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

The Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership For more than 160 years, the Naval Academy has served as a beacon of moral and ethical leadership to the nation and to the world, producing leaders of uncompromising character, who have fought our wars with honor and have gone on to serve as positive role models in the civic affairs of this nation and the world.

The Academy continues to serve our nation by producing 21st century combat leaders of character for the Navy and Marine Corps. Our mission of developing midshipmen morally, mentally and physically is timeless, and moral development—^purposely mentioned first in our mission statement—continues to be the most important aspect of our curriculum. To succeed as future leaders of Sailors and Marines, midshipmen must understand and exemplify the principles of ethical leadership. They must become leaders of strong character.

Therefore, the teaching of "ethical leadership" is important to the Academy because we want to instiU in all of our graduates the abihty to make morally sound and ethically defensible decisions, whether engaged with the enemy in combat, confronting issues in their unit, or later on as senior officers with great responsibility.

Ethics Center Established In order to provide support for this primary mission, the Navy established the Center for the Study of Professional Mihtary Ethics at the Naval Academy in 1998. Building on the Academy's proven track record of ethical leadership development, the Navy chartered the Center to reach out not only to the Naval Academy community, but also to the wider

audience of the Navy, Marine Corps and the nation at large.

Beginning in 2006, the strategic mission of the original Ethics Center was revised and expanded, and the Center itself was given a new name—The Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership. Admiral Stockdale '47, a prisoner of war for more than seven years, a recipient of the Medal of Honor, and a lifelong student of leadership, philosophy and ethics—embodied the selfless and courageous leadership we seek firom our midshipmen, officers and national leaders.

Broader Appiication of Ethics Building upon the success of the Stockdale Center's nine-year effort, we are now focusing on the broader application of ethical training and development within the Brigade and throughout the Navy and Marine Corps. Under the direction of retired Vice Admiral Mike Haskins '66, USN (Ret.), who is also the Academy's Distinguished Chair of Leadership, the Stockdale Center's mission is focused on providing ethical leadership development in the Brigade, while continuing to support high-impact ethical leadership programs in the Navy and Marine Corps, and those national programs of interest to the Academy and the naval service.The Stockdale Center's goals are to: • focus on the ethical development, character and leadership skills of the Brigade of Midshipmen; • promote an Academy-wide atmosphere where ethical leadership is practiced by the Brigade, faculty and staff; and to • promote similar development and ethical leadership in the naval service and the nation.

Ethics Center Focus Accordingly, the expanded Stockdale Center's efforts are focused in three distinct areas: Midshipmen

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programs. Faculty and Staff programs, and Navy and National programs.

Midshipmen programs—Midshipmen programs will guarantee the continuing alignment of all Academy efforts focused on the leadership, character and ethical development of midshipmen. Midshipmen programs wiU be the Center's primary focus of effort as they wiU strengthen personal values, promote character development and influence midshipmen in the areas of honor, ethics and spirituality. See the sidebar for a summary of our ongoing efforts with midshipmen.

Faculty and Staffprograms—If Bancroft HaU is the ethical leadership laboratory for our midshipmen, and Luce Hall the ethical leadership classroom, then it rests with the Academy's faculty and staff to create a seamless culture of "ethical leadership in action" throughout the Yard. Indeed, through Faculty and Staff programs such as Leadership and Ethics across the Curriculum, the Center wiU continually reinforce the obligation of every individual at USNA to serve as a role model for midshipmen. "Ethical leadership in action" is critical if we are striving to reinforce the leadership model we expect midshipmen to take to the fleet and to the Corps.

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• Leadership and Ethics across the Curriculum— The Center sponsors speakers and conducts work-shops on faculty development, enabling our USNA faculty to weave theme of ethical leadership seamlessly into their courses and curricula in other disciplines.

• Forrestal Lecture Series—The director of Faculty and Staff programs at the Stockdale Center coordinates this important Academy-wide endowed Lecture Series for midshipmen.The Center annually seeks midshipmen and faculty input regarding an overall scheme for the series focused on some dimension of ethics and leadenhip, and invite a series of internationally-distinguished lecturers to address the Brigade on this chosen theme.

• USNA Faculty Associate Membership program—The Stockdale Center invites nationallyprominent members of the Naval Academy faculty, and of universities and federal agencies in the wider D.C. metropolitan area, to formally affiliate with the Center as Associate Members.

Associate Members widen the influence, and enhance the distinction of the Stockdale Center itself and bring their expertise, their network of contacts and their fresh program ideas to assist our core staff in developing and sustaining the Center's overall mission.

Navy and National programs—The Director of Navy and National Programs in the Center is charged with developing concepts and programs that support high-impact ethical leadership initiatives in the Navy and Marine Corps, and supporting those select national efforts of greatest interest to the Academy and the naval service. In this important regard, the Stockdale Center also reaches out to the Navy and Marine Corps, the nation and beyond, promoting on the widest scale the Center's ambitious mission, rare capabiUties and inclusive approach to the furthering of ethical leadership. This area of outreach, notably, is one to which the Center

Stockdaie Ethics Center Activities Focused on Midshipmen • Class of 1964,1984 Ethics Dinner—The Stockdale Center organizes this annual event, sponsored by the Class of 1964 and the Class of 1984. Members of the Classes of '64 and '84 return the Academy to discuss their experiences and ethical challenges in the fleet or in the business world.

They provide each First Class Midshipman with a copy of the book Ettiics for ttie Junior Officer. A distinguished speaker addresses the graduating class.

brings tremendous value—and for which there is near universal need.

• McCain Conference—Thanks to a generous gift from Senator and Mrs. John McCain '58, the Stockdale Center hosts an annual conference to bring together key military officers and civilian academics responsible for ethics education and character development at the five federal service

• Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence Ethics Essay Dinner— The Stockdale Center and the USNA Class of 1981 sponsor a competition and prize for the best ethics essay of some 550 written by third class midshipmen each semester in the core ethics course, "Ethics and the Military Profession: the Moral Foundations of Leadership." We host a dinner to honor the authors of the best papers and presents awards to finalists.

Senior military and civilian leadership of the Academy attend this event.

academies. This is a well-attended and valuable opportunity for the academies to communicate with each other, share their experiences in the field over the previous year, and learn from each other on such issues as ethics and character assessment. This year, in celebration of the newlyexpanded Stockdale Center, the conference will focus on the theme, "Ethics and Leadership: Exploring the Connections," and will for the first time include: senior war colleges, as well as undergraduate service academies.

• Ethics Fellows Program—The Ethics Center sponsors a yearlong Resident Fellows Program in which selected military officers, academics, civil servants and other professionals pursue an intensive yearlong study of professional military ethics and leadership, including ethics and the use of military force. These individuals, selected from a national pool of appUcants, participate in regular seminars and conduct independent, guided research in the field of professional mifitary ethics, leadership and character development. They also contribute to the Hfe of the Naval Academy by teaching ethics and leadership classes, participating in Midshipmen First Class Capstone Seminars, aiding Ethics Bowl participants, and supporting the Academy's Officer Development program in various ways.

• Key Partnerships wdth other Organizations— The Academy seeks to enhance its programs in leadership and ethics by forging partnerships with other organizations and institutions concern for leadership development. These range from

• William C. Stutt, USNA '49 Lecture Series and Moral Courage Lecture Series—^Two annual lecture series bring to the Academy distinguished speakers to address important ethical challenges in military affairs, national security and public life. The lectures tie into and support the work of the Academy's core ethics course and have included distinguished speakers such as Senator Bob Kerrey, Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale, Chief Warrant Officer Hugh W. Thompson and General Anthony C. Zinni.

• Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation Service Academy Scholars Program—^This Polish-based organization, committed to the study of the Holocaust, has joined forces with U.S. Service Academies to bring outstanding midshipmen and cadets to Poland each summer. The chosen Academy scholars spend three weeks meeting with scholars, high-level government officials and citizens of Poland. They also engage in intensive workshops designed to educate and inspire. Through learning in great detail about the Holocaust and events leading up to it, the Academy scholars understand what can happen when evil is given free reign, when democratic ideals are not defended and when ordinary citizens choose compliance over morality.

• Ethics Bowl—^The Ethics Bowl is a national competition, sponsored by the Association of Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE), during which issues involving practical ethics are discussed and debated by university students.

The Naval Academy has fielded teams for the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl since 2001, winning the event in 2003 and placing ninth (out of a field of 40) in 2006.

To prepare for the competition, the Stockdale Center organizes regular gatherings for midshipmen to talk among themselves about questions of practical ethics, and about past and present cases provided by the APPE competition committee.

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inner-city preparatory schools (engaged in instilling leadership and character development among our nation's poor and minority students) to prominent national organizations (such as the Academy Leadership Forum, the Harvard Business Review, and the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs).

Naval Postgraduate School and Center for Executive Education—The Stockdale Center currently provides military and civilian faculty in ethics to support the graduate education and executive education programs of the Naval Postgraduate School, lecturing and teaching at Executive Seminars for future flag officers, and teaching on-site courses for mid-rank officers at Navy and Marine Corps active-duty stations throughout the United States engaged in obtaining their graduate degrees. Center staff and faculty from USNA's department of Leadership, Ethics & Law, under the direction of the Center's Distinguished Military Professors, also provide ethics and character development instruction for active-duty deployed chaplains in the Navy

Chaplains Corps at sites throughout the world, and for newly-recruited chaplains at the Chaplain's School in Newport, RI.

Conclusion Never before has our country or world needed leaders of character more, and never before has the Naval Academy been better prepared to provide them. The expanded Stockdale Center will ensure that we not only maintain, but extend, this vital and defining capability.

Responding to an ever-broadening demand on behalf of our constituents, however, will require a virtual doubUng of our human and material resources and overall support necessary to both sustain them. Developing midshipmen morally is our first responsibility, and there is no greater cause to which concerned alumni and friends could provide their support. As Superintendent, this is my number 1 priority for Foundation support. At hand, in the truest spirit of "Leaders to Serve the Nation," is the opportunity to train young men and women who can provide our Navy and nation a powerful "multiplier effect" in the spread of ethical leadership, ct

How you can help While appropriated funds provide for office space, military officers, and related staff, the Stockdale Center is the classic example of a public-private partnership—enabling us to attain the "margin of excellence" the nation has come to expect of the Naval Academy.

Never before has our country or world needed leaders of character more—and never before has the U.S. Naval Academy been better prepared to provide them. The Stockdale Center ensures that we not only maintain, but also extend this vital and defining capability. Developing midshipmen morally is a key component of the Academy's mission, and the Stockdale Center is one of the highest priority opportunities for private gift support from our Alumni, parents and friends.

Visit www.usna.com or call the Naval Academy Foundation at 410-295-4177 for more information on how you can support The Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership.

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"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 take that noble ideal and make it a way of life," said Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Admiral Rodney P. Rempt '66, USN. "Rear Admiral Rindskopf, Admiral Hayward, Hooper and Admiral Smith join an illustrious group of Alumni who have all committed their lives to serving their Navy and their nation.

Their character and contributions set the standard for what we aim to instill in our midshipmen, and we are honored to have these leaden among us to set the example. These gendemen represent all that is great about the Naval Academy, and we are proud to pay tribute to them for their accomplishments."

The United States Naval Academy Alumni Association's Distinguished Graduate Award was established in 1999 to honor living graduates who have led lives of distinction; this year is the ninth awarding.

While there are more than 51,000 living graduates who are potential nominees, the 2007 Distinguished Graduate Award recipients have been chosen through an arduous committee selection process which included former recipients of the Award. Ultimately, they are nominated by their fellow classmates. Alumni, and class and chapter presidents because they exemplify unwavering dedication and support to the Naval Academy and the Academy's mission. They are Uving role models to midshipmen and their lifetime achievements reflect what is great about the N a \ ^ Academy and its graduates, hideed, it is difficult to make the final selection from such a wide array of well-regarded candidates, but these four 2007 recipients inspired the committee becaiase of their lifetime service.

"The four graduates selected as recipients of the 2007 Naval Academy Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Award are role models to all midshipmen at the Naval Academy," said George P. Watt Jr. '73, president and CEO of the Alimini Association & Foundation. "They personify the finest values of loyalty and personal commitment, and they have consistendy characterized the highest standards of leadership in the naval service and the private sector."

With so many deserving living graduates, these award recipients represent the depth and diversity of the Naval Academy's finest graduates: a combat submariner, a Chief of Naval Operations, a patriot serving his nation and an Honorary Knight of the British Empire.

This year's 2007 Distinguished Graduate Award recipients are: Rear Admiral Maurice H. Rindskopf'38, USN (Ret.); Admiral Thomas B. Hayward '48, USN (Ret.); Ralph Hooper '51; and Admiral Leighton W Smidijr. '62, U S N (Ret.).

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n Saturday morning following the Friday award ceremony, the Distinguished Graduate Award (DGA) recipients participated in a leadership panel discussion attended by about 500 midshipmen. The event was added to the DGA program to give midshipmen more personal access to the DGAs.

Captain Jim Campbell '73, USN (Ret.), facilitated the panel discussion. Serving as the Class of 1972 Distinguished Military Professor of Character since 2004, Campbell teaches core leadership and ethics courses at the Academy, and directs the Capstone Character Excellence Seminars. Campbell's position is funded by private gift support from donors in the Class of 1972.

Each DGA was asked to begin by bringing up a quotation for discussion.

"The last may have been impressive, but the next is what matters," said Admiral Rindskopf in reference to depth charge attacks during World War II. Midshipmen heard first-hand accounts of Rindskopfs exploits as a submariner in the Pacific.

Admiral Hayward offered a quote from John Paul Jones, "Come sail with me for I intend to go in harm's way." Hayward discussed his recruiting efforts and the offensive strategy against the Soviet naval forces. He let the midshipmen know that their country needed them.

Hooper's quote reflected his business sensibilities. "I'd rather be lucky than intelligent," he said. "How do you spell luck?

W-O-R-K. Make your own luck...." He encouraged the midshipmen to make the most of each and every minute."After serving in the Navy for eight years. Hooper joined his four brothers in running the family business. Interstate Ocean Transport Company.

At times in his career. Admiral Smith was severely tested.

At those times he reached deep inside himself and found a reservoir of strength. When he was struggling at the Academy, then Commandant of Midshipmen Captain William "Bush" Bringle '37 told him, "You can do this. It's all up to you."

Midshipmen listened to the four gentlemen share their personal stories as well as thoughts on the Naval Academy and the nation. The questions posed covered scores of subjects and provided moments of levity. Questions ranged from "What is it like to own a world class resort in the Caribbean and do you offer midshipmen discounts?" to "How do you compare the current Iranian hostage situation [British Sailors and Marines] to the one during the Carter administration?" The program ended with final thoughts from each of the DGA recipients and a small reception.

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earAmiral Maurice H. Rindskopf'38, USN (Ret.), was alone when he received the call he had been selected as a 2007 Distinguished Graduate. He recalls, "I was literally stimned that Admiral Natter was calling. I had received the 'Sorry, you did not make it' calls in 2005 and 2006, and expected another such message." By good luck, his wife, Sylvia, returned within minutes and was the first to hear the news. Her reaction in her own words was 'shock and delight.'

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Born in Brooklyn, NY, Rear Admiral Rindskopf graduated fiom Poly Prep Country Day School in 1934 and the Naval Academy with the Class of 1938.

He entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1934 during Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidency while Rear AdmiralT.C. Hart, USN, Class of 1897, was Superintendent at the Academy.

Admiral Rindskopf, early in his plebe year, demonstrated strong leadership skills starring both on the athletic field and academically—he graduated in the upper 7 percent of his class. The Lucky Bag noted he lettered in basketball, lacrosse and played football all four years. His determination "to play and improve at a new sport, lacrosse, showed his will to succeed and his wfll to tackle something new" He became a member of the national championship lacrosse team of 1938.

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The defining point in his career occurred during his first class service selection briefing; he decided to become a submarine officer because he heard submarine officers would rapidly be a "big fish in a Utde pond," and he wanted that responsibility. Afi:er graduation, he served in the batdeship COLORADO for two years and during 1940 had submarine

training. After one year in R-4, he reported to the new fleet submarine DRUM as 4th officer. After nine war patrols he assumed command of D R U M for two patrols; at 26, he was the youngest commanding officer of a fleet submarine in the Pacific Fleet. She sank 15 ships and damaged 11 more; totaling 80,000 tons of shipping.

He credits D R U M as truly shaping his career. His bravery and skill earned him the Navy Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star and other wartime decorations.

"I would say to midshipmen that the best officers are those who are inquisitive enough to learn much more than their own jobs in any assignment," said Admiral Rindskopf.

Drawing on his experience on D R U M during World War II,Admiral Rindskopf was assigned to a series of important positions which brought new tactical theory to practice.

Following the war, he assisted in the development of modem submarine fire control and tactics. This progress made the submarine the premier antisubmarine warfare platform throughout the Cold War. He commanded two submarine flotillas and pioneered the concept of hydrofoil craft as he directed Harbor Defense for the Navy. Admiral Rindskopf brought operational submarine experience to the field of intelligence, serving as director of Naval Intelligence and assistant chief of staff for Intelligence for Commander in Chief, Pacific Heet, earning the Legion of Merit for his performance. In his last tour, he established the Office of the Deep Submergence Program, which sponsored all deep diving submersibles and enhanced the Navy's knowledge of the deep ocean. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.

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manager. Westinghouse was a Âť manufacturer of imdenea ~ ' ^"^^^ products for defense and industry and Admiral Rindskopf visited customen in Europe, the Middle East, the Far East and South America retiring after 16 years for a total of 50 years in the work place.

Retirement for Admiral Rindskopf includes tireless efforts as the president of the Class of 1938 for the past 14 years, a member of the Coimcil of Class Presidents and a member of the Alumni Association Board of Trustees as the 30s and 40s decade representative.

He was instrumental in establishing and nurturing a Class of 1938 endowment which supports an armual Leader's Forum at the Academy. In 1984, 30 midshipmen attended. In 2007,100 midshipmen and another 100 cadets and stodents fiom seven military academies and 17 colleges and imiversities participated in intense three-day sessions on what it takes to make leaders in the mUitary and civilian world.

Admiral Rindskopf and his wife, Sylvia, Kve in Annapolis and are avid Naval Academy sports fans.

On Friday, 30 March at die DGA ceremony, Rindskopf ofiered this advice to midshipmen, "Pick your mentor and learn quickly. You may be a mentor before you know it."

He wears his Academy ring with the original onyx and his 1938 National Championship Lacrosse medallion on his watch chain.

Admiral Rindskopf said to the Brigade of Midshipmen, "We, in the Class of 1938, envy your boundless opportunities to serve our great country."

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dmiral Thomas B Hayward '48, USN (Ret.), was raised in California and spent a year at Occidental College and an additional year in the Navy V-5 Preflight program "itching" to fly. He entered the Naval Academy in 1944 one year after Harry S.Tnmian was sworn in as President of the United States and Rear Admiral James L. Holloway Jr., USN, Class of 1919, was the Superintendent.

Admiral Hayward said, "My proudest moment was passing the Naval Academy entrance exam." He started out in the 14th Company but graduated in the 21st Company because of the Academy's growth.

Known throughout the Navy for outstanding leadenhip in both peace and war, he progressed from midshipman to the Chief of Naval Operations. He entered the Naval Academy during a time of national uncertainty and dreamt of flight decks and naval aviation. His classes were accelerated by one year in 1947 to accommodate the war efibrt.The Lucky Bag noted: "The last class to graduate at AimapoHs imder the accelerated program of World War II—^when the Duty of Today becomes the Duty of Tomorrow."

Graduation moved him closer to his dream of flying; he was commissioned as ensign and served on the aircraft carrier ANTIETAM until being detached for flight training. He received his Wings of Gold in 1950, and reported to Fighter Squadron 51.

In the next three yeai-s, with more than two of them spent deployed to Korea, he flew 146 missions fixjm the carriers ESSEX and VALLEY FORGE earning die

Distinguished Flying Cross, 10 air medals and three Commendation Medals with CombatV The batde-tested veteran took on increased responsibilities assuming command of Fighter Squadron 103 and later Attack Carrier Air Wing Ten which Admiral Hayward reformed into an all

attack wing deployed to a new hot spot—^Vietoam. He flew 36 combat missions fiom INTREPID earning the Legion of Merit and three air medals.

In the early 60s, while a student at the National War College, Admiral Hayward earned a Master of Science degree in International Affairs fiom George ^X/^shington University. Upon graduation ftom the War College, he was assigned as commanding officer of GRAFHAS; his next assignment was ej^cutive assistant and naval aide to the Under Secretary of the Navy followed by command of AMERICA. During this tour, he was selected for Rear Admiral.

"The 70s forced the U.S. Navy to do something to offiet the rapidly growing and capable Soviet navy. Our Navy had exhausted itself in eight years of intense combat operations in Vietnam, while the Soviets built modem cruise missile cruisers and destroyers, expanded dramatically its nuclear powered submarine force and added a major long-range bomber capability to support its naval arm.We had to turn around our Navy, which President Reagan helped immensely through fiinding and priority, while we needed to reorient our attitude toward an offensively focused maritime strategy of taking it to the enemy with all you've got."

credits the chain of command for the sui^e in professionalism and the success which turned the Navy into what it is today. For midshipmen attending the DGA ceremony, he offered this counsel, "Cherish the chain of command."

Admiral Hayward first learned of his selection as a 2007 Distinguished Graduate fiom Admiral Natter while at home in Seatde,WA. He was having an ordinary day but then the telephone rang. The calls began in earnest as soon as he hung up with Admiral Natter—^well wishers delighted for him, and special congratulations fiom the Class of'48 president, Phil Rogers, when Admiral Hayward called to let him know. His day became anything but ordinary. He was elated to join the ranks of his DGA predecessors and said, "It was an incredibly meaningful reward. My wife, Peggy, of 59 years and I h u ^ e d and praised the Lord."

In retirement. Admiral Hayward became chairman of the Ethics Resources Center ofAmerica, and has worked to promote ethics curriculum and programs. He has actively participated in the establishment of several Navy related museums, including die USS MISSOURI

In 1975, Admiral Hayward assumed command of the U.S. Seventh Heet and in 1976, he served as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Heet.Three years later in 1978, he assumed duties as Chief of Naval Operations and a member of the Joint Chiefi of Staff. He retired ftom the Navy in 1982.

Foundation and the Mflitary Aviation Museum. When asked by a midshipman how Alumni can give back to the Academy, he said, "One thing about the Navy is it is scattered all over the world. There is a lot you can give back fiom wherever you are; you don't have to be in AimapoHs."

While in the Navy, Admiral Hayward is noted as the man who created a surge in pride and professionalism within all ranks, an increase in fleet readiness and a zero drug tolerance: Not in my squadron, not on my ship and not in my Navy! He

For the past 12 years. Admiral Hayward has been dedicated to sharing a successfiil solution to the ilHteracy crisis facing America. He co-foundedVoyager Expanded Learning, an education company, in

1994 which serves more than a milHon at-risk pubHc school children.

He offered, "I wiU expend the remainder of my effective years to helping America's pubHc education turn out smdents ready for success in school and life, with even finer youngsten seeking careers in the Navy and the rewards of attending the Academy."

He advised midshipmen to identify with a national hero and strive to Hve up to their highest ideals.

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alph Hooper '51 was in his office when the caU came. When Admiral Natter told him he was the recipient of a 2007 Distinguished Graduate Award, he said, "I was dumbfounded, choked up and emotional. 1 thought I might have to call him back because 1 was unable to talk."

He was overwhelmed and unaware he was even being considered. His first calls to share the news were to family and friends.

Ralph Hooper was born in Pennsylvania and raised around tugboats and freighters. His father was a sailing ship master and passed his devotion of the sea onto his son.

Hooper recaUed how he first became interested in the Academy.

His French mother was a nunc who met his father during the war. His father came from an old. New England, seafaring family that arrived on the Mayflower; a middle class family, who loved God, loved their country and revered the miHtary.

"1 had a cousin in the Class of'32," Hooper said. "I was a kid of about 6 when he visited our house Hi his whites." That was the foundation for his distinguished naval and civHian service and loyalty to the Academy and our nation.

Hooper received his early education in the Phfladelphia school system before joining the Navy Preflight V-5 program at the University of Missouri for a year. He left that program to enter the Naval Academy with the Class of 1951 when Harry S.Truman was the Commander in Chief and Vice Admiral Harry W Hill, USN, Class of 1911, the Academy's Superintendent.

While at the Naval Academy, Hooper was an active participant in the off-shore saiHng program and became the midshipman saiHng master of the schooner FREEDOM during his first class year at the Academy.

He was noted as "the boy with all the

superlatives, the loudest laugh and the brightest smile," in his 1951 Lucky Bag. Upon graduation. Hooper served aboard DES MOINES before reporting to submarine school in 1953. He then joined GRAMPUS where he gained his qualifications in submarines and command.

His next assignment was as aide and flag Heutenant to Vice Admiral Frank Watkins.

Hooper recalls, "Serving closely as aide to Admiral Watkins gave me a sense of participation and pride in that I was able to be in the company with a wise, genuine and heroic leader."

Hooper resigned his active commission in 1959 to assume responsibiHties with his four brothers in his family's shipping business. Interstate Ocean Transport Company (lOT). Over the last 20 years, l O T grew under their management and carried more petroleum products than any other firm in the United States.

Both personal and corporate successes have allowed Hooper to focus on giving back to the Academy and to the nation.

He has distinguished himself as a patriot who quiedy used his resources to support the government in gratitude for the values and education he received at the Academy. Hooper said, "Graduates who leave the service must conduct themselves in an exemplary manner, not just in their enterprise, but also to their communities and famiHes. I beHeve that Naval Academy graduates who have retired fiom the service and all graduates in civilian Hfe should take a much more active role in poHtical affairs as well as community endeavors concerning respect for laws, education and love of country."

Hooper's generous support of his alma mater for the Leaders to Serve tiie Nation Campaign also extends to personal efforts where he focuses time, energy and sponsorship to fiind private college preparatory schools in preparing young

men and women for entrance into the service academies.

"I beHeve that USNA is the number one university in the world," he explained. "No other seat of learning has smdents who imbibe the abiHty to take directions and to give proper directions and courses to others with an overwhelming sense of accountabiHty surrounding responsibiHty." The Hooper Foundation was a major supporter in the estabHshment of the Naval Academy Museum Ship Gallery, he estabHshed a maintenance fund which preserves a world class collection of Dock Yard Models and Napoleonic Prisoner of War Models.This gallery has brought great pride to the Naval Academy Museum.

He serves as a trustee of the Naval Academy Foundation Athletic & Scholarship Division and the Society of Naval Sponsors, and returns to the Academy often. He wears his ring every day. Whenever he feels confused or seeks a proper course, he usuaUy grasps his ring in his right hand while he determines the proper action. Said Hooper to the midshipmen, "I beHeve I shall mention that time is essential and to use every unforgiving minute to observe well and learn."

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drmral Leighton W Smith Jr. '62, USN (Ret.), born in Alabama, rose from a struggling midshipman to earning four stars and an Honorary Knighthood firom the British Empire for his international "Leadership of British Forces in the Field." His career at the Naval Academy began when he entered as a member of the Class of 1962 at the height of the Cold War. He recalls he almost didn't make it.

A lack of academic performance took him into the Commandant's office where Captam WiUiam F. "Bush" Brmgle, USN, Class of 1937, said it was all up to him to turn his grades aroimd. Smith recalled, "I was terrified as I walked into the Commandant's office because I thought I was about to be told to pack up my belongings and head back to Mobile."

Instead, he was given 10 days to achieve a passing grade Hi all five courses. Within that time period, he asked for help fiom instructors and classmates and surprised himself by "getting his act together." He beHeves this was the turning point Hi his life, and understood he had not appHed himself before and what he had to lose.The Luck)' Bag wrote,"Slowed, but not stopped by academics..."

When asked about his proudest moment, he repHed,"The simple answer is graduating firom the Naval Academy because I almost didn't. After that it would be command of the aircraft carrier, AMERiCA.That is the best job anyone could ever have. To have been selected for carrier command was huge, and very competitive, because we all wanted to command one."

Admiral Smith learned of his Distinguished Graduate award while instalHng a computer. The phone rang and Admiral Natter told him the news.

"My first reaction was that he was Hivitmg me to the Distingtushed Graduate Award

ceremony. I was completely surprised— blown away was the term I used—and incredibly humbled," he said. "My wife, Dottie, came into the room and she was ecstatic. After we setded down, I wrote e-mails to our three children and my sisters."

A member of the First Company, Admiral Smith graduated and entered flight training in September 1962 earning his wings in 1964. He was assigned to Attack Squadrons 81 and 22 flying A-4 Skyhawks, first in the Mediterranean aboard FORESTALL and then in the Tonkin Gulf aboard CORAL SEA and RANGER in the thick of combat operations inViemam. On 6 October 1972, while attached to Attack Squadron 82 and flying the A7 Corsair II, then Lieutenant Commander Smith, •was assigned to lead a four plane strike against the infamous Thanh Hoa Bridge. Although the bridge was heavily damaged by the U.S. Air Force, it remained on a target list and was heavily defended by the North Viemamese. Despite severe enemy fire, Smith, his wingman and team members delivered their bombs and the target was completely destroyed. Smith and his division were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for their actions.

More responsibiHty followed: command of afr wing and major sea commands, including KALAMAZOO and the aircraft carrier, AMERICA. In 1986, he was seleaed for flag rank and served as the director of tactical readiness, led a Batde Group and served as director of operations, U.S. European Command. He was appointed Vice Admiral in 1991. His work with European alHes proved invaluable and helped shape America's naval poHcy in the post-Cold War world. He received his fourth star in 1994 and became Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe and Commander in ChiefAlHed Forces, Southern Europe, a NATO

command. In the latter position, he was responsible for NATO's southern region including Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Following the signing of the Dayton Peace accords in late 1995, he was assigned additional duties as Commander of the NATO led Implementation Force (IFOR) consisting of 54,000 troops fiom 34 different nations. His international leadership was recognized with honors by four alHed nations and included an Honorary Kni^thood of the British Empire.

Admiral Smith related, "The best advice I ever received was the day I entered the Academy. Don't ever lose your sense of humor. Another giHdeline is people who fail to realize they could never have become a success in whatever line of work they are in without the help of a lot of people: teachen, mentors, family, ftiends, classmates, seniors and subordinates.

We aU learn from each of these but we sometimes forget to give them the credit they deserve. Make sure you recognize the role they play in the organization is important." Wisely, he added this at the DGA ceremony, "Never under estimate the bonds of your classmates."

After retiring in 1966, Admiral Smith first started his own consulting company.

In addition, he sits on several corporate boards of both private and pubHc companies. He made a promise in retirement he would do anything he could for naval aviation and the Naval Academy because everything he has been and can be is the result of the strong foundation he received there. In that regard, he served for six years as chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Naval Academy Alumni Association and was chairman of the board of the Aviation Museum Foundation for three. He remains on both of those boards as a trustee. He was also appointed by President Bush to a three-year term on

the Naval Academy's Board of Visiton.

His wife, Dottie, and he return frequendy to attend athletic events. He is a member of the Naval Academy Foundation's President's Circle, a trustee of the Naval Academy Athletic Foundation Athletic & Scholarship Program Division and a member of the Naval Academy Athletic Association. s%tea.„..

He would like midshipmen to know "successfiil Navy careers are the result of a lot of hard work, time away firom home, sometimes dangerous activities and jobs that demand much more of a wife than most can appreciate."

He also says that "being a bit lucky at times certainly helps."

He gives a great deal of credit for his successes to his wife and children, ct

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rom a blank sheet of paper to a highly fimctioning, integrated organization within the interagency, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) coordinates and analyzes inteUigence as well as plans counterterrorism activities.

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"The N C T C plays a key part in the Office of the Director of National IntelHgence," said President George W Bush while visiting the faciHty."It's a crucial part of making sure we can -. say to the American people, we're collecting inteUigence and information and we're sharing inteUigence and information across jurisdictional Hnes to better protect the people and do our most solemn duty, which is to protect America."^ Bom out of legislation and recommendations by the 9/11 Commission, N C T C serves two main purposes—to aHgn and integrate the nation's inteUigence efforts for combating terrorism, and to write and execute the strategic operational plan for the Global War on Terrorism.

Vice Admiral Scott Redd '66, USN (Ret.), became the first Senateconfirmed director of N C T C on 1 August 2005. Redd had previously served as deputy administrator of the CoaHtion Provisional Authority under Jerry Bremer, and as the

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Vice Admiral Redd wanted to go to the Air Force Academy. He explained, "I can tell people this now that I'm out of the Navy."

He grew up in Sidney, lA, a small town about 40 miles from Offut Air Force Base, but his congressman had an appointment to the Naval Academy and he was off to Annapolis. At the Academy, he was a Trident Scholar and graduated second in his class. Following graduation, he studied as a Fulbnght Scholar and as a Burke Scholar.

Redd also received a Master of Science degree in Operations Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School and he attended the Program for Senior Executives at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

"My family will tell you the defining characteristic of my naval career is that I've never had a job for which I applied,"said Redd of his career beginning at the Naval Academy through his current position at NCTC. During his 36 years of active duty service he commanded eight organizations and served in several senior policy positions in the Pentagon. His last assignment on active duty was as Director of Strategic Plans and Policy (J-5) on the Joint Staff. In 1995, he founded the only new U.S. Navy Fleet in half a century, serving as the first Commander Fifth Fleet since the WoHd War II era.Following retirement from the Navy in 1998, he served as CEO of NetSchools Corp., a high-tech start-up education company. Redd served as the executive director of the President's Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction in 2004-2005. In August 2005, Redd assumed duties as the first Senateconfirmed director of NCTC.

executive director on the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Commission.While Redd originally thought he wouldn't work in the government again and was hesitant about moving to Washington, DC, he said of the offer to direct the National Counterterrorism Center, "This is about as close to being operational as you can be in Washington. UnHke in 24, we don't actuaUy conduct operations but we develop the plan that guides the operations and coordinate the inteUigence side for counterterrorism."

As the director. Redd serves two masters related to the N C T C mission.

On the inteUigence side, he reports to the Director of National IntelHgence (DNl), Mike McConneU; and on the strategic

operational planning side, he reports direcdy to the President.

Hub of the Wheel Much Hke how the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 restructured the Department of Defense, the legislation behind the organization of N C T C effectively dupHcates that of the Joint Chiefi of Staff for the nation's counterterrorism efforts. As such, integrated domestic and foreign inteUigence flows through N C T C to the president. Like the Joint Staff, the staff at N C T C headquarten is comprised almost entirely of representatives assigned from other organizations, in this case aU 16 inteUigence agencies, who work side by side.

Commander Cory Green'81, USNR (Ret.), is a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Haison officer to NCTC'lamhereto represent TSA, but also to represent NCTC back to my home agency," said Green.

Additionally, Tom Sareeram '92 represents the Deparmient of Homeland Security, and works at N C T C headquarters as Chief, Special Events Branch.

His group takes the lead in inteUigence planning for N C T C participation in major domestic and international special events Hke the Olympics, the World Cup and the

Brian Greeley '89; Commander Cory Green '81, USNR (Ret); and Tom Sareeram '92 in front of the Operations Center at NCTC headquarters.

NCTC Mission Statement United to protect—leading the counterterrorism enterprise in strategic operational planning and counterterrorism intelligence for the United States Government in order t o diminish the ranks, capabilities and threats of terrorists to the U.S. and its interests.

EPIuribus Unum (Out of many. One)—The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) seal symbolizes tfie collaboration and partnership among the many partners of NCTC. It represents a united center engaged in the Global War on Terrorism.

Pan American Games. Sareeram described his branch; " ^ ^ are the fonraid deployment element for N C T C at these events."

N C T C Chief of Staff CaptaHi Joe Stewart '73, USN (Ret.), said of the relationships with other agencies, "We're basicaUy the recipients of what others give us." Stewart's work at N C T C is intemaUy focused. As an aU source environment for intelligence, N C T C headquarters has people from imagery working next to people who work human inteUigence for a common cause —the integration and communication between people is the key to the model.

"Organizations will never trust each other," said Stewart. "It's got to be on a personal level."

Redd agrees, "At the end of the day, it aU comes down to relationships ."Admiral Redd uses Vice Admiral Bert CaUand '74, USN, as a case in point. CaUand joined the N C T C staff in September 2006 as

Deputy Director for Strategic Operational Planning direcdy firom the Central IntelHgence Agency (CIA) where he served as Deputy Director.

"Every one knows him, and they know he's an honorable guy," said Redd. "If he's over at N C T C , it can't be aU bad."

Under Redd, Admiral CaUand has direct responsibiHty for the strategic operational planning. While he inherited a strategic plan from his predecessor.

Major General Jeffiey Schloesser who now commands the 101st Airborne Division, CaUand is responsible for maintaining the plan as weU as monitoring its implementation and assessing its effectiveness.

"To continue to update and revise the plan, to keep it current and to be able to ensure the interagencies are working together and, probably even more importandy, that our partners overseas are combined with us to help us be

Vice Admiral "Bert" Calland credits his Blue & Gold Officer for getting him interested in the Naval Academy, and for getting USNA interested in him. He attended high school in Zanesville, OH—a small town east of Columbus.

His Blue & Gold officer collected newspaper clippings and pulled together information on Calland's high school football career and then sent it to the Academy's football coach.

Calland is convinced he wouldn't have graduated college had it not been for the Academy. "I needed the walls to focus my energy and attention," he explained. He also credits the Academy with showing him his leadership potential.

"Growing up through the striper organization and having leadership opportunities within the Brigade was extraordinarily important," said Calland.

Calland has commanded at all levels beginning as Platoon Commander of both a SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV) platoon and a SEAL Platoon and most recently as Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command.

Following the terrorists attacks of September 11,2001, he transitioned his headquarters war fighting functions from MacDill AFB, FL, to the forward-deployed Joint Forces Special Operations Component Command, directing more that 3,000 U.S. and Coalition Special Operations Forces in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Calland served as Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command from August 2002 until March 2004 when he began his assignment as the associate director of Central Intelligence for Military Support, Headquarters CIA. In July 2005, he was appointed Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency and transitioned to NCTC in September 2006.

HRSRSuRE the most effective in the war against terrorism," said Calland. He recognizes the third phase is the most chaUenging— the assessment.

Connecting the Dots From the high-tech briefing room at N C T C headquarters, a secure video teleconference is held three times a day— 0100,0800, and 1500—to share information among the inteUigence agencies.

Captain Joe Stewart decided to go to the Naval Academy to play lacrosse.

"After that, I liked being in the Navy and I stayed in for a career," he said.

Serving for nearly 29 years, Stewart's career including serving as the Operations Officer of the Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Center Detachment, CINCLANTFLT, Norfolk, VA; Assistant Intelligence Officer for the Commander, Second Fleet, Norfolk, VA; Operations Officer of the Navy Operation Intelligence Center in Suitland, MD; Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (N2) for the Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Group Twelve, Mayport, FL; and as Commanding Officer of the Fleet Intelligence Training Center, Pacific, San Diego, CA. His Pentagon experience includes Assistant to the J2, Joint Staff; and Executive Officer to the Director, Defense Intelligence Agency where he served on September 11th. Stewart also received a Master of Science degree in Strategic Studies at the Naval War College.

Down the haU, the Operations Center runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week with five teams on rotating schedules.

The "Ops" Center distributes situational reports every 12 hours—0300 and 1500—to agencies that make up the inteUigence community.

"The main role of the Ops Center is to maintain situational awareness globaUy at aU times," explained Brian Greeley '89, senior operations officer. "We are continuaUy maintaining and sifting through data, puUing out the information that we beHeve is pertinent."

Hundreds of pieces of information are shared and transmitted to N C T C with 20 to 30 being reported on vwith greater detaU on a daily basis.

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In August 2006, the worldwide inteUigence community was tested.

N C T C had reports, meetings and conversations about a developing plot in the United Kingdom related to aircraft.

Before the plot had a chance to develop and before Hves were at risk, British authorities arrested 21 individuals who allegedly planned to detonate explosives on aircraft departing from the United Kingdom and bound for the United States. While the operation was physically in the United Kingdom, the inteUigence was international in scope and the staff at N C T C was criticaUy involved.

"AU of the inteUigence—domestic inteUigence, foreign inteUigence—^was integrated and presented by NCTC," said Redd of the briefings to the President.

The secure video teleconferences were ramped up, information was

What's your VECTOR?

After retirement, Stewart worked for Syntek Technologies, Inc. as vice president for intelligence.

"I wanted to be a decision maker and help shape the problem, and the response to the problem in much greater detail," said Stewart of his move from the private sector to government work. He then joined the Terrorist Threat Integration Center in April 2004 and transitioned to NCTC in December of the same year. In August 2005, Redd appointed Stewart as NCTC Chief of Staff.

"This isn't mathematics and it isn't one plus one equals two, rather it's a dot here and one agency thinks this and another may think something else," said Redd. "But the job here is to make sure that whatever actions are taken, they're coordinated."

W h e n speaking about leadership. Admiral Redd uses the acron'ym VECTOR t o describe his philosophy, "Vision, excellence, character, t e a m w o r k , Vice Admiral Redd '66, USN (Ret). Redd addressed the Brigade of Midshipmen at a Forrestal Lecture in Alumni Hall in October 2006.

organization, respect."

shared and coordinated, and the threat was suppressed.

"At the end of the event, the assessment was that this was what we had intended; this is what the firamers of the legislation and the 9/11 Commission had in mind," said Redd.

Are We Winning?

"I would say that there are dramatic and measurable changes which have occurred and N C T C has been a critical part of that," said Redd. "The improvement in counterterrorism is significant throughout the U.S. government and coimterterrorism commuruties."

Although the N C T C model is working, the transition has been challenging for the intelligence community.

Admiral CaUand saw^ the stand up of N C T C firom a different perspective, through the CIA lens. He described the sense of a loss in the CIA's responsibiHty and the recovery as a mourning process. " \ b u could actuaUy see as they went through the various stages—denial to anger to.finaUy^—andthey are stiU wrorking on, acceptance," said CaUand.

"This is new;" said Redd. "We didn't exist as N C T C two years ago; we're inventing as we go."

That entrepreneurial spirit comes firom Redd's leadership skills developed by both a miHtary and civilian career— 36 years in the Navy with 11 of those as a flag officer, and five years in private industry as a CEO, and it is evident throughout the organization, in formulating the scope for the N C T C , the 9/11 Commission Report recommendations noted there was an emerging and apparent need for a "more efficient government wide joint efibrt"

Captain Joe Stewart '73, USN (Ret); Vice Admiral Scott Redd '66, USN (Ret); and Vice Admiral Bert Calland 74, USN, in ttie NCTC conference room.

that has the capacity for "more flexible models of management" to effectively deal with the threat terrorism.'

In puUing together his staff at N C T C , Admiral Redd sought out people with miHtary experience. "There is a balance of capabiHty and leadership," he said. "You know they came up through the system, they've proven themselves and that makes a big difference."

"I think people have a real sense of mission and take a real sense of pride in participating in the mission," Stewart said of the staff at N C T C . "People realize that this is a buUding action, and it's making a difierence."

every day about terrorism is not something that cheers you up, but it's easy to stay motivated as part of the effort to counter it."

Admiral Redd is confident that the process is working, and continues to get better. "You know you have an awful lot of great people working for you, and they are working hard and are committed to the mission," he said. But, he realizes, "You're always one phone caU away firom a reaUy bad day." cb ' Reprinted with permission fiom www.whitehouse.gov - Source: www.9-1 lcommision.gov/report/911Report_ Chl3.htm

Green agrees. "I find it very easy to get up and come to work every day," he said. "What \rou read m the papers

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The Legacy of a HERO Ensign John R. Elliott HERO Campaign for Designated Drivers "I, JOHN ELLIOTT, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I wnx SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC; THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE SAME; THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION; AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES OF THE OFHCE ON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER. SO HELP ME GOD."

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t was with these words Ensign John R. EUiott '00, USN, proudly received his commission into the United States Navy alongside his friends and members of the Naval Academy's Class of 2000. Four years of hard work, with the love and support of friends, famfly and feUow midshipmen, had paid off and Ensign EUiott embarked on his naval career, starting with Naval FHght Officer School in Pensacola, FL. Just two short months later, in the early hours of 22 July, a head-on coUision with a drunk driver would cut short the Hfe and naval career of this promising young officer and forever alter the lives of all those who knew him.

Ensign John R. Elliott '00, USN, is congratulated by Captain Samuel Locklear '77, USN, atthe Class of 2000 Commissioning Ceremony Photo courtesy of the HERO Campaign

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To sha-e and preserve John's memory, his famfly laimched the H E R O Campaign for Designated Drivers, promoting the use of a designated driver and campaigning for tougher drunk driving laws.The Campaign is named in honor of the H E R O (Human Education Resources Officer) of the Year award which John earned as a first class midshipman.

Âť Be a HERO X ^ "John made a great company HERO, which is sort of the unofficial counselor for a company," said Lieutenant Christopher Knaus '00, USN, John's good friend and classmate.

"During the second semester of plebe year, I'd had enough. I went to John's room and asked him how I could quit the Academy. He was in the middle of getting his stuff together for the next class. H e stopped what he was doing, looked at me and said,'ReaUy, Chris?

Why?' It was the sincerity in his voice and just the way he said my first name that cUcked me out of it. John made me feel Hke a brother and I honesdy never thought about quitting after that day."

It is this image, that of a strong fiiend, son, brother and leader, that his family and classmates remember, and it is this legacy that the H E R O Campaign is striving to promote and honor.

"The H E R O Campaign was estabHshed not only to make drunk driving laws tougher, but also to celebrate John's Hfe. His role as 24th Company H E R O defines who he was," said Lieutenant Benjamin Charles '99, USN, another one ofJohn's friends.

Since its founding in 2000, the H E R O Campaign has gained recognition throughout John's home state of New Jersev" and across the country. "John's Law," which requires poHce to impoimd the cars of those chaiged with driving imder the influence for up to 12 hours, has been adopted in New Jersey and Boston, and was passed by Congress as part of a federal transportation biU and signed into law by President Geoi^eWBush in 2005.

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HERO Campaign billboard at tfie entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel Photo courtesy of the HERO Campaign

imprecedented," said Lieutenant BenjamHi Charles '99, USN. Many ofJohn's fiiends and classmates actively support the H E R O Campaign, both by promoting its message as weU as honoring John's memory. Lieutenant Knaus and Lieutenant Charles wore H E R O Campaign ribbons on their ffight svuts during missions to Iraq.

USNA Conduct Officer Lieutenant Timothy Heisey '00, USN, has promoted the Campaign at several naval bases, fiom Jacksonville, FL, to Honolulu, HI, distributing posters, t-shirts, caps and pins.

Lieutenant John Rhodes '00, USN, the current Naval Academy Alcohol and Drug Education Officer, and his staff of 40 midshipmen, recendy hosted the H E R O 5K mn to promote die H E R O Campaign and kick off the Alcohol Awareness Week at the Naval Academy.

More than 200 midshipmen participated in the run.

On a recent Arctic expedition Lieutenant Tyler Forrest '02, USN, proudly displayed the H E R O Campaign flag outside the submarine SANTA FE when it surfaced.

Perhaps one of the most remarkable elements of the HERO Campaign is the manner in which it iUustrates the unspoken bond that exists among USNA Alumni.

Even Alumni who did not know John personaUy have embraced the cause of the H E R O Campaign. William Squires '75 played a vital role in establishing the HERO Campaign at Giants Stadium, where HERO banners are now displayed at each of the stadium's designated driver booths.

"The overwhelming support of the Naval Academy community has been

"1 never met John, but he is a feUow graduate of the United States Naval

Academy and as a result he is my brother.

He was taken fiom us too soon and we need to honor his memory" said Squires.

Through the efforts of his famfly and feUow USNA Alumni, John's legacy wiU Hve on at the Academy, and play a role in the Hves of future midshipmen. The Ensign John R. EUiott Character ExceUence Fund, founded by the Naval Academy Foundation in 2000, funds suppHes and speakers to Academy's Character Development Program. The Fund also supports the Capstone Character ExceUence Seminar Program, to help prepare first class midshipmen for ethical leadership roles when they become junior officers foUowing graduation. Even John's ring, which he was wearing at the time of the coUision and bears a crack from the impact, resides in the Naval Academy museum.

"The H E R O Campaign assures that John's influences wiU continue to inspire people and encourage them to make decisions that wiU positively affect those around them," said Lieutenant Charles.

"Helping othen, making the right decisions and taking responsibiHty for our own actions, are things that John stiU teaches us today."

To find out more about the H E R O Campaign, the USNA Ensign John EUiott Fund and the Capstone Character ExceUence Seminar, visit www.herocampaign.com. d>

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By Commander Tom Druggan '89, USN

AEGIS: Shield of the Fleet and our Nation Most Alumni are famiUar with the surface Navy's Aegis weapon system, often called the "Shield of the Fleet."

Sent to sea decades ago aboard TiCONDEROGA, Aegis exceUence has expanded and it is now the mainstay of the surface fleet. Indeed, the Navy took deHvery of the 100th Aegis system just a few months ago. The Centennial Aegis system is destined for instaUation in WAYNE E. MEYER

(DDG 108), a tribute to die "Father ofAegis" who was the steward over Aegis' complex design and procurement.

Fortunately for the U.S. NavyAegis was so weU engineered that it has been able to continuaUy meet new and difficult threats. Rather than purchasing entire new ships with completely new weapon systems—a very expensive proposition—small changes to the Aegis system have ensured that our shipmates have been safe at sea for decades.

Today is no different. New modifications to the Aegis system are being made to ensure that Aegis remains the shield of the fleet... and even our nation; this time firom baUistic missiles. BaUistic missiles are a real threat to our homeland and we really don't have an operational defense yet. Our nation has been on a crash course to develop a national missfle defense system, guided by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). Most of MDA's efforts have been on the ground based interceptor system, but their smaU investments in Navy baUistic missile defense (BMD) systems have already reaped significant remrns.

During Operation Iraqi Freedom, Aegis ships provided tracking and surveillance data to Patriot batteries ashore. An ad hoc arrangement to be sure, but Aegis cuing enabled Patriot radars to routinely and successfiilly engage Iraqi short-range baUistic missiles. And despite minimal fiinding, the Aegis system has the most consistent success record in test firings against ballistic missiles—it works.

The bottom Hne is that, today, a modified Aegis system can consistendy shoot down baUistic missiles, often described as "hitting a buUet with a buUet." As a result, the Navy and MDA are modifying 15 Aegis desttoyers for BMD operations. Originally planned solely for surveiUance missions, these new modifications and an incredible new missile enable these ships to engage baUistic missiles. It's difficult to orchestrate a successful engagement—the inteUigence community plays an

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A Standard Missile Three (SM-3) is launched from the Aegis cruiser LAKE EHIE (CG 70). Photo courtesy of U.S. Navy.

important role, the window of opportunity to fire is very short due to the high speeds involved (measured in miles per second, not rrules per hour), and the ships have to be properly stationed—^but it can be done. In fact, some of these Aegis destroyers are already on deployment. Further, as cruisers and destroyers go through mid-life upgrades starting next year, they wiU aU be enhanced with BMD capabiHty, steadily growing in number until it is prevalent throughout the fleet. Indeed, the fleet is already developing certification and training standards and requirements; tactics, techniques and procedures; and lessons learned for this new warfare area.

The case to develop sea based baUistic missfle defense extends weU beyond our shores, too. A naval BMD capabiHty is clearly of great diplomatic importance, enabHng the United States to provide additional levels of reassurance to our friends and aUies that may be under threat of BMD attack. Think of the value of defending Japan or Israel from baUistic missfle attack; aU from the sea and without deploying land forces. This is becoming a reaHty... today.

Further, we need our own BMD capabiHty to successfiilly control the seas.The fact is, some nations are trying to develop balHstic missiles capable of hitting ships at sea.The technical chaUenges these nations face are daunting but they are continuing their efforts. If they succeed and we do not have an organic BMD capabiHty, we could be "locked out" and denied access to some important parts of the world. Consequendy, Aegis wiU continue as the "Shield of the Fleet" and of our nation. <i> Commander Tom Druggan '89 is the prospective Commanding Officer of O'KANE (DDG 11).

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FOSTERING GOODWILL WORLDWIDE Lieutenant (junior grade) Jennifer Giob '04, USN, opens a thank you letter from a group of Bawing High School students during a community service project in the Phflippines. Part of U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Mass Communication Specialist Project Friendship, Seaman Shannon K. Cassidy Lieutenant Grob and her feUow marines and sailors on the amphibious command ship BLUE RJDGE participated in fiiendship-biulding and goodwfll-fostering activities in junction with the Phihppine armed forces.

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During an eight-week fall deployment out of Yokosuka, Japan, Naval Academy graduates spanning more tfian 20 years gathered together in front of the of GARY. From left to right Ensign Sean Tag an '06, Lieutenant (junior grade) Adrienne Roseti '04, Lieutenant Commander Eric Taylor '94, Commander Joseph Deleon '87 (commanding officer of GARY), Lieutenant (junior grade) Kellie Young '04, Ensign Andy Rapacke '06, Ensign Tyler Scharar '05, Lieutenant Geoff Avery '02 and Lieutenant Troy Shideler '02.

Photo courtesy of Commander Joseph Deleon '87

2007 USNA FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONFERENCE Since 1961, the annual Naval Academy Foreign Affairs Conference (NAFAC) has provided a forum for the discussion of contemporary issues for midshipmen and undergraduates from around the world. This April's conference, entided "Asia at the Crossroads," was no exception.

The 2007 conference featured a series of roundtable discussions ranging from "Proliferation: North Korea Nuclear Crisis" to "The Environmental ChaUenge: India and China," and "The Future of U.S.-Japan AUiance."

In the past, NAFAC has touched on a variety of timely, global issues, including Africa, the Middle East, the threat of terrorism as weU as the role technology plays in today's international relations.

Past conferences have also featured a number of distinguished guest speakers, including President George W Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

For more information, visit virww.usna.edu/NAFAC.

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PLANNING A VISIT TO THE NAVAL ACADEMY? STAY AT NAVY GATEWAY INNS & SUITES Located on the second and third floors of the Officers' and Faculty Club, Navy Gateway Inns & Suites (formerly known as the Visiting Officers' Quarters orVQ) is now accessible for reservations for active duty military E-5 and above (as opposed to the previous eligibility factor of E-7 and above). For more information, visit www.usna.edu/MWR/ NavyGatewaylnns&SuitesAnnapolis.

CONGRATULATIONS! To Professor David Joyner of the Naval Academy Mathematics Department, who was selected to receive the Class of 1951 Civflian Faculty Research ExceUence Award for 2007.This award is presented annuaUy to a Naval Academy civiHan faculty member who has exhibited the highest quaHty scholarly achievement through research and pubHcation. In doing so, they have furthered the accomplishments of the Naval Academy's mission by enhancing the inteUectual development of midshipmen and increasing the body knowledge in their field of study. Professor Joyner wiU receive a plaque and a $3,000 award in recognition of this honor, and his name wiU be added to a permanent display in Nimitz Library. The award is one of three supported by the Class of 1951 Teacher Award Endowment, a U.S. Naval Academy Association endowment fund.

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Rear Admiral Jeffrey L Fowler '78, USN. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Brian D. Forsmo

ROSE GARDEN VISIT Whfle the 2006-2007 record setting Navy footbaU season ended in December, the national recognition of the team's accompHshments continues. For the fourth consecutive year. President George W Bush honored the USNA Football team for their victories over both Air Force (24-17) and Army (26-14) and idtimately winning the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy. At a ceremony in the White House's Rose Garden, the President officially recognized the Navy football team for this achievement, which set a new record for the Naval Academy, and congratulaed this year's graduating class as the seventh class throughout Midshipman James Rossis '07 presents President George W. Bush with a jersey duringthe history of the Academy to have beaten Army in a ceremony at the White House Rose Garden during which the Navy football team was the Army-Navy game aU four years. awarded the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for the fourth consecutive year.

U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chris Lussier

G o NAVY! RADIO RECEIVES " L O N G DISTANCE CALL" Go Navy! Radio reached new heights in web-based talk radio when, during the March broadcast, two astronauts phoned in for a "long distance" interviewfiromthe International Space Station (ISS). Commander SunitaWUHams '87, USN, and Captain Michael Lopez-Alegria '80, USN,joined host George P. Wattjr. '73, president and CEO of the USNA Alumni Association & Foundation and other guests to discuss service assignment at the Academy, and to illustrate the amazing directions that USNA Alumni's careers lead them after graduation. Captain Lopez-Alegria is scheduled to return to earth on 20 April after spending 214 days at the ISS, setting the U.S. record for continuous time in space. Commander WUHams is anticipated to ultimately break this record, as her stay at ISS has been extended due to delays in NASA's flight schedule.

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ma '46: H a r o l d B i e r m a n Jr. received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from the University ofWest Indies in recognition of contributions to their educational program.

'47: A D M Wesley L. M c D o n a l d , U S N (Ret.), received the Elder Statesman of Aviation award fiom the National Aeronautic Association (NAA). In his honor, the NAA renamed the award the Wesley L. McDonald Elder Statesman of Aviation Award. T h e H o n o r a b l e J a m e s " J i m m y " E . Carter Jr. became the second former U.S. president to win a Grammy Award when he was honored in the spoken-word category for the audio-book version of his bestseller Our Endangered Values:America's Moral Crisis.

mii '52: Lt G e n T h o m a s P. Stafford, U S A F (Ret.), has received the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs' Citizenship Award.

'55: L C D R J o h n R . C a m p , U S N (Ret.), has been installed as the new 2007 president of the Northern Virginia Council, Navy League of the United States. D r . Ernst Volgenau has been recognized as Virginia's Outstanding Industrialist of 2007 by Virginia Governor Kaine and the Science Museum of Virginia.

'56: L t G e n R o b e r t F. MilUgan, U S M C (Ret.), Florida State Comptroller (1994-2002), has been appointed the state's new insurance consumer advocate. C D R G e o r g e Millard Allen Jr., U S N R (Ret.), was elected to the Glynn County, Georgia Board of Education for a four year term.

'59: Peter S.Van N o r t has joined Harper Industries, Inc. in Paducah, KY, as chief organizational ofEcer. He is also the first and only graduate of his high school to be elected to both Chagrin Falls School's Achievement HaU of Fame and Athletic Hall of Fame.

1960s '60: C D R Arthur E.Wegner, U S N R (Ret.), has been named to the B/E Aerospace board of directors and will serve on its audit committee.

'62: B G e n T h o m a s V. D r a u d e , U S M C (Ret.), is now the chief executive ofEcer for the Marine Corps University Foundation, Inc. '63: Charles P. O'Leary Jr. has been confirmed as transportation commissioner of N e w Hampshire by Governor Lynch.

'64: W i l l i a m W. Lindsay Jr. has been appointed to the SmaU Business Industrial Development Corporation by Texas Governor Perry. D r . T h o m a s F. H a w k has been named to the board of reviewers for two professional journals, the Journal of Management Education and

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the Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education.

J a m e s A . O u n s w o r t h was hired by The Musser Group. R A D M H . W i l l i a m H a b e r m e y e r Jr., U S N (Ret.), has been elected to the board of Southern Company.

'65: Captain S t e p h e n D . C h u b b , U S N R (Ret.), has been elected chairman of the board of trustees of Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital.

Brian J. K e n n e d y has been elected to Sierra Pacific Resources board of directors.

'66: Wayne E . H i c k s has been inducted into the EIWA Hall of Fame.

'67: R A D M R a y m o n d C. S m i t h Jr., U S N (Ret.), has been inducted into the Vallejo Sports Hall of Fame.

'68: Maj G e n J o s e p h T. A n d e r s o n , U S M C (Ret.), has been promoted to the position of deputy director for the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. C D R J o s e p h J. Kavale, U S N (Ret.), was named by the president of Springbrook Properties to be assistant project manager for a new development near Newberg, O R . G e n Michael W. H a g e e , U S M C (Ret.), has been appointed to lAP Worldwide Services, Inc.'s board of directors.

C D R Sigval M . B e r g Jr., U S N R , has been appointed by Constellation Energy to UniStar Nuclear as senior vice president-Infi:astructure Development.

mik '70: T i m S. M c C l a i n , Esq. has a position with Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC in Washington, D C . Steven S. R e i n e m u n d has been nominated to the Marriott board, pending approval by the company's shareholders at Marriott International's annual meeting.

'71: A D M T i m o t h y J. Keating, U S N , has been nominated by SecDef Robert Gates to take over the U.S. Pacific Command based at Camp Smith.

'72: C A P T Albert J. Neupaver, U S N R , has been appointed to the board of directors of the Carnegie Science Center. N e l s o n M . Jones III is the new counsel or legal advisor, for Senator James Webb of Virginia. J o h n K . W e l c h has joined the American CouncU on Global Nuclear Competitiveness. ' 7 3 : V A D M Charles L. M u n n s , U S N (Ret.), has retired from active duty after a successful tour as commander, Submarine Force; commander. Submarine Force U.S. Adantic; commander, Allied Submarine Command and commander,Task Forces 46,82,84 and 144.

'75: B G e n R i c h a r d T. Tryon, U S M C , has been nominated for appointment to the grade of major general. V A D M J o h n J. Donnelly, U S N , is the new commander, Submarine Force; commander. Submarine Force U.S. Adantic;

Major Jay Antonelll '92 I am excited and honored to get this position, to represent the United States, USA Wrestling and the sport of wrestling at the Wodd Championships," said Major Jay Antonelli '92 on being named as an assistant to Coach Steve Fraser.

Antonelli was a World Team Coach for the 2005 U.S. World Team that competed in Budapest, Hungary, which earned one medal and placed 17th in the team standings.He was also the assistant coach of the 2003 U.S. Wodd Team, which competed in Cretiel, France. He has been on the Greco-Roman coaching staff at the last two Olympic Games, as well as many other U.S. international tour teams.

commander, AEied Submarine Command and commander,Task Forces 46,82,84 and 144.

C A P T T h e o d o r e L. S p i l m a n m , U S N (Ret.), has been named by BAE Systems as vice president of business development for National Security Solutions. C A P T G. Zachary W i l h o i t , U S N ( R e t . ) , has been elected to the board of directors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

'76: B G e n J o h n R . A l l e n , U S M C , has been nominated for appointment to the grade of major general. R A D M Carlton B . J e w e t t , U S N , has been assigned as commander. Navy Warfare Development Command, Norfolk, VA. C A P T WiUiam C. Ostendorff, U S N (Ret.), has been nominated by President Bush to be principal deputy administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration. V A D M David J. Venlet, U S N , has assumed command of die Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River, MD. '77: D a v i d D . C o s s has been named treasurer and senior portfoHo manager for the Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia.

'78: R A D M Charles H . G o d d a r d , U S N , has a new assignment as program executive officer for ships, Washington, D C .

'79: C A P T R o b e r t A . " R u s t y " Mirick, U S N , became commander of the Navy's newly estabhshed Navy Munitions Command. C D R D o m i n i c L. G o r i e , U S N , will command the Space Shutde ENDEAVOUR on the STS-123

mission, targeted for launch in December 2007 and C A P T Michael J. F o r e m a n , U S N . will ser\-e as one of the mission specialists. Larry A .

Kihlstadius has been named senior \-ice president of business development forVeritude. C A P T R o b e r t O. Wray Jr., U S N . has been nominated for appointment to the grade of rear admiral (lower half).

ism '80: C A P T S c o t t E . Sanders, U S N R , C A P T Sandy L. D a n i e l s , U S N R and C A P T M i c h a e l J. B r o w n e , U S N R have been nominated for appointment to the grade of rear admiral (lower half).

'81: C o l WiDiam D . Beydler, U S M C , has been nominated for promotion to brigadier general. C D R R o b e r t C . C u m m i n g s , U S N R (Ret.), has been seleaed as the San Diego di\ision president for Barratt American Homes. R o b e r t D . R a v e n e r Jr. has a new role at Starbucks as senior \'ice president. U.S. Parmer Resources. C A P T Carl W. C r a m b , U S N , has been inducted into the Clearwater Central Catholic High School Athletic HaU of Fame.

'82: C. Michael Petters has been appointed by Governor Timothy M. Kaine to ser%'e on the Ad\Tsor\- Council on Revenue Estimates. C D R T h o m a s J. "TJ" Aruffo, U S N R has been appointed chief information and shared ser^-ices officer for Cott Corporation. C A P T M a t t h e w T. Scassero, U S N . has been selected for the Leadership Mar>-land Class of 2007. C D R R o b e r t A . Sturgell, U S N R is to become acting C O O of the FAA's Air Traffic Organization. ' 8 3 : C D R T h o m a s P. McKavitt J r . , U S N ( R e t . ) , has a new position as technical risk manager with the Best Manufacturing Practices Center of ExceUence. C A P T O w e n P. H o n o r s Jr., U S N , has been inducted into the WaU of Distinction in the North Syracuse School District.

'84: A l e x a n d e r E . FarreU has been named by the California Air Resource board to the Economic and Technology' Advancement .^d\-isory Committee. C D R Leonard J. H a m i l t o n , U S N , has been awarded the Ralph R . Teeter Educational Award by the Society of Automotive Engineers. C l e m e n t C. C h e n has been recognized as Asian American Engineer of the Year by the Chinese Instiwte of EngineersUSA. C A P T Peter K. D a l h n a n , U S N , is die new commander. Amphibious Squadron 5.

W. S c o t t B i e l has joined Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo. P C . as a member in its real estate practice. C A P T K e n n e t h J. Braithwraite IT, U S N R has been nominated for appointment to the grade of rear admiral (lower half).

'86: C D R Christopher D . O r w o l l , U S N (Ret.), IS the new director of the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center. Mark W.

Johnson, the chairman of Innosight, LLC, wiU join the board of diieaors of the U.S. Naval Institute.

'87: C D R J a m e s H . D i c k , U S N , has completed a successfiil tour as C O of R.'\MAGE (DDG-61) and will report to the operations and planning staff for the C N O in Washington, D C .

'88: C D R Kristin A . Bakkegard, U S N , has completed a successfiil tour as commanding officer of MobUe Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit 109.

Sean M . B o n d has been named president of BAE Systems' Platform Solutions business, based in Johnson City, NY.

'91: A l t o n D . D e l a n e has joined Bradley Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as vice president, business development. L C D R Juan J. O r o z c o , U S N , has been honored with the Hispanic in Technology STAR Awurd (Government category) during ceremonies conducted at the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers National Conference. C D R Joseph R . B a i c h Jr., U S N R has jomed Deloitte & Touche LLP as a partner in their security & privacy' practice. In addition, he is the new commanding officer Naval Reserve N I O C Denver.

'92: Maj J o n Jay Antonelli, U S M C , has been selected by USA Wrestling to assist USA Wrestling National GrecoRoman Coach Steve Fraser at the 2007 World Championships.

'94: L C D R R o l a n d V J. D e G u z m a n , U S N and L C D R Scott A. Suozzi, U S N , have begun one-year tours on Capitol HiU as part of the Department of Defense Legislative FeUowship Program.

'96: Harry D .

K n i g h t Jr. has won the Jones Lang LaSaUe Da Vinci Award, his company's highest recognition for innovation.

'97: Capt Speros C. Koumparakis, U S M C , has begun a

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one-year tour on Capitol HiU as part of the Department of Defense Legislative FeUowship Program.

'00: M y a h C . Monjure has a new position with O'SuUivan Creel in Pensacola, FL. '02: LT Phillip W E m e r y , U S N , was recognized as the Junior Officer of the Year for Submarine Squadron 17.

'10: M I D N R o a r k e C. B a l d w i n , U S N , was awarded the N a w and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, given to junior officers and enlisted personnel who distinguish themselves by oucstandir^ professional achievement or leadership.

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An Open Letter to the Members of the Class of 2007 I write this letter as I reflect on the past seven Commissioning Weeks and as I prepare to spend still another one—yours—with you. We decided to print this letter in the May issue so that each of you wiU have the opportunity to see it and take it with you as you pack out your sea bags and head out to the Fleet.

Right now you are Hkely thinking about your first duty station, your initial training in a warfare specialty, post-graduate opportunity or perhaps an upcoming nuptial ceremony—or aU of the above. But before you can do any of that, you must first pass muster morally, mentally and physically at the Naval Academy and be certified for a commission by the Superintendent.

A commission is far more than a diploma. It is an indication of your wiUingness to accept incredible responsibiHty and accountabiHty. It is also an indication by your senior leaders of their confidence in your readiness to do so. The members of the GREAT Class of 1957, your 50-year predecessors and mentors over these past four years, certainly have confidence in you.

So much so, that they have purchased your first set of Ensign or Second Lieutenant bars and have committed their time to be with you at Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium to shake your hands and welcome you aboard to our Extended Brigade. I know you won't let them down.

When you graduate on May 25th and throw your caps in the air, you will join the ranks of some 52,000 Hving graduates. In fact, with your graduation, we wiU be able to claim more than 73,000 men and women graduates since the founding of the Naval Academy in 1845. The large majority of them chose to do what you are about to do—serve their country in uniform. Much is expected of you as a Naval Academy graduate—in fact, you may feel the bar is set at an unfair height.You wiU make up the professional core of our Navy and Marine officer corps.You won't necessarily be better

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The 28th Company joins George Watt and Kevin Reeds, former members of the 28th Company from the Classes of 1973 and 1985, at a Battalion Reception in historic Ogle Hall.

than your commissioned officer peers firom other campuses and other sources, but, by definition, you will be different. I ask you to have pride in that difference, seek exceUence in all you are given to do while doing it without arrogance. Everyone you come in contact with wiH measure the Naval Academy—and thereby we who have preceded you—by your actions, by your demeanor and by your character. So yes, the bar is set high.

You are also Hfe members of your Alumni Association. And, you wiU always be members of a Naval Academy class. There are many who started with you in the summer of 2003 who wHl not be with you on the field in late May of 2007. However, remember there was once a day that aU of you stood shoulder to shoulder and caUed one another "classmate." You wiU aU be classmates forever, so cherish that, strengthen your bonds and get connected and stay connected. The Alumni Association wiU assist you in that regard, but it is up to each one of you to make it happen.

As I close, I must admit the rapidly advancing moment of your graduation and commissioning is bittersweet. On the one hand, we are all so proud of you and thankful for your wiUingness to serve.You make us proud. On the other hand, we feel we're just getting to know you and we have enjoyed your visits to Alumni House. Don't be strangers. Whenever your travels bring you in or near to Annapolis, please stop by. I look forward to hearing your sea stories, and beHeve me, you'U have many!

Go Navy, and please: Carry On! -i^

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EWS ^'But still when two or three shall meet, And old tales he retold...''

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22 Annual Membership: 0% Life Membership: 0% The attack submarine named for the father of the nuclear Navy, Admiral Hytnan G. Rickover, USNA'22, ended its final deployment October 11,2006, returning to Norfolk Naval Station after six months at sea and concluding 22 years of service. The sub's last deployment was spent conducting operations in support of national security taskings and the Global War on Terrorism, accorcHng to a press release from the Adantic Fleet Submarine Force. The ship's sponsor and wife of the late Adm. Rickover, Eleonore Rickover, was on hand at Norfolk Naval Station to welcome the sailors home. The 360-foot sub was inactivated on Dec. 14 and wiU be transported to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, in early 2007 for the year-long inactivation process.

Mrs. Rickover also attended the decommissioning ceremonies at Naval Station Norfolk in December 2006.

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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 6% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 26% PRES: RADM William O. Snead.USN (Ret.) Send news direcdy to Shipmate.

Mary (MoUie) WUHams, wife of PJ^DM MacPherson (Mac) Williams, passed away on 2 November in Peoria, AZ. MoUie was born on 3 AprU 1908 in LouisviUe, KY and married Mac after his graduation firom the Academy in 1930.

MoUie and Mac enjoyed an amazing 30-year Naval aviation career together, including assignments in pre-war Pearl Harbor and post-war Shanghai, China.

MoUie is survived by her daughter, Anne, three grandchUdren, WiUiam, Laurie, and Wendy Lawrence '81, and four greatgrandchildren, Hannah, Dan, Peter, and Mary. She wiU be buried next to Mac at the USNA cemetery on 4 June.

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• Peggy Lee, the widow of RADM Latnar Lee '33, passed away peacefuUy on March 10 in Montecito, CaHfornia.

She was 95 years old. Peggy and Lamar were our neighbors inVandenbergVUlage for about 15 years, untU they moved to Casa Dorinda in Montecito. We were so lucky to have been their neighbors. They were both among the finest people we have known.

— Charles S. "Steve" Bond '57 • ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 11% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 32% PRES: CAPT Grayson Merrill, USN (Ret.) P: 410-544-3373;E: graysonmerrill@comcast.net VICE PRES: CAPT Edwin S. Lee Jr., USN (Ret.) SECY: Mr. John Cawley Green 464 West Joyce Lane, Arnold, MD 21012 Tel: 410-647-0511 WEB SITE: www.usna.coni/classes/1934 Send news directly Co Shipmate.

Captain Grayson MerrUl recendy received the sad news about the passing of Rose Abert WUHams the widow of CAPT Robert R.Williams Jr., USN (Ret.), USNA Class of 1934, who pre-deceased her in 1993.The picture below shows the Robert R. WUHams famUy as they appeared in the Class of 1934 Golden Lucky Bag.

PRES: VADM John B. ColweU.USN (Ret.) 230 West Galbraith Rd., #1003 Cincinnati, O H 45215 Send news direcdy to Shipmate.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 22% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 50% PRES/ACTING SECY: CAPT WiU I. BuU, USN (Ret.) 900 NTaylor Sreet.Apt. 1416 Arlington, VA 22203-1873

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27 Annual Membership: 5% Life Membership: 10% 1927 Ladies Miniature Found A 1927 ladies miniature ring was found at Homestead Park in Washington Township, OH. If you are missing a miniamre, please contact Mrs. Timothy Woodbury at the Alumni Association (410-793-5747).

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The USNA Alumni Association was recendy notified about the passing of Mrs. Peggy Lee by Charles S. Bond '57:

Captain Williams Jr. and Mrs. Rose Williams with their family

H Captain MerriU, My mother, RoseWiUiams, passed away early Friday morning at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda. Plans are being made for a memorial service some time

Opinions expressed in Shipmate are those of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions, policy or attitude of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, its officers or editorial staff. All pictures are official Department of Defense photographs unless otherwise credited. Member, Council for the Advancement and Support of Educaion (CASE).

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next week at St. Mary's CathoHc Church in RockviUe. At a later date, her cremains wUl be placed alongside her husband's at the Columbarium at ArHngton National Cemetery. May she rest in peace, —Bob WUHams • Re-Invigorating Our Sixteen Entailers We are the only Heritage Class in the Alumni Association; Courtesy Appendix Q of Class Presidents' Handbook.

President and CEO George Watt '73 hopes we woU overcome our admitted cHsabUities by finding ways to participate through innovation and calHng on our progeny to bat for us. Take a look at the thirteen EmaUers Hsted under "Class34".

Here they are, as Hsted in the AA's "Class34" group address box. When I select "Class34" as the address for an emaU these wiU receive it: Dennison Ambrose, Eric Barr, James Bentiey, Helen Bourke,Jean Clarey, Charles Coley, Helen Cook, Robert CroweU,Adelbert Davis, John Green, Eugenia Hannigan, Enrique Jurado, Edwin Lee, Judy Strickler, Joseph Tibbets and Kitty Watkins.

What can they expect to receive?

First off, it wUl include information firom our President and CEO, the Superintendent USNA or their leadership requesting further cHssemination of important documents such as annual reports or PubHc Affairs. Also, I hope personaUy to alert them to AA events and short cuts to such features as "Sea Stories" using Hnks to save time and avoid the booby traps of navigating.

Any person eHgible to use the Alumni Association data base under Appendix Q can request joining Class34 via emaU to graysonmerriU@comcast.net.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 6% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 63% PRES, SECY/TREAS, AND CORR.SEC'Y: RADM Ed Keats, USN (Ret.) 3704 N. Charies St. Baltimore, MD 21218 H: 410-235-3803 F: 410-243-1960 E: edkeats@comcast.net VICE PRESIDENT: CAPT Bladen D. Clagggett, USN (Ret.)

Sad netvs Eleanor FarreU, widow of Richard Farrell who died in 1995, died on 11 January at her home in Redondo Beach, CA. She was born on 16 November 1915 in WUmington, NC. She graduated from North CaroHna Women's CoUege in 1937 and was married to Richard in New

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Orleans on 2 October of that year. They had two chUdren, Richard, Jr. and Joe Ann. She received awards as a "candy striper" during her 30 years of service in the local veterans' hospital. Her ashes were scattered in the Redondo Beach harbor in • accordance with her wishes, as Richard's had previously been.

Spring in the South Sara Carlton and Ed Keats left stUl cold Baltimore during the last week of March to head south on a motor tour ofVirginia, North and South CaroHna, and Georgia in the hope of finding spring already in fuU bloom. The balmy weather down therefialfiUedtheir wishes. Many of the places they visited were as famiHar to them as the scenes would be to most members of the Class. They were rewarded when they returned to those beautiful sites because it brought back memories of happy times in past years.

Their itinerary is related here trusting that it wUl stir recoUections of a simUar nature among classmates. Their route south firom Baltimore was via the SkyHne Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway, slow but worth the effort. Anne Whisnant's new "SuperScenic Motorway" gave them a perspective and served as their reference during the portion of their drive down the Blue Ridge. The Natural Bridge, stUl as remarkable as ever, was chosen for the first day's objective with a stop in Lexington,VA. Then frequent Hngering to gaze from the overlooks on the Parkway made another stop in Boone, N C necessary before reaching AsheviUe, a principal destination.The BUtmore mansion and its gardens plus the town provided two days of deHghtfid sightseeing. Savannah was reached after a way stop in Columbia.

John Berendt's weU known "Midnight in the Garden of Good and EvU," beyond its engaging plot, added to standard guide books by functioning as an off-beat reference during two days of looking at the squares, gardens and houses in Savannah's historic district and river front, capped by cUnner at the Chatham Club with its towering views of the downtown.

Charleston's Battery and opulent houses occupied another two days of indulging in an attempt to recreate an imaginary ante-beUum train of thought. On heading north during their return the last stop of the trip was made in New Bern with Governor Tryon's palace provicHng the final southern memory More on Mike's lecture The March column told of Mike Besson's lecturing to members of the

Oregon Historical Society on "The Incredible Overland Rescue of 1890," a seminal event in Alaskan history. This column expressed wonderment of how, and even why, Mike became an authority on Alaska of the 1890s. When queried later, his talented wife Aase provided the background of his interest and revealed his method. "Mike loves things about the Arctic," she reported and added that the two of them have visited in Alaska as far north as Barrow (300 mUes above the Arctic Circle). It so happened that Mike, a member of the Navy Historical Society, discovered that they had a pubHcation caUed, "The Great Overland Rescue Mission from Unalaska to Barrow on the Arctic Ocean: From November 1887 to September 1888." He was deHghted to be able to purchase the pamphlet. After perusing it he felt it to be so informative that nothing more was needed. It, therefore, became his sole source for the facts he used in his presentation to the Historical Society on the rescue.

Adjoining the column is a photo taken by Aase showing Mike pointing to a chart depicting happenings during the mission.

Mike Besson's lecture

Marital status of the Class The records maintained by the Class regarcHng classmates are somewhat close to being accurate due to assistance fixjm the Alumni Association. Those records were consulted to obtain the marital status of the thirty seven of us for reporting in this column. Twenty-three classmates are stiiU married (most but not aU to their original udves) and fourteen are unmarried widowers. The status of wives and widows was also examined but what is known of them is, unformnately, not quite as comprehensive because the Class must depend solely on our members to keep the data up-to-date. Our roster shows seventy five widows of classmates who are presendy not again married and thirteen remarried widows of classmates.

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PRES: CAPT WiUiam N. Price, USN (Ret.) CORR. SECY: CAPT John H. Carmidiael, USN (Ret.) 744 Oglethorpe .Ave. St. Simons Island. GA 31522^908 P&F: 912-638-2830 E: jhc36(@bellsouth.net

I am disturbed, as we aU must be, by the reports of the poor treamient that wounded veterans have been receiving at Walter Reed hospital. It is encouraging to know that our President is taking prompt action to correct this condition that never shoidd have occurred.

Remembrance WC SaUy Court Rohrbach, whUe inventorying Johns possessions, found two unusual books; ""Even,-body Works But John Paul Jones" a Portrait of the USNA fiom 1845 to 1915; and the Class of 1905 Twenty' Fifiii Anniversary book, "The First Twenty Hve Years". I was so impressed that the JPJ book was featured in the AprU Shipmate and the 1905 book in the May and June issues.

"The First Twenty Five Years" covers the careers of the one hundred twentyeight graduates in 1905 to 1930. It consisted of incHvidual long sketches that produced a rather large book of four hundred ninety-three pages (Over 400,000 words) that weighed five pounds.

Classmate sketches disclose a strong respect for the Naval Academy and for the Navy. Their view of Plebe year was traditional. They reaHzed that the trials and tribulations of Plebe Year were essential to bind together young boys from across the nation while converting them into men of the sea, aU without destroying each one's incHviduaHt)'. But they preferred not to go through another Plebe Year. They learned leadership quaHries at the Naval Academy that were enhanced by a years of post graduate experience at sea and ashore. Through sea duty they acquired a strong devotion for the Naval Academy, for the Naval Service and the United States that lasted throughout their careers.

The Class graduated as past midshipmen and promoted to Ensign in 1907.

They Hved in an age of rapid scientific and mechanical advancement and in a world that was dangerously unstable as Western imperiaHsm competed for trade in the Far East. The acquisition of the PhiHppines and Guam in the Spanish War increased the Nation's interest in the Far East. In the early 1900s an exceUent naval construction program started a revival of the Navy, a mixture of obsolete ships and

new construction that lasted to World II. Ships were buUt in smaU classes; lessons learned were incorporated in subsequent classes. The fourteen-month White Fleet world cruise also contributed many valuable improvements.

The revival of the Heet produced problems for officer assignments. As new construction joined the growing Fleet, demand for officers exceeded supply. The Naval Academy could not keep up with demand. Classes were graduated early.

Reserve officers were commissioned.

Line officers were moved about helter skelter "order, coimter order, cHsorder". In spite of shortages officers that reached retirement age were aUowed to retire.

Selected sketches Ulustrate 1905 assignments up to 1930.

Theodore Gordon (Spuds) Ellyson In his short career he was a pioneer in submarines, in aviation and in subchasers.

(Most officers considered these types unsuited to operate with the fleet.)

Spud's compHcated duty assignments foUow. He made four cadet cruises in Chesapeake, a three mast schooner. On graduation he was assigned Texas 2^^*^ class BB. WhUe training in Gtmo he transferred to Missouri 2^^^ Class BB 11. In 1906 he was transferred to Pennsylvania, armored cruiser, ARC 4,1907 to Colorado ARC 11, finaUy to Rainbow AS 11 as navigator. 1908 he was ordered to submarines as skipper of SS Shark A7. In January 1910 Spuds was transferred to TarantiUa SS B3 as skipper. WhUe in the vicinity of Norfolk Ship Yard EUyson was directed to find out what was delaying construction of Seal SS 191/2. His report was so thorough that he was transferred to Seal in Norfolk Naval Ship Yard.

He appHed for dut)' in aeroplanes. 1911 reported to Glen Curtiss for aviation instruction at the Naval Aviation Camp, North Island, CaHfornia. 1913 he was ordered to South Carolina as gunnery officer; 1915 Appointed Naval PUot No.l; 1916 to Navy Department in connection with aviation; then to the Engineering Experimental (Aviation) Station, Naval Academy; 1918 to Submarine Chaser base New London; then to U.S. Naval Base Portsmouth, England (Operating with British Air). He commanded three DD: J FredTalbott DD 156, Litde DD 79, Brooks (No Number). 1921 Spuds reported to Naval Air Base, Hampton Roads. 1921 another tour in BuAir December. 1922 to 1925 Spuds was aviation's member of the U S Mission to BrazU. March 1926 he was executive

officer Wright. In June he became executive officer of Lexington.

Alva Breaker (Doc) Court As a cadet he was stroke of the Crew and Five Stripper, cadet cruise in Chesapeake.

As a Past Midshipman his first ship was Pennsylvania CA 4 that operated in the Asiatic Station. 1907 he was ordered to the Construction Corps. He had permission to travel to the States via the Trans.

He attended the MIT Course in ship construction, 1910 on graduation his classification was Engineering Duty Only.

During these perUous times EDO assignments were more consistent than Hne officers. Doc's first assignment was Norfolk Naval Ship yard. FoUowing were: 1913 Philadelphia Ship Yard; 1918 Superintending Constructor, New York (He supervised $60,000,000 m contracts, scattered over New York, buUding smaU vessels for the Navy); 1921 Navy Yard New York in charge of finishing conversion ofWright AVI, Hghter than air tender; 1922 to Cavite as Manager Industrial FacUities; 1924 Bureau of Construction and Repair; 1927 transferred to C N O War Plans Division; 1929 to the Staff of the Commander Scouting Force.

Royal Eason Ingersoll.

During the Naval Academy days he made cadet cruises in the foUowing ships: Plebe year Indiana BB 1 (Vintage 1895), Plebe and Youngster years Indiana, Second Class year IncHana, First Class year Massachusetts BB2 (1896), Hartford, Worden DD 16 and Chesapeake, Firstclass cruise Massachusetts, Hartford, Worden DD16 and Florida BB30).1905 on graduation his first assignment was Missouri BB 11 (1902). In 1906 he was transferred to Marietta and later to Hancock, (repair ships) for duty commissioning Connecticut BB18 and on board when commissioned. She was Admiral Evan's flag-ship for the Great White Fleet world cruse. In 1907 IngersoU was ordered to the Bureau of Ordnance.

1908 assignments: Mayflower (presidential yacht and Connecticut for the White Fleet world cruise. 1911 assignments: the Naval War CoUege short course and cruiser Saratoga (On the Asiatic Station) as engineering Officer He moved up to Fleet Engineer on the staff of the Commander Asiatic Squadron. 1915 the Asiatic Squadron became Asiatic Fleet, Admiral Cowles flew his four-starred flag on Mohican SP17 (ConvertedYacht). In two years of staff duty he held every jib including Fleet Surgeon. His next orders were to Cincinnati.

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Chester WiUiam Nimitz Nimitz skipped Cadet years in his sketch â&#x20AC;&#x201D;for he thought Class was famiHar with that experience. 1905 he was assigned to Ohio BB12. Went to the Asiatic Station he served in Baltimore C 3 Panay PR 5 (River gun Boat), Decatur DD 5, Ranger C 14 (Protected Cruiser). Returned to US, asked for batdeship but was ordered to submarines. He commanded Plunger SS 2, Snapper SS 16, Narwhal SSI2 and Skipjack E l . His next assignment was unique. He was sent to diesel shops in Germany and Belgium to learn about the new cHesel engines as replacements dangerous submarine gasoHne engines.

On return he spent two and a half years in the New York Navy Yard buUcHng engines for the Maumee AO 2. 1916 He took her to sea to demonstrate the reHabUity of cHesel engines During World War I Chester was on the staff of Commander Submarine Force Atlantic. Priority was placed on readying U. S. submarines to operate with the AlHes. After the war his assignments were: executive officer of South CaroHna BB 26, commander Submarine Division 14 and Commanding Officer Submarine Base Pearl Harbor, a year at the Naval War CoUege and on the staff of U.S. Fleet.

1926 Nimitz was ordered to the Uruversity of CaHfornia for the unique task of instaUing the first Naval Reserve Officers'Training Corps. 1926 he was ordered to command SubDiv20.

William Edgar Ehele 1905 Ebele's first ship was Missouri BB 11. Subsequent assignments were: 1906 Pennsylvania BB 35, Colorado BB 45, 1909 Marietta PC 15 (gun boat), 1910 Vermont BB 20,1910 Naval War CoUege via Mayflower (Presidential converted

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yacht.).1912 Porter DD 59,1914 Arkansas BB33,1918 Naval Academy, 1919 Babbitt DD128,1920 Case DD 370, Breakmridge DD 148,WUHam B. Preston DD 20 , ConDesDivl9 in Blakely DD19.

1921 Attended Naval War CoUege for instruction. 1922 Eberle assigned to OpNav Office of Communications in preparation for duty as Naval Attache Paris.

He was detached and reported to Arkansas.

1925 He had a sort tour in Washington then reported to Worden DD 16.1926 he became ComDesDiv26. He had s short tour at the Bureau of Construction and Repair, 1927 commanded Camden AS 6.

1929 In charge of Navy Recruiting Station, New York.

Kenneth Whiting 1905. Whiting's first ship was West Virginia CA 5.1907 on the Asiatic Station he was transferred to Concord AS 6 (Sub tender). 1908 Naval Station Guamâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; Supply, Returned to Concord. Ken transferred to Shark SS7 at Naval Station Cavite for training. Commanded Porpoise SS 6. 1910 back ton the States he transferred to Tarpon B3. !911 reported to Seal under construction. Ken reported to Wright Aviation Company, for aviation instruction. 1914 Reported for duty at the Naval Aeronautical Station Pensacola. !916 reported to Washington CA 11 (changed to Seatde) 1916. Whiting attended special duty in Washington preparing for aeronautics in France. 1917 He commanded air stations in France and Britain. 1919 Joined staff of Naval Headquarters London. 1921 Whiting reported to Bureau of Aeronautics. Then he was ordered to Norfolk ShipYard for duty fitting out experimental carrier Langley CV 1 and on board as Executive Officer. 1925 Ken commissioned Saratoga CV3 and on board as Executive Officer.

1929 He became Chief of Staff Aircraft Squadrons, Batde Fleet.

John Henry Newton As a cadet he cruised in Chesapeake. 1905 Newton reported to Ranger schedided for the Asiatic Station. 1906 He was transferred to Oregon BB 3, by Helena. 1908 John Henry swapped assignments with a Classmate in Concord. Later he joined Ranger for the trip home. Next he was issued temporary orders to take Torpedo Boat Shubrick from Norfolk to Charleston then to report to Montana.

1909 His next orders were to Roe DD24 Old DesDiv 8 ordered to Key West to patrol Key West to Havana to attempt the longest over-water ffight (90 mUes) The aviator missed his target by 12 miles.

1911 Newton was assigned to the Navy Torpedo Station New Port. 1912 he was ordered as aide to the Commandant of the Navy Ship Yard, NY. 1914 he was ordered to New York BB 34. He was shordy ordered to Yankton. But in two weeks his orders were changed to Patterson DD36.1917 He had orders to DesDiv 5 consisting of six DD. His division operated out of Queenstown, Ireland. He was detached from DesDiv 5 John Henry moved to the ADML Sims Staff as Gunnery Officer of the Destroyer FlotUla, Queensland. 1918 On remrn to the States Newton got command of Maury that remained in the Mediterranean after the War. 1919 John ordered to The Naval Academy. 1922 he was ordered to Columbia CA, U.S. Fleet 16 Flag His various assignment s foUow: 1922 Henderson AP 1, Detroit. 1924 Naval War CoUege. 1925 OpNav War plans Division. 1927 Idaho BB 24.1928 Naval Academy, 1922 he was ordered to Detroit CA 16. 1928 He became aide to the supertendent of the Academy ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 13% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 58% PRES: CAPT John S. Slaughter, USN (Ret.) 3801 Canreibury Rd. #812 Baldmore.MD 21218 E: capmjack228@gmail.com VICE PRES: Meredidi MinKr Hinkle Daughter of Charlie Minter '37 3603 Prince William Drive Fairfax,VA 22031; E: niahink@cox.net C O R R . SECYS: RADM Robert B. Eily, USN (Ret.) E: BERlyl914@aol.com and CAPT Edward S. Arentzen, USN (Ret.) E: arent2enrn@earthbnk.net Submit all posted material to: Bob Eriy 830 Country Club Lane, Coronado, CA 92118-2411; P: 619-435-8919 If by email, submit to: ErIy with a toArentzen

Netvs from the San Diego Group On the second Thursday in March we had a congenial gettogether over lunch at the Marriott in Coronado. Present were: EUie WUdt, Margie Phaler, PrisciUa and Joe Huber,Tory and Jim Flood, Thea and Bob Erly and Ed Arentzen.We mourned the loss of Russ WaUace.We wdU have another session on the second Thursday in AprU. Wishington Group Those Ancient Mariners (CharHe, Swampy & Jack) , joined by wives (Mary, Jean and Bess), Navy Juniors (Meredith Minter Hinkle & Anne Slaughter Kern) and a widow (Margaret BeU) had their monthly business (delete and substimte social) luncheon on the beautiful South River in Annapolis. Elsie Mack and Jean Stein had planned to attend but a cold

iscott Huber. Back row.

Thursday Luncheon Group (Front row, I to r. Tory Harper Flood, Thea Erly, Pns:.

I tor Ed Arentcen, Jim Flood, Bob Erly, Joe Huber, Marge Phaler, Ellie Witdt

coupled with a lost voice for Elsie and some logistical matters for Jean interfered.

Jean is stUl recovering (ever so slowly says she) from her leg injury about six months ago and she has about a 150 mUes round trip in aU too heavy traffic. Betty KeUey always tries to make it but is dependent on finding one of her children or grandchildren to take a day off from their busy schedule to drive her over. Her round trip is about 100 mUes, again on heaxy "trafficy" roads. We always miss them when they can't make it, but understand.

The meeting not in accordance with the Class's Constitution nor certainly with and precedence took an unusual action.

Noting that we no longer had a vice president, MerecHth Hinkle was nominated to be our new Vice President: the nomination was approved by acclamation. As a side issue. Jack Slaughter, notwithstanding his feeble support for term Hmits, was given the job of Presidency for another year. He is looking forward to working with Meridith and is Hning up tasks for her in connection with the 70th.

On the 70th, the hotel advises they wiU honor their room rate made several years ago of SI 75 (+ tax) and current menu prices. We stUl do not know the kick off time of the Navy/Duke footbaU game nor if the "Supe" wiU be able to join us for dinner.

A Fun Contribution for the Class column Admiral Erly recendy sent in the foUowing photo of Eleanor Crenshaw.

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Keep revin unth '37 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 18% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 60% PRES: RADM M.H. Rindskopf, USN (Ret.) 7101 Ba\*Dnt Dr. #324. Annapolis. MD 21403 E: mrindskopf@comcast.net CHAIRMAN, WASH. AREA: CAPT Robert W. Carter, USN (Ret.) 3118 Utde Creek Ln..Ale.xandriaVA 22309-2126 H: 703-780-8779

It is clear that action around the country in the Class has dwindled to a whispering creek. (Please note that this is a repeat of the statement which headed the column in December).

Events to Report.

The Distinguished Graduate Ceremony on 30 March produced many emails and several phone calls from afar. Perhaps the most interesting was from John VarUandingham way down StarkvUle, MS. John reports on his brief stint in the Navy after not being commissioned because of eyes. He was a mid-west ROTC Instructor who remrned to his roots and spent more than 50 years managing the famUy lumber business. He also opined that his chances of making the 70â&#x201E;˘ Reunion some 15 months hence were, in

his words, "an unHkely happening"That does not mean we wUl take John off the upcoming maiHngs about the reunion.

And all the rest of you out there can expect to hear more detailsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and rumbHngs about down payments and the Hke in the next few months.

The CouncU of Class Presidents had its semi-armual meeting a month ahead of the Alumni Association Board ofTrustees meeting. The primary topic, and the one of most interest to '38 related to improved communications between classes and the Association. In our case, this means that we wUl improve the accuracy of our web site Roster at the AA, taking some of the daUy grind from the strong shoulders of Paul Schultz.

The Board ofTrustees meeting in late AprU featured the valedictory "State of the Academy" from the Superintendent VADM Rodney Rempt. He has been a friend of '38 in his enthusiastic support for the Leaders Forum We wUl have to cultivate his successor to ensure that the Forum gets the top billing to which it has become accustomed.

And More on Our 70*-": Your President has laid the groundwork for a 1-4 June 2008 celebration utilizing the AnnapoHs Loews Hotel venue which we have used since our 50'- .We are buUding upon our experience at the 65 , and plan a meeting in Newf Orleans in May with Al and Margaret Laborde when Sylvia and I go to a Management meeting of the company which provides staff for our CooP on the shores of Chesapeake Bay, looking out at the three remaining USNA Radio Towers. We promise the pace wiU be moderate enough for aU the slow joggers, and that there wiU be ample time for conversation and Hbation.

And the sad tietvs cometh.

Brigadier General Carl Fleps died of the Hngering effects of Parkinsons on 28 February. We have worked with his children on an obituary for SHIPMATE (Later), and can report that services wiU be held at ArHngton on 14 May 2008.

Josie remains in the Arleigh Burke PavUion in McLean.

Sylvia and I represented the class at the w-ake for BiU Boykin, held on 10 March at Blakehurst, the upscale retirement facUity where BUI spent his last years. His sons, Caaptain BUI Jr. '68 and Steven paid homage to an enthusiastic supporter of the Class of'38, and a highly successfiil senior OhTnpic Swimmer.

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PRES: CAPT Robert B.Wood, USN (Ret.) E: rbwacny@aol.com CORR.SEC'Y: Ronnie Wood 1525 South 23rd St.,Arfington,VA 22202 THIRTY-NINE O N LINE: docabbot@aol.cotn

The Saga of four roommates. Both first and second class years Doc Abbot, Howard Ady, Joe CoasteUo, and Swede Swensson roomed together and wound up going to flight training at the same time and becoming naval Aviators.

Swede and Joe didn't make it through the war. Swede was shot down at Truk Island, and Joe was kiUed in an aircraft accident. Howard ("H.P.") had a very distinguished WW-II career. He was Plane Commander of the PBY who first sighted the Japaneese Task Force approaching Midway. He managed not only to send back an accurate position report on the Japaneese force approaching Midway Island but, ducking into clouds and then back out again was able without getting shot down, to continue tracking the Japaneese force, sending in accurate supplementary reports. When one considers what a monumental turning point the Batde of Midway turned out to be, this episode of H.P.'s comes out as one of the most important, if not the most important scouting report ofWW-IL H.P. transitioned from his PBY Squadron to a PV squadron, and by late summer of 1943 was heading back out to the war in a PV MeanwhUe, late in 1942, I had reported toVS-l-D14, an Inshore Patrol squadron, home-ported in British Samoa, with detachments atWaUis Island and Funa Futi. Other folks may remember it was the Funa Futi detachment of this squadron, which had found and rescued Eddie RJckenbacker and his crew, after their transport had gone down in the South Sea. After I'd done a stint as Officein-Change of theWaUis Island Detachment, and another as Office inCharge of the Funa Futi detachment, the Navy decided to spHtVS-l-D14 into two squadrons,VS-65 andVS-66, and I was order o conimandVS-66. My period in Command began at WaUis Island 1 April 1943, and ended a year later when I was relieved at Tarawa in March 1944.VS-66 was initially located atWaUis Island. We were flying OS2U's on wheels, and also had a "Duck" (J2F). Whereas, as a detachment ofVS-l-D14, we'd previously had only operational personnel, and subsisted in the CB camp, when we became a Commissioned Squadron, we were pretty

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much completely self sufficient. In other words, in addition to Pilots, Gunners, Radiomen, Mechanics, and Ordnancemen, we add cooks, bakers.

Boatswain's Mates,Yeomen, Storekeepers etc. We had our own camp at what was caUed the "fighter strip" at the south end ofWaUis Island. It was a big step up in comfort. We had screens instead of mosquito bars, not to mention our own gaUery. It was at this juncture that I received a message from Howard Ady that he was ferrying a PV to the South Pacific and planned to R O N atWaUis Island so as to pay me a visit. Sure enough, in he came in that PV, with its two big 2000 horsepower engines. We treated him Hke visiting Royalty. My Exec. And I shared a Httle two-bedroom screened porch. Of course, long-hoarded jugs of strong drink were put on the table, and the cooks knocked themselves out in the GaUey. Next morning H.P. took off from the North Strip and treated us to high speed low altitude fly by down at the Fighter Strip. If he'd gotten in any trouble about it, I was prepared to give sworn testimony, under oath, that he never once came any lower than ten feet!

Not too long after H.P. paid us his visit,VS-66 transition'd from OS2U's to SBD's and transferred fromWaUis to Tarawa In the process we got "streamHned", and were back Hke detachment, with only operating personnel. We were supposedly cared for by an Acorn, which subsisted us on C-rations for the first 59 days! So much for the war!

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. Sims, USN (Ret.) 726 Lakeside Court, Danville, CA 94526 H: 925-820-3954 E: JHSIMS@AOL.COM

Time goes on - this begins my second year as your Class Secretary. It's been an enjoyable year, and I've had an opportunity to exchange news with many classmates. But one of the depressing aspects of the assignment is the number of items which are obits. And so the relenriess march goes on.

The most recent losses include Everett E. (Bob) Roberts, who died 14 February at the home of his daughter, Diane R.Wheeler in Lewistown, PA, after a lengthy iUness. His first tour was on IndianapoHs after which he was exec of

Samuel B. Roberts. She was sunk in the Batde of Samar and he spent three days adrift before being rescued. After the war he and his wife, Dorothy, and their children were our neighbors in FaUs Church,VA. He received his Masters in Bioradiology from U C Berkeley. At the time of his retirement he was assigned to the MiHtary Liaison Committee to the Atomic Energy Commission. After retirement he worked for RCA in Moorestown, NJ. He is survived by three chUdren and five grandchUdren. Burial was scheduled in the Lind Memorial Cemetery beside his wife who preceded him in death.

On 24 February non-graduate WUHam C. Bray died at his home in Jarratt,VA. After graduating from high school in Gloucester County,VA, he erUisted in the Navy and subsequently received a presidential appointment to the Naval Academy where he entered with our class.

After a year he left, and erUisted in the Army where he received his wings and commission as a second Heutenant. After the war he owned first Emporia Hardware and later Jarratt Hardware. Interment was planned at High HUls Cemetery.

Ted Rodgers has taken the first steps with the Executive Committee of the Class to amend the Class By-laws and then develop a slate of officers for the class. By the time you read this in Shipmate aU this may have been completed, but we'U try to keep you upto-date about what is going on.

MeanwhUe if you haven't yet been soHcited Ted would welcome volunteers and nominations for class officers.

With the help of an older Register of Alumni USNA which Swede Carlson loaned me (from back in the days when the Register contained birth dates) I think I have determined the oldest surviving member of the class, to bracket with the youngest member. Bob Kaufitian.

Subject to whatever contrary input may come from classmates I conclude that the twins, John Clagett and Paul Treitel, date of birth 4/6/16, have that distinction.

There are some close runner-ups. Gat Egan shows a date of 4/10/16, and I'm in the process of ti-ying to confirm his address in Red Bluff, CA. Next is Gary Baldwin on 4/27/16. We had a recent picture of Gary on his 90' birthday, and by the time you are reading this aU the above wiU have reached number 91.

Congratulations.

In the last issue of Shipmate the recent Sunday brunch of the Bay Area Group was reported, and now thanks to

Sw^ede Carlson we have some pictures of members of the BAG. We'U try to gather more news and views for the next issue,June/Jidy. MeanwhUe...

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Ann and Stan Gage

John Sims, Bettty and Pat Clancy, Ann Gage

Florence Smith, John Sims, Betty and Pat Clancy

Isabel and Swede Carlson

Toshiko and Ozzie Osborne, Joyce Crowther, Ben Frana

about fighting his own fires, jettisoning torpedoes and depth charges whUe heaving moveable topside weight over the side. Aboard NEWCOMB, ArHe, who had been puUed out from under the tail of ones of the kamikazes, directed fire from the remaining forward 5" gun as long as the attacks continued, then directed the Isabel and Swede Carlson, Toshiko and Ozzie firefighting untU aU the fires were extinOsborne, Joyce Crowther, Ben Frana, Florence guished. Both ships, though heavUy Smith, John Sims, Betty and Pat Clancy damaged, were towed into Kerama Retto and eventuaUy salvaged. Their survival was ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 5% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 69% largely due to the heroic actions of our two Classmates.

PRES. CHMN & SECY; CAPT Victor Delano, USN (Ret.) Now that it is May, many of you are 865 - 9th Avenue South, #201 Naples, FL 34102 getting ready for your summer traveHng. H: 239-417-9174; FAX: 293-530-0073 Be sure to include your camera and then E: vdelano@1941 .usna.com take pictures that I can share with WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1941 Classmates and others in Shipmate. I get Last month I told you about Rusty more thanks for picmres than almost Crenshaw's experience at a radar picket anything else. My own plans include a station during the Okinawa Campaign. visit to Tuscany and Lake Como. Jerry This month you wiU read about two Ball wrote that he and Betty are doing other Classmates who also distinguished weU in Orlando on Lake Conway. Their themselves during the same period: Leon #4 son, Bryan, is a Navy Reserve captain Grabowsky and Arlie George Capps, nearing retirement age. He and his wife who were both Heutenants and Executive Barbara Hve only 10 minutes away and Officers of the destroyers, USS LEUTZE assist Betty and Jerry from time to time. and USS NEWCOMB, respectively Jerry sends best regards to aU 41ers. He LEUTZE had been hit badly at Iwo Jima was very sorry lose Burns Spore who was and Grabo had taken command because one of his best friends. My thanks to you, the captain was disabled. Later, as part of Jerry, for keeping us posted. the Okinawa invasion force on the Years ago, the month of May evening of 6 AprU, she was screening the produced the foUowing Classmates who heavy bombardment force to the west of are stUl with us: Conger, Doherty, R.G. le Shima along with NEWCOMB when HUl, Holdt, BUI Jones, Landreth, about a dozen Kates and Oscars came MacKinnon, Naymark, Nelson, Reinhardt skimming in from the west. They were so and SheUey.The proper stone for these low that the lookouts spotted them before feUows is an Emerald which signifies love the radars detected them. In quick succesand success.Your other choice is LUies of sion three kamikazes crashed into theVaUey or Hawthorns. Now go to it.

NEWCOMB, wiping out her engines, No changes for your Rosters this after stack and most of her topsides, leavmonth but here is a new communication ing a mass of debris and towering flames. idea. From time to time I send news items A moment later, a fourth attacker took or other information via e-maUâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;because out her forward stack and sprayed the I hope it wUl reach you before Shipmate entire ship with additional gasoHne. wiUâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to the Classmates and widows for Spectators on nearby ships thought whom I have edresses. Unfortunately I NEWCOIVIB was finished. have edresses for only 37 of the stiU Hving Within minutes, Grabo put LEUTZE 125 Classmates and 164 widows. Other alongside to windward of the crippled classes with the same problem have remeNEWCOMB to pass hoses and fight the died this problem by a so-caUed "Buddy" raging fires. Hardly had the firefighting system that seems to work. Any Classmate efforts started when a fifth kamikaze or widow without a computer or who is struck, skimming NEWCOMB's bridge not on the Internet locates a "Buddy" to crash and explode on LEUTZE's who wiU agree to accept Class e-maU fantaU.The bomb ripped open seventeen from the Class president or secretary and compartments and LEUTZE started to then pass it along to the Classmate or setde. Soon thereafter USS BEALE (DD widow for whom he or she is a "Buddy" 471) arrived alongside the opposite side of A "Buddy" can be a friend in the neighNEWCOMB and Grabo, now having to borhood, a son or daughter, grandchUd, worry about his own ship, puUed away niece or nephew with a computer on the from the blazmg NEWCOMB and set May 2007

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Internet. AU you have to do is give me his or her edress after he or she agrees to the procedure. As I get these "Buddy" edresses, I'U incorporate them in our Roster, so find a "Buddy" and give me his or her edress. I hasten to add that these edresses wiU be secure with me.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 12% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 64% PRES: CAPT Kendall Simmons, USN (Ret.) E: kensimmons02@comcast.net SECY: CDR R.S. Day, USN (Ret.) 2426 Chestnut St.. Falls Church.VA 22043-3052 E: hapday@erols.com

WhUe the DC Class contingent was postponing the Sweetheart Luncheon to March, the SOCAL group was able to get together in San Diego on 20 February for their annualValentine's Day luncheon.

Fifteen showed up at the Yacht Club, but that included Max Munk down from Rancho PalosVerdes with his daughter Carolyn, Bobbie and Buck Cadin from FuUerton, and Dee and Don Holmes from Riverside to join the locals: Barbara and Dick SewaU, Mindy and Gene FarreU, Mimi and BUI Morgan, Alnora and CharHe Bishop, and Lethe MoeUer representing WiU Weber, who was not quite up to the event. After enjoying a tasty lunch and stimulating conversation, Buck, Don and BUI gave an interesting descriptions of the three retirement communities where they now Hve. AU different in some respects, but enjoyed by each classmate.

Bill Morgan, Max Munk, Buck Catlin and Gene Farrell

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Kent Curl '53, Dick Bivin '47 and Charlie Bishop '42

During the luncheon, CharHe Hned up four saUors from '37 NAPC who graduated fix)m USNA. In die traditional L-R are BUI Morgan — destroyers. Max Munk — aviator.

Buck CatHn — submarines, and Gene FarreU — batdeships, aU among the oldest Hving classmates. In turn, five of the group were immortaHzed as the luncheon ended.

In February, Alnora and CharHe spent some time in the Mammoth Mountains where they have enjoyed ski trips for many years with Joan and Dick Bivin '47 from San Diego and Shirley and Kent Curl '53. Surgery last October gave CharHe a new half-knee which worked Hke a charm in February. The photo shows Kent, Dick and CharHe decked out for the slopes.

The mid-February weather in the Washington/AnnapoHs area turned to junk (snow, sleet, ice, etc.), resulting in postponement of the annual Saint Valentine's Day "Sweetheart" lunch, schedided for February 14 and reschediUed for March 14, foUowing the Valentine theme, although St. Patrick did merit a mention. Thirty-four classmates and ladies met at the Army Navy Country Club for a superb repast of salad, broUed salmon and chocolate sundaes. Jack and Betty Crawrford were accompanied by their grandson, Jim Downey, a very impressive young man who is a freshman at Columbia U. Class president Jerry MUler noted that '42 is becoming known as a leader in activities supporting the Academy and the Alumni Association. He cited in particular the Class/FamUy concept that the Class has adopted (the number of Family members now exceeds sixty), and the many interesting items in the "Sea Stories" section of the Alumni Association Web Site, another area in which '42 ta also a leader. BiU Montgomery made the customary presentation of a dozen roses to Pat Rawson, the 2007 Sweetheart of the Year. As always, the selection was by lottery with last year's S. O.Y (Peggy Herndon) making the selection.The festivities concluded with Jack Crawford leading

the men in "Let Me CaUYou Sweetheart" and the entire group in "Navy Blue and Gold". Attendees were: Jack and Betty Crawrford with Grandson Jim Downey, Hap DayWhitey Feightner,Jake and Peg GHck, Rene Griffith, Ed and Peggy Herndon, JT and Rita HUl, BUI and Jan Houser, Peggy Bergin-HubbeU, AngeHque Kidd, Jerry and Jo Ann MUler, Jack and Kieran MitcheU, BUI and Marion Montgomery, Norm and Muff Nash, Rufe Porter, Art and Pat Rawson, Dale and Barbara Reed, Ken and Charlotte Simmons, Peggy SmaU, CharHe and Martha Jane Smith, and Peggy Tofalo.

When Ken Haynes departed the Washington area. Bill Montgomery stepped out of "retirement" to arrange the "Sweetheart" luncheon(s) for which we are very grateful. At the conclusion of the March luncheon. Dale Reed reHeved BUI and will arrange for the May and September luncheons at the Army/Navy Club. Ann Beale has the April AnnapoHs luncheon well in hand and we move forward.

Nancy Roberts (Milt's widow) got in touch with me the end of February and was prompdy "reenroUed" in the Class.

She had dropped out of sight shordy after MUt passed on and the Alumni Association no longer had a vaHd address for her. Now, she is not only back in our fold, but has joined the Alumni Association. Her new address is 37071 Cygnet Dr„ Swann Estates, SelbyvUle, DE 19975 - diat is about four mUes west of Fenwick Island.

She had Hved in Rehoboth Beach for many years but moved finaUy in the late 1990's. Her phone is 302-436-7268. She worked for ColdweU Banker and Carl Freeman (Sea Colony developer) for a number of years so knows the area weU. She is weU aware of the nimiber of folks who vacation in that area and woiUd be happy to be of assistance with directions, dining recommendations, etc.

On 11 February 2007, Pattie Patterson (John Pat's lovely widow) passed away in Rocky Mount, N C having suffered for several years from Alzheimer's Disease. A native and long-time resident of New Bern, NC, she and John had Hved there foUowing his retirement in 1964. There she was active in local garden club and church activities, historical groups including the Colonial Dames, and had become an accompHshed painter of water color in her later Hfe. They were active Class memben, attending reunions and keeping in touch with classmates. John died in 2004 after 62 years of married life. She is survived by two daughters and their famUies which include three grandchUdren.

Captam Russell P. Flyim, 87. left us on 18 Februan,- 2(X>7 at his home in St. Michaels, MD due to compHcations firom cancer. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, BeUe, whom he married on 11 April 1942 Russ was bom in August 1918 in Lees\iUe, CT and graduated with the Class of "42. He participated in the Leyte GiUf invasion, the Batde of Surigao Strait, the Linguyen GiUf (PhUippines) in\"asion and the Okinawa invasion. A veteran of the Korean War. Russ served on CINCLANT/CINCLANTFLT staff during the Cuban MissUe Crisis. His naval career included service aboard Mississippi, Icira. Gaitiard. and Watts. He commanded Harold L Ellison and Mount McKinley.

FinaUy he served as Commanding Officer.

U.S. Naval Communications Station Norfolk,VA until he retired firom the Navy in July 1966. Russ commenced his ci\iHan career, employed by Western Union Corp. in the Government Di\ision in McLean.VA until his retirement in August 1978. He is sur\ived by his brother and sister, six chUdren, 12 grandchUdren and three great-grandchildren.

CDR Charies "Buddy" Reinhardt, 88, passed away on 14 March 2007 in Bristol, T N after struggling with Alzheimer's for some time. He was bom in Golconda, IL and had ;Hved in Bristol since 1962. FoUowing our graduation.

Buddy ser\-ed as a gunnery officer aboard the destroyers Stunevant, Fletcher, and Haggard in the Pacific. He participated in operations against the Japanese in Guadalcanal Tassfaronga, the Solomon Islands, Kwajalein, Majuro and Eniwetok Atolls, Guam, Saipan, the Palua Islands, Leyte, Luzon, Fomosa, the China coast, Nansei Shoto, Honshu and Iwo Jima. He served as Executive Officer in Orleck and as C O in Fiberling in the Western Pacific foUowing the war. FoUowing three years as a training officer, he assumed command of Riichamkin in the Atlantic. WhUe on active duty, he completed post graduate work in Navy ComptroUership at George Washington University, receiving a Mzsters Degree in Business Administration After two years m the Office of the Secretary of Defense, he was assigned command of Eugene A. Green in the Atlantic. His last tour of duty was as assistant for Surface and Mine Warfare Training on the Staff CINCLANTFLT widi additional dut\' m the same capacin,- on the StaSs of CINCLANT and CINCWESTLANT Area. Buddy retired in 1961 and for the next 19 years served as an engineer and production supervisor with Sperry

Univac in Bristol, working on defense systems. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Jane; a daughter, two sons, six grandchUdren and one great grandson. One son, Charles ":Buddy"Jr. is a Naval Academy graduate. Class of 1970.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 14% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 64% PRES: CAPT BJi.. Robie, USN (Ret.) 2111 River Crescent Dr..Annapohs. MD 21401 H: 4UV224-0850; E: cdrobie@aol.com SECY: CAPT LesKe R. Heselton Jr., USN (Ret.) 7101 Bay Front Dr.. Apt 611. Annapolis. MD 21403 H: 4KV216-%29;E: Heselton43@1943.usna.com

Retnembratue William Robert Anderson, Captain of Nautilus on its historic under the ice trips to the North Pole and former US Congressman died 25 Feb 2007 in Leesbui^,VA, of kidney faUure after a short Ulness. Funeral services were held at the Old Fort Meyer Chapel fbUovved by burial in ArHngton National Cemetery. Andv- is survived by his wife, Patricia, and children, Michael of Haymarket, VA,WUliam Jr of Orange CountyVA, and Thomas and Jane of Leesburg.

Robert Grayson Kackley, of EUcton, MD, left us Tuesday, 27 Feb 2007, after a lengthy batde with the effects of amyloidosis. Memorial Services vv-ere held at Head of Christiana Presbyterian Church, Newark, DE, with internment at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery. Bob is survived by his wife of 51 years, Bett^; daughters. Dawn of Montreal, Canada, SueUen ofTasmania, AustraHa, and Tracey Kackley Harrington of Bear, DE; and grandson Tyler.

Heavy Weight Marines An interesting article in "Naval Instimte Proceedings" relates how over 50 years ago MGen "Red Mike" Edson, commander ofWW II fabled 1st Marine Raider BattaHon started a tradition that has endured until this day, including the new Commandant of the Corps. In 1951 when Red Mike's protege, Lewis Walt, was promoted to Colonel the retired general, inspfred by the spirit de corps of the Raider BattaHon and the leadership traits he saw in Walt, pinned his old sUver eagles on his feUovv raider and comradein-arms with the request that they be passed on to some other deserving fighting marine when no longer needed. The reason that I mention this storv- is that Walt passed the eagles downa to our own William C Chip in 1962 who wore them untU promoted to BGen in 1967.

A Few Good Mett The Marine Corps is always looking for "A Few Good Men" and they got about another 500 last month when I had the good fortune of attending the Basic Marine Graduation Ceremony at Parris Island, South CaroHna. What a stirring occasion it was; not so much from the ceremony itself, but rather the emotions of everyone there-the audience as weU as the graduates themselves. There were about 350 male and 150 female graduates and perhaps 2000 spectators who had come to vvimess their sons, daughters, or friends finaHze their training! Only three months before these young men and women had been typical teen-agers with aU their hang-ups but now they are part of "The Few, The Proud, The Marines". It had not been an easy task, either for the recruits or thefr DrUl Instructors. The Corps toughens the body through physical discipline, enhances the mind through academic achievement, and buUds moral fiber by weaving the Core Values into training. Honor, Courage, and Commitment are basic values recruits must find within themselves to earn the tide Marine. Training includes close order driU, physical training, academics, water survival, close combat, marksmanship instruction, the Confidence Course, and the Crucible to help recruits complete the transformation.

The Crucible is the final and most arduous part of the training, which, over a lengthy period, tests the Hmits of their physical, mental, and emotional endurance and must be accomplished by teamw^ork.

The few who cannot make it are immediately sent home with regrets. The majoritv' who succeed learn that they are capable of more than they ever thought possible. During the Ceremony each recruit is presented his Eagle, Globe, and Anchor, which he could not wear before as a recruit, but now can as a "real Marine". The pride of each as he receives the emblem is obvious, as is that of his cheering fiiends or relatives!

The second day is for the formal parade vv^hich is much Hke the Naval Academy Dress Parades, but the Midshipmen never marched like these New- Marines, beaming with pride of accomplishment as they pass in review.

After the parade the troops faU out and join their friends and relatives for the first time in three months for verv* emotional reunions. If aU of our Armed Forces are as good as this group appeared, we are in very good hands!

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Glad to be '43 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 10% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 62% PRES: Fred Schnurr WASHINGTON REP: CAPT ChaiKe Roaer, USN (Ret.) SECY: LCDR Prescott Palmer, USN (Ret.) 7450 Spring Valley Dr., Crestvvood Ct., #227 Springfield,VA 22150-4939 H: 703-644-3180; E: sp.-amer_22151@y.ahoo.com

How many of you guys ever experienced storm-weather you could reaUy write home about? A recent piece about monster storm waves appeared in Science News. By way of record, back in 1933 the Navy oUier USS Ramapo, en route Subic to San Diego, experienced a storm wave over 110 feet high! (Great waves also are experienced in the Indian ocean east of South Africa, and in the North Pacific several hundred mUes west of Vancouver.)

It set me thinking about our classmates, Dave Collins and Bob Nolop who were lost in Halsey's typhoon. Actually, from my personal witness from the safety of the foretop of battleship North Carolina, I can vouch for the more modest height of that typhoon's waves. Their tops , however, were being stripped by the colossal wind (which capsized the deballasted Monoghan and Spence .) At one time I was rather miffed to learn that our classmates' names were not carried on the Honor RoU of losses in Mem HaU. This is reserved, it seems, for enemy-combat deaths. (Perhaps alumni Hves claimed by

Deannie and Harry Caldwell on Bill Burlin's beach, North Chatham, MA.

I have to report a correction to last month's column. (I don't have to teU you to beware of media news sources these days.) The ship photo was not of the LPD USS New York, which is not yet commissioned. A spread from AUan Hudson '43 to Bill Galanis '83, (the LPD project manager) have communicated correct identify: USS San Antonio (LPD 17.) The information that the NeivYork incorporates World Trade Center salvaged steel in her bow is correct, however. I understand that Navy Public Information wiU weUpublicize this wonderful creation of navy tradition in our time.

I am again indebted to Paula Smith McGee '80 for a fine picture. This time it is for a photo of her father, our classmate, KFX Srruth, escorting General Eisenhower's review of CA USS Tuscaloosa's crew at quarters, en route D-day at Normandy.

We'd like to thank Don WyckofF for responding to our request for

Ken Smith escorts General Eisenhower's review of TUSCALOOSA'S crew, D-day.

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identification of classmates in the wartime Majuro Atol 1 photo in our March Shipmate column. That's Al Cohen lounging so geniaUy against the palm trunk.

Vince Cassani has communicated information of some fine classmate famUy achievment: Sandy Barbour, daughter of Nancy and Hank Barbour, has been named recipient of this year's Severn School's Roland M.Teel Distinguished Alumni Award. It's Severn's highest alumni honor and recognizes outstanding professional achievment and and humanity service. Sandy is the first woman to receive this honor. She is currendy the Athletic Director at University of California, Berkely.

Bob Kitt reports that he is worried that the Good Lord might be out to get him. That February tornado came within a half-mUe of Rita and Bob's Florida home. Bob is trying to decide if it was just a warning, or that the Divine aim is as bad as Bob' s golf drive.

We have lost two more of our great classmates: Art O'Leary died 12 Februrary 2007 in Albuquerque, NM. D o n Storey died 4 March 2007 in Yarmouth Port, MA Changes of address and phone number: Lois and Blackie Blackburn: Cypress Court, Escondido, CA, (Phone and ZIP awaited); Nick Karangelen: (703) 5247895,3100 North Nelson St., Arlington, VA 22201.

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In Memorium Edward Wade "Moose" Remington ofJohns Island, SC, founder of the 100 Club of Greater Charleston and former glaciologist with the National Academy of Sciences, died Wednesday, 2 February 2007. As a member of the class of 1945, he attended the USNA before enlisting in the Army Air Corps. He flew P-47 fighters during World War II. After the war, he earned his civil engineering degree from (You can see Ken right above the University of Rochester. Surviving are

his wife, Wendy Remington; four daughters; a son; a sister; thirteen grandchUdren; and five great-grandchUdren.

The service for Bob Eidson in the USNA Main Chapel wUl be on AprU 13 at 10:00. FoUowing lunch the inurnment wiU be held at USNA Columbarium at 1400.

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

As We Are Work continues on Vice Admiral Bernard B. Forbes, Jr. 's oral history project as contributed funds aUow. Before his death in June 2002, this colorfiil and popular aviator recounted his Hfe story during interviews with the Naval Institute. Donations are needed to underwrite the substantial costs of foomoting, proofreading, indexing, and binding the transcript. Tax-deductible contributions of aU amounts by check or credit card are appreciated, and can be maUed to the Naval Institute Foundation, 291 Wood Road, AnnapoHs, MD 21402.Those who donate $1,000 or more to the Forbes project wUl be recognized in the bound volume. If you help, please contact Sue Sweeney at 410-295-1054.

Bob Close sent us Texas news brief: • "AU going ok here at The Towers. Les Buck is doing weU with his Macular problems. His main problem is clogging of his hearing aids with wax. He brings them to me about once a week for clearing with my WaterPic. Caroline Buck does not seem too bothered with the Chemo foUowing her mastectomy. AU tests StUl show an "aU clear".

I am now back to being the only computer "fixer" since my partner in crime got struck down with a rapidly spreading cancer and died a few months back. He was one of the real stalwarts here and was only in his low 70's. H Dean Axene sent a report on happenings in the Pensacola area: • "Duffy and Hank Anson are now fuU time residents ofAzalea Trace, having made the move about two months ago.

They didn't say so, but I think they are pretty weU settled in now. Bea McLaughHn and BUHe ChappeU wUl be roommates on an Azalea Trace sponsored cruise to Hawau starting in March. The fourteen day cruise starts and ends in San Diego, but wUl cruise to and through, the Islands. Aloha! • Bea also reports that she recendy hosted a burthday party for Bill McLaughlin and

his daughter, Mary Ann. Bill celebrated his 85th, Mary Ann's is stUl a secret. Bea reports that the event was weU attended by members of both Bill's famUy and hers, and included a CathoHc priest who participated in their wedding. Bill, of course, is StiU resident in our Health Care Center.

Gerry Johnson reports that he and LU recendy were able to reestabHsh contact with a widow. He offered the foUowing information in case others may also have been wondering about her: Jo Mackay, widow of Doug Mackay who was best man at his and LU's wedding, now resides at 7012 Sunburst Way, Citrus Heights, CA 95621,916-729-4951.

SaUy and I are stiU hanging in there, as we aU are. I'm sure I speak for aU of us here in Pensacola when I say that we were most happy to get through last year's hurricane season with no storms.

However, this year's season is almost upon us! At least we haven't had to shovel any of the white stuff that the folks up north have had to contend with this winter. I guess it doesn't make much difference where you Hve. Some days are good, and some aren't!

Bill Campbell has reported that he and Ginny have moved to Heron Point Retirement Home. The address is: 308 Heron Point, Chestertown, IVLD 21620; telephone: 410-778-3963.

Here is a snapshot of some of our classmates which was taken many years ago. From left to right: Alan B. Shepard, W.J. McGarry, Bob Williams, his Brother John, William J. McLaughlin, Forward C. Wiser. (Photo was not suppHed to Shipmate) Bill Cosgrove reports that "2nd Co classmate, Wes McClaren, is now residing in what used to be the Jesuit Manresa Retreat House, but is now Atria Manresa Assisted Living FacUity on the banks of the Severn in AnnapoHs.You probably remember the large white buUding up the river on the right. I'm sure he would appreciate cards or notes."

Address: Atria Manresa, 85 Manresa Rd.,AnnapoHs, MD 21401.

There was no Washington Sweetheart Luncheon on Valentine's Day due to snow and ice. It is hoped that this popular event can be rescheduled for AprU. The San Diego gang celebrated Valentine's Day in a big way at the Acapulco Mexican Restaurant Y Cantina at the Hacienda Hotel with a Mystery Program. In attendance were Anna and Tiny Atkinson, Beth and Ed Behm, Gwen and Bill Benson, Betty Berger,

Bert Decker, (USNA '46 and brother of Ben Decker, a classmate), Bev and Don Edge, Layne GambrUl, Al Giorgis, Ann GorsHne, Pat Gowan, Bobbie Haines, Jim Hamburg, Pat Hannifin and PhyUis Whitde, Barbara and Hal Hoffer, Carrol and Bob Kirk, Evelyn and Frank Kleber (new group Jefe), Raye and Bob Lenson, Art Levy and Mary Lenaburg, Ann and Bob McCrary, Jim Montgomery, Pat and Greg Panawek, Joann Riley and grandson, Peggy and D o n Shelton, Marion and Bill Traynor and surprise visitors from the East Coast: Linda and Jack Knudsen.

Bob Lenson, Tiny Atkinson, Al Giorgis

Ed Behm, Tiny Atkinson

Bob and Ann McCrary

Bill Benson, Hal Hoffer, Barbara Hoffer, Jim Hamburg, Gwen Benson, Anna and Tiny Atkinson

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Ed and Beth Behm, Carrol and Bob Kirk, Art Levy

Al Giorgis, Bob McCrary, Pat Hannifin

The theme of the luncheon was "Love Makes the World Go Round".The ladies were presented with a special Valentine booklet containing romantic thoughts and expressions of love. The men received a bound paper pad with the foUowing inscription on the cover "Hugs from the Heart for Today and Tomorrow! "The back cover showed the foUowing: "Hugs are so easy to give and wondetful to receive." The AcapiUco's buffet lunch Hved up to its reputation for fine, tasty, traditional Mexican cuisine.

Thanks to those of you who have sent news to us.We ask that you all do so for we cannot publish unless you send us news.

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DEFENDIRESPUBUCAM ADOLESCENS, NONDESEREM SENEX The Greater San Diego Group held it's Quarterly Luncheon on Wednesday,

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February 28 at Tom Hom's BALI HAI on Shelter Island, thanks to the efforts of our host Bert Decker (18) who stepped in on short notice. Fortunately, Bert had the solution for shrinking number of attendees: he invited members of'45,47 and 48 to join us.They weren't many in number but fitted in just as if they belonged to our group. Because they were guests, they get identified first: Beth and Ed Behm '45 and Pat Hannifin '45, Bernie Bandish '47 and Rhona and Chuck Gorder '48. Attendees from '46 were: Nancy and Vince Bacon (11); Chic BowHng (8); Herk Camp (7); Ed EUis (7); Fran and Bob Gautier (7); Bob Gorton (5) and his son Robert (The famUy tie was unmistakable even with Robert's beard.)

John Hughs (18); George Pavis (19); LUy Thomas, widow of Al Thomas (4); Harry Watson (7); Glenna and Stan Weissburg (16) (They've been strangers for awhUe); BobWertheim (7) and his guest Joan Witt; PhyUis Whitde, widow of Al Whitde (9); and, our perennial Out ofTowners,Jan and Ted Dibble (18) from Thousand Oaks.

(Ted has made wonderful and positive progress from his stroke.) It's interesting to note that aU 5 of the 7â&#x201E;˘ Company locals were there. As is usual at these affairs, Ed Ellis, our local coordinator, brought us up to speed on some of current Navy issues including the escalating costs of the Littoral Command Ship and the 1,000 Ship Navy concept, which would use the synergy achievable by "combining" aU the Navies in the world. Ed high Hghted some of the problems he visuaHzes in moving ahead with this idea. Chic Bowling provided some ampHfying information on the Hmitations in the numbers of escorts currendy avaUable in our Navy.

The Luncheon terminated with our routine raffle of 3 botties of wine fixjm the Gautier CeUars. At one time it appeared that these Luncheons might be graced forever by the bounteous supply from this source. However, that possibUity is being proven to be unattainable. Before we run out: We, in the Greater San Diego Group, wish to THANK our Class Vintner, Bob Gautier, for deHciously supporting our Luncheons over these many years.

Here's one of the vignettes (Sea Stories) taken from John Dugger's (13) naval career input to the 60^" Memory Book CD. He did a Post Graduate Course in Naval InteUigence and studied Russian.

Here's his Story: â&#x20AC;˘ "By Train Across Siberia to Japan.

Soviet Union 1954.1 was an Assistant

Naval Attache at the US Embassy StaHn had died the year before, and the cumbersome Soviet bureaucracy had relaxed some of the more stringent travel restrictions on foreigners. Western inteUigence agencies hadn't had a good look at the potential of the highly strategic TransSiberian RaUway since shordy after WWII. My two year tour was ending, as was the tour of my coUeague, Lieutenant Jamie Davidson, Royal Navy. We conspired, encouraged by the Admiralty and ONI to take the train from Moscow to Nakhodka, near Vladivostok, the only Soviet port in the Pacffic open to foreigners. If we succeeded in getting tickets, dubious at best, it looked Hke 'Hberty but no boats', because no passenger ships caUed Nakhodka. The Admiralty came to our rescue by arranging passage for the three of us, including Jamie's attractive Canadian bride Kit, on a merchant ship, the STANBURN schedulded to unload Cuban sugar at Nakhoda before going to Shanghai. But I couldn't go to Communist China, (because) the US had no diplomatic relatios (with them.). So the STANBURJM was to be routed near enough to Sasebo, Japan so that a boat could be sent out to take the three of us off. Accustomed to Soviet perfidy and poHcy ffipflops, we had expected to go home in a western direction. To our amazement, two days before we were scheduled to leave, our Soviet Haison officer said tickets to Nakhodka would be avaUable. It became clear that the sHght thaw after the death of Stalin was continued under the new Malenkov regime.

Packing was a problem; ten days on the Trans-Siberian, a week on the STANBURN, more days debriefing m Japan, the long trip to Washington; sometimes in uniform, sometimes civiHan clothes. We anticipated bad food in the raUway dining car, so we carried a variety of canned goods. Paper suppHes were essential, since none were provided in Russian trains; we had a booze supply for afternoon refireshment, though the dining car always had vodka. We had reserved 2 two berffi comparmients, big enough for our luggage and with the privacy we needed for observation. But, it was not to be; the train was 'ftiU' we were told and only four berth comparmients were avaUable and we would have to shaie our comparmient with another passenger. He turned out to wear the uniform of a raUway official, but was obviously in the employ of the KGB and destined to watch us. (The train was less than half ftdl for the entire trip, but booking another comparmient was

poUtely refused us.) These 'soft car' compartments are about 6 ft by 6 ft, with a sHding door into the corridor, upper and lower berths on each side, with a smaU table next to the window. There's linuted lu^age space in the void over the corridor. So we shoe-horned baggage and food into it, each sharing his or her bunk with a suitcase which was moved to the floor at bedtime. Our mission was to see and report as much as possible of miHtary or industrial interest, and particularly the level and kinds of activities on this heavily traveled raU line. But we didn't want to be seen taking notes, and we didn't want notes that would be embarrassing to our governments if grabbed and pubHshed in Pravda. Jamie and I were continuaUy on watch during the day and one of us always up during the short summer night, counting trains and recording cargoes, looking for airfields or other miHtary instaUations, estimating the economic development in the towns we passed through. To record aU this information, we remembered aU we could until we got to the toUet at the end of the car, noting our observations on smaU sheets of thin paper and stuffing them safely away in a belt.

Our encryption consisted of a barnyard code where, for example, different farm fowl represented different kinds of Soviet aircraft. Both Jamie and I were competent in Russian, but for the train trip we chose to play dumb; train passengers tend to be conversational, but we were determined to avoid distractions from our observations. Our KGB guy, agreeable enough, purported to speak no English, but the giveaway was seeing him laugh at our jokes. In Russia, pajamas are fashionable for train travel; he put his on at the start of the crip and changed back to uniform only at the end.

"Russian trains travel at a leisurely pace, this one was the fastest class 'courier' and averaged 25 mph for the trip. Every 2 to 4 hours there would be a stop of thirty minutes or so; we could get off and Jamie and I could talk about what we were seeing without fear of bugs. We could buy boUed eggs or cheese and sometimes radishes or cucumbers from peasant stalls.

There was always the local poHceman, keeping a sharp eye on us as we stroUed along the platform. To reHeve the monotony of canned smff, we took dinners n the dining car, early enough to continue observations. The first several days out of Moscow the food was fair, soup and beef stroganoff, smaU tough steaks. Farther east

suppHes dwindled and we were reduced to soup and pork. StoHchnaya vodka remained always avaUable. With 10 days on the train, nothing much distinguishes one day firom another; the scenery in European Russian is uniformly duU, the Urals seem Hke foothUls, and much of Siberia is monotonous.We were thrUled at the prospect of seeing Lake Baikal, but it turned out to be quite ordinary, big and grey looking with dirty beaches. But the scenery picked up after Baikal, rugged, mountainous, sometimes forested. The viUages were scarce and smaU, usuaUy no more than groups of smaU huts and the people miserably poor. Our train's destination was Vladivostok, closed to foreigners, so we had to change at Ugolnaya, a junction station, for the once a day local to Nakhodka. Arriving in Ugolnaya at 0415, we endured 9 hours in and around the station, indescribably filthy; the outdoor toUets even worse. In the station buffet, even those Russian staples, soup and bread and vodka, usuaUy good everywhere were awful; they tasted Hke dishwater, sawdust and turpentine respectively. We were gratefiil to get on our train, ancient wooden passenger cars but relatively comfortable. We stopped at every village, met by swarms of people enjoying their daUy diversion. After 10 days observing mosdy army and air force activity, Jamie and I felt we had joined the Navy again when we passed a Soviet naval aviation jet airfield with lost of aircraft. A soccer game was in progress, the bleachers with saUors. FinaUy, at midnight, we arrived in Nakhodka, expecting to overnight in the local hotel. But Nakhodka was so new as a port that no hotel had been buUt.With various delays from border controls, we boarded the STANBURN at 0400.

"What a joy!—a weU maintained ship, clean sheets, good food. Best of aU, plenty of water for baths. Jamie and Kit were given the unoccupied owners cabin, very luxurious and I was comfortably berthed in sick bay. The STANBURN spent a week unloading its cargo of pungent Cuban sugar. Equipped with the essentials of an inteUigence office, i.e. a typewriter and a cleared secretary. Kit. We spent the week getting onto paper aU that we had seen in the 10 days, with kilometer locations and descriptions. After an intensive search of the ship by the border poHcy looking for any defecting Soviet citizens and finding none, we finaUy got underway." (To be continued.) I

I deeply regret to report the deaths of the foUowing Classmates: Robert Austin Bergs (11) died in Febmary 27,2007 in Sarasota, FL. After retiring from the Navy, he had graduated from George Washington of Law and had practiced Law at St. Armands Key in Sarasota for 37 years. He is survived by his wife Carol and son, Robert LesHe, both of Sarasota. He was predeceased by wives Dorothea R. and Betty B. and son,John Robert. Burial wUl be in ArHngton National Cemetery. His last known address is 435 N.Washington Drive, Sarasota, FL 34236.

Donald Francis Pillen (3) died on February 1,2007 in Tucson, AZ. He was predeceased by his wife Irene. He is survived by his 2 daughters, 5 grandchUdren and 1 great granddaughter and a stepson. Memorials are preferred to Shriner's Hospital for ChUdren, Twin Cities, 2025 E. Paver Parkway, MinneapoHs, M N 55414.

The deepest sympathies of the Class are extended to their survivors. Please refer to Last CaU for the obituaries of these Classmates.

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GETWTTHrr DEPARTMENT Action items! First of aU, we are pretty sure that you received the maUing from Class President Jim Doyle urging you to help out in a final push to complete our Class Project and help upgrade the Naval Academy Museum. There has also been a more recent emaU reminder to our CYBERSEVEPJSI47 emaU Hst, reminding them of that need.

If you have aHeady responded — thank youl If you StUl are unclear on the action, or did not receive or have misplaced the mailer, caU your Treasurer or your Secretary at the numbers in the masthead of this column — tve unit be glad to help.

And if you have simply put it off— we ask that you now carefuUy consider the need and then act — supporting the Class's move with your generous donation ASAPl May 2007

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CLASS N E W S NEXT.' Last month's column contained aU of the detaUs then avaUable regarding '47's upcoming 2008 Fall Foliage Cruise on the Hudson River, the Erie Canal, and the St. Lawrence Waterway. As of this writing, ACCL has not yet pubHshed the exact dates for their 2008 cruises, but this year they are from 23 September through October 17 — ours next year wiU certainly be very close to that. This is by way of saying "Make up your minds now and join in ASAP!"These cruises are typicaUy very popular, so starting now gives us a chance to get the earHest possible choice of cabins. AU the info needed to place the matter completely in the hands of our travel agent (Eva Kiriazoglou, at Omega World Travel : 1-888-314-6956 or 1-410-280-9755 ) should be ready weU before this issue reaches your hands, so feel free to caU her (or me at 410 224 5890) for Hteramre, advice, etc. as soon as you see this. Here we go!

SWORDS AND SHIPWRECK! Our program to coUect swords of our deceased Classmates for donation took a fascinating turn last week, when Nancy Dickson, widow of our Jim "Bird" Dickson, sent the foUowing emaU: H " .. .an update for you on our story of Jim's sword — though no info on how it wandered off in the first place!

Jim's daughter, Linda , has just received the sword from Mr. Gene KeUy of Rockland, JVIA, and she is deHghted to have it! She plans, now that she has it back, to hold on to it, and it wUl eventuaHy pass to her son —Jim's grandson Matthew. She alerted me to the foUowing article describing how Mr. KeUy tracked her down, and I'm passing it on to you (Note: We acknowledge with thanks the foUowing, quoted almost verbatim from an article by Larry Ryan in "Rockland News.Com", of Rockland MA): "Gene KeUy was on a mission. Clean up the ceUar and gather his fishing equipment together so as to clean it up for next season. In the midst of the carnage, he noticed a long black leather case tucked in the rafters of his ceUar. Opening the case, he found a U.S. Navy officer's dress sword, complete with scabbard, aU in exceUent condition. Having never seen it before, he showed it to his wife Deborah and asked if she knew where it had come from. "I have no idea," she answered. They inspected the ornate sword, and Deborah saw the name inscribed on it — "James G. Dickson". Gene's first caU was to the U.S. Naval Academy at AnnapoHs, where 48

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he found that a James G. Dickson had graduated in the Class of 1947. Further internet searches eventuaUy turned up this obituary from the University of Pennsylvania's Gazette:

Roy Jack Edwards. We ask the famUies of our Classmates to accept our sincere condolences and sorrow.

ONTHE ROAD AGAIN From Roberto Leon in Georgia:

Dr. James G. Dickson Jr., Portland, Maine, a retired anesthesiologist who conducted research on respiratory physiology at the Institute for Environmental Medicine; on June 9, 2004. He was a career line officer in the U.S. Navy from 1946 until 1955, when he entered Penn Medical School...In 1985, he moved to Massachusetts and practiced at Boston University Hospital until his retirement in 1995. His daughter is Linda Dickson Barth, Penn College of Women '14.

• " We are moved in at our new quarters in Adanta, GA. We made the transition with the help of our son, Mario Ramirez and our daughter in law, MeHssa Ramirez. We could not have made the move without their action to negotiate for our new apartment and to aid us in selling our previous residence. Mario used to be the Southeast Regional Vice President for Circuit City and he taught MeHssa aU of the ropes.. .Mario did aU of the driving and negotiating for a free stay at two hotels at no cost to ourselves except for dining. I could never have done aU of this by myself Our granddaughter did the negotiating for purchasing our condominium apartment in the Buckhead section of Atlanta.

Now Gene was more determined than ever to get the sword back to the famUy of Dr. Dickson. So back to the internet and additional hours of research.

He found two "Linda Dickson Barths", one on the west coast and one in Pennsylvania. As most of his search had centered around Pennsylvania, he made the caU there and got an answering machine. The next day a return caU ended the search! Linda Dickson Barth of Blue BeU, Pennsylvania was the woman he was looking for. She was overwhelmed at receiving the caU and thrUled at the prospect of having the sword returned.

As they conversed. Gene explained that he too has a marine background. A 1975 graduate of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy with a BS in Marine Transportation, he was also commissioned at that time as an Ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve and received his Hcense as Third Officer in the U.S. Merchant Marine.

Which is how he became one of only three survivors from the loss of the Ulfated 5S Marine Electric which sank in a northeast gale on February 12,1983, off the coast ofVirginia!

During the conversation, Linda told Gene that she did not remember her father's miHtary days, though she does have pictures of him in uniform. — but no one remembers anything about the sword. She is so grateful to be receiving one of her father's treasures. True heirlooms are hard to come by and this one wiU always keep his history alive.

Thank you. Gene KeUy!" • FINAL HONORS Our losses during the past month included Classmates William Irving Donaldson, Robert Glenn Beck, Seymour Franklin Grumpier, and John Joseph Dempsey. Complete obituaries appear in LAST CALL as soon as possible. And we are advised of the passing ofJulia Edwards, widow of

The world is rushing by too fast. This morning I watched a German Pope, speaking in ItaHan. The events were being interpreted by a Spanish-speaker in Caracas,Venezuela, and it was being interpreted and broadcast over a local Spanish-language network distributed to us by an American Company!

When I enHsted in the Navy in 1940, no one would have beHeved that something Hke this would be commonplace in year 2007!

Sincerely: Roberto Eduardo Leon, Su Seguro Servidor" • From Dar and Elmer Kiehl, in Virginia Beach: H "We recendy took off to CaHfornia to celebrate Dar's 79th and our grandson's 9th. WhUe there we saw Pat and Nick Nicholson twice. They are fine and off to China and Tibet — in November, I think. Joan and Dick Biven took very good care of us when we weren't seeing kids. The Bivens hosted a great party at the San Diego Yacht Club, and Nancy Apthorp came in from Tucson. She looked good and was ready to dance, but no music! She is about ready for another cruise — Lord knows where to, this time!

Joan and JeflF Metzel were there, send their regards, and say aU is weU with the Metzel clan. Lou Guertin's good friend in his last years, an attractive lady named Barbara KendaU, was also in attendance.

My NA roommate Bob Lloyd and his nifty new wife Peggy (a friend for over fifty years) were in town from Decatur IL

to see kids, so we saw a bit of each other.

Bob looks good despite some significant medical probs.

AU the best — Dar and Elmer" •

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QUICKTAKES Emiel Meisel has an Irish CathoHc We are stiE on fairly short columns. Not daughter-in-law, Suzanne, who has wTitten, much going on that is being reported to composed the music for, and is performing me, but we did have the March luncheon at in a new multi-media musical entided the Army Nav)' Country Club with the Be)'ond Me . Meis therefore thought it was midshipmen of the 24th Company and particularly appropriate that the work was their company officer, who is new this year. to open inWestport CT on — right! — MeanwhUe, BUI Jones reports in from the weekend of St. Paddy's Day — 17 22 EUeen Cfrcle, Rochester, NY 14616, March! . . . Loyce and Walt Johnson have I'm sure very much in the grip of winter. "shifted colors", and are now established in H "I've been moving a lot slower in the a retirement last two months due to a fractured vertecommunitv- at bra, which is healing. I hear frequendy Pantops Mountain, firom Don Dick, shipmate in PhUippine near CharlottesvUle, Sea, CV-47. Don has been here in VA.Carl Rochester for the last 50 years, as I have.

"Dutch" Ostertag Both of us worked at Kodak. Don keeps reports a new emaU me informed on the 'Lamar Owings' address — heck, just story, as nothing wUI appear in Shipmate hearing firom him about ever>- twenty' For no particular reason about it. I regularly correspond with Don except it's a good ZiebeU, '45, a shipmate in CV-47.1 also years is a b i g photo, taken in San hear from BUI Kanzler and Bob Slater. It is occasion Diego, and we haven't great to keep up with Classmates and seen Bill Teasley for REMINDER: shipmates.

I recommend a recendy a while!

If you are goHig to pubHshed book, "Sea Change at join with us in next AnnapoHs, 1949-2000" for aU those mteryear's cruise ki New York and Canada, ested in why USNA is not what it was GET YOUR PASSPORT RENEWED when we were there."

• NOW! The laws are changing, and so is the Passport design! Avoid the rush...

See you here next month! — CHS

LtoR Lil FInneran, Les and Mase Wells, during Lil's visit in Gainesville, FL Mase says they have been buddies for 64 years, since he and Jack Finneran were roommates all three years at Navy

L to R Charlie Bishop '45 and our Dick Bivin at Mammoth in the Sierras, on Dick's 83rd birthday He says at his age it's all free — so why not keep on skiing?

The March luncheon showed again what a reaUy fine group the 24th Company is.

Our guests were bright, poHte, interested, articulate, and obviously glad to join us, although aU were in fact headed off on Spring Break (whoever heard of such a thing!) and departed from the ANCC in many different directions. Classmates who gathered with wives were Munly, Cab Davis, Conable, Reed, Tony Duncan, Bass, Buhrer, Carruth, Corley, Rasmussen, and Beggs. Solos were Graham, Ghormley, O'Connor, Morgan, Flood,Welch, VUlarreal, Andrus, BUI Arnold, and George SuUivan, who brought a friend, and Rosemary Hogg. Since Jane and I were not present, Dave Carruth reports that the Company Officer, LCDR Frazier Hudson, non-Naval Academy, is a sharp cookie, and did a great job introducing the mids, who were very impressive as usual.The plebe representative, Midn CeUon, wore stars on here coUar because she has a 4.0 GPA. She is a navy junior whose dad is '78 and stUI on active duty.

The mids were first classmen Rodkin, company commander, and Hines, second classman.

Editor's note: Unformnately the photo of "Foris,Youngster Gossard, and Plebe CeUon" inteneded for this spot, did not make in time to appear in this issue.

I have, sadly, to report some deaths.

The end of February, Jack (E. H.) Ross's wife, JuHe, was kUled in an auto accident.

Jack was 10th Company and is recovering successfuUy himself from a stroke.

BUI NeweU, 10th Company, passed away on 14 March in PalosVerdes, CA. We have no further detaUs. Jim Davenport (James E.,Jr), 11th Company, died in Tarboro, NC, on 8 March. Leaving his wife of 58 years, CoUeen, and two daughters.

Jack C. Smith, 22nd Company, died in mid-March in Abingdon,VA, where, after seven years of active duty he returned to his hometown of Grundy,VA, and opened his first Piggly Wiggly store. He remained in the food business, founding the K-VAT Food Stores, Inc, operating 95 Food City and Super DoUar supermarkets in Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

WeU, obviously we need some friendly input from the field. EmaU is just fine, but, Hke BUI Jones, a baU-point pen and some yeUow legal paper wUl also do. j ^

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SECRETARy NOTES: I have an e-maU from Graham Leonard describing his experiences in the Middle East. It is too long to fit into the column lengths aUowed, but I wiU send it to anyone who e-mails me that they want to read it. Graham writes Hke a scholar and his work is worth reading.

Pete Swanson got a new hip 21 Feb. Now a bionic man. Doing find as of II March.

I have lost track of BUI Emery— neither his e-maU address nor his phone works—^if anyone knows his whereabouts, ask him to contact me.

WASHINGTON-ANNAPOUS The Washingon classmates joined for lunch today (13 March). Present were JACK BENIOT, BILL BLACK, BOB COONTZ, JOHN DRAIM, RALPH GHORMLEY, FRED GRABOWSKY, BILL GUTHRIE, MORT NEELY, GENE REMER, PAUL REIGERT, May 2007

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BOB SMITH, WARREN VOSSELER, DICKWOLFORD, and BARKLEY WOOD. Fred announced they are moving to Severna Park next week.

TIDEWATER NEW—From Dempsey Buder: • "Hate to pass on sad news.. .but Ed Dennis experienced a stroke last week.

His only temporary setback appears to a weak left side so he must use a walker now. MRIs, CAT scans, etc. do not reveal any brain damage. I talked to him and Carolyn for quite a whUe this past weekend. His speech is fine.. .now undergoing a lot of physical and occupational therapy almost on a daUy basis. His equUibrium has improved and he can now walk straighter with his walker. His phone in Virginia Beach is (757) 497-0237 or ceU at (757) 635-9539 and e-maU is dennis4t9(§yahoo.com." • From Don Trueblood: • "Talked to Dick Kint a couple of days ago; Dick is weU, but he gave me a health report on Jerry Thomas. Jerry is home now after some extended hospital time.

Removal of part of colon, colostomy, major weight loss. Jerry would welcome any cards or caUs or emaU. His address is: W.J.Thomas, 643 Regency Circle, Sacramento, CA 95864. Phone number is 916-481-5534. EmaU address is wjt643(^earthlink.net." • Now and then we run into an old, thrUHng sea-story from a Classmate that, at our age, is interesting to hear. J. Roger Edson, then a ffight instructor at NAAS BeeviUe,TX, sent on this tale.

In AprU 1955, Roger decided to make a weekend cross country ffight to San Diego in a T28B single-engine prop training plane. For instrument training purposes he took with him a weU performing Naval Aviation Cadet named Sindelar. They launched on a Friday afternoon and, with a foel stop, had an uneventffil, under-the-hood IRF ffight to San Diego.

The foUowing Sunday, Roger and student were ready to head back to Texas.

Roger thought it would be fine to get in some real instrument flying that on that day, so caUed for flying at 25,000 feet.

They took off about 1100 and began their cHmb which required a shift from "low" to "high" supercharger blower around 17,000 feet which they did and cHmbed on to 25,000 feet and into the clouds.

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great to awful—they suffered an engine faUure! The vibration was bad, engine power was lost, and afiiUblown emergency occurred. Roger took over and started down at 1000 feet/nnnute with this prop control infiaUdecrease with the idea of trying to cover as much ground as possible to the east before making a wheels-up landing or baUing out. He made several emergency Mayday transmissions on the emergency frequency but didn't hear anything back. At 20,000 feet they broke out of the clouds but before they could assess the terrain, the engine began spitting out metal pieces through the engine cowHng.Then flames quickly enveloped the right side of the aircraft.

Standard doctrine for single engine "prop" aviators is to baU out on the right side of the plane to take advantage of the "prop wash" in order to miss the horizontal taU surfaces and to baU at a relatively slow speed. But Roger and his student went over the left side due to the flames at 190 Kts and at about 19,000 ft. The student's escape was successffil; for Roger it was not. Roger may have puUed his ripcord too soon but, whatever, his recollection was that he was somewhere in the air and that his chute was "streaming," not blossoming. Furthermore, he had lost his helmet! Tugging on his "risers" to make his chute blossom, he noted that 4 adjacent panels out of 24 in the canopy were torn—probably because the chute snagged on the tail during bailout.

As Roger descended, he tried to get into his parachute's seat and to maneuver the chute by tuning on the risers, which caused it to coUapse 8 to 10 times. He noted that his student was descending OK but then saw that he was going to land fairly near some power Hnes. He tried to sHp his chute for one last time to avoid the power Hnes but that caused its final coUapse.

His final recoUection before landing was that he woiUd miss the power Hnes.

Roger had neither a recoUection of his landing nor of any events for an hour or two afterwards. He did land in mesquite buses without breaking any bones. Two ranchers who had watched Roger's descent picked him up shordy after his landing and then picked up his student. Roger did remember waking up in a hospital in Lordsburg NM (what an apt name) and after a day was moved to an Army Hospital in El Paso and thence to another hospital in PhUadelphia. HefinaUygot back to BeeviUe in the back seat of aT28B. It turns out that Roger had suffered, inter aha, a severe concussion with photophobia (fear

of Hght) for over a ten day period but when he was back in BeevUle he right back to flying and instructing.

For aviators interested in why an engine faUure such as Roger's had happened, the Naval Aviation Safety Center noted that a considerable number of simUar engine faUures had taken place around he same time and finaUy deduced that it was one of a series of engines that had been purchased by the Navy, via the influence of a congressman's office, ffiat had been imperfecdy given cadmium plating on the master rod bearng. FaUure of the master rod would produce the engine faUure Roger encountered but luckUy he Hved through it. It's a sad tale concerning procurement practices, yet a happy one because Roger Hves and has continuted his Hfe in a distinguished career, which you wiU get in the next column.

LOSSES: Robert F Baker, LTJG, USNA '49, passed away AprU 28,2005. His widow, Audrey M. Baker, also passed away on November 4,2005.

DorneU KUcHne, widow ofTom KUcHne, died 5 March 2007 at her home in McLean. Fimeral services were held at the Old Post Chapel, Fort Myer,VA at 0845 on 16 March 2007. DorneU was one of the wonderul Arlington Ladies who helped so many bereaved famUies during her service.

CORRECTION: Editor's Note: Shipmate incorrecdy listed Admiral Armstrong's survivors in his obituary in the March 2007 issue. We regret this enx)r and any confusion it may have caused.

A correction appears in this issue's "Last Call."

CHANGES: NAME/CHANGE: Bob Coontz (son)/E-niaU: rcoontz@gniaU.com; Kurt Korenkamp/E-mail: kdoren2@ verzion.net; Fred Grabowsky/MaU: 735 Maple Avenue, Severna Park, MD 21146.

Tel: 410-544-5556; Tom Parsons/E-maU: toninalyce@netscape.coni.

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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 5% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 67% PRES: VADM Thomas J. Bigley USN (Ret.) 1329 Carpers Farm Way. Vienna.VA 22180 H: 703-759-29%; E: \-admtjb@aol.com CHIEF FUND RAISER: J. Richard PoweU Jr. 8123 Dunsinane Ct, McLean.VA 22102 H;7a>893-1583 or866-859-t362 E X E C SECY: Larry Hawkins 3916 Linda Ln..Annandale.VA 22003 H: 703-573-4256; F: 703-573-1661 (callfest) E: llha\\-kinsl@juno.com C O R R . SECY: CAPT^feyne L. Jensen, USN (Ret.) 499 Sb,hm C L . Chub Vista, CA 91910 H: 619-421 -6756; E: wa\Tieljensen@cox.net WEBMASTER: Col John C.Akin,USAF (Ret.) WEB SITE:

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Most in the class wiU remember most clearly that period in early 1950 when it came time for Service selection.Your Corresponding Secretarv' was torn among the Air Force. Navy and the Marines.

W i t h a selection lot number in the middle of the class it became evident that I ought to do a lot of investigating (read lobbying) to determine my chances of getting an aviation assignment. T h e word was being passed around the yard that it one opted for the USAF we would make Lieutenant sooner, but we would be Captains together and that didn't seem too good.

It happened that I was d r a w i n g a Marine Brigadier's daughter at the time and he encouraged me to select Marines. W h e n queried the U S M C said, "To fly with us, you first become a Marine and then we wiU let you know if you are ever going to get a flying bUlet." N o t so good either!

NAVY, can I become a Naval Aviator?

T h e answer came back that aU bUlets were currendy fUled so you can't go dfrect to Pensacola. However, you can put in your request for aviation now and w h e n a seat opens you might get orders to report. In the meantime you should request Destroyer duty and get your Officer of the Deck qualifications before you take aviation duty.

John Nolan didn't have my problem because he always wanted to become a Marine. H e received his orders forthwith.

N o w John has written a book describing in great detaU his first tour with the U S M C in Korea. It is a book for aU that strives to be a Marine to read and to learn the needed lessons. It is particularly interesting for classmates as in my case, I found it a trace of time of my first two years and first tour with the Navy. In the book John is able to relate detaUed accounts of his and many of our classmates w h o accompanied him to Korea. AU Marines wUl reHsh the book, aU classmates wiU

marvel at what the Marines accompHshed in Korea. AU w h o love our country' vviU be better equipped to understand why a batde for freedom and human rights is so important—rather it be from 1950-1951 or our current situation in the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and with terrorists. As an added bonus to the book John treats us to "musings" and "afterword" in which he traces the careers of many classmates and other Marines with how they used lessons firom Korea in later years and in other endeavors. T h e tide of the book is " T h e R u n - U p to the Punch Bowl, A Memoir of the Korean War, 1951" It may be obtained at XHbris Corporation 1-888795-4274 wwvv.XHbris.com.

Orders@xHbris.com.

We pay attention to the Energy Program even in San Diego where our gasoline prices are among the highest in the country. U n d e r San Diego U n i o n Tribune headhnes during March we note, "Russia superpower-status linked to oU, ex-CIA official says." In a speech in San Diego, retired Adm. Bobby Inman said President Vladimir Putin seized control of theYukos oU firm because he wanted the Russian state to control the energy industry by controUing one of the world's largest suppHes of oU Inman continued, " T h e reaHty in the world is that the competition for avaUable fossU fuek is growing far faster than the suppHers are being found." H e was speaking at the Next Generation Project hosted by U C S D School of International Relations and Pacific Smdies.

Regional Meetings This year's Washington Area Sweetheart Area Luncheon was once again held at the Washington Golf and Country Club.

OriginaUy scheduled for the 14th of February it had to be rescheduled for the 16th because of a hard winter storm. Even then, weather kept 18 w h o had planned to attend away. Those w h o made it and were greeted with a pretty good rendition of "Let M e CaUYou Sweetheart" were the foUowing couples: Bigley, Hawkins, Rockey, Taylor, Wood, Greenwood, Monroe, Ryan, PoweU, Satre, Diehl,Janet Curley and son, Brian, Simons, Shultz, Smoot, Lasley, Schultz,Jean Duggan, And Cooper. Then on the 1st of March the weather improved so that there was a modest assembly for the regular monthly luncheon which consisted of Daryle Tripp, Larrv- Hawkins, BUI Rockey, BUI Diehl, Bob Shultz, John Nolan, BUI Smoot, MUt Schultz, Tom Bigley, BUI Simons, Deke Forbes, Law Kivlen, Bob Monroe, Marsh Treado, and John McNaUy.

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Frank Carter, Dick Martin, Roy Snyder, Law Kivlen in Palm Desert during March

Four classmates and their wives joined together at what is becoming at least an annual affair in Palm Desert, California during March, The gathering included some golf and imbibing at what has become favorite haunts. During the course of things they managed to celebrate Mary Carter's birthday in grand style. Marv' wouldn't divulge the number of years, but that is akight, we aU know just h o w old everybody is by now.

(Picmre of the four classmates included) In AnnapoHs on the 2nd of March they observed that it always happens when the 1 st Friday comes right at the month's beginning—folks forget about the class gathering. I w-ould remind aU that there is such a thing as a calendar where such events can be noted. At any rate they had: John Henderson, Ed McLean, Tom Rogers, Tom Ross and Daryle Tripp.

In Pleasanton CA. for the San Francisco Bay area grouping at the Pleasanton Hotel on the 1st of March they had: Maury Condit, Frank Holcomb, Jim Kennedy, Dick Landes, Ken MoU and Joe Pausner.The Meeting for AprU was plaimed for the same location. O n e may contact Joe for rimes and directions.

O u t in San Diego at the Coronado Golf Club Board R o o m w-e assembled: BUI Grimm, Mark Frudden, Birch DeWitt, Dick Martin, Wayne Jensen, Dean French, Teri and John MaUoy, Faye and D o n EUiott and Hank Hancock.

Surprise, the topics were aU about the 2008 elections and the possibUities for the some 36 announced and unannounced candidates for the presidency. Some threatened to trash their T V sets rather than Hsten to aU the ads.

Beat Army, —^Wayne

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PRES: VADMEJV."Al"BurkhalterJr.,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 Carrige House Ct., Alexandria.VA 22309-2709; P: 703-780-7525 CORR.SEC'Y: CAPT H.T."Beau"Dietrich,USN (Ret.) 9508 Woody Ln., Great Falls.VA 22066 P: 703-759-5006; E: Beau9pnt5@aol.com TREAS: CAPT John L."Jay"WoodburyJr.,USN (Ret.) 7515 Cornith Dr., Alexandria.VA 22306-2503 H: 703-768-3848; E: jaywoodl@cox.net WEB SITE; www.usna51.com

We lost a distinguished classmate and friend in early March. Vice Admiral Joe Metcalf died after a series of strokes.

Funeral and burial services were held on Thursday March 8th at the Naval Academy. Over 400 classmates and friends attended the service foUowed by a reception at the Superintendent's Quarters.

Among his many career responsibUities, Joe was probably most proud that he held a sea command in every grade from Ltjg to Vice Admiral.

This past month has been sad for the Class of'51. In addition to Joe Metcalf, we also lost Ray Howard, Blascoe Mattioni, and Ray Sweeney. Ray Howard was born in Finland. He was a graduate of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy before entering the Naval Academy. After graduation he served in the Air Force for four years before joining VITRO (now BAE Systems). Blascoe Mattioni was a submariner before resigning in 1956. After leaving the Navy he attended Law School and practiced in the PhUadelphia area.

He subsequently passed away in February.

After serving four years in destroyers, he resigned his commissioned and worked for New York Telephone. AU in aU he spent 37 happy years in the telecommunications industry.

On March 23 over 100 friends met at the Naval Academy Chapel to honor Betty Jones, widow of Sam Jones in a memorial service and inurnment in the Columbarium. At the reception following in Alumni HaU, Betty and Sam's children, Doug, Greg, and JUl shared with us memories, songs (including several songs by the Anchormen, past and present), and a sHde show of Betty and Sam's Hfe. They wiU be truly missed.

The Washington/AnnapoHs group gathered for lunch on the 20th to honor Pat and LoweU Stockdale, who are departing the area for New Bern, North Carolina. They wiU be greatly missed by aU of us, especiaUy at Army-Navy game

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time when area classmates and wives gathered in their home to watch the game. A large gaUery of photographs on their waU attested to their generosity and hospitaHty in sponsoring many, many midshipmen over the years. We wish them weU in their new home. Their new address is: 102 Snead Road, New Bern, North CaroHna 28560.

In what has become an annual event.

West Coast classmates celebrated George Washington's birthday at a gala dinner at the San Diego Yacht Club. Bob and Elsie Adler who were escaping the Washington winter in Scottsdale, Arizona flew to San Diego to join the group.

The West Coast group is planning an outing in the Spring. More detaUs to follow.

The input of cards, letters, and photos has diminished since the first of the year. If we don't receive any, we can't enter them in the column. Please keep them coming.

CHEERS, â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Beau ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 4% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 61% PRES: RADM William J. Ryan, SC, USN (Ret.) E: wjr52@verizon.net SECY: CAPT Frank Hannegan, USN (Ret.) 309 Yoakum Pkwy., Apt. 1507 Alexandria,VA 22304-3905 E: fatdadret@earthlink.net WEBMASTER: P.D. Sicrcr E: pdsierer@earthlink.net CLASS WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/class52/Default.htm

We are not old but but we are a heck of a lot older than we would rather be. It is because of this that we brace ourselves to hear the inevitable news of the passing of good friends (whUe weffitUUysearch for the elixir of immortaHty). Nonetheless, this fataHsm never prepares one for the totaUy unexpected accident. Leigh Ebbert has left us suddenly and without warning and I know that I am not the only one to be stricken at the news. Leigh was an outstanding gendeman, husband, father. Naval Officer and friend and our prayers go with him, and to his family.

I struggled with this column for three years and finaUy in 1984 was able to snooker Leigh into reHeving me. What was difficult for me was easy for Leigh and over aU these years of his incumbency he turned out superb class columns. We wiU miss his work in Shipmate and as I now have the con I wiU do my best to carry on to your, my classmates, satisfaction.

Before I sign off for this issue I would like to thank aU of you who sent me cards foUowing my unexpected surgery. Thanks to a very timely caU by Betty to 911 and

the rapid response by the EMS guys from Fairfax county I recovered quickly, just clumsy as heck firom an unrelated problem.

By the way I would Hke to remind everyone that a successful class column depends on input from the hinterlands because that is the only to prevent the write-up from getting unbalanced with Wash, area news. Obviously I can get the input by e-maU but if you prefer to send some things by snail-maU my address is: Capt. EN. Hannegan (USN Ret.), 309 Yoakum Pkwy # 1507, Alexandria,VA, 22304. Also if you want to swap sea stories my phone is: 703-370-2916.

Caio, stay healthy and don't faU...you might bang your head as I did.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 7% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 60% PRES: CAPT Christos Zirps, USN (Ret.) 19()2Toll Bridge Ct., Alexandria.VA 22308-2447 SECY: Lt Col David B.Jones, USAF (Ret.) 6708 Pageland U.. Gainesville,VA 20155 P: 703-754-4492; E: djlockei@earthlink.net WEBMASTER: Paul Dudley E: pauldudley53@earthlink.net CLASS WEB SITE: www.usna53.org

'S3 April column, which didn't appear in the April Shipmate What had been a very warm winter has suddenly turned bitterly cold. I'm glad I'm not back at Bancroft HaU and having to wander the yard with those freezing winds coming off the Bay. "Brrrr, Brrrr!"

It is bad enough in Gainesville where we have had a week with the temperature never getting above the freezing point.

And it is not getting any better. In fact the forecasts tonight are for snow tomorrow foUowed by Freezing Rain and Ice. IF the freezing rain and ice arrive the Jones household is not going anywhere for a day or two. Now I reaHze why we were so happy to winter in South Florida for the last 20 years. But, luckily we sold our condo in Delray Beach just in time as Hurricane WUnia in late October 2005 did a number on what had been our condo.You win some and you lose some.

We had a very nice Class Luncheon at Fort McNair on February 6th. As the January Men and Ladies Luncheon was canceUed due to the death of President Ford, we invited our ladies to join us at the Feb. Lunch. A lot of them did and I think they had as good a time as we did.

The weather was below freezing and the Officer's Club had some serious problems, but they handled them pretty weU, moving us to the upstairs BaU Room, where they stiU had heat and power. After the lunch Chris introduced our guest

Speaker, Helen Momsen, the grand daughter of RADM Charles Momsen, the developer of the Momsen Lung. She gave a most interesting talk on her grand father and on the rescue of the crew of the SquaUis. Chris also brought us aU up to date on what has happened to the Class over the past year. Including, getting the powers that be to approve placing the names of our Classmates Frances Flood and Thomas MitcheU on the Honor ScroU in Memorial HaU. He also discussed his goal of increasing the percentage of the Class that belongs to the Alumni Association. It currendy is about 66% and he would Hke to get it up to 75%. If you have friends that are not members and keep looking at your Shipmate, get them to join, so if nothing else they wUl get their own Shipmate. Chris has sent out a letter that summarizes aU that he told us.

We are looking forward to our annual February Brunch which wUl be at the Army Navy Country Club next week— coverage wUl be in the May Shipmate.We also wUl have two PavUion parties this year, the first in June and the second during the footbaU season on the Friday before the Air Force game. This is a great idea as you won't need a footbaU ticket to get in the PavUion and you won't have to fight the footbaU crowds.We can enjoy our PavUion by ourselves. Plan to attend.

There is not much bad news thankfuUy. I did hear from Art Cornell who had heard from Anne Nomady that her husband Verne Nomady had passed away.Verne and Art roomed together for our entire four year stay. The also roomed with Alan Personnette for the four years. Sadly, Alan died last year. Thanks Art, getting old is tough isn't it?

Pat Henson, the wife of Mort Henson has informed me that she now has a new e-maU address. It is: CoUetonl@aol.com. Thanks, Pat. Don Holmes found an old Math exam from our second class year. He showed it to Bruce Ogden who has sent it to me with the suggestion that I put one question a month into the column.

Those who wish can try to solve the problem and send their solution to someone for grading. Bruce notes that we wiU need to find a genius who can work the problems. Carl Trost's name comes to mind although I'm not sure Carl could answer some of these questions. I can hardly pronounce some of the terms, let alone know what they mean. Question Number Three (An easy one for you Ship Navigators) "The navigator aboard the

Bill Ramsey and his ladies

USS Iowa in latitude 50 degrees North finds the declination of a star to be 10 degrees North and its hour angle to be 60 degrees. Make an orthographic projection and from it determine the azimuth and altitude of the star. (The question also says to use sheet provided. However, Don and Bruce didn't provide a sheet, so make up your own.)

Stub Chace has let me know that Jeannie Pfeifle has died. She died the same day that Ed Alves died. Stub notes that it had been a busy week in South Florida (Super Bowl week) "Every hotel is fiaU aU at increased prices and more big boats going by than ever before." Joy and Stub Hve right on the Intracoastal Canal and have an up close and personal look at the boats going by. Some of them get very impressive and very big!

Jerry Weinstein has sent me a sheet outHning steps one should take if you have or see someone having a stroke— Httle strokes are called Transient Ischemic Attacks orTIAS, I know because I had one in 198 I.Jerry's info is right on. If you think someone is having a stroke you can confirm it by remembering these three letters.. .S.TR.The S stands for SMILE, the T stands for TALK and the R stands for Raise both arms. If you see someone that may be having a stroke ask the individual to SmUe, ask the person to Talk, to speak a simple sentence Hke "It is sunny out today." Ask them to Raise both arms.

Another easy test is ask the person to stick out his tongue. If the tongue is crooked, if it goes to one side or the other, then that is a stroke indicator. If your suspect faUs any of these tests caU 911 immediately.

Treatment within three hours can totaUy reverse the effects of the stroke orTIA. That is good info.

Joe Gildea has a new e-maU address.

It is joegUdea@cox.net. Thanks Joe, hope you Hke the picture.

Pictures this month include: a good shot ofJoe GUdea, a nice group picture of BUI Ramsey with a lovely group of 10th Company Ladies, a picture of MUtTolman whUe he was watching a Blue Angels Show at Pensacola NAS, a 53rd Reunion shot ofJohn Smith and Tom Slack, a nice picture of SaUy and Martha with Hart Sebring, another Reunion shot, this one ofJo and Bob Northrop, Jim and Carol Westermeir with Barbara Cole and Joe Zebrowski at the 6th Battalion Party during the 53rd Reunion andfinaUya nice shot ofJudy and Frank Ostronic in Hawaii. Hat is it for now.We have two plus inches of show on the ground, the temperature is below freezing and the bad weather is supposed to start shortly. Thank goodness emaUs don't have to travel via the highways. Don't forget Class Luncheons at Fort McNair on the first Tuesdays. BEAT AIR FORCE and ARMY! —Dave

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'S3 May 2007 column It is mid March, we have had two lovely days where we didn't have to wear three or four layers of clothes. In fact the car thermometer today said the temperature was over eighty degrees.The weather men say this wiU not last as the temps are going to go back to the 30s this weekend. The bad weather I talked about in the last column was with us for almost an entire month.

The two plus inches of snow in our yard turned into 4 inches of soHd ice that lasted for over a week. We couldn't walk on it and our car with aU wheel drive took half the distance of the driveway to get under control. Further, the weight of the car did not begin to crack the surface of the ice.

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On top of ice problems it was cold as it could be. SaUy seems to handle cold a lot better than I do, as I was reaUy uncomfortable even with four or five layers of clothes on. However, it gave us something to talk about and shiver about. HopefiiUy, spring is almost here.

The only bad news this month was that Denver Eddy died quite unexpectedly on February 13th. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer and it took him very quickly. UntU almost the week he died he thought he only had some back problems. He was at several recent class fijnctions and looked fine. So his pasing was a surprise to aU. Services were held at their church in AnnapoHs which Alta and Denver had been members of for 47 years.

And he was inurned at the Naval Academy Columbarium on February 23rd. There were a number of the class at each of these functions.The picture shows Hart Sebring, Bob Rafiaele and Darrell Dempster at the Columbarium.You can see by their clothes that it was stiU cold.

When you read Denver's obituary in the Last CaU Section you wUl be impressed by aU the things he did. I was particularly impressed by the bare boat trip he and Alta took saUing through the Panama Canal to Easdter Island and then on to Tahiti. Most of us need a much bigger ship for that kind of a trip. I'm sure aU of you join me in expressing our most sincere condolences to Alta and the rest of their fasmUy. Another good guy from '53 gone.

Stubby Chace reports that our classmate and Marine Thomas "Sulli" Sullivan has had another visit with the lovely nurses at Holy Cross Hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Stub says that SuUi recently took a faU in his tub and that led him to see the Doctors. The end result was he had a Quadruple bypass heart operation. In Stubs words, "it was not aU fiin and games....there was a lot of praying going on that was needed to see him through." He made it through the crucial first night and while in critical condition for awhUe his prognosis is exceUent.

Ted Shadburn writes to report that he has been remiss in informing us of important events that occur in/about Redlands, CA in a timely manner. About eight years ago he told us that the wife of Bob Plank had died. He now is pleased to inform us that on 16 July, 2006 Bob married Nancy Gould, also of Redlands.

They were married in a beutiful ceremony at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Redlands. It was a typical Redlands summer day with temperatures weU into

the triple digits (106 degrees). He sent us a picture of Nancy and Bob and it must have been a dry heat as they look cool and composed.Thanks.Ted and Congratulations to Nancy and Bob. The newlyweds were joined by members of their famUy on a honeymoon cruise to Mexico.

Jim Bell '54, wrote to let us know that he was a good friend of our late CT. Butler. He thought we woiUd Hke to know that C.T's legacy and spirit Hve on.

Two of his sons have made a career of Naval Aviation; John was class of'83 and made the last cruise on the America in the 1990s. His father had made the first cruise aboard the same ship in 1965. His brother Richard is stiU making a name for himself in Navy Air and recently assumed command of Air Wing 14 aboard Reagan (CVN 76). As befitted a combat air command, the Change of Command was conducted whUe airborne in the skies above the Reagan. At the completion of the ceremony, RJchard took the lead of the two plane formation (flying AC # 403) and the ceremony was completed with a supersonic low pass of the ship. I'U bet C T . would have loved it.Thanks,Jim Horace Leavitt says that he and Joan were down in Corpus Christi in January for his Grandson's winging. He is a multiengine pilot and is now in JacksonvUle, FL for P3 training. Horace enclosed a picmre that shows his son Horace III '78 Grandson Horace IV '04 and himselfâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; two submariners and we get afly.Horace was impressed to find out that the Training Squadron that young Horace was in was a joint conmiand.The CO was USAF and the X O was USN. There were 22 getting their wings at the ceremony, 13 USAF, 2 women, 6 USN, 1 woman, 2 USMC and 1 USCG.They flew dieT-12 which he was told a modified version of which is used as a COD on carriers.

Thanks, Horace and congratulations to Horace IV Received word fixjm Timothy Woodbury, Shipmates Obits Editor that a former member of our class had died. He was Kenneth A. Boundy of Southington, Connecticut who died on March 9th. Ken came to the Academy from NAPS and started out in the class of 1952. but he apparendy saw the error of his ways and joined us.We may have also been a error as he resigned in February 1951. His civilian career included a stint with Electric Boat in Groton and from there to PlainviUe Electrical Products which designed and buUt Electric Control Panels for aU Nuclear Subs buih in US

shipv-ards. During his 28 years with the company he became the majoritv' stockholder and President of the company. He was also a Life Member of the Alumni .\ssociation and a member of the Naval Instimte. We send our condolences to his widow Eleanor and the rest of his famUy. Additional picmres this month show: Leo Cuccias in a thoughtfiil pose; Bill Hall. Jack Hoch and Mike Maher at the March Class Luncheon; Eddie Best and friend at an earHer luncheon; and Connie and J. D. O'Connell at their home in Concord. CA. Don't forget Class Luncheons are on the first Tuesday of each month at the Fort McNair, Officers Club at 1130.You should get nvo columns this month as my April Column o;ot misplaced at Shipmate. They said they would try not to let it happen to oftenâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;unless you want it too. Come Leo Cuucias in a to our PaviHon Serious Pose Partv on 9 June.

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thoughts he might have. WUl responded with some informative and insightfLd comments that I want to share with you.

Bill Hall, Jack Hoch and Mike Maher at a Class Luncheon

Eddie Best with a Lady friend

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Newlyweds Nancy and Bob Plank

Getting the Word During the course of 2006 I had written nvo Shipmate articles regarding getting information to the Class and fostering contacts and interactions. See Class Communications in the May issue and www.usnaS4.netâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; "I Cubed" m the September issue. Just recendy I contacted our Webmaster. Will Croom, to obtain some information concerning a recent poU he had conducted addressing the frequencies with which Class members accessed the site. I informed him also that I intended tappmg the site for some column material due to the paucity of mputs direcdy to me and soHcited any

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B "By aU means use anything you need from the website.You reach a number of Classmates that do not have the capabiHty to use it. I only have a counter on one section of the site, the Irish Pennants section, which is the least used section. It has about four unique visits each day. I did not save the results from the usage poU that I ran. It is hard to determine the number of Classmates that visit the site.

There are a number of hots that roam the web and "visit" sites. Google, for example, scans aU sites every so often and these scans show as "visits" to the site. I suspect that we have about 30 Classmates that visit the site regularly and participate in the Log and Forum.We have maybe another 30 that visit from time to time or when they need to check an address in the Directory. The rest of the Class is very irregular in their visits.

I do feel that our abiHty to communicate is failing Our e-maU directory is becoming less accurate. I suspect our directory of addresses is becoming less accurate.

Your column is stiU the most reHable and reaches the biggest number of people.

The only problem is the time lag that is inherent in Shipmate.

I have been playing with Skype. It is a free/cheap VOIP phone system.You get a year worth of urUimited long distance for about S30. Anyone can download the system and caU another Skype user for free. If we could get some of our Classmates scattered across the US and in areas Hke Norfolk, Pensacola, Eastern Shore, and other areas where we have a concentration to get Skype on thefr computers perhaps we could set up a phone tree of sorts.

I also have the capabUity to set up a blog that could be a part of our website that would aUow you to enter your Shipmate column on the Web when you complete the draft. I beHeve I could fix it to accept a copy of your e-mail to Shipmate so reentry would not be required.

I think it might be weU to spend a part of our Class treasury to finance an annual snaU maU newsletter to the Class. That would at least maintain a contact with everyone whose address we have and keep them aware of how to contact the Class.

I know we are aU getting older and I would Hke us to hold things together as long as possible. If you have any thoughts or suggestions, let's give them a try.WUl" H

Horace Leavitt IVgetting his Wings with Horaces III and II in Attendance

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Semper Fi— Services for Dick Alger • Dick Alger was buried at Arlington today. It was a cold February day but a large number of Classmates, friends, and relatives attended the services at the Old Post Chapel at Fort Meyer and the burial at ArHngton.

Among our Classmates Dick Alger always stood taU. He was always ready to do his part, and a litde more for the Class.

He gave '54 a fantastic 50th. He was always there in every Class project. At any party, luncheon, or gathering, you could always count on one good story from Dick. He was active in the planning of our 54th reunion up to his death.

'54 wiU miss him. —^WiU Croom •

cominand of the "Mosquito Fleet" and was tasked to eradicate the West Indian pirates. The force of over 1,000 men operated out of the Dry Tortugas. By 1829 the US knew it could control navigation to the Gulf of Mexico and protect Atlanticbound Mississippi River trade by fortifying the Tortugas. Construction of Fort Jefferson began in 1836 and continued for 30 years, but was never finished.

During the CivU War the fort was used as a military prison for captured deserters. It also held four men, including Dr. Samuel Mudd, convicted of compHcity in President Lincoln's assassination in 1865.

The fort was abandoned in 1874 and in 1908 the area became a wUdHfe refuge to protect the sooty tern rookery from egg coUectors. Proclaimed as Fort Jefferson National Monument in 1935, the area was re-designated in 1992 as Dry Tortugas National Park to protect both the historical and natural features, www.nps.gov/drto. and http://www.nielfisher.org /reefswrecks/porter.htm."

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Historic Fort Jejfferson History Buff David Smith sends the foUowing interesting article. "For those of you who might make a trip to Key West, be sure to consider a trip to Fort Jefferson. Located in the Dry Tortugas about 70 mUes west of key West (about a 2.5 hour boat ride) the fort and surrounding islands offer a fascinating view of history and environmental interests.The spread of piracy in the Caribbean angered the government, and as losses of ships increased, both ship owners and the public demanded that action be taken. In 1821, President Monroe authorized the establishment of an anti-pirate squadron.

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Memoirs I, and many others, lost a good friend and buddy when Lu Yarger died on Tuesday, February 27th. Lu was in the process of completing his memoirs to be passed to his two year old grandson, Aden, when Aden is old enough to understand and appreciate the lessons and experiences of Lu's life. His widow, Marcia, has requested that those who knew Lu reflect upon their association with him and provide any comments or anecdotes that come to mind so that they may be included in his memoirs. Marcia intends to complete his memoirs in the near future and to include any comments Classmates would send to her. Contact information is as foUows: Mrs. Marcia Yarger 108 Glenmawr Ct. PonteVedra Beach, FL 32082 (904)285-5812 lyarger54@coiiicast.net Nothing Lasts Forever—But Jim Bell's Topcoats Never Die I Well I did it. Nothing is forever. After 58 years of loyal and faithful duty I have

retired "Ole Gray.""01e Gray" for the uninitiated is my old Harris Tweed overcoat which I purchased in 1949.

Yep-that's right1949, In 1949 I was going to school in Utah and I came home for Christmas and told my dad, "I need a coat, I'm freezing my backside." So off to The "Die Gray" Manhattan we went and I've been the proud owner of'Ole Gray" ever since. True, I lived in CaHfornia for a few years in the interim, and I didn't wear it in Vietnam (but there were some days when I sure could have used it) and some winters here in Virginia I didn't use it, but I had to dig it out of storage this year and it was very welcome on some of the recent 15-20 degree days. But Dora got more and more disenchanted every year, so finaUy yesterday off to Macy's we went for the big President's Day sale. The new one is a good coat but I don't think I'U try to stretch it for another half century. The new one was made in China of course and I don't see any of those union labels in it Hke the old one. I know I would like it a lot better if it had a "Made in North CaroHna" label

—Jim BeU • Moments in Time Here are a couple of memories firom Class history.

President Reagan, Gudrun and Dick Boverie

AprU 1983—Oval Office at the White House—President Ronald Reagan bids farewell and appreciation to Major General Richard T. Boverie, USAF (Ret.) as he departs government service, including having served on the National Security Council staffs of Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Reagan.

October 1955—Jack Keating and Pat McNenny going through flight training at NAS, Pensacola.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 9% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 5 3 % PRES: VADM Henry C. Mustin, USN (Ret.) VICE PRES: CAPT Tom Kiefaber, USN (Ret.) TREAS: COL Cal Weaver, USA (Ret.) SECY: Hartley O. Holte RO. Box 5910. Ann.ipolis, MD 21403 H; 410-280-9799; E: h.holte@comcast.net WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1955

Back row; Louis Couvreur, Paul Grozen, Ted Hyman. Middle; Tineke Couvreur, Bill Lavallee, Darrell Westbrook. Front Sandy Hyman, Betty Lavallee, Jean Westbrook, Phyllis Grozen.

Paul Grozen writes: • "For many years, PhyUis and I have spent part ofJanuary/February in Maui (escaping the harsh San Diego winters of course!).This year, we learned that a Norwegian Cruise Line ship with some of our classmates aboard woiUd be visiting Maui during our stay. Invoking the "whenever two or three shaU meet" concept, we contacted them and scheduled what may weU be the first '55 Maui reunion.We spent a most enjoyable evening together at a Lahaina restaurant with Betty and Bill Lavallee, Sandy and Ted Hyman and Jean and Darrell Westbrook. An added feature was that we coiUd also include another'55 classmate couple (sort of),Tineke and Louis Couvreur, Dutch friends who were staying with us on this trip. Louis is a '55 graduate of the Netherlands Naval Academy and was on his 1/c Midshipman cruise aboard the Dutch cruiser HMNS De Zeven Provincien when it visited AnnapoHs in 1954. He recaUed what a treat it was for them to be housed in Bancroft HaU during their visit. Showing what a smaU world it is, Ted Hyman then told us that he was one of those hosting a Dutch Midshipman during that visit. After aU these years, he acmaUy remembered the name of his guest, a mutual friend of the Couvreurs and us. Another interesting fact we learned during the evening was that Dutch Midshipmen slept in hammocks for their entire course at the Naval Academy!

Among thefr perks of seniority was the privUege to use, first one, then later, a second batten, to keep the hammocks spread open (and not have to sleep in a

L-r; Cal Weaver, Jerry Nay, Fred Tolleson, Tom Kiefaber, John Adams, Hank Mustin, Tom Mclsaac, Tom Stallman, Denny Sullivan and Hartley Holte.

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pea-pod). And we thought we had a tough Plebe Year!" • Ed Kingston sent an emaU updating his address: and saying, "The pvcc stands for Piedmont Virginia Community CoUege (CharlottsvUle), and, yes, I'm stUl employed and teaching at the coUege.

Gave up on the turkeys (farm) a number of years ago, but it was a great experience—for Ginger, me and the 3 kids to grow up on a working farm."

Tom Emery sent in the above photo of our class contingent who attended the annual meeting of the "Caribao WaUow" held on 3 February this year.You may remember that it consists of those who served on duty in the Philippines, and for us included this year, Bob Fountain, Ted Parker, Mai MacKinnon,

Tom Emery, Robin Pirie, Don Sturtz, Bill Smith. "Denny SuUivan, we missed you".

Received a copy of the notice of the "actual" wedding of Hope and Tom Davis, Saturday, 17 February, 2007, Kilburnie the Inn at Craig Farm, Lancaster, South CaroHna. Your Executive Committee met again on 8 March. Discussions primarUy emphasized our efforts to nominate classmates for "Distinguished Graduate", and a very creative approach to continuing a role for the class in support of the Academy. More on these topics as they mature!

We received an obituary for F. Joseph McLaughlin (8th Co), through the Alumni Assc."Red" died on February 24th and he was buried in Brewster, MA.

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two faculty members from each coUege.

AU US mUitary academies, the Canada's academy and many civiHan universities CLASS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRMEN: CAPT Douglass F. Hayman, USN (Ret.) (11) with significant ROTC programs were Col George Mushalko, USAF (Ret.) (15) in attendance.

SECYS: Dan Garges (24) Providing their views of leadership 1846 Greenplace Terrace Rockville.MD 20850 were such noteworthy speakers as: * P; 301-340-8197; E: Dan.Garges@filetek.com Coach DickVermeU, Super Bowl winning WEB SITE: wwrw.usna.com/classes/1956 footbaU coach of the St Louis Rams; * Robert MilUgan (21) Appointed as Florida's Rear Admiral Harward, USN, Assistant Consumer Advocate Commanding General, Joint Special In his previous role as Florida state Operations Command; * Robert comptroUer, Robert Milligan (21) was a Pittman—Former C O O of America fierce watchdog over the pubHc's money.

OnHne and "Father of MTV"; * Joe In his new capacity as consumer advocate Ehrmann, former profession footbaU on insurance, expect him to be a pit buU player and Parade Magazine's "Most on excessively high premiums. Bob Important Coach of the Year" (topic of MilHgan, a RepubHcan, is known for his Jeffiey Marx's book Season of Life); and * straight talk and pro-consumer attitude.

Colonel Athens, USMCR, Lakefield The retired three-star Marine general who Distinguished Professor of Leadership. holds a master's degree in economic analyThey're inspirational talks centered on the sis was a breath offreshair when he was theme "BuUding the Bonds of Leadership elected state comptroUer in 1994. Few in with the slogan—people don't care ivliat you pubHc Hfe can match his reputation for knou>, until they know that you care\" Some rising above poHtics to do what's best for of us were fortunate to participate in the the people of Florida. Bob also earned the breakout sessions with round table discusrespect of the business he regulated. When sions set up in Mitchner HaU. The he left the comptroUer's office in 2002, he attendees were impressed by the fact that was lauded by banking leaders for taking the entire conference was set up, organthe time to tmderstand their industry so ized and managed entirely by USNA that he coiUd best advocate on the pubHc's midshipmen. They effectively facihtated behalf That's precisely the kind of informed these sessions with faculty from each advocacy Florida needs on insurance. Odds coUege. Mitch met during the conference are good that if Floridians didn't akeady with local classmates at Carol's Creek for know Bob MUHgan's name and reputation, lunch and he hopes to have an even larger they wUl soon. That's what good Marines turnout next year. Note that CharHe always do. Since Leroy Collins (19) was WUson was there to help celebrate the previously made head of the Horida occasion. His stories are always great to Department ofVeterans Affairs as previously hear. For more information on the reported in this column, there are now two Leadership Conference you may want to 56-ers in the state government. Florida is visit http://www.usna.edu/ clearly in good hands!

OfficerDevelopment/index.htm.

Mitch Hart (12) and The USNA Leadership Conference Mitch Hart cosponsors the Leadership Conference at the Naval Academy with USNA Class '38 Admiral Randskopf of W W II submarine fame. The mission of the conference is to bring together the best minds in the practice and study of leadership to exchange ideas, experiences and methodologies with both miHtary and civiHan students. Mitch and his wife Linda provide a major portion of the L to R—Attendees: Dick Levendoski (13), Casey resources for this program through the Kenaston (02), Bill Flight (04), Mitch Hart (12), Charlie Wilson (05) and Jerry Green (02) (reponer of Hart Group. The program invited students the conference article) and faculty from coUeges across the country and Canada to meet from 5 thru 7 Passing of Joan Walsh, Devoted Friend of February to discuss and debate leadership USNA S6 West Golfers chaUenges that face coUeges and the BiU Walsh, whose wife Joan passed away nation. Some 24 schools were represented recently, was a regular member of the San with several student leaders and one or Diego '56 cadre of golfers, having been forgiven for graduating from Notre Dame ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 7% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 5 8 %

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in '55. BiU rose to the rank of Rear Admiral during a distinguished naval career. He and Joan were always welcomed to our local '56 group social and R & R get-togethers. They were Hke honorary members of the class. Her loving famUy surrounded Joan EHzabeth Walsh when she passed away on February 16th. In addition to her devoted husband of 49 years she leaves loving chUdren Kathryn (Mrs.James Lamb),JuHa (Mrs. Kenji Timmerman), and Michael (wife Christie) and seven grandchUdren. Our Class was weU represented at Joan's memorial service. She wUl be missed.

A Hearty Meal, a Pleasant Stroll and Midshipman Melodies in San Diego The '56 San Diego contingent enjoyed a Navy evening on a balmy Sunday in March.

FoUowing dinner at an ItaHan restaurant, we StroUed a few blocks toffieLaJoUa Presbyterian Church for a concert by the superb Naval Academy Men's Glee Club.

This is truly part of the good life for this group of 56 Alumni! Attendees: Eleanor and MicheUe Fournier (01), Jerry and Carol Fulk (09), Dave and Kay Minton (18), Carl and Dolores Nelson (10),Jody Nelson,Jay and Dale Ransom (21), Ned and Peggy Roberts (07), Don and Patsy Scovel (11), Bob and Lyn Shinn (17),Jim and Martha Thomas (09). Also we were pleased to have Stan and Cora Waid ('53) attend with their friends Dale and Anne SiHnperi.We voted unanimously to have Stan brace up, only to find he didn't know how, so we reluctandy but generously, let him carry on.

What kind of plebe year did '53 have, anyway?

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 9% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 57% PRES: CAPT David S. Cooper, USN (Ret.) SECY: LCDR. R O. Behrends, USN (Ret.) 143-A East Lake Drive, Annapolis, MD 21403 E: pobehrends@aol.com C O R R . SECY: CAPT F.N. Howe Jr., USN (Ret.) 1 Wilter Cir., Fredencksbuix,VA 22405-1363 E: fiihusna57@cox.net WEBMASTER: Fred Dammann WEB SITE: www.usna57.org

Frederick Ernest Schwalbe passed away at his home in Mission Viejo, CA on 4 March and was inurned in a private ceremony. He is survived by his widow JacqueHne.The CC is assisting with the Last CaU entry.

It's aU downhUl fix)m here.. .just a few more rivers to cixDss, a couple turns around Worden and it's getaway day Sixty days of leave! We'U put on our civvies, jump in our cars and cruise off into Hfe. After that it'U be easy.

Remember? A half cenmry ago this week that was the word.

Next month at this time we wiU officiaUy stump across the big 5-0 Hne and be certified old guys.. .and, ya know, vvhUe it may not have always been easy, it certainly wasn't aU that hard—and. another thing, it coiUdn't have been 50 years ago! Amazing.

And it's almost unbeHevable is that aU the bright young faces we have come to know over the last four years—the faces that have decorated our gatherings and Hfted us with their enthusiasm—they'U aU be out of tovvTi as vveU before the month is out, at the end of thefr four years together by the bay. Time hasflowTifor them as it did for us and in less time than they wiU ever be able to imagine they wiU remrn here to their OWTI 50th. As you go dovvTi to the sea Class of 2007, bear our flag, begin seizing the day on Day # 1 , enjov vour cruise, touch every base and do us proud.

Just to show you what can happen when the leash is eased a Httie too much. below is the official photo of the troops at the end of three days' worth on the course in JacksonviUe. participating in the "Shannon Hev-ward Open." Our thanks go to Larry Magner for this gUmpse into the sorted world of the weekday golfer.

(L to R) Magner, Heyward, Vosseller, Whitmire

Meanwhile, we're closing rapidly on the organized celebrations for the big Fiftieth Reunion, aka "The Big Noise in October"—as evidenced by the fiiU-page ad you saw in last month's magazine (and another you'U see in June-July issue)— and Jerry Smith, the man in charge of getting the word out to aU Hving creamres, is in with the bring-up for May: • Please note that the desired date for receipt of 50th Reumon (24-28 October 2007) registration forms is 7 June. If you don't have your registration maiHng and desfre one, contact Jerry Smith at (703)360-3038 or scoop@his.com.

In addition to the registration form, the 19 Januarv' mailing contained information for ordering footbaU tickets, logo clothing.

and the reunion pin.The reunion schedule, hotel information, and reunion updates are posted on the class website, address noted in the masthead above. The registration form is also posted in the event you don't receive one in the maU. Early subnfrssion of your registration vvUl help committee chairs finaHze reunion arrangements which require advance fiinding. Many thanks go to those 116 classmates who had already submitted their payment by 7 March. —Jerry H It has subsequendy come to Hght that one of the guys who didn't get his copy of the highly desfred registration package aUuded to above was Frank Ford. Frank messaged in on his Blackberry from somewhere out on the prairie with an urgent request for aU the dope, galvanizing not only the reunion guys but also his CC who had been unable to raise him (he's apparendy been on round-up for quite some time) in the process of putting the Fightin'EIGHTH'S Tlie First 50 package together.

MeanwhUe, Frank, apparendy vying for a place with the Marlboro Man was taking an even strain—as can be seen by the accompanying photo.

Speaking of T/if Frank and Bud .

First 50, we're finaUy at that place everyone has been asking about.. .the end of the subscription period. The man in charge of the subscription Hst, Jim Quinn, wiU close his books on 15 May and orders received after that date wiU be remrned.VaHd orders stiU need to go to Company Coordinators first, of course, and the CCs wiU then forward them to Jim. The purpose of this process is to make sure that the CC is aware of every order made by his constimencv' and to ensure that the complete/correct shipping address is known to him.

And, last time, prices: initial orders of the book by Class members remain at S95. Gift books may be purchased for anyone by those making subsequent orders for $75. And, in a one-time-gooddeal to those who have borne these discussions so bravely for the past three years, we won't explain why these numbers are different. If you've somehow missed the explanation earHer, message the scribe for the fuU dump.

And, also last time, no unsold books wUl be printed.

It's always a Httle disconcerting to go looking for Tom Sims, the Keeper of the Keys/Disbursing Officer, only to discover that he has gone off on cruise, somewhere, again. HappUy, he and Marge always remrn with a quiver fuU of dandy photos from far away places. Recendy, in response to a request for a dump on the latest excursion to Central America we got a round half dozen shots from everywhere else in the world.

Since Marge seems to be the duty photog on these trips most of the picmres seem to be of our boy Tom. As you can see from the shot below, we chose the only one of the two of them to share with those of you who never goes anywhere.

This rendition of the original loses a lot — the Httle buUding behind the happy couple is white with a blue dome and trim, in true Aegean style. Ask Tom to show you the original. Tom's description: I In late '06 Marge and I took a cruise firom Istanbul to Athens visiting Greek isles along the way. I don't know how it could have been any better unless some of you had been along for the ride so we could have s^vapped some sea stories and other Hes.The photo was taken on the Greek isle of MUconos; a beautifiU place. B

Tom and Marge

From the business of going to sea for pleasure we mrn our attention to those who work on the water.. .and two more serious fishers you've never encountered than Jimmy Paulk and Charlie HaU who recently joined forces around the boundary waters near CharHe's new headquarters in Georgia—a native recendy remrned from La-La land. In CharHe's inimitable style, the fuU Monty on the ensuing operation: • On two fine days in early March the 2nd Batt Certified and Transmogrified (scribe note: this means "fantastic") Fishing Team of CharHe HaU (7) and Jim PaiUk (6) went down to the sea in ships, er-ra, acmaUy in a boat, in search of the famed but wily Speckled Trout of the Georgia/Florida coast. The first day the May 2007

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weather was fine, the company fon but the fish were exceedingly non-cooperative. They laughed at our strategy, our bait, and, worst of aU, at us. Regardless of how carefuUy we hooked our Hve shrimp or cunningly planned our drifts, there was Httle response. At the end of the day, there were but a bare few to take home.

The next day was a lay day and we used the time wisely for R & R (Regroup and Replan). First, we decided that our shirts were wrong and got out our lucky fishing shirts.Then we reaHzed that we had been neglecting to spit on the bait.

FinaUy, we devised a new strategy, based, of course, on Mahan and Nelson. A new morning arrived. RevitaHzed, we rose early, ate sparingly, and caUed upon an ancient academy totem for help. We threw Tecumseh a left-hand salute from afar and, transforming ourselves into "The Old Goats", we saUied forth.The sea was flat, the birds were working, and the bait was fresh and active. This time, being better prepared and having mystic help from the vast ether that surrounds aU saUors, we conquered those trout, wUy or otherwise.

We caught big breeding fish and released them, we caught smaU fish and set them free, and most importantly, we caught legal-sized fish and fiUed the cooler. No laughing from the depths that day! The fear and dread from below permeated the salt air! The 2nd Batt ruled the seas, weU, at least the part of the seas that we could see from our smaU boat. A great time was had by aU and thoughts of the next match began to emerge. I

The Fantastic Fishing Team

At its regular March convening, The Washington Chapter Eating and Elbow Calisthenics group was treated to another look into the mid-term by Dave Smith, currently (stiU) employed by The Wexford Group.

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author of a couple of pieces which reflect DoD's efforts to trim saU and deal with the long term impHcations of personnel affordabiHty. Nearly everything is susceptible to automation it mrns out except side-cleaning and an effort is underway to contract with Hong Kong's Mary Sue for that. It's reassuring to have one of our own StiU involved with making a way for the Navy.

So that's it thrUl-seekers for a couple of months now. This interregnum wUl give you an opportunity to hie along to the scribe any hot reports of activity, suspicious and otherwise, near your assigned stations. AU contributions wUl be acknowledged and greatly appreciated by your mates. Pick up the step. Carpe diem.

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

Time is flying and calendar pages are ffipping, for no sooner has the last column been submitted than the deadline approaches for the next. The awkward thing about this rapid passage of days is that not much was submitted in the way of'58 adventures during the last months of winter to provide the grist for the May issue, so if the read seems a bit quick... weU, time is flying!

Last month we started with the stream of emaUs going within the 2nd company in response to Bill Marshall's change-ofaddress notice. There was one JohnnyCome-Lately in the chain, who missed the deadHne date, so herewith, the last of the 2nd company efforts at continuing the chatter. From New Orleans way, Stan Chiocchio joined in the discussion with the foUowing note: • "I know my sinner status is stiU intact, but we are stiU in the Sodom of the South. I teach two physics courses each semester at Our Lady of Holy Cross CoUege, StiU coach high school track, and due to everyone young being busy rebuilding their job, business, and home, I am Junior Warden/ Business manager of St Andrews grammar school. Early Child care Center and Episcopal Parish church in New Orleans, raising money for aU three. I'm stiU on a board or two (but getting off aU of them). Between operations (latest knee,) I'm playing bad

tennis, riding my new Cannondale 16 pound bike, very, very slowly. I dress the part Hke Lance with helmet, shoes and fancy shirt so as to impress the chicks, but aU the chicks my age ride faster than I do!

On February 12th at night a tornado struck 3 blocks away and wefinaUygot electricity on Thursday the 15th at noon.

Carol is stiU putting up with me, about 46 plus year. As we say at this Mardi Gras time ofyear,"Laissez les bon temps Rouler! (Let the good times roU!)"Join us in AnnapoHs this year for a home game, and we can warm up for the 50th, insiUt Polski, and mooch off our stalwart D.C. classmates. I'U teU you later when we can fly up. God Bless AU of Us. Beat Army!

Stan" • The travels of the class flag did continue in the late winter months, thanks to the Snowbfrd Champ, BuffWalter (lldi), who tried to escape the vagaries of Washington D.C. weather in mid-Febmary by going to Panama with his fiancee,Jean Walsh. Pay close attention to his last sentence for more about the vagaries: • 'Jean & I had a great trip to Panama with a three-day stop in the Florida Everglades near Chocolasky for some great fishing. I had the most exciting catch of my life there bringing in a five-foot tarpon. It was too heavy to Hft into the 14-foot pram bow so I didn't get a picture of it before releasing it, but I'm certain you wUl take my word for it! What a fight even better than the sailfish in AustraHa. Jean's friends, a Panama Canal PUot and his wife, hosted us and we were able to spend a week at their beach house on the Caribbean side with its own beach frontage of a couple of mUes with nobody around. The place was about twenty mUes from the Gatun locks, which we drove across to get to the beach. I have been through the locks before but never driven across. ReaUy neat we could see eight or ten ships from the beach house waiting for their entry into the canal every night. I was able to arrange for a boat trip up the Rio Lagarto with beautiful birds, gators, and jungle growth overhanging. My guide helped with the flag there. We traveled to the closed Army base Fort Sherman and as you can see the guards agreed to help me hold theflag.The young sailor was most helpful.They have converted the officer's club into a marina restaurant and are building a marina, which isfiUedas soon as slips are completed. Upon return to Panama City we went out fishing & snorkeling on the MV Molokai, which is

partiaUy owTied by Jean's friends. This was a most comfortable boat and wiU sleep up to 20 folks. It is weU equipped for fishing and snorkeling. Anyone going that way may want to check in to thefr web site http://www.panama-bay-charten.com.

The shot is ofJean & I on the bow of Molokai.We then went out for pizza at a place on the causeway that caters to saUon and can you beHeve Tuesday night is two for one and the cost is S3. A pitcher of beer was aU of S5 so travel doesn't have to be expensive. Of course no trip goes dowTi without a gHtch or two. We were due to leave on the 14th but those in the Washington area wiU remember that both Reagan National and DuUes were closed so the first ffight we could get out was on Sundav 18 Febmarv. '58 Is Great! Buff" •

Buff Walter & Guide in Pa: ^ -

Those who frequendy look at the '58 class web site vvUl have seen the photos of the D.C. area chapter of the class holding the annual St.Valentine's Day Dinner Dance.Years ago it was a poduck affafr, frequendy held at the home of John Gentile (16th), and appropriately named the St.Valentine's Day Massacre. It was noisy, fast moving, and a howi in those days, but as we have matured physicaUy, albeit not so much mentaUy, our celebrations are considerably more sedate. On the web site, the dominant color is stiU red on February 14th, but it currendy is much tempered with gray. Those in attendance were Arm and Jack Adams, Barbara and Ralph Buck, Betsy Daine,Jane and Gordon Gerson, EUeen and Mike Giglio, Pat and George Jenkins, Diana and Bill Meisel, GaU and Mike Moran, Marv- Sue Newsome and Bill Peters.

Barbara and Paul Polski. Kay and Tom Powell, JuHe and Pete Russell. Pat and JJ Seeberger. Carol and Dick Sorensen, Vibeke and Poj Walters. Terrv' and Bruce Wilcox, and Kathleen and Dave Willingham.

WhUe you "re checking the website, you wiU find the latest information on Reunion 50 posted on the News and Events page. The hotels are accepting

reservations for September 2008 akeady, so if you haven't made your reservations, hop to it. Remember, time is flying!

Way out west in the Coronado/San Diego area, Tom Fleming (6th) reports on the visit of a Virginia Snow Bird: • Mike Dallam (6ffi)is wrappHig up his trip to California, and after seeing his Mother in northern California he should be on his way back to Warrenton VA.He seems to be doing as weU as one might expect of someone with Parkinson's, and recent scares with two other problems (spot on lung and tumor on esophagus) appear to be non-life threatening.We had the opportunity to have lunch with Pat Jenkins (visiting wife of George Jenkins (10th)), and I wUI be sending you some photos soon.We also had an interesting time this past Sunday when John GriflSths (6th) took us out on the schooner. The CaUfomian. The ship is part of the Maritime Museum complex here, and John is in the process of becoming a decent.

We saUed about San Diego harbor for a few hours, which insured we three sea dogs did not get seasick. HopefuUy, we obtained some viewable photos to remind us of Youngster Cruise. Tom" B This photo of that sea voyage has been sHpped through the Internet, and it shows Mike DaUam in his best sea going form.

Mike Dallam in Seagoing Form

Another Dallam sitting occurred on the golf course, as Chuck Smith (20ffi) wrote • "Nine '58 golfers gathered on Admfral Baker's North Coune on a sunny, high 60's Tuesday, 20 Febmarv- Only seven: Chuck Smith, Pete Flekman (2nd), John Hulme (10th), Tom Doyle (19th), Bob Harshberger (21st). Dick Hanson (7th), & Phil Given (6th) were from San Diego area, as two Eastern snow birds Mike Dallam (6th) and Taylor Keith (19th) joined us. The golf was good, but the 19th hole was everyone's favorite." • Last Januarv- the records for the class were updated as John Lima (2nd) and wife Carolyn had moved to Las Vegas for

health reasons. John was suffering from bone cancer and having difficulty getting around. Subsequendy, John passed away on 7 February 2007, and services for him were held in San Diego. Pete Hekman provided the foUowing information about the services: I Doree and I attended John Lima's memorial service today in San Diego, which was held in the Methodist Church where John and Carolyn had been members since around 1970, and John was a very active member. I have attended worship in that Church numerous times, and it is almost unbeHevable our paths did not cross. Also in attendance were Chuck Smith and A.G. Roach (9th), who had captained the USNA Rifle Team that John managed.

A.G. also served as best man for John and Carolyn's wedding on 5 June 1958. I spoke on behalf of the Class and on behalf of the 2nd Company - relating some lore firom our time on the Severn, and A.G. also spoke on behalf of the Class.

There was a nice mmout, mosdy folks from John's Church and the Library system. I was unaware that John, after completing 20 years of Navy service in both surface and aviation, went to law school, passed the California Bar, and practiced law for several years in San Diego. He then went to the University of CaHfornia and obtained an advanced degree in Library Science and subsequendy devoted his time and talents to the San Diego PubHc Library system, where he was very highly regarded for his organizational abUities. He was also very highly regarded as a gourmet cook and kitchen designer. John retfred from the Library job two years ago and moved to Las Vegas, where he passed away early this month from the ravages of cancer.

Carolyn is weU and remains active. I invited her to stay in touch with Class and Company affairs, now that we are in contact. The young Lima famUy remains in the San Diego area, however, Carolyn intends to remain in Las Vegas for now.

For those wishing to send cards to Carolyn and the family, the address is: Carolyn W Lima, 5221 Honey Ginger Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89131. Best to aU, Pete Hekman" H That gives us our 2,000 words for the month of May. Check on the Shipmate column in the class website for a discussion of a different treatment for prostate cancer; proton therapy.We have one classmate who has undergone the May 2007

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treatment and is providing information, along with some input from another classmate. See who they are!

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 6% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 5 3 % PRES: VADM Francis R. Donovan, USN (Ret.) CHAIRMAN EXEC. COMMITTEE: Gerald G. Garbacz E: gggatbacz@aol.com SECY: Col J.H. "Tim" Tinsley, USMC (Ret.) 2207 Lomond Ct.,Vienna,VA 22181 H: 703-648-1744; E: ttinsley59@cox.net WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1959 WEBMASTER: Dave SuUivan E: dsuUiva9@cox.net

We wiU be out of the Dark Ages as you receive this issue, but the column was submitted in mid-March and reflects activities of the run-up to that deadHne. The AprU issue included a report on the now annual Valentine dinner/dance in AnnapoHs on 16 February. A picture of the Hvely group in attendance is included below and is also on the Class web site.

Can you identify everyone? There are also more photos on the web site from this event, from the 2006 FootbaU Team Banquet, and of other Classmates appearing in the last issue (but with greater photographic quaHty on the web site).

Hampton Roads: Our active Hampton Roads Classmates gathered for thefr Dark Ages Party, a poduck supper, on 17 February at the home of Anne and Ing Kiland (6). Dave Donovan (13) was the reporter. In addition to the hosts and Dave's wife, Nancy, the attendees were Petra and Bob Armour (16), Faye and Don Clark (14), Nancy and Tom Emsley (5),Jane and Jim Fuqua (9), John Kilday (18),Jane and George Lehmberg (8), Rose and Bill McAree (23), and Linda and Fred Olds (8).

Class Luncheon: More recendy on 8 March, thirteen Classmates enjoyed feUowship and renewal at a Washington/Annapolis area Class Luncheon at the Army-Navy Country Club. The speaker was CDR Bill Byrne '87 who provided some great insights into current and foture surface Navy operations. BiU, who stiU holds many Navy career passing records as a three-year quarterback, gave a superb overview and took our many questions from his perspective as a frigate commanding officer and now staff officer at JCS. His positive oudook and enthusiasm for naval service was inspiring to the older generation. BiU is Frank Donovan's (13) son-in-law and over the years has enjoyed a frequent presence at '59 footbaU game taUgates. Those at the luncheon included Ray Art (5), Ted Alexander (18),Jack Brons (21),John Ekstrom (9), Art Emmerson (6), Marty Finerty (10),Jerry Garbacz (23), Bob Hurd (7), Rick Johnson (17), Stan Legro (3), Walt Szczypinski (18), Tim Tinsley (17), and Ron Trossbach (11). Stan came aU the way from Rancho Santa Fe, CaHfornia for the occasion!

Warrior's Compass: Marty Finerty and Jack Brons coUaborated in March on behalf of the Class to prepare a superb contribution to our Linked Class of'09's booklet entided "Warrior's Compass." The purpose of this guide is to provide Midshipmen with a context for developing their sense of honor and duty.'59 was invited to contribute views on what Hfe was Hke after the Academy, identify things that '09 members can look forward to, and information that we wished we had known during out time at USNA and after graduation. The text submitted to '09 was circulated to the Class by emaU by Dave Sullivan (2) and is in the Link in the Chain section of the Class web site.

Check it out. Some highlights refer to the oath of office as the foundation defining what you are doing and why, LT Rowan's "Message to Garcia," and the

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^gers and their Valentines in Annapolis

Code of a Naval Officer by John Paul Jones. As maybe the wisest advice that Marty and Jack counseled, "know and take care of your people â&#x20AC;&#x201D; your success wiU depend on their abUities and deeds."

Ski Week Colorado: Dan Branch checked in with a report on this year's '59 Ski Week in Colorado held during the first week of March in Summit County, Colorado. From the headquarters condo in DiUon, there were daUy ventures to aU the local ski areas.

These included VaU and Beaver Creek, Copper Mountain, Breckinridge, Keystone, and A Basin. '59ers and thefr wives were joined by a number of friends and former shipmates for the week of skiing. Dan advises that, as usual, the '59ers out skied aU their younger friends.

Picmred at one of the nighdy dinners are Dusty Stephens '74, Jim Dare '68, Geofi" Cant (21), Dick WestmanUWA '63, Lucy and Bob Morgan (1), Cathy Cant, Kathleen and Dan Branch, Joyce Clautice, Betsy Dobbs, Jan MacGregor '62, Bill Clautice (3), Marcia and Mike Barr '61, and Brenda and Ed Lee USMA '63. Not shown in the photo are attendees Gene Kishel '60 andJoceiUe and Bruce Nordwall (6).

Plans are made for the annual ski week in early September. If there are Classmates and friends interested in joining the outing, contact Dan Branch this summer at DBRANCHJR(gaol.com.

There are several non-skiers in the group and there are plenty of other winter activities to occupy the week, such as mbing, snowshoeing, cross country skfrng, and snow mobUing.There are daUy dinners for the entire group and it is a great social get together. Several members of the group arrive a few days early and stay a couple more days later. You are invited to join Dan and the group for the week of 27 February -5 March, 2008.

Looking Back 40Years: H As has been done over the years, a look back in time 40 years ago to 1967 Class columns is rich in memories and

ANNU.\L ME,MBERSHIP: 3 % LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 6 3 % PRES: VADM Ed a e x t o n . U S N (Ret.) 1000 Bobolink Dn.Virginia Beach.VA 23451 H: 757-491-2141;E: clexboeck@aol.com SECY: Bill Lewis 14312 Cove Ridge PI., Midloduan,VA 23112-4337 H: 804-744-8808: E: bilewis@comcast.net WEB SITE: http://www.usna60.com/

From Bob O s m o n (17):

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reflective of our heritage. There were lots of stories of babies arriving, a few marriages, an engagement, new duty assignments, civiHan emplovTnent for many, graduate school at Monterey and in the Ivy League, Class gathering for the Army game, and even of a step-son of Bert Settle (15) ui die Class of'71.

It was a time of high intensity conffict inViemam, and 1967 columns highHghted four of our many Classmates serving on the firing line. D o n Witt (20) was kiUed in action during an enemy recoUless rifle attack during riverine operations south of MyTho. Gary Findlay (10) was recuperating at Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco, from numerous injuries sustained from ejecting at 300 {eet after his F-100 was shot dowm south of Saigon.'^JP" Jackson (16) was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat ' V as an advisor to the RVN Navy's river assault group during ten major combat operations and numerous patrols. Jack Seeburger (17), who had transferred in 1963 to the Marine Corps after being commissioned as a Navy Supply Corps officer, completed a combat tour as a company commander with the 7th Marines. • Thanks to Frank Young (12) for providing the archives to support this flashback.

In Remembrance: Once again the Class has been visited with very sad news. We have learned of the deaths of two more Classmates.

MAJ Prescott Newsman Shinn, USAF (Ret.) passed away of namral causes on 27 June 2005 in SateUite Beach, Rorida. He was from Minnesota and was a member of the 5th Company. Scott was

a pUot who served as a "Raven Forward Air ControUer" during theViemamWar. He continued his flying career in commercial and private aviation. He is survived by his beloved wife, Susan, daughter Kristen, two sisters, and two brothers. Scott was interned with fiiU miHtary honors at ArHngton National Cemeterv' on 30 September 2005.

CDFl Francis M. Meredith, USN (Ret.) died on 14 Febmarv^ 2007 in Newport, RJiode Island. He was from WestVfrginia and was a member of the 11th Company. Frank's long Navy career was highHghted by service in submarines.

He is survived by his devoted wife Ann, a son and daughter, three step daughters, and ten grandchUdren. A celebration of Hfe service was held on 24 February 2007, with burial in MiddletowTi, RJiode Island. George Brainerd (1) attended representing the Class.

The next Shipmate issue (fune-July) wiU not hit the maUs untU late June. There wiU be reports on the '59 Spring Golf Outing in WUHamsburg in AprU, a combined '58 and '59 luncheon in ArHngton on 29 March, and the next meeting of the 50th Reunion Committee. Let me hear from you out across the country for this issue.

Rjse and Shine, —Tim

• "Dear classmates, WeU, Cindy & J i m Kimiey (17) and I did our best to scream Navy to victory in the Bowi Game, but alas after placing a wonderful game, our boys made a couple of mistakes at the end which burned them. But you had to be proud of those guys holding their own against guys who were a heUuva lot bi^er.

Here's a photo that was taken just as we were entering the stadium. The smUes were better then than afterw^ards. Sawquite a few- classmates there. Ed Mangan (20), Bob Antonio (14), Ben Cote (24), D o n Delude (12), and J i m Hancock (16). I know- a bunch came down from Hampton Roads also.

JK and I had the opportunity^ to talk to Chuck Larson '58 for a whUe also. He looks great and is Hving in Annapolis.

God bless. Beat Army!! Oz •

Bowl Game with Oz and Kinneys

From Ed Qexton (10) to Gil Hansen (5): H "GU, I saw your picmre and name in this month's Shipmate article about grads who teach. Congrats! Ed It was good to see GU, my plebe year roomie, looking great in the article on Alums teaching the ffiture generations.

—BUIB From Jack Shaw (2):

embership For spouses of Alumni Life Members. For information go to usna.com

H "The primary hotel for the 47 and a half reunion in San Diego on 4-6 March 2008 is fuU.The next closest hotel, which is about a five minute w-aUc, is the Island PaHns, a Best Western Hotel. In order to get a rate like we got at the Kona Kai, we must sign a contract. So please let Jack Shaw,jshawl4@aol.com, phone 619-4370687 (H) or John Schmidt,jschmidt@ May 2007

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score.com, phone 619-313-2243 (W) know you are interested in attending and how many days you wish to stay.

For info, the weather here the last three days was as foUows: 4 March, High 72, low 50, 5 March, High 78, low 56 and 6 March, High 78, low 56. Normal is High 66, low 53. Expect the same next year and if you don't come, eat your hearts out.

Also, the San Diego/Social group had lunch at the Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery in La JoUa on 26 February.

Attending were Tom Curtis (22), Sam Ward (8), Danny Musselman (5), Joe Kirkpatrick (10), Doc Hand (7), Mike Merrill (20), Dick Banister (9) and Jack Shaw^ (2). It was a reduced number due to travel and other appointments, so we spared you aU a picture. See you in San Diego 4-6 March 2008, BUl,Thanks again for everything. Jack H

NAVY SPECIAL WARFARE Programs at Litde Creek,Virginia. In 2005, Dr. Powers founded POWERFUL PUBLISHER LLC, a smaU publisher of novels and books. His latest of eight books. Warrior Obsession: The First SEAL, is a fictional novel based on the true-Hfe adventures ofJack Taylor, recognized by Navy SEALs as the first Sea-Air-Land Commando, winner of the Navy Cross for heroism. Ed Clexton (10) says "I recommend it to aU who Hke war stories. I

I also spoke to Gaeton Long (3) and he escaped damage as weU and was spending time helping out with the local Red Cross outfit.

Excerpts from Ed Clexton's (10) note concerning class stuff:

From Tom Wishart (22): • "Members of the Class of'60 were weU represented at the USNA AA WUHamsburg Chapter's January dinner and speaker event. Dr. Robert C Powers (8) moderated a lively discussion foUowing his remarks on "A Strategic View of the Islamic-Fascist War".

The premise of his talk was that the current debate over Iraq is shaUow and that you cannot choose a correct path without taking a "strategic perspective", something many "loud voices" don't have.

Bob is one of us "Super Sixty" guys... served in Viet Nam, commanded a destroyer, a destroyer squadron and SWDG. Dr. Powers earned a Master's Degree in International Affairs from George Washington University and a PhD in World PoHtics from CathoHc University. He has extensive Middle East knowledge and has written several books on the region. Upon retirement in 1987, Bob founded PoHcy and Technology Planning, Inc. (POLTECH) and was President for four years. In 1991, POLTECH merged with GLOBAL ASSOCIATES, LTD. where he became Vice President. In 1999, GLOBAL was sold to EDO Corporation. Dr. Powers joined the JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING PROGRJ>iM at the INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES (IDA). He left IDA in 2001 to join the faculty at OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (ODU) where he managed long distance learning programs in Engineering Management. He left ODU in 2003 to begin consulting with

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are both fine. I ran into another classmate, Doug Morgan (15), who is a snowbird.

He and his wife Peg just arrived down here. They had no damage either. We have a pretty good network of academy grads down here. I haven't heard of anything serious through the grapevine. We'U aU be getting together for a luncheon on 12 Feb. We'U swap storm stories then. Hope that this finds you both weU and doing aU right.

Again, thanks for thinking of us. We had several calls from friends around the country. It's appreciated. Deb & John Ruhsenberger (8)" •

The Marsdens & Dick & Jeannete Ford in Germany

From Dick Ford (15): H "BiU: I've been under the weather and should have taken care of submitting this long ago. Please include in Shipmate in the coming months with the foUowing write-up: Dick Ford (15) and his wffe Jeannete met up with feUow USNA alumnus Phillip Marsden '63 and his wife, Martha, on a river cruise in Germany in the faU. We were having a delightful cruise down the Elbe River untU we were sidelined in Dresden due to the low water level. No matter what, everyone had a great time. Dick • From Ed Mangan (20): • "Classmates,There wiU be a SUPER SIXTY Luncheon at the Eastport Yacht Club at noon Friday 23 March. Please send Merf a note at merf@merforiginals.com to let him know who plans to attend.

Sorry to miss you guys but Suzanne and I are wintering on our boat in Florida.

See you later and in the meantime, aU the best. Ed. I The foUowing was forwarded from Bob Towle (8) shortly after the tornadoes hit Florida in January.

• "Bob, thanks for thinking of us. We are okay. The tornado passed a mUe or two to our south. The Hghtning and thunder woke us up at 0318 which is just when it hit the ground south of us. We didn't even lose any leaves. We were very lucky. Bob Rohr is down here, on the east coast. They

• "Dear Classmates, its 2007, so it's time to kick-off the Class LINK Project, to get max participation, aiming at a QuaHty 50th Anniversary Book and DVD for our 50th reunion. Most of this is 'for your info' now, but there is a Bottom Line Needs paragraph at the end.

We have been forming a team to produce a 50th Anniversary Yearbook. We are caUing the project LINK to 'Hnk' it with our 1960-2010 Another Link in the Chain (our sponsorship of the Class of 2010) program and our own Hnkage together for the past 50 years.

Mark Golden (6) has taken on the role of Editor. Bob McAfee (23) wiU be compiHng electronic photos from YOU and Warren Hahn (5), in a paraUel project, wUl be putting together a CD/DVD of selected photos and videos, which could also be included in the LINK book.

The Company Reps wiU play a key role in getting Company-mates to submit their bios and photos.The main section of LINK wiU be classmate pictures with the original Lucky Bag photo and a more current photo of each classmate with your bio, by Company.

To aid the process, Richard Harper (7), has taken over as Class Webmaster and is in the process of upgrading our web page to facihtate submission of pictures and bios on-Hne. Others who are helping, so far, include Bob Towle (8), LINK Treasurer, and Justin Wickens (18) and Chris Thomas (23) wiU add the lighter side with their art work - they caU it cartoons - but watch out! They can bite!

Mark needs and is looking for more helpers, so if you would Hke to help.

please contact Mark at navysubs@ earthHnk.net. Mosdy, we need your participation to ensure that we have the broadest coverage possible.You wUl be asked to submit a brief bio and a more recent electronic/digital photo of yourself (it may include famUy or whatever else you would Hke - '56 Chevy you stUl have, hole-in-one plaque, 100 lb bass, pet parrot on your shoulder saying "Arrgh!", etc. but make sure you are in it!). For other than the bios pages, we encourage you to go through your old picmres to find pictures of classmates and famiHes (NOT just ships and airplanes or guns and rockets). Send any that are digital to Bob McAfee (23) and send (old) hard copy photos and/or sHdes to Warren Hahn (5) at: PO Box 320143,Tampa, FL. 33679. He wiU remrn them to you if you send a self addressed, stamped, return envelope with the photos.

LINK and/or the CD/DVD wUl include photos/videos of the foUowing time periods and/or classifications: our academy years, the first 10 years, the middle 35 years, the last 15 years, warfare specialty, reunions, famUy, etc. If you have videos of related topics and events that could also be integrated into the DVD, contact Warren (wghahn@hahneng. com).

You may, hopefuUy, shordy, also be able to put them on the Class website where they can be seen by aU and downloaded by Warren. AH photos/videos must include a general description (approx. date, event, location and Hst of those shown in the photo/video).

We hope to include up to 2000 photos thereby producing a 1-1/2 to 2 hour CD/DVD. The CD/DVD is expected to become avaUable for maUing before the 50 reunion. Photos from the 50 reunion wUl be added to an updated copy for those desiring it.

Imminent Key dates for the LINK project are:

By December 2006 - estabHsh key staffing positions and organization.

During 2007 - coUect general photographs of groups of classmates/events within the date categories above for LINK and Warren's C D / DVD. Bottom Line Needs: 1) AU interested helpers contact Mark Golden (6) at navysubs@earthHnk.net.

2) AU Hands! Start perusing your old photo albums and 35 mm sHdes now.

Send digital photos electronicaUy to Bob McAfee (23) at Bob@Boltronics.com and send hard copy photos or 35 mm sHdes to Warren at the address above.

He wiU return them - see above.

Managing the receipt, storage and editing of enough photos and videos to produce a 2000 photo production is an awesome task and must be started now.

Please note that there wUl be more information as the process proceeds closer to the 50 th ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 9% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 55% PRES: RADM Jerome F. Smith Jr., USN (Ret.) C O R R . SECY: 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.usna.com or rtrogero@comcast.net WEBMASTER: Howard Winfree E: winfi-ee@1961.usna.com WEB SITE: www.USNA61.org

Summer is confrng soon. Lots of inputs!

Let's get to it!

THE LATEST NOOZE. Raese "Suitcase" Simpson.

• Alas, back from Antarctica, courtesy of our Alumni Association, International Expeditions, and a bit more than a few thousand doUars!! I even survived 2 weeks in close quarters with our Class scribe, Roger Onorati — it made me reaHze what Judy has put up with aU these years - GOOD SHOW, JUDY!! Roger brought the single malt and since I arrived a day early, I managed to scrounge up a dozen or so Cubans. We had a day tour in Buenos Aires, a nice dinner, got our stuff reorganized, found a missing coat, and were good to go at first Hght. One can only describe the trip as magnificent, awesome, and any other adjective you might want to use in describing such an out of this world experience. Albatross, penguins and seals were in abundance.

Even large numbers of whales showed up.

The ice was large, magnificent, and beautiffil.We were smaU and insignificant by comparison, so much so it left one speechless. One only needed to contemplate the awe around us. I even attended Mass on board with Roger and aU the good "snappers" (unfortunately, I don't know if I converted any!). Whalers Bay (Deception Island) has some, not erupting, volcanic activity. If you dig down into the beach sand several feet, it wiU actuaUy burn you fingers.The crew dug a hole in the sand and essentiaUy created a hot tub!

Of course, the wind was blowing at 30 knots and the temperature was around 35 degrees. About half of those hearty souls ashore had on swimming suits under their

foul weather gear, and proceeded to cautiously strip to enjoy the warm water.

Roger, having preceded me to the location decided it was again rime for '61 to take the lead and jumped into the waves of the WeddeU Sea!! (For you navigators, we are south of the South Shetland Islands, south of the Drake Passage, we passed ice bergs on the way in, and the water is COLD!) Roger then swims his usual mUe and heads for the hot tub! Just kidding, his dip was quick, but to his credit he did it twice since the onlookers weren't ready with their cameras for his first dive.Yours truly did it once, but I did swim the mUe right along with the Leopard Seal!

The staff guiding our group was outstanding.They were smart, articulate, and the youngest group of PhD's I've seen together in one location. One little gal about 30 years old...Roger dubbed her "Shorty" ...with a PhD in penguins had spent a winter in Antarctica with the AustraHan Expedition.Needless to say, we learned a lot from this group. Our ship, the Polar Star was a (90 passenger) converted ice breaker. The food was great, and for an ice breaker, the accommodations were exceUent, Roger said he didn't hear me fart once — goes to show you who is losing there hearing!! •

Penguins paying homage to Suitcase & your scribe

Bob Hoag.

• First, let me start off by saying your column in the Jan/Feb. issue of Shipmate was absolutely great! It's been a long time since I contributed to our class column, but as I promised at Reunion (though later then I expected) here goes. I'm going to cover a couple of years.

For the last 5 years I've been a Blue and Gold Officer, and it's been one of the most rewarding experiences I've ever had.

Since this year's "recruits" wUl join the class of 2011 (our "Link in the Chain" class) it's especiaUy meaningful to me that I already have 2 appointees with the possibUity of 2 more. I might also add that Jack Barfield's son Jay has received an May 2007

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appointment so hopefoUy we'U have a '61 Son in '11.

In the past 2 years, CaroHne and I have gone on two of the Alumni Association tour trips, and they have been absolutely wonderful! In Oct '05 we spent over a week cruising the Oise River in France starting north of Paris. We made numerous stops including 3 days in Paris and cruised further south. Since our trip was at the end of the season we orUy had 25 people aboard with lots of wine served. NaturaUy the '61 Fun flag was with us.We took many off boat tours and walked our legs to bloody smmps in Paris.

(The attached is typical scene from the rural country south of Paris) In Oct.'06 we took the very popular Alumni Assoc, tour of Ireland which was just extended to 11 days.This was our 5th Alumni tour, and it was combined with a group from Penn State University (my employer for 10 years after retiring).We stayed in Ennis and Kilkenny and saw an awful lot of Ireland. From Ireland we flew to London, rented a car and spent another 11 days driving and hiking between Canterbury and Lands End in Southern England. The scenery is fabulous especiaUy in CornwaU. It took a bit to get used to "lefty" driving, but what the heck, a "Get it Done" Class member can handle that. (Pictare 2 on Aran Island on Irish West Coast) FinaUy, a few comments about our 45th. It was absolutely great! We had lots of ffin and every roommate I ever had (including Plebe Summer) attended. On the ffight back to Seattle, I got a bit nostalgic when looking at my class ring and started thinking about how the Academy shaped my Hfe and career. The camaraderie of classmates, PT, sports, grad.

School opportunities, duty stations, travel (including meeting Caroline in HoUand on 3/C cruise) aU fit into the equation.

It's pretty hard to explain, but I'm extremely proud to have been a member of the Brigade and Navy, and that feehng wiU be with to the last day. Maybe that's why I reaUy love being a Blue and Gold Officer as I feel I can help students determine if USNA is right for them.

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Tom Shields.The Group Insurance Commission in Boston Elected Tom as the Chair. The foUowing teUs it aU. • The Commonwealth's Group Insurance Commission recendy elected Thomas A. Shields to the position of Chair. Mr. Shields is a business professional, owning and operating a variety of manufacmring businesses for over 30 years, and he also has had extensive experience in the health care industry. In the 1990s, the new Chair was involved first hand with HMO consoHdation, serving as President and CEO of Harvard Community Health Plan of New England in Providence, formerly the Riiode Island Group Health Association (RIGHA).When he joined RIGHA, the plan was losing $1 miUion a month. In 17 months he and the staff were able to restore the plan to profitabUity.

A fine scholar-athlete in high school and coUege, Mr. Shields graduated from Central Cambria High School in Ebensburg, PA, and from the U.S. Naval Academy in AnnapoHs, MD. After serving in nuclear submarines and on the faculty of the Naval Academy, he won a feUowship to Harvard Business School, where he graduated with a concentration in marketing and finance. Mr. Shields currently serves as chairman of several New England companies and of a number of not-for-profit organizations.

He and his wife Lyn live in Beverly Farms, MA.They have four married children and nine grandchildren.

"Comnfrssioner Shields has been a very valuable member of the Conmfrssion over the last three and a half years," said

Dolores L. MitcheU, GIC Executive Director. "As a business professional, he is weU-versed in the chaUenges of soaring health care costs whUe looking out for the welfare of his employees."

The GIC is in year four of an innovative program (caUed the CHnical Performance Improvement Initiative) which seeks to improve health care quality whUe containing costs. The GIC has quantified differences in physician and hospital cost-efficiency and quaHty, giving this information to the GIC health plans to develop benefit designs. GIC enroUees are given modest co-pay incentives to use better performing providers. "Our CPI Irutiative has garnered a lot of interest across the country, but being a leader, we are not without critics," said Dolores MitcheU. "Commissioner Shields' expertise and support in his new role wUl be instrumental in advancing our goals, and we look forward to working with him in his new capacity." •

Tom Shields taking the pledge

Ned Kuhns: • Attached (below) is the photo you requested. It was left off of the input firom last month. Again, members left to right: Ned Kuhns, John Pearson, Ken Craig, Tom McNicholas, Bob Graham, Lou Bartek and Jim Henderson. We also played the Nansemond River Course in Suffolk,VA last week. Ken Craig, J.P Decker, Bob Graham and Lou Bartek attended. No photo regrettably. •

SEEN AND HEARD AROUND TOWN. Your Class Executive Committee Executive VP Tom Corboy, suggested we re-started monthly luncheons in CrabtovvTi, now that many of us have retired firom making real money, and are now on the dole. Here's his rundown of the luncheon.

"On Tuesday, March 6ffi we had 17 classmates join for limch today at McGarvey's in Annapolis. It was a great gathering with several driving long distances to attend the "inaugural event."

Three of us stood to give a brief thumbnaU of our Hves over the past 50 years and it was fascinating to learn of one another's experiences. (You mayrecaUfirommy initial emaU that one of the main reasons I took on the task of coordinating these events was my discovery during our 45th that I knew very Htde of classmates Hves foUowing graduation - and I knew far too few of our classmates.

How is that for a run-on sentence?) So....it was great to put faces with names and leam once again what a great bunch of guys we are - we of the Class of 1961.1 think everyone thoroughh- enjoyed the experience and the good old comfort food that was served.

Liver & bacon & onions with mashed potatoes and gravy - all for S7.95.What a deal.

The attendees were; Ben Allen, Jay Bower, Arlie Campbell, Tom Corboy, Bill Deutermann, Tim Dugan, Don Hislop, Bob Hoffbrd, Warren Hoppe, Brent Jacobs, Mike Roth, Jerry Smith, Paul Umberger. Allen Walker, and your loyal scribe.

We decided to have the luncheons every month - first Tuesday at noon at McGarvey's unless notified otherwise.

AprU 3rd wiU be next. And then May 1st.

May Day is a special day in AnnapoHs with most businesses and a large percentage of historic district residents putting out May Baskets of flowers to herald the coming of good weather and ffrst blooming offlowers.We would Hke to invite spouses, fiiends, or whomever to join us on May 1st to have lunch and then stroU the streets of town enjoying the floral displays. I wUl need an early count of attendees for this event because we wiU Hkely need a larger venue than McGarvey's.

For the locals, this is, then, a first call for attendees for AprU 3rd and for May 1st. Please let me know your plans and then keep me apprised of changes as they occur.Thanks very- much.

UPCOMING CLASS EVENTS. AnnapoHs WGNAC Luncheons on the fiiTst Tuesday of every month in ArmapoHs.

Next luncheons are on June 5th, July 3rd. and August 7th.

June 30th: Induction-Day for the Class of 2011, which wUl be our first oppormniry over the next four years to work with the midshipmen who wiU graduate 50 years after our graduation.

More on this in upconfrng columns.

"GET IT DONE WITH '61" ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 11% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 61% PRES: CAPT Richard J. Hayes, USN (Ret.) H: 703-*61-3582;E: usna621@netzero.net SECY: CDR Howard S. Pinskey, USNR (Ret.) RO. Box 3380, Annapolis, MD 21403-3326 H: 410-974-1962; E: PINSK62@aoI.com WEB SITE: www.nampows.org/62Jitml

Greetings from AnnapoHs. Hooray, hooray, the month of May. The class of 2007 graduates in less than four weeks and then midshipmen summer training begins. If you haven't received your Homecoming package, please contact DICK HAYES or HOWARD PINSKEY. Don't forget to make your hotel reservations on 1 May and your travel plans as soon as possible. A great five day extravaganza is planned — something for everyone. See you in September.

Now for our class news.

Vietnam Memorial TheViemam Memorial Monument at the Academy was moved from the hospital grounds to the seaward side of Alumni HaU.The inscription reads "In Grateful Remembrance Naval Academy Graduates Lost in Operations During theViemam Conffict." Unformnately, our class of 1962 has more names, seventeen, on this memorial plaque than any other academy class. We honor these classmates and thefr famUies: GEOFFREY OSBORN THOMAS M U P J ^ Y CYRUS ROBERTS RICHARD HASTINGS CHARLES FRYER CHARLES KNOCHEL JACK RENFRO MICHAEL NEWELL LUCIUS HEISKELL BARRY DELPHIN RICHARD LAWS CHARLES LEE J O H N LAVOO THOMAS CARTER BRADLEY CUTHBERT J O H N POE CLARENCE TOLBERT We wiU always remember and honor these, our brave classmates.

CLASS NEWS The '62 flag travels again. During mid- March this year, I accompanied eighteen midshipmen to the Baltic countties — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. This photo was taken after a tour of the Lithuanian MiHtary Academy in Vilnius.

My flag helper is Captain AUison Webster Giddings, USNA '84.

GREG CHAUNCEY sends us a photo taken in January at the Aero Squadron Restaurant in San Diego.

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Joni obHged and Mary Lou took this photo just after the kiss. Great memories!

• Kathi and I are watching the end of our three year assignment to the Office of Naval Research Global in London approach and, as always in such cases, with nuxed emotions. The lure of going home is always present, but we've had so many interesting and exciting experiences here that we know we wiU miss much of it.

The job has taken me to something Hke 21 countries and Kathi has accompanied me to about 17 of them. It wiU be good to see a decrease in the hectic pace (I hope), but we'U iruss London's "something interesting to do every weekend" atmosphere and the chance to see so much of the world. By the way, anyone interested in traveling vicariously to many of these places might want to take a peek at: http://ckcalvano.blogspot.com/.

[See's note: I looked there and was blown away

by Chuck's illustrated blog. Don't miss it!]

CLASS ELECTIONS This being our 45th year since graduation, it is time again for class officer elections. Anyone wishing to run for the offices of president, vice-president — east coast, vice- president — west coast, secretary and treasurer, please contact president DICK HAYES with your intentions.

The election wUl be held in late summer, with new officers being instaUed at our Homecoming weekend.

That's our class news for this May 2007 issue of SHIPMATE.Your photos and stories make great news for aU classmates. Please send your input any way you Hke. Everyone appreciates hearing from you. Keep in touch. UntU next time...

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 7% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 54% PRES: CAPT W. Spencer Johnson IV, USN (Ret.) SECY: Michael H. Shelley 25 Sweetwater Ln., Pisgah Forest. NC 28768 H: 828-862-4245; E: nstar@citcom.net WEB SITE: www.USNA63.org

We have lots of news and photos this month but they aren't aU here for you to see. With a 2,000-word limit for the magazine (photos counting for 100-200 words each), I have to do a lot of text editing and omit many pictures. Be sure to visit USNA63.org to see our complete report each month.

I was surprised to learn that Kathi and Chuck Calvano wiU soon be concluding his multi-year "dream job" in England returning to CaHfornia.

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Last year I was made the Chief Scientist of the command, with scientists and science advisors in offices here in London as weU as in Tokyo, Singapore and Santiago, ChUe — and with 23 major commands around the world. Assuming responsibility for the science program for the command, in our role as the international node for the Office of Naval Research, is what has made this last part of our assignment both busy and very rewarding.

My assignment here ends on 10 July and we have booked passage from Southampton to New York on the Queen Mary 2. We'U probably spend a couple of days in New York, then make our way across country, stopping in Chicago and Phoenix to visit two of our daughters and my mother. On our return to Monterey, we hope Kathi wUl resume employment with the Defense Manpower Data Center there, where she was an IT Analyst before we left — and I'U probably work with the Naval Postgraduate School in some capacity. We'U miss London, but it wiU be good to be home. • The Class of 1963 extends its sympathy to Dick Kell and his family for the death of his wife, Gloria, on 21 December 2006.

Dick can be contacted at 11736 Wheatfield Loop, Hudson, FL 34667.

Brev Moore sends word about the upcoming appearance of the USNA '63 bicycle team, riding again to raise funds to support Multiple Sclerosis research.

• I want to inform everyone that the USNA 63 team led by Bob Harper wUl be riding again on 19 and 20 May!

Skip Wright's MS is becoming worse, so we want to be caUed "Terry's & Skip's Team!" As always, donations from our '63 classmates are welcome for the cause. We do want to encourage as many as possible to join us for the event. As I said last year, one can ride just about as short or long as they would Hke. It's a good feeHng to ride with other classmates. ( Note: You wiU recaU that Brev and Virginia's son Robert (USNA '94), an F/A-18 pilot, passed away from cancer in 2005.)

The highlight of this last year for me was a backpacking trip that my daughter, Happel, her husband, Dan, and I took in the Sierra Mountains on the John Muir TraU in Robert's honor. Rob and I had backpacked the first 130 mUes from Yosemite south during a two week trip together in 2002. First of aU, you can imagine how great it was for me to have spent two weeks with my son alone in the back country! We had a wonderfol time and vowed to finish it one day together.

Of course, the fact that it was our last trip together made it aU the more special — even spirimal — to me. So, Hap, Dan, and I went out to CaHfornia on 15 September and picked up where Rob and I had left off at Bishop's Pass. The trip itself was very beautifiU and the weather was perfect. We hiked about 65 mUes before we finished by cHmbing Mt. Whitney. There were F/A-18 aircraft flying overhead performing training maneuvers as we reached the summit, so we felt that Rob was there with us. •

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Mai Wright checked in from his home in Poulsbo,WA, with this iUustrated report: • Phil Marsden was visiting the Pacific Northwest last week to take care of some family matters. He was able to get a free day and we went off to Stevens Pass, a ski resort in the Cascades east of Seatde, to do a litde skiing. Here's a photo showing the two "Senior Skiers" at the end of a good day on the slopes. As always, it was great to see PhU and it gave me the opportunity

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I'm also including a couple of photos from a visit that PhU made to the Northwest in February. One includes Bob Wildman, me, and PhU — aU 9th Companymates. The second shows Bob and Pat WUdman, PhU, my wife Lya, and me. Bob and Pat came over to MukUteo and joined us for lunch on a drop-dead Nodhwest winter day (See Mount Baker in the background.). It seemed like we picked right up where we left off 44 years ago. •

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Pat Waugh sent me a recap of his 21st Century activities. Some of it is here; see the rest at USNA63.org.

• Let's start in June 2000. I moved from Yuma to Parker, AZ, and spent three years as ControUer of the Blue Water Resort and Casino, an entity of the Colorado Raver Indian Tribes. The day before Thanksgiving 2003,1 had a stroke.

I had two brain surgeries at St Joseph's in Phoenix, one to fix the problem and one to remove my occipital flap that had become infected during the initial operation. I didn't get released untU late January. I had to re-teach myself to walk and chew gum, but my recovery was more or less fuU. To complete my therapy, and continue to buy groceries, I took a job as a desk clerk at the Best Western Inn in Parker. A year later, I was managing it.

Now, I am stiU officiaUy its manager, but I also am tasked with the payroll and H R of my owner's ten other hotels. It keeps me hopping.

BiU CampbeU, my plebe summer roommate, stops by occasionaUy. He has a vacation home on the river at nearby Miraleste Shores. He's riding a big Harley-Hke bike; I'm not sure of the real brand. Although he's sporting a short gray beard, the devil stiU dances in his eyes, just Hke it did in the days when we somehow got an address list of the Plebes' parents, and sold them official

personalized Midshipman stationery to give to their Plebes at Christmas.

I went back to PAX River last June to attend my son Steve's (USNA '86) retirement from the Marine Corps. He had finished his second, non-consecutive three-year tour with NAVAIR, interrupted by a tour as X O of MAG 13 in Kuwait/Iraq. The singing of Navy Blue and Gold was especiaUy poignant, as was the obHgatory "Beat Army" afterward by many of the attendees. • Frequent (and much appreciated) contributor Zimm Zimmerman sent this note about his recent visit to San Diego.

• Linda and I enjoyed the exceUent hospitaHty of Dottie and BiU Hughes at their San Diego home. (Their home barely survived the fires that swept down the canyons a few years back, when more than 200 homes burned to the ground around them.) We picked citrus in their backyard and Dottie put on some wonderful lamb chops. We had a grand time - one picmre shows the exceUent eggs benedict that the Hughes whipped up. BiU says," Remember, if you don't have the egg yoUc, you can't emulsify the hoUandaise." We tasted many wines inTemeciUaVaUey, on our way back from PaHn Springs, where we saw a great Follies Stage Show. We visitec' the War Memorial atop Mt. Soledad in S n Diego, where the anti's are trying to get the large cross removed. Also, we toured the Afr & Space Museum andWUd Animal Park — aU the above in three days, so it required several botdes of wine to keep us ffieled. •

Hughes and Zimmermans

While cleaning out some old boxes, Don Freese found some pictures from 1959.

This one was taken at the Rock Island Arsenal Officer's Club Swimming Pool on 1 July 1959. Left to right are Brian Kenney (turned back to '65), Don, and Stan SmUey. Are you on active duty?

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That's aU, folks! See you here next month. Don't forget to write.

QUAUTY- '63 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 6% LIFE MEMBERSFUP: 55% PRES: David Tuma H: 703-549-8068; dftuma@aol.com Acting C O R R . SECY: Roland Marquis 1605 Rohlwing Road Rolhng Meadows IL 60008 P: 847-970-7562 E: roland.marquis@ngc.com WEB SITE: \vwrw.usna64.org

Tom Schwartz redux - Classmates wUl recaU last month half ofTom's entire Christmas Card Message fUe, which was too large for one column, was featured.

So, as promised, your humble correspondent now presents the rest of his missive, uncensored (weU hardly uncensored — Tom surely wasn't a BuU major!).

• Marcia and Win Peterson Hve on Mercer Island, an upscale community just outside of Seattle. When MarUyn and I went op to Bangor to visit our submariner Luke, we had a great dinner at the Peterson Manor. Win is stUl in the alternative fuel business. He finds just the right kind of poop and somehow makes it into fuel. Maybe I could give him some of my great ideas and he could change them, too.

Marsha and Jerry Evans have buUt a new home in Alexandria. It is custom made, which I think means aU the electronic equipment must be Jerry-proof.

Jerry and Marsha are enjoying their semiretirement and have been found in places Hke VaU. Rosemary and Jerry Ellis are enjoying being grandparents, and their card had 12 people of which 4 were less than 3 feet taU. Jerry has changed jobs or is about to. He wiU no longer be Mr. Deep Submergence and wiU become some kind of right- or left-hand man of the SECNAV Donna and Fred Crawford have a home in Virginia. Fred retired from May 2007

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BWXT and is now working at Los Alamos National Lab and has an apartment there. Donna makes the trip from Virginia with the dog and the cat, often enough to be declared a saint early. Their daughter. Dawn is a teacher and a softbaU and voUeybaU coach; son Steven, works at the State Department as a security officer; and son Michael and daughter-in-law Maureen had a baby girl in September, just before Donna's dad (the great grandfather) passed away.

Connie and Waddy Garrett are sort of unusual snowbirds, as they Hve in Virginia from around November untU it gets warm, then they sail their boat up north and Hve Hke Johnny Depp untU October.We got together in Boston for a great couple of days, eating weU and too much. Their son Parker was married in the Academy chapel, and is stiU in the Navy. Their daughter is in school in Savannah. Waddy is busy setting up our 45 reunion.

Lynda and Mike Hewitt live in quaint Noank Conn. They make trips to San Francisco to visit their son Jim, daughter-in-law Maury and granddaughter Josie. His godchild. Heather, Hves nearby them with hubby. Rod and kids, Parker and Lyndsay. Lynda is stUl doing lots of yoga and Mike is stUl working.

They joined the Swartzs and the Garretts, in Boston, for a nice brunch and a view of the Big Dig. (Why don't they use the Academy fUlers and diggers?)

John Roberts Hves in Pensacola and has not changed since 1964. He and Joe Satrapa (a crop duster), get together often. John also visits the PhUippines often. I would repeat some of his card comments but I am afraid of the poHticaUy-correct police.

Connie and Woody Vaughn and Gwen and Shell Zane also sent cards, but I cannot find them, so their secrets are safe for now. One of our classmates said that if he knew how much fim it was to be a grandfather that he would have done it long ago. (I can not remember who.)

Marilyn and I are enjoying retirement and thank aU of you who are working for my Social Security. I spent the last 18 months becoming the Bionic Man (back fusion with rods, and my second hip replacement), so now when we travel, my trips through security are considered a form of fore play. Our son, Mark is in Meridian, Mississippi, learning how to fly jets, whUe Luke is AWEAPS on the USS Ohio and learning how to aim those

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tomahawks at Osama. Please give us a caU or e-maU if you head for the left coast. We love to show off our city, our restaurants, and our views. (Ed note: Thanks Tom, in spite of weU-deserved jibes, your submittal was most welcome) • Bob Milhiser weighed in with a "proud Papa" photo having just pinned captain bars on his son, Mark, an Army Reserve JAG officer, at his promotion ceremony. Mark is now off to Kuwait for a year. Also in the photo are daughterin-law, Marne, and two year old granddaughter, Josephine.

Dick Cecil, Debbie Green, Dona and Potsy Scoville, Pat [and half hidden] Bob Bennett

Rumor has it that Dick Curley was also in attendance.Your correspondent can only conclude he was either camera shy or passed out somewhere!

With the last item this month, your correspondent smeUs a set up as this smff borders on the outrageous. Hugh Rissieuw would have us believe there exists an organization known as the "MUitary Order of the Carabao" which he claims is a century old organization, started by Army officers stationed in the PhiHppines, for no other purpose than to gather annuaUy at a formal banquet caUed the "WaUow".The Carabao is the lowly water buffalo, and the purpose of the WaUow is to keep the Herd properly wetted. The organization is open to servicemen and women (active & retired) who have served in an overseas campaign.

Apparendy, approximately 1200 members and guests gather every year on ffie first Samrday in February. Tom Bamett claims the 107th Annual WaUow offfieHerd convened on Samrday, 3 Febmary 2007, at the Wardman Park Marriott in DCTom even provided a photo.

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In response to a request for Meineke Bowl gouge , Geoff Kirkland nobly stepped forward and provided the foUowing pictures of classmates, busily libating themselves — of course — in Charlotte after the game!

Left to right, some '64 members of the Herd joining Tom and Hugh enjoying a pre-event drink and reunion are Jerry Anderson, Jack Geraghty, Jerry Ellis, Roger Sweeny and Brent Bennitt.

Marlene and Bob Lewis with their daughter between them and Jack Dambaugh, with Jerry Anderson to the far right

In addition to the co-conspirators in the aUeged photo, Hugh claims other classmates attending the evening of formal toasts, skits and tribute to our fighting men and women included. The Honorable John Dalton, the Honorable

Coimie Lautenbacher, Dave Ahern, Dick Curley, Jack Dantone, Jerry Dunne, Steve Claassen & George Leonard.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 6% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 57% PRES: CAPT Jim Minderlein, USN (Ret.) 1080 Carriage Hill Pkw->-., AnnapoHs, MD 21401 E: jimm65@conicast.net: P: 410-841-6644 F:410-897-0411 C O R R SECY: CDR Dave Anderson, USN (Ret.) 1600 Al.uno.Tna Blvd. #2208 Honolulu, HI 96815 E:daveand65@earthlink.net P: 808-942-9234; 0:808-477-0338 F:808-257-1609 WEB SITE: http://home.earthlink.net/~daveand65/

Hi gang —We received a news release in early March that the President intends to designate Dennis R. Spurgeon, of Florida, to be Acting Under Secretary of Energy. Denny holds a PhD from MIT and is the former C O O of the US Enrichment Corp And anoffier news release let us know ffiat Brian J. Kennedy, former president and chief executive officer of Reno-based Meridian Gold Inc., has been elected to Sierra Pacific Resources Board of Dfrectors.

In thisrelease,it was stated that, "Brian Kennedy not only brings a broad range of management and financial experience to our company, he also has been a distinguished community and professional leader in northern Nevada for a number of years.

Brian, 63, served as president and CEO of Meridian Gold, a mining company, from 1996 untU his retfrement in 2006. His business experience prior to leading Meridian Gold included approximately nine years as president and chief operating officer of FMC Gold Company, ControUer of FMC's Industrial Chemical Group, Director of Namral Resources, and Division Manager of the Minerals Division.

Kennedy has served on the boards of the Nevada Museum of Art, the Community Foundation ofWestern Nevada, KNPB PubHc Television, the St. Mary's Hospital Foundation (Chairman 2003-2004),The Gold Institute, the Nevada Mining Association and the Reno PhUharmonic. Brian holds an M.B.A. degree from Harvard University. He currently resides in Reno, Nevada, with his wife, Nancy.

Way to go, Brian!!!

Arnie McKechnie passed on this info on Brian and revealed that he, Arnie, was reappointed to the Anne Arundel County, Maryland Board of Appeals for

another four year tour, starting off as the Vice Chairman. Good going, Arnie!

From Mike Epprecht, 06 Feb • As many of you know, I have been wintering on my boat in the Caribbean.

This wiU most Hkely be the last year, and I hate to give up the experience, but the wear and tear during the transits are a bit much on both me and the boat. So I came up with the idea of getting a group of sailors together and buy a saUboat that wiU stay in the Caribbean. Initial thinking is 6 partners, which would give each partner 2 weeks in the prime season from mid Jan to mid Apr as weU as a couple of weeks in the offseason, Nov, Dec and May. In order to make it reasonable, we are thinking of something in the $120,000 to $180,000.That would be divided by 6.1 think the annual cost to maintain it can be as low as $12,000 or $2,000 per partner.The partners would be free to take it anywhere in the Caribbean, but the target spot is the British Virgins which we think is the best saiHng around.

Compared to the cost of chartering, this would be a real buy. Anyone having an interest should contact Mike Epprecht at sveagle@ocens.net or mikeepprecht65@ verizon.net. • From Phil Ferrara, 13 Feb • Here is a photo of Hal Amerau and PhU Ferrara taken on 2-11-07.We are attending the first game for Navy Women's lacrosse at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Hal's daughter is a plebe in Class of 2010 and playing for the team. The Navy women's lacrosse program is converting from club to Division I status, and this is the initial year under new head coach, Cindy Timchal.

She is the aU time winningest coach in women's NCAA lacrosse and was hired recently by Navy's Athletic Director , Chet Gladchuk, to lead Navy in the conversion to Division I lacrosse. Phil •

From Charlie Sapp, 15 Feb • This is a long overdue e-note to bring you up to speed on the happenings in the Sapito household. I did my thirty and left the Navy in 1995, fuUy intending to retire in Pensacola near kids, grandkids and the Naval Aviation Museum. How we wound up in Hampton,Virginia, is another story for another time. I had always sworn that there were two things I would never do for a Hving: (1) consulting and (2) elected poHtics. In a demonstration of how wedded I am to my bedrock principles, I immediately went to work as a management consultant. As luck would have it, whUe I was out in the field teUing others how to mn their organizations, my bosses went bankrupt, so I became a coUege professor teaching undergraduate leadership studies at Regent University, working on my doctorate in my spare time. In 2004 I got into poHtics and was elected to the Hampton City Council. That time drain drove me to go part time with my teaching duties, so I have now reached a sort of equiHbrium where I govern by day and teach by night.

If this were a novel I suppose I wotUd have to caU it "Revenge of a Bucket." I managed to finish the Ph.D. in organizational leadership last December, logging my dissertation into the Hbrary with five minutes to spare on the deadHne. Waxer, having been my firstie roommate, wUl recognize the same study habit patterns that led to my steUar class standing. As luck would have it, our daughter Christina received her masters degree from the University ofWest Florida the same day I was to walk at Regent, so we bypassed my graduation and went to Florida for hers. I have attached a photo of proud parents and happy graduate. Our son, Ron, was unable to attend the event due to work conflicts but he is married with two deHghtful chUdren and operates a successful taxidermy and outdoor guide business in Molino, Florida.

We are thoroughly enjoying ourselves here, perched on the shores of Hampton Roads directly across the water from Norfolk's Pier 12, and invite one and aU to stop by anytime you are in the Hampton area. CharHe and Marcia Sapp •

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CLASS N E W S Phil Ferrara, Mary and Chip Seymour, and Jan and Forrest Horton.And NAVY won !! First photo: Jim Minderlein, Danny MitcheU, Ted Kaus; second photo: Mary and Chip Seymour, Linda Ferrara, Pat and Dennis MiUer,Jan and Forrest Horton • Jim MIndsrIoln, Dart Mllcholl. T»d KrauA, 2J17f20O7 at T«d'8 pro-gnnw (i"r<v f"r iho Army-Navy basliatball gafTw

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From Gordy Clarke, 18 Feb • Frankie and I have received some good luck on our daughter. Trisha and Jim will be stationed in Beaufort SC about 2 to 2.5 hours form us. We are reaUy excited.

She should relocate in August or September and we have agreed to help them out watching our grandson Andrew if needed. Retirement has been kind of hectic since the start of the our Farm House project last year. Have been traveling up to the farm in North CaroHna 2 or 3 times a month during the buUd. It is about 500 mUe round-trip. We have been staying in an old log cabin, buUt around 1850, on Frankie's Uncle's farm. This restoration projecthas taken most of our time and a chunk of our money.

We expect to complete by the end of March. We wiU keep our place at the beach and use this farmhouse during the hurricane season and peak beach times.

The farm has been our life since August except for a week trip to Philadelphia to see my Mom and two weeks in San Diego over Christmas at Trisha's. The Christmas trip was great as we not only got a lot of time with grandson Andy but son Cory and his wife were able to get out for 4 days also. We celebrated New Years Eve on The USS Midway. Had a great party. AU for now, —Gordon • From Phil Ferrara, 20 Feb • Jan and Ted Krauss hosted a marvelous pre-game party on February 17 at their home on Maryland Avenue for several '65 classmates and other guests including George Watt '73, Chet Gladchuk (USNA's Athletic Director), and Admiral Chuck Larson '58. The occasion was the Army-Navy basketbaU game at Alumni HaU.The brunch with 'mule' sandwiches and clam chowder and other deHcacies gave everyone the energy to cheer hard for Navy ! Classmates at the party included Fran and Craig Etka, Sharon and Dan Mitchell, Diann and Jim Minderlein, Linda and

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From Bob Andretta, 24 Feb • After nearly 42 years of government service, I am retiring effective 3 March 2007, I'U have a new GmaU account, then, address is Andretta65@GmaU.com, Judge Bob • From Bob Snelling, 27 Feb • In response to our Shipmate column citing classmates who have had poHtical offices, yes, I did spend 8 years in the Georgia House of Representatives representing District 99 which comprised about 1/2 of the county I live in. I term linfrted myself after some gerrymandering shenanigans by the Democrat majority in 2001. They looped my feUow RepubHcan's house into my district which would have required a primary and general election during my last year of flying for Delta. I seem to recaU that Jim McPike also spent some time in the Indiana legislature during some years before my service. —Bob •

Would you like to mentor interested students about the opportunities at USNA? Become a Blue & Gold Officer and contact USNA Admissions at 410-293-1813.

From Fred Berthrong, 21 Feb • As you know, with my role in hosting the 98th annual Rotary International Convention, slated for 17-20 Jun in Salt Lake City, these last few years I have stretched my socialability to the max with the Rotary stuff. I find myself enjoying a few moments, hours of solo time immensely. I can only imagine what a couple of days would feel like. Joy! I beHeve though, that once this big show is finished here in a few months, I wUl go into a trance, head for the hiUs, go to a quiet lake with my lovely ladies (Candy being one of them and the other is a beautiful 17 ft saU boat by the name of Dulce) Candy and I are off to Italy in the early part of September. A good friend has been leading treks in the Dolomites for the last 10 years and now that he is finished doing that professionaUy we are going to join him for a week or so of messing around in the Via Ferrate.

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Another year seems to be passing very quickly. I hope everyone is enjoying spring and looking forward to summer. I have several items for this month, so let's get to it.

Bob Zvacek sent Chuck Grutzius the foUowing emaU to recount events surrounding the presentation of our Class Leadership Awards aboard HUE CITY. • Chuck: The foUowing is a synopsis of ffie Hue City Leadership Awards presentations: On Friday, 23 Feb, at 1120 the Hue City Leadership Award presentations were made to Ensign James Lamz, GSEl (SW)Donald BeUinoski, and ET! Garcia Gaither.The ship was in dry dock, bow out to the St. Johns River. The awards took place on the forecasde on a beautifiU, blue skies morning. Class President Mike Haskins and Carl McCullough made ffie presentations on behalf of the Class. Both made us proud to be members of the Class of'66. Mike made some inspiring remarks to the crew and soHdified the bond between CG-66 and the Class of'66. CAPT MUce Jacobsen, Commanding Officer of HUE CITY, his officers and men were wonderful hosts to aU present. Classmates in attendance: Mike Haskins, Cad McCuUough(with wife Jan), Dick Sydney (with wife Pola),John Earhart, Tom Blount,Joe Kinsey,

Steve Potter, and Bob Zvacek (with wife Cindy).

After the presentations we adjourned to a seafood restaurant along the banks of the St Johns River for lunch with the award recipients and the wardroom of HUE CITY. A perfect end to a truly wonderful morning. As an aside, Mike Haskins went above and beyond the caU for this event. His flight at BWI was canceUed. After 2 plus hours on the phone he was able to get a ffight out of DuUes for Jax via Cincinnati. He arrived at 2200.

Carl and I met him. Despite these difficulties Mike was positive throughout and was a joy for aU of us to be with him.

BobZ^ Thanks to Bob, Chuck, Carl, and MUce for making this worthy event come off smoothly.

I'U provide pictures in a later article.

Carl McCuUough also sent me an emaU to inform me that Jan and he had moved to Florida. Here's his emaU. • Hi Mike - It being February here (and I just read of your luncheon canceUation up there), we're getting lots of visitors to the Tampa area. Last Wednesday night. Bill Phillips joined Tom Doyle, Pete Leniart and me for the Tampa Bay Alumni monthly meeting. Scott Hood is another regular, but we missed him this month. Later that night, Tom, BiU and I were joined by our wives and Karen and Frank Bryant for dinner on the pier in St. Petersburg. The foUowing day we had an impromptu lunch with additional visitors, Sherri and George Becker from New Hampshire, and then aU of us concluded a splendid afternoon visiting at our house. FinaUy, on Friday the Bryants,

Doyles and McCuUoughs went to Busch Gardens, a day that included a couple of giant roUer coaster rides for some of us.

Hope aU is weU with aU of you. Our door is always open to the Class of'66.

Best regards, Carl • Carl also provided this picture of their adventures.

I sent a broadcast emaU to the Class regarding the next bit of news, but I'm repeating it here for those who may not be on the Hst or missed the emaU. Dick Michaux and Jim Burger are sponsoring a bike across America event this summer.

Here is Dick's emaU with the detaUs for those who might want to participate. Dick also provided emaU address for him and Jim at the end of the message.

• Greetings Classmates,We apologize for fiUing your inbox unless you are an avid cycHst.Jim Burger and Dick Michaux are training to bike cross country late this summer and are looking for one or two more adventurers to join us so this wUl be an aU '66 trip. We plan to start around Aug 15th by dipping a rear tire in the Pacific at Seaside, OR. We are routing through the northern tier of the US (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Canada, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire) and wiU dip the front tire in the Adantic in Maine around October 10th. We expect to average 75 mUes/day and take 5 rest days at friend's homes. We wiU have an escort van driven by a bike mechanic and wUl stay in hotels or friend's homes each night. WhUe we are raising $$ and awareness for a charity, you may share the adventure for the pleasure of it, raise $$ for your own charity or raise $$ for ours — research for a cure for PKU — a metabolic disease Dick's granddaughter Tia is dealing with.

The cost of the trip for each of us has three components. First, daUy Hving expenses which we estimate at $200/day including paying the driver's expenses.

Second, the driver and van. The driver wiU lease the van and drive it to O R then cross country and then back to OR. Approx cost $4-5,000 each for the trip.

Third, our airfare from home to O R and then from NH/Maine back home. Plus iTusceUaneous expenses for greens fees, entry to see the biggest baU of string in the world, etc. This should be fun with 5 to 6 hrs on the bike/day and with the van, we should have time to be flexible enough to take in sights. DeHghted to have famUy join along the way for a few days of biking or just rah rah support. We

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expect to have a website and a camera mounted on the handlebars so those interested can see where we are in real time. We wUl navigate with GPS. Plan to maximize use of bike paths, secondary roads with shoulders, secondary roads without shoulders (in which instance the van wUl drive behind us), or last, major roads. Jim and Dick are not experienced cycHsts.We are training hard to be ready but reaHze some of the wearing in wiU happen on the trip. We are looking for avid cycUsts who have some experience but most important are wiUing to train.

We are expecting to have an epic, safe advenmre; get in exceUent shape; lose a few pounds and raise some $$ for charity.

Let us know if you would like more information or would Hke to join us.

Thanks, jburger@eodt.com dickm@michauxfamUy.com Dick • Classmate Pierce Johnson contacted Widows about 40th Reunion attendance and yearbook inputs for their deceased husbands. Nancy responded with her letter. Unformnately, Pierce received it as the yearbook was being printed so there wasn't a way to include it. Nancy graciously approved letting the Class put the letter in Shipmate. What foUows is her unabridged letter.

• August 25,2006 Dear Pierce: I am writing in response to your request for information for the 40th Reumon of the USNA Class of'66.

My late husband, 1st Lt. Raymond C Daley, USMC, was kiUed in Vietnam July 3,1968 when the heHcopter, of which he was copUot, was hit by hostUe fire and crashed in Quang Nam Province. I have enclosed a copy of his obituary that was pubHshed in the November 1968 issue of Shipmate.

In AprU of 1990 my chUdren and I attended an HMM-164 USMC reunion held in Reston,VA.The weekend-long event included an impressive memorial service at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

In Washington, D.C. in honor of the 21 Marines from HMM-164 who were kUled in Vietnam.

It was very moving to meet the men who served with Ray. Laughing and cryiong with them as they shared stories of his service gave us aU a chance to know him in a way only his comrades could convey. It was especiaUy meaningful for my son and daughter who were too young to remember their father.

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past Memorial Day he was honored along with aU West Hartford veterans from the Revolutionary War through the current War on Terror at the dedication of the new towm memorial. The poHshed black granite Veterans Memorial WaU of Peace is engraved with the names of those who gave their Hves during each conffict.

Ray would be very proud of our chUdren, Cheryl Anne, who was 11 months old at the time of his death and Brian Christopher, who was born 2-? months after his death. Cheryl graduated from Boston CoUege and is the Administration Services Manager for Cornerstone Research, an economic consulting firm, in Boston. She has a six-year old son, Cameron, and resides in Ashland, MA. Brian graduated from MIT and is a Systems analyst currently consulting at Fidelity Investments. He resides in Marlborough, MA. After 20 years working in community health research at the University of CT Health Center (UCHC) in Farmington, CT, I took early retirement. I continue to work part time on special projects at UCHC and as a Nurse Consultant for daycare centers here in West Hartford. I love being a grandmother and enjoy traveling.

Ray and I were married at the Naval Academy Chapel on the day after graduation so this year would also have been our 40*-" wedding anniversary. I have lost touch with the groomsmen and would love to hear from them.

I have fond memories of attending USNA social events that were always very festive occasions. I'm sure your reunion wUl be a memorable one and wish you aU the best.

Sincerely, /Nancy/ Nancy Sousa Daley • Thank you Nancy for sharing your thoughts with us. If any of you Groomsmen would Hke to contact Nancy, her address is 19 East Normandy Drive,West Hartford, CT 06107; phone 860-561-1285; and emaU - nsdaley@comcast.net So that closes out May. Thank you to everyone who contributed. It's difficult to realize that just a year ago we were getting primed for our 40th Reunion. As a closing, here are a couple of pictures for reminiscing. Until July, AU the best, Mike!!!

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I'U kick this one off with a PubHc Service Announcement.With our 40'-" Reunion coming up it's vitaUy important that you have an up-to-date e-maU address with Dick Meade and that you be subscribed to what we caU the "Announce List."

(The Chat List is a completely separate option only if you want to play.) AU of the current information, reunion and otherwise, wiU be distributed via the Announce List. I pass what I can in the column, but my copy deadHnes are six weeks or so before pubHcation so I'm nowhere near real time. (I heard that! Be nice!) Dick has observed that the size of the Announce List has been decreasing because of e-maUs that bounce from undeHverable addresses. Now, how do you know you have a current address on file? Simple!

If you do N O T get the Slummers announcement just before the last Thursday of every month, that means you are NOT on the Hst with a current address and need to send him an update.You think it's just an annoying announcement; in actuaHty, it's also ping to verify the vaHdity of the Hst. So...if you haven't gotten it, you won't get it. Send Dick a fresh address. His e-maU is rmeade@usna61.coni.

We now join our column in progress!

Dick Couch has been at it again, but this time focusing on the Army. Check this out: http://www.randomhouse. com/crown/shawn/chosen.html. His new book. Chosen So/rfier, "documents the complete training regimen of the U.S. Army's Special Forces soldiers, the Green Berets, from their initial recruitment, through their physicaUy and mentaUy grueling course of training, detaUing the special character, inteUigence, language skiUs, and adaptabUity that the Army looks for in selecting these versatUe troops."

And...Mike Delong and his coauthor Noah Lukeman also have a new book just

off ffie presses: .4 General Speaks Oi/f.This book "offen the firankest and most auffioritarive look yet inside the wars (in Iraq and Afghanistan) - how we prepared for batde, how we fought, how we toppled two regimes — and what's happening now on these two crucial fiTonts...It buUds on his argument: in war, expect ffie unexpected." Both of ffiese are in the nonfiction categorv'.I haven't read eiffier yet, but it looks Hke my sunmier reading Hst isfiUingup!

Got thisfiromDan Mulligan: • On Febmarv- 21st. Pete Pace presented a lecmre for ffie General George C MarshaU lecture series in Vancouver. WA. His presentation was directed toward ffie high school smdents who were part of ffie nearly 5,000 people in attendance. He took questions from ffiat group. His responses to ffieir weU ffiought out questions were terrific. He responded to ffie question rather than offering a prepared spin to a generahzed question. He spoke dfrecdy to each young person. Because he was on a tight schediUe not aU of the kids who wanted to ask a question were able to. Pete asked ffiose kids to stand by and engaged each penonaUy before he left.

1 was sitting next to a former Governor of Oregon and he was totaUy blown away by Pete's remarks, ffirect responsiveness,ffioughtftiHiessand consideration. He said he was totaUy unprepared for such an intimate engagement at this type of event. Pete continues to do us proud.

Formnately, five of us, should have been six but Tex Harkins couldn't make baU, had a private lunch at the General MarshaU Quarters wiffi aU of us and our wives with Pete and Lynne. ReaUy, Tex became Ul and couldn't make the event and lunch.

It was incredible that w-e were able to enjoy ffie privacy of the lunch. It was Pete and Lynne, Fran and Ed Hepp, Dan and Donna MuUigan, Ike Eisenbach, Linda and Cal Meek and JUl and Herb Colomb.With this kind of opportonity one might think you cotUd ask about a lot of things. We decided that we needed to offer Lynne and Pete a break from constandy being the Chairman and his Lady and visit as friends and classmates.

The result was a lot of laughs and relaxation. I did pass along a message that MUce Delong had given me, and Pete slugged me in response. So thanks for the semp, Mike. The most serious moment occurred

wffien I pleaded wiffi Pete to have a traffic ticket and faUure to appear notice from the US Army removed from my otherwise sterling rruHtary record. I pleaded that it was the only ticket I had ever received and it was on QL 1 between Chu Lai and Quang Ngai in '69. He responded that I vvotUd have to Hve with the pain.

Pete shared a story of the last time he saw Ike, which was at the hospital in DaNang just before Ike was medivaced to Japan in '68. He had to seek reffige under Ike's hospital bed during a rocket attack.

It was a great afternoon.We had the oppormniry to enjoy the reerUistment of a Marine in the next room. The professionalism that he demonstrated during that event was reflected in the pride exuding from the Marines in attendance. After he took time to talk to them and answer thefr questions, he then took time personaUy with each and had individual picmres taken with them. Truly inspirational and certainly memorable. • Dan sent some good picmres, but ffiefr resolution was not quite high enough.

The Chairman's photographer is sending replacements, but I decided to go ahead with Dan's text and use the photos next month. (I get more mUeage out of them ffiat way!)

Quick note from Chuck Scherck with a lead on a Lost Soul: Bart Greenoe in Spring, TX.With the 40'-'^ rapidly approaching, we need to find as many of our missing Classmates as we can. Send me or Dave any leads you might have.

This came in from Ken Ptack: • I was in Albuquerque for the International CouncU on Systems Engineering International Workshop 27-31 January. EarHer, I sent BUI Norris an e-maU to let him know that I would be in town and would Hke to get together. He invited me to his home for dinner and we spent a ver^' pleasant evening together remembering old times and discussing our "Retirement Plans" and locations. BUI and Carolyn have looked at many different locations and have decided to stay in Albuquerque; Jo Ann and I are staying "On the farm" here in Maryland. BUI retired from Sandia Labs and is now doing consulting work for them. He has a teaching assignment and wiU have to be in Germany during our 40th Reunion. He is not happy about this, but the dates aren't flexible and he enjoys the work. I assured them that when I retire and take our RV trip on Route 66,Jo and I plan to visit them again.

Unformnately, I ffidn't have my camera with me and didn't think to get BiU or Carolyn to take some photos.

The next Classmate that I saw was totaUy unexpected. As a favor to an old friend, I attended a meeting of the Association of Naval Aviation on 2 March at the Army-Navy Country Club. Lo and behold, who was there when I checked in but Larry Poh '68, who had started out in our Class. He is working with ANA's Washington Chapter helping them revitaHze and had made up personaHzed key chains for aU pre-registered attendees with the ANA logo on one side and Wings of Gold on the other. I got one of the two that had a red background vice blue. Larry and I enjoyed catching up and talking about things from NAPS and the Academy. Larry's URX is http://theheHTisman.com/. •

Ken & Larry

So ends another! Don't forget: if you haven't seen a Slummers e-maU in awhUe, send an address update to Dick of the Database. That's it...Goodnight!.. Jim ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: LIFE MEMBERSHIP:

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Who should drop by the office for a surprise but welcomed visit one afternoon in mid-winter but Neil Walsh (np.walsh@verizon.net). After his Navy retirement in 1998 foUowing a distinguished career as a submariner, NeU settled in Norfolk and progressively transitioned to work in a number of social justice and community-service activities.

Since 2002 his affiHation as a justice and peace minister with the Sacred Heart Parish has entaUed estabHshine a May 2007

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Community Assistance Ministry to provide emergency funds for shelter, utiHties, medication and transportation for parishioners and residents of Norfolk.

Since January 2006 NeU also has served as a state legislative speciaHst with A.A.R.P. and has spoken and worked at local, state, and national levels on Respect for Life (death penalty, protection of children), Faithful Citizenship, affordable housing (housing and homelessness), and economic justice (lending, famUy poverty, imnfrgrants rights and tax justice and equity).

Neil Walsh holds grandson Leo at his first Rotary Club Charity Bowlathon at an age of 16 months.

A press release issued by ConsteUation Energy, Baltimore, Md., in February announced the appointment of the 33rd Company's Sigval Berg to UniStar Nuclear as senior vice presidentinfrastructure development. He wUl oversee UmStar Nuclear's interactions with staff support functions such as customer marketing, human resources, procurement and training. Sig served in the Navy's nuclear-power program untU 1981. In 1998, he completed Harvard Business School's advanced management program.

Dick Elliot (richard.f eUiott@ gmaU.com) informed us last summer that he had retired from GE and assumed affiUtime professor position at Northwestern CoUege in St. Paul. One of the classes he teaches is Corporate Strategy. Dick wrote recently to say that during the faU semester, Chip Emery, chairman of MTS Systems, Inc., visited the class and described to the students how MTS developed and implemented its strategy. "This spring. Chip was gracious enough to host the entire class (24 of us) at MTS and explain the evolution of MTS's strategy from the time he took over as chairman untU today," Dick said. "The students then had a tour of his factory.

What a great treat it was for them to see their learning displayed in the real world."

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Chip and himself in the Twin Cities and Russ Hermanson in Lacrosse,WI. Karl Krumbholz dropped a line to report the results of the second Class of 68 Winter GolfTournament in JacksonviUe, FL, over President's Day. "This year we played four rounds at AmeHa Island Resort, which is located on the ocean, east ofJacksonviUe," Karl said.

• "To say that we had a great time is an understatement. The accommodations were extraordinary, the golf courses were outstanding, and the camaraderie was absolutely the best. Bear whipped up some great breakfasts to add to the enjoyment those in his viUa—a truly spectacular event.

"On Sunday night we were hosted by Tom Oliver and his wife, Anita, who Hve on the water on AmeHa Island. He invited aU of the golfers, plus three other classmates and their wives over for a marvelous barbecue. It was a great opportunity for old friends to get together and a beautiful setting. The attached pictures are of the 68ers only and one with the wives who were in attendance. The picture of classmates only includes: Front row kneeling: Craig Honour, Ed Sullivan, Bill Washer, Jim Rather, Tom Oliver, Harry Buzhardt, Tom Petersen, Bill Sweatt, Mike Neale. Back Row standing: Mike McHugh, Charlie Dittmar, Karl Krumbholz, Darrell Powell, Rick Bayer, Mark Kevin, Charlie Henke, and Dick Borowiec.

"The low scorers in our tournament over four rounds, in order were: CharHe Dittmar, Craig Honour, and Harry Buzhardt. The low net winners were, in order: Craig Honour, Mike Neale, Dick Borowiec and Tom Petersen tied for third and Rick Bayer in fifth" • A group of Richard Red's classmates from both '68 and '69 demonstrated the essence of the phrase "shipmates stand together" by visiting with Betty and Richard in Houston in February when

he began a new course of treatment. I am indebted to John "Hilby" Hilburn '68/9 (hUburns@usawide.net) for providing the foUowing summary of their activities: • "I think we succeeded in getting Rich's mind off his impending treatment and consequences. In fact, as always, ole' RP himself was the life of the party with a never-ending repertoire of cracks and one-liners. Fortunately, there was a very competitive group of aviators. Marines, and even the bubble-head Tom Daley '69 there to keep the levity roUing nonstop. We had a pretty good group considering the two-day notice—both '68 and '69 were represented, along with a couple of NAPSters, and an oU guy from a post-USMC relationship. Our alumni group included Mike KaJashian '68, Bill Wishard '68/9, Fred Cumminger '69, Bruce Potter '69, Tom Daley '69, Tom Belichick '69, myself'68/9, and Rich '68/9 and his fiance Betty. Gleim Knight, who was in the middle of a food- poisoning attack, was almost on his knees for the whole time we saw him.

"The foUowing day. Chic, Mike K., and I joined Rich and Betty in the trip to the Burzinski Clinic. Even in that environment, environs that you can imagine are not normaUy the most cheerful (this is a cHnic of last resort when conventional treatments have faUed to arrest the progress of the disease—^it is your proverbial last second "HaU Mary pass") Richard was the playmaker of light-hearted cracks, which inspired the rest of us once again to join in the fray of humorous barbs and quips.

"Richard remained in Houston for a day or two for observed negative reactions to his dose, and then he wUl be aUowed to go home to continue various self-administered meds/nutritional supplements to counter the destructive effects of the meds to his 'healthy parts.' Our old brother and classmate has a boundless fighting spirit, which (with our prayers) must bring him

through ffiis.Your support through this is critical—I know you won't back away." • Richard was making wedffing plans to remarry Betty and, as one of those who attended the get-together remarked, we can only pray that those plans work out.

HUby refreshed my memory by noting that he mrned back at the end of our second-class year—he went from ffie 16'-^ Company to ffie 34 wiffi our Class (TomTeach was his roommate). After mrning back he went to the lO*-" Company, where Tom BeHchick was his last roomie.

posthumously. Michael's personal effects arrived today from our Embassy in Nepal. I wiU readUy admit getting this FedEx box was met with mixed emotions. We made it through with the loving help of famUy members and Michael's sibHngs. I had somewhat recovered until whUe leafing ffirough his Passport I came to page seven.

Under "Personal Data and Emergency Contact Information" Michael had listed me as his father with my ceU phone number Thanks to ffie many USNA classmates, faniUy membeh and friends for the wonderfiil flowers, cards, emaUs, special masses, generous donations to TERI and most of aU your prayers. You are truly thoughtfial people. Warm Regards from Michael Manni's FaniUy" •

I join aU our classmates in extending sincere condolences to Doug, Iman, and their famUy. Denny also wrote that Dave Myers is recovering weU from his second knee Shipmates stand together from both '68 and '69 for surgery despite compHcations foUowing Richard Red in February. L to R: Betty and Richard surgery, and Mike Hagee has been '68/9, Fred Cumminger 69, Hilby Hilburn '68/9, Mike named to the board of directors for lAP Kalashian 68, Bill Wishard '68/9, Tom Daley '69, and Worldwide Services, a leading provider of Tom Belichick '69. support services to the U.S. Department of Defense, other federal customers, and state and foreign governments.

In closing, it may be hard to grasp, but our 40th anniversary of graduating from Canoe U is fast approaching next year!

Mike Neale reports that the nucleus of the reunion committee for the 40th met in March at Jim Niehus' to begin planning for what we hope wiU be our best one yet. "Save the Date" for Thursday, August 28, 2008, through Sunday, August Betty and Richard Red 31,2008. "In talking with our memorabffia vendor, who is class of'67 and has Denny Young wrote from the West done a number of 40ths," Mike advised, Coast that Doug Freeland's wife, Iman Marmi, lost her 21 year-old son earHer this "he says the 40th is probably the last big 10-year reumon as age takes its toU and year; he was in Nepal at the time. Services retirement constrains travel expenses." were held in El Cajon, CA, March 7.

AU the best, —Gordo Doug (doug@flagstonegroup.biz) shared the foUowing note later that month: • "To AU Our Family and Friends: In these days of sorrow come some thoughtful actions. Iman and I received a phone caU from the Dean ofJohn Muir CoUege at UCSD. Our son, Michael Manni, wUl be receiving his BS degree in Bio Chemistry and CeU Biology in June along with the rest of his class. As it turns out, Michael had more than enough credits and could have graduated after three years with a 4.0 GPA. He had completed close to an extra years work toward an advanced degree. His Mother, Iman, and his sibHngs wiU be receiving his degree

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Let's hear a hearty "Welcome to the Fleet" for '07!! Wow, that number makes me feel old! Anyway, lots to share, Httle space, so let's move on: First off, as several of you are aware.

Rich Red is reaUy needing some encouragement and good luck as he continues his fight against cancer in his neck and facial region. He can use aU of our encouragement and Hkes emaU (rpred0505@cox.net) and phone caUs (337-257-4375). John HUbourn '68 orchestrated a great mini-union in Houston on 18 Feb for Rich just before he started experimental trials. Since Rich was a turn-back from '68, several '68 and '69r's were able to attend — if you ffip back to '68's column, you'U see the write up by Gordo Peters along with several pictures. Bottom Hne with Rich is: pray for him!

Tom Tonden checked in for the first time since graduation: • In December 2005 I was appointed Project General Manager for my company's contract for the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in Taiwan. Anne and I moved to Taipei and I found that the Mechanical DiscipHne Manager for the Project was none other that classmate Tom Daley. Tom had already been on the Project for a couple of years and was one of the pUlars of the golf league. We worked together through 2006, attending a couple of Chinese weddings and a Chinese New Year party. Tom left the Project in November 2006 to work on the South Texas Project in the USA. In February 2007, Anne and I visited Hawaii during the Chinese New Year. WhUe

'69 5th Company I to r: Glenn Lattig, Joe Chopek, Dean Harris, George Wenchel, Bob Riera, and Ralph Stall with wives.

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ffiere, we had a deHghtfiil dinner wiffi Bob Ahrens and his wife Pauly. Bob appears to beffiUyrecovered from his cross-country bicycle tour and is now busy juggHng tennis and golf schedules.

Tom Daley, Bob Ahrens and I have aU made reservations for the 40™ Reunion m 2009. I hope to see everyone there! • Marty Costello wrote in to say that after 30 years with MUler Brewing Company, he has decided to retire. He and Wendy are contemplating relocating back to Maryland which is a better fit for her horse breeffing business than in the frozen mndra ofWisconsin. Of course he welcomes the boating, fishing, hunting oppormnities that Maryland Hving would offer, not to mention the abffity to reconnect with classmates and class activities!

Several Classmates are feting their 60 th birthdays with surprise gatherings sponsored by their wives. Among them Tim Oliver and Ron Sedgley! But the Hkes of Paul Ross and Bob Gray who are getting ready to draw Social Security checks advise everyone that the 60-year mark is only the beginning of a whole new Hfe-style.

Keep the emails and notes coming folks!! Beat Army — often! steve.

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Greetings aU, I don't know what happened last month...I had written an article, but I guess I didn't send it, soooo...this month let me start with the Joe Chopek'89 & Emerson Carr'69 at Em's wedding. sad news that Al Nusom passed away in January. He was skiing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and ffied of a massive heart attack. He is survived by his wife, Denise, and mother Rosemary and two sisters.

There was a ffineral at the Naval Weapons Station in Charleston, SC, and he was buried at ArHngton National Cemetery, February 27th.

There was a great mrnout to support Denice, mosdy Al's 11th company-mates.

Howie Bacarach'69 selling donuts on the ArmyAs best as I can recaU (and I've afready Navy bus!! estabHshed that my recaU powers cry out in the night) the foUowing classmates were there: CJ Ihrig,JeffKrstich, Mark Lamb, Jeff Lewis, Bill Melby, Steve Shea, Bob Sonnenberg, Jody Startari, Pat Dawson, Jon Jensen, Ed Moore, Pete Roberts, NickVisco and Lynn Widener. There may have been others that I missed and as far as I know there was photographic evidence.

Navy Bowl Game

Also from Cvurt Hingson wiffi ffisposable camera quality no less.. .catches Folga goosing McElroy a spHt second before McElroy could goose Wittkamp.

I to r: Mrs. Joe Chopek, Dean Harris'89, Charlene Welsh, Mother of Megan and Kelly Welsh both USNA Grads, and Rosemary Wenchel, wife of George, USNA '69

hilburn'68, red'69, kalashian'69, wishard'69

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The three 13th Company amigos: Gene's son Matt, Gene Cuccaro, Carl Wick and Kent Hamlin.

On Saturday, 13 January, in scenic Meriden, Connecticut. Gene Cuccaro started drawing USMC retfred pay — ffiat's anoffier way to say he's an old man of 60!

His wife Bonnie had planned a huge surprise party, but ffie word got out and "The Colonel" put ffie nix on it. Or so he ffiought.. .ffisobeying direct orders, family and fiiends gaffiered at his favorite watering hole that evening, along wiffi 13ffi Company partners in crime. Kaffiy and Carl Wick and Teresa and Kent HamUn. (There were several offier classmates who had planned to attend, but ffiey learned to obey orders somewhere along ffie way.) A great time was had by aU at ffie pub and later at ffie home of one of Gene's daughters. The six 13th Company-mates topped off ffie weekend wiffi a great Sunday brunch in NewHaven. Congratulations to Gene, but mostly to Bonnie for arranging such a great celebration!

Apparendy. Randy Radaecker is making a name for himself as a hard hitting reponer for a great metropoHtan newspaper, or at least NAVYLAX.com delivering anoffier hard-hitting report about ffie very successful JV lacrosse team.

Check it out!!! cHck on the News or dfrecdy to Randy's BLOG !!!

And finaUy from my good bud, Kerry Smith: • "At great risk of disUlusioning our classmates wiffi regard to the church, I wanted to let you know that on December 3rd 2006,1 was instaUed as Archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. LuckUy this job doesn't require that I get involved with the pettv- theological disputes that are currendy getting so much coverage in the press. I wiU have three major responsibffiries, the first (and most important to me) is to ensure that ffie church is constandy reminded of the needs of the poor, the hungry, the imprisoned and the sick in our commumties and ffiat we always working to aUeviate ffiefr misery. The second is to provide the

pastoral care for aU ordained Deacons in the Diocese and their fanfrhes, and the ffiird is to basicaUy be ffie X O for the Bishop for the ReHgious Order of Deacons in ffie Diocese. It is a job that aUows me to continue serving the poor and homeless in the state whUe also continuing to mn my kitchenwares store in AnnapoHs. I ask aU of my classmates to keep me in their prayers as I take on this important new chaUenge. PS.The tide "The Venerable" is hard because I stUl hadn't quite figure out how to be "Reverend" • Ring-A-Ding-Ding!

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WeU, anoffier "time, tide and the column" await no man. Somehow, the inputs are a Htde Hght again this month; however, I know there is much brewing for ffimre columns. When you receive this the grass wiU be a vibrant green throughout the Yard as the midffies and the administration makes final preparations for Graduation Week. Who ffidn't thoroughly enjoy that time of year? AU the gorgeous young fUHes were observing the handsome mids in thefr starch TWL's or ffie unique black marching jacket. And, of course, we mids were equaUy observant.

The Yard was in fiUl dress for sure. Ah, those were ffie days! Can you smeU the fresh breeze off the Severn River?

I have a few notes about a 36 C O Ski Trip to ffie Lake Placid area ffie first weekend in March. Here's the layout from Sonny Naple: • "Companymates, There's a great deal of interest in a winter get-togeffier in Lake Placid. So far, about ten of us want to attend. I suggest either March 1-4 or March 9-12. We could check in Thursday afternoon, ski at Whiteface Mountain on Friday, and cross country ski -f/or snowshoe on Samrday and Sunday. And remember,ffyou just want to come to hang out in a beautiful mountain environment with your budffies, there are plenty of non-Hfe-threatening activities avaUable (Hke a ride in a bobsled at the Olympic Center). We can talk about accommodations when we have a good count. There's a condo on Lake Placid just a few minutes walk from downtown.

It has a great view of Lake Placid and

Whiteface Mountain So, check your calendars, get back to me, and look forward to a fantastic time. The area we wiU stay is quite beautifiU. Ciao, Sonny." • I'm awaiting aftUlreport with group photos; however, an imtial report came m from Mark Horgan: • "Guys, it was great seemg aU of you reaUy a very remarkable weekend. Made me realize that the main reason I look back fondly on those four years was our relationships. I'm aU for another alpine advenmre. Starting a Httle earHer in the day, I think the Avalanche Pass would be a piece of cake. Sonny, great job - and thanks to Barb for the refreshments on the way home. Don Beaudette, thanks for the company coming and going, and for Hstening to my legal war stories. Hope to see you aU in September, Mark." • Okay, 36 Companymates, I need a fiUl report ASAP! Time is a wasting.

I exchanged a couple emails with JT Morris. He reports aU is weU but nothing ffirther to report for now. I expect to get some word on his trip to Timbo Keating's change of command.

Standmg by! Perhaps the class wiU have a large contingent at the ceremony!

You may recaU that last year the class awarded the first annual Class of 71/CVN-71 Edfrcal Character of Leadership to LT John Lastowski '01.

The award is sponsored by our class leadership through ffie class executive board.

This year the award ceremony is set for May 4 * onboard THEODORE ROOSEVELT. So, whUe I writeffiisthe award is in the works, but by the time you receive the column we should have given the award. So, more to foUow on this year's ceremony.

Perry Martini sent the foUowing update to the scheduled annual board meeting: • "Duke Longworth along with the Alumni Association sent out letters to aU of our classmates last year who were either non-members or annual (with an appeal for Hfetime membership) to raise our overaU percentage of membership. In 2006 we hovered around 55% (Hfe and annual) and our goal was to strive for 71% by the end of the calendar year. One of the attractions was ffie very ine.xpensive offer by A.A. to entice annual and nonmembers to sign up (based on our 35th reumon). Final taUy is that we are now at 62% and although we ffid not reach our goal, we vvUl continue to promote May 2007

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membership in our Alumni Association.

Today when I send out an emaU it is receipted for by over 625 of our classmates which is an inffication that many are getting the word through emaU even if they are not receiving Shipmate. This is one reason why I intend to send out a few more emaUs this year on important items that wiU also appear in the monthly Shipmate column.

"The USNA Foundation issued a chaUenge last year to aU classes to increase by 5% annual giving rates from rates based on 2005. OveraU giving rate in 2005 was 25%. For Class of'71 (we were in the top twelve) in 2005 ft was 40.5%! The final numbers for aU classes was an increase to 28% and a Htde short of the 5% target, whUe for Class of 71 we raised our rate to 45.95%. In other words, we made the goal and an adffitional $100,000 was donated by the Lewis FamUy (Class of '77) because we increased our rate by 5%.

Our closest competitor in the '70s decade contest was '73 at 38%. Only one class beat us in the '60s (Class of'60 had 50.5%). Out of the 75 active classes,'71 stood #9 in annual giving. Once again we have proven that our class continues to lead the pack in categories of supporting our akna mater!

"We are in the final year of ffilfiUment of our Fund Raising Campaign that commenced in 2001. We raised nearly $1.0M towards the staffium arch (Class of 71 Memorial Arch) and to the Class of 71 Distinguished MiHtary Professor. As we complete Phase I of our Legacy Gift, we wUl move into Phase II before the 40 reunion to raise additional ffinds to the temp restricted account to ffind for many years and ff possible in perpemity our Class Distinguished MiHtary Professor for Leadership and Ethics.

"Class of'71 Two-Legged Navy Mascot - As you know, a new uniform was ffinded by our Class for the Navy Mascot. USNA is looking for another class to fond an additional uniform (no takers yet) so that the two uniforms wiU last a little longer instead of the replacement every 5-6 years. If you happen to see the Navy Mascot in a jersey other than '71 that means another class has fonded a second uniform. Good news is that USNA wUI alternate the jerseys and although we won't receive constant recognition for the jersey, but it wUl be for a longer period of time.

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28 September 2007 in conjunction with the Navy-Air Force footbaU game at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Staffium and with President Circle Weekend.

Duces Vfrum, Perry Martim." • For the past several months I've had aU the best intentions to mention that Martha and Mike GaflBiey attend the same church services in Virginia Beach as Lisa and I. Mike's oldest son is soon to remrn to Iraq with the Marine Corps.

Mike most recendy was employed by Dominion Power in the Midwest. He has a few irons in the fire for new employment in the nuclear energy sector.

Recendy, we were wondering where feUow Missourian Chris Weaver went after retiring. About once a month we run the gamut of battaHon classmates near and far. Would be nice to hear from them, too!

The times seem to get more interesting with the change of poHtical winds. The war against the stateless terror barbarians continues. I'm grateful that we have classmates serving in key leadership bUlets on the front Hnes, here and abroad, protecting us from these ideologicaUy driven barbarians. I encourage you to pray for our nation and the success of our missions here and in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Please pray, too, for our classmates and spouses who are dealing with serious health concerns.

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Oh, yeah.. .the sun is out, the birds are chirping, and the smeU of springtime is in the air. Take a good, deep breath and inhale some of that wonderffil aroma... sort of reminds you of a nice, warm day in the yard (except near Santee Basin ) Can't you just see the sheUs out there on the river.. .Sam, the Crew jock, catching crabs...knockabout races.. .Wednesday afternoons on Worden Raceway... (Do what in your shoe?)

OK, enough of that. We got ourselves a first-timer this month. Wally Holdstein (wallace.holdstein@iavy.mil}... uh, sends the foUowing...

• "Good afternoon! Happy 2007!! I finaUy decided to be one of the "sends the foUowing" crowd! Much of the news I

have is not so much about our class, but more about constandy defenffing 1972ers against a barrage of accusations that 72 is the reason our country is 11-1-1 in wars!!! This comes from a couple of longtime friends of the class, Tim Supko ('74), brother of classmate Denny and also, upper-classmate, Lenny ('70); Dr.Wayne Dunham ('74); and John Schneider ('79)!

This is our usual foursome, and aU 18 holes are Uttered with hearing that if it weren't for 72, we'd be undefeated!

AU in good fon, obviously, and they're aU doing very weU!! Heard from John laia recently, he's having a baU as the Command and Control Department Deputy Head, SPAWAR System Center in San Diego! Andy Wehrle and famUy continue to make us proud with their service to this wonderfol country, as weU as leaffing the way, setting the "how-toparty" example whUe supporting our teams at Army-Navy games!

I'm StiU in JacksonviUe trying to keep myself and the Navy out ofjaU by working with the EPA and Florida regulators in matters of environmental compHance.

So far, so good, and Uncle Sam seems to lead the way in keeping things clean!!

"My daughter MoUy, a sophomore in high school, made the varsity goff team and practices at courses I only ffieam of playing one day! Makes us aU very proud, I may include her in my foursome untU she starts to beat her Dad! Hope to see her name in the big time one day!

"This is our 35th year, makes you wonder where it aU went!! The four years at Mother Bancroft molded my Hfe forever, wouldn't trade it and aU the friends, memories and laughs for anything! It's great hearing of the many successes and contributions of our class!

Looking forward to this year's reunion!" • Thanks,WaUy. (Somebody pry ffiat gator off his leg.) And, on the subject of the 35'-'^ Reunion, you aU should have received a newsletter in the maU as weU as a copy through The Gouge. Your Company Reps have been busy updating peoples' addresses and e-maU accounts; Mike Daley has been busy sorting through aU of the changes and updating the Class database; some other poor soul has been entering those changes to the Gouge database (betcha wondered how we finaUy caught up to you...!); whUe Tal Manvel and his crew have been in a constant grind planning the weekend activities. To remind:The dates are 21-23 September 2007. First Regiment should make reservations at the Country Inn and

Suites. 2600 Housley Road. AnnapoHs, MD 21401 ; Phone (410) 571-6700.

Second Regiment should make reservations at ffie Sheraton AnnapoHs Hotel, 173 Jennifer Road. AnnapoHs, MD 21401; Phone (410) 266-3131. There are special deals when you make ffiese reservations; see ffie flyer for detaUs. Registration can be performed on ffie Class w-ebsite (u'U'U'.USSA12.com);ffiecost is less if you siap up early (1 June is ffie cutoff for ffie real good ffiscounts). Also note that ffie taUgater wiU be held inside (yep, you heard right, ffiat's itiside)ffiestaffium, so part of ffie registration fee includes cost for game rickets. You afready got Big Blue season tickets? No sweatâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;contact Alan Kraft ialan.kraft@1912.USNA.com) and he'U get vou a rebate. Now; ffiose of you who are cv-berspace junkies should have no problem finding aU of this info; however,fr"you have sv,v-orn off the demon PC, cringe every time you hear ffie phrase "dot com." or simply don't buy into aU this web-centric gobbeltygook, fear not.

H'you can't access ffie Class website, haven't received a newsletter, or don't subscribe to Tlie Gouge, drag your poor old tired bod to ffie Srmffi-Corona and pound out a note to your old scribe, slap a 39-cent er on it, and maU it to me. I'U be happy to maU you a flyer.

Guess that's aU ffiere is,'cause ffiere ain't no more. Have a good monffi.

More to come. D. O. Tried and Trtie With'72.

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Classmates,

I normaUy start this column off with a few words about the weaffier in the DC where I Hve. In aU candor it's just a way to add a few column inches to this so it looks like I'm overloaded with input. The tmffi is the DC weather reaUy isn't too interesting so I thought I add just a few comments about Africa and Alaska weather, again just to add a Htde bulk to what is otherwise a paltry effort. Here goes. Afiica reports hot weather. Alaska reports snow ... presumably cold weather.

I'm glad I don't Hve in either of those places. Aren't you? Enough of that ... lets get to the real purpose of reading this column.

near fomre ... let's try to make this a more interactive effort rather than me begging for input every 30 days. Deal?

PS.The maU bag is empty. Next time is weather in some other remote place.

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Guess what Gary's thinking

George Watt sent along two picmres this month which, with any luck at aU, are now very close by to what you are reading. George was in KnoxvUle addressing the USNA Alumni Association group there and he ran across our very own Mark Kohring. George ffidn't pass much on as to what Mark is up to ... acmaUy he ffidn't pass on anything other ffian the picmre ... but a picmre is worth a thousand words and I afready talked about column inches. Mark, it's great to see you. Please let us know what's going on m KnoxvUle. George also sent the accompanying photo of Gary Roughead with Tom Brokow which was taken 7 Dec 06. It appears they are at the USS ARJZONA memorial for the 65*^ aruiiversary of Pearl Harbor. As you may know Gary is Commander, Pacffic Heet.

George, again ffianks for keeping this column afloat.

Carol and Mike Peal forwarded a letter from Linda Snfrth letting us aU know that Linda's husband, Barry Smith, passed away in Febmary 2006.

He was diagnosed with a bram mmor and ffied four months later. Linda and Barry Hved in the St Louis area. UntU that pofrit he had been m good health. Linda, on behaff of the entire class please accept our heartfelt condolences.

WeU, if you're tired of only reaffing what George Watt sends in or looking only at picmres George sends in you can fix that. You too can send an emaU or two along. (George, don't take that the wnrong way. Your efforts are way above and beyond the caU.) In the fomre ... then

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Hope your Spring is gomg weU and that you have a great start to the summer.

MaUbag is a Htde empty, but what you read this month is aU that has been submitted. HopefuUy, you wiU take the time to drop me a Hne with an update on your Hfe and famUy so I can share it wiffi the class. Enough of that.

Reporting in after a long absence is Steve Browm with this update: â&#x20AC;˘ "Attached is a photo of myself and my new famUy. Becky and I were married last year; on June 9*-". I couldn't convince her to get married on June 6'- (6-6-06) because she said she was gomg to have to spend enough time in Purgatory as it is. I am not sure how many eons marrying a Pagan Hke me is gomg to set her back.

Becky is the Hght of my Hfe. The photo is from May '06 when we attended daughter JuHe's (center) graduation from San Diego State. She is now a case manager for ffie mentaUy Ul in San Diego.You have to admfre that young woman for her deffication to helping offiers. Daughter Carrie (right) works as a rising executive for A.J. GaUagher in Orange County, CA.You have to admire her work ethic and positive attimde. Boffi gfrls' strong points reflect on thefr Mom. Becky and I Hve m Sprmgfield, Missouri where she is a teacher "coach", mentoring ffist and second year teachers. She had been a fifth grade teacher and we can't seem to go anywhere wiffiout her former smdents coming up to us and saymg how much they learned from her. I am qmte justffiably proud of my new famUy. I am a Civil Engineer in Springfield, have been for almost two years.This is my first civil engineering design position and it is quite an experience being the rookie at 54.1 am attempting to do design work for water, wastewater, storm drains, roadways and grading projects. We do subffivisions, water weUs, towers, mumcipals, wastewater May 2007

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74-75 CLASS N E W S treatment plants, and such. I had designed, specffied, and managed the instaUation of a pipe bridge at my last employment. We had an extremely heavy ice storm recendy; the buUffings around it coUapsed, but my bridge stayed up. I would include a picmre of "my" bridge, but ffiought you woiUd find Becky and the girls much more attractive.

I am unbeHevably proud of our classmates and their accompHshments. I have rmssed the last couple of Army-Navy get-togethers at Kansas City; in 2004 we had five from 74'.

I have a smaU part of the famUy farm that is about 50 mUes west and had been buUffing my house out there. I can not explain very weU why I feel so peacefiil there, but reaUy do have some connection with this patch of prairie and go there as often as I can. So far, I have the basement waUs and steel center supports up. Since I have to pursue a job in the big city, and I am not there enough to raise catde or offier critters, I rent out the pastureland.

Becky (and her daughters) are city girls that wouldn't let me raise and butcher a steer anyway. AU three dogs and at least one cat were rescue shelter detainees.

They are wonderful compamons and great entertainment. Our Httle 17-pound Jack RusseU / Rat Terrier (Jackrat) took on several 1200 pound Angus catde. A real Htde DevU Dog! My emaU at work is steve@ greatrivereng.com and I check it every day. Home emaU (saltysteve@msn.com) is checked on a very irregular basis. Phones are 417-343-7950 or 882-7492 if anyone is ever in the Springfield area, or needs some hay, give me a caU." â&#x20AC;˘

to be in a single operating umt, so am now Officer of NAVSEA. He sent the foUowffie Production Company's worldwide ing to be mcluded in our class notes: expert on commercial agreements I'm running the Naval Sea Systems (concession agreements with governments Command after a 4 year stint as the Chief for access to resources and joint venmre Engineer (NAVSEA 05). NAVSEA has agreements with other oU companies to been chaUenging but rewarffing. Our ffiUl and develop the resources). Far cry Naval Shipyards and Warfare Centers are from engineering, but in Exxon MobU, we backstopping the War on Terror by turnthink engineers can do any job. ing out the ships and going after the bad My 3 kids have grown up. Oldest one guys with technology. graduated from Harvard (got his smarts We are desigmng and buUffing at a from Judy) this year and is working in a rate faster than we have done since World cancer lab before going to med school War II, with 2 LCS designs, CVN21, next year.

Middle son wiU attend USC DDGIOOO, LHA(R),T-AKE, CGX, and (Southern Cal not CaroHna) next year many more. MeanwhUe, we are in serial and the daughter is a Jumor in HS. production on SSN774 class, after stepCouldn't get anyone interested in the ping thru SSN 21,VIRGINIA, JIMMY Academy let alone an in-state school, so CARTER and SSGN projects. wiU continue to be coUege-payment poor My USNA sweetheart, Marie, is stUl for the next several years. putting up with me after 32 years of this I have tried to convince Judy to go smff, plus raising 3 kids. Our oldest kid, back to work so I can retire, but she is too Mike, is a Navy LT, aviator now. Good to have a JO in the famUy when you are a flag busy riffing horses (which is also expensive) to bother. I try to play goff on the officer. He doesn't filter his inputs to Dad! weekend and, after 7 years of renting, We are the tUtimate DC homesteaders, enjoy the repairs and maintenance that having reported into NAVSEA in 1992, come with home ownership. kept expecting to be sent out of town to Joey Beaulieu fix or buUd ships, but that was not to be. is currendy So our youngest acmaUy went K thru employed at 12th grade in the Fairfax County Georgia Tech school system! I don't know anyone else Umversity. He and that lucky! his wife are a blessIt has been a wUd ride. I continue to ing to many by run into classmates,ffiscoversome that being active in the work in our field activities!! Examples are foster care program. Dave and Jazz in Maui Frank Murphy, Jim Stevens at Norfolk Joey sent the Naval Shipyard, Mike King at N U W C foUowing: We got started in foster care Keyport. Mike is particularly upsetting, about 25 years ago thru our church. We since he looks exacdy the same as he ffid took a break for about 20 years to raise on first class cruise, whereas I have gained weight and wrinkles, plus lost aU my hair!!! our own kids, and now that ffiey're aU pretty much foU grown (notice I said Bruce Tyler was unable to make the "pretty much" fiiU grown) we had a big last reunion but sent the foUowing: As far empty home, with lots of beds, room in as news goes, I (Hke Hoody.. .aka John our hearts, and ffie need is so great. We Hood) continue to work for Exxon got re-trained in foster care ffim ffie MobU. After having spend 7 years in United Methoffist group here in Adanta.

Europe (London and The Hague), the They are a private agency and work wiffi company finaUy dragged me back to the DFACS here in Georgia. We are Hcensed Houston Headquarters. I got too semor

Steve and family

I was remiss in not putting in the last of the three part update provided by Bud Barnett. Here is the final instaU; thanks Bud for the great input!. â&#x20AC;˘ "Paul Sullivan is another classmate who we knew during our plebe year that he was destined for stars. He ffidn't prove us wrong and is currendy the commanffiniS

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ffiru United Methoffist and we have to maintain that thru continuing Ed, onHne courses, etc, kind of Hke an annual instrument check, and NATOPS check. Here in GA, ffie biggest proponent of foster care is ffie Governor. He and his wife have had beaucoup foster kids over ffie years. It isn't easy, and it isn't for everyone, it's a big change in Hfestyle, but it's very rewarffing. It's how we are trying to break ffie cycle offfiugs,abuse & neglect "one kid at a time". It's our attempt at "no chUd left behind".

Okie (aka...Dave Sharp) is ahve and doing weU in Oklahoma. He and Jazz have a beautiful famUy. He sent a picture of Jazz and himseff whUe on vacation m Hawau and provided ffie foUowing enticement: Great to hear fix)m you. By ffie way,ffiepics I sent were made in Mam, mosdy- up at Kapalua. which is my favorite place in ffie whole vv-orld. We're going back ffiere and I've afready got 7 tee-times booked. These courses are Hke playing golf in heaven (I hope). • A big thanks to Bud for coordinating ffie input. Nice to see a company ffiat sticks togeffier.

Many of you are aware that Wayne "D" D'Ambrosio, was mvolved in a cycle accident in Horida. Thanks to Morgan Ames, everyone on Steve Middleton's emaU adffiess Hst was kept informed of "D's" progress, which was impressive considering the extent of his injuries. I received a voice mail from " D " yesterday ffiankmg aU the classmates that stayed in contact wiffi his wife during the bad days and for your thoughts and prayen. He is recovering faster than ffie doctor's expected and shoiUd be back at work by- the time you read this. He wanted to pass along his thanks to everyone for ffiefr thoughts and prayers. Thanks to Rita for her love and care of our classmate and great job "D"!!!

And now some exciting news from Al"Aloha" Lerchbacker.Al wiU be getting married this year!

The picmre shows Al and Amy at some festive event m Aland Amy Hawau. I am sure you aU want to fiU Amy in on Al, I have her emaU address ff you need it! Congrats to Al and Amy! That's a wrap. CaU a classmate (why don't you do as I ask?). Roamer sends.

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Dear 'mates, Our classmates continue to achieve great things - boffi in and out of unfform.

RJUDM David "D.A." Gove has been assigned by ffie C N O to be the next Oceanographer and Navigator of the Navy. D.A.'s new headquarters are at the Naval Observatory, off Massachusetts Avenue in northwest D.CTheVice President's mansion (not to mention Jon Greenert's quarters) is also in the Observatory Cfrcle. Dave wiU bring a breath of fresh air as the new advocate for Navy's Oceanography and Meteorology program. (Was it really 17 years ago that I reported to the Oceanographer's staff as an 0-5? Time flies ...)

A couple of notable appointments— both dateHned San Diego: On 13 Febmary, BAE Systems named Ted Spilman vice president of business development for its National Security Solutions business.

At the 74th Annual Meetfrig of the American Academy of Orthopaeffic Surgeons in San Diego, Zack Wilhoit was elected to serve as a lay member of the Academy's Board of Dfrectors. Zack's day job is CEO of Ethnic Technologies.

Here's a mce story about Angela and Pat Connally's son. Corporal Luke ConnaUy, USMC. Luke enlisted in the Marme Reserve whUe stUl in high school.

He was a smdent in the OCS program at Texas A&M when his battaHon was activated for deployment to Iraq. On 1 December 2004 Luke was on HUMVEE patrol when a suicide bomber blew up his car, kUHng Luke's vehicle commander and mairmng Luke. He had a broken left leg, massive wounds to the foot and ankle, shrapnel in the caff, kneecap, and buttocks, and nearly had his right thumb severed. After multiple operations and two months of rehab at Balboa Naval Hospital, he remrned to Texas in February

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2005. Luke was married to Mary on 29 July 2005. He's currendy undergoing physical therapy, taking classes, and awaiting meffical board action.

The Conallys. Luke Is on the right with younger brother Lance Corporal Daniel on the left

Check out the good work Andy Howard has done on our class web page at usna.com/Classes/1975/. Bookmark it, add it to your favorites, and send some thmgs to Andy at the webmaster's adffiess.

With our Shipmate print column restricted in lengffi, the web page is a great place to share photos and news.

Andy can also put up a link to your website ffyou have too much information to transfer by e-mail. Company reps— please check your e-maU addresses for accuracy. Notice that we stUl need volunteers for several company rep slots.

WeU, it took four issues, but here's the last of the 14th Company summary Ken Hart put together at the end of 2006.

Deb and Jim Gabor and famUy had a very- busy 2006. Jim works in Newport and commutes to Mame on the weekends when he isn't traveHng. Lots of frequent flyer mUes! Son Brett and daughter-in-law Vicki bought a house in Portiand ME. Brett is in his last year of Law School.

They Hke Hving in the city with aU its oppormmties and not having to commute much. Kris is in her last year at Maine Maritime Academy We cannot beHeve that the four years have gone by so quickly. We wUl miss the ffiive to Castine and aU the soccer trips to watch her play, but maybe we can now make a Navy footbaU game instead? Deb is at LL Bean, but they're not sure for how long since Jim's job might be moving to NorfoUc— depending on BRAG decisions. If so, we temporarUy close up the house and move to Norfolk for awhUe, with the intent to evenmaUy remrn to Maine.

Sandy and Ken Hart had some good reasons for celebration last year. Chip was married on 2 July to AHssa Whalen of Pittsburgh. On 10 May their second granddaughter, Grace EHzabeth WUHams, joined older sister EmUy. In early November, Susan remrned after her 2 May 2007

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75-77 CLASS N E W S year tour in the Kingdom ofTonga with the Peace Corps. Sandy remains working as a CHmcal Social Worker in a nursing a rehabffitation facffity and Ken is with the NRG. Ken ffid manage to get involved in several rmssion trips with his church. We spent a week in BUoxi, MS working on Katrina recovery, a week with Habitat in western Maryland, and ten days in Montevideo, Uruguay repairing a church.

The work is hard, but extremely rewarding and worthwhUe. RecaU that I had an extra column's worth of material in the December time frame? WeU this looks like a good spot to put in some of the weU-aged news.

Alex and Denise Plechash with Rick and Denise Udicious

Alex Plechash Hnked up with Rick Udicious at a Marine Corps Coorffinating CouncU of Minnesota event in September.

We were there to hear a presentation on the state of the Marine Corps by LtGen John Bergman, USMC Commanding General of Marine Forces Reserve/Marine Forces North. Rack moved to Minnesota as the Top Dog for Lockheed Martin out here. He is the Vice President and General Manager of their Tactical Systems Division which is located in Eagan. As for me, I am getting increasingly involved in the USNAAA as Chapter President, doing a lot to crank up the Chapter's participation and events, working closely with our sister alumni orgamzations for USMA and USAFA. As a Blue & Gold Officer, things are picking up again for the season. The numbers have dropped off, it seems, but the quaHty of applicants is as good as ever. I've also recently gotten swept up into RepubHcan poHtics. I am a State Delegate and I've been actively campaigning for a few candidates out here. BeHeve it or not, I am debating whether or not to run for office at some point myself. Time wiU teU. In the meantime, I continue to work as theVP of Sales for FOLIOfn Investments.

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look forward to every visit. My daughter Amy is stiU at American University in D.C. and my daughter Anne is seriously dating a First Classman, Mike Humara '07, who picked Nuclear Subs as his first choice of service selection. And no, I did not try to get him to consider the Marine Corps.. .although I was tempted to do so.

Mike and the rest of his class hits the fleet this month, and '11 comes aboard before we know it.

'75 Sir! Larry

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I wish I had a lot of news to report, but it appears that everyone is so busy with their Hves these days but I do have a lot of pictures to fUl in the gaps. Dave DeSilva sent me some pictures from the 22 February Class Luncheon held in D.C. at Champps. Chuck Litz, the de facto monthly luncheon organizer, continues to do a splendid job in this function.

In attendance were: Chuck Bush, 11th Co., Peter CorneU, 24th Co., Keith Champion, 6th Co., Rivers Cleveland, 31st Co., Ed GUmore, 29th Co., John Kruse, 13th Co., Scott Moore, 24th Co., BUI Ostendorff, 7th Co., Scott Pugh, 33rd Co.,Trey Smith, 22nd Co., Kevin Stone, 34th Co., Trey Smith Peter Varsanyi, 31st Co.

Rivers Cleveland and Peter Varsan

Bill Ostendorff and John Kruse

Dave DeSilva and Mike Seifert

Class of '76 at Champps in Arlington, VA Ed Gilmore

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Bruce Hinkley sent me news about the DaveVenlet's Change Of Command ceremony on 16 February. Dave has taken command of Naval Air Systems

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The spouses join 7th Company at Dave Venlet's Change Of Command

Command. Also in attendance were feUow 7^" Company Classmates Ike Owens, Bill Ostendorff, Frank Inzirillo, Ernie Leidiger, Wayne Jakubowski. Chuck Renner, and Bob Brotherton.

My wife. Barb, and I took a trip north recendy to visit my son, Billy Hubbard '01, and his wife, Becca, and our granddaughter BeUa. BUly has resigned his commission and has moved from Chesapeake,VA, to South Kingstown, RI, near Newport where he is starting a new career in marketing and sales with NALCO. On the way there we visited and spent the mght with Melanie and Jim Doherty at there beautiful home in Stomngton, CT. Their daughter, Bobbie, is growing so fast!

(I to rj Standing - Ike Owens, Chuck Renner, Ernie Leidiger, Bob Brotherton Seated- Frank Inzirillo, Bill Ostendorff, Dave Venlet Bruce Hinkley, Wayne Jakubowski

Dave DeSilva also reported that he has taken on a new business opportumty: â&#x20AC;˘ I'm StiU Hving in northern Vfrgima just outside Washington DC. I recently formed a company with some coUeagues caUed Andes Software Development Solutions (http://www.andessds.com).

We do software outsourcing using resources in ChUe. Here is a pic I found from summer 1975, it was the Marine Corp Option Cmise to Hawau. Shown are the four members from 5th Company, (left to right) Rob McNeU, Brad Clark, Rick DaPrato, and Dave DeSUva as we arrived at MCAS Kaneohe. We spent 4 weeks with the Marines and 4 weeks in Pearl Harbor. SOMEBODY had to do it! â&#x20AC;˘

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Bobbie and Jim Doherty in Stomngton

I recendy had the oppormnity to scuba dive again at the NASA Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) in Houston for Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4.The picture below includes two of my coworkers, Steve Schneider and Kathy Mascetti.That's the mockup of the International Space Station in the background.

NBL divers Schneider, Hubbard, and Mascetti

That's it from the maUbag. I hope I get more news from the Class in the future.

In the words of the immortal J.K.Taussig commanffing the first US. destroyers to Europe,"We are ready now"...ready that is to write the AprU column for Shipmatel First up, Craig Langman wrote to say retirement is treating him weU down in Suffolk, VA. His famUy is of course grown, with the older son married and working in the U.S. Patent Office in D C , the younger fimshing up at UVA and his daughter, who is mentaUy-hanfficapped, working 5 mormngs a week at a Special Persons Maffing facffity. In addition to his day job, Craig is dabbHng in a waterfront townhouse development in Ft. Myers, FL. He says he has 14 umts with deep-water sHps avaUable, and that he'U let 10 of them go at cost to the first classmates that forward me 20 grand in smaU denormnation, non-sequential bUls.What a guy! He also states he may weU be the only one of us that StUl owns and operates his original chick-magnetVette, and is planmng on driving it up for our 30th. I just wouldn't advise parking it anywhere near the Academy goff course the afternoon we play our scramble!

WhUe we're on the subject of Corvettes, it's only fair to aUow classmates who feel they've been unfairly portrayed in earHer columns an opportunity to present their version of the facts.

Consequendy, here's one lamb that can remain sUent no longer; in this case Rob Lamb. Rob's Hving in sunny Los Angeles, and (big surprise!), he's taken issue with the accuracy of Mark Gardner's memory.

Seems Ragman recaUed Rob seffing his '76 Vette to Jack Snyder straight up for Gringo's green '74, which incidentaUy had a bad cyHnder. Rob wrote to clarify the terms of transaction, adding Jack threw in a "reasonable amount of money" as weU as his keys. And whUe he couldn't beHeve Rags would ever think him so naive as to trade Gringo straight up, he does recaU there were certain things you just didn't teU Mark; probably because he'd be hitting you up for a loan of undeternfrned duration!

Shifting gears (no pun intended), check out Ken Trass' ride. Although Shipmate's black and white format won't aUow you to

Summer of '75 in Hawaii with Rob McNeil, Brad Clark, Rick DaPrato and Dave DeSilva

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take in aU its glory, it's painted in Blue Angel blue and gold, wiffi depictions of aU the various branches of the service.

Needless to say, anyone passmg this baby on ffie street wUl know who's ffiiving.

In closing, I truly regret to note the passing of anoffier classmate, Steve Lessard. I know everyone joins me in offermg our thoughts, prayers and deepest condolences to the famffies of both Steve and his wife Kaffiy m this most ffifficiUt of times.—Magoo ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 2 % LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 7 5 %

commence OCS the summer of 2008.

Regrettably Ron noted ffiat Eric joined "the dark side" in opting for the Nuclear Power Surface, much to the ffismay of his aviator dad and brother. WhUe the Lovelace men wiU have had three different paths toward their Navy comnfrssiomng, and sing ffifferent alma maters, they aU sing Anchors Aivay and share the mantra of BEAT ARJVIY!!

PRES: Glen Woods SECY: vince Balderrama 3402VanWieDr.East,Baldwinsville,NY 13027 E: vince.balderrama@lmco.com WEB SITE: usnal978.org

Ray Simmons emailed to say Sue and he are stUl Hving in Northern Virgima, where Ray recendy merged his firm with ManTech, a larger pubHc company. His oldest son Adam Hves with his wffe in GainesviUe,VA, and both currendy work for Ray. The bigger news is by the time you read this column, they wUl have Hkely made Sue and Ray grandparents! WhUe I can't speak for Ray, Sue is far too young to be a grandmother. Lindsay's in Fairfax, VA selling sofbvare to the USG, and Sean is a jumor down in Blacksburg facing off for the Virgima Tech club lacrosse team.

Connor (the youngest) is in 8th grade and playing lax as weU, with Ray now a 13year veteran of coaching the youth program in Fairfax County. He started with 3rd graders, (which is of course akin to herffing cats!), and for the last 10 years has helped with the local high school program. Congrats to the entire famUy on the arrival of the newest Simmons.

Everyone should now be able to access the '77 site on the USNAAA website to register onHne for the 30th reumon. Please keep in rmnd certain events have Hmited capacity, so participation wUl be on a first-come/first-served basis; this includes the Thursday golf tournament, so anyone interested in having the chance to pelt Langman's Vette with Top FHtes, contact me! Speaking of the goff tourney, rumor has it Club 16 has been holffing secret goff cHmcs in the Midwest. But whUe practice generaUy makes perfect, those famffiar with the players doubt Thomas Harvey Hutchinson, Ill's back, however broad, can carry the relative golfing games of NeU GiUespie, Pete Hyres and Al Seither!

Recent inteUigence infficates the next cHnic is scheduled for somewhere in the Southeast.

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First let me apologize for rmssing last month's column. As this column comes to you I wiU have left Lockheed in Syracuse to surmier cHmes southward (stiU with Lockheed). WeU "sunmer climes" is a sHght exaggeration as I only moved about an hour and haff south to work with our helo bubbas in Owego, NY. WhUe it is arguably sunnier, it is definitely weU below the lake effect snow Hne! Now on to the news.

Here's a name that reaches weU back in the past—^Ron Lovelace. Ron sent me an update e-maU and pics taken from his son's wedffing. He wrote that since his retirement the famUy has resided northeast of PhUadelphia, just outside Doylestown, PA.WhUe he says it's a great place to raise a famUy, he stiU misses the warm weather cHmes of the south. (I know, that's why I'm in bhstering Owego instead of Sibera-cuse. Hey, it's aU relative!)

Ron says he does get to enjoy the tailgater at the Wachovia Center, Army-Navy game and alumm events sponsored by the PhUadelphia chapter. As for the wedffing, it was last June. Debbie and Ron's son, Stephen was married to AUison Suter in Long Island, NY. In attendance were Ron's 1st company classmates Doug Grau and Jack McCourt. Doug was there with his wife Lori and their two chUdren Erica and Kyle. Jack's adult supervision was his wife, Kay. As for Ron's son, Stephen, he's a 2004 Virgima Tech grad in 2004 and now a pUot inVP-45 in JacksonviUe, FL. (Right now he's on a detachment to Iraq.) Both Ron and Jack McCourt are proud "PeHcan" alumni.

Ron noted with irony that Stephen was born during Ron's first squadron tour in VP-45 — 25 years ago.Younger son, Eric, was recently selected for a navy comrmssiomng program, the Bachelor Degree Completion Program. A Mechanical Engineering student at Temple University, Eric wiU graduate next year and

Doug & Lori Grau, Ron & Debbie Lovelace, Kay and Jack McCourt

Dan Topolewski ran his ffist haff marathon for time on January 13th. He fimshed in just over 2 hours 5 minutes but declares the next time he'U break 2 hours!

Toppie had been ruiming a Htde over the past few years -just for the fon of it. But after he had a mmor removed from around his prostate last summer, he decided to reaUy take a serious approach to health maintenance incluffing, like ffie advertisements aU say,"ffiet and e.xercise".

Subsequendy, he took 1st place for our age group (50-54) at the Robins AFB Veterans' Day Museum of Aviation race last November 11th, and came back to fimsh the RAFB Haff Maraffion in January. [Did anyone else wince when they saw that age group? Is that really usV.\] Dan's

inspiration when he runs has been his feUow 8ffi company mate, Kevin Walsh.

Dan can stUl envision him runmng away from the pack Dan Topolewski- 2hr Running and Still when we were at Standing!

Quantico. He hopes to one day run Hke Kevin! He realizes that wiU never happen, but can stiU ffieam it. He thanks Kevin for being his inspiration.

Congratulations to BillYeager who relieved Captain Fred Snfrth as Commander of Naval Education and

Training Security Assistance Field Activity (NETSAFA) in an official change of conmiand ceremony- at the National Museum of Naval Aviation on board Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola. For ffiose of you who don't know. NETSAFA is ffie U.S. Navy's agent for coorffinating training and education support to our international alHes around ffie globe. As a field activity^ of ffie Naval Education and Traimng Command (NETC). NETSAFA serves as a focal point for aU security- assistance traimng programs. So, iromc as it is, I guess ffiat mean BUI is ffie Navy's head "teacher to our world aUies". Hold ffiat ffiought— now- get a beer. Seriously, Congrats, BiU! I got a very belated Christmas '06 Newsletter from Katie and Jeff Fowler.

(Hey-. I'm stiU working on mine from 20041). Jeff put on his second star m '06 and left Recrmting Command last summer after three y-ears in Tennessee.

Two weeks later, he took four jobs in Naples—in charge of plans and operations for ffie Nav-y- m Europe and Afiica; Deputy Commander of ffie Sixth Fleet; Commander of NATO submarines in the Meffiterranean. and Commander of US submarines around Europe and Africa.

Katie made ffie big ov-erseas mov-e. and once again moved in by- hersefrasjeffhad to go to sea during ffie IsraeH/Lebanon war. The family Hves in PozzuoH half\v-ay up an extinct v-olcano m a v-Ula overlooking ffie sea about 10 mUes northwest of Naples. Because of her many social functions, Katie was not subsrimring this year.

Katie and Jeff have visited Cannes, Sicily, Tuscany, and Paris so far, wiffi Turkey- and Germany- on ffie horizon. As for ffie Fowler ofepring: Brittany (19) graduated firom high school and was accepted at aU four coUeges vv-here she appHed. She chose ffie University of Mary Washmgton in Fredericksburg.VA but took a one-y-ear deferral to so she could jom the famUy in Naples. She works, takes ItaHan classes, and dates an ItaHan boy. Joe! Smce you have to be 18 to drive m Naples, she has become ffie taxi driver/nanny when Karie and Jeff travel. Lynsee (17) is a jumor at Dept of Defense Naples High School. She is co-captain of ffie cheerleading team, class secretary-. Homeconfrng Princess, member of Fumre Business Leaders of America, Venture Crew^ and Club Beyond. Her activities have taken her to Germany three times, white water rafting and aU around Italy. Her beffioom window overlooks PozzuoH Bav and

nearby islands. Needless to say, Hfe is good.

Connor (13) is in 7th grade at the same school as LyTisee, growing like a weed, and just became ffie third teenager in the house. He recovered firom breaking his arm in April skateboarffing and continues to enjoy skateboarffing with his friends.

He is an electronic wffiiz, with a laptop computer, playstation, PSP, Ipod with Ihome—he likes the high tech world.

Thanks for the news, Katie ('cuz I know y-ou probably vvTOte it!).

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Whoa stop ffie presses!!! This news flash just came in as this column goes out to the Shipmate effitor. Guess who wiU be ffie new Supe?—Jeff Fo-wler! Jeff has been nominated for his thfrd star and appointment to replace VADM Rempt as the Superintendent!! Congrats to Jeff and Katie and the entfre Fow-ler famUy— because we know- he couldn't have gotten to where he is without aU of you behind him (as is true with all of us and our famiHes!) .You wUl be great role models of a supportive, successful and loving naval family for our fomre Naval officers to emulate. That's a lesson that wiU pay even bigger ffividends than ffie basic fondamentals of seamanship. Best of luck to you aU—(especiaUy fending off classmate Red Alerts!)

Speaking of stars—congratulations also to 78's other latest three star, Andy Winns. Andy was also nominated for Vice Adnfrral and selected for assignment as the Navy's next Inspector General. Meg and Joe Leidig wiU be leaving their place as "King and Queen" of Guam (a.k.a. commander. Navy Region Marianas/US. Pacffic Command Representative. Guam, Commonw-ealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia. RepubHc of Palau/commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Marianas, Apra, Guam) for Naples, Italy.

Joe is being assigned as ffirector. U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Sixth Fleet, plans and operations/deputy commander. Sixth Heet/commander submarines, AlHed

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Submarine Group Eight. It Joe is Jeff's reHef BrigGen John Wissler hosted me for lunch in the Executive Dining room in the Pentagon. (No, I ffid not embarrass him by exploring my nasal cavity with my index finger! Mrs. MarshaU taught us better!) John is Senior MiHtary Advisor to DepSecDef Sue and John live in the DC area whUe he is at the Pentagon.Their three oldest are out of the house, a son makes major coin with a large firm (No reaUy, he makes as much as .Major but at the youthfol age of a l^' Lt!); their eldest daughter is a speech pathologist and one son is a 2dLt of Marines now stationed in either Iraq or Afgharastan (I forgot John!).

Regardless, we pray for his safekeeping.

Thefr 19 year old daughter is at home and is— Hke a lot of her contemporaries— trying to seek her path. EHzabeth and I also saw- Sue and John at this year's NavyMarme Corps BaU in DC in support of ffie Navy-ReHef Society. The chairperson of the baU (which raised over S500,000) was Laure? Ferguson, Mark Ferguson's better haff. Besides Laure? and Mark, also attenffing from '78 were Maria and Al "Blues" Baker, Dave Buss, Barney Cramp, Alex Dimitrew^, Brice Zimmerman, also present were Karen and JuUus ("JC") Caesar ('77), and 11 th company mates Lee Geanuleas ('77). Scott Gray ('79) and Tim Giardina ('79).

In closmg, we send our condolences to Mary and Bob Novak and aU the KUcHnes and Novaks on the death of Mary's mom, Mary KUcHne. She was a grand Navy lady-—w-ffe, mother, motherin-law and grandmother to a long Hne of Naval Academy and Navy men. Her legacy Hves on in those men in Navy Blue.

'TU next month, I'U be launchin' Spot Four.

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PRES: LCDR Sean Gate, USN (Ret.) E: Sean.Cate@1979.usna.com SECY: LCDRJohn"Wiz" Withers, USN (Ret.) 22445 Bluebird Ct., Leonardtown, MD 20650 H: 301-997-1980; W: 240-556-0637 E:JDWithers@1979.usna.com WEB SITE: wwrw.usna79.com

September 2009 (Thursday - Sunday).

Inputs are encouraged. Wiz wiU keep everyone posted on important news via Shipmate.

Go Spring! Beat Army! O/V Sean •

Thanks, Sean. And congratulations to Rob on becoming the newest member of the eHte 79er Flag List!

If there's one guy who is always on Greetings, 79ers! ffie go, it's Scott Pursley (spursley(^ol.com).

"Let the trumpets sound. Alert the watch Whether it's his day job, the Navy or towers. Tell the trainers to prepare Pharaoh's famUy comnfrtments, he always seems to chariot." Those words, somewhat parabe on the road. But no matter where he phrased from that classic movie The Ten Commandments, are an appropriate way to goes, he tracks down classmates: begin this, the May 2007 effition of the • Dear Wiz: Just a quick update on some Class of 1979 Chronicle, for we have an recent goings on. Late last faU, Gary announcement from Class President Stahl, Sean Stackley, Sean's son Scott, Sean Gate: and I gathered in South Bend to spend

• Greetings 79ers! It is with great pleasure that I pass along the news of the selection of our newest Flag Officer. Navy Reserve Capt. Robert O. Wray Jr. has been nonfrnated for appointment to the grade of rear adrmral (lower half) whUe serving as Commanffing Officer, Commander Sbcth Fleet DET 802, Adanta, GA. Rob told me he can be contacted at robert.wray@navy,mU for any classmates, particularly his 13th Company or Surface Nuke classmates, who wish to send along their own congratulations. Rob Hves and works in Newport RI and said "if any classmates are passing through, teU them to stop by to visit!"

Rob comes from a ffistinguished irdHtary famUy - formnately for us, he took the Navy route to success. His brother Bill Wray USMA '80 spent a semester in my squad when he came to Navy on exchange. Another brother, Pat Wray USMA '84 foUowed in their Dad's (USMA '55) "bootsteps".

Congratulations Rob — and best wishes. We know you'U do us aU proud.

For those keeping score, we now have ^ 24 Flags from the Class: 3 Active TwoStars, 1 Reserve Two-Star, 12 Active One-Star, 6 Reserve One-Star, 1 Active USMC BG, and 1 One-Star (I think) Peruvian Navy Flag. A complete updated Hst is posted on www.usna79.com.

I don't have too much other class news. Several of us enjoyed a great Navy victory over Army in basketbaU (76-68) on 2/17. DC Area 79ers, and any others interested are encouraged to attend aU upconfrng lacrosse games.TaUgate czar Fred Gerheiser wiU have us set up for both games — at least, that's the plan.

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the weekend with my NROTC daughter Anna and to watch Notre Dame squeak

by UCLA. We aU had a great time. Our seats during the game were HteraUy in the end zone. A photo of us is enclosed. Sean has been putting in the hours on the staff of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Gary and Jenny are stUl in Ann Arbor, where Gary works for General Dynanfrcs.

Last weekend, Beth and I were back in South Bend again visiting our daughter Anna, and had a few minutes to visit with Mike Neller, who is wrapping up his three-year tour as C O of Notre Dame's NROTC umt. Mike has done a great job there. The rmds respect him a great deal, and a couple mentioned they wished he'd stay on for another year. Nevertheless, Mike says he wiU probably retire this summer, as BUPERS is currently looking for his reHef Doug Patton is stiU flying for FedEx. He mentioned that he and his wife Terry recently bought some land here in Arkansas up near Greer's Ferry Lake; they plan on buUding a second home there.

Peggy and Paul Price are in the process of making a move from Buffalo down to DaUas, where Paul recently took a position with WB Hind.

Karen and Bill Toti have also moved to the DaUas area, foUowing BUl's retirement from the Navy. BiU works for Raytheon. In an interesting coincidence, I met some folks here in Litde Rock who knew BiU. It happened the other day when I saw a bumper sticker on a car saying: "USS Indianapolis Survivor," at our church in Litde Rock. I introduced myself to the famUy. It turns out the grandpa is former Seaman 2/C Harold Eck, who was part of the INDIANAPOLIS crew when she was torpedoed in 1945.

After thanking him for his service, I mentioned to him and his daughter that our classmate BiU Toti was the final CO of submarine INDIANAPOLIS (SSN-697 decomnfrssioned in 1999). Before I could get another word in, Mr. Eck's daughter began to wax eloquent about what a good guy BiU was. Seems BiU is weU regarded among the Indy survivor's orgamzation, since he gave them a Htde assistance in their attempt to clear the court martial records of CAPT Charles McVay '20. BiU also had written a Foreword and Afterward to Thomas Helm's Ordeal By Sea, about the INDIANAPOLIS ffisaster.

We also got a nice note from Tammy and Jim Ratte over the holidays. Jim retired from the Navy, and is now working for SAIC as a contractor for STRATCOM up m Nebraska. Some of you may remember that Jim is originaUy from Minnesota, so aHghting in the Midwest foUowing his active duty time is not so surprising.

FinaUy, enclosed is a photo of six folks from '79 who were at the annual Navy EPLO (Emergency Planmng Liaison Officer) conference, held in San Antonio, Texas in February 2007. Chet Wong and Ron Kim are both working at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. Chet's eldest son is now at 2/c at USAFA. Gary Labuda is Hving in SE Pennsylvania, flying for American AirHnes. John Jolliffe stiU has his importing business; he and his famUy Hve in La JoUa, CaHfornia. Fernando Ruiz is legal counsel for Regal Beloit in Ft Wayne, Inffiana. Pat McGrath was also at the meeting, but had to leave before we could get a photo with him in it. Pat is Deputy Commander of Navy Region SW in San Diego.

Wiz,ffiat'saU the news here in beautifiil Litde Rock. Thanks for keeping the class news flowing. Regards, Scott Pursley '79, 7 HUlsborough Ct, Litde Rock, AR 72212

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Thanks, Scott, for keeping us aU in rmnd as you journey around the country!

As Sean Gate aUuded to earHer, several 79ers gaffiered in Alunmi HaU to watch Navy avenge an earHer loss with a big 7668 victory over Army in the N-Star game.

Warren Lewis and his family attended, as ffid Dave Bethel,Valerie and Fred Gerheiser, Frank Klein and his wife Peg Klein '81 (Commandant of Midshipmen), Janet and Sean Gate, Gene Mclntyre USMA '79, and myseff.

I had a particularly umque experience at the game. After I walked away from the "WUl CaU" window, I looked down at my ticket to see where I would be sitting.

That's when I noticed that my ticket was acmaUy for the women's game, to be played the next day. I remrned to the window to point out theffiscrepancy,and ffiat's where I saw leadership in action: the frazzled teUer took a baU-point pen and crossed out the letters "W-O" on the phrase "Women's BasketbaU Game", handed it back and said, "There! Now it's a Men's ticket!" During the game we learned we were part of the mnth largest crowd in Alumm HaU history. Who knows — if my ticket had been counted, we could have been the EIGHTH largest crowd!

I'U always wonder...

"Hey boys and girls! What time is it?"

"It's "Ever Famous and World-Renowned Tidbits & Smppets Section time!"

Back in Febmary, RDML Mark Heinrich, SC gave an adffiess to business, engineering and nfrHtary science smdents at the Umversity of Kansas. The lecmre was tided, "The Big Business Behind Transforming the MiHtary Supply Chain."

Mark, who commands the Defense Supply Center in RJchmond.VA, discussed how the Navy, through the help of Fortune 500 compames, changed its supply chain tactics.

In addition to his USNA degree, Mark graduated from KU with master's degrees in business adnfrmstration and petroleum management.

Henry Jones has completed his active duty career, retiring on 23 March in Memorial HaU. He begins the next phase of his career working for the United States Nuclear Regulatory Comnfrssion (Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation) in RockvUle, MD. In May 2006, Phil Renaud led an international expeffition in the southern Red Sea to smdy the health of the coral reefs of the Farasan Archipelago (near the border of Saudi Arabia and Yemen). A short cHp of that expedition appears on the new prototype broadband Underwater Channel (www.the underwaterchannel.tv).

Ted "Twig" Branch gave up command of NiMiTZ on 16 March. As I write this, Twig was temporarUy assigned to Commander, Naval Air Forces, awaiting his next assignment.

Congramlations,Ted, on yet another successfol command tour.

And with that, I'U close to leave room for the photos. Get started on enjoying this great summer, and I'U check back with you in July (our next issue)!

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 95% PRES: T i m Kobosko SECY: C A P T Joseph A. Grace Jr., U S N R 15 Allard Blvd., New Orieans, LA 70119 504-915-6711 E: joe.grace@1980.usna.com WEB SITE: www.USNA1980.org

Greetings Classmates, as I write this I'm sitting on the boat once again up in DC looking out at a great evemng on the Potomac. I've started my consulting practice, Grace and Associates, LLC again which brings me back up here on a regular basis. ThankfoUy the snow is gone, the ducks are starting to swim around and the marina crowd is starting to emerge from their winter hibernation. It is reaUy beautiful out here when it's a Httle warmer.

Almost ready for any and aU visitors!

Come on down!

We do have some pretty exciting news for the Class of 1980. The last round of Flag selection just occurred and we have three new Flag Officers in our nfrdst.

The latest Hst came out and three of our finest were selected and added from the Navy Reserve side to the rank of Rear Adnfrral (lower half) selection: Navy Reserve Capt. Michael J. Browne has been nonfrnated for appointment to the grade of rear adrmral (lower half) whUe serving as Strategic Studies Group XXVI semor feUow, Newport, Rhode Island.

Navy Reserve Capt. Sandy L. Daniels has been nonfrnated for appointment to the grade of rear adnfrral (lower Sean Stackley with son Scott, Gary Stahl, Scott Pursleyhah) whUe serving as ffirector. Space and Network Warfare Program, Navy Reserve Navy Network Warfare Command, Norfolk, Va. Navy Reserve Capt. Scott E. Sanders has been nonfrnated for appointment to the grade of rear adnfrral (lower haH) whUe serving as Maritime BaUistic MissUe Defense, commander.

Second Fleet, Norfolk,Va. WeU done to aU.Take a few nfrnutes and send them a note — teU them what Army-Navy Basketball (l-r): Frank Klein, Sean Cate, you want and expect the world! They're Wiz Withers, Fred Gerheiser flags now — deliver!!!!! Congrats!

OmnesViri! —Wiz...

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I received a note from Mark Rushing (formerly Mark Marcinkowski) who had some updates from the 27th Company and the attached photo.

• Joe, Attached is a photo from two 27th company CLASSMATES who got together recently in Monterey to raise a toast to USNA and the GR^AT CLASS OF 1980.WhUe traveling near San Francisco, we stopped in to enjoy the mountain top view and fine cuisine offered. The picture is (left to right) Greg MisUck with his fiance DaneUe, Barbara and Mark Rushing. Greg is an instructor now at the Naval Post Graduate School.

He prouffiy ffisplays a photograph in this office of his last participation on the AUMarine Corps marathon team - right before he retired in 2005 - the "old man" placed second among the team of twentysomething's and earned some respect afterwards for the rest of us old folks. At NPS, he teaches many classes in mathematics and operations research. Mark is StUl working for Lockheed Martin in Orlando, strangely enough on the old Navy Nuclear Power school property.You would be surprised how much room is avaUable now that the hurricane-proof, nuclear radiation symbol-shaped buUding has been demoHshed as weU as most of the buUffings left over from the recruit training facffity. It is aU just overpriced homes and green space now. Stop by and visit when you are in the neighborhood.

—Mark • I received a great note from Mark Bathrick, Mark_Bathrick@nbc.gov, who is the Associate Director, US Department of the Interior, National Business Center for the Aviation Management Directorate.

Here is his update: • Joe, Great to hear from you. Greetings from Boise, Idaho! I retired in November, 2005 and received an appointment to the Senior Executive Service (SES) as Associate Director, Aviation Management for the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Business Center (NBC) - started with DOI on my first official day of retirement. Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, with regional offices I oversee in Atlanta, GA, Phoenix, AZ, Boise, ID, and Anchorage, AK. As Associate Director, I own and manage a DOI fleet of about 100 airplanes and heHcopters across the U.S. We also have approximately 175 active contracts that

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give us access to another 500 aircraft that are used to support the aviation needs of our customers.The aviation support we provide spans the globe from above the Arctic Circle to Antarctica (we deploy personnel to support National Science Foundation's aviation needs during their summer operations) and from the Atlantic to the Western Pacific (Midway and other far flung U.S. territorial islands). Neeffiess to say, having spent my Navy career as an aviation and test pilot, I feel blessed to have been given the opportunity to pursue a second career that aUows me the opportunity to continue both my service to our country and my association with aviation.

On the home front, the famUy is enjoying aU that Boise and Idaho has to offer. Between the adjacent mountains, the world class fishing (there is a stocked pond outside my office and numerous rivers and lakes in the area), the avaUable spectator sports (Boise State Umversity footbaU, minor league hockey, basketbaU, basebaU), and the concerts (RoUing Stones were here in November), there is always something exciting to do in Boise. If you (or any other classmates) are out this way, please stop by. Thanks for aU you continue to do for our Class. —Mark • When my plea for news went out this month I received a note from Jim Wilson, JWUson403@aol.com, 34th company. He's been a great company rep.

• joe, I started this effort around Thanksgiving and have an enjoyable time reconnecting with company-mates by emaU and phone. Also in the process, I actuaUy went to Bill Crow's Change of Command in taking over Little Creek Amphibious Base in Norfolk back in December. As astute observer Tom Paulk pointed out, "What was BiU thinking? Doesn't he remember what we ffid here Second-Class Suminer?" I had pictures from the event but the ffigital camera gave them up to someone else in the farmly.

I sent an email to aU and I got responses HteraUy from the world over and one from not too far from my own hometown. Randy Pizzi emailed from Singapore where he and Lisa have Hved for four years. They have two chUdren, Danica (13) and Kyle (12). Randy works for AnnapoHs-based ARINC and surprisingly, he reported that company mate Tom Goebel stopped in October to have lunch. Tom flies 747s for Northwest,

Hving with wife Robin in Seatde in a "down-sized" condo. Their two daughters are in coUege. Slightly forther south of Seatde is Mark Norman in Pordand.

Mark left active duty in 1990 and went to Iowa State Umversity CoUege of Veterinary Medicine. Mark recendy retired as an 0 - 6 from the Reserves and he and Cindy have three chUffien Nick (15), Kirsten (13) and Elama (5).

Next on this western swing is Jim Fenton inTemecula, CA.Jim started a tech company ten years ago that has remained independent and under his control, or so he hopes. Jim is active in the Reserves stiU as an 0 - 6 on his third CO tour. He expects that retirement is in the offing after this tour and he can remrn to Sundays watching footbaU for his weekend activity.

Confrng a bit east. Bob Pottberg checked in from Colorado Springs, CO. You probably recaU that Bob's wife Janice passed away in 2000. Bob and Jamce had three chUdren; Greg, Heather, and Brian.

Now Bob reports something that no one else mentioned having, grandchUdren two of them! His son, Greg and Greg's wife have two chUffien so Bob is officiaUy 'Grandpa' to those kids. WOW, I'U bet he never expected that day to arrive so soon.

Bob reports that he re-married in 2001.

He and his new wife.Janfre, have a total of seven chUffien between them.

Moving a Htde forther east, I heard from Travis Allen in New Orleans. Travis is Aviation Manager for SheU Exploration and Production. Travis and Liz report minor injuries from Katrina to their 150 year old home. Their daughter fimshes her senior year in high school this year and their son is a sophomore. Moving up ffie rffidffie of the country I found Jim Allison in MUford, O H near Cincyjim works in the recycled paper industry, or as Jim so apdy put it, "I bust nfrne, so you can wipe yours!" Jim and Carole have two daughters who are a senior and a sophomore at Ohio Umversity. Jim is stUl a drUling Reservist with theVTU in Cincy right now. He caught up with Steve Kornatz at a War CoUege course he took last year. As I recaU from a Christmas card a year or so ago, Steve and Linda are currendy in Japan.

Arriving on the east coast, I heard from Frank Cassiano in GreenvUle, NC. Frank has been very successful with a personal injury law practice that centers on serious truck accidents. A couple years back I connected with Frank onTopsaU Island in NC when we were down on

Spring Break and he was on Reserve duty at Cherry- Point. We lawyer-talked a bit unffi ffie famffies shut us up.

Getting back home to Virginia, Tom Paulk is in Chesapeake where he and Sonja mn a very successful Sneffing personnel firanchise.Tom took an early retirement in 1995 and they setded into ffie Great Bridge area of Chesapeake. I have visited wiffi Tom and Sonja a couple of times over the past few years, incluffing a Super Bowl party about ffiree or so years ago. Tom and Sonja have two daughters,Jaclyn (15) and Marlowe (11).

Bill Crow^ Hves in the same neighborhood as Tom, alffiough Tom says bumping mto each offier is nearly an impossible occurrence. Tom and I were at BiU's change of command in December with ffie whole Crow crowd. BiU took it upon himseff to announce during his official talk to teU his daughter that she had been accepted toVanderbUt. Nice deHvery Dad. FinaUy, right around the corner from me, I heard from Dave Olsen. Dave and Mary-Jo have Hved in Lynchburg,VA smce ffie late 80s when Dave left active duty and started working with Weyerhauser.

Dave is now ffie Site Manager of the box plant in Lynchburg. Dave and Mary Jo have nvo daughters and a son, and Dave is to be ffie second grandfaffier among the 29'ers come ffie summer.

FinaUy,Victoria and I stiU Hve in Richmond. I started my own law firm with a partner a year ago and we are progressing mcely along. Our oldest, Kevin, graduated from Vfrgima Commonwealth Umversity two years ago and bought into a sushi deHvery restaurant last year. He knows more about cooking rice ffian any person reaUy needs to know.

Our oldest daughter, CaitHn, graduated from WUHam & Mary last year and is doing graduate work at the Umversity of Iceland now. Our youngest, Laine, is a sophomore in high school and now learmng to drive.

I heard from D o n Crump, but I either never got thefoUdownload on what he is up to or I lost it in some computer somewhere. I recovered one emaU that said he would get back to me, but nothing else. Sorry, Don. Among those out there with young chUdren - or grandchUdren - I should alert you to ffie fact that Kurt Schmidt is now President of Gerber Foods. I wonder ff he became quahfied for that position from doing chow calls or running a nuclear power plant. Either way

I suggest ffiat you beware for ffie chUdren.

That's aU! Check in! —Jim • WeU, that's aU folks. I hope that this finds each of you healthy, happy and wiser today ffian yesterday. Take a few moments to renew a friendship, caU a Classmate and send me an update! As Always — BEAT ARMY Joe ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 95% PRES: Jim Ahlgrimm 1948 Friendship PI., Falls Church.VA 22043-1542 H: 703-848-0793; E: jim@ahlgrimm.net C O R R . SECY: Steve Colon 58 Kuuala St., Kailua, HI 96734-2728 E: scolon@hawaii.rr.com H: (808) 265-4253 WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1981 CLASSWIDE MESSAGES: usnal981@yahoogToups.com

Greetings '81. Lots of good smff to report this month. First up, a note from the Commandant, our very own Peg (De Luca) Klein (31st co). Peg sent us a note and accompanying photo taken from the class of'81 Ethics Essay dinner at Alumm HaU in January. We had a strong class showing to back up Peg, including Frank Thorp (14th co). Herb Elkin (18th co), Mike Webb (23rd co), Ed Tucholski (33rd co), Tom Moore (21st co), and Tim Disher (12th co). Mrs. (Diane) Lawrence was there as weU. Peg reports:

'81 at the Ethics Dinner: Frank Thorp, Herb Elkin, Mike Webb, Ed Tucholski, Mrs. Lawrence, Peg Klein, Tom Moore, Tim Disher.

• "Diane looked wonderful, was as gracious as always and the Midshipmen ethics essays were a fine tribute to ADM Lawrence and aU that he taught us about ethics!! '81 is weU represented on the Yard. Dave Fuquea and his wife Susan and famUy fimshed their tour in nfrdFebmary and are headed back to Camp Lejeune. Dave was Deputy Dant, then Deputy to the Athletic Director in three years here. Classmates Craig "CC" Felker (19th co). Herb Elkin, Matt Carr (30th co), and Jack Nicholson (11th co) came over to bid the Fuqueas fareweU so the Dant's house has officiaUy

been christened with an '81 get together.

The Army Lacrosse game on 14 AprU is the next big event on the sports calendar, hope to see many of you there!!

Beat Army. • Thanks Peg, great to know we have a classmate guiding the imds, hope to see you in AnnapoHs soon.

Next, an update from my old roommate, Dave Jackson (26th co).

Dave answered my plea for gouge (you can always count on your roommate!) when I was scrambHng to come up with smff for the column. He reports ffie foUowing: • "I am StUl working with ITT Systems Division in Colorado Springs. My current position is the Director, Systems Support Services Maintenance and Operations Programs. We do vehicle maintenance and reforbishment for the Army and Marine Corps in Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq and Germany. We repair everything from HMMWVs to Braffieys.The job keeps me busy traveHng to the different locations, but I thoroughly enjoy the work as we ffirecdy support the warfighter in theater. Chris is a youngster and decided to major in History. He came home with a bunch of his friends for the Air Force game last year. We had a blast at the game and also won the taUgater. He is anxiously awaiting Spring break where he and his friends are heaffing to Montana to go skfrng.Tricia and I reaUy enjoyed going to the reumon last FaU to see aU of our friends, but it was especiaUy great to be able to visit with Chris. John just fimshed wresffing where he quahfied for the state tournament, and now he is starting basebaU. He is leamng toward the Academy, but has also received a lot of correspondence from the basebaU program at Pepperdine". •

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Dave and son Chris

Also in this monffi's inbox was a great note from Pat McBride (15th co).Turns out Pat grew up in Hawaii, and used to hang out with a friend who Hved only 4 houses down from where I Hve right now.

Pat and his wffe Leigh Hve near Harrisburg, PA where they have been since December 1986 (Pat was a supply officer, so his last tour before getting out was in the supply mecca of Mechanicsburg). He left the Navy in 1989, and in '96 went into commercial real estate. Since then he has worked for real estate investment trusts and developers, mosdy on the leasing side. He now is a partner with the Gmbb & EUis Company, a large commercial brokerage company, representing tenants and buUding owners in the Eastern Pennsylvama and nfrd-Adantic region. Best of aU, Pat has developed a passion for goff, and brags that he played 115 rounds last year! He is also active in both the local commumty as weU as with national causes, such as the Cancer Recovery Foundation (Pat sits on the Board ofTrustees). Leigh is director of a pre-school, son Chris is set to graduate from the Umversity of Pittsburgh in AprU, and Caity, a jumor at West Chester Umversity, is currendy "smdying" abroad for a semester in "Surfers Paradise, AustraHa". Pat and famUy are planmng on visiting her "Down Under" later this Spring. Pat, it was great to hear from you.

If you can fit in a layover in Hawaii on your way to AustraHa, give me a call.

The McBride Family In Kona, Hawaii on Pat's 25^'' wedding anniversary trip

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business, Mike Geogheon (8th co).Mike and I worked togeffier years ago in Baltimore whUe I was on a summer internship for the TrammeU Crow Company, at ffie time a large developer.

After working for Crow for a few lean years, Mike moved back to Connecticut, and went to work for a large commercial real estate brokerage company caUed the Edward S. Gordon Co. He got to work on some very large office leases, incluffing the relocation of several of the large banks who'd lost their space after 9/11.1 remember Mike making it to the 20th and teUing me that he had spent the past two weeks sleeping at the office as everyone was working around the clock to get aU the tenants into new offices. His company evenmaUy got bought by CB Richard EUis, who is the largest commercial brokerage company in the world. Mike says business is going great, he has lots of high profile tenants, and the current real estate slowdown in much of the country has formnately not affected his business m NY. Mike, his wife Kathy, and their kids James, Blaine, and Katie are all doing great.

James is a semor in high school, and is a star ice hockey player. Blaine is a jumor at Loyola coUege, and is smdying abroad for a semester in London. Katie, the youngest at 13, has just started high school.The Geogheons Hve in Rye, NY. I also received a note from BUI McGuinness (28th co).You may remember that we reported that BUI had come down with an Ulness a few months ago. WeU, he is doing a lot better, and had this to say: • "Just want to take a moment and ffiank you aU for your prayers and weU wishes for my recovery. It was quite upHfting to receive aU the e-maU and phone caUs, some of which came from halfway around the world! It truly is a blessing to be a member of the greatest fraternity in the world (no sHght intended laffies)! I wanted you to know your weU wishes were a source of inspiration and motivation, and my famUy and I appreciated them. Today is my first foU day back at work. I've been on half time since 8 Feb, but it's hard to reaUy get cranking, so now I feel Hke I'm ready to have back at it. I'm stUl off about a half step and tire sometimes, but hey.. .who doesn't feel Hke a nap around 1400. Imagine aYoungster afternoon EVERY DAY! The doc has released me back to my normal Hfe (beer drinking test SAT!) and I'm runmng the court with my kids' basketbaU teams. Hang time hasn't improved, but heU, I never had that

anyway! In short, Hfe is good! I am very formnate in that I knew what GuiUaitiBarre Syndrome (GBS) was before it affficted me. A coUeague of nfrne had it bad, wound up on a ventUator, and took over a year to recover. Because I was aware of the symptoms, I knew what it was and got myseff to the hospital on day two of onset. Five days of treatment and I walked, albeit with a walker, from the hospital lobby to the car at curbside. Six weeks from onset, I was back at work half time. So aU I can say is there must be power in prayer and thank you for your prayers. Please take a couple of minutes and educate yourseff on the symptoms. It could save you or a loved one from misdiagnosis, a severe attack, and a long and less then fiiU recovery. The National Insimte of Health has a good ffiscription of it, http://www.mnds.mh.gov/ffisorders/gbs/ gbs.htm, and a Google search wUl bring up aU sorts of info. Bottom-Hne: If your toes and fingers start tinghng one day and it starts moving up your extremities the next day whUe the toes and fingers go numb, you probably got it and get yourseff to a hospital ASAP. IVIG treatment is relatively painless and you'U be back in battery in no time. Once again,ffianksfor aU your support to me and my famUy during my ordeal. Hope to see you around the Yard and God bless! Go Navy!

Best Regards, BUI. • BUI, Hke I said in the last column, great to hear you are better.

I got to catch up with one of our adnfrrals,John Christenson (35th co).

John is head surface and air nfrne warfare guru in Corpus Christi, a command which is transitioning to San Diego. He took command a few monffis ago, and expects to be ffiere for about a year before the staff moves out to San Diego, where he wUl be the Vice Commander of the Naval Mine and Anti Submarine Warfare Command. He is responsible for aU ffie training, reaffiness, exercises, warfare tactics, etc. being employed in nfrne warfare. John reports ffiat wife Teresa is doing great, as are his three chUffien. His daughter Grace (14) is a freshman soccer star, son Tim (13) is involved in soccer and track, as is Matthew (10).

Next month we shoidd be reporting on our new flag selects. The reserve Hst came out a few weeks ago, and there were several '80 names on it, so looks Hke, at least on the reserve side, our classmates wiU start making flag next year.

UntU next month, —Steve.

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We are happy to hear firom our class president. Seamus Flatley—^please be inspfred to help wiffi our reumon.

• Greetings Classmates: Nearly 25 years ago we aU stood and tossed our covers and w-ished each offier good luck and proceeded to launch our nfrHtary careers however long or shortffiey^may have been. I gauge our time since graduation by how far into Shipmate I find our class news.When we graduated we appeared at ffie end of ffie magazme, today we're somewhere in ffie nfrdffie.We read more about new careers, fanfrly accomplishments, chUffien's coUege graduations, and births of grandchUffien, ffian we do about weddings and feats of success in ffie cockpit, or on ffie bridge of a ship, or in ffie trenches of Iraq or Afghanistan.Time has flowm by and no doubt we each ponder what w-e have done m our Hves and what remains to stiU be accomplished as we

supplement our daUy Hves wiffi age defy'ing products, meffication that ffisguises our aches and pams, and products ffiat guarantee flatter guts m 10 days. Where's this aU going? ReaUy nowffiere, offier than to get folks to think about our upconfrng 25ffi reumon. We are a Htde over a year away from an event that brings us togeffier once every quarter of a decade to catch up each offier's Hves, share our experiences, and to renfrmsce about ffie glory days m Bancroft HaU. Of course this event does not simply happen wiffiout a crew of defficated volunteers who devote precious time to ensuring we have a great time. Shawn Messer and his wife, JuHe, have volunteered to take the hekn and lead this effort. Shawn is putting togeffier a team of several local classmates to help m this project. Mark "Turk" PoweU, who has lead ffie last two class fimd raising efforts as weU our 15ffi reunion, is also helpmg Shawn so we wiU have a great combmation of continmty and new energy. Shawn is stUl looking for volunteers to help plan, run, and take the creffit for a great 25th reunion. The chaUenge we face is ffie time remaining until the faU of 2008. If you think you can make yourseff avaUable for several weekends of ffiscussions and planning in the AnnapoHs area over the course of ffie next year then please emaU him at shawn.messer@ usna.com. I can be reached at jfladey@blackwaterusa.com or flatmingo5(@aol.com. I look forward to hearing firom you. Go Navy! Beat Army!

Now for a penonal update: It's been a Htde over a year since my reffiement in Sept 2005 . My first civiHan job out of ffie gate was in Baton Rouge, LA running a 600 man security operation for Blackwater USA managmg security at aU ffie FEMA sites in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. A Htde different firom commanding an F-14 squaffion, but afforded me the oppormmty to start off m a completely new dfrection. In January 2006 ffie company offered me a fuU time position to help estabHsh a domestic rapid response capabffity. In Sept 2006 I became the Dfrector for Global Protective Services, part of Blackwater's Security Consulting business. Having fon and always learrfrng.

Christine and I are months away from an empty nest. Our oldest, Jimmy wiU be graduatmg from Notre Dame in 2007.

Would you like to mentor interested Brendan is currendy a sophomore at the students about the opportunities Umversity ofVirgfrfra and a member of at USNA? Become a Blue & Gold the UVA GolfTeam. He assures me ffiat Officer and contact USNA I'U have a anoffier job caddying for him

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on the PGA. Our youngest, Sean, has comnfrtted to the Umversity of Maryland for soccer. He also plays for ffie U.S. U-18 national team. Looks Hke a lot of road trips to the AnnapoHs area over ffie next four years. • Ffrst timer, BUly Hart wrote in: • It has taken me 24 years to write Shipmate. The attached photo tells it all.

Craig Williams, Sean O'Connor and BiUy Hart got together m CAG's stateroom aboard USS RONALD REAGAN after bemg surged to the 7th Fleet AOR as part of the President's surge plan in January '07. Along with CVN 76 was Carrier Air Wing FOURTEEN, led by none other than our own Craig WUHams.

Craig wUl be leaving ffie team soon, off to the Strategic Smffies Group m Newport.

Our shotgun was the LAKE CHAMPLAIN, commanded by Sean O'Connor.

It's always great to look back and know we are in good hands! Sean recendy assumed command and wiU be with us for awhUe. Welcome Aboard, Sean! As for me, I'm winding up my tour as X O of RONALD REAGAN and wiU take command of USS CLEVELAND (LPD 7) some time m ffie late summer/early faU. Cheers, BUly •

Craig Williams, Sean O'Connor and Billy Hari:

If you haven't written Shipmate before, please get inspfred and let us know what you're domg. Photos need to be JPEG's, please.

Have a lovely summer and keep ffiose cards and letters flying. Angle '83-A Class Act

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Greetings, Classmates. Some news from Virgima. Back in March I got to spend some time catching up with Kelly (King) Heiuy and her famUy at her parents' house in Annandale. KeUy's three cute kids Nora, AUie, and Nick were also there runmng around though husband Mike was stUl at work at his new job at Fort Bragg, North CaroHna. Though the occasion was melancholy (the day marked ten years since KeUy's brother Joe ('83) was lost in a heHcopter crash), we reHved many memories of his Hfe and heard many wonderful stories of his five beautiful daughters. KeUy and I also tried to ffispel any notions the fanfrly might have had that alcohol played an inorffinately big role in our Hves during our first assignment as ensigns in Hawaii but I don't think CAPT (Ret) and Mrs. King ('59) were buying it.

We've had quite a few reports of classmates continuing to excel in thefr careers so let's get to them.

Back in February, Clement Chen was one of two Lockheed Martin executives honored as Asian American Engineers of the Year. This award is an annual national event presented in conjunction with the celebration of National Engineers Week in the United States. Clement currently works as the Vice President, Strategic Development for Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems & Solutions (IS&S). After Clement's stint in the Navy where he served as a surface warfare officer and an operational test director for naval engineering and combat systems, he held numerous positions of increasing responsibffity in finance, business development, business operations, and corporate development with IBM, Loral and now Lockheed Martin. In his current position, Clement is responsible for the development of overaU strategic ffirection, enterprise business strategies, mergers and acquisitions and emerging technology investments. Previously, he served as vice president, strategic analysis and development at corporate headquarters, where he crafted corporate business and technology

strategies, fomented business architecmre innovation and provided industry thought leadership on network centtic warfare.

CongratiUations, Clement! Oh, and in case any of you are wondering why this write up might sound unusuaUy lucid and inteUigent, it's because it's completely plagiarized.

Doug Denneny sent along news that our class has its first flag officer! Nav^ Reserve CAPT Ken Braithwaite was selected for promotion to Rear Adnfrral Lower Halfback in February. Ken serves asffirector.Joint PubHc Affairs Support Element,Joint Forces Command, Norfolk,Virgima. Congratulations, Ken! Send pictures when you pin on!

I received an e-maU article with news that Scott Biel has joined the San Diego office of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, P C as a member in its Real Estate practice. Prior to joining Mintz Levin, Scott managed the real estate practice in the San Diego office of Brobeck, Phleger and Harrison LLP and subsequently practiced in the Del Mar Heights office of Sheppard MuUin Richeter & Hampton LLP. Scott's work focuses on representation of owners, developers, tenants and lenders in aU aspects of real estate transactions, wiffi a special emphasis on the financing, development and leasing of offices, research and manufacmring facffities for corporate users in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, meffical device and telecommumcation industries. Scott earned his law degree from the Umversity of Pennsylvama Law School in 1992. Congratulations, Scott! (yes—more plagiarism on my part).

We have a new author in our class!

Rose Kent has written a wonderful book entitled Kimchi & Calamari which was released last month. The story is of a teen aged Korean adoptee who invents a story about his fanfrly history when assigned an ancestry essay in school and the complications that ensue. For those interested, the book is avaUable on Amazon.com.

Congratulations, Rose!

Charles Frederick wrote with news that he and Malgosia should be complete this month with the buUffing of their Bed and Breakfast in NowyTarg, Poland.

Picmres of the fimshed project should be forthcoming. For now, here is a picmre of Charles and his bride from last Christmas.

Unformnately, we must close this month's article with sad news.

Dave Caldwell writes: • It is with heavy heart that I pass along the sad news that Da'vid "Brums" Brumley (18th Company) passed away on 12 March 2007 after a 2-year batde with cancer. David, a CAPT in the Naval Reserves, had been Hving in the Seatde area and was ffiagnosed with cancer in the Spring of 2005. He and his fanfrly gave it a great fight and faced his chaUenges with tremendous courage and fortimde. Five of his company-mates CAPT Dan Doster, Karl Darden, Larry Clark, Dave CaldweU, and Bob Richardson converged on David during a hospital stay in early February. He was weU enough at that time to reflect on nfrdshipmen days and to share in the teUing of sea stories.

David received fuU mffitary honors in a service at the Tahoma National Cemetery on 23 March 2007.The foUowing day, adffitional company mates Bob Aiken, Dan Callaghan, Mary Beth Chipkevich, Roy Sexton, Anne (Tolg) Maliwauki, and Ed WUson helped David's wife JuHe, sons Anffiew and Ryan, mother and step-dad Patticia and Frank Rose, father David, brother and sister Thom and Lisa, nephew Alex, and the rest of David's family and close friends celebrate his life. For those interested, JuHe has asked to consider donations to ffie National Park Service or the Naval Academy Alumni Association in memory

of David. • Dave also included a wonderful photo from the 20ffi reumon feamring 18ffi Company mates Karl Darden, Larry Clark, Dave Caldwell, and David Brumley. Please let's aU keep ffie Brumley fanfrly in our ffioughts and prayers.

That's it for this monffi. Talk to you later. —Karen.

Charles and Malgosia Visit with Brums"

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As I wTite this it is spring break at USNA and aUffieMidshipmen are off to ffie beaches in ffie Souffi. Straight to ffie e-mails so I can head straight to ffie goff course.

MUte DashieU (22): • Who says 22 years is a long time for an 85'er tofinally-break down and write m to Shipmate? I just wanted my first article pubHshed prior to our 25ffi reumon! Plus, Remeffial English Plebe Year, reaUy honed my wxiting skUls! In a nutsheU, Hfe is good and I am very fortunate! Married over 12 years to JuHe, a New Orleans gfrl (not Cajun!), formerTulane cheerleader, Saintsation and Survivor finalist, and Baush and Lomb Sales Rep, now standout First Grade Teacher by day and CoUege Adjunct Professor by mght, not to mention Civic LeagueVR, and volunteer for the ChUffien's Hospital fondraismg.

Also, moffier of two, Michael (l^*- Grade) and Brooke (Kindergarten). AU are enthusiastic Navy footbaU fans who love ffie beach and hiking in ffie mountains.

Summers are great with the bay and beach so close, and lots of boating and fishing... Kids are active with,T-BaU, soccer, tennis, swimming, etc.! My son Michael would go to USNA, ff only to be issued ffie sword! Brooke has afready visited CharlottesvUle and UVA. Am very formnate and blessed for such a fanfrly!

After graduation, I launched my Naval career with a demandmg 6 month TDY as ass't tennis coach and PE. instructor at USNA before off to Newport for 9 months. No, I ffidn't have to repeat SWOS, but a few roommates almost ffid! (i.e., Kegger, Otero and Doc!) AcmaUy I almost felt smart roonfrng with these guys, alffiough none of us coiUd avoid "smpid smdy" for ffie entfre 16 weeks! We

aU took SWOS extremely seriously as most USNA grads do! When you rent a house in Newport on mansion row (180 Ruggles Ave) wiffi swimnfrng pool, Jacuzzi,fiiUystocked Hquor cabinet in basement, and a ffirt bike, what can anyone expect... Needless to say we never saw a dime back of our rental deposit! After Newport, it was off to the fleet, USS LAMOURE COUNTY—ffie Lady Lamoure, i.e.,"ffie cutting edge of fieedom," ffie Gator Navy! My first CO, aka Captain Crunch, couldn't understand how it took me over 18 months to report after graduation. We never reaUy hit it off too weU after I explained ffie reason for my delay.. .6 months as ass't temfrs coach, 9 mos in Newport, but he ffidn't last too long after backing mto a docked mg and sinking it, and ffien the infamous "left fuU rudder" order during an unrep with USS HERMITAGE, which by the way just happened to be on our port side! The only one who enjoyed this more ffiat me and my roommate (who by ffie way is the current speech writer for SecNav) was ffie raffioman on duty when he received the GO'S "you are hereby reHeved of command notice!" After three fiUl years on ffie Lady, my roommate and I departed with class, piped off ffie quarterdeck in fLUlffiesswhites wiffi swords. I received some pretty sweet orders without bribing my detaUer, across the pond to do an exchange tour with the Brits at the Britarmia Royal Naval CoUege in Dartmouth, England. (USNA's eqmvalent with mandatory mghdy pub crawls) I played Company Officer, Navigation and Seamanship Instructor, which thankfuUy ffidn't mclude Celestial Nav, and USN Liaison Officer, and of course Termis Coach. A very fon two year tour where I made some great friends and ffid extensive travel throughout the U.K. and Europe with Wimbledon court time! With a Dept Head tour on the horizon and anticipatmg a Htde too much haze grey time, it was time for CIVLANT. Although, I ffid maintain some level of seamanship, only behmd the hefrn of a 20 foot Grady White. For ffie career change, I went back to school part-time for a Master's, and was picked up by the FBI, so it was good to stay with the USG! Quantico was much more exciting the second time around!

Ffrst eight years with the Bureau worked white coUar crime before re-assigned to counterterrorism where the work is far more exciting and some interestmg mt'l travel. Made it to the Army-Navy Game this past year courtesy of Geno MUler ('79) and Bayl Taff ('84), who are boffi

very old now and out of shape. Not reaUy. Had lunch with John Edwards (12th Co Cffi) a few months ago, and he is now a high ranking Seabee at NAB Litde Creek.

Saw Steve Vahsen (12) several years ago whUe jogging in Hawau—a smaU world! I Keep in touch wiffi Kegger Greg Miller (23) who is now a high level exec with KeUoggs. Also, I have been in touch with Bari Bianchi as she Hves nearby. Hope to see more some classmates at one of ffie games next faU. • Walt BeU (19) (wjbeU@earthHnk.net): • I am StiU Hving in Portsmouth,VA, and started a new job in Febmary working as an Environmental Engineer/Remeffial Project Manager at Naval Facffities Engineering Command, Mid Adantic. I am excited about the change and wUl be overseeing remeffiation activities at Mechamcsburg, PA, but wUl be working out of ffie office at the Norfolk Naval Station. Would love to catch up with any old friends also working or stationed in Norfolk. Susan WeUs (19) stopped m the area in October and we had a great time catchmg up and taking some bike rides to Lake Drummand and along the Dismal Swamp Canal bike traU in Chesapeake.

Susan had just reffied this past Summer and was traveHng around the country. She headed back to Wyoming in November.

The photo of Susan and me was taken at the dock at Lake Drummand m the Dismal Swamp N W R . •

"Walt and Susan

Mark Shigley (30): • I have subnfrtted aU the paperwork and wiU be reffiing on Jul 1.1 wUl take my unfform off for ffie last time on 30 March, go into the PTAD cocoon and emerge as a sHmy defense contractor on 30 AprU. JiU and I wiU remam in Fredericksburg, and I wiU continue to work for the Marme Corps CoUege of Contmumg Education m Quantico. I'm StiU working on the date of the retirement ceremony. I'm lookmg at ffie last week in May. Any classmates who may be m the May 2007

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area at that time and would Hke to hoist food and beverage on me (that is, I'm paying; don't actuaUy throw it on me).

Please let me know and I'U make sure you get an invitation. • Patricio Salgado (22): • During the last year I have been working with Ernst &Young here in Qmto, Ecuador, in charge of ffiefr Technology and Security Risk Services subservice Hne. In June I wUl be transferring to ffie Ottawa, Canada, Ernst & Young office. I have mixed feelings about leaving this equatorial paraffise wiffi spring-time weather aU year long, and moving to a place with bitter cold winters, but I am sure it wUl bring better professional opportunities.

My oldest son, Carlos Anffies wUl be graduating from high school this year and he is thinking about smdying in the US or Canada. He has already received offers of adnfrssion to Michigan State University and Penn State, sorry, he ffid not apply to USNA... against my wUl. He has not left yet, but we are starting to nfrss him afready. I have kept in touch with Jose Antonio Alas (29), who currently Hves in Sao Paulo, BrasU; although he does not have too much time to write, once in a whUe he sends good Internet jokes. Last year we exchanged some e-maUs with Sue Saalau (5), who Hves in the UK. I have also received some e-maUs from Jorge Gaviria (31), who after retiring from the Colombian Navy, he now Hves in Bogota. • Harriet Baker (Dave's wife) (25): • I don't think my husband, Dave Baker (25), has ever sent an update, so I'm doing it for him. We Hve in Encinitas, CA and have two boys, Coleman (12) and Logan (9).

Dave is a Ship Manager at National Steel and ShipbuUding in San Diego. Currendy he's overseeing the construction of USNS RICFL\RD E. BRYD (T-AKE 4). He's also StUl in the Navy Reserves. We visited USNA with the boys last summer. WhUe we were there we also visited Steve Ploof (27) and his wife JacqueHne, who Hve in AnnapoHs near the Academy. •

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More great inputs this month Mike Parkyn—

First,

• For me, the reunion trip included plenty of introspection about two decades gone by, and questions about the days ahead. When the ceU phone rang before the weekend started, it was The Boys, known in our time for their boisterous ways and unbeHevable stories.

"Mike, you're golfing tomorrow. Be ready to go at seven." It wasn't so much an order or an invitation as a statement of fact. That monotone could only belong to Craig "QBaU" McSavaney, who had gathered for ffinner with the rotten core of Slack 6's worst agitators. After ffinner and presumably some strong drinks, the Boys gave up on Bonzo (Royal CoUette who was unaccounted for), concluding that my presence would entertain, if not add to, the foursome's performance on the greens. Bonzo was out, I was in.

Using borrowed clubs I became the comedy-reHef act for aU who could see.

This reaUy was Hke plebe summer.. .With my goff partners—Craig McSavaney, Jim Meehan, Rick Bodziak and Don MacNeU—it didn't matter. Laughing at myseff more than anybody, I enjoyed the mormng because I was among the best of friends. At our rented house gathered our foursome along with Dawn, Mo Meehan, CaroHne Bodziak, Barbara MacNeU, Russ

and Maia Lamb, and even the previously nfrssing Royal Collette and his better half Patty. The fourteen of us moved through AnnapoHs with aU the grace of a SHnky, laughing the entire time. Said SHnky even made it to the taUgater, where we reunited with the rest of Slack 6, among them Keil Gentry, Scott Donaldson, and Denise [Edson] Stitch.

Those of you who made it to the reunion may not reaHze how much you were rmssed or what a great weekend it was. As an anxiety-fiUed ffight in 1982 lead me to so many good people and rewarffing times, so did my trip in 2006.

Semper fi, Mike Parkyn • Here's a Sweet Sixteen consoHdated input; Kevin Meenaghan: • After 21 years, I figured it's time for a 16th Company update. After graduation, I went to ffight school in FL andTX, then flew A-6 Intruders atWhidbey Island. I did a tour withVA-52, thenVA-128 and then headed toVA Beach for a GAG Padffies tour with CVW-17, lucky enough to fly both the A-6 and F-18. In 1997,1 transitioned to EA-6B's for a DH tour atWhidbey Island withVAQ-137, then to the EA-6B wing as Ops and Chief Staff Officer, and just fimshed my C O tour with VAQ-137 in May 2006.

Now working on the Joint Staff and living in Fairfax Station,VA. I met my wife, Beth, at McGuire's in Pensacola and married in 1989.We have two great boys, Sean, 13, and Liam, 10.

When we met, Beth was an engineer at the NARF in P'Cola, working on H-3 gearboxes; now she's a software engineer with CSC in ChantiUy. •

Members of Slack Six at the Reunion - Seated: Russ and Maia Lamb, Don and Barbara MacNe Caroline Bodziak, Amy and Mike Parkyn. Standing: Jim Meehan, Patty Collette, Mo Meehan D Craig McSavaney, Royal Collette

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16th Co at the reunion - Standing L-R: Dianne Koczela, Karen Freeman, Paul Sallt Craig Atkinson, Becky Baczuk, John Russ, & Kevin Meenaghan. Kneeling L-R: Rick Malczynksi & An Hale.

Deanna Reiber: • Sorry I nfrssed the reumon; I'm currendy in my third year of veterinary school at Oklahoma State, so ff anyone is ever traveHng through Tulsa or OKC, I'm right in between. • Ingrid Turner: • I won ffie General Election for County CouncU for Prince George's County, Maryland, beconfrng the first minority to fiUffieseat. (Check Ingrid out at: http: / /www. gopr inc egeorgescounty. com /Government/LegislativeBranch/ CountyCouncU/District4.) • Brett Calkins: • After ffight school I was sent to Jax and flew the H-3 with HS-11. Met my ffist wffe there and we had a son (Brett Jr.) in '93. Seawall classmates were Art Hale, Bouchy (Don Bouchard) and Dicky Malczynski. Left HS-11 after the Guff War and instructed back in Pensacola.

After instructor duty with HT-8,1 headed to USS I N C H O N (LPH 12) and was Air Ops O Hi '94. After deployment and two months off Haiti, I N C H O N transferred to MSC and we were sent down to Pascagoula for refit.

I was sent back over to transition to H-60's at HS-1 in '96 until fr decomnfrssioned. I was Rescue Swimmer School OIC before I went to HS-5 as a DH. Met my second wffe in Jax during my DH tour and got married in 2003. We have two Htde girls (CaroHne and KeUy). After my DH tour I went to Special Operations Command (SOCOM) in Tampa serving as Deputy IG. In 2003 I selected for command (HS-5), reporting as X O late 2003 and then was C O from February 2005 to May 2006.Then to the Pentagon -first, as MUitary Assistant (MA) to one of the Assistant Secretaries of the Navy., then

moved to OPNAV N 3 0 P as Global Force Management (GFM), Plans, Adaptive Planmng, and PERSTEMPO guy. I Hve in Woodbridge,VA. with my wffe Jenny and our two Htde girls. • Art Hale: • After graduation, I was stashed in Jax awaiting ffight school with Greg McMichael, Jay Williamson, and Gardner Jackson. Reported to Aviation Indoc in October 1986; fimshed up ffight school in May 1988; assigned to HS-1 in Jax flying SH-3H Sea Kings. After graduation from HS-1, assigned to HS-5, with Bob Glover as roommate, flying off USS EISENHOWER (CVN 69). Curt Dodges was our Maintenance department. Along the seawaU squadrons there at Jax in 1990 were Rick Malczynski, and Don Bouchard. After instructor duty at HS-1,1 was selected to transition to the new SH-60F Sea Hawk to help train up the Atlantic fleet HS squadrons in the Sea-Hawk. Ended up as Assistant AirLant Evaluator for the SH-60F. Met foture wife Claudia in Pensacola prior to ffight school whUe roonfrng with Marc Thibodeau, Jeff Dibble, and Jim Blastos and not too far away were Steve Wisotzki and Brian O'MaUey.Then by stroke of luck, four years later, in 1990, ran into Claudia again in Jax. In 1994, got married in Baton Rouge (Bob Glover was my best man) and exited the Navy. Went to work in Field Sales with Arrow Electronics in Columbia, MD, moving to New Orleans in 1996, then to Atlanta in 1998.Two kids, Charlie (1999) andJuHa (2001).

Currendy reside in Atlanta working as techmcal Field Sales for AUen-Orton Inc, the largest Parker products (industrial & mobUe hydraulics/pneumatics) distributor in the Southeast. •

• After graduation and Chop School, became the DISBO on USS NICHOLAS (FFG 47). After a tour at HoneyweU as an Assistant Contracting Officer and then a final tour in AustraHa as the OIC of PSD Harold E. Holt in Exmouth, Australia, I left the Navy in 1993 and started my career in corporate tax. Currently at G&K Services in MinneapoHs, MN, as Tax Supervisor.

I married Sandi in 2002 and we have a 3 year old daughter, Jessie, and two cats. I try to goff a few times each summer and keep up with the Twins and Vikings. My wife has turned me into a Nascar motorhead and we've actuaUy gone to 3 races. • Craig Atkinson: • Post knee re-injury in '86 after grad (orig 150s injury), I went from Marine Air service selection (never made it to TBS or ffight school) to Chop School in Athens, GA. I did 7 yrs in the Navy, and I met my wife, Annette, inVA Beach the year I got out in 1993.1 entered into a smaU pager/ceUphone business venture with Kevin Brown in VA Beach. After his dad bought me out, I went off to Simon Business School at U of Rochester, NY. After school, I took a job in NYC with Barclays Capital, and did about a year in London. I married my wife in 2001 when I remrned stateside and jumped to BOA in Charlotte, NC, where I currently reside. We have 2 Httle ones (lyr old boy and 3yr old girl). From USNA, I mostly keep in touch with Kevin Brown, Ed Echols, Mike Lupton, LinzeU Harris and Doug Edwards. • Herry StaUings: • Sherri and I have been Hving in Piano (DaUas),TX, for the last 10 years.We have two girls, DameUe (17) and Nia (10). • Diane Koczela: • For the first 10 years I worked in Integrated Undersea SurveUlance System,(i.e. SOSUS) from Bermuda to Dam Neck,Virginia. I later transitioned to C4I, earned a Master's in Information Technology Management and worked into the IP Community -my most rewarffing tour was at Navy Warfare Development Command working C4I Concept and Experimentation. I retired last May and started immediately in Army Civil Service as Chief of Information Systems for Joint Interagency Task Force South in Key West, FL. I am enjoying life May 2007

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CLASS N E W S in the Keys with my husband Christian, son Nicholas (18), daughter Victoria (15) and youngest son Marcus (8). • John Russ: • Finished VGEP at Georgetown after USNA; then Pensacola, then tour at NAS Alameda, CA, with HM-15; Persian Gulf onboard TripoH with HM-14; then off to the Pentagon on General PoweU's staff (OCJCS) as nfrHtary Haison to The White House Enfrssary to Vietnam—made two great trips to Hanoi for negotiations. Sen. McCain went on one trip and I recaU a few late mghts in Hanoi with him teUing USNA stories about Adm Larson (they were roommates, so Larson could baU McCain out of trouble). Left the Navy in '94 and went to UVA law school; first son (Tanner) born in 1995; setded at a law firm in Charlotte, NC, second son (Sam) born in '98; worked way too much doing mergers & acquisitions for five years before going to work for one of my cHents (Some Automotive). Now hanffie buying and seUing dealership businesses and real estate, so I travel a fair amount.

We have lots of dealerships in DaUas, Houston, San Fran, LA, Atlanta, DC, etc. I spend most of my time coaching wrestHng and basebaU teams, and other than that my boys and I spend as much time skfrng as possible. We've hit Calgary, Jackson Hole and Tahoe so far. Next up is spring skfrng in Big Sky, MT. • That's aU I can fit in this time.

AU the best, —Anne ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 99% PB.ES: Jim Matheson E: jmatheson@1987.usna.com SHIPMATE COLUMMNIST: Craig Branchiield 326 Palisades Ridge Ct., Eureka, MO 63025 E: Craig.Branchfield@1987.usna.com WEB SITE: www.usna87.org

Greetings '87! While I know the odds of any of you faffing to read last months column are so smaU that its almost mind boggling for me to even give the thought any consideration there's certainly no harm in repetition, so lets start off this months column with everything you need to know about our upconfrng 20th Class Reunion! The monumental three day event (it is 20 years after aU— uggghhhh!) wUl begin on Thursday October 18th and run through Sunday October 21st. Our Reunion coordinators Roy Ledesma and Dan Schindler are putting together a tremendous Hst of

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activities that wUl aUow plenty of time and opportumty to catch up and sociaHze with your classmates incluffing: GolfThursday morning at the Bay HUls Goff Club in Arnold, Maryland A Thursday Evening Icebreaker at the newly renovated Crown Saffing Center Friday mormng Class Meeting in Mahan HaU starting at 0900.

A Class Memorial Service in Memorial HaU to honor our faUen classmates foUowing the Class Meeting Class Reception & Gala at the AnnapoHs Loews Hotel on Friday Evemng 20th Reumon TaUgater at NavyMarine Corps Staffium before, during, and after Navy's victory over Wake Forest And aU the other great events in the Yard and around AnnapoHs! Roy, Dan, and the whole Reumon Planning Team have been working hard to make the entire weekend super fanfrly frienffiy so look for adffitional information about events for kids, and note that babysitting services wiU also be avaUable for those times when you want to leave the kids behind for awhile.

Our Class Ombudsman program is being rejuvenated so a Rep from your Company wUl be contacting you soon and helping get the word out.

AdditionaUy, the Company with the most attendees wUl win a special award and most definitely become famous amongst the land and forever have their name etched into the history of the Class of'87 (where are you 27!). A Httle competition never hurts!

Registration is now open so be sure to register at your earliest oppormnity, and for those of you who are interested in saving a few bucks there's a ffiscount if you register by the end ofJuly!

Please visit www.usna87.com and foUow the Hnks to register!!!

We have a block of rooms reserved at the Annapolis Loews Hotel. Please call 410-263-7777 or 800-526-2593 soon to make your reservations as rooms are going fast, and be sure to ask for the USNA Class of 1987 rate We're also looking for a handfol of organizations to help sponsor the event, so if anyone out there is interested in sponsorship (or think their company might be interested) please get in touch with Jim Matheson (jmatheson@ 1987.usna.com) as soon as possible as doing so wiU help defray the price of the event for the Class and make it easier for as many classmates as possible to attend!

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The Planmng Team wUl be senffing out regular e-maUs to everyone with adffitional important information as everything comes together. Please update your profile on the USNA Alurruii Association http://www.usna.com ffyou haven't already done so to be sure you get aU the latest news, and be sure to check out the class website at http:// www.usna87.com for regular updates and new developments.

For any specific questions you may have you can send an emaU to 20th@ 1987.usna.com and rest assured that someone wiU get you an answer.

This wUl be here before you know it so please take the time now to make your travel plans—the 20th Reunion is one of the most important we wUl have and represents an important mUestone in so many ways. I've been getting e-maUs from classmates for the last six months asking about the Reumon so aU signs are definitely pointing to a record mrnout for what is sure to be an exceUent weekend of renfrmscing about old times, catching up with classmates who you haven't seen in years (assunfrng you can recogmze them), and just having a plain old good time, so don't let this oppormmty pass you buy. Sign up and be there, because you don't want to be the one sitting at home reaffing my column after the big event, seeing picmres of old friends having a good time, and asking "why ffidn't I go".

From Unity, Impact! That's what this reunion is aU about. There are very few oppormmties when our entire class has a chance to come together and reconnect, catch up on the past, network, and begin anew, so don't let this one pass you by.

Together we share the umque experience of our "Four Years by the Bay." Over time I believe we have aU come to understand and appreciate how special that experience was, and how those we shared it with have had, and can continue to have, such a significant impact on our Hves. Our 20th Reunion is a once in a lifetime opportunity to come together one more time and show how the Class of'87 represents the best USNA has to offer, so make sure you're a part of it!!!

Now on to the news!

If you recaU from last months column Joe Deleon, Commanffing Officer of GARY, and his crew wrapped up a historic first visit to Cambodia by a U.S. Navy ship in thirty years in February During the visit the crew of the GARY stepped up and ffid a tremendous job representing their country by proviffing

ffie local population wiffi meffical and dental treamient, participating in healffi education classes, performing repairs and painting a local cHmc, and proviffing toys and other donated items coUected as part of Project Handclasp to ffie 150 chUffien at ffieViUage D'enfants De SihanoukviUe Orphanage in city of SihanoukviUe. Joe had nothmg but positive things to say about how his crew, incluffing eight USNA alums, performed on the visit, and ffie pride he felt in his crew was transparent in everything he said. And to cap things offJoe reports ffiat he has received orders to USNA where he wiU be serving as a BattaHon Officer! Congratulations to Joe and the rest of the GARY crew on such a successful and historic visit!

Joe Deleon with Ambassador Joseph A Mussomelli during GARY'S historic pori visit to (Cambodia.

Crew members from the GARY provide toys and other items to children atthe Village D'enfants De SihanoukviUe Orphanage.

Sticking with ffie "Joe" theme, Joe Rizzo sent along ffie foUowing update: • We moved back from Europe this past summer where I wxapped up 3 years as ffie G4 at Marine Corps Forces Europe. I am now- working Marine Corps Prepositionmg programs for the Marine Corps in Plans, PoHcies and Operations (PP&O), but on any given day my focus is supporting equipment sourcing for our forward deployed Marines. Lynne and my nvo girls (Katie 14, and Becca 11) are enjoying being stateside after back-toback overseas tours. Here is a picmre of my laffies from this past summer. We decided to forego the plane ride and decided to take the Queen Mary 2

instead. Defimtely beat any of ffie offier translants I have done in my career—For anyone traveHng to or from Europe, I would recommend this as a great alternative to a cramped ffight—especiaUy on the firont or back-end of a tour. We are now Hvingjust north of Mount Vernon and I seem to run into classmates almost every day here at the Pentagon or at ffie Navy Annex up ffie hUl. Hope to see you aU at Homeconfrng this year.

Semper Fidelis, —Joe. •

through the mid-point of 2007. Can you beHeve our 20th Year Reunion is just around the corner? I have received a number of e-maUs about helping out.

Since Chad Watson and Tucker Hite are in AnnapoHs, caU their office number at 410-987-3590 or e-maU Tucker at mcker.hite@LFG.com .

I always enjoy getting e-maU updates and this month it's great to be able to pass along an update from Janine Gosebrink, sister ofJim Gray. Jim must not have been a "BuU" major, smce he's passing the buck on writing an e-maU!

• My brother, C D R Jim "Danfren" Gray recently assumed command of USS TEXAS (SSN 775) m a Change of Command ceremony at Naval Submarme Station, Kings Bay, GA.The USS TEXAS is the 2nd m theVIRGINLA. class of attack submarines.

The ceremony took place September 22,2006.

In adffition to his wffe and four Lynne, Katie, and Becca Rizzo on their way home on board the Queen Mary 2 chUffien, our parents, Richard and Jeanette Griffin of Fenwick Island, DE Joe also asked that I post the foUowing (see attached photo) and our stepmom, announcement about an upconfrng Vicki Gray of SaHsbury, MD were also in reumon of Fox Company TBS Marmes: attendance. Many friends and famUy were • CaUing aU Fox Company TBS Marines: able to make the trip as weU. Kevin Kits was in attendance, but Fox Company vvUl be having a reumon at not picmred. Two classmates and saffing Lunga Reservofr, MCB Quantico on 30 buddies from USNA, and thefr fanfrhes, June 07.The main focus of the day is joined the festivities: my husband (Jim's seeing old friends and catching up on the brother-in-law), C D R F John past 20 years. Regarffiess of whether you ("Goose") Gosebrink, and LtCol think you can make it or not, please Brian ("BT") Alexander forward your e-maU to Joseph.rizzo@ (see attached picmre). usmc.mU or Mike.S.Zvvingle@sprmt.com John is assigned to USTRjySlSCOM so we can add you to the contact/ffistriat Scott AFB m UHnois.We Hve in ShUoh bution Hst. More information wUl be sent and have two chUffien (Heather-8 and out in the near fomre, so get us your Erick-6). Brian is stationed at Camp contact info! • Lejune, NC. He and his wife, Laura, and WeU, afraid that's aU I have for the month thefr two chUffien (Hank-12 and Ruth-8) of May. If you haven't done so in awhUe have recently remrned from an overseas please take a few minutes to shoot me an tour to Korea. Please keep the Alexander's e-maU and let me know wffiat you, or in your ffioughts/prayers as Brian deploys your spouse, or your kids, or you and your for the next year. spouse and your kids have been up to. It Jim, his wife,SheUey, and ffiefr children would be gready appreciated!

(Kimo-12, Laura-7, Grace-5, and CoUin-8 Take care everyone! mos.) have recendy relocated to Mystic, CT. USS TEXAS is currendy home.fr'.^MWsw^fflKw^afi;''.

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joined us later for Dawn's fareweU send off. And then there was the bachelorette party, attended by: Fran (Utley) Chloe 90, Hope HaU, EUen Gardner, JuUe Niedermaier, Cathy Masar, Lisa BozzeUi, and Dawn Hillman.Then the last 2 shots are from the wedding at the Alumni House, and the 89 crowd was joined by Heather Purvis, David Chloe, and Lou Durso. A fabulous time was had by aU and we wish John and Dawn aU the best as they head to Greece for John's next assignment. • My old company mate and, now, Lt.Col. Paul Ryan, reports in:

"Jim Gray with his parents Richard and Jeanette Griffin"

Next we get an Army-Navy game update from Big Bob Strong! Bob must have been an engineer as weU since it took me 15 minutes to correct aU the slang and speUing errors.That's why they pay me the big bucks.

• Greetings Classmates! I just wanted to forward you a couple of pics from the Army-Navy game in PhiUy. I made the trip up from Norfolk, where I am stiU teaching NROTC smdents how to be mature adiUt-Hke officers Hke me! Drove my RV up and met Bret Price (who drove down from Hartford) and Ted Alexander (who flew infromSan Diego), both with their kids Qack and Dane respectively) in tow. Ted's folks— Ted Alexander Sr. '59 and wife EHzabeth drove in from DC. It was a great game—as I'm sure you aU saw—tied at the half 7-7, but then Navy poured it on and crushed the Army Gray's hopes once again...'twas particularly pleasing for those of us sitting in the Army VIP Club section! Anyhow, if any of you stray through Norfolk, feel free to give me a caU: 757-423-USMC! And oh yea—the RV wiU be at the game in Baltimore next year...just look for the one with jumper cables attached to the front and a bunch of old slighriy intoxicated USNA and USMA grads teUin' me what's wrong with my electrical system! Semper errrr!

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Thanks again for the updates. Send me more on where you go this summer for vacation, change of command ceremonies and other exciting news! —Eric ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 99% PRES: Ingar Grev 904 Barbury PL, Annapolis, MD 21401-6485 H: 410-571-0105; W: 703-24.3-6613 F: 419-818-7319; E: igrev@1989.usna.com C O R R . SEC'Y: Scott McFadden E: smcfaddl@nycap.rr.com LISTSERV: usna89@yahoogroups.org LISTSERV SUBSCRIPTION: send a blank email to usna89-subscribe@yahoogroups.com fiom the address you wish listserv traffic to be sent TO POST A MESSAGE: write your message and send it to usna89@yahoogroups.com UNSUBSCRIBE: send a blank message to usna89-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com WEBMASTER: Tony Newpower E: newps@sprintmail.com

Ahhhh, Spring! FinaUy! A time for brides and Marines.

Cathy Masar sent this to me back in November (My deepest apologies for my lateness!): • Here are a few 89er photos taken recently and spurred on by the impenffing departure ofDa-wn HiUman, who just got married last weekend to John Griffin, Class of 1986. The first shot is those 89ers serving in the Navy Annex- Cliff Salonga, Cathy Masar, Brian Montgomery, Anne (HoUenbeck) Rennie, Britt McNeil, Julie Niedermaier, Dawn HiUman, Chris Thomas, Dale Rohrbach, (Tim Smith - not pictured). Trey Rhiddlehoover

• Hey this is my first ever input for our class write-up in the Shipmate mag. I was out with my current unit,VMM-263, on a deployment for traimng, back in early October at El Centro, CA. Picmre included of aU of the USNA types in the squadron with their names and dates Hsted below. I'm currently the X O of the squadron here at New River, NC and I'm slated to be the C O in about 14 months.

We are the 1st fleet MV-22B squadron and supposed to make the 1st ever operational deployment with MV-22B's next faU. WhUe we were out West I went to Mark Springer's Change of Command ceremony. He took over as the C O of EOD Traimng Unit One at Point Loma, CA on 12 Oct. I've included a photo of Mark, Dave Sadler, and I as weU (affectionately known as the BuffBrothers-Scott).There were a couple other of our classmates in attendance as weU. Everybody seems to be doing weU, just geffing old (Speak for yourselfl-Scott).Also at Mark's CoC:Joe Manffichak - afinancialplanner in Newport Beach CA but stUl a reserve ffiver CDR and Clark Nichols, who just finished a CO tour of EOD Unit FOUR in Bahrain and is now Chief Staff Officer of EOD Group ONE in Coronado. From Left to right in ffieVMM-263 photo: LtCol Rock ('88); LtCol Ryan ('89); Maj Depue ('93); Capt Gilbert ('97); Capt OkoreehBaah ('00); IstLt Knickerbocker ('03); Isffit Faibisoff ('03); IstLt Brandt ('03). • B r y n (Johnson) Narcisian writes in: • HeUo-My update is a litde old, but I have a wonderful event to teU you about.

My roommate from our days in 34th company. Donna Stephenson, has gotten married! I had the privilege of attending her beautiful wedding at the USNA Chapel on AprU 25^^^ 2OO6, She married a wonderful guy named Gordon Johnson, He has to be pretty wonderful to

overcome ffie fact ffiat he is a West Point grad! Seriously, Gordon is great, and he and Donna are a perfect match.They are both FBI agents based in the DC area, and caU Annapolis home. Barb Tucker (32"^" Company) attended as weU. Barb is StiU in the Navy. I was also lucky enough to stay overnight with Karin (Klose) KuHnski (15 Company) and her fanfrly.

Karin Hves in Alexanffiia and loves flying C-130s out of a Navy Reserve squadron at Anffiews AFB. She is the PXO this year. She and her husband Steve are ffie proud parents of 2 beautiful daughters, ages 3 and 9 months. Please see the attached photos. I Hve in Denver wiffi my husband PaiU and our daughter Quinn (3) and son Blake (2). I work for a REIT as an IT project manager. Life is good and we are very happy here. Look me up if you are ever in Denver! AU the best...

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Greetings '90, I was a bit nervous coming into this month's article. It was rapidly mrmng into a caU for Emergency Procedure Honesty. As a renfrnder, Emergency Procedure Honesty is when the class scribe resorts to writing about himself for lack of input from his shipmates. (Sorry Carter, I have the C O N N and can poke as much fon at you as required.) Saving us this month from catastrophe is the one and only Tony Bunosso. I am going to include two photos ofTony for simple comparison purposes.

Tony au natural Here is the quote straight from the Pirate himseff: â&#x20AC;˘ Out of thousands of entrants, from across the country, I have been selected Tony the Pirate as one of twenty finalists to be a Pirate for a day at Disneyland in CaHforma. However, I can't get there alone; I need your votes!!!

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wUl be flown out to Anaheim for four days in June. The Hnk below wUl bring you to my pirate auffition clip and the voting utffity. • Shipmates, I am not putting the Hnk in here since the voting wUl be over by the time you read this. But, I think the picmres explain themselves. The video involves an interview ofTony the Pirate.

The first question regards how long he has been a pirate. Our pirate skiUfoUy answers with "AU me bloonfrn Hfe, sir!

Me mother was a mermaid, me father was King Nepmne! I was born on the crest..." I think we remember the rest.

Tony, are you sure you want to win a trip to Disneyland? I have been avoiding that one. Something about overpriced hotdogs and waiting for hours in Hne to see Casper the Friendly Ghost that just does not Hght my fire. But hey, maybe I am just out of touch. I know I know what everyone is thinking. It is not for me, it is for the kids.

My response is "suffer little kidffies.

Dad ain't taking you to Disney!"

Since I have plenty of column left, here is the final wrap-up on Army Eric Anderson Navy Game photos from December.

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jFODTBALi Nicole and Ray Berzins, Rich O'Connell Stacy and Paul Krush, Chris Tinio

RADM Kristensen, Emily and Mike Meier, Carter Honesty Mia and Steve Amiaga

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Once again Shipmates, that is wrap from here in the Heardand. I hope this article finds everyone in good spirits and ready for a great sunmier. Keep those updates rolling in.

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anne.sharpe@usna.com to contribute a Sea Story.

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Cheers, '91. Spring is defimtely inffieair as 1 write this article, wiffi cherry blossoms starting to peek out here through ffie Seatde rain. I love this time of year, when ffiose dreaded Dark Ages we knew- in AnnapoHs w-ould start their surrender, and a Hght spring would begm to show itseff. And as a sports fan, I love to bracket my w-ay through each March madness into ffie azaleas of Augusta in early AprU, and of course the hardwood crack of basebaU's opemng day. So much to look forward to for us aU!

J en sin Sommer participates in first Cambodian port visit in 30 years

Sommer family in Thailand

With that, I mrn to the maUbag where we have one note from Jensin Sommer who writes from Japan: • Happy Chinese New Year! In support of your resolution to have an entry in every issue, here is a bit of irffo from Yokosuka, Japan, home of the USS Kitty

Havv-k Strike Group, our Navy's largest and only permanendy forw^ard deployed Carrier Strike Group. (Being the CSG5 and CTF 70/75 PAO, I can't" help the tout.) I've been in this job since last July and love being back in Japan , hich was my first real duty station after completing Japanese language smdies at DLI in 1992.

I wanted to share nvo particular pieces of news with our classmates. Thefirstis about the USS OKLAHOMA memorial groundbreaking which took place December 7 at Pearl Harbor. I was formnate to be able to attend the ceremony in support of my then-boss. Rear Adnfrral "Hound Dog" McClam, who was a guest speaker due to his very strong ties to his native state and those who worked to make the memorial a reaHty. OKLAHOMA lost 429 men from the attack 65 years ago, second only to the ARIZONA, yet ffiere has never been a memorial at Pearl Harbor to honor the sacrffices of these SaUors. This oversight wiU soon be corrected, but a lot of w^ork is stiU requfred to raise the fonds needed to buUd the memorial. If anyone is interested in purchasing a commemorative coin, let me know (ivvsommer91@ vahoo.com) as I maintain ties with the USS OKLAHOMA Memorial Association's staff.

WhUe at ffie ceremony I ran into D o m Strada and had a chance to catch up with him. Dom is on the PACFLT staff as Admiral Roughead's speechwriter.

He is married and has several young kids (sorry, ffidn't catch aU the details) and had previously completed a mUitary feUowship at MIT's Security Smdies Program.

Among his other distinguished achievements include being the Navy's first MH-60S Insttuctor PUot. The offier news item I wanted to share is about a historic port visit to Camboffia by one of Kitty- Hawk Strike Group's ships, GARY (FFG 51), commanded by CDR Joe Deleon ('87 grad). This was the first U.S. Navy ship visit there in over 30 years and generated a lot of meffia coverage, which I and the American embassy PAO supported during the Feb. 9-13 port caU in SihanoukviUe (imagine Pattaya or Phuket 20-30 years ago!). Attached is a photo of me with viUagers who were waiting for free meffical and dental check ups provided by U.S. and Cambodian Navy doctors. During the visit GARY's crew also disttibuted Project Handclaspdonated goods to a local orphanage and spent time teaching the kids how to play with the toys and sporting equipment they just received.

The second attached photo is from a fanfrly elephant ride near Pattaya, ThaUand, a port visit stop for the Kitty Hawk Strike Group last Labor Day weekend. We also had a great fanfrly "reunion" in Hong Kong over Thanksgiving and then spent Chrismias leave in Phuket, Chiang Mai, and Bangkok,ThaUand (we heard one of the New^ Year's Eve terrorist bombings in the city and thought it was preps for fireworks that night). Our next trip will be to Cambodia over Spring Break — the main purpose being to see Angkor Wat, a 12th cenmry temple believed to be the world's largest reHgious site. Being stationed overseas is such a great way to see the world and we are definitely gratefol for the travel oppormnities the Navy has given us.

Before I sign off, here's an update on my old roonfre Jennifer Lednicky who wiU be in Bahrain March through September to help set up the new Navy Expeditionary Forward Headquarters.

That's it for now. Take care and "Gong xi fa chai", or ,"Best wishes for a prosperous New Year". Go Navy, Beat Army!—Jensin W Sommer • Thanks Jensin for keeping our article afrve with real nevv^s. It sounds Hke you're Hving the Navy dream.. .Join the Navy, See the World! We wish you continued safe sailina; out ofYokosuka.

John recites Reef Points to Daniel DeVine... Class of2028??

I'm in a great mood tonight, as my wife Laurel gave birth just last night to our fourth (and final) chUd, Darnel Thomas.

Mom and Daniel are great, and the older sibHngs—Jake,JuHa, and Luke—are taking vv-eU to the new farmly adffition. I'U include ffie only picmre I have of myseff with the new guy.

Keep the news confrng to shipmate91@comcast.net! Cheers—JD

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Homecoming: Navy vs. Wake Forest

Cuss EMAIL: USNA92reunion@yahoogfoups.com; Cuss WEBSIIE: http://www.usna.com/dasses/1992

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18™ - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21", 2007 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18^" Early Arrivals Annapolis/Academy Tours Welcome / Reunion Packet Pickup Informal party at Dock Street Bar (upstairs) FRIDAY, OCTOBER W Golf Class of'92 Memorial Service, Memorial Hall Mid store / USNA Lunches Superintendent / Pres & CEO of Alumni Assoc Briefing Class Meeting Formal Parade Class Social and Banquet - Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20^" Fun Run Tail Gate Party Football Game - Navy vs. Wake Forest Tailgate Party continued / Company Parties SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21'^ Chapel Services, Main Chapel IMPORTANT INFORMATiOli Classmates: The reunion committee will be using the webpage and email as the primary means of communicating reunion information.

Please ensure your information is current with the Alumni Association (especially email): http://community.usna.com •

Login, then click on "my profile". Verify or update your information on the Address and Contact Information tab.

Visit the Class Webpage for the latest reunion information and periodic updates: www.usna.com/dasses/1992 Hotel information is listed on our class website. Room blocks have been held under "Class of 1992 Reunion."

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Email reunion questions or volunteer to help at: USNA92reunion@yahoogroups.com

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WhUe we were sleeping, laffies and gents of ffie Formne Favors ffie Bold class, our fifteenffi reumon has done snuck up on us. Seems Hke we just up and had the tenffi, and ffiat was great and aU, and everyone went away feeHng superb, and ffien wham, along comes this.. .this mUestone. Not only has our Years Since Left Boat School reached puberty, it's starting to grow a wispy mUk moustache, it's starting to wear Drakkar Noir cologne, it's starting to say crazy things Hke "you never lov-ed me anyw^ays." and it's eyeing ffie keys to ffie car. But lo and behold, some people are responsible, and they hav-e been paying attention. People Hke PhU Reed, and Creighton Armstrong, and Dave LUefloren, and a host of others have been doing yeoman's work to provide you, laffies and gents, wiffi a ripping fifteenth reumon. From here on m, the best place to find fifteenffi reumon information is our new- class website, wwwr.usna.com /classes/1992, and this space right here.

But why Hsten to a clod Hke me?

PhU can give you the straight dope. Take it away, PhU: • The Big Picture: The reumon wiU be held Thursday; October 18ffi, to Sunday, October 21st, during the Navy-Wake Forest game. Thursday mght, the highHghts are ffie welcome reception and informal party at Dock Street Bar. On Friday, the activities pick up with goff.

Class of '92 Memorial Service, Superintendent / Pres & CEO of Alumni Association Briefing and Class Meeting, and Class Social and Banquet at the Staffium. On Samrday, the game wUl rule with a Fun Run in the mormng and the obvious TaU Gate Party aU day into the mght. We wUl close out the weekend with Chapel Services on Sunday.

There are a few things you can do to ensure you are up to speed on aU of the specifics. First, please ensure your information is current with the Alumm Association (especiaUy emaU) at http://commumty.usna.com. Login, then cHck on "my- proffie".Verify or update your information on the Adffiess and Contact Information tab.

In addition, please send your updated emaU info to our class reumon emaU

address (USNA92reunion@ yahoogioups.coni).This vviU enable us to keep a very accurate emaU Hst and allow us to send out priority updates. If you have not yet received an eniaU from the comimttee, please send your eniaU contact info to the class reunion emaU address. It is quite probable that we wiU nfrss many people (initiaUy) due to incorrect contact info. In adffition, please do not hesitate to share the emaUs with USNA 1992 friends, just to make sure everyone is plugged in.

The goal is to get the word out!

Visit ffie Class Webpage for the latest reunion information and periodic updates at wvvw.usna.com/classes/1992. Hotel information, amongst other specffics, is Hsted on our class website. Room blocks have been held under "Class of 1992 Reumon."We currendy have agreements with three hotels in the area - the new Westin, Spring HUl Suites, and Best Western. Please check the website for up-to-ffie-minute info.

EmaU reumon questions or volunteer to help at: USNA92reumon(^ahoogroups.com.

Look forward to seeing as many of you as we can this faU! • Short and sweet, laffies and gents, short and sweet. That's aU I have for this monffi.

Peace and harmony to aU, and fair winds and foUowing seas to aU those of you out ffiere in harm's way.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% IJFE MEMBERSHIP: 98% PRES: Maj Joe Moreno, USMCR VICE PRES: LCDR Kevin Hein, USN "FREAS: Efien Mojica C O R R . SEC'Y: Maj Shogo Cottrell, USMCR 20902 W 117th St.. Olathe, KS 66061 H: 913-782-8149 E: shipmate@usna93.com WEB SITE: http://www.usna93.com

Lots of updates — we'U get straight to them. Les Pritchett has a new adffition to his fanfrly!

• I thought I would send along something for the next Shipmate.

Les and I welcomed our second daughter Katherine LesHe on July 17,2006, exacdy 18 months to ffie day from when her sister Grace arrived. We are stUl in Piano and doing great. Les works for EDS and I stay home with the gfrls. Here is a picture of Les Pritchett and Kate taken last month.

Warm Regards, Monica Pritchett •

Kate & Les Prichett

Next up is Stephanie Hahn.

• FinaUy! I've had enough goings-on in my Hfe to provide the impems to write m and give my own update. It's been a busy 13+ years. Starting right in on the update... My first tour after the Academy was at the Office of Naval IntelHgence m Suidand, Maryland working in computer security. WhUe there, I attended the Umversity of Maryland Umversity CoUege at mght and completed my master's in computer systems management with a focus in information resource management. My next tour was at Fort Meade, Maryland. I left active duty in 1998 and went to work m mdustry as a Program Manager for an IT company here in Maryland. Although I ffid a bit on the commercial side of the company, I primarUy ffid consiUting work with federal government agencies in the Washington, DC area. After 4 ? years wiffi the company (and just before the company benefits for using the condos they own in some mce spots Hke Tahoe and the CaroHnas woiUd have started to kick in), I had the oppormnity to take a position m the federal government as a civiHan, and I've continued working/Hving here in Maryland. This last job change has probably had the biggest impact on my Hfe- personaUy and professionaUy. Most importandy, in the faU of 2003,1 met my fomre husband, Steve Pritchard, at work—in a meeting (of aU places!).We figured out pretty quickly that we grew up in towns about 30 nfrnutes apart from each other in upstate New York and had a lot in common. On June 3,2006, we were married at St. Paul's Church in Rome, New York.

The included picmre (photo ffid not come through) was taken at our wedffing with the Academy grads who attended.

From left to right: My sister, Roberta (Hahn) Sloan '89, was my Matron of Honor. After leavmg the Navy in 1994, she worked in DC for a short time and then remrned to May 2007

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upstate New York (where we are originaUy from) after getting married. Now she's a Professor in the Information Technology department at the SUNY MorrisvUle campus and has nearly completed her doctorate.

Mei-Ling MarshaU, my roommate for three of the years at the academy, was able to make the trip from San Diego- so wonderfol of her! She and her husband, David, have been married since 1996 and have two sons (Josh - 7 and Alex - 5).

Their third chUd (a daughter this time) is expected to arrive just in the nick of time before her Daddy is due to deploy! MeiLing is stationed as the Staff Judge Advocate (SJA) at Naval Coastal Warfare Group ONE (NCWG-1) in San Diego, and David is serving as the CHENG on USS PREBLE. We were so lucky that she was able to come to our wedffing even though she sure has enough going on to keep her very busy at home (not to mention adffing in the cross-country trip she took in a weekend)!!!!

Steve's brother, Paul Pritchard '83, was the best man. Paid, his wife MicheUe and their two chUdren, Sarah and Michael, are Hving in Maine where Paul is an FBI agent.

My 20th company classmate, Taku Kopp, made the trip from Cincinnati, Ohio. It was so great to see him! Taku spent 8 years in the submarine community during which he had tours on the HYMAN G RICKOVER (SSN 709) m Norfolk, and ComPatReconWing ONE in Japan. While in Japan, he completed his MBA with McGiU University. After leaving active duty in 2001, he started working for Procter & Gamble, where he is now working in Energy Procurement.

One of my great friends. Bob Morelli '91 was also able to make the trip up from Lewistown, Pennsylvania. And, even get in a couple rounds of goff at the nearby casino's goff course!

We took a cruise to the Mediterranean for our honeymoon (much improved over the youngster med cruise I had!) with stops in Rome, Italy; Dubrovnik, Croatia; Corfu, Santorini, and Katakolon, Greece; Kusadasi,Turkey; Malta; and Sicily. Seeing ancient Olympia, Ephesus, the historic areas of Malta, and the old city waUs of Dubrovnik were amazing, but for pure picturesque beauty, Santorini was our favorite by far. For most of the summer, I was unpacking boxes after moving into Steve's house here in Columbia, Maryland, and we've been

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consoHdating household goods ever since.

It's been a busy summer!

As if aU this wasn't enough, I was fortunate enough to be selected to attend the National War CoUege (NWC) at Fort McNair in Washington, DC. As I write this, we're already two months into the 10-month program that results in a master's in National Security Strategy.

Graduation is next June. It's a great privilege to be attending with the finest nfrHtary people (both U.S. as weU as international feUows) I have ever had the opportunity to talk with and learn from (with the exception of my '93 classmates, OF COURSE!). I have been very lucky to continue working closely with those on active duty even as a civiHan. I've run into a few Academy folks in the ISTWC class of 2007— aU are stUl active duty: Mike KiUion USMC '86,Jeff Mosher USMC '86, Dave Robinson USMC '87, Michael (Reggie) Hammond '88, Dave MaxweU USMC '88, Clint CarroU '89, JeffMcCauley '90, and Tony Lesperance 91.

It's been an amazing 13 years. I always enjoy seeing what everyone has been up to and look forward to the updates each month. Best to everyone out there.... • Stephame — thanks for the update. I also appreciate your patience sending it to me multiple times as I worked out some emaU issues. Next up,Jay Arnone.

• I'm not sure that we know each other aU that weU, but I thought that after 13+ years it was time to send in an update and a couple of pictures (photos did not come through) for the magazine.

The first image is of myself and James Anderson after this past year's Army/Navy game enjoying a fewYuenglings. Qames on the left and me on the right.) At the time the picture was taken, James was X O of USS Halyburton home ported in Mayport. I was a 3rd team scrub on the footbaU team back in the day and attend almost every Army/Navy game as we live about 1.5 hours west of PhiUy. James and I were roommates in 19th/15th company for a couple of years.

The second image is ofJames (left), Halyburton CO and ex-Navy quarterback CDR WiUiam Byrne (nfrdffie), and me on the right. BiU is no longer the C O of the ship as he has moved on to a position in the Pentagon. BiU is an '87 grad.

James Anderson lives with his wife Renee and 4 sons in Mayport, FL. Bill Byrne '87 and his wife have 5 children and have now moved to the D.C. area.

They of course are both active surface warfare. I got out in '98 after 5 years in the surface Navy and now reside with my wife Caria and 3 sons in Orwigsburg, PA. I'm a distribution manager for Suburban Propane.

If you wouldn't rmnd pubHshing my e-maU address for any of those classmates who I haven't heard from in a whUe - that would be great. I'd like to throw out, if possible, a special heUo to CoUeen, Zub, Newloser, Mini-Ape, and Rob A-aaaaa.... a few classmates that I have not heard from in a very long time. Jaime 0ay) Arnone,'93.jaimesonj@msn.com • Our last update is from Aaron Tellier.

• Greetings '93! After 13 years, I thought it was time for an update! After a year in Newport, RI, I spent 4 years as a surface warfare officer on the CALLAGHAN and KITTY HAWK both based out of San Diego. During that time I married my high school sweetheart Heather and we have since enjoyed 10 happy years of marriage. We have been blessed with three beautifol girls. Faith, Claire and Charlotte. After the Navy, I went to the Yale School of Management for my MBA. FoUowing grad school, I went to DLJdirect, one of the early onHne brokerages. Dreams of dot-com mUHons came and went and I have most recently been working for MerriU Lynch at their corporate campus near Princeton, NJ. This year I've have seen many good friends. Over Easter, we visited my old roonfre Roger Ouimet, his wife MicheUe and their 4 children. (Nice work buddy!) They are doing weU in North Carolina and Roger is working for a recruiting company. We have also spent quality time with Chip Walz and Erin McAvoy on a couple of fun outings. CoincidentaUy, Chip is also working at MerriU Lynch in New York City. Erin continues to enjoy a successful career in the Navy. She served a tour of duty in the Midffie East where she recruited volunteers for the Iraqi nfrHtary and earned the Bronze Star. She is now the XO of the Operational Support Center in the Bronx. Last month I went to the fareweU concert for the incomparable Dr.TaUey and ran into many old Glee clubbers including 93'ei-sjeff Mulkey and Brad Gresham. After the concert 1 went out on the town with Jerry Stefanko '84 (the unassunfrng, but coolest Glee Club O rep I can imagine) and my old wingman Ben Ash. On that same weekend I also was

formnate to spend some time with Karin Rao Breitinger and Susanne Franklin McClellan. Boffi of them are doing weU, married wiffi chUdren and Hving near AnnapoHs. Last, but not least, I had drinks vv-ith De'van Cross, my old roommate from Newport back m his home town of San Francisco. I met his lovely wife Beffiany- whom he married in wffiat I'm told was an amazing wedffing last year.

They are expecting soon and he is doing vveU in his job at Puke Homes. That's it for now; but ffiere's more on my fanfrly web site w-w-vv.aaronteUier.com, plus some old USNA pics. Take care! Aaron • Jay, Stephanie, and Aaron sent in photos, but due to space constraints I could not have ffiem printed. Look for them next monffi or on our class website. Keep sending items to my- personal e-maU address: shogoc@yahoo.com. Due to SPAM and offier issues. shipmate@ usna93.com is no longer v-aHd. Beat Armv-! — Shogo

civiHan Hfe, I work for Planning Systems, Inc. and work with Naval Special Warfare on an Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration. Always fon to work wiffi the SEALs and I run into Classmates in San Diego often...Damon Dixon is working at the METOC Center in San Diego . He has 2 beautifol girls. Savannah and HaUe . His wife Cydney is a great Mom and is running her own business.

I just heardfiromJohn Townsend that he andjeannette had a Httle girl recently to balance out their son Ben and put a little balance back in the house. Yosh Lehman is now out and flying for Southwest, so beware if you like to fly that airhne!! I also saw Brian Grana and Ben Pappas of 1996 Class, at Damon's for a Bowl Game party. We look forward to seeing aU out here for the Poinsettia Bowl ne.xt vear. DEANO •

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PRES: Scott K. Hornbuckle, USMC 1395 Caminito Capistiano #4, ChulaVista, CA 91913 H: 619-934-4932: E: hombuckle@hottnail.com VICE PRES/TREAS: Kitk Clermont 3110 Gra\-stone Lane, Apt. 1207 Albany. GA 31721 H: 229-436-4153 E: clermonk@beIlsouth.net SEC'Y: Chris \^Iliams 425 South St., #2104. Honolulu. HI 96813 E: christian_b_wTlliams@"v:ahoo.com C O R R . SEC'Y: Jim Keck 13714 San Viscaya Dr..Jacksom-nie. H. 32217 H: 904-737-1633; E: JKeck@usna94.com ANNUAL ME.MBERSHIP: 0% LIFE ME.MBERSHIP: 98% PRES: John Fleet E: class.president@1995.usna-com

PRES: LT Bart PhiUips, USN 724 MiUsWay.AnnapoUs.MD 21401 H: 410-263-4672; E: bphiUip@usna.edu SEC'Y: Tonya (Barz) Bush 749 Howe Dr., Carmel, IN 46032 H: 317-581-0305; E: tbbush@tcco.com

Greetings, '96! An update from the high seas, Ted Diamond shares some Navy news with us.

From left to right Brad Stevens, Ted Diamond, Kevin Snode, and Mark Crowe

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Dean and Ben Wakehan

Dean, Congrats once again, and best of luck to you out there. Send some emaUs '95ers! Don't forget, the next issue covers two months so you won't hear from me in awhUe. UntU then, take care.

Later, — Don.

SEC'Y: LCDR Don Jatrdola, U S N 47 Spring D m e. Bowdoin. .ME 04287 H: 207-319-7685; E: djamiola@yahoo.com WEB S i l t : www.usna95.com

• Here is some more "Class News" fodder from the Ike. We are over hafrvvay through what has mrned into an "LUtraCruise". We acmaUy had two over-the-hump days, one before we got extended and one after, so twice the fon...

We watched Army/Navy from the North Arabian Sea, and attached are picmres of numerous grads (but not quite a plethora) in our Wardroom.We're aU pUots doing our SWO-appreciation tours. Brad Stevens and Kevin Snode are heaffing off to be responsible adults (FRS, DH, and beyond), Mark Crowe PCS'd to AIRJ-ANT shortly after this photo was taken, and I'm heaffing to Wright Patterson AFB for postgrad school. • Thanks for the update, Ted! WUl part with a quote from WUHam James, "Human beings, by changing the mner attimdes of thefr nfrnds, can change the outer aspects of their Hves." Until next month... —Tonya

Greetings '95! Spring is here and summer is right around the corner. Hope everyone is doing weU. I receiv-ed an emaU from an old friend who sounds Hke he and his fanfrly are doing weU-Dean Wakeham. On to the letter...

• Dean and Amy had thefr first son on 14 Dec 2006. Benjanfrn RUey Wakeham was bom at 0531 and tipped the scales at 8 lbs 8 oz. He has quickly moved up to 14 lbs 4 oz by 9 weeks and continues to grow everyday, (www.babywakeham.com). I am off active duty; but stUl am in the Reserves as the E.xecutive Assistant for Naval Special Warfare METOC. In my

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PRES: Tom Wagner E: twagiierl@s.in.rr.com Send news to: CAPT Aaron Shelley, USMC 2830 Escala Circle, San Diego, CA 92108 E: apshelley@hotmail.com

Classmates, I do not have much to report for this month. The 10-year reunion planmng is in foU effect, but no defimtive word yet on which weekend it wUl be. I hope to have more updates soon.

Eric Biggers checked in this month.

For those of you who are not famUiar, he was a Nuclear Surface Warfare Officer during his time in the Navy. Eric writes, • [I] left the Navy in 2002 and moved to DaUas with Frito-Lay. I was with them for about 2 years, then went to Southern Methoffist Umversity (SMU) Business School and started working here at Electromc Data Systems (EDS) in the summer of 2006 after graduation. EDS is a great place to work and there are tons of ex-mUitary guys around, so it's always nice to meet someone who served. Other than geffing a shiny new degree and a new job, I also got married last summer too.

Amanda is from ]VLidland,TX and went to coUege here in DaUas, so she's been here for a whUe. She's a nurse at ChUdren's Meffical Center, DaUas. I've run into a few other '97 guys in the area, incluffing Clint Bruce and Lester Fortney. Both seem to be doing weU and caU DaUas home now too. I can't wait to head back for our 10th Reumon. It wUl be mce to see lots of famUiar faces. • Eric, thanks for taking the time to send an update. Glad to know that you're doing weU. Congratulations on getting married last summer, completing your MBA, and having a successful transition to the civilian world. Please continue to keep us posted. I also heard from JuUe (Gill) GoHnhorst. Julie completed her obligated service as an Army officer. She and her husband, Kevin, are now raising their 3 ? year old son and 4 month old daughter.

JuHe also started a health and weUness business last year and things seem to be going very well so far.

Nikki (St Clair) MarshaU reports in from Annapolis, where she and her husband returned 2 ? years ago. Nikki is a fuU-time mom now, raising their 3 year old. FinaUy, Josh and Jen (Meyer) Ryan are living in JacksonviUe, FL after both getting out of the Navy. Josh has his own real estate investment company, and Jen remains at home with their two boys.

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Drew is 3 yrs old and Matt is 1 yr old.

Jen is StUl in the reserves and continues to driU about once a week as an instructor in VP-30 (P-3 FRS).

That's aU I have for this month. I hope that in the next issue, I'U be able to provide better information on the reunion and have more news to share with the class. Until then, have a great month 97!

— Aaron ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 99% PRES: David Forman H: 831-224-3490; E: DSForman@aol.com VICE PRES: John Chau T15.EAS: Daniel J. Martin SEC'Y: Shawn C. Gee E: shawngee@msn.com CORR.SEC'Y: C.B.Johnson 1430 Commonwealth Dr., Suite 102 Wilmington, NC 28403 P: 910-328-2556 E: cbjohnson@1998.usna.com yj

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Pl^S: Capt Chris "Buster" O'Brien, USMC E: heybustah@msn.com VICE PRES: Ben Adeyemi E: nigeriansteele@hotmail.com T I ^ A S : Jason Mendenhall E: GLandJ.'ison@aol.com SEC'Y: Minh-tu Nguyen 11710 Old Georgetown Rd., #608 North Bethesda, MD 20852 H: 703-928-2524; E: minhtu99@yahoo.com WEB SITE: www.usna99.com

Dear 99, Please read this information sent from Dee (Ruley) Persons regarding our classmate Christine Weeks. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me or Dee. • In February 2007, Christine was diagnosed with advanced breast cancer.

The cancer has metastasized to other places in her body. Christine has been receiving intense weekly chemo sessions since the diagnosis. She is being treated at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, MA. Her parents and fiance are located in Bethesda, MD and travel up to be with her as often as they can.

Christine Weeks is an amazing individual. She is one of the most caring, giving, brUHant, modest, and loving people that I came across during my years at USNA. Christine Weeks was in 12th Company and on the women's soccer team. Upon graduation, Christine entered the Medical Service Corps and was accepted into Harvard Medical School. She has been progressing through the rigorous and lengthy medical training

up in Massachusetts these past 7 years to become a surgeon and was most recendy finishing up research in Bethesda, MD. Christine's undying faith and spirit are evident by the thousands of people writing into her website to support her. Please feel free to visit this site and write your weU wishes to Christine! Also please forward this emaU onto others in the Navy fanfrly: http://www.caringbridge.org /visit/christineweeks In order to help with the various expenses that have arisen, an account has been set up in Christine's name at USAA. If anyone would Hke to make donations to help Christine and her fanfrly you may do so in one of three ways. The first way is very easy and should only take a few nfrnutes to do; each step is explained in detaU so it seems lengthy.

1. For USAA members go to www. usaa.com a. Select Transfer funds Hnk under Account Services. b. USAA Members select their account under FROM ACCOUNT drop down menu: c. Select Add Someone Else's USAA Account from the TO ACCOUNT: Drop down menu d. Select if transfer is a one time transfer or Reoccurring transfer. e. Enter Amount Value f CHck the NEXT tab (You wUl enter the Add an account page) g. Select No for signature authority h. Enter "Christine M Weeks" under Account Holder i. Select Type of Account (Checking) j . Enter Account 40359670 k. Enter 314074269 for USAA Transit Routing Number 1.

Enter a name for the Donation; it wiU appear in the USAA Members Account Hst m. CHck NEXT Tab n. Verify the account funds are being transferred to. o. Enter last 4 ffigits of your SSN to aUow transfer.

2. Non USAA and USAA members can make donations to the Christine M. Weeks Account by caUing USAA ffirecdy at 1-800-531-2265 and press 0. You wUl be connected with a banking representative who can help you make a donation.

The donation is caUed a Credit Card Cash Advance. Friends and fanfrly can donate using their credit cards to the joint account. Those who wish to donate this way wiU just need to give the representative account number 40359670. The max contribution via credit card is $2,500 per transaction.

3. Non USAA and USAA members can also maU check donations to USAA directly Make checks payable to Christine M. Weeks. Print the account

number 40359670 on ffie back of the check and write DEPOSIT ONLY. MaU donations to the foUowing adffiess: USAA Federal Savings Bank, 10750 McDermott Freeway, San Antonio,TX 78284-8426.

Thanks for your time, Deiffie (RiUey) Person (deiffiertUey@hotmail.com) • Please go to ffie website and let Christine know ffiat she has our support during this time.

We StiU need you to send in your updates, photos, letters, etc. There can be nothing for you to read in our column if nothing is sent m. See you next monffi!

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PRES: J.V. "Murph" McCarthy VICE PRES: Art Terry TREAS: Nick Lalota SECT: T i m O'Connor 317 N. Pleasant Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450 E: ShipmateOO@yahoo.coni

ShipmatesIt's Tim here checking in for Murph, who is nursmg a surgicaUy repaired wing back to health after proving that playing mgby when you are 49 imght not be the best idea. I wish we had a Httie more news to report, the ShipmateOO@ yahoo.com inbox has been pretty empty as of late.

Mart Page checked in, back from his second tour over in Iraq. Apparendy he's logged a ton of mUeage in the sandbox for a jet-guy. Tommy Landers checked in from SicUy, where he'U be for another couple of months before remrmng to JacksonviUe. Tommy and his lovely wife Anne are expecting a Httie one real soon.

I feel Hke every time I write one of these articles I'm stUl recovering from an NYC area mim reumon, and they often involve Andrew Lynch and Brendan McAndrews. We had a going away party recendy for Brendan who was on his way over to Iraq. HopefoUy, we'U aU be completely healed in time to welcome him back in 9 months. I'm wondering if the outcome of mghts Hke that wUl ever change.

Speaking of welcome home parties, I had the privUege of recently attending Murph's confrng home/engagement party. It's real. He's getting married. To JeffBanasz's sister. If I say that 2000 more times, it wiU probably set in.

give him our attention at the top of the column...

David Drake writes:

The Banasz family

Speaking of Jeff Banasz, I have included a couple of pictures of him with his son,JT. Jeff and JT have been spending a lot of quaHty time watching Hugh Hefoer's "The Girls Nextdoor" and JTBanasz ffiscussing the merits of saffing. He's a cute kid-it's a good thing he takes after his mother. Let's see how cute he is if he gets his mouth from his dad.

That's reaUy aU I have-typical column with a few ffigs at Murph, late mghts in NYC and not a ton of new news. I'm starting to feel Hke BUI Simmons without the 90210 references and Larry Bird homage. Help me out and keep the ShipmateOO inbox foU. Take care and stay safe —Tim ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 9 5 % PRES: Capt Aaron Fielder, USMC VICE PRES: LT Dave Harrington, USN TREAS: LT Andy Kenwood, SC, USN SEC'Y: Capt John March, USMC E; 2001navy@ayahoo.com WEB SITE: www.usna01.com

Hi everyone, Tom asked to grace the cover of Shipmate, so I thought we should at least

• HELLO'01!

Long time since I've posted, but here goes.... AprU 1,2006 I was married to the lovely Johanna Karavias Morse from AnnapoHs, MD. I gotta thank Pete Dwyer for inviting me to his wedffing back in 2003, because I met her at Ram's Head whUe in town to be one of his sword bearers. A lot of long distance romancing and a deployment later, I finaUy convinced her to marry me. We had a beautifol wedffing in St. Augustine, FL with Robert Barker and Jon Kehoe up front with me.

Patrick O'ReiUy, Jeff Palmer and Bret MiUer were three of my swordsman and Rosie Goscinski, Nagel SuUivan ('96), Russ Whfre ('02), and Matt PizzuUi honored me by attending. Too much alcohol was consumed too quickly and no Shipmate photo was taken. After the wedding, I fought a long, good fight for orders... originaUy there were "no flying orders" in my future, which changed into exchange pUot orders to Kinloss, Scotland, which finaUy evolved into Test Pilot School orders - which I gratefuUy accepted. Prior to heading to Pax River, I am in Dayton, O H at the Air Force Institute ofTechnology working on a Master's degree along with Reid Adams, Les "Farva" Melanson ('00), andTre "Bucket" CosteUo ('00) to name a very few. I highly recommend being Navy personnel on an Air Force base. The only drawback is that Ohio is cold - much too cold for a Phoenix boy Hke myseff. Lasdy, I found some sage knowledge in the last year, "If you're not actively trying not to have children, then you are actively trying to have chUdren." Though unexpected, my wife and I are blessed and incredibly happy to welcome a beautiful, healthy baby girl, Sophia Morgan Drake, into the world on 14 Feb 2007. For those of you checking the math at home, yes it was

Tom Cunningham '01 (fifth from left) flexing as he holds up his Squadron flag in Iwakuni, Japan.

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God bless everyone deployed.

David Drake, David.Drake@ 2001.usna.com; ceU: 904-651-3665; home: 410-774-0112; 211 Fern Circle, Dayton, O H 45431 • Dan Bille writes: • Snapped a picmre at the reception for the Vice President's address at Anderson Airforce Base on Guam on the 22nd of February 2007. From Left to right on the photo are John Lee-Warner (2003), Mike Osterhaus (2004), Hector Ubinas (2003), and DAN BILLE 2001 (Yut). Hector and I are headed out to be part of the 2515th Air Ambulance detachment in Kuwait this AprU. •

John Lee-Warner '03, Mike Osterhaus '04, Hector Ubinas '03, and Dan Bille '01.

Thanks to Tom, David, and Dan for their contributions.

Our condolences go out to the fanfrly ofJennifer Harris '00, Marine heHcopter pUot who ffied heroicaUy and tragicaUy when her CH-46 was shot down in Iraq in early February. Our classmates were roommates with and flew with Jenmfer and had a unique and enthusiastic appreciation for her. Your fanfrly is in our thoughts and prayers.

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Hey Everyone, It's hard to beHeve that five years have come and gone, but they have. Greg Chapman is heading up the reunion comnfrttee for our fiver in September.

Here is a public service announcement/ update from him • I hope tffis everyone is doing great out there around the world. Things back here

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in AnnapoHs are much the same as always, the Academy looks good. We've set a date for the FIVE YEAR reumon, September 15th for the BaU State game. I've made some preHrmnary contacts with caterers, hotels, etc., but I could use help (I'm also planmng a wedffing for July!). Through the alumm associations I've found out that a least 230 of our classmates are back in the Northern VA/DC/AnnapoHs area, so we should have great mrnout. Anyone who is interested in leaffing up a portion of the reunion, help would be appreciated! Just contact me at mailto: gchapman@usna.edu. On a personal note, I found out my company assignment last week, I'U be the 3rd company officer starting in May. Hard to beHeve I'U be fUling the shoes of Capt Fiasco and LT Slash Nash. Take care, Greg. • Threez Nuts is in your hands, Greg ...make us proud.

NickVeasey writes: • Wilson Sullivan, Paul Habenicht and I (NickVeasey) have been at 2d Reconnaissance BattaHon for the past three years. Among the three of us, we have 8 deployments to some of the most lovely parts of the globe: Iraq,Afghamstan, Pakistan, Djibouti, Kenya, Jordan, Beirut, etc,. Although I wouldn't trade the experience, it is nice to be back in the States for a whUe. This past December, WUson SuUivan and Mereffiffi Innes were married at ffie Academy Chapel. Chris Carter and Brian Gelnet were also in town for ffie weekend. The wedffing and festivities were enjoyed by aU and it was great to see AnnapoHs again. The Academy just continues to move right along without us! Pretty soon we'U be wearing fanny packs, sporting old blue-rims, and telHng sea stories at Navy FootbaU games. God help us...

Also, I recendy met up wiffi Melanie Stock at the Marine Corps transition program. She is stiU an active Triathlete and has deployed twice to Afghanistan. I hope you are aU doing weU and I look forward to seeing everyone at the reunion.

NickVeasey I

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Right to left: Nick Veasey Paul Habenicht and Wilson Sullivan

And last but not least, Omur "Oz" Ozdemir writes: • Hey y'aU, Oz '02 speaking. El Turco.

During AprU, I'm going to Spain for Phoenix Express 07. Nassau and some other ships wUl be there. I hope to catch up with some friends there.

Hey, its Hkely that I'U be in US for my masters in faU '07. If it happens hope to see y'aU at our 5th reumon. Peace out, Omur Ozdenfrr (Oz) • That's it for now. Hope you're aU doing weU and have a great summer! —Dam ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 96% PRES: LTJG Daniel Bailey VICE PRES: LTJG Dan Emmert TREAS: IstLt Noclle Navas SEC'Y: LTJG Rick Mui E: navyclass2003@hotmail.com

HeUo 2003,

I'm currendy in Camp Korean VUlage, Iraq wiffi the 15ffi M E U We've been extended twice out here but should be leaving soon.

Other classmates on the MEU include Jill Ruddy and Quinn Nichols, boffi out here as weU whUe Dave Crabbe is up near Haffiffia wiffi our BLT Bryce McDonald was also wiffiffieMEU before he was injured. JUl has been putting in a lot of mUes on ffie road here being the Convoy Commander and runmng missions aU ffie way to the Syrian and Jordanian borders and into the City of Rutbah. Quinn has been running around being the Arty Battery X O and doing security for the Control Points into Rutbah. And I've been running the Signals Intel out here as the RadBn Det OIC for the MEU. I had a mysterious phone caU at one point about a target we were looking at and the inffividual on the other Hne ended up being Bobby Villanue'va...sniaU wodd. I also spoke to Jim Friedlein who is out in Al Asad wiffi his C-130 squadron.

Hope to meet up for some mce Green Bean on our way out. We're aU defimtely looking forward to heaffing back to the ship, the USS BOXER. JUl and Quinn both plan on getting out at our EAS. I received

orders to ffie UK as a Company Commander for Marine Crytologic Support BattaHon so I wiU definitely be doing anoffier tour. Attached is a picmre ofJiU Ruddy and I at ffie SyTian border when I joined her for one of her convoys.

Here's an update from Kade CosteUo:

Since Dan BaUey and I wiU both be in Europe for ffie ne.xt couple of years, Dan Emmert has formed a Reunion Comnfrttee which wiU be putting together our 5 year reumon. More information on ffie reumon wiU come during ffie next year. Please visit our class website and provide any input/updates you may have.

Hope everyone is doing weU and staving safe. —NoeUe

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• I was competing for ffie US against ffie Australians in suif Hfesaving open water competitions in January. It was amazing to see how big of a sport Hfesaving is out ffiere and ev-erv-\vhere we went, we met excompetitors who know aU ffie names of ffie local swimmers. We spent our free time wiffi lifesaversfiromVictoria and even toured ffie coast wiffi ffie Hfesavers who monitor ffie coastHne for tide changes and sharks. This particular day, we went on a mg boat in Port Phillip Bay. The Captain came to work in his rugby attfre and refused to be caUed Captain. Once he figured out I went to Navy (my Navy lax visor), he insisted I steer. He ffiought it would cause some commotion as my profession now is inffieMarines. It brought back some memories to YPs. Attached are two picmres of me on ffie boat. • The offier picmres are of Steph Juda when she was in Hong Kong with some her new friends. And on November 16,2006 Jemmarie X. Ring (Alvarez) and Travis M. Ring celebrated ffie bfrffi of thefr first daughter! Sydney Sydney llleana Ring Dleana Ring was bom 7 lbs, 5 oz in Orlando, Horida. The attached photo is Sydney Dleana Ring at 3 weeks old.

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Classmates, We have great news coming out of Pensacola today. The co-ed Captain's Cup basketbaU team, comprised of numerous ought-sixers, has been on a tear as of late.

After two early and forgettable losses, the team has not "given up the ship" and has mrned the season around. Under the leadership of coach/team captain/team manager/sharpshooter Adam "Baffin" Lane, the team has recently knocked off the previously undefeated PSD team, puUing into a three-way tie for second place. Matt Fanmn dehvered the "Fannman Special" putting up his usual soHd numbers of 17 points, 8 assists, an

even 12 rebounds, and a league leaffing 14 blocks. Fannman...what's with the 8 assists.. .you couldn't get 2 more for ffiat quadruple double?? Our defensive presence was keyed by Rich Yates whose effort and tenacious " D " smothered the league-leading scorer into his worst shooting night of the season. Atta boy Yates. Adrienne Maeser, our "personal weU-being advisor" igmted the team's mrnaround after she enroUed the entire team into local meffitation sessions, ultimately resulting in aU our players delving into their inner selves and exercising thefr basketbaU demons. Our leading scorer Ashley Pelzek has taken on the " T O " persona by asking for a new contract., Talks ffidn't go weU and she has been cut and is currendy playing for the AU Navy Woman's basketbaU team. And where would we be without our "floor Adnfrral," CoUin McFarren. His legendary contributions on the court and more frnportandy on the local ping pong tables are growing by the day. As for myseff and the great Richard PoweU, we are boffi in negotiations on lengthemng our contracts with this steUar team. That is all I have on class news for now... if you have anythmg and I mean anything you want to get in Shipmate send it on my way. People helping people, it's a beautifiU thing. One more thing, Mathew we are stUl waiting on your rebuttal.

—Anffiew

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Alabama Alabama Chapter President: Scott Watson '83 1936 Cahaba Crest D , Birmingham, AL 35242 P: 205-999-3977; E: Swatson83@aol.com

Vice President: Gordon Lawson '00 3301 Marlboro Dr, Birmingham,AL 35223; P: 205-969-8040; E: gordonmlawson@gmail.com

most represented with J i m Carmack '49, Lloyd H o o v e r '49, T i m Mahoney '49, and Phil Suhr '49. Also attending Arkansas Chapter were R o b Bolster '62, B u d Hill '59, President: CAPT Scott Pursley USN '19 1 HiUsboiough Ct., Little Rock. AR 72212 Joe K o c h '57, Colin Mackenzie '77, H: 501-954-9612; E: spursley@aol.com Mitch Marich '71, B o b R o g e r s '54, Vice President: Mrs. Carol Altom '95 Michael Schoffinan '92, Glenn 2620 Indian 0;iks Tr.lil, Springd.ile, AR 72762 Shindler '64, and Pete T a m n e y '65.

P: 479-756-3347; E: c_altom@yahoo.com T h e group also met on 22 February Sec'y-Trea: Mr. Greg Stimis '68 42 Clervaux Dr, Litde Rock.AR 72223 2007, partaking in a lot of new sea stories p: 501-868-7590; E: gstimis@swbell.net plus an update on U S N A happemngs from Joe K o c h '57, the Chapter Trustee.

G u y O ' N e i l '37 and Frank Taylor '37 represented our most senior class and '49 Arizona Chapter had the best representation with Lloyd President: J J Skip Lind '75 H: 602-265-0238; C: 602-697-1563; F: 602-265-1227 H o o v e r '49, T i m M a h o n e y '49, and E: SKIPLIND@1975.USNA.COM Phil Suhr '49. Others attending were www.usna.com/Chapter/us/arizona B o b R o g e r s '54,Joe K o c h '57, B u d Secretary: Ed Howard '63 HiU '59, R o b Bolster '62, Glenn E: Ehowardl963@cs.com Shindler '64, Pete T a m n e y '65, and T h e March meeting was held with the Mitch Marich '71. T h e group meets the Naval Order in Phoenix. Those attending 4th Thursday each month except from the Chapter were: D e e k Harrison November-December are roUed together '53, Wally Bigler '56, R o y Hejhall '56, on Beat Army Thursday, 1 1 / 2 9 / 0 7 .

Bill Morrison '57, Walt Booriakin To get on the notification Hst, write '58, George Leonard '64, Pete gshinffier64@earthlink.net.

Lumianski '65, Mike Kehoe '71, Skip Orange County Luncheons Lind '75, R a n d y Gustafson '84, Ed T h e February Orange County Luncheon Brzezinski '85, and Richard Clouse was held on February 13,2007, at the '85. Guests included Andrea Clouse and Santa Ana EUcs Club at 212 Elk Lane fri two daughters, Claude Culbertson and Santa Ana. O u r speaker for this month was Carol Culbertson.

C D R R o b DeSantis U S N , C o m Ed Howard '63 m a n d i n g Officer, N a v y Recruiting District, Los Angeles. R o b is an Southern Arizona Chapter President: COL George Dolan '51, USAF (Ret.) Adnfrmstration L D O w h o has spent nearly 31 years in the Navy and is one of the 7700 Calle Sin Controversia,Tucson, AZ 8571 few LDOs in a Commanffing Officer H: 520-297-3659; E: wgiitdolan@earthlink.net Secretary:AMB Jack R. Binns '56 position. R o b explained to us what is 4240 N Larrea Ln.Tucson.AZ 85750 happening in Navy Recruiting today and H: 520-886-9222; E: jiTibinns@aol.com how difficult it is to meet the recruiting quotas, although the Navy has not faUen under their goals in recent years. W h e n Los Angeles Chapter the j o b market is good, as it is at the presLCDR Richard R. Pace '63 USNR (Ret.) ent time, fewer people are looking to join 6443 BixbyTerr. Dr., Long Beach, CA 90815 the mUitary. R o b also talked about the P: 562-493-4106; E: rpace@ninint.com N R O T C program which comes under richardpace@dslextrenie.com him.

They are not fiUing the N R O T C Corr. Sec'y: William Cray '61 quota at present and he asked our help in E: william_cray@cymer.com teUing high school students about the San Gabriel Valley Luncheons program w h e n we are also talking to T h e L.A. Chapter San Gabriel VaUey t h e m about the Naval Academy W h e n a contingent met on 25 January 2007 at student cannot get an appointment to Mimi's Cafe in Monrovia, achieving the the Naval Academy, they possibly can still largest gathering ever. Guy O'Neil '37 get an N R O T C scholarship. It was very and Frank Taylor '37 represented the interesting to hear about recruiting for Class of '37 and the Class of '49 was the today's Navy.

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FeUow Alabama Alumm, attached is a picture from our first ever Go Navy lunch at the Zoe's in Homewood.We have moved the location to Jackson's in H o m e w o o d and would love to get a great showing at this event, which is held on the last Friday of each month. We also woifrd Hke to extend our congratulations to Midshipman 1/C Eric Gates w h o was the first recipient of the Alabama Chapter Leadership Award, which wUl be granted to the Midshipman from Alabama w h o has displayed exceptional achievement during their time at the Academy. This year's award was given at the Chapter's AprU ffinner in honor of C A P T John A. WUHamson w h o was an Alabama native, naval hero, and inventor of the "WUHamson Turn." We are also look for volunteers to serve as class reps for their respective decades. Please contact Scott Watson if you're interested. T h e Summer and FaU expects to be an exciting time for the Chapter. Please plan on a series of FootbaU viewing parties including an opportunity to watch Navy beat Notre Dame at the home of Dr. R o y Smith.

DetaUs to foUow...

Huntsville Chapter LCDR Frederick N. Steiner '51, USN (Ret.) 1059Teenajo Dr, SE, Huntsville.AL 35803-3907 H: 256-650-5423; E: navy57@aol.com

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The classes most represented '53 wiffi 4 closely followed by '59 wiffi 3.We welcomed fint time attendees D o n Alser '56, B o b Vasey '59, D i c k Davis '59 and T o m Sommers '67. Offiers attenffing ffie luncheon were: Bill McReynolds '41, B o b Rubel '44, Rich Crane '47, T R Johnson '47, Al Enderle '52, K i m Bassett '53, Dave Grover '53,Ed Peterson '53,Joe Zebrowski '53,Joe K o c h '57,Joe Keeley '59, R i c h P a c e '63, Mike Whitmore '63, Glenn Shindler '64, Tom S o m m e r s '67, Cor Karafifa '77, Nick Madigan '81, Lee C o h e n '82,Jeff Hallin '83, Steve Shatynski '83, Tony St. Clair '84,Joe Mandichak '89,John Quinn '91, D a n Chang '93 and M C I David McKee U S N .

The March Orange C o u n t y Luncheon was held on March 13,2007.

Our speaker was Jack Craigie, West Point '51 and retired Major USAF, w h o spoke to us about the history of ffight from ffie early days to the space program.

Much of what Jack told us was based upon his fanfrly history as his father was West Point class of 1923 w h o spent his enffie career in ffie Army Air Corps and ffie USAF retirfrig as a L T G E N . Both Jack and his father were fighter pUots w h o graduated from Test PUot School and saw combat as pUots. Included in the picmres shown as part of ffie presentation were many very famous pUots from OrviUe Wright to many astronauts, including a number of Naval Academy graduates.

The classes most represented were '47 and '53 with 3 each.We welcomed D a v e Stiller's brother, R o g e r , w h o was in town for a visit. Those attending included: BUI McReynolds '41 , Walt Stevens '43 , Bob R u b e l '44 , R i c h Crane '47 , T R Johnson '47 , J i m Kirkpatrick '47 , John Snyder '50 , Al Enderle '52 , Dave Grover '53 , B o b LoweU '53 , Joe Zebrowski '53 , D o n Alser '56 , Joe K o c h '57 , D a v e StUler '57 , J o h n Cobb '58 , G e o r g e Watts '58 , Joe Keeley '59 , Jack O ' B r i e n '62 , R i c h Pace '63 , G l e n n Shindler '64 , T o m S o m m e r s '67 , R L H a r t s h o r n '71 , T o m Stein '80 , Jeff HaUin '83 , Steve Shatynski '83 , T o n y St. Clair '84, and Jack Craigie - W e s t P o i n t '51.

Upcoming speakers are AprU 10,2007 - J u n Ferraro '49 wUl taUc about his experiences as the comnfrssiomng crew Engineer on the submarine A L B A C O R E m the early 50s. May 8,2007 - Gordon DUlow, the miHtary reporter from the Orange County Register, wUl taUc about his recent experience with "his Marines .

June 12,2007 - L T C O L Matt C o o p e r U S M C '90, the C O of 1st A N G L I C O , wiU talk about ffis battaHon's deployment to Iraq which ends in AprU 2007.

AU alumni in the area are always welcome to join us at the Orange County luncheons which are held on the second Tuesday of the month.

A third monthly luncheon wiU be held at the Lido Restaurant in Manhattan Beach, held on the first Tuesday of every month.

O n March 10,2007 the Chapter sponsored a performance of the U S N A Men's Glee Club at the Mission Basilica, San Juan Capistrano, which was a smashing success with over five hunffied in the auffience incluffing many alumni and famUy and friends. T h e Mission Basffica Mixed Ensemble (Choir) also performed and joined the Glee Club for one song. Dr. Aaron snfrth, the Director of choral Activities at the Academy commented after the performance that the Basffica was acousticaUy the best place in which the Glee Club had yet to have the opportunity to perform.

A pre-concert dinner was attended by 170 foUcs, incluffing the Glee Club and its staff, alumni and Parents' Club members and fanfrly and friends, as weU as fanfrly and friends of nfrdshipmen in the Glee Club. It was a special night for the class o f '67 with many members in attendance, including Steve Andres, BUI Cray, Joe GatUn, D i c k Glasow, N o r m Hapke, H i r a m Johnson, John KeiUy, R a y Smith, T o m S o i n m e r s , BiU Sorensen and BiU Stedfield, as the Glee Club performed a verse of the "Navy H y m n " written Hi 1986 by BiU Cray, honoring the faUen ChaUenger astronauts, including the pUot of Mike S m i t h '67, and also performed honoring WUlie McCool '83 ffie pUot of Columbia.

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

San Diego Chapter President: Mr. Chris Cooke '81 W: 858-536-8593; C: 619-972-4283 E: president@usnaaasd.com

Corr. Sec'y: Heidi Maley Gutierrez '89 W: 858-450-8422; C: 858-405-5819 E: corrsec@usnaaasd.com Web site: www.usnaaasd.com

February 2007 Luncheon We were pleased to welcome R A D M John "Mac" Mclaughlin, U S N R (Ret.), '72, to our February luncheon. RJUDM MclaughHn is the President and C E O of the Midway Magic Foundation.

The USS Midway was decommissioned in 1992 in San Diego, after serving 8 U.S. Presidents over 47 years. She was ffien towed to the Navy's mothbaU fleet in Bremerton, Washington.Within months, a commumty groundsweU of support for Midway as a San Diego museum began to develop.

In December 2003 Midway remrned to San Diego, and m June 2004 she embarked on her final deployment as an aircraft carrier museum.

R A D M MclaughHn was hfred on as the Midway's first C O O Hi December 2003. H e took the hefrn, as President and C E O , in June 2004. Under his enthusiastic leadership, in its first year of operation, the museum doubled attendance projections by welcomfrig 879,281 guests. More than 10,000 inffividuals and famiHes enroUed as annual members, and more than 500 signed up as volunteers. It is now the mostvisited of more than 100 historic ship museums in the continental Umted States.

Before joimng Midway, PJVDM MclaughHn had an impressive Naval career. His key assignments include: Commanding Officer of HSL-94; Commanding Officer of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base N e w Orleans; Executive Assistant to the Director of the Naval Reserve; Deputy Director of the Naval Reserve; and Commander of the Naval Air Reserve Force.

Thanks so much to R A D M MclaughHn for joimng us. It was fascinating to hear about the Midway, the many museum exhibits, and plans for the fomre. She's a much-loved shipâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and now a great museum.

P: 916-631-8110; E:djoycel961@homi,iiI.com

Vue President: Dr. Terry Broum '61 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

Esteemed chapter members with guest speaker RADM John "Mac" Mclaughlin, USNR (Ret), '72 (far left)

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CHAPTER N E W S 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 hire," check it out. For information, contact T o m H a m m o n s '71, phone (858) 538-9824, email 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: james@peisales.com

Secretary:JeffPetrie

'89

W:415-750-7648;E: jspetrie@hotmail.com

T h e San Francisco chapter gathered for our monthly luncheon at the Tarragon Restaurant in Sunnyvale to Hsten to Andy Pease, '73, ffie newVP/Sales at QmckLogic, lead a very informative ffiscussion on integrated circuit technology & the state of the SfficonVaUey IC industry. Those in attendance were: Raymond Burkley, '60, Ed Hartford, '63, Andy Pease, '73, Neal Whitset. '76, Frank Moreman, '81,Jeff Asher, '81, Bob Burr, '81,Jamie Ryan, '86, Evan WUHams, '01,WiUie Gury, '01. Go to our website for upconfrng events; h t t p : / / sf.myusna.com/, Hke goff at CaUippe Preserve on AprU 20 & the annual chapter picnic in August.

Santa Barbara Pres: CAPT

ethical development, character and leadership skiUs of ffie Brigade of Midshipmen; promote an academy-wide atmosphere where ethical leadership is practiced by the Brigade, faculty and staff; and promote such development and ethical leadership in the naval service and ffie nation. Our speaker wUl be one of the Distinguished MiHtary Professon fiom within the Center.

T h e strange 2007 winter weather appears to have given up and Spring is finaUy in the air. The only thing we can say is that we set records of aU kinds from January to March of this year.

Beat Army!

June meeting. The USNA Parents Club had extended a simUar invitation for her to speak to their organization. She accepted their invitation and addressed them at the Inn in Middletown, in Middletown, CT, on AprU 21st. AU members of our C T Chapter were invited to attend their meeting to hear her presentation. DetaUed information was deHvered to our membership via e-maU in sufficient time to respond to their kind invitation. HopefuUy aU of our members who were interested, were able to attend the Parents Club meeting in Middletown in AprU to hear CAPT Klein's presentation.

T h e search is now on for an alternate speaker for the June meeting which is also our annual business meeting wherein elections, as mandated by our Chapter By-Laws, are held. The business portion of the meeting is very short and addresses itseff solely to the election of a Vice President, Treasurer and a Program Chairman for the term of office from October 1,2007 to September 30, 2009. At the time of this writing, detaUs regarding the location, time, speaker, cost and other detaUs of the meeting are unavaUable. Check our website at: www.usna.com/Chapters/US/Conn for this information as it becomes avaUable.

Our search for a replacement speaker is centered on inviting a member of the Ethics and Leadership Department at the Naval Academy to speak to us. Within the Department exists the Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership?

The goals of the Center are to focus on the

Dave Boyd, '59

Delaware Delaware

(Ret.)

Florida Fort Lauderdale

VP Programs: William

VP Memltership: DaveYablunosky

'84

E: dyablunosky@belIsoudi.net; P: 954-234-1070

Secretary: Brian Kling

'99

8841 NW 78di Place # 423Tamarac, FL 33321 E: Brian_Khng@ml.com; P: 954-907-7529

Treasurer: Rob Gillette

'90

E: rgillette@centexconstruction.com: P: 954-444-6782

U.S. N a v a l A c a d e m y D a y T h e town of Lauderdale-by-ffie-Sea presented ffie Ft. Lauderdale Chapter

Colorado

with a very u m q u e recogmtion.The

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Daniel Branch Jr. '59, USN

to'wn of Lauderdale-by-ffie-Sea and (Ret.)

Mayor OHver Parker declared

555 Apollo Dr.,Boulder, CO 80303-5002 H: 303-499-0337; E: dbranchjr@aol.com Web site: www.usna.com/Chapters/US/ Colorado/default.htm

February 16,2007 as United States Naval Academy Day! T h e town sited ffie c o m m u m t y

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As was mentioned in last month's article, the Chapter had extended an invitation to the current Commandant of Midshipmen, C A P T Margaret Klein, USN, to be the featured speaker at our SHIPMATE

and phUanffiropic contributions, as weU as ffie efforts

Boyd '13

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Raymond

Ortega '59

PO Box 4593, HoUy%vood , FL 33081 E: w32422002@yahoo.com; P: 305-297-6260

Secretary: Cam Vantrease '70

Connecticut

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PresidenUWalterTelmo

Fort Lauderdale, FL

1925 Eucalyptus Hill Rd. Santa Barbara, CA 93108-1830 H: 805-695-0033; E: hohohosmith@cox.net

CAPT

Carter UI '70

RO. Box 462; Lewes, DE 19958-0462 H: 302-644-4838; E: nick.cartei@verizon.net

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Colorado

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signed by A D M Carl Trost ('53), and presented with a very thoughtfol letter WTitten by U S N A Alumni Association President and C E O George Watt ('73).

An exquisite dinner and dessert foUowed. After ffinner, the keynote speaker of ffie evening. Dr. PhilValent ('90), ffiscussed the myriad of medical issues ffiat he has encountered as both an internist at Holy Cross Medical Group Brian Kling ('99), Bill ('65) and Karin Weiler, and John and a L C D R out in the field. Closing Kiefer strike a pose remarks were made by the outgoing The Fort Lauderdale Chapter has been President, Birney Pease, and the instaUabusy durmg ffiese cold, 55-degree winter tion of new officers, including inconfrng nights, and it is an excitmg time to be a President,TeHno Ortega ('59), ensued. part of the group going forward. O n Longtime member Luis Sologuren ('53) February- 16, graduates young and old, too led us m a spirited renffition of "Blue and numerous to name inffividuaUy; gaffiered Gold," and a very enjoyable evemng to celebrate at the Sea Watch Restaurant concluded. As we look ahead in 2007, in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. Some of the which includes the Fort Lauderdale Air & early highHghts included an invocation bySea Show; Fleet Week, various Blue George Moraitis ("92) and a singing of the and Gold events, and the U S N A national anffiem by- special g;uest and HolyfootbaU season, our Chapter is poised for Cross Hospital volunteer Marcel Rasa. anoffier excitmg time of growth, activity, Marcel dazzled us throughout the night and optinfrsm. wiffi a wide range of songs that referenced Go Navy! Beat Army!"

Irish folklore, ffie opera stage, and, of Gainesville Chapter course. American pride. FoUowing CAPT J Michael Smith '61, USNR (Ret.) Marcel's opening performance. Bob Hein, 1(H24 SW 41st PI., Gainesville, FL 32608 President of ffie Broward C o u n t y Chapter H: 352-376-6611 ;W: 352-376-3301 of ffie Navy League of ffie U.S., and Sam E: micke^-@accelerarion.net TrichUo, President of ffie Mffitary Officers Jacksonville Chapter Association of America, made a presentaCAPT Michael O. Boms '70, USN (Ret.) tion of ffie P O W / M I A table to honor aU 1185 Salt Maish Cir. of ffiose w h o have gone before us.

PonteVedra Beach. FL 32082-2543 H: 904-273-4714; W: 904-285-3400, ext. 356 E: mboms@meridianmgmLcom 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: billo 1 @bellsouth .net

Sec'y: Sergei Kowalchik '67 E: sergei@bellsouth.net

Bob Hein and Sam Trichilo make a presentation of the POW/MIA table

Naples-Fort Myers Chapter President: Robert Shearer '58 39t)f) Isla Cuidad Ct., Naples, FL 34190 P: 239-596-246fl; E: rhss58@s\vila.rr.com

Secretary: Roger Rotondi '51 E: RHROTO@YAHOO.COM

Bimey Pease ('63) relinquishes the duties of President to Telmo Ortega ('59)

Next, I was surprised with the Chapter Volunteer of the Year Commendation,

February Lutuheon We had a big mrnout for our February 22nd Luncheon at the Audubon C C to hear Chet Gladchuk, Athletic Dfrector of the Academy; teU about the changes and exciting times at our alma mater, wiffi special emphasis on the many teams which make up the miUti-faceted sports program.

Naples Patriotic Moment O n Monday; February 19,2007 Naval Academy Alumm were honored in front

of the Sugden Theater on Fifm Avenue, Naples. Known as the Naples Patriotic Moment a group of veterans is honored at each session. It is the first time our chapter has been associated with T h e Moment.

This may weU become an annual event.

T h e M o m e n t consisted of several John PhiHp Sousa pieces by a brass band foUowed by each of the songs of the various services.Veterans in the auffience were invited to come to the stage at the playing of "their" song. FinaUy; the flag on the central flag pole was slowly lowered by r^vo of our members whUe TAPS was bemg played. This was indeed a patriotic m o m e n t as weU as an emotional one for many. Capt. Herbert Mandel, '38 accepted the colors on behaff of U S N A alumm.

There are several more Moments scheduled for March. Check out N a p l e s P a t r i o t i c M o m e n t . c o m for details.

Some U S N A alurrmi enjoying this special m o m e n t and the bafrny breezes were: H. MandeU '38; E. Beck, '71; R .

Rotonffi '57; B.Vomer '51; H . Boyce, '57; C. Gates '64;V Delano '41; G. Lerum '58; A. Beanrice, '70; H. FaUc,'53; R . Shearer '58; B. Gnffin, '60; and J. Urban '65.

"The Atuhormen T h e Anchormen singmg group fixjm U S N A enjoyed a successful tour of the area and sang at several venues to enthusiastic auffiences. A number of our members took in the show. O u r chapter showed our appreciation with a gift to help with the groups expenses in the area.

Midshipman Kyle R . Rosen responded to the gift with an emaU, thanking the chapter for its support.

Roger H. Rotondi, '51 Chapter Seaetary Orlando Chapter President: LCDR Nick L. Peterson '86 USN 5679 Pond Pine Point, OWedo, FL 32765 H: 407-365-6707; E: nick.peteison@1986.usna.com

Palm Beach Chapter CAPT Walter Whipple '51, USNR (Ret.) I K KI Marine Wy. West, #A3L North Pahn Beach. FL 33408 H: 561-624-31)51; E:WalWhip@aoLcom

We are on track for the Middies visit and need volunteers to help out for their visit in July and August. Contact me ff you can help.

N e w Officers wiU take over on 02 June for our Chapter. We are m need of volunteers, so please also contact me ff you are mterested.

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CHAPTER NEWS Pensacola Chapter Mr. Dick Folga '10 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

Space Coast Chapter LCDR Milton E. Burdsall 'S6,

USNR

1195 Starling Wy.,Viera, FL 32955 772-299-4347; E: miltandpat@msn.com

Suncoast Chapter Clifford P. Bermann '45 3240 Lake Pointe Blvd #324, Saiasota, FL 34231 E: plcwec@aol.com

O n February 22nd the Suncoast Chapter enjoyed a Presidents Day get-together at T h e Fountains in Sarasota. After lunch we took some time to recount aU those old sea stories, as weU as those Mother Bancroft escapades a la' Salty Sam that we survived. O u r fine get-together was attended by: Emily and Louis Davis ' 4 1 , Helen and President CHff Bermann '45, Jessie and BUI Petrat '45, EUie and Fred Tiemann '46, Herbert TiUes '47,Virginia and Jim Morency '49, Elsie and Phil Vladessa '49,A1 Higginbotham '53, Alex Morris '56,Jean and Harlow Manahan '58, Kay and Jack Bundarin '59, Jack Gorman '62,Jon Neary '65 and June Moore '86.

We can look forward to May 10 for our next get-together at The Fountains.

Bill Cartmight '58

volunteered to host mids if needed.

T o m Weber '81 - working on the new Joint InteUigence Center at Centcom Headquarters on MacDiU; was in Hawan, but decided to transfer here in construction. Other "regulars" included: J i m Aldrich '67, Carl M c c u U o u g h '66, T o m D o y l e '66, Scott H o o d '66, Eric Thiel '95, Warren H a h n '60, D a n O'Shea '91, Matt Poage '94, Pete Leniart '66, Keith Kans '88, Tony Gray '92, Steve Swift '87 and one guest - Dave McCarthy - LtCol in the Marines - shipping out the next day for Iraq friend of Dan O'Shea's.

15 total, class of 1966 alumni wins again with 4 in attendance. Don't get discouraged -just get more of your classmates to attend. It used to be '69 and '95 and '56 that would win aU the time!

O u r big event this past month was the hosting of the U S N A Gospel Choir. We had a great performance on Saturday March 10th and 11th, as weU as school visits in HUlsborough and Polk counties, and singing at the Detroit Tigers game (National Anthem) and at Disney. Hosts included N i c o l e Hayes '92, T o m D o y l e '66, Pete Leniart '66, Brian Schultz '95, Stanley Gray '77, Cris de Mier '91, Matt P o a g e '94, Al Coins '61, Mary Drake '78, D o n Freese '63, and many parents from the Parent's Club. Thanks aU - hope you had a great experience!

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 Sunjt '81 E; sswift@1987.usna.com www.usna.com/Chapters/US/fl/tampabay/

Another busy month, and the next month wUI be even busier!

We had a nice coUege fair on FEB 25th at the Tampa Bay Convention Center that was attended by Keith Kans '88, Jennifer Coleman '92 and Neoni Mattox '00. Lots of great juniors and below out there looking at the Naval Academy. AU 3 were engaged the entire time talking to these foture candidates.

Keep talking up U S N A as you talk to neighbors, family, and other chUdren/young adults!

O u r March monthly meeting had two new attendees. Welcome new members Eric MarshaU '03 - 7 months in the area; works for the FBI as an analyst;

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says it aU:".. .the congregation was very receptive to our music and they joined in with us. It was one of the most appreciative congregations we have sung for." "I thought the very large attendance (about 1200) was good to see."

T h e concert, as part of the choir's spring break tour, held at Lake Magdalene United Methodist Church, Saturday March 10th. Kathy Drake, associate director of music rmnistries for Lake Magdalene commented that "We hosted another Naval Academy choir in March of 2004, the men's Glee Club,""They caUed us up this year, having had a history with the church. We've had a good association with them." Lake Magdalene church member Al Goins '61 was himself a U.S. Naval Academy graduate. Over 400 were at the paid performance, and a smaU U S N A Information session was held prior to the performance as weU. Future Dates to Save: Monthly Alumm Meetings - first W E D of every month at LeRoy SeHnon's - Go N o r t h on Westshore from 275 - go right on Boyscout and we are up on the right, (corner of Lois and Boy Scout Blvd.)

6:00-7:30 PM. MAY 11th - Ipni shotgun w / b o x lunch/dinner afterward. $80-$90. East Lake Woodlands C C in 01dsmar._ MAY 23 (tentative date) - Navy FootbaU Assistant Coach Jasper Luncheon. 11:30-12:00 social hour, sitdown lunch 12:00 MAY 17/31st - U S N A Navy League Sea Service Recognition Dinner for U S N A Appointed High School Smdents (Tampa Chapter and Clearwater-St. Pete Chapters) J U N 9th - Naval Academy Parent's Club Welcome Aboard Picnic at Phffipe Park in Safety Harbor (need 1-2 BGOs/alumni)

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 LT Alexander's presentation

Some comments from B u d Alexander '56 - I want to express my sincere appre- â&#x20AC;˘ elation to you aU for the wonderful hospitality you extended to the Naval Academy Gospel Choir on March 11th. A comment from one of the nfrdshipman

w: 770-364-4332; E: pjborer@iiiiiidspring.coni Web site: www.usnaaaa.coni

MONTHLY CHAPTER LUNCHEONS: When: Third Friday of each month Where: T h e National Museum of Patriotism, Midtown Adanta, 1405 Spring Street

What: Great oppormmty to spend time wiffi feUow- alurrmi and to ner\v-ork in ffie Adanta area. Registration begins at 1130 and ffie chow- line opens at noon.

See ffie website for detaUs.

Steve Frederick 72 Atlanta Chapter President presents a memento to Bob Barr

FinaUy; ffie great Adanta weaffier has returned after a hiams of a few- months.

and none too soon. As ffie warm, sunny weaffier remrns, our thoughts of course mrn to the Vernal Equinox and lUtimately, goff. AdffitionaUy, we have ffie Founder's Day Party confrng up on 28 AprU wiffi Paul Johnson as our guest speaker. The event wiU be held at ffie Cobb GaUeria once agam, and invitations are expected to be maUed out in nfrd March. This event is local Chapter members orUy. 1 only mention it here so ffiat you can see what a cool Chapter we have and to make you jealous.

As ffie sprmg time winds down and we approach ffie summer, we vvUl once again gird our loins and meet the Woops in mortal combat on the fairways of honor at Fort McPherson in Adanta. For

ffie past eleven years we have taken on the Woops in a goff match for local nfrHtary bragging rights and have won mne of ffiose events. Much to my dismay, last year, my ffist in ffie sadffie as the Chapter President, was ffie second loss ffiat we have suffered in ffie history of this event.

Unless we win this year, I wiU go down in history as the only Chapter President to have faded to preside over a win over Army. Consequently, I am exhorting each and every one of you who could possibly jom us on 8 May, to get to the ffiiving ranges and courses in your area and PRACTICE.This year more than ever, we must BEAT ARMY. "WUl Wood '66 is once agam in charge of the Navy side of the event production.

TampUy FL Esprit de Choir: USNA Gospel Choir Uplifts Spirits on Spring Break

By Perry W. Dempsey '72

The U.S. Naval Academy Gospel Chofr raised spfrits singmg ffie gospel whUe performing its first of many concerts m Tampa, FL. during Spring Break.The chofr performed at numerous venues over ffie break, including its first concert at Lake Magdalene Umted Meffiodist Church on Saturday, 10 March. AdffitionaUy; before the concert USNA Admissions Representative Lieutenant Davede Alexander, USN. and nfrdshipmen firom ffie chofr conducted an information and awareness session concenfrng ffie admissions process, entrance requfrements, and the nfrdshipmen's routine before an auffience of prospective highly motivated, high-schoolers, eager sea cadets and quizzical parents.

The approximately 60-person chofr, led by choral dfrector Karla Scott, presented 11 musical arrangements during the two-hour concert. Several songs were highHghted with briUiant solo pieces by the chofr's talented soloists. The chofr was accompamed by a four-man ensemble led by musical dfrector Michael Scott.

Lieutenant Alexander led ffie USNA Admissions Information Forum. In addition to his ffiscourse, a representative from each of the four classes of nfrdshipmen, fiom first class to plebe. gave their perspective of academy Hfe in the Yard and the daUy routine and regimen of balancing smdying wiffi mffitary- obHgations and responsibffities, and ffie requisite athletic participation and extracurricular activities.

Moreover, ffiey explained privileges, Hberty and leave poHcies.The information and awareness session was concluded with remarks by Commander Steve Swift '87, ffie Tampa Bay Area Blue-and-Gold Coordinator.

The chofr performed at the Lake Magdalene Umted Meffiodist Church located in CarroUwood, a suburb norffi of Tampa. The church has an ongomg relationship and ties wiffi ffie Naval Academy. The church's semor pastor. Reverend Richard Nussel, is ffie son of a USNA graduate from ffie Class of 1955. Furffiermore, the Glee Club, through ffie efforts of one of ffie church's members and an Academy graduate, Al Corns '61, performed at the church m 2004.

The chofr's Naval leaders are Officer Representative Commander Lloyd Brown, USN, who is also a professor of mechamcal engmeering at ffie Academy, and ffie Assistant Office Representative Captain Natasha Robinson, USMC. The Tampa Bay Chapter of the USNA Alumm Association was weU represented by its members and ffiefr fanfrhes which included Bud Alexander '56, Al Goins '61, Pete Lemart '66,Tom Doyle '66, Jim Alffiich '67, Perry Dempsey '72, StaiUey Gray '77, Marty Drake '78, ffie aforementioned Steve Swift '87, Nicole Hayes '92 and Matt Poage '94. Alummfix>mAnnapoHs traveHng wiffi the chofr were Don Montgomery '74 from the Admissions Office and Ron Casey '75 firom the Aluirmi Association & Foundation.

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CHAPTER N E W S In the nfrdst of aU this scrap and scrimmage, we are stiU having our monthly luncheons on the third Friday of the month. In February, we had our second meeting at Frankie's at the Prado.

Bob Barr, former congressman and long time Georgia poHtical figure, was our guest speaker and reaUy ffid a great j o b of giving us his insider's view of the goings on inside the beltway. His observations we very interesting and the event was one of the best luncheons we have had in some time. Attendees at the luncheon included: Jim Ravenel '45 (who, by the way, arranged for Bob to join us), Jim Hatch '47, Mike Rose '48, Sam Snfrth '52, BUI Rentz '55, Mike MUler '56, Reggie Vachon '58, Donald Thompson '59, Harvey Cybul '61, Ed H u x '61, Dick Fitzgerald '62, Dee Fitzgerald, Paul Hurst '62, Nancy Hurst,Tony Womble '63, Bruce Abel '64, John Andrews '64, BiU Holmes '64, Lorie Moore '64,Terry Anderson '65, Stewart CaldweU '65, Bob SneUing '65, BUI WUHams '65, Jon Barton '66, Jim Slemenda '66, Dick CHck '70, Mitch Rowland ' 7 1 , Steve Frederick '72, Pete Knoetgen '77, Mario Maddox '85, Jerry Tyner '87, Andy Guth '89,Jay Wicklund '97,John Chavos '00, and Bob Barr, our guest speaker.

If you ever plan to be in Atlanta on the third Friday of the month, for business or pleasure, go to our website to see where we are meeting, and what king of program we have. Then plan to join us.

BEAT ARMY, Steve Frederick '72

Illinois Chicago Chapter CDR Fredrick WWeber '15, USNR (Ret.) 2134 Evert Ct., Northbrook, IL 60062-6612 H: 847-559-9381; W: 312-845-3444 E: Fred.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@flJbi.com

Michlana Chapter President: CDR John (Chris) Haizlip '12, USN (Ret.) 15246 Longford Dr, Granger, IN 46530 H: 574-273-2939; E: CHaizhp@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 CAPT Noel M. Enriquez '84, USNR RO. Box 26849, GMF, Barrigada, GU 96921-6849 H: 671-472-9629; HFax: 671-472-1966 C: 671-777-9629; E: NME@1984.usna.com

Philippines Chapter

Hawaii

Jose "Roy"Roilo

Honolulu Chapter CDR Alan B. Lerchbacker '14, USN (Ret.) 1350 Alamona Blvd.. Ste. 2203, Honolulu, HI 96813-4618; H: 626-644-6452 E: Alerchbacker@aol.com

Sec'y: Erin Orlich

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.coni

Chapter - See Utah

For spouses ofAlumni Ufe Members.

For information go to usna.com

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Secretary: Vincent Sibala '93 O / N - l HQ Philippine Navy (pma92) 2335 Roxas Blvd., Manila P: 919-354-5846; E: pasQlan@hotmail.com

E: erineorlich@yahoo.com

Intermountain

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

JOINT MEMBERSHIP

Some of you wUl recaU that we had the granddaughter of former F O I C V A D M VirgiUo Q Marcelo ( P M A '61), Hannah Marcelo (who was then with NAPS) join this Group in 2005 when she was a candidate for the U S N A Class of 2010. That class 's graduation happens to be Chuck Agustin and B e n n y L o m o t a n '60's Golden class reunion and Academy Link in the Chain (ALITC) plebe class (Those w h o are not famiHar with this new program, started a few years ago, please check the U S N A website).

Hannah didn 't make it to U S N A due to her eyes' needing eyeglasses, but would you beHeve that she qualified for USMA and USAFA? She selected the latter. Last week, we got this feedback from her as an update on her forthconfrng completion of plebe year: â&#x20AC;˘ Dear FamUy and Friends, Tonight is the eve of my U.S. Air Force Academy Recogmtion. It is a tough three day initiation of fourth class cadets to finaUy become upperclassmen. Through some ups and downs the class of 2010 have finaUy reached an important mUestone of our fourth class year. We have been waiting for this since we were basics this past summer. N o longer do we have to constantly run the marble strips to class and "Greet" upperclassmen along the way; no longer do we have to walk along the right side of the haUways and square every corner, or be at attention during meals and recite news articles, days untU each class graduates, and other knowledge.

T h e fourth class system at the Air Force Academy has prepared graduates mentaUy, physicaUy, and spirimaUy to overcome the chaUenges we wUl face as foture leaders of America. Graduates such as Medal of H o n o r winner Captain Lance Peter Sijan (deceased), can attribute to their perseverance from their fourth class year. These are the grads that ran the very same marble strips that I have and prayed at the same chapel where I prayed.

Recognition is a three day "Beat d o w n " "sweat party" session where aU the three upperclasses harass us and make us recite knowledge for hours on the front leaning rest, go through aU the courses we went through in basic (the assault course, the obstacle course, the leadership reaction course, the special operations course), make us do push-ups, run with our rifles and fuU gear, flutterkicks, and other games they make us play. There are also upperclassmen w h o plan to "weed" out the weak ones or pick their "favorites." Since, I'm so lovable, I heard there are five people out to get me to make me cry. N o matter how strong you are,YOU WILL BE B R O K E N PHYSICALLY. I attached a video of a Doolie (fourth class cadet) that was so physicaUy fatigued that he could not even lift up his fork to eat. T h e main objective of this recognition is to earn our right to be here and respect and it wiU test how weU our class will stay together as a team.

I want to thank my fanfrly and friends w h o have supported m e to come this far.

I also want to thank my God for getting me ffirough day- by day; I've become a lot stronger in aU aspects of my Hfe, especiaUy my faiffi. N o matter h o w bad my day went. God always gave m e some kind of sign ffiat he was always ffiere... Hke having my favorite upperclassmen fiom my Bible Smdv; or squadron exchange an encouraging word to me; having a classmate cheer me up; having good close friends by: getting an emaU from a fanfrly or friend ;) or finding a verse m ffie Bible ffiat was revelant for what I -was gomg durough at ffiat very moment.

two former SNDs respectively met with ffie PMAAAI Board togeffier with M G MaHgaHg last month, and the Board chairman, BG Roland Patmgalan tried to setde the matter by asking Chuck and Gen MaHgaHg to check out the site and alternatives, and ff they can agree, the Board would just note it. A visit was scheduled last 11 March, and MaHgaHg showed a proposed relocation. Chuck wiU shordy meet with R o y Golez '70 and the W P S P P President,Joey Syjuco '69, to see ff ffiey would agree, without meetmg ffie whole Comnfrttee.

O u r class m o n o is "2010 Strengffi Within" The strengffi within m e comes fixDm my God. O n c e agam. ffiank you aU for continuing your love and support.

Very RespectfuUy; (Love Always) Cadet Fourffi Class Hannah Marcelo Cadet Squadron 37 "Animalistic Skyraiders" Umted States Afr Force Academy • Those of you w h o hav-e not tried it, please check out ww-vv.vv-ikimapia.org/ C h u c k Agustin '60, w h o brought it to our attention, say-s ffiat it is "Better ffian Google Earffi. Its interactive and you can acmaUy input texts to identify- ev-en your house.

This is hovvev-er a map, composed months ago and not an "onHne" resource that can help you trace any-thing current. T h e disadv-antage is that ffyou are not famffiar wiffi ffie layout of your commumty; you wiU have a hard rime smce ffiey have not identffied ffie roads but facffities (schools, churches, shopping malls), nfrHtary bases, complexes and even certain homes have been marked by users. H o p e ffie slower R O M s can hanffie it."

More on this next issue.

Here 's a mce lead from R o y : I got this fiom a U S N A classmate:

H e concedes though that h e has not checked o n Google Earth lately.

Here 's something on ffie Army-Navy Memorial Project sat P M A , which has been renamed Phffippine-American Memorial (short for Phffippine-American Service Acadenfres Memorial).

WhUe a cornerstone laying ceremony was held in O c t o b e r 2004 wimessed by n o less than then CSAFP, Gen Narciso L Abaya and U S Ambassador Francis Ricciardone, ffie current Superintendent had a change of heart on the location.

To make a long story- short, he proposed to CSAFP to change the site, as he now wants the former CavaHer Park to be revived.

Chuck Agustin, w h o had been designated Comnfrttee chairman by ffie

• HeUo everyone.

This sUent video is the best nine minutes you'U spend this week: http://video.goog;le.coin/videoplay?docid =-2487638612433437293&q=Veterans • Enjoy!!!

Tokyo Bay Chapter CDR Nolan D. Villarin '82, USNR PSC 473 Box 990. FPO Ap 963494)990 0:DSN243-7437;Comm: OH-81-t6-816-7437 E: villarin@c7f.navy.niil

Turkey Chapter LTJGAriJCirtlik '98,Turkish Navy Vehefendi Mah, 75/6 Sok.No:51/2 Zeytinbumu, Istanbul Tuikey 34765 H: 212-510-5805; E: acirdik@hotmail.com

Kentucky

Maryland Annapolis Chapter President: CAPT Owen Thorp '11 1037 Bayberr>' 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

T h e Commandant of Midshipmen, C A P T Peg Klein, was our guest speaker for the February luncheon. 97 alumm and their guests were m attendance. C A P T Klein ffiscussed her plans to lead the Midshipmen during her tour of duty.

H e r talk was very weU received by those in attendance and we aU wish her success as ffie ffist female Commandant of Midshipmen.

T h e AnnapoHs Chapter hosted thefr March luncheon on the 20th and had 41 people m attendance. T h e guest speaker was Major General Thomas WUkerson ('67), U S M C (ret), the C E O of ffie Naval Instimte, our professional forum and pubHsher of Proceedings and Naval History magazines. M G E N WUkerson provided a thought-provoking perspective concerning our country's current nfrHtary operations and the plans for our foture.

Baltimore Chapter CDR Steve G.Young '84, USNR c/o Morgan Stanley 11311 McCotmick Rd., HuntVaUe>-, MD 21031 W: 410-229-8206 E: steven.g.young@moTganstaaley.com

(see aUo O h i o )

Louisville/Southern Indiana Chapter Captain Gregory Reinhardt '19, USNR (Ret.) 112 Talon Place. Louis\Tlle. KY 40223, E: captaingreg@insightbb.com; H: 502-244-7707

Eastern Shore Chapter President: Mr. Sam Trippe '51 8585 Northbend Rd, Easton, MD 21601 H: 401-763-8719; E: rkmppe@dmvcom

Secretary: Mr. Frank L. Gunsalltis E:flgiii@hamptonioads.com

Louisiana New Orleans Chapter Captain Thomas F. Nagelin,Jr. '14ISMR 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., Bnumvick ME 04O11 H: 207-729-7306; W: 207^M3-5576 E: jpeters@preD.com

COMING TO ANNAPOUS? TAKE A fflSTORIC TOUR and $2 will be donated to USNA Alumni Association & Foundation!

Contact Linda Lee 410-295-4025

Frederick Chapter John M. Heiges '59 13502 West Oak St.. Mt.Aky, MD 21771 H: 301-798-0045; E: JMHEIGES@msn.com

Secretary: Dan T.Altotnare '88 E: AltomareDT@\vorl dkitchen.com

Greater Southern Maryland Chapter CAPT Michael Dougherty '13 USN (Ret.) 23585 Town Creek Dr. Le.xington Park, MD 20653-6343 H: 301-866-0484; E: dbostich@dcscorp.com http://ww^v.na\'>^umni.org

It is difficult to sit here m March writing about something that won't be read untU May, but I'U take one last shot at it. Mike D e M a n s s '73 cracked his crab maUet on the table on Tuesday, 13 March to caU to order his ffist meeting as president of the G S M C chapter. We had one of our largest turnouts for this monthly meeting which May 2007

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CHAPTER NEWS is open to aU members and visitors passing through Southern Maryland on the second Tuesday of the month at the Roost in Lexington Park. In attendance at the meeting were: Jack Pappas ' 6 1 , R e n e Chicoine '67, Ted H e r r i n g '67, Mike " C o s " Cosgrove '70, Lambert " B o " Heikes '71, Mike D o u g h e r t y '73, D e n n i s " D a g o " Bostich '74, R D M L BUI Shannon '75, R i c k " D u k e " Snyder '75, John " W i z " Withers '79, and Scott Sanders '80. In adffition to a change in chapter officers.

Bo Heikes is moving from active member at large to head the publicity committee and Dennis Bostich is moving from publicity to the membership committee.

So my parting shot as I move from publicity to membership I'd like to encourage anyone in the Southern Maryland area to visit our website at http://www.navyalumni.org/ and become a member!

Mark your calendars for the next major event: 9 May 2007, Midshipman Recognition Luncheon, 1100, Cedar Point Officer's Club.

"Failure to PASS the word is no excuse.

Massachusetts Boston Chapter William R. Neill '15 p: 781-258-2882; e: william.neill@1975.usna.com

Michigan Detroit Chapter Arthur W Bryant '66 1811 Hollywood Giosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236-1311 H:313-885-2174; F: 313-881-2333 E: lynorart@comcast.net

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O n 8 March T h e Detroit Chapter held its monthly luncheon at the Guy HoUerin's restaurant in Ann Arbor. Some planning for the future was done, a lot of nice

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feUowship and good sea stories. We do want to remind everyone of the confrng luncheon schedule. Thursday, 7 June wiU be at Hogan's in Bloomfield; Wednesday, 11 July wiU be at Guy HoUerin's in Ann Arbor; and Monday, 6 August wiU be at Big Fish in Troy.

Minnesota Upper Midwest Chapter LtCol Alex Plechash '15, USMC (Ret.) 475 Highcroft Rd.Wayzata, MN 55391 p: 952-473-0011; m: 612-801-8222 E: AlexPlechash@mchsi.com

O n Feb. 16th, we held our monthly "Benny Havens" Joint Academy Happy H o u r at Famous Dave's B B Q & Blues in Uptown MinneapoHs. It was one of the better venues at which we've gathered. In addition to a number of our West Point comrades and their wives, attending the event were: A l e x Plechash '75 and his wife Denise; Curtis Craig '96; Jonathan Gruen '97; and B r y c e Wergeland '02. This was Jonathan Gruen's first Chapter event as he and his wife had just moved to Minnesota after completing his military obligation. In fact, Jonathan was stiU in his last week of ternfrnal leave after having served as a Navy SEAL. Welcome to the Chapter!

O n February 22, one of our Chapter members, R i c k U d i c i o u s '75,Vice President of Lockheed Martin Tactical Systems Division, had the privUege of testifying before the Minnesota Senate Tax Committee as the lead-off witness in support of Senate BiU SF160, the MiHtary Pension BiU. This biU, if passed into law, would exempt mUitary retirement pay from Minnesota state income taxation.

Rick's testimony was a compeUing argument for the state legislature to do so.

In the words of C D R Chip Laingen, Director of the Defense AUiance of Minnesota, Rick made a "rich argument for the econonfrc benefits of attracting veterans back to the state - particularly with regard to the high tech and discipHned force that Minnesota needs â&#x20AC;&#x201D; now and in the future."

As a matter of record, of the 41 states with a broad-based income tax, 25 currently exempt nfrHtary retirement from state income taxation (a few with conditions) . O f the 16 states w h o still tax nfrHtary retirement pay, three are in our Chapter area - Minnesota, Iowa and North Dakota - but the Minnesota tax burden is the highest. In fact, among aU 50 states, Minnesota has the third highest

state income tax burden measured as a percent of income at 11%, surpassed only

by N e w York at 12% and Maine at 12.2%.

However, N e w York exempts nfrHtary retirement pay from taxation making Minnesota the second highest among states that do levy income taxes on nfrHtary retirement pay.

T h e West Side Breakfast, which was scheduled for March 2nd, was canceUed due to a severe snowstorm. Unfortunately, since I was traveling without internet access at the time, I did not know about the canceUation and was unable to forewarn aU the U S N A alumni of the canceUation. M y apologies go out to anyone w h o may have braved the weather to show up.

However, the Twin Cities alumni made up for it with a lively gathering at the East Side Breakfast a week later on March 9th which was held at T h e Machine Shed in Lake EHno, M N ; our usual gathering spot for the East Side events. There were aU manner of things discussed among the various attendees.

U S N A alums in attendance included: D o u g M e n i k h e i m '60; D i c k EUiott '60; Mark S a l m e n '73; A l e x Plechash '75; R i c k U d i c i o u s '75; J i m C o u l s o n '77; B o b Christensen '80; and Jonathan Gruen '97.

Lastly, the first ever Iowa splinter of the Upper Midwest Alumm Chapter met on March 13th.The breakfast meeting took place at T h e Machine Shed Restaurant in Urbandale; an event organized and led by J o h n V i r d e n '76. This was the first of what wiU be a monthly event. Future meetings are planned on the first Tuesday of every month. We encourage any alum in the area to attend. In attendance at the inaugural event were: Pete D u R o c h e r '71; Larry K o e n i g ' 7 4 ; J o h n V i r d e n '76;Aaron C o o p e r '92; and Nathan K i n g '96 BZ! Please note - AU our Chapter events can be viewed online at www.usna.com by navigating to Alumni - Chapter Information - Chapter Calendar. We're one of the very few Chapters to utUize this.

Intermountain

- See Utah

Mississippi South Mississippi Chapter Pres: CDR E. Spencer Garrett IV '88, USNR RO. Box 1792, Gautier, MS 39553 H: 228-497-5050; E: esgarrett@aol.com .

Secretarry: Harry J.Rucker E: n:ivynoniad5()@caldeone.net

Missouri Greater Kansas City Metro Chapter

Montana Intermountain

Chapter - See Utah

LCDR Bryan J Didier '91, USNR 13022 Cirter St., Overland Pk., KS 66213-4636 P: 913-239-0327; E: bryan.didier@aquib.com

Secretary:John Williamson E: John.williamson@dfas.mil

St. Louis Chapter President: Mike Broum '88 3446 Pesralozzi St.. St Louis, M O 63118

Vice Pres. & Coirs. Secretary:Jay Butka '90 P: 314-694-8165; E:jay.a.butka@1990.usna.coni Web site: usna.coin/Chapters/US/MO/StLouis /default.hmi

O n 10 Feb ffie St. Louis Alumm Chapter got together for our Dark Ages Party at CJ Muggs in Webster Groves to swap sea stories, tip a few back, and play " W h o wants to be an Adnfrral" (a Navy variation of " W h o wants to be a MUHonaire.")

T h e class of'94 played host as Laura Mannix '94 and Jason Frei '94 ffid a great j o b in orgamzing the event - B Z .

Our Chapter President Mike B r o w n '88 was ffie first to attain the honorary rank of Adnfrral (the only way we could think of to help him fiilfiU his Hfelong ffieam of making Admiral), Stan R a s b u r y '84 was ffie second. They were the only ones lucid enough to remember the answers.

Competition was fierce amongst the grads and several spouses ffid an adnfrrable job...

Attending the event along with many spouses and guests were J i m Checkett '64, Larry Meyer '67, Larry Hart '68, B o b Berger '70, R o n HUl '70, C h u c k Stout '70, Mark PurceU '75, Kent H i g g i n b o t h a m '76, D a n C o x '78, John H u e s e m a n '78, R i c k R o u s t i o '78, Greg H i g h t a i a n '80, Matt McCroary ' 8 1 , Trevor M c l n t y r e '84, Stan Rasbury '84, Mike Brown '88, R o c k Harris '88, R o l a n d Klein '92, Jason Frei '94, Laura Mannix '94, J o h n Comerford '97, a n d Jake DuUe ' 0 1 .

Confrng up on the chapter calendar aU grads are encouraged to participate: 21 AprU at 1800 - Bocce at MUos 26 May at 1000 - Memorial Day remembrance service at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery 28 July - A n n u a l Picnic to be held in Forest Park To get more details on these and other events or to pay your 2007 dues onHne, go to our chapter website at_www.usna . c o m / C h a p t e r s / U S / M O / S t L o u i s . If you are a grad new or not so new to the greater St. Louis area, be sure to update your emaU address on the National Chapter website (www.usna.com) to receive updates on these and other information.

Nebraska Omaha Chapter CAPT Alan R. More '62, USN (Ret.) 2510 Nottingham Dr.Bellcvue, NE 68123-1959 E: alan.more@1962.usna.com

Secretary: LCDR Matthew Finney '93, USN C: 402-541-6398; E: mdfinney@yahoo.com

Nevada Southern Nevada Chapter James R. Koehn '63 2864 Sumter Valley Cir., Henderson, NV 89052-6876 H: 702-232-3317; C: 925-736-9642 E: jkoehn@mindspring.com

New Jersey New Jersey Chapter Mr. Patrick J Hurley '81 192 Ashland Rd., Summit, NJ 07901-3244 H: 908-598-0512; E: patrick.hurley@gs.com

Neiv Mexico Albuquerque Chapter Henry W Schwartz '62 60 Sandia Haven Dr., Cedar Crest, NM87008-9425; H: 505-286-8934 E: hwschwartz62@earthHnk.net

Secretary: Herb Richter '59 E: herbertrichter@msn.com www.usna.com/chapters/us/nm/

Activities NAAIMY was enfrnently present at the Annual Navy League Dinner, celebrating "20 Years of Fleet Week", in which many alumni participate annually. A m o n g alumni there were J i m H o c k i n g '53; R o b Black '63; D o n Bringle '76; R D M L CecU H a n e y '78 U S N , C o m S u b G r u Two; E d l a n n o n e '87; Brian Rathjen '88; and our guests of honor and featured speaker, A D M Mike MuUen '68, C N O , with his wife, Deborah. A m o n g the ffignitaries: LtGen. Ronald Coleman U S M C , Dep'y Commandant for Manpower & Reserve Affairs; R A D M (Sel) Mark Kenny U S N , O p N a v / C C T O ; and the award winners Kenneth Klepper, President & C E O , Medco; C A P T Hans Mateboer, M S N O O R D A M ; Dr. Montgomery McFate, USIP; Richard Schaeffer, Chairman, N Y M E X ; and C D R Peter Brookes '82, U S N R R , the Frank Knox Media CNO ADM Mike Mullen Award recipient, '68. Photo courtesy of NYC-NLUS named for the late Secretary of the Navy.

New York Capital District Chapter GeneWGriesau '75

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Central New York Chapter President: Robert Fegan '64 1570 Route 20 West, Cazenovia, NY 13035 P: 315-655-5949 E: bobfegan@alltell.net

Secretary: Michael T. Keville E: mickvl@twcny.rrcom

Metro New York Chapter President: Robert Black '63

(NAANY)

24 W. Railroad Ave., #115,Tenafly,NJ 07670; P: 201-569-8925; E: RABlack@1963.usna.com

Vice Pres. and Webmaster: Tom Williams '88 E:Tom_2500@msn.com; Website: www.naanyorg; HotLine: 1-800-234-USNA (-8732)

N A A N Y welcomes aboard new members Maj. John B o b o '95, U S M C , Marine Liaison Officer at U S M A ('our man inside T h e Point' - Beat Army!), Ivajlo N i k o l o v '99, Greg S a x o n '03, and returning member E d l a n n o n e '87.

Thanks to those w h o already sent $25 renewals but stUl looking for those outstanding; if you know of any 'lost' alums, get 'em aboard!

L->R: CDR Ron Hill (Chlnfo), Ed D'Alessandro, LtGen Coleman, Black, Rathjen, lannone. Photo courtesy of Capt Rhonda Martin USMC, AdC

Networking Nights 3 3 on 21 February and 21 March were weU attended. Many alumni also participated in the NAVY W A R C O L L E G E S Y M P O S I U M on 23 March, mandated by C N O for his finalizing of the Navy's part in the Five-Year Defense Plan.

Upcoming Events This season's final NN33 wUl be on Wednesday 18 AprU 5:30-7:30pm at the Soldiers, SaUors, Marines, & Airmen's Club. N o rsvp needed; best Happy H o u r in T h e City - $10 entry, three real Hbations for $10, great camaraderie.

And then there's FLEET W E E K '07 (23-30 May), opemng with the Parade of

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CHAPTER N E W S Ships on Wednesday 23 May, with Commanding Officer's Reception at the N Y Athletic Club on Friday 25 May T h e Websites for N Y C - N a v y League and Fleet Week (www.fleerweek.navy.mU) carry detaUs and general information.

IAGT'07 Chairman Mike Krause '63 announced that the 4th I N T E R ACADEMY GOLF T O U R N A M E N T wUl be held on Thursday 9 August 2007 at the Connecticut Golf Club. Anyone interested in playing or attending the Apres Goff of this superb event should contact Mike ffirecdy at MKrause63@ optonline.net or (203) 227-9203.

Further on Blue & Gold in City of New York Dean of Adnfrssions B r u c e Latta '78 and N A A N Y are actively planning for his appearance in T h e City of N e w York.

B & G O Area Coorffinator for the five boroughs T o m H e p t i g '97 seeks Chapter support for recruiting. Please contact him at thomas.heptig@ citigroup.com and tomheptig@ yahoo.com. Don't forget: check 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.rrcom

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

Eastern North Carolina Chapter President: Bill Ritchie '53 324 Plantation Dr, 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@earthhnk.net

Secretary: Tim Marvin '59 PO Box 731, Kure Beach, NC 28449-0731 E: tmarvin@earthlink.net

Treasurer:Jim St John '53 601 Doral 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, NC 27455-1481 H: 336-288-8792; E: gbeaver@npaklaw.com

Secretary: LCDR John Chilson '91 USN E: chilsonj@comerfordbritt.com

Triangle Chapter LCDRTimothy S. Wood '92 USNR 45 North Bellaire Ct.. Clayton, NC 27527-4541 H: 919-359-8403; E: tnpwood@earthlink.net

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Western North Carolina Chapter President: Bob Cowin, '69 H: 828-299-4476; E: brcowin2@bellsouth.net

Vice President: Jerry Porter, '68 H: 828-713-7046; E:jmporterl029@charter.net

Secretary/Treasurer: Ken Granzin '58 H: 828-890-4246; E: granzin@brinet.com

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Dakota

Upper Midwest Chapter - See Minnesota

Ohio Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Chapter CAPT Gerald R Motl 68 USNR (Ret.) 9825 Gateclub Dr.Cincinnari.OH 45241-3827 H: 513-769-4556; E: gerrymod@ftise.net

Sec'y:Shane Crase '94 1188 Cannonball Way, Independence, KY 41051 H: 859-363-3467;W: 513-977-8495 E: cscyddc@aol.com

Cleveland Chapter CAPT A. O. Rule III '50, USNR (Ret.) 90 Pheasant Run, Chagrin Falls, OH 44022 H: 440-247-4379; W: 440-247-5100 Ext328 EE: ruleIIl@aol.com

O n e of our perioffic dinner/socials was held on Saturday March 10,2007 at the beautifol HiUbrook Club, courtesy of our host & president, Capt A . O Rule III U S N R (Ret.) There was a particularly good attendance of "new generation" graduates and their ladies form the Northeast Ohio area.Those present were EUen & D o n Haeske '49, Mary & A . O Rule '50, Karin & Dan Garland '52, Ann & Kernfrt Greeneisen '57, Rich WaUace ' 6 1 , Faye & Pat Prout '64, Sue & Bob Shoff'64, Martha & Tony Tesoriero '65, Pam & Chip Gear '72, Jane Haag & Wayne Bergman '75, Stephanie & Jay Garffiner '76, R o r y & J o h n Althans '77, Cassandra & Marvin Rogers '77, Dorin & Richard Kopp '81,AmiHa & R o b e r t PickerUl ' 9 1 , Samantha & J o h n & Platek '92, Amy & Andy McCartney'92; Ann Marie & J o e McMuUin '92, Kevin Flynn '93, Mike Favetti '93, Deb & Jeremy Henrich '97.

There was the usual spirited discussion on subjects of relevance to our group.

John Platek '92 talked about the upcoming Patriot Bowl footbaU games in the Cleveland Browns stadium promoted by the Greater Cleveland Sports Comnfrssion.This wiU match University of Akron against Army on September 1, 2007; then, schedules are currently being finalized for Kent State to play Navy on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend in 2008. Chip Gear '72 and A.O. Rule '50 talked about their attendance February 28 at the presentation by Tom Moffiy '83,

Deputy U n d e r Secretary of Defense for Financial Management, at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve Umversity. Dan Garland '52 made a presentation on the recently opened Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island - Pearl Harbor.

HighHghted were its attraction as a stop for visitors to Hawaii and the upcoimng campaign to raise fonds to continue progress on unfinished phases of this world class nfrHtary aviation museum.

Other local alumni, reading this write up, are encouraged to join our activities such as the annual A r m y / N a v y game party at the Flat Iron Cafe and joint service acadenfres picmcs, and to subnfrt ideas for other group events.

Columbus/Central Russell A. Puppe '66

Ohio Chapter

242 Crossing Crk., North Gahanna, OH 43230 H: 614-418-5024; E: rpuppe@columbus.rrcom

Toledo Chapter Mr. David B. Puckett '63 5051 ChadiamValley, Rd.,Toledo, OH 43615-1107 E: dpuckett@buckeye-express.com

Oklahoma Oklahoma City Chapter Col I.F. "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 PL,Tulsa, OK 74105-2334 H: 918-748-8650; E: HVRouse@aol.com

T h e Tulsa Chapter held a nearly spontaneous meeting at McNeUie's Pub on March 12th. T h e occasion was Tulsa native J O S H P O W E R S '00 being in town whUe on leave from his posting in Afghanistan.The group enjoyed a sampHng of the pub's over 100 beers. LT Powers told of his experiences in Afghanistan and gave us insight as to the successes and chaUenges of our involvement there. Most of the attendees had Htde experience with working closely in an operational environment with the other services (much less in a place Hke Kabul), so his perspective on that was also most interesting.

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Start the youngster you know on the road to USNA To request info or apply online point them to www.USNA.edu/Adniissions

George Carradini '84, Lew Diley '54 and Dave Reif '63 talk at the March meeting

Wayne Hildebrand '59, Brenda &: John Morris "61, Butch Bewick '62, Jan & Jerry Larsen '62, Ray Kutch '63, Mary & Tim Myers '64, Marky & Jim H o u g h '66, Cecily & Alex Harkins '67, Donna and Dan MuUigan '67,Jean &: D o u g Bomarito '68, Jan &:Joe Kavale '68, Stephen McHenry '69, Skip Phipps '73, Merle &: Bruce Thompson '73, David Jensen '77, Lee HaU '80, R o b e r t Lumfeld '85, Susan Mead '90 and Brett Baumann, HovveU & Cynthia C o b b Citadel '66, Sarah HamUton, PaiU Heynderickx, Virgima HeyTiderickx,Ann Marie Lamb, EUeen O ' R o u r k e , Rich & Shirley Walton.

George Jackson '79, Joe Henson '45, Kasey Carradini '84, Josh Powers '00 and David Johnson (father of Taylor Johnson '09j hear about Josh s experiences in Kabul

We were joined by Joe Henson '45, Lew DUey "54, Dave R e f f ' 6 3 , Harry Rouse '77, George Jackson '79, Kasey Carradim '84 and George Carradim '84.

One of our chapter friends. David Johnson, faffier otTaylor Johnson '09 also was able to join us.

O u r next big ev-ent (and it's pretty big ft)r a smaU chapter Hke Tulsa) is a luncheon where ffie Commandant, Captain Margaret Klein '81 will address Tulsa area alumm and friend. We are set for May 3rd at The Sumnfrt. Reservations are requfred. CaU Harry- R o u s e at 591-5325 for more information.

Oregon Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter CAPTR.Tim Myers '64, USN (Ret.) 3766 Lane%vood R i . Lake Os%vego. O R 97035 H: 503-697-0865; E: tob\-maggie 1 @aol.com http://usna.com/'Chapters/US/OR

14 February Luncheon Each year ffie February Luncheon is always special and this year was n o exception. Spouses and friends are always welcome to attend our luncheon, but our traditional " O l d Goats Valentine Day" event usuaUy garners the greatest number.

The foUowing alumm and guests attended the luncheon: J o h n Besson '35, J o h n Frenchs '50, J i m Leiser ' 5 1 , Jerry Rosette '51, Kay & D o n Beatty '57, Paul H e m e r '58, Dianne & Jake McMichael '58, Claire &

Tim Myers '64, Jan Kavale, Stephen McHenry '69

O u r speaker was Jan Kavale w h o had recendy remrned from Tanzania, where as a volunteer with Global Services Corps, she taught H I V / A I D S awareness and prevention. Her wonderfol sHde presentation contamed many beautiful images of the African landscape, but also picmres of the stark reaHty of the cost on the people ofTanzama levied by the AIDS epidenfrc.

In twenty years an estimated 70 mUHon people worldwide wiU die from the consequences of AIDS, and sub-Saharan Africa wiU bear the brunt of that number.

Jan's picmres of the orphanages fUled to capacity with children left alone due to the death of their parents from AIDS were heart rendering. It was a sobering look at the human side of this worldwide pandenfrc. There was a question and answer period foUowing the talk.

T h e Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter meets for lunch the second Wednesday of every m o n t h upstairs at T h e Old Spaghetti Factory, 0715 SW Bancroft St., Portland, Oregon, at 11:30 A M . Please join us. CaU T i m Myers '64 (503-697-0865) for any additional information, or check our website for map and dfrections.

Joe Kavale '68

Pennsylvania Philadelphia Chapter LtCol V.M. "Corky" Gardner Ul '77, USMC (Ret.) 121 Glenn Rd.,Artimore,PA 19003 H: 610-645-5361; E: president@usnaphil.com iiiembers@usnaphil.com; events@usnaphil.com webmaster@usnaphil.com; www.usnaphil.com

Shipmate News Input: Phil Cahill '70 E: phil.cahill@lmco.com; navyTed@msn.com

N o change in the saga of the great Comcast Army - Navy Golf ChaUenge as we go to press. To renfrnd the reader, thanks to John Sundquist '76 and Kerr S m i t h '72, the PhUadelphia Chapter of the U S N A Alumni association has been approached by Comcast Cable TV. Comcast has a goffprogram,"GoffShots", and would Hke 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 oppormmty to highhght our respective Acadenfres: the question is whether the Woops vvUl step up to the chaUenge and the sUence has been deafemng! Even messages to Garcia have gone unanswered.

O n March 11, our Chapter hosted a U S N A Information Day for high school smdents and their parents at the HatboroHorsham High School. T h e event was attended by over 600 people interested in the application process to the Naval Academy. T h e event was Co-Chaired by Paul J a m e s , "81, Capt. Donald M c R a e , Blue & Gold Area Coordinator and Dindy Liebert, parent of Peter Liebert, "00. Over 50 PhUadelphia chapter members, Blue & Gold Officers and Parents were on hand to answer questions for the smdents about U S N A and the appHcation process. And on May 10 we wiU host Parents' Night to celebrate those young men and women w h o have been accepted into the U S N A Class of 2011.

T h e cycle continues ...

T h e Goff ChaUenge notwithstanding, May 12 marks the annual Army-Navy golf outing at LimekUn Country Club, coordinated by Kerr S m i t h '73. T i m FarreU '76 has set up another summer classic with a picmc / buffet dinner at a Camden Riversharks basebaU game on 21 June 2007.This event was very weUattended last year, and helped boost our membership and participation significandy.

For those members w h o stayed focused on footbaU, Navy plays Temple on August 30 in PhUadelphia: Skip D i t t m a n n '67 and Cal Q u i n n '97 are

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CHAPTER N E W S working with the folks in AnnapoHs to coorffinate our activities, and those details wUl be announced later in the summer. In adffition, we wiU sponsor taUgates for the Rutgers game on September 7, and the Notre Dame game on November 3. AU hands are reminded that this year's Army — Navy Game is scheduled for Baltimore M D instead of Philadelphia PA. O u r Events Calendar describes details for these and later events, and can be accessed from the Internet at h t t p : / / www.usna.com/Chapters/US/PA/ Philadelphia.htm, by foUo'wing the Hnks to the Events Calendar. Any alumni interested in any of these events can also contact PhU CahiU at events@usnaphU.com.

O n a more somber note, the Chapter lost a true gendeman when C A P T D a v i d Byerly '21 passed away at the age of 106 in February 2007. C A P T Byeriy had been the oldest surviving alumnus of U S N A for several years, and was a wonderfol ambassador for our alma mater in the community. Corky Gardner '77 joined with C A P T Byerly's son David in commemorating C A P T Byerly's Hfe and his achievements at a Memorial Service, and those members representing the Chapter at the service sang a hearty verse of T h e Navy Hymn. As the Chaplain mentioned, C A P T Byerly was cherished by many of us, and wiU be rmssed.

Anyone interested in membership information, information about U S N A signamre Pennsylvama Hcense tags, or the Camden Riversharks basebaU game can contact T i m FarreU '76 at 484.919.8087 or at tim.farreU@1976.usna.com.

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 10100 Hillview Dr Apt. 1101 Pensacoh, FL 32514 E: squid54@cox.net http://hey_frankl6.tripod.com/rv/

With the last hurrahs of dark ages parties seen huU down, RV Chapter members are mobUizing on the highways for kinder weather. They are dusting off old sea

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stories to embeUish over campfire suppers, tuning up to shout over the sounds dieselpowered buses make on tour, knocking ffirt off of golf spikes.

T h e beautiful month of May has become a traditional meeting time for our major annual event—the National C o m e Around, Memphis,TN, 9 through 11 May This year the boss of the bunch, Karl Keay '59, backed up by wife, Gloria, is the Firsty for a large turnout from east and west of the Mississippi River.

National C o m e Around, M E M P H I S , T N : 9 through 13 May 2007.

Karl and Gloria Keay, gkeayl211@ aol.com 386-767-1278; ceU 386-4537380. Meet at Tom Sawyer's Mississippi River RV Park, 1286 South Eighth Street, West Memphis, A R 72301. Mention: Naval Academy group: 870-735-9770 (ask for Rose).

Come Around Fee: $60 per person (includes B B Q dinner, 3 hr city bus tour and misc expenses). MaU to Karl Keay, 3 Oceans West Blvd, # 4 B 5 , Daytona Beach Shores, FL 32118 before AprU 20th. Let us know, if you want to play golf. Also, if you want to tour Graceland and the Riverboat Tour, send payment with registration fee.

Plan of the Day Wed 9 May Registration Happy Hour (A-L bring hors d'ouevres) Catered B B Q Dinner T h u 10 May M e m p h i s 3 hr City Tour (bus wiU p / u at c a m p g r o u n d ) Happy Hour (M-Z bring hors d'ouevres) Dinner on your own Fri 11 May Optional Graceland Tour$30 Optional Goff Happy H o u r Sat 12 May Farmers Market o n your o w n Optional Riverboat Tour (2 1/2 hr) at 1400$25 Dinner out (TBD) Sun 13 May Jim's Breakfast Special Member Meetfrig. Auction, Happy Hour Pot Luck M o n 14 May Coffee and D o n u t s D a v e ' R e d D o g ' C a n n o n '53 and Lynn hosted a spring C o m e Around at Oak Plantation in Charleston, SC 28 March - 1 AprU. After the National in Memphis and a brief summer break, members can anticipate a faU fuU of creative and traditional activities. If you have not gotten your

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reservations in for a cruise on the Niagara out of Erie, PA, you had better hurry.

Firsty D a r w i n Hathaway '54 has Hned up a big piece of history for us 5 - 9 September. Please visit the Chapter web site for the most recent detaUs. Advance notice has been pubHshed in this column several times.

To meet with CivU War buff Alumm you may check out the web site to stay current with latest plans for a Caravamng C o m e Around in the CivU War battle fields, mostly in Virgima. Experienced members Frank C o n e r y '58 and CharUe N o r t o n '62 wUl lead 1-13 October. Lots of detaUs avaUable for this fon trek.

FoUowing closely wiU be our traffional C o m e Around in Watts Bar,TN under the leadership of Firsty J i m m y 'The B o y ' C o n n o r s '74.The date is stiU being settled but it wiU closely foUow the CivU War Batdefield tour and wiU surely have faU leaves to enjoy.

Maybe it's too early to announce, but the Chapter is planning a C o m e Around in Florida near Melbourne come March 2008. Just a heads-up to pencU in Also look for a Key West meeting in early February.

Many, many thanks to those w h o have been so thoughtfol as to send in photos and stories for members to enjoy in this column. These include, to my best memory: J i m Roberts '59, Jack Glaeser '59, Lynn and R e d D o g C a n n o n '53, Frank C o n e r y '58, BUI Bradford '63, Mike Stroop '54, Glenn Shindler '64, CharUe N o r t o n '62. Apologies are due to those w h o m I have forgotten.

Quite a few of our members travel the whole year, so this Chapter aUows an opportunity for much more than two or three to meet. W h e n we "do lunch" it usuaUy takes four or five days, which leads to more than just casual friendships.The RV Chapter is a blessing to those w h o are stiU able to meet and sing the first and third verses of Navy Blue and Gold.

Rhode Island Newport Chapter ADM James R. Hogg '56, USN

(Ret.)

2556 West Main Rd., Portsmouth, RI 02871 H: 401-841-2625

Corr. Sec'y: Ben Katz '57 E: becat57@msn.com

O u r January speaker was Professor Lyle Goldstein, Associate Professor and also Director of the new China Maritime Studies Institute at Naval War CoUege. H e

has a Masters in Strategic Studies from Johns Hopkins, and a P h D in Political Science from Princeton. In adffition to Mandarin Chinese, he speaks Russian and has played a role in the workings of the coUege-to-coUege relationship with N W C equivalent in St. Petersburg. Prof Goldstein's first book was pubHshed by Stanford University Press in 2006 and compared a series of nuclear proHferation crises, drawing heavily on China's nuclear history. A second book has just been completed, and wiU be out within a month or two firom Naval Institute Press.

Prof Goldstein's current research interests focus on Chinese naval and nuclear strategy.

The information Professor Lyle Goldstein uses in his smdy group is primarUy from open sources - press, pubHcations, periofficals, the Internet, conferences, etc. China is pubHshing an increffible amount of information on mUitary naval affairs. It becomes apparent ffiat ffiere are dramatic changes ongoing in ffie Chinese Navy, although they are starting from a low basehne.

What are the Chinese up to, and why - those were the focus of Lyle's ffiscussion wiffi us. They have recendy unveUed their fint inffigenous fourth generation aircraft where they previously imported a large number of nfrHtary planes, they are in local production of the J-11 (Flanker), and most sigruficandy, they are also buUffing the a/c engines locaUy which would infficate a breakthrough in the metaUurgy necessary for these high performance engines. They have two purchased carriers, including the KIEV - a Soviet ship from the 80's.The KIEV is moored about a two-hour drive from Beijing and appears to be used as a test bed. T h e second carrier is undergoing considerable shipyard work. Are their intentions â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to develop a blue water Navy, become a regional power, or what?

Diesel submarines are being buUt at a fast cHp - this is in addition to the large number of Russian Kilo class diesels in their inventory. T h e y are also n o w buUding second-generation nuclear boats, although at a much slower pace. O n e of these may be a SSBN. While much of their naval construction is talked about on the Internet in official Chinese releases, the nukes are one of the few platforms not showing in that venue. Their surface combatants are m o d e r n and fornfrdable and they seem to be experimenting with several designs. A recently launched LPD is their largest indigenous ship to date. At

the other end of the spectrum. Professor Goldstein showed us a picture of a smaU missile catamaran class, which are being constructed, in large numbers.

Econonfrsts estimate that China's high econonfrc growth rate may continue at the same pace for the next two decades.

There are a number of ongoing projects to deliver oU by pipeline and considerable exploratory work offshore to meet the enormous demand for energy to fuel this growth. For the foreseeable foture, China wiU stiU be quite dependent on the sea for energy and other resources as weU as for manufacmred goods exportation.

China sees itself acutely vulnerable to blockade , and the impact of its econonfrc growth upon Naval Strategy is significant.

As always, the Q & A period was Hvely and rewarding.

Joimng us for our January meeting were chapter members:Tom &Trina Weschler '39;Tim & Cathy M o o r e '45; Ken Lyons '46 and Jack & Mary B u r n e y U S M A '46; Fade Trickey and Wirt Thayer '47& Mary Soares; Frank & M a g g i e Snyder '48; R o g e r & Muriel B u c k '50; Bob ConneUy '52; Jim H o g g '56; Ben Katz '57 & Katie Ahearne;Jim Wright andWayne R o b i n s o n '58;Ted Gale '65; Jerry & Joanne O ' D o i m e U '69; Conrad D o n a h u e '73 and his guest Midshipman Candidate Ben Hoover; Lou Sposato '76 and Associate members Anita C o n w a y (Jim '55) and CharHe & Betsy Jauss.

W e l c o m e A b o a r d To Christopher Nichols ' 6 1 . Chris & his wife Anne reside in Warwick, R I .

C o m i n g Attractions Here's our confirmed schedule for the remainder of the year: 27 Mar Naval C o m m a n d CoUege Student C A P T Adel N o o h Zibari, Iraqi Navy 24 Apr Vince Mocini '73 & T o m Weschler '39 International Flair at the War CoUege 29 May Andrew Dzykewicz Chief Energy Advisor to the Governor of R I 26 June Pam R e m p t Thoughts About Young Women Today With Focus on the Naval Academy N a v y / M a r i n e Corps R e l i e f S o c i e t y T h e Society has initiated a " C o m b a t Casualty Assistance Program" nationwide comnfrtted to helping famUies find the resources they need to deal with the changes in their lives resulting from wartime casualties. T h e Society's Visiting

Nurses coordinate resources used or needed by the fanuly and provide assistance not provided by the government.

T h e Society also continues long-term foUow-up of SaUors/Marines and famiHes/ survivors. This program helps fanuHes get to the service member's bedside, no matter how large the fanfrly nfrght be (current government programs provide for only two fanfrly members to travel to the bedside). T h e program also covers expenses, which may eventuaUy be reimbursed by the government, but the fanfrhes need the help now. We can help.

Please consider a special donation now to one of the addresses below: (Local) N M C R S 1260 Peary Street, Naval Station, N e w p o r t R I 02840 (National) N M C R S 875 N Randolph Street Suite 225 ArHngton VA 22203

South Carolina Charleston Chapter CDR H. Richard Stein '82, USNR (Ret.) 784 Preservation PL, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464-5196 H: 843-856-6591;E: rstein@sandlappergroup.com

T h e chapter met on Monday, March 19, 2007. O u r program included the Blue & Gold Officer Video "To Lead & To Serve". In attendance were:Jerry Nuss '47, Lou Marckesano '47, Mac Matthew '48, BiU Wright '49, Gene Dunaway '50, Max HUl '51, Dick DaUa Murra '51, Dick Wright '53, Mac Cramer '53, Fuzzy Knight '53,Jim Fladey '56, Bob Boyle '59, Buzz Cams '61,John Nuernberger '64,JimWelsch '67,Berme Magdelain '67, BUI Nold '71, Dick Shaw '75, Dave Shimp '76, Fredffie LeClerc '79, Andy FuUer '82, Rick Stein '82, Pat Hunkler '89, Ken Hunter '90, KaiYeh '90, and Dave Kern '92.

T h e Charleston Chapter meets on the 3rd Monday of each month at 11:30AM at T h e Point GrUl, part of the O m a r Shrine Temple, near Patriot's Point in M o u n t Pleasant. N o 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

Palmetto William B. Swent '88 Leatherwood,Walker,Todd &: Mann, PC. 100 E.Coffee St.,RO.Box 87 Greenville, SC 29602-0087 W: 864-242-6440; E:WSwent@LWTM.com

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CHAPTER N E W S annual class races. This is one of the annual highlights for our chapter and we'U be cheering for the Crew Team throughout the season. G O NAVY!!!

South Carolina Midlands Chapter President: LCDRA.EdTilden

'71, USN (Ret.)

4040 Bloomwood Rd, Colombia, SC 29205-2847 H: 803-254-0425; E: aetilden@sc.rr.com Web site: www.usna.com/chapters/us/sc/midlands

Memphis Chapter

Secretary: Katie Hirsch E: mkh5.325@aol.com

CAPT Jack Quinlan '67, USNR (Ret.) 3987 Lakewood Cv, Memphis.TN 38128 E:JACK.QUINLAN@na.manpower.com H:901-372-8423

South Dakota Upper Midwest Chapter - See Minnesota

Bill Francy with Coach Friedrich.

Tennessee

For the tenth consecutive year, the KnoxviUe-Oak Ridge chapter sponsored Chattanooga Chapter the U S N A Lightweight Crew team in Mr. John R. Rodman '66 Oak Ridge for their annual spring 1302 Peter Pan Rd., Lookout Mountain, GA 96729 training in preparation for the upconfrng W: 423-756-0285; E: rodman@usit.net season. Coach R o b Friedrich and 60 nfrdshipmen gave up their spring break to Knoxville-Oak Ridge Chapter row along the banks of the CHnch River President: CAPT Steven K. Crowe, '78 USNR (Ret.) and hone their skiUs for the Hkes of 103 Carnoustie Point, Knox-ville,TN 37934 Harvard, CorneU, and their other fierce H: 865-675-5560; E: stevekcrowe@att.net competition. T h e team looks good again Secretary-Treasurer: CAPT Mark Kohring '73, this year and several nfrds have exceeded USNR (Ret.) their goals on the ergonomic trainers.

E: kohringniw@ornl.gov HopefuUy, this wUl translate into another website: kortridentsource.com/home national championship that the Class of /tabid/74/defaut.aspx '07 saw their predecessor classes achieve during their plebe year. T h e K O R alumni were honored to have Coach Friedrich, Assistant Coach Nick Baker, and Midshipmen 1 / C Wes Lyons, Dorian Belz and WiU Dann join them for their monthly luncheon at the Sagebrush Steakhouse in Oak Ridge. Coach Friedrich passed along a significant compliment paid to the K O R chapter by U S N A AA president and C E O , George Watt. George said that This is the Class of '07 from the Lightweight Crew the sponsorship of the U S N A Lightweight Team. They were awarded the Captain Jack Spring Crew team for their annual workout in Regatta trophy (the oar), which is named in honor of Oak Ridge was one of the most beneficial Captain Jack Richard '52, one of our members who actions that one of the alumni chapters was instrumental in getting the annual visit of the could do for the Naval Academy. Boy, if crew team started a decade ago. that doesn't make your chest sweU and your heart flutter!! Thanks, George and Coach Friedrich for passing this along.

Many, many thanks to B r u c e Bevard '76 w h o coordinates obtaining the volunteers to house the team during these visits.

Most are non-nfrlitary and have repeatedly offered their homes year after year for the nfrds to crash after each day's long workouts. T h e mids held an appreciation dinner for their sponsors on Thursday, the last day of their workouts foUowing the The first is Bill Francy '46, a member of the USNA Crew Team in his day with three mids. The second is Cari Strawbridge '72 with Lightweight Crew team coach, Rob Friedrich.

l/Voo/c/ you like to mentor interested students about the opportunities at USNA? Become a Blue & Gold Officer and contact USNA Admissions at 410-293-1813

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Nashville Chapter CDR John E Ohlinger '69, USN (Ret.) 880 Lakemont Dr, Nashville,TN 37220-2124 H:615-370-1441;w: 615-594-7628 E: john.ohhnger@usna.1969.com

Texas 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 PO. Box 461564, San Antonio.TX 78246-1564 E: info@alamogoats.org

O u r second annualValentine's Day celebration was held February 16th at the Olympia HiUs Golf and Convention Center in Universal City, Texas. We use this occasion to honor the widows in the area as weU as our spouses for their dedication and volunteer service during our careers. O u r guest speaker was Juffith Markelz, Program Manager of the Solffier and FamUy Assistance Center at Brooke Army Meffical Center. Judith gave a moving presentation on the generosity of the San Antonio businesses and residents.

T h e numerous services they provide include arranging outings for recovering soldiers and their fanfrhes as weU as transportation for fanfrly members using donated frequent flyer nfrles. Anyone reaffing this and wishing to donate, the foUowing items are useful: phone cards, gift cards, disposable cameras, DVDs, popcorn, personal hygiene products and baked goods.The Assistance Center can be contacted at 210-221-2463. Attendees at the meeting were widows EHzabeth Ewing (Robert '45), Rosemarie Riggs (WaUy '45), and Jan Blaha (Herbert '47).

Jan was accompanied by her daughter Trish Martin. Chapter members in attendance were: Richard Boggs '83, R u t h and Art Carpenter '53, Dave DriskeU '63, Freddie and BUI McKay '54, PhU Meurer '58, R u t h and J.K. Minton '66, Betty Jo and Jack Pennington '44, Elaine and Joe Pope '56, R o n Sandoval ' 8 1 , Gerry and BUI Simpson '56, Coleman Sims '44, and Carol andJimWestermeier ' 5 3 .

PhU Meurer '58 manned the Naval Academy table.

O t h e r scheduled events as of this subnfrssion are: May 4 - Smdent Recogmtion at Greystone Academy May TBA - NASS scholarships award ffinner June 3 - Plebe/NAPS Picmc for Class L to R: Jan Blaha, Ron Sandoval and Trish Martin at of2011 the Valentine's Day luncheon.

JiUy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; N o regular meeting August â&#x20AC;&#x201D; N o regular meeting November 9 - Founders Day Please visit our website Alamogoats.org for ffie latest information on our Chapter.

J. D. (Dave) DriskeU '63 Chapter Seaetary L to R: Rosemarie Riggs and Betty Ewing attend the Austin Chapter Valentine's Day luncheon 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.mcalistei@skyvueusa.com

Austm 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 thefr spouses in the Austin area are invited L to R: Wendy Rivers, Coleman Sims, Betty Jo and to participate. Reservations are not required.

Jack Pennington share a table at the Valentine's We had 19 people at the January Day Luncheon meeting. Attending were: Pete Baker '57, George Denny '58, Mike N e e l y '58, Joe Wright '59, Gary Chapel ' 6 1 , D o n McAHster '63, Paul Revere '63, Bob Jones '64, John R o g e r s '70, Chuck Trahan '73, John Peskuric '74, Mike Paczan '74, R o b Calhoun '87, Kevin Furr '88, Jeff B l o c k '94, Adam L to R: Bill McKay, Jim Westermeier, Carol Robinson '96, Brian M c C l u n g '98, Westermeyer, Dave Driskell, Guest Speaker Jason Smith '98, Liz M c Q u i n n , '00.

Judith Markelz, and Freddie McKay at Valentine's There were 23 people plus our guest Day luncheon speaker at the February meeting.

March 4 was ffie annual Service Academy Attending were: Leighton P a h n e r t o n Day hosted by USAA here in San Antorao.

'50, Jim Matheney '49, D o n M c C o y This annual gaffiering is sponsored by the '57, Mike Neely '58, Chip Buerger '58 local area congressional representatives. +guest, Gary Chapel ' 6 1 , Paul Revere Representatives Lamar Snfrth and Giro '63, Bob Jones '64+guest,Jolm Rodriguez were in attendance this year as T h o m p s o n '65,John Rogers '70, Carl weU as representatives of each of ffie five Inskeep '71, Chuck Trahan '73,John service acadenfres. It is a chance for interPeskuric '74, Mark Middleton ' 8 1 , ested high school smdents and thefr A d a m Paterson '86, R o b Calhoun '87, parents to talk to Cadets and Midshipmen, Morgan Mfller '91, Jeff Block '94, A d a m congressional representatives and service R o b i n s o n '96, and Jason Smiffi '98. academy- representatives in one location At the February meeting. Chapter regarding Hfe at the academy and the Vice President Bob Jones, '64, gave an appHcation process. Blue and Gold Area update on events at the Academy and in Coordinator Bruce Davis '85, R e g i o n 3 the Navy, then fritroduced the guest Field Diversity- Representative LT Reggie speaker. Eugene Adrian Van Zeffden Jr. is a Skipvvorth , and Blue and Gold Officers 1969 graduate of the U.S. Afr Force Richard VUlarreal, Dave DriskeU '63, and Academy H e received a 1972 M B A from

Southern lUinois Umversity and his law degree from Case Western Reserve Umversity in Cleveland, Ohio.

An Austin resident, he is licensed to practice law in Texas and Florida and is qualified to appear before the U.S. Federal Court of the Western District ofTexas. In addition, he earned his designation as a certified pubHc accountant in 1979.

He has written several business manuals, including " BuUding a PracticaUy Perfect Business," " W h e n You Absolutely Positively WanterYour Sales to Increase," " H o w to BuUd a Business and Never Get Sued," and others.

Mr.Van Zeffden has also prepared several booklets on taxes, incluffing "Stop I R S Headaches! T h e 12 Cosffiest Mistakes That Busmess Owners Make in PayroU," "PayroU Taxes (and H o w To Avoid Them)," and " T h e Tale of the Unhappy Stranger."

H e provided one of his brochures to members of the Chapter, and spoke on the upcoming tax season, proviffing a number of tips and suggestions.

North Texas Chapter LCDR James M. Bethmann '77, USNR 3825 Marquette St.,Dallas,TX 75225 W: 214-754-0019 exx 222 E: Jim.Bethmann@highbndpartners.com

LCDR Kurt Metcalf '91, USNR 9718 Enmore Ln., Fnsco.TX 75035 E: kurt.metcali@1991.usna.com; Web site: www.usnaaa-nDc.com

The March 14,2001 U S N A A A N o r t h Texas Chapter held its monthly luncheon on March 14th at the Hackberry Creek Country Club in Irving,Texas.The monthly meeting was rescheduled to coincide with the visit to DaUas by the Navy Lacrosse team, in town to play the first Division 1 Lacrosse game in Texas since 1971 when Navy beat Johns Hopkins 9-6 at the Astrodome in 1971. Chapter President Jim Bethmann presided over the gathering and introduced the guest speaker. Coach Richie Meade, N o r t h CaroHna '76, in his 13th year as the Navy Lacrosse coach.

Coach Meade addressed the chapter and said 2007 was supposed to be a rebuUding year.

T h e supposed experts wffio vvTite for the lacrosse periofficals asked him ^oach Meade before the season addresses the North how he would Texas Chapter May 2007

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He agreed that Navy has lost a lot of people the last few years but the good news is that they have found a lot of good ones, too. Navy comes at teams in waves, lots of people play and Navy wears their opponents down. It's the same phUosophy that Navy used in the 60s, 70s and 80s.

You can see the impact over their first few games where games have been won in the second haff.

Two weekends before. Navy hosted North CaroHna who was undefeated and ranked number five in the country at the time. Coach Meade said that playing at the Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium is a huge advantage for Navy.

Before the game, Coach Meade had a former lacrosse player and current SEAL, Commander Kenny Niedemeyer, address the team. As Coach Meade entered the staffium he said that North CaroHna was there to play a lacrosse game but Navy was there to invade Tarawa. It was prophetic as Navy handed North CaroHna its first loss 19-8.

Coach Meade explained how lacrosse is not just a sport at Navy, it's a major part in preparing nfrdshipmen to become officers after graduation. Today, several former lacrosse players are playing sigmficant roles in the Global War on Terror.

Denny Connor '66,John HamUton '68, Rachard Hooker '73, Saul Zavala '74, Mark Lambright '75, Jim Bethmann '77, Matthew EHas '78, Dave Rich '81, Harry Gray '91, Kurt Metcaff'91, Michael Walsh '91,Jamey Cumnfrngs '93, Denms Wagner '93, Phffip Dana '98,John Gargan, Mickey McHale and son Ryan, and Debbie Pace.

From the Naval Academy, Coach Richie Meade, Captain Owen Thorp '77, Captain Dan King '80, Captain BUI Dawson '82 and Colonel John Rupp '83.

March 15,2007 The Chapter hosted the lacrosse team at the TraU Dust Restaurant.

March 17,2007 On a glorious Texas spring day, the Navy lacrosse team sounffiy defeated Patriot League foe Holy Cross 12-2 at SMU's Gerald J. Ford Staffium. Amongst the 1,800 in attendance were many NavyTshirts and hats.The crowd was decideffiy pro-Navy. Before and after the game, the Naval Academy Parents Club hosted a taUgater for Academy alurrmi and parents.

Texas Gulf Coast Chapter

Dan Holsberg '92 14406 Corktree Knolls, Cypress.TX 77429-4818; H: 281-256-2643; E: Holsberg@earthhnk.net Web site: usna.com/Chapters/US/Texas/GuliCoast /default.htm

March 2 Luncheon Archie Dunham, former Chairman of the Board of ConocoPhUHps, and former Marine officer (commissioned through Oklahoma Umversity ROTC) was our speaker. Archie spoke about his experiences as the leader of a global orgamzation and the importance of integrity and ethics. He also spoke about two ConocoPhUHps Board members who gready interested our auffience, Gen Charles Krulak '64, USMCR, former Commandant of the John Rupp '83, Bill Dawson '82, Bill Costello '64, Marine Corps from July 1995 to June Coach Meade, Dan King '80, Owen Thorp '77, Bob 1999, and Richard Armitage '67, former Traister '60 U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (2001 Captain Dan King '80, PubHc works 2005), and high-ranking troubleshooter Officer at the Academy gave a compreand negotiator in the Departments of hensive update on the Academy's current State and Defense (July 1995-June 1999). projects. Afready completed are renovaJune 2nd Chapter Dinner tions of Michelson and Chauvenet HaUs, As in prior years, our annual Chapter Bancroft HaU and a new power plant.

Dinner wiU be held at Brennan's Underway are several major projects Restaurant for alumni, spouses, guests, and including the new field house, renovation USNA Parents' Club members. However, of King HaU and the Brigade Sports this is the first year for the Dinner to be Complex across the river on the old held on a Saturday evening,June 2nd.

Naval Station, now caUed the North Please contact us for specific information Severn Complex. and reservations.

In attendance wereVal Snfrth '52,Jim Chapter News Carrington '53, BiU LavaUee '55, Richard Kyle MiUer '95 is a Semor Associate CudHpp '59, Rob Kunkle '60, with TrammeU Crow Company, a Bob Traister '60, BUI CosteUo '64, commercial real estate development

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company, focusing on retaU development in southeast Texas. He also teaches a course in real estate finance at the Umversity of Houston's Bauer CoUege of Business. Kyle earned his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business after serving as an F-14 Tomcat R I O withVF-14 as part of CVW-8 on board the USS Roosevelt ('99) and the USS Enterprise ('01) and then as an instructor in VF-101, the Tomcat FRS. He can be reached at kmiUer@alumm.Stanford gsb.org or his ceU, 832-563-2397.

Marcus Greenspan '93 is a Principal Solution Consultant for a M R O Management Solutions - a start-up company under the EDS umbreUa. Based in Detroit,MI, the company provides fiUl service outsourcing of the supply chain for inffirect materials for the manufacmring and process industries. Prior to this, he worked for A.T. Kearney as a management constUtant proviffing operations, IT strategy, supply chain, and project management consulting across multiple industries. In the Navy, he earned his MBA from The Umversity ofTexas at Austin and flew MH-53 heHcopters out of Corpus Christi,TX. Due to his recent engagement to Heather Burns, he is looking to move from his current position to something Houston-based, or with less travel. If you have any suggestions or just want to get in touch, Marcus can be contacted at marcus.greenspan @1993.usnacom or 832-524-7404.

Business Networking There are two ffifferent business networking groups, for service academy graduates and other former nfrHtary officers, that meet monthly in the Houston area. Please check our Chapter website for detaUs. Chapter Luncheons Chapter luncheons are USUALLY held on the first Friday of every month (May 4, Sep 7, and Oct 5) at Brennan's Restaurant, 3300 Smith St. (11:30am refreshments, and noon to 1:00pm lunch).

As in prior years, there wiU be no luncheon meetings in June, July, or August. For adffitional information, please visit www.usna.com/Chapters/US/TX/Guff Coast/default.htm, or send an emaU to klein 1985@sbcglobal. net.

Ed Klein '72 Intermountain

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President.Thomas Rossa '67 thoni.rossa@hro.com

Virginia Blue Ridge Chapter Richard "Dick"Raymond

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2794 Denvent Dr; Ro.inoke.VA 24015 P: 540-344-07.36

Central Virginia Chapter CAPT Anthony A. HastoglU '55, USN (Ret.) 102 Shawnee Ct., Charlottesville,VA 22901-1034 H: 434-973-7846; E: ahastoghs@eardihnk.net

Treas: Eric Lindenbaum '81 E: ericJindenbaum@sperry.nge.com

Dulles Chapter LCDR Eric C. Ruttenberg '88, USNR 20445 Needleleaf Wv-.,Ashbum.VA 20147-2389 P: 703-858-4404; E: eruttenbeig@ritan.com ww\v,usna.coin/chapters/us/va/dulles/

Hampton Roads Chapter LCDRJack Kasiski '79, USN (Ret.)

feUovv alumni and friends in the depths of anoffier mUd Hampton Roads winter!

O u r venue, G.F Keegans, located in the HiUtop area ofVirgima Beach, proved to again be gracious hosts, with attendees fiUing up ffie deck area and spiffing indoors. Over 70 folks ffitered through ffie evening to share stories and good times. T h e oldest class was represented by '64, with ffie youngest from ' 0 4 . T h e class wiffi ffie "most-est" was '69 wiffi 5 attendees. We do ffiese events twice a year, once in the summer and again in February. If you nfrssed this great event, or ffyou are visitmg ffie area, swing by in ffie summer. N o reservations are ever needed and there is no "cover charge". What more could you want?

In other Chapter news, our next big event is our annual Plebe Recogmtion Dinner to be held at Oceana Officer's Corresponding Sec'y: Chad Sain Club on June 6 from 1800-2200. At press Website: wwwrommnnirarinns@nsnaaahrr org time, specffics are stiU being froned out with regard to guest speaker and reservations. However, this event has always been spectacular and is always our most attended event durmg our events calendar. Last year's coordmation team, led by C a p t a i n BiU D a n i e l s ' 7 7 , wUl agam dfrect the activities. W i t h BUI at the helm again, you wiU not want to nfrss the festivities as weU as welcome our region's finest foture leaders as ffiey prepare to embark on a journey so few are privileged to take.

L-r Bill Daniels 17, Ed O'Brien 79 FinaUy, and it's not too soon to mark your calendar for our annual Beach Blast and Picmc at Seabreeze Cabana onboard D a m Neck Naval Base on 8 July. It wUl kick off around 1100 and go unffi 1700, or until everyone is as red as a ripe tomato! Ken Berger '69 again repeats his role as party coordinator, music selector and prize giver-away. Friend and famffies are always invited. This event is very kidfrienffiy, so plan a day at the beach and L-rUnda (Schumacher) Eriksen '84, Erik Eriksen '84, enjoy the w a r m ocean waters. For more John Galle 75, Dennis Plank,'69 information, you can contact Ken at kennybz@cox.net Lasdy, our continual reminder to aU on Chapter membership: Please go http://www.usnaaahrc.org where you can join renew your Chapter membership onHne; check on current Chapter events' time and place; read the latest Main Mast (our Chapter Newsletter); Hnk to U S N A Sports, Blue & Gold Program and Parent's Club. Links to local Chapter Alurrmi Sponsors and busmesses, and more, so L-r Dan Lear '68, Jack Kasiski '79, Dave Paddock '77 check by often! Or, you can always contact me ( C h a d Sain '79) as our Our annual "Dark Ages" N o - H o s t Happy Chapter's Corresponffing Secretary at Hour proved once again ffiat we'U take commumcations@usnaaahrc. org. any reason to get out and celebrate with P: 757-631-2239: C:757-753-5563 E: jack_kasiski@amsec.com

Richmond Chapter Mr.JohnJDriscon,Jr. '90 207 N. Belmont Ave., Richmond,VA 23221-2811 P: 804-353-0165; E: john.driscoll@genworth.com

Corresponding Sec'y: Rich Polek 5543 Fox Vale Ct.,Midlodiian.VA 23112 H: 804-639-2860;W: 804-743-3239 E: richpolek@aol.com

Chapter members and friends gathered for the first time in 2007 at Sin'e Irish Pub on Wednesday evemng, 28 February, for the Dark Ages Social. O n c e again we managed to avoid fisffights, despite the presence of alcohoHc beverages and the brief oversight carried out by gendeman Jim D e M e n t '60 of the West Point Society of R i c h m o n d .

T h e foUowing alumm and friends were in attendance: P a u l G a l a n t i '62 and son Janfre, Jane & W m Settle ' 6 3 , 'Nita & J a c k P a r r y '67, B o b L a w r e n c e '68, Rob Acosta & Kfrnberly & BUI Valerie Dalton R u c h '68, Cheryl & R o b C a s e y '73 and daughter Vfrgima, F r a n k R e n n i e '76, M a r k J a m e s ' 7 8 , R i c h P o l e k '78, A n d y B r o w e r '79 & P e g g y F e l d m a n n '80,VUdd & J i m "WUson '80, M e l H a m n e r '84, R o b A c o s t a '86 and friendValerie D a l t o n , J o h n D r i s c o U '90, Stephame & R o b H u n t '90, E d B e n e v i d e s ' 9 1 , R i c h BUlingsley ' 9 7 , B e n C h a n c e '97, Patty Kruszewski (daughter of the late D o n Heberling '46), Jim D e M e n t (USMA '60) T h e chapter treasury bought the first round of ffiinks and then some, as weU as a table of plentifol appetizers.

Mel Hamner & Ed Benevides

R i c h m o n d chapter members once again joined the West Point Society of R i c h m o n d for the annual West Point Founder's Day Dinner, which was held at SaHsbury Country Club on 9 March. This event celebrated the 205th anmversary of the founding ofWest Point, and is a recurring highhght on the R i c h m o n d U S N A Chapter calendar.

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Our West Point brethren treated the nearly 180 people in attendance to a wonderful evemng, incluffing a sUent auction. Posting of ffie Colors, a feast of filet mignon and salmon, even USNAlabeled wines for the three USNA tables—compHments ofWest Point Society of Richmond.

Guests heard a number of terrific toasts, speeches and award acceptances throughout the evemng, incluffing a toast to the U.S. Navy by John DriscoU '90. The Commandant of Cadets, Brigaffier General Robert Caslen,Jr. '75 was the keynote speaker. General Caslen offered attendees an informative State-ofthe-Academy talk, which included acadenfrc, athletic, leadership and capital project pursuits. Suffice it to say, the state of our sister service academy to the North is strong.

Certainly the two most moving portions of the evemng came with the reaffing of the "Empty Table Tribute" to those graduates, who made the ultimate sacrffice and are no longer with us. The second tribute came fromViemam hero, BUI Haneke, and his talk on a most worthwhUe charity, FanfrHes of the Wounded Fund, Incorporated. BiU and a group of decorated veterans are coUecting money to support fanfrhes visiting wounded loved ones at McGuireVA Hospital. As a head & spinal cord injury center, McGuireVA Hospital is a vital center of exceUence in theVA hospital system. Consequendy, its haUs have seen solffiers, saUors, airmen and Marines with some of the worst wounds of the war.

The long treatments make the logistical concerns of a visiting fanfrly—often a young fanfrly from a distant state— tricky and expensive. The charity seeks to lessen the financial impact and help them with lodging and meals whUe they visit McGuire.

The web address is www.FOTWF.org.

If you would Hke to contribute, please make checks payable to "FOTWF" and maU to: FOTWF Care ofViUage Bank PO. 330 Midlothian.VA 23113

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By the time you are reaffing this Washington article you should have received an emaU invitation to the chapter's annual Hanford/Tri-Cities Chapter Canffidates Dinner, which wiU be held CAPT Edward Schwier '69, USNA (Ret.) 1196 Brentwood Ave., Richland, WA 99352-8540 in May. H: 509-627-7288;W: 509-372-0176 Go Navy!

E: Edward_G_Ed_Schwaer@rI.gov; John DriscoU '90 and Rich Polek '78 eschwier@charter.net; egschwier@aoI.com 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

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CDR Tom Wishart '60 USN (Ret.) 4759 Winterberry Ct.,WiUiamsburg,VA 23188 P: 757-253-0250;E: twishartl@cx.net or usnaaawmsbrg@cox.net

Mike Petters '82 (left) is thanked by Tom Wishart '60 for his interesting and informative comments

At our regular monthly meeting in February, we were pleased to welcome Mr. Mike Petters '82 as our guest speaker.

Mike is the President of Northrop Grumman ShipbuUffing in Newport News,Virgima. As such, he is responsible for 20,000 workers and biUions of doUars of Navy shipbuUffing and overhaul contracts. Mike started with an entertaining story of the christemng of the George H.W Bush when the shipyard had a previous president and the current president in the yard for the first time. Then he covered current activities in the yard incluffing construction of the Bush (CVN-77), nfrd Hfe overhaul of USS Cari Vinson (CVN-70), the design of the newly named Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), deHvery of USS Texas, the second Virgima class submarine, and construction of North CaroHna, the fourth ship of that class. He candidly ffiscussed several of his problems incluffing the chaUenge of maintaining a quahfied workforce to buUd and overhaul such complex ships. A Hvely question and answer period foUowed with aviators especiaUy interested in the new catapults planned for the Bush.

Nothing to report on activities of the local chapter for this month. As I noted in previous columns, USNA Class of '69, 33rd Company returned to the sea on March 3rd on Royal Caribbean's Enchantment of the Seas. We had 16 alumni and 12 spouses for the 5 day cruise out of Fort Lauderdale/Port Everglades.

We visited Ocho Rios, Jamaica and Key West; the latter was an add-on when weather closed the port of George Town, Grand Cayman. I have attached a picmre of the stout hearted men of 33.

Demonstrating superb prior planmng, we took along our own Priest, Father Tom Burffick, who was my roommate the last two years at the Academy and Pastor of my parish church during my major command tour in Southern CA. Father Tom demonstrated his own foresight by ordering the finest botde of red from the wine Hst for ffinner the first mght at sea, Samrday. He made it a point to save haff of the botde for Mass on Sunday morning. Much better than what we get at Christ ffie King in Richland on Sundays.

I was privileged to serve as one of the readers and choir master for the service — I know the words to Eternal Faffier.

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There is a one day USNAAA International Chapter Officers Forum in AnnapoHs on AprU 26th. Not sure if I wUl attend. The reimbursement offered is less than half of the cost or travel and lodging, even taking a red-eye to avoid an adffitional night in the hotel. This has created

some foror among various chapter presidents, particidarly ffiose on the West Coast. When management of ffie USNAAA was questioned on the reimbursement, we received the foUowing (in part): "Before going into the ffiought process regarffing reimbursement practice and poHcy for volunteers, let m e reinforce how important ffie work of Chapters, Graduated Class org-amzations and Parents Clubs is to ffie accompHshment of our mission. If it weren't for you and hundreds of other volunteer leaders we would be gready- linfrted in our effort to create a cadre of informed advocates for todav-"s Naval Academy; T h a n k you for your selfless service!"They- ffid offer.''As always we provide ffie required I R S documentation tor you to take a charitable contribution for any- expenses you occur above ffie approved levels." As you can expect, this has created some righteously- inffignant emaU traffic as one President n o t e d , " . . .you may have hit on ffie real reason, they- reaUy- don't vv-ant us back. especiaUy- those w h o saw fit to question ffie poHcy; There seems to be two wray-s to serv-e ffie needs of U S N A and the alurrmi function. Send m o n e y or Hke we are doing, make a contribution of time and effort. T h e balance seems to be fav-oring ffie send money- faction raffier than us "w-orker bees."' I Hke the forum idea, "The Association of Raffical Chapter Presidents"" Please provide any- inputs for this column to m e as occurring. T h e deadHne for my submission to the shipmate coordinator is usuaUy- early the second week of ffie m o n t h for pubHcation two months in ffie fomre. Today- is March 13th and this column should appear in the May Shipmate.

As always, I am looking for volunteers to help organize and execute group activities and fonctions. If you would Hke to host a fomre meeting, at either your h o m e or an establishment in the Tri-Cities or surrounding area, please make the offer.

We would aU benefit from mvolvement of more of our group in planning and organizing social gathermgs.Jeame has been reassigned to the Savannah River

Remember or Honor a loved one in Alumni Hall.

Call 410-295-4164 for ttune information.

Honor Chairs

Site in Aiken, SC as the D O E Deputy Manager Business starting in May. I expect to remain in the area for some time; however, I do need assistance in keeping our local Chapter active. Would Hke volunteers to step forward to take officer and leadership roles. Contact me by emaU at Edward_G_Ed_Schwier @rl.gov or phone above.

Beat Army, Edward Schwier '69

A very important event is the annual chapter ffinner honoring the inconfrng Plebe class o f ' 1 1 from Washington State (that's 2011, folks, if you can beHeve it!).

Save this date on your calendars to be present at Naval Station Everett o n 11 June. D e a n A n g e l '60 is coorffinator for this event.

Puget Sound Chapter Pres:CAPTJames N.AdkinsJr '58, USN (Ret.) 7304 N W Duckabush Ln, Silverdale, WA 98383; P: 360-662-1958: E: jadkins@Avavecable.com

CAPT Jack Barfield '61, USN (Ret) 3945 SW 328di Pbce; Federal Way WA 98023 P: 360-407-7483 (Da\-); H: 253-835-1115 E: capnjack8@comcast.net

It's almost spring and the Puget Sound Chapter is emerging from the winter storms ahve and kicking! We have a very excitmg program of events over the next sev^eral months to which to look forward.

First on ffie Hst is a short-notice visit to our neck of the woods by the Commandant of Midshipmen, C A P T Margaret Klein U S N '81, w h o has graciously agreed to speak to us at a dinner and social hour on March 25th. We are also expecting good participation by the U S N A Parent's Club. This wiU be a great oppormmty to hear first-hand of the current issues at the Academy and, better yet, to learn h o w we can better support ffie mission of the Academy in the Puget Sound area.

Next on ffie calendar is basebaU! Armed Forces Night at Safeco Field is the venue, where the Mariners are going to whup up on ffie Oakland A's.The Mariners vviU, by this time, be engaged in a hot pennant race (it's the second game of the season), so expect a lot of whoopin' and hoUerin'.The festivities include a pre-game B B Q and runners during the game to bring our adult beverages so we don't even have to leave our seats. Thanks to D o u g C o o k '74 for makmg this event happen.

Unformnately, not aU our news is good this month.We were saddened at the passing of Captain David Brumley, '84, a former Trustee and officer of the Chapter, w h o lost a two year batde with cancer on March 12th. We wUl nfrss this fine person, naval officer, father and strong supporter of the Naval Academy.

That's about it for this m o n t h from T h e Great Northwest. We're looking forward to an exciting spring and summer â&#x20AC;&#x201D;join us ffyou are in the area and not a member. You can caU any of the officers or trustees for information, or check out our web site at http://vvww;usna.com/ Chapters/US/Washington/PugetSound/.

Oregon and Southwest Chapter - See Oregon

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Washington, DC Area Greater Washmgton Chapter Capt Gerard Farrell '10 E: farreligm{@comcast.net Website: u"\\"\v,usnaaag\vc.org

West Virginia West Virginia Chapter Stephen S. Shumlas '69 105 Brienvood Dr.. Hurricane,WV 25526 E: shumlas@maishall.edu

Wisconsin Wisconsin Chapter President: Mr. Dan LaFave '85 djl@quarles.com

Secretary Mr. Bob Simi '88 (USMCR) P: 414-577-1058; E: bnscsimi@e.\ecpc.coni

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LAST ,ALL 'They shall grow not old, as tve that are left grow old; age shall tiot weary them, tier the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them."

—Laurence Binyon, 1914 PuDDicoMBE, R O B E R T CDR, USN (Ret.) 31 December 2006

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ACKLEY, NORMAN W A D E ' 4 1

HlLLIARD,JOHN ROBERT ' 4 5

24 January 2007

15 January 2007

ALLER, JAMES CURWOOD '43

HuLMEjWooDROw WILSON II '68

CDR, USN (Ret.) 5 January 2007

CAPT, USNR (Ret.) 10 January 2007

ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM ALVIN '49

JAYNE, G O R D O N HOWLAND '52

RADM, USN (Ret.) 31 December 2006

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 11 January 2007

BANVARD, THEODORE JAMES FLEMING '39

K O S T E R , ALFRED M A R I A FV '57

SKINNER, D O N A L D K E N T '47

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 31 December 2006

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 4 January 2007

LCDR, USNR (Ret.) 27 December 2006

B A U R J J O H N DA-VID '39

M A N N I N G , A R T H U R REBERG '34

SMITH, LEONARD GREGORY J R . '43

LTC,USAR(Ret.) 18 January 2007

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 14 December 2006

CDR, USN (Ret.) 24 October 2006

BRACEWELL, HERBERT WILLIAM J R . '77

McKiNNEY, J O H N WAYNE '65

SMITH, F E N T O N FREDERICK J R . '43

CDR, USN (Ret.) 30 December 2006

LCDR, USN (Ret.) 4 January 2007

CDR, USN (Ret.) 16 December 2006

BURKE, N O L A N ROBERT '59

M C P H E E T E R S , T H O M A S A N T H O N Y '51

SNIDER, LLO-^D F L \ R T H '54

LCDR, USN (Ret.) 3 January 2007

LtCol, USMC (Ret.) 15 January 2007

CDR, USN (Ret.) 19 December 2006

WADE

R E A D , WILLIAM LAWRENCE '49

VADM, USN (Ret.) 16 January 2007 SIMPSON, J O H N W I S T A R '37

4 January 2007

CAREY, O S C A R LEE '46

MILLER, W A R D N O R W O O D '94

SPALDING, T H O M A S CLAYTON '48

27 January 2007

ENS, USN 2 January 2007

25 December 2006

CHANDLER, JAMES T . I l l '48

TRAUTMANN, JOHN ROBERT '44

MILLER, S'^TSNEY ROBOTHAM J R . '36

CAPT, USN (Ret.)

16 AprU 1998

5 January 2007

M O O R E , HOWARD SHACKLEFORD '43

V I C T O R , FRANCIS W A R D '52

RADM, USN (Ret.) 11 January 2007

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 22 January 2007

LtCol,USAF (Ret.) 27 January 2007

MULLING, J O H N ISAAC '57

Vo-VTER, IRVING LOUIS J R . '53

3 January 2007

LCDR, USN (Ret.) 26 December 2006

FORTER, S A M U E L A L E X A N D E R ' 4 0

N U S O M , FRANK ALLEN J R . '70 *

CDR, USN (Ret.) 5 January 2007

CDR, USN (Ret.) 18 January 2007

FOSTER, R I C H A R D EPLEY '41

O L S O N , STANLEY HOWARD '50

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 28 December 2006

29 December 2006

GoNiEA, DAVID J O S E P H '60

LCDR, USN (Ret.) 23 January 2007

W H I T B E C K , WESLEY ALLEN '85

19 January 2007 G R A F F , V I C T O R BERNARD '38

PATE, WALTER T H U R S T O N J R . '47

W O O D W O R T H , H A R R Y EADES '38

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 11 January 2007

CDR, USN (Ret.) 12 January 2007

LT, USN 1 January 1945

H A H N , HARRY B A R R E T T '37

PELLSBURY, EUGENE HUNDLEY '49

W O R T H A M , CHARLES FREDERICK '43

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 17 January 2007

CDR, USNR (Ret.) 28 December 2006

LCDR, USNR (Ret.) 8 January 2007

18 January 2007 CLIMMINS, LAWRENCE DELWORTH '44 *

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 16 January 2007 D E M O T T , LUCIAN K E I T H '57

FL\MILTON, ROBERT W A R R E N II '71

27 December 2006

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O P I T Z , ALBERT GEORGE '48

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

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•^ obituary appears in this issue

DAVID HARVEY BYERLY '21

Captain David Byerly, USNR (Ret.), of Newtown Square, PA, ffied on 17 February 2007. He was 106 years old and had been the Naval Academy's oldest alumnus for the last five years.

Byerly was born in Buder, PA, on 7 June 1900. After his father ffied when he was ffiree, he and his six-year-old brother Hved wiffi relatives in WUkinsburg through their school years. Byerly was appointed to ffie Naval Academy at the age of 17 after spenffing a year at the Academy preparatory school in AnnapoHs, MD. At ffie Academy, Byerly played lacrosse and basketbaU and proudly played in the first two Navy-Army games ever (Navy won boffi).

After graduation, Byerly served on ffie batdeship FLORIDA and ffie submarine CHEWINK. After serving his three years of obHgated service in a world at peace, he resigned his comnfrssion to be hfred by Westinghouse. He also moorffighted as an assistant to his brother who was ffie basketbaU coach at Washington & Jefferson CoUege.

In 1926,Westinghouse sent Byerly to its smaU motors plant in Springfield, MA, where he met his wife Mary. In 1931, during ffie Depression, Westinghouse announced a third wage cut, and Byerly left ffie firm, moved his fanfrly to Middletown, CT, and took ffie position of sales manager for an elastic fabric maniffacmrer.

In March 1941, the Navy recaUed Ensign Byerly, age 40, promoted him to Heutenant jumor grade and assigned him to the submarine base in New London, CT. In late 1942, he reported to San Francisco, CA, putting COUCAL (ASR-8) into comnfrssion.

He spent ffie remainder offfiewar as COUCAL'S captain, supplying support and escort services to submarines on their way from Brisbane, AustraHa, to their operating areas and back. In 1945, he was in line for command of a submarine tender when the war ended and he was aUowed to once again remrn to civffian Hfe. He remained in the Reserves, retiring in 1960.

Byerly remrned to Midffietown, CT, and estabHshed and ran a firm weaving elastic fabric. In 1965, he retired again. He was an accompHshed goffer and in his retirement years, spHt between Madison, CT, and Sarasota, FL, he regularly shot his age, doing so for the last time at 88.

Predeceased by his beloved wife of 59 years, Mary, in 1959, and his daughter, Nancy Koch in 2006; Byerly is survived by his son, David Jr.; daughter, Zenecia Doyle; 11 grandchUdren; and 23 great-grandchildren.

The Byerly Family CARL JOHN FLEPS '38

Brigadier General Cari J. Fleps, USMC (Ret.), died of compHcations from Parkinson's disease at Virgima Hospital Center on 28 February 2007.

General Fleps, of McLean, VA, was born on 14 November 1914 in Youngstown, OH, where he attended elementary and high schools. In Septemberl932, he enHsted in the Navy.

He served on the batdeship W E S T VIRGINIA and was selected to

stand for exanfrnations for adnfrssion to the U.S. Naval Academy.

Fleps was affiifrtted to the Academy and entered after completing his enlisted service. He participated on the boxing and footbaU teams, and graduated in 1938, a member of the Seventh Company, requesting a comnfrssion in the Marine Corps.

When the Japanese attacked on 7 December 1941, Fleps was on board PRESIDENT COOLIDGE, en route to ffight traimng in the States, via Pearl Harbor. At Pearl Harbor, he deeply mourned the sinking there of his beloved W E S T VIRGINIA. He then served in the Pacific Theatre, evenmaUy as a transport squadron commanffing officer in the critical Solomon Islands campaign. One of his subordinates was Lieutenant Richard M. Nixon, USNR. At the end of the war, Fleps was stationed on Okinawa as part of a contingent slated to lead the anticipated invasion ofJapan.

During the Korean War, Fleps commanded a Marine transport squadron. In 1953, he led the first trans-Pacific ffight of "Flying Boxcars," departing San Francisco for Atanfr, Japan.

Fleps was a graduate of the Marine Corps Amphibious Warfare School and the Air War CoUege, where he served on the faculty. He retired from the Marine Corps in 1956 as a brigadier general, a rank awarded to recogmze his meritorious wartime service.

Fleps then launched a business career, which included a vice presidency with the Greyhound (later Dial) Corporation. During the 1960 presidential campaign, Fleps led "Maryland Volunteers for Nixon," participating in a televised campaign debate. Fleps retired from Dial in 1979 and served a year with the American Enterprise Institute.

General Fleps' nfrHtary decorations include the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, the Bronze Star Medal, Letter of Commendation and Navy Umt Citation.

General Fleps was a member of the Naval Academy Alumm Association, the Marine Corps Aviation Association, The Retired Officers Association and the Army-Navy Country Club.

General Fleps wUl undergo Christian burial at ArHngton National Cemetery.

Donations may be made to the Parkinson's Disease Foundation.

The Fleps Family LAWRENCE DELWORTH CUMMINS '44

Captain L.D. "Del" Cumnfrns, USN (Ret.), ffied on 16 January 2007.

Born on 18 February 1921 in Webster Groves, MO, he attended Washington Umversity in Saint Louis, MO, prior to entrance in the Naval Academy. He received his comnfrssion as an ensign with the Class of 1944. He * progressed from junior as ensign on HUGHES ( D D - 4 1 0 ) in 1943, to gunnery officer in the closing stages ofWorld War II, and finaUy served as executive officer from December 1945 to September 1946.

He next reported to Commander Destroyer FlotiUa Three and served with that staff in China as flag lieutenant and communications officer.

His duty assignments have been commanding officer of LSMR-403; aide to the Commandant, Fourth Naval District; executive officer of NEWMAN K. PERRY ( D D R - 8 8 3 ) ; Command May 2007

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CALL ROBERT GLENN BECK '47 Staff Course, Naval War CoUege; Destroyer DetaU Desk, Bureau ^^ , Robert G. Beck, a resident of of Naval Personnel; commanffing officer BAUER ( D E - 1 0 2 5 ) ; Traimng and Reaffiness Section, Staff Commander Cruiseri ^ ^ ^ ^jiflS?T»% j San AnseHno, CA,ffiedpeacefoUy on Desttoyer Force Pacific; commanding officer of ToWERS t^r .J^^-^^^i^M 24 February 2007 of the compHcations ( D D G - 9 ) ; Staff of Supreme AUied Commander, Europe; ^ .^£'fffT'-- » - ^ B of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Operations and Reaffiness, Staff of Commander First Fleet.

Gehrig's disease) after a long iUness.

Bob was born in PUot Rock, OR, His decorations and awards include the Joint Service and attended Oregon State CoUege Commendation Medal, American Defense Service Medal, before receiving an Oregon congresAmerican Area Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign sional appointment to the Naval Medal with six Batde Stars,Victory Medal, Army of Occupation Academy and graduating with the 12th Company in 1946.

Medal (Asiatic), China Service Medal, Phffippine Liberation Medal with two Batde Stars and the Phffippine Presidential Umt Upon graduation, he served at sea untU he received the very Citation. He retired in 1971. unusual assignment of education adnfrmstrator for the U.S. Trust Territories in the Pacific, then served in BALTIMORE (CA-68) Del is survived by his wife of 32 years, Patricia; and six from 1951 to 1952. He was next an assistant naval attache to the chUffien, Larry Cumnfrns of Bisbee,AZ, Karen Pida of FaUs U.S. Embassy in Paris, seconded to service as a Haison officer Church.VA, Sharon Cummins of ChtUa Vista, CA, Kimberly with the French Navy, and serving in the former BELLEAU Kelbe of Albuquerque, NM, Karen Kaufinan of Coronado, CA, W O O D (CVL-24), which was renamed Bois D E BELLEAU by ffie and Kenneth Kaufiman of San Diego, CA. French, during the French involvement inViemam. During his Services were held on Samrday, 27 January 2007, at Sacred assignment in Paris, Bob met and married Anna Walbridge, and Heart Church in Coronado, CA. excerpts from the Coronado (CA) Eagle & Journal in 1955, became personnel officer of the naval station. Treasure Island, in San Francisco, CA. JACK EUGENE GODFREY '44 He resigned from the service in 1956 and earned a teaching Captain Jack E. Godfrey, USN (Ret.), a credential from San Francisco State CoUege. He then entered resident of AnnapoHs, MD, for 33 years, upon a career in education in Monterey County and in San ffied on 14 October 2006 at the Ginger Francisco, which continued untU 1960.

Cove Health Center of compHcations In that year, the Becks purchased Tassajara Hot Springs, a from injuries suffered in a faU. He was resort in the Santa Lucia Mountains south of Carmel, CA, and 85 years old. operated it untU 1966, when they sold it to the San Francisco Zen Center, which stiU runs it.

Captain Godfrey was born on 7 February 1921, on a farm near Harrod, He then began in earnest his career as a dealer in antiques OH. He graduated from the Naval and art, gaimng a considerable reputation as an expert on early Academy in 1943 with a bachelor of science degree and 20th cenmry plein air art. He estabHshed and operated the completed graduate work in human relations in management in Robert Beck GaUery in San Anselmo, CA, which wUl be 1964 from The George Washington University. He received a continued by his son. master's degree in international relations in 1966 from GWU. Bob is survived by his son, Adam of San Anselmo, CA; sister, During World War II he received aviation traimng and was Barbara of San Diego, CA; and his former wife, Anna of Carmel, stationed aboard an aircraft carrier. Later he was an aviation CA. He was predeceased by a daughter, Anna Kathleen, in 1994. ordnance officer at Dahlgren. He became a department head on A memorial celebration of his life took place on board a a carrier and a commandmg officer of fighter squadrons. From houseboat at SausaHto, CA, in late AprU. 1959 to 1962, he served on the Naval Academy faculty.

Chet Shaddeau '47 Subsequently, he was operations officer aboard HORNET, was J O H N JOSEPH DEMPSEY '47 a leadership assistant with the Office of Naval Personnel and then was a member of the faculty of the Naval War CoUege. From Lieutenant Commander John J. 1969 to 1971, he was commanding officer of NAS Memphis and Dempsey, USNR (Ret.), of East was affiliated with the Naval Security Group from 1971 to 1973, Longmeadow, MA, for 43 years, and when he retired. recently of Suffield on the River at Suffield, CT, ffied on 22 February 2007 He received the Meritorious Service Medal, the Presidential from long-term compHcations of Umt Citation, the American Campaign Medal, the Asia-Pacific Parkinson'sffisease.He was 82 years old.

Medal with seven Batde Stars, the World War II Victory Medal, Jack (also known to his Classmates as the China Service Medal and the National Defense Service "Red" for pretty obvious reasons) was Medal with Bronze Star. born to John and Mary Lloyd Dempsey in New York City on He enjoyed golf, gardening and travel.

18 August 1924, and was appointed from that state to the Naval Captain Godfrey is survived by his wife, Helen Brook Academy, where he graduated in 1946 with the 16th Company Godfrey, whom he married on 15 June 1943; daughter, Debby His first ship was PROVIDENCE (CL-82). After two years, he Godfrey Brown of Foster, RI; and two grandchUffien. He was the served a tour with the Marine Corps as a naval gunfire liaison father of the late S. Kathleen Robinson. officer, and then resigned in 1949 to work for two years in real A memorial service was held on 30 October 2006 at the estate. He was recaUed for service in the Korean conflict, and Naval Academy Chapel. excerpts from The Capital (Annapolis, MD)

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during 1951, served as navigator in T'VCONic (AGC-17), and met and married Dottieâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;who was ffien WAVE ChiefYeoman Doroffiy Seaman. They came to AnnapoHs, MD, when he served as an instructor in ffie Ordnance and Gunnery Deparmient .It ffie Naval Academy, and he was smiultaneously enroUed at ffie University' of Maryland, earmn^ his law degree from UofM in 1957, when he also remrned to inactive Reserve stams. He subsequendy retired fiom ffie Naval Reserve as a Heutenant commander.

In 1958, he was employed by ffie U.S. Patent Office in Washington. DC, and in 1959, joined the patent law firm of Chapin and Neal. based in Springfield. MA. He subsequendy became afiiUparmer in ffie firm, which became Chapin, Neal and Dempsey; He retired from active practice in 1997, when physical constraints made that necessary.

Jack wras a commumcant and lector at Saint Michael's CaffioHc Church and a 40-year founding member of the Twin Hills Coimtry- Club, boffi in East Longmeadow; MA. He loved goff, skiing, sailing, swimnfrng and tennis, and patiendy taught his famUy ffie finer pomts of each.

Jack is survived by- his wife of 55 years, Dorothy; two sons, John M. Dempsey- and Charles B. Dempsey; daughter, Karen Dempsey; sister, Mrs. Caffierine Cummings; and five grandchUdren.

Funeral services were private.

Chet Shaddeat4 '41

WnuAM IRVING DONALDSON '47 Lieutenant Commander WUHam I. Donaldson, USN (Ret.), ffied on 25 February 2007. He was 84 years old.

BUI w-as bom m Detroit, MI, but mov-ed with his parents to Huntington, WV wffiere he graduated from high school, ffien attended Tennessee Mffitary Instimte at Sweetwater, TN, prior to receiving his congressional appointment to ffie Naval Academy from South CaroHna. He graduated wiffi ffie Class of 1947 in June 1946, as a member of ffie 12ffi Company.

Upon graduation, he was in the commissioning crew of AGERHOLM (DD-826), in which he served for three years prior to entering ffight training m 1949. After receiving his Wings Hi 1950, he was assigned to Hurricane Hunter Squaffion VP-23 in Mianfr, FL, and flew hurricanes until the squadron was transferred to Brunswick, ME, where ffiey engaged m ice pattols in ffie North Adantic and Baffin Bay He remrned to ffie Naval Academy as an Histructor in the Seamanship and Navigation Department in 1953, after which he began flying bhmps, receiving his LighterThan-Afr WHigs in 1956 and serving tours m various squadrons at EHzabeth City; NC, Lakehurst, NJ, and Brunswick, GA. He completed the Aviation Safety- Officers course at the Umversity of Southern CaHforma and was assigned to the Commander, Heet Afr Quonset staff" as safety officer. His final tour of duty m the Navy- was as officer-in-charge of Detachment Tango inTianan, Taiwan, from 1964 to 1966, rearmg from the Navy m that year.

He obtafried a National Science Foundation scholarship to Penn Srate Umversity; earning a master's degree in education, and ffien became an assistant professor in the Engineering Department at PSU's Reaffing, PA, campus. He reffied from

teaching in 1982, and moved to his retirement home in Gaylord.

MI, eventuaUy relocating to Loudon,TN, in 1996.

He was a Freemason and a Shriner, a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers and a Certified Senior Engineering Technician. WhUe in Loudon, he became certified as a master gardener through the University of Tennessee and devoted much of his time to antique clock repafr.

BUI is survived by his wife of 60 years, the former Constance MarshaU of Huntington, WV; and their chUdren WUHam Jr. '68, Marsha, Kent and Scott; and several grandchUdren and great-grandchUdren.

Memorial services were conducted on 28 February 2007 in Loudon, TN, and final interment was planned for a fomre date at ffie Naval Academy Columbarium.

William I. Donaldson Jr '68

WnjJAM

ALVIN ARMSTRONG

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Ed note: Shipmate incorrectly listed Admiral Armstrong's survivors in the March 2007 issite. We regret this error and any confusion it may have caused.

Rear Adnfrral WiUiam A. "Shakes" Armstrong, SC, USNR (Ret.), ffied on 31 December 2006 after a lengthy^ Ulness inVenmra, CA. He was 81 years old and a gentleman to ffie end.

Adnfrral BUI Armsttong is survived by his five chUffien, AHsa Armstrong, LesH Sheehy; Marc Armstrong, Lyn Graham and Liane O'DonneU; 16 grandchUffien; and his two former wives, Emfr (Houtkooper) Armstrong and Marjorie (Fort) Armstrong.

He wiU be truly nfrssed and never forgotten.

HENRY A N T H O N Y TOMBARI '52

Commander Henry A."Ric"Tombari, USN (Ret.), ffied suddenly on 14 September 2006 of an apparent heart attack at his home in Hayward, CA. He was 77 years old.

A native of Cohoes, NY, he enHsted in the Navy immeffiately foUowing graduation from high school in June 1945.

He was promptly given the name "Joe" by a chief petty officer, which smck through his Navy career. He received a Fleet appomtment to the Naval Academy, subsequent to attending NAPS. His Classmates remember his laugh and his roles as cheerleader, rope climber and boxer.

Upon graduation in 1952, he served in MILLER (DD-535) unffi 1955, when he was accepted into graduate school for civU engineering at B J I . After graduation, he would undertake many interesting projects as a member of the Civil Engineer Corps. In 1966, he earned a second master's degree in operations research and business admimstration from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey; CA. Among the CEC projects in his career, he served as chief engineer buUffing the first nuclear power plant in Antarctica.

Later, he constructed roads and bridges inViemam. Once in Viemam, his plane was shot down. He went back to the burmng wTCckage, baffiy injured, bent the steel bar that had trapped a coUeague in the plane and dragged him to safets; earning the May 2007

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CALL Navy Marine Corps Medal for Bravery. He was also awarded the Bronze Star with CombatV, two Navy Commendation Medals, the Vietnamese Honor Medal First Class and a host of campaign/service medals.

Upon retirement in 1966, he earned a PhD degree from the University of Maryland, was recruited to teach at The George Washington University; then in 1975, he was recruited to teach at California State University, Hayward, in the San Francisco Bay Area. He authored two books and numerous peer-reviewed articles. He was very active in the local community, consulted (often pro bono) with over 400 smaU businesses. He was a sought-after teacher who held a high standard for his students and himself. He was promoted to fuU professor of Management and Finance at California State University in 1984 and became emeritus in 1992. WhUe at CSU, Hayward, he met and married Joan Sieber, a feUow professor.

Ric is survived by the love of his life, his wife, Joan; three sons, Ric Jr., Joseph and John; and four grandchildren.

A celebration of his Hfe was held on 9 November 2006 at CaHfornia State University East Bay. JAMES THOMAS STRADER '54

Lieutenant Colonel "Tom" Strader, USAF (Ret.), ffied of heart failure at home in SlideU, LA, on 2 March 2007.

He was 74 years old.

Known as "Blackie" to Classmates (because of his deep farm boy tan), he was born in St. Joseph, MO, to Arthur Lloyd and Mabel (Cook) Strader. He grew up in Barnard, MO, graduated from Barnard High School and attended Wentworth Academy. At the Naval Academy (24th Company), he was active in the boxing program; a sport which he later managed and promoted in the 1970s in Louisiana.

He graduated in 1954 with a bachelor's in electrical engineering and was comnfrssioned in the U.S. Air Force. He attended the USAF Institute ofTechnology, earmng a master's in materials engineering; and in 1965, attended the Aerospace Research PUot School at Edwards AFB. He accumulated over 5,500 hours in 32 types of aircraft as an experimental test pUot. Tom knew from the time he was a boy that he 'just had to fly' His first flight was in an Aronica, two-seat trainer in 1946.

His mUitary flight career began at Bartow AFB and went onto Barksdale AFB. Tom flew as a strategic air command pilot in B-47s,KC-135s and B-52s (1956-1963), compUing over 2,500 hours in the B-52.

He proudly served two combat tours of duty in Vietnam, flying 100 combat nfrssions out of Ubon, ThaUand in F-4s; earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bronze Star, among other medals. He went on to hold various staff positions, making contributions to the nation's aU-weather munitions guidance systems and serving as the Semor American MiHtary Representative on the NATO CouncU on Atomic Biological and Chemical Warfare.

FoUowing his retirement in 1974,Tom was an entrepreneur/ developer (buUding the first condominiums in Destin, FL), a financial planner and independent insurance agent, and was active in commercial real estate sales.

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Tom belonged to various Masonic organizations, the Ancient & Secret Order of Quiet Birdmen, the Society of Experimental Test PUots, Rotary International, Mensa, the Sons of the American Revolution and the USNA Alumni Association. He enjoyed golfing, fishing, playing poker and teUing flying stories.

Tom is survived by his wife, Bonnie; seven chUdren, James Jr. '79, MicheUe, Nicole, David, DanieUe,John and Crystal; 11 grandchUdren; and his sister, Kay. Memorial services were held in New Orleans, LA, on 8 March 2007. Interment wiU be at Arlington National Cemetery with fuU nfrHtary honors on 3 August 2007.

The Strader Family FREDERICK ERNEST SCHWALBE '57

Frederick E. Schwalbe died of natural causes at his home in Mission Viejo, CA, on 4 March 2007. He was 73 years old.

A native of Decatur, IL, "Fritz" attended MUliken Umversity prior to receiving his congressional appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD, in 1953. He graduated with the Class of 1957, in June of 1957 as a member of the 18th Company.

Because of a serious eye injury he suffered during his First Class cruise, Fritz was not comnfrssioned by the Navy.

In 1957 he began his engineering career with Food Machinery Corporation (FMC) in San Jose, CA, and was later transferred to New York City. His next move took him to Ann Arbor, MI, as quaHty control manager for a bearing manufacmrer which transferred him to Los Angeles, CA. During this time, he received his M.B.A. from the University of Southern CaHforma.

Up and down the CaHfornia coast, his career included experience in the areas of management of aU manufacturing, quaHty assurance and materials functions with high technology companies, such as Xerox,Whittaker Corporation and Puritan Bennett Corporation. From 1980 untU his first retirement in 1990, Fritz served as vice president of operations and field services for Alpha Microsystems, Inc. in Costa Mesa, CA. In 1990 Fritz founded and operated his own corporation.

Merit Products, Inc., which dealt wiffi voice maU services in the very early stages of this phenomenon. He also enjoyed dealing in precious metals. At the time of his second retirement in 2003, he was a financial services representative for Citigroup.

Fritz is survived by his wife of 45 years, the former JacqueHne White of LouisvUle, MS, whom he met and wed in New York City in 1961, and daughter, Ursula, a talented graphic artist who lives in Cleveland, GA, and breeds and shows champion Jack RusseU terriers. Fritz was very proud of his daughter and her accomplishments.

A private memorial service was conducted on 8 March 2007 at the fanfrly home in Mission Viejo, CA. Frederick was cremated and his ashes are with his fanfrly. Interment wiU take place at an appropriate time and place in the foture.

The Schwalbe Family

FRANCIS MARION MEREDITH '59

Conmiander Francis M. Mereffith, USN (Ret.), of Midffietown, RI, ffied on Wednesday, 14 February 2007, at Newport Hospital in Newport, RI. He was 70 years old.

Born in Fairmont,WV, on 9 September 1936, "Frank" was the son of the late Marion and Jane (Clayton) Mereffiffi. He graduated from Fairmont High School in West Virginia, and entered the U.S. Naval Academy in AnnapoHs, MD, graduating with the Class of 1959.

He was in ffie 1 Iffi Company, participated in Plebe Crew and was a stalwart member of the Brigade champion company voUeybaU team.

FoUowing graduation, Frank initiaUy served in destroyers, incluffing as chief engineer m J O H N PAUL JONES ( D D - 9 3 2 ) at New-port, RI. He subsequendy entered the submarine service and was commanding officer of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ( S S B N - 6 4 0 ) .

After his retirement, he worked as a Navy civffian as a branch head at ffie Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, RI. In aU, he had 40 cumulative years of federal service. Commander Mereffiffi loved ffie sea and his country and served as a true pattiot.

He is survived by his wife, Ann (Underwood) Mereffith of Middletown, RI; son, Thomas Mereffith and his wife, Tracy of Waterford, CT; daughter, Sheryl Mereffith and her husband, Thor Herdforffi Madsen of San Francisco, CA; stepdaughters, Kaffierme Cole FucUe and her husband,John ofWebster, MN, Kristina Cole and her husband, Peter Atsaves of Swarthmore, PA, and Stephame Cole KeUy and her husband, Patrick of Houston, TX; and ten grandchUdren, Effie,Jared, Finn, Alex, Katy, Evan, Noah, Armie, Garrett and Meredith; brother, Thomas Meredith of Pennsylvama; and cousins, Martha Meredith Eddy and her husband, Don of WheeHng,WV, and Mark and Renee Eddy and thefr chUdren, Mereffith and JD, also of West Vfrgima.

A celebration of Hfe was held on Samrday, 24 February 2007, at Calvary Umted Methodist Church in Midffietown, RI, foUowed by burial in Midffietown Cemetery.

In Heu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Hasbro ChUffien's Hospital, PO. Box H, Providence, RI 02901-9979.

The Meredith Family & 1959 Classmates PRESCOTT NEWMAN SHESTN '59

Major Prescott N. Shinn, USAF (Ret.), died of namral causes at Sateffite Beach, FL, on 27 June 2005. He was 71 years old.

A native of Minnesota, "Scott" enHsted in the US. Army and served as a paratrooper prior to receiving his congressional appointment to the Naval Academy from Texas. He was an exceUent goffer and a very successfol member of the plebe and varsity goff teams. He graduated with the Class of 1959 as a member of the Fifth Company Upon graduation, he was comnfrssioned in the U.S. Air Force and was assigned to pUot training. He served as a "Raven Forward Air ControUer" during the Vietnam War. A highly decorated officer, some of his awards included the SUver Star,

Distinguished Flying Cross, numerous Air Medals, a Purple Heart and a Presidential Unit Citation. He retired from the Air Force in 1980.

Scott continued his flying career in commercial aviation. He flew for the Saudi Arabian airlines and qualified as captain. He also purchased and managed a sniaU lounge in SateUite Beach, FL, for a few years prior to returning to flying in private aviation.

In 1991, Scott retired from flying and started traveling the country in his motor home. Scott and his wife, Susan, especiaUy enjoyed their trip to Alaska.

Scott is survived by his wife, Susan; daughter, Kristen; sisters, Libby, Ruth and Vicky; brothers, Pete and John; and thousands of friends.

Interment with fuU nfrHtary honors was held at Arlington National Cemetery on 30 September 2005.

PETER BARTOW MCWHITE '62

Captain Peter B. McWhite, USNR (Ret.), died on 7 December 2006 at Sharp Memorial Hospital in San Diego, CA, after his car coUided with another after he'd suffered an apparent heart attack. He was 66 years old.

The son of a naval officer, Pete was born in Harrisonburg,VA, and was raised in AnnapoHs, MD. He was a 1958 graduate of AnnapoHs High School and a 1962 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He went on to graduate from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, and received a doctorate in operations research from the Umversity of Florida in 1973.

AVietnam War veteran, he left active duty in 1970 and retired from the Naval Reserve in 1991.

After naval service in the 1960s, Pete became a speciaHst in operations researchâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a branch of mathematical analysisâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;at the Center for Naval Analysis and General Research Corp. He founded Engineering Insights in 1990. As president and chief executive, the company mostly did defense contracting work.

He was a member of Faith United Methodist Church in RockviUe, MD, and was a former president of the PotomacBethesda Rotary Club. He volunteered with Montgomery Hospice untU his multiple sclerosis prevented him from continuing.

His first wffe, Anne McClaughry McWhite, whom he married in 1962, died in 1985. Survivors include his wife of 19 years, MeHnda Falgout McWhite of Potomac, MD; two chUdren from his first marriage, John F. McWhite of Denver, CO, and Mary M.Teather of Elkton, MD; a daughter from his second marriage, Claire D. McWhite of Potomac, MD; his sister, Martha M.Johnson of RockvUle, MD; and two grandchUdren. excerpts from The Washington Post

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"Matt" Evans passed away on 8 February 2007 after a seven-year batde with leukenfra. He was 66 years old.

Matt was a native of Las Vegas, NV, the younger son of Earl and Marjorie Evans. His favorite outings were hiking in Red Rock Canyon and fishing, camping, and swimming at Lake Mead with fanfrly and friends. He played trumpet and baritone and sang in the chorus at Rancho High School, where he also exceUed in footbaU. Matt attended Columbia Prep for a year prior to entering the Naval Academy in 1960. At the Academy, Matt played varsity soccer, boxed and contributed nfrghtily to 19th Company sports. He exceUed in Spanish and made his First Class cruise with the Mexican Navy. The fondness he gained for the Mexican people drew him back to Mexico for vacations throughout his Hfe. He was a standout bar room guitar player, as weU! After graduation with the Class of 1964, Matt completed ffight training at NAS Pensacola and NAS KingsvUle. Matt flew the A-1 Skyraider with theVA-215 "Barn Owh" from HANCOCK ( C V A - 1 9 ) in Vietnam, later transitiomng to the A-4 Skyhawk.

Matt left the Navy in 1970 and was employed by SheU OU Company in its Aviation Products Division. In 1975, he purchased, managed and maintained a large apartment complex in Houston,TX. He married Ann CarHsle in 1988, his first marriage having ended in divorce.

In later years, he facffitated personal growth workshops for men and worked as a fanfrly therapist. He and Ann moved to Colorado Springs in 1990, where he enjoyed a career as a massage therapist before Ulness forced his retirement.

Matt loved Hfe and Hved it fuUy. He loved the outdoors— horse packing, cross country skiing, river trips and Mexican beaches; and he loved his fanfrly and his many close friends.

A warm-hearted, guitar-playing, engaging storyteUer who appreciated good company and good food, Matt wiU be deeply missed.

He is survived by his wife, Ann CarHsle; daughter, Amy Cameron Evans (Kurt Streeter) of Oxford, MS; his former wife, Mary Ann Evans of Houston, TX; and his sister-in-law, Joanne Evans of Las Vegas, NV, and her fanfrly. Matt's parents and his brother. Earl Andrew Evans, predeceased him several years ago.

The family suggests that memorial donations be made to Pikes Peak Hospice (719-633-3400).

A private memorial gathering is planned for summer.

FRANK ALLEN NUSOM JR. '70

Lieutenant Commander "Al" Nusom Jr., USN (Ret.), died on 18 January 2007 after suffering coronary arrest while on a skiing trip to Jackson Hole,WY. He was 58 years old.

Al, son of the late Captain Frank Nusom '34, was born on 25 July 1948 in Washington, DC, and arrived at the Naval Academy from sunny Pensacola, FL."Nus" quickly estabHshed himself as one of the more

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independent and adventuresome characters of the 11th Company. He oftentimes considered poHcies and regulations as points of deparmre, and ended up paying the piper on several occasions. However, he was smart enough to get through and ended up being commissioned on 3 June 1970.

Al had wanted to be a SEAL, but lung problems prevented his acceptance and he started his career as a surface warrior on amphibs.Al became an EOD type and ended up going to aU the SEAL schools anyway, and as it turned out, he ended up having many SEAL-type experiences throughout his career. He was direcdy involved with the capture of Manuel Noriega; helped mine the port in Managua, Nicaragua; took part in the invasion of Grenada; and had been in Beirut prior to the bombing, complaining of the lack of security at the barracks.

Nus retired from the Nav?y in 1990 and began his next advenmre, marrying Denise Boshier. Along the way, he had earned a master's degree in systems engineering from Virgima Tech. Demse and Al lived in Reston,VA, for many years, hosting numerous Army-Navy parties, saffing, ffiving, racing and enjoying Hfe to thefoUest.Al and Denise took a year off to saU the East Coast and the Bahamas and ended up in Charleston, SC. Al landed a job with SPAWAR, where he was working at the time of his death.

Al is survived by his wife, Demse; mother, Rosemary of Pensacola, FL; sisters. Ana and Pam; and his mece, Farrah.

As we remembered Al, many of us reaHzed that he always made us feel Hke his best friend. He would always guide the conversation away from himseff, focusing on the other person.

The Lucky Bag notes, "Al wiU always be remembered as a great guy and one of the most motivated men to be found."

Al's foneral service was at the AU Saints Chapel at the Naval Weapons Station, Charleston, SC, on 26 January 2007, with interment on 27 February at ArHngton National Cemetery.

11th Company Classmates

• Obituaries for Shipmate must be submitted by, or approved by, the fanfrly of ffie deceased.

• If possible, email format is preferred.

• Please note that we have a firm 400-word Umit.

• A photo is encouraged, but we ask that irreplaceable photos not be sent through the mail in case of loss or damage in transit.

• Emailed photos must be at least 300 dpi in resolution.

• We have Lucky Bag photos here (for graduates only) and they may be scanned in-house, but must be specificaUy requested.

• Our "how to" document, "A Fitting Tribute: How to Write an Obituary" is avaUable oiffine (search www.usna.com), or via USPS upon request.

• Although we encourage people to write their own obituary in advance, we D O N O T keep them here at Alumni House. We suggest that you keep a copy with your important papers for your family to update and send in when the time comes.You may also wish to contact your class secretary to see if he/she is keeping files.

• Direct submissions or inquiries to: Shipmate obituaries, 247 King George Street, AnnapoHs, MD_2_1_402-5068: obits@usna.com; 410-295-4064.

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Shotgun starts at 9 a.m. A spouse o r family member can be paired wiffi an USNA alumni. Limit is 112 players.

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D E A D L I N E : 5 O c t o b e r (all reservations received after this date are $ I GO each day) E n t r y fees a r e n o n - r e f u n d a b l e (includes inclement weather). They will be used t o help defray tournament expenses with the remainder going t o the Navy GolfTeam. N o substitutions will be accepted after applications are processed. Replacements will be made from ffie standby list Once on the standby list, teams/pairings are not guaranteed.

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S e p t . ) — F r o m Medieval Taormina and Mt. Etna to the archeological ruins of Syracuse, plus Agrigento, Palermo and Sagesta— see all the stunning architecture and marvelous artistic feats. Transfer to R o m e to explore the sites of the Eternal City. 12 days/Alumni Holidays/from $2,795 + air T r e a s u r e s of t h e E a s t (1 - 1 4 Oct.)—Explore the palaces, temples sacred sites of Thailand and Bhutan, nesded high in the Himalayas.

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See Sterling Casde and Bannockburn battlefield, 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! II days/Alumni Holidays/from $2,798 + air

Azure Waters of the Dalmatian Coast ( 2 - 1 1 Oct.)—Cruise Danube's Enchanted Valleys and Festivals of Music ( 1 6 - 2 4 July)—Travel aboard the new Amadeus Princess as she cruises the Danube, through charming villages and towns of Hungary, Austria and Slovakia. Overnight in Budapest andVienna and enjoy a special excursion to the Wachau Valley 9 days/INTRAV/fiom $2,595 + air

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