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Five Named Distinguished Graduates at lOth Annual Awards Ceremony

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t the 10th annual Distinguished Graduate Awards ceremony, Friday, 28 March, in Alumni Hall, the U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association recognized five outstanding Alumni based on their demonstration of and unselfish commitment to a lifetime of service, personal character and their significant contributions to the naval service or as leaders in industry or government.

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The 2008 "Class" of DGAs brings the 10-year total number of award recipients to 41. Among this year's awardees are oil, utility and firearms industry leaders; a submariner; Chief of Naval Operations; civil engineer; teacher; philanthropist; NATO commander; Chief of U.S. Strategic Command; and a Marine Corps Commanding General. Past recipients include a president of the United States,

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an astronaut, CNOs, submariners, aviators, philanthropists, corporate executives and much more.

The Distinguished Graduate Award (DGA) program was first envisioned by former Alumni Association President and C E O Rear Admiral Ronald F. Marryott '57, USN (Ret.), as a way to recognize living graduates of the Naval Academy whose character, distinguished military and civilian service, and stature draw wholesome comparison to the qualities that the Naval Academy strives to imbueâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;duty, honor, integrity and "Through Knowledge, Seapower." The award is not given to individuals who occupy or who are candidates for elective office, or who are still on active duty.

The first DGA was presented to Admiral Thomas Moorer '33, U S N (Ret.), former Chief of Naval Operations and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefi of Staff. While a single Alumnus vras selected in 1999, four or five Alumni have been awarded in subsequent years because groups of a\vardees can more accurately portray the diverse contributions of Naval Academy Alumni.

The 10th anniversary group is no different than previoios awardees, representative of leadership in myriadfields.They are James W Kinnear III '50; Admiral Frank B. Kelso II '56, USN (Ret.); Rear Admiral Benjamin F. Montoya '58, CEC, USN (Ret.); Lieutenant General William M. Keys '60, USMC (Ret.); and Admiral Henry G. Chiles Jr. '60, U S N (Ret.).

These Distinguished Graduates These 2008 Distinguished Graduates have led exemplary lives, both naval and civilian. They continue to serve the country, bringing ethical leadership to corporations, sound council to government and leadership skills to committees.They continue to contribute to the Naval Academy educationally financially and in other dedicated ways.Their lifelong achievements and service to the nation embody the Naval Academy mission and serve as examples to midshipmen and Alumni in the Heet and Heet Marine Corps.

Saturday morning, with the Distinguished Graduate Award Medal Ceremony fresh in their memory and a newly minted medal around each of their necks, the 2008 Distinguished Graduates gathered at Mahan Hall for a panel discussion with midshipmen.

In only the second year of the DGA panel discussion. Captain Peg Klein '81, USN, Commandant of Midshipmen, led off the panel encouraging the Class of 2011 to ask engaging questions during this very special opportunity. Serving as moderator for the panel. Captain James A. Campbell '73, USN (Ret), who holds the Class of 1972 Distinguished Military Professor chair in Character Development, described the event as a chance to "interact with men who understood their commission" by living lives of distinguished service.

Each of the Distinguished Graduate Award recipients, with the exception of Jim Kinnear who was unable to attend the panel discussion, read a quotation that was meaningful to his life and began the conversation with a brief introduction.

Admiral Montoya started off the session with a quote from Branch Rickey: "Luck is the residue of design." Because the audience of midshipmen was seemingly unfamiliar with Rickey, Montoya also gave a brief history lesson of Rickey as the general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers who introduced Jackie Robinson to the major leagues.

Lieutenant General Keys followed with the brief quote of "A Message to Garcia" from Elbert Hubbard, which received instant recognition from the audience. Keys explained that "this little story" said so much about leadership and the importance of "taking care of your men."

Admiral Chiles pulled one line from the poem "The McDonogh Uniform" by Eustace S. Glascock that he had to memorize in junior high school which read: "How low or how high in the world we may be, we give something more than we take." When he first recited the words as a child they were just words, but as he matured he realized how applicable they were to his life and his career.

Admiral Kelso was not content to bring a single quotation so he shared two with the gathered midshipmen. First a Mark Twain quotation: "Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said." And second, Kelso cited Murphy's Law: "If anything can go wrong, rt will at the worst possible time." While he recognized that neither quotation was particularly inspiring, he noted that both contained words to live byâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;truth and preparation.

After the brief introduction by each Distinguished Graduate with the chosen quote, the session turned into a question and answer period. While the midshipmen were initially hesitant to move to the microphones placed in the hall, after the first question the lines quickly became five midshipmen deep with a steady stream of ^ questions from the crowd. The Distinguished Graduate panel members were quick to share their sense of humor along with sage advice on leadership and careers. While the questions spanned from decision making and leadership to service and support, the midshipmen were particularly curious about the Distinguished Graduates' time as midshipmen and experiences as junior officers.

The panel members were more than happy to reply and the conversations continued well after the panel discussion ended in the corridors of Mahan Hall.

While this was only the second such leadership panel. Captain Klein noted that it should be a "continuing tradition" in her introduction. The midshipmen in attendance and Distinguished Graduates would certainly agree.

"I've seen real w^ar and I've seen business war and it has been my privilege to have served in^Both positions."

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hen James Kinnear III '50 learned of his selection as a Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, he shared the news first with his daughter and two classmates. Then congratulations came, in some cases firom classmates he hadn't seen in almost 60 years.

"My heart was really warmed by the number of congratulations firom classmates.They emphasize the relationships made at USNA and in the service," he said.

Born 21 March 1928, in Pittsburgh, PA, Kinnear attended high school at St. Paul's School in Concord, N H , and lived his teenage years during World War II, "in hero worship" of the U.S. Navy, he said.

He chose to attend the Naval Academy over Yale (where he was already accepted)

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and entered in the summer of 1946 with the Class of 1950.

"I loved every minute as a midshipman," Kinnear said. He learned things he knew he wouldn't have learned anywhere else: "To work productively with fellow manâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;get along and make firiends; leadership and how to solve problemsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; which is very important; and individual self discipline and responsibility: when you are at sea, you don't get much help; you are all alone."

"The Naval Academy had more impact on my life and career than aity other experience," he said.

After graduating with distinction, Kinnear married liis childhood sweetheart, Mary, and then served three consecutive tours in Korea. For his service, including

the rescue of a drowning man, he was awarded seven engagement stars and the Navy Commendation Medal. Kinnear said this is one of the proudest moments of his life. "While we lost 50,000 lives, I was able to save a few," he said.

In his next tour, personal aide to ComNine, Kinnear met then-president of Texaco Inc., Augustus Calvin Long '26.

The corporate executive was impressed with Kinnear and explained to him Texaco's philosophy of hiring Navy trained officen, with leadership and management talent. He asked Kinnear to consider Texaco if he should think of changing his career.

A year later, Kinnear did as requested and took a position vwth Texaco in 1954, resigning his Navy commission and

joining the Naval Reserve. For the next 23 years Kinnear worked in many departments at Texaco, including marketing, refining and transportation, in positions of increasing responsibility.This route led him to the role of vice president and, with the increased responsibilities, he retired fiom the Naval Reserve as a lieutenant commander.

Kinnear was elected by Texaco's board of directors to be president of Houston-based Texaco U.S.A., overseeir^ all exploration, production, refining, transportation and marketing in the country. Four years later, the board elected Kinnear to serve as president and chief executive officer of Texaco Inc., taking office at the start of 1987 and serving until 1 April 1993.

When Kinnear took the helm of Texaco, the company's 40,000 employees "were totally discombobulated, sad and confiased," he explained. Kinnear navigated the oil giant through a massive restructuring, including formation of Star Enterprise, a joint venture with Saudi Arabian Oil Co. He also led Texaco through a hostile takeover attempt and proxy fight. He solved problems and the company "came out whole" fix)m the proxy fight, something

not seen before. The company had a great recovery through Kirmear's focus on irmo\ation in the oilfields and laboratories, including two patents of his own wfhich represent his contribution to society and anti-pollution efforts.

Kinnear said he is proud of his achievements at Texaco. In fact, the problem solving and resolution of the takeover attempt were used as a case study by Harvard University's Graduate School of Business.

Speaking fiom his experience, this Distinguished Graduate offered three points of advice to midshipmen: "Have and stay with a set of personal ethicsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; shortcuts df I't get you anywhere; keep up with the technology of the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;technology wiU change several times in a career; read biographies and history and stay intellectually curious."

When Kirmear retiredfixamTexaco his contributions to the nation were well underway, continuing with support to the Naval Academy. On a visit to the Academy as a guest lecturer, Kinnear was impressed by the caliber of the feculty and decided to establish a permanent endowment that assists two professors in the Physical Sciences Department in conductin - external research. The

Kinnears have provided annual support to the grovwng fiind that underwrites Kirmear Fellows Program research grants.

The Kirmears also fiilly endowed The James and Mary Kirmear Chair in Physical Sciences. He also has supported his class's effijrts on behalf of the Naval Academy Museum.

The Kirmears have extended their generosity to other institutions, as well.

They endowed a teaching chair at St. Paul's School.They donated a renovated plantation in Clarksville,VA, to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, pushing the foundation well beyond its campaign fiandraising goal.

Throughout his career, Kinnear has participated in many advisory boards and councils. Presendy, he, an American, is on the primarily Saudi board of Saudi Aramco, the largest oil company in the worid; sits on the board of the Metropolitan Opera in New York; and is actively involved with the Naval Academy Foundation Board of Directors. Kinnear has authored several books and articles.

He has four children and seven grandchildren and lives in Greenwich, CT.

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^ ^ I was gready pleased. What a wonderfiJ surprise" it was to receive a callfi-omthe chairman of the DGA selection committee, said Admiral Frank B.Kelso II '56,USN (Ret.).The first person to share his news was the same person who has shared his lifetime of "wonderfial experiences" and "daunting tasks," his wife of 52 years.

This Hfe began in Fayetteville,TN, where Kelso grew up attending public schools and the University of the South before entering the Naval Academy with the Class of 1956.

Kelso served onboard OGLETHORP before heading to submarine school in New London, CT, in 1958, and submarine nuclear power training in 1960. He served aboard several

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submarines, commanding FINBACK and and had the opportunity to take a submarine to the North Pole, which vvas "a wonderfial experience," Kelso said.

He then served as Executive Assistant to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command and U.S.Adantic Fleet and Supreme Allied Commander Adantic; Commander, Submarine Squadron Seven; in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower, Persormel and Training); in the Office of the CNO; and in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy.

Kelso then became Commander, Sixth Heet (February 1985-June 1986) and NATO commander Naval Striking Force add Support Forces Southern BLUEHSH

Europe. Under his command. Sixth Heet units responded with swifi: action to capture the Muslim terrorists who commandeered the Italian cruise ship AcHiLLE LAURO; provided sttor^ responses, including tactical engagement of surface forces and air raids to Libyan terrorist activities; and supported various U.S. inspired efforts, which combined resulted in a marked reduction in European terrorist activities. Admiral Kelso said this was a particularly rewarding time, when "we were trying to cope with early terrorist events in the Mediterranean."

Next came promotion to admiral and assigtunent as Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet,followedby a tour as Supreme Allied Commandei;Atlantic and Commander in Chief, U.S.Adantic Command.

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Kelso was also instrumental in supporting women serving in combat related assignments in the Navy at sea and ashore; he implemented strong measures to rid the Navy of sexual harassment and provide women an equal oppormnity for promotion and command. He faced the Tailhook incident in Las Vegas, adding to the already great challenges of shaping the Navy for the post Cold War world.

In a letter endorsing Kelso's nomination for DGA, General Robert Herres '54, USAF (Ret.), who served asfirstVice Chairman of the Joint Chiefi of Staff during Kelso's tour as C N O , wrote, "There has never been any question of the integrity of this fine officer, even as he

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was thrust into the middle of some of the most sensitive and controversial issues of the day" Kelso is the first person in U.S.,history to serve as C N O and Acting Secretary of the Navy (January -July 1993) simultaneously. At that time he had to decide on base closures and realignments— a task with wide unpopularity. Admiral Kelso performed this respdnsitsility vwth the integrity for which he was known throughout his career.

"Being chief of the Navy is a daunting task," the admiral said, "but I'm gratefiJ. I had an oppormnity to have a term."

Admiral Kelso was awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal (three awards), Legion of Merit (four awards).

Meritorious Service, Navy Commendations and Navy Achievement Medals.

In reflecting on his career and his time at the Naval Academy, Admiral Kelso said that the Naval Academy "provided an education I wouldn't have had another way... And it gave m? oppormnities I wouldn't have had."

Having lived and served what the Naval Academy teaches—honor, commitment, courage—^Admiral Kelso said that current midshipmen should also remember and implement this axiom in their careers. "They go hand-in-hand where you go," he said. Another lesson for midshipmen, "Your career and life wiU depend upon the people you serve with," Kelso advised. "You should remember that you need others to help you take care of the job."

Kelso's example of dedication to the Navy and the nation inspired his four children to follow his lead. His oldest son served as a Navy physician. His second son is in command of a submarine squadron based in Norfolk. One son-inlaw is a destroyer squadron commander in Pearl Harbor; the other is a retired Reserve Marine colonel. Admiral Kelso and his wife have eight grandchildren and live in their hometown of Fayetteville,TN

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ailing fi-om a ranching family of Mexican descent in Southern California, Rear Admiral Benjamin F Montoya '58, CEC, USN (Ret.), held a unique position at the Naval Academy and throughout his Navy and corporate careers, and now as a 2008 Distinguished Graduate.

Born in Indio, CA, Montoya graduated firom CoacheUa High School in 1953.

He attended California Polytechnic Instimte for one year on scholarship.

He was fireshman class president and played varsity baseball (pitcher) and football (quarterback).

Montoya learned about the Naval Academy from a neighboring rancher, father-in-law to World War II hero then-Commander Dusty Dornin '35.

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"Dornin looked at me and my report cards. I asked him how much the school would cost and he told me, 'We'll pay you to go and put clothes on your back,'" Montoya recalled.

On 3 July 1954, Montoya received a telegram saying to report to the Naval Academy on 7 July. After a patriotic hometown sendoff, Montoya entered the Naval Academy with the Class of 1958. He was Fifth Company striper, an outstanding athlete and one of a handfial of midshipmen of Mexican descent at the Academy. Montoya graduated 154th in his class and was commissioned an ensign in the Civil Engineer Corps.

"The ordeal you are put through as a Plebe is demeaning, but bonding. It taught self discipline, to memorize things

and I was pushed to limits I didn't know I had," he said. "I thought I would spend four years [in the Navy] and get out," said the DGA recipient who had a 31-year Navy career.

After earning a B.S. in civil engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1960, Montoya supervised reconstruction of the Long Beach Shipyard waterfixant.

From there he went to Naval Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme, CA, where he worked as a lieutenant in a commander billet, supervising a civilian workforce of more than 550 people.

Montoya was the most junior officer in CEC history to serve as PubUc Works Officer of that Navy command.

Later Montoya was assigned to Mobile Construction Battalion Three

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deployed to Guam. He led an advance party of the first Navy Mobile Construction Battalions deployed in-covmtry to Vietnam, supervising construction of the first base camp built

by Seabees in Da Nang. He led an advance party on a second deployment to Chu Lai in the Republic of Vietaam.

Montoya was awarded the Bronze Star with CombatV for his service.

After returning to Port Hueneme a second time, the new lieutenant commander was assigned as chief staff officer of the 31st Naval Construction Regiment, a commander billet, staffing up mobile construction battalions needed in Vietnam. Montoya was the most junior CEC Chief Staff Officer of the 31st N C R in the history of the CEC.

stamtes. During this time he earned a law degree at Georgetown University to handle the legal side of the Act, as well.

Montoya is the first Hispanic American to achieve flag rank in the Navy's CEC, the first Hispanic American to serve as the Navy's Chief of Civil Engineers and the first Hispanic American to command the Naval Facilities Engineering Command.

Rear Admiral Montoya retired from the Navy in 1989 and went to Pacific Gas and Electric Co. as Vice President Sacramento Valley R ^ o n . He was promoted to senior vice president and general manager. Gas Supply Business Unit.

In 1967, Montoya earned an M.S. in sanitary engineering (environmental studies) at Georgia Institute of Technology followed by three years at Naval Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico, as PubUc Works Officer. He was the first Spanish speaking CEC officer assigned to Puerto Rico.

This tour was followed by two years at Port Hueneme.

Recruited to Public Service Co. of New Mexico, Montoya was president and C E O for seven years, the last three of which he served as chairman of the board. .At the company, Montoya met his greatest career challenge, he said. The company was near bankruptcy in New Mexico and had a poor public image vwth a dysfiinctional senior staff. In the end, he said, he retired from a financially sound company with a positive image with many friends of his ovwi.

For the next 10 years, Montoya worked on the Navy's compliance with The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and other newly enacted federal

In addition to his illustrious career in the CEC and the utilities, Montoya served on multiple corporate boards, committees and advisory councils, most

notably: Base Realignment and Closure Commission; Naval Academy Board of Visitors; charter member. Association of Navy Service Officers; chairman of the CEC/Seabee Historical Foundation; and NASA Advisory Council, Space Operations Committee.

Offering advice to midshipmen, Montoya said that the Boy Scouts' motto, "Be prepared," is paramount to success.

"Be prepared for the task that Ues ahead.

Study history and never cease educating yourself Seek experts in dealing with people." Lasdy, he offered, "Be flexible to meet any challenge."

In support of the Naval Academy and the Navy, Rear Admiral Montoya has helped the Naval Academy and the Naval Recruiting Command identify qualified candidates for the Academy and other officer programs, leading to a significant increase of Hispanic American officers in the Navy and Marine Corps. He said, "The Naval Academy is the place to go to be a leader of men. With leadership fiindamentals, one will be able to do anything later in Hfe." He resides in Northern California with his wife,Virginia. They have seven children and 17 grandchildren. His oldest son, also Ben, graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1981.

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or this lifetime Marine, more recent corporate executive and Naval Academy Class of 1960 alumnus, selection as a Distinguished Graduate is a "great honor" bringing "recognition for the whole class, not just for me," Lieutenant General William M. Keys '60, USMC (Ret.), said.

Looking back on his career and his time in Annapolis, Keys said that the Naval Academy taught him the value of working hard in or out of the military.

"Get as much out of the Naval Academy as possible," he said. "You don't have to be a stand-out athlete or student," said the 2008 Distinguished Graduate.

"You can still be successftd and have a wonderfiil career."

That is how it worked for General Keys, a man who "commanded

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everything there was to command." As a designated infantry officer. Keys served at every level of operational command, starting as platoon leader with 3d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment; and moving through the ranks: as company commander with the 1st BattaUon, 9th Marine Regiment in Vietnam; Commanding Officer, 3d Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment; Regimental Commander, 6th Marines; and Commanding General, 2d Marine Division during Desert Storm combat operations in Southwest Asia; Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Adantic; Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Adantic; Commanding General, 2d Marine Expeditionary Force; Commander, Marine Striking Force, Adantic; Commander, U.S. Marine Corps

Forces, South (Designate); and Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe (Designate).

Keys was inspired to join the military by his father, a World War I veteran, and his mother, who always wanted him to attend a service academy, he said. After one year of preparatory work at Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, PA, Keys entered the Naval Academy with die Class of 1960.

Having been commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, Keys continued his education at The Basic School, Amphibious Warfare School and the Comniand and Staff College, all at Quantico,VA. Advanced education and degrees include the National War College in Washington, DC, an M.S. firom American University, and an honorary

PhJD. in public service fiom^X^shington and Jefferson C o l l i e .

"As a Marine captain in Vietnam, Keys led units against the numerically larger North Vietnamese Army andViet Cong forces, encouraging and successfiaDy directing his company w^hile repelling attacks and over-running the enemy. This tx>ur as a company conmiander is one of the general's proudest moments, he said.

"The ejqjerience was personal and exhilarating," he said, the braveness of the young men he led was remarkable.

As a major. Keys volunteered for a second txjur in Vietnam during which he advised a Vietnamese Marine Brigade.

This brigade demonstrated major combat effecrivenes improvements in its role in a counteroffensive as part of aVietnamese Marine Division in the recapture of QuangTri Province.

Neady 20 years later in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, thenMajor General Keys a ^ i n showed his superb leadership skiDs.As Commanding General, Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, N C , he prepared more than 20,000 Marines and Sailors fiiom his division for deployment and combat operations in the Persian Gulf.

After deploying a Regimental Landing Team in support of the Marine Expeditionary Bri^de, he maintained situational awareness of the operation plarjs, trained commanders and staffi of his major combat units, established both an operational staff which would deploy, and Camp Lg'eune remain-behind staff to ensure femilies and logistics requirements were met, among other thin^.

In November 1990, the order was issued for the Second Marine Division to start deployment eady the next month.

He directed training for his 16,000 Marines and Sailors and their sequential movement with heavy equipment to assembly areas. He provided conmianders intent and staffguidance for the devdopment of batde plans.

Keys led the heaviest armored division in Marine Corps history through a minefield and anti-tank barriers to conduct this successftd attack across the Kuwaiti border and into Kuwait City.

For his leadership and exceptional service t h r o u ^ o u t his career. General Keys received numerous awards: the Navy Cross; Distinguished Service Medal (two awards); Defense Distinguished Service Medal; Silver Star; Legion of

Merit with Combat "V"; Bronze Star with Combat "V"; and the Defense Meritorious Service Medal. He also was recognized for his warfighdr^ abilities with the Merritt A."Red Mike" Edson's rank insignia which Edson wore as a colonel. Edson commanded the World War II First Marine Raider Battalion which started the tradition of passing these rank insignia to a colonel who portrayed "the same mystical blend of intelligence, dignity, innovation and raw courage that were the hallmark of their original owner."

After a 34-year career in the Marine Corps, Keys said he envies the forces in combat today and wishes he could be there, too. "I love the Marine Corps dearly," he said.

Lieutenant General Keys is a President's Circle donor to the Naval Academy Foundation. He has participated in Naval Acaderrty^ seminars for midshipmen interested in the Marine Corps. He is President and C E O of Colt Firearms (defense and commercial divisions), Hartford, CT. He lives with his wife, Gail, and family in Hume,VA.

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eing selected as a Distinguished Graduate is an "incredible honor and very humbling," said Admiral Henry G. Chiles '60, USN (Ret.), who served 36 years in the Navy.

Those years flew by, he said, because "time ffies when you are challenged." He said he kept trying the next step, and that took him all the way to U.S. Strategic Command.The key to success, he said, is to work hard and have vision.

Success is also about people. "Leaders have to get to know their people and what they are capable of doing," Chiles said. "Encourage and develop them to do what the Navy needs." In addition, he cautioned, "Don't put people in positions where they will fail or the command will fail; put them where they will succeed."

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In short, he said, "Know yourself, your people and your job and be able to look ahead to where the command will be."

Chiles was able to look ahead fiiom the begirming. Born in Baltimore, just a short sailfiromAnnapolis, Chiles foDowed the guidance of a cousin (Captain Hank Hanssen '44) who served in submarines in World War II. He attended the McDonogh School in Owings Mills, MD, and then headed south to the shores of the Severn River.

At the Naval Academy, Chiles said, "My eyes were opened to teamwork— within the company, the Brigade and varsity athletics—more expertise can be brought as a team than you can possibly bring by yourself."

He was 21st Company commander for a set, graduating within the top 100 in his class. He played varsity lacrosse, winning third string AU-American honors and helping to take Navy to the 1960 national championship. Chiles was awarded the Thompson Trophy at graduation for doing the most to promote Naval Academy athletics that year.

Upon graduation, Chiles served onboard BORIE before reporting to Naval Submarine School and nuclear propulsion training. His first nuclear submarine tours were aboard T R I T O N , TECUMSEH and then D R U M as commissioning executive officer, foDowed by a deployment.

Chiles went to Oxford University in England as a C N O Scholar—a program he hadn't heard of until then—^to study

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When it came time to serve aboard GURNARD as prospective commanding officer. Chiles seized the opportunity to talk with every crew member before taking command, which he did after an under-ice Arctic Ocean deployment. He noted that this command was a highlight of his career.

"Command at sea for anyone is a unique and rewarding ejqjcrience," Chiles said. Four years in command of the submarine GURNARD with an opportunity to work with the young people onboard was astounding, he noted.

Then-Captain Chiles served under Admiral Rickover and later Admiral Kin McKee as Special Assistant to die Director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, U.S. Department of Energy, conducting fleet liaison and directing the Prospective Commanding Officer's Course.

Chiles had tours as: Commander, Submarine Squadron Three; Commander, Naval Training Center, San Diego; Director, Strategic Submarine Division/ Deputy Assistant Chief of Naval Operations (UnderseaWarfare), his only Pentagon post; Commander, Submarine Group Eight and N A T O Mediterranean submarines; and Commander,

Submarines AUied Command Atlantic (a second NATO post, exercising with other navies) while simultaneously Conmiander Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Heet.

Chiles became Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff, U.S. Strategic Command, at Offlitt Air Force Base, Nebraska, in September 1993. Less than six months later he relieved as Commander in Chief, U.S. Strategic Command, responsible for all U.S. Air Force and Navy strategic nuclear forces supporting the national security objective of deterrence.

Wearing the same blue service uruform he received in 1956 shortly after being indurted into the Naval Academy Class of 1960, Chiles retired fiom the Navy in 1996.

T h r o u ^ o u t his career he received numerous av^^rds: D o D Distinguished Service Medal; Navy Distinguished Service Medal; L ^ o n of Merit (five awards); Meritorious Service Medal; and Navy Commendation Medal (two).

His service to the Navy continued as the McMullen Distinguished Chair of Leadership at the Naval Academy (19992003), teaching leadership and ethics to plebes, third class and second class midshipmen. His teaching style and years of experience made Chiles a popular teacher, adding much to the Academy's

curriculum. "It was wonderfial to work v\dth midshipmen," he said. "Every day it was flm to go to class."

In 2006, Chiles addressed the incoming Class of 2010 at its Reaffirmation Ceremony, citing the many years of service of the Class of 1960, including the heroic, inspirational leadership of fellow Distinguished Graduate Lieutenant General Bill Keys, USMC (Ret.), and other exemplary classmates, and urging the Class of 2010 to accept and practice honor, courage and commitment.

Currently, he is a trustee of the Naval Academy Foundation Athletic and Scholarship Program Division. H e advises at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico and the Applied Physics Laboratory at The Johns Hopkins University and is a senior mentor in the Capstone Course at the National Defense University. He also chairs a study group for U.S. Strategic Command, exploring the next step after the Trident Class ballistic missile submarine; and serves as an advisor to the Dolphin Scholarship Foiondation.

His late wife, Katy, was a long-term Navy Relief volunteer, led the spoiase portion of the Capstone Course for newly selected flag and general officers and was president of the Dolphin Scholarship Foiandation.They have three sons. d>

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Admiral William J. Crowe '47, USN (Ret.)

never thought being an admiral's aide or a teaching assistant sounded Hke much fiin. Everyone knows the responsibilities of an aide: managing schedules, screening phone calls and getting coffee. As for being a teaching assistant, it's all work with no glory. My perceptions of both were incorrect. In January 2007, I was selected to carryout both duties for Admiral William J. Crowe '47, U S N (Ret.). Serving as an assistant to an admiral is a great privilege. Even though he was 82 years old, the Admiral had a flail schedule with many appointments to keep and phone calls to screen (he didn't drink coffee).That summer, while discussing the Admiral's calendar of events, there was one important commitment he made sure took precedentâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the induction of his granddaughter, Amanda Crowe, into the U.S. Naval Academy.

Although my dad's father was a famous Admiral, he was always just Grandpa to me. When we visited Grandpa in London when I

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was little, he was the Ambassador to the United Kingdom. That didn't mean much to an eight-year old except that the food was good and we stayed in a beautiful mansion.

When I walked into his large office in London I noticed his shelves were covered by his famous hat collection. I have been told that I looked at my grandpa and said, "So what do you do all day Grandpa, play with hats?" He laughed and replied, "I ivish it was that simple." Until recently, I never understood the importance of his positions.

He was never Admiral or Ambassador to me.

He was instead a big teddy bear who I called for advice on hfe, career and friends (never about boys). Grandpa attended soccer games, generously took me on shopping sprees, and was a guiding voice every Sunday night on the phone when I was struggling through calculus classes at NAPS. Due to chronic lung disease, Grandpa did not make it to my Induction Day, which I knew broke his heart.

This past October he passed away. My life changed after he died. I lost my Grandpa and my sounding board. During hisjuneral and

commemorating a distinguished Naval Academy graduate and, personally, the best boss I had ever had. An attentive audience Ustened to former President Bill Clinton present a eulogy declaring the Admiral one of the "greatest Americans of our time." Those of us from the academic department were the least prominent attendees relative to the cabinet secretaries, heads of state and members of Congress there to remember an American patriot. More than 1,000 people poured out of the Naval Academy Chapel and followed the joint service procession to the cemetery grounds.

At the grave site, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs conducted flag honors, which was followed by a 21-gun salute.

Although prominent political and military figures attended the memorial, many people who the Admiral cared most about could not be thereâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the hundreds of midshipmen he taught and mentored during his tenure as a member of the Naval Academy faculty.

every day since, I realized that he was not only

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received a candidate tour of the Academy and

model to midshipmen, officers and Americans.

was able to observe my grandpa's seminar

I was not related to Admiral Crowe, but I cried during his flmeral. I sat shoulder to shoulder with my Political Science colleagues, wimessing a ceremony

class. He was teaching a course in U.S. National Security and Decision Making as the Olin Scholar in the Academy's political Science department, a position he held for almost a decade.

During that class, 16 students talked abotit newspaper headlines and the Iran hostage incident.

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thing. When reflecting on that class visit, one word comes to mindâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;laughter. I remember the midshipmen being so friendly and telling me how brilliant, respected and very cool my grandpa was. That one-day trip made me realize that my grandpa and the Admiral were the same person. Theformer was important in my life, while the latter was important to the Navy and Naval Academy.

Admiral Crowe was passionate about academics and improving the critical thinking skills of his students. He would arrive at work an hour before class to devour the newspaper and meet with inquisitive students. His beloved driver, Sid, would follow closely behind vAxh stacks of books and documents needed for the Admiral's ongoing projects. Whfle in the seminar room, the Admiral created a scholarly amiosphere equal to the gravity of the course's content. At the same time, the tone was relaxed enough to spark moments of laughter. Last spring, he started a class by saying, " O k gang, what is in the newspaper today? And I don't want to hear anything about Anna Nicole Sanith." His 80-plus years were often upstaged by his ageless humor.

FoUowing 20 minutes of debate on current events, the seminar would continue with a discussion covering the day's topic. Although the Admiral could have used class time to pontificate about his own experiences, he did not.

The students always came first. It was much more impoitant for midshipmen to open "their intellectual parachutes" than for him to answer his own hard questions.

On the last day of class, the students did not hold center stage. On this day, grandpa contumally the Admiral took the floor while asked probing questions. midshipmen took notes. He delivered Fortunately, grandpa valuable career advice to his firsties: did not put me on "First, as a military professional it is the spot because he incumbent upon you to understand and participate as my

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knew I was too worried I'd say the wrong

value the role of civilians in national defense. We live in a plurality where the military should not and can not supersede the electorate. Second, be flexible and think critically about the choices you make. Great decisions are not made quickly. AU of you should seek graduate education in order to fine tune your critical thinking and writing skills. Third, success in the Navy and harmony in the home are interdependent.The spouse you choose wiU have a significant influence on your career accomplishments." the Admiral's longtime love for his wife Shirley reflected his behef that a strong family life is integral to happiness and success.

know. He loved his family, his alma mater and his country.

Admiral, sir, you are no longer present in the Political Science department, but your influence continues to affect Sailors and Marines today. Those who worked for you, learned from you or were simply lucky enough to talk to you were inspired by doing so. You helped us become better officers and taught us the value of a miHtary career. As armotated in your autobiography: " N o matter what you do after you get out... no matter what you make or where you go, it wiU never be as satisfying as what you did when you were in the Navy." Those words changed my life. Thank you, As a plebe, I recently had to declare a major; I want to study politics like my grandpa.Admiral, for selflessly giving back to Since he was afaadty member in the Political your alma mater.

Blake Crowe, USMC, my father I will lead like Amanda Crowe and make our family proud.

This article is dedicated to Admiral WiUiam J. Crowe and serves as a "thank you" from every midshipmen he ever taught, officer or enUsted he ever inspired and granddaughter he ever hugged. Fair winds and following seas, Admiral—we have the watch. d>

Midshipman Amanda Crowe '11, USN, is in 12th Company and majoring in political science. DeutenantJoshua W Welle '02, USN, is an instructor in the Political Science department at the U.S. Naval Academy and the president of the Class of 2002. He has a Master's degree in International Relations and is a candidate for an MBA from the Science department, I have big shoes to fill.

Grandpa, sir, you are no longer present to R.H. Smith Business School, University of Maryland.

Croive—can be an Achilles heel. When talk to about my career and Ife, but I still peoplefindout I am related to Admiral want to say thank Crowe, they quickly make assumptions about you for all your my future performance based on his past guidance and love. aaomplishments. Grandpa was the Naval As promised at your Academy debate team founder and captain in bedside during our 1946; he received his Ph.D.from Princeton last talk, I will J3SSX. University's Woodrow Wilson School; he graduate from the -jM^^^mL advised presidents on critical issues of war and Naval Academy and Jj^£iD_ peace. Whether I study American Politics or be commissioned International Relations remains to be into the naval determined, and whether I get a 4.0 or 2.0 service. The Naval remains to be seen. However, no matter what Academy becomes my grade point average will be, I know grandpa more apart of me would be proud of me. When he found out I everyday. I was just wanted to go to the Naval Academy, he cried selected to be Principal Managed Portfolio'^" out of joy. When he accepted the invitation to a Summer Seminar Let The Principal help keep your swear me in as a midshipman, he was teary detailer, so my investments in full siving. out ofpride. When he saw me in his hospital Crowe leadership

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Shipmate'.Were you aware of the number of men who went before you?

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Shipmate: In 1937 James Johrosonjr.'s mother said "he believed he was representing, not just James L.Johnson Jr., but the Colored Race" coming to the Academy. Did you carry the same weight with you as you entered the Naval Academy?

Commander Brown: Not reaBy no. It was a Htde different situation. Johnson was a brilliant fellow they called "Socs," short for Socrates. He became a Tuskegee Airman, and later went back to the Webb Institute and became an engineer He was a tremendous Navy engineer most of his life. He had the initial interest in the Navy In the '30s, the situation was this—after 1901, Congressman White was the last Reconstruction era black congressman.There were no black members of Congress until 1928, almost 30 years later In 1928, this new one was a product of the Chicago Cook County machine—Oscar DePriest, a republican, defeated by Arthur Mitchell in 1932. Mitchell had a feeling that we should take advantage of the educational opportunities at the service academies.There had been three West Point graduates

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before the turn of the century. Flipper [Hemy O FHpper,USMA 1877] being the first. Mitchell started with people in Chicago, but being in D.C. he was aware of the Washington High School Cadet Corps and the academic reputation of gradiaates of Ehanbar High School M^ho had gone on to Ivy League schools. I know four people who wrere nominated in the '30s by Mitchell. I was in D.C. where I couldn't vote for the mayor, much less the president, so if you had a problem, you went to Chicago's black Congressman. Mitchell accepted that.

Being the only black congressman, that was stressed upon him. If you look at the guys appointed before me, they were fiom Chicago. He gave appointees a Chicago address. I was showing I was fiom New York becaiose I was nominated

by Representative Adam Powell (D-NY).

My address was a vacant lot in Harlem.

I'd never been to New York except for theWorid's Fair.

Someone Hke that Congressman does carry the weight. I didn't feel Hke I was carrying the weight.

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Mrs. Brown; In school we always felt float if we were the good students, you didn't have to carry a weight because you were just as qiaaMed as everyone else. You did the best work that you could do. It was expected. You did it. And we were always encouraged to go on to schools of challenge ShipmatcWere you apprehensive going into Plebe Summer?

Commander Brown: I felt I coiald handle it for several reasons. I knew black gradiaates of West Point personally. I was dating the sister of one of them. Fowler, Admiral Reason's wife's father, who was class of'41 [USMA],came to our junior high school and I was quite impressed. I had talked with men like him, so I knew all the stories and rumors about Johnson Chesmut Whittaker who had been mutilated and bloodied. I expected a lot more and was ready for a lot more.

Mrs. Brown: But you were prepared, emotionally prepared to be there.

Commander Brown: Yes. A lot of people made a lot of fiass about being isolated and no one talking to me and

sitting by myself. Well, that doesn't bother me. I had four roommates at Howard University, so I was happy to have my room to myself.

Shipmate: After Plebe Summer, were you more nervous about the upper classmen coming back or just relieved to have made it through a tough siammer?

Commander Brown: Plebe Summer duringWoridWar II was quite diSerent It was more of a holding pen. People were coming firom all over the worid— Germany, Guam, Midway—and arriving at different times becaiase traveling was so dangerous. There was no 1-Day. You took the Oath within a day or two after the time you got in and bam, you were off.

Shipmate. Did you have a support network in Annapolis outside of the gates?

Commander Brown: Yes, definitely. In particular, not only was the black population really delisted to see me and supportive, I'd walk along the street and get a big smile firom people, and anything they coiald do they said they would. I also had the

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feeUng that many in the white population supported me, too. Now at that time in Annapolis, the locals didn't particularly like the midshipmen.They thought they were stuck up and didn't want their daughters to date them. Many of them were racist, but they felt that I could be the fly in the Academy oinmient and irritate the Academy a litde bit.

S/l/pmate: When did you see the light at the end of the mnnel?

Commander Brown: Well, I didn't have any problem with academics.

However, I did have loads of demerits. I was accumulating these things Hke crazy, and it looked like I wasn't going to make it at the rate I was going. I didn't realize until I read Bob's book [reference to Robert J. SchneIler,Jr.'s book tided Breaking the Color Barrier], but I suspected something happened because the deanerits started to slow down.The duty officer said, "We have a code that says we don't lie, steal or cheat or tolerate those who do. If soaneone is making up things, I'm not going to allow that." But if a guy said I was out of step or talking in ranks, how was I going to say I wasn't?

Mrs Brown: Tell her about when you counted the days to graduation.

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Brown: Oh yeah!

I did that once: "A thousand days.

Oh my God!" Whenever I speak to people about my experience, they usually ask if I ever thought of qtaitting, and I say "Yes, every day.

Every single day of Plebe year I'd think of quitting, but the next morning I'd change my mind."

Shipmate:You had a 20-year career with the Navy. Did you ever encounter problems as an officer?

Commander Brown: Not really no.

Most of die COs I had were very good.

There were a few that were just ordinary and one or two that were really lousy I had one in Hawaii that was lousy. He told me when I first reported aboard that he had no use for me as an officer. I took a coui-se in Hawaiian culture, and in this class I made an observation. There was a reporter in the class who put what I said in the newspaper. In fimess, the C O marked me down for Marginal Judgment, D-, saying I had given a press conference without his permission. I told him, "First of all, I did not give this guy an interview."

So I had to think for quite a while if I was going to get into a contest with hiaii.

He was the last commanding officer I had, and I had glowing reports firom my two COs before, I decided to just let this go. It's a hazard of the military. You have to answer to somebody and they may or may not be reasonable. You have to decide to quit, conform or fight. I'm not bitter about it.

The fact that they named a building after me, I'll take that any time.

Shipmate: What does the dedication of the field house mean to you?

Commander Brown: There's no greater honor that anybody could possibly give me, especially the Naval Academy for an Alumnus.To be able to see and hear and have my family and friends and many, many people 1 don't know and may never know, you can't beat it.

Somehow or another, wlifle 1 don't beHeve in these predestined things or laws of nature, I tliink I was destined for this.

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I had my heart attack two months after the Superintendent told me they were going to name this building after me. The doctors told Crystal I wouldn't last the night. She was holding on to my hand so tighdy that I told her if she does that again, I was going to take her arm with me. They told her to round up the family and they were all around the foot of my bed when I woke upâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;I didn't know I'd had a heart attack, but I knew I was sick

because I was weak. When I saw aU of them from all these far away places, which happens so seldom, I thought, "I'm in trouble." I said to Crystal, quite facetiously, "You know, the Navy hates to violate tradition, and naming a building for a live penon has never happened before. Watch my back because somebody may have orders to kill me. But lo and behold here I am."

What lessons would you like to share with the Brigade of Midshipmen?

Commander Brown: Well, thafs so difficult.

For a '48erto say something to a '10, there's such a difference in class makeup. Ifs 25 percent minority and 17 percent female now, so I'm hardly able to picture this, much less offer advice. I do have some general things I like to say to students: Go where there is no path and blaze a trail. From my own experience, I had some truisms that helped me under those circumstances of being the first and only AfricanAmerican for three years. You can't afford to make enemies. Sometimes your tendency is to fight back: you hurt my feelings, now I'm going to hurt yours. You called me a name, now I'm going to call you one. You can't win that. By the same token, don't try to win battles you have no chance of winning. I knew I could finish the Academy, but fighting that fitness report with my CO in Hawaii, I would only get frustration.

Another piece of advice on something that happened to me that I never forgot: I'd gone through all my exams and had one left, and that was chemistry. I hadn't taken chemistry in high school and when I went to college, it was my poor subject.

And now I'm with all of these people who had college and prep school, I was really worried. I really leaned on it so my daily average grades were high. The night before that chemistry exam, I had the worst headache I'd ever had in my life.

I went to the dispensary and they gave me pills. I woke up the next morning at reveille and realized I had not done anything to study for this exam. I said, "Well, my daily grades are good, so if I can just get the minimum on the exam..."

Do you know I aced that exam? You know what it was? Don't cram for exams, because you get so mixed up trying to jam something in that you don't get much out of it. Don't cram, go to sleep. The time to study for finals is every single day.

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Mrs. Brown: The other day he said "It's just amazing that this has happened to me for going to school for four years trying to get an education and make the most of my life."

Commander Brown: I understand perfecdy though. I heard one person tell a 10-year-old child they were going to name a building after me. And the Utde fellow looked up at his dad and said, "What did he do?" I tiiought about that: what did I do?

Mrs. Brown: It's time. It's time to recognize his efforts.

Commander Brown: It's symbolic of the Navy's commitment to diversity. The recognition that the volunteer force that came into effect has to work.You know, I can't teU that litde 10-year-old I was the best athlete the Academy ever had or the best scholar or that I discovered the speed of Hght. So why in the world would the Navy ever name this building after me?

By the time I had retired in 1969, only 23 blacks had graduated. Since then, there's been another 2,000.The year after I retired was the first time they had double digitsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;12 in one class. It meant that the Navy had reached the point where their reputation with the minority community was good.

Mrs. Brown: There was commitment.

Commander Brown: This is not just to recognize Wes Brown.This is to recognize the Navy's commitment to divenity.

There's no personal achievement that I feel the Navy is recognizing of mine, but a symbolic achievement, ^t

Shipmate thanks Commander and Mrs. Brown for the time they spent with our writer. This article includes excerpts of an interview; the fi transcript may be viewed at www.usna.com.

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Teriyaki Shrimp A Tribute to a Classmate and SEAL Teammate

By Captain Michael G. Slattery ' 6 8 , USN (Ret.)

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core of five officers and 22 erJisted men. By then we all knew p the stone staircase firom the rotunda at the center of the each others' strengths and weaknesses as well as we knew our Naval Academy's massive Bancroft Hall stands Memorial own. A particularly strong bond formed among those five Hall. This hallowed place honors the memory of those Alumni gi-aduating officers of BUD/S-class 56: Mike Cadden,Jerry who were killed in action defending the nation against its enemies. The standards and qualification Fletcher, Jim Hoover, Spence Dry and me. criteria for this honor are demanding, as That bond remains unbroken. they should be. But one name, nevertheless, Following graduation firom BUD/S, I had been missing from Memorial Hall's joined three of those officers and rented an honored dead for much too long—that old house on Fourth Street in Corronado, of Lieutenant Melvin Spence Dry '68— just up the road firom the SEAL and the last Navy SEAL killed during the Underwater Demolitions Teams of the U.S. Vietnam War. Pacific Fleet. After long days of training and learning oui" craft in the "Teams," we would Although Spence and I were classmates often gather at a favorite local restaurant at the Naval Academy we really didn't get located aciross the street on Glorietta Bay in to know each other well until the shared the Hotel Del Coronado's old boat house. experience of surviving Basic Underwater There we would take our meals together Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training— and talk shop. Spence would invariably training that included a cold vwnter "Hell oa-der his favorite meal—^teriyaki shrimp.

Week," seemingly endless formation runs in Then-Lieutenants (junior grade) Michael G. I never saw him order anything else. Times soft sand, and long cold ocean swims and Slattery (left) and M. Spence Dry following the completion of "Hell Week" during Basic were good then and all too shoit.We were small boat rock portages at night through UDT/SEAL (BUD/S) Training. Photo courtesy young, well-ti-ained and eager to test our plunging surf during Pacific winter storms. of Robert Dry metde in combat.

Getting to know your ftature teammates Four of us were assigned to UDT-13, and widiin a few was a very big part of that experience. Starting in December mondis we deployed to the Philippines widr die entire command.

1969, we began as a winter class of 12 officers and more than Spence deployed almost immediately firom there to the 100 enlisted. By graduation in Jime 1970, we were dov^Ti to a

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Republic of Viemam as officer in charge (OIC) of Detachment Hotel near Da Nang. There he led his detachment on river reconnaissance, combat demolitions and search-and-desoroy operations along the Ky Lam river. When Jim Hoover was seriousK' wounded at DongTam, Spence relieved him, and I relieved Spence. Upon returnfiromVietnam, Jerr\; Spence and I transferred to SEAL Team One. The time at SEAL One was spent training, volunteering and competing for conobat deployments. Upon reflection, we also made a general niaisance of ourselves at San Diego s local watering holes.

SEALs. Marines and na\-al a\'iators wroiald compete for attention diaring ofi^ut>^ hours and in between WESTPAC deploNinents. Our fevorite haimts for these contests were The Down Winds, MCRD."MexPac" and the Miramar Officers Club (of the feature film Top Gun fame).The memories of those uproarious and politically incorrect times are still \"ividâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;^vve trained hard, played hard and did the things that young men do when the\' think they'll li\"e forever.

Realit\' would soon change all that.

Spence soon deployed to Vietnam as OIC of a SEAL platoon. Such opportunities were becoming rare as the Vietnam War wound do\\Ti. Nixon's "Vietnamizarion" prc^ram had ended all the routine SEAL platoon "direct action" deployments. AU that was left in Vietnam for newly minted SEALs were one-year tours as SEAL ad\Tsors and on exceptional occasions, a taflored mission deployment for a specific purpose or contingency. It was a deployment for a special assignment in Vietnam in 1972 that Spence was leading when he was kiUed during a desperate attempt to accomplish an extremely difficult and hazardous missionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;what we eventually learned

was a P O W rescue mission code named Operation Thunderhead.

Officially the word firom on high during the suananer of 1972 was that he had died in a "training accident," the specific location and purpose of which were highly classified and disclosed only on a "need-to-know^" basis. We wanted to know more.

Gradually, as the sur\"i\-ing members of his team returned to Coronado, we lancovered the bits and fiagments that enabled us to piece together key parts of how his death actraally occurred. Spence and his teammates were conducting a highly classified clandestine recormaissance and attempted rendezvous xander extremely hazardous combat conditions off the coast of North Vietnam. They had launched at midnight the nigjit of 3 Jrme fiom a submerged submarine, the amphibious transport GRAYB.^CK (LPSS-574), operating in the extremely shallow eneni\' \\^ters in the northern Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of North Vietnam.

After several hours of fighting an overpowering tidal current, they had been compelled to scutde their only mode of clandestine transportation, a SEAL DeHvery Vehicle (SDV), after its battery power expired diaring their s t r u ^ e against the tidal current and sea state. After s\\Tmming seaward with the SDV in tow for seven hours to prevent its capture in enemy patroUed waters, they were recovered by hehcopter and remrned to the command ship, the nuclear-pow ered guided-missile cruiser LONG BEACH (CGN-9),for debriefing.

Lieutenant Dry (in center holding paper) briefs his SEAL Platoon "Alpha " on the deck of die submarine GRAYBACK. Photo courtesy of Timothy R. Reeves

Lieutenant Dry (on left partially obscured) and fellow officers have lunch at ttie "mud flats officer's mess' during their infamous "Hell Week" of SEAL training.

Photo courtesy of Robert Dry

Lieutenant Dry, serving as coxswain, and members of his Alpha Platoon return to GRAYBACK following a training exercise prior to Operation Thunderhead. Photo courtesy ofTlmothy R.Reeves

SEAL Team One s commanding officer promotes Slattery (right) and Dry (center) to lieutenant in 1971 during a ceremony at the team's compound in Coronado, CA U.S. Navy Photo courtesy of Robert Dry May 2008

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•L But in true SEAL tradition, Spence woiald not quit. He knew he had to return as soon as possible to the submarine.

He had information vital for a backup team preparing to launch a second attempt, and Spence was determined to see that they got it.

During a secure communication with commanding officer and the on-scene tactical commander, then-Commander John D. Chamberlain, Spence maintained that the information and experience he had just gained were vital to the success of future missions.

Accordingly, it was decided that the SEALs would be returned to GRAYBACK in the submarine's operating area off the coast of North Viemam.The SEALs would jump into the water near the submarine—a "helo cast" in SEAL parlance.The two SEALs and two UDT-11 SDV operators boarded the Navy helicopter for a rendezvous an hour before midnight.

Beyond the challenge inherent with a nighttime cast, the attempted rendezvous was further complicated by the highly classified nature of the SEALs'mission—an operation so secret that the submarine had to remain submerged and undetected even by the U.S. Navy's Seventh Heet. Its ships patrolled throughout this area of the Tonkin Gulf, and only a select few were aware of GRAYBACK and its Navy special war&re swimmers operating in their midst.

GRAYBACK'S

After several unsuccessflil passes, including one flovwi over North Viemam's coast, the helicopter pilot thought he had finally spotted the signal from the submarine. Spence and his men prepared to conduct the helo cast to link-up and lock-in to the sub. When told they were over their objective and given the signal to "drop," Spence stepped out of the helo.

The rest of the SEALs rapidly followed.

The helo was too high and fast for safe entry, and the jumpers hit the water hard.

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Spence was killed on impact, and the odiers injured—two seriously Complicating the worsening chain of events, GRAYBACK was not in the immediate vicinity The survivors were forced to tread water in the presence of enemy patrol boats until they were recovered by helicopter at daybreak.

During the course of the night, one of the SEAL platoon's most experienced combat veterans, then-Wartant Officer First Class Philip "Moki" Martin, found Spence's body and held it for recovery.

Spence would be the last SEAL to die in Viemam. Because his death was not specifically caused by enemy fire, and therefore, according to the cover story, simply a tragic mishap, it was classified as "accidental." Besides the potential political fallout during the waning years of the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, disclosing the highly classified nature of the operation that surrounded his death would put similar fiature POW rescue attempts at risk.

But the risk to Spence and his fellow SEALs during that particularly dangerous operation was from more than just the looming threat of hostile fire. Several treacherous operational hazards were encountered throughout the entire operation'sfiaUmission profile. And although certain aspects of his mission still remain classified, the risks included the night underwater lock out and launch firom the submarine GRAYBACK; the long hours of submerged transit through enemy patrolled waters to the target area in an unproven, free-flooding SDV; the strong tidal current and sea state that made mission success problematic and ultimately forced the SEALs to tow the SDV seaward for seven houn to prevent its capture; and the high risk of detection and engagement by aggressive enemy patrol boats that probed the coastal waters

and extreme shallows of the northern Tonkin Gulf off North Vietnam.

Such mission uncertainties of SEAL operations go v^ath the territory Throughout the entire rescue attempt, Spence's team needed to remain undetected—even by friendly forces. But if the enemy did detect the SEALs and forced them to return fire, it woiald have been merely one more mission event to overcome in a long and continuous sequence of one hi^-risk rescue operation.

We didn't know those details when we learned of Spence's loss at morning quarters in SEAL Team One's compound in Coronado back in Jtme 1972. All we knew was that a close fiiend and good teammate, an outstanding officer with tremendous potential, had been killed So, on the night that we learned of his death, four of his closest teammates gathered once more at Coronado's Chart House and asked for a table for five by the window. It was a nice spot—one that Spence surely would have approved of—overlooking Glorietta Bay and the lights of San Diegp and the Coronado Bridge. Everyone around us that night seemed to know something exceptional was unfolding... and they gave our table a wide berth. In that private space we each retold stories about Spence and raised our glasses to the empty chair and separate place that we had made the waiter set—^with teriyaki shrimp.

Epilogue: On 25 February 2008, in an award ceremony in Memorial Hall, Lieutenant M. Spence Dry, USN, was posthumously presented the Bronze Star Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device "for heroic achievement in connection with combat operations against die enemy." Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter also approved the award of die Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device for dien-CWO Moki Martin for

heroic actions during that high-risk mission off the coast of North

Tliis tribute by Captain Mike Slattery '68, USN (Ret.), provided the

ViemMii more than 35 years ago. Following the award ceremony

basis for an article he co-authored ivith classmate Captain Gordon I.

several of those who had attended that farewell dinner back in

Peterson '68, USN (Ret.), "Spence Dr^A

Coronado gadiered that evening at the Annapolis Chart House for

published in the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings in July 2005.

a very special reunion.Although it had been more than 35 years,

Captain Slattery teaches History and Government at Campbell

our memories were still fiesh and old stories flowed with the wine,

University in Buies Creek, NC.

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A Hero's Legacy... 30 Years in the Making Classmates, friends, family, fellow SEALs and servicemen Admiral Kernan. "To have them be part of this and have them gathered in Memorial Hall to honor Lieutenant Spence Dry see the types of activities and actions they should be doing with the award of a posthumous Bronze Star "for heroic overseas when they get there, the courage, the honor. I think it's achievement in connection with combat operations." After great they have the opportunity to be a part of this." more than 30 years, their combined efforts achieved Also attending was Colonel John A. Dramesi, USAF (Ret), recognition for Lieutenant Dry's ultimate sacrifice. Lieutenant the American POW whose rescue was the objective of Dry's name was also added to the listing of Alumni killed in Operation Thunderhead. action that is displayed beneath Memorial Hall's historic Don'f "I've been looking forward to this day for a long, long, long Give Up the Ship banner. time," said Colonel Dramesi.

"The citation typifies the "To see Lieutenant Dry, one of courage, honor and the primary operatives of ! ^ ! commitment that you see in Operation Thunderhead, every SEAL today," said Rear awarded the necessary Admiral Joseph D. Kernan '77, commendation shows that he USN, a fellow Naval Academy was very dedicated and willing " ( graduate and SEAL, who to sacrifice self for the purpose t introduced guest speaker of completing the mission."

Admiral Mike Mullen '68, USN, It is this legacy, forged by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Lieutenant Dry and his SEAL 1 Staff, at the ceremony. "So the teammates, that the The five officers of BUD/S class 56 taken atthe ceremony, from Lmidshipmen to R: legacy of what Lieutenant Dry and future SEALs Captain Mike Slattery '68, USN (Ret); Lieutenant Commander Jim Hoover, did, transferred across the willJerry carry with them as they USNR (Ret); Lieutenant Spence Dry '68, USN (photo); Commander (Ret). generations, and we see it on the Fletcher, USN (Ret) and Lieutenant Commander Mike Cadden, USNR embark on their service careers, Photo by Spence Cadden battlefieldstoday, and every day." that while their "heroic

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"I don't think Lieutenant Spence Dry cared about awards.

This recognrtion is so that other people will know," said Admiral Kernan. "His teammates know, we knew the story about how heroic he was and we use it as an example to support why the midshipmen are here at the Naval Academy."

Witnessing the ceremony were midshipmen from the Class of 2008 who selected to train and serve with the SEALs following graduation and commissioning this spring. While Lieutenant Dry's heroic actions and sacrifice occurred decades before they came to the Naval Academy, it is with them that his legacy will have the strongest and most lasting significance, as they prepare to launch their own careers as SEALs. "These are the midshipmen who are going to take up the veil, who are going to combat within the next year," said

leadership, courageous actions and loyal devotion to duty" may not receive timely and deserving recognition, it will be emblazoned in the hearts and memories of those you lead, serve with and sometimes sacrifice for.

"I have waited 30 some years to see his IJohn Dramesi] face," said retired Chief Petty Officer John Wilson, the crew chief of the helicopter carrying Lieutenant Dry and his SEAL team. "It is very emotional. To come here today and recognize Spence, I wouldn't have missed it for the world."

"I am overwhelmed to know that there were people out there who were willing to sacrifice everything to help us out," said Dramesi. "I always knew they were out there, but now I know for sure." J>

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lOCifears Under the Dome

By Rachel Goldberg

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n May, the Naval Academy community celebrates a century of worship and fellowship in the current Chapel.

Like a "distinguished looking grandma that you take care of," said Captain Peter W. McGeory, CHC, USN, senior chaplain, the Chapel "needs constant care and attention on the inside."

Also like a beloved grandmother, the Naval Academy Chapel holds a special place in the hearts of many Numerous Alumni and friends have attended weddings, funerals, baptisms and community events in the Chapel since

its dedication on 28 May 1908. O n average, 150 weddings, 200 fiinerals and Alumni memorial services and 120 baptisms take place in the Chapel annually.

The third Chapel to stand in the Yard, this buflding was planned following the condemnation of the previous Chapel and all bufldings on the Yard in 1895 by the Naval Academy Board of Visitors, of which Colonel Robert Means Thompson, Class of 1868, was a member.When the Secretary of the Navy appointed a

Chapel Centennial Fund Private gifts are sought to fund a much-needed refurbishment of the Naval Academy Chapel where midshipmen, faculty, staff.

Alumni and the community alike come together for important life events, musical performances and regular worship.

Specific repairs are planned and ongoing including:

second Board of Visitors, chaired by Conmiodore Matthews, chief of bureaus and docks, the same conclusion was reached about the facilities. Appended to the Board's report was a plan to build a new Academy designed by renowned New York architect Ernest Flagg.

Matthews requested $100,000 to begin construction, however, no fiands were avaflable untfl 1898 when the Spanish American War broke out. The war helped the Academy get funding because this was the first war in U.S. history when the most senior officen were graduates of the Naval Academy, bringing attention and notoriety to USNA, said Jim Cheevers, associate director, U.S. Naval Academy Museum. Shordy after the Batde of Manila Bay, Congress voted for funds for the sea wall and the beginning of Flag's plan, starting with what became Dahlgren HaU, Cheevers said.

Whfle some fiands were dispersed, the aUotment was insufficient to build the Chapel the way H a ^ had intended— with granite as was done for Bancroft and McDonough Halls.

The architect had to redesign the Chapel using reirfforced concrete, also known as ferrocement.The Chapel was the first major building in the United States to be built using fertocement, according to an article in Scientific American, Cheevers said. Hagg, who had studied at Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, modeled the Chapel after Hotel des Invalides in Paris.

The cornerstone for the current Chapel was laid during June Week, 3 June 1904, by Admiral George Dewey, a hero of Manila Bay, on the side facing Buchanan House. Following four years of construction, a dedication service on 28 May 1908 was led by Chaplain Henry H. Clark.

Four years later. Congress aUocated additional fiands to complete the crypt of John Paul Jones, designed by Whitney Warren of Warren &Wetmore, architects of Grand Central Station in New York.

Just 20 years after completion of the Chapel, the dome, standing 210 feet above sea level, had begun to crumble. The original ornate terra cotta with hand-blown glass windows had to be replaced by a much more durable copper sheathing.

Another 10 yean later, in 1938 the Regiment had outgrown the seating capacity at the compulsory Protestant Sunday service.

A two-year remodel, designed by Washington, D C , architect Paul Philippe Cret, increased the seating capacity from 1,200 to 2,500 and extended the seaward nave changing the shape of the Chapel from a Greek Cross to a Roman Cross.The renovation maintained the aesthetic intent of Flag's design, including the carefiil reinstallation of the original fafade.

• Refinishing and repair of Chapel pews. Although the pews are serviceable, heavy use and age is evident. The pews will be removed, refinished and re-installed, and all kneeler hardware, padding and covers will be replaced. Two rows of pews in the rear of the extended nave have undergone the refinishing process as a pilot program.

• Refinishing and repair of Chapel floors. The main Chapel hardwood floors require repair and refinishing. The floor refinishing project will be coordinated with the pew refinishing project.

• Stained glass repair in the St. Andrew's ChapeL Many of the stained glass windows are bowed because of increasingly brittle lead work (known as "came"). The windows have also suffered damage and colored glazing loss. Each window will be re-camed and restored to its original color and proper function.

• Refinishing and repair of exterior doors. The exterior doors and hardware of the Chapel are both onginal and a historically significant part of the building fabric. Because of long-term exposure to the elements, the doors have suffered deterioration of the protective finishes and integrity of the wood. Removal and refinishing of exterior and interior (vestibule) doors, inspection, repair and replacement (as necessary) and reinstallation of door hardware is required and will be undertaken in spring 2008.

• Repair of chancel marble. The marble at the chancel area, part of the building's original fabric, has suffered chips, drilled holes and cracks over the years. Modern materials allows for successful—almost invisible—repair using a variety of state-ofthe-art products and techniques.

Generous philanthropic support will allow for many of these tasks to be accomplished in the coming years. The Class of 1969 has supported the Chapel renovation in funding the needed pew and floor refinishing projects for their upcoming 40th reunion project. And, a lead gift by Myles Fisher '69 provided the valuable momentum for the Class's Chapel renovation effort.

"Renovation of the Chapel is a very worthy cause," said Fisher. "Over the years midshipmen have spent quiet time in the Chapel in prayerful thought while in personal crisis or weighing lifetime decisions. It is a sacred place to all Alumni."

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Top: Old pew versus new pew; left: New pew detail versus old pew detail; bottom left: New floor versus old floor

Chapel Features to Note In celebration of the Chapel Centennial, the Chaplains Office has provided facts about the Chapel.

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Exquisite needlepoint kneelers

and chair cushions painstakingly

At the same time, St. Andrew's Chapel, the Blessed Sacrament Chapel, sacristy and offices, also designed by Cret, were built under the new nave. St. Andrew's EngHsh-style chapel seats 175 people and is used for Holy Communion, baptisms, dafly mass, midweek services, intimate weddings and other occasions. Roman Catholic services take place in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. The new nave and the two smaller Chapels were dedicated on 28 Aprfl 1940, in a service led by Chaplain William N.Thomas.

Over time, renovations and improvements to the Chapel have continued. In December 1982, a ramp and elevator were added to make the Chapel accessible. In 1991, heating, electrical, air conditioning and water systems were modernized. And, in 1997, a major restoration project included roof repair, re-gilding of the spire and installation of a modern sound system.

The Chapel organ also has had revisions and updates. The organ dates back to the completion of the Chapel a century ago, originally buflt by the Hutchins Organ Co. of Boston, MA. But when the Chapel was erdarged in 1940, a bigger instrument was necessary. The MoUer Organ Co. of Hagerstown, MD, buflt the new organ for the Chapel at that time. Most of the organ enhancements prior to 2006 were made possible through the generous gifts of Captain J.M. McDowell '38, USN, and the Creative Fine Arts Committee who administers the handing generated by the gifts from the Miriam H. Bryant and the Rear Admiral EHot H. Bryant Trusts. These gifts supplemented gifts from the Classes of 1944 and 1949 to ensure the organ retained its currency. BeUs and chimes were added to the organ in 1940 by the Class of 1931 and the same were upgraded to include the cariUon in 1975 by the Class of 1946.The current organ was installed in 2006 v^th the generous support of the Class of 1951. It was buflt by Walker Technical Company of ZionsviUe, PA, and is comprised of 15,688 pipes and digital voices, totals 268 ranks and is controlled by two consoles.

Other well known features of the Chapel are the Tiffany stained glass windows. The majority of these windows were designed by Frederick Wilson, a Tiffany & Co. designer.

The center stained glass window, "Christ the Consoler," depicts Jesus walking on water This window was a gift of the Class of 1869 in honor of Admiral David Dixon Porter.

The mason window, "Sir Galahad," was an early Tiffany studio work, dating to the late 1800s or early 1900s. This window was created for the second chapel, however, it was never installed because the plan for the third, and current.

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embroidered by the hands of dedicated Chapel Guild ladies grace both St. Andrew's chapel and the Chapel above it • Bronze doors were a gift from Robert Means Thompson in 1909 from the Class of 1868 and were designed by 19-year-old Evelyn B Longman. The left bronze door symbolizes Peace, showing the aged teacher. Science, instructing a kneeling midshipman who holds in his hand a creation of learning. On the right bronze door, symbolizing War, appears Patriotism, her fist clenched upon a cannon. The young man at her side, about to join the other marchers, represents the response of youth to Patriotism's call, "For God and country."

• The Chapel chimes were a gift from the Class of 1931.

Their beautiful tunes can be heard at noon and 1800.

Midshipman in the days of compulsory Chapel marched to service to the tune of "Onward Christian Soldiers."

• In the narthex of St. Andrew's Chapel, hanging on the wall, is a beautiful wood carving of The Lord's Supper. This handcrafted rendition of our Lord's final meal with His disciples, was a gift made in memory of Rear Admiral Clarence Taff, Class of 1926. Across from this sculpture is another wooden carving, gifted from the U.S. Marine Corps, portraying Jesus preaching with His disciples.

• Midshipmen, officers and friends gave to the Chapel in 1896 its impressive bronze eagle lectern. This piece of art originally stood in the second Chapel, which was dedicated in 1868.

• Above the balcony choir loft is a large carved wooden statue of the Lord Jesus Christ. With outstretched arms and flowing robe, the statue reads, "Come Unto Me." A reminder to all who worship in the Brigade ^ of Midshipmen Chapel, that worship is first and foremost about Jesus Christ and when we "come to Him" our lives are changed forever. This is a memorial to Vice Admiral Leslie C. Stevens, Class of 1919.

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• The votive ship model suspended from the ceiling in the rear of the Chapel is a Flemish galleon used in the 14th and 15th centuries. Following ancient tradition, it is a reminder of divine protection for those in peril on the sea.

• The free-standing cherry altar table is supported by carved figures representing the four Evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Draped on this altar is a beautifully embroidered frontlet, which is changed throughout the liturgical calendar On special occasions at the Naval Academy, the altar is dressed in Navy blue and gold and Marine Corps red and gold.

chapel was already in the works. The window was put in storage and then enlarged to fit the new space.

A later Tifiany piece, the Class of 1927 window, "Commission Invisible," was designed and drawn by Louis Comfort Tiffany himself. Dating firam 1927, several years before Tiffany's death in 1932, the window features the image of Navy football great and Class of 1927 classmate Tom Hamilton.

The Naval Institute window was added in 1940 when the nave was expanded. Windows along the main floor of the expanded nave were provided by gifts fi^om the Classes of 1902,1922,1926,1929,1936,1940,1941 and 1952.

• Upon entering the Chapel through the main bronze doors you can look down the center isle and off to the left you will spot a single candle.

This candle is lit during all services in remembrance of those who are prisoners of war or missing in action.

Other significant features of this interior chapel have been preserved over time. The Chancel was restored to its original condition in 1999 by the Class of 1959. Each year, several individuals and Alumni classes provide highly-valued private gifts to ensure that floral displays processional crosses, special linen, needlepoint and embroidery work are available for use and display.

• On the starboard side of the Chapel front.

Admiral Farragufs Holy Bible, dated 1 January 1827, is on display. His prayer book was also presented to the Chapel by the Rev. Charies B. Carpenter As a devout Christian, it was hoped that his volume would contradict the public opinion that Admiral Farragut was profane because of his famous quotation, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."

Not officially part of the Chapel, a distinguished location under the Chapel honors the Crypt ofJohn Paul Jones, hero of the American War for Independence. John Paul Jones was laid to rest here in January 1913. The sarcophagus of black and white Royal Pyrenees marble was donated by the French Government. The Class of 1955 recendy provided the crucial fiinding to restore the Crypt to its original condition and added displays commemorating the life ofJohn Paul Jones.

• The beautiful Celtic cross on S t Andrew's altar was given in memory of Lieutenant Commander Jesse M. Roper, Class of 1872, who lost his life attempting to save one of his men in a fire aboard PETREL. The inscription at the base of this cross reads, "Faithful Unto Death."

• In St. Andrew's Chapel, the baptismal fount on the left was made from the oaken beam timbers and top sheet-bit from the frigate CONSTITUTION, better known to many as "Old Ironsides." This beautiful structure serves as the pedestal for baptism.

First and Second Chapeis Going back to the beginning of the Naval Academy, it is likely that the first religious services were conducted in the mess hall, which was used as an assembly area until the first Chapel was built in 1854, Cheevers said. The building was Greek revival style with tetrahedral ionic columns inside and out. This chapel was used until the Civil War when the Academy temporarily moved to Newport, R l , in 1861.

The second chapel was erected during Vice Admiral David D. Porter's years as Superintendent (1866-1870). Religious services were held in the armory while the red brick Victorian Gothic chapel was under construction, Cheevers noted. This chapel was razed when all buildings on the Yard were condemned and the Superintendent's quarters were built in its place.

Spiritual Readiness Fulfilling part of the Naval Academy mission—"to prepare midshipmen morally"—the chaplains work in concert with

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BSIffiuRE Let There Be Lic|ht Bulbs How many chaplains does it take to change a light bulb? Actually, just one man from Academy Facility Maintenance who is free of acrophobia and claustrophobia. When one of the 160 bulbs in the interior dome goes out, replacing it involves a bit of a trek, as was described by sacristy staff Ed Rayner. He must head to the roof, enter the catwalk door, and traverse the catwalk on the inside of the dome. "The copper shell you see outside is just the outer segment," Rayner explained. Once you travel the catwalk, you must climb up inside a "chimney—it really does look like one," he said. "If you dont like tight spaces, this is not the place for you." The "chimney" arches to the right, then you head up a 20-rung staircase that leads to a walkway taking you to the center window. From here, you rappel down the inside of the interior dome to change the bulbs. Lieutenant Commander Richard Bonnette in the Chaplain's Office said they were currently working on a new lighting scheme, hopefully not sending someone on this "Journey to the Center of the Dome" too frequently with new ideas and a different colored bulb.

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"We help implement what they have learned in the classroom, to make wise moral decisions," Fr. McGeory said.

He explained that some of these decisions will be made now and many in the fiature, as citizens, parents, husbands and wives. These are decisions for which there aren't any grades, but there is great significance.

"There are no grades for spiritual development," he noted, "but, it wUl determine Hfe....We help [midshipmen] make a moral code of conduct."

Spiritual readiness is as important as mental and physical readiness in the development of fiiture Navy and Marine Corps officers. "The spiritual self helps a great deal to go through the things specifically involved in this war," McGeory said.

Spiritual education and conversation may be formal or informal, the senior chaplain explained. Counseling sessions, Hke on a ship, can happen in the strangest places—the gym, dining hall or on deck.

For plebes, a "counseHng session" could take place on a morning run. The chaplains get up and run with plebes during Plebe Summer mornings, Fr. McGeory said. The chaplains also have classes with plebes and train Plebe Summer trainers. For the chaplains, Plebe Summer is an opportunity to teach the incoming class what a military chaplain is, to introduce them to denominations and faiths they may know Httle or nothing about and to show how they can all work together ecumenically.

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Beyond Plebe Summer, to be accessible to aU midshipmen, one chaplain is embedded in each battaHon with an office in Bancroft Hall next to the battaHon officer and the senior enHsted officer. Midshipmen are not restricted to the chaplain located in their battaHon but this set up provides easy access.

In addition to their physical proximity to all midshipmen, the chaplains achieve a spiritual proximity in their diversity.

Today's group of chaplains at the Academy is diverse, Fr. McGeory noted, including men and women and aU different denominations. Having a diverse group of chaplains with easy accessibility is valuable, considering the role chaplains play in the moral development of midshipmen, fiilfiUing one-third of the Naval Academy's mission.

"We do play heavily in moral development, because, for many people, they have a deep seated spirituaHty," Fr. McGeory said."In the moral decisions midshipmen make there is an underpinning of spiritual life and faith tradition that helps formulate those decisions in addition to classroom instruction."

Religious Services Those faith traditions are observed in the services provided at the Chapel, elsewhere on the Yard and in town. Once a place only for Protestant services—the Book of Common Prayer was the mainstay—the Chapel today hosts a variety of services, including mainHne Protestant, CathoHc, EvangeUcal and Episcopal. Also available on the Yard are worship spaces for MusHms, Mormons, Seventh Day Adventists and Jews.

The Jewish synagogue is housed in the Commodore Uriah P. Levy Center and Jewish Chapel, which was dedicated 16 September 2005.The 35,000-squartfoot Levy Center supports the moral development of aU midshipmen through the character learning center, feUowship hall, classrooms, offices for the Brigade's social director, academic board and the Academy's Honor Board, in addition to the 410-seat s\-nagogue.The S8 million project was fimded in large part by pri\ate donations and the support of the Friends of the Jewish Chapel.

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Going back a half century or so in rime. CathoHcs started seeing things change for them. It was during the tenure of then-Rear Admiral James L. Hollowayjr. '19 as Superintendent (1947) that CathoHc midshipmen began attending services in town, the Chaplains office said; and Chaplain WilHam N.Thomas, senior (Protestant) chaplain 1933-1945, was instrumental in getting CathoHc chaplains assigned to the Academy. CathoHc midshipmen were able to celebrate mass at St. Mary's in town

Gifts from Alumni, Parents and Friends Constant care and attention have been provided by individuals who are Alumni and friends of the Naval Academy and a significant number of classes have banded together and funded the projects in and around the Chapel to retain its functional beauty. The Chapel is a microcosm of philanthropic support to the Naval Academy and the gifts focus on the retention of the church ministry to the brigade as an important part of the mission of the Naval Academy.

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ff they desired, and today that remains an option as well as the CathoHc services held in St. Andrew's Chapel. St. Andrew's Chapel opened after the expansion of the main chapel 18 April 1940.The CathoHc Blessed Sacrament Chapel was renovated in 2001. Chaplain Thomas served as Chief of Chaplains from 1945-1949.

In addition to the changes for CathoHc midshipmen in Chaplain Thomas's time, there were changes for Jewdsh midshipmen, too. They began attending synagogue in town on Sunday mornings. Even though Jews observe the Sabbath on Friday nights and Saturdays, all midshipmen were required to attend reHgious services on Sunday mornings until mandatory chapel was ruled illegal at all service academies in 1973.

Another noteworthy achievement of Chaplain Thomas is his penning the Midshipman's Prayer which is stiU used today in the weekly Protestant service.

If the Chapel is the grandmother that always needs care, as Fr. McGeory put it, the chaplains are the loving caretakers who provide that attention to the Chapel as weU as to those for whom it was bruit, the Brigade of Midshipmen. ^Âą'

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By AdmiralJames Stavridis '76, USN

Semi-submersibles: An Emerging Threat in the Americas We often think of the western hemisphere as a place of relative peace, a part of the world without extreme threats approaching our shores direcdy. Unfortunately, this beautiftjl and diverse home we share together—the Americas—is now the sole producer in the world of a new and dangerous threat technology: semi-submersible vessels that can carry drugs, terrorists or weapons of mass destruction to our shores.

One key mission of U.S. Southern Command is to help our law enforcement partners interdict large shipments of drugs—primarily cocaine—in the transit zone between the Andean ridge of South America and our country. Most of this contraband makes at least a major part of its long journey by sea. Traditionally, illicit traffickers have hidden large shipments of drugs in commercial maritime cargo and fishing vessels. When law enforcement placed a squeeze on those modes of transportation,traffickers simply shifted to hundreds of "go fast" boats to support movement of their valuable cargo.

Now there is a new approach, using low profile, relatively small (60-80 feet), semi-submerged "submarines" that skim just below the surface. After seeing just a few in 2006, we are now finding dozens both at sea and under construction.

In ever-increasing numbers, these stealthy, pod-Hke vessels depart expeditionary shipyards nested deep in the dense jungles and estuaries of the Andes region of Latin America. Carefiilly ballasted and well camouflaged, they ride so low in the water that they are nearly impossible to detect visually or by radar at any range greater than 3,000 yards. Loaded to capacity with tons of drugs they plod steadily and generally unobserved at less than 10 knots toward designated drop-oft" points, depositing their payloads of sorrow and death—for fiarther transit to global consumer markets.

Overall, drug abuse and drug-related crimes kill nearly 20,000 people in the U.S. every year. This is a "clear and present" danger that is costing the Hves of our citizens, distorting our economy and undermining our neighbors. Naturally, there is a large "demand" problem to address—treatment for addicts, social programs and

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other significant human costs. However, the transit element of the equation is of concern not simply for the cocaine problem.

There is more to fear... and it is the obvious nexus between drugs, crimes and terrorism.

Gangs and smugglers use their enormous profits to secure and preserve positions of power t>y whatever means necessary, resulting in mass homicides, corruption and subversion of rule of law. We also know that drug traffickers use illegal drug money to assist rogue states and international terrorist organizations that are determined to build and use weapons of mass destruction, such as the FARC narco-terrorists in Colombia. In this sense, growing global demand for drugs such as cocaine, heroin and marijuana directly Hnks the world drug trade to international terrorism.

Semi-submersible, low-profile vessels transport drugs for profit, and they do so effectively. If drug cartels can ship up to 10 tons of cocaine in a semi-submersible, they can clearly ship or "rent space" to a terrorist organization for a weapon of mass destruction or a high-profile terrorist.

Given the emergence of this new threat technology, we need to develop more effective counters. These will include long dwell sensors capable of "seeing" such craft, better inteUigence that provides cuing, maritime domain awareness that Hnks our systems together, more seamless interagency and international cooperation and perhaps some new innovative technologies.

Sometimes, we cannot foresee the immediate payoff of investment in technology and dedicated detection and interdiction assets. Criminals are never going to wait for law enforcement to catch up. They are always extending the boundaries of imagination, and likewise, we must strive to push forward technology and invest in systems designed specifically to counter the semisubmersible. We need to be able to rapidly detect and interdict this new type of threat, both for its current effects via the drug trade, and—more troubHng—for its potential as a weapon in the hands of terrorists. ^±' Admiral Jim Stavridis '76 commands U.S. Southern Command in Miami, FL, and is the Joint Commander for all U.S. forces in the Caribbean, Central and South American region.

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USN (Ret.), Class of 1864, at 93 years of age).

The issue also features letters to then-president of the Alumni Assodation,W H. Stayton, congratulating him on the successfiil launch of Shipmate. Included among these was this note from Admiral Claude C. Bloch, USN, Class of 1899, "This magazine sponsored by the Naval Academy Alumni Association wiU fill a long felt need and deserves support firom all hands. I send my best wishes for the success and prosperity of our Shipmate!'

Other items include a copy of the spring sports schedule, athletic updates, the Hst ofJune Week events, and afiiUpage ad for Chesterfield Cigarettes on the back cover. My how times have changed!

Thank you for reading Shipmate, and here's to another successftd 70 years!

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The SM-3 missile launched from Lake Erie that brought down the malfunctioning satellite. U.S. Navy photo

A single modified tactical Standard Missile-3 (SM-3), launched from LAKE ERIE ( C G 70), successfully impacted and brought down a non-fiinctioning National Reconnaissance Office sateUite in one "clean sweep." At the time it was shot down, the sateUite, weighed roughly 5,000 lbs and was traveHng at 17,000 mph approximately 247 kilometers above the Pacific Ocean. The Class of 1970 provides leadership awards to a junior officer and petty officer on the ship.

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CONGRATULATIONS !

Midshipman WiUiam Eucker '08 has been selected as a 2008 BiU and MeHnda Gates Cambridge Scholar.

Midshipman Eucker is a physics major, and has service selected the submarine community. As the seventh Naval Academy student to be awarded a Gates Scholarship, he wiU study science and technology poUcy and condensed matter physics for two years at the University of Midshipman William Eucker '08 Cambridge. EstabHshed by BiU and MeHnda Gates in 2000, the Gates Cambridge Trust created an international scholarship program enabHng graduate students from outside of the United Kingdom to study at Cambridge.

IN O T H E R SCHOLARLY NEWS...

Congratulations to the Naval Academy's 2009 OHnsted Scholar selectees! Lieutenant Scott McKee '02, USN, and Captain Matthew Crouch '00, USMC, wiU each receive a grant, funded by the George and Carol Olmsted Foundation, for two years of study abroad in a foreign language and the opportunity to experience a foreign country and culture.

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Standing behind a model of the DOG WOOZumwalt Class destroyer, from leftto right Captain James Syring '85, USN; Rear Admiral Charles Goddard 18. USN; Rear Admiral Victor Guillory '78, USN; and Commander Casey IVIoton '91, USN. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dustin Gates

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding were each awarded a $1.4 biUion cost-plus Navy contract for the construction of dual lead ships of the Zumwalt Class (DDG 1000) of next-generation multi-mission surface combatants tailored for land-attack and Httoral dominance, the DDG 1000 and the DDG 1001. Several Naval Academy Alumni were involved with the project, including Captain James Syring '85, USN, program manager; Rear Admiral Charles Goddard '78, USN, program executive officer for ships; Rear Admiral Victor GuiUory '78, USN, director of surface warfare division and Commander Casey Moton '91, USN, director of surface combatants for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for ships.

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More than 1,000 midshipmen participated in the third annual HERO 5K Run at the Naval Academy, in support of the Ensign John R. ElHott Campaign for Designated Drivers. The 2008 HERO Run was the largest event in support of the Campaign to date.

Ensign John EUiott '00, USN, was kiUed in a head-on coUision with a drunk driver just two months after graduation. In John's memory, his family launched the HERO Campaign, named for the HERO (Human Education Resources Officer) of the Year award which John received as a first class midshipman.The Campaign promotes the use of a designated driver and campaigns for tougher drunk driving laws. To date. New Jersey and Delaware have adopted the Campaign, to be foUowed this summer by Virginia and New York.

To read more on the HERO Campaign, please visit www.usna.com for extended coverage of the 2008 HERO Run and the archived May 2007 Shipmate article "Legacy of a HERO."

Midshipmen participate in the annual HERO 5k Run in memory of Ensign John Elliott '00, USN, and in support of the HERO Campaign.

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Co-sponsored by AFCEA International and the U.S. Naval Institute, with the AFCEA Hampton Roads and Tidewater Chapters and the NDIA Greater Hampton Roads Chapter Join us for the second annual Joint Warfighting (formerly Transformation Warfare) conference and exposition at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. This event offers an East Coast companion to the popular AFCEA-USNI West conference held each year in San Diego, CA. It will provide a premier venue for engaging the warriors and industry leaders who are shaping the nation's military strategies and warfighting platforms.

Featuring the second annual Navy Blue Coast Small Business Conference from Tuesday, June 17 through Thursday, June 19.

Also featuring the second annual Military Officers Association of America Spouse Symposium on Thursday, June 19.

For program information, contact Jeannette Wagner at (410) 295-1055 orconferences@usni.org For patron/sponsor information, contact Maureen Cirrito at (703) 631-6174 or mcirrito@afcea.org For exhibit information, contact J. Spargo and Associates at (703) 631-6200 or east@jspargo.com

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ma '62: L C D R J o h n F. H e w i t t St., U S N (Ret.), will be inducted into the 2008 Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame m j u n e 2008.

'65: R A D M J a m e s R . Stark, U S N (Ret.), has been appointed to the senior advisory board ot'ExecutiveAcdon, LLC. '66: C o l A n d r e w R . Finlayson, U S M C (Ret.), has receiv-ed the Studies in InteUigence Award fiom the Central InteUigence Agency for an article he wrote for the CIA publication Studies In Intelligence.

'67: G e n Peter P a c e , U S M C (Ret.), has joined SM&A as president and C E O of SMScA Strategic Ad\-isors. Inc., a subsidiary- of SM&A. '68: Kevin J. R e a r d o n , P h . D . , has been appointed depuc\- assistant secretary' of Homeland Securit)' for Infi^cructure Protection. G e n Michael W. H a g e e , U S M C (Ret.), has been appointed to the board of directors of Rackable Systems, Inc. R i c h a r d J. D ' A n n a has joined the SEC as the first-ever direaor of the newoffice of collections and distributions.

'69: Richard W. L o n g \\-as induaed into the Potomac Chapter of the U.S. Lacrosse HaU of Fame. S. D a n i e l J o h n s o n is the new president of General D\-namic Corporation's information Cechnolog)- business unit.

^22Sg '70:VADM J. Cutler D a w s o n Jr., U S N (Ret.), has been appointed b\- President Bush to be a member of the President's Ad\'isory Council on Financial Literacy- A D M J o h n B. N a t h m a n , U S N (Ret.), has joined the board of directors of Curtiss-Wright Corporation.

'72: R o b e r t S. B y r d is the new deputy city nianager for Strategic Support. ArUngton.TX. A D M H . G. L l r i c h m , U S N (Ret.), has joined Enterra Solutions, LLC as the executive vice president in charge of its international securit)- aiiairs practice. C A P T D a v i d W. Hearding, U S N ( R e t . ) , has been named vice president/general manager of the national securit)- irrfi^structure division for ManTech SRS Technolc^es in RossK-n.VA. '73:VADM J o h n C. H a r v e y Jr., U S N , has been nominated for reappointment to the grade of vice admiral and assignment as director, Navy Staff, N09B, office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Pentagon, Washington, D C . C A P T Joseph A . B e n k e r t , U S N (Ret.), has been nominated b)- President Bush to be assistant secretary of defense (Global Security Affairs).

'74: R A D M J o h n J. Waickvrfcz, U S N (Ret.), handed over leadership of die San Diegobased Naval Mine and Anri-Submarine Warfare

Command to R A D M Frank M. Drennan, USN. F. T i m o t h y R e e s e is the new vice president, operations forTrex Company, Inc. Patrick J. SulUvan has been elected to PerkinEkner, Inc.'s board of directors. J o h n J. McCaflfrey Jr. has joined B T U International, Inc. as vice president of alternative energy.

'75: M a j G e n G e o r g e J. Flynn Jr., U S M C , has a new assignment as deputy commanding general of the Multi-National Corps-Iraq.

R A D M W i l l i a m E . S h a n n o n m , U S N , has a new assignment as program executive officer for Strike Weapons and Unmanned Aviation, Patuxent River, MD. R A D M J o h n T. Blake, U S N , is the new director, office of budget, office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for financial management and comptroUer/director, fiscal management division, N82, office of the Chief of Naval Operations,Washington, D C . Bernard C .

Bailey has been nominated for director on the Point Blank Solutions board.

'76: R A D M Frank M. D r e n n a n , U S N , has taken over leadership of the San Diego-based Na\-al Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command. R A D M D e r w o o d C. Curtis, U S N , has been nominated by the President for appointment to the grade of vice admiral and assignment as commander. Naval Surface Forces/commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, San Diego. CA. R A D M Craig O. M c D o n a l d , U S N (Ret.), has retired firam active duty after a distinguished 36 year career.

'77: R A D M J o s e p h A . W a l s h , U S N , is the new deputy and chief of staff, U.S. Pacific Heet, Pearl Harbor, HI. R A D M J o h n M . Bird, U S N , has been nominated for appointment to

Captain James C. GrovŠ- 72, USN (Ret.) Captain Grover received the Superior Civilian Service award during the Navy Reserve 93rd birthday celebration in March.

Chief of Navy Reserve Vice Admiral John G. Cotton '73 presented the award to Grover who served on active duty for 24 years before becoming a civil sen/ant. He now holds the post of director of Strategic Planning, Studies, and Assessment Division of the Office of the Chief of Navy Reserve in Washington, DC.

the grade of vice admiral and assignment as commander, Seventh Heet,Yokosuka, Japan.

R A D M JuUus S. Caesar, U S N R R A D M Walter M. Skinner, U S N ; and R A D M J a m e s P. W i s e c u p , U S N , have been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral (upper half). C A P T Walter H . Yourstone Jr., U S N (Ret.), has been named president of VT Milcom.

'78: R A D M Mark E . F e r g u s o n m , U S N , has been nominated for appointment to the grade of vice admiral and assignment as deputy chief of naval operations for manpower, personnel, training and education, N l , office of the Chief of Naval Operations and Chief of Naval Personnel, Arlington,VA. R A D M W i l l i a m R . Burke, U S N , is the new director, Navy Quadrennial Defense Review, N 8 , office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D C , and has been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral (upper half). R A D M H a r r y B . Harris Jr., U S N , has been nominated for appointment to the grade of vice admiral and assignment as deputy chief of naval operations for communication networks, N6, office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Pentagon, Washington, D C . R A D M D a v i d L. P h i l m a n , U S N , R A D M D a n i e l P. Hollovray, U S N and R A D M Mark I. F o x , U S N , have been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral (upper haU).

'79: R A D M Philip H . C u l l o m , U S N , R A D M T i m o t h y V. Flynn m , U S N , R A D M T i m o t h y M . Giardina, U S N , R A D M R o b e r t S. Harward Jr., U S N , R A D M J o h n W. Miller, U S N and R A D M D o n a l d P. Q u i n n , U S N , have been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral (upper half). C D R Kirk A . M i c h e a l s o n , U S N (Ret.), was selected for a 3-year term as a Lockheed Martin feUow in the area of Operations Analysis.

iMs '80: S c o t t A . A l b e r t s o n has been named vice president and general manager of E N T E C H , Inc. R A D M Frank C. Pandolfe, U S N and R A D M V i c t o r C. See Jr., U S N , have been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral (upper half). J o h n A . Karonis has been named managing dirertor, consumer products division. North America, at global consulting firm Kurt Salmon Associates.

'81: C D R Christopher S. C o o k e , U S N (Ret.), has joined the law office of BracUey W N e m e t h as an associate of the firm. R A D M â&#x20AC;˘ViTlUam H . Hilarides, U S N , has been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral (upper haU).

'82: C A P T Mark E . Wralstad, U S N , has retired after 26 years of distinguished service after

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Lieutenant Commander ChristDpher Cassidy '93, USN Lieutenant Commander Christopher Cassidy '93, USN, was assigned as a mission specialist fortheSTS-127 space shuttle mission and the Expedition 19 International Space Station mission. The STS-127 mission will deliver the Japanese-built Exposed Facility and the Experiment Logistics Module Exposed Section to the International Space Station in April 2009.

'82: C A P T M a r k E . W r a l s t a d , U S N , has retired after 26 years of distinguished service after successftd tour as commander. Carrier Air Wing 1. ' 8 3 : C A P T B r i a n T. D o n e g a n , U S N , has completed a successful tour as commanding officer of ESSEX (LHD-2). E d w a r d A . Solar has been named chief executive officer of Arcadian Networks. L C D R S u s a n M . S m o l a , U S N ( R e t . ) , received the National Defense Industrial Association's U.S. Navy Contractor Tester of the Year Award for 2007. D a v i d E . Weaver has been promoted to the position of managerâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; nuclear training at Omaha PubUc Power District's Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station.

'84: C A P T J o h n P. G e U n n e Sr., U S N , has completed a successfiil tour as commodore.

Destroyer Squadron Twenty Two. His next assignment is the quadrennial defense review team in the Pentagon. C A P T K e r r y B .

C a n a d y , U S N , is the new commanding officer of ESSEX ( L H D - 2 ) . R a l p h W. B o w e r has been appointed chief operations officer of AFC Enterprises, Inc.'s Popeye's brand.

'86: L t C o l G l e n A . Miles, U S M C ( R e t . ) , has been inducted into the Greater Baltimore Chapter of U.S. Lacrosse HaU of Fame.

'87: A l e x a n d e r H . E d w a r d s III has been appointed director and C E O of VitalTrust Business Development Company.

'88: C D R S t e v e n J. W i e m a n , U S N , has completed a successful tour as commancUng officer of V A W - 1 2 1 2 and wiU report to HARRY S TRUMAN (CVN 75) as the ship's operations officer G. C h r i s B e r n a r d was promoted to partner by the Detroit-based law firm Bodman LLP's Ann Arbor office.

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'99: T i m o t h y J . L o b n e r has been promoted to vice president with TrammeU Crow Co. in Oklahoma City, OK.

'89: S h a w n D . J a m e s has accepted the position of general manager, security services for E O D Technology, Inc. L t C o l C h a r l e s S. Gray, U S M C , has been slated as conmiancUng officer, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 23 (VX-23).

j2SSi ' 9 1 : D a n i e l W. S c o t t has been appointed director, equity research, focusing on the global coal mining sector for Dahlman Rose & Co., LLC. C D R J o h n D . S p e n c e r , U S N , has taken command of PHILADELPHIA (SSN 690).

' 0 1 : C a p t a i n K e n n e t h J. del M a z o , U S M C , was named Fort SUl's Commissioned Officer Instructor of the Year.

'04: L T J G A d a m S. Miller, U S N , currendy the navigator aboard DECATUR (DDG 73) in San Diego, CA, has been selected for the U.S. Naval Academy Leadership Education and Development Program.

'92: M i c h a e l J. W y n n is the new head of the Pittsfield, MA, police department. C h a r l e s F. W a r n e r III has left his position as executive Do you know someone who director of Cedar Crest to join parent company deserves a Bravo Zulu?

Erickson Retirement Communities' corporate health and operations team as vice president for Send to Cormnmtications Division operations. C o r y R . O n d r e j k a has joined the at comms(ansna.com Annenberg School for Communication as a visiting professor.

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L C D R Christopher J. Cassidy, U S N , has been assigned as mission specialist to STS-127 space shuttle.

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If^Bf^THE W A L L George R WattJr. '73, president and CEO

Another Link in the Chain— An Open Letter to the Class of 2008 Men and women of 2008—I write this letter as I near the firush of my last academic year as president and CEO of the Alumni Association & Foundation. We have now completed our traditional spring battalion receptions where we thank and congratulate you for your time at USNA and for what you are about to do as commissioned officers in the N a w or Marine Corps (or Army, Air Force or Coast Guard). I look forward to one last Commissioning Week and to the many events around the Yard that -wiE be held in your honor.

I especially look forward to Friday, 23 May when, as a class, you wiU dirow your caps in the air and leave behind the rigor, discipline and structure of "Mother B" and the academic challenges of the last four years.

Widi die help of die Class of 1958 ('58 is Great!), you and the leadership of the Naval Academy have been forging another hnk in the long cable chain first begun in 1845. You wiU mount your class crest in Alumni HaU among the great classes that have preceded you. You viiU soon say goodbye to the many privileges affiarded a "firstie" and take on the responsibilitv- and accountability expected of a junior officer. You wiU no longer be a member of the Brigade of Midshipmen, but instead you will join us in the "Extended Brigade." When you do, our ranks wiU sweU to more than 53,000 Uving Naval Academy graduates. We are ready for you to join us, and we expect you to be ready and prepared for the chaUenges of leadership.

Let me return to the link you wiU add to our chain.

With your graduation, we wiU lay claim to over 74,000 graduates in the nearly 163 years of Naval Academy history. A large majority of the men and women who went before you did exacdy what you are about to do— serve their countn,- in uniform. Much is expected of you as a Naval Academy graduate and much wiU be expected of your class. As it has been said: "On the strength of one Unk in the cable, dependeth the might of the chain." Your responsibility goes beyond doing honor to your alma mater and to your classmates.You wUl make up the professional core of our Navy and Marine officer corps. You won't necessarily be better

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than your commissioned officer peersfix3mother campuses and other sources, but, by definition, you wUl be difl^erent. And, you should be better prepared. Take pride in your preparation and seek exceUence in aU you are given to do while doing it without arrogance.

I'd Uke you to remember one other thing. Nearly aU of you are Ufe members ofyour Alumni Association.

And, you will always be members of a Naval Academy class. There are many who started with you in the summer of 2004 who wiU not be standing and cheering with you at Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in late May of 2008. However, remember there was that day when aU of you stood shoulder to shoulder and caUed one another "classmate." You wiU aU be classmates forever, so cherish that, strengthen your bonds and get connected and stay connected. The Alumni Association wiU assist you in that regard, but it is up to each one of you to make it happen.

As 1 close, I must admit the rapidly advancing moment ofyour graduation and commissioning is bittersweet. On the one hand, we are aU so proud of you and thankful for your wiUingness to serve. On the other hand, we feel we were just getting to know you. You may take pride in the leadership you exhibited during a time of rapid change. I know a few of you are saying you can't wait to see the Chapel Dome in your rearview mirror. But, don't stay away too long and don't be strangers. Whenever your ttavels bring you in or near to AnnapoHs, please stop by Historic Ogle HaU (aka Alumni House).

Good Luck '08.. .we wish you Fair Winds & FoUowdng Seas! <i>

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Dr. Edward R. Floyd '55, Son of William O. Floyd, USNA 1926, sent word to Shipmate in regard to the passing of Martha Cooper CaUahan, 1915-2007: H "Martha Cooper CaUahan, widow of RADM Joseph W. CaUahan, USN(Ret) died 25 February 2007 in Pleasanton, CA. Martha was born in Washington, DC in 1915. After Joe died, Martha continued to maintain her home in Coronado until her health forced her to move two years ago to Pleasanton to be near family. Besides Joe, she was predeceased by their son John DriscoU CaUahan. Martha is survived by her loving family: son Joseph WUUam CaUahan, Jr. and his wife Midge of Pleasanton; son James and wife Linda of AustraUa; seven grandchUdren, James, Michael, Damien, Jason, Katherine, Todd and Conner; and five great-grandchUdren, Ashton, Rebecca, EmUy, Grace and Clare.

A celebration of Martha's Ufe was held at the Coronado Yacht Club on 13 March 2007 with internment in Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery next to Joe." H

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Dear Shipmate, This is to inform you of the death of Vice Admiral John B. Colwell, Class of '31 (current President). FoUowing is the obituary written by the Washington Post.

A fiiU honors memorial service and burial of his ashes vnh be held at the United States Naval Academy on Monday, June 30, 2008. As he requested. Admiral ColweU win be buried next to his beloved wife, Grace. We welcome aU to attend.

For more information on the service, people may contact his son, James ColweU (email: jim@jamescolweU.com or phone: 301-996-2588).

Admiral ColweU Uved with us for his last three years in our home in Takoma Park, MD. He was a beloved member of our household and of the community, greeting the many neighbors and visitors who came to our house with warmth, laughter and good stories. His large famUy gathered around himfirequendy,and we had annual "3-turkey" celebrations of his Thanksgiving birthday. How he loved a good party!

Attached are some recent photos of Admiral ColweU, including one in his Naval Academy letter sweater. His official picture for service in the Navy may be found on the web. He was thrilled to make the "Top 20" Ust of Shipmate oldest officers...kept joking that hefinaUywas the highest rank of the oldest! We aU vidU miss him dearly.

Sincerely, James ColweU and AUson Baker son and daughter-in-law 7209 Cedar Ave. Takoma Park, MD 20912 301-588-4208

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CAPT FN. Howe Jr. '57 reports on a recent visit: H In early March the Howe boys saddled up and paid a caU fix)m their homes in Fredericksburg,VA on RADM Bob Fulton at his Kirby Pines residence in Memphis, TN, where he was found comfortably ensconced. Admiral Fulton is Fred Howe's ('57) godfather, undoubtedly by virtue of having been shipmates in RALEIGH (CL-7) widi N e m o Howe, '32 from June '32 untU September '34 and a member of the wedding party when Nemo married Marty in June '34.

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Bob Fulton, Fred Jr., Fred III

Although Fred Jr. had visited previously, the Admiral had not until this visit ever met Nemo's grandson (Fred III) and this seemed a good time to correct that oversight. Most of the \"isit was consumed by the host in recounting to the younger Fred marginally behevable tales of the shore excursions (circa '32-'34) of highstepping Ensigns Fulton and Howe in and around San Diego—stories never heard previously in the Howe household. Based on the level of embeUishment included in the telling of these sea stories there was no choice but to assume they were aU true. H The Alumni Association recendy learned of the passing of Anne Catherine White: I Anne Catherine White, widow of CAPT Theodore C. "Ted" White '32, died on 19 January 2008, in Port St. Lucie, FL. She was 94 years old.

She was bom in Hushing, NY, and lived in Port St. Lucie. She was an active member of St.Anastasia CathoHc Church, the Democratic Women's Club and the Fort Pierce Women's Club.

Survivors include her son, James J. White of Salisbury,VT.; grandson, James P.White and his wife, Laurie of Huntington, Long Island, NY; granddaughter, Wendy White of Madrid, Spain; and three great-grandchildren, Julian, Ava and Alexander. She was predeceased by her husband, CAPT Ted White '32 in 1991 and son, LT Theodore C.White '58 in 1963.

Inurnment wiU take place at the Naval Academy Columbarium in the spring. • ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 4% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 28% Send news diiecdy to Shipmate.

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Hving Classmates Heritage Class 1934 May Write Own Obituaries Among the benefits the AA bestows on its one and only Heritage Class 1934 is vested in Mrs. Timothy EUzabeth Woodbury, obituaries editor. TypicaUy she learns fi-om a Funeral Parlor diat "CAPT W T Door" has passed away and wiU be buried in Arlington a few days hence. If possible, I email this sad news to any classmates that can attend.

To dignify this, Timothy contacts a family member of the deceased to request fi?om the fanuly a more suitable obituary of his career and social relationships. The product, if any, is pubUshed in the "Last CaU" feature o{ Shipmate some weeks or moths later There is a better way caUed "WriteYour Own Obituary" You might weU ask "Why?" Because YOU and your FAMILY are the fiirst priority readers. Only you can best choose the achievements that truthfiaUy define your career and social relationships. Just after your passing is a time of disttess and not for writing history. Most of us stiU have a few weeks or years in which to do this job, thus honoring the Navy and your loved ones.

You should be reading this in Shipmate's class news column. May 2008 issue.You wiU have received a MaU Out designed by us to give you maximum help. You WTU even receive a copy of the page In our "Golden Lucky Bag" that details your entry as of 1984. Also you wiU have writing instructions on how to synopsize a Ufe into 400 w-ords or less. AU we can ask of you is to "do your best".

Once you have written your obituary, please ensure that it is held by a trusted fairuly member/friend who woU submit it to USNA AA, Shipmate for pubUcation in "Last CaU" at the appropriate time.

FinaUy we wish to honor those we caU: Roster of Class 1934 Living Alumni CAPT Joe M.Alexander, USN (Ret.) CAPT Dennison C.Ambrose, SC, USN (Ret.) CAPT Eric L. Barr Jr, USN (Ret.) CAPT James C. Bendey, USN (Ret.) CAPT Charles C. Coley, USN (Ret.)

C D R Robert B. CroweU, USN (Ret.) M r Adelbert J. Davis J r CDR Orvil L. Driver, USNR (Ret.) M r John C. Green C D R WUUam C. Hembury USN (Ret.) LtGenVictor H. Krulak, USMC (Ret.) CAPT WiUiam H. Lawrence, USN (Ret.) CAPT Earl W. Logsdon, USN (Ret.) CAPT Frank G. MarshaUJr,USN (Ret.) CAPT Sidney D. B. MerriU, USN (Ret.) CAPT Grayson MerriU, USN (Ret.) C D R Robert H. MUbrath, USNR (Ret.) Mr. Stuart P. MiUer CAPT John B. Modand, USN (Ret.) BGen Frederick R. Payne Jr, USMC (Ret.) Mr. Harold H. Peacock LTC Richard S. Robinson, USAR (Ret.) CAPT Marvin I. Rosenberg, USN (Ret.) CAPT Donald A. Scherer, USN (Ret.) Mr. WUUam A. Snyder J r CAPT Lester J. Stone, USN (Ret.) CAPT Keidi E.Taylor, USN (Ret.) CAPT Brown Taylor, USN (Ret.) RADM Joseph B.Tibbets, USN (Ret.) CAPT Jacob W. Updegrove, CEC, USN (Ret.) CordiaUy yours, / s / Grayson MerriU, USN (Ret.), President, Heritage Class 1934 A Fitting Tribute: How to Write an Obituary, By Chet Shaddeau '47 First of aU, try to get the obit into print ASAP. The normal print lag is about seven weeks. Don't add to it! And be aware of the prevaUing length Umit (presendy 400 words).

I generaUy begin the obit with a flat statement, including fiJl name and tide, of the time, place, and cause (if available) of death.

I then proceed to place of birth, date of birth, age, early schooUng and parents, as available and appropriate, foUowed by the source and type of appointment to the Academy. The description of the Midshipman career is usuaUy very short, but may weU expand if he was an AU American, a six-sttiper, Rhodes Scholar, or whatever, and I try to include clubs and sports as avaUable. I always indicate which Company he (or she) graduated with, as it is invariably asked for by Classmates.

If married, I try to include wife's maiden name, home, and date of marriage. If there has been more than one spouse—for whatever reason—be as

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I generaUy foUow with his (or her) service career, in as much detaU as possible, but keeping it concise. I ignore routine "meritorious" and "attendance" medals, but highUght decorations for valor ships, stations, and aircraft squadrons. I attempt to pinpoint as fuUy as possible, but exact dates are not usuaUy included— they are too hard to get right.

Civilian careers should be covered in sirrdlar detaU, and include honors, fraternities, and civic distinctions as appropriate.

Advanced education and degrees are important in both civil and mUitary careers. Fit them in where they occurred.

In retirement, hobbies, charities, and clearly interesting activities should be included. Use judgment about detail in Usting survivors—if there are only a few, detail is possible, but if he had 14 grandchUdren, don't try to name them aU. Occasional mild humor is not out of place—but pick your subjects carefuUy! Finish off with known detaUs about place, date, and manner of final disposal of remains and services. It is probably best to avoid matters regarding memorial donations unless specifically requested by famUy. Remember that the famUy wiU be extremely attaned to detaUs, so be cautious about making any assumptions as to relationships. Avoid them if unsure. Try to talk with a member of the famUy other than the widow, in most cases, who wiU be able to give detaUs without inflicting further pain. I refer here to divorces, estranged farrdly, Uve-in girlfriends, deceased or disabled children, etc., but it refers equaUy to aU detaUs. Try to get an obit firom the local paper - it usuaUy has much of what you want, but remember that unUke the local DaUy Bugle, you are writing for a specialized audience of Academy Alumni, who are probably interested in some things that the paper (and the fairuly!) simply do not understand. References by hometown papers—and widows—to "steering batdeships" when he was a DD skipper are not uncommon! Correcting that is your job.

Navy acronyms (Uke COMSUBORDDEVDET) probably should be avoided if their meaning is not obvious.

If you write the obit, sign it. If the famUy writes it, credit them, even if you edit. Keep in mind that the family wUl probably cUp and retain the obit, and it wiU be a keepsake for them. They deserve good work.

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And for God's sake, try to get aU the names speUed correcdy!

The foUowang is a fictionaUzed example, but you may find other useful ones in previous and subsequent issues of Shipmate: • WATERTIGHT D O O R '47 Water T Door died of a stroke at Nowhere, NE, on 31 June 200X. He was 75 years old.

A native of Nowhere, "Leaky" attended Enormous State University prior to receiving his congressional appointment to the Academy from Connecticut.

He was aVarsity fencer , was Fourth BattaUon Commander, and graduated with the Class in June of 1946 as a member of the 15th Company.

Upon graduation, he served briefly in JONES (BB-96), and decommissioned her, then operated from the PhUippines for a year in PCE-871 and another year out of Kwajalein in PC-1186. He served thereafter in NEVERSINK (DD-999) untU his resignation in 1949.

In 1949 he began his engineering career with Acme Widget Corp. where he was to spend his entire civiUan working Ufe. He served as plant superintendent of two widget-producing plants; superintendent of production; assistant chief engineer, then chief engineer; executive vice-president, president in 1970, president and CEO in 1971, then chairman and CEO firom 1984 to 1989, when he retired as chairman emeritus.

He served on the boards of numerous corporations, as weU as on the Robert E. Lee CouncU of the Boy Scouts of America, the Multiple Numbness Society, the Boards ofTrustees of Beauregard CoUege and of Agnes Trundleberg Seminary, was a past president of the Nowhere Chamber of Commerce, and of the Amos Glotz Society of America. He held membership in numerous professional, business, and technical societies, was a member of Sigma Chi and of Rotary, and was particularly active in working to make Nowhere the host city for the 1960 International Widgeting Competition.

He is survived by his wife of 53 years, the former Mary Ann McCarthy, of Clam Beach, CA ; sons. Water, J r and Airtight; ten grandchildren; and one great grandchild.

Memorial services were conducted on August 4th at the Nowhere Memorial Church, with interment at Serenity Memorial Gardens in Nowhere, and

miUtary honors were provided by the American Legion, Nowhere Post 246.

—Chet Shaddeau '47 • Please note that we have a maximum word Umit of 400 words. Obituaries may be submitted electronicaUy (preferred) to obits(§usna.com, or via U.S. MaU to: Shipmate obituaries, 247 King George Street,AnnapoUs,MD 21402-5068.

One photo may accompany the text and will be returned once the magazine has been printed. We request that irreplaceable photos not be sent in case of loss or damage in ttansit. If sending the photo electronicaUy, please be sure the resolution is at least 300 dpi. Close up photos work best since the final photo wUl be about 1x1.5 and Lucky Bag (yearbook) photos are avaUable (for graduates), upon request.

If you have any questions regarding the submission of obituaries to Shipmate, please contact either the Class secretary, or Shipmate's obituaries editor, Timothy EUzabeth Woodbury: timothy.woodbury@usna.com or 410-295-4064 (voicemaU).

Captain Grayson Merrill, USN (Ret.) Biography The detonation of the world's first atomic bomb over Hiroshima added a totaUy new dimension to C D R Grayson MerriU's job in the Navy's Special Design "class desk" of the Bureau of Aeronautics. In 1945 He was responsible for the design, testing and production of aU Navy"pUodess aircraft", especiaUy theTDR-1 of which Secretary of the Navy wrote, "On 27 September, 1944, aTDR-1 Assault Drone launched and staged a combat attack against an enemy target; the success of this first true guided missUe marked a new era in modern warfare. During the next month, 46 sirrdlar attacks were launched against targets in the Shordand Islands, Bougainville and Rabaul, with 21 scoring direct hits on designated targets."

The yield of the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima was equal to 20 thousand tons ofT N T compared to 1 ton for aTDR-1!

This new dimension to guided niissUe development came fi-om this almost unbehevably destructive power The new McNamara word for nuclear armed guided missiles was "more bang for the buck". I personaUy drafted specifications for several nuclear guided missUes of which Regulus became the first submarine-launched "cruise missUe. The obvious shortcomings of Naval Air Stations for testing guided missUes led me to ask C N O for a requirement for a

new post-war sea test range. It was approved and I soon joined an inter service Site Survey Board that selected Point Mugu, Calitbrnia.This permitted salvaging and relocating remnants of the assault drone program and other miscellany at the nearby Marine Corps Air Station at Mojave. M y family was one such remnant.

By October, 1946 he w^as named Director otTests and led the resumption of tests on Loons launched from submarines and other post-war missUes meanwhUe Uberating horn Sea Bee warehouses enough infrastructure for a "Naval Air MissUe Test Center at Point Mugu. At the 50th Anniversar\- of its commissioning I w-as named "Father of Point M u g u " .

Concurrendy the President specially authorized the N a w to name the large MissUe S\-stems BuUding after me, not withstanding I w-as stUl aUve! From 1946 to 56 I "marked time" in Buaer and as Director of its Electronics Laboratory in JohnsviUe. PA T h e n the shock of Sputnik caused the Navy to instimte a Special Projects Office under R A D M R a b o m . A s its Technical Director, I organized the technical staff, helped get rid of the misfit Jupiter missUe as the Navy's first submarine launched nuclear ballistic missUe and started development of Polaris. This was his last Navy watch. After 28 years of service he retired in 1957 to b e c o m e the President of P R D Electronics, a defense industry company.

N e w Year's Day, 2008 marks my 96th birthday as I serves as President of his Heritage 1934 Naval Academy Class and volunteer supporter of my AUna Mater's Alunmi Association.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 8% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 61% PRES.SEC"Y/TRE.'\S. AND CORR^ECY: RADM Ed Keats, USN (Ret.) 3704 N. Charles SL Baltimore, MD 21218 H: 410-235-3803 F; 410-243-1960 E; edkeals@comcast.net VICE PRESIDENT: CAPT Bladen D. d a g g g e t t , U S N (Ret.)

Sad news Rhea Anne R o b i n s o n "Poppy" Claggett, wife of Bladen Claggett, died on 6 February in Bethesda, M D . She was born on 14 October 1914 in Harrisburg, PA. She graduated from H o o d CoUege in 1936. She and Clagg were married on 7 June 1937 in Harrisburg. T h e y had two children and four grandchUdren.

Survivors Ms. Timothy Woodburv' of the Alumni Association has kindly provided the Cla-ss with a Usting of oldest alumni as of the beginning of 2008 commencing with the very oldest. Richard Larkin '25 at the age of 103 w h o was born in Januarv' 1904, to the youngest member of'35, born in January 1915.There are 128 Uving U S N A graduates included in those eleven years. N o one else of the classes in the 1920s joins Larkin. O n e member of '30 at the age of 100, four members of '31, ten members o f ' 3 2 , seven members o f ' 3 3 and twenty-nine members o f ' 3 4 accompany the thirty of us o f ' 3 5 . T h e oldest member o f ' 3 1 is # 5 on the Ust, the oldest of '32 is # 3 , the oldest of '33 is # 1 2 , the oldest o f ' 3 4 is # 1 3 and our oldest, T o m Gillmer, born in July ' 1 1 , is the twentv'-eighth oldest. Tom is older than three members of '32, three m e m b e n of '33 and twenty members of '34. O u r youngest is younger than twelve member o f ' 3 6 , seventeen members of '37, thirteen members of '38 and one of '39. Survival rate, the number now aUve divided by the number at graduation, is '31 - 4/441=0.9%; '32 - 10/421=2.3%; '33 - 7/432=1.6%; 34 - 2 9 / 4 6 4 = 6 . 3 % and '35 - 30/442=6.8%.The last diree years of survival for '35 look like this: At the beginning of 2005 there were 56 of us, at the beginning of 2006 there were 45, at the beginning of 2007 there were 36 and at the beginning of 2008 we numbered 30. O u r losses in percentage terms were thus 11/56=19.6% in 2005, 9 / 4 5 = 2 0 % m 2006 and 6/36=16.7% in 2007. This column makes n o forecast but readers may want to use these numbers to make their own predictions of our fijmre.

Finding a missing plane sixty-eight year later O n 6 November 1939 our classmate, William WaUis, w h o retired in 1956 and died in 1961, was pUoting a SBC-3 HeUdiver on his third practice divebombing run over water off Barber's Point, Oahu, Hawau, when he observed his plane to be on fire. H e puUed out of his dive and, after deUberation, concluded he could not put out the fire nor make a safe landing under the existing conditions.

H e decided his only choice was to abandon the plane. H e instructed his passenger. Chief Aviation Machinist Mate W.T. Rhodes, to j u m p and reported seeing him prepare to do so. BUI then jumped, his parachute enabling him to reach the water safely. A patrol plane rescued him forty minutes later H e suffered b u m s on his face, left arm and right knee. Either R h o d e s did not j u m p

or his parachute did not open. An aU-day search for him by a desttoyer and two crash boats was unsuccessful.The plane crashed into the water and immediately sank. A four-day search for the wreckage found nothing because of the deep water in the area. T h e incident remained closed as many years passed. However, just recendy Chris LUes of Island Divers Hawau and his parmer,Joakim Hjehn, found the wreckage of a Navy plane resting on the bottom in the area where BiU's plane crashed. They sighted it from a distance in February 2006 but, because of the depth of the water, it was not until a year later, in February 2007, that they were able to approach close to the plane. They observed it clearly by eye and were able to photograph it and take a clear video. They found no evidence of Rhodes's clothing.

T h e plane was l^ing 230 feet below the surface. From their knowledgeable identification of the plane t^^pe, the location of the wTCckage, much sleuthing in newspap e n and, finaUy, obtaining the Navy's investigative report on the accident they concluded they had found WaUis's plane.

LUes then made contact with the writer of this column to report the finding and provide the video footage. H e requested information to satisfy his curiosity about WaUis's naval career that resulted in sending him copies of the write-ups of BUI fixjm our three LuckyBags. LUes has advised of their having removed nothing fix)m the wTeckage because they wish it to remain where it Ues and so perhaps become a part of history.

Holiday travel E d Keats and Sara Carlton spent four weeks in February and early March in M o u n t Maunganui, N e w Zealand in an apartment just across the street fixjm and with a direct view of the Pacific Ocean.

T h e resort cits- is on the north end of the N o r t h Island and the Kiwis caU that portion of the Pacific " T h e Bay of Plenty." It was a sunny summer down there with temperamres in the upper seventies. With stops in Auckland and Fiji, the two were away from Baltimore for five weeks. A photo of them on the beach with a close to shore inlet in the background accompanies the column.

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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 4% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 4 3 % PRES: CAPT William N. Price, USN (Ret.) C O R R . SECY: CAPT John H.Carmichael, USN (Ret) 744 Oglethorpe Ave. St. Simons Island, GA 31522-4908 P&F: 912-638-2830 E: jhc36(@bellsouth.net

President's Message At 93 I find that there is a lot to be thankful for I just spent a couple of days in Atlanta then went for a five hour drive by afiriendof mine to ST Simons Island to see Capt Jack Carmichael and his famUy. I attended his granddaughter's wedding which was held outside at ST Simons Lighthouse. The mother of the bride surprised her beautiful daughter with a horse drawn carriage that picked her up at her grandparents' home and drove her to the Ughthouse. My foster son Michael and I extend our best wishes for a long and happy marriage. Many thanks to Capt Jack and his famUy for the splendid hospitaUty Class News On 8 February 2008 Carrie's daughter, Katie Cooper and Donna Jones's son Travis Smith were married. (Travis, a former Marine is six feet seven inches taU. (I have seen his face only from a distance, but close up I look straight at his belt buckle.) Katie Cooper, bride to be, and her Maid of Honor, Jennifer Strickland, dressed in the Carmichael home. They rode a horse drawn carriage to the Lighthouse. They were accompanied by Katie's grand-parents, Gordie and Jack who gave her away.

The marriage took place at 11:00 o'clock in the gazebo on the Ughthouse grounds. The ceremony was conducted by the Reverend Gary Cumby. From this vista was a view of St. Simons Sound with JekyU Island in the background. A number of guests witnessed the ceremony. The Guest of Honor was Captain BiU Price USN (Ret) president of the USNA Class of 1936, his son and a family friend, Richard Bauer Col Frank Norton, USA (Ret) and wife Carol graciously furnished

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accommodations in one of his condominiums for the guest of honor.

There was a picture taking session after the ceremony. Several photographers shot up to 1000 photos.The bride and groom returned to the Carmichael home in the horse and carriage unaccompanied.

The luncheon was in the Carmichael lawn facing the Atlantic Ocean. Barbecue was served washed down with Champagne and carbonated apple juice.

Remembrance On 31 March 1959 I sent Admiral Spruance a letter of questions concerning the Navy. After maiUng the letter I reread it, and I was shocked at my impudence. I expected the Admiral to toss it into the nearest trash container Of course that was not his nature. We continued to exchange letters into 1962.

Selections from his letters foUow. • (The Admiral's first letter written in pencU, He added) "I hope you can read this pencU letter I have no typewriter, and would not use it if I had one. If I copied this properly in ink, you might never get it, so please excuse." He invited me to visit him for he would talk than write. I am a poor Ustener but a good reader His future letters were in ink. (Once I caUed on him when he was visiting in Virginia Beach.)

"There is one thing about which you are in better position to judge than I am.

This is the tremendous growth of the Department of Defense from a smaU policy making, coordinating organization as originaUy intended to what it now is, and advisors between the President as Commander-in-Chief and the top miUtary officers of the Armed Services.

CiviUan control of the military is sound in its proper sphere, but have we not gone far beyond that."

Your letter of the 17th reached me a couple of days ago, and I was very glad to hear from you. We had two interesting but tough operations whUe you were on board.—Iwo Jima was very tough on the Marines and Okinawa tough for everybody, but particularly for the smaller ships out on the picket Une. Okinawa has turned out to be s valuable outpost for the U.S., but some day we shaU have to turn it back to Japan. By that time I hope the world wiU be in a more stable and peaceful condition.

"I hope your present cruise is an interesting one (A Mediterranean tour) Ships for captain's command seem scariest these days. With best wishes, Raymond A. Spruance"

(GU Slonim gave me photo that I asked the Admiral to sign.) "Please excuse my delay in replying to your letter of 31 March and returning to you one of my photographs of myself which you managed to unearth. I feel sure that my wife would not tolerate having this one exposed to view around our house. What you do with it is your problem."

(He discussed leadership.) "Looking back over W W II, I am impressed with the necessity for having officers in the chain of command in the time of war that are wiUing tofight.With the United States this starts with the President in the White House, and it goes right down the Une. However beings are compUcated animals, and they have a wide range of talents. Some officers are good at pubUc relations, some are good as executives, administrators, or planners and some are natural leaders of men and, fighters. Some of these leaders and fighters are not good as administrators or planners. They may not be usefijl in time of peace, but in war they become essential out in the combat zone. The combination of the able administrator and the fighter are what we need in the higher echelon of command. What bothers me is how in the time of peace, we can teU whether an officer wiU fight in time of war, as weU as fight intelligently.

We were very fortunate in WW. II to have King in Washington and Nimitz as CinC Pac—^both were very able men who had the fighting edge, as weU as great administrative talents. I can only hope that with our current situation, with its surplus of Captains, and its lack of ships for them to command, and the great proportion of shore biUets, does not result in an undue emphasis on what might caUed being a good pubUc relations man.

Making war is an art in its self and I have always been very thankful for the six years I spent at the Naval War CoUege between 1926 and 1938 studying and thinking about the art war It was for me a privUege. Those years were of tremors value to me when the time came to practice that art. I must say making was is a most interesting occupation, and, if we had to have a war, it was for me a privilege to have been a participant in it.

I have been retired now for fourteen years, and during this time we have been having a revolution in weapons. Weapons change tactics, and weapons affect operations and strategy, and tactics and weapons affect operations and strategy. From what I have observed, the guided missUe is now in process of supplanting the gun and its

projectUes. Nuclear explosives may supplement, but not supplant our regular explosives.

So far as our fleet organization is concerned, I think the type organization is for administration and training is sound, as is the task organization for operations.

The selection of flag officers for commands in the fleet is important, as the selection of officers for their staffs, because of die selection of officers for their staflS, because of the great variety of quaUfications and abUities required. Members of a flag officer's staff should be chosen to supplement and round out their admiral's abUity and characteristics. A case in point was when Admiral Halsey took over from Admiral Ghormley as COMSOPAC. Halsey had MUes Browning as his chief of staff. Both were first class fighting men, which the situation demanded; but neither was much interested in or concerned with administration, of which there was a great deal to do. Admiral Calhoun had flown south with Admiral Halsey and me in October 1942, and Halsey kept CaUioun for two months to run the administration of SOPAC.Then Nimitz wanted CaUioun back in Pearl where he belonged as COMSERVPAC. After considerable search. Admiral Wilkinson was selected to go south and be Deputy Commander SOPAC Area, thus tacking over administration., whUe Halsey with Browning coiUd concenttate on the fighting during those touch and go days".

"The question of how best to integrate and employ new types of ships and weapons is some thing that wUl always require our best, and logical minds.

Most people tend to be conservative and to continue to do what they were brought up to do. We have an example of the opposition Admiral Sims encountered in his younger years trying to improve gunnery."

We often made changes in our fleet dispositions because we were forced to so by circumstances. For instance—when we were preparing for the GUberts Operations the number of destroyers we had expected to have avaUable became considerably reduced. We found we coiUd not operate our carriers in separate task groups, each with its own screen, because of lack of desttoyers. So we put our few fast BBs with the fast carrier task groups that were to operate in the area from which we might expect a Japanese fleet counterattack to come. The carrier people Uked this BB support so weU we continued it thereafter The BBs were organized so that

they coidd be used as a separate task group, as Matcher used them at the Batde of the PhiUppine Sea, when he put them towards the enemy in ad vane of his carriers. • ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 1 9 % ^ ^ S ^ l i : LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 5 1 % PRES: CAPT John S. Slaughter, USN (Ret.) 3801 Canterbury Rd. #812 Baldmore.MD 21218 E: captnj.ick228@gmail.com VICE PRES: Meredidi Mmter Hinkle Daughter of Charlie Minter '37 3603 Prince William Drive F.iirfax,VA 22031; E: mahink(gcox.net C O R R . SECYS: RADM Robert B. Erly, USN (Ret.) E: BERlyl914@aol.com and CAPT Edward S. Arentzen, USN (Ret.) E: arentzenrn@earthlink.net Submit all posted material lo: Bob Erly 830 Country Club Lane, Coronado, CA 92118-2411;P: 619-435-8919 If by email, submit to: Erly with a lo Arentzen

Captain Slaughter reports: It was a beautiful Spring day attracting ten of us for our monthly luncheon: Mary & CharUe Minter with their daughter & our esteemed Vice President Meridith Hinkle, Bess & Jack Slaughter with their daughter Anne, Elsie Mack, Jean Stein, Margaret BeU andAde Rich. The Lajaunies had planned to attend but Jean was experiencing a knee problem and felt the better part of valor was to stay home and give it a rest. The draft of the aimual letter was reviewed, financial statement discussed (can't honestly say audited) and approved for sending to the Association for printing and distributing. Jack read the foUowing letter firom CharUe Meigs widow: • "Dear John: "How very thoughtful and kind you (the class) are to give a gift in memory of CharUe to the U. S. Naval Academy.

"He would be so pleased and I know it would bring wonderfiU old memories of (the class).

"He was iU here at Carleton WUlard VUlage Homes in the Health Center for two years struggUng so hard, but now he is at peace. It is a blessing for him. But Everyone misses him.

"I hope this finds you weU and happy.

Affectionately, Frances" •

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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 17% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 67% PRES: RADM M.H. Rindskopf, USN (Ret.) 7101 B.iyfix3nt D r #324, Annapolis, MD 21403 E: mrindskopf@comcast.net CHAIRMAN, WASH. AREA: CAPT Hugh M. Robinson, USN (Ret.) SlOlConnecticutAve.,Chevy Chase, MD 20815 E: 301-656-4656

A Last Notefrom the Leadership Conference True to form, the University of Nebraska Lincoln sent the Class a note of appreciation for the privUege of attending the 2008 Leadership Conference. It was signed by every member of their group in efiusive terms. Things Uke that make us want to be around for next year's conference.

History Channel showcases 1938.

On 29 February and 7 March, Jake Kleiss starred in documentaries about ENTERPRISE participation in the Batdes of Coral Sea and Midway. Jake, as we always have known him, was front and center as a young feisty dive bomber pUot, whose nickname was "Dusty". He also appeared, perhaps just as sharp, but maybe not so feisty, as a narrator of the stories. The show used Uve segments and animation to teU about a critical period in WoridWar II. We right here ask Jake if he wUl teU us where "Dusty" came from?

The 70th Reunion.

By the time you read this, our reunion wUl be just around the corner We expect about 12 of our stalwart warriors and perhaps 35 wives, widows, and chUdren.

We wUl enjoy four new events, different from prior reunions: lunch at Buchanan House with the Superintendent, a superpicnic on the terrace of BayWoods of AnnapoUs, a brunch at the new Lacrosse HaU of Fame at the renovated stadium, and our memorial service in the new (to most) Levy Center Chapel. Our traditional Margaret and Al Laborde opening reception and our closing banquet wUl be at our Headquarters, Loews AnnapoUs. If you are contemplating last minute attendance, please contact your Class President before making any formal arrangements.

Sad news Bob Bywater passed away on 7 January 2008 in FaUbrook, CaUfornia with services the Eternal HUls Cemetery in Oceanside, CA. His obituary and suggestions concerning a memorial gift wiU appear in a forthcoming SHIPMATE.Joe McDoweU died on 25 February in aVirginia hospital. Services wUl be held at ArUngton on 22 May. Services for Jane SmaU, who died in Sarasota on 12 December 2007, were held at the Naval Academy Cemetery on 28 AprU 2008 with classmates and wives in attendance.

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PRES: CAPT Robert B.Wood, USN (Ret.) E: rbwacnv@.iol.com C O R R . SECY: Ronnie Wood 1525 South 23rd St.,Arlington,VA 22202 THIRTY-NINE O N LINE: docabbot@aol.com

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PRES: CAPT E. A. Rodgers, USN (Ret.) {Winter) 3609 S. Banana River Blvd. #414, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931; H. 321-784-4894 (Summer) P. O Box 656, Bucksport, ME 04416; H:207-469-3562 E: earodgers@juno.com HONORARY VICE PRES: Wendi-Winters Daughter of Leigh "Early" Cosart Winters 1007 Magothy Park Lane Annapolis, Maryland 21403-5300 H / O : 410-349-0945; C: 410-562-4189 E: wendi@quantumstep.com SECY: CAPT John H. Sims, USN (Ret.) 726 Lakeside Court, Danvile, CA 94526 H: 925-820-3954 E: JHSIMS(gAOL.COM

This wUl be a blessedly brief report, primarUy because for a change we have experienced no deaths of classmates, widows, or spouses. Also, whUe there have been no deaths there have been very few reports of activities among the Uving.

So we'U be happy with things as they are.

However, there is one brief carry-over item. In the AprU column I mentioned that Swede Carlson's camera died as he tried to snap the second picture at the 27 January Sunday brunch of the Bay Area Group.You may have wondered, with me, what happened to the first picture. The question was answered, and here it is.

Note the "Brigade of Midshipmen" banner hanging behind Baldy Bald-win.

Bay Area Group brunch

Ted Rodgers, along with Mike Rindskopf '38, President of the Class of '38, received a letter from LCDR R.J. Hansen, who mentions that he bilged out of the Class of'74 in January 1971, which I quote in part for potential interest to anyone on New York during youngster cruise—or for that matter, anyone on youngster cruise: In July 2006, my father, W O l Louis R. Hansen, USAF(RET) passed away. My father enlisted the Navy in 1936 and spent 12 years in the Navy,

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10 of which was in submarines, making 10 war patrols, earning the Silver Star and attaining CTM(SS). He then transferred to the newly established U S. Air Force.

Among his possessions were a number of photo albums. One was specificaUy devoted to the spring and summer cruises of the batdeship USS New York. The New York was his first ship after graduation from boot camp. The spring cruise was a "show the flag" to Germany and other European ports and then back to AnnapoUs to host the Midshipman Cruise for that year, that I beUeve included the coronation of King George VI of England. Included in the album are photos of the midshipmen coming on board, standing inspection, and engaging in recreational activities. As I have no heirs, I took the liberty of donating the album to the USNA Library, as I felt that it was the proper place for it to be used as a future reference item.

When she heard about this, Wendi Winters, ever on the lookout for a good story, decided that she'd go over and take a look at the album, and see whether it might serve as a focal point for a story, or series of stories, about the youngster cruise of the class of'40. She started to remember some of the tales her father, Early, told his kids about that cruise: how he "borrowed" a Nazi flag while on a boat trip (I explained to her that it was in fact a ship) to Germany, that his group had an audience with Hitler, that she didn't remember that he'd mentioned a coronation of a king, and other matters perhaps embeUished over the years. She thought at least she could produce a Shipmate item, and fUe a copy with the Ubrary to accompany Hansen's photo album. So she came up with aU sorts of questions which she herewith passes along to '40 class members which she requests that one and aU send along answers, comments, photos and she'U mold it aU together (her contact info is at the top of the column): W H O was aboard with you?

WHERE did you go? HOW long was the trip? WHAT kind of reception did you get at your ports of caU? When would her dad have had the opportunity to "borrow" a Naziflag?WHY would USNA send mids to an area that was already warring with its neighbors? HOW were you treated in Germany? Did you go to England—before or after? Did you—or any others aboard—attend any kind of coronation of King George VI? So sort out some ofyour old sea stories and send them along.

Wendi posed these questions to our classmate known in those days as Bloody Rodgers, since he was the recipient of the letter from R.J Hansen. And Ted, as he is known nowadays, kicked off the project with a surprisingly (after aU these years) comprehensive summary of youngster cruise. With sUght editing, here is what he had to say: My youngster cruise took us to Europe in 1937, before the outbreak of hostiUties. My ship, Wyoming, spent eight days in Kiel, Germany and I went on a four-day tour to BerUn. I recall seeing many people in uniform, including street cleaners and was impressed by the cleanliness of the place. We were invited to a reception where most of the men were in Nazi uniforms. They were friendly and I for one was completely unaware of any concern over their military buUdup. One evening a group of us went to an interesting night club that I beUeve was caUed "The Fatherland". It was unique in that there were several different bars, each with a different motif including one caUed the "WUd West".

Another evening four of us went to a dance haU and at a nearby table there were a few unescorted girls. I had learned a few German words including the one for dance. I asked one of the girls to dance and even though we couldn't communicate, the dance went weU, and after escorting her back to her table I was approached by a young man with a friendly heUo as he handed me a note. He spoke good EngUsh and told me that he had spent some years in Chicago as a boy.

When I returned to our table I opened the note and here's what it said: "to my American friend, if she says no she means maybe and if she says maybe she means yes. If she says yes, she's no lady. Ich Liebe dich means I love you and the rest is international". We had a good laugh at our table.

Wendi, I have no idea where your father got the Nazi flag. They were aU over the place so it wouldn't have been difficult to get one.

Another good port was Torquay on the south coast of England. I along with Pariett, McCoUum and Perras rented bikes for four days and cycled 17 miles north to the farming town of Buckfasdeigh.We pitched tents (borrowed from the ship) and the first night took in the local pub where the local conversation was aU about the abdication of the King for an American woman. My friends were thirsty for a drink, but I had never drunk anything stronger than apple cider so not

knowing about hard cider I ordered that. I was the one who got carried back to the field and my tent. That night I was so sick I left the tent to throw up outside and was stampeded by aU the wild rabbits running around. The next day a local farmer came by with a couple of ferrets to catch rabbits for a barbeque for us. The ferrets chased the rabbits out of their holes and in no time we had a dozen for our barbeque.

Another personal incident in Torquay occurred when I asked a pretty girl in a store if I could walk her home after work.

She consented and as we started the walk the conversation went to what she had studied in high school. Her reply was that she had only completed six grades and there wasn't any need for a girl to go beyond that since her only purpose in Ufe was to learn how to take care of a man. I considered this a very commendable attitude. Then as we walked along and passed classmates they greeted me with "hi Bloody". At this point she said that anyone with this name had to be wicked so that ended our relationship.

Ted had more, but this should give some of us a starter to ampUfy and modify with our own experiences. I, too, was on Wyoming, so maybe someone on New York can jump in. In any case, Wendi anxiously awaits your contributions. Also, one of these days soon, with the assistance ofAlumni Association sraff,Wendi wiU be soUciting information concerning your intentions regarding our 70th anniversary reimion. I notice that '38 is talking about theirs, and if those old guys can handle it, so can we.

And finaUy, from deep in the heart of Texas we get a first hand report about one of Navy's successes last footbaU season.

Warren Lowerre is the reporter: B I hadn't seen a Navy footbaU game Uve for many, many years untU last November when they played (and beat) North Texas here in Denton. Local friends had offered our daughter, Wendy Marsh, 4 tickets to the game, so Yvonne and I accompanied Wendy and her husband, John, to the game and related activities.The first order of fiin that day was the so-caUed Navy TaUgate Party, which took place in a circus-sized tent filled with midshipmen, band, cheerleaders, and others. We had lunch with USNA gratis from '70 and '71, and their wives along with others who had accompanied the team, from the Superintendent on down. • And we have a picture ofWarren with VADM Fowler Warren notes that this was

the second time he had shaken the hand of the Superintendent, the first being 67 years ago at our graduation.Yvonne and Wendy enjoyed the opportunity to meet and chat briefly with Mrs. Fowler Also during the game Warren was surprised and pleased when BiU, the goat, showed up and gave him a hug. However, this BiU didn't look much like the BiU that Warren remembered. And finaUy another record was estabUshed with the high-scoring Navy victory, 74-62.

Warren and Admiral Fowler

Two -legged Bill with Warren

Warren also commented on the recent death of Ned Garrett. Ned and Warren were two of the 13 fresh-caught Ensigns to be assigned to MARYLAND after graduation. Two and a half years later, by December 1942, Warren was the only one of the 13 remaining. And for another record, by December 1946 he was stUl there. He wonders whether any other classmate spent as long as 6? years on the ship to which they were first assigned. By that time MARYLAND had been put into the Reserve Fleet at Bremerton, and Warren decided that was a good place for him to be also. And that's why he is now a CDR, USNR (Ret).

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READ I History and Tradition page.

I Have a story to share? Etnail anne.sharpe@usna.com

usna.com I to contribute a Sea Story.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 5% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 7 3 % 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@1941 .usna.com WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1941

A litde over a year ago, the Executive Committee of the Class approved the expenditure of funds previously set aside for maintenance and improvents to our Alvan Clark telescope and its Observatory.

Prof. Albert has advised me in a letter addressed to the Class of 1941 that the approved improvements have been completed. Unfortunately her report is too lengthy for inclusion herein so I wiU give you a summary of what was done.

The most significant upgrade to the telescope was a custom buUt solar filter that aUows viewing of the surface of the sun.

The midshipman who instaUed and calibrated the fUter received academic research credit for his work and he has since obtained beautifirl views of the sun's surface. Open houses are planned for the Brigade, officers, faculty and staff. Our funds also purchased a ten inch Meade reflecting telescope that complements the main telescope. It uses a modern GPS system to aUgn itself and to locate and track objects. One of the accessories with this 10" scope is a deep sky imager that takes data in several wavelength bands and creates images that complement the capabUities of the main Alvan Clark. Also added is a set of eyepiece fUters for the Clark which wiU aUow distinguishing various features in nebulae and planetary atmospheres. Quite a variety of necessary anciUary material—text books, bookcases, optic cleaning equipment, red flashUghts and an exceUent celestial sphere—have also been added. FinaUy, Prof Albert reported that astronomy is growing fast at the Academy. She wrote, "We now have an official "Astrotrack" within the Physics Department, and it is very popular with the midshipmen.The Class of 1941 Observatory is the "centerpiece" of the Astrotrack, and the Physics Department has hired a telescope expert to undertake some large scale upgrades to the pointing and tracking systems. We also have a brand new optics technician, whose duties include the department optics labs and the Observatory." The midshipmen of the Astrotrack hosted an Observatory Open House for the Brigade to view the recent total eclipse of the moon. Prof Albert closed her report sincerely expressing her

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gratitude to the Class of 1941 for its original contribution and its continuing interest.We are aU invited to visit at any opportunityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Uke maybe at our 70th Reunion, if not before. If any of you -wish to read afioUcopy of her report, please let me know and I shaU maU you one.

Ned Hines surprised his daughter, Christy Jaap, by appearing at her recent birthday party. One nice result was a picture of Ned with his great-grandchUdren! The picture of Ned supports Christy's note to me that Ned "is doing quite weU." Having such good looking great-grandkids has to be helpfiU. Christy is also Ned's "Buddy" in our Buddy System which keeps Classmates without computers or not computer Uterate upto-date on Class news. Another Class off-spring, Michael Maddocks, the son of Dana and the late Bill Maddocks, has distinguished himself After graduation in the 70s from Washington and Lee University BUI was in the Navy, including five years on a Norfolk-based desttoyer In 1984 he then went into banking and he is now the highly regarded Regional Executive Officer of Old Point National Bank inWUUamsburgVA where his mother, Dana, also Uves. BUI is a retired Captain in the Naval Reserve.

Hines and great-grandchildren

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No doubt you are aware of the threat that Identity Theft presents to aU of us. If you are computer-equipped, take a look at www.ftc.gov/idtheft for useful information. For you without computers, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has a usefiU pamphlet avaUable by maU or phone: Consumer Response Center, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, H-130, Washington DC 20580; phone 1-877438-4338.1 received one of the FTC pamphlets via the Postal Service and it's good and easy reading.

This part of the column is always difficiJt because it teUs us how many good Classmates and others we have lost.

On 19 January 2008, we lost Maury Werth very unexpectedly in the Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown MD. Maury was in the Navy for 35 years. After retirement he became a real estate broker He also served on the Development CouncU of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science in Gloucester, VA and on the President's CouncU of the CoUege ofWUUam and Mary. Maury is survived by his wife, EUzabeth, a son and a step-grandson. I am sure that they aU have our s-ympathy and understanding. Ken Tebo and I entered the Naval Academy on the same day in 1937. Ken died on 15 February 2008 and was interred at the Naval Academy Columbarium on 26 March. He had an interesting Ufe in the Navy. His first assignment after graduation was to an old four-piper that many of you wUl weU remember, USS Roper, which was credited with sinking a German submarine in W W II off the coast of North CaroUna. Ken did graduate work at MIT after the war and his last Navy assignment was in the Polaris missUe program. After the Navy, Ken kept busy in a variety of activities including the CIA as a program manager and at the Off Campus continuing education program at George Washington University as a Director He and his late wife, Marcie, were reaUy loyal 41ers and both wUl be sorely missed. They are survived by three chUdren, three grandchildren and two great-grandchUdren.To aU of them go our very sincere sympathy in their most recent loss. On 22 February, we lost our Classmate, Bill Lemos in Damariscotta, ME, after a brief illness. BiU came to us from Rhode Island as the son of Portuguese immigrants from the Azores.

FoUowing a distinguished career in the Navy which included naval aviation, graduate work at MIT and promotion to

RADM in 1965 as one of the youngest ever to reach that rank. BiU's civil activities after retirement from the Navy are too numerous to Ust but he had time to do boat buUding.The first was when he finished a 34-foot saUboat started by his father in Bremen and his last was a 22foot saUer which he nearly completed. To his wife, Susan, his four daughters, two sons and seven grandchUdren go our condolences. FinaUy, I want to express an apology to AUce Kugler, the widow of our Classmate, John Kugler, who died two years ago. Apparendy the flowers that we usuaUy send to express the sympathy of the Class did not reach the Kugler service. In addition, the piece I wrote about him in Shipmate was quite short because I had Utde information at the time. I have written to AUce and I hope she knows by now that he is missed by his Classmates. In California, where he Uved, he was on the invitation Ust for Class activities but he could seldom if ever attend because of his diabetic condition and its compUcations from which he suffered severely, according to AUce. Even at this late date I know you aU join me in expressing our sympathy to AUce. Now it is time for the days of birth.

The May types are supposed to get Emeralds to sigiufy love and success and you can wrap them in Lilies of theVaUey and Hawthorns. Here are those successfiil lovers: Jerry BaU, Conger, Doherty, Holdt, BUI Jones, Landreth, MacKinnon, Naymark and Styer Only one change for your Rosters (which I hope you have been keeping up to date): W W Jones - 7450 OUvetas Avenue, Apt. 248, La JoUa CA 92037, phone (858) 450-5374, fix)nt desk phone (858) 454-4201, (no edress).

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PRES: CAPT Ken Simmons, USN (Ret.) E: kensimmons02@comcast.net SECY: CDR R.S. Day, USN (Ret.) 2426 Chestnut St.. Fiills Church.VA 22043-3052 E: hapd.iy@erols.com

As I write this brief column we are safely into DayUght Savings, spring is aU aroimd us and we are promised our world famous cherry blossoms wiU bloom on schedule during the weeks long celebration. For this March luncheon maestro Dale Reed is hosting our first meeting at a commercial venue, J.R.'s. Stockyard, at Tysons Corner Great food and a private room with a separate table for our wives and widows who ensure that the "infirm" arrive safely.

Top: UBâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Cr^ -Si lop, Don Holmes, Buck Catlin, Max Munk, Gene Farrell; Seated: L/Bâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Alnora Bishop, Bea Holmes, Mimi Morgan, Bobbie Catiin, Mindy Farrell

And speaking of class luncheons, some of the SoCal group enjoyed another wUd and exciting luncheon on Valentine's Day at the La Costa Glen retirement home in Carlsbad. C-\. where Mimi and Bill Morgan reside. Max Munk having recendy moved in hosted the event, which was held in a separate room, probabh" to keep their fiivoUtv' fix)m disturbing some of the older residents. Gene Farrell led the charge with a fine reminiscence of the Pacific Heet enny into San Francisco Bay for Navy Day 1937 to celebrate the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Serving in batdeships going under the bridge were Gene, Max and Buck Catlin, aU present at the luncheon. This tri^ered a round of recoUections about how each of the group worked during that year to get appointments to the Academy. D o n Holmes took the prize, having been accepted at both the USNA and USCG Academy. The lovely ladies present accepted this entertainment as a Valentine's Day gift, again demonstrating their charming endurance as Navy wives.

Thev' were happy to have Bea Holmes, Bobbie Catlin, Mandy FarreU, Mimi Morgan and Alnora Bishop on board, and to have CharUe Bishop's report thereon.

WhUe we have no additional information, the Alumni Association has advised that Roland Mayer's widow; Lenora, apparenth" passed aw-ay on 26 April 2007.

Marcia Spiegel, Bill's widow succumbed to cancer on 14 February 20008 after an inspirational stmggle.

Throughout her life, Marcia was an active, optimistic person who enjoyed taking on chaUenges and raking advantage of the opportunities life afforded her She passed away peacefiJly and surrounded by famUy members in her home in Missoula, Montana.

ANNUAL ME.MBERSHIP: 12% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 64% PRES: CAPT BJi.. Robie, USN (Ret.) 2111 River Crescent Dr.,Annapolis,MD 21401 H: 410-224-0850; E: edrobie@aoLcom SECY: CAPT Leslie R. Heselton Jr., USN (Ret.) 7101 Ba>'Front Dr.. ApL611,Annapolis,MD 21403 H: 410-216-9629; E: Heselton43@1943.usna.com

Rjemembratice A famUy member informed us that EvelvTi Louise Cronin of Danvers, MA, died 31 Oct 2007. She was the widow of Classmate Angus Cronin who was a Marine LCol. Evelv-n has been a Navy Nurse at Great Lakes where she met her future husband. In addition to Angus, she was predeceased by her daughter, Christine Louise and her son, Mark.

Burial was in Walnut Grov-e Cemetery, Danvers, MA Peter Depe-w Fisler died 14 Feb 2008 in Bethesda, MD. Funeral Services were held 23 Feb at the Potomac PresbvTerian Church, Potomac, MD, with internment to be at a later date. Peter is survived by Jean, his beloved wife of 58 years, daughters Lori Damrosch of Brooklyn, NY, Wendy Petti of Bethesda, MD, Carol Fisler Martin of New York, NY, and eight grandchUdren.

Glenn Adolph Medick died 24 Feb 2008 in Memphis, TN. He is survived by a daughter,Victoria Medick, of HyattsviUe, MD, Grandson, Fred Medick, Jr, of Boston, MA, and granddaughter, Tiemey Medick, of Pordand, OR. Ehvood Edwin Nutt passed away 25 Feb 2008 in Oxnard, CA, where a private famUy service w-as held. Ed is survived by his wife, EUen, daughter Sarah Wigert, four grandchUdren and five great grandchUdren. His other daughter Nancv' Nutt Montgomerv- preceded him in death.

Jack Barrett reports that our classmate Sunshine Aubrey has been having a horrendous batde with pancreatic cancer After an extensive operation, he -was in extensive care for about 53-58

days. He is very weak and can walk only with a walker to the bathroom. His weight is dovvTi to 144 lbs. Sunshine's nickname is appropriate because of his sunny and cheerful disposition. That has been and is being severely tested. His many friends in the class may want to give him a phone caU and he tells us he would Uke to hear from you at (321)-255-3951!

Also Fred Feamo-w recendy had open heart surgery and at this time is stiU in Washington Center Hospital.

John Lobdell has located another non-graduate classmate-Myron L Carr at 500 PeacefidVaUey Drive,WatsonviUe, CA, 95076-8326, telephone (831) 7869469, where he is Uving with a son, Mark Carr (wffe Mary). After Myron left USNA m Feb 1930, he joined die Army as a 2nd Lt in the ArtiUery, left after WWII but was caUed back for Korea.

He became a paratrooper and retired as a Lt Col, US Army First Casualty Although most of us know that Art Diirck was the first classmate killed in action in WWII, Dale Cox thought we might Uke to know^ how it happened which is described in Ken Ruiz' book "The Luck of the Draw". The first day aboard VINCENNES, underw-ay near Tulagi.Art Diirck and Ken drew straws for srations. Ken got the bridge and Art drew the signal bridge. The first salvos from a Jap heavy cruiser off Savo Island kUled Art, his second day aboard his new dutv- station and Ken went s^vimming that night, aU night, without a Ufe jacket (he always was a slow learner). Flown back to Pearl Harbor he arriv-ed dressed in cast-off clothes from a Good Samariran, without a cent or any identification. After personal arm-twisting by Admiral Nimitz, he "volunteered" for submarine dut)' and received his Dolphins without ever going to sub-school! Dale thinks aU 43ers should read the book which porttays the dismal leadership of senior officers at the start of the war. The Captain of the VINCENNES kept a searchUght trained on his American Flag so the destroyen would recognize her! Ken also owns a fishing cabin in British Columbia and urgendy requests any classmates with fishing experience to send him a few clews on how to catch salmon. Perhaps he might even welcome being shown a few pointers!

Luxury goes Exploring Since there was Utde input of activity this time, I decided to mention my activities.

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Although we went ashore at each island to sample the local color, there was enough activity aboard to satisfy anyone.

UnbeUevable food and every night a different floor show, mosdy specializing in Polynesian dancing. On Valentines Day we had the Captain's FareweU Dinner, which was Lobster night and for some sttange reason we were invited to sit at the Captain's Table with he and his Chief Financial Officer, both of which were very charming. It was a wonderfiU week and we are now thinking of doing it again in a couple of years. The foUowing pictures may renUnd you of the area!

Great to be '43 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 8% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 63% n<ES: Fred Schnurr WASHINGTON I ^ P : CAPT Charlie Rozier, USN (Ret.) SECY: LCDR Prescott Palmer, USN (Ret.) 7450 SpringValley Dr, Crestwood Ct., #227 Springfield,VA 22150-4939 H: 703-644-3180; E: spalmer_22151@yahoo.com

Over the years, we've had so many great reunions. And we're aU in debt to the many classmates who planned and carriedout these -wonderful celebrations.

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Coming up on our 65th Armiversary.

(65 years!)

Think of it! 65 years before our graduation, 1878, scarcely a dozen years had passed since our Civil War!) Now doesn't that make you feel as ancient as those earUer octogenarians we used to see being celebrated by reviewing the P-rades WeU, that's us now, guys.

Those of us lucky enough to be able take the review at the '08 Homecoming P-rade, wiU probably have to be happy with that. My deaf ear to the ground does not seem to detect reunion plans.

Walt Honour teUs me that son Craig '68 ( a celebrating Class) reports that Homecoming hotel rooms in Crabtown are going for $400 to $650 a night—and mosdy gone! (Why doesn't the Alumni Association invest in a hotel or two?) Walt has suggested that local area groups might try arranging local dinners , or the Uke.Your Scribe volunteers announcements in this column . But get busy! Shipmate lead-time wiU push immediate requests for such notices up into the August Shipmate.

Walt himself has gotten in early to announce a Jax area reunion on 18 October—detaUs to foUow. It was amusing to read recent Air Force pubUcity of mid-Adantic interception by B-52s ofUSNSJo/w PBobo. Some interception! Did the B-52s actuaUy get low enough to read the the huU-name?.

More fun yet! It was done to celebrate the interception by early B-17s, 70 years ago, in 1938, of the arri-ving ItaUan Uner Rex, "several hundred mUes east of the port of New York." (The navigator, I happen to remember, was then—Capt. Curtis LeMay.) No credit was given to the ItaUan Line in New York providing ETA. (Routinely given anyone meeting passengers.) "The 1938 mission caused some furor with other branches of the military.... an assaiUt on enttenched and historic means of defending the nation."

(Like the B-17 strike-out at Midway?)

My request to hear about more '44 great-grandchUdren rang a beU with Bill Patterson, in Sun Lakes, AZ. Bill reports 2 in Maine, 2 in Massachusetts, 1 in Minnesota, and 1 in Chicago. Below are the 2 guys in Brunswick, ME : Tyler and Luke. He also reports going to Pensacola in January, to pin wings on grandson ENS James Patterson USNA '07. He also reports the unique pleasure of attending that Navy victory over Notre Dame, last FaU, with son Jim '72. (And I have to remember once thinking that Navy couldn't beat Notre Dame's Protestant

team!) Nice start. Bill. Now let's have some pictures of the other 4, mas weU as that new naval aviator.

Two of Bill Patterson's six(!) great-grandsons: Tyler and Luke

We are indebted to Glenn Dumas's son JeflF '68, (and one-time member of the '44-sponsored 13th Company,) for some interesting photos. The first is of wife Virginia, Glenn, and Jeff (I have report, sadly, that Virginia left us last August.) In addition, Jeff also provided a fine photo of father Gletui after he had completed carrier duty in F8F squadron FB-10, and had joinedVX-1.This squadron was developing the Navy's first ASW hehcopter, the twin-rotor Piasecki H R P The first shot shows an H R P over water, possibly "dipping".The other is a nice close-up of Glenn and squadron-mate Bruce Weart (Navy Cross TBM pUot.

LtoR Virginia Dumas, Glenn, and son Jeff '68

Glenn Dumas's Piasecki HRP "dipping"

Glenn in a Piasecki HRP co-pilot TBM Navy Cross winner: Bruce Weart

1 have sadly to report this month that five of our esteemed Classmates have left us.

Bob Gustafason died 2 January in WUiamsburg.VA Jack Keller died 25 January in Sugar Land,TX Chuck Wasson died 7 February- in MobUe.AL A Vince Anania died 1 March in Chapel HU. N C Mac McClenahan died 3 March in Cohoes. NY New E-mail address: BillWakeland w-rw-ake@sattx.rrcom ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 5% LIFE ME.MBERSHIP: 66% PRES: BGEN WilHam L. .McCulloch, USMC (Ret.) 52S Fon-^-iDiams Pk\\y...\le.-andria,V.\ 22304-1849 CORR. SECY: CAPT Emil Saroch, Jr., USN (Ret.) 237 .\nchorage CL..\nnapolis. .MD 21401-6301 H: 410-757-8758 E: emilsarem@coincastjiet WEB SITE: www.asna.cotn/classes/1943

bi Memoriam (Please refer to Last CaU section of Shipmate for more extensive obimaries, which may appear in a later issue.)

Edward M. Elliott, died on 15 Januarv- 2008 in South Serauket, NewYork after a long batde with cancer He w^ bom in Greensburg, Pennsv-lvania and played guard on the footbaU team when Navy beat Army. His first ship after graduation w-as die O'BPJEN (DD 725) and after taking a kamikaze off Okinaw-a in '45 w-here he was awarded a Purple Heart, he went to BORIE (DD704) and PURVIS (DD 709). He resigned m 1947 and w-orked in engineering before graduatingfix)mFordham Law- School in 1954 and spending the rest of his career in criminal law. He was predeceased by his wife of 53 years, Lois, and is surviv-ed by their nvo daughters,JacqueK-n and Robin, a son, Douglas, and four grandchUdren. He was buried at Southampton Cemetery- with flUl miUtaiy honors.

Henderson G. Silliman died of natural causes on 17 February 2008, at his residence in Wichira Falls, Texas. He was bom at his famUy's farm near Carmi, DUnois. He joined the PENSACOLA [CA 24] which participated in the sheUing of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and w-as involved in the Second Batde of the PhiUppine Sea. He then spent a productive career in the Navy retiring as a Captain. He is survived by his w-ife, Nancy, son John, and granddaughter A memorial service w-as held in Wichita Falls and his remains wiU be buried at the

famUy plot in lUinois. Son John kindly sent the eidogy he deUvered which was disttibuted via emaU. It was a beautifiil tribute to his dad and we quote the summarizing thought,"From start to finish, my father Gene Silliman was the best man I ever knew."

Robert Clair Wood died on 24 Februarv- 2008. After graduation, he went to INDIANA (BB 58), thence to flight training and various aviation jobs, specializing in inteUigence assignments and advanced computer appUcations. He retired as a Commander n 1964 and went to work in advanced computer systems design with Univac and later with the CIA. Bob is survived by his wife, Phoebe, and his daughter, Lori, and four grandchUdren. He w-as preceded in death by his wife, Mickey, in 1986. Burial with fuU miUtarv' honors wiU be on 1 May 2008, at the ArUngton National Cemeterv'.

Chandler "Chan" Eastman S-wallow, Jr., died peacefiUly at home in St. Michaels, Marv'land, on 29 February 2008 of heart faUure. During WWII, he serv-ed as fire control officer aboard VICKSBURG and fought m the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He served in numerous commands at sea, retiring as a Captain in 1971 and w-orked 15 years for Sperrv' Univ-ac, and later consulted in electtonic systems for various companies.

He also served for 10 years as a U.S. Naval representative to a NATO committee standardizing computer interfaces of ships Scorn NATO countries. He is survived by his wife, Edith; daughters Anne, Wendy and Margaret, son Peter and twelve grand chUdren.

Vincent Anania, died 1 March 2008 in Chapel HUl, North CaroUna of heart faUure. Bom in Marianna, Pennsylvania, Vince played footbaU for the Academy and w-as selected as an AU-American lacrosse player. During World War II, he served on board the QUINCY, which took President FrankUn D. Roosevelt to meet British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin at the Yalta Conference. He also saw- service in Korea andVietnam. He retired as a Captain. He is survived by his wife, EUzabeth; t^vo daughters Nancv- and EUzabeth, wife of former North CaroUna Senator John Edwards, and son Vincent, Jr, seven grandchUdren; rv\o great-grandchUdren.

As We Are Sometimes making a mistake brings unexpected new-s.This letter is from George Heckler, for whom we

inadvertendy Usted an emaU address for his widow (our apologies):"My old roommate. Gene Masica caUed me to say that my wife's emaU address was Usted with the notation "George's widow". I am happy to report that I'm not only aUve but in remarkably good condition. Lucia and I participated in the last reunion and look forw-ard to the next. I was frankly surprised at the number of us who were in pretty good condition. I'm not sure I coiUd keep up with Cliff Bermaim doing the old soft shoe on the dance floor, but I sure remembered the cheerleading moves better than he. We Uve in Fearrington VUlage, a communitv- about 8 mUes south of Chapel HUl N.C. - home of U N C Tar heels. It is a reaUy great place to Uve with many very active seniors from a very wide range of professions and mosdy from the New England and Midw^est srates. There are about 50 active special interest groups, so you can keep as busy as you Uke. The research ttiangle (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel HUl) has an active USNA alumni chapter with monthly lunches, joint Army-Navy bash, summer picnic and other assorted ev^ents."

Carol Sue and Jim Ravenel and CAPT Peg Klein '81, Commandant of Midshipmen, USNA at Dark Ages/Founders Day Party of the Atlanta USN AAA Chapter

From Jim Ravenel, who is active in the Adanta chapter USNAAA reported on their February- meeting at the Crovvne Plaza Hotel where CAPT Peg Klein '81, Commandant of Midshipmen USNA and a Classmate of our late son Mike YandeU '81 Carol Sue and I had the pleasure of having breakfast with the Kleins Sunday morning. Both Peg and Mike knew- each other, were NFOs, whoflew-E2C Hawkeyes, off the Eisenhower, CVN 69, although at different times. Frank Klein '79. Peg's husband is retired and teaches Physics at the Academy.

From Bill Cosgrove, we received the foUowing photo:

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He sends along greetings to aU. •

fl|.r1 Al Giorgis lil and Bob Kirk (r) at the San Diego party While on their February trip to Sedona and the Grand Canyon, Peg and Bill Cosgrove had a wonderful overnight visit in Phoenix, AZ with Sue Gleason, the recent widow of Classmate COL Tom Gleason, one ofthe Class of '45's Dirty Thirty Marines.

From Pensacola, Dean Axene writes BUUe Chappell and Bea McLaughlin wiU be cruising in the southern Caribbean in AprU, Duffie and Hank Anson celebrated Hank's 85th birthday with a smaU famUy gathering over dinner a couple of nights ago. The Johnsons and Axenes continue to hang in there. (Ed note: for which we give thanks.)

And from the West, we received news from both Joann Riley and Art Le-vy, who reUeved Frank Kleber as Class president for Southern CaUfornia.

The October CaUfornia wildfires, prominent in the news last faU, had a personal dimension. The fires drove Marion and Bill Traynor from their Rancho Bernardo home to a Point Loma BOQ room. Their home was spared but the next door neighbor's burned to the ground. Gwen and Bill Benson's daughter was told to evacuate but could not leave her two horses, dogs and cats. Her neighbors, who did leave, found themselves gridlocked on a highway with fire raging on both sides. Joann Riley came home from Mexico to find a sttange famUy Uving in her home—her daughter's overflow friends.The fires were tragic but they brought out the best in many CaUfornians.

Unrelated to the fires, Carol and Bob Kirk relocated to a retirement home in Carlsbad with the 9th green at their patio door, putter and chipper included.

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Contact updates: EmaUs: Harry Doyle—Harrydoyle@ webtv.net George Heckler—^lucia-george@ mindspring.com, and george.hecker@ 1945.usna.com Alexjulien—anonej l(§aol.com Marty Snead—4snead(§att.net Rhoda Stone—rstone5420(§ comcast.net Class Business Remember reunion June 14-17,2009.

Please keep the news coming by phone, emaU or post. Thanks for aU your help.

Look alive with '45!

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 6% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 63%

From San Diego, Joann Riley and Jim Hamburg

• Art Le-vy—The San Diego party was great; everyone who attended had fun.

The weather didn't cooperate. It was cold, rainy and windy. The roof started to leak but everyone was a good sport. We had a great Mexican buffet.

We had twenty six attending as foUows (see the pictures; more wUl be used in subsequent issues): Tiny and Anna Atkinson, Gwen and BUI Benson, Betty (BUI) Berger,Al Giorgis with Bobbie (H) Haines, Pat Gowan,Jim Hamburg, Barbara and Hal Hoffer, Carol and Bob Kirk, Frank Kleber, (Evelyn stayed home with a cold), Raye and Bob Lenson, Art Levy and friend EsteUe Greenstein,Ann and Bob McCrary Arlene and Jim Montgomery, Pat and Greg Panawek, Joann (Frank) RUey, Marion and BUI Traynor Ed and Beth and Ed Behm couldn't make it as Beth, who has now recovered, was in the hospital.

We refought the batde of Leyte Gulf and told many war stories which get expanded every year Pat Gowan led us in closing with Navy Blue and Gold, but couldn't get anyone to join him singing the second stanza.

Southern CaUfornia Classmates are looking forward to their summer picnic which wiU be in August at the Park and bandstand in the City of Coronado with exact date determined by the Navy Band Sunday Band concerts schedule. The time wiU be about 5 PM. We also had a nice chat over the phone with Marty Snead, 8th company.

PRES: VADM C.H. GriflSths, USN (Ret.) 7101 Bay Front Drive,Apt. Ill,Annapolis,MD 21403 H: 410-263-0880 E: chuckgriffiths01@comcast.net VICE PRES.: CAPT A. E.White, USN (Ret.) 4108 Wynwood Dr.,Annandale,VA 22003 H: 703-256-7327 E: -WH1ZZER0923@AOL.COM TREASURER EMERITUS: CAPT W-ils E Engel, USN (Ret.) ARCHIVIST: CAPT Al Bowen, USN (Ret.) 3307 River Crescent D r , Annapolis, 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: budkennelly@aol.com C O R R . SECY: CAPT Ed Ellis, U S N (Ret.) PO. Box 17246, San Di^o, CA 92117-7246 H:858-278-8665; F: 858-576-0979 E: thirteen22ed@aol.com -WEBMASTER.: CDR A.C. HANSMANN, USN (Ret.) E: hansmarm@alum.mit.edu -WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/1946

DEFENDIRESPUBUCAM ADOLESCENS, NON DESERAM SENEX As a result of faUing health, Wils Engel (4), has reUnquished his duties as Class Treasurer That responsibility as been assumed by AL White (6) in addition to the Vice Presidency WUs has served as our Treasurer almost longer than any of us can remember. His long and productive service is a shining example of dedicated service to his classmates. He wiU be missed, but not forgotten as his name wUl continue to be carried on our masthead as TREASURER EMERITIS. "WeU done,WUs.".

WhUe we're talking about the Masthead, please note that our Corresponding Secretary, has a new postal

address. He has not moved and his emaU address is unchanged.

Here's another sea story Sx>m Hank Schultz (20).

• "A Plebe's Required Photograph" "Back in the 'olden days' when I was a plebe, the first classmen insisted that we plebes have a photo of our home tovvTi sweetheart (one and only —OAO) in our locker for them to admire, when inspecting our room. I did not hav-e an OAO. However vvhUe serving in the batdeship MARYLAND as a seaman in Hawau in 1940 and 1941,1 sent a hiUa dancer's souvenir kit to an attractive high school classmate. It did not include a top—just the lei for cover The young lady's mother dressed her in the grass skirt and took a photo of her in front of a large castor bean bush. Her mother carefiUly adjusted the lei to adequately cover her bosom.

The castor bean plant and the young lady-"s long dark hair looked v-erv- tropical.

The photo w-as sent to me in Haw-au with a thank you note. Fortunately. I had kept it and used it as my required locker photograph. When the first classmen w-ould question me about the photo, I w-ould say that she w-as my wahine who Uved in a fishing viUage nearWaUdki Beach. Upon further questioning, I would explain that this w-as her usual dress in her home; but that the missionaries required her to w-ear a muumuu when in the village and at church. Thev- w-ovdd then ask 'What is a w-ahine, what is a muumuu?' My locker w-as inspected frequendy; how-ev-er, the rest of my room w-as ignored. I regret that I nev-er had the opportunity- to teU the young lady of her 15 minutes of fame with the rather gullible first classmen." • We in San Diego, joined by '45, '47 and '48 tried something new for our periodic Class Lxmcheons.We announced our program with a flyer in December The plan w-as simple: No-Host luncheons would be held at the Great Moon Buffet in Pacific Beach on the first Wednesday of the last month ofthe first three quarters in 2008. (The 4th quarter was reserved for individual class ArmyVNavy- events.) This flyer would be the orUy notice of these Itmcheons and there would be no requirement for RSVP's. It was hoped that this approach would help the individual Classes, who are having declining numbers obtain more participants at their luncheons with minimum effort and cost.

We felt that other organizations do this and we should be able to do it too. Our

first effort on June 5 was not a spectacular success but we did have the foUowing participants: from '47 Bernie Bandish, BUlTeasleyJ.R.Van Sickle and his wife. Georgette and from '46: Harriett and Ed ElUs; Bob Gorton; John Kent with his wife Jackie and her nvin sister Jo Ann; CorUss Nugent; and Glenna and Elmer Weissburg. Mike MOVVTIS '79, our Chapter President, who brought the Chapter baimers at Bert's request stayed as an observer He also was not impressed with the turn-out but, he was impressed, as we aU were, with the superb food (American, Chinese and Japanese cuisine) on 5 separate steam tables. We're going to try this multiple Class Luncheon again on

4 June.

Looking to the fiiture, I'm reminded that our 65th which wiU be in AnnapoUs Is only two years away. Firm details are not yet av-aUable but it appears that you should start planning, at least tentatively, for the first week in May in 2010. Don't just dunk about it—PUT IT O N Y O U R CALENDAR. I'U give you details as they become avaUable.Thinking ahead, our Archivist, Al Bowen (10), vv-ho was very inv-olved in putting together our 60th Reunion Memorv^ Book suggested that I might find some meat for the 65th in the foUowing w-ritten by Robert Hilsabeck (10).With tongue in cheek because I don't know if there is a plan to produce a supplement for our 60th Memory- Book (I hope so. I missed out and judging from the lack of information for many obimaries, I know that others did too.) I'm paraphrasing some of his musings.

"As the Class of'46 looks forward to its 65th reunion, aU of us wiU have a chance to reUve those long ago, innocent years and count our blessings that we have somehow- survived the vicissitudes of six decades. WhUe conjuring up the exhilaration we felt then, we remind ourselves how fortunate we who have survived, are, and how sweet are the memories of those Classmates/Shipmates whose Uves touched ours but are not with us to share this occasion. Whatever the course of our lives since 1942, we were aU boimd together for an aU too brief span of muwal dependency, sttivings, hopes and dreams. So 'we few, we precious few, we band of brothers,' (Shakespeare) who celbrate this grand occasion remember •with the greatest affection those whom vv-e loved and Uved with for those unforgettable years.

"Everyone who chooses to set down his favorite memories of those days wUl remember those incidents and individuals that were most immediate to him though many memories of USNA days wUl involve just general reminiscences of battaUon, brigade, etc.

"Most of these memories wiU be clear and sharp, like the character in John Ford's How Green Was My VaUey who says 'Memory! Strange that the mind wUl forget so much of what has happened years ago.' On the other hand, not a few of our observations wiU probably be tinged with Mark Twain's cautionary admission that 'I have arrived at an age at which things that I remember most clearly, never happened at aU.' Let us hope that what sifts through six decades of memory is a judicial mixture ofthe two.

(Since our median age wiU be 87, as of 2010, we shoiUd expect that rettieval of the past is amenable to revisions from time to time.)

The Secretary ofthe Navy, Dr Donald C. Winter, has named the seventh Military SeaUft Command AuxUiary Dry Cargo Ship (T-AKE) after Carl Brashear, a former Navy diver and the eighth after Asttonaut and our Classmate Walter M. Schirra, Jr (13).This continues the tradition of naming these Lewis and Clark Class ships after legendarv- pioneers and explorers. The ship design is 689 feet long, an ov-eraU beam of 106 feet, a navigational draft of 30 feet with a displacement of approximately 42,000 tons. They are powered by a single shaft diesel electric propulsion system and can reach a speed of 20 knots. As part ofthe Naval Heet AuxUiary Force they wiU be designated as USNS (United Srates Naval Ships) and wiU be manned primarUy by civU service and civiUan marinen. I beUev^e that this is the first time that a Classmate has been honored by having a ship named after him. Also, I think this ship is being buUt in the National Steel Shipyard in San Diego.

Here are a few more items concerning honoring Classmates: The foUowing attended the Inurnment of Bob Baylis (3) in the Columbarium ofthe National MiUtary Cemetery- and the reception w-hich foUowed, hosted by his widow Lou: Ann and John Collins (15); Ev and Bob Disc (9); Phyl and Ed Goloway (3); Ann and Clete KenneUy (10); Dick Lyons (15); Mark Pitz (11), Sm Savage (14); Patsy Skidmore, widow of Ed Skidmore (13) and Al White (6). Bob and Lou were mainstay-s aU the Greater Washington DC May 2008

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Group functions. Bob wUl be gready missed and, fortunately, Lou has promised she won't be a sttanger Barbara Mouton hosted a Memorial Service at the Coronado Keys Yacht Club on Sunday, 9 March for her late husband Ted Mouton (15) who died from Alzheimer's on 30 November in the Los Angeles area. She had not been able to memoriaUze Ted because of iUness. It was weU attended by many friends and the foUowing Classmates and wives: Bert Decker (18); Harriett and Ed EUis (7); Bob Gorton (5); CorUss Nugent (2) and LUy Thomas, widow of Al Thomas (4).

Ed EUis (7), who spoke for the Class, was among the half a dozen speakers who spoke in Ted's memory. This reception was unique in that a buffet dinner foUowed the reception.

I deeply regret to report the deaths of the foUowing from the Class FamUy: Joseph Harold Boop (5) passed away peacefiUly in Lubbock, TX on January 27, 2008. Survivors include Jeanne Boop, his wife of 52 years, his son, D r James Boop and Linda, his daughter in law. In Ueu of flowers, the famUy suggests memorials to the Alzheimer's Association, 3709 19th St,PMB 445, Lubbock,TX 79410. Jeanne's last known address is 830 N Adantic Ave, Apt B 902, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931.

Barbara Cunningham Morrow the wife of Arthur J. Morrow (16) of Dataw Island, SC, died in Beaufort Memorial Hospital on December 20, 2007. Prior to moving to Dataw Island, she had Uved in Long Island, NY where she was active in the Episcopal Church in Huntington Station, NY. She reared her chUdren here. As a volunteer with Huntington Hospital AuxUiary she was the toy buyer and donated over 4500 hours of service. Also, she was an avid termis player on Long Island and continued playing at Dataw Island untU recendy.

On Dataw Island, she was the Ship's Store Keeper for the Yacht Club for several years. She was also a volunteer at the Franciscan Center on Helena Island and for the Festival of Trees of CaroUne Hospice. In addition to Arthur, she is survived by her chUdren, Sandra of Marietta, GA and Jon of North Brookfield, MA; 3 grandchUdren and 3 great grandchUdren.The famUy suggests memorial contributions to the Franciscan Center located at PO Box 682, St Helena, SC 29920.

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and Rehabilitation Center in Fort Wayne, IN. He is survived by a son John Popa and two sisters. The son's last known address is: 1826 Clover Lane, Fort Wayne, IN 46808.

The sympathies ofthe Class are extended to the survivors of these deceased members of our Class FamUy. ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 7% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 7 3 %

provide enjoyable reading, so long as one or two of you take the time and ttouble each month to see it and provide it to me.

I am certainly not the first scribe to run up against this waU, and I have read their moans over the years, but I think you people may weU be different enough that we can Uck it. You are, after aU, The Best on the Sei'ern. Let me hear from you.

With photos! Chet.

PRES: CAPT Thomas J. Hudner, USN (Ret.) SECY: Chester H."Chet" Shaddeau Jr. 1972 Scott's Crossing Way, Apt. #002 Ann.ipolis,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@mandmcpas.com

HELP! No editorial "we" in this segment! This is Chet speaking, and I need your attention.

AU you reaUy need to do, if you wonder what the above cry for help relates to, is look around these pages. This is the shortest text I have ever turned over to Shipmate for '47's Class Notes, and I was lucky to stiU have good photos left over from the Army game to help fiU in the gaping void.

I am fuUy aware that very few of us continue thefiaUUfe of work, ttavel, moves, and social life that made reading the input from our Class so interesting over the years — and since I write most ofthe obituaries, I am certainly aware of the reduced number of us who are stiU around.

But a basic truth remains; I don't write this material, I only edit it. So if nobody sends in material, the restUt is what you see here — very Utde!

This column wUl not, however, resort to quoting long stretches of text lifted from other sources, just to fiU up space.

The space, after aU, is yours, and if there is insufficient interest to fiU it up, then that's the way it -wUl have to be. Empty.

I am thoroughly convinced that there is enough of interest going on out there to

Clearly the high point of their visit last January to St Peter's and to the Vatican: Buck Williams and his daughter, Dr Kathi Gruss (standing behind Buck), are received in audience by Pope Benedict XVI

YOUR CELL PHONE AT WORK! Don't wait until you need this to check it out and see if it works for your CeU Phone — it does for mine!

Have you locked your keys in the car?

If your car has remote keyless entry, this may come in handy someday— another good reason to own a ceU phone: If you've locked your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, caU someone at home on their ceU phonefix)myour ceU phone. Hold your ceU phone about a foot fix)m your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button on your spare keyring whUe holding it near the mobUe phone on their end.

Your car wiU unlock.

Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object.

You coidd be hundreds of mUes away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the ttunk).

The San Diego Irregulars at the Army-Navy Game party: LtoR Jack Richter, Walt and Margo Krstich, Bill Patton, Dick Brown, Marge Patton, and Dick's guest, Maureen DeSelmas

As we had always suspected. Bets says the IRS got into the act very early, and the proud winner didn't lay her hands on the loot untU about AprU, by which time it had been nibbled away by the Feds to about one-half the original.

QUICKTAKES

Bill Russell, atthe San Diego Army-Navy party, checks the timekeeper's call

FINAL HONORS We are saddened by the loss fixjm our ranks of Classmates William Maxwell Oiler, Donald Clare Wallace, Jr., Daniel Little Bailey, George Oliver Fowler, Jr., Edw^ard Francis Kaska. and Ansel Carey Holland. FuU obituaries wiU appear in Last CaU as soon as feasible.

And my Plebe year roommate Al Maxfield has notified us uf the death of his belov-ed wife Marjorie.

Our w-armest and most heartfelt sympathy go with the famUies and friends of our Classmates and their lov-ed ones.

ITHJNKI'LL BUY A VOWEL If you manage to get on a TV gameshow, make sure y-ou hav-e a fiiend watching at home with a camera at the ready!

That's how it worked out for Karin Camahan, the brainy- granddaughter of Bets and Ralph Camahan. The lovely graduate ofthe University of North Carolina at Wilmington — w-ho Uv'es in Wilmington — was a contestant on Wheel of Fortime back on December 28th, and wound up winning over $28,000 — not a bad evening's work.

We caUed Bets when we got the word, and, sure enough, a friend had snapped several good picmres off the TV screen, so there's one here for you.

Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak opens ttie book to show Karin Carnahan what she has won

Had a nice note firom Andy Peacock, enclosing a neat and complete bio, as we have requested from aU of you a number of times over the years. We repeat that request, pointing out that in times of sttess, bereaved widows and famUy members have lots of other things to do besides looking for your DD 214, or other stuff. That's not morbid — it's sensible! Take that much ofthe load off their backs! . . . Fimess note ofthe month: Milo "Mike" Coerper reports that once again he was Consolation winner in his 80-1- age category of the National HardbaU Squash Championships, held at the Merion Cricket Club (Haverford, PA) in February... Further note on the "Book Nook" item regarding authorship of books by Classmates: Dick Gardiner wrote in to update my recoUection, pointing out that Pat March authored tw-Q books on Russian subjects — Tlie Cossacks ofthe Brotherhood (1990) and Eastern Destiny (1996)... See you here next time! —CHS ANN-UAL MEMBERSHIP: 6% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 59% SECY: CAPT David C. Carruth, USN (Ret.) 7206 Danford Ln.. Springfield,Va. 22152 P: 703-569-1354: E: slipstk@aoLcom WEB.MASTER: John Tsiknas 15644 Caldas De Re\-es, San Diego, CA 92128-4414; E; johntsiknas@5bcglobal.net "WEB SITE: nsna.com/classes/1948

Shipmate, May '08 Currendy we have a pretty even spUt of those with emaU addresses and those without. This poses something of a dUemma of posting current class news on emaU but frequendy needing to repeat it in Shipmate. The foUowing is one of those items which merit exposure in both venues.

Warren Ortland 5th Co., was trying to help me with a positive, happy item after a reaUy bad run of obits on emaU. He sent this picmre of himself and his grand daughter Grace Sklopan saying she is a prospectiv-e member ofthe Class of 2022soccer, swimming and ttack. Neat picture.

Thanks Warren. We needed that.

Warren Ortiand and his grand-daughter Grace

A notefixDmBill Ayers 20th Co. he is a member ofthe MIDWAY memorial museum which many of us visited during the San Diego reunion. BiU says the museum has exceeded aU expecrations and grows better every- time he visits it with more spaces opening up and additional aircraft on the flight and hangar decks. MIDWAY is in an absolutely w-onderful location on Harbor Drive w-hich makes for a lot of visitors each day.

This is providing sufficient funds to keep the ship in good order. Also being in a huge community^ of active duty and retired Naval Aviation people makes for many volunteer workers. Trying to meet the needs of ship upkeep normaUy accompUshed by- ship's company working essentially 24 hours a day, 366 days a year is a real chaUenge. So far the MIDWAY is doing very weU. In the Jan/Feb issue I commented on natoral disasters and said no matter where you Uve something can happen. When the big twisters were going through Arkansas in early February-1 got concerned about Carolyn and Sam Smith 14th Co. in Conway so I sent Sam an emaU. His response—"We are fine. The Tornado touched down about 30 mUes west of us at Atkins and proceeded northwest thru CUnton which is 30 mUes north of us. We are grateful to have been spared. It was a terrible storm with much, much damage."

On a sUghdy different lev-el I was working in my office yesterday. Sat. March first, when I heard what sounded Uke a distant explosion. I went to see if Betty had heard it and vv-e met on the stairs with her teUing me one ofthe trees in our backy-ard had fallen down and had hit our neighbor's house. No one w-as hurt. I spent the rest ofthe day getting a ttee service company- to come remove the ttee May 2008

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and take it away. Two holes in my neighbor's roof Had the tree faUen ten feet to the right it woiUd have wiped out our master bedroom.

At our age all of us have health problems of various degrees.Teen and Hart Stringfellow 1st Co. are no exceptions; however I Uke the way he addresses it— • Regarding Teen and myself we have been having a run of bad luck (old age).

She had back surgery in October of 2005 which never healed and drove her wUd with the pain, then last month had a fuU knee replacement. Last October I had a massive pulmonary emboUsm and nearly died.. .don't know why I am stiU here, but doing weU and hoping to be out on the Unks again soon. Right now I am up to my armpits taking care of my beloved wife, a fiying pan in one hand and a bed pan in the other, hoping I don't get the two mixed up!!! God wUling and the creek don't rise; we'U see you in AimapoUs in June!" • I've given recent examples of "extracurricular" activity by classmates and their wives. Fran Jackson is deeply involved in Eastern Star so she and Fred 18th Co. wiU be attending several Grand Sessions which wiU preclude them being at the 60th. Their travel schedule at the moment takes them to Canada on Eastern Star matters, then to Detroit on famUy matters, then to WV to visit their daughter and finaUy a possible trip to the Bowie area to see many old friends there. That last stop wiU fUl in a bit for missing the reunion but they won't get to join us for CharUe's picnic. Their schedule certainly drives home the point that we aren't placidly sitting in front of the TV growing old. That also prompts me to make the observation that the members ofthe Class with whom I have come in contact look as though they are generaUy in pretty damned good shape for our age, far better than our civUian counterparts.

Another genealogist checks in. This is from Scorchy Smith 21st Co. and there is no way I can edit without losing the train of thought so here it is as he wrote it.

Your recent emails concerning the Herndon Monument sparked some interesting thoughts in regard to WiUiam L. Herndon which came to my attention rather circuitously. My wife Mary's mother passed away in 1969. After several years, her father married a lady named Virginia Ford. I learned from Virginia that her late sister had been married to the grandson of President Chester A.Arthur

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I also learned that WiUiam L. Herndon's daughter, EUen was married to Chester A. Arthur, and that WiUiam L. Herndon's sister, EUzabeth was married to Matthew Maury (Maury HaU). Herndon had worked with Maury at the Naval Observatory. It was Maury who sent Herndon on the famous Amazon expedition. That was the first time I realized that there had been both a professional and famUy connection between Herndon and Maury. Herndon went down with his ship off Cape Hatteras in 1857. Maury opted for the Confederacy during the CivU War, and afterwards became a science professor at V.M.I, passing away there in 1873.

Sadly, EUen Herndon Arthur died from pneumonia in January, 1880 at the age of 42, before Chester Arthur was elected as Vice President in November of that year Arthur succeeded to the presidency foUowing the assassination of President James A. Garfield who died in September 1891. Arthur's married sister, Mary McElroy, served as his nominal first lady spending several months each year in the White House. She also raised the two Arthur chUdren, a boy and a girl.

As a side note, Mary's stepmother's sister left Virginia some artifacts originaUy belonging to EUen Herndon Arthur including EUen's Carriage clock and leather case, and several pieces of sterUng sUver including a tea set used in the white House. Mary in turn inherited these beautiful artifacts when her stepmother passed away.

Now here is a change of pace. Some time back Charlie Held 17th Co. and I were discussing plebe year and he recaUed this- Plebe summer cruise...We occupied troop racks in the bowels ofthe Landing Craft.. .five deep..Nick Davis 17th Co., a rather large classmate, had the rack just above me. I couldn't turn over since Nick had usurped much of "my space", his canvas rack almost in/on my chest/backside. First night "out to sea" after "taps"/'Ughts out" whatever, Warren Graham 2nd Co. in our sleeping area couldn't find his "diddy-bag". After a diUgent search he decided that one, or others, had hidden the @#$%!! Bag.. He vowed he'd sing "Dixie" aU night untU the "bag" reappeared. I'm sure that he would have, but some kind soul finaUy gave up the lost item. Graham sang that good oF tune a few dozen times.. .untU the bag was "found"., and before we had to fight that War aU over again.

In the last column I started to give you some data from a document on 1947

Mid'n pay. Here are a few more excerpts— A midshipman's pay is $65.00 per month and his ration aUowance is 85 cents per day, except that when he is serving on board a ship assigned for a practice cruise or is a patient in a naval hospital, the subsistence is furnished by the government in Ueu thereof.

Service charges and the prices of various items are figured on the basis of current prices May 1,1946.

ANALYSIS OF PAY AND EXPEIMDITURES This tabulates the maximum amounts authorized for charges against midshipmen's accounts for subscriptions and extracurricular activities which are Ust in detaU as foUows: (1) CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONdues, for annual expenses -25 cents.

(2) MASQUERADERS and (3) MUSICAL CLUBS—not more than two tickets for each activity at 50 cents per ticket, plus tax.

(4) NAVY RELIEF SHOW-not more than two tickets at $1.00 each, plus tax.

(5) "LOG"-ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION $2.50.

(6) 'REEF POINTS"-EACH COPY 65 CENTS (7) CHRISTMAS CARDS-cost per card not to exceed 15 cents. First class may purchase 20.

(8) "LUCKY BAG'—The cost of each "Lucky Bag" not to exceed $6.00.

First class may buy 3.

(12) FAREWELL BALL and RING DANCE-Second class only—$6.00 to defray expenses of these dances for which they are hosts.

(13) CLASS RING—Second class orUy, not to exceed $75.00 (tax included).

LEAVE MONEYCHRISTMAS LEAVE- first class $25.00 SUMMER LEAVE-$100.00 FIRST CLASS WEEK-END Members ofthe First class are authorized to draw special money, when going on authorized week-end Uberty, but in no case can this exceed $10.00 for aU week-ends combined.

CRUISE MONEY-Members ofthe First class may draw $15.00 each for the six weeks' cruise for the purpose of defraying incidental expenses in connection with the practice cruise.

There is much more and the document covers just about every imaginable item.

I've limited this to first class but the other three classes got less. I've always teased

Betty that she funded our courtship. The rest ofthe -wives reading this can see from the above why your Mid'n wasn't exacdy flush with cash. Frankly I do not recaU anyone ever handing me a check for any leave, weekend or cruise. I guess you had to apply for it.

Since the last column we have said good bye to the foUowing classmates and wives; R.D. Zelov 19di Co.—9/17/25— 2/13/08 Wives AUce Kyros—2/14/08 Jean Rubenstein—12/28/07 Jane Wegner—2/23/08 Our condolences to each of the famUies.

As you read this in May our 60th reunion is less than one month away. At this writing, 4 March, 121 stalwart souls have committed to being present. Betty and I look forward to seeing you there.

FinaUy, even though I worked closely with Sumner for an extended period I StUl find it amazing that he could manage to get enough input from the Class to produce a column on deadUne. Oft times he was leaning on his in depth knowledge ofthe Class developed over his many years of service. My obvious point is that I do not as yet (ff ever) have that blessing so, HELP!!!!

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GATHERINGS: None.

CORRESPONDENCE: Dave Sprague sent on the foUowing: • "I have been searching for any other classmates who might have served with me and CUntVaU and John Rivers and Gene Shine aboard the USS Paducah PG18 during the summer of 1944, when we were aU white hats assigned to NAPS at Bainbridge. Answers, anyone?" • Ever wonder who WAS KILROY? In 1946 the American Transit Association, through its radio program, "Speak to America," sponsored a nationwide contest to find the real KILROY, offering the prize of a real troUey car to the person who could prove himseff to be the genuine article.

Almost 40 men stepped forward to make that claim, but only James Kihoy, of HaUfax, Mass, had evidence of his identity.

Kihoy was a 46-year old shipyard worker, a checker at the Fore River Shipyard in Quincy. His job was to go around and check the number of rivets completed each shift. Riveters were on piecework and got paid by the rivet. KUroy woiUd count a block of rivets and put a check mark in semi-waxed lumber chalk so the rivets wouldn't be counted twice. When KUroy went off duty, the riveters would erase the mark. When Kikoy's boss caUed him into the office, upset about aU the wages being paid to riveters, he realized what had been going on. The tight spaces he had to crawl around to check the rivets didn't lend themselves to lugging around a paint can and brush, so KUroy decided he would stick with the waxy chalk. He continued to put his checkmark on each job he inspected, but added KILROY WAS fLERE in king size letters next to the check, and eventuaUy added the sketch of the chap with the long nose peering over the fence which became part of his message. Once he did that the riveters stopped trying to wipe away his marks. OrdinarUy the rivets and chalk marks would have been covered over with paint. With the war on, however, ships were leaving the Quincy Yard so fast that there wasn't time to paint them.

As a result, KUroy's inspection "trademark" was seen by thousands of servicemen who boarded the ships the yard produced. His trademark apparently rang a beU with the servicemen, because they picked it up and spread it aU over Europe and the South Pacific. Before the war's end, "KUroy" had been ther, there, and everywhere on the long haul to BerUn and Tokyo.

To the unfortunate troops outbound on these ships, however, he was a complete mystery; aU they know for sure was that some jerk named Kihoy had "been therefirst."As a joke, U.S. servicemen began placing the graffiti wherever they landed, claiming it was already there when they arrived.

KUroy became the US super-GI who had always "already been" wherever GIs went. It became a chaUenge to place the logo in the most unUkely places imaginable. (It is said to be atop Mt. Everest, the Sratue of Liberty, the underside ofthe Read Sea Stories on the web at usna.coin

Arch De Triomphe, and even scrawled in the dust on the moon.)

And, as the war went on, the legend grew. UDT teams routinely sneaked ashore on Japanese-held islands in the Pacific to map the terrain for the coming invasions by US troops (and thus, presumably, were the first GI's there). On one occasion, however, they reported seeing enemy troops painting over the KUroy logo. In 1945, an outhouse was buUt for the exclusive use of Roosevelt, Stalin, and ChurchiU at the Potsdam Conference. The first person inside was StaUn, who emerged and asked his aide (in Russian), "Who is KUroy?"

To help prove his authenticity in 1946, James KUroy brought along officials from the shipyard and some of the riveters. He won the troUey car, which he gave to his nine chUdren as a Christmas gift and set it up as a playhouse in the KUroy front yard in HaUfax, Mass.

Now, don't you feel learned?

From an Australian lady (now widowed) who married a Marine from Guadalcanal and remains one ofthe great characters of our time: "The Regimental Commander was fiUing in the last moments whUe the coffee for the morning briefing was finishing the brew and posed the question: "How much sex is Pleasure and how much is work?"

The X O said 75%work and 25% pleasure.

A Major agreed. A company commander offered half work and half pleasure; a Lieutenant submitted 75% pleasure and 25% work. The Colonel, to stop the play and start the business, turned to the orderly who was serving the coffee and posed the question to him. The orderly repUed," Sir, it has to be 100% pleasure."

The Colonel was surprised and asked "Why do you say that," to which the PFC repUed "if there was any work involved, the officers would have me doing it for them."

I got this and wanted to share this story about Tyler McDonald getting his dolphins pinned on in our '49 column.

He is the grandson of Capt E.R. McDonald, USN (1949) and the son of Capt Bradford N. McDonald USN (1977). Let me know what I can do to help.

yisit usna.com's History andTradttion page.

Have a story to share?

Email anne.sharpe@ftsna.c0m to contribute a Sea May 2008

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Legacy Submariner Puts on Family Dolphins

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Hight (Released) PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Dec. 18,2007) RearAdm. John Bird, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff, U.S. Pacific Fleet presents "dolphins" to Lt.j.g Tyler McDonald during a pinning ceremony aboard the Los Angeles-class submarine, USS Bremerton (SSN 698). McDonald continued a family legacy by becoming a third-generation submariner, following in the footsteps of his grandfather and father, both career submariners. The special dolphins McDonald now wears are engraved with the dates his grandfather and father were pinned.

• By Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Luciano Marano, Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs, 12/20/2007 PEARL HARBOR (NNS)— A distinguished moment in any submariner's career is the day he pins on his dolphins. The submarine warfare pin signifies that SaUor has completed the rigorous and challenging training required to be a qualified Navy submariner In a very unique ceremony at Naval Station Pearl Harbor on board USS Bremerton (SSN 698), Dec. 18, Lt.j.g.

Tyler McDonald joined the proud ranks of those sailors when his own dolphins were pinned to his uniform.

These dolphins, however, have a legacy much more personal, as they are the same dolphins pinned on McDonald's father, a 1977 Naval Academy graduate, and his grandfather, a 1949 Naval Academy graduate, both men career naval submariners.

McDonald continued the proud family tradition and put on these dolphins, which have been engraved with the dates his father and grandfather were pinned.

Rear Adm. John Bird, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff, United States Pacific Fleet, pinned on McDonald's dolphins. Bird, an Academy classmate of McDonald's father and close friend of his grandfather, said that it was, "a real great honor and distinct pleasure to participate in this special event."

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"Every time I think about the day I got my own dolphins, I feel a bond with the rich history of submarining," said Bird.

McDonald himself remained humble regarding the proceedings. "Thanks to everyone who has helped me out along the way," McDonald said. "I promise to keep doing my best and to pass on the knowledge I have gained to aU new submariners throughout my career."

For more news from Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, visit www.news.navy.mil/local/subpac/. • Jim Sagerholm "52 advises that his brother. Sag (our classmate) is is criticaUy Ul with septicemia in Atlanticare Regional Medical Center, WJimmie Leeds Road, GaUoway, NJ 08205.,and is in intensive care. Current prognosis is 50-50.

LOSSES: Sad News: Jack Townsend sent on the foUowing: BARBARA W TOWNSEND, WIFE OF CLASSMATE JACK FOR 31 YEARS PASSED AWAY IN FREDERICKSBURG VA 22 FEB FROM COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING A LARGE STROKE. DURING THOSE YEARS SHE ENJOYED A NUMBER OF FOREIGN TOURS MOSTLY OCEAN GOING. SHE LOVED THE WATER AND MANY WEEKS O N TFIE SEASHORE FROM OCEAN CITY, MD TO CASEY KEY, FL. HER ASHES WILL BE SPRINKLED ON THE WATERS OF WILLIAMS CREEK, DAHLGREN, VA THAT EBB AND FLOW PAST O U R HOME WITH THE TIDE. N o t ^ - w e aU end up on an ebb tide, making room for the future.

1 Feb 2008, Reed Claiborne Mulkey died after a short iUness.

NOTHING COULD BE FINER THAN TO BEA FORTY-NINER.

SUMMER SEMINAR Help that outstanding tiigh sctiool junior you know experience a busy week at USNA tfiis June.

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Congratulations!

CLASS OF 2008 Fair Winds and Following Seas from your Alumni Association

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Echoing across San Diego Bay the first week in March one could hear, "Stand by to Come About, don't Come About 'tU I say Come About, when I say Come About, Come About rapidly." "Come About." And the slapping of saUs could be heard. This wasn't just any saU boat, but a special one. It was a 35 foot sloop that Mark Frudden had rented for raking his two grandchUdren from San Francisco, his sister and new husband from Salt Lake City, and his son and daughter-in-law from San Diego on a guided tour around the Bay to see parts of San Diego that weren't apparent to land-lubbers. The day was one of Southern California's pristine best, a Uttle nippy out on the water but with winds sttong enough to propel the boat at seven knots. This was Mark's way of letting the famUy know how much he cared for them and to show them how he used to saU knock-abouts on the Severn River as a Plebe in 1946. The memories surely tugged at his heart strings!

A muster is now avaUable of those at the Valentine's Day luncheon at the Army/Navy Country Club in ArUngton VA. on the 14th of February. The foUowing attended: Tom & Kippy Ross, SaUy Hardy,Wayne & Liz Smith, Byron Lee and Nancy Neikirk,BUl & Jane Taylor, Chariie & Carol Cooper, Bob & Char Monroe, John & Margaret Greenwood, BUI & Carol Kiehl,Tom & Bela Bigley Law & Terry Kivlen,John & SheUey Henderson, John & GaU McNaUy Pete & Barbara Wood, Tom & EUen Rogers, Ward & Nancy LasleyJack & Liz Ryan, Dick & Fran PoweU, Larry & Pat Hawkins, Jim & Gladys Lisanby Milt & Marion Schultz, BUI & Jackie Diehl, Ray & Helen Bowers, Don & Pokie Fraasa, BiU & Jane Smoot, Jim Oberholtzer and Jean Shirk, BUI & Joyce Simons, Bob & EUen Eyster and

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Bob & Margy Shultz. One business item considered was the creation ofthe position of Class President Emeritus. Placed in that position was Roy Snyder in recognition of his seven years of service as such.

Significant events during Roy's tenure were the conclusion ofthe design and instaUation ofthe gaUery of the Academy Museum to which $600,000 of class fijnds were provided, started and largely fonded a mUUon doUar endowment for Museum support, initiated the USNA Unk for the 50 year program keeping each 50 year class tied to one-another, first chair ofthe Fiffies CouncU of Class Presidents and a member ofthe Board ofTrustees and chair of Governance Committee, the leader of the Museum Syndicate composed of 12 classes, plus continued pro-bono legal support for the Museum.

As an absentee, Roy accepted with grace fiiom Pahn Desert in CaUfornia by phone probably wondering what else we had in mind for him to do for the Class. To complete the festivities at the A / N Club, MUt Schultz entertained with a ttibute to the wives with stories of divers approaches to expressing one's love and devotion.

MUt attempted to croon "Let Me CaUYou Sweetheart" and was placed back on key just in time by Wayne Smith. Most wUl recaU that Wayne played the lead in the Mahan HaU production of HMS Pinrafive in die late 1940's.

Larry and Pat Hawkins at the Army/Navy Country Club

Jame and Bill Smoot at the Army/Navy Country Club

Marion and Milt Schultz at the Army/Navy Country Club

Jim and Gladys Lisanby at the Army/Navy Country Club

Skip Orem updates from Maine that aU goes weU.When not ttaveUng, (he notes of CharUe Cooper's 2007 escapades). Skip is StUl heading the SCOP^E activities in Maine as weU as serving on several boards of directors and developing business sttategic plans.. Gerry meanwhUe continues her activity with the Red Cross whUe teaching swimming and horseback riding for the Handicapped. But enough about aU the work detaUs, now of travel during 2007.Try saUing on a square rigged baroque in the Caribbean and then on to Portugal, Spain and Egypt where you ride a ship of the desert and view 5000 year old paintings in the tombs ofthe Pharaohs.You needn't try to match the activities ofthe Orem's, but you can be assured of a lobster dinner in your future if you go to visit the Orem's at their home on Casco Bay. Regional Meetings In the San Francisco Bay area they met at the Pleasanton Hotel on 14 February with wives to recover old memories ala Valentine's Day to assure one-another that the hearts are stiU in the right places.

Couples attending were: Jim Kennedy, Dick Landes, Ken MoU and Joe Pausner Next scheduled meeting was for 2 June with Joe being the prime mover In San Diego on the 7th of March we gathered at the Coronado Golf Course board room for lunch with; Mark Frudden and son, Scott, Wayne Jensen, John MaUoy andTeri, Don EUiott and

Faye, and Frank Cassily. WhUe we had a smaU group it didn't detract from the lively discussions on the way the poUtics was tending. Claims and counter claims of those running for high office were managing to turn many of our stomachs.

John McNabney after becoming a widower has moved back to his origins at 14 Fields East, Champaign, IL. 61822.

Losses Lewis J. Blyde Jr died on 26 January 2008 in Stamford CT. He served on the USS Wisconsin during the Korean War. Upon returning to civiUan life he joined the New York Telephone Company and AT&T and then Citicorp. In later years he had his own consulting firm. He was active in the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Bridgeport. Funeral services were held at St. Timothy's Episcopal Church of Fairfield on 16 February.

Iowa State Senator Richard F. Drake of Muscatine died on 26 January 2008.

Dick served the Navy during the Korean War as a navigator on the USS Oriskany and as CO ofthe USS Crow. In civiUan Ufe he served as an Iowa State Representative for 8 years and as a State Senator for 28 years. He is survived by his wife, Shirley Jean, two children, Cheryll and Rick, six grandchUdren, nine greatgrandchUdren and one great-great grandchUd. Funeral services were held on 31 January at Grace Lutheran Church in Muscatine with burial and mUitary rites at Greenwood Cemetery, Muscatine.

Theodore A. DeBaker, Captain USAFR (Ret) died on 3 March 2008 in Florida. Ted was with the Matador missile program and served at Patrick A/F base and Bittburg A/F base in Germany. He had a career in private industry in research and development. He is survived by his wife, Clara, 2 sons, Noel and Dwight and 6 grandchUdren. A memorial service was planned at the Naval Academy Chapel with a reception at Alumni House and comnutment at the Academy Columbarium.

Beat Army, —Wayne.

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From the president.

As of early March we have 56 classmates, a large number of wives and three widows who have signed up for the October mini-reunion in Colorado Springs; names are on the class WebSite, thanks to Sam Ginder StiU room for a few more!

The annual class meeting wUl be held Thursday, 1 May, at the Ft. Myers Officers' Club. Please plan to come. It's always a good event with a chance for classmates to catch up and share.

Of special note, I am pleased to report that the Naval Academy Museum renovation, a special class project, is now weU underway. DetaUs wUl be posted in fumre class Columns.

Have a great spring, Al Burkhalter.

Two sad news items this month, so we'U start with those and leave the better news for last.

Captain Stephen F. Davis USN, whose wife Wynne is the daughter of Suzanne and Jack Hamilton, died at the Bethesda Naval Hospital on 23 February of compUcations from surgery for meduUary cancer. Steve had a great Naval career, including Executive Officer ofTHE SULLIVANS(DDG-68), the first Arleigh Burke AEGIS destroyer to include women in the crew; command of the guided missUe frigate USS KLAKRING (FFG-42), and command ofthe AEGIS cruiser USS VELLA GULF(CG-72), the next to last AEGIS cruiser buUt. He brought the VELLA GULF to AnnapoUs from Norfolk as the visiting ship for Homecoming 2005, and attended the Homecoming dinner, where Wynne and he met with many '51 classmates. Steve and Wynne also attended some of our footbaU taUgates. Steve's duty sration when he entered the hospital was at OPNAV in the Special Projects Office. Steve's memorial

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service and reception were truly impressive tributes.There were numerous classmates and it seemed Uke the entire crew ofthe USS VELLA GULF was in attendance.

The C N O also took time from a busy day to honor a terrific naval officer Suzanne and Jack Hamilton want to thank aU the people who attended the Memorial for Steve Davis. They also want to thank aU those who sent cards and notes. "The words were very touching and meant a lot to Wynne and to us."

On another sad note, we lost our Fred Gambke on 27 February. EUeen, we are aU so sorry for the loss and extend our sympathies. Fred contributed much to the class and to USNA both as a varsity footbaU player and as an alumnus. FiftyOne footbaU taUgates just won't be the same without him.

A note from Ralph Hooper: • As I step into my final fifth of my first Century here on Earth, I am deeply indebted and grateful to the response given by our classmates to the funding of a vehicle for the Semper Fi Fund in memory of EUeen Maguire.This vehicle is intended for a graduate Marine who was seriously wounded. We owe a special debt to our good classmate, Pete HUgartner, who inspired the '51-ers to join this very special endeavor / s / Ralph. •

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On another note, in February Bob Dunn had the opportunity to speak to the Phoenix chapter of the Alumni Association on the subject ofthe Naval Historical Association's capital campaign to raise money for the Navy's Cold War GaUery in the Washington Navy Yard. As it turned out, Skip Lind,'75, is the president of that chapter. Moreover, Skip was on the Navy team that beat Army 51-0 in 1973. Some of you wiU remember that the class was so impressed with that special score that we awarded every member ofthe team a watch, suitably inscribed. Skip wore his watch to the alumni event and also brought along a piece ofthe goalpost, a game baU and one

ofVADM Mack's shoulder boards lost when the team threw him into the shower See the accompanying picture of Skip, Bob and Bob Adler who was wintering in Scottsdale showing off the trophies.

This issue of Shipmate comes to you in May, nearing the 60 anniversary ofthe completion of our plebe year We can hearken back to p-works, endless chaUc fights and "The Magic of Steam." We can also remember looking forward to becoming youngsters and departing on cruises across the Atlantic as part of a midshipman task force and more. Now, we can reflect on what has come to pass.

Just before we entered USNA as plebes, Winston ChurchiU made his famous speech, "From Stettin on the Baltic to Trieste an iron curtain has descended across the continent." WhUe we were midshipmen confrontation with the Soviets accelerated and the nuclear bomb became the weapon of choice.

Aircraft reciprocating engines began to be replaced by turbines, guns by missUes and more, much more. The MK lA analog computers we studied have been replaced by digitized and miniaturized computers in forms we would never have dreamed.

The Babcock andWUcox boUers we studied so intensively have been replaced by nuclear power and gas mrbines.The communications we studied with flag hoist and flashing Ught drUls in the haUs of Bancroft have been replaced by digital communications by way of Earth-orbiting sateUites. After coundess deployments in aU manner of ships and aircraft and two hot wars, numerous crises and confrontations the BerUn WaU came down in 1989.

Along the way we lost classmates, friends and spouses. CoUectively, we have a special and unique history. It shoiUd be recorded whUe it can.

To that end, we can aU use the class website, www.usna51.com, managed so ably by Sam Ginder, to record those memories and experiences. Not only wiU you find it personaUy worthwhUe, but your famUy, our class and USNA wiU benefit. Have at it.

Linda Diers, Robin McGlohn, Margery and Herb Zohre

Linda, Gay and Sue Diers

Robin McGlohn, Linda, Gay and Suzanne Diers and HerbZoherer

On the subject of footbaU, we have some pictures from last faU's Sranford taUgate not before pubUshed. Many thanks to Robin McGlohn for forwarding them.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 4% IJFE MEMBERSHIP: 65% PRES: RADM -William J. Ryan, SC, USN (Ret.) E: wjrl952@yahoo.com SECY: CAPT Frank Hannegan, U S N (Ret.) .

309Yoakum Pkwy., Apt. 1507 Alexandria,VA 22304-3905 E: fatdadret@earthlink.net WEBMASTER: P.D. Sierer E: pdsierer@earthlink.net CLASS WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/class52/Default.htm

The past month has brought discouraging news regarding the loss of good friends, both classmates and class wives. I -wiU address these losses shordy but for the moment I wiU digress. The event I am going to address is one that is hardly memorable, but for some reason it made an unpression on me. A day or so before the chaUenges of Plebe Summer were to end, and the shock of being introduced to the Brigade was near at hand, we, the Plebes, were to attend one last summer lecture. Our speaker was a Captain, Medical Corps and his primary topic was a lengthy dissertation on the imporrance of developing healthflil habits and maintaining physical and mental weU being in order to have a successfiil career The Captain wrapped up of his lecture with a recitation of actuarial information that I for one would have expected from an

insurance company. It went something Uke this: In five years we could expect to have lost about a dozen classmates.. .most through operational accidents; at ten years there would be another twenty or so losses; by the end ofthe next twenty years fate would have gathered another twenty to twenty five of our friends; and, at the forty year point losses would approach thirty percent ofthe class. The lecture was wrapped up with a prediction that by fifty years the individuals on either side ofthe Ustener wotdd be gone! (Oops!)

Fortunately the actuarial reaUty of 1948 changed dramaticaUy along the way.

Nonetheless, and in spite of that, it is sobering to reaUze that as young as we may feel, revised actuarial reality is there right before us in our mirrors.

With that I wUl address the sad news that has become an inevitable part of our Uves. February has been a very bad month: Joe Portney's beloved wife Ina Mae Portney passed away on the seventh of February foUowing a long and courageous battle with leukemia.

On the ninth of February Jean Turner Eyler, the wife of our late classmate LCDR Robert F. Hansen, died and was interred in Chester Cemetery in Chestertown, Maryland.

The Alumni Association received word that Walt Schifferli passed away on thirteen February, but as of this writing I have no forther information.

Fox Johnson reported that Captain Eari"WaUy" Numbers USN (Ret) was lost to us on the fourteenth of February.

WaUy had prostate cancer and foUowing his death was cremated and inurned at Fort Rosecrans National Cemerary, San Diego, CaUfornia. WaUy led a fuU and ttuly interesting Ufe. Before he entered the Navy he was an Apprentice Machinist in the San Francisco Naval Shipyard. He then enUsted in the Navy, went to NAPS; was accepted to the Naval Academy, and foUowing graduation enjoyed a highly successful career in the surface Une. FoUowing his retirement WaUy committed to the ministry and after studying in the Seminary he worked tirelessly untU the end helping convicted felons.

LtCol Keete Lockett Hester USAF (Ret) Passed away on 25 February in Kennesaw, Georgia. Keete had a distinguished 24 year career in the Air Force that was notable by a commendable and exciting tour as a forward air controUer during the Vietnam War FoUowing his retirement he spent his second career as a

Junior R O T C instructor and mathematics teacher at New Iberia High School in Georgia. Keete was buried in SpringviUe Cemetery, Coushattta, Georgia.

Joan Beecher-Benson died on Friday 29 February after a short bout with pneumonia. That is a succinct acknowledgement ofJoan's passing, but more is warranted.

Many of you reading this, both the guys as weU as the gals, were dear friends ofJoan's and it is presumptuous of me to try to speak for you. Nonetheless, I wiU try. Joan was a devoted Navy wife and mother She was witty, intelligent, and generous but best of aU she was unwavering in her loyalty to her friends and to her many acquaintances. Joan and I were unique in that we both were born and grew up in Washington, D.C.The City bears no resemblance to that we knew in our youth but it was fun comparing notes with her about "old times in the city".

This is a truly difficult period for Joan's famUy, but I am sure they know that the Class of'52 sends their condolences and prayers for the future. Joan if you get this message say hi to John, and you and NanHan have a baU catching up on things over an ice cold martini.

Clearly much more could and should be said to famiUes and friends Unfortunately, there are far too many I did not know weU enough to speak for the class.What I do know is that the passing of a classmate or the wife of a classmate represents the loss of one more anchor in our own Ufe. To each I say Godspeed, and may you have fair winds and foUowing seas as you cruise through eternal Ufe. Now for Ughter stuff.When you don't have "friends" out there who wUl send reports and anecdotes to helpfiUout the aUotted Unes, improvisation is essential.

Accordingly, before I wrap up this issue I have a story to offer Plebe summer in the First BattaUon we had some fine officers and most had a sense of humor Once when I had duty in the Batt office Ensign Davis (known to us as "Big John"), our duty officer on that occasion, walked in barely able to keep himself from laughing out of control. Once he was composed he related to me what got him going. He said he was doing routine room inspections in one ofthe other BattaUons when he encountered a situation Uke none other Room after room was properly squared away including the scene of this story. The beds, in the room of note, were made to miUtary specifications; desks were clear of unauthorized materials; lockers

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Everything was in order and he turned to go.Then he heard it.. .a gende snore caught his attention. At first he had no idea where it might be coming from.

Examirung the space he coiUd not see any possible place where someone could sleep; that is untU he looked carefuUy at the top shelf where winter bedding was stowed. Being about six foot three or four he was able to remove easUy the stowed items, and there revealed slept the imaginative Plebe. Earl Abhold had extta duty on the "grinder" before reveiUe that morrung and was desperate to catch up on his sleep. He had managed to cUmb up on the high shelf and create a sleeping space between the waU and the stowed bedding. Ensign Davis said that Abhold's imaginative "nest" would have gone undetected aU day except for the teUtale snore. Needless to say Earl got a lot more time on the grinder to think up more ways to beat the system.

My guess is that most everyone knows the classic Abhold stories but I have one more that may not be widely known. It was about five minutes before time for a formation. His Batt was scheduled to go to the rifle range so the urUform was to be green fatigues. Earl appropriately dressed popped into a room where his cutter crew buddies were gathered and was shocked to see them aU in undress whites. In answer to his frantic question his "friends" told him the schedule had changed and that the uniform was whites.

With that Earl dashed out ofthe room and headed off to make the unfform change. Of course the others quickly donned their fatigues and at the beU headed out to formation. Soon aU were at attention and the only sound to be heard was roU caU.. .that is untU the sound of footsteps at a dead run were heard approaching from Bancroft HaU. With leather soled dress shoes on one could sUde on the glazed bricks a considerable distance, and Earl did just that. Once again sUence. UntU Earl reaUzed that he had been had. Once again the sound of running feet; only this time it was back to Bancroft HaU. Shortly before it was time to march off, you guessed it, the sound of running feet and the desperate sUde of our hero returning to formation.. .The Earl of Abhold, a truly uruque and loveable man. 30

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PRES: Lt Col David B.Jones, USAF (Ret.) 6708 Pageland La., Gainesville,VA 20155 P: 703-754-4492; E: djlocker@earthlink.net SECY: CAPT Arthur C. Bivens, USN (Ret.) 3724 Acosta Rd., Fairfax,VA 22031 P: 703-273-1392; E: acbivens@aol.com WEBMASTER: Paul Dudley E: pauldudley53@earthlink.net CLASS WEB SITE: www.usna53.org

"Navy Reaches The Bitter End" was the headUne in the Washington Post today, March 6, as our basketbaU team lost by one point to BuckneU at the end of a third overtime in the Patriot League Tournament. Navy, the seemingly winner at two points ahead with two seconds left, lost when a BuckneU player launched a "HaU Mary" from mid-court and sank it with time expiring. Despite this bitter loss. Navy had its best basketbaU season in several years, led by First Classman Greg Sprink, the Pattiot League men's basketbaU Player of the Year, who set a career high 37 points in this game. WeU Done!

Our annual Class Winter Brunch was held February 10 at the ArmyNavy Country Club in ArUngton. Chuck Fellows was our host and organizer and made it a fun affairâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;good food and camaraderie with good friends! I won't Ust aU the attendees, but it was an exceUent turnout of the Washington-AnnapoUs area gang. It was nice to see Karen Trueblood recovering weU after her recent stroke. Pictures include: Al and Jean Glazier and Marcy Bivens; Sandy and Betty Levey and Brian and Grace McCrane; Carl and PauUne Trost and Alix and Bob FeUows (Chuck's visiting brother) with Judy Hubel looking on; and Gus Hubel sitting at the next table observing the activities.

Al and Jean Glazier and Marcy Bivens

Sandy and Betty Levey and Brian and Grace McCran

Cart and Pauline Trost and Alix and Bob Fellows with Judy Hubel looking on

Binnacle List: Soon after the Class Brunch Sandy Levey had a difficult gaU bladder operation and was in the hospital for a week. He is home now recovering. I talked to him on the phone and he seems to be doing weU. I'm sure there are more of you out there aiUng, so for aU of you feeUng poorly. Get WeU soon!

Sad News: In last months Class News I had only a minimum of information about Cdr Elmer (Buck) Sheeley Jr. who died January 30. Buck came to USNA from the Submarine Force where he was a SUver Dolphin wearing Electtonics Techiucian 3/c. After graduating he decided toflyrather than submerge and had a distinguished and highly decorated career as an attack aircraft pUot and squadron commander, as weU as other significant duty assignments float and ashore. He played an integral part in the Viet Nam air war known as operation "RoUing Thunder."

James R. Clinton, 79, died January 18 at home in Anchorage, AK, from compUcations of Alzheimer's disease.

James was a USNA non-grad who went on to serve in the Army during the Korean War He graduated from the U. of Alaska Fairbanks in 1953 with a BS in civil engineering. Later, he obtained a MS in civil engineering from Stanford U in 1956. He worked as a professional engineer, mainly in construction. He formed his own company in 1975 and left his imprint on many Alaska consttuctionjobs.

CLASS O F

THURSDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER 2008

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SUNDAY, 21 SEPTEMBER 2008 T H U R S D A Y , 18 S E P T E M B E R Registration/Reception/Reunion Gear Sales Welcome/Reunion Package Pickup Marine Corps Reception Company Parties F R I D A Y , 19 S E P T E M B E R Registration/Reception/Reunion Gear Sales Welcome/Reunion Package Pickup Tennis/Golf/YP Sails Lunch at Class of 1953 Pavilion Staff Briefings: Alumni Hall Micishipmen Parade :Wardon Field NAPS Reception Company Parties S A T U R D A Y , 20 S E P T E M B E R Registration/Reception/Reunion Gear Sales Drum and Bugle Corps Coffee Laboratory (Rickover Hall)/Yard Tours Tailgate at the Sheraton Navy-Rutgers Football Game Reunion Banquet at the Sheraton S U N D A Y , 21 S E P T E M B E R Reunion Gear Sales Breakfast Buffet at the Sheraton Memorial Service in Memorial Hall IMPORTANT INFORMATION 1. Reservations can be made at the Sheraton AnnapoUs by caUing (410) 266-3131 and state that it is for the Class of 1953 Fifty-Fifth Reunion.

2. Send Registtation and Event Sign-up Form with your check to USNA AA Class of 1953, P.O. Box 64166, Baltimore, MD 21264-4166. Make out check to USNA AA Class of 1953 and mark it Class of 1953 55th Reunion.

3. For questions caU Chris Zirps: (703) 780-6124/czirps53@aol.com

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53-54 CLASS N E W S Jack Catlett of Athens, AL died Feb. 14. He was one of my 22nd Company classmates. He coiUdn't make it to our company reunion last May, as his health was too bad to ttavel at that time.

He served in the surface Navy (EDO) for five years, then resigned and worked for Texas Insttuments untU he retired.

Robert D. Conolly died Feb. 18. He was a nuclear ttained submariner who was a shipmate of mine during the consttuction ofthe USS PATRICK HENRY (SSBN 599).We sUd dovm the buUding ways together at the Electtic Boat shipyard in Groton, CT in 1959. He was the designated Blue Crew MPA and I was the Gold MPA. We also Uved just a block fixjm Bob and Marge in Gales Ferry, CT. Bob resigned about the time the ship was commissioned. Of the nine classmates who served with me on the 599 BOAT there are just four of us left; Dick Wright, John R. Olson, Bill Ryan, and me The other deceased are Art Moreau, BUI Purdom, Joe Logan, and Pete Lyon. Bob left the Navy to work in the famUy lumber business and later started Advenmre Specialty Advertising. See Shipmate obits for more on aU the above deceased classmates.

Did you know that Secretary of the Navyjosephus Daniels (the one that stopped booze on board U.S. Navy ships) decreed that the Naval Academy accept enUsted men from the Fleet. However, it soon became evident that these men had lost studious habits and had difficulty passing the enttance exams. The man who came to the rescue was FrankUn D. Roosevelt, who as Asst SecNav inaugurated NAPS in 1918.Those of us who came to USNA by that way have those two gendemen to thank.

Books: (1) Pauhne Furey, wffe of Tyke, has written a new historical novel, a sequel to her earUer book. The Long Man. These two books are World War II novels based on the reaUty of PauUne as a young girl Uving in war torn England. Later, as a stewardess with British European Airways she got to know some of the brave RAF pUots who fought in the famous "Batde of Britain." After ten years of research and interviews with some ofthe flyers, particularly those who were badly burned, she wrote these remarkable stories. Although these books are novels, the characters in the books are based on real people, including herself. Tyke's contribution to the latest book is his idea for the tide, Home Are The Hunters. I've read "Long Man" and it is an absorbing and

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compeUing story, which I highly recommend. The sequel picks up on the Ufe of one ofthe main characters. I look forward to reading it when it is pubUshed soon.

(2) For aU of you out there concerned about or are skeptical of carasttophic Global Warming from the effects of green house gases, primarUy carbon dioxide and methane, I suggest you read Power to Save the World:Tlie Truth About Nuclear Energy by Gwyneth Cravens. Even as a nuclear engineer, both in the Navy and the civUian nuclear power industry, I learned a lot more about the complete uranium fiiel cycle, in particiUar radioactive waste disposal sites and storage technologies. The author, for many years an "anti nuke," spent ten years touring nuclear facUities with nuclear experts and questioning every aspect ofthe arguments against nuclear power with scientists from many discipUnes. She is now a ttue beUever and she has put into words what many nuclear experts with far more authority have faUed to do adequately.

The bottom Une is that a nuclear powered future on a very large scale is the only way we can check the "present breakneck rate of rise in the green house gases from burrung coal and oU, with consequences to the intticate web of Ufe on our planet."

Wind, sun, conservation, etc. are aU good to some degree, but with the rise in world popiUation, aU sttiving for our level of development, these actions wUl hardly make a dent in slowing the rise of C 0 2 .

Sorry about being on a Soap Box, but one of my ex-shipmates on the USS GEORGE BANCROFT sent out an emaU stating that people who beUeve in global warming are "left fringe, arm waving do-gooders" and shoiUd Usten to Steve Forbes (of Forbes magazine) who says we are in for frigid weather because of sun spot activity and dismisses carbon dioxide with the comment, "No way." I don't consider myseff a "left winger," or "arm waving do-gooder," but I do beUeve in good science and doing good.

Comments welcome.

This just in: Ross Perot is in the news again (RichmondTimes-Dispatch).

Ross deUvered the Keynote speech at the Friends of Scouting annual ffindraising dinner for the Heart ofVirginia CouncU Boy Scouts of America. "Scouting taught me to set goals and objectives for the first time in my Ufe, he said."When he learned he could earn the rank of Eagle Scout in 15 months, that became his goal, he said.

"I made it," he said. We aU know Ross's success story. As a former Boy Scout

I applaud Ross's efforts supporting scouting. Many of us gained a lot fixjm our scouting days.

A note from the Alumni Association: For those of you who may be interested the official date for incoming plebes for the class of 2012 is July 2,2008.

Happy Mothers Day! ACB ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 7% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 53% PRES: CAPT George V Zeberlein, USN (Ret.) H: 410-267-7470; E: gvzeb@comcast.net SECY: CAPT George M. Henson, USN (Ret.) 701 Creek View Cir.,Phoenixville,PA 19460 H: 610-933-6955; E; gl40250h@verizon.net WEBMASTER: Wm Croom E: willyaye@cox.net WEB SITE: www.usna54.net

Julio Andrade—A Plea for Help There is a problem and the answer wUl have to involve a number of us. Many of you wUl remember Julio Andrade—our Classmate from Ecuador, a member ofthe 12th Company and very active in the Brigade. To my knowledge he played varsity soccer for four years.

After graduation, JuUo went back to Ecuador and spent a career in the Ecuadorian Navy. That "career" though did not involve enough time for JuUo to quaUfy for retirement from the Navy. In recent years, he moved to Cosra Rica where he worked for (or with) the United Fruit Company selling bananas and firuit in the Uruted States.

Unformnately, last May he died in Costa Rica and his death has left his famUy (wife and chUdren) in dire straits. Another Academy alumnus, Claudio Pacheco, Class of'64, who knew JuUo and his famUy in San Jose, alerted us to their precarious state.

Claudio teUs us that they are Uving on less than $200 a month and with the cost of Uving in San Jose, they reaUy need another $200-$250 per month to make ends meet. When we first learned ofthe situation, several generous soiUs stepped up and we sent a one-time payment to 01ga,JuUo's widow, of several hundred doUars.That is not the longer term solution for a number of reasons, however Claudio suggests 15-20 Classmates donating ten or fifteen doUars per month would probably be aU that would be required in the near term. So that is what we are asking for—15-20 guys to step up and send Jim Bell a check for $10-15 doUars each month and he wiU take care of getting it to Costa Rica. Jim sent me a verse that says "If you've got a problem that can be solved with money, you don't

have a problem." Jim feels that the problem may be exempUfied by this verse.

Any conttibutions to JuUo's famUy would be most appreciated.

Thanks "Booge" Stevenson Class of 1954 12"^ Company Classmate ofJuUo Classmates can send donations by check to: JknBeU 7102 Sussex Place Alexandria,VA 22307 Or if you have a PayPal Account to dorabeU@cox.net.

This note and information was put on our Class Web Site on 21 February.

Snowbird GotfToumament Continuing a tradition, eight years old by the way, our group of avid ff not skUled golfers participated in the Eighth Annual Class of 1954 Snow-bird GoUToumament at the Manatee Cove Golf Course at Patrick Air Force Base fi^m February 19th through the 21st. It was our second year at PAFB and very weU planned by classmate Dick Cherry. This year's field expanded to twelve players and the weather was near perfect for the competition on Wednesday and Thursday, and also for our time-up round on Tuesday. The course had been improved over last summer, and the greens were fast. AU of us who needed accommodations managed to getVOQ quarters on the base in the same buUding, and in aU respects our group was weU tteated. Formal festivities started with an absolutely great dinner at the Fat Snook on Al A, close to Dick's Condo and just a Utde north ofthe Main Gate. LyTin Watson, Barbara Tolg, and Mary Sue WUmer joined their spouses this year to provide support, but reaUy made the trip so they could shop at Orlando's new MiUeiuum MaU. George and Marty Leventen , Harv and Jane Taffet, and Carolyn Cherry joined we, the players, Dick Padberg, T.C.Watson, Frank Caroccio, Bob Tolg, Jim Moore, Bob WUmer, Bart Dalla Mura, WUUe Alter,

Jake MarshaU, Les Huffinan, By Byington, and Dick Cherry at the Fat Snook. Unfortunately Al Christtier, 2006 Trophy wiimer, and Harry Dunn had to cancel, but we got WUUe Alter back for this year and Bart Champion Dick Cherry was a first-timer, and joined us fix)m camping out at NAS, Sigsbee in Key West in their motor home.

Tee times on Wednesday for our first round started at 1:04. Player's handicaps were used along with a modified Stableford scoring system to level the field. By 4:00 our three foursomes were in and scores calculated to determine Thursdays pairing for the final round.

Wednesday evening's dinner was planned for another great restaurant. Captain Katannas restaurant on U.S. l.We had a comer to ourselves, exceUent food and drink and great service. We also celebrated T.C's 77th birthday, Febmary 19th and Padberg's 77th on the 20th, both 4th company guys. Joining us for a drink was Paul Tully and his -wffe Susan, USNA class of 1962, and good friends of Dick and Carolyn Cherry. A great time was had by aU. Our final round started aroimd 9:00 and by 1:30 the third foursome was in; scores were calculated by Chief Scorer, Frank Caroccio and a new champion, Dick Cherry, had captured the coveted "Paddy" trophy. Once again it was an Air Force type that managed to beat us Navy and Marine Corps guys. Of course, Dick's skUl as the number one goffer on the NAVY GolfTeam 55years ago almost made this predictable. Playen made it very clear that they did not want to know who was last, so that remains a secret, except youn truly was next to last. As a memento of our tournament Dick passed out CaUaway goff packs with the '54 Class Crest embroidered on the front. The gals

joined us for the trophy presentation and planning for next year was aheady percolating. Although we do consider other alternative sites, chances are Pattick is our best bet; Base VOQs are very good, surrounding restaurants are great, the weather is good, and the course is chaUenging. So feUow Classmates, ff you love the game, and are going to be in Florida, think about joining us.

CINCUSNA54SNOWBIRDIX has already focused on February 18th, 2009 (after President's Day) for another run to win the coveted Paddy Trophy. Look for fiature articles in SHIPMATE and our Class Web Site.

Jake Marshall, By Byington, Frank Caroccio, Bart Dalla Mura, Les Huffman, T.C. Watson

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54-55 C L A S S N E W S hour and Luau at Loews. Don't forget your HawaUan shirt. Aloha."

President George Zeberlein wanted to remind aU of us ofthe Superintendent's address to us foUowing our Class meeting on Tuesday morning. Scribe • ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 7% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 56%

Dick Padberg and T.C. Watson

Christmas in Coronado Mary Gale Buchanan dropped me this note and photo back in February.

• "HeUo George—^We were aU together this past Christmas at a festive party and & got a photo of three steUar '54 members.

Maybe you can use in the Class column.

Best to you & Happy 54th coming up!" •

PRES: VADM Henry C. Mustin, USN (Ret.) VICE PRES/SECY: CAPT Tom Kiefeber, USN (Ret.) TREAS: COL Cal Weaver, USA (Ret.) C O R R SECY: Dan Butterfield 5 Lakeside Close, Nellysford.VA 22958 H: 434-361-1357; E: 4dbfield@cyberwind.net WEB SITE: www.usna.com/classes/195S

I dashed off a note of appreciation for this welcome input to the column; an example of what keeps it viable. Scribe '55 Classmate VADM John Nyquist USN (Ret) speaking at the Commissioning Ceremony of USS Dewev (DDG-105) at Pascagoula in January 2008

From John Nyquist,,,

Ed Martin, Bill Hunter, Poolie Watson

Reunion Notes From BiU Land: • "Your reunion committee is looking forward to seeing everyone next month as we celebrate the 54th anniversary of our graduation (and 58 years as Classmates!).

We hope to equal or exceed the highly successful 50th reunion. A general schedule of events was pubUshed earUer in Shipmate, and an up-to-date, detaUed schedule is posted on our Class Web Site at www.54net.org.Also posted on the '54 Web Site is a Ust of reunion attendees and information on individual company parties.You can check the site to find out who your company coordinator is and for the time and location ofyour company's party. For those who don't have access to the Class Web Site, you can caU a Classmate who does.

Dress code is casual for aU activities except Monday's memorial service and the dinner dance, which are coat and tie.

Reunion registration starts on 8 June at 12:00 noon at the Loews Annapolis.

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• "On Saturday, 26 January 2008,1 spoke at the christening ofthe Arleigh Burke Aegis Guided MissUe Desttoyer, USS DEWEY (DDG-105) in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The principal speaker was ADM Mike Mullen '68, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the ship's sponsor is his wife, Deborah. I was invited to speak about my father, Walfrid Nyquist '21, who had just taken command of Desttoyer Division ONE , flagship USS DEWEY pD-349), a Farragut Class 1500 tonner, on 6 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor DEWEY was alongside USS DOBBIN, a desttoyer tender, with the other ships of the division undergoing repairs to her boUers and throtdes. My father wrote his recoUections of that infamous day, Sunday, December 7, and I recounted them to the audience.

The ship was taking electrical power from DOBBIN, but far less than required to support her four operational 5"/38 guns.

Somehow the crew managed to operate both guns and ammunition hoists by hand and expended 75 rounds of 5" and 1,300 rounds of .50 caUbers, aU the whUe putting boUers and throtdes back together The ships ofthe division were credited with downing two Japanese aircraft. The ship got underway about 3pm and patroUed outside Pearl for the next week".

"It meant a great deal to me to be able to honor my father in this way. My speech was weU received, mainly thanks to my father's own words describing that fatefid day and the heroics ofthe crews of

his ships." • USNA H o m e Game '55 Tailgate Faction... Tom Kiefaber reports that our footbaU game taUgating was aUve and weU for'55 in 2007. A healthy contingent of us showed up at aU the home games held together by the efforts of Tom Cann, Wes Saunders, Ted Parker, and Bill Kennington in staking out our "claim" in the parking lot; and Dick Morgan supplying haute cuisine (Nathan's wieners and goo). A soUd phalanx of us bussed up to Baltimore for the Army-Navy game, organized by Denny Sullivan, and led by 12 members ofthe Mustin clan.

Although no '55 taUgate was mustered, some of us managed to crash in on some others' festivities. Tom Kiefaber joined Braimon Bickel '97 and Brad Olds '85 in doing so. During the game, Tom sat with Anita Conway (widow of Jim Conway), and her son, Stephen. For the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego, the '55 taUgate was hosted by Tom, with the help of his son John Kiefaber '97. AU attending classmates were invited. Dropping by were: Ken Holden,Jack Garrow, Hugh Webster and Bob Irons, plus famUy members.

Florida travels with Paul Sutherland (07)...

• Pat and I recendy took a long driving ttip up and down both coasts of Florida.

We left the fog and cold ofthe N.C. mountains to enjoy the great Florida weather On our ttip we had the pleasure of having a Sunday brunch with Gayle BIythe (Russ Blythe 02) at her country club in St Augustine. She Uves there on the beautiful course at Marsh Creek. It is easy to see why Gayle chose to relocate in St. Augustine! It was a great pleasure sharing her company. As we proceeded fiirther south we talked to Bernie White (05) on the phone but were unable to match up with him as Dottie was busy preparing to leave for a cruise the next morning. BenUe sounded great. •

l-r Pat and Paul Sutherland, Gayle Blythe

Jack Renard reports...

• A miiu 5th Company get together was held at Dottie and Bemie White's home in Port Orange, FL. In early February Kathy and Pete Peterson from WilUainsburg,VA, and Donna and Jack Renard fiom near CharlottesviUe,VA, had changed out of their winter wooUies and headed south for a month. Before long these Vii^inia "snowbirds" were to showup at the Whites for goff, far-fetched stories, and great fijn which included a two-hour phone caU to Al Rodes, 5th Co fi^ezing up in Lexington, KY. •

Renards. Whites. Petersons

Jack McNish discusses Thresher on PBS ...

I Last spring History Detectives, a PBS program, received an inquiry-fix>man individual w-ho had found some papers in a home he had inherited firom an uncle.

The papers vv-ere marked or referenced USS Thresher (SSN-593). History Detectives -sv-ere asked to find out what the significance was of the papers and what role did the imcle play in Thresher History Detectives caUed our classmate, Fred McLaren, to ask for help in their initial investigation. Fred was just about to embark on one of his ocean adventures so he recommended that they- conract me since I had serv-ed in Thresher. I had received a PCS transfer only a few months before she w-as lost.

After numerous e-mails and phone caDs 1 went to New York and then to Hackensack, N.J., to participate in the History Detectives interview. It was to be conduCTed in a locally av-ailable submarine, die USS Ling (SS-297), a fleet boat kept up by a New Jersey Naval Reserve Unit.

As a result of many preliminary exchanges by emaU and phone calls we had established the outline of a script that we aU could agree upon. (I adamandy v^'anted to avoid participating in anything that w-ould have been disrespectful to the ship or its crew).

One cameraman was used in fiUrung me and the History Deteaives host, Gwen Wright, during a walk-through in the sub

and several walks out on deck. The main part ofthe interview took place in the crew's mess.

The papers which had been found in the uncle's house were aU related to the Thresher's electtical disttibution system, mosdy ofthe power plant, aU of which I coidd identify' having been in the Thresher's Engineering Department for two years whUe she was being buUt in the Portsmouth Shipyard. The papers included some training lessons that were probably used to educate engineers and shipyard worken as weU as the ship's crew. There were also some blueprints ofthe electtical disttibution system that had been marked up as though they were the result of design modification exchanges between a design engineer and a draftsman.

The half-hour program also included an interview with RADM Brad Mooney USN (Ret.) '53. who had pUoted Trieste in the search for the sunken Thresher Interestingly enough Brad had known the individual, the uncle who had originaUy coUected the papers.

Thus he was able to verify a History Detectives claim of a success in answering the original inquiry by the nephew who had found them.

It had been a very interesting experience "sleuthing" with HD, but saddened me to reUve the terrible tragedy of the Thresher and sudden loss of so many of my shipmates.

Excerpts ofthe interview can be seen by searching for: "History Detectives PBS", then at the home page cUck "Video Library"for Season 5 • George Martin sends...

• Whenever two or three shaU meet...

"Over New Year's, Dotty and I were on Long Island attending the w-edding of a young cousin, Joe Martin. Quite unexpectedly at the church we ran into BiU Sympson (03) and his new wife Beth. It turns out that Beth was a long time neighbor ofJoe and watched him growup and graduate from the Coast Guard Academy. BUI and Beth were married December 7,2007. "Now you won't have any excuse for forgetting your armiversary, BUI." •

Excerpt firom press release of Ed Lull's newly published book of naval historical poetry ...

• "A WUUamsburg,VA, resident and executive director of the Poetry Society of Virginia, Edward Lull, has recendy released his third book of poetry, 'The Sailors: Birth of a Navy' (InfirUty PubUshing, $10.95). Ed's inspiration for this coUection came from a poem he wrote for the 50-year Reuruon of his U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1955.The subject of his poem was the Revolutionary War hero and Father ofthe Navy, John Paul Jones. The poem's successfid reception prompted LuU to research other significant people and events in naval history.

The poems in his new book cover events that took place between 1775 and 1816 and include the attack on TripoU, the final cruise ofthe Essex, and the battie of Lake Champlain.'I selected around 12 events that would make a good, cohesive story of the beginning of our Navy' LuU said. He found a wealth of inspiration in his research for his poems. 'It was such a different time,' he said. 'Things and conditions we cannot comprehend, they faced and emerged victorious.'

"The SaUors: Birth of a Navy" is avaUable by writing to Colony Books, RO. Box 6572,WUUamsburg,VA 23188, or by conracting Ed LuU by at ewlull@verizon.net • From San Diego...

Our global-adventuring undersea explorer classmate Fred McLaren (13) held his inaugural book-signing for his new book. Unknown Waters: A FirstHand Account ofthe Historic Under-Ice Survey ofthe Siberian Continental Sheff

by USS Queenfish (SSN-651) m Fred's hometow-n, Coronado, at Bay Books on 28 Febmary 2008. Fred was C O of Queenfiish during this adventure. Fred talked about his book and his more recent experiences diving on the hulks of RMS Titanic ,and DKM Bismark and on hydrothermal vents associated with rifts of sea floor spreading. Classmates in attendance included Bill Anders, Ned Floyd, Scot McCauley and Tom Shine. The submarine and Arctic communities were weU represented as weU as Fred's famUy and friends.

USNA. Bringing the Alumni Association to you Dotty and George Martin, Bill and Beth Sympson

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Editor's Note: Visit: virww.usna.com/classes/1955 to read Joe Kronzer's relating the vivid detaUs of his incredible submarine experience. This scary story was also to have been posted in this column except for lack of space.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 4% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 64% CLASS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: Col George Mushalko, USAF (Ret.) (15) 8214Treebrooke Lane.Alexandria.VA 22308 E: gmushalko@cox.net; Tel: 703-768-4543; 8214 SECY: Dan Garges (24) 1846 Greenplace Terrace Rockville, 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

It is Never Too Late to Celebrate Victory This story was expected to appear in an earUer issue of Shipmate, but was inadvertently missed, however, such a classic story of victory never gets old even in May! Gunnar Jenson (18) attended the thrUUng Navy footbaU victory over Notre Dame footbaU game on Nov. 3,2007.We aU remember—the score was 46 to 44 in triple overtime! This epic mUestone event of breaking the string of 43 successive losses was especiaUy inspiring for Gunnar Living on "Rockne Drive" in South Bend (about 2 miles from the stadium) among aU those rabid Fighting Irish fans, it was especiaUy sweet attending the game with his "Irish loving" neighbor It was the first game Gunnar had attended, since seating capacity in the stadium was raised from 60,000 to 80,000. The stadium was fuU. The crowd noise was deafening. As we aU remember, there were setbacks now and then for both teams actuaUy, but Navy never gave up. AU the way into the third and final overtime play when Notre Dame, with ordy about a yard to go to the goal Une and one down to score the winning touchdown, was stopped and driven back for a loss. Navy won! WeU Done! The cheers were UteraUy heard aboard ships-at-sea around the world!

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Supe.,VAdm. Fowler at Chicago Yacht Club arranged for by the Chicago Chapter ofthe Naval Academy Alumni Association. "The admiral looks younger without his cap on" according to Gunnar His attractive and outgoing wife came up and introduced herself to Gunnar before he could even get to the Admiral. The Supe.'s declaration of making Monday after the game a hoUday, reminded Gunnar of our plebe year victory over Army and being able to carry-on untU Christmas.. .how sweet that was!

What a banner year for Navy to not only beat Notre Dame but to continue on with our 6th victory in a row over Army.

Lets hope for a repeat in 2008.

Post Script: As a special treat to commemorate the victory over Notre Dame, a video ofthe entire game was given to aU who attended the FootbaU Banquet in February.

The Passing of Don Grimes (23) Don Grimes, age 77, died on Sunday, Feb 17,2008. Don was born in WeUsvUle, N.Y, the son of Eva and Lawrence Grimes. In 1956, he graduated from the Uruted States Naval Academy with a degree in engineering. WhUe on active duty, he served on a variety ships, among them the U.S.S. Somers. After military service he was employed at HoneyweU in Los Angeles, where he met his future wife, Sharon.They were married in 1963.

Don held various engineering and marketing positions, as weU as having a career in electron microscopy. Most recently he founded the trade journal, "Microscopy Today." He had many hobbies and skiUs, including making cedar strip canoes and woodworking. Don enjoyed his family and friends and Uved Ufe to the fuUest. Don is survived by his wife, Sharon; two chUdren, Jennifer BaiUies of Oregon and John Grimes of Pordand, Ore.; grandchildren, Paige and Jack BaUlies and Phoebe and Greta Grimes; and sisters. Barb Guynup and Joan (Sandy) Reuning. Per Don's request, there was a private ceremony for immediate family members. In Ueu of flowers, gifts may be made in Don's memory to the United States Naval Academy Foundation, 291 Wood Rd, AnnapoUs, MD. 21404.

Wedding ofAl Granger (22) and Lura Lenhardt Granger It is with great pleasure that we announce the wedding of Al Granger (22) to Lura Lenhardt Granger, widow of Harry Lenhardt (16).The wedding took place at AmedUa Island Plantation just north of

JacksonviUe, Florida on 9 February, 2008.

It was held in the early evening outside on the deck overlooking the river leading to the Atlantic Ocean. The weather in such a perfect setting was very pleasant. It is wonderful when such good people can have another opportunity for marital happiness at this time in their Uves.

Congratulations from aU your classmates.

Attendees at the wedding are shown in the photo below with smUes radiating aU around.

Leftto Right—Christian Suszan, USNA Class2009 (Harry Lenhardt's (06)grandson); Al Granger (22), Lura Lenhardt Granger, Al Reed (05) and Peter Booth (22) ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 8% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 58% PRES: CAPT David S. Cooper, USN (Ret.) SECY: LCDR. E O. Behrends, USN (Ret.) 143-A East Lake Drive, Annapolis, MD 21403 E: pobehrends@aol.com C O R R . SECY: CAPT F.N. Howe Jr., USN (Ret.) 1 Walter Cir., Fredericksburg,VA 22405-2363 E; fiihusna57@cox.net WEBMASTER: Fred Dammann WEB SITE: www.usna57.org

In SO many ways the foUowing reports are the toughest: From Joe Byrnes: • Lisa Schroeder, Nancy Gasho's daughter, caUed to advise that her mother, Nancy Gasho of AUsaViejo, CaUfornia, passed away on 27 August. She was predeceased by her husband Jim Gasho who died in October 1999. • From John Holt: • It is with heavy heart I report that John Antonicelli's wife of over 50 years, Susan, has also passed away. A note received from their daughter Donna states in part that her mother died just a week after John passed away on 18 January.

Donna Marzo can be reached at 62 Robbins Ave. Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922. • By now subscribers to The First 50 have copies ofthe Reunion Scrapbook in their hot Utde hands and, together with Bill Hamel's Sea Stories CD (Class History which wouldn't fit into the book) and Bob Rositzke's handsome DVD

comparuon pieces, are reUving the magnificent days of October when we formed up at Uncle Sam's Farm for Boys on the Severn. Even though the disttibution of these epic works was managed— thefiiUpackage went to book subscribers and the DVD went to nonsubscribers who attended reunion—I have it on reasonably good authority that a Umited number of these beauties is stiU avaUable. . .for awhUe at least. NaturaUy if you think you're in one or the other ofthe categories described and have not received the goods please advise the scribe who wiU prompdy relay your report.

You may recaU that sometime back I shared with you evidence of Gerry Anderson's superb exercise in good judgment in his early joirung of fortunes with bride Edie. Remember? Remember how Edie as a frequent cruiser with SUver Seas Cruise Lines (usuaUy with luggagehandler Gerry) had entered and won a contest to name a new SUverseas ship: winnmg entry SILVER WHISPER? WeU ffyou remember aU of that then you'U be particularly interested in this latest report: • Last week Edie and I returned from a 31 day cruise m the SILVER WHISPER from Auckland to Hong Kong with fascinating historical stops. After enjoying New Zealand and AusttaUa, we visited Guadalcanal, Papua New Guinea, Irian Jaya, and the PhUippines.

Guadalcanal was the site ofthe first American offensive campaign in WWII. We visited Henderson Field (now the mternational airport), which the Marines captured at the start ofthe campaign, the American War Memorial at the top ofthe island overlooking Ironbottom Sound and the hUls where batdes were fought for conttol ofthe island, and theVulu war museum in the jungle with remains of American and Japanese aircraft. We cmised

by Kennedy Island which John F Kennedy and die crew of PT-109 reached after being rammed by a Japanese desttoyer Our stops in Papua New Guinea were Medang and Wewak, occupied by the Japanese in 1942, and the area ofthe New Gumea campaign in 1943-1944. Sites in Wewak included a Japanese Memorial, WWII Japanese artUlery guns in the jungle, and the landing beach for Japanese forces in 1942. In Jayapura, Irian Jayawe visited the site of General MacArthur's headquarters buUt in the summer of 1944 for planning the Philippine campaign.

In ManUa we toured Corregidor, the last holdout of American forces in 1942, with its ruins, gun emplacements, the Malinta Tunnel (home of American forces during the Japanese bombardment), the beach Gerry and the general at Corregidor from which Gen. MacArthur departed on 11 March 1942 in a PT boat stating "I ShaU Return!" and from which Admiral Thomas Hart '97, commander ofthe Asiatic Fleet, left (along with my father who was on his staff) in SHARK (SS174) on 26 December 1941. AU in aU, a fascinating review of history. • Gerry adds that he and Edie have now logged over 500 days cruising in SUverseas ships and that, in SILVER WHISPER, Mrs. Anderson is known as "Mrs. Whisper." 500 days of cruising with SUverseas - I teU you, this guy Anderson is one smart cookie!

A note ratded in from Earl Piper in downtown Beaufort, SC: • In the "whenever two or three shaU meet" category Jim Reid and I recently retold old tales at a reunion of his (and now my) family in Columbia, SC. In the spring of our Youngster year Jim introduced me to his first cousin, a sweet brown-eyed brunette named Nancy who was the daughter ofJim's uncle.

Commander Bob CroweU, '34, then at BUSHIPS in Washington. I've always been thankful to Jim for that introduction because it resulted in marriage to Nancy, three above-average chUdren and fifty very happy years to date.

An interesting sideUght to this: In 1935, twenty years before my happy introduction to NancyJim's Dad introduced one of his shipmates to his wife's younger sister; a beUe from South CaroUna named Beth.That shipmate was Bob CroweU and Beth became his bride in September 1936 whUe Bob was in ffight training at Pensacola. In a providential sense Jim and his Dad each made introductions that greatly shaped my Ufe so our reunions always carry a special dimension. •

Earl and Jim

And whUe we're exploring the luck ofthe draw how about the great sidereal movement that smUed down to place Earl and Jim, two guys who had never met, in the same company—the Fightin SIXTH. Gene Larson is a guy from whom you can pick up useful dope on a plethora of topics—the current and choice from him this month being photo archiving.

This is a task that is—one way or another—hanging over most of our heads and Gene is kind enough to provide a Uttle ramp-up for those who are interested in tackUng the task: • During Second Class year I started taking sUde photographs and amassed a large coUection before converting to digital photography in 1990. Fortunately, I fUed the sUdes by date and event in metal cases—each containing over 600 sUdes.

It was always inconvenient to get out the projector, slide/stack loader, and screen to view slides. I reaUzed that many benefits would be derived by digitizing my sUdes: simpUfied screening, print making, organizing into large groups which can be searched through "thumbnaUs" or fUe names, and creating DVD's, CD's or external hard drives to give to others. Also, in the process of scanning my sUde library I discovered that due to processing differences, some had darkened or Ughtened significantly. Thus, digitizing became urgent to avoid further degradation.

Using a Nikon CoolScan 5000 scanner with a 50 slide automatic feeder and a counter buUt into the software, I scanned 22,500 sUdes in about 250 hours. The process is labor intensive, taking approximately 40 seconds per sUde. Even though the sUdes were stored in metal cases, dust StUl got in so each sUde had to be cleaned with a camel hair brush and the remaining dust blown off. As one stack of 50 was scanning the next stack was prepared. I found that some "dust marks" on certain slides was actuaUy fungus—a major concern as the fungus continues to grow it can completely destroy the image.

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be the thing that eUminates them from becoming a pUot. No matter what, they won't have to wear those unattractive government provided frames and lenses.

Our only rejoinder to this startUng revelation is "Oh yeah! WeU, we had the Log and Splinter, and you young people don't have either So there!"

IP-IS Twenty-Four takes it around again for the camera

I decided to scan everything rather than try to edit out the bad and marginal sUdes. Evaluating them as digital photos in an image manager program is much faster than looking at every sUde for color, focus, etc. before scanning. The bad digital images can be deleted, and the poor quaUty images corrected in Photoshop CS3.

And that's aU there is to it.

Now, how about aU those prints and negatives in boxes upstairs? The Nikon scanner wUl take negative strips—four images at a time. Perhaps that wiU be my next project.

Bottom line: Preserve your family memories. Digitize your sUdes and prints now! Also be sure to keep up with technology changes to digital memory formats so your fUes can always be accessed. •

the station with reunion photography we'U provide the next best forum and include their shot here.

Above standing: (1. to r.) Heyde, GUstrap, Baker, Cynnie Heyde, Barbara Baker Joan Biggers,John and Sue Howland, Pat and John Sheehan, Nan and Dave Mabry, Hewitt, Carol Lange, Lewis, SaUy Hewitt, Gary and Edie Lowe, Beans, Louise and Giff Gifford and Carol Gentz.

KneeUng: John and Barb RusseU, Mary EUen Klatte, Ed Biggers, PhyUis and Tony CroweU, Smathers and Gentz.

No one can make this stuff up so don't let the weU run dry. Shoot us your most believable material—with the hot PI. Carpe diem. FNH ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 9% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 55% PRES: Lt Col Gordon M. Gerson, USAF (Ret.) E: gordon.gerson@1958.usna.com SECY: Col Warren S. Walters, USMC (Ret.) 5664 Ravenel Ln., Springfield,VA 22151-2430 H: 703-321-9586; E: wwalters58@verizon.net WEB SITE: www.usna.com/Classes/1958/

Doctor Larson at work

Gene has some additional experience to share on archiving old home movies but just to preserve a Utde of the suspense we'U hold that for special requests. Also, be advised, that the Larson sUde preservation routine described here is not for the casual hobbyist as the scanning equipment described is available for the equivalent of about six months base pay (when you were an Ensign). That said, if you have a lot of transparencies or a buddy with the same archiving needs this cost is a fraction of hiring the task done for you.

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There was a time when we told time by stepping out into the passageway and looking at the clock suspended from the waU. One could teU if the eyes ofthe First Class were reaUy going bad when they would squint at the clock, then ask a passing plebe to teU them what the reading on the clock reaUy was.That was a sure sign you were talking to a non-aviator Nowadays, two great changes have occurred. To teU the time. Midshipmen merely look at their computer task bar, and virtually any Midshipman who has their hopes pinned on a career in aviation can be assured of vision that wiU make that path easy. Scads of Midshipmen with less than 20/20 eyesight are given the opportunity to get the corrective laser surgery (like Lasik) performed on them as a part of their medical benefit. It's winwin for both the Navy/Marine Corps, as the supply of Academy trained future pilots has increased, and iTudshipmen press on knowing that eyesight won't necessarUy

John McCain and Walt Peters in Phoenix

'58 Marches in St, Patrick's Day Parade

Now put your glasses on or get out your magnifying glass and let's catch up with the adventures ofthe '58Voyagers.The election year froUcs continue, with many members ofthe class supporting the efforts of Senator John McCain (17th) CaptUSNRetR-Az as he travels the country seeking (and winning) the necessary number of delegates to become the RepubUcan Presidential candidate. On his stop in Phoenix on the night of Super Tuesday, February 5th, he was joined by Walt Peters (9th), who claims that only the two '58ers were left standing after aU the celebrating ofJohn's winrUng the Arizona primary was done. The photo shows the two stiU on duty at midnight!

On the East Coast, another group of supporters proved their sturdiness by marching in the Alexandria VA St. Patrick's Day Parade, a time honored poUtical raUy event. The day was actually March 1st, with the weather clear, cold, and windy.

This was a piece-of-cake march of only 11 blocks, for the '58 contingent had practiced by marching the length of Pennsylvania Avenue on an icy cold day for President Eisenhower's Inauguration.

In the photo ofthe bundled up classmates, the one holding the '58 flag is

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Thursday. 18 September 2008 • Registration at Loe-ws Hotel - USNA '58 Cotton Bowl Team R e u n i o n - C o m p a n y Welcome Receptions (as scheduled)

Friday. 19 September 2008 - Y P Bay Cruise • Alumni Hall, Yard Tour Presentation • Class Meeting with USNA Superintendent, Alumni Hall • Parade, Worden Field • Class Cocktails and Banquet, Alumni Hall S a t u r d a y . 20 S e p t e m b e r 2 0 0 8 • Class of '58 Tailgate, Stadium '53 Pavilion* • Football G a m e vs. Rutgers • Evening C o m p a n y / Battalion Parties * Requires football ticket for tailgate entry Sunday. 21 S e p t e m b e r 2008 • Farewell Breakfast

• 1300 Memorial Service in Main Chapel

• On-line registration go to: wtvw.usna.com, enter your User ID and Password and Log in to the Online Community. Under the subject of News, click on the Registration entry and follow instruction

• To obtain football tickets for the Rutgers game in Class of '58 section, go to the internet and ente https://www.groupticketwindow.com/groupticket/college/navy/group, register with Sign In ID: class58 and Password: gonavy then follow the instructions.

CHECK YOUR CLASSWEBSITEWWW.USNA.COM/CLASSES/1958 F O R SCHEDULE REVISIONS O R FURTHER INFORMATION

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Gordon Gerson (11th), class president.

Behind him is a gaggle of'58ers and campaign workers holding the McCain banner.

The flag did some traveUng other than the parade, and the pictures almost have to teU the tale, as the accompanying rhetoric was on the sUni side. In early January 2008, Lois and 'Whitey Edwards (17th) escapedfi?omthe D.C. area to the warmer climes of a southern cruise, down the Baja coast, through the Panama Canal and into the Caribbean. The photo shows them passing through one of the locks in the canal, obviously standing at the stern end ofthe ship and prominendy displaying the class flag.

WhUe aU this was going on, another expedition was underway, as reported by Ron Eytchison (1st): • "Greetings firom East Tennessee, Here's one more class flag picture, taken on the UcayaU River in the Peruvian rainforest, 2600 mUes upstteam from the Adantic. Pat and I have just returned from having made a "cruise" on that Amazon ttibutary with a group of USNA alumni and wives.

(Unfortunately, there were no other '58ers. I had to bribe a guy out of'68 to take the shot.) We weren't bitten by anything bigger than mosquitoes, though you'U note we were wearing leather gaiters for snakebite protection. One day we did fish for piranha and caught enough for dinner...mmm, mmm, good!

We look forward to joining everyone for a great 50th. Beat Army! Best, Ron" •

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Other travelers were also on the high seas in late February. Here is the tale, as told by Bill Withers (19th):

was chased off by a ferocious Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) fiUl of heavUy armed Coasties.Take a look at the beautiful craft True North in the photo, with Gene at the heUn.

• "The USNA Alumni Association's "Anchors Away Alumiu Travel" sponsored a Whale Watching Cruise in the Sea of Cortez (Baja CaUfornia Gulf) in late February that, quite by accident, company-mate Bruce McCandless (19th Co) and I both signed up for Bruce & Bernice had checked the sign-up roster prior to saUing, and seeing that SaUy and I were going to be embarked, he brought along his Class of 58 flag for the obUgatory picmre, taken at anchor in Boca del Soledad, Baja CaUfornia Sur, Mexico. In the photo, you see SaUy and me on the left, and Bernice and Bruce on the right.

We had a great week together in the SEA BIRD, a smaU sixty passenger National Geographic/Lindblad Expeditions criuse ship with a high naturaUst-to-passenger ratio. We sighted at least 40 whales of four species, plus sea Uons, dolphins, and an amazing variety of birds. Alumni Travel's Bobbi CoUins did a great job of picking a high-quaUty tour, with very interesting guides and feUow passengers. Kayaking, snorkeUng, and getting up close in Zodiac rubber boats made the experience partictdarly exciting. '58 is Great! BUI" •

Back to this winter, when on a cold winter day, four from the 5th BattaUon accompanied the flag to Kure Beach NC for a miru-reunion. D o n Carty (20th), Dave Burden (19th), Sinkler Warley (20th), and J. Lee Denny (20th) warmed up the flag on a beautiful sunny day, whUe wives Pat, Arm, Lorie and Claudia took pictures, and prepared a Super Bowl feast that surpassed the quaUty ofthe game.

They toasted the flag and a super Navy footbaU season, and told a few Ues. The picmre shows them in the order mentioned above.

Withers and McCandless, Whale Watching

Carty, Burden, Warley, and Denny at Kure Beach

There have been other classmate adventures and gatherings. For example.

Gene Porter (21st) belatedly reports that he celebrated his election as President of the Antique and Classic Boat Society International last faU with an historic twoweek cruise, but not to the Antipodes and other distant destinations Uke most classmates. He cruised his restored 1959 wooden fishing boat the fiiU length ofthe historic Lake Champlain-Hudson River vaUey, around Manhattan Island, and back.

Just to keep his hand in traditional naval warfare techniques, he conducted an amphibious assault on West Point, successfuUy occupying the Hotel Thayer He was less successful in approaching the U N buUding under cover of a rainstorm and

Gene Porter and True North

Once again Father Time has taken two of our classmate Voyagers avray fixjm us. On 31 January 2008, Eugene J. Driscoll Jr. (22nd) died at his residence in Johnstown PA of lymphoma. Gene was one of our Lost Sheep, whose address had been unknown for years. He was comnUssioned into the Marine Corps, served in Vietnam, and was a Major when he resigned his comnUssion. He subsequendy became the head of security at Torrance State Hospital in Torrance PA, a position fix)m which he retired. He also ran the Gene Do Martial Arts School. One son and two grandchUdren who Uve in Colorado survive him.

Richard "Dick" Johnson (23rd) passed away on 25 February 2008 fix)m the ravages of esophageal cancer, which

had been diagnosed just two months before when he complained of difficulty in swaUowing. Dick was commissioned into Navy air upon graduation, completed flight school and flew with attack and recon squadrons. He resigned his commission in 1964 and became a commercial pUot with Trans World AirUnes. His cremated remains were spread on the "rim" close to their home in Pine AZ, which is located between Phoenix and Hagstaff. His wffe, Sandy, two sons and a daughter, 4 grandchUdren and two great-granddaughters, survive him.

That closes the news out for this month. Check out the photos in glorious color on the class web site! jl^

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PRES; VADM Francis R. Donovan, U S N (Ret.) CHAIR.M.^N EXEC. COMMITTEE: Gerald G. Garbacz E: gggarbacz@aoLcom SECY: Col JJL "Tim" Tinsley, USMC (Ret.) 2207 Lomond Ct..Vienna.VA 22181 H: 703-648-1744: E: tnnsle\59@cox.net WEB SITE; www.usna.com/classes/1959 WEBMASTER: Dave Sullivan E: dsulli\-a9@cox.net

50th Reunion: The 50th Reimion ofthe great Class of 1959, once thought of as a much anticipated, must attend, but stUl distant celebration now looms increasingly visible over the horizon. It is now^ but about 16 months before we gather to mark our shared Ufe journeys that started those 50 years ago at our beloved Mother Bancroft.

The planning process is accelerating, excitement buUds, and Classmates commit to 1-4 October, 2009 in AnnapoUs. The Reunion Committee met again on 11 March. Most significandy it was reported that over 200 Classmates have already booked rooms at the Westin Annapolis Hotel, exceeding the block of 200 rooms secured last year for '59. A great problem to have! The Committee aaed to block 50 rooms at special rates at the Doublettee Hotel (formerly the HoUday Iim) at the juncmre ofW/est Stteet with Route 50.The reservation telephone number is 1-800-222-TREE or contact the hotel direcdy at 410-2243150.There are stiU plenty of rooms available in the '59 block of 100 rooms at the O'CaUaghan Hotel closer to the Westin (reunion headquarters) on West Stteet. The detaUs and contact information for those hotels are posted on the Class website. Don't be left out—^this wiU be our imstiieavily attended reunion by far.

Company Representatives are moving out to support Editor Griff Hamilton (12) for the production of a Golden Lucky Bag '59.You have been aheady asked to prepare and submit your bio and photo for inclusion in the GLB '59. If you haven't done so yet, get going! WhUe Griff vvUl accept bios untU 1 March, 2009 please consider 1 September, 2008 as your deadUne to assist the GLB Editor in assembUng this book. DetaUs, examples and instructions are on the Class website.

To better project acmal attendance and gauge interest in optional activities, the Reunion Committee wiU maU a survey to the Class in April. If you have not yet retarned your copy ofthe survey to Ray Art (5), Chairman ofthe Registration Subcommittee, please now do so. Let me know ffyou need a copy.

Some members of our Reunion Committee met in February with the cochairman ofthe Class of 1957's most recent 50 year reunion.That reunion was a smashing success, exttemely weU plaimed in every detaU. Fritz Warren '57 and Pete Junghans '57 were most gracious in sharing their process and tticks ofthe trade, aU very useful for our guys.

'57 also did a golden yearbook, which was credited with increasing interest in the reunion and thereby attendance. Fritz and Pete reported that there were over 900 classmates, spouses and widows at their reunion. There was a great testimonial postscript to the success and value of reunions in '57's class column in the January-February 2008 issue of Shipmate.

Our irutial reunion armouncement mailing wiU arrive in your maUbox this October, with the registtation form and aU the reunion activity details to be sent out in April 2009. Don't wait for these mailings, however Now's the time to make those hotel reservations.

Class Gatherings: There are two Class socials to report on.

Dave Donovan (13) again coordinated a gathering for cocktails and dinner in the Hampton Roads area. Dave reports: • "Hampton Roads classmates gathered for a Dark Ages social hour and dinner on March 7'-" at Cypress Point Country Club in Virginia Beach. Attending were Mary Anne and Murray Cheston (5), Nancy and Dave Donovan, Nancy and Tom Emsley (5),Ron Jesberg (12), Anne and Ing Kiland (6),Jane and George Lehmberg (8), Rose and Bill McAree (23), and Lmda and Fred Olds (8). As always, the endless store of sea

stories provided fine entertainment and a welcome break from election talk.

Interestingly, it was reaUzed that four classmates—Donovan, KUand, Lehmberg and McAree—had attended Submarine School together, oh so many years ago.

But who's counting!" • Classmates in the Washington-AnnapoUs area came together in Arlington on 13 March. Ing Kiland inttoduced his daughter, author Taylor KUand, who spoke about her latest book, A Walk in the Yard: A Seff-GuidedTour ofthe U.S. Naval Academy. Taylor's presentation was spiced with photos and Utde known facts about the Yard. Thirteen Classmates, plus five spouses, including EUeen and Ray Art, Ann and Gary Smith (21), Ann and Ing Kiland, Catherine and Bob Oakes (21), Sue and Doug Volgenau ((8), Ted Alexander (18),Jolm Ekstrom (9), Rick Johnson (17), Si Nunn (5),Jerry Garbacz (23), Charlie Pease (10), Wayne Messner (3) and TimTinsley (17).

Final Chapterfor the USS Forrestal (CVA-59): It has been reported elsewhere that Navy plans caU for sinking or scrapping many decommissioned ships over the next five years. Among those slated to be sunk and then become an artificial reef is the venerable FORRESTAL (CVA-59), the "flag ship" of our Class. She was the lead ship in her class and spent 38 years in service.

Innovations on the Forrestal-class carriers included an angled deck and a steam catapult. There had been talk of establishing her as a naval museum.

Tom Lukish (2) circiUated an emaU story about die fate of FORRESTAL. Among his correspondents was Lee Robinson, a Classmate from the 11th Company who departed during Youngster Year. He had attended Columbian Prep with Luke and others of our Columbian Classmates. Lee exudes loyalty and love for the Academy, keeping in touch with many in the Class. His sentimental reflections on the connection between FORRESTAL and the Class are, as Luke apdy described, weU stated and speak for us aU. I think you wiU agree, quoting Lee here with gratitude for his conttibution: • "I know that a lot of our classmates served aboard the CVA 59 and she has served our country weU. So I am 72 years old and yes that has been a long time ago, so I guess that some of us go to our graves when it is necessary and some of us Uve longer than is expected. I wish she could have Uved a Utde bit longer. She is a May 2008

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tteetops on zip lines high above the rain forests. Yet, the highUght ofthe cruise was transit ofthe Panama Canal, which was much less sttessfiU and more fim than a desttoyer ttansit during the early sixties."

Jimmy Brown (1) has been going great guns getting the word out on Class activities and maintaining current contact irfformation within the 1st Company as its Company Representative. Regarding the 50th Reunion, he learned that Julian Kau (1) wUl be unable to attend. JuUan and MomUaiu wUl be leaving for a church mission to Hong Kong on 14 AprU for two years. As Jimmy said in response to JuUan,"I applaud the decision you and MomUani have made to answer the caU to serve."Their maiUng address after May 2008 wUl be 2 CornwaU Stteet, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Rise and Shine, Tim W •8*

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Back in January, Linda and I had the pleasure ofjoining Dave Bolden (5) and his lovely wffe, Christine, in a surprise 70th birthday party. Dave looked great after 47-1- years and hopes to become more active in class activities in the future.

Immediately, let me say that the ship's overly kind and exceptional hospitaUty definitely lifted the spirits of this oldtimer and thus that of our Class of 1960.

Upon arrival, there was first, a superb briefing and tour of combat systems areas, the bridge, and engineering spaces. Then, in the wardroom, there they were, a big sUver bowl with wine to each side and two shirung sUver platters, nicely decorated. Sea stories, war stories, and comparisons of old and new ways to fight and manage Navy ships took up the rest ofthe afternoon. I was impressed, and I must forward commendation to LCDR Steven Foley, the Combat Systems Officer, who met me at the gangplank and talked through every element of combat systems during most of my ship's tour SimUarly, I commend LCDR Joel Rodriguez, the ship's Chief Engineer and LCDR KeUy House, die Supply Officer and other Officers and CPOs for the spirited, serious, yet wine-assisted discussions.

It was SUPPO, of course, who found and who cares for our heirloom pieces, and it was Ensign Matthew Georges, Communications Officer, who made aU the arrangements, perfecdy, for the day.

I reaUy had sincere appreciation for the professional hospitaUty of the ship's • wardroom and crew during my USNA Class of 1960 (Super Sixty) visit to their (Super Sixty) ship. Ray • From Tom Glew (15): I "Great emaU, Ray. It must have been very inspiring.Yes, I did order the commissioning book on line for the NORMANDY fix)m a book seUer m CaUfornia. I have not received it yet, but hope to have it when I return to New Orleans next week. I wiU be in touch.

Best regards to aU.Tom Glew" •

Breakfast During Canal Transit: Pat and Joni Schnauffer, Felicia Manly, Caroline and Walt Szczypinski, Bob Manly

From Bill Counsil's (21) widow. Donna:

From Ray Taylor (14): When Two or Three Shall Meet

Those cnusing 18th Company roommates, Walt Szczypinski, Bob Manly, and Pat Schnauffer with their spouses were tasting the good Ufe at sea in February, this time to Centtal America. Walt provided some narrative of their post caUs in the Caribbean and Pacific, with highUghts "visiting banana plantations, cavorting with dolphins, shopping with the Executive Chef, and soaring among the

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• "Last week, I visited the USS NORMANDY (CG-60). Many years ago (1989) our Naval Academy Class of 1960 participated in the commissioning of CG60 and donated a set of sUver including a large sUver bowl and two large silver side platters. Now, as we are approaching our 50th Class Reunion and composing a 50th Anniversary yearbook, we are reassembUng our best memories for that yearbook, and this is why I visited the ship last week.

• "Hi Oz, I received the e-maUfix)mEd about you working on the Ring Donor program for class of 60. My husband, BUI, died in 1/06. His ring is in perfect condition and I wish to donate it to your program. It took me awhUe to find it—I knew I had in a special place but where?—I did find it yesterday whUe South CaroUna was having a snow storm!!

I feel so grateful to do this as BUI and I fixed Katy and Hank Chiles (21) up in 1958—A good thing for the Navy and one ofthe shining Ughts of our Uves!! And I know BiU woiUd be so honored to have his ring at the USNA in whatever capacity He is already there at the columbarium

One evening in February, Al Arcuni (2), Bob Matulka (2), Dick Pariseau (1), and Tom Solak (2) were tteated to dinner by Tom's wife Tomi. Entertainment for the evening included a short summary with picmres of Al's Adantic crossing in a 50-1- foot catamaran from Tenerffe in the Canary Islands to Barbados and a review of Dick's art portfoUo.We marveled at Al's experience which included many (too many) mid watches and some large sea swells. When asked ff he would do it again, he didn't hesitate in saying "No." Dick is admirably progressing as an artist, having sold one of his works to another of our classmates.

Bob Eraser (1), who has it hanging in his law office. We aU agreed that for the price Bob paid it was a defirute "steal."

Best regards,Tom

Northern Virginia Group

overlooking the parade field—^he hated marching so I hope he is not too unhappy!!

I would also ask that you send me an e-maU or send me the original document about the program - I want to show my two boys vv-hat I have done with their Dad's ring. Donna" • From Warren Hahn (5) concerning the Lucky Bag: • "50di Reunion DVD Photos. I receiv-ed 475 photos with a total of approximately 650 appearances of 175 classmates. I have started to categorize these as foUows: Midshipman appearances are those firom 1956 thru wedding photos of 1960. FamUy appearances are those specificaUy taken with your famiUes O R taken as a couple at a reunion or area meeting. The Group/Reimion appearances are of Reunion photos or fi-om area meetings (West Coast, TidewaterVirgirua, Annapolis, etc.) The MiUtary Specialty appearances are those of our time in service, typicaUy firom 1961 through 1985.1 have Graduation Programs, Ring Dance Programs, and Cruise Pamphlets. I have a recording of our graduation with Henry Cabot Lodge speaking to us during the ceremony. I have photos of us in our mihtary specialty unfforms (Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Army and CiviUan) from die 5th, 14th and 20th companies (with names) and the 10th company without names. I need the other 20 compaiues, and I need the names ofthe 10th company gratis shown in their photo.

Also, I have over 45 ALITC photos, 10 Reaffirmation photos, 60—40th and 45th reunion photos, 10 yard photos and 70 some miscellaneous photos. Ofthe 650 appearances in photos, maybe half are usable.

When you view die DVD m 2010 you wiU notice that there are appearances in photos of some of our deceased classmates. These wiU bring back fond and nostalgic memories.

Special tharUcs to photos from Rod Friedman (5), Mary Lou Kesler, Larry Phemister (13), Dave Raymond (20), Jesse Tupaz (13), and Tug Knorr (20).

Each month imtU near our 50th I wiU Ust photos received. I am especiaUy interested in Midshipman/wedding photos 56-60, and miUtary/civiUan photos 61-85.

Also, I am looking to do a Ring Dance section. FinaUy, there wUl 24 sections, by company, using your Lucky Bag Photo with a recent close-up photo of you. I would Uke this photo to be a famUy photo. Keep the photos coming in by emaU or by US maU to me for scanning. (wghahn@hahneng.com) Warren" • From Al Arcuni (2): •"The DC/VA/MD contingent of Super Sixty met for our February Lunch at the Army Navy Country Club ui ArUngton.

This was our first meeting ofthe New Year and the foUowing had a great time telUng"sea stories". Front row—Jim Hancock (16), Don Broadfield (22), Ward O'Brien (22), Bob Matulka (2), back row—Al Arcuni (2), John Chenard (14), Bud Powers (21), Ron Reese (23), Dick Pariseau (1), Sam Kanakry (13), Keith Young (12), Tom Head (14), Hank Chiles (21), and Justin Wickens (18). Tom Solak (2) had to leave early. Hope you aU had a great time at the 47.5, the rest of us met again in March." •

Group at the Solaks

From Mark Schumann '97: • "My dad. Cliff Schumann (2), is class of '60. I'm emailing you because I'm proud of my dad (who is sttonger than me) and wanted to share with his classmates his world record accomplishments.

Go to www.IPApower.com/WR/M198.htm, saoll down toward the bottom, for MASTER 70-74, and look under RAW AMATEUR, (RAW simply means he did not wear the Power Lifting Shirtfor help), and you will see the lone entry for Bench, of 200 lbs.... .that'd be Cliff. This is for men up to and including 198 lbs—World Record.

I checked out the Unk myseff and found another famUiar name—-John Herbein (2). I said to myseff'Tve heard my dad say the name Jack Herbein—I wonder ff it is the same?" So, I guess the Class of'60 has two entries on the IPA World Record bolden! Mark Schumann" • We need to keep both these guys in mind for the 50th in case we need some "heavy lifting".

FinaUy, we've had a few difficulties over the past month. A number of illnesses, injuries and the loss of Chuck Barcus (9) have occurred.

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• I'd Uke to report that Al Ames (14): is doing o.k. after an accident where he was hit by a car whUe riding his bike. The car was only going about 20 mph, but most of his injuries resulted from his hitting the pavement. Al was expecting to have surgery to repair his broken hip (broken in six places) and broken neck (C-6 vertebrae) sometime late next week after the doctors get rid of several blood clots that went to his lungs. Al said that the doctors thought they were pretty close to losing him due to the compUcations of his injuries. • From Warren Hahn (5): • "As can be seen in the photo, I visited Al Ames (14) at Tampa General Hospital when he started his recuperation after the operation he had to repair his broken neck and hip. He suffered the injuries in a . bicycle accident in Bradenton, Florida. I presented Al with a Blue Angels Poster, which he said cause a lot of conversation on his floor ofthe hospital. He is now recovering in Bradenton. Warren Later Al commented: "I am home for the rest ofthe recoupment....it feels good to be here....I just have to be a good boy and let my hip heal. Al" •

between this action and either the paucity of incoming maU, or the rapidly approaching deadUne set by my evil editor Rather, it stems from my deep-rooted, but often cleverly disguised streak of pure alttuism.

Therefore, this wiU be a very short column this month for two reasons. First, the paucity of maU of any kind in the last month, and second, my deadUne that sort of crept up on me, thus leaving me with only a Utde time to write an entertaining work of fiction. The plus side of this is that I wiU most probably get a few points with our evil editor, who has been constandy berating me on the length of the WGNAC column. HopefiiUy this wUl be one ofthe shortest columns of my 18 years voyage as your scribe. I can only hope this wiU be a one-time happening untU some day when our column wUl lead off with, "Send your letters direcdy to Shipmate."ThiA should keep me out of the doghouse for a whUe, so open the letter and emaU valves, and let me hear from you. Now, on with the chrorUcles!

Can you beUeve it's May aheady?

Time seems to go bye so much faster every day, especiaUy when I have a column deadUne staring me in the face.

Forty seven years ago this month the days seemed to drag by as we were in the middle of our final exams and anxious to get ready to conquer the world when we graduated on June 7,1961. Today, I'm writing this column on the morning of a very cold Crabtown day in early March.

"But the year is still very young," you say!

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Howdy Shipmates! CaU me a big softie, but foUowing the past few columns, which set contemporary records for both Uterary exceUence and length (mostly length), I decided to give your aging eyebaUs a break this month and keep this column short. Contrary to conventional logic, there is absolutely no correlation

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True, but not so young that I haven't aheady broken two of my five New Year resolutions.

The first broken resolution had to do with my perennial post-hoUday diet. This feU by the wayside at exacdy 6:37 AM, local time on January 1st, when I opened the freezer, spotted the remnants of a container of Starbucks Coffee Almond Fudge ice cream, and proceeded to dispose ofthe remains by inhaUng it quickly before my conscience had time to react. I justified this by pretending I was on Wake Island, where it was stiU before midnight, local time.

This second broken resolution was to give up cigars. (HAH! Sez my BabejThat resolution lasted 'tU the evening hours on January 1st. As I write this column at 10:35 AM, March 11th, I am extremely happy puffing on my second stogy of the day ... a Cuban Cohiba ... sent to me as a present from my son, Tony (USNA '84), who managed to procure some great

stogies thanks to his aviator "buddies" during their recent cruises aboard some of the carriers that saUed to exotic lands in the Middle East courtesy of Uncle Sam. Since the contraband arrived in the maU, I've been worried about a Customs Agent showing up at my door demanding restitution, so I thought I'd desttoy the evidence by burrung them.

This leaves three resolutions I wiU pursue with aU the enthusiasm of a plebe preparing for a cruise box race. Two have to do with lowering my goff handicap to a respectable level so I won't embarrass myself when I get to play with Mike Moynahan during my next ttip to Hawau, when I go west for Navy's opening footbaU game in September, 2009.

The final resolution, contrary to popular opinion, has nothing to do with Viagra.

I'm keeping it under my hat, so to speak, but I'U be sure to keep you posted on the progress.

THE LATEST, (and only) NOOZE. Ned Kuhns sends: • Our Valentine luncheon was on Thursday, 14 February at the usual T.K. TRIPPS restaurant on South Independence Blvd. Our spouses were our honored guests. In attendance were: Jacque & Lou Bartek,Jan & Mike Bradley, Laura & Marc Bruno, Bonnie & Arlie Campbell, Sandy & Ken Craig, Margie & Sid Driscoll, Peg & Bob Graham, Ned Kuhns, Fred Lowack, Jeanne & Larry Lubbs,Jane & Tom McNicholas, Barb & Carlos Mercado, Karla & Buzz Needham, Georgeanne & John Pearson, And May Scott & David Sutelan.The Decker's, Joyner's, Noonan's, Rohdenburg's, and Sydow's are unable to join us due to travel and other commitments. • PARTING SHOTS. Many faithful readers have sent some comments on my columns, and rather than quote them direcdy (this is, of course, a famUy-oriented periodical) I compUed the responses to give you feel for the mood ofthe country: Response—Number Great cure for insomnia—57 Can you make the print size larger?—40 Better than reading about the 9th Company Raiders—29 Like sitting through a Hygiene lecture in Mahan HaU—12 What's a company rep, anyhow?—7 And finaUy to fiU out the column, below are six old fotos for you see what we looked Uke 10 years ago.

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Greetings from Annapolis This place is awesome in May. Boaters, tourists, flowers and nature in it's finest. It's amazing that we arrived here almost fifty years ago.The class of 2008 joins the fleet and the corps in about three weeks. We wish them weU on the exciting journey about which they are embarking. Now for our class news.

CLASS NEWS LARRY SENN, Stephanie Begley-Smith and BRAD SMITH, Debby and GENE McPHAILjomed JERRY LARSEN m mid Febmary at the Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnviUe, Oregon. This museum is the final home ofthe HKl "Spmce Goose" eight-engine seaplane buUt by Howard Hughes during WWII. It also features many other aircraft of aU types and vintage in exceUent to operatmg condition. The complex has an IMAX Theater and an Air and Space display hanger wiU open soon. Their staff provides docent tours daUy and can support special group tours and catered events.

The USNA 62 crew was an advance recon team to assess the feasibiUty of having a USNA 62 PacNorWest gathering there in 2009. It is also hoped that this world-class museum wiU atttact many classmates from other regions to

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attend such a gathering and visit the Pacific Northwest. Please stay mned for ^rther announcements.

Pictured left to right are GENE McPHAIL, LARRY SENN, BRAD SMITH andJEFOlY LARSEN widi the left wing ofthe fuUy re-assembled ''Spruce Goose" in the background. ' This handsome ttio of classmates from the west coast of Florida includes, DUSTY piHODES,FRED CORBALIS and JGEORGE MARIENTHAL.

Classmate MYRON FLEMING and longtime west coast Blue and Gold officer spotted this photo in the newspaper RepubUcan presidential hopeful. Sen. John McCain, responds to the crowd as he arrives at a raUy at the Virginia Aviation Museum in Richmond on Monday.

Behind him is an A-4 Skyhawk fighter jet Uke the one he was flying when he was shot down over Vietnam.

If you look closely in the upper left hand corner you wUl see the name of our classmate andViemam POU^ LTJG PAUL GALANTI. History history history

I just returned from Israel where I was ttaveUng with thirty six midshipmen of aU

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classes on a spring break ttip to the Holy Land. Two chaplains accompanied the group and we toured the major reUgious, historical, geographical and military areas ofthe country. Very interesting to see and hear the reaction of these fumre warriors as they visited a country that is so sigmficant and relevant to our present world, both poUticaUy and miUtarUy The 62 flag was represented in Jerusalem, with this photo in the courtyard ofthe Church ofthe Holy Sepulcher, one ofthe most important churches in Christendom. My feUow flag holders are the tour's guide, a very capable warrior, parattooper and IsraeU reservist, who last fought in Lebanon in 2006. He also holds four academic degrees. The midshipmen on the right is MIDN Jeannie Disanza, class of 2008, who wiU report to TBS Quantico in June and then on to a career as a Marine heUcopter pUot. A great ten days in Israel was enjoyed by everyone.

That's our class news for this May 2008 issue of SHIPMATE.Your classmates await your input. Keep in touch. Until next time...

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 6% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 56% PRES: CAPT W.Spencer Johnson IV, USN (Ret.) SECY: Michael H. SheUey 164 Sweetwater Ln., Pisgah Forest, NC 28768 H: 828-862-4245; E: nstar@citcom.net WEB SITE: www.USNA63.org

Tom Robertson has passed the information that Jack Reed wiU be interred at ArUngton National Cemetery on Wednesday, 28 May. There wiU be a memorial service at 1245 in the Ft. Myer Old Post Chapel foUowed by interment in the columbarium.

Jim Metcalfe sent this report from his home in Virgirua Beach in late February.

• Lisa and I just returned from AnnapoUs, where we stayed with Carla and Jeff Miles and went to the biannual ArmyNavy rassUn' match and team reunion at AnnapoUs. Jeff and Carla did not join us at

the meet as they were leaving for BWI and a Caribbean cmise the next day Navy won 22-12 but it was a good match, closer than the score. Ron Tebben, who wresded heavyweight and 191 at USNA, and his wife were there. He looks to be in top shape. Ron is retired from American AirUnes but is stiU active in wrestling. He coached for many years and is now trying to start a new local high school team.

NataUe and Steve Duncan were also present. Steve had just arrived from San Diego where he had been at a meeting of General Atomics, which is one ofthe leaders in UAV development and production. (Just ask the al-Qaeda leader who recendy joined many of his feUow terrorists in the place that is reserved for them—I suspect it is very hot and there are no virgins!) General Atomics also has the development conttact on the electtomagnet raU gun (Steve had been to the recent first firing at Dahlgren.) and the development contract for the electromagnet catapult and arresting gear systems that wiU be instaUed in GERALD FORD (CV-78).The raU gun shoots the projectUe at about mach 7 out about 130 mUes with a very smaU CEP. I asked Steve how that speed woiUd affect the Hornet pUots. I gather they wiU not be accelerated to mach 7 off the bow. Steve claimed he and I are "close" to our rasslin' weights (137 and 130). I would not want him judging any weigh-ins! I hope more of our gang make the next Army-Navy contest in 2010. • I heard firom Pete Deutermann in February. Those of us who have enjoyed reading his novels (Scorpion in the Sea, The Edge of Honor, Sweepers, etc.) wiU welcome this news: • I've got a new book coming out in the May-June timefirame. It's caUedThe Moonpool, and it is set in Wilmington, NC. I think our nuke classmates wiU get a kick out of it. The nuclear power industry may not, however • You can see a fidl Ust of Pete's novels, plus other books written by our classmates, at USNA63.org by cUcking on Wardroom— Pride & Tradition—BibUography This is a good time to renUnd you about the Gold Pages section of our site.

Included there are business Ustings for classmates and their famUy members, rental properties avaUable to you, personal services, etc.You can find aU diis at USNA63.org by cUcking on Wardroom— Classmates—Gold Pages. To add your

own Usting to the Gold Pages, contact our Webmaster Steve Coester, at scoester@cfl.rrcom.

Spencer Johnson sent news about Julian "Skip" Wright, who has had Multiple Sclerosis for 40 years and was hospitaUzed at Georgetown this winter for a serious infection. He sent me a February letter from Skip's wife, Anne, fiom which I have excerpted the foUowing: • Our great news is that finaUy...after nearly four months of excruciating pain, surgery-, and rehabUitation, Skip wiU return home soon! We just had our famUy meeting with the dream team of docs, physical therapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, social workers, etc. at the National RehabiUtation Hospital who have worked so beautifuUy together to get Skip up and walking again and ready to return to the "world ofthe Uving."

It's been a long, exceedingly^ difficult road, but we definitely can see a day when Skip wiU be driving again and w-aUdng without ev-en a cane. His phy-sical therapists are restricting him to his walker to ensure soUd footing as he zooms around the National RehabUitation Hospital in his USNA sweatshirt and shorts making fiiends with aU the individuals who need his wonderful smUe, hugs, and encouragement.

Skip's amazingly- positiv-e attimde and w-ords of wisdom have lifted the spirits and giv-en hope to so many people—^both staff and patients—at Georgetown Univ-ersity- Hospital and the National RehabiUtation Hospital over the past two months of care. He is a most extraordinary human being w-ho has never aUowed MS to rule his Ufe! He is a fighter who never complains, not ever, no matter what he is asked to endure. His docs and I are urging him to write about his journey with MS once he is sttonger We beUeve that it's a story that famiUes suffering with MS or any chronic disease need to hear.

You can reach Skip by phone on his ceU at 301-717-6306.The best time to reach hUn is from 5:00-8:00 PM. • Scotty Wilson advised me that he has canceUed his plans to attend the 45th Reunion—^for the best of reasons.

I Patty and I planned to be there, but recent developments changed our plans and I have canceled our AnnapoUs reservations in favor of Horida that weekend.

We and our famUy, including aU seven grandsons, wiU be in JacksonviUe for our son's Change of Command ceremony.

C D R Gordon WUson ('91) wiU be sworn in as C O ofVP-45 on Friday AprU 25th.

This was an unexpected acceleration of his C O track. He had been screened for conmiand on his fint go-around whUe on 7th Fleet staff in Yokosuka. He transferred to NAS JAX in Nov 2006 widi a planned progression which would have had him reporting toVP-45 about this time as prospective X O inVP-45 on track to become CO sometime next year (2009).

In the interim he was serving as X O of VP-30, the Heet Replacement Squadron.

Then late last summer, a sequence of events left an opening in the X O billet vvhUeVP-45 was deployed in the Med/ Mideast. He reported to VP-45 in SigoneUa as X O this past September Now it has been confirmed he wUl take command next month—on the same weekend as the Class of'63 reunion. So, please give me a pass on the Reunion. I have a vaUd excuse. • Thanks go to Jim Ring for preparing this account of a '63 luncheon near the Pentagon this winter • On a snowy 17 January, the Class of 1963 had a luncheon at the Army Navy Country Club in ArUngton,VA. One of our many classmates extraordinaire, Mario Fiori, spoke us about "How to Get Things Done in Government," an oxymoron to some. I had asked him to speak because of his interesting and varied career both in the Navy and after retirement, during which he has had heavy interaction with the civiUan federal service. His career highUghts show very responsible positions during which he was a change agent.

Mario's talk focused on his Civil Service positions after retirement and provided insight into how the civil service can accompUsh tasks and how the poUticos can manage. He showed that keeping within budget, deUvering what was promised on schedule and under estimated costs can be done. Accepting some mistakes is required in industry and must also be accepted in government.

Government managers are often held to impossible financial requirements and are doomed to faU. Secretary of Energy (Admiral) Watkins hired quite a few 0-6 Navy retirees to help him repair a nuclear weapons program that clearly did not maintain the same nuclear standards as the Navy. In late 1992, Mario requested and was placed in charge of SRS Savannah River, a significant chaUenge. It included

managing a S2.4 B annual budget and a large industtial area. This was his first time not only to run a civilian government staff of over 500 persons but also to oversee four government conttactors: Westinghouse,Wackenhut, the U.S. Forest Service, and the University of Georgia Ecology Lab. Mario provided a few examples of how the government and contractors worked together to accompUsh things: overhead reduction of 35 percent over the first two-plus years; learned that neither the contractor nor the government staff could be independendy successfiil, nor could either faU without the connivance of the other; learned that there were many tools avaUable to modify and improve contractors' performance; hired outside consultants to train government staff on how to monitor but not direct the daUy activities of the conttactor; started measuring productivity whUe downsizing the workforce from 24,000 to 18,000 and simultaneously increasing the number of major programs; found lots of wasted resources and abuse including unneeded vehicles and laptop computers; to downsize and continue to receive Community support, gave urmeeded computers to local schools and provided grants of equipment to industry; andfinaUy,started up an aluminum window manufacmring system with 900 employees in the poorest neighboring county, thereby increasing Community support.

In 2001, Mario was nominated and confirmed as Assistant Secretary ofthe Army for InstaUations and Environment including Safety and Health. The job was to ensure that our serviceman had facUities that were up to date and housing was satisfactory. Fighting for budgets and mUitary construction and operations and maintenance money was the principal problem. 9/11 caused dramatic changes.

He learned that for over 200 years the generals were in charge of their own garrisons but had very few unfform standards of performance. It turned out that the Base Commander had sole authority over where the budget was spent. Found big differences in Uving and working facUities between Ft. Lewis in WA (excellent) and at Ft. Smart in GA (substandard).

However, in nvo yean, they implemented major changes in housing and in garrison operations. FinaUy estabUshed a new agency, the U S. Army InstaUation Management Agency (IMA).This was a major change that most of the

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Mario left Federal Service in Jan 2004, after many major accompUshments.We are fortunate to have classmates Uke him.

Classmates and spouses attending were Norm Shackelton,Tom Morgan, Steve Leisge,Jim Ring, Roger Mehle, Spencer Johnson, WUson Harris, Carla and Jeff MUes,Tom O'Brien, Al Sherman, Forrest Siburt, Bruce Webb, Pat Curtis, John AuceUa, Richard Kuntz, and Betty and Kent Maxfield. This was Tom O'Brien's last lunch before he and Ann move to JacksonviUe to be closer to their grandchUdren. They wUl be missed. Forrest is improving slowly from his back operation last year •

ship sUde down the ways with Anchors Away playing.

Charlie and Susan; "Our cup truly runneth over! We are blessed with a happy home and wonderful family St friends."

Maurice and Pat Beside the Blocking

Maurice & Pat were guests at the after-launch reception where RADM Byrd's oldest daughter spoke with very interesting remembrances of her father.

The next day Pat was given a short tour ofthe ship, now in the water, by Dave Baker '85, who is the ship manager with overaU construction responsibUity.

That's aU the news for now. Look for lots of interesting tales and photos from the 45th Reunion in our next report.

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Charlie Plumb sent in the foUowing excerpts from the Plumb FamUy Christmas letter:

Maurice Caskey recently took time off from his day job as a General Dynamics Contracts Manager (Yes, some of us are StiU gainfuUy employed!) to send in a couple of photos ofthe launching last May ofthe RICHARD E. BYRD (T-AKE 4), with which he was heavily involved. He invited Pat Malone to be his guest the morning she was launched and took Pat on a tour of the under-ship area on an incUned ways to see what goes on in the last few hours before a launch.

Given Pat's current employment as a history professor at Brown University, he got to see a process that has slowly evolved over the centuries, but stayed somewhat the same as technology only made a tried-and-proven process better SECNAV was one ofthe speakers, so the local Marine band provided music. Both classmates report that it reaUy is an inspiration to see a 689 ft, 41,000 metric ton

• "WHAT A YEAR. Jessica, our youngest, graduated from high school and joined brother Alex at Pepperdine U. (just after he had spent a semester in Italy).

Evie wiU graduate from Rhodes CoUege next spring then reunite with her Marine boyfriend Alex (now deployed in Iraq).

Joe loves his job at an architectural firm in Seattle. I'm super busy on the speaking circuit while Susan gives 120% being marvelous mother, wonderful wife and perfect partner After Susan and team inspired another 250 high school students at her Youth Citizenship Seminar in June, the Plumb famUy cruised the Greek Islands. We then toured South America; Machu Picchu and the Galapagos Islands. In the faU Susan and I sneaked off to saU Tortola with another couple - our first bareboat trip without the kids. (We had to hoist our ownsaUslUGG!)"^

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RICHARD E BYRD Taking to the Seas

We close this month with an extensive report from Ken Viafore, a long lost classmate and roommate, which brings up "fond" memories of what has to be the largest Plebe room in the Brigade back in 1960. A 4th BattaUon corner room on the 4th Deck was occupied by six of us: Bernie Maguire, Tom Hawk, Octavio Yepez, John Palombi, Ken, and your humble correspondent.

Ken writes: • "It has been a whUe since we last communicated, and I beUeve many of our classmates think I dropped off the face of the earth when I retired from the Navy in 1984. After working for McDonneU Aircraft Company in St Louis as the Director of Financial Planrung for about two years I relocated to Seatde, focusing on the M&A and computer systems development consulting businesses untU 1991 when McDonneU Douglas recmited me to be their Corporate Vice President of Strategic Business Development in St Louis. A few years later Pat Prout enticed me to join him at Bank of America back in Seatde where Cara and I had maintained a residence. Needless to say the opportunity to return to Seatde was very appeaUng. At Bank of America N W I became their Chief Information Officer, CIO, and Chief Technology Officer, CTO, where I served until my retirement from the bank in 2000. Since leaving the bank I have been and continue to be on various boards; was the turnaround CIO for a company who had a disastrous Y2K; and continue to provide Financial, Information Technology, IT, and Strategic Planning consulting services.

Since leaving the roUs of fuU time, 24/7 workers, Cara and 1 have spent our time between the Seatde area, our condo on Whidbey Island, and skiing in Sun VaUey Idaho. Since I remain a skiing fanatic, we are in Sun VaUey skiing from

late November untU early AprU. Our schedule is changing somewhat as our son, Erik,'92 and his wife JiUie, who also Uve in Seatde, now have 2 beautifiU grandsons and we get to spend a lot of time with them.

Cara and I are having a lot of fun reestabUshing old friendships with our'64 classmates and former shipmates. My old roommate firom Stanford, Tom Stick, has been a regular in Sun VaUey the last few years. Tom and I have skied our brains out, told a lot of tales about you aU, and had a great time at the Viafore Ski Camp.

Pat & John Palombi visited us recendy on a layover from an Alaska cruise. We had a great time playing tourist at places Uke the Pike Place Market, the Locks, Shilshole Bay and a 4:30 am wake up so they didn't nUss their fUght.

ThankfuUy, Cara, I, Erik, JuUe and the boys are aU in good health. IfinaUyhad my hip replaced and am recuperating on schedide. I feel better that I have for years.

In fact, I am skiing about 5 days each week, hUdng, snow shoeing, and spending a lot of time on the tteadmUl, stationary bike, and eUiptical ttainer My Orthopedic Surgeon has put constraints on where I can ski and what I can do which I foUow reUgiously. I was originaUy scheduled to get my hip replaced prior to our 40th reunion and missed the reunion. I now have no excuse for missing our 45th.

We hope to see you aU again in 2009.

UntU then, best of health, happiness, and success to you and those you hold dear." •

An Obviously Proud Grandpa

John, Pat, Cara, the "FISH" man, and Ken at Seattle's Pike Place Market

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HeUo Classmates, there is not too much input this month so there wUl be plenty of space for a few picmres.

We wiU begin with the sad news of the passing of our dear friend and the Ufe companion of classmate Bill Erickson, Emily Joyce AUen Erickson. The foUowing is from the Washington Post: • EmUy Joyce AUen Erickson, resident of Alexandria,VA, Passed away February 14 2008 surrounded by her famUy. She attended the University of CaUfornia at Berkeley and Los Angeles; gave 18 years of loyal support to Saint Stephen's and Saint Agnes School; was a member of the TWIG, The Junior League ofWashington, D.C. and The Capital Speakers Club. She also was a board member ofthe Colonial Dames of America in Maryland and The Washington Club. Mrs. Erickson is survived by her devoted husband Captain WiUiam Erickson (USN Ret.), daughter Taylor, son Bennett and brother BUI AUen. A Memorial service wiU be held Tuesday, February 19 at Grace Episcopal Church at 11 A.M. with a reception foUowing at The Washington Club. At a later date, there wUl be a private graveside ceremony at ArUngton National Cemetery. The famUy requests that in Ueu of flowers donations be made to one ofthe foUowing: Saint Stephen's and Saint Agnes School APT; The Colonial Dames of America in Maryland; The Patterson House Preservation Foundation. • Our Class was weU represented at EmUy Joyce Erickson's memorial service. FamUy and friends related many fond remembrances in celebration of EmUy's Ufe. By aU accounts, she was a remarkable woman.

The foUowing were there: Diann and Jim Minderlein, Christina and Al Becker, John Bishop, Pam and Mike Epprecht, Phil Ferrara, Carrie and Pat Fitch, Kaylene and Hap Hadd,Judy and Sonny Harrison, Susy Howard, Sharon and Doug Katz, Sam and Frog Kristensen, Skip MacMichael,

Pat Martin, Merry and Skip Orr, Diane and Paul Reason, Carter Refo,Jane and Ron Slusser, and Doyle Winters.

Our apologies if any were missed. BiU was very appreciative to see so many classmates there to support him during this trying time.

On behalf of the entire class we send our coUective condolences to BUI and the family. EmUy and BiU have touched many of our Uves with the, now traditional, Navy game taU gate parties at home and away games. We wUl miss that very lovely lady with the perpetual smUe in her eyes.

Next we turn to the ever faithful Phil Ferrara, who has sent us some photos from a Navy basketbaU game. So, look for some nearby. PhU went on to report: • This has been a great sports week at Navy. The men's basketbaU team is looking better and won against HC for the second time this year, the wrestUng team beat Army last night for the 8th year in a row. Today is the inaugural Division I game for the women's varsity lacrosse. The daughter of our own classmate, Hal Amerau, is on that team. Over this weekend the Patriot League tournaments are in progress for swimming and track, and Navy is doing weU in both. •

'65ers at basket ball game

Also from PhU is this reminder ofthe monthly '65 lunches in AnnapoUs at the Galway Bay Restaurant on Maryland Avenue. These luncheons are reaUy puUing them in so don't be left out. There were 14 in February.

We scribes are most grateful to PhU for his reUable support of this column. We looked but could not find anything in the by laws that prohibits any one in the class from sending in news. How lucky is that?

So, Friends, don't hold back throw yourseffinto the sea of words and drag along a photo with you.

This next item is from Denny McComb, who says: • I just learned how to scan and emaU photos so I am sending this Alaska cruise

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sM^^m^Mm&, of this column for the past several months. If you are getting tired of seeing this in your column there is a simple solution. Send us your stuff and we wUl use it in place ofthe trekker material.We do appreciate the dedication to outdoor adventuring of these classmates. PhU reports the foUowing: • Here photos of three '65ers on our recent Piedmont Trekkers Club hike.

Bob Andretta, Bob Lasseter, and myself (PhU) were present for this event ofthe hiking group. It was one of several hikes we do each month as the activity of our hiking club. I'm trying to encourage more classmates from the area to participate. To date joining us are Dan Mitchell, Sted Garber,Jim Minderlein, and Forrest Horton.

Anyone can get aU the necessary details from our website, wwwjmikef.com/ piedmonttrekkers/home.html • PtiiiFtntn Bob*nilr*tu.SeobLa«*«t*in<iitngln tlMPUaptco Va(l*v»utt Pari. I

Phil, Bob and Bob hiking

So that's it folks. We the scribe staff wish you a fine summer coming up. Again, don't be shy and BEAT ARMY.

Coimatiilatiom!

CLA^S OF 2008 Fair Winds and Hallowing Seas from your Alumni Association

Denny McComb on Alaska cruise

photo from last September, just a Utde late! Couple of non 65 also (wiU identify them by class, aU others 65) so I wiU start from the bottom and go up:Judy and BiU Criss; Deb and Bart Jealous, Karen and Denny McComb, Pat and Pete Reiniger,Jane and Tom Howell,Jeannie

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Sec'y C o l u m n Deadlines and Mark Hopper; red jacket is Pat McGoldrick (wife of deceased Dan 66) with Arnie Soderman (her date) behind and finally Candace Lind and Husband Skip 75 behind her • FinaUy, we again have a report of the intrepid trekkers who have been a feature

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PRES: VADM Michael D. Haskins, USN (Ret.) SECY: CDR Mike Baird, USN (Ret.) 63 Franklin St.,Annapolis,MD 21401 E: pmbaird@veri20n.net WEST COAST SECY: Robert G.Johnson Jr., Esq. 27136-B Paseo Espada #1121 San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 WEB SITE: www.usna66.org

Let me begin this issue with an article firom Tom Huffinan that I neglected to put in an earUer article. Tom is working with the Coast Guard and here's his message.

• "Greetings from the Coast Guard!

After completing one 20-year career m the Navy and another with various government contractors, I decided to start a hitch with the third leg ofthe mUitaryindustrial complex President Eisenhower warned us against. I am now in the Civil Service, as the Technical Director of the acquisition ofthe Coast Guard's National Security Cutter, part of their Integrated Deepwater Program. At 4,300 tons, the Coast Guard cutter BERTHOLF wUl displace more than my first two desttoyers combined, each of which was buUt in 1945 of course. It is the largest cutter we have ever buUt for use in unfrozen waters.

It's also the first major ship acquisition program in the Coast Guard in decades, so chaUenges abound. When aU the kinks are worked out it wUl be the most capable Coast Guard cutter ever. Check out http://www.uscg.mU/deepwater/system/ nsc.htm for more detaUs. Classmate Fred Moosally is President ofthe Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems & Sensors division which is developing the BERTHOLF's command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveUlance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) suite at the same Moorestown, New Jersey campus that buUds Aegis, so I have high expectations for our Coast Guard mission capabiUties.

The ship is being constructed by Northrop Grumman in the former Litton-IngaUs shipyard that buUt the D D 963 and CG-47 classes. I haven't found a Classmate at Northrop Gmmman Ship Systems (NGSS) yet, so if you know of any please give me a caU. It is great being associated with another shipbuUding program. If any Classmates are looking at a final rewarding career path, I encourage you to give the CivU Service a try, or you can contact me at tom.huffinan(^dwicgs.com." •

Thanks to Tom for his irfformation and my apologies to him for the late printing.

Clay Spikes provided the foUowing vignette with pictures.

• "Last October,Terrye and Robin BeUas sponsored a table at the Navy Memorial's Lone SaUor Awards Dinner It was a grand affair, which honored four Navy and Marine Corps veterans who have conttibuted significandy to our country foUowing their Sea Service. For 2007, the honorees were Senator John Warner, Tom Benson, owner ofthe New Orleans Saints, Stan Musial (ably represented by another Cardinal great, Lou Brock), and Morgan Fitch, founder ofthe Navy League Sea Cadets. As you can see from the photos, our Class was weU represented. In one are Robin, Nunna Spikes,Terrye BeUas,Joan Sears, Clay Spikes and Allen Sears. In the other, the boys in the finery are Robin, Clay AUen and Carl McCullough. Also on hand was Pierce Johnson who was AWOL for the photo-op." •

Thanks Clay.

Carl McCuUough also provided news and a photo from 27 Februai-y.

• "Today, the guys in the attached picture, along with Donna PhiUips, attended a luncheon in Clearwater, [FL] that featured Chet Gladchuk, Navy's athletic director He gave a great presentation on our athletic programs, and the Class of '66 was a runaway leader in attendance. There was a strong consensus that Chet has done a great job, and is an outstanding example of USNA leadership." •

"McCullough, Doyle, Hood, Phillips and Leniart"

"Bellas', Spikes', and Sears'

Great job Carl! Thanks.That also reminds me that, as stated in the AprU issue, the annual Florida Comearound is in planning. As a reminder to you, the p.o.c. is Pete Leniart at pleniart@tampabay.rrcom.

It's slated to occur on 21 June in Boca Raton. Keith Melton is hosting.

One of my Plebe Year roommates, Denny Rigstad, checked in to report his happenings.

"Robin, Clay, Allen, and Carl"

• "I am in the midst of making a career change. I am now officially on staff with International Students Incorporated (ISI).

I have been designated a "Campus Director" at the Uruversity ofTexas (Austin). We are in the process of developing a support base to work with International Students (ISs) before we can fuUy engage in the ministry. There are 700,000 ISs in our country (6,000 at UT). Most of them are grad smdents (MS, PhD and post-doc). Most wUl go back to

28 February at the Marine Corps Museum in Quantico, VA. —Tun Tavern replica located in the museum

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major leadership positions in their countties.They must be among the brightest and best to even be sent here to study. They go back with a prestigious degree which puts them on the fast ttack.

They obviously aU come to smdy in their field. Most also want to get an "American experience" to see what makes this country tick. And, most wUl never get into an American home (leaving them to assume aU American homes are Uke what they see on sitcoms). Many wUl never have an in-depth conversation with an American outside of their field of smdy, leading them to beUeve that Americans are on the surface friendly, but otherwise shallow. One IS said, "At home I have no freedom but lots of friends. Here, I have lots of freedom but no friends."We have a vision to make a difference in the Uves of some of these students.

The first step in ministry to the International Smdents is to befriend them and assist them in accUmating to Ufe in the US. Once you have made friends you then have the opportunity to share your faith with them. Most are interested in finding out about one ofthe world's great reUgions .. .and they know America is a Christian country. Friendship and discussion flow from that point. There is a website that is designed to reach out to students who are planning to come to our country; www.internationalstudents.org)." • Denny further invites anyone who might be interested to contact him at drigstad@ comcast.net. He also provided me a fact sheet with detaUs about his ministry.You can contact me or Denny for a copy.

After several years, Mike O'Shea has decided to step down as our Class Web Master Many thanks to Mike for aU the hard work he accompUshed to get our site going and especiaUy his help in making the 40th Reunion a success. Dave Lovelady has volunteered to replace Mike, and as assistant I wiU be helping Dave to update the web site and improve its abiUty to be a usable, current reference site for the Class. As we get more into it, I'U provide updates. Again, thanks to Mike and welcome aboard Dave.

Rodger Carter recendy planned and carried out a trip to the Marine Corps Museum in Quantico,VA. The event occurred on 28 February and included a breakfast in Alexandria, the tour, and then a toast at the Tun Tavern repUca located in the museum. Tom Lomacchio captured the event in the photo shown, but also posted an album at http://www.fUckr.com /gp/15833929@N04/0994Y6.

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Classmates attending the breakfast only were Steve Abbot, Rich Madaleno, and Bruce Valley. Bill Schwarz left before the tour photo-op. Pictured are Rodger, Tom, Scott Gordon, Tom Marfiak, Guinn Clark, "RB" Adams, Don Jackson, Carl Fulford, Dutch Ranch, Paul Cotter, and a good friend of Scott's, Paul Bouvier Kudos to Rodger for leading this great outing!

And that wraps up May. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this issue.

Until July AU the best,—Mike!!!

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Last month, I told you ofthe 7 February 2008 death of Craig White. Here's a bit more information I learned after that column was submitted. Lara White Green, Craig's daughter, relayed via Chuck Scherck, that a memorial scholarship fund has been created in Craig's name with the American Indian Scouting Association (Craig White Memorial Fund,AISA, 365 West Park Street, Marquette, MI 49855). AISA is a joint venture with the Boy Scouts of America and the Girl Scouts of America.

Donations may also be made to the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation or your local Boy or Girl Scout troop. If you'd Uke to send a card, the White home address is 1000 High Street, FarmvUle,VA 23901.

(To make donations to the Naval Academy Foundation in Craig's name, or in the name of someone else, go to wrww.usna.com and cUck on "Giving.")

Got word from Bob Havasy in mid February that Keefer Welch was down for maintenance. Here's Keefer's response to Bob's stams check: • ... had a new left knee instaUed & scope repair on the right one. I know you're considering something along this Une, and my message is D O IT!! They have the pain management down to a total science. This has been a piece of cake so far I've had 8 other operations, and by far these were the most pain free. Also, I'm not on a lot of drugs.

See you next year at the Tee Ofi!!

Back on the goff course the end of May fer shure. • Eight operations before this one.

Now there's the voice of experience! I'U take Keefer's word for it. Last month,

Jon Cook sent another retirement story, but I ran out of space in the column. He teUs it: • Carolyn and I both retired mid 2002 with 68 years combined federal service. I retired from the Navy in 1992, then from DOD as a civil service employee developing computer systems for the mUitary medical community. Carolyn retired after 29 years with the US Postal Service, her final position: EA to SrVP Marketing. In Jul 02 after seUing the Alexandria,VA condo, we Uved onboard Inukshuk, our 41' saUboat for 2 years during which time I gain my ham Ucense, KIJLC (code was the hardest exam since Steam at Navy) and my USCG 100 ton masters Ucense. In 2002/2003 we cruised to Florida and the Bahamas via Inter Coastal waterway; during the summer of 2004 we saUed to Maine to the jewel of Maine—Penobscot Bay, where as Carolyn says, "the greens were greener and the blues bluer."We often reflect back on these advenmres in Carolyn's extensive cruising journal and my coUection of nature photography, a new passion. Living onboard and cnusing makes you appreciate Mother Nature more—she definitely rules—time and tide ttuly wait for no man; your Ufe is governed by fuel, water, food, trash, laundry, safe anchorage or harbor, keeping your mast pointed up and your keel off the bottom. Meeting cruisingfriendsfirom aU walks of Ufe was a perk; who or how important you are in Ufe is irrelevant, you're a cruiser now. In FaU '04 we moved from Inukshuk to a new condo on Back Creek in Solomons MD where Carolyn's passion for fiber arts blossomed into quUting and home decor in addition to knitting. Summer 05, we visited Jon's famUy in Prescott, AZ , as weU as Sedona, Grand Canyon, Bryce, Zion and Lake PoweU national parks another reminder of Mother Nature's power. Summer '07, we ttaded boating for a new home. Camp Inukshuk, in the Adirondacks near the Village of Lake Placid, NY, where we'd vacationed for about 12 years. Our new Ufestyle includes hiking, biking, canoeing, golf, snowshoeing, and cross country skiing. There's something special about mountain Uving; the summers are beautifiil and winters pristine and peacefiol.Air conditioning is open windows; spectacular starUt skies in evening; moose and deer as neighbors.We're ttaveUng more as weU. In Jul '07 we enjoyed a 3 week Alaska tour/cruise where we were awed by the immense countryside, majestic mountain ranges, and hardy people who Uve and

thrive in that region. In Aug '08 we travel to Europe for a barge ttip through the French wine country with visits to Nice, Monaco and Paris included. Carolyn wiU fulfiU her wish to wake up in Paris on her sixtieth birthday; she's currendy studying conversational French in preparation. I am working on my biography. We welcomed BaUey, our 7 month old chocolate Labradoodle, to the famUy in Sep'07. life is good in Cook Land. • Now, they- hav-e been having fim, I declare! Jon and Carolyn's home base at 4 Rustic Way Lake Placid, NY, 12946; J0n_cook@veri2on.net (ffyou can catch them there!).

Only a couple of pieces of Classmate news left in the folder: Tony Principi has been appointed to the Naval Academy Board ofVisitors to serve for the remainder of a three-year term expiring 30 December 2009. And Susan and Chuck Beers' son, LCdr Clay Beers '95 was selected to be the next Presidental Naval Aide and wiU report in July for his turnover period at the White House. He is currently Ops Officer inVFA 143.That was a couple of pretty- good one-liners!

Congratulations to aU of you!

Here is some hard-earned information firom Ken Ptack. He's one of the really old guys who are out infirontbreaking traU for the rest of us.

1 1 have heard many rumors firom Classmates that once you hit 65 you have to get a new ED card ffyou are retired MUitary-1 checked with the Pax River TPJCARE office and the Pax River Personnel Office and was told that we do not need to get new- ID cards ff the expiration date on the front ofthe card is Indefinite. I guess that folks are confused because ofthe statement on the back of the card, under Medical, that says "No CrV Med Care Authorized after 'the day before your 65th birthday.'" I was emphatically told that as long as the front date is Indefinite the card is good for Ufe. In September, I signed up for Medicare Part B and now Medicare is my primary- provider and TRICARE for Lffe coven the rest. Because my- birthday is on 1 November, the Social Security office started my Medicare coverage 1 October Their rationale is to ensure that we have fiUl coverage with no breaks.

Unformnately, they did not teU me this and based on their recommendation I started Medicare Pan B insurance on 1 November I had to go to the doctor 2 October and after the visit found out that I was covered by neither TRICARE nor

Medicare during October I found this out when the doctor's office caUed to find out why their claim had been rejected. I vvUl be taking this up with the "SSA and TRICARE" appeals board shordy.

I was surprised when I found out that I wasn't covered by any health insurance in October and feel lucky that aU I had was one doctor visit that month. Please pass this word on to our Classmates to be aware if their birthday is on the fint ofthe month that they need to know that they vviU be placed on Medicare a month earUer than they think. They need to resolve the issue when they sign up for Medicare Part B as to when they have to start the Medicare Part B insurance. • Thanks, Ken for those valuable words.

Now,ffI can just remember long enough...

And for the hard core advance plannen in the crowd, Dave Church is reviewing the Headquarters hotel conttact for our 45th Reunion, 19-21 October, 2012. It should be signed when you read this. We've selected the Westin Annapolis Hotel on West Stteet (wivw.starwoodhotels .com/westin/annapolis). Dave, Steve Phillips, and I visited for a tour and overview. Good points I saw: Enough room for everyone to eat inside out ofthe rain (!) at the dirmer dance. We won't aU be in the baUroom (it holds ~490), but with doors open and using adjacent lobby space/large meeting rooms, we wiU have a lot better flow than before.

We'U Ukely be able tofiUthe hotel rooms with '67, so the whole house shoiUd be ours.

There is sufficient parking (1100 spaces) in the garage for everyone whether you're staying in the hotel or not.The garage is city owned but adjacent with covered entry to the hotel.Valet parking avaUable.

New sidewalks between the hotel and stadium vviU be in place by 2012 so it wiU be an easier walk for those so inclined.

Westin vvUl provide us a hospitaUty room. There's plenty of space for on-site registtation.

Great exercise room, pool, and Jacuzzi.

Did I say we'U aU be in out ofthe rain?

And this is aU I have for this time around.That's it...Goodiught!... —-Jim

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Approximately 40 classmates, led by Admiral Mike Mullen, gathered in Memorial HaU Feb. 25 to honor Spence Dry at an awards ceremony led by Rear Admiral Joseph D. Kernan '77, commander ofthe Naval Special Warfare Command. His command and the Naval Academy drew weU-deserved praise for the superbly planned and executed event.

Spence, a Ueutenant at the time of his death, was awarded a posthumous Bronze Star Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device "for heroic achievement in connection with combat operations against the enemy whUe serving as Officer in Charge of Affa Platoon, SEAL team One, during Operation Thunderhead from 1 AprU to 6 June 1972."The medal was presented to Robert Dry, Spence's younger brother, a career foreign service officer assigned to Embassy Paris. A large contingent of Spence's famUy attended, as weU as several ofthe SEALs from his platoon and other mission participants.

"The Dry famUy is honored, grateful / and frankly overwhelmed on this occasion undertaken expressly to remember Operation Thunderhead and Spence's role in it after aU these years," Robert Dry said. "My father and mother woiUd be so proud. Spence would be, too."

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CLASS N E W S was appointed as the first director of a new Office of CoUections and Disttibutions. Richard, an experienced manager in the financial services industry, wUl use his considerable private-sector experience in ttacking and managing financial assets to expedite the disttibution of more than $5 bilUon in SEC recoveries to injured investors.

According to a SEC press release, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act passed by Congress in 2002 for the first time gave the SEC authority to distribute financial penalties paid by securities law violators direcdy to injured investors. Using this authority, the SEC aheady has disttibuted more than $3.5 biUion.The new office is intended to further expedite the return of more than $5 biUion in so-caUed Fair Funds to harmed investors, whUe cutting red tape and the costs ofthe distributions.

Prior to joining the SEC staff. Rich was senior vice president at 1st Bridgehouse Securities and a senior vice president and consultant at FITS, Inc., operating from his base in Baltimore, Md. He was previously the senior operations officer at Fiserv Securities in PhUadelphia from 2004 to 2005, and served as managing director of Correspondent Clearing, Custody Operations, and Prime Brokerage Services at Deutsche Bank/Alex Brown in Baltimore from 1996 to 2002. He earned his MBA m finance at New York University.

In closing, I recendy read a Washington Times book review written by Paul Dickson of Blue & Gold and Black: Racial Integration at the U.S. Naval Academy.

Authored by Robert SchneUer, a historian at the Naval Historical Center, the history's main emphasis is on the integration ofthe Naval Academy since World War II. "His seff-described 'biographical approach' reUes on correspondence, memoirs, and oral histories of dozens of African-American nUdshipmen who recount their experiences in their own words," Dickson wrote. "Readers wiU meet some remarkable individuals whose abUity to prevaU and lead is inspiring."

Our own Jim Frezzell is cited as one such person. Injured in a footbaU accident tackling future great Larry Czonka during Classmates attending Bob Duggan's public-service award ceremony in February include, from left: Kent our plebe year season, Jim describes the McQuerter, Jim Treadwell, Bob Duggan, Todd Hyde,hazing that he experienced that Ken Pyrz, and Jack Vellis. contributed to faUing grades and an eventual appearance before the AcadenUc February also brought word of an Board. Jim, as I recounted in a column last announcement by Security and Exchange year, moved on to graduate elsewhere and Commission (SEC) Chairman lead a distinctive career in New York, Christopher Cox that Richard D'Anna including work with the Naval Academy

Alumiu Association's communications This long-overdue recogrution capped a staff. She is the daughter of Cathy and 35-year quest that Spence's father. Captain Jack Klimp.

Melvin H. Dry '34, now deceased, began soon after the conclusion ofthe News of another award ceremony POW-rescue mission that claimed came from the West Coast in a note from Spence's Ufe. For Mike Slattery, who Ken Pyrz (ken.pyrz@1968.usna.com) on served with Spence in the SEALs foUowthe occasion of Bob Duggan receiving a ing their "HeU Week" crucible during pubUc service award in San Diego: Basic Underwater DemoUtion School • " A bunch of us went to the San Diego training, the ceremony also closed a chapHaU of Champions on Monday, February ter in their careers. Please see Mike's 4, to see Bob Duggan (rdugganl@ heart-felt salute—Teriyaki Shrimp:A Tribute san.rr.com) get yet another award for his to a Classmate and SEAL Teammate—^in community service. Bob was given a servthis issue of Shipmate. ice award by the San Diego High School It was an early draft of Teriyaki Shrimp Sports Association for his dedication as an that led Mike and me in 2004 to coUaboofficial in footbaU and lacrosse. Bob had a rate in researching Spence's career and large hand in starting the lacrosse program death. Our resiUting article, Spence Dr)':A in the high schools out here, going from a SEAL'S Story, was pubUshed in the Naval few schools (in the single digits) playing Instimte's Proceedings magazine in July club lacrosse when he got here to the 2005. The upshot was that in November state where hundreds now have the 2005, Capt. John Chamberlain, the program at the high school level and former commanding officer for the lower. His comment at his last award cereamphibious-transport submarine USS mony was, 'a long time ago they said I GRAYBACK (LPSS-574) and on-scene couldn't play that weU, but I knew the commander for Operation Thunderhead, rules, so they asked me to referee.' submitted rettoactive award recommenda- Whatever the reason, he's been a stalwart tions for Spence and his leading CWO, for years now, and has reaUy done our PhUip Moki Martin. The awards were class and himseff proud. Aside from hedgapproved last October by Secretary ofthe ing a bit on how many years he's been Navy Winter after the Navy Award married to Linda, Bob did weU on his Board's meticulous screening ofthe speech. I guess at our age a Utde recommendations, official records, and confusion with numbers shordd eye-witness statements. (Martin received a be expected." • Navy-Marine Corps Commendation Attendees included Linda and Bob; their Medal with "V" in a foUow-on ceremony son, Mike, and his wife Melyssa and in Coronado Ui March.) grandson Blake; Sharyn and Ken Pyrz, Shirley and Kent McQuerter, Laurie and Todd Hyde, Nancy and Jack VeUis, Victoria and Jim Treadwell, and Jayne Haines. Steve Haines was in the air somewhere over the Midwest as usual.

Thanks very much for this input. Ken!

Mike Slattery and SEAL teammate Spence Dry. Photo by Laura Peterson

Senator Jim Webb, who served with Spence on the Brigade Staff during our senior year, described Spence as one "... known for his warmth, inteUigence, caring leadership, and a family steeped in miUtary tradition which I have never forgotten."

Please see Ashley KUmp's article on the award ceremony in this issue of Shipmate. Ashley, by the way, serves on the

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Greetings '69n! A hearty congratulations goes out to our new-est Alumni in '08 and we offer a welcome to the men and women of'12!! Wow,ffthat doesn't make you feel old I don't know vv-hat vvUl!!

It is our sad duty- to report the loss of Classmate Hugh McCoy who succumbed to a brainstem tumor on 1 Feb 08. Hugh was with us for the Plebe Summer and a good part ofthe year in 24th Company- before moving on to the Nav-al Reserves and graduatingfiromthe Embry Riddle Aeronautical Instimte in 1970. His Company mates, graduating fiom 18, hav-e many- good memories of Hugh. Mike Masica was his Plebe year roommate, along with Mike Lee, and rememben him as "a saUor, lacrosse player and a very good guy". BUI Medford says "He was quite a saUor. I crevved for him on the sailing team our Plebe y-ear. He got me on the training tables and I was very indebted to Hugh." Hank Scherf rememben him as "a good guy who got a tough break with academics and he was sorry to see him leave". Ken Estes recalls Hugh as "a tnUy good soul". Tommy Hagan say-s "he was a good LAX player that BUdy had high hopes for". His adventurous side found him buUding catamarans for vv-orld sailing, and buUding and flying experimental airplanes, aU the vvhUe caring for a loving wife, Sharon, and raising two sons, Jeremiah and Christopher.

Caring, open-minded and gende, Hugh liv-ed a fuU and exciting Ufe, the kind othen would dream of. A true '69r, we wUl aU miss him!!

John Smith from 11th Co vvTote in to let us know that he retired from his corporate career last June and was planning on mov-ing to his new home in Port Royal, SC on a more or less permanent basis. He and John Snakenberg went to the Army game and ended up sitting with a couple of other 69er's. Great game and fun aU the way around. (Snake's in Adanta buUding F-22's for Lockheed.)

He mentioned that whUe checking in to

play 18 at the Parris Island goff club he ran into Greg Brubeck's son who's stationed at MCAS Beaufort. SmaU world.

Appreciate the note John!

Rich Red loves his golf and to prove it. he's got Tom Burbage, Terry Murray, John Mcintosh, T. J. Daley, the ever effervescing HUby and many other classmates, marines and gridiron greats joining up at the AUiance Airport Residence Inn in Ft Worth from May 16-19 to play several rounds. The two goU courses are Iron Horse and FossU Creekboth outstanding. The more the merrier gendemen, so if you know of any other friends that would Uke to have a wonderful time with some wonderful people, please invite them to join Rich and company Call the hotel, 1-817-750-7000, make a reservation and emaU Rich rpred0505@sbcglobal.net to let him know you're coming so he has enough beer We'U probably- have a scramble Samrday with a handicapped Medal play on Sunday. About one third of the attendees are not goffers, so they can ride in carts to see the rabid competition, hang out at the hospitaUty room, or do some touristing. Burgen and beer at Rich's house on Friday night, Samrday evening is free, although it might be entertaining to visit BUly- Bobs, the largest bar in the world with multiple bandstands, and a real buU to ride after you sign the waiver!

We'U have a banquet Sunday, where the goff awards vvUl be passed out - probably along with some of our best saUors and Marines! Semper Fi and Go Navy!!!

That's aU for now folks. Keep the emails, picmres and notes coming! Enjoy the summer! Beat Army—often!!—steve ANNUAL ME.MBERSHIP: 6% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 51%) PRES: CAPT Lynn H.Widener,USlSrR (Ret.) SECY: CDR Royal ConneD, USN (Ret.) 1978Valle\- Rd.. Annapolis, .MD 21401 E: njrotc@usna.edu WEB SITE: http://usna70.org

Greetings aU, the Dark Ages are upon us as I write, but by the time you read this the flowers and grass wiU be up and growing and w'e'U be wondering how can it be so hot? Why point his out? WeU, we aU got into reaUy bad habits vv-ay back then and stopped writing untU after Spring Break. So the word is this...WRITE me something, or I'U be forced to make something up.

My one bit of communications came from Paul Borer who sent a photo from a recent 70's bu-thday get-together in Atlanta. Attending were Helen and

Jeff Lewis, Nina and George Hutcherson,Jody and Paul Borer, and Heather and Dick CUck. Ail the USNA graduates just had a 'key birthday' in 2008.

(L) - (R) Jeff Lewis (I I co.), George Hutcherson (21), Paul Borer (9j, Dick Click 19)

AcmaUy Lou Buck also wrote, so I take back some of the things I said about you.

He is dovvTi at Western CaroUna University as the Director ofthe Center for Enttepreneurship and Innovation, Wesley EUngburg Distinguished Professor of Business Innovation at Western CaroUna University. In his press release, he says: "I serve as the department head for the enttepreneurship program within the CoUege of Business, in addition to managing the activities of the center, vv^hich focuses on issues of innovation, new venture creation and growth, commerciaUzation and technology ttansfer" He is now- Uving in Sylva, N C after having resigned from a job as a chief financial officer with ConsoUdated Edison in New York. He cites his memorable fint job as: "Ensign in the United States Navy.

52 men worked for me in my fint divi- , sion officer job on a desttoyer in Viemam.

We conducted gunfire missions. It was as much about managing people as anything. That was the heart and soul of the Naval Academy leadenhip.That training served me quite weU within the Navy and out." Lou's professional tip: "Always tteat your employees the way you wanted to be tteated when you were in their position. Be sure that they hav-e the resources and ttaining to be successful at their jobs, and tteat them with respect."

Somewhere along the way Lou earned a doctoral degree infinance,Texas A&M Univ-ersityi He does lunch at The CuUovvhee Cafe, and Ustens to Sirius sateUite radio, '60s and '70s rock and soul.

His goals for this y-ear include: "To buUd on the record of success m the enttepreneurship department that aheady- has been recognized for having one of the top five onUne master's degree programs in the nation and buUd sttonger ties with businesses in Western North CaroUna." May 2008

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He notes that the AsheviUe area "is a very vibrant area with a great deal of namral beauty and lots of involved citizens, but equity capital for new and growing smaU businesses is in short supply."

Bit and Pieces: Ed Giambastiani has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Monster Worldwide. Yes, the internet Monster..John Nathman has been appointed to the Board of Directors of Curtiss-Wright. During his thirtyseven year career. Admiral Nathman held a variety of positions in naval air and seabased operations, finishing his service as Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command. "John's long and distinguished U.S. Navy career wUl enable him to bring to the Curtiss-Wright Board a wealth of experience in the procurement and operations of one of our most important customers," said Martin R. Benante, Chairman and CEO of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. "We welcome his seasoned perspective and look forward to his conttibutions to our corporate sttategy."

After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy, John became a naval aviator, lUtimately serving as an insttuctor at the Navy Fighter Weapons School. In 1971, he earned a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Systems Engineering from the University ofWest Florida. He attained Flag rank in 1994 and served in a number of command positions, including with the Nimitz Carrier SttUce Group, Naval Air Forces, and U.S. Fleet Forces. Admiral Nathman also served as the Vice Chief of Naval Operations. The nation recognized his exceptional service by bestowing many awards upon him, including the Navy Distinguished Service Medal (four awards), Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (four awards). Bronze Star with CombatV, Defense Meritorious Service Medal and the Navy Commendation Medal with CombatV (two awards).

FinaUy, I got word from Timothy EUzabeth Woodbury over at Alumni House That James Douglas Traver Jr. (Doug) of Medford, NJ, died Tuesday, January 22,2008. He attended the Naval Academy and graduated from BuckneU University where he received a Bachelors Degree in Civil Engineering. Doug had been employed by the Alaimo Group in Mount HoUy for the past 37 years as a Licensed Professional Engineer and a Licensed Professional Planner He represented the Alaimo Group as the consulting engineer for Maple Shade Township, Riverton Borough, and the

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Ring-A-Ding-LHng! 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.,Virgima Beach.VA 23464-5826 E: duke.longworth@1971.usna.com WEB SITE: vnvw.usna.com/classes/1971/usnal971.htm

This is a favorite time in the Yard. The midshipmen must be very eager for graduation day. Right now they are studying dUigendy (or so some think!) to pass their exams. I remember youngster spring semester—I stayed up aU night smdying for the physics exam. It paid off as I received a "B" for my efforts. ReaUy don't know how that happened with an aUnighter—I should have been sleeping during the exam! WeU, there are mids doing the same thing today! Some things just never change! It's a beautifid spring and the emerald green grass Uning SttibUngWalk is ttimmed to perfection.

Ah, those were the days!

I'd Uke to start off with a cheerfuUy bright hst of aU the accompUshments of our notable class; however, in this particular season we are confronted with a time of remembrance for those who go before us.The foUowing two notes from Perry Martini say it aU: • "It is my sad duty to report to you that Greg Dies passed away on Valentine's Day, February 14th. Greg, the 20th company commander at USNA and active with our class these past 40 years, died from compUcations foUowing a kidney ttansplant in December 2007 and brain surgery in late January due to a brain aneurysm. Funeral services were held at the First Presbyterian Church at 2pm on February 20th in Graham,Texas. IVIay he rest in peace in eternal salvation." • Perry foUowed up with this note: • "I talked to a co-worker friend of Greg's today with the City of Graham, TX.They thought the world of him—

they said he was a powerful force in the community, a ttuly pattiotic man who held numerous elder positions at the local Presbyterian Church. I am proud to have caUed him a classmate.

"I talked to Greg in November as he was looking for some Army-Navy tickets for a friend. I took care of him—^we had a good conversation and he said he wasn't feeUng weU but was doing okay. Shordy thereafter he became Ul and did not recover from the two operations. Duces Virum, Perry." • Here is the second notice from Perry: • "It is with deep sadness that I pass along to you the death of our classmate, RADM Charles "Chip" Griffiths, USN (Ret.) who passed away in his sleep on March 2nd foUowing his long and courageous batde with cancer Chip was a member of the 21st Company at boat school and one of only 13 members of our class to reach Flag or General Rank whUe serving his country during an Ulusttious career in the sUent service. He is survived by his widow, Cindy, two sons, Matthew and Brandon (USNA '00), and his parents VADM and Mrs. Charles H. Griffidis, SR, USN (Ret.) Class of 1946. Funeral Services at ArUngton National were held on March 14th. May he rest in peace." • Thank you. Perry. AU of us were blessed with the friendships formed at Boat School. The passing of our classmates gives us aU pause to reflect on the memories and friendships formed during those halcyon days.

Shifting to the sunnier side of Ufe, it seems Hawaii is a favorite destination during the gloomy winter months in CONUS. Here is a note firom Lee Schierer: • "Greetings Duke, my wffe Sue and I recendy remrned from a two week visit to Hawaii. We took an 11 day cruise with Norwegian Cruise Lines on Pride of Aloha and were able to spend a few days on each of four islands. Also, whUe we were there we were able set up a dinner with Dave Luengen, a 2nd Companymate, and Jack Crowther.We had arranged to meet at Duke's Canoe Club on Waikiki for a sunset dinner our second evening in the islands. Unfortunately Jack developed a cold and was afraid he would infect us on our vacation so he asked to be excused.

"It wiU take a whUe to sort through the 479 photos I took on the ttip. We did some snorkeUng and saw lots offish and

even had a turtle swim right under me not 2 feet away. The volcanoes were amazing as were the prices for meals. We saw lots of whales on our whale watching tour with The Pacific Whale Foundation and then saw- lots more firom the side of the ship as we continued around the islands. Getting photos of whales is a challenge as they are gone before you can get the camera on them. One guy on the ship likened it to watching submarine races!

AU in aU we had a good time on our seff guided toun of the various ports the ship stopped in. Our Garniin GPS was reaUy great though it did lead us astray twice whUe looking for a place to eat and a place to shop. We got home lateThunday; February- 14.We were able to meet with Sue and Dave Luengen and Jack Crowther on February- 13,Wednesday evening before vv-e boarded the plane for home. We ate at the Sam Snead Goff Club near Pearl Harbor. Dinner was exceUent.

I have attached the photos firom the dinner. Jack. Dave and I got caught up on what we had done since graduating and leav-ing the fleet and also sw-apped a few sea stories. Dave is a Manufacturen Representative for Mechanical Systems Corporation. Jack is an enttepreneur and he told me about some of his business adv-entures.The fish business seems to be the most active right now. I wish we had had more time to talk and catch up but our flight was on time. Currendy, I am a Senior Project Manager for Erie Management Group, a capital investment company that is currendy completing a Bio Diesel Plant (45 M gaUons annuaUy) in Erie, PA. Duces Virum, Lee." •

As a foUow up to the AprU column, I'm attaching two photos ofthe four couples who were on the Pride of America cruise vvhUe Lee and Sue were on Pride of Aloha. Jean and Perry Martini, Joyce and Dave Laws, Peggy and John Morris, and Lisa and your humble servant, Duke Longworth. We hoisted champagne together on the fantaU (Peggy and John's patio) at the ship's saUing and again for sunset the last night on the ship. Our cruise took us to HUo where we toured Volcanoes National Park; Maui where we took the fuU ride to Hana with 617 curves along the coastal road whUe viewing 53 waterfaUs; Kona where we enjoyed Captain Zodiak's speedy boats enroute to a superb snorkeUng site; and, Kauai where we enjoyed the many deUghts ofthe Garden Isle to include the Waimea Canyon. I coiUd go on for awhUe. I do encourage aU who are wUUng to brave the lengthy air travel to do this cruise. HawaU is lots of fun. Now is the time to see it!

Perry, John, Duke, Dave

Laws, Longworth's, Martini's, Morris's

Leftto right is Jack Crowdier, Sue Luengen, Dave Luengen, Sue Schierer, Lee Schierer

Time, tide and column due dates wait for no man. This is the time in our Uves to renew the close friendships we knew at USNA. Please take a few minutes to remember those classmates who have gone on ahead of us. Please pray for wisdom for our nation's leaders, especiaUy for our classmates in national mUitary, civiUan and commercial leadership billets.

Pray, too, for the success of our missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Duces Vimm, — D u k e

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 7% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 49% PRES: CAPT Rich Goldsby, USN (Ret.) E: rgoldsby@ 1972.usna.com SECY: CDR Rich Robison, USN (Ret.) 12695 Catawba Dr,Woodbndge,VA 22192 E: Scribe72@comcast.net WEB SITE: www.usna72.com CLASS LISTSERV: TheGouge@usna72.com

Your old scribe's maUbox is occasionaUy a Uttle thin on substance (but always long on class!) This month, gende readers, we have escaped the jaws of a "No MaU Month" thanks to Tim Taylor '73: • "It was great reading your piece in the March issue about Perry Dempsey and Bob Curtis. During your Youngster Year, my roommates (Lonrde Cole and Ed Champion) and I Uved across the passageway on 5-2 as Plebes in 10th Company.

Dempsroc and Prufrock (note the spelling) were always over at our room regaUng us with stories of how hard their Plebe Year was compared to ours, which we beUeved for about a nanosecond. As I recaU, one of the those stories related to Bob's ttoubles in an EngUsh class whereby he was required to memorize a number of verses fromT.S. EUott's "The Love Song ofJ. Alfred Prufirock" and then possibly had to recite it for the upperclass. As a result. Bob became known as Prufrock, and Demps, being his muscular roommate, Dempsrock. I think they dropped the last "k" to make a fashion statement. I can see from the picmre that they're stiU at it. At any rate they were great guys, and we had a lot of fun together in the cat and mouse antics of Mother B. Please wish them both weU from the Plebes of '73, and suggest that Prufroc not cut his hair so short in the front.

"It was also great seeing "clubmates" Virg Bozeman & Ken Smith from Club 34 toasting to the great victory over Notte Dame. Great column—thanks for the good memories. Tayt .. .10th Company & Club 34" • This and That Dept. Former Assistant Secretary ofthe Army P.T. Henry has been named to the TriWest Healthcare AUiance's Executive Advisory Board, which is comprised of senior retired mUitary officers, retired non-commissioned officers and miUtary famUy members who provide guidance to TriWest's leadenhip regarding TRICARE quaUty of care and customer service. Bob Byrd has been named Deputy City Manager for Sttategic Support for the City of ArUngton. The Strategic Support Team

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Congratulations, gents!

WeU, that's about it for this month.

Have a great May-! More to come. D. O. Tried and True with '72.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 8% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 58% PRES: Kevin Callahan SECY: RADM Tom "TT'Wilson m , USN (Ret.) 7300 South View Ct., Fairta.\ Starion.VA 22039 H: 703-455-7940; E: KTlsontoml@cax.net

Classmates, Here we are in May and it's a good thing. One more month of winter with no goff and I was going to cash in and move. WeU, maybe not but I was ready to get out ofthe house. Many of you sent in news so I best get to it.

Fint an announcement. Joe Benkert has been nominated to be the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security Affian. Currendy Joe is serving as the Principal Deputy in that office. Joe, on behaff of the entire class. Congratulations, Mr. Secretary!

Recendy-1 was in San Diego and had the great good formne to run into three classmates at a Navy function. Jim Zortman, who recendy accepted a position with Northrup Grumman,VADM Tom Kilcline, Commander Naval Air Forces, and VADM John Harvey, Chief of Naval Personnel, and Jay Fisher were aU in attendance. They were prominendy seated...! was serving coffee but glad to do it just to be so near greamess!

Mike Simpson answered my appeal for news. He's a great American. Here's his note: • Notwithstanding the truly great picmre ofyour first grandson (and Congrats to the parents too) I can feel your pain over the scanty input lately. So in the spirit of civic duty, here are some inputs to use or lose, as needs dictate.

First item relates to your comment (March issue) about the civic privilege season. Most Americans don't realize how fortunate we are to be able to setde disputed elections through the courts and

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peacefiUly. I was fortunate to be in Kenya immediately after the election on 27 Dec, and then for about 4 weeks after, vvhUe the country exploded into violence.

At last count, there were about 1500 kiUed and more than haff a mUUon displaced in the post election violence. It was reaUy- a tragedy^ to watch a fairly- soUd economy and what was beUev^ed to be a pretty stable democracy go down the mbes in a 3-vv'eek spasm of ethnic violence. As one friend of nUne (who works for CDC in Nairobi) commented, "this is how democracy can go in the absence of any democratic traditions." As a post script firom the penpective of early March, things are starting to settie dovvTi there since the power-sharing agreement was brokered by Kofi Annan, and I'm looking forward to being able to go back next year and enjoy what is a reaUy beautifiil country Second bit of news is more connected to possible class interest. During the Poinsettia Bowl back in December, several of us met the C O and wardroom of USS DECATUR (DDG 73) (acmaUy some of his JOs were eyeing the '73 bUmp as a target for grand larceny!). Anyway, we aU got acquainted, and the upshot is that the local SD '73 contingent is muUing over things to do with and for the ship—we're looking at ship toun and photo shoots for starten, with foUow-on possibUities of things Uke a JO leadenhip award. Once some idea acmaUy gets adopted, we'U pass it along to you and Kevin. To date, the only firm decision is that we ought to have a beer blast to discuss the other suggestions. • MUce, use or lose? No, no, no. If something is sent I use it. Thanks for the update and for protecting the bUmp. Good luck with DECATUR. '73 has a new website and a new web master. Debi Clarkson, wife of Dan Clarkson. has accepted the position as our web master She comes with skUls and experience, which when coupled with the fact that this is an unpaid volunteer position is a dynanUte combination.The address is \vw^v.USNA73.com. Debi, thanks so much for your help.

There is some sad news to pass. Karen MacDonald, wife of Eddie MacDonald, passed away from cancer in FebruaryEddie, speaking for the entire class please accept our heartfelt condolences at this difficult time. AU the best, classmate.

FinaUy Randy Plane sent along the foUowing note with an update:

• WeU. Classmates, IfinaUypuUed the plug and retired. After 37 yean of federal service (9 with the Navy and 28 with the IRS) my attention span waned. When I became retirement-eUgible on my 55th birthday last AprU, my motto became "Two bad days in a row and I'm gone."

I had my two bad days in a row in December put in my retirement papen and walked out the door for the last time on February 1 .Working for the last 20 y^ean as a Revenue Officer (tax coUector) for the IRS was, for the most part, enjoyable and gratifying. Now; I'm looking forward to more relaxing punuits such as visiting our two sons and their wives and our three beautifiU grandchUdren (and one on the way).The newest. IzabeUa Arrow (don't ask!) Plane, was born 45 nUnutes before midnight on New Year's Eve, a wonderful Utde tax exemption to make her grandpa proud! Younger son Michael and his famUy are only two houn away firom our home in w-estern Idaho, and Jeff (2nd Lt. USAF) and his famUy Uve at HUl AFB in Utah, about 4 hours down the road, so Debra and I wiU see them often. I'm looking forw-ard to some more father-son bonding ttips Uke the one in the enclosed photo ofJeff and me at the Continental Divide in Glacier NP after we had just completed an 11.7 niUe hike. The old man's knee save out, but it w-as great fun any^vay. Also, we're planning to attend the 35th reunion this faU and see lots of friends, especiaUy 13th Co. mates.

Go Retirement, Beat Work! •

Randy Plane and son

Randy, I Uke the ww- you think.. .two bad days in a row. Good luck to you in retirement with those grandldds.

That is .Ul I have and more than I've had in months. For that I am grateful to yrou. Keep up the good work. I would be renuss if I did not acknowledge our classmate and friend who has done so much for USNA and USNAA over die last 8 yean and recendy retired. Of coune, I am referring to George Watt. George put his

heart and soul into his job and the Academy and all of us are and wiU continue to be the beneficiaries of his selfless efforts.

George, fair winds, foUowing seas and God Bless.You did good.

Non Sibi ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 4% LIFE M£.MBERSHIP: 51% PRES; Steve Middleton 516 Green Forest Dr.. Serema Park. MD 21146 CORR. SEC'Y: LtCol John Brown, USMC (Ret.) 3630 Serendipitv- Road WoodbridgeVA 22193 H: 703-583-9713; C: 571-247-3922 E: jibrown74@comcast.net

Spring is upon us and it is time to roU aU you fat people out to "Red Beach" to get some ray-s. I have modified my approach to the sun, and now- just shav-e my- head.

Sav^ on the cost of someone faking cutting my- hair, eliminates shampoo, and eliminates the time w-aiting for some barber asking "How- w-ould y-ou like it cut?" I recommend it for aU, especiaUy Mitch, Pops, and Randy; and the rest of the comb-ov-er memben of our class. WeU enough on that for now; I wUl deUght aU when I submit a recent photo; a reason to Uve and read this fine pubUcation.

Fint, firom Tom Lozier, a nice note and picture.

• "Roamer, here is a picture of my daughter "LUy" (8 yn) and me skiing in Vermont last vv-eek.AU is fine in CT. Trine (wife) and I also have a son George (6 y-n). Best for now, Loz Beat Army-!" (Scribe note: It is so pleasant to see that LUy has taken after her mother, a w-onderful woman who took on a Ufe time role as a social worker when she married Loz.) •

Tom and Lily!

Bin Lee checks in with the foUowing update.

• "I retired as a LCDR (1110) m 1994.

Ten days later, I went to work as a museum educator at the VA Air & Space Center, a science museum in Hampton VA that is the official v-isitor center for

NASA Langley I run the education programs and also manage the NASA Educator Resource Center located in the musuem, providing NASA education materials (picmres, posten, etc) to teachen in a 5 state region. For the past 2 years, I've also managed the lunar sample loan program in the region, loaning "moon rocks" firom the safe in my office to audiorized teachen m VA,WV, KY NC and SC for use in their classrooms.

My son Ray and I have made road ttips to two NAVY footbaU bowl games, drivingfiromVirginia to both Houston in 2003 and Charlotte hi 2006. He's now a sophomore at Florida Tech in Melbourne.

My wife AprU and I combined a ttip to the Parents'Weekend scheduled there last weekend with the opportunity to watch the STS-122 launchfiromTitusvUle the day- that we arrived in Horida. Ray can routinely see launches fiom his campus, and whUe not Navy himseff, stiU enjoys "Beating Army" on our behaff. During a launch last faU, the Army ROTC staff shdvved up on the roof of the parking garage with their big binoculan, which they prompdy pointed roughly in the direction ofTampa. Ray was only too pleased to show^ them in which direction they might find the Kennedy Space Center Since retffement from the Navy, I also teach part-time for Kaplan, the leading test-prep company. About 10 years ago, I taught James, the son ofTED MIXON, from 15th Company with me, in an SAT class. —BUl"^

to UC Irvine. Fortunately for me, Jim is not a scratch goffer (ditto for me!) Uke his daughter My younger son is in real estate management in Orange County and has been out to play goff several times. Our older son from NYC has visited for 10 days as weU. So far I would recommend early retirement to aU you folks that are StiU sttoking it! —Stan" • Ty Aldinger, ofthe fair state of HawaU, sent this ttip report.

• "I was in San Diego on a business ttip a few weeks ago and happen to be in town for JJ's retirement...couple of 74ers there...somebody got a picmre of us aU...

Mike Bachmarm, Lew Alleman, Rusty KoUmorgen, Gary Koehler, JJ Waickwicz, and moi...a grand time was had by aU. —Ty" • One ofthe "few and the proud" Tom Minor checked in from Texas.

• "Roamer, Thought I wotUd try to contribute after that beat-down from Steve Middleton.Attached is a photo ofthe "retffed lffe" taken at Port Aransas, Texas back in Sept of last year. WhUe I am not reaUy retired, I AM EISTJOYING LIFE!!

This might fiU up some space ffyou choose to use it. P.S. I wiU be up in your area for a whUe so maybe we can get together and have a beer. Tom"

From the early retirement contingent, Stan Weliever sent me the foUowing news.

• "I retired from General Dynamics after 28 yean in January. Mark Phillips led off the retirement roast festivities with a spoof on our first meeting in the summer of 1970. Mark works for Lockheed-Martin on the AEGIS Test Team in Bath. We drove cross-country to spend 3 months in Palm Springs, CA. During the trip we detoured to Harrison, Arkansas to visit 33rd Company classmate Dr. Gordon "Slug" Patterson and his bride, Linda.

Gordon has left as head of emergency room surgery and has sold his cUruc in Branson and is now in a famUy practice in Harrison. Slug had been on an African Safari a couple of years ago and had more exotic animals in his Uving room than National Geographic .

Once we got to Palm Springs, I played a round of gold with Jim Trotter. Jim and Peggy has a son flying jets in the USMC, another in music, and their daughter just received a goff scholanhip

Tom and dinner!

John Stevens, once ofthe famed "8th Wing Gang" provided a nice summary of what is happening in his Ufe. • "I undentand you are looking for some input for Shipmate. I vvUl give yrou some smff. I graduated from 32nd Company.

I Uve in Merritt Island, Florida, just south ofthe Kennedy Space Center with my wife Mary;Yes, friends, the same Mary I met on State Circle the right before Army-Navy 1971 and w-ho married me way back when. I hav-e two grown and married sons, John and Eric, and three grandchUdren, Samantha, Abigail, and EUjah.

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As a "Management Consultant" road warrior, I spend most of my Ufe traveUng the country teaching aerospace and defense contractors how to do business development, capture and proposal management and managing their capture efforts and proposals. Last year, whUe giving a presentation to a room fliU of Whoop graduates (eight of them, including one former 4-star), I entertained the room with several sUdes interspersed in the presentation proclaiming "Go Navy, Beat Army!"You could just feel the love in the room!

Last year whUe in the (Left Coast) bay area, I had the pleasure of spending time with my old best bud, Neil Christal (13th Co), another BuUis Prep product.

NeU has done his best to reverse the population decline in the US by having seven chUdren, his youngest now aU of eight years of age. NeU Uves with his school-age kids in the colorful town of Rough-n-Ready, CaUfornia. I also ran into Bill Malloy last winter who is Uving in warm, sunny Nashua New Hampshire, where he serves as an executive for BAE. After searching for years, I was finaUy successful in locating our 32nd Company Officer from First Class year. Bill Farnsworth. For anyone interested, BUI Uves in the Jacksonville area and is an executive with one ofthe major medical centers there. I always welcome partying and sharing sea stories with classmates during my travels, so look me up in the Alumni directory and drop me a note.

Lucrative job offers wUl be entertained, cheap ones summarUy rejected. Go Navy, John: (321) 459-0611 (home), (321) 698-5953 (ceU)"^ FinaUy, this note from Dan Knaub, Founder and Owner of the Whale Video Company.

• We are celebrating twenty years in operation this AprU. Our efforts over two decades include 68,000 hours on the waters ofthe Gulf of Maine, documenting the lives and behaviors of aU the marine Ufe. Of particular interest are the humpback whales, the subjects ofthe longest running research program on a specific whale population. We have documented dozens of three-generation families and the video archives include approximately 8,000 hours of behavioral footage. This is most unusual footage as we have identified 500 humpback whales ofthe 1300 that make Stellwagen Bank their summer feeding ground.

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We are coUaborating with Bridgewater State CoUege to find funding to digitize and annotate the entire archives with the intention of making it avaUable to educators and researchers around the world. Any classmates friends with BUI Gates or Warren Buffet?

FYI: I left Navy before the start of 2nd Class year " Dan can be reached danknaub@comcast.net (EmaU) ww.whalevideo.com • Thanks once again to Steve Middleton for shaking the bushes for input, and to those who provided me something to put into our section. Final note, I work with Morgan Ames and beUeve he dyes his hair every two weeks. Thought you would want to know that Morgan has not confessed, but no one our age can have no gray hair! CaU a classmate.

— Roamer Sends.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 4% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 54% PRES: LCDR Steve Hubbard, USN (Ret.) E: hubbs99@comcast.net SECY: CAPT Larry Warrenfeltz, USN (Ret.) 5732Tamarack Dr, Pace, FL 32571 H: 850-995-0051; E: usna75scribe@hotmail.com WEB SITE: www.usna.com/Classes/1975

Dear 'mates.

An old saying of Shipmate scribes goes, "You can't be too rich, too lucky.. .or have too much gouge." Plenty to report this month.. .so settle back and enjoy.

Nancy and I enjoyed a wonderful dinner and evening at Quarters A at NAS Pensacola, as guests ofTammy and Gary Jones. Gary enjoys the rare times when the demands of his job as Naval Education and Training Commander aUow him to be in Pensacola.. .or on a golf course.

Steel Partners nominated Bernard Bailey to the Board of Directors of Point Blank Solutions, Inc. Bernard is the Chairman and CEO of Paraquis Solutions LLC and he is currendy Chairman ofthe Board of Lasercard Corporation.

Tim Harden was the speaker at the February 4 edition of Cal Poly's Orfalea CoUege of Business Distinguished Speaker Series. The President and CEO of AT&T West,Tim's talk was on "The New AT&T: Leading in the T Age, from IP to the iPhone."

USNA Info!

Start the youngster you know on the road to USNA. To request info or apply online point them to www.USNAedu/Admissions

"Erwin and Newt"

Newt Gingrich signed a book for feUow CivU War buff Erwin Wunderlich before a TV appearance in Orlando. Erwin's CivU War era novel Salvos on the Backwater wiU hit Amazon very soon (if it isn't avaUable already). Erwin "defected" to West Point in AprU where he is doing educational assessments for USMA. I say that put him in exceUent position to spy on the Woops' spring practice.

Regular reporter JJ Cuff updates us on our USMC general officers and on Van Rose. George Flymi is in Iraq as the Deputy Commanding General ofthe Multi-National Corps. When he rotates back to CONUS this summer he wUl assume duties as Deputy Commanding General for II MEF and Commanding General, 2nd MEB. Rick Tryon wUl move from his current position as the commander ofthe Marine Corps Recruiting Command to be Commanding General, 2nd Marine Division. Rick and George wUl both be in Camp Lejeune NC. WhUe George and Rick are becoming legends ofthe Corps, Van Rose was recendy named a Legend of Residential Marketing by the National Sales and Marketing CouncU ofthe National Association of Home BuUders.The gala was part of the International BuUders Show in Orlando.Van has led Rose and Womble's New Homes Division since its estabUshment in 1985.They currently represent over 45 buUders at more than 45 communities in southeastern VA and northeastern NC.

"24th Company victory dinner

Thanks to David Gough for the photo ofthe Old Goats of24th Company Victory Dinner foUowing the Army-Navy game. The dinner was held in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore across firom USS CONSTELLATION. From left to right are James MacKenzie, Mary EUen HiU, Dennis Kruer, Betsy MacKenzie, Paula Kruer, Diane Donald, Nancy Gough, Kirk Donald, and David Gough. Mary EUen's husband Steve could not be there as he was in Baghdad keeping track of doUars being spent on the rebuUding efforts. Mary EUen joined him there for a joint tour in February. If you find yourself in the Green Zone, look for the HiUs.

"Plechash, Johnson, and Stanley"

Johnny Johnson who Uves in Fredericksburg VA and works for Ameriprise Financial (formerly known as American Express Financial Advisors) was in MinneapoUs for some ttaining over the winter He had enough time to visit Denise and Alex Plechash for dinner one night. CoincidentaUyAlex had just Unked up with MGEN Chff Stanley USMC (Ret.). General Stanley is the CEO of a fiirm caUed Scholarship America in the Twin Cities, so Alex invited him to dinner also. CUff Stanley maintains his home in VUlanova, PA and commutes every week. He and his wife and her uncle were the victims of a random sniper shooting whUe we were at the Academy. His wffe's uncle was kiUed and his wife was left paralyzed. They are StiU married and the Plechashes hope to have them both over the next time Mrs. Stanley visits Minnesota.

Let's get back to Tom Kelley's 25th company update: I Dave Corley lives in Piano, TX with his wffe, Renee. Dave was a submariner and retired as a member of the naval reserves. He oversees a product Une of Internet telephony products for Cisco.

Dave has his private pilot Ucense. Dave and Renee have two children, WaUcer (14), in the 9th grade and Erika (12), in the 7th grade.

Mike Fackrell lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Jackie. Mike retired from active duty as an SH-3 pUot. Mike is now a Financial Advisor for Edward Jones Investments. Mike and Jackie have two sons,Jared and Shane. Jared is a senior at Tulane University and a member ofthe Navy ROTC program; he plans to go into InteUigence. Shane is a sophomore at the University of San Francisco and a member of the Army ROTC program.

Ray Finnegan Uves in DavidsonviUe, MD with his wife, Grace. Ray was an S3A pUot. He is now a pilot for U.S. Airways. He has also been a long-time volunteer coach for the USNA Lacrosse team (goaUes). Ray's son, Colin, is USNA grad (Class of'07) and is in the SEAL program; like Finny, CoUn was a goalie on the lax team. His daughter, Kathleen, is a recent graduate of American University; she was also a Lacrosse team goaUe. Bob Giuda Uves in Warren, NH with his wife, Chris (former USN Nurse). Bob was a Marine aviator (EA-6) and is now a B-777 Captain for United AirUnes. Bob is part owner of a smaU global aviation company. Gryphon Holdings, LLC. He served three terms, including one as Deputy Majority Leader, in the N H House of Representatives. His son, Joseph, is a sophomore at Norwich University (VT), the nation's oldest private mUitary uruversity, and is planning to take a Navy commission (SWO) upon graduation in 2010. Both his twin daughters are married to Army infantrymen currendy deployed

to Iraq. • .. .and also continuing with Ken Hart's report on the Boys ofthe 14th: • Sue and Mike Cecere's biggest news of 2007 was that after 18 years in the 'hinterlands' they moved into downtown Annapolis (Eastport)—about three blocks from the Compromise St. Bridge. They are thoroughly enjoying the pleasures of Ufe in a smaU town walking neighborhood, similar to the ones in which they both grew up. They are within walking distance of numerous restaurants and entertainment, and within stumbUng distance of several good bars. So they now spend days and evenings walking dog Bear through town for coffee or people watching whenever they get the chance. The Ceceres' son Michael returned from almost two years in France and son Thorn finished his first year at Washington CoUege (in Chestertown MD on the Eastern Shore), where he plays on the lacrosse team. Unfortunately, Thom

suffered an ACL injury this faU, so wiU most Ukely miss the 2008 season—and put them on the "five year plan." Sue started a new job in Prince Georges County as supervisor of aU Physical Therapists in the special education program, while Mike continues as a technical consultant in ArUngton.

Also in Annapolis, Laurie and Mark Harper continue to Uve happUy ever after. Mark loves teaching the midshipmen (who were born after we started USNA, to put things into perspective) and researching better ways to detect HEU or Pu before it enters the country. Laurie keeps the trains running on time and organizes the curriculum for five chUdren's educations. Michael, CaroUne, Thomas, Patrick, and EmUy are daUy reminders of"/f'5 a Wonderful Li/e."They are 15,13,11, 9, and 7 year olds who play pianos, vioUns, flute, ttumpet and do Boy/Cub Scouts, Brownies, baUet, soccer, lacrosse, basebaU, swimming, tennis, chorus, orchestra, saUing, etc. etc. etc.

Keeps Mark and Laurie busy! Stop by Rickover HaU (room 365) if you're in town. • WeU ladies and gendemen, that wraps up the May column. Good luck to the members ofthe Class of 2008 who join the fleet and the Corps this month. See you aU in the June issue. When you get a chance, take a look at the work Andy Howard has done with our web page.

There are some good photos there (and they show up fuU size and in color)!

'75 Sir! Larry ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 5% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 52% PRES: Kevin Stone 928 Lynch Dr.,Arnold, MD 21012 H: 410-974-4313; E: kevin.stone@1976.usna.com SEC'Y: Mark Hubbard 5632Tessie Court, New Market, MD 21774-2918 H:301-865-4472 E: Mark.Hubbard@1976.usna.com WEB SITE: www.usna76.com

Please pardon my being abrupt and for the "stream of consciousness" format, but for this column, I'm caUing this the "quick and dirty" A.D.D. update.

Dave Papak's wife, Kate, sent me an essay entitled "Class of'76 Rules in New Orleans": • Each year, early in the Mardi Gras Carnival season, the New Orleans MiUtary Officers Wives Club (MOWC) sponson the C.A.M.A.N. (Coast Guard, Air Force, Marine, Army, Navy) BaU. In keeping with true Mardi Gras style, attendees to this May 2008

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formal event are encouraged to costume according to the selected theme, but most service members proudly wear their respective formal uniforms.

AdditionaUy, the official "Krewe of C.A.M.A.N. board members choose Maids to represent each branch of service, and painstakingly select two deserving individu- Craig McDonald in mask and tights als to preside, honorably I might add, as King and Queen of C.A.M.A.N. The royal identities are kept secret untU the night ofthe BaU, when the anticipated regal "unveUing" is enjoyed by everyone.

This year, representing the quaUties of mUitary leadership and social and civil exceUence (AND the "plain aU-around good guy" haUmark that is a USNA grad) the elected KING OF C.A.M.A.N. is our very own... TA TA DA DAH... (did you guess?). It's former Commander, Navy Reserve Force Command, BJUDM Craig McDonald, USN (Ret).Way to represent '76, Craig! We'U be sure to bow the next time we see you. And, by the way— LOVE THE TIGHTS! •

Lee Meeks has a new title—"Doctor".

He recently completed his PhD in Information Systems at George Washington University and is set to graduate in May. Congratulations, Lee! Proud father. Tommy Gardner, reported that that our Class sponsored the 2008 Inaugural Season of Division 1 Navy Women's Lacrosse by providing the '76 tent for post game taUgate activities.

His daughter, Margaret Gardner '09, is starting for the Navy defense, which averages 4 points per game. At the time of Tommy's posting, Navy was 5-0 and was one ofthe nation's leading scoring teams averaging over 20 points per game!

Carrie and Carl Butler (6th Company) have been wintering over in south Florida on their 41 ft. saUboat SANCTUARY. They hung out in Miami Beach over the Christmas and New Years hoUdays but won't be heading to the Bahamas this year In late January they started heading north again and are laying over in Cocoa FL untU mid March when the weather turns a little warmer up north before heading back to the AnnapoUs area where they wUl spend the spring and summer months working to replenish their cruising fund and make another run for the islands in 2008/2009.

King Craig and wife. Royal Consort April

SANCTUARY at anchor in St Augustine, Florida

There was another DC Metro Area luncheon held in February.

Peter Varsanyi reports:

BGen (Coach) Dave Papak USMC still light on his feet after all these years, dazzles wife, Kate, with all the right moves

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• There was sparse attendance as most were working, at meetings and/or on business related travels (Yea Yea Yea).

Anyway, it was stiU a nice gathering of some new and a few old faces. Most notable "new" attendee was Frank Murphy. Frank, a feUow NAPSTER, and feUow "Beltway Bandit" is now with BatteUe doing great things; most notably a frequent traveler to sunny Columbus, Ohio. Now Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is in Columbus? I'm sure they offer some real exciting BINGO competitions on the promenade.

Anyway, despite Frank's sUm waistUne, he is doing weU, eating and staying healthy and just feels MAH-VE-LOUS. Best "regular" showing was the proverbial and verbal Chuck Bush. He never misses an opportunity to try and get his picture taken. Unfortunately this time I forgot my camera.

Best dressed for the occasion was...I'd give it to Mike Hlywiak (21st Co.), but I StUl have trouble with speU checker on his last name so I'U vote for "me" for this one and only time (sorry no picmre attached): In attendance were: Frank Murphy—1st Co. Keith Champion—6th Co. BUI Ostendorf—7th Co. Chuck Litz—9th Co. Chuck Bush—11th Co. Bruce Petit—18th Co. Mike Hlywiak—21st Co. Francis Devereux—26th Co. PeterVarsanyi—31 Co. 2. UNODIR: March luncheon is stiU on. Last Thursday ofthe month: 27 Mar 08 @ CHAMPPS Pentagon Row. 3. RECAP: A. SHORT TEBJVl PLANNING: (1) The 2008 "haUway night dinner" organized by Bob, Ted, Carol and AUce (Mike & Vanessa Seifert and Chuck & Mary Jo Bush) is Ukely to become a class tradition and faUs between the end ofthe "dark ages" and the footbaU taUgate seasons. Date is Saturday AprU 12th at 1830PM, Joe Theismann's Restaurant on King St. in Alexandria,Virginia.

Please let Kevin Stone know if you are Ukely to make it in order to get a reasonable headcount. Kevin is at: kevin.stone@1976.usna.com.

Cost is $35 per person for dinner, cash bar Payment by Cash only on night of the dinner For those desiring to pre-pay, checks can be sent untU AprU 1 to: Mike Seifert 2057 HiUside Dr. FaUs Church,VA 22043

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 4% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 70% PRES: CAPT Richard "Rick"White, USN 11 Porter Road, Annapohs, MD 21402 H: 410-295-0089; HE: rick.wliite@1977.usna.com SECY: Thom McKee 1202 Shady Creek Road, Marriottsville, MD 21104 H: 410-489-5080;F: 410-489-5071 C: 202-438-1541; E: magool310@comcast.net ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 2 % LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 76%

Class of '76 at the January 2008 DC Metro Area Luncheon

RSVP to Mike andVanessa Seifert not later than AprU 3,2008 at: vnUseifert@ verizon.net (2) The Spring 2008 VA-Beach Area Get Together (TK is plagiarizing off the above and planning his Tidewater soiree) is StUl being planned. No detaUs on a venue other than it should be a good time for Bourbon and Cigar lovers on Samrday, 26 AprU 2008.1 expect "TK" wUl advise us most probably the rUght before. TK is at"TKennedy@WBBINC.COM B. LONG T E R M PLANNING: (1) Potential Navy vs. ND post game dinner in Baltimore. Now that we experienced and famUiar with Baltimore after Army-Nav^ 2007, we should have a good feel for some decent venues to accommodate classmates who desire taUgate and/or go out afterwards.

(2) Army-Navy 2008 is back is PhUly 6 Dec 2008. Class of'76 infamous annual taUgate at "Hubbard's" Park is most definitely on. Karen and I wiU try to pick another unusual and fiin place to dine afterwards in one of PhUly's finest downtown. DetaUs TBD. 4. OTHER GOUGE (I pass on

fromTK) FeUow NAPSTERS,TK, EUiott Bloxom, Tom Collella along with feUow classmate Craig Opel attended Col John Boggs, USMC retirement ceremony last month at the National Defense University. John wasTK's and EUiott's NAPS roommate. John is also a feUow Classmate who accompUshed a great career after leaving Plebe summer John's five chUdren were present; three of them are in the mihtary.John wiU be domg exciting, and nouble community projects in the fumre.

Bottom line: It was a nice event.

TK SENDS There was an exceUent turnout for die DC Metro Area Class of '76

Luncheon to kick off 2008. [Go to http://www.usna.com/classes/1976/inde x.html to view the pictures]. •

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Got an e-maU from James Bland (wwwj amesfbland C O R R E C T I O N : In the March 2008 .com) with an Class of '76 column there was a update and a request misspeUing. BUI Borchardt is the Director for classmates to for New Reactor Licensing, not drop him a Une and BiU Burkhardt. look in on what he's James Bland In conclusion, a PubUc Service been up to by Announcement from our Class President, checking out his website. I did and he's Kevin Stone: got some great photos! After nuclear power service James joined General • I am frequendy asked by Classmates to Electric and had a very successfiil 17 year "change my emaU address in your Ust". I'd career. He left GE in 2001 and accepted a love to make it so simple but I cannot. We position as Director of Product Marketing use the Alumni Association's database for at the joint venture between Siemens and our "official" comms and the Class Yahoo!

CTI Inc. WhUe there he completed group for more informal emaUs (and for commercial introduction of their Time Classmate generated emaUs). If you're Invention of the Year 2000, the PET/CT emaU has changed (or you are not getting [Positron Emission Tomography] imager any emaUs from me!) please go to and developed the mobUe versions of www.usna.com and after logging in select PET/CT. PET/CT has been a sigruficant "My Profile" in the "OnUne factor in the fight against cancer, heart Community" box.You can then update disease and Alzhiemer's Disease. The JV your profUe and contact info. If you don't was bought out by Siemens which gave remember your login etc. caU the Alumni him the opportunity to support Karen's House at 410-295-4000 and ask for help. career and they moved to Hong Kong for As for the Yahoo! group, you can a Uttle over a year (Karen is Vice subscribe by sending an emaU to usnalSsubscribe@yahoogroups.com. If you change President, Global Research & Development Laboratory Equipment emaUs first unsubscribe from your old Division Thermo Fisher Scientific which account usna76-unsubscribe@ keeps her flying around the world.) WhUe yahoogroups.com and then subscribe there he took the opportunity to learn to from your new one. If you cannot unsubread, write and speak Chinese, and scribe I can delete your old address but I submitted photographic images to cannot add you.

American AirUnes, winning a finaUst's Remember, you don't want to be in prize.

Moving back to Austin, he's been the 10% who doesn't get the creating fine art images and ran another gouge...keep connected! • photographers business for two years. He continues to create art using traditional TIME TO ORDER! photographic methods, but is also looking for other business opportunities in Austin and Texas. In his "off hours" he swims daUy with Longhorn Aquatics (3500 CALL: meters) and recently started playing Harris Connect Customer euphonium with Austin Wonder Brass.

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No chUdren, but we have two Scotties— Bobby and Cricket. By the way; those of you on Linkedin (can also catch him there too (http://vv-vv-vv;Unkedin.com/in /jamesfrederickbland). He also mentioned that Mark Hughes has started a Golden Dolphins Group on Linked In for "qualified bubble-heads and ex bubble-heads".Thanks for the gouge, and we'U see you at the 30th!

In March, Duane Lafont wrote that his feUow- 15th Company- shipmate Randy Duncan was recovering firom an inadvertent "buU fighting incident in February". Here's how Duane explained it: "Randy was fixing fence on his "cracker ranch" when he was trampled by the neighbor's buU. Randy was taken by surprise when the young, recendy dehomed buU butted him in back and knocked him down.The buU then commenced to trample Randy untU Randy's son could rodeo the buU away.

Randy wound up with several shattered lumbar and four fi:actured ribs with the wont part being that he had a 30% compression ofthe spinal column.The docs couldn't do much but reUeve the pain until the swelling went down. Randy was strapped down flat in the hospital.

The good news is that Randy's sweUing went down, his back came back into reaUgnment, and it appears that no permanent damage was done. He may need a back surgery to repair the shattered discs but the docs were waiting to see how they heal namraUy fint. Randy is stUl on heavy drugs but he has been released to home. FYI, the buU was put down and Randy says he's getting plenty of steaks! If anyone wants to caU or send a card, he is at 3678 E. Osceola Road, Geneva, FL 32732 H: 407-349-5427 or C: 407-2216716." I can't help thinking part of it was my fault. I mean in aU that time we Uved together as young Lieutenants (along with JB Richardson) in the famous (or infamous) "Chiefi Club" m FoUcstone, NC, I never gave Randy lessons on my Mexican BuU-fighting techniques—then again, we ordy had those wacky goats to use as Ferdinand-substitutes. Too late now! StiU, glad to see Randy's doing better and we hope the surgery goes weU. Next time— keep checking your six and take a red cape. Duane ran across Marty Drake at a Tampa Alumni gathering. Marty's recendy taken over as Science and Technology Director for Southern Command (SOUTHCOM.) As for Duane he says he keeps "chugging along".This month. May, wUl be a kiUer for him as aU ofthe

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foUowing takes place: His daughter, Claire, graduates firom Ole Miss; stepson. Brent, graduates firom USE; his son, Douglas (1/LT, USA), remrns firom a 15 month Korea tour and then gets married in MobUe. He say^ ff he "surviv-es" May; he'U see us at the reunion in October On the plus side, Duane, there are two less coUeges to pay for!

On Feb 22nd a large contingent of '78 Boxing Fans (plus some ofJock's Maloney's PhiUy Boys and Dennis "Duke" Reilly'('79) and his 'Boys from Buffalo") swooped dow-n for the annual Brigade Championship (aka- the Boxing Smoker). [Before I go on, let me fint say—I can't find my crib sheet notes of the night so vv-hat foUows wiU be firom my aging memory.You know what that means! So, I know I'U get arrows in-bound on forgotten and misspeUed names and year groups. Pluck away— I'U make corrections in the next column. Mea culpa!] The pre-match reception was hosted by our buddy, feUow-Marine, Col Dave "Irish" MoUahan and his lovely bride, Ingrid, at their quarten on CAPTAINS row. Dave is the senior Marine in the Yard. Both he and Ingrid are proud parents of USNA gratis Sean (03') and KeUen (05). Sean is a P-3 NFO and KeUen is finishing off qualification as aV-22 PUot. Jeff Fowler would've Uked to have hosted our "green alert" but he was oveneas on business. Katie bravely offered to stiU host us at the Supe's quarten without him but vv-e thought it best she first meet "the gang" when Jeff was home. Besides, Dave and Ingrid were fint class and great hosts and no one ever considen them "backup". Katie did join our group at the MoUahan's and at the matches so she is now fuUy "NATOPS qual'ed" on the Boxing Smoker! As for the rest of the gang present, hmm, let's see... as memory serves (or faUs) me, besides EUzabeth and me there were present: Becca and Ray Kwong, Maria and Al Baker, Wil Kramer, Glen Ives, Craig Diffie (with his son who nUght go Marines), Anthony Cardoza (with his son—Aaron), Doug Diehl (and his son, Jason),Janet and Bob Schmermund, Cindy and John Rudzis, Mary Jane and Steve Maloney, Dennis "Duke" Reilly ('79) and his "Boys firom Buffalo", Debra and Skip Bayes, Deb and Bruce Latta, Katie Fowler, Dave Surgent, Scott Godfrey, John Cooke,John Kovalcik, D o m Berenato (and his wife), Howie Seeger, Terry O'Brien (and his daughters),Joe Martin,

T i m Arcane, Gini King and great Navy friends Chuck and Linda Blue.

Stray rounds: A Febmary Navy Press Release armounced that "Rear Adm. (lower hah) William R. Burke was being assigned as director, Nav-y Quadrennial Defense Review, N8, Office ofthe Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C." At the time, BiU was serving as director, assessment division, N81, Office of Chief of Naval Operations,Washington, D.C.The move has probably aheady been made by now.

WhUe on west coast I had was able to pop in and visit briefly with Jon Kuder in Bel Air, CA. He's doing weU and has now found the perfect balance between work and family of which most of us can only dream. He breakfasts with his son (remember their daughter is afi-eshmanat Harvard), does dabbles in his work online at home for a few houn works out and then does whatever I suspect he's also honed up on his pool skiUs as he beat me best out of three in some 8-baU. My thanks especiaUy to his lovely and oracious wife. Sara, for letting me intrude on their household on Viletitine's Day\ Speaking of lovely brides—John Semcken is another lucky dog! His wife, Mee, let him take in this stray (yup- your scribe) after fint feeding him a great Mexican Meal. I met up with the Semckens (including younger son Reed) at one of their favorite restaurants and then headed out to their San Marino home for the night before flying back home. We vv-ere also joined at dinner by my son's best friend Dan Kacisnki who is in his senior year at USC. Thanks to John's son Jack too for staying at friend's house so I could use his bedroom (I didn't play with his toy^. But that drum set was tempting!). Speaking of Mexican dinnen—on a road ttip to the DaUas-Ft. Worth area I was formnate to meet up with Matt Elias and Brad \ l ^ s o n for a great dinner at a local Fort Worth Mexican Restaurant. Matt works for BENS (Business Executives for National Security). It's a nationwide, non-partisan organization that is the primary channel through which senior business executives can help enhance the nation's security. As for Brad, he's a feUovv Lockheed Martin employee working at LM-Aero. We were joined by my co-worker and International MH-60 PM, Scott Sinnett. It was a great meal with far ranging convenation that covered famUy, friends, classmates,jobs, poUtics and Ufe and included a dabbUng of walking down nUdshipmen-memory lane

and of coune sea stories (oun of our miUtary- days and Scott's motorcycle racing). On the way out we ran into D o n Ward ('87).We were introduced to him by the bartender who picked up on the fact three of us were "Navy-men" and they blurted out "Hey he's one too" and pointed to Don. After introductions we discovered (weU, Matt mosdy) that we had a lot of common Shipmates. Don's with PRTM. He w-as in tow-n consultins for LM-Aero on performance based logistics (PEL). SmaU world but true to fashion— yrou can always find a feUovv boat-schooler at the bar.

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 90% PRES: LCDR Sean Gate, USN (Ret.) E: Sean.Cate@1979.usna.com SECY: LCDRJohn"Wi2" Withers, USN (Ret.) 22445 Bluebird Ct., Leonaidtown, MD 20650 H: 301-997-1980; W: 240-556-0637 E: JDWitheis@1979.usna.com WEB SITE: www.usna79.com

Greetings, 79en!

Happy 29th Annivenary! Once again it's May. That means one more class shows up in the "Class Column" section after oun. It doesn't seem Uke it aU that long ago when you could find our column by starting at the BACK of the magazine and working forward a few pages!

We begin this month with a rather informative update from the "Big Cheese", our Class President Sean Gate:

• Greetings once again, to the Great Class of 1979! I have some good news to pass along. Fint, there are now SEVEN more stan in the O/V ConsteUation! On Scott, Brad, Vince and Matt 13 February 2008 the DoD armounced WeU, I've run out of space. In closing the promotions of six classmates firom here's a pic that w-as sent a long whUe ago one-star to two-star. They are as foUows: byjudi Fanv-eU ofJon Sears, Jeff Ewin, R D M L Philip H. Cullom has been Faris and Mike Fralen with what look nominated for appointment to the rank of some good stogies! Sorry it's taken so rear admiral (upper haU). PhU is currendy long—I know there are othen that I hope serving as commander. Carrier Strike to get too in the same apologetic fashion.

Group Eight, Norfolk,Va. By the way—check the website for RDML Tunothy V. Flynn m has reuiuon news. Update you penonal stuff been nominated for appointment to the there too! And congratulations to aU of rank of rear admiral (upper haU).Tim is you with kids graduating this month (hke currendy serving as program executive our son, Michael—^firom Wheaton officer for enterprise irfformation systems, CoUege in Norton, MA!)! May they aU Washington, D.C. find employ-ment with medical benefits.

RDML Timothy M. Giardina has Launchin' Spot Four been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral (upper half). Tim is currendy serving as commander.

Submarine Group Nine/commander, Submarine Group Ten, SUverdale, Washington.

RDML Robert S. Harvard Jr. has been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral (upper haU). Bob is currendy serving as deputy commanding general for operations. Joint Special Operations Command, U.S. Special Jon, Jeff, Faris and Mike Operations Command, Fort Bragg, N.C. RDML John W. Miller has been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral (upper half). John is currendy serving as deputy director, plans and poUcyJ5B, U.S. Central Command, Would you like to mentor interested MacDUl Ah Force Base, FL. students about the opportunrtiesat RDML Donald P. Quinn has been USNA? Become a Blue & Gold nominated for appointment to the rank of Officer and contact USNA rear admiral (upper half). Don is currendy Admissions at 410-293-1813. serving as commander. Strike Force Training Adantic, NorfoUc,Va.

Then two weeks later, on 29 February 2008, we learned that Navy Reserve CAPT Russell S. Permiman has been nominated for appointment to the grade of rear admiral lower haff. He is currendy serving as commanding officer. Navy Reserve Joint Forces Air Component Command, Third Fleet, San Diego, Calff.

Russ, firom 20th Company, is our 24th USN Flag Officer and 26th overaU Hag Officer. If you would Uke to send a note to Russ, his emaU address is penniman@cts.com. Our best wishes to Russ and Carol!

WeU done to a weU deserved group of professionals! Once again, you have done us aU proud and we salute your continued service to our great coimtry!

In other class news, your 30th Reunion Committee has met to start planning for the 2009 Reunion. It is not too soon to start making your plans to attend. The Reunion wiU run firom Thunday — Sunday, 24-27 September 2009. Our headquarten hotel wiU be the AnnapoUs Westin at Park Place, a brand new facUity near downtown. We want to start the party early so please plan to arrive Thunday, or even Wednesday night.

(But don't caU for reservations yet!)

This time arotmd we are looking to have a Goff Outing plus a Crab Feast at a local restaurant on Thunday. For Friday we're planning Yard and city toun, plus a Class Meeting and watching the Brigade P-Rade, along with a dirmer Friday evening. On Saturday we'U hold our extended taUgater inside the stadium at the Class of'53 PavUion (same spot where we held the 25™). Beat Wake Forest!

There is nothing "officiaUy" scheduled for Saturday evening, allowing time for company parties or other activities. On Sunday we'U wrap up with a Class Memorial Service at the Chapel. (Note: aU plans are stiU tentative at this point.)

To answer the question I get most often: there wiU be no package pricing this time — you'U only pay for the events you choose to attend. Please plan to come for the entire weekend.

FinaUy, are you receiving emails fiom Class President? Whenever there is Class or Academy News of interest to the Class as a whole, I wUl send out an emaU with that information. There is oiUy one way to get these emails — you must have your emaU address registered on the Alumni's website. I do highly recommend everyone update your profile at http://wrww.usna .com so that you don't miss any important news, particularly as the 30th Reunion approaches.

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City. For some ofthe aviaton, they would neither confirm nor deny that they had been to Vegas before, at certain Naval Aviation "workshops" in the '80s. I am including a photo taken of some of us near Caesar's Palace.

Not long after we received the above Arme Marie and Mike Marciano are news, Sean heard from RADM Jose StUl up in New Jeney where Mike is a Gonzalez, Peruvian Navy Jose passed senior manager for Pmdential. Terese and that he was going on early retirement Mark Shell are stiU in Gaithersburg, MD. from the Navy to take the position of As some of you may know, we had an Director of Instittitional Development at intta-company wedding last summer The Universidad del Pacifico. the leading SheUs and Marcianos are now in-laws as academic institution in Business, their son Justin Shell '05 and daughter Economics and PubUc PoUcy in Peru.

Loren Marciano were married last Besides the managerial responsibilities he summer in NJ. Teresa and Bill Corkill are wUl be teaching an Instimtional in Pensacola where BiU is working for Economics course to undergrads and a EDS on the NMCI program. Terry and Public Policy course related to Doug Patton are near Memphis, where International Security Affiiirs to senior 79ers in Miami (l-r): Scott Pursley, Chet Wong, John Doug StUl fUes for FedEx. Joliffe, Jon Bayless, Fernando Ruiz and Ron Kim. public officials. He is planning to join us Amy and Hugh Reese are Uving in at die 30"^.

Maryland, where Hugh is CEO of a I received some great news from number of businesses. Cheryl and Don former roommate Gary Rossi Brummett are in Woodbine, MD. Don is (twoaichs@pacbeU. net): flying for Southwest. Annie and Greg Costello are up in NY where Greg mns • Hi Wiz. I was just reading this issue of a wine disttibution business. Jacque and Shipmate and wanted to share with you Roger Vanderwerken are now in NWS my excitement.

China Lake, CA where Roger is the I have been just accepted and sponinstaUation chaplain. Congratulations to sored by PowerBar! I have been selected as a member of the PowerBar Elite 2008 Roger who was recendy promoted to — 2009.They are sponsoring me for a CDR. Judy and Jeff Lertmions recendy Newport, Rl: Greg Costello and the USNA sign to two-year period because of my goals of moved to a new place in Severna Park, be repaired. accompUshing three double century MD. Jeff recendy got his second star, and cycUng rides in 2008, leading and coordiOur "Roving Reporter firom Litde is now in the Pentagon in the N08 shop. nating our localYMCA 5th grader Ride Rock", Scott Pursley (SPursley@ Cynthia and Steve Fillipow are in San Across CaUfornia (6-12 AprU 2008), and aol.com), filed this classmate update.

Francisco where Steve works at Oracle. my high school and competitive 79ers in Miami: Six 79en found • Dear Wiz, here are a few news items soccer coaching. themselves together in Miami in March, for Shipmate: Just tofiUyou in: The PowerBar Team where they attended the Joint NEPLO Viva Las Vepas - 9th Company £j^(.gTM program is a grassroots athletic conference.

Picmred are myseff - Arkansas Mid-Term Reunion: 11 classmates plus ambassador program that supports NEPLO, Chet Wong - USARPAC their spouses met in Las Vegas over i athletes, coaches and other athletic NEPLO, John Joliffe - USARNOR President's Day Weekend. For many of us, influencers. Across a range of sports, from NEPLO,Jon Bayless, COMNAVREGit was the first time we had been to Sin MIDWEST, Fernando Ruiz Indiana NEPLO and Ron Kim Hawaii NEPLO. Future '79 Movement Order - Newport, Rl: Our OWTI Greg Costello has been vei-y busy with an interesting project that is coming to fruition this June. As many of you know, Greg is an avid saUor A whUe back, when on a saiUng ttip to Newport, Rl, Greg and Annie came across a sign in fi-ont ofthe Newport Elks Lodge that commemorated it as the location for USNA during the Civil War. As you can see in the photo, the sign is kind of worn down. Greg has taken a coUection from our classmates, and has coordinated with Viva Las Vegas 9th Company Reunion (l-r): Scott Pursley, Anne Marie and Mike Marciano, Teresa and Bill the Elk's Lodge to craft a new sign that Corkill, Beth Pursley, Terry and Doug Patton, Chryl and Doug Patton, Terese and Mark Shell, Hugh Reese, wiU be instaUed in a ceremony on and Annie and Greg Costello.

> It you don't know how to update your protUe, or can't remember your login and password, there are helpful people at the Alumni Association who wiU assist you.

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world champion competitors to regional teams and local educators, PowerBar is committed to supporting ttaining and competition, insttuction and education and sports nutrition at aU levels.

This is a big deal for us, and I'm excited to share it with you. Hope aU is weU! Gary •

15 June 2008.There wiU be a plaque on the sign that say^ "Sponsored by 9th Company USNA Class of 1979 Omnes Vhi." AU '79en are welcome to the event on 15 June. Thanks, Scott FinaUy; on a penonal note, I have some good news to pass on. A few weeks ago I auditioned to sing in the choir performing for the head ofthe Roman CathoUc Church, Pope Benedict XIV, when he visits the Archdiocese of Washington, DC in AprU 2008. Just a few days ago I received word that I was selected as one ofthe tenon making up the 250-voice choir. This is UteraUy a once-in-a-Ufetiine experience, and the most significant accomplishment to date in my musical career. I told John Counts that I would be thinking of him. Skip Krause and my other USNA Cathohc Choir buddies warming up on Sundaymornings in John Paul Jones' cry-pt!

See y-ou next month!

Omnes Viri! —^Wiz...

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Greetings Classmates! Once again I'm w-riting this on a ffight back to New Orleans firom DC.The weather is breaking, spring is in the air and it's almost boating season! Come on dow-n for a cruise on the Potomac! The boat is docked at the Gangplank Marina—Shp A-16 and ready for aU visiton! It would be fim to schedtUe a few DC gatherings ofthe Class—ff anyone's interested send me a note.

One ofthe reasons I was in DC was to attend Navy IT (Information Technology) Day with AFCEA (the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association). One ofthe guest speaken was none other than our own RADM (Sel) Vic See, was a member of a high level acquisition panel whUe the rest ofthe group were attendees at the daylong event. He recendy was selected for his second star. Vic gave a great presentation. It just doesn't seem right that we have a classmate who is in charge of aU SateUite and Space systems. His acmal tide is: Commander, SPAWAR Space Field Activity/PEO Space Systems/Director, Commuiucations Systems Acquisition and Operations Dffectorate, NRO. Sure are

lucky that some of our Classmates paid attention during class back at Canoe U vvhUe the rest of us were just working on graduating. Anyway, we had a pretty good gathering from the Class of 1980 as yrou can see in the photo below; Charlie Booth was also there but unformnately we nUssed him for the nUni reunion. We took a few minutes to renUnisce and catch up as weU as snagging "The Flag" for a photo op!

Class of 1980 members at AFCEA NOVA Naval IT Day L-R, Dennis Watson (Nortfirop Grumman IT); Randy Langmead (Siemens): Mark Arnold (Master Key Consulting): Joe Grace (Grace and Associates): RDML Vic See: Mark Tomb (EDS)

On a completely separate note, something I've been looking to share with the Class for a vvhUe, hopefuUy you have seen Montel Williams "Help is Here Express" Bus Tour which helps patients in need Access Prescription Medicines. He has been doing some awesome charity work.

I'm sure most of you aheady know; but Montel is an Emmy-winning syTidicated talk show host, author and motivational speaker Last year, he was named chairman ofthe National Veterans Association (NVA) and has taped pubUc service announcements for both NVA and the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA).WeU done!

Thanks for making a difference. In addition, his autobiography, "Climbing Higher," and "Mountain Get Out of My Way" are both New York Times best-seUen. I also received a Christmas note from Bruno Padovani, Bruno.Padovani@ Wrigley.com and his famUy. Bruno was working in Georgia as the start-up factory manager for a new Wrigley gum base plant and was pretty successful in the endeavror, having to commute back and forth beuveen Georgia and Illinois every weekend for almost a year. He was then offered a position with the company back m Chicago directing global base manufacturing. In his letter he indicated that he was able to connect with Griffin and John Fry in Adanta. Must have been during a time that they weren't down in

New Orleans with us for Mardi Gras! It looks Uke he'U be traveUng again to their factories in China, France, Spain and GA. Their son PhiUp is now 14. He and June reported that... "a highUght ofthe later part of the year was attending the NavyNotte Dame game in South Bend with Chuck Phillips, cheering our team as it beat Notte Dame for the first time since JFK was president and Roger Staubach was a nUdshipman."

I also received a short update from RDML Mark Guadagnini, mark.guadagnini@navy;niU who is presendy CNATRA. He has Jim "Buster" Crabbe working with him and as he says, keeping the place running without him. Guad, always at Altimde, reports that...

• Life m CNATRA is grand.

Phenomenal job: I get to be around aU the newest officers in the navy, exceUent mission, nice quarters, a command position, flying bUlet, and not in DC. It is not bad to be CNATRA! FamUy is doing weU.Youngest daughter is in the usna athletic department doing an internship as an athletic ttainer, oldest son got a pUot slot for service selection, youngest son is playing varsity basebaU with his older brother Wffe stUl loves me after 26 years.

Achilles tendon is heaUng - should be flying in a couple of weeks and back on the basketbaU court in about three months. •

IstLT Cbistopher Whittle receiving the Bronze Star medal

Also he sent in a note that contained a photo of 1 LT Christopher Whittle (son of Debbie and Mark Whitde), who recendy remrned from an outstanding tour of duty in Iraq, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star medal. The picmre was taken during the award ceremony; As Guad described, the entire team ofThristy Third Company are exttemely proud of ILT Whitde and thankful for the conttibutions that he and his soldiers gave in defense of freedom.

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80-81 CLASS NEWS I received another Christmas note firom ShawTi and Wit Davis, ShawTiMDavis@comcast.net. His daughter Loie was accepted early to Duke, which gives Wit another reason to root for Coach K and a hope for final 4 tickets in the future. They were Uving in Lake Forest, IL on New Yean day 2007 awaiting the birth of their youngest chUd, OUvia Hope (born March 14th).They have twro other daughten as weU, Ella Grace, 6, Kinsey Faith, 5. Of coune, as they describe, • .. .there must be something in our DNA that says that when we have a baby, we have to move, and this year was no exception. This spring, we became aware of a new opportunity for Wit as general counsel of a great company based in WUsonviUe, Oregon (just south of Pordand). So after the usual interview cycle and a week ofthe famUy checking out the area in June, we made the decision to hit the Oregon TraU. The company is FLIR Systems, Inc. • So now they are quasi-setded in a home they are renting in beautiful Lake Oswego, Oregon and looking for visits firom Classmates and friends. There are a few good stories that I had to take out for space, but when you see them.. .ask about that seff move clause in the company....

I received a short updatefiromJim Jamison, jamison5usmc@aol.com who is currendy serving as the Senior Marine and Force Marine Officer for Commander Naval Air Forces. He works and Uves in Coronado CA with his wffe of 21 yean, Jamie. Their oldest son James J r is playing lacrosse at Uruvenity of Mary Washington inVA and they stiU have two other chUdren, Joy and John, who are stUl at home with them. They love it out there and as he said "...we aU enjoy the sports, sun, and fun in Coronado—we are here to stay."

make it up for the services and sent a brief update on his condition. Five other Classmates were able to be there in support of our Shipmate and his famUy, N ^ e Ales, Dave Anderson, Rich Donofrio, Carl Hendershot, and Walt Porr.A special thanks firom the Class for representing aU of us in spirit. They have indicated that the service was beautifid and that a great deal of love and caring was shown by the entire commuruty.As was also mentioned, Mark's right leg was seriously injured in the crash. He has undergone several operations since and has more procedures to come in the future. A memorial flmd has been set up in Laura's name to buUd a Ufeguard tower at Camp Squanto (a Scout camp).

Donations may be made to the Laura Guidoboni Memorial Tower Fund, c/o the Sovereign Bank, 157 Summer St., Kingston, MA 02364. Our hearts and prayen go out to Mark and his famUy. Lffe is so very fiagUe and it can change in an instant.

I do know that Mark is not the only Classmate who has suffered a tragedy or trauma in his/her lffe and that there are many of our Class who have needed or The attached photo was taken in the sports book may now need the fuU support ofthe after we collected our winnings. Pictured are (L to Class. Please let me know ff we can be of R) Chuck Phillips, JeffAllmon, Glenn Yoritomo, Ray Green, Bert Nelson, Mike Spence and John Fry and: service. There is no greater group of The gendemen pictured sang Navy Blue & Gold people in to lean on than the Class of 1980. the Sports Book after they collected their winnings.

We are aU in this together!

WeU, that's aU the news that's avaUable Out West our Classmates are aging Uke or that I'm aUowed to print. I hope that the rest of us. I received a photo firom this finds each of you healthy, happy and Linda and Wendell Elento, wiser today than yesterday. Please take a threestan@hawaU.rrcom who have been few moments to renew- a friendship, caU a unable to escape the big 50 even out in Classmate, and send me an update. As the Islands. Here's a shot of Linda and always, BEAT ARMY, —Joe. WendeU at his 50th Birthday.

I also got a note firom T i m m Anderson tiinm_andenon@msn.com who is Teaching chemistry at Temple High School in Temple, TX; He said diat he is looking for a job in the DaUas/Ft Worth area (so anyone out there—give him a shout); He's been asked to preach an Easter sermon in Dallas and is reaUy looking fonvard to it!

Kathy and Ray Green ezbngreen@ comcast.net sent an emaU back in December with a photo form the Pointsettia Bowl. They also had a good gathering in Vegas for the Army game which somehow sHpped through the cracks.

CoiioiiUiilatioiis!

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On a final and less happy note, many of you already received my e-maU announcing the ttagic death of Laura Guidoboni, the 15 year old daughter of our Classmate Mark Guidoboni. Mike Ales and several other Classmates were able to

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Aloha '81, hope this finds everyone doing vveU.As usual, I hav-e blow-n right through the column deadUne and have fortunatelygotten some slack firom firom the alumni association. This reminds me of doing term papen last minute!

As ahvay-s. someone seems to come throu^ in the clutch, and this month it started with an up>datefiromanother of our prominent former footbaU play-en (and NAPSTER), Mike "Disco" Matthes (5di co). Mike went subs after graduation, and then w-as one ofthe smart ones who got the Nav-y- to send him to Harvard to get an MBA, unlike some of us who spent yiean paying off smdent loansfirombusiness school! He put in a 20 year career with the Navy; culminating in command of HAMPTON (SSN 767). He dien retired in August 2000 and went to work for an electronics manufacturing company- named JabU headquartered in St. Petenburg FL. Mike writes: "I'm currendy- the Vice President of Operations for the Americas. I have 11 plants in the US, Mexico and Brazil We make electronics for OEM's and other companies Uke Nokia, HP, Cisco, IBM, Automotive, and othen. Mara is teaching math at a local school. Attached are tw-o photos; one during a surprise 50th birthday- party- during Army--Nav-y- last year with feUovv footbaUen Fred Reitzel (25th co), Frank McCallister (32nd co), Ted Dumbauld (33rd co). Matt McLaughlin (33rd co), and Mike Dolan (33rd co), and the other a famUy shot with our girls CoUeen (sophomore at Horida State Univenity-), Sarah (senior at St. Petenburg HS), Caidin (jimior at UiUvenity of Miami) and KeUy (graduated Georgetown Umv-enity- 2006). Mike, great to hear firom you, thanks for the note.

Fred Reitzel, Frank McCallister, Mike Matthes, Ted Dumbauld, Matt McLaughlin, and Mike Dolan celebrate another victory over Army

Mike Matd)es and family in Florida

Also reporting in from the gridiron was another NAPSter, Terry Huxel (5th co).

Terry's days on the footbaU field caused him to go restticted Une (Civil Engineer Corps) after graduation. He did spent 5 yean on active duty and then spent another 15 yean in the Navy Reserve, retiring back in 2000. He recendy had his right hip replaced and said he hopes the titanium venion lasts as long as the original! Terry; knowing you, I am sure you wiU put it to quite a test, so no bets on this end! He also sent in a photo of himseff with Vince Hartmarui (1st co) at Vince' 50th birthday party. By the time you receive this Terry wiU also have mmed 50 (yes, this is becoming a recurring theme!).

Terry writes: • "Jan (my better haff smce June 20,1981 26 -I- yean) and I moved back to Cincinnati 14 yean ago. Since our return home we have been blessed with a son, Seth who is an eighth-grader, and enjoy being close to our famiUes. Presendy I am the PubUc Works Director for the City of Wyoming, a smaU affluent City just north of Cincinnati and have enjoyed spending my free time coaching grade school footbaU and basketbaU as weU as officiating high school footbaU games. This year those extracurricular activities wUl change as I wiU be joining my brothen' staff as the defensive Une coach for my high school alma mater. Terry, thanks for the note. We'U be on the lookout for some blue chip defensive ends coming from your program! •

Terry Huxel and Vince Hartmann at Vince'50th birthday party

Next, news firom another former star, Mike McLaughlin (10th co).You probably remember Mike from his days running around a lacrosse field terrorizing opposing goaUes. After graduation, he flew P-3's, and then became a pUot for American Airlines. He now ffies the S80 out of Boston. When I tracked Mike down recendy, I found out that he had relocated from Long Island to New England. He WTites: "Angel and I made the move to Mont Vernon, N H in 2004.

Couldn't be any more different than Long Island. We moved from Uving just 500 feet from the Long Island RaU Road to peace and tranquUity on 5 acres in Southern NH.This year we have had record breaking amount of snow. We are looking forward to spring!

We are almost empty nesten! Our oldest son Michael, age 27 (don't do the math on that one...) is a graduate smdent at CW Post Univenity on Long Island.

He is the vanity wrestling coach at Deer Park High School. He is hoping to be teaching by the faU. Our son John '05, is a 1st LT, USMC. He is an Infantry Officer From Sept '06 to May '07 John was in Al Anbar Provence in IFIAQ. 2008 has put us back to sleepless nights as John is currendy on his second tour in IRAQ. He is with 5th MARINES and is part of a MiUtary Transition Team, aka MiTT, in south central Iraq. We are looking forward to his safe remrn this faU. Our daughter, Leann is 22 and is in the spa and skin care field. Mike, thanks for the note.

Angel and Mike McLaughlin with son John USNA '05 after TBS graduation

In the "came out of hiding" category, we have the fint ever update firom GJary Bell (36th co). Gary dodged several requests for gougefiromme andfinaUygot tired enough of ffiem to write me the foUowing: • "Here's my fint input to Shipmate since departure firom USNA.Tvventy--seven yean goes by fast—I was an E-2C Hawkeye NFO in Norfolk and came straight off cruise on the JFK to marry my beautifiil bride Fran m 1987 at die USNA Chapel and we now Uve happUy in southern MD. May 2008

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We celebrated our 20th anruvenary last AprU and have three teenagers; Cassie is 18 and a freshman at HoUins University in Roanoke,VA. Ryan is 17, a Junior in high school, and Marty is 14, and a freshman.

AU three make Fran and I very proud. I served as an E-2C Hawkeye NFO for 8 1 /2 years active duty and then 13 years in the reserves, both in Norfolk. I have been a defense contractor in Patuxent River, MD since 1989, supporting NAVAIR, and I am currendy VP for DoD operations for Advanced Systems Technology and Management, Inc. I have made it to an occasional footbaU/lax game and taUgater, a few homeconUngs, but not nearly as many as I would Uke. Go Navy and God bless. •

feUow shipmate, leveled my oven racks and barely beat Matt as my first customer; and Bubba Turman (31st Co), feUovv NAPSter, gave blood whUe trying to separate two of my 140 quart bowls after he unloaded them from the ttuck. •

Matt Carr, Jim Rodrock, Rod Adams, and Bubba Turman at the Great Harvest Bread Co., Annapolis, closing party

Jim, always great to hear from you. With you and Woody over there I feel better about our chances for success!

Mark Rogers (25th co) also checked in with us from his home in PurceUvUle, VA. Mark was a P-3 aviator in the Navy for 20 years before retiring and becoming a defense contractor. He writes: Gary Bell and family

Gary, great to hear from you; don't wait another 27 years to write again!

Also in the "inbox" this month was a surprising notefiromJim Rodrock (35th co). It mrns out that Jim's remrn to active duty is now taking him to the Middle East. He writes: • "I am headed to Kuwait and then into Iraq for a 9-month boots-on-ground tour.

It looks Uke I'U be working under Dave "Woody"Woods (25th Co). After wearing the individual body armor (batde ratde as they caU it) and carrying the weapons, I now have a much deeper appreciation and respect for aU those Marines and Soldiers carrying the same equipment and more in 110-1- degree heat. This smff is heavy!

On the home front, Linda and I sold our Great Harvest Bread Co. bakery in AnnapoUs on 31 Jan 08.That was a big reUef to both of us. We had a good run for 7-1- years, but with me deploying it would have been one more thing to worry about. I would Uke to thank everyone who came in and supported us.We reaUy appreciated it and enjoyed seeing you.

Thank you especiaUy to my classmates who helped me get started and make it a successfiil business. Matt Carr (30th Co), feUow shipmate, also designed my oven exhaust system; Rod Adams (16th Co),

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• "I am now working as Deployable Communications/Satcom Program Manager for AT&T Government Solutions. My wife Judy and I just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. Our Daughter Heather (18) is headed to Clemson this faU to smdy Chemical Engineering. Our Son Matt (14) is planning to smdy CuUnary Arts at some yet to be determined coUege". •

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FinaUy, and on a much more serious note, I recendy found out that Luree Holt, Herury Holt's (2nd co) wife, recendy suffered a sttoke. Henry has been keeping us updated on Luree's recovery process at http://www.carepages.com/ServeCarePag e?cpn=LASHFamUyandPeeps&ipc=pinvit I encourage everyone to visit the page and support Henry and Luree as they go through this difficult journey. Luree is making great progress towards recovery, but she StUl faces a long road. Henry and Luree, our thoughts are with you, and we look forward to seeing you at the next reunion.

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It is with a very heavy heart that I announce what many of you must certainly know by now. We lost a good friend and classmate, TJ Aruffo, in late TJAruffo 1958-2008 February after what should have been routine sui^ry. Here's his "official" obituary: • Thomas J. "TJ" Aruffo, 49, of St. Petenburg, died suddenly Thunday, Feb. 28,2008 at Pahns of Pasadena Hospital.

He was born in Drexel HiU, Pa., on May 30,1958.TJ was an Eagle Scout and attended Bridgewater High School in New Jeney He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1982 and enjoyed a distinguished career as a naval aviator, flying the F-14 Tomcat in carrier aviation worldwide. After 14 yean serving our country, he entered the private sector, holding executive positions with Formne 500 comparues, most recendy as the Chief Information Officer for Cott Corporation, in Tampa, Fla. An avid ocean yachtsman, TJ survived the iiffamous Fasmet Race of 1979 and enjoyed many subsequent yean of ocean racing with friends and famUy aboard his saiUng yacht "Reggae". A devoted husband and father, TJ leaves behind his loving wife of 25 yean, Marie Aruffo (Fordham) and his beautiful chUdren Matthew (20) and Meghan (18), aU of St. Petenburg. He is also survived by his mother, Helen Aruffo; father, A. John Aruffo; sisters. Amy Spaeth, HoUy Dunn, Jenifer Stiles, and his mother- and father-in- law WUUam and Marie Fordham, and their famUies. • Don Clements and Mike Case were the first classmates on the scene and both did a wonderful job of consohng whUe at

the same time making things happen.

Many of us were able to make it to St. Petenburg to celebrate TJ's lffe and to help Marie deal with her sudden and tragic loss. A wake was held on a Wednesday night. The tenor was mosdy upbeat—the way TJ w-ould have wanted it, of coune. A sUdeshow was on continuous loop and the photos revealed a Ufe weU Uv-ed.There w-as TJ in white works, at a P-rade, in ffight gear manning up a Tomcat, camping with Marie and friends, walking down the aisle ofthe Chapel with his gorgeous new bride, and at the helm of his saUboat, "Reggae."

Among those present at the wake were KeDy and Monica Baragar, Brian Gawne, Mike Ullrich, Ken Peny, Bin Kennington, Paul Schilling, Ted Mortensen, and Charlie Kineke.

After the vv-ake vv-e rendezv-oused at the Aruffo's gorgeous home in a gated community and drank scotch and told tales of our days at school and in the RAG together. We could feel TJ's presence as we laughed untU the wee houn.

The next day- w-as harder Among the classmates joining us at the fioneral vv-ere Rick and Sara Smith, Mike Smack, and Tom Buterbaugh.The service w-as w-eU done. Clem and Faceman did a great job recounting times with TJ, particularly day-5 spent racing his saUboat "Reggae."

The beauty- of Marie and the kids at once gave us hope and added to the sadness that surrounded the event. As the procession started out and the organist played the fint strains ofthe "Navy HyTnn" it was impossible to maintain. Thank God I had UUy; Donger, Booger and Moruca to hold on to.

Outside the classmates stiU in unfform (KeUy, Brian, UUy; Smacker, Tom) stood behind the casket and rendered salutes w-hUe the Nav-y- bugler blew- "Taps."

Fortunately; the reception at the yacht club near the Aruffo's home aUowed us to finish the proceedings on a more upbeat note. TJ's last boss is a West Point grad, and he made the mistake of attempting some Whoop-ty-pe grief, w-hich led to CharUe Kiimeke to laimch into "Fight for the Navy," which, in turn, led to us doing aU the Navy "greatest hits," including everyone's favorite, of coune, "The Goat is Old and Gnarly." This deranged glee club was a site to behold, and again one just had a sense that TJ w-as looking dovvTi on us with a smUe. Those of you who knewTJ know we lost a good one. He always showed us the way as a classmate, husband, father, feUow

aviator, yachtsman, and captain of industry.

More than anything else,TJ was the greatest friend one coiUd have. We'U miss him.

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Greetings! Lots of great news and picmres this month so let's get going!

An alert reader sent in a news cUpping about a change of command for USS ESSEX on 4 Febmary 2008 durmg which our classmate Kerry Canady reUeved Brian Donegan ('83).

Previously, Kerry had been serving as the ship's X O since August 2006. This is Kerry's fint command of a naval vessel.

Congratulations, Kerry! For those of you rusty on the specifics of our Navy these days, ESSEX is the lead ship ofthe orUy fonv^ard-deployed U.S. Expeditionary Strike Group and serves as the flagship for Commander, Task Force 76, the Navy's only- fonvard-deployed amphibious force commander. Task Force 76 is headquartered at White Beach Naval FaciUty Okinawa, Japan, with an operating detachment in Sasebo, Japan. ESSEX departed Sasebo for its spring pattol throughout the Western Pacific region on 24 January; During this pattol, she wiU participate in a series of bUateral maritime ttaining exercises designed to buUd relationships and enhance operational readiness of partner Asian-Pacific nations.

The same alert reader sent in the news that AFC Enterprises, Inc announced the appointment of Ralph Bower to Popey-es' Leadenhip Team. Ralph vviU serv-e as Chief Operations Officer of its Popeyes brand.

Previously; Ralph w ^ the KFC operations leader responsible for more than 900 KFC fianchised restaurants in the western United States. Congratulations, Ralph!

Another alert reader sent in an article back in March where a Georgia flag that had traveled to 117 of Georgia's 159 counties was presented to Brian Mcllvaine, skipper of USS GEORGIA in honor of the sub's Remrn to Service Ceremony at the Naval Submarine Base at Kings Bay on 28 March. GEORGL\ is die last Ohioclass submarine to be convertedfiroma ballistic missUe submarine to a guided missUe sub designation providing a new conventional weapons platform.

Melanie Doherty wrote firom Kuwait where she is (hopefuUy, by now) finishing up her long deployment which began March 2007. Here is her son's favorite picmre of her, packing heat in Kuwait. Melanie is the Operations Officer for a Combat Arms Training Unit at Camp Buehring where soldien are pushed forward to man the MiUtary Transition Teams, the smaU teams which advise the Iraqi Security Forces on theff missions. Her duties are a far, far cry from the wrorld of supply Melanie knows so weU. Melanie and famUy now Uve in the Harrisburg area of Pennsylvania in a community just minutes from Henhey.

Melanie was able to time her R and R perfecdy; arriving home on December 23rd just in time for Christmas. Melanie has enjoyed meeting a lot ofWest Pointen from '84 and enjoyed the aw^esome Navy win over Army with a group ofWest Point women she now calls friends. She also has run into some USNA gratis,— Jeff Rickenbach '92 and John Baehr '96 as weU as Army CPT Juantonio Rivera (USNA '03) .Yes, diat's right— USNA. Juantonio was prior Navy then graduated firom USNA, wanted to go MI, and wround up in the Army; This picture was taken after a 5K run sponsored by the Brits where Melanie finished second in the 40-1- age group and Juantonio firushed fint overaU. I hope by the time this article hits the stteets, Melanie, you are back home, safe and sound.

"Melanie In Kuwait'

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FinaUy, a great letter and pictures from Pete McDevitt: • On Friday January 18,2008,1 had the pleasure of attending the Change of Command of my plebe roommate and 5th company's, CAPT Tom Huff, as he turned over the conttols as Commanding Officer ofthe Navy's Test PUot School in Patuxant River, Md. B J ^ M Steven R. Eastburg '81 was the guest speaker It was a great ceremony attended by many of Tom's friends and famUy including Tom's wife,Terri, their son, MIDN Zach Huff (USNA, class of 2010), and their daughter, Lauren. Later, we aU met at Tom and Terri's for a reception to catch up on old times, and Tom entertained us in the "fine art" of flying a remote-controUed heUcopter in his house! Tom and Terri wiU be Uving in the Pax River area for the next few years, as Tom is slated to take over as Commodore of the Test and Evaluation Wing sometime next year Congratulations Tom. My great surprise of that day was running into Raul Silva, the "third amigo" in our plebe year room. Raul is a Commander in the Reserves who has been assigned to a urUt in Pax River for several years. This particular drUl week Raul was driving around the base and noticed a commanding officer sign in front ofthe hangar with Tom Huff's name on it. Raul waUced into Tom's office to say "hi", and three days later we're all together at the change of command where we had the photographer help us

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to recreate a 28-year-old photograph of the "three amigos." Raul is recently married to Christine, a lawyer, and is Uving in CampbeU, CaUfornia, where he works for Space Systems/Loral in Palo Alto, CA. There he designs and buUds commercial satellites, and then travels the world to help faciUtate their launch. As for myseff, I'm stUl Uving in LakeviUe, Minnesota, and flying for FedEx as a First Officer on the Airbus 300 out of Memphis,TN. I've also recently started volunteering as a Blue and Gold officer for my area. My wife, Marlys, who retired from the Reserves in 2002—a year after I retired from active duty, is a nurse practitioner at a nearby cUnic and teaches graduate school at the University of Minnesota. We have two daughters, Anna (16) and Krista (14), who keep us incredibly busy, and who are stiU wUUng to travel with their "rents." One of these days I wiU put together a letter profiUng aU the '84 classmates at FedEx. There are quite a few faces that I'U see at midnight, whUe in between ffights, and get to chat with over a strong cup of coffee. But one classmate I need to mention is Mark Newman, who has frequently reminded me over the past couple years to include him in a Shipmate letter Mark and I met several years ago on a ffight when I was a new FUght Engineer and he was a Captain on the Boeing 727. Mark is married, Uves in the Memphis area, and is now an Airbus 300 Captain. As weU, he is an instructor in FedEx training department. UntU recendy he was stUl quite competitive in long distance running, having completed numerous marathons and quaUfying for several ofthe previous Olympics. (How's that, Mark?) I've included a photo of Mark and me from that first meeting outside our plane in Appleton,WI. Lasdy, I would Uke to make a plug for the Blue and Gold Officer Program. Having entered the Academy from the enUsted ranks, I did not know much about the program untU now. However, one thing that reaUy amazed me during training is that the majority ofthe Blue and Gold Officers—those who soUcit quaUfied high school students, answer emaUs and phone caUs, and conduct candidate interviews— are not Academy graduates themselves. In some cases they may have Utde or no miUtary experience, their only connection being that maybe a son or granddaughter went to the Academy. Simply said, these dedicated individuals aU do a great job, but we continue to need more volunteers.

I would encourage any USNA alumru to

join the ranks ofthe Blue and Gold. The Academy could certainly use your experience, and I think the candidates would benefit tremendously by working with actual Naval Academy graduates. If you have any questions about the program, please feel free to caU me at 952-2390940, or the Candidate Guidance Office at 410-293-1813/1851. •

"Pete and Mark"

Thanks for aU the info and picmres, Pete.

That's it for this month. Keep those cards and letters coming! Talk to you later.

— Karen.

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Thanks go out to Harriet Baker for foUowing up on your forgetful class secretary who had somehow misplaced Dave's

input. If it were not for her, we would not have any inputs this month. Speaking of inputs—ffyou haven't sent me an e-maU since our fifteenth reunion (when the current batch of sucken took over as your class officers) then you are DINQ. I mean that in the warmest way It is very easy to sit down to your computer and tap out a short note to me (EmaU above) letting me, and your interested classmates, know what you have been up to over the last eight yean. I pick the fifteenth reunion because that's about as far back as many of us can remember these days. I expect a flood of emails. Please don't disappoint me.

I heardfiromJoe Flynn (5) who is moving to Maryland and vviU be working for Northrop Grumman out by BWI airport. I hereby nominate Joe to be one of ffie class hosts for the upcoming taUgate season. Do I hear any seconds?

Matt Schatzle (28) and I are aheady making plans for the upcoming season's taUgaten. Matt is trying to get official sponsonhips for the taUgates. We had a few last year which helped cover some taUgate costs. If anyone out there would Uke to have a large, obnoxious sign placed prominendy at your class taUgate site with your company's logo please let me know.

We are happy to put your company's advertising budget to good use.

Dave Baker (25): I It is interesting how the past ties to the fiimre. On May 9,1926, LT Richard E. Byrd, Naval Academy Class of 1912, led the fint successfol ffight over the North Pole. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for the achievement. Soon after, Byrd became interested in exploring Antarctica. From 1928 to 1930, Byrd led the first of four Antarctic expeditions.

During this exploration, Byrd and a crew of three made the first-ever ffight over the South Pole in November 1929. In June 1930, at the end ofthe first expedition, he was promoted to the grade of rear admiral. In 1955, R7\DM Byrd directed Operation Deep Freeze, the first phase of continuous United States operations in the Antarctic. In February 1956, on his fifth and final expedition, Byrd made his last ffight over the pole. He died in his Boston home in March 1957, and was acclaimed an international hero.

Several years ago as the C O of a Reserve Unit, I spent two weeks on active duty overseeing the load out of a vessel that was integral to an Operation Deep Freeze mission. I had never heard of this mission but found it extremely interesting.

In my civUian job, I am a ship manager for General DynanUcs NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, responsible for overseeing the construction of large-huUed vessels. As fate would have it, I was assigned to oversee the construction ofthe Richard E. Byrd, the fourth of a new class of dry cargo-ammunition ship. Construction of the ship began in February 2006.

It has been more than 50 years since RADM Byrd completed his last adventure, but on October 23, USNS Richard E. Byrd (TAKE-4) went to sea for the first time, beginning another chapter of adventures in her namesake's name. The NASSCO-Navy team conducted 32 hours of sea ttial testing aboard T-AKE 4 to prove her worth to thefleet.With flying colors, she passed. Onboard the Byrd for sea trials was CAPT Tom Hoknan, Class of 1978 (21st Company) and a graduate of NAPS. He is currendy the lead inspector for the Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) and expects to retire in June 2008. He says with out a doubt he wiU make the next reunion. Also onboard was CAPT Bob Bonner, Class of 1982 (7th Company). I stUl remember a chow caU or two with his name in it. He is CAPT Hoknan's reUef. •

degree in accounting from Chaminade University. He is married and has a 15-year-old son.

He was naval officer in charge of Kahoolawe from the early 1990s to 1995.

As a civiUan, he served as senior project engineer with Parsons-UXB Joint Venture during the ordnance cleanup from 1995 to 2004. For the last four years, he has worked with the nonprofit Pacific American Foundation as project director for the Native Hawaiian Research Center and for the Malama Kaho'olawe partnership. He simultaneously worked with the foundation's for-profit affUiate,The Hana Group. For the latter, he was safety manager for contracts providing security for Navy bases in Hawaii, including Pearl Harbor, plus six Mainland bases; and quality control and safety manager for Navy housing in Hawaii. • Lou Jonske sent in this picture of him with his son (Louis Joseph "Joey" III) —his mini me!

Lou Jonske and his son Joey, aka "Mini Me "

Doug AUen sent in this picture of Steve Frick in space on the last Space Shuttle mission (inJan/Feb).

"Steve Ploofand Dave Baker

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HeUo from AnnapoUs. Since there is a lot of news, I wiU get right to it!

Mike Althouse found this article in the Maui news about Mike Nahoopii: • Michael Nahoopii has accepted an offer to become executive director of the Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission.

Nahoopii graduated in 1982 from Kamehameha and in 1986 from the U.S. Naval Academy at AnnapoUs, Md., and holds a master of business administration

Stei^e Frick in Space (upside down with light blue shirt)

From Bryan Parks: • Left USNA for USMC. Six years and two deployments to Okinawa later they wanted to send me to recruiting duty in Iowa so it was time to go. Went to work for Kimberly Clark as a maintenance crew leader for a year Decided I Uked school better than work and managed to sneak past the admissions office at MIT so I May 2008

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95% of what I manufacture I export.

Along the way I got married to a wonderful lady with two chUdren. Had two more chUdren & have taken in some strays at various times. Currently the kids are 22,17,8, & 6.The oldest took a detour after high school to go in the Marine Corps Reserve. He was called up and spent a bit of time in the horn of Africa. He's now in a state school studying computer science. The 17 year old is a genius and has been taking coUege classes since he was a junior in high school. Next year he'U be going to a state school. Both Uve at home and show no incUnation to leave—I think I need to review their "benefits" plan—it may be too generous.

The youngest (one boy and finaUy a Uttle girl!) are homeschooled. How my wife does that and has time to be CTO of a software company she founded remains a mystery to me—she's just constantly busy.

We Uve in the country on 7.5 acres with some goats, a cow, and a couple dogs. • From Bob Brooks: • I have a Uttle mortgage company in Kingwood,TX: Humble Mortgage (www.humblemortgage.com). Two daughters—a 10 year old and a 14 year old. The 10 year old is a budding pro goffer (www.ffizzybrooks.com) and the 14 year old is a soccer fiend. StiU on the first marriage. Love goff. Older and only a Uttle wiser •

Bob Brooks and family

From William J.James, from 12th Co., not to be confused with WiUiam C.James from 2nd Regiment: • My wife DanieUe and I adopted our third chUd, a boy born in Birmingham, AL last June. We now have three adopted chUdren, aU from Alabama: Cassandra (age 5), Langston (age 3), and Jacob

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(born 6/07). I'm continuing my work as a partner in a smaU patent law firm in SiUcon VaUey, working mostly on computer, media, and telecommunications related inventions. In my spare time I play soccer and I'm learning as an adult to play piano.

Recendy my five-year-old daughter and I started taking recorder lessons together, which has been fon. Not very exciting news, but it's a nice Ufe for me.:) •

William James and family at the Stanford Sierra Camp, on Fallen Leaf Lake in the Lake Tahoe area

Our family has grown by one recently Our 20-year-old niece has come to live with us whUe attending University of South Alabama. (She made the President's Ust last semester Another big head in the house.) She's doing weU but we don't sleep much anymore. My mother stiU Uves with us and taunts Charles every day.

Charles has the patience of a saint...so far But so does mom. Our babyWiUow, is now 12 years old. She spends most of her days dreaming about chasing squirrels.

Oh, forgot to teU you...she's our dog. I just try to stay sane in this menagerie and dream of Uving on the beach. If you're ever in LA (that's Lower Alabama, y'aU) give us a hoUer! PS. I cant' beUeve he is standing over my shoulder trying to teU me what to write ." Charles and Brenda WUson, cewbeg@msn.com, H: 251.635.1518, C: 228-238-3853 • From A.C. Raines:

From Charles WUson (actuaUy the input is from his wife Brenda) • "For many years, Charles has asked me to write an update for Shipmate. I said, "No, you do it."This is what he wrote: Shipmate, Am fine. Work at NGSS in MS. Live in MobUe, AL. Have a dog, a truck, a wife, a mother-in-law and a niece.

Regards, CW FeeUng sorry for him, I did a Uttle editing and added just a few things...

After many years under the IQ Reduction Program offered in the corrugated box industry, Charles changed his course and joined Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in 2004. We now Uve in MobUe, AL, home ofthe Bay Bears and the real birthplace of Mardi Gras (so we've been told). Charles completes the image of Alabama living by driving a Dodge pick-up truck to work. No, we don't have a couch in our front yard. Not after Ivan and Katrina. (Won't let that happen again.)

Last September, Charles graduated from the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey (Systems Engineering Management). He made us aU very proud.

However, the additional airfare for the return flight, due to his overly inflated ego, set us back a few hundred doUars.

Charles' mom didn't get to see her son graduate, but I know she would have been very proud, as weU. We miss her For his graduation present, Charles wanted to buy a boat for fishing in the Guff. E^ decided that with his luck at catching fish, the price for snapper would be about $50,000/lb. He got a fishing rod. We aren't getting a boat.

• It's been about 4 years since my last (& only letter to shipmate)—so here goes. I retired in 2004, left on Tuesday wearing Khakis and returned in a coat & tie on Wednesday working as a GS for a certain CAPT Peg Klein. I recently left my cushy Navy "desk" job as the Deputy Director for Logistics at Strategic Communications Wing ONE in Oklahoma City and I crossed over to the "dark side"—in this case, the Chair Force—oops I mean the Air Force. My commute is now about 3 minutes longer I'm working as a Lean, Six Sigma "Black Belt" helping the Air Logistics Center in their Transformation Efforts.

My last three years of Uving through the Navy's evolution to the Naval Aviation Enterprise & AirSpeed helped prepare me for this job—its hard to beUeve but the Air Force is about 3 years behind the Navy in this cultural change. I'm watching the leadership struggle with the same problems and paradigm shifts that we had to overcome when we first started.

Bottom Line—lots of opportunity for me to look a lot smarter than I actuaUy am— I just keep making suggestions that are right out ofthe Navy's own "Play Book."

I would be making a killing if I was doing this as a consultant vice a GS. The FamUy & our farm are doing great! 6 beautiffil weU-behaved chUdren— 3 boys & 3 girls, ages 10,10,12,14,16 & 16. AU are home-schooled by my wife of nearly 18 years. Heather—AKA "the Samt."

Our farm currendy has 30-1- Merino Sheep, a Uama, 3 Quarter-Horses, and too many dogs, cats & chickens to count.

Recendy had Kip Pagach ('86—1st Company) out to the farm for dinner We ate way too much food and enjoyed a botde of wine whUe we played catch up.

Kip now has the oppormnity to visit on a regiUar basis as he is doing consulting work for our local power company, OG&E. If anyone else crosses through our area—ffiey are always welcome—or feel free to caU ffyou want to chat about Lean, Six Sigma processes—I drank the Kool-Aid a long time ago—so I can go for hours. Take care & Beat Army! A. C. & Headier Raines, 25892 230th Stteet, PurceU, OK 73080 (H) 405.527.6333 / acrames® hotmaU.com (W) 405.739.2510 / alfred.raines@ tinkeraf.mU (C) 405.831.2672 / 6sigma@ att.blackberry.net •

I am active duty in San Diego afrer 7 years inactive in the reserves and currently X O of Deep Submergence Unit, the only submarine rescue unit. Ruben has been out for a whUe and recendy left Deloitte for AmyUn Pharmaceuticals here in San Diego. Ruben's son Chris is shown in the New Years Eve photo. He is class of'08 and selected NFO like his father We see each other very often again we were able to host Ruben and family when they evacuated for the recent fires. •

partner of 360 Partners as weU as president and CEO of 360 Energy.

AnnapoUs High School graduate, self proclaimed Navy Brat, and sister of classmate Rayome Soupiset,Jene (Soupiset) Gladstone, was kind enough to send along some photos from our Class Reunion.

Thanks again Jene!

Dave Julian, Rayome Soupiset, Scott Slater, Gabriel Gomez and Rick McGrath enjoying some Navy Football during the 20th Reunion

Ruben Gavieres, Chris Gavieres '08, and Greg Cotton

AC Raines and family

Great inputs! That's aU for this month.

Thanks to aU for helping me keep the column fiUed! AU the best, — Anne ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 99% PRES: Jim Matheson E: jmatheson@1987.usna.com SHIPMATE COLUMMNIST: Craig Branchfield 326 Palisades Ridge Ct., Eureka, M O 63025 E: Craig.Branchfield@1987.usna.com WEB SITE: www.usna87.org

Greetings '87! WeU, it's been a good month. I've got a lot of maU with a lot of great picmres, so rather than waste any space rambUng on lets jump right to it!

Up first this month is a note from Greg Cotton who reports in from the sunny and warm west coast (which means something to those of us in the Midwest who have been suffering from snow storm after snow storm)• Here is a photo of 5th company roommates Greg Gotten and Ruben Gavieres.

Congratulations go out to Alex Edwards who was recently appointed Director and Chief Executive Officer ofVitalTrust Business Development Company. Prior to his appointment Alex had been serving as an advisor to VitalTrust, helping the Board of Directors form the sttategic vision and transition the company into a verticaUy integrated Renewable Energy Organization. He currently serves as Managing Partner ofTrident Consulting Partners, a private consulting firm specializing in executive leadership and strucmred finance for microcap companies, and has served in multiple executive leadership roles and on numerous Boards of Directors including current positions with NanoChemical Systems Holdings and Nanobac Pharmaceuticals. He is also currently CEO of NanoChemical Systems Holdings and served in Uke roles with Nanobac Pharmaceuticals in 2003 and 2004. From May 2002 through December 2004, Alex was a managing

SEALs JTHall (36), Eric Perreca (I) and Gabriel Gomez (24) enjoying the '87 Tailgater

David Sasek checks in from Italy • Greetings from BeUa Napoli...I reUnquished Command of NMCB-7 last summer and reported to Naples as the Assistant Regional Engineer Back in December, I assumed the duties as the Executive Officer of Naval Facffities Engineering Command Europe and Southwest Asia and frocked to Captain. I just wanted to pass along a couple of photos from Europe. The first is me and the famUy (my wife Nicole, DanieUa who's seven, DJ who's three and CoUn

Lee and Scott Slater, Rayome and Maureen Soupiset, Jim and Sharon Schreiber, Sarah and Gabriel Gomez, Scott Timm, and Laurie and Rick McGrath

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Of course, David is also weU known for the founding ofThe Carver Academy (www.thecarveracademy.org) in 2001.

With his wife Valerie he has committed more than $11 mUUon, one ofthe largest contributions ever by a professional athlete. An inner-city San Antonio school.

The Carver Academy serves a socioeconomicaUy and culturaUy diverse mix of smdents from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade.

In recognition of David's outstanding civic contributions, the NBA renamed its award for outstanding charitable efforts.

Each month, the NBA's Community Assist Award recognizes a player's charitable efforts with the David Robinson Plaque, which is inscribed: "FoUowing the standard set by NBA Legend David Robinson, who improved the community piece by piece."

David's charitable efforts are absolutely worthy of recognition at the highest level, but what we aU remember David for, of course, is his dominance on the basketbaU court. Who can forget those evenings in Halsey Field House watching David take position under the basket as Doug Woj'ick brought the baU across mid court, giving a quick point up at the basket as Woj made a perfect pass towards the back board and David slamming it home for two points to the roar ofthe crowd, foUowed by the scramble to catch one of Captain Dave Sasek with wife Nicole, Danielle, DJ, the doughnut holes being tossed into the and Colin masses there to watch the game. Or better yet the unbeUevable shot at the buzzer from mid court that won the game against James Madison.

Of course David went on to become one ofthe greatest to ever play the game, and now David's achievements on the basketbaU court are once again being recognized as he has been nominated for induction into the United Sates Olympic HaU of Fame. As I sit here typing this artiThe Sasek crew paying a visit to the Coloseum in Rome cle I've gone ahead and put in my vote for David, and after reading many of the David Robinson certainly is no stranger notes posted on the U.S. Olympic HaU of to the media, and once again we find him Fame website it's clear that many others receiving weU deserved recognition for his have as weU. Lets hope that by the time aU phUanthropic efforts, this time teaming up of you are reading this I'U once again find with JP Morgan Chase to buUd two myself sitting here typing about David, Habitat for Humanity houses in New only this time teUing you aU about his Orleans as part of the NBA Cares AU-Star successful induction!

Day of Service. A crew including David, Afraid that's aU the room Shipmate 60 Chase employees and other NBA wiU give me this month. Unfortunately volunteers worked on the two houses I've reached the bottom of my maUbox, so with the bank and David covering the to those who haven't checked in for $170,000 construction costs. David is also awhUe please take a minute to shoot me a in the process of forming the private quick note and help me fiU it back up! equity firm Admiral Capital Group.

Take care everyone! who's 1) at the Frocking and the second is us at the Coloseum in Rome.

My new job is quite chaUenging....I am reminded everyday ofthe old adage that it is better to have a good X O than be one! The Command is responsible for operations and maintenance of over $6 bUUon worth of faciUties on 8 enduring bases throughout two theaters of operations in 6 counties, in support of two Fleet Commanders and two Regional Commanders.We do this through a 1200 person sttong workforce comprised of US civil servants, active duty military, host nation civU servants executing over $650 mUUon of faciUties construction and services per year. WhUe, this has kept me busy coming up to speed, Nicole and I have been able to get out and about some and are enjoying Ufe in Europe.VUla Sasek is always open for any one passing through Naples... •

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I'm going to pardon everyone for not sending in anything over the last few months. I'U take the high road and assume that you're saving up aU the news for "in person reports" at the Class Reunion in September Speaking ofthe reunion, things are starting to take shape. The tentative events are Usted in our ad this month. If you'd Uke to add to this, clarify, or get involved, contact Tucker Hite at 410-987-3590 or Tucker Hite@LFG. com.

I read somewhere that the reason the Military Services have trouble operating jointly is that they don't speak the same language. For example, if you told Navy personnel to "secure a buUding," they would turn off the Ughts and lock the doors. The Army would occupy the buUding so no one could enter. Marines would assault the buUding, capture it, and defend it with suppressive fire and close combat.

The Air Force, on the other hand, would take out a three-year lease with an option to buy.

Have a great summer and don't forget to send in those exotic famUy vacation picmres and stories. — Eric ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 99% PRES: Ingar Grev 904 Barbury PI., Annapohs, MD 21401-6485 H: 410-571-0105; W: 703-243-6613 F: 419-818-7319; E: igrev@1989.usna.com C O R R . SECY: Scott McFadden E: jscottmc89@yahoo.com LISTSERV: usna89@yahoogroup$.org LISTSERV SUBSCRIPTION: send a blank email to usna89-subscribe(^yahoogroups.com fiom the address you wish listserv traffic to be sent T O POST A MESSAGE: write your message and send it to usna89@yahoogroups.com UNSUBSCRIBE: send a blank message to usna89-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com WEBMASTER: CDR Dave Klain, USN E: dave@klain.net

FeUow '89ers!

I hope aU is weU with aU of you!

Some good stuff in this merry month of May! Jeff GarigUano's novel, DogFace, was pubUshed in early March and I received my copy shordy thereafter Go out and get yours today!

Cli^6&OP1988 20* REUNION September 18 - 21, 2008 Navy versus Rutgers

Thursday, Sep 18 •

Casual Get Together for Those in Town (TBD)

Friday, Sep 19 • • •

Superintendent's Address (TBD) Dress Parade (Worden Field) Class Reception in the N* Room at the Stadium (no children)

Saturday, Sep 20 • • •

11 a.m. - Tailgate Inside the Stadium (game ticket required) 1 p.m. Navy vs. Rutgers Post game tailgate lasts until 1-hour after the singing of "Blue and Gold"

Sunday, Sep 21 • •

Chapel Services Informal Brunch (TBD)

Details on the cost and registration are being finalized.

Watch for information in Shipmate, on the class website: www.usna88.com and via e-mail.

Please update your profile at www.usna.com.

You can also contact Tucker Hite at Tucker.Hite(gLFG.com or 410-987-3590 to be part ofthe planning.

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Change of Command - John Tregoning, Heidi 89ers - Tom Popp, Ruth (Chasen) Popp, Holly (Gordon) Corolla, Mike Durst, Mike Breslauer, Pat Herring, Heidi Fleming, Ruth Popp, Maria Long, Jan Little (Sponso Fleming, Karin (Klose) Kulinski, Maria (Chapman) Long, Jim Reining, and John Tregoning

From Tim Goering: • I've assumed command.This year I was named President of the South Florida Region of Seaside National Bank & Trust.

Looks cool on my card, but this is a start up. Truth be told, at the composition of this emaU, I have not formaUy hired my first employee. That said. I intend to build 6 branches in the next 2 years and need commercial lenders and financial advisors.

Seaside National Bank & Trust is the largest de novo federaUy chartered bank in United States history. We intend to be the premier private bank in Florida and can't do it without great people. Please give me a caU if you're interested or know of anyone who might be. • And, (a lot) from Heidi Fleming: • Attached are a couple pictures from my Change of Command atVXS-1 in Pax River, MD. I mrned over from Pat Herring on 1 Jun 07. Interestingly, the side number ofthe aircraft was 589 which corresponded to the month and year we graduated. The class was weU represented as you can see from the photo. I have been busy since taking over the squadron.

VXS-1 conducts worldwide Science and Technology missions in support of Naval Research Laboratory and Office of Naval Research. This past year, we have gone into Japan and routinely detach to Hawaii while now we are preparing to go back into the CENTCOM AOR, Hawaii, and Guam. We recently acquired 4 UAV's to add to our 3 NP-3D's and 2 RC-12's.

After our CoC, Pat Herring headed up to DC working for OSD (Nil) so we pass each other on the commute since I stiU live up in Alexandria. I routinely stayed with Tom and Ruth Popp and their five girls down in Pax. They recently moved up to AnnapoUs where Tom is teaching in the Aero Engineering Department and helping coach the Navy Water Polo Team. Ruth stiU home schools the girls who range in age from 17 to 4.1 spent Christmas day at the Popp's which

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was a great time as always! Holly (Gordon) Corolla is a Defense Contractor doing engineering down in Pax. HoUy, we need to meet up for lunch!

Karin (Klose) Kulinski lives up in Alexandria and is preparing to take over as CO ofVR-53 at Andrews AFB on 1 March. She flies C-130's in the Reserves and 737's with United whUe being a mom of 2 girls with her husband, Steve.

Maria (Chapman) Long and her husband, Louis, have 2 cute kids Uving down inWiUiamsburg,VA.Jim Reining works as the MMA GHMD lead. John Tregoning ffies with United and manages his many houses in the Alexandria area. We hit the bike traUs during the summer months to catch up. I recently saw several classmates up at the MPRA Commander's Conference in Whidbey Island. Cathy (Donohue) PhiUips is CO ofVQ-1 and doing weU. She and her husband, Dave, have a cute Uttle 3 year old son. Josh. I attached a picture of a visit with Cathy and her famUy. Other 89's in the MPI\A community who I saw: Reggie Howard: CO VP-5. Pete Garvin: COVP-8, Greg Pekari: CO VP16,Joe Hart: COVQ-2,Greg CozadCO VP-26, Wade Turvold- CTF72 OPSO, Ray Art: WTI VP-30, Tony Menzel: CPRG N3, Mike Scarry: OIC FSU, Mike Sheehy: MPRG Tmg, Jaime Godwin-VX-1 OPSO Bill Padgett: Lead Fit Surgeon, Pax River Carl Crabtree: NOAA PUot,Tampa, FL and recendy saved a P-3 after the loss of 3 engines. Carl, we are glad to have you back safely on deck.

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Greetings Ninety!

Wow, another month of Shipmate is upon us, and with that we are one month closer to our 20''^ reunion. Have I mentioned that I am looking forward to having a Utde fun in Annapolis in 2010?

In keeping with the march of time theme, would you believe that the first of our classmates have been retiring from active duty? Some of our NAPSters are in the retirement zone due to their service time accumulated prior to the Naval Academy Speaking of which, I won't mention any names here but certain Class of 1990 retirees owe me input (to include pictures) for Shipmate.

Our first bit of news this month is about Mark ^KS <^ Petroff. The Detroit Free Press ran an article on the 13'-'^ of September about ^^^rt Petroff, CEO

Mark and his company. Here is the news summarized in my words.

Mark is the CEO of Marketing Associates LLC in Detroit. Edsel Ford II isffiemajority owner ofthe company and Mark has just moved his team to a new sleek downtown Detroit location.

FoUowing his time as a submariner, Mark earned his MBA at the University of Michigan. He has been president and CEO of ffie 140 person firm since 2006.

Mark, congratiUations on your job and movement ofyour team to a new downtown location! Another CEO in ffie ranks of ffie Class of 1990!

Submarine commanders, ship captains, jumbo jet pUots, CEOs, EngUsh Channel swimmers, 100 mUe runners, Indiana civil servants (me), and so much more. It is pretty impressive to see ffie accomphshments of our class (Inffiana civil servants excepted). Next we have a great update fiom Tad Godsil.

• Greetmgs '90! Long-time reader, first-time writer, I felt hke I'd catch up the class wiffi what I've been up to the past 17 years.

I've reflected back to my time at USNA recendy wiffi Blue and Gold Officer trainmg last summer (very surreal walking ffie yard and hearing plebes get yeUed at 20 summers after experiencing it) and my old roommate Jim (Stoney) Stoneman's Change of Command (VAQ-142) ceremony. Stoney's C O C prompted this as I know he is too humble a guy to write in bragging about himseff.

I've attached a picmre of myseff, Meriffith Stoneman and the guy on the right being puUed down by aU ofthe medals is Stoney. Congrats, man - we're proud of you. Stoney is currendy deployed, leaffing his squadron m Iraq as I write this. I have to admit it has been inspiring seeing our classmates taking over the reins ofthe Navy I'd Uke to take this rime to salute aU of our classmates who are stiU sacrificing their time and energy out there on the pointy tip.

As for me, the Reader's Digest version of'How I ended up m Kalamazoo, MI" goes something Uke this: After Pensacola &VA-42,1 was inVA-34, where I did two cmises as an A-6 B / N on the GEORGE WASHINGTON and roomed with Rob Hunt and Bryan Cheeseman (90 minus 1). I was then lucky enough to receive orders to the N R O T C unit (it is amazing what a botde of scotch can do) at the University of Michigan, where I received my MBA before punching out.

My CivLant career started at Deloitte & Touche in Detroit with Mark Petroff before heading to the KeUogg Company in 2000. Since being here, I have held a variety of roles in Corporate Development, Investor Relations and Finance and am now the finance guy for a ffivision here in Batde Creek.

I've attached a picmre of my beautifiU famUy — I had three sons from a previous marriage (Jake 90 +30, Max & CharUe (twins) 90+32) and Shannon and I just recendy welcomed Brady (90 +39 - can ffiat be right???) dus past May. The kids have kept me young and too busy to notice ffie passage of time, alffiough writing this past paragraph has made me feel ancient.

If any of you venmre to the great state of Michigan, please don't hesitate to give me a shout - I always have time for a classmate.

BEAT ARMY! V/R, TadGodsU^

email Bob at cincinnarvs@lodgelane.com and he wiU help you out.

Does everyone remember the write up of Bill Guarini taking command of Riverine Squadron One, the first brown water Navy unit since the Vietnam War? WeU, if that was not historical enough of an event for you, then read farther. It ends up that Riverine Squadron One will remain in the hands ofthe Class of Ninety! Here is the news from BiU and a photo ofthe event:

Battle Handover

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Tad Godsil, CDR and Meridith Stoneman

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Tad, thanks for the very weU written update and great photos. Congratulation to Jim on assuming command!

Next we have a brief advertisement for Bob LaValley's webpage he has buUt for aU NAPSters from the Class of 1990.

To get in, go to www.naps86.com/ NimitzHaU jsp. You wUl be prompted for a login id and password. Your id is your first initial and complete last name, aU lowercase, no spaces (e.g.,"rlavaUey").

Your password wUl be the zip code Usted for you in the back ofthe Cruise yearbook. If you need help remembering, just

I've got some Class of 1990 news for you. The U.S. Navy has returned to the Brown Water and is executing Maritime Security Operations on the rivers and lakes of Iraq. I had the privUege of deploying as C O ofthe Navy's first Riverine squadron (Riverine Squadron ONE) since the Vietnam War After 7 1/2 months of high impact missions, I mrned over to Riverine Squadron TWO, commanded by Glen Leverette. The baton has been passed, and he and his command have taken the Iraq mission to the next level of success. Attached is a photo foUowing our Battle Handover Glen, if I missed something, chime in.

Go Navy! BiU Guarini • • Kent, The only thing I would Uke to add is that this is probably the first time two USNA classmates have relieved each other (both being CO's or Riverine Squadrons) ever! BUl's guys were able to do some amazing things out here and you would not believe the press cUppings!

Thanks for foUowing up on this BUI. We've picked up where you left off.

R / C D R Glen S Leverette • BUI, Glen, thanks for writing history and serving on the front. Back in the summer of 1986 would you have ever imagined this? Fantastic!

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room in front of a nice fire in the fireplace enjoying a brewskie. In ten days the &n of a year long deployment starts for me.

Kathja (my wife) and I just returned from a five day predeployment vacation to Las Vegas. We looked far and wide (to include the Burger King) but ffid not find Elvis. In between searching for Elvis, we went to multiple shows, ate many great meals, and walked approximately 850 mUes up and down the Vegas strip on a daUy basis. Needless to say, despite the great food it is hard to gain weight when you walk that much. The highUght for me was visiting the Hoover Dam, for Kathja it was five days without the kids.

The good news is that by the time you read this I wUl be about haff way through ffie misery.

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'Writing this from a bus driving from Whisder, BC, back home to Seattle, Washington, after a weekend of skiing with famUy and friends. Based on the sunny skies and warm slopes, spring is definitely getting close.. .and it feels good.

Before leaving for the trip, I managed to dowiUoad the foUowing updates.

FUst from David Ruth who had updated us last year on his famUy. Suice ffien, things have evolved qiuckly. He writes:

• At this time last year, Leticia and I were working through the paperwork to adopt a third Baby Ruth. We were blessed in June by her arrival: EUzabeth Joy, born on ipSSm'iiSS 27 May 2007! Life with three Utde ones affords few duU moments, but we wouldM l "^' ' n't change it for a thing. The photo is a WKL .^ JHiHiij^i recent one of aU five of us, along with ^H iiSilllk>>!^ /mKBM rUHHI^I my parents hiking at Big Sur over Kent and Kathja at the Hoover Dam the hoUdays.

Our first year in Monterey has gone As we wrap up this months column, let weU, but has flown by.We have enjoyed a me take this chance to renUnd everyone couple visits with Rich Brophy and his that your classmates want to hear what famUy, as they periodicaUy swing up from you are up to. With approximately one Lemoore to visit famUy in the area. Pdch's thousand classmates to choose from, we clan makes our famUy of five feel tiny! have approximately one thousand ffifferWe expect to head back to AnnapoUs ent paths taken in lffe. So as I have said in for the long term in the faU of 2009—^we the past, whether you just got promoted should be weU-settled in time for the 20or are about to get demoted, are teaching year reuruon. If you are anywhere near six sigma or just drinking six packs, let us Monterey in the next year or two, please know how you are doing and what you let us know: navyruth@ 1991. usna. com. are up to.

We'd love to see you!" • Keep the news rolling in and I wiU keep the presses running hot.

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David ('91), Elizabeth, Leticia, Eliana, Mike ('68), Barbara, and Christian Ruth at Big Sur

Thanks Dave, you are a lucky dad!

We look forward to seeing your growing famUy in AnnapoUs—that time untU our 20th wiU go by fast, for sure.

I also received a brief note from Jason Kutsurelis, who (among others) noticed

an article in the March 3,2008 issue of U.S. News and Worid and World Report in which Larry Legree was discussed and interviewed for his leadership the rmUtary's effort to achieve stabffity in Kunar province—an area of Afghamstan near Pakistan. The article, tided "Looking for Good Guys in he Badlands", includes the foUowing passages:.

• U.S. Navy Cmdr Larry LeGree, who heads up the rrdUtary's "stabffization" efforts here, adnUts that the work his experts and foot solffiers do is not what U.S. soldiers and saUors usuaUy sign up for "CaU us weU-meaning amateurs, but we showed up for the job," says the Naval Academy graduate. The 80-man team that LeGree commands is the central actor in the U.S. government's efforts to achieve a degree of peace and prosperity in Kunar "Everything we do goes to the idea of looking for an end state in Afghamstan," he adds.

That end state is a long way off.. .A U.S. government report on Kunar province warns that officials and soldiers must try to avoid "another Korengal" in other isolated vaUeys ofthe province by promoting more economic development.

To achieve that, LeGree is stressing stronger ties between U.S. soldiers and the local population. He is also trying to crack the nut of geographic isolation. As he hikes up a new road snaking into the violent vaUey where dozens of American soldiers have perished, a crackle comes across the raffio and a heutenant warns of movements by enemy fighters. "As we push up this vaUey and into higher terrain, we wiU be effectively encroaching upon them and taking away their population base," says LeGree, who pays the Afghan road workers a daUy wage just above what al Qaeda is known to give its own fighters. • Jason properly raises the question of what a Nuc SWO is doing stabffizing a province in the rocky harsh mountains of Afghanistan, but surely that nuclear training is coming in handy. Congratulations and thanks, Larry, for your efforts.

'Recognition weU deserved.

Not to be outdone, a few other classmates made their way into the national press this past month. Joe Dondero and John Maim, and their business' support of veterans, were ffiscussed in a USA Today article entided "Franchises give veterans a break". I puUed a few quotes from the article:

• The story was about two Navy veterans who had left corporate Ufe to start RoUy PoUies, a young company ffiat was firanchising gymnasiums and activity centers for young chUdren. John Mann and Joseph Dondero had started ffie first RoUy PoUies in Severna Park, MD, in 2002 and were looking for entrepreneurs to take ffieir concept to offier communities.

The company actively recruits veterans to ffieir business by proviffing them a 15% ffiscount off ffie regular $40,000 fianchise fee.Veterans own five of ffie seven RoUy PoUies firanchises currendy open. Maim says.

RoUy PoUies is just one of almost 300 businesses proviffing financial benefits to honorably ffischarged veterans looking to open afiianchise,through ffie Veterans Transition Franchise Imtiative, orVetFran.

The program is a coUaboration of ffie International Franchise Association (IFA), ffie U.S. Department ofVeterans Affairs, ffie SmaU Business Admimstration (SBA) and The Veterans Corp.

More ffian 1,000 veterans have opened fianchises through ffie program, says Terry HUl, vice president of communications for IFA. A typicalVetFran discount ranges fix)m 15% to 25% off fianchismg fee costs.Total start-up costs can run from $15,000 to mUUons of dollars, he says.

RoUy PoUies' preference for rmUtary veteran franchisees is an extension ofthe camaraderie experienced m the mffitary, Mann says. • Joe and John provide forther example of ffie leadership our class is providmg, in and out of unfform. Congratulations guys.

Hope this USA Today press drives more business through your franchises—and more oppormmties for veterans.

And, lasdy, I found one more news nugget about a 91er Dan Scott was noted in a PRNewswire release from Dahlman Rose & Co, LLC, an investment bank specializing m global energy and commoffity supply chain sectors. Dan, another nuclear SWO, was announced as Director, Equity Research, focusing on the Global Coal Mining Sector Prior, Dan had been with Banc of America Securities. Congramlations Dan. That's aU for this month, gang. Please take care and continue to send in your updates. — J D

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First off, another friendly reunion reminder The reumon committee has reserved a block of rooms at the Doubletree Inn in AnnapoUs (410-2243150).The room rate is $169/night.

The new class website is now onUne and long overdue. If you haven't registered, please do so. There is a new forum area where you can correspond with your classmates about different topics.You can also update your profile information with as much or as Utde about your personal and professional Ufe that you care to share.

Again, another Ught month, but at least we did have one subrmssion and it's definitely one that we don't want to miss!

Heidi Althoff wrote in to say her name changed, for good reason!

Darren and Heidi (Althoff) Bedell

• Greetings '93! As I do every few years or so I wanted to say heUo to classmates and friends. This year I am happy to share the news of my engagement and marriage to Darren BedeU.We got engaged on a golf course in Maui and were married in an intimate ceremony around New Years in Orlando, and then honeymoon in AustraUa primarUy to watch the tennis major We are settUng in Orlando for the near future (Darren works for NASA and is therefore tied to this area with work). I StiU work at Starwood Hotels and Resorts

in a general management position. My new name wUl be Heiffi BedeU and emaU is hbedeU@gmaU.com. I welcome old friends to look us up if you are in the area and we have plenty of room for visitors (25 nUn from Disney). Hope to see many of you at the reunion! • Congratulations! Best of luck to you and your new groom!

Again, please tune into the website for the lastest information on our reunion.

Also keep a close eye on your emaU inbox.

Beat Army! — Shogo ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP: 0% LIFE MEMBERSHIP: 98% PRES: Scott K. Hornbuckte, USMC 1395 Caminito Capistrano #4, Chula Vista, CA 91913 H: 619-934-4932; E: hornbuclde@hotmail.com VICE PRES/TREAS: Kirk Clermont 3110 Graystone Lane, Apt. 1207 Albany GA 31721 H: 229-436-4153 E: clermonk@bellsouth.net SECY: Chris Williams 425 South St., #2104, Honolulu, HI 96813 E: christian_b_wilhams@yahoo.com C O R R . SECY: Jim Keck 13714 SanViscaya Drive Jacksonville, FL 32217 H: 904-737-1633; E: JKeck@usna94.com

HeUo, '94! Thanks for taking a few rmnutes to check-in and see what's happening. I orUy have a few news Unes to pass on. But that's okay. You usuaUy make up for it in the next month or so {hint, hint, wink, wink, nudge, nudge!)

Brent Gaut sends his regards.He recendy moved back to the AnnapoUs area with his bride and is looking forward to catching up with folks at the footbaU games. (Check out the Class List at Usna94.com for his contact info.) Moving on to the "Making HeadUnes" category: Lewis Sims was recendy promoted to Head FootbaU Coach and Athletic Director at Moss Point High School in Mississippi. After serving for 4 years as the team's defensive coorffinator, Lewis takes over a steUar program that just made a visit to 4A South State Championship game.

Best of success, Lewis!

Before closing, I've taken ffie Uberty to fiU some space by submitting a photo of my recent trip to London as part of my MBA smffies. Even in January, the city was fon and interesting. I highly recommend you add it to your "places to visit" Ust. That's aU for this month's offering.

Have a great start to your summer,'94.

Oh, and Happy Anniversary.. .it has been 14 years since graduation! Take care and God bless. C-ya...Jim.

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9th Company at the Mijares Wedding

Pol Mijares married his childhood sweetheart. Erica Jacobson, on February 10,2007 at the USNA chapel, with Fr Aidan Logan, Navy Chaplain, officiating.

Best man was the bride's brother, John Jacobson, and groomsmen were Brig Kline, Matt Jerbi (joined by their wives, Kris and Kerenza, respectively),John Metcalf, and Lee Johnson. The bride was attended to by her sisters, Sharon Jacobson as maid of honor and Trista Jacobson Rassofsky as matron of honor. Erica's niece, Sonia Rassofsky was the flower girl.

Ed KinseUa was deployed, but Ed's wife Megan, daughters Katie (Pol's goddaughter) and Clare were able to attend and carried the commumon gifts for Mass. Ed Groth captained the sword arch after the wedding ceremony. Bobby Coogan (joined by his wife, Lori), Joe Fox, and Sara Santoski were also in attendance.

The couple honeymooned in Hawaii and resides in Manhattan.

Greetings, '96! With spring in the air and summer around the corner, I am hopefol that I wiU be greeted by more news ofthe mighty 1996!

Look forward to hearing from you!

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Hey 97! I have only a couple things to share this month. The first one comes from Tony Then who is stationed in NorfoUc.VA.Tony submitted an update and pictures this week, just in time for me to include in the column. He writes:

• Since I last wrote, the famUy has grown. My wife, Paola, and I have two wonderfol kids Sofia, 5, and Tony, 3. We Uve in Chesapeake,VA. I am the Commanding Officer of PC CREW LIMA out of Little Creek. We just returned from an outstanffing deployment Thanks for the update and Congrats! aboard SIROCCO (PC 6).We took the Always good to hear a chUdhood sweetship whUe on drydock in Dubai, put it heart story working out like that. I also back together, and took it on patrol received a photo featuring a whole gaggle protecting the OPLATS in Iraq.WhUe of Classmates from CVW-3 on deployed, I ran into Matt Hall, who is TRUMAN. Check out these guys on the Materiel Officer for CDS 50, Shelby their cruise! UntU later, take care, Don. Becker '98, Commanffing Officer of Pol and Eric Mijares WHIRLWIND, and Dave Faught '96 who works at CENTCOM. I reheved Kyle Gantt who was the Commanffing Officer of PC C R E W CHARLIE. My crew wUl take over SQUALL (PC 7) in May, and I wiU be in command untU rmd July, so if anybody wants to stop by and say hi they are more than welcome.

I would Uke to thank aU of our classmates who made it to the change of command in May 2007; I figured better late than never! That day was very special, comparable to our graduation from USNA, and I am glad I was able to share it with some of our classmates. So here is the list: Clarence James VanMilder, who flew down from NY where he works for Citigroup; Joe Jankowski, who 1995 CVW-3 onboard TRUMAN, (left to right) LCDR Chris Hayle, VAW-126, LCDR Dave Dull, VAW-126, LCDR drove down from PhUadelphia where he Scott Knowles, HS-7, LCDR Forrest Young, VFA-105, LCDR Joe Glrard, VFA-105, LCDR John Brattain, VFA-11, works for Sunoco; Mark Venzor LCDR Spencer Abbott, VFA-37, and LCDR Dean Castillo, VFA-11.

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stationed at NIOC next to me at Litde Creek; Erica (Museler) Kraft stationed at the METOC Center in Norfolk; Penny (Arrington) Morgan who is now a contractor mosdy working out of Litde Creek; and John Bright who is stationed atffieE-2 Replacement Air Group, also in Norfolk. Other gratis who attended were Don Montgomery '73, the USNA Outreach Coorffinator, and CAPT Tony Jiles '80, Commanffing Officer of r>JROTC Unit Florida A&M Umversity.

Paola and I regiUarly see Corey Plocher and his wife Deana, Sean Burke and his wife Wendy, Jason German and his wife Shevaun, and Al Seaman and his wife MoUy. If any of you guys are in Norfolk, send me an emaU at MUciades.ffien@ navy.mU.Take care '97 —Tony I

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The Bancroft family

Finally, I wanted to include this photo sent by Jim Murphy '73, father of Jaime Murphy. This is impressive—it represents four [USNA] generations ofJames Murphy—'49,'73,'97 and of course '28!

How's ffiat for a legacy?

Four generations of USNA graduates Then Family at Disneyland

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Hey '98, We have a few updates this month.

Make sure you get 'em in before the reumon so we aU know what you are up to. Speaking ofthe reunion, plans are moving weU and quickly. Looks Uke we are going to have the best 10 year reunion EVER! Mike Llenza writes from Afghamstan: Tony and Shelby Becker '98

Thanks, Tony. On another note, J.J. Bancroft just returned from a sevenmonth deployment to Iraq. His wife Amy and daughter Maddie (now almost 2 years old) are very excited to have him back home again. Welcome home! Here's a picture from the night J J. returned.

• Greetings from Afghanistan. StiU flying, currently out here withVAQ-209 which is based out of Andrews AFB, MD. We had an aU USNA flight the other night which spanned '88-'98. StUl keep in touch with Todd Tavolazzi, Dewey Lopes, Scott Pichette and Pete Shoemaker Todd and Scott both have recent additions to their families and Pete has two daughters now, a houseful of girls, which I think is proof

In the pic from left to right Billy D Franklin, '96; James Baca, '91: Steven Trent, '88: Mike Llenza, '98: Tom Paudler, USMA '93: KurtMcclung, '92: Derek Parker, '88

Our next update is from Ryan LUley: • HeUo,'98, Greetings from sunny Coronado, CA... I thought I would attach a picture of a few of our classmates enjoying the 2007 Poinsettia Bowl from a luxury box.

At no point did we glamorize alcohol, or violate the 3-1-1 poUcy or whatever rule the poor Midffies have to adhere to now...

I'm currently taking a Utde time out from my beloved P-3s to do a ffisassociated sea tour aboard USS NlMlTZ, along with Brian Bradford and Matt Rutherford '97. Joe Levy is also out here on the REAGAN doing the same thing.

Let's see, who else... Rob Danberg is the Mini-Boss on the N E W ORLEANS

(LPD-19) and he and his lovely bride Beth are expecting in April, I think.

Brian's brothers-in-law, Ty Phipps and Mike Cable, are both Marines up the road at Pendleton. I can't imagine those three at a family reumon. Scary.

Speaking of Marines, the Corps' hardest working pilot, Steve McClune, is finaUy on shore duty after 3 deployments (or so) with his F/A-18 squadron. If you didn't know, he married the BeUe of Georgia, Cheryl, in 2002.1 remember that wedding reception rather fondly...

My good friend Ted Fries may be a member ofthe Class of'97, but he's set up shop in the Seamanship and Navigation Department at good old USNA. Scammer FinaUy, LordVader ofthe Dark Side himself, Sumner Lee, is out ofthe Navy.

Female officers, chiefs, and ET2s everywhere are in mourning. He traded in his flightsuit for civvies and a goatee and is working the same job at SPAWAR. That's enough excitement for one Shipmate periodical. If anyone knows where Ken Chong or Glen Cesari are, please let them know that I'm stiU waiting on my Christmas card... • May 2008

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Chad Steinbrecher, Cory Durant, Bear Adams-Simmons, Pete Logan, Derek Strauss, Josh Goldstein, Tyler and Jodi (McGoveny) Sewell and me.

Chris Tyson also surfaced at Homecoming after being MIA for the past eight years.

He's currently going to law school parttime at George Mason while working fuU-time at a Duane Morris in downtown DC. Chris managed to stand stiU long enough for me to take a picture with him and Cory Durant. I also ran into Jonathon Beattie at Homecoming.

He's StiU in the Navy and lives in Virginia Beach with his wife and two beautifol chUdren.

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Happy Spring, '99! Hope things are weU with everyone. I just want to start out by letting everyone know that our 10-year reunion weekend is now etched in ston^September 25-27th,2009!! Plans are already in the works for making this a FANTASTIC weekend so mark your calendars!! Please help us out by updating your contact information on the alumni website (www.usna.comâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;under the "Shipmate" button).The Alumni Association is also putting together an All-Classes Directory; please take the time to submit your information.

I finally got organized (yeah, right!) and found my camera with the pictures from this past Homecoming; thanks to Dusty Solomon and Dan Ahr for providing us with the impromptu tailgater In the picture, in no particular order - Will Koella, Des Bowen, Dusty Solomon, Melissa Coombs '01,

second addition to the clan should be arriving some time this month! In addition to sending your upates to me, we've added the number of people to whom you may send your updates and pictures.

If you would Uke, you may send any and aU updates to Lauren (Withers) Ryan (laurenwithjohn@hotmaU.com) or Dave Burns (david.burns@yrclogistics.com).

"Farmer" Greg Clancy and little rooster, Patrick

That's aU for this month; short but sweet!

"Spring is nature's way of saying, "Let's party!"" See you next month! â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Minh-Tu Minh-Tu, Chris Tyson and Cory Durant

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Minh-Tu and Jonathon Beattie

I was able to visit with Greg and Meaghan Clancy this past October, just in time for HaUoween. I made it to City Island just in time to tag along with "Farmer Greg" and his Utde rooster, Patrick Clancy, whUe they were making their rounds to check on the farm.

Congratulations to the Clancys as their

Greetings from the Al Anbar Province.

The fourth time is a charm for me so far I wiU get into it when I get low on submissions from you guys in the next seven months. My streak of finding 2000 grad articles in mUitary periodicals continues as there was recently an excellent piece written by Kate (Majewski) Murray in the Marine Gazette on logistics. Josh Gillespie is on his way back from Afghanistan. He is in such a remote spot near the border with Pakistan that it is going to take him a month to get to a plane that can fly to Kuwait.

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Josh Gillespie making an Afghan guess which hand the prize is in.

Hold on to your shirt. Manny Pardo is engaged and so is Pat Marvel. Marvel has been dating Megan Sutliff'02 for 9 years plus and this is ffie first sign ffiat Pat might actuaUy become a domesticated homo sapien. He has been rumored to be Uving on a boat at one point and in the deep forest at another Pat's warffiobe rivals Tarzan's as he doesn't need shoes or a shirt to hunt and gaffier food. This getting engaged dung could reaUy be a "mrmng of a corner" for the jungle boy Marvel. Pat is currendy on a FAC tour with MARSOC and deploys this spring. Megan is currendy deployed here in Iraq to Al Taqqadum wiffi 7ffi ESB, she is a Seabee.

The C O . of aforementioned 7th ESB is one Dave Baril '99. BarU has improved his own mobffity here in ffie batdespace by boycottmg undershirts and it gives his digital camouflage ensemble affiscoflavor as it is tough to take your eyes off his coUar area wiffi its many fledgUng man hairs poking out. Manny Pardo recently got engaged to his girlfriend Jen. If they had been dating for as long at Pat and Megan, Manny vvoiUd probably have been in and out of prison. I am just kidding, the age difference is plenty under a decade. They have set a date for July 09 and it wiU Ukely be in Miarm.

are actuaUy gratis. In the notorious words of Grant Whitmer (circa 2000 before reporting to his first boat), my "#1 and # 2 " are Mark "Pigpen" Schrecker '90 and Darrell "Putz" Platz '93 respectively I have rescinded any previous guideUnes on what is "too old" for our column.

I hope aU is weU with everyone. Keep it cormng ShipmateOO@yahoo.com — Murph MattValle writes: • 2000, After seven plus years of dffigendy reaffing your stories and updates, I decided it was finaUy time for me to send in something. A lot has changed over the past couple years. First and most importandy, I got married to the former Jennifer MUler in Newport, R l this past May. She put up with a couple years of submarine duty as weU as a few while I was Uving the life of a carefree and jobless grad student before IfinaUydecided it was time to get serious. The wedding day was perfect and we were so fortunate to have so many of our friends and famUy there.

Shortly after our wedffing, I graduated from Harvard Business School with my MBA. I got out ofthe Navy back in mid 2005 and started school in September that same year It was a great experience and encouraging to see so many ex-mUitary students there. The only disappointment was that West Point outnumbered Naval Academy gratis both years I was there.

After graduation, Jen anti I moved to DaUas,TX so I could take a job consulting with the Boston Consulting Group.

Despite neither of us being native to the state, we love living here anti think the quality of Ufe is one ofthe best we've seen. We hope everyone is doing weU and would love to see anyone passing through the DaUas area. MattValle •

Mr. and Mrs. Valle

The Boys. From left to right (served on USS PHILADELPHIA together): Tim Patterson '02, Matt Valle '00, Tom McDermott '01, Wyatt Smith, Nate Shenck '97

Lori (Schulze) Buresh writes:

• HeUo out there! I just wanted to share what's been going on the last few years. I got out ofthe Navy in the summer of 2004 and went to work for Schreiber Foods.We make cheese and other dairy products. I started out as a production supervisor at their Logan, U T plant but moved over to the West Bend,WI facUity as the IS Manager WhUe I lived in WI, I had 2 kids—EUzabeth and WiUiam.

EUzabeth is now 21 months and WiUiam is 5 months. Things are rather crazy at our Editor's note: I previously neglected to house. Just recently I accepted a promomention two members of my squadron that tion to be the IS Manager for several of the other facUities within the company.

This moved our Uttle famUy down to SW Missouri and out ofthe grips of winter So far, we've moved more out ofthe Navy that in it! Now I Uve in a town caUed Carthage which is near Joplin, MO. Life is reaUy insane but things are going great. Attached are pictures of my children, who along with my husband Mark, make Ufe worth living. If anyone is looking at getting out soon, take a look at our company—there are a handful of USNA gratis that work at various levels of the company. Let me know if you are ever in Group shot of Valle wedding. From left to right Joel Spangenberg '00, Alex Baerg '00, Matt Henigm '00, the Missouri area and want to say hi— Naomi Henigin Gosia Spangenberg, Brian Peithman '00, Sandy Ibbetson, Mattlbbetson '00, Amy Cams, Kyle schulzeOO@hotmaU. com!

Pitman '00 Shannon Fay, James Reeve '00, Matt Valle '00, Jennifer Valle, Rob Laird '00, Annie (MacGillis) Lori Buresh (Schulze) •

Laird '00, Colin Young '00, Allison Young, Caroline Satterfield, Jason McClain '00, Michelle (Nance) Melendez '00, Marcos Melendez '00, Lisa Kane, Larry Kane '00, Brett O'donovan '00

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Dan BiUe writes: • Hi Shipmate!

So I traded in my desert brown flight suits for the forest green ones and flew over to USS ESSEX for quick trip to the south pacific. On board I found Megan Groh working her job asTACRON on board, as weU as Mike Wiedl and Marcos AguUera, both old NAPSter '97.1 ffidn't get to snap a photo but Kyle Buchina flying AV-8B's on board too. He had a generator faUure at altitude and was considering letting my SAR det give him a ride on our MH-60s before the sharks joined the party. He made it back safely lanffing Uke a true hero and joirUng me in the tower to reteU the story to the air boss.

There's a Lucky Bag 98 in the ships Ubrary on board and we spent a Friday night onboard offshore the PhUippine islands looking back at our plebe photos and laughing at the bad pictures.

Mark Lampman is saving the world as always. When not wearing blue tights with the "S" on his chest, he's flying back and forth on Southwest Airlines from the winters in Virginia to Florida where D r Terra Lampman has a very successfol veterinary practice. Mark racks up so many frequent flyer mUes that Southwest has named one of their fleet aircraft after him. Kathy Borkowski is busy playing Bugs Bunny with explosives on the Philippines. HopefoUy if they ever let the ESSEX dock, she'U point me toward the cheapest San Miguel beer on the island.

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Marcos Aguilara and Dan Bille chillin'on the ESSEX.

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Dan Bille and Mike WiedL

Marcos Aguilara and Meg Groh.

Thanks a lot for the updates and pictures Dan—great to hear about everyone.

Since Dan brought up plebe year, let's send a shoutout to Josh Stewart and his feUow Herndon ascenders on their 10year anniversary of ending ours.

As Bryant Nunn rmght say,"Peace!"

• "189 mUes, 24 hours, 12 USNA gratis, 7 giris from the mighty class of 2002,2 vans and 1 team with a great name— CannonbaU Run. That pretty much sums up my leap year The race was held through Arizona this past February and I had the pleasure of runmng 3 ofthe 36 legs ofthe race along with Julia Floraday, Katie (Ball) Farina, Abby Stiles, Megan Eldger, Tonya Hayden, Cari Murtagh, Katie Baehr ('03), Katie Scholtz ('03), Katie KeUy ('04), Allison Moon ('04),Trier Murray ('04). Team CannonbaU Run placed 33 out of 184 teams and finished first in the women's division by over an hour Unfortunately, we couldn't devise a way to transport 12 cannonbaUs with hard sauce to the Arizona desert, but there was a carton of Chunky Monkey Ben and Jerry's at the finish Une. The umform of the day was hot pink, in honor of absent teammate JuUe Dunnigan '02, but standard issue BGMJS, dixie covers, navy sweats and blue riins were spotted throughout the weekenti. I am pretty sure that we tiidn't stop cheering for 24 hours, because to quote Cari, "The spirit award does not win itself! "Validity of said spirit award is stUl TBD, but pending existence CannonbaU run has it in the bag!" •

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Shipmates, Remember what it felt Uke to have a surprise Class Alpha inspection with a con locker that had more contraband than king haU had rats... well be prepared to be surprised. With only one official submission this month I was forced to resort to my recon abilities to fiU our column. Let this month serve as a lesson to each and everyone of you, and pick up your pens and paper and send some love to Floraday@2002.usna.com. We aU want to hear what you are up to...

The below submission comes to us from Alexis Wright. I had the opportunity to team up with Lex and 10 other female academy gratis to compete in the first (but sure to be annual) Ragnar Relay.

The girls showing off their war faces

POV for the weekend

It was an incredible weekend and we wiU undoubtedly be back next year It was amazing to see our team come together from across the country for the race.

Megan Elger is out ofthe Navy and currently enroUed as a fuU time MBA

Team cannonball run- without the hard sauce: Abby Stiles, Meghan Elger, Trier Murray, Katie Kelly, Cari Murtagh, Tonya Hayden, Allison Moon, Katie (Ball) Farina, Katie Scholz, Katie Baehr, Lex Wright, Julia Floraday

student at Smiffi, Umversity of Maryland.

She is engaged to be married ffiis faU to Michael Courmey, a Coast Guarti Academy grad. Lex Wright is stationed back in DC at DIA, working at ffie Pentagon in Force Management. Katie (BaU) Farina is stationed down in Charleston, SC at N P T U as an Admin Officer Abby StUes is fimshing up her third year of law school at ffie Umversity of UUnois.We are aU sure ffiat it was Abby's speed ffiat helped us capmre the women's ffivision. Abby currendy competed for ffie AU Navy runmng team at ffie aU armed forces meet and from ffiere was chosen to run at CISM, the world mffitary games, in Switzerland. She is hopmg to get stationed out in San Diego after law school so that she can enjoy year long runmng outside! Tonya is Uving m Cincinnati anti working for Proctor and Gamble with a host of other Academy gratis. Cari Murtagh is gearing up to tieploy m May as part of HSL-45, and I recendy moved back to Chicago to work for Score, a ffivision of Kaplan... so anyone traveUng through Chi-town be sure to give me a ring!

As for other updates, I did get a few emails with new contact information from some of our classmates. Robin Boniface is stationed back at the Academy as the Deputy Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, Charlotte Peltier is deployeti (again) anti Russell Thomas is getting out this summer I also head through the 28th company grapevine that Erin (Kelly) Timmons and Marty Timmons had a beautifol baby giri, CaroUne KeUy Timmons, back in December! I am sure she is already out kicking soccer baUs! I also beUeve that Graham and Esther Plaster are now pregnant with their 4th! I think that may move them into the leader spot for the highest number of 2002 off-spring!

By the time you aU receive this edition of shipmate Lacrosse season wffi

be in fuU swing—so if you are back in the AnnapoUs area make sure to stop by a few matches—or at least the tailgaters! Until then enjoy the pictures below.They are a Utde sampUng of what is on our new and improved website—so if you have not yet checked it out do so!

Beat Army! —Julia

Dave Augustin who is currently deployed to Liberia

MIDN 4/c Malinowski and MIDN 4/c Chapman

Dustin Martelo suits up for the big game

Tim Collins and Chuck Shehadi

Sean Richardson and wife Jess (Crocker) Richardson

Ted Johnson, Casey Soell and Rod Tindal

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Jesse Reed earning his keep

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Friends, Let's get right to it, some great news and pictures this monffi!

Katie KeUy makes her first appearance in ffie rmghty Shipmate: • Hey everyone! After bemg scattered across ffie country and world, this faU ffie '04 Swimmers were able to have a mim reumon for ffie NIU vs. Navy game. We had a fairly gooti '04 mrnout to inclutie: NataUe Schultz, BJ Madock, Leigh WaUace and myseff. My broffier plays footbaU for NIU and it's his semor year, so it was a great opportimity to share the weekend with friends and famUy. I endeti up teachmg EngUsh at NAPS for a year after our graduation. I was reaUy formnate anti was then picked up for PAO. After PAO trainmg I was stationed at ffie PubUc Affairs Center m San Diego.

I deployed on ffie USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) as the Assistant PAO for ffie maiden and surge deployments. Now I'm Uving it up m Los Angeles as the Navy Uaison to HoUywood at ffie Navy Office of Information West.

NataUe Schultz is also heaffing to shore duty at ffie Office of Legislative Affairs (Senate sitie). After graduation she worked as the Auxffiary DivO on USS Essex (LHD 2) where she was joined by '04 gratis Jessica Reed and Shane Todti.

NataUe ffid a great job and was one ofthe ffist m our class to head to SWOS (luckUy whUe I was stiU teaching at NAPS!). Right now she is fimshing up her job as FCO on ffie USSVeUa Guff (CG 72) in NorfoUc. BJ Madock was also on theVeUa Guff.

She hati fleeteti up anti just fimsheti her job as Navigator BJ moveti to MUUngton where she wiU be working as an Action Officer for PERS-8. She recendy became engageti to Paul FarreU ('02).They are planmng to be married on Feb. 14,2009 in Paducah, KY.

Navy swimmers in the middle of the NIU parent section

On ffie subject of engagements, Jessica Box was also recendy engaged to Tim Hawkins. She went through TBS and ffight school and is now flying AH-1 Cobras for the Warriors in HML/A- 167 in North CaroUna. Our other motivateti Marine in North CaroUna is Leigh WaUace. She recendy remrned from deployment in Al Asad, Iraq wiffi her squaffion. She currendy works wiffi MALS- 29 and vras picked up for Navy Post-Gratiuate School in Monterey where she wiU be smdying Defense System Analysis for this upcoming year and wUl be moving out to the west coast wiffi me.

AlUson Moon is our other West Coast rep. After earmng her SWO pin onboard USS Salvor (ARS 52) in Pearl Harbor, she attendeti EOD school in Florida and is now stationeti at MobUe Umt ONE in San Diego as a Detachment OIC. There's stiU a huge Navy swimming presence in San Diego anti at one point ffiere were five of us Uving on Coronado alone. I've attached picmres of ffie NIU vs.

Navy game and some San Diego swimmen at HaUoween. It's hard to beUeve ffiat so many of us are nearly done wiffi our second deployments and moving on to shore duty anti grad school. Hope everyone has a happy and successful 2008! •

San Diego swimmas at Halloween (Melissa Hawley 02, Cari Murtagh 02 Katie Kelly 04, Kate Costello 03 Allison Moon 04, Kate Capaldo 03)

Ryan Peters has some great news...

• My wife and I had our first chUd in January, her name is Kaylee.

Congratulations to the guys who hati chUffien and ffid not subnUt anything, I won't mention Kevin Behm anti Jimmy Denicco by name but you know who you are. Hope everyone else is doing weU. 'Peace confoses ffie warrior, enjoy ffie clarity.' - Ryan •

Stacy, Kaylee and Ryan posing for Shipmate

'04 swimmas at the NIU vs. Navy game (Leigh Wallace, BJ Matlock, Natalie Schultz, Katie Kelly)

Ryan and Kaylee

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Envin Patmgalan gives us a great update...

• Clayton Sands is currendy ffie X O for A Co., 2nd CEB. He occasionaUy runs missions for ffie imit but works primarUy wiffi gravel contracts, writing summaries and mentoring young engmeer Ueutenants.

Rajesh Mistrv' is ffie X O for H Q Company, RCT-1. He just arrived m country and only know ffiat he does somethmg wiffi Safety. Ian DruUard is an affiisor wiffi Naval Special Warfare Task Unit FaUujah. His job entails enhancing ffie Iraqi Army Brigade scout umt's capabffity as an information gaffiermg asset and as designated marksmen. BasicaUy some badass Navy SEAL type stuff. Mike Barikian is ffie Logisitics advisor to 1st Bn, 2nd Bde, Iraqi Army. The bane of mission accomplishment m Iraq rests on Mike's abffity to advise, tram and mentor his Iraqi coimterpart on requesting suppUes anti eqmpment.

Rest assured, he is defimtely earning his pay. Simba Chigwitia is also a Logistics advisor but he is at our higher command level at Brigade. He too has his work cut out for him. He is tentatively slated to anend Nav:al Post Graduate School, Monterey. On my end, I am ffie Operations advisor to 2nd Bn, 2nd Bde, haqi Army. My main focus is to advise my Iraqi counterpart on ffie planning and execution of combat operations. Mike, Simba and I are aU on USMC MTTs (Military Transition Teams) whose sole job is to assist ffie Iraqi Army m tieveloping ffiemselves as mtiepentient and sustaining units. Before I deployed my wffe LiUy and I had our first bom son on 23 Oct, 2007 at 2:08 AM. His name is Luke Michael and he weighed in at 7 lbs, 10 oz. Anyway, that's ffie down dirty I have for now. ff I run mto more guy's, I'U be sure to pass this on. • Bobby "Mad R o b " Madel wants everyone to be aware that he'U be in Pearl Harbor this July as a Supply Officer wiffi SDVT One. I just hope everyone m HawaU knows what sort of a gift ffiey are gettmg in Bobby Madel. Qmck Bobby Madel story.. .Ben "Chop" BaUey bet Bobby $100 that Bobby would not jump into a smaUfishpond inside a very mce bar m downtowTi Affiens, GA. Bobby, always looking to make a complete fool of himself, empties his pockets, sUps off his sandals, and teUs Ben 'Show me the Money BaUey'. As you aU would guess, Bobby jumped into ffie fish pond, got manhandled by the bouncers, and was thrown out ofthe bar (yes, UteraUy thrown). After ghing ffie bouncers ffie CaUfornia greeting, Bobby coUeaed his money from

Ben but was ffien put in restraints by ffie local auffiorities. Bobby was forceti to pay $150 to ffie owner of ffie fish ponti. Moral of ffie story, Bobby Matiel wiU tio anything for $100.

Here's a Utde news on Drew "My Bram Hurts"Thomas. Drew got backfiromffie "Desert" in December and has since been upgrading in ffie Squadron (VP-40). He's learned how to ski and has successfiJly completed a 4 hour state ofWashmgton Driving Course. I have no idea what a driving course reaUy is, but I'm sure Drew was able to donUnate in whatever he was doing. That's ffie thing about Drew, wheffier he's reading a book, solving a biochemistry problem, or helpmg direct Borat. he's ahvays dominating. Drew, good luck wiffi your domination of eating bread crumbs!

Now, by popular request, are ffie long awaited pictures of Ralph Donte Henry aka "Beef-Don". As we aU know, Ralphie loves a Utde cat nap after he eats, as you can see below!

The second photo is a classic!

It was taken immediately after Ralph said that he was gomg to 'Bust ffie Semor Watch Officer upside his Ralph Donte Henry head' anti direcdy before ffie Bataan Gator was seen grinding on ffie starboard lookout tiuring an emergency breakaway.

I cannot diisclose ffie name of who sent me this photo - Ralph threateneti to 'chop him in ffie throat' ff anyone ever saw this picture.

Bataan Gator

Looking for an inspirational quote to put up on their fritige? Enjoy!

"I was ox-strong anti foeled by affienaline, hate, and ceU-tech!" - J o h n "Coffitis" Coffins referring to his glory days at NAPS. / Keep the fonny stories coming!

Faff wmtis, — Lincoln

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Frientis, It's May! Bfftis are cliirpmg,jumors are searching bars of Annapolis for a rmg tiance tiate, anti Kmg HaU stUl smells of chffi con came. It's been nearly two years since our graduation from good old USNA and I'm sure there are hunffieds of great stories that we aU want to share m Shipmate. But what tio you know, I open my emaU anti it's as empty as Richard PoweU's waUet after a late mght visit to Mangia's! So yes, I am sad that no one's written me, but I figure I'U capitalize on this opportmUty.As I am sitting here trying to think of some gooti news to share my mmd begins to wander I think to myseff "Which '06er wiU be the ffist to be named 'Distinguisheti Gratiuate'?" Of aU ofthe names ffiat came to mmti, Steve Looney (that's a given), only one seemed to make sense.Yes, it's none offier ffian Matt Gulosh! Now I know you aU knew Matt m aU his glory at ffie Academy, but he's changed quite a bit over the last few years. So, I know what you're thinking.. .how do I know how Matt has changed? WeU I have the sure ffie way to get the word out on Matt. Facebook!

Matt is obsessed with his Facebook account. He spentis more time on Facebook than Matt McBritie tioes soakmg m a bath mb after a Cleveland Brown's win. Here are the highUghts of Matt Gulosh's Facebook page! Enjoy!

Matt Gulosh - "Facebook Professional" What are you doing right now?

Currendy gettmg manhanffied by my roommates on the pool table.

Moment I'm Most Proud of: Having the oppormmty of hving wiffi two awesome dudes.

Aspirations: Contmumg to Uve wiffi two awesome duties.

Relationship: No, I aheady Uve with two awesome dudes.

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Yearly Income: Look, I make enough money to party.. .what else matters?

Activities: Buymg books off infomercials at 2AM, later reaUzing I was getting tioopeti by a conman Interests: Hanging out inffisWhite T Ustening to Sisqo's "Thong Song".

Walking ffie Pensacola strip, in what he caUsffis"Mansuit," (reaUy it's a leoparti Speedo with the phrase "Uh Huh" written across the back) with a towel over his shoulder, a pair of purple Aviator sunglasses sparkUng in ffie sunUght, a botde of Zima in one hanti and some tanrUng oU in the offier whUe winking at the newest wave of Spring Breakers.

Going double or nodUng in BUoxi and commg up empty!

Favorite Music: Hannah Montana, Brimey Spears (before anti after).

Favorite TV Shows: American Idol, Martha Stewart Living Favorite Movies: Watcffing "Pumping Iron", by Arnold whUe eating protein bars and creatine.

Favorite Books: How to win at GambUng,Winmng Craps for ffie Serious Player

Left to right Jonny Kane, Tanner Garrett, Matt Gulosh, John Stockdill, Ian Adams

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The month of May means one tffing to ffie Class of 2008: GRADUATION! Tffis day has finaUy come anti we couldn't be more ready or excited. Cliche as it may sound; it does feel Uke I-tiay was just yesterday. Over ffie last four years we have had our share of ups and downs.

The Class of 2008 experienced 2 Superintendents, 3 Commandants, anti 3 Deputy Commantiants, and even a new head footbaU coach for ffie last game of our last season as midshipmen. We accepted khakis as the umform for our last year and a poUcy for study hour was implemented throughout ffie Brigade.

We endured the loss of a shipmate in 2006 and we remember Ben Carr as a great friend and classmate who wiU be loveti anti misseti forever No matter the changes or chaUenges thrown at us, we somehow always found a way to push on and make it to the enti. The enti is now.

But tffis enti also commemorates the start of our new Uves. On May 23,2008,1064 First Class Midsffipmen wiU walk into Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Staffium and 1064 newly comnUssioned Ensigns anti 2 " Lieutenants wUl walk away reatiy to go. No tioubt these four years have been a fight anti certainly an accompUshment to look back upon.

As a class we encountered 4 straight wins against Army and Air Force m footbaU, only the second class to do tffis.

November 3,2007 was also a day to go down in ffistory when our team lead by Reggie CampbeU stoppeti the 43-game losing streak to Notre Dame to win 4644 in triple overtime. Athletics were no tioubt an integral part of our Acatiemy experience. Our Saturtiays in ffie faU may feel a Utde empty wiffiout a Navy footbaU game to go watch.

The four years here could not have been a success wiffiout the support of so many people. Parents, friends, mentors, professors, and company officers were very valuable to each member ofthe Class of 2008. No one gets through this place alone. Graduation week wiU give aU of these people the chance to share in the excitement and pride of the accomplishments of our class. So enjoy the week and have a great time! Don't forget to go out and enjoy DTA one last time!

The fleet is caffing for us and it's time to accept the chaUenge and move on.

May and June wUl be exciting months fiUed with travel, wetiffings, parties, famUy and friends. Some of us are moving ffiousantis of mUesfixanihome, others just a few tiown the road. N o matter what, we must aU remember how we got to those places. On behaff of the Class of 2008 I'd Uke to ffiank everyone who has helped us get to May 23,2008. It's been a great four years! Keep in touch and always be ffiere for one another Don't forget that as ffie Class of 2008 we are "Called by Duty, Bound by Honor."

Please emaU DMDietrich@ homiaU.com with any class news for upcormng issues.

The Class of 2008 is honored by the Guilfoil family (Anna '08) with a painted n*on the side of their barn which can be seen along a state highway in Kentucky

Congratulations from the Guilfoil family to their daughter Anna on her engagement to 2nd Lt Ronald Torgeson, USNA '06 who is currently serving overseas

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Alabama Alabama Chapter President: Scott Watson '83 1936 Cahaba Crest D . Birmingham, AL 35242 P: 205-999-3977; E: Swatson83@aol.com

Fife President: Gordon Lawson '00 3301 Marlboro Dr., BuTmngham..AL 35223 P: 205-969-8040; E: gordonmlawson@gmail.com

Huntsville Chapter LCDR Frederick N. Steiner '57, USN (Ret.) 1059Teenajo DT..SE.Hunts\-ille.AL 35803-3907 H: 256-650-5423: E: na\y5717th@aol.com

Arkansas Arkansas Chapter President: CAPT Scott Pursley USN '79 1 Hillsborough Ct., Utde Rock. AR 7221 H: 501-954-9612; E; spursle\-@aol.com

Vice President: Mrs. Carol Altom '95 2620 hidian Oaks Trail, Springdale, . \ R 72762 P: 479-756-3347; E: c_altom@->'ahoo.com

Sec'y-Trea: Mr. Greg StimU '68 42 Clerv-aux Dr, Litde Rock.AR 72223 p: 501-868-7590; E: gstiiiiis@swbelLnet

Arizona Arizona Chapter President:J. J. Skip Und '75 H; 602-265-0238: C: 602-697-1563; F: 602-265-1227 E; SKIPLIND@1975.USNA.COM ww-w.usna.comy'Chapter/us/arizona

Secretary: Ed Howard '63 E: Ehow^rdl963@cs.com

Frank Taylor '37,Tim Mahoney '49, Bob Rogers '54,Joe Koch '57, and Glenn Sffindler '64. We meet for lunch at Mirm's the 4th Thursday each m o n t h (except N o v - D e c are roUed together into a single event on 4 Dec 2008). Contact gsffindler64@earthUnk.net for tietaUs or to get on the notification Ust. March 2008 Orange County Luncheon T h e Orange County Luncheon was held on Tuesday, March 11,2008, at the Santa Ana Elks Club. O u r speaker this m o n t h was Steve Hmtis, ffie Program Administrator for the Center for the Commercial Deployment ofTransportation Technologies ( C C D o T T ) at CaUforma State Umversity Long Beach. Steve told us aU about C C D o T T and their various programs presendy in progress with emphasis on ffie E C C O Project wffich is a magnetic levitation system to move 20 and 40 foot contamers over a long ffistance. Using the MagLev system to move container from ffie ports of Los Angeles anti Long Beach to raU centers ffiVictorviUe anti San Bernartimo is being investigated and wiU remove a large percentage of trucks from ffie freeways m Southern CaUforma. Steve gave a very interesting presentation with questions bemg asketi weU beyonti our normal completion time. Steve is a reffieti Marine L T C O L .

T h e class with the most classmates present was '59 with 6 classmates, more President: COL George Dolan '57, USAF (Ret.) than have attentieti a single luncheon in 7700 CaHe Sin Controversia,Tucson,AZ 8571 H: 520-297-3659; E: wgntdolan@earthlink.net recent years. We welcomed ffist time Seaetary:AMB Jack R. Binns '56 attendees Sm BaU '59 anti hope he wiU 4240 N Larrea Ln,Tuaon,AZ 85750 j o m us more often in the fomre.

H: 520-886-9222; E: jmbinns@aol.com Those attentiir^ ffie luncheon inclutieti: BUI McReynolds '41, Bob R u b e l '44, R i c h Crane '47, Al Enderie '52, Ed Petersen '53,Joe Koch '57, Dave StiUer Los Angeles Chapter LCDR Richard R. Pace '63 USNR (Ret.) '57, George Wa03 '58, Sm BaU '59,Joe 5443 BixbyTerr. Dr., Long Beach, CA 90815 Casasanto '59, Bob Currie'59, Dick Davis P: 562-493-4106; E: rpace@mmnt.com '59,Joe Keeley '59, Bob Vasey '59, Pach richardpace@dsl extreme, com Pace '63, Jim Thornton '63, Glenn Shindler Corr. Sec'y: Robert L. Grabarek,Jr. '81 '64,Jerry Farrow '69, R o g e r Hield ' 7 1 , E: rgrabarek@crowelLcom Lee C o h e n '82,Jeff Haffin '83, Steve The N o r t h e r n contingent of Los Angeles Sharynski '83,John Q u i n n '91, Dan Chapter met for lunch at Mimi's Cafe m Chang '93, Freti and Pat Sendra C G A Monrovia o n 28 February We were pleaseti '56, former Naval Officer BUI Meddings, to welcome Loren RusseU '47 to our group anti Steve Hmds, our speaker for the first time, anti Chapter Tmstee Joe AU alumffi in the area are always Koch gave us an update on happemngs at welcome to j o m us at the Orange County ffie Academy Offiers attendmg were

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luncheons wffich are held on the second Tuesday o f t h e month at the Santa Ana Elks Club, 212 Elk Lane, Santa Ana, CA.

Monterey Bay Chapter President: John A. Alich '64 Corr. Sec'y: Jim Egerton '56 E: usnaaa_mr\'@pacbell.net

Sacramento Chapter President: Mr. Dennis P.Joyce '61 P: 916-631-8110; E:djoycel961@honTiail.com

Vice President: Dr. Terry Broivn '67 P: 530-676-0327; E; cwbrown@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: 760â&#x20AC;&#x201D;02-0884 E: president@usnaaasd.com

Corr. Sec'y: Heidi Matey Gutierrez '89 W: 858-150-8422; C: 858-405-5819 E: corrsec@iisnaaasd.com Web site: www.usnaaasd.com

San Francisco Chapter President:James Ryan '86 E: james@peisales.com

T h e kickoff Networking Breakfast-Norffi was held in San Francisco with a group of 25 Academy gratis in attendance at the office of Bernstein Investment Research and Management. It is encouraging that everyone is enthusiastic about having the meetffigs m San Francisco where it is convenient for the alumffi in SF and the north and east Bay areas.The search is o n for a permanent venue in the city that is convenient for the group to mamtain a monthly or bi-monthly meeting. Those m attentiance;Jack Sramek, '62, Larry Eckerman, '69,Jeff Heely, '77, Frank Moreman, '81, Lintia Postenrieder, '82, Joe Buenavista, '87, Jim Schroder, '89, Devan Cross, '93, Eric Green, '94, Shawn CuUen, '94,Tom Henneberg, '95, BUly Buder, 96, Tony Duynstee, '99, Matt Eichmann, '00. Josh Lauman, '02.

T h e sfficon vaUey meeting moveti to the new venue at DBCcommercial m Santa Clara where we have a private conference room and the equipment for showing sUde presentations. Dan Thomas USAFA 69, President of F O C U S Inc gave an exceUent talk on Business Sense.

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CHAPTER NEWS make ffie most difference between success and faUure in a busmess? W h a t makes ffie most "Business Sense?"There were 21 Acatiemy gratis ffi attentiance. As a bonus, Dan has sent a complimentary, signeti copy of ffis book. Business Sense, to aU of ffie attentiees w h o requesteti one.

Thanks, Dan!!

Look for these fomre events: Coffin May, Monthly Luncheons on ffie 3rd Thursday or every monffi at D B C Commercial m Suimyvale at 1145.

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 ApoUo D r , Boulder, C O 80303-5002 H: 303-499-0337; E: dbranchjr@aol.com Web site: www.usna.com/Chapters/US/ Colorado/default.htm

Connecticut Connecticut Chapter Raymond Boyd '73 89 Davis Dr., Guilford, CT 06437 P: 202^53-9439; E: raymond.boyd@ansys.com

This monffi's article reports ffie results of a Chapter Board of Dffectors Meeting helti at ffie h o m e of R a y Boyti, our Chapter President, on March 1st of tffis year. T h e reaUy good news came immeffiately wiffi ffie Treasurer's report submitted by our Co-Treasuren, Dori and Bob Freer T h e Chapter currendy has the prmcely sum of $11,888.22 m ffie checking account and $1,259.71 ffi ffie savings account.To garner a httie more interest, it was decideti to transfer $10,000 from ffie checking account to the savings account. Tffis is the best financial conffition the Chapter has been ffi for a long time. Tffis writer can remember the tiays of an"un-princely" sum of $36.00 in the Chapter treasury!

Given the sums above, a lengthy tiiscussion ensueti regardmg ffie philosophy and necessity for annual membersffip dues as weU as ffie most effective method of coUecting them. Alternatives to annual dues wffich were ffiscussed included surcharges on ffinner meetings, "at-cost" pricing for ffinner meetings, use of special events to raise money anti annual requests for voluntary tionations from Chapter members. WhUe much ffiscussion took place, no final decision emerged. Tffis wiU

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be a repeat item of ffiscussion for ffie next Board meeting currendy schediUed for May 3rd. Shoffid any reader have any suggestions or recommentiations on tffis subject, you are strongly encourageti to submit your input to any member o f t h e Boarti Usted ffi ffie Contacts section of our web site at: www.usna.com/Chapters / U S / C o n n . As an alternative anti you are so incUneti, you may also attend ffie next Board meeting and make your input in person.

T h e Alumffi House in AnnapoUs maintains a database for aU alumffi.The Chapter cannot update information on this database for any graduate; ffie inffivitiuals must do that ffiemselves. AU Chapter members are encouraged to keep their personal information in that U S N A database up-to-date.

T h e scheduUng of Chapter meetffigs and events was also a subject of much ffiscussion (as always.) T h e ffinner meeting in souffieastem Connecticut feamring ffie U S N A Commandant of Midsffipmen, which occurred on AprU 1st, wffi be reported on in next monffi's column. T h e Board members are also planmng for a June meeting to be held in Fairfield County (more specificaUy in ffie Shelton or TrumbuU area) on or about June 5ffi.

The tentative speaker wUl be C D R Darnel C. Burbank, U S C G w h o is an astronaut currendy on ffie staff of ffie U.S. Coast Guard Academy. A decision was made to hold a total of six events in 2008: four ffinner meetings, a Networking meeting in Southeast Connecticut in the Spring and a Joint picffic with ffie C T U S N A Parents Club during the S u m m e r In atiffition to the AprU ffinner meeting and ffie June meeting, plans are untierway to holti ffinner meetings in September anti a final Atimissions ffinner in N o v e m b e r As you can see, your Board of Directors has been very busy. DetaUs on aU ffiese Chapter events may be found on our website. Check it frequendy anti make your plans accorffingly The primary means of commumcations for Chapter members are newsletters, our website anti these Sffipmate articles. A tiecision was made to revive the senffing of perioffic E-maU newsletters. Given the capabUities anti lirffitations of the inffivitiual commumcations tools mentioneti above, it was tiecitieti that the ffiafting of a Commumcations Plan is in order Ray Boyd wiU ffiaft a preUnUnary plan for review and c o m m e n t by the Board members. T h e enti goal of this effort is

to insure ffiat information affectffig aU U S N A gratis witffin Connecticut is ffistributed in an effective anti timely manner Anyone have any recommendations?

O u r Chapter operates under a Mission Statement and By-Laws wffich were drawn up, approved and pubUshed many years ago. As with offier tffings in lffe, changes occur over time wffich shoffid properly be atitiresseti m ffie Organizational By-Laws and Mission Statement. Accorffingly, Ray Boyd wiU take the first cut at an updated and reviseti statement for review and comment by the entire Board. Tffis wiU be a very beneficial action on ffie part of ffie current Boarti members.

T h e Board meeting described above was a most productive anti beneficial one.

In atiffition to ffie many items of busmess adffiessed by Ray Boyd and ffie members ffi attendance, w h e n ffie busmess was completed, Ray switched hats and along with ffis wffe Cffiistffie, became very gracious hosts for a most satisfying dinner. W h o says ffiere are n o benefits to Board membersffip?

Dave Boyd, '59

Delaware Delaware Chapter Mr. Frank S. "Nick" Carter JU '70 PO. Bay 462; Lewes, DE 19958-0462 H: 302-644-4838; E: nick.carter@%-eri2on.net

Florida Fort Lauderdale Chapter President:WilterTdmo Ortega '59 PO Box 4593, HoUj-wood , FL 33081 E: w32422002@yahoo.com; P: 305-297-6260

VP Programs.William Weiler '65 E: willweiler@aol.com; P: 954344-4513

VP Membership: DaveYablunosky '84 E: d>-ablunosky@bellsoudi.net; P: 954-234-1070

Secretary: Brian Kling '99 8841 N W 78th Place # 423Tamarac, FL 33321 E: Brian_Khng@ml.com; P: 954-907-7529

Treasurer: Rob Gillette '90 E:rgillette@cente.\construction.com; P: 954-444-6782

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: mickey@acceleration.net

T h e Service Acatiemy Alumffi Club of GainesviUe helti its montWy luncheon meeting onThurstiay 21 February 2008 at GriUmaster's Restaurant.

Naval Academy alumffi in attendance were A l V i t o '44, D i c k A m b r o g i '48, R i c k Childress '54,Jim Z i m m e r m a n '54, Art Nussel '55, Frank Graham '56,

RusseU H e n d e r s o n '58. Peter McCall '59. Walter W y n n '59, Mickey S m i t h '61.Jerry K e n n e d y '61,Joe Phelan '66. Sam M u t c h '71, "Ty" Tyler '76, and Cheryl P e n c e '95 wiffi MarkWoff.

Attendmg fiom ffie Mffitary Academy were CharUe HaU '46.JereWffittffigton '46, Dave Wagner '70 anti Bffi Harlan '72.

Anendffig from ffie Air Force Academy was D o u g Walker "74. Attendmg fix)m ffie Merchant Marffie Academy were Walt Visniski '56 and Dave Brutierly '69.

O u r speaker was Circffit C o u n Jutige Bob Gates, vvffio as a Lieutenant Juffior Grade, was Explosive Ordnance DemoUtion Officer ffi Forrestal on Yankee Station Viemam w h e n a 1967 mativenent launch of a Zuffi rocket smasheti through a foel tank on J o h n McCaffi's A-4 Skyffiawk.The resiUting flames ffi spreadmg JP5 foel supplemented by cookoffi ofWorld War n-era 1000-pounti Composition B bombs created fires lastffig for almost eighteen hours, takmg ffie Uves of 134 men, mjuring 161 more. Ltjg Cates iffitiaUy on ffie ffight deck near ffie first explosion, personaUy disarmed and tiffectmg disarmffig of weapons, threw and help throw ffiem over ffie side, led men ffito a smoke-fiUed hangar bay to retrieve weapons and was rescue svvimmer for m e n ov-erboard. Forrestal, commissioned 1 October 1955 was decommissioned 11 September 1993, having served 4 1/2 tiays of combat. Judge Cates, StUl emotional after aU ffiese years, spoke wiffi respect and fondness for Captam BeUng, ffie c o m m a n d m g officer and Cffief Farrier, w h o as first man on the scene, ffied vvhUe attempting to put out ffie ffie wiffi a handheld extmguisher Films fiom ffie Forrestal ffie are stiU shown ffi ffie Heet. Mistakes matie ffiat day ffi Jffiy are ffie "lessons learned" resffiting m today's ffie-fighting trainmg. Also ffi attendance were Captam Dave Newland, Commandmg Officer of ffie Uffiversity of Honda Naval Reserve Officer Trainmg Corps and C o m m a n d e r R i c h Growers '83, Executive Officer Tales from ffieff current active duty experience reirfforced ffie value of ffie experience gained through ffie Forrestal fiire.

O u r meetffigs are at 11:30 A M the third Thursday o f t h e monffi at GriU Masters, 7750 West Uffiversity Avenue ffi GaffiesviUe. Alumffi and their famffies, current and foture iffidsffipmen and cadets mvited to attend.

Jacksonville Chapter CAPT Michael O. Boms '70, USN (Ret.) 1185 Salt Marsh Cir. Ponte Vedra Beach. FL 32082-2543 H: 904-273-4714; W: 904-285-3400, ext. 356 E: mboms@meridianmgmt.com usnaaajaxchap@usa.net

Miami Chapter Richard WOgden '66 5590 Hammock Dr, Coral Gables, FL 33156 H: 305-665-9641: B: 305-663-5860 E: bUlo 1 @bellsouth.net

Sec'y: Sergei Kowalchik '67 E: sergei@bellsouth.net

Naples-Fort Myers Chapter President: Robert Shearer '58 3900 Isla Cuidad Ct., Naples, FL 34190 P: 239-596-2460; E: rhss58@swfla.rr.com

Secretary: Roger Rotondi '57 E: RHROTO@YAHOO.COM

In 2008 we have held two luncheons. O n January 23rd our very own Capt.Victor Delano, U S N (Ret.), '41 spoke of ffis experience on ffie USS West Vffgiffia sunk at Pearl Harbor on December 7 1941. It was a most vivid and moving talk. And the applause showed we were aU proud to be part of a school that produced m e n Uke Capt. Delano. George Watt '73 was given a warm welcome by aU 81 attendees and he said a few words about what is goffig on ffi Annapolis. O u r membersffip is just above 100 so ffie m m - o u t was exceUent.

Attendees inclutieti: Albert Beatrice Jr. '70, Steve Berger '57, Heyward E. Boyce '57, W Stephen Burgess '59, Albert Corwen '51, Harry J. Donahue '49, Bob Doragh '57, Daffiel H . Evans ' 5 1 , Harvey A. FaUsJr '53, R . Lynn Fowler '46, Charles R.Gates '64, Gene Geronime '54, Bffi Grifffii '60, BUI Jacobs '43, R e e d K.Jarvi '76, B m c e Lakefield '67, Glen Lerum '58, Raymonti H.Lessig, '51, Bob Lucy '48, Herbert I. Mandel. '38, Denny M o o r e ' 6 1 , H e n r y A . M o r g a n J r '59, Richard Naedel '68, Nick Paltiffio, Mike Pedersen, Thomas G. PoUak '61, BUI R e a d ' 4 9 , 0 . Ashby Reardon '51, R o g e r H. Rotonffi '57, A J. " N e d " Sarno '66, R o b e r t L. Shearer '58, Boyd B. Sibert,Jr '48, Frank G. SouUer, W.T. (BUI) Spane '58, James Thompson '64,Wiffiam H.Voffier '51, Dave Wagner '53, D e n t o n W West '54, Henry WUson '48,Victor Delano '41 Anoffier reffieti Captaffi spoke to us ffi Febmary.James H . Patton,Jr (USNA '60).

H e has extensive submarffie experience mcludffig several commantis.The subject of ffis talk was the movie Hunt for Red Oaober. Capt Patton was ffie techffical

Advisor of the movie and described the many ways ffie team brought reaUsm and authenticity to the film. Again, the turnout was good and the auffience kept ffie speaker ffiere beyond the normal time, but the singing of Blue and Gold brought the meetffig to an enti.

Naples is alone, we beUeve, ffi conductmg a regffiar pubUc ceremony honoring those w h o have served in the armed forces. T h e Naples Patriotic Moment takes place on the street ffi the center of downtown Naples. T h e leader of tffis uffique event is Sharon Kurgis, w h o is a dynamo, producffig more than twenty such events every year. O n March 4, the Naples Patriotic Moment honoreti two groups of American servicemen: ffiose w h o were prisoners of war anti gratiuates o f t h e U S Naval Academy.

Citizens ffi the square anti passer-bys were treated to music foUowed by a color ceremony performed by the Baron Coffier High School R O T C . O n behaff U S N A graduates, Capt.Victor Delano, U S N (Ret.) ' 4 1 , accepted ffie flag.

Present for ffie ceremony, ffi atiffition to Capt. Delano, were Chuck Gates, '64, Jack Urban, '65, and tffiee from the great class o f ' 5 8 : Glen Lerum, Chvie G o o d w i n anti our chapter presitient. Bob Shearer Orlando Chapter President: RobertJ "Beede"Bailey '70, USNR (Ret) c/o 4819 Figwood Lane, Orlando, FL 32808 P: 407/272-1902; E: bbailey_70@hotinaii.com

Palm Beach Chapter CAPT Dan Marangiello, USN (Ret.) '51 1986 SE Doverbrook St, Port St. Lucie, FL H: 772-879-7188; E: dannavynet@comcast.net

Pensacola Chapter Mr. Dick Folga '70 2653 Del Mar Drive, Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 H: 850-934-1056; E: dfolga@bellsoudi.net

National Trustee: CAPT Glenn Montgomery '71 USN (Ret.) 1152 Ceylon Ct. Gulf Breeze, FL 32563 C: 850449-2510;W: 800-332-1411 E monty4gb@aol.com

Greetmgs one anti aU fixDm ffie lanti of pure wffite beach sand and w a r m weather As the Dark Ages finaUy ffiaw to an end, ffie sprffig months hold for more fim and frivoUty.The Pensacola Chapter helti its montffiy luncheon at Skopelo's on ffie Bay. Guest speaker for tffis event was the Commandffig Officer, Marine Aviation Traiffing Support Group (MATSG) Col WU Thomas '85. H e spoke o n what M A T S G does to support not just Naval Aviation ffi general, but our sister services as weU.

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Speaker- CoL Wil Thomas, '85, CO MATSG

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Attenffing the luncheon was: Steve Blankman (82) Kent BoUn (76), Pete Booffi (56), Paffi Brooks (58), BUI Daffiels (54), Tim Daseler (84), Lamar Dixon (52), Len Dufiy (55), Kris EUiott (80), Bob FUUngham (52), Dick (70) anti Celeste Folga, Dick GaskUl (54), Krysde Kageyama (04), Bob KeUy (59), Si (52) and Peggy Kittler, Rodger KruU (75), Don Long (50), MUce McCrabb (78), Glenn (71) and Suzie Montgomery, Pete Morgan (81), Al Pickert (47), BUI Ramsey (53),Jmi (82) and Barbara (82) Righter,Brad Robffison (83),Jetidy Rffiz (83), Lou Sarosdy (51),John Stem (65), Bob Stumpf (74), Ed Turner (81),Larry Warrenfeltz (75), Bob WUmer (54), Kurt (84) and Mary Woltentiorf, John Wootiwarti (54),BUlYeagar (78), Carlos Zengotita (87) Upcormng events for ffie chapter fficlude: 08 May, Naval Aviation Museum Foundation GoffToumament to be held at A.C. Read Golf Course at NAS Pensacola.

The Chapter is one of ffie mam sponsors of tffis event to help raise money for the museumffigeneral and ffie FUght Academy program specfficaUy In atiffition, ffie chapter wUl be holtiffig monthly luncheon, with ffie next schedffied for 21 May at Skopelo's on the Bay. There wUl be adffitional events revolving around Navy Lacrosse, so keep your e-maUs up to date.

Go Navy Beat Army Space Coast Chapter LCDR Milton E. Burdsall '56, USNR 7465 Cypress Bend Manor,Vero Beach, FL. 32966 P: 772-299-4347; E: miltandpat@msn.com

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At The Foundations on Febmary 21st our Chapter enjoyed Presidents Day wiffi a ffistoric presentation by our own Alex Morris '56. He gave great review of George Wasffington anti ffis resignation fix)m ffie Continental Army in December 1783. He reminded us of ffie greatness of tffis moment in our country's ffistory.

The group that had lunch and ffis presentation were: Sue and Ed Maffick '44, Cffidy anti Jessie Petrat '45, Elsie and PhUVladessa '45, Helen anti (Chapter President) Cliff Bermann '45, Eva and Jim Cumirungs '46,ElUe and FredTiemann '46, Virgffia and Jim Morency '49, Doroffiy WasUewski '51,Warren Rothmann '51, Alex Morris '56, Con Stevenson '56, Chet Grocki '58,Josette and Tom Theohary '58, Jack Bundarin '59, guests Michael and Edgar Velazaquez.

Our next meeting wiU be June 19th!

Hope to see you ffien.

Tampa Bay Chapter CAPT John S. Kamen '77, USN (Ret.)

Feaffiersound - $82), Chris Heath '72 (consffiting for IBM), Perry Dempsey '72 (looking at anoffier nuke contract in Term), Ken Mayeaux '73 (able to attend more meetffigs), Andy Andrews '74 (first time m a bit - likes ffie new location), Marty Drake '78 (28 years USN, now is CIVLANT—Air Force), Duane Lafont '78 (a hartiy WELCOME!—new to group, former Cryppie; lots of sub time; was wiffi NSA, now management/oversight First Commanti; married a Tampa "towme", so happy to be here!), Paul Becker '83 (JICCENT Commander- 700+ people inteUigence at Central Command), Steve Swift '87 (handsome e-maU guy), Cris de Mier '91 (stiU ffirffig in financial services for Prudential - lookffig for a few good men—and women).

We tiiscusseti the recent visit by the Atffietic Director, Chet Gladchuk (see separate article).Those who attended the luncheon were impressed with Chet's enthusiasm, energy, and the recent success of Navy sports ffiat is ffirecdy attributable to the AD. Marty Drake '78 and Cris de Mier '91 thenffiscussedthe recent coUege fairs.

1105 Culbieath Isle Dr.,Tampa, FL 33629 H: 813-288-9548; C: 8134-385-6972 E: johnkamen@aol.com

Secretary/Communications: Perry Dempsey '72 E: dempseypw@msn.com www.usna.com/Chapters/US/fl/tampabay/

Welcome toffieTampa Bay Chapter wiffi basebaU sprffig trainmg in fiUl swing (so to speak—pun mtentieti)! We have had near record dues-payers anti we thank aU of ffiose for buckffig up. Thanks go to Pete Leniart '66 and Gary Polansky '69 for inspiring and "encouraging" ffie registered alumffi offfieTampa Bay Chapter The transition to ffie new venue was a huge success. The restaurant is centraUy locateti (some may have ffifferffig opinions) anti has great appeal to our neetis—qffiet, private, and good service.

We held our first monthly meeting at CDB's Souffiside in Tampa on West Shore Blvd wiffi ffiese alumffi in attendance: Warren Hahn '60 (started up first Naval Academy Parent's club in 1981), Scott Hood '66 (realtor in Palm Harbor), Tom Doyle '66 (loves ffis navy sports!), Carl McCulloch '66 (going to ACC tourney, lst/2nd rounti games in Tampa, Final Four),Jim Aldrich '67 (ffiscusseti USS Charles Adams going to Jacksonville; and May 15ffi - Navy League recogffition for incorffing plebes for class of 2012/Naps 2013), Gary Polansky '69 (ffiscusseti Army-Navy goff on May 29ffi at

The AD discusses midshipmen athletes'attributes.

The AD with the Navy/Notre Dame final score in the background.

Bud Alexander '56 introduces the AD.

Dues are stiU being coUecteti— to ensure we can accompUsh ffie numerous rmssions/ goals offfieAssociation anti our chapter, wffich incluties honoring our intffition and its alumffi, recruiting exceUent canffitiates.

and proviffing superb services (fficludmg speaken) ffi ffie fomre. Annual dues of $20 may be maUed to our treasurer, Pete Leffiart '66, at P.O. Box 15824, Clearwater, FL 33766.

Upcommg events were also ffiscussed as detaUed below: 29 MAY—NAVY-Army Goffprobably at Feaffiersound but may

relocate- lookffig at $82 per penon.

Gary Polansky Action Officer MAY/JUN timefirame - Lunch wiffi ffigh profile busmess Speaker (Len LaPorta '87 action officer) - Looking at bringffig in offier academies for event - prospective speaker is Tom Johnson, GIS, Tampa, former Enhsted Marffie - looking at 3 or 4 venues - 1145 -Networkffig; 1215 Seats;

1:00 done - focus would be miUtary people in business - possibly at MacDffi AFB. 9 O C T — Founder's Day— Feathersound CC. Warren Hahn Action Officer.

1 NOV—Veterans'Appreciation Day ffi Clearwater—Pete Leffiart '66 Action Officer 6 DEC — Army-Navy Game.

See you next monffi (CDB's Southside)!

STAND, NAVY, DOWN the FIELD (and the Basketball Court, and the Swimming Pool, and the Rugby Pitch, and...)

CHET GLADCHUK ADDRESSES THE TAMPA BAY CHAPTER The Athletic Director in the Navy locker room after victory over Army

By Perry W . Dempsey '72

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On 27 February, Mr. Chet Gladchuk, ffie Athletic Director, adffiessed ffie Tampa Bay Chapter of ffie U.S. Naval Academy "•y Alumffi Association, wiffi close to 40 alumffi, spouses, and midsffipmen's parents at ffie Feaffier Sound Country Club ffi ffie Tampa Bay Area. CAPT John Kamen '77, USN (Ret.), President of ffie Tampa Bay Chapter presented CAPT Bud Alexander '56, USN (Ret.), who ffitroduced our keynote speaker,ffieAthletic Dffector Capt. Alexander described ffie seven years of Navy athletics under Mr. Gladchuk's mtelage as a total success wiffi an mcreffible 70% victory rate and 26 teams going on to post-season competition.

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The Athletic Director addressed ffie approach to successfid sports and sportsmansffip at the Academy He described ffie attributes of Leadersffip, Mental ResUience, Proficient Professionalism, Creative Decision Makmg, and Effective Commumcating as being paramount to exceUence on ffie sports fields and ffi unfform. He fiirffier elaborated on Navy's Athleticism being buUt on Determination, Confidence, Honor, and "Expect to Wffi".The "Expect to Wm" mantra was especially poignant when ffie Navy/Notre Dame footbaU game was on ffie Une.The mids just woffid not give ffi.

The Athletic Director discussed ffie Naval Academy's Strategic Focus on; •Admissions Divenity, •Acaderffics—^Techffical Majon, •Moral/Etffical Focus—ffie Stockdale Center, •The "Foundation"—ffie Mission of ExceUence.

Navy's physical mission of strategic focus mcludes ffie 31 vanity sports, 19 club sports, and 27 ffitramural sports. Navy's 2007/2008 outstanding record mcludes a 13-4 mark against Army Mr. Gladchuk spoke about recent successes ffi women's lacrosse wiffi ffie hirffig of a proven national coach. AdffitionaUy, Navy's rugby team is ranked second ffi ffie country and is facing 14ffi-ranked Army for the fint time at ffie Navy/Marine Corps Memorial Staffium ffi front of a national television auffience.

John Kamen 77 presents the AD with Tampa Bay polo shirt

At ffie conclusion of ffie Mr. Gladchuk's address, John Kamen presented him wiffi a USNAAA Tampa Bay Chapter polo shirt.

Those alumffi ffi attendance were: Charlie Guy '46, Jerry O'Connell '56, Bud Alexander '56, Roger Betts '56, H u ^ Palmer '58, Mac Fossett '58, Warren Hahn '60, Don Coughlin '62, D o n Freese '63, Gaylord Hopkins '63, Chuck Gates '64, John Babka '65, Pete Leniart '66, Scott Hood '66, Tom Doyle '66, Carl McCulloch '66, Bin Phillips '66, Gary Polansky '69, Rick Rose '71, Perry Dempsey '72, Kirk Barker '77, Stanley Gray '77, John Kamen '77, Dave Olson '79, and Steve Swifi; '87.

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CHAPTER NEWS 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@yahoo.com; P: 404-344-6389 Web site: www.usnaaaa.com

MONTHLY CHAPTER LUNCHEONS: When:Tffird Friday of each m o n t h Where: Sheraton Suites GaUeria 2844 Cobb Pkwy What: Great opportuffity to spend time with feUow alumffi and to network in the Adanta area. Registration begins at 1130 and the chow Une opens at noon.

See the website for detaUs. Greetings from Adanta. We had a smaU gathering tffis month at our montffiy luncheon. O n hand were Steve Frederick '72, BUI WUUams '65, Ed H u x '61, Rick Lopez '79,Walt Sheffield '51, Pack Jacobs '72, Art Crowe '88, Steve Weise '72, Mike MUler '56, BUI Rentz '55, Ray Vuicich '89, Jason Pierce G, Scott Olsen '85,Jim Slemenda '66, Ken Asffiey G, and Alvin Towffiey our speaker We were back at the Sheraton after a one month move. T h e Sheraton has easy access from 1-285 and 1-75. I'm hoping that our smaUer than normal turnout was because it was the start o f t h e President's Day long weekend. T h e March meeting is scheduled on Good Friday. HopefoUy we'U get back to our normal turnout.

Alvin Towffiey has just pubUshed a book on Eagle Scouts. Alvin had earned his Eagle Scout and put up his uffiform.

H e went off to coUege, graduated and got a regular job. H e began to think about exacdy what it means to be an Eagle Scout.

H e wanted to know if acffieving the rank of Eagle Scout had an effect on those w h o had done that. So, he sold ffis house and traveled aU over the Uffited States interviewing people w h o had been Eagle Scouts. H e said that he slept on floors, or anywhere a friend could put him, since he was on a Umited budget. H e said he began to see a connection between the miUtary and Eagle Scouts. That connection was shared values and the wanting to help others.

O n e of those he interviewed had been an A-6 B N w h o was shot down over N o r t h Viet N a m when he was just 23. H e escaped but was captured and returned to the Hanoi HUton.As he endured the torture after being recaptured, he said that

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the offiy tffing that kept him going was remembering the scout oath. That was the one tffing he held onto.

H e had interesting stories about meeting Ross Perot, Mayor Bloomburg and T h e Honorable Henry Paulson, Secretary of the Treasury. Mr. Paulson stated that he didn't tffink that scouting had helped him very much. But, w h e n he started recaffing ffis years as a scout, he suddeffiy reaUzed that scouting had had a big impact on ffim.To get aU the stories, you'll need to buy ffie book, Legacy ofHonor.

T h e n on February 16th, we had our annual Dark Ages Party. T h e Commandant of Midsffipmen, Capt. Margaret Klein was our guest and featured speaker In my four years by the bay, I never wanted to meet the Commandant! But it was an honor and pleasure to have Capt. Klein as our guest. After speaking with her and then hearing her speech, I don't tffink that the alumffi have anytffing to worry about back in the Yard. Capt. Klein is doing a great job. She has tffings under control and on an even keel.

O n our schedule for May 5th is the annual Army-Navy goff tournament. Sign up sheets are avaUable on our web site thanks to web master Bob Schultz '71. In fact, Bob has everytffing on our web site.

H e does a great j o b keeping everytffing up to date.

Looking forward to seeing everybody on March 21 at the Sheraton.

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: Elizabeth Cianci '02 E: Ehzabeth.Cianci@ferguson.com

Idaho Northwest Chapter Col. Kenneth WMoore '66, USMC (Ret.) 31048 E. Hayden Lake Rd., RO. Box 2020, Hayden, ID 83835-7059; H: 208-772-7494 E: i35hawk@sisna.com

Intermountain Chapter See Utah

Illinois Chicago Chapter CDR Fredrick IVWeber '75, USNR (Ret.) 2134 Evert Ct., Northbrook, IL 60062-6612 H: 847-559-9381;W: 312-845-3444 Fred.Weber@2comm.com Website: vifww.usna.com/chapters/us/illinois/chicago

Indiana Indianapolis Chapter CAPT Charles A. Rainey '84, USNR 12804 Double Eagle D r , Carmel, IN 46033 H: 317-815-0575; E: crainey@flilbi.com

Michiana Chapter President: CDR John (Chris) Haizlip '72, USN (Ret.) 15246 Longford Dr, Granger, IN 46530 H: 574-273-2939; E: CHaizUp@aol.com

Louisville/Southern Indiana Chapter See Kentucky

Iowa Upper Midwest Chapter â&#x20AC;˘ See Minnesota

International Costa Rica Claudio A. Pacheco '64 Apt. 4307-1000, San Jose, Costa Rica H: 506-224-4325;W: 506-225 4239 C: 506 383 5824; E: cpacheco@1964.usna.com

Guam Chapter CAPT Noel M. Enriquez '84, USNR RO. Box 26849, GMF, Barrigada, GU 96921-6849 H: 671-472-9629; HFax: 671-472-1966 C: 671-777-9629; E: NME@1984.usna.com

Philippines Chapter President:Jose "Roy"Roilo

Golez '70

4/F Crowntop Condominium Ortigas Ave., Greenhills, San Juan H:726-8134 917-539-5095 (NSC) 927-6271; fax: 928-6029 E: gogo@golez.com

Secretary:Vincent Sibala '93 O / N - l H Q Philippine Navy (pma92) 2335 Roxas Blvd., Manila P: 919-354-5846; E: pasrilan@hotmail.com

Tokyo Bay Chapter CDR Nolan D. Villarin '82, USNR PSC 473 Box 990, FPO Ap 96349-0990 O: DSN243-7437; Comm: OH-81-46-816-7437 E: villarin@c7fnavy.mil

Turkey Chapter LTJGArifCinlik '98,Turkish Navy Veliefendi Mah,75/6 Sok.No:51/2 Zeyrinburnu, Istanbul.Turkey 34765 H: 212-510-5805; E: adrdik@hotmaU.com

Kentucky

(see also Ohio)

Louisville/Southern Indiana Chapter Captain Gregory Reinhardt '79, USNR (Ret.) 712 Talon Place, Louisville, 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: danmusmanno@cmaaccess.com

Maine

Massachusetts

Minnesota

Portland Chapter

Boston Chapter

Jeffrey Peters '85

Upper Midwest Chapter

Kevin S. Clancy '69

Pres: LtCol Alex Plechash '75, USMC (Ret.)

7 Sumac D r . Brunswick ME 04011 H:207-729-7306: W: 207-443-5576 E: jpetets@preti.com

Maryland Annapolis Chapter President: CAPT Michael Fierro '82 1 Kinkaid Rd., Annapohs, MD 21402-10502

Secretary :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 Valley MD 21031 W: 410-229-8206 E: steven.g.young@morganstanley.com

Eastern Shore Chapter President: CDR Craig Etka, USN (Ret) '65 P: 410-820-7761; scorpioventures@goeaston.net

Vice President: CDR Doyle Winters, USNR (Ret) '65 P: 410-770-5270; doylew@1965.usna.com

Sec'y/Treas: CDR Dave Lovelady, USN (Ret) '66 P: 410-822-7748; DEL@DLovelady.Net 29425 Andrew LN, Easton, MD 21601-6223

Frederick Chapter John M. Heiges '59 13502 West Oak St.,Mt.Airy,MD 21771 H: 301-798-0045; E: JMHElGES@msn.com

Secretary: Dan T.Altomare '88 E: AltomareDT@worldkitchen. com

Greater Southern Maryland Chapter Pres: Michael

DeManus

Briscoe Cove, RO. Box 277, Compton, MD 20627 P: 301-476-7028; Website: http://www.navyalumni.org

The deadUne for tffis month's submission came just before the Chapter's Spring Leadenffip Luncheon with Commandant of Midsffipmen P e g Klein '81. Expect a fiiU report on tffis exciting event in the June-Jffiy issue of Sffipmate. T h e Chapter leadersffip went out of their way to advertise the Luncheon arounti N A S Patuxent River and in the local commuffityWith a Utde luck we'U have an outstanding turnout and possibly recmit a few new members. Annual dues cost about as much as lunch at a chain restaurant, so if you're reaffing tffis and tffinking about joiffing then browse the G S M C website hnp://www.navyalumm.org/ for detaUs. The Chapter doesn't need your money, it needs your participation. Also, check the web site for the latest gouge on upcoming events Uke the famous Crab-Fest in August. Beat Army!

42 Curtis St., SomerviUe, MA 02144 P: 617-821-5879; E: ksclancy@mac.com

Michigan Detroit Chapter Arthur WBryant '66 1811 HoUywood Grosse Pointe Woods, Ml 48236-1311 H: 313-885-2174;F:313-881-2333 E: lynorart(ii^comcast.net

O n Saturday 8 March 2008, the Blue and Gold officers in our area teamed with the Admissions Office and Lt Brett Bujac '03 at ffie Naval Academy to put on a large recruiting event here in Detroit that attracted upwards of 150 ffigh schoolers and their parents. O u r chapter helped out and came up with and secured the event site. Mike Bennett coordinated tffings for the B&G Officers with help from Mike Johnson. T h e main speaker for the event was Kim Adams, a meteorologist for ISIBC's channel 4 in Detroit. She is married to L C D R Jeff Daudert w h o is currently stationed at the Pentagon. She has a very inspiring story about being a Navy wife and how they take care of their own. Kim and Jeff were Uving in Mississippi w h e n Hurricane Katrina hit and they were wiped out. T h e Navy did many tffings to help them as I know aU of you wffi understanti.The event was held at the HUberry Theatre on the Wayne State University campus.The event was very successfol and several Alumni attended to talk to the appUcants.

475 Highcroft Rd.Wayzata, MN 55391 p: 952-473-0011; m: 612-801-8222 E: AlexPlechash@mchsi.com

Shipmate Contact: CAPT Rick Udicious, USNR '75 p: 651-456-2900; m: 651-492-2390 E: Richard.a.udicious@lmco.com

T h e Defense Affiance of Minnesota held its quarterly meeting on March 6th in MinneapoUs. 110 people representing more than 75 defense-oriented businesses and orgamzations attended, incluffing members of Senator N o r m Coleman's staff; the senator was instrumental in encouraging the creation o f t h e Defense Affiance during 2004 as a way to promote j o b growth in the region.The event, titled "Arcffitects of Defense," was meant to be a networking opportunity for the diverse group representing a spectrum of industries that contribute to defense and homeland security. FoUowing a recorded message from Minnesota's Governor T i m Pawlenty, the Affiance was given an overview of ongoing initiatives (incluffing the new Midwest Center for Defense Sustainment) and upcoming events. T h e Defense Alliance is an independent organization whose mission is to network and expand Minnesota's defense and h o m e land security industries, to create and retain high quaUty jobs, and to forther promote the region's important contributions to our men and women ofthe armed forces. Ben Wright, U S M A '96 sent a note that he enjoyed the event and met D a n Quattrini '81, emphasizing the value of our "service academy network." Upcormng events include the annual Defense Industry Roundtable with Minnesota's senators in St. Paul,June 9-10.

There were a total of 30 attendees at the West Side AU Service Academy breakfast on March 7 which included members Pictured from left are: Jeff Gagne '78 B&G Officer; of the three service acaderffies and Parents LCDR Jeff Daudert and his wife Kim Adams; Art Bryant '66; Stephen Rapp '82 whose daughter wants Club organizations. Chaplain L C O L J o h n to go Navy; LT Brett Bujac '03 Admissions; Mike Morris again briefed us on the status of Bennett B&G Area Coordinator; and CAPTI\/like the Minnesota Veterans Reintegration Johnson '79 B&G Officer Program wffich is n o w being used as the model for a national program. L C O L Morris's presentation was foUowed by a spirited Q & A session. Navy alums in attendance included - Carl G r o n e m a n n '44, Stan A n d e r s o n ' 5 1 , Paul Jennings TAKE A HISTORIC TOUR '64, Chip Sharratt '74, Alex Plechash and $2 will be donated to USNA '75, Chris B e n d e y '79, Jeff A b e l '80, Alumni Association & Foundation!

Pete M c D e v i t t '84, Craig B e n s o n '91 Contact Linda Lee 410-295-4025 and Justin S h i n e m a n '91.

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CHAPTER NEWS T h e commumcation efforts by the Minnesota National Guard on the reintegration program received a "Bronze QuiU Award" from the International Association of Business Commufficators at the 2008 ceremony in MinneapoUs on February 19th. R i c k U d i c i o u s '75 and ffis wife Deffise were fortunate to be at the event where some of Rick's employees also received a commumcations award for some innovative programs on the subject of workplace ffiversity.

O n February 20th, the Upper Midwest Chapter Board met to finaUze our bylaws.

In parallel with better formalizing our chapter, we continue updating our member database. We presently have 937 alumni records in our Chapter, of wffich offiy 465 have an emaU address Usted. O f those, offiy 173 have been positively verffied to date whUe 35 of them are known to be bad. That leaves 257 emaU addresses that are as yet unconfirmed.

Since our principal means of routine commuffication is by emaU, it is vital that we have a good and confirmed email address for as many alumni as possible. We know of offiy 6 alumni w h o do not maintain an emaU adtiress and for w h o m we maU our announcements. That means that over 500 alumffi in our Chapter are not getting our announcements for sure and another 257 w h o may or may not be getting emaUs since those emaU addresses have not been confirmed nor are they bouncing back. If we've not heard from you and / o r you're not receiving periodic information about our chapter activities, please send an emaU or contact R i c k U d i c i o u s '75 or A l e x Plechash '75.

Intermountain See Utah

Mississippi South Mississippi Chapter Pres: CDR E. Spencer Garrett IV '88, USNR RO. Box 1792, Gautier, MS 39553 H: 228-497-5050; E: esgarrett44@aol.com

Secretarry: Harry J.Rucker E: navynomad50@caldeone.net

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Montana

Missouri Greater Kansas City Metro Chapter

Intermountain Chapter See Utah

President: Mr. Charles M. Stevens II '73 chuck_stevens@1973.usna.com

Nebraska

St. Louis Chapter President: Mike Broum '88 3446 Pestalozzi St., St Louis, MO 63119

Omaha Chapter CAPT Alan R. More '62, USN (Ret.)

Vice Pres. & Corrs. Secretary:Jay Butka '90 P: 314-694-8165; E: jaya.butka@1990.usna.com Web site: usna.com/Chapters/US/MO/StLouis /default, htm

O n 23 Feb, the chapter's annual Dark Ages party was held at CJ Muggs in Webster Groves. Along with their guests. Alumni present included D a n Sullivan '56, Phil Saunders '62, J i m Checkett '64, Raese S i m p s o n '64, R o n Hill '70, Chuck Stout '70, Steve Jasper '74, Marc PurceU '75, Kent H i g g i n b o t h a m '76, D a n C o x '78, R i c k R o u s t i o '78, Blaine B r a n d o n '79, Mike B r o w n '88, R o c k Harris '88, T i m N o o n a n '88, D a v e Turnbaugh '89, and Jason Frei '94.1 did not get a turnover on w h o w o n the various games and events, but I can teU you it wasn't John H u e s e m a n '78.

Good Job to classmates Laura Mannix '94 (who ended up being sick) and Jason Frei '94 for orgaffizing the event.

Bocce at MUos is scheduled for Saturday May 3rd. Please check the website or contact R o c k Harris '88 (number_7@ sbcglobal.net) for more info. R o c k always does a great j o b orgaffizing Bocce.

C o m i n g up on Saturday May 24th at 1000 is the Memorial Day Remembrance Ceremony at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, held together with Army and Air Force Alumffi Associations, to remember Service Academy graduates w h o have given their Uves and to remember H o m e t o w n Heroes - local men and women w h o have given their Uves in the past year in the confficts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Contact Mike D u n h a m '70 or Jay Butka '90 for more info.

D i c k Padburg '54 wanted to get the word out that the AU-Academy Spring GolfTournament is to be held on Friday May 30th at the Crescent Farms Goff Club (formerly Players Club). Contact Paddy at PaddyWgon@aol.com for more irffo.

Mark your calendars now for the Annual Picnic to be held on Saturday July 26th. DetaUs to come.

To check out these and offier upconUng events, go our chapter website at h t t p : / / www.usna.com/Chapters/US/MO/StLo uis/default.htm

2510 Nottingham Dr.,BeUevue,NE 68123-1959 E: alan.more@1962.usna.com

Secretary: LCDR Matthew Finney '93, USN C: 402-541-6398; E: mdfinney@yahoo.com

Nevada Southern Nevada Chapter President: Bradley Carlson '91 2246 Darwin Circle, Henderson, NV 89014 (H) 702-433-7248; (M) 702-812-2783 E: bcarlson@goidc.com

New Jersey New Jersey Chapter Mr. Patrick J. Hurley '87 192 Ashland Rd., Summit, NJ 07901-3244 H: 908-598-0512; E: patrick.hurley@gs.com

New Mexico Albuquerque Chapter Henry U{ Schwartz '62 60 Sandia Haven D r , Cedar Crest, NM87008-9425 H: 505-286-8934 E: hwschwartz62@earthUnk.net

Secretary: Herb Richter '59 E: herbertrichter@msn.com www.usna.com/chapters/us/fim/

New York Capital District Chapter GeneWGriesau

'75

216WoodlawnAve.,AlbanyNY 12208 H: 518-482-3370; E: gwgriesau@gocontec.com

Central New York Chapter President: Robert Fegan '64 1570 Route 20 West, Cazenovia, NY 13035 P: 315-655-5949 E: bobfegan@aUteU.net

Secretary: Michael T. Keville E: mickvl@twcny.rrcom

Metro New York Chapter (NAANYI President: Robert Black '63 24 W Railroad Ave., #115,TenaflyNJ 07670 P: 201-569-8925; E: RABlack@1963.usna.com

Vice Pres. and Webmaster: Tom Williams '88 E:Tom_2500@msn.com; Website: www.naany.org HotLine: 1-800-234-USNA (-8732)

Western New York Chapter CAPT Nelson A. Blish '69, USNR (Ret.) 3840 East Ave., Rochester, NY 14618-3729 H: 716-248-9739; E: nelson.bUsh@kodak.com

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North Carolina Cape Fear Chapter Pres: CAPT Walter N. Flippin III '75 USNR (Ret.) 132 King Arthur Drive, WiUnington, N C 28403 H: 910-256-6289; walt75@beUsoudi.net

Sec'y: CAPT Charles WR. von Radesky II '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, WUmington, NC 28405 H: 910-256-5489; E;jimlyne28(gmsn.com

Planning continues for ffie commissionmg of ffie Norffi CaroUna (SSN 777) in WUrffington on May 3,2008. Several Chapter m e m b e n are actively involved in ffie planrung for tffis special event especiaUy Dave S c h e u '67, w h o currendy manages ffie USS Norffi CaroUna, BB 55 and w h o is co-chaff of the comiffissiomng celebration. Chapter m e m b e n have been designated for leadenffip in several events surrounding ffie comrffissioffing. These events wiU mclude hostmg inffividual crew members for dinner, hostmg crew members for goff at the local mufficipal course or alternatively at private counes, as weU as for offier events stffi ffi ffie planmng stage at tffis writing. T h e City ofWUrffington is treatmg tffis comrffissioffing as a major civic event.

We were recendy informed that the Eugene Ashley Center wiU graduate 3 more men, one each ffi May, June and July. Chapter officers attend each o f t h e graduations. Tffis Center, wffich helps veterans w h o have been struggUng with Ufestyle problems, has been a special project for the Cape Fear Chapter since ffie Chapter's mception.

Several Chapter members have been active ffi helping Blue and Gold officers as they attempt to identify and encourage canffitiates for admission to the Academy.

We beUeve that there are currendy ffine young people from the WUmington area who are actively pursuing atirffission.The Chapter holtis a summer barbeque on the Batdesffip N o r t h CaroUna to encourage young people to pursue their candidacy.

Chapter events planned for the remainder of 2008 include: Asffiey Center Graduations Navy vs. D u k e game 13 September Navy vs. Wake Forest game 27 September Canffitiates evening event m September Navy vs. N o t r e D a m e game event 15 November Navy vs. Army game event 6 December

T h e Chapter continues its practice of holffing bi-montffiy luncheon meetings at Cape Fear Country club in WUrffington.

For information contact Walt Flippin e:walt75@beUsouth.net

Charlotte Chapter President: Mr. Ryan M. Stone '96 17235 Georgian HaU Dr., Charlotte, NC 28277-1775 H: 704-540-4354; E: ryanmstone@carohna.rr.com

Eastern North Carolina Chapter President: Rob Skrotsky '67 PO Box 778, New Bern, NC 28562 H: 252-514-0299; E: crskrotsky@earthhnk.net

Vice President: Rick Kunkel '67 P: 910-455-6280; E: rkunkel@ec.rrcom

Secretary:Tim Marvin '59 PO Box 731, Kure Beach, NC 28449-0731 E: tmarvin@earthhnk.net

Treasurer:Jim St John '53 601 Dotal Ct., New Bern, N C 28562 H: 252-636-1977; E: saintUnk@always-onUne.com

MINUTES OFTHE FEBRUARY2008 MEETING OFTHE EASTERN NORTH CAROUNA CHAPTER OF THE U.S. NAVALACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION T h e meeting of the chapter was held at the Officers Club on M C B Camp Lejeune on Wednesday 20 Febmary 2008 at 11:30 a.m. Capt R o b Skrotsky, U S N R (Ret), '67, President, caUed the 12 members and guests to order foUowing the buffet lunch.

H e said a prayer for those in Harm's Way, for those w h o are grieving, and for the loved ones awaiting the return of their deployed SaUor or Marine.

M r James St. John, '53, reported the bank balance.

Mr. Skrotsky welcomed Stephen Bird, '97, a Naval Aviator, as a new member, w h o is n o w Uving in Porter's neck, N C .

H e also welcomed M r JimWiffiams, '85, today's speaker, and SgtMaj Joe Houle, U S M C (Ret), Director of Operations of the Museum of the Marine. H e also reviewed the meeting schedule for the next two months: 19 March in N e w Bern and 16 AprU at Camp Lejeune. Dave Scheu, '67, wffi be the speaker in AprU. Captain Scheu, U S N (Ret), is director of the Batdeship N o r t h CaroUna. Later in the summer a meeting may be held at N e w River if an update on the Osprey program can be arranged.

Mr. Skrotsky introduced the speaker, Mr. Jim WUUams, w h o gave a very interesting Power Point presentation on the M u s e u m of the Marine, which wUl be located near the Beirut Memorial in JacksonviUe. Fundraising is weU on its way, with groundbreaking in late 2008 or early 2009 with completion by 2010. Corporate

underwriters are being sought, as weU as support from the State of N o r t h CaroUna, and private donations. T h e museum wiU be avaUable for Camp Lejeune personnel as a place to have ceremonies, meetings, and events.The focus o f t h e museum wiU be the Marine Corps and the inffividual Marine in the CaroUnas starting with WoridWar II.The museum wiU not be a dupUcation o f t h e M u s e u m o f t h e Marine Corps. See the website www.museumofthemarine. org After the presentation and during ffiscussion, it was pointed out that the 300th Anniversary of N e w Bern wUl also be in 2010. M r Skrotsky presented M r WUUams with a check for $200.00 representing the support o f t h e Chapter for the M u s e u m o f t h e Marine.

T h e meeting adjourned at 1:10 p.m.

Tim Marvin, '59 Secretary

Piedmont Chapter President: Col Gary L. Beaver '77 USMCR 10 Silver Oask Court, Greensboro, NC 27455-1481 H: 336-288-8792; E: gbeaver@npaklaw.com

Secretary: LCDR John Chilson '91 USN E: chilsonj@comerfordbritt.com

North Carolina Triangle Chapter LCDR Timothy S. Wood '92 USNR 45 North BeUaire Ct., Clayton, N C 27527-4541 H: 919-359-8403; E: tnpwood@earthhnk.net

Western North Carolina Chapter President: Bob Cowin, '69 H: 828-299-4476; E: brcowin2@beUsoudi.net

Vice President:Jerry Porter, '68 H: 828-713-7046; E: jmporterl029@charternet

Secretary/Treasurer: Ken Granzin '58 H: 828-890-4246; E: granzin@brinet.com

North Dakota Upper Midwest Chapter See Minnesota

Ohio Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Chapter CAPT Gerald R Motl 68 USNR (Ret.) 9825 Gateclub Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45241-3827 H: 513-769-4556; E: gerrymod@ftise.net

Sec'y:Shane Crase '94 1188 CannonbaU Way Independence, KY 41051 H: 859-363-3467;W: 513-977-8495; E: c-crase@insightbb.com

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 EE: ruleIlI@aol.com

Columbus/Central Ohio Chapter Charles Hoffman '69 281 Glenn Drive SW, Pataskala, O H 43062-8675 E: chuckh@chucksite.com

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Oklahoma Oklahoma City Chapter Col I.F "Buck" Bonifayjr '60, USA (Ret.) 920 Riviera D r , Norman, OK 73072 H: 405-360-8147; E: BBONIFAY@COX.NET

Tulsa Chapter CDR Harry VRouse IV '77, USN (Ret.) 2623 East 33 PL.Tulsa, OK 74105-2334 H: 918-748-8650; E: HVRouse@aol.com

RV Chapter prepares to celebrate sunset at Key West

Oregon May 2008 and come and give Coach Niumatalolo a rousing welcome.

O u r Chapter wffi be hosting "Picnic at the C a m d e n Riversharks Baseball 3766 Lanewood Rd., Lake Oswego, O R 97035 G a m e " on Thursday, 5 June 2008, at H: 503-697-0865; E: tobymaggiel@aol.com http://usna.com/Chapters/US/OR 7:05 p m . T h e event wiU be held at ffie Picnic Pavffion, CampbeU's Field, 401 N o r t h Delaware Avenue, Camden, NJ 08102. Price for Chapter members is $25 Philadelphia Chapter per person wffich includes a ticket to the President: Kerr Smith ' 72 1209 Mo^an Ave., Drexel HiU, PA 19026-3330 game and picffic buffet. Beer wiU be avaUP: 215-844-4057; E; ksmidi@pcs-inc.biz able for purchase fixjm a neaffiy concession members@usnaplul.com; events@usnaphil.com stand. Please visit our PhUadelpffia Chapter webmaster@usnaphil.com; www.usnaphil.com Shipmate News InpuUTerrance Fenningham '04 website to make your reservations and pay by creffit card orffine, or you may maU a E:terrferm@yahoo.com check payable to " U S N A A A PhUadelpffia" O u r Chapter wiU be hosting the annual to Brian D e g n a n '98, 308 Haverford "Parents' N i g h t " o n 7 May 2008 at Place, Swarthmore, PA 19081-2009.

Williamson's Restaurant located on Please make your reservations by Friday, Easton R o a d (Rt. 611) and Blaff MUI 30 May 2008. Please contact T i m Farrell Roati, Horsham, PA 19044. For more '76 for more information: tim.farreU@ irfformation please log on to our Chapter 1976.usna.com, at home 610-455-0201 website at http://usnaphU.com.To R S V P or on ffis ceU 484-919-8087. please contact R o b B e n d e r '73 at If your car is registered in Pennsylvaffia, rbender@cciconsulting.com or caU but doesn't have a U S N A Ucense plate, 215-557-0978. please visit our website: h t t p : / / O u r Chapter is pleased to announce usnaphU.com, or caU T i m Farrell '76 at that Navy's H e a d Football C o a c h , either 610-455-0201 or 484-919-8087, K e n N i u m a t a l o l o , wffi be our guest of for information on how to get one. h o n o r at a luncheon on 15 M A Y 2008 If you are interested in joiffing the at the Philadelphia Marriott West, PhUadelpffia Chapter, please join by maUlocated in Conshohocken, PA. T h e event ing your dues, $10/year or $25/3 years, wffi start at 12:00 noon. Lunch wffi be payable to " U S N A AA PhUadelphia" to served shortly thereafter, and Coach Brian D e g n a n '98,308 Haverford Place, Niumatalolo wffi talk about N a v y Swarthmore, PA 19081-2009.Your dues Football '08 at 12:45 pm. C o a c h are good for a year or three years from the N i u m a t a l o l o wffi be glad to take quesdate you pay. Increasing Chapter tions from the audience after his talk. We membersffip wUl help us regain our status wUl arrange for onUne registration (creffit as one ofthe largest Chapters in the card required) at www.usna.com.We wffi Alumni Association and wUl earn the send a foUow-up email w h e n the offiine Chapter representation as a Local Trustee registration is enabled. O u r Chapter is on the Board ofTrustees. honored that Coach Niumatalolo has chosen us for his first appearance at a Pittsburgh Chapter William E. Otto '71 chapter event. We h o p e you wffi save 15 Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter CAPT R. Tim Myers '64, USN (Ret.)

Pennsylvania

4105 Tartan Ct., MurrysvUle, PA 15668-1045 E: figaro4105@aol.com

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Recreational Vehicle American Chapter CAPT James N. Roberts '59, USN (Ret.) 152 Springlakes D r , Martinez, GA 30907 H: 706-860-6430; E:Jrobe92528@aol.com

Sec'y.Charlie Norton '62 E: charles.norton@1962.usna.com

Treasurer: Glenn Shindler '64 4530 Lasheart D r , La Canada, CA 91011 E: gshindler64@earthUnk.net

Shipmate inputs to: Susan Norton E: cknjr@verizon.net

Website: http://www.usnarv.org I have just a bit of foUow-up, sent along

by Firsty Bill C o r r o u m '59, to complete the report on the Key West C o m e Around in February.

O n the Friday morffing, the Chapter meeting was conducted by Board of Directors member Jack Glaeser After lunch, everyone gaffiered in ffie open field behind the rigs for the Great Goff Cart Race. (Did someone say "first annual"?)

M W R , whose folks are always very cooperative, had loaned us a goff cart and some traffic cones; these were laid out to form a short slalom course wiffi gates and a box.

T h e idea was to begin at ffie start/fiffish Une, go through each gate, back into the box, and cross the fiffish Une in ffie shortest possible time. There was offiy one rffinor compUcation: the navigator in the right seat hati to verbaUy ffirect the ffiiver, w h o was bUntifoltied! Penalty seconds were added for inffiscretions Uke verbal or physical abuse, hitting or tiestroying cones, and any other "frap" at ffie ffiscretion of the race ffirector, BiU Corroum. What a hUarious bunch of inept ffiivers our chapter possesses! T h e best time was recorded

by Patti and Jay Williams '67, w h o were awarded an appropriate medal.

Another happy hour in ffie tent was foUowed by the famous Van Metre Lobsterfest. Once again, Brian Van Metre '61, ably assisted by Charlie Pinkham '58,

put on a real feast. O f course, ffie rest of ffie gang put togeffier some fabffious side dishes and desserts to round off tffis very popular event.

Sunday was a "whatever' day, capped off by yet anoffier happy hour. Monday m o r n ing Kadiie and Bill ofiered pastries anti wishes for "Faff W m d s and FoUowing Seas" unffi next time.

N o w we look forward to ffie C o m e Around ffi Melbourne FL, hosted by J o h n Martin '60; ffie dates are March 26 - 30, 2008. There are many more schedffied; please see ffie website for detaUs. By now you aU shoffid have voted in ffie body contested election of officen and board m e m b e n ; ffie official resffits will be posted here ffi ffie next issue.

See you soon, wffierever two or tffiee shaU meet!

RJwde Island Newport Chapter ADM James R. Hogg '56, USN

(Ret.)

2556 West Mam Rd., Portsmouth, R l 02871 H: 401-841-2625

Corr. Sec'y: Ben Katz '57 E: becat57@msn.com

Our Febmary speaker was Captam Joseph Mc Brearty; C o m m a n d m g Officer of ffie Officer Trainmg C o m m a n d ( O T C ) Newport, w-ffich was formed under ffie Base Realignment and Closing Plan (BRAC).

He described ffi detaU ffie components of ffie Command; an overview of trainmg meffiods, logistics and the status of ffie physical plant supporting ffie organization.

The C o m m a n d consists of: Officer C a n d i d a t e S c h o o l ( O C S ) -12 weeks for Unrestricted Lme and Supply — 1200/year Officer D e v e l o p m e n t School ( O D S ) -5 weeks for L D O / C W O , Staff Corps & Restricted Lme — 1500/year Seaman t o A d m i r a l C o l l e g e Prep (STA-21)—310/year - B O O S T (Broadened Oppormffity for Officer Selection and Trainmg) 3-9 months for U S N & U S M C - Naval Science Instimte (NSI) 9 weeks for U S N offiy Direct C o m m i s s i o n e d Officer Indoctrination C o u r s e ( D C O I C ) - Naval Reservists (primarUy Staff and Restricted Lme) — 2 weeks 50/year ConsoUdation of these trainmg activities under a single umbreUa has resulted ffi a 25 per cent reduction of combffieti civiUan anti mffitary staffing (fix)m 194 to 125)

Mffitary Construction projects mclude a Replacement Traiffing Pool — expected dehvery in October 2008 ($4.8M) and unprogrammed replacements for NinUtz HaU ($43.3M) and Nimitz HaU ($50.8M) Joiffing us for a rainy eveffing in Newport vvere:Tom &Trffia W E S C H L E R '39;Tim & Caffiy M O O R E '45; Ken & N o r m a Lyons '46; Jack & Mary B u m e y U S M A '46;Wut T H A Y E R '47;Frank & Maggie S N Y D E R '48;Tom Lyons '52; Heaffi TwicheU U S M A '56; Ben K A T Z & Katie Aheame '57 Wayne R O B I N S O N , Jun Wright and Chet & Debby Kunz '58; Peter & Judy T A R P G A A R D '59; Joe & Barbara Strasser and Ray Heins '63;Ted C z e c h '65;Tom Fedyszyn '69: Conrati D o n a h u e '73; Charley Collins '74 and BUI Glenny '76.

Welcome Aboard: N a n c y Bredbeck. Nancy's husband BUI was Class o f ' 5 8 . She resities ffi Newport.

Chester K u n z '58. Chet and ffis wffe Debby spUt ffieff time between Mehose, Mass anti Mititiletown, R l .

Captain Michel Poirier. Mike is Commantiffig Officer of Naval Station Newport. H e and ffis wife Cffiistffie reside on base.

C o m i n g Attractions: In AprU we wiU host Mr. Nick Benson, a third generation stone carver w h o today oversees a famUy shop that was established ffi Newport ffi 1705, one o f t h e longest contmuously runnffig trade busmesses ffi the Uffited States. Nick wiU teU us about his experiences wiffi the new World War II Memorial ffi Wasffington, D C .

O u r March meeting wUl be held on Tuesday 25 March at ffie Officer's Club ffi the Bay R o o m (to your left as you enter the club). Enjoy sea stories fiom 1815 unffi 1900 and ffien feast on Baked Stufted Shrimp or GriUed Rib Eye Steak. O u r guest speaker wiU be Captaffi Dffiesh "Trip"Tripapffi, Inffian Navy. Captam Tripapffi is a Surface Warfare Officer now smdffig at the Naval C o m m a n d CoUege at the Naval War CoUege. His sea t o u n have fficluded command of ffie Russian buUt missUe boat I N S V I N A S H and the missUe corvette INS K I R C H . His wffe Sasffi and 17 year old son Divyam have accompaffied him to Newport.

South Carolina Charleston Chapter CDR H. Richard Stein '82, USNR (Ret.) 784 Preservation PL, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464-5196 H: 843-856-6591; E: rstein@sandlappergTDup.com

T h e chapter met on Monday, January 2 1 , 2008. In attendance were: Mac Matthew '48; M a x HUl ' 5 1 ; Dick DaUa Mura ' 5 1 ;

Dick Wright '53;Tom Mayberry '53; Buzz C a m s '61;John Nuernberger '64; BUI Bobo '72; BUI C o o k '72; Rick Stein '82; Gary EngUsh '83; KaiYeh '90; Dan Estes '01; Bridget Estes '01;DanaToale '01; anti Sean Jones '05.

T h e chapter met on Monday, March 17,2008. In attendance were: Lou Marckesano '47; Max HUl '51; Dick Wright '53;Jim Blandford '55;Jim Fladey '56; Bob Boyle '59;Jun Welsch '67; BUI Bobo '72; Dick Shaw '75; Rick Stem '82; Bob Brennan '82; Gary EngUsh '83; KaiYeh '90; Sean Magee ' 9 1 ; and BUI DuU Associate.

T h e Charleston Chapter meets on the 3rd Monday of each m o n t h at 11:30AM at T h e Point GriU, part o f t h e O m a r Shrine Temple, near Patriot's Pomt ffi M o u n t Pleasant. N o reservation reqiffied.

Low Country Chapter LtCol James O. Gay '79 USMCR 9 Oak HiU Lane,Blufiton,SC 29910-6121 H: 843-815-5705; E:jimplus5@hargray.com

SC Lowcountry Chapter officers and ffirectors met for an early Samrday m o r n m g breakfast at McDonalds ffi Bluffion in February to plan our sprffig 2008 events.

Currendy schedffied events are as foUows.

O n Tuesday, March 18th, whUe many other chapters wiU stUl be awaiting the arrival of Sprffig, Lowcountry Chapter members wiU be gathering at the Legends Goff Course on nearby Parris Island for our iffitial 2008 goff outmg. T h e first tee time is 1000, anti ffiere wiU be lots of prizes.

Fore! Next, on Friday, April 4, 2008, G e o r g e Watt Jr. '73, President and C E O , U S N A A l u m n i Association & Foundation, wUl be visiting the South CaroUna Lowcountry. Chapter m e m b e n are mvited to j o m with George for lunch at Truffles Restaurant m Bluffion at n o o n on that date. Tffis may be George's final visit dovv^n here ffi ffis official capacity, so we look forward to a strong mrnout. For Armed Forces weekend, on Sunday, May 18th, we have planned a famUy event.

D e n n y T o m l i n '63 has set up an outmg for us at Grayson Staffium ffi Savannah, Ga. where the Savannah Sand Gnats (NY Mets) wiU be taking on the GreenviUe Drive (Reti Sox) in a single A baUgame at 2:00 P.M. T h e $20 per penon event fee coven admission, a Sandgnats baU cap and a one hour aU-you-can eat buffet. We'U also get to see some o f t h e R e d Sox anti Mets Stan of ffie foture. What a deal! Finally, we have been mvited by the HUton Head Island CouncU o f t h e Navy League to attend ffie Memorial Day services scheduled for 1030 on Monday, May 26, 2008 at

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CHAPTER NEWS Shelter Cove Conmiunity Park Veterans Memorial on HUton Head.

We ffivite aU local alumffi to j o m and participate in our feUowsffip and activities.

Telephone or emaUJffii GayTom Andenon or any offier chapter member for more information.

G o Navy!!!!!!

Palmetto William B. Swent '88 Leadienvood.Walker,Todd & Mann, EC. 100 E. Coffee St., RO. Box 87 GreenviUe, SC 29602-0087 W: 864-242-6440; E: WSwent@LWTM.com

South Carolina Midlands Chapter President: LCDR A. EdTilden '71, USN (Ret.) 4040 Bloomwood Rd, Colombia. SC 29205-2847 H: 803-254-0425; E: aerilden@sc.rr.com Web site: ww^v.usna.com/chapters/us/sc/midlands

Secretary: Katie Hirsch E: mkh5325@aoI.com

South Dakota Upper Midwest Chapter See Minnesota

Tennessee Chattanooga Chapter Mr. John R. Rodman '66 1302 Peter Pan R d , Lookout Mountain, GA 96729 W: 423-756-0285; E: rodman@usit.net

Knoxville-Oak Ridge Chapter President: CAPT Steven K. Crowe, '77 USNR (Ret.) 103 Camousrie Point, KnoxviUe.TN 37934 H: 865-675-5560; E: stevekcrowe@att.net

Secretary-Treasurer: CAPT Mark Kohring '73, USNR (Ret.) E: kohringmw@oml.gov website: kortridentsource.com/home /tabid/74/defaut.aspx

Memphis Chapter Paul Schuhlein '85 USNR 2176 Glenbar D r , Gerniantown,TN 38139-5418 P: 901-751-2225; E: Pschuhlein@yahoo.com

Nashville Chapter CDR John F. Ohlinger '69, USN (Ret.) 880 Lakemont Dr., NashviUe.TN 37220-2124 H; 615-370-1441; w: 615-594-7628 E: John.ohUnger@usna.1969.com

Texas Alamo Chapter President: CAPT Ron A. Sandoval '81 USN 18010 Keystone Blf. San Antonio.TX 78258-3436

Please send Shipmate Submissions and all correspondences to: Secretary: Dave Driskell '63 PO. Box 461564, San Antonio,TX 78246-1564 E: info@alamogoats.org

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Austin Chapter RADM William A. Heine '62, USNR (Ret.) 8704 Blue Creek Cv., Austin.TX 78735-1431 H: 512-327-5619; E: bheine@acite.\as.com

Corresponding Secretary: Don McAlbter '63 H: 512-365-7068; E: don.mcalister@skyMieusa.com

Austin chapter meetings are held at 11:30 am on ffie fourffi Tuesday of each monffi at Marie CaUender's, 9503 Research Blvd. # 4 0 0 m Austm. AU U S N A graduates and ffieir spouses ffi ffie Austin area are mvited to participate. Reservations are not requited.

We had 27 people at ffie January meeting pus our guest speaker Attentiffig were: Bruce C u n n i n g h a m '45, Bruce Sullivan '46, Jack Ledbetter '51, Betty A n n L o c k w o o d '52, D o n M c C o y '57, Pete Baker '57, Mike Neely '58, George D e n n y '58, Dave D o e l g e r '59, Joe Wright '59, Mike Pestorius '61, BiU H e m e '62, D o n McAlister '63, Paul Revere '63, B o b Jones '64, Steve H y d e '66, John R o g e r s '70 and guest Stephanie Rogers," Carl Inskeep '71, Chuck Trahan '73, Mike Paean '54, Mark Middleton ' 8 1 , " N u t t T r a n '88, R i g o Garcia '96,Jason Coumoyer, '97, Liz M c Q u i i m '00 Eugene Van Zeffden,Jr, gave Chapter m e m b e n some information about ffie upcommg income tax reporting period.

In a set of tables, he showed how ffie tax rates had changed in past yean, particularly notmg ffie increases m ffie spread of fficome levels"vvffich meant lower taxes for many and ffie growing standard deduction. H e also handed out a Ust of several strategies for lowering penonal fficome taxes.

Chapter President BUI H e m e talked about changes in Navy sports and some of ffie oppormffities to see events in Texas.

North Texas Chapter LCDR James M. Bethmann '77, USNR 504 B>TOn Court, Irving,TX 75038 W: 214-706-7713; E: jbedmiann@heidrick.coni

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

February 5,2008 T h e U S N A A A Norffi Texas Chapter helti its montffiy luncheon of ffie year on January 8th at the Park City Club. T h e guest speaker was Steve I n g r a m '73, canffidate for Central R e g i o n Trustee w h o spoke to the Chapter about his plans and intentions as ffie Central R e g i o n Trustee. AtiffitionaUy, plans for ffie upconUng Navy Lacrosse team visit to DaUas were ffiscussed. O n c e again. Navy

wiU play Holy Cross here in DaUas on March 15 but at Texas Staffium. The date for ffie March meetffig has been changed to accommodate ffie game and Coach Ricffie Meade wiU adffiess ffie chapter In attendance were J i m Carxington '53, Richard Cudlipp '59, Bill LavaDee '59, R o b Kunkle '60, B o b Traister '60 D a v i d R o b i n s o n '63, J i m H u f f ' 6 5 , D e e Elliott '70 and guest Johnny Skinner, D a l e Harris '70, Steve Ingram '73, Marc Joseph '75, Mark Lambright 75, B u d d y Knight '81, Bill Hebert '82, Eric D y s o n '83, R o s s Beaton '87, John Samuels '88, Darryl S m i t h '88, David Miller '93, Jason R i c h '93 Brian McPheeters 95 Stephen Holley '00, Mike HarreU, President of ffie Parents Club and Debbie Pace.

Upcoming events AprU 19 DaUas Mffitary BaU—^Wyndham DaUas Norffi May 6—MondUy Alumffi Luncheon Jun 3—Montffiy Alumffi Luncheon Texas Gulf Coast Chapter Dan Holsberg '92 14406 Corktree KnoUs. C\press.TX 77429-4818 H: 281-256-2643; E: Holsberg@eardilink.net Web site: usna-com/Chapters/US/Texas/GuIfCoast 'default.htm

Utah Intermountain NA Alumni Chapter President: Thomas Rossa '63 thoni.rossa@hro.com

T h e Intermountaffi Chapter held anoffier great Army-Navy FootbaU Game party at Jeney's Sports Grffi ffi SLC and we had a fine m r n o u t of about 13 alums (alffiough none of us acmaUy boffiered to count ounelves).We are sure several of you were kept inside by ffie bitter cold and ffiifong snowstorm ffiat ffit us ffiat day; but, for ffiose w h o made it out, we had a fantastic time watcffing Navy triumph for ffie 6ffi win ffi a row over Army wiffi a score of 38-3! Since ffie Army-Navy game, a Chapter Boarti meeting was held (abbreviated nUnutes included below) to finaUze ffie schedffie of events for ffie rest of ffie year leadffig up to watcffing and celebrating ffie 7ffi win in a row vs. Army ffi December '08 again at Jeney's Sports GrUl. We are asking other Alumffi in ffie area for feedback on a suggestion made that we create a "networking" Ust for those moving to ffie area to have support fix)m ffiose of us already here in finffing employment oppormffities in ffie Intermountain West. T h e ffiought is to

create a hst of ffiose wilhng to be m e n t o n or contacts for offien w h o might be seeking new emploviiient oppormffities m U T ID.WY, & MT. Feetiback on dUs suggestion is welcomed and appreciated and can be sent to usnaaamtermmwest@ gmaU.com.

Please contmue to m o m t o r foture issues of Shipmate for updates to the proposed calendar events Usted below as ffie dates, tffiies, and places are ffimed-up.

We continue to seek fficreased participation ffi chapter events and welcome suggestions as to h o w w e can create excitement amongst aU of you out ffiere ffiat we are lookffig forward to having jom us ffi ffie foture. We encourage aU alums w h o have not been active wiffi us to trv- us out! We are confident ffiat you wUl find your time wiffi us enjoyable and whUe aU ffie sea stories may not be "completely" true, at least you'U get to hear some ffiat wiU make you wonder ff ffiev- A R E true! We're anxious to have you jom us. so please come on out!

Mffiutes of ffie Intermoimtam U S N A Alumffi Association Board held o n February 2 3 , 2 0 0 8 at 9:00 A M In attendance:Thom Rossa, ' 6 3 , President; Darrin Briggs, '03,Vice President; Bffi Wffitdesey, '59, Secretary; Jim Clark, '66; and Kevin Dolan, ' 7 1 .

T h o m opened ffie m e e t m g by explainffig ffie n e w Chapter Presidents organization. We wiU be fficluded ffi Region 1 wffich consists ofWashmgton, Oregon. Idaho, Montana, Wyomffig and Utah. This organization wiU some chapten to have a Utde more clout compared to larger c h a p t e n . T h o m Rossa may end up bemg our Regional Representative to this organization as he is ffi ffie Wasffington Area o n busmess qffite often and fmdmg offier volunteen is not easy.

There wiU be more on this ffi the fomre.

Proposed Calendar items: Workmg backward from ffie annual A - N game at Jeney's Sports GriU. We confirmed that we shoffid keep this venue and BUI Wffitdesey agreed to make ffie normal reservations and arrangements.

T h e next event is to be a Founder's Day-Navy Bffthday event -with a dirmer and one or more speaken from witffin our group, possibly from ffie old and maybe the n e w guard or ffi combmation with a speaker from the Academy. We set the date of 18 October and the venue woffid be the C o t t o n w o o d Club, m HoUaday, U T for d i n n e r (Please save this date and plan to attend this wonderful event).

Two (or possibly ffiree) other events were ffiscussed. A goff event local to our area, a goff event with the Spokane, WA Alumffi Chapter up near C o e u r d'Alene (ID), and a summer picffic. In the past ffiere have been "sendoff picffics" early in ffie summer usuaUy done by the parent's clubs and ffiat our continuing support of ffie parent's groups is worthwhUe and appreciated. Details and a ffimre report on tffis activity are forfficorffing.

O u r goff outffig wUl somewhat depend on ffie possible picffic date and ffie date of a Spokane goff outmg. Possible dates (depenffing on c o u n e avaUabffity) and scheduUng for this year's goff outffig are yet to b e determmed. Army wUl be m ffie loop for any such event.

We are planrung to contact ffieVA Hospital to deteriffine w h e n and ff any of our Chapter m e m b e n are usffig the facUity and to see ff we can be notffied when this happens ffi order to b e of assistance durmg ffieff stay and offer assistance to ffieff famffies ff neetieti/wanted.

Army-Navy Game '07 Photos:

Virginia Blue Ridge Chapter Richard "Dick"Raymond

'54

2794 Derwent Dr.. Roanoke,VA 24015 P: 540-344-0736

Central Virginia Chapter CAPT Anthony A. Hastoglis '55, USN (Ret.) 102 Shawnee Ct., Charlottes\-iUe,VA 22901-1034 H: 434-973-7846; E: ahasto^is@earthhnk.net

Vice President: JeffHolloway '77 Treasurer: Eric Lindenbaum '81 Corresponding Sec'y: Alan Swinger '66 2715 SUas Jackson Ct., Charlottes\ille,VA 22901 H: 434-975-6237; E: awswinget@earthhnk.net

Dulles Chapter LCDR Eric C. Ruttenberg '88, USNR 20445 Needleleaf W>-.,Ashbum,VA 20147-2389 P: 703-858-4404; E: eruttenberg@titan.com www^usna.com/chapters/us/va/dulles/

Hampton Roads Chapter LCDR Jack Kasiski '79, USN (Ret.) P: 757-631-2239; C:757-753-5563 E: jack_kasiski@amsec.com

Corresponding Sec'y: Chad Sain E: communicarions@usnaaahrc.org

National Trustee: David G. Paddock '77 Trustee email: trustee@usnaaahrc.org Chapter\\'eb site: www.usnaaahrc.org

USNA Info!

Start the youngster you know on the road to USNA. To request Info or apply online point them to www.USNA.edu/Admissions

T h e H a m p t o n Roads Chapter holds monthly busmess networking breakfasts, from September to June, to foster busffiess among Alumffi and to provide a networkffig opportuffity for those expectmg to j o m the civiUan ranks in the near fomre and for those lookffig for talent to join theff busffiesses.The breakfasts are held ffi ffie USAA Cafe, located ffi the USAA BuUdmg near the ffitenecrion of Mffitary Highway and Northampton Boffievard.

T h e breakfasts begffi at 0700 and fiffish by 0830.There is no cost offier ffian what you want to "ffivest" in ffie breakfast avaUable m the cafeteria.

T h e M a y 21 guest speaker wUl be Mr. Jeff Haywood, formerly an External PUot/Payload Operator for NEANY, Inc., w h o wiU ffiscuss "UAV Operations In Iraq," and to wrap up the current year, our guest speaker June 18, wiU be D r James MerrUl, Supermtendent of theVirgiffia Beach PubUc Schools wffio vvUl discuss "Parmenffip Oppormffities between O u r Schools and T h e Local Mffitary."

T h e breakfasts are coortiffiated by B o b Byles '69, w h o can be reached at busmess@usnaaahrc.org.

T h e annual Sprffig Goff Outing vvUl be held May 22 at Aeropffies, N A S Oceana. Sign in is at 1100 with a shotgun start at 1200. Contact D a n Lear '68, goff@usnaaaffic.org.

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CHAPTER NEWS The premier event of our activities calendar is ffie Annual Plebe Recogffition Dinner wffich wiU be held at 1800 on May 29, at ffie NAS Oceana Officen' Club. Tffis is a wonderfiU oppormffity to meet memben of ffie USNA Class of 2012 (gasp!) and their famffies. At tffis time Rear Adrmral Richard O'Haffion, USNA '76 is schedffied to be our guest speaker A flyer wiU be out soon wiffi aU the detaUs. Contact BUI Daffiels '77, at wUUamdaffiels@1977.usna.com.

Late June the Hampton Roads Chapter wiU host the annual 1-Day Happy Hour at Roger Brown's Restaurant in Portsmouffi. It wUl be a No-Host event. Look for detaUs on ffie chapter web site www.usnaaaffic.org.

The armual Beach Bash wiU be on July 6, at ffie Sea Breeze Cabana at Dam Neck. Please contact Kenny Berger '73, at kermybz@cox.net.

FffiaUy looking weU ahead ffito ffie footbaU season, ffie Chapter plans to charter a bus to ffie Navy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Duke FootbaU game ffi Durham, Norffi CaroUna.The game is on September 13; detaUs and flyers wiU be pubUshed in Jffiy. Contact Dennis Plank '69 at events@usnaaahrc.oig.

If you are a member, and want to check your stams; or, if you woffiti Uke to joffi us, please see ffie Member Services section of our website at www.usnaaahrc.org.

If you have any questions about your membersffip, please contact MUce Sotmng '79 at membersffip@usnaaahrc.org.

AU events can be seen on the calentiar at our Web Site: www.usnaaaffic.org, and you may reach our Chapter Officen tffiough the Chapter telephone number (877) 808-8695.

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Mr. John J Driscoll, Jr. '90 207 N.Belmont Ave., Richmond, VA 23221-2811 P: 804-353-0165; E: john.driscoU@genworth.com

Corresponding Sec'y: Rich Polek 5543 Fox Vale Ct., Midlodiian,VA 23112 H: 804-639-2860; W: 804-743-3239 E: richpolek@aol.com

Nearly 30 people gathered at The Commonwealth Club of Richmond on West Franklffi Street lastWednestiay evening, March 5th, for our annual Dark Ages Social. In atiffition to the having some terrffic hors d'oeuvres and ffiink, attentiees enjoyed Ustening to visiting tiistinguisheti guest, our first such guest in a whUe. USNA Class of 1986 graduate and Richmond native, Commantier Gordon Fogg, offered the group a terrific gUmpse

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into ffie one of our mffitary's newest, most exciting iffitiatives, ffie Joint Strike Fighter Program, as weU as what's ffiead for carrier aviation, in general. C D R Fogg currendy serves as on Cffief of Naval Operations Staff (N88) as ffie Procurement Officer for the Joint Strike Fighter Program. He's a decorateti career aviator (F-14's then F/A-18's), having served in Operation Desert Storm, ffien Operation Souffiern Watch. He has over 850 carrier-arresteti lanffings to ffis creffit.

C D R Fogg's talk toucheti on many tffings. He spoke of the differences of buUffing a mffiti-service use aircraft, designeti to combat a variety of global tffieats. He spoke of how tffis platform is ffie cuhffination of many new technologies, tiespite increasing budget pressures inside ffie beltway. He covered the aircraft specifications (ffiese specs awed ffie crowd) and how ffiese ffiffer among the tffiee variants for ffie NavyAff Force and Marines.

And of course he had many humorous anecdotes, wffich everyone appreciated.

C D R Fogg certaiffiy made us feel proud at what our Navy is doing and proud ffiat such able men as him are leadffig ffie charge. Thanks CDR Gordon Fogg!

One offier item of note fix)m Wednesday ffight was the remarks about Fred Gambke '51. The Richmond USNA Chapter anti the larger USNA famUy lost a good one two weeks ago. A few people made some heartfelt comments about Fred and the wonderfiU Ufe he led. We wiU rffiss him. Please keep him and ffis famUy in your ffioughts.

Many ffianks to ffie foUowmg alumffi/ae, guests and fiiends who attendeti: Lmda & BUI Lewis '60, PhyUis & Paul Galanti '62; Jane & WUl Seffie '63; Conme & Waddy Garrett '64, Kimberly & BUI Ruch '68; Chet Strait '70, Rob Casey '73, Chuck Beale '74, RADM Frank Renffie '76, Mark James '78; Steve Ferree '78, Andy Brower '79; CUfiVaught '80; Pe^y Feldmann '80,John Welch '81, Brook Schurman '83;Valerie & Rob Acosta '86, CDR Gordon Fogg '86, MUce MeCzger '89,John DriscoU '90.

Please welcome a few new alumffi to the Richmond area: WUUam "Fritz" Klumpp '61, Rich Hayes '83, MUce Metzger '89, BUI Parkhurst '89, Mac BuUock '95.

Our next event wiU be ffie Midsffipmen Canffidate Dinner in the May. Right now we're leaffing toward Thursday, May 8ffi, but detaUs wiU be forthcoming. We're co-orffinating with ffie local Blue & Gold

Officer regional head, Maria Galbraiffi '90 to make diis year's Mid dinner memorable.

One dues note: Many thanks to everyone who paid their $25.00 annual dues. If you stUl have not, please make checks payable to "Richmond USNA Chapter" and niaU to Bffi Ruch '68, Chapter Treasurer, 5707 Maple Brook Drive, Miffiotffian 23112.

Here are a few picmres Scorn the eveffing.

CDR Gordon Fogg '86

Linda & Bill Lewis'60

(L to R) RADM Frank Rennie 76. Steve Ferree 78, Waddy Garrett

Warm Regards and Go Navy!

John '90

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Shenandoah Valley Chapter Pres: Mr. Ronald Tebben, '63 p: ;3tH1258-410S;e; rtebben@eartlilink.net

Sec: LCdr. Grayson Redford, '63 (Ret) p: (540)662-6142

Williamsburg Chapter CDR Tom WUItart '60 USN (Ret.)

At ffie conclusion of ffis prepared remarks. Admiral Taylor canffidly answered sev^eral msightfiU questions fix)m ffie floor His ffiscussion was weU received by a good turnout of ffie local Naval Academy alumffi and ffieff wives, mcludffig an exceUent contingent fiom the class of 1960.

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On February 26ffi, ffie Wiffiamsburg Chapter of ffie U S Naval Academy Alumffi .Association was pleased to welcome Rear Admiral Ray Taylor, U S N , (Ret.) '60 as its guest speaker Admiral Taylor has recendy completed an extensive smdv" of regional uansportation and ffie role of ffie Hampton Roads MetropoUtan Plannmg Oi^anization, or M P O for ffiort. Admiral Taylor explaffied that ffie M P O is a federally mandated body composed of representatives of ffie rune dries and four counties ffi ffie Hampton Roads area and is responsible for planrung, piceramming, and prioritizing transportation projects throughout ffie region.

Admiral Taylor began wiffi a history of ffie nearly four htmffied M P O orgaffizations throughout ffie Uffited States and how key federal legislation has altered and strengffiened ffieff role through ffie last forty yean. H e mentioneti ffiat Vffgiffia has two large M P O s , serving metro areas wiffi over one mUUon people. These two MPOs are here and ffi norffiem Vffgiffia.

I Admiral Taylor narrowed ffi on ffie Hampton Roatis M P O , discussffig its strengths and weaknesses and ffie historical reasons for ffiem. However, his remarks echoed ffie findmgs of his smdy group's report ffiat ffiere was profound need to modernize ffie procedures and pubUc outreach meffiotis n o w b e m g used by ffie Hampton Roads M P O . H e noted ffiat wiffi ffie streamlinffig o f V D O T operations ffi recent years, ffiere is n o w a greater local and state need for a more vibrant M P O ffi our region. H e made several urgent recommendations on h o w that iffight be accomplished. H e offiy briefly mentioneti the n e w H a m p t o n Roads Transportation Authority (HRTA) and ffifficated that ffie mterface between ffie H R T A and the M P O stiU requffed contffiued smdy and carefiJ thought with ffie goal of strengtherffiig the M P O and then ensuring the two organizations work smoothly togeffier

alumni and spouses, we had members of the local midsffipman Parents Club as weU as 14 midsffipman canffitiates and their parents. O u r speaker for the eveffing was the Naval Academy Acaderffic Dean and Provost,Wiffiam Mffier, Ph.D., Class of 1962. Dean MUler's presentation on the stams o f t h e acaderffic (under) acffievement of our nations youth and its projected impact on the fomre o f t h e country's leadersffip and economy was very informative and stimffiating.Jim Adkms '58 arranged this event.

Ray Taylor (left) accepts thanks from Chapter President Tom Wishart

Dean William Miller '62 addresses Puget Sound Chapter

From the left Joe Jaap, Ed McCaskell, Jack Greenhalgh, Ray Taylor, Bob Osmon, and Tom Wishart Class of 1960

Washington Hanford/Tri-Cities Chapter CAPT Edward Schwier '69, USNA (Ret.)

Prior to dinner anti ffie mtrotiuction ofthe everdngs guest speaker, Jim Adkins announced ffie restUts of ffie Chapter elections to fiU two Trustee vacancies and ffie new Chapter officen for 2008. R o n WaddeU '67 and PhU Stevens '97 are ffie Chapten new trustees. ReUeving Jim Adkins as Chapter President is D o u g Cook '74.

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Puget Sound Chapter Pres.LCDR Douglas P. Cook '74, USN (Ret.) 8969 Genesis Lane SE, Port Orchard, WA, 98367 P: 360-857-1756; E: brooksidel956@gmail.com

Corresponding Sec'y: CDR Ronald D. Waddell '67, USN (Ret.) 11711 108di St NE, Lake Stevens, WA, 98258 P: 360-572-0342; E: dufferandquilter@comcast.net

2008 is off to a great start for the Puget Sounti Chapter with several successfid events conclutied ffi January and Febmary and a fiiU schedffie awaitmg members throughout the spring and s u m m e r O n Febmary 23rd the Armual Chapter M e e t m g was held at McCorrffick and Schrffick's Harborside on Lake U m o n and the m r n o u t was tnUy amazmg.We had 114 attendees. T h e most seffior alumffi was Art Taggart '42 and the most juffior was PhU Stevens '97. In atiffition to

Jim Adkins '58, outgoing President and Doug Cook '74, incoming President

Adffitional officers are Vice President, Dean Angel '60;Treasurer, D o n Lachata '63; and Secretary, R o n WaddeU '67.

Chuck PeUetier '68 is the Chapter Webmaster, Jack Barfield '61 is ffie Chapter Membersffip/Database Manager, and Walt Draper '61 is a National Trustee.

T h e Chapter' Blue and Gold Socials ffi January and February were both weU attended and we wiU continue to have ffiem on the last Thursday of each m o n t h (1700 - 1900) whUe alternating ffie locations between ffie east and west side of

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by R o n WaddeU). We encourage aU alums w h o have not been members of ffie Chapter to try us out. Check out our website for a detaUed calendar and info on how to contact us. http://www.usna.com/ Chapters/Wasffington/PugetSound/

Puget Sound. These are informal, come as you are opportumties to get togeffier wiffi feUovv alumffi. N o R S V P is reqffired.The January social was helti at ffie R o g u e Brewery in Issaquah on 31 January anti the February social was held at the O u r Place Pub and Eatery in SUverdale on 28 February. WUl Roberts '00 is in charge of arranging these events. Fumre locations can be found on the Chapter's website.

Other schedffied events ffiat can be found on the website include Mariners basebaU and barbecue on Tuesday, AprU 1 st (Arranged by D o u g Cook); Opeffing Day of Boating Season May 3rd aboard the yacht Circe, hosted by Stan Keck '54; and a river raffing trip and barbecue on the

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L A S T -ALL 'They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down ofthe sun and in the morning, we mil remember them."

—Laurence Binyon, 1914 ABERNATHY, B U F O R D D E N T Y '42

H E S T E R , K E E T E L O C K E T T '52

R O D E R I C K , T H E O D O R E S C O T T J R . '41

CDR. USN (Ret.) 27 Febmarv- 2008

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24 March 2008

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CDR, USNR (Ret.) 11 Febmarv' 2008

BELL, CLARENCE E D W I N J R . '39 *

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KNAPP, WALTER CHARLES '52

SLOBODA, MATHIAS J O S E P H '46

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CAPT, USN (Rer) 30 March 2008

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MACQUARRIE, MELVILLE IRWIN '48 *

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D E H I M E R , JERRY STANLEY '57

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23 February 2008 FOWLER, G E O R G E O U V E R J R . '47 *

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GLOVER, WILLIAM R O L A N D n '54

22 March 2008

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GRIFFITHS, CHARLES H E N R Y J R . '71

RADM, USN (Ret.) 2 March 2008 H A N L O N , D A N I E L EDWARD J R . '34 *

14 March 2008 HARWELL, J O S E P H LAPRADE '32

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LCDR, USN (Ret.) 21 March 2008 WHALEY, TJLOYD N O R M A N '55

3 March 2008 W H I T C O M B , R I C H A R D A R T H U R '53

LCDR, USN (Ret.) 20 March 2008

PINKERTON, CHESTER FRANK '39

CDR, USN (Ret.) 19 March 2008

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uiffl'C A L L JOHN BARR COLWELL '31

Vice Admiral John B. ColweU, USN (Ret.), ffied on 5 February 2008 of respiratory faUure in Takoma Park, MD. He was 98 years old.

Adrmral ColweU was born in Pawnee City, NE, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with the Class of 1931.

After five tours of duty aboard battleships and destroyers, he had two years of training in ordnance engineering.

During World War II, he served on the staff of Admiral WUUam "BuU" Halsey in the Pacific. He also commanded CONVERSE (DD-509), wffich was part ofthe famed destroyer squadron known as the "Litde Beavers."The squadron sank four Japanese destroyers and damaged two others without losffig a smgle vessel.The squaffion was awarded the Presidential Uffit Citation.

Adrmral ColweU's postwar assignments included command of MISSOURI ( B B - 6 3 ) and command ofthe first Ughtweight guided missUe cruiser, GALVESTON (CLG-3).

He held many desk assignments at the Pentagon and spent several years with the program that developed the Polaris guided rffissUe in the 1950s. For that work, Adrmral ColweU was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal.

He commanded the ampffibious force ofthe Pacffic Fleet and was a Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Fleet Operations and Reaffiness. He retired from the Navy in 1969. His decorations included two awards ofthe Legion of Merit and the Bronze Star Adrffiral ColweU was a consultant to defense-related corporations for several years during ffis retirement.

He Uved in ArUngton,VA, Naples, FL, and Cinciimati, OH, before moving to Takoma Park, MD, three years ago. Living with ffis son and ffis famUy he was a beloved member ofthe household and the commuffity greeting the many neighbors and visitors who came to the house with warmth, laughter and good stories. His large famUy gathered around him frequently and had annual "tffiee-mrkey" celebrations offfisThanksgiving birthday. How he loved a good party!

He was predeceased by his wife of 54 years,Virginia "Grace" ColweU, in 1993; and his sons, Peter S. ColweU in 1969 and John B. ColweU J r in 2001. Adrffiral ColweU is survived by his son, James C. ColweU ofTakoma Park, MD; daughter, Margaret D. HuU ofWyorffing, OH; brother, WiUiam ColweU of Pawnee City, NE; 11 grandchUdren; and five great-grandchUdren.

A foU honors memorial service wiU be held at the Naval Academy on 30 June 2008 and he wiU be buried next to his beloved Grace. Please emaU (jim(^jamescolweU.com) for detaUs. excerpts from The Washington Post

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DANIEL EDWARD HANLON JR. '34

Daniel E. Haffion J r died of cardiac arrest in his home in Savannah, GA, on 14 March 2008. He was 97 yean old.

"Dan" was born to Daffiel E. Hanlon and Lucy (LaUy) Haffion on 22 September 1910 in Bronx, NY; the fourth of eight chUdren. He grew up and attended pubUc schools in CornwaU, NY, and in Mountain Lakes, NJ. Dan entered the Naval Academy in 1930 with a congressional appomtment and graduated with the Class of 1934.

Dan married Alyce Buntin in 1936 in New Jersey. Their chUdren, Dan III was born in 1937 and Barbara Jean in 1943.

The family lived in New York, where he worked as an engineer and supervisor for the Sperry Gyroscope Company for 20 years on the development and test of radar systems, bombsights and ship fire control systems.

Dan then went to work for the U.S. Air Force as an engineer in 1963. Assignments included White Sands MissUe Range, where he was a missUe test range site director, HoUoman AFB in Alamogordo, NM, and Kirtiand AFB in Albuquerque, NM. Dan retired in 1978 and he and Alyce moved to El Paso.TX, where he was active in gardeffing and motiel making. Alyce was able to devote her time to the arts, painting in particular She was a recipient of numerous awards and her paintings hang in a number of prominent places in the Southwest. Dan and Alyce moved to Toms River, NJ, in 1984 and Savatmah, GA, ffi 2003, where Dan maintained an avid enthusiasm for solving crossword puzzles.

Dan is survived by ffis loving wffe and best friend of 72 years, Alyce (Buntin) Haffion of Savannah, GA; son, Daniel E. Hanlon III and his wife, Donna of Savannah, GA; daughter, D r Barbara Jean (Haffion) Bohannon ofWantagh, NY; sister, Moffica (Haffion) Minter of Morristown, NY; three grandsons, Daffiel E. Haffion IV, Adam B. Bohannon and James M. Haffion; and five great-grandchildren, Alexandra, Nathan,Victoria, Daffiel V and Megan Haffion.

Dan wiU be inurned m the Naval Academy Columbarium.

A service wUl be performed at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, 16 June 2008.

The Hanlon Family ROBERT GRANT BYWATER '38

Commander Robert G. Bywater, USN (Ret.), of FaUbrook, CA, died in ffis sleep on 7 January 2008. He was 93 years.

"Bob" was born on 14 May 1914 in Salt Lake City, UT, to the late George G. and Bessie T. Bywater As a teenager, he did survey work in the Utah back country and graduated from the Salt Lake school system. After two quarters at the University of Utah, he entered the Naval Academy in 1934. He was a member ofthe First Company, active in intramural track and soccer, and in the Radio Club.

maa Upon graduation wiffi ffie Class of 1938, he was ordered to and later to WISCONSIN before receiving a degree in appUed commuffications at ffie postgraduate school in AnnapoUs. After a tour in Op203 (commumcations), he was executive officer of BEXAR. He served wiffi ComTransRon One in Korea at the Inchon lanffings. In 1951, he was C O of FOREST ROYAL, conducting NATO operations. From 1952 unffi 1956, he was head ofthe engineering eqffipment section of naval commuffications in ffie Pentagon. In 1956, he was ordered as commanffing officer of CATAMOUNT wiffi participation in ffie Effiwetok nuclear tests.

His final tour of duty was as gunnery officer on the staff of ComServPac. He retired after 20 yean of active duty in 1958.

After leaving ffie Navy, Bob spent several years wiffi Douglas Aircraft as an electrical design engineer From 1969 untU ffis final retirement m 1980, he was a civil servant at Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, CA, later heaffing the Attack Weapons Branch in the Weapons QuaUty Engineering Center at Camp Penffieton, CA. In retirement in FaUbrook, CA, he enjoyed goff and time wiffi friends and famUy. Bob is survived by his wffe, Doris, whom he met at the Naval Academy and married on 23 October 1940; daughters,Virgiffia and Sharon; sister,Janet; and many ffieces and nephews.

A private memorial service was held with mffitary honors at Eternal HUls Cemetery ffi Oceanside, CA. Contributions m Bob's memory may be made to the Naval Academy Foundation.

The Bywater Family & 1938 Classmates COLORADO,

CLARENCE EDWIN BELL J R . '39

Vice Admiral C. Edwin BeU Jr, USN (Ret.), ffied in NorfoUc,VA, on 5 March 2008. He was 91 years old.

"Ebbie" was born on 25 Jffiy 1916, in HanUet, NC, the son of M r and Mrs. C. Edwin BeU Sr He graduated from Western High School in Wasffington, DC, and attended the Umversity of Maryland for one year prior to entering the Naval Academy, from wffich he graduated in 1939. At the Academy, he was a footbaU manager, the goat keeper and a member ofthe goff team.

Prior to WoridWar II, he served in YORKTOWN and COLE. During the war, he served in the Pacific in submarines BONiTA, TlNOSA and THORNBACK. He made seven war patrols, serving as executive officer of TlNOSA and THORNBACK, and was twice awarded the SUver Star Medal.

After the war, Adrffiral BeU was executive officer of CARP and commanded DiODON, as weU as Submarine Squadron Five and the attack transport CAMBRIA. He attended the Armed Forces Staff CoUege and the National War CoUege and served in the Pentagon on a number of assignments. His last sffip command was of guided-missUe-cmiser LITTLE ROCK, flagship ofthe U.S. Sucth Fleet in the Mediterranean (1963-1964).

He commanded Amphibious Group Four in Litde Creek, VA, and later was Director, Navy Program Planmng, where he

worked closely with then-Secretary ofthe Navy John Warner, and then-Assistant Secretary ofthe Navy Charles A. Bowsher Adrffiral BeU's last Navy assignment was as Commander, Amphibious Force, U.S.Atlantic Fleet, based in Little Creek,VA. He retired in 1973. His decorations, in atiffition to the two SUver Stars, included the Distinguished Service Medal and the Legion of Merit.

After he left the Navy, he took over the management of NorfoUc's Convention and Cultural Center, incluffing the Scope CoUseum and Chrysler HaU untU 1987. He then booked entertainment for Wffiet HaU in Portsmouth,VA, for four years.

He enjoyed goff for most of ffis Ufe and was a longtime Washington Redskins fan.

He is survived by ffis wffe, Rachael; daughters, Cyntffia B. Doster, Susan B. Moos and GaU B. Caffee; four grandchUdren; four great-grandcffilffien; and four stepdaughters. His first wffe, EUen M. BeU, ffied in 1991. He was also predeceased by two brothers. Colonel OUn Lee BeU, USA (Ret.), and Lieutenant Wiffiam J. BeU, USAF, kiUed in action in the Korean War Admiral BeU was buried in the Naval Academy Cemetery on 13 March 2008.

The Bell Family BENQAMIN CAMPBELL JARVIS '39

Captain Benjarffin C.Jarvis, USN (Ret.), ffied on 22 February 2008 of nonHodgkffi's lymphoma m Faiffield, CA, at ffie age of 91.

He was from a pioneer Arkansas famUy whose hneage covered 35 generations through the Wasffington and Butler Unes, and emigrated from England to Virgiffia in 1657. His formal education began with six years in a one-room schooffiouse. Jarvis was a 1939 graduate ofthe U.S. Naval Academy, the Naval War CoUege and did graduate work in London, England. At AnnapoUs, Jarvis was a varsity footbaU player and wrestler, and commanded the Color Company in 1939. Later, he returned and served on the faculty as director of physical education.

Jarvis served with distinction durmg WoridWar II, commencmg with batdeship duty in the North Atlantic and then completing 14 wartime submarine patrols in the Western Pacific, including tffiee in command. His submarines made 28 successful torpedo attacks against Japanese man-of-wars and merchantmen, as weU as repeatedly deUvering troops and suppUes, providing gunfire support, and Ufe guard services in enemy held territories. Besides sustaining numerous submerged depth charge attacks, ffis submarines were bombed several times on the surface, holed by gunfire on three occasions, and ran aground twice in forward battle areas. Some of these exploits are recounted in several books, a movie and a television series ofthe 1950s.

Jarvis was cited 21 times for actions before the enemy. His personal decorations included the Navy Cross for "extraordinary heroism in enemy controUed waters" for ffis ffight surface engagement on 2 May 1945, described as "one ofthe outstanffing

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After the war,Jarvis performed extensive duty at sea, incluffing the command of submarine and amphibious types and staff duty on two fleet and three force staffs. He also performed observer and special rffission duties in the navies of Britain, Belgium, Denmark, France, HoUand, Peru and Turkey and the Japanese Seff-Defense Force. Upon retirement from the Navy, Jarvis served as ffirector of product assurance at CampbeU Industries, San Diego, CA, for 11 years in the shipbuUding and sffip repair business.

He was predeceased in 2006 by ffis wife of 62 years, Cecffia Patricia Wffitby. He is survived by ffis daughter, Sharon, a lawyer; two sons, Whitby, an archaeological ranger, and Benjarffin, an aerospace engineer; and five grandchUdren.

The Jarvis Family DEMETRIUS JOHN VELLIS '40

Captain Demetrius J.Veffis, USN (Ret.), dieti of kidney faUure at his home in Honolulu, HI, on 24 August 2007.

He was 91 years old.

A native of San Francisco, CA,"Jim" attended LoweU High School, captained the soccer team, and joined the Naval Reserve upon graduation. Appointed to the Naval Academy whUe attenffing Cocffian & Bryan Prep School ffi AnnapoUs, MD, Jim earned ffis N-star as a First Classman in Navy's first ever victory over Army in soccer in 1939, and he graduated with ffis Class in June of 1940.

Upon graduation, he was assigned to COLORADO (BB-45).

Witffin a year, he transferred to DALE (DD-353), where he served as gunnery officer and commumcations officer through Pearl Harbor and the early Pacffic campaigns ofWorld War II, including the Battle ofthe Komandorski Islands ffi the Aleutians. He put STEPHEN POTTER (DD-538) in commission as executive officer in 1943, staying with her tffiough WWII's Central Pacffic Campaign.

Jim's first afloat command was BASSETT ( A P D - 5 3 ) . He subsequently commanded PHILIP ( D D - 4 9 8 ) during the Korean War, and MATHEWS (AK-96) during the Vietnam War Other afloat tours included aide and flag secretary for CombatCruPac, executive officer in ROCHESTER ( C A - 1 2 4 ) and chief of staff for ComCruDesFlot 11. Notable shore assignments included the Naval Academy, where he was head ofthe Foreign Language Department, OpNav and CinCPacFlt. He was commanding officer ofthe Naval Commuffications Station, Honolulu, from 1963 untU his retirement in July 1965.

During his Navy career, Jim earned the Bronze Star Medal with CombatV, the Navy Commendation Medal and many service and campaign medals.

After his Navy career, Jim settled in Hawaii and worked for Page Communications Engineers for two years and for the Hawaii State Department ofTransportation, Harbors Division, for ten years, retiring in 1977. In retirement, Jim was active in community, church and civic affairs and a member of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association.

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Jim is survived by ffis wife of 64 years, the former CoraUe Anastasopulos of Honolulu, HI; son, Jack Veffis '68; daughter, ThaUa Henffing; five grandchUdren; and three great-grandchUdren.

Services were held at the Church ofthe Holy Nativity on 2 September 2007, with interment foUowing the service in the church columbarium. Mffitary honors were provided by an honor guard from Naval Base, Peari Harbor The Vellis Family WnxARD FREDERICK PETRAT '45

"BiU" Petrat passed away from heart disease on 22 December 2007 in Sarasota, FL. He was 85 years old.

Born on 30 October 1922 ffi Jamaica, NY, BiU served in the Heet from 1939 to 1941, when he was appointed to the Naval Academy by the Secretary of ^ the Navy He was the guidon bearer for the 13th Company and took part ffi soccer, the Boat Club, the Model Club and handbaU. After graduating in 1944 (Class of 1945), BiU went to Submarine School in New London, CT, where he met and married Navy nurse. Ensign Jessie A. HaU. He survived two war patrols in the Pacific, serving aboard various submarffies fficludmg REQUIN, CAIMAN and BUGARA.

BiU transferred to the Naval Reserve in 1951, resigffing to civffian Ufe in 1954. WhUe working with ffis contractor dad on Long Island, he quaUfied in structural and electrical engmeermg at Cooper Uffion CoUege.

He loved saffing, despite two harrowing experiences. A gale capsized ffis 59-foot schooner off Long Island Sound in 1951, with ffis four young chUdren aboarti. He managed to right the vessel by cutting the Unes to the submerged saUs. Tffiee years later, remnants of Hurricane Carol battered his saUboat and left it stranded on a sandbar off Massachusetts with eight adffits on board. They aU swam a mUe to shore during the storm after BUI made sure they each wore a Ufe jacket and were tethered to a dinghy.

By 1962, BiU embarked on a five-year voyage to Australia with ffis famUy of ffine aboard a 60-foot schooner he restored, but ended up spending the next decade in the Caribbean, where he helped build custom homes and docks in the Bahamas, hauled exotic lumber from Dorffinica and took on marine salvage operations in Costa Rica before moving to Key West, FL, where he owned and operated a shipyard.

They later moved to Southwest Florida and launched several steel construction related businesses that later merged with Trident BuUding Systems.

BUI was a proud member of U.S. Submarine Veterans, USNA Alumffi Association (a past president ofthe Suncoast Chapter), American Society of Naval Engineers, Navy League ofthe U.S. and the Sarasota Yacht Club.

BUI is survived by ffis wffe of 63 years, Jessie; daughters, Cintiy Hayden, Joyce Petrat and Linda Petrat; sons, Carl, Greg and WUly; sister, Elaine Bischof; and 11 grandchUtiren. His daughter, Debbie, predeceased him in 1995.

The Petrat Family

JOSEPH EDWARD SNYDER J R . '45

Rear Adn-ffial Snyder ffied on 4 November 2007 at Bethesda Naval Hospital of compUcations of prostate cancer.

He was born in Granti Forks, ND, on 23 October 1924 and graduated from the Naval Academy wiffi the Class of 1945 in June 1944.

After graduation he served in PENNSYLVANIA (BB-38) untU October 1946. Crffiser assignments foUowed with duty in TOLEDO (CA-133) and MACON (CA-132). In 1949 and 1950, he served mffieArmed Forces Special Weapons Project. He next went to HOLDER (DDE-819) as fint Ueutenant, and then the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, CA, and MIT in Cambridge, MA. Fleet Sonar School foUowed unffi August 1955, when he was assigneti as executive officer in EVERETT LARSON

(DDR-830). In 1956 he reported as executive officer of (DD-532) andffiMarch 1957, he became commanding officer of CALCATERRA (DER-390). After several assignments m ffie rmssUe and space programs, he attended the Naval War CoUege and ffien became commanffing officer of BROWNSON (DD-868). From June 1963 thru Jffiy 1967, he was assigned to ffie office offfieAssistant Secretary ofthe Navy. In December 1967, he was assigneti as commanffing officer of NEW JERSEY (BB-62). His next assignment was cffief of staff with Commander, Crmser-Destroyer Force, Adantic Fleet. He was promoted to rear adrffiral on 1 September 1971. He then became Commander, Trainmg Command, Uffiteti States Adantic Fleet. In June 1972 he became Oceanographer ofthe Navy. He was placeti on the reffieti Ust on 1 Jffiy 1975 and continued on active duty, also serving as special assistant to the Under Secretary ofthe Navy.

WhUe Oceanographer ofthe Navy, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, with adffitional duty as special assistant to the Dffector, National Science Foundation,Vice Commandant ofthe Coast Guard and the Assistant Secretary of Interior Adrffiral Snyder was awarded the Legion of Merit with CombatV and three Gold Stars in Ueu of subsequent awards and the Meritorious Service Medal. He received a master of science degree in nuclear physics by MIT and was also quffified in French as a translator He received an honorary PhD from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

Admffal Snyder leaves his wffe, Mary Louise; and two chUdren, Anne Snyder of Middletown, MD, and J. Edward Snyder III of PalosVerdes, CA. HEERMANN

CHANDLER EASTMAN SWALLOW JR. '45

Captain Chandler E. SwaUow J r , USN (Ret.), died peacefuUy at his home in St. Michaels, MD, on 29 February 2008 of heart faUure.

Born on 1 July 1922, in Pawtucket, Rl, he attended Brown University before entering the Naval Academy, graduating in 1944.

During World War II, he served as fire control officer aboard VlCKSBURG and fought in the batdes of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. After the war, he earned a master's degree in electronic engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School and spent his career designing shipboard electronic and communication systems, incluffing the Naval Tactical Data System. He served as electronics officer on NORTHAMPTON (CL-26) and as executive officer on TURNER (DDR-834). His sea commands included KRETCHMER (DER-329) in the North Atlantic, TOWERS (DDG-9) in the western Pacific and STANDLEY (DLG-32) in the Meffiterranean. His final tour of duty was as head of Research and Development for the Joint Cffiefs of Staff, for wffich he earned the Legion of Merit. He retired from the Navy in 1971.

FoUowing ffis naval service, he worked 15 years for Sperry Uffivac, and later consulted in electronic systems for various compaffies. He also served for ten years as a U.S. Naval representative to a NATO comrmttee standarffizing computer interfaces of ships from NATO countries.

He married Effith WUUams of Birmingham, MI, in 1949, and had four chUdren, who were raised in San Diego and Northern Virginia. Life-long saUors, Chan and Effie retired in 1984 to the eastern shore of Maryland, where they saUed the Chesapeake in their sloop DABBLER with the Cruising SaUors of St. Michaels.

SwaUow was active in church affairs, serving as president of the Rock Spring Congregational Church in Arlington,VA. After his retirement, he was buUding comrmttee chair for the Unitarian UniversaUst FeUowsffip in Easton, MD. He also served as a board member of St. Michaels Friends ofthe Library.

He leaves his wife, Effith; brother, Richard SwaUow of Austin, TX; daughter, Anne SwaUow Giffis and her husband, Chris of Grand Marais, MN; daughter, Wendy SwaUow and her husband, Charlie Shepard of Reno, NV; son, Peter SwaUow and his wife, Laura of Pittsburgh, PA; daughter, Margaret Dwyer and her husband, Michael of Shamong, NJ; and 12 grandchUdren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Uffitarian UnivenaUst FeUowship, PO. Box 1162, Easton, MD 21601.

The Swallow Family

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CALL ROBERT BAILEY SCHABACKER '46

Commander Robert B. Schabacker, USN (Ret.), a naval aviator and busmessman, ffied on 15 March 2008 in Coffax,NC. He was 86 yean old.

"Bob" Schabacker was born on 12 March 1922 ffi St. Caffierme's, Ontario, Canada, to Henry Eric and Maud BaUey Schabacker. He spent ffis youffi ffi Erie, PA, and graduated from Western Reserve Academy ffi Hudson, OH, in 1941. He graduated from ffie Uffited States Naval Academy wiffi ffie Class of 1946, an accelerated w-artime class ffiat acmaUy graduated in 1945. He and Betty Barchet married ffi 1945.

Bob serv-ed ffi ffie Navy for over 20 yean. Heflewfix>m aircraft carriers, completed ffie nation's fint space technology course at UCLA, attended ffie Naval War CoUege and served tffiee yean on the staff of Supreme Affied Headquarters m Paris, France. He saw- action in World War II, Korea and ffie Vietnam War, servingffislast dut>' as operations officer on BENNINGTON off Vietoam.

In 1965, he jomed the Erie Cerarffic Arts Company and became president in 1978. Always ffie innovator, he foresaw ffie emergffig importance of electroffics. He moved ffie company ffito electroffics and negotiated a joint venmre wiffi Ferro Corporation of Cleveland, OH, beconUng president of Ferro ECA Electroffics ffi Erie, PA, in 1982. In 1987, he estabUshed a branch of Ferro ECA Electroffics ffi Santa Fe, NM. Bob served on the board of ffirecton of ffie Porcelain Enamel Instimte, ffie Erie Arts CouncU and the Erie Art Center He auffiored numerous techffical papers for ffie International Society for Hybrid Microelectroffics and Surface Mount Technology Association and was a tffird generation Rotarian.

An avid saUor and aviator, he enjoyed woodworking and made fine mffiogany forffiture. He loved ffis sporting dogs, traveled widely, and was, above aU, a devoted famUy man.

Survivors include ffis wife of 62 wonderful years, Betty Barchet Schabacker; daughter, EUzabeth M. Schabacker; granddaughter, Susan B. Schabacker; and four sisters, Mary Krimmel of La JoUa, CA, Elizabeth Beckman of Erie, PA, Jean Donati of Wiffiamstown, MA, and Sarah Rodenberger of AUentown, PA. Burial services wiU be private.

In Ueu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Naval Academy Foundation, 291 Wooti Rd., Beach HaU, ArmapoUs, MD 21402, or to ffie Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, Inc., 1750 Radford Blvd., Suite B, NAS Pensacola, FL 32508.

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DANIEL LITTLE BAILEY '47

Captain Daffiel L. BaUey USN (Ret.), 83, ended ffis long stmggle wiffi Parkinson's ffisease on 5 March 2008 at NorfoUc,VA. He was a much loved faffier and grandfaffier, whose loss leaves a great void in the heart of ffis farffily.

Born in HuntsviUe, AL, to Harry and Lois BaUey ffi 1924, "Dan" attended Auburn for a year and was a graduate of ffie U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1947. His naval career of three decaties consisted of 16 yean of submarffie duty, fficlutiffig command of BARRACUDA and by ten years of shore duty, much of it spent at ffie Pentagon.

After his 1975 reffiement ffi NorfoUc,VA, Dan served as president of a wine ffistributorsffip and endeti ffis civiUan career working in various defense contractmg capacities.

Dan was knowTi for ffis love of people,ffissense of humor and ffis love of Ufe in general. He was a wonderfffi faffier, always ffiere to help ffis chUffien, and was gready loved by ffis famUy He was predeceased by ffis beloved wffe of 55 yean,Vffgiffia WiUcox BaUey, and by ffis grandson, Daffiel L. BaUey III. He leaves beffind two sons. Darnel L. BaUey J r and lis wife,Timmie of Conyers, GA and WUlcox K. BaUey '74 and his wffe, Karen of Norfolk,VA; daughter,Virgiffia BaUey Kmg and her husband, Robert of Lynchburg, VA; and six grandtiaughters, Ryan, Courmey,Wffimey Carter,Virgiffia and Maffison.

A memorial service was held on 10 March 2008 at Christ & St. Luke's Episcopal Church m Norfolk,VA, foUowed by ffiterment ffi ffie church's columbarium.

The famUy requests ffiat memorials be made to ChUffien's Hospital of The King's Daughten/Cffcle of Hope, 601 ChUffien's Lane, NorfoUc,VA 23507.

WiUcox K. Bailey '74 GEORGE OLIVER FOWLER JR. '47

Captain George O. Fowler Jr, SC, USN (Ret.), ffied at Santa Rosa, CA, on 6 March 2008 after several yean' struggle wiffi a series of iUnesses George was born on 4 January 1925 in CaUforffia, and was appointed fix>m ffiat state to ffie Naval Academy. A vanity saUor, he also played trombone in ffie NA-10. He graduated wiffi ffie Fourffi Company in June 1946.

He was assigned to LEYTE (CV-32) on graduation and married Agnes Harrigan in December of 1946, ffien transferred to the Supply Corps. Two supply shore bffiets and one sea tour in MACOMB ( D M S - 2 3 ) later—aU wiffi MinLant—^he was at ffie Supply Center, Pearl Harbor Then, memorably, he became de facto officer-m-charge at President Eisenhower's Camp David, reportmg to Commander Ned Beach, the president's naval aide.

A two-year stint at Stanford resffited in an M.B.A. ffi 1959, ffien back to sea aboard MONTROSE (APA-212), wiffi Aggie and famUy foUowing deployment to WestPac. Thence, back to DC,

first wiffi BuPen, and ffien as ffie detaUer for Supply Corps officen; not slow to see ffie Ught, he detaUed hffnseff to three yean wiffi AFSouffi in sunny Naples (1961-1964).The next year was spent at ffie Naval War CoUege, ffien to Supply Center at PhUadelpffia and tours wiffi BuSandA in Wasffington.

G e o i ^ retired in 1973 and sffifted scene to CaUforffia, where he was fint ffivolved as cffief of the Healffi Service Administration for Marin County, ffien as finance ffirector for die San Joaqffin County Hospital. In and around ffiese tasks, he quaUfied as a C.P.A. and operated a service ffi this field unffi healffi problems overtook him.

He is survived by ffis wffe of 62 years, Agnes; son, George O. Ill (a former Navy Supply Corps officer); and daughter,Janet.

The famUv- elected to conduct no fimeral and hrffited services to a famUy memorial.

Chet Shaddeau '47 ANSEL CAREY HOLLAND

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Ansel C. HoUand, known as "Dutch" or "Uncle Dutch" smce chUdhood, ffied on 23 Febmary 2008 at Aubrey TX, of prostate cancer He was 85 yean old.

Dutch was born on 12 September 1922 ffi Falcon, N C (population 286) to Ancel C. and Mateie KUUbrew HoUand.

He enlisted ffi ffie Navy ffi 1941 and served as a Seabee. Appoffited to the Nav-al Academy fixjm Norffi CaroUna, he attended ffie Naval Academy Prep School, and graduated wiffi '47's 13th Company in 1946.

He was married shordy after graduation to Margaret Lee of Portsmouffi, VA (a descendant of Robert E. Lee) and served ffi three destroyen, as he said, "fix)m Casco to Rio, from Norfolk to Cairoâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;wiffi Gitmo ffi between." ffi 1952, he resigned his commission and (surprisingly, considering his three-year struggle to survive ffie Academy's steam department!) accepted employment with Westmghouse, the major suppUer of nuclear reacton to the Navy, ffi the marketffig of hardware to the reactor ffidustry After 18 years with Westmghouse, he jometi Gibbs and HUl ffi New York ffi 1970, agaffi ffi marketffig of engmeermg hardware and services, and became its executive vice president m 1975.

Dutch relocated to Texas in 1978, where he was a foundmg member ofthe Fint FamUy Church ffi DaUas, wffich he served for 25 yean on the church board and on its executive comrmttee.

He is survived by his wffe of 61 years, Margaret; son, John; four grandchUffien; 12 great-grandchUdren; and one great-great-grandson.

He was buried at the DaUas-Fort Worth National Cemetery m DaUas,TX, on 27 Febmary 2008.

Chet Shaddeau '47

EDWARD FRANCIS KASKA '47

Edward F. Kaska of Emmaus, PA, ffied on 4 March 2008 at Leffigh VaUey Hospital.

He was 85 years old.

"Ed" was born and raised in PhUadelpffia, PA, the son ofthe late Michael and Helena (Sirffich) Kvietkauskas. He was a graduate of Northeast PubUc High School ffi PhUadelpffia, and received a congressional appointment to the Naval Academy from Pennsylvaffia.

He boxed as a Mid and graduated with the 14th Company.

On graduation, he served ffi engffieerffig jobs m Atlantic-based destroyers, then as ffie control officer of MIDWAY ( C V A - 4 1 ) , and as an ffistructor ffi the department of marffie engffieerffig at the Naval Academy, resigffing ffis commission ffi May of 1955.

He was employed as a mechaffical engineer by the City of PhUadelpffia, and ffi AprU 1959, married Rose Mary WUUamson of New Casde, PA. After several positions m engffieerffig sales, he jomed UGI, a gas and energy generatmg and ffistributing ffim based ffi Readffig, PA, ffi 1967, and remaffied with them unffi ffis reffiement ffi 1992.

Ed was a member ofthe Kffights of Columbus, a Boy Scout leader and an active member ofthe American Legion. He was a member of St.Ann's CathoUc Church ffi Emmaus.

He is survived, ffi atiffition to ffis wffe of 49 years, by a son, Michael, of Emmaus, PA; daughters, EUen J. Kaska, Esq. of Emmaus, PA, and Dr. Susan Lessner of Newberry, SC. He was predeceased by ffis sons, John and Paul.

He was buried with mffitary honors at Calvary Cemetery ffi Emmaus, PA, after a Mass of Cffiistian Burial at St.Ann's CathoUc Church on 8 March 2008.

The famUy asks ffiat memorial contributions be made to St. Ann's CathoUc Church, 415 South Sixth St., Emmaus, PA 18049.

Chet Shaddeau '47 WniLAM MAXWELL OLLER '47 Rear Admiral WUUam M. OUer, SC, USN (Ret.), ffied of cancer on 28 Febmary 2008 at ffis home ffi Falcons' Lanffing in Sterhng,VA. "BUI" OUer was born ffi Lancaster, PA, on 7 AprU 1924. He attended FrankUn and MarshaU CoUege before receiving a congressional appointment from Pennsylvaffia to the Naval Academy, where he was a foUs fencer of note as a Mid, and graduated wiffi the 12th Company.

ComnUssioned fint ffi ffie hne, he married Doris Greeffieaf and served in THOMAS E . FRASER ( D M - 2 4 ) before attendmg Supply Officers' School and entering the Supply Corps in 1947.

From there, it was back to USNA to serve with the trainmg of Navy's 1948 Olympic fencen.

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CALL He described ffis fint supply assignment as "UteraUy out of this world," at the Naval Station, Pago Pago, Samoa, complete wiffi the kUted Fita Fita guards, from 1948 to 1950.The years at Yorktown from 1950 to 1952, were somewhat less exotic, and in 1952 he went back to sea in AUCILLA ( A O - 5 6 ) untU 1954.

Subsequent toun took him to the Naval Ordnance Plant, Macon GA, to the Staff of Naval Forces PhUippines, to Naples, and to OpNav, as weU as to supply centers at Mechafficsburg and Newport. He twice received the Meritorious Service Medal.

In 1972, BUI received ffis flag and became commander of ffie Defense Fuel Supply Center at Cameron Station ffi Virgiffia, ffien commanded ffie Naval Supply Center at Norfolk, fixim wffich billet he reffieti in Jffiy of 1977.

They moveti to Texas, where first in Fort Worth, ffien in Houston, BUI headed corporate supply and ffistribution for Champhn Petroleum; next he went to New Orleans as president of an oU firm contracted to manage, develop and fiU the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; then back to Houston as executive vice president and cffief operating officer for Texas Eastern Products PipeUne Co., unffi he retired for good.

In 1995 they moved in at Falcons' Lanffing, where he and Doris stayed busy golfing, developmg programs for the residents and traveUng frequendy. BUI defficated a lot of ffis time and skUl to buUffing forffimre for the commuffity's healffi and commuffity centers.

In atiffition to ffis wffe of 61 years, Doris; he is survived by two sons. Captain Arthur OUer, USN, (Ret.), and Rick OUer; and by ffieir wives and five grandchUffien.

At tffis writing, interment is planned at ArUngton National Cemetery ffi May. Chet Shaddeau '47 D O N A L D CLARE WALLACE J R . '47

Donald C. WaUace, a lawyer and local civil activist, ffied of cancer at Long Beach, CA, on 18 February 2008.

"Don" was born on 24 June 1924 in MinneapoUs, MN, and moved to Long Beach as a chUd. He graduated from Polytechffic High School, where he played footbaU and won a city tenffis championsffip. He entered Stanford Uffiversity, enroUed in the V-12 program, and was transferred by the Navy to Cal Tech, from whence he traveled to ffie Naval Academy when appointed from Arizona.

As a Mid, he played varsity footbaU and lacrosse, and was active in the Quarterdeck Society. He graduated with the 19th Company and served in COLUMBUS (CA-74) in WestPac. In 1948, he married EUzabeth WaUes and then left the service to enter Stanford Law School, where he earned his juris doctor in 1951, as a classmate of Sandra Day O'Connor Don was engaged in the private practice of law in Long Beach for the next 50 yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;part of that time in partnership with '47 Classmate Dale Deatherage, unffi Dale's death in 1994.

Don was deeply engaged in the civic Ufe of Long Beach; he founded the Poly High Interracial Comrmttee; was chair ofthe

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CaUforffia State Uffivenity Headquarten Comrffittee and helped raise $35 mUUon for ffiem; was an Eagle Scout and continued m Scouting as an adult on the Long Beach CouncU, receiving Scouting's SUver Buffalo award; was on ffie board of Long Beach Memorial Hospital for 16 yean; supported ffis wife's 17-year career (six terms as president) on ffie board of education; was a past president offfieVffgiffia Coimtry Club; was legal advisor to ffie ChUffien's Dental Center and Foundation fix)m 1954 to 1980; was an active Rotarian; and when ffis daughten were deffied ffie oppormmty to play goff on ffieir school's team, he petitioned ffie CaUforma Intencholastic Federation, and estabUshed ffie Wallace Sisten Foundation for GUIs' Goff at Poly High.

Don is survived by ffis wife of 60 years, Ehzabeth; two sons, Alex and Don III; and by one daughter, Nancy. His offier daughter, Anne McAnffiews, ffied on 9 February 2008, ffine days before her faffier He is also mourned by eight grandchUffien.

Final interment was at Sunnyside Cemetery in Long Beach, CA, on 7 March 2008.

Chet Siiaddeau '47 MELVILLE IRWIN MACQUARRIE '48

MelviUe I. Macquarrie ffied on 24 February 2008 in Stamford, CT, of compUcations related to a long-term Uffiess. He was 81 yean old.

"Mel" was born on 6 June 1926 to Kenneffi Macquarrie and Marion Perry of Mehose, MA. He graduated fiom Mehose High School and received ffis congressional appointment to ffie Naval AcademyfixDmMassachusetts.

After graduation from ffie Academy in 1947 (Class of 1948), he traveled the seas as a Ueutenant (juffior grade) before serving in ffie Korean War and resigffing ffis comiffission in 1954.

He married MarUyn HaU in 1955, at wffich time he also began working for the IBM Corporation, where he remained unffi his retirement in 1989. In 1966, Mel and ffis famUy moved to Stamford, CT, where he received ffis M.B.A.fix)mffie Umversity of CT in 1970.

Mel was a kind, quiet man wiffi a dry sense of humor, wffich was often remarked upon by ffiose who knew ffim. He loved pets and was ffie doting compaffion of a long series of famUy dogs and cats. He was very proud of his vintage 1967 BMW motorcycle, which he kept in immacffiate conffition. Mel managed to remain a loyal Red Sox fan, even whUe Uving in Yankee territory for so many years.

He had been UnUted to nursing home care for ffie past five years and his famUy would Uke to thank personal friends and caregivers, Ivonne Diaz and Violet Murphy, for ffieir deffication and outstanffing care.

Mel leaves behind ffis loving wife of 53 years, MarUyn; ffieir four chUffien, Melaffie, Stephen, Kimberly and Christopher; as weU as four grandchUffien; and a sister, Marffia Sffies of Marblehead, MA. The Macquarrie Family

B E N ADAMS MOORE JR. '48

Lieutenant Colonel Ben A. Moore J r , USMC (Ret.), of AnnapoUs, MD, ffied of namral causes on 4 January 2008 in ffis sleep at home. He was 82 years old.

Colonel Moore was born on 5 Jffiy 1925, in Grenada, MS, ffie oldest son of Lida McCracken and Ben A. Moore.

WhUe a seffior in ffigh school, he v-olunteered for dut\- as a naval aviation cadet, attendmg Mississippi CoUege and ffie Uffivenity ofTexas.

In 1944. he receiv-ed a congressional appomtment to ffie Naval Academy. At ffie Academy, he played vanity footbaU and met ffis wife of 50 yean.

In 1948 he was comnUssioned as a second Ueutenant ffi the Marine Corps, and played footbaU and ran track for ffie Quantico Marines. He graduated wiffi ffie fifffi basic class ffi 1949, and serv-ed m ffie Korean War and later ffi Viemam.

Colonel Moore served ffi many instructor positions, mcludffig at ffie Army's ArtiUery School at Quantico and at the Naval Academy. He also served as backfield coach whUe at Quantico and ffie Academy After retirmg from active duty, he worked wiffi Westmghouse Learning Corp., and ffi 1975 became a professional land surveyor After 13 ^â&#x20AC;˘ean wiffi McCrones, be began Moore's Coastal Consultants.

Throughout his reffiement, he traffied many to become phv-sicaUy fit. He formed a group of Marine Corps maraffionen m 1980 caUed "Moore's Marines."

He became an AnnapoUs dtv- auxffiarv- poUceman when he was 70, and worked part time at ffie Merritt Atffietic Club as a physical tramer Survivon mclude his wife. Betty- Moore; sons, Ben A. Moore in of Lake Front Terrace, WA, and Douglas Lloyd Moore of Annapohs, MD; daughter, Diane Moore Fearon of Anchorage, AK; two sisten, Bonffie Jean Moore of Germantow-n,TN, and Heiffi Moore Edwards of MobUe, AL; and six grandchUffien.

Memorial services were held at ffie Naval Academy Chapel on 6 March 2008 -wiffi ffiterment ffi ffie Naval Academy Columbarium. excerpts from the Annapolis Capital R A N D O I P H DICKINSON ZELOV '48

Commander Randolph D. Zelov, USN (Ret.), of Bry-n MavvT, PA, a man of service and inteUect, ffied as a resffit of mffitiple strokes on 13 Febmary- 2008 at Bethesda Memorial Hospital ffi Dehay Beach, FL, where he hved during the winter He was 82 yean old.

After graduatffig from Lower Merion High School ffi 1942, Commander Zelov attended ffie Uffiversity of Pennsylvaffia, participating ffi ROTC unffi he was old enough to accept an appomtment to the U.S. Naval Academy.

Upon graduation fix)m ffie Academy with the Class of 1948, he served aboard the destroyer GYATT for two yean. He ffien attended Submarine School in New London, CT, where he met Josepffine Espy.The couple married in 1950. In 1956, Commander Zelov earned a degree ffi naval arcffitecmre and marine engineerffig from MIT. During 20 yean in the Navy, Commander Zelov worked on sonar for submarines, underwater nuclear-rffissUe launch testffig and Polaris submarine design. He reffied as a commander in 1966 from the Bureau of Sffips ffi Wasffington, DC. Commander Zelov and ffis famUy then remrned to the Main Lme, where he worked ffi ffie famUy busffiess,Viz Manufacturmg Co. ffi Germantown. He was head of ffie engffieerffig department and was named president ffi 1986. He reffied in 1993.Viz makes meteorological instrumentation and plastic ffijection moldffig, and does contract design work.

Commander Zelov was a member ofthe Rotary Club of PhUadelpffia, Sons ofthe Revolution, the Mayflower Society, Merion Cricket Club anti Gffiph MUls Goff Club.

In atiffition to his wffe, Josepffine, Commander Zelov is survived by ffis sons, Randolph J r and Peter; daughter, Charenton Zelov Drake; and nffie grandchUffien.

Funeral services were held at ffie Church of ffie Redeemer ffi Bryn Mawr, PA. Memorial donations may be sent to the Salvation Army, 701 N. Broad St., PhUadelpffia, PA 19123. excerptsfromthe PhUadelpffia Inquffer T H E O D O R E ALBERT DEBACKER '50

Captaffi Theodore A. DeBacker, USAFR (Ret.), passed away ffi Florida on 3 March 2008 foUowffig a brief Uffiess.

"Al" was born on 1 Jffiy 1927 ffi Pittsburgh, PA. His youffi was distffiguished by attainmg the rank of Eagle Scout and partidpatffig m the CivU Aff Patrol. He enUsted ffi the U.S. Navy on his 17th birthday and attended radar school ffi Cfficago, IL. "Ted," as he was known to ffis Classmates, was adiffitted to the Naval Academy straight from ffie enUsted ranks of ffie Navy. From the Fifffi BattaUon, 29ffi Company, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a bachelor's degree and was comnUssioned in the U.S. Aff Force on 2 June 1950. He received special trainmg ffi advanced electroffics, gffidance and control for gffided missUes, as weU as atomic, cherffical and biological warfare.

Al w-as assigned to ffie MATADOR missUe program whUe stationed at Patrick Aff Force Base. Later, ffi 1954, he was stationed at Bitburg Aff Force Base ffi Germany, where he was promoted to captaffi out of mrn, under the "ExceptionaUy WeU QuaUfied Program." He assisted m the development of our nuclear deterrent capabffities serving ffi ffie Fint PUodess Bomber Squadron, wffich was later creffited by the Aff Force as "Victors in the Cold War."

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ICALL Upon remrffing to ffie Uffited States, he received adffitional education ffi nuclear reactor engineerffig and busffiess. He ffien punued a career ffi research and development in private industry.

On a personal level, he was a kind and gende man who contffiued to have the "constant good humor and geffiahty" noted ffi the 1950 Lucky Bag. He is much loved by ffis farffily and friends and wiU forever be sorely rffissed.

He is survived by ffis loving wife, Clara DeBacker; and two sons, Noel Albert DeBacker ofWUmette, IL, and Dwight AUan DeBacker of Auckland, New Zealand. He was ffie proud grandfaffier of six grandchUffien.

In Ueu of flowen, memorial contributions may be made to ffie Naval Academy Foundation, 291 Wood Road, Annapohs, MD 21402,Attn: USNAF GUt Processing - Ms. Dawn Beach, referencffig Captain DeBacker or by calUng (410) 295-4115.

Memorial services were held at ffie Naval Academy Chapel, wiffi committal atffieAcademy Columbarium at 25 March 2008.

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A graveside service wiU be held on 14 June 2008 at ffie Greenvale Cemetery in Greenfield, NH. A celebration of ffis hfe wiU foUow the service at the Hopkins residence in Peterborough, NH. If desired, contributions ffi ffis memory may be made to Hospice of HCS (for patient care needs), 312 Marlboro Street, Keene,NH 03431.

The Hopkins Family SIDNEY PAT BURKE

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Sidney P. "Pat" Burke ffied of cancer on 15 December 2007. He was 81 yean old.

In 1944, he erffisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and enroUed as a student at Montana University. He was ffischarged from the Army Air Corps in 1945, and he enroUed at the Uffiversity of Southern CaUforffia as an engineering major In The DeBacker Family 1946, he received an appoffitment to ffie (FamilyofTAlbertDeBacker@yahoo.com) Naval Academy ffi ffie Class of 1951. He was a member of ffie 18th Company and was a rope climber on the varsity gym team during ffis time at the Academy He was captaffi of ffie gym team WILLIAM HOLDEN PHELPS HOPKINS '50 in ffis First Class Year.

Commander WUUam H.P. Hopkins, Pat was comnUssioned as a U.S. Air Force second Ueut'enant USNR (Ret.), passed away peacefuUy and attendeti pUot traiffing in Texas. When it was clear ffiat he at home surrounded by ffis famUy on had an optical depth perception problem, he transferred fix)m 11 February 2008. He was 81 years old. pUot traiffing to the Air Force Special Weapons traiffing course at "BUI" was born ffi Bangor, ME, on Sanffia Base in Albuquerque, NM, where he quahfied as a nuclear 6 August 1926, ffie son of Ruffi and weapons assembly officer In 1953, Pat met and marriedffisfirst Sumner Hopkffis. After graduatffig wffe, MoUy Ann Ekstrom, in Albuquerque. Durmg ffie next two from Bangor High School, he enUsted years, he was a nuclear weapons assembly officer at four different ffiffieNavy ffi 1944 and ffien went Air Force bases. on to graduate fixjm ffie Naval Academy wiffi ffie Class of 1950.

In 1955, Pat left ffie Air Force to join ffie Hughes He remained active ffi ffie Naval Reserve unffi reffimg as a Corporation as a field engineer He was ffist assigned to commander m 1978. the Air Force's Wright-Patterson Field complex in Offio.

Along with ffis naval service, BUI was head of mdustrial Then he reported to Huntsville, AL, where he supported engineering at Nashua Corp, general manager and treasurer at U.S. Space and Rocket Center deep space projects. In 1962, EC & WL Hopkins/Graffite State Feeds, and evenmaUy retired he left Hughes and joined ffie Lockheed Corporation, where from Gorman Bag Co. at the age of 74. He enjoyed traveUng to he was responsible for marketing and sales of shipboard radars foreign countries such as Russia, Germany, France and England. to ffie Navy. In 1966, he joined the ITT GUfiUan Company Bffi prouffiy marched in the annual Memorial Day parades where he became a seffior program manager, oveneemg marketffig durmg ffis 30+ years ffi Amherst and was a Iffetime member of and sales of radar systems to ffie Marine Corps. the Greenfield Historical Society. He enjoyed woodworking, In 1978, Pat lost ffis wife, MoUy, to ffiness after 25 yean of sunny afternoons at the Amherst Ski HiU and vacatioffing at marriage. Two years later, Pat met Linda WUUams, who became Goose Rocks Beach, ME. He especiaUy enjoyed relaying stories ffis second wife. of ffis Ufe at sea, teacffing ffis grandkids cribbage and orgaffizing On his retirement from GUfiUan in 1987, Pat received ffie BBQs in the back yard. company's prestigious Inffividual Achievement Award. The BUI was predeceased byffiswffe, Anne Hopkins, ffi December citation stated that "His leadersffip, creative approach, and dogged 2006.The famUy includes ffis six chUffien.Jane O'DonneU of persistence with both the user and procurement commuffities Littleton, NH, BUI Hopkins of CorraUtos, CA, Mary Barretto of resffited in the booking of over 1400 nUffion doUars of new Dover, NH,Joan Marcoffi of Lakewood, OH,Trish Hopkins of business since 1980, creating major new business potential and Waitsfield,VT, and John Hopkins of Greenfield, NH; and ten extenffing the lifespan of a product once thought to be obsolete." loving grandchUtiren, Devin, MicheUe, Nick, Nicole, Chris, Pat is survived by ffis wife of 27 years, Linda; daughter, Anne, Jordan, Jackson, Mary and Darren.

EUzabeth; sons, Michael, Patrick, Sean and Kevin; seven grandchUffien; and three stepsons.

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Captaffi E.W. Numben, USN (Ret.), ffied of prostate cancer on 14 February 2008 at ffis home in San Diego, CA. He was 80 yean old.

"WaUy" was born on 1 August 1927 in Cffickasaw, OK, and was raised in San Francisco, CA. During ffigh school, he performed as fint vioUn wiffi ffie San Francisco AU-City Symphony. He left school after ffie lOffi grade and worked as an apprentice machinist at ffie San Francisco Naval Sffipyard. Durffig World War II, he enhsted ffi ffie Navy, and after completmg boot camp at ffie San Diego Naval Trainmg Center, he served as a petty officer fire controlman unffi 1948. As a result of Navy-wide competitiv^e exams, he attended ffie U.S. Naval prep school at Baffibridge, MD, and was awarded a Fleet appomtment to the Naval Academy, fiom wffich he graduated wiffi ffie Class of 1952.

He served ffi ffie Korean War andffiViemam, having various toun of duty m boffi ffie Atlantic and Pacffic fleets, fficludmg command of three destroyen, two toun of duty m ffie Pentagon and as an instructor at ffie Naval Academy. His last tour was as operations officer on ffie staff of ffie Surface Force of ffie Pacffic Heet ffi San Diego, CA, fijom wffich he reffied ffi 1975.

His awards mclude ffie Bronze Star and ffie Meritorious Service Award. ffi 1982,WaUy graduated fixjm Beffiel Seminary m San Diego, CA wiffi a master of ffiviffity degree, and for ffie next 15 years, he served as a volvmteer associate chaplaffi ffi ffie San Diego County Probation Department, ffivolved ffi alcohol and drug rehabffitation, counsehng and teachmg of ffie Gospel. He also served on ffie board of dffecton ofVolunteen ffi Probation, and m 1986, was designated an honorary deputy probation officer WaUy is survived by his wffe, Mary; son, Cffiistopher; tffiee daughten, Jennffer Peckenpaugh, Pamela Cangelosi and Carolyn Embrey; and five grandchUffien, Anffiew, PffiUp, Clare, Emma and Jack.

Memorial services were held on 23 February 2008 at Emmanuel Faiffi Church, with mffitary honors; ffiurnment was at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery.

The Numbers Family JOHN WAINWRIGHT D E W I T T '55

"Jay" DeWitt ffied on 5 February 2008 m GaffiesviUe, FL,fix)mpulmonary fibrosis.

John was born ffi Alexanffiia,VA, on 9 January 1934. He graduated from ffigh school ffi Oceanside, CA, ffi 1951 and received a SecNav appoffitment to ffie Naval Academy. Jay was a free-spirited and fon-loving Mid who enjoyed chaUenging Academy regs and promoting rffiscffief.

Graduating with the Class of 1955, John foUowed ffis brother, Bffch DeWitt '50 and his father, Brigaffier General Ralph B. DeWitt '22, ffito ffie Marffie Corps. In 1956, whUe at ffis ffist

duty station at Camp Lejeune, John married Mary Marsh. They enjoyed Marine Corps lffe, but it ffid not satisfy John's interest ffi the world so in 1960,John left the Marine Corps and entered ffie Foreign Service.

Thus began a long and very successful career Most of ffis assignments were in Latin America. He had tours ffi Monterrey, Mexico; CaU, Colombia; GuayaquU, Ecuador; and two in BrazU; one in Brasffia and one in Rio de Janeiro. Along the way, he was able to get a master's degree in poUtical science and a PHD in geography from the Uffiversity of Florida.

It was whUe he wasffieAmerican ConstU General m GuayquU, Ecuador, ffiat ffie Ecuadorian government seized some American fisffing boats ffi ffitemational waten. Through John's qffick and decisive action, a serious mternational mcident was averted.

John's last overseas assignment was ffi Paris as the American consul general. From there, he remrned to Wasffington and in 1985, reffied from ffie Foreign Service as an FS-1 (eqffivalent to ffie rank of colonel/captain).

He soon was accepted as a professor of geography at Radford Uffiversity ffi Radford,VA.WhUe there, in 1991, he married EUanaVivas, who he had met in BrazU. Soon after, the DeWitts moved to Gainesville, FL, where John lecmred at the Uffiversity of Florida and ffid research for ffis book. Early Globalization and the Economic Development ofthe United States and Brazil, pubhshed ffi 2002.

In ffie summer of 2007,John was ffiagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. He fought tffis irreversible ffisease unffi ffis death on 5 Febmary 2008.

He is survived by his wffe, EUana; daughten, Helen DeWitt and Susan DeWitt; and son, Danny.

A memorial service was held at ffie Haven Hospice Chapel ffi GaffiesviUe, FL, on 10 February 2008 and ffis ashes wUl be ffistributed over water at a time and place to be deterrffined.

The DeWitt Family &friends BRUCE ALLAN THOMAS '57

Lieutenant Commander Bruce A.Thomas, USN (Ret.), passed away on 10 January 2008 m ffie Coopentown Meffical Center, foUowing a courageous fight against leukerma. He was 73 yean old. ' im^^^r Bruce was born on 23 Febmary ^ X ^ ^ I ^ ^ ^ T ^ 1934 ij^ S ^ Diego, CA. He jomed the ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ l ^ ^ l ^^"^^ Reserve in 1951, graduated from BurUngame High School in 1952, and entered the Naval Academy in 1953 as a member ofthe Seventh Company. In June of 1957, Bruce graduated, took ffis oath as an ensign and married Patricia "Trish" Browne, who later presented him with two daughters, Anne and Wendy.

Bruce's iffitial assignment was as MPA aboard ORLECK. ORLECK saUed shordy thereafter for a ffine month Pacific cruise, fficluffing six weeks at Effiwetok AtoU, where the blasts and the musffioom clouds provided spectacffiar scenery. In January of 1960, Bmce reported to Sub School and later jomed AMBERJACK, deploying to the Med, North Adantic and Caribbean. Thereafter, he became an instmctor at ffie Sub School andffienjomed PIPER. May 2008

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CALL Bruce next reported to ffie Submarffie Board of Inspection and Survey and foUowing ffiat, served ffi COMPASS ISLAND. He later served wiffi ffie Office of CiviUan Manpower Management and ffie Naval Tactical Doctrffie Activity. Before reffiing in 1977, Bmce received a master's degree fiom Central Micffigan Uffivenity. After reffiement, he worked as a Navy civffian contractor financial analystfix>m1977 to 1990. Bruce and Trish parted ways ffi 1980.

Bruce married Deffise "Denny" Grogel on 31 August 1985.

They made ffieir home ffi Norffiern Vffgiffia unffi November 1990, when ffiey decided to punue Bruce's ffieam of restoring ffie Victorian farmhouse ffiat Bruce had acqffired in ffie midseventies. They moved to Coopentown, ND, in November 1990 and devoted ffie next two yean to ffie Dream Project, at least on stmny days when ffie temperature rose above 15 degrees Fahrenheit. The restored Victorian became ffie "Paffited Lady" when Bmce and Denny moved ffiere m 1992.

He served on ffie Tri-county Miffistry CouncU, Fint Presbyterian Church Session and ffie Cooperstown Goff Course board of dffecton. His offier ffiterests fficluded makmg stained glass windows, goff and helpmg wiffi harvest. He wUl be remembered for ffis smUe, hearty laugh and good namre. Bruce wUl be deeply rffissed by ffis famUy,ffisClassmates and ffis friends.

Bruce is survived by his wffe, Denny; daughten, Anne Johnson and Wendy Thomas; granddaughter, Haimah Jane Weaffierwax; and ffis ffist wffe,Trish.

Charlie Hall '57 & The Thomas Family J O H N PERRY CARROLL '62

Commander John P. CarroU, SC, USN (Ret.), of Butte des Morts,WI, passed away on 8 March 2008, atTheda Clark Meffical Center He was born on 10 November 1939 in La Crosse, WI, ffie first son of ffie late Perry and Beatrice (Muck) CarroU. He graduated fix)m Bonduel High School in 1957. John left Wisconsin to attend ffie Naval Academy, graduating wiffi ffie Class of 1962.

As an officer ffi ffie Supply Corps, he attended and received an M.B.A.fix)mHarvard in 1970. His duty stations included NorfoUc.VA, ffie Azores, Great Lakes, IL, San Diego, CA (CONSTELLATION, OKINAWA), Wasffington, DC, and PhUadelpffia, PA. He cemented ffis ffieam of returffing to Wisconsin by taking his final tour of duty as ffie officer-m-charge of Defense Contract Adrmffistration Services Management Area (DCASMA) in MUwaukee. Having setded in ffis home state, he went on to other endeavors, incluffing becoming president of Oshkosh Truck Corporation, a seffior consffitant at Four Wheel Drive (FWD) in CUntonvUle, serving as a guest facffity member at the Umversity ofWisconsin, Oshkosh CoUege of Business, and finaUy retiring to smaU busffiess as ffie owner of Choice Homes.

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He is survived by ffis lovmg wffe of 43 yean, Kay (Wffikler) CarroU; diree sons. Lieutenant Commander Bret CarroU, USNR (Ret.), and ffis wife,Theresa of Hanford, CA, Mark CarroU '90 and ffis wffe, Laura ofWest Chester, OH, anti Lieutenant Commander Todd CarroU, USN, of Lemoore, CA; and diree grandchUffien, Christian, Jonaffian and WUl. He wiU always be remembered for ffis qffick wit,ffislove for ffis farffily and for being the country boyfixamCecU,WI, who seized big oppormffities, but never gave up ffie ffieam of commg back home.

The famUy gratefuUy requests ffiat memorials be made to ffie FaUen Heroes Fund (www.faUeiffieroesfond.org).

The Carroll Family JACOB E D G E n

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Captain Jacob Edge II, USNR (Ret.), ffied on 20 December 2007 in CoatesviUe, PA. He was 67 yean old.

Jacob was born on 3 AprU 1940 in West Chester, PA, to Jacob V and Ann W. Edge. He graduated fix^m ffie Naval Academy wiffi ffie Class of 1963 and went on to serve on many different sffips, mosdy in the Pacffic, includmg two toun of duty in Viemam.

He left active service in 1976 and joined Edge WaUboard Macffinery Co., ffie company ffis started by ffis faffier, as executive vice president.

In 1994,Jacob helped found ffieThorndale Rotary Club and served as its fint president. He was very active in commuffity affairs as a member of ffie board of ffirecton of Dowington PubUc Library and in serving on ffie Civil Service Comiffission and Youffi Aid Panel for Caffi Townsffip.

Jacob was a man of many talents and interests. Fond of peanut butter, especiaUy in strange combinations, he was known to ffis grandchUffien as "Pa," as was ffis grandfaffier before ffim.

Jacob was a birder and he and Drinda made trips to Arizona and Texas in pursuit of tffis hobby. He was also a beekeeper and lover of honey, as weU as a member of ffie Chester County Beekeepers Association.

Predeceased by ffis parents and broffier, Thomas, Jacob is survived by his wife of 30 years, Drinda; sisters, CaroUne Beideman, Downy Koch and Sarah "Betsy" Edge; broffier, Robert Edge; and chUffien, Sarah Rossi, Bryan Beaver, CUf Beaver, Beffi Schrag and Jake Edge; as weU as ffis grandchUdren, Zeke, Zaharah, Amanda,Jessica, Chloe, Payton, EUza and AnnaUe. Services were held at ffie Old Caffi Meetinghouse on 26 December 2007.

In Ueu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to ffie Downington PubUc Library, ffie Rotary Foundation or The Nature Conservancy.

The Edge Family

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COLDWELL BANKER

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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY

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Realtor' licensed in MD & VA

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Licensed Title & Settlement Services In MD,DC&VA (410) 224-4204 or (800) 34&5226 Larryandaliceg@aol.coin

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