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

Warfare Assignment " A Career of Naval Service" Developing combat leaders of character for the Navy and Marine Corps remains the essence of everything we do at the Naval Academy. Our mission is to produce "graduates dedicated to a career of naval service."

Service assignment continues to be one of the most important processes at the Academy. Service assignment is the matching of qualifications, aptitude and personal desires with the needs of the naval service in order to provide the Navy and Marine Corps with the right officers for the right jobs.

Our goal is to provide graduates who are motivated, technically competent and ready to serve as combat leaders in their warfare community.

A Continuum We view service assigrunent not as a single event, but as a continuum which begins prior to entering the Academy, and runs through commissioning. It is a purposefiiUy comprehensive four-year process designed to ensure we match talent and aptitude with the needs of the service. Driven by the needs of the Navy and Marine Corps, service assignments are based upon

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requirements provided by naval leadership. Our focus is not on simply meeting numbers of ensigns and second lieutenants, but on doing everything possible to provide highly motivated, well-qualified officers for a career of service who are assigned to the most appropriate community to take best advantage of their strengths, interests and training. The following elements comprise our service assignment continuum.

Selecting Academic Majors—During PlebeYear, midshipmen select their academic major. All of our graduates leave the Academy with a core technical background in math, science and engineering, which provides them with the basic educational foundation to succeed as junior officers. The education they receive in their selected major, however, can also influence their service assignment. Rather than limiting career options available to midshipmen, academic majors can channel desire, intellect and motivation for a specific warfare community.

Exposure to the Fleet—During their four years at the Academy, midshipmen are exposed to the Fleet, Fleet Marine Force and various warfare communities.

Through sununer training, midshipmen obtain practical exposure to naval forces in an operational environment.

Midshipmen experiences during Fleet cruises and other professional training, such as Leatherneck,Yard Patrols (YPs), sail training and Introductory FUght Screening, help usfiortherguide midshipmen to the right community Career Information Program—A structured career information program provides midshipmen with requirements for professional knowledge and education on different career paths. This program begins with required Plebe knowledge in Reef Points and continues through their four years of academic and professional courses. Midshipmen receive a variety of operationally focused, warfare community briefings throughout their four years at the Academy, which discuss opportunities and requirements unique to specific communities and career paths. This information supplements direct fleet

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Warfare Capstone Course—Midshipmen First Class learn what it takes to succeed during their first years in the Fleet through a community-oriented warfare capstone course designed to reinforce various topics they've learned at the Academy so their careers get off to a great start.

Ultimately, we want to put the right graduate in the right job, highly motivated to succeed.

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exposure to help midshipmen form educated impressions about specific warfare communities.

Personal Preferences—Our graduates' preferences and strengths also play a large role in determining the best midshipman for each billet. We strive to match the preferences of our graduates with their professional qualifications. Each midshipman's order of merit—their performance-based competitive ranking—establishes the sequence in which they are assigned to specific warfare communities. The higher the order of merit, the more Ukely they are of obtaining their preferred warfare assignment. Although our priority will always be assigning midshipmen to meet the needs of the service, it is important to note that virtually all midshipmen receive either their first or second warfare community preference.

Interview and Evaluation—^Warfare qualified officers assigned to the Academy help match midshipmen to warfare communities. USNA officers conduct personal interviews, review academic and performance records, leadership responsibilities and participation in extra-curricular activities. Service assignment is similar

The Academy exists to provide graduates dedicated to careers of naval service.

Service assignment is focused on the task of » providing the best qualified midshipmen to fill the requirements of the Navy and Marine Corps. The service assignment continuum enables our midshipmen and our Navy to make informed decisions about the careers of our graduates. Better decisions increase both

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job satisfaction and job performance after graduation.

The end result is that service assignment contributes to our mission by helping us produce graduates ready to go, to succeed in their initial jobs, and dedicate themselves to a career of naval service.

Our goal is to put the right graduate in the right job, ensuring the right fit both professionally and personally, and setting that officer up for success in the Navy and Marine Corps.

Upon graduation and commissioning on 25 May 2007, our graduates will report to their first career assignments.

Surface Warfare Officers report to their first ship within a month or two of graduation, typically serving as a division officer, responsible for leading 12 to 50 enlisted personnel and directing a portion of the ship's equipment and operations.

Submariners begin their careers by studying Navy nuclear propulsion for six months at Nuclear Power School in Charleston, SC, followed by six months of training at one of several nuclear reactor prototype sites located throughout the country. They then report to Navy Submarine School in New London, CT, for the 10-week submarine officer's basic course.

Graduates who have chosen Naval Aviation report to Pensacola, FL, for Aviation Preflight Indoctrination.

Aviators receive their'wings of gold' after 18-24 months for pilots and 12-18 months for NFOs.They are assigned to their first squadron after six to nine months of aircraft and mission-specific training in a fleet replacement squadron.

Marines attend The Basic School, a 26-week course for officers at Quantico.VA.This school gives all Marine officers a common background in the tactical study of land warfare.

SEALs begin their careers by reporting to the Basic Underwater Demolition Course in San Diego, CA, where they receive indoctrination and training in Special Warfare.

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Four Years to Shape A lifetittie of Service Midshipmen share personal journeys through the service selection process at USNA i ^ • • • h e r e is no one event or part of my Academy experience I that readied me for aviation," said Midshipman Casey Wade Two Bears '07, who will be commissioned in the U.S. Navy, and was selected to be an aviator. "Rather, it was the fiill culmination of four years experience that allowed me to be even partially prepared for the challenges of aviation."

N o matter which warfare community midshipmen choose during service selection, it is the experiences, opportunities and challenges they are presented with throughout four years at the Naval Academy that help guide them through making the decision and, ultimately, choosing a career path. These include all aspects of Academy life, firom their choice of major, competition in athletics, exposure to the demands of the various warfare communities through summer training and Fleet Cruises, as well as other professional training, such as Leatherneck,Yard Patrols (YPs) and Introductory Flight Screening.

"No specific element of the Academy prepares you 'best' for becoming a commissioned officer, it is an aggregate of the experiences over the four years that prepares you," said Midshipman Bethany Kauffiiian '07, who was selected for a billet in the U.S. Marine Corps.

For Midshipman Mikaela Rodkin '07, the combination of From the top: Guided missile destroyer U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication her summer YP cruise, surface cruise and hearing the experiences Specialist Seamen Stephen W. Rowe; U.S. Marine forces in Afghanistan. U.S. Navy of other Surface Warfare Officers (SWO) was essential both in photo by USMC Gunnery Sergeant Keith A. MWks; AV-SB Harrier. U.S. Navy photo

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helping her make her decision and in "being realistic about the challenges and rewards of being an SWO." "I was confident when making my service preference that it was not orJy what I wanted to do, but the best thing for me to do," continued Midshipman Rodkin.

These experiences, however, consist of far more than just the intense mental and physical training provided by the faculty, staff and officers at the Academy. Interactions with fellow midshipmen provide both leadership examples and experiences essential in preparing them for the real-life leadership challenges they will face when they enter service in the Navy.

"As a Plebe, learning how to follow and examining leadership styles of the upper class w"as helpfiil. Being responsible for the training of the Plebes as a Second Class, doing Plebe Summer detail and serving as a squad leader were also very usefiil experiences in which I had an opportunity to practice my leadership," said Midshipman Kauffinan.

Not only does the \ ^ e t y of experiences and training programs help midshipmen discern where their interests He, but also where their personal strengths and skills will be utilized most effectively, allowing midshipmen to select the service where they can best serve their military and country.

"I think everyone should base their service selection on where they feel they can be of most service to the coimtry, where their talents are best used. For some this is driving submarines, others as doctors, others flying airplanes, and for some it is on the bridge of a ship," said Midshipman Kauffinan.

Service Assignment Night: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Though 50 years separate Captain Fred Howe '57, USN (Ret), and his classmates fronn the Class of 2007, feelings of anticipation and

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As the Class of 2007 prepares to officially receive their service assignments on 22 February, Captain Howe recalls the events leading up to his own Service Assignment Night, how the Academy prepared him for this decision and shares his advice with the Class of 2007 as they prepare to become the newest Naval Academy graduates to enter the Navy and Marine Corps.

As the son of a Naval Aviator, I came to the Academy to follow in my father's footsteps.

About the time of my 19th birthday while taking my youngster physical exam, I became aware that my eyes were failing. By the time I got to first class year it was clear that flying was not an option. After I Captain Fred Howe '57,1951 Lucky Bag had a ride in a submarine I concluded that surface line was my ticket. Surface line required a waiver for my eyes, but that was easily obtained and I was on my way.

It has been a long time, of course, since I made my service selection and the details are likely lost to the ages. I don't think there was ever much drama surrounding which service and branch I would enter, the only question was whether I could get a sufficiently low preference number to select a destroyerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;^which I knew was Continued on page 11

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Whether midshipmen arrive at the Academy with a solid conmiitment to the specific branch of service they would like to serve in or not, the training they will undergo at the Naval Academy serves either to dispel the uncertainty behind choosing the appropriate service, or acts to affirm their commitment to a career in a specific service branch.

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summer program at Leatherneck assured me of this decision."

Midshipman Rodkin, however, found that her Naval Academy experience led her down a completely different career path than the one she had intended when she initially entered the Academy.

"If anything, I came to the Academy to be a pilot," said Midshipman Rodkin, who was selected for Surface Warfare. "But after going through the Introductory Flight Screening Program,

Did You Know? Class Rings Become Another Link in the Chain A recent addition to the Naval Academy's long history of traditions, the "Another Link In the Chain" program enforces the bond that exists between all midshipmen by creating a link between current classes and those from 50 years ago.

In particular, annual events like the Ring Melting Ceremony (of which the Class of 2007 and the Class of 1957 were the first to take part in) are a vital part of the program. This ceremony, the newest addition to the "Another Link in the Chain" program, created an actual physical bond between the two classes. Donated rings and miniatures from the Class of 1957, were melted down and mixed in with the gold used in the rings for the Class of 2007. When they received their rings, each midshipman was also given a small biography,outlining the history of the donated rings. This biography was also displayed at the Ring Dance, and the rings were "baptized" in water from the seven seas as members of the Class of 1957 looked on.

This fledgling tradition was continued the next year when the Class of 1958 donated rings to be melted in with the Class of 2008 rings, and this coming spring a Ring Melting Ceremony will also be held for the Class of 2009 and the Class of 1959.

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I realized that flying wasn't for me.

I didn't enjoy it the way that would have been required to do the job."

Midshipman Two Bears also found that his instruction and experiences at the Academy prepared him to ultimately choose the service branch that he was best suited for.

"Before I entered USNA, I thought I would continue in the submarine fleet post-graduation," said Midshipman Two Bears, who served for nearly three years in the fleet as a second-class fire-control technician in submarines prior to entering the Naval Academy.

"However, I tried my best to keep an open mind and see what each community had to offer in terms of opportunity and challenge."

Whatever direction their service selection choice leads to, the Class of 2007 can confidently join the ranks of their fellow Alumni with the knowledge that the Naval Academy has ftilly prepared them for careers of service in the Navy and Marine Corps.

"I am excited about simply being a Surface Warfare Officer, and the different challenges that come with the job," said Midshipman Rodkin. "I am both looking forward to and a Httle nervous of stepping onboard on my first day, and being 'in-charge' of Sailors with much, much more experience than me.

where I wanted to go. A first classman's choice of ship (and I suppose, service) was driven by his "preference number," which as I remember, was drawn out of a hat by the president of the second class and made known sometime before the actual night of ship selection. My number was in the high 600s, of a total of maybe 850 drawn, so I knew early that my hopes were slim because everyone going surface line wanted a destroyer.

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When my turn came, sure enough, there was nothing left except battleships and carriers so I reluctantly chose NEW JERSEY. Within a week or so of that selection a company-mate came to me after a YP drill to ask if I'd be willing to trade ships with him. He had selected a DDR, but knew that his propensity for seasickness would make life in that ship miserable. I thought about it for perhaps five seconds and we ran down to the Commandant's office and asked to be swapped. I don't think that had ever happened before but it happened in 1957 and probably changed the shape of my career.

That DDR was the first of five destroyers in the next 25 years.

The professional training I received in my first three years at the Naval Academy equipped me to go to a destroyer for First Class Cruise, assume the watch as a Junior Officer of the Deck and feel perfectly comfortable in my surroundings. I remember thinking at the time that the fourth year at the Academy was probably going to prove superfluous. The fourth year of course provided a lot—and not least of the benefit was getting to be a year older which, when you're 20, is significant.

The day I stepped on board my first destroyer I relieved as CIC Officer and 01 Division Officer. This latter aspect of shipboard duty was by far the most challenging because, while I was perfectly comfortable with the technical aspects of my job and watch-standing responsibilities, dealing with the lives of 25 enlisted—most about my age or slightly older—as the resident authority figure, was very demanding Although it is increasingly difficult in these days of 8,000 ton destroyers—it's probably all relative. The Navy is like any other business in that youngsters have to seek out responsibility and be ready to act when their chances present themselves—^the opportunity to serve must be seized. d>

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ince his now infamous bear hug with President Bush at graduation in 2001, Lieutenant Bobby Rashad Jones '01, USN, has embraced service to our nation and the world.

"I think Naval Academy graduates are supposed to be doing things that make this world a better and safer place," said Jones. "Armapolis graduates have done well in all spheres of influence around the world, and they typically have one thing in commonâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;they always leave a place better than they found it."

After commissioning, his first tour was onboard GERMANTOWN (LSD-42)

where he served as a deck division officer. Jones participated in Operation Enduring Freedom, guaranteeing the safe landing of Marines and SeaBees in hostile territory during anti-terrorist operations in the Philippines. After that fsfer and Jones at My Brother's Keeper, an orphanage outside of Monrovia. Jones explained that Ester never knew her parents because they were killed during the civil war when she was still an infant "There are 34 wonderful kids who are struggling to sun/ive, yet they have the best attitudes," he said. Jones has been coordinating supply shipments to the orphanage as part of his work in Liberia.

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mission, GERMANTOWN was relieved by HARPERS FERRY ( L S D - 4 9 ) , a ship providing humanitarian aid to the people of East Timor. It was on HARPERS FERRY that Jones took part in his first United Nations assignment.

He then became the fire control officer onboard NoRMANDY (CG-60), homeported in Norfolk,VA.Afi:er the N O R M A N D Y tour, Jones was rotated back to the Naval Academy. While serving as a USNA admissions counselor, he was selected for an individual augmentee (lA) assignment to the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).

Jones has been in Liberia since early January as the civil rrulitary relations coordinator for UNMIL, the largest U N peacekeeping mission in the world with more than 15,000 personnel.The United Nations Mission in Liberia was established in September 2003 by the U N Security Council to support the implementation of the ceasefire agreement and the peace process; to protect U N staff, facilities and civilians; to support humanitarian activities; as well as to assist in national security reform. Jones has the added privilege ofjoining other Naval Academy graduates in his work with UNMIL—^Lieutenant Jonathan Savage '02, USN, is currendy working as a military observer in the region and

are the same every day—rice with occasional Lunch time at the orphanage. Jones said that the meals turns cooking the meals in the kitchen. beans. Nadine, along with the other older children, take

Stephen Lieberman '69 is the director of administration.

Working with non goverrmient organizations (NGOs) and the people of Liberia, Jones sees both the poverty and the hope of the people first hand. He coordinates civilian and military support for NGOs fi"om logistics to security. He also spends time working in an orphanage.

"The younger generation is where the fiiture of this nation lies, and with it

How you can help.

"The Naval Academy family has stepped up in a major way" providing basic supplies for the children, said Jones. If you'd like to help, please contact him via email at bobby.jones@2001.usna.com.

Bobby Rashad Jones, former Navy outside linebacker, has a blog on his work and experiences in Liberia at wvvw.navysports.com.

"Playing Navy football taught me the intangibles about team, unity and leadership," said Jones. "Putting on the Blue & Gold was the first time I understood what it meant to be part of something bigger than yourself."

the hope of a stable Liberia and a stable West Afirica," Jones said. He explained that while the situation is dire—there is no infirastructure, no central electricity grids, no water treatment facilities or sanitation facilities—there is hope.

Liberia's constitution is very similar to that of the United States and Liberians want nothing more than to be Hke the United States, according to Jones.

Jones said he learned the true meaning of perseverance while at the Naval Academy. "I showed up for Plebe Summer and I wasn't a swimmer nor an engineer," he explained. While academics were the "toughest mental challenge" he has faced, he credits process rather than the coursework for his success. "As important as the technical information I learned was, it was the methodology of breaking down complex problems that has best served me in my career thus far." J>

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Midshipmen Make A Difference

By M i d s h i p m a n Genevieve Studer ' 0 8

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stablished in 1992, the Midshipman Action Group (MAG) is a midshipmen run, planned and executed Brigade support activity Last semester, MAG participants logged approximately 8,000 volunteer hours in the Annapolis, Baltimore and Washington D.C. areas and plan for an additional 15,000 hours this semester

"The number of hours is a purely quantitative value. In reality, it is about the quality of our work, what we get out of it and what we can give back to the community," said Midshipman Dan Misch '07, MAG president."Ostensibly, we are a volunteer organization. Intrinsically, we develop midshipmen," he explained. "The mission of MAG is to work and coordinate with outside organizations to volunteer in the community, instilling teamwork, selflessness and peer leadershipâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;qualities we want in officers when we graduate."

With projects ranging firom cooking breakfast for the homeless at the Lighthouse Shelter to running in the Port to Fort race in support of the BeHeve in Tomorrow Foundation, firom sewing homemade blankets for combat wounded with Quilts for Valor to assisting at the Baltimore Shock Trauma Center to planning and hosting the armual Special Olympics, MAG supports more than 30 ongoing projects with close to a dozen more in the works at any given time.

Habitat for Humanity project leader Midshipman James Wightman '07 said, "Being involved with MAG and being a project leader offers the opportunity to provide other midshipmen the experience to givefi-eelyof themselves to those in the community who are in need. Midshipmen represent the United States Navy with the greatest of pride when helping those less fortunate than themselves. When the volunteer day is over, not only have midshipmen made the community a better place to live, but they leave with a personal sense of accomplishment."

Volunteering has always been a part of Wightman's Ufe, and he wanted to continue when he came to the Naval Academy "The Midshipman Action Group offered a wide range of Midshhipman Joe Mabis '08, clearing reeds at Backcreek Nature Park opportunities to contribute to the community that we live in, so I got involved," he said.

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Misch agrees and believes that the back to the community that gives so desire to give back to the community is much to us." common among most midshipmen. "If Cook went with a group of you ask a midshipman why he came to midshipmen led by Midshipman Margie the Naval Academy, he's likely to say 'to Drake '07 down to New Orleans over intercessional leave last May to work with serve my coimtry' MAG provides a way to the Hurricane Katrina relief Working satiate that desire we all share to help others eight to 10-hour days beginning at 7 a.m., while in school for four years," he said.

Drake, Cook and the rest of the crew grew Midshipman Kim Cook '08 also both in their awareness and their resolve. volunteers for personal reasons. "When I "We were amazed at how these people was in high school, I ran away fixjm could deal with such destruction—losing home," she said. "There were people who everything—and still find hope, when we volunteered to help me and I realized were heartbroken with shock," said Cook. that I could give back to kids She returned to like myself?'

At the Academy, Midshipman Action Group New Orleans over her summer leave Cook has found she What took 8,000 hours, engagd block to volunteer has the opportvmity nearly one quarter of the on her own. to spearhead Brigade of Midshipmen, required Drake organized projects including 400 movement orders, contributed the trip after the Brigade-wide to 30 community organizations, and volunteering in recycling program. resulted in thousands of smiles?

MMB New Orleans last Working to spring break and establish the official being "in awe at the level of destruction Company Recycling Rep biUets under a and the relatively small response," she Brigade Recycling Sergeant Major— explained. "This year, we plan to two years of paperwork that finally volunteer there again through Habitat manifested itself last semester—selffor Humanity and focus on construction." described "gung-ho Earth person" Cook hopes to extend the program to donating the excess King Hall food in the next couple of years.

"The purpose of MAG is to utilize the large supply of capable, young midshipmen and focus their interest in causes greater than themselves," said Cook. "The purpose of USNA is likewise to teach leadenhip by emphasizing trial and error—^it trains us to take a step back and look around, to survey the scene and find problems in the world around us and to see if we can find solutions and solve those problems. On a ship, you'd be with the people in your department but here, we're on land and we should look outside ourselves and give

Working with MAG since her Plebe year, Drake became more deeply involved last year. In sync with Wightman, she views volunteering as a way to serve while in school. "One of the most firustrating things about college is realizing how insulated you arefiromthe rest of ffie wodd," she said. "Just because we do not see poverty and people in need does not mean they do not exist. I think it's important to realize the value of social responsibility; as members of the military we offer our lives to our country; why shouldn't we be willing to offer our time, too?"

Having seen the impact that volunteering can havefiromboth perspectives. Cook emphasizes how lucky midshipmen are to

Midshipmen participating in Port to Fort to benefit the Believe in Tomorrow Foundation

Midshipman Matt Comer '07, working at the Providence Center Woodshop

Midshipman Katy Voigt '09 cooking breakfast at the Lighthouse Shelter

Midshipman James Wightman '07, working with Habitat for Humanity

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be at the Academy. "I have this feeling that giving back is very important and due to the fact that you're in such a great position, you can acknowledge the fact that there are things in the community that you can work toward healing. Why not take a few horns out of your week to give back?" she asked.

Project leaders like Wightman, Drake and Cook give more than just a few hours a week—they give every spare hour they have, and even back in Bancroft HaU, they'rie finding ways to get more midshipmen involved. Their work has had palpable benefits, as an estimated 25 percent of the Brigade participated in at least one MAG project in the last six months, either individually or as part of a Saturday Morning Training (SMT) evolution.

"Volunteering is something you become accustomed to but you have to be introduced to it first. SMT is a way to get mids out into the community—they work hard, are in good spirits and get a lot done, so it's been fascinating for me to see how much joy they get firom doing it, even just once. We're taking mids outside, teUing them what to do for four hours and seeing how they react; every project I've had I've gotten really good feedback," said Cook.

Midshipman Action Group For the fifth consecutive year, the United States Naval Academy Foundation received a $10,000 grant from the Bank of America in support of the Midshipman Action Group.

Thanks to the generosity of donors like the Bank of America, the Midshipman Action Group continues its work through a variety of midshipman-led volunteer projects.

MAG's flexible schedule and wide variety of projects appeal to midshipmen, whether they can volunteer for two hours a week or 20. Projects are varied in concentration and workload, so there's something for everyone.

Wightman said, "I have learned that it truly takes only a few people with a vision and dedication to change an entire community. This same spirit can be applied to everything we do in the Navy. I have the opportunity to work with midshipmen who care more about others than themselves.Working collectively [with Habitat for Humanity], we have made a great impact upon the community, providing a hand up to 14 deserving families who needed a home to call their own."

But as strong as MAG is and as much as it's growing,ffiere'salways room for improvement. "There are so many great

USNA to host Special Olympics events The Naval Academy Midshipman Action Group will team up with the Annapolis Jaycees (the local branch of a national volunteer organization) to coordinate the annual Anne Arundel County Special Midshipman Lauren Wolfe '08, with two Olympic Games in April. Hosted by the winners at the 2006 Special Olympics.

Academy, the event brings together midshipmen. Naval Academy faculty and staff and members of the community, all in support of the Special Olympics athletes. The event kicks off with a swim meet at Lejeune Hall, followed by a track and field meet at Ingram Track.

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Midshipman selecting an angel from The Giving Tree

ideas and prerogatives, but in ffie future I would like to take some time and get ffie MAG project leaden to become a tighter foimdation to help keep ffie club alive and strong," said Cook."When ffie project leaders work togeffier and undentand each offier, it opens up new doors." She looks forward to increasing public awareness, boffi at USNA and in ffie greater Annapolis area, increase involvement and feedback by collecting After Action Reports and cold, hard, tangible statistics that can be used not only to compare but to promote MAG, ffiereby completing ffie circle.

Drake, Cook, Wightman, Misch, 30 more project leaders and 1,000 more midshipmen make MAG a daily possibility They dig, sew, rake, cook, saw, sort, build, spackle, sail, hammer, tutor, rtin, collect, distribute and even just hang out, and by doing so, make the community around them better Misch attributes ffie majority of MAG's success to ffie midshipmen volunteers themselves. "We're a unique organization," he said. "It's the people that make us special.They give up their time to work with the community, but the people who work with MAG don't just do MAG. They do all kinds of offier things, too.They're aU well-rounded—so layered and so interesting—and because of that, we've become a family." 4>

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Charting a New Course to Attract the Finest Candidates IN NOVEMBER

2006, CAPTAIN BRUCE LATTA 78, USN

APPOINTED AS THE

NAVAL ACADEMY D E A N

(RET),WAS

OF ADMISSIONS.

IN

HIS

LAST ACTIVE DUTY ASSIGNMENT, HE WAS ASSIGNED T O THE OFFICE

OF ADMISSIONS FIRST AS THE DIRECTOR AND LATER AS THE VICE DEAN. IN THOSE ROLES, HE OVERSAW THE DAILY OPERATIONS OF Dean Bruce Latta '78.

Photos by Debbie Latta

ADMISSIONS AND ESTABLISHED A NEW ELECTRONIC ADMISSION PROCESS T O

STREAMLINE

THE

ACADEMY'S

FINEST CANDIDATES T O THE U . S .

MISSION T O ATTRACT THE

NAVAL ACADEMY.

RECENTLY,

SHIPMATE SAT DOWN WIPH DEAN LATTA TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE NAVAL ACADEMY'S ADMISSION PROCESS AND HOW ALUMNI ARE A "DRIVING FORCE" BEHIND THE SCENES. How do we compare to other top universities in attracting young men and women to attend USNA and serve in the naval sennce?

As we examine each incoming class, we continue to attract well rounded, qualified candidates firom across the nation.The Class of 2010, resembles the classes we admitted over the last several years, and includes more than 92 percent who participated in varsity athletics, 94 percent who were in the top 40 percent of their class and nearly 60 percent who had significant leadership experience in high school.

One way to compare how we stack up to other top universities is to examine the education opportunities available to each of the young men and women we accept. Essentially, what other colleges could they have attended? It is not surprising most of our candidates could attend an Ivy League school, another eminent engineering school, or another service academy.

It is vital Admissions receives support and assistance firom the Extended Brigade to broaden our reach. When we survey each incoming class and

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" O u r A l u m n i have been the strongest advocate g r o u p in our adnnissions process, and a great "force multiplier" in our admissions efforts." ask how ffiey first learned about ffie opportunity presented by ffie Naval Academy, ffie majority said ffiey heard of ffie Naval Academy firom an Alumnus, Blue & Gold Officer, parents of midshipmen, a teacher or other advocate firomffieirlocal communities.

As Dean of Admissions, what are some of the challenges you and your staff face as we look ahead?

It may sound simple, but our principal challenge is to create a greater appreciation about ffie unique education and oppormnities at the Naval Academy.

Not all students are exposed to the Academy, nor do ffiey understand how this education experience ultimately leads to service in ffie Navy and Marine Corps. This is particularly true of many qualified young men and women who come firom diverse backgroundsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;^most possessing fiill scholarship opportunities to top schools in the nation with employment opportunities after graduation, but lacking unawareness of opportunities at the Naval Academy until we approach ffiem.

Secondly, Naval Academy recognition is a challenge in many regions of the country distant from the Academy, or in some irmer areas of our major cities. It isn't surprising that where awareness is a challenge, we do not have many Alumni or Blue & Gold Officers. Wiffi a legislative requirement from Congress to admit at least one qualified student firom each congressional district, we require well

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qualified candidates firom ffiese areas as well, not just firom locations where ffie Academy is well known.

It is also important to note college admissions is competitive and continually changing. One way it has changed is in ffie increased use of Information Technology to improve efficiency and effectiveness; it has become a primary means of communicating wiffi and providing information to prospective applicants and is used extensively by many colleges, including USNA, in ffie processing of applications and making admissions decisions. Each year, colleges nationwide are also seeking creative ways to leverage their message to high school graduates. While adhering to our core values to attract young men and women here and in naval service, we must grasp the changing environment and adapt to stay competitive.

What do you see as the major issues facing the Office of Admissions?

The most critical issue is continuing to meet the naval service needs. Our naval leadership understands ffie demographic face ofAmerican society is changing, and will continue to change over ffie next several years, wiffi ffie largest influences coming firom ffie Hispanic, African American and Asian communities.These changes are evident in our enlisted forces, and our leadership would Hke to ensure our officer corps increasingly attracts young men and women of diverse backgrounds.

Therefore, we should concentrate our efforts to increase awareness among ffiese groups as we have among ffieir majority counterparts.

Anoffier important priority is to adapt our Blue & Gold Officer program to meet our foture needs.We have more ffian 2,000 members in our program who do a great job of increasing awareness in ffieir local communities; they also counsel young men and women who are interested in applying for admission. However, to meet ffiture needs of ffie naval services and ffie Academy, we must also attract more minorities and women to become Blue & Gold Officers and continually educate our BGOs on the latest trends in college admissions and changes in ffie naval service and at ffie Naval Academy. Recendy, we made improvements in our Blue & Gold Information System and are working on an online training program. These changes will help, but ffiere is stiU much to be accomplished.

We face concerns on how to conduct business efficiendy and effectively and still provide top notch customer service.

We streamlined our admissions processes over ffie last four years to become more responsive about admissions decisions and to improve customer service to applicants, parents and offiers.Wiffi ffie help of our Information Technology Services Department headed by Commander Lou Giannotti '69, USN (Ret.), we converted to an online application, electronic admissions board, electronic and congressional nominations process, and made improvements in ffie Blue & Gold Information System. We continue to focus on offier areas including converting to an electronic process form.

What do you see as thejitture state of the Office of Admissions and what is your vision for the future?

0\'er ffie next 10 years, I see an Office ofAdmissions fimctionally aligned to do its job efficiently and effectively; one in which ffie processes are streamlined to meet ffie mission while providing top notch customer service to our constiments.

I also see our Admissions Team adapting and responding to ffie changing emiionment that exists in college admissions to effectiveh" meet ffie needs of our ffiture nax^al service and foture officers. This includes developing closer and more collaborative relationships wiffi offier programs and lev'eraging technology to achieve our goals.

What changes are needed?

Wiffi help from our Blue & Gold Officers (BGO), w^e have placed a greater emphasis on information programs nationwide. This includes increased participation in college fairs.

Congressional Academy Days and Information Forums (i.e. tradeshows) nationwide. However, we shoifld focus our efforts and formalize our marketing approach to attract young men and women as we always have, and to improve awareness of ffie Naval Academy in smaller regions and among more divene applicants.Wiffi our resources, we must periodically assess and measure ffie effectiveness of everything we do including working wiffi offier programs such as N R O T C .

How can we best realign the BGO program movingforward?

First and foremost, we must shape our BGO program to better support, train and equip our BGOs to a a as our eyes

and ears in ffieir local communities.We need to evaluate our recruiting meffiods and place BGOs in areas where we would like to improve our recruiting results. Finally, we must recruit more BGOs who can help attract well qualified applicants firom diverse backgrounds.

How can we further streamline our admissions process?

We need to continue to assess our own workforce within ffie Office of Admissions.We have made substantive changes, including restructuring ffie office into regional teams and increased ffie use of technology to streamline processes.

Some continued change is still required to ensure ffie office is functionally aligned to do its job effectively and efficiendy to guarantee ffie workforce is properiy trained. More importandy; we have to continually explore new phflosophies on how we approach college admissions.

How can Alumni participate in the admissions process?

Our Alumni have been ffie strongest advocate group in our admissions process, and a great "force multiplier" in our admissions efforts. This support has manifested itself in a number of ways including participation in ffie Blue & Gold Officer program. We consistendy seek more BGOs, but are primarily focused on attracting Alumni who graduated in ffie Classes of 1975 or jimior.

It is important to note this is a volunteer program and requires a time commitment just like any offier community service.

Therefore, Alumni should have ffie time to devote to ffie program as well as a passion for working wiffi young men and women.

venues where we invite educators, counselors, coaches, principals and offier community advocates to the Naval Academy to teach them about the Naval Academy opportunity and experience.

While here, we energize ffiem to return to ffieir local communities to increase awareness and identify young men and women as prospective applicants.

These venues have proven highly effective, and you can help by providing names of young men and women firom your local areas. Don Nelson coordinates our efforts for prospective applicants; please forward any information to him at dnelson@usna.edu. Alumni are efective advocates for admissions and the Naval Academy in ffieir local community. I have read personal statements from candidates who mentioned ffiey first learned of ffie Naval Academy through an Alumnus.

They also mention Alumni as role models and mentors, and it is Alumni who inspired ffiem to apply for admission.

What advice could you give Alumni interested in providing assistance?

Get involved! Be well informed!

Much about ffie Naval Academy and the admissions process has changed since we attended USNA. How can you become more informed? The admissions website at www.usna.edu/admissions provides a wealth of information, but you can also talk to a BGO or Academy Awareness Representative (AAR) in your area.Your local Chapter will put you in contact wiffi ffie AARs. We encourage you to support our efforts. Most importandy, please provide feedback. We appreciate hearing your thoughts, suggestions and how we perform which prepares us to better handle any foture challenges. <Âą'

Alumni can help in a number of other ways as well. Each year, we host

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FEA UURE

U.S. Naval Academy Foundation Athletic & Scholarship Division

Seven Decades of Support to USNA

By Captain Ed Wallace ' 7 2 , USN (Ret.), executive director, U.S. Naval A c a d e m y Foundation, Athletic & Scholarship Division

T

he U.S. Naval Academy Foundation has had a long and productive history.

It was founded in 1944, for ffie original purpose of identifying promising high school football players who had the academic potential to enter the Naval Academy. It then provided those young men wiffi a year of post graduate schooling in a prep school or college where they could develop a solid scholastic base that would enable them boffi to pass the entrance exams and then compete academically wiffi ffieir classmates.

Over time, the Foundation has changed to reflect changes in NCAA regulations and because of ffie establishment the Naval Academy Prep School (NAPS).

The original USNA Foundation is now the Athletic & Scholarships Programs division of the Foundation.Today about 25 percent of the prep candidates are recruited athletes from all varsity sports.

And three out of four of ffie Foundation's scholarships now go to highly motivated young men and women who are not

Newly appointed Athletic & Scholarship Program Trustees at induction: Back row, I to r: Captain Skip Wiegan Jr. '73, USNR (Ret); Lyman Perry '60; Commander Joe Tranchini '60, USN (Ret); Rear Admiral Jack Kersh, U (Ret); Dick Kievit '61, Vice Admiral Robert "Bob" Dunn '51, USN (Ret); Captain Jennifer O'Connell '94, USMC Admiral Bob Natter '87, USN (Ret). Front row, I to r: Commander Jim Kelly '77, USN (Ret); Commander Norm FitzPatrick '85, USN (Ret); Jim Byrne '87; Commander Herb McMillan '80, USNR Not pictured: Major Gener Joe Stewart '64, USMC (Ret.) and Rear Admiral Sandy Winnefeld, USN.

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Coach Kostacopoulos recendy arrived from the University of Maine and in his first season at Navy engineered

going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself!

a phenomenal turnaround for Navy Baseball. His team's record improvement from 12 to 32 wins tied for the largest win differential in Patriot League history and the most for afiirst-yearcoach in Navy history. Led by Patriot League

Miller at her lOOtli birthday

celebration

"Pitcher of the Year" and third-Team AU-America, Midshipman Mitch Harris '08, the Navy team tied or broke

necessarily recruited athletes but who will benefit from a prep

many league and Navy records. Coach "Kosty" also surpassed his

year before entering ffie Naval Academy.

500th NCAA baseball win early in the season. Boffi coaches

The Trustees of ffie U.S. Naval Academy Foundation, Athletic & Scholarship Programs recendy held their fall meeting and banquet last November 2006 in the dining room at Navy-

received a cash award and desktop ttophy from the Trustees of the Foundation.

The Foundation also inducted 14 new members during the

Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.This year marked the 64th

fall meeting.These new Trustees represent a wide spectrum of

anniversary of this imique group. During ffie dinner, a special

both military and civflian corporate experience. Their conmion

event was recognized. Es Miller, widow of legendary Navy

thread is a strong desire to support the Naval Academy through

football coach " R i p " Miller, celebrated her 100th birthday The

a combination of volunteer projects and financial contributions

Foundation was originally founded to support Rip Miller's

as well as to counsel young men and women who are interested

football recruits for ffie Naval Academy. Es has been a staunch

in attending the Naval Academy.

supporter of ffie Foundation for many years and regularly

Of particular interest, the new Commandant of

attends dirmer banquets when ffie "Rip" Miller trophy is pre-

Midshipmen, Captain Margaret Klein '81, USN, is a Foundation

sented each spring to the "Most Valuable Player" of the

prep school graduate, having attended Northeastern University

vanity football team.

prior to her entering the Naval Academy with the Class of

Es Miller's comment during her birthday celebration was,

1981. In addition, the current Brigade Commander,

"Gee, if I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself."

The Foundation also recognizes the top performance of Navy varsity coaches three times each year, after the fall, winter and spring seasons. At the last meeting, two coaches were recognized for their outstanding seasons: Coach Bill Roberts, men's swimming (winter), and Coach Paul Kostacopoulos, baseball (spring).

Coach Roberts' outstanding swimming team won ffie Patriot League Championship for the third year in a row, beat Army in the N-Star competition and had many swimmers win individual and team honors throughout the season.

Coach Bill Roberts and his wife, Nicole, being recognized for the Winter Coaches'Award

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A Midshipman's Journey to the Naval Academy

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Midshipman Matt J. Oberlander '08, ocean engineering major, entered the Naval Academy after being sponsored by the Naval Academy Foundation, Athletic & Scholarship Programs (A&SP). A Navy football walk-on, in 2006 Obedander held the starting long snapper position.

"I am very grateful for the opportunity given to me by the Foundation," said Oberlander. "The program allowed me to be a part of something truly special and live the dreams that I had my entire life."

Under USNA Foundation sponsorship, he enrolled in the Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, PA,

lettering in football and lacrosse.

Previously, Oberlander graduated from St. Charles Preparatory School in Columbus, OH. While there, he won three Awards Chairman, John Adams, recognizes Coach Paul Kostacopoulos forthe varsity football letters, the All Central Catholic League, All District and team MVP Spring Coaches' Award honors, and letters in lacrosse and track and field. At the same time, Oberlander was a Midshipman Jade Baum '07, attended the Mercenburg member of the school chorus and student Academy in Pennsylvania under Foundation sponsorship before council for two years, and volunteered she entered ffie Naval Academy wiffi the Class of 2007. More 150 hours of community service at both than 3,500 offier USNA graduates have been sponsored by ffie the Children's Hospital and the Ronald McDonald House.

USNA Foundation over the seven decades.

Need-based scholarship support for Foundation prep school

Photo by Phil Hoffmann

students is accomplished by a reserve of fonds raised over ffie years to create honor or memorial scholarships which are used to help sponsor these candidates to any one of 21 affiliated prep schools across the country. Through this program, classes,

B?^?!!on Reception

individuals, groups, corporations were (and stiU are) encouraged

5th Battalion first class midshipmen sponsored by the USNA Foundation, Athletic & Scholarship Programs, gather at Ogle Hall for a reception hosted by the Alumni Association.

to contribute a $40,000 tax deductible to ffie USNA Foundation, Athletic & Scholarship Programs to establish a fond in perpetuity to honor a particular individual or class.

The strong evidence of the success of this prep program is that each year 95 percent of those students under Foundation sponsorship will become midshipmen the following summer Of that number, 85 percent wiU graduate from USNA in four years, sigruficandy higher ffian the Brigade average. The program is clearly a "win-win" for ffiese fine students, ffie Foundation and the Naval Academy.

For more information about the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation, Athletic & Scholarship Programs, visit our website at www.usna.com. 4>

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Lower row, left to right Midshipman Matt Simmons '07, Midshipman Li Spiese '07, Ed Wallace '72, executive director, USNA Foundation At Scholarship Programs. Middle row: Midshipman Sean Norton '07. To right Midshipman Vince McCall '07 and Midshipman Leigh Loesel '07

•iwji i ^ c E A N

AWAY

By Commander Tom Dmggan '89,

USN

Our Navy Around the World Today, our Navy is again on watch, on call, around the world. And not just at sea—ffiere are ffiousands of Shipmates serving ashore today in many of ffie world's hotspots. Naturally, our Navy—^wiffi 350,000 active dutv- and anoffier 130,000 ready Reserve—is stiU sailing ffie w orld s oceans even.- day. In fact, ffiere is about a third of our batde force deployed overseas at any one time wiffi more conducting training in home waters. The U.S. Navy regularly deploys carrier or expeditionary strike groups to the Middle East and Western Pacific. In ffie Middle East, our strike groups support Iraq wiffi air power, keep a weaffier eye on Iran and help shape ffie course of events in ffie Horn of Africa around Somalia. Operating in ffie Western Pacific firom North Korea to Australia, our strike groups conduct a large number of international exercises and remain ready to respond to any crisis in ffie area.

Elsewhere in ffie world, ffie Navy conducts diplomatic missions, including humanitarian relief and goodwill visits. Last year"s highlights included visits by a tender to WestAfiica and a hospital ship to Southeast Asia. These visits were very weU received, showcased ffie best of America to new fiiends overseas and wfll be followed by similar missions this year.

More ffian ever, however, our Navy is busy ashore.

In true Navy fashion, the Navy is adapting to events overseas and ensuring ffiat it continues to contribute to our nation's securitv' "wherever the ground [is] a litde damp." Today, that means we are taking on a number of missions traditionally covered by land forces. With the Army and Marine Corps fiiUy committed, 2007 may herald ffie year where ffie Navy has more personnel ashore than afloat in the Middle East. This year will certainly mark the culmination of many initiatives started over the last few years. For instance, the Navy is now commanding the Joint Task Force, Horn of Africa; running Guantanamo's detention operations; rebuilding a riverine capability; providing thousands of officers and Sailors in A^hanistan and Iraq; and operating the new Navy Expeditionary' Combat Command (NECC).

And of course, our hospital corpsman go wherever the Marines go.

Officer in Charge of U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Three (EODMU-3) Lieutenant A.J. Pa jack, center, and team member Explosive Ordnance Technician 1st Class Travis J. Schellpeper, left conduct a predepanure convoy brief with a Latvian army convoy commander prior to a mission into Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq, in October2006. U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of Technical Sergeant Dawn M. Price

The Navy's commitment ashore is fairly sizable with more than 12,000 officers and Sailors ashore in Central Command just a few months ago, including many of ffie 5,000 mobilized Reservists and these offiers on temporary assignment from operational commands.

In Afghanistan, ffie Navy's greatest contributions are commanding and operating a number of Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) throughout the country.

Our PRTs are making good on America's commitment to the people ofAfghanistan: digging wells; building roads, bridges and schools; providing medical services; and generally providing local support to the local people. Reports from ffie front lines make it clear that PRTs make a large and positive impact on the Afghani population, critical support necessarv' for the long haul.

In Iraq, the Navy provides security for Iraq's economic hfeblood—its two ofishore ofl terminals that contribute ffie bulk of revenue to Iraq's national budget—trains the Iraqi Navy, assists in harbor operations, staff command centers and provides significant medical support. The Navy effort in Iraq is broad, filling in critical shortfalls of specialty skflls wherever ffiey are needed.

The Navy remains committed to our nation's security with a responsive force that is on watch and on call worldwide. Today, it also means officers and Saflors are serving ashore where needed in addition to serving on ships at sea in traditional maritime missions. And yet, without a drop of seawater in sight, our Navy patriots ashore continue to serve in the finest naval tradition of excellence—we can all be proud of our Shipmates serving today, at sea.. .and ashore. ^±' Commander Tom Dmggan '89 is the prospective commanding officer ofO'KAxE (DDG 11) homeported in Pearl Harbor, HI. President Abraham Lincoln in a letter to James C. Conkling on 26 August 1863. Available at the Librar%' of Congress, w-w-w.loc.gov.

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DlSTESTGUISHED GRADUATE AWARD CONGRATULATIONS 2007 DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE A W A R D RECIPIENTS! The Naval Academy Alumni Association announced the 2007 recipients of its Distinguished Graduate Award. This year's recipients are: Rear Admiral Maurice H. Rindskopf'38, USN (Ret.) Admiral Thomas B. Hayward '48, USN (Ret.) Ralph Hooper '51 Admiral Leighton W. Smith Jr. '62, USN (Ret.) Established in 1999, ffie Distinguished Graduate Award is presented by the Alumni Association to recognize graduates of the Academy who have devoted a lifetime of service to the United States and its armed forces, contributed sigruficandy to ffie nation through their public service and have supported the Na\/y or Marine Corps, as well as ffieir alma mater, the Naval Academy.

The ceremony recognizing the 2007 Distinguished Graduate Award recipients wfll be held on 30 March 2007 at ffie Naval Academy. For more information on ffie Award and its recipients, both past and present, visit www.usna.com's History and Tradition page.

Clockwise from the top: Rear Admiral Maurice H. Rindskopf'38, USN (Ret); Admiral Thomas B. Hayward '48, USN (Ret); Ralph Hooper '51; Admiral Leighton W Smith Jr. '62, USN (Ret)

ALUMNI F U N D SUPPORTS U S N A WRITING C E N T E R In memory of Ben Smith '47 and in recognition of the Ben Smith Endowment, a plaque was unveiled in the Writing Center at Sampson Hall in Or William C. Miller '62, academic dean and provost January. The of the Naval Academy, with Jean Smith, wife of Ben Smith for 38 years, at the unveiling of the Ben Smith Endowment was Endowment Plaque in the Writing Center established in 2002 by Smith and his family to support the Naval Academy Writing Center, which provides workshops and tutorials to help midshipmen develop their writing skills.

Smith was also appointed to the Naval Academy's Board of Visitors by President Ronald Reagan and was ultimately elected chairman of the board.

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In the January/February issue. Shipmate magazine ran an image of ffie Olmsted Foundation check presentation from the Navy vs. Air Force football game wiffi incorrect caption. Here's ffie correct caption:

From Left to Right Jim Shaw (USAFA '67), president and CEO of the USAFA AOG; Brigadier General Dana Born, USAF (USAFA '83), USAFA dean of faculty; Colonel Ed Montgomery, USAF (Ret), (USAFA '59), Olmsted Scholar; Steve Recca '83, Olmsted Scholar; Dr William Miller '62, USNA academic dean and provost; and George R Watt Jr. 73, president and CEO of the USNA Alumni Association & Foundation. Photo courtesy of USAFA

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T H E RESULTS A R E IN F O R THE CHALLENGE O F '77!

The 2006 donor participation chaUenge—ffie Challenge of '77—was le gift to ffie Naval Academy Foundation. A member of ffie Class of'77 agreed to donate S200.000 to ffie Naval Academy Annual Fund for every one percent increase in ffie overafl calendar year 2006 Alumni donor participation rate over ffie calendar year 2005 rate (25.7 percent). AdditionaUy, the challenge included anoffier S5,000 to ffie Naval Academy Armual Fund for every Alumni class ffiat exceeded ffie Class of'77 in donor participation.

Alumni took ffie ChaUenge of'77 to heart. Moreover, 53 graduated classes increased ffieir respective donor participation in 2006 over ffie previous year, including ffie Class of'77, who rallied to support ffieir classmate and increased ffieir participation rate by a noteworffiy 6 percent to 35 percent (up from 29 percent). In addition, ffie Class of 1957 repeated as ffie top class in donor participation wiffi an impressiv-e 61 percent of ffie class donating.

Because ffie total Alumni donor participation reached 28 percent for 2006, ffie Naval Academy Foundation wiU receive more than half a million dollars (2 percent increase for $400,000 and 26 classes reached greater participation ffian ffie Class of'77 totaling S130,000) ffiat wiU ultimately benefit ffie Naval Academy. In fact, 42 of our classes exceeded "fleet average" in calendar 2006.

Thanks to ffie Classes of'57 and '77 for ffieir leadership, and to everyone for participating!

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In January, midshipmenfiromffie Naval Academy's ffieater group, the Masqueraders, traveled to New York to compete in ffie Kennedy Center Region II American College and Theatre Festival.

In particular, ffie midshipmen were invited to present a scene from ffie Masqueraders' fall production of Tennessee WiUiam's A Streetcar Xamed Desire. Theirs was one of orJy 10 productions selected fiom around 200 to perform a scene at ffie festival.

Several of ffie midshipmen were also selected to perform in ffie Irene Ryan Acting Competition, and to participate as reviewers in ffie National Critics Insritote, to receive mentoring firom a nationally acclaimed ffieatre critic. The festival also included a playvvriting vvrorkshop series, and a technical ffieatre competition, where Navy placed third for ffie region.

Formed in 1845,ffieMasqueraders is ffie oldest extracurricular activitv' at ffie Naval Academy. Past performances include last fall's production oiA Streetcar Named Desire, as well as Tlie Belle's Stratagem, Macbeth, Chaucer in Rome and SaintJoan.

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The Naval Academy Alumni Association & Foundation would Uke to bid a fond farewell to Gary LaVaUey, archivist for the Naval Academy, who passed away 17 January. Gary LaValley was a valuable member of the Nimitz Library staff for nearly 10 years, during which he was a wonderful friend and resource, providing his assistance for many articles and projects.

Along with his friends and colleagues from ffie Academy and the Alumni Association & Foundation, Gary is survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter and one grandchfld, as well as his mother, a brother and a sister. He will be gready missed by aU who knew him.

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Tennessee Patriot, the Naval Career of Vice Admiral William P. L a w r e n c e , U.S. Navy.

By iniliam P Lawretue and Rosario Rausa Reviewed by Commander Paid E. Galanti '62, USN (Ret.)

After lavishing praises upon Vice Admiral Wflliam P. Lawrence '51, his friend from Naval Academy days, Ross Perot in his foreword to Tennessee Patriot, states "1 am honored to have been associated wiffi BiU Lawrence, ffie embodiment of an American Hero of Heroes."

It's tough to review an autobiography of a man who has had such a great influence on my life. He was a personal role model and inspiration to me.

Rosario Rausa, helping Admiral Lawrence summarize his Hfe in a too-short book had a daunting task, well-performed. Trying to capture a complicated, competent, successfiil man who derived his greatest pleasure out of seeing others succeed was a difficult task.

LavvTence had been programmed to succeed since his earliest days and thrived on competition. Throughout his Hfe, he met men who influenced him and made such an impression that later when he was in positions of responsibility his personal influence on ffiose around him was truly remarkable. Rausa capmres this well. LawTcnce takes as much pride in the steUar performance of ffiose he trained as in his downplaying of his own considerable achievements.

Admiral Lawrence discusses the long separations from his family that routine Navy cruises and assignments required. He never complains about the separations but analyzes the problem wiffi the detached, objective viewpoint often seen among test pilots. Shot down and capmred in June 1967, Lawrence was to find ffiat those separations paled in comparison to what he was about to endure.

Then-Commander Lawrence's time as a prisoner of war was a continuation of his "never waste time" phflosophy.When the Communists tried to play wiffi his mind, BiU would replay football games; relive his many ffights as a test pilot and in combat; design and build things in his mind. But he never forgot his wife and children. He agonized over being separated from them, but knew the experiences of earlier separations would help them survive.

The most poignant episode in the book occurs when thenCaptain Lawrence is told that his wife had divorced him (under grounds of desertion) and remarried. Lawrence didn't take it well.

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Whfle a smdent at the National War College, Lawrence met Diane Ranch—a beautiful, confident, successfid physical therapist—through the graces of one of her patients, John McCain. They met and married very shortiy afterward. Diane, beautifiil in aU ways, was made an honorary member of several classes of midshipmen who considered her a second "mom."

He died on 2 December 2005, the day before he was to journey to Philadelphia to watch his beloved Navy football team clash wiffi Army. His foneral at the Naval Academy Chapel was attended by thousands. Seated in special seating up front near his widow, Diane, were many former POWs and several rows of his classmates. Lawrence was eulogized by fellow POW Senator John McCain '58 and his friend from midshipmen days, H. Ross Perot '53.The burial, on a cold, drizzly day, followed a long walking procession. As the last shot from the voUey of three sounded, a ffight of four FA-18s broke into the missing man formation over the gravesite.

As the sun came out as the single F-18 was streaking toward it, I couldn't help thinking that Lawrence was riding that bird skyward. It was indeed a fitting ending and tribute to one of the finest men this great country has ever produced, -i^ Commander Paul Galanti '62, USN (Ret.), was shot down and captured in June 1966. He served with Admiral Lawreme twice—once in Hanoi as a prisoner of war and later at USNA while the Admiral was Superintendent.

Editor's Note: For Commander Galanti's full article, please visit wivw.usna.com, "Sea Stories."

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'53: CoL J o h n P. Sinnott, A U S (Ret.), as a co-author, has published another book, To Paris! 1914 and Now—Belgian and Northern French Battlefields—a Photo Essay. V A D M M . Staser H o l c o m b , U S N (Ret.), was awarded the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service by departing Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, in recognition of nearly six years of service in transforming the process of promoting and assigning flag and general officers within the Defense Establishment.

'56: C A P T Carl A . N e l s o n , U S N (Ret.), has been listed in the 2007 Who's W h o in the World and honored as a Distinguished Graduate of Carrick High School in Pittsburgh, PA. R A D M L e R o y CoUins Jr., U S N R (Ret.), has been appointed by Florida Governor-elect Charlie Crist to head the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs.

iSj^ '64: R A D M T h o m a s C. L y n c h , U S N (Ret.), has joined the board of directors of InfoLogix, Inc. '65: E . Edward R i c h a r d s o n has retired from Bechtel as senior vice president and corporate manager of engineering following a distinguished 30 year career. R o g e r Staubach is a 2007 recipient of the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Award. C A P T Harry A . " C h i p " S e y m o u r , U S N (Ret.), has been named to the board of directors of the 21st Century Education Foundation.

'66: A D M Charles S . A b b o t , U S N (Ret.), has been elected to the board of directors of the Military Officers'Association of America.

'68: C A P T G o r d o n I. Peterson Jr., U S N (Ret.), is the military legislative assistant for Virginia Senator James Webb '68.

'70: L C D R Myles T. McGrane, U S N R , has been named corporate vice president—Facility Design and Management Centerplate, Inc. '71: William J. C o c o s has been appointed to Midwest BankCentre, Inc. board.

'72: C A P T J o e T. C o l e m a n , U S N R , was vice chairman of the TEXAS commissioning event in Galveston,TX, last September. James D . Hall has been appointed assistant deputy under secretary of defense for Logisitcs Plans and Studies.

'73: C A P T D a l e L. P u h r m a n n , U S N R (Ret.), has joined Blue Bird Corporation as vice president, parts and service. B G e n D o u g l a s M .

Stone, U S M C R , has been nominated for appointment to the grade of major general.

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Bill Cocos '71 was appointed to the Midwest BankCentre-South County Regional Board. He joined I William G. Cocos j Plumbing in 1976 following active 1 duty with the Navy. He is a director of the Plumbing Industry Council, vice president of the Lemay Development Corporation and serves on the St. Louis County Board of Plumbing Examiners. He's also a director of the Jefferson Barracks Heritage Foundation and a member of the Naval Academy Alumni Association, St. Louis Chapter.

'74: V A D M Albert M . Calland III, U S N , received the Defense Distinguished Service Medal in November 2006.

'76: D a v i d W. Jourdan has been appointed chair of the Johns Hopkins Engineering Programs for Professionals (EPP) advisory council.

'77: Peter J. Finley, along with Mitchell B. Sikora, announced the launch ofJ T Partners.

'78: Frederick T. Brink has been appointed the special agent in charge of the FBI in Mississippi.

Kevin G.O. Liddy is the new vice chairman of Milford, CT, planning and zoning board.

'79: R o b e r t V.Walters is the new C E O and president of Untangle, Inc. Dr. Peter A . S .

J o h n s t o n e has been elected president of the Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) at the society's third annual international conference.

iMk '80: C A P T T h o m a s P. D ' A g o s t i n o , U S N R , has been designated by President Bush to be acting under secretary for nuclear security of the National Nuclear Security Administration at the Department of Energy.

'82: C D R T i m o t h y C. B e r t c h , U S N (Ret.), is the new director of San Diego's wastewater department. C D R Gregory P. French, U S N , has been inducted into the inaugural class of the new East Syracuse-Minoa High School Hall of Fame. Michael J. Short has been appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer of AutoNation, Inc. Kelly P. Keenan has been promoted to assistant district attorney from chief deputy district attorney in Riverside County, CA. '85: L. R o b e r t Clark has been named client adviser for SunTrust's wealth and investment management line.

'87: C D R Steven A . Swift, U S N R , has received the second highest award given by the Navy League of the United States for his dedicated service to his country and the community of Tampa Bay, FL.

'88: C D R W. Grant Mager, U S N , has been selected for command of VFC-12 the "Fighting Omars," a F/A-18 Hornet squadron based at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, VA. '89: C D R J o s e p h S. Navratil, U S N (Ret.), retired from the Navy in January and is now director of west coast operations for Vox Optima.

Brian D . K i n g is the new vice president of corporate operations for Tyco International Ltd.

msk '90: R o b e r t W. " S w e d e " H a n s e n II is the new manager of military business development for CamelBak Products.

'91: L C D R D a v i d O. M a n n , U S N R , has joined BioStorage Technologies'board of directors.

'93: D a r r e n R . A n z e l o n e has been named a senior vice president and principal of The Buccini/Pollin Group in Washington, DC. '94: L C D R R i c h a r d A . Paquette, U S N , has been awarded the Bronze Star for his service with the Coahtion Provisional Authority in Iraq.

'96: L C D R M a t t h e w J. Duffy, U S N , has been named to the USAA Advisory Panel for a three year term. Currently an instructor at NSAWC, he VVTH report toVAW-126 SEAHAWKS in July '99: Capt J a c o b L. P u r d o n , U S M C , has been awarded the Marine Corps Aviation Association Robert Guy Robinson award, which recognizes the most outstanding of contributions to Marine aviation, whether the contribution is made in combat, research and development, weapons employment or to overall Marine aviation.

am '01: LT Richard C. H e r r o n , U S N R , has been awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal for meritorious service while assigned to ALEXANDRIA ( S S N - 7 5 7 ) .

'02: Capt. D a v i d T. Russell, U S M C R , has received the Silver Star for bravery and leadership during a firefight in Iraq last year.

'04: LT Michael P. B y r n e , U S N R . received the Navy Marine Corps Achievement Medal for "Professional achievement and superior performance of his duties as interior communications division officer and antiterrorism force protection officer" aboard BLUE R I D G E ( L C C - 1 9 ) .

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By Geoige R Wattft '13, president and CEO

C o m m a n d , Citizenship and Government We are completing our annual celebration of "service selection" (more accurately called service assignment) wiffi ffie soon to graduate midshipmen. With the enffiusiastic assistance of ffie GB^AT Class of 1957, we have hosted six battalion receptions for members of the Class of 2007. Our objectives are threefold: to congratulate ffie members of '07 for passing another significant milestone—selecting a warfare specialty and/or community; to ffiank these soon to be junior officers for what ffiey are about to do—serve their nation in uniform; and,finaUy,to welcome them to our Extended Brigade. In fact, we remind them of two important things:first,you are a midshipman for some four years, but you are an alum for the rest of your Ufe, and second, despite what some of us "old grads" may say, the Naval Academy is stfll a tough place to be.. .but it is also a great place to be from!

This class wfll soon forge another Hnk in our long chain of graduated classes whfle also having the opportunity to make history. First of all, they are the first Naval Academy class ffiat can claim four straight victories in football over Army, four straight over Air Force and therefore, four straight Commander-in-Chief Trophies. Added to that record are four straight visits to post-season bowl games. More importantly, they are on track to claim the highest graduation rate of any class over the last 160 years.They will certainly commission more Marine second lieutenants as a percentage of the class and in absolute numbers. In short, they seem ready and eager to serve. After aU, no one drafted them. They came here, stayed here and plan to graduate from here on their own accord. They wiU then join the more than 72,000 men and women who have preceded them and also served.

Among those 72,000 predecessors are four gentlemen who will be recognized with the Alumni Association's Distinguished Graduate Award in ceremonies before the Brigade of Midshipmen in Alumni HaU on 30 March 30. Each year the selection committee faces a gratifying, yet difficult, task in

Captain Dave Cooper, USN (Ret), president of the Class of 1957, speaks to members of the Class of 2007 at the first battalion reception

determining who among a large crop of notable graduates wiU be singled out for unique, Ufetime contributions to the nation, the naval service and the alma mater This year's recipients represent decades of the 30s, the 40s, the 50s and the 60s. Three of them received numerous decorations for valor in combat in three different wars.

One of them served several administrations in a quiet, yet highly effective way as a captain of industry during the Cold War. AU of them have remained close to the Naval Academy and have significantly advanced the USNA's mission. Although I have to admit to some bias (as just one of the nine voting members on the committee), the 36 graduates selected since the program's inception in 1999 have aU provided today's midshipmen Uving role models who embody the mission of the Naval Academy.

This year especiaUy, members of the Brigade wUl have the opportunity to meet and dialogue with four Naval Academy graduates who prepared for and then achieved the highest positions of command, citizenship and government. We wouldn't want it any other way.

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can't attend AnnapoUs events. Although John never made Ensign he became a long time member of our class as recounted by Art GraUa's "Golden Lucky Bag," page 14.

Loss to the Class of 1934 Lawrence R. Becht '34 Passes Away • Lawrence R. Becht 'The Rabbit' although best known during his Naval Academy years in the 1930s as the star quarterback for the midshipmen, his talents and accompUshments go far beyond his Academy years.

Lawrence R. Becht passed away at his residence at The Seasons, a care facUity in La JoUa, October 25,2006. Born January 1,1911 and raised in Kalamazoo, MI, died of natural causes at the age of 95. Larry met his future wife, Esther Wise at Kalamazoo Central High School, where he was Lions Club Graduate of the Year, continued to Kalamazoo CoUege where he was Athlete of the Year, and then on to the Naval Academy where he became the Midshipmen's first string quarterback his sophomore through senior year (along with Lacrosse Captain andWresffing).

Capt Hugh Murray USN, '34 (Deceased) was captain of Becht's footbaU team. His footbaU team.

Upon graduation from ffie Academy he married Esther and began his professional career. Progressively employed by Goodyear, Lockheed, Convair and the Federal Government - spent time between San Diego where his daughter Linda was born and Washington DC where his son Lawrence Jr. was born.

His many accompUshments include, CouncU President of the Navy League, Past Governor and President of Toastmaster International, Presidential Citation 1972, Certificate of Merit from the Department of Navy, Naval Quarterback Club Officer, Admin, for Saint Paul's Methodist Church of Coronado, President of Coronado's Men

Club, Board Member Coronado Library Roundtable, and Board member Coronado Hospital.

He is survived by his son Lawrence Becht Jr, his son's wife Kathryn Ann Olson Becht, their two children Kristina and Andrew.

Services were held Saturday, December 23,2006 at in Coronado, at Saint Paul's United Methodist Church. • As always, a staff person is contacting ffie family about submitting an obituary for Shipmate.

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Birthday greetings The Class congratulates Page Knight who wiU celebrate his ninety fifffi birffiday on 21 March and Wally Nelson who attains the age of ninety five on 30 March.

Sad news The Class has just learned ffiat John Jay died on 3 December 2004 at his home in Adanta.

Surtnvors Once again M r Tom Trueblood of ffie USNA Alumni Association has kindly provided ffie Class viviffi a copy of his computer print-out of ffie oldest USNA graduates the Association has good reason to beUeve are stiU aUve. AU four members of the classes of the 1920s are centenarians, ranging from 102 to 106 years of age.

There are two members of '30 and five members of'31 on ffie Ust. The class of '32 has ten, '33 has twelve, '34 has thirty five, and we have thirty seven. Our oldest classmate, Tom Gillmer, was number three

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hundred thirty' four in age ranking in 1999 and now has moved up to number ffiirtv' nine. He is presendy older ffian three members of '32, three members of '33 and twenty-seven members of '34.

Our yoimgest classmate was seven hundred tenffi in age ranking in 1999 and now is number one hundred sixty five.

He is presently younger ffian fifteen members of'36, nventy three members of '37, seventeen members of '38 and one member of'39. The survival rates of ffie three classes ffiat graduated just before us and our own (nirmber of ffiose Uving divided by ffie number of graduates) is: '32 - 10/421 = 2.4%; '33 - 12/432 = 2.8%; '34 - 35/464 = 7.5%; and '35 37/442 = 8.4%.

Gene Huckey with the flag authorized by Congress and presented to him by Charies Munn 73

More recogrdtion for Gene The Class has been advised by Max Duncan '42 that, in response to a 2002 action by ffie U. S. Congress auffiorizing a special flag to be given to aU Uving holders offfieMedal of Honor, a presentation was made to our Gene Fluckey on 20 November 2006 by Charles Munns '73, ffie commander of Atlantic submarines.

The photo of Gene wiffi ffie flag, taken just after ffie presentation, was provided

by Max. Viewing it, adjoining this column, will serve to reassure classmates as it shows Gene looking quite vveU despite his unfortonate physical problems. Max, a close fiiend of Gene's for many years, was an officer on board ffie submarine Barb during Gene's command and as such was a contributor to ffie outstanding actions againstffieJapanese ffiat led to Gene's decoration. Max's efforts are documented in Gene's stirring book. Thunder Below.

A Lighter-then-Air exploit Fhy.By, a pubUcation ofThe National Museum of Naval Aviation and The Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, in its

Winter 2006 issue contains a feamre entided, "Airships Step to Center Stage at ffie Museum." It tells offfie—weU known to memben of our Class - achievement of Henry Eppes in May 1954 in commanding ffie airship ZPG-2 on a 200.1 hour [eight days plus eight hours and six minutes] ffight. Henry at ffiat point had spent more continuous time airborne ffian anyone. He received ffie Distinguished Flying Cross medal and ffie Harmon International Trophy for Aeronautics as awards for his feat. The occasion for ffie story more ffian a half century after ffie ffight wasffierecent gift to ffie Museum of elements of Henry's trophy coUection by his daughter, Evelyn Eppes Azzaretto.

Mike keeps on talking The Oregon Fhstorical Society held a "Maritime Afternoon" for its volimteers on 19 January. Rebekah Fuss,Volunteer and Internship Manager, told ffie volimteers to bring a brown bag lunch and promised to provide coffee and cookies.

Then, at noon ffiere was the feamre of the day, a lecture by Mike Besson (she used his square name, John, raffier than ffie moniker we know him by, and also included his fuU retired rank) on ffie "Incredible Overland Rescue of 1890" in Alaska. After lunch they headed over to ffie Oregon Maritime Museum for a tour of the exhibits. How Mike became an auffiority on Alaska in ffie Gay Nineties remains a mystery.

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From The President Our prayers are wiffi our brave men and women involved in ffie seemingly endless war in Iraq. Let us pray ffiat somehow an end wiU be found.

Class News In November 2002 Shipmate our Class was asked to submit remembrances of Pearl Harbor. Randolph Lockwood sent his contribution to Mac Buder, Class Secretary- Treasurer not to ffie column Scribe. Randolph died in 2004. When Mac Buder stepped down John Court inherited ffie job, including Mac's coUection of papers.

After John's deaffi his daughter SaUy Rohrbach rummaging among Mac's

papers found Randolph's letter and sent it to me. It foUows.

• It was 0750 on ffie morning of 7 December 1941.1 was Lt on duty in the Marine barracks, U.S. Naval Station, Kaueohe Bay, andT.H. I was in my room at ffie Naval B.O.Q. and heard ffie sound of machine guns firing in the distance.

Looking out of my window, I saw unidentified planes flying low over ffie seaplane hangers about 2 miles away. In my car, I drove to the administration buUding.The Station Commander C D R H.M. Martin, USN) shouted "Get ffie Marines!" I ran to ffie barracks , passing on the way my C O . (MAJ. C. Donchoo USMC} who was firing at the enemy planes with a B.A.R. At ffie barracks, ffie Marines, armed wiffi bolt action Spring Field rifles, were assembled. I deployed them around the station house administration budding. And we fired at passing enemy planes.

There were two strikes about half^anhour apart. The first strike was by fighter planes strafing our seaplanes wiffi incencUary buUets.The second strike force was of fighters and bombers hitting the Hangers and causing extensive damage. One plane of the second strike force was hit. Trailing smoke, it disappeared behind a taU hiU in the center of the station. C D R Martin shouted at me, "Got me a Jap!" With three Marines aboard, I drove around the hiU.The plane had crashed and exploded, (The Jap officer Lt Lida was a squadron leader.) body parts were scattered over the ground. After reporting to the Station Commander, I had his body parts assembled in a gunny sack and deUvered to sick bay. It was the first enemy plane and pUot downed inffiewar!

The enemy wiffidrew about 0930.

One large hanger burned aU day and into ffie night. CausaUties were 17 dead including 2 civiUans and 67 wounded. 23 Navy patrol planes (PBY) were destroyed on ffie ramp, in ffie hangers or on ffie water. We were hit ten minutes before the attack on Pearl Harbor because ffie enemy wanted to prevent our patrol planes firom locating the Jap Heet quite some distance norffi of Oahu.

Kaneohe is almost an island—a peninsular connected with ffie mainland by a narrow causeway. The bay was on ffie souffi side and ffie Pacffic Ocean surrounded ffie remainder. Attack on land was beUeved imminent and 1 was a given ffie norffi beach to defend. I obtained machine guns from ffie Nav^ and twenty March 2007

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cases of belted ammo from ffie Army to defend my sector.

Driving at night was dangerous.

Roads were narrow and crooked. A blackout was in effect, and "trigger happy" men were firing at times. We solved the problem by taping ten layers of carbon paper over ffie head-Ughts, thereby aUowing us to see the roads, barely.

From ffiere on, we improvised. I had bunkers dug, barbed wire strung and pipes set in concrete to hold machine guns by swivels so ffiey could serve also for antiaircraft firing we obtained "salvage" from Pearl Harbor: old one-pounder "boat guns,"AA guns (1918 model) and 40 50 cal long range guns. Black-out continued.

Randolph was transferred to Midway in time for the Batde that changed the war. After Midway, ADML Nimitz inspected our station. He commended verbaUy those of us present on 7 December "The pubUc thinks", he proclaimed, "that the War started at Pearl Harbor, but we in the Navy know that it commenced here at Kaneole Bay! H At my request BUI Price sent me a copy of his naval career biography. I reaUzed I knew Uttie about the careers of our EDO Classmates, especiaUy during the war.

I thought the Class might be interested in the terrffic job done by our EDOs. BUl's story foUows: • After three-year service in West Virginia BB45 and Sampson DD 394, BUI Price earned a degree in Ship Construction at MIT. He spent the remainder of his war career buUding and repairing ships at the most active period in naval history. As a new EDO his first tour of duty was the Boston Shipyard. The work effort tempo was high—^week-ends and three shifts a day on urgent jobs. He shordy became docking officer, responsible for dry docking, work on underwater huUs and undocking aU ships in the BNY and its annexes. There was a heavy demand for dry docks. Docking operations took place around the clock, seven days a week. He was docking a cruiser when Pearl Harbor was bombed. BiU had no assistants. He estimates he docked 300 ships in the two years a BNY. He became recognized as a docking expert and was assigned additional duty to conduct an East Coast Docking School. As a reward he was assigned two assistants and three days off for BUI and Beverly to get married on June 1943.

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under construction in various parts of the country. In preparation for his new job he visited Bureau ofYards and Docks to discuss this new kind of dock. Then the firm of Frederick R. Harris contract designers for the ABSD to confer with the firm's naval representative, RADM Husband Kimmel, USN (Ret). He pointed out to the admiral that the shoring platform was designed badly making it completely unsuitable for shoring. BUI beUeved the admiral agreed with him.—^but his final response that it was too late to make changes. He remarked, "I do not beUeve that I would ever use the platform for shoring."

The foUowing whale of a tale is about the trials and tribulations of ABSD saUors.

BUI reported to his Commanding Officer, C O M D R Joseph Rochefort, at ABSD headquarters in Tiburon, San Francisco Bay. Qiuckly he found him to be a great C O . (Later he learned Joe was the cryptographer that provided ADML Nimitz Japan's plans for the Coral Sea and Midway.) FinaUy he reported to the Bridge & Iron Ship Yard on the banks of the Atachafalays River in Mississippi; as officer in charge of two sections ofABSD 2.

The advanced base sectional dock (ABSD) had ten sections. Each section had a ship pontoon 256' long, 80' wide and 28' deep and two wing walls 55' high and 155' apart.The keel Une was over 800'.

The top 10' of the walls contained offices and control spaces. Each section had an engine room, crew's quarters and baUast tanks.The engine room had two dieselelectric generators and two dewatering pumps rated at 16,000 GPM.To relocate the dock it was necessary to tow each section separately with walls folded on to the pontoons to minimize wind resistance.

After completion on 3 June 1944 sections were towed to the mouth of the Mississippi and loaded for a long voyage.

Rochefort left with six sections, BiU left later with four. Starting in the Gulf of Mexico ABSD2 and three AKAs loaded with materials saUed via the Panama Canal, then some 3000 mUes to San Francisco. Thence 7101 mUes to Seeadler Harbor, Manus Island north of New Guinea arriving on 15 JtUyl944, covering 7,101 nautical mUes in 41 days, 8 hours, averaging 7.2 knots. During the passage of his inadequately escorted convoy BiU was concerned about Jap submarines. After arriving in the waters of New Guinea charts showed some reefs and islands as "location approximate" or "existence doubtffil." He avoided night passages.

Once in Seeadle Harbor ffie ten dock sections were joined; the AKA materials stored ashore. The dock crew consisted of 500 enUster men and 20 officers. Sea Bees and other workers ashore assisted Two departments were add to ffie ship's organization: Docking and Ships Repair, headed by an EDO and Dry Dock Operations and Maintenance headed by a Civil Engineering Officer. The first customer was Peimsylvarua BB 38. .One propeUer was not working properly. A faded bearing was replaced in time to join ffie last batde between batde ships ffiat destroyed ffie Japanese Force at Suriago Strait.

Later, HonoliUu CL58, vriffi a gaping Jap torpedo hole anudships, was docked.

After Honolulu's crew removed 49 bodies fixjmffiefloodedspace. Bill's crew went to work. Damaged structure was removed fix)mffiearea so ffie ships coiUd unload ammunition. An Anti-Air magazine was so badly damaged ffiat containers could not be removed. One was broken opened revealing ffie noses of fused projectUes. Wiffi burning and cutting causing a perUous situation, BUI devised a plan. WhUe ffie burner was cut ffie steel away, BUI held a fog nozzle on ffie projectile noses.

The Fleet EDO told Price to buUd a box Uke structure over ffie hole to keep out water. Knowing that the most highlystressed part of the ship had been so seriously weakened that ffie Fleet EDO's plan could not restore it. He used his plan that he knew woiUd strengffien ffie ship.

HonoliUu returned safely to ffie East Coast for repairs. In the October faU of 1944 BiU was promoted to commander ending his career in advanced base sectional docks. BUI said, "As I look back on ffie War, I reaUze our capacity to bring America's industrial nught and ingenuity with us into the Pacific made a major contribution to victory." • Remembrance David Richardson sent ffie foUowing tribute to Captain Stafford • In the faU, 1982, our classmate Tom Kimmel and his wife, Nancy, joined me at the Naval Security Group headquarters on Nebraska Ave. in Washington, DC, for the presentation of the seven pages, handwritten letter Admiral Kimmel had sent Corrine Griffith, the movie star from La JoUa, the "Rose of ffie SUent Screen".The letter informed her of his assessment of what caused the cUsaster at Pearl Harbor.

The letter, written in late 1943, singled out Captain Safford, then head of Navy's codebreakers, OP-20-G, as the one who

revealed to him ffie real cause of that disaster, which was Washington's faUure to provide him ffie inteUigence information ffien held and distributed by the administration in Washington that clearly identified Pearl Harbor as ffie Ukely sight of a surprise attack by Japan.

The adnural and Mrs. Kinmiel had been invited by Corrine Griffiffi to a partv- in HoUv-vvood at her home. She asked ffie adnural about that disaster, but his e.xplanation was firequendy interrupted bv offier guests arriving and leaving. So, when he returned home, he vvTOte her his explanation in a 7-page letter which she ffien had beautifijUy framed and placed in ffie most prominent position in her Uving room.^^Tien she died, ffiat letter was advertised in an estate sale. I vv-as ffien working as an adviser to ffie Naval Securitv- Group. My views about ffie cause of ffie Pearl Harbor disaster were vague at best. But I knew about ffie incredible Captain Safford. When I read about ffiat letter in ffie San Diego Union ffiat extoUed Captain Safford I made an offer to buy it, which offer was accepted.

Wiffi Tom and Nancy alongside, I presenred ffie letter to ffie Commander, Naval Security Group, honoring Captain Safford to be pbced in ffie NSG museum. From ffien on I have worked hard and long, first wiffi Tom, ffien with his broffier Ned who Uved in Wilmington, Del. ffien with Tom Jr, recenth' retired from ffie FBI, and offier members of ffie Kimmel famUy, recendy deceased Ned Beach and offiers who have dedicated ffiemselves to ffie task of restoring reputations ofAdmiral Husband Kimmel and Lieutenant General Walter Short. •

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Losses to Our Class 26 December from Captain Slaughter about Charles Stein: • It is wiffi a sad heart that I notify you that after a very fine Christmas Day with his and Jean's famUy Chuck's heart gave

up early this morning. As most of you know, he has not been weU for some time, but his strong fortimde, good attitude and deternUnation has kept him going and kept his tamUy and friends happy throughout. We in ffie Washington Group wiU nUss our Vice President's sage advice. I Update fixim John Simpson Jr, on ffie passing ofJohn W Simpson • HeUo, My name is John W. Simpson J r and I am writing to inform you that my faffier John W. Simpson passed away on January 4 about 12:30 PM. Attached is a copy of his obituary. Viewing vvUl be Sunday afternoon at the HUton Head Island Funeral Home from 2 to 5 PM. Funeral services wUl be Monday 11 AM at the First Presbyterian Church HUton Head Island, South CaroUna. H December Washington Gathering: AU things considered the WashingtorUans had a talkative group at their December meeting. Attending CharUe & Mary Minter with their daughter Meridith Hinkle; Swampy & Jean Lajaunie; Elsie Mack; Margaret BeU;Jack (regretfiiUy his Bess was nursing a case of bronchitis so remained at home) Slaughter with their daughter Anne Kern and her son John Kem.The latter had just completed the first semester of his coUege year in New Zealand and entertained aU vvith his stories and ffie culture and customs of those "down under".

January Gathering in San Diego: Our smaU group met for lunch on Thursday, Jan 11 at the Sea Lodge in LaJoUa. Present were Bob & Thea Erly, EUie WUdt, Marge Phaler and Ed Arentzen. We'U meet again on the second Thursday m March at The Marine Room in La JoUa. We were aU concerned about Russ WaUace who had disappeared from view and didn't have an answering machine. Russ is now located and relates that he had faUen at home and wound up in Scripps Memorial Hospital in LaJoUa. He recovered there as weU as at a recovery center and is now residing at Casa Loma in LaJoUa He can be reached by telephone AT 858-456-4184. He wUl join us in March.

A note in from Ruffis Hubbard: • My class is '52 and during the Korean War 1 served in USS TREATHEN DD 530 then commanded by Harry Hahn of '37.Just this week I talked with another then- Ensign who Uves near Harry Hahn.

The news is bad in that CAPT Hahn feU and broke his hip and something else. He

now Uves wiffi his daughter so I am sure she and the medical people are taking good care of him. It seems Uke yesterday ffiat I served under him but it was more than 50 years ago. Harry and I started exchanging Xmas cards some 10 or 15 years ago and sure enough his arrived here right on time. He was a superb ship hancUer and never expected of us juniors any more ffian he put out.i I have not discussed his injuries with him but thought '37 would like to know. As always. Best regards, Ruffis P.S. P.K.Taylor Uves here but he and Lib have an unlisted phone. H ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 18% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 60% PRES: R A D M M.H. Rindskopf, USN (Ret.) 7101 Bayfiont Dr. #324, Annapolis, M D 21403 E: mrindskopf@comcast.net CHAIRMAN, WASH.AREA; C A P T Robert W. Carter, USN (Ret.) 3118 Litde Creek Ln.,Ale.xandriaVA 22309-2126 H: 703-780-8779

A Final Tribute to Deke Ela: Our hardworking and clever Class Secretary, Deke, died on Veterans Day m 2005.Your President assumed the duties of Secretary and, in his CAPT Dennett K Ela, first column in the USN (Ret) January/ February 2006 issue, wrote a lengthy tribute to Deke, which included a flattering photograph here reproduced. A foUow-up article about his Columbarium service appeared in the AprU SHIPMATE What was omitted from those stories was the fact that Deke labored mightily from the FaU of 2004, first to convince your Class President that Deke should nominate him to the Distinguished Graduate Selection Committee, and then to gather pertinent data and seek endorsements from as many "movers and shakers" as he could. When the 2005 selection proved unsuccessfid, Deke went back to the drawing board with renewed vigor (again with Utde encouragement from me), and augmented his submission Alas, Deke did not Uve to see a second rejection in 2006.

Now, 1 can report that his son and daughter concur that he would have been ecstatic to see that his labors resulted in success in 2007.

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38-40 CLASS N E W S Mrs. Bea Gray., widow of Captain Louis R Gray III,'40, and Vice Admiral Philip A. Beshany '38 were married on 20 January 2007 at Fleet Landing, In Mayport, FL. The Class wishes them complete happiness!

We are now reluctant to predict that this is the last wedding in the Class of 1938.

Sad but Interesting news: CATHARINE WOODWORTH WILLIAMS died peacefuUy on December 8,2006 in Oakland, CA at age 90. Catharine was born in PhUadelphia and raised in Washington D.C. She graduated coUege in 1937. She taught school in Washington D.C. while dating her future husband, Harry E.Woodworth, '38, a member of the 10 Company and a water polo player. She married in June, 1940 then moved to New London CT to be with her husband who was attending Submarine School. They then moved to Honolulu where he was stationed. After the Pearl Harbor attack she moved to Orinda with her young son to wait out the war. In February 1944 her husband was lost in the Japanese depth charging of T R O U T after she sank two ships.

T R O U T gained fame by bringing 20 tons of gold from Corregidor early in the war, was a participant in the June 1942 Battle of Midway, and was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for special missions. Catharine received her Master's degree from Cal Berkeley in 1961. She then was a school administrator and Dean of girls at Portola, El Cerrito High and DeAnza. In 1964 she remarried a retired U.S. Marine Colonel Edmund WUliams.

Her husband died in 2001. She leaves her son, Harry Woodworth III of Alaska; two granddaughters and two great-grandsons..

She was buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery next to her husband.

Addendum: In a telephone call on 15 January to Harry E.Woodworth III in WassUa AK, some 40 mUes north of Anchorage, I learned he was the author of the obituary. His father, our classmate, probably went to Submarine School in the second shortened 3-month class in September 1940 after duty in NASHVILLE and DECATUR, before reporting to his only submarine TROUT. He completed 10 war patrols and actually had orders to return to the United States, but pleaded successfully with his superiors that he make one more run. Harry Woodworth's name is included in the Ust of those in '38 Lost at Sea at the Naval Academy Columbarium, and in Mem HaU on the 1938 Ust of Combat Deaths, and is among our 11 classmates on the Submarine Memorial in Groton, CT.

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Vince de Poix's brief account of his experience in preparation for commissioning our first nuclear aircraft carrier the USS ENGERPRISE on 21 November 1961 at the

buUding yard in Newport News,Virginia.

H In early 1959 I was midstream of a very enjoyable tour as CO.,Air Development Squadron Four (VX-4) at N.A.S., Pt. Mugu, doing nobody any harm and busy evaluating the Navy's air launched guided missUes. In off hours Walt MUler and I frequendy went diving off the near Channel Islands.

Walt, who was a close friend, was the Pacific MissUe Range deputy at Pt. Mugu. He was also an avid diver and Io, happened to have access to a crash boat and ffie resident EOD unit, which had never ending need for ofShore underwater training whUe we searched for lobster.

One January morning I was caUed by French Wampler, the Bupers captain aviation detaUer who, after a few pleasantries, asked me if I would Uke to be the first C O . of Enterprise, then in her later buidUng stages. 1 didn't know Capt.

Wampler weU enough for this to be a joke, so 1 said yes, 1 would. He said more would foUow. In a few days he caUed again to say I would need to come to D.C, on a not to be disclosed basis, to talk to Adm. Rickover, the officer in charge of nuclear propulsion. I had no inkUng of what lay ahead untU I met Capt. Harry Maynard, COMOPDEVFOR's west coast deputy, my ISIC, and a great guy, at North Island for our montly lunch. When I reported to Harry my forthcoming "confidential" trip to Washington, to my amazement he said, "I'U bet you're being interviewed by l^ckover for the Enterprise job." Seems as a submariner he was weU acquainted with the subject and gave me sage advice, "to just answer the admiral's questions completely, truthfuUy, with no embeUishment, he'U smoke you out if you don't".

He also got me post haste a copy of an article in Life magazine which detaUed Rickover's interview tactics.

The interview, which was only moderately degrading, took place a week or so later in Rickover's extrememly modest office in N R (Naval Reactors), a beaten up wooden building now long gone, formerly housing BuAer

Although it made obvious that I was orUy the best of a bad lot, I got the job, by a decision I assume was joint Rickover and D C N O (Air).

After immediate detachment for VX-4, I was given seven months in command of a "deep draft", the USS Albemarle, a large seaplane tender—reUeved CharUe Minter who was on his way to command Intrepid—then to Naval Reactors for a year of arduous traning under Rickover and his highly capable staff which included Jim Dunford, his admin officer and finaUy on to Enterprise. • ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 19% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 64% PRES:CDR Phil Eckert, USN (Ret.) 6801 Florida St., Chevy Chase, MD 20815 H:301-652-9464 E: phileckert@aol.com SECY: CAPT John H. Suns, USN (Ret.) 726 Lakeside Court, Danville, CA 94526 H:925-820-3954 E: JHSIMS@AOL.COM

At this writing we're stiU a couple days away from the national championship game between Ohio State (my old alma mater, at least their development fund thinks I'm an alumnus) and Florida. I can't wait to teU you the outcome, which you'U already know when you read this, because the next day I go in for surgery to replace my left knee. The right one was replaced in July, and is doing great, so now the job wiU be complete. I'U bore you with a few details in the next instaUment. And speaking of surgery, the surgical experience of Phoggy Newcomb, which I reported last time as upcoming, was successful and at last report he has recovered.

Perhaps it wiU be helpful to report the unpleasant news and work up to better news. We received a report of the death of George Block on 16 October of pancreatic cancer in Taos, NM. As many of us did, he started out in the mid-west far from the oceans, in Iowa. He went to Enterprise on graduation and later was gunnery officer on New Jersey. He commanded two destroyers and an attack transport. In 1966 he went to Albuquerque as Deputy Commander of the Defense Atomic Support Agency where he retired from active duty in 1970. He married Elizabeth Vogler in 1943, and after retirement they moved to Angel Fire and then Taos. FoUowing on his experience as a four-year member of both indoor rifle and outdoor rifle teams at USNA he helped to estabUsh the Angel

Fire Sportsman's Club. He was a Ufe member of ffie National Rifle Association. He is survived by his wife, a son, two daughtei-s, and five grandchUdren. Services were to be held at the United Church of Angel Fire cemetery when the new cemetery is completed.

More recendy we learned of the death of Jake Plummer on 23 December.

Jake didn't have far to go to join us, conUng from ffie Eastern Shore of Maryland. He went to New Orleans on graduation and was at Pearl Harbor on 7 December. He later transferred to submarines, and served on 12 war patrols.

After 20 years he retired from active duty and went to Henrico County,VA, as a school teacher. He retired to Mathews, VA. in 1979. Jake is survived by his wife, Mary, a daughter, a son, five grandchUdren and two great-grandchUdren. Services were held on 19 December at Mathews Chapel United Meffiodist Church with interment at Windsor Gardens. To keep the taUy going, vvith the loss of George Block and Jake Plummer we are down to 96 remaining graduates. I'm stiU trying to Crack down the several "missing", or whereabouts unknown. Abriefe-maU from Maureen Lamb (BUI) just in reports ffie death of Sam Forter on 5 January.

Funeral services were scheduled for 10 January at St. Johns Episcopal Church in Hingham, MA. That brings the taUy down to 95.

Ted (Bloody) Rodgers, the Class Northeast Region Vice President, is stiU working on the Class organization with Cros Croft and Phil Eckert.

MeanwhUe PhU is the Interim President.

We'U keep you posted as those three Regional VPs work to get us back on track again since Bill Carpenter's loss.

We have a happy update from Clare Hayes on the Ed Hayes household, which takes us back to what was perhaps the "final" Castine Caper last July. Ed is back to normal and Clare has pretty

much recovered from the injuries suffered in ffie awffil accident they had as they were leaving a brunch at the Lucerne Inn on a Sunday morning, as we reported in the September Shipmate. Clare is walking again, with a cane for the moment but working on geffing free of that soon.

Clare enclosed a picture of the group at the brunch, taken about 15 minutes before the accident. Shown in the photo are (1-r front row) Heywood Smith, Clare Hayes, Marguerite Rodgers, Marjorie Clagett, Cissi Bundy (back row) Ed Hayes, Ted Rodgers, John Clagett, Pat Patterson '39, George Kittredge, and CliflF Bundy. Clare specificaUy wanted to mention the names of the '40 friends who were so good to them in their time of distress. Everyone was wonderffil, sending messages of love and support, which were a powerfol help.

Some went above and beyond. John and Marjorie Clagett packed up aU their belongings from their room at Maine Maritime Academy and saw to it that everything got to the Hayes at the hospital in Bangor. George Kittredge telephoned several times and sent beautiful flowers, as did Ted and Marguerite Rodgers, who also came to visit Clare.

Clare found aU this very comforting, and made her grateffil to be a member of the wonderful "FamUy of'40".

has special entree with a guest. It had been quite a whUe since I had been there, and it is a very special and fascinating display.

Before we proceed further with the story of the Castine Caper, there is another interesting item from Maine, somewhat south of Castine, namely a Christmas card from George Kittredge, featuring George in Santa Claus cap in his peddle power submarine. He opined that it's a long pedal from the North Pole, and since he caught the picture in the first snow storm of the winter it appeared that the submarine was having tough going.

And back on the west coast, Florence Smith (Snuflfy) and I spent a day at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. She is a founding supporter or patron of the Aquarium and

Waiting for the boat

Duck and Fritz

Ship Rock

The boat

The boat

Brunch at Lucerne Inn

And now for a finale on the Class of '40 Castine Caper, again based on John Clagett's Castine Caper 1910-2005, without detaUed attribution.

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40-42 CLASS N E W S â&#x20AC;˘ There were the deUghts of the saiUng picrucs - gathering at the dock early in the morning, cUmbing aboard whatever boat was provided for the day, then out the mouth of the harbor, past the beU buoy, past Cape Rosier to Pond Island or Western Island. Then began the adventure of the day, getting the aging group into dinghies and motor boats for the haul ashore. Over the years the easy agiUty gave way to cautious scrambling, then to hesitant cUmbing and teetering, helped by the strong arms of the Academy's waterfront crew and midshipmen. Then chicken and hamburgers and cold drinks - or maybe mussels cooked on flat rocks by the fire, then exploration, the trip to the ospreys' nest, then the loading process and back home.

Ed Sledge, as has been mentioned before, worked tirelessly, quietly and thought&Uy in the background, arranging everything. He and Mary made the Caper. HefinaUyturned the detaUs over to Fritz Freund, one of our class Army general officers. Fritz inaugurated the duck raffle. Each year he commissioned a carved duck from a local artist and raffled it off late in the Caper. The duck ffind became the emergency operating source, financing many activities. Fritz was a fine leader. His loyalty to the Caper was amazing. Each spring he came to Castine to make early arrangements. His wife, Margaret - Uke Marguerite Rodgers was essential to the whole operation.

In the late nineties the Caper began to grow smaUer; the years had passed and now more and more classmates were taking a final departure. GrandchUdren helped keep the numbers up; the amazing Bundy famUy came every yearfilUngthe halls with the sound of chUdren, salting the aging group with young people. Each year it would seem that it couldn't be as good as last year.

But it was. There was a genuine affection among aU the participants - in spite of poUtical arguments which sometimes became fierce. If differences started to develop, recaUing the old days renewed the camaraderie which developed during four years together foUowed by more years of service together Ted Rodgers's enthusiasm was unflagging, his energy enormous, his affection for the class generous and long lasting. Then came a day when he retired from the Maine Maritime Academy. But before he did he made sure that the Class of Forty could come back to Castine and the Academy as long as it wanted to, and

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that it could always have the VIP room for its center and heart. It is possible that 2006 was the final year for the Class at Castine. But among aU the participants over the years is the feeUng - "Let's go back again". No other Naval Academy class has had anything Uke the Castine Caper to keep it together, to bind it as one. It was truly a remarkable part of the FamUy of Forty. I And now I ask that you keep those cards and letters and e-mails coming. Help me pass the word. Because â&#x20AC;&#x201D; only '40 is 4.0.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 5% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 69% PRES, CHMN & SECY: CAPT Victor Delano, USN (Ret.) 865 - 9th Avenue South, #201 Naples, FL 34102 H: 239-417-9174; FAX: 293-530-0073 E: vdelano@1941.usna.com WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1941

Thanks to Ron Snyder of the Baltimore Examiner here is a picture of our 2"*^ Company 12'' Mid who performed so weU in the Navy-Temple game last faU. Our 12'^h Mi J j5 ciij,t Desjarlais '07, on the left, and the other 12'^'^ Mid is Rich Lippincott '07. This is the first time that Coach Johnson has used two. Each did his job so weU that they were in several kickoffs rather than just one each.

Navy's 12^^ Mids - Clint Desjarlais (left) and Rich Lippincott

On Thursday, 19 AprU, the WashingtonAnnapoUs group has its spring Class luncheon at 1130 at Chevy Chase Club.

In past years we have been blessed with good weather and a goodly turnout. If any of you are going to be in the Washington area, I hope you wiU join us.

FamUy members of aU ages are welcome.

I mention this a month ahead of time so you can plan ahead because it is most important that you let me know that wiU be coming to be sure that the gaUey has a ration ready for you. We have another deUghtful luncheon affair in May at the AnnapoUs Yacht Club but I shaU teU you more about that next month.

The couple of screwy speUings in the December column just goes to show that "SpeU Check" does not always work.

Perhaps I worked on the column too late at night because I usuaUy do not make nusteaks!

I regret to say that we wound up 2006 by losing some more good people. The first to go was Pern Southard's wife, Jane, who died in Beaufort, SC, on 4 December after a long Ulness. I know that aU join in expressing our deep sympathy to Pern at this difficult time. Pem says he wiU do his best to get to the 70'''^ reunion. The next loss was Bill EUiott who died peaceffiUy on 7 December. He had been having some health problems in recent years and he was indeed lucky to have been under the loving care of his deUghtffil wife. Tucker. BUI led an exciting Ufe in the Navy and afterwards was with the Northrop Corporation in Washington DC for 13 years foUowed by many happy years in PonteVedra FL. BUI is survived by Tucker, two daughters and a son, 5 grandchUdren and 2 great-grandchUdren. To aU of them go our most sincere condolences.

Our other Classmates in PonteVedra wUl be missing a good friend. A day later, 8 December, we lost Burns Spore in Virgirua Beach.VA but I have no details.

Burns is survived by his wife of 62 years, Helen, two sons, a daughter and three grandchUdren. In healthier days. Burns was good at keeping me posted on Class activities. Helen and the famUy have our sympathy and understanding in a loss that we share. The last to go was Dick Foster who died of vascular disease on 28 December at the Ginger Cove Retirement Center in Virginia Beach VA. Not only did he lead our footbaU team as its captain in 1940, he supported the Navy footbaU team with vigor during aU the years he spent in AnnapoUs, despite the avaUabiUty of only one leg and ultimately forced into a wheel chair. Some of that determination must have rubbed off on the Navy teams of the most recent years. For many years, Dick and Sarajane owned a condo in Naples FL and they were among the people who made my move there so worthwhUe. Dick and I were shipmates for a whUe after Pead Harbor, when I was temporarily assigned to USS Pennsylvania for a trip back to San Francisco. AU 1 had was one shirt, one khaki trousers, one pair of socks and one pair of shoes. Every night after I came off my air search radar watch, the laundry would run my clothes through its system

whUe I slept wrapped in a sheet. After setffing in Annapolis, Dick was a loyal attendee at aU Class ffinctions and we shaU aU miss him. His two daughters, two grandchildren and two great-grandchUdren aU of whom meant so much to him wiU surely miss Dick. I extend to them firom aU of us the sympathy that ffiey wiU need in ffie loss of this fine person.

Birffidays are stiU wiffi us and here are ffie lucky ones born in March: Einstein, Mini-reunion Rieve, Rush and Sweeny. My book says ffiat because March-types are courageous ffiey Carol DiUon who acts for her mother should get Bloodstones or Aquamarines Jean Armstrong, Parker's widow, reported wrapped in Jonquils and Daffodils.You can from San Diego that Jean is doing very handle it any way you wish! weU, enjoying Ufe in PonteVedra, FL, and reading Shipmate from cover to cover No address, phone or emaU changes each month. They wanted to share the this monffi. Offier Classes are having news of Carol's sister Alice's marriage to trouble in this area so steps are being John WUson, son ofJames WUson '49. on taken to try and make ffie rosters ffiat 28 December 2006 in Southern Pines, most Class secretaries maintain be ffie NC, the home ofJohn's mother, with same as what the Alumni Association has famUy and a few friends in attendance. A in its records. A committee is supposed reception foUowed at the Magnolia Inn in to work this out. PersonaUy, I think most Pinehurst.We send best wishes to the of the problem stems from the fact that happy couple and relay Jean and Carol's many individuals have a different address best wishes to everyone in the Class. for their home and for Shipmate and the Alumni Association tends to give preceA copy of the FaU 2006 Fly-By dence to the latter I know that we have pubUshed by The National Museum of at least one Classmate who does this. The Naval Aviation and Foundation included a easiest solution is to leave room in your tribute to Hugo Schmidt, Jr. based on program to accept and keep an alternate his service in WWII, his unique position address. I do and I wish they did. Our in Ufe in which he witnessed the birth and roster on our web-site is stUl not up-todeath of USS Lexington having watched date because I have not learned how to her launching in 1925 at Fore River maintain it. I hope that this winter-spring ShipbuUding Co. in Quincy, MA and I shaU learn how. In the meantime, if you having puUed survivors of her crew from need a current address, phone number or the water on board USS Minneapolis as her edress of a Classmate or widow, caU, write watched the carrier sink in the waters of or semaphore and I'U give you an answer. the Coral Sea in May 1942., six decades in MeanwhUe, if you are anywhere near which he buUt a successfiil career in busiWashington on 19 AprU, come to our ness, and as an elected official his work in luncheon at Chevy Chase Club — but education was honored with the naming please caU me first! of an elementary school after him in HUlsborough, FL. His father, LCDR Hugo Schmidt '16, having served inWWl Uke ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 12% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 64% scores of his classmates earned his wings in the early 20's and introduced his son to PRES: VADM Gerald Miller, USN (Ret.) aviation in the cockpit of an OL one typi3101 Wheadand Farms Ct., Oakton.VA 22124-1941 H: 703-273-7184; E: gemco55(gaol.com caUy sunny day when his father placed SECY: CDR R.S. Day, USN (Ret.) him in the lap of a chief petty officer and 2426 Chesmut St., Falls Church.VA 22043-3052 flew him over the North Island air station.

E: hapday@erols.com His father died with two shipmates when Our Northeast classmates - aU three of their Loening OL crashed into the them and their wives —are pictured at a Chesapeake Bay in the early morning happy Mini-reunion on the occasion of hours of 27 February 1928. the 65*- Anniversary of our graduation Art Rawson has acquired a new on 19 December at the "Common Man" nickname during his more than three in Concord, NH. Left to right in the years of volunteer service at the Friends picture are :Louise Dennett, Army Club in Bethesda, MD. There he is fondly Dennett, BiU Hurst, Alice Kintner, Chris caUed Captain Seaweed where he Hurst, and Ed Kintner.

manages to carve out one day a week from the other organizations in which he is active. The club provides a venue where individuals with various sages of dementia can spend some quiet time whUe their caregivers can catch their breath.

Mary Burt, Jack's widow, has recently moved from Fort Myers, FL, to KnoUwood a mUitary retirement residence located in Washington, DC. Jack attended Culver before joining the Class of'42.

Mary was a Boston gal who attended the School of Business at Boston U , but left the field to embark on a career in modeling. She and Jack met on bUnd dates at a baU held for Midshipmen in Boston. As a Navy wife she traveled aU over the world , served as an attache's wife in Helsinki, enjoyed Uving on the economy in Japan, got her taste of the tropics, in Puerto Rico, and Uved with the naval aviators in Iowa and Hutchison, KS. Jack's naval career was cut short by a heart attack and he went to work with Raytheon and Mary got a job with the Aerospace Medical Association. When they both retired again, they moved.to Florida where Jack died. Mary has three chUdren Had a deUghtful phone caU after New Years from Anne WUlis, Bill's lovely bride, on the occasion of their 65 wedding anrdversary (actuaUy 21 December), as they had not attended the 65 Reunion.

She shared with me the fact that BiU had given her an unusual anniversary present — a red Mini Cooper. It now Uves with them in their home in the woods overlooking the Tridelphia Reservoir lake in Maryland.Their 55 year old son Paul was visiting them from his west coast home to help them enjoy Ufe. Carol Wynne, Hal's widow, died on 3 December 2006 at the home of her daughter in Charleston, SC, where she was visiting. She had been Ul for some time and was a resident of Alexandria,VA, for nearly 45 years. Born in Dubuque, lA, she grew up in Port Huron, MI, and graduated from Connecticut CoUege for Women in 1941. She and Hal were married in September 1945. She enjoyed writing for the Naval Officers Wives News and in the 1970's worked as a secretary for the US News and World Report.

She loved dogs and owned Shelties throughout her Ufe. She is survived by two daughters and one son, nine grandchildren and three great grandchUdren.

She was buried at ArUngton Cemetery with Hal, who died in 2002.

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42-43 CLASS N E W S Mac MacKown lost his batde with cancer on 12 December 2006. Many wUl remember him as one of ffie bright members of the Class who starred during plebe and youngster years. FoUowing graduation, Mac served in the batdeship New Mexico,firstin the South Pacific and ffien in the Aleutians where the ship fired 200 rounds of ammunition at false radar images â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the famous "batde of the pips" in which several Classmates participated. Ordered to new construction, he was assigned to ffie Quincy and participation in the landings at Normandy. Next was PG school with emphasis on physics and ordnance engineering. That lead to duty in the engineering field with postings in BuShips and the Portsmouffi Shipyard Research Lab. Along the way he managed a tour at sea as Executive Officer in the destroyer Witek. He retired from active duty in 1962 and took a second career wiffi Westinghouse at ffie former Friendship Airport and at the Oceanic Division between 1962 to 1984, working on projects including airborne warning and control systems (AWACS) and sonar. One of Mac's great services to the Class was his role in managing the finances for our major reunions, including the 65 , a thankless but very necessary task. He could be reUed upon to always have the books straight and bUls paid on time.. He is survived by his wife, Irene, whom he married 19 May 1942; two sons, one daughter, four grandchUdren and three great-grandchUdren. He was buried at the Naval Academy Columbarium on 18 December.

BiU Spiegel passed away on 17 December 2006 at the Craven Regional Medical Center in Araphoe, N C He had been battUng cancer for sometime. He attended the University of Cincinnati for one year before joining our Class in the summer of 1938. At the Academy, he exceUed academicaUy, was involved in battaUon sports, served as the manager of the lacrosse team, and as a major player on the Hop Committee, providing service that was needed to bring off things Uke the Youngster Hop, Ring Dance, and Graduation BaU. FoUowing graduation, BiU joined the heavy cruiser Chester and participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea and supporting amphibious landings including those at Guadalcanal,Tarawa and Kwajalein. After 27 months in Chester, he entered ffight training and became a carrier aviator FoUowing V-J Day he was assigned as XO of Bombing Squadron Three based at

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NAS Oceana,VA, flying the SB2C "HeUdiver" aircraft affectionately known as "the Beast."Then came post graduate school, majoring in Ordnance Engineering.

Being one of the bright aviators, he was selected to be a the bombardier/navigator in a new squadron of P2V reconnaissance aircraft, formed to be the first squadron charged with delivering nuclear weapons from aircraft carriers. He moved up the experience chain, flying the infamous and dangerous AJ hybrid (props and a jet engine) aircraft. FoUowing a tour in Washington where he was involved in the procurement of a sophisticated bomb sight, he was assigned as the X O of the first A3D jet bomber squadron, providing the Navy a realistic and impressive weapons deUvery capabUity from aircraft carriers. He was a key factor in the first deployment of that aircraft to the Mediterranean on board the new carrier Forrestal. Next was command of the same squadron. He served as Operations Officer in the carrier Hancock. Then back to shore duty in Washington in the research aspects of the Bureau of Naval Weapons. He retired from active duty on 1 January 1984 with the rank of captain, after 22 year of naval service including ten years dedicated to the development of the Navy's carrier-based aU-weather nuclear weapons delivery capabUity- a capabUity that caused the Soviets great concern during the Cold War After retiring from the naval service, BiU joined the Grumman Aerospace Corporation in Bethpage, NY, where he spent twenty years as a program manager and corporate planner. BUI became fascinated with sailing, yachts, and yacht clubs in both Long Island and Cherry Point, NC. He also became involved with pubUc school issues and was lured into School Board membership, where he served s Chairman and made a few changes.

FoUowing retirement from Grumman in January 1984, he and his wife, Marcia, settled in North Carolina with volunteer activities for the Coast Guard AuxiUary, the Navy League, the NC Maritime Museum and the NC GOP organization.

Along with that was extensive travel, both inside and outside the United States. He was an active member of the Arapahoe United Methodist Church and at one stage, served as President of the local Lions Club, a true volunteer in every way.

BiU's first marriage ended in divorce.

He is survived by his wife, Marcia; his sons by his first wife,WiUiam and Thomas; and

daughter Joan; stepsons Chip, PhiUip and Christopher Corsi; and stepdaughter Martina; and 10 grandchUdren. He wOl be interned at the ArUngton National Cemetery on 11 July 2007.

Ted Balis left us on the morning of 24 December 2006. He had taken a faU recently and broken a hip. Then he had a couple of congestive heart problems, but was in rehab and seemed to be doing relatively weU, when he took a sudden mm for the worse.

It was most appropriateffiatTed had attended our 65*^ ReurUon. He had a great time and was particularly pleasedffiathis son Mike also attended. A4ike is a U.S. Forest Ranger and led the wonderfiU tour of ffie Washington monuments as the last event of the reuruon. Those in attendance wUl recaU the emotional rendering of Navy Blue and Gold atffieWorld War II Memorial wiffi Ted very much involved whUe his son observed. IncidentaUy Mike has now become a member of our FAMILY. Ted's mother and father came to this country from Poland and setded in Chicago. So Ted often kept our attention with tales about his chUdhood in the city run by Al Capone.Ted attended DePaul University in Chicago before joirung our Class in July 1938. At the Academy,Ted did weU academicaUy and was a member of several clubs and committees, making his services avaUable as needed. It is rumored that he Uked the ladies. He met Jane Ryan in Mare Island in AprU of 1942 and they were married in Chicago in December of that year.

FoUowing commissioning Ted reported to the cruiser Boise seeing action at Guadalcanal, Gela, Palermo, Taranto, Salerno, and New Guinea. Like many in our Class, he also participated in the Korean andVietnam campaigns. His naval career included duty in Diachenko (a high speed transport), the destroyer Orleck, the heavy cruiser St. Paul, the destroyer Mason, and the heavy cruiser Neivport News. He also commanded Desttoyer Division 32. His last command was the Naval Station in NorfoUc during the early 1970's when many of us enjoyed his hospitality and big smile..

Ted was awarded three decorations for outstanding performance of duty. He attended the Naval War CoUege, American University in Beirut, the Industrial War CoUege, and George Washington University where he received a Masters Degree in Administration.

Ted retired from the Navy on 1 March 1972, and was subsequendy

emploved in the First and Merchants National Bank and then on ffie Staff of Old Dominion University in Norfolk.

His wife, Jane, passed aw-ay on 31 August 1989. affUcted by cancer. Their oldest son. Master Sergeant Theodore L.BaUs.Jr.USMC (Ret.) passed away on 28 October 1996. Survivors are his two sons John and Michael; two grandsons, a broffier and a sister He stayed abreast of events ffirough his membership in ffie USNA Alunmi Association, George Washington Uiuvenity Alunmi Association, Norfolk Sports Club, Surface Navy Association, Blessed Sacrament CaffioUc Church, Lakevvood Civic League, Naval War CoUege Foundation, and Association of ffie Industrial War CoUege of ffie Armed Forces.

Ted vvUl be buried wiffi his wife Jane, near ffieir son. Ted. Jr. in ArUngton National Cemetery, at a ffiture date..

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 14% LIFE ME.MBERSHIP: 64% PRES: CAPT E_A. Robie, USN (Ret.) 2111 Ri\-er Crescent Dr.. Annapolis, MD 21401 H: 410-224-0850: E: edrobie@aoLcom SECY: CAPT LesHe R. Hesehon Jr., U S N (Ret.) 7101 Ba\- Front E>r.. .\pc 611..Annapolis, MD 21403 H: 410-216-%29; E: Heselton43@1943.usna.com

Remembrarux Social Securitv" records confirmed that Leonard Gregory Smith Jr died 24 Oct 2006 in Panama Citv: A Fimeral Mass was held Fridav; 12 Jan 2007, m St. Andrews Chapel wiffi committal at ffie Naval Academv- Columbarium immediately foUowing ffie Church Service.

Jack Livesey Stowe died 5 Dec 2006 in Pensacola, FL. Funeral Services were held 11 Dec 2006 at AU Faiths Chapel, NAS Pensacola wiffi interrmient m Barrancas National Cemetery. Jack is survived by his wife, CaroUne, his daughter, Susan, of CoUeyviUe,TX; his son. Jack, of Fort Lauderdale, FL, and four grandchUdren.

Fenton Frederick Smith Jr finaUy succumbed to a long Ulness on 16 Dec 2006 m Chula Vista, CA. Memorial Services were held 7 Jan 2007 at St John's Episcopal Church, Chula Vista. Fenton is survived by his wife, Peggy, of FrederUca Manor, Chula Vista; daughter. Melody Cernitz of Chula Vista and Candy Murphy of Chico, CA; sons, Scott of WatsonviUe and Steve of Port Ludlow, WA; nine grandchUdren and six great grandchUdren.

James Curwood Aller died peaceffiUy on Friday, 5 Jan 2007, in CharlottesvUlcVA. Funeral Services were held Tuesday, 9 Jan, at Christ Episcopal Church of CharlottesviUe, with burial service on 10 Jan in CenterviUe, MD. Jim was preceded in death by Mary, his wife of 55 years, and is survived by their five chUdren; Charles of CrawfordsviUe, FL, James David of CharlottesviUe, Robert of Stony Brook, NY, Suzanne of CharlottesviUe, and Cynthia KeUy of Fredericksburg,VA, fifteen grandchUdren and five great-grandchUdren.

Bob Stark reported that Charles Frederick Wortham died on Monday, 8 Jan 2007. Funeral Services were held 8 Feb at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Hanover, VA. Howard Shackleford Moore died Thursday, 11 Jan 2007, of a heart attack.

What's in a name?

Jack Van Ness, reaUy Harper EUiotVan Ness Jr, our Shipmate Correspondent for over six years, related why he was caUed "Jack". It was during PlebeYear when at meals the Plebes sat stiffly with no engagement or talking vvith others, whUe the upperclasses could talk and eat with freedom. One day a joke was told at the table and "Harper" let escape a smUe in response. Seeing this, the upper classman at the head of the table retorted in reprimand: "OK "SmiUn'Jack, that's the last time you're smUing at my table!" The name stuck with the classmates and "Harper" became "Jack" ever since!

Sestakfor Congress On Election Day, Joe Sestak had the pleasure of voting for his own son, Joseph Sestak, Jr, '74, for Congress in PennsylvarUa 7'-" Disttict.Joe decisively defeated his opponent, a twenty year incumbent by 56 to 44 percent.

Throughout the campaign, Joe Jr said that everything he needed to know about the context in which poUtics should operate, he learned under the Naval Academy honor code-don't Ue, steal, or cheat!

Senior Joe, his wife of 60 years, Kathleen, his other son and six daughters were often seen on the campaign traU. Joe imbued his famUy with the idea of pubUc service as stated in the Academy's mission to develop midshipmen for both Naval Service and the potential for fomre development in mind and character to assume the highest responsibUities of command, citizenship and government. The photo is ofJoe, Joe Jr, and Kathleen at the victory celebration at the Radnor Hotel in St Davids, PA.

Joe, Joe Jr., and Kathleen

Bob Adrian reports: â&#x20AC;˘ "Mention the important recent Historical WWII Pacific Theater Book Release-HALSEY'S T Y P H O O N by Robert Dury and Tom Cavin. It is the first revelation of the facts on the terror this 3 Day Monster caused sweeping 900 Naval Officers and SaUors off their ships, or being entombed in the 3 DDs which capsized with only 100 of them being rescued by heroic efforts described in the text. I have done a Pre PubUcation Review of this book for the 24,000 Member Tin Can SaUor Association which can be reached on www.destroyers.org.

Go to Communication Section and then to Book Reviews and scroU down to HALSEY'S TYPHOON. The can be ordered from TCS for $20 which is a bargain over Book Store Prices.

"I have three other Book Reviews on this web site which may be of interest: 1. GALLANT LADY: The unorthodox operation of a WWII Submarine which brought a label to the crew as "Play Boys of the Pacific".

2. HELLS UPON US:The Story of the Marianas Campaign with the most thorough coverage I have read of the Batde of the PhUippine Sea, the largest Air Battle ever fought (Sub Tide: "THE MARIANA'S TURKEY SHOOT") which took the Japanese out of any ffimre WWII Carrier Operations because of their heavy losses.

3. INDESTRUCTABLE:The story of the youngest Marine of record to have won the Medal of Honor during the Batde of Iwo Jima." H A Wife of Note: Patricia Cox, wife of Dale Cox, has socialized with many classmates and their wives over the last sixty years. She has always been known as an artist whose paintings, water colors and assemblages have been purchased by such diverse cUentele as a European opera star, businesses and private patrons. In a new career Pat has blossomed into the corporate world. She is President and CEO of a

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Presidents Comments Ed Robie wishes to repeat ffie foUowing: â&#x20AC;˘ COMPASS ROSE PROJECT Our ffinffing goal for the renovation of ffie Compass Rose Memorial has been surpassed. Many ffianks to aU who responded so rapidly and graciously.

Rededication of the Memorial is scheduled on June 19,2007 during our 65 reunion.

Now ffiat our fonding goal has been achieved please remember that the USNA Alumni Ass'n reqiures fonds to operate.

The Ass'n is doing a superb job so please make your annual donation to assist in ffieir continuing operation.

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operations against terrorists. She carries 360 crew, 700 Marines, heUcopters, and assaiUt craft.

Steel from the World Trade Center was recast for NewYork's bow, at an AnUte, LA foundry. As it was poured ,9 Sep 03, "those big rough steel workers were reverent", recaUed CAPT Kevin Wensing, who was ffiere. "It was a spiritual moment for everyone."

The ship's motto? - "NEVER FORGET!" Harry Benoit Next we have handsome with some photos we've wanted to show for some time. The first is with Jeannette and Art Thompson back in October in Vista, Pruneland. (Envy the warm Pacific background!) The next is of Harry and date Mary Novak, along with Harry's brother Jack '49.

L to R. Jeanette and Art Thompson with guest Harry Benoit

PRES: Fred Schnurr WASHINGTON REP: CAPT Chariie Rozier,USN (Ret.) SECY: LCDR Prescott Pahner, USN (Ret.) 7450 Spring Valley Dr., Crestwood Ct., #227 Springfield.VA 221504939 H: 703-644-3180; E: spahner_22151(@yahoo.com

I thought this account about the new USS New York was a good item to start the column.. It rather brought a lump to my throat, both highUghting the role of ttadition in our Navy, and reflecting great credit to the imagmation on the idea's originators.

LtoR Roz & Art Battson, Peg and Bill Burlin

L to R. Jack Benoit, Mary Novak, and Harry Benoit

We have received a fine Christmas card from Jake Heimark reporting signing-on Ann and himself for an Adriatic hitch aboard five mast saU-barque Royal CUpper in July.

Newly commissioned USS New York,

She was buUt usmg 24 tons of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center She is the fifth in a new class of ship, designed for irussions that include

We always hope you out-of towners can join the East-coasters for one of our firstweek-of-the-month luncheons (alternately at the ArUngton.VA A&N Country Club or the USNA Officer & Faculty Club. (CaU me or Randyany time,for latest info.) Here's last-December attendance at the A&N: Frank Barrett and guests Jane Appel & Jan Casey, Harry Benoit & guest Mary Lou Novak,Vince Cassani, Evelyn Cox, Irene & Dick Faubion, Helen Godfrey, Hal Grimes, Mary & Stan Henderson, Faye Howell, Randy King & guest Dorothy Kaltwasser, Walt Moore, Betty and Gordon Ochenrider, Clair and Charlie Rozier, Fed Schnurr & son Bo, Mary & Joe Travers Pug & Jim Victor, Kay and Bucky Walters, Bob Wulf, and your faithffil Scribe.

BiU BurUn is the answer to a columnist's prayers: a continuos source of pictures and info. Herewith an oldie of the BurUns with Roz and Art Battson, together with BUI visiting Ginny and BiU KnuU at Yankee (!) Point on the Confederate Rapannock.

LtoR Bill & Ginny Knull with Bill Burhn

Digging into our fUes we have come up with some 1945 Pacific wartime history going back to 1945! Its a beer Uberty on mid-Pacific atoU Majuro. With appologies, 1 can identify only youthful Bat O'MaUey, BUI Bergstedt, and Bud Sickel. How about someone maffing in a Utde help?

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First row: ?, ?, Bat O'Malley; Second Row: ?, Bill Bergstedt Bud Sickel; Third Row: ?

And whUe caUing for photo identification.

Bob Kitt teUs us that he now can identify the unknown classmate in November'06 SHIPMATE '44 column, in khaki with classmates in Sunmier Whites, as Rich Gaibler.

I must report that Doris DeHuflF died 17 August 1906, to rejoin our classmate Dave, who we lost in 1988.

Our wonderffil classmates continue to complete their tour of duty here below: Dick RudiseU died 3 December 2006; Andy McKinney died 4 December 2006; Del Cummins died 16 January 2007 Changes of address, phone number, or E-mail Roz and Art Battson: E-mail: battson@san.rrcom; Trudy and Bob Cook: 590ViUage Place #210, Longwood , FL 32779-6039; Mae and John Heintz: 5209 Patriots Colony Drive, WiUiamsburg,VA 23188, Tel. (757) 208-0201 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 6% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 65% PRES: BGEN D.H. Brooks, USMC (Ret.) 1212 Quincy St.,Ale.Nandrm,VA 22302 E: DHBROOKS2@comcast.net C O R R . SECY: RADM D.T. Poe, USN (Ret.) 2207 River Crescent Dr. Annapolis, MD 21401 H: 410-224-4544 CORR.SECY: CAPT J.T. CockriU, USN (Ret.) 8107 River Crescent Dr. Annapolis, MD 21401 H: 410-266-3596 E: JTCBFC@comcast.net WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1945

INMEMORIUM From his son. Gene Deems, we learned of the death of Eugene F. Deems.

B "Dad passed away on Thursday, 14 December 2006. I was shocked as it was unexpected. He had had a bad stroke in March 2004, but he was able to go back home with a caregiver. He lived a fuU Ufe He served as a Naval Aviator

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John Joseph Pirro died of compUcations foUowing multiple surgeries on 21 December 2006 in the Winchester, Virginia, MecUcal Center. A memorial mass was celebrated at St. John's CathoUc Church, Front Royal,Virginia, on 28 December. John was cremated and his remains wiU be placed in the Naval Academy Columbarium at a later date.

Robert W. Puddicombe died on 31 December 2006 in Santa Barbara, California of a brain tumor. A memorial service was planned to be held in AU Saints by the Sea, 83 Eucalyptus, Santa Clara. His wife,Virginia, (Ginger), Uves at 933 Arcady Road, Santa Barbara, California 93108.

See Last CaU, Shipmate, this issue or subsequent issues, for obituaries of classmates.

From Ralph L. Lipfert's son: • Gloria, Ralph's widow, died on 7 December 2006. She died after a brief but intense battle with cancer at the Hospice House inWiUiamsburg. She was always proud to be associated with the class of "45, and she and my father both considered the members of the class to be their best friends in the whole world. You may remember that my father attended his last '45 luncheon only days before he died. Funeral Mass was celebrated at the Riderwood Chapel in the Riderwood community in Silver Spring on Thursday December 14. She was buried with Ralph in Arlington on 9 January 2007.

Memorials may be sent to the Hospice House, 445 Powhatan Parkway, WiUiamsburg,Virginia 23188. H ASWEARE Per Thad Taylor: I As one of the carrier pUots who attended the first TaUhook Reunion, Don Shelton had a starring role at the 50'-" Anniversary celebration of the TaUhook Association in Reno, Nevada, September 7-10,2006. Don told one of the hairiest flying stories of the many that were recaUed by the 3,500 tailhookers and friends at the reunion. One night in March 1951, whUe flying an F4U-5N Corsair over Korea, Don's engine quit.

Don regained power by manuaUy priming the engine and landed on the ship with almost no power. Many years later.

Don and Thad Taylor, as prospective CAGs, quaUfied to land the F8 Crusader aboard ship, day and night. Don was not watching when Thad landed the F8 with the port wheel cocked perpendicular to the windstream. At "touchdown" the port strut broke and the wheel and strut flew off the angled deck into the Pacific off California. Thank God, the tailhook and arresting gear held! The SO"-" Taiffiook Reunion was Nancy Taylor's first. Nancy and Thad had sentimental reunions with friends and neighbors from two years based at NAS Lemoore, CA, 1963-65. • From Carl Gronemann: • "This is to teU you that as of 12/12/06 we wiU have moved from Maple Grove to Plymouth, MN into a Presbyterian continuing care facility. The new address is: Cari W Gronemann,Jr., 16205 36*^^ Ave., N. #219, Plymouth, MN 55446.

We have not yet sold our home, but we have been paying rent on the new apartment since August. We are about three months late in placing our current home on the market, but the apartment became avaUable and if we did not take it we would have lost our place, so we had to bite the buUet. We have had a great deal of interest in our home, but usuaUy a contract would be contingent and with the market of today who knows how long a final sale would take. This wiU be quite a consoUdation from a 3100 square foot home with three baths to a two bedroom one bath rental H The gang of Florida '45ers had their annual Epiphany Party - this year's hosts were Jeanne and Howie Blum. The party was held at Indian River Colony Club, the residence of the Blums.

Attending were Jayne and Ernie Barrett, Carol and George EUis, Winnie and Stu Bowcock, Bobbie and BiU Ridiel— Susie and Jerry Rester did not come.

Dinner was delicious, wine flowed freely and the gifts exchanged were HILARIOUS!!! BiU Ridiel got the Baby Jesus doU in his piece of cake - so he and Bobbie wiU be hosts for Jan 08!!!

There is some good news inffiatSam Simpson is weU enough to make liis annual ttip to Florida this year. He and Lucy went by the Barretts for luncheon en route to ffieir place in Sttiart. The Barretts invited the Blums and Bowcocks so ffiat they coidd chat with Sam. At the January Class Luncheon it was agreed that we would sponsor a book on Naval Academy Treasures by Randy

Proffiro's daughter, Nancy (Prothro) Arbuthnot, who is a Professor of EngUsh at ffie Academy. There have been ffiscussions during past class luncheons about Nancy's forthconUng book on Academy buUdings, monuments, athletic facUities, and memorials. Interest was expressed in buying a number of copies for presentation to inconUng plebes for introductions to Naval Academy Ufe as was done in brief by Reef Points.

Today's discussions expanded on past descriptions of content of ffie book, tentatively to be tided, Guiffing Lights. The book is plarmed as a six-inch by nineinch, soft cover compUation of some fifty individual descriptions of ffie most important Academy features, including a photograph, description, history, comments, and m many cases, a short ttibute (poem, essay, history, etc.).

Estimated cost of pubUshing the books is ten doUars a copy, depending on the number of copies ordered. AU agreed that ffie concept was a good one and that the examples of some twelve gaUey proofs of the writeups of mdividual monuments and buUdings (Tecumseh, Bancroft HaU, Memorial HaU, The Chapel, Triton Light, The Sea Gate, etc.) were done, interesting and of potential great value to Midshipmen.

After a thorough examination of aU aspects of this project, members of the Washington Chapter expressed positive interest in sponsoring the book and purchasing enough copies to present to members of the entering Plebe class of 2011 or 2012 as a Class of 1945 gift celebrating our 65' anniversary of graduation. Tentative plans to purchase books, using approximately $18,000 of donations from classmates being held by the Naval Academy Foundation for a project designated by the Class of 1945.

Our objective is to use the fonds for a project of value to the Academy and its Midshipmen.

Comments were heard that we should give the books to one entering class, and that fomre such presentations would depend on the appreciation expressed by recipients and should be fonded by the Academy, simUar to the fonding of presentations of Reef Points. It was also suggested that additional copies purchased should be offered for sale to parents, visitors, and prospective candidates at the Visitor's Center and at AnnapoUs bookshops. There could be considerable profits from such sales that would benefit the Class of '45 treasury.

After hearing aU of the discussions and conmients. President Don Brooks appointed a committee of three classmates to write a Business Plan for presentation and vote at the March meeting on the Project as a Class of'45 project.

Conmients from classmates, pro and con, are welcome and wiU be considered at ffie class luncheon in March. Email your comments to: Don Brooks.

Our president mailed 43 invitations to the February Sweetheart Class Luncheon to class widows. Though we expect only eight or nine to attend, it is always nice to see as many as possible.

LOOK AUVE WITH '45!

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 7% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 62% PRES: VADM C.H. Griffiths, USN (Ret.) 7101 Bay Front Drive, Apt. 111, Annapolis, MD 21403 H: 410-263-0880 E: chuckgriffidis01@comcast.net VICE PRES.: CAPT A. E.White, USN (Ret.) E: WHIZZER0923@AOL.COM TREASURER: CAPTWils EEngel,USN (Ret.) 6807 Rosewood St.,Annand.ile,VA 22003 H: 703-256-5832; E: wengel@belladanocnet SECY: Clete KenneUy 7911 Sleaford PI, Bethesda, MD 20814-4625 H: 301-65-1-7315; E: budkennelly@aol.com C O R R . SECY: CAPT Ed EUis, USN (Ret.) 5229 Barstow St., 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: www.usna.com/classes/1946

DEFENDIRESPUBUCAM ADOLESCENS, NON DESERAM SENEX Our Sixty Two and a Half ReurUon on the Columbia River on the QUEEN OF THE WEST, May 27 to 3 June 2007 is Sold Out. As of December 18,2006, we had booked 64 of the ship's 142 cabins and only one cabin had not been reserved. Subsequendy, that cabin was reserved by two more of our Classmates.

So now we have booked 65 cabins.That comes to 45.77% of aU cabins which is very clsoe to our magic number. The foUowing should be added to the Usts of participants contained in previous Columns: Bob Gorton (5); Avery and Ace Jones (5); (Vivian Ersner andWiUiam Mass AreUa); Ken Lyons (14); Judy and Paul Ratte (15); Robert WilUamson, son of Shirley WiUiamson; and our most recent bookers Joe Dolan (12) and Dick Richardson (19).

I'm StiU waiting for some more Sea Stories. In the meantime and most fortunately, 1 have another one with a

different twist. In the 1947 WESTPAC Tour of Hawkins (DDR 873) and MYLES C FOX (DDR 829), a scheduled 9 month deployment, the July Hong Kong visit was interrupted by a typhoon evasion sorties. During that night we received an SOS from grounded British passenger finer with 1800 people on board. I was the First Lt in HAWKINS and a very busy day was forthcoming.

When we arrived on the scene a British dispatch ship (similar in size to a DE) which had arrived before us had already placed an officer and a smaU team on board the Uner to organize and control the evacuation of the survivors. The Uner with a pronounced starboard list was firmly aground on a rocky pinnacle She could not launch her port Ufeboats because of the Ust and could not launch her starboard Ufeboats because of the heavy sea breaking on that side.

Consequently, the evacuation had to be done using the whaleboats from the destroyers and the smaU boat from the dispatch ship. Fortunately, this group was augmented by a motorboat from a Chinese merchantman which joined us. A Russian merchantman joined us a Uttle later and provided several rowboats.

However, she anchored several mUes away and her master would not come closer because he did not have the appropriate charts. AU boats except the Russian's evacuated survivors to their own ships. The Russian rowboats evacuated survivors to the close in ships. I noticed that the first load of survivors which came to HAWKINS seemed to have English speakers and I enUsted their help in getting the names of the survivors as they came aboard. I provided comfortable chairs, an awning and refreshments. This way we identified 3 chUdren without parents: however, one found his parents in HAWKINS. I stationed some of my men among the survivors to provide Assistance and told our English speaking assistants that they were there to provide help including directions to the bathrooms.

When I found out that many of the survivors had not eaten in at least 24 hours, I got the Supply Officer to break out canned fish and cook rice for them.

This effort didn't work out very weU because our food turned out to be too rich for them. We did provide potable water for aU. EventuaUy, we took on board about 600 survivors. By late afternoon when everyone had been evacuated from the liner, we aU got underway headed for

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Hong Kong. We found out that the only significant personnel casualty was the death of one passenger from a heart attack and that aU other injuries were minor However, the ship was in bad shape: the huU was spUtting as the stern moved up and down in the sea. Sparks occasionaUy appeared where the steel sides ground against each other Our survivors in HAWKINS were on the top of our deck house and the fantaU. The Captain had put me in charge of our survivors and so I circulated around them and talked with some. They were particularly fascinated by our speed. None of them had ever been on a ship which traveled at 20 knots. After awhUe when I went to the wardroom for a cup of coffee I found the Chief Engineer of the Uner there by himself. He was the only ship's officer we had on board. During the course of our conversation he mentioned that he had worked in Yokohama from 1919 untU 1938 when he left Japan and went to sea. The name of the company where he worked sounded famUiar so 1 asked him if he had known any of the HeUn brothers. When he said that he had known aU of them, I told him that one of them,JuUus was my uncle and asked if he remembered his wife Betty. He said : "Yes" and I told him that she was my mother's sister Then I asked him if he might remember my mother even though she had left Japan in 1921. We talked some more and eventuaUy he decided that he had met my mother At this point, I tried my trump card and asked if he could recaU my father who had been the Port Superintendent for the DoUar Lines in those days. He was less sure of this but felt certain that they had met because the foreign community in Yokohama was quite smaU. I had to resume my visit to our survivors and wished him: "Good Luck and Smooth SaiUng" I didn't see him again. When I returned to San Francisco and told my parents about this encounted, my mother was quite certain that she remembered him. Even though my mother tried to coax my father's memory he wasn't sure. Nevertheless, it's a amazigly smaU world.

I deeply regret to report the deaths of the foUowing members of the Class FamUy: B Delavan Rawlins "DeUy" Bowen, the wife of Alva Matdey Bown (10) died of cancer in her home in AnnapoUs, MD, on December 25,2006. She was born in Annapolis in 1925 and had graduated from Hood CoUege in 1946. She and Al

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were married in January 1947 and then accompanied him to his duty stations on both the east and west coasts and on shore duty in Key West, Durham, NC, Norfolk and Arlington,VA. After Al completed his 30 year naval career, the couple lived in McLean,VA and moved to AnnapoUs in 1978. She and her mother became the first mother-daughter members of the BooUovers Club. She was active in a number of organizations including the Navy Wives Club and the International Club of Annapolis and had been a Ufe member of the Caritas Society of St. John's CoUege. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her daughter, JuUa, a son, Gerald, a brother and five grandchUdren. Private services wUl be held at a later date in AnnapoUs. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of the Chesapeake, 445 Defense Highway, AnnapoUs, MD 21401.

OnUne condolences may be made to wwwjohnmtaylorfuneralhome.com. H John FrankUn Hokon, 84, (NG) died on December 1,2006 at the Life Care Center of Idaho FaUs, ID. Frank served in USS ARIZONA before attending the Naval Academy After USNA, he attended the Merchant Marine Academy, eventuaUy becoming a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the Merchant Marine. After leaving the Merchant Marine he worked as a mechanical engineer for several companies associated with nuclear power His first wife, Lucy Robinson died in 1995.

He married Rebecca Sanders, the widow of a close chUdhood friend in 1997.

In additiona to Rebecca he is survived by five chUdren, five grandchUdren and six great grandchUdren and six great grandchUdren.

WaUace M. Riggs (4) died from lung problems not related to emphysema on December 20,2006 in the Army Residence in San Antonio, TX. He wiU be buried with fuU mUitary honors in a cemetery north of San Antonio where his youngest son is buried. Chuck Grojean (1) wUl represent the Class at the services.

He is survived by his wife. Rose Marine, and according to Class records a son and 5 grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made in WaUy's name to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society.

Roberta Dowse Walker, the former wife of Dan Walker (1) died on December 15,2006 from colon cancer in her Deerfield, IL home. She and Dan raised a fmily of seven children, first in Chicago and then in Deerfield after 1958.

According to her son she had been active in Dan's campaign for governor and as the governor's wife traveled on trade missions to South America and the Far East. She is survived by three sons, four daughters, 22 grandchUdren and 3 great grandchUdren.

The sympathies of the Class are extended to the survivors of the foregoing members of our famUy. Please refer to Last CaU for the obituaries of our Classmates.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 8% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 7 1 % 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@erols.com TREASURER: CAPT Francis J. Readdy, USN (Ret.) 6251 Old Dominion Dr.,Apt. 153 McLean.VA 22101 H: 703-534-5154 E: readdy§@msn.com

"DO IT NOW" DEPARTMENT Assuming you have received this issue of Shipmate around the first of February, you should have received a letter from Jim Doyle and Nick Nicholson about six weeks ago, urging you to contribute NOW to the completion of the Class's obligation toward renewal of the Naval Academy Museum. The letter contained everything needed for you to understand the project and to react as promptly and as generously as possible.

To those of you who have already responded — thank you! — it's what we have come to expect of our Class!

If you are stUl dithering about it — kindly get off the dime and DO it — it's taking you too long!

If you for any reason decided against it — please reconsider. You may weU have contributed monetarily to the welfare of the Naval Academy before, but not since our creation of the bronze crests over the doors of Alumni HaU has the CLASS — as opposed to the Foundation — asked for your help.

If you need forther information, ask — the phone and emaU numbers appear in the masthead of this column. Let's get 'er done!

SIXTYTWOANDA HALF! Yes, we wUl! In response to a number of questions and urgings on the subject, we have decided to go ahead with a Classoriented cruise in the late Summer or early FaU of 2008. The whole affair wUl be planned for enjoyment, informaUty, and comfort of— dare we say it? — senior citizens of good taste! We are stUl

working on details, and wiU announce ffiem as soon as firmed up, including exact dates and cost. Note ffiat interested individuals wiU participate — ffie Class itself wiU have no financial responsibUity.

Your Scribe, violating ffie old stricture against volunteering for anything, wiU start it up, ffien hand over ASAP to a professional travel agent, who wiU ffiereafter do aU ffie ffirty work. Stand by for further word!

FINAL HONORS The Class now mourns ffie loss of ffiree more of our number: Hal Leon "Rabbit" Curry, Donald Kent Skinner, and Walter Thurston Pate, Jr. died during recent weeks. Their fuU obituaries wUl appear in "Last CaU" as early as can be arranged.

AdditionaUy, we share ffie grief of Wade Foy, whose beloved wife Raymonde has passed away, and of Kaye Kiddoo, who recendy lost his wife, Ann. EspeciaUy painfiU was Dan BaUey's loss of his wife Virginia, foUowed only two days later by ffie accidental deaffis m a catastrophic household foe of boffi Virginia's broffier Col. Norman WUlcox USMCR and his wife Trintje, a couple weU-known to many of our Tidewater Classmates.

THE MAIL BUOY From Bob George in CaUfomia: I "Just a note to let you know we have moved to La Costa Glen, a retirement community in Carlsbad, CA. Rather than a change of address postcard, I wanted . . . to express thanks for the defficated work on the column.

Rupert Brooke and Betty Lou came by this week for lunch and to see our new abode. Rupe and I shared a stateroom in BOXER (CV-21) back m 1947-48, and we have smce then seen a good bit of each other during Navy years and beyond. He and I stUl have a monthly breakfast with Herk Camp '46. We used to be part of a tennis foursome with Bobby Howe. I was the first to drop out — torn rotator cuff and vision problems.

Our son and his famUy have moved into our house in Solana Beach, and we are now instaUed here in Carlsbad. AU best wishes. Bob" H From Dan Mahoney in Texas: • This one isn't a quoted letter, but we received a note enclosing a "proud grandpa" - type photo which we reproduce below, and this seemed Uke a good chance to recaU a '47 'inside joke'!

In the photo: At Whiting Field, Pensacola, from left to right are Dan's sonin-law, Steve Ford Sr, his newly-winged grandson ENS Steve Ford,Jr, and proud grandparents Beverly and Dan Mahoney on the occasion of young Dave's receiving his wings and assignment to HSC-3 at San Diego. We congratulate the new Naval Aviator.

But this is also the first good photo we've had in years of Bev, which gives us the chance to recaU to you the famous "sub rosa" photo apparendy made of her in Bancroft's messhaU — in white works — see page 31 of our 40th Yearbook!

Does any other Class have a record of such an accompUshment? No? As always — Best on the Severn! •

They, in turn, sold her to some prominent RepubUcans in California, who hired me to take her to Washington, where they proposed to return her to newly-elected President Reagan as his Presidential yacht. I agreed, went to South Florida with a crew, and headed up the Intracoastal Waterway ,but got two days out and received a message from the RepubUcan group in Washington that they wanted nothing to do with SEQUOIA! I left her at a commercial marina down on Maine Avenue in Washington whUe the two bickering groups tried to reach an agreement. After several trips back and forth, including saffing SEQUOIA to the celebration of the defeat of CornwalUs atYorktown (where Reagan did stop by in his Umousine to view us from dockside, but didn't come aboard), also took her up the Hudson River to celebrate the anniversary of FDR's birth (notables aboard included his son John Roosevelt).

The indecision on SEQUOIA'S status led me to part company. Since then she's gone through several ownerships, and last 1 heard she's for hire to anyone for cruises on the Potomac." H

YACHTING HISTORY Classmate Jim Chapman provided us with an update on his activities from the 80's on. Here's a particularly interesting segment:

'47 LOGO ONUNE! For those of you who have access to the internet, we have opened a new opportunity for you to shop for clothing and other merchandise bearing your Class logo. As of last month (and principaUy due to a nudge by "Clem" Clement!) we have registered our '47 Crest with the operators ofThe Alumni Store, a cooperative activity ofThe Alumni Association with a speciaUzed contractor To get there on the net, go to <www .usna.com> , navigate to SHOP, then navigate to ALUMNI STORE. If you need help on the above, just ask a grandkid — they'U know! 10% of aU sales are rebated to the appropriate Class treasury.

QUICKTAKES Received a cal from Phil Baylor, who had recently returned with wife Martha from two weeks in Costa Rica , and highly recommends that beautiful country (see below!)... Bo Heininger (stiU on the binnacle Ust at New Year's), received a New Year's card from his correspondent EuchiYamashita of the Japanese Naval Academy's 75th Class, as I did from their CAPTYasuo Uesaka. Yamashita included photos of the dogwoods planted by our Class in 1987, and the new commemorative plaque instaUed with them last year.

Some of the trees suffered typhoon

H " Upon his election to the Presidency, Classmate Jimmy Carter declared no interest in using the old Presidential yacht SEQUOIA (AG-23), so it was sold off and purchased by a group of entrepreneurs in South CaroUna, who in turn hired me to set it up as a historic tourist attraction. I made a trip to Washington, researched files in BUPERS and the Navy Photo Center, and obtained copies of photos of presidents and other notables aboard SEQUOIA as weU as copies of the deck logs during her presidential years.

The information was used to make up static displays and a movie showing the VIPs (Herbert Hoover, Brezhnev, FDR, etc.) enjoying themselves aboard SEQUOIA and this movie was shown to ticket purchasers before they were escorted through the yacht. We set her up at a mooring in North Myrtle Beach, and the venture was weU-received during the summer season, but on a year-round basis was not self-sustaining, so I saUed her to Florida, where she was auctioned off to the highest bidders.

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At47's San Diego Army-Navy party, MCAS Miramar: Bernie Bandish and Lillian Cummlngs

At the Army-Navy party in San Diego: Marilyn Richards and Jack Richter

Miramar Army-Navy party: Hosts Walt and Margo Krstich checking in a Classmate â&#x20AC;&#x201D;presumably Bill Patton, the back of whose head is in the foreground

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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 7% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 59% SECY: CDR Sumner K. Moore, USN (Ret.) 308 Mansion Dr., Alexandria,VA 22302 P: 703-549-8739; E: Sk48moore@aol.com WEB SITE: usna.com/classes/1948

The January Class luncheon feU on the 12'*^ at the Army Navy Country Club. It was an unseasonable lovely day and we posted a good crowd. Nothing special was scheduled. The food was fine and plentifol and the feUowship was outstanding. There with wives were Graham, Carruth, Reed, VUlarreal, R C Smith, Munly, Cab Davis, Buhrer,Tony Duncan, Fry, Harkins, O'Connor, Bartow, Rasmussen, and Beggs. Singles were George SuUivan, Morgan, Eddie Welch, Olson, Sumner Moore, Bob Ghormley, Andrus, Sisson, Dottie Shockey, and Rosemary Hogg.

These gatherings continue to be a great success and work fine no matter what special add-ons may be scheduled. In March, second Friday, 1130, at the ANCC, wiU include mids from the 24'-" Company, always popular and fon.You need a reservation with Dave Carruth (emaU, SLIPSTK@aol.com).

You wUl see this covered elsewhere in the magazine, but it needs to be heralded here. Tom Hayward has been selected among this year's group of Distinguished Graduates, which is richly deserved and most appropriate. The Class hereby congratiUates Tom and we hope many wiU to be able to gather at the USNA on March 30,1600, when the presentation wUl be held. Invitations wUl be sent locaUy, but those outside the general AnnapoUs area wiU need to contact the USNA DGA Action Officer, Andrea CampbeU, for a formal invitation, 410-295-4010.

Don Buhrer reports that CharUe Held has completed his rehab stint at the nursing home and is estabUshed back at home in good shape after the grandpa of aU surgeries on his back. Don says CharUe stood up, looked him in the eye, and gave a proper plebe brace. AU hands give thanks.

In the December column, we provided an update on the 48 Gate-1 area as reported by our man on the scene, PhU Rogers.The Supe indicated interest in our various concerns, and PhU has been in touch with the current key person on the Supe's staff: B " I had a great meeting with Sara Henson, the new Director of Academy Projects on December 20. ShefiUsa new position direcdy under the Superintendent.

She is a registered architect and wUl be a

major player in any major Yard consttuction.We had a lengthy discussion of Gate One in which I provided her with some history going back to 1985, when we first started planning and raising money, as weU as the rebuUding, which occurred in 1994 when the Visitors Center was buUt. Miss Henson was most interested in providing assistance towards generaUy improving our Class Project within the new gate. We discussed various changes which seemed reasonable and possible. She is going to attempt to have these approved and in place by Graduation in '07.1 wUl keep everyone posted as things develop." M Unfortunately, I am stiU heavily involved in chemotherapy for bladder cancer, which has required time in CharlottesviUe at the U ofVirginia Hospital, and a lot of travel. We beUeve the Lord's heaUng support and appreciate aU the forther support and prayers offered in our behalf Hence, this column is short, and there are items I wUl work into the next one. yj

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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.) 1800 Old Meadow Rd.,Apt 405 McLean,VA 22102 P: 703-556-3918; F: 703-351-5864 E: rmghormIey@msn.com

SECRETARY NOTE; E-maU system working again after two weeks down over the hoUdays.Three hundred -I- messages now cleared. Note current E-mail addresses.

Biggest news is that our 60*" reunion wdU be held at the Sheraton Hotel in AnnapoUs the weekend of 26 Sep 2009 (Wake Forest game).

Athletic Association has signed a contract, so we have a firm date.

Plans are for arrival Thursday, odds and ends Friday, game and ditmer Saturday, and depart Sunday.

WASHINGTON -ANNAPOUS The Washington area held its annual Christmas Luncheon at the Army-Navy Country Club (courtesy Jack Benoit) on 6 Dec 2006. Attendees included Lois ALVIS.John and Flo BARROW, Bart and Jackie BARTHOLOMEW, BUI and Maureen BENNETT, Jack and Rosemarie BENOIT, BiU and Jane BLACK, Bob and Helen BRADY, BUI and Betty CALLAGHAN, Chariotte CAPONE, Rick and Lee CLAYTOR, Chet DAVIS, Al and Nancy FROST,

Ralph and Marlene GHORMLEY. BUI GEOWEY. BUI and Bettv GUTHRIE. Steve and Marviou KRAUSE. Grah.im LEONARD.John and Helen Warren Vosseler & Class President Hal METCALF. Mon Tipton andAdaUnen NEELY, Gene REIHER Paul and MmU RIEGERT, Cal and EUeen ROBERTS. Robert ad Cauda SMITH. SUm and Helen SOMERVILLE, Pete and DeEne SWANSON. Hal TIPTON.Vbss and Ursida VOSSLER |im and Janet WATKINS, Dick and Helen WOLFORD. and Barkley and PesHv WOOD.

Class of '49 Xmas Luncheon, ANCC 12 Dec 06: Mort Neely, Al Frost Bill Goewey, & Jack Benoit

Chet Davis, Bob Brady & Bark Wood

L-R: Carolyn and Bill STUU, Elliott SCHUMAN and Eileen Klein, Dodo and Paul LARIC, Claire and Charlie DIBENEDITTO, Mickey and Bill WYNNE Don and Phyllis LISTER, Richard and Bobbie GLICKMAN, Jan and TedANNENBERG

NEWYORK Braving near zero temperatures and icy winds, the NY area FortyNiners and their ladies gathered at the WUUams Club on 8 Dec for the annual Christmas dinner The gala affair included an exceUent menu and Ubations. Uvely conversation, and much gloating over Navy's victory over Army and the mvitation to the Meineke Bowl in Charlotte, NC. Tom Parsons sent on the foUowing: "The semiannual Foundation to an exceUent opportunity for 49ers to gather, remimsce, eat,, be briefed by the Superintendent, see a footbaU game, and eat some more.

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The Washington-AnnapoUs group gaffiered for luncheon 9 January at ffie Army Navy Country Club. Present were BARTHOLOMEW, BENOIT, BLACK, CLAYTOR, DRAIM, GEOWEY, GHORMLEY, GRABOWSKY, HELBIG, NEELY, REIHER, RIEGERT, ROBERTS, SWANSON, VOSSELER, WOLFORD. In case some of you are wondering, the 60'- Yearbook shoiUd go this way: 1) classmate or widow writes the input; 2) sends it to John Bacon; 3) sends $25 to Mick McDonald; 4) awaits its arrival in the maU. Don DahUnan is in the Seaside Care FacUity Rm #106. He has diffictUty taUcing , but would appreciate "Get WeU" cards. His address is: Donald A. DahUnan, 761 AlUance Drive, Apt 317,Virginia Beach,VA 23454-7355.

John Bacon reports from France: H "Liz and I have just returned from a month in France, the main purpose of which was to explore new territory and continue working on our French.We cUd the former — saw the invasion beaches for the fost time, a night on Mt-St. Michel, ran into the French national boat show in La RocheUe on one of two nights we had no reservation, and drove 50 KM to rectify my carelessness in having no bunk.

"We had six nights with French friends where we did actuaUy use our French. Most of our lodging was in a gite (self service flat) in the Dordorgne.We had a great time exploring the caves of our predecessors, figuring that Ufe in a castie would have been no joy, and talking in French with fishing people about trout fishing in France. The good news is that we carried no fishing gear, having discovered before leaving that the fishing season is just ending.

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skiing and a Utde of the Ufe of Paris. Why are we doing this at this late date? I have no idea except that it's fon.

"Essays are conUng in from the class.

It's fon to hear from everyone in this manner. The responses and format are aU over the lot. We'U have a good interesting, eclectic book." I LOSSES. RADM WILLIAM A. ARMSTRONG (SC) USNR died 31 Dec 2006. Born in 1925, he attended Navy pre-ffight school before entering the Academy. On graduation he completed Supply Corps School and then served in USS ZELLARS (DD777) during ffie Korean War. He then served at NAS Mempfos and Coco Solo, CZ before joining the Naval Reserve in 1955. He took an MBA at Harvard, then worked in the new field of business leasing, mosdy in Pennsylvania. He was a fimess zealot, participating in aU manner of sports, and finished the Naval Parachute Course at 58. He completed the Marine Corps Marathon and the Honolulu Marathon within one month at age 75.

Wiffi his first wife, he raised 4 daughters and a son. In 1999 he remarried and moved to St. Louis, where he renewed boyhood acquaintances. In Ueu of flowers, the family requests donations in his name to the Naval Academy Foundation, P > 0 > Box 64740, Baltimore, MD 21264-4740. His foneral service was at the USNA Chapel at 1000 16 Feb 2007, with inurnment at the Naval Academy Columbarium.

CDR. EUGENE HUNDLEY PILLSBURY USN (Ret) died 28 Dec 2006 in BoonevUle, NC after an extended UUiess. He served in Korea and after retiring he served as a Naval Architect throughout the world, setffing in Gaffinburg,TN before joining his daughter in BoonevUle. He was an EpiscopaUan a cook, a reader and a classic music fan.

Mary Jane Qaney) MUler Stoddard, widow of our classmate Cdr. C W Stoddard who was kUled in Vietnam in 1966 and memorialized in Adanta 26 May 2005, ffied 25 November 2006 after a long and courageous batde with multiple myeloma. She always claimed that her greatest triumph (other than raising 6 chUdren as a widow) was being crowned Miss Adanta and being the first national contestant to win the talent contest by singing an opera aria and bathing suit competitions.The famUy requests that in lieu of flowers contributions should be sent to the International Myeloma

Foundation, 12650 Riverside Drive, Suite 206, North HoUywood, CA 91607.

PAUL GRIEG LEGROS died 1 Sep 2006. He served as a CEC officer until he resigned from ffie Navy and worked as a Professional Engineer CHANGES NAME—CHANGE John Barrow—E-maU:jfirankb49(§ comcast.net Kurt Dorenkamp—^E-maU: kdoren2(g earthUnk.net Tom Parsons—E-mail:TOMNALYCE@ aol.com NOTHING COULD BE FINER THAN TO BEA FORTY-NINER! ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 5% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 67% PRES: VADM Thomas J. Bigley USN (Ret.) 1329 Carpers Farm Way. Vienna. VA 22180 H: 703-759-2996 E: vadmtjb@aol.com CHIEF FUND RAISER: J. Richard Powell Jr. 8123 DunsinaneCt. McLean.VA 22102 H: 703-893-4583 or 866-859^362 EXEC. SECY: Larry Hawkins 3916 Linda Ln..Annandale.VA 22003 H: 703-573-4256; F: 703-573-1661 (callfiist) E: llhawkinsl@juno.com C O R R . S E C Y : CAPT Wayne L. Jensen, USN (Ret.) 499 SkyhiU Ct.. Chula Vista. CA 91910 H: 619—121-6756; E: \vayneljensen@co.\.net WEBMASTER: Col John C. Akin, USAF (Ret.) E: bojac@earthlink.net WEB SITE: http://usna50.8k.com

Alan Angleman '77 reports ffiat his faffier, CorneU, or as we know him. Corky, continues to enjoy Ufe in a retirement community in Evans GA. Alan works as a study director for the National Research CouncU having spent his active duty tours in submarines. The two Anglemans' got together on theYorktown CUpper, a smaU cruise ship, saffing Alaska's inner passage during September. They had 40 Naval Academy alumni, wives and friends with them so a good occasion was even more enjoyable.

SaUy and Chuck MuU ai-e now seffied at a new address, 10 Meadowbrook Rd., Brunswick, ME. 04011.

Regional Meetings In AnnapoUs on 5 January ffiey managed to gather: Jerry Coleman,John Henderson, Rex Kilbourn, Ed McLean, Tom Rogers, Tom Ross, PhU Ryan, and Daryle Tripp. AU commented on the effects of the cold and the anticipation of paying for the unusual imld weather ffiey had had to date. The "Dark Ages" were setded on the members of ffie Class of 1950 and ffiey beUeved they would just

have to see it ffirough vviffiout too much complaining. The wrn-out in San Diego at ffie board room of ffie Coronado Goff Club reflected ffie mind set of AnnapoUs in that on 5 January ffiey could assemble onlv ffie few who could ignore ffie Dark Ages svTidrome. namely: BiU Grinmi.

Mark Frudden, Dick Smiffi. Dick Martin.

Hank Hancock. Dean French. Faye and Don EUiott. Helen and Gene Wisenbaker, and Debby and BiU Martin. MeanwhUe m ffie San Francisco Bay area ffie "50 group met once again at ffie Pleasanton Hotel wiffi: Maurv" Condit.Jmi Kennedy. Dick Landes.Jim Lytde and Joe Pausner plus wives. This was a reasonable gaffiermg for ffie 4ffi ofJanuarv- and a return to normalcy after ffie HoUday Season. In ffie Washington D.C. environs ffiey were saving.'TuU speed ahead for 2007" and wished aU in ffie Class wffierever located a most heartv" welcome to ffie New Year in ffie spirit of ffie Golden Year ffiat is ffie Class of'50.They had at ffieir meeting on ffie 4ffi ofJanuary: Fred Beck. BUI Diehl, Darvie Tripp, Howrard Portnoy.John Greenwood Tom Bigley, Larry- Hawkins, Frank Sterner. BiU Smoot, Bob Shultz, Tom Rogers, Tom Ross, BUI Kiehl, Bob Monroe, BUI Simons, John McNaUy Dick PovveU. Marsh Treado, John Nolan and BUI Rockey.

Losses.

Rip Van Kleeck reports ffiat his wife, Caffiy, ffied on 4 December 2006 after a long bout wiffi Alzheimer's. She was cremated and wiU be mumed at ffie USNA Columbarium. Survivors m addition to Rip are daughter, Mary, and son, David.

Captain James R.Wilkins of AimapoUs died of heart faUure on 13 December 2006 at Anne Arundel Meffical Center.

Jim earned a doctor of engmeering degree in naval architecture from U.C. Berkelev". In Washington he was program manager of advanced warship design.

Until ffie time of his deaffi he served to improve Navy shipbuUdmg technology and procedures. A memorial service was held on 18 December at ffie EvangeUcal Presbyterian Church of AnnapoUs with burial on 19 December in Orient Congregational Cemetery in Orient Long Island. NY. Survivors are his wife, Betsy, sons, James R. Ill, and David and daughter, Susan, and 10 grandchUdren.

Beat Army, Wayne.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 4% LIFE MEMBERSFOP: 68% PRES: VADM EA."A1" Buikhaker Jr., USN (Ret.) 206 King George St.,Annapolis.MD 21401 P: 410-263-3055; E: eburkh@aol.com VICE PRES: CAPT Thomas A. Boyce, USN (Ret.) 3717 Camge House Ct., Ale.xandria.VA 22309-2709; P: 703-780-7525 C O R R . SECY: CAPT H.T."Beau" Dietrich, USN (Ret.) 9508 Wood>- Ln., Great Falls.VA 22066 P: 703-759-50tl6; E: Beau9pnt5@aol.com TREAS: CAPT John L."Jay"Woodbury Jr., USN (Ret.) 7515 Comidi Dr..Ale.\andna,VA 22306-2503 H: 703-768-3848; E: jaywoodl@cox.net WEB SITE ww%Kuaia51.coni

13 . Ever since Bob Rentigen wrote "I Uke you very much" in the sands of Ligomer Beach to Patty Cunmngham, she has been the "JOY' of his Ufe. Her Ufe brought joy, kindness, love,, and generosity to many others.

Around the Class, Around the World: Our roving reporter Jack HaiTulton_

I In November Suzanne and Jack HamUton traveled to North CaroUna to see his sister in Chapel HUl, and spent the mght vvith BiU A. Smith in Cary, near Raleigh. BUI is a retired N C State "Hi few, we happy few, we band Professor, and they had dirmer at the of brothers"—WiUiam Shakespeare, school's University Club. BUI is a great King Henry V Navy fan, and they shared taUgates m Chapel HiU some years ago for Norffi President's Coroner: CaroUna-Navy footbaU games, with ffie "By ffie time you are readmg this you Latimers, Gambkes, Mel Cunnmghams, should have received a questionnaire fixDm Duncans, Paddocks and Rapps. In ffie Bob Adler and his Future Events pic, BiU and Jack at the Smith homestead.

ComnUttee asking for your response to In December ffie HamUtons drove possible meeting locations/events for to CUnton NY, near Utica for the memoenjoying a few days togeffier We are rial service for David L. "Jesse" James, anxious to hear from aU interested parties, who ffied in November, and whose wife so please respond soonest so ffiat Bob and Dorothy "Doe" ffied last June. At ffie servhis gang can move forward wiffi ffieir ice Jack spoke about Academy days, how planning. They have come up wiffi some Dave met Doe for an Academy weekend, great possibUities. Regardmg our '51 "I" and earUer memories. Dave's chUdren day reunions m June commemorating ffie held a memorable service, and foUowed 60th anmversary of our indoctrination, vvith a famUy gathermg that mght • you wiU be hearing from us soon regarding times and place in your area.

WEST COAST DOINGS. Stay mned. Al" Andy Kremm writes — "USNA 5Lcom".

H On a splenffid faU October day, our Sam Cinder has been working dUigendy monthly lunch meeting was held m on our Class Web Site, with monthly picmc format, laffies mvited, on ffie updates to keep the news fresh. He gready shores of Mission Bay. We lunched on appreciates text material and photos.

Subways, drank wine, told sea stories, and Remember, the web site is not limited as held our monthly meetmg. Before breakto length of articles or number of photos ing up, we remembered how to as is ffie Shipmate column. Send material hup-hup-ho for left over food and drink. to Sam at: samginder(@comcast.net Classmates visiting Southern CaUfomia Farewell: are enthusiasticaUy invited to join us for Perusing the In Memoriam section of the lunch on ffie fburffi Tuesday of each monffi.

January 2007 issue of MUitary Officer we For fifteen years the West Coast group were saddened to note the passing of has saluted our first president on his birth WUUam "Bm"Winberg m . day, 22 Februar)^.

We do this at a gala social Late word just in tells that we have and dinner at ffie San Diego Yacht Club. also lost Charles B. Duke, Jr., who AU classmates , and famUy and friends are passed away m November in Tucson. corffiaUy mvited Contact Andy Krenmi at CharUe leaves behind many friends abd (619)-758-1507 or e: jeanandy@cox.net relatives who enjoyed his sense of humor, to attend our San Diego Chapter's mtegrity, honesty, and persistence, but premiere event of the year. H mosdy his kindness given freely to aU..

An e-maU from John D. Dungnan,Jr. SPRING FUNG - EAST COAST. confomed that his mother,Jesse Lloyd After a hiams of one year ('55 Reumon), Dungan ffied in November in Santa the Annapolis/Washington Group vviU Cruz. She ffied of a broken heart after the renew the annual Spring FUng dinner loss of her life long parmer of 56 years. dance at the Army Navy Country Club.

Patticia (Cunmngham) Reintgen of The date is set for late Saturday 21 April,.

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DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE Great news. Word has just come out ffiat Ralph Hooper has been named a DistingLUshed Graduate. He joins BiU Lawrence and Kin McKee finm our class.

The ceremony wiU held on 30 March in Alumni HaU. Special seating is being reserved for ffie class. We hope you can join us.

CORRECTION. Last month's edition had an article about JOE GRACE and his bride to be joining him in Cleveland during our second class summer air cruise. A photograph of Joe and Joanie submitted for the column was inadvertently omitted . A thousand "go-mens". Subject photo is attached to this edition .

That's aU for now. Please keep those letters & photos cormng. God Bless, Al Raithel ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 4% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 6 1 % PRES: RADM William J. Ryan, SC, USN (Ret.) E: wjr52@verizon.net SECY: CAPT Leigh Ebbert, USN (Ret.) 9046 Belvoir Woods Parkway Fort Belvoir,VA 22060-2714 E: lebbert@verizon.net WEBMASTER: RD. Sierer E: pdsierer@earthlink.net CLASS WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/class52/Default.httn

Welcome to Spring! We enjoyed the Washington D.C. - AnnapoUs gathering at the Congressional Country Club for the Sweetheart Brunch, and are looking forward to the SS*-" Reunion in September. I have been looking at our class web site more often, and find lots of good things. For example, there are additional pictures of the Hawaiian Rendezvous. Thanks, Pay, for your efforts.

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Jim Nunneley tells about the Hawaiian Rendezvous 2006, â&#x20AC;˘ "Forty-two classmates, wives, girl friends and a few relatives gathMemorial service at the Punchbowl ered in Hawaii in early November to celebrate the Class of'52 Honolulu Rendezvous. The rendezvous was the brainchUd of Lee Holmes, Harvey Gray, and BiU Ryan and had been in the planmng stage for nearly a year. Harvey and his wife, MerUyn, have Uved in Honolulu long enough to quaUfy as natives and are weU connected with the heavy hitters on Oahu.They did a marvelous job of arranging an interesting, educational and entertaining program for the attendees. Unfortunately, Joan and Lee Holmes had to cancel due to a medical emergency and were back in San Diego instead of being with us in Honolulu. The foUowing members of the USNA '52 fanUly participated in the rendezvous: Rita and Garnet BaUey, Alice and Cy Blanton, Sheilagh and Dick Coulter, Bobbie and Dick Denfeld, Lola and PK German, Judy and Walt Gragg, Merilyn and Harvey Gray, Marie and Joe Karbus with daughter, Barbara and Nick Liontas, Agnes and Ronnie Mathis, Nancy and BiU Maxson, Elena and Jim McGowan, Helen and Lou McMiUan, Frieda and Mel Meltzer, Muffie and Jim Nunneley, Mary-lin and BiU Ryan, Mark Tuzo with Pat Page plus brother PauITuzo ('51),Lynne and Jim Welch, and LiUian and Jim Wilson with Jim's brother and sister-in-law.

"Everything was perfectly arranged for our first night except no one remembered to bribe the weather gods. As a consequence, it rained on our parade at the Outrigger Canoe Club where our first-night ffinner was forced to move

inside rather than be held under the stars on the terrace as planned. No matter, we had an opportunity to meet and greet, get acquainted or reacquainted with our feUow rendezvous travelers. Navy blue and gold leis were presented to aU revelers so that aU would know that we were Navy. The good news was that the weather gods got most of the rain out of their system that first mght, less a Utde carryover the next mormng, and other than a occasional appearances of mist coming down from Diamond Head we had delightful weather for the remainder of our stay in Paradise.

"Thursday morning we walked across the Fort DeRussy mamcured grounds to the nearby Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies for an eye-opeiUng briefing by the retired Army four-star who leads the Center There is a great deal more cooperation among the numerous Pacific Rim countries than is reported back here on the mainland. That evening we enjoyed an Hawaiian Luau at the Hale Koa starting with a large pig being Ufted out of a pit where it had been roasting for hours, and foUowed by cocktaUs, dinner and a floor show. A view of the Luau is captured from Table 45. There was enough hip movement by the young dancers to keep aU of us old timers on the edge of our chairs wondering'how do they do that?'

"Friday, we journeyed to Pearl Harbor to visit the ARIZONA Memorial, MISSOURI, and BOWFIN.The local Navy and civic leaders have done a superb job of creating a special tribute to the men who gave their lives during the attack on Pearl Harbor as weU as those who later waged the successful war at sea in the Pacific. We were honored to have Admiral GARY ROUGHEAD ('73), Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, and Mrs. Roughead, join us for lunch, see picture. FoUowing lunch, the Admiral briefed us on the chaUenges our country faces in that part of ffie wodd.

Saturday we were exposed to a short course in Hawaiian history with tours of lolani Palace and Queen Emma's summer palace which seemed more like a retreat than a palace. That evening we were treated Uke royalty at the Oahu Country Club, again courtesy of the Grays who are long stanffing members. We were greeted with traditional Hawaiian floral leis. The entertainment consisted of a trio playing traditional Hawaiian music and a lovely dancer perfornUng with them.We were aU

enffinUled by her beautifiil interpretation of some of the native Hawaiian songs. To nierelv say that a good time was had by aU does not do the evening adequate justice.

It was an unforgettable evening and one of ffie high points of the rendezvous.

"Sunday was the last day of ffie organized rendezvous program and fimngly included a memorial service at the Punchbowl, the nUlitary cemetery on Oahu. Programs were ffisttibuted listing the names of aU classmates who are no longer vvith us. A Navy chaplain delivered a message very appropriate to the solenmitv of the occasion. The Punchbowl is a peacefol, beautifiU setting for a final resting place for servicemen and women. BUI Ryan is shown next to the bouquet. Then we returned to the Oahu Country Club for a fabulous brunch in our owTi private room overlooking ffie goU'course. The goffers in the group, Harvey Gray, Dick Denfeld and Lou McMiUan, were able to get in a couple of rounds, vvith MerUyTi joimng them for ffie second. The rest of us made Uke toured, mosdy by frequenting the Ala Moana MaU, which gets larger each time one visits Honolulu.

"Speaking of growing, sad to say that WaUdki is overrun with high-rise buUdings, each vying for a view of the ocean.

Donald Trump is domg his part by erecting a huge new high-rise with over 400 condos. If you hurry you may be able to be one of ffie early lucky buyers. Fort DeRussy is Uke an oasis in the desert. Let us hope that the developers are never able to lay their hands on it.

"At the conclusion of the Sunday bmnch at Oahu Country Club, Class Prez BiU Ryan presented the Grays a basket contaimng several bottles of wine as a token of our thanks for aU the effort they devoted toward making the rendezvous the resounding success it was. Thanks again to Harvey and MerUyn, and to Harvey, Lee and BUI who dreamed up the idea of a rendezvous in HawaU. Great idea!" • Thanks, Jim, check is in the maU!

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Judy and Tom in the stands

The Meineke Car Care Bowl is history.

A number of classmates attended the "World's Largest TaUgate" on 30 December "A great day except for the last few seconds of the game," commented BiU Ryan. Pictured at the Tailgate are: Boogie Strange, Dick Denfeld, BiU Deaton, Jim Nunneley, BiU Ryan and Pete Stark, and Judy Wanfried and Tom Thawley in the stands .

Dick PohU reports on the celebration of the Ufe of Henry R."Ric" Tombari held on the campus of CaUfornia State Umversity East Bay in November 2006. Both Ric and his wife Joan were professors at the University. Attending: Mac Moss, Hannah and CharUe Wiseman, Nancy and Jim McFeeters, Forest Firth, Dick PohU and OAO MarilynWUliams. Dick comments, • "The '52 contingent from the Bay area doesn't get together very often. We're spread from north of the Golden Gate Bridge to Carmel, some 150 miles.

"Nonetheless, a few of us did meet at the celebration. The audience was primarUy from the academic community. The University President and Joan spoke first, foUowed by feUow professors and exstudents. We learned about Ric's second career in education and the high esteem in which he was held by the educators.

It was evident Ric and Joan were gready respected for their teaching, for their accompUshments, and for the way they lived their lives.

AU five of us spoke and things Ughtened up a bit. We told of life at Annapolis and provided stories and anecdotes, combining vignettes provided by Curt Karvala, Pete Barry, Larry lannotti, George Price, and BiU Knutsen.

When we finished, the audience had learned about life at the Academy, Ric's glowing spirit, and despite his given name and nickname that his real name is 'Joe.' "An interesting sidelight that few know about. Joe was decorated with the Navy Marine Corps Medal for Heroism in Vietnam. His plane was shot down by the Viet Cong in 1969. Although badly injured, he was able to extricate a feUow passenger trapped in the wreckage and drag him to safety before the plane exploded. AU the whUe his own life was in great danger. I wonder if anyone else in our class has been awarded the Navy Marine Corps Medal?

"Although Joe was grievously injured in the crash, he was never awarded the Purple Heart. We are assisting Joan in correcting this omission." B Thank you, Dick, for this report.

Jim LoveU was a special guest at An Out of this World Go Navy! webbased radio show hosted by George Watt ('73) president and CEO of the Naval Academy Alumni Association & Foundation and Chris Murch ('83), president ofwsRadio.com, with a Unk-up to the International Space Station aired in December and featured interviews with current and former astronauts.

Vince Manara reports new members of the WiUowVaUey Chapter — Jan and Jack AUen from York, Pennsylvania.

The San Diego Chapter was officiaUy chartered on 3 January 2007.

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We were saddened to learn of the death of CAPT Gordon H. Jayne, USN (Ret.) on 11 January after a three-month Ulness. Memorial services were held on 24 January at the Naval Academy Chapel.

Inurnment was at the Naval Academy columbarium.

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Class 0/1952 55th Reunion Dates-.Thursday Sept 13â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Sunday Sept 16, 2007 Reunion Headquarters Hilton Doubletree Hotel, AnnapoUs, MD

Thursday, Sept 13: Arrivalâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Registration Hotel PM: Hospitality Suite Opens Evening No-Host Cocktails in Hospitality Suite

Friday, Sept 14: Registration Continues for New Arrivals Special events (Details in mail out): Chapel Memorial Service; State of the Yard Briefing (Superintendent/Commandant, Academic Dean, Athletic Director TBD); lunch TBD; Yard tours; golf and tennis tournaments; and, afternoon parade.

1800: Cocktails followed at 1900 by Class Banquet at Memorial Stadium Banquet Facility

Saturday, Sept 15: 1030: Tailgate at N/MC Memorial Stadium (Class of '53 Pavilion) 1330: Navy-Ball State Football Game Evening: Company/Battalion Parties

Sunday, Sept 16: Brunch at Hilton Doubletree Hotel Chapel Services As Desired (0900 Catholic Main Chapel/1130 St. Andrews Chapel.

0800 Protestant Main Chapel, 1100 Protestant Main Chapel Underway for Home

You should have received a mail-out with letter and registration form.

If you did not receive one, contact: Jean Martini, USNA Alumni Association Reunion Coordinator at (410) 295- 4015, or email: jean.martini@usna.com.

For more and up-date details see the Class of'52 web site: www.usna.com and then click on Class of 1952. Doug Payne can be contacted: (703) 549-5586, or at dougpayne@comcast.net.

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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 7% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 60% PRES; CAPT Christos Zirps, USN (Ret.) I'^iOToll Brinks Ct.. .\Iexandna.\'.\ 2231W-2447 SECY: Lt Col D a « d B. Jones, USAF (Ret.) 6708 Pagelatid La., Gaines\ine,V.'\ 20155 P: 70,V754-44>J2; E: djlockei@earthlink.net WEBMASTER: Paul Dudley E: pauldudle\ 53@eaithlink.net CLASS WEB SITE: www.usna53.org

Wt hope you aU had a verv- MerrvChrismras and ffiat we aU have a Healthy and Happy 2007. It gets a Utde scarv- realizing how qmckly ffie new century is moving right along. And it is reaUy hard to reaUze ffiat we aU started our PlebeYear fiftv- eight years ago. That is a long time! I have also been domg this column for a long time—23 years. I think Time goes fast vv hen one is having fon—or somethmg to ffiat effect.

The year almost ended on a high note as it looked Uke we would win ffie bowi game against Boston CoUege right up to ffie last moment (or tw-o). I had seen us lose to a Big. Fast Rutgers Team and I figured BC w-as almost as Big and Fast so I wasn't expecting much. Thus ffie first 58 plus minutes were verv- satisfving, but ffien we tumbled a pitchout and wound up losing ffie game. I'm sure Coach Johnson vviU ensure ffiat boffi he and ffie Team learn a lot liom ffiat occurrence.

I may have to stop asking you to pray for some of our suffering classmates. It seems that I must be waitmg too long.

Sadly, my requests for prayers comes too late and ffie Classmates ffie shordy after I have requested ffiem. It happened again.

The December column was vvxitten in Mid-October and ffiat was when I had learned ffiat 10 Company mate and good fiiend Mel HiUer was very Ul. Sadly, I have smce learned that Mel ffied on December 8 at his home m Seaford, Delaware. Survivors include his wife Jeanne, two chUffien Susan and Stephen and several grandchUdren. We send them aU our most smcere condolences. Mel was a good guy and wiU be missed.

Ann and D o n Ammerman have a new e-maU address. It is djausna53@ va.metrocast.net their postal address and phone number is unchanged.

Shipmate has informed that Classmate Irving L. (Irv) Voyer passed away on 26 December 2006. He was 76. His wife Kathleen predeceased him. Survivors include ffiree daughters and three grand chUdren. More irfformation is in ffie obimary which should be in The Last CaU

Section. Again, we send Irv's survivors our most sincere condolences.

Once in whUe good things come ttue.

This has happened to the Class of'53, primarUy through the verv' hard work of our Class President Chris Zirps. Many ye.irs ago at one of our major Reunions Bruce Ogden give a talk in Mem HaU concermng his struggle to get Classmates Frank Flood and Tom MitcheU's names enshrined on the Honor RoU in Mem HaU. The bureaucracy fought fos everv' attempt. Frank Flood was kUled vv hen the Chinese shot his plane down in ffie nUd fiffies and Tom MitcheU was shot by a Huk guerrUla in the Phffippines.

These were not in "Declared Wars", thus ffiey ffidn't meet ffie criteria for the Honor ScroU. Bruce almost went crazy vvith frustration. After Chris became ffie Class President he looked into ffie problem and started working from some different directions. The end result is that Chris got ffie Academy to agree that both names deserved being placed on the Honor ScroU and Chris has been informed ffiat this wUl be done in January of 2007. Bruce, in his letter to Chris says "You have accompUshed a monumental feat m less ffian 12 months time upon which some of us labored endlessly for a decade or more. It simply takes my breath away. I can hardly wait for that Class Ceremony in Memorial HaU." Neither can I, and the Class owes you, m Bruce's words agam,"A debt of gratimde that we can never begm to repay m kind. But wffienever any of us venmre mto Memorial HaU you can be assured that we wiU proceed direcdy to the Honor ScroU to confom vvith our own eyes that through your exttaorffinary determined efforts and superb professional skUl, justice has been served and our esteemed classmates have gamed the recogmtion that they so richly deserv^e." Bruce closed by noting that he knovv^s both Lois WUson and General Krulak join him in extendmg their most heartfelt thanks for a task "WeU Done", to our faithfol and persevermg shipmate. I truly enjoy this kind of news. Thanks Chris and thanks Bruce.You have both done the Class proud.

Jack Sinnott writes that back m October 2003 he and a retired feUovv patent attorney and Army Reserve Officer acquired a coUection of photographs taken in August, 1914 in the wake of the big German sweep toward Paris.

They spent about three weeks in Europe foUowing the route of the German Ffrst

and Second Arrmes as they executed their assigmnents under the SchUeffen Plan and they took comparative photos of ffie same locations as those locations now exist. The results of their Utde excursion were interesting and quite surprising. Their plan was to assemble the photos into a "coffee table" book. The World War I opening campaign in the West, however, became almost an obsession vvith them and when ffiey were fimshed, they had afiiUscale book on their hands. The fitU tide of the book is "To Paris! Then and Now— August 1914 and Now—Belgian and Northern French Battlefields—a Photo Essay" Curiously, in spite of aU the material pubUshed through almost a century about the SchUeffen Plan and its faUure, they think they uncovered a number of important facts and questions about ffie campaign that either were sUghted or not even considered in earUer Uterature, but nevertheless are reviewed in their book's EpUog. Thanks Jack and congratulations. I remember the SchUeffen Plan and something about WWI—as it was the BuU courses at USNA ffiat showed me ffiat 1 was a much better historian than I was an engmeer. I even used my GI BUI to get a Masters m History for my own enjoyment. You can be sure I wiU read your book. Hope lots of classmates do as weU.

Chuck Boyer and Grandson Neil Whitesell '10

A mce note from Chuck Boyer stated that our December column motivated his wife Bettv'e to motivate him to vvTite and inform us that they too have a grandson in the Class of 2010.Their grandson NeU WhiteseU was sworn into the Class of 2010 this past June. Bettye was not able to be at the swearing in but NeU's Mother, Father and older brother were there vvith Chuck. Chuck adds that NeU's paternal grandfather is a retired Air Force Lt Col. (So he has good blood on both sides!)

Chuck enclosed a good picture of NeU and himseff. Chuck looks prettv- young for a guy from '53 doesn't he? He concludes by saying "Due to Bettye's health this AprU we moved from

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CLASS N E W S Longboat Key, Florida to the Georgia boonies to be close to one of the children. It's working out quite weU."Their new address is 599 Plantation Drive, SandersviUe, GA. 31082-7439, home phone 478-552-7436 and ceU phone 478-232-4098.Thanks Chuck, surely hope Bettv'e gets better.

The Ed Petersen family

Mahoney, Stucker, Shirley in back with Nelson and Prewett in front row

Carol and Tom Pruett sent me short note with a picture taken on 28 September at the HoUday Inn at ArUngton. The picmre shows Jim Mahoney, Gayle Stucker and BUI Shirley in the back row and Eric Nelson and Tom Pruett in the bottom row. Thanks Carol it is a good picture; but where are the laffies?

The Prewetts made cross country trek sort of Uke the one we took last spring. They drove 8472 mUes from their home in San Jose, CA to the east coast and back. They saw lots of friends, famUy and sights incluffing Niagara FaUs, Mt Rushmore andYeUowstone and wUl probably do it again as their three grandsons are a good reason to make another trip. Thanks Carol, am sure you enjoyed it. Were you as impressed with Mt Rushmore as we were?

Pictures this month include the shot of Chuck Boyer and his grandson Mid'n.

WhiteseU '10; the picture of the Prewett's party; a 10 Company multi-class picture showing Hart Sebring '53 with Danny SuUivan '56; a picture from Si Kittler taken at our '53 Reunion in San Diegoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it shows Bob LoweU, Pat Flynn, Leo Cuccias, Si KLittler and Si's wife Peggy If you're eyes are good enough you can teU that the gentleman in the white sweater is Pete Conrad (Si notes that he appears to be talking but who is listening?) The final shot shows the Ed Petersen family and they are from L-R Karla, Lynne, Paul, Ed and Lisa.

Don't forget Class Luncheons are held on the first Tuesday of each month at the Fort McNair Officer's Club at 1130. Beat Army and Air Force. Dave.

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Trip to Italy and Germany Bob Rogers (18) sends this most interesting account of his recent travels.

Sebring 10^^ Company '53 and Sullivan Iff'^ Company '56

Lowell, Flynn, Cuccias and the Kittlers with Conrad in the back

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B "FeUow Classmates, I feel a bit remiss in taking so long in sending my missive along. Last summer, Lillian and I went on a two-week roundrobin tour of Italy, foUowed by a nine-day sojourn with a German family we had previously befriended in Japan, of aU places. At this juncture, with the exception of mother Russia, we have toured most of the more notable historical sites ofWWII (e.g.: Duxford England, Plymouth, Coventry, Normandy Beaches, Caen, St. Mere Eglese, Rheims, Paris, Malmedy, Arnhem, Bastogne, Aachen, Remagen, Berlin, Dachau, Dresden, Nuremburg,

Munich, Anzio, Montecasino, Rome, Tokyo, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, etc.).

It was fascinating Uving amongst the Klein's, a middle-class German family having known wartime deprivations, who now live back in their ancestral section of the country, the south-western corner of the country bordering the Black Forest, known as the Swabian Alps (Yes, Alps).

Our hosts Uve in an archetypical German viUage, Holtzelfingen, located about 50nUles south of Stuttgart. We started off by attending a 15-year old son's confirmation at their viUage's Protestant church, which had three distinctively WWII soldier's graves located in a separate place of honor in the church's front yard. Thereafter, we shared their meals, daUy routines, places of work and the Swabian countryside, which includes the somewhat mythical area known as Lichtenstein, the headwaters of the Danube River, and numerous casdes, in addition to attending their son and daughter's "Steiner School," the German equivalent to our Montessori schools.

Vlieery interessting.

Accorffing to our hosts, Helwig and Uta Klein, when the Northern half of Germany isn't fomenting wars, they Uke to make fon of the Bavarians as a bunch of siUy bohemians running around in outmoded leidershosen and fonny Utde hats with feathers in them, and the Swabians as workahoUcs who spend their spare time fixing up their housesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;which, by the way, was what our host was doing. So I got to see how ffieir versions of Home Depot operate. Not being connoisseurs of hard liquor, we amiably tried the traffitional German 42% alcoliollaced Schnapps as that old song goes South America take it away!

Two experiences worth sharing come to rmnd.The first relates to a very "history of technology" museum located at Sinsheim (about 70 mUes north of Stuttgart). It has aU kind of famous aircraft, including a Concorde and a Russian "Concordski that can be toured.

Historical automobUes: Marilyn Monroe's pink Cadillac, the ahead-of-its time '27 Mayback car, for e.xample. But the real pieces de resistance were in the coUection ofWoid\X/ar II German military arms, equipment, uniforms, propaganda photos; even an original copy of Mein Kampfian ME 109 is suspended overhead; a real Panther tank can be moved about with toggles; the infamously versatile German 88 cannon sits ingloriously anUdst

ancillary equipment. I guess only a private museum such as this, could pull together such a provocative coUection of wartime .irtitacts. I heartily recommend it!

The second memorable event concerns ffie Autobahn. ConUng fix)m Southern CaUfornia. I'm used to speeffing along at 85 mph where ffie posted Unfit is 65 mph, so I was looking forward to barreUng along vv here there's no speed UnUt.WeU. let me teU you, I was doing 85 in a nUddle lane, and ffie passers were rocketing by Uke I was stanffing stiU. Even along the rural roads they sit on your taU, bUnkers flashing, arudous to pass. The autobahn was opened in 1936, Hider artenffing. to world acclaim for its 100 mph design speed, even ffien. When I mentioned to my hosts, how Germans seem to have a frenetic need to pass everyone on ffie road, and hang on your taU until they do ( passing on the right is stticdy verboten!!), we mutuaUy concluded that the maniac driving habit is a way for genetic German aggressiveness to play-out peaceftiUy.

Guys

Marty Berkhimer & Carolyn Master

Dolls

Kent Glover & Cari Master

Greetings from the Tidewater Area

WeU that's our report from the war fiont." • The photo is of LUlian and Bob with the Daimler/Chrysler "Smart car," due m U.S. showrooms this year.

"Smart Car"

Homecoming Gatherings Marion Schlenzig sent a photo ttio associated with Homecoming 2006. The first two, taken at Cheron and BiU Hargrave's place: Jim Healy.Jim BeU, and BUI; Sylvia Healy; Cheron, Pat Hope, Marion Hope, Marion, and Dora BeU. The third has Marion joining Barbara and Larry Burkhardt at Ocean City, New Jersey.

Bob Briner & Jim Lamore

usnaxom/plaimedgiving We're open 24/7.

Plan your legacy for the Brigade.

Bunny Walsh, Phil Cronk & Rod Crawford

H "We have a great time in Virginia/Norfolk with monthly Class lunches on 3™ Thursday of each month (with laffies June and December). Laffies do their own thing on 2^^ Wednesdays of month.We get together for other occasions, golf, etc.

Oz and SaUy Herzer wrapped up 2006 with a wonderfol Christmas party at their beautifol, large, colonial home.

Present were: Lucy and Ray Alvarado, Alma and Joe Anderson, Marty and Reed Berkhimer, Bob Briner (Esther recovering from rmnor surgery), Barbara Crane, Marcia and Rod Crawford, BUUe and PhU Cronk, George Dozier, Bobbie and Carl Drenkard,Jane and Kent Glover, Anne Glunt, PrisciUa Kinley, Ann and Jim Lamore, Carolyn and Carl Master, AU and Ralph Sesler, Bunny Walsh, Joe Zable, and RuthWiUis. Eastons' are wintering in the Caribbean, Dick Bordone successfuUy and heroicaUy battling rare disease of the nerve ends, Basil Gray successfuUy recovering from stroke, SaUy and D o n Meyer at their second home in Florida, and Learneds' out of town. Anne and Robbie Robertson visit once a year to visit children and Robbie gets to one of our luncheons.

We welcome visiting Classmates to our monthly luncheons/golf outings, etc.

—Bob Briner, Local Class scribe and "gofer" P.S. After the Army/Navy game, I wrote the West Point footbaU team and March 2007

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PRES: VADM Henry C. Mustin, USN (Ret.) VICE PRES: CAPT Tom Kiefaber, USN (Ret.) TREAS: COL Cal Weaver, USA (Ret.) SECY: Hartley O. Holte PO. Box 5910, Annapolis, MD 21403 H: 410-280-9799; E: h.hoIte@att.net WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1955

From "gentlemen farmers" Betsy and Bob Fountain's Christmas letter, H"Bob remains busy with his poUtical activities, state appointed Virginia National Defense Industrial Authority, Naval Academy Class fonctions and involvement with the Westmoreland County Museum and Northern Neck Historical Society.

Betsy's musical activities (vocal) kept her busy locaUy as weU as taking her to the Berkshires, Connecticut, and Chautauqua plus chorus rehearsals and performances in Arlington." H Ned Floyd has done weU to keep up with activities on the left coast in spite of the debffities of leg part replacements.

• "Classmates from San Diego and beyond (the ocean?) gathered at the home

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of Lavon and Dick Jones to cheer Navy on to victory over Army in the 2006 game. Attending included Tom Boucher, John DezeU, Lynne and Ned Floyd, Barb and Charles Hagee, George Johnson, Tom Shine and Peggy and Hugh Webster. The weather was perfect, the poduck food was great, ffie hospitaUty of Dick and Lavon was warm, their home was lovely—and the game was thriUing." H

Califorma and Costa Rica where he still maintams his "plantation". The photo shows him with his German friends who operate the OROSI Lodge (read; Cabinas y Cafeteria) nearby which, accorffing to Vern. serves good orgamc coffee.

l-r; Ned Floyd, George Johnson, Tom Shine, John DezeH, Tom Boucher, Charles Hagee, Hugh Webster, and Dick Jones.

SaUy and Hardey Holte "toured" Southern Virgima and Tennessee, visiting the gracious old home of Ann and Jerry Nay in Charlotte VA who were hosting famUy for Christmas whUe preparing a grandson's Boy Scout project usingjerry's extensive tool arrangement in the basement. More about their involvement in Hurricane related projects later. In Johnson City, they met with Dot and BUI BaUew plus Reny and Jack Higgs at a local emporium noted for its pancake menu and shared an extended breakfast and experiences. Jack was using a walker, the result of a strained back whUe engaged in the dangerous sport of GOLF! He continues to scribble (as he says) for some new book writings to go along with the impressive array of works he has already produced. BiU produced a business card for BaUew Associates, infficative of his continuing activities in proviffing management personnel consulting services. Understand that he is also a Blue-Gold Officer for USNA recruiting.

Dick Morgan says that he has now recovered mosdy from his Up melanoma operation. It hasn't improved his golf, but at least he can now talk a good game!

AUce and Don Sturtz checked in to say that they keep busy with church and commumty activities. Don says that he continues to work two days a week at the Uniformed Services Medical School and Bethesda Naval Hospital and was honored to give the Commencement Address to grandson Tyler's highschool class. Tyler is now a plebe at the Naval Academy (Class of 2010!!).

Verner Carlson wrote to say he stiU spUts his time between Southern

At right; Verner Carlson

Although you wiU by now have received our "Annual Letter" which includes the class major activities schedule, we repeat most of it here for reinforcement. We wUl work to get you the info , at least by EmaU, on TBD events/times and locations as they become defined.

8 March—Exec Comm meet A/N ArUngton 1600 17 March—Dark Ages Party BeUhaven CC Alexandria (KeUerman) 11 AprU—Northern Neck Luncheon (Fountain) 17 April—Goff A / N ArUngton (Bracken) 9 May—Luncheon Portofinos ArUngton 22/24 May—GolfWUUamsburg (Garrow) 2 June—Mount Vernon Lunch/Tour (Kiefaber) 12Jun -Golf A / N Fairfax (Hatch) 13Jun -Luncheon Portofinos Arlington 14 June—Exec Comm Meet A/N ArUngton 1600 17/19JiUy—Golf Beartrap CC Eastern Shore (Shoenberger) TBD Saunder's Crab Party 8 Aug—Luncheon Portofinos Arlington 14Aug—GoffTBD 12 Sept—Luncheon Portofinos Ariington 13 Sept—Exec Conmi Meet A/N ArUngton 1600 15 Sept—FootbaU Akron -TaUgate

temperatures in Bowie, Maryland), Angus and Paula McEachen (18) (visiting a daughter in Charlotte), Frank and Carolyn McMuUen (11) (getting away from their remote viUage home in Pennsylvama), Dick and Margaret Mozier (7) (visiting two daughters/farrUUes in Charlotte), George and Barbara Mushalko (15),Jim and Joyce Sikes (11) (wanted to spend some time with the Godstteys—must be 55: l-r: Cal Weaver, John Adams, Bob Hinton, Fred McLaren, Mai MacKinnon, Tom Stallman, Fred Tolleson,getting awful lonely in Utde Blythe, Hank Mustin, Tom Mclsaac. Denny Sullivan and Mon Rubenstein Georgia),Jim and Charlotte Smith (21) Qim puU himself of the goff course at 22 Sept—FootbaU Wake Forest headquarters hotel—ffie Charlotte Westin, HUton Head to attend), Dick and Joan -TaUgate a real fint class place and fiiU of Navy Walsh (5) (a stop on their annual motor 29 Sept—FootbaU Air Force —TaUgate spirit. The game itseff was a thrUler that home venture south). Below are a couple 10 Oct—Luncheon Portofinos Navy blew in the final 2 minutes losmg of picmres taken at the bowl game Arlington 25-24 to Boston CoUege. The Bank of TaUgate Party. Also as a bonus another 20 Oct—Food^aD Duke— Homecoming/ America Staffium, home of the NFL's photo of some Navy fans for many Grand TaUgate CaroUna Panthers, is one of the mcest and generations to come! best laid out staffiums that one could be 28 Oct—FootbaU Delaware —TaUgate in. The evenmg found us at ffinner in one 14 Nov—^Luncheon Portofinos of Charlotte's finest and long estabUshed Arlington eateries, Harry and Jean's (which boasts of 17 Nov—FootbaU Kent State ffie most passionate food in Charlotte), a -TaUgate ten-mmute walk from ffie hotel.

1 Dec—FootbaU Army m Baltimore 12 Dec—Luncheon vv/laffies Folks in attendance were: Auffie Portofinos ArUngton Audilet (6), Sam and Beth (Ann) 13 Dec—^Exec Comm Meet A / N Armstrong (6),John and Margarita ArUngton 1600 Bellinger (11) (Margarita retired on 21 December from her job at ffie World TBD San Diego Wmter/Sprmg L to R: Joyce and Jim Sikes, Nancy Flatley, Barb Bank in Washmgton), Pete and Nancy Restaurant Partv- (Hoyd) Godstrey, Barbara Mushalko, Charlotte Smith, and Bennett (13),Jim and Nancy Flatley (5) TBD San Diego Summer CocktaU Margaret Mozier. (guests of some "muckety mucks' from Partv" Coronado Cays (Floyd) Charleston with a seat in a Skybox), Ken TBD San Diego Navy FootbaU Game and Barbara Godstrey (11) (on the way Get-Togeffiers to Florida to escape the 60s/70s winter We received some photos of classmates, most of which portrayed ffiem m a very ugly Ught, so am only having tfos one taken at a recent Portofino's Luncheon— vsiffi many of ffie usual suspects!

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Meineke Car Care Bowl '56 had a vers* good turnout for ffie bowl game in Charlotte, N C on 30 December, with 24 m attendance - 12 classmates and wives. Dick Mozier (7) also had his two daughters, son in law, and five grandchUdren at the taUgate (and stiU had money left over for the dinner). We reserved a taUgate space m the cavernous and impressive Charlotte Convention Center, direcdy across the stteet from the Navy

Grandma Luanne Mortimer's Mid Store purchases: 18 sweatshirts for some great Navy fans! Proud Grandpa Ed Monimer's (11) daughters: Pam, Betsy, and Anne Craig, and spouses and grandchildren. No wonder Navy had such a winning record this past year.

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L to R: Jim Flatley, Dick Mozier, Jim Sikes, George Mushalko, Dick Walsh, Pete Bennett, Sam Armstrong, Jim Smith, Ken Godstrey

Three Classmates made USNA History Each year, the Navy League of the United States presents the John Paul Jones Award for inspirational leadership to that Navy officer who has made an outstanffing conttibution to the high standards of leadership ttaffitional in the naval service. Three members of the Class of 1956 - George M. Furlong, James H. Flatley IH, and Sherman G. Alexander - received the John PaiU Jones Award during their naval service.

The Class of 1956 is the only class in Naval Academy history to have three recipients from the same class. The preamble to the award states: â&#x20AC;˘ THE J O H N PAUL JONES AWARD is named for the father of the U.S. Navy, the Navy's first indormtable sea fighter whose spirit of personal sacrifice, patriotic devotion and courage forther added to his glory as an inspirational leader. H Skip Furlong (3) received the Award in 1971 whUe serving as Commanffing Officer ofVF-142, an F-4J Phantom II squadron that had been embarked in USS ENTERPRISE and USS CONSTELLATION. His citation stated, in part,"... His infosed leadership has resulted in a most envious squadron esprit de corps and an obvious pride of perfection."

Jim Flatley (5) received the award in 1981 whUe serving as Commanding Officer of USS SARATOGA. His citation stated, in part,"... his officers and men achieved unusuaUy high standards in almost every form of personal endeavor, ranging from retention to education, to dynamic and inspiring esprit de corps."

Bud Alexander (1) received the award in 1982 whUe serving as Commanding Officer of the Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes. His citation stated, in part,"... he has strongly influenced more than 40% of aU newly enUsted personnel.. .with repeated emphasis on the Navy's cornerstones of pride, patriotism, self-discipline, and teamwork.

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John Paul Jones Award recipients: Jim Flatley, Skip Furlong, "John Paul" and Bud Alexander

LeRoy Collins (19) Promoted Florida Gov.-elect CharUe Crist named LeRoy CoUins Jr., a retired Naval admiral to move up from his role as deputy secretary at the Florida Lottery to head the Department ofVeterans'Affairs. A 1956 Naval Academy graduate, the 72-year-old LeRoy CoUins finished third behind unsuccessfol nonUnee Katherine Harris in the Sept. 5 RepubUcan primary race for the U.S. Senate nomination with 15 percent of the vote. CoUins' father, the late LeRoy CoUins, served as Florida's governor from 1955 to 1961."He (CoUins) understands the evolving needs of Florida's veterans and wUl represent them weU," Crist said. "He has a servant's heart.

He comes from a famUy of ttemendous pubUc service traffition in our state."

Last Call - Harold WHussey (15) Harold W Hussey, 76, passed away November 5,2006. Harold was a longtime resident of Monrovia and a retired ffistrict schoolteacher. He was preceded in death by his wife, Jane Hussey, and he is survived by his daughters - Janette MaiUffin, Elizabeth Booth & Rachael Lopez; his son, Kenneth; sister, Ethel Fetter; mne grandchUdren and one great granddaughter. Services were held on Saturday at the Monrovia First Presbyterian Church.

Last CaU - Michael C.Ahrens (7) Michael C.Ahrens, 73, ofTheViUages, Fla., died on Oct. 11, 2006. Upon graduation from the Academy in 1956, Mike was assigned to various ships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. After completion of his active duty, he held various engineering positions in Colorado, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. In 1966, he was stationed at the Naval Underwater Sound Laboratory in New London where he received several awards. He retired after 32 years of service in 1988. In 1964, Michael married EUen McGarr, and eventuaUy setded in Gales Ferry, where they raised their farffily. In 1998, Michael married Valerie Taylor. He and Valerie were dear

friends in high school and became reacquainted in 1997. Mike andVal spent their summers in Jonesboro, Maine, where they made great friends, had many overmght guests, and enjoyed the beautiful views from their deck. They ttaveled aU over the wodd incluffing Norway, Antigua, and Canada. EventuaUy they setded at The ViUages in Florida where Mike enjoyed Valerie's love, big band concerts, and driving his BMW. His passion for music, especiaUy marches and Dixieland was contagious. His kindness and selflessness gave him friends for Ufe. Those who knew Michael vvUl miss him dearly. Michael is survived by his wife,Valerie Ahrens; daughter, Meghan Dynan; son, Tom Ahrens; stepdaughters, Linda Wales and Susan Taylor; son-in-law, Paul Dynan; sister, Beatrice Ahrens; his grandchUdren, KeUy, Matthew, and Sean Dynan.

56er Influence at the Naval Aviation Museum Skip Furlong (3) has been deeply involved in the raising of fonds for the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, FL whUe Link Mossop (18) works closely with the foundation's CFO in investment sttategies. Pete Booth's (22) role is to offer gratuitous advice on occasion. Of interest is that the Naval Aviation Museum wiU soon embark on a major expansion that vviU double its size and provide the infirasttucture for ffie National FUght Academy. Once estabUshed, hundreds of youngsters (foture aviators) wiU have ffie opportumty to spend a week immersed in the study of science and technology of ffight from the perspective of Naval Aviation.

Skip Furlong, Link Mossop and Pete Booth at a recent Naval Aviation Museum Foundation trustee meeting

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The losses in this campaign continue to moimt.

Fint Lieutenant Dale R. Glaser.

USA (Ret.), of Rockv- River. OH, ffied on 8 November 2004. Dale was a retired federal worker (DCASR-Cleveland) and Ls survived bv his wife Marlene. a daughter and grandson, aU of Rockv' River.

John Isaac MuUing of MidviUe. GA died on 3 lanuarv" as a result ot compUcaDons resulting fiiom Parkinson's disease.

He is survived by three sons and four orandchUdren. He w:as interred at ffie MidviUe Citv- cemeterv".

Captain Alfred Maria Koster. IV, USN (Ret.) passed away on 4 January 2007 m Winter Springs. FL after a long straggle wiffi heart problems. Al is survived bv -^ggie. daughters Cris and Susan and five grandchUdren. His loss ojeadv diminishes ffie Third Herd.

Deep into our 54ffi slog through ffie Dark Ages is probably ffie best time to remember several gala occasions of the immediate past. The first of ffiese chronoIt^calK' w ^ Thanksgiving, during which rime a brief saUv was made mto the intermediate souffi bringing us face to face wiffi a couple of Savannah's most famous residents. Betsv" and Dean Hines. As neariv" as we can determme the Hineses areffieonly '57'ers living in ffie immediate area, which is a real shame as we would offierwise have many more folks to visit andffierebyenjoy the ambiance of a most accommodating town.

(r to .1) the Hineses and the Howes

Notwithstandmg the patch on Dean's cheek (he was having a Utde work done) this pair was clearly on top of their game

midway through hosting a housefol of kids and grandkids for the hoUday.

The next item on ffie agenda was Army-Navy day. proviffing as always the best excuse for a number of get-togethers (and unsupervised bar time) reported aU ffie w-ay from WV to WiUiamsburg. The G7 assembled at Auffiey and Charlie HaU's place in ffie hiUs near Martinsburg for a two-day exmivaganza which, incicientaUy. included the game. Although no useflU photography resulted fix)m this event (apparendy as a result of someone's hand partiaUy over the lens) we ffid see some blurred coverage which showed the hosts together wiffi the Vanlandinghams, HeUeweUs, Alexanders and Gery Putoam vvith Alta Anffiews.

On down the way in Leesburg.VA at Di and Jack Cook's place the remnants ofNPS ('62) section WWG2(d), some members of the Fightin SECOND and offier selected nav-al personages got togeffier for an afternoon of footbaU and devil-mav-care.When the authorities Uned them up they were aU smUes.. .smUes you may recognize as (1. to r.) Antonides. McHugh, Romoser, Dave Smith, host Cook (behind Dave), Dave Ramzy ('54). Balding. Walker.

Collins and Cohen.

Williamsburg A-N Hosts

On 15 December Peter Junghans managed another boffo Class Christmas party at the Army-Navy Country Club for the Washington area faithful. This year, as in the past, everyone turned out ffiessed to the mnes to enjoy the special camaraderie and another great meal. In adffition, this year, aU the young folks m attendance were tteated to a mght of whirUng about ffie dance floor to ffie tunes of the Glenn MiUer orchestra. Below a brief look at a few of the meny-maken.

(L to r.) George Philipps, Jane Junghans, Cam and Betty Eraser

Leesburg A-N Party

Contmuing on down the line to WUUamsburg at Darhne and Paul Roush's home there was a considerable crush as about 30 responded to the caU for Pierce's Barbeque and footbaU. FoUcs came up from the Norfolk area and aU the way down from Washington to join m the festivities. Sadly the group photo of principal players did not render recognizable everyone in attendance so, rather than burn up the word-equivalent fee for a two-column rendition we vvUljust provide a shot of the host and hostess and hope for the same result on the field next year - but a better picmre.

The next big event was the Meineke Car Care Bowi in Charlotte on 30 December, during which the Blue team scared a year's growth out of every footbaU prognosticator in the country by coming within a few seconds of reaUy whipping up on a vasdy more weU-eqffipped Boston CoUege team. A lot of folks made the ttip but, regrettably, only a few connected at the staffium - taUgates bemg a bit more ffifficult to puU together it mrns out in a high-rise parking lot.

Anyway, below is a shot of a few who ffid manage to find famffiar faces with whom to share a great day.

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Please note that should you desire to sit with a particular party within the '57 section at the footbaU game, one person in the party must order aU the tickets for that particular party. •

At Charlotte (L to r.) Murdoch, Roush, Dunn, Buck and the scribe

For those of you who think about or keep ttack of these things, your faithfol Company Coorffinators and a brace of other volunteers have been laboring through the above-mentioned Dark Ages with preparations to pubUsh The First 50 in June. By the time this report is in your hands the book design wUl be largely complete and most of the contributors wUl have played their parts. We stiU have room to squeeze last minute entries into the '57 Links to Fathers and Sons section if those eUgible act with alacrity. If you have a direct Uneal relationship - a father, grandfather, chUd or grandchUd - who is/was a member of another Academy class there's space waiting for you to record this for posterity.

Here's just such a relationship recently revealed. Our man George RobUlard, Jr., whose Dad George RobiUard was a member of the Class of'24, has a son, Gregory RobiUard who graduated with '82 and he, in mrn, has a son, Jim RobiUard who's a member of the Class of'10. If you think this is a common occurrence just take look at the smUe below on the proud Granddad's face; the fourth generation. Umque.

Dick Sargent is in with a famUy summary of 2006 - gracefoUy composed

by Tricia - during which time, as reported here last summer, he stood as a candidate for the Colorado State Senate.

Unfortunately, as amply documented everywhere, 2006 was not kind to most RepubUcans - Dick among them.

Notwithstanffing his inabffity to ignore the fire alarm when it sounds, he says he had no business being a candidate and that, "I think it's safe to say that I have run my last race."That seems unUkely.

Tricia's summary is not to be missed: H Now we return to our businesses which have been neglected for five months - to flying, writing, and mentoring Maritime Academy canffidates.We wUl also return to church, serving as lectors and ushers. But we wUl always treasure our year of poUtical activism. This long letter is to let you know why we have been so preoccupied and so often unable to ffit about with friends as we love to do. HopefoUy, 2007 wiU be as exciting and fUled with loving friendship as this year has been. We are blessed with good people in our Uves, vital good health, purpose, and the opportunity to serve others. In the end, that is reaUy what Ufe is about. • Lastly.. .if you rmssed these guys at the Rose Bowl you rmssed the best part.

Rose Bowlers Gimber, Sedor and Beatty The RobiUard Dynasty Continues: George, Jim and Greg

Green sides out. Carpe diem. F N H

A word from the 50'" Reumon PAO, Jerry Smith: • The 50th Reunion registration package was maUed in February. Please return your completed registration form and payment sooner rather than waiting untU

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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 9% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 53% PRES: Lt Col Gordon M. Gerson, USAF (Ret.) E: gordon.gerson@1958.usna.coni SECY: Col Warren S.Walters, USMC (Ret.) 5664 Ravenel Ln., Springfield,VA 22151-2430 H: 703-321-9586; E: •.vwalters@erols.com WEB SITE: www.usna.com/Classes/1958/

This shaU be our homUy for March.

Blow wind, and take from here the foesome vagaries of winter Bring us breezes that have a soft feel about them and portend of coming warmth. Free us of the nUseries of the Dark Ages, and bring forth the longer dayUght hours. Clear from the lawn and goff course the last debris of autumn, and prepare us mentaUy for another season of outdoor activities, wherein we shaU travel widely and report faithfoUy to our classmates the highUghts of our journeys and adventures. We ask this, for until it happens, our lot is to read of last winter's weather-Umited events, replete with photos of people in heavy coats. And with that as background, away we go on the forther adventures of ffie '58 Voyage.

A few years ago, our classmate Otto Helweg PhD (6 ) was honored with the Hoover Award presented in 1997, the engineering societies equivalent of the Nobel Peace Prize, primarUy for fos engineering skUls in water resources. Last summer he ended fos position as Dean of the CoUege of Engineering and Arcfotecture at North Dakota State Umversity to accept a position with Living Waters International, a Christian based organization dedicated to water resources throughout the world. Having just moved to MaumeUe AR, he was caUed to undertake another venture, which he relates in the foUowing letter: I "I wanted to alert you that we are headed to Rwanda, Africa on 9 January for a year or so. Tfos came as a surprise since we have just moved into the house of our dreams and now God teUs to leave.

We won't seU the house but have house sitters. I think you wiU understand that I had no choice. Lest you think I am some kind of spiritual heavyweight, you need to know that whUe I eventuaUy do what God wants, it is orUy after He ffiags me along kicking and screaimng.

I don't know if you have seen the movie, "Hotel Rwanda," but after the genocide there, the country is in great need, but making amazing progress and I have been asked to start the Living Water

International proijram of drUUng wells and brmging in potable water to a verv- needy country.

Moreover, ffie president of Rwanda has asked me and tfoee offiers to consult Otto Helweg and mentor ffie Mifoster ofWater (acmaUy Environment), Energy; Transportation, and Commumcation. The problem is ffiat I have aU ffie "tools" and experience to help ffiem so I am "smck."

AcmaUv; it is a great priv-Uege to be able to help needy people and Virgima and I are excited about it. If I can get it set up so we can driU a hundred weUs a year and each vveU sav-e an average of 50 Uves a vear,ffiatwiU be excitmg. Otto" H The address for Otto durmg ffie year 2007 is RO. Box 2343. KigaU. Rvvanda.

Now how are you gomg to match his stories at ffie 50 Reumon?

Frequendv- our trav-elers manage to remember ffie class flag when gomg off on affi-entures, but when ffiey forget, ffiey grab ffie closest interesting thmg that wiU pique ffie class interest m ffieir photo.

Such is ffie case wiffi Bob Stibler (18*) who trav-eled form his New Jersey haunts out to Seatde to visit his son, Casey. They went to ffie home opener of ffie Seatde Seahavv-ks back m September, and during pre-game partv-ing at a tav-em across the street firom ffie staffium. Bob stumbled across a group of attractne young laffies, knowTi as ffie "Bud Light" girls. They were giv-ing away some promotional gooffies and Bob just had to have his picmre taken wiffi ffiem. Bob is stUl punishing himseff for leaving fos USNA "58 flag back home in NJ. sort of.

submariner and now a retired Episcopal priest. To quote from the book review by best seUing author EUen Tanner Marsh, "... this isn't just the storv' of two warseparated lov-ers who find their way back to each offier. It's also an astute social and historical commentarv- on the times.

PanoranUc in scope. Arise Beloved journeys fixDm England to Germany, North Africa. Hawaii and the South Pacffic. setting forth a fascinating fostorv' and backdrop ofW^WII. Harper's characters struggle for connection and surviv-al and it is to Harper's creffit as a noveUst ffiat he makes us feel for each and every one of them, ev-en as he shows us how in the worst of times, the best of aU tfongs that is, love can stUl be possible. Moving and heartbreaking. Arise Beloved is Uteramre at its best." Tfos is Glv-nn's second book, the first bemg A Perfect Peace, also found on Amazon.com.

The Miramar Air Show at Marme Corps Air Station Miramar CA last October provided a photo oppormmty for a group of USNA graduates that was sent m byjohn Witzmarm (13'- ). The range of graduates, most of them Marmes, covered from the Class of 1935 up to the Class of 2000. In ffie picture, L-to-R, you see Capt D. Horton, USMC '00; Col James Sweeney II, USMC, '83; Capt A. T. RoloflF. USMC '00; CAPT Louis Bauer USN(Ret) '35; Maj John Witzmann, USAF(Ret) '58; BGen Douglas Stone, USMC '73; and LtCol Rich Pagel, USMC '84. The address on John's letter appeared to be a new one as of last November. It is currendy 14082 Ramshorn St.,Truckee CA 96161, vvith a telephone number of 530-587-3974.

John Witzmann and USNA Grads

Bob Stibler and Friends

We have a new auffior m the class, with a book that has been reviewed by the New York Times and is av-aUable from .Amazon.com. The author is Glynn Compton Harper (16^^), former

As long as the ffiscussion is on address changes.Joe Burgard (9'-") has moved out of Grass VaUey CA to another CaUforma town about 35 mUes away.

Here is a note from Joe that explains some of the detaUs: • "Just a quick note regarding our change of address. Fran and I have moved after 32 years in Grass VaUey, CA. The new address is Joseph Burgard, 428 Tamarack

Bend, Sierra City, CA 96125. My emaU is unchanged and remams: joeb@ fianjoco.com. We are in a very smaU town (225 of us, if we aU show up), so aU of our maU shoiUd be adffiessed to P.O. Box 115,Sierra City CA, 96125. Packages and large stuff wiU be deUvered to the Stteet address. I am not sure if we can attend the 50th reunion. Meffical problems vvith my legs and feet Unfit my mobffiry. Keep me on the maffing Ust as plans come together. If we can make it for the celebration we'U let you know as soon as the doctors give me ffie aU clear.

Joe" • One quick emaU change of address is in from Denny Laragan (IO*- ) out in Colorado Sprmgs. He can now be reached at jdlaragan(^comcast.net.

The paucity of flag photos for rfos month aUows us to go into the world traveler grab bag provided by Joan and Rupe MacLean (21^'-) from their roundthe-world cruise. Tfos month they show that the flag made it to the Great Pyramid in Egypt.

Joan and Rupe MacLean in Egypt

There are two passmgs of members of our '58 group that have taken place in the past months. On 30 November 2006, Frank V. Bonus (13 ), a non-grad member of the class, ffied at fos home m Washington PA. Frank resigned from USNA and got married in 1957. He served in the National Guard for a period of time, and was employed atWasfongton Steel in fos hometown for 48 years, serving as supermtendent for the last 10 years. His wife, Beattice survives fom, as do two sons and a daughter and five grandchUdren. He was buried in the St. James Mausoleum of the Immaculate Conception Cemeterv' in Washington PA, the town in vvfoch he was born.

John Carty (23™) passed on the sad news that Missy Mooney, the widow- of our late classmate BiU Mooney (15 ), passed away at home on 26 December 2006 after suffermg from lung cancer.

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in Chevy Chase. She graduated from Stone Badge Country Day School, then Rosemont CoUege in 1960. She ttaveled with BUI during fos Marine Corps career, and upon fos leaving the service, they setded in the RockviUe MD area. At the time of her death, she was employed in a doctor's office. Three daughters, a son, and three grandchUdren survive Missy. The last grandchUd, Margaret Kathryn "Missy" Mooney, named after her grandmother, was born the day that Missy ffied. After CathoUc services. Missy was buried at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in SUver Spring MD. These members of the '58 famUy wUl be rmssed.

Lastly, here is a bit of information that may be useful. The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) has provided the foUowing website for veterans to gain access to their DD-214s onUne: http://vettecs.arcfoves.gov/. N P R C is working to make it easier for veterans with computers and Internet access to obtain copies of documents from their miUtary foes. MiUtary veterans and the next of kin of deceased former rrUUtary members may now use a new onUne rrUUtary personnel records system to request documents. Other inffividuals with a need for documents must stUl complete the Standard Form 180, wfoch can be downloaded from the onUne web site. Because the requester wUl be asked to supply aU information essential for NPRC to process the request, delays that normaUy occur when NPRC has to ask veterans for additional information wUl be minirmzed.The new web-based appUcation was designed to provide better service on these requests by eUnUnating the records center's mailroom processing time.

That's aU for tfos month. Check the web site for photos! j ^

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 6% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 53%

PRES: VADM Francis R. Donovan, USN (Ret.) CHAIRMAN EXEC. COMMITTEE: Gerald G. Garbacz E: gggarbacz@aol.com SECY: Col J.H. "Tim" Tinsley, USMC (Ret.) 2207 Lomond Ct.,Vienna,VA 22181 H: 703-648-1744; E: trinsley59@cox.net WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1959 WEBMASTER: Dave Sullivan E: dsuIliva9@cox.net

50^^ Reunion Dates: Last month's column started with a recap of on-going planning for the 50 Reumon, and asked everyone to note the dates on long range planning calendars.

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Bowl Game Tailgate in Chariotte: An Emmerson, Dave Green, Tim Tinsley, Marty Finerty, Dave Asche Truax, George Lehmberg, Jim Hardin, Rick Johnson, Skip Gantt, Tom Lukish, GaryGeist Ray An

The weekend of choice by the Reunion Committee is now Thursday-Sunday, 1-4 October 2009. The footbaU opponent wiU be Air force, always an entertaining foghlight game.

Final Call for Class Rings for Link in the Chain: The Class is issuing the final caU for rings for the "Bonds of Gold" activity in our Link in the Chain interaction with the Class of'09. To date, six folks have tentatively agreed to donate a ring along with one rfomature. Anyone desiring to add to the ring total should contact our Link Coordinator, Marty Finerty (10) at mjfna59(gcomcast.net or 410-849-2502.

Past issues of Shipmate and our web site provide information concerning this activity and the overaU program. Marty wUl contact aU donors inffividuaUy in late March to provide guidance concermng how and when to subnUt a ring. DetaUs concerning a presentation ceremony, tentatively scheduled for late April/early May at USNA, wiU also be provided.

Thank you to aU who are participating in this specific activity as weU as for your overaU general support. Funds to finance the program are now at 98 percent. About $300 are stiU needed to address aU activities.

Tax deductible donations can be made to the USNA Foundation marked for the Class of '59 Link in the Chain program.

'59ers Rally in Charlottefor Bowl Game: A festive, Blue and Gold throng invaded Charlotte in December for the Meineke Car Care Bowl game, with a strong '59 contingent in the van. Game day found 13 Classmates and their spouses gathered at the huge pre-game Navy TaUgate Party in the Charlotte Convention Center near the stadium. SmaUer groups met for dinner and the celebration of New Year's Eve in Charlotte. Included photos depict the spirited Class supporters on a day when Navy took over the Queen City in

sheer numbers, cheering, marcfong in the city and in the staffium, a fly over, and, but for the last three seconds, the baU game against a beefy, very talented Boston CoUege opponent. Special thanks to Tom Lukish (2) for coorffinating ceU phone numbers and proviffing insightful pre-game scouting reports. Bowl games are special! After the singing of Navy Blue and Gold at game's end, the crowd, Navy alumfo and other bowl goers as weU, gave the team a ttemendous ovation as it ffied out of the staffium. It wasffielast footbaU game for 35 Navy first classmen.

Our Spouses Have the Spirit Pat Green, Ona Trua Nikki Pickett, Eileen An, Dolores Lukish, Ginny Johnson, Jane Lehmberg, Joan Finerty, Mary Lou Hardin, Barbara Tinsley

January Class Luncheon Joined by Spouses: There was a large ttirnout for the January Class Luncheon in Arlington, enhanced gready by the many spouses joining in the camaraderie. Bob Oakes'(21) son. Bob, entertainingly spoke after lunch fi-om his perspective as a long term real estate businessman on the Outer Banks in North Carolina. As many of ffie attendees have vacationed over ffie years there, it was fascinating to hear inside views on the evolutionary development of the Outer Banks. Ray Art (5) arranges these luncheons and this one continued the recent format of asking the son or daughter of a Classmate to address the assembly Attendees were Kathy and Ron Trossbach (1 l),Walt Szczypinski (18), Ruthie and

Jack Brons (21).Bette and Jim CoUins (8), Caffierine and Bob Oakes, Jinmiy Brown (l),Nicki and Joe King (23), Suzanne and BUI Palmer (7),Ann and Garv- SnUth (21), Arm and Ted Ale.xander (18).Jerr^' Gaffiacz (23), Marffia and Frank Donovan (13),John Ekstrom (9), Art Enmierson (6).

EUeen and Ray Art. and Barbara and Tim Tinsley (17).

Walt Szczypinski sent along a great report of Classmates and ffieir laffies on cruise inffieMed:

Jim Collins (grandfather)'59, Claire Peterson '10, Brad Peterson (father) '80

• "Three former 18"^ Company roommates shared ffie same sfop. if not ffie staterooms, during a marvelous cnoise and land adventure to ffie Greek Islands, Turkey and Egv-pt last Oaober/Nov-ember FeUcia and Bob Manly.Jom and Pat Schnauffer. and CaroUne and Walt Szczypinski sailed m

FoUowmg up on a story in last month's column.Jack Naviaux (13),Jimmy Brown. Dick Baldwin (13), and Bud McFarlane (14) attended the deffication ceremomes for the National Museum of ffie Marine Corps at Quantico. They visited ffie commemorative brick m Semper FideUs Memorial Park honoring SE.\BOURNE SPIRIT depaning firom Captain Jack PhiUips (13) USMCKLA Istanbul, where ffiey spent tfoee fiiU days 13 October 1967 in I Corps, RepubUc of sightseeing before boardmg ffie sfop.

Vietnam. Jack Naviaux had made a Among ffie foghUghts of ffie cruise were contribution to the Marine Corps visits to Ephesus.-Affiens, Santorifo, Mylos, Heritage Foundation to provide tfos Mvkonos and NavpUon finisfong m ttibute to a faUen hero and roommate.

Alexandria, Egvpt. This once m a Ufetime Binacle Ust: experience ended in Cairo, where ffie Tom Lukish reported that Roland magic offfiepharoahs and pvTamids Johnson (5) had open heart surger)- in presented a great backdrop for this mifoJanuary, and is now- home and doing weU. reumon of old classmates and spouses.

WhUe the doctors vv-ere at it they replaced Walt"^ a valve, removed an aneurysm, and instaUed several stents. He's grounded for goff until AprU, but vviU come out & ^ | | M H H | ^ ^ ^ H swinging them! ^Me ^ ' In Remembrarux: Tfos has been a sad period. Smce the last column we have learned of the recent deaths of two Classmates and two spouses.

Joseph ChuUck, Jr ffied suddenly in Greenbrae, CaUfornia on 8 December ' —. " '-^ ^c'' ^' 2006. Joe was a submarine officer, serving Schnauffers, Manlys, and Szczypinskis—Life Is Good as operations officer in SEAFOX ( S S - 4 9 2 )

Bravo Zulu, Jim Collins: Jim CoUins has been aw-arded the Meritorious PubUc Service Medal by the Department of ffie Navy Cfoef Information Officer Jim has been supporting ffie D O N CIO since 1998, currendy workmg in computer irfformation security-. Tfos was his second award of ffie medal at D O N CIO, with ffie previous citation m 2000 for hisY2K work. WeU done, Jim! The photo below shows Jim at ffie swearing m ceremony for his granddaughter, Claire Peterson'lO, keepmg the legacy gomg.

and STONEWALL JACKSON ( S S B N - 6 3 4 )

until 1965 when he left the Navy-. He was an mvestment banker m his second career. He is surviv-ed by fos devoted wife of 36 years, Diana, uvo chUdren and a ;th grandson. Joe was a member of the 5'Company. Memorial services were held m January m CaUforma.

LCDR Nolan Robert Burke, USN (Ret.) passed away on 3 Januarv- 2007 m Newport Nevvs,Virgifoa,fosresidence for 35 years. Nolan was a submariner, and a member of the 24'- Company. Nolan is survived by his beloved wffe of 46 years, HUdegard, tfoee daughters, seven grandchUdren, two brothers and two sisters.

Memorial services and flUl rruUtary

honors were observed on 7 Januarv', vvith Lou Evans (24) and John HUt (24) attending representing the Class.

Karen Smylie Kilday, wife ofJohn J. KUday (18) for 46 years, passed away on 23 December 2006 m Virgima Beach, Virginia. Karen was a Navy jumor, having met John at Quantico Marine Base whUe in high school there. She is also survived by three chUffien, Kent KUday '84, Kittina, and Kassandra, eight grandchUdren and one great grandson. Karen was a talented artist and an exceptionaUy active member of her commumty, including serving as Co-Chakman of the POWMIAs They Are Not Forgotten Committee and on the Virgima Beach Clean Commumty Comifossion. Ing KUand (6) was among the many friends and famUy vvith John at memorial services conducted in January in Virgifoa Beach.

Trenfock MarvU EUiott ffied peacefiUly at her residence on 30 December 2006, surrounded by her loving famUy. Trenny was the wife of George M. EUiott (13) for 46 years, and is also survived by a daughter, Kristm, and two granddaughters. She was serving as a Director of the Lewes Historical Society and was an active volunteer member of the Overfalls Maritime Museum Foundation. Funeral services were held on 8 January m Lewes, Delaware. Classmates attendmg her services mcluded Marffia and Frank Donov-an,Joan and Marty Fmertv', Helen andVern Bloch (13), Dave Bottorff (16),Dave Donovan (13), Anne and Ing KUand, Pat NeUs (13), Fred Olds (8), Barbara and Dave Rogers (13) and Brenda and Don Srmth (13).

We shaU miss them aU. Rise and Sfone, —Tim ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 3 % LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 6 3 % PRES: VADM Ed Oexton, USN (Ret.) 1000 Bobolmk Dr.Virginia Beach.VA 23451 H: 757-491-2141; E: cIexboeck@aoLcom SECY: Bill Lewis 14312 Cove Ridge P!...Midlodiian,VA 23112-4337 H: 804-744-8808; E: bile\vi5@comcast-net WTB SITE: http://www.usna60.com/

From Ed Clexton (10): • "BUI, attached is a picture of ffie usual suspects seen in Virgima Beach for the Army Navy game. We won! Top: Wick ParceUs (12), Chris Thomas (23), Ed McCaskUl (8) middle: Bob Brenton (12), Jack Brockman (18) bottom: Ray Taylor (14), me,John Whelan (8), Moe Moran (1). Ed" •

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Virginia Beach gang at Ed's for Army Navy game

Coopers & Friedmanns

From Gary Chew (22):

From Rod Friedmann (5):

• "Glenn Barton (22) and fos wife llona of 5 years visited us on 11/12 October on ffieir way from fos Barton FamUy reufoon in PA to Clearwater, FL. He said he's talked to you and that you were out of state the week of fos ttavel south. Too bad you guys missed each other Glenn looks great; in very good shape; has a mustache. We talked about 30 minutes regarffing fos and Ilona's positions and work in the Church of Scientology. I reaUy tfonk Glenn wiU make a greater effort to attend our 50th. By then he'U be Uving/working/mifostering at the church's Clearwater facffities.

Rosemary & Jerry Tierney (22) joined us for former on the 11th. We aU had a great time. I had a Utde too much wine, so my stories got reaUy embeUished [Tierney ffidn't need to embeUish fos stories one bit] but my explanations surroundmg my 24 hours as the brigade commander are reaUy ttue.

Beat Army! Gary" •

• "BUI, Paul Cooper (5) and I ttaveUed up to Baltimore wiffi our wives to provide Super Sixty support to the Navy Team when they took on Notre Dame.

Here's a pictare taken before the game.

From Ed Qexton (10) to Gary Chew (22): • "Great to hear from you, Gary, and thanks for the note re your 50th HS reunion. I already passed the info on to guys who wUl be working the web page before our 50th.

Also good news about Glenn and llona. We had many good times together as JOs, right through test pUot school, before Glenn disappeared for ~20 yrs! We talked a few months ago, but I'm sorry we ffidn't get to reumte in person.

Do you know ff he has an emaU address yet? By the way, doesn't everyone in Nj head south for the winter? Let us know if you ever get near Virgifoa Beach.

Ed"^ Remember or Honor a loved one in Alumni Hall.

Call 410-295-4164 for more information.

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Rod" • Excerpts from Ed Clexton's (10) attendance at the Class President's Meeting in the faU: • Decade Breakout sessions: the '60s decade presidentsffiscussed'best practices' for reumons, to include hotels (Lowes the most expensive and hardest to work with (Marriott not considered), caterers (Bayside BuU the best, (USNA grad owned) BuU Brooks second and the O Club ok). My conttibution to the group was to teU them ffiat when they start into the Another Link in the Chain (ALITC) program their classmates who participate wUl get a real boost in morale when meeting today's Midsfopmen and their parents and how they (we) conttibute to the USNA Mission.

After bringing the general meeting to order, the Chair, Mike Haskins,'66, recogfozed the most senior (yr) President of the Class of 1932 and the most junior,'00 (a coverage of 68 years), and paid tribute to two presidents recendy departed (from '30 and'40).

Next were debriefs from each Decade rep, 30s & 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and

90s/00s. By my count, most of the items covered were items of local (NoVa/DC/MD areas) interest, so at ffie end, I raised my hand to say "in general, the items covered are of particular interest to those grads who Uve locaUy, yet I come to the meetings to represent ~600 classmates who don't Uve near the Dome (-100 of us Uve in the NoVa/DC/MD areas), so I am 'cool' (not plussed) to spend so much time on (ofoy) local issues enough said".

There was a very spirited presentation from Chet Gladchuk, who explained that the Supe has put fom in charge of'the physical rfossion' of the Naval Academy Previous AtUetic Directors were only in charge of varsity sports, and aU else, such as PT and inttamural sports, was left to the Commandant and below. I tfonk he has more energy than aU previous ADs that I've known combined, so I look for improvements aU around. The members questioned fom about retention of Coach Johnson, costs for taUgating (one of ffie issues brought up by various decade reps) and fos own retention. The ffiscussion about taUgating costs was aU about breaking even on security, clean up and porta-potty costs v/v revenues from parking and taUgating; notfong else (ffie crowd grumbled!). Re fos own retention, he said 'CG is happy where he is."

During lunch, we watched a new DVD fonded by the Class of'65 tided "Leaders of Character Serving ffie Nation". It was OUTSTANDING! ft wiU replace ffie decade old Leaden to Serve the Nation tape, wfoch visitors see in the Visitor's Center. It is totaUy based on the Mission of the Academy: Moral, Mental & Physical, Duty, Honor & Loyalty and higfoights Navy Lme,Air, Subs, USMC and Seals. It is done to attract HS age kids and is very weU done.

The afternoon was short wiffi completion of internal conmUttee reports foUowed bv a debrief of a 'Plan 2010

Front: Boggs, Merrill, Pethick, Curtis, Lloyd, Hand Back: Kirkpatrick, Ward, Crawford Shaw Musselman Schroeder, Kalb

Survev' covering what alums Uke and disUke (or don't Uke as much) about what ffie .^.•^ does for us. We had 10 classmates participate, picked randonUy by ffie AA. The answers are to lead ffie i\A to correct deficiencies m areas not scormg vveU. and to have miprovemenB in place by 2010.

Lasth. Andrea CampbeU. a ladv-1 have come to know qfote weU since she is ffie point of contact for renfoons. Class President meetings,.\LITC, Chapter &: Parent's Clubs, venues m ffie Yard. etc. She showed a sUde to foghUght ffie .\LITC - it was a picture of "60 assembled to hear Honk Cfoles address ffie Class of 2010 andffieirparents on Honors Day." B From Jack Shaw (2): • "The San Diego group had lunch at ffie LaJoUa Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewerv- on 9 November. Attendmg firom ffie San Diego group were DaUas Boggs (1), Bfll Uoyd (21), Sam Ward (8), Tom Curtis (22), D o c Hand (7), photographer. Mike MerriU (20), Chuck Schroeder (23), John Pethick (9),Joe Kirkpatrick (10) and Jack Shaw (2 . From Orange La Counn- were Dave KaUj (19), Denis Crawford (2) and Danny Musselman (5). Note ffie great (A)'s blanket ffiat we use as our backdrop. Jack" • From Doug Menikheim (10) to Ed Qexton (10): B "On ffie way home firom somevv-here rodav". I WHS teUing Mary Louise of HO's (Wri^t (10)) passmg. There WHS sadness, nostalgia and ffie realization that a book we are aU reading is commg to ffie end.

And that's OK.What struck me even more was that alffiough Don had not been wiffi us firom ffie beginning, he w-as one of us. It speaks very fogfoy of him, as weU as us. So while ffie sadness and nostalgia remain. I am reminded of ffie pride and thankfiUness I have for bemg a pan of that remarkable group of young men w-ho banded together m ffie faU of 1956 asffieTerrible Tenffi. How fortunate we were and are.Thanks for ffie remmder.

HO. Fair winds andfollovvingseas. Doug. •

weather and a super turnout of 31 hearty souls. Eight memben of'59 (Jim Fuqua, BUI McAree, Ing KUand, Bob Armour, BUI Wheaton, Fred Olds, George Lehmberg & Dave Donovan) showed up to share in the festivities.They provided some fresh faces and new stories.

We were glad to share the cby wiffi them.

The 24 Super Sixtv- participants included: Ed Clexton (10), Bob Powers (8), Paul Cooper (5),Tom InderUed (21), John Whelan (8), Jack Brockman (18),Tom Wishart (22), Bob Osmon (17), Frank Kay (8), Jack Greenhalgh (9), Henry vonKolnitz (22), BUI Kee (9), Ed McCaskUl (8), Chris Thomas (23),A1 Whitaker (16), Torry Rogers (3), Moe Moran (1), George VanHouten (24), Bob Rutherford (8), BiU Townsend (19), "Wick ParceUs (12), BUI Lewis (5), Mike McCuUough (14) & yours truly.

Rod Friedmann (5).

Mike McCuUough (14) and his w-ffe. Donna, made ffie arrangements for FeUifo's.They always provide a great atmosphere, large quantities of good food and drink. Smce Ed was celebrating his 70ffi birffiday rrUnus one (= 69), FeUifo's provided a cake wiffi just ffie "mmus one" candle. Ed receiv-ed a few- gag gifts mcluding his personal Class President's CaU System (AN/CPCS, Mod 1), a new novel from our Class Author. Bob Powers (8), cards and a lot of good wishes.

MeanwhUe, m ffie parking lot, class members were encouraged to bring their '"Classic Cars" for show- and a Utde rerfonisdng.Jack Brockman's (18) 78 SUver Anniversarv- Corvette couldn't make it, mv '67 Mustang Convertible flamed out enroute, but Wick ParceU's (12) 1960 T R 3 made it m great shape. What a beauty! Ahhhh, ffie good old days....a true "wind in your face and rain m your lap"

kind of guy. •

From Rod Friedmann (5): • "BUL ffianks for joinmg us a Fellim's Restaurant on Tuesday, ffie 14 of November Always happy to have our "skinny" Class Secretarv- and Class President (who just happened to turn 69 years young-a kmd term used for old retired Naval Officers) participate on our Hampton Roads '60 events We had great

Chuck Agustin & President of Philippines

From Lamont Phemister (13) to Chuck Agustin (17):

worse and hope that no one was mjured.

There was a bad storm m my home town in lUinois vvfoch amazed everyone with ffie way it broke off rows of tfock oak trees. I was twents- mUes away at ffie time.The whole town had a big clean up job for a long time. I kidded my friends (ffiey had no sigruficant damage, but a lot of broken limbs m the yard) saving "When are you gomg to clean your place up. I have heard the neighbors complairUng!" Thanks for the picture (Chuck Agustin's (17) picmre wiffi President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo durmg the anmversary- of the National Defense CoUege of the PfoUppmes last year.) This is v-erv; very- mce - a tteasure. BeautifiU President, I have to say. What an honor to be her host. Did you say ffie young gendeman sittmg vvith her graduated firom USNA? Around 1980,1 wofod guess. Lamont. • ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 9% LIFE .MEMBERSHIP: 55% PRES: RADM Jerome E Smith Jr., USN (Ret.) C O R R . SEC"Y: CAPT Roger Onorati, USN (Ret.) 1756 Point-No-Point Dr. Annapolis, MD 21401 H: 410-849-3812; W: 410-849-2600 F: 410-849-2600 E: roger.onorati@1961.usn2.com or rtn^ro@comcast.net \;^-EB.\LASTER; Howard Winfiee E: \\infiee@1961.usna.com WEB SITE: www.USNA61.oi^

By ffie time you read this, your loy-al scribe wiU hav-e hopeftUly- hav-e remmed in one piece from an expeffition to Antarctica m February- "Why- would anyone want to go to Antarctica?" yrou ask? WeU here's ffie story. I decided to go souffi during the middle of winter tfos year to get away from ffie snow and cold w-eaffier m Crab TOWTI, SO I caUed my^ personal travel agent and told him to get me as far souffi as I could go. I suppose I should have added "on ffie norffiem side of ffie equator" but m my- haste, I faded to do so. In any case, when my tickets showed up, I figured out ffiat where I w-as gomg, I w-Quldn't need to worry- about scUeppmg my- goff clubs arotmd ffie country-. Since by babe told me she vvoiUd rather gargle wiffi a fuU horde of Drano than go to Antarctica, I talked my Club 11 buddy, Raese "Smtcase" Simpson, mto bemg my- roommate. Stay tuned for ffie results m a foture column, ff I don't get trampled by a rabid pengum horde.

• "Hi Chuck, I am sorry- for ffie damage vou suffered and thankful it was not March 2007

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THE LATEST NOOZE. N o r m Pigeon: • A great taUgate at the Meineke Bowl was hosted by BiU Clark, mosdy for the Thirsty 13th, but a few other 61ers did hobble in. Pbc shows the 13'-'' Freddy Palumbo, Stan Roman, N o r m Pigeon, BiU Clark, Dorse Dubois, Dick GiU(17),John Quarterman and Skip McGinley. Other interlopers included: Suitcase Simpson, Herb Mench, Curt Holcomb and Herky Hardison. Per usual Navy won ffie party. •

• Do you recogfoze these old guys? I found this photo buried in my unorganized pUe of computer stored rfosceUany This is a photo from the Houston Chapter's Annual Golf Fund raiser a couple of years ago. Lots of gray hair • Ned Kuhns: 24^^ Company in 1961

24^'' Company in 2006

Tom Corboy: WGNACers at the bowl game

• AU 24th Company a long time ago from left to right: Tom Corboy, Bobby Wingard,Tom KnepeU,Jim Rauth, and Tony Papandrea. Also is a photo 45 years later •

The Palumbo family

Bob Partow: • Ruth and I attended the Meineke Bowl game. It was a wonderfol day with an unfortunate enffing! The staffium was about 2/3 fuU but I would say that 2/3 to 3/4 of them were Navy folk, aU of whom were enthusiastic even when it was over gave the team a standing ovation as they gathered for the singing of Navy B&G.The BC offensive Une must have averaged 300 lb. They should be caUed the "Walrus" or "Buffalos". Over 800 Mids were there for a march on and the flyover was startUng as always. It is no wonder that bowls already want us for next year Considering that Navy & BC have the two foghest graduation rates of aU of this year's bowl teams, a one point wins is about right (just wish it had been Navy).

We went with our son and his 11 year old son Connor On the way home with no prompting Connor started to ask seriously about how hard it was to attend the Academy. Makes an old man rmst over •

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Beat Army in VA Beach

• If you are looking for material for the column, I'm forwarding a photo courtesy of Bob Graham of'61 golfers taken at the Riverfront Course at KingsmUl on the James yesterday. Lou Bartek (5th Co.) works at the course and arranged the outing. Had a great day. Left to right in the photo are: Ned Kuhns, John Pearson, Ken Craig, Tom McNicholas, and Bob Graham, Lou Bartek, and Jim Henderson. We've decided to try and schedule one outing a month. If you'd Uke to come down and join us sometime, I'U add yOu to our maiUng Ust. Hope aU is weU. Merry Christmas. • The Army-Navy game was another great Navy victory and a wonderfiU '61 party hosted by Peg and Bob Graham. For those unable to attend we missed you and you rmssed another fon day with great company, delicious food and lots of beverages (to wfoch everyone contributed).

Bob and Peg even arranged for a West Point graduate famUy friend to join us so we would be motivated to cheer even louder than usual when Navy scored. On behalf of aU of us, I want to extend a huge "Thanks" to Bob and Peg for hosting us again in their beautifiU home. Attenffing were: Peg & Bob Graham, Lou Bartek,

Jan & Mike Bradley, Bonnie &: Arlie CampbeU, Jay Decker, Margie & Cyd DriscoU, Sharon & Jim Joyner,Judy & Ned Kuhns, Judy & Jim Laster, Jeanne & Larry Lubbs,Jane &: Tom McNicholas, Karla & b, Georgeanne & John Pearson. Fran & Kurt Rohdenburg. Breeze & Charlie Stewart, Walt Strobach, May Scott & Dave Sutelan. and Faye & Dave Timm.

Ned also asks: I Our montfoy Classluncheon is always held at 1130 on ffie second Thursday of each month atT.K.TRIPPS restaurant on Souffi Independence Blvd. in Virginia Beach. AU 1961 visitors to the area are welcome and encouraged to attend. If ffievneed more info they can always contact me at 757-552-0292. Thanks! • Hal Spooner: • First, it was great to see you and Judy at ffie 45th. I agree that it was a great reimion and that Joe and fos team ffid a great job. Everytfong was super except for ffiefinalscore. Second, I would Uke to ffiank you for aU your hard work and dedication m bemg our class corresponding secretary aU these years.You have done a great job. It certaifoy cannot be an easy task.Tford, EUen and I are enjoying our refoement.We ttaveled most of October, mainly to visit our daughter, KeUy, in ffie DaUas.TX area.WhUe we were in DaUas, I had the special privilege to attend the black tie Medal of Honor Society dinner m wfoch Roger Staubach was presented the Society's Pattiot Award for 2006. The Pattiot's Award is the foghest award the Congressional Medal of honor Society can bestow upon an individual. The Award is reserved for those persons who, tfoough their Ufe's work, have distinguished themselves as an American dedicated to freedom and the ideals represented by the Society. There are 111 Uving Medal of Honor winners and 18 were present that evefong.

Previous Pattiot recipients include: Bob Hope,John Rangos Sr, Lee lacocca. Dr. Robert Haley, Ross Perot, former Presidents Ronald Regan and George H.W Bush, and General Norman Schwarzkopf It was truly an honor to be in attendance for tfos event. Last, I would Uke to encourage other classmates to sign up for the Class Cruise in June 2007.

EUen and I made the Panama Canal Cmise and it was our first cruise with the class. It was truly a great experience. 20th Company mates Kurt Rodenburg and

Hank Ochcl were on the cruise and there were a couple other classmates whom I knew from other activities, but most of the others I did not know. The great experience was getting to know these classmates; truly super individuals along vvith their spouses. I hope that others wiU join us for the upconUng Med Cruise. • Ken Dixner: • FinaUy back on line after several weeks of confusion. WUl be here in GainesviUe for the winter and wiU be moving to another address etc and then things wiU setde down. But can access tfos after changing passwords. What an ordeal.

Have abaout 150 messages to read, delete, etc. So keep in touch and I wiU catch up- after a few weeks. • PARTING SHOTS. I'm stiU bummed out with the way Navy lost the bowl game. They played a great game and got screwed by the referee who caUed that holding caU when we made a first down that would have one the game.

Nonetheless, we should aU feel good about the resurgence of Navy footbaU, just Uke it was in the old days! Come see a game in the faU! "GET IT DONE WITH '61" ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 1 1 % LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 6 1 % PRES: CAPT Richard J. Hayes, USN (Ret.) H: 703-461-3582; E: usna621@netzero.net SECY: CDR Howard S. Pinskey, USNR (Ret.) RO. Box 3380, Annapolis, MD 21403-3326 H: 410-974-1962; E: PINSK62@aol.com WEB SITE: www.nampows.org/62.html

Greetings from AnnapoUs. Spring is ofoy three weeks away and aU the good events that come to tfos area with that season. Our 45'-" reunion is in less than seven months and our montfoy colunm contains much information about that weekend. Much news to talk about tfos month, so here goes.

IN MEMORIAM JOHN F.JOHNSON, 69, of Brandon, Fla., died Wednesday Dec. 13, 2006, in Sun City Center, Fla. He was born October 10,1937 in Pittsburgh, NY, to John W. and Katfoeen (Davies) Johnson.

His parents preceded him in death. M r Johnson was educated at the U.S. Naval Academy and the University of Florida.

He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marines. After working as a computer programmer and techfocian for many companies, he ended his career with UPS in Florida. Mr. Johnson had a short career as a rfonor league basebaU

player for the Philadelphia PhiUies and was active in the Pop Warner rfodget footbaU league for many years in Mount HoUy, NJ. M r Johnson is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, three sons and daughters-in-law, two brothers, 11 grandchUdren and on great-grandchUd. A service was held Saturday in Brandon.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Lower Columbia Hospice, 486 12'-" St., Astoria, OR, 97103 or Life Path Hospice at Sun City, 3725 Upper Creek Drive, Ruskin, FL. 33573. The Neptune Society handled the arrangements. The class extends it's sincerest sympathies to John's extended famUy. CLASS NEWS The United States Naval Academy Alumni Association announced the 2007 recipients of it's Distinguished Graduate Award Jan. 19. The recipients are: Rear Admiral Maurice H. Rindskopf'38, USN (Ret.); Admiral Thomas B. Hayward '48, USN (Ret.); M r Ralph Hooper,'51 and Adrforal Leighton W Smith, Jr'62, USN (Ret.).

• "The Distinguished Graduate Award recognizes those who embody the principle of dedication to service. Our goal at the U.S. Naval Academy is to produce graduates who that that noble ideal and make it a way of Ufe," said U.S. Naval Academy Superintendent,Vice Adrforal Rodney P. Rempt. "Rear Adrforal Rindskopt, Adrforal Hayward , Mr. Hooper and Adrforal Srfoth join an Ulustrious group of alumfo who have aU comrmtted their Uves to serving their Navy and their Nation. Their character and contributions set the standard for what we aim to instiU in our Midshipmen and we are honored to have these leaders among us to set the example.

These gentlemen represent aU that is great about the Naval Academy and we are proud to pay tribute to them for their accompUshments."

"The four graduates selected as recipients of the 2007 Naval Academy Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Award are role models to aU rfodshipmen at the Naval Academy. They persofofy the finest in values of loyalty and personal commitment and they have consistently characterized the highest standards of leadersfop in the naval service and the private sector," said George PWatt,Jr., President and CEO of the Alumni Association and Foundation The U.S. Naval Academy Alumfo Association's Distinguished Graduate March 2007

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CLASS N E W S Award was estabUshed in 1999 and is presented by the Alumfo Association to recogfoze Uving graduates of the Naval Academy who have provided a Ufetime of service to the nation or armed forces, have made sigruficant ffistinguished conttibutions to the nation via their pubUc service and have demonsttated a sttong interest in supporting the Navy or Marine Corps and the United States Naval Academy. • Our class has been twice honored with classmates selected for tfos prestigious Distinguished Graduate Award. Along with SNUFFY SMITH being selected tfos year, our Marine Corps classmate, JOHN RIPLEY was previously a recipient of tfos award.

Here is a brief bio of SNUFFY as it appeared in the official announcement: • ADMIRAL SMITH graduated with the U.S. Naval Academy Class of '62 and creffits fos ffistinguished rrUUtary career to Captain WUUam F. "Bush" Bringle '37, the Commandant of Midsfopmen during Srfoth's plebe year at the Academy.

Acadermc difficfoties, almost resulting in ffismissal, brought fom before Captain Brmgle, where he learned a key lesson wfoch shaped fos career and his concepts of leadersfop. "It's aU up to you." Tfos event was the turfong point in fos Ufe. A renowned combat aviator, ADMIRAL SMITH'S rrUUtary career spanned nearly 35 years, during wfoch he received two Distinguished Flying Crosses and 29 air medals flying combat rfossions in Vietnam.

He is noted for fos abffity to deal with rapidly changing and complex poUtical and rrUUtary issues at the foghest levels of government, cuUnmating in fos tour as Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/AUied Forces Southern Europe, when he commanded the 34 nation NATO Implementation Forces in Bosfoa. Smith's leadersfop resulted in fos selection as an Honorary Knight of the British Empire and a private auffience with Her Majesty the Queen. He has served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumfo Association. Currently, he serves on the Naval Academy Board ofVisitors and is a Trustee of the Naval Academy Foundation, Atfoetic and Scholarsfop Programs. The 2007 Distinguished Graduate Award ceremony wUl be held Friday 30 March 2007, at the Naval Academy with the Brigade of Midsfopmen in attendance. •

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The class congratfoates SNUFFY SMITH and JOHN RIPLEY and their fanUUes.They make us aU very proud.

Congramlations are in order for our classmate JOHN HANLEY, who was recendy married. He sent us ffie foUowing announcement and photo: • Maureen Anne O'Hehir and JOHN JOSEPH HANLEY were married m the Lady Chapel of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan. Msgr. WUUam Toohy preformed the ceremony. Mrs. Hafoey, 64, retired as a nurse practitioner at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, where she helped screen women for breast cancer. She graduated from St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing in Brooklyn and from Marymount Manhattan CoUege. She is a daughter of the late Catherine and Joseph Butler O'Hefor, who Uved in Brooklyn.

The bridegroom, 66, is known as Jack.

Now retired, the bridegroom worked in Stuttart, Germany and Manhattan for ffie Holtzbrinck PubUshing Group as chairman and cfoef executive of a ffivision that pubUshed coUege, scientffic and meffical books. He is also a former chairman of Scientific American, the montfoy magazine. He graduated from the Naval Academy. He is a son of the late Mary and John Joseph Hafoey of Northampton,

and the more recent raging batdes between the Palestifoan factions as they try to gain the upper hand on that sttife torn region. That enabled us to tour ffie northern regions of GaUlee as weU as ttavel in and out of the West Bank, visiting Betfoehem and Jericho. I had wanted to see the Golan Heights, and could only convince the guide (a Palestifoan CathoUc with citizenship in Israel and Jordan and special protection from the German government) to do so by getting the rest of the group to demand a trip to the Golan Heights Winery, wfoch we visited.

We ffid aU the tourists tfongs such as renewing our marriage vows at Cana, renewing our baptism vows m the Jordan River, floating in the Dead Sea, traveUng the palm Sunday road and visiting Masada, the site of the last stand of the Jews against the Romans in 74 AD. We toured the Old City and visited the Western WaU. AU in aU, it was a ttip not to be rfossed. Before we went, many foUcs who had previously been there, said that the Bible comes aUve as a result of the ttip. They cofod not have been more correct. The trip was perfecdy safe throughout and I recommend it fogfoy.

We are looking forward to the opportunity to ?o back at some foture date. •

Mass. •

GdAN JEIGHrS WINERY

Earline and Dave Gable

DICK HAYES writes us about ffie JOHN KELLY Christtnas ttee.

John Hanley and Maureen Anne O'Hehir

The '62 flag is proudly ffisplayed again in Israel by way of DAVE GABLE and his wife EarUne. • It has been several years since I sent news of my travels to the Alumni magazine - I think the last entry was when I was married, now over 42 years ago.

Earline and I just returned from a fantastic trip to Israel, where we participated in the tour of a Ufetime. We were lucky to sandwich the trip in between the rocket firings of HezboUah into northern Israel

• Our classmate JOHN KELLY makes a Christmas ornament each year for many of his close fi-iends and classmates. The Christmas ornaments usuaUy revolve as a theme on some event during ffie past year for the KeUy fanUly. Tfos year ffie ornament and theme was two hearts connected by golden wedffing bands ffiat reflect John and Judy's daughter Mary's marriage to a foce Navy Conmiander.

John has been doing this for about 25 years now and we had so many ofJohn's ornaments that we had to get another ttee this year just to hold John's Chrismias ornaments. I'm enclosing a picture we took at Christmas in front of what we

now affectionately c;Ul the "John KeUy Chrismias Tree". •

Dick Hayes '62 with the John Kelly Christmas tree

45^^ RELl\TON NEWS Class President DICK HAYES prepared this letter oudirUng plannmg details for our gala 45 Reumon: • As everyone knows, ffie 45™ Reimion WTU be held from Wednesday the 1 9 * of September to Sunday- ffie 23^'-. The extra day- is primarily- for ffie goffers and anyone else that wants to spend an extta day m Annapolis If v-ou come to ffie Reufoon on Thursday- ffie 20™, you wiU miss nothing except the goff tournament. Our Reufoon schedfoe is startmg to firm up and is posted on our Class w-e site.

Our headquarters wiU once again be ffie Loews Hotel on West Stteet. We also have some rooms booked at other nearbyhotels m case ffie Loews fills up. We expect to have a "Reufoon package" m ffie maU to aU classmates about 1 March.

Please remember to keep your emaU and home address current with STEW LINGLEY so we get the maiUng to ffie correct address. The maiUng wiU mclude a card that wiU list aU the events that are schedfoed and you can check off the ones you plan to attend and then maU the card and your check back to STEW. The bluest expense at the Reufoons always revolves around the cost of the rooms at the Loews. Loews makes the most of their money from Reufoons on footbaU weekends as weU as graduation week. I beUeve we paid SI99 plus tax at our 40'-^ Reufoon. Thev started out with

a price of $289 per foght for our 45™ Reunion, but I was able to negotiate the room rate down to $239 a night. There are about 5 suites available at a cost of $50 adffitional per night. In order to make it tair tor everyone, the rooms vvUl be blocked out untU 0800 Pacific Time on 1 May and you can caU at ffiat time to make a reserv-ation.

BOB DiAISO & EM REISTETTER are coorffinating the golf tournament w-hich wiU be held on Thursday mornmg at Hunters Oak Goff Club on Kent Island. We wiU have company parties on Thursday foght and we are trying to get a representative firom each company to coordmate and be responsible for that effon. DICKTASH is setting up a Cfoistian Prayer Breakfast on Friday mornmg at the Loews. We are tentatively set for a Class Meetmg on Friday mornmg, foUowed by a brief firom the new Supermtendent.

Our gala former dance wiU be held on Friday foght at ffie Loews. This year the Loews has agreed to let us have two mam courses on ffie menu and people wiU be able to select wfoch mam course they vv-ant when they fiU out ffieir return cards Ustmg wfoch events they are sigrUng up for. It looks Uke ffie two mam course enttees wUl be Prime Rib or Cfocken Breast vvith GarUc Sfoimp. I expect he cost per person for the ffinner wiU be bet^veen S65 and S69 vvfoch wiU mclude salad, enttee with sides, dessert, wine, music and gratfoty: For the past two Reufoons we've used the Hubcaps for dancmg and entertainment, but they have become too expensive and too hard to work with so we are m the process of checkmg out some local bands that play good "olffies music" for us.

We are just about locked m on a caterer for our taUgate on Saturday before the big game vvith Wake Forest. The NAAA now requires ffiat aU classes having Major Reufoons use one of ffie five approved caterers for taUgates (the one we used for the 35™ and 40™ reumons has gone out of busmess). Bob McLean is organizmg our taUgate party and he has put a lot of time and effort mto settmg it up. The price wiU be m the area of $55 for the food, beer and wine, tent and the 'big' head. The TaUgate party wUl be for six hours. The menu is heavy on good food since there won't be a "class" dmner Saturday mght after the game. Bemg that it's the last foght m towTi for many foUcs, many classmates have told me they wofod

rather keep Samrday foght open for ffinner vvith classmates and friends. This vviU also cut down on the ifotial expense money when signing up for events.

As usual, CathoUc and Protestant services are held on Sunday morfong.

Right now we are planfong to have brunch at ffie Officers and Facfoty Club but we've put them on notice that they must do a better job than they did last time or they wiU lose our business permanendy. Also, we want the brunch held at the O & F Club and not Alumfo HaU. In the afternoon, BiU Krfoak wiU conduct a memorial service for our departed classmates in the new Commodore Uriah P. levy Center's Jewish Chapel. Tfos wiU give everybody an opportufoty to tour the newest buUdmg on the "Yard".

As most of you know, everyone attenffing the Reufoon pays a registration fee vvfoch covers a host of tfongs. We have to pay for several prmtmgs, mailings, class directories, mcidentals and often unplanned costs that alvv-ays pop up and most important, the "gooffie bag" that each classmate gets when he checks m.

We always make sure there are some tfongs m the gooffie bag for our "One and Ofoy's". We have picked out the "gooffies" and I know you'U Uke them.

I don't have an estimate for the Registration fee yet because ffiere are stUI a couple of loose ends we are trying to price out, but it won't be much more than last time.

At the Class Meetmg, we wiU inttoduce the new Class Officers. We stiU have a nommatmg comrfottee who wUl soUcit canffidates for ffie Class Officer jobs and hold an election m the summer by mail baUot. I've been your Class President for the past ten years and it's probably time for some "new blood" to take up the reigns. If anyone wofod Uke to run for any of the five elected Class Officers positions (President.Vice President East Coast, Vice President West Coast, Treasurer and Secretary), please let them know^ and I'U ensure your name gets to the nommating committee. • As a fmal note, for those vvffio are not members of the Alumfo Association, please consider joinmg. Your membersfop entities you to a copy of SHIPMATE as vveU as aU the numerous benefits of membersfop. The Class of'62 total membersfop is at 72% - one of the foghest class participation rates - weU done.

Please support your Alumfo Association.

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and hopefuUy, it vvUl reach as many classmates as possible so we can aU be aware of'what's happening'.

That's our class news for tfos March 2007 issue of SHIPMATE. Keep your inputs conUng in. It's contagious and your classmates appreciate hearing from you. Keep in touch. Unfo next time ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 7% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 54% PRES: CAPT W. Spencer Johnson TV, USN (Ret.) SECY: Michael H. SheUey 25 Sweetwater Ln., Pisgah Forest, NC 28768 H: 828-862-4245; E: nstai@citcom.net WEB SITE: v™w.USNA63.org

David Puckett, the president of the Class of 1963 Foundation, has announced ffie outcome of the latest election of Foundation Trustees.

• I was very pleased vvith the number of you who volunteered to run for Class Foundation Trustee this year Many very quaUfied Classmates were wUling to commit the time and resources required.

As we have a terrific Class this does not reaUy surprise me. I was also pleased with the baUot response tfos year as approximately 33 percent of you voted. That is more than double the foghest response we have received whUe I have been in office.

The two new Trustees are Mario Fiori and Mike Rubel. Congratulations go out to them but also to aU those who ran and to those who voted!

Thanks for the donations and the notes that some of you sent me and, most importantly, for the ongoing support you have given to the Class Foundation and its efforts to memorialize the best USNA class ever! • John Boley sent afoUreport of his recent travels and activities, from which I have excerpted the text below. The complete text, vvith photos, is at USNA63.org.

• Tfos has been a great year for us. Our first grandchUd, Sophia Grace Brown, was born in January in NashvUle. We were there and have burned up the road between St. Louis and NashviUe since, turfong into the quintessential grandparents who have worn out one camera and visited baby related shops from Victoria, BC, to York, England.

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programming and daycare plus many others to inner-city chUdren and fanfoies through three neighborhood centers and a pubUc school. In addition, both of us volunteer for duties at our church and I regularly teach adfot Sunday school. We also fit in an occasional reaUy bad (speaking for myself) game of golf along the way.

We spent the month of October driving through Britain to see some of the rest of the country after visiting London several times. We rented a car and stayed in B&B's and crisscrossed the country from south to north incluffing visits to northern Wales and southern Scodand.A fogUight was Margarette and I celebrating our 40th wedffing anfoversary atffieNew BeU Restaurant in Effinburgh.

Just before leaving we visited with Katfo and Chuck Calvano in London.

They are in the rfodst of a hardsfop tour we shofod aU be so lucky to endure. We got back to St. Louis in time for basebaU playoffs and were lucky enough to be at Busch Staffium for the final game of the World Series. • The Boleys and other members of our class were in Charlotte for Navy's bowl game against Boston CoUege on 30 December Bob Forster foed this report and provided several photos which can be seen at USNA63.org.

• I flew downfi-omWasfongton on Friday, enjoyed walking around downtown Charlotte in the afternoon, and attended the Navy pep raUy. The taUgate on Saturday was as good as the other two Navy bowl game events I have attended in recent years — the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco and the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego. The Navy team played hard and weU and the game was superb, except for the last two rfonutes.

At the Tailgate I saw Chuck MacUn and his wife, Dick Jones and his son, Leslie and Jim Spruance and their son Jake, Nick Nerangis, and Frank Gregory (who recently moved to Pinehurst, NC). 1 heard that EU Dabich and Roger Tetrault were there, along vvith Walt Breede and his wife, and Keith Reynolds and his son.

The Class of '63 ffinner Saturday evening at the Mimosa GrUl (recommended by Jim Ring's niece) was exceUent. The attendees included Margarette and John Boley; OlUe and Duffy Doherty; Don Palen with wife, son, and daughter-in-law; Berfoe Patterson

and fos lady friend; PoUy and WUson Harris; Judy and Hoot Gibson; Sue and Ben Cole; Sandy and OUie Donelan; Mary Jo and Pat Curtis; and myseff. •

Meineke Bowl tailgaters

Jim Ring sent news about '63's support of Navy in the latest footbaU contests against Notte Dame and Army. There isn't room here for the Notte Dame report, so visit USNA63.org to see it.

On the morning of the Army game, I put Jim Metcalfe and fos date, PhU Rooney, onto a bus and saw them off from Army-Navy Country Club for ffie ttip to Philadelphia. Later in the day, classmates and spouses assembled at Army-Navy CC to watch the game.

With Jim and PhU off to the game, ffieir spouses, Lisa and Jan, joined us wiffi Lisa's sister. Boots Hickman. The '63 crowd included my spouse, Kate, Betty and Kent Maxfield,Arlene and Forrest Siburt,Jodee and Frank Edrington, Cici and John KeUy, and Jackie and Mike Crofon vvith theU daughter, CoUeen. Also joining us were CAPT DarreU HUl, USMC '01, a former Navy Unebacker, and MUce Lipari '75, a retired CDR now teaching and coachingat Gonzaga, my high school. Some of my long-time friends joined us. They were CAPT John Erickson.USN QAGC) (ret.) and his date, Grace Enffies, LCol. Ed Myers USAF (ret.), and Dave CorneUssen, a former Naval Officer We used to go to the A-N game regfoarly inffie70s.

WhUe the '63 crowd was celebrating in Ariington and Philadelphia, a large number of our Southern CaUforfoa classmates and ffieir laffies were enjoying each other's company while rooting for the Navy team. This report was prepared by Steve Hoy: • Wow! Some of you rfossed one of ffie greatest parties ever SheUa and Mike Bonsignore opened their home to us and set a new standard for hospitaUty — catered ffining incluffing a four course ffinner, a gourmet brunch, and a country BBQ. Mike arranged goff, ffiinks around the clock, valet parking, optimum

profit research and education entity based in Washington, DC, that focuses on land use and development. Ofoy eight other Life Trustees have been named in the 70year history of the orgafozation. The presenter was our classmate Ron TerwiUiger, former Chairman of ULI. Also pictured is Jim's wife, Cynthia.

Tfos is from an e-maU Jack Hood sent in December:

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• 1 haven't touched base for over a year, since we moved back to Iowa, but wanted to let you know that we have more than settled and do not rfoss the heat and hurfoffity of Florida in the summer. Of course the wind chUl is supposed to be rfonus 25 tomorrow morfong so there are a few drawbacks but we have the clothes to hancUe that. My mam activities now consist of hunting up firewood (We go through about 3-plus cords in a wmter), keepmg the lawn up in summer, and fishing. I got a smaU jon boat with electtic motor and fish fmder to use in the many quarries around us, and I fot the ttout stteams aU summer and faU. It is interestmg that being weU removed firom any miUtary bases, tfongs stUl go along smootfoy. •

game party

That's it for now, folks. I'U see you here next month!

QUAUTY- '63 23rd Companymates

television viewmg, and mcreffible service.

AU of us had a wonderffo time.

There were about 60 people, mcludmg wiv-es. This photo of the guys by the pool shows Len Eaton and NUes larmone holdmg the Navy- Goat banner On the stairs from ffie left to right are Jim LasswelL Richard Pace, Dick Anderson, Mike Krause,John MidcUeton, Pete Optekar,Tim Cook, Jim McClure, BUI Hughes, and Jim Fontana. Up front, from the left, are Grant Teffer, Mike Rubel, Jim Thornton, Wayne Clark, NUes lannone, Wm Orgera, Len Eaton, Vern Von Sydow, Zimm Zirrrmerman, Frank Meyers, Dick Ortwem, Chuck Stone, Lew BlackvveU, Bermy Cole and myseff. KneeUng from left to right are Jim Oakes, Mike Bonsignore, and CharUe Helsper.

Also, here is a group photo of those from the original 23rd Company w-ho were there. Included are Farrington, Bonsignore, Thornton,Von Sydow, Ortwem, Krause, lannone, Clark, Cole, Rubel, Eaton, Hoy, and Zimmerman.

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I am sure you can match the faces with the names.

The plan and hope for next year is that we wUl aU meet m Baltimore for the Army-Navy game. Work has been ifotiated attemptmg to arrange for group tickets. Start tfonking about it now. Vern promises to make this a special event.

It wofod be great fon to see everyone at that game. •

Jim DeFrancia (left) honored by the Urban Land Institute

Here is a photo ofJim DeFrancia being awarded a "Life Trusteesfop" in the Urban Land Institute. The Instimte is a non-

PRES: David Tuma H: 703-549-8068; dftuma@aol.com Acting C O R R . SECY: Roland Marquis 1605 Rohluing Road Rolling Meadows IL 60008 P: 847-970-7562 E: roland.niarquis@ngc.com WEB SITE: wTvw.usna64.org

We open tfos month with a message from our Class President Dave Tuma: • Dear Classmates I want to thank aU of you who have contributed to fonffing our Navy Marine Corps Memorial Staffium '64 Batde Arch.. A large conttibution/pledge from Richard Earnest and conttibutions and pledges from aU of you have fonded the Arch to $243,000 - very close to the 5250,000 needed. We need a few more conttibutions and need to honor our pledges — but we can be proud to have taken on tfos project and completed it. I expect the deffication plaque to be m place soon. I wUl notify the class when U is up, so plan on takmg a look — it is

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terrffic. A picture of the Arch is below.

The Deffication Plaque reads in part: "The Class of 1964 defficates tfos Memorial Arch to aU ffiose who, tfoough simUar deffication to service and perseverance in the face of adversity, made the fotimate sacrffice to ensure ourflagffies over ffie 'land of the free'. EspeciaUy honored are our classmates who lost their Uves as a resfot of operations during war and peace, and ffie farrUUes who have endured their loss."

Thank you for supporting our Navy Marine Corps Memorial Staffium '64 Batde Arch! —^David Do More with 64. BEAT ARMY! •

Class of'64 Batde Arch

We received a foce Cfoistmas newsletter and picture from Mary and Tim Myers, former members of the Cfocago '64 gang. FoUowmg are excerpts from ffieir newsletter: • " 2006 has been a very good year.

Lffe m Lake Oswego continues to agree with Mary and me. My daughter Stacey was married at Camp Pendleton to Captain Bob WUey, who had recendy returned from duty in Iraq. A graduate of the Citadel, Bob and Stacy now reside in Lawton, Oklahoma, where he is an ArtiUery Instructor Mary is as active as ever. A member of the Lake Oswego Welcome Wagon, she plays Mah Jongg weekly and is active in the group luncheon program. AdditionaUy, she does Yoga, Cfo Gong, and weekly Meffitation with a Buddfost group. Recendy, she has become involved in a kfotting program to benefit sick and homeless persons in the community. Her dedication to massage and health have a wonderffo effect on aU those around her including ME! I have three driving rfossions in my retired Ufe. Number one is my active participation in the USS Ranger Museum Foundation, a non-profit organization trying to bring the aircraft carrier to Portland. We are making some progress, but movement is slow. Number two is

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DC Gang Christmas Party: Those present included: Dave Abeam, Jerry and Yvonne Anderson, Steve Claassen, Gordy Clow, An and Dottie Collier, Lon and MaryJo Cooke, Ed and Joyce Conant Rick and A Dau, Jerry Ellis, Jerry Evans, John Gorman, Charles Heath, Ken Henry, Steve and Mardy Laabs, Bernie Joyce Maguire, Jim Maitland, Bill Natter, Hal Sisson, Ernie and Susan Smith, Bob and Becky Sutton, An and Mary Thompson, David Tuma and Kate Paige, John and Judy TweeL Dave and Cindy Wagner, Chu Wilde, and Ray and Jean Witter.

my involvement wiffi ffie Naval Academy Oregon / Souffiwest Wasfongton Alumfo Chapter as their President. Number three is my ttue passion, "old-man softbaU".

Tfos past year I played with a NationaUy ranked Over 60 team and an up-andcorrUng Over 65 team. My schedfoe had me on the road almost every weekend tfos past summer We ffid manage to fifosh third in both the World Senior Championsfops in Seatde and the Huntsman World Sefoor Games in St. George, Utah. AU in aU, I participated in over 240 games tfos past season, and I can stiUwaUc!!!"^

Mary and Tim Myers from their Lake Oswego, Oregon Home.

Anyone interested in leariUng more about ffie USS Ranger Museum Foundationshofod contact Tim at 503-550-5777.

As a foUow up to an item in the December Shipmate colunm, the Honorable Bernie Maguire sends along the foUowing e-maUfiromJohn Dempsey commending his exceUent efforts to electtify Iraq:

• Oohn,] Thank you for a great and informative meeting today. I better understand the electtic infi:asttucture and ffie issues ffiat you face here in Iraq. Electticity is an exttemely important commoffity and through your efforts and the sttong relationsfop that you have developed wiffi MOE, Iraq is better eqfopped to deal wiffi the many chaUenges. I share your view that sigfoficant emphasis to foster a close coUaboration betw^een the MOE and M O O is required and I hope to faciUtate that in any way I can. Thanks again for the visit. I look forward to working wiffi you and your office.

RespectfoUy, Peter DevUn Major-General (Canaffian Army), Deputy Conmianffing General • Forty classmates and wives attended the DC area Chrismias luncheon on 5 December The Army-Navy Country Club ffid a terrific job wiffi hoUday decorations and Jerry Evans (who took over luncheon coorffination from Ed Conant) plarmed an outstanffing menu. It was a wonderffo way to celebrate ffie beginfong of the hoUdays!

FinaUy, your humble correspondent would like to reifond classmates a two, sometimes three, month lag exists between column subifottal deadlines and actual publication. For this reason, I am reluctant, except in rare instances (such as Jim Shanahan's foneral) to report on recent classmate or spouse Ulnesses or deaffis, although we do receive a number of these sad notices. The Class Newsletter, wfoch is much closer to real time, is a significandy more appropriate venue for

such announcements vviffiout mtruffing on bereavements, etc. We vviU of course contmue to include after-ffie-fact expressions of famiUal gratitude, and offier similar correspondences.

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PRES: CAPT Jim Mindetiein, USN (Ret.) 1080 Carnage HUl Pk\vy. .\nnapolis. MD 21401 E;jinim65<a comcast.net; P; 410-841-6644 F:4UVS9"-iUll CORR SECT: CDR Dave Anderson, USN (Ret.) 1600.Mamoana Bhd. #2208 Honolulu, HI 96815 E:daM?and65@earthliiik-net P: 808-942-92.^; 0:808-477-0338 F: 808-257-1609 V^-EB SITE; litqK//home.earthBiikjiet/~daveaiid65/

Hey gang, check out ffie website for souge on ffie 45 Reufoon. Mike Epprecht is our esteemed Reufoon Comrfottee head and he and his group wiU be providmg ifob on ffie reufoon as ffiey- knovvit. So check ffie links often, ffiev wiU ^ t fiUed up wiffi good dope on ffie 45^.^ Prez Jim Minderlein went to DaUas in late Ocx "06 to attend Roger Staubach's award of ffie Congressional .Medal of Honor Group's Patriot Award and he donated a check firom Class ot "65 to ffie group.

WhUe we're on awards to ffie Rog. be advised that m December, ffie Horatio -41ger Association of Distinguished Americans selected Roger Staubach '65 as a 20(17 Aw-ard Recipient, and he wiU be inducted as a Ufetime Member of ffie Association m Wasfongton. D.C. on April 12-14,2007.

Roger is also ffie 2000 recipient of ffie U. S. Navfo Academy- Alumfo Association's Distinguished Graduate Aw-ard, and he co-chaired ffie recently completed Leaders to Senv the Nation Campaign thar raised more than $250 miUion m total gifis, pledges and bequests — the most comprehensi\-e fundraismg campaign m ffie Nav-al Academy-'s history: Foimded m 1947, ffie Horatio Alger Association of Distmguished Americans contmues to fiUfiU its mission of honoring ffie acfoevements of outstandmg mffividuals in our society- who have succeeded m spite of adversity- and of encouraging young people to pursue ffieir ffieams through fogher education.

I know- y-ou vv-fil aU jom us m congratulating Roger for yet anoffier recogforion by a prermer organization for

fos selfless conttibution and service to commufotv'.

And I came upon an mteresting ttivia question firom the 16 Dec Honolfou Advertiser: Of ffie 25 quarterbacks who have won ffie Heisman Trophy, how many have later quarterbacked a team to a Super Bowi Victory?

Answer: Ofoy two. Roger Staubach led the DaUas Cowboys to victories m Super BowlsVI and Xll.Jim Plunkett (Staifford '70) gfoded ffie Oakland And LA Raiders to wins in Super Bowls XV and XVIII. Source: LA Times. That's pretty raiified company!!! Way to go, Rog. on aU ffiese immensely deserved recogfotions.

There was a short engagement on our '65 eFonim trying to Ust aU the classmates who have held pubUc office.What emerged was a Ust of three (so far): Conrad Best was elected to ffie position ofJudge of Elections m his Westmoreland County. PA votmg district m 1980; Rob SneUmg was a state legislator in Georgia for a few- years, and CharUe Sapp is sriU an elected member of the Hampton, VA City- Council. Any- others we shofod know about?

From PhU Ferrara, 09 Dec • PhU Ferrara reported m earlyDecember on a long foke taken by himseff and Sted Garber m Big Gunpow-der FaUs State Park along ffie river to ffie Prettyboy- Reservok Dam. Four offier hearties also participated m this hike. They- saw lots of deer, beaver, huge blue herons and mcluded several stteam fordmgs and scrambUng up foUs. This foke was gready enjoyed by aU and it

was interesting to note that the average age of ffie six hikers was 65.8 years

of age. •

Phil Ferrara and Sted Garber

On to some other emaUs; From Lynn Wegner, 11 Dec • I was m AnnapoUs for several day^s at the end of Nov and had a v-ery enjoyable ffinner wiffi Forrest and Jan Horton at the home of PhU and Linda Ferrara.

Then went up to PhiUy- to vv-atch Navy "Drive for Five". I also saw John Wroten and Sted and Robin Garber at the Big Game. I stopped by- the batdesfop, USS NEW JERSEY on Sunday and was very pleased to see picmres of ADM Paul Reason on ffie Quarterdeck "nameboards." I also saw a large brass plate wiffi Pafo's name on his Hag Stateroom door.(Dave's note:VADM Doug Katz was a former C O of NEW JERSEY just before he put onfosfirst star).

I was mvited to show^ my Navy Blue '53 CadUlac conv-ertible at the HUton Head Island Concours d'Elegance m earlyNovember and won ffieir Palmetto Aw-ard. It was a fon show- with a lot of related activities but the best part was my of room mate Jack Devineffiov-eov-er

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65-66 CLASS N E W S for brunch one day. We had a great visit he is StUl kept very busy working fiUl time as am I (just to be able to keep having my "ttaUer queen" hauled to shows around the country).

Lynn Wegner'65 • From Skip Moore, 13 Dec • I caUed Gorffie White to see how he is doing after his brain operation, and his wffe said I wofod have to hold whUe she got fom; he was outside washing the car. I talked with Gorffie, and he is so very grateffo to aU of us who caUed, sent letters, and sent cards. He was overwhelmed by the kindness of fos classmates. He is doing very weU now.

Let's pray that he continues to improve.

Skip^ There was another thread m December on the eForum about the first issue of the USNA postage stamp. After numerous comments, it was revealed by Tom Crowder that our very own classmate, Michael J. RUey, DBA was responsible for it. Mike served as ffie Cfoef Finance Officer for the U.S. Postal Service during former Postmaster General Marvin Runyon's tenure, and spearheaded the USPO campaign to issue a stamp feamring USNA. Mike now serves on the Board of Directors for Brivo, Inc., a company that provides Internet-based solutions for conttoUing and mofotoring physical access to commercial and mdustrial facUities.

It turns out that the saU boat featured on the stamp depicts among other mids, WU D Wright,'USNA '95, son of no other than Doug Wright.

From Jim Stark, 11 Dec • Attached is a group photo taken of the Class of'65 attendees at the Eastern Shore USNA Alumfo Chapter party to watch and celebrate Navy's latest win over Army.

There were 32 of us in aU, with '65 being by far the best represented. The '65ers attenffing as depicted below are from left to rigtht, Jim and Rosi Stark, Dave Vigrass, John General, Happ and Kayleen Hadd, Denny Jones, Geri Vigrass, Pam and Mike Epprecht, Craig and Fran Etka, Karen and Doyle Winters. • Jim Minderlein posted a long message on the eForum on 17 Dec, wfoch is excerpted below: • The next COCP meeting wUl be held 4 AprU 2007. If you have any issues you

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want me to raise at this meeting, please provide me with a one page issue paper vvith the background, problems and proposed recommendations. I am currendy working on an issue ffiat I feel needs much improvement - midsfopman personal appearance. I have enUsted the help and support of Col. John Ripley'62 and wiU keep you posted on our progress.

You can also check the status of the 2006 Annual Fund and the Class of'77 ChaUenge. As of 30 November, we were at a 34.2% participation rate and ranked 20th of the 81 classes Usted. Our participation rate was also fogher than the Class of'77 - 31.7%. Remember, for every class that beats '77's participation rate, that's an adffitional $5,000 for the Academy I tfonk'65 should be one of those classes.

Diann and I wiU be attenffing the bowl game in Charlotte on 30 December and look forward to seeing the many classmates who plan on attendmg to root for our tford sttaight bowl game victory over Boston CoUege.

Tfos wiU most probably be my last emaU for 2006, so on behalf of the Executive Comrfottee, I want to wish you aU a very happy hoUday season and the very best in the New Year. Let's hope it wUl be a more peaceffo year and that we are successffo in protecting our freedom and way of Ufe. I look forward to working with you in 2007 to help make the Class of 1965 a leader in helping to preserve the honor and traffitional values of the U S. Naval Academy.

AU the Best,Jim P. S. On the 9th and 17th ofJanuary, our Class wUl provide ffie facffitators for the Class of 2007 Capstone Moral Leadersfop SenUnars. These seminars give first class rfodshipmen the opportunity to ffiscuss complex leadership, ethical, and moral issues in order to prepare them to assume the mande of leadership when they are comrfossioned officers in the Navy and Marine Corps. Classmates participating on 9 January include Skip Orr, John Bishop, Chip Seymour, Jimi Savard, PhU Ferrara and myseff. The 17 January participants are Doug Katz, Craig Etka, Frog Kristensen, Doyle Winters, Dick Harris, and Bob Andretta. • We got several good reports from the Meineke Bowl, held on 30 Dec Bob Halsey, Claude Lumpkin and PhU Ferrara aU chimbed in around New Years Day with glowing reports.

Bob reported that despite the loss (by 1 point in the last few seconds of the game), those of us who attended had a great time! Fans who had never seen a Navy footbaU game (incluffing fos daughter and son-in-law) were impressed by the marchon (even though it was ofoy by about 500 mids on their leave time!) and the flyover by 2 F/A-18s (they barely cleared the staffium top!). Also, there were very few penalties during the game. '65 had an allday mifo-reunion, thanks to the BiU Erickson RV set-up (and food/beverages!) and the ffinner at Frankie's that evefong thanks to Ken Andrews and Clem and Betsy Meehans! Wish Ron Voelkel and the Tidewater area bus contingent could have stayed longer after the game! Before the game almost aU of the '65ers present attended the Alumfo Association's "Blue and Gold Come Around," at a local restaurant. (Dave's note — look for aU of PhU Ferrara's Meineke Bowi photos on BuU Durham's Directory website at http://wvwv.aoe.vt.edu/~durham/USNA 65/). Here's one taken at the come around vvith Ron Slusser, Claude, Clem and Hap Hadd.

Ron Slusser, Claude, Clem and Hap Hadd

In response to a tfoead about ffie new Joint Sttike Fighter, the F-35 and comparing it to the Air Force F-22 Raptor, Murph noted in a posting on 07 Jan that Tom Morgenfeld'65 wasffieTest PUot on both birds.The F-35 at the DuUes (Udar-Hazy) Air and Space Museum has Tom's name painted on one canopy rail.

Have some holiday letters and photos to share but outa space - as usual. So ffiat's aU, folks. Aloha, —Dave

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Wiffi March comes spring, and ffie pronUse of warmth. In keeping vvith ffiat.

I vv-.uit to mtbrm you ffiat the 2007 Florida Comearound wiU be held in ffie Tampa Bav area, ./^yone mterested shofod contact Pete Leniart at lenian(a tampabay.rr.com.

Evidence fiom ffie past years shows ffiat this ?affiering is a very- fim-fiUed ev-ent. and it's not restricted to just ffiose who reside in Florida.

Dave Lovelady forwarded me an article on Bruce Bickel tirom the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Bruce is presendy ffie Sefoor Vice President and Managmg Director of PNC Bank Wealffi Management's Priv-ate Foundation Management Services. In ffiat capacity- he oversees 16 fanfoy foundations and one corporate foundation. Fourteen of ffie foundations hav-e some reUgious or faiffibased orientation. They- range m asset v:aluefirom$1M to $1 lOM. The article describes how- Bruce got mterested m the Navy, his narrow escape from beconUng a POW when his plane w-as shot dow-n, and his subsequent v-enmre mto the civffian world as ffie vice president ot the FeUovvsfop of Christian Atfoetes. That work formed the basis for fos current efforts. The article is weU w-orth readmg.

You can access it via ffie post-gazette.com (auffior is Marc Roth) or I'd be glad to send you a copy via emaU. Congratulations and continued success to Brace m his work.

Robert Johnson forwarded me some 40* Reumon photos that " R B " Adams sent. I vviU put some of them m tfos and ffie next couple of articles. Remember that you have that CD m the back of your yeaffiook from the reufoon wfoch has several photos and songs.

'BECKER, SPOONER, AND BURNS - A KISS BEFORE PARTING"

'BEESLEY LONG, MARRONE CRISP LEWIS, MCFADDEN, SALMON, HILL"

"GINSBURG, JOHNSON, AND VERRATTI"

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Thanks agam to RB and Robert.

Gary BUnn forwarded me a very moving letter written by Jake Cohen. It relates the story- ofJake's visit to Wasfongton, D.C. and fos visit to the Viemam Memorial to locate the name of fos friend and our classmate Ray Daley.

Retyped here is the basic letter • "I had somethmg happen to me recendy that I thought I would Uke to share vvith my Classmates. The story goes as foUows: My foece got married m Washmgton, D.C. in October 2004. I took my whole famUy back to DC for several days of celebrating vvith regard to the weddfog.

We had some spare time for sightseeing before the wedffing, and my chUffien had never seen ffie Viemam Memorial. I went out there with them on a bright sunny Saturday mormng. There were probably 1,000 people waUang slowly by the monument in the quiet, respectfol way ffiat people do at that locanon.

While in front of the monument, it occurred to me that 1 shofod locate the name of my former Classmate and friend, Ray Daley. During our Plebe summer, Ray Daley and I became friends. During our Plebe year, I double-dated with Ray at a footbaU game where his foture wife wanted to bring a friend to one of the games. After graduation, Ray went mto the Marine Corps, and he died during the first part of the Vietnam War, about 1968.

I have noticed over the years that our Class helped send a couple of fos kids to coUege — a very worthwhUe tfong. At one of our reufoons, I think it was the 20 , the pictures taken of aU of us on our fost day, after our first haircut, were avaUable to be picked up. In adffition to pickmg up my own, for some reason I never reaUy understood, I also picked up Ray's photograph. It looked so lonely laying there on the table by itseff. I have kept Ray's photograph with my own aU ffiese years.

Anyway, m order to locate Ray's name on the waU, I went up to one of the volunteers who has the book that mfficates the panel and Une number of each name. There was a Une, and once it was my mrn, I asked ffie volunteer ff she cofod give me the location for Ray Daley. No sooner had I asked the question, than a man m Une befond me asked "Are you talking about Ray Daley from Connecticut?" I turned around and had a discussion with tfos complete stranger m wfoch we estabUshed, tfoough my description of Ray, that Ray and the man befond me had gone to fogh school together and had played fogh school sports together The gendeman befond me was there at the waU to ask the same question that I asked, that is, "'Where was Ray Daley's name located on the vv-aU?" He wanted to see fos friend's name the same as I. Once I reaUzed that he and I were talking about the same man, I choked up and cofodn't speak for a couple of mmutes. In my rfond, it was more than a quirky- coincidence. I felt the hand of God m the whole affair.

The chances of two sttangers meeting in the same location, at the same time, approximately 35 years after a man had ffied, and both having the same man on their mmd, are just too ffisproportionate to calcfoate. It was one of the most moving moments of my Ufe." • Jake is correct about sponsormg Ray's chUffien. Both Chervi Anne and Brian March 2007

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Christopher were sponsored by the Class Foundation in their coUege education.

My thanks to Gary and Jake for sharing tfos personal message. Life is often sttanger than fiction.

Sadly, I must report the death of Classmate Tom Peterman. The foUowing obituary was provided via the Philadelphia Inquirer, and forwarded by the Sfopmate obituaries and deaffis notifications coorffinator, Timothy EUzabeth Woodbury. The date of death was 13 December 2006. The article appeared in the 19 December issue of the Inquirer • Thomas OUey Peterman, 64, of Maple Glen, an insurance broker, died of leukerfoa Wednesday at Abington Memorial Hospital.

Mr Peterman graduated from Cheltenham High School. He attended the Ufoversity of Pennsylvafoa and the U.S. Naval Academy in AnnapoUs and was a Naval Reserve veteran.

In 1966, he jomed fos father's insurance brokerage firm in PhUadelpfoa. He eventuaUy became president of the firm, wfoch he relocated to Spring House. He was also vice president of Affiliated Insurance Service Corp. in Conshohocken. He retired in 2004.

Mr. Peterman was a former Boy Scout troop leader m Upper DubUn. He was tteasurer and past president of ffie Society of ffie Friendly Sons of St. Pattick and served on the board of ffie Irish Memorial in PhUadelpfoa. He had a private pUot's Ucense and enjoyed gardening and woodworking.

Since 1965 he had been married to Susan Brown Peterman, whom he had met in the fourth grade atWyncote School. Mr. Peterman is also survived by daughters Amy Wolpert and Anne Morosky; a son, Todd; a brother; and tfoee grandchUffien.

The foneral wUl be at 11:30 a.m. today at Carmel Presbyterian Church, Edge HUl Road and Mt. Carmel Avenue, Glenside.

Memorial donations may be made to Boy Scouts of America, Cradle of Liberty CouncU, 1485VaUey Forge Rd.,Wayne, PA 19087. • The ofoy information I have on Tom is the foUowing address for those who rfoght want to contact Susan: 829 North Betfoehem Pike, Spring House, PA 19477. I know you jom me in offering condolences and prayers.

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anyone is I the D.C. area on 9 May, or 8 August, we are planning to have Class luncheons at the Army/Navy Country Club in ArUngton,VA. Gathering time is 1115, with lunch at 1200. Anyone interested can contact me at the emaU address above or 410-263-6985. The D.C. Area folks wUl receive announcing emaUs. Unfo AprU—AU the best—Mike!!!

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 8% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 60% PRES: CDR David E. Church, USN (Ret.) SECY: LtColJim McNeece, USMC (Ret.) 1603 John Wordiiiigton Way, Crownsville, MD 21032 H: 410-849-3423; E: scribe67@aoI.coni

I guess that by the time tfos gets into your hands the flowers wUl be bloorfong and the birds wUl be singing. Heck, as warm as it's been around AnnapoUs aU that could happen next week, and it's rfod-January!

Dave Church got a note from Dick MacDonald. He had been in town for a short visit and was pretty impressed with aU the work (stUl) going on m the Yard.

King HaU (the mess haU) is, of course, weU on it's way. The Brigade's eating in Dafogren HaU where we had our Tea Fights. The Wesley Brown Field House construction is also under way adjacent to the 7™ Wing. And '67's involved in both of those with John Sheldon as the QA engineer When Wesley Brown is done, Halsey Field House wUl be renovated.

A short note also came in from BUI Vivian. He attended the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte; said it was the first Navy game he'd seen in a long time. I wish the game had resfoted in a Navy win, but it was stiU a good game. Nobody sent me any pictures, but I'U put in the one I got from the Alunmi Association.

'67 at Fall 2006 Board of Trustees

Speaking of the Alumni Association, I attended the faU meeting of the Board of Trustees just before Army weekend. Also in attendance were Al Davey (chair of the Board's House ComnUttee), Dave, Rob Skrotsky (VP Eastern North CaroUna Chapter) and Doug Bomarito '68 (started out in '67,Trustee from the

Oregon and SW Wasfongton Chapter).

Like I said, I was there but the other guys waited unfo I made a head caU before they had the photo taken. However, I'U go ahead and put the picture in, anyway No hard feeUn's.

Dick Glasow gave us tfos photo of the '67 group at the Army-Navy Game party in Orange County, CA. In the back row from the left are Pete Dabbieri, John Boivin (visiting from Florida), Nina Dabbieri, and Dick. Seated are Joe Gatlin (our class exchange student from Texas A&M), BiU Cray, and Carol Glasow.

'4cf i f Orange County A-N Party 2006

Joe Burns forwarded a piece from a Cubic Corporation newsletter wiffi news that John Chehansky has been appointed as vice president of Business Development for Cubic Defense AppUcations.John is a former carrierbased fighter pUot who was decorated for combat experience during Viettiam, a Top Gun graduate, and a former member of the Blue Angels. Not ofoy ffiat, he's a Navy footbaU taUgate regfoar!

Congratfoations, John!

As more folks count their fingers and toes (twice), we're having more contacts pop up looking for information of our 40™ reufoon (weekend of 20 October).

One of those was Tom Parker. Tom works for InSet Technologies Inc. in Mt. OUve, NJ. His note to Dick Meade: • I do not remember if we ever knew each other, but I was in the old 20'^^ company (roonmiate Bob Ramsey) with Karl Kaiser '64 as my firstie and Ron Bancroft '65 as my plebe sunmier squad leader I played on ffie last undefeated plebe soccer team with Joe Schwanebeck. After OUie North and I were in a car accident over GW weekend, we boffi ttirned back into '68.

I do look forward to renewing some contacts in '67. BeUeve it or not, some of my best memories at Boat school were from my "first" plebe year with '67. •

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Welcome Alumni

I saw a query- from Dale Fink to Dick asking for a Reimion update, so I pumped fom for short update. Here it is: • I am stUI wiffi MicheUn Norffi America m GreenviUe. SC.As of ffie 1st of December I moved from ffie Compensation group to ffie Recrfotmg oroup. I amffiorougfoy-enjoying ffie newjob. Theta and I hav-e been blessed byhaving boffi our kids m ffie GreenviUe area andffiey-have blessed us wiffi 5 grandchUdren. Our son Steve and wife Tracy have a son. Drew, 11, and daughter Jansen. 10. Our daughter. Kamarym. and husband John, have tfoee chUffien. A daughter Avery Kate, 5, and twins Jack and Alexandra. 2 1/2. Theta watches ffie twins and Avery Kate a couple day-s per week and loves every nUnute of it. Along wrth my- sister-m-law- Gw"\-n and her husband Classmate Jay Slough, we watched ffie disappomring loss to BC fiomffieupper level of ffie stands. I hope to work for 3 or so more years vvith MicheUn. We hope to see everyone at Homecoming #40. •

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 8% I J F E MEMBERSHIP: 50% PRES: James Niehus 1422 Pennington Lane South, Annapolis, MD 21409 P: 410-349-2361; E:jim.iiiehus@viasaLcoin EXEC SECY: Leo Kuehn 531 Wilson Rd.. AnnapoKs. MD 21401-1061 E: leo-kuehn@1968-usna.com P: 410-266-6821 C O R R . SEC-Y: CAPT Gordon L Peterson, USN (Ret.) 7994 Hidden Bridge Dr. Springfield.VA 22153 P: 703-913-5404; F: 202-267-1020 E: g)eteis621@aoLcom WEB SITE: www.usna68.com

The last days of December saw a large group from ffie Class make the trip to Charlotte, N.C., to vv-atch Navy's Meineke Bowi game against Boston CoUege. We were tteated to anoffier marvelous postseason effort against one of the nation's top-ranked teams, ofoy- to have the Eagles complete a heart-breakmg winrUng field goal m the final second of play. Navy fans were the majority of the more ffian 50,000 attendmg the game, and we aU gave ffie Big Blue a vveU-deserved standmg ovation at game's end. Wait unfo next year!

That looks like ffie end of it, so that's aU I have for you this time.That's it.. Goodnight!.. .Jim

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Bill Dow and Terry Murray at the Meineke BowL

Before the game I bumped mto Terry Murray and BiU Dow at ffie enttance to the stadium and grabbed a quick photo: each looked fit enough to suit up and take the field shofod Coach Johnson have a

need for more seasoned talent. In adffition to those of us at the game, the Meineke Bowl had the largest mcrease m television ratingsfiromthe previous year than any other bowi game. The ratmgs jumped 160 percentfiromthe 2005 game. This resfot continued a pattern of Navy attracting fogh viewing ratings during post-season play.

The annual Naval Academy footbaU banquet was held in January at a sold-out Alumni HaU where several prestigious awards were handed out. Accorffing to the Atfoetic Association's release, the 2006 season was one of fostorical sigrUficance as tfos year's sefoor class became ffie fost m school fostory to post a perfect 8-0 mark against Army and Air Force, win foursttaight Commander-In-CfoePs Tropfoes, and appear m four-sttaight bowi games.

Navy's 35 wins over the past four years are the second most m school history.

Vice President Dick Cheney swears in Jim Webb as a senator from Virginia during a ceremony in the Capitol Jan. 4 as Hong and Georgia LeAnh look on.

Early January saw- Jim Webb sworn m by Vice President Cheney as the jufoor senator for the Commonwealth ofVirgifoa.

He was off to a fast start durmg the busy operUng weeks of the new Congress, serving on boffi ffie Senate Foreign Relations Comrfottee and the Senate Armed Services Comrfottee. For ffie latter committee, Jim also serves on its Airland, Seapower, and Personnel Subcommittees.

I also made a career ttansition tfos year by joifong Jim's staff as his miUtary legislative assistant. My past four years supportmg the Coast Guard's Deepwater Program were wonderffo m many ways, but I see my remm to pubUc service on Jim's team as a chance-of-a-Ufetime opportufoty m many ways. We have a smaU but fogfoy talented staff with a fine balance of experience both in and out of Congress. With ffie exception of this column and an occasional article for Shipmate, I need to forego my- freelance vvTitmg, so I also reUnqfoshed my "foght job" as Norffi America effitor for Naval Forces magazme. Otto Kreisher, long-time Pentagon correspondent for

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More than 25 from the Class attended Navy's Meineke Bowl Game. A portion is pictured here at the Navy Indoor tail gate party.

Copley News Service, reUeved me in that capacity.

Some of you heard the tough news that Richard Red '69 had to resume tteatment early tfos year for the cancer he has battied the past two years. Mike Kalashian spoke with Pichard in January and said he was feeUng good and very positive about his foture. "He lamented that it was the lousy weather in LA that was keeping fom off the goff course, not fos health," Mike said. Richard decided to enter into an alternative meffical therapy regime that holds hope for tumor reduction without surgery or raffiation.

"I have been in contact with Jim TreadweU for the past two and-a-haff years as he has undergone surgical, raffiation and the alternative therapy," Mike said. "It has been over a year and a half since he fifoshed the therapy and fos tumors (brain) stopped growing, shrank in size, and he is feeUng very good." Mike also reported that Richard has reconcUed with his former wife, Betty. "Arboreal and I met her last year in Alexandria. She wUl be very good for fom as he goes through tfos arduous therapy," Mike related.

Richard wUl seU fos home in Lafayette, La., and move to DaUas/Fort Worth. "He is in our prayers, and we shofod aU double down," Mike said in fos note.

I also have sad news to relate regarffing the loss from our ranks of W. WUson "Woody" Hulme early in January as the result of a heart attack during a business trip to Florida. Woody, who retired as a captain in the Navy Reserve, was the first curator of the Srfothsonian Institution's National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C, died Jan. 10 of a heart attack in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., during a business trip.

Woody Uved an extraordinary Ufe as a naval officer who quaUfied on nuclearpowered submarines, successful businessman, and world-class phUateUst, culrfonating in ffistinguished service with

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the Srfothsofoan Institution. As a Ufe-long stamp coUector, fos labor of love brought the U.S. National Postal Museum international attention and deUghted stamp coUectors of aU descriptions.

Woody was raised in Ardmore, Okla.

His academic prowess in the classroom was rivaled ofoy by fos abffity to perform the most intricately devised magic tricks sure to please the most foscerning auffience and cofoound fos sfopmates in ffie 14th Company.

Woody was always in a good mood and always the one to find a sUver Ufong.

Even though I am originaUy from Ofoo, Don reported, he currendy Uves in DeSoto, Texas, a suburb just souffi of Dallas.

"I am a cUrector of regfoatory affairs for TXU Power I help obtam' and maintain Ucenses for nuclear power plants. Judy is a refoed teacher My two chUdren (one boy and one girl - both graduates ofTexas A&M) andffieUrspouses Uve within 12 mUes of Judy and me. We have four grandchUdren (two girls and two boys). I must have done somethmg right m my Ufe because the grandkids are an absolute blessmg." • Woody is survived by his wffe of 34 years, Susan, of Morristown, NJ. Please see Woody's entry in Last CaU in tfos issue of Shipmate for adffitional information on his ffistinguished career in an out of ufoform.

I'U close tfos column with another request for everyone to give some ffiought to conttibuting to the column. Please keep your notes and photos commg!

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Don Woodlan (Donald.Woodlan(§ txu.com) sent me the foUowing recoUection: • "Hearing about Woody's death was a shock for my wife, Judy, and me. Jim Schaefer, Woody, and I went to Micfogan State after graduation as part of ffie Immediate Master Program. Jim and Woody shared an apartment in the same complex in which my wffe and I stayed.

Besides car pooUng to class. Woody and Jim taught my wife and I how to play bridge. Many an evefong was spent breaking bread and playing cards. We continued the tradition at Nuclear Power School the next year In fact, if my memory is correct, the four of us watched NeU Armstrong's first steps on the moon on my smaU black and wfote TV in VaUejo, Calif, whUe playing cards at our dining room table. In my memories,

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PRES: EH."Mike"MichaeUs VICE PRES: Pat Stroop SECY: Dr. Steve Hudock 6006WoodIake Ln..A]exandria,VA 22315-2637 703-989-4606; E: shudock@1969.USNA.coni TREAS: Steve Ward O: 703-413-4186; M: 703-969-6872 E: sward@inmiconnect.com

WeU folks, we're mto ffie Sprmg Planfong phase trying to figure out who wiU be visiting us tfos summer and who we'U be visiting!! Decisions get a Utde ffifferent when you step mto ffie retirement side of ffie equation, but a lot more interesting. We've got anoffier great season of USNA Lacrosse in themUland ^.. . n ,• u- , L r 11 ,.,, , Chick Belichick hopefiUly we U be m the NAAA Finals!!

The Belichicks on their yacht

Received a 2007 New Year picttire firom Mary & Chick BeUchick aboard their

spacious yacht, wishmg everyone a prosperous 007!!

Dave Heming checked m to say ffiat he is working at SAIC now at NSWC, Carderock MD. He is ffie SAIC STDA Program Manager supportmg NSWCCD. His job move was precipitated by some changes m Navy flmdfog m ffieir conttact vv-iffi GDAIS. Now don't anyone ask me what ffiat alphabet soup was aU about!!

CaU Dave at 301.227.5639.

Joe Chopek wrote m to teU us ffiat his son - LCDR Joey C '97 - contmues to out sfone Dad's performance as he moves on to Operations Officer onffieUSS Normandv (CG 60) out of NorfoUc. Apparendy Big Joe's USNA/USMC rep hasn't managed to tarnish LU'Joe at aU ffiank God!!

classes of 70 thru 72 that get just a few more to participate, so mark your calendars for next year and pack a set of clubs for Sunny San Diego - it makes a great prelude to the game on Saturday!!

Rich Red is m need of some lucky rabbits feet, good ju-ju, a few 4-leaf clovers, and a lot more prayers. He's being tteated at MD Anderson for continued chaUenges vvith cancer. EmaU your encouragement to rpred0505@co.x.net.

That's ffie bottom of the maUbag guys! Send me more stuff.!

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Renfree and son

San Diego golf tournament

Jim Boland vMrote m from San Diego to let us know that this year's Beat Army GoUTbumament was another great success wiffi several ffiousand doUars being raised for ffie Naval Academy Foimdation. Representmg the class of 69 were (L to R) Jim Boland, Tom Burdick, Ken Lange, John O'Brien, Bin Bramley, Jim Paddock and Mike Lettieri. For those ffiat Uve m places where it gets colffi note ffie short sleeves and shorts on December 1st. Tfos event, organized by classmate Ken Lange, is held ffie Friday before ffie Army-Navy gave and is open to aU USNA grads, famUy and fiiends. They- also aUow the fewWOOPS that dare to attend. It has become so popular ffiat it is ovenubscribed and has Ken scratcfong his head for a vray to accommodate more than ffie regulation 144 players for a fiUl course scramble. They couple of regulars that come from Idaho and Texas, so ffie reputation of ffie event contmues to grow. We're stiU lookmg for more 69ers to jom us so we can beat out the Michaelis

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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 7% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 50% PRES: CAPT Lynn H. Widener, USNR (Ret.) SECY: CDR Royal ConneU, USN (Ret.) 1978 Valley Rd.,Annapolis,MD 21401 E: njrotc@usna-edu WEB SITE: http://usna70.org

Greetmgs aU, how about that Meineke Bowl Team...I mean, we clearly won 59 mmutes of the game and ffie officials stiU gave the ttophy to some sort of upper north-east school from Boston. For those of you who weren't at ffie game I can attest that after Blue & Gold, the Navy fans disappeared and by the time they got around to giving out the ttophy, there were ofoy about 500 BC fans left there to see it. The game was reaUy a home game for us. Good parties though.

I wiU say this though, lots of buU was slung m ffie name of sea-stories. I even had a classmate, who wiU remam nameless, promise to send me some "clean" limericks he wrote. I shofod have known he was lying,ffiere'sno such tfong as a "clean" Umerick! Heffidremind me ffiat I was lookmg for Chip Lancaster to re-teU the story of his drawing the NAAA BiU ffie Goat logo, so Mike Novak cofod mclude it m ffie Class history he's writing. Cfop says he'U respond too. Notfong heard.

Speaking about class fostory, I bought a book at Barnes & Noble the other day caUed:"Sea Change At AnnapoUs" by H. Michael Geffand that has several pages on the Class of 70 mcluffing the sit m and the Log fiasco. You rfoght want to read a copy.

The Pep RaUy story has some errors but it's substantiaUy correct and NickVisco and Dan EUison are both quoted so it can't be too bad. I haven't read the whole tfong, but it looks mteresting.

Speaking of Dan (and speaking of segues), I got an emaU from him out m Helena, MT that vvfole helpmg fos folks clear out their attic over Thanksgiv-fog he came across their arcfove from fos time m the Navy, and found a two-volume set of the USNA 1970 yearbook, m good conffition. He was askmg if anyone

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needed another copy. We put out an emaU blast and it quickly went to the first respondent. However, my reason for teUing the story is that we aU got two copies of the Lucky bag and most of us gave the second copy to our mothers. If you are in the same situation and find a spare copy, please send it to me or let me know that you have one. I get requests periodicaUy to replace one and can easUy reaUocate any extras. I've got one right now as a matter of fact.

Dave Storer was first to get his oar in the water, so he got that prize. Here is the message he sent: • "I cannot beUeve I have the opportufoty to replace my damaged year books.

During my deployment to Viet Nam, I was berthed in Forward Officers Quarters on a Fram II destroyer (WaUace L. Lind DD-703). One morning I awoke to find my year books floating across the deck in a foot of water — that foght one of the fire mam flanges just outside of our stateroom door partiaUy blew a gasket and flooded forward officers bertfong (please do not ask me why I took my year books on deployment — there is no good answer to that question).. I stiU have the books but, as you can imagine they are not in very good shape." • Betsy and Frank Grubb sent me their Christmas rfossive which includes news that Frank is a tenfos stud and reached the state playoffs. They are stUl dabbUng in the antique business on a not-to-interfere basis with grandchUdren and personal travel. Likewise, Eiko and Mike Novak wrote that they are traveUng more now and enjoying having kids in coUege and gainfoUy employed. Boy, can I relate!

Mike is into everything from Boy Scouts to professional societies to being selected as Government Co-Chair of two interagency working groups; was on the Board of Examiners for the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Micfogan QuaUty Leadersfop Award and the U.S. Senate Productivity and Quality Award for Virginia. Teri and BiU Jenkins sent a photo of his handsome famUy as weU. Litde BiU is aYoungster at USNA. Elder BiU is stiU teaching physics in high school. Teri is working at the university and daughter JiUian is in 7™ grade, playing piano and vioUn. Michael Dunham sent the sobering news that on Dec. 12, Terry CouncUor was hospitaUzed in St. Louis, Mo. in connection with an ongoing carffiac

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problem first detected when Terry joined The U.S. Army Reserve and was posted to Ft. RUey Ks. On Friday Dec. 15th Terry underwent a sextuple bypass and the surgery was successful with no complications. Terry's surgeon told him that he was within a day or two of a massive coronary and that is was fortunate that he didn't schedule a stress test before adifotting him. Terry laughed and said he had done thirty rfonutes on his treadmUl the day before. The doctor turned pale!

It appears that aU the time spent in the Chapel with the CathoUc choir paid off.

Terry is up and walking. He can be reached at e-maU <boatschooll970@ sbcglobal.net> Now if that don't make you go: Ring-A-Ding-Ding!

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 8% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 49% PRES: CAPT Perry Martini, USN (Ret.) E: pjmarrini@comcast.net SECY: CAPT Mike Longworth, USN (Ret.) 1145 Birks Ln.,Virginia Beach,VA 23464-5826 E: duke.Iongworth@1971.usna.com WEB SITE: vnvw.usna.com/classes/1971/usnal971.htm

Here I am again—time, tide and column deadUnes not waiting for any one. The dark ages wiU be nearly gone by the time you receive this column. I hope aU of you survived the winter. Interesting winter— not as much cold through January; however, there's more on the way.

Say, wasn't that a terrific footbaU season. I was driving from Florida to Virginia Beach Ustefong to the Navy— Boston CoUege game on sateUite radio.

There was plenty of excitement in the game. As you know. Navy donUnated in every aspect of the game except the final score. One comment I heard from a BC player was that Navy was the toughest team they played aU year. Great game by a superb team. They deserve a hearty "Bravo Zulu" for the season. "Next year" at the Poinsettia Bowl the team wUl prevaU! After many months of overflowing inbox emaU traffic from you, I'm a Utde short on traffic, so for those who resist sending me an update, now is the time for you to get a note my way. So, why are you waiting? Write the email now!

I do have a note from Pete Zaudtke: • "Duke, After many attempts, iterations, failed emails into a cyberspace blackhole, and even a few "Oh Grampa's", I beUeve I am finaUy able to forward my myriad USNA '71 pictures in an effective

manner I apologize for the long delay but these macfones are smarter than me and that is 'nuff said. So, without further delay here is my inventory by title: USNA 1971 3 0 * Reunion TaUgate, etc.

32"'^ Company 30™ Reufoon Party 2005 Homecoming TaUgate 2005 Beat Army Party at Finegolds' 2006 Navy vs Kent State TaUgate 2006 Navy vs Temple TaUgate 32"^^ Company 3 5 * Reunion Party "I am happy to share any or aU of these photos with any classmate. AU they have to do is emaU me at pazsr71 (^Comcast.net and I wiU forward the desired pictures via the Snapfish software. Duces Virum, Pete Zaudtke." • Thanks, Pete.You do good work!

My next note is from Perry Martim: • "It is my sad duty to inform you of the death of our classmate, Robert Hamilton, who passed away on Wednesday, December 27, 2006, in Las Vegas, Nevada, of compUcations foUowing surgery. Robert haUed from Micfogan and attended the Naval Academy in 1967-68.

WhUe at USNA as a member of our class, Robert played and lettered on our Plebe FootbaU team. After leaving AnnapoUs, he attended and graduated from Wayne State Ufoversity. He worked for the Ufoted States Post Office as a letter carrier in Rochester, Micfogan and later served as a supervisor in the Colorado Springs, Colorado MaU Disttibution Center He retired from the Postal Service in 2004 and is survived by fos mother, Mabel Guthrie HamUton Schuster of Southfield, Michigan and a sister, Susan HamUton Schaub of Frisco, Texas. Duces Virum,

Perry." • The Global War on Terror has become the Long War Our nation's fine young men and women continue serving in hosfoe environments where they face an enemy who is considered "ufoawffo" by the Geneva Convention.These fine young solffiers, sailors, airmen and marines are doing the heavy Ufting for aU of us here in the United States of America. Our hope is that we can prevaU through our ifoUtary as weU as through our poUticians.

Certainly, these times caU for a resolute spirit which can withstand daUy testing. I hope we are not found wanting.

Just about every day I walk past a photo of Admiral Tim Keating, NORTHCOM.The photo caUs me to think of our

have put themselves "in harm's way."The weekend was offered as a tribute to them.

Ron arranged for the entire Navy FootbaU team to sign footbaUs for presentation to the honored guests at our Saturday night ffinner ceremony, and also coa.\ed Boomer Esiason (former NFL quarterback and currently a CBS Sports broadcaster for the Army-Navy game) into being part of the weekend festivities.

It was his pleasure to make a memorable ANNUAL MEMBERSFOP: 8% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 46% guest appearance in our loge, complete with supplying Navy jackets for the PRES: CAPT Rick Rubel, USN (Ret.) honored guests. Paul was responsible for E: rubel@usna.edu SECY: CDR Rich Robison, USN (Ret.) acqforing about haff of the necessary 51 12695 Catawba Dr.Woodbndge.VA 22192 tickets to accommodate our wounded E: Scribe72@comcast.net guests, classmates, farfoly, and friends.

WEB SITE: www.usna72.com Mission Impossible he accompUshed.

CLASS LISTSERV: TheGouge@usna72.com Classmates and spouses in attendance Greetings and Happy Dark Ages to you were Patty and Paul Huck, Kaye and aU! This month, I have a story to pass Hugh Blomeke, Steve McLaughlin, along to you about the selfless actions of a Bob Dennis, Debbie and Bob Stecher, band of our classmates during December's Karen (Fosse) and Steve Kline, Cindy and Army-Navy game that wUl warm your Bob Madden, Fran and Ron StoweU, spirit. In anticipation of tfos annual event, Jeanne and Nelson Goddard, Bix most of us are usuaUy focused on the Goodwdn, and Bonnie and Bob Game and the festivities. Our 27™ Zimmerman. It was a weekend of "many Company classmates went beyond thinkhands make for Ught work."The honored mg of themselves, and defficated their guests came from Bethesda Naval efforts to honoring a very special and Hospital: l^*^ Lt Denis OUverio, USMC deserving group who put their Uves on and his wife Kate; Sgt Daniel Kachmar, ffie Une for every one of us. The foUowing USMC and fos wife Jessica; LCpl Carlos account is provided by Ron StoweU, and Lopes, USMC and Corpsman Nikki is apdy entided: Shaw. They arrived Friday afternoon at the Desmond Cofoerence Center in • Army-Navy Football Game Malvern, PA to be greeted in the Is Bigger than the Score Presidential Suite by a group of truly "Navy's 26-13 victory over Army on appreciative citizens. Cindy Madden, Fran December 2,2006 was ofoy a smaU part StoweU, Jeanne Goddard, and Patty Huck of a "Cost of Freedom" weekend in hosted, whUe Bob Madden coordinated PhUadelpfoa that was hosted by a group of an evening whose theme was "Honor, 27th Company classmates from the Class Courage and Commitment," the three of 1972. Bob Madden asked fos classcore values of both the U.S. Navy and mates if they were wUUng to give up their Marine Corps. The 27th Company master 50 yard Une loge seats to a few unsuspectToastmaster, Bob Zimmerman, formaUy ing and most deserving Americans, started the evening with his heartfelt (and specfficaUy soldiers who had been lengthy) comments aboutfideUty,faith, wounded in either Iraq or Afghafostan. farfoly and friends. AdditionaUy, he toasted The purpose of the weekend was to celeto the memory of our two classmates brate and show our appreciation and who have passed away, Roger Fosse and thanks to a group of Americans who have Ben Reymann, both of whom were "stood m the gap" for aU of us so that we with us in spirit. There was an incredibly can continue to enjoy the freedoms that warm and informal exchange from our we, as Americans, sometimes take for honored Marines and their wives of their granted. There was an immediate positive appreciative feeUngs and post-wound response from Paul Huck, Ron StoweU, experiences, for wfoch words here cannot and Bob Zimmerman, who have shared properly express. It became crystal clear the coveted seats, and the "baU was in that part of the "Cost of Freedom" was to motion." Bob Madden shared his idea learn and understand that every one of us with the Secretary of the Navy, who in is to be his brother's keeper The Marines turn, assigned a team to select those told us that in combat they keep focused deserving servicemen and their wives, as on two key things: first, the mission; and representatives of our armed forces who few classmates on active duty as weU as ffie young men and women in harms way.

Many of you have chUdren serving our nation and most aU of us know someone who is in ufoform. Please do take a few rfonutes each day to pray for ffieir safety and for the success of our rfossions in Iraq and Afghafostan.

Duces virum, —Duke

second, keeping their brother Marines on their left and right sides safe and out of harm's way. After hearing aU of their comments, it became much easier to understand the reaUty of "never leave a man behind."To us now, these are no longer just wo rds. When we learned that the Semper Fi Fund was instrumental in helping our guests get back into our world, we knew our next step would be to make a contribution to help Marines and their farfoUes who have made such huge sacrifices. The rest of the Class of 1972 is invited to join us in this effort.

"Saturday's festivities included the annual "tailgater," sponsored by Hugh and Kaye Blomeke, with their infamous "Gluwhein" brew, foUowed by a Navy footbaU victory, and a formal Navy Victory Dinner at the Desmond Conference Center. HighUghts of the evening that was organized and emceed

by Bob Madden included a candle ceremony, with a three cancUe candelabra, representing Honor, Courage, and Comrfotment. These candles were Ut jointly, one by one, by our Marine guests in fuU dress blues, along with some of our weekend participants. Irene Baisley, of Huntington, NY, (grandmother of Midshipman 4/c John Lee) who Uved through World War II, and whose famUy was very involved in the Country's victory then, lit the candle of Honor with 1 ^^ Lt OUverio, representing a member of today's "greatest generation" of servicemen and women. Bob Dennis, our classmate who suffered a stroke in January of last year, Ut the candle of Courage with 22 year old Sgt Kachmar, a two-time recipient of the Purple Heart. Grant Hynes, age 11, Tyler Madden, age 11, Kurt Smolensky, age 15, and Caroline Smolensky, age 5, aU young guests from Long Island, Ut the candle of ComnUtment with LCpl Lopes, representing the hope for the future. It was hard to keep a dry eye. Midshipman 4/c John Lee, son of Bob and Anne Lee of Huntington, NY, spoke from the heart about his views of the "Cost of Freedom."

He was foUowed by l^"- Lt Denis OUverio who shared his experiences in Iraq and fos thoughts about "things that matter most."

This past weekend we truly added to our extended farfoly. Both Kate OUverio and Jessica Kachmar wiU give birth to their first chUd in either December or January, and were presented with gifts and inspirational words by Fran StoweU to welcome t-W,

them to our 27™ Company famUy.We must never forget and we must always be March 2007

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72-74 CLASS N E W S Just a Utde to report on tfos monffi but stiU some news for you. Jim Hamlin sent along a foce note. Here's what he had to say:

Bob Zimmerman, Bob Dennis, Bob Madden, Bob Stecher, Hugh Blomeke, Steve McLaughlin, Nelson Goddard, Karen (Fosse) Kline, Ron StoweU and Paul Huck

thankffo. Our honored guests felt very appreciative, and conveyed that everytfong they ffid in Iraq was worth it and they wofod do it again. Not one of them had any complaints, even though they certaifoy had sacrificed a great deal (our three Marines have had a total of 30 operations, io^r).Their Uves and boffies are in reconsttuction now, and for some of us the impact of the weekend, in reflection, causes us to buUd anew as weU. Several Uves were trfoy affected and changed by tfos memorable weekend. Each person left with a professional-quaUty brochure/journal contaifong many original thoughts, comments and articles related to the themes of the "Cost of Freedom," and "Honor, Comrfotment and Courage."We were fortunate to be able to have an Army-Navy footbaU game serve as the conduit for such a life-changing weekend.

Accustomed to saying "Beat Army" for over 38 years, we know that after the game is played and we sing "Navy Blue and Gold," it is stiU "shofoder to shofoder" to defend our great country together Despite the great win by Navy, Army-Navy FootbaU is much bigger than any score, especiaUy tfos year for the 27th Company!" •

1st Lt Denis OUverio, Kate OUverio, LCpl Carlos Lopes, Corpsman Nikki Shaw, Boomer Esiason, Sgt Dan Kachmar and Jessica Kachmar

Bob Madden summed it up very focely.

"It looks Uke a check for approximately $3000 wiU be sent to Semper Fi fond on behalf of the Class of 1972,27th Company FamUy and Friends in honor of Denis, Dan, and Carlos... you guys are awesome (or I don't know how to count)...thank you everyone, you aU ttfoy "made a difference" in ffie Uves of several famUies." Hear, hear!

Have a great March. More to come.

D.Q TriedandTrueWith '72.

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Classmates, I just saw on the news a Midshipman who was separated because he couldn't pass the physical fitness test(s) after multiple tries is being charged for the cost of his education. He is fighting back. It must be so unfair to get an education, not meet 1st Lt Denis OUverio, weU publicized physical fitness standards and then be expected to reimburse the money. OK '73, jump when you get to your Guide-On!!!

The two new Hamlin's

• The journey that officiaUy started in early February when we signed a conttact with the adoption agency reaUy began on 20 September, ofoy seven and a haff months later — amazingly fast, as ffiese tfongs go, when we were awarded custody of two beautiffo Russian-born chUdren, a boy, James Thomas, 1 year old, and a girl, Ramey Cormne, almost 3.The chUffien have several development issues (for example, Ramey ffid not speak andJT cofod not hold up his head when we were granted custody) — not at aU surprising considering their early background.

But they are healffiy and making great progress, wiffi very ffifferent personaUties.

Ramey's (aka 'Spiffire') EngUsh vocabfoary is amazing and she has begun to talk - her first word was the name of our dog — while JT (aka 'Happy Go Lucky') is now crawUng aU over the place and standmg up on fos own.

The adoption process entaUed — UteraUy - dozens of documents and forms, to include a home study, physicals, and a financial review, ffiat had to be fiUed out, notarized, and apostiUed, and ffien sent to Russia for review and acceptance.

After the papei-work was finished, ffie waiting began; we were told "notfong wUl happen until September at the earliest" because ffie key Russian court folks "aU go on vacation injfoy and August."

Except, as it turns out, in the Orenburg Oblast. On 29 July - two days after we confidendy purchased nonrefondable vacation tickets for early August, we got a call asking if we were wilUng to travel to Russia to see two chUffien, a boy and a giri, in a 'bUnd referral' (i.e., the only thing you know before the trip is the age and sex of ffie chUdren).

After much ffiscussion, we agreed to go.

We left on 6 August and arrived in Orenburg at 2 am on the 8ffi.We were up

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bright and early- on ffie 8ffi forffiefirstof our mfotiple interviews: ffie first, and most miportant. was vvith representatives of the Ministry- of Education who had to giv-e permission for us to visit the chUffien.

After this mterview-. ffiere was ofoy tmie to visit our foture daughter, who was in an orphanage m Orsk, a 3 hours ffiive from Orenburg. We saw- her after our second mterview; this time wiffi ffie Director of ffie orphanage. On ffie 9ffi, we got to see our foture son, after yet anoffier mterview- wiffi ffie Director of his orphanage. FmaUy; after seemg each chUd for about 2 hours and 10 hours of sleep since takmg off from Washmgton. we agreed to adopt ffie chUdren. More paperw-ork ensued on ffie afternoon of ffie 9th, and we flew home on ffie 10th.'Whew!

The second trip is when ffie adoption isfinalizedm court. But first, we had to complete adffitional Orenburg-specffic paperw-ork — wfoch, ot course, had to be notarized and apostiUed. This time w-e had a vv-hole 2 vv-eeks notice before the ttip.

We left on 17 September, arrived m Orenburg 2 am on ffie 19ffi, saw boffi chUdren that day; and were awarded custody- of ffie chUffien by ffie Orenburg Regional Court on the 20ffi.The remamder of time m Russia was pretty much spent — y-up —fillingout, or waitmg for, paperwork, mcludmg the court decree, amended birth certfficates. Russian passports, and ffie aU-important U.S. visa (or, as we caUed it "the get out of Moscow free" card). Formnately; vvfole waiting for ffie paperwork to be done, there was time for sightseemg m Orenburg and Moscow; where this picmre of us and the chUffien v^^ taken m Red Square. We finaUy arrived back m ffie U.S. on the 26th vvith our two brand new- U.S. citizens (by law; the chUffien became citizens when the plane touched down on U.S. soU).Then, of coune, we started on the paperwork — citizensfop papers, health care, social security numbers, registering chUffien wiffi Russian Embassy, and U.S. passports. •

Wow; what a story; Jim, you and your wife have done a wonderfol tfong. I nUght add that in the emaU Jim sent me he said the sweatshirts the chUffien are wearing are courtesy ofJan and Jim CampbeU. Jim also said he wife specificaUy forbid fom raismg a sign saying "WE W O N " on Red Square. Listen to her Jim and you'U stay out of ttouble! Good luck vvith your two new chUffien.

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Folks that is what I have. At ffie current rate of receiving mput my next article wiU appear here m the November timeframe ufoess you get hot. It doesn't get easier than emaU. Please send me somethmg ... anytfong that'sfitto prmt. I'U be lookmg for mput real soon.

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Greetmgs and thankfuUy by the time you read tfos ffie Dark Ages vviU be aUnost over and time for Red Beach vv-iU be upon us. I know you are aU lookmg forward to that day! Enough of the smaU talk, on with the latest news I have accumfoated from those who know how to type.

Jay Srfoth sent me the foUowing update:

• "I want to report that I am the new Program Development Officer for Project Lifesaver International, a terrffic nonprofit vvith a fantastic system for remrfong loved ones with dementia who have wandered. We have been featured on Extteme Home Makeover and the Pafo Harvey Show. The response to our system has been ttemendous and we are now m place in 40 states and two provinces in Canada. 1 have been tasked with commg up with the fonds to expand our headquarters so I would like to appeal to any classmates who are in a position to make a conttibution or work for a company that donates to non-profits, to please let me know. It wofod be a great way to honor a loved one with Alzheimer's or Autism. I vvrofod also welcome the oppormfoty to speak to civic, church, alumfo, or service groups about our system. Our success stories wiU warm your heart. Give me a caU or check us out at WAVVV. projectyUfesaver, .org. Thanks, Go Navy! Jay (757) 546-5502 ext 109" • In the second installment of the 23 company "book" that Bud Barnett sent me, here is some more Uffo on a close set of classmates.

• "Paul SuUivan is another classmate vvffio we knew durmg our plebe year that he was destined for stars. He fficfo't prove us wrong and is currendy the commandmg Officer of NAVSEA. He sent the foUowing to be mcluded in our class notes: I'm runrUng the Naval Sea Systems Command after a 4 year stint as the Cfoef Engineer (NAVSEA 05). NAVSEA has been chaUengmg but rewarffing. Our Naval Sfopyards and Warfare Centers are backstoppmg the War on Terror by turnmg out the sfops and gomg after the bad guys wiffi technology.

We are desigfong and buUffing at a rate faster than we have done smce World War II, with 2 LCS designs, CVT>J21, DDGIOOO, LHA(R),T-AKE, CGX, and many more. MeanwhUe, we are m serial production on SSN774 class, after stepping thru SSN 21,VIRGINL\, JIMMY CARTER and SSGN projects.

My USNA sweetheart, Marie, is stiU puttmg up wiffi me after 32 years of this stuff, plus raismg 3 kids. Our oldest kid Mike, is a Navy LT, aviator now. Good to have a JO m the famUy when you are a flag officer. He doesn'tfoterfosmputs to Dad! We are the fotimate DC homesteaden, having reported into NAVSEA m 1992, kept expecting to be sent out of town to fix or buUd sfops, but that was March 2007

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74-75 CLASS N E W S not to be. So our youngest actuaUy went K thru 12th grade in the Fairfax County school system! I don't know anyone else ffiat lucky!

It has been a wild ride. I continue to run into classmates,ffiscoversome that work in our field activities!! Examples are Frank Murphy, Jim Stevens at Norfolk Naval Sfopyard, Mike King at N U W C Keyport. Mike is particfoarly upsetting, since he looks exacdy the same as he ffid on first class crfose, whereas I have gained weight and wrinkles, plus lost aU my hafr!!!"^ In a joint effort, the foUowing is an update from Jay Eads and Robert Bruce.

• "It's always good to read about our classmates in Sfopmate so Robert Bruce and I, after recendy ffiscovering that we both Uve in Mississippi, decided to share what we have been domg since 1974.

Since commissiofong I served on the Wainwright (CG-28), flew A-7's with fourWestPac/IO deployments and a RAG tour, graduated from the Naval War CoUege, served on Tford Fleet Staff in Pearl Harbor, and retired out of the NROTC Ufot, Ufoversity of Mississippi.

That's twenty years in ten seconds. Upon refoement. Patsy and I chose to stay in Oxford, MS, as we had tfoee young chUffien, and the town is a great place to raise a famUy.The month after retirement I entered Law School at Ole Miss. Upon graduating I set up practice as an attorney and was elected to the Mississippi House of Represenratives. In 2005,1 accepted the position ofAssistant Secretary of State for Elections to implement the Help America Vote Act, incluffing a new statewide voting system. We moved with our daughter, EmUy, to Jackson, Mississippi.

Our sons, Alan and NeU remained in Oxford to enjoy Ufe in a coUege town.

Robert and famUy Uve in Gulfport, Mississippi. After Active Duty in the Nuclear Surface Navy, Robert continued his career in the Navy Reserve, retiring as an 0 - 6 . He works for NASA at the John C. Stenfos Space Center in advance planfong and integration of NASA's propulsion testing requirements for the CONSTELLATION Program, wfoch wiU return humans to the Moon, and enable exploration beyond—into the Solar System. Robert has worked for NASA since 1983, and at Stennis since 1981. Robert and Myra have been married since June, 1974, and Myra is a Librarian at Gulfport High School.

Robert and Myra have 2 grown chUdren.

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Reid is married and an attorney, Uving in Maffison, MS. Kate is a graduate student in Art History at the Ufoversity of Georgia. Both Myra's mom and Robert's dad lost their homes wfoch were desttoyed in Hurricane Kattina.

ThankfuUy, everyone survived and the extended fanfoy is doing weU. Also attached is a picture of some other USNA grads at a pubUc talk by Senator McCain given at the Ufoversity of Mississippi last year From left to right its Jay Eads, 74, Alyssa Donovan FarreU, 99, Senator McCain, Ed Peyton, 93, and Jim FarreU, 99.Take care and see you at the35*."^

FAA Western Service Center We get together vvith Ty Aldinger and fos wffe CharUe on our annual trips to HawaU.Ty is the General Manager for BAE Systems Network Enabled Solutions in HawaU and CharUe just took over as Director of PubUc Relations for the Bishop Museum in Honolfou. We also have ffinner with Jim WUbur about every 6 months or so when he has a layover in Seatde. Jim is a 737 Captain for Continental AirUnes. JUn and Sharon Uve in Austin, Texas. Thanks again to Steve and gang for the great 30™ Reunion. I look forward to attenffing many more Class or74 reufoons! Rich.

3045 Quinalt Ct. S.W Issaquah, WA 98027 425-392-1862 " • Speaking of reufoons, sometfong to put on your calendar and start saving money From Steve Middleton, Class President!

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Now from the "reasons to read Sfopmate" foe. Rich Anderson writes • "I received a sign that I shofod send an update to Sfopmate concerfong my standmg in the world. Many of you may not have noticed, but the November Sfopmate had a Richard Andersen 74 Usted in Last CaU. Although I am the ofoy Richard Anderson that graduated with the class of 74, turns out accorffing to ffie USNAAA, the class of ^74 had a plebe inductee named Richard Eugene Andersen and he was the one Usted in Last CaU. So, thanks to those of you that checked to see if I was stUl among the Uving, especiaUy the caU from D o n ChappeU that motivated me to send an update to Sfopmate. So to catch up on what I've been up to lately. Marianne and I have been Uving in Issaquah, Washington (due East of Seatde) for over 21 years. I have been employed by The Boeing Company for the same number of years working on various programs including the 777 and F-22.1 recendy was selected as a Boeing Techfocal FeUow for my software engineering contributions. The last several years I have been developing and integrating aviofocs for the Air Force F22, most recendy integrating the aviofocs into the pUot simfoators.Talk about the world's best video game! Marianne was recendy promoted to a new job with the

• "We have signed an agreement with the Loew's AnnapoUs Hotel for our next reufoon. The reufoon wUl be held the week end of October 3,2009. The footbaU game is against Air Force.'WhUe it is too early to but tickets or to make hotel reservations, keep m rfond tfos date. Now is ffie time to start making your plans and saving your money. The cost wUl be simUar to ffie last reufoon and a Utde more for inflation.

From the last reufoon there was a lot of positive feedback about having ffie taUgate inside the staffium. That means you MUST have a game ticket to get to the taUgate. Remember it is easier to get rid of an Air Force ticket than to buy one a month before the game. If you think you may attend buy a ticket early in 2009 and early is March.

We wiU send out one letter in 2009 about the reunion. Most info wiU be by e-maU.To receive the Class e-maUs, so to the Orffine Conmiufoty at www.usna.com, register and update your profile vvith an e-maU adffiess. Also, make sure you update your profoe every time you move or change your emaU adffiess.

AU Class e-maUs are sent using the Alumfo Assn's servers and records." • As reported earUer, Joe Sestak was elected to Congress. He was sworn m 4 January 2007, and a slew of classmates were able to be there to celebrate with Joe and fos faifoly The below picmre shows many of those who were able to make it, however, since no one sent me the names, I wiU mention that ones I recognize and you can figure out the rest!

Ernie JoUy, Darius Karalis, Doug Rau, Tommy Minor, BiU WUde,

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a good crowd of classmates there including Bob Young, Rick Lecky, Jim Phillips, Jim Bobenage, Pat Sloan, PhU Troy, Steve Curlee, and Gary Jones — probably more that I ffidn't see.

Celebrating with Joe!

Mick Halbreiner, Morgan Ames, Rich Parkington,Jim Diehl, Steve Middleton, BiU Readdy, and a few offiers I cofod nor recogfoze.

In closmg for tfos monffi, I knovvffiere v\;as a lot of classmates at the Bowl Game and wofod appreciate any mput. I also wiU take any mput I can get! MaU bag is empty- except for two that wiU go m next submission. I wofod Uke to wish vou aU much success and healffi m 2007, caU a classmate for me. Roamer sends.

Alex Plechash orgafozed the annual Twin Cities Army-Navy FootbaU game party. Among the 257 people in attendance, ffiere vv-ere six 'mates, accompafoed by five wives — SaUy and John Ginn, Defose and Alex Plechash, Marina and Mike Stephenson, Debbie and NeU ToUefsrud, Defose and Rick Udicious, and John McCauley.

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Dear 'mates.

Let's start this column wiffi some notes and photos left m ffie foes firom ffie end of 2006.

'Minnesota Army-Navy Party"

"Abbie Phillips '09 with Flowerchildren at the Charlotte tailgate"

The Memecke Car Care Bowl matched the two top acaderfoc teams of aU the 64 bowi teams of 2006. The second-ranked acaderfoc team came out on top on the field—but just barely. Navy deserved to win the game (for 58.5 mmutes), then deserved to lose it at ffie end.

Nevertheless, it was a fon party m Charlotte and a great Navy atmosphere m the staffium. Let's just say that the cameras had to zoom in tight on ffie Boston CoUege stands ff they ffidn't want blueand-gold clad fans in the picmre. We had

"Jones, Curlee, and Scribe In the Charlotte Coliseum"

Steve Curlee and Gary Jones were fogh school classmates in nearby Gastofoa, NC, so it was a chance for them to visit home and see the bowi game. They told me ffiat yet another classmate from their smaU graduating class is now an assistant footbaU coach at Navy. (Sorry I don't remember fos name.) Gary reUeved as Commander of the Naval Education andTraifong Command m Pensacola on 2 February.

John Murray checks m after a lengthy mcommufocado period.

• I have not subrfotted anytfong to Sfopmate m 31 years, but now seemed Uke as good a time as any. I am currendy "Retired Retamed", serving as the Diving Meffical Officer for the Supervisor of Salvage and Diving at Naval Sea Systems Command located m ffie Washmgton Navy Yard. Ufoess I request adffitional time m this stams, I wUl fmaUy leave unfform 1 Jan 2008. As a FamUy Physician, I also see patients m the Mffitary FamUy Health CUfoc at National Naval Meffical Center, Bethesda. But tfos is not about me.

My son WUUam is a member of the Class of 2010. He is m 5th Company, and seems to be happy at the home for wayward boys and girls on ffie Severn. It was a great tfoUl to have ffie oppormfoty to personaUy swear him m! EUzabeth is a sefoor at the Ufoversity of Mary Wasfongton, and vvUl graduate wiffi honors m May, with a BA m the Classics.

She is applying to law school (I don't know where I went wrong), and hopes to smdy InteUectual Property- Law; specializing in Art. Ginger and I just celebrated our 26th weddmg anfoversary, and enjoy Uving m the same house for rune consecutive years. •

'Feliz Navldad from Nelson Bendeck and family Nelson is at the right"

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weeks have turned into 5 or 6 days.

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"William Murray '10, sworn in by Dad

Now for the second haff of the column, we turn the keyboard over to Ken Hart for a few more updates from the 14™ Company.

• Ruth and Tom Madre are in Charlotte, doing fine as empty nesters.

Youngest (Thomas) is at NC State in the engineering program. Oldest (EUiot) graduated from State in computer science and math. He is taking time off from the job search to get his band up and runfong. Google "Praetorius" if you are brave enough. (Sorry Scott B. no Elvis or NeU Diamond). Wffe Ruth is a nurse.

Tom is squeezing blood from mrfops as a math teacher.

Mo and Al Eaton are stUl in their Uttle neck of the woods up in New York State, and enjoying Ufe. It was an eventffo year of ttavel and famUy visits. No sign of Ufe slowing down anytime soon.

Lockheed Martin continues to keep Al very busy, and happy to get up and go to work (most) mornmgs! SacUy, we lost one ofAl's younger brothers to a massive heart attack tfos past August. Flick was ofoy 48 years old. Thanks to aU the class members who extended their condolences. Rick was a great guy, and the first one to greet us at the airport whenever we made a remrn ttip to Charleston. We'U miss fom a lot. The Eatons spent Christmas in Boston with their "kids," Matt, Jen and Ryan. Matt and Jen are expecting their first chUd—and Al and Mo's first grandchUd—in June.

Sandra and Scott Bauer had a very busy autumn. Sandra has her hands fuU with a classroom foU of sixth graders and is the lead sixth grade teacher for four classes. She is helping train two new teachers and one second year teacher She loves it, though. Mention kids and her eyes Ught up. Not as much as they Ught up when you mention Scott, however, so he isn't jealous. Palo Verde has been getting a lot of N R C attention lately and being in Regulatory Affairs that means no shortage of work. Scott's four day work

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Ken?] The Bauer home front is good.

The kids are aU grown up and making their own decisions (some to their parents' chagrin, but what can you say?).

Scott and Sandra are attenffing AU Nations Church, which is very rfossionfocused. Right up their aUey. The pastor is a triatfoete who has competed in the Hawaii Ironman competition. He is a great guy and the Bauers thorougfoy enjoy the church. • StiU more from the 14™ to foUow in May. Unfo then, enjoy Sprmg wherever you are.

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Three seconds left on the game clock and a 37-yard field goal by the Boston CoUege walk-on kicker snatched victory from Navy's grasp as we aU watched in ffisbeUef So close, but no cigar, tfos time.

Regardless, the Meineke Car Care Bowl turned out to be a much closer game than the experts prefficted and we had several of our Classmates, incluffing yours ttuly in attendance to support our team. Oh, and of course, to bring our famous taUgating festivities to Charlotte (for a moment or two, I thought we were at a home game in AnnapoUs—maybe it was the Bloody Mary(s) I had that morfong). I received several accounts about the bowl game from Classmates (with pictures), so I'U start off with the Classmate who I beUeve exfobits the most spirit at the footbaU games, Mark "First Down!" Moore • The Class tent is stored in JD Engel's basement and another great footbaU season is over JD, Craven and Grace Engels and Barb and Kevin Stone flew down to Adanta for the Meineke Car Care Bowl and New Year's festivities. We rented a huge van, properly stocked, and drove to Charlotte early Saturday morning with storm clouds threatening the whole way. At the Alumfo TaUgate we met Kevin and Barb's sons Matt and Patrick and headed over to the game. We sat in the same section with Scott Moore,

Bob Jackson, Steve BariUch and Steve Nimitz and their fanUUes. Gary Freeman was supposed to be there with us but he had to send fos son Matt ('02) from Cherry Point as the famUy representative due to a conffict.

After a ffisappointmg loss m the last three seconds we (Stone's, Engel's, and Moore's) went to ffinner at a great local restaurant hosted by our local classmate Bryan Dolan. Sam Nichols and fos son were there from Auburn along with Doug Humphrey, Roy Weisert, Dan Simons, Ron EUis and Thorrenna Lewis (widow ofJeff Lewis). Wine flowed and stories starting with "... remember on 2nd class cruise!" began... and so ffid the rain!

Also in attendance at the game were: Mark Anthony, Bruce Bevard, Rivers Cleveland, Alex Cobble, Chuck Dirienzo, Dick Feckler, Lee Freund, Scott Goodson, Chuck Gorum, Doug Guthe, Mark Hubbard (with Mark's Brother, John '71), Doug Humphrey, Greg Jenkins, Ed Jeter, Dave Lawrence, Mark Kiser,John Kruse, Jeff Maydosz, Robert MacDougaU, Lenny Mokan, Rick NeidUnger, Sam O'NeUl, Bruce Petit, Ray Putt, Scott Reed, Fred Yarger, Frank Renfoe, PhU Richardson, Doug Schaus, Jim Taplett, Jim Thompson, Steve Topscher, Dave Vefoet, Mike Witt, andfinaUy,on the field as team Doctor, John WUkens.

If I rfossed anyone I apologize, but it was wonderfol to see everyone. Next year is right around the corner The tent vviU be scrubbed and up in our usual corner of the parking lot and we vviU look forward to seeing everyone there! JD always has a weU-stocked station wagon, and Kevin always caters a fon time.

Beat Army! —Mark Moore • John Kruse reported ffiat he and fos fanUly were present replete vvith handmade signs wiffi the hopes of being spotted by ffie ESPN cameras. (It ffidn't work but nice ttyjohn!).

John Kruse and family show their spirit

Ray Lincoln took advantage of ffie bowi ^ame and mrned it into a "guy weekend" wiffi six of fos co-workers firom Northrop Grumman and fos youngest son. Kevin.

Ray Lincoln and son, Kevin, enjoying the bowl tailgater

Anoffier fairly Sequent conttibutor to the Class Colunm. Mark Haas, sent an account of his bowl experience: • Greetmgs once agam. I am enclosmg for v-ou a picmre ot Ann and Lee Freund. who were able to get dovvTi to Charlotte to watch Navy (afoiost) beat BC m ffie Memeke Bowi. As for me. I had a FRONT ROW seat m firom of Class of "79 buddy-Tim Blue's 42'' plasma TV to w-atch ffie great performance byour team (unfo ffie fmal 2 rfonutes).The ofoy w-ay- to describe ffie endmg is "gutw-renching'". ffiough we aU shofod be increffibly- proud of ffie team's pertormance against a ranked ""big-time "ACC team. Considering that many analysts said that this game ""rfoght get ugly- early" and fek that BC wofod win by- 15-20 pomts, it has to be considered at least a major "moral victory" tor us. • I wofod have to agree wiffi Mark's sentiments. I know my- gut was wTcnched atffieend but ffie team ffid look great for most of ffie game and proved worffiy opponents to BC.

Ann & Lee Freund In Chariotte

As mentioned above, I shared in the festivities in Charlotte. My wife. Barb, and I made the ttek down 1-81 ffie day before the game and had an oppormnity to stay wiffi my foece, Kathy; and her husband, Tom Futch in their lovely house m Charlotte. They have an adorable 2month-old baby girl.Josie, who is the spitting image ofTom.The foUowing morfong we joined up vvith my sister-inlaw and brother, Susan and John Hubbard '71. along with several of fos Classmates and spouses. By- coincidence, I ran into Regina and Greg JeiUdns at the hotel where we rendezvoused. After convoying to our final destination, we found a suitable tailgate location adjacent to the Bank of America Staffium.We ended up parking next to many of my son's footbaU teammates and company mates from the Class of 2001. Among them were Brad Wimsatt '01, Darryl HiU '01. Brian Broadwater '01. Jim O'MaUey '01. Andrew Yeh '01,Justin Jordan '01, and Adam Kuehne '01.

Son, BUly; cofodn'r make it smce he and famUy were in Rhode Island visitmg Becca's famUy;

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during the academy years; and subsequendy in Ufe got hitched to offiers tfoee times, as she watched from afar m shock and awe. They ffid, however, maintain sporaffic contact over the past 34 years; Zaunffia often reaffirming her original vow to one day anchor Chuck vvith the marital knot; no matter what, or how long it took. Tfos past summer, soon after the legal end of fos tford marriage. Chuck began to date again (there were ample options). Thankffoly; in the faU, vvfole deaUng vvith the travaUs that dating can entaU, Chuck experienced an epiphany, and reaUzed their destiny that Zaundra had maintained aU along. Better late than never, for sure. They became formaUy engaged in late November, and eloped to the Shenandoah VaUey near where Chuck Uves. Zaundra has already found employment and relocated from Micfogan to Chuck's home m RestonVA, where they plan to Uve happUy ever after. Zaunffia vows she'U be fos last wffe. Take her word for it. Chuck does. •

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Marie Hubbard with family and friends from Class of 71

I received a fascmatmg update from Chuck Cole, vvfoch he appropriately tided "True Love—The Fourth Time's The Charm": • Chuck Cole, 28th Company, married for the fourth time on 1 Dec 06. Is tfos guy- a die-hard or what? The bride is the former Zaundra Harvey, of Grand Rapids MI, by way- of Dettoit. Zaundra was a fogh school sweetheart of Chuck's m Cleveland OH.They were separated by Zaundra's famUy relocation during Chuck's sefoor year in fogh school.

Zaundra soon thereafter vowed she would one day marry- Chuck. She was Chuck's drag for Parents Weekend during Plebe Summer; and was a staunch opponent and resistor of USNA resttictions on PDA. As sometimes happens vvith naval types. Chuck drifted away from Zaundra

Newlyweds Chuck & Zaundra Cole

Apparently; Gary Freeman's son. Matt Freeman '02, had a great target of oppormfoty- at a pre-Army- Navy game event. The Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, promoted Matt to Captain, USMC. Gary had a few- moments with Secretary Rumsfeld and rerfonisced about fom speaking at our graduation 30 years ago. The Secretary also mentioned knowing Jim Stavridis as a '76er

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Donald Rumsfeld pins the Captain Bars on Matt Freeman

I received a MV Doulos (mvdoulos.org) update from Pat Tracy—he asks for daUy prayers wfole he is on fos world ttavels: • Ken Kirk (a broffierfiromour church here) and I are headed East, by gomg westward, tfos Saturday. We wiU visit OM work m Shanghai and Hong Kongfiromffie14ffi20ffi of January,ffienmeet MV Dofoos in Manila. Ken wiU saU wiffi ffie sfop to Cebu, PfoUppmes, and I wUlflyahead to teach sfopboaiti safety to a few dozen new recrfots who wUl jom ffie sfop m Cebu.We plan to return home on February 5ffi. Please also remember our wives and school-age chUdren who wUl be nUnding the foes at home whUe we're away. • As a final note, Kevin Stone wanted me to mention that we're looking at having a 'Class taUgate' at the Army-Navy lacrosse game in AnnapoUs on Saturday, 14 AprU. The A-N ttack meet is the same day as weU. Look for more info in Shipmate and via emaU. By the way, I've noticed that many of our Classmate's profoes at usna.com are in serious need of updating. So, when you get an opportunity, please update your profile as soon as possible. It makes my job easier when researcfong information about my Classmates!

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 5% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 67% PRES: CAPT Richard "Rick"White, USN 11 Porter Road, Annapolis, MD 21402 H: 410-295-0089; HE: rick.white@1977.usna.com SECY: Thom McKee 1202 Shady Creek Road, Marriottsville, MD 21104 H: 410-489-5080; F: 410-489-5071 C: 202-438-1541; E: magool310@comcast.net

First up tfos month, Pete Green wrote to say heUo. Lynne and he are enjoying the good Ufe in sunny southern Maryland, feasting on crabs and undoubtedly consurfong vast quantities of Natty Bo! Pete heads up business development for his company, having hung up his flight

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suit some five years ago, so ffie ofoy seat he occupies these days is 24E. January 25™ marked the retirement of Colonel Paul Croisetiere, USMC at NAS Pax River Your humble scribe wUl have been in attendance, so detaUs and photographs wUl be certain to foUow. We'U also be hanfficapping the odds his wife Sue tfonks having Gross around the house 24/7 is a positive or negative development! We see civUian employment in Pafo's foture!

'WhUe we're on the subject of lucrative civUian employment, remember those huge bonus checks Goldman Sachs handed out tfos past year? So we caUed Pete Grieve to rerfond fom who it was that suggested he seek employment with GS in the first place. Sttangely, Pete had absolutely no recoUection of our conversation whatsoever, but his assistant did want to know ""What's a Magoo?" Pete was actuaUy heading for the west coast for business and a possible dinner rendezvous with Rob Lamb, but had a moment to teU us another smaU world story. Pete was recently watching fos son play indoor lacrosse (it's obvious he's given the boy a proper upbringing!), and noticed another player sporting a jersey with the name "Chanenchuk". it turned out the young man is the nephew of Navy's own Mike Chanenchuk ('79) and is foUowing in fos uncle's Ulustrious footsteps.

BiU Hartman received Christmas greetings from Dave Armitage. Dave, fos wife Linda and daughter EmUy are living in Mechafocsburg, PA. Dave retires in June '07, and is contemplating a second career as a school teacher and coach; no surprise there. Linda works at a local hospital.

We close this month's column on a sad note, marking with regret the passing of another classmate. Herb BraceweU, l^' Company, died Saturday, December 30™. He had worked the past 10 years at SMS in McLean,Virgifoa as a Program Manager and Sales Engineer Our thoughts and prayers go out to Herb's wife Cheryle and the rest of his fanfoy. He wUl be laid to rest with fuU nfoitary honors at Arlington National Cemetery.

Regarding our 30th reunion, the USNAAA website is preparing our class site http://www.usna.com/classes/1977/ for on Une registration. It may not be ready to go unfo late March. Any questions or comments should be ffirected to either Rick or me. Please keep in mind, sign up on the USNAAA website is for Friday and Saturday events ofoy. Those

interested in goff and ffinner on Thursday shofod contact me ffirecdy.

Magoo ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 2% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 75% PRES: Glen Woods SEC'Y: Vince Balderrama 3402 Van Wie Dr. East, Baldwinsville, NY 13027 E: vince.balderrania@lmco.coni WEBSITE: usnal978.org

Tfos monffi kicks off with a Utde class business update: As many of you know from your generous contributions and pledges, we are in the rfodst of fondraising for our five year Class Project. Working with sigfoficant input from our Classmates on duty in the Yard, we pledged to raise $780,000 (about 50% above the "fleet average" for a class of our longevity) to fond four ffiscrete pUlars of support for the Academy: the renovation of NavyMarine Corps Memorial Staffium (a $250k conttibution); the Admissions Office (specfficaUy, support for the new recruiting videos); the Leadersfop Department (specfficaUy, 100% fonffing of a new book of biograpfoes entided "Leadersfop Emboffied" that is given to aU plebes); and support of the "undesignated fonds" that the Supe uses to satisfy short-fose demands. We are rougfoy halfway tfoough ffie term of ffie project and Class Vice President Sean Coffey (who is heaffing the effort) is deUghted to report ffiat '78 had just recendy exceeded the goal! We are weU over $800k and Sean is now ainUng for the mUUon doUar mark. Thanks to aU for ffie robust response!

Got an e-maU from my Plebe Summer roomie, Bart Buechner, way out inYountviUe; CA that chrofocled the last year in the Buechner household: • "In January, we returned toYountviUe, delayed a bit by the New Year's Eve flood.

We sold the house inVacaviUe, so we are now truly back "home". We have enjoyed putting the finishing touches our house.

Angel (three years old this month) loves it here, especiaUy enjoys watching the deer, squirrels and birds in her yard. Pat's son Pafo coached the Meriffian Mustangs footbaU team again for anoffier winning season. He also ran for Michigan State Senate, earning 39,000 votes. Not enough to win this time, but in four years maybe a ffifferent story Grandson John is at the Twenty-Nine Palms Marine Corps base, preparing for a third tour in Iraq.

Please keep him in your prayers, as we do, daUy. Granddaughter Ashley is expecting

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her second chUd in March. Pat is losing track of how many great-grandcfolffien are out there, but proud of aU (just ask her). Bart has a new Navy Reserve assignment with the Office of the Secretary of Defense for PubUc Affairs in Wasfongton DC. Tfos wUl involve a bit more air ttavel time, but shofod be interesting. The last assignment ended vvith a detaU as nUUtary attache to the German delegation (Baron von Steuben) to the 225th Anfoversary of ffie Batde of Yorktown. He also has a new vefocle (Harley-Davidson), which he rode to the "Iron Warriors"Veterans Day run on November 11th. (Tfos has nothing to do with mrfong 50 last year) He is otherwise staying busy vvith "God's House Band" and is working on estabUsfong a program here at the Veterans Home to assist veterans of duty in Iraq and Afghafostan with ttansition issues. Despite aU that's going on, we tfonk we may have a bit more time to travel next year, and so hope to be able to visit with friends we have not seen lately. More to the point, we are now settled enough to have visitors, so if you are thinking about making a ttip to Wine Country in 2007, let us know!" • Just a couple of months away from Alex CaUas' annual Peter G. CaUas Golf for MDA Day at Andrews Air Force Base.

The event goes off on Wednesday, June 20,2007 at the Andrews Air Force Base GoffCourse,AndrewsAFB,MD. As always the format is a Scramble Captains Choice with Shot Gun Start from 8:00am to 2:30pm. Golf Carts are included in the entry fee as weU as meals for players (CB for morfong players, lunch for aU and dinner for afternoon players), beverages and snacks. For more detailed information caU MDA at (703) 476-5780 or go onUne at www.goffdayformda.com Andy Mohler sent proof that ArmyNavy service rivalry fojincks don't end with age — especiaUy in the corporate world as he and his boss, Jeff Jancek (a Woop and former Captain of the USMA footbaU team) threaten each other's mascots. I say BiU looks unphased but that mule (pifiata) was so scared he turned striped multi-colors!

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wUl do for aU our men and women in arms. Keep your turns up!

WeU that's it—a very short month, not a lot of news or pics. That's why you got the prmt you ffid, Bart—it's not because you check cleared I mean, not 'cuz you were my roommate that summer Unfo next month—Launcfon' Spot Four (vvith the hopes of a brimrfong in-box when I burn off tfos bag of gas.)

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Who looks threatened?

1 heard that after retiring from the Navy, Faris FarweU now works for Northrop Grumman. Guess he'U have to find a service rival to "abuse" for next year's Army-Navy game too! By the way, among those present at Faris' retirement were Jon Sears, Jeff Ewin and Joe Lynch. Welcome to civiUan Ufe, Faris!

Faris, Jon, Jeff and Joe

Congratfoations to CharUe MartogUo on fos assumption of conmiand of the Reagan Carrier Sttike Group (Carrier Strike Group Seven) out of North Island, CA. Charlie turned his coUar and leash as the sefoor rrUUtary assistant to ffie Secretary of the Navy over to someone else. He's now back where even as Plebe he always knew he was meant to be—at sea, driving ships. As this goes to print the chanse of command was scheduled for Feb 7™ in flag spaces aboard Reagan.

This was to faciUtate their early deployment in support of the CENTCOM AOR surge effort. Also deploying quickly was Tim "BT" Hanifen. In mid-Jan he headed to Al Anbar Province with his Marine Aircraft Wing in support of US/CoaUtion and Iraqi forces ffirecdy fighting Al Qaeda Insurgents along with some smaUer anti-government Sunni Insurgent movements there. He'U be there a year He asked that friends just keep him and his Marines in your prayers and thoughts. WiU do,Tim—as we also 1

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Greetings, 79ers!

Looking at the calendar, we shofod be deep into the Dark Ages here in ffie land of the Chesapeake. Instead, we've had 70degree temperamres in January, and an interesting February as weU. The weaffier seems to be dominating conversation as of late. And sooner or later, someone wiU bring up ffie hot-potato term "global warming", and ffien aU heck breaks loose.

There are a lot of "reasons" being banffied about regarffing why our recent weaffier has been Uke it is — some scientific, some not. My own theory is there's just too much hot air being developed inside the Wasfongton Beltv^-ay! My brother Uv-es in Denver, and he's already suffered through at least two major snowstorms there.

Clearly, he is far enough removed firom the "hot air generators" to not be affected by them. That's my ffieory, anyway — and I'm sticking to it!

One thing that's N O T ffieory - but fact - is that this year is the 400th Anniversary of the founding of the first permanent English setdement in the Americas:Jamestown,VA. Checking in from this historic location is our own Jack Bruno (burgbruno@verizon.net): • Wiz, you inspired me to write a short note (both fingers get tired if I tyT>e a long note). My wife, Karla and I are enjoying Ufe at ffie center of America's 400th Anniversary (the landing at JamestovvTi).

We live a short way from Jamestown Island outside WUUamsburg, VA. Karia volunteers at Historic Jamestown (the actual site) and I volunteer at nearby "Jamestown Setdement" (Uving museum run by Virginia Department of Education).

Our son Evan is currendy vvxapping up a semester ""smdying abroad" in London. Somehow he also managed to visit Paris, MUan, Florence, DubUn, and Edinburgh (and wiU have been to Vienna bv ffie time tfos is pubUshed). When I was m ffie Navy we used to say "join the Naw to see ffie vvrorld — you don't have to stop any-where. just see the vvrorld." Evan has managed ro see a large portion of ffie world and get an education. He obviously got fos smarts from his mother.

I am enjovmg Ufe being married to a local auffior and celebrity (www.kkbruno .com) and working for SAIC in support ofJomt Forces Command m Norfolk (yes, it is a long commute but books on tape/CD ward off road rage). Mike Davis is m Norfolk as COS of COMNAVSURFLANT where ffie job seems to have swaUowed fom as I hear very Ufoe tirom fom. And 1 spent the past several weeks vacatiofong vicariouslythrough Roger Sassman as he and Trmora toured AustraUa and New Zealand and sent electrofoc updates periodicaUy. Karla and I look torw ard to our annual trip m March to Fort Myers, FL where we watch Evan's coUege basebaU team (Amherst. MA) start ffien season.

WeU,ffiefmgers ache and ffie bram is tired so I'U sign off for now. Jack Bruno '79,13* • Thanks. Jack, for ffie great update. I've been on Karla's emaU Ust for a wfole, and now that she'sfinaUyhad her novel published she's reaUy- been in demand.

Glad to hear that ffie whole fanfoy is domg weU. Our next update comes from horse country; Last faU aU of us in "Cloud 19" received an mvitation to come to LouisviUe, KY and join in a surprise SO*binhday party for Kevin Derbin. I cofodn't make the trip, but Kevin's wife Pam was kmd enough to send some photos plus a quick update. Surprising Kevin m person were Jackie and Deane Kocher, Mary- and Kevin Boyd, and Marge and WUl FaviUe. Pam reports that it was especiaUy- good to see WUl — as he departed USNA after Youngster year The FaviUes are Uving in Micfogan, where (I tfonk I have this right) WiU works as an aU ttaffic conttoUer Pam says that the party was a huge fot, and a good time was had by aU. Kevin, by the way, is the VP/General Manager of the North American ufot of Alcan's Hexible Pharmaceutical Packagmg business wfoch is headquartered in Europe. Kevin has to

ttavel "across the pond" on a regular basis, but by aU accounts he's reaUy enjoying the position. Pam is a nurse manager for the nonprofit VNA Nazareth Homecare.

After "many years" of proviffing care in ffie home as a visiting nurse, she has now transitioned into management, which she enjoy-s. Kevin and Pam have three kids: daughter Brie is working now in Chicago, having recendy completed her BA in Psychology; Son Chase is a sefoor at Drexel'University; A NROTC Midsfopman, Chase wiU be commissioned as a Naval Officer this summer. Youngest son Joel is a fogh school senior who, at the time the letter was wTitten, was stiU waiting to hear back from several coUeges.

He probably has more of an idea now where he vvUl be attenffing school next faU. Thanks a lot, Pam, for the great letter and the photos. I'm sorry Karen and I cofodn't make the party!

Surprise 5(f" Birthday Party (l-r): Deane Kocher, Will Faville, Kevin Boyd and Kevin Derbin

Court, a nonprofit legal organization which promotes professionaUsm, civiUty and ethics in the legal profession. Their son Rob works over at Ft. Belvoir with the Ai-my's Night Vision Goggle Directorate. And daughter Chrystal is finishing up her student teaching, and wiU graduate from Liberty Ufoversity in May 2008. Thanks, Cindy, for ffie great letter and photo!

The Quinn Clan - Don is the distinguished gendeman on the left!

Also over the hoUday^s I received a "Happy 2007 to AUY'AU" from Jean and D o n Quiim, a letter with a ffistinctive Texas ffiawi. The Quinns are in Corpus Cfoisri.TX, where RJ>LDM Quinn stiU capablyfiUsthe bUlet of Cfoef of Naval AirTrairUng (CNATRA). Jean is runfong everytfong smootfoy, as always, and stUl maintains her "Black Belt in shopping".

Jean and Don have four "young adfots" (ttanslated: kids): Matt (24) is out at Lemoore, CA, where he wiU get married tfos summer. Kevin (22) is in Mempfos, TN, where he is attendmg school. CaitUn (20) is also there, attendmg the U of Mempfos and working on an education degree. And Brian (17) is the acknowledged "Mayor of NAS Corpus Christi", where he has been enjoying fos sefoor year of fogh school. Thanks, Jean, for the letter and photo. (And unUke last year, I ffidn't lose it!)

The Dennis Family: Pat Chrystal, (Local Area Woop), Cindy and Rob.

Over the hoUdays I received a great letter from Cmdy and Pat Dennis, who stiU reside m the Alexandria,VA area. After several years working as a contractor, Pat crossed back over the fence and is now a civil servant working at the MissUe Defense Agency (MDA). Pat is enjoying the new job and the new employer Army/Navy 2006 in the Ukraine: Steve Walsh Right before the change, Cindy and Pat and friend spent some time on the Big Island of Hawaii as sort of a 50™ birthday celebraAnd now; once again, it's time for the tion. (Tliere seem to be a lot of those "5Cf'^ "Ever Popular and World Renowned Birthdays"happening- Tm still ivay too Tidbits and Sfoppets Section!" yoimg to be concerned about that!) Cmdy is workmg with the American Inns of March 2007

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Durmg Army/Navy 2006, Steve Walsh (Steve.Walsh@aes.com) found fomseff the ofoy Navy grad in the Ukraine, surrounded by a bunch of Woops. He was, however, able to find a suitable pal to cheer Navy on to victory, as the attached photo wUl attest!

RDML Joe Mulloy (joseph.muUoy@ navymU) and famUy moved out to Hawaii last summer Joe is ffie N5/N8 on the COMPACFLT staff.

Many of you wiU recaU that Navy has a new Commandant, CAPT Peggy Klein '81. What you may not reaUze is that her husband is our own Frank Klein.

So ffiere shofod be at least one new attendee at the '79 taUgaters next season.

Unfortunately, I must once again close a column with some unhappy news.

Right before Christmas, Sean Cate sent out an emaU with the news that Kyle Kaker's wife Mary passed away suddefoy at her home in PaUn Springs, CA. At the time, Kyle was in Jeddah, Sauffi Arabia, where he serves with the US MiUtary Traifong Mission. I cannot even begin to imagine getting a phone caU Uke that.

Kyle, please know that you and your famUy are in our prayers. Anyone wanting to contact Kyle can emaU fom at kakerrox@yahoo.com.

And that, classmates, is aU I have to pass along. Enjoy the arrival of spring, and I'U see you next month!

OmnesViri!

—Wiz...

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 95% PRES: Tim Kobosko SECY: CAPT Joseph A. Grace Jr., USNR 15 Allard Blvd., New Orieans, LA 70119 504-915-6711 E: joe.grace@1980.usna.com WEB SITE: vnvw.USNA1980.org

"Who dat? "Who dat? "Who dat say gonna beat dem Saints? That's the cry echoing throughout New Orleans as our ever loved Saints have progressed to within one game of the Super Bowl.

UnbeUevable! First we have to get by Da Bears this weekend. No matter what—it's reaUy helped the City of New Orleans.

"What a Uft! I have been trying to get a hanfoe on who are stUl active as our current Company Reps. I've received multiple responses and some Reps are fantastic in their communication with their Company Mates. Others are a Uttle shaky.

Either way, take a few minutes to drop me a Une and check in if you are stiU

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Here are a few (not the entire Ust) who've checked in: Bruno Padovani, Bruno.Padovafo@ Wrigley.com, is claiming the title of the Rep for 17th Company and sent in a brief rfossive to report that Captain Chuck Behrle retired from Active Duty as he turned over Command of NAVSEA Carderock Division to Captain Mark Thomas. Mike Ales, alesm@usmma.edu who is StiU up as a tenured instructor at the Merchant Marine Academy is the 8th Company Rep and sent in tfos note:

• Joe, Saw Harley Skidmore and fos son (a yearUng at West Point) at Army Navy.

Harley's getting ready to retire from the reserves and is Uving in Green Bay, Wisconsin. I saw Jim Prosser also. He's working the LCS program in Baltimore for Lockheed Martin. Cheryl Sponholtz is working from home these days and much prefers being her own boss. Mike Matson is being sent to NPGS by Northrop Grumman for a Systems Engineering masters—he starts out in Monterrey in January. His son Patrick just made Eagle Scout. Dave Anderson is currently in the hospital after severely injuring fos hand working on fos house.

In ttue marine fasfoon, he just wrapped everytfong up and ffiove fomseff to the hospital.

My fanfoy and I went to the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte. I saw Joe Osbourne and fos famUy. Joe is working at NSWC Carderock on submarine issues. I also ran into Paul AUen, who is now teaching fogh school in the Winston-Salem area.

We made it down to the Mississippi Gulf Coast for a few days after Christmas.

Hard to beUeve it's the same place we left in 2003. MUce • Jim WUson, JWUson403 and Tommy Paulk have teamed up to cover 29th Company. Dave Foy, dfoyfanfoy@ aol.com is stiU the lead dog of the Sea Dogs of 7th. Tina D'Ercole, mstina4@msn.com, is stUl covering 2nd Company, and Walt Porr, 34th Company Rep, waltporr@comcast.net is searching for contact info for PhUip Finegan, Patrick Murphy and Gary Redenius.

If anyone knows their whereabouts contact Walt. Here is fos update on Club 34:

• Ken HaU: Married to Marlene and have a daughter Stephanie who is a freshman at the CoUege of Charleston, SC.We were married on the 28th of August 2004.1 retired as a Commander and am working as a CivU Servant at the US. Sttategic Command. StUl biking, woodworking and playing too Utde golfl.

Nancy (Burke) SuUenger:We are Uving in midfoe Tennessee and loving it.

Dan retired from active duty after 25 years and has been teaching MCJROTC in the local fogh school for 11 years. We have golden rettievers and border terriers, and I travel to dog shows. We have a smaU boarffing kennel, and I work at a vet cUfoc to help support my passion for dog showing. Yes, I have gone to the dogs, but I just love it!

Zeke Zimmer: My fanfoy (Kim, Katie and Zim) just moved back to Cincinnati from New Orleans after being down there for about 20 months. I was the plant manager at our Folgers/MUlstone Plant (Procter and Gamble) and had the luck of being there for Hurricanes Kattina and Rita. A lot of work, not much time for famUy so we are taking advantage now of being back together and Uving a normal Ufe agam. I just passed 20 years with P&G m December AU is weU, Ufe is great. We hope to get back for our 30th m AnnapoUs.. Regards, Emory Andy Hargreaves:Walt, got your message, but I'm currendy in the mountains ofWVA fifosfong up a short vacation. I plan on returfong to DC tomorrow. Not much to report. AU goes weU. I seem to work to much (as I'm sure we aU do). I run the DC office of a SC based engineering firm and spend a great deal of time on the HUl working on approps issues for cUents. Not married, but wiffi my schedfoe ffiat's not much of a surprise.

Ed Borger: We're backfiromAdanta (2003) and have been sweating out summers in the land of the perpemal sun (Arizona) ever since. I'm stfo with HoneyweU (just fot 20 years) selUng avionics to the business jet and general aviation market segment. Steve (our son) just turned 25, graduated from coUege a couple of years ago and is also working for HoneyweU in the product support side, also here in Phoenix. Dana (our daughter) wUl be 21 in May and is heading off to Australia for the spring semester as an exchange student at FUnders University in Adelaide. She's currendy

enroUed at NAU (Norffiern Arizona Ufoversity) in Flagstaff. She'U hopefliUy be graduatmg in May 2008. SheUa and I wiU be married 27 years come May—where does ffie tmie go? StiU not close to beconUng grandparents—neiffier kid is married nor engaged yet. I mrned 50 in August, can you beUeve that? Lffe is good.

Pat Keavney: I remain vv-eU. despite ffie lack of hair. Very bad for ffie selfimage...but am not ready for ffie haU-weave. Continue to work for Brandvwine Realtv- Trust m Propert\-/Project Management in ffie PhiUy and Wilrfongton areas. I Uke it, and feel v-ery formnate to have joined a good team. My fanfoy is vveU...Maureen is an RN at ffie Rehabffitation Hospital of Souffi Jersey; My- oldest, Brendan, is a jufoor at Mass Maritime. M a ^ e is a freshman atWasfongton CoUege, Chestertown. MD. Bobby- is a jufoor in fogh school. AU have 10 imgers and 10 toes...so we hav-e much for wfoch to be ffianktfo.

Greg Pieper: Notfong new here.

Kids are good. It's fun bemg a grandpa. AU are healffiy; Bruce Jackson: Wffe: Brenda. Kids: daughter.Taleska - 28; daughter.Tia - 22; son, Cory - 20; daughter,Tiffany - 15; son, Bruce Jr. - 9; and son, Brandon - 8.

(WP: I stiU hold ffie Club 34 lead m ffie # of kids Dept.) My wfoe works for Lockheed Martin (Contracts). I retired (0-5) back m November 2002 at NAVAIR, NAS PattLxent River, Maryland. Currendy, I am ffie Director of Logistics for ffie P-3 Program Office at NAVAIR. Oldest daughter is a Ffrst Class in ffie Navy, applymg for ffie Officer's program, next daughter attends Ufoversity ot MD, next son attends Sacramento State CoUege, and aU offiers keep us exttemely busy! In other words, we are enjoying Ufe. I talked to Eddie O'CaUaghan on ffie phone ffie offier day. He is back m the DC/NoVa area from an ov-erseas tour He is the ofoy member of Club 34 stUl on active duty and our ofoy 0-6.Just goes to show that good tfongs do indeed come m smaU packages. His son is a Plebe (but does he play hockey??? I stiU have my seat m ffie "owner's box").

D o u g Ray is out in Wasfongton working for NAVSEA as I recaU. Tom Sloan is in San Diego, no doubt in mourning after the Pattiots GREAT VICTORY over ffie Chargers. GO PATRIOTS ! ! ! Jake BoUck and Larry Klawinski are flying for FedEx out of Mempfos. Dan GUdea is in the NoVa area. Jim "Winter is in MD working for ffie National Nuclear Security AcfoUfostration, Office of ES&H and QA (NA-173) (I'd ask about aU the letters and numbers, but my securits' clearance expfred years ago.) Mark Ingram is in ffie Pox River area workmg on theV-22 Osprey program. JJ Johnston Uves in upstate New York about 2 hours souffiwest of Albany working for a company mvolved in the Linx Simulator Joe: That's the news from Club 34.

Thanks for aU your great work.

Walt Porr • A Column or two ago I mentioned the gathering ofWomen at the Academy.

Cheryl Spohnholz, 8th Company, sponzie80@cox.net, sent m a brief note and two photos:

• Joe, The 30ffi anfoversary^ of women at the academy m September was a great celebration, and both refoed CAPT Wendy Lawrence ('81) and Rear Adrforal (sel) MicheUe How^ard ('82) w'ere fabfoous speakers. CAPT Kathy Shanebrook hosted several events for our classmates and it was fon to see everyone. The attached photo of me and Wendy was taken at Kathy's house.

I had dinner vvith Stefanie Goebel and Paula Smith m October—photo is attached. I'm domg weU, having resigned from my- government civiUan position m Sep to return to bemg afiUltime mom and enttepreneur. My mother recendy moved up to ffie area so it's been great spendmg time wiffi her. Cheryi •

Wendy Lawrence and Cheryl

I also received a note from Gregg Nivala, Gregg.Nivala@L-3Com.com, who is hanging out in NYC. • Dear Joe: I hope yrou are weU. Last September I left the U.S. Attorney's Office after a Utde over fourteen years as a federal prosecutor and went into the private sector as the Assistant General Counsel of L-3 Commufocations Corporation. I manage L-3's Utigation from headquarters in Manhattan. Cindy and I got a foce (and of course tmy) apartment in rfod-town about a ten minute walk from work.

Cmdy spUts her time between oirr home m Richmond and Manhattan and I get back to Richmond about every other weekend. Manhattan is a real crossroads and I have seen many people wffio I was vvith in Baghdad, either passmg tfoough or now also working in NYC. Cmdy, our daughter Dee, and I also had the pleasure of seeing our youngest, Rob, graduate from Army infantry basic ttairUng at Fort Bennmg last summer. He's m ffieVfrgifoa National Guard and wiU fifosh up advanced ttaifong next summer before starting coUege. He, of course, is hopmg he gets caUed up to go to Iraq or Afghafostan. Cheers! Gregg • WeU, that's aU the news that is fit to prmt (and reaUy aU the room they- give me— though I have more notes). I hope that tfos finds each of you healthy, happy; and wiser today- than yesterday; Take a few moments to renew a friendsfop, caU a Classmate, and send me an upcbte. As Always, BEAT ARMY (and Da Bears), —Joe.

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Call 410-295-4164 for more information.

Honor Chairs

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Column number two. 1 have to say, the maU this past month was somewhat sparse. HopefuUy with winter setting in everywhere but Hawaii more of you wiU have reason to send me an update of what you are up to, and what other classmates are doing. That being said, we stiU have some pretty neat stuff to report.

First, I just received some late breaking news from Dave "Chic" ChicareUi (l^'- co). Dave informs me that Dave Beydler (l^*- co) was just selected for promotion to Brigaffier General. Dave is currendy serving as the Commanffing Officer, Marine Aircraft Group - 31, Beaufort, SC. Our first General! Congratulations Dave!

Next, the results of the elections for our class Members at Large. Elected were: Kevin "Tex"Taylor (27™ co), Dave Larmetti (22"^^ co),EdTucholski (33 co) (2nd term) Patty Crandlemire Murphy (4'^^ co),Bob Schulze (l^"^ co), and Dave "Fuzz" Harrison (25™ co).

Congratulations to you aU, this wiU be a great team to work with.

Congratulations are also in order for Neal Kusumoto (9th co) and his new bride Linda. Neal and Linda got married in San Diego Sept 23rd. We had a good contingent of classmates to support him, including myself, Jaime Navarro (3'-'^ co), Tom "Tarzan" Carlson (24th co).

BUI Cone (2"^^ co), and John "Bud" Womer (l^*- co). The ceremony was held at a church in La JoUa on a picture perfect day, foUowed by a great reception at Tom Ham's Lighthouse. A rather meUow evening took quite a turn, however, when Jaime took the karaoke ifoke and belted out the lyrics to "La Bamba". Those of you who have been through that before know how painful that can be.

Fortunately Tarzan rescued us with a soulful rendition of "You Lost that Loving Feeling". After that the party really took off The newlyweds then left for a honeymoon in Tahiti, and are now back in San Diego, preparing for an upcoming move to Corpus Christi, where Neal wiU be working at the Navy's Mine Warfare Command (commanded by RDML John Christenson (36™ co).

At Neal's wedding, I got the foUowing update: Tarzan is about halfway through his tour as the Commodore for Naval Special Warfare Group Three in Coronado. He has several Seal Teams under his command, including teams in Coronado and Pearl Harbor. I beUeve he is our last remaining SEAL classmate, and he has certaifoy had a great career Tom's wife Linda is also in the middle of a distinguished career, as a judge in San Diego. Bud has "reinvented" himself, as he continues to serve on a reserve recaU on active duty. He works at the Naval Special Warfare Command in Coronado, where he is now on his 4 year of active duty. Better yet. Bud made Captain on this past year's board, and with plenty of SPECWAR ffinffing he expects to continue to serve on active duty for awfole.

BUI Cone just turned over command of an Ampfob (I tfonk the USS CLEVELAND), and is now in Iraq serving I beUeve on the CENTCOM staff. BUI, stay safe over

there, we want to toast a few with you at the 30™. FinaUy, Jaime just got extended for another year in his current job as the Excecutive Director of the School of the Americas in Washington DC. This is a joint school that trains students from Latin America countries in the ways of democracy here.

Neal Kusumoto wedding

Next, the Meineke Bowl report from Charlotte, N C where my feUow 26™ company mate John Clay hosted a great gathering the night before that painfol loss. John has been in Charlotte for 5 years, enjoying retired Ufe while raising his daughter Merideth (10) and Hay den (8).

His wife, Cathy is a sefoor bank executive with NationsBank, running the banks Government Techfocal Services group (a $2 biUion per year business Une for the bank). More importandy, she was a phenomenal host, and threw a 5 star party for a strong '81 contingent. Pictured below are Otto Stutz (32"^^ co), Dave ChicareUi, Rick Martin (2"^^ co),Ed Turner (36'^ co). Rod Adams (16^^ co), Mark Hyman, Brett Peloquin (6"^^ co),Dan Quattrini (l^'^ co),Doug Heimbach (31^"^ co),BubbaTurman (31 St co),EdTucholski, Chuck CoughUn (28th co),John Clay (26^^ co), Greg Dougherty (25'^ co),Jaime Navarro, WUly Taylor (25^^ co),Bob Ravener (17^^ co), Scott Waddle ( 5 * co), Tom Moore (21^^ ^.Q) chuck French (21^^ co),Jim Alghrim (33"^^ co),PhU Wright (18th coUonWaU (16™ co),Ray Davis (11™ co),Mike Christopher (12'^ co), and Dan McGarvey (9^^ co).

On the west coast, I watched the game with Tom Giedlin (23'''^ co) at a sports bar in Seal Beach wfole in the maifoand visiting my future in-laws. Tom lives nearby in Cypress, and is running a large telecom consulting group for Sprint in So Cal.

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Meineke Bowl gathering at John Clay's house

Ken Walker (28^^ co) wrote to let me know he vvUl be retiring from the Navy m the faU. Ken has had a steUar career as a submarine officer. He is currendy serving as Cfoef of Staff for COMSUBRON Nine in Bangor Wasfongton, and held many fogh visibffity jobs vvith both at sea and shore commands. Ken was in the submarine "mafia" here in HawaU, so Ken, congratulations on your career, hope to see you out here agam.

More news on submarmers, submitted by anoffier HawaU alumfo, Ahna Grocki (32"^^ co).

• Ken Voorhees (13™ co), fos wife Lovelyn, and their daughter Asia wiU be remrfong to HawaU to work at COMSUBPAC tfos summer. Ken is corfong off a tour as CO, Trident Refit FaciUty, Bangor, WA. Lovelyn is from Hawaii, so they are "corfong home." Asia wUl be entermg the 8th grade. Ken, great to hear we wUl have another classmate out here.

Carol and Jim Stewart (32'^'^ co) Uve m Springfield,VA. Jim is the Branch Head of the Analysis and Sttategic MobUity Directorate, OPNAV N421 involved in Combat logistics forces and seaUft. He is also a Comrfottee Chair and Scout Leader of fos son's Boy Scout Troop, a deacon, Sunday School (11th grade) teacher, Bible DrUl teacher, choir, and Men's Ensemble member in fos church. Carol is a preschool teacher.

They have 3 sons in fogh school (2 are sefoors) and a daughter in 7th grade that is nationaUy competitive (level 7) in gymnastics.

Russ and Alma Grocki live in Burke,VA. Russ is the Deputy Director of Sea Warfare and Weapons in the Office of Naval Research. AUna just had her Change of Command in Bremerton, WA, where she was the reserve Commanding Officer of the Headquarters Puget Sound

Naval Shipyard & IMF unit (60 members). She is in a new job as a Program Manager for the National Surge Main (Maintenance) Program responsible for aU 4 area Navy shipyards' efoisted and officer programs. They have two boys, Dan (7th grade) and Nick (5th grade) who underwent massive trauma this faU, having moved after 10 years in Hawaii, and reaUzing they had to wear shoes to school EVERYDAY!, and long pants too, in the winter. They hope to be back in Hawaii in a year and a haff (Russ' planned retirement). • AUna, thanks for the input, we wiU have a new town home ready for you to move into on Ford Island when you and Russ get back.

On a serious note, I received word that BiU McGuinness (28'-" co) came down with a rare iUness. Prior to Cfoistmas, BUI felt some tingUng and lost some feeUng in fos arms and legs. On Christmas Day, he had his wife Barb take fom to Johns Hopkins Ufoversity Hospital where he proceeded to inform the baby docs in the Emergency Room that he had contracted GuUlain-Barre (ghee-yan bah-ray) Syndrome (http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/gbs /gbs.htm) a rare syndrome that effects approx 1-3 in 100,000. Although the ER docs were skeptical, BUI, as usual, was, in fact, 100% correct. He is recovering weU and hopes to be back to normal soon. He wrote me today and had the foUowing to report: "Bottom Une is I'm doing weU getting better every day. Early diagnosis, early treatment, early recovery.

Docs say 6-12 weeks, I'm thinking 3-6.

Walking a Utde Uke Frankenstein, but walking on my own.The worst seems to be past and I'm on the road to recovery and expecting nothing less then 100% recovery. Thanks for the weU wishes. I appreciate the help offerings, but think we're good for now. Let everyone know

I'm betting the odds! I'm sure they wouldn't expect anything less". BiU, you are correct, we would not expect any thing less. If anyone wants to contact BUI, please emaU him at wiUiam.mcguinness@ ngc.com, and please keep the McGuirmess Family in your thoughts and prayers.

Hawaii Photo GaUery: Tfos month I have two photos. My get together with Luree and Henry Holt (2^^" co), and ag;ain with Ruth and Mark "Fatman" Donahue (33 co). As I reported in last month's column, Henry was out here on honeymoon, and Mark just recently got stationed here. Carrie and I got together with Mark and Ruth on Ford Island recently. They have 2 kids in coUege (both are at Holy Cross), and two in fogh school. Their son Jack is an ROTC student and wUl be a Navy Surface Warrior next year Mark is getting back into the running scene, here, so I wiU probably soon be reporting on fom winning his age group in whatever he decides to enter.

Your scribe with Luree and Henry Holt

Carrie and I with Ruth and Mark Donahue

Thanks again to everyone who is feeding me info and photos. Keep them corfong!

—Steve

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Save the Date Sept 20 - 23, 2007 Mark your calendars for our 25th Reunion Classmates, The Reunion Committee is worl<ing hard to ensure that this will be the best reunion ever. In February, online registration will be available atwww.usna.com. Since updates will be done by email, I am asking everyone to go to Online Community at www.usna.com and at a minimum update their email address. The '82 website will also be carrying the latest info on the reunion. (Be Advised: There are four classes holding reunions in Annapolis this weekend, so please make your lodging arrangements as early as possible to ensure you get what you are looking for.)

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All Day: Check In Morning: Golf Tournament: All classes having reunions will participate Afternoon: Memorial Service: A short service to remember our fallen comrades Superintendent's Presentation to the Assembled Classes: A short welcome by the Superintendent and the President/CEO of the USNAAA Review the P-Rade: The reunion classes will review the P-Rade Evening: Evening Reception: Inside Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Saturday, Sept 22nd

Morning: Fun Run: Proceeds to go to the Willie McCool Memorial Fund Afternoon: Tailgate: The Tailgate will be INSIDE the Stadium at the Class Ring North West and the '53 Pavilion (A GAME TICKET WILL BE REQUIRED) Evening: Open for Company get togethers Sunday, Sept 23rd

Morning: Brunch: A last chance to see old friends before we depart and go our separate ways.

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This is the fo^t installment (writmg-wise) of 2007 so - although it makes Utde sense m March - let me wish the class a happy new year! There's a lot m store for us m '07, but more on that later.

First let me pass along news fiom Goat One, Dan Proulx, who made it to the Memeke Car Care Bowi along vvith a number of others fiom'82. Picmred in foe photo are Suppo Bfll Daw^son, Mike QuiDrn (workmg for Johnson Controls in Adanta), Bill Ault, Mike Fierro (Navy Regional Wasfongton facfoties rep m AnnapoUs), Kurt Kunkel (N-^1 fo DC), Tom Rowden (CO of SWOS), Goat One Dan Proulx (working for Northrop Grumman near BWI), Mark Olechowski (SES m DC),Tom demons, and Mike Rennie. Not pictured but present were Mike Jacobsen (DESRON m Florida) and Deputv- 'Dant Dennis Sinnett, who, of course, catmot be photographed at any time because of the ongofog GWOT. Now onto what is sure to be the foghUght for aU of us m 2007: the 2 5 * Reufoon. PlanrUng is gomg on m earnest. Here's the gouge fiom the class webmaster, Andy Shelter:

• 1 .The class braintrust has been working hard on planning for tfos event, so you can rest easy (or, ff you know who the brain trust is, then you nught not rest easy).

2. We wiU be using emaU, our class website and Shipmate to keep everyone ifobrmed. Currendy the website has hotel information. More detaUed schedules are being worked on currendy.

3. Send any input on the reufoon to our class president, Dan ProiUx. 4. It's a good time to update your personal ifobrmation: a. Send me any updates to the website on what you have been doing for the past 24-plus yean. Include any emaU address you want others to see on the web. But any emaU address you send me ofoy goes on the web and is not used for our emaU blasts. b. Log onto your usna.com account to update your more personal information such as mafong address, and emaU address used for the emaU blast.

Our website (http://www.usna.com/ classes/1982) and the USNA.com account mtentionaUy do not talk to one another. WhUe it may be a bit more effort to update the same information twice, it's for privacy issues.

5. If you know of classmates we may not have heard fiom, reach out to them.

Tfos emaU is gomg to 683 emaU addresses but I suspect that close to 100 percent of our classmates have an emaU address.

We may pubUsh a Ust later tfos year of classmates we have not heard fiom.

Wfole I don't speak for the class, I personaUy think a touch to widows or parents of classmates no longer vvith us is qfote appropriate.

6. Save the date: Thursday, September 20 through Sunday, September 23,2007. • Thanks for the contmued good web work, Andy.

That's it for now. Cheers. —^Ward

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Dennis Yeatman sent m tfos update:

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Will with Coach Chariie Weis

H I wanted to give you a quick update on the Yeatman FamUy. AU is weU and aU are healthy. I've been refoed now for 4 years.

We bought our dream home m San Diego and are very happy there. Kids are aU growing. In the photo vvith Bonfoe and me, wearing their school colors are: Grant, Navy ROTC Sefoor at USC & captam of lacrosse team; CaroUne, a sophomore on a crew scholarsfop at SDSU; WUl, who is a fiosh at Notre Dame playfog both footbaU and lacrosse; Anne Morgan, a HS sophomore playmg field hockey and lacrosse and Jack, who is 12 and plays QB and lacrosse - he may be the best atfoete of the bunch. The other photo is ofWiU vvith Coach CharUe Weis (Note; WiU is the one on the right, wearfog #83-M :-).WUl played m 11 of 12 games this season as a backup TE and on special teams. • (Great photo and umte up, Dennis!) Home # IS 858-832-1602. Jeff Fletcher's lovely wife, Barbara, sent m this update:

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currendy sitting in Iraq running the largest Detention facUity in the Free World, more on that later but first the last 23 years abbreviated. I earned my wings in 1985, married Victoria Steele 4 weeks later and we celebrated our 21st Anfoversary recently. I have a Son,James and Daughter, Jennifer both in coUege.

My first duty station after foght school wasVS-41 in San Diego. Then CecU Field, FL with theVS-32 Maulers where I IIIMEFMarine Corps Ball in Okinawa, Japan became an LSO and cruised aboard USS America to the North Arabian Sea in 1989. Shore duty at KingsviUe,TX flying vvith VT-22 and traifong new students on how to land aboard the Lexington (got 30 traps on that boat myself). Transitioned to EA-6Bs and convinced the wife that wofod provide Geograpfoc stabfoty as 14 of 15 VAQ squadrons are based in Wfodbey Island, WA. I ofoy spent 9 months in Wfodbey and sfopped out to IIIMEFMarine Corps Ball in Okinawa, Japan VAQ-136 in Japan in early '92. Made 0 - 4 by the skin of my teeth (never hurts to be â&#x20AC;˘ We ran into the Ben and Rebecca flying over Iraq when the promotion Mathews at the IIIMEF Marine Corps board meets). Got caught in the "RightBaU m Okinawa, Japan. Jeff and I had not sizing" of the early 90's and had to extend seen Ben and Rebecca since the birthday in Japan for a shot at a Dept Head tour. It baU in '83 when Ben and Jeff were at TBS. was a great tour and I returned to We got engaged that evefong, and the Wfodbey in 96.18 months there and then Mathews were just starting to date. The off to CNET in Pensacola for Staff duty.

Mathews have two kids now, and we (the Got in on the ground floor of what we Fletchers) have four thought was going to be the "flavor of the Ben and Rebecca moved to Okinawa Month" ... NAPPI (the aviators know last summer after he completed the what I'm talking about) an effort that Command and Staff CoUege in Newport, eventuaUy morphed into the Naval RI with my brother, Tom CoimaUy Aviation Enterprise. Spent a lot of time Pictured are Colonel Ben Mathews '83 learning Power Point and worked forectly (17 Co.) and fos wife, Rebecca and Major for the VADM, that worked out weU and I JeffHetcher'83 (17 Co.) and myseff, selected for CDR and screened for Barbara. The second picture feamres my Command ofVT-22. Back to KingsviUe, brother. Colonel Thomas ConnaUy'83 (26 TX for 2 years of fon flying. At 19 years Co.) and fos wffe, Anfoe, and my husband and under obligation for the CMD Bonus JeffHetcher'83 (17 Co.) and myseff, the detaUers were very generous: "Pick Barbara. We aU attended foe IIIMEF Marme your favorite Dead President and you can Corps BaU m Okmawa,Japan. be AirBoss on that boat, no other Jeff is serving for one year in TECG options" Little fod they know that I had on Camp Courtney. He was activated last always wanted to be an Air Boss. Given August. Tom and fos famUy arrived in July. that it was not flying it was stiU a fantastic He is slated to be the C O on Camp tour, if I'd known that ship's company Courtney next summer. I was able to go could be so fun I'd have done it years ago. visit and attend the BaU. â&#x20AC;˘ Of course having my own stateroom with a head and porthole and hanging out Thanks, Barb Fletcher (Thanks to the with CAG and the C O may have colored spouses for keeping up the great communications!) my judgement.

Then back to Pensacola to (Once again, '83 shows up in the most work on the staff of CNATT (Center for amazing places). Lee Steele is up close and Naval Aviation Technical Training). personal with the foUowing input: Selected for and pinned on Capt. So I'm H Dear Shipmates, It's ofoy been 23-1sitting on Shore Duty as an 0 - 6 in my years since graduation and I've finaUy hometown of Pensacola with the Iraq written. Guess I was waiting to do thing continuing to suck up Infovidual sometfong worthy of printing. I am Augmentations (IA) of aU ranks.

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Our parent command had ofoy a few URL 0-6s so I waited for my mm wofod come. In AprU 2006 the needled stopped on me and I was selected to command the Naval Provisional Detainee BattaUon (NPDB) bound for FT Suse Iraq. Demal and disbeUef that after 20-1- years in the Navy I would end my career conmianding a Fort in the nUddle of the Iraqi desert. Reported to PT Hueneme Ca for mobUization with 3/4ths Active duty and 1 /4th activated Reservists about 500 total.

Two weeks of fon and screening games and then 5 planes to Ft BUss.TX (El Paso) and a bus out to the rfoddle of nowhere Camp McGregor, New Mexico. A great place to train, wofodn't want to Uve there over the sunmier for 135 days. 68 days of trairung crammed into 135 days in the desert.. .we were on Army time now.. .learned how to clear and clean my weapon, how to say Hooah and which MREs have the good smff (avoid the Omelet) .You have not Uved unfo you've ridden through the desert as part of a convoy in the back of a HMMWV being driven by an E-3 with the Instructor yeUing at fom "drive it Uke you stole it" wfole everyone has live Ammo and is shooting at the targets that popup along the track. Simfoated lEDs too. FinaUy finished training and flew to Kuwait to spend 2 weeks with 10,000 Army solfoers aU waiting for foghts into Iraq. FT Suse closes whUe we are in Kuwait.. .We can go home right? Wrong. Reforected to Camp Bucca, wfoch is near Basra so I catch a convoy ride to get there. Bucca has one Theater Interment FacUity (TIF) and is expanfong. My new boss wants me to stand up a Task Force and oversee foat TIF and the second one being buUt and the Iraqi Corrections Officer Training Academy. I'm told to come up with a Name for the Task Force and work up aU the C-2 detaUs, you have unfo Wed to prepare to brief the 2-star My XO, CDR Kathy (AUen) Donovan'87 suggested TF83. My Boss, TF-134 Conmianding General MGEN Gardner, US Army chuckled at the origin of the name but let it pass. Not that he had nmch room to talk, TF-134 was named after their HQ buUding number in Bagdad. So I am the Commander ofTask Force Eighty-Three, running a Detention facility manned by Army Navy and USAF forces and training Iraqi forces as guards too. We have more "guests" than USNA, USMA and USAFA put together We are out in the ifoddle of nowhere and while that makes it fairly safe we are stiU in the war zone.

Jan 15 marks the rfod point of my time in Iraq. Tfongs are just so foflerent fiom foe and work m the States it is difficfot to know where to begin.You do quickly develop an appreciation for the Utde luxuries that we aU take for granted. Indoor plumbing, FootbaU in the afternoon, home cookmg, beer, a day off etc. The Troops work 12 hours on and off, 6 days on one day off. (vvith guard mount and turnover that runs about 13 1/2 hours a day, the officers just work, no fixed schedule. It is Uke a nev er enfong Une period on foe Boar. No port calls, no "No-fly" days, no Steel Beach picfocs, and on a good day just boring, on the bad days we have riots andfires.The Temps vary fiom 130 degrees to fieezmg out (we've seen both).

On the bright side we have good connectivitv' to foe Internet and access to phones to caU home. Probably too good, ev^ry smaU problem at home requires the saUors' attention immediately, vvfoch can distracr fiom the task at hand. It is eas^^ to see how transitionmg foe mission to Iraqi forces has been hard to accomplish. Tfos has certaifoy been foe most mterestfog and at the same time frustratmg tour I've done.The Attached Picture is my Change of Command as I turned over NPDB to CDR Kafoy Donovan '87 to focus on TF 83 and prepare to take command of the entire Forward Operating Base (FOB) Camp Bucca. I'U write agam at the end of foe tour to let you know how- it mms out.

OurDetamee OPS Motto: "If you fodn't hear about us we fod our job!" R / Grmch CAPT Lee Steele USN C D R Task Force 83 Camp Bucca Iraq LeeS@ bucca.iraq.army.mU / 318-853-1206.

"Do not try to do too much with yxiur own hands. Better the Arabs do it tolerably foan that you do it perfecdy. It is foeir war, and you are to help them, not to win it for them. AcmaUy. also, under foe very^ odd confotions of Arabia, your practical work wiU not be as good as, perhaps, you think it is."T.E. LavvTcnce •

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Awesome game unfo about a minute (Lawrence ofArabia for those of us ivho had to left in the game. That's when it smrUc! I look him up-Angie) reaUy tfonk the best team lost that day.

Keep those emails flying as well as the prayers! Please remember to send jpeg photos But unfortunately the baU fodn't bounce our way. Seeing that baU saU tfou the and names for pictures. .4.ngie uprights with no time left was reaUy '83-A Class Act depressing. Anyway after the game we headed back to the taUgate to drown our ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 99% sorrows. Had a good showing after the game too. No food but plenty of adfot PRES: CDR Mike Collins, USNR 935 Barracuda Cove Ct. beverages to Uquidate our beUies.

Annapolis. MD 21401-4718 Had a humorous "event" occur post H: 410-626-8876; E: mike.collins@ 1984.usna.com defeat whUe ufooafong the drinks fiom VICE PRES: Maj James W. Wilhelm, USMC foe cars. George Herlong had a Utde TREAS: CDR Doug Denneny, USN SEC'Y: LCDR Karen (Malloy) Halverson "accident" wifo a port-a-potty. Without 213 A Lee .\venue. Fort Myer.VA 22211 going into too much detaU, the cops had E: dkhalx-^l^earthlink-net to be caUed to "rescue" George. My WEB SITE: w^vw.usna84.com whole view of the "event" was seeing Karen Halverson is on the road and asked George sitting on the edge of the tipped me to put together the month's column. over potty screarfong at some BC fan.

So ff it is not as smooth, or lacks its usual Wfole this "event" was extremely fonny charm and flair, it's mv bust. to aU of us, George faUed to see the humor of human waste covermg parts of fos clothes. Anyway George had to ice fos shofoder and get a change of clothes but m the end no one was arrested. To get aU the mtricate detaUs you'U have to have George teU the story next year at the same taUgate spot. Needless to say this "event" wiU go down in the annals of the 2006 Meineke Car Care Bowl.

Agam, it was great seemg everyone!

Same time and place next year ff the team goes back. Take care, Andy Ponseigo H Andy Ponseigo spearheaded a taUgater Buddy Garland added that he and his wffe down m Charlotte for the Navy-B.C. Roxanne were there too, as were Trent heartbreaker, Dec. 30. Navy played great (and Terry) Wertz '84, Dan (and Val, Brian, but the baU took a bad bounce. That's Nicki) Doster '84, Ross (and Sanfoa) footbaU, (and Ufe). Andy reports in: Baker '84. Also, Sean Logan '85, (with brother Dan) Gary Kent '85 (vvith Lia, H Great showing at the taUgate on 2nd Maria, and Richard), Ray Kwong '78 and Graham m Charlotte, N C ! Koh and (with Becca), and Chuck CoughUn '81 George Herlong handled most of foe and Tom Moore '81 were there. logistics with some help fiom Sandy Big Navy congrats to Koh Herlong Hev'vvard and Steve Peters. They fod a (and George) and Sandy Heyward.They GREAT job!!! We ended up catermg did a great job organizmg - awesome fiom Sonny's barbeque for about 50 event.—^Buddv^ people. Weather was a Utde cfoUy but not uncorrffortable.We bought tfoee parking •^pots but acmaUy ended up securing about five or sis. Most people brought some food and adfot beverages so no one went hungry or thirsty.

It was great seemg everyone! Here is a list of the '84's I cofod remember seeing at the taUgate or game. George Herlong, Steve Peters, Sandy Hev^vard. Buddy Garland, Tom and Virgifoa Horn, Doug Borrebach. Randy Pierce, Kevin .McCaUum, Hamp Oberle, Gary EngUsh, Cfois Kambach, Mel Hammer, Ed McCarthy and I'm sure some others REPUBLICAN I'm forgetting.

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Doug Conkey (formerly of Foxboro, MA) is a JaxonviUe, FL resident, and recendy ran for and won election to foe Clay County Commissioner I'd Uke to see fos allegiance when foe Patriots play the Jaguars. Doug sent a couple of notes and a photo: I Hope aU is weU and that the hoUday period went great. Attached is a famUy photo (wffe Gretchen and daughters Megan and EUzabeth) the foght I won election to the Clay County Comrfossion (7 Nov).What a long arduos process. I am excited to continue my pubUc service and put my PoUtical Science background to good work for the people. Several classmates were instrumental provifong key support (Hank Gibson.Joe Gufford, Danny Moore). Many other alums were also key to victory and I am so gratefiU for everyone's help and support.

Drew Duff went up to [Navy-BC] game and said it was blast with Navy dommatfog foe social scene. And Hank Gibson ran foe Jax marathon and quaUfied for foe Boston Marafoon wfoch is hard so Congrats aplenty to Hank! Cheers. Doug • WeU done, Hank! I used to do the Boston Marathon every year ...Watcfong wfole playing fiisbee and foinking a beer with my buddy Tim. We had a great spot by Heartbreak HiU. Although ffyou do Boston, I know you'U make the hiU look Uke a speed bump.

AndfinaUy,the Class of 64-84 Ethics Dinner wUl be held March 26. Look for class emaU to go out in Feb and march as reifonders. If you are not logged into the Alumfo Association web, please do so.You can set up your profoe to choose to receive ofoy what you want (you can ban spam and soUcitations, etc.) We have 700 classmates logged in with good emaU addresses. I'd Uke to get everybody in there so we can pass class news easier, especiaUy with our 25th Reufoon around the corner As a final note, I would Uke to say congratulations to Bob Curbeam for his fostoric space flight on the shutde Discovery. Bob set the record for most space walks. But more than setting a record. Bob continues to inspire, and aUow us aU to dream great things. We are proud of you. Classmate. BZ! Thanks. —Mike

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Another footbaU season has passed and thankfoUy Navy is stiU hanging on to Coach Paul Johnson. I was able to bring my famUy down to Charlotte for the bowl game, wfoch other than the outcome of the game, was a great time. I saw a bunch of classmates and took a few photos, wfoch foUow. Jeff Henson (15) was kind to invite a bunch of folks up to fos law firm's sky box. I ran into Pat McPherson (13) and Joe Coen (29) and their farrUUes after the pep raUy.Joe and fos farrfoy are Uving in Charlseton, SC. Pat is Uving in northern VA and works in DC. I met up with Dan BaUard (25) and his bride Deborah during the game and spent some time with them after the game.

Dan, Deborah and their girls are Uving in the triangle area of NC (and they aU love UNC basketbaU). I met up with some '85ers after the game. It was great to see Marci and Tim Szymanski (2). Tim is working in the Pentagon after spenfong years in the field as a SEAL. HUlary and Joe Valentine (2) are stiU Uving in NYC. HiUary has started a new concierge business which helps people get their bearings in the big city. Jack Stem (2) and his son, David, were also there. David teUs me he is considering corfong to USNA in a few years. Good luck David! John O'Neill (35), 3rd Battalion Officer, was the task force commander in Charlotte. Pictured below is the O'Nefo family at the pregame tailgater with SheUey and the kids, Carey, Conner, CuUen.

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Dan McNamara (25): • I work at the Naval Air Systems Command in Pam.xent River in the PMA-290 office managing/buying rfossion systems for the P-3 aircraft. PMA290 does P-3, EP-3, S-3, and foe P-8 (Boeing 737 airframe replacing the P-3 next decade, used to be caUed MMA (Mfoti-Mission aircraft)). • Mike Berger (4): • HeUo Mateys, the picture was fix)ni the last karate tournament in October, just a week before my first cancer surgery. We struck gold! We aU took first places in each of our divisions. So, don't you be messin with us!! I was successfid in foe first surgery on HaUoween, or should I say the doctors were successfid? Thyi-oid cancer gone! December 28tii was die next surgery for lung cancer (never smoked BTW). Oddly and luckUy enough, the cancers were not related to each other Doctors feel Uke I have a good chance of survival, although the cancer

spread just a wee bit. Chenio begins in a week or nvo. That's okay by me. I need to shed a few pounds anv-way. I am about 25 pounds Ughter now foan in foat karate photo. Maybe I vviU be able to put on the original plebe issue Wfote Works soon, foce to lounge around in as I remember I need to mention my great coUeagues at UAL, foey donated some of their valuable vacation days, after I ran through aU of mv vacation and sick time. I am lookmg forward to eventuaUy getting my mefocal back and contmueflv-fogagain. I am overwhelmed by foeir kindness. Thanks aU, hope to have good news soon. •

of the game. Nevertheless, we had an awesome time at the siame. •

Mario and Chuck

Mark Rubino (35) has started to orgafoze a 35fo company get togefoer for those m the DC area every once in a vvhUe. I was recendy included in a 35th company foght out m DC. Included in the foUowing photo are Larua and Dave McDonneU (25), GaU and Steve Trost (35), Delores and Mark Rubino (35) and SheUey and John O'NeUl (35).

Mike and the girls

Dale Ormond (35): • J o h n O'Nefll (35), md I got foe chance to attend the promotion ceremony for Mike Morris (35) to Colonel.

Mike and his vvfo'e Sue are domg great, and Mike is currendy serving as an instructor at foe Marme Corps Ufoversir\; Quantico,VA. Also attending were Mike and Sue's parents as weU as COL Pafo Wemberg USA (Ret). Mike's sponsor fiom his USNA days. John, fiesh from his submarine command, is serving as foe 3rd BattaUon Officer and is schedfoed to pm on his eagles the first of February; •

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Mario Maddox (6): I Here is a Sfopmate picture for you of Chuck Mills (3) and myseff at Navy's Bowl game. To bad we lost on the last play

Greetings '87! WeU here we are - 2007. As I sit here wTiting tfos months colunm we've just mrned the page on a successfiU 2006 vvith a fourth sttaight Navy footbaU victory over Army, capping (but hopeftiUy not ending) an 8-0 run against the woops and zoorfoes over the last four years, and

even though we ended up just a hair short in the Meineke Car Care Bowl it was a great game with Navy certaifoy making the odds makers look bad and giving me what I needed to shoot back at aU those who prorfosed me that we'd be crushed

by BC. So with that ammufotion in my fop pocket, an ice storm raging outside my Uving room window, and my fost decent fire of the year blazing away in my foeplace lets see what the e-niaU has brought us this month.

Leading things off is an update on Suni Williams. As most of you know by now Sufo headed off mto space on board the Space Shutde Discovery on December 9th to spend some quaUty time on the International Space Station as a FUght Engineer Before she left, however, she stopped by AnnapoUs to spend time vvith some fiiends. Ronnie Harris provides the update: • "After the great November article of Sufo and her upcorfong launch on STS116, thought I wofod let you know foat she was in town recendy, and I got to toss a cocktaU down her cakehole as we aU hung out in Riordan's. Sufo laid dowm foe chaUenge. As the present day executer of the Naval Academy's Physical Mission, I thought I wofod pass Sufo's chaUenge to the class. Sufo wiU spend six months on the Soviet Space station with our "Comrades." [remember when we graduated? Cofodn't pass SWOS without know vvfoch of their subs cofod foe a missUe vvfole submerged, now we are in orbit with these guys!] Anyway, Sufo wants us aU to ttam and workout and get m foe best shape ever She vvUl log her mUes on the tteadmUl whUe fo orbit, and even run the Boston Marathon on Patriot's day whUe m orbit, ff possible. From December to the June 1st [my refoement day] we aU, as a class have to tram and workout.

Before Sufo lands, we wiU have aU done sometfong in the form of a triathalon, marathon, lOK, or whatnot. I vviU run the Boston Marathon in AprU, and my goal is under 2:50.1 was fo Cfocago, wish I bumped mto Chris Newcomb and Curtis Lee. Ran a 2 hr 58 mmute marathon. Cold last six mUes, but lots of fim. I attached never before seen footage of Sufo about four weeks before the launch. I am honored to be fo attendance of Sufo's launch. Hey Mike, don't forget my earpiece!!!! FYI, the TAD ensign that picked me up at BWI the day before IDay m 1983, Ensign 'Wflhe McCool, USNA 1983, who was lost on the

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As you can imagine Suni has rightfiiUy received quite a bit of mefoa attention since she was selected to serve on board the ISS. If you have a chance, check out the class web site where webmaster Jason Hardebeck has been dfogendy posting many of the articles on Sufo.

Last September USNA held a conference celebrating tforty years of women at the Academy, and as you wofod expect '87 was weU represented. Molly (Carroll) Shea provides the detaUs • "The women of 1987 were weU represented at the recent conference held at USNA celebrating 30 years of women at the Academy. In attendance were Erica (Mfles) Smith, Tina (Ingold) Flood, Molly (Carroll ) Shea, Mary (Miles) McElroy, and Adrienne (Marks) Griffen. Female graduates fiom 1980 tfou 2006 were there to meet up with old fiiends, rerfofosce and teU their stories. It was awesome and sometimes humbling to be in the presence of those who have accomplished so much both in and out of the fleet. We even heard from 3 women from the class of 2007.They were so poised and spoke so eloquently about life at the academy for women today. What a difference 19 years have made. For one thing, every company has women from every class represented. Wow! The five of us from '87 had a great time catching up on old times. We also had the chance to compare notes on farfoUes, kids, community service, and civfoan careers. It was fon to laugh at the fofferent perspectives we aU had and of course the common struggles. We rfossed our roommates, teammates, and feUow female classmates.You were aU with us in spirk. GO NAVY! BEAT ARMY!"B

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Andy Lennon, who's commanfong N R Submarine Group 10 SSGN Detachment, sent along the foUowing on his recent visit to Kings Bay: • "Hi Sfopmates, In October C D R Bob Hein '87 hosted me aboard his sfop USS Nitze (DDG 94) for two weeks. Bob has a wonderfol crew, and he is just the sort of guy we need commanfong our warsfops.

Bob was the ASW Commander during a fleet exercise and I assisted as part of the Submarine Advisory Team.

WhUe in Kings Bay, Georgia, I had a great visit with C D R Steve Gillespie '87, Commanfong Officer of USS RJiode Island (SSBN 740). Steve and fos famUy are domg great and look forward to the day they can return to Nebraska.

I was so glad to see two of our classmates at foe pinnacle of theU careers and tnUy enjoying foeir work. Bob and Steve both said that they lovefoeUjobs.

I'm StUl home schooUng and was promoted tfos year to "fourth grade teacher."

So I hope tfos is puncmated correcdy."H

uncle, CAPT Ole Olsen USN (Ret.) USNA 64'. We're aU nfong Hondas.The machines respectively are 02 Shadow, 75 Gold Wing, and 02 Gold Wing. My dad and 1 took off from Temecfoa, CA and met up and at Ole's house in Placitas, NM where tfos picmre was taken. From Placitas we rode NM,TX and AZ. Notable stops were Carlsbad Caverns, Fort Davis N H. P, Big Bend N. R, historic Gage Hotel, Tombstone, Suguaro N. P, and the Petrified Forest N. R We enjoy history, exploring our beautifol country, roughing it and each others company. What a great trip, 14 days/3000 rfo.! My dad and uncle have done ttips Uke this since they first bought Gold Wings in the 70's. I've gone along on a few of these famUy trips and done my fair share of other rides. The way we do these is Ole plans the route, we aU share eqfopment, eat at restaurants and camp out under the stars (no tent). It's not surprising our wives are not interested in coming along! See you aU at the 20fo." •

Rob Olsen, his father Bud Olsen, and uncle Ole Olsen '64

Bill Byrne's scheduled change of command took place on 15 Dec 06, when he was reUeved as C O of HALYBURTON (FFG 40). BUI is now serving in DC on the Joint Staff at foe Pentagon. And last but certaifoy not least, Walt Sechriest was kind enough to send along a photo of and his former roommate Brian Hendrickson at the Army and Navy Club in Washington DC.

Andy Lennon and Steve Gillespie catching up in Kings Bay.

Rob Olsen was kmd enough to send along foe foUowing note about his recent motorcycle adventtire through the southwest: •"Dropping a note and picture about the Olsen Gang motorcycle vacation in foe last half of September '06. In this picttire I'm on the left, nUddle is my dad, COL Bud Olsen USAF, (Ret.), and then my

Christmas 2006 Mini-Reunion of two old roommates at the Army and Navy Club of Washington, DC— raconteurs and men about town, Brian Hendrickson and Walter Sechriest

That's aUfoenews I have for tfos month. I hope tfos colunm finds you aU weU as foe Dark AgesfinaUycome to a close. Be sure to keep an eye on the Class website for upconUng ifobrmation regarfong our 20th Reufoon. Thanks to aU of you for your notes and your pictures, and I hope to hear i3X)ni more of you soon!

except for the final score. As much as I'd like to rant about how everyone in the stands knew we were going to run the fiiUback up the rfoddle to run down the clock, punt the baU, and have BC pinned at the 20 or less with a rfonute to play—I just can't bash the coach who has done so much for our footbaU program.

If you recaU, during our time at ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% Navy—^we never beat Air Force, we beat ifel LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 99% Army two out of four years, and we never PRES: Tucker Hite went to a Bowl game. We fod beat #2 E: thite@Inc.com ranked South CaroUna our plebe year, but SEC'Y: Eric Reinhold that was the highUght. Over the past four mXl Summit Tower Blvd.. Suite 170 years, we have beat Army and Air Force Odando,FL 32810 four straight times and been to four bowl W: 407-916-8530: F: 407-916-9501 E: eteinhold@academ>'planninggroup.com games—amazing! Number one on my WEB SETE: www.usna88.com wish Ust is Navy getting in a BCS Bowl Uke Boise State or Wake Forest.

I won foe batde. but lost the war! I had a bet gomg wifo a guy fix)m Boston on foe FoUowing the last second gift to BC, I Meineke Car Care Bowi. I had Navy and went back to the players hotel and ran 7 pomts vvith Clam Chowder versus Key into several guys from the class—Tim Lime Pie onfoeUne. I got up that Brunn, Mike Musser, and Joe Samrday morfong at 4:00 am to get to the Brerman. Either I'm sfoinking or these airport and catch foe 5:30 foght to guys keep gettmg bigger and bigger every Charlotte. I arrived at 7 am, had breakfast time I see them! atfoeairport and a close friend, wifo a son on the team, picked me up to go over tofoetaUgater. Navy had rented out the Convention Center and put on a massive taUgate (it's possible that aU 26,500 ticket buyers attended) and I made my way to foe 80's area to see who was in attendance. It was aU you cofod eat and it didn't take long to find the brothers— Kevin Shanley '89 and Jay Shanley.

Also at the table were Jim Spnmgle '93 77m Brunn, Joe Brennan, Eric Reinhold, and Mike and Tim Berzins '95.

Musser, enjoy the Bowl Game Tailgate.

'From Left to Right-Kevin Shanley '89, Eric Reinhold '88, Jay Shanley '88, Jim Sprungle '93, and Tim Berzins'95."

From the taUgate, we headed over to the game. The crowd was almost entirely Navy, wfoch was not unexpected. Boston CoUege was passed over by two other Bowls, which invited teams vvith worse records that BC had beaten during the regular season, but that is what you get for having a fan base that doesn't ttavel. It was a day vvith perfect footbaU weather, pageantry, and great plays, but you know the final score. Navy showed better husde and won in every statistical category

After our great win over Army—in wfoch I won an Army sweatsfort from the same sap who keep losing to me every year—I saw an article on Navy about the upcoming Bowl Game in our local paper, the Orlando Sentinel. I sent an e-maU to the writer thanking him for such a foce piece about us and tfos wasfosresponse: "I tfonk every mefoa member, heck every American, shofod be required to attend at least one Army-Navy (NavyArmy?) game. Ifodone about five years ago. The way the players and fans conducted themselves was one of the most refiesfong experiences of my career I ofoy wish the rest of the sports world had 1/lOth the perspective and fogfoty that I saw that day. David Wfodey" Lastly, I received an e-maU from big Bob Badeer.

• I was writing to find out where Tom Victory was, but the contact info on the web site for'88 is wUfoy out of date.

1 ended up sending an emaU to Jim Schwab, and he gave me Vic's info. I don't reaUy have much to say for Shipmate.

I live in Ridgefield, CT with my wife Erica and 2 boys Jack and Cooper Mark Haden moved in about 1/4 mUe away, but we StiU have not hooked up. I moved out here about 1.5 yrs ago, I was Uving in Brooklyn and commuting to CT for my job, ( I trade commodities for UBS).

WhUe I was in the city I would occasionaUy hook up vvith Mike (Quad) Monroe and fos wife Courtney.

Courtney actuaUy was my classmate at business school, as was my old fiiend and NAPS classmate Tim Noonan. Mike is the serious city dweUer, and he has aU these physical fitness businesses working.

Talk to you later Bob (w: robert.badeer@ ubs.com h: rbadeer(§comcast.net w: 203 719-8782 c: 646 872-9572) • I left Bob's contact info m case you want to get hold of him. Keep the e-mails corfong. It won't be long before we see each other at the 20-Year Reufoon. Can you beUeve it? If you'd Uke to help with the reufoon, contact Tucker Hite or Chad Watson at their office: 410-987-3590.

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Howdy '89ers!! This column is being written during the great ice storm of'07.

I came home from work to a house cold and dark as one of the over 40,000 people who lost power in Saratoga County.

ThankfoUy we were ofoy without power for a few hours.

To clarify, my emaU address is smcfadd 1 @nycap.rrcom.That is a "one" after the two d's, not an "eU".

I have a few items to report. First congratfoations to Sara Joyner (Applegarth) for participating in the F-18 flyover at the Army-Navy game.

Next, John Tregoning sent the foUowing in: March 2007

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• "Tfos past June, the class of'89 was once again well represented at the Great Chesapeake Bay Bridge Swim. This year's participants that I know of were Chris Carlson, Ed Drew, Keith Kirol, and me (John Tregoning). As always, the angst of mticipation gave way to a good sttong effort by every '89er We aU managed to complete the 4.4 mUe swim, at varying degrees of speed. Chris Carlson and Ed Drew have spearheaded a fondraising effort that has been trfoy remarkable. In the past 2 years, their efforts have raised over $28,000 for the coUege fonds of the two children of our fallen classmate, Bfll "Salty" Watkins. The website, www.airwarriorcourage.org, is the focal point for the fondraising effort. Ed Drew sent me fos chop for the Shipmate input, so I will post it in it's entirety.

89ers fight current and high chop to power their way across the bay in honor of Salty Watkins. Keith Kirol lead the way with an impressive finish. Chris Carlson, Ed Drew and John Tregofong battled to see who would write the sfopmate article (an honor reserved for the last 89er to finish). In a surprising turn of events for Ed, John tacked on an impressive 30-tminutes to his last years time to rescue Ed from certain authorsfop!

As you can see, Ed was happy I took his anchorman position. Any classmate entering next year's race is encouraged to contact one of us. I also encourage you to support the cause for Salty's kids." •

JLXJ

Rick Ryan and me was taken at the Ott home when Superman was in NorCal for the CaUfornia International Marathon— the 30th and final race tfos year in fos Marathons for Hope campaign. I am proposing we have Pack and Lynne Smith run a duatUon around the world.

Rick runs it—^Lynne swims it. Those two are motivating.

Beat Army—Ray Ott •

Ray Ott and Rick Ryan

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Greetings '90, It is early December as I am typing this. We just had our annual December dining out at my Guard ufot, which brought back memories of those first Bay swimmers - John Tregoning, Chris Carlson, Ed Drew dining out events we attended as Plebes. I remember being just "slightly" intoxicated FinaUy, Joe Navrafo sent in photos of fos (aka drunk) fi-om the toast or two (read retirement ceremony on HaUoween Day twenty) with port wine. At the end the 2006.Joe describes the photos: "First is of smoking lamp was Ut. Am I the ofoy one me and my classmate bodyguards Clark who feels a bit out of place in a world Nichols (CSO at EOD Group 1) and Rob where smoking lamps are never Ut? Saunders (SURFPAC N43 shop). I am the Our first bit of news is from Ray Ott. short one in the nUddle. The second is of my famUy after the ceremony and the • HeUo '90! Sheri and I took our three third is of me getting my retirement children to see Navy play at Stanford this certificate from VADM Terry Etnyre." faU. Before witnessing a world class arsewhipping of Stanford we ran into Francie and Steve Wood.This picture was taken by our oldest son Connor who was celebrating his 11 th birthday. The picture of

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Great pictures and great update Ray. Thanks for keeping us in the loop.

I got an emailfix)mRob Cameron not too long ago and noticed fos eniaU address ends wifo @iiiicrosoft.com. I asked Rob ff he was now BiU's right hand man at Microsoft and here was foe reply I got: • Hi Kent, Nope, not BiU's number 2:-) I put on 0-4 in 99 and got out in 2000 after completing my NPS conmUttiient. I joined Microsoft Services in 2000 and have been having a blast down here in the Adanta, GA area with my wife Alice and two daughters Amanda (age 11) and Anna (age 9). My brother Greg (class of USNA 90-^4) also works for Microsoft and Uves nearby with his wife Katie and three sons.

We wiU be heafong to the bowl game in Charlotte, N C and hope to see everyone there. Go Navy, Beat Army!

Best Regards:-) —Rob • Next is an update fiom a first time Shipmate contributor, our very own Carter Honesty!!

• HeUo again. Classmates! Anofoer amazing season for Navy FootbaU capped bv a win over Army! Congrats to foe Mids! Here's to a victorv" over Boston CoUege! Let me start with a "Thank You!" to Aaron "Litde AJ"Johnson for renting foe RV and provifong a warm sancmarv- and clean facfoties for the Class taUgater Also, a TV to watch UCLA spank USC! AJ is stiU serving at USNA in foe Etfocs Deparmient and enjoving Ufe in AnnapoUs. Lori and NeU CucuzzeUa Uve fo ElUcott Cin,' MD where NeU is the DUector Mid-Adantic Region for RWD Technologv- (SAP traifong).They have a son.WiU (15 mos), and Lori is pregnant wifo #2. NeU wanted me to mention foat Putnam Browne just took conmiand of an F/A-18 squadron in Oceana, but had no ofoer detaUs. Congratfoations. Pumam!

Emily and Mike Maier Uve in Kennet Square PA. alfoough Mike commutes to Cmcinnati OH for mortgage work. They have 3 kids—^Madfoe (7). Michael (4) and Erik (10 mos). Amy and Rich O'Connell made foe long journey fiom San Diego for foe game. Rich is foe PXO for HSL-43 "Batde Cats".They have 3 chUdren — Ricfoe (7), John (5) and Tim (3). Andy Gentry took time fix)m hangir^ out wifo his brofoers fo foe VIP sfote to jom us fo foe cold. He left submarines for mefocal corps and is a FeUow at Befoesda Naval Hospital fo Gastroenterology. He and CaroUne have 3 bov^s - Gav-fo (6). Duncan (3) and Ian (1).

Mia and Steve Amiaga came down fiom AmityviUe NY Mia works as an arcfotect and Steve does arcfotecmral photography for Arfoaga Photography. Nicole and Ray Berzins flew out fiom "The GarUc Capital of foe World"—GUroy CA for the weekend. Ray works m Ops for AppUed Materials. They have two chUdren—Joey (8) and Cole (6). Eric "Oris" Anderson roUed m solo fiom Fredericksburg VA. He works at OPNAV N85 Expefotionary Warfare m the Pentagon. He and Sandy have two girls—Kirstm (10) and Kari (8).

Corey and Dave Kayea came up from Annapolis. Dave works as a Govt Emergencv' Planner. They have two gUls—Sydney (8) and Riley (6). Amy and Keith Erdman made the short ttip fiom WilnUngton DE.Their restaurant "The Del Rose Cafe" is domg great and they are preparfog to open another If you're ever ttaveUng up 1-95 you should come m for a bite! They have two kids—MoUy (6) and Griffin (2). Lou Bro-wn came down from Long Island where he works as a manager for Target stores. Jeannette and

Chris Tinio Uve in Chadds Ford PA where Cfois works for JP Morgan Chase.

They have four kids—Sarah (8), Maria (6). Angela (4) and OUvia (2). Stacy and Paul Krush came up from Bethesda. Paul is a soft^vare developer for Fannie Mae. They have two kids—Thomas (6) and Anna (5). One of the fonnier moments (for me) came when I ran into Jon Drews and Mike Burns. If I focfo't know better, I wofod swear that they had just fifoshed a week-long hunting ttip and came to the game straight fiom the ttee stand (see the photo)... camouflage pants, beards, cigars... you had to see them!

John and Mike are going mto the prmting business together and it sounds Uke they are doing great! John and Paifone Uve near AUentowTi PA and have two kids— Jonny (11) and Michael (5). Mike and Sue Uve fo Newtown PA and have four kids— Tyler (11), HaUey (9), Nathan (7) and Justm (4). If my eyes fodn't deceive me, I cofod swear that I saw Steve Kolakowski and Brian Keith at the taUgater but I fodn't get a chance to catch up wifo them. What are you guys up to? I saw Scott Anderson rumfoig around our section of the stadium but we fodn't get to chat. Scotty what's going on? Sara (Boston CoUege '95—Boo! Hiss! Go Navy!) and Art Gibb were fo attendance and hosted a taUgater for a few fiiends.

Thanks for the chfo and hot cider! Sara is due m February with Gibb #2 (Ryan, 18 mos, stayed home fo AnnapoUs). After the baby arrives, they're off to Naples, Italy for Art's next tour at COMNAVEUR C6F Staff. Art has trfoy enjoyed fos time teachmg m the PoU Sci Dept and befog so close to grandma and grandpa. I know Professor and Mrs Gibb are gonna rfoss having Ryan around. Or, are they PCS'mg with you? Suzy and Scott MacDonald came up fiom Norfolk VA. Scottv' has been working as the Director of the Disttibuted Traifong Center Adantic. He is ttansitiofong fiom being a SWO to Information Professional Officer His next tour wiU be with U S. Heet Forces Command as the Knowledge Manager starting fo early 2007. What's going on with me? Nothmg's changed. I am stfo Uving down here in "The Big Easy" on top of EmerU's restaurant in the Warehouse Disttict. New Orleans is slovviy making progress in its recovery, but there are stiU many areas that need help and many that wiU probably never recover My son, Cameron, mrns tforteen in January' '07. Scary thought... a teenager! He Uves in Frisco TX wifo his

mom and step-dad and sister. He is a wonderfol big brother to Zoe (2). He is a sttaight A student. Plays noseguard and center on his 7'-" grade footbaU team and is very interested in acting (he fod 3 plays tfos year).The photo is from "You're a Good Man, CharUe Brown!". He played Pigpen. WeU, that's it for tfos update. It was great seeing everyone at the game and I am looking forward to the next gathermg of 1990! Semper Fi!—Carter •

Lori and Neil CucuzzeUa

Jon Drews and Mike Burns

iviiKe iviaier, Sam and RADM Ed Kristensen '65, Lou Brown and Carter Honesty

Pigpen and proud Dad (Carter)

Carter sent many photos, so look for more of 90's taUgater at Army-Navy fo foture columns. Carter, fod you have a notepad at the taUgater or is your memory that good?

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Hoping your year is off to a good start, I have two quick notes and pictures to pass on from '91 farrUUes taking in the ArmyNavy game this past December The first is fiom Dan Forry, whose wife Sue has been kind enough to drop us a note every few years with updates and pictures on the growing Forry fanfoy. She writes:

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• I hope that aU is weU for everyone.

My farfoly and I are enjoying another tour in the Pacific after a year in Boston (which foUowed a department head tour in Guam). I work for the Pacific Fleet Commander asfosspeechwriter and as a member offosIfotiatives Group. The job is terrific as is Ufe in Hawaii. Branfo stays very busy with the boys, Dorfonick (6), Nicholas (4), and Alexander (l),who are thriving in home school, sports and, of course, at the beach. Attached find a photo of the farfoly whUe watching the Army-Navy Game at the Hickam AFB O'Club with the USNAAA Honolulu Chapter Thanks, Dom. •

Individual Augmentee assigned to Combined Forces Command Afghanistan (CFC-A). I returned home to my famUy (Sonja, Ansley, and Britton) at the end of AprU. Six weeks later, I completed my tour at Naval Inventory Control Point Mechafocsburg, PA, and we headed west to our new duty station in the Pacific Northwest. On July Uth, I became the first Naval Academy graduate to take command of Priority Material Office (PMO) in Bremerton, WA. I'm having a blast runfong my headquarters and seven detachments throughout CONUS, Pearl Harbor, and Japan, In October, Marv McGuire and I were notified that we had been selected by the Supply Corps Commander Sea Board...someone in the Supply Corps seems to think we both need to add another sfop's baU cap to our personal coUections. For me, that means I'U detach fiom PMO a year early (2008)for a 3-year joint tour before heafong to a 2-year tour as SUPPO aboard a LHD, AS, orT-AKE. In the meantime, if you're ever in the Pacific Northwest and want to rerfofosce about old times, just shoot me an emaU at jbhaynes(§ 1992.usna. com.

Forry family cheering on Navy

• Hi '91 from Lancaster County, Pennsylvafoa! Our famUy enjoyed the trip to AnnapoUs for the reunion. Dafoel Timmy (6) and Grace (3) have the "Go Navy" part down pretty weU.We'U give Leah (1) some time to work on it! The boys also enjoyed watching Navy win at Army/Navy although it was halfway through the game when Timmy said, "Who's playing?" It was hard for him to teU which team was wfoch with both wearing gold! We quickly set him straight!

Dan continues to work for Exelon Nuclear at their Peach Bottom Plant in York, PA. He is currently the Outage Manager for Operations and wiU be planfong the outage/refoeling for September 2007. We are enjoying farfoly Ufe, which keeps us pretty busy. I (Sue) wUl attach a picture of us dressed in Navy gear!!

Thanks, Sue Forry for Dan and the rest of the Forry farfoly! • I'm not sure who is busier, Dan with the nuclear refoeUng planning or Sue with the four kids, but we appreciate you guys taking the time to keep us up to date. Also sending a note this month was D o m Strada, who took in the Army Navy game with fos farfoly in the warmth and comfort of Hawaii...

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Any other Army-Navy celebration pictures out there?—send them in!

Or, just send us your personal update.

Your classmates wiU appreciate hearing from you. Most importandy, stay safe and enjoy as 2007 moves along. —JD Jonathan Haynes introduces himself to a FROG-7 missile.

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Greetings, men and women of the Fortune Favors the Bold class, and I hope the new year is tteating you weU. Hold on to your ^%*@#%^\#\#mg hats: we actuaUy have some news this edition. For real.

Jonathan Haynes checks in with the foUowing: • Happy New Year! 2006 was an eventful year for the Haynes faifoly. 1 began the year deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan, as an

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Ansley Jonathan, Sonja, and Britton Haynes at Jonathan's change of command for Priority Material Office.

back and look forward to the next big one.

Have a great New Year!! Ruch •

What? You want more? WeU, as luck wofod have it, fois month I can accommodate you. Bob Flynn. please step up to foe pofoum: • I just thought I wofod send an update because I am in a unique place to see classmates and ofoer USNA alumfo rolUng through Newport, RI—mosdy forough foe Naval War CoUege program on foeir way to joint jobs foroughout the world, Mv last few tours have included a stint atfoeNaval War CoUege, a Department Head tour in an S-3 squadron, and now a staff officer at the Navy Warfare Development Conmiand in Newport, RI. My wife, MicheUe, and I have had some visitors such as Greg "Dirt" DetwUer and fos wife, Teri. They are domg great and Uving in JacksonviUe, FL vvith foeir three adorable kids. I've also seen Curt Carroll up here who was flying F-18's m my Air Wing on the USS TRUMAN prior to corfong to Newport.

Tom Frosch. Bryan WilUams. Dirt Detwiler, and myseff fod some lobster foving last summer together. Of course, it was Detvviler who kept us aU up unfo 3 a.m. on work and school foghts trying to catch every lobster fo foe New England area. I know- that I am going to forget some folks but I've had sightings of Byron Ogden, Rich Prest, MarceUo Caceres (93'), and Brett Fifoerton (93').

Matt Tomlin and Rhett Fisher are bofo domg great as civfoans fo Colorado and Horida respectively. Chris Middleton is fo HawaU vvith PACFLT and he and Bridget may be headed to Newport in rhe summer—we hope so!

As for me, we've been married five years and have two boys, ages 3 and 1, and we think we've ft)und our post Navy home here m BJ. Give us a shoutffyou're passmg through tow-n—^flyri(^ahoo.com. • Thanks, Jonathan and Bob, for your great contributions tfos edition. And folks, check it out: Plans are already underfoot for thefifteenth—^yes,as in fifteen %'^&@#*&%(gmg years—reufoon.

Please watch tfos space for any and aU aimouncements, and feel free to emaU me or Cush for more, iTn you're mterested.

Now let's crank up the wayback macfone...

Can anyone identify foe rfodsfopmen m this picmre, circa 1989?

A team from the Great American P-Way Stickball League, fall 1989.

Unfo the next time, folks. And fair winds and foUowing seas to aU of you out there in harm's way.

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Rucci Family in Cape Cod (August '06): Ruch, Kate, Lily, Anna, Bella, and Johnny

Thanks for the update and picture. See you at the next reufoon. JuUe "Rosati" Antonacci is up next:

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HeUo, 94! Ifodmy best to get tfos column mto Sfopmate in on time. But since I faded in acfoeving my objective, I am aimmg for "reasonably late".Therefore, I wUl dispense with the opefong platimdes, and just jump right to your news.

Checking in for the first time since Graduation is John Rucci with tfos quick update: • Tfos is the first time that I have written into Sfopmate since our graduation. I wanted to say heUo to feUow 1st company mates. I got out fo November, 2003 and went to work for SUcorsky Aircraft as a test pUot. Kate and I had our fourth baby m January making it tfoee gffls and one boy; LUy Anna, BeUa, and Johnny We are Uving fo East Longmeadow, MA (near Hartford) and have set our roots m Kate's home town.

We had a blast at the 10 year a couple years

Pete and Julie Antonacci in Sept '06.

Julie and Joseph Antonacci in Dec. '06.

• I am in the home sttetch of finisfong my department head tour at HS-6 at North Island, flying the H-60F/H. I'm the Adrfon Officer now, but wUl move downstairs to be the Maintenance Officer in the next two months or so. One more deployment, then it's off to shore duty!

Pete and I wUl be relocating to JacksonviUe next, where he wiUfifoshhis department head tour atVS-22, unfo that squadron decommissions. Although the airframe is going away, he wUl stay in the community unfo it completely fossolves.

After remrfong fiom deployment in the faU of'07,1 wUl join him and our son in Jax. Our son Joseph is now 2 and a half, and absolutely amazing. I've attached a few photos, of course.

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My squafoon deploys on USS NIMITZ, as part of Carrier Sttike Group Eleven. Adrforal Blake is our Strike Group Commander, and his flag writer is classmate Keith Hartman. Although, I think he'U be roUing out soon and won't make the upconUng deployment. Brandon "Reggie" Hammond flies the F/A-18 with VFA-41 in my air wing. He's the Maintenance Officer right now. He won't make deployment either I'm the ofoy lucky one! Also in the strike group is Tom Moninger...as XO of USS PRINCETON. Wow...are we old or what?! I hope to be able to see Tom one of these days when we're doing DLQ's on his ship or something.

WhUe in the Navy Exchange recendy, I ran in to Brian Randall, currendy doing his department head tour at HSC21. He has 3 kids and one on the way!

Companymate Scott Suozzi is stiU going strong in the JAG corps. He has recendy been assigned to Senator John Warner's (R-VA) staff in a residency of some sort. (Excuse me if I didn't get the details exacdy right, Swo). He roUed through San Diego recendy to do some case work, but unfortunately our schedfoes didn't aUow for us to get together I recently got an email fiom Darin Evenson, who is doing some kind of good deal tour now in Germany! He and his wife Laura have two beautifiU kids, Finn and Cfooe.

Kerry Kuykendall just wrote to say she's settUng in to her new home for the next 9 months...Iraq. I guess she drew the lucky straw to take an lA biUet there.

Typical Kerry, though, she's looking at the tour in a very positive Ught. She'U be the Brigade EWO (electronic Warfare Officer) for the 164 CSG (Corps Support Groups) in Balad, Iraq. Good luck, Ker! Recently, Pete ran into Jeannie "Buchanan" in Balboa Park, enjoying the day with her husband and two kids.

I'm sorry I rfossed the chance to catch up with her! Although there are so many classmates Uving in San Diego, I don't run into many. Pete told me that Jeannie got out of the Marines a few years ago, and is very happy raising her kids.

Luke James works down the haU from me at HS-2. He's taking over as Maintenance Officer now, so he's been pretty busy. The Dept Head Ufe isn't a barrel of laughs most days, so it's nice to see a fanUliar, friendly face every now and again! •

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Thanks for the great update, Jtfoe. Look me up when you get to Jax. This last news was penned with a heavy heart by Scott Suozzi on the occasion of a loss of one of our classmates in January: • It is with deep sorrow that I must inform you of the passing of our classmate Ward Miller, my USNA roonmiate and member of 33rd Company. Ward departed us in Santa Cruz, California.

After serving five years as Surface Warfare Officer, Ward left the Navy and was most recently working as a pharmaceutical company sales rep and had started his own real estate business. He is survived byfoswife of two years JuUe,fosnine-year old daughter Ariel, and infant son Max. A gathering of fiiends and farfoly was held, in Ueu of services, at the home of his mother-in-law Jodie on Saturday, 6 January 2007.

His wife JuUe is estabUshing a trust for the future educational needs of the two chUdren. It is kinfoy requested that any donations or in Ueu offlowersbe sent c/o Julie MUler, 465 Vanessa Lane, Santa Cruz, CA 95062.

Ward was a kind and giving infovidual, and a man of many talents, and he wiU be sorely rfossed byfossfopmates.Thank you m advance for you thoughts and prayers for the famUy fo foeU tune of need. • Thank you for the help you've been to Ward's famUy, Scott. Julie.. .you and your farfoly are in our prayers.

That brings a close to tfos month's news. '94.. .continue to keep each other close in prayer, if not fo person. I look forward to getting your news and pictures in the coming monfos. God bless. C-ya.. JUii. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 98% PRES: John Fleet E: cla.ss.president@l 995.usna.com SEC'Y: LCDR Don Jamiola, USN 47 Spring Drive, Bowdoin, ME 04287 H: 207-319-7685; E: djaniioh@yahoo.coiii WEB SITE: www.usna95.com

Happy New Year 1995! Yes, I am writing this in January, and hope everyone enjoyed the holidays, wherever you are. Right now, I am waiting to see if the Bears are going to puU it out this year And what a heartbreaker against Boston CoUege! But a great year overaU for the Midfoes.

Laurie Atherholt wrote a quick emaU, and promises to send notes on a Board ofTrustees meeting she attended last year Laurie stated that it was quite informative, and would Uke to rally support for the meetings in the new year

(Laurie was one of three people in attendance from the 90's era classes.)

Thanks for the help, Laurie. We look forward to your notes. That's it for now '95. Please note my new address, and talk to you later, —Don. SM

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Greetings, 1996! Word travels this month from a "first rime" contributor to the column, Trent Douthett! Trent got out of the Navy in 2001, spent two more years in San Diego and then went to Ofoo State Law School. He is now working at a law firm in Cincinnati. In the meantime, Trent also married the former Kate EUiott who, he adds, is also fiom the boorfong town ofJackson, Ohio! They were married on August 5, 2006

L-R .Chris Eichinger '96, Trent Douthett '96, Ian Norris '96, Rob Fumanti '96, Kyle Cotton '94

Trent infocated that there are several Classmates ifossing fiom foe photo.

USNA-related attendees were John EUiott ('61) (uncle of the bride), Kyle Colton ('94) (brother of Brian Colton ('89)), Chris Eichinger '96, Ian Norris '96, Rob Fumanti '96, and Sean Banks '96.Trent also includes a photofix)mfoe Big lOYear Reunion.

L-R: Rob Fumanti, Vince Tionquiao, Sean Banks, Lonnie Camacho, Trent Douthett

Thanks for the update, Trent! If anyone wants to drop by, he is Uving within walking fostance of both the Reds and Bengals stafoums (tdouthett@kmklaw.com).

Despite all the rain we have been cretring in Infoana, the mail is stiU pretty dry! Be inspired in the New Year (as we approach spring), and jot me a Une. We wofod aU love to hear fiom you! To close wifo foe words of Mark Twain, "Great people are those who make others feel thatfoey,too, can become great."

Unfo next monfo...—Tonya ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 99%« PRES: Tom Wagner E: t\vagnerl@saii.rr.com Send news to: CAPT Aaron SheUey, USMC 2830 Escala Circle. San Diego, CA 92108 E; apshelley@hotmail.com

Hey 97! I hope that 2007 has been a good year for you aU so far Tfos is rather belated, but it was great to see another victory over Army in December I am anxious to get back to AnnapoUs for our 10-year reufoon tfos faU. Stay tuned for more detaUs. My wife and I found out recendy foat we're having a baby boy (our fint), due May 22nd. From the correspondence I've received fiom classmates over foe past several months, it appears that I am way befond many of you in that respect. I just fifoshed finals for the semester fo my MBA program, and I had a class wifo Mark Tripiano tfos time around.

I talked with Steve Fulton on the phone a couple of weeks ago. He is doing weU, completmg fos flying tour and currendy working as the Aviation Safety Officer at NAS Brunswick, ME. Steve recendy completed fos MBA, just bought a new home, and wiU be ttansitiofong to the civiUan world.

Erich Schubert checked in recently.

• Hola! Just wanted to send everyone a quick [belated] hoUday greeting and personal update from Lima, Peru.

Incredibly, I have been down here workmg with the Mfotary Assistance & Advisory Group (MAAG) for 10 months now and I cannot beUeve it has been almost a year Where does the time go?

My wffe Beth and I were blessed on the 28th ofJuly with our first chUd Aurora Elizabeth. Though she was born in Maine, we teU the locals in spirit she is Pemvian due to the fact she was born on their version of the 4th ofJuly - "Fiestas Patrias". We receive quite a few comments from locals like "Que linda", "Preciosa", and "EUa parece como una muneca - She looks Uke a doU". It's hard to deny but I am biased. That and there are few red haired, blue eyed babies in this

country. I have not run into many of our classmates in the past year but I did bump into Brian Sandberg at LT Jason Stunipf's wedding in September Brian flew down in his private prop plane, very nice, to CharlottesvUle,VA. Have to thank him because he flew me from CharlottesviUe to Richmond to catch my ride back to Lima. Hats off to you Brian for that and for aUowing me feel Uke a pUot again. This December he is graduating with his Masters from the Test PUot Co-Op program - congrats! I also have kept in pretty close contact with Jason Gmeiner, another recent TPS grad. I had an opportunity last January to catch up with fom and fos famUy in Patuxent River I just learned from fos wife Christy that he has picked up Infovidual Augment bfoet in Iraq wfoch starts in January.

Work hard and come home safe bro!

There are also a couple of grads working down here at the MAAG office: my Ops boss, LtCol Mike Rodriguez '89 and the Navy Section Chief, CDR Dorfonic Dixon '83; thus the MAAG is weU represented. With that I hope this emaU finds everyone doing weU. • Speros Koumparakis also had plenty of news to share.

Justin McAnear and Sean Burke.

Finally, adding life to the party was Brian AntoneUi. In October, I transferred fiom Camp Lejeune to Washington, D.C. and I have continued to see many of our sfopmates. At the H Q M C Birthday BaU, I escorted Mrs. Roberta McCain and got a chance to meet her son. Senator John McCain. Here are a few recent pictures to share with our Classmates.

Semper Fi, Speros •

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Tom Strenge wrote from Bagram Afghafostan and reported that he's doing weU and has been doing a variety ofjobs in support of Operation Enduring Freedom

Speros and Bree Koumparakis (03SEP06)1

• Aaron, hope aU is weU in San Diego.

Labor Day weekend, I married my girlfriend of five years, Bree Hagan, in her hometown of Reading, PA. Several of our classmates were in attendance: In the wedding party were Sammy LaNasa, Tom Sweatman, Chris Messineo, Ryan EUer, Marc Fowler, and Colin Keenan. The sword arch was helped by

BtoFLto R: CDR Bill Fenton '85, LTMike Harris '00, LT Chuck Hirsch '01, LCDRSeth Miller '96, LT Thomas Strenge, CaptMelanie Stock '02, Mr Skip Steele '55, CDR Bette Bush '85, LT Jeff Clark '01, LCDR Marc Hone'91]

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to hear from some folks. We'U start off with an update from Katie (Burch) MUIigan: • I figured it's been a while since I've written, so here's an update. I just fifoshed my shore tour at COMPATRECOFORSEVENTHFLT in Misawa,Japan and have recently moved to Chesapeake,VA as I wUl soon report on board the CARL VINSON. For now, I'm enjoying some time off with my famUy. Reid's busy flying for Continental, and Connor just turned one and keeps us on our toes— here's the latest picture of us.

I attached some overdue pictures fiom the Navy/AF game—since we were on an Air Force base, we had sorhe fun with sheet posters.

Chad DonneUy '00 and Chris Dudley '00 staged the posters on the Air Force sortie board and along the route of the base-wide readiness run. RADM Aurthur "Blackjack" Johnson '79 authorized spirit gear for the staff, so letter sweaters and jogging suits emerged, and we recovered the sheet poster to get a group photo: (Clockwise fiom the upper right) LT Todd Duez '00, LT Annette Washburn OSU '98, LCDR Carol Prather '92, LT Chris Dudley '00, LT Mike Edwards '98, RADM Aurthur Johnson '79, Bart Dangelo USMMA 01, Katie MiUigan '99, Jon Floyd '99, and Chad DonneUy '00. I'm sad to leave some great friends in Japan.

I'm am excited to be back in the U.S.—close to great friends Uke Beth (Salness) Agres, her husband, Joe Agres '96, and their son. Josh (I've attached a picture of them too).

As weU as Mary Westhafer and Gwen Liegel and probably more that I don't know about. I have famUy in Chesapeake as weU—my sister-in-law and brother-in-law. Hunter and Michael Lockett '82, and their sons SuUy and Patrick. It's good to be home. •

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Thanks for the update, Katie.

A quick note from Matt Markham: • My wife Susan and I are doing weU. We're stiU living the dream here in Beaufort, SC as members of the VMFA(AW)-224 Fighting Bengals. As

I'm into my 3rd year on station. I'U be joifong the rest of foe "07 movers as an Infovidual Augment in January.

Formnately. my lA wiU take me to Qatar In ofoer news. Josue Diaz left the Squadron in January for a FAC tour, after which he goes up to Pxx River for Test PUot School. Paul TuUy and his wife just had a baby boy. He's up at Whidbey Island flving the venerable EA-6B Prowler Nate ShuU is out of the Marine Corps now and is working as a mefocal sales representativ-e in Pas.idena. CA. John McNamara is also out of the Marine Corps now and is vvorkmg fo DC. Nichole Aunapu shofod have just returnedfaToniher deployment with the VMFA-251 Thunderbolts. I ran into Jason MindenhaU in New Orleans about nvo monfos ago. His squadron was on its way back fixjni a Key West det and I was ferrying a jet to NADEP at NAS North Island. It was great catcfong up wifo him. He's married wifo kids now and is plannmg on headmg to Merifoan to instruct for fos shore tour. <24>

very simple proposal: "WiU you marry me?"Yes, folks, I got engaged through emaU. Five months later, we met up in HawaU and eight days after foat, on September 23rd, we married Ui a very smaU, relaxed ceremony on my property m Florida on foe banks of foe Suwannee River The honeymoon lasted as long as you can imagine two SWOs would be able to manage: 5 days, but we stayed at the Hale Koa and were able to squeeze in a couple ttips to the Barefoot Bar, a few Hangover Cures at The Moose and a skydiving excursion on the North Shore. Now I'm back in Japan fifosfong my OPS tour and hoping to join my husband in Hawaii for my 2nd DH tour. Not the ideal logistics for a couple of newlyweds, but we're as happy as they come, regarfoess.

For aU you SWO 99-ers, I hope you're enjoymg tfos ever-so-relaxing DH gig as much as I am. And for those who are grazing in greener pastures: my very best wishes for your success on the other side of the ttacks. •

Here's an updatefiTomChrista (NeUl) Almonte, catcfong us up to what she's been up to fo foe past seven years: • HeUo '99! This is aU very exciting; my first submission to Sfopmate, and it ofoy took seven years for me to get around to it. Fint, a not-so-qfock recap of those seven years: I spent my first tour tofong away under the Hawauan sun on a DD out of Pearl Harbor—a great place to be stationed ffyou don't mmd rainbows and waterfalls aU over the place. FoUowing HawaU, I took orders in 2002 to Bafoain as Strike on the DESRON 50 stafi^^—good tiirUng to be Sttike in the Guff. I left Bahram m '03 and went to DC as part of foe DC Intemsfop program (please, no DC Intern jokes) where I spent three back-to-back mtemsfops in the Pentagon gaiiUng an eye-operUng perspective of pol-mU poUtics and idea of "...it's who you know" in the rrUUtary.

From there (on to the real reason I've finaUy done my part in making sure '99's write-up fo Sfopmate isn't blank) it was back to Newport to DH school with a cluster of feUovv 99-ers. My first weekend m Newport I met Ernesto Almonte, a fellow SWO LT from the D H class before nUne. Long story short, we dated unfo this past AprU, when a fatefol email was sent from one SWO, bobbing at sea somewhere off the coast of Okinawa, to another SWO, bobbing somewhere a couple thousand rrfoes away, containmg a

Christa (Neill) and Ernesto Almonte

Neill/Almonte Wedding

That's it for this month. Keep the updates and the photos coifong.Take care and see you next month. —Minh-Tu ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 96% PRES: J.v. "Murph" McCarthy VICE PRES: Art Terry TREAS: Nick Lalota SEC'Y: Tim O'Connor 317 N. Pleasant Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450 E: ShipmateOO@yahoo.com

Shippies, 1 had the pleasure of speaking to D o m "Fatty" Floyd this weekend and fos recovery fiom injuries sustained in Iraq tfos past year are months ahead of schedule!!!! GREAT NEWS!!!! He was in AnnapoUs this past weekend for the Johimy Fay wedding. Pictures are enroute to Sfopmate headquarters for next issue.

I caught word on Mike Bagrosky recently.You may have not seen or heard fiom "Bags" in a substantial amount of time. He was in Colombia right after he got out of the Navy and then he spent 10 months in the Peace Corps serving in Paraguay. He is now in Buenos Aires and starts a graduate program there in June.

His Spafosh is "muy bueno" wfoch means "very bueno." He is enjoying fos time in South America and excited about upgrading fos status from unemployed to graduate smdent. The program he got accepted to is with Georgetown!!! The grapevine also yielded irffo on Andrew Tiefenthaler. "La Teefa" is taking on fos first "real job" in Providence, RI. He got out of the Navy in December and fos new job he wUl be in charge of everytfong from construction cranes to orange cones for a company caUed NES. I don't know if anybody has had the pleasure of catcfong the T V Show "Grease-You're The One That I Want" recently but apparently there was a famUiar face on the 7 January episode. Last year he made Sfopmate based on fos cage fighting exploits but this year Grant Whitmer has made the press by a less violent and more harmofoous means.

Thanks to Nate Gammache for sending in the picture of our kicking, punching, chokmg, dancing, and singing classmate.

Leave a proud legacy that endures. www.usna.com /plannedgiving Christa and Ernesto with flower girl, Gabrielle

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Grant Whitmer at Grease tryout

Pepperidge Farms is looking for grads to fiU openings in Cfocago. If you are mterested let me know at murphmccarfoy@ 2000.usna.com and I wUl forward you the mfo. If you don't have a cool 2000.usna.com emaU forwarfong adfoess you need to go to usna.com and get one and be cool Uke everyone else.

In Atlantic City, NJ in January the 2007 Rev Dr Martin Luther King,Jr Award was presented to Muriel and BiU Elliot, parents of our classmate John that was kiUed by a drunk driver shordy after graduation. They have estabUshed a program in their home sate that promotes designated foiving caUed the HERO campaign. If tfos has a famUiar ring it is not a comcidence. John was heavily involved in the HERO program as a Midshipman.

Landon and New Midget Chris and Cole Knaus

Enjoy the assortment of pictures this month. Some are from the September Viynn Wedding. Justin AUen served as my corresponfong photographer at the event and he is no Peter Parker. Send me some dirt ShipmateOO@yahoo.comYut!!!

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Chris Knaus writes: • 2K, Has anyone else noticed that it isn't as easy to find the '00 section at the back of Shipmate anymore? It used to be easy to just fop to the last page or so, but with so many new classes now befond us, it takes more skUl to fop open to our announcements. Pretty soon we are going to be senfong in pictures of us holding up 2000 flags, wearing fanny packs and our socks jacked up to our knees, wfole on an Alumfo Cruise to the Mediterranean.

Along that same vein, my wife, Courtney, and I would like to announce the birth of our son. Cole Michael Knaus, born on November 29th, 2006. He was just in time for foe Army / Navy game so I was able to begin the brainwashing early. An observation from raising a chUd, the 8 hours of mandatory rest prior to a flight in naval aviation is a blessed thing. If you are going to have a chUd, try to do it while you are stiU on a foght schedfoe so you have a valid reason for sleeping through the night and leaving the four feedings and diaper changings up to your wife. And, Courtney, if you are reading tfos, I'm just kidding... sort of. I hope aU is weU, especiaUy to aU of you out there in

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Dan BiUe writes:

Josh Wynn, Justin Allen, Jeremy Toton, cute blonde #1 and cute blonde #2 Andrea Wynn

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Hi everyone, Hope you guys are enjoying tfos month as much as my famUy does...

Horrible corniness aside, enjoy tfos month's conttibutions from Dan BUle (Yes Dan wrote in last month, but fos motivation to write in 2 months in a row gets fom an automatic consecutive column) and James Hoey.

• Haf Adai fix)m Guam 2001!, Merry Christmas to aU back in the USA . I flew out to Guam about the time of our class reunion and look who I found out here Furry abandoned on an island like a bad episode of LOST: Nick "Furry" Breedlove, Tim "Clockwork" Topping and Preston "the Rack" Rackauskas. After getting up at 0430 here on Guam to watch the 2006 Army Navy game, Nick was named the HSC-25 pUot of the year and prompdy packed his bags and departed for

San Diego .Tim is too busy running OPS sfogle handedly; but steps out now and aoam to have Thanksgiving fonner vvith yours ttuly and Jarred Ott. Justin Ott's nvin brother (also found steaUng coconuts on foe island). I also heard that my old roonmiate Mike Cataffo is engaged to be married to Jany "99, foat's right, he's acmaUy marrying one of fos old detaUers fiom plebe summer Hats off to nUke, took him 8 years to chase her down, but he made true on fos dream! Cofodn't be happier foat he's Uved out a real love story, one I think I've read before ... I'U be out here flying foe rfoght MH-60S for foe next three years for foose of you moving through foe pacific, so give me a hoUer ff you have a few hours on the island.

foe United States upon my return as I moved to Norfolk aboard USS San Jacinto as foe Navigator. FinaUy, after years of dating and upon my last move to Monterey, CaUfornia to smdy at NPS we got engaged in Big Sur and were married shordy thereafter in Kenwood, California on February 18''", 2006. Our Ufe together has been notfong but exciting and fiUed wifo enjoyment since.

Despite a great deal of fiiends being on deployment foose foat were able to make the long journey I thank and want to include here: Captain Jack Hoey '59 (my fafoer and Best-man), Captain Mike Fierro '82, Captain Cynthia Thebaud '85, LT PhU Hamon, who is about to fifosh up law school at Ufoversity San Diego), LT Luke McDonald '01, who is Cheers. about to head overseas after finisfong fos Dan "not so old man" BiUe • time in Pensacola for fos FUght Surgeon tour). Captain Brad Woods '01 (who is currendy at the FBI Academy), and last and certaifoy not least my roommate fiom the boat school LT Bobby Rashad Jones '01, who is currendy m Liberia on a U.N. LA. AdfotionaUy, a long time fiiend who later joined the Coast Guard was fo attendance, LTJG Jon Buser who is the ofoy person I personaUy know who has been to both poles of the earth!

Sarah and I have been in Monterey Preston Rackauskas and Dan Bille tackling Tim Topping since our wedding where she fod personal ttaifong and taught PUates and Water James Hoey writes: Aerobics at several local private gyms.

Now we find ourselves in Newport, RI as • The last five and a haff years have gone I am TAD as an Associate FeUow to the by faster foan I wofod have certaifoy CNO's Sttategic Sttifoes Group XXVI tiU expected. After graduation and the SWOS June of tfos year. From this point we wiU Division Officer Course I was aboard remrn to NPS for a final quarter so that I USS Decatur homeported in San Diego, may complete my degree and then we CA as foe Mam Propulsion Assistant and wUl be back into the Department Head 1^ Lieutenant. On our second saU overpipeUne where we wiU get to spend seas foe sfop puUed mto Pearl Harbor for another wmter in Newport! Of course, five days, wfoch ended up befog simply Sarah doesn't rfond tfos as it is stUl warmer wonderfiU. On the fost mornmg in Oahu here than in Alberta, Canada!

1 was climbmg Diamond Head vvith PhU Hamon, '00 and met a young lady under Of course, tfos update wouldn't be a ttee who was vacatiofong fiom the complete without announcfog "Litde frozen north (Canada)! After mviting her Miss Hoey" into foe world. Though to my wetting down, but faiUng to currendy unnamed she is expected to explam to her exacdy what a wettmg arrive at the end of March. Sarah and I are down entaUs, we were able to spend five both tfoiUed and can't wait to be parents. memorable days on the island before I set It is true that the HawaUan Islands (obvisaU for many months to foUovv. ously where we first me and where we honeymooned in late June of 2006, Sarah haUs from Calgary, Alberta Kauai, Oahu, and Maui) have indeed been where she was a member of the Canafoan foU of surprises for the Hoey famUy! We Alpfoe Ski Team wfole earfong her bachewiU be sure to send along picmres of the lors degree from the Ufoversity of Alberta Uttie one as soon as she arrives and unfo m Hydro-geological Engmeering. We then please feel fiee to write us at dated long distance throughout the deployment and were able to foive across

James.sarah.hoey(§hotmaU.com and visit if you are in the Newport area! •

Bobby Rashad Jones (left), Phil Hamon, Luke McDonald, Brad Woods, John Buser, and James Hoey (center).

Phil Hamon, Luke McDonald, Brad Woods, John Buser, and Mrs. Sarah Hoey sitting on Bobby Rashad Jones' lap.

LTand Mrs. James Hoey

So over Cfoistmas break, I was on the phone wifo a classmate and somehow

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recoUections of Steve Weydert stories became the topic of conversation. Three days later on New Year's Eve I was in the Gas Lamp Disttict watcfong the Eagles game with my sister when I needed to fiU the parking meter that was 5 blocks away.

Not wanting to rfoss the game, I ran the five blocks ofoy to find one Steve Weydert finisfong filUng fos parking meter at the same time. He prompdy took me to say heUo to Jeff Poirier, Ed Han, Radj Stroble and Doug Hale, aU of whom had gafoered for the New Year.

Marc Newman and fos wffe also were walking down the stteet and said heUo. Though the encounters were short and most of us don't know each ofoer very weU, the mutual grad/classmate appreciation and respect was present as ever. Was great to see you guys. Thanks to Dan and James for writing and senfong pictures and captions for us short-attention spanners. Please continue to send your updates to usna2001navy@yahoo.com.

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Guys and Gals, I wofod Uke to pubUcly thank Mr. Pichard PoweU for that inspirational article in our previous issue. Good job Rich, you never fosappoint. Not much else fiom me on class news but we fod get a foce article fiom the famUy of one of our classmate's in Japan, Shawn Tagan. Enjoy the update and if you want to get an article in Sfopmate, please pass it on.

-Andrew • Greetings! I am writing tfos note about my son Ensign Shawn Tagan, USNA '06, stationed in Yokosuka, Japan USS Gary FFG 51. He and fos sweet new wife, have been enjoying the time off when not on deployment to enjoy, Hirosfoma, Nagasaki and the island ofJapan. They are avid photographers and have sent pictures home to Melrose, Ma. Shawn is the gunnery officer on the Guided MissUe Frigate, USS Gary. His new wife Stacy, has very weU adjusted to Ufe as a NAVY wife.

We are proud of them both, we wish them aU the best! God bless with calm winds and foUowing seas.... In addition, we always keep in touch whenever possible. We wish the best to Ensign Shawn and his wife Stacy, from ALL fos famUy, and friends and also the best to aU the shipmates on the USS Gary.

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Most respectfiiUy, Susan Tagan, NAVY Mom, Dad Tom, and brother. Cadet Pattick, US Army Reserves, and brother Matt •

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Durmg the hoUday season it was most important to remember those who were injured wfole serving over seas. 2/C Anfoew McClure and 2/C Anfoew RadcUffe, both of S"-" Company, were leaders of a visit to the National Naval Mefocal CUfoc in Bethesda, MD foat performed a hoUday dirmer for patients, famUy and staff that took place on December 9,2006. Twenty-five rfodsfopmen fiom the Midsfopmen Action Group made the ttip. There was food for about 150 people. Cookies were baked by rfodsfopmen and members of the Kent Island Elks Lodge 2576.

The new semester has begun and although graduation is right around foe corner for 2007, foe Class of 2008 is more focused on their Ring Dance. The event is being headed my 2/C Mandy Gragg of 15*^ Company with foe help of a representative fiom each company. The dance wfo be May 19,2007 out on Hospital Point.

If there is any story or news you wofod Uke to see pubUshed in foe next issue, please emaU m081770@usna.edu.

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Pensacola, Florida Chapter Pensacola Chapter Hosts CaruHdate Symposium More foan 200 candidates, foeir parents, teachers and coimcdors gafoered on 20 January wifo "experts" fiom foe U.S. Naval Academy and foe NROTC Program Janet Shannon, Manager's office president USNA for foe USNA/ Parents Club of NROTC Candidate Pensacola Symposium fo Pensacola, FL.The ev^nt was hosted by foe Pensacola Chapter of foe USNA Alumfo Association at foe premier facUity of its type, foe Atrium at foe National Museum of Naval Aviation. Wifo foe retired Blue Angels'A4 aircraft hangmg m perfect formation overhead and surrounded by foe aw-esome displays of foe museum, foe guests were presented wifo knowledgeable experts wifo one goal, to provide information to foese outstanding young men and women who were mterested fo acfoeving admission to foe U.S Naval Academy^ or attainmg an N R T O C scholarsfop.

AdfotionaUy^, active duty officers fiom foe Navy and Marine Corps were foere for an informal break-out session to speak one on one about Ufe as a commissioned officer fo foe Naval Service.

Jim Kirby '69 took foe lead fo orgaiUzing aU aspects of the event. The primary speakers for foe event were CaptaUi Ed WaUace '72, USN (Ret.), executive dirertor, U.S. Naval Academy Foundation, Athletic & Scholarsfop Division; D r JUl Stem, program manager.

Navy ROTC; Rod Tmdal, regional Naval Academy irfformation officer; and Mrs. Janet Sharmon, president, USNA Parents Club of Pensacola.

"Tfos was our first venture to become more mvolved fo service to foe greater Guff Coast commufoty, to provide a forum for tfos important irfformation and to parmer with the outstandmg folks here at the Museum of Naval Aviation fo a mutuaUy beneficial pubUc event," said Dick Folga '70, Chapter president of the Pensacola USNA Alumfo group.

"Dr. Stem's office and foe USNA Admissions office were outstandmg m foeir support of our undertakmg.

LiteraUy one phone caU to foeir staffi and coordmated efforts were underway."

One essential key to the success of foe symposium was the attendance of the active duty officers fiom Surface Warfare, Naval Aviation, Marine Corps and foe Mefocal Corps. The canfodates and guests were tteated to real Ufe stories, fost hand advice and motivational encouragement.

The Pensacola Chapter is ready and vvUlmg to assist any other Chapters who want to conduct a simUar symposium.

Please caU President Dick Folga 850-934-1056.

A special thanks to the Naval Aviation Museum wfoch wiU hold the Foundation's Annual Symposium on 9,10, and 11 May; telephone: 850-453-2389.

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Alabama Alabama Chapter President: Scott Watson '83 1936 Cahaba Crest D , Birmingham, AL 35242 P: 205-999-3977; E: Swatson83@.ao!.com

Vice President: Gordon Lawson '00 â&#x20AC;˘ 3301 Marlboro Dr.,Birmingh.im,AL 35223; P: 205-969-8040; E: gordonmlawson@gni.iil.com

Greetings to our feUow grads in Alabama.

T h e chapter has had a change of leadersfop. We would Uke to thank PhU Griese '75 for fos years of service to the orgafozation as President and are pleased to announce the new President, Scott Watson '83 andVice President, Gordon Lawson '00.We also want to let everyone know that we are planning a montfoy lunch on the last Friday of every month at the Zoe's in Homewood. Stand by for an e-maU with forther detaUs on this and other events tfos year In adfotion, if you are new to the area or are not on the e-maU Ust please contact Scott or Gordon.

We look forward to a great year with old and new friends. Go Navy!

Huntsville Chapter LCDR Frederick N. Steiner '57, USN (Ret.) 1059 Teenajo Dr., SE, Huntsville, AL 35803-3907 H : 256-650-5423; E: naw57@aol.com

Arkansas Arkansas Chapter President: CAPT Scott Pursley USN '19 1 Hillsborough Ct., Litde Rock, AR 72212 H : 501-954-9612; E: spur5ley@a0l.com

Vice President: Mrs. Carol Attorn '95 2620 Indian Oaks Trail, Springdale,AR 72762 P: 479-756-3347; E: c_altom@yahoo.com

Sec'y-Trea: Mr. Greg Stimis '68 42 Clervaux Dr, Little Rock, AR 72223 p: 501-868-7590; E: gstimis@swbell.net

Arizona

^^ .! /* Southern Arizona Chapter President: COL George Dolan '57, USAF (Ret.) 7700 Calle Sin Conm>versia,Tucson,AZ 8571; H : 520-297-3659; E: wgntdolan@earthliiik.net

Los Angeles Chapter LCDR Richard R. Pace '63 USNR (Ret.)

Secretary:AMB fack R. Binns '56

6443 BixbyTerr. Dr., Long Beach, CA 90815 P; 562-493-4106; E: rpace@nmint.com; richardpace@dslextreme.com

4240 N Larrca Ln,Tucson,AZ 85750; H: 520-886-9222; E: jmbinns@aol.com

T h e Chapter hosted its first joint Army/Navy game party December 2 at Tucson's Trident GrUl, with 81 graduates of the two Academies, their spouses, fiiends and the parents of a several current Midsfopmen and Cadets attending. T h e GriU, owned and operated by a retired Navy Seal, laid out a deUcious buffet, had a wide variety of draft beers and dressed its servers in the NAVY or A R M Y tee sforts that were given to aU attendees. N o t surprisingly, a great time was had by aU, even though spirits seemed a bit higher on the Navy side of the house for some reason. N o need to gloat.

Navy attendees included: Jack and Betty Sherwood, '48; Richard KeUy '49; Tom Watkins, '49;Jack and Martha Binns, '56; D o n and Betty Flood, '56;Tom and Carol Andrews, 57; George and Nancy Dolan, '57; Ed and Solveig Palanek, '57; Bob and MirfoTims, '57; Dave and Pat Sttibbs, '58; MarshaU Magruder, '62; Dick and Marilyn Auger, '63; BiU Brinkley '63; John and Patty Dornstetter, '67;John and Nancy MUner, '68; FrankUn Lane, '73; Ed and Peggy Casey, '75;Toni Donaldson, '75; Ray and Kathy Green, '80; Chris Palmenberg, 94; and Sofi and John LoonUs, '99.

As it is Chapter poUcy to leave the heavy Ufting to the younger alums, Sofi Loorfos chaired the organizing committee. Kudos to Sofi and aU her coUeagues!

Next year the West Point Society wiU host the event, but we've set the qualitative bar extremely high. BEAT A R M Y !

Arizona Chapter President: ff. Skip Lind '75 H : 602-265-0238; C: 602-697-1563; F: 602-265-1227 E: SKIPLIND@1975.USNA.COM www.usna.com/Chapter/us/arizona

Secretary: Ed Howard '63 E: Ehowardl963@cs.coni

T h e Chapter met on January 10th at Aunt ChUadas in north Phoenix. O u r speaker was Mr. BiU WiUiams, President of Association of Former InteUigence Officers. His subject was "INTEL: Can our InteUigence Groups Be Fixed?" H e covered past and present InteUigence Operations with the above question. Nine alumni and some guests attended. We wiU continue to meet at the same location and time through May.

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Corr. Sec'y:WiUiam Cray '67 E: wilham_cray@cymer.com

T h e foUowing members and their guests gathered at the " C o r n e r Office" in Irvine CaUfornia for the annual army-Navy Game party with the Woo-Poos from the Los Angeles/Orange C o u n t y area: Banister, Richard, Casasanto, Joseph, Chang, Dafoel, C o h e n , Lee, CosteUo, Mark, Cray, BUI, Dabbieri, Pete, FrankUn, Gary, GiUen, Thomas, Glasow, Dick, Kerwick, RJ, Kondreck, George, Kurtz, Jon, Lee, Richard, Madigan, Nick, Manson, Terry, McBride, Frank, Musselman, Danny, Naviaux, Jacques, Petersen, Edwin, Salerno, Hank,WUsfon, Dave, Zebrowski,Joe. Good food was shared and a good time was had by aU cheering Navy on to victory.

T h e January Orange County Luncheon was held on Tuesday, January 9, 2007, at the Santa Ana Elks Club at 212 Elk Lane in Santa Ana. O u r speaker for this month was C A P T Jon Kurtz U S N '82, the new Commanding Officer of the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station who reported in about 2 months ago. Jon's title is actually a Uttle confusing as he is the commander of aU naval weapons facfoties on the West Coast under a recent Navy reorganization. Jon informed us about his overaU responsibfoties and told about his career since graduating from the Naval Academy. After initiaUy serving as a Surface Warfare Officer, Jon went to Diving School and became a Special Operations Officer H e has commanded a rfonesweeper as weU as the Navy Diving School. While C O of the Diving School he was involved with the recovery of the turret from the Monitor off the CaroUna Capes. Jon also told us about the new clubhouse at the Seal Beach Naval Goff Course and how it now has fuU banquet faciUties which the alumni can utUize.

T h e classes of the most classmates present were 53 and 59 with 3 each.

We welcomed Brian Flatley '66 and Jon Kurtz '82 and hope they wUl continue to join us for the luncheons.

Those attenfong the luncheon included: BUI McReynolds '41, Bob Rubel '44, R i c h Crane '47,Jim Kirkpattick '47, John Snyder '50,PhU Arst '51, Al Enderle

'52, Dave Graver '53, Ed Peterson '53, Joe Zebrowski '53,Joe Koch '57, Bud Manazir '58, George Watts '58, Joe Casasanto '59, Bob Currie '59, Joe Keeley '59, Dick Bafoster '60, Jack O'Brien '62, Jim T h o r n t o n '63, Glenn Shinfoer '64, Brian Fladey '66, Jack Jewel '66, Tom Stein '80, Jon Kurtz '82, Mike Mahoney '82, Steve Shatynski '83, BUI BaUey West Point '60, and Larry Nelson w h o was Al Enderle's guest.

We are lookmg for speakers for tfos year. If anyone has any suggestions, please contact Joe Koch '57 atjwkoch@pacbeU.net.

The Chapter is proud to invite chapter members and other alumfo in foe area and farfoly and friends, as weU as members of local U S N A Parents Clubs to attend a performance by the USNA Men's Glee Club at foe Mission Basilica, San Juan Capistrano, on that Saturday evening March 10, 2007 at 8:00 PM. The Choir from the BasUica, a designated National Shrine, and an acousticaUy marvelous buUdmg for choral music, vvUl also perform on its own and wifo foe Glee Club. Tickets may be obtamed at foe door for $25.00.

Monterey Bay Chapter President: John A. Alich '64 Corr. Sec'y: Jim Egerton '56 E: usnaaa_mry@pacbell.net

Sacramento Chapter President: Mr. Dennis P.Joyce '61 P: 916-631-8110; E:djoycel961@hotmail.com

Vice President: Dr. Terry Broum '67 P: 530-676-0327; E: twbrown@innercite.com

Secretary: Mr. Steve Berg '66 P: 916-359-8811; E: reelberg@surewest.net

Treasurer: Mr.Jim D'Orso '52 P: 916-771-8950; E: jndo@surewest.net

D e c e m b e r : Pre-hoUday jitters kept the December meetmg attendance low, with the foUowing members showing up: Steve Y o u n g '50, J o h n H a y n e s '55, George S i m m o n s ' 6 1 , D e n n y J o y c e '61, Donna Bartholomew, widow of Chuck Bartholomew ' 6 1 , Larry Srfoth U S N A '62,Jack Everett '64, Steve Berg '66 and D r . Terry B r o w n '67.

Trafotional banter held sway, with much optirfosm foUowing Navy's win over Army in the Big Game and anticipation for the upcorfong Meineke Car Care Bowl game against Boston CoUege.

The latter should be a close game, with BC rifong a 6-game bowl winning streak.

We predict that a field goal by the Eagles with time expired wiU give them a one-point victory.

January: A sniaU, ecumenical group of members and guests (one U S M C general from Citadel, two Woops and various U S N A grads with navy and air force backgroundsi), met at Plaza H o f Brau, corner El Carfono and Watt, Sacramento, on 4 January for the first 2007 chapter gathering.

Attendees: Joe Drachnik '43 and his lovely and talented wife Cay, Mickey K n a p p '52, J i m D ' O r s o '52, J o h n Haynes ' 5 5 , J o h n T a i t '60, D e n n y Joyce ' 6 1 , G e o r g e S i m m o n s '61, Larry Sifoth U S M A '62,Jack Everett '64, Steve B e r g '66, Derek S m i t h '92, Tom Sifoth U S M A '03 and Gen Jack Hagan (Citadel '71).

In that Umited attendance (we cofod barely fiU two tables) prevented a fuUbore, formal meeting, foscussion was lively and everyone was able to submit fos two cents for review, discussion and approval.

Denny Joyce started us off with some thoughts on footbaU, bowl games, Sunday foght bricking ceremonies in Mother B and experiences with FBI sister agencies (should we caU them "brother" agencies?) in the USG. Larry Srfoth introduced fos son Tom, a former tank commander w h o served in Iraq, experienced epiphany and reaUzed he wofod rather heal than kiU, so requested and was granted assignment at the mUitary hospital in Colorado Springs.

H e hopes to be accepted into U S U H S (Ufoformed Services Ufoversity of the Heath Services), F. Edward Hebert School of Mefocine, in Bethesda, MD. Discussion moved toward choosing young men and women for foture slots to U S N A , U S M A and other service academies. A number of our chapter members are on selection advisory committees for area congressmen and senators, thereby enjoying the opportufoty to meet and interview these prospects. As before, praises are sung and confidence proclaimed in America's naval and mUitary leadersfop for the fomre.

George Simmons related fos Cfoistmas story of driving the motor h o m e up the Oregon coast to visit relatives for the hoUdays. Jack Everett was preparing for his annual Navy invitational wrestUng tourney at H O , where he is a seasoned, respected, take-no-guff official.

Can't you just see him crouching low on the mat, banging it three times and raising the hand of a Navy grappler? Mickey Knapp was overheard answering questions about his service years, including time spent in super secret digs ("building with

no windows") at Wright-Patt in Dayton, ("Yep, they had to ship in Ught and air.. ."). Derek Smith engaged in conversation with John Tait about a technical subject beyond the understanding of most in the group, so let's leave it at that.John Haynes continues to be looked to as the unassuming, knowledgeable authority on a number of subjects. T h e meeting was adjourned at 1310 hours.

San Diego Chapter President: Mr. Chris Cooke '81 W: 858-536-8593; C: 619-972-4283; E: president@usnaaa.sd.coni

Corr. Sec'y: Heidi Maley Gutierrez '89 W: 858-450-8422; C; 858-405-5819; E: corrsec@usnaaasd.com;Web site: "www.usnaaasd.com

December 2006 Luncheon O u r December 2006 luncheon speaker was CaptTUnothy McCuUy U S N (Ret.).

Capt McCuUy held several commands, inclufong Mfotary SeaUft Command Pacific, C T G 73.1, and Task Group Mercy.

Capt McCuUy was born in LouisviUe, Mississippi in 1954. H e graduated with honors from the Ufoversity of Mississippi in 1976, earning fos comrfossion there through N R O T C .

In 1977 Capt McCuUy reported aboard USS G L O V E R (AGFF-1), a Virgifoa-based frigate, where he achieved his Surface Warfare Officer quaUfication.

Tours in San Diego aboard USS H A R R Y W HILL (DD-986), USS LYNDE M C C O P J V I I C K (DDG-8) and USS G R I D L E Y (CG-21) foUowed. In 1986, Capt McCuUy joined the staff of Commander, Carrier Group O N E , for Indian Ocean deployments aboard USS R A N G E R (CV-61) and USS C O N S T E L L A T I O N (CV-64).

As X O of USS E N G L A N D (CG-22) in 1990, Capt McCuUy participated in the initial response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. H e personaUy led the boarding party that conducted the first ship boarding and inspection in enforcement of Ufoted Nations sanctions against Iraq.

After instructing at Tactical Training Group Pacific in San Diego and earning his Master's Degree in National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War CoUege in R h o d e Island, Capt McCuUy took command of USS M E R R I L L (DD-976) in 1996. T h e San Diego-based destroyer deployed to the Arabian Gulf as part of the C O N S T E L L A T I O N BG, and earned the Meritorious Unit Citation for the capture of an oU smuggler carrying 400,000 gaUons of contraband Iraqi foesel fuel.

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From 2000 through 2002, Capt McCiUly commanded MUitary SeaUft C o m m a n d Pacific, serving as C o m m o d o r e of the eighteen M S C combat logistics sfops of the Pacific Fleet.

In 2003, Capt McCuUy attended the Austtalian Defense CoUege's Centte for Defense and Strategic Stufoes m Canberra, AustraUa. In early 2004, he attended the Asia Pacific Center for Security Stufoes in Honolulu, HawaU. In AprU 2004 Capt McCuUy served as MiUtary SeaUft Command's Liaison Officer to C I N C P A C and CINCPACFLT in Pearl H a r b o r From March tfoough May 2005, Capt McCuUy again took command at sea as C T G 73.1 (Commander,Task Group M E R C V ] for the hospital sfop's Theater Security Cooperation Program (TSCP) rfossion of humafotarian medical support to Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua N e w Guinea.

During the month of AprU, M E R C Y was diverted from TSCP operations to provide earthquake fosaster reUef to the Indonesian people of Nias Island, off western Sumatta in Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE II. Capt McCuUy retired after 30 years of naval service in June 2006.

H e has since returned to the M S C as a sefoor Navy civiUan; he is currently Deputy C o m m a n d e r of MSC's SeaUft Logistics C o m m a n d Pacific, in San Diego.

Capt McCuUy's presentation showcased the M S C and the Mercy and the efforts of so many people— from Navy medical personnel to civfoan merchant mariners—to provide humanitarian assistance to thousands of people, and particularly in Indonesia.

Reception On Board USS REAGAN (CVN-76) O n December 27,2006, the USS R E A G A N and its C O , Capt Terry Kraft ('81), hosted a reception for over 300 fogh school smdents.

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Midsfopmen, alumfo, parents and guests.

The event was a huge success—our biggest (and best?) ever We are most appreciative of Capt Kraft, w h o was a wonderful host; his PAO, L C D R Heidi Lenzini ('95), w h o coordinated aU the details; and the officers and crew of the R E A G A N — w h i c h is an awe-inspiring ship.

NAVNET N A V N E T is a networking venue for U S N A grads, as weU as anyone else.

T h e group convenes every third Friday at TreUises Garden GrUl in the Town & Country Hotel & Resort on Hotel Circle. It's "come as you are" and "pay as you go."They average 30 + for breakfast, so if you are in the market for a new career or a motivated "new fore," check it out. For information, contact Tom Hammons '71, phone (858) 538-9824, emaU tjhammons@aol.com.

San Francisco Chapter President: Chet Kolley '85 P: 650-678-5956; E: chet.kolley@1985.usna.com

Vice President: James Ryan '86 E: janies@peisales.com

Secretary:JeffPetrie '89 W: 415-750-7648; E: jspetrie@hotmail.com

T h e San Francisco Chapter gathered at the Old Pro in downtown Palo Alto to enjoy the 5th straight victory over Army.

The event was weU attended with about 200 Navy fans on hand, too many to name. T h e Old Pro provided exceUent service and most of the large screen plasmas were tuned to Army-Navy despite the fact that the Stanford-Cal game was on at the same time, and we were sitting in the heart of Stanford territory. We also had a great time gathering for the Meineke Bowl at the Old Pro. Those in attendance were John Davis '58, James Ryan '86, Simms Duncan '85 & fos son, Wyatt, Dave Scortino '86 & his wife Ricena. Go to our website; h t t p : / / sf.myusna.coni/, upcorfong events, Uke golf at CaUippe Preserve in AprU 2007.

CaUippe was recendy ranked by Golf Digest as one of America's top 10 best new pubUc courses for 2007.

Left to right are John Davis '58, James Ryan '86, Dave Scortino '86 & his wife Ricena.

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Santa Barbara Chapter Pres: 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: Cam Vantrease '70 E: cam_v@sbcglobal.net

Members and guests of the Santa Barbara Chapter turned out in great numbers at the La C u m b r e Country Club in Santa Barbara to cheer on Navy to an unprecedented fifth straight win over Army Chapter President H o m e r S m i t h '63 welcomed the group and recognized Larry Lovig '39 as the sefoor member present. N e w member Eric Bittle '97 was also inttoduced. Everyone then enjoyed a gourmet buffet brunch before and during the game. With an elaborate large screen T V projector and sound system everyone had great seats. T h e cheering for Navy was rfoxed with sea stories and rerfofosces. At game end it was a special m o m e n t when our Santa Barbara Chapter joined the Brigade in singing Navy Blue and Gold.

T h e attendees were: Berfoce Nielsen (John '37) & daughter-in-law Roberta Nielsen; Margaret & Larry L o v i g '39; B o b N e w c o m b '40 & Betty; Pat Murphy '41 with guests Pat Gebert and Jan & B o b Evans ( U S M A '45); Mary & J i m Gayle '45; B o b P u d d i c o m b e '45 & Ginger; Elizabeth & B u d Ursettie '45; D o n Iselin '46; BiU Spangler '46 with guest Virgifoa Sutton; PhU Conley '50; Dr. BUI Stewart '50 & Rosalie; Fr John FuUer '52 &Jariel F u U e r ; D o u g Haigh '52; Carolyn & BUI B r i t t o n '53; Pam A m m e r m a n (NeU '54); Betty Lou & Larry Frost '55; E d M c H a l e '55 & CeUna; Ray Medeiros '55 & guest Barbara Obinger; Irene & Burt Munger '55; J i m Clark '56 & Susan;Judy & B o b Q u i n n '56; B e n Short '56 and guest R o b e r t Droley; Bear LaSaUe '57 & guest David LaSaUe; Fran & Vern Hanna '5«; Betty & J i m H i g g i n s '58; Barbra & Gary Minar '58; B o b H a r m u t h '59 and guest Luci Magfore; Ann & J o n Ives '59; Nancy & BUI KeUy '59; LiUian & J i m O s b o r n '59;Marirose & Karl Kozak '63; Jean & H o m e r S m i t h '63; BiU Stewart '63 and guest EUzabeth TruesdaU; N o r m a & T o m Morganfield '65 with guest Bub Pickup ( U S M A '65); Kiisty & C a m Vantrease '70 with guests Aurora & Kent Blythe '70 and Mary Lynn & Joe CarroU '70; J i m OUiam '78; Patti & R o b Westberg '78; and Eric Bittle '97.

At foe conclusion of foe game foe upconUng Santi Barbara 2007 Dark Ages event and busmess meeting w-as foscussed, details to be announced but it wiU probablv be at foe Montecito Coimtry- Club. BUI Stewart '63 foscussed foe Blue & Gold Program and foe fogfoy talented group of prospective nudsfopmen in foe area.

Those .Uimifo w h o are located in foe Central Coast of CaUforfoa are invited to contact us for detaUs on upconUng social events.

Colorado Colorado Chapter CAPT Daniel Branch Jr. '59, USN (Ret.) 555 .ApoUo Dr.. Boulder. CO S0303-5t.X12 H: 303-499-0337; E: dbranchjr@aoI.com Web site: www.usna.com./Chapters/US/ Coloiado/de&ult.htni

Connecticut Connecticut Chapter Raynumd Boyd '73 89 Da\-is Dr.. GuilfonL CT 06437 P: 202-453-9439; E: tay-inond-bo>-d@aiisys.com

This bemg foe first article -written fo 2007, it seems appropriate to comment on Navy-'s last mmute loss fo foe Car Care Bowl on December 30th. Once agam.

Navy played magrUficendy for 58 rfonutes and seventeen seconds, and had the game aU but won! Wifo 1:43 to play; it took but a single play to negate aU foat had taken place for foe previous 58 plus mmutes of the game. The quarterback running wifo the baU had been moderately successfiU to that point. Why wofod we run a play, vvfoch had a pass or a pitch-out wifo ofoy 1:43 to play?

Someone once told me that when you do eifoer of foose, tfoee thfogs can happenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; two of wfoch are BAD! O h WeU, foanks NAVY for another great season! Beat Army!

And Air Force! Agam!

A Board M e e t m g was held o n November 5, 2006 to discuss and plan activities/events for 2007. As a resfot, the first Chapter event wiU be a Luncheon or Dinner Meeting m March or AprU at a place and time yet to be determined.Visit our Chapter Website at; www.usna.com/ Chapters/US/Corm to obtam detaUs on this and aU fomre Chapter events. The subject of this meeting wiU be Transitionmg fiom the Navy to CiviUan Employment.

O u r second event vviU be another Diimer M e e t m g in June. The time and location of tfos meeting has not established at this time. An mvitation is being extended to foe N e w Commandant of Midsfopmen to be our guest speaker HopefoUy she wiU

find time in her busy schedule to make the ttip to Connecticut to address us. More information wiU be made avaUable as plans firm up. Again, check our website for detaUs. As a related subject, meeting costs at various venues continue to rise. It is foe desire and intention of the Board of Directors of the Chapter to keep event prices as low as possible so that they do not become an impefoment to attendance.

Doing so remains a fofficult task however Inflation may be low in our national economy, but not so in the world of meeting places! Rest assured that our planners wiU keep price as a primary consideration as they negotiate with various hotels and restaurants.

What a strange winter m New- England!

Delaware Delaware Chapter Mr. Frank S. "Nick" Carter UI '70 RO. Box 462: Lewes. DE 19958-0462 H; 302-6 11 1838: E: nick.carter@verizon.net

Florida Fort Lauderdale Chapter President: Col Bimey T. Pease '63, USAF (Ret.) 5555 N.Ocean Blvd...-\pt. 19 Lauderdale By the Sea. FL 33308-2352 H: 954-941-0561; E: r\vopznpod@jimo.com

Secretary:Brian Kling '99 E; Brian_Kling@mI.com

T h e Fort Lauderdale CouncU celebrated the end of Navy's footbaU season vvith tforty-one stalwart fans at the Upper Deck Sports Bar in HaUandale. Although the resfot was a heartbreaking loss to Boston CoUege, the home crowd was Uvely and exttemely appreciativ-e of a soUd 9-4 season. D o o r prizes were abundant, and there were rumored to be some footbaU pool winners that vviU remain nameless. T h e crowd included TeUno Ortega ('59),BUlWeUer ('65), PhU ('47) andThereza Fairman, DaveYablunosky ('84) and fos son Eric, Chuck BorteU ('69),Birney ('63) and Barbara Pease, Bob ('47) and Dorothea O'Shea, Luis ('53) and Mary EUen Sologuren, and even a current Midsfopman! T h e rankmg member of the group was Jack O'Shea ('46). Associate member and Chapter "Mom," Charlene Welsh, was the fost to arrive and was a huge help serv-fog as hostess and entertainer. T h e Sologurens closed the festivities by leading the crowd in the singfog of "Blue and Gold." In South Horida, we are excited to usher fo 2007, as we have the February- commissiorfoig

of the USS Grifoey (DDG 101) in Miarfo, the Fort Lauderdale Air & Sea Show in May, and a vibrant meeting schedfoe for the local alumfo.

Go Navy! Beat Army!

Gainesville Chapter CAPT J Michael Smith '61, USNR (Ret.) 10424 SW 41st PI., Gaines\aUe, FL 32608 H: 352-376-6611 ;W: 352-376-3301 E: inickey@acceleradon.net

T h e Service Academy Alumfo Club of GainesviUe held its montfoy luncheon meeting on Thursday 18 January 2007 at Grillmaster's Restaurant.

Navfo Academy alumfo in attendance were Al V i t o '44, Mase WeUs '47, R i c k ChUdress '54,Jim Z i m m e r m a n '54, John D e W i t t '55, Art Nussel '55, Frank Graham '56, RusseU H e n d e r s o n '58, Peter McCaU '59, newest member Ken D i x t e r '61, Mickey S m i t h '61, S a m M u t c h '71, and Hansford Tyler '76. Cheryl P e n c e '95 stopped by but was unable to stay for the meetmg.

Attendmg from the Mfotary Academy was CharUe HaU '46, from the Air Force Academy was D o u g Walker '74, and from the Merchant Marine Academy was Walt Visfoski.

D u e to a technology gUtch, the U S N A DVD "Leaders of C h a r a c t e r Serving the Nation" expected to be seen this meeting wiU be shown at a later date. An abbreviated busmess meeting was held instead.

O u r meetmgs are at 11:30 A M foe third Thursday of the month at GrUl Masters, 7750 West Ufoversity Avenue m GamesvUle. Alumfo and foeir farrUUes, current and fomre rfodsfopmen and cadets mvited to attend.

Jacksonville Chapter CAPT Michael O. Boms '70, USN (Ret.) 1185 Salt Marsh Cir. PonteVedra Beach, FL 32082-2543 H: 904-273-1714; W: 904-285-3400, ext. 356 E: mboms@meridiarmigmt.com usnaaajaxchap@usa.net

Miami Chapter Richard W Ogden '66 5590 Hammock Dr. Coral Gables. FL 33156 H: 305-665-9641;B: 305-663-5860; E: billol@bellsouth.net

Sec'y: Sergei Kowalchik '67 E: 5ergei@beUsouth.net

Naples-Fort Myers Chapter President: Robert Shearer '58 3900 Isla Cuidad Ct.. Naples. FL 34190 P: 239-59^2460: E: rliss58@swfla.rr.com

Secretary: Roger Rotondi '57 E: RROTONDl@SWFLA.RR.COM

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CHAPTER NEWS Orlando Chapter President: LCDR Nick L. Peterson '86 USN 5679 Pond Pine Point. Oviedo, FL 32765 H: 407-365-6707; E: nick.peterson@1986.usna.com

Palm Beach Chapter CAPT Walter Whipple '57, USNR (Ret.) 1100 Marine Wy West, #A3L North Palm Beach, FL 33408 H: 561-624-3051; E:WalWhip@aol.com

Many thanks for your support at aU of our FootbaU events at DUFFY'S in North Palm Beach. O u r Navy Team gave us plenty to cheer this year and shows great prospects for next year (look out N O T R E DAME!).

We were pleased to meet in January with Melodie Turish of the Foundation, w h o was visiting Florida to seek feedback from the field. Diana and I were joined by Joe and Mary Pidkowicz for a most informative meeting with Melofoe.

Nominations are open for Chapter officers' positions, President,VicePresident, Secretary and Treasurer, to commence in June. I wUl be unable to continue to serve as I am moving out of the state. Please contact me by phone or e-mail if you have an interest.

A number of Navy events wUl be coming to South Florida in 2007, including several sfop visits, as weU as the M I D S Y P Squadrons injfoy and August.

Stayed tuned to your e-maU for detaUs. Beat Army!!

Walt Whipple'57

Pensacola Chapter Mr. Dick Folga '70 2653 Del Mar Drive, Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 H: 850-934-1056; E: dfolga@bellsouth.net

National Trustee: CAPT Glenn Montgomery '71 USN (Ret.) 1152 Ceylon Ct. Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 C: 850-449-2510;W: 800-332-1411 E monty4gb@aol.com

T h e Pensacola Chapter of U S N A A A has agam had a busy month. After the victory against Army, immediate preparations were made for a road trip to Charlotte N C to see Navy in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. Charlotte was a wonderful host for the festivities both before and after the game.The " C o m e Around" and the pre-game TaUgater with several thousands in attendance made us aU feel Uke a homecoming event was in progress.

Leading the charge up to Charlotte was Dick Folga (70), Glenn Montomery (71), Larry Warrenfeltz (75),BUlYeager (78), Mark Schwan (81), and Kurt Woltersdorf (84). This contingent of stalwarts was ofoy the tip of the iceberg for it seemed that Navy fans and alumni from aU over the

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country were in attendance and in huge numbers, a sight that no doubt pleased not ofoy the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, but the office of the Academy AtUetic Director as weU. T h e other major event for the month was the montfoy luncheon, held at Zea's in downtown Pensacola. Guest speaker this month was Nevin Shaffer (70) w h o presented a lecture on the Ughter side of patent law. In attendance at this event was: VADM Bob (54) and CaroUne KeUy R A D M Dick GaskUl (54), R A D M John Butts (51), R A D M Lou Sarosdy (51), R A D M BUI Daniels (54), R A D M Pete Booth (56), R A D M Skip Furlong (56), Paul Brooks (58), Kris EUiott (80), Ray (56) and Jean HUl, Chris Karp (88),Jim Kirby (69), Si Kitder (53), Pete (70) and CaroUne King, Mike McCrabb (78),Jerry McGaugh (57), Glenn (71) and Suzie Montgomery, David Peltzer (92), Al Pickard (47),Jeddy Ruiz (83), Mark (81) and Bonnie Schwan, Dennis Shuman (65), Fred Smith (81), Gordon Snyder (43), Larry Warrenfeltz (75),PBWaU (44), Bob WUmer (54), Kurt (84) and Mary Woltersdorf, BUlYeager (78), Dennis Shuman (65),RodTindal (01), Chris Karp (88),Tom Hoffrnan (71), Barb Fighter (82), Dave Babcock (78), and Celeste Folga.

Upcorfong events for the chapter include, hosting the first ever U S N A / R O T C Candidate Symposium at the US Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola with the purpose of encouraging prospective candidates to look at U S N A as weU as Navy R O T C as viable choices for their foture education and career T h e next chapter luncheon is scheduled on 14 Feb. The restaurant wiU be selected in the next few days.

Stay tuned to your e-maUs for forther information.

Also please keep Thursday March 22nd open for our annual Founder's Day dinner at the Angus Restaurant.

Superintendent VDAM. Rodney R e m p t wUl be the guest of honor and speaker. /Shipmate Note: Please read about the Candidate Symposium on the first page of the Chapter section]

SUMMER SEMINAR Help that outstanding high school junior you know experience a busy week at USNA this June.

Goto www.

USNA.edu/Admissions to apply online.

Space Coast Chapter LCDR Milton E. Burdsall '56, USNR 1195 StarUngWy.Viera, FL 32955 H: 321-504-1050; E: patandmilt@hotmail.com

T h e Space Coast Chapter held its January meeting at the Rockledge Country Club, in Rockledge, FL. Charles Greene, Col AUS ( R ) , w h o manages Congressman Weldon's Service Academy Nominations, his wife, Jackie, andjeanfone Fogler, were invited guests.

Chariie Greene, Col AUS (R), Manager of Congressman Weldon's Services nominations; Jeanine Fogler, mother of attendees to the USNA; Milt Burdsall, member of USNA Nominating Committee; Pete Peterson, Chairman, USNA Nominating Committee; Tom Schwartz, member USNA Nominating Committee

Jeannine is the mother of Ensign Warren Fogler '05, and Midshipman Jordan 2011.

Pete Peterson, Chairman of the Naval Academy Norfonations Committee introduced CharUe, w h o spoke to the members about Congressman's norfonating procedures, emphasizing the increasing quaUty and competitiveness of the appUcants. H e stressed the importance of factors that go beyond academics; strong motivation to serve as an officer; leadership qualities; participation in group sporting activities; and community participation being among the key ingrefoents the Comrfottee looks for in canfodates.

Congressman Weldon's track record in garnering a far larger share of appointments to the Acaderfoes are attributed to his poUcy of keeping "poUtics" out of the nominating process. His norfonations this year for appointment consideration to the class of 2011, are: Jonathan Dixon (SateUite HS. Presently attending NAPS), R o b e r t Dixon (not related) (Covenant Christian), Chelsie HoUiday (Palm Bay HS), Paul Josephs (Vero Beach HS), Brett Libby (Melbourne Central CathoUc), Steven McGhan (SateUite HS), and Kye Stapes (Rockledge HS).

Dick Jeffiey's birthday was celebrated at the luncheon. H e reached his 90th year and remains an active member of the Chapter Swede Hanson discussed Dick's participation in the Pearl Harbor attack.

FL-Tampa Bay: Bowl game party

and led foe group in foe old batde song written for foat event. Before cutting the cake, Dick had foe opportufoty to speak to us about his years of service and comradesfop.

Visitors are always welcome at our luncheons, wfoch are held normaUy on foe tford Wednesday of the month. CaU MUt or me (321-255-5452).

Those attenfong the luncheon were: Pat and MUt BurdsaU '56, Frank Clifford '45, and guest Beverly Van Burren, Dorofoy and G e o r g e Darfus '50, CaroUne and Stan D o d d '48, Carol and George EUis '45, Barbara and Ken Godstrey '56, Mickey and Web G o k e y '47, Norma and S w e d e H a n s e n '56, Betty and D i c k Jeflrey '39, Marge and Bill Kremidas '47, Gus Littlefield '59, Mary and Hal M o o r e '56, BiU P a l m e r '57, Peg and Pete P e t e r s o n '56,Jody and Sam Powel '50, Kak R o s e ('47), Dee Salamon ('55), Merle and T o m Schwartz '56, Jane and Dick Walsh '56, Bill Young '58 and guest Fran Hutchens, Beverly and Zeke Zelmer '44.

Tom Schwartz '56 Suncoast Chapter Clifford R Bermann'45 3240 Lake Pointe Blvd #324, Sarasota, FL 34231 E: plcwec(^

Tampa Bay Chapter CAPT John S. Kamen '77, USN (Ret.) 1105 Culbreath Isle Dr.,Tampa, FL 33629 H: 813-288-9548; E: kamenj 1 @socom.mil

Secretary/Communications: Steve Swift '87 E: sswift@1987.usna.com www.usna.com/Chapters/US/fl/tampabay/

Wow what a bowl game and exceUent Navy FootbaU 2006 Season! Suffice it to say that the Mids gave B C aU that they could handle ...and then some! T h e joint (BC/Navy) crowd at St. Pete Ricky T's

numbered nearly 50. In typical fashion, food was very generous and top quaUty as were the other accommodations. Thanks to Jack G a n d e y '69 for orgafozing the footbaU season at Ricky's T's this year, inclufong the bowl game. A very special thanks to Jack Krayniak (his dad was '63) for fos hospitaUty...provifong a "Cheers" like atmosphere is no smaU accompUshment in tfos "aU business" era. His genuinely frienfoy and accommodating efforts are very appreciated by the Tampa Bay Navy fans!

Alumfo in attendance: J i m King '58; R u t Flynn '59; D i c k Petrucci '61; D i c k Ardavany '6; D o n Freese '63; MUce RUey '65; Mike BoUer '67; Mike Surdyk '67; Jack Gandey '69; BUI D o h e r t y '73; Steve Swdft '87; Matt P o a g e '94; M i d n Misty Webster '10 (great pushups!); Kyle Langbehn '96; Len LaPorta '87; Mike Vision (Mike Uves in Annapolis but is from St. Petersburg originaUy. Nick '91 is his son but is not here); Al Burda '68; and B C Alumni, including Jim Beakey (former U S M C ) Check out our "joint" picture.

O u r January meeting included the foUowing alumni - Mark S n o w '77 (new member to area - Welcome aboard!); Steve Swift '87; Cris de Mier '91; Matt P o a g e '94; Brian Schultz '95; D i c k Ardavany '61; A n d y Andrews '74; Gary Polansky '69; Scott H o o d '66; Pete Leniart '66; John K a m e n '77; Pat Kanewske '81; Warren H a h n '60; Nikolai MuUigan '92 Many great events corfong up (see Ust at bottom). Cris de Mier '91 looking at some Networking Breakfasts - maybe 3rd wed. of month - combined aU service academies. Don't forget to get your dues sent in! We agreed on $20 for dues.

Great D E C meeting as weU! Sttaw poU vote was pretty heavy to hold Army/Navy game gathering at Raymond James next year - especially with Cris de Mier's '91 sponsorsfop and volunteering to run the show! Scott H o o d '66 fod an exceUent j o b tfos year as the action officer; there were some reports of bad nametags by Gary Mac Fossett '58 has volunteered for nametag duty next year apparently!

Attendees included: '58 and '66 tied for most attendees with too total H u g h Palmer '58; D o n CoughUn '62; Scott H o o d '66; Pete Leniart '66; Steve Swift '87; Gary Polansky '69; Mac Fossett ' 5 8 ; J . O . J o h n s o n '90; Warren H a h n '60; Matt P o a g e '94; Cris de Mier '91;Jim Aldrich '67; D i c k Wise '53; Brian Schultz '95; D o n Freese '63; R o y CoUins '56; Matt M c c l u c k i e '89 (USMC) - in area for 6 months - 4 months left - working in J5 at Centcom.

Future Dates to Save: * Montfoy Alumfo Meetings - first W E D every month - Go N o r t h on Westshore from 275 - take a right on Boy Scout Blvd. Lee R o y Selmon's Restaurant is on Boy Scout (right hand side about a mUe.) * Monthly M O A A Meetings - Tampa - 2nd Thursday of month at O ' C l u b on MacDiU AFB - 1130 -1300. St Pete Third Friday of the month at Banquet Master's on Park Blvd.

M A R - looking at Lightfong Game TBD! M A R 10-18 - Gospel Choir comes to the Greater Tampa Bay Area over U S N A Spring Break M A R - Spring TrairUng BasebaU game M A R 3 1 - A P R 1 - Airfest - Navy League - Blue Angels â&#x20AC;&#x201D; (recruiting event?)

A P R 14- Lady Tampa Bay Cruise 5:00 show up-^aUfog 5:30-8:00 PM; $60 M A Y (tentative) - Navy FootbaU Assistant Coach Jasper for luncheon.

May - Navy League Sea Service Recognition Dinners for U S N A Appointed High School Students J U N 29 - Army-Navy Annual Golf Match - 12:00 PM MacDUl Air Force Base

COMING TO ANNAPOLIS? TAKE A fflSTORIC TOUR and $2 will be donated to the USNA Alumni Association & Foundation!

Contact Linda Lee 410-295-4025

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Georgia Atlanta Chapter CDR Steve Frederick '72, USN (Ret.) 1031 Cockrell Dr., NW, Kennesaw, GA 30152-4766 H: 770-419-9224; E: stevefred@bellsouth.net

Secretary: CDR Paul Borer '70, USNR w: 770-364-4332; E: pjborer@niindspring.com Web site: www.usnaaaa.com

MONTHLY CHAPTER LUNCHEONS: W h e n : Third Friday of each month Where: Frankie's at the Prado, 5600 N E RosweU Road, Adanta, 404 843-9444 What: Great opportunity to spend time with feUow alumni and to network in the Atlanta area. Registration begins at 1130 and the chow Une opens at noon.

T h e last month of '06 has reaUy flown by. It began with a fifth consecutive Woop thumping, which is becoming a reaUy nice hoUday tradition. T h e month ended on sort of a bittersweet note, playing in our fourth sttaight bowl game, and leading untU the much larger Boston CoUege Eagles kicked a field goal as time expired.

N o t a bad end to a great year

Left to right Lorie Moore'64, Stew Caldwell '65, Cari McCallum '60 and Paul Hurst '62 enjoy the Chapter Party

T h e December montfoy luncheon was "sans speaker" as we had a bit of Chapter business to conduct, and our Trustees were just back from AnnapoUs and an Executive Committee meeting with the latest and greatest from Alumni House.

BiU R e n t z '55 and Carl M c C a U u m '60 gave us their take on the proceedings in AnnapoUs, and the luncheon was very informative and enjoyable. Attendees included: John Stark ' 5 1 , Perry Stephens '51,BiU Rentz '55, Reggie Vachon '58, Cari McCaUum '60, Hal Morrison ' 6 1 , John Andrews '64, Lorie Moore '64, Jon Barton '66, Paul Borer '70, Dick CUck '70, Mitch Rowland '71, Bob Schultz ' 7 1 , Steve Frederick '72, Pies Bruce '77, Ed Browfoee '81, Mario Maddox '85, Greg Morrow '85.

T h e foUowing Sunday we had the Chapter Christmas party at my home.

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This event gets a Utde better every year and this year was no exception. M y wife Karen truly outfod herseff with a great spread of hors d'oeuvres and finger foods, and a beautifuUy decorated house. Karen does a great j o b at hosting parties, but I reaUy think this was her greatest effort.

Attendees included: Ed Flynn '51 and his wife Sherrie, Bfo Rentz '55 and fos wife Sue and her mother Fern Johnson, Jack Clay '56 and his wife Patricia, CUnt Johnson '60 and fos wife Monty, Carl McCaUum '60 and fos wife MarUyn, Buzz Galbraith '61 and his wife Helen, Alan MiUer '61 and his wife June, Paul Hurst '62 and fos wife Nancy, Bruce Abel '64 and fos wife Helene, Lori Moore '64 and his wife Barb, Stew CaldweU '65 and fos wife Ann, Jon Barton '66 and his wife Jan, Sam Newton '68 and his wife Sandy, Paul Borer '70 and his wife Jody, Richard Click '70 and fos wife Heather, Mitch Rowland '71 and his wife Carole, Bob Schultz '71 and his wife Linda, Steve Frederick '72 and my wife Karen, D o n Patterson '74 and Joanne Harms, Nick Ward '74 and his wife Jean, Mike Herger '90 and his wife Helen, R o n Surfield '90 and his wife Windy. Please visit our website for pictures of the event. Bob Schultz '71 did a masterfol j o b as photographer and got plenty of shots of the festivities which he then promptly posted on our website.

I reaUze that as you read this in Shipmate the January luncheon is ancient history. However, if you ever have the opportufoty to join us at our monthly luncheon, always conducted on the third Friday of the month, please visit our website first to find out where it is.

January 2007 it was at Frankie's but the venue for foUowing months may change.

Watch the website, and I hope to see you there - you are always welcome. We are looking forward to a great 2007 and your participation wiU play a big part in any successes that we have.

BEAT A R M Y

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

Sec'y: Erin Orlich E: erineorlich@yahoo.com

Idaho Northwest Chapter Col. Kenneth WMoore '66, USMC (Ret.) 31048 E. Hayden Lake Rd., RO. Box 2020, Hayden, ID 83835-7059; H: 208-772-7494; E: i35hawk@sisna.com

Intermountain

Chapter - See Utah

Illinois Chicago Chapter CDR Fredrick WWeber '75, USNR (Ret.) 2134 Evert Ct., Northbrook, IL 60062-6612 H: 847-559-9381 ;W: 312-845-3444 E: pred.Weber@lpmedia.net Website: www.usna.com/chapters/us/illinois/chicago

Indiana Indianapolis Chapter CAPT Charles A. Rainey '84, USNR 12804 Double Eagle Dr., Carmel, IN 46033 H: 317-815-0575; E: crainey@flilbi.com

Michiana Chapter President: CDRfohn (Chris) Haizlip '72, USN (Ret.) 15246 Longford Dr, Granger, IN 46530 H: 574-273-2939; E: CHaizlip@aol.com

Louisville/Southern See Kentucky

Indiana Chapter

Iowa Upper Midwest Chapter - See Minnesota

International Costa Rica ClaudioA. Pacheco '64 Apt. 4307-1000, San Jose, Costa Rica H: 506-224-4325;W: 506-225 4239; C: 506 383 5824; E: cpacheco@ 1964.usna.com

Guam Chapter CDR Noel M. Enriquez '84, USNR PO. Box 26849, GMF Barrigada, GU 96921-6849 H: 671-472-9629; HF.ix: 671-472-1966 C: 671-777-9629; E: NME@1984.usna.com

Philippines Chapter fose "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 Sihala '93 O / N - l H Q Philippine Navy (pma92) 2335 Roxas Blvd., Manila P: 919-354-5846; E: pastilan@hotmail.com

Democracy in action Last December Chuck Agustin suggested that we appoint a Treasurer since there is a cash donation by Jess Arenas that needs to

be included in the Chapter fund, which is StiU vvith the old officers. H e nominated (1) Hector Atienza; (2) Jun Bucayan; (3) Jun Abaya. 1 also think we should have Raffy D a c a n a y asVR R o y G o l e z '70 proposed Hector Atienza to be the one, and caUed for a vote by email. Having no objection and Hector having accepted, he is now the new Treasurer by acclamation.

The Goff Comrfottee co-chaired by Chuck Agustin '60 wifo Ed Abesamis USMA '65 StUl has the unclaimed second ttophies for foe foUowing winners of the Army-Navy ArmualGolfTournament on 2 Dec 2006: Class A Champion — N a r c i n g Abaya '70 (USMA) (Partner Gus P a l o m a r '67 has claimed the other) Class A R u n n e r U p — V i c M a m o n '61 (Capt R a m o t (guest) has claimed the ofoer) Class B Champion — R o n i y Roxas (guest) (Chuck A g u s t i n '60 has claimed foe ofoer) Class B R u r m e r U p - Fidel R a m o s '50 (USMA) (Parmer R o g e r Saplan has claimed the other) Class C Champion - B i n g A l a n o '71 (Parmer Jim'Vlanan '83 U S C G A has claimed foe other) Class C R u n n e r U p - E d A b e s a m i s '65 U S M A and Bert Suansing (guest).

Smce the ttophy O P R ordered ofoy one ttophy per winfong twosome, we ordered 6 more to be given to the one who fod not get theirs. Please caU Gary or Zeny at N D C P (telefax 9118469) or my ceU 09178869885.

D O Y Heredia '67 posted from Rhode Island: • We are spending the start of our break vvith anticipation of our third grandchUd any time now, courtesy of Arvin and Jen. Alex and Chris wUl stay with us when Jen heads for the hospital. Arvin decided not to relocate to corporate south and moved from Bank of America asVP in IS security to a comparable position in Citizen 's Bank. Abby is with us for the hoUdays from Boston and her music.

Cely and I were blessed with a wonderful year at St. Pfolomena School and NaFFAA, respectively O n January 8, we wUl leave for the PhiUppines for our annual medical rfossion, this time to Zambales for the Aetas, then Zamboanga for the Badjaos.

A toast and the best of the year to come to you!

God Bless, D o y and Cely •

Some kind of gathering to have the couple was supposed to be held, but not yet fosserfonated as this goes to press, H o p e the event took place as intended.

C h u c k A g u s t i n '60 has discovered Chelation and wants to spread the goodw o r d . W h e n queried by R o y G o l e z '70 on the subject, he proclaimed: • Yes, R o y C H E L A T I O N T H E R A P Y I have been discussing this with my company classmates (60-17) and apparendy a few have been introduced and benefited from it. In fact the book by Elmer Cranton, M D Bypassing By Pass was sent to m e by a classmate, John Rogers w h o had a 60% blockage and refused a bypass, and has recovered.

My son, age 33, had an MI last December and the carfoologist was leafong to a carfoogram and possible angioplasty or bypass but we refosed. After some 12 sessions (and stUl ongoing to about 40) lab and stress tests today, he has been cleared to drive again (provided he "calms down") and I understand wUl be able to play golf tomorrow (with caution). O f course lots of orgafoc medication, controUed diet and no more smoke.

We 've met people at the clinic with lots of wonderful stories. I met a guy who, after consulting 4 cardiologists w h o aU wanted to insist on a triple bypass, shifted to tfos doctor, and after about a year and 40 sessions was declared last month "clear" for aU activities. That merchant master mariner can now go back to sea, whereas a bypass would not enable him to work aboard.

I also met a guy w h o foes down from Guam regularly for it, because his father had It. N o cardiologist has discovered it yet in the Marianas. H e also told me about a guy he met at the cUfoc w h o had to be in a wheelchair and now is normal.

Here 's a sometfong worth reading: http://www.medicomm.net/ Consumer%20Site/am/chelation.htm (shortened) • Chuck has also posted a Power Point presentation based on two books and anyone interested please emaU fom at cla@issti.com or cla489@ndcp.edu.ph.

SAVE THE ATE! The annual Robert Means Thompson Society (RMTS) luncheon is

20 April 2007

Please contact HollyJordan at 410-295-4186 formore information

Tokyo Bay Chapter CDR Nolan D. Villarin '82, USNR PSC 473 Box 990, FPO Ap 96349-0990; O: DSN243-7437; Comm: OH-81-46-816-7437 E: villarin@c7fnavy.niil

Turkey Chapter LlfGArifCirtlik '98,Turkish Navy Veliefeiidi Mah, 75/6 Sok.No:51/2 Zey tinburnu, Istanbul Turkey 34765 H: 212-510-5805; E: acirtlik@hotmail.com

Kentucky

(see also Ohio)

Louisville/Southern Indiana Chapter Captain Gregory Reinhardt '79, USNR (Ret.) 712 Talon Place, LouisviUe, KY 40223, E: captaingreg@insightbb.com; H: 502-244-7707

Louisiana New Orleans Chapter Captain Thomas F. Nagelin,fr. '74ISMR 3510 Mimosa Ct, New Orleans, LA 70131-8305; H; 504-392-2076; C: 504-352-7922; E: tom.nagelin@cox.net

Maine Portland Chapter Jeffrey Peters '85 1 Sumac Dr., Brunswick ME 04011 H: 207-729-7306;W: 207-443-5576 E: jpeters@preri.com

Maryland Annapolis Chapter President: CAPT Owen Thorp '77 1037 Bayberry Dr., Arnold, MD 21012-1650 H: 410-626-7002; E: owen.thorp@1977.usna.com thorp@usna.edu

Secretary: CDR Dave McDonnell '85 E: mcdonnel@usna.edu

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

Eastern Shore Chapter President: Mr. Sam Trippe '57 85H5 Northbend Rd, Easton, MD 21601 H: 401-763-8719; E:rktrippe@dmvcom

Secretary: Mr. Frank L. Gunsallus E:flgiii@hamptonroads.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 Dougherty '73 USN (Ret.) 23585 Town Creek Dr. Lexington Park, MD 20653-6343 H: 301-866-0484; E: dbostich@dcscorp.com http://www.navyalumni.org

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CHAPTER N E W S Massachusetts Boston Chapter William R. Neill '75 p: 781-258-2882; e: williani.neill@1975.usna.com

T h e Boston Chapter has been very active during the late faU early winter season.

O n 13 October, the Boston Chapter j o m e d with the Massachusetts Bay Chapter of the Navy League to celebrate bofo the Navy's and foe USNA's birfodays at Hanscom AFB.The Boston Chapter, led by our president BUI NeiU '75, our vice-president J i m Matheson '87 and our new secretary, Gerry D o y l e '84, hosted the cocktaU reception. Later, Gerry, being the local Marine, d e m o n strated how to use a sword effectively by defeating the Naval Academy birthday cake. Attendess Ustened to a presentation by the Deputy Commander of NAVSEA on foe foture of foe Zumwalt Class Desttoyer Program.

O n 2 December, the Boston Chapter hosted a joint Army-Navy game Boston taUgate party at Game On!, the Fenway Park sport cafe. Also in attendance were representatives of the USMC's "Toys for Tots" campaign as attendees were encouraged to bring donations. Over 50 alumfo, famUy and fiiends were in attendance at tfos impressive R e d Sox sports bar to cheer Navy on to a record setting victory.

O n 30 December, deep in the heart of "enemy territory", the Boston chapter outmarmed the hometown Boston CoUege alumfo crowd in excess of 3 to 1 at a joint party, at a B C Alumfo Club sports bar, no less, for the Meineke Car Care Bowl. N o t far fiom the shadow of C O N S T I T U T I O N we showed more spirit than the "natives" throughout the game. To quote foe owner of foe bar:"...

Congrats to the B C fans, but where were you? We fodn't hear fiom you unfo the last two rfonutes of the game!"

Check out our chapter web site for times, dates and locations of various chapter networking events. T h e web site can be Unked through www.usna.com/ Chapters/US/MA/Boston. We join with W P S N E to sponsor montfoy networking luncheons downtown as weU as our own after hours networking happy hours also downtown.

Michigan Detroit Chapter Arthur WBryant '66 1811 Holly\vood Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236-1311 H: 313-885-2174; F: 313-881-2333 E: lynorart@comcast.net

It was another wonderfiil day in PhUadelpfoa as Navy beat Army 26 to 14, and I enjoyed every rfonute of it in the stands. Mean wfole, back in Dettoit our loyal crew was enjoying the game with our not so happy woopoo friends at the home ofJohn Dickerson USMA. After foe final gun sounded and the school songs were sung, John had to present the trusty Pickle Barrel to Jim Flerfong '66 representing our chapter for another year.

O u r man, Charles Schott '85 wUl keep it on fosplay at fos desk in Army territory at the Warren Tank Command for another year Those in attendance included: Classmates John Hill (I) and Eric Twerdahl '04 enjoy Chris Bernard '88, Jim FlenUng '66, Rick Fresquez '86, Al Fylak '78, Mike A-N game party in Boston Johnson '79, John LUly '55, Charles Schott '85, John Sherlock '53 and John Stockdale '69. Beat Army again next year.

H o u r was Ughdy attended but included J i m Loutzenhiser '68; J o h n Ginn '75 and his wdfe SaUy; L o g a n Schulze '00; and Taeko M c F a d d e n '01.

We hold these every m o n t h ... usuaUy on the tford Friday.

O n December 29, the Chapter participated in the AU Service Academy BaU wfoch was sponsored by the Service Academy Parents' Clubs of Minnesota.

T h e gala affair included a sUent auction; colors; recogfotion of aU veterans in attendance; and a keynote address foUowed by dancing and a Casmo Night. T h e keynote speaker was LtCol James Fischer Professor of Mfotary Science at St. John's Ufoversity. O n e of the sUent auction items — T h e Perfect Pushup - was donated by P T Mettles; co-founded by former Navy SEAL A l d e n MUls U S N A '91.

At our West Side Breakfast on Jan. 5fo, we had the privilege of hosting Air Force B G E N (Ret.) Denny Schfostad. General Schfostad is the State Chair of Employers Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR); a SECDEF appointed position.

E S G R works with employers to ensure foey understand and comply with laws regarfong employment rights of deployed rrUUtary members and in obtaifong benefits upon foeU return.The organization was insttumental in Minnesota receiving its tford consecutive National Freedom Award m September—^personaUy presented

by President Bush. N o ofoer state has won even two fo a row! Attenfong tfos breakfast were — Paul Jennings '64; Mark S a h n e n '73; A l e x Plechash '75; R i c k U d i c i o u s '75; D a n Quattrini '81; Mark M e n z u b e r '82;Todd Park '85; Craig B e n s o n '91; Scott Chandler '91; Craig Beal '94; A m a n d a N e s m i t h '95; and Taeko M c F a d d e n ' 0 1 .

Minnesota Upper Midwest Chapter LtCol Alex Plechash '75, USMC (Ret.) 475 Highcroft Rd.Wayzata, MN 55391 p: 952-473-0011; m: 612-801-8222 E: AlexPlecliash@mchsi.coni

"Commodore" Kevin Clancy '69 opens ceremonies at Boston chapter A-N game party

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Another busy month for the Upper Midwest! O u r December 15 Happy

Shown here from left to right are - Ernie Leidiger 76; Jonathan Clapp '07; Brad Gawboy '81; Philip Littin '07; Scott Wood '07; Robbie Gawboy '10; Matthew Johnson '09; Laura Krumholz '09; Alex Plechash 75; Eric Huckle '10; George Yankoupe '67; and Pat Kittler '50

At our Eiist Side Breakfast on January- 12, we heard fiom" J.B." BaU, the President and Founder of "Tee it Up for the Troops". His orgafozation sponsors a celebrity goff outing, held imnuaUy m cities around the country on the Friday closest to 9 / 1 1 . In 2005. they raised over S80.000 in scholarsfop fonds for fosabled veterans and inmiefoate fanfoy members.

In 2006, $150,000 was raised for foe Woimded Warrior Project. T h e 2007 goal is $250,000. Their aim is to make it a National Day of Coffin support of the troops. See www^teeitupforfoetroops.com.

In attendance were - D a l e Crosier '55; Bern H e m i n g '61; Steve S i m p s o n '62; Dick EUiott '68; J o h n Closs '71; Mark Salmen '73; and A l e x Plechash '75.

We are stiU trying to reach to more Chapter alumfo. O f foe 861 tti-fold postage-paid reply-maUers w-e maUed out, ofoy 92 were fiUed out. Anofoer 164 were returned as undeUv-erable. T h e b o t t o m Une is foat we don't have a verfoed emaU address for over 700 local alumfo — our prmcipal mefood of commufocation. ffyou Uve fo M N , L\, SD or N D and you haven't gotten any Chapter annoimcements; it means w e don't have a good emaU adfoess for you. If so, please contact me. fo adfotion, aU our Chapter events can b e viewed onhne at vv-w-w.usna.com by navigatmg to Alumfo Chapter Ifobrmation - Chapter Calendar.

We're one of foe few Chapters w h o use this resource.

Intermountain - See Utah

Mississippi South Mississippi Chapter Pres: CDR E. Spencer Garrett IV '88, USNR PO. Box 1792. Gaurier. MS 39553 H: 228-497-5050; E; esgarrea@aoLcom

Secretany: Harry J.Rucker E; navynomad50@caldeone-net

Missouri Greater Kansas City Metro Chapter LCDR Bryan J Didier '91, USNR 13022 Carter St., Overland Pk., KS 66213-1636 P: 913-239-0327; E: bryan.didier@aquila.com

Secretary :John Williamson E:john.u-illiainson@dfas.inil

St. Louis Chapter President: Mike Brown '88 3446 Pestalozzi St.. St Louis. M O 63118

Vice Pres. & Corrs. Secretary:Jay Butka '90 P:314-694-8165;E:ja>.a.budca@1990.usna.com Web site: usna.coni/Chapters/US/MO/StLouis /de&ult.htm

In the next issue, we wiU provide detaUs on the " W h o Wants to be an Adiforal" themed Dark Ages Party held 10 Feb at CJ Muggs. Mark down on your calendars the morning of 26 May — the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend — for our service at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.

To check out these and other events or to pay your 2007 dues onUne, go to our chapter website at vwwv.usna.com/ Chapters/US/MO/StLouis.

Montana Intermountain

Chapter - See Utah

NewYork Capital District Chapter GeneW Griesau '75 216WoodlawnAve.,AlbanyNY 12208 H: 518-482-3370; E: gwgriesau@gocontec.com

Central New York Chapter President: Robert Fegan '64

Nebraska Omaha Chapter CAPT Alan R. More '62, USN (Ret.) 2510 Nottingham Dr., Bellevue, NE 68123-1959 E: alan.more@ 1962.usna.com

Secretary: LCDR Matthew Finney '93, USN C: 402-541-6398; E; mdfinne\'@\'ahoo.com

1570 Route 20 West, Cazenovia, NY 13035 P: 315-655-5949 E: bobfegan@aUteU.net

Secretary: Michael T. Keville E: mickvl@twcny.rr.com

Metro New York Chapter President: Robert Black '63

(NAANY)

247 W. Railroad Ave. #115.TenflyNJ 07670; P: 201-569-8925; E: RABlack® 1963.usna.com

Nevada Southern Nevada James R. Koehn '63

repeating the event even though our President put together a pleasurable event that wrapped up at the High N o o n restaurant in Old Town.

O u r 2007 schedule of events hasn't been estabUshed at tfos time but you are encouraged to check out the chapter web site for newly developed plans.

Vice Pres. and Webmaster: Tom Williams '88 Chapter

2864 Sumter Valley Cir., Henderson, NV 89052-6876 H: 702-232-3317; C: 925-736-9642 E: jkoehn@niindspring.com

New Jersey New Jersey Chapter Mr Patrick J Hurley '87 192 Ashland Rd., Summit, NJ 07901-3244 H: 908-598-0512; E: patrick.hurley@gs.com

New Mexico Albuquerque Chapter Henry W Schwartz '62 60 Sandia Haven Dr., Cedar Crest. NM87008-9425 H: 505-286-8934 E: hwschwart262@earthhnk.net

Secretary: Herb Richter '59 E: herbertrichter@insn.com www. usna.com/chapters/us/nm/

T h e year ended with the disappointing bowl game, both fo resfot and in mrnout at Fox and Hound. However vvith the worst snowstorm in Albuquerque in 50 years, we can ofoym praise those brave souls w h o fod turn out. That mcluded Jamie and Carol Deuel '54, Mike Blackledge '63,Jim andjurene Slaughton '67 and Ensigns KUe MiUer and Stephen Gay '05 along with Mike's famUy.We also had a West Pointer, Tom Genofo '65 w h o lamented " W h e r e are aU the Navy wimps."We'U stUl aUovv him to come to fomre events nonetheless.

O u r attempt to have a get together to enjoy the hoUday River of Lights fodn't attract enough of a crowd to plan

E:Tom_2500@msn.com;Website: w^vw.naany.org; HodLine: 1-800-234-USNA (-8732)

As the N e w Year opens, N A A N Y welcomes new member M a t t h e w Bricker '01. Agam a remmder that it's time to send your armual renewal of $25 (address above). Thanks to those of you w h o have already done so.

Activities At our annual Christmas & HoUday Party anchored by J i m H o c k i n g '53, those attenfong donated to Toys for Tots, amassing some $1,500 that was presented to SSgt Srfoth and L/Cpl Leonard of the 6th C o m m BattaUon, Floyd Bennett Field.

They coUected on behaff of tfos outstandm g Marine Corps Reserve program and presented N A A N Y the U S M C R Commander's Award "for outstanfong acfoevement in support of the 2006 Toys for Tots Program."

Networking Night 33 held on 17 January feamred D r Harvey SchUler, Citadel '60, the chairman & C E O of Global Options Group. Dr. SchUler, long involved m finance, operations and programming in sports and entertamment, served with Assante US, YankeeNets, Turner Broadcasting, U S O C , the Southeastern Conference, and the N C A A among other activities. H e saw combat in Viet N a m as USAF pUot and rose to Brigafoer General. H e spoke about fos eclectic experiences and the finance mdustry. Navy beat out the other Acaderfoes for largest attendance.

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CHAPTER NEWS Upcoming Events T h e annual black-tie Navy League fonner dance at the Marriott Marquis, Times Square, is on Wednesday 14 March.

Speaker & Guest of H o n o r is A D M Thad AUen, Commandant of the Coast Guard, aka " T h e Hero of Kattina". StUl some space at N A A N Y tables, but please contact J i m H o c k i n g '53 or N A A N Y Pres R o b Black '63 immefoately!

Don't forget â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Networking Night 33 wiU be held on Wednesdays 21 March and 18 AprU 5:30-7:30pm at the Solfoers, SaUors, Marines, & Airmen's Club. N o rsvp needed; best Happy H o u r fo T h e City - $10 entry, tfoee real Ubations for $10, great camaraderie.

T h e NAVY W A R C O L L E G E is conducting a symposium mandated by C N O prior to fos finaUzing the Navy's part of the 5-Year Defense Plan, at the NYAC on Friday 23 March. N W C sent invitations to foe Chapter and alumfo fo the tti-state area. If you fodn't get tfos, please check the Website for ifoo or contact Chapter Pres.

Blue & Gold in City of NewYork T h e new Dean of Adrfossions, B r u c e Latta '78, wants to adfoess Alumfo in the region, especiaUy in T h e City of N e w York. T o m H e p t i g '97 is the new B & G O serving as Area Coorfonator for the five boroughs and is working with Admissions for a timely visit by Dean Latta. Please stay mned on tfos one!

And don't forget to check the Website and HotLine for updates and detaUs. 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

North Carolina Cape Fear Chapter CDR Geoffrey A. Losee '85, USNR 3128 Lantern Way Wilmington, NC 28409-8548 H: 910-350-1516; E: glosee@ec.rr.com

Charlotte Chapter President: Mr. Ryan M. Stone '96 17235 Georgian Hall Dr., Charlotte, NC 28277-1775 H: 704-540-4354; E; ryanmstone@carolina.rr.com

It has been a whUe since we have had a column in SHIPMATE, so let's see if I can play a Uttle "catch u p " in tfos issue.

Back in late August we held an outing in one of the shelters at Freedom Park.

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picfoc food. Perhaps, if we can do it again in 2007, we wiU have a larger turn out.

O n November 2, we were honored to welcome VAdm. R o d n e y R e m p t to Charlotte to address a gathering of about a hunfoed alumni, spouses, parents of Midsfopmen and canfodates, prospective canfodates and several guidance counselors fiom local area schools. T h e Superintendent presented an exceUent review of "Today's U S. Naval Academy and the Brigade of Midsfopmen".

FoUowing a short video and fos prepared remarks, he responded very completely and canfodly to many and varied questions from the aufoence. His reply, to a query from a nominee about how to prepare for Plebe Summer, eUcited some chuckles and broad smUes from the crowd. H e said, simply, "Start an earnest physical ttaifong program of runfong and strength exercises, and do some serious refresher studying of aU your math skiUs." Two days later a fairly good bunch of Charlotte Area fans ttaveled to Durham to watch Navy win the footbaU game over Duke and thereby earn the invitation to the Meineke Car Care Bowl.

Because Veteran's Day feU on a Friday, efforts to book a venue, coupled with the fact that a lot of guys went out of town for the long weekend, our annual goff contest against the Army people fod not take place. We fiiUy expect to renew then event in 2007.

O f course we had a large gathering for the Army Game T V Party at a local "bar and grfoe" in the north end of Charlotte. However, rumor has it that some of our feUow alumfo, w h o fodn't want to have a long drive home after celebrating aU afternoon, gathered a another watering hole in the south area (actuaUy Matthews). Even so, our Second Annual coUection for foe U S M C "Toys for Tots" was a huge success and we specificaUy want to thank Lance Cpl N . A. HUl (Spartanburg, SC), PFC Kenneth Cox (Greensboro, N C ) and Lance Cpl Josh Blankenship (Columbia, SC), aU member of the U S M C Reserve Unit in Charlotte, for joifong with us and accepting the coUection of toys.

Lasdy, although the final score of the Meineke Bowl was not to our Uking and did not reflect how weU the team played aU afternoon, I'm sure we were aU proud of the attendance of Navy fans (over 20,000 of them); the weU orgafozed "March O n " of the abbreviated Brigade and the sportsmansfop of the team's play.

T h e proof that U S N A is doing an excellent j o b of teacfong the meafong of responsibfoty is reflected inn the Uteral quotation that was printed in foe Charlotte Observer In an interview, Reggie CampbeU told the sports writer of the paper, " M y j o b was to catch the baU and go. T h e pitch was fine. I just rfossed it." Just a simple, straightforward "take responsibfoty" statement without "what ifi" and n o excuses.

Eastern North Carolina Chapter President: Bill Ritchie '53 324 Plantation D r , New Bern, NC 28562-9507 H: 252-633-2396; E: ritchiewh@alwaysonline.com;

Vice President: Rob Skrotsky '67 PO Box 778, New Bern, NC 28562 H; 252-514-0299; E: crskrotsky@earthlink.net

Secretary:Tim Marvin '59 PO Box 731, Kure Beach, N C 28449-0731 E: tmarvin@earthlink.net

Treasurer:Jim St John '53 601 Dotal Ct., New Bern, NC 28562 H: 252-636-1977; E: saintlink@always-online.com

Piedmont Chapter President: Col Gary L. Beaver '77 USMCR 10 Silver Oask Court, Greensboro, N C 27455-1481 H: 336-288-8792; E: gbeaver@npaklaw.com

Secretary: LCDR John Chilson '91 USN E: chilsonj@comerfordbritt.com

Greetings once again fiom the Piedmont Triad of N o r t h CaroUna! O u r Chapter gathered for our trafotional Army Navy Game party in Legends sports bar in Greensboro. T h e foUowing alumfo attended the party: Claude Liunpkin '65, B o b Harris '67, Susie and D o n Webb '74,Jim Stinson '68, Marjie and 'WEs Lindsay '49, R u t h and Ted Lide '49,Jeff Sowa '98, Chris and R o n HudneU U S M A '69, Teeny and John A n t h o n y '60, and AUce and Pat Love '72. At hafftime, our Chapter gathered $330 in donations for the veterans Uving at theVA Hospital in SaUsbury. Many of our alumfo members also enjoyed watching Navy play Boston CoUege in the Meineke Car Care Bowl in Chariotte, We hope that Navy returns to play in our backyard again soon.

O u r next gathering wiU be our annual Dark Ages Dinner at a place, date and time to be deternUned. Please contact John ChUson or Gary Beaver for more information.

Go Navy!

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Triangle Chapter LCDR Timothy S. Wood '92 USNR 45 North BeUaire Ct.. Clavton. N C 27527-4541 H: 919-359-8403; E: tnp\viood@eardThnk.net

iee Mager '65 helping his wife, Linda, with her nametag, while Harry Turner '65 looks on

77m Wood '92. Chapie -ss :entand Chuck Adams '63, Chapter Treasurer pesent check to the Durham Virginia Medical Center representative

The Triangle Chapter donated a check for SIOOO to foe D u r h a m VA Mefocal C e n t e r Tim Wood "92. Chapter President and Chuck Adams "63. Chapter Treasurer were on hand, on foe 22nd of December to present foe check. S695 was coUected at foe Annual gafoermg at foe Top o f T h e HiU Restaurant fo Chapel HUl for the Army-Navy Game. 350 dollars came from ofoer specific donations coUected seperately- and foe remamder balance came fiom Chapter Funds.VA Center personnel stated foat foe fonds vv-ofod be used to purchase television sets for patients fo rooms currendy- under renovation and remodeUng. Thanks for aU of your support m this worfoy endeavor and spirit at Christmas.

Western North Carolina Chapter President: Bob Cowin '69 H: 828-299-4476; E: brcow-in2@beUsouth.net

Vice President: Jerry Porter '68 H: 828-713-7r>46: E:jmporterl029@charter.net

Secretary/Treasurer: Ken Granzin '38 H: 828-890-4246; E: graiizin@brinet.com

In December, the Western N o r t h CaroUna Chapter once agam j o m e d the folks from foe U.S. Mfotary Academy to watch the Army-Navy game on television at a gafoermg place near foe AsheviUe airport.

Not ofoy fod our footbaU team win handUy, but tfos year we outscored the Army foUss fo attendance at the party-, 28-15.

Given that the outcome of the footbaU game was decided fairly early; the party rafoer qfockly devolved into a session of meetmg new friends, renewing former acquamtances, and swappmg stories from foe early- days.

O u r chapter welcomes to our events aU those w h o attended the Academy, then- farrUUes, and those w h o simply have mterests in c o m m o n vvith Academy grads.

Bill Butcher '53 and Hal Walters '53 mugging for the camera

North Dakota Upper Midwest Chapter - See Minnesota

Ohio Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Chapter CAPT Gerald P Motl 68 USNR (Ret.) 9825 Gateclub Dr., Cincinnati, O H 45241-3827 H: 513-769-4556; E: gerT5-mod@fi15e.net

Sec'y:Shane Crase '94 1188 CannonbaUWay Independence, KY 41051 H: 859-363-3467;W: 513-977-8495; E: csc\-ddc@aol.com

T h e months of October, November and December have been qfote busy for the Cmcinnati / N o r t h e r n Kenmcky Chapter First, Tom Brochu, President of the U S N A Cmcinnati Parents Club and father of CaroUne Brochu '07, vvorote to describe fos experiences rurmmg the M a r m e Corps Marathon: • A few days before participatmg m the Marme Corps Marathon that was held m Washmgton on October 29th, I sent an e-maU to a former Marme Captain letting him know that I wofod remember a friend of fos, also a Marine Captam, w h o was kiUed witfon the last m o n t h fo Al Anbar province...

Sigfong up for the Marine Corps Marathon is not simply sigfong up for a long run. Being a part of tfos day means befog surrounded by 31,000 people w h o want to say,"foank you. Marine - for the water and for your service." It means runrfoig alongside a man my own age

whose T-shirt reads, " I ' m runfong in memory of my son, my hero." Whatever pain I may feel after mUe 20 cannot compare to what he carries with him fo tfos race and every day.

As I ran the 26.2 mUes, I found myseff seekmg out those T-sforts. I wanted to have as many names as possible in my somewhat sttessed short-term m e m o r y w h e n I approached the Memorial. I wanted to remember the face of the father, the mother, brother, sister, friend w h o carried the ttibute. Sure, I wanted to fot my race target time, but I wanted to run that time vvfole remembermg somethmg more important." * * * As I crossed the fifosh Une, I wanted to shake the hand of every 2nd Lt w h o was giving out water or fifosher's medals. I wanted to teU him or her to "enjoy the day off from TBS," or somethmg just to brmg out a smUe, the kmd of smUe that a parent somewhere wofod recaU fonfoy • Thanks, Tom, for sharing your experiences and for the great write-up.

Second, on 19 November 2006, the Chapter tti-sponsored a speaking event with the Greater Cincinnati CouncU of the Navy League of the Ufoted States and the Ufoted States Submarine Veterans, Inc., Cmcinnati Base. Ken SeweU, author of the novel " R e d Star Rogue," spoke for about two hours. Tfos true story took place durmg the height of the Cold War. Soviet submarme K-129 surfaced and then sank after a sudden on-board explosion, several hunfoed mUes northwest of U.S. Navy Base Pearl Harbor, HawaU. Drawing from newly declassified documents and extensive confidential interviews. Navy veteran SeweU exposes the stunrfoig truth behfod a KGB operation calcfoated to provoke war between the U.S. and Chma - a foghtmare scenario averted by ofoy seconds and luck.

Approximately fifty persons attended. Ken answered questions and stayed after lecmre to autograph copies of fos book.

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CHAPTER NEWS Third, we have a new Army-Navy footbaU ttadition here in Cincinnati.

No, we're not talking about beating Army.

We're talking about the party that Frances and Mike Dinn '78 have agreed to sponsor as an annual Chapter event. The victory party this year was weU attended by a sixty-year span of graduates, spouses, kids and Navy supporters. Food and drink were abundant and a great time was had byaU! FinaUy, on 22 December 2006, the USNA Cincinnati Parents Club hosted the annual Tri-State AU Academy BaU. Tom and Peggy Brochu, Presidents of the USNA Cincinnati Parents Club and parents of CaroUne Brochu '07, headed up the formal event which was attended by over 420. The Master of Ceremofoes was Anthony Munoz, former Cincinnati Bengals FootbaU star and HaU-of-Fame member Eighty-four Midshipmen and Cadets attended from the five service acaderfoes. The First Class Cadets and Midshipmen were presented a flag that was flown over the U.S. Capitol by Marine Captain Amy McGrath '97.

Next year's event wUl be hosted by the USAFA Parents Club.

Cleveland Chapter

CAPT A. O. Rule III '50, USNR (Ret.) 90 Pheasant Run, Chagrin FaUs, OH 44022 H: 440-247-4379; W: 440-247-5100 Ext328 EE: ruleIII@aol.com

Columbus/Central

Ohio Chapter

Russell A. Puppe '66 242 Crossing Crk., North Gahanna, OH 43230 H: 614-418-5024; E: rpuppe@columbus.rr.com

Toledo Chapter

Mr. David B. Puckett '63 5051 Chatham Valley Rd.,Toledo, OH 43615-1107 E: dpuckett@buckeye-express.com

Oklahoma Oklahoma City Chapter

Col LE "Buck" Bonifayjr '60, USA (Ret.) 920 Riviera Dr., Norman, OK 73072 H: 405-360-8147; E: BBONIFAY@COX.NET

Tulsa Chapter

CDR Harry V. Rouse IV '77, USN (Ret.) 2623 East 33 PI..Tulsa, OK 74105-2334 H: 918-748-8650; E: HVRouse@aol.com

Remember or Honor a loved one in Alumni Hall.

Call 410-295-4164 'or more information.

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Oregon Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter

CAPT R. Tim Myers '64, USN (Ret.) 3766 Lanewood Rd., Lake Oswego, O R 97035 H: 503-697-0865; E: tobyniaggiel@aol.com http://usna.com/Chapters/US/OR

13 December Luncheon The montfoy luncheon was held at the Old Spaghetti Factory in Pordand on 13 December A number of attendees exchanged gifts. Doug Bomarito '68, debriefed the members on the recently completed USNA Board of Trustees Meeting held a couple days before the Army/Navy game. Doug attended the BOT meeting as a comrfottee member and then traveled north to PhUadelphia for the game. Butch Bewick '62, the Oregon Blue and Gold Coordinator, briefed the gathering on the Blue and Gold Program, and in particular, where we stood with the Class of 2011. Despite the Iraq War efforts, there continues to be a large number of appUcants interested in the Naval Academy. The luncheon was attended by Ken Lissy '45, John Frerichs '50,Jim Leiser '51, Don Beatty '57,John Morris '61, Butch Bewick '62, Ray Kutch '63,Tim Myers '64,Jack KoW '65, Richard Puttkamer '66, Cal Meek '67, Tex Harkins '67, Doug Bomarito '68, Skip Phipps '73, Bruce Thompson '73, Lee HaU '80, Scott Bowmer '87, Brandon Dominguez '94 and Capt Ron HUdebrand, USNR-Retired 30 December Bowl Party The Oregon and Southwest Washington Alumni interest in Navy FootbaU became apparent when two Alumni groups met for the Meineke Car Care Bowl. The group on the west side of the mountain (Portland / Vancouver area) met in Vancouver, Washington at its newest Sports Bar, Big Als.This venue is huge and includes two bowling aUeys, a large arcade area and a sports bar with 20x12 foot main screen and many other smaUer screens. The attendees included John Frerichs 50' and Navy guest, Eric Hoss, Don Beatty '57, Dianne and Jake McMichael '58, Jan and Jerry Larsen '62 , Joe Broz 62',Tom Hitchcock '62,Judy and Ray Kutch '63, Marion and Pete SovereU '63, Mary and Tim Myers '64, Richard Puttkamer '66 and Navy guest, WiU Sumsion, Ed Hepp '67 and Fatherin-Law, Rockyjean and Doug Bomarito '68,John Holewa '70, Skip Phipps '73, Bruce Thompson '73, M.L. Norton '78, Scott Fitzpatrick '80 and guest,Vickie

Martindale. On the other side of the mountain in Bend, Oregon, a second group met at the Bend Golf & Country Club to enjoy the feUowship and Academy spirit. They included Jock Craig '53, Fran and Roger Nutting '58, Judy and Sam McKee '60, Ted Lyster '64, Roger Demaris '65, and MoUy and Pete Morse '91. Both groups watched a great game and certaifoy enjoyed the get-together.

10 January Luncheon The January Luncheon was a special day at the Old Spaghetti Factory for those who attended. Our speaker was JimWUUs, Director of Oregon's Department of Veterans Affairs, who brought us up to speed on current veterans ifotiatives before the Oregon Legislature. It is always good to have Jim as a speaker The foghlight of the day, however, was the presentation by John & Lynda Neuman of the Veterans of Oregon, of the Honorable Service Medal to aU the veterans in attendance. The Veterans of Oregon Honorable Service Medal is a custom-designed, engraved medal given in appreciation for the service and sacrifice of veterans in the state of Oregon. These medals are presented to aU veterans in Oregon free of charge. WhUe tfos is not a state sponsored medal, Oregon is the first state to have an organization that is doing this for veterans. The foUowing alunmi attended the luncheon: Joan & Jack Barrett '43, Ken Lissy '45,John Frerichs '50,Jim Leiser '51,Jerry Rosette '51,Jean Fitts '52, Don Beatty '57, Paul Herner '58,Jake McMichael '58, Mike Hartman '59,John Morris '61, Butch Bewick '62,Tom Hitchcock '62, Ray Kutch '63,Tim Myers '64,Jerry Franzen '65,Jack Kofo '65, Don Haslett '66,Jini Hough '66, Rich Puttkamer '66, Dan MuUigan '67, Doug Bomarito '68,Joe Kavale '68, Steve McHenry '69, Mark Cooksey '71, Skip Phipps '73, Bruce Thompson '73, Lee HaU '80, Matt Wessel '89, Susan Mead '90,Terry ConneU '58 USMA,John McKinney '60 USMA,Toiiy Lash '58 VMI, and Guests, AUison Fitts,John & Lynda Neuman, Becky Rawsom, Rich Walton, and Jim WiUis. The Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter meets for lunch the second Wednesday of every month upstairs at The Old Spaghetti Factory , 0715 SW Bancroft St., Pordand, Oregon, at 11:30 AM. Please join us. CaU Tim Myers '64 (503-697-0865) for any additional information, or check our website for map and directions.

Pennsylvania Philadelphia Chapter LtCol VM. "Corky" Gardner III '77, USMC (Ret.) 121 Glenn Rd.. Ardmore, PA 19003 H: 610-645-5361; E: president@usnaphil.coni members@usnaphil.com; events@usnaphil.coni webmaster@usnaphil.com; \\"ww.usnaphil.com

Shipmate News Input: Phil Cahill '70 E: phil.cahill@lmco.com; na\-yted@nisn.coni

WhUe the Dark Ages may be descenfong upon us, foe PhUadelphia Chapter has had plenty going on. T h e Chapter hosted ten Midsfopmen to tickets at the Meineke Car Care Bowl, and seventeen PhUadelpfoa Chapter members and their famUies gafoered at the Baggataway Tavern foWest Conshohocken o n December 3 0 , 2 0 0 6 to cheer o n Navy against Boston CoUege. T h e loss was fosappomting, but n o n e of us sat down durmg a great footbaU game.

We're ready to select the Chapter Officers for foe next year, and we're also startmg foe planfong cycle for our Events Calendar for 2007. O u r keystone events start on 11 March, with the Canfodate Irfformation Day. In May we have a fiUl slate of activities with Parents' Night for foe foconUng Plebes and their fanfoies; foe Sunsfone Visit with C A P T David Byerly, the oldest U S N A alumnus; and the Army-Navy Goff Match. T h e Chapter wUl host a taUgate party for alumfo, Midsfopmen & parents at the Navy vs Temple FootbaU season opener at Lincoln Fmancial Field (site of the 2006 A r m y Navy Game) on Samrday 01 September 2007.The final event is Founders' Day on 11 October 2007. Because the A r m y Navy Game is in Baltimore M D tfos year, the chapter wiU not host any events associated with it. O u r Events Calendar can be accessed from the Internet at http://www.usna.com/Chapters/US/PA/ Philadelpfoa.htm, by foUowing the Unks to the Events Calendar.

A crc.::: of :r,e faithful gathered at our favorite watering hole for the Navy-BC game in December

Thanks to J o h n Sundquist '76 and Kerr S m i t h '72, the Philadelphia Chapter of the U S N A Alumni association has been approached by Comcast Cable TV. Comcast has a golf program, "Golf Shots", and would like to televise a competition between the respective service academy alumni associations. We have accepted that invitation, and have laid a chaUenge to our brethren from West Point. It's a great oppormnity to highUght our respective Acaderfoes: the question is whether the Woops wiU step up to the chaUenge. More to foUow there.

Any alumfo interested in any of these events can also contact PhU CahUl at events@usnaphU.com.

O n e event of note for next summer: on 21 June 2007, T i m FarreU is coorfonatfog a basebaU picnic/buffet at the Camden River Sharks in Camden NJ. Please contact T i m at 484.919.8087 or at tim.farreU@1976.usna.com if you're mterested in fois event, or if you'd Uke to join the Chapter.

Pittsburgh Chapter William E. Otto '71 4105 Tartan Ct., MurrysviUe, PA 15668-1045 E: figaro4105@aol.com

Recreational Vehicle American Chapter CAPT James N. Roberts '59, USN (Ret.) 152 Springlakes Dr., Martinez, GA 30907 H: 706-860-6430; E: jrobe92528@aol.com

Sec'y:Charlie Norton '62 E; charles.norton@1962.usna.com

Treasurer: Glenn Shindler '64 4530 Lasheart Dr., La Canada, CA 91011 E: gshindler64@earthlink.net

Shipmate inputs to:Terry Sutherland '54 1632A Firetower Rd., Chipley FL 32428 E: squid54@cox.net http://hey_fi:anlcl 6.tripod.com/rv/

Emerging from the dark ages into the glory of spring and graduation at the U S N A , the RV Chapter has plans for another year of meetings in the continental 48 states. T h e usual winter meeting in Key West has inaugurated the year, so we are working on a "whenever two or three shaU meet" schedule wfoch usuaUy runs through a break from the weather in O c t o b e r In past columns we have reported on the progress of Lynn Mims ( N o r m a n M i m s '60) and others w h o have come upon hard times or have been absent from activity in the Chapter N o w we wiU report on Sfori Engle (Capt. Jerry Engle '41, deceased). Shirl sent a hoUday card in which she, Uving in a retirement center at

Sun City, FL, has sent lots of prayers and good thoughts to Lynn. Shirl is refurbishing her house and has overcome a bout of cancer which is now in remission. Her hair is black and thick and curly. She rfosses seeing aU of us at the C o m e Arounds. After she donated the Engle rig to charity, the Mims' picked her up to attend a C o m e Around, which she enjoyed very much.

Word from J i m m y T h e Boy (Jim C o n n o r s '74) is that he has finished fos assignments in a nuclear power faciUty near Watts Bar D a m , T N . 1974 wasn't that long ago, but at the rate of 72 - 108 hours weekly for three months he is ready to return to inactive duty with fos Watts Bar C o m e Around. They must have held fos eyeUds open with toothpicks. As your scribe recaUs, Jimmy has more C o m e Arounds to his crefot than any other RV Chapter member, although Marion and FratUt C o n e r y '58 may be closing on fom. Members, please write in and let the Chapter know if the idea of a faU leaf show in the usual spot on the lake in Watt's Bar would match with your wandering in O c t o b e r Last year, whUe Jimmy was employed in the power business, Nancy and D e n n y Sloan '57 took up the slack in a beautifol Stone Mountain, GA C o m e Around.

Time to sign up for the National in May. T h e date has been changed to 9 -13 May, and it looks Uke the attendance wUl be fogh, so be sure to sign up now. See the website for detaUs. Should you not have received the 2007 roster, as a member you may request one from our secretary, CharUe N o r t o n '62.

Here's an important note from D a r w i n Hatheway '54: â&#x20AC;˘ 'I have recendy received price and schedule info fiom Capt. Walter Rybka, Niagara, on Lake Erie.

For a group reservation Darwin wUl have to be the broker, both for sign-ups and coUecting money.

There are tfoee prices for the day saU in Niagara: $50, $60 and $70 per person. If we have a fuU sign-up, e.g. 50 individuals, we wiU be charged the same rate as was charged during the 2006 safong season.

If we have a sign-up of 10 or more, the rate is $60 p / p ; less than 10, $70 p / p .

For an individual to have a reservation for the day saU I wiU have to have a deposit of 50% of the rate required, and the deposits must be deUvered to Capt.

Rybka by March 1.

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CHAPTER NEWSI transportation. Most of the other Humvees in Iraq used bolted on armor plate, wfoch offered much less protection fiom Improvised Explosive devices (lEDs).As opposed to the typical daytime convoy operations, wfoch ttaveled at slow speeds, the SEAL unit wofod proceed at 80 MPH using foght vision devices instead of Ughts.They were also equipped with electtofoc devices for jamrfong the lED ttiggering signal. Targets were developed fiom information provided by government agencies and inteUigence fiom locals, from communication intercepts and from other sources. They felt fortunate that they had the foscretion to require two sources of irformation before going on a mission.

LCDR Baker's operations included ttaifong Iraqi Special Forces, and unUke Viet Nam where body count was often used as a measure of a mission's success, in Baghdad, an important measure was how See foe web site and send money, ttoops. many ttained Iraqi ttoops you took on the And please change your address book to rfossion.

AU rfossions had to include Iraqis. show Terry at squid54@cox.net.

Operating with foem during a mission created certain adfotional chaUenges, Rhode Island inclufong the need to profobit them from Newport Chapter using their ceU phones once a rfossion was ADM James R. Hogg '56, USN (Ret.) announced. They also had to be qfote 2556 West Main Rd., Portsmouth, RI 02871 cautious that Iraqi checkpoints encounH:401-841-2625 tered enroute the target were legitimate.

Corr. Sec'y: Ben Katz '57 The Iraqi troops were not paid electtofoE: becat57@msn.com caUy, but received their salary in cash.

Our November speaker was LCDR They wofod then risk foeir Uves to deUver Anthony Baker '93 and a Basic that money to their farrUUes. OccasionaUy, Underwater DemoUtion/SEAL graduate tfos wofod resfot in a mission being in 1994. He has had numerous tours canceUed or delayed because the Iraqis wfole advancing witfon the SEAL were delayed or fodn't return from a Commufoty in the SEAL, and prior to fos famUy pay ttip. current tour as a student at the Naval War LCDR Baker's presentation included CoUege, he served as Executive Officer of picmres offosufot, their Uving confotions SEAL Team 7. During that tour, LCDR in Baghdad and some shots of the few Baker deployed to IRAQ as Task Ufot daytime operations they conducted. It was Commander CENTRAL (Baghdad), very obvious duringfosfoscussionthe leafong a 70 man SEAL Ufot in execution high regard he has for the men infosufot of combat operations against the enemy. It and the great camaraderie, wfoch existed. wasfosexperiences in Iran, which he It is comforting to reaUze the caUber of foscussed with us at our November dinner the Special Forces, wfoch do so much to meeting. In January 2007, LCDR Baker help protect this nation. wUl graduate fiom the War CoUege and Joining us for our November meeting wUl transfer to Special Operations were chapter members: Sid & Terry Command Europe in Stuttgart, Germany.

MerrUl '34; Tom &Trina Weschler '39; LCDR Baker described his task Tim & Cathy Moore '45; Ken Lyons '46 Force's two primary rfossions in Baghdad and Jack & Mary Burney USMA '46; as protecting the elected Iraqi leadersfop Earle & Mary Trickey and Wirt and targeting those who were targeting Thayer'47 & Mary Soares; Frank & the elected Iraqi leadersfop. In carrying Maggie Snyder '48; Roger & Muriel out the second part of the rfossion, Buck '50; Bob ConneUy '52; Ben Katz hunting those targeting the Iraqi leader& Katie Ahearne '57 and Ben's guests Ed sfop. Most of the operations were at foght & Carol Hannon & Mike & Marlene using factory armored Humvees for We have a choice of one of tfoee dates: Friday Sept. 7th, Sunday Sept. 9th or Monday Sept. 10. Our preference is needed ASAP and the date wUl be reserved unfo March 1st. To keep the reservation beyond 3/1 I wUl have to produce a head count and the required deposit.

So, the lead time is not nearly as long as one wofod be incUned to beUeve.

Because we/I have such a short lead time I wanted to be able to get tfos information out to aU hands without depenfong that every member wofod be checking the web site at least weekly.

At present I have 11 verbal commitments but I have not yet requested deposits (because I fodn't know the poUcy or the rates).

Due to the short lead time for getting foe reservation I am resubrfotting my request to do an aU hands eMaU." â&#x20AC;˘

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Tuohy;Wayne Robinson'58; Peter Tarpgaard '59;Ted Gale '65; Duncan & Jeannie Ingraham '66; and Associate member Dorothy Stevenson (Fred 46).

Welcome Aboard To John L. Reynolds '47. John and his wife Barbara reside in Narragansett, RI.

South Carolina Charleston Chapter

CDR H. Richard Stein '82, USNR (Ret.) 784 Preservation PI, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464-5196 H: 843-856-6591; E: rstein@sandlappei^TOup.com

The chapter met on Monday, January 15, 2007. In attendance were: Lou Marckesano '47, Max HUl '51, Dick DaUa Murra '51, Fuzzy Kfoght '53, Dick Wright '53, Ed Parent '56, Jim Fladey '56, Joe Gamboa '62, Berfoe Magdelain '67, Jim Welsch '67, Russ KeUer '79, Rick Stein '82,Tim Sandeno '89, Dave Kern '92, Dan Estes '01, and Bridget Estes '01.

The Charleston Chapter meets on the 3rd Monday of each month at 11:30AM at The Point GrUl, part of the Omar Sfoine Temple, near Pattiot's Point in Mount Pleasant. No reservation required.

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

The South Carolina Low Country Chapter had their annual Army Navy Game gathering on game day at a local watering hole. About 50 of foe faithfiU assembled and thorougfoy enjoyed the game, food, fo-ink and camaraderie.

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Pete Berg, Kelson Slayman, Lee PolhilL Bob Mason and Bill Pendley

Among foose cheering on foe Navy Blue and Gold vv-ere a contmgent of '58ers whose day jobs are certaifoy not as smgen.

T h e prize for most defocated went to Tony Diaz '88 and fos wfoe for corfong wifo 5 dav old daughter, Alona Grace.

Texas

Ufoversity) accepted the gift on behaff of the Greystone student body.

Alamo Chapter President: CAPT Ron A. Sandoval '81, USN 18010 Keystone Blf San Antonio,TX 78258-34361

Please send Shipmate Submissions and all correspondences to: Secretary: Dave Driskell '63 P.O. Box 461564, San Antonio,TX 78246-1564 E: info@alamogoats.org

Tony Diaz '88 with wife and daughter.

The Chapter's next event wiU be a goff outing tfos Sprmg.

Palmetto William B. Swent '88 Leatherwood,\Caiker.Todd & Mann,P.C. lOO E. Coffee St.. PO. Box 87 GreenviUe, SC 29602-0087 W: 864-242-6440: E: WSwent@LWTM.com

South Carolina Midlands Chapter President: LCDR A. Ed Ttlden '71, USN (Ret.) Ai.^< Bloomwood Rd. Colombia, SC 29205-2847 H: 803-254-0425: E: aealden@sc-rr.com Web site: www.usna.com/chapters/us/sc/midlands

Secretary: Katie Hirsch E: mkh5325@aol.com

South Dakota Upper Midwest Chapter - See Minnesota

Tennessee Chattanooga Chapter Mr. John R. Rodman '66 I3i>2 Peter Pan Rd.. Lookout Moimtain, GA 96729 W: 423-756-0285; E: rodnian@usit.net

Knoxville-Oak Ridge Chapter CAPT Cari N. Strawbridge '72, USN (Ret.) 17 Rivers Run Wa\-. Oak Ridge, T N 37830-9005 H: 865-220-8861; E: cns@omLgov

Secretary- Treasurer: CAPT Mark Kohring '73, USNR (Ret.) E: kohringmw^omLgov website: kor.tridentsource.com/home /tabid/74/de&ut.aspx

Memphis Chapter CAPT Jack Quintan '67, USNR (Ret.) 3987 Lakewxx>d C v , Memphis.TN 38128 H: 901-372-8423 E: JACaCQUINLAN@na.raanpower.com

Nashville Chapter CDR John F. Ohlinger '69, USN (Ret.) 880 Lakemont Dr., Nashville,TN 37220-2124 H: 615-370-1441; w: 615-594-7628 E: john.ohlinger@usna-1969.com

For tfos issue I am going to depart from the usual protocol of Ustmg aU infoviduals attenfong our gafoerings to conserve space for pictures.

O u r December meetmg was our annual Christmas O p e n House hosted by President R o n Sandoval and fos wife Blanca. R o n and Blanca provided a warm, festive atmosphere foghUghted by wonderfiol hors d'oeuvres. Tfos was foUowed on December 21st by the Chapter's fost ever Midsfopman Mixer for current canfodates and interested jufoors.Tfos was a jofot effort supported

by Blue and Gold officers and the South Texas Naval Academy Parents Club (STNAPC).Two Midsfopmen,Vance and Vaughn VUlarreal '07, assisted us fo greetm g and talking to our guests. More than 40 guests showed up fiom Austin to Corpus Cfoisti to the R i o Grande vaUey. Everyone agreed that it was a very informative affair and the Chapter is already makmg plans for next year.

O n December 30th after the bowl game the S T N A P C hosted the AU Acaderfoes BaU aboard USS Lexmgton.

Parents club President RichardVUlarreal and his wife Patty and their supportmg cast put on an 'elegant, inspirfog and fon' affair.The major sponsor was the Coastal Bend Chevy Dealers w h o provided colorfill props and financial support. (The Alamo Chapter provided financial support as vveU.) A m o n g the 300-1- guests were the Mayor of KingsviUe Sam Fugate and fos wffe Darlyim, guest speaker P j y D M John W T o w n e s '72 and fos wife Nancy, R A D M Donald Q u m n ' 7 9 and fos wffe Jean, and ICADM John Cfoistenson '81 and fos wffe Teresa. T h e Midsfopmen and Cadets and t h e n 'drags' put on qfote a show. AU Academies BaU pictures courtesy ofWUfied Navarro of Austin, T X .

FmaUy, we kicked off 2007 wifo our regfoar meetmg m January by donatmg a mfotifonction T V to the wardroom of Greystone Prep School. Headmaster David BaUey '81 with tfoee of fos students (fondly caUed "Stoners" by the facfoty and student body of Scfoefoer

L to R: Mr Hal Haskell, Midn' Haskell 09, Eileen Martin, Mrs.Pam Haskell Mirielle Clifford, John Haskell of Gerogetown TX enjoy the All Academies Ball on USS Lexington

Mid'n Colton Navarro '09 with his drag Adele Plunkett ofMiddlebury College pose with Coastal Bend Chevy Dealers Corvette

BGO Area Coordinator Bruce Davis '85, 2011 candidate Cadet Captain Zachary Bowen and his grandmother Mrs. Jackson Hubbard at midshipman mixer

Chapter President Ron Sandoval presents TV to Mark Reis, Jonathon Cameron, Brett Barrett and David Bailey '81

Other schedfoed events as of tfos subrfossion are: March 4 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Service Academy Day at USAA

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CHAPTER NEWS AprU 26-29 (Tentative) D r u m and Bugle Corps in SA for Fiesta June 3 - Plebe/NAPS Picfoc for class of2011 Please visit our website Alamogoats.org for foe latest information on our Chapter 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

Corresponding Secretary: Don McAlister '63 H: 512-365-7068; E: don.nicalister@skyvueusa.com

Austin chapter meetings are held at 11:30 am on the fourth Tuesday of each month at Marie CaUender's, 9503 Research Blvd. # 4 0 0 in Austin. AU U S N A graduates and their spouses in the Austin area are mvited to participate. Reservations are not required.

T h e December meeting was also our annual get-together with our U S .

Mfotary Academy counterparts to watch the Army-Navy game, exchange a few fiiendly jibes, foink a few brews and have a bite to eat. T h e Austin trafotion is that the chapter whose team loses must plan the foUowmg year's party. T h e backers of the Blue and gold have enjoyed the hospitaUty of our Army friends for several years now, and hope to continue weU mto the foture.

Any U S N A alumfo Uving or visitmg the Austin area are invited to meet with us for a meal, some sea stories and a program.

T h e N o r t h Texas Annual Blue Cfop Dinner for prospective Naval Academy canfodates was held on December 20, 2006 at foe Royal Oaks Country Club in DaUas. T h e attendance at the fonner was the largest ever inclufong 48 canfodates and their parents and guests, 28 Midsfopmen and their guests, local alumfo and seven officers and staff from the Naval Academy. T h e contingent from the Naval Academy included the guest speaker.

Colonel David Fuquea U S M C ' 8 1 , former Deputy Commandant of Midsfopmen and presently Assistant Atfoetic Director/Head of Physical Education, George Watt '73, President/ C E O of the Alumfo Association and Bruce Latta '78, Director of Adrfossions.

In adfotion to the presentation by Colonel Fuquea, two A4idsfopman from each class and two recent grads also spoke briefly about Ufe at and after the Academy.

Prior to the former, a group session was held for candidates and their parents to explain the appUcation process, answer their questions and seU the Academy.

During the fonner, former Blue and Gold Officer BUI Meak was recogfozed with a plaque for 30 years of service as a Blue and Gold Officer December 30,2004 T h e Chapter hosted a Meineke Car Care Bowl watcfong party at Two R o w s Restaurant in Adfoson, the same location the Chapter watched games tfos season.

Upcoming events Feb 6 Montfoy Alumfo Luncheon Mar 6 Montfoy Alumfo Luncheon Apr 3 Montfoy Alumni Luncheon May 1 Montfoy Alumfo Luncheon Jun 5 Montfoy Alumfo Luncheon

H e became the first alumnus to give fos Ufe in the exploration of outer space.

W h e n the Columbia Space Shutde was desttoyed on re-entry on February 1, 2003, we added the name of WiUiam C. M c C o o l '83, Space Shutde Columbia's pUot, to the sword. It is now joindy named the Srfoth-McCool Sword in honor of both graduates.

Tfos year the Srfoth-McCool Memorial Sword was presented to Midn J a m i e L. Bradley '07 by L C D R Chris Cassidy ' 9 3 , NASA Asttonaut. Midn Brafoey is from T h e Woofoands, Texas, and is a graduate of Oak Ridge High School.

She is the Captain of the U S N A VarsityCheerleafong Squad, and wUl be serving as the 5th BattaUon Operations Officer for the Spring Semester. Jamie is majorfog in Computer Science and has chosen Surface Warfare as her service selection.

Her Blue & Gold Officer (BGO) was Rack Mawdsley w h o n o w coorfonates foe local B G O program.

O u r speaker, L C D R Chris Cassidy '93, served for ten years as a member of the U.S. Navy SEAL Teams, includmg a deployment to Afghafostan two weeks after 9 / 1 1 / 0 1 . Selected by NASA in May 2004, he completed Asttonaut Canfodate Traifong in Feb 2006, qualifying for fomre foght assignments as a rfossion speciaUst. O u r "Chapter photographer", A n d y H o w a r d '75, took the attached photo.

Texas Gulf Coast Chapter Dan Holsberg '92

Keeping an eye on the screen are Joe Wright '59, left, and John Rogers, '70, and wife, Joan, as the Austin Chapter gathered to watch Navy defeat army and sweep the Presidential Cup series again.

A number of USNA grads joined with their USMA counterparts forthe annual party to watch the ball game. The chapter with the losing team must plan the event for the coming year

North Texas Chapter LCDR James M. Bethmann '77, USNR 3825 Marquette St., DaUas.TX 75225 W: 214-754-0019 ext. 222 E: Jim.Bethmann@highlandpartners.com

LCDR Kurt Metcalf '91, USNR 9718 Enmore Ln., Frisco,TX 75035 e: kurt.metcalf@1991.usna.com http://www.usnaaa-ntx.com

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14406 Corktree KnoUs,Cypress,TX 77429-4818; H: 281-256-2643; E: Holsbei^eardilink.net Web site: usna.com/Chapters/US/Texas/GuIfCoast /default.htm

Smith - McCool Memorial Sword Each January, the Texas Gulf Coast Chapter presents a service sword to the graduating rfodshipman with the highest class ranking w h o entered the Naval Academy through our local Blue & Gold Organization. We began this trafotion in 1988, as a way to recogfoze the accomplishments of "our" rfodshipmen. T h e Chapter decided to name the sword in honor of Michael J. S m i t h '67 w h o was the pUot of the Space Shuttle ChaUenger when it exploded on January 28, 1986.

LCDR Chris Cassidy '93 presenting the SmithMcCool Memorial Sword to Jamie Bradley '07

Chapter News Frank Verducci '93 is a Director with BP Structured Products. Frank sttucmres energy derivatives around Private Equity investments and acquisitions. Frank was a Naval Aviator, whose last duty station was T h e White House where he served as a Naval Aide to President Bush. Frank received his MBA in Finance from T h e Ufoversity of Chicago and can be contacted at: foiverducci@aol.com or ceU 713-553-6300.

Chapter Officers Recendy elected Chapter Officers mclude: President - D a n H o l s b e r g '92, Vice-President - B o b St. G e r m a i n '71, Treasurer - R i c h B u l g e r '69, Secretary Ed Klein '72, and Directors Lynn Wegner '65 (also serving as Tmstee). Peter VanDerlofske '68, T o m Wojciechowski '69.John B u c k i n g h a m '69. &: S c o t t BeU '92.

Business Networking There are two different busmess networking groups, for service academy graduates and ofoer former rrUUtary officers, foat meet montfoy m foe Houston area. Please check our Chapter website for details.

Chapter Luticheons Chapter luncheons are USUALLY held on foe lirst Friday of every- monfo (March 3, AprU 7. & May 5) at Brerman's Restaurant. 3300 Smifo St. (11:30am refreshments, and n o o n to 1:00pm lunch).

As m prior years, there w-UI b e n o luncheon meetmgs fo June,Jfoy, or August. For adfotional Ufformation, please v-isit vv-ww.usna.com/Chapters/US/TX/Guff Coast/defafot.htm, or send an emaU to klem 1985@sbcglobal.net.

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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 ShawTiee C r . Chailottes\-ine.VA 22901-1034 H: 434-973-7846: E: ahastogiis@earthlink.net

Treas: Eric Uttdenbaum '81 E: enc.lindenbaum@sperTy.ngc.com

Dulles Chapter LCDR Eric C. Rjittenberg '88, USNR 20445 Needleleaf W>-.,Ashbum,VA 20147-2389 P: 703-858-4404; E: erurtenberg@titan.com www.usna.com/chapters/us/va/dulles/

Hampton Roads Chapter LCDR Jack Kasiski '79, USN (Ret.) P: 757-631-2239; C:757-753-5563; E: jack_kas1ski@am5ec.com

Corresponding Sec'y: Chad Sain VH-ebsite:\\-\^^s-.communicanons@usnaaahrc.oi^

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Richmond Chapter Mr.JohnJ Driscoll.Jr. '90 207 N. Behiiont Ave., Richmond.VA 23221-2811 P: 804-353-0165; E:john.driscoH@genworth.com

Corresponding Sec'y: Rich Poiek 5543 Fox Vale Ct.. Midlothian, VA 23112 H: 804-639-2860; W: 804-743-3239 E: richpoIek@aoLconi

T h e annual gala hoUday party for the R i c h m o n d Chapter went as planned the evefong of Saturday, 16 December 2006, at foe h o m e of Cheryl and R o b Casey '73.

Everyone was Michelle 8i Chet Riley dressed up for tfos event with aU lafoes especiaUy elegant and aU men dasfong.

In ttafotional fasfoon the champagne, wine and food were m endless supply for aU practical purposes.

T h e foUowing alumfo, spouses and fiiends were fo attendance: Linda & BUI Lewis '60, Pat & Harry Marxen '61, Ruth & Bob ^ â&#x20AC;˘ â&#x20AC;˘ i i ' Partlow '61,PhyUis Mark & Connie James & Paul Galanti '62,GiseUa&John K i n g '62, Pat & BUI Carmichael '63, EUen & B r u c e WoodruflF '64, Nita & Jack Parry '67,Joyce & B o b Lawrence '68, Cheryl & R o b Casey '73 with daughter Virgifoa and Cheryl's sister Dale Cassady, Confoe & Mark James '78, Jennffer & R i c h Polek '78, Cmdy & Gregg Nivala '80, B r o o k S c h u r m a n '83,Valerie Dalton & R o b Acosta '86, J o h n DriscoU '90, Emer Henry & Eric LoweU '91, Carrie & Mark L u d o v i c o '91, MicheUe & Chet RUey '94, Anhara &JeffWebb '95.

T h e event was catered for the second consecutive year very professionaUy and abundandy by Lucky Eight Catering. T h e food was exceUent with plentifiU appetizers, main courses and desserts. Those w h o left hungry or tforsty could have ofoy themselves to blame. R o b Casey served adrforably as bartender, and kept up apparendy effortlessly with the tforsty crowd. Cheryl and her sister. Dale, were the fotimate hostesses. Increfobly the

Caseys improved upon last year's party experience by considering and arranging absolutely every detaU, inclufong a completely renovated kitchen, to ensure a wonderftU time of camaraderie. T h e evefong was an extta special gathering of some of the finest people on the planet.

O n behaff of the chapter I extend sincere thanks and appreciation to Cheryl and R o b for opefong their h o m e for the enjoyment of the R i c h m o n d Navy famUy and for the ttemendous effort they put forth to make this party a memorable one for aU.Thank you!!!

Paul Galanti, Ellen 8i Bruce Woodruff

Navy footbaU fans m the R i c h m o n d area gathered at Champps Restaurant and Bar Saturday afternoon, 30 December 2006, to watch Navy lose a heartbreaker to Boston CoUege in the Meinecke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte, N C .

T h e foUowing fans were fo attendance: Janet & D a v i d D e n s o n '68 with daughter EUis; Kimberly & BiU R u c h '68 with daughters Kristen and Kathryn; Cheryl & R o b Casey '73 with daughter Virgifoa; Jan & J i m FioreUi '78 with sons Michael, Matthew, John and Matt's fiiend Brian Giangifoo; Mark James '78; A n d y Brower '79 & P e g g y F e l d m a n n '80; Ken & Libby Tang Patterson (OCS '80); J i m "WUson '80; B r o o k S c h u r m a n '83; T o m George '85;Valerie Dalton & R o b Acosta '86; Bruce Harfong (USMA '76, President ofWest Point Society of Richmond) Go Navy!

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CHAPTER NEWS Shenandoah Valley Chapter CAPT George O. Glavis '61, USNR 3446 Browntown Rd., Front Royal,VA 22630 H: 540-636-3802 E: glavisgo@state.gov

Williamsburg Chapter CDR Tom Wishart '70 USN (Ret.) 4759Winterberry Ct.,WiUiamsburg,VA 23188 P:757-253-0250; E: rwishartl@cx.net or usnaaawTnsbrg@cox.net

Washington Hanford/Tri-Cities Chapter CAPT Edward Schwier '69, USNA (Ret.) 1196 Brentwood Ave., Richland,WA 99352-8540 H: 509-627-7288; W: 509-372-0176 E: Edward_G_Ed_Schwier@rl.gov; eschwier@chanernet; egschwier@aol.com

Back fiom foe visit to the East Coast to see the chUdren and grandchUdren over foe Cfoistmas hoUdays. As noted last monfo, we led a group often, inclufong bofo famUy and fiiends, to foe Meineke Bowl in Charlotte. My youngest daughter, MeUssa, a Physician's Assistant practicmg m GreenviUe, SC brought along a young man — intern at GreenviUe Hospital, LT MSC. He's an orfoopod; foose who know my fostory can understand my excitement. The last second loss was fosappointing; however, we fod note foat foere were numerous opportufoties earUer fo the game (Uke foe last foive of the fost haU) foat wofod have made foe field goal moot and forced Boston CoUege to go for one or more touchdowns.The 800 rfodsfopman contingent and foe D&B Corp fod a superb job. It was announced early m foe game that not ofoy do foe US naval Academy and Boston CoUege excel m atfoetics; they are also # 1 and 2 in graduation percentage and atfoete acaderfoc standmg. Sometfong trfoy to be proud of and point out to potential rfodsfopmen.

Got sttanded in Denver on the return ttip (not weather related, crew rest issue). It foe morfong I went to the lobby to catch the first shufoe and encountered a large contmgent of airUne personnel. O n e pUot had a U S N A sticker on fos foght bag. I went over and mttoduced my seff. H e told me fos name, class of'90 and then noted "I was ofoy 2 years old when you graduated!"

I had him drop for 90 wfole we continued our foscussion. H e told me that he had taken fos famUy to see the Blue angels and was amazed to see that most of them had been fos smdents when he was a foght school insttuctor He felt old.

At the airport, after clearing security and meeting the foce TSA "male assist" personnel w h o verfoed foat my mefocal implants and replacement parts are stiU where my records say there shofod be, I went to catch the ttam for my terminal.

Saw a 3rd Classmen (Class of '07 — 40 years!), obviously returfong to the Academy fix)m leave. Inttoduced myseff; the young man was fiom Denver. We had a pleasant conversation and he made no fosparaging comments about my age.

M y next ttip is back to the East Coast to participate in a Class o f ' 6 9 , 3 3 r d Company Reufoon Caribbean Cruise; 17 of us with 14 spouses, for five days. We ensured that we are ofoy visiting ports that none of us have ever been to. Proper prior planning prevents poor performance (or unanticipated incarceration). Got to go work on the Watch BUI. Considering inviting our former Company Officer but StiU working out the detaUs of environment impact statements, law of the sea considerations, etc.

As always, I am looking for volunteers to help organize and execute group activities and fonctions. If you wofod Uke to host a foture meetmg, at either your home or an estabUshment in the Tri-Cities or surrounfong area, please make the offer.

We wofod aU benefit from involvement of more of our group in planfong and orgafozing social gatherings.

Contact me by emaU at Edward_G_Ed_Schwier@rl.gov.

Beat Army, Edward Schwier '69 Puget Sound Chapter Pres.CAPTJames N.AdkinsJr '58, USN (Ret.) 7304 NW Duckabush Ln, Silverdale, WA 98383 P: 360-662-1958; E: jadkins@wavecable.com

Corres. Sec'y: CAPT Walter S. Draper IV '61, USN (Ret.) 3725 Bahia Vista Dr, Bremerton,WA 98310 P: 360-479-3945; E: WSDRAPERIV@aol.coni

Saturday December 30, 2006 was a busy day for the Puget Sound Chapter In the morning, we hosted a Meineke Car Care Bowl party at the Sam Adams Brew House at Naval Base Kitsap Bremerton.

Some forty five enthusiastic fans turned out. They were loud and happy for fifty nine plus rfonutes, when the roof caved in. Nevertheless, it was a great game and a great party. We had classes fiom '57 to '05 represented. O u r Navy teams's superb year bodes weU for the 2007 season.We can't

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wait unfo September! Many thanks to Jmi Adkins, '58 for handUng the logistics of the bowl party.

That same foght, the U S N A Parents' Club ofWasfongton hosted an elegant AU Service Academy BaU at the Boeing Museum of FUght in Seatde. Tfos annual Cfoisttiias HoUday event is hosted on a rotating basis by the parents representing the tfoee major Service Academies.

Invited guests are rfodsfopmen and cadets home on leave and their farrUUes. As usual.

Navy sets the standard to wfoch others can ofoy aspire! It was a super event, and the Parents' Club can be very proud.

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Dean Angel '60 and Doug Cook '74 at the All Service Academy Ball

Nancy Draper, Tom Long '59, Walt Draper '61, and Steve Fabry '65 at the car Care Bowl celebration

Although I'm writing in advance of foe actual event, I'm confident that our Chapter Dinner celebrating tforty years of women at U S N A was a resounfong success. It's scheduled on Saturday February 10, at the CoUege Club in Seatde. T h e featured speaker is [was] a fostinguished graduate and astronaut.

Captain Wendy Lawience, U S N [Ret].

Many thanks to Wendy!

That's aU unfo next time. If you haven't fiUed out and maUed in your Chapter appUcation for membersfop yet, please do so right away.You have a very active and involved Chapter in our Puget Sound region, but we need your participation to make our Chapter even better

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Washinoton, DC Area Greater Washington Chapter Capt Gerard FarreU 7 0 E: tarrellgm\5'comcasi:.net; ^'ebsice: www.usnxLigwc.org

West Virginia West Virginia Chapter Stephen S. Shumlas '69 105 Brierwood E)r.. Hurric-ane.WV 25526 E: shumlas@marshaD.edu

Wisconsin Wisconsin Chapter President: Mr. Dan LaFave '85 d]\ d quarles.com

Secretary Mr. Bob Simi '88 (USMCR) P: 414-577-1058; E: bnscsimi@execpc-com

"^XTfoe this is our first colunm fo a fewmonths, don't mistake a lack of tvpe space for a lack of chapter activity-. October thru eady January" were somewhat of a fever pitch m our^Xisconsm Chapter. In foat time alone w-e had a C N O visit, anofoer Army/Navy game wifo near record turnout; tfoee officers calls: and great nevv-s liom SecNav for MUvvaukee and Wisconsm.

Founder's D a y . We celebrated this year's Founder's Day wifo a V l P visit fixjm former C N O . Admiral Carlisle Trost, (USNA '53).The adrforal was our guest of honor and his presence was made possible by- one of our chapter's o w n admirals. R e a r Admiral Dirk Debbink f 77). Dirk, and his design/bifod construction company, MSI General generouslyundervvTote Admiral Trost's travel and lodging expenses.Thanks to our president, Dan La Fave for organizing and executing

vv-hat has become a very weU respected and attended classy event.

A r m y vs. N a v y G a m e . A change in venues fodn't dampen attendance as we moved to a site harkefong more to our mfotary heritage, a local Legion Post in Brookfield,WI.The ev-ent w-as catered, foinks flowed fieely; and we nearly^ broke foe cenmry mark in attendance. Feedback has been nofoing but positive. Brad Eckert raffled off a few hundred doUars w-orth of U S N A apparel and ofoer valuables. We had alum attenfong fixjm classes dating back to foe "40's and many- Utde ones of fomre U S N A classes.We had some fogh school smdents interested in potentiaUy applymg, and of course, nev-er missmg a beat. Lead Blue and Gold Officer Craig Walker showed a inspirfog video at hafftime to forther motivate foese fomre canfodates. We even had some U S M A alum show- up for foeir annual mfoe kicking. O f course, it was topped off wifo yet another Na-vy w m . Beating Army's kmda getting old. We may- have to let Army- vv-fo just so foey^ don't beat our dubious record of longest losmg stteak to a Division 1A opponent. Better yet, may-be we cofod just beat foe friggm' Fightm' Irish. — A huge Bravo Zfou to Cfois Adams ('75) for organizmg and executing tfos wonderfiU ev-ent.

M e i n e k e C a r C a r e Bowl. WhUe foe resfot wasn't as excitmg we fod have about 30-40 people show up for Navy's bowi game on December 30fo. Tfoee and 15/16 quarters of old Navy cheers, noise makers,Blue and Gold every-vvhere ended wifo disaster... but we needn't reopen old wounds. I beUev-e we do have some alums fo are chapter w h o are Ucensed psycfoatrists foat we vvUl make av-aUable for foose of you stUl struggUng to come to grips wifo a gomg from a probable Top 25

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year-end national ranking to complete despair It's my undentanfong the Navy FootbaU coach, Pafo Johnson wiU be underwriting such counseUng. — Again, Cfois Adams fod a great j o b getting out the Navy fans for tfos one also. — Thanks, Chris.

F r e e d o m Starts i n M i l w a u k e e . T h e USS Freedom that is. O n December 21st, it w-as pubUcly- announced that the first sfop in the US Navy's Uttoral combat sfops (LCS), the USS Freedom wUl be comrfossioned here in MUvvaukee, W I . In rettospect it was intfotively obvious to comrfossion foe sfop here smce it was born here. More specificaUy, its powertram was buUt by- DRSTechnologies, a MUvvaukee company; and foe keel w-as laid by- Marfoette Marme fo Marmette, W I . Befog awarded foe honor of befog foe host city for a national caUber gala commissiofong, particfoarly of a n e w class of sfop is never foat simple. And vv-hUe foere are n o shortages of poUticians Unmg up to take crefor for w-arfong off Cfocago and other 1st tier cities, much of the crefot goes to Chapter member and Navy League President, Dan McEkoy-. Dan was pivotal m his befond the scenes m a n e u verfog to acfoeve this goal. It's just a huge w-fo for Wisconsin and MUvvaukee, and you can bet y-our even red nuns that we are gomg to party our odd black cans off during the ceremony- So stand by for forther news and detaUs. If y-ou come to ofoy one Alum event this year, make it this year. We want tfos to be very- special.

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LAST CALL 'They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going doum of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them." ^ _, ...^ * —Laurence Btnyon, 1914

24 January 2007 ADKINS, AUBYN LESTER '43

HnuARD, J O H N ROBERT '45

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 16 January 2007

15 January 2007

R E A D , W I I X I A M LAWRENCE '49 *

HuLME,WooDROw WILSON n '68 *

VADM, USN (Ret.) 16 January 2007

WnuAM RADM, USN (Ret.) 31 December 2006

ALVIN

CDR, USN (Ret.) 31 December 2006

CAPT, USNR (Ret.) 10 January 2007

AixER, JAMES CURWOOD '43 CDR, USN (Ret.) 5 January 2007 ARMSTRONG,

WARREN

II '71

PUDDICOMBE, ROBERT W A D E '45 *

FLvMiLTON, ROBERT 27 December 2006

AcKLEY, N O R M A N W A D E '41

SIMPSON, J O H N WISTAR '37 *

4 January 2007

JAYNE, G O R D O N HOWLAND '52

'49 *

BANVARn,THEODORE JAMES FLEMING '39 *

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 31 December 2006 B A U R , J O H N DAVID '39

LTC,USAR(Ret.) 18 January 2007 BRACEWELL, HERBERT WILUAM J R . '77 *

CDR, USN (Ret.) 30 December 2006 BuRKE, NOLAN ROBERT '59 *

LCDR, USN (Ret.) 3 January 2007 CAREY, OSCAR LEE '46

27 January 2007

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 11 January 2007

SKINNER, D O N A L D K E N T '47

LCDR, USNR (Ret.) 27 December 2006

KOSTER, ALFRED MARIA IV '57

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 4 January 2007

SMITH, LEONARD GREOOiof J R . '43

MANNING, ARTHUR REBERG '34 *

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 14 December 2006

CDR, USN (Ret.) 24 October 2006 SMITH, FENTON FREDERICK J R . '43 *

CDR, USN (Ret.) 16 December 2006

MCKINNEY, J O H N WAYNE '65

LCDR, USN (Ret.) 4 January 2007

SNIDER, LLOYD H A R T H '54

M C P H E E T E R S , THOMAS A N T H O N Y '51

CDR, USN (Ret.) 19 December 2006

LtCol, USMC (Ret.) 15 January 2007

25 December 2006

MILLER, W A R D NORWOOD '94 *

STRAW, D O N A L D GEORGE '55

ENS, USN 2 January 2007

CDR, USN (Ret.) 21 January 2007

SPALDING, THOMAS CLAYTON '48

18 January 2007

MnxER, SYDNEY 16 AprU 1998

CUMMINS, LAWRENCE DELWORTH '44

M O O R E , HOWARD SHACKLEFORD '43

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 16 January 2007

Pu\DM,USN(Ret.) 11 January 2007

D E M O T T , LUCIAN KEI T H '57

MULLING, J O H N ISAAC '57

Lt Col, USAF (Ret.) 27 January 2007

3 January 2007

VOYER, IRVING LOUIS J R . '53

N U S O M , FRANK ALLEN J R . '70

FoRTER, S A M U E L A I £ X A N D E R ' 4 0

CDR, USN (Ret.) 18 January 2007

LCDR, USN (Ret.) 26 December 2006

CHANDLER, JAMES T . I l l '48

CDR, USN (Ret.) 5 January 2007

ROBOTHAM J R .

OLSON, STANLEY HOWARD '50 *

FOSTER, RICHARD EPLEY '41 *

29 December 2006

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 28 December 2006

O P I T Z , ALBERT GEORGE '48

GoNiEA, DAVED JOSEPH '60

19 January 2007 GRAFF,VICTOR BERNARD '38

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 11 January 2007 H A H N , HARRY BARRETT '37

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 17 January 2007

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LCDR, USN (Ret.) 23 January 2007 PATE, WALTER THURSTON J R . '47

CDR, USN (Ret.) 12 January 2007 PnxsBURY, EUGENE HUNDLEY '49

CDR, USNR (Ret.) 28 December 2006

TRAUTMANN, J O H N ROBERT '44

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 5 January 2007 V I C T O R , FRANCIS W A R D '52

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 22 January 2007

WALLACE, RUSSELL H O M E R '37 *

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 24 January 2007 W A R D , T H E O D O R E SHEFFIER '36

13 January 2007 WHITBECK, WESLEY ALLEN '85

3 January 2007 WOODWORTH, HARRY EADES '38

LT,USN 1 January 1945 W O R T H A M , CHARLES FREDERICK '43

LCDR, USNR (Ret.) 8 January 2007 * obituary appears in this issue

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Captain Arthur R. Manning, USN (Ret.), of Marianna, FL, passed away on Thursday. 14 December 2006. He was 95 years old.

Manfong was born on a homestead in Boise, ID, on 2 May 1911. Later, the famUy moved to Ogden, UT, where he finished fogh school and a year of jufoor coUege before receiving an appointment tofoeNaval Academy hx)m Senator King. He graduated fiom foe Academy wifo the Class of 1934.

His fint duty- was m S.\R.\TOGA. serving under foen-Captain Halsey md Admiral King. In 1939. he transferred to CLARK (DD-361). where he spent World War II. fotimately takmg command m 1944. In 1945, he was assigned duty as executive officer at foe Nav-al Anmiufotion Depot. Oahu, HI. Next was dun- as navigator fo ATL.\NT.-\ and executive officer of TUCSON.

fo 1949, duty m BuPers w-as foUowed by time at foe Industtial CoDege offoeArmed forces; first as a smdent, foen as an instructor for two years. In 1952. he w-as ordered as commandmg officer of Destroyer Division 342 and later as cfoef of staff of Desttoyer Flotilla Three. In 1956, he had two years fo command of MONTROSE, foUow-ed by dut%- as logistics plans officer on foe staff of Commander-m-Cfoef Pacific. In 1960, he served as naval attache to ChUd, and fo 1962, was assigned to the office of Naval fotelUgence, later beconUng deputy director. He refoed fiom the Navyfo 1964.

As a civiUan, he received a master's degree fir)m Horida State University and taught at Cfopob Jufoor CoUege m Marianna, FL, for 11 years before retiring a second time at the age of 65.

Captam Manrung was predeceased by his wife, Paula Stokes Manning, and is surviv-ed by- his sons, John G. Mannmg and his wffe,Jufo of Colorado, and Arthur J. Mannmg and his wffe,Jafoce of CaUfomia; four grandchUfoen: tfoee great-grandchUfoen; and a close famUy- fiiend, Barbara Badertscher Memorial services and burial were held on 23 December 2006, at Pfoecrest Memorial Gardens fo Mananna, FL. Memorial donations may be made to the St. Luke's Episcopal Church of Mariarma, FL. A.R.M. '34 JOHN WISTAR SIMPSON '37

John W Simpson succumbed to compUcations from pneumofoa on 4 January 2007, on HUton Head Island, SC. A former president ofWestinghouse A .^J"'/ Electtic Power Systems Company ^ ^ A ^ V I r ^ ^ ^ Smipson holds a ufoque fostinction m ^ ^ ^ k ^ ^ ^ 1 foe development of the atom as a source ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B of energy- for mankmd. No other ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ engmeer or scientist is beUeved to have made as sigfoficant conttibutions to nuclear theoryâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to marme propulsion, to electtic power generation and to space propulsion.

Bom on 25 September 1914, in Glenn Sprfogs, SC, Simpson attended Wofford CoUege in Spartanburg, and graduated fiom

the Naval Academy with foe Class of 1937. Because of poor eyesight, he fod not receive fos comrfossion and instead went on to an engineering career at Westinghouse Electtic in Pittsburgh, PA; a career that began with the testing and mofofying of electtical systems for foe U.S. Navy and working wifo the foture Adrforal Rickover At the end of the war, Simpson was sent to Japan as a member of the Navy Technical Mission, investigating foe Japanese war effort with respect to electtical equipment.

In foe 1950s, Simpson had the complete responsibfoty for foe design and manufacture of the propulsion plant for NAUTILUS (SSN-571), and subsequendy, for the fost commercial nuclear power plant at Sfoppingport, PA. He was mvolved in buUdmg, selling or influencing the nuclear Navy and commercial nuclear power plants throughout the world during fos career at Westinghouse from 1937 to 1977.

In 1941 Simpson earned a master's degree m electtical engineering from the Ufoversity of Pittsburgh, and whUe he completed the required course work for a doctorate, he cofodn't spare foe time to write a fossertation. He was by then director of Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory at Westinghouse Electtic. After refofog, he moved to HUton Head Island, SC. In the rfod-1980s, he became a foundmg director of Sea Pmes Associates and is crefoted wifo organizmg the homeowners fo Sea Pmes to purchase the resort. His other accompUshments mclude past chair of the Atomic Industtial Forum and of the American Nuclear Society, member of the National Academy of Engmeermg, past member of foe board of the National CouncU of Churches, trustee of Seton HUl, Pomt Park and Wofford CoUeges. He was awarded ASME's George Westinghouse Gold Medal (1975) and IEEE's Edison Medalfo1971.

Simpson's wffe, Esther Slattery Simpson, passed away on 6 August 2004. John is survived by four chUfoen, Carter B. Simpson, John W Simpson Jr, Patticia Deely and Barbara WUkinson; and five grandchUfoen.

RUSSELL H O M E R WALLACE '37

Captam RusseU H. WaUace, USN (Ret.), passed away on 24 January 2007, at foe age of 93.

Captam WaUace was bomfoWest Bridgewater, PA, on 27 May 1913. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy vvith the Class of 1937, and went on to earn a master of science degree from MIT. He served m foe Navy in the Pacific durmgWorldWar II. After his refoement from the Navy, he worked as a project engineer for General Dynarfocs. In 1980, after fos second refoement, he became a Certified Fmancial Planner and worked as a financial research consfotant.

He is survived byfosson, Gregory WaUace; brother, Jim WaUace; and nephew; Fred PoUack. He married Mary Jean Learned m 1937, and after 55 y^ears of marriage, became a widower fo 1992.

Russ wiU be dearly missed by his friends and coUeagues.

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CALL THEODORE JAMES FLEMING BANVARD '39

Captain Theodore Banvard, USN (Ret.), passed away on 31 December 2006, in Frederick, MD. Born on 18 June 1917, in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son ofJames Goodnow Banvard and Florence Banvard. A graduate of the weU-regarded Erasmus HaU in Brooklyn and the Ufoted States Naval Academy Class of 1939, First BattaUon, First Company, he also attended the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA in foe early 1950s.

On 31 March 1940, he married Virgifoa Christine Nielson of AnnapoUs, MD, daughter of Commander Henry S. Nielson, USNA Class of 1920, and (Mary) Virgifoa Taylor Nielson.

Lieutenant Commander Nielson was the USNA assistant to the executive officer from 1936 to 1939.

A veteran ofWorldWar II, with 30 years of commissioned service, he retired fiom active duty in 1971. He was a recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal. His final naval assignment was as Engmeermg Duty Officer (and executive manager) of the Mfotary SeaUft Command.

As a civiUan atVitto Laboratories, he worked as a sefoor marme engmeer for seven years and was head of the Defense Conttact Adrfofosttation Disttict.

He was in the Academy choir and many choirs thereafter In retirement, he was a volunteer tax preparer, a Uteracy volunteer and a North American Bridge Champion Master. As a Maryland Orfothological Society member, he participated in the inaugural Maryland Breefong Bird Adas project and multiple bird counts.

Along with other conttibutions, he compUed a 950-page genealogy, earfong fom a fostinguished service award from the Goodenow FamUy Association. He was a Ufe member of the USNA Alumfo Association and the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. Captain Banvard was a member ofThe Society of Naval Arcfotects and Marine Engineers, the American Society of Naval Engmeers and the Maryland Huguenot Society.

He is survived by fos chUfoen, Mary Louise Briggs of Woodbine, MD, Richard Banvard of Ashton, MD, Barbara Kiesel ofWaldorf, MD, Lawrence Banvard of Odenton, MD, and D r Christine Banvard-Fox of Fairview,WV.Also surviving fom are fos sister,Janet Slein, of Adamstown, MD; nine grandchUdren; and eight great-grandchUdren.Virginia, fos loving wife of 66 years, succumbed to Alzheimer's fosease in May 2006. His son.

Captain James Henry Banvard, USN, of Virgifoa Beach,VA, also predeceased fom.

Inurnment wiU be at ArUngton National Cemetery after his anatomical donation to the Uniformed Services Ufoversity has served its purposes.

Memorial conttibutions may be subrfotted to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

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JOHN EVERETT PLUMMER '40

A war hero has gone home. Commander John E. Plummer, USN (Ret.), was caUed home on Saturday, 23 December 2006.

He was 88 years old.

Born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland on 23 AprU 1918, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with the Class of 1940. He was assigned to N E W ORLEANS and was at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. He saw action at the batdes of Midway and Coral Sea before ttansferring to submarines to serve on 12 war patrols earfong a SUver Star He contmued fos service to the country for 20 years.

Upon retirement, he again served the pubUc as a school teacher in Henrico County,VA, refomg to Mathews,VA, m 1979.

He is survived by fos wffe, Mary E. Plummer, originaUy firom New Jersey; daughter and son-in-law, Susan and DeanVeremakis of Umatfoa FL; son and daughter-in-law, John and Sandy Plummer of Lynchburg VA; five grandchUdren; and two great-grandchUdren. excerpts from the Daily Press (Neivport News, VA) RICHARD EPLEY FOSTER

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Captain Richard E. Foster, USN (Ret.), foed on Thursday, 28 December 2006, fo AnnapoUs, MD. He was 88 years old.

Born in Oakland, CA,"Dick" graduated fiom Piedmont High School before receiving an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1937. He graduated in February 1941, with the first accelerated class prior to World War II. "Wfole at the Academy, he captained foe 1940 Navy footbaU team.

Assigned to PENNSYLVANIA, Dick was aboard sfop m Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. He remained with the sfop through the Attn operations and returned to AnnapoUs to attend the postgraduate school m design engineermg in 1943. He returned to duty in the Pacific and served fiom foe Iwo Jima campaign through the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay aboard INDIANA. FoUowing the end of the war, he served as first engineering officer in WRIGHT. Other duty stations included the naval rfossion to BrazU, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, the David Taylor Model Basin, Bureau of Sfops, Pacific Ampfobious Force Staff and Production Officer, Norfolk Naval Shipyard. In 1965, foUowing fos attendance at the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University, Dick was severely injured in a commercial airUne rfod-air coUision, resfoting in an extended period of recovery and rehabfotation in Bethesda Naval Hospital. Retired fiom the Navy in 1968, he was a project engmeer wifo Wheeler Industties fiom that date unfo 1980.

An avid golfer, Dick also enjoyed SCUBA foving, safong, travel and supporting Navy footbaU. He was a Ufe member and former councU member of the Naval Academy Alumfo Association, a member of the American Society of Naval

Engineen, a tmstee-emeritus of the Naval Academy Foundation In Ueu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to and a Pafo Harris FeUovv of foe AnnapoUs Rotary Club.

NAVYLAX, 201 Edgewater D r , Edgewater, MD 21037, attn.

Dick was predeceased by fos wife of 59 years, Sarajane, and Buddy Gariand '84. son. Randolph. He is survived by fos daughters, Sara EUen Raymond MacKoum '12 WUUamson and Mary Laura Beisswenger; grandchUdren Captain James R. WUUamson. USMC, and Sara EUen Beisswenger; and mi^glk FENTON FREDERICK SMITH J R . '43 great-grandchUdren, James Foster WUUamson and CaroUne Jane ^ ^ ^ H Fenton Sifoth passed away on WUUamson. He is also survived by fos two sisters, EUzabeth ^ ^ B 16 December 2006, fiom pneumofoa.

HilUard and Nancy Armstrong. ^ H For a number of months he had been m A memorial service was held on 25 January 2007 at the ^ ^ ^ 1 the skUled nursfog care center of Naval Academy's St. AncUews Chapel, foUowed by comrfottal of ^ ^ Frederica Manor, Chfoa Vista, CA, after his ashes to foe Naval Academy Columbarium. suffermg several sttokes.

Memorial donations fo fos name may- be made to foe Fenton was raised on the shoal waters U.S. Naval Academy Foundation—^Atfoetic ExceUence, *3y** of Puget Sound. He came to Annapolis 291 Wood Road, AnnapoUs, MD 21402. with a salty air handed down fiom many Tlie Foster Family generations of seafaring people. He was one of the very few m the Class of 1943 who earned fos Dolphins m the submarme ALFRED BURRELL MACKOVJPN '42 service early m World War II and later fos Wmgs of Gold as an Commander A.B. "Mac" MacKown, aviator after the war. His service years mcluded duty on PERMIT, USN (Ret.), foed fix)m a short batde TARAWA, Naval Research Lab, H O R N E T and in the Bureau with melanoma cancer at Arme Arundel ofWeapons.

Mefocal Center, Armapolis, MD, on 12 After retirement from foe Navy, he taught physics and math December 2006. fo fogh school m Chfoa Vista, CA. Peggy and Fenton were Born on 31 Jfoy 1919 fo NewYork, mveterate ttavelers who venmred the world over mcludmg one NY. he attended jufoor coUege before around the world trip. They were also weU known for foeir receivmg an appomtment to the Naval frequent reufoons vvith foeir extended famUy—^25 to 30 attendees Academy-. The Class graduated and was were common. commissioned early on 19 December 1941.

Fenton was also very active m foe Lions Club fo Chfoa Vista.

He w^as a president m foe local chapter and from the Lions he He reported to N E W MEXICO ( B B - 4 0 ) , m foe Pacffic and received a Lffetime Service Award as weU as a Melvin Jones Aleutian islands, participatmg fo foe Batde of the Pips.

FeUovvsfop for Humafotarian Service.

He married Irene RuthTrumpa on 19 May 1942 m San Francisco, C A Later, he was assigned to QuiNCY (CA-39), Fenton is survived by Peggy, his wffe of more than 60 years; sons, Scott and Steve; and daughters. Melody Cerfotz and Candy participatmg fo foe Batde of Normandy.

Murphy. In adfotion, he and Peggy took m and provided shelter He fod postgraduate work ifotiaUy at the Naval Academy, and ttainmg for a number of kids who had lost their way— completing it at UCLA wifo emphasis on physics and ordnance generaUy from foeir parents. engineering. He was foe executive officer for the newlyA memorial service was held on 7 January 2007 at St. John's constracted destroyer, WiTEK (DD-848). Other assignments Episcopal Church fo Chfoa Vista, CA. mcluded Research Labs, Portsmouth Sfopyard and Bureau of Anyone wishmg to make a conttibution m honor of Fenton Sfops, Washington, DC. shofod contact Campaign Sight First, Lion's Club International, FoUow-fog his refoement m 1962, he began another career 300 W 22nd Stteet, Oakbrook, IL 60523. wifo Westmghouse, both at foe Friendsfop Airport and Lee Scherer '43 Chesapeake Bay- faciUties, vvorkmg on the AWACS and MK48 torpedo programs.

J O H N ROBERT TRAUTMANN '44 One of Mac's great services to his Class of 1942 was managmg Captam John R. Trautmann, USN foefinancesfor major reufoons—a thankless, but very necessary, (Ret.), ofThe Plains,VA, foed on task. He cofod ahvays be reUed upon to have the books sttaight 5 January 2007 of compUcations from and foe bUls paid on time.

Parkinson's fosease.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Irene; sons, A.B. He was born on 22 September 1921 MacKow-n J r and his wife, Susan of Easton, MD; Raymond m Appleton,WI. He was appomted to MacKown '72 and his wffe, Jan of Park City UT; and daughter, the Naval Academy fo 1941 and graduNancy JeUch and her husband, John of GambrUls, MD. There are ated with foe accelerated Class of 1944 also four grandchUdren and tfoee great-grandcfoldren.

•^^f m June 1943. He was assigned to foe Memorial services were conducted with fiUl mfotary honors desttoyer IzZARD that same year and served fo the Pacffic on 18 December 2006 with mterment at the Naval Academy Theater, participating in the GUbert and MarshaU Island batdes Columbarium. for 18 months, for wfoch he was awarded the Asiatic-Pacffic

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CALL Medal with nine Batde Stars and the Phfoppine Liberation Medal. He then remrned to Pensacola, FL, for foght ttaifong. He earned fos Wings in 1945 and speciaUzed in anti-submarine warfare, pattoUing the Pacific.

After a year at the Naval War CoUege m Newport, RI, he served two years on foe staff of Commander in Cfoef U.S. Atlantic Fleet as anti-submarine warfare reafoness and traifong officer. He also completed work for a master's degree from The George Wasfongton Ufoversity, In 1958, he took command of aVP foght squadron in Hawaii and later became commodore of Fleet Air Wing Two, wfoch had deployments in Adak and Kofoak, AK, and in Iwikufo, Japan.

His last duty was wifo foe Joint CfoeS of Staff unfo fos retirement in 1970, after 27 years in the Navy.

He had a second career as a stockbroker with Dean Witter Securities in Alexanfoia,VA, for 18 years before retiring to fos farm m The Plains,VA, where he raised Angus catde and spent fos summers at fos home in Wisconsin, Captain Trautmann is survived by fos wffe of 63 years, Mary Arm; son and daughter-in-law,Thomas and EUzabeth Trautman ofThe Plains,VA; daughter and son-in-law, Linda and John SuUivan of Friendsfop, MD; sisters, Mary Bloede of Denver, CO, and Viola Berger of Cfoco, CA; granddaughters, Virgifoa Trautman DeBergh and LUy EUzabeth Trautman; and two great-grandchUfoen, Sopfoa EUzabeth DeBergh and Brett Cooper DeBergh. A sister and a grandson preceded him in death.

The Trautmann Family JOHN JOSEPH PIRRO '45

Commander John J. Pirro, USN (Ret.), foed on 21 December 2006, in the Winchester (Virgifoa) Mefocal Center of compUcations foUowing mfotiple surgeries.

He was 85 years old.

Commander Pirro was born in Solvay,NY,on 5 February 1921. After one year at CathoUc Ufoversity, he received an appointment to the Naval Academy, graduating in June 1944 with the Class of 1945.

On graduation, he served on SOUTH DAKOTA ( B B - 5 7 ) untU the Japanese surrender In November 1945, he reported to Corpus Christi, TX, with fos new bride, Betty, as a student aviator unfo resigning and returfong to the fleet. He served on lOWA (BB-61) unfo decomrfossiofong in AprU 1949. He then reported to LSM-399. In June 1951, Commander Pirro returned to the Naval Academy as an instructor untU June 1953. He reported to HOLDER (DDE-819) as ops officer from July 1953 untU January 1955. He then reported to ComDesRon Four on GEARING (DD-710) as chief staff officer and ops officer untU July 1956.

DesRon Four was honored by ComDesLant as the best squadron m the Adantic Fleet. Commander Pirro was then ordered to ComDesLant staff in Norfolk, VA, untU October 1958. From November 1958 untU September 1960, Commander Pirro served on BLANDY ( D D - 9 4 3 ) as executive officer, when BLANDY received recogfotion from ComDesLant as the "Best Adantic Fleet Destroyer." In October 1960, he reported to Fleet

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Traifong Center New^port, RI. From there, he reported to ComCruDesLant flagsfop, as executive officer from August 1962 unfo August 1963, when he was ordered to ABBOT pD-629) as commanfong officer He reported to OpNav in January 1965 untU September 1969. He was retired with a mefocal foscharge on 1 December 1969, after surgery for an old footbaU injury from his Academy days.

When he retired, fos farfoly resided in McLean,VA. He then worked for Potomac Research Inc. and contmued with Electrofoc Data Systems unfo February 1981.

In June 1979, Commander Pirro and fos wffe, Betty, moved to Linden,VA. He devoted fos retirement years to fos famUy fos church and many civic groups in the Front Royal area. In October 1995, he and fos wife celebrated foeir 50th wedfong anfoversary.

Predeceased by fos wife, Betty, in September 1999, Commander PUro is survived by fos son, John J. PU:ro,Jr; daughter, Jufoth L. Pirro; sister. Rose M. Pirro; and two grandchUdren.

Inurnment of fos ashes wiU take place at the Naval Academy Columbarium on a date not yet deterifoned.

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ROBERT WADE PUDDICOMBE '45

Commander "Bob" Pudfocombe, USN (Ret.), foed from melanoma in fos home, with fos famUy in attendance, on 31 December 2006.

Born inTacoma,WA, on 28 March 1921, he was the son of Ethel Gladys Hover and Albert LeBaron Pudfocombe.

Bob Uved fos Ufe as a bifoder and defender of fos country and commufoty.

He attended the Naval Academy, graduating with the Class of 1945. He served during World War II on the battlesfop PENNSYLVANIA, the Korean War and the VietoamWar. He was a naval aviator and a civU engineer with degrees earned from the Ufoversity ofWasfongton (BSCE) and the Ufoversity of Micfogan (MSCE). He was proud of the accompUshments of fos Navy Seabee ufots, wherever he served. He had assignments in numerous stateside locations and overseas in Guam, HawaU and England.

"When Bob retired fix)m the Navy in 1967, he accepted a job as a project engineer for the Empire State Plaza project in Albany NY. Afterwards, he chose the warmer cUmate, mountains and ocean of Santa Barbara, CA, for fos permanent residence.

Bob supervised the Santa Barbara Water Deparmient for two years before he reorgafozed the Santa Barbara PubUc Works Department and served as the pubUc works forector and city engineer for Santa Barbara (1973-1983). Bob also served as forector of the Montecito Water District Board; he was reelected to the board from 1985 untU his passing. Bob served as chairman of the Central Coast Water Authority and the Water Purveyors Agency of Santa Barbara County.

Bob's major affiUations include the Masons, AU Saints-by-theSea Episcopal Church, the CosmopoUtan Club of Santa Barbara (presidency 2000-2001); Retired Officers Club; USNA Alumfo Association and the Class of 1945; Santa Barbara Botanic

Garden; Santa Barbara Natural History Museum; The National Audubon Society; foe American Birdfog Association; and Garma Walska Lotusland (docent).

Bob loved travel and advenmre. He climbed Mt. Raifoer, Mauna Loa, Mt. Shasta and Mt.Wfotney, and he had yearly outdoor adventures stateside and overseas.

Bob was a loving and devoted husband and fafoer He is survived byfoswife of more foan 62 years.Virgifoa Hickey Pudfocombe; daughter, Ilene Ann Matejko of Salmon, ID; son, Robert Lee Pudfocombe of Santa Barbara, CA; sister, Elaine Tobin of Seatde, WA; brofoer. Ray-mond Lee Pudfocombe of Seafoe, WA; and Monty;fosWest Higfoand terrier Bob's memorial service was at foe AU Saints-by-foe-Sea Episcopal Church m Montecito, CA, on 6 January 2007. He wiU be buried at sea.

NEILE H E C T O R C O E '46

NeUe Coe foed on 25 October 2005 m Greenwich, CT. A direct descendent of Nifoan BeaU, who was given a land grant of Washmgton, DC, fo foe early 1600s by , ^ ^ British royalty; Coe was a member of foe Nav-al Academy Class of 1946, having graduated as a member of foe accelerated class on 6 June 1945.

After graduatir^ fixjm foe Academy; NeUe was assigned to his first sfop, LsiDLANAPOLis, but it was sunk before he was to report.

Assigned to anofoer cruiser, he was one of foe early members of foe class to enter Japan after its surrender. He served on active duty- for two years and resigned as an ensign.

After leaving foe Navy, he started his own engmeering company; Trilon Educational Corporation and contmued as CEO and president imfo his deafo. He also served on foe board of overseers forTufis Ufoversity m Boston, MA. He was preceded m deafo by his wffe of 60 years, Evelyn Pannone. He is lovingly survived by his tfoee chUfoen, Gloria Coe Spri^, NeUe Hector Coe J r and Mary BeaU Mooney; five grandchUdren, Edward Compton BeaU Spri^, Evelyn Briscoe BaU Sprigg, NeUe Hector Coe III, Marissa Jessica Claire Coe and Galen Mooney; and uvo great-grandchUfoen, Edward Compton BeaU Sprigg Jr. and Colette Claire Frances Spri^.

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JAMES W A R R E N F O U S T '46

Captam James W Foust, USN (Ret.), foed on 30 September 2006 of namral causes at Anne Arundel Mefocal Center in Annapolis, MD. He was 83 years old.

Born m Greensburg, PA, on 24 December 1922, JUn attended Penn State for two years prior to receiving fos congressional appomtment to the Naval Academy from Pennsylvafoa fo 1942.

He was a varsity wTesder and pbyed foe drums for Navy dance bands. Jfoi graduated vvith the Class of 1946 as a member of the Sevenfo Company He met PriscUla Ann Kramer of Beaver,

PA, as a Midsfopman, and they were married in 1948 fo New York City.

After ifotiaUy serving aboard FALL RJVER (CA-131),Jim

entered naval aviation and receivedfosWings m 1949. After several flying tours Jim transferred to the Surface Navy in 1950 and served aboard CHEVALIER (DD-805) and several staff tours.

In 1956 Jim was comnUssionmg commandmg officer of ACME (MSO-508). FoUowing several staff tours, Jmi served as executive officer of HANK (DD-702), and in 1962, took command of J O H N R. PIERCE (DD-753).Jim was a key player during the Cuban MissUe Crisis, where he led foe first successfiU boardmg, for vvfoch he was mterviewed 30 yean later on a NBC television rettospective hosted by Maria Sfoiver He also was depicted m the historical fiction film "13 Days," and when asked about foe performance of foe actor who portrayed him, in typical humor, Jim repUed, "He fod OK, but he wasn't nearly as good-looking as I am."

In 1964 Jim transferred to foe Sixfo Heet Staff m VUlefiranche-sur-Mer, France, and in 1966 was assigned to the DC area for several tours, refomg m 1971 as C O of foe Naval Security Station, fo civiUan Ufe, he consfoted m foe D C area, and he and Pris moved to AnnapoUs in 1976. He was a loyal supporter offoswffe's West AnnapoUs shop, "Pris Paper Parlor," and foey became fixmres at footbaU taUgates and Navy wTestUng matches, as weU as anywhere Jim cofod play fos beloved drums.

Jim is survived byfoswffe of 58 years, Pris of AnnapoUs, MD; son, Terry and famUy of Oakton,VA; daughter, Katfoe IngogUa and famUy of Columbia, PA; tfoee grandchUfoen; and brother, Richard Foust of Greensburg, PA. Services were held at the Naval Academy Chapel, vvith mterment wifo fiiU miUtary honors at foe Naval Academy Columbarium.

Conttibutions can be made m Jim's memory to foe Naval Academy Atfoetic Association (c/o Navy WrestUng Team).

WALLACE MARSHALL RIGGS '46

Captain WaUace M. Riggs, USN (Ret.), of San Antofoo,TX, and formerly of Meigs County, OH, passed away on 20 December 2006 of natural causes after a long and productive Ufe. He was 83 years old.

Captam R i ^ s was born on a farm m Ofoo to Herbert and Joanna BoUn Riggs on 25 August 1923, the youngest often chUfoen. He graduated fiom fogh school m Pomeroy OH, and attended the Ufoversity of Rio Grande fo Ohio for one year prior to entering the Naval Academy injfoy 1942. He graduated vvith foe Class of 1946 in June 1945 and began 30 yean of commissioned service.

During those 30 yean, he had tfoee sfop commands: CHELAN COUNTY (LST-542), CHARLES H . ROAN p D - 8 5 3 ) and the new construction ammufotion sfop BuTTE (AE-27). Other sfop assignments mcluded engineering officer on WARRINGTON (DD-843), executive officer of HAWKINS (DDR-873) m d as five mch gunnery officer on NEWPORT NEWS (CA-148). Captam

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LAST CALL .'i Riggs' shore assignments included, instructor in the Marine Engineering Department at the Naval Academy, U.S. Postgraduate School of Naval InteUigence, the National Security Agency and the Joint Alternate Element of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Overseas assignments included Joint U.S. MUitary Aid Group in Athens, Greece, and U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico, as naval attache to Mexico and Central America. His last assignment was in the Panama Canal Zone as chief of staff at U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and 15th Naval District.

He retired in June 1975 and setded in San Antonio, TX, where he enjoyed a second career in real estate.

He was preceded in death by his son, Gordon Kent Riggs and leaves behind his wife of 60 years, Rosemarie (Nease) Riggs, formerly of Pomeroy, OH; sons, Ronald MarshaU Riggs and his wife, Mary, and Steven Noel Riggs and his wife,Teresa; as weU as five granddaughters, Enfoy, Katfoeen, Meredth, Marie and Margaret.

The Riggs Family HAL LEON CURRY '47

Hal L. Curry, a retired land developer, educator, atfoete and coach, died after a long iUness on 6 December 2006 in his home town ofWaxahachie,TX. He was 82 years old.

Hal, who was known to his Classmates as "Rabbit," was born on his mother's famUy ranch nearWaxahachie, graduated fromWaxahachie High School after lettering in footbaU, basketbaU, basebaU and track, and received fos congressional appointment to the Naval Academy from Texas. As a Mid, he was an outstanding third baseman on varsity basebaU teams for aU.three years, and graduated with the Class of 1947 in 1946 with the 11th Company. He immediately returned to Waxahacfoe to marry his high school sweetheart, Mary Virginia, then served first in WYOMING (AG-17) before tours in RJ\NDOLPH (CV-15) and KEARSARGE ( C V - 3 3 ) .

He resigned fos commission in 1949 and became a fuU-time teacher and coach at Waxahachie High, as weU as earning a master's in education from Texas Christian Ufoversity in 1952.

He was recaUed for Korea service, and served as an instructor, company officer, and coach at the Navy Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI, returning in 1953 to the field of education. From 1954 to 1962, he served as assistant headmaster and forector of adrfossions and as footbaU coach, at St. Mark's School ofTexas, in DaUas. From 1962 to 1966, he was headmaster of the Roycemore School in Evanston, IL. In 1966, Hal shifted his talents to urban development and real estate, both in the DaUas-Fort Worth area and in central Florida.

He was the developer of Country Club ViUage, adjoining the Waxahachie Country Club and of projects in and around Orlando, FL. He was for years a member of the Waxahachie Chamber of Commerce, a charter member of the Bent Tree Country Club in DaUas, TX, and a member of the Waxahachie Country Club. He

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was a skilful and devoted golfer, and a frequent player in Pro-Am golf tournaments.

Hal is survived by fos wife of 60 years,Virgifoa; two daughters, Deborah Swofford and Donna Curry; and two sisters.

Funeral services on 8 December 2006 at Waxahachie preceded final interment at the DaUas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.

Chet Shaddeau '47 EUGENE FRANCIS KELLY '48

Captain Eugene F KeUy USN (Ret.), died of congestive heart faUure at Manassas,VA, on 29 September 2006, three months after the death of his beloved wife of 56 years, Jean Mary (Lynch) KeUy. He was 81 years old.

A native of Elmhurst, Long Island, NY, "Gene" graduated from Francis Xavier, a Jesuit military high school and entered Columbia Ufoversity to major in metaUurgical engineering. The foUowing year he received an appointment to the Naval Academy and graduated in the Class of 1948.

His first tour of duty was aboard MISSOURI ( B B - 6 3 ) , involved in Korean War action from August 1950 to AprU 1951. He then proceeded to the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, where he received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. The foUowing year, he attended MIT and received a master's degree in instrumentation engineering. His 30 years in the Navy included such highUghts as serving as navigator of DES MOINES (CA-134), flagsfop of the Commander, Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean, and skipper of TATTNALL (DDG-19) and MiSSlSSlNEWA (AO-144). The capstone of his Navy career was commissioning his first daughter, Cafoce Lyn, as a Navy ensign before retiring in 1974 as a captain.

He entered civiUan life as a project forector for ITT Defense Communications, responsible for the design, manufacture and testing of two shipboard sateUite systems for the U.S. Navy, and retired in 1989 after serving nearly 13 years as AEGIS project manager for RCA and General Electric.

While Gene was trained as an engineer, he was also a talented sketcher and a devotee of opera. His daughters, Cafoce Lyn and Carter Lee, have fond memories of their father conducting rafoo broadcasts of the Metropolitan Opera from his favorite recUner Upon Gene's retirement, he foUowed Jean's lead and engaged in commufoty service, becoming involved as an adfot Uteracy tutor, treasurer and president of the BurUngton County, NJ, Literacy CouncU. His "spare" time was fiUed by travel with Jean, goff, bridge, stamp coUecting, glee club and the NewYork Times crossword puzzle.

A memorial service for Gene and Jean was conducted on 27 October 2006 at Ft. Myer Memorial Chapel. They wUl be inurned at the Naval Academy Columbarium.

Carter Lee Kelly

WILLIAM ALVIN ARMSTRONG '49

Rear AdnUral WiUiam A. "Shakes" Armsttong, SC, U S N R (Ret.), foed on 31 December 2006 after a lengthy Ulness inVenmra, CA. He was 81 years old and a gendeman to the end.

Born in St. Louis, MO, Bfo graduated fix)m Central High School as class president, and attended Navy preflight school before befog selected for the Naval Academy He graduated wifo foe Class of 1949, attended the Supply School in Bayonne, NJ, and served on ZELLARS (DD-777) in foe Korean Conffict. He foen attended foe Supply School in Brooklyn, NY, and was stationed in NAS Memphis, TN, and Coco Solo, CZ, Panama, unfo 1955.

Upon fos retirement fiom foe Navy in 1983, he held the fostinction of having served for 40 yean in the Naval Reserve.

His decorations include the Legion of Merit.

BUI also was a successffo enttepreneur After earfong an M.B.A.fix)mHarvard Business School in 1957, BUI was employed fo CaUforfoa by a variety of compafoes focusing on foe relatively new idea of "leasmg." Aside fiom finance, he bought and sold real estate foroughout the years he Uved m Pennsylvafoa.

WeU known for fos comrfotment to fitness, BiU integrated a fogh level of physical trairung into fos daUy regime. At the Academy, he participated in crew, boxmg, water polo and track andfield.Always one to take on a chaUenge, having never parachuted before, at foe age of 58, BUI completed the necessary ten jumps to fifosh foe naval parachute course. Tfos was made even more remarkable by the foot fracmre he sustained on jump number eight. RunrUng was his favorite mode of exercise, wfoch he fod for more than 50 years. His last two marathons were the Marme Corps and Honolfou marathons, completed witfon a month of each otherâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;at the age of 75.

BiU was predeceased by fos fost wffe of more than 45 years and mother of fos chUdren, Emir Jeannette Houtkooper of Fargo, ND, and fos second wife of six years, Marjorie CampbeU Fort. BUI is survived by his five chUdren, AUsa, LesU, Marc, Lyn and Liane; and 16 grandchUdren. He wUl be truly missed and never forgotten.

Services were held at the Naval Academy on 16 February 2007.

The famUy requests that memorial donations be made in Rear Adrforal WUUam Armstrong's name to the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation, PO. Box 64740, Baltimore, MD 21264-4740.

The Armstrong Family WILLL4M LAWRENCE READ '49

Vice Admiral WUUam L. Read, USN (Ret.), died on 16 January 2007 in Easton, MD, after a long batde with cancer He was 80 years old.

BUI was born in Brooklyn, NY, and grew up m LaGrange, IL. During his fogh school summers, he worked as a deckhand on a towboat on the

Mississippi River In 1944, he efoisted in the NavyV-5 flight training program and whUe waiting to begin flying, won an appoinmient to the U.S. Naval Academy, graduating with the Class of 1949.

He served in destroyers, cruisers, and amphibious sfops during the height of the Cold War, including two tours in Vietnam.

He held five sea commands inclufong the destroyer escort VAN VOORHIS, the guided missUe frigate KING, Destroyer Escort Squadron Ten, Cruiser-Destroyer FlotiUa Three, and his last assignment as Commander, Naval Surface Force of the Atlantic Fleet.

His shore assignments included duty as senior aide to the Supreme AUied Commander in Europe, rrUUtary assistant to the Secretary of Defense, Assistant Cfoef of Naval Personnel, and Director of Ship Acquisition in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.

Upon retiring from the Navy in 1979, BUI joined Lone Star Industries as vice president in charge of construction of cement plants. He later served on the boards of directors of Preston, Olin and Bairnco Corporations.

EventuaUy, BUI and his wife, Marty, setded fiUl-time on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. An avid woodworker and boater, he was also active with the Easton Memorial Hospital, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and the Ufoted Fund. He was interested in land use issues and controUed growth and was a founder and the first president of the Talbot (County) Preservation AlUance. He was a member of the Chesapeake Bay Yacht Club, the Atlantic CouncU, and was a founding member of the Surface Navy Association. He was a Ufelong EpiscopaUan and a member of Christ Church in Easton.

Services were held on 23 January 2007 at the Naval Academy Chapel, foUowed by interment at the USNA Cemetery.

BUI wUl forever be remembered by fos famUy and fiiends for fos unflagging good humor, absolute integrity and optirfostic outlook on Ufe. BUI is survived by his wife of 56 years, Martha "Marty" (MiUer) Read, formerly of Hinsdale, IL; daughter, AUison Read Walk; sons, WUUam L. Read Jr. and Captain John A. Read '77, USN (Ret.); three grandchUdren; and brother, Reginald A. Read Jr. of Durango, CO. The Read Family JOHN PAUL CAVANAUGH '50

Lieutenant Commander John P. Cavanaugh, USN (Ret.),of Severna Park, MD, died of heart faUure on 13 November 2006 at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, MD, after a lengthy Ulness. He was 79 years old.

Commander Cavanaugh was born on 2 AprU 1927, m Manchester, NH, and was reared in Concord, NH, where he attained the rank of Eagle Scout.

He was a graduate of the Naval Academy Class of 1950. At the Academy, he co-founded W R N V rafoo station. He fifoshed flight training in Pensacola, FL, and was married in 1953 to Afota James in Columbia, SC. March 2007

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CALL He attended the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, receiving a second degree in electtofoc engineering in 1958.

He flew sea planes fiom Bermuda during the Cuban MissUe Crisis. He also flew B-17s and Super ConsteUations at the Patiixent River Naval Air Test Center and P-3s at PAX. "WhUe stationed in Japan, he flew P-3 surveUlance aircraft in Vietnam.

After retirement in 1971, he moved to Severna Park, MD. Among fos awards were the Air Medal and the Navy Unit Commendation, Armed Forces (Korea) Expefotionary,Vietnam Service, National Defense Service, European Occupation, Meritorious Ufot Commendation, Navy Commendation and WorldWar IIVictory medals.

Commander Cavanaugh is survived by fos wife, Afota; daughter, Clari James Cavanaugh of CrownsvUle, MD; and sister, Joan Cavanaugh Smith of East Ryegate,VT. Services were held on 21 November 2006 at St. Martm's-inthe-Field Episcopal Church in Severna Park. Burial was m the Naval Academy Columbarium.

Memorial conttibutions may be made to the Earleigh Heights Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 547, Severna Park, MD 21146, or St. Martin's-in-the-Field Episcopal Church, 375A Berffield Road, Severna Park, MD 21146. OnUne condolences may be made to www.barrancofoneralhome.com. excerpts from The Capital (Annapolis, MD) STANUEY HOWARD O L S O N '50

Stafoey H. "Swede" Olson of Orlando, FL, passed away peacefiiUy on 29 December 2006 in foe loving arms of fos famUy. Stan was born on 23 January 1928 in MarshaUtown, lA, the son of the late SheU and EUen Olson.

A graduate of the Naval Academy Class of 1950, Stan served as a captain in the Ufoted States Marine Corps and received many medals, inclufong the Purple Heart. Stan retired fiom Lockheed Martin in 1993 after 32 years of service.

Stan leaves fos loving, devoted wffe and best friend of 21 years, Brenda Joyce Olson of Orlando, FL. Stan was a loving and devoted father to Donald Cunfongham Boas III of Orlando, FL. He leaves a loving brother and sister-in-law. Dean and Rosemary Olson of BurUngton, lA. Stan also leaves Ws wonderfiU sister-in-law, GaU M. ZavareUa of South CaroUna and Florida, whom he considered fos sister He also leaves a special foece, SheUy ZavareUa Austin of South CaroUna, who always caUed her favorite uncle "Uncle Buck."They would sit for hours and trade hUarious Marine Corps stories. Stan also leaves fos loving grandnephews, fos namesake, Kevin Olson Barrett and Brian Richard Barrett of South CaroUna. Stan also leaves many other wonderful foeces and nephews. Stan leaves many loving friends and neighbors, who have been steadfast in their devotion and help to Stan and Brenda, and continue to do so. Stan was predeceased by fos loving brother. Gene Olson.

Mrs. Brenda Olson's address is 6861 Parson Brown Drive, Orlmdo, FL 32819; (407) 352-0811.

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CHARLES BAUER D U K E J R . '51

Lieutenant Colonel Charles B. Duke Jr, USAF (Ret.), passed away on Tuesday, 28 November 2006 in Tucson, AZ. He was 79 years old.

He was born on 16 May 1927 m Chester, PA, and graduated from Prospect Park High School in 1944.

He served in the Marine Corps and graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1951. He rounded fos 30-year rrUUtary career as an Air Force inteUigence officer He earned an M.B.A. fiom The George Wasfongton Ufoversity in 1965. He served m Korea andVietnam.

After mUitary retirement, he worked as an analyst for Arizona Crirfonal InteUigence Systems Agency and a planner for Pima Association of Governments Department of Transportation.

He was an avid runner and enjoyed foUowing sports. He was an active Naval Academy alumnus and Sigma Cfo brother. He was defocated to the Episcopal Church and served fos Lord as a vestryman and a lay reader m many capacities.

He is survived by fos wffe. Ruby M. Duke; son, Charles B. Duke III and fos wffe, Lisa M. Duke; daughter, Rachel B. OUveira; and four grandchUdren, Stephen J. OUveira, Kaia M. Duke, Merin F. Duke and WiUiam C. Duke.

Charles leaves befond many fiiends and relatives who enjoyed fos sense of humor, integrity, honesty and persistence, but mosdy fos kindness, wfoch was given freely to aU. Memorial services were held at Saint Michael and AU Angels Episcopal Church, on Friday, 8 December 2006.

In Ueu of flowers, donations may be given to St. Michael's Church, 602 N.WUmot Rd.,Tucson,AZ 85711; or to foe Salvation Army PO. Box 43790,Tucson, AZ 85733-3790. ^ ^ • • • • • • • • B J O H N RICHARD SHAPPELL '53 I ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ H B Lieutenant Commander "Jack" ShappeU, ' I Tm 1 USN (Ret.), foed from diroat and Uver M ^^ ^ 1 cancer on 22 October 2005 at fos home V J^I in Ocean City, NJ. He was 75 years old.

W— m^^gk ^^"""^ ° " 2 ^^y ^9^0 in Toms River, ^ L ^ i ^ ^ ^ B NJ, Jack graduated from Toms River IP^ T ^ High School in 1947, enUsted m the Naval Reserve and entered the Naval (S>i Academy in 1949. He was a popfoar member of foe 22nd Company, an active participant in BattaUon sports and graduated with the Class of 1953.

As a Une officer, fos shipboard assignments were aboard the desttoyer BLUE ( D D - 7 4 4 ) and aircraft carrier FoRRESTAL (CV-59). Selected for postgraduate stufoes,Jack foen received an advanced degree in naval arcfotecture and marine engineering from MIT. Jack attended Submarine School at Groton, CT, in 1960 and later became an Engineering Duty Ofoy officer, reporting to the PhUadelphia Naval Shipyard in 1962. He was serving as Assistant Supervisor of SfopbuUfong—SupSfop Fourfo Naval Disttict, when he retired in 1973.

He punned a successfiil second career in real estate in PhUadelpfoa, PA, and Ocean City; NJ. Survivon mclude fos wffe of 18 years, Barbara (Read) ShappeU of Ocean City; NJ; foree stepsons, Robert Martin of CoUegeviUe. PA. Craig Martin ot"Wayne, PA, and Eugene Martin of Long Island. NY; and seven step-grandchUdren.

Memorial services were held and Jack was buried in AiUngton National Cemetery on 28 November 2005.

Laurence T Furey '53 H A R O L D WILIJAMS HUSSEY '56

Harold W"Hal" Hussey passed away on 5 November 2006. in Monrovia, CA, due to a cerebral hemorrhage stroke.

He was born on 24 AprU 1930, m Mt. Vernon. NY, the youngest of Harold D. and Efoefs tfoee chUfoen."WhUe growing up, Hal was active in fos church and commufoty orgafozations as weU as in DeMolay- International, where he taught leadenfop and citizensfop to youth. He graduated from Davis High School fo Mt.Vernon m 1949 and spent fos summen vvorkmg on local farms imfo he enUsted m the Navy m 1951. In 1952 he gamed admission to foe Naval Academy, graduatfog wifo foe Class of 1956. On 30 December 1956, he married Jane Brooks.

During his naval service, Hal served onboard a desttoyer, aircraft carrier and two ampfobious sfops. Ashore, he graduated fiiomfoeNaval Postgraduate School with a master's degree and subsequent duty- at the U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay; PfoUppmes.

He earned foe rank of Ueutenant commander before leaving the Navyfo June 1967.

Hal earned a master's degree in education from Cal State Los Angeles m 1971, and became a teacher in the Monrovia Ufofied School District, refomg m 1987 after 16 years.

FoUowingfiiUretirement, he mamtamed an active Ufestyle wifo his Navy Classmates, substimte teacfong, donating blood or platelets to foe City- of Hope and classical music. He was interested m genealogy; and discovered roots back to WiUiam the Conqueror; Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Emperor; Arm Peabody; the fint woman author of note; and Ruth Hussey, the movie acttess.

Hal and Jane hosted numerous foreign exchange smdents, primarUy from Japan, where they wofod remrn visits to theU smdents.

Jane predeceased Hal on 6 March 2004, of cfoofoc lymphoid leukemia. After her passing, Hal became a member of the local Gad-A-Bout club to enjoy the company of feUow sefoors.

Hal and Jane are survived by their four chUdren, Janette, EUzabeth, Kenneth and Rachael. These chUdren later efoarged the farfoly to 11 grandchUfoen and a great-granddaughter, aU Uving m the immefoate Momovia, CA, area.

Hal wofod wish to be remembered as a compassionate man, loving his wffe and chUdren, his church participation, ttaveUng with Jane and his chUdren, and his inteUecmal service to fos commufoty and country.

He is interred vvith Jane at Rose HUls Memorial Park m Whittier, CA. His fanfoy suggests foat financial donations be forwarded to the USNA Class of 1956 Memorial Fund.

J O H N LAWRENCE FINLEY '57

Captam "Jack" Fifoey USN (Ret.), passed away on 19 September 2006 at the age of 70.

A native ofWmchester, MA, though raised m Mempfos,TN, Jack graduated vvith the Class of 1957, a member of the 17th Company.

After graduation, he earned fos Navy Wmgs, fo what may stUl stand as record time. During his 25 years of service, he commanded an aircraft detachment, squafoon, air wing and fleet replefoshment tanker.

A foabetic coma resfoting in a mefocal foscharge prevented him fiom assurfong command of a large deck aircraft carrier for wfoch he had been selected. Jack was also a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Aerospace Research PUot School and was selected as one of the original seven asttonauts of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory.

His rruUtary awards include mfotiple Distingfoshed Flying Crosses, Sttike FUght Air Medals and Navy Commendation Medals for action m combat durmg the Vietnam War. He also amassed weU over 1,000 carrier landings.

FoUowing fos naval career. Jack spent 15 years with Federal Express Corporation, acfoeving the level of vice president of aircraft Une operations, six years as executive vice president at Inttepid Aviation Partners, and two years as C O O / C E O of Dee Howard Aircraft Mamtenance.

Jack is survived by fos two daughters.Vicky Baker of Adanta, GA, and Cmdy Fifoey Webster and her two sons, Nick Fifoey and Jake Fifoey of Coronado, CA; and fos fiancee, Patty Kowalczyk of Bartiett,TN. As per Jack's very specific wishes, no memorial/foneral services were held. Fmal arrangements wiU be hanfoed fo accordance with foe U.S. Navy's Burial at Sea Program, specfficaUy m the Pacffic, vvfoch accorfong to Jack "is a real ocean where most of the good times happened." Also m accordance with Jack's last wish, a "Celebratory Tribute and FareweU to 'Blackjack' Fifoey," was held on 21 October 2006, on board MIDWAY ( C V - 4 1 ) .

George Philipps '57 N O L A N ROBERT BURKE '59

Lieutenant Commander Nolan R. Burke, USN (Ret.), a resident of Newport News.VA, foed at home on 3 January 2007, after a courageous batde with cancer He was 70 years old.

Born on 29 September 1936, to Dafoel and Ruth (Henderson) Burke, he was raised in Camden, NJ, and attended FrankUn and MarshaU Ufoversity (as a physics major) prior to receiving an appointment to the Naval

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CALL He worked in the venture capital section of Hambrecht & Oust Academy from Congressman Wolverton of New Jersey. Nolan in San Francisco, CA, He was managing director of FS. Smithers, joined the Class of 1959 on 27 June 1955 as a member of the a NewYork investment banking firm before forming fos own 24th Company. He was a "no-sweat" Midshipman who exceUed investment-banking firm, Lombard Investments, Inc. in San acaderfocaUy with litde noticeable effort. He graduated with Francisco. His company specialized in financing leveraged fostinction with his Classmates on 3 June 1959; the first of his extended famUy to graduate from coUege. To say that this goodbuyouts. He also served as director for several private biotech natured Midshipman was a favorite of his Academy Classmates companies and a significant Midwestern railroad, Dakota, would be to understate the fact.

Minnesota & Eastern Railway, which his firm initiaUy assisted in financing.

Nolan served in nuclear submarines most of his naval career A man of action and passion, Joe epitorfozed how to Uve Ufe As a result of fos work with CinCLant, he was awarded the Legion of Merit. He retired fiom the Navy in 1979 with 20 to the fuUest. He succeeded in every aspect of Ufe. He was a man years of service. that embodied the truce essence of famUy. He was a loyal and devoted friend, in good times and bad. Joe was self-made entreNolan resided in Newport News,VA, for the last 35 years of fos Ufe. Though slight in stature perhaps, he was big in heart. He preneur and spent 40 years in investment banking. He was a loved numbers and exceUed in mathematics. It is not surprising, proud believer in his country and its ideals. A voracious reader, then, that foUowing retirement he enjoyed tutoring students Joe was also a connoisseur of fine foods, wine and automobUes. fiom fogh school through coUege graduate level in math. He was He had an insatiable curiosity to learn and experience aU that Ufe very generous with his time and derived great satisfaction from had to offer; and most of aU, a generous man with unequaled wit helping others. and humor, always ready and eager to share good times with his Survivors include his beloved wife of 46 years, HUdegarde; faifoly and friends. daughters, LesUe WaUace and her husband, KeUy of PoolesvUle, Joe is survived by his wife of 36 years, Diana, who resides in MD, Laura Burke and her husband, Brian Burkley of Arnold, California; son, Joseph Chulick III; daughter, Alana Chifock MD, and HoUy Daniels and her husband, James of Newport Alberson; and grandson, Aidan Joseph Chuluck.

News,VA; brothers, Denfos Burke of Carney's Point, NJ, and Memorial services were conducted m CaUforfoa m January 2007.

Tomas Burke and his wife, Marci ofWinter Springs, FL; sisters, The Chulick Family SaUy Kennedy and her husband, Ed of Lake Havasu City, AZ, and Maryanne WUUs and her husband. Bob of Lake City, FL; and WooDROw WILSON HULME n '68 seven grandchUdren.

Captain W. WUson Hulme II, USNR Memorial services were conducted on 7 January 2007 in (Ret.), the first curator of the Newport News.VA, with fuU mUitary honors.

Srfothsonian Institution's National Postal Nolan's famUy would Uke to thank Sentara Hospice, Museum in Washington, DC, foed on Dr Bruce Booth, D r Richard Hoefer and Anna Nizinski for 10 January 2007. He was 60 years old. their loving care of Nolan during his iUness.

"Woody" Uved an extraorfonary Ufe In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Salvation as a naval officer, successfol businessman, Army-Pefonsula, RO. Box 7529, Hampton.VA 23666. and world-class phUateUst, cuUfonating in John W.Hilt '59 & A.James Roberts III '59 distinguished service with the Srfothsonian Institution. As a Ufe-long stamp coUector, his labor JOSEPH CHULICK JR. '59 of love brought the U.S. National Postal Museum international Joseph ChuUck Jr died suddefoy at Marin attention and deUghted stamp coUectors of aU descriptions.

General Hospital, Greenbrae, CA, on Woody was raised in Ardmore, OK. His acadenUc prowess in 8 December 2006. He was 70 years old. the classroom was rivaled ofoy by his abUity to perform the most Although he was born in Cleveland, intricately devised magic tricks sure to please the most foscerning OH,Joe was appointed to the Naval audience and confound his shipmates in the 14th Company. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Academy from VaUejo, CA, where he had "Music and magic take up most ofWoody's spare time," notes ^ ^ ^ ^ V H ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B lived most of his younger years. He gradthe Class of 1968 Lucky Bag, "being a member of the concert ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 1 uated with honors in the Class of 1959 band and an avid classical music fan." Graduating with a major in as a member of the Fifth Company. systems engineering in 1968, he received a master's degree from Upon graduation, he served briefly in a destroyer before Michigan State in 1969 and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business attenfong Submarine School. He served in SEAFOX (SS-402) as School in 1978. operations officer. He served thereafter in the Blue crew of Woody served in the Navy until 1976 on nuclear submarines STONEWALL JACKSON (SSBN-634) as operations officer untU his and transferred to the Naval Reserve. He worked for Frito-Lay resignation in June 1965.

(1978-1992) and for Unilever (1992-1997). He was vice presiHe took advanced courses at the University of CaUfornia at dent of operations of Nabisco International (1997-2001) before Berkley and Stanford. He worked for Lockeed as a test engineer joining the Smithsonian Institution in August 2002. for a few years before embarking on his major career interest, Postal Museum Director AUen Kane praised Woody's great assisting high technology compafoes raise capital in SUicon VaUey. knowledge, vision, leadership, and efforts to identify innovative

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ways to share the many fomensions of the hobby and to inspire new coUecton.

"When he began his work at the Museum, he did so wifo a clear visionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to see the museum become the center of the philateUc univene. Accorfong to his coUeagues, Woody worked with unwavering deternUnation toward realizing that visionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to create a place where philatelists cofod "access foe inaccessible."

Accorfong to Museum officials, this phrase became a sort of niantta among the museum's staff. "He was ttfoy a major force in the hobby," said BiU McAlUster, Washington correspondent for the aufooritative LiVim- Stamp Neivs.

Woody is survived by his wife of 34 years, Susan Hulme of Morristown. NJ; niofoer, Anna Ruth Hulme-Shedd of Ardmore, OK, sister Barbara Everheart of DaUas, TX; and brother, Ron Hulme of Houston, TX. He was predeceased by his father, Woodrow WUson HtUme. Condolences to the fanfoy may be sent in care of the National Postal Museum, M R C 570 PO. Box 37012, Wasfongton, D C 20013-7012.

Gordon I. Peterson '68 GERALD JOSEPH DOWNEY J R . '69

Commander Gerald J. Downey Jr, U S N R (Ret.), passed away on 12 November 2006 in Mission HUls, KS, foUowing a vaUant multiple-year batde against lung cancer. He was 59 years old.

"Jerry" was born in Fitchburg, MA, the son of Gerald and Efoth Downey.

He attended Charlotte CathoUc High School and received fos congressional appomtment in 1965 from North CaroUna. Jerry graduated with the Class of 1969 (34th Company) and reported to fos first ship, HULL ( D D - 9 4 5 ) in San Diego, CA. His love was always the "Greyhound Gun Sfops."

HULL had tfoee 5" 54-caUber guns, a 1,200 psig steam plant and safong orders to WestPac the day after Jerry reported aboard.

After a successffo engineering tour aboard HULL ( O D F , C D O , SWO quals.), an ASW weapons assignment aboard FARRAGUT ( D L G - 6 ) in Newport, RI, foUowed."WhUe aboard,Jerry had the privilege of working for Rear Adrforal James McNulty, USN (Ret.). Recruiting duty m Kansas City foUowed sfopboard duty.

Jerry was awarded the "Gold Wreath Award for ExceUence" in recruiting in 1975 and retired from active duty in 1976.

Since high school, Jerry's goals had consisted of owning his own company and commanding a ship.

Hughes Macfonery Company, a Kansas City engineering specialty representatives firm providing steam, thermal fluid and compressed air solutions in the Midwest, afforded him an opportufoty to accompUsh the first. Not ofoy did Jerry use First Class Thermo, he would end up teacfong it to his industrial customers!

He joined the company in 1976, became a stockholder in 1982, and a sefoor partner in 1996.

Jerry was very active in the local ASHRAE Chapter, becorfong chapter president in 1985 and serving on the board of directors. He also participated in ASME and ASPE.

Jerry's goal of having command never left him, so he entered the Naval Reserve in 1981. After a quick X O assignment, he received his first Reserve command, DOWNES.Three additional commands (FF/DDG/AOR) were foUowed by tours with the SacLant Staff. Jerry closed out 27 years with a joint service tour at U.S.TRANSCOM, Scott AFB, IL, having met the targets he had set at age 16.

Jerry is survived by his beloved wife, Nancy (AuU) Downey; daughter, KeUey Downey; mother, Edith Downey; and brother, Thomas Downey and his wife, Starr Jerry's memorial services were held in Kansas City and his ashes returned to the Atlantic that he so dearly loved, off of the Florida coast.

The Downey Family JAMES PENNOCK HOPKINS F V '73

Lieutenant Commander "Jim" Hopkins, USN (Ret.), foed on 28 November 2006 in Springfield,VA, due to injuries sustained in an auto-pedestrian accident.

He was 55 years old.

Jim was born on 23 October 1951 at Camp Lejeune, NC, to Mary Lee Hopkins and the late James P. Hopkins III. He grew up in Alexandria,VA, and graduated from Edison High School in 1969. He entered the Naval Academy that summer and continued his dedication to track throughout fos years at AnnapoUs. He graduated in 1973 as a member of the 12th Company, reported to Pensacola, FL, and earned his NFO Wings in 1974 at Corpus Christi, TX. WhUe attending a Naval Academy mixer, he met fos foture wife, the former Kay Henning. They were married at the Naval Academy in 1974 and began their globetrotting Ufe together, eventuaUy completing tours in Hawaii, Guam,Venezuela, Okinawa and Virginia. Jim was most proud of fos naval service in anti-submarine warfare withVP-4 andVP-17.

After retiring from the Navy in 1993, Jim taught Navy Junior ROTC and history for eight years at Springbrook High School in Silver Spring, MD. In 2001, he joined the staff at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as an aeronautical aviation specialist. He found his work at the FAA rewarding and cherished the relationships he had with his coworkers. These sentiments were visibly reciprocated by his FAA coUeagues, who, as a remembrance to Jim, renamed an Initial Approach Fix at John Rodgers Field, Kapolei, HI, (formerly NAS Barbers Point) "HPKNS." Jim was a very active member of the Springfield Ufoted Methodist Church, where he taught Sunday school and ESL for many years. He was also spent countless hours in service to the Daventry community swim team. In recent years, Jim took up saiUng, which brought him much happiness and contentment.

Jim is survived by his wife, Kay; mother, Mary Lee; younger sister,Janet; and three cfoldren,Joanne,Jeff and Frank.

Jim was a gentle person, dedicated to famUy, work, church, and country. He wanted so much to see tfos world at peace.

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CALL His integrity, honesty, and goodness were known to aU, and fos snUUng face and warm spirit wiU be sorely rfossed.

Memorial services were conducted on 9 December 2006 at Springfield Ufoted Mefoofost Church, and he was buried wifo fiUl rrUUtary honors at ArUngton National Cemetery on 3 January 2007.

ITie Hopkins Family & Mike Dougherty '13 HERBERT WILLLAM BRACEWELL '77

Lieutenant Commander Herbert W BraceweU, USN (Ret.), foed in fos Manassas, VA, home of heart faUure on 30 December 2006. He was 51 years old. ^ S P ' â&#x20AC;˘ .A The son of a career Navy non: \^^^k I comrfossioned officer. Herb was born in â&#x20AC;˘ ^ ^ i Bermuda on 18 August 1955.The latter part of fos chUdhood was spent m DubUn, GA. An exceptional student.

Herb graduated from fogh school early and was adifotted to Georgia Institute ofTechnology at age 16. Upon receiving a presidential appomtment, Herb was adrfotted at age 17 to the Naval Academy, where he majored in physics and was active in mtramural sports, spenfong aU four years in Fint Company and graduating with the Class of 1977 on 8 June. Herb was gready loved and admired by fos Company Classmates, and had been mstrumental m keeping aU 30 of them closely connected tfoough frequent commufocations and gatherings he helped plan and orgafoze.

A surface warfare officer during fos 17-year active duty Navy career. Herb served aboard the aircraft carrier, SARATOGA; the ampfobious dock lanfong sfop, FORT FiSHER; foe gfoded missUe frigate, BROOKE; and, the fleet oUer, CANISTEO. His shore assignments included Surface Warfare Officer traifong in Coronado, CA; the Surface Warfare Officer Department Head Course in Newport, RJ; and, the Defense Special Weapons Agency Field Command at Kirdand, AFB, in Albuquerque, NM. In 1990, Herb graduated from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, with a master's degree in nuclear physics, weapons and effects.

Subsequent to fos retirement from the Navy in September 1994, Herb was employed for ten years by SMS Data Products Group, Inc., an enterprise network solutions and services provider headquartered in McLean,VA, where he served as a program manager and sales engineer He later joined the Northern Virgifoa based Threat Technologies Division of the San Diego headquartered CUBIC Corporation, a global provider of defense ttaifong, communications and tactical systems, as weU as commercial automation software and hardware devices, where

Herb served for two years as techfocal forector for Joint Concept Development and Experimentation. Herb had left CUBIC to remrn to SMS a few months before fos deafo.

Herb is survived by fos wife, the former Cheryle Rae Kalak ofTucson,AZ, to whom he was wed on 20 December 1987; daughter, Alexandra "Lexie" (13); mofoer, Marie; and two sisten, Tina and Cherie, aU of DubUn, GA. Interment with fuU rrUUtary honors was held on 21 February 2007 at ArUngton National Cemetery.

WARD NORWOOD MILLER '94

Ward MUler foed on 2 January 2007 m Santa Cruz, CA. He was 34 yean old.

Ward was a native ofWasfongton State, where he attended fogh school in the Spokane area. He was an accompUshed wresder and avid outdoonman.

After graduating fogh school in 1990, Ward entered foe Naval Academy as a member of the Class of 1994. At AnnapoUs, Ward majored in EngUsh and served as 33rd Company Commander in the FaU of 1993.

After graduation. Ward served as a Surface Warfare Officer with several sea duty toun duty onboard CALIFORNIA (CGN-36), ARCTIC ( A O E - 8 ) and CALLAGHAN (DDG-994). He also served on the pubUc affairs staff for the Northwest Navy Region and as a reservist during a major NATO exercise in Poland.

FoUowmg fos rrUUtary service. Ward worked for foe major pharmaceutical firm Pfizer. WhUe with Pfizer, Ward met fos wffe, JuUe, and they were married in San Jose, CA, in December 2004.

Most recendy Ward founded and owned a real estate brokerage, SUverMUl, Inc. in Soquel, CA. Ward is survived by fos wife of two years, Jtfoe; fone-year old daughter, Ariel; ifoant son. Max; sister. Crystal MiUer; and parents, Loren and Rachel MUler An educational ttust for fos two chUfoen has been estabUshed.

It is kinfoy requested that aU donations be made to Educational Trust for Ariel Grippo and Max MiUer, c/o Bank of America, Attn: BOA Staff Ms. Asfoey Libbey 4055 Capitola Road, Capitola,CA 95010.

A gathering of friends and famUy was held, in Ueu of services, at foe home of fos m-laws,Jody and Hal Stanger, in Santa Cruz, CA, on Samrday, 6 January 2007. FoUowing the gathering, five of Ward's '94 Classmates committed some of fos ashes to the Pacific Ocean to commemorate fos nav/al service to our country.

Scott Suozzi '94 & Pete Contostavlos '94

If you have any questions regarfong submission of obimaries to Shipmate, please contact either your Class secretary, or Shipmate's obituaries editor, Timothy Elizabeth Woodbury (410-295-4064 or obits@usna.com).

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Learn about the rich culture of these amazing countries; from chanting monks in the Thai walled city of Chang Mai to an elephant ride in the bamboo groves of the Chaing Dao Elephant camp. 14 days/Alumni Holidays/from $4,495 + air

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Cruise the Mediterranean aboard the Crystal Serenity (12 - 2 0 June)—^Afoens, NaupUon .Santonm, Kudasai, Mykonos, Sorrento and Citavecchia in style and comfort. Classical ports of history-; with beautiful beaches, towns and archeology. 9 days/Alumni Holidays/from $2,695 + air

Azure Waters of the Dalmatian Coast (2-11 Oct.)—Cruise aboard the 30-cabin M V M o n e t to enjoy Croatian cities wath their deep blue seas, magical islands, R o m a n ruins and medieval architecmre. T h e on to Venice with its wonderfiU canals and St. Mark's BasUica. 9 days/INTRAV/from $3,595 + air

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See SterUng Casde and Baimockburn bafoefield, where Robert the Bruce fought for freedom. Visit Andrew's, the home of golf and ancient Dundee. See Loch Ness and look for its famous inhabitant and so much more! 11 days/Alumni Holidays/from $2,198 + air

Danube's Enchanted Valleys and Festivals of Music ( 1 6 - 2 4 July)—Travel aboard the new Amadeus Prmcess as she cruises the Danube, through charming viUages and towns of Hungary, Austria and Slovakia. Overnight in Budapest andVienna and enjoy a special excursion to foe WachauVaHe)-. 9 days/INTRAV/from $2,595 + air

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