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DECEMBER 2 0 0 8 Beat Army Pep Rally @ Farragut Field, 7 p.m.

USNA Alumni Association Board of Trustees Meeting @ Alumni Hall, 8 a.m.

Men's and Women's Swimming—Navy vs. Army @ West Point, 3:45 p.m. (Women's), 7:15 p.m. (Men's) Army-Navy Pep Rally @ Liberty Place (located at 16th and Chestnut Streets), Philadelphia, PA, 12 p.m.

Army-Navy Gala @ Pennsylvania Convention Center, 7 p.m.

USNA Alumni Association & Foundation Tailgate @ Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA, 8:45 a.m.

Football—Navy VS. Army ©Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA, 12 p.m.

Last Day of Classes Fall Sports Bell-Ringing Ceremony @Tecumseh Court 12:05 p.m.

USNA Concert Band—"Holiday by the Bay" @ Mahan Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Messiah Performance @ Main Chapel, 8 p.m.

Messiah Performance @ Main Chapel, 3 p.m.

USNA Board of Visitors Meeting @ USNA, 8 a.m.

Delayed Graduation @ USNA, 10 a.m.

North Texas Chapter Blue Chip Dinner with VADM Jeffrey Fowler '78 as guest speaker @ Royal Oaks Country Club, 6:30 p.m.

6th Annual Brigade of Midshipmen Bowl Tailgate @ DC Armory, Washington, DC (Visitwww.usna.com for more information.)

Football—Navy vs. ACC Team (TBA) @ EagleBank Bowl, RFK Stadium, Washington, DC, 11 a.m. (Visitwww.usna.com for tickets, travel packages and more information.)

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JANUARY 2009 New Year's Day Women's Basketball—Navy vs. Air Force @ Colorado Springs, CO, 5:30 p.m.

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of what a naval officer is doing with an ecember is always a busy month Army unit. around Annapolis, especially And from a base in Iraq to the during the last several years with Navy's bridge of CARNEY, Commander football successes and post-season Brendan McLane's '90 perspective gives activity. This year, after an incredible us an appreciation for the Navy's ability come-from-behind victory over a to support humanitarian efforts where feisty Temple, Navy achieved six wins the need is the greatest. We all know and is headed for the EagleBank Bowl how busy commanding officers are, and in Washington, DC, on 20 December. we are privileged that Commander We had the oppormnity to meet with Image from the 1943 Naval Academy holiday card McLane has taken the time to share his our many colleagues around the Yard experience with our readers. at the Athletic Association the Monday after the Temple game to begin the planning to demonstrate to the football This month also brings us back to "... December 7, bowl nation that Navy does, indeed, travel well.

1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United

Speaking of sports, we have an excellent overview by Gary Lambrecht who captures what Army-Navy means to student-athletes and coaches at the Academy. Then on the other extreme—more vertical I suppose—read about midshipmen who enjoy jumping out of airplanes.. .on purpose. They face off against Army in the air, but also represent the Naval Academy well on the ground.

Army-Navy always brings Alumni together—at the game, around the television and in celebrating the alma mater. A challenge for us is to bring a Htde bit ofAnnapolis cheer to all of you around the holidays, in addition to the Navy spirit. We've highlighted one of my favorite traditions—the lighting of the Alumni House tree which has served for many years as our own beacon on the corner of King George Street and College Avenue to welcome in the holiday season.

A tradition that I have personally missed are the midshipmen Christmas cards. With the help of Dr. Arthur J. Deex '53, we've been able to feature them in this issue.

They just don't make them like they used to Also related to midshipmen publications, we are thrilled to print the follow up to David Foyer's '71 article tided The Return of The Log. It's back and making the rounds in Bancroft Hall. From one editor to another, we wish the editorial staff the best of luck and offer our continued support.

From Bancroft to Base Speicher, Iraq, Lieutenant Junior Grade Sarah Atwood '05, USN, writes in our recurring column. Alumni in Action, providing an update SHIPMATE

States ofAmerica was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire ofJapan." Several of our Alumni remember this day and reflect in Sea Stories commemorating Pearl Harbor.

Finally, in honor of a great part of our history and a member of our Naval Academy family, we mark the loss of Colonel JohnW Ripley '62, USMC (Ret.), a great American, a true hero and U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate. Colonel Ripley gave much of himself when he was on active duty and even more to the Naval Academy and the Brigade of Midshipmen in his "retirement." At his frineral on 7 November, I sat next to my classmate Major General Leo Williams '70, USMCR (Ret.), and afterwards we both reflected on the tremendous tribute that Was paid to Colonel Ripley by the service and every person who attended and filled up the Chapel, from plebes to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, who expressed his condolences. As Leo stated when we left the Chapel, "It made me even more proud to be a Marine and a Naval Academy graduate."

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avy football coach Ken Niumatalolo has worked at the Naval Academy long enough to understand the sense of urgency that drives what is arguably the most unique rivalry in the world of sports. And it didn't take long for him to get the full meaning of the Army-Navy picture.

When he arrived from the University of Hawaii to join the Navy staff as an assistant in 1995, Niumatalolo got a crash

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course in T^rmy-Navy, and the emotions surrounding the confrontation between the service academies.

The "Beat Army" and "Go Navy"signs, placards and buttons were everywhere.

Plebes in Bancroft Hall and out on campus were yelling "Beat Army!" with the frequency of a mantra.Yes, this Army-Navy thing was a pretty big deal.

But then, in the hours leading up to "The Game" on the football schedule for

11 games, but thefr whole demeanor had changed. It got pretty emotional."

The next day, as the team arrived for the game by bus, Niumatatolo was struck by the sea of military humanity—the entire smdent bodies from Navy and Ai-my—^preparing to march into Veterans Stadium. He remembers the goose bumps that sight gave him.

Then, during pre-game warm-ups on thefield,the tension in the air was palpable.

"Guys who had been doing the same drills before every game prior to that couldn't remember the warm-up. They're asking,'Where do we go. Coach?'"

Niumatalolo said. "Guys were dropping passes, forgetting snap counts, forgetting where to line up. It hit me how tight and tense they were.

"I thought I new what a big rivalry was. I mean, Hawaii-BYU is a real big one.

I thought I knew, but I had no clue. This [Army-Navy rivalry] is a different deal."

Some former Navy players and coaches who would agree with Niumatalolo:

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both schools, the weight of the rivalry truly hit Niumatalolo.

"I'll never forget our first pre-game Friday night meetings with the offense and the defense at the hotel in Philly," Niumatalolo said.

"Some seniors got up to speak and just blew me away. They were talking about brotherhood, about being ready to put their lives on the line to win this game. I'd been coaching around them for

Second Lieutenant Adam Ballard '08, USMC, who spent nearly three seasons as a starring flillback before graduaring last spring, wondered as a plebe if he would ever stop saying or hearing that familiar rallying cry.

"Every time you turned a corner, you were yelling, "Go Navy" or "Beat Army."

It's ingrained in you from day one," Ballard said. "I remember thinking 'Does anything else matter to these people?'

That's all they talk about.

"Coaches always say the next game is the biggest game, but we all know the biggest game is against Army."

Ballard later got to live a dream. In 2005, after making just the second start of

his career in place of the injured Matt Hall, Ballard rushed for 192 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Midshipmen to a 42-23 rout over Army. It was the fourth consecutive victory over Army, adding to a wanning streak that stood at six going into this year's clash.

"It's the stuff you dream about when you're a litde kid, throwing the ball to yourself in the backyard," Ballard said.

"You're playing in front of a packed NFL stadium with an international audience watching.Your brothers are watching or listening to the game all over the world.

It's the biggest rivalry game you'll ever play in.You look around on the sideline and you can't believe it."

Clint Bruce '98, a star linebacker with the Mids in the mid-1990s, was a co-captain on a great Navy team. In 1996, the Mids ended a string of 13 consecutive losing seasons finishing with a 9-3 record, capped off by a victory in the Aloha Bowl.

But Bruce stOl feels a void when he recalls that season, and it's the same empty space he never filled during his entire coUegiate career. He was part of four Navy teams that lost four rimes to Army—by a combined nine points. And the memory of his final, unsuccessfiJ crack at Army is vivid.

That day, the senior missed several tackles, including a big one early. Army quarterback Ronnie McAda mrned it into a long touchdown run that set the tone for a 28-24 win.

"It was my worst Army-Navy game.

I finally watched the whole game [on video] about two years ago," Bruce said.

"I remember being in a litde bit of a fog that day, Uke I was too emorional. Even

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though we went out to Hawaii a few weeks later and won the bowl game, that [Army loss] still hurts."

And yet, Bruce said he never approached the Army game with the same edge he carried into the annual confrontation with Air Force. He went 2-2 against the Falcons.

"When you played Army, you wanted to beat them for the same reasons you wanted to rule the household. Playing Army was playing a brother," Bruce said.

"Playing Air Force was different. As far as just sheer agression and animosity, I really wanted to punish Air Force."

During his run as the Navy men's basketball head coach from 1992 to 2004, Don DeVoe did not taste much defeat in the Army-Navy rivalry. Under DeVoe, the Mids went 26-3 against Army and never got swept during the Patriot League's regular season.

Much of that disparity was due to Navy's talent advantage. Part of it was due to how the Mids refiased to take their rivals lightly."It was the easiest game to prepare for. The emotion surrounding the game was such that I would try to shorten our practices," DeVoe said.

DeVoe's favorite victory over Army was his last, on 28 February 2004 at West Point. Navy was winding down a difficult, 5-23 season, and had already lost at home to the Black Knights. DeVoe had resigned his position, effective at season's end. And Navy was playing at the school where DeVoe had gotten his start as a coach in 1965.

Army honored DeVoe in a pregame ceremony at midcourt.Then, the Mids took the floor and took a 43-37 victory Then, Army coach Jim Crews leaned in

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close to deliver a message during the postgame handshake. "[Crews] said'You deserved this game more than I did,'" DeVoe said. "It's kind of mushy, but that's the way the season unfolded. That last wdn over Army wiH be the one I'U remember the longest."

As a four-year starter and two-time, first-team AU-American, former Navy men's lacrosse goalie Lieutenant Mickey Jarboe '00, USN, wasn't fazed by much.

Three times, he recorded wins against Army. Then, there was that first meering as a plebe in Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium on 25 April 1997, when Army star attackman Chad Hadlock led the Black Knights to a 14-12 victory by lighting up Jarboe with fotor goals.

Looking back, Jarboe said the magnitude of the game got to him as much as Army did.

"We had just played Hopkins, and I thought that was a big game. But stepping on the field at Navy-Marine Corps to play Army, that was huge," Jarboe said.

"I was not usually nervous before games, but I was nervous as hell then.

The game was built up so much already, and I built it up even more. I was trying to focus too much. I got too right instead of playing loose. I kept thinking 'I have to stop this shot.' I don't think I stopped one of Hadlock's shots."

If you don't think the Army-Navy rivalry takes on a life of its own, long after the games have been played and the players have moved on in life, former Navy quarterback Ben Fay '97 wOl set you straight.

Army-Navy By the SMumbers as of 5 November 2008 All-Time Army-Navy Record:

Navy leads, 887-673-39 (.567)

Navy's Overall Record vs. Army, Last 13 Years (1996-97 to 2008-09)

242-133-6 (.642)

Navy's Star-Game Record vs. Army, Last 13 Years (1996-97 to 2008-09)

182-82-6 (.684)

Navy's 2008-09 Overall Record vs. Army

4-2-1 (.643)

Navy's 2008-09 Star-Game Record vs. Army

3-2-1 (.583)

Navy's 2008-09 Star Game Victories

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It's been 11 years since Fay competed on the football field for the Mids. He's now an airline pilot residing in Texas.

And the rivalry stiU touches him on a regular basis.

Take the rime Fay was working in Philadelphia, doing pre-flight checks while passengers were boarding the plane.

One of them said hello and noticed Fay was wearing a "Go Navyj' button, a staple in his wardrobe.The passenger then announced he was a 1974 Navy graduate and added,"Beat Army!"

"I got married a year after I graduated.

My wedding band says 'Beat Army' My wife's wedding band says,'Go Navy.'

I think our relationship might not have survived without it," Fay said.

"Those are the first two phrases our two kids learned to speak. Yeah, it's been instilled in our family."

Doug Wojcik '87 was part of a golden era of Navy basketball. He played on three straight NCAA tournament teams (1985-87) that went a combined 82-17. He played with the great David Robinson '87.

Back then. Navy was simply in another class on the court, compared to Army. Except, in most cases, when the two teams actually faced each other. Must have been that rivalry again.

In four meerings over those three seasons. Navy won easily just once, a 93-63 rout over the Black Knights in Tokyo at the Suntory Classic on 23 December 1985.The other three meetings were decided by a combined 10 points.

"I would not say we ever played to our full potential against Army, and that was kind of a mystery," saidWojcik, now the head coach at Tulsa. "We had to win that game. We were supposed to win that game. But it was never easy against them."

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N Former Navy swimmer Erin Emery '01 remembers the early recruiting calls that came from Navy while she was in high school. Among the first seUing points in the phone conversation was the intensity of the Army-Navy rivalry.

Then, after coming to Annapolis, Emery and the rest of the plebes performed a duty that belongs to every incoming class. Plebes were required to memorize every upcoming Army-Navy comperition, whatever the sport. If an upperclassmen asks you how many days until the soccer game against Army, you had better know the exact date.

The women's swimming team has enjoyed quite a run against its West Point rivals. Navy entered December by

preparing to extend its winning streak over Army to an amazing 20 years.

Emery was part of two teams—as a junior and senior—that survived very close calls against Army. When she was a junior, the Mids prevailed, 152-148. In her final meet against Army, Navy pulled out a 151-149 victory.

"Our team was nervous. Nobody talked about it, but everybody in the backs of their minds was thinking we did not want to be the team that loses to Army," said Emery, who was a team captain as a senior.

"We knew it was going to be close.

In the back of my mind, I tried to prepare myself for the sOreak to end. I wanted to be able to rally the team [with a post-meet speech].Thankfitlly I didn't have to go there."

And as the years have rolled on, Emery said the meaning of Army-Navy has grown deeper to her.

"It's really hard to describe. On some level, you get to the deepest levels of love and hatred, and somehow they become the same thing," she said.

"Once you get on the field or in the pool, you want to beat the crap out of them. Once you get out of the pool, you're brothers and sisters in the United States military. You know what you've all been through at school, and you know you're there foT the same reasons.There is that bond." •i'

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Football The Naval Academy played its 1 , 2 U u t h football game with a win over Southern Methodist University on 25 October 2008. This is just the latest milestone in the rich history and traditions that make up i ^ u marks the

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Corps Memorial Stadium. The Midshipmen had been playing at Thompson Field with a capacity of only 12,000 fans. The new stadium was started in 1958 and dedicated In 1959, under the supervision of two future Naval Academy Distinguished Graduates and classmates—Captain Slade Cutter '35 and then-Captain Eugene B. Fluckey '35, after a successful fundraising drive. It was built not only as an athletic venue, but as a memorial to the men and women who served and continue to serve our country. And in 2 0 0 5 , during the Leaders to Serve the Nation Campaign, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium was again transformed through the extraordinary philanthropic commitment of generous Alumni, parents, friends and organizations. ' :^y: is the same year Navy beat Rice University (20-7) at the C o t t O n

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ailors tend to keep their feet planted firmly on deck cruising the Seven Seas, so hurling themselves from a C-130 at 12,000 feet rarely crosses their minds... right? For about 40 years, the Academy has had skydivers lurking in its midst, and two years ago enterprising Midshipmen Brian McMenamin '09 and Ben Fox '09 formed a freefaU team, and they can't wait to show us all how it's done.. .then beat Army.

After a summer of training on their own. Midshipmen Fox and McMenamin gained support on the Yard through Major Michael Buder, USMC, 15th Company Officer and reconnaissance Marine with 300 jumps on his resume, and began training for Collegiate Nationals. "I came to the Academy hoping to get a team started two years ago," said Major Butler, "and it just happened that I met Ben and Brian."

(They actually pelted him with videos and pictures of them in action to get his attention.) "We developed a proposal, gave it to Captain Klein (then-Commandant Margaret D. Klein '81) and then

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Superintendent Vice Admiral Jeffiey L. Fowler '78, USN, approved it last spring."

At Collegiate Nationals last year, the ragtag upstarts with something to prove shocked everyone. "We ried Army and beat a lot of other schools," said Midshipman McMenamin. "We had no coaching and gotfitfth."Perhaps their rough-and-mmble cover threw the competirion off. "We were just two guys from the Navy," said Midshipman Fox. "Army has all the same helmets and trained in a wind tunnel—they brushed us off. But we got second after our first jump and Army got really concerned.

'Who are these Navy guys?' If we can do that without proper training, what's possible if we had prepared how we're supposed to prepare? We'd be in competition with the best out there."

Both midshipmen are chomping at the bit to show everyone what their freefall team is capable of "Skydiving is such a foreign thing," said Midshipman Fox. "A lot of people don't understand what we do." This is why they are both laser-focused on planning a demo jump

for us as a chance to show why Sailors jump out of perfecdy good airplanes.

Midshipman McMenamin added, "It will be really cool if we jump out of a military helicopter into NavyMarine Corps Memorial Stadium."

Enthusiastically he immediately added, "West Point and Air Force jump at World Series games and pro football games, so there's no reason why we can't do that. It would really get the Academy's name out there."

The current team has eight to 10 members. The third-most experienced member of die team. Midshipman Sallie Haas '11, arrived as a plebe with 80 jimips.As a group, they take most of their liberty hours each weekend to practice at Skydive Dehnarva in Laurel, DE, averaging about 10 jumps. They get help on the ground, too. "Mike Schultz, an insQ-uctor at the drop zone, has been great at supporting us," said Major Buder. "He's been working out there about 40 years helping the midshipmen. He's given classes, picked mids up.. .he's just a ttemendous help."

Himdreds of midshipmen responded to their initial recruiting email, so they know there is interest in the Yard. For this rewed-up group, it is just a matter of getting everyone trained and outfitted early. "We want to recruit plebes early every year to get them going so that by the time they're firsties they'll be doing demo jumps," said IVlidshipman McMenamin. "West Point and Air Force get plebes the minute they show up."

Because of the age restriction (must be 18 years old), most plebes come in to the Academy with no experience. "So we could say to a plebe right when they get here 'Hey! Let's go!" said Midshipman Fox. "We're going to teach you how to skydive.'"

These two firsties are already planning to secure the fiimre of their young team. Both midshipmen will be gone next year, as might Major Buder, so they want to establish a strong and viable team now for the years when they are gone. "I want to come back for my 5-year reunion and jump with them," said Midshipman McMenamin.They

also have their eyes on competing in the Black and Gold meet at Fort Bragg.

Both have far more jumps than is necessary to get jump wings, but do not seem too interested in putting metal on their chests. "Our goal is to beat Army and Air Force," said Midshipman McMenamin. "That's a far greater mission. The freefall we get per jump (60 seconds) is more than all of Airborne School (30 seconds)." Midshipman Fox added, "Between the two of us we have 12 hours of freefall. That's about six a piece, like spending the majority of your workday in freefall."

Plans are in the works for the team to have a demo jump this month during Army-Navy Week, so keep your eyes open for a jump date posted in What's New on www.usna.com. Facebook enthusiasts can get a glimpse of the team falling, flying, spinning and landing (even cool night maneuvers) in their action-packed video post on the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association & Foundation's group page online.

So why do we need Sailors in the sky?

Midshipman Fox: "Everything we do at the Academy prepares us for the Fleet.

What we do when we jump is a mirror image of what goes on in the Navy: equipment checks, risk management, mission briefings on the ground.

Jumping also has applications for Special Ops and SEALs. But for the majority of us, is it is confidence building."

Midshipman McMenamin: "It's not often that you put your life in someone else's hands. Before Ben and I jump, I ask him for a pin check to make sure the pin that deploys my parachute is going to open right. I put so much trust in Ben's hands, and to follow him out of the plane takes an extraordinary amount of trust. There's nothing like getting a group of mids together and saying this is what we are going to do and this is how we're going to do it and doing it— planning, executing, then discussing to see what you can improve. That's leadership and that's development.

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Ithough the Naval ' 1 Academy Yard may be deserted by inidshipmen except for a few hospitalized or disciplined, the Christmas season is a memorable rime.

Before there was even a Brigade or a Regiment, midshipmen were designing their own holiday cards.The earliest

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surviving card was created by the Cadet Engineers of the Class of 1878; sporting sailing ships and jaunty cadets, it was probably sent in 1877, their last Christmas at the Naval Academy.

Shortly after this card was created, the curriculum of the Academy was consolidated into a four-year program.

The sizes of the cards vary widely from 6.4 by 1.1 inches in the case of the 1905 torpedo to 10 by 12 inches for the 1917 World War I card

and all students were called naval cadets.

The new body of cadets was comprised of 16-man gun-crews, organized into four divisions and a single battalion. As the nation grew and the Naval Academy matured, the midshipmen's Christmas cards reflected the changing times.

The 19th century cards show a romantic era; the cards are of swords, banners and full rigged ships. In the 1889 Christmas card a wistfiil midshipman on the deck of a ship under sail gazes at the horizon and the fiiture.The card has been designed with Class numbers— 86,87,88 and 89—appearing in the artwork. In the upper left is reminiscent of the class logo; rectangular, it is the precursor of the class crest contoured to fit on the class ring. Elegant for its day, the card sports a maroon ribbon.

By the beginning of the 20th century, the Teddy Roosevelt era, America had become a naval power to be reckoned with and the card of the Class of 1905 reflected that fact. The crest on the nose of the torpedo is the logo of the Class of 1905—this was probably the 1904 Christmas card, the last Christmas that the Class of 1905 was at Annapolis.

The Regiment discovered girls and for a decade sophisticated and sometimes even sultry young ladies graced the Naval Academy Christmas cards. Since it was the custom for each class to create its own card each holiday season, there was a proUferarion of ladies, all in naval garb.

During the late 1920s and early 1930s, the Naval Academy cards became more extravagant, increasing in size and including tissue or foil inserts and an occasional tassel.

When America entered the Great War, seriousness replaced complaisance and that was reflected in the Academy's

Chrismias cards.

The Regiment's 1917 card (by this time a single Academy Christmas card had replaced the individual class cards) displays a very serious first class midshipman and his young lady in contrast to the gala dance in progress in the background. In anticipation of America's entry into the war, the Class of 1917 had graduated early on 29 March 1917 and the Class of 1918, on 28 June 1917.

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The 1918 card had been designed prior to the 11 November Armistice; it depicts a Nevada class battleship, probably OKLAHOMA, on convoy duty in the North Atlantic. The card designed for 1920 displays a styUzed battleship, the symbol of American sea power.

A favorite of all the Naval Academy Christmas cards is 1921 and is somewhat of a mystery. Although the card was undated, the artist was identified as Anton Otto Fischer. The Christmas trees aloft and the "Merry Xmas" flag signal were unique.

The ship was identified as a N E W M E X I C O class batdeship—BB-40 N E W MEXICO, B B - 4 1 MISSISSIPPI, B B - 4 2

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ach fall, an amazing event occun at historic Ogle HaU. As night descends earlier and earlier, and the chill in the air grows deeper, the town of Annapolis, the Naval Academy and St. John's College look forward with great anticipat^lPw the annual holiday lighting of the enormous cedar ttee outside Alumni House, when hundreds of colored lights illuminate its gracefijl branches.

"For many of us, the brighdy lit tree is the first day of the holiday season, and it literally 'lightens' up the work load," said Chris Nelson, president of St. John's College, who has attended the annual holiday ttee lighting ceremony almost every year for the past 15 years."It's a reminder of the peace and goodwiE that exist between our two schools across King George Street."

While the Davey Tree Expert Company uses a bucket truck to help reach the highest parts of the tree, climbers still scale the tree to place many of the strings of lights by hand

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Planted some time after the turn of the century, the Alumni Association's ttee is a 70-foot-tall Deodar Cedar (firam the Sanskrit "divine wood"). Also knovm as tfe Himalayan Cedar, this fast-growing ttee is native to central Asia and was introduced to America around 1831. A 50-70 foot tall ttee, like the Alumni Association's, is typically between 30 and 40 years old. In their native Himalaya, where they range fix)m Eastern Afghanistan to Garwhal, they grow at elevations of 3,500 to 12,000 feet above sea level and have been know to reach heights of 150-200 feet.

A Small Miracle Located on the College Avenue side ofAlumni House, the tree has been lit every holiday season for well over 40 years. Rmiior had it diat former president and CEO, Captain Bill Busik '43, USN (Ret.), and Clarence Strong, the Alumni Association's facilities manger fiom 1966 to 2000, would hang the lights themselves by hand.

"No, that's not true," laughed Strong.

In the 1960s, the sttings of lights were all hung manually.

Throughout the years, red plastic balls have occasionally been hung on the tree as well. Today, the Davey Tree Expert Company uses a bucket truck to help festoon the highest boughs of the ttee and to place the large light-covered star on top. Individual climbers scale the lower branches to hang lights, using ropes and harnesses to secure themselves as they climb out to the tip of every single branch.

"The tree is a living organism and not completely symmetrical," said Lawrence Eckart, the district manager of the Davey Tree Expert Company in Annapolis. "We have to make the lights look even and provide coverage in places where there are no lights. Branches die each year and the tree grows which provides a unique challenge in keeping the tree looking good year after year."

In 1994, in an efibrt to reduce expenses, the Alumni Association made the decision not to light the ttee. In true Academy fashion, the Class of 1952 (recognizing the importance of this landmark event not only to the Naval Academy and its Alumni, but to the entire tovwi ofAnnapolis) came fijrward to sponsor the funding of the annual event. In recognition of their generoiK conttibution, a plaque identifying the Class of 1952 as the sponsor of the ttee lighting ceremony is always placed on the fence surrounding Alumni House, so that all who stop to admire the ttee vwU know to whom they owe their thanks for the magnificent spectacle.The Class of 1952 also sponsored the restoration of the historic Ogle Hall ballroom and the lighting of the flag pole on the comer of King George Stteet and College Avenue. Thank you, '52!

The holiday ttee lighting ceremony traditionally takes place the first Monday after Thanksgiving, when Ogle Hall has been decorated for the holidays wdth a wreath on every door and a much smaller holiday ttee in the ballroom.The tiime fi^me for the ceremony coincides vAth the Naval Academy's Army-Navy Week, when the Yard is filled with excitement and anticipation as the Naval Academy prepares to face off against the MUitary Academy in the annual Army-Navy football game. The Alumni Association's annual Board of Trustees meeting also takes place this week, as tmstees from around the country return to meet in Annapolis.

Amid this flurry of activity Alumm and their families, neighbors from Ward 1 and St. John's College andrfriends of the Alumm Association & Foundation gather in the Ogle Hall ballroom each year for the holiday tree lighting ceremony As dusk approaches.

Every year during the Naval Academy Alumni Association's holiday tree lighting ceremony, a special letter is read that was originally written in 1997 to the editor of The Capital newspaper about the Ogle Hall tree.

The cedar tree outside Alumni House, The letter reads as follows: festooned with holiday lights Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Every year a small miracle occurs on the corner of King George Street and College Avenue. And every year for twentysix years I've made a fruitless self-promise to thank those responsible. This year I'm finally doing something about it.

The ritual goes like this... At dusk I leave my office on the hill at St John's College, sneak a furtive look to the left as I head toward my car and check to see if the miracle has occurred during the day without my knowing it For several days, I'm disappointed. No miracle. Then it happens, just as it has for the past twenty-six years. The otherwise nondescript, but graceful cedar deodara is dancing with colored lights and the Christmas season has begun. These lights are not the dainty white star lights of neo-colonial Annapolis, but are the huge, serious, multi-colored bulbs of a 1950's childhood that trigger a nostalgic response to a time when mittens were scratchy and Decembers were cold. Years ago when my children were younger, I would race home, hustle them into the car and drive downtown to show them the treeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to us the only tree in Annapolis worth seeing. Now they're in college, so t make a mental note to tell them that the Alumni House Christmas tree is resplendent once again.

For the next few evenings I will walk down the darkened campus to get a better look at this marvel, stand in front of it, take a deep breath and remember Christmases past, and delight in thoughts of Christmases to come. And that whispered "thank you " that no one has heard will no longer be simply a good intention.

Karen Holland Krieger St John's College, Annapolis, MD Penned December 1997

guests enjoy cookies and cider in the Ogle HaU ballroom as they are serenaded by local carolers. Guests then gather outside around the tree as a very special letter is shared (see sidebar above).Written more than a decade ago by a former St. John's College employee, Karen Holland, to December 2 0 0 8

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Shine Some Light on Illuminating the Tree...

newspaper, the letter describes the profound importance the ttee holds for everyone in the

• It takes three people from the Davey Tree Expert ,^__,. .^^—^ . Company about 10 hours to hang the lights on the tree '(/MM^—" ' Between 200-300 bulbs have to be replaced each year ^ f i ^ • Each of the 12 100-foot strings of lights contains nearly 100 two-inch long bulbs

community during the holiday season. Finally, the children attending the ttee lighting ceremony are invited to help "light" the ttee. As all

• The lights are hung on the the tree at intervals of 12 inches • The Alumni House holiday tree is illuminated by roughly 1,700 colored lights

the guests count down from 10 to zero, the children help puU down a large mock barrel switch. Simultaneously, the real switch, which is located in the basement of Ogle Hall, is activated and the ttee is

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Association. Throughout the remainder

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By Commander Brendan McLane '90, USN

A Year in Review One frequendy hears "this changes everything." The Americas series of naval exercises and theatre security ubiquitous phrase was employed this year in contexts cooperation missions. ranging fix)m the heights of headline news to the lows of The Navy has also been at the forefront in areas of ads for pizza with cheese in its crust. Despite the overuse rising tensions. MCFAUL was first into the Georgian of the expression, one cannot help but wonder how the port of Batumi to bring aid and the U.S. message of momentous events of 2008 wiU affect the Navy. What support to a beleaguered nation. In the Middle East, will the election, the financial crisis, the whipsaw of oil Riverine Squadrons patrol the dam and river in Anbar prices, the Russian invasion of Georgia, the rise in piracy province. Sailors guard oil platforms off the Iraqi coast mean for the Class of and Navy Provincial 2009 as they prepare to Reconstruction teams head out to the Fleet? work in an increasingly Franklin Delano dangerous Afghanistan.

Roosevelt once AU the while. Navy affectionately observed warships like HoPPER, that the Navy was like a INGRAHAM and PORT pUlow, no matter how ROYAL navigate the much you beat it, it Strait of Hormuz would always remrn to its almost daily in an normal state. Many "Old ambiguous threat China Hands" would environment. agree and say that 2008's 2008 was not a incidents were nothing fluke. The chaUenges Rear Admiral Joseph Kernan 77, USN, Commander of the U.S. 4th Fleet helps service members embarked aboard KEARSARGE (LHD-3) new to the Navy. In fact, of implementing hard unload food and supplies for delivery to areas affected by recent the Navy was very weU and soft power almost hurricanes in Haiti. U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Joshua Adam Nuzzo prepared for 2008.The simultaneously are new^ Maritime Strategy opposing in nature and complemented traditional Navy missions with the imperatives "to foster and sustain cooperative relationships with more international partners" as weU as "prevent and contain local disruptions before they impact the global system." This long-term approach to addressing chaUenges in the maritime is sure to bear fruit in the mmultuous security environment of today.

In the first year of the new strategy's implementation, partnership capacity was built and relationships were cultivated around the world. For example, in Africa the Navy paired anti-piracy missions with engagement by the Africa Partnership Station and Task Force Horn ofAfrica. Similarly in South America, while KEARSARGE and BOXER continued the humanitarian work begun last year by the hospital ship COMFORT; U.S. Navy warships circumnavigated the continent for the Partnerships of the

here to stay for the foreseeable future. There are more exacting years ahead, in which the Navy wiH have to sttaddle capacity building missions in the same neighborhoods where it might have to defend itself from terrorist or military attack.

Midshipmen, this means you wiU be joining the Fleet at an exciting but also uncertain time. The operational tempo is up, manning is down and the work is in an environment that spans the spectrum.You are already learning the skiUs necessary to succeed. Principles of leadership and fundamentals of navigation never change. Remember them when you get to the Fleet as they wiU become the foundation of your profession. ^Âą' Commander Brendan McLane '90, USN, is the commanding officer of CARNEY (DDG-64).

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TAKING PLACE. BY THE END OF THE DAY, LIFE AT THE ACADEMY WAS UNDER THE CLOUD OF THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, AS WAS THE ENTIRE NATION.

Members of U.S. Naval Academy's Men's Glee Club visited the USS ARIZONA Memorial to pay their respects to the victims of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor In March 2007, the midshipmen toured Hawaii singing at various locales and performed the Navy Hymn at the USS ARIZONA Memorial to honor the 1,177 Sailors and Marines killed aboard the ship on 7 December 1941.

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The stories of USNA Alumni serving with distinction and bravery can be fotmd throughout the annals of

history, and personal accounts are found in Sea Stories at www.usna.com.

A few of those Sea Stories are excerpted here, for more visit Sea Stories at v^rww.usna.com.

To conttibute your stories and photos of Pead Harbor to the Sea Story collection, foUow the instructions online.

Pre-Pearl Harbor Radar

Pearl Harbor Memories

by Captain Victor Delano '41, USN (Ret.)

As told by Commander Robert B. Crowell '34, USN (Ret), to Colonel Earl S. Piper Jr. '57, USMC (Ret)

In mid-1941, an unusual bed-spring looking apparatus was installed on WEST VIRGINIA in Pearl Harbor and, because I was the ship's Rangefinder Officer, I was assigned as the Assistant Radar Officer under Lieutenant King. I had no idea what the word "radar" meant, but I became indoctrinated with emphasis on its secrecy. I could only discuss it with Lieutenant King or the ship's captain. We learned to operate it at sea because the land configuration at our quays in Pearl Harbor made it useless in port.

Pearl Harborâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Revisited

By Diana Eraser Seamans (formerly Ensign A. Diana Eraser), widow of James Otis Seamans '42 As a devoted summer sailor, it was logical that I would join the Navy as a WAVE officer after graduating from Radcliffe College in 1943. Having voluntarily enrolled in a coding course the previous year, I was assigned to the Communications Section of the Navy Department's Washington Office ... I wasn't there at the time of Pead Harbor, but was assigned to the office in July 1943.

A Day That Will Live In Infamy

by Captain Grayson Merrill '34, USN (Ret.) In year 1938, before the attack, I had flown off SARATOGA to make a mock attack on Pearl Harbor as part of a war game. At the debriefing I remember the pilots unanimously worried about the capital ships moored in a row dockside, like sitting ducks. Obviously no one paid much attention.

In the autumn of 1941,1 was stationed in Pearl Harbor. My wife Beth, daughter Nancy, and son Bob Jr. were living in a bungalow in Pead City, and I was aboard BENHAM assigned as the ship's gunnery officer. This was a busy time; there were numerous warnings of impending Japanese aggression in the Pacific and since BENHAM was operating with the Enterprise Task Force under Admiral Halsey, we were at sea more than in port.

In late November of 1941 we were ordered to deliver Marine fighter planes (F4F Wildcats) to the U.S. forces on Wake Island. It was on our way back to Pead that we learned of the Japanese attack on 7 December. We all wondered what would await us on our return to port.

Mock Attack on Pearl Harbor Coauthoredby Captain Grayson Merrill '34, USN (Ret), and Captain Lester J. Stone '34, USN (Ret.) Captain Merrill: ...A few days later we arrived off Pearl Harbor and prepared for War Game XIX. SARATOGA was to attack and LEXINGTON defend. Neither I nor Lester was party to the wardroom tactical planning. It turned out to be a dress rehearsal for the Japanese attack on 7 December.

As fate would have it, I had a grandstand seat in the Squadron commander's planeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;^the bombardier position. In practices I had proven more adept than the enlisted bombardiers, so he used me whenever the entire squadron dropped bombs in formation. This angered the enlisted folks, and me as well, but that's the way it was for the mock attack in April 1938.

Captain Stone: I was in LEXINGTON, with VT-2 in 1938. LEXINGTON and VT-2 were deployed to participate in war games during that time.

According to Naval Institute documents, the Mock Defense commenced at 1007 hours when VF-2 commenced machine gunning three destroyers of the outer screen and then at 1014 hours shifted in to three destroyers of the inner screen. While doing so it came under simulated fire of destroyers of Squadrons Eleven and Twelve aggregating 80 rounds of 3" and 1,400 rounds of cal.50.

At 1016 hours VT-2 approached under cover of smoke screen lay simultaneously by three smokers and fired 15 inert torpedoes at TENNESSEE and OKLAHOMA. The simulated group attack was very well coordinated. The attack of VF-2 was shifted to the battleships anti-submarine screen at the time when doing so supported VMB-2's dive bombing attack very nicely.

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The Return of The Log

By David Poyer '71

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( ( That first quote at the beginning of the article—^where the mid says,'We used to have our own magazine? What happened?'—that was exacdy my reaction," said Midshipman Tim Whimey '10, leaning forward on the leather couch in Memorial HaU. "I asked my dad about it, and he didn't know it had been shut down.

"The history major in me took over.

I found Part II on the Shipmate website.

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It ended with: 'After six years in the doghouse, and a clean slate in the minds of the Brigade, is it time to bring back Tlte LogT My reaction was: 'Yeah. It's time. And I'm going to do it.'"

A Utde background on the revived Log's self-anointed editor-in-chief He's from Pine Brook, NJ. His dad Scott Whiney '79, brought Tim to AnnapoUs for the first time at the age of 12.That

was his first exposure, "Except for watching the Army-Navy game every year." Scott ran cross-country for Coach Al CanteUo, who Tim runs for now.

FoUowing the foomotes fiom Shipmate, Midshipman Whitaey headed for Nimitz Library and read through the back issues in their creaky bindings.

Searching the Internet, he found an issue for '79's Plebe Summer on their website.

It revealed the identity of the previous year's Salty Sam: one Jim Stavridis '76.

"I knew ofAdmiral Stavridis. My dad had bumped into him the year before.

I thought that was cool."

A month later, Tim was walking with Lieutenant Justin Mikolay '01, USN, to his cross-country officer rep's office."! said,'I wish I had something to do with my spare time.' He said, 'That's why I used to write for The Log! I stopped in my tracks. He was on the staff when it was canceUed in 2000.

We parted, sort of halfjokingly saying, 'We should bring it back.'"

They discussed it over the next few weeks. Should it be an official pubUcation?

A website? Midshipman Whimey did a two-page sample issue, and considered distributing it sub rosa, by night.

you get? I can't draw, so I sent ideas to the cartoonists. The best come late at night, after studying and brainstorming with your roommates... I love what The Log stands for Mids can connect to this central repository that reveals they're not alone... that others see oddity and react to life here in the same way that he or she does. Naval Academy culmre is like none other on earth. The magazine not only preserves that culmre, it creates a common narrative for the whole Brigade."

Lieutenant Mikolay said that The Log, though on hiams for eight years, stiU had a residuum of recognition. "One of the things getting mids to know about it was the sponsor system. The sponsors would have copies lying around and mids read everything in front of them. So it persisted as oral history.

"I'm the O-rep, but Tim drove this whole process. His father raised him in aU the ttaditions of the Naval Academy.

I'm continuaUy amazed by how much he knows.

"Tim was inspired to action by that Shipmate article. He saw it as a caU to arms, a personal challenge. He has a personal relationship with history. He went right to the Ubrary and read through aU the old Lo§s. Once he did that, he said, 'I want to bring this back.'

Then the Commandant ordered a bottom-up review. Lieutenant Mikolay is towheaded and raU-thin. He spent two years at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs after graduation before serving on SAN JUAN (SSN-751). Now he teaches international relations andAmerican govemment.'Tm a big Academy junkie," Lieutenant Mikolay said. "I love it here. I draw energy from the mids.

"Then he mentioned it to me. As soon as he mentioned it 1 said, 'Yes, we're doing it.'

"Around this time Captain Klein (then-Commandant Margaret D. Klein '81) sent out an emaU that there would be a baseline exttacurricular activity review. When I got that I flashed back to the conversation Tim and I'd had."

"When I was a mid, my roommates and I wrote 'Log recipes'— if you put three things at USNA together, what do

"As soon as I got his email about the EGA review, I went to his office," Tim recounts.

" M y goal is to inspire a little more thought.

I don't \A/ant a cheap laugh, but to make people think about w h a t they're doing..." I —Midshipman Whitney

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know if we'd get 10 or a thousand."

Sixty people showed up at 1250 Monday, between noon meal and sixth period, in Mitscher Auditorium.

Author David Poyer '71 with The Log staff

"Tim's very good with paperwork," said Lieutenant Mikolay. "He went to Lieutenant Lautar (Lieutenant Jason Lautar '01, USN) at die Ops Office and got the old by-laws and instruction and reworked them. I reminded Lieutenant Lautar of the interest in the Brigade in bringing it back. He and everyone else would always get this big smile.'Oh, you're bringing back The LogV That reaUy helped when it got to the new Commandant's desk."

Midshipman Whimey said, "I walked around with a cUpboard to get the required 20 signamres for an EGA. I got over 70.1 mrned them in along wath a mission statement.Then I had 48 hours to do a constimtion and by-laws.

"Once we got advance word we'd been approved . . . we sent out an email for an organizational meeting. I didn't

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Both Lieutenant Mikolay and Midshipman Whimey wanted to get the first issue out fast. StiU, they took the time to work through channels, sitting down with the Commandant and the Superintendent.

MeanwhUe, IVhdshipman WTiimey put out another Brigade-wide email.

"I said,'go back to your room and in the next week write an article, draw a comic, do a piece about your sports team and send it to saltysam@usna.edu.' I got 15 articles, and 30 news items and cartoons."

The first issue, slated for midNovember, is ambitious but uneven, as one might expect. It opens with an updating of the prefatory editorial fiom Volume I in 1913.There's a reprint of the Life and Death ofThe Log article to orient everyone, and an inspiring letter from Admiral James Stavridis '76, USN. Then, to the fim. Four Easy Steps to Drawing Tecumseh; a piece on Nimitz (Hall) dates; interviews with the Brigade Commander and with Mel the Barber (Mel wins); and a comics page. So far, Salty Sam's pointed in the right direction.

Midshipman Life consists of several short essays, of which The Animal Grading Scale is most ludicrous. 10,000 Words is ftirmy, but Point of No Return reads more like a

novel opening than a comic essay. USNA Household Faces belongs in Trident and Yard Dog is squirreUy. AU in aU, it's a creditable first effort (32 pages worth); eclectic, madcap but not beUy-laughingly so—^pretty much square on target. The group size could be smaUer, and no doubt wiU be with practice. Bravo Zulu, aU hands!

Obviously, with only one issue out, Tim can't crystal-baU who his long-term staff wUl evenmaUy be. "AU the positions are up for grabs," he said. "Some promise and never deUver; others are quiet but always come thiough.We definitely have the right initial makeup: a tremendous number of second class stepping up and taking leadership; youngsters who're getting into the creative process; and some plebes who are curious and not afiaid of getting emails fiom a second class."

However, he does mention names he expects to figure on the masthead in the coining year. Among them are Midshipman J.C. Hernandez '10 as art director—"He's unbeUevable."

Midshipman Harry Davies '10, business director, who set up the printers and financials; Midshipman Jeff Kang '10, assistant editor-in-chief, who was Tim's right hand putting together the first issue on a compressed time fiame.And Salty Sam, of course, who is by tradition anonymous until the final issue of the year.

Also worth mention are Midshipman Bowe Barger '11—"she's a terrific artist;" Midshipman Jonathan Rizor '10, Internet editor; Midshipman Amy Watson '10, writer; Midshipman Kaitlin Baker '10, writer—"Her sponsor is Captain M.J. Sweeney who used to be the officer rep back in '99;" Midshipman Kayla Sax '10, writer— "and a lot more.

As I said, we'U see who deUvers.Those are

the names you'U see on the masthead come spring."

Both Lieutenant Mikolay and Midshipman Whimey have pondered where the magazine wiU go fiom here.

Lieutenant Mikolay saw the old Log die. He's sensitive to the line it crossed, and discussed the magazine's philosophy with the Commandant. "The new Commandant is Captain Matthew Klunder '82. He's very weU liked, and that's an tmderstatement. He connects with people on a personal level.

"He wants us to approach these first issues conservatively—^have a Q A process—so we ensure The Log continues for the long term.You've got to get it out there and let it grow into itself. I want to let it continue to chronicle Naval Academy Ufe in a way no other pubUcation ever has."

Midshipman Whimey said he'd Uke to get the magazine to where the midshipmen are looking forward to the day it comes out. "To brighten their day, like the Alumns say it used to."

For a 20-year-old, Midshipman Whimey seems impressively farsighted.

"We do feel restricted, and there's so much pressure. When The Log closed down, mids went to different oudets," he says."Such as 'head gouge,' a wall newspaper you put up in the head. But the main oudet was to go on Uberty. I think that's why our Brigade culture withered; our only release was to get away fiom here.

"In the Shipmate article. Professor Parker caUed The Log a 'safety valve.'

I hope it can help us aU feel not so trapped here. The Log can help rebuUd the shared Brigade culmre I remember my dad talking about."

Lieutenant Mikolay envisions a typical print run of five thousand. Over

the next year, he aims to grow the subscriber base. "I'm hopefid the mids wiU love it, but in terms of fiinding, the magazine also needs to appeal to grads.

So please visit our website and subscribe, and if you have an input to your company's advertising, send some our way."

WiU the new Log go electtonic or stay hard copy? For now, Tim and Justin remain committed to paper. Lieutenant Mikolay said, "There's something special about paging through a fresh issue. When you come back from class and see The Log on your desk it's a thriU." Tim sees the revived magazine occupying a different niche fiom The

"My goal is the same as the original editorial says in 1913—' . . . to keep the Brigade informed of the various happenings in our Utde world, and occasionaUy to make a smile creep across the face of the saddest among us.'We'U provide the humor when you can't see anything to reaUy laugh at."

Whimey gets serious as he v^dnds up.

"When I read the original Shipmate article, I didn't see how doing a magazine could conttibute to the mission of the Naval Academy. But now I do. It's a huge leadership chaUenge. Choosing a staff, making decisions—I can imagine what it would take to set up a staff at

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Labyrinth, Indent or Lucky Bag."The Labyrinth comes out once a year, is heavy on poetry, and tends to be very serious.

We'U be monthly more focused on the daUy grind of being a mid. Tridenfs a base newspaper for Naval Station Annapolis, vwth daily events and sports scores.

We should do some of that, but offer not just the facts but what things look like through the eyes of an individual midshipman. The Log wUl get inside our Utde Bancroft bubble.

Whitney

The United States Africa Command, for example.

"My goal is to inspire a Utde more thought. I don't want a cheap laugh, but to make people think about what they're doing. I want to buUd to last, not be biting for a year and get canceUed again. As Admiral Stavridis said,'T?ie Log should be fiiee-spirited, without being mean-spirited.'"

After eight years in the doghouse, is it time to bring back The Log? It seems it is. <!>

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By Lieutenant Junior Grade Sarah A t w o o d ' 0 5 , USN

tn 27 May 2005,1 stood with the rest of my classmates in Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium and took the oath of office, swearing to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against aU enemies, foreign and domestic, to bear ttue faith and allegiance to the same and to weU and faithfiilly discharge the duties of the office on which we were about to enter. The words of our oath are profoundâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;unlike other nations we swear to protect ideas rather than a person or a piece of land. After four long years by the bay, however, most of us were not dweUing on the oath (or at least I wasn't).We were finaUy ready to join the Fleet as young ensigns and second Ueutenants. It was a day fiUed with memories of the past and hope for the futare. After throwing our covers in the air and giving three cheers for those we were about to leave behind, we were on our way to new adventures, not yet knowing what they would be.

Lieutenant Sarah Atwood and two of the Army officers she serves with in Iraq.

From L to R: Captain Laura Muirhead, USA; Lieutenant (junior grade) Sarah Atwood '05, USN; and First Lieutenant Melina Lee, USMA '06

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A few weeks later, I stood on a pier in Malta and gazed up at my new ship, the guided missUe cruiser ANTIETAM (CG-54).

Looking up at the SaUon manning the rails in their whites, I took a deep breath and vowed to do the best job I could. I became the first Ueutenant and was quickly immersed in the dual tasks of running a division and stru^Ung to get qualified as a surface warfare officer (SWO). Life was incredibly busy between training, inspections, workups, boards and an extended deployment to the Middle East. Much Uke plebe year, the days passed by Uke weeks but the weeks passed

by Uke days and before too long I had a SWO pin and had "fleeted up" onboard for my second division officer tour as the navigator, my dream job.

A few months later I traded in my khakis for Army camouflage utiUties and was on my way. In Ft. Jackson, SC, I was issued an M4 rifle, an M9 pistol and 50 pounds of body armor and began ttaining to become as much of a soldier as possible in three weeks. EssentiaUy this meant a whole lot of marksmanship and convoy training in the sweltering South Carolina summer. On 6 July we landed in Kuwait in the middle of the night, and the next morning when I smmbled out of my tent into the blinding sunUght and saw nothing but rrule upon mUe of sand sttetching in every direction I thought, "What have I

During my time onboard ANTIETAM, Individual Augmentees (lAs) fiom the Navy and Air Force had been supplementing ground forces in Iraq and A%hanistan. These Sailors and Airmen leave their parent commands and fiU bUlets that the over-burdened Army (and Marine Corps in some cases) desperately need. From supply officers to masters-at-arms to operation specialists, people who never could have imagined being part of a ground war have been stepping up to the challenge.

done?"AU of a sudden nine months seemed Uke a very long time.

After some convoy training in Kuwait and a crash course in electronic warfare in Baghdad, I finaUy arrived at Contingency Operating Base (COB) Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq, Saddam Hussein's hometown.

The thought of doing something new and diSerent that would have an immediate, direct impact on the war appealed to me. So early one morning in March, when my ship received a tasking order requesting an officer to be the electtonic warfare officer for an Army unit on the ground in Iraq, whUe everybody else thought, "I joined the Navy, not the Army," I heard myself say, "I'U do it."

So far this has been an eye-opening experience. I have always had a very healthy respect for the Army (my grandfather, uncle and three cousins have aU served in the Army), but I am incredibly impressed by the Soldiers I work with. In the Navy we think seven month deployments are long, but my unit is on month 12 of a 15 month deployment and is stUl going sttong.The ttansition from war fighting to nation

buUding is ongoing and the Army is handUng that chaUenge weU. Every day Soldiers put on their body armor and go outside the wire, risking their fives to fiolfiU the mission and their efforts are paying off. The number of violent acts by insurgents has decreased dramaticaUy since this time last year and there is much hope for the future of this fledgUng nation.

Much Uke shipboard Ufe, the day to day routine here can be monotonous, but there are moments that wUl stand out when I reflect back on my time in Iraq. One of those moments happened last night, when the division commander officiated at a promotion ceremony for my battaUon's physician. As part of the ceremony he Ukes to re-administer the oath of office and looking around the room it was humbUng to hear the oath not in a grand setting with aU of the pomp and circumstance of an AnnapoUs graduation exercise, but in a dusty makeshift building in the middle of a war zone, surrounded by Americans who had "taken this obUgation freely" and were now Uving out that promise every day, far removed from their famiUes and friends. Tired from a year spent fighting and watching other Soldiers die or be criticaUy injured in the line of duty, these men and women StiU get up every day and fight for freedom and I wiU forever be gratefiil for the opportunity to serve with them. <i>

The t h o u g h t of doing something n e w and different that w o u l d have an immediate, direct impact on the w a r appealed t o me."

Lieutenant (juniorgrade) Sarah Atwood '05, USN, is serving on a nine month tour as an electronic warfare officer for the U.S. Army Contingency Operating Base (COB) Speicher in Tikrit, Iraq.

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Throughout the weekend, donors participated in a number of special events, including the annual meeting with a Naval Academy update provided by Vice Admiral Jeffirey L. Fowler '78, USN, Superintendent of the Naval Academy. This was foUowed by a panel discussion feamring four Distinguished MiUtary Professors, representing the fields of Character, Ethics and Leadership instruction, and three speciaUy selected midshipmen.

The donors and their guests also enjoyed a spook-tacular HaUoween Eve reception, a Formal Dress Parade held in their honor, dinner at the newly completed Wesley Brown Field House, the annual HaUoween Concert and a special footbaU game tailgate prior to Navy's exciting victory over Temple, 33-27.

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DISTINGUISHED MILITARY PROFESSORSHIP ership and character development. Preference wUl be i^en to individuals with prior teaching experience at the -secondary or undergraduate level who have served as Professorship at the Naval Academy Preparatory School semor career officers in the U.S. Armed Forces with significant (NAPS) in Newport, Rl.The position includes responsibUities experience and proven leadership skUls and who as an instructor of engUsh, mathematics, chemistry, physics o U , j^P^^a' (least JiVnaster's level of graduate education. pos learning skUls. In addition, the incumbent will dire Competitive compensation for this non-tenure track, Character Development/MUitary Insttuctipn Program ^ § ? / ^ renewable term civiUan appointment is commensurate with the Mentor Program. The successful candidate will also help Ufications and experience. AppUcations wiU be reviewed to create and direct a program to assist in the retention of——T^-; . , , ^r,nn j L -^ -n „, • '^ ^ ^llVcQmniencing 1 January 2009, and the positton wall remam mmority smdents at the Naval Academy Preparatory S c k g S ! ^ ^ - - ^^^^ gjj^^ ^^ ^ q^^^g^j ^^^ approved candidate. For and to encourage NAPS smdents to major in seieiicje, fuU consideration, applicants should forward via e-mail a technology, engineering or mathematics while attending^ <\\leter of application, a resume or curriculum vitae and the the United States Naval Academy or the United Staites r ^names an4 coptact mformation for three references.

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Naval Academy Alumni currently sen/ing with the Werewolves of VMFA-122 In Al Asad, Iraq. From L to R: Major Stephen "Fozzy" Acosta '95, USMC; Lieutenant Colonel George "Sack" Rowell '92, USMC; Captain Devin "Metro" Myler '02 USMC; Major Robert "Juicy" Allen '98, USMC; Captain Neil "Brokeback" Brubeck '02 USMC; Captain Scot "Lumpy" Foster '04, USMC; Major Matthew "Dizzy" Palmisciano '98, USMC; and the squadron mascot Mach Alius. Photo courtesy of Captain Scot Foster '04

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1 '43: J a m e s L. H o U o w a y D I , U S N (Ret.), received the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement at the 2008 Aimual Navy League Sea Service Awards.

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'89: C D R W i l l i a m A . D o d g e Jr., U S N , has assumed command of the Navy Information Operations Command Whidbey Island, WA.

'64: D r . T h o m a s F. H a w k , professor of management, Frostburg State University, has had his article "Learner's Perceptions of Care and Respect Offered by Instructors" pubUshed by Tlie European Journal, Industrial and Commercial Training.

'68:VADM Paul G. Gaffiiey H, U S N (Ret.), president of Monmouth University, is the second person inducted into The Catholic University of America School of Engineering WaU of Fame.

'69: C A P T R a l p h H . Stoll, U S N (Ret.), has been named president of Predicus LLC.

m>i '72: C A P T J. Greg Meyer, U S N (Ret.), has been named president and general manager of B&W Pantex.

'73: C A P T G e o r g e P. Watt Jr., U S N R (Ret.), was awarded the Department of the Navy Superior PubUc Service Award for outstanding service in devoting his time and energy in support of the Department of the Navy and the United States Naval Academy as the President and Chief Executive Officer, United States Naval Academy Alumni Association & Foundation.

'77: C A P T D a n i e l A . A c t o n , U S N R (Ret.), has been named chief information and technology officer for Virgin Mobile USA. C D R Alexander K. L o p e s , U S N (Ret.), has been appointed to the senior executive service and assigned as director, Office of Nonproliferarion and Treaty CompUance at the Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security.

'78: V A D M Jeflfrey L. Fowler, U S N , has been inducted into the Bismarck High School HaU of Fame.

1980s '80: C A P T D a n i e l P. K i n g , C E C , U S N (Ret.), is the new head faciUties division at Auburn University. C D R E . B r u c e Watts m , U S N (Ret.), has joined Barton Malow Company as director of their Chicago office.

'81: R A D M Patrick H . Brady, U S N , is now assigned as deputy commander for Undersea Warfare, SEA-07, Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, DC. C A P T Keith P. B o w m a n , U S N (Ret.), has retired from active duty after 31 years of service. His last duty station was as ROTC commander at Carnegie MeUon University

'88: C D R M a x i m o Q Mejia Jr., Philippine Coast Guard (Ret.), was awarded his Ph.D. at Lund University, Sweden, after successfully defending his thesis "Law and Ergonomics in Maritime Security." T h e o d o r e " T e d " A . P e c k has been named as the energy administrator for the State of Hawaii. H a r r y M . W i n g o Jr. is the new policy counsel in Google's Washington, DC, office.

Admiral Gary Roughead '73, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, was the 25th recipient of the Bob Hope Five-Star Award for Distinguished Service to the United States of America from his high school alma mater. Valley Forge Military Academy and College. He was chosen because of his outstanding achievements during his more than 35 years of service in the U.S. Navy, and was honored with a pass and review featuring a mounted parade by the school's 81st Corps of Cadets.

Photo by by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tiffini M. Jones

'90: C D R Curt A . R e n s h a w , U S N , is the new prospective commanding officer of the blue crew of littoral combat ship, INDEPENDENCE. '91: C D R Justin M S h i n e m a n , U S N , has taken command of the Navy Recruiting District in MinneapoUs, M N . C D R W i l l i a m A .

M c C o n v e y , U S N , is the new commanding officer of HS-5. T o m M . Short is the new senior program manager for Naval/Marine Platforms at HoneyweU Defense & Space.

'93: J. Clay Trantham has joined Crist Industries, Inc. as president and C O O responsible for aU operations.

'96: Cale H . Y o u n g has been named senior resident inspector at Sequoyah Nuclear Plant near Chattanooga, T N .

'97: J o h n W M a b r y l H has been named president and chief operating officer of Fox Residential Auctions, LLC.

'82: C A P T D a v i d C . J o h n s o n , U S N , has been selected to the rank of rear admiral (lower half), is assigned as commander. Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Washington, DC, and wiU continue to serve as deputy commander for Undersea Technology, SEA-073, Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D C .

'83: Richard F. Hans.Thacher Proffitt Utigator, was the chair of the third National Forum on Subprime Litigation and Enforcement.

'84: C A P T Mark E . C e d r u n , U S N . is the new commanding officer of BoxER (LHD 4).

D o u g l a s J. Gattuso is vice president and managing director of the United States business unit of Neoris.

'85: C A P T Terrence J. Garbuzinski, U S N , was selected by the Navy League of the United States as the 2008 recipient of the Robert M. Thompson Award for Outstanding CiviUan Leadership. C D R D a v i d C. Asjes, U S N , was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for exceptional service during his latest tour in Iraq.

C D R N a n c y H o n a n Wallace, U S N R , was awarded a 2007 Louie Award by The Greeting Card Association in the 20th Annual International Greeting Card Competition for creative exceUence in greeting card design.

'98: Brian K. C u s h m a n has been named resident inspector at Quad Cities Nuclear Power Plant.

'99: LT D a n i e l L. B e s s m a n , S C , U S N , received the Admiral Ben MorreU Award for Logistics Competence (Officer) at the 2008 Annual Navy League Sea Service Awards.

MSi '01: LT Michael J. Poplawski, U S N , was awarded an MBA from the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland at CoUege Park.

'05: LTJG E d w a r d M . S t e v e n s o n , U S N , was awarded the commander, U.S. Naval Surface Forces (CNSF), Navy and Marine Association Leadership Award for CY 2007.

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The Alumni Association recendy received the sad news of the passing of a Class of 1921 widow. The foUowing obimary is fi"om Americanmemorials.com

Captain Vernon C. Honsinger '56, USN (Ret.) informed the USNA Alumni Association of the passing of his mother and widow of RADM L.V. Honsinger, USNA '27.

The Alumni Association is sad to announce the passing of Dorothy Fladey, widow ofJim Flatley '29 and the class of 1929's honorary class secretary for many years. The mattiarch of an impressive Navy fairuly, in addition to her late husband, her Academy ties include three sons,James Flatley HI '56, Raymond Flatley '61 and Brian Flatley '66; grandson,James Flatley IV '83; granddaughter, Kara Flatley Brophy '90; and two sons-in-law.

Rich Brophy '91 and Rex Kiteley '91.

• Margaret Walsh Gorry, 102 years old, died on October 2, 2008. Margaret was born in Los Angeles on June 3,1906, the daughter of Matt and Bertha Walsh.

Margaret and her husband enjoyed over 30 years of retirement Uving in La JoUa, California. Matt Walsh was a renowned designer, builder and helmsman of famous sailing yachts. Margaret had been Uving at Silverado Senior Living in Costa Mesa, California, for the last four years. Margaret was married to Captain William A. Gorry USN, Class of 1921 USNA, who predeceased her in 1986. Her older sister Dorothy Walsh Doody predeceased her in 1991, as weU as her younger sister Helen T.Walsh who predeceased her in 2006.

She is survived by her two daughters and son, Margaret Mary Murphy of Fernandina Beach, FL, Dorothy C. Gorry of Kailua Kona, HI, and Matt Gorry of Laguna Beach, CA, five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. A Funeral Mass wiU be celebrated on Friday, October 10,2008, at Mary Star of the Sea CathoUc Church, 7669 Girard Ave., La JoUa, CA. Burial v^dU be in El Camino Memorial Park, 5600 CarroU Canyon Road, San Diego, CA. •

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H Norma Chapin Honsinger, widow of Rear Admiral "Mike" Leroy Vernon Honsinger, USNA '27, died in Lexington,Virginia, on July 31,2008, at age 103. She was born in 1905 in Syracuse, NY, where she grew up and took piano lessonsfiromagefive.She smdied music and piano in the Fine Arts Department of Syracuse University, from which she graduated magna cum laude in 1927. She was an accompUshed pianist and gave generously of this talent throughout her Ufetime, thus providing much pleasure to many others until about age 100. Mrs. Honsinger met her fumre husband in the fourth grade. As a Navy wife she moved numerous times around the United States.

During World War II she christened the Navy amphibious ship USS LST-348, which was sunk in 1944 by a German submarine. She was an active volunteer for the Navy-Marine Corps ReUef Society and hospital auxUiaries. Her ashes wUl be interred with her husband's in the Naval Academy Columbarium in AnnapoUs, MD. She is survived by her son Captain "Chip"Vernon Chapin Honsinger, USNA '56, and wife Beryl of Lexington, VA; her daughter Valerie Kirkpattick Joiner and husband Robert of SneUvUle, GA; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchUdren. H ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 0% Send news direcdy to Shipmate.

• Dorothy Mae "Dottie" McMurray Fladey 100, of Mt. Pleasant, SC passed away Samrday, October 18,2008.

Dorothy Fladey was the widow of Vice Admiral James H. "Jimmy" Hadey, Dot Fladey Jr. (1906-1958) a Navy fighter "ace" in W W II and a transformational leader in Naval Aviation foUowing the war until his premature death in 1958. Both Dorothy and Jimmy were equaUy loved and respected by the Navy's aviation community. The Navy christened a ship in recognition ofVADM Fladey's many conttibutions to his country, the USS FLATLEY (FFG 21), and, beginning in 1988, has presented "The Dorothy M. Fladey Naval Aviation Spouse of the Year Award" annuaUy to a Naval Aviation spouse whose overaU quaUties most exempUfy Dorothy's 75 years of inspirational support as a spouse, mother, and grandmother."

Dorothy was born in Mulberry, FL on April 30,1908. Her fadier. Dr. Ray James McMurray, MD and her mother Minnie Larsen, a registered nurse, were two of the first medical professionals to practice in

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Polk County, FL. They both died at an early age fix)m iUnesses contracted whUe serving the sick, her mother shordy after Dorothy's birth and her father only a few years later, foUowing his marriage to Dorothy's step-mother, Nancy Britten McMurray of Bartow, Florida.

Dottie, as everyone caUed her, went to high school in Daytona Beach, Florida and, in 1929, graduated fix>m Florida State Women's CoUege (destined to become F.S.U). In coUege she was the captain of the F S W C soccer team and a member of Sigma, Sigma, Sigma Sorority. FoUowing graduation, she taught 1st grade for three years in Bartow, Florida.

Dottie met her husband in 1932 during a hoUday visit to the West Coast.

Jimmy was then a Navy Lieutenant assigned to a fighter squadron based at N A S N o r t h Island in Coronado, California. They were inttoduced by mumal friends in Jack's Bar, a Depression era "fighter pilot" retteat located in Tijuana, Mexico. Dottie and Jimmy were married in 1933 and she later wrote of this union, "That was the beginning of our ever-lasting love affair and an almost daily period of happiness and joy... when he talked to me, he was reaUy there with me, and he was so warmâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;everything I could have ever wanted."

Jimmy's Ulusttious career was wonderfiJly rendered in a recently pubUshed biography. Reaper Leader: The Life of Jimmy Flatley, by Steve Ewing, (2001, Naval Institate Press, AnnapoUs, M D ) . In the letters between Dottie and Jimmy, quoted throughout the book, a reader can sense how vital the bonds of love and support from a warrior's spouse must have been in sttengthening her husband in his leadership roles commanding a squadron , and then an air group, facing death or victory on a daily basis in the far away Pacific Ocean.

During those years of separation, Dottie readUy adapted to the responsibUities of a commanding officer's wife, charged with keeping the squadron and air group wdves and famiUes connected and in support of one another, along with raising her own four young boys.

AdditionaUy, she volunteered as a nurse with the R e d Cross as a "Grey Lady", visiting injured veterans and consoUng the loved ones and famiUes of those killed in action. Dottie shared her warmth and conviviaUty with everyone she knew, and wiU be remembered for her energy and her deep sense of responsibiUty, as weU as compassion, for those within her grasp.

Dottie and her husband, often referred to as "the enUsted man's Admiral" wiU both be remembered for their abiding concern for the welfare of the enlisted personnel and their fanuUes. Both were honored for their Ufelong work by the Navy ReUef Society. In recognition of her unique and lasting relationship with the Naval Aviation community and on the occasion of her lOOTH birthday. Vice Admiral Thomas KilcUne, Commander, Naval Air Forces officiaUy bestowed on her the tide of "Matriarch of Naval Aviation". In an AU Navy Notice to the Fleet he proclaimed: " Dottie Flatley has honorably cared for and supported, and watched over three generations of Navy carrier pUots, including her husband, two sons, two grandsons and one grandson-in-law, and in doing so, has kept them safe from harm and close to America's heart. I thank her for the Prayers, Devotion, and Love she has selflessly given to aU Naval Aviation."

Soon after her beloved husband died in 1958, she remrned to Bartow, Florida to care for her step-mother and remained there until taking up residence in Sandpiper Village in Mt. Pleasant in 1996.

H e r avocations included, cooking, gardening, genealogy, and keeping an eye on the stock market. She also raised miniatore and toy poodles. A convert to the CathoUc faith toward the end o f W W II she remained very involved with church ministties.

Dorothy's ancestors arrived in Boston in 1634. She was of EngUsh, Danish and Scottish descent and was a long serving and proud member of the Daughters of the American Revolution in honor of two relatives w h o fought in the War of Independence. H e r grandfather enlisted in the ranks of the 7 2 N D lUinois Volunteer Infantry and fought in and survived 17 battles during the CivU War. Dorothy's happiest times in later Ufe were spent with the veteran crewTnembers of the USS Y O R K T O W N Association during their annual reunions here in Mt. Pleasant. Many of these former shipmates ofVice Admiral "Jimmy" Fladey joined her in Bath, Main in 1980 when she christened the Fast Frigate USS FLATLEY. She hang-gUded at age 95 and, at age 97, cUmbed the rigging to the first step of the Irish taU ship Jeanie Johnston during its Charleston visit. She enjoyed more than a decade of active social Ufe and wonderful relationships with her feUow residents at Sandpiper VUlage. Lastly, and in testimony to her Ufe long character, she never failed

to indicate, in some manner, her appreciation for the care and attention paid to her by the nursing staff at Sandpiper Convalescent Center.

Dorothy is survived by four sons: James Henry Fladey, III and his wife, Nancy of Mt. Pleasant, SC; R a y m o n d Patrick Fladey and his wife, Catherine of Walnut Creek, CA; Brian A.J. Fladey and his wife, Susie of Placentia, CA: and David Michael Fladey, of San Francisco, CA; and 16 grandchUdren; and 40 great-grandchUdren.

T h e Mass of Christian Burial for Dottie Fladey will be in AU Saints Lutheran Church, 2107 Highway 17 N o r t h , Mt. Pleasant, SC, Saturday, October 25,2008 at eleven o'clock.

Burial wUl be in ArUngton National Cemetery at a later date.

In Ueu of flowers, memorials may be made to USS YoRKTOWN (CV-10) Association, Inc., RO. Box 1021, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29465 or to T h e R o p e r St. Francis Foundation - Cancer Program, 125 Doughty Street, Suite 790, Charleston, SC 29403.

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In 1961 when my dad, Fred " N e m o " H o w e , was the Professor of Naval Science at the University of Mississippi, it was his mrn in the rotation among the R O T C programs there to invite a naval officer to officiate at the swearing-in of graduates from aU of the university's officer candidate programs and take the review at their parade. Since my godfather B o b Fulton, then the Commander of the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, had been recendy selected

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for flag rank, he accepted the invitation and put on his new uniform to preside.

'61 Die Miss Commissioning Official Party

In the photo above (1. to r.) are RADM Fulton, Purser Hewitt who was at the time the Editor of the Jackson (MS) Clarion Ledger and Captain Howe.

And one last item, on 22 December we wiU celebrate the 98th birthday of my dad and RADM Fulton (presendy the Academy's 13th oldest Uving graduate). 窶認red Howe '57 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 20% Send news direcdy to Shipmate.

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Rear Admiral Joseph B.Tibbets, USN (Ret.) died October 1, 2008. He was 97 years old. Born in West Virginia, Admiral Tibbets served forty three years in the Navy. He Uved in Pittsburgh and Winter Haven, Florida before entering the Naval Academy with the class of 1934. He was a naval aviator, flew carrier planes, observation planes and seaplanes before WWII, then commanded an antisubmarine squadron in BrazU, where his squadron was credited with sinking three German submarines. In 1945 he was ordered aboard USS Hancock (CV19) as ship's navigator for the last year of the war for the Okinawa and Japanese campaigns.

Hancock planes flew security patrols over Tokyo Bay the day of the Japanese surrender. After the war. Admiral Tibbets attended the Naval War CoUege, commanded the USS Orca, a seaplane tender in forward harbors during the Vietnam buildup, and had duty on CNO's staff in Washington, Cincpac's staff in Pearl Harbor and Cincnelm's staff in London.

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He then commanded USS Hancock (CVA 15) in the Adantic for a year, was selected to Rear Admiral and commanded Carrier Division 15 aboard USS Bon Homme Richard (CVA-) in the Pacific.

In 1963 he was ordered to Lisbon as Chief Maag Portugal and then to London as deputy to Commander Naval Forces Europe. Admiral Tibbets' last fleet assignment was Commander Fleet Air Quonset, where as Commander HunterKiUer Force Adantic, he commanded aU Navy antisubmarine forces in the Adantic. On November 5,1973 Admiral Tibbets retired after 43 years of Navy duty, the last in his Naval Academy class to retire. He served with 26 duty stations, had six commands and flew over 4500 hours fUght time. Admiral Tibbets was blessed with three wonderful wives. Margaret Roberts Tibbets and DeSeay Barksdale Tibbets both lost their Uves to cancer.

Aberta Christie Tibbets died of a massive sttoke. He is survived by his son, Joseph Michael Tibbets of Albuquerque, NM, his daughter, Kathleen Virginia Robinson, of Harvard, MA, and his sister, Marjorie Cooney Brandon ofWinter Haven, FL, five grandchUdren and four great grandchUdren, plus two loved step-famUies, equaUy close to his heart. Funeral services wUl be held at a later date in ArUngton National Cemetery. Arrangements by Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home, 1701 Beach Blvd.,JacksonviUe Beach, FL 32250 (904-249-2374). Please Sign the Guestbook@JacksonviUe.com.

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Sad news NeUie Bowker, widow of Albert "Red" Bowker who died in 2006, died on 18 June. She was born on 27 February 1920 in GUberton, PA. She was a Navy nurse from 1941 untU 1952 when on 5 July she and Red were married. She had served in Alaska and Guam among other places and was a Lieutenant when she resigned due to rules then in effect regarding married nurses. Later, for ten years, she was Director of Nursing at the GoletaVaUey

Community Hospital in Santa Barbara, CA.The Bowkers had two sons. Her burial was with Red at ArUngton.

More memories of Gene Robert Knight '53 has kindly furnished the column with observations that reveal something of the personal side of our Eugene Fluckey, characteristics of his that may have been unfamiliar to most of us. Knight gained his knowledge almost fifty years ago while serving as chief engineer aboard Gene's flagship, Spiegel Grove, LSD-32, during a 1961 goodwill tour of the African coast caUed"SoLant [the abbreviation for South Adantic] Amity" that went around the west and portions of the east coast of Africa, from the Atlantic into the Indian Ocean while visiting ports enroute. [The name Spiegel Grove comes from the estate of Rutherford Hayes, 19th US President.

LSDs support amphibious operations by carrying various landing craft that transport Marines].Those who designed Spiegel Grove did not anticipate her being a flagship so they did not provide a distinct flag bridge. Knight says that he stood Officer of the Deck watches on the ship's only bridge and thus frequendy encountered Gene who also used the space as his flag bridge. Knight teUs that Gene would "wander on the bridge" wearing just Khaki shorts and a white T-shirt plus sandals that the crew caUed "Fluckey boots." Knight claims to have suggested to Gene that his southbound group of ships change its course sUghdy to enable them to cross of the equator exacdy at the International Date Line and thus to be at the unique position of zero longimde and zero latitude at the same instant. Gene, Knight says, concurred and then directed the maneuver required to accompUsh it. Knight quotes Gene saying during a General Quarters driU, "There won't be any hits in the weU deck" while playing voUeybaU there with his staff. He concludes his account by relating this action of Gene's." One Samrday afternoon in the [calm] Indian Ocean he ordered the task force to stop.We lowered his barge and he and the staff spent about an hour riding around and drinking beer. We had only been at sea for a few days so I wondered what that was about. I asked one of the staff officers and he told me the Admiral's daughter was getting married today and he was celebrating."

A famous figure out of the past News of the death of the "sUent film siren" of the 1920s, Anita Page, on 6 September may stir recoUections in

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those who Uved in Coronado during the mid-Twentieth Century years. Among that city's residents was Herschel House '30, weU known not for his own exploits but because he had been married since 1937 to the famous Anita Page. They had two daughters. Most of us had seen one or more of the movies in which Anita starred. At that time, when few women were noteworthy for holding high poUtical stams or being the Chief Executive Officer of a major corporation, former movie idol Anita Page House was generaUy regarded as Coronado's most famous lady. The Houses, however, Uved so quiedy that few outside their immediate cfrcle were able to become intimate with her.

House died in 1991 but Anita Uved on to be 98 at her recent death in Los Angeles.

Class daughter receives recognition The Maryland PubUc Television's Vision Society bestowed its award, an engraved plaque, for "Outstanding Conttibution to the Arts" to Susan "Suzi" Keats Cordish at its Honors Banquet held in Baltimore on 2 May. Suzi was the long time President of Maryland Art Place and is now its Chairman. She is a board member of the Maryland Instimte, CoUege of Arts; of Creative Capital, a funding organization for the arts; and of Learning, Inc. of Baltimore. She served on the Maryland State Arts Council and the Governor's Commission on the Fumre of Arts. She is a member of the Board ofTrustees of the Maryland PubUc Broadcasting Foundation and of the Creative Capital Foundation.

She was the founder of Art Table, Baltimore. In her acceptance speech, Suzi sttessed the importance of aU forms of art.

She credited the vibrant Baltimore arts scene with making the city a prime destination for visitors. The event photographer, Jennifer McMenamin, took the accompanying photo at the presentation ceremony and the Banquet Coordinator, Desiree Edwards, made it avaUable to the column.

The honoree on the right with her father and Sara Carlton

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From the President • Dear Class of 1936 My foster son Michael and I would Uke to extend a happy hoUday greeting to you and your famiUes. Let us share our blessings to those are having a hard time making ends meet this hoUday season. I would love hear and print in Shipmate stories about my feUow Classmates and widows did last year, you may e-mail me at biUnaval@comcast.net or write Capt WiUiam N. Price. 3841 Calvert St. NW, Washington D C . 2007. Let us share what we have learned from last year and how we plan to improve ourselves this year.

BUI Price • Class News Note: I don't know whether any of our farrdly of Class Mates, wives, widows and chUdren know why a glass egg is placed in a hen's nest. It's because the hen wants to lay an egg to keep the glass one company. I hope that the glass egg article below will attract your contributions to keep us company.

Ralph Embree and I were roommates in Mississippi. During a Christmas HoUday he asked me to play golf I told him I never played golf He said I'U teach you. He selected two woods and five irons for $35.00 then he showed me how to use those things. I golfed a couple times a week. I could never break 100 on 9 holes.

On Christmas day, my first away from home and feeUng sorry for my self, I acmaUy broke 100. The Mississippi's chief warrant officer was an exceUent golfer; he said he would teach me the game. He tried but I was too much for him. There after when I drove off my baU it didn't roU into the rough or sand traps but changed fairways. I took up golf in 1937 and dropped it in 1938.

Remembrance John Paul Jones after Revolutionary War After the War of Independence Jones, whose abUity to win batde was spectacular but envied, was blacklisted by the Commander in Chief Hopkins and other lesser talented officers. He never received ships that he was promised. His last job was dispersing prize money. In 1782

Empress Catherine of Russia, who had great confidence in Jones, engaged him to drive Turkish naval forces out of the Black Sea which her admirals had faUed to do.

Afterwards, the usual court inttigues forced him to leave Russia. In 1792 he was appointed United States Consul for release of American prisoners of the Bey Algiers. But he died before he could fiilfiU the appointment. A smaU group of servants, friends and loyal soldiers walked his body to a common cemetery and he was forgotten.

In 1905 U.S. Ambassador to France, General Horace Porter, searched six years to locate Jones' body (I have no idea what interested the General in locating Jones body.) A French friend helped Porter in his search. The body was found in the labyrinth of mnnels under the stteets of Paris. His body was weU preserved and identified. A division of US cruisers was sent to escort his body to the United States. His coffin was ceremoniously carried to BROOKLYN that saUed for America escorted by three cruisers. As BROOKLYN reached the American coast, seven Batdeships led the escorts to take Jones home.

His remains were to be interned in the New Chapel at the Naval Academy that had not been completed. Temporary quarters were erected. By 1913 the Chapel was ready. With great ceremony, John Paul Jones's remains were reinterned in a marble and bronze Sarcophagus in the Chapel. President Theodore Roosevelt presided over the ceremony.

The Search for the Wreck o f Bonhomme Richard Searching for shipwrecks in the North Sea is not for amateurs. Searches are Umited to a few days during summer months. During the long winter months the North Sea was active with dangerous storms, strong currents, shifting sand and a fleet of wrecks on the bottom. During these months a mixture of underwater experts assisted searchers study data for clues that could lead to Richard. The researchers used previous data to plan the next search. The exasperating problems did not discourage those tough minded, determined searchers. After several years of hard labor these anxious seekers said, "We have not yet begun to search."

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Navy. An array of special underwater equipment also joined searchers; including special radar. Drift Simulation Software (for measuring drift) and the many conttibutions of the U.S. Navy, especially the smaU nuclear submarine N R l designed for under water search to a depth of 1000 feet and operate 24 hours per day for 7 days.

Richard started sinking at the site of the batde of Files Bay in water of 180 feet. The broken and burning ship slowly sank as it drifted for the North Sea. (Average depth-325 ft, width 350 ft, length 600 ft.) The North Sea currents and tides could have carried her into much deeper and wider waters. Drift Simulation Software was used to estimate drift effect that would simpUfy searching in wider areas.

John Adams, British Archaeologist, and his team searched for 30 years (from mid 1950s.) In 1975 a wreck was selected that could have been Richard. Adams was so excited that he formed FUey Underwater Research Unit (FURU). On 9 September 2002 a joint Anglo-American underwater Archaeological team investigated an 18th cenmry shipwreck that could have been Richard but it could not be confirmed.

In 2006 the Ocean Technology Foundation (OTF) of Groton, CT searched for Richard. The OTF team of scientists, historians and sea divers left no stone unmrned seeking the elusive Bonhomme Richard. The U.S. Naval Lhstorical Center conttibuted: Underwater archeologists. Historians, the Naval Academy assigned Professor a Graphics expert, Novak Architects, and Salvage Engineers. And the smaU under water Nuclear submarine N R l , was designed for under water search to a depth of 1000 feet and operate 24 hours for 7 days. This team selected five wrecks as possibles, two were discarded, one was covered by sand and two could not be identified. (Perhaps the Navy effort was thinking about the saUor who started the Navy.) Searches for the Richard wreck were conducted from 2000 to 2008.

These searchers were a determined bunch that refused to give up. (In addition to historic reasons for finding Richard, the value for tourism was not overlooked.)

John Paul Jones' success operating about the British Isles, protected by the world's most powerful navy, convinced France to join the American Revolution.

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Class Updates from Jack Slaughter: As always our monthly rendezvous with deUcious food and invigorating Ubation was relaxing and fiin.We did have two new faces John and Margo Slaughter, Bess & Jack's son and daughter-in-law, of Fredonia, NY who were visiting at the appropriate time to take advantage of our meeting. In addition, in attendance: Elsie Mack, Jean Stein, Margaret BeU and Anne Kern. Our VEEP was deraUed to attend a funeral. Swampy has had to move to a higher level of care section at their continuing care facUity and as the ttansition has yet to be completed he and Jean were unable to come. We missed them but expect to see both next month. We covered aU the world's problems except, of course, the two subjects taboo in the Wardroom.

Jack reviewed a letter he had received on behalf of the Class of'45. Their class is assisting Nancy Arbuthnot, Professor of EngUsh at the Academy, in a book the be pubUshed by the Naval Instimte Press, Guiding Lights a book presenting interesting picmres and unique stories of U. S. Navy heroes. They are requesting donations to reduce the final cost of the book.

Consideration was given to their request and after discussing decision was made to conttibute $100 from our funds.

The date of semi-annual meeting of Class Presidents confUcts with our November meeting which wiU go on as scheduled under the capable leadership of our Vice President.

Bess and Jack kUIed two birds with one stone when they went to a desttoyer (WILLIAM M . W O O D DDR715) reunion in Pittsburgh. She was in commission for about 30 years. Jack was skipper for only two of them, thus there were many he did not know, but they had a great time. The city had much more to offer than they had anticipated and is making many

strides in overcoming the loss of the steel industry. Their second attraction was a granddaughter, now a professor at Pitt.

One day she took them in tow showing them the University and meeting a number of her co-workers. Navy was playing Pitt whUe they were there. Jack noted that Pitt was one of those super baU teams back during his Academy days, the retort of one of the Pitt professors was they had switched their emphasis from athletics to academics. WeU Navy lost this game.

Jack is the OinC of the Desttoyer Division 38 (WWII tin cans) this coming weekend and has signed up 48 of them for the Navy-SMU game. He sure hopes Navy does the spectacular as they did at our 70th!

Keep Revin'with'37 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 18% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 67% PRES: RADM M.H. Rindskopf, USN (Ret.) 7101 Bayfiont Dr. #324, AnnapoUs, MD 21403 E: mrindskopf@comcast.net CHAIRMAN, WASH. AREA: CAPT Hugh M. Robinson, USN (Ret.) SlOlConnecticut Ave., Chevy Chase, MD 20815 E: 301-656-4656

STADIUM SEAT-FINAL REPORT— Last month we gave free pubUcity to your Class President by depicting him in the Alumni HaU seats the class has sponsored: two years ago for Deke Ela, and recendy for aU operational and war-related casualties and others who have left us. Now, we can wrap up this tale by offering an oppormnity you cannot resist. The next time you visit the Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, we want you to head straight for Section 5, Row 23 Seat 17.

The plaque shown in the attached photograph adorns that seat. It belongs to us—the Class of 1938. We offer our gratimde to the Alumni and Athletic Associations for making this happen!

Plaque on stadium seat

YOU READ OUR COLUMN— Paul Schultz reports that eight chUdren of our classmates and widows are now on our e-butt electtonic scutdebutt system.

They keep in touch, and are faithful in deUvering aU manner of hot dope to their parents. There is no limit to Paul's address Ust, so get in touch to stay in touch!

Ro Brown's son Jo Fleps daughter Margaret Jones' daughter JohnVanLandingham's daughter BUI Finn's two daughters George Whiteside's daughter Betty Huron's son Joe McDoweU's daughter 2005* LEADERSHIP CONFERENCEâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; We have received a most enthusiastic invitation from LCDR Lisa Berberich USN, the conference coordinator, to the next Leadership Conference to be held 25-28 January 2009. We have accepted, and as in prior years, wiU offer 1938's take on the conference theme "Generational Leadership" for insertion in the conference program. The theme wdU assess the chaUenge presented to today's leaders by the diversity in age of those they lead.

Our problem should be simple since we know, with certainty, that no one older wiU cross our path.

HANGINTHERE '38â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Remarkable as it may seem, and we have reported this previously, the Class of 1938 has had precisely 38 graduates aUve since 5 May 2008 when a good man. Captain Joe Josephson, passed away. We know this cannot continue indefinitely, but let's enjoy our good formne whUe we can. yj

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Dear Classmates and Widows, My estimate is that close to 100% of '39 readers of SHIPMATE have seen the '39 gate at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, and most have gone through the gate into the Stadium as weU. Yet the percentage who know how '39 got the gate is close to zero! Here's the way it happened: The late Gene Huckey ('35) was Campaign Director and Chairman of the Committee to raise fiinds for construction of the Stadium. Gene was then a Captain, Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering (1 don't think they then caUed it the "Juice" Department, the way we did), and had a coUateral job as OinC of Squash. I was at that time Executive Officer, Bancroft HaU, and was a member of Gene's Committee.

Up front I'm teUing you Gene Fluckey

Pictured to your left from the front: Eileen Proulx, Henry Adams, Ronnie Wood, Bing Gillette; to your right from the front Doc Abbot Connie Kittler, Gordon Gayle, Pat Patterson

was a genius! Every time we had a meeting he'd come up with one or more new ideas for raising money. One day he told us about an idea he had for the Gates to the Stadium. His idea was to have a Left and Right gate at each location, and Naval Academy Classes would have the privUege of "owning" one of those half gates, and put their Class Crest on it, by "buying" the gate. My recoUection (It's not in the records, unformnately) is that the cost for a gate at that point in time was 3 thousand bucks. The minute he announced it, 1 raised my hand and said '39 would sign up for a gate and 1 would seek corroboration from the Class Organization. At the very next meeting. Gene asked if I'd received corroboration from the Class Organization, and I told him not yet and explained that the Class Organization was compUcated and that it took time to get something Uke this accompUshed.

Thereafter, at each meeting. Gene would query me, and each time I'd teU him "not yet." FinaUy, one day Gene said "Look Doc, we've been holding this gate for '39 but there are other classes which would love to have a gate, so we've got to have some signatures on your gate conttact!"At that juncmre I phoned my friend Ned Beach, who was on duty in Washington, and explained the problem to him. Ned told me what I already knew which was that the Class sometimes took quite awhUe to get such an item passed. Ned asked me how much the gate cost, and I told him three thousand bucks. Ned said "That's not very much money. Doc, let's you and me sign the paper, and when the Class gets around to approving it we can substitute the Class Officers' signamres for ours." Remember, Ned was at that time a very successful Author, and it happened to be the year I had one son at Georgia Tech and another at Andover, so I'm

afraid it was with a falsetto voice that I squeaked out to him "not very much money?" "No", Ned said. He asked me to maU him the form, which I did. He signed it and maUed it back to me. I signed it and mrned it over to Gene, and VoUa! '39 owned a gate. The story has a happy ending, because soon after that the Class officiaUy decided to buy the gate. In retrospect, I'm sure Gene wasn't really going to take the gate away from us, but he was expert at putting on the pressure!

I've learned recently that the final three gates were sold to '61 in 1981,'73 in 1988, and '75 in 1986. The price was $15,000 apiece, so '39 got a pretty good bargain! Below you'U find a Ust of the gates, and the classes which own them.

The first class Usted owns that half of the gate which is on your left, as you face the Stadium. As of course aU of us already know, '39's gate is the left side of Gate D. A '22,'26 '75,'19 M B '46,'34 '61,'57 N C '23,'24 '20,'52 O D '39,'21 '10,'18 P Z '27,'25 '51,'73 Y I think the "score" is interesting: three classes in the teens, eight classes in the twenties, two classes in the thirties, one class in the forties, three classes in the fifties, one class in the sixties, two classes in the seventies.

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Tom Weschler checked in with his data for SHIPMATE. H "Trina and 1 are now happUy at home in Mystic, CT, in a new retirement community about a half mUe from the Aquarium and a mUe from the Seaport.

Our address is 186 Jerry Browne Rd, #6415, Mystic, CT 06355.Tel.860-5724434. e-maU stiU tomwes39@aoI.com.

Newport is stiU close enough that we can make it back and forth once or twice a week, but we Uke this new place and our way of Ufe very much.

I'm glad to be working for the Class on the Executive Committee. The letters sent and repUes have brought so many great memories to mind. Now, prepping for our 70th Reunion has taken me to Washington for my first Class Luncheon in over 20 years! We had a nice mrnout at the luncheon and I saw lots of famUiar faces. It's weU worth the effort for anyone who can get to Washington the "First Wednesday". •

Luncheon. He faded to mention that it was the fifth consecutive Tailhook Convention where he'd been invited to speak to the crowd. He also failed to mention that the TaUhook Association surprised him by hauUng him up front and awarding him a plaque as "Honorary TaUhooker OfThe Year." If Doc won't blow his own horn I'U blow it for him! So I'U also teU you that on 2 October, when INTREPID was brought back up the Hudson to Pier 86, Doc was aboard, in uniform, as "Ceremonial Commanding Officer." Moreover, INTREPID flew his two-star flag. It was a great and weU deserved honor!"

Doc Abbot drooling over Mitzi Peterson and Eileen Proulx

Mitzi checked in, with her report of the 1 October Luncheon.

• "Dear Doc, We had two classes of'39 at the Army/Navy Country Club for lunch on 1 October! USMA '39 and USNA '39. (hasn't happened before to my This photo taken at Abbot Admin.' Nugget Hotel Reno, during Tailhook '08. Standing: Doc, Maro, knowledge) This caused some confusion Lloyd, and Steve Abbot Seated: Ginger and at the reception desk and a General Jig Dog Ramage whom we did not know finaUy showed me his name tag which clearly showed the USMA logo, and helped me clear up the confusion. As a matter of fact I had to chase their class away from our table.

Since they only had 12 attendees and we had 25 it was imperative that we have the larger seating arrangement as usual. A member of the USMA group, after their luncheon, came over and graciously presented us with a box of homemade This Is former CVA INTREPID, moving on 2 October brownies as a "peace offering" for having usurped our space; the brownies were back to her permanent berth at Pier 86. Our President vitas embarked, in uniform, as Ceremonial eagerly devoured by "our gang". We did Commanding Officer, and the ship was flying his extremely weU with our large attendance two-star flag of 25. Included were: Doc Abbot, Henry Adams, Paul Adams with daughter Our Class President reported in last Marjorie Adams and son Tom Adams, Month's SHIPMATE that he'd poured a Ingrid Beach, Marj and Larry Caney, drink for Jig Dog and Ginger Ramage at Marie and Frank Coulter, Cathy Craighill the Tailhook Convention, in Reno, in (Tony Green's daughter), Gordon Gayle, September He also told us the perpetual Bing Gillette, Tony Green, Penny and name for the Samrday luncheon at Stan Hindman, Marie Lawrence with TaUhook Conventions is The RADM Granddaughter Laura Irwin, Connie James D. "Jig Dog" Ramage Recognition Kittler, Peggy Moore, Dewitt Patterson,

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Mechthild "Mitzi"Peterson, Eileen Proulx (Naval Academy Alumm Association Staff), Tom Weschler, and Ronnie Wood." • As ever, —^Doc 1^

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PRES: CAPT E. A. Rodgers, USN (Ret.) (IVinler) 3609 S. Banana River Blvd. #414, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931; H. 321-784-4894 (Summer) R O. Box 656, Bucksport, ME 04416; H: 207-469-3562 E: eaiodgers@juno.com HONORARY VICE PRES: Wendi "Winters Daughter of Leigh "Early" Cosart Winters

1007 Magothy Park Lane AnnapoUs, IVlD 21403-5300 H / O : 410-349-0945; C: 410-562^189 E: vvendi@quantumstep.com SECY: CAPT John H. Sims, USN (Ret.) 726 Lakeside Court, Danville, CA 94526 H:925-820-3954 E: JHSIMS@AOL.COM

Merry Christmas to aU, and a very Happy New Year. It's nice to be able to get a preview of the HoUday spirit here in early October Trick or tteat is yet to come, and then helping the PUgrims celebrate Thanksgiving. So maybe I can maintain the spirit as long as necessary. MeanwhUe, although there have been many happy occasions, they have been interspersed with sadness. So we must report the death of Art Varnutn in FuUerton, CA, on 6 September. We have no information on services. His daughter, Ann Guss, who works at the University ofWashington in Seatde, is preparing an obimary notice for her father, and wiU submit it to Shipmate.

MeanwhUe there is a recent report from Art, dictated to his grandson and forwarded to me, in the June/July 2008 Shipmate '40 column which I commend to your attention. As mentioned there. Art and Pappy Hancock were our two retired ensigns. However, the necessity to prepare an obimary with scattered documentation in a short time prompted Wendi Winters to make the foUowing suggestion for us: grads write their own obit—omitting date of death and cause, of course. They can fUe it with their lawyer or wherever their legal papers are, along with a Ust of publications to which it should be sent. (They should also have aU their documentation in order for burial in a miUtary cemetery; and placed in a weU marked, easy to rettieve file. Grieving family members don't always think sttaight). I've done a couple obit notices for older, stiU-Uving friends and they reUsh controUing that aspect—I've seen plenty written by the 2nd or 3rd wife diat

"foi^ets" to mention previous spouses or chUdren fix)m other relationships. The paper is always doing obit "corrections" when an angry ex calls up. This is good advicefix)mWendi, and 1 told her that this is the sort of thing her father. Early Winters, used to remind us about from time to time. Later she reported that Early was guUty to some extent of "don't do as I do, do as I say":... the funny/sad thing is ... his papers were not easy to find.

Simday, he died. Monday, I'm still in New Jersey writing his obit. My big sister Sandi has flown up firom Florida and is on her hands and knees under his desk, going through paperwork, trying to figure out how to get him into ArUngton. So we may take her su^estion as the voice of experience.

We received a notice of the death of WUUamJohn Mauer,Jr. on 1 September.

He was survived by his wife, Judith, 11 chUdren, 26 grandchUdren, and three great-grandchUdren. He was preceded in death by his former wife, Letha.

Interment was in the Heber City, UT, cemetery. BUI was a non-graduate, but retained close ties to many classmates and attended at least one five-year reunion.

After he left USNA he attended Northwestern University and Chicago College of Orthopedic Medicine. He proceeded to open a cUnic in Zion, IL. He was a great advocate of Chelation Therapy, to prevent or reverse hardening of the arteries. He sent a copy of a book on the subject by Dr. Morton Walker, courtesy of the Mauer CUnic, to many classmates. As I recaU several classmates underwent Chelation Therapy, with what they considered favorable results.

Wendi Winters's report in the September Shipmate of her son. Phoenix's experience, as weU as her own, during I-day for the Class of 2012 on 2 July stirred up some memories of the succession of I-days for the Class of 1940 72 years ago.You may recaU that we were inducted, a few at a time, over many days during June and Jidy 1936, rather than aU in one day as they do it now. My date was Bastille Day, 14 July. My famUy brought me back from Ohio to AnnapoUs, and we stayed at Carvel HaU the night before. On the 14th I went across the street for the induction process. One of the important parts of the process was the final physical exam. There was a questionnaire concerning prior health problems including hay fever and flat feet, any of which would be disquaUfying. (Why they brought us aU the way back to AnnapoUs without any

assurance that we would pass aU requirements and be admitted, we could never figure out). But I was cowed by the surroundings and the process into being honest, so the doctor said flat feet? WeU, you won't be marching much Uke you would in the Army — you should be O. K. And hay fever? Hmm. WeU, you'U be out at sea, you shouldn't be bothered.You're in. So I went through the rest of the process—got the haircut, the uniforms, found my room and my two new roommates (neither of whom lasted past the first semester, but that's another story). And I didn't reaUze how "in" I reaUy was, so I wandered back over to Carvel HaU where my famUy was waiting to learn whether I was accepted. I told them I was in, and I wasn't sure I Uked it. But they convinced me it would be O. K., so I said goodbye and wandered back over to the Yard, having by that time broken a whole handfid of regulations.

Apparendy no one noticed, so Ufe went on.

But Ted Rodgers had a much more extensive and harrowing experience, as he related to Wendi: —Reading your account of induction day for the new plebes brought back memories of how I came close to not making it. I beUeve my story is unique. When I reported to the academy I faded my physical for three days because of albumin in my urine. I was told to go home and see my doctor there and remrn in two weeks. My mother checked me into the local hospital where they confirmed the albumin but couldn't find any evidence of kidney problems. She then made an appointment with a speciaUst in Boston who also confirmed the albumin and the finding of the doctors at our local hospital. This doctor wrote a letter stating that my condition was not uncommon with active young people and would clear up w^hen I settled down. By coincidence the Boston paper contained an article reporting the research of British doctors in essence agreeing with the Boston speciaUst. Armed with these two reports my mother insisted on accompanying me back to AnnapoUs for my re-exam which was to take place at the academy hospital. Again after three days of testing at the hospital I was mrned down. My mother managed to get an appointment with the head of the hospital (Capt. Sutton) and despite her appeal and the two letters he refused to grant me a waiver. To get rid of her Dr. Sutton told her that the only one who could overrule him would be the Navy Surgeon General m Washington. We then

took a bus to Washington where, somehow, my mother managed to get an appointment with Capt. Mink who at that time was the acting SG.At first Dr. Mink just quoted the book and didn't want to consider the letters. My mother continued to argue with him claiming that the Boston speciaUst was as good if not better than Navy doctors etc. After about fifteen minutes when my mother had become very emotional the Dr. got up from behind his desk and coming around to the front he put his hand on my mother's shoulder and said "Lady, please calm down and for your boy's sake I'U do something unusual". He then said that he was going to admit me to the hospital at the Gun Factory for a thorough exam. This satisfied her and she went home as I entered the hospital. At the hospital I was fed, starved and bled for eight days but stiU tested positive for albumin. However, a committee of doctors reviewed my case and recommended a waiver. So after aU this I was finaUy inducted at the academy on 18 August.

Since I missed plebe summer my classmates worked me over weU for the next two weeks. IncidentaUy I haven't had albumin since and today at the age of 91 my health is exceUent. So thanks to a persistent Irish mother and a soft hearted "good" Navy doctor I wouldn't be writing this today. They both head my prayer Ust. Thanks for the story, Ted. I doubt that anyone can top that. And it's my guess that you must be the latest inductee in the Class of '40. Can anyone beat it?

With regard to the "missing" classmates Usted in last month's column, Timothy Woodbury, who, among other assignments handles obimaries at the Alumni Association, found a date of death for Eugene Tilton of 11/04/2000, but there was no obimary connected to it. It would appear that we can transfer him from "missing" to "deceased". When Herman Klare's name came up at the recent brunch of the Bay Area Group there was an opinion that he is somewhere in Florida. Wendi found a phone number for him, and it seemed to be a nursing home, but no one there had any information about him after several phone caUs by both Wendi and me. Then Timothy found a phone number for him in Leesburg,VA.That also was a retirement home, but after several caUs Wendi had no success in reaching him. He remains "missing".Timothy did find a date of death for Margaret Klare, 2/12/96, but no obimary. Any other information December 2008

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MeanwhUe George Kittredge is not missing, although he is not without mishaps. He reported to Wendi, among others, as foUows:"For those of you who attended the Psubs convention in Castine, Maine, you might remember in my speech about what you can do with your smaU sub. 1 said something Uke,'and if you want attention with your sub, you wUl get more attention than you want when you launch the sub at your pubUc launching ramp'.. Early this morning at high tide we were launching the green sub UEM to make the movie I have been trying to make for three years. As we were putting the sub in the water with me sitting inside and the hatch open the sub sUpped off the traUer and the hatch banged forward, hitting my head at the top of the dome. It was mostly my fault but I don't want to bore you. When I was questioned at the ER of the local hospital, with the blood running through my fingers, I repUed to the question 'how did it happen?' by saying 1 was launching my pedal power submarine and the hatch feU forward and hit me in the head. Whereupon a very nice doctor was summoned and began asking me strange questions before sewing up my head. When he finished with the sutures, they wouldn't let me out of the hospital without washing up the blood on my face. For those of you interested in what damagae was done to the submarine. Very Uttle.The rudder and bearings bent a bit but UEM is now back home awaiting minor repairs." George signed off:"Green Board (I think)!" (Not a happy conclusion) Then sometime later George passed along to me "Good News/Bad News" which he started off with a brief of the above. Then he proceeded: "Now for the good news. The hatch rim on the sub didn't get bent. More bad news. My mare has lyme disease again. This is the second time this summer that a deer tick has bitten her Also my neighbor across the street has come down with lyme disease. Maybe it is dangerous to Uve in the country." And he signed off: "Red Board!"At least he's now sure what the status of his boat is.

As I promised last month, I have a report of the recent Bay Area Group (BAG) Sunday brunch, but I preface it with a hope that there may be other class activities being planned. If any of you would Uke to know whether there are classmates in your vicinity whom you don't know about, or other USNA

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alumni nearby, please ask me and I'U give you a run of people in your zip code. The latest periodic Sunday brunch of the active BAG was arranged by Swede Carlson on 28 September at the Cabana Hotel in Palo Alto. They advertise an exceUent champagne buffet brunch, and they Uved up to their ad. It was one of the largest gatherings in recent memory.

Present were Isabel and Swede Carlson and their son, BiU, down from Oregon, Betty and Pat Clancy, Ben Frana and his friend Joyce Crowther, up from Santa Barbara (and more about that later), Betty and Foggy Newcomb,Toshiko and Ozzie Osborne, John Sims, Florence Smith (Snuffy), Ann and Stan Gage (Doc Weather up), and Jack Numieley '51, and his son,John (and more about that).

Bob and Betty Newcomb were up in the Bay Area for a famUy gathering and were able to schedule their visit so they could put in one of their infrequent BAG participations. We were pleased they managed to arrange this. Jack Nunneley's story is a bit more involved. His daughter married a lawyer who is a member of my Rotary Club. My friend, Kathe MitcheU, •who had a schedule confUct with this brunch, is a member of my Rotary Club.

Jack has attended several Rotary Club functions with his daughter and son-inlaw, and we have visited briefly with him.

Florence Smith, a regular attendee at BAG Sunday brunches, has been complaining that there are no submariners in the BAG since Snuffy died. Jack Nunneley is a submariner. One evening about the time Swede Carlson's notice about this brunch came out, Kathe and I were having dinner in a local restaurant when a group of Rotarians, including Jack and his daughter and son-in-law came in. During our conversation we learned that Jack had moved fromVaUejo, where he retired as Commander of the Mare Island Shipyard, to Scotts Creek, a town down in the direction of Palo Alto.

Later Kathe and I thought maybe Jack would like to join '40 for this brunch. He would, and did, and Florence had a submariner to visit with, and we aU very much enjoyed his company. We hope he can join us again. We discussed our "missing" classmates, and came up with possible locations for Herman Klare, but no others. We had notes of regret from Jeanne Bruce (Don),MarUouise Lewis (Dave), and Eunice Shepard (Jim Milliken).We had copies of the schedule for '38's 70th which was held this past summer and which went very weU.We

also had copies of the schedule for'37's 70th in the faU of 2007. The consensus seemed to be that we'd prefer faU. If you have any thoughts on this, please let Wendi know, now. Although we discussed many USNA, CaUfornia, and national problems we didn't solve them aU—^we saved some for next time. And holding the bag for the next BAG brunch is Ben Frana, which means he wUI make the necessary arrangements, for sometime after the first of the year.

Ted Rodgers has designated Wendi Winters as "class data base manager" so that she can have access to the Alumni Association files and class Ust to send reunion and other material to us as the planning goes on for our 70th. And the planning is going on. Among other details Wendi is looking for side excursions that some of the attendees may be interested in.

She recendy did an article for the AimapoBs Capital on a special program at the National Museum of the Marine Corps down near Ft. Belvoir, which she found to be quite interesting, and which might be of interest to '40 If there are other activities you think might be of interest let Wendi know, so she can do the necessary planning. Also please send her your Usts of chUdrens' names and addresses you would Uke to have on the maUing Ust for reunion notices or other material. She wdU probably be mailing you direct in the near future with tentative plans and questions.

And now, as we leave 2008 let us ensure that 2009 is another year in which— Only '40 is 4.0 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 4% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 75% PRES, CHMN & SECY: CAPT Victor Delano, USN (Ret.) 5610 Wisconsin Ave., Apt. # 1409 Chevy Chase, MD 20815-4439 H: 301-215-7532; FAX: 301-215-7358 E: vdelano@aol.com WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1941

Last summer. Bill McReynolds was invited to speak at the commissioning of the NROTC at UCLA and wrote me an exceUent letter telUng me aU about it.

Unfortunately it got misplaced in my move from Naples to Chevy Chase but reappeared in time to teU you about it now. One of the graduates was a grandnephew of BUl's who is now a 2nd Lieutenant in the USMC and BUI is rightfuUy very proud of him. The young man went through boot camp twelve years ago and achieved the rank of gunnery sergeant before entering the ROTC program. He spent three years at

UCLA and graduated with a BA in PoUtical Science and Middle East Studies.

This is a boot strap program that deserving enUsted men can take to get their commission. No wonder BiU is proud.

He also sent me a copy of his speech and I wish I could share it with you. It was indeed an inspirational effort with some exceUent advice for the new young officers. He spoke warmly of his own service and closed by saying that he wished he could do it over again Also out West, Sidonia and BiU visited Bill Jones in his new digs and reported having a good buU session. He also had lunch at La Costa Glen with Lucy and Rollo Rieve and with Jean and Dave Byrd. La Cost Glen is a lovely community where the Byrds and Rieves Uve. BiU is conttibuting to the 2nd Company Wardroom a picmre from Korea. I think this is a splendid gesmre. If any of you have good but excess Navy or Marine Corps picmres you might want to do the same. This must be Marine Corps month for me because 1 also had a letter fixjm my old friend. Fox Parry, who recendy celebrated his 90th birthday. Fox and I went to Severn School together for a year and we were Plebe summer roommates. As you can see in the picmre Fox is on oxygen but reported to me that he is recovering nicely from a heart faUure which he has suffered three times. Over 70 friends attended the party at the Manor House at Whitpain Farms in Blue BeU, PA on August 3.

Parry family-Fox, Alice and MIT grandson Nate Thomas

In September, I had a nice phone conversation with Hal Lockhart who had some back surgery from which he is on the mend. In a recent Shipmate I included my count of our surviving Classmates and Hal came up with a sUghtly different count but so have some other people. As a result, I went out and bought another calculator so in a month or two I'U probably give you another guestimate.

During our First and/or Second Class year, one of our Seamanship Profs was CDR James Edward Maher '15 and he

had a son, David B. Maher '43. After Pearl Harbor, I was reassigned to the antiaircraft cruiser San Juan which was being built in Quincy, MA and the C O was Capt. Maher. Recently, I have heard from David's daughter, Edie Sims, who is assembling anecdotal material about her grandfather and father. 1 have already provided Edie with some material for her worthy effort. CAPT Maher was a super skipper, the best the ship ever had and he provided a wealth of sea stories. At the batde of Santa Cruz Islands his shiphandling, especiaUy after one bomb went aU the way through the huU and essentiaUy wiped out the rudder, probably made the ship survive. If any of you have any memories relating to either Maher at any time, Edie would reaUy appreciating hearing from you. She reaUy wants to know more about her grandfather and father.

She can be reached as foUows: Edie Sims, 565 Pala Drive, Ojai, CA 93023; 805-6463935; esims@sbcglobal.net.

With regret, I have to report the loss of two spouses, Betty BaU and Jane Spencer Cagle. Jerry Ball wrote that Betty died the week of 3 September as the result of pancreatic cancer. Jerry says that he is wonderfuUy supported by their four sons and their famiUes which is certainly a blessing. Betty's delightful personaUty always added to everyone's enjoyment of the 7 February reunions that we used to have at PonteVedra, FL. She wUl be missed. Jane Spencer Cagle died on 29 July at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland MS. Her first husband was our Classmate, Ross Spencer, who died in 1995. She then met and married another Classmate, Malcolm Cagle, to who she was married for seven years untU he died.

She is survived by a son and daughter who were Spencers. I know you join me in extending our condolences to them.

And now the December birthdays, for whom the Turquoise or Zircon is the appropriate stone, signifying — would you beUeve it after aU that we have been going through - PROSPERITY! Here are the happy feUows: LUly Lynch and Delano.

For these three, HoUy is the logical flower but for some reason Narcissus is included.

Only one change for your rosters and that is to correct Bob Baughan's telephone number. You can reach him at 777_249-2911.

This should reach you m time to Beat Army and then have a Merry Christmas.

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On 3 October, N o r m Nash celebrated the Big-Nine-Oh at a dinner party arranged by his and Muff's "children" held in a speciaUy, just redecorated, party room at their retirement home (Goodwin House).The arrangements had evolved over several months and started with the requisite baUoons at the door, decorations, a Beat Army banner, a great pictorial display covering the intervening years, starting with Norm in his grandfather's arms in 1918, Norm as a midshipman, then as a WWII submarine officer on the deck of USS TUNNY and he and Muff starting on their honeymoon. After the blowing out of the candles with the help of his great-grandsons, he was presented with a speciaUy made Navy footbaU jersey—^big #90 on front and back, NAVY on front, NASH on the back— and patches of Submarine Officers insignia, USNA Class of 1942 and USS TUNNY.

Captain Nash

With the annual battle with Army footbaU in the headUnes, I had received from Jerry Miller the printed directions provided for one of the games in our Plebe year on participating in a halftime card show. Just wonder how many remember being part of such a production.. Having beaten Air Force again, we look for another victory over Army.

Along with the card show insttuctions, Jerry also received a copy of an official survey in which aU the midshipmen were invited to evaluate aU the meals served in the mess haU by selecting their favorites and identifying individual favorites not currently being served.

Know that we reaUy ate weU, but had not remembered being asked for our input.

The source of the instructions and survey are unknown.

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For the past four years she Uved with exceUent care at Pinehurst Homes also in Seattle. Eda was born in Rexburg, ID, in 1918 and grew up in Blackfoot, ID with her nine sibUngs and later attended Utah State University. In 1943 she joined the U.S.Navy Waves and trained at Hunter CoUege, NY. In 1945 she married Ray in Pensacola on his graduation from FUght School and they moved to San Diego whre he was assigned to the Coronado Naval Air Station. His career path took them to Hawaii, Maryland, New Jersey andVirginia. Ray died on active duty inl957 and she moved the family to Spokane,WA, and later to Seattle where she finished her B.A. at the University of Washington in 1974.

As a single parent and young Navy widow, Eda raised her chUdren with a strong emphasis on education, duty to county and famUy.The Spokane VaUey provided the necessary wholesome and healthy environment for her young chUdren; Seattle's close proximity to a large university provided educational opportunities for her and her daughters. In addition to Ray (1942), son Raymond,Jr. (1973) and grandson Samuel (2005) graduated from the Naval Academy.

She was laid to rest with Ray in ArUngton Cemetery.

Word of her passing reached Bob Lim via our Class email distribution and gave him a chance to reflect on his Ufe with Ray who was one of his roommates at the Academy. They soon recognized him to be the most intelligent of their group. Bob was from the PhiUppines, the three others were from the Midwest (for him, he best kind of American). In 1944,

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Ray visited Bob in Ardmore, OK, where he was a fight insttuctor in B-17s. At that time Ray was enroute to Navy FUght ttaining having served on ships duringjhe early part of the war. Bob arranged for Ray to take a flight with his crew of smdents on a simulated bomb trip to Arkansas. They sat and chatted in the rear of the plane. They were so engrossed that BobfinaUyhad to get up and go forward to check on the crew, only when it was to reported to him that the pUot was lost. He did not know how to remrn to Ardmore. At that. Bob decided that he had to take over. They had ttained in the Link Trainer on how to find their way back when lost, so he settled down and conducted that exercise, but this time for real. It took another hour of flying in the pitch dark night before they flew over Tulsa. At that he mrned the flight back to the student pUot and resumed his conversation with Ray. David House passed away peacefiiUy on 9 September at the Montford Jones Hospital in Kosciusko, MS. He had been a resident of the Mississippi State Veterans Home for the past several months. He had moved to east Mississippi ten years earUer and Uved in a personal care home. On graduation from the Academy, he was assigned to the USS SOUTH DAKOTA, then in the Atlantic, and ultimately in the Pacific. He retired from the Navy in 1959 and returned to his home town, Cleveland, MI, where he earned a degree from Delta State University foUowed by a masters degree from LSU. He was employed as a medical researcher at the University ofTennessee Medical School in Memphis for many years. He is survived by two sisters, a number of rueces and nephews and 13 great nieces and nephews The Class lost a beloved widow when Peggy Bergin-HubbeU succumbed to a massive infection on 11 September. A week earlier she had awakened to a sharp pain in one of her legs and was advised to see her doctor immediately. He, in turn, had her transferred directly to Arlington Hospital where it was determined that she was suffering from a massive infection that was overwhelming her immune system. After a heroic effort to save her life, Peggy slipped away. She was born in Baltimore on 7 December 1921. Her five siblings had predeceased her. She attended the Institute of Notre Dame and graduated from the College of Notre Dame in 1943. Peggy was the beloved wife of Dan Bergin, who passed away in 1982. Several years later, she married Les HubbeU, a close friend and

coUeague of many in the Class. Like Dan, Les had also progressed to the rank of Rear Admiral and also predeceased her. In addition to her career as a dedicated and devoted Navy wife, Peggy was a teacher, social worker, and librarian.

She was active in several charities and gave freely of her time to others. She is survived by two sons, Daniel and Edward and daughter Margaret Mary and their families including two granddaughters and two step grandsons. She was buried at ArUngton Cemetery with Dan and supported by a good number of classmates wives and widows.

Shortly after my wife died in 1987, Peggy invited me and a few other to a smaU dinner party at her home. I took advantage of the occasion to ask her for guidance in handling dusting for which I was then responsible. Without hesitation she replied, "dust ordy when you anticipate having guests; and you have guests only when you decide to invite them!"

Sage advice from a wonderful woman who is missed.

John Marocchi forwarded word that Mary Burchard had died on 21 September 2008 in her home in Little Compton, MA. Born in Norfolk, she settled in Belmont, MS where she married BiU. They spent many summers in Little Compton and finaUy moved there permanently in 1987. She was a member of the Little Compton Garden Club, the Little Compton Historical Society and the United Congregational Church in Little Compton. In addition to BiU, she is survived by their four children, five grandchildren, five greatgrandchUdren and several nieces and nephews.

On 22 September 2008, Dorothy Smith, Pete's ^vidow passed away at Vinson HaU where she had been struggUng with dementia since his death. She was born inVandalia, MO, and while in high school she played trumpet in the marching band. In coUege at Northeast Missouri State Teachers CoUege in KirksviUe MO, she was a member of Sigma Kappa sorority. She supported the Beta Zeta chapter for many years. After teaching English for a time, she moved to California.

During the second world war, she was employed by the U.S. Navy as a civilian employee at the Naval Air Station, San Diego. It was at this time that she meet her future husband.

FoUowing their wedding in Kansas City, KS, Pete and Dorothy sailed into their

mUitary Ufe together. For many years she enjoyed being a Navy wife. Both Pete and Dorothy especiaUy Uked to work in their gardens at home — Pete in his vegetable plot, and Dorothy in her flower beds and both nurttiring the famUy fig ttee which over the years provided a bounty of fruit for their kitchen.

Dorothy is survived by a daughter Rebecca Smith and the twins, Tom and Tim. She was buried with Pete in Arlington Cemetery on 18 November.

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In Memoriam Ruth Ann Bress, widow of Henry Bress, of Bethesda, MD, died Saturday 19 AprU, 2008. Graveside services were held 2 May 2008 at ArUngton National Cemetery where she joined Hank. Ruth Ann is survived by two daughters; Toni Lee Blate of Gaithersburg, MD. and Lou Ann BarnweU of RockvUIe, MD, and five grandchUdren.

George Edgar Spauldingjr died 5 Sept 2008 in the Hospital at Grand Rapids, MI after a brief iUness. He was inurned adjacent to Katherine Richter Spaulding, who predeceased him 18 Mar 1986, at Graceland Memorial Part Mausoleum, Grand Rapids, MI. George's diird wUe, Dorothy died on 21 Jan 2008.

George is survived by three chUdren, George E. Ill of Charlotte, NC, and Sue Ann Champion of Lansdale, PA; two stepdaughters, Katherine Stern and Susan Penning of Grand Rapids, MI and HoUy ofAtlanta, GA; a stepson, Richard of Los

The Ponder Family

Angeles, CA, and several grand chUdren and great grandchildren.

News from Florida WaUy Ponder writes: • "Back in June my offspring assembled at Madeira Beach, FL. (about twenty minutes from my home) for the most amazing week long family reunion I've ever experienced. What made it so remarkable was that no one missed it. AU three of my kids (from CaUfornia, lUinois, and Debenham, England), aU six of my grandkids, and aU thirteen of my great grandkids were there, plus every single husband and/or wife of each of my kids and grandkids, except for the youngest who isn't married yet. WhUe I visited them daily (for a free sandwich and a beer), they came up in smaU family groups to visit me in my apartment. USNA was weU represented. In addition to yours truly and my son BUI who started with '64 and resigned at the end of Plebe year; there were two daughters of E J Spencer Kemp '38,Judy Duden HaU, daughter of Frank McDonald '42 and later adopted by Navy's CoUege HaU of Famer, Dick Duden '47(?) and Judy's husband, Fred (Derf) HaU '70.The picture shows old folks wear hats in the sun, but can stUl handle a beer or two."

OleWal (Ponder '43) • New Address Both Betty and John Kelsey have moved into the health care center of their retirement community. Their address is now: Renaissance Gardens of Greenspring, 7470 Spring ViUage Road, Springfield, VA 22150, (703) 923-4650 (Office) Forest MitcheU has also moved into a nursing home. Address via daughter: Forrest R MitcheU, Care of Robert and Suzanne Mahoney, 8513 Chapel Lane Ct., Annandale,VA 22003-4401, (703) 978-3258

BiU Patterson now uses only a ceU phone: (541) 633-5051 A Short Chesapeake Cruise When we received a flyer that ArabeUa was having a Chesapeake Cruise from Annapolis we immediately signed on, since we had cruised on her in 2003 out of Newport, RI and looked forward to another pleasant trip. ArabeUa is a three masted schooner about 160' in length, 12' beam, and 12' draft. It has 20 cabins, aU air conditioned with private baths and television, and can carry 40 passengers, although we only had 16 on this cruise, with a crew of eight. It has an interior salon and bar and a covered lounge and hot mb.

Starting from Annapolis was particularly appealing as we would not need to arrange transportation. We boarded in late afternoon at the Yacht Club and after a welcome cocktaU party went ashore for dinner since ArabeUa only serves breakfast and lunch aboard. After a restful sleep we set sail for Cambridge, MD, as we were having breakfast of scrambled eggs, fruit and muffins. We reached Cambridge about noon and after a deUcious lunch toured the town. Kayaks were available for use as was snorkel gear although only a few of the younger set participated. After our usual cocktaU party ArabeUa treated us to dinner at the Yacht Club which was outstanding. Back to the boat and what became standard routine.

Every morning we would have breakfast, which included such items as pancakes or French toast with sausage or bacon, or eggs Benedict at about 8 and set saU (we saUed most of the time) for the next port where we would arrive about lunch time. Lunch usuaUy consisted of salads and sandwiches.The afternoon would be spent swimming, snorkeUng, visiting the town, or just laying around on the boat. After cocktaUs we woiUd go ashore for dinner and, on occasion, a Uttle night Ufe. The second day our destination was Solomons, at the mouth of Patuxent River across from the Naval Air Station & Test Site. The main atttaction was the Calvert Marine Museum which feamred the ecology and namral resources of the bay.

Next we went north to St Michaels with Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum & the Hooper Strait Lighthouse. After touring the town and the museum, ArabeUa treated us to a typical crab feast at the Crab Claw Restaurant. (As I am the only AnnapoUtan that does not eat crab, 1 was given a hamburger sandwich with the best French fries I have had in ages).We December 2008

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probably were nowhere near a record but an awfiil lot of crabs disappeared!

Our final afternoon and evening was spent in Baltimore tied up in the inner harbor. The passengers headed out in aU directions to sample the various activities; a couple even attended the Orioles game.

We were going to tour the aquarium but just before we reached it five bus loads of school chUdren unloaded in front of us.

So we decided it would be a futUe trip.

We had dinner at an aUeged Mexican restaurant which had the worst excuse for Mexican food 1 have ever seen. Besides being no good, the Margaritas were served in water glasses! We decided that they didn't expect any of the customers to remrn anyway so way bother having good food! However, we did not let this spoU our ttip...

The next morning we returned to AnnapoUs after a ttuly deUghtful cruise.

ArabeUa anchored and we were whisked ashore in a Water Taxi. I used my ceU phone to order a cab which met us as we arrived at City Dock and so back to Bay Woods.

Great to be '43

stadium bleachers, as the band plays, with the Severn entrance to the Chesapeake in the background.

Here is a nice inter-class golfing foursome, presumably in Florida, sent in

by Bob Kitt, vwth Helen and Paul Murphy '62, and Bill Nicholls '54.

Some genial golfers:, L to r: '44's own Bob Kitt, Helen and Paul Murphy'62, and Bill Nicholls'54.

Next we have rather unusual picture, below, of our asmte Nick Karangelen in the middle of planning some strategic deception.

What better way to celebrate the recent footbaU season than with this nostalgic photo (sent in by Hank Gorman) of a Plebe year view from the old Thompson

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 5% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 64% PRES: BGEN William L. McCulloch, USMC (Ret.) 528 FortWiUiams Pkwy.,Ale.xandria,VA 22304-1849 C O R R . SECY: CAPT Emit Saroch, Jr., USN (Ret.) 237 Anchorage Ct., AnnapoUs, MD 21401-6301 H: 410-757-8758 E: emilsarcm@comcast.net WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1945

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PRES: Fred Schnurr WASHINGTON REP: CAPT CharBe Rozier.USN (Ret.) SECY: LCDR Prescott Pahner, USN (Ret.) 7450 SpringVaUey Dr., Crestwood Ct., #227 Springfield,VA 22150-4939 H: 703-644-3180; E: spakner_22151@yahoacom

whUe helping his folks sort out old correspondence, he came upon one Diddy's letters fromJacksonviUe (summer of 43) to her parents. In it she describes some of the wonderfid '44 social activities we enjoyed. In particiUar, she and Glenn double-daring with Nancy (then Sabalot) and Hank Barbour.

Ah, - those were the days!

We have received report of the passing-away back in AprU '05, of Mary Jane Johns, wife of classmate Ken Johns, who we lost back in 1990.

We aU, of course, are "in the zone" for final selecrion. I sadly report our recent losses: Bob Osth, 28 September 2008 in Tampa, FL Jim Wish, 24 September 2008 in Adantic Beach, FL

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"Kedf 'ojorting an it. I like the comtft. hut tt lacks scope."

Nick Karangelen: strategic deception planner

I must report a wonderfuUy nostalgic note from Jeff Dumas '68, son of our Diddy and Glenn Dumas. He reports that

1BK

PRES: VADM C.H. Griffiths, USN (Ret.) 7101 Bay Front Drive, Apt. 111, AnnapoUs, MD 21403 H: 410-263-0880 E: chuckgriffidis01@comcast.net VICE PRES.: CAPT A. E.White, USN (Ret.) 4108Wyn%vood Dr., Annandale,VA 22003 H:703-256-7327 E: WHIZZER0923@AOL.COM TREASURER EMERITUS: CAPT w a s E Engel, USN (Ret.) ARCHIVIST: CAPT Al Bowen, USN (Ret.) 3307 River Crescent Dr., AnnapoUs, MD 21401 H: 410-267-6667; E: abowen46@aol.com SECY: Clete Kennelly 7911 Sleaford PI.. Bethesda, MD 20814-4625 H: 301-654-7315; E: budkenneUy@aol.com C O R R . SECY: CAPT Ed Ellis, USN (Ret.) PO. Bax 17246, Sin Diego, CA 92117-7246 H:858-278-8665; F:858-576-0979 E: thirteen22ed@aol.com WEBMASTER.: CDR A.C. HANSMANN, USN (Ret.) E: hansniann@.iliun.mit.edu WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1946

DEFENDIRESPUBUCAM ADOLESCENS, NONDESERAM SENEX First - here's some important business from Al "White (6), our Class Vice President: He has a supply of our 60th Reunion Memory Books that he would like to move out of his basement. If you View from stands of old Thompson Stadium of the gridiron, the Academy Band afield, and Greenbury Point indidn't get one or woiUd Uke to have the background

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another for famUy or friends, or whatever, let Al know and he wiU get one (or more) in the maU to you. He also has a supply of commemorative plates with stands. If you didn't get one of these or need another one, order it from Al.There is no charge, but postage woiUd be appreciated. These offers are good untU the end of the year, then the remainder wiU be destroyed.

New news received just as this Column %vas finished. Clete Kennelly (10) our Class Secretary, has just resigned because of Ul health. He has great difficulty in seeing and, among other things, has to give up driving. More info on this will be in the next Column.The various inputs from Clete in this Column predate this report on his resignation.

The Class of'78 has approached Butch Hansmann (9) expressing an interest in working with us in supporting the 6th Company Wardroom. We'U keep you posted on further progress. This is the start of a good move: we aren't getting any yoimger and we need a reUef in the wings.

If you're coming to San Diego in early December, plan to attend Army/Navy game party at Bob Gorton's (5). Give him a caU at (619)223 - 7491 and he'U teU you how to get to his house. Locals wUI get their invitations in a ffier which wUl to be maUed in November.

Clete Kennelly (10), our Class Secretary, says the way to get maU is to write to someone. He did and received the foUowing from Bob Lichtenberg (10) His wife Mary has back problems so Bob has become a caregiver. At our age, who hasn't become one or needs one?

They are stUl Uving in Poulsboro,WA. He hasn't moved into the computer age — thus no emails. However, he woiUd Uke to hear from, or better yet, see any 46ers.

Address: 14742 Sandy Hook Rd NE Pou]sboro,WA. If you're in the area look him up. They missed the Sixty — Second and a Half River Cruise but heard it was GREAT. Maybe - next Reunion. Wonder how many of us wUl be able to attend.

We'U aU be m our late 80's!

StUl using Clete's figurative nickel.

"Just got off the phone taUdng to Hank Glindeman an old Company mate. He says that he's never felt as good as he does now: takes no medications and plays tennis twice a week. Has a birthday coming up next week - he'U be 84. (not quite the youngest in the Class, we have a few who have to wait untU next year for theU 84th.) Maybe aU this exuberance is partly due to his new bride, Florence (as of last November). She moved into his

retirement community; he struck up a conversation, had a few dates, went steady for a year and got married. Nice story!

Here's another from Clete, showing how we lose track of time. He provided comments from a letter he received from Bill Simpson (4) a few months back fhis words). BiU thanked Clete for forwarding a 4th Company 30th Reunion picmre and said: H "I admit I don't recognize aU those young feUows and ladies.You were reaUy cleaning out the old'stuff'. June and I are doing pretty weU for a couple of senior citizens. Last Jidy 22nd we celebrated June's 81st birthday. So, now she's catching up with some of the rest of us. I've been grunting about seeking sympathy whUe heaUng from hernia repair surgery. 1 guess I tossed too many suitcases on our 62nd and a half reunion ttip. We had a great time with aU the 46ers and other friends on the Columbia/Snake River Cruise.

We're in our fourth year in the LouisvUle area, since moving into our patio home in Middletown Christian VUlage in late November 2004. The VUlage has 29 patio homes for independent Uving and two assisted Uving facUities. The ViUage is a deUghtful place to Uve wdth friendly neighors. Our home is a five room unit with 2 bed rooms, 2 fuU bathrooms, Uving room dining area, kitchen, deck, patio and an attached double garage. Moving from a two story, nine room house has required considerable downsizing. Our guest bedroom with twin beds is usuaUy avaUable and guests are welcome. USNA roommate Richard Y. Scott and wife, Melba, were our first guests when driving to AnnapoUs for our 60th Reunion. We are located 2 mUes north of Exit 17 on 1-64 East of LouisvUle. • Here's something that's long overdue — a Ust of Company Representatives 1st Company - GranviUe O Dutton, 9810 Ridgehaven Drive, DaUas,TX 75238 ;Tel: (214)691 - 3333; duttonl023@insn.com 2nd Company - Ernie Lowen, 9201 Saint Marks Place, Fairfax,VA 220313045;Tel: (703)691 - 0437 3rd Company - * Ed Galoway 20475 Earhart Place, Potomac FaUs,VA 20165; Tel: (703)433 - 2543 4th Company - Al Glennon, 858 CoUege Pkwy Apt 101, RockvUIe, MD 20850;Tel: (301)340 - 2233; glyeo@erols.com 5th Company - *JoeWinslow, 150 Walden Lane, Fredericksburg,VA 22406; Tel: (540)752 - 4600

6th Company - Al White, 4108 Wynwood Dr, Annandale,VA 22003;Tel: (703)256 - 7327; Whizzer0923@aol.com 7th Company - # Ed EUis, PO Box 17246, San Diego, CA 92177-7246; Tel: (858)278 - 8665; thirteen22ed@aol.com 8th Company - H. S."Scotty" Parrish, 513 Riverview Lane,Tarpon Springs, Fl 34689;Tel: (727)934 - 2809 9th Company - Robert Disc, 1838 Toyon Way,Vienna,VA 22182 - 3355;Tel: (703)281 - 2546; Robert 1 dise@saic.com 10th Company - Al Bowen, 3307 River Crescent Dr, AnnapoUs, MD 21401; Tel: (410)267 - 6667; nabowen46 @aol.com 11th Company - WaUy Hankins, 2311 River Crescent Dr, AnnapoUs, MD 21401; Tel: (410)266 - 6734 12th Company - Open. Looking for a volunteer. Interested? TeU me now that we don't have a Class Secretary. I'U pass it to appropriate authority.

13th Company -John Dugger, 5813 Rockmere Drive, Bethesda, MD 208162445;Tel: (301)229 - 5425; jadugger@comcast.net 14th Company - Sm Savage, 6445 Eppard Street, FaUs Church,VA 22042; Tel: (703)536 — 4458; snssavage@aol.com 15th Company - JohnT. CoUins, 3346 Runnymeade Place, NW,Washington DC 20015;Tel: (202)363 - 2315;jtcasc@ verizon.net 16th Company - Ed "Lucky" Jordan, 6249 SetdersTraU Place, GamsvUle,VA 20155;Tel: (703)743-1231; Edwardj ordan 1 @mac. com 17th Company - James T Acuff, 1812 W Camino del Huarache, Green VaUey, AZ 85614; Tel: (520)648 - 0952; jacuff2612@aol.com 18th Company - Eave Leighton, 2612 N FUmore,ArUngton,VA 22207;Tel: (703)528 - 1345; dtleighton@earthUnk.net 19th Company - Rod Wingo, 6709 BuglecaU Place, GainsvUle,VA 20155 3013;Tel: (703)743 - 5034; rkwingo@aol. com 20th Company - % A.H. Kinneberg, 7550 N 16th St Apt 6230, Phoenix, AZ 85020; Tel: (602)279 - 4206; akinneberg@hotmaU. com * Info not contained in new 2008 Register of Alumni # 2008 Register of Alumni has physical address % Address obtained from new 2008 Register Whenever 1 read my copy of SEAPOWER, the Navy League's December 2008

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wonderftil newsy magazine. I wonder how many Classmates read it.I find it to be very interesting and informative and weU worth my dues to the Navy League.

Here's some timely excerpts fix)m the November/December issue: FREEDOM (LCS 1) buUt at Manitowoc's Marinette Marine Shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin by a team headed by Lockheed Marine is a semi-plan mono huU. She wUl be commissioned on November 8 in MUwaukee,WI. (This shipyard was recendy acquired by Fincantieri Marine Systems which holds promise of additional capabiUties.) The 3100 ton, 378 foot long ship was put through buUders ttials on Lake Michigan during which, among other things, her automation was fine mned; she exceeded 40 knots and conducted 180 and 360 degree turns at fuU power. The ship has a combined diesel and gas mrbine propidsion plant feamring the largest marine gas turbine engine in the world. Her high degree of automation permits her to be manned by a 40 member ship's company which wiU operate on a Blue and Gold crew concept to permit maximum deployments.This smaU ship's company wUl be augmented by 35 to 38 personnel who wUl be embarked, as necessary, to operate the various mission packages: (Mine warfare, surface, warfare and ASW, each come with a detachment of about 15 men and the aviation detachment has up to 23 penons.) Some of the packages provide dual capabUities (.e.g.theWLD 1, remote mine hunting vehicle, unmanned, can also tow acoustic arrays for ASW) The mission packages wUl undergo extensive testing in 2009 through 2011. (I remember hearing some time ago that the LCS testing wiU take place in San Diego but this was not reported in the Navy League article.)

FREEDOM does not have bow thrusters but has a maneuvering mode caUed harbor moving that aUows sideway motion to permit her to moor v^thout mgs.

USS INDEPENDENCE (LCS 2), a ttimaran design buUt by a team led by General Dynamics was launched at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, AL on AprU 29 and is scheduled for sea trials this winter. Each ship wdU be evaluated with mission packages starting in 2009.

"The Navy has a lot riding on the high speed LCS, particularly the service's goal of reaching an overaU fleet size of 313 or more warships of which 55 are intended to be LCS. As of September, the fleet numbered 281 deployable ships.

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ship-buUding commuruty. IrutiaUy, because of costs the conttacts for LCS 3 and 4 wee canceUed and some funds were diverted to the first two. These huU numbers wUl not be reissued. The Navy has not issued a contract for LCS 5 although it was authorized and funded in FY 08. It is expected that LCS 6 and 7 wUl be approved in the FY 09 Budget.

The questions are what huU design or designs wiU be used, how the packages work and who wiU get the consttuction contract(s).

This issue of Sea Power has several articles deaUng v^ath Navy budget problems: the F-35 strike fighter, the DDG 1000, more Burke Class DDG's, reftieUng and complex overhaul (RCOH) of CARL VINSON and the need for more ship buUding contracts to retain requisite shipbuUding skUls. It also has discussions on Marine Corps matters. Coast Guard activities and Maritime Administration.issues.

I deeply regret to report the deaths of the foUowing from the '46 Class FamUy: A report has been received form one of Carol and George L Dickey, Jr (5) sons that she passed away in October. She had been a widow since AprU 15,1997 when George passed away. No other information was avaUable when this was written.

John Joseph Collins (3) died in Mars, PA on September 6,2008. He was a widower and is survived by his daughters PriscUla CoUins O'Hara ofWexford, PA and Cynthia CoUins Peters of SUngerlands, NY and four grand daughters.

The condolences of the Class are extended to the survivors of the foregoing deceased.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 7% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 74% PRES: CAPT Thomas J. Hudner, USN (Ret.) SECY: Chester H. "Chet" Shaddeau Jr. 1972 Scott's Crossing Way, Apt. #002 AnnapoUs, MD 21401 H: 410-224-5890; F: 410-224-7613 E: stadir@erols.com TREASURER: Edward J. Myerson 5618 Swift Creek Ct., Haymarket,VA 20169-5423 H: 703-754-7221 E: ejm@inandincpas.coin

JERRY DENTON Over the past few months we have had a number of requests for info on Jerry Denton, which we coiUd not answer, for lack of info. The foUowing phone interview by The Birmingham News, which has already appeared on the USNA website, wUl be helpful for those who do not use

the internet. The article has been very sUghdy edited: â&#x20AC;˘ "Jeremiah Denton survived nearly eight years as a prisoner of war in Viemam, but the retired Navy admiral and former U.S. senator from Alabama last year encountered something worse: the death of his wife. "That sent me into a psychological taUspin," Denton said in a phone interview last week. "I just feU apart. I became irritable. I had two more sttokes and a heart attack."

He and his wife,Jane Maury Denton, Uved in a home on the Fowl River in South Alabama. The home flooded during Hurricane Kattina and his wife felt her health failing, so they moved to WiUiamsburg,VA, to be near their chUdren.

"Maury is a huge name up here" Denton said. InVu-ginia,Jane Denton found she needed heart surgery but was told it woiUd be too dangerous. DoctorsfinaUydecided to try, but the results were poor, and after three weeks in the hospital,Jane Denton died. The couple had married on Jtme 6, 1946, right after Denton's graduation fixjm the Naval Academy.

"I had Uved with her for 61 years, and we were sweethearts before that," said Denton. "She was the only thing in my Ufe. It's not the same without her. It was more traumatic than Viemam."

His part in a famous televised 1966 interview whle he was being held as a POW by the North Viemamese has been long admired. Then-CDR Denton bUnked his eyes in Morse code during the interview, speUing out the word "T-O-R-T-U-R-E." Denton said he puUed out of his taUspin about a month ago and began feeUng better. "I had a bunch of health care workers here (at his home) until about two weeks ago," the 84-year-old said. "I dismissed them." Denton said his weight has dropped from 196 to 149 pounds. He Uves alone in a wooded area by a goU^course. "It's fulfiUing to do housework, cook my own meals, do my own shopping," he said. "It's a beautifiil spot."

He also said he wants people to know he is better, back at work on a book and back to helping the Admiral Jeremiah Denton Foundation, which promotes fundamental American values and provides global humanitarian aid.

"It wUl help my foundation a lot," he said, "if people know 1 was resurrected!" http://www.usna.coni/Page.aspx?pid =1065 â&#x20AC;˘

THE MAIL BUOY From Emiel "Emilio" Meisel, deep en el corazon of the State of Guanajuato, in Mexico: • "I just received the August issue of Shipmate (2 months behind). Being at a loss, I contacted Chet to find out if anyone was 'sour-mouthing' 6th Company plebes. He explained Bob Whitegiver's claim on cUmbing the Herndon Monument. As a fact, it was Whitegiver who did scale to the "top" to end our plebe year. But, / know the 'rest of the story'!

You may not remember that Bob and I became roommates for Youngster year. It was a marriage of opposites, but what can you do when your plebe roommates are turned back? We sat next to each other at '45's graduation and 1 reached the Herndon Monument in time to step on three other classmates and was "almost" (one arm and an elbow) at the top of the obelisk when some inconsiderate #%&*)@! puUed me back and stepped on my shoulder! It was no easy record for him, because I was 'contesting the simation' aU the way. But, give Whitegiver his due, he reached the "ungreased" top and we aU yeUed "no mo' Plebes" and threw our hats into the sky. Just another chapter in my tarnished but "great" plebe year! — also outstanding for the fact that I could see "BUI" from my "swabo deck" plebe room courtyard window — which makes me very conversant on "horrible odors"!

Tu amigo y compaiiero, Meis" •

Danube travelers Loyce and Walt Johnson, in Bulgaria

From Roberto Leon in Georgia:

From Walt Johnson in CharlottesviUe,VA:

• "My skipper in USS KALMIA (ATA-63), a hard-working fleet mg, was a tough and experienced Mustang. After the ship's company had puUed one day's Uberty in HaUfax, Nova Scotia, he caUed me to his stateroom-office and told me I was the only man in the Uberty party not on report by the Canadian Navy's Shore Patrol. He had read my record and found that I had tried for the Naval Academy Prep School but asked why I did not go as planned. I told him I had faded the eye exam. He had observed me as a QM3 on the bridge for 8 months, and knew I coiUd see weU. I told him I could see perfecdy, so he sent me aboard DENEBOLA (AD-12),where 1 passed the exam 20-20.The C O sent for the mental exam for NAPS which I passed wdth flying colors, so he rated me QM2 without examination and shipped me off to NAPS. He told me as I left that the Navy was losing a good quartermaster but was gaining "another horses**t officer".

Then he laughed loudly." •

I Loyce and I just returned fixjm our 14-day cruise on the Main and Danube Rivers, traveling vwth Viking River Cruises.

We visited seven countties; Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Romania, and BiUgaria. I am enclosing a picmre taken of us in SiUstta, Bidgaria. If we don't look our usual "perky" selves, that's because it was at the end of the voyage , and we're old!

It was an exceUent ttip with wonderful namral sights along the river. In addition, I was impressed with the devastation, both physical and economic, remaiiung in Romania and Bulgaria after the reign of the Communists and their "big government" supported by populations acting as spies. I am thinking of applying for a position in the Department of State, in order that they might have someone who has heard of this area!!

Regards, Walt" •

FINAL HONORS We have been advised of the recent death ofJean Allen Logan, 81, widow of our Classmate, the late John A. Logan.

We join in offering our sympathy and condolences to her faniUy and friends.

THE WAY WE WERE We have, of course, been grumbUng more than ever recendy about lack of input from you aU out there, and here is another perfect oppormnity for aU of you to prove me wrong!

Last month's photo of NAPS saUors about to start at USNA, and the nearby photo of five brand-new freshcaught ensigns in 1946 are precisely what we need. It is inconceivable that nearly aU of you do not have stashed away somewhere at least one simUar photo, which, with a few words of explanation, could represent the most fascinating of reminiscences for us aU.

Our enunent and outstanding Class Representative Plenipotentiary to and in the Sovereign State of South CaroUna, Rufus Sadler, provided the folUwing explanation with his photo: "The enclosed picture of five happy roommates was taken on Graduation Day in 1946 at a Bachelor Party for Jim DeSanto in Washington DC. The picmre was taken about 8 to 10 hours after the Graduation of Rufiis, Harry Rodgers,Jim, Wayne (Dusty) Rhoads, and Pete Cummins.

AU five were at the 50th in AnnapoUs in June of 1996, and Rufus, Harry and Peter made it to the 60th . Isn't it fiin to look back to that day in June of 1946?!"

#7 Bachelor party, 5 June 1946. L to R: Rufus Sadler, Harry Rodgers, Jim DeSanto, Wayne (Dusty) Rhoads, and Pete Cummins

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Dick Brown reminds aU who can make it to join the San Diego Irregulars'ArmyNavy Game Luncheon, to be held at the Escondido Country Club on 6 December. To sign up, and for fuU detaUs on time, cost,etc., caU Dick at 760 737 5044. BEAT ARMY!

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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of NASA, with whom your scribe spent many wonderful years. 1 recendy wrote a short item on that theme and submitted it for pubUcation in Shipmate. It was, instead, posted on the Alumni Association Web Page, under the section headed History and Traditions — Sea Stories - Class of 1947. Specifically, the fiiU URL is: http://virww.usna.com /Page.aspx?pid=5620. I hope you Uke it... As of this writing, we are advised that the imposing new stame of Jim Stockdale outside Luce HaU wiU be dedicated on 31 October — we wUl try to report on the event after the fact... a great big Bravo Zulu to Bob Barker and "Smug" Winans, who have recently produced and distributed the latest edition of the SIXCO (Sixth Company) Roster.

Over the years, those who graduated together as the Sixth have expended great December 2008

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".J'm glad to see yon too, of COOKS, but you it knou thstmmlu '47bunch is In town, iton'tyouf "

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 6% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 59% SECY: CAPT David C. Carruth, USN (Ret.) 7206 Danford Ln., Springfield,Va. 22152 P: 703-569-1354; E: sUpstk@aol.com WEBMASTER: John Tsiknas 15644 Caldas De Reyes, San Diego, CA 92128-4414; E: johntsiknas@sbcglobal.net WEB SITE: usna.com/classes/1948

UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY AnnapoUs, Maryland 31 October 1946 SPECIAL ORDER NO. 28—46 SUBJ: Christmas Leave for Midshipman. l.The Commandant of Midshipmen is authorized to grant Christmas leave to aU midshipmen who are not in the hospital, on the sick Ust, or specificaUy restricted for scholastic deficiency or misconduct. In order to mitumize congestion of transportation, leave wUl be scheduled as foUows: First Class: 1230,21 December 1946, to 1800 1 January 1947 Second,Third, And Fourth Classes: 1230,21 December 1946, to 1600 1 January 1947

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:m§ 2. Midshipmen unsatisfactory in any Department for first term to date on Friday, 20 December 1946 wiU remain at the Naval Academy in a duty status during this leave period, for the purpose of attending extra instruction.

3. Extra instruction wiU be held daUy except Sundays and HoUdays throughout the holiday period. The schedule indicating the time of extra insttuction periods wUl be posted in Bancroft HaU. 4. In Ueu of the monthly money for the months of December and January, midshipmen wiU be granted leave money as foUows: First Class $25.00 Second,Third, Fourth Classes...$15.00 5. Article 4436, Naval Academy Regulations, prescribes the routine for those midshipmen entided to leave who voluntarUy spend their leave at the Naval Academy.

6.The gymnasium wUl be open to midshipmen throughout each day during the hoUday period except Christmas Day. An instructor wUl be on duty in the gymnasium daUy except Christmas Day. 7. During Christmas leave period the "Ffre BUI for Midshipman" wUl not be in effect and the Naval Academy Fire BUI wUl include Bancroft HaU. The Commandant of Midshipmen wUl issue special Security Instructions for Bancroft HaU for the leave period.

AUBREY W. FITCH, Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy, Superintendent N.A. Dist. " B " plus " G " plus 2750 for parents.

U.S.N.A.—11-1-46—5937 This seemed to be an appropriate way to open the December column. I also have the menu for the Christmas Dinner we were served the night before leave started. It was a typical service dinner with turkey, ham and aU the trimmings. One thing you won't see today, at least at the Academy, the bottom Une of the menu said "black coffee and cigarettes". That raised a question in my mind, were we aUowed to smoke in the mess haU? Which brings up another observation.

Trident reports that a plaque honoring the stewards who served at the Academy has just been dedicated and posted in King HaU.The celebration included a goodly number of stewards and their famiUes aU of whom then attended dinner in King HaU with the Brigade. The write up says that some of the stewards were teUing of their chUdren who have now graduated from the Academy.

I hope each of you was very careful with aU that money we received for Christmas leave.

We've spent previous time on namral disasters so let's take a quick look at Ike. Even though this is aU after the fact because of our pubUshing schedule 1 think you vwU find it interesting. Paul Riley 13th Co. caUed me from Houston on 9/24/08.1 had asked if hurricane Ike had spared him. He says yes but they've been without power since the storm went by.

The eye was 35 mUes to their East and they had winds to 80 MPH.They lost trees but the house was spared. They stiU had water which was a blessing. They were cooking on a Coleman stove which Paul dug out of the garage and using candles and battery powered Ughts. Paul had a sinus operation several days before the caU, made possible because the hospital and his doctor's office had power. 1 haven't heard anything from other Classmates in Houston- Zeb Alford 2nd Co., Reid Hunter 21 Co., Francis Johnson 7th Co., Bob Kenyon 23rd Co., and Lee Thomas 16th Co. We hope aU of you have survived Ike. Which brings me to a request, when you Uve through something Uke Ike please check in so 1 can assure your Classmates that you are stUl around.

I had two communications from Colene Hanson (Widow of W.D. Crawford 13 Co. whom we lost in Sept.

'84). She and Bob had just remrned from Paris on 9/10 where they visited her youngest son, PhU Crawford, and his famUy.They were watching TV hoping they woiUd be spared. On the 19th she sent me the foUowing• We were very lucky this time. Our home was spared. We lost two ttees, some permanent awnings on one side of our home and aU our food from one freezer, and two refrigerators with freezers. Dry ice was not avaUable and the cubed ice was not doing the job so we caUed some of the women that had taken care of my mother untU her death in January of'07 and asked them to take everything they wanted and they did—aU of it. It was a reUef since almost aU our friends had evacuated which made a neighborhood cookout impossible. We were simply too tired to do aU that was necessary to evacuate since we had returned from France Wed. evening and the evacuation was to start on Thursday!

It was an experience to be at home during such a powerful hurricane. We

kept hearing aU the loud crashing and banging around us but coiUd see nothing outside. The next day we understood aU the noise. Fences and trees had coUapsed all around us. We couldn't beUeve our good formne. Ike was the biggest hurricane to hit Texas since the one in 1900 which destroyed Galveston. Unfortunately Galveston has had another devastating hit.

It is mosdy under water as is High Island and the BoUvar Peninsula which is our land route to the ferry that goes to Galveston. AU of our friends who had homes on the island have lost them.

Thousands of men are in from aU over the country to help our utiUty company restore power and clear the stteets that are tooftiUof ttees, foUage, and power Unes to aUow vehicle traffic. Some of our surrounding towns have been notified that it wUl be impossible to supply power for at least one month. We formnately have power. Ours is one of approximately 10,000 homes out of 120,000 in Beaumont alone to say nothing of smaU areas around us that have no hope of power any time soon. Schools wUl not open for several weeks because of structural damage. Those of us that stayed have a martial law curfew, stUl in effect, of nobody out of their homes after 8 p.m. until 6 a.m. This has been to discourage looting. People that left have been asked to stay away untU the water can be safe to drink and the sewage system can be out of danger of backing up in private homes.

We are not using our dishwashers and washing machines either to keep down the sewage problems. After Hurricane Rita we decided we should probably invest in a large gas fired generator that could accommodate our downstairs area but the cost seemed quite high so we put it off. It wiU now be instaUed as soon as aU the work is done to restore our city. Live and learn." • My comment—HopefuUy by the time you read this the power wUl be back on aU over the devastated area.

An emaU dated 18 Sept. from Helen Lansden in New Orleans says they evacuated for Gustav.They came back home on Friday morning. They had gotten power back about 8 PM on Thursday, Lots of branches et al down but no house damage. They did have to clean out the freezer and frig., but she says she can now see what is in the freezer They did not evacuate for Ike and fortunately had no problems. The evacuation was hard on Baylor Because of his Alzheimer's he was

not sure where he was or who he was with. Baylor's son was granted emergency leave to come home from Basra and check on family. Baylor was very happy to see him which made up for the previous problems.

On a post calamity note I talked to Jane Humphrey in San Diego this morning, 5 Oct.You wiU recaU they lost their home in the Escondido fire. They are Uving in a rental across the street from their property watching their new home being buUt. She says it is moving along and they hope to be in it before Christmas. I pray they are "home" by the time you read this.

Now, a complete change of pace— I have been commenting on Uterary efforts of Classmates and John Perkins 23rd Co. sent me a copy of his self pubUshed pamphlet "REFLECTIONS OF A U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT DIPLOMATIC COURIER". I found it to be fascinating reading. Here is a short excerpt—HELSINKI-MOSCOW • After time in Moscow, it was a reUef to experience the openness of Helsinki. In need of a refreshing experience, a trip to the sauna was just the thing. The attendants were females ofWagnerian proportions. After the heat, which included a beating with birch boughs, there was a ritual scrubbing with a stiff brush, foUowed by a hosing down by a Finnish BrunhUde and a plunge into the waters of the frigid pool At another time I was asked by our Naval Attache, a Marine Major, to be an escort for the daughter, coUege age, of the new Naval Attache in Moscow, a Navy Captain, who was en route to his new post. The party was to be held at the house of Field Marshall Baron Mannerheim, the Finnish Chief of Staff.

The Major and I arrived and were introduced to the Attache's famUy.The daughter had good possibiUties, but the parents were overweight and rather stiff.

There was consternation when the Field MarshaU suggested that we aU sauna together, but I seized on the suggestion as having potential where the shapely daughter was concerned. However, the idea of a joint sauna was voted down by her parents. We practicaUy had to carry the Captain out—the Finns Uke their saunas hot. • John says that he has a few left and can be contacted at ejpjmp@yahoo.com or at 820 Chicken Valley Road, Locust VaUey NY 11560. He wiU take care of the postage.

I am sad to report that we have said goodbye to three good friends since the last issue.

John Fahey 12th Co. 11/10/249/16/08 HiUman Brooks 15th Co. 1/15/269/9/08 And Barbara Dempsey, wife of Dick Dempsey 18th Co. on 10/2/08 Our very heartfelt condolences to the families.

Cam Bosworth at the Alumni Assoc, has sent me an article about the National WWl Museum in Kansas City, MO. Dick Rubenstein 22nd Co. is associated with the museum and when they were searching for a submarine display he suggested they contact the Naval Sea Systems Command. This resulted in the Navy making a long term loan to the museum of a very detaUed model of the German U-104 which was made in 1916 by the same manufacmrer that buUt the real thing in the same shipyard in Bremen.

The submarine was launched July 3,1917 and met its end AprU 25,1918 sunk by the HMS Jessamine. There was one survivor of the 42 man crew. The story is posted in the News on www.usna.com Jorge Montalvo 5th Co. Uves in Ecuador and I recendy received an emaU from him asking what has happened to Shipmate. He has been a Ufe member forever and had not received the Magazine since January. He was concerned that it was no longer being pubUshed. I contacted the Shipmate staff and they immediately put together a package for him; however, they told me that they had the same problem with an alumnus in Brazil and he finaUy had to go to his maU service and let them know he was expecting the magazine deUvery. I told Jorge this and he received the package on 4 October He says he and Maria Leticia are both in exceUent health and attributes it to HEPJ3ALIFE. From checking Classmates at our luncheons I think we aU have something which is helping us along.

Betty and I pray that this HoUday season is the best ever for you and yours.

May we all recognize how blessed we are to have Uved our Uves in these United States of America. May we take great pride on our contribution to our society.

May our chUdren, grandchUdren and great grandchildren, when they reach our current age, feel that they have been as blessed as we.

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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 4% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 69%

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 5% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 64%

PRES; Harold E Tipton 18862 Colony Cir. .Villa Park, CA 92861-4307 E: halrip@ix.netcom.com SECY: RADM Ralph Ghormley, USN (Ret.) 1800 Old Meadow Rd.,Apt 405 McLean.VA 22102 P: 703-556-3918; F: 703-351-5864 E: rmghormley@msn.com

PRES: VADM Thomas J. Bigley USN (Ret.) 1329 Carpers Farm Way, Vienna, VA 22180 H:703-759-2996 E: vadmtjb@aol.com CHIEF FUND RAISER: J. Richard PoweU Jr. 8123 Dunsinane Ct. McLean.VA 22102 H: 703-893-4584 or 866-859-4362 EXEC. SECY: Larry Hawkins

MEETINGS The Washington Group met for lunch on 9 Sep 2008. Present: BARTHOLOMEW, BENOIT, DRAIM, GHORMLEY, GUTHRIE, JONES, LEONARD, NEELY, REIGERT, REIHER (STILL PLAYING SOFTBALL, but batting above his age, RIGSBEE (with guest Brian Watts, UK ex Royal Engineer—national service in Egypt), SMITH, SWANSON,WOOD. CORRESPONDENCE The New York Group met for the faU luncheon on 1 Oct. Present:Ted ANNENBERGJack ENGLISH, Richard GLICKMAN, Paul LARIC,Jim MCQUILLING, EUiott SCHUMAN,Tom SEELEY, Ric TAYLOR, and BUI WYNNE. Discussion centered on current events and sea stories, interspersed with jokesfix)mTed's bottomless reservoir. Ric correcdy predicted passage by the SENATE of the augmented "baUout" plan. EUiott disttibuted copies of his essay on terrorism.

The Hampton Roads Group held their September luncheon at the Lynnhaven Fish House. The good sized mrnout included Nancy Guy and father Don DAHLMAN, Carolyn and Ed DENNIS, Janie and Bob FELLOWES,John Frazee with his father Marvm FRAZEE, Barbara and BUI HAMILTON, Fran and Jack HUENERBERG, Nancy and Jack MAGEE, Ruth and Walt SCHRIEFER, and CecUe and DonTRUEBLOOD.We were amazed at the number of coUiers, in the high teens, anchored in Lynnhaven Roads waiting to load coal at the Hampton Roads piers for overseas shipment.

LOSSES Betty J. EMERY, widow of CDR. WUUamT. Emery '49, died 4 Sep 2008 and wUl be at the Naval Academy.

PhU Suhr, a classmate who resigned his commission and was a lawyer in Los Angeles, died 25 August 2008.

CHANGE MARY STAPLETON, WALT'S widow, now Uves at 121 N.Auburn Road #34, Venice, Fl, 34292. Home phone: 941-484-6356, ceU: 570-262-3812. -maU: Maryfran@echoes.net.

NOTHING COULD BE FINER THAN TO BE A FORTY-NINER

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In the Nevada Senior Games on October 4th, George Irish won the gold medal for the 1500 meter racewalk thus quaUfying him to represent Nevada in the National Senior Games in San Francisco during August 2009.

George wonders if he wiU see any other classmates there and George with the Gold Medal if so please let him know.

For Jacques TrevUlyan the article on Brinkley Bass in September SHIPMATE brought back fond memories. He served on Bass (DD-887) from 1952-1954. For his 80th birthday his kids gave him the Navy's official photograph of the Rochester (CA-124) and the Bass and they now hang on his office waU where they evoke the feeUngs of the "good ole days". There were two cruises for Jacques on Rochester in Korean waters and then his friendly detaUer sent him to the Bass which was due to deploy to the same place. On the way to report he met CDR Gordon GemmeU the 9th Company Officer in 1949 and it mrned out that GemmeU was PCO of Bass. Never one to forget important events, he recaUed that GemmeU had placed FA. Smith on report for "Shades not Two-Blocked" at a time when FA. was a Brigade 6-striper.The rest of the story then was the fact that CDR G. was a superb skipper and he fiirther honored the Ufe and times of Brinkley Bass.

Rip Van Kleeck has a new E-Mail address as: jlvk@att.net.

On 25 September members of the class in the northeast got together in Greenwich CT.

Roy and Liz Springer, Jim Kinnear, and Claire and Ray Engle.

Regional Meetings In AnnapoUs on 3 October they gathered Jerry Coleman, Don Fraasa, John Henderson, Byron Lee, Ed McLean,Tom Ross and Daryle Tripp. Luncheon was at the USNA O'Club as renovation was about complete. After the win at Air Force aU were hoping for a Pittsburgh victory at Homecoming. Plans for the 18th of October were extensive with a pre-game taUgate gathering with BYOS {smff} and a post game cocktaU hour and a seated dinner at the banquet facUity in the NavyMarine Corps Memorial Stadium together with the classes of 1949 and 1951.AU this was to be foUowed by a dance in Smoke HaU. San DiegoSO group saw a number of people out of town, but we did manage a few: BUI Grimm Teri and John MaUoy Mark Frudden, Dean French, Wayne Jensen, and Frank CassUy. In Washington D C . area they drew weU with: Law Kivlen, Daryle Tripp, BUI DiehI,John McNaUy, Larry Hawkins, MUt Schultz, Roy Snyder, Frank Carter, John Greenwood, Tom Bigley, Frank Sterner, BiU Kiehl, Ward Lasley, CharUe Cooper, Ross Mulford, Bob ShiUtz, Bob Monroe, BiU Simons, BUI Smoot, Earl Halpern and BiU Rockey.

Loss Lynn P. Chewrning of Richmond VA died on 8 September 2008. He was a non graduate who started coUege atVMI where he was a footbaU standout as a freshman. He received an appointment to USNA and was a very valuable addition to the ArmyNavy footbaU game of 1946, one of the best played coUege games of aU times. He finished his coUege career at HampdenSydney He served 2 years in the Army during the Korean War and was inducted into the Virginia Sports HaU of Fame in 1991. Lynn is survived by his wife, AverU, two daughters, SaUy and Booker and 3 grandchUdren. A memorial service was held at Manakin Episcopal Church, PowatanVA. on 13 September Beat Army, —Wayne..

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Pres. Comer I Our class mini-reunion was a very successful event, and we regretted that many of you had last minute canceUations for health and personal reasons. Bob Adler wiU report on the activities in next month's class column, but I want to thank him and Guy Shaffer for their tireless efforts in making this a fim event. Of course the highUght of the weekend was the great win over Air Force. Once again, preceding the game was the Air Force Cadet march on which also included 750 midshipmen.

Seeing 5,000 young men and women from both Academies standing side by side gave us aU a moment of pride and appreciation for our two great instimtions.

I am writing you in mid October, and it is a week of remembrance, celebration, and dedication. On Tuesday, October 14, we buried BUI Smedberg with fiiU honors at ArUngton cemetery. On Wednesday we celebrated Sherry Marin's Ufe in the Naval Academy Chapel foUowed by burial in the CpUseum.Then on Friday we wiU dedicate the Ufe sized stamre of BiU Lawrence at the plaza in front of the new Wesley BrowTi Field House. Much to remember and much for which to be thankfiiLâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Al.B The December issue of Shipmate is now due and I am totaUy lacking in input, oooo..., I am going to wing it.

The reconstruction of the Dockyard model of Princess Royal has been completed and the model has been remrned to storage in AnnapoUs until the Museum re-opens. Bob SmaU our Museum Rep and project manager for the class on the repair project reports the entire project has been accompUshed within budget - unheard of for a government project but routine for '51. WhUe

reconsttucting the model, the craftsman, Rob Napier, took hundreds of stUl photos of ever aspect of the repair. These have been assembled into book form with accompanying text. I have seen the draft; it is magnificent! We are actively investigating a means to pubUsh this most unusual and impressive document.

The Academy Museum renovation project continues on schedule. The buUding work wiU be completed by the end of the year and soon thereafter, the exhibits work wiU begin. The Shop Callery wiU be among the first areas to receive attention.

The goal is to have it completely instaUed

by Commissioning Week 2009. The new gaUery wiU be the principle exhibit on the second floor and wUl be far more extensive than the old Gallery. It wUl be accompanied by several displays focusing on interpretive material related to the age of saU. Speaking of Museums, the planning for the Navy Cold War Museum, at the Washington Naval Yard continues. Fund raising has begun and concept drawings of the Museum's contents and exhibits have been developed. This is a very worthwhile effort, one that should strike a responsive chord among'Slers. Our classmate Bob Dutm is the moving force behind this effort. The Museum Ukely wUl be a major thrust of our 2009 giving effort. More about that in my faU fundraising letter.

The National SaUing HaU of Fame continues to move forward. State and Local approval has been obtained and architecmral work has begun. In the mean time the NSHOF web site continues to carry articles and photos of interest to aU who do or have saUed. Soon it wiU carry excerpts from a DVD made from 8mm movies taken by Ralph Hooper whUe the SaUing master of the Naval Academy schooner Freedom. Watch the web site to see the results.

This column must be submitted before the mini-reunion in Colorado Springs. HopeftiUy, the January column and Sam Gendef's Class Web page wiU have many great pictures of the event. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Guy Shaffer

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I Start this column with a sermon. Over the past ten years I have lost a number of friends under circumstances that could have been avoided. I wUl explain why the problem is avoidable, but first a quick bit of background. In the early 1990s theVA hospital in San Diego ran a study to try to estabUsh the probabUity of the occurrence of aortic aneurisms in males 40 and older A very large number of male volunteers were examined by ultrasound looking at the aorta from the diaphragm to below the navel. The findings were startling: over 40% of the volunteers were found to have the aneurisms. The condition cannot be felt as there is no pain or other discomfort untU there is a leak or rupture.. .in the latter case this is usuaUy fatal. IdeaUy men and women our age should have had an ultrasound screening, but urUess you have had a creative doctor who figured out how to get you to a vascular surgeon you most Ukely have not been screened. There is only one other way I know of to get the examination.Three years ago Betty got in the maU a flyer advertising vascular screens at a cost of $100.00. Having no known medical problems she thought this might be a waste of time and money but having a friend with carotid blocks she went ahead. The outcome was that she was found to have a very dangerous aortic aneurysm big enough to hold two golf baUs! She was referred to a highly respected vascular surgeon who put in place an abdominal stent in a relatively quick and painless procedure. Two years of six month checks (now yearly) show normal blood flow and the aneurysm completely coUapsed. If you think this is overstated as a problem a recent Class of '53 column (August I beUeve) carried a note from one of their classmates who is recovering, luckUy, from emergency surgery to deal with a ruptured aneurysm!

Take heed.

On to Ughter stuff. I wiU relate a note from Jim Sagerholm regarding an incident he experienced during First Class cruise in MISSOURI:

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52-53 CLASS N E W S H "We were on our way to Norway, so the navigator chose to go north of Scodand instead of the ttaffic-laden EngUsh Chaimel, but what was overlooked was the stormy conditions that prevaU in that area of the Orkneys and Faeroes, and the gods of storms were busy that month indeed. We encountered monsttous seas and wands, to the extent that the main deck of MISSOURI was closed to ttaffic and even the 01 and 02 levels were hazardous to walk on. As I recaU, several Uferafts were swept out of their bins, and the starboard Ufeboat davits were ripped off by the heavy seas...

During the several days that we were subjected to that weather numerous members of our class, including me were sporting a greenish complexion and not eating very much. I recaU going up to Flag Plot to stand watch, and Admiral HoUoway, the Task Group Commander, was talking to one of the 'tin cans' in company who had just reported having their depth charge rack swept off the fantaU, along wdth its load of depth charges. (The Admiral) asked if they had set the charges on safety, and was concerned to hear that the skipper coiUd not verify from the records that they had done so, but since none of the charges were seen to explode, and since the Chief said they were set on safety, (the CO.) thought there was no problem, other than the record keeping, which he was going to fix. Admiral HoUoway rogered, and mrned to me and another Midshipman.. .and in his inimitable courtiy way, told us to remember that object lesson we had just observed. We were not sure what precisely he was referring to, but later concluded it was, always state the ttuth the whole ttuth, as the skipper had done; although the Quartermaster who was on watch thought the Admiral meant to have your rear covered by the records. In any event, we finaUy rounded the tip of Scodand into the North Sea and saUed up the majesticaUy beautiful Oslo Fjord and into Oslo where we had a wonderful time.. .It was the summer of'51, and we were young and never going to die." H Last month I reported that a number of our classmates and their wives, who were visiting Chicago and touring the Great Lakes, were hosted to a dinner by Jim Lovell at his Chicago restaurant. Jerry Zacharias has since sent a note to let the class know that the group got together and presented Jim, on behalf of the Class

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of 1952, a repUca of a Golden Eagle mounted on a pedestal. The plaque depicts Naval Aviator wings over the inscription: "Golden Eagle Jim LoveU/ From the Class of 1952/ 2008". In response Jim sent the foUowing: "I just received a beautiftd Golden Eagle sculpmre ... I found out that Red and Lonnie Stein originated the gift on behalf of the Class of 1952. My many thanks to my classmates. As the ranks grow thinner the bonds grow sttonger."

Jim Lovell

Golden Eagle

As with many movies Jack Blackwood's over-the-waU story has a sequel. This is from Vince Argiro: â&#x20AC;˘ "I Uved in the over-the-waU room on the first deck in the 6th BattaUon and witnessed many classmates going into town.. .Unbeknownst to me about Jack,

Gus and Ed's advenmre, that night I had a girl friend in toviTi, so I decided, for the first time, to venmre over the waU. I went out the vwndow, then proceeded out, heading alongside Thompson stadium.

About halfway down, I heard footsteps behind me. Suspecting that it might be the OOD, when I got to the end of the stadium I doubled back, running tmder the stadium, and then about three quarters the way down I hid behind a large steel girder.

Sure enough, the O O D and his Messenger had foUowed me. Somehow, although he was using aflashUght,he did not detect me.

(I was a lot thinner then.) When I saw that he was heading out away from me, I ran out in the opposite direction towards Bancroft HaU.. .through the Dispensary.. .up the stairs, and jumped into bed fiUly clothed.. .The O O D did not find me but went on to check others in the 6th Batt.

I often wondered if anyone got caught in that bed check. Now after 56 years I may have found out. If so I apologize to Jack, Gus and Ed." â&#x20AC;˘ John Owen who Uves in Kansas City sent word a few months ago that Bill and Nancy Maxson were in that area visiting their son and daughter-in-law. This gave them the oppormnity to rendezvous with John and share a lunch at his club. John informs me that the Class of'52 population in Kansas City is Umited to him, Ted Lutz, and Tom Wands and that, unformnately, Tom is deaUng with health issues.

In case you aU have forgotten, Tom was one of the cleverest cartoonists for the Log; much of his work was an outstanding precursor to the "Far Side." As another who tried his hand at cartooning I envied Tom's special abUity to nail the administration. Get weU soon, old shoe. (Note: John's message was delayed by the terrific response to my request for inputs and column word Umits. Sorry, John.)

I received a nice communication fix>m Dick Goelzer, an old pal from BuUis and

USNA days. He sent a picmre of the BuUis footbaU teamfix>m1947. (It beat the Navy and Army Plebes and went undefeated.) I was in the third (and last) backfield so I picked up a lot of spUnters in my seat. I pass the picture on because you might enjoy picking out the '52ers from the muddy group who were enjoying a 29-7 victory over Western Maryland.

The two most recent books ofJack O'Connell's ttUogy on: "The Effectiveness of Airpower in the 20th Century" (Part One and Part Two) have received very positive reviews which appeared in the magazine. Air Power History. The reviewer summed up his lengthy analysis ofJack's work with the foUowing: "If there is a tour de force of air power history, this ttUogy is it." Jack's third volume was pubUshed first and reviewed previously. Congratulations, Jack, I know it has to be very rewarding to get such an accolade after having put so much work into these books. BZ Fox Johnson sent an extensive report on this summer's San Diego reunion.

Unforttmately, its appearance in this column had to be delayed because of word limitations. 1 apologize to Fox for that, and for cutting some of his effort in order to address, what I have been told by others, was a major highUght of the rendezvous. Fox wrote in reference to the dinner: • "Bill Ryan officiated at the event commencing with a prayer offered by Father John Fuller. BUI foUowed with a special memorial recognition of the six widows of deceased classmates in attendance. . .After dinner BUI inttoduced Larry Chambers who regaled us wdth a hearty and weU presented review of the evacuation of Saigon complete with visual aids. Larry had just reUeved in command of USS MIDWAY (CVA-41) home ported inYokosuka, Japan as the final stages of the evacuation were being planned. Larry had hardly said "I reUeve you, sir" when MIDWAY was ordered to proceed at best speed to a point.. .off shore from Saigon for evacuation services...(a "best speed deparmre" from Yokosuka down Sagami Wan avoiding hundreds of ships and craft, each bent on ignoring the on-coming carrier was characterized by Larry as an "advenmre".) .. .En route to the (South China Sea) Larry received a constant stteam of'stick and mdder' guidance from the embarked Flag Officer who had previously

commanded MIDWAY .. .Larry wisely chose to ponder aU; heed some; patiendy defer decisions on a few; and, sort of ignore die remaining 90%!.,,MIDWAY arrived on station on time to commence assisting the evacuation,, .Anything that could have happened did, and Larry and his crew exercised the fuU span of MIDWAY MAGIC during those trying days. Larry did not mention it but they did a superb job in a most unusual humanitarian action. When the evacuation was over, MIDWAY was directed to proceed to Guam to disembark the evacuees before remrning to homeport. (enroute Guam she met a disabled and sinking refligee ship and, in spite of contrary directives that were in effect, Larry ordered the successfiol recovery of aU hands). MIDWAY then proceeded to Guam and on to Yokosuka for a weU earned psychological stand-down. Larry received a standing ovation for his highly informative, facmal and humorous presentation. Father John closed the evening with a thoughtful benediction." • (Ciao. 1 just wish I wouldn't wait until the day this baby is due to start putting it together!!!)

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55th Reunion Notes.

Our Class President, Dave Jones, sent the foUowing comments: • "Our 55th Reunion was great. I wish more of you could have attended.

However, those that did had a good time.

Several classmates told me that it was the best Reunion they had been to; the weather was good, not too hot, not too cold, and not a hurricane in sight. I want to make sure that you aU know that the reason this was such a great reunion was aU the hard work and superb planning that Chris Zirps and Al Glazier put in.

They deserve our heartiest and most sincere thanks for a job that was WELL DONE! I'm sure that the Class wUl be glad to let you handle our 60th! [Ahem] Speaking of the 60th I propose that we have it on 5 June 2013 so that it wUl reaUy be our 60th! We are getting too old to fight the stadium crowds, crowded

hotels and chancy faU weather. A 5 June date wiU mean that AnnapoUs and the Academy wUl not be crowded and we might even be able to find parking spaces in the yard. How about it? Let us hear from you. Back to thanks, I think most of you enjoyed the Hospitality Suite, and most of the hard work was done by Pont and Bill Hall. They bought most of the booze, beer and food and did more hosting than anybody else as weU. [Dave and SaUy Jones also spent a lot of time hosting too] They both deserve our most sincere thanks for a great job! A final thought, I had no idea that being the Class President of a Major Reunion Class made one a Parade Honoree. But it did this time. I hope my mother, who never thought I accompUshed as much as I should, was looking down atWorden Field on Friday the 19th of September. Here was Utde Dave standing out in front of aU 4000 Mids (along with 5 other Class Presidents, the Sup, and the CNO). Happy now Mom? Must admit I was happy and impressed - as one of the shortest guys in the 10th Company I always marched in the back rank and could never see much of the Parade. The view from the front is spectacular — thanks. If you possibly can come to the 60th, you wUl enjoy it.

Thanks again, Dave." • Chris Zirps requested the foUowing notes be inserted in our Class News: • "Dear Classmates. I would Uke to thank aU those Classmates, widows of Classmates, and famUy who came to the 55th Reunion and helped make it such a great success. It could not have been done without you. I especiaUy want to express my deepest appreciation and thanks for the love and tenderness that you gave my wife Christina during the reunion. It was gready appreciated.Thank you. Chris" • The foUowing are excerpts from Chris Zirps letter of 27 September to Frank Roach: • On behalf of the USNA Class of 1953 and myself I wish to thank you for the wonderful job that you did in putting together Sea, Air, & Land Stories and Remembrances for our 55 Reunion. I also wish to thank you for coordinating with the Boys and Girls Club of Olympic Peninsula in organizing them to put the book together, and for your most generous contribution of the comb binder and donation of $750 to the Club for their efforts."

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53-54 CLASS N E W S There were many other Classmates who conttibuted their time and effort to the Reunion. Tom and Margo Southerland with their helpers managed the acquisition, sales of Reunion clothes and other items, disttibution of the "Goody Bags" when we arrived for check inâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;^and they were the Welcoming faces upon our arrival at the hotel. Many thanks to Tom and Margo and aU who gave of themselves to make the rest of us happy. The Southerland's sent a photo coUage picmre (1) that includes the various highUghts of our reunion activities: Parade, Banquet, PavUion Party, FootbaU game against Rutgers, and Welcoming area with aU the "Goody Bags." Other Reunion picmres are as foUows: (2) Chris Zirps speaking at the banquet; (3) PavUion party table with Chuck and AUx FeUows, obscured (Judy Osttoruc?), PauUneTrost,Judy and Gus Hubal, Bud and Mickie Kauderer, NeU GUmore, Carl Trost with his back to us and Marcy Bivens standing next to Judy H; (4) Margo and Tom Southerland, Minnie and Tom Mayberry, and Marcy on Hospital Point walking back to our car after watching the parade.

To top off the Reunion Banquet we aU rose and sang vwth great gusto Navy Blue & Gold, with our ttaditional first stanza foUowed by the stanza to our Class

by SaUy Jones: "Through Main Gates open portals fair in Forty-Nine we came And four long years we smdied there whUe learning Navy's Game Now time and tides divide us aU, yet its StiU plain to see We're Brothers aU from Bancroft HaU The Men Of Fifty-Three!"

The Class of 1958 had their 50th Reunion and used "Our" PavUion during the footbaU game. For those of you who worried about the 58ers changing 1953 to 1958 on the pavilion, rest easy, it didn't happen. Also, John McCain attended their reunion, but without any noticeable fanfare. â&#x20AC;˘

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Final Tributes.

Capt 'William T. Ross, Jr SC, USN (Ret) died 6 September, foUowing many years of fighting cancer. His home was in Bremerton,WA. Tyke Furey sent this information, but no more detaUs have been provided (Nothing in our Legacy Book). The USNA Register of Alumni indicated that BUI obtained an MBA from Harvard. Our Lucky Bag indicated that BUI was an enthusiastic yawl sailor.

LtCol Thomas L. "Sully" Sullivan USMC (Ret), 81, died 19 September in Vero Beach, FL having moved there from Big Pine Key, FL three months earUer. DetaUs of SuUy's iUness are in the October issue. SuUy was a Marine veteran ofWorld War II and later Viet Nam. He came to USNA via NAPS. That's where I first met SuUy and then later When we were both denizens of the 6th Batt. I remember him as a tough guy and one of the Marine Corps finest. During his civiUan years he spent 15 years as coastal engineer for Broward County. He received an MBA in 1988 from Florida Adantic University, Boca Raton. He also was a member of the Knights of Columbus. He is survived by

his wdfe of 55 years, Barbara, three sons, two daughters, and eight grandchUdren.

We recendy found out from Dick Almen that D o n Elbert's vwfe, Eleanor, died 17 July. She had Lou Gehrigs disease.

Dick, a close 22nd Company Mate, fiirther wrote, "She was such a nice lady and Don was so happy in his second marriage."

Wedding Bells.

You may remember in the September issue there was a piece about Eddie Best and Judy Parkison's plans to get married in August. WeU, it happened 23 August in the USNA Chapel. Note picmre (5).The happy newlyweds Eddie & Judy Best attended the Wedding Reunion and Eddie was our Company Party organizer. Again, ALL THE BEST! My eldest granddaughter, EUzabeth Fernandez, married Sgt Michael Losi in the Ft Belvoir Chapel 27 September, a grand affair, with reception after in the Ft Belvoir O-Club! It was a miUtary wedding with aU mUitary personnel present wearing their best uniforms. The famiUes and wedding party included aU four Services; Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. The picmre (6) from left to right is me, Art Bivens, Marcy, EUzabeth, Michael (one tour in Iraq), and grandson Sgt David Fernandez (two tours in Iraq).

Unformnately, our daughter, Christina, the Mother of the Bride, is missing fixjm this photo. Formnately, I'm stUl able to wear my 40 year old dress uniform.

Bivens G'Daughter Wedding

literary News.

Capt Willy Lent gave a series ofWorld War II lectures for Olympic CoUege Continuing Education program at the Bremerton campus. The news release stated, "He served on a cruiser, five diesel submarines, and a submarine tender...

and has served in our community in a number of positions including. President of the Puget Sound Naval Bases Association and Executive Director of the United Way of Kitsap County."The lecmre series included : Great White Fleet, Pearl Harbor, Batde of Coral Sea, Batde of Midway, Batde of Leyte Gulf, and US Navy in the Pacific. Way to Go WiUy!!

Maybe some of you other history buffi can try your hand at what WiUy is doing.

Received fiom Tyke Furey: • "As her principal pubUcist I'm very pleased to announce that author PauUne Furey's third and latest novel. Home of the Hunters wdU be avaUable to the international reading pubUc [by the time you read this].The book can be ordered fixjm, among others, Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. However, some of you might wish to order a personaUy signed copy.. ..with check made out to Pauline Furey for $25, which wiU cover the soft-cover's cost, plus postage. Please indicate for whom you would Uke the book signed. Home of the Hunters is a sequel to The Long Man and the continuing story of a dynamic French woman and her remarkable adult famUy in post World War II Europe and America. This latest story foUows the principal characters of The Long Man from London, AusttaUa, Paris, the vineyards and wineries of the Provence section of southern France, and into the Russian River and Sonoma County wine country of northern California." H The Furey's now Uve at 18293 SW 75th Loop, DunneUon, FL 34432.

Navy Football.

At the time of this writing our Navy FootbaU Team is on a wirming stteak, having won three in a row over Rutgers, Wake Forest, and Air Force, aU close and exciting games. By the time you read this we may know if another Bowl Game is in the offering, but with Army stiU standing in the way of another C-In-C Trophy. So, GO NAVY, BEAT ARMY! HAVE a HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON and MERRY CHRISTMAS...

—ACB

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Rutgers Game The faithftU were rewarded with an exciting upset win over Rutgers back on 20 September Here are a few of the pre-game revelers.

Bill Hoover, Ned Shuman, and Bill Peery

Alison, "Chipper," and Bill Holman

Fitz Woodrow, Steve Eisenhauer

First Friday • My resident town of PhoeruxviUe, Pennsylvania, is in the lengthy process of transforming and rejuvenating itself from an over-the-hUl former steel foundry community into a vibrant, modern locale with broad appeal for residents and visitors aUke. One of its concept initiatives is "First Friday," whereby the first Friday evening of each month becomes the occasion to turn the town's main street into a festive venue of displays, demonstrations, and performances. Restaurants and shops vie for the customers coming from near and far to partake in the affair.

So far the plan seems to be quite popular and achieving its goal of putting PhoenixvUIe on, at least, the local "map."

So much so that Bob McCaffi-ey and I decided back in October to check it out.

Accompanied by the ladies, we had a fine dinner at the "Black Lab Bistto" and then wandered the stteet taking in the sights, including an impressive assemblage of local area fire department ttucks and equipment, and the sounds of performing street bands. A good time was had by aU. As you wUl notice in the below photo.

Bob was entranced by Betty Boop, but, alas, her price was too high. I might mention that an article in the morning's Philadelphia Inquirer detaUed the town's successfid efforts to obtain one of the four Ferris Wheels fabricated in 1891 at the PhoenixvUIe Foundry. It had been in service at Asbury Park, New Jersey, from 1895 to 1989. Plans are to refurbish it and put it on exhibit as a static display next to the foundry by the coming June. •

Lucy Carroll & Bob McCaffrey, Mary Jane & George Henson

Best Wishes for the New Year \ from your Alumni Association ; & Foundation

Happy Holidays

Bill Hoover and Bill Peery Bob and Betty Boop

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54-55 CLASS N E W S Column Photos Since assuming the watch back in 2003 I have pubUshed quite a number of photos in our Class column, attempting to sttike a balance between text and images in order to make it more appealing and interesting. The photos have come from three sources; your submissions to me, the Class web site, and shots that 1 have taken, mosdy at footbaU game taUgates and Class reunions and homecomings. The latter category resides on my PC. If anyone is desirous of obtaining copies of any of these I would be most happy to send them to you. Just let me know (e-maU, note, phone) and 1 wiU get on it.You might recaU that I took a batch of past column Shipmate photos (remrned to me by the alumni association) to our 54th back in June and posted/spread them in the hospitaUty room for anyone to pick up. —Scribe From 54net.org Don Ulmer Publishes Again!

D o n Ulmer has just pubUshed his fourth book. Silent Battleground, a novel BArriEGilOUND of the Cold War going hot; wartime operations on the nuclear submarine USS Denver. It is avaUable from Patriot Media, Inc., SILENT an independent BATTLEGROUND pubUshing firm in NicevUle, Florida.

The 261- page novel can be purchased for $19.95 plus shipping and handUng; onUne at www.patriotmediainc.com or by caUing (850) 897-4204.

Bell Wetting Down Dora and Jim Bell went off to Virginia Beach to attend the wetting down party for Captain Matt BeU.

Hayley Matt & Jim Bell Lunch in Fredericksburg

Bells, Sweets, Woods The Dynamic Duo

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opinion among us. We can kick back and take weU-deserved pride in our coUective accomplishments as a team, as weU as take great pleasure in the warm friendships formed with those with whom we competed fiercely so long ago in whaleboat races.

Third, in pursuit of these observations, our Executive Committee is working on a number of projects (to be discussed in our forthcoming armual letter), aU of which are designed to bring us closer together and to reflect the credit on our class that we, aU of us, share in and so richly deserve. We'U be looking for your inputs.

FinaUy, Lucy and I look forward to the 55th and we hope you'U aU be here, in person or in spirit. We can guarantee everything except a home footbaU game, which is subject to the vagaries of Navy's schedule. If the game's away, we'U figure out how to watch it and taUgate together."

A look back in time to Christmas 1954...

• Nearby there's a photo I took just prior to going on Christmas leave 1954.. .note the 2nd deck window left side of main enttance. For aU you '55ers with poor eyesight, fading monitors or no handy magnifying glass, the colored window panes read "Beat Ole' Miss".. .and we did beat them to the mne of 21 to 0.

Happy HoUdays 2008 to aU, Steve Kaiser (01) • From our happy wanderer. Hartley Holte...

• "SaUy and 1 wisely spent the month of September on tour of Russia, Estonia, Finland and Norway. HighUghts of Russia George & Anne Bole-75mpg included walking FREELY on Red Square and in the KremUn area, visiting the many historic palaces, museums and R^S^ ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 6% churches, and meeting with some WWII Q 2 ^ | '^^'^ MEMBERSHIP: 57% Russian heroes. The joy of aU we met was PRES: VADM Henry C. Mustin, USN (Ret.) remarkable. The amount of new construcVICE PRES/SECY: CAPT Tom Kiefaber, USN (Ret.) tion was incredible and cars were 11814Triple Crown Rd., Reston,VA 20191 H: 703-758-1077; E: kie65@aol.com everywhere! Estonia and Finland were TREAS: COL Cal Weaver, USA (Ret.) equaUy enUghtening, and we enjoyed C O R R SECY: Dan Butterfield sharing a meal with the Finn Samis and 5 Lakeside Close, NeUysford,VA 22958 their reindeer Our rides aboard the H: 434-361-1357 Norwegian Hurtigruten coastal steamer, E: 4dbfield@cyberwind.net WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1955 Finnmark, from Kirkenes to Bergen, and then across the southern mountains, pardy Class President's Holiday Season Message... on the Flam raUroad and on the "As the Holiday Season roUs around, and as Songe^iord to Oslo, were as spectaciUar as we close in on our 55's—55th!—Class several of our classmates had said they reunion, I have a few thoughts I'd Uke to would be.

We were able to make contact share with you: with people on the Island of RoUa (near First, as our numbers inevitably Harstad, north of the Arctic Circle in shrink, each Classmate, an irreplaceable Norway, where we found that there are asset, becomes a more important member several of our cousins.

We were slowed a of our band of brothers. bit from the Volga River on, when SaUy Second, at this stage of our Uves, the feU in a rainstorm and broke her right Jim & Dora Bell, granddaughter Hayley, Matt Bell class ties that bind us have by now arm, which was later set in a heavy plaster overcome past rivalries and differences of 60

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cast ia St Petersburg. But that and the many other experiences wiU have to be told another day." •

• * This Academy graduate O f nineteen and fifty-five Caught this brute fish And just came aU alive! For he fought aboard W i t h a loud 'yahoo' AU 58 pounds O f a big W A H O O !

This grad is Steve Kaiser, N o w an old Navy guy.

W h o used to fly seaplanes AU over the Sky. These fish are so awesome To see up close with your eye.

W h e n aboard his boat "Venmre" O u t on blue water, under blue sky.

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Hartiey and Sally in Bergen

Ottr'55er"OldManandaKSea"adventuter...

1 1 have been beta-tester for Raymarine aU summer and n o w into the faU. It's testing a new boat auto-pUot using my own boat. Venture. It has been a most interesting program and reaUy qtute high tech.

Raymarine is based in the U K and each week sends an emaU writh an updated version of the program. I do a Sea ttial on each version and submit a report via emaU.The Sport Drive has an N G C C (new generation course computer). Each version is up-loaded to the course computer. I must linearize the fluxgate compass by a compass swing for each version and then perform an auto learn to automaticaUy get proper drive settings.

Some of my sea trials are done o n acmal offihore fishing ttips. Track Mode operatiom are through way points to see h o w it aU handles at ttoUing speeds and slower speeds during ' ^ / J - O M " operations.

The Controller Head is in Uving color and wUl do almost anything....even has fishing pattern searches, square search, figure 8, to name a few.

Whew!... now dya'get aU that?? Anyway, it has been a lot of fim, and 1 get to keep aU this fancy equipment for my efforts.

I have attached a photo of my 58 pound Wahoo caught on 3 October, 2008....so as you can see it's a great m o n t h for offshore fishing off Pensacola.

Best regards, Steve Kaiser (01) •

Brace—The goal of the awkward squad.

Bi-ick—^The result ot being a helping classmate. The feminine of the species that God forgot.

Bulkhead—A naval definition of the Wall.

Bull (shooting)—The major indoor sport of the Academy.

Boiuwad—That Home Town paper.

Example: (The Podunk News).

Bush—^A short tree. make a tree.

Two bushes

Busted—1. In a impecunious condition.

2. One who was.

Buzzard—The insignia of all those who wanted strips but slipped up.

Buzzer—The Seamanship's Department ready substitute for Blinker.

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ANBIDATB—One who is abo«i to live and learn.

Carry On—^The kindest word in the^ Plebe's vocabulary.

Caulk Off—An Art well developed ^ ' on the Cruises.

Charlie Noble—The galley smokestack.

Christmas Tree—^That pi^rtlng shot of the Ad. Department to give you a cheerful leave.

Chow—Beans and more beans.

Cit—One who knew better.

Com—The Prime Minister of Bancroft HaU. Commodore—A rank in the Navy between Admiral and Captain. The Bancroft Hall of New York City.

Oorridor Boy—The moke that is around from time to time threatening to mop your floor and wash your windows, but as yet Pa3v A'inc

Whaleboat Races, Plebe Summer 1951 - the Winning Team: l-r standing: "Big" John McGinty, Bob Pirle, ??, Da Butterfield; l-r couching: 17, Larry Johnson, John "Smoke " Wilson; l-r squatting: ??, ??, Don "Joe " Gelinas, Will

Our "Old Man in the Sea " with Wahoo catch Bancroft Hall Christmas 1954

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A Memorable Photo...

Our Class of'55 Goat Keepers, John'101 yds" Raster and Jack "Doc" Higgs..

For your continuing enjoyment: On the previous page the Class of 1926 Reef Points pp 8 & 9 of the "The Dope Bucket."

Christmas Memorabilia...

USS Redfin's "Joyeux Noe/" makeshift wreath - "AU of the material to create the wreath was "scrounged" from stuff we found aboard, except the greens. We got those in MarseUles. But since the French don't decorate for Christmas we had to drive to the edge of the city to find something we could use. I recaU we cut the greens in some type of a park... and were a Uttle concerned about being reported to the local poUce."

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CLASS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAU^JVIAN: Col George Mushalko, USAF (Ret.) (15) 8214Treebrooke Lane, Alexandria,VA 22308 E: ginushalko@cox.net; Tel: 703-768-4543; 8214 SECY: Dan Garges (24) 1846 Greenplace Terrace RockviUe.MD 20850 P: 301-340-8197; W: 443-259-0156; E: magdan_56@yahoo.com WEBMASTER: Bob KeUer WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1956

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Class Crest Discovery A letter was recendy received from Mary Ann Jennings Bussy that teUs about finding her long ago lost class crest, thought to be gone forever in the sands of Coronado, CA. It seems that foUowing graduation Walt Jennings (10) served aboard USS Boxer (CVS 21) moored at North Island where he and bride Mary Ann spent time visiting the ship and also enjoyed activities at nearby beach areas with friends. Walt subsequendy went to fUght ttaining in Pensacola, Florida, then transitioned into the airship program at Glenco, (Brunswick) Georgia and was stationed at Lakehurst, New Jersey.

In the summer of 1960, as a member of airborne Early Warning Squadron One, Walt's aircraft was involved in an intensive search mission in the Adantic off New Jersey. On July 6,1960, during that operation, Walt's ship, die ReUance (a ZPG-3W radar bUmp, the largest non-rigid airship ever made), crashed.Walt was reported missing at sea with 18 of the 21 crew members. Mary Ann remrned to Ohio, then moved to California, remarried and raised their two daughters Cheryl Ann, Toni Lynn, and John, her son of a second marriage.

Fifty-one years after the couple's days at Coronado, a letter arrived at Mary Ann's home. Her class crest had been found in the sand near the old ferry landing by a metal detecting tteasure seeker.

This ethical man enclosed an almost perfecdy preserved crest, sans the rear clasp. We are in the process of helping her

get a new fastening pin instaUed. WiU wonders never cease.. ..a great lost and found story - thanks, Mary Ann. 10th Company Mini-reunion at the Air Force Academy The 10th Company's high tempo minireunion over the weekend of October 2-5 opened with a personaUzed tour of the Air Force Academy on the Friday before the big game by Colonel Richard K. WiUiams,Vice Commandant of Cadets.

The tour came about when Commander George Michaels, USN inttoduced his father, former Navy VN War fighter pUot Danny Michaels (10), to George's former Iraq War boss. The rest is history.

That evening an intimate dinner was attended by 10th Company members: Ted and M.J. Bennett, Darmy and Effie Michaels, Dan SulUvan, Steve Soltez, BiU O'Keefe and son Brian,Vic and Geri Bariceyjim Murdand, Carl and Dolores Nelson, and invited guests George Textor (15), and Steve and Sharon Arnold (05).

The gang regaled at the teUing of inhouse stories some of which go back to plebe days some 55 years ago.

By beating Air Force in a hard fought footbaU game played at altimde our Mids put themselves in position to retain the Commander-in-Chief ttophy.

On remrn home e-maUs flowed among the attendees with gleeful comments: "What a wonderful weekend!"

"What a baU!""We definitely wUl do this again!"

Lhike Game Mini-Reunion Jerry Gibson (05) did a magnificent job in planning the mini-reunion in aU respects from beginning to endâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;an A-lindeed. Thanks to Jerry's arrangements high value expectations were met regarding the Friday luncheon with Athletic Director Chet Gladchuk, the Friday dinner with the Superintendent Adm. Fowler and the Samrday morning taUgate widi the D&B Corps and USNA Cheerieaders.The dinner in a great "air conditioned" ItaUan restaurant on

Attendees on AFAcademy tour - Front Row; L to R: Jim Murtland; Effie Michaels; Ted Bennett; Col Williams USAF Vice-Commandant; Dolores Nelson; Mary Jo Bennett; Second Row; L to R: Vic Baricev Danny Michaels; Danny Sullivan; Carl Nelson; Geri Baricev; Steve Soltez.

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Samrday night was a welcomed reUef fix)ni the bUstering hunudity experienced at the footbaU game in the afternoon. The CTame, a hard fought loss attended by forty-six 56ers, was played in 95 degree southern heat causing many of the wives to vanish at halftime. Duke Chapel services on Sunday were magnificent with a 100-voice choir and a beautifiil chapel.

The weekend was topped off with a luncheon on Sunday in a great historical American Tobacco part of Durham.

Next is the great 52.5 Mini Reunion in Hawau around the game with Hawaii on 21 Nov 2009. Plan on attending and mark your calendars NOW. Duane Barnhart and John Langenheim have most of the plans mapped out already. Fun in the sun in magnificent Hawau â&#x20AC;&#x201D;^what could be better!

Tidewater '56 Group Luncheon The Tidewater'56 group had their monthly limcheon at Oceana O'Club on Thursday, October 10. Seating was by genderâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;it seems that some sea stories are easier to remember that way! Danny Michaels gave a run down on the 10th Co mini-reunion at the Navy-Air Force game the previous weekend. That brought to mind some Navy-Air Force stories and Tom Scott (24) had us weU entertained with his Ufe as Company Officer at the Air Force Academy m the 1960's. Others mentioned other escapades never heard before. We don't know exacdy what went on at the ladies table, but there was a lot of special "girl talk" and laughter too. (It is unknown how many bruised male egos were avoided).

Those attending were: Dick & Margaret Mozier (07), Danny & Effie Michaels (10), Tom &Timmie Scott (24), Mike & Barbara Gluse (16), Ken & Vivian Costflow, (07), Russ Burt (22), Fred Adams, (23), Robbie Robertson (02), Nea Donovan (21), Bob Rodgers (02), and Jay Maston (22).

L to R: Russ Burt, Jay Maston; Fred Adams; Danny Michaels

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 7% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 6 1 % PRES: CAPT David S. Cooper, USN (Ret.) SECY: LCDR. P. O. Behrends, USN (Ret.) 143-A East Lake Drive, AnnapoUs, MD 21403 E: pobehrends@aol.com COI^J*.. SECY: CAPT F.N. Howe Jr., USN (Ret.) 1 Walter Or., Fredericksburg,VA 22405-2363 E: ftihusna57@cox.net WEBMASTER: Fred Datnmann WEB SITE: www.usna57.org

L to R: Robbie Robertson; Neil Donovan; Bob RodgersThe

L to R: Mike Gluse; Tom Scott; Dick Mozier

L to R: Barbara Gluse; Margaret Mozier; Vivian Costilow; Timmie Scott, Effie Michaels

Attention All Classmates - Photo Bulletin When sending photos electronicaUy with your class articles, please send photos that are 300bpi (bits per inch) resolution. The recent photos received for the December Shipmate issue were only 72 dpi and are not acceptable for pubUcation. There should be a "high resolution" setting on your camera for photos that gives you 300 dpi resolution (JPEG or TIFF image types). I also just learned from Ken CostUow that if you download high resolution photos from your camera and then post them into the Webshots system, the shots are automaticaUy reduced to a lower resolution (e.g.-72bpi). So send "Dan" the high resolution ones from your computer, not the copies from the Webshots photo gaUery that was created.

If your camera doesn't take photos at the 300bpi level, just maU the prints to Dan Garges at: 1846 Greenplace Terrace, RockvUIe, MD 20850 as soon as possible.

We apologize for not informing you about this earUer.

Class was informed in September of the death of Commander Gary Leonard Wilson, USN (Ret.) on 7 February 2006 at his home in Poway CA as the result of a faU. Gary is survived by his widow Betty and two daughters. Efforts to compose a Last CaU submission are being pursued.

W. Tyler Brown's wife Joyce passed away on 21 November at the Navy Regional Medical Center in Portsmouth, VA. In addition to Tyler she is survived by three sons and ten grandchUdren.

Your scribe assembled with the faithfiil to watch the Blue team play to an inspired victory against Rutgers in September. If you were there and able to survive the ear-cauUflowering perpetrated by the stadium IMC cranked up to the threshold of pain, you saw Doug Barker's grandson Ross Pospisil, '10, play huge at middle Unebacker.This lad anchored the defense and managed to position himself to make the gamecUnching interception. Attaboy, Ross (and Doug).AF down,Ahmay to go.

Latest dump from Golf Commish Jim Poole: H It is hard to beUeve, but we have been playing the Jerry Smith Open for 10 years! (Scribe note: Attaboy,Jerry!) The 2008 event on 9 September was played at Old Hickory Golf Club in Woodbridge, VA and ably hosted by Bob Crouch, the winner of the first JSO in 1998.

Last year's champion, Les McMenamin, made a vaUant effort to retain the trophy by shooting a gross 91 (Net 76), Dave Mclntyre came out smoking and laid down a gross 80 (net 60) to wrest the trophy and title away in the mens ffight.

In the women's flight, the absence of several of our low handicap golfers (Nancy Crouch and Rosemary Trippe) opened the door for Joyce Mclntyre, Sharon Basse and Ginger Poole to go head-to-head for the women's title. WhUe Sharon and Ginger shot identical gross scores of 102, Ginger took the trophy on a lower net score of 70.

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(2nd) and Ginger Poole (3rd). Long drives went to Bill Hamel (men) and Ginger Poole (ladies). Closest to the Pin prizes were garnered by Dave Mclntyre (#17) and George Philipps (#5).

The weather and Hurricane Hanna cooperated to give us a beautiful, dry day.

21 classmates and three spouses competed energeticaUy and enjoyed themselves immensely. We hope that next year wiU bring an even bigger field of competitors, especiaUy from our distaff members. •

about I came to display 103: Bradford Parkinson, Architect of GPS and recipient of the Draper Prize in Engineering! An early product of MinneapoUs schools and USNA '57, he and his lovely wife Ginny now reside down the road about 10 mUes from us in SLO. I was so proud to be a Classmate and friend. And do you think Brad ever mentioned he was so honored? Of course not!

During our time in the north woods, I contacted Dr. Gene Kishel, a retired pediatrician who with his wife, BrynhUd, is building a gorgeous home on Lake VermUion.WeU known and highly respected in the area. Gene is not only USNA '60, but was my Plebe in the Fightin' SEVENTH! No wonder he has done so weU.What a joyous reunion after 51 years. H

The Commish, Dave Mclntyre, Ginger Poole

reaUy put the pressure on and by the end ofJuly the car was firushed in the exact color and Uvery it had when it took a class win as a Ferrari factory team car at the 1st Gran Prix ofVenezuela in November 1955. In its history of some three dozen races it also took class wins at Nassau and Sebring, and at my first racing event.

I considered it a major compUment simply being invited to the prestigious Pebble Beach show for, as Jay Leno has said, "It is becoming a competition among bilUonaires!"The judges determined that my car was a perfect 100 point car and it earned the 1st in Class trophy.

But there was more to come for it also earned the Enzo Ferrari award for being the best Ferrari in the entire field as determined by Piero Ferrari, son of Enzo.

HelenAnn rode in the car for the very first time ever on the way to the award ramp on the 18th green in front of the lodge at Pebble Beach. It was truly a memorable moment for us. H

The next man in the batter's box is Bob Christenson from far off San Luis Obispo: • Mary and I recendy remrned from a month in Minnesota, three weeks of which were spent at Lake VermiUon,just outside the Boundary Water Canoe Area where we had paddled a Bob and Mary couple years ago.

Arriving in MinneapoUs we were joined

by Navy friends from Delaware, who had never been in the Midwest before. Among other sights, we took them to St. Paul (a couple weeks before the RNC) to visit the Minnesota History Museum.

Since 2008 is the 150th year since Minnesota gained statehood, there was an exhibit "MN150". From over 2700 suggestions, a panel had selected 150 to highUght the state. These included such items as a repUca of the head of "Princess Kay From the MUky Way" (a state fair princess) carved in butter; mercifully preserved in a refrigerated glass case, a display and story of Spam (Austin, MN), a Betty Crocker Cook Book (General MiUs) and other Uke items. = AdditionaUy there were displays honoring Charles Lindbergh, Walter Mondale, Hubert Humphrey, all notable Minnesotans. As we were wandering

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WhUe the rest of us were frittering away the summer Bob Phillips was busy becoming even more famous. He has made the reaUy long story reaUy short, beginning with a famiUar disclaimer: H In our earlier years many of us did some things that were not necessarUy fuUy thought out. As a LT(jg) at NAS Oakland, I took out a bank loan for two-thirds of my munificent annual salary in order to buy a wrecked, inoperable racecar. My parents told me in poUte terms that I had taken leave of my senses. It took every minute of my off-duty time for nine months to bring the car back to racing condition. I then raced it a few times on the west coast and later at various east coast tracks before storing it in 1967.

About eight years ago with some urging by HelenAnn and my son Bryan 1 decided that it was time to start a complete conservation/restoration effort on that old car in the back of the garage.

This past winter one of my car friends thought that I needed some incentive to move along faster and nominated the car to the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance selection committee. Surprisingly they chose it to be one of the six cars in the M-2 Class for Competition Ferraris.That

Bob's WO-Point Car

Winners Bryan, Bob and HelenAnn and trophies

Unfortunately neither of these photos does justice to Bob's car which, among other things, is a particular shade of blue that must be seen. Nor, obviously, does it appropriately capmre the fuU plumage of the redhead riding shotgun. FiUl color photos and a fidler teUing of the odyssey are avaUable at: http://www.highroadag.com /media/pdf/newsletters/lastradamaestra_o ctober08.pdf BiU Peerenboom passes the foUowing inteU from LaLa Land: • I had the extreme good formne on a recent trip to beautifiil Los Angeles to

spend a deUghtfiU afternoon with Vic Prushan and his lovely bride Florence. I was treated to a magnificent lunch, served outdoors in the yard of their elegant Thousand Oaks home, a bit of which can be seen in the photo. Florence was most gracious in aUowingVic and I to entertain ourselves with sea stories and other lies about our earUer escapades. She kept this Mona Lisa smUe on throughout. H

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Lasdy, Peter Junghans, The Host with the Most, is in with the dope: I The Class Christmas Party is schedtded for Friday, 19 December at the Army Navy Coimtry Club, ArUngton,Virginia.

1900 Cash bar; 1930 Carol singing; 2000 Dmner.

Diimer selections: GriUed Petite FUet Mignon & Sauteed Crab Cakes @ $64.00 per person or WUd Mushroom Chicken @ $51.50 per person. Dinner wine included. Send menu choice and check (Payable to Peter Jungham) to 811 Crescent Drive; Alexandria,Virginia 22302 Phone: (703) 836-7966; EmaU: pjimghans@aol. com Reservations are Umited to the first 80 respondents. Gift wrapped toys for tots wUl be coUected. Uniform: Business Suit or Black Tie. • We hope your candidate won but, either way, take a cue from young Master Tim and: "God bless us aU." Resolution for '09: Carpe Diem. — FNH ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 9% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 56% PRES: U Col Gordon M. Gerson, USAF (Ret.) E: gordon.gerson@1958.usna.com SECY: CDR George J.Jenkins, USN (Ret.) 713 S. Overiook Dr., Alexandria,VA 22305 H: 703-683^357; E: usna58sec@aol.com WEB SITE: www.usna.com/aasses/1958/

Time fUes, and Reunion 50 has now been scratched off the calendar. As you may recaU, we graduated a class of 900 way back when, and for the 50th gathering, we assembled 895 registrants. Now that doesn't mean 895 of our 900 showed up.

but it does reflect that some 450 or so classmates attended, along with spouses, lady friends and famUy members, plus several of the class widows joined in. A very reasonable number, and it included several individuals who never made it as far as graduation, but are stiU part of the class.The taUgate on Saturday actuaUy puUed 915 folks, as other guests were invited to help the class celebrate before the victory over Rutgers. There was a brief appearance by Senator John, but his campaign schedule puUed him away far too soon.You wUl see in the photo below the crowd greeting their famous classmate. At the Sunday Memorial service, we commemorated nearly 213 departed members of the class. The weather was perfect, the events aU went off smoothly, and the renewing of friendships and teUing of way-back stories provided for a highly successful Reunion. Now we start work on Reunion 55!

Senator McCain '58 at the 50th Reunion

Many members of the class who had been away from the AnnapoUs/D.C. Metro area for a long time took advantage of the trip to stay a few days longer and do some sightseeing or visiting with friends on the East coast. An example of such a trip is found in the report from John Granville (10th): • "This week is a recovery week for me.

1 went to my USNA Class of 1958 50th reunion starting 18 September with Eugenia Calkins, the widow of my classmate Corky Calkins (15th). He was career Navy & died unexpectedly very soon after retirement. The class reunion ended Sunday, 21 September, but Eugenia wanted to stay in AnnapoUs to visit friends so I went to NYC. I had very nice accommodations at the NY Athletic Club on a reciprocal deal with the Marine Club in San Francisco. I had exceUent seats for 2 shows, "Boeing, Boeing" which was quite fimny and the new "South Pacific" at Lincoln Center, which was also super. I had never been to the Stame of Liberty so went out there via subway on Thursday.

There was a huge crowd and visitor

security Uke the airUnes to board the ferry.

I flew back to Baltimore on Friday and met Eugenia for the remrn to Texas on Saturday. We drove from DaUas to AbUene and had a recovery day on Sunday.

Monday we went to Far West Texas to see the oil and gas weUs she inherited near Monahans, but had never seen. A rancher friend of mine met us for lunch and led us to one of the weUs for a "photo session".Then we went to Fort Stockton, Alpine, and a ritzy and remote dude ranch for one night, then Marfa and on to Fort Davis. The next day we remrned to AbUene with a stop in Balmorhea. Friday night there was an AbUene High School, classes of'53 & '54, reunion buffet which we attended briefly. Saturday, I put Eugerua on her American AirUnes ffight from DaUas to Orange County. How's that for a marathon? John" H This 50th year since graduation has been the cause for many 50th wedding anruversary celebrations, and Erin O'NeUl, the daughter of Barbara and Tom O'Neill (22), sent in the foUowing note: • "On June 14,2008, my parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

They renewed their vows on that day and on September 27,2008 a famUy and friend celebration of the day was scheduled. They were both at the 50th reunion September 17th. I was not sure if they had sent any photo or blurb about their amazing accompUshment, 50-plus years together. As the story is told, they began dating at age 15,and are stUl very much in love and the tender age of 73. My father wore his Navy issue white bucks to both the 1958 ceremony and the 2008 celebration. Good things reaUy do last!

With kindest regards, Erin M. O'NeUl" •

O'Neill's 50th Anniversary

Another 50th celebration involved a trip with the class flag.AUce and Phil Criswell (4th) celebrated their anniversary, along with PhU's birthday, with a tour of Scandinavia. They visited Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki and Oslo. It was a wonderful trip, according to PhU, and a December 2008

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chance to "show the flag" at a reindeer ranch and at the Arctic Circle.

Phil Criswell at the Arctic Circle

Out in CaUfornia's beautifiil Santa Ynez VaUey, a classmate gathering of a sUghdy different type occurred. Gary Minar (20th) reports: • "On August 19th, Vern Hanna (24di) came fix)m Santa Barbara to Solvang to visit with me.Vern took us on a fine ride in the Flying Station Wagon, a 1948 Stinson with a FrankUn 6-cyUnder, 165hp engine. We flew aU around Santa Barbara County and then up to San Luis Obispo County. We saw Michael Jackson's ranch, the famous AUsal Guest Ranch (where I work part time), and many other great sights, including the burn area for last years devastating Zaca forest fire in the wilderness nearby. It was a fine flying day!

In the photo you see Vern on the left and me on the right. Regards, Gary" •

Vern Hanna and Gary Minar

This 50th year since graduation has been taking its toU on the Class of '58, and acmariaUy speaking, it's not going to get any better. The Alumru Association provided a late discovery of a classmate passing. Don Boyd Edison (15th) died on AprU 19,2007. He resided in Marietta GA. Don was a non-graduate member of the class.

Two weeks prior to Reunion 50, one of the Executive Committee members involved in planning the reunion,Joseph Coleman Criner (3rd), passed away due to esophageal cancer on 4 September 2008, Joe had resigned as a Midshipman to marry his sweetheart, and then graduated

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fix)m Johns Hopkins Uiuversity.

He worked for the Westinghouse Corporation for 40-years in their Defense Department in Linthicum MD.Joe continued his association with the class in the AnnapoUs Chapter, and subsequendy with the Class Executive Committee. The huge yeUow "GO 58 NAVY" flag flown on the flagpoles adjacent to the '58 taUgate area was a Joe Criner project, as were the flagpoles themselves and the garden at the base of the flagpoles. He served as the class representative to the Alumni Association for the Link-In-The-Chain project with the Class of 2008, and carried out many of those fiinctions at a time when his voice was beginning to faU due to the ravages of the cancer Joe and his wife, Maripi, spent a great deal of time visiting her famUy on the island. Maripi survives him, as do two sons, three daughters, ten grandchUdren, and three great grandchUdren. His many conttibutions to the class and his cheerful presence at class events wUl be missed.

Bruce Bartels (7th) fix)m the San Francisco Chapter of the Class of 1958 provided the foUowing sad information: • "58ers—I regret to inform you that Mel Gough (19th), died last evening, September 9th 2008. As most of you know, Mel had suffered for some time with a chroruc lung infection that worsened over time. I saw Mel a few weeks ago and he was weak, but feisty as ever.

WhUe it was hard for him to carry on a long conversation due to his breathing problems, Mel seemed alert and involved in our conversation. Katy told me that he had gone down hiU quickly over the last couple of weeks and had lapsed into a state where he did not recognize anyone.

Our thoughts should be with Katy and her chUdren, GaU, Glenn and MeUssa.The famUy had Mel cremated and conducted a very smaU service prior to spreading his ashes in the Pacific. Katy can be reached at their San Francisco home at 415-920-9933. Bruce" • Mel was commissioned into the Navy upon graduation, and resigned his commission in 1969 as a LCdr. The hand that holds the pen for the class column is now transferring that pen to a new scribe for the Class of 1958.

After 24 years of presenting your news items to the class and alumni in general, I am retiring from the Corresponding Secretary position, departing the Washington Metro area for my "Podunk" of Reno NV, and looking forward to a

different, more sedate lifestyle at the foot of the Sierra Nevada range. The new scribe vioU be George Jenkins (10th), who has had many stories submitted to the column over the past years.You wUl note the new address for submitting news items to George at the top of the column.

Keep aU those emaUs and letters coming in, with photos of the traveUng flag and detaUs of your advenmres as we continue on the Voyage. It has been a pleasure providing you with the activities of the Class of 1958! 30! BT! Warren "Poj"Walters.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 6% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 57% PRES: VADM Francis R. Donovan, USN (Ret.) CHAIRMAN EXEC. COMMITTEE: Gerald G. Garbacz E: ^garbacz@aol.com SECY: Col J.H."Tim"Tiiisley, USMC (Ret.) 346 Hunters Point, NeUysfoniVA 22958 H: 434-361-2044; E: tdnsley59@verizon.net WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1959 WEBMASTER: Dave Sullivan E: dsuUiva9@cox.nct

This is the season for many festive Class gatherings, jump started by Class taUgates before each home game in AnnapoUs. Also fiUing the calendar have been Class luncheons in ArUngton, a Link in the Chain event in the Yard in November, meetings of the 50th Reunion and Class Executive Committees, and those special occasions where "but stiU when two or three shaU meet, and old tales be told."These have ranged firam eleven Classmates and their spouses at the Outer Banks of North CaroUna for golf and feUowship to shared river cruises in Russia—aU grist for the Class reporting miU. Link in the Chain: Marty Finerty (10) has provided the foUowing preview of coming Link in the Chain events in 2009: • "The final year of our association with the Class of '09 during their Midshipman days has begun. This coming year, 2009, there wiU be three specific activities: (1) six battaUon receptions with the Alumni Association, (2) presentation of coUar device bars at graduation, and (3) presentation of die bars at die delayed graduation in December.

The battaUon receptions wiU take place in February/March; the specific dates and location are stUI being decided.

Regrettably notification via Shipmate of the time and place wiU not be possible.

Announcement wiU be made via our emaU disttibution network. For die battalion receptions, each group is assembled at

a central location to receive information about the Alumru Association and the benefits of Life Membership. '59 Classmates and wives are invited to attend and to meet with Class of '09 members at this Alumni Association function, which generaUy occurs on a weeknight after dinner Past classes have indicated this activity is one of the best oppormnities to mteract with the Midshipmen. HopefuUy, we wiU have good representation fix)m the Class of '59 at each battaUon reception.

Presentation of the bars at graduation in late May wiU require ten classmates to hand out the devices. 1 wiU ask those members who have participated in most events over the past four years to fulfiU this activity. Classmates and wives are invited to the graduation ceremony, with special seating assigned. For the delayed graduation in December, two classmates wiU be required and, most Ukely, Jack Brons and I will be able to handle this event. Classmates and wives are invited to participate in this ceremony also." Marty H We wUl report on another Link event, "Assignment to Community Night" on 19 November, 2008, in next month's column.

Chairman's Columbarium Report: I "Jerry Garbacz informed the Executive Committee in early October about progress made on the Class Project over the summer. What the project managers beUeved to be a routine step in the approval process mrned out to be a major stumbling point. The Naval Academy is a National Historic Site and consequendy any changes requfre approval by the National Park Service (NPS), the governing agency for Federal sites. The NPS has delegated its aegis to the Maryland State Historic Organization (SHO).The SHO has not given USNA any problems in recent years. However, due to a change in administtators, our project encountered severe opposition. InitiaUy, the SHO was opposed to any enhancement of the Columbarium. What foUowed were three months of prottacted negotiations between the SHO and USNA staffs. In early October, we received approval to proceed with modifications to our original plan. The most significant change concerns the Gazebo, at the head of the site. SHO has insisted that its height not exceed the top of the Naval Academy cemetery. This has required some redesign work.The project is proceeding on three sUnultaneous fronts. First, aU design work wUl be completed by early December

OBX Golfers - Front L-R: Ona Truax, Linda Bednarek, Linda Hamilton, Lois Flynn, Eileen and Ray Art. 2nd Row Delores Lukish, Carolyn McClure, Barbara Tinsley, Sandy Reifsnyder, Pat Green, Niki Pickett. 3rd Row: Norm Bednarek, Art Emmerson, Dave Green, Tom Lukish, Tim Tinsley Top: Joe Flynn, Griff Hamilton, Dan Truax, Jim Hardin, Bob Reifsnyder.

Second, SecNav acceptance of our gift is being processed. Third, the construction bidding process wUl be shortened to 30 days, with the expectation that a conttact can be let in January and consttuction completed by the end of August.With luck we'U be ready for our reunion on 3 October." Jerry â&#x20AC;˘ Golfers at the Outer Banks: Art Etmnerson (6) generously and most effectively put together another of the annual OBX Golf Outings for eleven classmates and their ladies during 21-28 September Two beautiffil adjacent vacation homes on Currimck Sound in Corolla are the venue, with golfers teeing it up at the Currimck Club, Duck Woods Country Club, The Pointe, and KilmarUc, aU fine and chaUenging courses.

Rain and high winds blew away a scheduled round at Nags Head Golf Links. Two couples pair off to prepare the everting repast for the whole groupâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the eating is top shelf and the atmosphere raucous! Admiration of the spectacular sunsets from the porch overlooking the Sound accompanied by a rendition of America the BeautifiU remind aU of our blessings.

50th Reunion Formal Announcement: Our large Reunion Committee met on 11 September to hammer out remaining detaUs for our much anticipated 50th reunion during 1-4 October, 2009.You should have already received in the maU

the first formal written communication about the reunion, to include the tentative schedule of activities throughout the weekend, hotel information, highUghts of social events, and the estimated cost for the reunion package. The Alumni Association handled this maiUng and, if you are current in its database, you wUl have received the announcement. If not, let your company representative know for an address correction.You can also view the announcement on the Class website at www.usna.com/classes/1959 under the Links menu.

The Reunion Committee adjourned for lunch that day with other Classmates, 24 in aU, at the Army-Navy Country Club. With a golfing oppormnity offered afterwards, seven Classmates stayed on to conclude the day on the Unks.

2009 USNA Distinguished Graduate Nomination: The Class Executive Committee met on 3 October, with the principal agenda item the selection of a Class nominee for the USNA Distinguished Graduate Award in 2009. The Committee voted to nominate our Class President, Frank Donovan (13), and the appropriate nomination package is being prepared under the leadership of Ted Alexander (18).

Roger Bacon (7) sent along a nice photo of Carol and Carl Keske (8) with him in Red Square, Moscow on 21 September. Our Classmates were on an December 2008

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AHl Naval Academy Alumni cruise from St. Petersburg to Moscow. The itinerary covered 1800 km, 17 locks, and the largest two lakes in Western Europe during 11-23 September. Roger recommends AHI alumni cruises—as have many other Classmates. The photo below has St BasU Cathedral in the background.

In Remembrance: Sadly, Pat Nelis (13) lost his beloved wife, Sidney, on 14 September, 2008.

A funeral service in Mount Perm, Pennsylvania included Don Smith (13) among the mourners. In addition to Pat, she leaves behind seven chUdren.

Rise and Shine, —Tim ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 4% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 65%J PRES: VADM Ed Clexton, USN (Ret.) 1000 BoboUnk Dr.Virginia Beach,VA 23451 H: 757-491-2141; E: clexboeck@aol.com SECY: Bill Lewis 14312 Cove Ridge PL, Midlodiian,VA 23112-4337 H: 804-744-8808; E: bilewis@comcast.net WEB SITE: http://www.usna60.com/

From Dick Pariseau (1): Carl and Carol Keske with Roger Bacon in Moscow

From the news wire via the Alumni Association comes an Orlando Sentinel story entided "Naval Retiree Helps Local Kids as Algebra Tutor." It's about our own math "slash" Walt Dziedzic (14), in Tavares, Florida. It seems Walt has been volunteering since 1994 to mtor local teens in middle and high schools-originaUy up to five days a week with two to three smdents each day. StiU he finds time for extensive world ttavel. For more, look forward to seeing his bio in the Golden Lucky Bag next year!

Jerry McDaniel (11) provided a great photo of feUow RVers in the Class at Ouray, Colorado during one of those frequent USNA RV Chapter "come arounds."

WaltBaskin, Mike Bothwell, Bill Corroum, Jerry McDaniel

Binnacle list: Joe McGlinchey (6) has provided periodic dispatches through Tom Lukish (2) to update the stams of Diane McGUnchey's recovery from serious injuries incurred on 27 September Diane was struck by a car whUe walking across a stteet, suffering a hip fracmred in three places. FoUowing successful surgery and a hospital stay, she was moved to a rehab faciUty in Fountain VaUey, California. She was expected to remrn home at press time.

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I "To avoid inaccurate rumors, let me state that 'Yes' 1 got married. My new parmer is Becky, originaUy from Kansas, recendy retired attorney. Director of Litigation for the New York Woman's Justice Center and Adjunct Professor at Pace University Law School. It occurred Uke so: A few weeks ago, before leaving for Cape Cod, I caUed her in NYC to invite her to lunch and chat. We had dated for several years, but had not seen each other since last November. She agreed.

We met and after a brief exchange of pleasantries about the weather, I asked her, "Is there any chance that we might get back together?"

HER: "Maybe, but I don't want to just be a girl friend or traveUng companion again."

ME: "What does that mean? Do you want to get married?"

HER: "That would work."

ME: "OK. Let's do it."

HER: "Then you had better leave now, go to Cape Cod, think about what you just said for 48 hours, then caU me if you StUl feel the same way and are not in shock."

I left. No lunch. Total meeting time about 15 minutes.

I remrned to NYC two days later, on Monday.

Becky came to Virginia on Wednesday.

The next day we decided to elope, get married now and have parties later. I suggested the drive thru chapel in Las Vegas with Elvis as wimess, but got no answer We got married that day in Virgirua. It transpired something Uke this: We went to the ArUngton Court House about 11:00 AM tofiUout forms. No witness or blood test required in this great State. Forms completed, we were given a

Ust of'Officials" diat could perform the ceremony. One individual had an office across the stteet from the court house.

He was in his office, Dick & Becky Pariseau was very pleasant, friendly, and avaUable. It was a beautifid experience. Just the two of us, no worry about guests, ceremonies, dress, etc. We were extremely pleased. We remrned to the Court House with our marriage certificate to get certffied copies for passport, ID card, etc. As we approached the clerk, she recognized us and said, "Oh, Oh, we made a mistake on the appUcation didn't we?"

We said, "No. We are already married."

I heard her say something Uke "Holy Cow". I think Becky heard.

"Wow. It's nice when you reaUy know what you want."

We got four certified copies of our new certificate and were departing the Court House when I remembered that I had only put money for one hour in the parking meter. We remrned to the car to discover that we had 8 minutes left on the meter. Talk about efficiency. Becky's version may vary sUghdy, but conclusions wiU remain the same.

Regarding inquiries about a bachelor party, the last ten years have been my bachelor party. Looking forward to you aU meeting Becky. Celebration party invitations to foUow. Dick" H From Ben Hallowell (3): B "Hey Jack and Ed, IfinaUygot an invite for two wounded USMC patients to meet the Padres on the field and watch batting practice and participate in a photo op.

Last night was the highUght of the season for the Padres Navy Old Goats.

Briefly, Adrian Gonzalez is a local Chtda Vista Easdake HS baUplayer now an AU-Star caUber first-baseman with the Padres—his brother Edgar, more the journeyman minor leaguer, worked his way up and also plays for the Padres as a utiUty infielder. A friend of mine, Mike Lettieri '69, used to coach the Gonzalez brothers in high school. He told them about what the US Naval Academy '60 Old Goats did this year in hosting wounded patients— Edgar Gonzalez said the next tune the Navy Old Goats host wounded servicemen, please bring them down on the field for batting practice so we can meet them.

Corporal Fred Sanks USMC graduated from Florida International

University. He then enUsted in the USMC in a program where he has akeady been accepted by the Miami PoUce Department. During his tour in Afghanistan, he was wounded in hand to hand combat with a knife wielding enemy. He is stiU at the hospital but wiU evenmaUy be able to join Miami PD. Lance Corporal Joe Posner USMC is fixim Kansas City. He has undergone several surgeries as a residt of an explosion whUe m Afghanistan. He is finaUy fit for duty so next week is doing exacdy what he has dreamed of doing—going back to Afghanistan to join his unit and help his buddies finish the job!

With a lot of help fix)m Captain Jack Ensch USN Ret—now a Padres VP and obviously loving what he does—and his team including Leah Tobin and Laura Evam, we had the honor of meeting the two Marines and escorting them dowTi on thefield.AU of us were wide-eyed but the best part was seeing guys Uke Jim Lazlavic, former Chargers Unebacker now a TV reporter, and Tim Flannery the SF Giants third base coach, stop talking to the reporters and others on the field just to come over and inttoduce themselves to Fred and Joe. Granted it was the anniversary of 9/11, but StUl the respect shown to our young USMC guests was moving.

As soon as batting practice was over for both teams, here came Edgar Gonzalez as promised. He was the only player on the field and he chatted with the two Marines just as if they were old pals. He apologized for Adrian not being able to join him but he had been hijacked in the clubhouse for a media interview. After awhUe, here comes Adrian. Although younger than Edgar, he is obviously bi^er and sttonger ReaUy impressive to see two young Marines bonded by combat and the Corps standing and talking with two young professional basebaU players bonded by a different sort of teamwork as weU as blood.

The Padres photographer took a photo of the Gonzalez brothers and the two Marines aU holding our Naval Academy class of 1960 blanket/banner.

I only wish Avery, Mike, or I had the presence of mind to forewarn the Gonzalez brothers that there was a lot of good smff in that Naval Academy 60 blanket which mbbed off on anyone who held it because you guessed it....

When the game started, Adrian Gonzalez hit a 3 run homer in the first inning, another hit, then a second long home mn and, not to be outdone, thanks

to the Navy Old Goats USNA 60 blanket karma, Edgar Gonzalez pinch hit and he too rocked a long home run into the left field seats.. .the first time the brothers had ever hit home runs together in a game since their backyard days!

Meantime, the two young Marines left the game with great memories and a lot of signed basebaUs, caps, and other stuff thanks to the Padres and the USNA 60 Old Goats Although Joe is on his way back to Afghanistan, Fred is stiU at the hospital. He asked if we could do it one more time and this time bring two other wounded Marines, Our Old Goats season is over but the Padres indicated there might be a way for us to do it for one more game against the Pirates at the end of the season. I'U be working with Captain Jack and his team to try to bring it aU together for Fred and his other wounded buddies. Maybe Edgar and Adrian wiU want to hold up that Navy blanket with a couple of Marines again— it seems to have home runs in it!

They say you can never go back but I'U teU you ... standing behind that batting cage brought back some great memories of being in that Navy cage under Joe Duff and Max Bishop, no hardly ever as a hitter, mosdy I had to "earn my hacks" as a batting practice catcher (they don't even have a batting practice catcher now—just gather up the baUs when the cagefiUsup).

That's why I related so to Edgar Gonzalez —he has had to work and grind every step of the way, to see him playing with his gifted younger brother and then hit a home run himself was tttUy gratifying.

Corporal Fred Sanks USMC gave me his emaU address—I'd be happy to forward any personal messages from any of you feUow old goats to both Corporal Sanks and LCPL Posner who remrns to Afghanistan this week—just reply to me and I wiU forward.You may aU now carry on and feel very good about yourselves!

— BenB From Bob Osmon (17): • "Classmates, here are two faces (Bob Payne (17) and Jim Reynolds (17)) that you have not seen in at least 48+ years. Having tracked down both of them over the past several years, I decided it was high time to get them to visit the Academy after aU these years. So I invited them to be my guest for the footbaU game and it worked. Hank Phillips (17) and Jim Kinney (17) were able to join us at the taUgate, so we reaUy had kind of a mini reunion of 17th co guys. Anyhow it was great fim catching up.

Bob became a professor of Ornithology at the University of Michigan and Jim served in the CathoUc Church as a deacon for many years. Bob StiU lives in Michigan and Jim now Uves in Northern Pennsylvania. It was great to have them back in the fold. HopefiiUy they wiU now attend our 50th reunion.

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Rob Kunkle (10) sent an up date on his batde with skin cancer • "I finished with the radiation last week.

Now for the slow wait to get my taste buds back! They say 2 months. So I subsist on ENSURE, Carnation Instant Breakfast, peaches and not much else.

Down 15 pounds, and that's a good thing!

I needed to lose that weight. Now I have to get the weight loss slowed or stopped.

Otherwise I'm no worse for the experience. The radiation burn is receding rapidly and you can barely see that my cheek is red. No sickness or other symptoms. The operation to remove the mmor is heaUng nicely—no readUy visible scar but my left ear is stUl numb!

I'U have a checkup later this month but they reaUy don't have a way to know if I'm in the clear. Just have to wait and see if I get another bump or lump, and check it out. Get those bumps, lumps and moles checked out! Rob" • ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 6% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 64% 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 rtrogeio@comcast.net WEBMASTER: Howard Winfree E: winfi^e@1961.usna.com WEB SITE: www.USNA61.org

HOWDY SHIPMATES! It's hard to beUeve that 2008 is nearly over. By the time you read this, we should have beat Army in footbaU, and won the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy for the December 2008

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6th year in a row. We're stiU nine behind the "Zoomies" but we're moving up fast.

We're also getting ready for the 6th Bowl game in a row, this year in Washington.

THE LATEST NOOZE. N o r m Pigeon.

• 1 sure gotta take exception with the absence of any 6 lets at the Duke game.

Hey! We always get the invitations to come up to AnnapoUs, but it doesn't seem Uke theWashington/AnnapoUs contingent wants to move off their dime. WeU, us "southerners" represented '61 as best we could. Fred Palumbo (orig. Ohio), Fritz Klumpp (LA), Norm Pigeon (RI) and Bill Clark (CA) were the force in being. AU 13th company, plus Jerry Cooper somewhere.Who's the babe? ...

Le Aim, Norm's action officer.You may recognize the fifth... some mid who enjoys?? Running around in 95 degree weather in a goat suit. •

• Good evening loyal and faithfiil scribe.

A brief simation report from an annual gathering of some of us. Thanks to the sponsorship of Howard, 'Phantom of the Opera', Winfree and Tom, 'the Prophet', Rooney, a WGNAC group (Pete Ferriso, Dan Schroeder, Gary Seraly, and "Teeps" Manning) participated in a golf competition at the Pointe golf club in kiU devU hiUs this week. With aU due humiUty, I am happy to report that theWGNAC's entry won the Annual Trustees' Invitational Tournament. It was tough but with birdie

by Ferriso, consistent play by Schroeder and manning and flashes of greamess by Seraly we did win. In fact, le guar Seraly had low net... aU because he had his baU rettiever re-gripped. The attached photo shows the winners at the awards luncheon ... the ttophy is not evident as it was out being engraved. The second photo shows the team with sponsors in coroUa, North CaroUna (Winfree, Rooney, Ferriso, Seraly, Srchoeder and Manning). •

13th Company dudes at the Duke game Pete Ferriso, Dan Schroeder, Gary Seraly, and "Teeps" Manning

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Charlie Lyman.

• An innocent-sounding cough that woiUdn't go away has led to a visit to my famUy doctor and, after extensive testing, to a diagnosis of lung cancer I expect to start radiation and chemotherapy next week at Mayo CUnic in Phoenix, so I'U be in good hands. I'm going into this as a Ufelong nonsmoker, in otherwise good health, with a positive attimde, and complete faith in God, so I expect to beat it. AU I ask of you is your prayers ... there's nothing you can do that wUl help me more. I promise to keep you posted. • Dan Schroeder.

Winfree, Rooney, Ferriso, Seraly, Srchoeder and Manning

SEENAND HEARDAROUND TOWN. It's early October as I put together this December column, so we've only half way through our footbaU season. Our taUgate parties before and after the games have been weU attended. Next year you folks who are within driving distance should party with the rest of us.

Carolyn and Jim HeUauer motered down from PhUly for the Rutgers game.

Jim and I had the chance to get in a round of golf. He made me put this in the column: "HeUauer beat Onorati in golf!"

I did as he said, but if I had made this announcement I would of inserted the

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word "finally" after HeUauer and before Onorati.

THOSE WHO LEFT US FREDERICK (RICK) LEWIS, a retired U.S. Marine Corps Ueutenant colonel, lost his Ufe pursuing his passion in a saUplane accident Sunday, Aug. 31,2008, near Cleburne.

N O R M A N 'WILLIAMS, died at his home in Claremont, CA on the morning of September 10 6x>m compUcations surrounding his treatment for esophageal cancer "GET IT DONE WITH '61" ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 6% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 68% PRES: LtCol Ray Madonna, USMC (Ret.) H: 410-604-1014; C: 410-490-2680 E: rcma@toad.net SECY: CDR Howard S. Pinskey, USNR (Ret.) PO. Box 3380, AnnapoUs, MD 21403-3326 H: 410-974-1962; E: PINSK62@aol.com WEB SITE: www.nampows.org/62.html

Greetingsfrom Annapolis, I hope you aU had a great Thanksgiving hoUday. WhUe Navy awaits another post season bowl appearance next month, the footbaU team anticipates beating Army in PhUadelphia on 6 December. For the 51st straight year the class of 1962 SEZ - ZONK EM. Now for our class news.

IN MEMORIAM It is with great sadness that I inform the class of the passing of our friend and classmate ART HATHEWAY. ARTHUR LOYAL HATHEWAY, born in Los Angeles on March 26,1940 to PhiUp and PauUne Hatheway, went suddenly to Jesus on October 11,2008. He is survived by his loving daughters, Catherine Ann Page (Dale); grandchUdren,Jessica, Jennifer, EUzabeth and Alan, and Helen Ann Page (Darmy); grandchUdren, Taylor Destynie, Taylor Grey, Laney Michelle and his devoted vwfe, Roselyn Robinson Hatheway, who joined him in marriage in June of 1995. He wUl also be missed by Rose s daughter,Terice Pokrant (Jeff), son, Jeffiey Richards, (Tiffany) and aU her grandchUdren. ART always exceUed in smdies and was accepted to the U.S. Naval Academy at AnnapoUs, foUowing which, he served our country, a decorated Naval Officer. In 2006, ART retired from his position as Senior Staff Engineer at the AMS Lab in die Physics Departtnent of U of A. There his skiUs as computer programmer and smaU insttument engineer, his thorough namre and precise workmanship, his understanding of chemistry and physics, as weU as his abUities to invent and mentor, were put to good use. ART met

Jesus in 1992.This new relationship changed his perspective on Ufe and today he knows completely the goodness of God. The class extends it s sincere sympathies to ART's famUy and friends.

CLASS NEWS GORDON "GORDY"VALENTINE writes usfix)mVirginia. â&#x20AC;˘ I was sorry to have the 45th reunion, but I just had prostate cancer surgery and it would not have been comfortable to attend.

The DVD is great, and I even got a caU fiom ARNIE HAFNER wishmg me weU. The forth company reaUy sticks together.

The enclosed picmre was taken during a recent visit with B U Z Z HURST and his lovely wife Susan to our home in Lexington,VA. It was taken from the Blue Ridge Parkway bridge over the James River. B U Z Z and I were plebe summer roommates and have kept in regular contact throughout the years. He had just firushed some fencing business at the Academy and it was great that they had some extra time for a visit.

Lois and I are doing weU, celebrating eleven years in our retirement home in Lexington. J O H N RIPLEY is very famous here, having served at the Virginia MiUtary Instimte and as president of nearby Southern Virginia CoUege. Have heard J O H N speak on several occasions when he visited and recendy heard a talk

by PAUL GALANTI at a RepubUcan Party breakfast. H

This story and accompanying great photo are compliments of PAUL HURST. A photo showmg 14 of us (seven couples) from 10th (nee), later 16th company enjoying a few days in August in the Banff area of Canada. The picmre of the guys shows (L to R) the seven smds: TED " G O A T " WARNER, BARRY "BEAR" CHAMBERLEM, STE'VE " G H O S T " N Y S T R O M , JERRY "INDL^yST" BLESCH, P D " F R O G " HURST, NATE " Z W A K " JOLLEY & BOB " R O C K Y " / " B A D B O B " SPANE. Our spouses are also shown, who threatened to leave us if we continued to play golf the whole time, but

'62 group in Canada

instead they just went shopping. The lake behind us (which, amazingly, no one feU in during the canoe races) is the beautiful Lake Moraine. Old tales were told and made better and a great time was had by aU. IncidentaUy, we were together only a couple of months after we had met exacdy 50 years ago, at which time we had cowered in our rooms, discovering that the 10th company, to which we had just been assigned, was indeed as mean as advertised. But somehow we survived, continuing to put curses on those sadistic guys in the Class of '60.

An amusing story from Reggie and PHIL H A R R I N G T O N . It s been a long time since I submitted anything for the Class column, but I had a most enjoyable shock the other day on the golf course that I thought I d mention. A friend of mine here at Ocean Ridge who knew I had been in the Navy caUed and asked if 1 woiUdjoin him in a foursome he was putting together at the last minute.

An Admiral from out of town was visiting the local chapter of the First Tee and wanted to play golf on one of the courses in our community. I agreed and you can imagine my surprise when I showed up and found out that the Admiral was none other than SNUFFY SMITH. Needless to say it was a great mini-reunion, even though I wound up buying him drinks after the match. As I told SNUFFY, he clearly has too much time on his hands because he is a 7 handicap! The rest of the story , as they say, is that I had corresponded with SNUFFY periodicaUy because he (along with PAUL GALANTI & J O H N RIPLEY) have conttibuted articles to an anthology my daughter KeUy and I are putting together that is due out in the Spring of 2009. The book (which wUl be titled A Better Man )

is aimed at young men 12-21 and passes along the wisdom of folks Uke SNUFFY, PAUL & R I P on what it reaUy means to be a "man" in the finest sense of the word.

As 1 have told others, we have articles in it from POW s and poets, actors and athletes, poUticians and professors and just plain good people. I am always up for another surprise, so if any of our classmates are in the Ocean Isle Beach, N C area and looking for a golf game, give me a caU. How s this for a chance meeting?

BILL PATTERSON relates that the Parkview High School, class of 58 held a 50th reunion during the first week of October in Springfield , Missouri. Two members that attended were Nancy KoUmeyer and BILL PATTERSON. They were accompanied by Nancy s husband GEORGE SCHWEIZER and BUI s wife Dian. BILL and G E O R G E discovered that they were also members of USNA '62. It's a smaU worid.

MIKE F O S T E R sends us this photo from Denver of his golfing buddies, MIKE McGRATH & JIM ENGELKING. Mike McGrath

Mike Jim Foster Engelldng

From our class president, RAY M A D O N N A , the words of this month are the foUowing: HWith 20 percent of the class participating, we have selected our 50th December 2008

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62-63 CLASS N E W S Reunion Gift. The gift wiU be an endowment to fund the Residence FeUow for the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership.

DICK LEE has posted a description on the class website www.usna62.com.The detaUs of this gift and the amount wUl be finalized after the Superintendent provides his Strategic Requirements Priorities Document to the Naval Academy Foundation in early November. RecaU that it is the Superintendent and the brigade of midshipmen that we are supporting. Once we see the Superintendents priority Ust we can negotiate a memorandum simUar to the one we negotiated for the ALITC Program with the foundation.

The Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the Naval Academy is appropriately named in recognition and memory of the quintessential example of ethical leadership.Vice Admiral James Stockdale.

The mission of the Center is to promote and enhance the ethical leadership development of current and fumre naval leaders through education, research, consultation and coUaboration.The Class of 1962 has the oppormnity to conttibute to the success of this mission and to the development of ethical core values and leadership skUls in the members of the Brigade of Midshipmen by providing financial support for the mission of the Center.

The Director of the Center has identified a number of key areas in which the Center has need for financial support.

In particular, the Center has a need for four (4) Resident FeUows, each of whom would serve for a year within the Center conducting targeted research and pubUshing their findings in the form of papers, lectures, interactive workshops, seminars and symposiums for the Midshipmen.

The capstone of leadership is character anchored in an ethicaUy-based foundation.

In today s environment more than ever, leadership exhibited through character and ethics is indispensable. The Center is the first and foremost step in engaging and implementing the leadership quaUties centtal to the ttaining of Midshipmen for their ffimre leadership roles.

A prominent element of the 1962 class crest is the singular word Honor . Personal honor is the essence of character and a prereqiusite for ethical behavior. These quaUties form the foundation for the development of effective leaders. In keeping with the mission of the Naval Academy, to create leaders, the objective of Stockdale Center is to insure these vital quaUties are included in the training of Midshipmen for their ftimre leadership roles.

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It therefore seems fitting that the members of the Class of 1962 offer a legacy gift to the Academy in the form of support for the Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership.

This Legacy Gift from our Class can play a sigruficant and important part in setting an example for enhancing the financial resources essential in estabUshing the Center as the premier resource for research, insttuction and dissemination of core values and ethics centtal to the Naval Service and Marine Corps. B Classmates and pizza in Southern Florida this summer. HOWIE PINSKEY, JOE O'BRIEN AND BOB "PAPPY" KUNTZ telUng sea stories.

That s our class news for this December 2008 issue of SHIPMATE.Your cards, letters, e-maUs and photos are gready appreciated. May aU of our classmates, famUies and friends enjoy good health and happiness during the hoUday season and may the world become a more peaceful place. Happy hoUday season and a joyous 2009. Keep in touch. Until next time...

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As happens much too often lately, we begin this report with news of the loss of classmates.

Don Walton died at his home in Las Vegas on 26 September after a courageous batde against cancer. Prior to his death, he was employed as a faciUties and real estate services manager for the Nevada Test Site, National Security Technologies. Don's widow, Mary Jane, can be contacted at 9665 Phoenician Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89147. Memorial donations may be made to the Nevada Cancer Institute, One Breakthrough Way 10441 WTwain Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89135.

Another victim of cancer was Bobby Campbell, who passed away on

9 September. This account of his foneral service came from Tom Robertson.

• The Class stood taU at Bobby CampbeU's funeral in Brick, NJ, on 13 September. I don't recaU ever being part of a group more sad than those of us at the funeral Mass: famUy friends, cUents, commuruty. Representing the Class were Andrea and Spencer Johnson, Rob Black, John Conroy, David Honhart, Major Howe, Mike Krause, Jim Lloyd, Robbie Newton,Vern Shock, Linda and JUn Stewart, Kathy and Erwin Storz,Jack Reed's widow Linda, and JuUe and Tom Robertson.

A Navy honors detaU rendered miUtary honors outside St. Dominic's Church whUe eleven classmates stood at attention as an honor guard. We looked reasonably fit for duty, though surely not at the level Bobby was before being struck by cancer Diane, son David, and daughter Jennifer were most gracious in trying to comfort the many mourners. We joined the famUy at a wonderful reception/ luncheon afterwards in Spring Lake which served to continue the celebration of Bobby's Ufe. The famUy requests that any donations or memorials to honor Bobby be made to the University of Pennsylvania cancer center which worked so vaUandy for Bobby and the famUy. Address: Melanoma Research and Patient Care Fund, The Abramson Cancer Center of The University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market St. Suite 750, PhUadelphia, PA 19104. • Ken Metviner filed this report about a fund raising event for the Class of 1963 Center for Academic ExceUence (63 CAE) at the Naval Academy.

• Classmates gathered at a 63 CAE Legacy Event in PhUadelphia, sponsored

by Bernie Kelley and Doug Tozour, coordinated by Harry Salmon.

Academic Dean BUI MiUer '62 gave an inspiring talk about the successes of the 63 CAE and its growing needs. Example: the graduation rate of 63 CAE "cUents" exceeds that of the Brigade as a whole.

Example: the emerging diversity of the national population means that more midshipmen wiU be entering the Academy from famUies without prior coUege experience. Example: the Navy increasingly depends on USNA for officers with science, technology and engineering educations. Conclusion: the 63 CAE works, and we need it more than ever. It benefits us aU. •

It's especiaUy good to hear firam Dick Guffey, who made his first conttibution to this news exchange in many years.

He sets a good example for our classmates. FoUow his lead, guys!

• It's tune for my 25 year conttibution, so here goes.

During our reunion last AprU, I was impressed with the tour of the Class of 1963 Center for Academic ExceUence.

One of die staff. Dr. Wendy Shekdar, and I discussed my unmet need for academic help whUe I was sttuggUng through the Academy so many years ago. I also told her of the international educational charity I participate in now. She invited me to come back in the faU to share with some of the plebe classes, and I did so last week.

I spent a period with four different classes trying to inspire them to take advantage of the Uving legacy that we are providing them, and talking about my work around the world, etc., but the thins they seemed to enjoy the most was hearing of the old days: $5/month pay for plebes, very Umited Uberty, Ma ConnaUy's drag house, etc. I showed them my old Reef Points which they loved, my plebe and Ensign shoulder boards, and the Annapolis newspaper edition covering our graduation.

1 also had the opportunity to eat with the 7th Company Officer and some of his 1st class in King HaU. It was the first time I have had a chance to interact with female Midshipmen and came away unpressed.The staff" of the CAE is outstanding. OveraU, it was fiin and very confirming that what we are doing to help Mids academicaUy is a noble thing and a wise investment. Thanks, classmates, for your conttibutions.

Sorry I coiUdn't see everyone in the area. I spent the week with Charlie Stubbs in his beautifid new digs in Annapolis, and now I'm visiting Cynthia and Jim Eckert at their Glenside Farm in northern PA. They feed me, encourage me and help me wdth the international work. They are dear friends and classmates indeed. • This news of classmates who watched Navy's latest gridiron win over USAFA comes from Lu Schmuacher.

I We have been Uving in Colorado for the past nine years and have a view of the Air Force Academy. This year we hosted two of my old (and we're aU getting old) roommates—^Paul Brown and Tom Selden for the Navy-Air Force game.

It was a good game made GREAT by the 33-27 win.

Here is a photo of us celebrating our win. Left to right are Paul Brown, Dot Brown, Carole Schumacher, Lu Schumacher, and Tom Selden.

Unformnately, Doris Selden was not able to make it.

If anyone is passing through the Colorado Springs area, we have a lot of room and would love to have them visit.

Contact us at 1038 Bowstting Road, Monument, C O 80132. Phone: (719) 487-0526. •

Celebrating in Colorado Springs

Our classmate Dick Whalen is an accompUshed and much sought after maritime artist. Many of us have a print of his painting of USS FITZGERALD, made in conjunction with the ship's commissioning. Dick is now making avaUable a Umited edition of a near original repUca of that painting. For more information, and to see some of Dick's other artwork, visit this page on our web site: http://www.usna63.org/tradition/ This month's mountain adventure photo comes from Phillip Marsden.

• Four classmates spent a week in late August backpacking in the high Sierras.

This picmre shows me, John Peterson, Sandy Stoddard (front), and Dave Moore enjoying the high country of the Immigrant WUderness north ofYosemite National Park. It gave us aU a chance to work on our beards, get a suntan and lose a few pounds, although the packs seems to be getting heavier each year.

John Peterson heads up the ttip planning for a group of bay area professionals that have been doing an annual hike for ages. Dave and 1 are just Southern CaUfornia tag-alongs. John's son-in-law set up a web site; you can check it out at http://robrinfo/image. •

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Dick Augur told me about the latest reunion of the Terrible Tenth Survivors (of Plebe Year), hosted by Kathi and Chuck Calvano in Monterey, CA, this September. Chuck prepared afiiUreport on his internet blog at http://terribletenth.blogspot.com/ and placed many photos from the weekend at http: //chuck.smugmug. com/Reunion.

Some photos from those sites are included in the web version of this column at USNA63.org.This is some text from Chuck's blog: • The final roster of attendees was: Dick and Marylyn Augur, Dave and Mary Bingemann,John and Margarette Boley, Al and Kathy Breen, Earl and Celes Buck, Roger and Sandy Deegan, OUie Doherty, Jack and Joanna Donegan,BUl and Jennifer Earner, Tom and Donna Green, BiU and Barb Hahn, Ron Hand, LUUan Karson, Dick KeU, Bernie Patterson and Bonnie Phirmey Hugh and Georgia SchaU, Matt and Betti SmaU, Mike and Bonnie Spear and Chuck and Kathi Calvano.

Events began on Thursday night with a reception at the Calvano house. Friday morning saw us aU climbing to the top of the rock at the Point Sur Light Station, foUowed by a lunch in perfect weather on the river bank terrace at the Big Sur River Inn. Friday afternoon free time was foUowed by dinner hosted by the Calvanos.

Samrday morning saw us at sea on the Monterey Princess hunting whales—and we were not disappointed. The evening was spent at a restaurant dinner on Fisherman's Wharf The wrap-up event was a Sunday brunch at the Calvano house one more time. • To wrap up for this month, here are two photos of people who visited Lou and me in North CaroUna this summer.

Pennsylvaiuans Lois and Bernie Grabowski were here Ui July, and just bought their retirement home in nearby Brevard. Gaye and Steve Jacoby were here from south Florida for most of September, Uving in their RV and roaming in search of waterfaUs and excitement.

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63-65 CLASS N E W S retired firom Indiana State University where he was head of the Psychology Department. Doug is presendy working on a book on memory. Jerry and Sue are Virginia residents and Doug Uves in Terra Haute, Indiana."

Bernie and Lois

With These Characters, This Had To Be A High Stakes Round!

Steve and Gaye

Merry Christmas, everyone, and a Happy New Year!

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We open this month with a note fir)m Chicago '64'er Plank Owner Mike Murray describing a couple of accompanying photos: "The first is a picture of Doug Herrmann,Jerry Dunne and me after a rotmd of golf in August. Jerry and Sue were in Chicago for a famUy gathering (Jerry has 7 or 8 sibUngs in the area.)

Since I hadn't seen Doug for many years, I invited him to join us to catch up. Jerry is a retired Captain and now almost retired consultant. Doug is married, and is now

"The second picture is ofJoe Ince,"the Honorable" John Dalton, Craig Clark '65, Ken Fusch and me. The occasion was the wedding ofJohn's son Chris in San Diego. The picmre was taken at Craig's home in Rancho Santa Fe where he and his wife Jan hosted a brunch for the wedding's out of town guests. John, Craig and I were roommate's plebe and youngster year. Chris Dalton is now in law school at George Washington, in D C .

He married KeUy Singleton, a former Navy heUcopter pUot he met at Pensacola on his way to becoming a Marine CH 53 pUot. Chris served two tours in Iraq before leaving the Marine Corps. The wedding was a real Navy/Marine Corps event with both famiUes having deep roots in the two services. (The bride's father Captain Jerry Singleton is a retired navy fighter pUot)."

Classmates at the Dalton wedding

BiU Carson and Bob Nichael took time to inform us of a recent gathering of twenty Tidewater'64'ers in Virginia Beach. CaUmg diemselves "USNATW64", they try to meet monthly to share scutdebutt and do a Utde hangar flying (weU, maybe a lot of hangar flying!)

At their recent luncheon $10 per attendee was coUected toward a support fund for USNA TW-64 classmates such as sympathy cards, fi^t baskets,flowers,"in Ueu oF' donations, etc. Also, Waddy Garrett gave an overview of plans for the 45th class reunion Next, Chuck Wilde (23rd Co.) and Bob Bishop (14th Co.) advise that'64 was aUve and weU at the 2008 Annapolis 10 MUe Run. This event is held each year at a bestial time of year—^3rd week in August. Chuck & Bob carried '64's "torch" (Not the flag - more than enough work just carrying themselves!). For the record. Bob beat Chuck by a couple of minutes in real time and Chuck beat Bob by a couple of minutes in age-graded time ^but who's counting? Of more import is that the two of them are closing in on the honored tide of "Oldest Goat," the tide given each year to the oldest USNA graduate to complete the AnnapoUs 10 MUer. At this point, they are chasing one '63er and one '65er for "Oldest Goat". The competition is 66 whUe Bob and Chuck are ONLY 65.

It's only a matter of time before '64 is supreme! (Ed. Note: when pressed for a photo of the event. Chuck demurred stating "1 didn't look so great at the end anyway!")

HOLE-IN-ONE - PART ONE Charlie Durepo recendy sent in the foUowing proud notice: "1finaUygot a hole in one! The course is Indian Creek Golf Club in Emmaus, PA on September 15. It was the 14th hole and I used a Pitching Wedge. The shot goes across a quarry on the left and is only 85 yards. I thought the baU would not make the cliffi but it did.

The pin was on the fiiont of the green and it is sUghdy up fiiom the tee so I coiUd not see the baU go in. Maybe next time."

(Ed Note: how prophetic — see next page).

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Way to go Charlie!

HOLE-IN-ONE - PARTTWO As your humble correspondent was preparing to go to press, CharUe sent the foUowing last minute note: "In my last emaU I annoimced my first Hole-In-One which was made in September. I now have the great honor of announcing a second one on October. 8 —that's 23 days apart. This one took place on the 15th hole of the same Indian Creek Golf Club using a 4 iron for the 165 yard shot. The baU mark was 12 feet fix)m the hole and both times 1 used a CaUoway baU. I am enjoying this game more and more!"

Guess We'd All Rather be Lucky Than Good!

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At the time of this column submittal things are going along nicely (excepting the economy) in that Wake and Air Force have been left in a state of shock and awe.

By the time this arrives we expect the CIC ttophy wiU have renewed its lease in die Yard. We start this hoUday season issue with good news from John Bishop, who, you remember, had a serious motorcycle accident in August ...

• It is great to be back home and continuing the process of recovering fix)m my motorcycle accident. This has been quite a saga since August 11 and, so far, everything is moving in a positive direction towards making afiUlrecovery. This accident would have had an entirely different outcome if I had not been wearing a helmet! The EMT's that showed up at the accident scene said the helmet was the difference between recovering and being an organ donor!

The purpose of this letter, however, is to express my deep appreciation to you and to our Class for the caUs, visits, cards, e-maUs and prayers that have come as a resiUt of being in this accident. Over these past 3+ weeks I have been the direct beneficiary of what makes the Class of 1965 such an exttaordinary group of men. As you weU know our Class is made up of a bunch of great guys with great hearts and I have been overwhelmed by the number of guys who have reached out to me wath thefr words of encouragement, prayers and expressions of concern and support. We are ttuly privUeged to be a part of this Class and I hope you wiU pass this e-maU along to aU of our Classmates with my gratimde for the way so many have reached out to me! • The input received this last period had much to do with the storms that hit the Gulf Coast (Gustav and Ike).We diought we would pass on an edited compUation of some of the stories we have received. No doubt there are others and we apologize for missing yours if you were affected.

It seems as if the foUowing classmates (at least) Uve in the paths of those two monsters: Gary Blaize (Houma, LA), George Stewart (LA), Fred Schlemmer, Ed Hlopak, Mark Hopper (aU Galveston), Paul Marshall, Lynn Wegner, Kim Varnagaris, John Odom, Hugh Gillogly (Houston), Ray Sanders (Lufldn), Fleet Davis (Dayton), John Foard (Livingston), Bart Jealous (The Woodlands) and Chuck Hesse (the Turks & Caicos Islands) We have the foUowing reports: • • From Hugh GUIogly - From the west side of Houston: Sat anxiously through the storm with no serious aftereffects. Lots of neighbors with roof tree, or fence damage from the 70-80mph winds (We're about 35 mUes inland). Power out aU over, be we had ours back in 2.5 days. Pretty long gas Unes. And grocery stores that were shut down have a spoUage (clean up on aisle 5) problem before they can restock meat, dairy, or frozen items again.

AU told, we did great for a major city with a major storm.

• From George Stewart, Thanks for your concern. Margaret and I moved from St. FrancisviUe, LA (25 mi N of Baton Rouge) to Seven DevUs, N C (near Banner Elk, Boone, & Blowing Rock) in 2005, just 3 weeks after Kattina hit. So we have not been affected by the storms. My understanding is that Baton Rouge got worked over pretty bad by Gustav and then Ike. • From Chuck Hesse, The classmate in question is me. Chuck Hesse, and I have a conch farm, as opposed to a mrde farm.

We got hit very hard at the farm by Hanna with a site specific unique storm surge of about 8 feet. It took out everything that had survived the past 24 years of storms here in the Turks & Caicos Islands. We are weU and engaged, as are aU foUcs in the path of Ike, with sorting the rubble and planning to rebuUd. Formnately for us, conch are Uke rocks and are not impacted by the storm, save for the excessive sUt that accomparues it and affects their gUls.We are buUding a second farm on Grand Turk where Ike, hit head on and desttoyed about 80% of aU buUdings and infrastrucmre. Formnately, our round buUding survived quite weU. Thank you for caring.

• From Ed Hlopak, Dottie and I evacuated to Austin to stay out of harm's way weU in advance of the storm. A report from a feUow who stayed on the west end (where we Uve) indicated my place which is 2 blocks off of the Gulf made it through. The first row of houses along the gulf is gone and the 2nd row now has beach front property along with sttucmral damage (the west end is not behind the sea waU buUt after the 1900 hurricane).

The bigger problem for me and aU of the Galveston residents is the aftermath.

Galveston has no electticity water or sewage tteatment, has snakes and aUigators wondering about, and has been shut down so you can't get back onto the island to take any steps necessary. The officials ttied a "look and leave" poUcy for a couple of hours yesterday which caused

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65-66 CLASS NEWS major traffic jams on 1-45 and the Causeway onto the island. Tensions rose and most that tried never made it onto the island. Sitting in those Unes is hard on the nerves and there's no gasoUne avaUable in the area which makes it even worse.

The mayor caUed off the "look and leave" experiment wdth no word of when it wiU be re-started and residents permitted onto the island. Defrosted refrigerators, coolers, etc. are bound to cause problems in homes which weren't otherwise impacted by the storm. Some projections are that electticity won't be restored for 4 to 5 weeks. We'U see what happens.

• From John Foard, Thanks for asking!

The weather is great, sun shinning, mid70's, 30% humidity here in Boise, ID, where we are at the moment. As fuUtime RVers, we try to avoid things like Ike and any of her(his) cousins/nephews or other relations. That said, our best wishes and prayers to aU who were impacted by Ike. I found it incredible that my daughter and grandkids in Cincinnati lost power for a couple of days last Sunday. If Ike impacted Cincinnati that much, there are many, many others who had it much worse and wUl need aU the help they can get.

• From Fleet Davis, We had pretty heavy damage. We are located between Dayton and Cleveland, Texas, and about 35 mUes N W of the Gulf coast. We were about 20 mUes east of the eye waU, and had vidnds of about 100 MPH.We had very heavy rains aU day Samrday and into Sunday, perhaps as much as 20 inches.

Many large ttees were blown down and some were twisted off. We lost eight of the sixteen large ttees on our property, but none of them hit the house. We lost many of the shingles on our roof. It wUl probably have to be replaced. But, we only had two serious leaks. And the metal roof on our barn was damaged. We lost power and phone service.We have a generator, but it can't handle the weU compressor or the aerobic waste tteatment system. This made life pretty miserable. We haven't heard of anyone injured. We evacuated Monday evening when the ttees were cleared and the water had receded enough to get the cars out to the State highway. We evacuated to Nancy's sister's home near DaUas. We took both cars and clothes/food for a week.. As soon as we could get up to speed, I hit a deer in my Toyota. The deer came through the windshield on my side and covered our dog. Paint, and me with broken glass and deer fur The deer never touched me. I had some minor cuts, but

Paint was untouched. We were reaUy lucky. Thanks for your concern.

• From Paid MarshaU, The MarshaU's are fine although our daughter Michele lost her roof to a faUen ttee and has moved in with Mom and Dad untU repairs are done (probably months away given the state of damage to the area) Haven't heard from Fred Schlemmer but expect he didn't fair much better Lots of work for ttee removal, fence repair, roof repair, etc., stiU over ? mUUon without power and ice is at a premium. We wiU survive. • We now mrn to some photos that you wUl find nearby of classmates having fim at the Duke and Wake games plus some taken at "the farm" .You wiU see Claude Lumpkin and Bob Halsey

Claude Lumpkin and Bob Halsey

Also, we have some shots of Marty and Tom Humphreys, Judy and Sonny Harrison and Gayle and BiU Hancock.

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FinaUy,fix)mPhil Ferrara, • On October 1st nine '65ers braved a beautifid, clear day to gather for lunch at Galway Bay in AimapoUs. Attending were Bob Lasseter, Conrad Best, Bill Matton,Arnie McKechnie.Jim Minderiein, Pat Fitch, Phil Ferrara, Doug Katz, and Doug Norton.

Everyone is leading a busy Ufe and seems healthy and weU. Doug Norton, recendy retired, was headed off to one of his volunteer assignments at the local Coast Guard Station. On other days he also volunteers at the county's major hospital.

We saw the aviator wings developed by Jim that are now proudly displayed on the waU at Galway Bay. Conrad related his continuing major refurbishment project of rebuUding more than 100 windows in his 19th cenmry home. He's on number 56!

During the conversation it occurred to Bob that he ought to get up to his and Tracy's vacation place in upstate NY to do the same! • OK, that's it. Happy HoUdays and a prosperous and healthy NY

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With Christmas and Chanukah upon us the year is nearly over, and it's been a fuU one to say the least. I have several items to present ranging fiom HUE CITY leadership awards to updates on Classmates, so here goes.

On 11 September, Class President, VADM Mike Haskins, USN, (Ret.) presided over the presentation of the Class leadenhip awards on HUE CITY (CG66). Bob Zvacek once more took on the task of herding catde in the JacksonvUle area to let everyone know about the ceremony and Uaison with the ship. Bob reports that for various reasons the turnout was low with only himself Mike Haskins, and BUI Marsh attending.

Below are the excerpts from the award letters to ENS Ryan R KeUy USN and STGl (SW) RobertWIngerson,USN. For ENS KeUy: I "WhUe serving as First Lieutenant, you were responsible for the Safety, Training, Supervision and Leadership of 37 SaUors on a daUy basis.You were additionaUy responsible for aU Hight Deck, Anchoring and Replenishment-At-Sea evolutions.To wit, you executed over 1300 Mishap Free FUght Deck hours, 9 Helo In-FUght RefiieUngs, 16VERTRERS, over 50 on deck refueUngs, completed Afr Department Week One Work Ups 3 days ahead of schedule with zero safety discrepancies and completed AVCERT within 2 days, scoring a final grade of 92 .You flawlessly executed the U-1 Anchor Drop Test during INSURV, completed both Day and Night Anchor Demonsttations during ULTRA-C with zero discrepancies.

Lasdy, you safely executed over 29 Replenishments A Sea, performed two flawless Suez Canal Transits, 8 Anchorages, 48 SmaU Boat Operatiom, coundess sea details and a safe Dry Dock period, aU aUowing HUE CITY to sustain a 95 percent underway tempo.

As SAR Officer, you led two Search, Rescue and Salvage missions off the coast of Iran, in which HUE CITY located and saved three downed F-18 PUots, and rescued 6 Pakistani mariners.You supported numerous after work efforts to

assist with equipment layout procedures, ASA Check Sheets, and maintenance requirements for aU deck equipment for PIG I, PIG II, INSURV and ULTRA-C. You have continuaUy set the benchmark for the personal development ofjunior SaUors.Your tireless efforts led to 1ST Division SaUors receiving two Senior SaUor awards, two Junior SaUor awards, four Bluejacket awards, and 13 advancements.Your forthrightness, sincerity, and respect for every SaUor speak volumes for your character.You have earned the admiration and respect of aU your Shipmates.

1 encourage you to maintain this unquenchable thirst for exceUence whUe continuing to commit yourself to the professional development of your peers and subordinates.

In recognition of your achievement, the Class of 1966 would Uke to present you with the enclosed certificate and check to show our respect and appreciation for your exceptional performance in HUE CITY during Calendar Year 2007.

Your loyal devotion to duty, unselfish service to your Shipmates and your Country, and continued high level of professionaUsm are in keeping with the highest ttaditions of the United States Naval Service." I

skiUs whUe continuing to teach and assist your peers and subordinates.

In recognition of your achievement, the Class of 1966 would Uke to present you with the enclosed certificate and check to show our respect and appreciation for your exceptional performance in HUE CITY during Calendar Year 2007.

Your loyal devotion to duty, unselfish service to your Shipmates and your Country, and continued high level of professionaUsm are in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service." H Congratulations to both of this year's recipients for the 2007 awards.

"Mike Haskins Addresses HUE CITY Crew"

For STGl Ingerson: â&#x20AC;˘ "Most notably, your outstanding professionaUsm, keen technical abUity and steadfast dedication as Divisional Leading Petty Officer have been absolutely steUar. You were instrumental in the HUE C I T Y ' S exceptional performance during her seven-month overseas deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism.

As the Leading Sonar Technician, your ttaining and mentorship of 17 junior SaUors were critical in correcting a mission-vital casualty to the SQR-19B Tactical Towed Array that fleet level technical representatives were unable to correct.Your leadership and technical expertise were instrumental in HUE C I T Y ' S sustained combat readiness.

As the divisional representative, you fiirthered the professional development and advancement of the ship's EnUsted Surface Warfare Specialist ttaining program.

AdditionaUy, your ttaining and mentoring culminated in HUE CITY earning the Batde Efficiency Award for 2007.

Your exceptional performance and outstanding leadership abUities were significant and serves as a reminder that leadership and professionaUsm remain the haUmark of today's Navy. I encourage you to continue to learn and hone your own

"2007 Leadership Award Recipients and Classmates"

I received an emaU on 15 September that on that day Eustis, FL sponsored a David M.Walker Day. It was Dave's hometown.

Dave's Ufe and memory were honored during an event held by the Eustis Historical Museum, the Eustis 125th Anniversary Celebration Committee, and the city. A dinner honoring him was held at the Eustis Senior Center Dave graduated in 1962 from Eustis High School. He was a pUot in Vietnam, where he received the Vietnamese Cross of GaUantry, the Vietnam Service Metal, and the RepubUc ofVietnam Campaign Metal. As an astronaut, he flew on four space shutde missions. Logging more than 724 hours in space, he was the pUot on shuttle Discovery in 1984 and served as commander on shuttle missions in 1989 (Atlantis), 1992 (Discovery) and 1995 (Endeavour). He left NASA in AprU 1996 December 2008

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CLASS N E W S nominated is posted on our Class web site and at the Alumni Association web site.

The Class Executive Committee wiU be meeting in the January/February timeframe to discuss this topic. Second, 2009 is the five-year anniversary for electing a Class President and Executive Committee members. More information on that wUl be forthcoming in the AprU issue. FinaUy, the secret to Navy's success at the Air Force footbaU game is out. From the photo below, they had extra help. UntU February—AU the best—Mike!!!

to become vice president of sales and marketing for NDC Voice Corporation in Southern CaUfornia. He died of cancer on23AprU2001,atage56.

Mike Field sent an emaU and photo of him and Steve Abbot. Here's Mike's emaU. I "The Boston Chapter of the Alumni Association was formnate to welcome Steve Abbot as our guest and speaker in September. Steve gave a great talk including updates on the Academy and on the Navy Marine Corps ReUef Society and encouraged aU of us to consider what our patriotic responsibUities reaUy mean.

Marjorie and Steve were made welcome by the group of about 35 alumni from the Boston area. It was great to see him again.

Kevin Clancy ('69) is working hard to revitaUze the Boston Chapter. He has already improved communications and he hopes to be able to have more exceUent speakers for the meetings.There are also monthly informal events and a pretty good site for joining vwth the USMA folks to watch the Army game. Any Classmates in the Boston area who are interested in learning more could send an e-maU to Kevin (Kevin.Clancy@ 1969.usna.com) or refer to the Chapter website http://www.usna.com/Chapters /US/MA/Boston/Default.htm.

Best regards and Beat Army! •

"Mike and Steve in Boston"

Dave McKie reports that he and Ed McMenamy enjoyed a week cycUng on the roads of southern Utah and northern Arizona this summer Starting at Cedar Break National Monument, we toured some beautifiil country, staying in several national and state parks (including Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon, and Zion National Parks).The photo was taken near Bryce Canyon National Park.

Dick Michaux and Jim Burger just finished their cross-country bike trip near the end of September See their website for info and photos: www. pkucycleamerica.com. A Unk is also provided on our Class web site.

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The foUowing note was provided from the Classmate our Class so generously supported this year. It is also posted on our web site.

• "To the USNA Class of 1966, Many of you recently responded with very generous contribution, when an appeal for financial aid and assistance was made on my behalf.Your thoughtfiilness, kindness, and wUUngness to help with no questions asked, has provided me and my famUy an opportunity to regain a stable financial footing, obtain the long term medical care needed for my wife, and to regain some self respect. AdditionaUy, many of you specified that your contributions were to aid in the education of my daughter She has anxiously returned to coUege with the prospects of a degree and to graduate vwthout the burden of large back breaking smdent loans. She wiU share her own feeUngs later in the academic year.

It is very difficult to find a way to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation. For as long as I shaU Uve, I wUl hold you aU in my heart, thoughts and prayers.

AVery Grateful Classmate" I I received an announcement from the Alumni Association that Rod Rempt has joined the board of directors of OEwaves.

Inc., headquartered in Pasadena, CA. OEwaves is a leader in innovative microwave photoruc products and solutions. Congratulations to Rod. I'U round out this article with some announcements. First, Steve Abbot is heading up the Distinguished Graduate Award board this year A Unk to in formation on quaUfications for being

"Navy's Secret Weapon against Air Force" ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 5% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 69% PRES: CDR David E. Church, USN (Ret.) SECY: LtCol Jim McNeece,USMC (Ret.) 1603 John Worthington Way, Crovrasville, MD 21032 H: 410-849-3423; E: scribe67@aol.com

First of aU, I hope you had a good Turkey Day and wish you aU the best for the HoUdays stiU to come. According to my calculations, when you read this we'U stUI need to BEAT ARMY.. .but that should be a doable do. We'U have a new president-elect. I hope your guy won, but if he didn't, I hope mine did. And as I write, my 401 (k) is UkeWUey Coyote going over a cUff, having yet again missed the Road Runner We're looking down at WUey disappearing into a tiny dot waiting for the "whumph" and the dust cloud at impact. Let's see, did I cover the entire world? Nope.. .missed Iraq. But I'U mrn that over to BiU Haggerson.

You remember BUI has taken part in a voluntary recaU and at his last report was preparing to head to Iraq as a surgeon supporting our Marines. WeU, he's there and here's his next: • It has been nearly a year since I reentered the Navy but now IfinaUyhave arrived at my destination, AlTaqaddum, Iraq. The base Ues between Al Ramadi to the west and Al FaUujah to the east and is situated on Lake Habbaniyah. Our location is about fifty mUes due west of Baghdad. There is a large air field here and our medical facUity, T Q Surgical, is situated near the runway to facUitate

transfer of casualties direcdy to our emergency room or Shock Trauma Platoon (STP) which is the mobUe version of the ER. Our job is to take of bleeding shock and to operate and stabUize before transfer to higher level care.

My understanding is that this airfield was largely responsible for launching the chemical attacks on the Kurds by Saddam Hussein. There is a number of Soviet type jet aircraft displayed around the base that the Iraqis buried at the end of the war and subsequendy were uncovered. The land on and around the base is one of the most god-forsaken pieces of earth on this planet. It is very hot, dry, dusty and completely devoid of vegetation. It isn't imcommon for temperamres to go above 130 degrees in the afternoon making the 90 degree temperamres at rught seem very comfortable. However, aU in aU, the place has been made quite Uvable. My quarters, can, is Uke a cargo container but is afr conditioned and quite comfortable. The DEFAC, chow haU, is large bright and provides a generous variety of food for every meal. Probably, the greatest danger here is weight gain and one has to show some restraint. There also is an exceUent cardio gym and weight gym that offers everything one could want. I use the tteadmiU almost daUy since it stUl is too hot to run outside unless one gets up early.

I was expecting to come here and just be a trauma surgeon. However, before departing Camp Pendleton 1 was given the Chief of Professional Services position which requfres a good deal more administrative work than I wanted. It has worked out weU though and I have setded into the routine. We wUl be sending out several mobUe teams shordy to more remote areas of the country in support of Marine operations. Since I am stiU learning my job, I wiU stay behind the first rotation but ftdly expect to move out in subsequent redeployments.

Our company wUl be here untU the end of March 2009 and I wUl try to keep you updated from time to time. UntU then, fareweU from TQ. H

I think BiU may be a practitioner of undentatemenL I used Google Earth to check out AlTaqaddum. I think describing it as "one of the most god-forsaken pieces of earth on this planet" may be seUing it short. BiU also said that the camp commandant had adopted a donkey that wandered on base as mascot. However the general had prohibited mascots so they had the donkey assigned to T Q Surgical for pet therapy for the patients. At last report, the corpsmen were buUding a donkey shelter and the beast was putting on weight. Some things don't change, do they?

Another war, another time. Rob SoUenberger sent me a copy of an old note: • 21 Apr 1972 Received 28 NVA "cannon baUs" close aboard today. Sent 375 of our finest quaUty high explosive in exchange with considerably better accuracy. Am satisfied it was a fair ttade. • Rob said he found that in his archives. It was a note he'd sent it to his dad from the Golf ofTonkin during his 4th Vietnam Deployment. Rob was Weapons Officer on J O H N PAUL JONES (DDG-32).He went on in a later e-maU: • .. .JRJ was originaUy a Forrest Sherman Class gun ship, but was converted to a guided missUe destroyer in 1967 (Imagine that!). With only a single 5"/54 gun remaining after the conversion, we had to lobby vigorously to be assigned to NGFS duties, but when so-tasked, acquitted ourselves quite weU. Good ol' "Blue Bolt" was sunk as a target in 2001, but Uves-on as DDG-53, the third of the Arleigh Burke Class. "It is by no means enough that an officer..."

What made my brief note so mearungfiil to my dad ('43) is that prior to reporting to ffight training in Pensacola, where I was born, he served as Gunnery Officer on the commissioning crew in USS Jenkins (DD 447) during, among other actions, the invasion of North Africa. Although he became a career Naval Aviator, he never lost his fondness for his "tin can" days and his respect for those who go down to the sea.

During our many Navy discussions I would occasionaUy fire an opening salvo of "Y'know Dad, there are aviators, there are submariners, and then there are 'real' naval officers."What always foUowed was a good-natured but, ahem, "lively" exchange of broadsides! •

An interview with Tom Christopher, President and CEO of AREVA NP Inc. (United States) by Nuclear Plant Journal has been posted on the "In the News" page at www.usna.com. AREVA NP is "World leader in the design and construction of nuclear power plants, and the supply of fuel, maintenance and modernization services" according to their web site.

Tom's interview is focused on the stabUity (or lack of it) in the electrical power generation industry and the increased importance of nuclear generation. Two words: Read it!

Another "In the News" posting announced that on 2 October 2008 in San Francisco, Doy Heredia was presented with a FiUpinas Magazine Achievement Award. Doy, a former PhiUppine Navy captain, was the Community Service awardee. He is the Executive Director of the National Federation of FiUpino American Associations (NaFFAA).A major effort has been working for passage of the Veterans Equity BUI, which seeks to provide denied benefits to FiUpino World War II veterans.

A few months back, 1 gave you a link to the story of the discovery in Papua New Guinea of the wreckage of the B-24 co-pUoted by Kenneth Cassidy, Ken BeUsle's father, in 1943. Jack Parry pointed me to the conclusion of the story. Second Lt. Cassidy's remains, along with 10 others from the crew, were interred with fuU miUtary honors at Arlington National Cemetery on 27 Aug 2008. It was gratifying that after 65 years, they came home and their famiUes were able to put them to rest.

I've written before about Bob O'Rourke and his work with Outward Bound's expeditions for combat veterans from Iraq, Afghanistan, and other confficts.

He sent me a Unk to an article in Military Times. Take a look at it. It's worth the time fat-fingering the Unk into your browser (www.mUitarytimes.com/offduty/travel/ miUtary_outwardbound_093008/) Also from out west, I'U throw in a picmre of the rear of Skip Cannady's Alpha Romeo with its Nevada tags from out Carson City way. I can't find the e-maU that came with it, but here's the picmre.

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CLASS N E W S WhUe StiU working for Serco part time, I was recruited by Flatter and Associates to be a senior security consultant on a contract for the Transportation Security Administration, Dave (davehal(§beUadantic.net) told me, assessing the vulnerabiUty of air cargo to "It was a wonderful and meaningful time the terrorist threat. for renewing friendships and spending Shortly after that contract ended, I was time with those who had meant so much contacted by a retired Army brigadier to me. He has posted photos of the 22nd's general, who I worked with on reunion at http://www.me.com/gaUery LOGCAP, and invited to work for his / # 100222 new company, Christmas Logistics Enterprises, out of Easley, SC.We have been working for the Joint Forces Command on the stand up of the fumre Korean Command (KORCOM), which wUl replace US Forces Korea by 2012.1 am also consulting on the concept of a "sea base," which would support our war 'Wm)^ 1 T« fighters completely at sea, with no F,8• ~ lf^ requirement for estabUshing Uttoral bases during a contingency.

Mike Fitzgerald, Marsha Fitzgerald, Courtney Cawley, I was very disappointed to miss the Carol Jo (Jones) Cawley, and Amanda Cobb enjoy 40th reuruon celebration. My wife, the Severn River during the 40th Reunion.

Patricia, has been very iU. 1 had to leave her for two weeks for work in Korea, Speaking of Pete, several classmates Uving remrning just a few days before the in the Galveston and Houston area reunion started. I just could not leave her reported they made it through Hurricane again at that time. She is doing very weU Ike safely, but not without property now, and the prognosis points to a damage. Susan and Boog PoweU lost complete recovery their dock and suffered water damage in My son, Jeff, and his wife presented us their home in Galveston. Sherry and Gary with a fourth grandson the end of Burger camped out in their home in January.

By the time this issue of Shipmate Houston without electricity for a couple goes to press, my daughter, KeUy, should of weeks. I hope our other classmates have deUvered our first granddaughter residing in the region also were spared in October! serious damage to homes and property.

1 am back to Uving in Davenport, Ten years have elapsed since Al Iowa, my wife's hometown. We rebuUt an Pittman last provided a Class News older house last year adjacent to the farm input, so it was gratifying to receive a note she inherited from her father and are from him recently: enjoying the country Ufe. I have lunch • "I retired from United AirUnes in wdth Dale Hendricks from time to time.

September 2004 as a 747-400 captain.

He Uves here in Davenport, is currendy That was about 18 months early so that I serving on the Davenport Municipal could capture some of my retirement Airport Board, and is awaiting the remrn before it was taken away by UAL and the of his wife. Captain Allison McCrary Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation.

'83 from a year's tour in Iraq as a reservist.

Early in 2005 I accepted a position as I get together at least twice a year with a senior consultant with Serco—NA, at my 7th Company roommate. Bill the Rock Island Arsenal Office.

Reeves. In 1987, BUI invited me down to Interestingly, my boss was a USMA gradhis hometown ofThayer, MO, to try my uate. Our team did a complete business hand at Spring WUd Turkey hunting. He process review for the Army's Logistics has not been able to get rid of me, as I CivU Augmentation Program have returned every year since. We have a (LOGCAP).This is the program which great time with hunting pals, his three son hires contractors to support our war fightin laws, and usuaUy, my son. ers in contingency operations, which WeU, that is more than I started out to means Iraq and Afghanistan. After making say. I remain very proud to be a member our recommendations to the Army, they of the great Class of 1968. Warm Regards, hired us back to train the logisticians on Al Pittman • the improvements to the program.

AU-American wrestier He Uves here in the Houston area. Roy Yates (also a wresder) was on his way back to the Phoenix area for his teaching/coaching job." •

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That's it...Goodnight!... —Jim

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The occasional foUow-up notes from August's 40th reuruon stiU arrive, including this one from John Harty (john_harty@hotmaU.com) of the 22nd Company: • "Carol Jo (Jones) Cawley and her daughter Courtney attended our Reunion as guests of the 22nd Company. She is the widow of Dale Jones who was in the 22nd and was killed in Vietnam whUe serving with the Marine Corps. Mike Lagow headed up 22nd for the Reunion. Dave Halberstadt, who was originaUy in 22nd but later resigned, also attended. Our company officer in 1968, retired Brigadier General Ward LeHardy USMA '56 and his wife, Judy, attended as weU. I taught EngUsh at the Naval Academy from 1977 to 1983. Jim Webb was working in the English Department with me circa 1977, and we had several conversations together. He had to resign from teaching to work on his book Sense of Honor which I read later at my civiUan job at The University of Florida. I retired from Prairie View A&M University in EngUsh here in the Houston area and now I write fiction fuU time. Every EngUsh professor wants to do this, and I am no different. Results? We'U see.

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two events. FinaUy, I would like to add my personal thanks to our unselfish classmates who organized another outstanding reunion—^WeU Done!" •

Bill Reeves and Al Pittman pictured at Bill's "Divide Cabin."

Mike McHugh pedaled his way to charitable donations totaUng nearly $3,000 for diabetes and MS research during two bike rides last summer. He offered the foUowing report on his recent activities with Barbara in JacksonviUe: • "Barb and 1 are settUng into our second year in retirement here in JacksonviUe, FL. My various volunteering activities have crossed paths with some classmates. Last year I prepared no-cost tax remrns for people as part of AARJ's Tax-Aide Program. I was the local coordinator for one tax site and then worked at another tax site for Rick Kadlick.This AARP Program is a great one, and 1 would recommend it to any retired classmates looking for a rewarding outlet for their energy (visit w^vw. aarp. or/ taxaide for info). I am the secretary for the local USNAAA Chapter along with feUow board member Tom HeUmann.

Recendy, I attended my fust Naval Submarine League Chapter Meeting at the Submarine Base, Kings Bay with Mark Kevan, the chapter president. The big classmate event each year seems to be the Whiter Golf Outing with a cookout at Anita and Tom Oliver's house just up the road in Fernadina Beach. I am also the secretary for the local MOAA Chapter, but I need to recruit some classmates for that chapter In between these activities, I have taken up bike riding which started out to be for fitness, but has mrned out to be a way to raise money for charity as weU. In July, I rode up and down Mount Hood in Oregon with my son in the Summit to Surf Ride for diabetes. The cUmb to more than 4,000 feet just about did in this 'flat lander' In September, I completed the 112 mUe round trip from St. Augustine to Daytona in this area's Cycle to the Shore for MS. This is a great annual event with more than 2,200 cycUsts participating this year Friends, famUy and classmates sponsored me for nearly $3,000 for these

Mike McHugh and son Michael at the start of the climb to Mount Hood in July

Faithful correspondent Denny Young sent in this report from the West Coast: • "FoUowdng our 40th Reunion, I was able to visit with Jan and Joe Kavale in Newberg, OR, for lunch and an afternoon drive and wine tasting. Joe is the project manager for Springbrook Properties, developing a new and large community of residential homes and commercial properties.The flagship property wUl be a 4-star hotel spa resort. The AlUson Inn & Spa, scheduled to open in August 2009. Joe said to pass on that any classmates visiting the area wUl be given a nice discount with advance notice and avaUabUity!

The foUowing weekend, I was honored to be a guest attending LUi and Jack Smith's wedding at the USNA Chapel, foUowed by a wonderfiil dinner reception at the Officer's & Faculty Club.

Also in attendance were: Leo Kuehn, Phil Hough, Susan and Gary Storm, Patty and Jim Niehus, Ginger and Connie O'Leary, Terry Murray, and Joe Conway. Jack has been quite busy producing ethanol from sugar cane down in Peru.

From there, I had a very nice drive up to Brockport, NY, to visit Ed Riley, my plebe/youngster year roomie. Ed has a law practice there, but finds time for fly fishing whenever possible. From there, another drive took me to Augusta, WV, to visit Shari and Phil Gallery. PhU is stUl farming Christmas trees and wiU soon be busy with opening up shop in the Washington, D.C. andVirginia areas after Thanksgiving.

Mac Olgilvie is one of PhU's annual customers! His son, Lt()g) Matt Gallery '05 is currently on deployment to the Persian Gulf.

The next weekend found me back at USNA, for Firstie Parents'Weekend to attend classes with daughter, Brittany '09.Touring 'Mother B' once again

brought back many 'fond' memories of times past! Lunch in King HaU was very nice—with adequate amounts of chow (unUke some shortages of the pasd). King HaU has been completely remodeled and is quite attractive. Our win over Rutgers, the first in a few years, was especiaUy nice.

Upon return to San Francisco, I was invited by Tom Berns to attend an evening lecture (a George P. Schultz series) at the Marines' Memorial Club in the city. The honored speaker was our own Adm. Mike Mullen. Also attending was Nancy and Mike Kalashian.Tom is currently with Sutter Healthcare. Mike has retired from H-R I then visited with Cathy and Bill Dixon in Durango, CO. The Dixons have semi retired from Exxon OU and are enjoying their recently completed retirement home. We flew up to Grand Junction, CO, in BUl's Turbo Riper to watch the Blue Angels perform in the airshow there.

Other recent news from classmates I have touched base with includes Victoiia and Jim Treadwell, who have returned home (Coronado, CA) from a trip to Russia. Candy and Ed Mulhern completed a remodeUng of their home (San Diego, CA). Ed is recovering from a torn tendon whUe 'kicking butt' as a black belt aikido master! I have also located long-lost Wayne Nonoshita! Wayne is active with HisPlace Community Church in BurUngton,WA." Aloha! Denny • In closing, Monmouth University President Paul Gaflfriey was inducted into The CathoUc University (CU) of America School of Engineering WaU of Fame in October. Ceremonies were held in Washington DC in October. Upon graduation, Raul was selected for immediate graduate education and received his master's at CU in ocean engineering.

BZ, Raul!

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'69'rs John Jacobs and John Ohlinger at 2012 Plebe Sendoffin Nashville

'69'rs Nelson Blish, Lanny Phillips and Chuck Karlin in Denver

Happy HoUdays to aU of you out there!

Wanted to set the record straight, I erroneously mentioned my old crew coxswain, Don Tanaka's name as "Greg" in our October column. Don't know where that came from, but my apologies, Don! The '69 Cat with 9 Lives,"Superman" Em Carr had another interesting piece of luck! Having lost his ring, he traced his movements back to a restaurant. LuckUy, the lady at the restaurant who found it had taken the ring to her husband who works at the Pentagon and knew the personal value placed on such items. Finding my name in shipmate, they emaUed with the

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good news and we hooked them up with Em. Nice ending!!

Now that the elections are over, we can congratulate Jim Tulley the new Mayor of TitusvUle, FLTitusvUle, FL (population 43,000), For those who don't recognize the name,TitusviUe, is just west of the Kennedy Space Center and a great place to view the 10 remaining Space Shutde launches,The photo ofJim and Kathy on the campaign traU shows his campaign colors, blue and gold, of course! BZJim!!

Jake Jacobs writes that he and Kat again attended Jan and John Ohlinger's Tennessee Plebe sendoff picnic in NashviUe last June. John had their house on Old Hickory Lake festooned with a goodly sample of rare and unusual Navy MemorabUia from his world renowned coUection-Reef Points from the 20s, Navy Hats dating back decades, large flags etc. plus more Blue & Gold items of common namre than can be found anywhere outside the confines of the Mid Store! The party included over seventy guests with seven Plebes to be (Class of 2012 - do you feel old??) with parents, twelve current Midshipmen and a grumble of Grads. The conversation was Uvely andftiUof great stories of times in and around the Yard, advice and a lot of nostalgic reminiscing of the time in the past when others made their decision to ship out for Navy. The great pride of aU the parents and especiaUy the ongoing involvement of parents of current Midshipmen were impressive. The buffet luncheon with a great variety and quantity of local favorites received repeat rave revues. The dedicated efforts ofJohn OhUnger enabled the young men and women ofTennessee to learn about our school and his assistance in the process of them becoming Midshipmen is a unique accompUshment. This was thefifteenthyear he has hosted this event. His continued efforts as a Blue and Gold Officer each year, culminating in the picnic, has contributed significandy to the Extended Brigade in terms of preparing candidates and their parents, and supporting their ongoing success records as members of the Brigade and ultimately, the Navy/Marine Corps Team. BZ John!!

Nelson Blish had lunch wdth Lanny RhiUips and Chuck KarUn in Denver Lanny is enjoying his retirement and Chuck is waiting for a lung transplant. He is number one on the list, but encouragement from his classmates is always welcome. If you're in the area, Lanny and Chucki would enjoy a visit. (No guarantee you wiU get to meet Chuck's daughter, a Denver Broncos cheerleader)

A part of this job that is reaUy fiin are the comments received when Classmates send in their baUots, Uke: "Thank God there are some guys left who want to do this stuff!", "The BOD is doing a fine job, keep up the good work!","ReaUy appreciate the great efforts to communicate!", "Glad that you guys keep on doing this?", "Because of our BOD and what you do for the Class, 69 IS mighty fine!", and other nice remarks. Even got a nice note from Bill Poirier: • Thanks for sending the baUot. I appreciate the work you and the other class officers do. Hope that aU is weU with you and your famUy. My wifeYuki and I have lived in Beijing, China for the past three years, working for Westinghouse. We are buUding four new nuclear power plants here, that wiU help us gain experience for buUding new nuclear plants in the US in the near future. I get back to our home office in Pittsburgh from time to time and see some of other classmates who work for Westinghouse, including Ed Cummins, Bob Peace, and George Kanupka. Jack Janes also works for Westinghouse, but I have not had a chance to see him in a while. • Many thanks for the kudos, BiU.We're glad we can help out!

Dean Harris wrote in with a nice story about his nephew Kyle who he had the pleasure of swearing in at the USAFA graduation last summer.

• Kyle and his famUy Uve in Longmont, Co. He is the son of SheUy and Charles Anderson. Kyle toured the Naval Academy as a prospective soccer recruit but decided on the Air Force Academy and joined the class of 2008. In spite of that decision he turned into a great young officer He majored in civU engineering and is now stationed at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida working with NASA. My trip to USAFA was an eye opener The campus is absolutely beautiful, but too far away from any oceans. The young men and women there were impressive; squared away and right thinking. President Bush gave the commencement address.

After his address he personaUy shook the hand of each and every graduate. He also took the time give personal words of encouragement to each. Because of a low ceiUng, the Thunderbirds were only able to make a low altitude flyby.

We are truly honored to have such worthy brothers at arms. Beat Army Beat Air Force again! Dean. •

TankTankersly also checked in with an update on what's happening on the Eastern Shore - after an admonishment fix)m Hank Davidson about being off the net for too long: • If you have visited AnnapoUs over the last 38 years but haven't crossed the Bay Bridge to the Eastern Shore, you should.

AU of the things we liked about AnnapoUs when we were Midshipmen (great water, great food fix)m the Bay, beautifid women - they are stiU in AnnapoUs, too) are here.

(WeU, I guess you pretty much had to go over the waU to find out about some of these things). Anyway, Nancy and I decided to relocate to Easton (30 niUes south of the Bay Bridge) in 1995.1 was able to cut a deal with NAVAIR where I would only work 3 days a week. We opened a gaUery (www.southstteetartgaUery.com) and our Uves took off.

If Command at Sea is chaUenging, try running a smaU business. Currendy, Nancy is the founder of the Easton PleinAfr Festival and I am the chairman of the board for the Easton PubUc Television (Mid-shore PubUc Television -MCTV) channel. So, if I have missed any of my 4th Company classmates in emaUs concerning the 40th reunion, mea culpa, I am pedaUng as fast as I can. EmaU me at carltanke@aol.com. -Tank. • And that brings us to the bottom of the maUbag again folks. Many thanks to those of you who took the time to contribute!

Enjoy the HoUdays and the famiUes and be safe!!

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Mike Dunham, Ron Hill, Chuck Stout, and Terry Counsilor fairiy often, and they aU are doing weU here in St. Louis. Gloria and I were formnate enough to attend the wedding of SheUa and Barry Steelman's son in Ann Arbor. They look great as you can see in the included picmres, and Barry was the best dancer there. It was a very wonderful affair, and Barry and SheUa were super hosts.

Shordy after that, Kathy and Gino Marchetti visited us for a day. We had a great time just hanging out, enjoying good food and drink, and reminiscing. We did place a phone caU to Lucian Acuff in attempt to locate the missing Karen and Denny Losh.We reaUy did not care about Denny, but we missed the great dinners Karen made for us when we aU stayed back and coached." •

our absolutely very last RriFly watch last month on the USS Oriskany now sitting in 130 feet of water 20 mUes south of Pensacola. (Note: I'm the better-looking one on the left.) Since we had both puUed "Tower Flower" duty there in a previous Ufe, it was, as I beUeve Yogi Berra once said, "Uke deja vu aU over again" — only much wetter. The state of Florida sank the Oriskany in 2005 to create an artificial reef It seems to be doing the job rucely So the deal was, if I returned in tact from my last landing on the O-Boat, Linda & I would finaUy launch the home remodeUng effort I've been promising since our daughter was in diapers. Since Christine is now a coUege grad and gainfuUy employed (YES!!!), you can see what procrastinators the Jacobs truly are. In any case, you wUl note in the second photo that, at long last, I was true to my word. In project hierarchy, Linda is primarUy "management" whUe I'm strictly "labor", mostly of the cheap and semi-skiUed kind.

We're stiU hanging out on the Left Coast (Bay Area Chapter) and I stUl commute to my day job flying MD-1 Is for FedEx out of Memphis. Now that the "Fly 'TUYou Die" Act is law, I'U probably stay with it a whUe longer since, clearly, there is no future for me as a general contractor. •

Roger Jacobs sez: • Shame on me for not contributing to the class column on a more regular basis. I offer the attached two photos for use. The diving photo is of me and another former A-3 pUot (Dave Smrgeon, a NWA captain but not, regrettably, a USNA grad) standing

Greetings aU, and merry hoUdays to you aU.We have lots of photos which take up room, so not many words, just smff.

First, the boys from 12th company gathered with spouses in WiUiamsburg, VA to celebrate their 60th or 61st birthdays together The photo below is of the group with their company officer Colonel (then major) Ray Kostesky.

My good buddy Bobby Berger ends up seeing everyone as they come trough the heartland of St Louis.

He writes: I "We have been lucky enough to see several classmates recendy. Of course, I see

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AndfinaUy,Roy Golez keeps coming through for me. Retired Admiral Tom Fargo, former CINCRAC, visited the RhUippines for meetings with civic groups, businessmen and old friends from his stint as Pacific Commander His itinerary included a meeting with classmate Roy Golez, one of the longest serving congressmen in the RhUippines and PhiUppine Navy ChiefVice Admiral Ferdinand Golez who happens to be a younger brother of Roy. Admiral Golez has a son, Raymund Golez, who graduated from the USNA, Class of 2003. Roy and Ferdinand Golez thanked Tom for his many conttibutions to the development of the RhUippine Navy and the campaign against terrorism in Southeast Asia.

Probably out of room, definitely out of time.

Ring-A-Ding-Ding!

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 6% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 55% PRES: CAPT Perry Martini, USN (Ret.) E: pjmartini@comcast.net SECY: CAPT Mike Longworth, USN (Ret.) 1145 Birks Ln.,Virginia Beach,VA 23464-5826 E: duke.longworth@1971.usna.com WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1971/usnal971.htm

GO NAVY! By the time you receive this Shipmate we wiU know the winner of the Army-Navy game. Navy has a tough

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schedule and is playing weU with four wins. Navy has the first win in the Commander in Chief's ttophy and is on ttack to retain the ttophy for another year!

I remember our footbaU seasons with some mixed emotions - our plebe year we had a good team with a win over Army Youngster year and second class year were tough. Not untU our first class year did our team beat Army again. That game was a real thriU as we were 0-9 entering Soldier Field. Then for the excitement: "There were no more apologies and no more downcast faces before Army; just the knowledge that there was a job to be done, and a grim determination to somehow do it."The game was scoreless in the first half. Army scored first with a long pass, and then Navy took over "It looked as though that would be good enough (for Army to cinch the game), but ten minutes later, behind a big block by Andy Pease '73, Bob Elflein '73 found himself past the line and free in the secondary. It took him no time at aU to set saU on a 49 year run which brought the taUy to 7-6.Then, Mike McNallen threw, in a play that few wdU soon forget, for two points to Karl Schwelm and the Big Blue had gone ahead of Army 8-7!"

We won that day 11-7.That was our last game as mids and it was a huge win thanks to Mike and Karl! I'm glad the middies today can revel in consecutive winning seasons. And I surely hope our team always has a winning season.

GO NAVY! Those were halcyon days for sure — time for reaUty. My first note is from Mike Marks: • "Duke, thanks for getting the Roinsettia Bowl article into Shipmate. A few of us got together for the Air Force game in Colorado Springs this past weekend. Wendy and Mike O'Rourke hosted a great weekend of old goats feeling their oats with their nannies keeping them on the straight and narrow. Attached is a picture of the classmates who attended our sixth victory in a row over Air Force.

Back row from the left: George Skirm, Brad Clossen, Dave Whitman, Jim Parks, Mike Marks, Mike O'Rourke.

Front row from left: Larry Johnson, Bob Walters, Fred Meyers, Jack Williams, Carl Josefson. Duces Virum, Mike, mikedmarks@aol.com" Great photo, Mike! ReaUy appreciate the quick mrn on photos and articles for the Shipmate — keep 'em coming this way!

You do good work! • Here's another great note from Bob Anderson: • "Duke, greetings fixjm Mesopotamia, again. The temperamres have dropped from the 128 degree high that we had for a month or so down to a baUny 108. Makes my work outside a bit more bearable! We StUl appear to be winning the batde against the RCIEDs, but any death is one too many, so the work continues. The Iraqis seem to be on our side and we are aU hoping that the simation stays that way. I have seen a substantial change in them since my last tour, but the culmre wdU undoubtedly stay both Arab and Muslim, so the gains may reqiure a different scale of measurement than that with which we are famUiar SmaU, but forward steps.

"I have attached a couple of picmres of myself with some young'uns that 1 happened to see. ADM Gary Roughead '73 stopped by the squadron to convey what a great job the 'sand saUors' here are doing (with some help from some grounded flyboys from the USAF) and it was quite an impressive ttibute. He told us that he is often approached by Army types in the haUs of the Pentagon who relate that their sons or daughters are in Iraq and 'don't go outside the wire until the Navy guys say it is okay'. Can't get higher praise than that in my book. The taU guy behind us in the picmre is the outgoing CAG, CAPT Dave Woods '81, who made quite a mark on the squadron.

"And although GEN Petraeus USMA '74 went to the wrong school, it was nice of him to take time for a photo op. I worked for him on my last tour when he was 'only' a three-star and he vidU stiU be the big boss as he goes to take the reins at CENTCOM. Looks Uke I wUl finaUy return to my home in December and find out what new chaUenge awaits me there. It wUl be nice to be home, but I wiU miss the work here. Other than the separation, it has been the best job I have had since getting off active duty. It is always nice to know

you are a part of something bigger than vourself. I guess that is the sense of service that was instiUed in us aU back on the Severn. I won't waste any more of your bandwidth. I hope to be able to see the Army game on my way out of here...and maybe sometime in the fiimre from a stadium seat. Take care and BEAT ARMY! —Bob. robertandersonl (^raq.centcom.mU." •

The CNO and Boband

• "Duke, Lou Vest and his wife evacuated to the San Antonio area during Hurricane Ike; they are now in a Houston apartment. Lou is a long time Ship's PUot for the Port of Houston. One of his hobbies has been taking outstanding maritime and outdoor photos. Many of these photos are pubUshed on FUckr.com. I recendy got the below note from Lou." • Here's Lou's note: • "That's OK, John. I wouldn't want people to think 1 was suffering. It's more Uke we had a big garage sale and USAA is going to buy aU our smff. The important personal things we were able to come away with. That and a lot of paperwork. We had flood insurance. I'm hearing that over 80% of the people in Galveston did not have flood coverage. Some of our pUot association employees lost houses that were not insured. Stay in touch. Lou." • Wow, I'm not surprised that Lou was prepared and is okay as he's a squared away kind of guy. Lou, we hope aU is working out to your favor Please let me know if we can do anything for you. Duke.

I received the foUowing note from our proUfic writer, Dave Poyer:

General Patraeus and Bob Anderson

Great job. Bob! You've covered the waterfront over there! I hope to see you at next year's game! Be safe and send me a note when you remrn. Duces Virum, Duke.

Anyone know the location of Al Wall? Here's someone trying to find him: • "My name is John Dunne and I would Uke to locate a AUen WaU who I think was m the class of 1971.1 served with him on the USS La SaUe LRD-3 in Norfolk Va and then in Bahrain. I am not sure if you can help but I thought 1 give it a try. If you do know him please give him my e-maU addressjd92589@verison.net Thank you for your time and service to our country" • Over to you, Al! By the way, Dick Enderly provided this input in my search to find you: • "Duke - I'm afraid I can be of no help finding Al. The last time I saw him was 2-3 years ago in a now deffinct Mexican Restaurant off Laskin Road caUed Pancho VUla's of New York." So, please contact one of us, Al, so we know where you are! • Many of you may have wondered about classmates affected by the "big one" that hit the Houston area earUer this faU. Here's a note from John Sauls:

• "Hi Duke, this is a heads up for my newest book, out this Nov/Dec. Here's a copy of the PubUsher's Weekly review: 'The Weapon. David Poyer. Royer's fine mUitary thrUler, the 11 th in his Dan Lenson series (after Korea Strait), provides what his fans have come to expect - tight structure, plenty of authentic technological detaU and a hero who acts Uke a man rather than a cartoon superhero. When the Russians offer a powerful new rocket torpedo they've developed for sale to the world, the U.S. government sends C D R Dan Lenson, USN, to purchase one. After the deal faUs apart, Dan attempts to "Uberate" one of the new weapons from a container ship headed for China. When that mission goes to south, he and his team steal an Iranian submarine carrying one of the super torpedoes. From then on, we're submerged deep into Das Boot territory with Dan and his smaU crew playing cat and mouse with a deadly Iranian frigate. Those who reUsh naval action won't be able to come up for air untU they turn the last page of this naU-biter." • Thanks for the heads up, Dave. The book should be in stores now. I look forward to reading this one.

Seems our astronaut classmates are in the news a lot this year. Our own Bob Cabana is the new Kennedy Space

Center Director. The news release had this info: "Bob is currendy director of NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. After his selection as an astronaut candidate in June 1985, Cabana completed his training in 1986, NASA said. He has flown four space shuttle missions, and served as commander of space shutde Endeavour on STS-88 — the first International Space Station assembly mission—in December 1998.

He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, logging more than 7,000 hours in 36 different aircraft."

Congratulations, Bob! I know you'U do good things for the USA as Director Perhaps you can arrange for me to take a ride into orbit! Man, I'd love to do that!

You'U recaU that last month Tom Bowman had several photos in the column. He managed to dig out another photo from the 1976 coUection. Here's a photo ofTom with Jan Janiec and Greg Engel. Pictured with them is "KiUer" Ross, an Airwing 17 and feUow A-7 instructor of mine. Greg and I were in sister squadrons twice! This photo has me wondering where are Greg and Jan? Send me an emaU with an update, please.

Time, tide and column due dates wait for no man. The sUIy season in poUtics over!

I'm hopeful that regardless who is elected our nation wUl remain a repubUc and not a social democracy. We may need to be very active poUticaUy to retain our constitutional repubUc. I wUl do that. I hope, too, that I've seen a few of you at the taUgates this season! Please pray for wisdom for our nation's leaders, especiaUy for our classmates in national mUitary, civUian and commercial leadership bUlets. Pray too, for the success of our missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. BEAT ARMY! Duces Virum, — Duke ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 6% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 50% PRES: CAPT Rich Goldsby, USN (Ret.) E: rgoldsby@1972.usna.com SECY: CDR Rich Robison, USN (Ret.) 3126 North Greystone Dr., Morgantown.WV 26508 E: Scribe72@comcast.net WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1972 CLASS LISTSERV: TheGouge@usna72.com

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PRES: Kevin Callahan SECY: CAPT James H. Chapman, USN (Ret.) 769 Largo Dr.Virginia Beach,VA 23464-2417 H: 757-869-6889; E: chap769@yahoo.com

HeUo AU, 1 hope everybody had a great time at the Reunion. Susie and I did and enjoyed talking to old friends we had not seen in years.

Ffrst I would Uke to thank our outgoing officen who have worked hard for us for the last 10 years. Tom "TJ" Wilson who served as Secretary and Scott Krajruk who served as VR Thanks Tom and Scott for aU you did for the class.You add meaning to "Non Sibi".

Ninth Company had a big mm out for the Reunion. After the victory over Rutgers we met at Harry Brown's on State Cfrcle. In attendance were Dave & Barb Architzel, Bob & Carol Brathiuie, Bill & Lynne Comly, Robbie & Mary Anne Davis, Rick & Karen Elliott, Bill & Kyppee Evans, Bob & Kathy Harding, Leif & Karen Hendrickson, Rick & Lynn Johnson, Bill & Carolyn Marsh, Jim & Cindy Murphy, Bryant & Marq Orr, Dave & Mary O'Connor, JJ & Billi Parus, Steve & Bev Ritacco, Mark & Sue Salmen, Dave &Joannie Schreder,John & Celeste Seaberg, Nick & Susan Snulari and Susie and me. Unformnately the one thing we did not do is get a picmre of us. I guess everybody wUl have to come back next year. Passing on some news; Robbie was one of the winners in the class golf tournament. Arch is the Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Rick and Karen recendy moved back to Reston,VA from working for the Fed in PhUadelphia. Nick & Susan SmUari moved this summer to HUton Head.

Bryant works for Target in Columbia, S. C. and commutes to thefr home in Georgia.

On Samrday I ran into Steve & Amy Dean and Ron Scudder. Ron and 1 spent Thanksgiving in Rota, Spain in 1976.

He was in CALIFORNIA and I was ui SOUTH CAROLINA.We were going back for our Engineers Exam and there were noflights.We had a good Thanksgiving, which I wUl always remember Good seeing you Ron. Wish we had more time to talk. Steve thanks for asking about Susie.

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• Lynne and I are in Plymouth, Ma. 1 am Plant Manager for PUgrim nuc station and Lynne is enjoying Ufe in New England.

Our oldest son Brian is working in Sydney AustraUa vwth KPMG. Our middle son, Adam, is in San Diego working for Enterprise. Our youngest son, Zach, is a senior ROTC at Boston CoUege. We've been in Plymouth, MA 4 years now. Great place, lots of history and a wonderffil cUmate (as compared to snow in Oswego, NY). Plymouth is a major growing area for cranberries quite the operation to grow and harvest.. .very scenic at harvest time.

We're empty nesters now and stUl getting used to it.

The job is good and busy.

Oh.. .the surfer may look good, but he's lousy at it. —Smitty •

Bob Smith

Doug Race the Chairman of the Reunion Committee sends the foUowdng; • Classmates: Our 35th reunion is over and from the feedback that I have received it was a rousing success. Thanks to aU of you who attended. We look forward to seeing you and everyone else in the class in 2013.We wUl attempt to reserve the Westin now for the 40th. For those who are not aware 1

Bob and Lynne Smith

Alumni Profile Old G o a t s Keep Charging!

The 33rd Annual AnnapoUs Ten MUer kicked-off on Sunday, 24 August at 7:45 a.m. as 5,500 rtmners took off in 73 degree heat and 85 percent humidity. Among those nmners were L to R: Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold, Craig Dawson, Kevin Callahan, Rob 175 Naval Academy graduates Casey, Bill Decker, Paul Ryan, Mike Dunaway, participating in the "Old Goats" Ken Gathercole, Jim Campbell, Rick Wagner, Ray Wenmderlich and Bill Montgomery. (Not pictured portion of the race. As ui the past four years, the Class of 1973 led aU classes is camera shy Ron Bowman). with 11 runners, ahead of '78's eight mnners. Congratulations go to WUl Earner '63, who was the "Oldest Old Goat" finisher iri 1:37:39. Mind you, '63's a far cry fiom John Fry '47, the "Oldest Old Goat" winner the past several years!

And the "Fastest Old Goat" was Brian "Doc" Daugherty '82 who finished in 58 minutes, just 6 minutes off the record pace!

Leading Team '73 as he always has. Rear Admiral Paid Ryan '73, USN (Ret.), cruised into the finish Une in exacdy 1:13:00—that's 73 minutes! What a team leader! And many thanks go out to race directors Craig Harrison (USMA '73), and Lisa Harrison, for helping late registrants.

WhUe celebrating afterward, I met Robert Coogan and John "Doc" Dougherty '95, wearmg shirts 95 For '95 fix)m die 2007 Marine Corps Marathon, where more than 95 classmates participated and raised ffinds for thefr faUen classmates' famUies. If you'd Uke more information, please check out: http://usna95.blogspot.com/.

—^Kevin CaUahan '73 (This profile highlights information from the Class of 1973 November Class News column.)

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would Uke to pass on the names of the 2008 Reunion Committee who worked so hard to make this reunion happen: Peter Flynn - Shipwreck, Friday night reception/dance Jim HaniUn - Friday night reception /dance Frank Lanzer - TaUgate Ron Borro - Registration Chuck McKeone - money guy (very important), maU-in registration Jere CarroU - onUne registration and overaU computer troubleshooter John Ashmore - Registration information packet Chris Myers - Golf tournament Gary Chetelat - Shipwreck Tim McClay - Photographer Tom Storch - Class VR Tom Wilson - Class Secretary Kevin CaUahan - Class President The committee met on numerous occasions at Kevin's house and we thank Judy for putting up with us and I thank each and every member for thefr conttibution to making this a great event.

I would be remiss without special mention of the foUowing: Peter Hynn did an incredible job of putting together the Reception/Dance with Jim HamUn's able assistance. Peter also arranged the Shipwreck Party for us at the N Room and was the interface wiffi the bus company He dedicated a lot of time and effort and I would Uke to ffiank him and Susan for their support.

Frank Lanzer, helped by Bob Wakefield, put together the great TaUgater that we had in the N Room. Again a great event and a great effort by Frank!

Ron and Susan Borro spent long hours behind the registtation desk and when they weren't there, their kids were.

Thanks to you both for arranging and manning the registtation table - a huge sacrifice in time and effort. And many thanks to your famUy! Chris Myers arranged the golf tournament and had the job of trying to put everything together as the Ust of players changed up to the last minute.

Thanks for a great event!

Jere CarroU spent long hours trying to get the registration information from the Alurrmi Assn. and trying to get the information for the name tags.Thanks for aU your efforts!

John Ashmore put together the gouge for us. Where would we be without the GOUGE!! Thanks John!

Chuck kept us sttaight in the money department, coUected the maU in money.

sent out reftmds, paid the vendors and generally kept us from over committing.

Thanks for your hard work during confijsing times.

Kevin CaUahan provided leadership and "corporate history" in putting the reunion together, not to mention the meeting venue (and donuts and coffee).

Thanks!

Jan CampbeU, while not on the committee, suggested the '73 bracelets for the ladies in our lives and got them made and delivered aU the way from Greece.

They were a big hit - thank you!!

The committee wUl have an after action washup in the near ffiture. If anyone has constructive comments, please let me (drice73@gmaU.com) or Kevin CaUahan (jkcaUahan73@hotmaU.com) know. We already know we need a BIGGER FONT for the nametags - our eyes aren't what they used to be! We also know we have issues with the buses, hours of the taUgate and a few others that wUl go into planning for the 40th. If you have any other suggestions for improvement let us know.

For those of you who canceled at the last minute due to hurricanes, health concerns, etc. our thoughts and prayers are with you and we hope to see you soon!

Again, many thanks to the entire committee for a job weU done and thanks to those of you who attended! Doug the class thanks you for aU your hard work and leadership. • This is my first article and I hope I speUed everybody's name correctly and my grammar wasn't too bad. I could use a Uttle help; writing was never my strength. As shown by most FITREP and eval cycles I got "counseUng" from the XO. So again please help me out, forward your news, announcements and anything you would Uke to share with the Class. It's simple, write your input as you would Uke it to appear and label any pictures. An email with pictures as an attachment is aU that is required. Hard copy is okay too. Thanks.

FinaUy, please remember our service men and woman who wiU be away from their famiUes during the HoUday Season.

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Dear 'mates.

At my table during the October luncheon of the Pensacola Chapter of USNAAA, we were discussing two important and worrisome topics in Florida — hurricanes and retirement accounts. Tom Frizzell '86 commented that as each hurricane spins up in the Adantic, there's a boatload of PhD meteorologists on TV discussing the relative strengths of eight to ten different computer models that predict the storm's path and intensity. He asked where the PhD economists were with their forecast models as we aU watch our financial world crumble around us. I say there's a good reason that weatherguessers are much better at forecasting than economists are. We're (mostly) able to keep poUtics and emotion out of our forecasts!

With that as background, I'm going to go out on a Umb and predict a bowl game appearance for Navy in 2008. Keep in mind that we're only halfway through the footbaU season as I write. But with consecutive upset wins over Rutgers, Wake Forest, and Air Force the Big Blue is only two W's away from the post season.

Regular reporter JJ Cuff made it to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium for the Rutgers game.

• CINC House and I had a chance to head up to see mighty Blue take on Rutgers. It was also an opportunity to visit the Mid store and restock some low suppUes.The game always aUows us a chance to run into classmates and this . time was no different. I spoke with Bill Konrad (who stUl lives in the Annapolis area), Gary Ingold (stiU a deacon at USNA — he was preaching the next day, so he was not drinking very much), Doug Schlaefer (whose son is a firstie), and Phil Ray (walking the streets of December 2008

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75-76 CLASS N E W S AnnapoUs looking for a bar). Gary and Konrad have tickets to the home games and have great seats together on the Blue side in Section 2. Every one of our classmates that I saw was talking and gearing up the Class of '75 non-reunion Reunion at the SMU game. This should be a great day! • Proud parents Terrie and Bob Davis sent a note from Idaho, where daughter EUse was recendy crowned Miss Idaho. EUse wiU be in the Miss America Pageant in January. Mark Harper (who somehow knows these things) says that EUse is the first USNA daughter to compete in Miss America since Jay Johnson '68 became more famous for his daughter's appearance than for being CNO. See the Miss Idaho webpage at www.missidaho.org.

Les also reported that Anne and Richard Thomas hosted a great cookout for the Edgars and the Pattersons in August.

• Richard Thomas, aka Stickman.

Stickman went to medical school at Georgetown after graduation and became an indentured servant to the Navy (a 16year obUgation at one point). Now works at Bethesda Naval Hospital as a civiUan and he and his wife Anne Uve just outside of AnnapoUs. Malcolm Patterson and his wife Iris Uve in RockviUe, MD. He was a surface nuc, left the Navy in 1990 and now works for the N R C reviewing applications for new nuclear power plants-hopefuUy wiU be a bunch of them with the new administration next year!

Iris works at the National Institute of Health running cUnical research centers.•

kidneys (Tina's transplanted kidney remains nestled in my lower, low abdomen) and repair the voUeybaU-size hernia. The surgeons wUl do a fUet cut, leaving a taUT scar ("T" for too ornery).

Possibly about eight hours under the bright Ughts. [I wonder: Do they take naps? What about coffee and smoke breaks? Certainly there has to be a restroom break. WeU, not for me, I wUl be asleep and tubes wiU be taking care of everything]. About 8-10 days recovery in the hospital and back to bungee jumping

by Thanksgiving. Okay, maybe no bungee jumping. Surely in time to watch the A-N game. We are hoping no more hurricanes hiding for a late season waUop.The local news did carry a story about a man getting a heart and Uver transplant during Ike. If he can do that, 1 can certainly give up a few "footbaUs". Fortunately, for us, we had no damage to the house or boat.

Two less things to be concerned about.

See ya on the other side! No, not that other side! •

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Thomas, Patterson and Edgar—sunset in Annapolis

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Les Edgar was spending an exciting Just two days after the cookout, Les got a DC-area commute Ustening to CSPAN Utde surprise. Let him teU the story: when he heard part of a speech by . > ^^^^^^B • AU my cancer checkups have been Secretary of Defense Gates to the good, no sign of the lymphoma and I'm Miller '75 and McCain '58 National Defense University. And on top three years out from my transplant so of that. Rick "Freddy" White was tuned things great on that front. Unfortunately, Gary Miller was fortunate to have the into the same channel. [Where are all the years of chemo and radiation may have opportunity to meet Senator John old Moody Blues cassette tapes? TX says you taken its toU on the old ticker and I had a McCain and his wife Cindy at a reception both need a life!] Here's an excerpt from heart attack August 24th.

Seems the right in St. Petersburg.

The Senator autographed the speech. coronary artery was 100% blocked, the a copy of his book "Why Courage Matters" • Retired Marine Colonel T.X. left arteries 50% blocked. Absolutely no for Gary.

Hammes has noted that where past warning signs or symptoms and boom, Guys, that's a wrap for December. insurgencies consisted of miUtary just kind of dropped me when I was out Enjoy your Christmas hoUdays, take good campaigns supported by information chain sawing trees in the backyard. I care of each other, and we'U get together operations, they now often consist of thought I was just old and tired as I just again in 2009. strategic communications campaigns turned 55 but my wife the nurse took '75 Sir! Larry supported by military operations. In Iraq one look at me, recognized it was a heart and Afghanistan, extremists have made attack, and off to the emergency room. I ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 5% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 53% deft use of the Internet and propaganda to was back to work in two weeks but a misinform and intimidate local populagood wake up caU. Eating differently now PRES: Kevin Stone tions - the swing voters, if you wiU, in 928 Lynch Dr., Arnold, MD 21012 and graduaUy getting back into the H: 410-974-4313; E: kevin.stone@1976.usna.com these struggles. Many defense leaders — exercise routine. • SECY: Mark Hubbard including myself- have bemoaned the 5632Tessie Court, New Market, MD 21774-2918 Well, growing old ain't for wimps! (But it beats U.S. government's Umitations in this area.

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couple of weeks away, or maybe because the Presidential elections are just around the corner What ever it is, I've prepared myself by wearing a few extra layers of clothing. So, let me move on to the layers of emaU I've received with Class news.

Something fishy is going on with Bruce Hinkley. He sent me some picmres of his reason voyage to the bottom of the aquarium on a unique scuba experience at the Adanta Aquarium. His wife, Christi, and granddaughter, CampbeU, were there to witness the scuba event.

adopted from Russia when they were 6,7 and 8, are now 17,18, and 19.The oldest, Vicka, is living on her own in Laurel, MD. Yana, the 18 year old, is working and going to school.The youngest, Ola, is a junior in high school and plays field hockey. Bonnie and I just celebrated 25 years together and are looking forward to another 25.That's a quick wrap from the home front.

Go Navy! Go Air Force!? •

Dave DeSilva has been tracking down several of his 5th Company ("Frat Five") Classmates for six months to get them to the mini-reunion and, as a result, has many updates:

Phil and Bonnie Wilhelm stand with son, Alex

Bruce Hinkley peers through the Adanta Aquarium window

Christi Hinkley and granddaughter Campbell in the foreground while Bruce hovers above in the tank

Proud parents, Bonnie and Phil Wilhelm, sent news of thefr chUdren: • Bonnie and I are extremely proud of our son, Alex, who graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 2008 and wiU be going to ffight school in November It was a long journey he joined the Maryland Army National Guard during his senior year of high school and after graduation, went through basic trairung at Fort Knox, advanced technical training at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, in Maryland, attended the University of Maryland at CoUege Park for a semester and then attended the Naval Academy Prep School. Next year, our other son, John wUl graduate from the Air Force Academy with the Class of 2009, get married and begin pUot ttaining. I'm not sure what happened, but I couldn't convince either one to foUow in my footsteps as a Surface Line officer Our three daughters, who we

Courtney Little (on right) with one other fashion creations

Maxine and Lee Meeks have been training for several months to run in this year's Marine Corps marathon. They are motivated this year, not only to promote a healthy, fitness-oriented Ufestyle, but also for charitable reasons. They are raising money for the No Greater Sacrifice charity (see: http://www.nogreatersacrifice.org /Events/MCM08/Meeks.php). NGS serves to bridge the educational development for the chUdren of our nation's faUen heroes.

Brad Little reports on a couple of news items from D.C. • First, I have moved with D H R International to D.C. Not much real change other that no more hotel rooms in D.C; I now have an apartment. Second, and more importantly, my daughter, Courtney, was sponsored in an international design competition by her school, The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandizing (FIDM).This competition, put on the Fashion Group International, encompassed about 250 entrants, only a smaU number of which who were actuaUy students. Nonetheless, she was selected as one of 15 finalists and participated in a fashion show with the other finaUsts September 14th. WeU, she won the whole shootin' match. Two things, Kathy and I are very proud of her and second she clearly takes after her mother in most areas including fashion (I have been dressed by others my whole Ufe - first my mother, then the Navy and finaUy my lovely wife). Courtney is the one on the right, with one of her creations on the left. •

• In no particular order.. .Mike Prendergast is stUI with the FBI in Indiana. Paul Johnson is an attorney with the law firm ofJennings, Strouss & Salmon, PLC in Phoenix. Rachel and Bob Butt Uve in San Diego where Bob is teaching shiphandUng, navigation and tactics at the Littoral Combat Ship trainer for Lockheed. Jim Poole is with the San Diego PoUce Department and Brad Clark, also in San Diego works for General Atomics Aeronautics. Diego Mantilla has a security consulting firm and ttavels extensively in Latin America and the Caribbean. Louise and Jim Petersen are in Tampa, Fl. Bill Driscoll is also in the Tampa area as an Attorney. Art Hanket is Uving in L.A. Gerry Spraitzar is in Washington State. Rob McNeil is a pubUc defender in Georgia. Tim Criner is a teacher in the Newport News,VA area.

Rich Feckler Uves in Virginia Beach,VA and works forWBB Consulting. John Mann Uves in Fredericksburg VA and works for SAIC. Last I saw Fred Bauer and Bill Beeson at the 30th. Fred was a doctor over in Cambridge, MD and BUI was Uving in Pensacola Fl. Gene Baran is in California desert and thinking of moving to San Diego. John Cabaniss is an attorney in Wisconsin. Warren Hayslip works for the Donaldson Company that is based out of Minnesota. Jenna and Rick DaPrato are in Dayton, Ohio area where Rick works for The Greenttee Group in Beavercreek. Lee Sparr works for NASA at the Goddard Space FUght Center in Greenbelt MD. And last but not least, Kathleen and I Uve in Herndon,VA, where I have a Software Development offshoring company based in Santiago, Chile. • Dave Markham recently changed jobs (in May 2008) and is now working for Scientific Research Corporation in December 2008

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AsheviUe, NC. He had been working for another defense contractor in Charleston, SC when he was offered the opportunity to work for SRC. His new job is in support of the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) and involves working with other National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) organizations, other federal government agencies and departments, academia, industry, and the international scientific community on cUmate-related initiatives.

In this new position, Dave has already made contact with one of our classmates, Terry Tielking, who is the Deputy Director of NOAA's National Oceanographic Data Center in SUver Spring, MD. Bill Kneller forwarded news from Ted Mundorff.Ted had the opportunity to join Dick Gallagher for breakfast whUe traveUng in Stuttgart, Germany.

Ted was participating in the Department of Defense's JCOC (76th Joint CiviUan Orientation Conference) that visited The European Command this September.

compound, and Jim's Dad stood guard many times denying access to Academy spies (undoubtedly sent by either Captain Mayaguez or Lieutenant Finegold!) detaUed to take Ucense plates numbers.

Mrs. Rowan, pictured below with Jim and his wife Marian, was truly was, to many, a "Mom away from home".

Gene Haplea with son, Kevin

Lenny Mokan and Mark Gardner '77

Kip Nicely with his daughter, Nikki

Dick Gallagher and Ted Mundorffin Germany

It has become another exciting season for Navy footbaU and the turnout at the '76 tent has been tremendous. My son and his wife, Becca and Billy Hubbard '01, joined us for the Rutgers game. It was great to see them, and the grandchUdren again. We also had a surprise visit from Gene Haplea and his son, Kevin, who had attended the Maryland game earUer in the day.

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It is so nice to see such a great turnout at the taUgaters. There are several more opportunities to taUgate culminating with the Army-Navy Game (or, possibly a post season bowl game in D.C. for the EagleBank Bowl!).With victories over Wake Forest and Air Force, we're headed for another record setting year for Navy!

GO NAVY! BEAT ARMY!

If there's a bright side to her passing, Mrs. Rowan died at Jim's home in Houston, watching her beloved Midshipmen take down Wake Forest. Mrs. Rowan was buried in St. Margaret's October 4th wearing Navy Blue and Gold, as she has done for so many years; may she truly rest in peace. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jim and his entire famUy. To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; It's somehow fitting having marked the passing of long-time member of our extended famUy to welcome a new comrade:

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We open this month's column on a sad note, as we mark the passing of a great friend of'77: Jim Rowan (33rd Co.) lost his mother, Ann Rowan, September 28th. Many of you wiU remember the Rowans from the parties held at their house in St Margaret's at the end of every semester, and for the "parking lot" they opened on their property for underclass vehicles. Jim recalls at one time over 50 cars were stowed on the Rowan

Please join us in welcoming Jaxon Craig Langman, grandson of Craig Langman (28th Co.), born September 9,2008, measuring 20-1/2" and weighing in at a respectable 71bs.-3oz. Craig notes that as the son of a UVA mom and a Hokie dad, young Jaxon has to go somewhere else; so why not Boat School?!? Congratulations to the entire Langman clan.

Mark Clemente (31st Co.), Class of'79, recently met with one of our distinguished classmates at a gathering of old USNA Leadership, Ethics & Law Department Chairs. Mark reUeved Pat Walsh (12th Co.) as LEL chair in 1998.

Pat, picmred in his office, is currendy engaged in finishing his X O tour.

We'U close the month on a personal note by mentioning the imminent deployment of our oldest son, 1st Lt. Jonadion McKee, USAR (Ugh!).Jon is currendy completing three weeks of weapons training at Ft. Hunter Liggett in California, which wiU be foUowed by two months of pre-deployment preparation at Ft. Lewis. He'U deploy to Camp Taji, 27 mUes northwest of Baghdad, some time in late December. We know many of you remember our troops overseas in your prayers, and asking God's protection for Jon specificaUy woiUd be gready appreciated particularly as Dad has yet to coUect on the $60 young Jon owes him on the last six Army-Navy bets!

Until next month, fair winds and foUowing seas!

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Fred Butterfield wrote to say that at the end of September he had taken a new position at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Environmental Management. He had had been shufffing for a whUe, back-and-forth during the week, between his new office at DOE (located in D C , at L'Enfant Plaza) and his former Environmental Protection Agency office near Metto Center. For Fred it was sort of a Yogi Berra "deja vu aU over again" experience as he had previously served in DOE-EM from 1994 to 2002.

In his new job, he's working closely with the Oak Ridge [TN] Operations Office on defense environmental cleanup and nuclear faciUty decontamination and decommissioning issues. While he looked forward to the new oppormnities and chaUenges of the position; he found his six years on the staff of the Agency's Science

Advisory Board (SAB) (primarUy, as the Federal officer managing the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee) to have been among the best and most rewarding of his professional career Speaking of new chaUenges, Sam Tangredi retired from the Navy this June. He now works as Director, San Diego Operations for the consulting firm Sttategic Insight (obviously in San Diego). Sam and Deb have a 5 year old daughter, a beautiful Utde girl they adopted from China in 2004. Sam's last tour of active duty was in DC where he was the Director, Strategic Planning and Business Development for the Navy International Program Office (Navy IR03)—a biUet he stood up. I got to see Sam at Navy IPO on some work related matters. If any of you need any help and advice on international business, technology transfer, C O C O M and partner country requirements, etc., he's the man and in fact would be happy to help. He kind of wrote the book (or at least the brief) on it. It was a very good tour for Sam with the exception of being geographicaUy separated from his famUy (in San Diego) for much too long. Hey, Alidade Press announced the release of Sam's new book—Futures of War The press release describes the book as an analysis of'the perspectives of federal agencies, mUitary services, war coUeges, NGOs, pubUc committees, think-tanks, and individual experts, to fashion a consensus view of the ffimre of American national security in the years 20102035.. .a superbly comprehensive view of the ffiture international security environment.." Sounds beyond my GPA, but then again so are the Sunday fonnies.This is Sam's third book. His others were_All Possible Wars and Globalization and Maritime Power, not to mention the over 100 articles, reviews and book chapters he has to his credit. His work has won eleven Uterary awards, including the U.S. Naval Instimte's Arleigh Burke Prize and the U.S. Navy League's Alfred Thayer Mahan award and Sam was caUed the "Navy's uniformed ffiturist" by the late Admiral Art Cebrowski. StUl, I think we aU Uke caUing him classmate best. Good luck with the new book and new job, and finaUy being home in San Diego with your family, Sam. Speaking of San Diego, Lena and Lafayette Norton spent last Thanksgiving there. His son and his pretty wife Uve in San Diego where he works for a door/window company caUed Jeld-Wen. Lena and I wiU be there for the

reunion.Their daughter,Jenna, graduated from Rordand State University in June and is Uving and working in Rordand, OR. Lena and Lafayette traveled out a week early for the reunion.They stayed in WilUamsburg,VA and traveled around a bit to see the faU colors. It's something they don't get in Central Oregon where their foUage is mostly pine trees and juniper trees which do not change color in the faU. Oregon is home to them.

Lafayette is a Program Manager with Central Electric Cooperative, Inc. Lafayette's mom joined them from Fredericksburg, TX. This year would've also marked Lafayette's dad's 60th reunion, but he passed away in 2003. I'm sure Lafayette hoisted one in remembrance of that occasion as weU. Here's a look at the Nortons in San Diego (the brunette is their daughter-in-law).

The Nortons in San Diego

Here are some stray rounds—Ray Luevano, his brother,James, and eldest son,Josiah completed a 500 mUe bike ride from Palo Alto to Los Angeles to support a worthy cause www, nuruinternational. org .

That's a venture started by Jake Harriman ('96) to provide sustainable water, medical and educational resources in remote African vUlages. Altogether, Ray, James and Josiah rode six days. Ray mentioned it would be great to ride (not race) next year with any classmates/alums who want to see the California coast up close whUe getting some aerobic exercise. Ted Null is a Director for CCA Division ofWESCO Distribution, Inc. in Midlothian,VA. He's a grandfather four times over (anybody have more?). Bob Schwaneke is now in RoUa, Missouri as his Mom passed away this past AprU. Bob said he's "not sitting on 40 acres tending the homestead, and working part-time with LCE from a distance." He may also do some substitute teaching at the high school there in RoUa. The house needs a lot of work, and he has only had one of five tractors currently working. But he reports that at least the '74 Cadi that was in the garage is getting fixed up! Our Class Treasurer, December 2008

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Kevin Liddy and his wife, Cassie stiU Uve in MUford, CT. Fittingly, Kevin is a Venmre Capital Invesmient SpeciaUst wdth IBM. Cassie works retaU at a women's clothing specialty store,J. Ji7/ in MUford.

Their eldest daughter, Ashley (20) works at Home Depot in Sttatford, CT; saving to buy a car and back to coUege. Their youngest daughter, CaroUne (17) is a freshman atWofford CoUege in Spartanburg, SC. CaroUne is on a fiiU scholarship. She's the fastest female X country rurmer atWofford—which might have come in handy for her "Rush Week".Their 8 year old female yeUow Lab, Sassie, stUI acts Uke a puppy Some of you may recaU a picmre of Kevin and Sassie from a column of a couple of years ago. Sassie was Kevin's "campaign manager" as he ran for state representative.

WeU, Kevin is running again this year He is the CT RepubUcan party's candidate for State Representative in the 119th Disttict.We wdsh him luck!

Got a note from Joe Peterson. The famUy and he went to WUmington, DE, to my nephew's (acmaUy his wife,Ynez's nephew) graduation from high school.

Arriving shordy before the start of the

graduation ceremony, Joe dropped Ynez and their chUdren, Jayne and Joe Joe, off at the enttance and then parked the van.

Ynez met him as he headed in to the convention center entrance. She asked me if he knew that Andy Wiims was the guest speaker Talk about surprises! Joe reported that, as expected,Vice Admiral Andy Winns gave an outstanding speech at the Delaware MiUtary Academy Commencement Ceremony. As always, Andy stayed after the ceremony to give encouragement and mentoring to the graduating class as many of them and their parents greeted him after the ceremony.

Nine days later, the Petersons had the pleasure ofJayne graduate from KempsvUle High School. It just happened to be Father's Day so that was one ofJoe's special presents—a proud graduate. Those two events—and Ufe in general—for Joe, made for a sweet and good month of June—about as good as it was 30 years earUer in 1978.

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Alumni Profile The 100 Mile Relay: The Naval A c a d e m y ' s Quest f o r a W o r l d Record In the 1970s, distance running began experiencing extraordinary growth as a participation sport among Americam. By the faU of 1976, due in large part to the efforts of Midshipmen Dave Wilson '78 and Chuck Wright '79, and faciUty advisor then-Lieutenant Steve Ries '68, USN, the Naval Academy's Distance Ruiming Club was estabUshed.

This brought organization to individual midshipmen efforts to participate in new events Uke the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Marathon in Washington, DC, and races steeped in tradition Uke the Boston Marathon.

During this time. Midshipman Wright learned of the 100 Mile Relay event whUe reading a Guinness Book of World Records and soon thereafter the idea of Naval Academy runners attempting to estabUsh this record became a mission.There were at least three Naval Academy attempts during this time to claim the 100 MUe Relay world record — 100 individuals running one mUe each consecutively — in 1977,1978 and 1980.

The 11 AprU 1978 event began right at 8 a.m. in Halsey Field House. Hours had been spent working a schediUe that matched runners' free periods and provided back-up runners sttategicaUy placed throughout the day—^with good reason since six of 13 backup runners were used. With 100 runners over an eight hour period of mandatory classes and other

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WeU that's it for the month. Probably lots next month as I'U have a bunch from the reunion (When this goes to submittal our reunion is just two weeks away). In aU UkeUhood there'U a lot to use for the next couple of months. Everyone have a safe and joyous HoUday Season. Launchin' Spot Four with Toys for Tots (Support your local Marine Corps Reserve toy drive!)

'quired events, the unexpected was going to happen and we needed to be prepared.Tim Murphy '80 led the effort with a 4 minute and 46 second mUe. Every few minutes another runner would arrive and another would move on to class. Throughout the morning the gold baton was passed from runner to runner without applause or fanfare. Each runner's time was automaticaUy and manuaUy recorded to document individual spUts and cumulative time. Runner number 30,Joe Suggs '81, puUed off the day's fastest spUt at 4 minutes, 21 seconds. Runner number lOO.Jim Cheever '78, sprinted the world record's final laps as an emotional crowd roared.The final time was 7 hours, 50 minutes, 46.8 seconds, minutes faster than the previous record. The Naval Academy runners averaged an incredible 4 minutes, 42.5 seconds per mUe. Unfortmiately Guinness woiUd not be satisfied with supporting documentation submitted for this 1978 event.

UnUke the record setting 1977 and 1980 Naval Academy efforts, the 1978 effort, despite being the fastest of the three attempts, would not enjoy official recognition. Fast forward to 2008, however, and the 1978 runners are now commanding aircraft carriers, caiTier batde groups and carrier sttUce groups.

Others have become their own company's chief executive officer, or senior executives at major corporations. Among this group UteraUy hundreds of marathons have been nm, along with numerous 50 mUe runs and ttiathlons.

For the extended version of this article by Michael McCrabb '78, visit "Sea Stories"at www.usna.com.

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Greetings, 79ers!

December is a month where things usuaUy slow down a bit. Now I know what you're thinking: "Slow down? What, are you kidding? I've got three parties to go to, two basketbaU games to watch, our son's coming home from coUege, and we StiU haven't decided who is going to host Christmas dinner! Slow down—^hah!"

Precisely. AU those things make sending an emaU to the Class Secretary a very low priority, which is why things slow down— for me— in December.

However, this month bucks the ttend yet again, as I have any number of things to report, including aU sorts of "flag-related" news. So let's get started.

RDML Mark Heim-ich (Mark.Heinrich@dla.niU) took a quick trip homefiromKuwait last October, attending a Hag Conference at Alumni HaU. He reports there were 23 flag officers fix)m the Class of 1979 fri attendance, and sent along a photo of the event: unformnately it didn't meet the pubUcation resolution requirements for this column, so I sent it to webmaster Stan Clark for posting on the class web site. Mark also added some personal news: • AU is weU with me. I remrn to Kuwait today to continue my tour at the CENTCOM Deployment and Disttibution Operatiom Center (CDDOC) and look forward to completing my tour in January.

The assignment has been chaUenging and rewarding, and I'm glad I took the IA assignment. When I remrn to DLA H Q in January, I'U resume my role as the J-3/4 (Dfrector of Logistics, Operations, and Readiness) for the agency. On the famUy front,Jared is enjoying his juruor year at UC Santa Barbara, CoUn is excited to be a freshman at USC and is swimming (what else) for the Trojans. Judy is holding down the fort (for now) in Richmond and keeping busy with a staging business (wwwjudyheinrich. com).

Take care, Mark • Thanks again, Mark! I don't know if that's the largest gathering of 79 flags to date, but it has to be close! The photo is quite exttaordinary. (Be sure to check it out on the site!)

I recendy saw an article from The Meridian Star newspaper that said RADM Artie Johnson returned to his parents' home town of Meridian, MS back in October to help inaugurate a terrific project. Currendy assigned to the Navy Marine Safety Center at Norfolk,VA, Artie was invited to be the keynote speaker at the launch of "ChaUenge to Manhood", described as a teaching and nurmring program sponsored by West Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church. It is specificaUy geared to young men ages 1220, compUmenting a simUar program for young women.

According to the article. Rev. OdeU Hopkins, pastor of the church, asked Artie to help inttoduce the program because of Artie's involvement with youth. "He was at the christening of the SS New York and I watched him as he interacted with the people, specificaUy the young people. He has a real passion for young people," he said. "He also informed me that our area (Meridian) is not aware of scholarship money avaUable through the U.S. Armed Services to help young people go to coUege, and special incentives to attend Ivy League schools. He said he wanted to raise local awareness to that ffinding."

Congramlations, Artie, and we wish you and the church aU possible success with this program.

I received a late emaU from Chuck Kuzma letting the DC-area 79ers know about RADM Tim Flynn's retirement, which was scheduled for 31 October. Tim had been serving as the Navy's Program Executive Officer, Enterprise Information Systems (REO EIS). I beUeve—although not 100% sure—that Tim is the first '79er flag to ttansfer to the retired Ust. I'm hoping to get a photo or two of the ceremony and reception so I can pubUsh them in a ffimre column. Congrats,Tim! And thanks to Chuck for the heads up.

In StiU more "flag-related" news, I heard from Mark "Clem" Clemente (Mark.N.Clemente@boeing.com) who sent along the foUowing: • Wiz, I'm one of those guys that sends in a note about once a decade—since I usuaUy have nothing interesting to say, but in this case I've at least got a decent photo to share.

On 18 August, we had a gathering of old USNA Leadership, Ethics & Law Department Chafrs with our Distinguished Chair in Ethics, D r Nancy Sherman (Georgetown). I reUeved ADM Pat Walsh '77 (currently VCNO) as LEL chair in 1998. Since then, I've retired and

work in Washington Smdies and Analysis with The Boeing Company in DC. Rat was always a "hanger on" and is now doing ANOTHER "XO job"friDC. Here we are meeting in his office. The VCNO admitted (and I agree) that our time spent teaching miUtary ethics at USNA was one of our more unique and rewarding tours.

Thanks for aU you do in keeping us up to date Wiz! Sincerely, Clem '79, 31st C o . ^

Leadership, Ethics and Law Chairs (l-r): Clem Clemente, Dr Nancy Sherman, and ADM Pat Walsh '77 (VCNO)

Thanks, Clem, for the note and the great photo. Just chUUn'wdth the Vice Chief of Naval Operations, huh? "What did you do today, dear?" "Oh, nothing much: I visited my buddy Pat and gave him some advice." "Who's Pat?" "Ah, he's a senior XO . . . " It seems you StUl keep good company! Don't feel Uke you have to wait another 10 years to check in again!

Continuing with the theme of "Dancing with the 79er Stars" (don't you just love these clever segues?), I heard that class "star-ttaveler" CAPT Mike Foreman wdU be remrning to space next year, if aU goes weU at NASA. He wiU be flying as a mission speciaUst on space shutde DISCOVERY'S S T S - 1 2 9 mission, which is targeted to launch in October 2009. The mission wiU deUver two experiment racks to the International Space Station. This is slated to be the final space shuttle crew rotation ffight to or from the space station.

Now I've said this before, but if you're ever looking for an example of persistence in the pursuit of a dream, look no ffirther than Mike. In 1998, nineteen years after graduation—when most active duty guys are looking toward retirement—Mike finaUy cracked the code and was selected as an astronaut. It took him another 10 years of work (during some mmulmous times for NASA as weU as the country) before hefinaUygot to space. As you may remember, Mike flew earUer this year as a mission speciaUst on STS-123 and performed three grueUng spacewalks.

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Speaking of which . . .

"Sir you now have 9 months until 30th Reunion Formation!"Yep, the "Official

Countdown to the 30th Reunion of the USNA Class of 1979" is at the 9-month mark now, and this month I have some IMPORTANT NEWS to pass on. I recendy heard from the Reunion Coordinator that the Westin Hotel is now accepting reservations. The easiest way to do this is to go onUne.We have our own reservation Unk—I'U print it here, but it's long and not very user-friendly if you're copying it by hand. The BEST way is to go to the "30th Reunion" section www.usna79.com and cUck the Reservations Unk there. But if you don't want to do that, copy and paste this Unk into your favorite web browser: http://wwrw.starwoodmeeting.com/ StarGroupsWeb/res?id=0806249848&key =B4964 There you can book, modify, or cancel a room reservation. If you plan to stay at the brand new Westin (our headquarters hotel) during ffie reunion weekend, I encourage you to make your reservations soon. As always, check your emaU for messages firam Sean, and look for announcements here in ffiture columns—I'U pass on the gouge just as soon as I get it.

One more item: if you're one of our iUustrious classmates who are looking at a 30-year retirement (active or reserve) in 2009, there are plans for a "Joint 30-Year Retirement Ceremony for the Class of 79" to be held at USNA. If you have any level of interest, go to the "30th Retirement" section of the web site for more info. We're not asking you to commit to anything—just gauging the level of interest at this point. If you have questions, email me.

FinaUy, on a personal note: with this column I Complete my ninth year of chronicUng events of importance for the Class of 1979. By my count, that's 90 columns. In those articles I reported on things Uke promotions, weddings, new chUdren, new grandchUdren, children graduating from our aUna mater, retirements, new jobs, and the Uke. I've also had to report the down side, such as loss of classmates, iUness and divorce. All the normal highs and lows of Ufe. I've tried to accenmate the positive, and whUe 1 never

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ttied to make a big deal of the negative, I felt I would be doing the Class a huge disservice by ignoring it completely. For whUe we enjoy celebrating the good things, it's the chaUenges and the struggles that bind us together Every so often someone says, "Wiz, it must be a royal pain to have to write a column every month."WeU, in the last nine years I've read countless emaUs, letters and postcards from 79ers aU over the world. I've had the chance to meet many of you that I never reaUy knew during our four years together on the Severn. And I've been able to witness and report on extraordinary people doing extraordinary things. Those are the rewards of this job—and they far outweigh any personal inconveniences caused by looming pubUshing deadUnes.

I receive a fair amount of feedback: a lot of it positive, but occasionaUy someone takes issue with something I've said.That's a good thing, actuaUy—it teUs me people are reading these words and, more importantly, they care about what appears here.

If no one gave a hoot, this job would be extraordinarUy difficult. However, as cUche as it sounds, I can honesdy say that being your Humble Scribe is not a pain, but a privUege. And it's one smaU way I can give back, one smaU way I can say thanks for the honor of being a member of the great Class of 1979.

So as we wind up another year, I thank aU of you for your support, encouragement, and feedback. I look forward to writing ffimre columns and reading ffimre emaUs and letters.

Karen and I wish aU of you a blessed and joyous Christmas, Hanukkah, or whatever expression is appropriate for how you celebrate this season. Take care, 79—and I'U see you again in 2009!

(ES. If you're one of those folks that send out the annual family Christmas letter and happen to have an extra one, please send it to me. They're great sources of information for future columns. Think of it as a Christmas present for your Class Secretary!)

Omnes Viril—Wiz...

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Greetings Classmates! It's already October - hard to believe. The buying frenzy for the Department of Defense is over for

another year and old man winter is on his way! Definitely depressing - but Ufe moves on! Amazingly, I'm writing this sitting at my own desk, in my own home and not on an airplane, in an airport or hotel. What a great concept!

I received a good number of letters this month! Thanks for the input. One of those great letters - along with photos was from Mike Budney who is one of the timeless members of the Navy Hockey team and wrote in about the Alumni Game. Here are some excerpts from his note: • Joe, I serve as the President of the Friends of Navy Hockey. I was charged with organizing this year's Alumni Hockey game, held on September 20th.

Six members of 80 showed to display their considerable athletic talents: Dan Frawley, Ken "Butts" Mcllhenny, Ed O'Callaghan, Mike Stapleton, Scott Stewart and me. Combined I beUeve we produced, weU, zero goals, but we tried reaUy, reaUy hard. Oh, and if any hockey alumni who are not afready on my e-maU Ust would Uke to receive our electtonic hockey newsletters they should contact me at mbudneyl6@cox.net.The venerable Class of 80 also brought three of thefr offspring to the fray — Dan Frawley's'80 two sons, Derek and Dalton, and Whitey Stapleton's'80 daughter, EniUy, who made up their own Une. These former players from the 80s showed their adoring (and sometimes snoring) fans some Ungering moments of hockey mojo. A shootout by the 5 oldest players from each squad after the expiration of regiUation time faded to resolve the issue, although it wiU provide endless ffiel for the Frawley sons, both of whom scored in regulation, whUe their father, Dan'80, faUed to save the day for Gold in the shootout.

On the Gold team, Mike Budney'80 won the "Turnstyle at Safeway" Award for looking Uke one at left defense. Individual awards aside, aU the players were winners in the overtime tie, and certainly aU who witnessed this stirring event were overcome by the level of intermittent team play, the quick decisions to stop skating, and the total commitment to finishing the game, even if it meant shifting to a running clock.^

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This month I also put in a plea to hear from aU of our Coqipany Reps. Randy Farley checked in with a quick 9th Company update, 80usna@cox.net:

Budney - Mcllhenny - O'Callaghan - Stapleton Stewart - Frawley

I also received a short, long overdue — but very welcome update from Katie and Hass Moyer, rhassm@verizon.net who got together with his old roonfre Jim "Goo" McKee: •Joe, Long time reader, first time writer.

Jim McKee (Goo) and Hass Moyer (Sweet 16), four year roommates at the Naval Academy, reunited after 25 years. Goo indicates ffiat he is working hard, but I just can't figure out where that single digit golf handicap came firom.We are looking forward to seeing more of Goo, as he wUl be making more ttips to the DC area.^

• Joe, I started a new job last month with Solute Consulting here in San Diego, teaching Network Centric Warfare to the Strike Group staffs at TACTB^GRUPAC as they move through their FRTP. I was lucky enough to have Tony Vanaria see my resume and reaUze I would be a good fit for the company; plus it's always nice to be able to work with a classmate!

Speaking of classmates, there were a bunch of us that attend Jill Hawkins Votaw's retirement onboard the USS Midway museum in September. (SEE BELOW) I must say that her RAO expertise resulted in ensuring a spectacular sunny day in San Diego.

One final bit of 9th Company news, my roommate and good friend, Kevin Scott (COL USMC Ret.) and his partner announced the recent birth of their daughter, Catherine Marie Scott-Stucky.

He must be the last, or close to it, of our classmates to be just starting a famUy. Good thing he stiU has aU that Marine discipUne! Randy • Jill HawkinsVotaw,jiU.votaw@navy.niU finaUy hung up her spurs in San Diego last month. She had a wonderffil retirement ceremony and sent in this missive.

(She usuaUy writes about everyone else — so this is certainly fitting).

Wass Moyer, Katie Moyer and the prodigal midshipman. Goo McKee.

I also received a short note from Alan Colegrove, (24), muUetftrplt@ hotmaU.com: • Though StiU Uving near Baltimore, MD, I am writing from Charleston, SC, where we are visiting both our kids at Parents Weekend at The Citadel. My son as a senior just now "wears the ring," and we are about to go to his version of the Ring ceremony, where Mom and girlfriend wiU accompany him through the arch; he awaits his post-NROTC fate at the hands of the USN assignment desk; he hopes to fly but is mentaUy preparing for "the needs of the service." My daughter is a Knob (the local Plebe equivalent) and is embarking on her four years with a USMC option ROTC scholarship. CoUege paid for; house down-sized; boat bought, new hearing aid - Life could be worse. •

• Greetings from Sunny WARM San Diego Joe! On Saturday, 27 September, I officiaUy retired from the Navy Reserve in a wonderffil ceremony on board USS MIDWAY, with over 100 friends and famUy - and 9 classmates - attending. My presiding officer was BJDML Frank CaldweU (USNA'81). I made him brace up whUe he gave his remarks.... I was honored to be awarded the Legion of Merit as my end of tour/end of career award. That reaUy blew me away! We did theffiUceremony, side boys and aU, and I

was piped over the side by a Master Chief - guess that REALLY makes it official!

After the ceremony we had a beautiful afternoon reception on the port elevator on the hangar deck.

It was wonderful having aU my Navy brothers with me! During the reception we found out we'd beat Wake Forest and we aU broke into a rousing rendition of Navy Blue & Gold. The other guests were a bit surprised, but we all got a round of applause afterwards! I can't beUeve that phase of my Ufe is over, but, as with aU things, Ufe wUl go on. More time for RV trips and house projects! That's about it from here, take care aU - and BEAT ARMY!-Cheers!-JUl^ I'm always amazed reading about Classmates who have multiple kids at the Academy - let alone getting one in. WeU our own Mark Lethbridge, Mark.Lethbridge@arcadis-us.com has achieved a pretty high mUestone in that his twin sons, Matthew and Jacob received appointments to the Naval Academy last week. They are track and field recruits and are looking forward being part of the Class of 2013. AdditionaUy his oldest son Zach completed Marine OCS this past summer and once he finishes his senior N R O T C year at Duquesne University he wUl be commissioned as 2LT in May 2009. Congrats!

Another almost first time writer, Barbara Ives, bives@md.metrocast.net has also mastered the multiple kid — AnnapoUs test — how do they do it????

• Hi Joe, I do not believe that I have written you for at least ten years. My husband, Glen'78, and I are stiU in the Pax Raver area and plan to move to our newly renovated home after Christmas. I am the Dean of Academics at St. Mary's Ryken High School in St. Mary's County Maryland and Glen is the Vice President of Aviation Programs for Sabre Systems Inc. My oldest son just graduated from USNA as an ocean engineer in May and is now assigned to ffie USS James E.

(L to R) John Spencer, Randy Farley, Terry Mack, Larry McCauley RDML Frank Caldwell ('81), Alan Portillo, Jill Votaw, Ira Minor, Jim "Goz"Gosnell, Rich "Quisty" Carlquist and Jerry Nies.

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WUUams out of Norfolk, my second son, MadJiew in 18ffi Company, is a senior at USNA and is majoring in Economics wiffi a minor in Spanish, and my youngest son.

Jack, is a junior at SUNY Maritime CoUege in NYC and majoring in general engineering. • Fred Botero, fred.botero@gmaU.com also checked in after a long hiams wiffi this letter: • Hi, Joe, I am probably way overdue to check in - considering aU that has happened lately. In September I resigned fromVisteon in Dettoit and accepted a Position wiffi Blue Bfrd (school bus maker) as ffiefrVP of Corporate Purchasing. I have relocated to Macon, GA,ffieBlue Bird H Q is in a smaU town caUed Fort VaUey, about 20 mUes souffi of Macon.

Since I grew up in the Adanta area it is reaUy mce to get away from the Dettoit winters and get back to the South.

Needless to say the automotive industry is suffering ttemendously and my heart goes out to aU of our coUeagues and friends who are enduring this severe industry dowmmrn. I felt it was the right time to puU the plug and start a new career, I just never expected to be buUding school buses! Business for us is pretty good; we acmaUy export a fair number of buses which helps our profitabUity a great deal. I am in a corporate apartment whUe my condo in Dettoit is up for sale; it may be a long stay since ffie market in Dettoit is pretty terrible.

I have been golfing and riffing the mountain bike a lot this year Unformnately I crashed on a traU and dislocated my right shoiUder a few months ago. It was a defimte ER visit event. Recovery hasn't gone too weU so I may have to have some surgery on it. On top of that I have some severe tendonitis in my elbow, too. I don't want to admit to getting old! My daughter, Tara, 26, graduated with a BS in Business from Michigan Tech. My new contact info is: fred.botero@gmaU.com, ceU: (248) 672-6586. If anyone is visiting Macon, please let me know it would be great to get together! • On a very sad note, most of the Class should have received an e-maU from Tim Kobosko, our President, with the news of Rick Bott's sudden death. He ffied in his sleep unexpectedly. A memorial service was held in Hinsdale, IL on Saturday, 11 October Rick is survived by ffis wife, Debbie, son, NeU and two daughters, OUvia and Abigail. A memorial has been

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Bott Educational Fund To: Debbie Bott, c/o Diana AguUar Harris Bank, 114 W First St, Hinsdale, IL 60521 Several classmates, friends and former players were able to attend the service and represent our class and be there for Debbie and ffie famUy. Please keep them in your thought and prayers.

In closing, this makes my usual sign off even more poignant. 1 hope that this finds each of you healthy, happy and wdser today than yesterday. Please take a few minutes to renew a friendship, caU a Classmate — and send me an update for aU to enjoy. Life is precious - we should ensure that we make the most out of every minute. Our hearts go out to Debbie and the famUy. As Always, BEAT ARMY!—Joe

Mike Giorgione (19), and my old roommate, Steve Hampton.

I am now on my 3rd Pentagon tour (I'm accused of having a negatively sloped learmng curve), working as EA for ffie Assist Secretary of ffie Navy (InstaUations and Environment), the Honorable BJ. Renn. Many may remember him as First Battalion officer during our early years at USNA. I see classmates fairly often and talk to Mark Patton (6)(Commander Naval InstaUations Command Chief Of Staff) on an almost daUy basis. • TUghman, thanks for ffie update.

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Aloha'81. Hope tffis finds you ready for the hoUdays. Leading off the maUbag this month is an update from Tilghman Payne (5) .You may remember that we reported that TUghman received the prestigious Order of the Rising Sun from Japan's Chief of Maritime Self-Defense Forces for his work in buUffing relationships between the U.S. and Japan during his tour as CO of U.S. Fleet Activities, Sasebo, Japan. He writes: • "Last updatefiromme was early'98, foUowing my wedding. Since ffien we have added two kids and spent lots of time in D.C, a Utde time in Norfolk, and have just remrned from a 3 year tour in Japan where I was base CO in Sasebo. Enclosed picture is from my Change of Command last AprU and includes me, Suzanne, TUghman Jr (8) and Sara (5). We aU reaUy enjoyed Japan and consider Sasebo to be one of ffie best kept secrets in ffie Navy.

We got to see lots of classmates during our time there. We Uved two doors down from Ruth and Mark Donahue (33), and had several folks pass through town for port visits or on business, to include: John Christensen (36), Paul Bushong (19), Mike Manazir (15),Terry Kraft (35),

Tilghman and Suzanne Payne and family in Japan

Tom GaUo (31) wrote in to let us know what he has been up to since graduation.

He flew R-3's, first in Brunswick, ME and ffien in JacksonviUe. In Brunswick he married Stacy, his wife of 23 years, and started his famUy. After he left the Navy in 1988, he moved to Adanta, and ffien in 1996 moved to San Antomo.Tom writes: • "After leaving active duty, I spent time in ffie high tech networking/Internet world for many years doing start ups. I recendy joined with a very close friend down here who is a world class songwriter and we launched "Good For The Soul Music" — an independent Christian Music label (OK, get out the CPR kit for aU the guys who are saying, "GaUo is in the Christian music business?!?") BeUeve it or not, I am, and we are doing some very cool things incluffing a stage musical caUed "MOSES" and we are working on an awesome musical movie for ffie big screen - so stay mned!

My eldest daughter Jordan EUzabeffi (22) just graduated from ffie Umversity of Notte Dame pre-med and is headed to Meffical School. Benjamin (21) is a firstie ('09) at USNA and is hoping to select USMC infantry. Over the last three years it was great to attend Navy vs. ND games in South Bend and Baltimore wdth a daughter on one side of the field and a son on the offier And, of course, beating

the Irish last year and finaUy wdnmng a bet wiffi my daughter was sweet! Maddie (# 3) just started high school and is my athlete and OUvia (# 4 who is mne years old) is in 4ffi grade and is my sunshine.

Stacy just started a new career as a PA (Physicians Assistant) and is in ffie rmdst of 3 years of school at ffie University ofTexas Med School.

My eyes havefiUedwiffi tears many times as Stacy and I remrned to ffie Naval Academy to visit Ben over the last few yean. (No, not tears fiom doing shots of TequUa at ffie bar at Riverside!). Now Ben is 2nd Regimental Honor (4 sttiper) and as Stacy says "He's so darn squared away, you sure he's your kid?" • Tom,ffianksfor ffie note.You have a lot to be proud ofl WhUe getting my perioffic updates on ffie heroic progress that Jon Wall (16) is making in his batde against cancer, I realizedffiatJon had gotten married earUer this year. After some checking, I found out that Jon and Andrea Bronkema were married on March 15,2008 at St. Mark CaffioUc Church in Vienna, Vfrgima.

Company mates Gary Slyman and Randy Lovdahl were Jon's best men, and ffiey were also thrUled to have LUI (Ramirez) Lovdahl, Michele Slyman and famUy members with them. I asked Andrea to give us some details on how she snagged Jon, and here is what she wrote: • "Jon and I met about six years ago when we worked out at ffie same gym.

After a couple of years of running into each other ffiere, we went out wiffi a group one night and ffien started dating from that point on. Once Jon was feeling better after his first Une of tteatment, we moved forward vidth our plans to get married. It was a beautifid, sunny day, and we felt happy and blessed to have found each offier Since then, we've been busy taking road trips wdth our Sluh Tzus, Blue and Goldie, and enjoying our time together and with famUy and friends. We recendy went to the U.S. Open Ui Hushing Meadows which was a gift to us from Jon's coUeagues at Morgan Stanley. We were guests in BUUe Jean King's box, where she and Jon spent quite some time talking and they discovered that she knows his high school tennis coach and also of course his coach from the Academy. For Jon's 50th bfrthday we hosted a dinner at our home with his famUy who flew in from Portland and Scottsdale and some of his Classmates.

We ffirther celebrated at the Class taUgater the next day during the Navy/Rutgers game wiffi a large gaffiering of his classmates.

Jon Wall wedding

Jon is undergoing a new tteatment regimen and he continues to do weU.We are sustained by the prayers, love and support from the Class of 1981". • Andrea, we continue to be inspired by Jon's courage. Congratulations to you both!

With Jon at his birthday celebrations was his old Hawaii roommate, Pat Smith (33), who sent in a photo of the taUgater party. Pat remimsced on his days living with Jon with the foUowing: • "I was stationed in Hawau, my first tour in HSL-37 when Jon and I were apartment-mates for 3 years whUe he was in aVP squadron.We spent many long tough days in the sand ofWaikiki and North Shore beaches throwing a footbaU and ....reading newspapers with sunglasses on. My wife and I met in Hawaii, and I was formnate to return to NAS Barbers Point for my command tour.

I reffied in Aug 2007, and worked for a short time for Innova Systems International developing readiness software, and am currendy back in the "Navy" as a CiviUan working for SURFLANT as a Deputy for Readiness.Thoroughly enjoying retirement and two teenagers, a wonderful wife, two dogs, and one cat. • Rat, thanks a bunch for sending me the note and the photos.

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Pat Smith, Tom Sullivan, Debbie and Matt McLaughlin, Andrea Bronkema, and Jon Wall at his 50th Birthday taUgater

NARSter and Doctor Dave Lane (36) has relocated to Hawaii where he is the Deputy Commander at Tripler Army Medical Center: Dave was an NFO in Prowlers for 5 years after graduation, and

then started a career as a Navy doctor by attending medical school in Bethesda.

He did his residency in famUy medicine at Naval Hospital Bremerton, Washington, and then feUowship traimng at Yale University. After Yale, Dave ffid physician and staff tours at Balboa hospital in San Diego and on the staff of the Surgeon General in Washington D.C. Dave then went to Naval Hospital Rota, Spain, where he was the Director of Primary and Preventive Services. His next tour was in Newport where he attended the Naval War CoUege, and earned a Masters Degree in National Security and Sttategic Smdies.

After the war coUege, Dave went to work with the Marines in Okinawa as the Group Surgeon for 3d Force Service Support Group (FSSG) and then fleeted up to be Force Surgeon for aU of III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF).

He writes: • "The 3-1/2 years wdth the Marines were truly the highUght of my 33 years in the Navy. The infamous and disasttous tsunami of 2004 hit mne days after I arrived in Okinawa, and a few days later I awoke in Sri Lanka in charge of aU of the U.S. government's meffical reUef activities there. Over the next three years 1 deployed with the Marines and SaUors to five more major namral disasters throughout Asia, incluffing an earthquake in Pakistan, mudsUdes in Leyte, an earthquake in Java, typhoons and mudsUdes in Luzon, and cyclones and floods in Bangladesh. In addition to disaster reUef, my health care teams were constantly deployed for meffical outreach nUssions throughout Asia - not to mention the constant medical support we provided to I and II MEF in Iraq and Afghamstan.

On the personal side, I have been married to my wifeVicki for 27 years.

Our daughter Shelby, 21, is a senior at Flagler CoUege, and wiU join the Peace Corps when she graduates. Charlie, 19, is a sophomore and N R O T C midshipman at the University ofTampa. He wants to December 2008

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"Doctor" Dave Lane and family on the USS ARIZONA Memorial in Hawaii

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Greetings, feUow 82'ers: When you read this we wiU have a new President-elect, hopefiUly the stock market wUl have rebounded wiffi vigor.

Navy wdU have extended its winning stteak over Notte Dame, and we are readying ourselves for another smnmng victory over Army. Ah, the ttials and ttibulations of writing into the ffimre. LuckUy, many exceUent classmates are supporting my efforts by proviffing me with input of your past and current happemngs. Keep the emaUs cormng!

It is with sadness ffiat I report on ffie passing of Casey (\5Tlson) Reece, 32nd Co., on September 10,2008. Our Class President Dan Proulx spoke with her husband and provided the foUowing information: • "I had the honor of speaking vwth Rick Reece, Casey's husband yesterday. It was obvious from our conversation that Casey

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was surrounded by ffie love of her famUy, her church and the commumty.

He also confirmed ffiat Casey had been penonaUy keeping aUve ffie "Laura Stegman Leadership Award" for the Women's Crew Team after USNA ran out of ffinds for the award. For ffie last couple of years, Casey had been procuring, engraving and personaUy deUvering ffie award. Casey defficated her efforts to her faUen teammate, Laura. I told Rick the class woiUd take over ffie award to keep ffie thought of Casey aUve. Rick recommended that anyone that would Uke to see how Casey led her Ufe, ffiey should check out Casey's Pastor's web blog. Pastor Kuvukas has an article devoted to Casey, http://www.ffieviewfix)mmychafr. blogspot.com/ • Some people have asked how Casey ffied.

Rick sent me ffie foUowing thoughts: • "To clear up any rumors, we wdsh to have ffie ttuth known - Casey took her own Ufe - there was no foul play. She had fought a hard batde against depression for ffie last 12 years. We take comfort in a note left to us that expressed three ffiings: her love for each of us, her desire for us to Uve with honor (which is why we want to make sure everyone knows the truth), and her desire for us to put our complete ttust in ffie Lord. The demons won the physical batde over her body and brain, but they lost the war - she left this aUen planet for her ttue home wiffi her faith intact."

Casey's famUy requested that in Ueu of flowers and gifts please make a donation to:"The Casey Reece Memorial Fund", Warrenton Bible FeUowship Mission, 46 Winchester St„WarrentonVA, 20186 The ffind is used by Casey's church to provide suppUes and resources to missionaries who work in Northern Nigeria."^ A memorial service was held in Warrenton on September 19.The thoughts and prayers of our Class are extended to Casey's famUy. Rest in peace, Casey.

Angus McColl, 17th Co., provided the foUowing to my successor. Ward CarroU: • I wanted to thank you for printing ffie excerpt from Denise's obimary in ffie September SHIPMATE Class of 82 class news. I was wresffing with how to do it, but had back-burnered it due to more pressing smff, so I reaUy appreciate your initiative. Somehow the fuU obituary ran on the USNA Alumni web site back in AprU. I have no idea how it got there, but was impressed with the Alurrmi Association aU the same. I'm glad it ran

boffi places. I hadn't sent anything to class news since 1992 when I was on AMERICA with a bunch of our classmates, but ffie obimary gave a good summary of our famUy for ffie past sixteen years or so. I was sorry to miss the 25th Reumon, but it was a non-starter as Demse was in ffie throes of raffiation and chemo at ffie time.

I recendy had ffinner in San Diego with my old roommate, Vidal Rodriguez and his wife KelU. Thefr oldest son Vidal is now a Youngster I also was able to attend Chip Jaenichen's change of command ceremony on September 5 at San Diego in wffich he mrned over command of Submarine Squadron ELEVEN to CAPT Brett Genoble'85. B.ADM Joe Walsh'77 was guest speaker as COMSUBPAC Lee Cohen was apparendy there, too, but I missed ffim somehow, and was not able to Unger as I needed to remrn to Los Angeles for another event that afternoon. I may have also fooled him wiffi camouflage as I have grown my hafr out significandy. I think we were ffie orUy two classmates in attendance.

I have worked at ffie USCViterbi School of Engineering (as in Umversity of Southern Califorma) for ffie past two years where I handle corporate and foundation relations. It is a great job. I was X O of ffie NROTC Umts at boffi USC and UCLA prior to retiring in 2006 which was a wonderful way to complete my career Demse and I along wiffi a few of our daughters reaUy came to enjoy Trojan footbaU, and I am pleased ffiat our fourffi daughter KeUy started at USC this faU. My daughters and I are aU doing weU and taking next steps forward. I am gratefiol to have been married for 25 yean to a great woman who was a great moffier to our daughters.

Thanks for doing ffie class news. 1 enjoy reaffing it, and appreciate aU you do to get the word out. Best regards, Angus • Mark LoPresto, 20ffi Co., checks in: • "WhUe ffiere are a host of USNA grads fix)m many classes at The Johns Hopkins University AppUed Physics Laboratory we doubt ffiat any class can claim to have as many as ffie class of'82. The eight here are: Tim Galpin (l),Andy Fuller (2), Pat Madden (15), (Leo) Dave Balk (20), Bill Druce (20), Mark LoPresto (20),Joe Welter (20), and Bob Evans (35).

Recendy Tim, Pat, Dave and Mark participated in the Inaugural Trusant Eagle Classic charity golf tournament for ffie benefit of the Fisher House Foundation,

"which donates'comfort homes,' buUt on ffie grounds of major mUitary andVA medical centers.These homes enable faniUy members to be close to a loved one at ffie most stressful times - during ffie hospitaUzation for an imexpected iUness, disease, or injury." After a bit of cajoUng just to get ffim to play, Pat Madden ffid us proud by wdnmng ffie "Closest to ffie Pin" competition wiffi a fine shot on a par 3 hole. The foursome had a great time, and supported a very worffiy cause, aU whUe Dave Balk explained how ffie stock market works wiffi a 60 second story about buying monkeys" • Classmates, I wiU pubUsh Dave's stock market explanation if he wiU share it wiffi us (and it's clean), because it's got my head spinning right now.

attached a picmre fix)m ffie retirement ceremony wdffi myself and Ernie.

After being in the cockpit for 21 straight years my last assignment for ffie past 4 years has been with Marine Forces Norffi and was m the same unit with Ernie. We have been working in the Marine Emergency Preparedness Liaison Office (MEPLO) as DoD Liaison officers working wiffi FEMA. Erffie provided coverage for the Souffieastern part of the US and I covered the Northeast. Erme is currendy livmg and working in ffie Adanta, GA area. Steve is living and working in the south Jersey/PhUly area.

On ffie civiUan side I am stiU with Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation in Connecticut and currendy working as the Cffief System Engineer on the Marine Corps CH-53K Heavy Lift HeUcopter Program. Semper Fi," • Jim, ffiank you for your service.

Galpin, LoPresto, Balk, Madden. Not shown: Galpin's sexy legs.

Bob Brerman, lOffi Co., reports on his recent move: • I was reUeved-8 August 2008 as C O of ffie Naval Weapons Station in Charleston (major command) and arrived late August here at USNA as Math & Science DFVDIR.Tma and I are "ahnost" settied at 3 Porter Road. • Bob has a great trader at the end of ffis emaU: • "A veteran - whether active duty, reffied, national guard or reserve - is someone who, at one point in ffis/her Ufe, wrote a blank check made payable to "The Umted States ofAmerica," for an amount of'up to and includmg my Ufe." • Thanks, Bob, you're a great American!

JUn Garman, 4th Co., brings us up to date: • "As of 1 August 2008 I have retired from the US Marine Corps Reserves after 26 years of honorable and faithffil service.

A retirement ceremony was conducted at the Naval War CoUege, Naval Station Newport, Rl. FeUow USNA Classmates Ui attendance were Col. Ernie Matacotta'82 and Mr. Steve DePetris'82.1 have

Ernie Matacotta and Jim Garman

Scott Negus, 24th Co., felt inspired by the change of effitors to submit an update: • I Uve in West Hartford, CT. I work at Travelers Insurance as an Acmary. Relax!

Don't change your emaU address. I don't seU insurance; I just calculate the rates and set ffie reserves. I am married to Sharon (since 1984) and we have two chUffien Meghan (16) and Shane (13). Hope aU is weU wiffi you. Anyone in ffie New England area, look me up and stop by for a brew. • Clay Miller (23rd Co.) was helpfiol and loyal in helping me be prepared with this update. It is evident that Scouting keeps ffim cheerfiU. • "Clay and wife Bev have five sons and Uve on Wffidbey Island, WA, where Clay is a Realtor Oldest son Tim, shown here earffing ffis Eagle Scout Award, is now in the Navy as "AW3"Tim MUIer goUig through P-3C ttaiffing atVR-30 in Jax. Second son Ben (shown ffirectly behind Clay), is undergoing Army Airborne Ranger Infantry ttaining at Ft. Benmng,

GA. The Army-Navy games wUl be more fon in the MiUer household." • Thanks, Clay and Bev, for raising such fine men of character.

Clay and Bev Miller and sons

Did you know that about 11% of Mids are Eagle Scouts, that the USNA chapter of ffie Eagle Scout Association boasts over 400 members and that for over twenty years it has run a huge Merit Badge Jamboree? USNA is a hotbed of Scouting activity.

Goat One, Dan Proulx, sends out emaUs to our class periodicaUy. If you are not receiving these, you need to verify your forwarffing emaU within your Proffie in the OnUne Commumty at www.USNA.com. http://www.USNA.com.

Classmates, I am grateful for your early support of my columns by proviffing good quaUty and quantity of material.

Please keep them coming, as this column is written by you and for the benefit of our great class — I just get it subrmtted by the deadUne. Looking good,'82! — Razz

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Happy HoUdays! First off I need to correct a rmstake I made in a previous article. Back in the October issue, Tom Downing sent along some great picmres and news of ffis son Matthew who had just been sworn in with the Class of 2012.

For one of the photos, 1 carelessly neglected to name Matthew's brother MitcheU (14).Tffis omission is especiaUy egregious since Mitch is not only wearing ffis Navy basebaU shirt but is the most Ukely to foUow in ffis big brother's footsteps and continue the famUy's third generation Uneage at USNA! Picmred left to right are Michael (16),Jacki, Matthew, Marcus (10),Tom, and MitcheU (14).

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Reumon news from Mike Collins: Reunion plans are coming together for Homecorffing Weekend, October 24, 2009.1 can get you information more rapidly by emaU. Right now, 650 classmates have their emaU info updated with Alumni House. Please ensure your contact information (especiaUy emaU) is up to date by going to www.usna.com (update proffie). If you do not have a proffie set up, caU 410.295.4000 and ask for Membersffip. Get on-Une today so we can see you at the reunion.â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Mike

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May over the weekend of the 23 and the second wUl be held over the 4th of July weekend. He has many excursions planned incluffing ffiking in the PoUsh Alps (Tatta Mountains), visits to nearby casdes, river rafting through the Dunajec River Gorge in a ttaffitional Higffiander raft, shopping, as weU as a traffitional PoUsh Highlander cookout. Classmates who are interested in more information can contact Charles at maUto: chazgosiafred@lycos.com or by phone 048-18-264-6363.

Back in September, classmate Mark Cedrun took command of USS BOXER (LHD 4) in a ceremony held at San Diego. Prior to taking command, Mark was the Naval Warfare Action Officer for the Director of Operational Test & Evaluation and the XO aboard USS PELELIU (LHA 5). Other assignments have included USS RANGER (CV 61), USS SAGINAW (LST 1188), USS BUTTE (AE 27), USS SAIPAN (LHA 2), USS CLEVELAND (LPD 7). BOXER is scheduled to begin pre-deployment ttaining exercises to prepare the sffip for a Western Pacific deployment early next year. Mark and wife Misty Uve in Sabre Springs, CaUforma,just north of San Diego where Misty is a Sergeant with the poUce department. Between their two demanffing schediUes, Ufe is pretty hectic in the Cedrun household! Though no classmates were able to attend the ceremony, Mark reports that Pete Dallman is the embarked RHIBRON Commander (COMRHIBRON 5) and that he saw Adam Levitt at the SURFOR BaU. Adam is the Cffief of Staff for 3rd Fleet.

AdffitionaUy Mark saw Larry Creevy at 1-Day back in Jffiy where Larry was able to swear in his son as a member of the class of 2012. Mark also ran into Hamp Oberle whUe he was stationed inVirgiffia and reports Hamp is doing great and works for a consulting firm in Alexandra.

Also, Mark met up with Tom Calabrese back in August when they were attending the Command Leadersffip School in Newport prior to Tom heaffing to USS FLORIDA (SSGN 728) to take command. Thanks for aU the information, Mark. Congratulations!

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In other news of classmates doing great tffings, Liz Young was promoted to RDML at a wonderffil ceremony in a packed auffitorium at the National Reconnaissance Office on 3 October.

Classmates in attendance were CAPT Toni (Kasprzak) Chase, CDR Melanie (Kirby) Doherty, Ginger (Bressler) Rice, CAPT Marjorie Rawhouser, Nick Buck and CAPT Jim Hirst. Liz's remarks were typicaUy hUarious and self-deprecating and it was abundandy clear that she is weU respected by her coUeagues, suborffinates and superiors aUke. I would have taken picmres but the mandatory sttip search, he detector test, and bone scan prevented me from having access to any sort of device capable of creating a photo. We learned at the ceremony that Liz is not only the first active duty selectee to 07 from our class, she is the first active duty 07 selectee for the entire 1984 year group. Navy wide.

WeU done, Liz and congramlations.

News from the 33rd Company.

Chris Cooper wrote and sent along photos from a memorable weeklong saffing excursion along the Dalmatian coast. The first photo shows Chris along with "Chris and 33rd Company Fan" the boat's hostess Elsa. Since she was wearing a '33' on her sffirt, Chris' wife Kathy insisted on getting a photo to share. The second photo shows the entire group, from left to right, front row: LtCol Che' Bolden ('93), Penny Bolden, Elsa, Chris and Kathy Cooper; back row: Chris' sons Ryan and Kevin.

Jonathan Harber wrote to teU us of a 5 day vacation he and wife Pamela took m Napa VaUey over ffie 4ffi ofJuly weekend.

They enjoyed ffie wine tour and ffighly recommend it to anyone who has not experienced that part of ffie country before. The photo was takenfix)mffiebaffiements of ffie CasteUoffiAmorosa wmery.

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SAVE THE DATE October 22-25,2009 Mark your calendars for our 25th Reunion Classmates, The R e u n i o n C o m m i t t e e is working hard to ensure that this will be the best reunion ever. D u r i n g Spring of 2009 online registration will be available at wwrw.usna.com. Since updates w^ill be done by email, I a m asking everyone to go to Online C o m m u n i t y at -wwrw.usna.com and at a m i n i m u m update their email address. T h e '84 website -will also be carrying the latest info on the reunion. You can m a k e your hotel reservations now (we have r o o m s blocked oflFat b o t h the Sheraton and Loews Hotels). Warren Mazanec is the R e u n i o n Coordinator and can be reached atWarren.Mazanec@ultra-os.com .-saw m

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84-86 CLASS N E W S in Iraq. He is currendy a N R O T C insttuctor at Iowa State Umversity.

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"Jon and Pamela in Wine Country

Ginger (Bressler) Rice wrote and sent along a picmre of her along wiffi son Ryan (2010/1 Iffi company) and nephew Michael Bressler (2012/21st company).

The tffiee were taUgating after the Navy/Rutgers game. Michael is the son of Ginger's oldest brother Butch (reffied Sgt Maj Bressler).Thanks, Gmger!

• The last four years Barry Davis, Pete Matthews, Colin Studevan and myself aU from 6th company have gotten together at my home in LouisvUle, Kenmcky for an annual golf outing. It's been a great experience putting our busy Uves aside once a year to enjoy each offiers company. Tffis year we venmred to St. Louis, where Pete Uves and works as a consultant for Northrop Grumman supporting USTRjySfSCOM at Scott AFB.We managed to beat up a few local courses and took in a couple of Cards games...a good time was had by aU although we are in desperate need for some golf lessons, especiaUy at keeping score. The first picmre is of CoUn, Pete, myself and Barry in LouisvUle last year The second is a picmre at my home in LouisvUle durmg a post golf get together...also in attendance was Brendan Fahey who is a FUght Safety Manager at UPS, and Joe Rist who is a UPS pUot Uke myself The tffird is a picmre of the boys in St Louis and the last is a picmre of CoUn with Pete and my kids during a day at ChurchiU Downs.

TofiUeveryone in: Barry Uves in Severna Park and works as a parmer with Rapid Advance m Bethesda, Maryland. CoUn is a manager at Delpffi Corporation in Rochester, New York. We aU hope to see everyone at the 25 year reumon. •

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• I was recendy m RosweU, New Mexico to visit my son at the N M Mffitary Inst, a prep program for aU academies, US Merchant Marine Academy for ffim. I ran into Mary MUes McEfroy ('87) who Uves a few mUesfixDmme, Frank Fries (12) and Damon ('86).AU of our sons are ffiere. 1 can teU that NMMI is much tougher ffian NAPS. Here are a few picmres. Frank is stiU on active duty Uving in Albuquerque. I also had lunch wiffi Rick Cobb (6) a couple of weeks ago.

He has relocated to Adanta and taken over as CEO of a Soft^vare company. •

That's it for tffis month. Hope you aU have a wonderffil and safe hoUday season, wherever you may be. Talk to you later.

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Jim Stemple (11) (james.stemple@ us.armymU): • WeU, after being back fixim ffie last caU-up for almost six years, ffie mffitary finaUy caught up to me again. As many of you already know, I was caUed back to active nuUtary duty for one year beginning October 8,2008, but I just wanted to get tffis note out to make it official.

Ever since shordy after 9/11, my South CaroUna Army National Guard uffit has been responsible for ffie air defense of ffie National Capitol Region, and it's my m m to share m ffiat duty rotation. OfficiaUy, I wiU be ffie deputy task force commander/ chief of staff, but in reaUty, I wiU be the #2 guy, responsible for cleaffing up a lot of #2 (essentiaUy, an X O to aU you former mffitary types). It is a great rffission in a reaUy mteresting location, especiaUy in an election year, and whUe I don't Uke being awayfixDmKim and Connor that long, it sure beats some of ffie oveneas alternatives. I

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JeflF and Kristen Durand and their family trekked out to the Syracuse, NY area over the Labor Day weekend to celebrate ffie end of summer with Pete and Tracy Dietrich and their Clan. Pete and Tracy were wonderfrU hosts and it was good to pretend Uke I was back in the Navy on Pete's 42 foot Tiara fishing boat.

Pete acmaUy let me tend the bow Une...what could be better!?! The weather was perfect for boating, mbing, and jet skiing on Lake Oneida over the long weekend. Pete is enjoying his time in upstate NY even though the Dietrichs are the offiy Red Sox fans for 157 miles. I've included a couple of picmres from the weekend with more to foUow, hopeffiUy, after the Red Sox work their way through the playoffs and World Series. •

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86'en, Here we are again, wdffi more great updates. Great to hear from aU of you.

Keepffieinputs coming. Now for ffie news: First mput is from JeflFDurand: I Cooper Grouse was mWasffington DC the weekend of September 13/14 to compete m the Nation's Triathalon.

He spent the weekend with Katie and Don Stedham, Aimley and Joe English and Kirsten Cooper Crouse running and Pat McPherson the Nation's Triathlon from the class of 85.

After caffio-loadmg on pasta and Red BuU, Cooper set out to acffieve his personal best in this race whUe raising money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. He fiffished in the top 20% overaU and among his age group of sUghdy old guys. In ffis spare time. Cooper is a Partner at C R G where he works with compaffies in the US and Europe to develop revitaUzation plans to jump start thefr busmesses.

Pete and Tracy Dietrich and Kristen and Jeff Durand

Nate Moore writes in: • Hi everybody! I went to a USNAAA Pensacola Chapter luncheon for the ffist time in decades. It felt as awkward as it ffid when I went last time. Even though I'm 45,1 stiU felt sUghdy wefrd siffing m a room fioU of octagenarians who were dozing and drooUng into thefr martims and Navy captains and admirals whose very presence made me feel grossly inadequate and

under-acffieving. The ironic tffing is that the young Class of'08 lad who sat at my table was probably tffinking what a geezer I was, with my grey and red goatee, gimpy walk from a bad left hip and aU the grunts and groans that go with that. I saw Tom Frizzel there. He's a preacher and ffis wife Connie (Carlisle) Frizzel is C O of one of the training bases here. I From Geri (Stachelski) Krotow • I'm thorougffiy enjoying Ufe as an author. Navy wife and Mom. My first book, a WWII romance set in Belgium, has won many awards and received critical acclaim (I know, tffis poU-sci major is stiU in shock herseU). My second novel, WHAT FAMILY MEANS, wUl be out in February 2009.We're stUl Uving in AnnapoUs whUe my husband Steve Krotow '85 fiffishes up attache traimng.

We move in June back overseas. Our children are Alex (son) age 15 and EUen age 12. It's been interesting Uving back near USNA and we're even sponsoring a mid tffis year. If any classmates of either of ours are in the area, you have a free meal in our home anytime, skrotow@yahoo.com, www.gerikrotow.com. I Dawn Fogg, wife of Gordon Fogg, forwarded tffis update: H Gordon has a bit of news; so here goes.

It aU starts back in late 2005 Gordon screened for Nuke Power and mrned it down... It was a difficffit decision, but it was just best for our famUy...We looked at about every option the Navy had to offer...

Attache', C O of ROTC, advanced education, and the Ust goes on. After 2 years of Uvmg in Umbo, hefinaUydropped ffis letter for a September 30,2008 reffiement.

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86»87 C L A S S N E W S ArUngton,VA, so we sold our house in AprU. By the end of May we had bought a house in HuntsviUe,Al and then he took a job with a smaU company (MTSI-Modern Technology Solutions Inc.) supporting MissUe Defense. We absolutely love it! Right in the foothUls of the Smokey Mountains, great house, beautiffil weather, lots of outdoor activities, and a great place to raise a famUy. There is one problem- too many Army guys... Any NAVY famffies wanting to make the move, we would love to show you around. gordon.fogg@gmaU.com H Received a short update from Timothy Chen AUen. Seems he is working nights and weekends at FEMA because of aU of the Hurricane activity on the Gtdf Coast. Says he's enjoying helping— but wUl sure be glad when Hurricane season is over so he can see ffis famUy (Soma and Daniel) a Uttle more.

Next is an input from James Coe: I The James Coe clan was in AnnapoUs for First and Second Class Parents Weekend September 19-21. We attended my son Aaron Coe's (28th Company, Class of 2010) classes, a Parade on Worden Field, the Glee Club Concert and the Rutgers footbaU game. It is amazing how Uttle has changed. The weather was beautifid, and the footbaU team unexpecteffiy beat Rutgers for the first time in years. We stopped by the '86 TaUgator (Picmre attached) where we chatted with Jim Donnelly and his lovely wife Patricia. We also enjoyed Sunday Brunch at HoUy's with Mat and Tricia Ware who Uve on Kent Island.

Aaron is surpassing my record at USNA by being the star of the HWT Crew Team, Playing Trumpet in the Trident Brass/Jazz Orchestra, and founding/managmg the music recorffing smffio forWRNV - aU whUe majoring in Mechamcal Engineering. My wife Anne, daughter Laura, and I have Uved in Atlanta, GA for the past 15 years. Give us a caU if you are passing through,We are in the book. H

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Cheryl (Laws) Ridenhour writes: H I am currently Uving in the JacksonviUe area with my three chUdren; Forrest (16), Carson (14) and OUvia (9), and a very lovable german shephard named Happy.

Carson joined JROTC this year and loves it. He is a much better shot with an air rifle than I ever was, and is joiffing the armed driU team as weU. I am in the process of answering "what do you want to be when you grow up...again?" I am looking for a new chaUenge career wise since the kids are finaUy old enough for me to work outside the home. I would love to stay in tffis area, but woffid not be averse to a move. I had a positive experience out at the Seattle SAAC conference last month, and plan to attend the San Antoffio SAAC in November. If anyone has any advice feel free to drop me a Une at cherylridenhour@yahoo.com. B FinaUy, from Steve Waugh: I On August 10th the Louie Partida clan (Lou, AprU, SevUle, Louis) made a end-of-summer trip to DC, and invited the old room mates to dinner at Buca di Bepo on Connecticut Avenue. Steve Waugh brought his wife Myra and sons Nick and PhUUp.John Gensure brought ffis lovely bride Rosie. It was a great chance to catch up. The great irony of it aU - Lou is the only one stUl active duty!

John retired and picked up a GS slot working on very cool acquisition programs, and Steve is now a program manager for the JHU AppUed Physics Lab. The USNA tradition is being kept aUve with at least one of the progeny: Nick Waugh is closing rapidly on an appointment to USNA - he's fighting to join Class of'13.H

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Greetings '87, and Happy HoUdays to everyone! I've got lots of news tffis month and Umited space so let's jump right in!

We'U begin tffis month with a note from Shelley (Laurilla) O'Malley who in addition to senffing us an update on what she has been up to was kind enough to pass on some news from another of our classmates who gives us an inside peek at Ufe inside Iraq these days: • Thought you might Uke tffis piece from Susanne (Clautice) Openshaw. She is a Reserve Seabee Commander caUed up to take over a battaUon in Iraq. She has three great kids and a neat husband (Mark '84).

She mentions Mary (Balch) Duim in her letter too. I run into Mary's husband at Delta once in a whUe. For me, I am Uving the Ufe. Life at Delta isn't as meaffingful as Ufe as a Naval Officer, but I try to do it with the same integrity and pass it on. My husband Brian and I wUl be up in AnnapoUs for the Rutgers game (my 25th ffigh school reumon is that weekend in Northern Virgima). I plan to see BattaUon Officer John Fuller and wUl smartly salute him for everyone. He ffid an amazing job as CO of MASON, so I tffink big tffings are on the horizon. I've known ffim smce ffigh school, so I won't let it go to his head. • Next SheUey's note from Susanne:

• Hi SheUey Thanks for the note.Yes - it was a surprise to be sent over here.The C O of the battaUon I'm now with got reUeved mid deployment. So I got the caU to come over and take command and finish out the deployment with them. I was notified, mobiUzed, went through mad rush training in CA, then Kuwait and was Louie Partida, Steve Waugh, and John Gensuresitting at my desk in command of NMCB17 in Iraq in less than 3 weeks.

Thanks for aU the great news.

They had to get Secretary of Defense 'Til next time ATB, —Anne approval for me to be mobffized that quick. My head was spinning for awhUe, but it aU setded out. The old skipper was reUeved due to "lack of trust and confidence". The good side of tffings is that the This Holiday Season battaUon was not in shambles. It was www.usna.com/shop tough to come in rffid deployment

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wiffiout knowing anyone, but it worked and we're making it through in good sttide. There are a lot of good people working very hard here. Our reUef battalion is on ffie way so I'm near ffie end now and shoiUd be back early/nUd OCT. It's been a good experience. As luck woiUd have it - Mark was due to start a new job ffie Monday after I got word I'd be commg out here. So he told the company he coffidn't start work yet and he's been home with the kids for ffie summer Now ffiat ffie kids are back in school, he wiU start work with that same company next week. The company has been pretty patient wiffi ffie whole tffing - especiaUy considering he hadn't even started working for them. We've been lucky. Kids are doing weU - they got spoUed rotten tffis summer. As for me Uke most people over here - we are working 7 days a week pretty much 16+ hour days.We try to take Sunday morffing off.

You end up depenffing on ffiat just so you can teU what day of the week it is. It was strange, on Labor Day — I ffidn't even know it was Labor Day unffi about 1900 ffiat mght.The grind is ffie toughest on people, but the work we are doing is motivating. I have 542 Seabees that were mobilized with NMCB17.We have some doing work for Special Forces, the rest are here m Western Iraq - but spread out on various job sites. We do a lot of our work for the Marmes.We are supporting the shift offerees and buUffing a lot of combat outposts of various sizes. A lot of Ufe support for Marines in more remote locations where there is Utde comfort avaUable. They love seeing the Seabees they know Ufe is about to get a Uttle better It's been a good tour so far. Lots of leadersffip oppormffities - the good kind and the not as pleasant kind - you know how that is. Anyway - back to the grind.

Oh - you know I wrote to you at one point a couple months ago to get an emaU address for Mary Balch, but I must have had the wrong emaU address for you.

I saw one of these "any soldier" letters sitting on the quarterdeck and wondered what people write in there. There were about 10 of them that looked aU the same.

I picked one up and opened it - I wish I stUl had it, but it turns out it was from a woman in Chesire, Conn - where Mary wasfrom.What a smaU world - I got a kick out of that. Like I said - the letter is long gone or I'd send it to Mary in case she knew who it was. If you have Mary's emaU you can forward tffis to her if

you'd like. •

From left to right first row: Ben Drew '02, Weylin Piegorsch '00, Brian Glaser '00, Mike Jefferson '95; second row: Brian "Buck" Carbauh '92, Paul Larson '91, Eric Dukat '91, Ron Gorman '90, and Scott "Seabiscult" Seeberger '87

Next we have a long awaited update from Scott Seeberger: • I tffink it's been weU over a decade since 1 last sent in a picmre of activity/famUy and gave classmates an update, so here goes...

I was recendy selected toffiUUla Navy IA bUlet in Iraq. As a reservist, I am now back on active duty and should be arriving in the sandbox during early Dec. I'U be working with the USAF as an instructor pUot and teaching Iraq AF pUots how to fly again. I beUeve the position wUl be both chaUenging and rewarding. Attached is a "NARMY Strong" photo of other USNA grads from NIACT in early Sept.

For those who don't know what NIACT is about, it is the Navy's solution of getting Navy personnel spooled up again on basic combat skUls... kind of Uke reUvmg Protramid, except getting yeUed at by Army driU instructors at Ft. Jackson, SC! EarUer tffis year, I also finished the US Army War CoUege two-year Masters Degree program. Finding required time from famUy, civilian employment (UAL), and the Navy Reserve (CNATIU\ and USNORTHCOM) to complete the program was a tough chaUenge. However, in the end it was weU worth it. Attached is a summer photo of famUy at one of the CarUsle fonctions. •

Scott Seeberger and Family

Thanks to SheUey for passing the note from Susanne, and much thanks to Susanne, Scott, and aU the other men and women who are making such a positive difference in the world today whUe serving overseas away from famUy and friends.

You both truly define what is best about our class, our aUna mater, and our country.

Stay safe over there Scott and Susanne!

The recent rash of hurricanes that ffit the Gulf Coast this faU affected the Uves of mUUons of people. Formnately, but not unexpecteffiy for Kirk Benson he found a helping hand in the form of one of our classmates: • Last week my famUy and I evacuated Louisiana due to Hurricane Gustav. Our classmate, Carlos Zengotita (11) and his famUy, in Pensacola, took us in for a few days. WhUe there we snapped the attached picture of the two of us with our vefficles.

Note the Ucense plates. No one can teU us we don't have class spirit!!

Carlos retired two years ago and is a Navy civffian at NAS Pensacola. His oldest son Anthony attends Flagler CoUege in St. Augustine and wUl graduate in December. Are we old enough to have kids graduating coUege??? My oldest just started coUege here in Louisiana.

I retired last year and work for NOAA. Life is good.. ..except for aU these hurricanes!!! •

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FoUowing the hurricane I checked back in with Kirk for an update on him and his famUy. Fortunately, with the exception of some minor damage, aU was weU H Hey CraigWe had four trees down in the yard from Gustav. That is nothing compared to Kattina. Our house was in good shape. As far as Ike, we had some good wind and rain, but nothing Uke Galveston/Houston.

The water level in our bayou ffid rise however, from the surge, which brought in the gators. Why do I live down here? I ask myself that question every day!!! I rffiss Oregon (home)!!! • A couple months ago I noted that Tony Fernandes' daughter Laurel Fernandes was attenffing the Academy as a member as the Class of 2011. Tony was kind enough to send along a note sharing how he.

Laurel,ffisson EUiot (who just started ffigh school), and ffis wife AUison were doing: • Laurel is on USNA's cheerleading team tffis year and loves it and she is majoring in Chinese. I finished up in the Reserves in Joe Laidetta's former squadron,VR52. AUison and I both work for Continental AirUnes and Uve in the Rocono, PA area. Our house is open to any classmates who Uke to ski and need a place to stay. A friend just offered me two tix to the Army Navy game yesterday so I hope to see some classmates again tffis Dec. •

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For those that rffissed the 20 year reumon, aU I can say is, don't rffiss the 25th. A great time was had by aU during a fuU day on Friday. First we gathered at the Chapel for the Memorial Service, then most of us went over to the Midstore, foUowed by a talk from the Supe and then the Formal Parade. Cindy McCain was under the VIP tent with her son who is a Firstie and Senator McCain showed up briefly for ffis 50th year reumon. We then had a short break before meeting at the staffium for our informal dinner. Don't forget to send in your stories and picmres!

Saturday we gathered at the stadium again for an awesome taU gate, whUe we watched Navy upset Rutgers! I expect we wUl have some great updates in 2009 as feedback flows in. In the meantime, here are a few updates I received prior to the reunion: A.J. Heino writes:

• This is the first information that I've sent into Shipmate. I retired tffis May after 20 years and six days in the Marines (not that I was counting!) My last assignment was as CO ofTraiffing Squadron SIX at NAS Wffiting Field in MUton FL flying T34C's. Imagine that, they put a Marine jet guy in charge of a Navy primary ffight training squadron!

InitiaUy I was an Infantry Officer for 4 years but transitioned to become an AV8B Harrier pilot and served in East Coast and West Coast squadrons (VMA-223 and Allison, Laurel '11, Tony, and Elliot Fernandes at Kitty VMA-513). Prior to taking command I Hawk, NC spent a year in combat in Afghanistan with VMA-513 as the Operations Officer Thanks to aU of you who took the time and XO. After retirement I got my "dream to write in. However, my maUbox is now job". I am now a civffian contractor flying empty so any of you who haven't checked T-39 SabreUners withVT-86 andVT-4 at in with everyone in awhUe please drop NAS Pensacola FL training student Naval me a Une! Flight Officers. It's an awesome job for someone Uke me who loves being a Marine, tactical flying and doesn't want the fun to end.

Keith Kans (my roommate in 18th Best Wishes Company) and I run into each other for the New Year quite regularly. Keith is in Tampa FL but from your does reserve duty out of Pensacola as a Alumni Association CDR. Keith introduced me to my wife & Foundation Firstie year at the academy. She was "the girl next door" whUe he was growing up.

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A year after I got married, Keith married my wife's best friend and the Maid of Honor at our wedding. My wife Lisa and I now have 4 kids,Joshua (17),Joseph (12), Daniel (10), and Rebekah (8). Keith and ffis bride MicheUe have 3 kids, Katelyn, Kevin and Kathleen. Keith's son Kevin wants to go to USNA and become a USMC Joint Strike Fighter pUot. He's so enthusiastic about it that he got my son Joseph onboard with the idea. Now they want to be roommates at the Academy.

Greg Kolcum (one of my other 18th Company roommates) also Uves in the Tampa area and we try to get together when we can. Greg married my sister's best friend and now has a beautiffil daughter John Ross (my other 18th Company roommate) is a patent attorney in Southern CaUfornia and stUl shreds on the guitar John has four kids now. Semper FideUs,A.J.B

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A.J. Heino, Greg Kolcum and Keith Kans in Tampa FL

Next we have another Semper Fi update from Dave Wells: • Greetings classmates, it's been probably a decade or more since I put out a famUy update in Shipmate. Here's a photo of the whole famUy (Laura, Megan, Erin, John and I) at my outbound change of command of the 7™ Commuffication Battalion in Okinawa. I waited for the outbound since you're never completely sure how these things are going to mrn out and I didn't want to jinx myself It was a wild ride! I have since moved to be the Assistant Chief of Staff G-6 for the Tffird Marine Division where I started as a 2ndLt almost twenty years ago. There

are at least two offier classmates who are CO's out here in Oki to include Steve Cedrun (CO, Marine Air Support Squadron 2) and Jeff Reagan (CO, 9ffi Engineer Support Battalion). Dave WeUs, 6ffi Co, david.weUs@1988.usna.coni •

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A. J. at his retirement ceremony From left to right Michelle Kans, Katelyn, Keith, Kevin, Kathleen, Joshua Heino, Joseph, Lisa, Daniel A.J., Rebekah, Dad andAJ's brother David. Photo taken at A.J. Heine's change of command

Dave Wells and his family Laura, Megan, Erin, and John at his Change of Command

Lasdy,ffiereis an updatefiromKen Cooper: • Thanks to you. Tucker, and the rest of ffie staff for setting up a great reumon ... or at least I'm sure we'U be saymg ffiat by ffie time tffis gets prffited. I'm looking forward to seemg everyone but especiaUy looking forward to seemg my old roormes, Steve Gall and Dave Kaufinan. Here's a Utde update on aU of us: I'm stUI doing the A320 Captain tffing at JetBlue. I enjoyed my USMC career but it wasn't crazy and unstable enough, so off to the afrUne mdustry I went. I'm based out ofJFK m NYC but Uve in Tampa wiffi my wife, Diane, and 4 year old son. We love FL but my 1000 mUe commute is a Utde mteresting.

I was mttigued to hear about your book. I recendy pubUshed A Fighter PUot's Guide To American Bachelorhood in the genre of comedic self-help. I wrote it for my son smce I'U be 57 when he turns 18 and my paternal forefathers have yet to make it past 58. In short, I think it's a quick, productive, & fonny book for any adult, but especiaUy for that 18-30 year old young man who never got a lot of adult guidance. I have a website & eventual blog based on the book at www.bachelorguide.net. (I want to stress that the book is for ages 18 or older only.)

Steve GaU is stUl in RI with his wife Annamarie. Annamarie had a major bout with cancer awhUe back and am very happy to report that she won it! Steve is constandy busy with his son and, ahem, three daughters (pause for prayer). Steve has been quite the entrepeneur developing a new IT analysis software system and business is boorffing with cUents Uke Booz AUen, EDS, and (pause for reflection) the US Army He Ukes being his own boss

A.J., Keith and Greg with families

but, adrmttedly, was a Utde down after he asked ffimself for a raise and then prompdy deffied it. (Tffis type of thing comes as Uttle surprise to Dave & me.)

You can find ffis outstanffing company at wrww.ithc.com.

Dave Kaufinan recently moved from the SF Bay area to Sacramento. He was a Navy SEAL but that wasn't enough so he became a plastic surgeon. (He skated by via some run-of-the-mUI Harvard Doctorate & Stanford Residency.) But he also wanted to run his own successffil business so off to Sacramento he went to buUd a facffity & new home.

Unformnately, ffis aggressive goal to do weU and buUd a superb reputation in his second year in Sacramento didn't go as planned. Instead, the man was loaded with referrals by ffis third month! Please see www.thenaturalresult.com for ffis success story. AU that said, his biggest accompUshment was writing the prologue to tffis exceUent book for young men that I know about ...hmmm. Anyway, Ufe is good for him, ffis wonderffil wife Kate, two sons, and daughter Thanks for aUowing the update. Best wishes to everybody.

Regards, Ken 813-727-9839. •

Thanks for aU the updates! I am back from the Fantasy Fiction Author Tour of the West Coast. We started in Abbortsford, BC and headed aU the way down to San Diego, CA over a 9 day period. Many of the eight authors I traveled with are best seUers and we met thousands of fans as we signed books and conducted programs at schools, churches, and bookstores along the way. You can see a diary of the trip at my blog: www.ryannwatters.blogspot.com or check out aU of the authors (great for kids ages 8-18) at: www.fantasyfictiontourcom. —Eric

Eric with a new reader during the Fantasy Fiction Author Tour

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Happy HoUdays, 1989! I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! At tffis writing.

Navy footbaU is on their bye week, havmg just beat Air Force ffie week before in ffirUUng fasffion!

A couple of weeks ago, I was walking out of work to my car and I saw a naval officer also walking to ffis car, so I started talking to him. He mrned out to be Kevin Kinslow^, who was at KARL for ffie VIRGINIA class design school wdth the PCU CALIFORNIA engineering department. Kevin is the PCO of the CALIFORJSlLA.We had a good taUc and got a chance to get caught up somewhat on thmgs.

So on to tffis monffi's updates. First, my old company mate, Dan Brune, sends tffis note: • "HeUo my friend and feUow 25th Company Slug. I had my Change of Command a couple weeks ago at HSC26 on August 28th and was lucky enough to have a couple classmates attend the ceremony and to get a quick snap of the attached photo in front of the squaffion "show bird" wffich my had been temporarUy renumbered for the ceremony: CDR Chris "Bruno"Brunett (former HSC-25 CO), C D R Craig "Goggle Boy" Wilson (former HeUcopter Sea Combat Weapons School Racffic CO), and CDR Gregg Romero (current HeUcopter Sea Combat Weapons School Atlantic CO). Bruno is currendy assigned to the AlUed Command for Transformation (the old SACLANT) and Goggle Boy set saU a couple days ago on deployment as the Navigator assigned to USS Theodore Roosevelt.

Tracy and our four boys are aU doing weU (God, I just reaUzed a couple weeks ago when the kids went back to school that we officiaUy have a ffigh schooler, a rmdffie schooler, a grade schooler and a pre-schooler - is that weird or what?).

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I am currendy attendmg ffie Jomt Forces Staff CoUege m Norfolk to complete my JRME Phase II wiffi classmates C D R Dave Klain and C D R Cathy Masar. I have a couple schools after our graduation in November and then report to the USS TRUMAN in January 2009 as Navigator Tracy and I wiU be attendmg ffie Nov 1st Temple game in AnnapoUs and hope to see ffie rest of ffie'89 gang! Beat Army!" •

Dan Bruno's Change of Command

Thanks, Dan, from one slug to anoffier!

• From the news desk at usna.com: On September 1st, Gregory Huffinan celebrated ffis Change of Command as C O ofVFA-27 Royal Maces and then reported to MilUngton,Tenn. for detaUer duty. Celebrate Change of Command.

The Royal Maces are a part of Carrier Afr Wmg Five, permanendy based in Atsugi , Japan .As part of the Forward-Deployed Naval Forces, Japan, the Royal Maces embark and fly from George Wasffington.

On June 11,2008, CDR Bill Dodge assumed command of the Navy Information Operations Command Wffidbey Island, Wash. BUI earned ffis wings as a Naval FUght Officer in Pensacola, Fla. and has flown combat missions over Iraq, SomaUa and Bosffia. As the NIOC WI commander, BiU is responsible for about 90 personnel who provide fiiU-specttum electtomc attack planffing and execution, operations analysis and ffirect support augmentation to tactical and operational Naval air and surface forces engaged in Information Operations worldwide. • And now, a retirement! Chris Cross has retired from the US Air Force Reserves.

Chris, known as "X-Man" or just "X", transferred to the Air Force in ffie late 1990's. From Chris's retirement program: Chris "completed a variety of assignments with the Air Force after completing F-16 transition traimng at Luke AFB in AZ. His assignments included instructor pUot, ffight commander, evaluator pUot and TCF pUot with various umts at HiU AFB in Utah. He is a seffior pUot with over

2000 ffight hours in ffie FA-18 and F-16 aircraft. In ffis civffian occupation, he is the Director of Engineering for BGI, LLC based m Akron, OH." Cffiis is married to Ashley and they have a daughter, Hannah, and a son, Conor Cffiis had qffite ffie career as a naval and an afr force officer Chris, thank you for your service and congramlations on your retirement!

Hannah, Chris, Ashley and Conor Cross at Chris's retirement

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Greetings Ninety!

Is it just me, or ffid another month just seem to race by? Hey, put ffie kids to bed, grab a "beverage" and ffit ffie couch for anoffier monffi of updates on your favorite Naval Academy Class. WhUe you are at it m m ffie TV off; you shoffid not be watcffing so much of it anyway.

News of Shawn Malone kicks off tffis month's column. The Alumm Association sent tffis to us.

• 23May08 - USS ABRAHAM LINCON,At Sea - Cmffi. Shawn R Malone acffieved a sigffificant mUestone wdffiin Navy aviation on May 13. Malone, commanffing officer of HSL-47, completed 3,000 ffight hours whUe deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibffity. His squadron, the "Saberhawks," is currendy embarked •with Carrier Air Wing 2 on board USS Abraham Lincoln, wffich is on duty in ffie Arabian Gulf.

Malone is due to remrn to ffie East Coast sometime in Jffiy. He has accepted a change of command assignment to the Navy staff at the Pentagon in Washington,

SAVE THESE DATES!!!

September 24-27,2009 Mark your calendars for our 20th Reunion Classmates, The '89 Reunion Committee is working hard to ensure that our 20th will be another terrific event in our long standing Class history. Starting in February, online registration will be available at www.usna.com. Since most Reunion communications will be done by email, please go to the Online Community at www.usna.com and update your email address. The '89 Class website - www.usna89.com will also carry the latest info on the reunion. Details on the agenda & costs are being finalized. (Be Advised: There are FOUR other classes holding reunions in Annapolis this weekend, so please make your lodging arrangements as early as possible). Thanks very much and Go '891! Mike McGettigan, Reunion Chair; michaeldmcgettigan@yahoo.com 267-342-0914

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T h u r s d a y S e p t e m b e r 24 1700-2300: Registration & Informal receptions Friday S e p t e m b e r 25 All Day: I^egistration/Check-in Morning: Golf & O t h e r Group Events 1200: N o o n meal formation T-court Lunch: On your o w n / D I T Y Time TBD Memorial Service 1400-1500 Superintendent's briefing in Alumni HaU 1500-1545 Class meeting in Alumni Hall 1600-1715 Dress Parade on Worden Field 2000-2400 R e c e p t i o n at Marriott Saturday S e p t e m b e r 26 Morning: Academy Tours J330: Class Tailgate (^Vater tower) J530: Navy vs. Western Kentucky Evening: Informal Gatherings/Company receptions S u n d a y S e p t e i n b e r 27 Morning: Farewell brunch 0900-1000: Catholic Service in Main Chapel 1130-1230: Protestant Service in Main Chapel FOR THEU\TESTINFO, PLEASE

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90»93 C L A S S N E W S D.C. In ffie opeffing hours of the war in Iraq in March 2003, Malone, then a Ueutenant commander, helped lead a mission in wffich two Iraqi oU transfer platforms were seized by American forces. He pUoted one of ffie Seahawk heUcopters used m ffie iffission that also included assisting Navy Seals in the assaffit. At the time, Malone was stationed aboard the aircraft carrier USS ConsteUation and regularly flew reconnaissance missions.

Malone and ffis wife, Heaffier, are parents of two daughters, Samantha, 11, and Maffison, 9. • Shawn, great to hear you are doing weU. Send us some picmres. Next is a great photo from BJch O'ConneU's change of command (CoC) wffich we reported on last monffi. Chris Timo, who is working for Chase, sent the picmre in. Rich is now commanffing HSL-43. Picmred from left to right are LCDR Aaron Johnson, Chris Tinio, Mike Pestorius, CDR Rich O'Connell, Kevin Turner, CDR Jun Lee and Pete Heringer.

Ninety at Rich's CoC

I don't know about the rest of you aU, but I love the photos we are getting from significant events Uke a change of command. Sffipmates, it wUl be a window ofjust a few years during wffich Ninety wdU be taking command of sffips, squaffions, and battaUons. So let's not rffiss the oppormffity to share the good news.

Congratffiations to Shawn Malone and Rich O'ConneU again. In the spirit of sharing the good news, Oew Lewis sends us the foUowing update from ffis CoC. • Kent, Photo attached is from my 9 May 2008 in-bound Change of Command as C O of Special Projects Patrol Squadron ONE (VPU-1) at NAS Brunswick, Maine. I'm flanked by my roommates JO Johnson and Mark Winick, who made the trip from the PhUly and Twin Cities areas, respectively. There are a lot of emotional highs on CoC day... and one of the best for me came from having JO and Mark there in support.

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Over ffie next few weeks, I'U be joined in Command here in Brunswick

by Eric Wiese (VR-8) and Kevin McGowan (VP-IO). Good number of'90 Classmates in front offices in the P-3 world... I'm sure you'U be hearing from more of the guys soon ^nearly aU of our CoCs are clustered around ffie end of AprU and early May. Thanks for the work you do to keep us aU connected!

—Llew Lewis •

Llew and his crew at Uew's CoC

The chain of change of commands continues unabated. Next is news about Doug McGoflF. • 9Jun08 - The gffided-missUe destroyer USS ROSS (DDG 71) held a change of command ceremony whUe m port m Manama, Jime 3. CDR Douglas A. McGoff reUeved CDR Raul Stader as commandmg officer McGoff is ffie eighffi commandmg officer since ffie sffip's comrmssiorUng in 1997. ROSS is one of six sffips m ffie Nassau Expeffitionary Strike Group currendy deployed m ffie Navy's 5ffi Fleet area of operations supportmg Maritime Security Operations. •

Another classmate as PCO! Most cool.

Switcffing gears from taking command, we have some news straight from Baghdad. The foUovwng information was provided by Sprint from their employee onUne magazine.

Gerard Shaffiey ends his latest e-maU ffispatch to friends and famUy with tffis, "It's 112 degrees today... no rockets...

I'm StiU having fon ... 10 monffis to go."

Tffis Independence Day the "rockets" are real, not hoUdayffisplays.Shaffiey is in Iraq - a long way from Reston,Va. where he is a ffirector for Sprint. Shardey is serving on Mffiti-National Force Iraq staff overseemg investment imtiatives and national business development projects for Iraq's reconstruction. "As a Navy Reservist, I never expected to be inserted into ffie staff of ffie most powerfiU miUtary headquarters in the world, working with government miffisters and the U.S. Embassy," he said.

"I'm very formnate to happen to be in a position to watch and participate in ffie orchestration of ffie war and reconstruction efforts.

For Shanley's part, ffie rebuUffing work is exhilarating and exhausting. "I love what I do, but since arriving, a lot of us haven't had a day off, and we normaUy work from 7:30 in ffie morffing unffi 11 at ffight. I've lost 20 lbs. to date.The pace is hectic, but I feel that my team and I are making a ffifference."

He added, "I travel outside ffie green zone at least once a week. I've traveled aU over Iraq and ffiroughout Baghdad. Each time I leave I'm weU protected eiffier by our solffiers or contract security."

Sffipmates, when it rains, it pours!!

Congratulations to Doug McGoff (please send picmres) and right beffind Doug we have news of Michael Stevens.

• 19Jun08 - GROTON, Conn.,June 18 /RRJ^ewswire/ — General Dynamics Electric Boat wUl christen New Hampsffire (SSN-778), the U.S. Navy's newest and most advanced nuclear attack submarine, at a ceremony at its shipyard here on Saturday,June 21, at 11 a.m.The event's principal speaker is Adm. Kirkland H. Donald, ffirector of Naval Nuclear Propulsion. Cmffi. Michael J. Stevens, a 1990 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, is the sffip's commanffing officer The New Hampshire is the fifth ship of the Virgima class, the first U.S. Navy combatants designed for the post-Cold War era. With its construction partner Northrop Grumman SffipbuUffing, General Dynamics has contracts to buUd a total of 10 Virginia-class sffips. •

Gerard Shanley (2nd from L) in a meeting with Gen Petraeus

Gerard, ffianks for stepping up to bat. That wUl be a photo to share wiffi your grandchUffien! Next we have a very very brief update fix)m Terry Bradford-Crane.

• Hi Kent, This is a photo of ffie famUy from January 2008. Picmred is Steven (my husband), me, Sara (6), Samanffia (5), Marissa (3), and Christopher (20 Monffis).

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The Bradford-Crane Family

Terry, great photo! Thanks for checking in. Last monffi I promised an update on my whereabouts. As of tffis writing, I am wrappmg up my sixffi month in Iraq and my twelfth monffi of active duty wdth the Inffiana Army National Guard. I am over here wiffi ffie 76TH Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT), a 100% Hoosier EBCT Most of ffie 76TH is domg convoy security; I am wiffi ffie H Q element and am assigned to a project caUed IBIZ. IBIZ is aimed at using ffie purchasmg power of our bases to boost ffie local economies here in country. I have two projects. One is gettmg a bank estabUshed up here in our neck of ffie woods. The second is gettmg an Iraqi owned and operated shoppmg center to be buUt adjacent to our base so ffiat we can fonnel some of the ffiscretionary spenffing power of our solffiers mto ffie local economy. Both are going weU.We just signed an agreement with an Iraqi Bank and are renovating a buUding on base for ffiem.The ground breakmg for the shopping maU (Iraqi ^r.'le^ shotJd be (Insha'AUah) next month.

Your Class Secretary (Kent) out and about in Iraq

The above picmre was taken just north of Baghdad. I had just given the young lady m the picmre a rag doU.When I puUed the doU out from under my body armor, she made a beeUne to me to get the doU. So much for the intimidating soldier concept! My mother sews these doUs for an organization caUed Rag DoUs 2 Love (www.ragdoUs21ove.org). My duties here

get me out just enough so that I remember I am a solffier, but not enough as to wear me out.

Sffipmates, we have been heavy on military news lately. Nothing wrong with that.,. however many of you are out there on ffie civiUan side doing aU kinds of great things in your personal lives and in the business world, and we would Uke to hear about it. Drop me a note and ffigital picture so that I can keep your sffipmates informed. Don't be shy.

I wish aU of you Happy HoUdays!

Fair winds, —Kent

Navy's 2008 Arthur Moreau Scholar (International Relations) so I'm now at Harvard getting another masters. It is a terrific program. I've attached a photo of my wife, Andrea, daughter, Sophia (2), and me here in Cambridge. Anybody in the Boston area is welcome to track me down at biU_daly@ksg09.harvard.edu.^

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Our 15th year reuffion was a resounffing success! We had over 200 classmates attend with their famffies, pusffing our total attendance around 700.1 hope everyone enjoyed the reunion and win over Rutgers. If you couldn't make it, hopeffiUy we can see everyone at our 20th in less than 5 years!

Thanks to everyone who answered my caU for submissions, I had enough to fill three months worth of Shipmate articles. Tffis month, we hear first from Bill Daly: • I finished a tour in May 2008 as XO of GETTYSBURG (CG-64). It was a terrific tour, I worked for two phenomenal Captains, and I ran into several classmates in various places during my tour. I am now at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. I was fortunate enough to be selected as the

The Daly family: Bill Daly with Andrea and Sophia

Congratulations on your selection as an Arthur Moreau Scholar and best of luck at Harvard! Moving from the Northeast to the Southwest, next up is Bob Braun: • Bob Braun here from 2nd Company. I recendy left the mighty GE giant for a smaU Respiratory Therapy company caUed Pacific Pulmonary Services based out of Novate CaUfornia. I'm a Region Director for our Southwest Region here in the DaUas area and have Sales, Operations, Customer Support and Center operations aU under my purview.

The interesting tffing is that it's reaUy not that much ffifferent from being a ffivision officer of Deck Department on the RAINIER (AOE-7) except the E-ls are 30-50+ years old.

My wife Shannon and I have 2 kids, Taylor (12) and Jackson (7). We stay pretty busy in the competitive soccer world with Taylor who is the GK for Sting'96 in DaUas.We've traveUed to SOCAL twice, NashviUe (3x), Cfficago, Houston, Austin, OKC and a variety of other locales to play soccer I'm certain we're those crazy soccer parents you hear about though I reffise to admit it. I teU myself I'm not Uving vicariously through her wins/ losses/great games etc. It seems to help.

My son Jackson is the exact opposite of my daughter. He has more natural atffietic talent than the rest of the family combined but ffis focus is the same as Dory's from Fluffing Nemo. He's starting flag footbaU tffis faU and has been playing competitive (ie not rec) basebaU tffis last summer and wiU continue that untU it's too cold outside to keep playing basebaU in Texas. He's a lover of Star Wars and Army guys conducting battles throughout December 2008

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93*95 C L A S S N E W S the entire house that he's termed "around the world batdes", he does caU the team that wins...Navy guys. So obviously, he's pretty smart. I haven't convinced him to use Navy in XBOX 360 yet. For those who know Shannon, she's stUl the firecracker (maybe even moreso now during election season) she always was. She's a phenomenal woman that I'm very lucky to have and most definitely wouldn't be where I am today without her I owe everything I am to her I've been in touch with Andy Bartle who got out of the FBI and moved back to Scottsdale with ffis wife EmUy. T.J. Prieur has planted roots that run pretty deep in the Virginia Beach area.Jatney Cummings is working here in DFW with Heidrick & Struggles with some'77 grads. Casey Garwood is in the Seattle area with his wife Amy and daughter Abby. As I was leaving GE, I spoke briefly with many'93ers via e-maU and Uve through the website www.Unkedin.com .

It's a great networking site, and I higffiy encourage folks to hop on there and get connected. My travels in tffis role take me through Northern CaUforffia occasionaUy as weU as out to Pittsburgh, PhUly/Mt. Laurel, NJ and here locaUy in DFW. Bob.braun@1993.usna.com pretty much foUows me wherever I go though. •

Bob Braun and family

Bob, I'd Uke to second your remarks about Linkedin as weU as other social networking sites Uke Facebook and Ning. There are Class of 1993 commuffities/groups on both Facebook and Linkedin - if you are on either, please feel free to join! Next is a combined update from Dave & Missy (Gerace) Ashby: • As far as the Ashby family goes, Melissa (Gerace) Ashby and I welcomed our son, Daniel Thomas into the world on May 7th, 2008. Big sister Shannon (now three) couldn't have been more excited. Missy was back to her workout within two weeks, and finished her first post-Daniel triatffion three months after giving birth. This was a big

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deal, as she spent the 2007 season rehab'ing a knee that required artffioscopy to clean out some damaged carffiage. Tffis past weekend (9/7/08) shefiffishedthe Reston (Virgima) Triathlon - wffich ended up being a duathlon when Hurricane Hanna made a mess of the swim course.

The other big change in our Uves recendy was that we moved out of our townhouse into a single famUy home last winter We had been looking to make a move for some time, and the puU-back in the housing market gave us the oppormffity we needed. We found a great bargain in an amazing neighborhood, although it came with its share of minor (and some major) projects. We're tackUng the projects as time (and money) permits, mrffing tffis house into a home. Drop us a Une if you happen to be in the Northern Virgima area.

Work-wise, not much has changed for me since our last update. I'm stiU with IBM working as a strategy consultant.

Missyfiffishedher Emergency Meffical Techmcian - Basic certification last winter and continues to take classes towards the Parameffic certification. Since obtaiffing her EMT-B certification she has affiUated with one of the local volunteer fire departments and now rides the ambffiance several times each month. I can't complain - she gets her adrenaline fix and helps people at the same time.

I know of a couple other classmates that have recendy added to their famiUes I'U let them break that news. I've also heard mention of a certain'93 bubblehead that's spendingffispost-XO shore tour as CO of a Army reconstruction uffit m Afghamstan (!). So maybe he'U break ffis Sffipmate sUence and give us the inside story from Souffiwest Asia. No pressure, of course :-). •

Ran into Heath Hanshaw in Santa Fe, New Mexico a few months back when we both visited Tony Correia's mom, Lleta.

She's doing great, but wUl always miss her son, as I'm sure those of us who have kids can understand.

Also, Unked up with Tyson Lewds and ffis lovely wife Stephame along with a slew of other grads at some of the local Alumm events. For those that aren't involved - try and fix that, the local chapters are a wonderful experience.

I came back to the blue side reserves a few months ago, and I was lucky to find a ffiche with 4th ANGLICO. They were happy to have their SWO bUletfiUedby an Advanced Infantry Course grad with some door kicking experience, and I was happy to keep jumping out of planes for money.

Now that I've gotten aU the required NOBCs and whatnot (note attached picmre on San Clemente island with Frank'Paco' Ramirez'05 . . . we were the oldest and youngest grads in the NGLO class), I'm off to some sandy spot wffich would be mce for most of you, but Uving on Miami Beach, I am afraid I'm already tired of cleardng sand out of my gear...

Seriously, 1 am blessed to have been selected to be the commander of a Marme detachment that wdU activate sometime m October and head overseas after our requisite workups. Not too bad for a SWO who should have picked the Corps m the ffist place. Guess IfinaUygrew up.

Anyway — sorry Robin and I missed everyone at the reuffion. We'U endeavor to make the 20. In the meantime — come visit if you are near Miami. Be safe and I'U see you in the sandbox. •

Dave & Missy, Congrats on the adffition to the household. It was great to see both of you at the reumon and wish you aU the best in the years to come. Next we hear from a first-time contributor to Sffipmate.

Take it away Jesse Hangar!

• WeU after almost 15 years, it's probably time to write in to Sffipmate... I'd planned on attenffing our reumon with my vidfe, Robin, but an upcoming deployment seems to be getting the priority in my calendar The very brief back-story: After a few years in the Navy Reserve, I spent three years as an Infantry Captain with an Army Special Forces company - worked and trained with a lot of USMA guys (mainly'Ol) who weren't aU that bad.

Jesse Hangar and Frank Ramirez'05

Jesse, thanks for writing in and best of luck on your deployment. Stay safe and thanks for serving! Looks like I have reached my word Umit for the month; on deck for next month: Rob Figge, Rob Odette, and Seth WaUer. My apologies, but we'U get your updates in, one way or another Beat Armyl — Shogo

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HeUo,'94! As 1 type tffis, I'm stiU hyped about Navy's victory over Air Force on October 4ffi. I was invited to a Zoomie's home for ffie occasion, and my host was understandably ffisappointed when his alma mater was unable to break Navy's wiimmg streak (wffich now stands at 6!).

By ffie time you read tffis, ffie outcome offfieArmy game may be known. I'm betting ffiat my Army neighbors wiU beffisappointedyet agam, and Annapolis wdU continue to hold the Commander-m-Cffiers trophy.

Wiffi ffiat beffig said, let's jump into ffie maUbag. Dave Dertnody is the final contributor for 2008: â&#x20AC;˘ I think I've averaged an update every 5 years smce we graduated. I guess I'm due.

I'm Uvmg m SigoneUa, SicUy workmg a staffjob at CTF-67. Jennifer and I just had our 7ffi chUd m February (insert reproductive joke here.) We also have a retarded labradorWe Uved out in town in a vUla for about a year but got tired of having things stolen from our car and yard and moved onto base recently. Don't run into a lot of classmates here in Sig, though there are occasionaUy a few transients.

Andy Barry ffies tffiough here periofficaUy with a reserve C-9 squadron. He ffies for JetBlue back m the states in ffis real job. I've never acmaUy met Eric Lednicky in person but he's my counterpart in Baffiain and we talk on the phone and correspond via emaU a lot. I'm sure he's much better as Task Force Opso than I am. Most of my close friends from our class correspond even less than 1 do so I'U endeavor to give updates on their stams.

Bryce Whiting and ffis wife Erin had a pair of beautiffil twin girls back in December Taylor and Camryn have akeady logged more mUes runffing in their short Uves than 1 have. Granted they're ridmg in a jogger but it's stiU a scathing indictment of my running abffity.

We look forward to meeting the Wffiting

girls in person when we remrn to the states in a couple years. We also highly encourage them and aU of our friends to come visit us in Italy. In typical Neil Keegan fashion, I got an emaU recendy saying,"AU good on my end, got married, markets busy. Come to caU for a visit!"

NeU Keegan married? WTF? That's pretty much aU I know. Share the wealth, Neil.

SpiU the beans. Received an emaU from Jason Vantnatre's mom announcing that HE'S ENGAGED. I capitaUze and italicize because Mrs.V wrote the entire emaU ffiat way. She's pretty excited. The wedffing is scheduled for February in Costa Rica. Wish we coffid be there. Jim Christie left Lemoore for the first time in ffis career and is at the War CoUege in Newport.Jen and the three beautifid Christie girls are taking over the dancing world in their newffigs.Jason and Stephanie Maurer Uve in Richmond, VA.We recendy reconnected wdth them through Facebook. There's a class of'94 group on Facebook that's growing steadUy. If you're not fanuUar, Facebook is Uke MySpace for people rapidly approacffing rffiddle-age.You can act Uke a giddy teen-ager chatting on Une with impuffity. Todd and Katie Brill Uve in Duxbury Mass. Todd works for Genzyme seUing gauze and scalpels (I made that up.)

We never ran into them when we Uved in Maine but we intend to now that we Uve in Italy We're going to Massachusettes for X-mas. Matt and Vanessa Keefe Uve in Amesbury, MA, my wife's hometown.

Matt works in developing/construction.

John Peterson works for Sabre Systems and coaches HS Lacrosse in San Diego.

John and Jen have a beautiffil Utde blonde girl of around 18 months. Jen Whereatt and I were DH's inVR-26 together untU about a year ago. She and her 94-1 husband Uve in Alexandria and work in DC. She sends out cryptic emaUs periofficaUy and probably drinks a lot of wine, not necessarUy in that order Lewis Sitns just took over as head footbaU coach/AD at ffis alma mater Moss Point HS in Pascagoula, MS. He and ffis wife were due with baby # 2 in September. I consider Lew the most succesffil member of our class to date. No kidding. Ed "Bundy" O'Neill and ffis glamorous wife, Erin, Uve in Severna Park with their three great kids. We recently went back and forth via emaU trying to find the picmre we had from our 5 year reuffion of Eddie O'NeUl and Cal Dermody pouring beers from the keg at our taUgate. With our luck, they'U be drinking them at our 15th.

Sincerely, Dermo B

Dermody Family at Sleeping Beauty's castle in Germany (May, 2008).

And with that, we'U close this final column of 2008.1 pray that you have a happy and safe hoUday season, and that the New Year isfiUedwdth even more blessings than the last. If you find yourself away from famUy and friends, know that your sacrifice is remember, appreciated, and honored. Unffi next year.. .take care and God bless.

C-ya...Jini.

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Greetings '95! Quite a few inputs tffis month, so here goes...

Karl Wick and Darrin Lee sent in a picmre of a group of Academy Grads training at Ft. Jackson Army Base in South CaroUna. They are flanked by: Jim Mason '93, Horace Gilchrist '97, James Imainian '89, Josh Welle '02, and Chris Carr '03. AU of these Grads are traiffing for a 6-12 month deployment in Iraq or Afghamstan.

A note from Jeff Webb: â&#x20AC;˘ For the second year in a row, members, friends, and famUy of the Class of 1995 wUI be gathering in Wasffington DC for the Marine Corps Marathon weekend.

Some wiU run the marathon, some the 10k, and others wUl be cheering on the streets of DC. The purpose of the event, caUed "Run To Honor", is to celebrate the Uves, leadersffip, and legacy of the six 1995 Classmates who have faUen in combat or traimng since graduation.

There wiU be a ffinner the ffight before. The parents of Erik Kristensen and Megan McClung are expected to December 2008

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USNA Academy Grads training at Ft Jackson Army Base in South Carolina

attend. Also, Classmate Jim Loreto has generously offered to help defray some of the ffinner costs by having ffis company (www.evokeconsffiting.com) sponsor ffie ffinner • Thanks to Jeff and Dave Richardson for the reminder and aU the work going into ffie Run to Honor Thanks to Jim as weU! And lasdy, here is a good article on Bill Conner and ffis trying times in Iraq attempting to train for a triathalon!

• Ironman of Iraq (William J. Conner '95) Tulsan trained for the Super Bowl of triathlons, with heroes for inspiration Iraq isn't HawaU, but there are ways around that there had to be. Maj. BiU Conner won the lottery, and he wasn't about to waste ffie ticket. Tffis wasn't your ordinary RowerbaU. Rather, it gave tffis Marine a shot at ffie Ford Ironman World Championsffip, Samrday m HawaU. Otherwise known as the Super Bowl of triathlons. More than 7,000 triathletes entered that lottery just Uke Conner ffid almost every year since 1996. And, Uke aU those years before, the Tulsan ffidn't expect to be one of the 150 Americans chosen. And, reaUy, he didn't rffind. He was kind of busy overseeing some 600 Marines in FaUujah. Then, in imd-AprU, an e-maU found the veteran triathlete during ffis fourth tour of Iraq. It essentiaUy said, "Major BUI, you better start traimng.You're going to Hawaii."

How exacdy do you train for a triathlon in Iraq ? More importandy, where do you swdm in a hostUe country ffiU of sand? Conner's a Marine. He found a way. DuringffisTuesday interval training, he ran laps around Camp FaUujah's detention facffity. On Wednesdays, he sped around the base's perimeter for two to three hours. It's "much safer" in Iraq these days, BUI said. But in 2004, a rocket zipped past ffis head during one of his

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runs. The next day, a mortar landed on the other side of the waU. Conner stopped runffing outside after that.

Swanky swim To prepare for the Ironman's 112-niUe bike ride, the 35-year-old Conner bought a $100 rig a blue Skink, to be exact at the base exchange. Samrday ffights, he pedaled around the base untU darkness forced ffim into ffis room. Inside, he'd turn the airconffitioner off to repUcate HawaU's intense heat and humidity. Then he mounted his stationary bike the one a commanffing officer lent ffim so he wouldn't hog the gym bikes. As he rode, Conner watched an Ironman video. It was a first-person view of the entire bike course. Hawaii never seemed closer.

But as for swimrffing, the base ffidn't have a pool, but Conner did get to swim a few times. He ffid it in style, because Saddam Hussein Uked to swim and buUt a pool in ffis Baghdad palace. Who knew the Americans woiUd eventuaUy turn the presidential pad into a U.S. Embassy? Or, for that matter, that a visiting Marine from Tulsa woffid train for an Ironman in the former ffictator's swanky pool? Although Conner ffidn't swim more than five times in Iraq ,ffisrare strokes gave ffim "enough confidence to know I'm not going to drown" in Hawaii.

A safe place Far away in Tffisa, Mary Ann Conner prayed for her son's safe trip home. After saying the rosary, she would often teU Jesus, Mary and Joseph: "I am grateffil for aU the blessings that you have given me.

Please send my son,ffisbattaUon and aU the troops home safely."

They Ustened at least when it came to her boy. In early September, BUI Conner safely made it to Camp Pendleton in Southern Califorma. Soon after, he joined the camp's triathlon team to continue ffis Ironman training. He also ate a reaUy

good steak, which is about as hard to find in Iraq as a swimrffing pool.

EarUer tffis week, Conner and his mother boarded a plane for Hawaii. Now aU that is left is to compete. "You have 17 hours to fiffish," Conner said. "I guess my goal is to cross that fiffish Une. I have had a very uffique traiffing regimen. I'm not trying to set any, per se, time records."

BUl's mother is a St. Francis nurse who worries about her overacffieving son. "I must confess, I'm a Utde nervous about this," Mary Ann said the day before she joined BiU in CaUforffia. "I'm putting it in God's hands and praying that he can fiffish without meffical problems." BiU chuckled: "She worries too much. And you can quote me on that."

THE HONORED DEAD Each night in FaUujah, Maj. BUI Conner offered up a prayer for three dead friends.

The last thing he ffid before faffing asleep was look at their picmres, each of them taped to a waU at the end of ffis bed. Tffis Samrday, when the Bishop KeUey graduate competes in the Ford Ironman World Championsffip in HawaU, it won't be for glory. He'U be doing it to honor those who ffidn't come home from Afghamstan and Iraq. And for ffis three pals from the Naval Academy Doug Zembiec, Erik Kristensen and Megan McClung.

"They wUl aU be there in spirit," he said.

"They'U be there rooting me on. At some point during the run, when I'm exhausted, they'U get me through."

MAJ, DOUGLAS A. ZEMBIEC, the legendary "Lion of FaUujah," ffied attacking insurgent forces in 2007. "He was a Marine's Marine," Conner recaUed. "RhysicaUy, he was obviously one of the strongest people in our class. As a person, he had a big heart. He reaUy would give you the sffirt off ffis back. He was rough on the outside, but once you knew ffim, if he was your friend, there was no better

friend."

LT. CMDR. ERIK S. KRISTENSEN tried to rescue feUow SEALs in 2005. He ffidn't make it. Afghan insurgents shot down his heUcopter, kilUng aU 16 onboard."! was probably closest to Erik," BiU said of ffis feUow rowing teammate.

"If anyone got too serious, he'd crack a joke to break the mood. A lot of people said he was Uke a big teddy bear. He was just a great guy," MAJ. MEGAN M, MCCLUNG ffied in 2006 when her Humvee struck an improvised explosive device in Iraq , She was the first female Marine officer kUled in combat during the Iraq War. "Megan

msamm was probably one of our best female athletes," BiU said. "She was on ffie oyninastics team and on the power-Ufting teain."When she graduated, she got into triathlons. Megan ffid the Ironman in HawaU a couple times. "Everybody, pretty much, at ffie Naval Academy knew Megan because she had tffis bright red hair You coffidn't rffiss her firom across the room or even across the yard. She had a bubbly personaUty ffiat you immeffiately noticed when she walked into a room." • WeU, Congrats to everyone, and it looks like we wiU have more stories and some photofiffisheswiffi aU ffiese races coming up! I look forward to receiving any emaUs and especiaUy photos, and we'U have plenty wdffi aU ffiese upcommg activities!

Later, — Don. O

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Greetings, 1996! On lead-off. Josh Cohen sends us a Une. •Just a qffick note from class of'96 on ffie USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Onboard we have Brian Schrum, Jason Gardner, Josh Cohen, Brett Lawson, Dave Aamodt, Anthony Ramirez and Jeff Melody. Missing from the picmre are Michael Snowden, Hugh Winkel and Clarke Craine. I was going to try to "Photoshop" the last three in, but I realized I ffidn't have the skills to puU that off.

The ABE remrns early O C T and 1 know everyone is looking forward to getting home. I hope everyone is weU and stUl havmg a good time.

Rebecca and I are back in San Diego for ffie next few years. Feel free to reach us at Joshua.c.cohen(§navy.niU. • Thanks for the update,Josh.

Adffitional news arrives from M r and Mrs. Forrest deSpain, proud parents of Patricia deSpain.

• We would Uke to give you an update to let you know about our daughter, Patricia deSpain StoU, since graduating from the Naval Academy. After graduation she was commissioned into the Marine Corps and served four years active duty. During that time, she went to Air Traffic Control School, in Pensacola, Florida. After graduation she was assigned to the Marine Corps Air Station, in Miramar, CaUfornia.

She also was deployed for six months aboard the USS Bonhemme Richard assigned to the 15th M E U After leaving the Marine Corps in the year 2001, she was recruited to go to work at NASA. (Johnson's Space Center, Houston, TX) WhUe employed at NASA, she met her husband, Rolando StoU and was married in 2002. In 2005 she received her Master's Degree in Business Adrffiffistration. Later that year, she was blessed with twins, a girl (Alexandra Katffieen) and a boy (EUsha Gabriel). Both Patricia and Rolando are StUI currently employed at NASA. And Ratty, who works for ILC Dover, is now the Deputy Lead FUght Engineer for the space suit. She is also a Blue and Gold Officer selected to interview prospective students that want to go to the Naval Academy. Just recently, one of her students that she interviewed received a presidential nomination. As Patty's parents, we are very proud of our daughter.H

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Classmates, here we are again at the end of another year wondering where in the world the time went. Aside from the turbulent timesfinanciaUy,I hope that you aU have had a great 2008. A victory over Army to cap off the regffiar footbaU season would defiffitely help to bring the year to close on a good note. It sure was ffice to continue our winning streak over Air Force back in October First, I want to make sure I acknowledge Rich Pleasants and his wife Rebecca who celebrated the birth of their daughter. Carter EUzabeth, back on June 29th. I received an announcement soon afterward, but somehow faded to include the news in the previous columns. My apologies for the oversight, Pach.

Congratulations to you and your famUy. Brian Sandberg also had baby news to share. Brian and ffis wife Kris welcomed Kaylen Marie into the world at 3:01am on 24 September At 71bs 7oz and 19.5 inches she was a Utde smaUer than preffictions, wffich was just fine accorffing to Kris. The Sandbergs wUl move from Naval Air Station, Ramxent River, MD to Naval Ampffibious Base, Coronado, CA in January 2009. Brian, aU the best to you and your famUy. Here's a picmre of the Sandbergs.

Thanks for the news. Look forward to hearing from you for next submission...

—Tonya

The Sandberg Family

LtoR—Brian Schrum, Jason Gardner, Josh Cohen, Brett Lawson, Dave Aamodt Anthony Ramirez and Jeff

I received the next piece of the news from the Alumm Association, who came upon an article in September and then posted the news on www.usna.com.The article included that John Mabry was recently named President and Chief Operating Officer of Fox Residential Auctions LLC, a RikesviUe-based residential real estate auction house. John made the move over from Apex Properties Corp.

FinaUy, during my career search, I was able to meet up with Alan Baca'98, who

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For those of you who had not heard, Staubach merged with Jones Lang LaSaUe tffis year. Alan remarked that the merger shoffid be a pretty seamless transition for ffim, with the offiy real adjustment being the relocation to ffifferent office spaces.

Standby for a recap of Groovefest 2 in ffie upcoming double issue (Jan-Feb 09).

HopefiiUy, I wiU have some more info from you aU by that point. Just shoot me a quick emaU when you get a couple minutes, even just to update us on where you are and what you are doing these days. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! Beat Army!

-Aaron

photograpffic evidence so enjoy the picmres!

10th Company contingent with auxiliary members (kids)

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HeUo '99 and Happy HoUdays!! Hard to imagine that another year has come and gone but here we are at the end of the year. We haven't had much in the way of submissions in the past couple of months so let's get straight to what we do have for tffis month. Homecoming this year was a resounding success, thanks to Medhi Akacem and the support ffisVX-23 squadron from Pax River Cesar Morales and ffis band, MoonUcious, were brave enough to come out to play for us and sounded fantastic despite the near-freezing temps. Warm weather, folks, is one of the main reasons why we're having our 10-year reunion in September So save the date - September 24-27th, 2009! There were plenty of 99'ers who showed up for the game and the taUgater; I can't remember aU the names but I do have the

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A Uttle late but congratiUations to Dan Ahr who fiffished first in the wheelchair ffivision in the AnnapoUs 10-mUer tffis past August! Congrats also to other 99'ers who ran in the race, incluffing Liesel Danjczek, Jared Goodwin and Alex Holston.

Adffing to the Ust of 99'ers giving our class name its golden glow is Tom Taylor and Emily Cathey.Tom was recently selected as the Resident Inspector at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert, MI. Excerpts from the selection

announcement, pubUshed in the US Federal News Service tffis past September, is included below: Taylor jomed ffie N R C as a reactor enguieer m Region III m 2007. Before joining the N R C he enlisted in ffie Navy and received a bachelor's degree m chemisdy fiom ffie U.S. Naval Academy. He also earned a master of engineermg management degree fixjm Old Domimon Umversity . "Thomas Taylor is an exceUent inspector wiffi a ffim commitment to safety.

As a key element for ffie N R C tofiilfiUits mission of protecting people and ffie environment, Taylor wUl be on site to ensure operators offfiePalisades plant meet ffie ffigh standards set by ffie NRC," Region III Administrator James CaldweU said.

Tffis past July, EmUy was commanffing officer of the USS SquaU, one of 14 Cyclone-class patrol coastal (PC) sffips.

Excerpts from the announcement, wffich was pubUshed in EmUy's hometown newspaper, is included below: Cathey attended Salem Academy in Winston-Salem , an aU-girls school. Of the 45 young women in her 1995 graduating class, two were selected for posts at the U.S. Naval Academy In 1999, she graduated from AnnapoUs with a degree in ffistory and was commissioned an ensign. Since then, Cathey said, she's had her ffieam job."I can honesdy say I have completely enjoyed the jobs I've had in the Navy," she said. "Tffis job has aUowed me to work with people from aU ffifferent nations toward a common goal. And I have, UteraUy, been aU around ffie world."

Lt. Shawn Irish is the SquaU's executive officer and has been with the sffip for three years. Caffiey is the tffird C O . Irish has had, the first of whom is a woman. "AU of our C.O.s have been outstanffing and Lt. Cathey continues in that Une," he said. "She is proactive and has shown herself to be a good leader and is doing a great job."

Our next update was submitted by Scott Wiener on behalf offfimselfand Shane Crockett

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10th Reunion September 24-27,2009 Thursday, 24 September 2009 • All Day: Registration • Evening: Class Get-together, O'Callaghan Hotel

Friday, 25 September 2009 • • • • •

All Day: Registration Morning: Golf Tournament y4/?emoon: Memorial Service (Location, TBD) Afternoon: Superintendent's Briefing in Alumni HaU to all classes and Dress Parade Evening: Class Get-Together, with Lloyd Dobler Eflfect performing (Location, TBD)

Saturday, 26 September 2009 • Morning: Registration • Morning: Class Meeting (Location, TBD) • Afternoon: Football game and Tailgate, with LLoyd Dobler Effect performing •The tailgate will be on the grassy knoll outside of Gate 5, on Taylor Avenue

Sunday, 27 September 2009 • Morning: Chapel Services

Hotels: Rooms have been set aside for the 1999 reunion at the following hotels O'Callaghan Hotel (Reunion Flagship hotel!), Historic Inns of Annapolis, and Holiday Inn Express.

Details on the cost and registration are being finalized.

Watch for information via Shipmate, our class website www.usna99.com, email and Facebook Please update your contact information via www.usna.com!!

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99-01 CLASS N E W S I After reaffing your request in ffie last issue of Sffipmate I felt obUged to make my first submission. Shane Crockett's beautifid new wdfe's name is KeUy. She used to be KeUy Boffifant. Some may know her cousin. Will Bonifant '97.

Shane and KeUy met at WiU's wedffing.

You are probably curious as to why I know so much about Shane's wife. WeU she mtroduced me to the love of my life!

It was a cold morffing, AprU 9ffi, 2006, and Shane and KeUy invited me to brunch at Budffies to celebrate KeUy's birthday. WhUe we were waiting, KeUy informed me that one of herfriendsScorn law school was going to jom us. In walks tffis gorgeous Baltimorean in black sweats fresh fixjm her yoga class. Over the course of breakfast I decided that I wanted to get to know tffis girl better. Later that week I invited her to join me for lunch in King HaU. I told her that I obtained some "hard to come by" tickets to eat with the midsffipmen. (Wink,Wink). It was aU ffistoryfix)mthat point on. Breakfast at Budffies, lunch m King HaU, engaged during ffinner at Charleston in the Baltimore Inner-harbor On AprU 21st, 2007 Jana Baird became Jana Wiener.

Shane was ffie best man m my wedffing, and then I inffis,several months later. I have mcluded pics from boffi of our weddmgs and that fatefiU morffing at Budffies. Jana and I Uve in AnnapoUs now... as do the Crockett's. If you are ever m town, please stop by. •

Uke he was storing nutsfor the winter in ffis cheeks (see http://gaUery. e.com/roblang31).

Rob is headed east fixjm Oklahoma for some training and then to Tampa for Lang After an Inffividual Augment bUlet.

Gina (Hopson) Visor writes: • It's been about 8 years since I've talked to most of my classmates, so Ifigurenow is as good of a time as any. After graduating, I married Shawn Visor'Ol. After completing four deployments between the two of us, we decided it was best to separate from the Navy and focus on civffian life. We moved to Charlotte, N C last year and wdU befiffisffingup our MB As next May. Shawn is a project manager for Riley Power and I'm a nuclear insurance broker for Marsh. As an ex-nuke SWO, this is about as close as I can get to nuclear power without having flashbacks to prototype... In other news, Shawn and I are celebrating the birth of our son, Ethan Lee Visor. He was born on Jffiy 14th and weighed 71bs, 7oz. After labor, I know understand why mothers know such statistics about their chUffien.. . I have the same e-maU adffiess as in coUege: hobieOO@hotmaU.com and Shawn has a Linkedin account. Regards, Gina (Hopson) Visor'OO •

Thanks for ffie update, Scott, congramlations to you both! That's it for tffis month. Wisffing everyone a happy and blessed hoUday season. And to those who are serving away from famUy and loved ones durmg tffis time, our thoughts and prayers are wUl you. Remember this December, that love weighs more than gold!

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Evan Day and baby Katarina

Keep in touch with yourselves!

Beat Army. —Murph Ethan Lee Visor

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2K, Greetings sports fans! Got twofficeffits to the mbox tffis month. Don't be shy, ffit us up at SffipmateOO@yahoo.com. Johnny Games is the Combat Systems Officer on theVicksburg these days and I have mcluded an "after"photo of Rob Lang.

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• Just thought I woiUd send in some pics of the newest adffition to our famUy My husband, Evan Day, is currendy stationed with 9th ESB at Camp Hansen in Okinawa, but was able to make a brief visit home to see the birth of ffis tffird daughter, Katarina. Baby Kat was born on August 13, and Evan remrned to Oki on the 20th. Evan is currendy deployed to the sandbox at the moment and hopes to get home sometime late next spring to see how big (and how sassy) the gids have gotten.They are some crazy kids, but they reaUy rffiss their Dad and wiU be happy to have ffim home when he makes it this way again. Say'ffi' to him for us if any of you happen to make it out that way and run into ffim. Stay safe! Jennie Day •

Evan Day and the Girts

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Shipmates, Happy Chanukah, Happy Kwanza, Merry Christmas, and a joyous fresh issue of Shipmate...

I think we've had some things to celebrate this year... (aU right - get in ffie "Peter Firenze shaving an " N " in his chest

http: //www. uspapalvisit. org/video_auffio. htm and cUck the 18 Apr Ecumenical Service and then scroU to the end just as the Pope is leaving the church.

for plebe summer song practice" spirit and start humrffing 12 Days of Christmas to yourself) "Adventure racers racmg, red cross biken bildng, maraffioners runffing, lawyen legislatmg, and re-producing, doctors graduatmg,ffiversm ffie desert, blue angels flying, arty o's instructing, anti-goose-ambush-arm-flapping, AND a resurrected LOG magaziiiiine...."

A weU earned happy new year to everyone. Here's some recent picmres to fiU up ffie last column before the hoUdays. .. have a great time with your famUy and fiiends. To everyone stUl on active duty, and especiaUy ffiose deployed, thanks. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;John The photo above: Anne and Dave'Ol Cote, Matt and Mereffiffi Bjtcffie, Dave'03 and MoUy'03 Crabbe, Luke'99 and Karen Watson,Joe'01 and Chrissie'Ol Houser, Bekah and Jose'Ol Jimenez, Kathleen March (sister) and John March'Ol, and Ronme RoweU'02 (not picmred) gettmg togeffier m OldTovime. The Cotes are stUl in SD I beUeve, ffie Crabbe's are gettmg ready to head to Boston, the Watsons are m Affiens, GA, I think the Housers are stUl m SD as areffieJimenez's, and Ronffie RoweU is m the AnnapoUs/DC area with his wife and two kids.

JaUme Lusk'Ol enforcing Capt Fiacco-Uke standards m her ffigh school math class in Denver. She took a bike trip through Mexico to brush up on Spaffish in the summer months. http://jaiimeandchristiegotomexico.blogspot.com is weU done.

Maj Tony Heideman, USMC Ret, and 2001 honorary graduate, stUI teacffing ffistory and leaffing the ffistory department m a commuffity coUege in Denver.

He, SheUylynne, Katie (18) and Taylor (13) are aU doing reaUy weU and love having visitors at their place near Denver

Visiting day with Sr Maris SteUa (Angela Karalekas)'01 and Andrew Crawford'Ol. Andrew just got out of the Navy and headed to England to study phUosophy for two years, after wffich he'U return to Ct for another three. He and Sister happened to see each other again by chance in Ct the Sunday before he left the country. Sister just got back from World Youth Day in AustraUa where she had an awesome time working alongside the 46 Sisters of Life who went with her for 3 weeks. They also had a sweet blog: www.loveandUfesite.blogspot.com She had a big surprise on her birthday when she was handed tickets minutes before getting to run a few city blocks to see and actuaUy meet the Rope in NewYork City.

To see a video of the meeting, enter:

Jaiffila (Loynes) Roland'Ol and her son Isaac Jr who both just moved from Offio to Virgima with husband and father Ike'Ol Natasha (formerly) Sistrunk'02 is in the background with her daughter

Playing Friday pickup soccer with Dave CampbeU and Roland Backhaus in AnnapoUs. Dave is teaching at USNA with a host of others incluffing Rich Herron,Tim Strabbing, Justin Mikolay, Pete Brereton, and Ken Deppisch to name a few. Roland just transferred from DC to PhiUy for ffis second year of law school.

Andy and Eliza (Colquitt) Marks'Ol in EUza's last few months in the Navy as an officer. There's plenty of more Navy life for this Navy wife Š December 2008

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Jen Baker'98,Jen (Bohr) TyU '01, and Amy (Straw) PurceU '01 coacffing Cape Henry CoUegiate High School lacrosse m Norfolk.

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Hi Everyone, A Utde shy on updates tffis month, but next month shoffid be strong. Updates are en route from a number of recent wedffings incluffing: Brian Pennell, Ike Turner and Colin Bernard. In the meantime, enjoy the picmres below: DUlon Fishman, EdYealdhaU's fiancee Sharlotte, and Ed'98, and me m DTA. I had just been telUng DiUon a few days before about my friend Ed who I hadn't been able to crack down m over a year. We saw each offier randomly m ffie rffid-store on a Friday afternoon when we boffi happened to be m town. Sharlotte is fixjm Souffi Africa; hence ffie cool spelUng.

Lex Wright and Dani (LaSalle) Castello with Dani's little ones.

Gary Ross wrote in wdth a quick update as weU: • "I am currendy at Recruit Traiffing Command, as the Sffip's Officer of the USS Enterprise Recruit Barracks. The Sffip's Officer Commissions each ffivision of Recruits to mark their official start of Recrffit Traiffing. It was a ffice day, and I thought tffis rffight make a good picture for Sffipmate" • Thanks also to Phil Ferrara ('65) for senffing the below photo of PaUndrome at a recent game.

2002 Firing up the grill!

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Devin Langguth'Ol who now Uves a couple blocks from Camden Yards whUe m dental school in case anyone needs a place to stay after a game.

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Roommates posing for NC-themed (minus the waffle baU bat) Christmas card picmre after cleaning the garage: DUlon Fishman, Adam Birchenough'07, Justin Huber'02, Paul Barron'04, Zach Cotter, Someone way out of regs, (Not picmred:

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Palindrome high over Navy-Marine Corps Stadium

Stay mrned for a robust effition next month and unffi ffien...

BEATARMY! —JuUa

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This monffi we have an update (com our very own Class President, Dan Bailey.

Sara Walters also sent in a photo of her husband, Tobias Walters, and ffieir son.

This column was due ffie week before our 5ffi year reuffion, so picmres and stories fiom ffie reuffion wiU be included inffieJan-Feb issue of Shipmate.

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Tffis is from Dan: • Despite the Navy's best attempts to keep us separated throughout our entire relationsffip, Sara and IfinaUymade some time to get married tffis past January and deUver our daughter Violet May BaUey on September 19,2008. She is absolutely wonderfid and a real blessing in our Uves.

Violet weighed in at a sUm 6 lbs 2.4 oz and was 19 inches long. ShefiUsher days with feeffing and sleeping.. .much Uke her daddy. A special thanks to Scott Poitevent, Bryan Hudock and Pete Glynn who were able to attend ffie weddmg. I am stiU in Italy domg the EOD thUig and set to deploy once more before I can remrn to ffie states so ffie BaUey FamUy continues to enjoy each and every day that we are together We were aU upset that we could not make the Reumon tffis past October In working with the other class officers and Austin Gullet's stateside crew, I'm sure that it was a great time. AU classmates involved with the Reumon deserve immense recogffition as they continue to work tffioughout footbaU seasons to make every home game a mim-reumon.

Thanks to many of our classmates, Violet already has more clothes, toys, books (with pictures), and talking animals than we can even use. She has even been visited by a few of 2003 finest grads! Most notably, Bryan AbeU and Mike Mullen.

Please enjoy the pictures and thanks to aU 2003 grads for their continued class support. I'm akeady back in Italy and working on the lOYear Reumon.Take care and hurry home if you are currently deployed defending what we beUeve in.

- Dan, Sara, &Violet •

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'08, WeU, it's already been 6 months since we graduated! The time is flying by and I'm sure there are some great stories out there that need to be shared. Please send aU news, happenings, and pictures to me so I can put together more articles for ffiture issues. I hope aU is weU with everyone and I look forward to hearing from you aU. My emaU is dianna.ffietrich@ gmaU.com, don't hesitate to write!

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Armed Forces Soccer Classic in Birmingham Chapter Alumm parents hosted ffie N a v y Men's S o c c e r Team, parents and aU Navy fans w h o attended ffie Armed Forces Soccer Classic in Birmingham, September 19-21. Accorffing to Birmmgham-Souffiern, tffis was "ffie first time ever ffiat ffie soccer teams from the Army, Air Force, and Navy compete at ffie same venue at ffie same time, and had been m ffie works since 2001".

O n Friday ffie 19ffi, Navy played Air Force in a tough, very physical match and ultimately feU to Air Force 1-0. It was great to see the class these young men exffibited under strained conffitions; the play was rough and ffiey worked their hardest. T h e Army Golden Rffight EUte Parachute Jump Team out of Fort Knox, Ky, deUvered the American flag and game baU to ffie center of the field prior to the game.

Everyone at ffie taUgate ffiat everUng enjoyed ffie food and hospitaUty, said best

by Navy Soccer M o m , Heaffier Robertson (Scott '10), • "Thank-you once agam for extenffing such an mcreffibly warm welcome to the Navy soccer team, their famffies & friends! You guys are absolutely amazing!

We coffidn't have asked for a warmer welcome! .. .You opened your hearts and shared with them your warm southern hospitaUty - served wdth deUcious barbecue, potato salad, coleslaw, ItaUan salad, finit salad, fried cfficken, baked beans, home baked gooffies, snacks and ffiinks.. .cheering up their spirits and winning their hearts! Go NAVY Soccer!

Alabama,You Rock!" • Hats off to J i m N ' Nick's Barbeque for the fabffious B B Q and trimmings; to C o c a - C o l a o f B i r m i n g h a m for drinks; and to Kraft F o o d s o f B i r m i n g h a m for snacks.

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CampbeU, Ky, deUvered the American flag and game baU. Out-of-town soccer parents included Heather smd Ken R o b e r t s o n (Scott '10), A m y Pike Qosh '11), Linda and Wayne Biesecker (Matt '10), J i m Lepley ( S a m '11), J i m Marino (Chris '10), Mark Garcia (Mark '10), and James and Stephanie Deal (Jamie '12). Grandparents and sibUngs also enjoyed spenffing time with ffieir mids m Birmingham.

Alurrmi parents w h o ffid a fabffious j o b of planffing and hosting the event included Elaine & H e r b Luria (Elaine '97),Jeanne R u d z k i (Stephen '06), R e e , D a v i d and Caroline Elsberry (Allan '08), D i a n e and Mike Golchert (Michael '07), and J i m and Cheryl Landreth Qames '08). Special thanks to Jeanne R u d z k i (Stephen '06) for coordffiating ffie event and a "Bravo Z u l u " goes out to aU w h o attended and supported the team.

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Chtss of'58 Holds SOthReunion D i c k O w e n s '58 of Peffiam writes "I attended my 50th class reuffion 19-22 September and saw a great w m over Rutgers. A very large group of over 900 were present to celebrate a big day for our class. We stood to cheer for our classmate, J o h n M c C a i n , as he j o m e d us to celebrate."

Monthly GO NAVY Luncheon Because of ffie HoUdays, we wiU not meet in December. Mark your January calendar on the last Friday for lunches to resume.

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Arkansas Arkansas Chapter President: CAPT Scott Pursley USN '79 1 Hillsborough Ct., Litde Rock, AR 72212 H: 501-954-9612; E: spursley@aol.com

Vice President: Mrs. Carol Altom '95 2620 Indian Oaks Trail, Springdale,AR 72762 P: 479-756-3347; E: c_altom@yahoo.com

Sec'y-Trea: Mr. Greg Stimis '68 42 Clervaux Dr, Litde Rock, AR 72223 p: 501-868-7590; E: gstimis@swbell.net

Arizona Arizona Chapter J. Skip Und '75 #16 Mark Garcia '10 and #12 Adam Pennington President:J. '09 Army-Navy Game Day For those w h o aren't going to T h e Game in PhUly on the 6th, ffie next best tffing is to join with our West Point counterparts to watch ffie game, eat great food, and enjoy your favorite beverage for a G O N A V Y B E A T A R M Y good time at ffie luxurious Birmingham Atffietic Club!

Tffis is quickly becoming a much-anticipated traffition, so send m your reservation and jom us for a G O NAVY BEAT A R M Y good time!

All Academy Ball T h e United States Air Force Academy Parents' Club of Alabama is hosting the 2008 AU Academy BaU on Samrday December 27, at ffie Birmingham Museum of Art in Birmingham. Alabama's Parents' Club hosts tffis event next year! If you haven't received your invitation, email us

H: 602-265-0238; C: 602-697-1563; F; 602-265-1227 E: SK1PL1ND@1975.USNA.COM www.usna.com/Chapter/us/arizona

Secretary: Ed Howard '63 E: Ehowardl963@cs.com

Southern Arizona Chapter President: Mr. Andrew R. IGsh '65 4808 Dove Nest PI., Canyon Pass at Dove Mountain Manma.AZ 85658; H: 520-579-7006 E: arkish@comcast.net

Secretary:AMB Jack R. Binns '56 4240 N Larrea Ln,Tucson,AZ 85750 H: 520-886-9222; E: jmbinns@aol.com

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AStiieplace to get your EagleBank Bowl planning DONE. •December 20,2008 'Washington DC M LOO a.m. kickoff

California Los Angeles Chapter CDR StephanJ. Shatynski '83 678 Lennax Ct., Brca, CA 92821

Carr. Sec'y: Robert L. Grabarek,Jr. '81 E: tgiabarek@ctowell.com Website: hEtp://www.usna.com/Chapters/US/ CA/LosAngeles/USNA^AlumLA/Welcome.html

The LA Chapter has a web site. Please visit us at http://www.usna.com/ Chapters/US/CA/LosAngeles/USNA_ AlumLA/Welcome.html for Chapter News and Information.

San Gabriel Valley Luncheon The San Gabriel VaUey contingent met for lunch on 25 September at Mimi's Cafe in Monrovia. We were pleased to welcome Amta and Len Torres, parents of ffie late 2LT Andrew Torres U S M C , Class of 2002. The Torres' are co-parmers in ffieir Pasadena law ffim and Affita also writes a column in ffie VaUey Sun newspaper Also attenffing were R o b Bolster '62, Jkn Carmack '49,Joe Koch ' 5 7 , T i m Mahoney '49, Mitch Marich ' 7 1 , Bob Rogen '54, Loren RusseU '47, and Glenn Shindler '64. We meet at Mimi's ffie 4ffi Thunday each m o n t h except NovemberDecember wffich are roUed together on Beat Army Thursday, 4 December 2008.

For more information contact gshindler64@earthlink. net.

October 2008 Orange County Luncheon The Orange C o u n t y Luncheon was held on Tuesday, October 14,2008, at the Santa Ana EUcs Club. O u r speaker tffis m o n t h was CAPTAIN Carl Nelson U S N (Ret.) '56 who talked to us about the latest fiction novel he has written, " M a d a m President and the Admiral". Smce reffiing from ffie Navy with 33 years of service which mcluded enUsted service prior to the Naval Academy, Carl has pubUshed 7 works of non-fiction, tffiee novels, and more than 50 short stories, articles and techmcal papers. Carl spoke to our group a number of years ago w h e n he pubUshed his first novel, " T h e Advisor", about the Viemam War Carl originaUy got the writmg bug whUe a smdent at the Naval War CoUege. Carl is an example of h o w weU a former engineering officer can do in the writmg world. We also celebrated the 163rd bfrthday of the Naval Academy and the 233rd birthday of the U m t e d States Navy with a cake cutting ceremony using a Navy sword. Bob R u b e l '44 was our most semor Naval Officer present and MarkTripiano '97 was our most j u m o r and they ffid the cake cutting honors.

San Francisco, CA: Back Row: Michael Hansell, '74, Steve Wood, '90, JeffAsher, '81, Ed Hartford, '63, Jim Jaquet. '86, Raymond Burkley, '60, Bill Senna, '95 and Dan Hinz, '80. Middle Row: Charlie Mason, '66, Michael Mahre, '81, James Ryan, '86, Mark Wharton, '86, Marty McMahon, '92 and Hank Scherf, '69 Front Row: Bob Payne, '74, Kevin Monahan, '84 and Rob Weis, '94

T h e classes with the most classmates present were '53, '56, '59' and '67 with 3 classmates each. We welcomed first time attendees Brad Foreman '81 and Mark Tripiano '97 and hope they wiU continue to join us for lunch in the ffimre. Joining us were R o b e r t Hite whose daughter is a prospective member of the class of 2013 and Barbara Jean Little-Raphael whose son is a prospective member of the class of2014.

Those attenffing the luncheon mcluded: BUI McReynolds '41, Bob Rubel '44, R i c h Crane ' 4 7 , T R Johnson '47, John Snyder '50, Al Enderie '52, Dave Grover '53, Bob LoweU '53,Joe Zebrowski '53,DonAitcffison '56,DonAlser '56, Carl Nelson '56, Mary Jane and Joe Koch '57, Dave StUler '57,John Cobb '58, George Watts '58, Joe Casasanto '59, Bob Currie '59,Joe Keeley '59, Rach Race '63, Glenn Sffinffier '64,Jack JeweU '66, Steve Andres '67, Dick Cuciti '67 with guests R o b e r t Hite and Barbara Jean LittleRaphael,TUn Hofiinann '67, Brad Foreman '81, Nick Madigan '81, Steve Shatynski '83, MarkTripiano '97, Fred and Rat Sendra C G A '56, and former Naval Officer BiU Meddings.

AU alumm in the area are always welcome to join us at the Orange County luncheons wffich are held on the second Tuesday of the month at the Santa Ana Elks Club, 212 Elk Lane, Santa Ana, CA. Future LutKheons N o v e m b e r 2008 - J i m Litchfield '03 and Bryce McDonald wiU talk about CrossFit a new exercise program they developed and is being used by the Marine Corps.

Jim wUl also teU us about his Marine Corps experiences.We wUl also celebrate the Marine Corps Birthday.

D e c e m b e r 2008 - no luncheon tffis month.

January 2009 - Charles WUey wUl be our speaker talking about Truth in Meffia.

February 2009 - O u r own chapter member, R A D M Mike Shatynski, wUl be addressing us on T h e Navy Enterprise.

Monterey Bay Chapter President: John A. Alich '64 Corr. Sec'y: Jim Egerton '56 E: usnaaa_mry@pacbell.net

Sacramento Chapter President: Mr. Dennis P.Joyce '61 P: 916-631-8110; E:djoycel961@honnail.com

Vice President: Dr. Terry Broum '67 P: 530-676-0327; E: twbrown@innercite.com

Secretary: Mr. Steve Berg '66 P: 916-359-8811; E: reelberg@surewest.net

Treasurer: Mr.Jim D'Orso '52 P: 916-771-8950; E: jndo@surewest.net

San Diego Chapter President: Mike Mounns '79 W: 760-602-0857; H: 760-602-0884 E: president@usnaaasd.com

Corr. Sec'y: Gary Gray '99 P: 858-551-9457 E: gary.ray@ubs.com Web site: w\vw.usnaaasd.com

San Francisco Chapter President:James Ryan '86 E: james@peisales.com

T h e San Francisco chapter met on Thursday, September 18, for our monthly business networking luncheon. We had an exceUent presentation and demonstration

by James Ryan, '86 on the advances in dental imaging technology by Schick Technology. Thanks James. We continue to have the montffiy business luncheons on the tffird Thursday of every month.

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CHAPTER NEWS Santa Barbara Chapter Pres: CDR William J Stewart '63, USNR (Ret.) 1617 Las Canoas Rd., Santa Barbara, CA 93105 H: 805-962-0703; E: tenbears@silcom.com

Secretary: Cam Vantrease '70 E: cam_v@sbcglobal.net

Colorado Colorado Chapter CAPT Daniel Branch Jr. '59, USN (Ret.) 555 Apollo Dr., Boulder, CO 80303-5002 H: 303-499-0337; E: dbranchjr@aol.coni Web site; www.usna.com/Chapters/US/ Colorado/default.htm

Connecticut Connecticut Chapter Raymond Boyd '73 89 Davis Dr., Guilford, CT 06437 P: 202-453-9439; E: rayniond.boyd@ansys.com

Delaware Delaware Chapter Mr. Frank S. "Nick" Carter III '70 RO. Box 462; Lewes, DE 19958-0462 H: 302-644-4838; E: nick.carter@verizon.net

Florida Fort Lauderdale Chapter President: Col. Richard S. "Scott" Slater '80, USMC (Ret.) 15954 SW 4th St, Pembraoke Pines, FL 33027-1156 P: 954-392-0664; E: snsslater@bellsouth.net

VP Programs.CAPTWilliam USNR (Ret.)

R Daze '76,

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VP Membership: DaveYablunosky '84 E: dyablunosky@bellsouth.net; P: 954-234-1070

Costa Rica Costa Rica Chapter Claudia A. Pacheco '64 Apt. 4307-1000, San Jose, Costa Rica H; 506-2224-4325;W: 506-2225-4239 C: 506-8876-1394; E: cpacheco@1964.usna.coni

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USNA 81 Grad Runner in Morpeth, England lOK David Kroupa left Jim Alder MBE

Secretary: Col. Birney Pease '63, USAF (Ret.) E: twopznpod@bellsouth.net

Treasurer: Rob Gillette '90 T h e first order of business is to wish aU of the U S N A Alumm Association, Connecticut Chapter members and their famUies a Happy and Holy HoUday Season.

Again, due to the timing for submission of Chapter news, detaUs of the Connecticut U S N A Candidate meeting held last month in Hartford, is unavaUable at the time of this writing. That news wUl be contained in next months Chapter news.

I urge you to check our Chapter website at: <http://www.usna.com/Chapters/ U S / C o n n > for information regarding aU of our Chapter activities and plans.

H o w about that NAVY footbaU team!

At the time of tffis writing, I am stiU basking in the glow of the wins over Wake Forest and Air Force! That gives us four wins on the year, wffich means that we offiy require two more wins to become Bowl eUgible.That would mean that we could continue NAVY's ongoing streak of post-season play. We should aU hope that two wins are over Notre Dame and Army, but any two wins wiU do for purposes of post-season play! Taking a look at the rest of NAVY's schedule, I predict three more wins, hopefoUy including the two over Notre Dame and Army (HELLO Commander - i n Chief's trophy!)

HARPY HOLIDAYS A N D G O NAVY! Dave Boyd, '59

chapter historian, Luis has compUed several binders recording past chapter activities and hopes to produce a single narrative ffighUghting the chapters ffistory over its nine years of existence.

E: rgillette@centexconstrucrion.com P: 954-444-6782

T h e chapter elected new officers in AprU with Scott Slater '80 assuming the Presidency from Walter T e l m o Ortega '59 Other officers are R o c k D a z e '76 Vice President for Programs, D a v e Yablunosky '84 Vice President for Membership, R o b Gillette '90 Treasurer and Birney Pease '63 as Secretary. Scott Slater encouraged chapter members to participate in activities for the remainder of the year T h e program includes a happy hour in June, a Beat Air Force footbaU Game part on October 5, a Beat Army party on December 6 and a footbaU game party for the bowl game that Navy wUI win. Chapter members agreed on a Beat Notre Dame event on November 15 at noon.

T e l m o Ortega '59, Barbara and Birney Pease '63 represented the chapter in celebrating the 70th birthday of Shane Olshansky U S M A '61 as the local woo poo was honored by family and friends.

Bill Weiler '65 was elected as the President of the Broward County CouncU of Navy League and improved already good relationships between the chapter and the councU. BUI has become " M r Navy" in Broward County because of ffis fine work the Blue and Gold Program, Chapter activities and Navy League leadership posts. Bill and T e l m o Ortega '59 have been part of the reception comrffittee welcormng numerous Navy sffips that visited Port Everglades in the past six months. Bravo Zulu!

Luis Sologuren '53 continues his interest in chapter activities whUe recovering from serious health conditions. As

U S N A S l R u n n e r in M o r p e t h 10k!

O n e man w h o certaiffiy enjoyed runffing the Morpeth 10k for the first time ever was visiting athlete David Kroupa, U S N A 81, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. David was in England for the first time, and visiting ffis wife's farrdly in Hartlepool for 14 days.

Being a 5k, Duathlon and Triathlon speciaUst in the USA, and having just turned 50, he decided to try to find an athletic event to ffis Ukmg, to take part m whUe he was visiting.

O n checking the Internet he found the Morpeth 10k, even though it was a Utde above ffis normal ffistance, he decided to give it a try. H e described the course and the experience as very enjoyable, and as he normaUy runs in 90 degrees of hunudity, the sUghtly humid conffitions on the ffight didn't reaUy trouble ffim.

His performance certaiffiy bore out his credentials, as he fiffished in an excellent 41st place out of over 350 runners, and in a superb time of 38m46s, and picked up the prize of second Over 50 Male Veteran into the bargain. David promised he would give a glovwng report of the event to his runffing coUeagues at Premier R u n n i n g Club in Fort Lauderdale, and added that he hoped to return someday to once again compete in the Morpeth 10k, and he thanked the orgaffisers for putting on a splenffid event for both ffim and aU w h o ran.

Gainesville Chapter CAPT J Michael Smith '61, USNR (Ret.) 10424 SW 41st PL, GainesviUe, FL 32608 H: 352-376-6611;W: 352-376-3301 E: niickey@acceIerarion.net

T h e Service Academy Alumm Club of GainesvUle held its monthly luncheon meeting on Thursday 18 September 2008 at Shoney's Restaurant.

Naval Academy alumni in attendance were A l V i t o '44, Mase Wells '47, D i c k A m b r o g i '48, J i m Z i m m e r m a n '54, Russell H e n d e r s o n '58, Peter McCall '59, Mickey S m i t h ' 6 1 , Jerry Kemiedy '61, Steve M c D o n a l d '65, Sam Mutch '71, and Tucker Stachias '08. Attenffing fix)m ffie Mffitary Academy were CharUe HaU '46, Jack Martin '51, Jim Gleason '66, and BiU Harlan '72. Attenffing fix)m the Merchant Marine Academy was Walt Visniski '56.

Our speaker was aviation Lieutenant Colonel Rick Sheppard U S A (Ret.) w h o spoke about ffis mffitary career in special operations in Iraq and ffis civffian career proviffing aviation traimng devices to the Pakistam armed forces. As a senior officer in Iraq, ffis duties usuaUy involved planning aviation operations rather ffian acmaUy flying ffiem. Combat operations were round-ffie-clock, so he became expert at sleeping day or ffight, offiy w h e n "his" heUcopters were on the ground.

Even so, a support caU from the troops would qffickly resffit m aircraft m the air Along with stories of ffis Special Forces military operations A m o n g the interesting souvenirs he brought was ffie m u c h pubUcized deck of 54 playffig cards. LTC Sheppard stated ffiat ffis time in Islamabad had ffie possibffity of beffig more dangerous than his time m Baghdad. W h e n in Pakistan, he always stayed in a two-star (or less) hotel rather than the heavily-guarded five-stars inhabited by most contractors, embassy personnel and ffistffiguished visiton. (Two days after our meeting, the Islamabad Mariott Hotel was bombed.)

Our October meeting wiU have been held at Shoney's Restaurant, 3857 S W Archer Road. O u r November meeting wiU be at what wiU probably be our new home. Northwest GrUIe, 5115 N W 39th Avenue m GainesvUle. Alumm and their famUies, current and ffimre midsffipmen and cadets invited to attend.

The Service Academy Alumffi Club of GainesviUe held its monthly luncheon meetmg on Thursday, 16 October 2008 at Shoney's Restaurant.

Naval Academy alumffi in attendance were A l V i t o '44, Hart Stringfellow '48, J i m Z i m m e r m a n '54, Art N u s s e l '55, Russell H e n d e r s o n '58, Larry Reid '58, Josh D i c k i n s o n '59, T i m Austm '60, Mickey S m i t h '61, and Hansford Tyler '76. Art's son, Jacob Nussel, a civU engineering student at the Umversity of Florida, was an honored guest. Attending from the Mffitary

Academy were CharUe HaU '46 and Jack Martin '51. Attenffing from the Merchant Marine Academy was Dave Bruderly '69.

O u r speaker. Associate Professor WiUiam E. Lear of the University of Florida's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, spoke to us on semi-closed gas turbine/refrigeration combined-cycle power generation systems. His test bed, able to use fuels from traffitional jet foels to bio ffiesel and natural gas, powers a smaU high-speed turbo-generator Waste heat from the process powers an absorption refrigeration unit wffich cools the supercharged air entering the turbine combustion, thus increasing its thermal efficiency. Potable water is a byproduct of the refrigeration cycle. T h o u g h probably too technologicaUy complex for developing countries, it is weU suited for a ffistributed generation system in first-world countries. Rather than expand a ffigh capacity power grid, a D G S such as this would aUow near pointof-use power avaUabffity present for both peak power and baseUne usage.

O u r third Thursday November meeting wiU be at what wUl probably be our new home. Northwest GrUle, 5115 N W 39th Avenue in GainesvUle. Alumm and their famffies, current and ffimre midsffipmen and cadets invited to attend.

Jacksonville Chapter CAPT Michael O. Boms '70, USN (Ret.) 1185 Salt Marsh Cir. PonteVedra Beach, FL 32082-2543 H: 904-273-4714;W: 904-285-3400, ext. 356 E: mborns@meridianmgmt.com usnaaajaxchap@usa.net

Over 30 alumffi gathered with wives and friends for the Chapter's Annual Meeting at Fleet Landing on Friday 3 October to enjoy and evening of cocktails, ffinner, and feUowship. D a v e Ward '45 and his wife decorated the dining room with a blue and gold Navy theme on the eve of the Air Force Game. T h e guest speaker was D a n McCarthy '77. Dan spoke about ffis recent years as the Director of the Mffitary Affairs andVeteran Services Division for the city of JacksonviUe. Dan has championed the causes for the active duty and veterans in the area for several years. Dan has just accepted the position of Assistant State Attorney for Northeast Florida and he spoke about the chaUenges he wUl face in that new assignment.

A m o n g those attending were: Scott B e t h m a n n '80, Mike B o r n s '70, H o w a r d Burdick '56, R i c k Carper '76, D o u g C o n k e y '84, Edward C o o k e '46, P h a o n D e r r '45,

Bill Farnsworth '65, D o n Fisher '59, D o n a l d Gairing '49, Pete Garfield '60, Leslie Larson '46, D a n McCarthy '77, Jay M c G o v e r n '83, Mike M c H u g h '68, Gris Moeller '42, T o m O ' B r i e n '63, Joey O ' C o n n o r '77, John Park '48, William Payne '44, Scott Powell '74, B o b Schauffler '45, John Snyder '83, C o u r t n e y Stanton '59, Charles Styer '41, Jeremy T h o m p s o n '88, D a v i d Ward '45, T h o m a s Wolfe ' 4 1 , and R o b e r t Z v a c e k '66.

O n Saturday, 4 October, the Chapter sponsored a Beat Air Force event at the JacksonvUle Ale House. Over 60 excited Navy fans gathered to cheer on the team as we defeated Air Force for the sixth straight time! Alumni young and not so young brought farrdly and friends for a great afternoon of camaraderie and celebration. A m o n g those attending were: Mike M c H u g h '68, B o b H i c k e y '87, R o n B e t h m a n n '82, Bill Marsh '66, Scott S e m k o '70, Kirk H a n s e n '70, T o m S c h o d o w s k i '67, Mike D e v a u x '90, R a y Poinsette '86, Greg M e r c a d o '04, Mary Stringer-Blaschke '05, Brian Blaschke '04, Mike M o o r s e '06,Stephanie H o m i c k '07, M a g g i e HoUyfield '07, Pete N i c k o d e m '72, H o p e Kelly '03, N e l s Frostenson '80, BiU Farnsworth '65, D a n McCarthy '77, Jeremy T h o m p s o n '88, Scott B e t h m a n n '80, Wesley Lyons '07, Jordan Brye '07, Chris DowTiey ' 9 1 , D o r i a n B e l z '07, Scott Powell '74, and John M a d d e n '79.

GO NAVY - BEAT ARMY!

The photo shows Dan McCarthy at the dinner meeting at Fleet Landing.

Miami Chapter Pres: CDR Mel J Meinhardt '80, USNR (Ret.) 3075Virgma St, Miami FL 331334534 H: 305-448-1290; E: Mel@melmeinhardt.com

Sec'y: Sergei Kowalchik '67 E: sergei@bellsouth.net

Naples-Fort Myers Chapter President:Jim Neal '60 Secretary: Doug Purin '81

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CHAPTER NEWS Orlando Chapter President: Robert J "Beetle" Bailey '70, USNR (Ret.) c/o 4817 Figwood Lane, Orlando, FL 32808 P: 407-272-1902; bbailey_70@hotmail.comF

Palm Beach Chapter CAPT Dan Marangiello, USN (Ret.) '51 1986 SE Doverbrook St, Port St. Lucie, FL H: 772-879-7188; E: dannavynet@conicast.net

Pensacola Chapter LCDR Kurt D. Woltersdorf'84 USN (Ret.) E: PColaUSNAAA@beUsouth.nct

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

HeUo again Pensacola Chapter members.

O u r monthly Luncheons continue to be a tremendous success with a great turnout.

T h e first in a series of Luncheons at Skopelo's included as guest speaker VADM T i m Wright, U S N (Ret.) w h o gave an impressive lecture on the History of Pensacola as part of the year-long 450 year anniversary celebration of tffis great city. If you ffidn't already know, Pensacola, the City of Five Flags, and the cradle of Naval Aviation was estabUshed on August 15th 1559 and is the oldest estabUshed setdement in the United States. St. Augustine boasts the title of the oldest continuous setdement only because the first setdement in Pensacola was wiped out by a Hurricane a month after it was estabUshed and its setders were forced to leave the area.VADM Gerald Hoewing, President and C E O of the National Naval Aviation Museum wiU be our guest speaker January 14th.

L/R Glenn Montgomery '71, VADM Tim Wright and Kurt Woltersdorf'84

Attendees at the September Luncheon included: Caroline and Pete B o o t h '56, John Brick '50, Paul B r o o k s '58, John Butts '51, H e l e n and Ward Correll '58, Bill Daniels '54, T i m Daseler '84, Kris Elliott'80, David Farrell, Celeste and D i c k Folga '70, T o m Frizzell '86, Skip Furlong '56, Jan and Jack Horsefield '57, R a n d y Jackson '80, B o b Jacobson '72, R i c k Jensen '74,John Kane '68, B o b Keller, Caroline and B o b Kelly

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'59, Pete K i n g '70, Joan and J i m Kirby '69, Mary A n n and D o n L o n g '50, Barbara Martin, Suzy and Glenn M o n t g o m e r y ' 7 1 , N a t e M o o r e '86, Stephanie and Bert O r a m '81, Al Pickert '47, Jeri and D i c k Rader (Air Force), Bill R a m s e y '53, Adeline and Joe Rossi '62, L o u Sarosdy '51, M a g g i e and G o r d o n Snyder '43, E d Turner ' 8 1 , Larry Warrenfeltz '75, B o b W i l m e r '54, Mary and Kurt Woltersdorf '84, Karen and Bill Yeager '84, and Carlos Zengotita '87.

The October luncheon was hosted at Skopelo's on the Bay and our guest speaker was Joffie Buder head of Emerald Coast H o n o r FUght. Tffis orgamzation is defficated to getting surviving W W I I warriors the oppormffity to fly up to the D C area and see the W W I I memorial at no cost to themselves. To date there have been two ffights with more in the works, and each has been an overwhekffing success.

Attendees at the October Luncheon included: John Brick '50, H e l e n and Ward Correll '58, Kris EUiott '80, Myles Fisher '69, Celeste and D i c k Folga ' 7 0 , W i l m a and R o n Frederick '62, T o m FrizzeU '86, D i c k GaskiU '54, T o m Hoflfrnan '71, R i c h H o l z n e c h t '78, Jan and Jack Horsefield '57, R a n d y Jackson '80, B o b Jacobson '72, Rick Jensen '74, B o b KeUer,Joan and J i m Kirby '69, Si Kittier '59, Mike McCrabb '78, Suzy and Glenn M o n t g o m e r y '71, Pete Perez '82, Al Pickert '47, Barbara Righter '82, J i m Righter '82, Brad R o b i n s o n ' 8 3 , M a g g i e and G o r d o n Snyder '43, E d Turner '81, Larry Warrenfeltz '75, B o b W i l m e r '54, Mary and Kurt W o l t e r s d o r f ' 8 4 , and Carlos Zengotita '87 The Pensacola Alumni chapter would Uke to recogmze Jim Kirby '69 for orgaffizing the U S N A / R O T C Symposium in October and the National Naval Aviation Museum for hosting tffis event. Tffis event could not have gone as smoothly as it ffid without the deffication and support of others such as the area Blue and Gold Officers, local commands, volunteers, N J R O T C Umts, High School officials and off course the prospective canffidates w h o attended.Thank you for a job weU done!

Navy FootbaU is having a great season and our alumni are at N Y Nicks every weekend to cheer on the Mids. By the time this article comes out in Shipmate the Army-Navy game wiU be upon us, and a bowl bid soon thereafter. Please be sure to log onto www.usna.com and

update your proffie to include your current e-maU address so that the game location announcements make it to you.

Army-Navy is going to be great game and we anticipate upwards of 230 participants. C O M E O U T A N D B E A PART OF T H E F U N A N D HISTORY AS THE MIDS REACH FOR A N O T H E R ARMY-NAVY WIN!!

Carlos Zengotita '87

Space Coast Chapter LCDR Milton E. Burdsall '56, USNR 7465 Cypress Bend Manor,Vero Beach, FL. 32966 P: 772-299-4347; E: miltandpat@nisn.com

Milt Burdsall, General Stafford and Tom Schwartz

T h e Space Coast Chapter held its November meeting at the Eau GaUie Yacht Club, in Indian Harbour Beach.

RoUy DeMott, ('57), and BUI Benton '62, members of the yacht club, sponsored the luncheon. Bob SeUars '61 showed the group a ffim clip of ffis fathers burial at sea from a submarine conducted in HawaU in 1988. Bob's father. Captain R o b e r t " M i k e " SeUars, class of '34 served his Navy career in submarines. T h e event included a three-gun salute and was impressive. Lt.General Tom Stafford '52, USAF(Ret), and his wife Linda attended our luncheon as the guests of BUI Benton '62 and his wife Jane. A m o n g the General's many accompUshments were; member the second group of astronauts to participate in Projects Gemiffi and ApoUo, pUoting GermniVI the first rendezvous in space, holding the Worid R e c o r d for highest speed ever attained by man (occurred during ApoUo 10 reentry when the spacecraft attained 24,791 stamte mUes per hour). General Stafford is shown in the picture (center) with the President of the Space Coast Chapter, MUt BurdsaU (left) and the Secretary/Treasurer, Tom Schwartz (right).

Those attending the luncheon were: Charles A l s o p '42;Jane and BiU B e n t o n '62, and guests Linda and T o m Stafford '52; R h o d a and D o n B o s l e y '49; Pat and Milt BurdsaU '56; Nancy and Russ Croft '44; RoUy D e m o t t ('57); Carolyn and Stan D o d d '48; Mary Ann

and Jim Eri '56; Ginny and J o e E l m e r '47; Clair Gower('47); S w e d e H a n s e n '56; Betty and D i c k Jeflfrey '39; Anne and Frank Keith '47; Janet and Hal Neuhard '56; E d Peresluha '57, P e t e Peterson '56; Kak Rose('47); Merle and Tom Schwartz '56; D o n n a and E d Speaker '50; Ann and R o b e r t SeUars '61;BirgitToohUl('47); Fricky Vaughn('40); and BUI Y o u n g ' 5 8 , and his wife Fran Hutchens.

Visiton are always welcome at our luncheons, wffich are normaUy held on ffie third Samrday of ffie monffi. CaU MUt or me (321-255-5452).

Tom Schu'artz '56 Secretary/Treasurer Suncoast Chapter Clifford P. Bermann '45 3240 Lake Pointe Blvd #324, Sarasota, FL 34231 E: plcwec@aol.com

Our Founden Day celebration was held on October 23rd at T h e Fountams in Sarasota. After lunch we viewed two movies ffiat conveyed today's Ufe at the Academy. This was foUowed by each of us reminiscmg about our proud days at the Academy and our mffitary Ufe. We were happy to welcome new members,Vic ReUing '62, and George Tracy '63 and ffis wife, Kay. George was recendy inducted into ffie Lacrosse HaU of Fame ffi Baltimore.

Attendees were: Nancy Dodson '37, EmUy Davis '41, Annadele Jackson '44, Sue and Ed MalUck '44, Helen and President Cliff"Bermarm '45,ElUe and FredTiemann '46, Herbert TUles '47, Debbie and D o n Harvey '48, Mary VUgima and Jim Morency '49, Elsie and PhU Vladessa '49, Alex Morris '56, Pat and BiU Cartwright '58, D o n n a and Jack Chrisman '58,Vic ReiUng '62, Kay and George Tracy '63, Dick Fredlund '64 and Mayson Brooks ' 8 1 .

Don't forget to j o m us w h e n we beat Army on December 6th! Bruce R o h n '40 and his wife Dottie wUl be sponsoring our get-together at Jacaranda Trace at the comer of R o u t e 41 and Jacaranda Blvd. inVemce. See you aU there!!!

Tampa Bay Chapter CAPT John S. Kamen '77, USN (Ret.) 1105 Culbreath Isle Dr.,Tampa, FL 33629 H: 813-288-9548; C: 8134-385-6972 E: johnkamen@aol.com

Secretary/Communications: Perry Dempsey '72 E: dempseypw@ni5n.com www.usna.coin/Chapters/US/fl/tampabay/

Several alumffi of the Tampa Bay Chapter gathered at CDB's Southside on West Shore BLVD, between EucUd Street and

Tampa Bay, Florida: Tampa Bay Chapter watching the Navy- Air Force Gamel

El Prado Street. CDB's Southside was very accommodating with great service and great food.

T h e alumffi mcluded: B u d Alexander '56, Jerry O'ConneU '56, Warren H a h n '60, Dick Ardavany '61, Perry D e m p s e y '72, John K a m e n '77, C A P T Marty Drake, U S N , '78, C D R Steve Swift, U S N , '87, C D R Scott McClure, U S N , '88, L C D R Matt Poage, U S N R , '94.

We had a first-timer, Scott McClure '88.

Steve Swift '87, gave a report on the coUege fairs that were in late September in HUlsborough County. There was a great m r n o u t and immense response from prospective candidates for the Academy.

H e and Marty Drake, '78, led the effort as Blue and Gold Officers to recruit prorffising midshipmen.

B r u c e B o r n i c k , U S M A '79, made a presentation for a ffigh school etffics conference led by the West Point Society of Florida West Coast. Bruce is seeking sponsorsffip for the conference in the Tampa Bay Area.

We covered our Action Items List including: 1) the Founders Day Banquet, 2) the Clearwater Veterans Appreciation Day (CVAD), and 3) Navy FootbaU! O n e of our major activities, thanks to Jack Gantley '69, is meeting at T h e Sports Bar on Saturdays for N A V Y F O O T B A L L !

We had a super time watching the Navals beat ffie Zoormes (see photo). In attendance were: R u t Flynn '59, D i c k Petrucci '61, Pat Brennan '61, D i c k Ardavany '61, D o n & Sherry Freese '63, Mike Surdyk '67, Jack & SheUy Gandey '69, Perry D e m p s e y '72, & guest, D o u g Kirkland '72,Terry SUva '73, B u d & Betii Sawyer '74, Kirk Barker '77 & 2 guests, D o n & Linda Aiken '78, & 4 guests, and MUce Webster'09.

Perry D e m p s e y has Tampa Bay Chapter polo shirts, so please contact him to get yours.

Dues are stUl being coUected and are appreciated! Annual dues of $20, or $150 lifetime, may be maUed to our treasurer, Pete Leniart '66, at RO. Box 15824, Clearwater, FL 33766.The dues help our endeavors to accompUsh our chapter's mission and that of the Academy. T h e dues reap rewards with ffividends.

Upcoming events: SATURDAYS—NAVY FOOTBALL at T h e Sports Bar on Bay Pines Blvd.

1 N O V —Veterans' Appreciation Day in Clearwater—Pete Leffiart '66 Action Officer.

6 D E C — A r m y - N a v y Game. [Army has lead—probably at the Green Iguana onWestshoreBLVD.] See you next m o n t h (CDB's Southside) and weekly for Navy footbaU!

Georgia Atlanta Chapter President: Mitch Rowland '71 4 Pinegate Court; Peachtree City, Georgia 30269 E: grumpymitch@yahoo.com; C: 770-487-9746 W: 770-846-6427

Secretary: Pies Bruce '77 E: ples.bruce@gmail.com; P: 404-344-6389 Web site: www.usnaaaa.com

MONTHLY CHAPTER LUNCHEONS: W h e n : Tffird Friday of each m o n t h Where: Sheraton Suites GaUeria 2844 Cobb Pkwy What: Great oppormffity to spend time with feUow alumffi and to network in the Adanta area. Registration begins at 1130 and the chow line opens at noon.

See the website for detaUs. FootbaU season is weU underway.

Navy has just scored two very impressive wins over Wake Forest and Air Force. And unUke last year, it hasn't been the offense that has carried the day. T h e defense and special teams have been the wirming ingreffients for our wins. Lets hope the

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The speaker for our September meeting was Jack Sffies.Jack enUsted in ffie Army Air Corps m 1945. After being released from active duty in 1946, Jack remrned to LouisvUle and graduated from ffie Umversity of LouisviUe. After getting an education. Jack reaUzed ffiat Naval Aviation was where he reaUy wanted to be. H e reported to Pensacola and won ffis Wings of Gold. H e reported to the USS Oriskany and flew combat missions during ffie Korean War. H e had picmres of ffie Oriskany and ffis squaffion. H e showed how much gear had to be worn during ffie rffissions. H e stated that even with aU ffiat gear, he once got out of ffis aircraft in less ffian ten seconds when it caught fire on deck.

After once agam bemg released fix)m active duty, he went back to LoffisvUle. There he saw an advertisement for pUots wanting to fly m ffie Orient. H e was hired

by CAT, an airUne ffiat had been purchased by the CIA. H e flew regffiar airUne trips carrymg people from place to place, and he also flew missiom to support ffie French mViet N a m . During tffis time, he had n o idea that the airUne was owned by the CIA. T h e aircraft that were flown by CAT were primarUy the C-119 and the C-46.

H e was evenmaUy assigned as a test pUot for the F-86's that the U S was mrrUng over to the Cffinese in Taiwan.

H e ffid tffis for over tffiee years.

T h e C A T was transferred to Air America in 1959. Air America flew missions in support of anticommuffist m Laos, Cffina and Tibet. In 1970, Air America had 80 airplanes and was " T h e Worid's Most Shot at AirUne." After Tibet was invaded by the Cffinese, Air America carried trained guerUla fighters into Tibet. They flew offiy on m o o n Ut ffights because there were no navigation aids. T h e normal mission woidd carry twelve troops and 25,000 pounds of gear to drop at secured locations.

Air America lost 240 pUots and crew members to hosffie fire. And since they were acmaUy employed by the CIA, they received no recogffition for their service.

There is a BUI before Congress to recogffize the survivors of Air America and credit them with government service.

After M r Sffies left Air America, he moved to Atlanta and estabUshed a successffil business. After some years, he sold ffis business and became involved with Source of Light East Africa. Jack and ffis wife Dottie, moved to Kenya in 1990

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and Uved ffiere for eight years. H e returned to Adanta and continues to support Source of Light as the Director Recendy, Source of Light has expanded into Ethiopia. They have purchased land from ffie government of Etffiopia and are buUffing a school, meffical cUffic, print shop and dormitory to serve the people of tffis impoverished African nation.

Those in attendance at our September meeting were: Jerry Mackey '54 and ffis bride Conffie, BiU R e n t z '55 and guest Wayne MUlsap,John Stark '51, BUI Borchert '48, CUnt Johnson '60, BUI WUUams '65, Mike Herger '90, BUI Caiazzo '66. Rick Haley '72, Steve Frederick '72, Stew CaldweU '65, Bob Bush '65, P a d Hurst '62, Sam Smith '52, Brian Huey '90, Mario Maddox '85, Bob Groce '65, Jon Barton '66 and Rick Cobb '85.

We were especiaUy glad to have two members fixjm out of town. BUI Caiazzo was in town from Sarasota where he resides after retirement. Bob Bush was m town from Singapore, where he is now on ffis around ffie world saffing trip. Bob wUl be leavmg Singapore shordy and heaffing for ffie Med. H e was lookmg for volunteers w h o were knowledgeable in R P G or other heavy weapons operations as he wUl be saffing the Straits of Malacca and along the coast of Africa, areas of known pirate activity.

Illinois Chicago Chapter CDR Fredrick WWeber '75, USNR (Ret.) 2134 Evert Ct., Nordibrook, IL 60062-6612 H: 847-559-9381 ;W: 312-845-3444 Fred.Weber@2conim.com Website: www.usna.com/chapters/us/illinois/chicago

Indiana Indianapolis Chapter CAPT Charles A. Rainey '84, USNR 12804 Double Eagle Dr., Carmel, IN 46033 H: 317-815-0575; E: crainey@flilbi.com

T h e Central Inffiana Chapter of ffie Alumffi Association hosted ffie Navy FootbaU TaUgater at the Navy versus BaU State FootbaU game o n September 5, 2008.The event was a great success! Five hunffied Midsffipmen and tffiee hunffied offier guests ate, sociaUzed, and prepared to cheer for Navy. W h e n plannmg ffie festivities startmg m May of tffis year, some plannmg comrffittee members expressed concerns ffiat a Friday Night FootbaU game in Muncie, Inffiana might not attract a big crowd. Fortimately, ffiey were wrong. T h e post Hurricane Gustav ram held off, the Midsffipmen got fed even after arriving late, and a good time was had by aU.

Guam Guam Chapter CAPT Noel M. Enriquez '84, USNR RO.Box 26849, GMF,Barrigada,GU 96921-6849 H: 671^72-9629; Fax: 671-472-1966 C: 671-777-9629; E: NME@1984.usna.com

Hawaii Honolulu Chapter President: CAPT Steve Colon '81, USNR (Ret.) 115 Kaapuni Dr., Kailua, HI 96734 P: 808-265-4253; E: scolon@1981.usna.com

Sec'y: Elisabeth Cianci '02 E: EUzabeth.Ciand@ferguson.com

Idaho Northwest Chapter Col. Kenneth W Moore '66, USMC (Ret.) 31048 E. Hayden Lake Rd., RO. Box 2020, Hayden, ID 83835-7059; H: 208-772-7494 E: i35hawk@sisna.com

Intermountain See Utah

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Left to Right Captain Mathew Klunder, USN '82, Steve Fay '86, and Captain Chuck Rainey, USNR '84 at the Navy versus Ball State TaUgater

T h e event was orgamzed by Steve Fay '86 (Aliunffi Chapter Secretary), Chuck Rainey '84 (Alumffi Chapter President) and Tom Ryan '80. Larry Roberts '85 also pitched in to help clean up after ffie game started.

T h e local Parents Club of InffianapoUs helped as weU.Jim Messenger '79 and ffis wife R a e Ann played dual roles as alumm attendees and proud parents of ffieir son, Jeffiey Messenger, Class of 2009.Jim and R a e Ann were invaluable to orgamzing ffie Parents Club, and helping pitch in during semp. Offier parents w h o helped out were Jeff Brunett, faffier Jeff Brunett, Class of 2012, and Joe and Peggy Thomas, parents of Keaton Thomas, Class of 2010.

Many others assisted to make tffis a great event. T h e only problem was ffie final score of the footbaU game!

Maryland Annapolis Chapter President:Jenn Stillings '96 145 Lehman Ct., Annapohs, MD 21409-5483 E: jenn@worldawake.net

Baltimore Chapter CDR Steve G.Young '84, USNR c/o Morgan Stanley 11311 McCormick Rd., Hunt VaUey, MD 21031 W: 410-229-8206 E: steven.g.young@morganstanley.com

Japan Chapter

The alumffi chapter is lookmg forward to two offier faU events, a Founders Day Luncheon on October 10, 2008, and of course ffie Army Navy Game Party on Samrday, September 6, 2008. Look for details m your emaU.

Michiana Chapter President: CDR John (Chris) Haizlip '72, USN (Ret.) 15246 Longford Dr, Granger, IN 46530 H : 574-273-2939; E: CHaizlip@aoLcom

Louisville/Southern Indiana Chapter See Kenttuky

Iowa Upper Midwest Chapter See Minnesota

Japan Tokyo Chapter CDR Nolan D. Vdlarin JE82, USNR PSC 473 Box 990, FPO Ap96349-0900 O: DSN243-7437; Comm; OH-81-46-816-437 E: villarin@c7f.navy.mil

Eastern Shore Chapter ffis daUy routine of runffing a fleet. Even in ffis capacity as an Admiral, he recounted how using the 5 basic responses often facffitated ffiscussions wdth other semor Flag Officers.

The following alumni were m attendance: V A D M John Bird '77, C D R Tony Smith '82, C D R Nolan VUlarin '82, C A P T Alan Abramson '84, C D R David Suchyta '92, C D R Eric Bach '93, C D R Todd Gagnon '93, C D R Andy Gibbons '93, L C D R R o b Broffie '93, L C D R JUl Cesari '96, L C D R Brian Nowak '96, LT Sarah Rhoads '99, L C D R D e b Yusko '99, Brett EngUsh '00, LT R a y Gonzalez 0 1 , LTJG Michael Schenk '06, LTJG Nick H a m m '06, E N S Emmett Lamb '07, E N S Precious Wffite '07, E N S Lacey Savoie '08.

T h e Army-Navy game wiU be shown during the wee hours of 07 December 2008 ffi the Kuroffine Lounge, Officers Club,Yokosuka Naval Base. Cannon balls wUl be served in adffition to a ffice spread of breakfast and finger food.

Volunteers are beffig soUcited to fiU the officer positions. C o m e out and support your chapter!

G o Navy, Beat Army!

Kentucky (sec aiso oiuo) Louisville/Southern Indiana Chapter Captain Gregory Rdnhardt '79, USNR (Ret.) The US NavalAcademy Alumm Association Tokyo Bay Chapter held a luncheon on 09 October 2008 at Cafe Sbarro m Yokosuka Naval Base. V A D M J o h n Bird '77, Commander U.S. S E V E N T H F L T was the guest speaker Alumffi m attendance spanned four decades with the Class of 1993 havmg the most reps with a total of four VADM B u d discussed a wide range of topics and provided sage advice on waffighting reaffiness. H e often reflected back to ffis days at ffie Academy and h o w its mission provided a foundation for aU officers to start from. H e quoted famous Naval saymgs and mentioned h o w he stiU refers to R e e f Points m speeches and m

712 Talon Place, LouisviUe. KY 40223 E; captaingreg@insightbb.com; H: 502-244-7707

Louisiana New Orleans Chapter Pres: LCDR Daniel G. Musmanno '73, USNR 13295 Highway 23, BeUe Chase, LA 70037-4107 H: 504-656-7597; C: 504-717-6401 E: danmusnianno@cmaaccess.com

Maine Portland Chapter Jeffrey Peters '85 1 Sumac Dr., Brunswick ME 04011 H: 207-729-7306; W: 207-443-5576 E: jpeters@preri.com

President: CDR Doyle Winters '65, USNR (Ret.) P: 410-770-5270; doylew@1965.usna.com

Sec'y/Tteas: CDR Dave Lovdady, USN '66 (Ret.) P: 410-822-7748; DEL@DLoveladyNet 29425 Andrew Ln, Easton, MD 21601-6223

Frederick Chapter President: CDR WiUiam E. HaU, '74, SC, USN E; bhaU74@comcast.net

Secretary: Dan T.Altomare '88 E: AltomareDT@worldkitchen.com

Greater Southern Maryland Chapter Pres: Michael DeManns '73 Briscoe Cove, RO. Box 277, Compton, MD 20627 P: 301-476-7028;Website: htlp://www.navyalumni.oig

GSMC Leadership Luncheon Luminaries(l to r): RADM Gus Eggert '52, President Mike DeManns '73.

VADM Dave Venlet '76, VADM Brent Bennit '64, and RDML Scott Sanders '80.

T h e Greater Southern Maryland Chapter of the U S N A Alumm Association held our FaU Leadersffip Luncheon o n 14 October at the ffistoric Cedar Point Officers' Club, overlooking ffie Chesapeake Bay from aboard NAS Patuxent River, MD. Twenty-two members and guests gaffiered for a hearty meal and an inspiring adffiess from Brent B e n n i t t '64, retfred VADM and currendy ffie President, Wyle Aerospace Group, Lexington Park, M D .

V A D M Benffitt began ffis ffighly informative ffiscussion by giving us ffis personal defiffition of leadersffip: "the art of getting tffings done tffiough people."

H e made it abundandy clear that leadersffip is a people busmess, and that leadersffip skills are people skills. His blueprint for leadersffip success: * Thorough smdy of the problem * Gathering of the team

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CHAPTER NEWS * Empowermg ffie team (tffis is critical!) * Steppmg back and leffing ffiem go Through a series of tffiee personal sea stories fixim ffis naval career; ffie "revolution ffi naval aviation" developed witffin N-88 m ffie early 1980s, his first day on ffie job as AIRPAC, and ffie horrific 1988 ffight deck fire on NIMITZ whUe under ffis command, ffie Admiral outUned ffine traits ffiat, in ffis opimon, are absolutely crucial for a leader: 1. Personal mtegrity â&#x20AC;&#x201D;ffiefoundation of trust. Trust is hard to gain, very easy to lose, and nearly impossible to regam if lost.Wiffiout trust, ffiere can be no true leadersffip.

2. Respect for ffie mffividual. No two mffividuals are alike, and ffiere wiU always be differences of opiffion. But it is only through respect for ffie inffividual ffiat ffie team can buUt. 3. Appreciation for what ffie mffividual does.Tffis is not saymg "ffiank you" for an action. Raffier, it is recognizmg ffie strengths and weaknesses of ffie mffividual, recognizmg what each mffividual brmgs to ffie table, and acknowledgmg ffiat offier members of ffie team have strengffis ffiat ffie leader himself may not possess.

4.Accountabffity. In ffie Admiral's experience, this is much more common m ffie mffitary ffian m ffie civiUan world and because of its rarity there, it is much more appreciated m ffie civffian sector 5. Significant degree of techmcal competence. A leader does not have to be a subject matter expert, but he has to have more ffian just a basic level of understandmg to ensure ffiat what is being done wiU accomplish ffie mission of ffie team.

6. Commuffication. It is not enough for ffie leader to express ffis intent. It is ffis responsibffity to ensure that ffis intentions are fiiUy understood by members of the team. His question: "Did my point REALLY get across to my team?"

7. Patience. Driven people often faU short here - but m order to lead/empower, you have to trust your team, and to do that, you have to understand ffiem. That requires patience.

8.Teamwork. A leader recogffizes that accompUshments are the resiUt of the team, not him alone. However, ffie responsibffity does idtimately faU to ffim (see accountabffity).The good leader promotes ffie team in successes and takes responsibffity for setbacks.

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one, and ffien trusts ffiem to go forward.

OccasionaUy, a leader gets bit by misplacing trust - but ffiat's far less damagmg ffian not trusting.

President DeManm closed ffie meetmg wiffi our traffitional toast foUowed by a hearty chapter rendering of "Navy Blue & Gold".

The Chapter meets at 5pm on the second Tuesday each monffi at ffie St. James Pub just south of ffie Pax River base and aU alumffi are welcome. At tffis writmg, we're planffing our FaU Leadersffip Luncheon at ffie Cedar Point Officers' Club, on 14 October and our annual Midsffipmen Recogffition Mixer on 17 December.

Many of our members wiU be participating in ffie NAS Patuxent River "Eggs & Legs" Breakfast at Li'l Eva's and ffie annual Army-Navy P-rade and Pep RaUy on Friday 5 December The Chapter also sponsors an Army-Navy footbaU game party at ffie FUght Deck Lounge on base, where we'U aU be rootin' for ffie Big Blue Team on 6 December, so come out and join us.

We wiU also be hosting a Midsffipman Canffidate Mixer on 17 December to recogmze aU the youffi in ffie tri-coimty area who are pursffing appointments to ffie Naval Academy.

Don't forget to check out ffie Chapter website, www.navyaluniffi.org, for schedule updates and event details and coax a feUow alum to attend a Chapter event or become a member Beat Army!

Massachusetts Boston Chapter

Kevin S. Chincy '69 42 Curtis St., SomerviUe, MA 02144 R: 617-821-5879; E: ksclancy@mac.coni

September ffie Chapter held its annual FaU business ffinner at the Hanscom Air Force Base Officers' Club.

After some introductory remarks by Chapter President Kevin Clancy '69, acknowledging ffie presence of Heisman Trophy recipient Joe Bellino '61 among other comments, John Clifton '85 introduced our ffistinguished speaker The Chapter was honored to have as its feamred speaker ADM Steve Abbot '66, USN (Ret.) accompaffied by ffis lovely wife, Marjorie. Steve is currendy the President and CEO of the NavyMarine Corps ReUef Society. After mentioning two recent good reads, Lmiits of Power by Anffiew Bacevich and If By Sea by George Daughan, he spoke about

ffis observations on ffie current conffition of ffie Academy, ffis years on active duty as CO, Teddy Roosevelt, ComSbrthFlt and in the Pentagon as weU as helpmg to start up the Department of Homeland Security m 2003. He also spoke about current energy and knmigration poUcy and recent acffievements of the ReUef Society. He ffien fielded some penetrating questions.

Joe Bellino and Kevin Clancy

From left classmates Mike Field and Steve Abbot

From left Andy and Viviana Gnau and Marjorie and Steve Abbot

The event was very weU attended by earUest class alumnus, Richard Dennis '54, Mary Ann and Red Clevenger '57, Louis Cohen '59, GaU and Richard Davis '59, Albert Arcuni '60, Joe BelUno '61, Corresponffing Secretary Pete Seibert '65, MUke Field '66, Dawn and Kevin Clancy '69,Jim Kenney '69,Jodi Graul '70, James Hazlett '74, Secretary BiU NeUl '75, Robert Burns '75, Mike Darland '75, Jefla-ey Neufeld '76, Brendan Gray '77, Ann and WUl GUdner '80, Max MulhoUand '82, John Chfton '85, Daniel Pedro '86, Ramon Cancio '87, Paul Burkett '87, Lino Covarrubias '89, Robert Doherty '94, Viviana and Andy Gnau '95, Jason Cipriano '02 and Christie and PhiUp Johnson '07.

Don't forget to check ffie Keep checking theChapter web site Unked from ffie Alumffi Association website. Also check ffie Chapter web site calendar for upcommg

Ray Witter '64 was ffie guest of honor and speaker for the Twin Cities Navy BaU on O C T 11th; we had good alumni representation, as you see from the photo (2008 Navy BaU_l JPG).Thanks to the Uffiversity of Minnesota's N R O T C uffit, commanded by CART Duane Nestor '81, for leaffing tffis aimual traffition!

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Detroit, Ml Chapter Those attending the meeting included: seated from left Brent Ditzler '83, Marie Demet Plechash, Witter, and Udicious Couples Celebrating '89,Jim Acker '66, standing from left Chip Campbell '76, Mark Schramm '72, Mike Bennett, and Art Bryant '66.

Navy's Birthday

events such as ffie Army-Navy game party (this year at world famous Fenway Park again) , sffip visits. Navy League co-sponsored events, monthly Service Academy Business Network luncheons (usuaUy held in downtown Boston) and our own mondUy USNA No Host Social networkmg happy hours managed by Networkmg Secretary Chris Dunphy (again usuaUy held downtown Boston).

Beat Army!

Peter K. Seibert '65

Michigan Detroit Chapter Arthur WBryant '66 1811 HoUywood GiDsse Pointe Woods, MI 48236-1311 H: 313-885-2174; F: 313-881-2333 E: lynorart@comcast.net

On Wednesday 8 October 2008 we held our Chapter Monthly Luncheon at The Ten Eyke Tavern mThe Dearborn Inn. The subjects of Discussion rangedfiromour up-comuig Army-Navy game party wffich we now know wUl be at ffie BUrmmgham Athletic Club hosted tffis year by Army to ffie retUement of Mark Schramm '72 and Jim Acker '66, and Fred Botero '80 from Visteon, and our Op Info ffight.

Do not forget that Op Info, run by Mike Bennett the Blue and Gold Area Coordmator, wiU be on Tuesday, 30 December at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial Commimity Center. AU uiterested Alumffi and prospective canffidates and parents are encouraged to attend.

Gettmg the best and the brightest is what it is aU about.

We have lost a number of B&G Officen in the last few months due to out of state moves. If anyone is interested in becoming a B&G Officer please contact

Our board is working toward an "Other Chapter" Trustee Seat and expects to be more competitive tffis year, since our prior shortfaUs were in the areas of a website and Sffipmate pubUshed articles. If you haven't visited the recendy updated Upper Midwest Chapter Upper Midwest web site, here is the Unk: Pres: LtCol Alex Plechash '75, USMC (Ret.) http://wrww.usna.eom/Chapters/US/M 475 Highcroft Rd, Wayzata, MN 55391 N/UpperMidwest (comments welcome).

P: 952-473-0011; m: 612-801-8222 Thanks to Jon Gruen '97 for taking up E: AlexPlechash@mchsi.coni Shipmate Contact: CAPT Rick Udicious '75 the leadersffip of our website!

USNA's Men & Women Cross USNR P: 651-456-2900; m: 651-492-2390 Country Teams came to the U of MN in E: Richard.a.udicious@lmco.com SEP to participate in the annual Roy Griak invitational meet.Joining the Attenffing the O C T East Side Breakfast "Parents Club" were Steve Simpson were Alex Plechash '75, Jim Coulson '62, ffis wife Susan, Rob Everist '84 and '77, and Bob Christensen '80. Our ffis daughter Jiffiana, shown in the photo. guest speakers were the founder.

Also in SEP, several alumffi and Chairman and CEO of the Veterans spouses celebrated wdth Alex Plechash Iffitiative Center & Research Instimte, '75 at ffis daughter Amy's wedffing. In the estabUshed to assist Veteran entrepreneurs photo with Alex, ffis wife Deffise, and the wdth knowledge and tools they need to bride and groom are: Doug Menikheim succeed. They are seeking investors and/or '60 and ffis wife Mary Louise; Chip corporate sponsors; contact Jack Scharrett Sharratt '74 and ffis wife Jiffie KeUey; (952-913-3931, jscharrett@yahoo.com); NeU ToUefsrud '75 and ffis wdfe Debbie; or John Baker (651-773-4111, Rick Udicious '75 and ffis wife Deffise; jbaker@bakerwaddlaw. com).

Mike Bennett at mbbennett@comcast.net or at 1-586-468-7490. It is a very ftUfilUng experience.

Minnesota

Upper Mid West, MN Chapter USNA Women's Cross Country Team with some Family Members

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Albuquerque Chapter Henry WSchwartz '62 60 Sandia Haven Dr., Cedar Crest, NM 87008-9425 H: 505-286-8934 E: hwschwartz62@earthlink.net

Upper Mid West, MN Chapter Alex as Father of the Bride with Alumni Friends 8i Spouses

Ernie Leidiger '76 and ffis wdfe Jan; J i m C o u l s o n '77 and ffis wdfe Maggie; B o b Christensen '80; Peter Nickitas '82 and ffis wdfe Lynn.

Rick Udicious '75 had an interesting "meet and greet" during the R N C festivities, see if you recogmze him and ffie celebrity in ffie photo!

Rick Udicious and Bill Several chapter alumm attended ffie O'Reilly Navy - Air Force game but at press time we ffidn't have a Ust or photos.

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Mississippi South Mississippi Chapter Pres: CDR E. Spencer Garrett IV '88, USNR RO. Box 1792, Gautier, MS 39553 H: 228-497-5050; E: esgarrett44@aol.com

Secretarry: Harry J.Rucker E: navynoniad50@caldeone.net

Missouri Greater Kansas City Metro Chapter President: Mr. Charles M. Stevens U '73 chuck_stevens@l 973.usna.com

St. Louis Chapter President: Jay Butka '90

Dave Turnbaugh '89, and Steve West '92. B Z to JUn Checkett and John Hueseman for pulling tffis togeffier on short notice.

Founders Day was held Samrday, October 18th at 6pm at Carmines in downtown St. Louis. R A D M Gary Jones, U S N , U S N A '75, a Naval Aviator, and currendy Commander, Naval Education and Traiffing C o m m a n d was the guest speaker Thanks to Marc PurceU '75 for securing the speaker and to Jim Checkett '64 for the ffinner detaUs. More to come on tffis in the next issue of Sffipmate.

M A R K Y O U R C A L E N D A R S for Army Navy FootbaU on Samrday, December 6ffi, kickoff at 1 lam. Dark Ages wiU be held at CJ Muggs in Webster Groves ffie eveffing of Samrday, March 7th. O u r Memorial Day Remembrance service wUl be held at lOani on May 23rd, and the annual picffic wUl be held next July 25th.

Hope to see you at Army Navy FootbaU. Mark your calendar for Dark Ages. Watch for detaUs on ffie chapter website: http://www.usna.com/Chapters/ US/MO/Sd.ouis/default.hmi

Montana Intermountain

Navy alum gathered at Fandango's on Samrday Oct 4th to watch Navy clean up on Air Force. In attendance were D i c k Padberg '54, Raese S i m p s o n '61, John Boley '63, Larry Meyer '67,Jim Checkett '64, B o b Berger '70, Terry CouncUor '70, R o n HUl '70, Skip Giessing '73, John H u e s e m a n '78, Rick Roustio '78, Greg Hightaian'80, Matt McCroary '81,

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E: herbertrichter@msn.com www.usna.com/chapters/us/nm/

T h e faU season has brought about a period of renewed activity for our chapter, though tffis article preceeds ffie onset.

As of tffis v^riting, some 30 alumffi, faiffily and friends are scheduled to join at our new footbaU host estabUshment, ffie Fox and H o u n d , to watch the Air Force game.

We vwU also meet there for ffie Notte Dame and Army games and hopefiiUy a bowl game.

O u r offier big O c t o b e r event, on ffie 22nd, is a dinner at Pappadeaux restaurant where we wUl be honored to have the Vice Chairman of the NavalAcademy Foundation Board ofTrustees, LTGEN KUmp, as our guest speaker. We look forward to tffis oppormffity to become aware of ffie latest events influencing the development of today's naval officers, as weU as gaiffing insights as to h o w we can best serve foundation goals.

We look forward to ffie active months ahead. BEAT ARMY!!!

NewYork Capital District Chapter GeneWGriesau '75 216 Woodlawn Ave., Albany, NY 12208 H: 518-482-3370; E: gwgriesau@gocontec.com

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E: jay.a.butka@1990.usna.com Omaha Chapter Vu:ePKS.& Cones. Sec'y: Cordd "Rock" Harris '88CAPT Alan R. More '62, USN (Ret.) E: nombre7@gniaiI.coni Web site: usna.com/Chapters/US/MO/StLouis /default.htm

Secretary: Herb Richter '59

2510 Nottingham Dr., BeUevue, NE 68123-1959 E: .ilan.more@1962.usna.com

Secretary: LCDR Matthew Finney '93, USN C: 402-541-6398; E: mdfinncy@yahoo,coni

Nevada Southern Nevada Chapter President: Bradley Carlson '91 2246 Darwin Cin:le, Henderson, NV 89014 (H) 702-433-7248; (M) 702-812-2783 E: bc.irlson@goidc.com

Central New York Chapter President: CDR Stephen J Benson '80, USN 8371 S.ilt Springs Rd., Manilus, NY 13104

Secretary: Michael T. Keville E: niickvl@twcny.rr.coni

T h e C N Y chapter held its October 2008 meeting at ffie "Traffitions" restaurant on the Links at Erie VUlage. Speaker for ffie event was General Jack W. KUmp (ret.), former Marme Corps Deputy Commandant for Manpower & Reserve Affairs and current V i c e - c h a i r m a n of the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association.

General KUmp provided a detailed update on the Naval Academy on a broad array offix>ntsincluffing ffie latest upgrades m facUities, ffie mitiatives of Supermtendent

Vice Admiral Jeffiey Fowler, and the trends in performance of graduates in acadenUc as weU as mffitary endeavors. H e also provided a detaUed profile of ffie most recent incoming class of 2012.

North Carolina Cape Fear Chapter Pres: CAPT Walter N Flippin III '75 USNR (Ret.) 132 King Arthur Drive, Wihnington, NC 28403 H: 910-256-6289; svalt75@beUsouth.net

Sec'y: CAPT Charles WR. von Radesky U '61, USN (Ret.) 3916 Pepperberry Lane, Southport, NC 28461-8481 H: 910-454-4097; E:CVONRADESKY@ec.rr.com

Shipmate contact: Mr. James Welch '52 1160 Arboretum Drive,Wihnington, NC 28405 H: 910-256-5489; E:jimlyne28@msn.com

CNY chapter President Stephen Benson 80, Mai. Gen. Klimp, and past CNY chapter President Steve Erb '68 T h e Navy's nuclear-powered submarine, USS N o r t h CaroUna (SSN 777), was enjoy dinner at October CNY chapter luncheon.

brought to life 3 May, 2008 during a comrmssioning ceremony held in its namesake state at the Port ofWUimngton. Members of ffie Cape Fear chapter played sigffificant roles during tffis comrffissioffing week.

C A P T D a v e S c h e u '67 played the most sigffificant role serving as Co-Chair of the comrffissioffing committee for aU of the week's events in adffition to hosting a CNY chapter President Stephen Benson '80 presents a gift of appreciation to Maj. General Klimp prayer breakfast on BB 55 USS N o r t h following his infonmative presentation.

CaroUna on Sunday, 4 May, the day after the commissiomng. At its comrffissioffing, The C N Y chapter meets bi-monthly, the new USS N o r t h CaroUna was wiffi next meetmg schedffied for commanded by Capt. Mark Davis.

December 6th for the Army-Navy footCapt Scheu attended the change of baU game. There wiU be a local party at command ceremony for SSN 777 on ffie Cavalry Club m ManUus NY. Alumffi 8 September in Norfolk,VA. Skipper visitmg or Uvmg ffi tffis area can find out Mark Davis had been able to move the more about the chapter and coming ceremony from Groton, C T since most of events by emailing President Steve Benson the plankowners coffid not get to Groton.

'80, sjbens80@aol.com, or secretary Mick ReUeving Mark Davis as Commanffing KeviUe '74, rffickvl@twcny.rr.com.

Officer was C D R W e s Schlauder '91.

Guest speaker was R e p . Mike Mclntyre Metro New York Chapter (NAANY) President: Robert Black '63 w h o had played a major role in getting 24W.RailroadAve.,#115,TenaflyNJ 07670 the comrffissioffing to WUmington, N C .

P: 201-569-8925; E: RABlack@1963.usna.com However, the most important part of the Vice Pres. and Webmaster: Tom Williams '88 change of command ceremony was the E: Tom_2500@msn.com; Website: www.naany.org 50 lb of Jackson's B B Q plus their special HotLine: 1-800-234-USNA (-8732) slaw and secret sauce wffich Dave Scheu Western New York Chapter brought to the ceremony at the request of CAPT Nelson A. Blish '69, USNR (Ret.) the crew!

3840 EastAve., Rochester, NY 14618-3729 A number of chapter members led by H: 716-248-9739; E: nel50n.bUsh@kodak.com C A P T Walt FUppin '75 attended the N a v y / W a k e Forest game and, of course, were very pleased with the results. O u r board is working on the detaUs for tffis year's A r m y / N a v y festivities.

Early in September, our special project, the Ashley Center celebrated another graduation as a Navy veteran completed his 18 m o n t h program and now has employment as a welder T h e chapter presented him with a gift certificate to for the New Year \ commend ffim on his accompUshment. from your T h e Asffiey Center director was very Alumni Association appreciative of the Chapter's support of & Foundation the program through volunteer efforts and

Best Wishes

Happy Holidays

donations to help the residents. Members of the chapter recently donated toUetries and telephone caUing cards wffich are a benefit because new residents usuaUy have no way to notify famiUes of what they are doing and where they are Uving.

Chapter events planned for the remainder of 2008 include: Asffiey Center Graduations Navy vs. Notre Dame game event 15 November Navy vs. Army game event 6 December T h e Chapter continues its practice of holding bi-montUy luncheon meetings at Cape Fear Country Club in Wilmington.

For information contact Walt FUppin e:walt75@beUsouth.net Charlotte Chapter President: Michael Foumier '88 P: 704-533-2860; E:niichael@hvingcharlotte.com

Eastern North Carolina Chapter President: Rob Skrotsky '67 PO Box 778, New Bern, NC 28562 H: 252-514-0299; E: crskrotsky@earthlink.net

Vice President: Rick Kunkel '67 P: 910-455-6280; E: rkunkel@ec.rr.com

Secretary: Tim Marvin '59 PO Box 731, Kure Beach, NC 28449-0731 E: tmarvin@eartliUnk.net

Treasurer: Jim St John 'S3 601 Doral Ct., New Bern, NC 28562 H: 252-636-1977; E: saindink@always-onhne.com

Minutes for Founders Day, Saturday, September 20,2008 T h e members of the Eastern N o r t h CaroUna Chapter of the Uffited States Naval Academy Alumffi Association held their monthly meeting on Samrday eveffing September 20,2008, at the Chelsea Restaurant in N e w Bern, N C .

T h e meeting was the Founders Day ffinner, a celebration marking the beginffing of the chapter's seventh year and the estabUshment of the Naval Academy. T h e ffinner and social hour was held in the upstairs meeting room of Chelsea's amid great interest in the progress of the Navy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Rutgers footbaU game.

R o b Skrotsky, '67, ffie chapter president, was the master of ceremomes. H e caUed the meeting to order and welcomed the guests, noting the seffior class represented

by Ken H o g e , 1950 and A m b r o s e McCoy, 1950, and the juffior classes attenffing Maia Molina-Schaefer, 2005 and N i c k ManweUer, 2006. Several rounds of hearty toasting foUowed. R i c k Kunkel, '67, the chapter vice-president, led a prayer and blessing.

Others attenffing were HeUen Hoge, Patricia McCoy, Ann Kunkel, Chris Skrotsky, Bobbie and Pete C o n z e l m a n , December 2008

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After ffinner was completed, the guest speaker was inttoduced. Ms Kay WUUams is the Director of theTryon Historic Sites and Gardens m N e w Bern. She gave a very mterestmg and informative presentation about the restoration of the coloffial era British governor's mansion, gardens and offier ffistorical areas. She ffiscussed ffimre ffirection of the ffistorical sites and the new interactive museum and developments on the N e w Bern waterfront. Ms WUUams also related plans for the palace interaction wiffi the new Bern 300 year celebration activities in 2010 and concluded ffie discussion wiffi a short question and answer session.

FoUowing ffie adffiess, the chapter presented Ms WUUams wiffi a " G O NAVY'banner.

Capt Skrotsky concluded ffie eveffing noting ffimre meetings in October and November then smging of "Navy Blue & Gold".

Cleveland Chapter CAPTA.O.

Rule UI '50, USNR (Ret.)

90 Pheasant Run, Chagrin FaUs, O H 44022 H: 440-247-4379; W: 440-247-5100 Ext328 E: ruleIll@aol.coni

Columbus/Central Ohio Chapter Charles Hoffman '69 281 Glenn Drive SW, Pataskala, OH 43062-8675 E: chuckh@chuck5ite.con1

Toledo Chapter David B. Puckett '63 5051 Chatham VaUey Rd.,Toledo, OH 43615-1107 E: dpuckett@buckeye-express.com

Oklahoma Oklahoma City Chapter COL LE "Buck" Bonifayjr '60, USA (Ret.) 920 Riviera Dr., Norman, OK 73072 H: 405-360-8147; E: BBONIFAY@COX.NET

Tulsa Chapter CDR Harry V Rouse IV '77, USN (Ret.) 2623 East 33 Pl.,Tulsa, OK 74105-2334 H: 918-748-8650; E: HVRouse@aol.coni

Oregon Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter CAPT R. Tim Myers '64, USN (Ret.) 3766 Lanewood Rd., Lake Oswego, O R 97035 H: 503-697-0865; E: tobymaggiel@aol.com http://usna.com/Chapters/US/OR

Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Chapter William E. Otto '71 4105 Tartan Ct.,Murrysville, PA 15668-1045 E: figaro4105@aol.com

Philadelphia Chapter President: Kerr Smith ' 72 1209 Morgan Ave., Diexel HiU, PA 19026-3330 P: 215-844-4057; E: ksniith@pcs-inc.biz niembei5@usnaphil.com; events@usnaphilcom webma5ter@usnaphil.com; Web site: www.usnaphil.coni

Shipmate News Input:Tim Farrell '76 E: tfarreU76@yahoo.com

T h e PhUadelpffia Sports Congress has asked for our Chapter's participation m the Red,'White and You P r o g r a m , a Commuffity Outteach Program wffich inttoduces minority ffigh school smdents to the many oppormffities offered by ffie service academies. Sponsorsffip conttibutions support tffis terrffic program whUe rewarffing ffie sponsor with great seats at the Army-Navy Game m PhUadelpffia on December 6, 2008. If you are interested m participating in tffis program, please Lew Diley '54 cuts the cake for the Tulsa Chapter Founder's Day. contact Kerr S m i t h '72 at smiffis Piedmont Chapter drexelhiU@yahoo.com for more mformation.

President: LCDR Patrick S. Love '72, USN (Ret.) 1618 Wedgewood Dr., Graham, N C 27253-4431 Eric Z e r p h y '90, Sabrina Zerphy H:336-227-0335; E: plove001@triad.rr.com '90, R o r y Tucker '96, Katherine Tucker, and Kerr S m i t h '72 gaffiered at North Carolina Triangle Chapter Baggataway's Tavern,W Conshohocken, President: Brandan M. Kot '87 PA, and watched Navy's G R E A T victory 5014 Picardy PI, Raleigh, NC 27612-3120 H: 919-787-6764; E: Bkot@nc.rr.com over Air Force on October 4ffi.

Secretary: CDR WiUiam B. Pearce, Jr. '78 USNR R i c h Olszewski '96 has orgaffized 5021 Casland Dr., Raleigh, NC 27604-5105 informal montffiy Chapter Social events Lew Diley '54 and Dave Red '63 at the Tulsa Chapter H: 919-250-4492; E: Wbpearce4@aol.com which you have been announced in Founder's Day. Western North Carolina Chapter recent emaU blasts. T h e first one was held T h e Tulsa Chapter celebrated the 163rd Secretary /Treasurer: Ken Granzin '58 atTir Na N o g in center City Pffiladelpffia H: 828-890-4246; E: granzin@brinet.com anffiversary of the founffing of ffie Naval on October 14th.The next Chapter Academy a day early, with a get together Social wiU be held on Veterans' Day, at TeKai's restaurant.

November 1 Iffi, 5:30 p m to 8:30 pm. at O u r seffior alumnus present was L e w T h e Great American Pub, 4 West Ave., Upper Midwest Chapter DUey '54, w h o lead the cake cutting.

Wayne, PA 19087; (610) 964-9535.

See Minnesota We were joined by D a v e R e i f '63 T h e event is " n o host' and reqffires no and Harry R o u s e '77. Also joining us, cover charge. Please eniaU Rach at with his debut appearance after moving to r.i.olszewski@gniail.coni if you plan to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Chapter the Tulsa area was Ryan D e M i k '97. We attend. R i c h uses the information to give CAPT Gerald R Motl '68, USNR (Ret.) were also pleased to host Rose Dixon, the venue an estimate of expected atten9825 Gateclub Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45241-3827 wife of BiU D i x o n '75 and Katie and dees.You wiU not be charged anything if a H: 513-769-4556; E: gerrymod@fiise.net David Johnson, parents of Taylor Johnson, last minute change in your schedffie keeps Sec'y.Shane Crase '94 '09, w h o survived his Nuclear Rower 1188 CannonbaU Way Independence, KY 41051 you from attenffing.You are encouraged interview and wUl be going submarines.

H: 859-363-3467; W: 513-977-8495; to bring your spouse or significant other E: c-crase@insightbb.com We look forward to seeing you there.

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If your car is registered in Pennsylvaffia, but doesn't have a U S N A Ucense plate, please visit our website: http://usnaphU.com, or caU T i m Farrell '76 at eiffier 610-4550201 or 484-919-8087, for information on how to purchase your Ucense plate.

If you are interested in joiffing the PhUadelpffia Chapter, please maU your dues, $15 for one (1) year or $25 for ffiree (3) years, payable to " U S N A AA PhUadelpffia" to JeffWebb '95,126 Sutton Rd,Ardmore, PA 19003.Your dues are good for a year or tffiee years fix)m ffie date you pay.Your chapter dues support ffie Chapter's very active canffidate recrmtment programs.

BACHELOR SYRI^CUSE

Philippines Philippines Chapter President:Jose "Roy"Roilo

Golez '70

4/F Crowntop Condominium Ortigas Ave., Greenhills, San Juan H: 726-8134 917-539-5095 (NSC) 927-6271; fa.x: 928-6029 E: gogo@golez.com

Secretary:Vincent Sibala '93 O/N-l H Q Philippine Navy (pma92) 2335 Raxas Blvd., Manila P: 919-354-5846; E: pasrikn@hotmail.com

Recreational Vehicle American Chapter CAPT James N. Roberts '59, USN (Ret.) 152 Sprir^;lake5 Dr., Martmez, GA 30907 H: 706-860-6430; E:Jrobe92528@aol.com

Sec'y: Charlie Norton '62 E: cknjr@verizon.net

Treasurer: Glenn Shindler '64 4530 Lasheart Dr., La Canada, CA 91011 E: gshin(Uer64@earthlink.net

Shipmate inputs to: Susan Norton E: susan3242(^verizon.net

Website: http://www.usnarv.org Here's aU the news from the Ouray, Colorado, comearound; my thanks to firsties Faye and V i c Sharpe '48 for their outstanding after-action report.

Many of the attendees arrived a day or two early, and an i m p r o m p m happy hour was arranged at T h e Secret Garden, the bed-and-breakfast h o m e ofVic's daughter Sara. Sara opened her h o m e to our group for aU happy hours as weU as several meals; now our normal facffities seem almost Uke rougffing it!

The first scheduled gathering was a briefii^ at ffie Ouray Visitor Center, where a very knowledgeable volunteer answered questions about the area and the activities avaUable. This was foUowed by the ffist official happy hour and a dirmer hosted by Vic and Faye, agam at T h e Secret Garden.

Afterwards, we heard a presentation by two members of the Ouray Historical Society,

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George Moore and Walt RiUe. Aided by sUdes, these speakers described the ffistory of the area, detaUs on ffie geology and gold and sUver miffing, and the Victorian strucmres m Ouray, wffich date back to the late 19th cenmry T h e next day, most of the group headed by carpool to the Black Canyon of the Gunffison National Park, one hour north of Ouray. After a ranger presentation and a movie at the visitor's center, we drove the South R i m Drive, stopping at several overlooks to admire the scenery.

T h e group scattered for lunch and shopping, meering again at 1430 at the Ouray Historical Museum, described by the Smithsoffian Institution as "the best Uttle museum m the West." We were led through three floors of fascinating exffibits by an enthusiastic volunteer; included were a hospital operating room as had been in the buUding in the 1800's, ranch and raUroad ffistory, a simulated mine, mineral and gem coUections, antique quUts, and much more. T h e n it was back to Sara's for happy hour and the Navy/BaU State footbaU game.

Saturday and Sunday were basicaUy free days, as group members chose the activities which most interested them.

BiU Bradford led a brief business meeting, where V i c Sharpe '48 was proclaimed oldest member in attendance, and P e t e D a b b i e r i and D o n W i g i n g t o n '67, the youngest. O n Sunday, many attended the Ouray Episcopal Church; at the end of the service, the priest announced that the traditional benediction would be replaced by the "Navy Hymn." N o dry eyes!

O h , yes. Food. Samrday night, dinner was at a local restaurant. T h e Bistro at

BiUy Goat Gruff's. And on Sunday, our almost-world-famous pot luck!

Monday was the BIG day of the comearound. At 0845 on the dot, two large open-air Jeeps with 2 guides and 18 members of the group left Ouray and headed UP, a trip into yesteryear in the beauty and splendor of the majestic San Juan mountains. T h e first stop on tffis sUghdy bumpy, five-hour tour was at the Imogene Pass summit at 13,114 feet with the remams of Fort Reabody close by. T h e guides announced that we could take a bathroom break, but there were no bathrooms. DetaUs. Use your imaginations, it was fonny. We gazed at the ski slopes and the airport at TeUuride, then reboarded the Jeeps and started down hiU. N e x t stop, the ghost town of Tomboy; tffis was one of the richest gold rffiffing operations in N o r t h America from the 1880s to the 1920s. Here we enjoyed our box lunches, then reversed course for short side trips to look at the R e d Mountains and Camp Bird Mine. In a total reversal of ambiance, dinner was gracious and elegant, prepared and served at the bed and breakfast by Sara and several of her friends. Sorry I don't have room to report the whole menu, but it would cause readers to gain at least two pounds.

T h e last foU day of the comearound began with carpooUng to the BachelorSyracuse Mine. After waiting for repair of a mechaffical faUure (wffich always makes one wonder), we went 1800 feet down into the rffine; there we heard a short presentation about the mine's history, and certaiffiy came to appreciate the hardsffips endured by miners.

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CHAPTER NEWS On our final morffing, we were met not by the sunshine of the rest of our stay, but by misty rain. Our continental breakfast at The Secret Garden gave us a chance to bid our fareweUs and to fiU our tummies with a bit of nourishment to fuel us as we headed our RVs down the road.

"Fair winds and foUowing seas;"until we meet again.

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@nisn.com

For those Alumni just passing through the area, we usuaUy meet on the last Tuesday of Sept-Nov and Jan-June. Spouses, friends and other service academy grads are always welcome. WhUe we encourage membersffip, those who are offiy here for a short time are most welcome to attend our meetings without joiffing our chapter. < « Out September speaker was RJ\DM Scott Burhoe, Superintendant of the Umted States Coast Guard Academy in New London Connecticut. Adrffiral Burhoe gave us a comprehensive talk about the mission of the Coast Guard and the Coast Guard Academy. He discussed in most interesting detaU the assets of the Guard, and how that compared with the assets avaUable to carry out that mission.

Although the Coast Guard now comes under the umbreUa of the department of Homeland Security, in times of war, it would become an asset of the Navy Department, just as it has been in years past. As part of Homeland Security, the Coast Guard's mission includes enforcement of US law — an authority that does not extend to Defense Department components. The Service has an active duty strength of 40,000 men and women - a force smaUer than the NewYork City Police department.They have 95,000 mUes of coastUne to protect as weU as 361 ports. Since 9/11, the Coast Guard has had responsibffity for port security — a massive job when you consider that 90 percent of US trade travels by sea. The Coast Guard has also been participating in Iraq, where their responsibUities include guarding oil platforms and traiffing the Iraqi Navy, which is reaUy more like a Coast Guard,

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The Coast Guard Academy has a population of 1000 cadets, with an entry class of approximately 300. UnUke the other Service Academies, admission is not based on Congressional appointments.

Prospective attendees subrffit detaUed applications, wffich are reviewed by an Evaluation Board, which forwards its recommendations to the Dean of Adrffissions for the final decision. Just Uke the other Service Academies, the competition to gain an appointment is rigorous and highly competitive.

Admiral Burhoe's taUc was enthusiasticaUy received and the Q & A period was lively.

Joining us for the evening were Jack & Mary Burney USMA '46; Wirt Thayer & Mary Soares and Earle & Mary Trickey '47; Frank & Maggie Snyder '48; Roger & Muriel Buck '50;Tom Lyons '52;Jim & Anne Hogg '56; Ben Katz & Katie Ahearne '57 and their guests Ron & Sandee Berffier;Jim & Bobbi Wright and Chet & Debbie Kunz '58; Peter Tarpgaard '59;Joe & Barbara Strasser '63';Tom Fedyszyn '69; Ben Maida '04; LCDR Rach Wester USCG; and Chapter guests from the Naval Academy Prep School, Midshipmen Candidates TUnoffiy Copare and Gregory McMUUan. » > Welcome Aboard To new Associate Member Barbara PUUng. Barbara's husband Don '65 passed away in May 2008. Barbara summers in Portsmouth RI and spends the winter in Vienna Virgima Coming Attraction Our November speaker wiU be Captain Michel Porier '83, Commanding Officer Naval Station Newport. There's a lot happeffing on the Base right now and tffis wUl be a great opportumty for us to get up to speed < « Our October meeting wUl be held on Tuesday 28 October at the Officer's Club.

Enjoy sea stories from 1815 untU 1900 and then feast on GriUed Rib Eye Steak or Boursin Cfficken Our guest speaker wiU be Rhode Island Supreme Court ChiefJustice Frank WUUams. Judge WiUiams' avocation is the study of Abraham Lincoln. I wouldn't be at aU surprised ifJudge WiUiams spends some time comparing the wartime decisions facing President Lincoln with those faced by President George W Bush. This has aU the earmarks of being one of those special evenings that you just don't want to rmss Judge WiUiams is a Cranston RI native and an Army ROTC graduate from Boston

University. He served for three years in Germany and in December 1965 transferred to Vietnam where he was an advisor to the 33rd ARVN Inf Division. His numerous miUtary awards include three air medals and the Bronze Star After separating from the service in 1967, he attended Boston University Law School and was in private practice in Providence RI for 25 years. He was selected as a Superior Court Judge in 1995 and in 201 was confirmed as RI's 50th ChiefJustice.

In 2003, he was invited to be a member of the then MUitary Comrffissions Review Panel for tribunals to be held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba with the rank of Major General.

In 2007 he was appointed as Cffief Judge of the Mffitary Commission review.

Chief Justice WUUams is a recogmzed authority on the Ufe and times of Abraham Lincoln. He is the author and effitor of over 13 books and lecmres widely. He also teaches at the Naval War CoUege and is an Adjunct Professor at Roger WiUiams University Law School Speaker Schedule 2008-09 Date—Speaker—Subject— Menu 25 Nov—CO, NAVSTA NEWPORT—Capt Mike Porier— Mango Cfficken or Prime Rib 27 Jan—International N C C Student—(Speaker TBA)—^BeefTips on Nooffies or Baked Smffed Sole 24 Feb—Ambassador Mary Ann Peters—New Provost at Naval War CoUege—^Baked Salmon or Beef Kabobs 31 Mar—Prof Steve Emerson, NWC; Subj:"Africa"—^Baked Stuffed Shrimp or Rib Eye 28 Apr—Frank Lennon USMA '64— USS SARATOGA (CV 60) Project—Seafood Newberg Cfficken Cape Cod 26 May—Navy's Women's Basket BaU Head Coach (Tentative)—Stefame Pemper GrUled Shrunp or Cfficken Marsalla 30 June—RADM Wenffi Carpenter New Commander NWDC, or Superintendant or Commandant USNA (Unconfirmed)—Baked Salmon or Prime Ribs of Beef Bennett D. Katz (hecat57@msn.com) Corresponding Secretary

South Carolina Charleston Chapter CDR H. Richard Stein '82, USNR (Ret.) 784 Preservation PI., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464-5196 H: 843-856-6591; E: rstein@sandlappergroup.com

Picture taken during our group watcffing the Navy-Duke game.

South Carolina Midlands Chapter President: LCDR James T.Johnson, Jr. '92, USNR 1612 Crestwood Dr., Columbia, SC 29205-3208 H: 803-799-5302; E: johnsonthomas@bellsouth.net Web site: www.usna.com/chapters/us/sc/midlands

Secretary: Katie Hirsch E: nikh5325@aol.coni

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T h e Palmetto Chapter of SC is having a busy FaU. Several of our members attended the N a v y / D u k e footbaU game /.eft fo Right Loe Markesano '47, Patrick Livesay '08, Haley Livesay Rick Stein '82, Robin Stein, Jim and more than 40 of our members wiU Flatley '56, Bob Boyle '59, Nancy Flatley, Bob Keller attend the broadcast of the Navy/Air '90, Ruth Anne Keller, and Frank Peacock '70.

Force game in downtown GreenvUle. Tffis gathering wUl be a good warm up for the The Charleston Chapter meets on the 3rd annual Navy/Army game wffich pits area Monday of each monffi at 11:30AM at AnnapoUs famffies in a friendly rivalry The Pomt GrUl, part of ffie O m a r Sffime with West Point famffies in downtown Temple, near Pattiot's Point in M o u n t GreenvUle. O u r next formal meeting wiU Pleasant. N o reservation required. be held in November where we wUl Low Country Chapter ffiscuss next year's schedule of events, UCol James O. Gay '79 USMCR the Yahoo e-commuffity progress, and 9 Oak HUl Lane, Blufiton, SC 29910-6121 potential commumty service projects.

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President: CAPT Steven K. Crowe '77, USNR (Ret.) 103 Carnoustie Point, Knoxville,TN 37934 H: 865-675-5560; E: stevekcrowe@att.net

Secretary-Treasurer: CAPT Mark Kohring '73, USNR (Ret.) E: kohringniw@ornl.gov website: kor.tridentsource.com/home /tabid/74/defaut.aspx

Memphis Chapter Paul Schuhlein '85 USNR 2176 Glenbar Dr., Gerniantown,TN 38139-5418 P: 901-751-2225; E: Pschuhlein@yahoo.com

Nashville Chapter CDR John F. Ohlinger '69, USN (Ret.) 880 Lakemont Dr., NashvUlcTN 37220-2124 H: 615-370-1441 ;W: 615-594-7628 E: John.ohlinger@usna.1969.com

H: 843-815-5705; E:jimplus5@hargraycom

Palmetto Chapter Wesley M. Boyce '89 108 Water MUI Rd, Greer.SC 29650 E: wesboyce@bellsouth.net

Andy Cassity (83) also reported that he attended ffis 25th U S N A graduation reuffion. There was a great mrnout and also a footbaU win over Rutgers! H e and Kathy were able to visit with some of his company sffipmates (see picmre of R o b Sauer, MikeVormbroke, Carl Lee, Rack Scffieke, Carl Wagner, Andy Cassity, and Steve Lewia) as weU as ffis daughter, Elaine Cassity (09).

Class of'83

Our chapter has a few tffings in the mix.

Our next formal meetmg is N o v 14, but I wUl unashameffiy but together a couple of items related to my class reumon and my son's (who is also a chapter member) graduation from Navy Dive School.

Here we go (I hope this isn't too seU"-serving, but I am strapped for photos and "copy" tffis month!)....

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T h e last bit of chapter news is that Drew Cassity (08) after graduating from U S N A in May has just completed Navy Dive School in Panama City, FL (see picture) and then reported to E O D School in Destin, FL where he wiU be for the next 10 months.

As always, please caUWes Boyce at 864-848-4825 or emaU ffim at wesboyce@beUsouth.net with chapter news or questions on joiffing our chapter!

Have a Fine Navy Day!

Texas Alamo Chapter President: CAPT Ron A. Sandoval '81 USN 18010 Keystone BIf San Antonio,TX 78258-3436

Please send Shipmate Submissions and all correspondences to: Secretary: Dave Driskell '63 RO.Box 461564,SanAntomo,TX 78246-1564 E: info@alamogoats.org

T h e Alamo Chapter held our September meeting on September 19 at Joe's Crab Shack. O u r guest speaker was R A D M Donald K. BuUard, U S N (RET). H e spoke to us on the ffistory and role of his last command. Naval Expeditionary Combat C o m m a n d ( N E C C ) . N E C C was formed out of exigent requirements stemming from the war on terror. These guys are the stuff out of a Vince Flynn novel.

T h e organization is a combination of Special Ops, Intel, Boat Ops and civU protection. They can deploy from land or sea and the operational compUment for any given rffission is varied according to the mission. Fascinating stuff and RjyVlD BuUard was in on the founding. It is both erffightening and comforting to know our mffitary leaders are flexible and responsive to the ever changing battle field.

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CHAPTER NEWS Austin Chapter RADM William A. Heine '62, USNR (Ret.) 8704 Blue Creek Cv, Ausrin,TX 78735-1431 H: 512-327-5619; E: bheine@adte.xa5.com

Corresponding Secretary: Don McAlister '63 H: 512-365-7068; E: don.mcahster@skyvueu5a.com

Austin chapter meetings are held at 11:30 am on ffie fourffi Tuesday of each monffi at Marie CaUender's, 9503 Research Blvd.

Linda and Bill Penn '83 in appropriate attire. # 4 0 0 m Austin. AU U S N A graduates and ffieir spouses Ui ffie Austm area are mvited to participate. Reservations are not required.

We had 15 people at ffie September meeting. Attending were: Bruce SulUvan '48, Leighton Palmerton '50, John Tyler '57, Pete Baker '57, Joe Wright '59, Gary Chapel '61, Steve Hyde '66,John Rogers '70, Carl CAPT Sandoval'81 with RADM IRET) Bollard Inskeep '71,John Peskuric '74, Mark Middleton '81, Scott Murray '90, Hannon Murray '92, Jeff Block '94 and David Woolsey '02. Rebecca ChUton, moffier of ffie guest speaker and Kay Roberts,Westwood High School coumelor, were guests.

After a qffick review of ffie Navy-Rutgers game, Logan ChUton, recipient of one of Tom Cahill 76, David Rhoiney '07, Radm Bollard andthe Chapter's two scholarsffips to Summer CAPT Sandoval Seminar, talked about ffis experience at U S N A . Logan has expressed an interest m Second only to ffie compeUing speaker gaiffing an appomtment to ffie Academy. was ffie welcome to four new members: His moffier and Westwood High School D a v i d R h o i n e y '07, Linda and BiU counselor joined ffim for ffie luncheon.

P e n n '63, BUI Hippie '52, and KeUy T h e annual FaU Golf Event was held Taylor '00. Others m attendance at ffie early in O c t o b e r Winners to be meetmg were: Richard Boggs '83,Tom announced next monffi., CahUl '76, Dave DriskeU '63, Pat and Gene Flesher '61, D o n Free '78, Leroy Haenze '58,Jim Kiehle '62,John McKeown '52 wdffi his daughter Carolyn CastiUion, Ruffi and J.K. MUiton '66, WUl Morris '82, CAPT R o n Sandoval '81, Dick Trippe '59 and Ron's guest C D R Vince Qffidachay w h o is slated to take over ffie Jr. N R O T C uffit at Srmthson VaUey ffigh school.

W h e n you get tffis issue of Sffipmate (December) we may have already won ffie C I C Trophy for the sixth straight time. We just knocked off AFA last week.

We have tentatively set our annual 'Presidents Open House'for December 19.

Stay alert for ffie exact time. The local parents club wiU be finaUzing plans for the AU Academies BaU, normaUy scheduled on or about 31 D e c e m b e r Alumni are encouraged to attend tffis event, especiaUy those ffiat are the class of 1959 to emphasize/ support the "Link in ffie Chain" for the class of 2009.

Alamo Chapter meets on the tffird Friday of the month. We may be changing locations soon so watch your e-maU and maU box. G O NAVY!! B E A T A R M Y !!

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North Texas Chapter Mr. James M. Bethmann '77, USNR 504 Byron Court, Irving, TX 75038 W: 214-706-7713; E: jbedimann@heidrick.com

LCDR Kurt Metcalf '91, USNR 13108 Hermitage Lane, Frisco,TX 75035 H: 972-712-1540; M: 214-578-4127 E: kurt.metcalf@1991.usna.com Web site: www.usnaaa-ntx.com

September 2,2008 T h e U S N A A A Norffi Texas Chapter held its montffiy luncheon on September 2nd at the Park City Club. Chapter President J i m B e t h m a n n '77 provided over a smaUish crowd.

Marc Joseph '75 introduced Alan Burks, our guest speaker Marc, ffie General Counsel at Haggar Clotffing, used to work with Alan when Alan was ffie Cffief Marketing Officer ffiere. Alan shared the heart-warming story of ffis son Peter, an Army Second Lieutenant kUled in Iraq in November 2007.

Pete Burks was a 2002 Texas A & M honor grad w h o after four years ffi corporate Ufe decided to seek a commission in the Army. H e was comnussioned on October 2006 and received ffie Leadersffip Award for ffis O C S Class. Pete was

origmaUy schedffied to be assigned as an mteUigence officer in artiUery battaUon but instead volunteered and completed Ranger School. H e was assigned to ffie Second Stryker Cavalry R e g i m e n t as a ttoop leader and kUled w h e n an LED struck ffis Stryker convoy m Baghdad.

T h e week before Pete was kUIed, he sent h o m e a Ust of gooffies ffis solffien missed most and asked ffis parents and fiance to send. FoUowing ffis deaffi, ffie Burks' famUy and friends began mailing care packages fiUed wiffi ffiose items to his forward base. Soon, the Chaplam had received more than 200 packages fiom towns aU over Texas. T h e Chaplam decided ffie best ttibute to Pete was to open a store in ffis m e m o r y where gooffies of aU kind are provided free to solffiers. O n Christmas Eve 2007, Forward Operating Base Prosperity celebrated ffie grand opeffing of ffie 'Burks Country Store,' where twice each week solffien can choose items fiom care packages sent ffi Pete's m e m o r y free of charge. An average of 50 solffiers visit ffie store every time it opens and, to date, more ffian two tons of care packages have been sent to stock ffie store.

You can read more at http://web.mac. coni/peteandrmssy/Pete_and_Missy/Help _ffie_Troops.html or h t t p ; / / w w w . unsungherofond. org.

In adffition to taUdng about Pete, Alan also shared ffis observations about a mffitary at war whUe ffie coimtry was at ffie maU. H e ffiscussed ffie need for people Uke ffie alumffi in ffie room to c o m m u m cate to people what ffie nuUtary is up against. H e also cautioned us about ffie fatigue ffie nuUtary, its famffies and even ffie Chaplain Corps is experiencmg. In a ceremony ffie week after ffie luncheon on September 11,2008, ffie Bmks famUy unveUed a stame of Pete in MeUssa,Texas.

In attendance were J i m Carrington '53, BUI LavaUee '55, Walt and Diana Whipple '57, Richard CudUpp '59, R o b Kunkle '60, Dave MUler '65, John Wroten '65, Christopher Jameson '66, Raoul Bonvouloir '73, Marc Joseph '75 and guest Alan Buries, Mark Lambright '75, J i m B e t h m a n n '77, Keith Tibbits '77, M a t t h e w EUas '78 and guest Captain Susan Maybaum-Wisffieski U S N (Ret.) .John Samuels '80 and guests Kevin D w y e r and Jason H u p p D a v e R i c h ' 8 1 , J o h n W e i d m a n '82, Jeff McMuUin '86, R o s s B e a t o n '87, T o m Caywood '91, D a n Lawrence '92, Qayton Redinger '98, Kevin Henderson '00, Eric R u e s c h '01,Ty and Debbie Gaston, Michael Wagner and Debbie Pace.

Upcoming events Dec 2 Monthly Alumffi Luncheon Dec 6 Army - Navy Game Watching Party-TBD â&#x20AC;˘ Dec 18 Blue Cffip Dinner - Royal Oaks Country Club Game Watching Parties are at Two R o w s GriU in A d d i s o n .

Texas Gulf Coast Chapter Dan Holsberg '92

coorffinating this enjoyable event. We aU got to meet and welcome a new member to the Chapter; D a v i d Maruna '95.

December 6,2008 wiU be the CentralVA Chapter's annual A r m y / N a v y FootbaU Social at WUd Wings. Alums and their families as weU as our Army brethren and their famiUes are welcomed if you are in CharlottesviUe that day This event promises to be a fon time had by aU.

14406 Corktree KnoUs, Cypress, T X 77429-4818 H: 281-256-2643; E: Hobberg@eartMink.net Web site: usna.com/Chapters/US/Texas/GulfCoast /defeult.hmi

Turkey Turkey Chapter LTJGArifCiraik '98,Turkisli Navy Veliefendi Mah. 75/6 Sok.No:51/2 Zeytinbumu, Istanbul, Turkey 34765 H: 212-510-5805; E: acirtlik@hotmaU.com

Utah Intermountain NA Alumni President: Thomas Rossa '63

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However, on an absolutely sweltering Septemberl3th, 47 stalwart souls from the Hampton Roads Chapter made the bus trip southwest from Virginia Beach to Durham, N o r t h CaroUna for the NavyDuke footbaU game. W i t h aU hands on board prior the scheduled 0645 departure time we shifted colors and arrived at Duke in time for a most welcomed trek into the air conditioning of the Intramural BuUding where the N o r t h CaroUna Chapter Parents Club hosted a genuine N C barbeque and the Navy cheerleaders and band led an inspired Pep RaUy. Regrettably however, with offiy a few notable exceptions the Mids had only a fair to middUn' day on the field and the final score was Duke 4 1 , Navy 3 1 . Seffior members on board for the trip were Sue and BiU Earl '51 and ffie juffior members were Anne and D a n D e r b e s '85. T h e two classes sharing the mytffical attendance award were from 1969 and 1979 with four each. T h e H a m p t o n Roads Chapter appreciates aU the support received from the N o r t h CaroUna Chapter and the Duke Uffiversity support staff for tffis excursion.

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Blue Ridge Chapter Richard "Dick" Raymond '54 2794 Derwent Dr., Roanoke,VA 24015 P: 540-344-0736

Central Virginia Chapter President:Alan Swinger '66 2715 SUas Jackson Ct., CharlottesviUe.VA 22901 H: 434-975-6237; E: awswinger@earthUnk.net

Vue President: Jeff HoUoway '77 Treasurer: Eric Lindenbaum '81 CentralVA Chapter had a spfrited FaU Social on Wednesday, September 25ffi.

25 Alums and some famUy members pafficipated m a deUcious lunch at the ChariottesvUle Elks Lodge and then enjoyed Kevin Reeds '85 give an enUghterung speech on ffie U S N A Foundation.

Kevin Reeds, Director, Corporate and Foundation Relations for the U S N A Foundation educated his listeners on what ffie Foundation is about and why the Foundation exist. T h e n he provided some specific ways the Foundation supports the USNA mission. After Mr. Reeds' presentation, BUI Parkhurst, C e n t t ^ VA Lead Blue and Gold Officer (BGO) recogmzed Ted Mixon '74 15-years of service as an area BGO. Jeff HoUoway '77 serving as Vice President for the Centtal VA Chapter foUowed and recognized Tony HastogUs '55 9-years of leadersffip as the CentralVA Chapter President. Alan S w i n g e r '66 first oppormffity to excel as ffie new Central VA Chapter President did a splendid j o b

Dulles Chapter LCDR Eric C. Ruttenberg '88, USNR 20445 Needleleaf Wy, Ashburn,VA 20147-2389 P: 703-858-4404; E: eruttenberg@ritan.com www.usna.com/chapters/us/va/duUes/

Hampton Roads Chapter LCDR Jack Kasiski '79, USN (Ret.) P:757-631-2239; C:757-753-5563 E: jack_kasiski@amsec. com

Corres. Sec'y: Linda Schumacher Eriksen '84 E: erik5en3@cox.net

National Trustee: David G. Paddock '77 Trustee email: trustee@usnaaahrc.org Chapter web site: www.usnaaahrc.org

Greetings from Hampton Roads,Virgiffia where cooler weather has finaUy arrived!

O n October 4th the Chapter held no-host parties for the Navy-Air Force game at the Cantina Del Lago on N i m m o Parkway, AJ Gators on HoUand Road, and Shorebreak Pizzeria on Shore Drive as the Navy victory was a big step toward their sixth consecutive Commander-in-Cffiefs' Trophy.

Upcoming Events: Additional no-host parties wiU be held at the same locations on November 15th as the Mids attempt to make it two wins in a row over Notre D a m e - kickoff is at noon.

T h e annual Army-Navy Party wUl be held again tffis year at NAS Oceana.

Kickoff is at n o o n and aU kinds of food and festivities are planned. T o m Paidk '80 is coorffinating again and details are on the Chapter web site at www.usnaaahrc.org.

For additional information regarffing local grads and our events check out www. usnaaahrc. org.

Beat Army!

Dick Enderly '71

Richmond Chapter Mr. John J Driscoll, Jr. '90 207 N. Belmont Ave., Richmond,VA 23221-2811 P: 804-353-0165; E:john.dnscoll@genworth.com

Corresponding Sec'y: Rich Polek '78 Norm Dean '65, Meggie Curran '07, Dave Paddock '77 at Shorebreak Pizza, October 4,2008, Navy at Air Force Game - 50 plus grads.

5543 Fox Vale Ct., Midlothian,VA 23112 H: 804-639-2860; W: 804-743-3239 E: richpolek@aol.com

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CHAPTER NEWS both Navy and Air Force fans. Shown below is Jonathan H a n e y '92 with ffis famUy wffich includes a daughter w h o is a member of the Umversity ofWasffington A F R O T C . C a n you teU wffich one she is?

Navy Air Force At Sam Adams

Puget Sound, WA Chapter Navy Air Force At Buckleys

Shenandoah Valley Chapter Pres: Mr. Ronald Tebben, '63 p: (304)258-4108; e: rtebben@eardiUnk.net

Sec: LCdr. Grayson Redford, '63 (Ret) p: (540)662-6142

Williamsburg Chapter Capt William Riffer '68 USN (Ret.) E:\vriffer@cox.net

Washington Hanford/Tri-Cities Chapter CAPT Edward Schwier '69, USNA (Ret.) 1196 Brentwood Ave., Richland, WA 99352-8540 H: 509-627-7288; W: 509-372-0176 E: Edward_G_Ed_Schwier@rl.gov eschwier@charter.net; egschwier@aol.com

Gold. O n Samrday, October 5ffi, ffie Air Force game was viewed by over a dozen enffiusiastic alumm, famUy and friends at each location. At Buckleys on 1st Ave West m Seatde, we had a reserved area and our own big screen TV, friendly waitpersons, and a choice of great brewpub food, and beverages. Picmred below at halftime are the foUowing Navy stalwarts: Front R o w â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Brian R o b y '78, Dave Hays '73, and Chris Bajuk '04. Middle R o w - J a c k Barfield '61, Chuck PeUetier '68, R o n WaddeU '67, CoUn Saari '60, and D e a n Angel '60. Back R o w - Eugene Burton-Breazeal '04, and Troy Pyles '71.

WashinQton, DC Area Greater Washington Chapter Capt. Jim Bryant '71, USN (Ret.)

105 Brierivood Dr., Hurricane,WV 25526 E: shunila5@niarsh,-Jl.edu

Navy Air Force At Buckleys

USNAAA-PSC Trustees enjoy watcffing Navy put away Air Force whUe they put away the refreshments! Left to Right Chuck PeUetier, CoUn Saari, and R o n MeanwhUe, at Sam Adams Brewhouse, located on Naval Base Kitsap - Bremerton, the 14 alumm and their famffies included

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West Virginia Chapter Stephen S. Shumlas '69

Corresponding Sec'y: CDR Ronald D. Waddell '67, USN (Ret.)

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8969 Genesis Lane SE, Port Orchard, WA, 98367 P: 360-857-4756; E: brooksidel956@gmail.com

FaU has arrived here m the Pacific Norffiwest and the Puget Sound Chapter is taking advantage of ffie great Navy footbaU team to get togeffier at local watering holes m boffi ffie East Sound (Seatde) and West Sound (Bremerton) to renew acquaintances and root for the Blue and

Oregon and Southwest Chapter

E: JAMESB499@cs.com Website: www.u5naaagwc.org

Puget Sound Chapter Pres:LCDR Douglas P Cook '74, USN (Ret.)

11711 108th St NE.Lake Stevens, WA, 98258 R: 360-572-0342; E: dufl(;randquilter@comcast.ne

T h e Puget Sound Chapter is one of the largest U S N A alumffi groups m the nation and we always welcome member and n o n - m e m b e r alumffi to our gaffierings. Coorffination of these events in various geograpffical locations requires advance planffing and the continued involvement of numerous inffividuals. If any members in the area woffid Uke to become more mvolved in the Chapter, either as a Trustee or just to help out, please contact your officers ffi person at one of the events or tffiough our website.

T h e Chapter event website can be accessed at http://www.usna.com/ Chapters/US/Wasffington/PugetSound.

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Wisconsin Wisconsin Chapter President: Mr. Dan LaFave '85 djl@quarles.com

Secretary Mr. Bob Simi '88 (USMCR) R: 414-577-1058; E: bnscsinii@excpc.com

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MEMORIAM

Colonel John W.Ripley '62, USMC (Ret.)

From The Dying Words Of Stonewall Jackson

By Sidney Laffier

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f^n 2002, Colonel John R. Rapley '62, USMC ^ / (Ret.), became the first Marine to be recogmzed by the Naval Academy Alumm Association as a Distinguished Graduate for his outstanding service to the Naval Academy, the Marine Corps and the nation.

Colonel Ripley served two tours in Vietnam, during wffich he was awarded the Navy Cross for ffis service during the 1972 Easter Offensive. During the offensive. Colonel Rapley crawled hand-over-hand beneath the Cam Lo River Bridge at Dong Ha to place 500 pounds of explosives to stop the

North Vietnamese advance, saving countless U.S. and South Vietnamese troops.

FoUowing retirement from the Marine Corps after 35 years. Colonel Ripley served as president of the Southern Virginia CoUege and the Hargrave Military Academy, and was selected by the Marine Corps Commandant to be the director of the ffistory and museumsffivision.He continued to serve the Naval Academy as weU, chairing the committee charged with restoring the beauty and preserving the sanctity of Memorial HaU. Colonel Ripley's obituary wiU appear in a future issue of Shipmate.

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LAST' -ALL 'They shall grow not old, as tve that are left grow old; age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morninQ, we will remember them." ^ _,, ^„^ ^ ^ —Laurence Binyon, 1914 ALLEN, ALBERT JOSEPH '46 *

H A G E R , RAYMOND DAVID J R . '59

RIPLEY, J O H N WALTER '62

9 October 2008

LCDR, USN (Ret.) 17 October 2008

Col, USMC (Ret.) 28 October 2008

HATHEWAY, A R T H U R LOYAL '62

RUCKMAN, R O B E R T ELWOOD '53

LT.USN 11 October 2008

8 October 2008

BANKS, WILLIAM OAKLEY '51

Maj, USAF (Ret.) 11 October 2008

ScHMiTz, R I C H A R D J O S E P H '53

BENNETT, J O H N EDWARD '41 *

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 9 October 2008

H E N N I N G , WILLIAM

JELFS '41 *

CDR, USN (Ret.) 18 October 2008

BERRY, DAVID FRANKLIN '49

9 October 2008

H I L L , CHARLES ALBERT J R . '42

BILLINGS, CHARLES LEDIN '46

CART, USN (Ret.) 26 August 2008

29 October 2008

14 October 2008 SELLERS, FRANK E S T E J R . '35

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 13 October 2008 SHUMAKER, LAWRENCE ALLEN '54 *

21 October 2008

HoDAPPjJOHN DALE PYE J R . '39 BLAIR, WILLLAM EDWIN J R . '43

CDR, USN (Ret.) 29 September 2008

LCDR, USNR 12 October 2008

SIMONS, D O N A L D WILLLAM '52

CART, USN (Ret.) 24 October 2008

HOFFMAN, CHAUNCEY FRAZIER '56 B O T T , R I C H A R D PHILIP '80

SOLOGUREN, LUIS S R . '53

R.ADM, USN (Ret.) 24 October 2008

29 October 2008

CAPT, USN (Ret) 15 October 2008

JOHNSON, JOHN ROBERT '46 CART, USN (Ret.) 2 October 2008

CART, USN (Ret.) 24 October 2008

CAMP, J O H N RUSSELL '55

KEMLY, EDWARD T H O M A S '40

STAHLMAN, M I C H A E L R O S S '85

LCDR, USN (Ret.) 6 October 2008

19 October 2008

Col, USMC 5 October 2008

7 October 2008 B R E H M , WILLLAM WESLEY '39

SOUTHARD, PEMBERTON '41

KiLBOURN, GARLAND R E X J R . '50 * C O B B , JAMES O U T T E R S O N '33 *

CDR, SC, USNR (Ret.) 20 October 2008

RADM, USN (Ret.) 9 August 2008

STYLES, R A L P H E M E R S O N '33 *

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 7 October 2008

K R E T Z , FREDERICK C . '60 C O O K , DARWIN T R U E T T '40

15 October 2008

T H O M P S O N , ARCHIBALD SCALES '51

MABBITT, ROBERT CURTIS '46

CDR, USN (Ret.) 25 September 2008

9 October 2008

LCDR, CEC, USN (Ret.) 2 September 2008

TIBBETS, J O S E P H BONAFIELD '34

EARLY, PAUL J O H N '48

M C C O L L U M , ARTHUR HOWARD J R . '52

RADM, USN (Ret.) 1 October 2008

CDR, USN (Ret) 13 October 2008

WALTON, D O N H O L L A N D '63

EDDY, R O D M A N MICHAEL '64

O S T H , ROBERT EDWARD '44 *

CDR, USN (Ret.) 9 October 2008

CDR, USN (Ret.) 26 September 2008

28 September 2008

7 October 2008 D U N N I N G , JAMES V E R N O N '74

RADM, USN (Ret.) 24 October 2008

W E L L O N S , ALFRED G R A D Y J R . '48 * PAGE, WILLLAM P O L S O N '45

FABLANO, CHARLES E R N E S T '52

CAPT, USN (Ret.) 6 October 2008

6 October 2008

CDR, USN (Ret.) 2 October 2008

FIDEL, J O H N A N T H O N Y '39

PENDERGRASS, HENRY PANCOAST '48

CART, USN (Ret.) 26 September 2008

21 September 2008

CART, USN (Ret.) 25 October 2008

R E D , R I C H A R D P R E S T O N S R . '69

W Y A T T E L S T O N '44

29 October 2008

LCDR, USN (Ret.) 21 September 2008

GiLDARD, JAMES H U T C H I N S O N III

8 October 2008

W H I T E , WILLLAM A D R I A N '54

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JAMES O U T T E R S O N C O B B '33

Rear Admiral James O. Cobb, USN (Ret.), ffied of pneumonia in FaUs Church,VA, on 9 August 2008. He was 97 years old.

James, also known as 'Joe," was born in Albany NY, on 9 January 1911. He attended high school in Pasadena, CA, and enUsted in ffie U.S. Navy in 1927.

He ffien graduated fix)m the Nav Preps program in San Diego, CA. In 1929, he entered ffie Naval Academy, where he was a member of the wresding squad for four years, as weU as ffie Trident, Literary and Quarterdeck societies. He graduated wiffi a bachelor's degree in marine engmeermg wiffi ffie Class of 1933 and commenced flight traimng at Naval Air Station Pensacola, FL. He received ffis naval aviator Wings in 1937.

From 1938 unffi 1940, James was assigned to Cruiser Scouting Squadron Six, attached to N E W ORLEANS, Pacific Fleet.

He was a World War II veteran, a survivor of ffie attack on Pearl Haffior, participated m ffie Solomon Island campaign and saw action at Guadalcanal and ffie Batde of Midway. He commanded Patrol Squadron 19 fixjm 1941 unffi 1943, and was commander offfiefamous "Black Cat Raiders" squadron of PBY aircraft in ffie Souffi Pacific, wffich was mstrumental in the air-sea rescue of many downed U.S. pUots.

FoUowmg numerous assignments and selection to flag rank in 1961, James served as Commander Carrier Division Nineteen, Pacific Fleet; commanded Carrier Division Two in ffie Adantic and Meffiterranean; and served as the deputy ffirector of the Joint Chie6 of Staff, Wasffington, DC, during ffie Cuban MissUe Crisis under President Johnson. He served as Cffief, Joint U.S. Mffitary Group, Madrid, Spain, and his final assignment was as commandant of ffie Fifth Naval Disttict and Commander Naval Base, Norfolk, VA. He reffied from ffie Navy m 1973.

After reffiement, James devoted himself to ffis favorite hobbies, mcludmg offihore sailing and long ffistance runffing. He ran unffi ffis late 70s m 13 marathon races.

James is survived by ffis lovmg wife of 53 years,Yvonne KeUer; three sons, David, Peter and Michael from ffis marriage to his late first wife, Effid; two chUffien from ffis marriage to Yvonne,James and Clauffia; sister, Mary; ten grandchUffien; and seven great-grandchUffien.

Memorial services with mffitary honors and interment were conducted on 26 September 2008 at the Naval Academy.

More information may be viewed at http://James-Cobb. last-memories.com/ The Cobb Family R A L P H EMERSON STYLES '33

Captain Ralph E. Styles, USN (Ret.), ffied on 7 October 2008 in Sarasota, FL. Born m AshevUle, NC, on 27 February 1910, he graduated from AsheviUe High School, attended Weaver .__^ u ^ CoUege, Umversity ofTennessee, and ^ ^ j ÂŤ 5 ^ ^ ^ entered ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ B the U.S. Naval Academy in 1929. He ^ ^ ^ B ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ l graduated in the upper half of the Class of 1933 and was commissioned as an ensign. After two years as sffips officer on LEXINGTON, he was assigned to the staff of Commander Air Craft Batde Force. In 1937, he attended Submarine School.

On 7 December 1941, Captain Styles was cffief engineer on at Read Harbor. After two war patrols and the Batde of Midway, he was given command of S-20 in New London, CT, foUowed by command of SEA DEVIL upon her comrffissioffing in May 1944 in Portsmouth, NH. After three war patrols in the South Pacific, SEA DEVIL sank or damaged 11 sffips, earffing Captain Styles the Legion of Merit, two Navy Crosses and eight Naval Unit Citations. His shore duty tours were in Newport, RI, then Puerto Rico, foUowed by command of Sub Division 72 in ffie Pacific during the Korean War His next assignment was command of the submarine tender, NEREUS, in San Diego, CA. After attenffing the Naval War CoUege, he took command of Submarine Squadron Ten in New London, CT, where ffie first nuclear submarine. NAUTILUS, was attached. Next was Wasffington, DC, serving as Assistant Director of Naval InteUigence, foUowed by command of the submarine flotUla in San Diego and ComSubPac representative on the West Coast for aU submarine activity. His last naval tour was in Washington on the Joint Staff, first as Assistant Director of InteUigence, then Head of Targeting Branch, and finaUy planffing the Defense InteUigence Agency He retired on 3 December 1962.

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In Sarasota, FL, he was first ffirector of planffing for New CoUege. He worked with the arcffitect, l.M Pei, buUffing a coUege on the old Charles RingUng estate. Between 1970 and 1990, he operated the Ralph Styles Real Estate Office.

He was predeceased by ffis wife of nearly 60 years, Elizabeth Walton Styles, m 1995. Captam Styles is survived by ffis daughters, Anne Overbeck of Hingham, MA, and Linda Styles of Sarasota, FL; sister,Virgima Price ofThomasvUle, NC; five grandchUdren; and two great-grandchUffien.

A memorial service was held on 24 October 2008 at St. Boniface Church in Sarasota, FL. The Styles Family J O H N EDWARD BENNETT

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Captain "Jack" Bennett, USN (Ret.), entered into rest on 9 October 2008 ffi Carlsbad, CA. With ffis passing, we have lost a pattiot and a part of the fabric of our nation.

Jack was born on 9 AprU 1918 in MontpeUer, OH, and was a graduate of the NavalAcademy Class of 1941. His early service saw ffim through some of the bitterest fighting ofWorld War II, from the attack on Pearl Harbor tffiough the Guadalcanal and Aleutians campaigns. Aboard the heavy cruiser SAN FRANCISCO, he won the Navy Cross and Purple Heart for the point blank surface batde against enemy batdesffips of Guadalcanal the ffight of Friday the 13th, November 1942. Later, volunteering for submarmes, he participated in aU five war pattols aboard QuEENFlSH. For ffis role in sinking a Japanese carrier and for rescuing 18 British and AusttaUan POWs, he was awarded the Navy-Marine Corps Medal and a SecNav Commendation Letter with Combat V. His Asia-Pacific Campaign Medal bears Stars for 13 major engagements. In the Korean War, he commanded the submarine CAIMAN and during Viemam, the oUer PONCHATOULA, a submarine squadron, and the bathyscaph TRIESTE. Captain Bennett's shore duties included the Naval , Academy as assistant ffirector of atUetics; the National War CoUege; and as director of the first Navy Deep Submergence Program. He retired in 1966.

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ICALL As a civffian, he managed ffie Lockheed Ocean Laboratory, wiffi its research submersible DEEP QUEST. He jomed ffie Reagan adrffiffistration and was later appointed by President Reagan as vice chairman of ffie National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere. Offier activities mcluded Scripps Instimtion of Oceanography, vice president of GtUf Maritime wiffi its large submersible AUGUST PICARD; president of CaUforffia Marme; first chairman of ffie Oceamcs Comrffittee of the San Diego Chamber of Commerce; and national vice president of ffie American Shore and Beach Association. He was a feUow of ffie Explorers Club.

Captain Bennett was predeceased by his wife, Geralffine "Gerry" (nee Nelson), m 1983. He is survived by ffis daughters.

Dr. SheUey Bennett of Pasadena, CA, Laurel Bennett of Kapaa, Kauai, HI, and Blair Bennett GolUhur (Greg) of Camino, CA; grandchUffien, Devm Anne Bermett and Ian Bennett GoIUhur; sister, Barbara Ruble of Palm Harbor, FL; and cousm, Cyntffia "Susie" Monahan of Potomac, MD. Memorial donations may be made to the USS San Francisco Memorial Foundation, 401 Van Ness Ave., Room 123, San Francisco, CA 94102 orffieU.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, DC. WILLIAM JELFS HENNING '41

Commander WiUiam J. HenrUng, USN (Ret.), entered mto eternal rest on 18 October 2008.

Commander Henrung was born on 25 July 1918 mTrmidad, CO, ffie son of John Henrung and Cassie DeFore HenrUng. He attended schools m Triffidad, CO, and Raton, NM, graduating from ffigh school m Raton m 1936. He entered ffie NavalAcademy m 1937 and graduated m February 1941 as a member of ffie first class to graduate early just prior to World War II. His war service as a juffior officer mcluded duty m LoNG through 1944 as executive officer. From 1944 to ffie end of ffie war, he was assigned as gunnery officer aboard ffie aircraft carrier BELLEAU W O O D , wffich participated m ffie carrymg of afr sttUces agamst Okmawa and Japan, and was present at ffie surrender ceremony in Japan.

After World War II, Commander Henrung had command of TOWHEE and was involved m ffie iffine clearance offfieJapanese home waters. FoUowdng tffis duty, he was ordered to Charleston, SC, as Commander of Mine Division Ten of the Mine Force, U.S. Adantic Fleet. He was subsequendy ordered to duty as flag secretary to Commander Mme Force. In 1948, he was ordered to duty mWasffington, DC, on ffie staff of the Naval Inspector General, and in ffiat year was married to Madge HaU McCrady of Charleston.

Durmg the Korean War, he served as executive officer of ROGERS and commanffing officer of HANSON. Subsequent duty included staff positions at Headquarters AlUed Forces, Meffiterranean, Malta; Commander Mme Squadron Nine m Long Beach, CA; and staff and instructor duty at the Naval Academy He retired from active duty in June 1961.

He and ffis famUy remrned to Charleston, SC, and estabUshed ffieir home there. He maintamed membersffip m St. PhiUp's Episcopal Church, where he was a faithfid church mouse who welcomed tourists and visitors into ffie church. He was a member of the USNA Alumm Association.

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Commander Hennmg is survived by two sons,WUUam Jelfi Henffing Jr. of Charleston, SC, and John McCrady Henmng of Mt. Pleasant, SC. He was predeceased by ffis first v^dfe, Madge McCrady Henmng, m March 1966 and his second wdfe, Mary Branch Pelzer, m June 2003.

Services were held at St. Phffip's Episcopal Church on 21 October 2008. excerpts from the Charleston Post & Courier ROBERT EDWARD O S T H '44

Robert E. Osffi ffied on 28 September 2008 of pneumoma at the Veterans Hospital m Tampa, FL. He was born on 25 January 1921 ui Cfficago, IL, son ofAdam Myron and EsteUe Osth. He was a graduate of ffie Naval Academy Class of 1944 and served m World War II aboard SAN FRANCISCO m batdes against the Japanese enemy m ffie Pacific and later aboard MACON. After workmg m private busmess mVfrgiffia, he became head of ffie maffi department at ffie Daffiel Morgan School in Wmchester.VA. As a member of International Golf, he golfed m foreign countties and had attamed eight holes-m-one.

He had been reffied for many years and had been Uvmg at Highland Lakes m Rahn Harbor.

He leaves ffis wife of 62 years, EUzabeffi Holmes Osffi; two sons, Robert Powers Osffi and Craig Peters Osffi; daughter JaqueUn Holmes Osffi NuUa; and four grandchUdren.

The Osth Family LLOYD EUGENE KUHNMUENCH '45

Lloyd E. Kuhnmuench ffied on 1 August 2008. He was 86 years old.

He was born m St. Loffis, MO, on 14 Jime 1922 and graduated fixjm Clayton High School m June of 1940.

In ffie faU of ffiat year, he went to Kansas State Uffiversity, where he went for one year and became a member offfieSAE Fratermty. He received ffis appomtment to ffie NavalAcademy m 1941 and became a member of ffie 14ffi Company.

FoUovidng ffis graduation wiffi ffie Class of 1945, Lloyd attended Submarme School at New London, CT. After graduation on 23 December 1944, he served in ffie Pacific m BLACKFISH and BLENNY.

After resigffing ffis commission m 1947, he remrned to St. Louis and remamed in ffie Naval Reserve unffi 1954. He worked for Anheuser-Busch for several years and ffien went to work in sales wiffi Reynolds Metals Co. He was wiffi Reynolds for 35 years, m Kansas City and in St. Louis.

After he retired in 1985, his golf, o^vel, 14ffi Company reuffions and "Looking AUve wiffi '45" became ffis main interests.

Lloyd is survived by ffis wife of 51 years, Mary Lou (OUver) Kuhnmuench; ffiree chUffien,Vfrgiffia Kurrus (Baker) of Little Rock, AR; Sarah Feist Penffis) of Houston,TX, and Charles E. Kuhnmuench (Mehssa) of St. Loffis, MO; and ten grandchUdiÂŤn,

MadeUne, Sarah and Anffiew Kurrus, Jessica, Connor, Parker and Stephame Feist, and EUse, Jake and Paige Kuhnmuench.

A memorial service was held in Kirkwood, MO, and mterment was in Cape Girardeau.

Tlie Kuhnmuench Family ALBERT JOSEPH ALLEN '46

Albert 'Joe" AUen of Canton, MI, and formerly of Dearborn, MI, for 50 years, passed away on 9 October 2008. He was 85 years old.

He was born on 2 November 1922 m Adanta, GA, ffie son of Albert Joseph AUen and Margaret Clarke AUen. As a yoimg man, he was a straight "A" student, attended Georgia Tech Umversity and graduated from ffie U.S. Naval Academy wiffi ffie Class of 1946.

He served as an ensign aboard sffips in the Pacific at the end ofWorld War II. He met ffis beloved wife Margaret "Peggy" Rooney, also serving in ffie Navy, on the Pacific Coast of Califorma, where ffiey were married 61 years ago.

He began a career as a manufacmrer's representative for the southern texffie mUIs, subsequendy moving to Dearborn to specialize m automotive textiles and do business with the "big three" auto manufacmrers: Ford, General Motors and Chrysler.

He joined a successfiil partnersffip in the industry and after some years, estabUshed ffis own ffim, Sofixim, Inc. He mamtained a summer home on beautifiU Glen Lake m norffiern Micffigan for almost 40 years and later, a second home at Clearwater Beach, FL. He was a longtime member of Sacred Heart CathoUc Church of Dearborn; also St. Anselm's of Dearborn Heights. He was an active member of the Dearborn commuffity, servmg on the boards of the Dearborn Country Club, Kiwaffis Club, Fafrlane Club and the Sacred Heart Dad's Club. Joe loved to write and read poetry, play golf, dance, was an avid photographer, a boater, played tenffis and bridge weU, and was a fafrly good cook. He had a keen sense of humor and a lousy sense of where ffie fish were biting.

Joe is survived by ffis lovmg wife, Margaret; chUdren, Robert E.AUen (Jane), Donald J. AUen (Charlotte), Judith C.AUen (Susan Seaburg),Mary Livchak (Scott), Matthew D.AUen (Teri) and Edith Kwasnoski (Joseph); grandchUdren,Jessie AUen, Justin AUen (Laura), Elizabeth Seaburg, David, Adam, Christopher and Daniel Livchak, and Laura and Emma Kwasnoski; brother, Michael AUen 0anet); and sister, Patticia Brown. He was predeceased by ffis sister, SaUy. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association or the Alzheimer's Association.

A memorial service was held on 14 October 2008 in Plymouth, MI. The Allen Family

FRANK DOUGLAS MARSHALL '47

Frank D. MarshaU ffied at his home in Hemet, CA, on 25 August 2008. He was 85 years old.

"Doug" MarshaU was born on 13 March 1923 in Pasadena, CA, then from age eight was raised in Hemet, where he was a foUback and captain of the Hemet High School footbaU team, which won the 1939 San Jacinto VaUey Championship. He attended Stanford University, where he was enroUed when he received ffis congressional appointment from CaUfornia and entered the Naval Academy with the Class of 1947. As a Mid, he exceUed in water sports and saffing, and was 1945-1946 winter set commander of the 11th Company, with whom he graduated in June of 1946.

His first assignment was a tffiee-year tour in EvERSOLE (DD-789). In August 1949, he married Joarm Park of San Diego, CA, then took up duties as a steam prof at USNA. He next served m VALLEY FORGE ( C V - 4 5 ) in Korea, and in March 1953, he took command of LST-602 forWestPac deployment. He resigned in 1954 to operate the famUy citrus ranch, wffich he continued unffi 1970. At that pomt, he chose to take up teacffing and earned a master's degree m education from Redlands Umversity m 1971.

He taught m Hemet unffi ffis reffiement m 1984.

Over the years, Doug was a member of the Hemet School Board, active in the Farm Bureau, a member of the Kiwaffis and was an elder of the First Presbyterian Church.

In adffition to Joann, ffis wife of 59 years, he is survived by ffis daughters, Kathy Walter, Lois Cook and Carolyn Robinson; son, Douglas; their spouses; nine grandchUdren; and two great-grandchUdren.

A celebration of ffis Ufe was held at the First Presbyterian Church in Hemet on 6 September 2008, foUowing ffis interment at San Jacinto VaUey Cemetery.

Chet shaddeau '47 NORMAN KENNETH GREEN '48

Rear Admiral Norman K. Green, USN (Ret.), died peacefiiUy m ffis sleep on 19 August 2008. He was 84 years old.

A native of Inffiana, "Norm" graduated from the Naval Academy in 1947 with a BS in aeronautical engineering. His first assignment was to MISSOURI (BB-63), foUowed by two years of ffight traimng. He earnedffisWings in 1950 as a fighter pUot flying F-4Us. After flying off various CVEs and CVLs in the Atlantic and Meffiterranean, he served as an aid and flag Ueutenant. He earned an MS in nuclear engineering at the postgraduate school in Monterey, CA. He next graduated from the Oak Radge School of Reactor Technology.

After a tour as the nuclear power officer in the Office of Naval Research, he returned to sea duty, flying off various carriers out of Norfolk,VA. During this period, his squadron was ordered to Guantanamo, Cuba, during the Cuban MissUe Crisis.

After a tour as C O of VS-26, he graduated from the Naval War CoUege (Semor Course) and reported as CO of VS-30 in Key West, FL. As C O of ST. LOUIS, he was part of the Ampffibious Ready Group ofFVietnam. As C O of TICONDEROGA, one of ffis most December 2008

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CALL interesting assignments was the recovery of ffie remrffing ApoUo XVII asttonauts near Samoa.

WhUe serving in BuPers as the aviation captain assignment officer, he was assigned as Commander Sea Based ASW Wings Adantic and Commander Naval Base JacksonvUle. He was next assigned as commander of the Mayport Carrier Batde Group as ComCarGru Six and Commander Carrier Sttiking Force (a NATO Command). During tffis period, he was presented the NCCJ Brotherhood SUver Medal Award for Humaffitarian Service and a key to the city ofJacksonviUe. After retiring in 1980, Norm served seven years as a seffior vice president ofThe Charter Company, a JacksonvUle, FL, based oU conglomerate. He was active in commumty affairs, serving two terms on ffie board of governors of ffie JacksonvUle Chamber of Commerce. During tffis period, he was a member of the board of ffirectors of four compaffies in ffie Dependable Insurance Group.

Norm is survived by ffis loving wife of 59 years, the former MaryArm McCarthy of Long Beach, CA; daughters. Penny WaUer (Ed '74) and Patty Hudgins (Bob); sons, David, Norm Jr. and Mike '81 (Deborah); sister, Regena BeU; and nine grandchUdren.

The famUy requests ffiat memorials be made to ffie charity of your choice.

ALFRED GRADY WELLONS J R . '48

Captam Alfred G. WeUons Jr, USN (Ret.), passed away on 6 October 2008 due to a brief iUness. He was 83 years old.

"A.G.," as he was caUed by friends and farrdly, enUsted in the Navy m 1943 and entered the U.S. NavalAcademy in

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1944. He graduated in 1947 with the Class of 1948 A, the last of ffie wartime three-year classes. After two years at sea, he went to ffight ttaiffing and was designated a naval aviator in 1950. He was one of the lucky few aviators who were assigned to fighter squaffions his whole career Some of ffis assignments included,YF-14 flying F4U Corsairs; VFAW-3 flying F4Ds; and skipper ofVF-111 flying F8V-ZN Crusaders. He also served as fighter ttaiffing officer for the Pacific Fleet. He retired from the Navy in 1972.

A.G. was preceded in death by ffis first wife, Betty, and ffis parents. Surviving are ffis wife, Eleanor; son. Glen Alan and his wife, Mamie; and son, Grady Lee and his wife, Anffiea. He is also survived by seven grandchUdren and three great-grandchUdren, After cremation, ffis ashes wiU be spread at sea accorffing to the Navy's "Remrn to Sea" burial program.

In Ueu of flowers, please donate to the FaUen Solffiers' ReUef Fund, RO. Box 3968, Gaithersburg, MD 20885 or caU (866) 962-FSRE A celebration of ffis Ufe was held on 10 October 2008 in JacksonviUe, FL. The Wellons Family

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GARLAND R E X KILBOURN J R . '50

Commander "Rex" KUbourn, USNR (Ret.), passed away peacefiiUy at home surrounded by famUy and friends on 20 October 2008. He was 82 years old.

He was born on 7 July 1926 ffi Marion, OH. Rex attended WiUiams CoUege and Brown Umversity before entering the Naval Academy, graduatmg near the top of the great Class of 1950.

He was on active duty m ffie Supply Corps for five years, incluffing service as supply officer on CONY (DD-508) during a deployment in support of the Korean War, and then completed 20 years in the Naval Reserve.

He joined the Budd Company and setded in suburban Pffiladelpffia, PA, in 1955 where he and ffis wife, Carol, raised their chUffien, He left the Budd Company in 1976 and started KUbourn, Incorporated, a home security company. The company grew rapidly and after ten years it was acqufred by The PhUadelpffia Conttibutionsffip in 1986, and continued to grow, becorffing Vector in 1992. He and Carol purchased Long Pomt on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in 1966, and moved ffiere permanendy m 1986. He remamed active as an mdependent financial advisor and consffitant.

Rex was an officer at the local and national level of ffie Navy League and was a member of ffie NavalAcademy Foundation.

An active marsh gardener,ffiswork at home and for ffie Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum was feamred m several articles. Rex servedffielesslyas president of ffie Friends of Neavitt for ffie last several years. His efforts resulted m ffie recent completion of a new post office and commuffity center m his vUlage after Hurricane Isabel desttoyed ffie existing post office m 2003.

Rex was an avid self-taught scholar of ffie U.S. Constimtion and American government. A ttue pattiot, he served ffis famUy ffis commuffity and ffis country wiffi Urffidess zeal and deffication, and leaves an extended famUy of great friends.

He is survived by ffis wife of 58 years, Carol KUbourn; ffis four chUdren; and numerous grandchUdren and great-grandchUdren.

These include his son, Edward Payne KUbourn '76, and grandson, Chad Fairbank '00, to whom he personaUy handed ffis comrffissioffing bars at graduation, 50 years after ffis own.

A memorial service was held at Christ Church in St. Michael's, MD, on 26 October 2008, foUowed by interment at the USNA Columbarium in November In Ueu offlowers,memorial donations may be made to Talbot Hospice Foundation, 586 Cynwood Drive, Easton, MD 21601.

WILLIAM RENWICK SMEDBERG IV

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Rear Admiral WUUam R. Smedberg IV, USN (Ret.), passed away at ffis home in Ponte Veffia Beach, FL, on 8 July 2008 after a long vaUant batde wiffi ALS, Admiral Smedberg was born in Coronado, CA, on 13 September 1929, the son of the lateVice Admiral WUUam Renwick Smedberg III '26 and Clauffia B, Smedberg, His mffitary legacy goes back to the CivU War, in which boffi great-grandfathers fought at the Batde of Gettysburg. His grandfathers were a brigaffier general and colonel in ffie Army and ffis father was Superintendent of the Naval Academy

He graduated fixini Episcopal High School in Alexandria,VA, fiomffieU.S. Naval Academy in 1951 and later received a master's degree fixjni The George Washington University.

During ffis 31 years of active duty, he fought in the Korean andViemam wars. He held five at sea cormnands and served five tours on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon. AdffitionaUy, he served as the operations officer for the SLxffi Fleet in the Meffiterranean stationed in Italy and as seffior aide to SacEur in Belgium. He graduated from both the Naval War CoUege and the National War CoUege. He retired from active duty in October 1982, and consffited on mffitary advanced technology in ffie Wasffington area.

In 1995, he retired from consffiting and moved to Route Vedra Beach, FL, to Uve on ffie golf course.

He wiU be remembered for ffis love and passion for aU sportsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;golf in particular. He was a member of the Army-Navy Country Club inVirgiffia and ffie PonteVedra Inn and Club in Florida.

Admiral Smedberg is survived by ffis wife of 51 years, Ann Parker Smedberg; and ffieir two chUffien, Susan Hibble of Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, and her chUffien, Anffie and Parker, and WUUam R. Smedberg V of Fairfax Station, VA, and his wife,Joanie, and ffieir chUffien, AUison and Erica. His farrdly also includes his sister, Clauffia Estes of Melbourne, FL, and brother. Captain Edwm B."Ted" Smedberg '58, USN (Ret.), of FaUs Church,VA, and many meces and nephews.

A memorial service was held at Cffiist Episcopal Church, on 12JtUy 2008 with interment and graveside services on 14 October 2008 at ArUngton National Cemetery.

In Ueu of flowers, the famUy asks that memorial donations be made m Admiral Smedberg's name to the ALS Association.

The Smedberg Family LAWRENCE ALLEN SHUMAKER '54

Commander "Larry" Shumaker, USNR, ffied of cancer on 21 October 2008 at San Diego, CA. Born in Southgate, CA, in 1932, he entered the NavalAcademy in 1950, After graduation with the Class of 1954, he served two years onboard MANSFIELD (DD-728), then he served in four San Diego-based submarines. In 1959, he became assistant officer in charge of the Navy's bathyscaph TRIESTE at the Naval Electronics Laboratory m San Diego. Lieutenant Shumaker had a major role m TRIESTE'S successffil 1960 ffive to 35,800 feet, the deepest place m ffie ocean. Afterwards, ffis deep ocean explorations were recogmzed by President Eisenhower at the Wffite House.

From 1964 to 1965, he was assigned as chief pUot of the new TRIESTE II.There, he was involved in the search for and uivestigation of the lost nuclear submarine. THRESHER. In 1966, he resigned from active duty, but remained in the Naval Reserve, where he was promoted to the rank of commander in 1969.

FoUowing ffis active Navy service, Larry joined Lockheed's MissUe and Space Company at San Diego, CA, as cffief test pUot of their newly constructed DEEP QUEST submersible. He also was test pUot for the two Lockheed-buUt deep submergence rescue vefficles (DSRV). During tffis time, he also was founder and first president of the Deep Submersible PUots Association.

After seven years with Lockheed, he joined Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) as pUot and operations manager for the manned submersible ALVIN. During his tenure, seafloor hydrothermal vents were first discovered on the Mid Atlantic Ridge and near the Galapagos.

After five years at WHOI, in 2000 Larry was employed in a wide variety of ocean related jobs, most involving submersible operations. These included managing a SONAR range in the U.S.Virgin Islands, at-sea ffiving supervisor for submersible operations and director of ocean sciences for a large southern CaUforffia company. He retired from active undersea work in 2000, doing occasional consulting since then.

Larry Shumaker was recogmzed internationaUy as one of the earUest pioneers in manned undersea exploration. When there were offiy two or three of these vefficles in existence, he helped develop important new technologies and techffiques, many of which are stUl in use today.

Larry was preceded in death by his wife. Corky; sons, Lawrence and Kurt; as weU as ffis daughter. Erica. He is survived by ffis sister, Marsha Olvito of Arizona; daughter, Susanne Shumaker of San Diego, CA; and ffine grandchUdren.

FREDERICK EARL LEWIS '61

Lieutenant Colonel "Rick" Lewis, USMC (Ret.), passed away on 31 August 2008 as the result of a saUplane accident.

He was born in Trenton, NJ, on 19 September 1936, the oldest son of Harold and Harriet Lewis of DenviUe, NJ. He attended the Naval Academy Prep School prior to receiving a congressional appointment to the Naval Academy.

Upon graduation with the Class of 1961, he was commissioned a second Ueutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He then attended ffight training and was designated a naval aviator in July 1963.

His first assignment wasVMF-251, MCAS Beaufort, SC, where he flew both F-8 and F-4 aircraft before being reassigned to VMFA-542 DaNang,Vietnam.

After an assignment as advanced ffight insttuctor at NAS KingsvUle, TX, he returned to Vietnam for a second tour logging a total of 600 combat missions. His next assignment was Project Officer, Naval MissUe Center, NAS Point Mugu, CA. After completing the Armed Forces Staff CoUege, he was assigned as executive officer,VMFA-232, Iwakuffi,Japan, foUowed by an assignment as staff officer, AUied Air Forces, Southern Europe, Naples, Italy. His next assignment was as MAG 31, MCAS Beaufort, SC. His final assignment prior to retirement was as commander ofVMFA-122.

His decorations include the SUver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross with Gold Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal with 53 FUght/Strike Awards and one inffividual award.

Navy Commendation Medal with Gold Star and CombatV, Navy Achievement Medal with Combat V, Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation and Good Conduct Medal. His SUver Star was awarded for saving his wounded copUot from certain capture after their TA-4F Skyhawk was shot down over North Vietnam.

He retired to Ft. Worth,TX, in 1983, where he worked for General Dynaimcs and Lockheed/Martin on F-16 Falcon programs.

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He is survived by ffis brother,John K. Lewis and his wife, Jane Hlavaty Lewis ofWoodland HUls, CA; cffildren, Karen Burra of Florida, Laura Aguinaga of Corpus Christi, TX, John David Lewis of Fort Worth,TX, and Brock Coleman of San Antoffio,TX; uncle, Raymond W. King; nieces,Terri Lewis Hnatyszyn and EUzabeth Ann Lewis; nine grandchUdren; and two great-grandchUdren.

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A native of Seward, NE,"Bert" was born on 22 May 1955. He attended NAPS prior to receiving ffis appointment to the Naval Academy. At the Academy, Herb was the embodiment of the term "classmate." If asked, there was not a sport he would not try; favor he would not give; or help he would not provide for only the price of ffis special witticisms. He graduated with a bachelor of science degree in aerospace engineering in June of 1978 as a member of the 17th Company.

Upon graduation. Herb received his Wings in Pensacola, FL. He was assigned to HS-7 and flew SH-3 Sea Kings on board JOHN F. KENNEDY durmg a deployment to the Meffiterranean Sea. In 1986, Herb resigned ffis commission and began his business career in operations atWR Grace in West Chicago, IL. With ffis strong work etffic and abUity to get along with anyone, Herb was recruited to plant manager at Klemp Corporation in nearby Bourbonnais, IL. In 1997, the Jensens moved to ThomasviUe, GA, where Herb ran a facffity of the OU-Dri Corporation. In ThomasvUle, Herb quickly became an important fixmre in the local community as a soccer coach, computer adffict, photography expert, tennis instructor and frequent volunteer. With an eye on a bigger city for the famUy and a more chaUenging position. Herb reluctantly left ThomasvUle in 2006 for another plant management position with Hanson Roof Tile in Fort Myers, FL.WhUe an exciting environment, the Jensens quickly reaUzed how much they missed ThomasviUe, To move back this year. Herb accepted a position with Buckeye Technologies in Perry, FL, and made a 60-mUe commute each way from ThomasvUle. Herb is survived by his Academy sweetheart, the former Paula Novak, who he married on 10 June 1978; his son, Bryan (16); and daughter, Kirsten (13), He also leaves behind his father, Herbert; mother, Betty; and brother, Dale "Bird"Jensen '79, who also served as a naval aviator.

Herb was a devoted husband and father, always putting famUy first and being extremely involved in aU aspects of his children's lives.

Memorial services were held in ThomasviUe, GA, on 14 September 2008.

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Casey WUson Reece passed away on 10 September 2008 at her home in NokesvUle,VA. She was 50 years old.

The oldest of four chUdren of a career naval officer, BUI and Betty WUson ofWashington state, she received a presidential appointment to the Naval Academy, rowed women's varsity crew, and earned Jump Wings of Gold. She graduated with the Class of 1982 as a member of 32nd Company and was among five women Classmates commissioned in the Marine Corps.

Casey earned a master's degree from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1989â&#x20AC;&#x201D;focusing on sateUite commumcations and serving operationaUy in the Pacific and West Coast. She was a visionary proponent of emerging sateffite technology. Major Casey Reece, USMC, resigned after 11 years active duty.

Subsequently, she worked for Sprint for six years as a program manager She married Lieutenant Colonel Rack Reece '78, USMC (Ret.), in 1985. Her true passion was being foU-time wife and mother to their two chUdren.

Casey believed strongly in our youth and actively mentored as an involved parent at Higffiand School and Troop Committee of Boy Scout Troop 10 in Warrenton,VA. She earned respect seeking equity for aU students. She actively coached worthy students and Scouts to earffing scholarsffips and oppormnities.

She cheered on Highland atffietes at sporting events, even when her kids were not involved. We learned these tffings from the students who fondly spoke at her memorial.

She was an active alumnus supporting the women's crew team by sponsoring the annual Laura Stegman '82 Memorial Award for the standout atffiete and rffidsffipman.The class of 1982 wiU take over sponsorsffip in Casey's memory.

Casey is survived by her husband. Rick; chUdren, Eryn and Patrick Lee; parents, BiU and Betty; and brothers. Clay and Dale.

She was predeceased by her younger brother, Patrick.

Memorial services honored her Ufe of service on 19 September at her beloved Warrenton Bible FeUowsffip Church with a reception at Highland School. At least 15 Classmates were among the stanffing-room-only miUtimde of loved ones.

Due to the impact of Christian missions on Casey's Ufe and her passion for teaching the Word of God and the Gospel of His only Son, her famUy asks friends to send donations in Ueu of flowers. Donations are designated to support the Jessurun famUy ministry in and around Kano, Nigeria: The Casey Reece Memorial Fund, Warrenton Bible FeUowship Missions, 46 Winchester Street,Warrenton,VA 20186.

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