU Dor man: • I went to a Na^val Order of the U.S. dinner on 7 December in remembrance of Pearl Harbor. NorfoUcresidentsDee and MerrUl Dorman •were there. A submariner who retired as a Captain, MerrUl is a senior engineer •widi EG&G. As most submaruiers wiU know, MerrUl

Uterally wrote the book on operating submarines under the Arctic ice. He is StiU getting aboard the boats. He recendy examined a sub firom bow to stern to evaluate its damage control and obviously enjoys keeping his hand in the business.

Dee is Hbrarian at Norfolk CoUegiate.

They also have an AU Navy famUy. Daughter Libby is married to C D R Tim Trampanau '89, who is stationed in Smttgart. Their son Ben, aVMI graduate and LCDR, is a submariner and the sub scheduler on die SUBLANT staff. Their daughter AHce is married to LTJG Barnard '01, die MPA on an SSN • Last month I announced an addition to the "Gold Pages" business directory on the 1963 web site — a new classffication for "Good Works/Charities" to include information about such organizations headed by our classmates. Since then, we have added GLOBAL Involvement Through Education, whose president is Dick Guffey. To learn about this organization, visit our Gold Pages or go direcdy to its web site at •www.globaHedu.org.

Larry Marsh tells us that members of the 20th Company in the Washington, DC, area held their "very traditional" annual Christmas dinner again in 2004.

This year marked the 20th consecutive year the companymates have held the event! Larry pro^vided two photos taken that evening. One, showing Karen and Dan Koczur, Barb and Larry Marsh, and CharHe Robbins, is here and the other can be seen at USNA63.org.

The Featherstone family

Jim Koehn submitted this snapshot of himseff and Fourth Companymate Dave Shute taken in Las Vegas after an ArmyNavy party there. Jim's USNA 63 Hcense plate is clearly visible between them.

O'Briens and Coasters

And that's aU for now, folks. Please take a minute soon to send me a note or an e-mad saying what you've been up to lately. We'd aU Hke to hear from you.

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Dave Shute and Jim Koehn in Las Vegas

In December,Yvonne and Steve Coester received a •visit from Ann and Tom O'Brien, •who were in the Jackson^vUle, FL, area to spend time •with their chUdren during the hoHdays. Steve says that • Ann and Tom found time to drive the two and a haff hours down to Rockledge •with a dual purpose. First, they dropped in on us for a leisurely lunch and a tour of the area and lots of catching up. Then, they •visited another Academy friend, Mike Bordy '65, who recently moved to Viera just a couple of mUes from our

20tii Company's 20th Christmas dinner

home. •

Peter Feather stone's New Year's greeting brought a nice picmre of his famUy, which I'm including here. It shows Charlotte, their son Reid, and Pete after the Thanksgi^ving Day game between the two high schools in Norwalk, CT. The big ttophy is given to the annual •wirmer of this rivalry.

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Greetings once again to the great class of 1964. This is being written on a cold snowy January day so there is stUl a stUl a great deal of correspondence looking back on USNA's superb accompHshments during 2004. For those who may not have seen this by other means, the Alumni Association asks that we share the foUo^wing successes with alumni and friends: "A MarshaU scholar and a be^vy of RJiodes Scholars; distinguished graduates who met a standard of professional performance that wUl be hard to match; lacrosse and crew teams near the top in the nation; and a 10-2 footbaU team, 24 in the nation, second best in the east, and the Emerald Bowl champ."The USNAAA also reminds us of the Hnk on http://www. usna.com to "2004,What a Great Year" to see more of the detaUs on what the Brigade and our alumni "extended Brigade" accompHshed.

Gene HoUoway sent the foUowing poignant look back at the fortieth reunion celebration focusing on our faUen classmates and their survivors: • "One of the highHghts of the reunion was the attention that the class paid to deceased classmates and their surviving spouses. Dave Tuma and Bernie Maguire began early to identify and locate as many of these ladies as possible

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CLASS NEWS and were able to send personal reunion in^vitations to 33. Most of them came to the dirmer dance and more attended the memorial service joined by friends and famUy SaUy Griffis (BUI 3'"'^ Co.), Sandy WUHams (John 3'^'^ Co.), CeH Putnam (Al 4'h Co.), Kathy Koenen (Austin 5 * Co.), Lydia Berkowitz (Mike 6 Co.), Karen Martin (Ralph 6^^^ Co.), Carol Davis (Barry 7^^ Co.), Barbara Welsh (Bob 8^^^ Co.), Linda Johnson (Bob U^^ Co),Patti PoUitt (MUce Burns 1 4 * Co.), Paula Bertolotti (Ernie 14^^ Co.),Joyce Meadowcroft (Larry Benson 14 Co.), Jerry Chaney (BUI 1 5 * Co.), Sandy Guenzel (Robin CasseU 15 Co.), EHzabeth Andrews (Andy 1 7 * Co.), Sue Myers p i c k Schmidt 20th Co.), Carolyn Davies (BUI 23'^'^ Co.), Candy EUis (Chuck Parish 2 4 * Co.), MeHssa Hogan (Jerry 2 4 * Co.), Mardi Newman (Bob 24 Co.) and Jim HoHan's daughters, Chris and Beth. Sunday morning's memorial service foUowing the business meeting in Alumni HaU was an exceptional event. After a homUy given by Jim Cravens, and a service that included prayer and a time for reflection, the name of each deceased classmate was read aloud foUowed by the ringing of a ship's beU. Then the seats in alumni haU that had been affixed •with brass plates inscribed •with the name of each classmate who had died in the Hne of duty were dedicated.

Bob Gault had taken the picmres from the '64 Lucky Bag, blown up them to 10x14 size and, through an amazing feat of technology, improved the resolution to create a suitable photograph that was later given to the famiHes. The picture of each classmate was placed on "his" seat in the auditorium and after the service, friends, famUy and classmates crowded around to read the inscriptions, and remember. We continue to receive expressions of approval and gratimde for the memorial service and for including these ladies in the reunion festivities. It was an important moment that contributed significantly to the identity that we have defined for ourselves as a class.

Below is the picmre sent by Bert Mackaman taken of him, Sandy CasseU Gunzel, Lydia Berkowitz and Karen Martin in front ofTecumseh.

Sandy is holding the picmre of Robin CasseU used in the Memorial Service." •

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"Survivors and Mackaman at Tecumseh

Bernie Maguire offered some final reunion tidbits and notable events from last faU: • "A post-Reunion note to aU the classmates and spouses who sent me emaUs, notes and letters after the Reunion:Your response was overwhelming; thank you for aU the gratifying comments. The best reportable quote I heard during the reunion came from an exuberant Brian CoUins (nee Baumrauk),"l cannot teU you the last time I had this much fun with my clothes on."

Jerry Evans •wffe, Marty Evans scored a hole in one at Pinehurst North CaroHna in late November. A one time event that is impressive but sensational when you consider that Marty is an occasional goffer who rarely pars a hole whUe her spouse, Jerry, is one of the premier goffers in the class.The true irony of this story is that Jerry has not had a hole in one yet! Even Jerry's double eagle on a par five pales in comparison to Marty's hole in one glory."

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FootbaU Again! Not much more footbaU to discuss for a whUe so we might as weU enjoy it some more. Thanks to aU of our 64 classmates who helped make the Emerald Bowl a home game Hke success •with over 20,000 supporters in the stands.

Congratulations to the team and the Brigade, and to head footbaU coach Paul Johnson for a great game and his selection as the as the Bobby Dodd Award coach of the year. Among the alumni attending the Emerald Bowl were Len Wass and Kathy who reported on the game and ensuing festi^vities as foUows:

• "Kathy and 1 flew out from sunny Chicago to rainy San Francisco for the Emerald Bowl to see a great Navy victory that capped off a wonderful season. The taUgate party had about 8,000 or so people there so it was hard to find friends.

True to form there was a "The Great Class of 1964" table and we saw Tom Lynch, Tim Meyers, John Sai, and Ernie Blake along with their famUies. I know I missed mentioning some but I am having a "senior moment". Don Seyk booked a skybox (Suite 64) at SBC Park and I'm enclosing a pic of the classmates in the box: Front L to R: Mike Hewitt, David Lipscomb, D o n Seyk; Rear L to R: Len Wass, John AUch, Shel Zane, Tom Swartz, Tom Stick, Rick Mahan, & Dick Stark. We and our wives were thankfid to Don for the skybox because it poured rain during much of the game.

After the game Tom Swartz hosted a dinner at a great ItaHan place in San Fran.

The picture below shows (Clockwise L to R):Tom Stick, Len & Kathy Wass, Tom & MarUyn Swartz, John & Sue AHch, and Mary & JuHan Marx.

We stayed on for a New Year's Eve dinner at a great place in Tiburon where we were staying at the Stick Arms (great price, but no mUeage points)." •

"SkyBox crowd at the Emerald Bowl"

"Emerald Bowl Post Game crowd

WhUe we are discussing sports and Len Wass aU at once, lets move on to EUc

hunting.Yup, Elk hunting. Len Wass sent on the results of a December 04 trip.

• "I'm attaching a photo of a successfid cow elk hunt in the Sangre de Christo range of the Rocky Mountains in New Mexico that I was on in early December.

I was based out of a resort area, Angel Fire, NM, about 20 mUes over the mountainfiromTaos. It is a beautiflU ski area and alpine vaUey at 8000 foot elevation surrounded by mountains with timber.

The hunt is not very expensive, not very physicaUy demanding, and almost a sure bet with the big elk herd in New Mexico.

Furthermore, elk meat is deHcious. If any classmates are interested in next year they should contact me." In the photo below you wiU see the fortunate Len Wass on the right, and the unfortunate eUc on the left, neither with •visible horns in this picture.. •

AprU. Some planning is going on now to possibly have another "Ethics Day" with functions/meetings around the yard and possibly a 19 AprU Goff event. Look for the detaUs and mark your calendar.

Second, remember to update your 64 classmate contact information on the best class website in existence, namely http://^www.usna64.org. Scott BushneU continues to support and improve this already magruficent product so you wiU also find new feamres and information by regular checks of the site.

Please keep the input coming so we can make this a column everybody can enjoy reading. It would be interesting to include in one of these articles how our classmates or famUies were affected by or responded to the Asian Tsunami. Thanks in advance for anything you have on that subject.

As we close this issue, we ask as always for your support and prayers for our servicemen in harms way. Take Care, classmates. Jim Shanahan.

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"Len Wass and the unfortunate Elk"

Some GREAT NEWS! Many of you knew that Waddy Garrett, whUe organizing a superlative 64 reunion, was also battling a cancer. Bemie Maguire reports a reaUy fine recent result for Waddy and his famUy and the rest of us.

On December 13, Waddy and Connie Garrett went to New York for a second round of testing including PET and CT scans.They found no trace of cancer anywhere, making for a much happier Garrett Christmas with their submariner son, Lt Parker Garrett, on the West Coast.

AU indications are the tumor is gone and Waddy wiU not require surgery.

Looking at class news that you may have seen from Grant Fulkerson's consistendy fine e-maU newsletters, two items bear repeating here. First, the annual USNA Class of 64 Ethics dinner at USNA is being arranged for Monday 18

Have a ton of input and a huge amount of news from last month that didn't make the word count cut at Shipmate. This column •wUl only display about 15% of the news input over the last 2 months.

Please go to the Class Website (Hnk is in the column header) for the rest of the news. Hope you're aU enjoying your early '05. Onward.

Pete Gness checked in with some rh important 40 Reunion news (1) There are no more rooms at the Marriott -aU 130 are spoken for. He's located those who have sent deposits late at the O'CaUahan Hotel on West Street. Clem Meehan is the in-charge guy there and we have 50 rooms there at $250 per night. (2) The room rate at the Marriott is $300 a night as Pete previously estimated.

There are 14 waterfront rooms at the Marriott. Some of you have expressed an interest in getting one. WeU, they are $410 per night. Those who want to pay the

extra $330 for three nights and get one please forward a check to Pete, made out to "USNA Class of 65 Alumni "and state that you want to pay extra and get a waterfront room. If there are any waterfronts left, they wUl be drawn for randomly. Pete intends to notify aU •via usna65groups ff you have reservations for the Marriot.The O'CaUahan is an excellent hotel andffthere are any canceUations he'U back-fiU the Marriot on a postmarked first-come basis. Also the total cost, including room, is now estimated at $1500 per couple and refiinds •wUl be made to those in the O'CaUahan. Pete expects to send additional news out soon.

Mike Epprect adds that the Reunion committee is putting together a book for attendees that includes aU ofWaxer's cartoons and a number of articles written by classmates, generaUy in the AnnapoHs area, comparing a number of aspects of Academy activities today •with 40 years ago •when we were there. They also plan to have a Last CaU section.

Bob Wahlfield is currendy H^ving in Singapore where he is the Sales ManagerAsia Pacific for CaterpUlar Global Petroleum.You can find his contact info on BuU's on-Hne Directory.

There's a Hst on our class website of the guys signed up so far for the 40 and rooms in the Marriott. Check it out.

Lee Rathburn passed on another couple of entties in the amazing sailing saga of Bob and Nancy Bush. One report (late Sep 04) had Bob in the South Pacific, specfficaUy, Port VUa,Vanuam, the foUowing (22 Oct) had them enroute AustraHa. See the Class Website for detaUs. Gary "Zoo" Rezeau reported on a nice mid-NovemberVUlages, FL '65er luncheon — fourth in the series so far.

Those attending are shown in the photo below.The names starting on the left and proceeding clockwise around the table are: Fred MarHn,Jim Roorbach, Lee Rathbun, Steve McDonald, BUI Robertson, Gary Rezeau, John Babka, Gene Trimpert, BUI Farnsworth,Tom Barry, and Ken Castelano. George "Spider"Webb had to miss it, staying home •with some bug.

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IGi CLASS NEWS yours truly apparendy reaUy enjoying New Years Eve - I don't remember.

Some classmates were wondering what Don Pilling is up to after he retired as a four-star. For that, please go to http://www.lmi.org and see who the CEO is (Hnk courtesy of Murph).

Tom and EUeen Gatiiffe dropped by for a visit when Barbara and CM Wood were in Colorado.in December . Here's a photo of them.

Pete Lumianski reported on the Phoenix Army-Navy Game festi^vities. As you may recaU he was attempting to deck himseff out for the game as a mid. He did succeed in squeezing into some old whiteworks, but, in Pete's words, "I dutifuUy tried them on ahead of time in anticipation of accenting my outfit •with a nice Christmas-time neckerchief, tied in a regulation USNA square knot. Eighth Company style. Unfortunately, during the process of trying on whiteworks, I almost asphyxiated myseff, and then once actuaUy in them, it was necessary to use my old Na^vy OBA for thirty minutes before ha^ving the whiteworks removed by two ttained and beefy professionals." So, for the game, he had to go to his backup FuU Dress Blue Cup Top outfit for the actual event. Fun event — some of the attendees, including Pete in front and Pete and Pat Reiniger in the back row are in the photo below.

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Doug Metzger, in mid-Dec, reported that he was diagnosed in 2001 •with a rare form of thyroid cancer. But after a couple of surgeries and foUowing a ton of prayer, accompanied by 35 radiation treatments to the neck, he's remained cancer-free. AU of this resulted in a ministry change for Doug in Houston where he serves at the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. He's now the Director of Prayer and the board's fibrst ever Chaplain to their staff. He travels quite extensively in his ministry and gets to see a classmate or two from time to time.This past year he especiaUy enjoyed getting together with Bob Frederick in Cleveland, Frank Corah in San Diego and some of the guys in Adanta."

Doyle and Joan Borchers were the prime movers in organizing and getting seats together for about 38 '65ers, friends and famUy that came out to the Emerald Bowl game in San Francisco. Some more rendezvoused after the game. Goose GosneU and Brian Lantier hosted a party at the Mark Hopkins post game. Doyle is officiaUy retired again for the last time and he and Joan are going to Hong Kong this summer to •visit Doyle's daughter, Wendy, and their newest granddaughter.

About the Emerald Bowl, Murph added, "T'was a great game, played in lousy weather Kudos should go to our West Coast Classmates for their hospitaHty and Doyle Borcher's cunningly getting most of us clubs seats under the overhang and out of the continual rain."

A smaU Hawau contingent also assembled at Judy and my new digs inWaikiki for both the Emerald Bowl and New Years Eve. Frog and Sam Kristensen and Johnny and Carolyn Johnson are now sharing time between Hawau and their homes in the DC area and Adanta, respectively. Paul and GG MarshaU also tagged along on their HoHday stay out here in Paradise.

Here's a photo of Frog, Johnny, Paul and

Denny Neutze •wrote a nice Christmas greeting to the class and noted that it was this time a year ago (25 Dec 03) that we lost our beloved classmate Jeff Lewis. We should aU pause, think ofJeff and his good work over many years that was a key factor in aUowing our class to remain close. Doc's initiative five or six years ago to put together this e-maU group enables many of us to stay in touch, but it was Jeff's many years of meticidous attention to detaU in compiling an up-to-date directory that laid the foundation for Doc's and BuU's subsequent efforts. AU of us owe Jeff a debt of gratitude for his tireless efforts. Here here.

Dick Selman wrote in late December that it had been awhUe since he's •written but he and Jean did have a chance to •visit good ole USNA in November for the first time in 39 years. With their youngest just entering coUege and the rest spread aU over firom AustraHa to Iraq, Jean and Dick have given in to pursuing their hobbies of commercial dressmaking for her and converting high-'wing twins tofl^yingboats for Dick —just what some coastal communities need during these tsunami times Jim Minderlein •visited Memorial HaU recendy and with the 40th coming up thought we aU might want to know who is Hsted on the plaque there firom our class.

The plaques •with class crests at the top have recendy been added to the wings in Mem HaU - where the ffirnimre used to be. Not Hsting the names here, but you can find them in the Mar 05 Shipmate article in our Class Class website.

Go to our website for some words from Pete Gness on our class Gift Project.

Too much news for this 2000 word Hmit. Lots more in website. If you've sent me good stuff and haven't seen it here, it may find its •way into later Shipmates when space permits. Aloha, Dave

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Spring is near as you read this. As I write this in early January, winter has finaUy come to AnnapoHs. I have much to cover, so let's begin. I'U start with some address changes. Jack Drake moved to AnnapoHs in January. His new address is 2004 Peggy Stewart Way, Unit 210, AnnapoHs, MD 2140I.JimTurse has retired and moved back to Hawau. His new address is 46-369 HaUcu Road, E-3, Kaneohe, HI 96744.

FinaUy, Harry Maixner moved to CaHfornia in December and now Hves at 31 Cedar Lane, Santa Barbara, CA 93108.

Scott Redd provided a pictare of his famUy and a letter to update aU on Donna and his happenings. With Scott's new job as Executive Director of a year-long committee, officiaUy tided the Commission on InteUigence CapabUities of the United States Relating to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), came the need to move from Adanta to the Washington metro area. In December they celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary, which •was commemorated by a 10-day trip to Aruba.Theff new address is 2201 Wilson Boulevard, Apartment 1019,ArHngton,VA 22201.

of his hand, and most of the people in local government and on the Naval Base we had to interact with. Ruth was offisland in Hawaii, so she was spared our sappy reminiscing. We spent a few nights at the new Dodge residence on the roof deck with cocktaUs in hand admiring the magnificent •view. Mike was able to get us permission to take the picmre in front of the COMNAVMAR HQ.The other picmre shows us at the old Guam Naval FacUity (de-activated SOSUS site), which is now a U.S. Fish andWUdlffe museum.

Note the Class of 1966 hats. Bottom Hne: Mike was the ultimate host and the experiment would never have succeeded •without his help. 1 wUl see Ruth and MUce this summer when I return to Guam for Phase II of the experiment.

MIKE AND CLAY AT THE OLD HQ

MIKE AND CLAY AT THE OLD NAVFAC

Curt Johnson forwarded an emaU from Denny Vaughn ('63), who reported the death of Marc Mandich, son of Bette and Joe Mandich: THE REDDS AND FAMILY

Clay Spikes reports that he was on Guam back in December for an underwater acoustic research experiment and caUed on Mike Dodge to assist him. Mike and his wffe, Ruth, are Guamanians and MUce retffed from the N5 job on Commander Naval Forces Marianas (COMNAVMAR) staff in September 2003, so he knows the island Hke the back

• From: Vaughangd@aol.com; To: johnson@premierl.net; Sent: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 21:27:19 EST; Subject: Fwd: Marc Update Curt, It is with great sadness that I am emaiHng you about the death ofJoe and Bette Mandich's only son. Marc. Marc's nearly two year heroic struggle with cancer is discussed below in an emaU from Monya, one of Marc's two adoring sisters.

Marc is survived by his wonderfiil wffe Carrie and their beautiflU 4 year old daughter, Mia. Marc wanted to Hve so that he could spend this last Christmas with her. He died on the morning of

the 26th. • The Mandich famUy message foUows.

• In a message dated 12/27/04 11:01:52 AM Pacffic Standard Time, monyam@ expedia.com writes: Friends and famUy....By the time you read this, many of you affeady know the devastating news that I have to share with you.Yesterday morning, our beloved son, brother, husband and father. Marc, passed away. WhUe one would assume that we have had 21 months to prepare ourselves for this excruciatingly painful loss, it is not the case. That is because we never gave up on Marc and his batde; which is why we beHeve he had those 21 extra months after being told that it was impossible he would survive even weeks after his diagnosis.

As I mentioned in my last emaU, Marc was admitted to the hospital on December 7th, when several of the lesions on his brain had bled. He remained admitted to the hospital since that date.

His organs remained sttong throughout his stay and amazed the doctors, but he never fuUy recovered from the bleeds and remained paralyzed on his left side from that date onward. We were •with him daUy, he was never alone for even one second....despite many times perhaps wanting to be! Marc was surrounded by people that loved him every day. The care that Marc received at Virginia Mason during this time was so phenomenal, caring and extraordinary, that words reaUy don't do it justice.The staff was surprised that Marc actuaUy was able to remain •with us so long after the bleeds, but of course we were not....he does things on his own timeHne. Marc would want to make sure that his batde with this insidious disease did not define him...he was so much more and had a Hfe ftdl of many people, hobbies and interests that he wants people to remember him by. But the courage, strength and humor he showed during his battie impacted more people than we 'wUl probably ever know and was reflective of the amazing man that we aU know him to be.

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AdditionaUy, we could not have remained strong and hopefiU for Marc ff it wasn't for aU of you.Your support, time, ears to Hsten, shoulders to cry on and the tons of food to force us to eat gave us the abUity to be the support that Marc deserved and help him to scrape out every minute of Hving that he had.

Our tears and sorrow are for us as we •wiU miss Marc more than words can describe. But we remain faithfid and confident that he is in a better place now and his long-term physical, mental and emotional suffering are at an end.

We are stiU ironing out aU the detaUs, but it appears that the services for Marc •wUl be on Wednesday. I wUl send out an emaU shordy when I have more detaUs, but we in^vite you aU to come celebrate Marc's Hfe with us. —The Mandich

FamUy • I know you join with me in expressing heartfelt prayers and condolences to Bette and Joe. Their address is 20209 Richmond Beach Drive NW, Seatde,WA 98177.

Ned Sarno sent the foUowing photo of him and several Classmates who attended the President's Club gathering last FaU. Picmred standing are Art Bryant, Chuck Tebrich, Superintendent Rod Rempt, Dan McGoldrick, Joe Hasson.Jim Maniscalco; kneehng - John Scudi, Tommy Payne, and Ned Sarno. My thanks to Ned. What a great looking group.

PRESIDENT'S CLUB GATHERING

Art Bryant was recendy recognized for his contributions to the Alurrmi Association. He received a certificate of commendation from the alumni Association which reads in part, "This certfficate is given in recognition of your outstanding contributions to and leadership of the Detroit Chapter. You have distinguished yourseff with over 30 years of service and devotion to our Alumni Association, both locaUy and nationaUy."

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Congratulations to Art and thanks from the Class for aU your efforts.

Carl McCuUough sent the foUowing emaU concerning our outstanding accompHshments at the Emerald Bowl in beating a favored New Mexico team 34 to 19.

• Mike.... You're sure to hear from others, but here's a quick recap. Great game, great experience! Rod had them (and us) fired up •with a spirit I haven't seen in Midshipmen since the faU of'63. 66ers I saw, in addition to the Supe: John PosoH, John Scudi, Pat Dennis, Pat CaUahan, Doug Law, Pete Leniart, Ron Buschbom, Ron Hartnett, Doug Law, Frank Day, Jim Clark, Sam Marrone, Curt Johnson, Mike Whittemore and George Conn. Spotted Andy Sosnicky from a distance and had a report that Jim KeUy was there. (Most were accompanied by theff wonderful •wives or significant others.) Probably missed someone, and I'm sure there were others I didn't see, but we had a baU! • John PosoU pro"vided a simUar Hst. Sounds Hke it was a great time. Pat and I were •winging our way back from Christmas vacation, visiting our son and famUy in Colorado, but I did see the score during last two minutes as we were leaving the affport. My thanks to Carl and John for theff news.

BiU Caiazza and Bubba Phillips have been instrumental in setting up taUgates for aU the Navy home games. As soon as I get the taUgate site information from BUI for next year I •wUl pass it on. If you aren't on their emaU Hst and want to get on send BUI (roccocaiazza@ verizon.net) or Bubba (Bubbausna@ riva.net) a note. In addition, check the Class web site for notices before you plan to •visit.

And that's aU the news for this issue.

C'mon Spring!. Until AprU—AU the best—Mike!!!

WofbaJlotfmusTbe I mailed back to the DON'T Alumni Association FORGET TO VOTE by 15 April 2005

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Again, I start •with sad news.This from Norb Ryan, President of the MiHtary Officers Association ofAmerica (MMOA): • It is my sad duty to inform you that our much adrmred and loved friend and feUow MMOA staff member Jeff Peck passed away early this morning (7 Jan 2005). Jeff fought a vaHant batde and demonstrated courage and determination throughout his struggle. When I think of Jeff's remarkable career of service in our Navy and here at MOAA and his personal example I am reminded of a quote from President Lincoln: "There is nothing stronger than gentieness." Jeff was a true patriot, superb leader and great friend to aU who knew him. He wdl be sorely missed but never forgotten. We •wiU keep you informed of fiitore plans for a service and interment once the famUy has time to decide these things. For now let us keep Jeff's remarkable •wffe Trish and extended famUy in our thoughts and prayers. • There was a •visitation and celebration of Jeff's Hfe on 16 January 2005 in FaUs Church,VA. Several Classmates were in attendance: Norb Ryan, Mike KeUey, Dave Santoro, Lori and D o n Hefldn, Daisy and Ed Finney, and Dave, Dick and I and our •wives. I beHeve there may have been others, but I missed them. A Mass of Christian Burial •wdl be offered 10 March 2005 at 10:45 a.m. at the Fort Myers Post Chapel (•with friends and famUy assembhng at 10:30 a.m. at the Chapel), foUowed by interment at ArHngton National Cemetery •wiU FuU MiHtary Honors. In Heu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network at uww.pancan.org/Donate.Tnsh. Peck's address is 8421 ToU House Road, Annandale,VA 22003-4542.

Moving to happier subjects, I heard from John MiUen. He said that at the invitation of Frank Embree, the midshipmen mess officer when we were at USNA, he watched the Army-Navy game

with a good-sized and somewhat partisan crowd at the Kaneohe Bay Officers' Club.

"The attire alone •was worth the price of admission! Most of the Army contingent was gone before the game was over," said John.

Peggy and Dave Scott sent an example of that line in the seldom sung last verse of Navy Blue and Gold: "But stiU when two or three shaU meet..."You'U recaU that he and Peggy have been cruising on S/V Destiny for over 4 years now.

They move up and down the east coast with the seasons. By the first week in December, they were off the Miami, FL sea buoy.

• The anchor was down and set at 0830, but there was no time to lose. Sergei Kowalchik is the secretary of the Miami Alumni Chapter, and we wanted to make contact to see what was happening for Army-Navy. We hooked up. Sergei picked us up at 1330, and we arrived at HooHgan's Bar in Coral Gables in plenty of time for some snacks and a cold one and more importandy, the kickoff!

It was a combined Army-Na^vy Alumni Chapter gathering with aU the cheers, aU the songs, aU the spff it you could hope for. Sure was nice to have a Navy win and another Commander-inChiers Trophy, but most of aU it was so fantastic to have the camaraderie of aU the alumni present. It was truly great fun and a proud moment.

DESTINY stayed in the Miami area for another week enjoying the sights and tastes of South Beach, downtown Miami, and Coconut Grove. We also had some very special time with Sergei and MarshaU on Key Biscayne. Sergei took us to the Hghted boat parade in No Name Harbor one evening, after which we adjourned to Sergei and MarshaU's top floor, gorgeous condo for some exceUent single malt, wonderful Cuban food, and a vintner's special red.We learned about Sergei's martini glass coUection and MarshaU's rain check, or should that be rein check? We tried, in a smaU way, to thank them for theff hospitaHty with a scrumptious dinner atVito's preceded by hors d'oeuvres at Maison de Kowalchik. MarshaU sets a beautifiU table. • I'U not have room for aU his pictures, but in addition to being a great victory over Army, it sounds like a great Blue and

Gold moment. SOPA was Maney Pine '50; junior alumnus was John Alex '96, in his final semester at University of Miami medical school to become a Na^vy doctor. There were several West Point Alumni there, too, but they didn't have as good a time.

Bob Getzunyer (guest and uncle of a Midi, Maney Pine '50, Sergei, Tom Verrengia '69

We Did It!! (Sergei, John Alex '96)

This from CharHe de Gruy:

• I am on the Board of Dffectors of the TaUhook Association. Our annual September reunions are getting bigger each year and our speakers are top notch.

Two years ago, the CNO, Admiral Vern Clark, was the guest speaker. Last year it was, CMC, General Mike Hagee '68.

This past September we got our own Tony Principi to speak. We took the opportanity to get a group photo of the classmates there. The group shot includes, from left to right. Curt Dose', Pete Burggren, Wayne Wilson, Tony, me, and Joe Daughtry. •

Dave Church received a mis-addressed e-maU from Al Wynn, but it worked to my advantage since Al then provided a quick update: • Ann and I are headed to Austin tomorrow morning (24 December) to escape the snow in Colorado and to house hunt.

My company is promoting me early next year to Senior VP and moving me to Texas to try and expand our business in the Lone Star state. We had been planning on retff ing in the Texas HUl Country in another 4-5 years anyway. So, this is a great opportunity for us to find that Httle ranch in the hUls earHer than planned.

Sorry we wUl miss the game In San Francisco. • And that's a good lead-in. The year 2004 was a great time to be a Navy alumnus. I can't even imagine what it must be Hke to be a Mid right now. Navy produced a MarshaU scholar, 3 RJiodes Scholars, lacrosse and crew teams near the top in the nation. And footbaU! The 10-2 record was the best since 1905, even better than we experienced as Plebes. The team won the Commander-in-Chiefi trophy (again), was Emerald Bowl champion, ranked 24'' in the nation and number two in the east. Take a trip to the Alumni Association web site (www.usna.com) and cHck on "2004 What a Year" for a more detaUed look.

Now, in closing.. .let the record show that I have not complained even once about not ha^ving received ANY reports or ANY photos from the Emerald Bowl festivities on 30 December 2004 wherein Navy demoHshed New Mexico (also the date, incidentaUy, that Lori and Don Hefkin were married...didn't know that, did you?). Nor have I complained about not having received ANY reports or ANY photos from what I hear was an absolutely superb dinner for '67arranged in San Francisco by Paul Tuttle and Rock Harmon. Nope.. .haven't whined even once.

That's it...Goodnight!

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From the West Coast Jim Kern (jim.kern@juno.com) kindly began the new year by pro^viding a rundown from Terry AUen (terryaUen2@cox.net) on a mini-reunion of the 29*-" Company that he attended at the time of Navy's inspffed •win in the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco at the end of December. Jim attended as an "adopted interloper" from the 16'-'^ Company.

Terry reported three other classmates from the 29th were on scene, including Jim Studders, Kevin LaGraff, and Al Lopez. Here is •what Terry had to say: • "It was ready good to see Studs after more than 35 years. He hasn't changed much and has the same great sense of humor. Now that he has retffed, he apparendy has more time for a social Hfe. In fact, he is engaged to be married—^but I forgot to ask him when. Ke^vin and his wffe, Susan, put aU theff experience as social hosts on cruise Hners to good work in entertaining us on his boat. He docked right next to the Giant's stadium in San Francisco. Ke^vin and Susan are lea^ving soon for another cruise. Ke^vin can never retffe, because he's never worked (not ready)! Lopes and I get to see each other at famUy events, but it is always good to see him. He is stUl working for PG&E and keeping the power Hnes up. I hadn't seen Jim Kern either since Boat School, and it turns out we are neighbors, almost. He Hves in Ne^wport Beach and works for himseff as a real estate broker. Oh yeah— Na^vy won, so it was a good day!" •

Emerald Bowl '68 Reunion, from left: Al Lopez, Jim Studders, Jim Kern, Terry Allen, and Kevin LaGraff.

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Jim also reported that he has kept in close touch with Hank Schmidt who moved from Palm Beach to Irvine, Calff., a year ago. He noted that John Mcintosh, who is StUl Hving in New Orleans, recendy passed on an e-maU he had received from Rich Redd '69 (RPRed0505@aol.com) about his batde •with cancer. It is a tough fight. Rich was losing about a pound a day during the time of an aggressive three-week radiation tteatment late in the year. He •wUl learn the results in AprU when he remrns for a foUow-on evaluation. Remember Richard in your prayers, drop him a note to bolster his spirits, and remind him we are puUing for him.

For those who foUow '66, Jim said that John Naye (Jim's best man at his wedding in 1971) is Hving in Mercer Island,Wash., and spentThanksgi^ving •with the Kerns with his son, Lt. J.G. Kyle Naye.Jim andTrudi also spent a few days in Charleston, S.C., last May with Bobby Charles '66 and his wffe, Karen, whUe back playing goff and attending a wedding in the area. Jim said that Bobby had some medical problems in ffight school in 1966 and 1967, so he and Karen were stiU in the ffight-ttaining system when Jim arrived in Pensacola in July 1968. "They provided the 'port' aU the '68 jet ffight school boys landed in on many of those stormy Friday and Saturday nights in Meridian, Pensacola, and Bee^viUe/KingsviUe,"Jim •wrote.

Continuing, Jim reported: • "Trudi and I just celebrated 33 years of marital bHss and are H^ving in Corona del Mar, Calff. (home since 1974 when I exited Uncle Sam's Navy). Three kids wdl be raised once babyfinishesone more year at USC. After getting a law degree in 1978,1 have been working in commercial real estate, initiaUy as a developer and now as an independent broker assisting a couple of national companies with their office requirements across the country. Trudi and 1 hooked up with Kevin LaGraff and his •wffe, Susan, in San Francisco for the Emerald Bowl and were joined by three other 29*-" Company-ites for the festivities. Al Lopez who is working for PG&E in Santa Rosa, CaHf, Terry AUen who is an attorney Hving in San Clemente, CaHf, and Dr. Jim Smdders, a semi-retired sawbones in Newport, R.I. Everyone got together on Kevin's boat

(and home for many years), the M/V Mana, which he moved from its permanent berth in SausaHto, CaHf., to the marina behind SBC Park for the footbaU game. We enjoyed some pre-game and post-game Hbation on the Mana, took in the resounding Na'vy •win, and otherwise had a great time catching up on old

times." • I was reHeved when Jim sent me his note in January, because submissions for the class column feU off dramaticaUy over the year-end hoHday season. I hope you're aU now emerging from winter's hibernation and •wUl get your keyboards humming to provide some fresh material!

WhUe recounting several individuals' recent athletic accomplishments in recent columns, I neglected to mention Becky Lear's impressive sho^wing in the WUHe McCool Memorial Three MUe Run with the Old Goats in AnnapoHs last August.

Becky fiinished first in the 1960's decade •with a great time of 25:40.Way to go, Becky, and sorry for my oversight!

I was recendy contacted by an individual researching a chUdren's book about Marine Corps reconnaissance units during the Vietnam War who asked for anecdotes relating to Lt. Gen. Chip Gregson. I cleared the request •with Chip.

He admitted to being a bit puzzled about how one could treat this subject in a way suitable for 12-year olds, but he has worked with the author over the past year.

Chip also steered the author to Jack HoUy, who also served as a recon Marine in Viemam.

In other respects. Chip said, • "My personal update is that Cindy and I left Okinawa, Japan, in 2003 after three great years, one in command of the 3rd Marine Division and two in command of III MEE Gained command of Marine Forces Pacffic and Marine Forces Centtal Command m 2003 here in Hawau. Have had a significant travel schedule since then with force sustainment responsibUities in two very large theaters, one most certainly at war and the other always threatening to be. Cindy says Hawau is a great place, and that I'd understand that if I was here more!"^ With his responsibiHty for Marine Corps forces assigned to the largest geographical

area in the world as part of the U.S. Pacific Command, it is not surprising that Chip spends a considerable amount of time each year visiting nations in the region as weU as his Marine units. In addition to support for combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, Chip's Marines also responded quickly in late December to participate in humanitarian-reHef operations foUowing the devastating tsimami.

During a visit last August Lt Gen. Chip Gregson inspects improvised explosive devices recovered by the Sri Lankan Army during fighting with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. USMC Photo by PFC Rich Mattingly.

Rear Adm. Jay Cohen, Chief of Naval Research, visited U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D C . early this year to meet with Adm. Tom Collins, the Commandant, to discuss researchand-development initiatives of mumal interest. It is not generaUy known that Jay embarked on the cutter USCGC Eagle in ffie summer of 1965 for an exchange cruise under saU at the end of our Plebe year. Joining him on board from the Coast Guard Academy was then-Cadet Collins, and the two have been friends ever since.

Jay also stopped by to meet •with my boss. Rear Adm. Pat StiUman, the program executive officer for the Coast Guard's Deepwater recapitalization project. I serve as his senior technical writer at Coast Guard HQ in my "day" job as a technical director for the Anteon Corporation's Center for Security Strategies and Operations. In my "night" job, I have served as the North America editor for Naval Forces magazine for the past year.

Those of you who have any association with the Coast Guard day to day know how critical it is for the Coast Guard to replace its aging and obsolete inventory of cutters and aircraft with modern, more capable platforms and C4ISR systems needed so desperately for homeland security and defense missions.

I'm gratified to have the chance to serve as an advocate for this long-overdue recapitalization.

Jay, of course, has broken new ground in ONR's programs for R&D, basic science and technology (S&T), and naval appHcations aimed at providing the Navy and Marine Corps with technological dominance. Since assuming command in 2000, Jay has ramped down S&T spending to invest more in advancedtechnology demonstration projects placing greater emphasis on 12 foture naval capabdities (FNCs).These FNCs concentrate S&T resources on nearer-term efforts that address warfighting requirements. Jay and his team also have pushed development programs to deHver needed products to the batdefield in Iraq and Afghanistan in months during the Global War on Terrorism.

Many of ONR's current projects have direct relevance to the Coast Guard, including the development of the 1,100ton "X-Craft." Jay wUl preside at the launch of this craft early this year. It wiU serve as a risk-reduction craft for the Na^vy's Littoral Combat Ship.

Many have foUowed the efforts exerted by several in our class to have Spence Dry accorded rightfid recogiution for his loss during whUe leading a SEAL POW rescue operation during the war in Viemam. Late last year I received a welcomed letter from the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation corffirming that Spence's name •wUl be added to the Hst of Naval Academy alumni inscribed on the Academy's Viemam Memorial. This caps a long effort by famUy and friends going back many years.

The letter from Robert Hofford responded to my letter to the Foundation in 2002 in which I forwarded new information to the Academy with a request that Spence's name be included on the display in Memorial HaU Hsting Academy alumni kUled in action. That action was not taken because the Memorial HaU Committee reHes upon the Navy's classffication of death, and Spence's loss was determined by the Department of the Navy not to have resulted from dffect contact with the enemy.

However, Spence's name was included in the new memorial for those in our class who died in the operational Hne of

duty. Their names are now inscribed on beautiful tablets mounted on the waUs of the alcoves adjoining Memorial HaU. If you have not •visited the Academy recendy, I encourage you to take the time to •visit Memorial HaU on your next remrn to Annapolis. Bob said: "We wUl also recognize LT Dry as a Vietnam Operational Loss, and the Vietnam Memorial is now in the renovation process and wdl have the new Hsting posted in early March." I have been delayed by a number of other •writing assignments, but I •wdl push through •with MUce Slattery early this year tofinishour joint article describing Spence's career and the events that claimed his lffe whUe operating off the coast of North Vietnam from the submarine USS Grayback during a POW rescue mission.

That's a •wrap for this column. 1 would gready appreciate getting more inputs during the months ahead. To quote the plant in Little Shop of Horrors,"Feed me, I'm hungry!"

AU the best, Gordo y j

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Greetings aU, the reunion is coming at us Hke a freight train and I've got news to share. But fffst a few words from our classmates...

Carl Wick •writes that as of 15 July he became the 63rd Chaff man of the Weapons and Systems Engineering Department at USNA. Who would have ever dared to think such a thing was possible?? He started teaching there almost immediately after retff ing in 1990 as an AEDO. Firushed his doctorate in 1993 (Computer Science) from George Washington Umversity and has since clawed his way through the academic

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CLASS NEWS ranks tofiiUProfessor (2002) - with tenure. Any classmate who would Hke to visit is welcome at any time. The Department is now located in a newly renovated Maury HaU - quite a contrast to the classrooms that the Weapons Department occupied when we were here. There are the traditional Weapons classes that many of you would recognize, as weU as a Systems Engineering major that speciaHzes in control system engineering. The major is the largest engineering major at the Academy, typicaUy dra^wing more than 100 smdents/year.

Bob Berger •wrote when he was responding to the poUs we put out on memorabUia. Things in St. Louis are going weU. Chuck Stout and he are there, and we also have Ron HiU, Mike Dunham, and Terry Councilor in town.AU are doing just fine.

Paul Hurd ran into a few class of 70 folks at the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco. He •writes: • "...Great game!!...rained cats and dogs!!

Here is a photo ofJack (Joe Fish) Pohl, BUI Bozin, and me (Paul Hurd) sipping Irish Coffees at the famous "Buena Vista" in San Fran. (We did aU the touristy things...dinner at Fisherman's Wharf, a late night drive down Lombard Stteet with 9 in the car..plus a joke or two may have been told!) Jack "Joe Fish" Pohl works for a defense conttactor, L-3 Com, out of Waco,Texas, BUI "Boze" Bozin just left USAff asVP-Safety to assume the Director of Safety duties for AffBus Industties in Washington, DC, and I (Paul Hurd) am a 747-400 Captain for Northwest, based in Detroit but H^ving in Seatde. •

Jack Pohl Bill Bozin and Paul Hurd

On the weekend of 1-4 September 2005 we wUl celebrate our 35' reunion. You either have affeady gotten, or wUl soon be

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getting an emaU or letter with information on the registration. Don't delay responding.

We wiU again use Loe^w's AnnapoHs as our reunion headquarters. Navy •wUl have a home footbaU game (kind of ..it •wdl be played at M&T Bank (Raven's) Stadium in Baltimore) and there is Htde chance of snow, 50 knot •winds, or a boatshow (as with past reunions.) - BUT, it is the first time Na^vy has played Maryland since Roger Staubach was a Mid, so it •wdl stiU be crowded! The schedule •wdl go something Hke this: Thursday afternoon: registtation & check-in; evening: reception/cocktads at the Robert Crown Sailing Center. Friday morning: registtation continues; class goff tourney at the USNA Goff Course; afternoon: the Baffour Ring Representatives •wUl be at Loew's, we're working on a Yard Tour starting from the museum, and ff a parade is scheduled we'U attend that; Friday evening there •wUl be the class dinner/dance/banquet at the newly remodeled N-MC Stadium Banquet Room. On Samrday we're looking at some sort of lOK Run/Fun Run, a class meeting, and taUgate and bus ttansportation to the game in Baltimore. Sunday wUl be a class memorial service and brunch. So you need to (1) register •with the class, (2) caU Loew's, (3) get your airHne reservations, and(4) send for your tickets from NAAA. We need your registtation by the 1^'' of AprU!! so that we can order the proper numbers of class memorabiHa and set the numbers for busses, dinners, taUgates, etc. The cost per person wUl be $195. FinaUy, we are looking for LOST SHEEP. If you know someone who is not a member of the Alumni Association, or who doesn't get our class emaUs. Please either get him to register •with the association or contact us so we can get them the news. They don't have to join the Association (although that would be nice) but if they update theff address, then they wUl at least get the gouge. (PS. they can teU the Association that they don't want to be soHcited if that's the problem.) Now get crackin' and let's be careful out there!

Ring-A-Ding-Ding!

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The dark ages are ending at USNA; however, as I prepare this column, much of the nation is under the grip of bitter cold and "the dark ages." It's a great time to complete aU the indoor work prior to the warmth of spring. Our feUow alumni are part of bringing a hopefid election to the Iraqi people. HopefuUy, theff efforts •wUl contribute to a peaceful Middle East.

Let's pray for the success of this mission.

My first note is from Jeff Steelman. Not so much a note as several photos from Homecoming '04.

Due to a space limitation, not aU the photos are below and the remainder are posted on our 77's Homecoming Chef website as part of Foster this column. Many thanks to Mary Steelman for the photos!

Steve Bruce

Our former secretary, Brian Horias, sent these two notes: • "Ann & Tom Jamison and Cathy & Brian Horais managed to successfuUy na^vigate the hazardous •waters of the Chesapeake Bay earHer this summer on their chartered Trawler, the Blarney Goose. A ttue ttibute to the extensive ship handHng and navigation ttaining we aU received at Canoe U, Captain Tom and First Mate Brian were able to depart from Baltimore and journey across the

bay to overiught stays at St. Michaels, MD and Kent Narrows, MD. AU at a bHndingly fast 6 knots!. Having a GPS onboard \vas a nice backup to their chart reading skiUs. The two couples spent four days and three nights on the twin cabin, air conditioned (when plugged in at the pier) 32 foot Blarney Goose trawler, chartered out of Baltimore Harbour. Shown left to right on the stem of the Blarney Goose are Tom and Ann Jamison and Cathy and Brian Horais.

Did I mention that Tom went Marine Corps after graduation? Even Marines are saUors at heart!" •

Just prior to Christmas, I received a note firom Mike Marks which included a recendy penned poem, "The Sands of Christmas." Please take a few minutes to visit our class website to read this weU written poem. Regarding the poem, Mike says, "I freely submit this poem for reprint without reservation—this is an open and gratefiU ttibute to the men and women who serve every day to keep our nation safe." Thanks MUce! What a great footbaU season for Navy!

Clearly, this was one for the record books.

I'm most impressed with the team that concluded the '02 season with an 0 - 10 record then two seasons later has ten wins including a nationaUy televised bowl game. That is nothing short of phenomenal. WeU, a few of our classmates were there to watch Navy roU to •victory.

Here's the first note:

• "Duke,

Brian continues with this note: I "Cathy & Brian Horais had the opportunity to visit with Kristen & Fred Wilson this past faU in Orange,VA. Fred & Kristen are back from theff teaching tours in Afiica and are now residing in Vffginia •with theff two daughters and son. Fred teaches High School in CharlottesviUe,VA. Shown left to right in the picture are Brian & Cathy Horais, Fred & Kristen Wilson. Cathy & Brian were attending a picnic for National Aff & Space Mususm Docents at the house of Fred's father-in-law; Paul Dawson, in Orange,VA (near Culpepper). Brian is a docent at the new Udvar-Hazy Aff & Space Museum located on the southern edge of DuUes Airport in VA. If you are in town and would Hke a guided tour, give Brian a caU. •

Dan Nelson & Mike Marks ran into each other at the Emerald Bowl game in San Francisco. Dan flew in from Vffginia and Mike flew in from Florida.

They did not plan the mini reunion but were glad they got to reminisce. The game was great and the fourth quarter drive that Navy had was awesome. Happy New Year & Beat Army! Mike Marks" • The second note reads: • "Duke, we 7rers found Tim Keating walking our way, and got this photo at the Emerald Bowl. The '71 foUcs are (L to R) ADM Keating, Jon Cichucki,Jack Boniface and Larry Wray. Jim Bloom is just around the corner, but missed the photo, as the 33rd was celebrating the 2419 haUtime lead in section 130. Jack Bonfface" •

Steve Brighton, included Cass Young, Bruce GaUemore, Mike Bilecky, and BiU Butler. Steve is a sales leader with Acxiom where he supports transformational technology. Now this was true Marine Corps leadership at it's finest as Steve, the Marine, was leading four Na^vy saUors.

The ttip served as a reunion of sorts for five of our classmates who Hve in the national capital area. According to the article I received, Steve fondly caUs Susan "the Admiral." Susan enjoyed her time on the open sea but didn't serve as cook and washerwoman for the others. Susan said, "I think I laid down the law on day one; I was not there to cook and clean for these guys. I had to puU watch duty also and worked as hard as they did. The arrangement worked out fine; I've known these guys as long as Steve has."

This sounds Hke an exciting saUing venmre. The team saUed the vessel. Iron Wdl, named for the Brighton's grandson, just ahead of gale force winds in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras. The boat rounded Cape Fear around midnight Oct. 19, and the crew faced •winds of 20-25 knots and 13 to 15 foot seas. After the difficult 37-hour battie •with the sea, the crew of the Iron WUl put into Charleston, S.C. Steve & Susan bought the boat in preparation for retirement March '05.

They plan to spend winters in Ft. Lauderdale and the rest of the year on the East Coast. Let's •wish them weU in their retffement. I think theff plan sounds Hke a lot of fun. The article did not have any quotes from our other classmates; however, I'm sure they aU enjoyed the time at sea.

This is a shorter than usual column; however, there are more photos included.

Please visit the class website to see more photos. Also, when you see a classmate, ask ff they are Lffe Members. If they are not, then do encourage them to become Lffe Members. Also, please continue praying for our class leaders on active duty as weU as other service personnel in harms way.

Duces •virum, Duke

This next note is a tale of five classmates who saUed a 47 foot boat on a thousandmUe, open-sea voyage from AnnapoHs to Ft. Lauderdale. The team, led by Susan &

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CLASS N E W S ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 10% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 4 5 % PRES: CAPT Rick Rubel, USN (Ret.) E: rubel@usna.edu SECY: CDR Rich Robison, USN (Ret.) 12695 Catawba Dr.,Woodbridge,VA 22192 E: Scribe72@comcast.net WEB SITE: www.usna72.com CLASS LISTSERV: TheGouge@usna72.com

'Tho it may be March when you read this,'tis a cold and snowy January day as your scribe composes it. Now, whde those of you who Hve in such •wintry climes as Colorado, Montana and Alaska may think nothing of a few flakes (read: feet) of the white stuff, it never ceases to amaze me how the local populace in the metto DC area reacts to a Htde ice and snow—especiaUy on the road. People (many of whom are seemingly cool heads that rarely get excited about much of anything—^least of aU things they need to get excited about) dash to the windows and immediately start asking: (1) Whether the Government has yet announced its plans to close for the next several days, and (2) Whether it's OK for them to leave "a few minutes early" (Hke—10:30 AM).

This is when aU of my leadership experience comes in handy. You know, Hke, "WeU, I remember back in '89 when we had a real sno^wfaU and it took me three days just to get out of the parking lot..." and other such inspffational and weUmeaning words of wisdom which are intended to convey howtti^viala few flakes of snow are, but result in someone out in the haU (who didn't ready hear what I said) running from office to office saying, "Did you hear that it's going to snow Hke this for THREE DAYS!?!"

Yesterday, for example, we had this Htde snowstorm (the •weatherguessers on TV caUed it a "cHpper" because it makes them sound Hke they know what they're talking about) which dropped a whole inch or two over the span of a couple of hours.

You Montana-ites may scoff.. .but what do you know about Hfe in the Big City?

Within nanoseconds. Route 1 (which runs past our office in Crystal City) was a parking lot with people trying to escape the warmth and safety of their offices to get out to Safeway before aU the TP was gone and get home before the snow stopped. (Go figure.) There were reports of people abandoning theff cars (no kidding) on Shirley Highway, which subsequently became quite an obstacle

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course for the plows and the few remaining miUion or so people who ttied to get home after the "cHpper" blew through that afternoon. Your scribe, who has had hisfiUof the Shffley Highway experience, took the ttain home. 'Nuff said.

This and That Dept. Saul Klein received some rather impressive Hterary kudos firom the San Diego Union Tribune

for his recendy pubHshed book. Real Estate Technology Guide. Listen to this: • "If you are a serious real estate sales agent or brokerage manager, [this] is a "must have" new book. Despite its dull, boring title (Saibe's note: Hey, Saul, what does he know about anything? He Hues in San Diego.), this guidebook is packed with tech tips sawy realty agents need to he competitive in today's Internet real estate world... This is a great real estate technology book on a topic that has received too little coverage to guide realty sales agents to wisely select tools they need to prosper. On my scale of one to 10, this outstanding new book rates a solid 10." M

Way to go, Saul! MeanwhUe, Eric Anderson sent the accompanyffig photo with Jay McMillan (who, rumor has it, is a grandfather four times over and has two kids StiU in school.) Way to go. Jay!

McMillan and Anderson

WeU, dear readers, the maUbag is empty.

Have a great month! More to come.

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Classmates, You read in March what I write in January. Sigh. The digital age ... the On Demand age ... hasn't quite taken root yet. It's Inauguration Day in the nation's capital with aU the speeches, parades, baUs

and protests. Of course, people get aU tied in knots over the protests and the protesters are a bit over the top at times but you have to take your cover off to USA democracy. There are multiple dozens of countties where protesters are carted away, never to be seen again. This reaUy is a great country. Enough commentary.

The first story I have this month comes from Leif Hendrickson. Here's what he has to say: • In keeping with T i m McClay's (a.k.a.

Tadgate One) irmovative leadership for the 2004 FootbaU Season, the Class Marines (lots of class) sponsored the Rutgers tadgate, a Toys 4 Tots drive and pre-game Marine Corps Birthday Celebration for the last home game. The decor, atmosphere and cuisine were superb thanks to the USMC Gals — some things never change — they are truly the best. We were also privdeged to have Marines from Marine Barracks in theff Dress Blues (Corporal Eric Dyrmeson and Private Fffst-Class Anthony Gruetzmacher) to receive the toys brought by classmates to the event and were proud to present them with over 75 toys for chddren in the National Capital Region. Our USMC birthday cake was baked by Deb Cochran, a very talented USMC Gunnery Sergeant and the ceremonial Mamaluke Sword was provided by our very own Ray Boyd.

The Senior Marine for our celebration was the Chief Operating Officer for the Alumni Association, Major General Terry Murray (USNA Class of 1968). Our Junior Marme was, Private First-Class Anthony Gruetzmacher firom the Marine Barracks. And, our Guest of Honor was our classmate and President of the Alumni Association, George Watt (and his bride Peg). Traditional welcoming words to those present, the reading of General Lejeune's Bffthday Message, ceremonial cake cutting and singing of the Marine's Hymn was capped off with a Navy 'win over Rutgers — nice day! The 1973 Marines present were, JJ Dicks, Dutch Schlaich, Rob Bender, Frank Lanzer, Steve "Cookie" Hanson, Tom "Too TaU" White, Jimmy Jones and his bride Nancy, Mark "Redman" Devane and his bride SheUa, BiU Marsh and his bride Carolyn, Rick Johnson and his bride Lynn, Chuck "Chuckles"

Mckeone and his bride Anita, Ray "Raybo" Boyd and his bride Christine, Jere "The Joker" CarroU and his bride Deb, and yours truly with my much better haff Karen. And, partnering in this event with the Marines in ttue "Naval Fashion" was our resident Seabee Gary Chetelat and his bride Darlene. Also present from the Marine Corps was Sergeant Major Scott Frye, Sergeant Major and Senior EnHsted Ad'visor to the Commander U.S. N O R T H C O M and NORAD.^

looking at it. Make your own caU!

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Letterman and the General

Leff, you outdid yourseff. Thanks so much and thanks for what the Marines do each year for needy chddren.

And since he was on aroU,Leff sent me another emad about a 9*^ company get together •watching and celebrating beating Army (again). Advertised as a mini-reuruon, Linda and BiU Comly hosted an event Friday evening in theff lovely home outside of Phdly. Gracious hospitaHty, superb cuisine and a fe^w sea stories were the order of the day. Leff unnecessarUy pointed out some of the sea stories might not have been true.

Saturday they aU met for the game. The group included Linda and BiU Comly, Deb and Randy Blough, Marq and Bryant Orr, Carol and Bob Brathune, Mary and Dave O'Connor, Joanie and Dave Schreder, Karen and Leif Hendrickson, Bev and Steve Ritacco and Kyppee and BiU Evans. It sounds Hke a great get-together and of course the results of the game were as they should be.

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Just received word from Don McAHster, USNA '63 that two '73ers were spotted at the Christmas Party of the Texas Chapter of the Alumni Association on Dec. 28 at Cool River Restaurant in Austin. GaU and Noe Salazar and Helen and Chuck Trahan represented the great Class of 1973 at the hoHday party in the Lone Star State.

Christmas in Texas

1 have lots of Emerald Bowl pictures and stories to report on next time.

Thanks so much to everyone for passing them along and please know I haven't lost them or forgotten about you. For those who have never sent anything in, the time to stand up and be counted is now. We are spread across the country and the world. We are in business, education and everything in between. We are aU interested and interesting. Send in your news.

UntU next time, classmates.

Now Sibi

Sfl^ Company at Army

Just in from the desert. Rich KramUch has pinned on his second star. Congrats, Rich! As you can see from the accompanying photo when you make two stars in the Marine Corps you get to see Dave Letterman in person. I'm told the q-card is for Letterman but Rich is the one

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Ahoy Classmates. Thanks to assistance from our Class President, I have more news that can fit in one month's column!

My thanks to those who conttibuted and your input wiU be pubHshed soon ff you do not see it this month.

As a final wrap up on one great footbaU season, I am sure that you aU watched the victory over New Mexico in the Emerald Bowl!. Mick Halbreiner did the game in style as reported in his emad: " Happy new year to aU. Had a real nice turnout in DC at the Na^vy - New Mexico game. Sandy and John Tromba, Nancy and Morgan Ames, Don Hagerling (stag - Carol was in Adantic City pla^ying Texas hold em !! look for her on TV real soon - then Don can reaUy retffe). Also had Anne and Bob Hogan, Cindy and Bert CaUand, a couple of other Navy supporter friends of mine (Anne and EUen) and a few people from my work. AU in aU a great evening •with an even greater Navy victory. Go Navy, Mick 743462."

One final Bowl Game report came from BiU Lee: • "UnHke last winter, when my (then 15 year-old) son and 1 drove from Virginia to Houston to watch Na^vy play in the EVl.Net bowl game, this •winter we chose to watch Na^vy footbaU games on big screen TV's in local restaurants.

Watching Army-Navy at CoUey Cantina in Norfolk (owned by a 1984 grad) whUe wearing my Na^vy 74 shirt, Hugh Storey inttoduced himseff.

WhUe I've been retired 10-1- years, Hugh more recently retired as a CAPT. John Harrison, BiU Walsh and I aU attended Mass on Christmas Eve at the same church in Vffginia Beach. John is a HS Math teacher, formerly teaching at the same middle school where I did my student teaching 10 years ago. He and Mary have 4 chUdren; I think that aU but the youngest are in, or have affeady finished, coUege. In conttast, BUI Walsh and I stiU have teenagers at home for a

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CLASS N E W S Htde whde longer. I have one son, Ray, in 11th grade, whde BiU Walsh has sons in both 9th and 11th grade. BUI is a retffed captain, and former CO of the Aegis cruiser USS Monterey.

My son and I watched the Emerald Bowl at another restaurant on December 30th with grads from'65,'69,'71 and'83, among other classes, but no other '74 grads. Ray was amazed to hear "fossds" singing Na^vy fight songs that we learned so long ago. After several games, although he doesn't yet know aU the words, he knows that we stand for Navy Blue and Gold, and that the last two words are "BEAT ARMY!" I've recendy heard from 2 classmates in 15th company. Steve Brown is H^ving in SW Missouri, where he grew up before he left for USNA nearly 35 years ago.

He is the plant engineer (HVAC, electtical, plumbing, etc.) for a ffirniture manufacmrer. Charles (C.W.) Chesterman is now retffed from the Na^vy and H^ving in northern Virginia. A veteran of 2 years at the University of CaHfornia (Berkeley) before coming to AnnapoHs, I'm sure that he has mixed feelings about footbaU bowl games this •winter. The BCS system bumped Berkeley firom the Rose Bowl, but at least Navy •won big at the Emerald Bowl, across the bay in San Francisco.

I'm stiU working at a science museum in Hampton.Vffginia, doing science demonstrations and teaching chddren on school field ttips - think of Mr. Wizard or Bdl Nye." • Now for an update on Ted Bregar: • "2004 was a busy year in the Bregar household. I made a job change in May where I assumed responsibdities as Vice President, Product Development at CNH Global (Case and New HoUand Construction Equipment). This is my dream job where I get to manage a $1.0 BUHon multinational business and so far I am enjoying it and haven't managed to get fired. I moved my famUy, Mary Anne my wffe, and DanieUe and Courtney my daughters to Wichita, Kansas from Detroit. We had not been to Wichita prior to the ffist day of work and my famUy and I were very pleasandy surprised at what a nice to-wn it is. Of course I stUl can't resist caUing our

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youngest Daughter "Dorothy" and our Htde mutt dog"Todo."

Our oldest daughter DanieUe entered the Univ ofTennessee, KnoxviUe as a freshman in September. She is a sports junkie and could not resist trying something new when she arrived. As a result she is on the ro'wing team and currendy in first boat, novice. I remember that one of my room mates at USNA, Frank Sweigert, was in Crew and what an animal the guy was. WeU DanieUe (Dani) is foUowing the same path and she arrived home at Christmas as an animal. I think she can out bench press me now.

Our youngest daughter Courmey (Dorothy) is a junior in high school and she put on a pretty staunch game face for moving to another state in the middle of her high school years. Mo^ving from Detroit, she gave up Lacrosse as it is not played in Kansas. She lettered in the sport and was the leading scorer. I'm trying to get her to throw the hammer (is thrown in Kansas high schools), but have only succeeded in getting her to commit to ttack and field in the upcoming spring season. Fortunately she is budt more like a long distance runner and not Hke me, so I guess she •wUl be running. Al CanteUo •wUl be proud.

We spent most of the summer having a house budt in Wichita, and moved in over the Christmas hoHdays. We were aU busy unpacking boxes and they were not just the Christmas Present type. It's sttange, we have Hved on both coasts and Kansas is the first place we have Hved on the water ... go figure.The reunion was a great time and I would Hke to thank everyone who helped to make it a success ... It could not have been more perfect.

Thank you. I'U try to do better at writing in ... One submission in 30 years isn't aU that good. Regards,Ted." • Now, a quick update on those stiU in the service of our country. As I write this, our classmate Doug Crowder commands the Abe Lincoln Batde Group and is leading the effort to aid those impacted by the massive Tsunami that devastated so many countties. For CharUe Miletich and wife Karen, there service to our country continues through the work of theff two sons. Matt a Captain at Ft Hood and Brian a new Lieutenant at Ft Benning.

"Charlie and family'

Now, it is with sorrow that I report the death of our classmate WUey Voohries on 5 Jan, 2005. I do not have the detaUs, but I did receive a note from Mo Becker after he returned from the funeral.

• " It is 3am as I have just remrned firom WUey's services and wanted to •write you.

Displayed at his visitation was a bumper sticker that said " Live your Hfe so the priest doesn't have to He at your funeral."

WUey's priest (and good friend). Father John Gremmels, said Wdey had made his job very easy. He certainly did. But a pained Father John had also confided with us, before the funeral mass, that this was N O T going to be a good day for him, either. He, too, was obviously tertibly, terribly shaken by Wdey's early passing. But his sermon and remembrances ofWUey turned out to be a wonderful and joyous ttibute to WUey's Hfe, his famUy and his unique sense of humor.

In addition to being a captain for Delta, WUey had smdied for and obtained a Masters Degree in Theology fiom the University of DaUas and •was a designated deacon, counselor, teacher and communion minister at his church.The attendance at his viewing and fimeral was overwhelming. The obituary appeared Sunday and on that night it was SRO (standing room only) as a soHd Hne of people paid theff respects to WUey and gave comfort to his wife Jennffer, son Ryan (21), daughter HoUy(19) and daughter Casey (17), for nearly three hours.

Roy Ainsworth , classmate firomlSth, flew •with Wdey at Moffett Field and came from Johnson City,Tenn. Roy is a Northwest pUot. Saul Zavala (Lockheed) from DaUas saw it the newspaper. From 18th Co.,Jim Leonard from Connecticut, Paul Houston firom

Denver, Nancy and Dr. Jose Diaz firom El Paso, Bruce Whomsley firom Delaware, Dr. Jon Lund firom AmariUo, Chip Sharratt firom MinneapoHs and I attended. Jim Colli and Barry Boustead were also there. Chip provided needed support for theVoorhies famUy during aU this. Chip has had a very close friendship with Wdey and his famdy since our academy days and has always been rcferted to as "Uncle Chip" by WUey's kids. Delta AirHnes also had about 60 pUots attending and paid the funeral expenses. And WUey also had many, many Naval Aviator friends there firom his years of flying Reserve P-3's and C-9's.

WUey had a brother, Michael, 5 years older fiom Louisiana; an older sister Jeffery, a haffdresser fiom New Orleans, younger brother Gerald, w^hom many of us met, a USN (ret) helo pdot and now GS employee forTSA firom northern Virginia, younger brother James who runs a bed and breakfast fiom Denver, and the youngest sister Margaret (firom Austin) who were aU there. Jermffer's extended famUyfiromSan Jose and Horida were aU there, as weU. After the visitation Sunday rught, WUey and Jen's network of wonderful neighbon provided enough food at the Voorhies' home to feed the entffe Brigade of Midshipmen. There were probably 150 to 200 people there, too. We classmates spent a few quiet moments together in WUey's smdy and reflected on his mementos, and remembered him. The weekend was truly gut-wrenching for us aU. We laughed; we cried. It certainly reaffirmed the soHd bond and love we hold for each other. There •were plenty of flowers fiom those in attendance and from his company mates. In addition, we noticed beautiful arrangements, or plants from Terry and Larry Turner, EUen & Mike Bosse, Greg EUsworth and Dickie Brooks. There were probably many more from you, but I may have missed them because there were so, so many.

Jennffer requested any memorials for WUey be sent to: Right-to-Lffe, c/o St. Elizabeth Ann Seton CathoHc Church, 2016 WUHs Lane, KeUer,TX. 76248.

Thanks. • Again, thanks to you aU, on behaff of WUey's famdy, for aU your kind thoughts.

prayers and for your friendship. Semper fi,Mo"^ In closing, the class wiU be having a special taUgate at the Army lacrosse game, AprU 16 at the Navy Marine Corp Stadium. Game starts at N o o n . Look at it as a mini-reunion! My best to you aU. Roamer sends.

Perkins, Sam Dennis, Marty Mason, and Paul "Beefo" Barreto.

JJ also passed along the news that Gary MiUer ran in the Florida Semor Track and Field Games in Gainesvdle in December. BZ to Gary for •winning the 800-meter race in his age group (which JJ defines as "old farts.") Heinz Lenz would be proud of you!

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Dear 'mates.

Once more let's aU take a moment to celebrate the great year USNA had in 2004—three Rhodes Scholars and a MarshaU Scholar, a great crew season, second in the nation in lacrosse, and a terrffic ten-win footbaU season which culminated in an Emerald Bowl victory and a #24 ranking, plus Coach of the Year for Paul Johnson. (As a Hfe-long footbaU fan, I can not remember a 26-play drive, at any level of play.) Be proud Of our school! The Navy famdy can also brag about the ttemendous response to the Emerald Bowl ticket drive. Despite ttavehng 3,000 mdes to play USNA sold 18,000 tickets. That's more than the other five teams •who have played in the San Francisco/Emerald Bowl combined.

A bunch of our classmates were at the game, and even more donated tickets so midshipmen and saUors could attend.

Jim Tenuto and his brother-in-law pigged out at the Na^vy taUgater, •where he talked to Greer Puckett and Ken Casey. Jim Hked the sportsmanship displayed during the game. He also had a chance meeting with New Mexico Lobo star running back DonTreU Moore the next day. Moore was the runner who was injured early in the game, and was in a wheelchaff at the affport. They had a nice taUc. Jim says he is a gracious young gentleman.

Dana and JJ Cuff and Suzanne and Van Rose, along with Ryan Rose '00 flew to the Left Coast for the game. They ended the New Year weekend in wine country, checking on the status of the grapes and supporting the local economy.

Some of the other 'mates at the Emerald Bowl included Jamie Burd, Scott

Gary Miller turns for home in the FL Senior Games

From the good news to the bad ...

Mike Lingerfelt succumbed to a very aggressive brain mmor on 21 December.

Eight members of 14'' company •were among the many mourners at his funeral. Be sure to read his moving obituary in the Last CaU section. Thanks to Ken Hart, Brian Schires, and Roy Hawkens, aU of whom forwarded the news.

The advenmre continues for Rose and BUI Dixon. After convincing themselves that Wisconsin reaUy is too cold, they relocated to Tulsa. Bdl took a job with MUitary Personnel Resources International and left Rose to deal with movers, insurance, and unpacking whde he deployed to Baghdad. After a short visit back to Oklahoma, Bdl took off for Afghanistan. Whde there, he was offered a new position •with Sttategic Security Solutions International. He is now SSSI's Country Director for Afghanistan. The good news is that Rose wdl be able to join him in Kabul in the spring. Before Christmas, Tony Barbieri and his coUeagues at Raytheon put together some care packages for the Marines in Gardez, Afghanistan. BUI played Santa's helper and made the deHvery to a place he describes as "pretty bleak ... and a long way from home."

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Taking care of their own - Bill Dixon and the Marines in Gardez, Afghanistan

Dr. BiU Luebke is back in the Navy—in a Semor Executive Service position as the Dffector of Machinery Systems at NAVSEASYSCOM. WeU done.Luebs, and thanks to Steve von Christierson and Steve Hubbard for forwarding the announcement.

David Gough reported firom Admiral Kirk Donald's Change of Command when he took over Na^val Reactors in November.

• "Besides the Secretary of the Na^vy, Secretary of Energy, CNO, and more brass than should be aUowed in one place, there were a few 24th companymates in attendance. Kffk did us the honor of wearing his 4 star "old goat" hat along •with the rest of us. In the photo, left to right, are Rick Kammier,Jim MacKenzie, David Gough, Steve Rogness, Paul Harar, and Kffk. My father enjoyed the event and said it was mce to see aU these young men who used to park theff Ulegal cars in his back yard outside the 13 mde radius." •

24^" Company Old Goats Hey, if you've got a 4-star admiral in your class, flaunt it!

Over the past thirty years of Shipmate, our various class scribes have chronicled the Hves of the great Class of'75. As our column slowly migrated from the back of the magazine to the middle, the topic of the month progressed from our weddings to celebrations of getting our vwngs and

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SWO pins (sometimes the other way around), then on to the bffth of our chddren, photos from our changes of command, stories of our kids learning to drive, reports of our retirements and second careers, then to our chUdren entering USNA and other coUeges. Now it seems Hke the popular theme in our Hves is the upcoming weddings of our offipring. Dave Mears,Jim PhiUips, Larry Weckbaugh, and Chris Cikanovich •wdl aU be fathers-of-thebride in the near fiimre. Carl June, Erwin WunderUch, and I wUl have the less expensive role as fathers-of-thegroom. Chris passed on •wise words that we aU should remember, "You look great in that dress. Honey. It doesn't matter what it costs."

From the Christmas card basket: Susan and Erwin WunderUch dodged hurricanes as they moved theff household goods firom PaHn City to Orlando. They keep busy ttacking theff four chddren and (soon) two daughters-in-law. AU six are commissioned officers on active duty. E.J. is rumored to be •writing a Civd War novel. Dave Mears led his Tri-City Outtigger Canoe Club on a ttip from Washington to Hawau to compete in the Molokai Outtigger Race. Carl June ran the Boston marathon again and hopes that the 2005 race doesn't take place in 90-degree heat, as he's going to attack Heartbreak HUl once more. Jim Hanna retffed in September. John "Boomer" Stuffllebeem said a few words at a "pizza in the conference room" ceremony. Jim is consulting for congressional committees and defense think-tanks. According to Jim, Mark Milliken gets lots of frequent ffier mUes as the Na^vy International Programs Officer. Jim and Linda also saw AHson and Don Steel, Patti and BiU Ferris, and Mike Engler during 2004 and report that Steve SUvast and Mike Wooster are doing weU. More Christmas card notes: Ann and Jim PhiUips bought a second home in AnnapoHs. Daughter Abby received a congressional nomination to USNA, where son AUan is a second classman.

Dane McNeU moved to the left firont seat on Delta flights. Marianne and Dane had a terrific Christmas card picture of themselves and their six chUdren fiUing two fiiU rows of the WUdfire roUercoaster

in Branson MO. Dane said it ordy took six rides to get a good picture of aU of them smiling at the camera on the 60mph drop. Rich LoweU had quadruple bypass surgery in June, but he and Barbara are doing great in Houston. Joy and Bob Young buUt a pool and a deck and are finishing theff basement. Bob doesn't mind flying the Affbus 300/310 for FedEx, but feels that his saUboat has been neglected far too long. BiU Ferris is also with FedEx (fl'ying 727s) but taking time off to support Patti in her long and very tough cancer war. Nancy and Jamie Burd gready enjoyed this footbaU season, with Navy •winning on Samrdays and the Steelers •winning on Sundays. Son Andy '04 is our temporary neighbor as he is flying helos out ofWhiting Field.

OK, feUow Flower Chddren of 1975.

Our 30th Reunion is now only months away! Make your plans now to join aU of the Old Goats in ArmapoHs for the first weekend in November. As we do every five years, we •wdl be electing new class officers this year, and Rick White and Roy Hawkens have volunteered to coordinate the elections. We are looking at the possibffity (through Rick's computer expertise) of conducting the elections onHne. For now, we need class mates to throw theff hats in the ring and declare that they wish to serve a five-year term as president, vice president, tteasurer, or secretary. If you wish to run, please send the foUowing information to Roy Hawkens at "erh@nrc.gov": your name and the office you seek, accompanied by a short biography and any goals you •wish to implement. Please submit this information by May 1,2005.

'75 Sir! Larry ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 10% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 4 5 % PRES: Kevin Stone 928 Lynch Dr.Amold, MD 21012 H: 410-974-4313;E: ke\-in.stone@1976.usna.com SECY: Mark Hubbard 5632Tessie Court, New Market, MD 21774-2918 H:301-865-4472 E: Mark.Hubbard@1976.usna.com

What a year for Navy footbaU! It 'was a historical season and I am gratefid for being able to personaUy wimess many of the games, including the Emerald Bowl.

My wife. Barb, and I joined several of our classmates in San Francisco to cheer Na'vy

on to victory. We flew out of BWI leaving the unusuaUy warm weather of Maryland and arrived in the Bay Area where it stayed in the cool 40's and rained most of the time. But, it didn't bother the Mids on the gridiron - Aaron Polanco '05 HteraUy dove into the end zone on his first score with a big splash. The team was pumped by the spffited Navy fans, which made up most of the crowd at the stadium. Some of our classmates attending the bowl game were Ed Giltnore, Bob Jackson, Bob Gmld, Brant Carter, Marty Sloan, and Dick Feckler. Bob Gudd took some great pictures of the game firom his seat in the stands and he gives a nice summary of the game in an emaU forwarded to me: I Here are some pics firom today's AWESOME FootbaU Game. I sat with Brant Carter & Ray Putt ... plus my son Michael, who just recendy left the Marines after 4 years in Recon. What an incredible game. The weather was on the wet side, but the Mids kept us totaUy pumped up. The first goal Hne shot is Aaron Polanco in the aff as he scored our first touchdown. The alunmi section was beyond awesome. There were times when New Mexico couldn't hear themselves think, the noise was that loud. No better feeling than smging the alrna mater after boffi an Army win AND a Bowl •win!!!

Have a great day ... see you at Commissioning Week next year! Bob •

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I also ran into Marty Sloan at the Emerald Bowl tadgate party ("The World's Largest Navy Tadgate Party"). He hasn't aged much since graduation (must be the CaHfornia aff).

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Dave Fleischman emaded me from San Diego where he performs extracurricular activities as a high school footbaU official.

He recentiy worked a semifinal playoff game •with two other alumni — Bob Duggan '68 and Ed "Zap" Zapolski '75. Bob worked as the Line Judge, Zap was the Referee and Dave was the Umpffe in the game won by Oceanside over Casde Park, 52-14.

Mark Hubbard and Marty Sloan standing proudly beneath the Navy Banner at the Emerald Bowl Tailgate Party

WhUe hanging •with the Class of'58 for a whUe at the taUgate, an old shipmate of mine firom my days on DUPONT (DD-941) sttoUedby Jim Murphy '73, and his wffe, Cynthia, had flown out to CaHforma from Chicago to join in the bowl festivities. Jim was Supply Officer on DuPONT when I was a Division Officer (ASWO). He mentioned that his son, Jaime Murphy '97, is doing weU in the Navy and getting ready to be promoted to LCDR. Speaking of hanging with the Class of'58, Admiral Chuck Larson '58 was very complimentary Bob Guild, Brant Carter, and Ray Putt at the Emerald about my wffe's outfit for the game (she Bowl wore my old FuU Dress and looked much better in it then I ever did).

I ran into Gerri and Bob Jackson & famdy, along with Mary and Dick Feckler in the lobby of the San Francisco Marriott just prior to leaving for the Ballots are due W^ game. Bob's son, Keith Jackson '07, traveled with the team and his gfflfriend flew out with the rest of the Jacksons.

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OSNA Officiating Crew working high school playoffs in San Diego

Mike Seifert recendy celebrated his 50th •with a surprise birthday party organized by his wffe,Vanessa, and their sons. In attendance were Bruce Bevard, Chris Kidd, Barbara and Ke^vin Stone, and Pat Tracy. Bruce entertained the crowd with the background on how Mike and Vanessa met. According to Bruce, he and Mike were roormes at Nuke school in Orlando when they both took note ofVanessa and her roommate who Hved in the same apartment complex. The roommate was affeady spoken for so they had to decide who was going to pursue Vanessa. After much thought they arrived at an elegant solution ... yes, in true midshipman fashion, they "shook off" for her ("rock, paper, scissors...") and Mike won. Ho^w romantic!?

Speaking of mdestones, Pat Tracy and his wffe recendy celebrated theff 25th

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wedding anniversary with a wonderfid dinner out at a quiet restaurant. Pat's parents gave them a commemorative cup and saucer, which have been passed down through the famUy for multiple generations to mark the event for them, and theff parents as weU. Quite overwhelming. Congratulations to the both of you!

On a serious note, Pat writes about his organization's (Operation Mobilization) tsunami reHef efforts:

Also attending the Change of Command were Scott's brother, Steve Sanders, and three of Steve's classmates, JuUus Caesar, Tom Frey (Thomas.

Frey@1977.usna.com), and Pete Green (of course). Steve is helping •with the continuing rebuUding of the south as a regional rep for an architectural column company in Adanta, GA.JC Hves in Northern Vffginia and is EDO's Director for Engineering and Technical Services.

Tom and Pete work with Scott at AI-ES • Please do pray for the relief efforts in Aeronautics (formerly Veridian), a defense South Asia. Our teams over there are running engineering services conttactor. Tom flat out, as are the many who have recently retffed as a Captain in 2001 and is the IT arrived to help. The Navy is there in a big T&E Account Manager, working from way, and getting bigger. Pray for the sailors and the Virginia Beach office. Pete hung up Marines who are shouldering THAT load in his ffight suit three years ago in Pax BJver addition to all those they have been carrying and is now the Senior Manager for these past few years. And remember, this will Business Development.

his home in the foothills outside Sacramento, CA. Donna wUl continue her career as an educator at a local high school. As for Larry, He's in his H*-" year with Pfizer Pharmaceuticals as a Senior Professional Healthcare Representative, promoting and marketing the Pfizer portfoHo in the Sacramento and Lake Tahoe area of Northern CaHfornia. Larry's parting comments were, "It has been a pleasure reading about aU the advenmres and success of my 6'-" Company shipmates, as weU as aU my other classmates I have encountered in my 10 years active and 10 years reserve service. If anyone would like to contact me I can be reached at the emad address above. Glad to hear the wheels are affeady mrning on planning the 30'-"; we wdl be there!"

be a years-long effort: long after it has faded from the headlines, people will need help with reconstruction of houses, businesses, and last but not least,families. So while it's important to help out in the early going, it will be more so six, nine or even twelve months from now.

And don't forget to pray! •

That's it - no more maU in the bag. I wonder ff the ground hog •wdl see his shadow? Stay warm and God Bless!

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From theYard

No time for long-winded introductions this month since we're once again approaching the 2000-word column Hmit, so we'U just head right into the MaU Bag, starting with the unpubHshed input from last month.

From the Mail Bag

Pete Green (peter.green@ ai-engsvcs.com) provided the foUo'wing photo from the Reserve Change of Command of one of his coUeagues, CAPT Scott Sanders '80, who took over the CO's job in the JFCOM reserve unit. Pete reported that Scott was ob^viously so weU trained as a plebe that he would instinctively hold up the pitcher for more beer (see the photo below).

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JFCOM Change of Command (L-Rj: Pete Green, Steve Sanders, Scott Sanders '80, Julius Caesar, and Tom Frey

Larry Endacott (larryendacott@ aol.com) thought he'd pass on a photo of him and his new bride from their 12 June 2004 wedding. Larry and the former Donna Wheale were married in a Htde church budt 150 years ago in the beautifid CaHfornia "gold country" foothiUs of the Sierra Nevada mountains, near Lake Tahoe. Larry and Donna met a Htde over two years ago by way of the onHne dating site Matchmaker.com. They had"'virtuaUy" everything in common, plus she was "GeographicaUy Desireable" in that she lived only five mUes from Larry's home.

According to Larry, they had a beautfful wedding and great reception at the Gold Hdl winery, with friends and famUy from aU over. Larry's parents were there; his brother, Steve Endacott '74, was his best man, and Donna's 16-year-old daughter was her maid of honor.

They had a unforgettable honeymoon at Grand Lido Braco resort in Jamaica.

Donna and her daughter joined Larry in

The newlyweds: Mr And Mrs. Larry Endacott

WhUe on the subject of newlyweds, John Geary (kathye.geary@verizon.net) reports that on 26 December 2005, George Herning was married to the former Momque Preti Jones Hi a beautifid ceremony amid a snow storm at the Virginia Beach Sheraton. BiU Daniels (wiUiam.daruels@1977.usna.com) and John Read (johnread@cox.net) were also on hand to celebrate the happy occasion. Congratulations to another happy '77 couple!

More newlyweds: Mr And Mrs George Herning

77 Classmates and spouses at George and Monique's Wedding: (Back Row, L-R): George Herning, Bill Daniels, John Read, John Geary, and Kathye Geary, (Front Row, L-R): Monique Herning, Caria Daniels, and Janet Read.

Paul Croisetiere (croisetierep@ earthlink.net), Zachary "Bo" Heruy (zhenryjr@eartliHiik.net), David Wade (davidswade2002@yahoo.com), and Dane Swanson were in attendance on 15 November 2004 when VADM WaUy Massenburg promoted Mark Skinner to RADM, and Paul provided the foUowing photographic evidence of the event.

Congratulations again to Mark!

VADM Wally Massenburg adding another star to the Class of '77 courtesy of Mark Skinner

Rick White (rick.white@1977. usna.com), yours truly. Bob Vogel (robert.vogel@1977.usna.com), Victor M. "Corky" Gardner HI (corky.gardner@1977.usna.com), Dave Frederick (david.frederick @sbcglobal.net), and Richard "Tug" McGraw (mcgravvjrr@saic.com). And the second is a shot of 31^'- Companymates Bob Vogel, Pete Varsanyi '76, and me in firont of the '77 Crest and Plaque on the concourse level at the north end of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

You should make an effort to check it out at our next home game.

Class Communication Here are two photos from recent Na^vy home games. The first is the coUection of classmates who stayed to the bitter end of the Navy-Rice Game, including Owen Thorp (thorp@iisna.edu), Lee Geanuleas (Ljgeanuleas@aol.com),

PRES: Glen Woods SECY: Vince Balderrama 45 Litde Fawn D r , Shelton, CT 06484 E: vince.balderrama@lmco.com WEB SITE: usnal978.org

Katie and Jeff Fowler (fowlerj@ cnrc.navy.md) went "tech" this year and e-maUed their annual Christmas newsletter. Here's what I gathered: In charge of aU active and reserve Navy recruiting, Jeff's taUied been a travel agents dream— 71 ttips in 69 weeks. In between substimte teaching, local MiUington spouses club, swimming at theY and coordinating aU the kids' activities, she's stiU managed to accompany Jeff on a few ttips. It looks Hke Jeff may stay in the job for a whUe longer. As for their kids: Brittany (17) is a junior in high school at MiUington Centtal High School. She's a varsity cheerleader and hopes to someday be a veterinarian. Lynsee (15) is a freshman and also a cheerleader for the freshman team. By now she's gotten her driver's permit. For Jeff that means a much bigger '77 Class Balloon (L-R): Owen Thorp, Lee Geanuleas,USAA insurance bdl despite he and Rick White, Bob Sanderson, Bob VogeL Victor M. Brittany, being good students and proba"Corky" Gardner III, Dave Frederick, and bly good drivers,. As for Connor (11), "Tug" McGraw he's an active 5'-" grader—shortstop, soccer player. Now Connor's getting better with the "skins", aided by drum lessons from some of the best at the origin of Rock and RoU and the Blues in Memphis. He may be a budding Keith Moon, John Bonham, or Buddy Rich. In the meantime, sounding proofing and ear plugs might be good stocking stuffers for the parental units.

'77 Crest and Plaque at Navy-Marine Corps Stadium (L-R): Bob Vogel, Pete Varsanyi, and Bob Sanderson

'77 Attendees at Mark Skinner's Promotion (L-R): Bo Henry, Paul Croisetiere, RADM Mark Skinner, David Wade and Dane Swanson

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Closing Remarks Even with the column-length limitations, you can be sure that there wdl always be room for .. .Go Navy! See you next month!—^Bob Sanderson

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Andy Funke sent in his second submission in 26 years to belatedly announce his retffement from the US PubHc Health Service (to his knowledge, he was the only USNA grad in the PHS).

It happened last year on Aprd l^'-(Are you sure it's vaUd?—Aprd Fools!) He had ttansferred from the Na^vy to USPHS in 1987 whde in medical school after he had asked a PHS Captain what the PHS was aU about. His reply, "AU the benefits of the Navy •without the hassle" seem perfect for Andy. He said he certainly had no complaints about his career. He went from 6 PCS moves in his first 6 years in the Navy to 3 PCS moves in 17 years •with the PHS. Two years ago he ttansferred to Panama City, FL to develop and

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run an indigent medical cHnic for underserved people in the area. He was also a member of the DHHS "Ready Responder" program- a contingent of medical personnel ttained in bio-chemnuke warfare ready to provide a rapid medical response to terrorist attacks.

WhUe in Panama City, he hooked up with the CO of the Navy base, our o^wn Fred Shutt. Fred attended Andy's retirement ceremony. The famUy is back in Abbe^viUe, SC, where Andy had previously been stationed for a "number of years."

Back then, Andy thought the PHS had forgotten about him— but if he learned one thing at USNA, it was to not make waves ff the saffing was smooth— hence, the long assignment. I think the Funke boys may be some sort of record for most sibHngs at USNA— aside from Andy there were BiU '73, Chris '71, and Alex '80. Then there's the black sheep of the lot (there's one in every famUy)— Carl. He's a '70 grad from that trade school on the Hudson. In closing, Andy reported that, by the grace of God, Debbie is doing weU with was her fight •with breast cancer. She was diagnosed just before he retired. He says they have learned much, been blessed more, and cherish each day that God gives them. We aU send our prayers and best wishes for a fidl recovery and a long retirement together. Don't be another 26 year sttanger.Andy.

Fred and Andy on Retirement Day

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Gleaning some 36'-'^ Company news from "Doc" Jim Pointer's [jamespointer@ hotmaU.com]— Duane Schoon watched the Army-Navy game at his apartment, from which he and KeUy were to have moved into their new house in mid-December. Janis and Mark Strasser hosted a friend who graduated from West Point. Ever the gracious host, Mark treated his visitor to a recording of "Anchors Aweigh" every time Navy scored. Jan said Mark had the whole place properly decorated for the occasion, with Navy towels, throws,flags,and even Navy glasses. Whde the pUot umon's 15% pay cut concession took a bite out of the take home pay, he's grateful to StUl be flying for Northwest. Paul (aka R-0-2-S) Ross' and many of his feUow workers at US Air didn't fare as weU. He was among the •victims of that affHne's bankruptcy and cutbacks last year.

Now he is one of only five senior Duty Watch Officers (or some such) at the Transportation Security Authority's national headquarters. He says it is a lot Hke being back in the miHtary, •with lots of standing watch whde nothing much happens most of the time— but you better be ready to act quickly ff anything does. Later this year, when he mrns over command of his Norfolk reserve unit, Paul plans to retffe.The "Cinnaminson, ISQ kid". Bob Engel had the BEST seat for the game. He was on a 40 yard Hne seat. He said the President was going to have to pass by him during the halftime crossover. By now, Kurt Tidd should be home with EUeen in AnnapoHs. His orders have him working at the National Security CouncU. Whde he's not at the West Wing, he is next door in the Old Executive Office BuUding. He'U be working war on terrorism issues, so it looks Hke it's out of the firying pan and into the fire!

Thanks for the company update, Jim. Jeff "Goose" Gagne [gagnejeff@ hotmaU.com] has been settled in the Detroit area now for 10 years. He said he's been "playing computer geek / team lead" for auto suppHer,Visteon. Visteon is a group of auto component plants that were part of Ford up untd 1999. He and Pam have three daughters, 21,18 and 10.

The 1st one in a senior in a smaU coUege in Wisconsin and the 2nd is a freshman in a smaU coUege in Clearwater. She's also in AFROTC. Goose says AFROTC

shouldn't be too bad, as the Air Force isn't reaUy the military or anything. That leaves them with one in the household- a fifth grader. Ray Luevano (ray@luevano.com) said the Emerald Bowl was a great game. He said Sean Coffey hosted a pregame reception in his suite and that it was great to see some old timers - John Sturges, Pat McCormick, Glen Woods, Eddie Reid, Schmerm, etc. I also heard that Steve "Jock" Maloney, Terry O'Brien, Joe Martin, Kevin "Grinch" Lynch and John Semcken were among those in attendance (not to mention Academy Officials, Brice Latta, and I'm sure, Joe Leidig). I didn't hear ff Cindy and Reny PUi made it and Hnked up with Mike Sears.

A toast to Navy at the Emerald Bowl

'78 and guests pre-game at Emerald Bowl

Roger "Kappy" Kaplan (Roger.

Kaplan@navy.md)reported in. He accepted a position in the PMA-282 program office and started work job on 10 Jan 2005. Guess that means he'U be the scientist supporting Bob Novak and his Tomahawk team. Thirteenth Company's Mike Shumaker is a Senior Technical Director with Anteon Corp. He supports maritime homeland security efforts at US Coast Guard Headquarters (CGHQ) next door to Ft. McNair, in Washington, DC. In December, Secretary Badge presented Mike's team with a Department of Homeland Security Team Award for

smoothly implementing the Maritime Transportation Security Act. In January, Mike was named Anteon's Center for Security Strategies and Operations employee of the month. Twenty-eight months of working •with the Coast Guard in the Office of Defense PoHcy (G-OPD) has Mike speaking fluent Coastie. He explains that, for a Navy officer, it's sort of like an American talking to a Canadian.

You can imderstand about 90% of what is said. It's an interesting orgaruzation— no staff corps, lawyers are Hne officers and can command a cutter, cutters have deck and engineering officers Hke the Royal Na^vy, a few cutter-types wdl remind you of the worst "we eat our young" SWO, whUe theff pdots are just Hke Navy airdales. The biggest difference is that the Coast Guard Commandant performs the same functions as the CNO, but is stiU the senior operational commander.

intersperse this month's chronicle with In a related story, I reported last month my ujual witty repartee and sea stories about Dan Lyons (nosurfhere@ (cue the applause,fireworksand wild shouts of hotmaU.com) and his "close encounter" glee), I now present thefirst(and hopefully with a spent buUet in Baghdad. With a only) instaUment of: subject Hne of "Safely Home", Dan emaUed this month •with the • '79 HeadUne News foUowing news: DateHne Baghdad: Steve Walsh (Steven.Walsh@CPA-IQ.ORG) emaUed • I returned home to my famdy on me recendy and passed the foUowing: Friday, 17 December here in AnnapoHs. It Wiz: here is a photo of CAPT Rob has been great to decompress and to start Wray and myseff here in Baghdad getting getting back to normal. I have been truly some range time with the AK-47 and blessed to have so many pray for my M-4 carbine. Rob is a reservist assigned famdy and me durmg my deplo^yment. to the Program and Conttacting office of Please remember to pray for those stdl security here at the US Embassy in the serving as weU as the Iraqi people that international aka "green" zone. He was peace and stabffity wdl come to their driUing with a reserve umt at the land. I •wdl •write more once I have Pentagon when asked to come back on unpacked. Dan • active duty for a quick six months. I, on In yet more Navy news, the Na^vy Chief the other hand, was working •with AES, of Information website (•www.na^vy.mU) the global power company (run by Paul recendy ran a photo of CAPT Jim Hanrahan, another 79 classmate) as the GigUotti on its front page. Jim, the C O With aU this months photos I'm country manager in Bogota, Colombia of of the aircraft carrier HARRY S.TRUMAN, running out of my word Hmit. In closing, 3 AES power stations when I was rewas helping to serve dinner to the crew save June 15 on your calendar. That's caUed to the colors from the retired Hst (I during the Christmas celebration on the ffie time for this year's Alex CaUas' 14™ retffed m 1999 from the Jomt Staff in aft mess decks.

The photo can be found Annual Goff Day for MDA at Andrews Washington after 20 years and have been on the class web site, www.usna79.com.

AFB. Go up on our class website for •with AES ever since). I run the electricity On the national front, Chad Sain more info as weU as the tournament site program here for the Program and (chadsain@cox.net) checked in from at •www.goffdayformda.com. I'U have Contractmg office. We handle most of Vffgima Beach to let me know that he is more in next month's column as weU as the new construction and rebuUds of the scheduled to retire from active duty on 1 additional info from some Christmas power sector here, some $5 bUHon of your June 2005.

He plans to be on terminal ne^wsletters. tax doUars. Also over here is Col John leave before that, and says he hopes to be Gotta roll—Launchin' Spot 4.

BaUard USMCR, my roommate from employed somewhere as early as 31 12^ company, who is the C O of the 4 March.

Chad attached a photo from the 1 ^ ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% CAG, assigned to the I MEF here.

I J F E MEMBERSHIP: 9 0 % 25 Reunion, which included feUow Another 79er arrived here last week: Kyle 21^'Co. classmates Tom Arenz PRES: LCDR Sean Gate, USN (Ret.) Kaker from 6'-" company. He is a Navy E: Sean.Cate@1979.usna.com (New York City) and Mike Mo^wins commander working in the NATO HaiSECY: LCDR John "Wiz"Withers, USN (Ret.) (Carlsbad, CA). The photo's resolution son office here in Baghdad. 79ers are 22445 Bluebird Ct., Leonardtown, MD 20650 precluded printing it here, but it is posted soon taking over this place! O/V, Steve H: 301-997-1980; W: 240-725-7751 in the 25'-'^ Reunion gaUery on the class E: JDWidiers@1979.usna.com Walsh, LtCol USMC (Ret, sometimes), web site.

"WEB SITE: www.usna79.com 12* Co • Also fromVirgima Beach, Greetings, 79!

Kirk Michealson (kmichealson@ As you aU know, one of our five basic earthHnk.net) checked in with the foUowresponses is "No Excuse, Sff!" (Sidebar: did ing report: you know that our Brethren on the Hudson actually have a sixth response? "Sir, I do not • (On New Year's Day)... I took my first know" is an aaeptable answer Thanks to Wes "Polar Bear Plunge" — may be my last!

Kimata USMA '80for that trivia item.) So Yes it was about 40-50 degrees here, but rather than make excuses, I'U just teU you that water was cold. It was stdl warming up from the 10 inches of snow & ice we that I procrastinated in drafting this received the day after Christmas. Our column. Now, confronted with an subdivision does it in theff swimming upcoming week-long ttip to Toronto and pool. You go down the 100 foot circular a fast-approaching deadHne, I reaUze I've sHde and splash into the water. I flew waited just a bit too long. So rather than 79 Det Baghdad: Rob Wray and Steve Walsh down the sHde and WOW! I'm glad an "Armed and Dangerous"

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Didn't need the EMT's assistance, but it was mce to know they were there. I got my T-shirt and certfficate! • Kirk also reports that the Second Armual Greater Washington DC Area USNA/USMA/USAFA '79 Goff Tournament has been tentatively scheduled for 29 AprU 2005 at the Piedmont CC in Ha^ymarket,VA (www.piedmontclub.com). AU classmates interested in playing in this event can contact either Kirk or me for more irffo.

A Na^vy foursome won the inaugural tournament last year, so the pressure •wUl be on to continue the stteak.

And speaking of stteaks, that was surely a fantastic ride for the 2004 Navy footbaU team, no? Brought back many memories of our first class year, and many comparisons to the teams from 1978 and 1979. One of the off-the-field successes of the season was NAAA's drive for purchasing and/or donating tickets to see Na'vy's 'victory in the Emerald Bowl. AU told, Na'vy alunmi and other backers purchased over 18,000 tickets, many of which were donated to midshipmen or San Francisco area active duty nuHtary farruHes. Navy's ticket taUy was a record for the Emerald Bowl, and Navy was ranked seventh overaU in terms of bowl team ticket sales this year.

In a related storyjack Kasiski reported the foUowing from the Hampton Roads USNAAA Chapter: • Thanks to great mrnout at our Army Navy Party, and a successfol raffle, the Hampton Roads Chapter wUl be purchasing 10 tickets for midshipmen to attend the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco. Our (chapter) president is purchasing two tickets so we have a total of 12 from Hampton Roads. If any of you are interested in purchasing a ticket for a mid, please let me know so we can keep a running total of Hampton Roads support for this game. • Now what makes this story even more remarkable was the foUowing response Jack received from Pat McCarty USMA '79: • Go Navy, From Army. Per Hampton Roads NAAA Chapter request to keep a Hampton Roads taUy, this old West

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Pointer donated 5 tickets onHne for midshipmen from my sister academy to cheer on Navy in the Emerald Bowl!

Hooah!!! Best •wishes for a happy hoHday season. Go Navy. Cheers!

Pat McCarty • That has got to be one of the classiest things that I have ever had the pleasure of reporting. It shows that although we may be opponents on the sports fields, we have a deeper common bond with our West Point counterparts. As Kirk Michealson later related, "We ready do have a class of 1800-I-!" Pat: ff someone down in the Hampton Roads/Virgima Beach area ever shows you this column, please know that we indeed consider you one class act.

Thanks for your generosity and support.

I'm glad guys Hke you are on our side!

Moving west, we head out to the greater Memphis, T N area, where Jean and D o n Quinn check in with a 25'-'^ Reunion update and a request for aU you 31^'- Co. guys: • Greetings, classmates! We just celebrated a wonderfol 25 Reunion weekend at USNA! Those of us who attended reminisced about the good ol' days of the Academy and got caught up with present day lffe. We are trying to get the whole company reunited at least on paper and emaU. So we'd Hke to hear from you and catch up. We are going to compUe an updated 31^'' Co. roster and want to mclude you. You can emad or maU your updated information to: Don & Jean Quinn, 514 Scarlett O'Hara Cove, CoUiervUle,TN 38017. Phone: 901-8617101 EmaU: dquinn2@midsouth.rr.com Those who attended the weekend's festi^vities were Adrienne and Cliff WUson, Christine and Charhe Gittins, Lisa and PhU Begley,Tami and Craig Grabowsky,John Pedigo and Karen, Carol and Mike Ste^wart, Susan and Mark Clemente, Christy and Mike Mahon (newly selected Rear Admiral), BiU Jones (BJ stayed at home), Lisa and Kevin Jackson, Don and myseff, and "Honorary 31sters" Elsie and Mike Movvdns.

We'd love to hear from you aU and catch up. We missed you at the Reumon, but you were with us in memories, special stories and prayers. There was a memorial service where we honored our faUen

classmates. D^vdght Greer from our company was remembered then.

We hope this finds you aU and that you are happy and weU. Please send us your updates as soon as you can. Don and I •wiU be compiling a 31^'' Co. roster and wdl send everyone mterested a copy.

Take care and God bless. Know we thought of you aU at the Reumon and we're anxious to get reconnected •with everyone. Hoping we can have everyone there for our 3 0 * Reumon! GO NAVYBEAT ARMY! OmnesVffi, Jean and Don Quinn • FinaUy, on the technology front. Brad ZeU (bzeU@falconsec.com) emaUed to say has changed companies. Brad is now the Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Falcon Systems Engineermg Corporation in Crofton, MD (•www.falconsec.com).

That's aU the news for this haff hour.

For up-to-the-minute news, weather and sports, please check oidine at www.usna79.com. For'"79 Headline News", I'm Wiz Withers. Have a very pleasant afternoon. See you next month!

Omnes Viri! Wiz...

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As I •write this Column I'm watching the landscape sHp below the plane on my way to San Diego. I'm going out there to do a major roUout of the Mffitary's Electromc Healthcare Record with a program caUed CHCS II. Soon aU of us •wUl be able to waUc into any cHmc and have our Medical and Dental records, both, there with aU of the iiffo — imagine that - no more keeping it in the ttunk of your car or in a drawer in your desk. Of course, we aU turn Hi our record upon reporting, right?

Anyway, that's the theory. I also just got a chance to see the ArmapoHs clinic firom the medical side rather than as a mid what a revelation as to how they process us aU in on "I" Day. How things do change Anyway, on to the shortened maUbag.

My first note came in from Dr. Chuck

Knapp, brookys@aol.com who reports that he is retiring from the Dental Corps in July. Too bad, it would be nice to know one of the Dentists now that I'm back on Active Duty! Joe Ed-wards is now working at EDS, and sent in his new e-maU: joe.edwards@eds.com.

Kris EUiott, KElHott@fpkc.com has stepped up for me whde I'm recaUed to share ffie reigns of the Alumni Chapter in New Orleans and is doing a fantastic job.

He and his wffe Tracey are expecting their latest addition to the famdy on the S*-" of February 2005. We have some who have kids graduating from Navy, some are Grandparents, and some are expecting — mcredible!

My next note came in with the Christmas letter firom David Haines, (Did you remember to add your Class Scribe to your Christmas card Hst????) a44ever@earthlink.net who -wrote in for the first time after my plea for info: I Greetings and Happy HoHdays to aU, WeU ffie saymg, "The older you get, ffie faster time passes", now appears to be a truism. I certainly know I'm getting older and the time seems to be flying by.

Hard to beHeve Steff and I acmaUy became 'empty nesters' a few months ago along with several other major changes in our Hves.

Never thought that 18 years into my aHHne career, I would question the longterm prospects of viable employment in this industry. In the mean time, I continue to fly as a Line Check Captam on the B-737-800 out of Newark, and Hkely wUl remrn to international flying, this time as a B-767ER Captam, out of Kennedy.

Our son, David, wiU graduate from Lehigh University in the spring with a B.S. in finance and math. Our daughter, DanieUe, graduated from high school in June and is wrapping up her fffst semester as a freshman at Temple Umversity.

As always, restoration, renovation, and maintenance continue on the farmhouse and grounds. Please come visit, our door

BOT ballots must be\ mailed back to the DON'T Alumni Association FORGET TO VOTE by 15 April 2005

is always open to friends. Warm Regards, David, Steff, DC and DanieUe • After my plea for input, this note came in firom Chuck Howard choward@ homiad.com

•Joe, Just a quick note, in my civffian career with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), have just been promoted and transferred (back!) to DC from Mayport, Florida, and am now Deputy Assistant Director of NCIS and Chief of the Navy Midtiple Threat Alert Center, located at the NCIS H Q at the Washington Navy Yard. The MTAC provides 24/7 I&W inteUigence and analysis ofTerrorist, Foreign InteUigence and Crirmnal threats to Navy and Marine Corps forces throughout the world.

Quite a responsibUity and I am truly enjoying the chaUenge. Thanks again for aU the great work on the column,

Chuck • One of the faithfid -writers for the column, Guad checked in •with a note and a rather studly photo of himseff for posterity {Ed. note: Photo •wiU have to foUow in a ffiture issue due to space limitations.):

• Joe, Just returned from a combat deployment aboard USS J O H N F KENNEDY. The CVW-17 heroes did some outstanding work supporting U.S. Marines and Army foUcs on the ground throughout Iraq...including some of our classmates who have been in country over the past year. Attached is a photo of Guad in desert ffight suit prior to a combat hop {Ed. note: Photo wdl have to foUow in a fumre issue due to space limitations.). At Altimde, guad • As many of you remember (you must be dead ffyou don't) there were almost 20,000 Na^vy fans at the Emerald Bowl.

Alan PortiUo gaijin@san.rr.com was among them and sent in a great shot of some of our finest at the game! {Ed. note: Photo wiU have to foUow in a fiiture issue due to space Hmitations.)

• Joe, I've enclosed a photo from the Emerald Bowl Tadgater in San Francisco on December 30. {Ed. note: Photo wiU have to foUow in a future issue due to space Hmitations.) Our class was represented by the foUowing classmates (mostly from the San Diego area), from left to right: The Pietrocini's, Tim Kobosko, Tina Archer, Dan Archer, the Dalo's, Alan PortiUo, and Gerry Nies.

It was great tofinaUyhave our Navy team on the West Coast again, and to witness such a stunning victory on a soggy field.Thanks, Alan PortiUo '80 • Also answering my plea for information was Tom Casey thomas.m.casey@ db.com who reported himself as a first timer:

• Joe, This is the first update I have sent in 25 years, so I'm not sure exacdy where to begin. The headUne is that I am an investment banker in New York and I head Deutsche Bank's Corporate Finance Group for retaUing cHents (supermarkets, drugstores, apparel companies etc.). After my time in 27th Co, I was a drafted nuke for five years, went to Harvard Business School and have been having fun •with this crazy business for nearly 17 years. It's been good to see more USNA grads and others with Navy and nuHtary backgrounds enter the financial services business over the past several years. I have three incredible daughters, Mary 16, CaroHne 15 and EHzabeth 7, who Hve nearby with their mother in Manhattan.

In my spare time, I coach my daughter's soccer team and train for triathlons, living the fantasy that 1 am stUl a 20 year-old Crew jock. Thanks for your service to the class. AU the best, Tom • Jim Brownlowe sent in the perfect direct update,JimBrownlowe@cs.com : • Not much of an input, but StiU retired LtCol (Semper Fi) StiU Hving in Valencia Ca (30 mUes north of LA). That's Los Angeles, not Lower Alabama.

StiU working for Raytheon FHght Test StUl furloughed from United (likely forever)

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CLASS N E W S StiU flymg (luckUy) a modffied 727 testbed. I like to think of it as a HIGHLY modffied fighter with a 727 attached to it.

StiU married to Kerry (whom I met in 1980 and married at the Chapel in 1981).

StUl trying to master the game of goff (but, that has a long ways to go). Anyone tffinking about ha^ving an '80 goff tournament during the 25th reumon week?

And, StiU planning to attend the reunion. • Karl & LesHe and Karl Bunker, ffbunker@pacbeU.net or kpbunker@pacbeU.net • Karl at Raytheon and LesHe stUl teaching at Harborside Elementary School.

Karl continues to sing m two church choirs. LesHe tties to keep up the yard.

Bjght now the weeds are wmning, but she •wUl conquer them evenmaUy. Our biggest news tffis year is that Karl has retffed as a Captain after 24 years m the Navy and Naval Reserve.

Gabe has gone back to cidinary school at the Art Instimte of CaHforma ffi San Diego. Sarah is stUl working for Southwest AirHnes, as I am sure you guessed from our ttavels. We're happy they have both found something the reaUy Hke. We are blessed to have each other, our chddren, our health, our famdy and our friends. • Capt George Galyo, of 22"^" Company, gcubed@cox.net sent in a very brief update: • StUl in the Navy. Finished 3 years as the J3 (Operations Officer) for C2F and have reported to CFFC as the Transformational Concepts and Experimentation Branch Head.

NAVY/Heet Forces Commands Sea Trial man:-) StUl Hving m Chesapeake,VA. Looking forward to the reumon.

George • One of my other letters came in from JeffWinter,jdwinter@hotmaU.com who had this brief update:

•JoeThanks for the note. I am stdl with the reserves (CDR at present), practicing law in the beautfful Pacffic Northwest and peddUng as fast as I can!

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In 2002 I was fortonate enough to get orders for a five month ADSW as ATO ceU chief for Operation Southern Watch in Riyadh. This was immediately foUowed by a one-year recaU for Operation Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom serving at CTF-66 in Naples, Italy. When I returned to Washington, I started my practice aU over again in Wenatchee,Washington, and have recently purchased another attorney's practice in EUensburg, Washington. So now I spHt my time between the two cities, and it seems to be just enough to keep me out of ttouble.

I have two terrffic kids, Dana and Evan that Hve with their mother just a few mdes up the road. It is hard for me to beHeve, but my daughter is learmng to drive and •wdl be out of high school in a couple of years. My son is right on her heels, and can affeady do more on a computer than I can.... Me — I'm stdl 30 •yrs old. (Amazing how that works, isn't it??!)Jeff, 28th Co. • Becky Olds Craig - sent in note and photo from Picture from May courtesy of Linda Postenrieder {Ed. note: Photo •wiU have to foUow in a fomre issue due to space Hrmtations.)

Received a mce note from Chris Ge-ving, CaptG2005@aol.com who was also pretty much a first time submitter: • Greetmgs from Lynchburg,VA. After 24 years, thought I'd check m and let you know I'm stdl kicking about. I retffed from the Navy as a Captain in September 04. Fimshed out the career as the COMSUBLANT N2 and relocated to Lynchburg and remain 'within sttUcing distance of the Hampton Roads area and for visitation 'with my 4 year old son.

Am also close to theVA Hospital m Roanoke which is important as I was diagnosed •with Multiple Sclerosis a few years ago. Nonetheless, I am in good health and able to enjoy my avocations of hunting and other outdoor activities.

Kudos to our classmate Montel WiUiams (also with MS) for mcreasing pubHc awareness. My apologies for not writing sooner as I have bumped mto classmates throughout the years on CGs, CV(N)s, 5-sided office buddings and barber shops.

It's always been a pleasure to catch up. If

ever m Lynchburg, there is always room for a classmate. Just send mad to Cogeving@hotmaU.com. It's a great place to flop ff you're doing the "SkyHne Drive thing". (My overmght rates are reasonable, LOL) The house is hard to miss with the Brigade flag flying 24/7 and a Navy Blue and Gold front door. And of course, the brass fittings are polished!!

Chris • As my final note that I have room to print, it was a tteat to get one firom Greg Hightaian, gregory.hightaian @boemg.com who is stiU with Boemg and whom I often see at the Board of Trustees meeting as a Chapter President (See photo up above). {Ed. note: Photo wdl have to foUow m a fumre issue due to space limitations.)

• Joe, Just checking m. Hope things are fine at your end. Debbie and I along with the kids are doing fine here in St Louis.Victor completed his first semester at the Umversity of Missouri. We went to several Mizzou footbaU games and ffiey were fim.

I have been ttaveUng a lot between Seatde and Chicago •with this new project I was assigned. Stdl with Boeing almost 10 years now and never a duU moment. I retired as the President of the St Louis USNA chapter. I am stiU active as a Blue and Gold officer and it's been fon.Take Care and hope to see you soon. Greg • WeU, once again, sorry for the shorter version of the column. We're Hrmted now to 2000 words including photos. So that's it for the maUbag. I hope that this finds each of you healthy, happy and wiser today than yesterday. CaU a Classmate; renew a friendship and As Always - BEAT ARMY - J o e .

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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 95% PRES: Jim Ahlgrimm 1948 Fnendship PI., Falls Church.VA 22043-1542 H: 703-848-0793; E: jim@ahlgrimm.net SECY: Dave Ciccarelli 145 De Soles Dr. Putcellville.VA 20132 0:540-751-1888; F: 540-751-1889 C: 703-431-0240; E:da\-e@]mainc.com WEB SrTE: www.usna.com/classes/1981 CLASS^WIDE MESSAGES: usnal981@yahoogroups.com

At 100 words per picture and a 2,000 word limit for ffie column.. .hmmm, that is 14 pictures wiffi 600 words to spare. I think it wiU fit.

Emerald Bowl, December 30,2004, SBC Park, San Francisco. Navy 34, New Mexico 19. Class of'81 weU represented.

Many of ffie usual and a few unusual suspects ui attendance mcluding yours truly and my broffier, John, Tony & Dan Quattrini and his broffier and sister-m-law, Frank & Maria Quatttim, KeUy & Mike Mahre, Chuck French & sigmficant other, Reecy Payne (daughter of George Payne '52), Joe Bridge (/drawers/t-shirt ffiawed m time for game). Bud Womer, Brett & T i m Disher, John Burke, Bob Burr, Claffe & Bfll Cone, MicheUe & Gary Slyman, NeU Kusumoto, Doug Heimbach, Chuck Coughlin, Frank Moreman, Pete Sciabarra and Ted StudweU. Again, I'm sure there were more, but it was a big staffium. Let me know ff I missed you.

Dave Fuquea was probably m the crowd, too, because he's the Deputy 'Dant. I ran mto him just before Christinas at the Midstore. Looks the same as every except his necks bigger from aU that grunting.

Got a caU a whUe back from EU Khouri who was lookmg for his old roommate, Cecfl Davis. EH's m northern CaHforma somewhere west of San Jose. '^Uy HUarides was quoted extensively m an article entided, "Captam: Scheduled Pace of SSGN Conversions 'A Beauty and a Curse'" that appeared m the December 20,2004 issue of Inside the Navy. Wdly is currendy the SSGN Program Manager at NAVSEA. Dave Kern is C O ofVIRGINLA., lead ship in the Navy's ne^west class of SSNs.The ship was commissioned m October 2004. Dave's change of

command was in December. The ke^ynote speaker was Frank CaldweU, Jr., Commodore of SUBDEVRON 12. Only 20 officers, including Frank's father and now Dave, have put a new class of nuclear sub into commission.

I wdl talk to you...

Later, Chic

Ladies and Gentlemen. . the Brigade of Midshipmen

Brett Disher's 1^" birthday cigar

John Burke, Chuck French, Mike Mahre, Bob Burr, Doug Heimbach, Dan Quattrini, Tony Quattrini, Bill Cone

Lulu's hosts '81 and an '84 for a post-game dinner

1^^ Co. Plebe Year roommies + one

I to r, Quattrini, Mahre, Burke, Cone, Kusumoto, Disher, Slyman, French, Heimbach, Ciccarelli

Quaffs, Joe Bridge, Chuck French on the Club Level

.. and I to Beat Army!

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CLASS NEWS ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 97% PRES: CDR Dan Proubc, USN (Ret.) H; 410-280-5282; W: 410-260-5030 E: daniel.proubc@ngc.com VICE PRES: Matt Moury H: 410-263-7640; E:vicepresident(gusna82.org TREAS: CDR Terry Benedict, USN

Face is pale.. .Raise the tail

Kelly & Mike Mahre

Your Treasurer... fired up for Navy!

Chuck French & Reecy Payne

Bill & Claire Cone

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H: 703-913-7183; W: 703-607-1036 E: treasurer@usna82.oig BUSINESS SECY: David Balk 1722 Gemini Dr. Sykesville, MD 21784-6230 H: 410-795-7621; W: 410-345-4774 E: dbalk@acm.org C O R R SECY: Ward Carroll 40813 Meadow D r , Leonardtown, MD 20650 301-475-7220; E: wardncarrie@aol.com WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1982

The glory of a 10-2 footbaU season has been zorchmg around emaU ttees Hke you read about (sorry...), but I'd stdl like to use this forum to congratulate Coach Johnson and the team for an impressive year. Now it's time to concenttate on what Navy Sprmg Sports are reaUy about: ffingy saffing. Or at least that's what they were about back in the day — that and company softbaU. Yet, before the flowers bloom we must take a look back. Steve Montague made it to the Emerald Bowl and filed this report: • "JuHe and I got back from the Emerald Bowl - what a blast. The rmds did a fine job on and off the (soggy)field.The 'gater beforehand was held m a pier front warehouse and was great. Linda Postenrieder had the foresight to bring a large '82 Jack BuUt' sign that served as a rendezvous for several classmates.The mim-reunion included (in random Hne of sight order) Bob Centeno, Kevin Smith, Mike Rennie, Tom Rowden, BiU Cheney, Emmi McLean, Gavin Giddings, Scott Smith, John Ratkovich, BUI Ault, Frank Valenti, Dan Proulx, Kathy Bustle, Chip Janicke, Gregg Bensinger, Lee Cohen, BiU Dawson, and Gary Sandala. If I rmssed someone I apologize - must have had my hands fidl of steamed shrimp. Also noteworthy is word from Dave Pine that he 'wiU take command of USS Shreveport (LPD12) sometime this summer. •

Mark Taber checked infiromthe war: • "WeU another year gone and I was too lazy to 'write m and say hi.That would make about 22 in a row. So my New Years Resolution for 2005 is to check m 'with the Class of 1982.

"Picked up colonel in the Marme Reserves in July and activated m September. In a series of one good deal after another, I was sent to the Combmed Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa based m Djibouti, Africa (last year's high temp 146 deg F). I am the Deputy J-5 Plans Officer on the General's staff here at Camp Lemomer, which entails coordmation with the Host Nations in the Jomt Operating Area mosdy through the American Embassies. Any classmates wiffi SAO tours 'wiU know what tffis is aU about, so I won't bore you; suffice it to say a lot of plans, conferences and Pol-Md work overseemg ttainmg and CivU Mffitary Operations. The Task Force is here to promote security and stabffity m the Horn of Africa workmg with the host nations to deter terrorism. I have ttaveled around Djibouti,Yemen, and Kenya so far.

I also have ttips plaimed to Etffiopia and elsewhere. I also made it to a conference at EUCOM, wffich meant Smttgart and lots of pretty good beer durmg ffie Christmas Festival.

"OveraU pretty mterestmg tunes for an over-the-hUl CH-46 driver. I hope to rotate out around March or Aprd and fimsh up the rest of my time back at Camp Lejeune, wffich makes for easy weekend commutes to Raleigh where my •wffe Terry and two boys (Michael and David) are holdmg down the fort tiU I

get back." •

Mark Taber

Thanks, Mark. Good to hearfiromyou; stay safe. WeU, classmates, that's it for this month. Spring is a time of activity, so keep

your classmates informed about yours.

Keep ffiose emaUs coming. —Ward ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 99% PRES: CDR James H. Flatley IV, USN 618Vanderbilt A\-e..Viiginia Beach.VA 23451 H: 757-963-7353; W: 757-836-4780 HE: flacmingo5@aol.com WE: seamus.fladey@aol.com •WE: f4jflad@cvw5.navymil SECT: Angela Roth H: 316-683-8039; E: chrisangelaroth@juno,com WEB SITE: www.usna83.com

Knowmg how great it is to get "good copy", Richard Woodford, dlusttious former class secretary, sent in ffie foUowing qmck note wiffi updates firom San Francisco: I It •was a great game (truly once m 99 years) to see Navy finish ffie season so strong. They dommated ffie field for 14 minutes 26 seconds, completely "shutting out" UNM's offense durmg ffie second haff. I daresay ffiat ffie crowd was more vocal than ffie Army/Navy game this year. ' 83 Classmates sported at the game: Travis WaUmgton, Tim Rebhorn, Tony WUdffig, Keiffi Menz & ADM Edney I'm sure ffiere were more "Class Act" members present but it •was raffung pretty hard towards the end of ffie game and a Htde hard to pick out faces m ffie crowd.

So much for sunny CaHforma. I retffed fiom ffie Naval Reserves m October 2004. After four years of ci^vU service at ffie National Science Foundation I am gomg to work at ffie Securities and Exchange Commission m February. I'U send updated contact information as soon as I have it. that I'U also send along. Keep up ffie good work at the writing desk, best regards for 2005, BEAT MARYLAND! 3 Sept 2005, Rich (note: I look forward to hearing from aU of the attendees, I know we can get some great pictures.) • Tim Rebhorn owes us some pictures fiom the Guff Coast Chapter USNAAA Goff tournament he organized. The thffd annual tournament was an unqualified success, both monetardy and ffin •wise.

Former President Bush and our reef point hero,Joe BelHno, were great speakers.

Mark Russ and I were partners and had a great deal of fun.

Mike Stanton checked in: • I've been accused by some classmates of not staying plugged into ffie alunmi circmt (even though I've attended aU the quinquenmal re-unions), so 1 thought I woidd start 2005 •with a resolution to do a better job of being connected. I'm thriUed to report that I have been able to continue on active duty, and was assigned a Major Command in August 2004.

Attached picture ofJenmfer and I is from my Change of Command at the Supervisor of Shipbudffing (SUPSHIP), Baffi ME. I'm workmg the DDG 51 consttuction program through it's mature stages at Bath Iron Works, whUe trymg to position for the DDX and LCS program start-ups. I'm thriUed to be back in Maine after 3.5 years in DC. Jennffer contmues her crirmnal defense practice m Norfolk, so despite being a geo-bachelor tour (agam),Jennffer and I are getting together qmte regularly, takmg m the best of Navy events m Mame and social activity ffi Tidewater. I want to extend a long-overdue "Greetings" to my sffipmates from'83. I can be reached at stantonmb@supsffip.navy.mU. If you are m Mame, please look me up. AU the best, Mdce^

Dave KeUey's doing great fondraismg and havmg a blast: Attached is a photo taken a few months ago at a goff tournament benefiting cancer in the local DC area.

Picmred {Ed. note: Photo could not be prffited.) are Dave KeUey '83,, Eric Meyer '84, Scott Spooner'84, and Chip Lmdsay '84. These are 4 of the 5 participants from the 1983 NCAA goff tournament, for which the Navy goff team quaHfied.

• Other than watchmg Davis Love III hit it long and admffing the ffimre tour pros (ScottVerplank et al...) ffi CaHforma back then, we also enjoyed some good goff.

This was the first time we had been together in a number of years. Good to say we ended up winffing this scramble at -16, so we StiU have a bit of game in us.

Best to you and yours during the hoHdays, Dave KeUey (6th Company) 1983. • I received and Aloha firom Chris Piettas: • The Marme Corps Colonel Hst came out last week and amongst the names on the Hst were 2 company mates - CJ Loria and Ben Matthews. There are probably other classmates on the Hst also, so I have copied the message mto the emad for you to peruse and maybe pick out a couple of others if they are there. (Note: Angle sent tffis on to Jim Woods for our website.

Emad ttaffic always leaves someone out and I •wish not to hurt anyone's feeHngs) As for me: I have been ffi beautifid Hawau for the past 11 months on the PACFLT headquarters staff. Lffe has been good here, weekends have been for hUcmg, surfmg and kayaking. As a geo bachelor, it is way to far from my famdy and friends - but the weekends are good compensation. I was selected for Captam on the last promotion board. Although I am gettffig paid for it affeady, I have delayed putting it on until my kids come out for the hoHdays - My kids wdl put the new shoulder boards on me on the 17th of December onboard the ARIZONA Memorial. To top off the good December news (mcludmg Na^vy's big win over Army!), I was recendy selected for shore command as the next Supervisor of Sffipbudffing, Groton, Connecticut. I am excited to go to command and looking forward to retornffig to the East Coast. (Chris owes us some great picmres....hmt!)

Chris Piettas Go Navy - Go '83 • In case any of you would like copies of our 20th Class Reumon photograpffic memory book, you can contact Ray G. MitcheU at 410.757.7103 or PhotoOp@ cablespeed.com.

Major Donald Outing, Ph.D., U.S. Army (yes, USNA '83) had an "Ovation" m Today's Officer,Wmter 2004/2005 effition.

He is an Assistant Math Science Professor at Westpomt and was recognized for developmg an after-school maffi program for middle school students. Don said his drivmg motivation was to mcrease ffie number

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CLASS NEWS of underrepresented nffnorities m maffi.

He beHeves ffiat maffi equals opporttmity Smdies showed ffiat smdents who take rigorous maffi classes at ffie middle school level are more likely to attend coUege. He uses real world examples of maffi appHcations and sees his sevenffi and eighffi graders absorb precalculus like sponges. Way to go, Don! Try getting smdents to count how many times maffi was used by ffie astronauts ofApoUo 13.

World events continue to amaze everyone. I am domg my o^wn smaU part m nurturmg kmdergarmers and big gardens. Please let us know what you've been up to. '83 A Class Act ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 100% PRES: CDR Mike Collins, USNR 935 Barracuda Cove Ct. Annapohs, MD 21401-4718 H: 410-626-8876; E: mike.collins@1984.usna.com VICE PRES: Maj James W. Wilhehn, USMC TREAS: CDR Doug Denneny, USN SECY: LCDR Karen (Malloy) Halverson 6795 Patton Dr., Fort Hood,TX 76544 H: 254-554-6365; E: dkhalverso@aol.com WEB SITE: www.usna84.coiii

FINALLY some reumon photos to share with you aU. Chris (Phifer) Passen sent along this picmre. Picmred are 27th company mates Tim Daseler, Jane (Lochner) Zabel,Eric Fippinger, Chris, Larry Moore and Mary Helinski as weU as Toni (Kasprzak) Chase and Linda (Schumacher) Eriksen. Adrian Vagnoni also sent along a couple of great pics for our viewmg pleasure. The photo shows the foUo^wmg: (standmg): Carl Amiaga, Mike Moran, Mark Edson, Adrian Vagnoni, Wade Knudson, Ivan Rosa, Greg Hazlett, Adam Levitt, Steve MiUer; (seated) Robin Franke, BiUy Kumangai, John Jordan. The second picture shows the foUov^dng: (standmg) Chris Flood, Steve MiUer, Adrian Vagnoni, Len HamUton, Justin Baldwdn, Larry Cree^vy; (kneelmg) Robin Franke, BiUy Kumangai, John Jordan.

Chris Kramer and Dan Crisp also attended the reumon but, unformnately, missed the picmre.

35th Company Alums Robin and Vulcan Osorno

More from 35th Company

Chris (Phifer) Passen also sent along tffis photo taken back on 13 August, 2004 showing Chris m front of her home as the eye of Hurricane Charley passed overhead. Her to^wn, Punta Gorda, was ffit hard by last year's hurricane season and she estimates that she and Steve won't have aU damage repaired untd tffis May.

Chris in the Eye of Hurricane Charley

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Robin Franke wrote whde on a five week ttip throughout ChUe with ffis wffe Momca. Robffi's first picture shows Robm ffi firont of a stame of ChUe's legendary War of the Pacffic (1879) hero Artoro Pratt. Robm, a mffitary ffistory enthusiast, had a great time smdyffig this batde and even made some academic ffiscoveries on ffis own. Information on tffis pivotal moment m Chdean history can be found at; http://en.wikipeffia. org/^wilci/War_of_the_Pacffic. Robm and Momca visited the souffi of ChUe wffich, they say, strongly resembles ffie coasts of Oregon and Washmgton state and features numerous volcanoes dormnating ffie horizon. Pictured here is Robin wiffi Vulcan (volcano) Osorno ffi ffie background at Puerto Varras on Lago Llanquffiue. After remrffing firom his ttip, Robm reported for a new job at ffie Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Robm works ffi the Nuclear ProHferation ffirectorate and manages ffie Techffical Area 18 activities. TA-18 is staffed by about 35 people who conduct nuclear criticaHty evolutions in support of homeland defense. Robin asks any classmates in the Santa Fe/Albuquerque area to drop him a Hne at robin.franke@ 1984.usna.com.Thanks for the information, Robin, and great photos.

CDR "Oak" O'ConneU wrote wiffi news of ffis retirement at the end of last monffi. Oak 'wUl be joiffing ffie ranks of FedEx Express along with classmates Pete McDevitt and Scott "Noodle" CampbeU. In fact. Oak would Hke to noirunate boffi Pete and Noodle for "Distmguished 1984 Classmate" recogmrion for ffieff assistance in helpmg him land this great new job. Best of luck to you. Oak, and congratulations on your retirement.

FmaUy, I've received a plea from a class of'83 guy who is lookffig for a replacement copy for his 1982 Sffipmate. If anyone is mterested ffi selHng him ffis or her copy, please let me know.

That's it for this monffi. For your information, I am, for ffie first time, writing this article wiffi ffie help of READING GLASSES and so, after ffittmg ffie "Send" button, I am goffig to console myseff wiffi a gffi and tome or two. Happy Easter.Talk to you later. Karen.

20th Reunion The 20ffi Reumon seems to have been a great success. We had nearly 500 Classmates ffi attendance and more ffian 1,100 people attend ffie tadgater, nearly 500 for brunch, ffie everung reception, and about 375 at ffie Friday everung reception. A qffickrep has generated lessons learned for our 25ffi.

Our Class elected new officers for the next five years.They are: Mike Collins, President; Jim WdheHn,Vice President; Doug Denneny, Treasurer; Karen Halvenon, Secretary We are lookmg forward to servffig ffie Class andffieBrigade for ffie nextfiveyears.

Our projects for the ffimre are simple.

We are committed to supportmg the Center for the Smdy of Professional MiHtary Etffics.We are partoering with ffie Class of 1964 on ffie Etffics Dirmer for the Fffst Class and wdl assume an increasmgly larger role, untd we become the lead class ffi the project.This year's Etffics Dmner wiU be held ffi April and otu: Classmates are ffivited to attend. Eric Rice, who ran the Etffics Dirmer for the past three years on the Academy staff, 'wiU be our pomt person. We normaUy send mvitations to Classmates Hvffig 'withffi 100 mUes of the Academy, but ffyou are interested ffi receivffig an ffivitation, emad me at mike.coUinsl984@usna.com.

The Academy gave us a great start on Hfe, but few of us reaHze the private support ffiat made our experiences richer, fonding club sports, glee club ttavel, buUffings, events, and more. This reuffion gave us a great opportuffity to see how ffie Academy has changed and improved.

We can make the Academy even better for ffiose who come after us, helping keep our officer corps strong and 'vibrant. What could be a better legacy for a class than ffiat? I look forward to working with you to make ffie Academy the place we want our chddren to attend.

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REUNION NEWS E-mails are sparse tffis month so I -woU attempt to pro'vide you 'wiffi some tentative 20 reuffion information. The class officers recendy got together to & m up ffie plans for the weekend. The weekend is set for 9-11 September. Na'vy plays Stanford on Samrday the lO'". The weekend schedule 'wUl go somethffig Hke tffis.

Friday - AU day check-in, AM goff tournament, PM Memorial Service, 1600 P-rade, eveffing cocktad party at the newly renovated staffium banquet room.

Saturday — AU day taUgater and Navy vs Starfford footbaU game, everung reserved for company parties and recovery from taUgate party.

Sunday — AM mass at the chapel.

There 'wUl be an $85 registtation fee for aU those who register prior to 1 August 2005. Tffis registration fee 'wiU go towards your cost of the weekend events, but we 'wUl be trymg to provide the conttactors with somewhat accurate head counts prior to the weekend. We also need some seed money to put downpayments on the tadgater and cocktaU party. After 1 August, the registtation fee 'wUl go up to $100. We wdl use the secure ffiternet access to the Naval Academy Alumffi website for $$$ coUection and we pubHcize the how-tos in aU forms of media to mclude Shipmate, emad and the new class website.

Our hotel rooms are affeady 50% booked for Friday and Saturday ffights.

We also have rooms reserved for Thursday ffight. The hotels are the O'CaUahan, Historic Inns of AnnapoHs, and the Sheraton. If we fiU up our currendy reserved rooms we may be able to get some more, but the earHer everyone reserves ffieff rooms ffie less crisis management we 'wUl have to perform at the last rmnute. Please reserve your rooms soon!

T o m Lerch (8) has been working on gettffig our new class website into fiiU operation. Thanks Tom! The class website 'wUl have Hnks to the Alumffi Website for pa'yment and registration as weU as a link to a class store that carries our class memorabffia mcluffing shirts, hats, jackets, etc. We 'wiU not be handffig out an extensive goody bag at the tadgate, but you 'wUl be able to order class memorabffia prior to the reuffion weekend tffiough the class store.

We 'wUl be usmg e-maU to send out mass announcements so please make sure Bryan Caisse (8) (bcaisse@wsadv.com) has your updated e-mad address ffyou have recendy changed it.

OTHER NEWS My very ItaHan Pops-ffi-law (PIL), Roger Onorati ('61), provided me with a tidbit concernffig Lisa Caputo Nowak (14) wffich heffiscoveredffiffisWmter 2005 effition of Italian America. She has been selected to be part of the space shuttie crew and is scheduled to head to the International Space Station tffis summer.

Lisa is on the cover of the magazffie and an interview 'with her is fficluded ffi a 2 page article ffiside. Way to go Lisa and good luck with your journey into space!

Maureen Cragin (17): • Charley and I recendy attended the Rice game. As usual, there was a great sho'wffig from the 85 crowd. H*Company had a particularly good turnout. Attached is a photo of the 17th Co famffies present: Back row (L to R): Grace Wright, Lora Wright, Joe Wright, Dick RusseU, Maureen Cragin, BiU Harrison ('84), CUff Maurer ('84); Middle Row: Emma Wright, Jewl RusseU, Alex Rosner,John Rosner, Cindy Maurer; Front row: CharHe Cragm, Nathan Rosner, Cooper Rosner, Max Rosner. •

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CLASS NEWS qffitely transferred firom COMPACFLT to AIMD Wffidbey Island a few months back and unformnately couldn't jom us.

One of these years I'U make it back to USNA for a class reumon!" •

17^ CO attire Rice game

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It's mid-January as I -write tffis, and one of ffiose accursed Canaffian ffigh pressure systems is brffigmg sub-zero temperamres to the firozen wastelands of Upstate New York, so I think I'U start tffis month's column 'with a report firom ffie warmer climes of our fiffieffi state, courtesy of Brad Davis: • "Aloha firom paraffise! [Secretary's note: Oh, nice, rub it in, why don't you?] A&er spendffig a few tours as a SWO daddy ffi Mayport and Pearl Harbor, I got out in '95 and now reside in Kaneohe. For my day job I work as a civffian for Naval Facffities Engffieerffig Command doing neat smff'with housmg and real estate for both the Na'vy and Marines. I had the pleasure of workmg with Paige (KohU) Hoffinann (husband Dick Hoffinan '87) for a few years before they left for Coronado •with the clan. StiU single after aU these years, I stay busy with saffing, jogging, ttavel, home improvements, and volunteer work. Just tffis past weekend Bob Bazan (21) made the ttip from New York to Honolulu for a reserve weekend boondoggle whde en route to Cffina forffisday job, and we went out to Waikiki for a mai tai. Bob has a record sttffig of consecutive reserve command tours under ffis belt, and is quite the family man. Kate (Chernoch) Erb had

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Bob Bazan and Brad Davis sipping mai tais In paradise.

Thanks, Brad. If the weather hasn't improved ffi the Midwest and Northeast by ffie time tffis ffits the stteets, I'm guessffig you rffight have some other firozen classmates findffig excuses for a Htde Pacffic getaway. Next up, a report from Chris Hickey, firom an equaUy firozen part of New England: • "My famdy and I moved to Acton, Massachusetts tffis past summer. I took a new job ffi BurHngton workffig for a smaU govt, contractor (Centra Technology Inc.) and my wffe accepted a teachffig position with Oak Meadow Montessori School ffi Littieton. It has been a great move for us so far and we reaUyffidnot miss the summer heat and humiffity of AnnapoHs! [Secretary's note:Are you sure?

Even now? In fanuary?] Although, I am gettffig good at shoveHng snow now. I am also coachmg ttack at MIT where you don't have to explaffi thffigs twice to ffie athletes. I left the active reserves tffis faU as I ffid not desire to do the long commute to a pay biUet in the Pentagon. One more year in the IIR to being a "grey zone retiree," tffne has flown! I was surprised to find Jeff Durand's daughterffimy daughter's third grade class. We ffiscovered that when he walked into the classroom on "back to school" ffight. Jeff is working for Sentiffion in Andover in the meffical IT world. SmaU world! I spoke to Andy Cyr just before the hoHdays. He is currendy teacffing math at Gardffier HS ffi Garffiner, Maine and enjoying it much.

He is also coacffing hockey. Dave Hosteder, my old roommate, is at Na^vy

Recrffitmg Command spendffig mUHons on advertisffig." • Pete Owen •writes modesdy to give us a report on another classmate's news: • "I'm not doffig much of anythffig, but KeU Gentry is doffig Great Tffings For America. Smce OIF began he's spent 17 months deployed with Fffst Marffie Division, mosdy ffi Iraq. He's currendy the X O of RCT-1, ffi FaUujah, where he wasffithe tffick of it durffig November. It says a lot about Ked's reputationffiffie ffivision that they made an artUlery officer X O of an infantry regiment. KeU should be home ffi March to take command of 2d BattaUon, 11th Marffies at Camp Pendleton." • Thanks for that inspffffig news, Pete. But let us know what you're up to next monffi as weU, okay?

Tom Fortin •wffis ffie photo of ffie monffi award, but we'U let him talk before we take a gander.

• "Hey sffipmates! StiU enjoymg ffie reffied HfeffiLake Elsffiore and workmg at ffie Naval Surface Warfare Center ffi Corona, CA. I recendy took over a branch head job supervising eight offier engffieers workmg on tffings related to ffie Aegis program. A far cryfiromffie responsibffity and scope I hadffiffie Navy, but it's good work and chaUengffig.

In tffis job I get to travel a bit, and on my last ttip to DC I HteraUy bumped mto classmate Ted Huskey whde waUcffig down the stteet. Ted hardly recognized me wiffi my post-reffiement beard (Icffida like an Ensign mustache offiy better!) He's working at SPAWAR ffi San Diego. We went out for dinner and had a great time teffing sea stories and catcffing up on old times. If you're in my neck offfiewoods, feel free to caU or stop by even ff I ffidn't know you at USNA. I'm right on ffie way firom San Diego to Vegas and we'd love to see you. Just send me an emad (tpfortin@comcast.net) to let me know you're corffing." •

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Jim McNeU shoots anoffier good photo our •way, explainffig • "Here is a picture of BiU HaU, Jim McNeal,Jesse WUson, Brett Sturken, and Jim Gosney ffi ffie CO's cabm onboard USS Higgins (DDG-76). Jesse took command on November 12th and had us former 9ffi Company sffipmates over for lunch a few days ago." •

9^ Company Lunch onboard Higgins

WhUe itsfficeto get some photos ffi ffie column this monffi, I shoffid note ffiat the only reason I've got room for them is because I didn't get a lot of newsfiromyou this monffi, so keep the cards and letters and e-maUs coirung, and feel free to "delurk"ffyou've been reading Shipmate for nearly 20 years wiffiout ever letting us know what's goffig on with you and yours.

The offier thffig that happens when I don't have much news is that I get to puU my soapbox out and write about other administrative tffings.Three thffigs pop to mffid this month: l.We're stdl soHcitffig nommees for aU four class officer positions (President,Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer), with a plan to vote on new officers ffi conjunction with our 20*-" Anffiversary Homecorffing (Save the Date: October 14,2006). If you're mterested, or want to bUge (err . . . nominate, rather) a classmate, let class President Dan Wffite or I know.

2. As a class, we aU ffid a fine job making gifb and pledges to support the Memorial HaU renovation as our 2 0 * Anffiversary gift to the Academy. It is extremely important that everyone who has made a pledge pays that pledge on the schedule you comrffitted to. If you've gotten behind, catch up as quickly as you can.The campaign won't be fimshed unffi we've ffischarged our obhgations completely.

3.There's anoffier ffindraisffig effort on wffich our class is deUnquent: there is no '86 class crest ffi Alumffi HaU because we haven't raised the ffinds to have one crafted and instaUed. The total cost wiU be about $6,000. If tffis is a project that speaks to you ffi a meanffigftd way, and you have the abffity to help make it happen, please contact Dan or I. We know you get "ffit up" for ffinds aU ffie time, both by your alma mater and other nonprofits and charities ffi your Hfe, but it's important ffi the long term that '86 not develop a reputation as a class that can't hold its head above water financiaUy. Okay, enough lecturffig. On a personal ne^ws note, my wffe Marcia (a former Supply Corps Officer herself) became a partner ffi her law ffim tffis month, so we're havmg aU the infernal ffie pits and racks and gaUows that her new position requffes ffistaUed ffi the basement soon. I'm hopffig the heUffie and brimstone •wiU keep the house warmer through these awful Upstate •wffiters. If not, I think I'm goffig to have to figure out some boondoggle that'U get me out to some warm weather state. Who's feelffig hospitable? FeUow New Englanders need not apply.

SheUey for her warmth and wit in providing us "aU the news fit to print" these past couple of years. As a former columffist myseff, I know how much effort it takes, and am especiaUy gratefid (and amazed) that SheUey could find the time arffidst a busy Hfe of Motherhood, flying the Hne for Delta and aU the other ffisttactions of modern Hfe. Thanks SheUey! We now pass the Bartleby baton to Craig who is a great example of so many of our Classmates who have recently "resurfaced" and are looking to find ways to get reconnected with the Class. Please jom me ffi welcommg Craig to these pages, and help make ffis role easier by passffig on your news, especiaUy ffyou have been out of touch for awhUe. FffiaUy, ffyou too are ffiterested ffi gettffig more ffivolvedffiClass acti^vities, or simply want to learn more about what is happerung, please give me a caU. Unffi next time, I hope this finds you safe and weU! Jim •

A few opeffing comments from Jim Matheson:

Greetmgs '87! Tffis is Craig Branchfield writffig to you from the frozen Midwest!

As SheUey mentioned in her last column I have volunteered to take on the duty of beffig your class scribe. Shordy after gettffig the download from SheUey about everythffig tffis job entaUed I was reflectffig on the task 1 had just volunteered to undertake when I recaUed a moment foUowffig a relaxing Jffiy noon meal ffi Kffig HaU. Shordy after fiffisffing an enjoyable meal, wffich consisted of about two bites from a peanut butter sandwich ff I recaU correcdy, I remember my squad leader making it very clear to me, and me alone, through a spray of rffist from ffis wide open mouth that he in fact ffid expect me to memorize aU four verses of the Star Spangled Banner by everung meal. FoUowing that moment of erffightenment, and after I had managed to scurry back to my room and was seriously considerffig trymg to ffide out ffi my closet for the remaiffing four weeks of plebe summer, one of my roommates told me that Navy was acmaUy an acronym for Never Agaffi Volunteer Yourseff- so much for those words of •wisdom!

• This month's column marks yet another passing of the Sffipmate torch, tffis tffne from SheUey (LaurUla) O' MaUey to Craig Branchfield. I pass my personal, and our Class' coUective gratitude, to

Seriously though, I am very excited to serve ffi tffis role on your behaff. To be honest, over the years I had become a Htde out of touch •with my Naval Academy roots untd recendy when my

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CLASS NEWS wffe Linn (yes, the same one whose picmres covered by desk on 6-0 for three years) and my two Htde ones, Alex and Sarah, stopped by the Academy for a day on our way toVirgiffia Beach where I was going to take on my second marathon (a story for another day when some humor is required). Just walking the grounds that day, teUing my kids about the advenmres I had durffig my "four years by the bay," and watchmg the current generation of Mids walking tffiough theYard (what is up •with tffis no tie poHcy?!?) taUdng about an upcomffig cables exam, or watchmg them throw each other around during a judo class, amongst many other remmders, made me reaHze just how out of touch I had become •with the Academy and my Classmates. And perhaps more importandy I also reaHzed how much those four years at AnnapoHs were a part of who I was, even fourteen years after leavffig the Navy.

Add that to the stories we hear today about ffie bravery, courage, and commitment to our country demonsttated by our Classmates and Alumffi now servffig aU around the world, particiUarly m Iraq and Afghamstan, and it aU rerrdnded me what a special group of people we are aU associated •with. 1 also felt there had to be somethffig I could provide to ffie Class of 1987 to help us aU remember where we came from, and rebuUd and sttengthen the bonds that Hnked us together from 06 July 1983 unffi 20 May 1987, and beyond. So here I am, •with a comrffitment ffiat I wUl do the best I can for you and hopefiiUy Hve up to your expectations for tffis column.

So on to the latest from aU of you!

Chris Ne^wcomb, who had just remrned from two weeks of reserve duty in Hawau, passed along a note that was fidl of updates. Whde ffi Hawaii Chris was able to catch the Army-Navy game with the Hawau Alumffi Chapter who tffiew an outstanding party! He also managed to catch up •with Russ Smith (a feUow Hun from 19),ffisbeautiffil wife Erin, and their two adorable kids, CoUeen and Paige, and •visit the Honolulu Zoo Lights celebration. He sent along of a photo of him and Russ asking Santa for an Emerald Bowl win (way to deHver guys - I tffink my kids want to ffire you out for next Cffiistmas!). Chris reports that Russ and famdy are getting ready to move to North

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And last (but certaiffiy not least!)

Roland reports that the DaUas-Fort Worth Chapter of the Alumffi Association, led by the strong arm of Roger Staubach '63, swept Army and Air Force durffig theff annual pre-Thanksgivffig flag footbaU classic. Roland played safety, rackffig up two picks against Air Force!

I mentioned to you earHer that my famdy and I recently visited AnnapoHs, and it was a great trip! Both kids walked away with the idea that perhaps AnnapoHs Chris and Russ do their part to help Navy to an rffight be the place for them someday Emerald Bowl victory! (okay - a Httle bribery might have been Cffiis, Dave Buckley and their •wives involved). Alex seemed hooked when he Dar and Steph recently got together and saw the swimrffing pool in Lejeune HaU. caught Jerry Seinfeld's stand-up act He thought the ten meter jump seemed (ffighly recommended!). Cffiis also pretty cool and having a bridge over your managed to catch up with Al Herrmann pool, weU that pretty much cHnched it for and ffis famdy recendy. him, even after I ttied to warn him about Roland Towers sent along a note the perds of the forty year swim! And lettffig us know what he has been up to. once Sarah realized that Navy ffid ffi fact Roland left active duty in 1998 and has have a cheerleadmg squad, weU that was been flyffig for American AirHnes where aU she needed to know. It was a great ttip he is currently a ffist officer on an MD-80 and very exciting to see my own kids eyes based in DaUas-Fort Worth,Texas. He and Hght up as I shared •wiffi them some of my ffis wife Cffiistine recently celebrated advenmres at AnnapoHs. theff sixteenth wedding anffiversary on Before closffig I also want to mention New Year's Eve. They have twffi boys, that I had a chance to spend some time Brandon and Nicolas, who have just taUcffig to Jim Matheson on the phone become teenagers. Roland's mece Carly recendy, and ffi spite of readffig tffis '08 is currently a Plebe who has been column reUgiously over the years, I had reapffig the Hberties provided by a no appreciation for how many class successful Navy footbaU season! related acti^vities he is juggHng with the help of Tim Wolf and Jason Hardebeck. Tffis crew is reaUy puttffig out the effort for '87 and I encourage any of you who have a Htde bit of spare time to contact Jim, Tim, Jason , or myseff and let us know you want to get ffivolved.

They have some reaUy exceUent ideas for supporting the Academy and makffig it know to everyone ffiat '87 is aUve and sttong, and ready want to open up the Hnes of commuffications for the enffie Roland, Carly '08, and twins Brandon and Nicolas at Class. I can guarantee you that any offer Homecoming 2004 of help wUl not be deffied!

Roland also mentioned that he has been So with that I think I'U go ahead and keeping in touch •with Walt Keays. Walt •wrap up Branchfield column numero recently purchased a condo in San Diego, uno. Before sigmng off I do want to echo and is currently the Associate Dean for Jim's comments on the great job SheUey Acaderffics at the Defense Acquisition has done •writing tffis column, and add Umversity. Last he heard, Walt was thinkthat I sfficerely appreciate aU the help she ing about traiffing for a marathon (try the has given me as I learn the ropes. Let us Rock 'n RoU Marathon out there in know how you and your famUy are domg San Diego Walt - I hear it's a good one!) from time to thne SheUey! CaroHna after a very successffil tour in Hawau.

And since I'm new inffiisjob I'U go ahead and lower myseff to the level of begging for your notes and e-mads! I have failed miserably at keeping ffi touch wiffi my Companymates firom twentyseven as weU as aU you mimgheads firom nine who suffered wiffi me in the sweatbox on 5-4 during Plebe year, so I hope aU of you wiU shoot me a qmck e-niaU and let me know where you are and what you have been up to!

Take care aU! «^ *J

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HeUo '89, Our first subrffission for tffis month is from Ingar Grev. Ingar •writes: B I want to thank the reuffion committee for puttffig together a great reuffion! We had over 500 people attend (classmates, spouses, and chdffien), wffich is quite a few more than we expected. Without the great efforts of the foUowffig people, we never would have puUed it off: Mike McGettigan (15th reunion chair), JT O'FarreU (hotels), Chris Carlson (Memorial Service), Brian CaldweU (gifts and Anchor Enterprises Haison), Duska Pearson (Friday ffight reception).

Truffles Catering (tadgater), Donna Stephenson (King HaU brunch), (website). Earl Jones (Sffipmate), Gerry Schaefer (elections). Matt Sandoval (elections), Cartherjorgensen (10m

tower jump), Andy Caufield (aU around support),Jim Clautice (aU around support), and Joe Parks (aU around support).The foUowing people volunteered to help us staff the registtation tables: Susan (Oxendine) Valentine, Joe Schweitzer,Joan Oldmixon, Dave Dowling, Brian Montgomery, Chris Owens, Tim Hofacre, Beth & Mark Minotti, Randy Smith, Karin (Klose) KuUnski. I know I probably rffissed a few people; if any of you know of a person I ffid not name, please pass it on to me! I am deeply indebted to aU our volunteers for making tffis reuffion the success that it was, but I especiaUy want to ffiank Mike McGettigan, who kept us moving forward for over a year with conference caUs and e-mads. Hard to beHeve it took so long, and hopefoUy we learned enough to make it easier for the 20-year. 20-year???

As long as I have your ear, I want to pass you a quick note on the Emerald Bowl. Even though the weather was rffiserable, '89 turned out for the event!!!!

The picture shows, from left to right, me, Brian Nicholson, Mark Thonen, Kent Brown, and Terry Harcharik.

Not pictured are Aaron Kushner, Karen and Mike Breslauer, and Susan Valentine (weU, Susan said she was goffig to be there, but we ffidn't see her).We opened up the parking lot before the game, and I'm pretty sure we were the last ones hanging out in the rain after the game was over. If we get a chance to go to a bowl game agaffi next year, I sttongly recommend goffig. We aU had a great time, even in the ram. Oh yeah — the wffi was pretty cool, too!

I woffid Hke to finish by thanking the Class of electing me to another term as Class President. I am humbled by the honor, and I hope that I can meet your expectations for the next 5 years! Go '89!

Regards, Ingar • Thanks for the great update Ingar!

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PSJMA '89 atthe Emerald Bowl

Next up is an update from Dave Turnbaugh, with a non-partisan birth announcement.

• Classmates, Can I say "birth" or "boy"? If not — weU then read N O FURTHER!!!

A proud father (yes — ME) is announcmg the bffth of our 1st son (Brady MitcheU) on Cffiisttnas Day (12/25/04).

Our boy topped the scales @ 8 lbs. 15.8 oz. & measured 23" w/ ffis cone-head extension. Mom & son are doffig great and Dad is hangffi' ffi there as weU. Some pictures are attached... but if you do not beHeve in Santa — then you may find these to be offensive...

Semper FideHs & BEAT 'em ALL for a BCS bid!

Spank (36th Company) •

Mom, Dad and Lil Spank

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^ISE CLASS NEWS extended bachelorhood. He is in DC, and is settHngffifficely.I also hear WiUie Robohon (19th) is back in Japan sortffig out od ffistributions for our fleets agaffi.

Thanks, Jim Maxfield •

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Tffis month, our column starts off-with an update from the members of the class executive committee. Fffst is our president,Joe Moreno:

Dad and Brady

Congratulations Dave!

FinaUy an update firom Jim Maxfield • Here is some gouge on Jim Maxfield: I am StUl ffi the software business for a Texas based company proviffing verticaUy integrated solutions for the Automotive Busmess; I run eight states ffi the North East. I am H^vffig in Stamford CT with my two older kids (Megan (14), Robert (11)), one Step-Son (Jack (6)), and our new arrival in July (MadeHne (6 months)). My wffe is aVP •with one of the largest advertisffig agencies out of New York City. We married ffi Jffiy of 2003 ffi the Turks & Caicos Islands (with nary a worry about what unfform to wear.)

We welcome one and aU if there are ttavels out tffis way. 1 am please to announce my drought with Navy FootbaU has come to an end. For those who do not know the true jinx I have infficted upon our team, It was not untd tffis years A / N game that IfinaUygot to be at a Na^vy Game ffi person to watch us win. Of note, I met my wffe at the Navy/Rutgers game back in 2001 (we lost.) I figure now that the curse has been released, I can make a few more of the games. Point-in-fact, however, I was on the Army side with my tickets....hmmm... we •wiU have to see what next year has to offer.

I have fficluded a picture of me getting MadeHne's sea legs started early in Mystic, CT. Iffidjoffi up •with Mark Kapral (19th) at A / N and had a few beers. It was a grand time. He vicariously Hved through having a large famdy with me whde I joined in, Hke^wise, that of being a smart, clean-cut sffigle guy enjoying ffis

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Those are our two updates for tffis month. As a remffider, Sffipmate submissions are generaUy due rffid-month. Please take a few moments to update the Class on events ffi your Hfe - and send picmres!!

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• Congramlations to our classmate. Matt Blunt, who was sworn ffi last week as Missouri's Governor; and congratulations to our class for blowmg tffiough our class project's fond raising goal.

By now, you've probably heard your fiU of the class project. With that said, please don't hesitate to contact me ffyou have any questions or suggestions and we'U do our best. However, I just ask you for a Htde patience for my response smce I've just been recaUed to active duty this month to serve on the Combmed Jomt Task Force — Horn of Africa ffi Djibouti (CJTF-HOA). AdffitionaUy, our vice president, Kevin Klein, -wdl be deployffig this year as the head of a heHcopter squadron detachment. But, we'U both have e-maU access, from time to time. —Joe • Next, is our tteasurer, Efi-en Mojica: • Greetings '93 and heUofiromKansas!

As we start 2005, here's a Httie recap of 2004. We fiffished the year as ofJan 5, 2005, with $63,670.56 in our account.

This is down from about $70,400.00 firom same time last year due mainly from our expenffiture for the Class Crest USNA Foundation, ($5900). Otherwise it was a slow year for our account now that the reumon period has setded.

Joe asked me to talk a Httie about zero based budgeting(ZBB). Briefly ZBB is a method of budgeting ffi wffich aU expenffimres must be justffied each new period, as opposed to offiy explaiffing the amounts requested in excess of the previous period's fondffig. For example, ff an orgaffization used ZBB, each department would have to justify its fonffing every year. That is, ffindmg would have a base at

zero. A department would have to show why its fonffing efficiendy helps ffie orgaffization toward its goals. ZBB is especiaUy encouraged for Government budgets because expenffitures can easUy run out of control ffit is automaticaUy assumed what was spent last year must be spent tffis year. (http://www. mvestopeffia.com/terms/z/zbb.asp).

As far as what we can and can't spend our funds on as a class, here's the guidance fiom ffie USNAAA: "BasicaUy the fonds in ffie Class Operating Account belong to the Class of 1993 and may be used for any purpose. We wdl honor check requests ffiat are submitted wiffi proper authorization. Class Operatmg accounts are recorded as an asset and Habffity on our financial statements. Any resttictions on ffie use of ffie funds come from the Class, not ffie Alumffi Association.

Class restticted projects ffi wffich class members make a charitable donation are of course different. Those fonds may only be used for ffie purpose ffie donor was asked to give or how ffie donor dffected ffis gift to be used. Check requests for ffie use of restticted fonds are authorized and submitted by the USNA Deputy for Fffiance." An-yway, that's a brief update of 2004. Emad me with any questions. Efren. • Joe also asked me to provide an update on ffie class website. As some of your may recaU, our webhostmg pro^vider stopped providmgWffidows-based hostmg. Our options were to fmd a new hostmg pro^vider or change our hosting platform to Lffiux. Wffidows webhosts are more expensive than Lffiux webhosts and more difficult to find, so we opted to stay with our current pro^vider and look for a new technology for our website. Our new site is budt on off-the-sheff software, a webportal caUed PHP-Nuke. Sffice I had programmed the previous website, I had to work on rffigrating user accounts and content into the new site (aU whUe moving, getting a new job, etc). We encountered some issues with the new technology and offiy recently have the usernames and passwords been converted.

StUl remaiffing: some content and the extended class roster (with addresses, phone numbers, etc). 1 hope to have the

remainder of the site complete by the end of March 2005.

I am sorry to have to report that we recendy learned of the passing of Aaron MUes. An obituary shoidd be forthcoming and pubHshed in Shipmate and posted on the class website. Our prayers and ffioughts go out to his famdy, friends, and loved ones.

I received the foUowing update about Matt Blunt's inauguration (I apologize, I'm not sure who sent it in, I don't have the e-maU anymore, just the Word document): • As most of you probably affeady know by now, on Monday January lO*-", our very own Matt Blunt was sworn in as the State of Missouri's 54''" Governor in Jefferson City MO. A few of "THE FELLAS" from Matt's USNA company (17 then 24) were pri^vdeged and honored to celebrate the occasion •with Matt, ffis famdy, and numerous supporters. In attendance from our class were Dan Shin, Jon Perryman and wife Tamatha, Dan Greene and Mike Hartman (the adopted member ofTHE FELLAS).

It was an increffible experience watching one of our very own take the oath of office as Governor. However, one of the most rewarffing and gratifying aspect of the whole ttip was getting an opportuffity to catch up with the Matt Blunt that we have always known; the loyal friend and classmate, the man of endless witty comments, and the man of ttemendous faith. We beHeve the State of Missouri is ffi good hands for many years to come! Congrats agam Matt and God bless you, Melaffie,WdHam Branch (soon to come in March), and the rest of your famUy "THE FELLAS" • Congrats again to Govenor Blunt! There were photos embedded in the Word document, but I coiddn't save them as jpeg foes. Whoever sent ffi tffis update, could you please resend the photos? I'U get them in the next issue. Thanks!

Our next letter is from James Pfeiffer who confesses to be a first-time contributor as weU as a newlywed.

There's definitely nothing wrong with that and I'm sure that he's not the only one out there! Take it away,James: • After 11 years of sdence, I have finaUy decided to write in and provide an update

from the West Coast. I am currently assigned toVFA-113 as a department head in Lemoore, Ca, flying Hornets, but I spend aU of my weekends in Monterey with my wonderful wife, Lori. We got married in Pebble Beach last week. In attendance were Todd Dudley and Aron Carman. Todd hasn't changed a bit, except for the fact that he is Major Dudley, US Army. He transferred to the Army a year and a half ago to get into their Foreign Area Officer program. He spent last year learning French at the DLI in Monterey and is working on a masters at NPS tffis year. He and ffis wife, Fran, their daughter Rachael (4) and their newborn, Jonathan, •wUl be transferring to Greece next summer for embassy duty.

God help the Greeks! Aron is a department head flying MH-53's out of Norfolk. At my last command,VX-9 in Cffina Lake, I worked with many 93 grads. Jenks, Byron Jenkins, is a Tomcat/Super Hornet backseater who got married July 03 to ffis wife, Jennffer, and who should be having a baby anytime now. He isfiffisffingup at the Air Force War CoUege in Alabama.

John Tierney and ffis •wffe, Courtney VanSchooneveld Tierney were there too. JT was a Hornet pUot and is out now and going to law school at USD. I'm not sure what Courtney is doing, but she was flying too and had a baby last year. Ara Barton is a Marine Hornet backseater who is back ffi the fleet now.

Rob Petrick, a Hornet pUot, is fiffisffing up his time in the Na^vy and is looking forward to Hfe in the civffian world.

Across the tarmac atVX-31 I saw the test pUot guys from time to time, fficluffing Matt Finney and Mike Hsu, who are both in Lemoore now on department head tours flying Hornets. Mike Hsu successfuUy cHmbed Mt DenaHa few months ago. That's aU I can tffink of right now. If you're in the Monterey area, look me up. My emaU is james.pfeiffer@ usermaU.com. • Fffe, thanks for senffing that in.

Remember those good times in Chemistry class? Congrats on your recent wedffing, we wish you and your new bride aU the best! Our last letter this month comes from Matt Testerman who also had to bear with my e-mad problems and then some computer

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JuM CLASS NEWS problems of ffis own. I'm glad that we were able to aU the electtons mo^ving again so that he could provide tffis update: • We have had a busy summer. Jenn and I completed another Navy move, although tffis one was much shorter than aU the others: from Everett up to Wffidbey Island, Wasffington. I detached firom the USS Abraham Lmcoffi ffi May. On June 12, Joshua was born. He is our tffird son and his brothers. Dean (5) and Henry (3), are excited to inttoduce him to ttaffis, planes and dfft. I spent July in beautiful FaUon, Nevada for tactics ttainmg. We moved mto our new home ffi Oak Harbor the 1st of August then took ffie famdy for a much needed vacation ffi San Diego for leadersffip traiffing. (attached is a picmre of Henry, Josh, me and Dean at Legoland) I went solo to Jackson^vUle to watch hurricane after hurricane roU across Florida ffi September. FmaUy, in October, I checked ffi for my Department Head tour atVQ-1 on NAS Wffidbey Island.

A few other classmates are joiffing me atVQ-1. Shannon and Mark Holzrichter and their tffiee girls have moved into a house at the end of our block. Jenny and Mike Farren and famdy are mo^vffig out here from JacksonviUe. Mike is actuaUy affeady on det in Okinawa. Janna and Keith Kintzley and famdy moved ffi down the stteet from the Farrens.

During my summer of traiffing I spent a fair amount of time with Erin and Ken Ferguson and their son CoHn whUe ffi Jackson^viUe. Ken is en route toVQ-2 ffi Rota. Steve Sprague is headed that way as weU, along with the Cory Howes.

Matt Testerman, mjtester@comcast.net •

remrn to Adanta for grad school and cffild raisffig. We are now convemendy located witffin 5 mdes of both sets of parents, wffich is great for the kids (and us!). I've been doing investment work with Srffith Barney for almost three years and we've been fortunate enough for Tracey to be able to stay home with the girls.

Attached picmre was taken during a recent visit from my long-suffering roommate, Pete Doughty, and his famdy (wffe Misty and daughter Brenna). Pete is taking a break from flying F/A-18's for the Corps by pattoUing the Umv. of Maryland for the next two years. From time to time we also run into Todd Heyne and Jack Van Natta, both in some sort of E-2 boondoggle at NAS Adanta.

Tracey and 1 welcome visitors, so feel free to drop by if you're in the area. UntU next time. Beat Army! Kary Browffiee, karybro^wnlee@rffindspring. com, 678-354-6724 • That's aU the updates for tffis month, wffich seems to end a long stteak of smaUer columns. HopefuUy we can continue tffis pace. Beat Army! — Shogo ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 99% PRES: Scott K. Hornbuckle, USMC 1395 Cammito Capistrano #4, Chula Vista, CA 91913 H: 619-934-4932; E: hornbuclde@hotmail.com VICE PRES/TREAS: Kirk Clermont 3110 Graystone Lane, Apt. 1207 Albany, GA 31721 H: 229-436-4153 E: clermonk@beIlsouth.net SEC'Y: Chris Williams 425 South St., #2104, Honolulu, HI 96813 E: christian_b_williams@yahoo.com C O R R . SECY: Jim Keck 1735FelchAve.,Jacksonvme,FL 32207 H: 904-399-5487; E: JKeck@usna94.com

Matt, Congrats on the birth ofJoshua — three boys, sounds Hke a houseful! That's wonderfol. As many of you know, we also are growing a large famdy of CottteUs as weU. We just learned that we're expecting our fifth, to be born in July. As you can imagine, we're quite excited. Next up is a newcomer to our column, Kary Brownlee:

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• It's only been 11 years, so a quick update is due. I'm currendy H^ving in the northern suburbs of Adanta with my wife Tracey and daugthers Brooke (5) and Brittany (3). After stints in the P-3's and carrier Intel, I left the Navy in 1999 to

FeUow Classmates of 1995,1 hope everyone enjoyed the hoHday season. Feel free to share any stories of get-togethers or sightings at various airports around the world (I've seen it happen.) Even ffigital photos with short captions are more than

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welcome. The foUowing letter comes from a Classmate who had some time on ffis hands and dropped us a quick howgozit.

• FinaUy found time to write in, so here is what I've been up to...

I've been very busy since that hot day in May of'95. In fact, two days later I was off to TBS for 6 months in Quantico •with my feUow Marine Classmates. Then, I spent 3 months at MCAGCC ffi 29 PaHns at my MOS school and was stationed at MCAS Cherry Point. My second tour was back at Quantico working for MCCS. After the mffitary, I became both aVirgima Deputy Sheriff and Information Technology conttactor supporting C4ISR activities m Quantico and at the Pentagon (post 9/11). I then found my way back to federal service working for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. FmaUy, it was back to Quantico for 4 months of school at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Academy. I'm currently an agent at the Newark, NJ Di^vision with a number of other Navy grads from various years. I've lost touch with lots of my Na^vy/Marine Classmates so shoot me an emaU at darrenmarshal@ hotmad.com, Lenny. • Go Marme Corps, Sff- Beat Army Sff! Enjoy the sprffig weather, and keep those updates corffing! Later, Don. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 99% PRES: LT Bart Phillips, USN 724 MillsWayAnnapoUs.MD 21401 H: 410-263-4672; E: bphilhp@usna.edu SEC'Y: Capt Tonya (Barz) Bush, USMC 749 Howe Dr., Carmel, IN 46032 H: 317-581-0305; E: tbbush@tcco,com

Greetings, '96!! WeU, let us be tteated to some new updates and great photos!

Our first news arrives firom Matthew Thompson: • It has been a few years my last update but I have enjoyed keeping up on the happenings of our classmates. l a m currendy stationed in PT Mugu, CA •with Air Test and Evaluation Squadron THREE ZERO (VX-30). Any P-3 or F/A-18 PUot/NFO should seriously consider this place for their next shore duty. We also fly C-130s and C-26s.

Good fun! We are offiy a few mdes from MaHbu and HoUywood so we have

recendy had JAG, NCIS, and West Wing episodes shot here.

Smce my last letter I got married to ffie former Ms. Daffica GatesffiJacksonvUle Florida on 13 October 2002. There was no conscious effort to make our anffiversaryffiesame as ffie Na-vy's birffiday but it works out weU for a formal ffinner party on ffie occasion! The weddffig was a great rime to reconnect wiffi some of our sffipmates. Jamie Achee stood up at ffie weddmg for me and is now a graduate of Monterey. He transferred to Cryptology and now works under a pffieapple field ffi Hawau doffig stuff (ffiat's aU he can teU me). Brian Shimkaveg wasfiffishffighis Master'sfiromDuke whUe workmg as COMSUBGRULANT's aid. TaUc about a work-a-hoHc. Mike Keenan sundowned an S-3 squadron and moved to Meriffian to teach new Naval Aviators where he got martied to ffie former Ms. Angela Bffd.

Many more grads were ffiere mcludmg: Jamie Godwm 91, Brian Sfficlaff 97, Jack Pritchett 97, Shanti McGovem 98, and AprU and Scott McBride 98.

After ffie weddffig and my thffd deployment, we transferred from VP-5 to VX-30 and ran ffito some more classmates along ffie way. Anffiony Ramffez, who picked up a pdot ttansition, is working m a local E-2 squadron after ha-vffig gamed a new bride. Pat Smith just checkedffitoVX-30 from Rota, Spam wiffi a new fiancee, Nicole. Justffi Jaussi and wffeYayoi are now the proud parents of dash two - Preston, a very weU behaved newborn boy. Tom Pham and •wffe Stephaffie are workmg on dash three — NataHe gets a sibHngffiJanuary. Congrats toaU! On a recent ttip to Annapolis, I ran mto Paul Crawford who was ffi town with his wffe to run the Marffie Corps Marathon. I hope the race went weU! That's aU to report from sunny southern CaHforma. If any PUot/NFO is lookffig for a tour in SoCal, drop me a Hne and I'U teU you aU about the place. Matt •

Matt and Danica Thompson

Thompson wedding festivities

Thanks, Matt! From the Middle East, Dre^w McNulty •writes us with a bundle of updates...

• Greetmgs firom FaUujah, Iraq! It's been an ffiteresting few years sffice we graduated. After TBS and IOC, I joffied 3d BattaHon, 4th Marffies and made a couple of deployments. In the rffiddle of that tour, I married the former Dana Helbig of Alexanffiia,Vffgiffia, ffi AprU 1998.

She's been the partoer of a Hfetime.

Anyone who loves the outdoors, was sad to leave 29 Palms, agreed to Hve a rancher's lffe ffi Kansas City, loved trymg to show me the arts ffi DC, and is now a beach girl ffi CaHfornia, is defiffitely a dream. The ffist picmre is of Dana and I and our daughter, IsabeUa, prior to deployment in September. Dana was seven months pregnant when this picmre was taken. On November 30, 2004, Dana gave birth to Andrew Severin. •

• We were stationed in Kansas City, Missouri, for three years from 2000-2003 whUe I was on Inspector-Insttuctor duty.

We then spent a year in Quantico whde I attended EWS. During our year ffiere, we had IsabeUa. Immeffiately after graduation ffi May 2004,1 joined 3d BattaHon, 5th Marffies ffi Camp Pendleton. I took command of Company K a few days later and deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 2.b ffi September.

I turned over a company area of operation norffi of FaUujah with Doug Zembiec, Class of 95. He had Company E, 2d BattaHon, 1st Marffies and fought a magruficent batde ffi the Aprd FaUujah offensive. •

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• Just prior to Operation Phantom Fury, my company Hved northwest of FaUujah ffi the viUage of SaqwaHyah.This picture

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CLASS NEWS was taken in October on ffie banks of ffie Euphrates during Operation Bomb Wrecker where my company was huntmg a kno^wn lED maker. Aff and I figured the picture better characterized the Delta ffi Viemam ffistead of Iraq.

Our company started Operation Phantom Fury on November 7 when we moved to our attack position. We led the artack when we seized the apartment complex on the northwest side of the city on November 8. •

sense of humor is stiU very much ffitact over there.

Enjoy! A safe remrn to aU of those serving in harm's way. Unffi next month... Tonya

Dean Stouffer, the "lighterside,"in Iraq.

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Drew McNulty at the apartments enjoying the show as his fire support team attacked by fire Into the northwest corner of the city that day

• We attacked ffi zone from November 9-15 as we pushed south tffiough the Jolan, Sook, and Bazaar ffistticts. From November 16 - December 22, we contmued to conduct clearmg operations as our BattaHon's zone slowly expanded. We are currendy conducting tffiee block war operations in the northeast portion of FaUujah.

To date, rune men from Company K made the ultimate sacrffice. Whde the losses are difficult to endure, every man ffied on the ttigger whde either kUHng the enemy or rescuffig a downed man.

The heroics of these men know no bounds. I am truly honored to serve •with them.

I look forward to returnmg to CONUS in Aprd and meeting Severm.

Dana, IsabeUa, Severin, and I •wdl be in the DC area sometime in 2005 and look forward to seeing friends and famdy.

Unffi next time, fair winds and foUowffig seas. Semper FideHs! Drew • Look forward to seeffig you back in the States, Drew! The previous issue, we had a subrffission from another Marine servffig in Iraq, Dean Stouffer. It appears that an uffidentffied "source" from overseas found it necessary to share this photo with the masses — to reassure that Dean's

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'97 Crazy days. But please take a rmnute tffis spring and send me an e-mad or even a photo of famdy and friends.

Niki Peoples e-maUed me to set the record sttaight about a legendary tale of ingenuity under pressure surrounffing a former naval officer named Ed Vernon.

Ed once found ffis ttuck overheating on the way to a co-workers party. Lackffig a ready source of water, he simply took a few cans of beer he had ffi the ttuck and used that for makeshift raffiator coolant.

Ndci says: • "Here's the true story on ffie advenmres of Big Perm and ffie beer raffiator. I was acmaUy •with him in the car and know the entire story as opposed to tffis 3rd hand irffo floating around out there.

The mterestmg part about the story is not that he used beer for the raffiator...it's the fact that he used beer that we were supposed to conttibute to a Cffief's retirement party [we were on our way there].

We were riffing along in what 97cent likes to caU "Old Man ttuck", and he decides to stop —of aU places— at the "V" next to the raU that connects the ffighway with the off ramp exit....in the rffiddle of rush hour, backed up ttaffic rffind you. I thought we were going to ffie or at least get rammed by some sUly

kid dri^vffig ffis mommy's blazer and not payffig attention. Big Perm —a.k.a.

Nosey Ed, a.k.a. 97cent, a.k.a Fast Edffie— has a problem •with mvesting ffi quaHty vefficles. He invests in lemons.

He has two old-man trucks that are ffiteriffittendy fonctional and one BMW (wffich he caUs "Big Musty Woman") that also works occasionaUy. Ed...forgive me.

I'm not trymg to put your business out on Front Stteet, but I think tffis is a problem that you need to address." • MicheUe and Rob Belcher dropped a Hne from their new home: "We have arrived at our new duty station. We are now in Groton CT, awaiting our household goods and the start of Rob's department head school. So far we have been greeted by ram and grey skies. The old emad adffiess you had •wUl stiU work.

We hope you are doffig weU, and we know we have a lot of catcffing up to do.

We wiU try and catch you up on aU the details of our dynamic adventure as soon as the dust setties." I have theff new adffiess and contact information ff anyone needs it.

Check out the photo ofJJ Puga and some feUow SEALs in Iraq. It looks like Shawn McBride next to him, ffiough I can't confirm that. They worked up together at STl and should be home firom deployment by now.

JJ Puga and his men in Iraq

From Ryan Roberts:

• "Just remrned firom a session in Santa Cruz. SmaU waves today but stUl fon.The season is pretty much over. We had great waves the last couple of weeks. 6-12ft last weekend. I got Hpped whde doffig a floater and nearly busted my grape... We (Ryan and ffis •wife) have 2 dobermans and a fiesty cffihuahua (who likes to keep ffiem in Hne). I'U send Big Perm an emad as I'U be in SD next weekend (hopefidly

catching a Htde surf action wiffi Jensen vvhUe m town). Best to aU." Ryan has been out of ffie NAV for some time now but he writes me often to catch up and express gratimde for ffie vital wrork we do m ffie unfformed services. lOffi Company alum Andy Richards checkedffifiromffismove back to ffie States: "It is wiffi a mixmre of sadness and anticipation ffiat I wTite to you aU to announce ffiat come Samrday (fUN04) I •wUl be lea^ving Italy and heaffing back to ffie US. I stdl don't know exacdy where I'U be Hving yet, but it shoidd be somewhere ffi SE Connecticut or in Rhode Island. To everyone in Europe: It was good knowmg you aU, I wiU be sad to leave, and I hope ffiat we can remaffi ffi touch even across a wide ocean.

Speriamo ffi vederci! To aUffiAmerica: Hope to see you soon! Best wishes to aU! Auguri! - Drew" • Brian Wood checked ffi firom Smttgart, Germany, where he's wrappffig up a stint as "Ground Planner, Campaigns Plans Division, Counterterrorism Operational PlannffigTeam, US European Command."

Brian Sandberg and wffe Kris checked ffi foUowffig ffieff move to Offio.

I have ffieff contact info ff anyone needs it. Here's a cHp from theff storied move: • " LA to Cfficago on Route 66- How We Spent Our Summer Vacation.

For those of you who love road ttips, or U.S. history, a drive down the Mother Road (from Steffibeck's "The Grapes of Wraffi") is a must. Kris and I just completed the ttip, albeit in the "wrong" dffection and at breakneck speed.

America's Maffi Stteet is a coUection of sights and experiences that aptly reflect ffie westward growth of our nation over the past two cenmries, of course, mostly the last. Just as aU reHcs do, old Route 66 is deterioratffig and ffisappearing ffi the pace of the modern world. If you've ever had the fficHnation, do yourseff a favor and fitnd the time to make the journey whUe it is stUl a H^ving museum of Americana.

Some tips and observations; -Yes, it stdl exists- WhUe US66 was officiaUy decomrffissioned ffi 1984 you can StUl drive a sigmficant portion of the original route, sections buUt in every decade sffice 1920. Just because it is no

longer contiguous does not make it any less valuable an experience.

-Embrace the road- This is not travel as you or I currendy know it. It is not conveffient, it is not speedy, sometimes it's dox-vnright ffifficult. That's why you'U boffier to experience it.

-Take your time- You cannot complete ffie whole route ffi less than 7 very ftdl days. Some people take months, indeed years. There is as much to see as you can handle. Be conscious of the past, when cars couldn't go 70mph, 350 mdes on a tank, and were ffi danger of overheating goffig uphdl. Tffis is not meant to be qffick.

-Go West- WhUe it can be done eastbound, ffyou have any choice, make the ffiive from Cfficago to Santa Momca.

Imagffie doffig it ffi a Model T(wffich we saw people doffig).

-Pay for your experience- Give back to ffie struggHng commuffities that have been bypassed by the technology of modern auto ttavel. Be brave and stay in motor courts. Skip McDonald's and buy your lunch from mom and pop. Tffink of it as museum adrffission. I prorffise, you wdl be richer for the experience and spend less than patromzmg Motel 6.

-Do it soon- Route 66 has, from it's inception, been ffi a constant state of change. This is just as ttue and fascmating today. What we wUl lose very soon is the irreplaceable heartbeat of the Route, the people who have served motorists sffice its heyday. Motels wdl close, stores wUl become 7-11 's, •visit them whde they're aHve. -Do your homework- We found no "Route 66 Bible." Every author (there are many books) approaches the subject from a different perspective but •without their help you •wdl rffiss some ffighUghts.

We started •with one and ended up with 5 pubHcations." • Unffi next time guys, be safe and stay ffi touch. — Mike

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Classmates...I hope tffis finds you weU. We don't have a lot of subrmssions tffis month, but we do have a lengthy one from Pablo Breur. Pablo writes: • Dear Friends and FamUy, I've been remiss ffi my updates so I thought I'd take the oppormffity to update you on my advenmres. I've been in Kabul for tffiee ffight now •via a world•wide whfflwind tour. My adventures started off at Fort Bennffig, "Home of the infantry." I'm not sure how the Marffies might feel about that slogan but we got to learn combat essential skUls there. We got to eat MREs (Meals Ready to Eat) at least once a day,ffisassembleand reassemble weapons systems for hours at a time (never got to fire them) and learn that handheld GPS receivers don't work ffidoors. Seriously, there was some worthwhUe ttainmg. I think I can sum up the two weeks at Camp Benffing like tffis: one week of ttaffiing crammed into two "sttess-free" •weeks.

Upon completing ttaiffing we started our long voyage to theatte. Our ffist step was the international affport at Adanta.

We managed to ready confose the people checkffig in our luggage. As a matter of fact, my luggage got "lost" twice before 1 made it through security. Fffst they sent one of my seabags tffiough without a routing ticket and then they sent the rest of my luggage through with the wrong destination on the routffig tickets. That poor woman at the desk couldn't get rid of us fast enough. Everytffing mrned out fine because my bags made it to BWI. BWI was a bit Hke the Three Stooges.

Delta ttied to check our bags aU the way tffiough and AMC kept senffing them back. EvenmaUy people started taUdng and we claimed our bags at baggage and dragged them upstaffs to check them in.

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Unfortunately, there was no one to pick me up at BWI; a real shame since 1 offiy Hve 15 mdes away. We finaUy get to board the affcraft and the cargo door won't close. We ended up on stock on the plane for two hours whde they fixed it before we were aUowed to take off— next stop Germany.

I'm reaUy excited about tffis next stop sffice I've not been to Europe. Now that I've been there I can state defiffitively that Ramstem's termmal looks pretty much Hke every other ternunal I've been in. No time for tourism, we're off to Turkey!

Turkey was ffice. At least I think it was. It was the rffiddle of the ffight, we were offiy there two hours and we were only aUowed ffi the terrmnal. We ffid find out ffiat the Turkish poHce would likely shoot us ff we left. They're very friendly people.

Our next hop took us to Kyrgystan.

We landed ffi Kyrgystan and were ffirected toward and arctic shelter where we coidd uffioad and catch some Z's.

Arctic shelters are rigid tents. They were roomy and heated. Most importandy, tffis was the ffist time ffi two days that we could take a shower. After a shower and a hot meal we walked around Kyrgystan and found out about aU of the ffice ameffities. $15 for a 50 minute massage may have been one of the better monetary ffivestments of my Hfe. Leave it to Sadors. 1 think aU 20 Na^vy personnel on the ffight managed to get massages before the Army ttoopers found out they were even avaUable! There were also some smaU shops and a cafe with a pretty decent cup of coffee could be had.

After fourteen hours of downtime 66 of us crammed into a 67 "seat" C130 toward Bagram AFB in Afghamstan. I managed to zonk out for an hour of the two-and-a-haff required to fly to Bagram.

It's true, Sadors can sleep anywhere. We landed in Bagram in the rffiddle of the ffight, got our gear and pUed into a wooden shack for our briefing. Those of us that had to continue on to Kabul (aU Na^vy foUc) froze our butts off that night sleeping ffi that shack but at least we found solace in knowing that we had joined the right service. Now that we're ffi country it's time to get out of civffian clothes and don our DCU (desert combat unfforms), body armor, LBE's (load

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bearing equipment), weapon and Kevlar helmets. When combined, aU of tffis equipment is lovingly known as the "fiUl battie ratde." We used the few hours we had in the morffing to grab a burger and check emad before our convoy picked us up. About 10am a convoy of a rffiffi-van, a flatbed ttuck and tffiee SUVs arrived to take us to Kabffi. Sffice I'd had convoy operations ttaiffing at Fort Benffing summer camp a question creeped into my head: "Hey, Sgt do we need baUistic plates for our body armor or ammuffition for our weapons?" The good Sgt sheepishly explained that it woffid be "ok." Off we go •with our convoy on the superffighways of Afghamstan. I can say •with aU certaffity that despite the lack of ttaffic on Afghaffi roads is made up for in aggressiveness.

The offiy thffig that could possibly prepare one for ffiiving in Afghaffistan would be to ffiive ffi the wrong way on the Baltimore-Wasffington Parkway during rush hour. Thank goodness our ffiiver (a hard-chargffig Marine LCpl) had nerves of steel and managed to make the ffiive without making any of the passengers wet ourselves. We arrived at Kabul compound without major fficident. We awoke Friday to be told that Fridays are "reduced batde rhythm" days and that we were aUowed to wear ci^vffian clothes and •visit the bazaar that occurs every Friday on post. It was a bit sttange to see everyone wearing jeans and shoulder holsters.

It looked Hke a bad western movie — or west Texas.

WhUe at ffie bazaar I managed to find out how Santa stays under budget. I was surprised, however, to see Santa shopping for a 9mm holster.

Kabul compound is smaU but has very good facffities. Housing is Hrmted on the post so most people Hve in safe-houses on town. I have an Army MSgt who works in my office and he ffid the semor N C O horse-traffing (or is it camel-ttading) tffing to get me residence on post. The upside is that I'm 60 seconds from the office wffich, coincidentaUy, is also the down side. The food is good, the people are friendly and there's plenty for me to do. I can state with absolute certainty that my time here wdl not be wasted.

Kabul has been held together with duct tape and chewing gum. The lA (information assurance) situation when it

comes to commuffications could be an example of how not to do thffigs. It's aU understandable under the circumstances and I'U have the pri^vdege of ensurffig security of systems as we ttansition to longer-term solutions. AU-ffi-aU I'm tffiiUed to be on the pointy-tip of the spear doing somethffig important with some of the finest Sadors, Solffiers, Airmen and Marffies ffi ffistory. Rest assured that we're aU workmg hard, playing hard and keepffig a good sense of humor.

For those of you that were askffig my maffing adffiess is as foUows: Pablo Breuer CFC-AJ6 APOAE 09356 Please note that for security reasons there should be no rank when thffigs are maded here. MaU takes anywhere from two to three weeks to arrive.

Cheers, Pablo • And as a side note, though many of you may affeady know tffis, congratffiations to Mary Kate Badey (22nd company, I tffink). She won the women's side of the Marine Corps Marathon tffis year •with a time of 2:48:31. She's the ffist active duty female Marine to •wffi sffice 1979 and USA Track and Field named her athlete of the week that week.

On a personal note, Carissa, Caleb and 1 are doffig weU and enjoymg Hfe here in WUrffington. My real estate sales company is doing weU (we're up to a team of five people now) and expect to double our sales ffi 2005. On ffiat note, we can help you (or anyone you know) with the purchase and sale of real estate anywhere ffi the country. If you get the chance, -visit our website at www.fine coastaffivffig.com. Of course you can always emad me at cbjohnson@ 1998.usna.com.

Semper Fi, CB

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Iff'99, Hope ffie wffiter's almost over by ffie time everyone reads tffis. Not much tffis monffi so we'U just get to what we do have. Here's a note firom Regina Koetters: • I left VP-8 ffi Brunswick, Maine ffi June 2004 for ffie Uffiversity of Micffigan NROTC Umt ffi Ann Arbor, MI. I am thriUed to be here! I am ffie freshman class advisor and am teachffig Weapons this semester, wffich is amusffig sffice I ffieaded takmg it for three years! The other LT's on staff are fantastic — Andy Kleeman '97 and Ryan Bredahl '00 and we miss Scott Cockerham '95 who left us ffi December. I am workmg on my MBA at Micffigan's Ross School of Busmess and am trymg to take advantage of Hfe away from the ffight schedule. I joffied ffie Leukerffia & Lymphoma Society's Team ffi Trainffig to help raise money to combat blood cancers as I tram -wiffi ffie Team for the Country Music Haff Maraffion ffi NashviUe on AprU 30.

I would love to run -with the "USNA Class of'99" on my race T-shirt —ffeveryone ffi ffie class gives a doUar I can!

People can check up on my ttainffig, leave me a note, or donate on my website at www.teamffitraiffing.org/participant/ koetters-243472. I hope to hear from everyone! • Good luck, Regma; hope everyone can make it onto her website and donate for a great cause. Rob Matthias' wffe, MicheUe, sent in an update on the Htde fairuly: • LT Robert MattWas ('99) ffis wffe, MicheUe, and 19 month-old son, Arland, welcomed baby gffl, Adreanne Rae born on November 23rd. Robert ffid a lateral ttansfer into the Information Professional commuffity tffis past faU and is currently stationed at STRATCOM in

Omaha, Nebraska where he is enjoying time with famdy in his hometo-wn.

And last, but not least, MicheUe Mui joined the legion of 99's currendy up in NPS at Monterrey this past January. •

Semper fi and YAT-YAS, Anthony Angelone • Blake Jackson writes:

• Greetmgs from the Great Northwest!

The Oak Harbor contingent of the Class That's aU for tffis month. 1 know tffings of 2000 sends its warmest wishes. slow down a bit during the winter SpecificaUy, I wUl take my place among months, but now that we're aU slo-wing the nup-tu-ated and •wUl add my obHgastarting to thaw out we need to get those tory wedffing pic to the Sffipmate roster ff pictures and updates in. We can't take any not to see everyone's names in Bold next aeditfor our talents. It's how we use them that issue. October 15,2004 Blake Jackson was counts. (M. L'Engle) See you next month. married to the former Miss Laura Minh-Tu St.Marie in Huron Ohio. Laura and I actuaUy met at the firstie year ND - Na^vy ^ ^ ^ ^ ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% game in Southbend. She is a domer but ^1^84 LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 95% we forgive her for it. The fidl scale Irish PRES: J.V. "Murph" McCarthy CathoHc sffinffig was weU attended by VICE PRES: Art Terry USNA grads.

Tom and Erica (Butler) TREAS: Nick Lalota SECY: Tim O'Connor Burfield, Mike and Pam Slatt, Kyle Shoop, 317 N. Pleasant Ave., Ridgewood, NQ 07450 Brian Lee, WiU and Tracy Kffbyjosh E: ShipmateOO@yahoo.com Rupert, Adam Page, Angle Marffio, Dave Gregorius, Trent and Ashley Templar, Triple Nuts, CAPT Steven Laabs '64, even Nick Kalt's Greetmgs from Kearsarge (LIdD-3). I parents and Roy Nicka's mother in their have yet to step foot on a boat ffi my time absences. The crew drank and danced the ffi the fleet that I was not pre-viously ffight away Hstemng to Irish pub music sentenced to at some length as a and even a bagpiper for a few tunes. The Midsffipman. I can't even get lost the first next day, the 1 6 * was the ND - Navy couple days and now I have to pay to eat game of 2004, 5 years after the Southbend in the wardroom, sweet. Na-vy FootbaU meetmg.We rented a bar and held a footspanked Army, sealed the deal on the CIC baU party as the enffie group was pretty ttophy and took it to the Lobos ffi the weU spHt 50-50 Notte Lame (her side) Emerald bowl ffi case you were vacationand Navy (Blake's). We aU know the ffig in a cave over the hoHdays. Na^vy unfortunate score of that game but Navy Alums and Fans proved there metde as an ffidn't lose due to lack of support from expeffitionary force by invadmg San Huron, Offio. Enclosed find a picmre Francisco and gettffig about aU of the off suitable for framffig of the Mr. and Mrs. the field camera action. and a good sampHng of the USNA crew.

Snatch Gravseth for guest writer has Take care and to those in harm's way, been postponed. He got yanked off know we are gratefid and tffinkffig of Okinawa to go help out in the reHef you. Blake • efforts ffi the Tsunami stticken area of the Far East somewhere.

Andrew Schaper writes: The box has been pretty ftdl the last • Just wanted to give everyone out there couple of months so some of these blurbs a heads up where I'm at. I'm the new US are not fresh off the press but there is a lot sffip Haison officer here ffi Sydney, here and it is good smff. Keep them AusttaHa. I know, everyone hates me coming!!!! SffipmateOO@yahoo.com now... But ff anyone is puffing into Godspeed Murph Eastern Oz land, I'U be the one to meet Anthony Angelone writes: and greet them. I know many classmates • Just checking ffi. After 3 1/2 years as a wdl be ffivolved with the tsunami reHef platoon commander in 29 Pakns with D efforts and some might be stopping by Co, 3rd Assault Ampffibian BattaHon, I downunda. 1 hope aU is weU and that PCSed ffi November to Camp Schwab, everyone ffi harms way is safe, God bless.

Okinawa. I am the C O of H&S Co, Drew • Combat Assault BattaHon. Hope tffings are good where you are.

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JIIIIIJI CLASS NEWS Mike DonneUy writes: • Sffipmates, I ran mto Brian MeUo a few weeks ago whde waiting at the Corpus Cffiisti International Airport for my final ffight as a primary student atVT28. Ha^vffig Hved ffi Norfolk I ran ffito lots of old friends, but tffis is Corpus and no one comes here uffiess by way of mffitary orders or gross na^vigational error. As it turned out Brian is also a ffight smdent doing time with the zoorffies at Vance, AFB in Oklahoma. So what are ffie chances that two old friends, both prior SWO's and both primary ffight smdents shoidd run ffito each offier ffi the least Hkely of places?

So because of tffis, I decided it was time to break four years of raffio sdence to say ffi and brmg everyone up to speed on some of the momentous goffigs-on that have taken place in the past few months.

First and foremost, I married the love of my lffe, the former Megan Smith '02 last December in Waukegan, IL on the banks of Lake Micffigan. Matt LachapeUe, and J.P. Garstka '99 were two of my groomsmen as weU as sword bearers wffich also included Dan Schlesinger '02, Darren Szerdy '02, John Van Meter '02, Hide Koyama '02, Rich McCandless '02, and Sean Stein '02. Megan's bridesmaids fficluded Katie Murphy '02 and Susan Starkey '02. Also on hand were my father Jay DonneUy '75, my uncle Mike DonneUy '76,Jim Petersen '76 and Jessica Parker.

Speakffig of wedffings, the rumors are true—Jim Boehmer is now a married man. The rest of us are stdl in shock.

PhU Day, Drew Corey, and I were on hand for Tim Keuhn's weddffig here in June. I recently spoke to Aaron DeMeyer who's also married and attendffig NPS in CaHforma. MeUssa Clarady (formerly MeUssa Young) recently transferred from SWO to IP and is awaitmg orders whde currendy stationed at Ingleside. Chris Comstock has ttansplanted ffis famdy to Charlotte, N C in the past few weeks; Greg MitcheU and ffis famUy have relocated from Sasebo to Boston. Greg jumped sffip to become an EDO and is working on his masters at MIT. Long-time sffipmate Mark MacNamara recently reported to the pentagon for duty after wffich he hopes

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to return to Newport, RI to attend the Naval War CoUege. Brad Sharpless recently received orders back to ArmapoHs and wdl be working in the PRODEV office. Lori Buresh (Schulze) is now married and out of the na^vy working at a food processing plant in Utah. Prior SWO's Chris Pratt and Cory Gassaway are both here -with me atTRAWING 4.

Cory wdl start advanced ttaiffing for E-2/C-2 later ffi October, Cffiis and I promoted in the same ceremony in June.

I'm stashed at the wingfl-yingonce a week and waiting for a February start date for advanced ttaiffing at VT-31. I recendy selected as a P-3 pdot.

I guess that's it for now. If anyone -winds up in South Texas either (accidentaUy or mtentionaUy) look me up. I'U be here for a whde. As ever, MUce DonneUy '00 •

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Newlyweds Mike and Megan Donnelly

Prior SWOs Brian Mello and Mike Donnelly at Corpus Christi International Airport

LEFT TO RIGHT FRONT Rich McCandless '02, John Van Meter '02; BACK: Sean Stein '02, Megan Kennedy '02, Brian Koehler '02, Darren Szerdy '02, Megan Donnelly '02, Mike Donnelly '00, Jessica Parker '00, Matt LachapeUe '00

Lori Buresh ISchulzel and Adrian Thom atLori's wedding in December 2003.

Jessica Parker, Mike Donnelly and Matt LachapeUe giving a shout out to Matt Sproat who was unable to attend on account of his being on deployment

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McGee and Brad & JuHeWimsatt had a baby boys last October. Mike's baby reminded me of ffim Hke him he got upset reaUy fast and start yeffing. I told ffim ffie kid takes after ffis dad just kidffing, the baby is beautifid. Brad's kid is off ffie charts and is already on a weight room program. Sometffing about creatme in the baby botde. White Horse West Coast held it's first official meeting on New Year's •with Josh Jabin, Jason BlakeJackson, WillKlrby, Mike Slatt, Brian Lee, Tom Homestead, Dom Ewers, Ste^vie Puskar, Burfield and Adam Page prepare for Blake's wedding, ensuing pub party and Navy-ND football Tommy & Peanut Storer and of course bash. myseff. We watched old videos of choke outs, staff ffives, GoriUas, case races, Mark ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% Newman being kicked in ffie face and of LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 95% course John PoUack gettffig hosed down PRES: IstLt Aaron Fielder ffi the firont yard after beffig sent home VICE PRES: LTJG Dave Harrington early firom DTA.WeU I would like to give TREAS: LTJG Andy Henwood, SC, U S N a shout out to #45 our favorite Road SEC'Y: LTJG Angela Karalekas 35 Old Coach Cir„ Ludlow. MA 01056 Warrior of Highway 1 ffi Iraq, Kenny del E; usna2001navy@yahoo.com Mazo. 1 got an emad from him confirmffigffisstory about a CH-46 incident Dear'Olers spread throughout ffie world, wffich went a Htde Hke tffis, "Your the fightmg for freedom. pUot no ****ing way I'm on tffis chopPlease take this -wiffi a gram of salt as per!

The pUot wdl remaffi nameless. He Daryl HUl writes said to send Cubano cigars and GO-GO I "Hoot has defected to Iraq and •wdl be dancers. You know the ones you put on domg another tour and wears what your car dashboard apparendy they are a resembles a Tom SeUeck mustache. That big ffit with the locals. Bobby Reeder is •wUl make 6 tours for him. He now has a aU grown up, I got a ready ffice Cffiistmas whole Iraqi RepubHcan guard under ffis Card with ffis new Htde gffl, Nic and of command. Pretty big feet for a guy who course Jen Reeder aka That's MY got a late start but, hey they saved the best SISTER! aka Josh HUl's sister. Nic has for last 01.5', I would know! Brian taken over JacksonvUle and is dunkffig on Bougeois's wffe Megan pregnant agam. I High School kids. As for me I'm just a guess BUD/s is a lot easier now, to have borffig old married man, but sure miss that kmd of time on his hands. He's those ffigh school years." • putting on a Super Bowl Party where ff ffie Steelers make it. We •wiU watch them That's right. Daryl is married. get demolished by whoever because Josh John Kehoe has become a ffighly HiU •wdl be there rootmg for them. Steve decorated officer. As you can see from the Weydert is now sffigle agaffi. He is pictures, he continues to take mffitary wonderffig ff there is anybody headed to ceremoffies very seriously. He stood Jamaica for sprffig break. As for ffis side proudly ffi his Santa suit as he received ffis kick Doug Hale, he just returned from a end of tour Na^vy Acffievement Medal mce 6-month cruise. I went to the from ffis Commandmg Officer. He is now Comedy Club ffi La Jolla CA and saw ffi Panama City Beach, Horida goffig none other than JuHa Ldlis, ffyou get a tffiough ffive school and ha^vmg the time chance check her out. She had a good of ffis Hfe whUe ffis •wffe isfiffishffigup joke about JJ aka The DUDE aka Justffi her master's degree. He lateraUy transJordan. He is currendy helpffig out the ferred to EOD and •wiU be goffig to Tsunami Victims with the 15th MEU. Salvage school and then EOD school. I Jamie Peace is with him and teacffing the am sure he left a deep impression on USS saUors on the sffip how to play squash. I GUARDIAN (MCM-5) and it wdl never heard that he and Sheedy have lacrosse be there same. The real story is he games on the big decks. Mike & Abby received ffis award ffi a Santa suit because

he is the M W R officer and wanted to advertise for the sffip's Christmas party.

Tiff BeU and Brian MeUo '00 are engaged and plan to get married in May of'06. Congratulations! Hoot Stahl was in Iraq whde he got to see ffis brother beat Army. It was great to see a spot saved for RonWffichester on the bench.

Thanks for writffig in. Please keep in touch.Take care and God Bless. AMK

Tyson Stahl '05, (HootStahl's '06 younger brother) runs onto the field for the Army Navy game

HootStahlin Iraq

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JiSI CLASS NEWS personal busmess—on 30 December 2004,1 got engaged to Pattick CasteUo (Rutgers '99), and we •wdl be gettffig married early next yearffiVirgiffia.

Lauren Coia wanted to touch base •wiffi everyone and -writes:

Kehoe's recleves his EOT from his CO

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HeUo everyone.

There weren't too many ffits on the account tffis month. One of the few updates came from PhiUp Katauskas '68, Alex Katauskas' father, to update us on Alex's whereabouts these days. Alex lateraUy ttansferred to the Army and is ffi the process of completing Infantry Officer Basic Course (lOBC) at FT Bennffig.

On 26 February 2005, two days after he completes lOBC, he and Lyndsay Fredericksen are getting married at the USNA Chapel. He begins Ranger training on 6 March 2005 and •wdl then report to the 82d Airborne in FT Bragg, wffich is Hkely to be almost completely deployed to Afghaffistan. Mr. Katauskas attached an article on Alex from the FT Benning newspaper. Bayonet, wffich wUl be avaUable on our class website (www.usna2002.org). Best of luck and congratulations to Alex and Lyndsay!

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• I reaHze how much time has gone by and that I've been pretty out of touch with our classmates.Just a quick update...

I'm currendyfiffisffingmy last month as ffitel officer forVAW-125, an east coast E2 squaffion. There are tons ofJO USNA grads in our airwing (CVW-17). InVAW125 alone there are Troy MiUer '99, Bubba McKinney '00, Brian Donovan '01, Steve Rogers, Lucas Jung, and myseff. We remrned from deployment in the Guff on J O H N F KENNEDY ffi December... It was an awesome experience to help support OIF, but it was very hard knowing there were stdl so many of you guys on the ground when we came home. I'm headffig out to San Diego for shore duty ffi February... Look forward to seeffig some classmates out there. Take care, Lauren • Our last entry came firom Brendon Bielat who sentffia group picmre from the Army/Navy festi^vities ffi Baffiain where the crew of the ALBEQUERQUE and the members ofVQ-2 cheered Navy on to victory.

here. Anyway, I know that Nick Sidiripolous just arrived so I wanted to stop by on my way north today. My FOB is not so ffice— C O says it gives us an edge. I ffid get my haff cut the other day and 1.1 feU asleep the chair and everyone beffind me was laughffig and 2. Foreign lady teUs me my hair is faUing out and that I should try and wear it down more often. Thanks woman. I •wdl work on wearing it down for ten rffinutes longer before I faU asleep. • WeU said, EK—her haff can be falHng out and she stiU has her sense of humor/sarcasm.

I want to wish a big'welcome home!' to Erffi, Lauren, Brandon, Ed Malino'wski, Mike Ligouri, our own cover girl Pritha Mahadevan, and everyone else who is gettffig back from various parts of the world; and best of luck to everyone who is headed out. Be safe and the next issue •wiU be from the sands of balmy Iraq, as that's where I'U be by pubHcation time. I hope to see some famffiar faces over there! UntU next time. ~Daffi ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 96% PRES: ENS Daniel Bailey VICE PRES: ENS Dan Emmert TREAS: 2dLt Noelle Navas SEC'Y: ENS Rick Mui E: navyclass2003@hotmail.com ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 9 6 % PRES: ENS Lincohi Lukich VICE PRES: 2dLt James Brobyn TREAS: ENS Joseph Zukowsky SECY: ENS Andrew Froistad E; usnaclassoG004@gmail.com

Caption: (L to R) Chip Young '93, Eric Green '94, Steve Groves '98, Aaron Martin '03, Matt Murphy '95, Stuart Munsch '85, Brendon Bielat, Chris Kerns '01, Brian Taddiken '96, Matt Carreon '01, James Rankin '97, Ian Lilyquist '01, Eric Little '00

Erin KeUy is nearing the end of her deployment as the S-4A as part of the 2 4 * MEU, and had the foUowing encounters •with some of the SpecWar guys whUe in Iraq: • I saw Rob Bocek today. Ben Zuber was at my FOB about a month ago and we just ran into each other. It was so ffice to see him. Famffiar faces are good over

PRES: MIDN 1/C John M. Burger VICE PRES: MIDN 1/C Jonathan Miller TREAS: MIDN 1/C CoUeen Vote SEC'Y: MIDN 1/C John McLaughlin

PRES: MIDN 2 / C Andrew Lukich VICE PRES: MIDN 2 / C Joshua Campbell TREAS: MIDN 2/C Jefiirey Foulds SEC'Y: MIDN 2 / C Jamison Lupo

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Alabama

Arizona

Birmingham Chapter

Arizona Chapter

Phil Griese '75

William D. Morrison '57

1906 Shades Crest Rd., Bumingham, AL 35216 H: 205-822-9470; E: phil@flagshiptradinginc.com

On Friday October 22,2004, ffie Alabama Chapter of ffie U S. Naval Academy Association held its faU 2004 dinner at ffie Vestavia Country Club ffi Birmffigham.

Major General Tom Wdkerson , U. S. Marme Corps (retffed) -was ffie guest speaker. General Wdkerson is ffie Cffief Executive Officer and Publisher of ffie U. S. Naval Instimte, General Wdkerson graduated wiffi ffie U. S. Naval Academy class of 1967 and served as a fighter/attack pdot ffi a number of command positions mcludmg Commander, Marine Forces Reserve. The dirmer was preceded by a meeting of ffie U S N A Parent's Club which fficluded canffidates and theff parents firom throughout ffie state of Alabama. T h e maffi meetmg and dinner for ffie Alumffi Association foUowed for ffie enffie Alumffi Association m e m b e r sffip. After dinner General Wdkerson deHvered his remarks wffich concerned not only ffie Naval Institute but adffitionaUy ffie mission of the Naval Academy and its continued service to the nation.

Attendffig the dinner were PhU Griese '75,Jack Natter '62, Morris Hackney '53, Robert MuhHg '53, C h u c k Badey '60, Roy Smiffi '73, Scott Watson '83, Kevm Patton '85.

Huntsville Chapter LCDR Frederick N. Steiner '51, USN (Ret.) 1059Teenajo Dr., SE, Huntsville.AL 35803-3907 H: 256-650-5423; E: navy57@aol.com

11801 E.JuanTabo Rd., Scottsdale,AZ 85255-5907 H; 480-585-1867, F: 480-473-3262 E: wmorrisonl@cox.net www.usna.com/Chapter/us/arizona

Califovnia Los Angeles Chapter LCDR Richard R. Pace '63 USNR (Ret.) 6443 BrxbyTerr. Dr.Long Beach, CA 90815 P: 562-598-7004; E: rpace@mmnt.com / richardpace@dslextreme.com

Corr. Sec'y: Nick Madigan 'SI E: nick@alisoninortgage.com

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY LUNCHEON T h e San Gabriel VaUey contingent of LA Chapter held a Beat Army luncheon at Mirffi's Cafe o n 2 December. We welcomed Gerrie Santos '83, newly transferred to ffie Los Angeles area. Also attendffig were R o b Bolster '62, Bud HUl '59, Mitch Marich ' 7 1 , Bob Rogers '54, Glenn Sffindler '64, and Frank Taylor '37.

T h e group meets the 4th Thursday each m o n t h (except November & December).

Contact Glenn Sffindler at gsffindler64@earthHnk.net for detaUs. ORANGE COUNTY ARMY-NAVY GAME MATCHING PARTY Close to 100 alumffi and friends gathered at T h e Corner Office ffi Costa Mesa for another "Senseless KdHng" of the Black Kffights of the Hudson. Woop alumffi were ffi relatively short supply and Navy had the bidk of the crowd. A casual lunch was served and the Hbation flowed as everyone had a great time. Navy jumors ffid an impressive j o b with the pushups and paraded the chapter blimp at halftime (tffis is a key Chapter " B D O " or Blimp Deployment Opportuffity). We joffied

-with our Army comrades a game's end and Hstened to ffie U S M A Alma Mater.

But the conttast was stark as the enffie Na-vy crowd gave a beautifid renffition of Navy Blue & Gold; even the U S C fans stopped what they were doffig at the offier end of the room and stood watchmg. A proud day â&#x20AC;&#x201D;join us next faU at tffis great footbaU watcffing venue!!

JANUARY 2005 ORANGE COUNTY LUNCHEON T h e Orange County Luncheon was held on Tuesday, January 11,2005, at the Santa Ana Elks Club. O u r January speaker was AUen Roeder, the City Manager for the City of Costa Mesa, CA. H e has worked for the city for over 30 years and has been the city manager for over 15 years.The average tenure for a city manager ffi CaHforffia is 3 years. AUan spoke to us about the effect of the recent election on local government ffi CaHforffia as weU as ffis interpretation of the Governor's latest State of the State message. H e geared ffis comments to CaHforffia ffi general and not just the effect on ffis city. H e concurred that the budget process ffi the state is completely broken and that we need to change our budgeting process as soon as possible. H e cited increased pension costs are one of the biggest problems facing cities in the state. H e also cited housmg costs as another item that has to be resolved state -wide in order to keep busffiesses in CaHforma. H e agreed that reffistticting must take place to give more competitiveness to state poHtics.

AUan said that immigration was a very big concern to local government, but that offiy the federal government could fix imrffigration poHcy. H e feels that the legislamre -wdl not act in a timely manner o n the Governor's proposals and that they -wiU be decided at a special election in the

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CHAPTER NEWS faU as propositions. His talk was from the viewpoint of non-elected local government and was not slanted toward either party. AUan kept the constant attention of those present with ffis presentation.

T h e class with the most attendees with 5 classmates present was '57 once more, foUowed closely by the class of '47 with 4 classmates. '57 and '47 always seem to have the most classmates in attendance.

T h e chaUenge is hereby extended to the other classes to attempt to unseat ffiese two classes for the leaders ffi attendance.

Those attenffing ffie luncheon fficluded: Bdl McReynolds '41, Walt Stevens '43, Bob Rubel '44, R i c h Crane ' 4 7 , T R Johnson '47,Jim Kffkpattick '47, Stan Schdler '47, M o r t Richardson '50, Al Enderle '52,Joe Zebrowski '53, Tony CroweU '57,Joe Koch '57, Bob Lutz '57,Phd Papaccio '57, Dave StiUer '57, George Watts '58, Bob Curtie '59, Joe Keeley '59, Danny Musselman '60, Gray Farley '61, Jim Thornton '63, Glenn Sffindler '64, Steve Andres '67, Terry AUen '68, MUce Metskas '74 wiffi guest Tom Gorla, Steve Shatynski '83, BUI BaUey West Pomt '60, and BiU Meddffigs, a former Naval Officer UPCOMING EVENTS - SAVE THESE DATES!!

March 8™ - Orange County Luncheon March 12™ - Long Beach Ice Dogs Event - MUce Mahoney '82 (mahoney(^paceHnes.com) March 24*^ — Pasadena Luncheon Aprd 10^*^ -TaU Sffip/Whale Watcffing Outing - Hank Salerno '64 (hanks@fpsnet.com) AprU 12'-" — Orange County Luncheon AprU 28™ - Pasadena Luncheon Aprd 28'h - A r m y / N a v y Goff (Spring) — Dave Hackett '71 (dhackett@pacbeU.net)

Monterey Bay Chapter President: John A. AUch '64 Corr. Sec'y: Ralph Norm Channell E: torosur@earthlink.net

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Sacramento Chapter Mr. Dennis P.Joyce '61 2880 Sunrise Blvd., Ste 200 Rancho Cordova, CA 95742-6100 H: 916-983-9367; C: 916-996-1333 E: djoycel961@hotmail.com

San Diego Chapter CAPT Randy Bogle '68 H: 619-328-5728; W: 619-295-7490 E: rbogle@dpatraining.com

Corr. Sec'y: CDRTom Parry '82, USNR W: 858-586-7461; E: tom.parry@intelesistech.com www.usnaaasd.com

San Francisco Chapter President: LCDR Chester M. Kolley, USNR 686 Portofino La., Foster City, CA 94404-2938 H: 650-573-7802; E: cmkolley@comcast.net

Vice President: James Ryan '86 E: james@peisales.com

Secretary: Lt. Robert M. Sohovich '93, USN 1004 Byeriey Ave., San Jose, C A 95125-2507 H: 206-250-5321; E: soho@1993.usna.com

Santa Barbara Chapter President: CAPT Homer F. Smith '63, USN (Ret.) 1925 Eucalyptus Hill Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93108-1830 H: 805-695-0033; E: hohohosmith@cox.net

Secretary: Gary Minar '58 P: 805-688-7957; E: gh58minar@verizon.net

Colorado Colorado Chapter CAPT Daniel Branch Jr. '59, USN (Ret.) 555 ApoUo Dr., Boulder, C O 80303-5002 H: 303-499-0337; W: 303-966-4833 E: dbranchjt@aol.com www.usna.com/Chapters/US/Colotado/ default.htm

Connecticut Connecticut Chapter LCDR David H. Stryker '61, USN (Ret.) PO Box 670; New London, CT 06320-0670 H: 860-536-3636;W: 888-447-0512 E: ML8632@aol.com

Hopefidly you wUl be readffig tffis just prior to our March 10th meetmg at Essex Meadows in Essex, CT. In the event that you have not yet made your decision as to whether or not to attend, let me expand a Htde on what awaits you at tffis meeting.

O u r featured speaker is WUHam J. KeUer, Jr. BUI is a 1970 U S N A graduate and in

June of 2004, completed an assignment as Deputy Seffior Advisor to the Miffistry of Commuffications for the CoaHtion Provisional Authority, Department of Defense, Baghdad, Iraq. In a dangerous and fficreasffigly hostde en-vironment, he was charged with conttibuting to the development of a long-term capital requffements plan and project defiffition, for rehabffitating, reconstructffig and expandffig the nationwide Iraqi telecommumcations network and facffities. His ultimate goal in tffis assignment was to pro-vide for the orderly turnover of sovereignty w h d e addressing the many issues ffivolved -with sustainffig day-to-day operations and services ffi the face of an mcreasffig number of mcidents of sabotage and insurgency. Tffis is a very timely subject given the current simation ffi Iraq.

I hope we -wiU see you at this meeting.

R a y Boyd, ,73, attended ffie Board of Trustees Meeting ffi Annapolis ffi December. For ffiose of you w h o may not have seen ffis observations/comments on our •website, here are some of ffie n o t e worthy ffighUghts: U S N A Scholars for 2005 Eight graduates wdl go to Oxford and Cambridge.

T h e Brigade n o w consists of 4,336 Midsffipmen.

Service Assignment occurred ffi November. S W O 244; Surface N u k e 26; Submarffies 85; Navy Aff 250; N F O 85; Marffie Aff 59; N F O 4; Marffie Ground 117; SEALS 16; Special Operations 15; Crypto 4; I n t e l ' 9; Supply 10; Meffical 11; C E C 2; A M D O 2; USAF 5; U S A 3 USCG-1.

George Watt, 73, President and C E O of ffie U S N A Alumffi Association and Naval Academy Foundation had ffie foUowing statistics to report: $85M has been provided to U S N A over the last five years.

O f the 51,100 H^ving graduates of U S N A , 42,430 are Association Members Reach Out%o to aU potential members and don,t miss an opportuffity to be formed Advocate.

George Watt is currendy schedffied to be our guest speaker for our June meeting to be held at a place yet to be arranged.

The targeted venue is currendy ffie Qmimipiack Club in N e w Haven, but final arrangements have not yet been made. Fmal detaUs on tffis meeting wiU be promulgated on our Chapter website.

George is a very knowledgeable and entertaiffing speaker and I strongly encourage you to come and Hsten to him.

Several Chapter members have expressed an ffiterest in a Chapter goffing outmg of some sort. T h e First Annual Inter-Academy GolfTournament was held last October at a Connecticut course and planrung is underway for ffie Second annual event ffi July, 2005. Be ad^vised ffiat Navy won ffie first annual event over Army and Aff Force and is looking to contmue ffie trend! Mike Krause, ,63, was mtimately ffivolved wiffi plannmg for the last tournament and may be reached at 203-249-4876. Adffitional detaUs on ffie 2005 tournament wUl be promulgated as received. In adffition, anyone ffiterested ffi formulatffig a golfing event usffig ffie stnaU 9 hole course at Essex Meadows should make known ffis/her ffiterest known to Dave Stryker, 6 1 , and he •wdl dffect you to ffie appropriate contacts at Essex Meado^vs.

As I have said innumerable times before, ffie officers of the C T Chapter are always lookffig for ne^w ideas and recommendations for activities for the Chapter to undertake.You are sttongly encouraged to submit your thoughts/ideas/comments to ffiem so that they can be responsive to the majority of our membersffip. Let them hear from you!

Wasn,t it grand watcffing the , 3 i g Blue Team%o defeat the N e w Mexico Lobos ffi the Emerald Bowl! W h a t a fittmg end to a superb year on the gridiron for NAVY! I think we aU can waUc a Htde taUer now sffice N A V Y ended up ranked 24th ffi the country at the end of 2004. G O NAVY!!

Daue Boyd, '59

Costa Rica Costa Rica Chapter Claudia A. Pacheco '64 Apt. 4307-1000, San Jose, Costa Rica H: 506-224-4325;W: 506-256-3855 E: cpacheco@sol.racsa.co.cr

Delaware Delaware Chapter Mr. Frank S. "Nick" Carter IU '70 P.O. Box 462; Lewes, DE 19958-0462 H: 302-644-4838; E: nick.carter@venzon.net

Florida Fort Lauderdale Chapter Col Bimey T. Pease '63, USAF (Ret.) 5555 N. Ocean Blvd.,Apt 19 Laudeidale By die Sea, FL 33308-2352 H: 954-941-0561;E: twopznpod@juno.com

Approximately thirty-four members and guests had roffickffig fon at the 2004 Emerald Bowl party watchmg NAVY ttounce the N e w Mexico L O B O s .

NAVY ffisplayed a zealous team effort •with numerous gutsy plays. Obviously, the Midsffipmen woffid spare notffing to acffieve theff weU deserved, smpendous victory and accompHsh theff lofty goal set long beforehand.

Pictured enjoymg the spffited festi^vities, just belo^w from the left, are "First M o m " of the Fort Lauderdale Chapter, namely, Charlene Welsh, mother of M I D N M e g a n Welsh '05, LT KeUy Welsh U S N '00; with the Hteral and proverbial"... thorn between the roses"Joe C h o p e k ' 6 9 grinffing arffidst them. Beware, laffies! You are standmg ffito danger from a former Marine officer, ffie leering fox lurking among you.

T h e Marine Corps tables as described above, but also incluffing Scott and Sharon Slater (Colonel U S M C ) '80, plus several Chopek guests, definitely w o n the accolades for "party animals"! In adffition,Joe C h o p e k '69 should be declarffig a "capital gam", due to rakffig in considerable winnffigs firom the pool stakes.

Also cheerffig tffis crucial •victory for the rebirth of NAVY footbaU success, were chapter President Barbara and Birney Pease '63; Membersffip Chairman and 2004 " M e m b e r of the Year" Mary EUen and Luis Sologuren '53; longstanffing chapter Treasurer R o b GUlerte '91 Birney Pease '63, and friend Nicole Thereza Falrman, and Menna; D o n Cffiras PhilFairman '59 and friend Ann Fast; Chuck BorteU '67; Joe B. Chopek '69; LT Joe P Chopek U S N '96;Thereza and PhU Faffman '47; Sharon and Scott Slater '80 along •with theff daughter, KeUy and son, Kffk; Joe Mdsaps from Broward Na^vy Days Inc along •with ffis assistant, KimTisdale; Marge and Dick W h e a t o n '49; Hank and Rose Biederbecke and daughter,Ann; previously cited,"Fffst M o m " and daughters plus son,"J.D."; as weU as Francisco Alberto Ragonesi and ffis son Francisco, w h o is a prospective member of U S N A 2009; plus, BUI Shoemaker and ffis son, Joe; in adffition to prospective Associate Chapter Member, NeUy and John Kiefer, very sttong U S N A supporters originaUy from the •viciffity of AnnapoHs and Bethesda, MD. By pubHcation date, the Chapter wUl have several new officers, w h o wUl have been armounced at the Armual "State of the Chapter" meeting on February 24 .

Formal ffistaUation is scheduled to be cffca th

Charlene Welsh, Joe Chopek, Megan Welsh and LT Kelly Welsh

AprU 29 during a sffip's tour and luncheon afterward. Precise detaUs to be announced as soon as respective "port •visit" itineraries are avadable.

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CHAPTER NEWS Also, the "Night at the Pompano Park Races" wdl also be almost upon us by pubHcation date. Tffis annual favorite is firmly scheduled for March 18'-" at 6 p.m.

Also, on March 19™, there wiU be charitable Luncheon, aboard a civffian Cruise ship, to benefit Seafarers House. Cost is $40 per person, wffich is very reasonable for a luxury sea-goffig froHc. CaU for last minute detaUs and arrangements on these events.

Picmred are President Birney Pease '63 awarffing Thereza Fairman, •wffe of PhU Fairman '47, one of the door prizes during the Army — Na^vy game victory party tffis past December.

Wouldn't one like to be as photogeffic as Thereza?

Later tffis year ffi early November, the fifth Navy vessel named baffibridge, wdl be comrmssioned in Fort Lauderdale.

Planmng for a host of festivities is weU underway. D o n Cffiras '59 is the Haison officer for tffis splenffid event. Stay tuned for more detads.

Chuck BorteU '67 Corresponding Secretary Fort Lauderdale, FL c 954-553-1704

Gainesville Chapter

upheld the honor of the Corps w h e n we got together for the Army-Na^vy game.

She maintaffied that ff the Black Kffights had scored more, she was prepared to do more pushups than the paltry few she ffid.

We'U see.

T h e Service Academy Alumffi Club of GainesviUe held its monthly luncheon meetffig on Thursday 20 January 2005 at GrUlmaster's Restaurant. Naval Academy alumffi in attendance were B e n Morland '34, A l V i t o '44, Hart StringfeUow '48, R i c k ChUdress '54,Jim Z i m m e r m a n '54, RusseU H e n d e r s o n '58,Jerry K e n n e d y '61, Mickey S m i t h '61, Joe Phelan '66, Hansford l y i e r '76, Charles Baker '87, and Cheryl P e n c e '95. Attendffig from the Mffitary Academy were Jere Wffittington '46 and Charles Deal '84.

After •viewmg a •video of U S N A 2004 Distinguished Graduate ceremoffies, members rerffiffisced on honorees they had served with as rffidsffipmen, comrmssioned subordffiates and contemporaries.

O u r meetings are at 11:30 am the thffd Thursday of the month at Grdl Masters, 7750 West Uffiversity Avenue ffi GamesvUle. Alumffi and theff famffies, current and foture rffidsffipmen and cadets ffi-vited to attend.

CAPT J Michael Smith '61, USNR (Ret.) 10424 SW 41st PI., Gainesville, FL 32608 H: 352-376-6611;W: 352-376-3301 E: mickey@acceleration.net

In spite of the temperamre beffig ffi the frigid fiffies, the Service Academy Alumffi Club of GamesvUle met for theff December luncheon, this time at 43rd Stteet DeH ffi Gaffies^vUle. For the occasion, m Heu of a speaker, the group was graced •with the presence of several spouses.

Attenffing from the Naval Academy were A l V i t o '44,Mase WeUs '47, Hart StringfeUow '48, Kirby and J i m Z i m m e r m a n '54, RusseU H e n d e r s o n '58,Toba and Mickey S m i t h ' 6 1 , Jerry K e n n e d y ' 6 1 , S a m M u t c h ' 7 1 , and Margie and Hansford Tyler '76.

Attenffing from the MUitary Academy were CharHe HaU '46,JereWhittffigton '46, and Bobby Gibson and Ariel Jones '01. Ariel, one of our youngest members.

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Jacksonville Chapter CAPT Michael O. Borns '70, USN (Ret.) 1185 Salt Marsh Cir. PonteVedra Beach, FL 32082-2543 H: 904-273-4714;W: 904-285-3400, ext. 356 E: mborns@meridianmgmt.com usnaaajaxchap@usa.net

Miami Chapter Richard WOgden '66 5590 SW 92nd St., Coral Gables, FL 33156 H: 305-665-9641; B: 305-663-5860; E: billo@kcl.net

Sec'y: Sergei Kowalchik '67 E: sergei@bellsouth.net

Greetings from Miami!

Mid January in the subtropics and it is cold; after almost a week (on tffis particular go-round), today the weather finaUy reached 70.. .also, had several other such spells earHer tffis -winter. May sound wimpy but trust me, 60's just don't cut it around here; nobody is used to wearffig aU that clothffig!

Whatever happened to global warming?

O n the local scene, the Dolphins ffired Nick Saban (from LSU) as the new Head Coach (6™ ffi francffise ffistory). His j o b is to do somethffig (anytffing) to get the team back into some semblance of respectabffity, foUo-wing a 4—12 season (worst ffi Dolphffi ffistory).

To help ffi the task, at least he has the # 2 pick in the 2005 draft. However, I suspect most "doffans" would ttade that for the agony (and embarrassment) of the past season.

N o t satisfied with just that, owner Wayne Huizenga not offiy renamed the staffium "Dolphffi Staffium" (the prior sponsor, "Pro Player", has been bankrupt for over two years), but armounced a close-to haff a bUHon doUar (yes, •with a B), two phase renovation of the facffity aU private money. Tffis wUl be foUowed by a thffd phase, also private money, wffich wdl entad development of the empty land around the staffium (there is a lot.. .also owned by "Mr. Wayne") ffito multi-use (hotel, condos, shops, restaurants, offices, etc.); aU of this to be run under a newly estabHshed umbreUa organization — Dolpffin Enterprises — •wiffi its own C E O reporting to Mr. Wayne.

M o n e y may not be everytffing; however, affi't it wonderful?

Turmng to Alumffi Chapter events, we had two sffice the last column. They were the annual "HoHday Reception" (this year combmed •with the "Founder's Day Celebration") and a "get togeffier" for ffie Na^vy - N e w Mexico Emerald Bowl.

O n December 22"^^, 17 U S N A Midsffipmen and 18 U S N A Canffidates accompamed by 59 parents, relatives and guests, joffied 13 graduates and 11 of ffieff guests at ffie Miarffi Chapter's Annual HoHday Reception and Founder's Day Celebration.The function was held at ffie Coral ReefYacht Club m Coconut Grove.

As in the past, it was a terrffic event •with great food, ffiink, celebration and camaraderie. T h e ttaffitional toasts were offered to kick off the formal portion of the event, foUowed by a cake cuttffig ceremony and the singffig of "Happy Bffthday" to the Academy.

However, ffie ffighHght of the event was, by far, ffie interaction ffiroughout ffie eveffing among ffiose attendffig. Be it between ffie mids and ffie canffidates, ffie parents and ffie grads, the ndds and ffie grads, ffie canffidates and the grads, among ffie parents, between ffie grad spouses and ffie parents/rffids/canffidates, whatever, ffie permeating c o m m o n interest and bond was sometffing obvious to ffie most casual observer.

"But stdl when two or three shaU meet..."Who would have ffiought (or imagmed), way back w h e n we first learned ffiose words durffig Plebe Summer.. .ffien agaffi, chances are more ffian good ffiat sometffing else had our attention at ffie time Chapter members attenffing were: Jovan and B o b Chester '68, Frank Martin '59, Lauren and Mel Meinhardt '80, Karin and BUlWeUer '65, RusseU O t w a y '02, Ke^vin O t w a y '02, Sergei Ko-walchik '67 and his spouse MarshaU Byrum, Marietta and Juan Fanjul '93,Jamce and BUI Burd '65, R o b GUlette '90 and a guest, JuHe and BUI O g d e n '66 accompamed by theff daughter Kristin, Lucy and J o e C h o p e k '69, Pam and Alfred B u n g e '88.

The second Chapter event was an informal get-togeffier for the Na-vy vs.

New Mexico Emerald Bowl o n December 30™. It was held at HooHgan's Sport Bar ffi KendaU (same place as ffie Army Navy party).

Alffiough I •was out of town and unable to attend, reports came back that it was an absolutely smashffig success and great time. Around 80 people sho^wed up, mcludmg the Na-vy Swim Team -who was m the area for a competition; also, I'm sure the 34-19 victory for Navy ffidn't dampen thffigs any.

For those Chapter Members that are not on the Academy's emad list, and get theff info offiy from Sffipmate, I ffiought I'd pass on the foUowffig. Na-vy sold 18,000 tickets for the game, the 7™ highest o f aU s c h o o l s that participated in b o w l g a m e s .

EquaUy impressive was the fact Navy played ffi San Francisco, 3,000 mdes from

AnnapoHs; the six schools that sold more tickets, played either in bowls within driving ffistance, or at a BCS game. Bravo Zulu to aU concerned!

TiU the next one, Sergei

Naples-Fort Myers Chapter

Mark Shaughnessy '73, David Tuck B&G, BobTurnage '47, BiUVoffier ' 5 1 , Dave Wagner '53, R i c k Warren '47, Henry WUson '48, and Bdl Wyld B&G. O n Wednesday, March 16yh,Vice Adrffiral (Ret) Bob Monroe '50 •wdl speak to the Chapter at the Audubon C.C. on nuclear weapons research and development.

President:Jack Cummings '47 255 Monteiey D r . Naples, FL 34119 H: 239-3533406; E:jackcum@aol.com

Sec'y: CAPT Harvey Falkjr. '53, (CEC) USN (Ret.)

Orlando Chapter LtCol George VRuos Jr. '50, USMC (Ret.) 950 Kersfield Cir, Heathrow, FL 32746-1936 H: 407-804-1308; E: frangeo@heathrowcable.net

P: 239-498-2012; E: HAFALK@aol.com

O n 14 January, 82 shipmates, friends and prospective rffidsffipmen gather for lunch at ffie Audubon Country Club and were tteated to an enthusiastic, inspffffig and motivating taUc by the Commandant of Midsffipman, Capt. Charles Leiffig,Jr '78.

H e cited the many accompHshments of recent graduates, male and female, and made aU of us proud to be associated •with the program. Capt Leiffig pointed out h o w the Academy developed young people to be leaders of exceUence and •with sttong character. H e also made a pomt that this war on terror was a long lasting war wffich would go on for years.As a response to a question, he assured us that Coach Johnson and ffis famdy enjoyed Hfe and activities at the Academy and would be •with us for a long time. Graduates attenffing were Jim Ahern '48, Richard Ambrogi '48, R o y Andersen '52, Jack Badey '44, Floyd Bowdey '47, Dan Bozung '97,WiUam Casey '46, Lee Catalano '51, Jack Cummffigs '47, Al Corwen ' 5 1 . Lee Dogget ' 5 1 , Harry Donahue '49, Jack Dwyer '46, Dan Evans ' 5 1 , Harvey FaUc '53, Bob FUler '81, Earl Forsthoff'47, Lynn Fowler '46. Tom Harp '67 (USAFA), Grover Higginbotham '35, Jack Homffick '47, Bob Jones '58, Gene Lawler '47, Glen Lerum '58. Ray Lessig ' 5 1 , J o h n LoRusso '58, Ernest Lucy '48, Stephen Lukens B&G, Bob Mandel '38, Jim MaseUe '62,Jim M i n m n '59, D e n n y M o o r e '61, N e d Oldham '58, Nick Paldffio '65,Tom PoUack ' 6 1 , WUHam R e a d '49, Dusty R h o d e s '62, Bob Shearer '58, D o n Shelton '55, AUan Slaff'45,Wayne Smith ' 6 1 ,

In attendance: EUeen and John L o n g '55, Cheryl and Craig Corbett '73, B o b Harper '62, Harriet and Curt CordeU '46, ConmeWasham, George R u o s '50, Betty and Jerry BaU '41,Walt Marquardt '49, Joan and John LesUe '47, D a v e Peterson '62, Ann and D i c k \ l ^ s o n '46, Art Herbert '48.

T h e meeting was caUed to order by president, George R u o s '50, and was thriUed that Navy had w o n their post season Emerald Bowl game. H e also announced that the Naval Academy basebaU team woffid be in St. Petersburg, March 2nd to play the Tampa Bay DevU Rays at 1:05pm. Tffis game •wdl take place in "Progress Energy Park" just blocks from their home field. To order tickets on Hne contact the Devd Rays official web site. <www.tampabay.devffiays.mlb.com> George also read the tteasurer's report, submitted by J o h n L o n g '55 our N V B C ("Non-volunteer Bean Counter"). O u r annual dues of $15.00 were due.

Since everyone in attendance receives the Sffipmate and because our rffinutes are pubHshed ffi it, there is no need to send hard copies to the members.Tffis •wrUl save money spent on postage. We can address tffis issue in foture meetings since attendance was smaU. Hard copies can be sent to guests ff requested.

O u r speaker for today was Jerry BaU '41. Born in Mempffis, Jerry Grew up in BatesviUe, A R "a great place to grow u p " .

His mother was a teacher and ffis father owned a store. As a teenager he worked for ffis father doing meffial tasks. W h e n the subject of coUege was approached, ffis mother was ffi favor of ffis appHcation to the Naval Academy, but ffis father was

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Jerry BaU '41 had a very mterestmg naval career. He was an executive naval aide to two 3 star Army generals, Lt. Gen. WUHs D Crittenberger and Lt. Gen. Maffiew B. Ridgway and Deputy Cffief of Staff to two 4 star Army generals. Gen. Bob Porter and Gen. George Maffier. He had more fimess reports signed by Army generals than Na^vy Admirals.

Upon graduation he was assigned to the USS North CaroHna, one of 45 ensigns.

He appHed and was accepted to "Sub School" and upon completion was assigned to S-14 USS LoughWip. His next assignment was to the USS Conger and was ffie youngest sub CO at that time. He was assigned to 9 Submarines ffi aU. Jerry seemed to be ffi the right place at the right rime with the right people and made the right decisions wffich enhanced his very prestigious career.

At one pomt he was the Legal officer for the Marffie Base ffi Panama. Tffis was unfamffiar territory. He offiy had two cases but was successful wiffi both a rape case and a bigamy case.

He,ffis•wffe Betty and theff tffiee chddren truly made the most of theff time ffi Guantanamo, Cuba, Panama, Key West and aU other duty stations. Betty had a horse and he enjoyed canoeffig and explorffig the Jungles and back country.

So when asked by General Ridgeway of a good place to hunt AUigator, off they went. Sffice Jerry knew the way that left General Ridgeway to Row the boat. Jerry shared many ffiterestffig stories of sffipboard lunches, an unexpected honorary

escort, an unauthorized sinkffig, fishffig ttips and more aUigator and grouse hunts.

To quote one General "We are luck to have you on our side" Captam Jerry BaU '41 and ffis wffe Betty reffied ffi Orlando.

After a few questions and comments, George Ruos '50 adjourned the meeting.

If you Hve ffi the Centtal Florida area and would Hke to commune •with other USNA graduates, please joffi us for a ffice breakfast and very ffiteresting presentations from our members. We know you have an mterestmg story too and we would Hke you to share it with us. We meet Every 2 ^ " Saturday at 8:30am at the HoHday inn ffi Altamonte Sprffigs.

Go Navy!

'50, Peggy & Hank Gorman '44, and son Rob Gorman, Pat & Bob Harvey '44, Betty & Al Haworth '57, JuHe & Joel Jacobs, Tom Krieger '56, Bob Lees '69, Jane O'Meara (widow Donald O'Meara '34), Ed Perron '55, Ivan Rosa '84, Bettie Vogel (-widow Vogel '40), Diana & Walt Whipple '57, guests Lu & Elaine Hdl, Bright WUson (widow of WUson '20).

Palm Beach Chapter CAPT Walter Whipple '57, USNR (Ret.) 1100 Marme •Wy. West, #A3L Nordi Pahn Beach, FL 33408 H: 561-624-3051;E:Wal-Whip@aol.com

HAPPY NEWYEAR! We are celebrating the Navy's Emerald Bowl -victory, wffich we were fortunate to see Hve and in person.

San Francisco has a fabffious staffium; and whde the weather was damp, the spirit was soaring. BRAVO ZULU NAVY TEAM! Our January 19th kick-off, featured Palm Beach columffist exttaorffinaire, Frank Cerabino '77. He kept us laughing -with taU tales and swaggering sea stories. Now that columnist Dave Barry has retired, 1 tffink Frank can fiU the void. Thanks, Frank, for taking time from your busy schedffie.

In attendance were: Paul Alexander '83, Bion Bierer '53, Anne & George Bole '54, Tom Brandt '63, Jane & Howard Burdick '56, Frank Cerabino '77, Robert N. Clyman '79, Dottie Coney (widow of Charles Coney '19), Al Debacker

L - RJohn Rosselott '57and Walt Whipple '57atthe Emerald Bowl

L-R FRANK CERABINO '77 and ROBERTN. CLYMAN '79 at January 19 Luncheon)

FUTURE EVENTS February 12,2005 ARMY & NAVY EVENING SOCIAL, 7:00 p.m.

March 19,2005 SEAFARER'S BENEFIT LUNCFiEON on ffie Carffival Legend at Port Everglades wiffi Admiral Diego Hernandez, USN (ret) CaU or e-maU for more irfformation or to get on ffie ffisttibution Hst regardmg events iffi ffie PaHn Beach Chapter.

Walt Whipple '57

Tour this amazing historical site to see how you can entertain in tradition

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and elegance.

For more information on a private tour and planning your next event, contact Amy Whitney at 410-263-4448, ext. I l l

Pensacola Chapter CDR Mike McCrabb '78, USN (Ret.) 5944 Moors Oaks Dr.; Milton FL 32583 H: 850-995-4110; E: jbmccrabb@cox.net

National Trustee: CDR L. E. Price '79

Space Coast Chapter LCDR Milton E. Burdsall '56, USNR 1195 StarUng^WV.Viera. FL 32955 H: 321-504-1050; E: patandmilt@honnail.com

Suncoast Chapter Clifford P. Bermann '45 7979 S.TamiamiTrl.. #338A, Sarasota, FL 34231 E; plcwec@aol.com

The afternoon of Saturday, 4 December, was needless to say, a great one for ffie classmates, •wives and friends w h o gaffiered at ffie Bent Tree Country Club ffi Sarasota, FL, for ffie Army-Na^vy game. As we aU enjoyed ffiat great day, our President, CHff Bermann '45, plus Tom Gibson '66 and Al Burda '68 performed a tough pushup workout for aU of thosse pomts we scored. Ultimately we started to smg our Academy songs to help us through ffiose 42 poffits.

In adffition to the good times we were havmg, we took a picture of R a l p h Styles '33 and David Lopez '88 as shown.

Our attendees on this great day were: Ralph Styles '38, Anne and James Tench '44, Eloise Affierton '45, Helen and Cliff Bermann '45, Jackie and Lee Haffies '45, Pete Perkins '45, Jessie and BiU Petrat '45, Mary Lou and Erffie Schulz '45, Effie and FredTiemann '46, Alex Urquhart '46, Pat and Dick SouffiweU '47, Mary Vffgiffia and Jim Morency '49, Warren R o t h m a n n ' 5 1 , Sekna and Tom Dyer '52, Bettye and Chuck Boyer '53, SU^via Gibson '55, SaUy and R o g e r Betts '56, Charlene and Walter Carlson '56 and guest Signe Antos, Carol and Alex Mortis '56, A n n and D a n Kenney '57, Pat and Bdl Cartwright '58, Louis and Ruby Fister '58, Pat Harrington '58 and guest Suzi Short, Al Ames '60, Sandy and Jay Grafton '60, Bunny and Chuck Morris '61 and guest R o b e r t Hippie, Kay and Jon Neary '65,Tom Gibson '66, Carol and R i c h Starostecki '66, Phyffis and Lou Balestra '67 and guests, Diana and Hank Young, Jackie and Bffi Patterson, Kate and Al Burda '68 and guest Jan Diebold, Frank Marano '75, June Moore '86 and David Lopez '88.

Ralph Styles '33 and David Lopez '88

O n February 16th we are looking forward to a joint luncheon •with the Tampa Chapter to hear the dynamic speaker Chet Gladchuck our Athletic Director.

Bill Cartwright '58

Tampa Bay Chapter CAPT John S. Kamen '77, USN 1105 Culbieadi Isle Dr.Tampa, FL 33629 H: 813-288-9548; E: kamenjl@socom.mil

Secretary/Communications: Steve Stvift '87 E: sswift@1987.usna.com www.usna.com/Chapters/US/fl/tampabay/

W o w - what a great game - and great company as weU! 33 total folks at the Bowl game on D E C 30th for the over N e w Mexico. Can you beHeve that ffiive from the end of the 3rd quarter to nearly the end of the game to ice the victory!?

WeU - that makes tffiee very successfiil games at T h e Press Box tffis year.

Attendees included: Chris Heath '72, Steve Swift '87, Mac Fossett '58,Alexa Forsyth '04, Sam DeUc '04 and parents D o n n a & Bob Forsyth, Kathy & Da^vid Long '86 and 3 Htde ones, Kyle Langbehn '96 and sister Karen Langbehn (UF), Dick Ardavany ' 6 1 , L e R o y Coffins '56 and Tom Lynch '56 from CharlottesvUle,VA,Tish '87 & C u r t Wold '88 and Samantha, Matt Poage '94 andVIP Girlfriend PriscUla and friend Maria, David OHveria '75, Parents D i n o and Mary Mffabel (Dffio '08), Brian Schultz '95,Joe Wiendl '93, Jerry Lavely '90, Bdl Kuzmick '90 and Sister Jen, Butch Klemeyer '95.

Great picmre with BUI Kuzrffick peakffig from the left, Sam DeUc, Brian Shultz, Matt Poage, David OHveria, and Butch Klemeyer.

Two monthly meetmg recaps here. 20 folks ffi January, 11 from December. Good to see H a n k (new) ffi January, and MUce, MUce and Neoffi in December. Great discussion on aU the acti^vities!

Bill Kuzmick, Sam Delk, Brian Shultz, Mat Poage, David OHveria, and Butch Klemeyer

* Bowl Game recap - Pete Leffiart '66 was there and passed around programs. * Board Trustee Meeting recap - R o y CoUffis '56 - ffiscussed voting down new Chapter out West, ffiscussed developments on Admissions comnffttee. 2 ideas — 1) Medal of H o n o r WaU at U T with ETC Dixon W P '84 - with local medal awardees ffi attendance; 2) Crew sffip John Paffi Jones - we could crew it?! * Amputee Discussion by Dick Ardavany '61 and Roy. Found out Tony Gray '92 and famdy gave time for Thanksgiving Dinner atVA Hospital.

Tony •wUl check for foture - possibly Easter. J o h n Kamen '77 checkffig with MOAA. * Dave Olson '79 - Discussed Di^vffig and Leadersffips for Youths - looking for support - corffing ffi from lots of sources fficludmg N O A A , Seals, etc. * B G O update - 2 new B G O 's Dave Olson '79 and Nikolai MidHgan '92, Support Na^vy League as they support new rffidsffipman appomted to the Academy - Nikolai on Na^vy League Board, and lookffig mto 501.C.3 for us.

Attendees: Pete Leffiart '66, Jim Alffiich '67, John Kamen '77, Perry Dempsey '72, KADM R o y CoUffis '56, Brian Schutz '95, Dick Ardavany ' 6 1 , Nicolai MuUigan '95,Tony Gray '92, Steve Swift '87, R u t Flynn '59, Richard Dick '73, Dave Olson '79, Mark Krivonak '71, Jack Gandey '69, Gary Polansky '69, Bud Sawyer '74, Bdl Sema '95, Alton Delane ' 9 1 , Hank Scheider '82 - new attendee - he is engineering at PBSJ, retffed 1-2 years ago.

December meeting was very good but smaUer than usual. Many new shffts bought - especiaUy the n e w blue kind!

Hea^vy Discussion on Army-Navy Game obviously - what a great wffi - we had a

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Tampa Bay, Florida

by Dick Ardavany '61

Admiral Eric Olson '73, Deputy Commander Special Forces, addressed The Uffited States Na^val Academy Alumffi Association,Tampa Bay Chapter, friends, famUy and 9 prospective AnnapoHs hopeftds on 9 October 2004, USNA Founder's Day, ffie 159ffi anffiversary of the estabHshment of ffie Naval Academy by Congress, at ffie Centte Club ffi Tampa, FL. Sffice graduating •with WGNAC-* (World's Greatest Naval Academy Class) ffi 1961, spendffig four years active duty at sea, 39 years ffi sales and marketmg •wiffi five of ffie world's ffidusttial giants.. .I've never heard the wisdom of what leadersffip is aU about put ffi a more clear, concise fasffion.

Alffiough a portion ofAdmiral Olson's ffioughts were fficludedffiDick Couch's book. The Warrior Elite, together ffiey become a complete, umversal, gffidelffie ftir personal and corporate success, regardless of ffie endeavor.

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"As officers, you •wUl hold different jobs firom ffie enlisted force.Your position is not about rank and power, it is about responsibffity and accountabffity. Use your auffiority to lead, manage, champion and nurture ffie force.

You are not expected to know everythffig yet, but you are expected to work and to lead at the upper levels of your knowledge, skiU and auffiority."

1. Know your mission,rolesand duties; understand ffie mtent and priorities of your boss, and remember ffiat you work for him.

2. Be a teammate. What is good for ffie team has priority of what is good for you.

8. Be a carcfid steward ofresourcesm order to get maximum •valuefiromevery dollar or man hour.Yiu have a responsibUity to be effectively effective, but m ffie crunch between efficiency and effectiveness, go for effectiveness every time.

9.Tram hard and wiffirealism.Practice faUure so you wUl know how to deal wiffi it. lO.Treat safety as a mission imperative and everybody's responsibUity Be wilHng to accept necessary risk, but never put ffie mission or your force at risk unnecessarUy. 11. Commimicate up, down and across ffie force to buUd maximum situational awareness for leaders at every level Remember that a signal or a message is not commumcated until it is acknowledged.

12. LiveffieHfe of a leader—one of values, character, courage and discipHne. Use your time off constructi^vely, doffig thffigs that make you or offiers better m some •way.

13. Realize ffiat what you do and •what you tolerate ffi your presence demonstrate your standards far more ffian what you say.

14. Empower your subordmate leaden at every level to •work at ffie fuU level of ffieir auffiority. Cause ffiem to take fidl responsibUity forffieffleadersffip decisions.Traffi ffiem, trust ffiem and hold ffiem to standard 15.Whercver ffiere are two or more of you, one of you is ffi charge.

3. Demonstrate professionalism ffi aU that you do. Be sharp; look sharp.

16. Learn to manage your time and ffie time of your subordffiates. Give your subordffiates as much predictabiHty ffi ffieir private lives as you can. Don't waste ffieff time.

4. Learn ffie capabdities and Hrmtations of your people and eqffipment; acknowledge ffiat ffie prime measure of your performance is ffieir performance.

17. Understand ffiat Hfe is not a popularity contest.

You don't have to be Hked to be effective, but you do have to be respected.

5. Realize that your people are very sharp, moti^vated, a^ware and skiUed; teach, coach, gmde and mentor your force, but don't claun experience that you don't have.

18. Be open, honest and accurate m aU of your commuffications. Never withhold bad ne^wsfiromyour boss.

6. Avoid a "zero defect" mentaUty, but remember that breaches of mtegrity and maHcious violations arc not "mistakes."Treat them seriously

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19. Above aU,rememberffiatyou serve •your nation ffi a most demanffing and most honorable profession. Treat every day in the Na-vy as an opportuffity and a privUege.

oood turnout at ffie staffium - too many names to list here. Meetffig Attendees: Mike Sweeney '90 NEW to our meetings but in area a long time; is a mortgage broker seff employed in Odessa; Jun Aldrich '67,John Kamen '77, Perry Dempsey '72,Jerry O 'ConneU '56, Mike Guenffier '82 - NEW to meetings, just movedfiromLas Vegas, looking to network for job, Pat Brennan '61, Nikolai MuUigan '92,Joe Wendl '93, Neoffi Mattox '00 - NEW, Tony Gray '92 Don 't forget to pay your dues ffyou have not already! Send your $10 (+$5 bereavement fund optional) to Treasurer: Brian Schultz, 14106 Marlberry Way, Odessa, FL 33556 Future Save the Date Events: MAR 2nd-Navy BasebaU plays ffie DevU Rays at Progress Energy Park-1:05 +reception

MAR 12ffi-Tentative Date for Spring Canffidate Picffic MAR 17th-TenffisTeam in town3:00 at St. Leo CoUege with ffinner picffic at ffie courts foUowffig MAR 19ffi - Navy Lacrosse coming to Orlando, playing Colgate.

APR 9ffi - 4:45 PM Pate Tentative); Jomt Service Academy cruise, dinner/dance APR 9ffi-MacDUl AffFest-tryffig to arrange wiffi Aff Force a special members only event ffi ffie Commander 's Chalet wiffi General Abizaid (CENTCOM Commander) MAY 6th 2005 - Ldcely Date Annual Army-Navy Goff Match Monthly - ffist WED of every month - 6:00-7:30 PM HouHhan 's onWestshore (just North of 275 on the right), 2nd THURS of month Luncheon for '61 alumffi and aU other USNA alumffi are

welcome (moves around) - contact Dick Ardavany '61 ardavany@msn.com for next month detads.

Make it a great month!

Steve Swift, Secretary sswfft@1987.usna.com John Kamen, President kamenj 1 @socom.mU

Georgia Atlanta Chapter CAPT William O. Rentz '55, USN (Ret.) H: 678-432-3089; W: 678-230-3661 E: billsuerentz@mindspring.com

Secretary: Mary McElroy '87 H: 672-556-9262;W: 404-385-0956; E: mmcelroy@at.gtaa; web site: wwwusnaaaa.com

PRESIDENT'S CORNER On Saturday,January 15,2005, we were very honored and blessed to take part ffi

Navy Takes The Call Atlanta, GA M a r y IVIcElroy ' 8 7

Front row: Mike Merger (Event Organizerj'90, Mike Barber '89, and Tim Phillips '89; middle row: Nikki Peoples '97, Dean Cottle '80, Mary McElroy '87, Pies Bruce '77, and Eric Busko '88; back row: Jason Van Metre '94, Greg Rivera '93, Carl McCallum '60, Al Jones '67, Manny Garcia '84, Dick Fitzgerald '62, and Dallas Covington '96

"Vbu've no doubt seen pledge drives on television where you see people sitting behffid ffie emcee, mannffig telephones and accepting phone calls ffi support of ffie pledge drive. WeU, each year, the Adanta Chapter of the Naval Academy Alumffi Assodation and the West Pomt Society of Atlanta get togeffier to assist Georgia PubHc Broadcasting (GPB) with ffieff annual pledge drive.

The event takes place on ffie Thursday before the Army-Navy game and mvolves the teams competing to see wffich group can raise ffie most money. About 15 members of each alumffi group report to ffie GPB stuffios for a nuttitious dinner, a brief orientation and ffien report to ffie stuffios to man ffie phones. Dependffig on ffie goal, we stay at ffie station between two and four hours.The BNavy contingent is usuaUy ouffitted ffi matchmg blue and gold sweatshirts and the Army crew wears matchffig gold and black shirts.

Between crank calls and good-natured ribbing of the Army guys, we work hard on the phones to assist as people part vwth some of ffieff hard-earned cash to help provide programmffig and personnel support for ffie cultural and educational iffitiatives ffiat ffie channel is pursuffig.

During the telecast, there are usuaUy Hve ffiterviews where each organization gets a chance to plug ffiose thffigs that are near and dear to ffiem and express appreciation for the good work ffiat the tele^vision station is domg.This year, Navy beat Army agaffi wiffi $6,815 beffig coUected by Na^vy and $6,805 beffig coUected by Army. Georgia PubHc Broadcasting's goal for the eveffing was $12,000. So, we exceeded the goal by $1,620 ffi total. If you are lookmg for a fon way to get ffivolved ffi commuffity service, you might want to contact your local pubHc television station.,^

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CHAPTER NEWS the 76™ Birthday observance of Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr., at Ebenezer Baptist Church ffi Adanta. It was an ffistoric day ffi an ffistoric place.The stars of the day and weekend were the Naval Academy Gospel Choir, w h o rocked the church •with some fabulous musical selections. They performed at a ffigh school in Adanta on Friday, a coUege admissions fair, and at two churches ffi Jonesboro, GA, on Sunday, before heaffing back to AnnapoHs on Monday. They made a great impression everywhere they went.

Key players in the U S N A Minority Outteach and Adrffissions organization accompamed the Choir. T h e Adanta Chapter pro^vided ffie catered lunch with aU the ttimmmgs and the Parents Club provided the desserts, wffich were served ffi the basement assembly room at Ebenezer. Mrs. Coretta Scott Kffig visited with us before the concert and Ambassador Anffiew Young, principal speaker, visited afterwards. Alurrmi attendffig were: Glenn Brewer '51; BUI and Sue R e n t z '55, BUl's mother-m law Fern Johnson, and friend Rosa Lee Thurston; Tony and Vffgiffia Womble '63; Mess Caterer Stew CaldweU '65;PeteTzomes '67 (from Cfficago); M G e n Charles Bolden '68 (•visiting from Houston); Paul andJody Borer '70; Dick Folga '70 (from Pensacola); Les Gable '70; D o n Montgomery '74 (Minority Outteach Coorffinator from USNA);Kerwin Mdler '75 (USNA Alurrmi Assn Admissions Comnffttee from Wasffington, D C ) ; Pies Bruce '77; Mary McEHoy '87 and sons Darrin and Austin; Cindy MUler '90 and daughters Katie and Beth; LT Nikki Peoples '97 (who coorffinated many of the arrangements); LT B. Rashad Jones '01 ( O I C of the Gospel).

Also present was C D R Vanessa Wyndham, C O of the Atlanta Recruiting C o m m a n d (formerly 30 Company Officer); the Faculty Rep, C D R Henry Jones, Head of Oceanography at U S N A , and a former member of the Gospel Choff, Marine 2""Lt Lanz, w h o was Midshipman O I C last year. Local Atlanta foUcs rffight recogffize the

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foUowing members of the Gospel Choir w h o are also on the Navy footbaU team: M I D N Jon Singleton '05 (#10 a cornerback) and M I D N Brian Hampton '07 ( # 3 a quarterback).

Ambassador Young and M G e n Bolden had some inspffffig words to share.

Ambassador Young talked about ffis friend Martin's wisdom. T h e Ambassador was a close advisor and friend during the early ci^vU rights movement. H e complimented the Choir members on theff •wUHngness to serve their country and to go in harm's way. H e said that even though Dr. King was a man of peace, he beUeved that because of the Democratic elections about to take place, Iraqis are much better off than they were under Saddam Hussein. Next, M G e n Bolden '68 deHvered ffis heartfelt remarks. General Bolden talked about South Africa and Nelson Mandela and likened Mandela's non^violent response to ffis struggles to that of Dr. King. H e fiffished by remffidffig us that sometimes we are made better by beffig deffied what we thought we needed most, excerpted from "Chicken Soup for the Soul."

Support and pray for our ttoops.

Beat Army! BUI R e n t z '55 CHRISTMAS/HOUDAY PARTY Tffis year's party was held on Sunday December 12th at the h o m e of Michael and Susan Lores '74, in RosweU. About 40 alumni and friends attended the catered event. Many thanks to Mike and Susan for sharing their beautifol h o m e with us.

Attendees: Carol Sue & Jim Ravenel '45,Lyrm & J i m Hatch '47, Sue & BUI R e n t z '55 and Fern Johnson (Sue's M o m ) , Patricia & Jack Clay '56, Choyce & D o n Thompson '59, Cad McCaUum '60, Monty & CHnt Johnson ' 6 1 , Our hosts, Susan and Nancy & Paul Michael Lores '74 Hurst '62, Karen & Keith Waldrop '64, Lorie Moore '64,

Ann & Stewart CaldweU '65, Carolyn & John Johnson '65,Jan & J o n Barton '66, Mary & Sam Ne^wton '68, Joan & Paffi Borer '70, Linda & Bob Schultz '71, Karen & Steve Frederick '72, Barbara & Jerry Schubert '72, Nick Ward '74 & ffis fiancee Jean Jacob, and Susan & Michael Lores '74.

Guam Guam Chapter CDR Noel M. Enriquez '84, USNR PO. Box 26849, GMF, Barrigada, GU 96921-6849 H: 671-472-9629; HFAX: 671-472-1966 C:671-777-9629 E: NME@1984.usna.com

Hawaii Honolulu Chapter CDR Alan B. Lerchbacker '74, USN (Ret.) 1350 Alamona Blvd. Ste. 2203, Honolulu, HI 96813-4618; H: 626-644-6452; e: Alerchbacker@aol.com

Idaho Northwest Chapter Col. Kenneth WMoore '66, USMC (Ret.) 31048 E. Hayden Lake Rd., PO Box 2020, Hayden, ID 83835-7059; H: 208-772-7494; e: i35hawk@sisna.com

Illinois Chicago Chapter CDR Fredrick WWeher '75, USNR 2134 Evert Ct., Northbiook, IL 60062-6612 H: 847-559-9381; W: 312-750-8899 E: f\veber@chapman.com

Indiana Indianapolis Chapter CDR Charles A. Rainey '84, USNR 12804 Double Eagle Dr., Carmel, IN 46033 H: 317-815-0575; E: crainey@flilbi.com

Japan Tokyo Bay Chapter CDR Nolan D. Vtllarin '82, USNR U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems PSC 473 Box 5, FPO AP 96349-1901 E: villarin@drs-tsi.com

Kentlickv

(see also Ohio)

Maryland

Louisville/Southern Indiana Chapter

Annapolis Chapter

President: Eric Gordon '74

CAPT Roger P. Onorati '61, USN (Ret.)

1222 Park Hills D r . Louis\-ille, KY 40207 H: 502-893-7945; E: fl.>shcom@bellsouth.net

Secretary: William Toutant '46

1756 Point No Point Dr,Ann.ipolis, MD 21401-6560 H: 410-849-3812; E:roger,onorati@1961.usna.com 窶｢www.usna.com/chapters/us/md/annapohs

H: 502-895-9828; E: wttoutant@aol.com

Louisiana New Orleans Chapter Lt. Col. KrU Elliott '88, USMC (Ret.) 3624 Inwood Ave.. New Orleans, LA 70131 H: 504-392-1067;W: 504-599-8238; e: kriseUiott@msn.com

Chapter LuiKheon A Chapter Luncheon wdl be held at Bourbon House on February 2 5 , 2 0 0 5 .

The agenda items wdl encompass Chapter busmess, a potential Army-Na^vy Goff Tournament, get togeffiers for upcomffig televised Navy sports events (Na^vy lax vs.

Maryland and Army), and a showmg of ffie 2004 Distmgmshed Graduates 窶｢video.

Emerald Bowl The Chapter donated ten tickets to Midsffipmen for ffie Emerald Bow^l.

Congratulations to ffie team.

Updated E-Mail Addresses are Critical ffyou are not curtendy receivffig regffiar e-maUs firom ffie Chapter, please ensure ffiat ffie Chapter has your current correct e-maU address, ffyou are n e w to the Mississippi/Louisiana Guff Coast region please contact one of the Chapter officers and jom ffie Chapter to fidly participate and engage ffi Chapter events.You may update your membersffip proffle by loggffig onto the Alumffi Association web site at www.usnaaa.com, and goffig ffito "Alumffi Only" area of ffie site.

Maine Portland Chapter Jeffrey Peters '85 7 Sumac Dr., Brunswick ME 04011 H: 207-729-7306; W; 207^43-5576 E: jpeters@prea.com

President R o g e r Onorati introduced General Mike Hagee, U S M C , Class of 1968, and the present Commandant of the United States Marine Corps w h o addressed our chapter luncheon on Wednesday, January 12,2005.

General Hagee started ffis taUc by ffianking the U.S. Naval Academy for a great footbaU team, but more importandy for the fine young m e n tffis institution is graduating.

T h e Commandant also ffianked Admiral La^wrence as a true American hero.

H e asked the question, what do the U S N A and U S M C do for tffis countty?

They perform in war and peace; such as, Deployffig 2 heUcopters ffi the dead of ffight to evacuate the U S Embassy ffi SomaHa. 36 hours after the Tsunarm ffit, the Marffies were there on rescue and reHef rffissions.

T h e USMC窶年a^vy teams have the flexibffity n o other force has. T h e U S M C is the force of choice today. Take note ffi Afghanistan, Haiti, Iraq.

General Hagee reported there is great morale ffi Iraq. It is very important that the ttoops k n o w they have the backffig of the American people.

T h e General told the story of LT Laura Srffith w h o was in charge of a convoy to Faluja. Because of her great attention to detad and constant ttaiffing, she brought aU her Marffies tffiough w h e n they were caught ffi an ambush.

Commandant Hagee described more instances of actions ffi Iraq both ffi battle and humaffitariaffism.

H e closed by saying the war in Iraq must be w o n by the Iraqis with U.S. backing.

Baltimore Chapter CDR Steve G.Young '84, USNR c/o Morgan Stanley 11311 McCormick Rd., Hunt Valley, MD 21031 W: 410-229-8206 E: steven.g.young@morganstanley.com

Frederick Chapter John M. Heiges '59 13502 West Oak St, Mt. Airy, MD 21771 H: 301-798-0045; E:JMHEIGES@msn.com

Secretary: Dan T.Altomare '88 E: AltomareDT@worldkitchen.com

Greater Southern Maryland Chapter CAPT Michael A. Cosgrove '70, USN (Ret.) 19238 KingJames Pkwy.

Lexington Park, MD 20653-3627 P:301-866-1955ext. 109 E: michael.a.cosgrove@navy.mil http://w^ww.navyalumni.org

Massachusetts Boston Chapter CDR William E Malloy Jr. '80, USNR 31 Wildcat Ln., Nor^vel], MA 02061 H:781-659-9484;B: 617-742-3311 E: wilham.malloy@1980.usna.com

Michigan Detroit Chapter Arthur WBryant '66 1811 Hollywood Ave, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236-1311 H:313-885-2174;F:313-881-2333 E: lynorart@comcast.net

November lunch attendees happy with our team

O n 16 November our monthly meeting was held at the Ten Eyke Tavern o f T h e Dearborn Inn. T h e topics of ffiscussion were our successfffi Founder's Day party and our anticipated 窶｢victory over Army wffich came through ffi great fasffion!! We also discussed plans for two special events

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CHAPTER NEWS for 9 and 10 AprU. D o n Nelson w h o is the Plans and Programs Coordffiator for T h e Canffidate Guidance Office •wdl be comffig to Dettoit to be the speaker at a chapter event on Samrday. O n Sunday we wdl drive D o n and ffis wffe to Traverse City where he wUl be the speaker for a Parents Club of Micffigan event and a special Alumffi meeting of our chapter for members ffi the Northern parts of Micffigan. Please hold these dates open and plan to attend. Those in attendance at the lunch and picmred from left stanffing are: Art Bryant '66, Cffip CampbeU '76, IVIike Bennett, Jim Acker '66, Bart Clark '67, Chris Lord '88, Brent Ditzler '83, seated; Lee Landes, Joe Walsh, CharHe George '72, Tom C o o k '57 and Bob Mabbitt '46.

Minnesota Upper Midwest Chapter David C. Berghult '91 6628 Parkivood Rd.,Edina,MN 55436-1073 W: 952-953-5353; E: berghultdc@bernstein.com

Missouri Greater Kansas City Metro Chapter LCDR Bryan J Didier '91, USNR 13022 Carter St, Overland Pk, KS 66213-4636 P: 913-239-0327; E: bdidier@sblsg.com

Secretary:Joe Spencer '92 E: jspencer@go-onpoint.com

St. Louis Chapter President: John Hueseman '78 559 Arbor Meadow Dr., Ballwin, M O 63021 P: 800-866-2802; E: hues78@charter.net

Vice Pres. & Corrs. Secretary:Tim Noonan '88

New Jersey New Jersey Chapter Mr. Patrick J. Hurley '87 192 Ashland Rd., Summit, NJ 07901-3244 H: 908-598-0513; E: patrick,huriey@gs.com

New Mexico

Omaha Chapter CAPT Alan R. More '62, USN (Ret.) 2510 Nottingham Dr,Bellevue,NE 68123-1959 E: alan.more@1962.usna.com

Secretary: LCDR Chris Verdoni '88, USN 4605 Longview St., Papillion, NE 68133 H: 402-292-3230; W: 402-294-8309 E: cvetdoni@email.msn.com

Nevada Las Vegas Chapter James R. Koehn '63 2864 Sumter Valley Cir, Henderson, NV 89052-6876 H: 702-232-3317; C: 925-736-9642 E: jkoehn@mindspring.com

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Albuquerque Chapter Keith S. Jones '60 63 Woodlands Dr.Tijeras, NM 87059-7826 H: 505-797-3578; E: caseyjonesabq@earthlink.net

Secretary: Herb Richter '59 E: herbertrichter@msn.com www.usna.com/chapters/us/nm/

December 30th saw nearly 70 of our chapter members and guests gather at the SkyBox to celebrate our bowl •victory. We even had a pushup squad as Mid'n 4 / c Katie Bourgoine, Mid'n 2/c Aaron R o m e r o and Mid'n 1/c and ace rffie team member MUce MUler shared the occasion with us. Kurt Johnson '02 was also home on leave from Lemore N A S to joffi us for the big victory over our second favorite footbaU team. We were also glad to have Ken Fladager '68 and ToUy ToHver with us as we hacffi't seen them ffi a whde.

O u r schedule for the upcomffig year has yet to be drawn up, A Hnch and the Pettoleum Club and an everung at an Isotopes basebaU game are sure to be on the schedule. If you haven't received a newsletter •with an announcement of events as you read tffis, check our web site, http://^www.usna.com/Chapters/ U S / N M / for the latest plans.

765 W Kirkham Ave.; St. Louis, M O 63122 P: 314-963-7776; E: timnoonan@hotmail.com

Nebraska

cheerffig was rather muted from the Army's side.) T h e gatherffig was held at the ESL Sports Bar on December 4th and the better team, i.e. Navy, won. In the photograph, left to right, in fidl Navy regaUa: Dick Kievit '61, Ken Darffi '79, Nelson BHsh '69, and Bob Wffitehead '65.

Dick Kievit 61, Ken Darin 79, Nelson Blish 69, and Bob Whitehead 6S

Several members of the chapter gathered at the Havana Club on December 30th to watch Na^vy soundly defeated N e w Mexico ffi the Emerald Bowl. Bravo Zulu to Ken Darffi for hosting the event.

A dmner to honor ffiffi^viduals selected to attend the U S Academy wdl be held May 12,2005.The guest speaker wdl be BGen Ed Langston 69. Local Blue and Gold officers, members of the parents club, and Midsffipmen in the area are encouraged to attend. DetaUs wdl be on the Western N e w York Chapter webpage.

North

Carolina

Cape Fear Chapter Stanley R. Roman '61 2044 Montrose Ln..Wilmington,NC 28405-6208 H: 910-256-0502; E: SRR1961@aol.com

Secretary: CDR Geoffrey A. Losee '85, USNR H: 910-350-1516; E: glosee@ec.rr.com

New York Capital District Chapter GeneWGriesau '75 216Woodlawn Ave., Albany, NY 12208 H: 518-482-3370; E: gwgriesau@gocontec.com

Metro New York Chapter J. Daniel Horner '96 321 E. 43rd St., Apt. 107, New York, NY 10017-4803 W: 212-382-8572;E: Dan_Horner@nil.com

Western New York Chapter CAPT Nelson A. Blish '69, USNR (Ret.) 3840 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14618-3729 H: 716-248-9739; E: nelson.bhsh@kodak.com

T h e Western N e w York Chapter held to its annual joint meeting with the West Point Society to cheer on Navy durffig the Army-Navy footbaU game. (The

Charlotte Chapter Bryan Dolan '76 5629 Laurium Rd., Charlotte, N C 28226 H: 704-364-6451;E: bjdl717@yahoo.com

Eastern North Carolina Chapter Bill Ritchie '53 324 Plantation Dr., New Bern, NC 28562-9507 H: 252-633-2396; E: ritchiewh@alwaysonline.com;

Vice President: Bob Dupius '79 llSWesleyen Ct.,Jacksonville, NC 28546-5829 H: 910-347-2131; E:bob,dupuis@pgnmail.com

Secretary: Chuck Halsey '53 3622 Westwood Dr., New Bern, NC 28562 H: 252-636-5973; E: chalsey@cconnect.net

Treasurer: Mort Henson '53 1004 Colleton Wy., New Bern, NC 28562 H: 252-638-2153

O n November 17,2004 at the Clubs at PeHcan Point, M C A S Cherry Point, our guest speaker was H M l Ford o f V M R l

who spoke on ffiefr Search and Rescue mission, orgaffization and operations.

Followmg ffie presentation, H M l Ford fielded questions firom ffie auffience.The presentation received accolades fiom ffiose in attendance.

ForffioseAlumffi spouses, friends, guests and sigmficant offiers ffi ffie JacksonviUe area, who couldn't make it to PhUadelpffia on ffie 4™ of December, the 7ffi annual Army-Navy Game Party was ffie next best thffig to being there. Gary Herbold '79 and Bob Dupffis '79 were agam hosts for ffie traffitional party at Sywanyks Scarlet and Gold Traffitions Club. For ffiose ffiat have not been ffiere Sywanyks has ffie look and atmosphere of a Marine museum. A good place to visit at any time.

Over fifiy avid Navy fans showed up for what proved to be a great afternoon of food, comradery , and Navy footbaU. What ensued can best be described as an ffie nation's best mdoor tad gate affaff wiffi. a cash bar, pot luck 75 degree temperature and no Hnes at ffie concession stand. Big screen TV coverage began at 1430. A great game was enjoyed by aU. Bob's halftime show was agaffi a ffit as he recognized:ffieseffior member present, ffie juffior member present, oldest class represented, youngest class represented and he also gave a Reef Poffits quiz. New members present for the first time were: David Crabbe '03, MoUy Crabbe '03 and Richard Contteras '01.

Meetings alternate between Cherry Pomt MCAS and Camp Lejune on the thffd Wednesday of each month.

Piedmont Triad Chapter William L. Sellers '68 3600 Fieldgate Rd.. Greensboro, N C 27406-9650 B: 336-698-8849; E: wlsell@bellsoudi.net

Triangle Chapter John M. Scott '67 836 Shadylawn Rd., Chapel Hill, N C 27514 H: 919-968-1337; E: pelorus@bellsouth.net

The Naval Academy and the Triangle Chapter of the Naval Academy Alumffi Association ended the year with a bang.

WhUe StUl flyffig ffigh after a thffd sttaight wffi over Army, the Chapter turned it's attention to our feUow veterans ffi need

and presented a check for $500 to the Durham Veterans Affairs Meffical Center on Dec. 20.The check came maiffiy from donations coUected at our Army-Navy Game Party earHer in the month, augmented in smaU measure from chapter fonds.The gift goes to the hospital's general post fond, wffich is set-up to provide comfort and recreation support for patients.

Making ffie presentation toVAMC Interim Director Alan Begbie were board members GU McCuUen '53, Chuck Adams '63,John Scott '67, andimmeffiate past president, Helmuts Feifs '66.

FoUo^wing ffie ceremony, the chapter foursome made a tour of the Extended Care Recovery Center, meetffig and extendffig season's greetmgs to patients.

We gathered for our last event of the year at BHnco's ffi Raleigh to watch the Emerald Bowl. What a joy it was to watch Na^vy ttounce New Mexico! We were ffiankful the ffie department wasn't out counting heads because we may have broken the ffie code ffi the upstaffs room.

In attendance to watch the game were Chuck Adams '63, Wayne Dubois '66, Helmuts Feifs '66, Mary and Ken Smith '66, Heather and John Scott '67, Tom Stevens '71, Bruce Cavey '74, Tom Martinez '78, Sandy and Lyle Burnham '80, Mary and Joe Matza '85, and Garrett Artz '93 as weU as over a dozen guests.

To kick off the New Year, the Chapter was deHghted to have CDR Lou Gregus '87 as our first speaker. C D R Gregus is currendy servffig as the Executive Officer of Naval Recruitmg Disttict, Raleigh.

N R D Raleigh is responsible for active and reserve recruiting of officers and enHsted personnel for aU of North CaroHna, and five counties of South CaroHna. It was enUghteffing for many long sffice removed from the active Na^vy to hear how thffigs were goffig. The ffist ffitch reenUstment rate of 75% and mcreased competitiveness for officer programs are a sign that tffings are goffig weU. Bravo Zulu to C D R Gregus for ffis ongoing and vital efforts to recruit the best for the Navy.

In attendance for the luncheon were Robert Shabacker '46, James MeUencamp '48, BiU Smith

'51, Charles Paddock '51, GU McCuUen '53, BUI Dehart '53, MUton Forsyth '57, Paul StiUer '58, Wes May '58, Gary Lew '60, BUI Laughhn '61, BiU Moore '61, Chuck Adams '63, JeflFJeflfries '64, Helmuts Feifs '66, Mike Roth '67, Tom Leiser '67, John Scott '67, Tom Stevens '71, Doug Guthe '76, Tom Martinez '78, Greg Atchinson '78, Scott Waddle '81, Dave Ruden '87, and from the last class to have a real plebe year, Roger Quimet '93.

The Chapter meets for lunch on the first Friday of each month at Capitol City Chop House at the Affport Blvd exit of 1-40 ffi Raleigh. For membersffip information, •visit our website at •www.usna.com/Chapters/US/NC/Trian gle/ or contact GU McCuUen '53 at gUmccidlen@earthHnk.net.

Garrett Artz '93.

Ohio Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Chapter CAPT Gerald P. Motl '68, USNR (Ret.) 9825 Gateclub D r , Cincinnati, O H 45241-3827 H: 513-769-4556; E: gerrymod@fiise.net

Cleveland Chapter CAPTA.O. Rule UI '50, USNR (Ret.) 90 Pheasant Run, Chagrm Falls, OH 44022 H: 440-247-4379; W: 440-247-5100 x328 E: ndeIII@aol.com

Columbus/Central Ohio Chapter Russell A. Puppe '66 242 Crossing Crk., North Gahanna, O H 43230 H: 614-418-5024;E: rpuppe@columbus.rr.com

Members of the Chapter, Parents Clubs, Na^vy League, and Navy and music fans (and a few potential Mids), gathered on 14 and 15 January to enjoy The U.S. Naval Academy Men's Glee Club as they performed •with the Columbus Symphony Orchestta at 2000 Friday and Saturday in the Offio Theatre downto^wn.

The foUowffig is an effited article from The Columbus Dispatch newspaper that heralded the USNA Men's Glee Club and their oncorffing performance with the Columbus Symphony Orchestta.

"Sometimes, the tide of a program suits the people involved. The Naval Academy Men's Glee Club wdl perform "A Salute to America's Heroes" with the Columbus Symphony Orchestta in the Offio Theatte. In addition to popular and

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CHAPTER NEWS pattiotic fare such as Armed Forces Salute and A Tribute to Irving BerHn, the program includes songs by classical composers along â&#x20AC;˘with operatic choruses such as Norwegian Sador's Chorus from T h e Flying Dutchman and Pdgrims' Chorus from Tannhauser . C S O conductor Albert-George Schram wiU ffirect the concerts. H e has pre^viously worked -with the glee club as a guest conductor with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.

"They're uffique in terms of what they do," he said. "I don't know of any other men's chorus that is that large and that magmficent that ttavels around and does concerts with symphony orchesttas."

Scffiam is impressed -with the quaHty and class. " T h e combination of the symphony orchestta with a large group of male singers is going to be a wonderfol aural experience, a wonderfid acoustical experience," he said."That's a pretty good plug for our Mids, and it ffit home!

O n Samrday morffing there was an Admissions Serffinar at the HoHday Inn on Lane Avenue. A 300 plus standing room only crowd fiUed the baUroom to hear the U S N A Superffitendent and the Adrffissions office present the Hfe style of rffidsffipmen, the career potential, and the Naval Academy admissions requirements and process to prospective ffigh school smdents, parents, teachers and guidance counselors. Prior to the Satorday ffight performance at 1600, over 100 of us attended a Reception honoring Vice Admiral R o d n e y P. R e m p t U S N , Uffited States Naval Academy Superintendent, A N D the Naval Academy Men's Glee Club at the HoHday Inn. Tffis was foUowed by a buffet dinner at 1700, wffich catered to over 225, wffich fficluded the U S N A Men's Glee Club and the Defending National Championsffip U S N A Pistol team, w h o happened to be ffi town for a dual meet. [A Mid never mrns down a good meal away from Mother B, as they are always putting away foel to stoke their young burffing metaboHsm (do you remember?)]. Afterwards, we were pleased to hear some stirring remarks at 1800 by Admiral R e m p t , w h o was accompaffied by his charrmng wffe Pamela. At 1900 we departed for the grand and glorious and elegant early nffieteenth century ornate Offio Theater

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and the 2000 concert. If you are ever ffi Columbus, you must visit the theater. It is on the National Register, and is simply beautifiil inside, large crystal chandeHers and aU. Needless to say, the concert was a huge success, there was a great turnout, and it was thorougffiy enjoyed by aU w h o attended. Besides us, we also had Parents Club members from Dayton, Cleveland, Wisconsin (4), and from as far away as Louisiana! O u r local spies spotted the foUowffig alumffi present: Jo Anne & Deke LANG '49, Pat & R o y G I R O D '53, Shffley & BUI S N O U S E '53, Carol &Jerry O ' D O N N E L L '61 (w/son/wffe Kevffi & Lisa), Laura & Dick E L S W O R T H '63, Sherry & MUce H O L M A N '64, Dana & Jffii C O W A R D I N '66 (w/dau Mary Beth), Debbie & Russ PUPPE '66, Carol & Jerry BEAVERS '67, Maureen & MUce C P J T E S '70, Susan & Cffip W A L S T O N '78, SaUy & Ed F E N T O N '93, and, Art BRYANT '66 President Dettoit Chapter. Blue & Gold officers John Augenstem (Columbus), and MUce Bennett (Dettoit),Tim Disher '81 (USNA Office of Adrffissions), Nate Schenk '97 (USNA Glee Club Officer Rep) were also spotted, as weU as Cathy Deafenbaugh and daughter Jarffie from Crabtown (Kathy is Chapter Coordffiator, U S N A Alurrmi Association).

EdTipshus '54

Tulsa Chapter CDR Harry VRouse IV '77, USN (Ret.) 2623 East 33 Pl.,TuUa, OK 74105-2334 H: 918-748-8650; E: HVRouse@aol.com

L-r, George Carradini '84, Vice President, Roger Stauback '65 and Harry Rouse '77, President

R o g e r Staubach was honored by 800+ fans for ffis acffievements as both an athlete and busmessman durffig a luncheon in Tulsa on 13 January, 2005. Staubach and Drew Pearson, DaUas Cowboys' wide receiver, entertamed the auffience with stories of notable past superbowls and by demonsttatmg that Staubach and Pearson were stdl a potent passffig combination.

Staubach attributed his successes on the footbaU fields and ffi the busmess world to a team phUosophy, one ffi wffich the question "what's ffi it for m e " has no place.

T h e occasion pro-vided a photo of Staubach with officers of the newly comrffissioned Tulsa Chapter (l-r, George Carraffiffi '84,Vice President, R o g e r Stauback '65 and Harry Rouse '77, President.

Toledo Chapter Robert J. Lauer '45 3825 Sulphur Spring Rd.,Toledo, OH 43606-2325 H: 419-536-4462; W: 419-475-2061 E: robdauer@aol.com

Oklahoma Oklahoma City Chapter CAPT Stuart A. Merriken '58, USN (Ret.) 1113 Riviera Dr, Norman, OK 73072-7612 H: 405-360-3876; E: samerriken@aol.com

BOT ballots must be\ mailed back to the DON'T Alumni Association FORGET TO VOTE by 15 April 2005.

Oregon Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter CAPT R. Myers '64, USNR (Ret.) 3766 Lanewood Rd., Lake Oswego, O R 97035 H: 503-697-0865; E: tobymaggiel@aol.com http://usna.com/Chapters/US/OR

July Luncheon T h e Chapter met for our monthly Luncheon on the \A^^ of Jffiy, 2004.

Attendffig the luncheon were: Frank Thomas '25, John Frerichs '50, Jim Leiser ' 5 1 , Jake McMichael '58,John Morris '61,Tffn Myers '64, BUI BaUey '65, D o n Haslett '66, Ed Mary and Tim Myers '64

Hepp '67, Cal Meek '67, D o u g Bomarito '68, Mark Cooksey ' 7 1 , Skip Phipps '73, Michael Seiwald '73, Bruce T h o m p s o n '73 , Scott Fitzpattick '80, Lee HaU '80, Susan Mead '90, Matt WUson '90,Todd Washburn '93, and guests A n n Clements, andTedLachman.

No speaker was scheduled. T h e highHght of ffie luncheon was ffie election of new Chapter Officers.Tim Myers '64, m a landsHde election, •was "shanghaied" mto ffie post of Chapter President.

Bruce Thompson '73, stepping down as President, graciously accepted ffie post of Vice President. For ffie other positions, to paraphrase Rick, firom ffie movie Casablanca, we "rounded up the Usual Suspects" and ffiey were re-elected to ffieff current posts. A ffianks from aU goes to Bruce for ffis exceUent service and leadersffip as President for ffie past two years. BZ Bruce!!

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Pennsylvania Philadelphia Chapter LtCol VM. "Corky" Gardner III '77, USMC (Ret.) 121 Glenn Rd„Ardmore, PA 19003 H: 610-645-5361 ;E: president@usnaphil.com members@usnaphil.com events@usnaphil.com webmaster@usnaphil.com wwwusniiphil.com

Shipmate News Input: Brian Degnan '98 E: degnanb@yahoo.com

Pittsburgh Chapter William E. Otto '71 4105Tartan Ct., Murrysville, PA 15668-1045 H: 724-325-4281; W: 412-856-3500 E: Figaro4105@aol.com

Philippines Philippines Chapter Jose "Roy"Roilo

Golez '70

4/F Crowntop Condominium Ortigas Ave., Greenhills, San Juan H: 726-8134 917-539-5095 (NSC) 927-6271; fax: 928-6029 E: gogo@golez.com

Secretary: Vincent Sibala '93 O / N - l H Q Phihppine Navy (pma92) 2335 Roxas Blvd., Manila 919-354-5846 E: pastilan@hotmail.com

Recreational Vehicle American Chapter Ltor. George Bickford, Jim Myers '64, and P.D. Smith CAPT James N. Roberts '59, USN (Ret.)

Persotul Notes Attendffig the luncheon for the ffist time, or the ffist time ffi a ready long whde, were Michael Seiwald '73, Susan Mead '90 , and Todd Washburn '93. Also attendffig was Aim Clements, •widow of Neal Woodson Clements '49.

The Oregon and Southwest Wasffington Chapter meets for lunch the second Wednesday of every m o n t h at T h e Georgian R o o m Restaurant, Meier & Frank 10th Hoor, D o w n t o w n Pordand, 6th and Alder, at 11:30 A M . Please join us.

CaUTffii Myers '64 (503-697-0865) for any adffitional irfformation, or check our website.

Joe Kavale '68

152 Springlakes D r , Martinez, GA 30907 H: 706-860-6430; E: jrobe92528@aol.com

Sec'y:John Glaeser '59 180 Rainbow Dr, #8051; Livingston,TX 77399-1080 E: usna59@earthlink.net

Treasurer: Glenn Shindler '64 4530 Lasheart D r , La Canada, CA 91011 E: gshindler64@earthlink.net

Shipmate inputs to:Terry Sutherland '54 1632A Firetower Rd., Chipley, FL 32428 E: terry.sutherland@1954.usna.com http://hey_frankl6.tripod.com/rv/

T h e Chapter's first C o m e Around of the new year was held in Key West 1-5 February under hard-working Firsties Marion and Frank C o n e r y '58. Stats later, but at last report there were 21 alumffi and their famffies signed up.

Members stiU have time to sign up for Chris and Walt Baskin's '59 Low Country meeting, scheduled for 22-27 March. Chris and Walt wUl be in Mexico and California untd early March.

Those w h o need to make reservations should caUThe Oaks at South Point

Resort.Yemassee, SC (off exit 33,1-95) 843 726-5728. Signed up already are the Baskins, Metcalfs, Nortons, Sloans, Roberts, and Sutherlands.

Walt has confirmed with the M C P J D Parris Island staff that there wiU be a graduation ceremony on Friday, March 25, despite the fact that it is Good Friday.

Those with concerns about pets should know that we wdl not stay for lunch that day. We wUl travel from the campground from 6:30 am untd about 1:00 p m and •wUl have a driU instructor with us during our visit. Points of interest: historic Beaufort, MCAS, HUton Head, Savannah, Eighth Air Force Museum and low country islands. EmaU wbaskin@davtv.com.

Tffis year's National Meeting is in WUHamsburg,VA 9-13 May CamUla and H o w a r d Wainwright '59 have volunteered leadersffip as Firsties. Plans are to get group rate tour tickets for Jamestown, Yorktown, and Wiffiamsburg, about $75 per person for three days of touring. A caravan to Mariners Museum in N e w p o r t News •wdl be a deHght for aU our aging rffidcooHes. Howard does not have emad, so contact him at 29222 Country Club Road, Courtland,VA 23837,757 5625946. As of tffis mid-January Shipmate deadHne, 20 sites have been reserved, with adffitional sites avaUable at American Heritage RV Park, 146 Maxton Lane, WUHamsburg,VA 23188.To attend, caU J i m R o b e r t s '59 706 860-6430, ceU 706 726-1767,jrobe92528@aol.com.Make your own reservations 757 566-2133, 888 530-2267; •www.americanheritage rvpark.com. See web site for detaUs, incluffing ordering a steak or seafood ffinner, ffyou please, at Christiana CampbeU's Tavern. D o tffis right away, per Jffn Roberts.

Glendale, KY is the scene of a C o m e Around from 14-18 June at the Glendale Campground. Sponsored by veteran Firsties Mary Lou and Mike Stevens '59, the site is located off 1-65 near Elizabethtown, about 30 minutes from Fort Knox (Patton Museum and Gold Vault), short run to Bardstown, bourbon ffistiUeries, Steven Foster Story, M y Old Kentucky H o m e . A day at the races •with seating in MdHonaire's R o w at ChurchUl Do^wns is scheduled. Those w h o attended the Bardstown meetffig during Kentucky Derby race week wdl never forget what a

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good time we had. An important requffement here is that the Stevens' get paid reservations ffi advance for the races.

Unlike last time, we wUl not be includmg the banquet, wffich shoidd save everyone a few bucks. Get with Mike or Mary Lou at 900 Big Lick HoUow Road, N e w Haven, KY 40051; 502 549-3614; mstevens@bardstown.com.

In the faU we are looking at two C o m e Arounds at least. Susan and CharUe N o r t o n '62 •wdl sponsor a meetmg at Graffite HiUs Campground ffi Gettysburg September 12-16,2005. W h e n you contact the campground, wffich is closed for the winter season, Hst yourseff as beffig •with CharHe Norton's group.

Kathy, your key contact, may be found at http: //•www. gramtehdlcampground. com or graffitehiU@pa.net. Best way to get hold of the Nortons right now is cknjr@earthHnk.net. For camp reservations you should send CharHe a check for $75 now. Make it out to U S N A A A RV Chapter and address CharHe at 1724 GlenbrookAve., Lancaster, PA 176034568. In case your ashttays are fidl, there wdl be a big armual RV show ffi Hershey, PA from 14-18 September. A Hcensed guide •wiU help us tour the battlefield durmg the meeting.

For those ffi the west, you may anticipate a C o m e Around ffi the rffiddle of Wasffington not far from Lake Chelan.

O u r volunteers, w h o are spenffing the •wmter in Mexico now, are Jann and Bart DaUa Mura '54. Mid-to-late September is the time, and apple-picking is in order.

T h e RV Chapter is stabdized at about 100 members these days. We have about seven meetmgs a year. Some older members appreciate you plebes for lenffing at hand.

CDR H. Richard Stein '82, USNR (Ret.) 784 Preservation PI., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464-5196 h: 843-856-6591; e: rstein@sandlappergioup.com South Carolina Midlands Chapter RevAris P Metrakos '78 e: fr_aris@bellsouth.com www.members.aol.com/usnaaasc

Palmetto William B. Swent '88 Leatherwood,Walker,Todd & Mann, PC. 100 E. Coffee St., PO. Box 87 Greenville, SC 29602-0087 W: 864-242-6440; E:WSwent@L^WTM.com

Low Country Chapter CAPT Peter M. Hyers '77 75 Port Tack, Hilton Head Island, SC 29928-5237 H: 843-842-6167;E: hyersp@cs.com

Tennessee 1302 Peter Pan Rd., Lookout Mountain, GA 30570 W: 423-756-0285; E: iodman@usit.net

(Ret.)

2556 West Main Rd., Portsmouth, RI 02871 H: 401-841-2625 E: becat57@msn.com

Charleston Chapter

Mr. John R. Rodman '66

Newport Chapter

Corr. Sec'y: Ben Katz '57

South Carolina

Chattanooga Chapter

Rhode Island ADM James R. Hogg '56, USN

Knoxvllle A-N game

Knoxville-Oak Ridge Chapter CAPT Carl N. Strawbridge, USN (Ret.) 17 Riven Run Way, Oak Ridge,TN 37830-9005 H: 865-220-8861; E: cns@ornl.gov

Secretary- Treasurer: CAPT Mark Kohring '73, USNR (Ret.) e: kohringmw@ornl.gov

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brethren form West Point that ffidn't make it ffito the January-Februaryissue due to space considerations. M y apologies to Carol and MUce Princeandjohn Walker It was a great afternoon for Navy footbaU and we're stiUreveUng in the victory. February 25-27 brings the Naval Academy basebaU team to Mempffis once againfor the Annual Service Academy Spring Classic. Tffis year the slate ofcompetitors includes Air Force, Missouri, Inffiana, Inffiana State and Mempffis.Tffis is frequendy the first time that ffie teams get to playoutside and we're expectmg the weather man to bring us exceUent playingweather. Tffis event gets better every year and the commuffity is always impressed by the quaHty of ffie young men on our team.

T h e KnoxviUe-Oak Ridge chapter has been working with the county school administtation on the best way to proceed with identifymg potential rffidsffipmen canffidates from irmer city, rural, and smaU town ffigh schools where acaderffic standards may not be ffigh enough to generate many students with the SAT scores and curriculum to meet U S N A quaUfication standards. T h e committee of Carl Strawbridge '72, R i c h Cataldi '69, Paul RoUinson '61, B o b Barrett '57, and E d 'Whiting '57 was formed to develop a sttategy.The Knox C o u n t y Assistant Superintendent for Secondary Education Ed Hedgepeth

met wiffi ffie chapter at the September luncheon to ffiscuss die issue. Ed was very supportive of ffie iffitiative but noted that every coUege and uffiversity •was ttying to attract ffie same target group and •with very good mcentives. It •was agreed ffie best way to help spread the U S N A message •was to provide guest lecturers in history, maffi, chermstry, physics, and offier sciences. T h e plan is set; 2005 is ffie time to execute.

Carol and Mike Price '68

Jerry P o p p '62 (also a member of the U S N A Board ofTrustees) and Paul RoUinson '61. Many thanks to E d W h i t i n g '57 w h o has unseffishly served our chapter for the past eight years, six as Sec-Treas and the last two as President..

U S N A Alums and spouses attenffing BEAT ABJVIY party: (front row) Pat Hlopak, Sue To^wnsend, Stephaffie Hannan, Sandy Pdchard, Marsha Kohring; (second row) R i c h Catalffi '69, Suzie Catalffi, Larry Townsend '69, Kevin Hannan '78, Mark Kohring '73; (thffd row) BUI Hlopak '81,ValWffiting, Karen Martin (fourth row) Jack Richard '52,EdWhitffig '57, Kay Francy; (fourth row) David Aabye '64, Carol Mason, Tom Baer '64, Linda Smvek, BUI Francy '46, Fred Stuvek '74, and Steve Crowe '77. Present but not picmred were Margaret Baer and Jim Bibb '57.

Memphis Chapter CAPT Jack Quintan '67, USNR (Ret.) 3987 Lakewood Cv, Memphis,TN 38128 H:901-372-8423 E:JACK.QUlNLAN@na.nianpowercom

Nashville Chapter CDR John F. Ohlinger '69, USN (Ret.) 880 Lakemont D r , Nashville,TN 37220-2124 H: 615-370-1441; W: 800-242-8613 E: johlinger@worldnet.att.net

John Walker '45 and his brother-in-law Shep Tate

Navy footbaU has become exciting agaffi as can be attested by those w h o attended the Chapter's annual gathering with our West Pomt brethren. Tffis year Lou Arnold U S M A '52 hosted a magiffficent party at theff lovely h o m e ffi Oak Ridge. Na^vy grads o u m u m b e r e d the Woops 2 to 1. As soon as the bowl game was announced, the chapter purchased four tickets for Midsffipmen as we ffid for last year's bowl game.

N e w chapter officers were elected at haff-time of the Army-Navy game to take office at the ffist meetffig of the N e w Year. Carl Strawbridge '72 wdl fleet up to president after servffig asVP; Steve Crowe '77 wdl take Carl's place; Mark Kohring '73 wdl serve another term as Secretary —Treasurer as wiU Rich Cataldi '69 is our Networking Chairman and Candidate Awareness R e p .

The trustees for the chapter wUl be

Texas Alamo Chapter LCDR Lawrence S. Stovall II '84, USNR 2427 Wilderness Wood, San Antonio,TX 78231 H: 210-493-4377; E: lstovall84@satx.rr.com

Please send all correspondences to: Secretary: Dave Driskell '63 PO. Box 461565, San Antonio,TX 78246-1565 E: info@alamogoats.org

Send Shipmate Submissions to: Mike Foley '64 E: info@alamogoats.org

Austin Chapter RADM William A. Heine '62, USNR (Ret.) 8704 Blue Creek Cv„Austin,TX 78735-1431 H: 512-327-5619;E: bheine@acitexas.com

October Attendees: B r u c e C u n n i n g h a m '45, Dave Doelger '59, J o e W r i g h t '59, Gary Chapel '61, D o n McAUster '63, Bob Jones '64, J o h n T h o m p s o n '65, John Rogers '70, Carl Inskeep '71, N o e Salazar '73, Vern WUUams '74, Beth Lundeen (Wife of Gary '75), Liz M c Q u i n n '00, Paul Smith (no class Hsted).

T h e chapter moved its November meeting, and the turnout was a Htde smaUer than usual, but December was a festive m o n t h for Austffi alumni.

O n Dec. 4, we gathered at the Copper Ketde in downtown Austin at a party planned by the West Point Alumni (because they lost last year) to cheer on the Midsffipmen as they soHdffied theff grip on the Commander-in-Cffief's Trophy by a soHd •win over Army. T h e West Poffiters were vaHant ffi cheering their team, but were regffiarly drowned out as the Navy crowd watched the dormnant Mids. O u r Army friends wdl again plan the event next year, and, we expect, for many to come.

O u r Christmas celebration came after the hoHday itseff, but was no less enjoyable for it. Alumni and famffies gathered at the Cool River Restaurant in N o r t h Austin on Dec. 28. to •visit and have ffinner.

Bruce Cunningham '45, the oldest grad at the party told us a Httle about being a Midsffipman during the war years.

Chapter President Bdl Heine andVice President Bob Jones talked about some of the events of the year in the Chapter and the Academy.

Among those at the party were: Bruce Cunnffigham '45, Conway and Dorothy Taylor '46, Ken and Anffi Petticrew '46, Walt Alt '48, Jun Matheney '49,J.M. Fitts, '52, George W B o t b y l '54, John and DiffiTyler '57, Joe and Peggy Wright '59, BUI andYolanda Heme '62, Paul Revere '63, D o n and Ginny McAHster '63, Bob Jones '64, John and

Corresponding Secretary: Don McAHster '63 H: 512-365-7068; E: don.mcaHster@skyvueusa.com

Chapter News Chapter meetings are held at 11:30 am on the fourth Tuesday of each m o n t h at Marie CaUender's, 9503 Research Blvd. # 4 0 0 in Austin.

JOINT MEMBERSHIP For spouses of Alumni Life Members.

For information go to usna.com

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North Texas

by M a t t h e w Elias '78

For ffie last 33 years, ffie Norffi Texas Chapter of ffie Naval Academy Alumffi Association has hosted ffie Blue Cffip Dinner, a dinner for local "blue cffip" canffidates considering ffie Academy. Smce 1998, ffie dinner has grown under ffie leadersffip ofJohn Wroten '65, Chapter President Jim Bethmann '77 and Area Blue & Gold Coordffiator Tom Kapurch '75.

The goal of this annual event is to encourage canffidates to accept appoffitments to ffie Naval Academy should they be offered ffiem. Most of ffie canffidates affeady have scholarsffip offers and norffinations to other acadermes.

Plannmg for ffie dinner is a year-long process. Even before one Blue Cffip Dinner ends, plannmg for ffie next one begins.

The dinner is held m December each year, and dates must be coordinated â&#x20AC;˘wiffi ffie Academy to ensure avaUabffity of rffidsffipman. Office ofAdmissions staff and seffior Naval Academy staff. A local venue capable of servffig 250-300fora reception and sit-down dinner is also requffed.

Don Nelson, ffie Naval Academy's assistant director of Admission, has ttaveled to the past 10 Blue Cffip Dinners and feels the dinners get better each year. Don said, "It's a great opportuffity for ffie Admissions Office to meet and mterview prime candidatesfiromffieNorth Texas area." He also mentioned ffiat ffie dinners provide ffie canffidates and ffieff famiHes â&#x20AC;˘wiffi an opportuffity to see ffie traffition and heritage offfieAcademy not justffiffieformal presentations, butffiffie camaraderie offfieAlumffi m attendance.

Together wiffi ffie local Blue & Gold officers, ffie Office of Admissions identifies canffidates to ffivite toffiediimer. Many affeady have letters of assurance and offers of appomtment. The 2004 dinner hosted 41 canffidates.

The day kicks off wiffi a luncheon for ffie canffidates,

and get a gHmpse of Hfe after graduation. Some years, recent gradsffiffightschool m souffi Texas haveflownffifor ffie dinner. In addition to hearffig firom ffie Superffitendent or commandant, a midsffipman firom each class at ffie Academy also addresses ffie canffidates and ffieff parents.

Mark Roppolo '92 was a "blue cffip" canffidateffi1987.

Mark was considering offier umversities and ffie MiHtary Academy, but decided ffie Naval Academy was ffie place for him. Mark said, "The dinner made a profound unpression on me and my parents. After talkmg wiffi ffie midsffipmen about theff experiences and witnessmg ffieff pride and confidence, my desffe to attend ffie Naval Academy was enhanced."

CHnt Bruce '97 was also a "blue cffip" canffidate and ffighly recrmted ffigh school AU-American footbaU player at the 1991 dirmer. CHnt had multiple Division I scholarsffip offers, but decided the N a \ ^ Academy was ffie place for him.

CHnt said, "The Blue Cffip Diimer helped me see ffie impact ffie Academy would have on me."

The 2004 Plebe classfficludesa canffidate who attended ffie 2002 Blue Cffip Dmner wiffi a USAFA dffect offer ffi hand, but turned it do-wn to accept a USNA Foundation prep appomtment. In adffition, ffie current Youngster class fficludes a canffidate firom ffie same dinner who turned down a direct appomtment to ffie USCGA to attend USNA. There are 33 years of examples offfievalue ffiat this Blue Cffip Dinner provides to ffie Academy. For ffie Classes of 2003-2008, ffie Norffi Texas area hasferexceeded ffie national improvementffinumbers of canffidates, prfficipal norffinations, quaHfied canffidates, offers extended and acceptances ffiat ffie Naval Academy has experienced. The ^ ^ gj^^ ^ffip Dmner has played a sigmficantroleffiffiat area improvement.

The next Blue Cffip Dmner is scheduled for 20 December 2005.

foUowed by one-on-one ffiterviews with each canffidate. That evenffig, ffie canffidates and two guests are seated at a table wiffi a midsffipman, a local alumnus and an Academy staff member. The canffidate 'wUl hear about Hfe as a rffidsffipman

Chapter President Jim Bethmann is presenting a Cowboy hat to George Watt

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Nina Thompson '65, Dale McQffirm '67, Carl and Marffia Inskeep '72, N o e and GaU Salazar '73, Chuck and Helen Trahan 73,Gary and Beffi Lundeen '75, R o b McLaughlan '88, Steven and Debbie PoweU '90, Liz M c Q u i n n '00, w h o is ffie Navy officer recrffiter ffi Austffi. ^IN Party Plenty of smUes at ffie Austin Chapter Army-Navy Game party.

front left to right Joan Rogers, Don McAHster '63, Bob Jones '64, John Rogers 70, John Tyler '57.

Back row: John Thompson '65, Noe Salazar 73 Gall Salazar, and GInny McAHster

Christmas Bruce Cunnffigham '45, entertamed attendees at ffie Austffi Chapter's Christmas Party wiffi stories of ffie war years at U S N A .

Chapter VP Bruce Cunningham '45 Bob Jones '64, and Bob Jones '64 stands ready to start the drawmg for door prizes

North Texas Chapter LCDR James M. Bethmann '77, USNR 3825 Marquette St., Dallas,TX 75225 W: 214-754-0019 ext. 222 E: Jim.Betliniann@hhgioup.com

LCDR Kurt Metcalf '91, USNR 9718 Enmore Ln., Frisco,TX 75035 E: kurt,metcalf@l 991 .usna.com http://www.iisnaaa-ntx.com

December 4,2004 This year the N o r t h Centtal Texas Alumffi Chapter hosted the Army Navy FootbaU Game watcffing party ffi the Texas Station sports bar at the n e w Texas Gaylord Resort. There were approximately300 alumffi, wives and famdy ffi attendance.

For ffie thffd year ffi a row the food tasted better, the drinks were colder and the

overaU ambience of the afternoon was just better than it was back ffi 2001.Winnffig improves everytffing.

December IS, 2003 T h e 33'"'^ Annual Blue Cffip Dinner was held at ffie Royal Oaks Country Club in DaUas. In attendance were almost 250 rffidsffipmen, alumffi and 'blue cffip' canffidates for admission to next year's Plebe class and theff parents.The contmgent from the Naval Academy fficluded ffie guest speaker, Captam Joe Leiffig, the Commandant of ffie Naval Academy, George Watt, President/CEO of the Alumffi Association and Captam Bruce Latta '78, Dffector of Adrffissions. See separate article ffi tffis issue.

December 16,2004 T h e Chapter held ffieff regular monthly meetffig two weeks later than normal to accommodate the schedule of our guest speaker Dr. Albert Pierce, Dffector of the Center for the Study of Professional Mffitary Etffics at the Academy. In attendance were Tom Peacock '34 and son John Peacock, John Gorman '64, Courtland Gray '65,Thomas HoweU '65, John Wroten '65, Denny C o n n o r '66, John HamUton '68, Steve Ingram '72, Ken Smith '72, Jim Bethmann '77, Keith Tibbits '77, Dave R i c h ' 8 1 , BUI CampbeU '84, Mark JosHn '87, Mark R o p p o l o '92 and Debbie Pace.

December 30,2004 T h e Chapter hosted an Emerald Bowl watchmg party ffi the Texas Station sports bar at the new Texas Gaylord Resort, the same location the Army Navy game watcffing party was held.

January 4,2005 T h e Chapter held its ffist monthly luncheon of 2005 on January 4th at the Park City Club. There was n o guest speaker and the chapter conducted chapter busmess as weU as enjoyed ffiscussion of a wide range of topics mcluffing the great showing at the Emerald Bowl by Navy's footbaU team and fans. Several people were attendffig for the ffist time, so each person was asked to briefly mttoduce themselves. Chapter President Jim Bethmann '77 led a ffiscussion on the 2005 plan of events and encouraged aU hands to become active, dues-paymg chapter members, so that N o r t h Texas can send a representative to the U S N A A A

board. A letter wUl be sent to aU local alumffi inviting them to become m e m b e n of the chapter. For several years, the Hfetime membersffip has been $150 and an annual membersffip has been $30.

It is expected that the cost of a Hfetime membersffip wdl increase after tffis year.

Tffis letter â&#x20AC;˘wiU provide the 2005 schedule and gave insttuctions for joinffig the Chapter. Complete irfformation is also avadable o n the Chapter's website: â&#x20AC;˘www.usnaaa-ntx.com. AdffitionaUy, local graduates can expect a survey asking what they woffid like to see from the chapter. We welcome your comments on the survey.

In attendance were J o h n G o r m a n '64, Courtiand Gray '65, Denny C o n n o r '66, John H a m d t o n '68, Mark Lambright '75, Jim Bethmann '77, Keith Tibbits '77, Jack Adolph '78, Matthew EHas '78, Bryan Livffigston '78, Dave R i c h ' 8 1 , Javier R o q u e b e r t '84, Mark JosHn '87,Jffii Schwab '88, Kurt Metcaff'91 and Jim Nadalim '92.

Texas Gulf Coast Chapter Jeffrey C. Hogan '64 4010 Belvoir Park Dr,Katy,TX 77450-5288 H: 281-599-8933; E: Hogan.J@sbcglobal.net

Turkey Turkey Chapter LTJGAriJCirtlik

'98,Turkish Navy

Vehefendi Mah,75/6 Sok.No:5I/2 Zeytinbumu, Istanbul Turkey 34765 H: 212-510-5805; E: acirdik@hotniafl.com

Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming Intermountain NA Alumni Chapter J Kevin Dolan '71 2415 East 10305 South, Sandy, U T 84092^416 H: 801-942-7240; E: kevin.dolan@1971.usna.com www.usna.com/Chapters/US/UT

"I beHeve ffiat we wdl -wm!"The Mids chant stdl echoes out here. Congrats from aU of us out West to the class of 2005 and aU of the Mids for an exciting season.

W h a t a terrffic A r m y / N a v y game celebration at Iggy's tffis year. By aU accounts, our best turnout ever - somewhere around 100 from both the Navy and Army side. We counted 17 U S N A grads at Iggy's, and I k n o w there are many other celebrations throughout the

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Here's our group photo taken right before the game started, (left-right, front-back)

Current slate of activities for 2004: May 5,6 - Chapter presidents meetmgs at USNA - Kevffi Dolan attendffig Sprmg/FaU - Service Academy Goff (Navy host â&#x20AC;&#x201D; contact Chad Christensen) June - Utah Parents Club Midn Sendoff picffic August/September - Annual summer picnic (\-vith other service acadermes) December - Beat Army party at Iggy's in SLC Summer/FaU - Navy Founders Day celebration! This is a big one for us & we're workffig on a major speaker from USNA - date/location TBD Please send me your updated Kevin Dolan71, Kristen Bakkegard'88, Thom Rossa'63, emaU address as needed.

Lori Buresh '00, Jim Clark'66 and Neil Henderson's

grandson. Bill Whitdesey'59, Fred 0rchard73, Tom Bumston'67, Stu Hamilton'88, BobAllen'67, Julian Salas'54, Dave Humphrey'59, Chad Christensen'94

Na-vy grads that arrived at game time fficluded: Jake Jacobson'56, MUce Sharp'94, PhUTom'49, and Don Priest'67.

Iggy's attendees also fficluded USNA Parents Club Lisa Dolan, Rich and Pam Dropek.

Fffst Thursday monthly breakfasts are goffig weU at Blue Plate ffi Salt Lake City (Sugarhouse area).The adffiess is 2100 East 2100 Souffi. We meet -wiffi the West Pomt bunch at 07:00 - pay as you go. It's a good time & we've had a good mrnout - different grads each time. We'd Hke to start other meeting places and times diroughout the ffitermountam area.

Also planrung BGO activities with our local BGO AC, Bob Beer'62 coUege fairs, mid gatherffigs, and June mid sendoff.

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Virginia Blue Ridge Chapter Richard "Dick"Raymond '54 2794 Derwent Dr.; Roanoke,VA 24015 P: 540-344-0736

Central Virginia Chapter CAPT Anthony A. Hastoglis '55, USN (Ret.) 102 Shawnee Ct., Charlottesville,VA 22901-1034 H: 434-973-7846; E: ahastoglsi@eardilink.net

The Board met in August to plan ffie year's schedule that started with the September meeting and make program assignments. Attendees fficluded Tony HastogUs '55,Tom Emery '55, John Lambert '64, Paul Sherland '73, Steve HUl '74 and JeflF HoUoway '77.

Our ffist Chapter meetffig ffi September was primardy a social luncheon. We greeted 5 new members Eric Lindenbaum '81, Larry Comerford '83, Scott'^ild '85, Todd Hughes '94 and Sam Haas '97.

As the kick-off of the Air Force game was a few hours away we leaned on member George Welsh '56 for comments or preffictions but he tossed a lateral.

We observed Founders Day at the November meetmg at wffich our guest speaker was Marine MGen. Terry Murray '68, the Alumni Association's Exec.VP, Operations. Terry updated us on the "state of ffie Naval Academy," on current programs of acaderffic and professional interest and, of course, some msights on a record year in athletics. He was a fitting speaker for our

observance of Founders Day. We also welcomed 3 new members.

Bob Crouter '48 with ffis wffe Alyce, John Hague '55 and Pat RUey '72.

FoUo-wmg recogffition of the sad loss ffi Iraq of alumffi James Blacksmith '04 we sang Navy Blue and Gold -with gusto to close ffie meetffig.

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We next gaffiered for ffie Army-Navy Game with our Army counterparts.

Attendance was comparable to the score wiffi 34 Navy folks and 22 Army. The Mules were unusuaUy qffiet. What a day it was.

In January we had a makdy social luncheon where "one or two shaU meet."

Most of ffie ffiscussion recognized ffie great year ffie Naval Academy is havmg ffi acaderffic accompHshments and recogffition, professional development and athletic success.

Our March meetffig wdl feature guest speaker Marffie Major Greg NaviUa '86.

He is currendy ffi Iraq on ffie legal team preparing for ffie ttial of Sadaam Hussem.

Shoffid be mterestmg. Then ffi June we -wUl complete our meetffig year wiffi our annual brunch recognizffig and sendffig off ffi appropriate manner ffie new appoffitees firom our area to ffie Class of2009.

Members attendffig meetffigs or events noted above ffi adffition to ffiose affeady mentioned are Ann Anderson (Vern '45), Pat and Glen Bates '55, Reece Belk '51, Rita and Dan Butterfield '55, Bob CantteU '56, Larry Comerford '83, Karl Cook '49, Joe Dobes '60, Pat and Joe Dunn '55, Rosemary and George Eraser '53, Larry Frost '55, Pete Gatje '58, Pat and Bdl Greene '55, Sam Haas '97, Betty and Tony HastogUs '55, Walt Johnson '47, Jerry Jones '56,Tedffi and Lee KoUmorgen '51,Joe Kronzer '55,Joe Longton '58, Tom Lynch '56, Greg McKenney '85, Jack McNish '55, Peggy Menzies '85,

Greg MiUer '80, Frank MueUer '67, BUI Murray '83, N o r m Slezak '60, Tom Otterbeffi '70, J o h n R e g a n '62, Donna and Jack Renard '55, Nancy and Pat RUey '72, John Seeberger '58, Bob Stark '43, Barbara and Pete Stark '52, Pete Thomas '62 and Betsy and MikeTremaffi ' 4 3 .

Tony Hastoglis '55

Doug Stopkey, Paul Galanti, Nancy and Bob HiH Linda and Bill Lewis

Carolyn and Jim Whelan

Dulles Chapter LCDR Eric C. Ruttenberg '88, USNR 20445 NeedleIeafWy..Ashbum.VA 20147-2389 P: 703-858-4404; E: eruttenberg@titan.com www.usiia.coni/chapters/us/va/dulles/

Hampton Roads Chapter LCDR John "Jack" Kasiski '79. USN (Ret.) 1014 Wmdswept Cir., Chesapeake,VA 23320-5006 H: 757-547-8533; e: jkasiski@egginc.com Stanley. w,bryant@lmco.com

Several of ffie usual suspects attended, as weU as some new faces. Many fon stories were related and memories brought the past back to ffie present. As always, sfficere curiosity, admiration and mumal respect crossed ffie generations, as I see nowhere Hke I see it at gatherffigs of U S N A alumffi.

Corresponding Sec'y: Dave Paddock '77 3833 Prince Andrew Ln..Virginia Beach, VA p; 757-340-4222; e: dgpaddock@cox.net

Shenandoah Valley Chapter CAPT George O. Glavis '61, USNR

Richmond Chapter

3446 Btowntown Rd., Front Royal.VA 22630 H: 540-636-3802 E: glavisgo@state.gov

David Folsom '87 BB&T Capital Markets 909 East Main St., Richmond,VA 23219 p: 804-740-0394; e: dfolsom@bbandt.com

Williamsburg Chapter Col. Paul E. Roush '57 USMC (Ret.)

Corresporuting Sec'y: Rich Polek 5543 Fox Vale Ct., Midloduan.VA 23112 H; 804-639-2860; W; 804-743-3239 E: richpolek@aol.com

The Champagne CocktaU Buffet HoHday Party for the R i c h m o n d Chapter went as planned on ffie evenffig of 26 December at ffie elegant Maury Place, h o m e of 'Nita & Jack Parry '67. T h e house was beautifuUy decorated ffi the spirit of the season, accented by remmders tffioughout of fine Navy traffitions and of ffie historic sigruficance of the residence itseff, wffich was constructed ffi 1916. T h e supply of champagne seemed endless, and ffi fact probably was endless for aU practical purposes. T h e food was exceUent and varied to sffit many tastes, and it too seemed to be ffi endless supply.

embership For spouses of Alumni Life Members. For information go to usna.com

O n 30 December nearly 90 Navy fans gathered at Champp's Sports Bar to watch Navy -wffi ffie Emerald Bowl footbaU game. T h e most seffior alumnus present was Art Markel '48 and the most juffior was Midsffipman MUce Burns '07.

Every decade between them was also represented. It was another super fon gatherffig of U S N A alurrmi and friends with a wonderful outcome to the contest.

Rich Polek '78

140 Roger Smidi, Wiffiamsburg,VA 23188 H: 757-229-9281;E: peroush@cox.net

Connie James, Brook Schurman and Phyllis Galanti

T h e foUowffig alurrmi and guests were present: EUeen Gambke & Karlyn Johnson (Fred Gambke's '51 wffe and daughter), Nancy & B o b HUl ' 5 2 , Carolyn & J u n W h e l a n '56, Lffida & BiU Lewis '60, PhyUis & Paul Galanti '62, Pat CHngenpeel & Nita Parry and BUI Carmichael Mark James '63,Jane & WUl Settle '63, Nita & Jack Parry '67, Kimberly & BUI R u c h '68, Conffie & Mark J a m e s '78, R i c h Polek '78, C m d y & Gregg Nivala '80, Susheela Varky & Brian H o o d '82, B r o o k S c h u r m a n '83, Marybeth Wheeler & R o b A c o s t a '86, Jennffer & D o u g Stopkey '86, Bette Albert (Richmond Parents Club president and mother of Temple Albert'05).

Thirty-two Naval Academy graduates joffied with a sHghtiy larger number of Mffitary Academy graduates on 4 December 2004 ffi front of a large screen tele^vision to watch the latest re-enactment of the grand gridffon struggle between the two schools. T h e gatherffig of these two Wiffiamsburg-based clans took place ffi the Club at Governor's Landffig at Two Rivers. Camaraderie â&#x20AC;˘withffi and between the groups remaffied ffigh tffioughout the afternoon, notwithstandmg the outcome of the game.The participants enjoyed a catered meal consistmg of chffi, hamburgers, hot dogs, slaw and cffips. A cash bar served up the necessary Hbations.The West pomt Chapter was responsible tffis year for makffig aU arrangements for the gatherffig and ffid a splenffid job. Next year the U S N A chapter â&#x20AC;˘wdl assume accountabffity for the get-together.

It became obvious weU before the game's end that Navy would retaffi the Commander-ffi-Cffief's ttophy for

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CHAPTER NEWS anoffier year. Paul Johnson, winner of the Bobby D o d d award as coUege footbaU's top coach, continued ffis dommance over Army — ffiough Army coach Bobby Ross is also among the game's eUte coaches.

O n c e agaffi Na^vy's season ffid not end •wiffi ffie game's final wffisde. A week before the game Navy had accepted an ffi^vitation to play N e w Mexico ffi ffie Emerald Bowl ffi San Francisco. That event simply added luster to what •was affeady a glorious endeavor — Na^vy's ffist ten-wffi season ffi mnety-nme years.

In a sense, ffie meeting for January 2005 •wUl be an appropriate foUow-up to the December one. O u r speaker wUl be U S N A Athletic Dffector Chet Gladchuck, w h o •wdl doubdess regale us •wiffi tales, not ordy of footbaU success, but of overaU exceUence.

Washington Hanford/Tri-Cities Chapter CAPT Edward Schuner '69, USNA (Ret.) 1196 Brentwood Ave., Richland, WA 99352-8540 H: 509-627-7288; W: 509-372-0176 E: Edward_G_Ed_Schwier@ri.gov; eschwier@charter.net; egschwder@aol.com

Puget Sound Chapter PresidenUCDR Robert E. Patrick '62, USNR (Ret.) 2899 Soudi Newell Rd., Camano Island,WA 98282 H: 360-387-9257; E: sounderbob@aol.com

Corres. Sec'y: CAPT Walter S. Draper IV '61, USN (Ret.) 3725 BahiaVista Dr,Bremerton,WA 98310 P: 360-479-3945; E: WSDRAPEIUV@aol.com

Washinpton, DC Area Greater Washington Chapter Dr. Steve Hudock '69 6006Woodlake Ln.,Alexandna,VA 22315 E: shudock@1969.usna.com; P: 703-989-4606

Sprffig is just around the corner for us, and this month we'U be hosting the armual Canffidate's Luncheon where we ffi'vite aU of the current local area canffidates w h o have received letters of mtent to hear the Superintendent speak at the Army-Navy Country Club on 23 Mar, starting at 1130. It's always encouraging to meet and talk the •wide variety of talented young m e n and w o m e n that we are

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Bob Leszczynski) to see our Mids sdence hopffig wdl choose the howlffig Lobos of Umversity of N e w the Naval Academy Mexico at the Emerald Bowl. over their offers Unformnately, unlike the A / N game a from other schools. few weeks earHer there were n o represenPlease join us at ffie tatives of the opponents to talk trash to. In Club and encourage adffition to y o u r W I U S N A A A officers ffiese ffighly motiother notable and faithfid alum were presvated folks to make ent to fficlude: Gus Mascari ('69), the right choice.

Dave Stone 74, DirectorCraig WaUcer('83), Dave Berman ('87), February saw of the US Transportation and Marquette N R O T C C O , and Capt. another weUSecurity Agency, B o b W d d e ('77). attended Chapter GWAC Guest Speaker, T h e first Fricby of January marked the luncheon at ffie receives a gift from Chapter Vice President kick-off of our monthly Officer's CaU. Army Navy Gerny Farrell'70 " 0 " - C a U wUl commence at 1600 at Country Club. O u r O'Danny's, 1213 N. Water Stteet, guest speaker MUwaukee, W I the ffist Friday of every provided some very different msights o n month. As participation ffi the W I chapter current affaffs and where we are headed. I continues to grow and activities continue say "weU-attended" because we have made to expand, please mark the foUowffig on a conscious effort tffis year to reach out your calendar for the remamder of 2005: •with our commuffications to everyone withffi the D C / M D / V A area and have Officer's CaU, l^' Friday of each also extended ffivitations to our sister month (see above for time and location) academy alumffi to take advantage of the Sprffig AU Membersffip Meeting—28 great speakers. We owe C h u c k Aprd 2005—1600—Location T B D Grutzius'66 a debt of gratitude for linffig FaU AU Membersffip Meetffig—15 up the mterestmg speakers we have Sept 2005—1600—Location T B D enjoyed tffis year. Mark your calendars for Founder's Formal — 1 0 O c t 2 0 0 5 — our next ones: Mar 23'^'^ V A D M R o d 1800—MUwaukee Yacht R e m p t ' 6 6 , Superffitendent U S N A ; Apr 20^1^ Chet Gladchuck, U S N A Athletic To order your Class, Dffector; and May 18™ Fred CLASS. Chapter, or Parent Club McLeren'55,World R e n o w n Undersea CHAPTER, specific merchandise, visit explorer!! See you ffiere!! our web site at usna.com PARENTCLUB Beat Army — often!! - steve and dick on the icon that | MERCHANDISE reads Alumni Store or contact Debbie Cohen, merchandising manager at4ia-263-4448ext. 136 West Virginia Chapter Stephen S. Shumlas '69

West Virginia

105 Brierwood Dr, Hurricane.^WV 25526 E: shumlas@marshall.edu

Wisconsin Wisconsin Chapter Daniel J La Fave '85 6903 Four Mile Rd., Franksvflle,-Wl 53126-9437 H: 262-681-7286; E: djl@quarles.com

Emerald Bowl is Gold Over thirty grads and related Navy fans gathered at our favorite MUwaukee watermg hole, O'Danny's (owned by former U S N A quarterback '79 grad.

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ALL 'They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them."

—Laurence Binyon, 1914

ANDERSON, FERNALD PHILIP '39

HAYDEN, CHARLES HILARY

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 2 January 2005

CDR, USN (Ret.) 21 January 2005

ANDERSON, R O Y CARL

'48

WnuAM 2 Febmary 2005 ARNOLD,

H O U C K , MARTIN LUTHER

'33

'80

12 December 2004 BRISTOW, ROBERT INGRAM

'52*

COBB, WARRINGTON C R A N E

'49

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 22 January 2005 CRANE, HERBERT CLAYTON

'54*

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 27 December 2004 DEHN, EMERSON CHARLES

'35

LCDR, USNR (Ret.) 3 December 2004

RIDGWAY, WILLIAM GARDINER

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 29 January 2005 DICKERSON, WILLIAM J O S E P H

'50

SEBES, EDWARD A N D R E W

'72

DIXON, J O H N CURTIS J R . '49

LocKWOOD, RANDOLPH SCOTT DEWEY '36

SELL, J O H N R I C H A R D

LtCol, USMC (Ret.) 22 January 2005

Col, USAF (Ret.) 26 January 2005 SIMS, WILLIAM EDWARD

CDR, USN (Ret.) 2 February 2005

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 13 January 2005

MCCARTHY, ROBERT TIMOTHY PATRICK '45

SMITH, CHARLES R A Y '55

LCDR, USN (Ret.) 15 January 2005 JR.

SNYDER, A R T H U R LELAND

GATEWOOD, WALTER PATRICK

'43

STEERS, WILLIAM R E U T T E R

HAMMOND, W A R R E N G O R D O N

THOMAS, FRANCIS JAMES '25

RADM, USNR (Ret.) 19 January 2005 '34

NEWBEGIN, EDWARD CHERRY

30 January 2005 NEYMAN, ROBERT LESLIE '36* '59

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 25 January 2005

'46

26 January 2005

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 16 January 2005 '46

'45

SOMMERLATTE, K A R L E W A L D '46

NIELSEN, H O M E R HOWARD

Ci\PT,USN(Ret.) 14 January 2005

'59

24 January 2005

12 January 2005

CDR, USN (Ret.) 13 January 2005

SNODGRASS, EARL ROBERT

9 January 2005

MELLO, GILBERT DA-VID '49*

MILLS, JERE MCGILL '45

'48

'41*

24 December 2004

'40*

ESTES, LELAND FREDERICK

'42

LCDR, USN (Ret.) 13 January 2005

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 13 January 2005

CDR, USN (Ret.) 13 January 2005

'52

MALLOY, EDWDM J R . '40

M E Y E R , E D G A R ROBERT

RADM, USN (Ret.) 31 January 2005

'52

LCDR, USN (Ret.) 14 January 2005

CDR, USN (Ret.) 5 December 2004

26 December 2004

'47*

27 January 2005

McRoRY, GEORGE WHITFIELD LtCol,USAF (Ret.) 14 January 2005

'46

'46*

CAPT, USNR (Ret.) 18 January 2005

Maj, USMCR (Ret.) 21 January 2005

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 28 December 2004

29 January 2005 REIFF, GLENN AUSTIN

KNAPP, WILLIAM LIONWOOD

'44

CDR, USN (Ret.) 13 January 2005

EADER, BLAINE EDWARD

PuRDY, GEORGE ALLAN '66

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 10 January 2005 JAY, J O H N LAVERNE

BLACKWELLJWXLUAM B U R L O N

BROOKS, WALTER ALLEN

'60

HUMPHREY, WILLIAM SANFORD J R . '43

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 8 December 2004

'42

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 17 January 2005

9 January 2005

BENNETT, A R T H U R K I N G J R . '46

LT, USN (Ret.) 20 January 2005

PELLETT, WILLIAM HENRY

'55

26 January 2005 POTTER

'36*

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 2 January 2005

HEISEL, LAWRENCE LEONARD

LCDR, USN (Ret.) 14January 2005

ODENING, ROBERT E R N E S T

'44

WALRAVEN, BURNHAM FOWLER '44

LT, USNR (Ret.) 8 January 2005 '55

WILSON, WILLIAM DRAYTON

'48*

LCDR, USN (Ret.) 3 February 2005 WDMELAND, HERBERT LEE '42

15 January 2005 *obituary appears in this issue

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ALL KENNETH WEST '35

Captain Kenneth West, USN (Ret.), ffied on 24 November 2004 ffi Honolulu, HI. A memorial service was held at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Punchbowl.

BornffiWmchester, MA, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with ffie Class of 1935 and began sea services ffiffiebattiesffip, PENNS-yLVANiA, foUowed by three years on the Cffina Station in the desttoyer. BARKER. He returned to the States ffi 1941 and served six months in the desttoyer-minelayer, PRUITT, and then ttansferred to ffie hea-vy cruiser, PORTLAND, also based at Pearl Harbor.

During the war, he served four years ffi PORTLAND, progressing from Heutenant juffior grade to commander. PORTLAND participated in the Savo action on 13 November 1942, sufferffig hea-vy damage. Later, as gunnery officer, PORTLAND supported the PeHHeu and Leyte lanffings, the Siragao action and the Mmdoro and Lingayan lanffings.

In early 1945, he was ordered to duty at the U.S. Naval Academy as an ffistructor in marine engineering.

In rmd-1947, he took command of the radar-picket desttoyer, EVERETT F. LARSEN, unffi ordered to the staff of CffiCLantFlt ffi 1949. He commanded the radar-picket desttoyer, LEARY, for one year before becomffig commander of Desttoyer Di-vision 62. He was reHeved ffi 1954 for insttuction at the Naval War CoUege ffi Newport, RI. In the last summer of 1955, he reported to the staff of CffiCPacFlt as reaffiness and ordnance officer. He commanded the fleet oder, fiASSAYAMPA, for a year before beffig ordered to the staff of the Jomt Cffiefs of Staff. He reported as commandmg officer of the MSTS office, Honolulu in June of 1960. He reffied from the Navy on 31 Jffiy 1964. He became the executive director of the Advanced Management Program of the Uffiversity of Hawau, a position he held for 13 years, retiring in July of 1977.

In 1978, he became involved in real estate, property management, for 10 years. Sffice 1988, he devoted himseff to being a Go-For and keepffig up -with yard work, which ffi Hawau is a fiiU-time avocation. He was a member of the Rotary Club of Honolulu and of the Outtigger Club.

In adffition toffis-wffe, Jeanette, whom he met in ManUa, he is survived by Dan of Gansevoort, NY, daughter Gretchen and John, both of Honolulu, plus two granddaughters.

The West Family

ROBERT LESLIE NEYMAN '36

Captain Robert L. Neyman, recipient of three Bronze Stars for action in World War II and the Korean War, passed away in Laguna HUls, CA, 25 January, just one month shy offfis90th birthday. His passing was ffignffied and peaceful.

Bob graduated from the Uffited J States Naval Academy with the Class of 1936, later doffig naval post-graduate work at Massachusetts Instimte of Technology and Rensselaer Polytechffic Institute, speciaUzmg in electtical engineermg, gurmery and busmess management. His U.S. Navy sea commands mclude destroyers HARWOOD and SMALL, as weU as the tanker. MANATEE. As gunnery officer of the meffium cruiser. SALT LAKE CITY, he

dffected the bombardment of Iwo Jima and Okmawa, earffing commendation for both during the Second World War, Pacific Theatte.

He drew national attention in 1951 when, as a Heutenant commander ffi command of SMALL,ffissffip was sttuck by a mffie durmg a foefight with a long range North Korean shore battery. The blast kUled at least rune cre-wmen and ffijured scores of others, and resulted ffi the loss of the sffip's bow. Mffacidously, he managed to keep the remaiffing portion of ffie sffip afloat and found safety in a nearby port arffid hea-vy seas and an approaching typhoon. His conduct during that action earned him adffitional commendation, and the fficident was feamred ffi LOOK magazine and other national meffia.

His other duties included a stint as assistant cffief of staff ffi the Northern European NATO's Logistics Department, as weU as commandmg officer of the Naval Ordffiance Plant ffi Macon, GA. After retirffig in 1960, he moved to Southern CaHforffia and joined the management team at McDonneU Douglas Aerospace Division.

After a second retirement in the 1980s, Bob became interested in paranormal phenomena and extraterresttial Hfe forms, studyffig the subjects extensively over the course offfislast 10 years.

Surviving areffissecond -wife, Lois Hubbard Neyman, and six chdffien from ffis first marriageâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Constance Unger, Kathee St.Vfficent, RusseU Neyman, Roger Neyman, Roy Neyman and Shirley Atkinsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;as weU as ffine grandchddren. RosaUnd Srffiffi Neyman, to whom he was married for 50 years, ffied in 1993.

He had been in poor health during ffis final years, but remained alert and cheerful. He awoke early on a Tuesday morning, complaiffing of shortness of breath and tighmess in his chest.

He expired just rffinutes after arri-ving at Saddleback Memorial Hospital by ambffiance.At ffis request, there vidU be no funeral or memorial services. His cremated ashes wdl be spread at sea and on a lake ffi Minnesota.

Tlte Neyman Family

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ROBERT ERNEST ODENING '36

Captain Robert E. Odeffing, USN (Ret.), ffied on 2 January 2005. Born 5 December 1913 in Phdadelphia, he was appointed to ffie Naval Academy firomffiebattiesffip, TEXAS, and upon graduation was assigned to the batdeship, IDAHO, for 18 monffis. He was then assigned to a destroyer tender foUowed by a tourffiffiebatdesffip, COLORADO. After receivffig a master's degree firom CorneU, he reported as gunnery officer, batdesffip MASSACHUSETTS, where ffis main battery had the uffique experience of firffig ffie last 16-ffich sheU of World War II m Kamasffi, Japan,ffiAugust 1945. Involved wiffi ffie Navy research and development programs, he matticulated as a nuclear physicist and joffied Dr. Edward TeUer at Livimore Labs ffi nuclear bomb development.

Durffig ffie Korean War, he commanded destroyer BuCK, ammuffition sffip M O U N T BAKER and desttoyer leader

He reffied after servffig as head of the Naval Ordffiance Lab. Durffig his distinguished career, he was awarded two Bronze Stars, a Korean Service Medal and a Cffina Service Medal. After reffiement, he served as ad-visor to the Batdesffip MASSACHUSETTS Memorial Comnffttee, where his keen memory provided numerous recoUections. He generously donated ffis time andffivaluabledocuments, artifacts and a spectacular history of ffie sffip.

FoUowffig his deaffi, he was buried ffi Santa Moffica Veterans Riverside National Cemetery with mffitary honors. He is survived byffis•wffe, Sylvia; son Gerald; the eternal memory of Michael, •who perished ffi the sinkffig of the submarffie.

THRESHER; and stepsons Andrew and CampbeU. Remembrances should be sent to John Wayne Cancer Center, 2200 Santa Moffica Blvd., Santa Moffica, CA 90401-11.

The Odening Family and Thomas Dabney '36 NORFOLK.

JAMES DUNHAM REILLY '39

Captam J. Dunham ReiUy executed ffis fmal orders on 4 November 2004 to depart tffis Hfe and proceed to parts unknown for forther assignment and advenmre. A victim of Hodgkffi's lymphoma, he was 89 years old.

The son of Colonel and Mrs. John R. ReiUy ofWinnetka, IL, Dunham gamed an appreciation for ffis famdy's long history of mffitary service in the aftermath ofWorldWar I. In 1935, after two years as a Harvard R O T C smdent, against the ad^vice of many, he started over at the Academy to pursue a regffiar Na-vy career.

On a four-day leave from CHESTER (CA-27)ffiJune 1941, Ensign Redly crossed the country to marry Louise "Ouida" Blossom of Lake Forest, IL. Subsequently stationed ffi Pearl Harbor, Hfe changed rafficaUy for the newlyweds after the

Japanese attack. Dunham spent most of the war as a gunnery officer aboard CHESTER, whde Ouida served in Hawau in the Women's Air Raid Defense. After CHESTER was torpedoed and returned to NorfoUc for repairs, Dunham finished the war as gunnery officer of SHANGRI-LA (CV-38).

After the -war, Offida contracted poHo and gave bffffi to a cerebral palsy son. Unable to mamtaffi his career and care for his famdy simultaneously, welcome reHef from the simation came m the form of orders to General Mac Arthur's staffffithe post-war occupation ofJapan; household help was ffiexpensive there at the time.

In 1952 Dunham and Ouida moved to Coronado. Whde Dunham went to command CHEVALIER (DDR-805) during the Korean War, ffis recendy deceased brother's widow and her two chdcffen joined Ouida and her two chddren to make theff two-wheelchaff household work.

Promotion to captain in the late '50s was foUowed by successive sea and shore tours ffi CaHforffia. Retffffig ffi 1969, the famdy woffid again be chaUenged when Ouida developed cancer that ultimately claimed her lffe in 1988. Dunham later married Anthea Macgregor-Oakford and continued ffis various commuffity pursuits, includmg ffis long-term ffiterest in sol-vffig Coronado's ttaffic problems.

With the Depression, World War II, ffis first wffe's poHo and cancer, a cerebral palsy son and the Korean War, Dunham was a problem solver of the first order. Above aU else, however, he was a pattiot whose essential pride and ffiterest was in serving our country. He is survived byffis-wffe, Anthea; brother Robert; sister Hester; daughter Sheda; son Kevffi; granddaughters Amanda and Lisa; and nephew RADM Robert Dunham ReiUy. T?ie Reilly Family BLAINE EDWARD EADER '40

Commander Blame E. Eader, USN (Ret.), ffied on 13 January 2005 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital in .„ ,^ Newberry, SC. He was 87.

W^ IMW^. I Commander Eader was born in ^ ^ • j P ^ ' ^ ^ ^ H ^ ^ Le-wistown, MD, on 10 January 1918, the f ^ ^ ^ B B ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H son of Lewis Blame and Grace Bowers i ^ ^ ^ ^ H ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H Eader. He graduated from Frederick, MD, High School before entering the Naval Academy and graduating with the Class of 1940.

Blame's first duty at graduation was in MISSISSIPPI, thence to SAN DIEGO ( C L - 5 3 ) ffi 1942ffiBoston, and whde there, he married Margaret Shffley Weakley. In July 1943, he returned from the Pacffic to report to CABOT ffi Phdadelpffia, then back to the Pacffic. Later tours were ffi SNAPPER, PuFFER, LlONFISH and NEREUS and participated ffi Operation Roads End that sank the remainffig sffips of the Japanese Navy near the end of World War II. After the war, Blame was Provost Marshal at Bainbridge; when it closed, he served at the Na-vy Department. Later he was X O of GOODRICH and C O of JEFFERS, AMMEN and DALY. He returned

to Annapolis ffi 1951 and joffied the Ordnance and Gunnery

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CALL Department. In 1956,he joined AEWWingAtlantic. His final duty, before retff ffig in 1960, was as OIC, Foreign Sffip Traiffing Section in NorfoUc,VA. After retiring, Blaine earned a master's degree in mathematics at Purdue, then taught math at Newberry CoUege in South CaroHna for 18 years. He retired for the second time in 1978.

He was a member of Centtal Uffited Methoffist Church in Newberry, a member of the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation and the USNA Alumffi Association, in adffition to belongmg to several mffitary organizations.

He is survived by ffis vwfe, Shirley Eader; daughter Karen Eader Derrick-Chong and son-in-law Rev.Yu-Fong Chong of Columbia, SC; sister Susan England and brother-m-law CHfford England; brother Robert Eader and ffis -wffe, Barbara; sister-inlaw Mrs. Bernard Eader (Donna); brother-in-law Lester Burrier; grandson WdUam Derrick; granddaughter Jennffer Derrick; step-grandchUdren AUan, Bryan and Ruth Chong; several greatgrandchUdren; and meces and nephews. He was predeceased by brothers Graffison, CHfford and Bernard and sisters PauHne Eader and LUHan Eader Burrier.

Blaine wUl be murned ffi the Naval Academy Columbarium at a date to be setffiJune 2005. Memorial conttibutions may be sent to the U.S. Na-vy Memorial Foundation, 701 Pennsylvama 'Ave., NW, Suite 123,Wasffington, DC 20004-2608 or Central Uffited Methodist Church, PO. Box 67, Newberry SC 29108.

for consideration of the environment ffi water and sewer development, and for water-saving strategies.

In 1949, he earned a master of arts degree ffi ffistory from Georgetown Umversity. His hobbies included genealogy and wine appreciation. He wrote articles on wine for The Washington Post and other pubHcations. He also taught wine appreciation classes at American Uffiversity and gave lecmres on wine. He was a member of the American Wme Society, where he was voted outstanding member for 1983. He served on a U.S. government comnffttee to recommend standard grape names for wffie. He was also a member of the National Genealogical Society. He served as lay reader, vestry member and seffior warden of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Brighton, MD. He is survived by ffis wffe, Margaret Alward HaU McRory, whom he married on 10 August 1941; by two daughters, Susan Tucker McRory of Lawrence, KS; and CamiUa Oakley McRory of Olney, MD. His eldest daughter, Elizabeth Prescott McRory Webb, ffied on 10 March 1992.

Memorial conttibutions are much appreciated to The Elizabeth P.Webb Dance Foundation c/o 302 Grote St., Buffalo, NY 14207.

A chapel and burial service wdl be held at 10:30 a.m. on 25 Aprd 2005 at the USNA Chapel and Columbarium.

The McRory Family EDWARD GEORGE MILLER '41

GEORGE WHITFIELD MCRORY JR. '41

Lieutenant Colonel George W McRory Jr., USAF (Ret.), died 14 January 2005.

He was 87.

He was born ffi MonticeUo, FL, on 17 October 1917, graduated from ffigh school ffi Sanford, FL, and attended -^ Marion Mffitary Institute in Marion, AL. He graduated from the U.S. Naval

^^1 ^ ^ Academy in 1941.

He was honorably ffischarged from the Na-vy Upon receivffig a commission ffi the Army, he taught desert navigation at the Armored Forces School in Ft. Knox, KY. In 1943, he entered ffight traiffing, then served as a bombarffier in the Fifteenth Air Force in southern Italy,flyffig28 combat rffissions into Germany, Austria, the BaUcans and northern Italy. His decorations included three Air Medals and an Aff Force Commendation Ribbon.

After the war, he served as a staff intelHgence officer at U.S. Air Force Headquarters ffi the Pentagon, at the U.S. Air Force Headquarters in Europe in Wiesbaden, Germany and in England.

He retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1962, whereupon he moved to Montgomery County, MD, where he worked for IBM as a systems analyst.

He became interested in land planning and conservation. He served two terms on the Wasffington Sanitary Comiffission from 1967 to 1975, the water and sewer agency for Montgomery and Prince George's counties in Maryland. There he was an advocate

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Captaffi Edward G. Mffier, USN (Ret.), 86, ffied 2 October 2004 at Fafffax Hospital,VA, from compHcations foUowffig gasttomtestiinal surgery.

Captain MUler, who Hved ffi Falls Church, was born ffi Leffighton, PA. He attended Leffigh Uffiversity for one year before receivffig his congressional appointment to the Academy from Pennsylvaffia. He graduated with the Class of 1941 in February 1941.

At the commencement ofWorldWar II, he was servffig ffi WASHINGTON (BB-56). His war service fficluded duty as executive officer of GHERARDI (DD-637) and MEREDITH ( D D - 8 9 0 ) .

Since World War II, Captain MUler has served tours as commanffing officer of GREENWOOD (DE-679), POWELL (DER-215), GYATT (DD-702), ROBERT A. OWENS ( D D - 8 2 7 ) and RALEIGH ( L P D - 1 ) . His sea duty has also fficluded two and one-haff years on the staff of Commander Sixth Fleet.

Shore duty assignments have fficluded duty on the staff and faculty at the U.S. Naval Academy and Armed Forces Staff CoUege. He has also served two tours in the Office of the Cffief of Naval Operations.

Captam MUler graduated from the Armed Forces Staff CoUege in 1953, from the Army Was CoUege ffi 1960 and from The George Wasffington University with a degree of master of arts in ffiternational affairs in 1962. He then served successfidly as deputy ffirector and dffector of the Secretary of the Navy's

Shipyard Appraisal Group. Captain MiUer then assumed command of RALEIGH ( L P D - 1 ) . During the early phases of the Domimcan RepubHc Operation, Captaffi Mdler was commander offfieNaval Ampffibious Assault Group. He was awarded ffis second Bronze Star as a result of tffis action.

After retirffig on 1 March 1968, he joined Ketchum, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA. Durffig Ws 10 years wiffi Ketchum, he dffected capitalfimdraisingcampaigns for umversities, includmg Johns Hopkins Uffiversity and ffie Umversity of Missouri School of Law. An active church volunteer, he was a founffing member of The John Calvin Presbyterian Church, Annandale,VA. He helped found ffie Monastery of Bethlehem in Livffigston Manor, NY. He was past president of ffie Lake Barcroft Management Association.

He is survived by ffis ^vife, Mary (Mike) Thomas MiUer; three sonsfiromffisfirstmarriage to the late Jean Anne Vieregg Mdler, Da-vid, Craig and Richard; four stepsons and two stepdaughters offfielate Commander Francis Joseph Suffie '45, Anne, Barton, David, John, Cecde and Robert; 12 grandchddren and one great-grandson.

Funeral services were conducted ffi the U. S. Naval Academy Chapel, Annapolis, MD. Mary A. Miller WELBY NORTHMORE PUGIN JR. '41

Commander Welby N."Pug" Pugin Jr., USN (Ret.), ffied on Tuesday, 23 November 2004 at Memorial Health Uffiversity Hospital ffi Savannah, GA. He â&#x20AC;˘was 87 years old.

Commander Pugin was born on 1 August 1917 ffi Savannah, the son of the late Welby Northmore Pugin, an arcffitect, and Ruth Harrison Pugin. He grew up in Nashvffie, TN, and ffi 1934, at age 17, joffied the Navy. After three years, he received ffis congressional appomtment to the Naval Academy and graduated ffi early 1941.

After graduation, Commander Pugin served in the Pacffic Theater during World War II and was on sea duty assignment aboard CRAVEN the day Pearl Harbor was attacked. He was subsequendy sent to Pensacola, FL, where he became a naval aviator before remrffing to other war time assignments. He also served durmg the Korean War and ffis post-war naval career fficluded duty assignments at the Wasffington, DC, Navy Yard and at Barbers Poffit NAS on Oahu, HI. He retffed from the Navy in 1960.

FoUowffig his retirement from the Navy, Commander Pugin held managerial responsibffities witffin the private sector in CaHforffia, Indiana and Georgia. He subsequently retired, first to Tybee Island, GA, where he enjoyed the close proxirffity to the Adantic, and then to Savannah.

He is predeceased by his wffe of 47 years, Helen Thoner Pugin, who passed away in 1993, also on 23 November; and by

his sister, Earle Pugin Smith. He is survived by a son, Welby Northmore Pugin III of Norfolk,VA; a daughter, Mary Anne Pugin of Tucson, AZ; a daughter, Evelyn Marie Pugin of Adanta, GA; a son,WiUiam Einar Pugin of Los Angeles, CA; a son, Rae Pugin, from his first marriage to Nancy SkiUern; grandchUdren, Patrick, Da^vid, Shannon and Lisa; and five great-grandchdffien.

Also surviving ffim is his cousin, Betty Hagan, of Savannah, GA, several nieces and nephews and other distant relatives.

Funeral ser'vices were held at ArHngton National Cemetery ffi Virgiffia on Thursday, 6 January 2005.

Welby, Mary Anne, Evelyn and William Pugin AUDLEY HILL M C C A I N '43

Captam Audley H. McCaffi of Charleston, SC,ffied22 December 2004, after an extended iUness. He was 85 years old.

He was born in 1919 ffi McCorrffick, SC, and was the son of the late Fred McCain and Frances Katherine WUHams.

He attended the Citadel for three years prior to accepting an appointment to the Naval Academy, from wffich he graduated ffi 1942 with the Class of 1943. His service included desttoyers ffi the World War II European/Meffiterranean and Pacffic theattes foUowed by service ffi the Korean'S^^. After w^ffich time, ffis duties afloat were on destroyers, of wffich he commanded Desttoyer Di^vision 21 and Desttoyer Squaffion Six. In adffition to his assignments afloat, Audley had numerous assignments ashore ffi the Uffited States and Europe, includffig research in weapons development and program management in the Bureau of Naval Weapons. He completed engineermg graduate smffies at the Naval Post Graduate School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He also completed a graduate course in the field of poHtical Science at The George Washmgton Uffiversity and graduated from the National War CoUege. He was head of the Weapons Department at the U.S. Naval Academy before being stationed ffi Charleston as commodore of Desttoyer Squadron Six. Upon retirement form the Na^vy in 1972, Audley played an integral role in the creation of Pattiot's Poffit and for bringing the aircraft carrier, YoRKTOWN, to the Charleston Harbor, through ffis involvement with both the Charleston County Bicentenmal Committee and the Patriot's Point Development Authority. He served in leadersffip roles as the executive ffirector of the Charleston County Bicentenmal Committee and assistant ffirector of the Charleston Naval and Maritime Museum. After four years of planmng and tffiee years of operations on YORKTOWN, he retired in 1979.

After his second retirement, Audley and Marge (wife of 60 years), accompanied by their dogs, enjoyed ttaveUng for 14 years throughout the United States, Canada and Alaska in their Airstream travel trader. Their travels included numerous meetings with their chUdren and famffies.

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CALL He is survived by ffis wife, Marjorie A. WUHams McCain, of Charleston, SC; one son, Mark H. McCain and ffis wffe, Dene, of Dataw Island, SC; one daughter, Judith A. Hubich and her husband, John, of Wffiston-Salem, NC; and a granddaughter, Amanda J. Hubich. He was preceded ffi death by a son, Audley "Lee" H. McCain Jr. A foneral service was held ffi Charleston and burial with mffitary honors at Beaufort (SC) National Cemetery on 27 December 2004.

The McCain Family GLENN AUSTIN REIFF '46

Captam Glenn Austffi Reiff, born 18 November 1923,ffiedof namral causes ffi Pueblo, CO, on 18 January 2005.

Glenn grew up in Newton, KS, and, after attendffig Texas A&M for one year, was appointed from Kansas to the Naval Academy in 1942. He graduated from ffight ttainffig ffi 1948 and the Naval Postgraduate School ffi 1953. He served at seaffiENTERPRISE ( C V - 6 ) and two other carriers and was a pdot, commuffications officer and tactics officer ffi the Korean War. Durffig shore duty, he was assigned to the Naval Aff Missde Test Center, Pt. Magu, CA, to help pioneer the modern arsenal of air-launched rffissUes. CompeUed to help our country wffi the Cold War and acffieve preemffience ffi space, after 16 years of active duty, Glenn transferted to the Naval Reserve ffi 1961 and joffied NASAffi1962.

There he was project manager ffi charge of the first exploratory spacecraft missions to Venus, Mars, Jupiter and the sun.

In the 1970s, as the first ffirector of the Transportation Test Center ffi Pueblo, CO, Glenn was chaUenged to improve our country's ground rad transportation. Durmg tffis period he was a USNA Blue & Gold Officer and advised many ffigh school smdents ffi southeast Colorado mterested ffi the Naval Academy.

He was active as weU in many commuffity organizations, includffig the Chamber of Commerce, Econorffic Development Comrffission, and the executive board of the Rocky Mountam Councd of the Boy Scouts ofAmerica. In 1978 he left federal service and joffied the facffity of the Uffiversity of Southern Colorado in Pueblo as a professor in electtoffics and computer appHcations. He was a lffe semor member of the Instimte of Electrical and Electtoffics Engffieers.

Glenn is survived byffiswffe of 57 years. Amy Little Reiff of Pueblo, andffisbrother, Lee H. Reiff of Lake Juneleska, NC. He is also survived by ffis chUdren, Glenn Austffi Reiff II and Martha Reiff, both of Colorado.

A graveside memorial service wUl be held at ArHngton National Cemetery on 15 AprU 2005.

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WILLIAM GARDINER RIDGWAY '47

Wiffiam Gardffier Ridgway, of Haddonfield and Moorestown, NJ, ffied on 27 January 2005. He was 81 years old.

Born ffi Haddon Heights, NJ, on 27 Aprd 1923, he was the son of EH Chester and Erffily Gardffier Ridgway.

After attending the Naval Academy Preparatory School at Baffibridge, MD, he earned a congressional appomtmentfiromNew Jersey and graduated •wiffi ffie 24th Company ffi the Class of 1947. Upon graduation, he served drree yearsffiHARLAN R . DICKSON ( D D - 7 0 8 ) .

Upon completion of his mffitary service ffi 1949, he began a 50-year career ffi real estate development, responsible for the construction and sale of thousands of homes ffi Pennsylvaffia, Inffiana, Offio and New Jersey. He was a former member of the New Jersey BuUders League, the Tavistock and BurHngton Country Clubs and the founder and ffist president of the Cherry VaUey Swim Club. He was an active member of Saffit Peter Celestine and of Our Lady of Good Counsel churches.

During ffis reffiement years, Bdl spent many afternoons on the goff course with friends and famdy. He also enjoyed ttaveUng •with ffis -wffe, four chUdren, theff spouses and his grandchUdren.

BiU is survived by his wffe of 58 years.Theresa (nee BottaHco); son Joseph and ffis wffe, Diane; son Michael and his •wffe, Mona; daughter Marybeth Vento and her husband, Joseph; daughter Patti Ann; and ffis grandchddren, Gretchen RidgwayLangan, WUHam, Amanda and Jessica Ridgway; Quinn Lan Ridgway;Vanessa, Melaffie and Jerma Vento; and Michael, Bidgway, and Tyler, Hagen and Toby Grace. He is also survived by ffis brother, Steven G. Ridgway.

A foneral Mass was held at Saint Peter Celestffie Church ffi Cherry HUl, NJ, foUowed by mterment with mffitary honors.

Memorial conttibutions may be made to ffie Parkinson's Disease Foundation, 710 W 168th St., New York, NY 10032 or to Samaritan Hospice, 5 Eves Dr., Suite 300, Marlton, NJ 08053.

Tlie Ridgway Family WILLIAM DRAYTON WILSON '48

Lieutenant Commander WdUam "BiU" Drayton WUson, USN (Ret.), ffied on 3 February 2005 in Columbia, SC, at the age of 79.

Bdl was born 31 December 1925 ffi Bethune, SC, to Clemson Mayer and Adffie May Wdson. He attended 5« Newberry and Columbia High Schools after wffich he attended Clemson Uffiversity before receivffig an appointtnent to the U.S. Naval Academy After graduation fiom the Naval Academy Bdl served at multiple mffitary instaUations both foreign and ConUS before retiring 20 years later.

FoUowffig retirement from the Navy, BiU received his doctorstationed at a number of naval bases throughout the Uffited ate in civU engineering from the University of South CaroHna. States. FoUowing his honorable ffischarge from the miHtary after Embarking on a career teacffing engineering at Midlands reaching the rank of commander, he returned to WatsonvUle in Techffical CoUege for an adffitional 20 years, he was also actively 1955 to take control of the famUy orchard, the MeUo-dy Ranch. involved at various times with the South CaroHna WUdHfe and After leaving the famdy ranch, Gd continued on with yet Forestry Service and wiffi ffie Federal Emergency another career of managing the Watson-vUle Chamber of Management Agency.

Commerce for five years, ffien became manager of the Santa Cruz County Fair for 10 years. Among his numerous achieveHe is survived by his \vife,Jane CaroHne Wdson; son WUHam ments in that capacity, he helped to reactivate the Fourth ofJuly Drayton WUson Jr.; son David Rogers Wdson and his wffe, parade and initiated the Annual "AgTour." His comrffitment to Kenneffia; daughter Patticia Arm Wdson; and grandson improving the quaHty of Hfe in the area has been evidenced Christopher Matthew Wdson. through his leadership as a member of the WatsonvUle Elks Club, A memorial service •was held at Forest Lake Presbyterian president of the WatsonviUe Rotary Club, chairman of the Church 5 February 2005. Memorials may be made to the charity Boy Scout-a-rama, as weU as ffis afiffiation with theYMCA board of one's choosing.

The Wilson Family of ffirectors.

Over the years, GU MeUo had received a number of awards, WiLUAM ALBERT FDSLAY JR. '49 wffich attest to ffis exemplary record of commuffity leadersffip.

Lieutenant Commander Wiffiam A. He •wdl be gready rffissed by many friends and famdy within the "BiU" Fiiday Jr., USN (Ret.), passed away Watson^vdle Commuffity. Retirffig in 1988, GU went on to enjoy 23 October 2004 at CorneHa Davis ffis Hfe by ttaveUng the world and later being very active in the Healfficare Center ffi Hampstead, NC. YMCA to stay fit. He donated a lot of his tHne by playing the Mr. Fuday •was predeceased byffis•wife, piano at numerous convalescent hospitals around town. In Gd's B.J. Fiffiay, ffi 2001. He is survived by ffis own words, "I always had a captive auffience that ready couldn't two daughters, Carol Fiffiay of Earle^viUe, hear that weU or run away."

MD, and Kaffiy Boyd of HoUy Springs, GU is survived byffis•wffe, Cathy;ffistwo daughters, Diane NC, and two grandchddren Josh Boyd and JuHe Boyd.

TaUey and Debbie Kobori; and two grandsons, Jonathan Boyles Bom and raised ffi Norffi CaroHna, BUI graduated from the and Kevin Kobori. His son, David MeUo, preceded ffim in death Uffited States Naval Academy ffi 1949 and took Na^vy pdot traintwo years ago. He also leaves a sister,Virgiffia, and brother-in-law, mgffiPensacola, FL. He flew carrier-based fighter jetsffithe Alfred Conde.

Korean Conffict firom affcraft carriers VALLEY FORGE, BOXER and Donation may be made to the WatsonvUle YMCA, KQED LAKE CHAMPLAIN, totaUng 125 combat missions coverffig two or any charitable orgaffization of your choosmg in memory toun ffi ffie war. O n 27 July 1953, Lieutenant Juffior Grade Finlay of GUbert. had the uffique distinction of dropping ffie last bomb of the Memorial services were held at the Art BuUffing at the Santa Korean Conffict. After the war. Lieutenant Commander Finlay Cruz Fairgrounds. Services were under the ffirection of Mehl's remrned to ffie Naval Academy as an instructor for several years.

Coloffial Chapel.

He reffied ffi Newark, DE, after 20 years of naval service. BUI The Register-Pajaroman and the Mello Family ffien worked as an engmeer for the DuPont Company in WALTER ALLEN BROOKS '52 Delaware from 1972 to 1986.

Walter A. Brooks ffied of lung cancer in After reffiement, Bdl and B J. remrned to WUmffigton, NC. BUI Piano, TX, on 28 December 2004. He was an avid Hfelong goffer who played the game aU over the world. was 76 years old.

Private services were held. The famdy requests that memorial A native of La Feria,TX,Walt gifts be given to the American Heart Association. graduated from the University ofTexas The Finlay Family and Star News with a bachelor of science in physics GILBERT DAVID MELLO '49 prior to receivffig ffis congressional GUbert David MeUo passed away appointment to the Naval Academy. He 5 December 2004. GUbert was born in was a member of the 13th Company, the Color Company for ffis WatsonvUle, CA. FoUowing graduation Second and First Class Years. He graduated with ffistinction from fromWatsonviUe High School in 1941, the Academy with the Class of 1952. he attended HartneU CoUege for two Upon graduation he served on the destroyer, SwENSON years. He joined the Uffited States Navy (DD-729), in the Western Pacific. His first submarine tour was m 1943 and was accepted to the U.S. aboard BLUEGILL (SK-242). In 1958, upon completion of nuclear Naval Academy. After graduation, he was power training on the SIW prototype, Idaho, he reported for

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ALL duty as a member of the staff at SIC Prototype, Windsor, CT. In 1960 he reported to the pre-commissiomng detad and served as engffieerffig officer of ROBERT E. LEE ( S S B N - 6 0 1 ) . In 1963 he served as executive officer on J O H N C . CALHOUN ( S S B N - 6 3 0 ) .

In 1966 he was assigned to THOMAS A. EDISON ( S S B N - 6 1 0 ) as

its commandffig officer. From there he was in Vffgiffia Beach at ComSubLant. In 1972 he was off to Holy Loch, Scodand, for ffis second command, as CO, CANOPUS (AS-34). His twffight tour was wiffi Special Operations in the Strategic Systems Command ffi Washmgton, DC, for wffich he received the Navy Uffit Commendation for ffis work on ffie Trident Program. He retired ffi 1979 to Piano, TX, and spent ffis remaiffing years hunting on "Texas safaris" and traveUng ffie continent.

He is survived by ffis wffe of 49 years, the former Betty Jane Ledbetter, of Santa Rosa,TX; daughters Beth and Laura; son Walter Jr.; and diree grandchUdren.

Memorial services were conducted on 29 January 2005 at Harbor Poffit Commuffity Church ffi Piano. Mffitary honors were pro^vided by the U.S. Na^vy Honor detad.

Tlie Brooks Family HERBERT CLAYTON CRANE '54

Captaffi Herbert C. "Herb" Crane, USN (Ret.), ffied at ffis home on 27 December 2004 after a two year batde with colon cancer, holdmg the hands of ffis lovffig wffe and daughter.

Herb was born 13 March 1930 to Hazel (Bro^wn) and Joe C. Crane ffi LaGrange, Culpeper County,VA. He graduatedfiromWarrenton High School ffi 1947, enHsted in the Na^vy and served as an aviation electtoffic operator before attendffig the Naval Academy Preparatory School. Durffig that time, he •wresded on ffie NAPS wrestlffig team, winrung several medals. In June 1950, he entered the Naval Academy as a member of the Class of 1954. In those four years, he was also a member of the •wrestUng team.

The day after graduation, he married the former Barbara Snear. After a year ffi the surface force, he went to Submarine School and served on two submarines before goffig to PG School ffi Monterey, where he earned a degree m orcffiance engffieerffig. FoUo^wing that, he served two tours ffi New London, one ffi the Special Projects Office in Wasffington and then several shore bidets in Norfolk. He then became commanding officer of the Naval Sea Combat Systems Engineering Station for ffine years before he retired in 1985. As a ci^vffian, he became a registered representative for Wadded and Reed Fffiancial Services.

Herb was a faithfol member of St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Norfolk, where he headed many comrffittees, served as president of the congregation and was a trustee at the time of his death.

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He also received a master's degree ffi business management from The George Wasffington Uffiversity. He was a Mason and a Member of Uffion Lodge in New London, CT. Herb is survived by ffis beloved •wffe of 50 years, Barbara; their two sons, WdUam J. and ffis wife, Ruth, of Smttgart, Germany; David L. and ffis wffe, Nancy, ofVffgiffia Beach; and theff daughter, Ann, and her husband, Captam PJchard Durham, of El Cajon, CA. Also survi^vffig are ffis three adored grandchdffien, Lisa Crane, Matt Durham and Michael Durham.

Funeral services were held at St. Timothy Lutheran Church on 30 December 2004 and 17 of ffis 1954 Classmates served as honorary paU bearers. Burial •with ftdl mffitary honors was at ArHngton National Cemetery on 4 February 2005.

The Crane Family HAROLD ALTON BOGGS JR. '57

Harold A. Boggs J r ffied 22 October 2004 of cancer on Baffibridge Island, WA. He had been ffi decHffing health over the past few years.

Harold, also caUed Bob or Hal, but better known to ffis companymates as "H.A." was born ffi Mempffis,TN, to Harold A. Boggs Sr. and Mary Louise (Todd) Boggs. He graduated from Casde Heights Mffitary Academy ffi Lebanon,TN, and came to ffie Naval Academy after a short stmt ffi the Marffie Corps, where he •was an electroffics techffician. H.A. was a gffied cartooffist at the Academy, conttibutmg to ffie Trident and Log and perenffiaUy winrung ffie Fifth Company weekly footbaU poster contest, a boon to his Plebe roommate and friends. He was also a stal^wartffiffitramural basketbaU, carrying over ffis skUlsfiromffisvarsity playffig days at Casde Heights. His wit, sense of humor, perenffial optimism and carefree nature were infectious and are sorely missed.

After graduating in 1957, H.A. reported to Pensacola and became a naval aviator,flyffigA-4s as a squadron pdot and later as a ffight ffisttuctor. In 1963, H.A. met Judy Ann Ecklund whde attenffing the Naval Post Graduate School ffi Monterey. They were married that year in Reno, NV. Judy preceded H.A. ffi death in 2000.

Leavffig the Navy ffi 1965, H.A. worked ffi sales and finance for the Corffing Glass Company in Corffing, NY, and later for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals ffi Columbia, MD. He fimshed ffis working days -with the Boeing Company ffi Seatde, WA. H.A. desffed no foneral or memorial service ffi his behaff, but the Class honored and celebrated ffis Hfe in a post mortem ttibute at a luncheon in Seatde in December. His ashes -wdl be mffigled with ffis -wife, Judy's, and spread in Puget Sound.

H.A. is survived by two daughters, Lisa McCabe of Seatde and Shannon Dow of Baffibridge Island, and one granddaughter.

Ttie Boggs family andT.R. Kramer '57

JEFFREY AUSTIN PECK '67

Commander Jei&ey Austin Peck, USN (Ret.), of Annandale,VA, ffied on 7 January 2005, after a courageous batde wiffi pancreatic cancer. His sttength and ^ ^ qffiet determffiation inspired those in his ^^H ^ ^ ^ presence. He -was 60 years old. ^^Bv ^ ^ ^ 1 Jeff was born on 14 July 1944 in ^ ^ A ÂŤ ^ ^ ^ B Harttbrd, CN. He graduated firom South HiUs CaffioHc High School near Pittsburgh, PA, and received a footbaU scholarsffip to BuckneU CoUege. He left BuckneU to accept an appomtment to ffie Uffited States Naval Academy, where he played footbaU and lacrosse whde assigned to ffie 23rd Company. He graduated firom ffie USNA ffi 1967 and attended ariation traiffing.

Jeff was a P-3 Orion pdot wiffi over 5,000 ffight hours. He was assigned to Patrol Squadron 6 (1969-1972), FRANKLIN D .

ROOSEVELT (1974-1976), Pattol Squadron 31 (1976-1979) and Pattol Squadron 40 (1979-1982). He also taught at ffie Naval Academy fiom 1972-1974 and was a 1983 graduate of the Navy War CoUege. His last assignments were on staff with ffie Cffief of Naval Operations Staff firom 1983 to 1988 (OpNav 132 and later OpNav 134). He reffied 1 September 1988.

After retiring firom the Na-vy ffi 1988, he worked as a program manager for Systems Analytical Group, an econorffic analysis firm speciaHzffig ffi defense conttacts. He also was a cofounder of E.G. SmaU Associates, a software development firm speciaHzffig ffi employee benefits programs. In 1996, he remrned to servffig ffie mffitary commuffity as the deputy dffector of the contract services and marketmg department for the Mffitary Officers Association ofAmerica (formerly The Reffied Officers Association) ffi Alexandria,VA. AU who knew Jeff were drawn to ffis real sense of adventureâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;^who, wiffi his wffe, Trish, saded, scuba ffived, played tenffis and later ffi lffe was a passionate goffer.

But his true love was his famUy, wffich fficluded a son, Jeffiey Austffi Peck of Los Angeles, CA; a daughter, Kimberly Schffitker of Port RepubHc, MD; and five grandsons: MaximUHan, Samuel, Nicholas and Henry Schffitker and Aidan Peck. He is also survived by his dear brother, Robert Underwood of Nash-vUle, TN; and his sister, Lffida Cupack of Guff Breeze, FL. But ffiose who also knew Jeff knew his greatest tteasure ffi lffe is his beloved wffe of 27 years, Trish.

A Mass of Christian Burial wdl be offered 10 March 2005 at 10:45 a.m. at the Fort Myer Post Chapel foUowed by mterment at ArHngton National Cemetery with fidl mffitary honors.

The Peck Family

MICHAEL LEE LINGERFELT '75

Captain Michael L."Mike" Lingerfelt, USNR, passed away on 21 December 2004. He was born on 23 January 1953 in Lexington, NC. His famdy moved to Rural HaU, NC, in 1958 where he would spend the remainder of ffis youth.

After graduatffig from North Forsyth High School in 1971, he reported to the Naval Academy where he graduated in 1975 and was comrffissioned an ensign. After completing ffis iffitial active duty service obHgation, he served in the Reserve from June 1981 untd February 1997, before retff ing at the rank of captaffi. Between Reserve duty assignments, Mike worked as a systems engmeer with MUlUcen and Co. (Blacksburg, SC), Raytheon Co. (Portsmouth, RI), Raytheon Engineers and Consttuctors (Kingsport/Bristol,TN), General Dynarmcs Co. (ArHngton,VA) and Raytheon Co. (ArHngton,VA).

Mike married Joanne Brasco of Weston, MA, on 2 October 1976. They were blessed with three wonderfid chdffien: Brian (born July 1979 ffi Portsmouth,VA), Kevffi (born October 1981 ffi Spartanburg, SC) and Rebecca (born Jffiy 1984 in Newton, MA). In adffition to ffis famdy, Mike is survived by ffis mother, Gladys, a brother, Gerald, and sisters Betty Jo Key and Sharon Edwards.

Mike's greatest joys in Hfe were ffis famdy and sports. He coached aU three chUdren on sports teams durffig theff youth years. Flis love for goff led to one of ffis favorite sayffigs wffich mrned ffito a Hfe lesson: "Focus on the shot at hand, don't worry about your final score because the score wdl take care of itseff."

Mike battied affiseasethat had taken a sttong hold in ffis body from the beginrung. His unwaverffig optirffism and determffiation to heal were ffispiring to witness. His motto throughout was: "Remission is my rffission." He passed away on 21 December 2004, wearffig aJimValvanoT-shfft (coach of North CaroHna State who also ffied from cancer) -with the last two sentences of ffis poignant speech: "Don't give up. Don't ever give up."That's just how Mdce HvedffisHfe. As a pattiot, husband, father, brother and son, he wUl be ttuly rmssed. But I think Mike would agree -with one of ffis favorite artists, Jimmy Buffett, when he relates: "Some of it's magic, and some of it's ttagic, but I had a good Hfe aU the way."

Memorial conttibutions may be made to U.T. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Melanoma Meffical Oncology 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Uffit 430, Houston,TX 77030. Please note the Memo Lffie must read "Wen-Jen Hwu, MD, Ph.D. Research."

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Alumni College In Tuscany (Chianti region) (July 3-11, 2005)—You've read the book and seen the movie—^now see the real place. Stay in a real Tuscan •Villa in the village of Mardalla in the heart of the Chianti region, taking day trips to the medieval towns of Lucca and Pisa. Spend a day in Florence; visit Siena and its femous Piazza del Campo. 9 days/from $1795 plus air

UTHCM 2005 ALUMNI TRAVEL PROGRAM Cycling Trip Thru Normandy T h e U S N A Alumni Association is pleased t o a n n o u n c e its parmership wiffi Beaux Voyages t o offer a First Class cycling t o u r o f N o r m a n d y . J o i n us 2 5 J u n e - 1 July 2 0 0 5 for a n o u t s t a n d m g 7-day, 6-night trip wiffi 4 days o f cycling. J o m alumni from boffi Na-vy a n d A r m y as w e offer a n e w type o f travel for o u r alumni w h o wish a m o r e active type o f travel.

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Crossroads of Europe (May 1-14, 2005)—^The Amber dties of Poland; Gdansk, Warsaw and Krakow, plus Kaliningrad, Russia. Cruise the •Vistula River aboard the luxurious MV FREDERICK CHOPIN and then spend two nights in Warsaw, three nights in Krakow.

14 days/from $3,195 plus air Route of the W i n e Traders (June 3-11, 2005)—^Travel aboard the 122-passenger Clipper Adventurer to trace the route of the old wine traders along the beautifiil coastal cities of Portugal and Spain. Lisbon, Leutes, Villagarcia, Bilbao (including a visit to the Guggenheim), San Sebastian and others. Disembark in Bordeaux, France. 9 days/from $2,770plus air Historic Normandy and the British Isles/Celtic Lands (June 1-June 12, 2005)—^A majestic twelve day all inclusive journey encompassing centuries of history—from Zona's Dark Ages monasteries to Normandy's D-Day beaches. Aboard the deluxe MS LE DLAMANT (formerly the SONG OF FLOWER). 12 dap/from $4,995plus air

Village Life along the Dalmatian Coast (with Joint Academy Travel) (June 14-22, 2005)—Back by popular demand, this small ship cruise to the Adriatic and the Dalmatian Coast includes the romance of •Venice, the art of Ravenna and the history of Dubrovnik and other coastal towns.

9 days/from $2595 plus air

Village Life in Medieval Bruges (July 25-August 2, 2005)—^the dty everyone wants to spend more time in.

Seven delightfiil days in this dty of canals and history—with day trips to Brussels, Lille, Ypres, Waregem, Antwerp and Ghent. 9 days/from $1,995plus air Village Life in England's Cotswolds (August 14-22,2005)— An idyllic nine day program to the tranquil English coimtryside. Includes private visit to the stately home Blenheim Palace hosted by Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill, and visits to the historic towns of Oxford, Bath and charming villages in the Cotswolds. {$2295plus air) Gohagan and Company Hidden Fjords & Glaciers of Alaska's Inside Passage (August 28-September 3, 2005)—Small ship to Alaska is the only way to go—no crowds and up dose with the wildlife, gladers and amazing natural beauty. Optional 5 day pre-extension to Denali National Park. 8 days/from $2,450plus air Great Lakes Cruise Aboard the M.S. COLUMBUS (with Joint Academy Travel) (September 2-12, 2005)—Cruise North America's Great Lakes—^from the cosmopolitan Toronto to the tranquil shores of Lake Michigan—\isits to scenic Mackinac Island, historic Sault Ste. Marie, beautifiil Georgian Bay. 11 days/from $2,795plus air Charlemagne's Dream (with Joint Academy Travel) (September 23-October 1, 2005)—^From a \ision of the fiiture in 793 A D . to its completion in 1992, the Main Danube Canal has been a dream— connecting the Main river and the Danube; it connects the North Sea to the Black Sea, and has changed Europe forever. Marvel at the engineering feats, plus enjoy the old world towns and history from Nuremberg to Vieima. 9 days/from $1,995 plus air Alumni Campus Aboard Along the Waterways of France (October 7-15, 2005)—A barge trip aboard the 52 passenger ANACOLUTHE, to enjoy the villages and people of this unique region. Enjoy regional cuisine, knowledgeable lecturers and the charm of this leisurely paced trip. 9 days/from $1,995plus air Alumni College Abroad in Italy's Magnificent Lake District (with Joint Academy Travel) (May 16-24, 2005)—Visit Lake Maggjore, Lake Como, Milan, Baveno, and much more. Stay at the world dass Lido Palace Hotel and take day excursions to see the region everyone is talking about. 9 days/from $1,795plus air In the Wake of Lewis and Clark (October 10-16, 2005)—200 years ago two remarkable men set out to find the Northwest Passage. Now you can explore this unique area—the Columbia and Snake rivers and all its beauty, aboard the small ship SEA BIRD; with her world renovraed naturalists and lecturers. See an area of our great country that remains unspoiled to this day. 7 days/from $2,390 plus air

Visit our website www.usna.com/travel Please note dates and prices are tentative until the brochure is mailed. To request a specific brochure or more information, please contact Bobbi Collins 410-263-4448, ext. 139 or email bobbi.collins@usna.com

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www.jsalexom Looking to advance your career? JSAJE is an exclusive site specifically designed for Service Academy Alumni.

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Real Estate Appraisals &: Consulting

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For information on submitting a classified ad please contact Maria O'Shea by mail, email, or phone:

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