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MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICES, FALL 2015

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Sign in today to view, download and print, or sign up for membership to gain access.* * Please note all alumni, parents, staff, sponsors and BGO’s are invited to become members of the Alumni Association. Membership and login credentials take at least 24 hours to activate, but the photos will still be there. Visit www.usna.com for more information.

Pluto’s Flyover NASA Administrator MGEN Charles Bolden ’68, USMC (Ret.), congratulates the New Horizons team after they received confirmation from the spacecraft that it had successfully completed the flyby of Pluto on 14 July 2015.

“The exploration of Pluto and its moons

by New Horizons represents the capstone event to 50 years of planetary exploration

by NASA and the United States,” said Bolden. “Once again we have achieved a historic first. The United States is the first nation to reach Pluto, and with this mission has completed the initial survey of our solar system, a remarkable accomplishment that no other nation can match.” Photos by NASA: Bill Ingalls (inset), New Horizons image sent to Earth on 14 July 2015

On the Water MIDN Kenneth Levens ’18 communicates with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler BIGHORN (T-AO 198) during an underway replenishment aboard the guided-missile destroyer ROSS (DDG 71) as part of summer training on the Mediterranean Sea. Back in Annapolis, plebes also train on the water, but in much closer quarters. Photos by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert S. Price (left) and Barbara Hendricks (inset)

Wherever you go, whatever you do, we have benefits for you!

Just out of school?

• Keep in touch with your classmates. Read Shipmate magazine—with great class and chapter columns in every issue.

• Look up classmates or find a local chapter online at www.usna.com.

• New graduates (2005 on)—your class ring is insured for three years against loss, courtesy of Jostens and your Alumni Association. If it is lost or stolen, call or e-mail us.

• Need to buy a miniature or class crest jewelry, or have your ring sized or serviced?

Just call or e-mail.

• Need car, home, life or property insurance? Investment help or a great bank?

See all our great options.

Moving to a new area?

• Find a local chapter and classmates online at www.usna.com.

• Use Shipmate classifieds to find great alumni-run products and services.

• Find out where service academy graduates in your new area work and network— use iSABRD online.

• Lost or damaged your Lucky Bag in the move? We have replacements for many classes.

Job hunting?

• Find a job using our Career Services—get assistance writing a resume, get career counseling, look up job listings and attend our career conferences.You can even use our online business resource directory to speak to a grad in the city, company or career you are looking in.

• Attend a Service Academy Career Conference—four annually throughout the country.

Getting married?

Reunion time?

• Ogle Hall is an ideal venue for your most memorable events. Rich with elegance and history, Ogle Hall is available for your wedding ceremony and/or reception, rehearsal dinner or bridal brunch.

• Purchase great Navy themed gifts or memorabilia for your wedding party, family and guests.

• Make your spouse a life member—only $25 for their own gold card.

• 10 percent discount on Ogle Hall rental for life members.

• Help every step of the way. Go paperless for registration and all events using our electronic sign-ups and event registration.

• Buy reunion merchandise and class crest items for your reunion, 365 days a year and earn money for your class using the Alumni Store.

• Plan a class memorial service, perfect evening event or tailgate.

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OUR MISSION To serve and support the United States, the Naval Service, the Naval Academy and its Alumni; By furthering the highest standards at the Naval Academy; By seeking out,

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outstanding, qualified young men and women to pursue careers as officers in the Navy and Marine Corps through the Naval Academy; and, By initiating and sponsoring activities which will perpetuate the history, traditions, memories and growth of the

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together in support of the highest ideals of command, citizenship and government.

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28 34 38 41 42 45 ON THE COVER Plebe Summer.

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FEATURES

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9 Fall Calendar Highlights 12 The Power of Legacy 14 Crossed Swords 17 A Salute to Our Oldest Alumni 49 Area 501 50 Deliberate Leadership Development 56 128 COLUMNS 149 Letter From the President 161 Byron F. Marchant ’78 168

Calendar of Events All Hands Index of Advertisers Feedback Bravo Zulu Alumni Products and Services Class News Chapter News Last Call Classified Ads Staff and Assistance

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SHIPMATE STAFF Publisher Byron F. Marchant ’78 410-295-4090; byron.marchant@usna.com Executive Editor Bill Dawson ‘82 410-295-4070; william.dawson@usna.com Editor-in-Chief Kristen Pironis 410-295-4072; kristen.pironis@usna.com Editorial Senior Editors Courtney Jolley 410-295-4075; courtney.jolley@usna.com Elizabeth Wrightson 410-295-4071; elizabeth.wrightson@usna.com Associate Editor Samantha Casamassima 410-295-4027; samantha.casamassima@usna.com Assistant Editors Anne Sharpe 410-295-4078; anne.sharpe@usna.com Tonya White 410-295-4066; tonya.white@usna.com Contributing Editor Captain David Poyer ’71, USNR (Ret.) Design and Production Art Director/Production Manager Jackie Furton 410-295-4073; jackie.furton@usna.com Assistant Production Manager/ Classes Editor Maria O’Shea 410-295-4074; maria.oshea@usna.com Chapter and Classes Editor Sandra Stansbury-Spadaro 410-295-4076; sandy.spadaro@usna.com Obituaries Editor Timothy Elizabeth Woodbury 410-295-4064; timothy.woodbury@usna.com Contributing Photographers Barbara Hendricks Debbie Latta

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President’s Circle Weekend Annapolis, MD 1-4 October 2015 The Naval Academy Foundation welcomes President’s Circle donors to Annapolis.

For infomation on becoming a President’s Circle donor, visit www.usna.com/PC.

Reunions: Classes of 1940, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1985, 1990 and 1995 Annapolis, MD 1-25 October 2015 Visit www.usna.com/reunions for information on these and other reunions.

Naval Academy Founder’s Day Annapolis, MD 10 October 2015 The Naval Academy celebrates its 170th anniversary.

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Happy Birthday, Navy 13 October 2015 The U.S. Navy celebrates the 240th anniversary of its establishment.

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LETTER

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By Byron F. Marchant ’78

Photo by Kathleen Lange

Leadership, Mentorship, Sportsmanship

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Summer on the Yard is like no other time in Annapolis. The excitement of Commissioning Week is behind us and the Class of 2019 has joined us. As they learn the ropes as midshipmen, I—along with the staff—are already looking forward to the fall season and Brigade Reform.

By the time this issue hits your mailbox, we’ll be well into the fall semester.

In this issue, we bring you stories of legacy and leadership, guidance and mentorship, and competition and sportsmanship. Over the summer, Shipmate sat down with Admiral James A. “Sandy” Winnefeld Jr., the ninth vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, prior to his retirement on 31 July 2015. At the ceremony on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall,VA, Army General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said, “We are safer today because of Sandy’s service.” I salute Sandy on his retirement, and his family’s commitment to service. It is a privilege to share his story in “The Family Business: The Navy” on page 30.The Winnefeld legacy has certainly made a difference at the Naval Academy, in the Navy and for the nation, and will continue to do so with the next generation, as Sandy’s son is a member of the Class of 2018.

Parents have continued to be strong supporters of both the Alumni Association and the Naval Academy.

And Class of 2019 plebe parents have signed up to be members of the Alumni Association in record numbers— more than 700. I am pleased to have them as part of our extended family, and have enjoyed sharing more than 25,000 photos with them of Plebe Summer through our expanded photo program. All members may view the photos at www.usna.com.

A parent of a 2016 midshipman, Dr. Paul Voss, shared a story of a football jersey from his son’s high school in Atlanta, GA. His son wore the number, as did his son’s inspiration to attend the Academy, a Class of ’13 graduate. Read about the story of jersey No. 4 in

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“The Power of Legacy: One Football Jersey, Three Midshipmen” on page 34.

Lieutenant G. Graham Van Hook ’08, USN, tracks the sword of Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, USN (Ret.), of the Class of 1864, his family’s patriarch, in “Crossed Swords” on page 38. As the next generation carries the sword, the Navy is in good hands. My thanks to Dr.Voss and Lieutenant Van Hook for sharing these stories of artifacts and their connections to the Academy.

Every day, and with every issue of Shipmate, we build upon the foundation of our shared history and traditions.

And we work to establish new traditions. This year, with Navy’s participation in the American Athletic Conference, we expect to forge new relationships and build upon existing ones. As we travel the country in support of Navy athletics, we look forward to bringing even more Navy fans together in support of our teams.

In “The Season Ahead” on page 18 sportswriter Gary Lambrecht takes us through fall sports including Navy football, men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball, water polo, cross country and sprint football. Also in this issue is a fall events calendar highlighting a few milestone events on pages 28 and 29. We look forward to seeing you in Annapolis and around the country supporting the Academy on the road.

The Class of 1950 has perfected the art of supporting Navy at home tailgates. Captain Tom Rogers ’50, USN (Ret.), shared the story of his class tailgates after graduation and now with the 29th Company. Sadly, Captain Rogers passed away on 22 June 2015. My thanks to Captain Chuck Mull ’50, USN (Ret.), and Captain Tom Ross ’50, USN (Ret.), for working with the staff on this story and honoring the memory of their classmate. They will certainly honor Captain Rogers’ memory by carrying on the tradition at the tailgates.

Perhaps the only thing that inspires the Academy and its alumni as much as tradition are the new initiatives to enhance leadership and training opportunities for midshipmen. Four years ago, the Academy along with the Naval Academy Athletic Association—through a

grant from the Patriot League—launched the Gettysburg Leadership Encounter. The first year focused on varsity team captains, but has broadened with alumni support to include Brigade stripers. Read about the Class of ’77 Gettysburg Leadership Encounter in “Deliberate Leadership Development” on page 45. Scott Spiker ’77 was able to attend the program and shares his perspective on the Encounter and the importance of supporting the Academy.

Volunteer leaders help bring our mission and the mission of the Naval Academy to life. Thanks to committed donors like Spiker and the Class of ’77, and those who donate their time and talent, we are able to make a difference in the lives of midshipmen—and future midshipmen. Blue and Gold area coordinator, Commander Tim Fox ’97, USNR, tells the story of “Area 501,” which covers all U.S. citizens applying to the Naval Academy from overseas. On page 42, read about how Blue and Gold Officers cover the world in support of Naval Academy admissions.

Thanks to our alumni and friends who work to support the mission of the Alumni Association. Our work, our progress and our success stems directly from the work you do in support of the alma mater and its alumni.You make the institution better, and our Association better, through your commitment and your efforts.

Volunteer turned staff member Captain Bill Dawson ’82, SC, USN (Ret.), executive vice president for engagement, has already made quite an impact in his brief tenure. Since joining the staff in January, he’s already traveled the country to meet with volunteer leaders, alumni and parents at chapter and club events across the country. And this past May at the Alumni Association Board of Trustees meeting, we welcomed two new chapters to our ranks—Southern Idaho and Singapore.

You can expect to see Bill and his engagement team on the road this year in support of events across the country as well as Navy athletics.

During Plebe Parents Weekend, CAPT Bill Dawson ’82, SC, USN (Ret.), executive vice president for engagement, addresses the crowd at the Class of ’19 Legacy Reception at history Ogle Hall. The Class of ’19 includes 56 legacy midshipmen— 36 sons and 20 daughters. Photo by Barbara Hendricks

Bill’s leadership and focus on our mission will serve us well as we work to refine and improve our alumni programs and services. In the last issue, we included the 2016 travel catalog with a request to our current—and future—travelers. We’d like your feedback. Our travel program is just one way to support our mission and our members, and we want to improve upon it.What would appeal to you and prompt you to travel with classmates and/or other alumni? Where would you like to go and how would you like to get there (cruise, land)? We want to hear from you. Please contact our director of alumni travel, Bobbi Collins, with your thoughts.

With the August issue of WaveTops, our e-newsletter, we included an update on Alumni Association activities, programs and services from Admiral Bob Natter ’67, USN (Ret.), chair of the Board of Trustees, and Major General Leo Williams ’70, USMCR (Ret.), vice chair. If you don’t receive WaveTops, sign up for it at www.usna.com to receive monthly issues and periodic updates from our leadership.

I’d like to wrap up this letter by recognizing and celebrating our most senior alumni. On page 41, we print our annual “Salute to Our Oldest Alumni.” I have had the opportunity to learn about the lives and service of these men. They are the true legacy of our institution and serve as role models to the many generations who have followed them.

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CONTACT THE PRESIDENT! UPDATE ON THE COUNCIL OF CLASS PRESIDENTS

By Captain Bill Peerenboom ’57, USN (Ret.) Which president, you ask? The one most important to you as Naval Academy alumni—your class president.

The Council of Class Presidents (COCP) had its origins in the early 1990s. It began as a series of Alumni Association meetings with a group of class presidents to see how best to reach out to classes—and the recognition that class presidents were the best conduit for this.

As the process developed, by the late ’90s the Alumni Association Board of Trustees (BOT) adjusted its membership to include seven class presidents. These seven trustees were each a “decade representative” chosen by the presidents of all classes in a given decade. At present, the decades of the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s combined as the decade of the 2010s reached five classes.

Much of the work of the COCP as an advisory group comes with issue papers.

Many alumni have matters they would like to have presented to the Alumni Association leadership, and the best way to do this is through the class president.

Any class president can submit an issue paper for consideration and discussion at the COCP bi-annual meetings. The process is easy, direct and outlined on the Alumni Association website.

To communicate between meetings and to facilitate communications more broadly, Ingar Grev ’89 and the COCP communications committee have established additional tools for the members of COCP and for all alumni.

Each class president may be reached by using the email address format: year@COCP.alumni.usna.com. For example, to reach the president of the Class of ’57, you would address your message to 1957@COCP.alumni.usna.com.

Thanks to a suggestion by CAPT George Zeberlein Jr. ’54, SC, USN (Ret.), and follow up by COCP to Athletic Director Chet Gladchuk, there are now handrails down every aisle in Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium making it even better (and safer) to see Navy’s team triumph over the opposition

We look forward to hearing from you, and your continued support of our shared mission.

Captain Bill Peerenboom ’57, USN (Ret.), serves as the president for the Class of ’57 and as the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s decade representative on the Board of Trustees. For more information on COCP, visit www.usna.com/cocp.

2015 MILITARY COLLEGE COMBAT SHOOTING CHAMPIONSHIP The U.S. Naval Academy took third place in the 2015 Military College Combat Shooting Championship (MCCSC) held this

Cadets and midshipmen from the four service academies, Texas A&M and VMI competed at Krilling Range at Fort Benning on 17 April. Photo courtesy of www.fortbenningphotos.com

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summer at Fort Benning, GA, by the prestigious United States Army Marksmanship Unit. A combat-style rifle/pistol match consisting of eight courses of fire, the MCCSC focuses on the fundamental skills of weapons handling including accuracy and physical agility and forces participants to negotiate obstacles, walls and barbed wire in addition to engaging paper and reactive targets throughout the competition.

The competition included combat weapons teams from four service academies as well as two of the six senior military colleges: Texas A&M and Virginia Military Institute (VMI).

The Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets Marksmanship Unit (CCMUU) came away with the championship trophy finishing 84 match points ahead of the second-place competitor, the U.S. Military Academy.

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WaveTops Your WaveTops e-news has recently had extensive coverage of Commissioning Week and I-Day, and exclusive video interviews with current and former Blue Angels as well as an American Ninja Warrior and multiple summer training stories. Don’t miss another issue—change your account settings in www.usna.com to see WaveTops in your inbox every month.

Photos The Class of 2019 made it through Plebe Summer! To view photos, visit www.usna. com/picasa.

News Six midshipmen were given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience Mongolian culture firsthand on a twoweek Language Proficiency, Regional Expertise and Cultural Awareness (LREC) trip.

Read about their journey at www.usna.com.

Shipmate Archives Online Every page of every issue of Shipmate, going back to May 1938, is available online.

Members can read the current issue before it is mailed and browse the complete archive.

Visit www.usna.com/shipmate.

“I was fortunate enough to attend the U.S. Naval Academy and serve as a Marine Corps Officer for eight years. When I was faced with an early retirement due to injuries I received while conducting combat operations in Iraq, I chose to start my own business.

I knew that i wanted to be in

charge of my own future.”

—Captain Robert Armbruster Jr. ’97, USMC (Ret.) regarding his business, VetLaunch

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“FROM COMBAT TO CAREER” VetLaunch, New Orleans’ only accelerator dedicated to helping veterans effectively transition from military to civilian life, opened applications for its fall 2015 program this July. The non-profit organization founded by Captain Robert Armbruster Jr. ’97, USMC (Ret.), kicked off its second entrepreneurial season with a gala commemorating the 10th anniversary of Operation Red Wings at the WWII museum’s Boeing Freedom Pavillion.The event, which benefitted VetLaunch and several other veteran-focused causes, paid tribute to Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy and all the men who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the historic operation and included a screening of the film “MURPH: The Protector,” a documentary based on Murphy’s life. The gala also featured a dinner prepared

by Marine and Chef Eric Cook and Executive Chef Raymond St. Pierre Jr. of the restaurant American Sector. A live performance of the documentary’s soundtrack from Oscar contender, writer, producer, VetLaunch graduate and former Navy helicopter pilot Jeff Widenhofer ’97 also took place.

“VetLaunch gave me the resources, guidance and motivation I needed to take my passion for music and transform it from a hobby to a career,” said Widenhofer. This event is special, not just because of the commemoration of a great hero, but also because I can do a small part in giving back to an organization that has helped me grow my business and excel in my career.”

For more information, visit www.VetLaunch.org.

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS Electric Boat Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Huntington Ingalls Industries . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Idaho Stage Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Indian Motorcycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Jostens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Kazan, McClain, Satterley & Greenwood . . . .8 Keller Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Navy Federal Credit Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 NAVAIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 Naval Mutual Aid Assn. . . . .Inside Back Cover Nicely Done Kitchens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Orange Line Living . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co . . . . . . .36 Totem Ocean Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

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UltraThin Ribbons and Medals . . . . . . . . . . .49 USAA Corporate Ad Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 USAA Credit Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 USNA Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Vinson Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Alumni Products and Services Alumn Assn. Fall Football Events . . . . . .52 Alumn Assn. Tailgate Signups . . . . . . . . .53 Alumni Assn. Homecoming Golf . . . . . . .50 Alumni Assn. Member Benefits . . . . . . . .6 Alumni Assn. Merchandise . . . . . . . . . . .54 Anchors Away Alumni Travel 2016 . . . . .55 SACC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

ALUMNI SUPPORT USNA STEM OUTREACH AT FIRST ROBOTICS REGIONAL COMPETITIONS More than 30 USNA alumni from five chapters staffed college representative booths at five FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Astronaut CAPT Chris Cassidy ‘93, USN, and Robotics Regional team mascots. Photo courtesy of CDR Horais Competitions across the United States in March and April 2015. This alumni support provided the Naval Academy Office of Admissions with new resources and venues to augment their STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) outreach activities.

The nationwide FIRST Robotics Competition is known as “The Varsity Sport for the Mind” and combines the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. Under strict rules, limited resources and time limits, teams of 25 students at the high school level are challenged to raise funds, design a team “brand,” hone teamwork skills and build and program robots to perform prescribed tasks against a field of competitors. More than 73,000 students comprising more than 9,300 teams competed at 56 regional competitions, five district championships and 48 district events on their way to the Championship Event in St. Louis, MO. With the emphasis on STEM-related degrees at USNA, the FIRST Robotics Competitions offer the Office of Admissions an ideal outreach opportunity to get the word out about educational and career opportunities at the Academy. Based upon the success of a pilot program conducted in 2014 by Commander Brian Horais ’71, USNR (Ret.), member of the USNA Alumni Association Board of Trustees, and members of the Knoxville/ Oak Ridge chapter, the USNA Office of Admissions approved expansion of the alumni outreach activities to five targeted regional events in 2015 where they wanted to have increased emphasis on STEM outreach. Use of alumni to staff the college representative booths provided the Office of Admissions with a motivated, resource to augment their activities. Thanks to Marti Kwon and Everett Marshall in the Strategic Outreach Department of the Office of Admissions for their support and dedicated involvement.

An excerpt from an article by CDR Horais.

PROFILES IN MENTORING Captain Fred Becker ’71, USN (Ret.), decided it was time to give back after completing a successful career in the Navy followed by a civilian career as the president and CEO of a national trade association. Lieutenant Junior Grade Katie Davidson ’13, USN, was seeking insight on returning to the surface warfare community after studying on a Marshall Scholarship at the University of Oxford. The Alumni Mentoring Program (AMP) is where Captain Becker and Lieutenant Junior Grade Davidson began their partnership as mentor and protégé.

What motivated you to participate in AMP? Becker: Approaching the culmination of my career and looking to retirement, I decided it was time to give back and try to help those just beginning their careers. In that regard, my professional life had been somewhat unique in that I had a full career in the Navy and following that a civilian career culminating as the president/CEO of a Washington, DC-based national trade association.

In the latter position I had on occasion been contacted by those retiring asking for my help and I enjoyed that interaction.

Davidson: Having been out of the Navy proper for a few years on a Marshall Scholarship at Oxford and Cambridge, I hoped to gain insight and a fresh direction regarding my career when I returned to the surface warfare community. Captain Becker was

very helpful and provided some much needed realism and guidance, making me that much more excited to return.

What are key aspects of a successful mentoring partnership?

Becker: Being there to help, answer questions and provide insight, hopefully providing information that is helpful to Katie as she pursues her naval career. In Katie’s case, she is interested in the Navy JAG Corps and the Law Education Program. We have talked on the telephone about my JAG career and the value of a law degree and I provided her the contact information of the JAG officer currently overseeing the Law Education Program.

What would you like to convey to fellow alumni about AMP? Davidson: AMP has provided me with some crucial insights that I would not otherwise have come across without some guidance from Captain Becker. These programs are so important in that they can offer important information, career insights and general knowledge that can prove priceless in the coming years as we continue to forge our own unique paths. It’s a great program, and I highly encourage other young officers to join.

Open to all Naval Academy alumni, AMP is about alumni helping alumni achieve more in career and life.

Register with AMP today to be a mentor, protégé or both. Visit www.usna.com/amp.

AN ANCHOR TO THE PAST Few sounds better represent the game of football than the clashing of helmets.With the amount of game-day concussions on the rise, protective head equipment has never been more crucial to the safety of players or the success of their careers.

No one understood this better than Navy football player Joseph M. Reeves, Class of 1894.

One hundred twenty-two years ago this fall, Reeves had received so many blows to his head that a Naval Academy doctor insisted he give up playing or risk death. Desperate to play in the 1893 Army-Navy game, Reeves commissioned an

Annapolis shoemaker to help him create a device to protect his skull. The mole skin contraption became that first American football helmet and allowed Reeves to play against Army.

Reeves retired in November 1936 with the ADM Joseph M. Reeves 1894, USN (Ret.) rank of admiral.

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FEEDBACK BEHIND THE COVER The image on the cover of the May-June issue was selected because it captured the excitement and pride of the midshipmen at commissioning. After we printed the issue, we received a note from Lois Geary Dupius, the spouse of CDR Robert Dupuis ’79, USNR (Ret.). Her husband has been a Blue and Gold Officer for 28 years and helped to guide now 2ndLt Evan Inglett ’15, USMC, through the admissions process.

She wrote: “It is a happy day in our house when the postman delivers the Shipmate to our door.” We are glad we could make the May-June issue even more special for you and 2ndLt Inglett.

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On Facebook, I-Day pics are always a win, but your comments are the best. “22year-old ensigns looked a lot scarier when I was 17 than they do now that I am 74!” and “Looks good, sign the book,” sum it up nicely.

A “Throwback Thursday” shot of mids planning their escape over the wall in 1893 prompted: “Help me over— I’ll bring back Sophie’s Crepes!” and “ROOKIES!”

Parents have much to say about Plebe Summer on Facebook as the Parent Photo Program is in full swing, giving them a glimpse of their sons and daughters. “I have found my [son] in every album that included his company— thanks.” After

CORRECTION On page 40 of the July-August issue, the article incorrectly states that Temple University and the Naval Academy have not met since 2009. In fact, they met in 2014 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA, with Navy beating the Owls 31-24.

Additionally, in that same article, the University of Tulsa was incorrectly abbreviated “UT” when it should have been “TU.” Go Navy!

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the Honor Coin Ceremony image with plebes and members of the Another Link in the Chain Class of 1969 was posted, a parent commented: “Of all the things that get me emotional about [my son’s] choice to attend the Naval Academy, the relationship with the Class of ’69 is the most powerful.”

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The Season Ahead

By Gary Lambrecht

MIDN Keenan Reynolds ‘16, quarterback, versus Army.

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hen Navy football Coach Ken Niumatalolo considers the possibilities and the uncertainty surrounding the Midshipmen as they join a conference for the first time in program history, he looks at the quarterback wearing No. 19 and feels a sense of calm.

As Navy football ends its 134-year tenure as an independent and begins anew in the talented, competitive American Athletic Conference (AAC),

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the Midshipmen need many parts to function well to create a smooth transition in 2015. And it helps enormously to have the remarkable, record-setting Keenan Reynolds ’16 on hand as a fourth-year starter running the spread option one last time.

“It feels like Keenan has been here for a very long time,” said Niumatalolo, who begins his eighth season in Annapolis with a 57-35 record and the most wins of any coach in Navy history.

“The standard for him is so high that people expect a ton of things from him, yet Keenan is harder on himself than I or [offensive coordinator] Coach [Ivan] Jasper could ever be.” “[Reynolds] is human. He was hurt last year. He made some mistakes. Still, he did a lot of great things. He just has to do his job to give us a chance.There are a lot of good things going on around him.”

As the most celebrated Navy quarterback since Roger Staubach ’65 and the best signal-caller in the school’s triple option era, Reynolds already has rushed for more career touchdowns (64) than any quarterback in NCAA history. He needs 14 more to set an overall NCAA career record. Reynolds also has thrown for 2,798 yards and 23 more touchdowns.

Since replacing Trey Miller, who was dismissed from the Academy in 2013, and leading the Midshipmen to victory in Colorado Springs against Air Force in 2012, Reynolds has started all but two games—he missed both of those last season while nursing a knee injury—and has a 21-11 career record as a starter. He is also 3-0 against Army and has guided the Midshipmen to two bowl wins in a row.

The Midshipmen, who will play the first conference game in school history against East Carolina on 19 September at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, will need Reynolds’ savvy and leadership to steady an offense that lost seven starters to graduation.

Navy could encounter some growing pains up front, where guard E.K. Binns ’16 and tackle Joey Gaston ’16 are the anchors on the offensive line. Right guard Ben Tamburello ’16 and left tackle Blake Copeland ’17 have limited experience. Center Blaze Ryder ’16, a solid contributor for two seasons, is expected to return in September after suffering a leg injury during spring ball.

The Midshipmen always seem to find a strong rotation of slot backs, and the big-play combination of Demond Brown ’16 and DeBrandon Sanders ’16—they combined to average nearly eight yards per carry—will keep defenses honest with their outside threats.Then, there is Dishan Romine ’17.The fastest man on the roster, Romine has been clocked at 4.4 seconds in the 40-yard dash.

But the Midshipmen, who ranked second in the nation in rushing (338.1 yards per game) in 2015, plan to ride Reynolds and 6-feet-1-inch, 245-pound fullback Chris Swain ’16 hard.

Swain, who has shared fullback duty throughout his career, will be backed up ably by Quinton Ezell ’16 and Shawn White ’17, each of whom is 6-1, 255.

“We’re as big and fast at fullback as we’ve ever been,” Niumatalolo said. “We’re looking forward to Chris Swain having a monster year.”

Reynolds, who has thrown only seven career interceptions, also is adept at finding his slot backs downfield. Additionally, 6-foot-4-inch receiver Jamir Tillman ’17 is an outstanding target.Tillman averaged 19.3 yards on 20 catches and hauled in three touchdowns last season.

Navy did lose 17 of 24 fumbles last year, uncharacteristically high numbers. Reynolds was sloppy at times. Against the formidable AAC, the Midshipmen must clean things up.

Defensively, Navy returns six starters.The Midshipmen allowed 27.3 points per game, but forced 26 turnovers and made clutch stops.That has come to be expected under Defensive Coordinator Buddy Green.

The biggest question marks are at linebacker, where Navy graduated three starters and will look to promising youth, such as Micah Thomas ’18 inside and D.J. Palmore ’18 outside.

Inside linebacker Daniel Gonzales ’17 is the lone returning starter. He intercepted three passes and finished second on the team with 86 tackles in 2014. If William Tuider ’17 comes back strong after offseason shoulder surgery, his playmaking ability looms large.

Navy feels especially good up front and in the backfield.

Noseguard Bernard Sarra ’16 and left end William Anthony ’16 might be the best combination ever to play at Navy. At 6-foot1-inch, 297 pounds, Sarra commands double teams and can collapse the pocket. Anthony (11 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks) gave elite offensive lines fits last year, starting with Ohio State.

Cornerbacks Quincy Adams ’16 and Brandon Clements ’17 have been outstanding tacklers for two seasons. Rover back Kwazel Bertrand ’16 lost his starting job in midseason last year but should stabilize the operation while Navy sorts out some inexperience at safety.

Navy will try to contend for its first conference championship by finishing ahead of favorites Houston and Memphis in the six-team Western Division, then by beating the best of the East, which is led by Cincinnati and Central Florida.

“Besides winning the Commander-in-Chief ’s trophy and beating Notre Dame, winning a conference championship is another huge goal for our program,” Niumatalolo said.

Men’s Soccer Seventh-year Coach Dave Brandt’s rebuilding efforts have come to fruition in the past two seasons, during which Navy has won 27 games.That ties for the highest two-year victory total in program history.

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FEATURE Michael Parker ’16 and Thomas Moore ’18. and two years after the Midshipmen Dylan Struthers ’18 appears poised for a finished 16-4-2 and advanced to the breakout year on defense.

NCAA tournament’s second round, Goalie Jackson Morgan ’16 Navy is loading up with an imposing, rebounded nicely after suffering a 18-game schedule. concussion during a huge, early-season It features six teams that qualified win against Maryland and missing the for the 2014 NCAA tournament. Five next two games. Morgan ended up with of Navy’s non-conference opponents a 10-3-5 record that included eight made it at least to the second round shutouts and only 11 goals allowed. last fall.

“The mindset here since 2013 has Women’s Soccer been a very positive one,” said Brandt, After saying goodbye to a senior class who has gone 56-38-19 at Navy—the that played a huge role in Navy’s 47 highest winning percentage of any other victories over the past three years, the active, Division I coach.“Our thinking is Midshipmen are in a retooling mode. that we’re in this and we’re here to stay.”

History suggests Navy will find a way The Midshipmen led the Patriot to succeed, given its 20 consecutive League in scoring and goals-against winning seasons under Carin Gabarra, average last year. Forward Jamie MIDN Derek Vogel ’16, defender the only head coach in the program’s Dubyoski ’16 followed up his Offensive 22-year, Division I history.

Player of the Year performance in “We’re starting over, so to speak,” 2013 by leading the Midshipmen with Gabarra said. “We lost a significant class 24 points (nine goals, six assists) and that played an awful lot of minutes for leading the Patriot League with six, four years.We go from having seven game-winning goals. seniors last year to four seniors. It will “Jamie wants the responsibility,” be difficult. But I never consider us to Brandt said. “He expects a lot from be rebuilding.” himself. The beauty of Jamie is The tallest order will be replacing sometimes there is just nothing you three-quarters of the defensive can do to stop him. [At 5-foot-7-inch] backfield, which was led by Jade he has such a low center of gravity.

Seabrook ’15, the only player in school No moment is too big for him.” history to be selected three times to Brandt is looking for a little more All-Mid-Atlantic Region first team. finishing support from forwards Thomas Look for Lizzy Rullan ’16, Lexi Shiiba ’16 and Sam Bascom ’17. Shiiba Ricketts ’16 and Cat Macklin ’17 to is an excellent passer (six assists) who start on the back line in front of goalie netted three goals. Bascom scored twice, Dayton Weatherby ’17, who will be albeit on 56 shots. At midfield, Daniel pushed by Taygan Grundy ’18, and Camuti ’17 returns after starting 16 MIDN Clare MacAdam ’18, forward Chelsea Pixa ’17 and incoming Mary games and scoring three goals. Brock Kate Helms ’19. Six of Weatherby’s nine victories in 2014 Dudley ’18 could be a budding star. were shutouts.

In the backfield, 6-foot-4-inch Derek Vogel ’16 sets the tone The offense took some graduation hits as well, most with his ability to dominate balls in the air. One of the more notably forward Morgan Dankanich ’15, who wound up versatile, athletic players in the Patriot League,Vogel has played her outstanding career with a team-high 19 points for last huge minutes up front and on defense. Brandt said Vogel is year’s 12-4-5 team. Forward Clare MacAdam ’18 (six goals, slated at back, where he could team up with P.J. Seuss ’16,

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two game-winners) had an outstanding spring, and appears ready to lead a front line that could get significant contributions from incoming Ashleigh Fairow ’19, who Gabarra said brings a “dynamic game.”

Several players could shuffle between midfield and forward, which is not unusual in Gabarra’s scheme. Among the more versatile is Courtney Hook ’17. She started 14 games last year.

Meghan Hegarty ’18 (three goals, two assists) could anchor the midfield after starting 19 games in 2014, and Rachel Feldman ’17 (three points) will have an expanded role.

It’s hard not to envision the Midshipmen in the thick of another Patriot League title chase. But with so many changes and relative inexperience, Navy figures to be hard-pressed to make its first NCAA tournament appearance since 2007.

Volleyball When Navy hired Larry Bock four years ago, the Midshipmen expected a turnaround led by the coach who guided Juniata College to 30 Division III tournaments and to national titles in 2004 and 2006.

Bock’s diligent rebuilding reaped large benefits in 2014.

Navy posted a winning overall record and qualified for the Patriot League Tournament for the first time since 2007.The Midshipmen also won both matches against Army for the first time since 2005 and swept the Black Knights in a match for the first time since 1997.

“There are definite expectations that we’re going to perform well when the bell rings,” said Bock, reflecting on

MIDN Star Steele ‘16, setter

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FEATURE Army West Point: What’s in a Name?

For Navy fans, more than a few jokes.

What’s behind the “Army West Point” rebranding?

First and foremost, the goal was to provide a consistent and clearer image for West Point athletics. Depending on the athletic team, some preferred “Army” and others had “West Point” embroidered on their jerseys. To add to the confusion, the sports teams used more than a dozen separate logos.

As they conducted research throughout the country, it became apparent that many Americans didn’t understand the connection between Army and West Point, and many didn’t understand if you graduated from West Point, you were an officer in the Army. The issue was much bigger than uniforms, and a strategic concern for USMA. To reach these people, and potential candidates, USMA decided to take on this challenge through a comprehensive rebranding effort.

“Army West Point is who we are as a school, as a part of the nation. Army is the mission which we have had since 1802 to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic. And, West Point is the mission of creating soldiers and scholars to support the Army,” said Colonel Ty Seidule, head of the USMA department of history, in a video about the rebranding.

“That’s what I think is so amazing about Army West Point together is it links these two elements of who we are in a way that we have never done before.”

However, West Point is still West Point, the rebranding pertains only to athletics. Even with that qualification, there are further still. The Army-Navy game is still just that— Army-Navy. And, for Army West Point fans, they will still chant “Go Army! Beat Navy!” (Translated for Shipmate readers: “Go Navy! Beat Army!”)

However, there have been mixed reactions on the rebranding, and even some confusion since the announcement in April 2015.

Army West Point’s nickname remains the Black Knights, but their primary logo has moved from the Black Knight to the Athena Shield. You can also call them the Cadets or The Corps. Their mascot remains the Army mule, but their teams will all be called Army West Point. There has been a font shift on the block “A” on sweaters and other branded items, but it will always be the Army-Navy Game.

One thing we can all agree on? Beat Army!

last year’s 14-12 record that included an 11-5 Patriot League mark. “It’s going to be hard to sneak up on people.This year will be a big test.”

That test got significantly tougher last spring. Middle hitter Katie Sylakowski ’16, who earned First-Team All-Patriot League honors as the team’s leader in kills (235) and total blocks (63), was selected to be a company commander. At press time, Bock expected Sylakowski to forgo her final season to focus on military responsibilities.

That means a young team must get significantly stronger in 2015. Alli Graf ’17, Navy’s libero in every match last year, was named second-team all-league after averaging 4.84 digs per set. Setter Star Steele ’16 led the team with 7.12 assists per set.

Outside hitters Gaby Smith ’17 and Maggie Phillips ’18 each averaged more than two kills per set. Rachel Fortner ’18 had 327 assists, led the Midshipmen with 39 service aces and ranked among last season’s kill leaders.

Water Polo As he enters his second full season as Navy’s head coach, Mladen Stanicic feels a strong, 13-man senior class and a core of fine, younger players will keep the Midshipmen in contention for a Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) title. Last year, a young, slow-starting team won nine of its last 11 matches to finish 19-12, including a third-place finish at the CWPA tournament as the No. 6 seed.

“We created opportunities consistently, but failed too much to put people away,” Stanicic said. “We’ve worked hard [in the spring] on executing and finishing. I’m super excited about the senior class this year, both as leaders in the water and in the locker room.”

Center Will Weggeland ’16 is the leader and team captain.

He ranked third on the team in scoring with 54 points.

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Attacker Carpenter Warren ’16 is a premier shooter and the top returning scorer (57 goals, 81 points). He also had 27 steals.

Centers Robert Sutherland ’16 (33 goals) and David Huber ’17 (27 goals) add depth, as do center defenders Steven Emde ’16 and Lucas MacLellan ’16. Attacker Carl Dowzicky ’16 (35 goals, 12 assists, 19 steals) does a bit of everything.

Sprint Football The Midshipmen have a new coach in Major Jeffrey Polson, USMC, and are coming off a 7-0 season that produced a 27-7 victory over Army and a Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL) title, Navy’s first since 2011.

Quarterback Joe Hampton ’15 graduated, but eight All-CSFL players are slated to return, led by running back and league MVP Eric Wellmon ’16.

He led the league and broke Navy single-season records with 1,269 yards rushing and 17 MIDN Eric Wellmon ’16, running back touchdowns, helping the Midshipmen average 38 points and 392 yards per game.

The offense is faced with much transition. Zach Johnson ’17 and Nick Deterding ’17 will compete for the starting quarterback job. Michael Granthom ’16 leads an offensive line that absorbed the loss of two key starters to graduation.

After allowing 14 points per game and producing 32 sacks, the defense must compensate for the graduation losses of linemen Chris Mershon ’15 and Jack Moyle ’15 and All-CSFL first-team defensive back Brady Flies ’15.

The linebacker core is solid. Keegan Kush ’17 was an all-league first-teamer after leading the Midshipmen with 42 tackles.Temple Sloan ’16 had five tackles for losses among his 28 stops. In the backfield, all-league first-teamer Dan Gilmore had a team-high three interceptions and led the Midshipmen with nine pass breakups.

Cross Country With Steve Schroeder ’16 and Sam Peckham ’16 leading the way, the men’s team—under 47th-year Coach Al Cantello— looks poised to make a serious run at its third consecutive Patriot League Championship.

Last fall, Schroeder became the first Navy cross country runner to qualify for the NCAA Championships since Andrew Hanko ’11 did it in 2010. Schroeder led the Midshipmen to a dominant performance in the Patriot League tournament where Navy placed five of its scoring runners in the top nine.

Schroeder won the race with a time of 23:57.00.

Peckham placed fifth at the Patriot League Championship, his fourth finish in the top five last year. Navy’s depth looks strong in 2015, with Lucas Stainaker ’17 and Hale Bullen ’17 back after strong seasons. Stainaker placed in the top six in five of six meets, including a ninth-place finish at the Patriot League Championships.

The women’s team is looking to rebound from a disappointing, fourth-place finish at the Patriot League Championships.The Midshipmen will need some runners to step up behind Kelley Robinson ’16, who was Navy’s best performer in 2014. She narrowly missed qualifying for the NCAA Championships. “[Robinson] is a perfectionist. She knows she has the ability to be a national qualifier,” said Head Coach Karen Boyle. “But our team is so much better than what we put forth [at the Patriot League Championships].We’ve got to get back to the top two in our league.”

Boyle feels the Midshipmen have the necessary pieces in place, especially among the senior class.

Meghan Harvey ’16 followed up a solid season by breaking the indoor record set by Jess Palacio ’12 in the 1,000 meters. Morgan O’Connor ’16 and Michelle Nelson ’16 were consistent scorers last year and improved their outdoor distance times in track last spring.

Among the newcomers, Amanda Agana ’19 is coming off a great year at the Naval Academy Prep School, where she ran a MIDN Kelley Robinson ’16 half-mile in 2:09.

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Tailgates and Traditions

By Captain Tom Rogers ’50, USN (Ret.)

e never got to tailgate as midshipmen.

We marched on at football games, faced the far side of Thompson Stadium, saluted and cheered our opponent, then about faced, saluted our stands and rendered a thunderous four-“N” cheer for the home team, thereby striking fear into the hearts of our foes.Then we stood in the stands and cheered our lungs out for Navy—win, lose or draw.

After the game we sang “Navy Blue and Gold” and dispersed.

After graduation it was a whole new ball game, and we learned the joys of tailgating.These were uncharted waters, so we made our own rules.

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Humble Beginnings Tailgating was not an organized sport, so we gathered almost anywhere in the

parking lot. For many years Commander Bill Kiehl ’50, USN (Ret.), and his wife Carol brought their camper to the games, which proved a powerful magnet to the attendees. One year Captain John McNally ’50, USN (Ret.), and Captain Phil Ryan ’50, USN (Ret.), joined forces to borrow a tent from the Marines and from special services at NAS Anacostia. McNally decided to replace the colorful tent with one having more military colors.When Ryan arrived at the site on Saturday, he saw the new colors and thought the tent had been stolen, so he called the police.They quickly settled out of court.

During the ’60s and ’70s the 1950 tailgaters increased as we got orders to shore duty in the Washington, DC, area and then fluctuated as we went back to sea. Our enthusiasm never waned,

encouraged by our team’s efforts and our occasional fortification with adult beverages.

Raising the Roof One warm opening day in the ’80s, everyone was milling around smartly (we never did any dumb tailgate maneuvers) and complaining about the heat. One of those was Lieutenant Commander George Van ’50, USN (Ret.), who had come up from Lusby, MD, to cheer Navy on to victory. He asked, “Where is the Class of 1950?”

Captain Tom Rogers ’50, USN (Ret.), and his wife Ellen were standing nearby and replied,“Here we are, George.” Ellen Rogers added that standing around in the open was a bummer, and somebody should fix it. Rear Admiral Roy Snyder ’50, USN (Ret.), acting in his capacity as class president, said, “If you don’t like it, why don’t you do something about it,” to which Ellen replied, “I will!”

Her fix was to buy a 10-by-10 pop-up tent made of nylon, with lightweight aluminum frame, all enclosed with instructions in a carrying case. It was designed to be assembled and erected by one person. It passed a dry run in our back yard with flying colors. However, big problems arose when we tried to get it up in the parking lot when eager classmates pitched in to “help.” The sight of senior combat leaders fumbling around trying to erect a simple, oneman piece of hardware provided all the material for a comedy.

However, rumors that members of the Class of ’50 could not get an erection are judged to be arbitrary and capricious, and have no basis in fact.

The tent served its purpose, but could not handle the enthusiastic and growing crowd.We bought another 10-by-10 pop-up tent and lashed it to

the first one. (For the numerically challenged, that made a 10-by-20 tent.)

The Naval Academy Athletic Association also organized the stadium parking and assigned our class perimeter parking Spot #18 along Farragut Road.

As the years passed and our skill and dexterity diminished, it became harder to leap tall buildings and put up tents.

The class agreed to rent a tent from a local contractor—a 10-by-20 tent for regular games and a 20-by-20 tent for Homecoming. This arrangement worked fairly well, but was subject to the standard complaints with contractors: no show, wrong size, wrong spot, expensive, unresponsive.

29th Company Fast forward to 2008.We were set up in our spot when then-Midshipman Carlos Campos ’09 wandered by, pulling a small charcoal grill behind him. Campos asked if he could leave the grill in our space and use it after the game to cook for some 29th Company tailgaters. “Of course,” we said, and our tailgating fun took a leap forward.

Midshipmen from the 29th Company mingled with alumni from the Class of 1950 and exchanged sea stories.They recounted that plebe year was really tough, and we responded by explaining that our plebe year was much tougher. They asked what the fleet was really like, and what were the designators of air, subs, Marines, SEALs, etc. like.We asked what it was like having women in the Brigade.This dialogue continued and helped forge a bond between the two groups that endures today.

thoroughly enjoyed the interchanges with the 29th Company. Tom and Ellen Rogers were discussing this one night, and an aha moment occurred: Why not buy a tent, ask the 29th Company to put it up and dismantle it as required during the football season, and invite them to use it fully as a tailgate spot after each game?

This was a win-win deal. The class agreed to buy a tent, which paid for itself in two years. The 29th Company was delighted to have a place to party after the game. Best of all, the deal was sealed by a handshake, unencumbered by bureaucratic rules, regulations and oversight.

Today, and into the Future The tailgate continues to get better with each year—traditions are kept, and new traditions forged. A few highlights: • Ellen and Tom Rogers have hosted the tailgate for more than 20 years.We start off the season with champagne to toast the

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• The 29th Company has done terrific work with the tent and has plans to continue their involvement. Each class “fleets up” a committee to handle the logistics and improvements.

• Parents of 29th Company midshipmen have donated chairs, tables, food and other items to enrich the tailgate experience.

One year a loving father brought a pig up from South Carolina and roasted it on the nine-foot grill.

• Spot #18 tailgate has served as an information center and resource

for other classes who are trying to locate their own classes’ spots.

The Class of 1950 tailgate is here to stay. It is truly a place that “Whenever two or three shall meet and old tales be retold, from low to highest in the fleet we’ll pledge the Blue and Gold.”

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“Most regretfully, author Tom Rogers ’50 passed away suddenly in June due to kidney complications. “Tailgating” reflects Tom’s personality, congeniality and sense of humor. Tom was a highly decorated Navy carrier fighter pilot who served his country for 30 years. A scholar, varsity athlete, glee club and musical shows performer, public relations Key man and leader at the Naval Academy, Tom continued his extraordinary career with personal contributions on behalf of his alma mater and his class. Among these, he conceived and persistently pursued his concept, Another Link in the Chain with the Class of 1950, mentoring incoming midshipman classes 50 years hence, and presenting each first classman with ensign or 2nd lieutenant bars at graduation. This became a popular traditional program for each following class since 2000. While Tom will be earnestly missed, his legacy will endure.

As Tom would say, ‘Beat ‘em all, especially Army!’”

—Chuck Mull ’50, for the class

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Founder’s Day —— Navy Women’s Volleyball vs. Army @ Army

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Join us for a tailgate in South Bend, IN, hosted by Tom Teach ’68 and the Naval Academy Alumni Association, before the Navy vs. Notre Dame game.

Special guests will include the Navy Drum and Bugle Corps, Bill the Goat, Navy cheerleaders, the Supe, members of the Brigade, alumni and friends. Go Navy! Register today. Signup at www.usna.com.

Beat Notre Dame Tailgate

Reunion Weekend: Welcome back to the Classes of 1940, 1975, 1985 and 1995!

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Go Navy! Beat Air Force!

Navy Men’s Soccer vs.

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Navy Football vs. USF —— Navy Sprint Football vs. Army @ West Point

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Don’t miss the Alumni Association Tailgates at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Fun people, fabulous food and delicious drinks!

Navy coaches will come by to say hello and share what’s in store for the year. For a tailgate experience inside the stadium through half Navy cheerleaders help a time, sign up today at young Navy fan with face www.usna.com. painting at the tailgate.

Navy Football vs.

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Parent Club Officers Conference

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Navy Women’s Volleyball vs. Air Force

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Class of 2017 Parents’ Weekend: Visit www.usna.edu for a full schedule of events.

—— Reunion Weekend: The Class of 1980 returns to Annapolis to celebrate their 35th

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Navy Football Home Opener vs. Colgate

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he start of the 2015-16 academic calendar means many events in and around Annapolis, but also around the nation with sports and chapter events. These events are only a few highlights for the coming months—for a more detailed calendar, visit www.usna.com and www.navysports.com.

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Military Bowl @ Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

68th Annual Handel’s Messiah with the Men’s and Women’s Glee Club

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Sing second. Go Navy! Beat Army!

Sign up for bus trips and the Alumni Association tailgate at www.usna.com.

USNA Alumni Association Board of Trustees Meeting —— Men’s and Women’s Swimming vs. Army

Navy Football vs. Army @ Philadelphia, PA

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Honor Our Fallen Heroes Weekend: The U.S. Naval Academy, the Naval Academy Athletic Association, and the Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation welcome the families of our fallen alumni back to Annapolis.Those attending represent our fallen alumni from World War II to the present War on Terrorism, and from the Classes of 1930 through 2010 who were killed in action or in an operational loss.

Thank you for your service, your commitment and your sacrifice.

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U.S. Naval Academy Men’s Glee Club with the Charlotte Symphony: Knight Theater at Levine Center for the Arts, Charlotte, NC. A tribute to America’s heroes with all of your favorite red, white and blue melodies.

Patriotic anthems, Broadway hits, choir classics and more. www.charlottesymphony.org.

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Ship reunions are held September and October. Updated information and dates may be found at www.usna.com/Ship-Reunions.

Note: Sports are home games unless otherwise noted. Updated information and complete schedules may be found at www.navysports.com.

Usher in the holiday season with carols at historic Ogle Hall.

Navy Football vs. SMU

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Veterans Classic: Navy hosts the second Veterans Classic featuring Florida, North Carolina,Temple and Navy basketball.

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Nomination Deadline: For the 2016 U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Award.Visit www.usna.com/dga for more information and nomination criteria.

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ADM Winnefeld poses with midshipmen from the football team during military appreciation day at Nationals Park in Washington, DC, on 27 April 2013. Photo by Army Staff Sgt. Sun L. Vega

The Family Business: The Navy dmiral James A. “Sandy”Winnefeld Jr., USN, the ninth vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology and received his commission through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps programs.

“There were times when I regretted not going to the Naval Academy,” said Admiral Winnefeld. “But I got over that pretty quickly once I realized that, when it came to having opportunities, the Navy didn’t care about my commissioning source.”

His father, Rear Admiral James A. “Jim”Winnefeld ’51, USN (Ret.), held multiple commands at sea in both aviation and surface units, including Commandant of Midshipmen at the Academy. Sandy Winnefeld described

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his teenage years as “a little bit rebellious.”

When figuring out where to go to college, he applied to the Naval Academy and received an appointment. But, he said, “I wasn’t completely sure I wanted to be in the Navy, and I didn’t want to take the slot away from a kid that wanted this more than anything else.”

So he didn’t, enrolling instead at Georgia Tech. Early in his ROTC program, he decided he wanted to be an F-14 pilot. “Sometimes dreams do come true,” he said.

He started his Navy career serving with three fighter squadrons flying the F-14 Tomcat, and as an instructor at the Navy Fighter Weapons School. His commands at sea included Fighter Squadron 211, CLEVELAND (LPD 7), ENTERPRISE (CVN 65) and Carrier

“The Naval Academy is going to take great care of your son or daughter.”

—ADM Winnefeld

Strike Group Two/THEODORE ROOSEVELT Carrier Strike Group.

He also served as commander, U.S. 6th Fleet; commander, NATO Allied Joint Command, Lisbon; and, commander, Striking and Support Forces NATO. His shore tours include service in the Joint Staff Operations Directorate (J-3), as senior aide to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and as executive assistant to the Vice Chief of Naval Operations. As a flag officer, he served ashore as director,Warfare Programs and Transformational Concepts, United States Fleet Forces Command; director of Joint Innovation and Experimentation at United States Joint Forces Command; and as the director for Strategic Plans and Policy (J-5) on the Joint Staff. He most recently served as the commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM). As the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Admiral Winnefeld is the nation’s second highest-ranking military officer.

He’s married to Mary Winnefeld who has been a strong Navy spouse. In fact, she’s been nicknamed “Aunt Mary” because of her work with wounded warriors at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He’s also the proud father of Midshipman James A. “LJ” Winnefeld ’18.

“I take great pride and joy from the fact that my son is at the Naval Academy,” he said. “And that incentivizes me to be around the place a little bit more.”

Recently he spoke at the West Point Cyber Conference in May.While there, he offered his congratulations to the midshipmen on their win at the Cyber Defense Exercise the previous month, their third since 2001.

“I’ll say in talking tonight that it was not an easy competition. And it was very, very close until the very end. It’s comforting to somebody like me to see we’ve got cyber warriors coming up from the very lowest ranks of our officer corps who know the business,” he said.

“I can tell you that my son is a plebe at the Naval Academy and he tells me that the hardest course he took his first semester at the Naval Academy was the cyber course.”

Winnefeld, a late adopter to technology himself, recognizes that digital natives, those born after 1980, have a leg up on cyber. “They’ve never experienced anything else and, in fact, they’re steeped in applications that I’ll never understand that are just natural for them,” he said.

He knew he had to keep up, though, to understand enough of the fundamentals to help others get the required work in cyber done. For that, he relied on the pillars Admiral Hyman Rickover ’22, USN (Ret.), established for the Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program.Those pillars: integrity, level of knowledge, questioning attitude, formality and forceful watch team backup, said Winnefeld, who went through the program mid-career, “are especially applicable to cyber.”

In April, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced the Department of

Defense (DoD) cyber strategy, an update to the original strategy established in 2011. Carter framed the cyber issue with three missions: to defend DoD networks, systems and information; to defend the U.S. homeland and national interests against cyberattacks of significant consequence; and to provide integrated cyber capabilities to support military operations and contingency plans.

“Cyber is what I would call the land of fading borders,” said Winnefeld.

“The borders are fading between state

MIDN Jim Winnefeld ’51 with the Color Girl and his future wife, Fredda Coupland.

The caption from the 1951 Lucky Bag: “Three cheers for the Color Girl! The Thirteenth Company has their reward, now Company Commander Winnefeld gets his from Fredda Coupland: hip-hiphooray! Then, the big moment from the rest of the Brigade: ‘Fifty-two man absent sir!’ It’s all over now.”

ADM Sandy Winnefeld has had the opportunity to review three parades, including two Color Parades. He said it was an emotional experience.

“I owe an awful lot to my mom and dad from this Naval Academy experience they had,” he said.

Image courtesy of the 1951 Lucky Bag

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The borders are fading between civil and military, and private and public.”

Winnefeld is proud of the work he’s been a part of while serving as the vice chairman of the Joint Staff, citing partnerships with private companies and organizations like Microsoft and In-Q-Tel, the Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellows Program and the Defense Innovation Unit X, an experimental unit staffed by military

and civilians to engage with industry on technology and innovation.

But understanding cyber isn’t enough.Winnefeld knows he needs to lead a young and technical staff, and the Navy needs to retain them.

“I think one of the fundamental things that a good leader does is to make sure that he or she understands the people they’re leading,” said Winnefeld.

“Of course, the older you get in a business, the bigger the distance between you and the young people who are coming into the business.”

In His Own Words

Corporate Fellowship Program From June 2013 to June 2014, I was a Department of Defense (DoD) Fellow within the Secretary of Defense’s Corporate Fellowship Program (SDCFP), completing my fellowship assignment with Microsoft Corporation. I was assigned to Microsoft’s U.S. Public Sector (USPS) business field office in Reston, VA. My program sponsor was the general manager for Microsoft’s Department of Defense sales team within the public sector business segment. However, I was also given open access to key leaders and special events within the USPS and federal sales business space, where the vice president for USPS served as the executive sponsor for the program.

As a result, I was able to observe real-time business operations, processes and leadership at the operational-executive level of the company. Furthermore, I was able to observe the shaping and development of corporate strategies into effective business solutions for DoD, federal and public sector customers—this is particularly relevant in terms of leveraging cybersecurity, knowledge/information management and collaborative systems technologies for organizations that focus primarily on governmental operations and services.

The Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellowship Program provided an incredible opportunity for the DoD to expose a cadre of officers to high-performing, leadingedge companies and to garner lessons learned, in an effort to bring back and leverage the best of new technologies and human intellect. What an incredible opportunity to gain insight into the very best of what private industry has to offer. The Secretary of Defense fellows and I were able to garner advanced professional, operational and leadership insights from global industry leaders—an opportunity that is unrivaled by most military educational experiences. My assignment as a Secretary of Defense corporate fellow proved to be a personally and professionally rewarding experience and was a mutually beneficial experience for the Microsoft corporate sponsor, particularly in an effort to advance the DoD’s transformational initiatives and enhance partnerships with corporate America.

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Winnefeld recognized that by working with millennials, his own work changed.

“I will bring the action officers in and sit around my table and we’ll have a debate. And I challenge them to challenge me,” he said. “I want them to come after me and to feel empowered to be able to grovel with me a little bit rather than be intimidated by me.”

While there have been many characterizations of the millennial generation,Winnefeld said they are perfect for the military because of their desire to serve and to collaborate.

Because his son is at the Academy, he’s had the opportunity to talk to midshipmen and young officers in Annapolis.

“I ask every one of them, would you like to trade places [with me]? And not one of them says yes, unfortunately,” said Winnefeld with a smile.

In turn, they ask him for advice.

Winnefeld tells junior officers to have humility in their leadership. “It takes a while for young people sometimes to understand that because they’re so anxious to break out and to be recognized.”

As the parent of a midshipman, Winnefeld also offered advice to parents of incoming plebes.

“The Naval Academy is going to take great care of your son or daughter,” he said. “Recognize you’re not going to have a lot of contact with your kid for a few weeks, but they’re okay. Just to hear the changes in their voice and the pride that they have for what they’re going through is just tremendously satisfying as a parent.”

Winnefeld calls the Navy a “family business.”

“Nobody can serve in the military who has a family and not appreciate the sacrifices that they make,” he said.

In addition to being a Navy family,

the Winnefelds are also a Naval Academy family.

“I am so really proud of my father, my son and my uncle who attended the Naval Academy, and my other son who wants to attend the Naval Academy,” he said.“I’m sort of surrounded right now.”

However, it’s not just the family connection that endears the Academy to Winnefeld.

“I’m a tremendous Naval Academy supporter, I really believe in the institution,” he said. “And I think if we didn’t have a Naval Academy and we just purely relied on our ROTC or OCS, I don’t think we would draw the same quality of people across the entire officer corps as we are able to do now.

So if we didn’t have it, we’d have to invent it, in my view.”

The Winnefelds. Photo courtesy of Harriet Manis Adams

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The Power of Legacy One Football Jersey, Three Midshipmen

By Paul J. Voss, Ph.D.

Luke Voss ‘16 and Ben Watson ‘13.

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ne hears the word “legacy” used in a variety of contexts and in a large number of ways.The word legacy actually has a very interesting history, both rich with meaning and subject to change. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the largest and most comprehensive dictionary in the English speaking world, the word “legacy” has a rather impressive pedigree:

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leg·a·cy n [fr. L legatus—ambassador or emissary] (15c) 1: a gift by will especially of money or other personal property: BEQUEST 2: something transmitted by or received from an ancestor or predecessor or from the past 3: adj (1990): of, relating to, or being a previous or outdated system

When used as a noun, legacy may be one of the most beautiful words in the English language, for it signifies something of value—something prized and valued for its own right—and handed down to the next generation.

Since at least 1990, legacy has also developed into an adjective used to modify a noun. In this case, the word becomes derogatory, an insult and an open invitation to ignore or dismiss.

As an adjective, legacy loses all value and, ironically, means almost the exact opposite of its primary signification.

Companies, families, civic groups, the military and nearly every conceivable group or organization must guard against the possible inertia of legacy: One does not want to move from a noun to an adjective—from a brand name to a generic. If that happens, all value disappears, all brand equity evaporates and all vitality dies.

This is a story about the power of legacy and how one developed at one small high school—beginning with a simple football jersey as the catalyst for sustained excellence and a powerful legacy.

As a senior at Holy Spirit Preparatory School (HSPS) in Atlanta, GA, Ben Watson was a blur on the football field. At 5 foot 10 inches tall weighing 165 pounds,Watson was not the most physically imposing player on the team, but he played with reckless abandon, full of enthusiasm and spirit— both as a slashing running back and punishing safety.Watson’s style of play set the tone for the HSPS Cougars, and his dedication and leadership made a tremendous impact on his teammates.

Watson wore the #4 jersey with “C Pride” (Cougar Pride) and was among the most visible players on the field,

always around the ball and very near the center of action on each play.

Luke Voss was a freshman on that 2009 team; he started at cornerback and modeled his game after Watson.

According to Voss, “Ben set a standard of excellence each and every day in practice and during games. Everyone admired Ben for his toughness and spirit.” Watson also excelled in the classroom (“the rigorous academics at HSPS clearly prepared me for the challenges of the USNA”) and applied to the Naval Academy. He was accepted in February of his senior year.

At that time,Voss knew next to nothing about the Naval Academy or any service academy, for that matter.

He listened as Watson explained the comprehensive application process and the challenges of plebe summer, the robust academics and the intense physical requirements.Voss became more and more intrigued with the idea and quietly set a new goal. But he said nothing to his friends or family—as that decision was still many months into the future.

As a sophomore,Voss asked for and received the #4 jersey as a tribute to Watson. Like Watson,Voss (5 foot 9 inches and 155 pounds) lacked impressive size but played with unquestioned passion and unmitigated joy. Voss, a co-captain, played a wide variety of positions, including cornerback, linebacker, split end and tailback. As a four-year starter, Voss twice won the coveted Cougar Award given to the player most dedicated to the ideals of teamwork and excellence.

During his senior year, HSPS won the state championship in football. An excellent student,Voss applied to a number of superb colleges, but he accepted an appointment to the Naval Academy in December 2011.

Kyle Winkler was a freshman on that 2011 state championship team. In fact, when an injury sidelined Voss for a few games mid-season, Winkler took his place in the lineup. Winkler remembers being a nervous freshman, but he also recalls with fondness the words of support and encouragement offered by Voss: “Luke was certainly the guy I most respected—the type of player I wanted to become. Luke always gave 100 percent effort and he was the heart and soul of the team.” When Winkler returned for his sophomore year, he asked for and received the #4 jersey. He realized that he had a legacy to continue.Winkler wore the #4 jersey for the rest of his athletic career at HSPS. Second Lieutenant Midshipman Watson ’13, USMC, majored in economics at the USNA. He was a member of the Two Percent club— he and his high-school sweetheart Domi were married in 2014.Watson is

Kyle Winkler in his #4 jersey during senior year at Holy Spirit Preparatory School. Photo courtesy of the Voss family

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—Midshipman Winkler

stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC, and serves as a military police officer.

Midshipman Luke Voss ’16 is a senior history major and, like Watson, will likely join the Marines (he is torn between aviation and infantry) upon graduation.

His recent experience at Leatherneck convinced him to join the Marines.

Midshipman Kyle Winkler ’19 has just completed Plebe Summer. His father Captain James Winkler ’85, USN (Ret.), has offered him much insight,

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but they both know that such advice has limitations: One must experience Plebe Summer.

Midshipman Winkler has not yet decided who might want or deserve jersey #4. According to him, “you don’t get the jersey handed to you.You have to want it.You have to earn it.”

HSPS is a small independent Catholic school with about 50 to 60 students per graduating class. In addition

to Watson,Voss and Winkler, two other recent graduates also attended the Naval Academy: Ensign Erica Leinmiller ’13, USN, and Midshipman Hannah Meadows ’17.

Nine years: one small school, one sport, one jersey, one number.Three midshipmen. It’s quite a legacy.

Paul J.Voss, Ph.D., is president of Ethikos, an associate professor at Georgia State University and the proud parent of Midshipman Luke Voss ’16.

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Crossed Swords

By Lieutenant G. Graham Van Hook ’08, USN

ANXIOUSLY WAITING FOR A REPLY, I REFRESHED MY SCREEN. THEN, MY INBOX SUDDENLY DINGED. SEVERAL HOURS EARLIER I HAD TYPED,“NAVY DAN, DOYOU HAVE ANY ITEMS FROM REAR ADMIRALVAN HOOK?” WITH A DOUBLE CLICK I HAD MY ANSWER—MY EYES SCANNEDTHEWORDS,“WHY YES I DO,WHAT’S UP?” ive years earlier, during a humid day in Washington, DC, my family and I sat comfortably in an air-conditioned auditorium below the statue of the Lone Sailor. It was my father’s retirement. He had just finished a full and vibrant naval career. Behind the podium, the Chief of Naval Operations was paying tribute to

F CAPT Gordan Van Hook, USN (Ret.), presents his son ENS Hunter Van Hook, USN, his great-grandfather’s missing sword

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him; sitting next to my brother I stared at my father, trying to visualize him in my place as an ensign. In a matter of hours, I would be leaving on my first deployment.

My midshipman cover had kissed the blue sky of Annapolis only nine weeks before, and my father and I would only overlap on active duty for a brief

moment. Acting as a bridge, my father presented me with the sword of our forefathers—or so we thought.

The patriarch of my family’s naval heritage is Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans, USN (Ret.), of the Class of 1864; his storied career and Great White Fleet fame inspired his cousin, my great-grandfather Clifford, to join the naval service. Clifford was so enthralled with him that he took his name at the “Naval School.” In 1909, Clifford Evans Van Hook graduated from the United States Naval Academy. As a newly minted ensign he had his picture taken, with gold epaulets and his white-gloved hand clinched around his new officer’s sword, proudly looking into the camera. Nearly 100 years later, my father rose in front of a full auditorium to give me what we thought was that very same sword.This sword had lived through major naval and American history moments. My great-grandfather landed on the beach in Veracruz, Mexico, served on convoy duty in World War I and ended his naval career after serving as deputy to Vice Admiral Thomas Kinkaid, USN, of the Class of 1908, in the Seventh Fleet in the Pacific theater. My grandfather, Commander Gordan Van Hook ’51, USN (Ret.), received the sword upon his graduation, and it followed him to the Yellow Sea to close out the Korean War and a tour in Vietnam. My father would be the next Van Hook to carry the sword through the Cold War, the Iran/Iraq tanker wars and mining of the SAMUEL B. ROBERTS in 1988 to operating and overseeing the opening volleys of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan only days after the towers fell in New York City, to the closing of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Under my ensign shoulder boards, the sword was now in my palms.

Several years later, as a lieutenant on shore duty, I was deep into my own battle. My brother Hunter was attempting to follow in the family’s naval tradition, and I was working hard to help him with Officer Candidate School (OCS).While on the phone, I searched my great-grandfather’s name online. I was trying to investigate and help my brother with some family heritage for an OCS application essay and also to help clarify an e-mail I had received earlier. A story had emerged from my grandfather that the sword that I carried was, in fact, not Rear Admiral Clifford Van Hook’s sword. One of my cousins had recently informed our side of the family that he had found a strange entry on an online military forum while doing some genealogy work. I ventured into the wilderness of the Internet armed with my sword, and I landed on a forum where I found an individual who claimed to have had possession of Rear Admiral Van Hook’s sword. So, I wrote to one “Navy Dan” an inquiring message.

Once I received the confirmation from “Navy Dan” that he did, in fact, have several items of my great-grandfather’s including a sword, I revealed who I was. I then asked to see a picture of the blade to confirm that it was my great-grandfather’s sword. Upon opening the e-mail attachment, I was floored by seeing the name “C.E.Van Hook” clearly etched into the side of the blade. Full of questions, I began to ask myself how this could have happened.

Were there two swords? Who’s sword had I been carrying?

“Navy Dan” was an avid collector of material from naval flag officers. He told me that he picked up a grouping of material several years ago from Commander R. L.Wilson, who was my great-grandfather’s aide in Panama and the Pacific. He said he then picked up another grouping from Vice Admiral Kinkaid’s yeoman that had several photos of Rear Admiral Van Hook and Vice Admiral Kinkaid. He explained that the sword was the only personal item he had, and that it was picked up several years ago in a bidding war on eBay. “Navy Dan” and I then worked together to get the sword back to the Van Hook family.

Several weeks later I received a FedEx package from Florida, with “C.E.Van Hook” clearly printed on the blade it was confirmed that this was my great-grandfather’s sword. However, many questions remained.

Over the next year, I investigated my sword’s origin and interviewed several family members.The sword that I was gifted, was in fact, my great-grandfather’s sword; however, it was not the original—it was a gift from the mid-1930s. It was explained that Clifford possibly lost his original sword in a move in the early

Seventh Fleet Staff, November 1943. RADM Clifford E. Van Hook ’09, USN, deputy commander, is seated on the left. Photo courtesy of the Naval History and Heritage Command

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“Ike” Dortch eventually had a Fletcher Class Destroyer carry his namesake, DORTCH (DD-670).The ship and Clifford both carried part of Dortch as they entered together into the Pacific campaign of World War II. The timing of finding and acquiring the original sword belonging to Clifford could not have been better. My brother, Hunter, then at Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI, had decided to put on the black shoes, as the Van Hooks before him, and commission as a surface warfare officer. My father earned his commission out of OCS as well in 1979. My brother and father bonded over their shared experience, and found that little had changed over 34 years.This newly discovered sword would be the perfect physical representation of our link and serve as a perfect commissioning gift.

Since I had first talked to “Navy Dan,” I had kept the sword discovery and acquisition a secret from my brother. Hunter only knew of the one sword in the family, and was fully expecting to shell out some savings to purchase his own sword upon commissioning. I could not have been prouder, and we as a family were excited to give him an artifact of our family heritage unique to him. My family and I celebrated his commissioning with a dinner. At the end of the dinner, my father presented another sword to another son. My grandfather and I looked up at Hunter and listened to my father tell the story that I share with you now.Three generations watched Hunter now hold the same sword that my great-grandfather held on his own commissioning.

It had been almost 75 years since a Van Hook carried the sword, and as my brother unsheathed it, he just looked up and smiled wide, saying “pretty cool.”All he needed were the gold epaulets.

LT G. Graham Van Hook ’08, USN, is serving as a NROTC instructor and completing his MBA at Northwestern University. His brother, ENS Hunter Van Hook, USN, is currently serving forward deployed as the gunnery officer onboard FITZGERALD (DDG-62) inYokosuka, Japan.

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A Salute to Our Oldest Alumni BGen Frederick R. Payne Jr. ’34, USMC (Ret.) 104 years old, 31 July 1911

CAPT Nathaniel W. James III ’39, USN (Ret.) 99 years old, 2 March 1916

CAPT Charles R. Calhoun ’38, USN (Ret.) 101 years old, 9 October 1913

CAPT George F. Sharp ’39, USN (Ret.) 99 years old, 4 March 1916

CAPT John S. Slaughter ’37, USN (Ret.) 101 years old, 19 January 1914

CAPT Norman J. Kleiss ’38, USN (Ret.) 99 years old, 7 March 1916

CAPT Frank W.Taylor ’37, USN (Ret.) 101 years old, 29 January 1914

LCDR Calvin S. George Jr. ’39, USN (Ret.) 99 years old, 12 March 1916

RADM Edgar Keats ’35, USN (Ret.) 100 years old, 30 January 1915

CAPT Frank H. Rile Jr. ’38, USN (Ret.) 99 years old, 6 May 1916

Col Alfred L. Booth ’38, USMC (Ret.) 100 years old, 27 March 1915

CDR Edward P. Dietrich ’40, USNR (Ret.) 99 years old, 14 May 1916

CAPT John Burkhardt Jr. ’38, SC, USN (Ret.) 100 years old, 1 June 1915

CDR Karl H. Stefan ’40, USN (Ret.) 99 years old, 28 July 1916

CAPT John F. Miller Jr. ’39, USN (Ret.) 99 years old, 19 September 1915 CDR Herbert Kriloff ’39, USN (Ret.) 99 years old, 4 October 1915

Shipmate is sad to report the loss of three of our oldest alumni since the publication of the 2014 Salute.

CDR Stanley E. Hindman ’39, USN (Ret.) 99 years old, 2 December 1915

RADM Robert B. Fulton ’32, USN (Ret.) 104 years old, 22 December 1910—18 February 2015 Last Call, May-June 2015

CDR Harvey L. Lasell ’39, USN (Ret.) 99 years old, 23 December 1915 CAPT Edward S. Arentzen ’37, USN (Ret.) 99 years old, 7 January 1916 CAPT John B. Guerry Jr. ’39, USN (Ret.) 99 years old, 10 January 1916

VADM David C. Richardson ’36, USN (Ret.) 101 years old, 8 April 1914—13 June 2015 Last Call, Membership & Services, Fall 2015 CAPT Paul C. Lovelace ’38, USN (Ret.) 99 years old, 18 June 2015—27 May 2015 Last Call, September-October 2015

List as of 6 August 2015.This list is based upon date of birth and valid address, as well as responses to recent inquiries by the Shipmate staff.

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Area 501 Blue and Gold Officers Cover the World

By Commander Tim Fox ‘97, USNR

THE NAVAL ACADEMY BLUE AND GOLD OFFICERS (BGOS) GO TO GREAT LENGTHS TO LOCATE AND IDENTIFY THE BESTYOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING THEIR COUNTRY.

BGOS DEDICATE COUNTLESS HOURS TOVISITING SCHOOLS AND EDUCATING GUIDANCE COUNSELORS ON THE MERITS OF THE

NAVAL ACADEMY, BUT MOST OF ALL, BGOS SEARCH FOR, FIND AND ENGAGE WITH THE BEST AND BRIGHTESTYOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. owhere is the challenge more difficult or the dedication greater than amongst the team of volunteers who make up Blue and Gold Area 501.

Area 501 covers all U.S. citizens applying to the Naval Academy from overseas (outside the U.S., Puerto Rico, Guam,

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Virgin Islands, American Samoa and Wake Island).This area is unique to all of the BGO Areas because its 42 BGOs cover 24 time zones, encompassing candidates who reside in more than 100 countries and most importantly tapping into one of the most interesting

talent bases for the Academy—young Americans who are living globalization first hand.

While there is no official data, in 1999 the U.S. Department of State estimated that approximately six million Americans (not including military personnel and dependents) live full-time overseas, which is roughly the same number of people that live in Maryland,Tennessee or Missouri.1 The largest civilian U.S. populations are in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Japan and China. In addition there are more than 470,000 active duty military and their dependents living abroad.To put it in perspective, this is 1.5 times larger than the equivalent military community in California.The overseas military community is obviously concentrated in Europe (180,555) and Eastern Asia (162,349), which is larger than the military communities in Georgia and Florida, respectively.2 It is clear that there is a huge pool of American citizens abroad to reach, but this demographic also brings a set of experiences and perspectives to the Brigade and to the Navy and Marine Corps that may not be developed domestically.

The nature of naval power dictates that officers must operate in a variety of international locations in a wide range of operations, spanning diplomatic port visits, engagement and training missions and combat alongside allies and coalitions. It’s an unfortunate truth that, all too often, the first time some of our young officers go abroad, it is also their first time outside of the U.S. As part of Naval Academy Strategic Plan 2020, the Academy committed to training midshipmen to lead with integrity in a dynamic world. Much of this effort is focused on international programs for midshipmen to ensure that a majority receive overseas experience that will broaden their view of the world.The global pool of talent, which is covered by Area 501 BGOs, have grown up with these experienced perspectives.

These candidates have lived in foreign environments, taken classes with international student populations and, in some cases, taught in a language other than English.The best overseas candidates have the top academic, athletic and leadership credentials seen stateside, but also a mature perspective on the mind sets and thinking patterns of the prospective allies and adversaries that will define our future operating environments.They also understand the history, religion and deep-rooted cultures that can give rise to partnerships and tensions among nations.

There are a variety of challenges that the BGOs in Area 501 face in the pursuit of finding these candidates. One of the obstacles is that the pool of potential candidates is spread over thousands of miles, and thus prospecting is a significant

challenge.This is somewhat assuaged by the concentration of Americans at Department of Defense schools at major bases and a few well known American and international schools in major urban centers such as Tokyo, London, Munich, Singapore and Paris. However there are many prospective candidates at schools (and home schooled) overseas that fall outside these two areas.

Blue and Gold Program

By Commander William D. Squires ’75, USNR (Ret.) Established more than 40 years ago, the Blue and Gold Officer (BGO) program continues to be a critical component of the USNA Admissions Office.

During the 2014-15 admissions cycle, there were more than 16,000 students who completed the preliminary application for the Naval Academy Class of 2019. The approximately 2,100 Blue and Gold Officers assigned to these students assist potential candidates with the application process and answer their questions about the Naval Academy and service. They also educated students, parents, educators and other community leaders about the merits and opportunities in attending the Academy. Many of the Blue and Gold Officers are alumni, but there are also parents, Reservists and others who have an affinity for the Naval Academy, the Navy and Marine Corps who participate in the Blue and Gold program.

Educating, counseling and working with candidates who want to attend the Academy is very rewarding.

There are many fine young people in this country, and as a Blue and Gold Officer you are able to meet them and, in many cases, make a difference in their lives.

The Naval Academy Admissions Office is looking for passionate individuals who are willing to volunteer their time and services in finding and working with the future leaders of this great country.

Commander Squires is the chairman of the area coordinator steering committee for the USNA Admissions Blue and Gold program.

If you are interested in learning more about the Blue and Gold program or would like to become a Blue and Gold Officer, please visit www.usna.edu/ Admissions/BGO, and contact your area coordinator.

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FEATURE Area 501 relies upon its BGOs, some of whom have been living and working overseas for decades themselves, to find and work with these candidates.This embedded presence in the overseas expat communities makes raising awareness of the Naval Academy and identifying qualified candidates much easier.

Awareness is one of the core missions and challenges that overseas BGOs focus on, because American citizens (other than the military communities) overseas often are not aware of the opportunities offered by the service academies.This lack of awareness is mainly due to three factors that are unique to the overseas environment.

The first is that many Americans overseas have no contact with service academy graduates, or even U.S. military officers, and have little to no understanding about the Naval Academy.

Second, high school students overseas who attend international schools often have false perceptions about the service academies because very few of their resident countries have service academies that are also four-year colleges. Finally, prospective candidates have almost no exposure to the marketing of the Naval Academy. For example, living 12 time zones away in Singapore makes it difficult to view high visibility national events like the Army-Navy football game. BGOs in Area 501 are able to make a difference in their communities because they address all three of these factors through their efforts.There are many examples of this in action. For example, the largest American school in a major European country had not had an applicant to the Naval Academy in more than five years until the school was visited by a new BGO.That year produced one applicant who received an offer of appointment from the Naval Academy, and subsequently the school has had one or two competitive candidates each year.

For all the great stories of success, there are still large communities of Americans overseas who remain unaware of the opportunity at the Naval Academy.The turnover amongst the BGOs in Area 501 is constant and at a much higher rate than in the areas in the states. For that reason, Area 501 is always looking for and in need of new BGOs (transferring from another area or new to the program) in major military concentration areas (Japan, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Korea, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands). Presently, Area 501 specifically has an urgent need for new BGOs in Sasebo, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; Mainland China; Sydney or East Coast, Australia; northern Germany as well as Ramstein, Zweibrucken,

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Weisbaden and Bitburg, Germany; Northern Italy; Sicily, Italy; Paris, France; Madrid, Spain; South America, especially Brazil and Mexico; Ireland; and Canada.

Many naval officers joined the Navy to see the world and are better global citizens for having served, deployed and lived abroad.

Without BGO involvement around the globe, the Academy misses out on students who can provide distinctive global insights while also meeting the same high academic, athletic and leadership standards as all midshipmen.

Commander Tim Fox ’97, USN, is the Blue and Gold area coordinator for Area 501, U.S. citizens overseas.

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Military OneSource Demographics Report 2012. Retrieved 27 December 2014. www.military onesource.mil/12038/MOS/Reports/2012_Demographics_Report.pdf.

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Deliberate Leadership Development

By Scott Spiker ’77

COL Douds teaches the lessons of the Soldiers National Cemetery. Photo courtesy of Spiker

ow does a midshipman, or anyone for that matter, learn how to be a great leader? This question might be the essence of why the U.S. Naval Academy exists at all. Certainly it has been a fundamental contemplation for me during my career in military service and beyond. If you were a midshipman like I was in the mid-1970s, it was a question never explicitly answered for you. Sure, there were leadership examples plentifully evident from those classes above you, running the gamut from deplorable to exemplary.

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Today, that accidental path to discovering the essence of leadership has become a highly focused and systematic field of study for current midshipmen, organized under the Division of Leadership Education and Development. In addition to a number of courses and programs, the department also hosts the Class of ’77 Gettysburg Leadership Encounter (Experience). I had an opportunity to observe the program in June, and was impressed by the practical application of leadership development.

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FEATURE It started with an invitation from Commander Art Gibb ’90, USN, the permanent military professor who chairs the Leader Development and Research Department.

This weekend program was originally designed as a leadership curriculum for team captains, supported by the Naval Academy Athletic Association (NAAA) through a grant from the Patriot League.The second iteration was extended to build a leadership bridge between the Brigade stripers and the varsity team captains. After four years, the Encounter has become robust in both design and execution, and for the first time included the presidents of the musical extracurricular activities as well. It occurs on the weekend between the first and second set of first class summer, and it is mandatory. Participants assembled at Luce Planetarium at 1800 on Friday night, where they were issued curriculum materials and t-shirts. Saturday at 0645 they embarked on buses for Gettysburg, along with many of the faculty and facilitators. During the trip they watched the movie “Gettysburg,” based upon the Pulitzer

Leadership Encounter participants observe the Soldiers National Monument.

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Prize winning book The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, which was required reading. Two hours later they disembarked in Gettysburg and were welcomed at the North Carolina Monument by Commander Gibb.

Having arrived in Gettysburg the previous night, I took the opportunity for early morning reconnoitering of the grounds at Gettysburg College, the host facility for the Encounter. Like the Yard, the college is full of monuments and historical markers, each more worthy of inspection than the previous. I arrived at the classrooms in the Science Building an hour ahead of the midshipmen, where I had the opportunity to meet an advance party of company officers and faculty members.The Encounter faculty comprise four groups: subject matter expert professors, department staff and support officers, USNA faculty and coaches and a few living legends.The faculty were there as volunteer facilitators, giving up a personal weekend to ensure the participants received the full dose of leadership curriculum.The costs of the weekend, underwritten in part by NAAA and the remainder supported by an endowment from the Class of ’77 in celebration of the upcoming 40th reunion, consist of classroom materials, t-shirts, meals and renting the barrack-like accommodations and classrooms. However much this weekend costs, the quality of the faculty and staff for this entire endeavor is remarkable, and their volunteered contribution is what makes it so valuable.

The delivery of the curriculum itself was broken into three parts: the theme-based leadership sections taught in the classroom, the applied lessons learned on the battlefields of Gettysburg, and thoughtfully designed interaction with senior military leaders. Each part has individual merit, but woven together, the components build an experiential net that will stick with these midshipman leaders for the rest of their lives.

The first element of leadership training focused upon loyalty, teaching the difference between horizontal (peers, family, teammates) and vertical (service, chain of command, Constitution) loyalty. Although not mutually exclusive, these ideals may present the opportunity for conflict.The midshipmen also learned that an ethical dilemma is the true test between two or more rights. A test of integrity is the test between what is right and what is not.These topics came into vivid focus for the participants—peppered with presentations, small group discussion and role play. Lieutenant General John Sattler ’71, USMC (Ret.), the Distinguished Chair of Leadership, Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership; and Rear Admiral

Chris Weaver ’71, USN (Ret.), brought this classroom phase to a close through executive insight illustrating practical application of the principles discussed. One relevant example was “who sets the standard for success” as leaders; contrasting the difference between the attitudes of “the Joes” (read uncool) versus “the Bros” (read cool) in the Brigade.

The entire group then bused the short ride to the battlefield, unloading at the Virginia Monument in the stifling afternoon heat.The day, similar in temperature and season to the battle itself 152 years prior, illustrated the physical dimension of battle in a way lectures could never do justice.

Two groups, one led by retired USMC lieutenant colonel, Dr. Joseph J. Thomas, Class of ’61 Professor of Leadership Education, and the other led by Admiral Weaver, separately walked the grounds of Pickett’s Charge, visually demonstrating the importance of high ground and the consequences of both applied and failed loyalty from the perspective of both armies.

Returning to campus housing late that afternoon, the participants cleaned up for dinner.The newly assigned Commandant of Midshipmen, Colonel Stephen Liszewski ’90, USMC, was the featured speaker. His talk melded perfectly with the weekend’s lessons, tying the Academy’s mission to his leadership agenda for the Brigade.

Following dinner, all parties adjourned to the Attic Bar for refreshments and informal conversation with the facilitators.

A ruckus broke out between some of the participants.

Sure enough, it had been carefully coordinated to illustrate a real life scenario where the themes for the weekend needed to be deployed. This exercise had a name too: Midnight Teachable Moments, or MTM.Who knew leadership lessons could be taught over beer and billiards?

Sunday morning started in PT gear in a 0530 formation in front of the billeting area. Running in formation for three miles, the entire group traversed the battlefield through an

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FEATURE early morning mist to arrive at Little Round Top. Colonel Douglas Douds, USMC, a faculty member at the U.S. Army War College and noted Gettysburg historian, briefed the morning battle for high ground.Walking the grounds at early light, he brought the heroic actions of the Minnesota and Maine regiments to life. He portrayed the circumstances which brought Colonel Joshua Chamberlin, of the 20th Maine Infantry, under orders to hold the left flank at all costs, to command his surrounded troops to “fix bayonets and charge” against the superior 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment.What a vivid lesson about the courage displayed to be accountable for the battle’s outcome, and the personal cost to both sides that fateful morning.

Back in the classroom by 0845 the participants turned their attention to the topic of standards. Adopting the codex that “standards are the behavior you will allow in your presence,” they broke into small groups to discuss the consequences of letting standards lapse. How do you set the example and cause others to understand the vision you set for your team as a leader? Team captains visualized their teams; stripers visualized their units. Each group operationalized what standards would be non-negotiable in terms of expectations, boundaries, cohesion and success. Executive insight was provided to the team captains by General Sattler and wrestling Coach Joel Sharratt, and for the commanders by Admiral Weaver and Commander Gibb.

Athletic Director Chet Gladchuk and pizzas arrived for lunch. Gladchuk’s comments elucidated perseverance, confidence, vision, courage, inspiration and the expectation to win. It was great stuff to hear from someone in his position, and thoroughly consistent with the messages taught in the curriculum. Following his comments, the participants were back in the classroom to explore the last theme for the weekend, action.

Again, the effective combination of lecture, personal inventory and large group debrief brought action into clear view. As behavior is stronger evidence of leadership than verbalization, action becomes the mechanism to empower loyalty and standards.The participants were challenged to develop a personal philosophy to highlight the intended values and culture for their units, and then to turn it into a mantra.

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commands, and ultimately the mission of the Academy itself.

He challenged the leaders to develop a dashboard of critical metrics to assess how their units are adhering to standards.

He finished by suggesting that through deliberate mining of the biographies of great leaders, one can understand the principles of character directly—and that as a leader, you are never alone. At 1700 the classroom emptied and the midshipmen were back on the bus, headed a short distance to the Soldier National Cemetery at Gettysburg, where again they were greeted by Colonel Douds. As he crisply led us across the grounds of this inspiring field, hard pressed between the battlegrounds and community cemetery, it was easy to understand the horrific consequences of this great battle.

They Gettysburg battle took a terrible toll, with 48,000 casualties, including 7,863 killed.The cemetery was designed to enshrine the fallen victors with equality, and it was apparent that “to the victors is left the task of writing history.” He stopped frequently to call out the graves of certain heroes, describing their contributions and the tragedy which brought their untimely demise. He vividly described the national agenda which followed this pivotal battle, both military and political, and underscored the healing process that mended the fabric of our great nation.

Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address occurred some four and a half months following the battle, and through it he initiated that healing process. Even though he was only a secondary speaker that day, Lincoln’s two-minute speech became the mortar for the eventual reunification of the States.

In the closing ceremony the midshipmen were presented challenge coins and got back on the bus, ready to start the second set of first class summer, and better prepared to lead consciously through whatever lies ahead than when they arrived.

I am so pleased that the Class of ’77 gift can perpetuate this Gettysburg Leadership Encounter, giving our midshipman leaders the integrative combination of insight and application that will serve them for the rest of their lives. I am also thankful for the Leadership Education and Development Division, which deliberately provides to all midshipmen the leadership lessons on which their careers will be built. How much better the sea services will be because of this experience and their teaching.

Scott Spiker ’77 is the CEO of First Command Financial Services.

He challenges his classmates to make the Class of ’77 Gettysburg Leadership Encounter a permanent priority for class fundraising.

BRAVOZULU

Vice Admiral Kurt Tidd ’78, USN

1960s ’63: RADM Larry Marsh, USN (Ret.), has been awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for his Navy career and post Navy work as president and CEO of the Olmsted Foundation.

’99: Maj Nicole Mann, USMC, has been selected as one of eight new astronauts ready to advance scientific research aboard the International Space Station.

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’64: CAPT Francis Feltham, USN (Ret.),

’05: LT Doug Robb, USN, has been

is one of the 10 Vietnam Veterans who were “pinned” at the Congressional Commemoration in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.

recognized as the U.S. Navy League’s recipient of the 2015 Stephen Decatur Award for Operational Competence.

’06: LT Joseph Smutz, USN, has received the

’67: MajGen Thomas Wilkerson, USMC (Ret.), has been named president and

2015 Vice Admiral Robert F. Batchelder Award for outstanding individual achievement.

CEO of the National Association for the Uniformed Services.

’08: LT Lauryn Dempsey, USN, has been

1970s ’78: VADM David Buss, USN, has been selected as vice president and deputy to the president of Cubic Global Defense.

named the “Junior Public Affairs Officer of the Year” across the entire United States Navy.

Do you know someone who deserves a Bravo Zulu? Send to Communications Division at comms@usna.com

Vice Admiral Kurt Tidd ’78, USN, received the “Old Salt” designation at a ceremony on 22 June at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. The designation honors the surface warfare VADM Tidd ’78, USN, officer serving on accepts the "Old Salt" award. Photo by Mass active duty with the earliest Communication surface warfare Specialist 2nd Class Tyrell K. Morris qualification.

Admiral Sam Locklear III ’77, USN (Ret.), who has been the “Old Salt” since May 2014, passed the designation to Tidd before retiring on 30 June. Tidd is currently the assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

’79: Ralph Quarles has joined Wells Fargo as an internal senior risk management consultant conducting physical, technical and cybersecurity assessments. Dr. Jonathan Brazee has published his 17th book, Captain. He has also been accepted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

1980s ’81: RADM Gerard Hueber, USN, has been appointed vice president, business development, Naval Area and Mission Defense, Raytheon Missile Systems.

’82: RADM Richard Breckenridge, USN, has been appointed to the rank of vice admiral and assigned as deputy commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Norfolk,VA.

’83: RADM Robert Girrier, USN, has been appointed to oversee the newly created N99 office.

’87: CAPT Sunita Williams, USN, has been selected as one of NASA’s first commercial crew astronauts. Rick Stollmeyer, co-founder and CEO of Mindbody, Inc. has successfully led the company through an initial public offering on NASDAQ.

1990s ’90: CAPT Fred Kacher, USN, has been recognized as the 2015 recipient of the John Paul Jones Award for inspirational leadership.

’93: CAPT Chris Cassidy, USN, has been named by NASA as the new chief of the astronaut office.

’95: James Mill has been promoted to executive vice president and chief information officer of S&T Bank.

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• The Thursday, 22 October 2015 event is a Scramble format open to USNA Alumni. A spouse or family member can be paired with an USNA alumni. We will have the Mixed Foursome category again (must consist of two men and two women). No handicaps needed.

Shotgun starts at 9 a.m. Limit is 112 players.

• The Championship Round on Friday, 23 October 2015 will be open only to USNA Alumni. Those with established USGA handicaps will be in the Championship division and those without an established USGA handicap will be in the Calloway division (new division). The format is individual stroke play; a seniors flight will be included. Limit is 112 players.

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Naval Academy Golf Club members need not submit cards, but please note handicap below.

Optional—Senior Flight for players who are at least 70 years old. Seniors who elect to compete in the Seniors Flight, play from the Gold tees. You will still be paired with the foursome of your choosing.

Reservations will be accepted in the order in which paid applications are received.

Raffle prizes and awards presented at The Club at Greenbury Point.

Raffle tickets available to purchase both days before and after playing.

Mulligans are available to purchase on Thursday only. (No String available.)

PLEASE NOTE Your $130 fee, due by 15 October, includes: a cart (all players must ride), 18 holes of golf, driving range, free practice balls, giveaway, lunch and a donation to the Navy Golf Team.

DEADLINE: 15 October (all reservations received after this date are $140).

Entry fees are non-refundable (includes inclement weather). Fee will be used to help defray tournament expenses with the remainder going to the Navy Golf Team.

Register online at www.usna.com/golf or complete form below.

USNA ALUMNI HOMECOMING GOLF 2015 NAME:__________________________________________________________________USNA CLASS:_________DATE:_________________ ADDRESS:___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ DAYTIME PHONE:____________________________________________EMAIL:_________________________________________________ Please check as applicable: Scramble on Thursday, 22 October. p Enter me in theSOLD OUT p Enter me in the Championship on Friday, 23 October. p Enter me in the Calloway on Friday, 23 October. p Enter me in the Seniors Flight on Friday, 23 October. (Must be 70 years or older) p I cannot play, but am enclosing a donation in the amount of $__________ in support of Navy Golf.

p I am a current member of the USNA Golf Club. p Name of Home Course__________________________________. p A photocopy of USGA card must be enclosed or faxed to 410-295-4001 by 15 October 2015. (If a member of USNA Golf Club, copy of handicap is not needed.)

If you do not have a foursome, the golf chair and USNA golf coach will assign; or partner requests below.

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Football season is here and it is going to be jam-packed this year! Our tailgates have the most delicious food and drinks, and the best Navy spirit!

We are open to all Navy fans, and the party starts two hours before kickoff and continues through the end of halftime! Note that starting times vary as kickoff time for each game may differ. Please see our website for full details: usna.com/tailgates.

Home Football Tailgates THROUGH HALFTIME! 19 Sept.– East Carolina 3 Oct. – Air Force 24 Oct. – Tulane –

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Buffet is open until kickoff and snacks are served until the end of halftime.

Beer, wine and soda are available throughout the tailgate. See menus online at www.usna.com/tailgates.

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Prices: Members: $35, Member Children (ages 5-20): $25, Non-Members: $40, Non-Member Children (ages 5-20): $30.

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Mail form to: USNA Alumni Association, Home Football Tailgates, P.O. Box 79073, Baltimore, MD 21279-0073. * Must be postmarked one week prior to the event.

REGISTER ONLINE AT WWW.USNA.COM/TAILGATES Please note that if you don’t already have a password to our Online Community, there is a 24-hour delay in obtaining one.

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Celebration of the Eightieth.

The Class of 1935, as its name indicates, graduated from the Academy in 1935.

In June of 2015 the accumulation of years enabled the Class to attain the eightieth anniversary of its graduation. Eighty years, as everyone could agree, is a long time.

The Class therefore decided that it would be fitting to celebrate the occurrence with a party. The location of the event, one of three suggested, was picked as Washington to be not far from the site of the Academy and many of the key members of the Alumni Association. The world renowned Cosmos Club whose membership includes the Class President was chosen as appropriate.

The date and time of 18 June at midday was selected by the Superintendent to accommodate his schedule.

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Each attendee at the Celebration received this souvenir cup. The obverse depicted the Class Crest

Twenty-three of us, civilian guests from Baltimore and senior members of the Alumni Association staff, made new and renewed old friendships in a wine reception in the Club’s room named for Dolley Madison. A luncheon was served at single long table in the adjoining Gold Room.

At the end of the meal both the Superintendent,Vice Admiral Ted Carter, and the President of the Alumni Association, Byron Marchant, emphasized the significance of eighty years of carrying out the traditions of the Naval Academy and the Navy.

The Superintendent reviewed the achievements of the Class. He spoke specifically of the three who were awarded the Medal of Honor: Gene Fluckey whose submarine sank enemy ships close to their homeland; JoJo Powers, a Bombing Squadron pilot attached to the carrier YORKTOWN, who dived so low that he could not recover but insured that his bomb would make a direct hit on an enemy carrier; and Milton Ricketts, Damage Control Officer, whose final action cost his life while saving the YORKTOWN. He also mentioned well known submarine

captains, specifically Slade Cutter whose field goal won the 1934 Army football game and who as a submarine commander sank many ships.

The President of the Alumni Association described the improvements to the Naval Academy physical plant by erecting new buildings and the opportunities provided to Midshipmen for partaking in the world of the Twenty First Century such as world travel and living in foreign countries with local families.

These circumstances enable the Academy to continue to be a leading school in the United States not only in technical education but also, surprising to many, in cultural understanding and political science.

All of the attendees were far younger than other members of ’35 would have been had they been able to be present.

The closest in age that were present were two long time civilian friends of the Class President who are not graduates and are more than a decade younger. All of the others in attendance were members of the following two generations except for the very youngest, the Superintendent’s Flag Lieutenant, who has completed just six years of commissioned service since her gradation, The entire group, despite the difference in background and age, was enthusiastic in reception to the program.

Sad news.

Barbara Cleveland Allen Meyer, widow of Norman Meyer who died in 2006, died on 21 January 2015 in Carlsbad, NM. She was born on 2 December 1915, thus missing becoming a centenarian by less than a year.

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PRES: CAPT John S. Slaughter, USN (Ret.) 830 West 40th St., #115 Baltimore, MD 21211-2134 P. 410-243-5604 E: captnjack1937@gmail.com VICE PRES: Meredith Minter Hinkle Daughter of Charlie Minter ’37 3603 Prince William Drive Fairfax,VA 22031; E: mahink@cox.net

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there were several other Milestone celebrations for Herb and Dagmar Kriloff this year: Dagmar’s 106th birthday on 11 January, and their 72nd wedding anniversary on 30 April. Just prior to their anniversary, they were presented a certificate announcing that the Australian Book of Records officially proclaimed them to be “Australia’s Oldest Living Couple”Wow! What about ’39, and the Kriloffs!

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PRES: VADM Thomas R.Weschler, USN (Ret.) 186 Jerry Browne Rd. #6415 Mystic, CT 06355 P. 860-572-4437; E. tomwes39@aol.com SEC’Y: Barbara Fidel Adams (Also Sec’y for ’39 Navy Juniors) Daughter of Jack and June Fidel 215 Ikerd Drive,Concord, NC 28025 P. 704-784-3876, E. adamsjimr@aol.com THIRTY-NINE ON LINE: tomwes39@aol.com WEBMASTER: Roland Weybourn Schumann III (son of Bud Schumann) 1011 Apollo Way, Incline Village, NV 89451 P: 775-298-2011; E: rolandws@gmail.com

’39 Birthdays occurring near the arrival of this issue: Marion Greene (9/8); Betty Sawyer (9/12); John Miller (9/19); Marie Coulter (9/26); Herb Kriloff (10/4); and Ginny Lawrence (10/11).There are several Milestones within this group: John Miller is our first Classmate to celebrate his 100th birthdayCongratulations John!

Following close behind John, Herb Kriloff will be welcomed into the ’39 Centenarian Club, on 4 October! By the way, in addition to Herb’s 100th birthday,

Herb and Dagmar’s certificate

Herb and Dagmar Kriloff

The next entrant to this select ’39 Centenarian Club will be Stan Hindman on 2 December. In the meantime, his family and friends gathered at the Sunset Restaurant in Glen Burnie, MD on 27 June to hold a “Celebrating the Hindman’s” party in honor of Stan’s upcoming 100th birthday; Penny’s 92nd birthday (29 January, 2015) and their 68th wedding anniversary (14 June). We learned that Stan had been in Adele and Pete Shumway’s wedding in Honolulu 12 June, 1941. Stan was aboard USS Salt Lake City, sister ship to Pete’s ship, USS Pensacola- both in Pearl Harbor. (Bruce Shumway brought a photo to the 75th Reunion last fall from his folks’ wedding album, showing Stan and the groomsmen in dress whites -will hope to include this photo in a later Shipmate). There was a good deal of reminiscing at the Hindman party, and Stan related to us that at Naval War College he participated in the analysis of Leyte Gulf. Also, while at Edgewood Arsenal as CO of Naval Unit (which was responsible for liaison in Chemical Warfare and BUWEPS liaison at Aberdeen Proving Ground) Stan said: “it was a hardship tour (only a nine hole golf course and almost 100 yards to the O Club from their quarters) but somehow we managed. We had a 300-pound anchor displayed on the front lawn of our quarters as a conversation piece.” Stan retired there in 1965 and “the Army gave me a parade”! This was good of Army, as Stan told us that when he was off to college, the Army had turned him down for compulsory duty, but that if he wanted to go into Army ROTC they would accept him. He thought about it, and realizing that would put him a semester behind, he decided to go to the Naval Academy instead. Army’s loss and Navy’s gain- in particular, the Class of 1939!

Elise Gillette, Stan Hindman, Barbara F. Adams., Mitzi Peterson (Pete) and Penny Hindman

’39ers in Memorial Hall

Virginia “T.D.” Simmons was laid to rest beside her husband (George “Sandy” Simmons) on 5 June in Arlington National Cemetery.

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39•41 CLASS NEWS Dibby Clark, daughter of Micky Clark (Bob) represented ’39 as well as one of Ebbie Bell’s daughters, Cynthia Bell Doster. (Sandy Simmons and Ebbie Bell were fellow Submariners). We received a nice note from one of the Simmons daughters, Wynne, who wrote: “Thank you for the beautiful flowers from the Class of 1939 for our Mother’s funeral. They were very beautiful and added so much color and joy to a somber occasion. My Mother would have been so pleased to be remembered in this way.

We appreciate all you have done, communicated and coordinated.”

Grandson, Bo Miller (who served two tours in Iraq and two in Afghanistan) with his “Semper Fi” flower memorial to his grandmother, alongside the ’39 flower memorial.

Another grand Navy wife, Isla Rae “Bebe” Paine (Roger) was laid to rest in the Naval Academy Cemetery on 15 June. She had been a resident of Sunrise Annapolis. Bebe loved to read and do crossword puzzles. She was very talented at playing theatre organ and had taught individual and group classes. When I sent out the initial inquiries for the 75th Reunion, her son-in- law, Dick Moore ’67 told me that Bebe remembered my mom, June Fidel, very well and that they worked together on many projects for the Navy Officer’s Wives Club while both husbands were stationed in Washington, DC. As were Ebbie Bell and Sandy Simmons, Roger Paine was a Submariner all during WWII and made eight successful war patrols- in POMPANO (which sank 16,500 tons of Japanese shipping in 1942), WAHOO (five war patrols sinking 17 Japanese merchant ships, 1 destroyer, 1 submarine and damaging 5 merchant vessels and one seaplane tender for a total of 165,000 tons) and TINOSA; also commanded S-34 WHALE and CUBERA. We only recently learned of the death of Katherine “Kitty” Laird (Ray). She died 31 March in LaQuinta, CA.

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Kitty married Ray in 1980 (both had previously been married). During WWII, Kay worked for Northwest Airlines in the first class of Stewardesses without a nursing requirement when nurses were needed in the war. After the death of her daughter (Patty) Kay devoted herself to the founding Board of the Minneapolis Children’s Hospital. She is remembered by her children and grandchildren as “a strong, vibrant woman who lived life her way and never missed a moment”. She once quipped “that she owed her long life to a Jim Beam and an occasional L&M!” Do please advise us of the passing of any ’39ers as it is the intention of ’39 to pay honor to each and every one. Get in touch with ’39 Class President, Tom Weschler, or ’39 Class Secretary, Barbara Fidel Adams- the contact information for both is listed in the Masthead of the ’39 Column in every Shipmate.

And now for some kudos and photo highlights in the continuing coverage of our grand 75th Reunion: Special thanks to: -Chip Seymour ’65 (Harry and Jean) who so ably conducted both a Virtual Tour (at our headquarters, Westin Annapolis Hotel) and then guided a bus tour of the Academy, which included Memorial Hall.

-Ross Cohen of Annapolis Bus Co. and his wonderful staff of drivers -Capt Vashen who approved special bus access to the Tecumseh Monument; Lt. Samuel Clement, and his group of TAD officers (ENS David Caruso; ENS Joseph Gallagher; Joshua Mossman; ENS Kyle Lynch; ENS Andrew LaCrosse; ENS Jonathan Gonzalez; 2nd Lt Anthony Ramos) who were assigned to “wheelchair duty” and made it possible for a number of ’39ers to make a profoundly meaningful visit to Memorial Hall.

Back row: Bill Largess and TAD officers; (front row): Zoe Largess (Jiggs), Anne Clark, Micky Clark (Bob) and Dibby Clark.

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Zoe Largess looking at wall with names of those ‘39ers lost in WWII

Respectfully submitted, Barbara Fidel Adams - ’39 Class Secretary

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PRES: CAPT E. A. Rodgers, USN (Ret.) (Winter) 3609 S. Banana River Blvd. #414, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931; P. 321-784-4894 (Summer) 28 Bear Rock Lane, Orland, ME 04472; P: 207-469-3562 E: earodgers@juno.com HONORARY VICE PRES AND TREAS: Wendi Winters Daughter of Leigh “Early” Cosart Winters 1007 Magothy Park Lane Annapolis, Maryland 21403-5300 C: 410-562-4189 E: wendi@wintersgeimer.com SEC’Y: CAPT John H. Sims, USN (Ret.) 726 Lakeside Court, Danville, CA 94526 P: 925-820-3954 E: JHSIMS@AOL.COM

We’ve had to make some changes in our discussion of our 75th reunion coming up in the fall because we’ve had some changes in participants. First the current statistics: on 6 June 1940 we graduated 456 Midshipmen. Currently there are nine of us left, with three of those nine planning to attend the reunion. A couple of months ago Pat Clancy reported that he had changed his mind, and did not feel up to making the trip even with his two USNA grandsons supporting him on both sides. Pat must have had a premonition. One of those sons called a couple weeks ago to report that he and his brother were at Pat’s house taking care of things—Pat died on 6 June, the anniversary of our graduation. Pat’s death reduces the membership of the Bay Area Group (BAG ’40) to Swede Carlson, Me, and my friend, Kathe. At one time, several years ago, the BAG had 35 or 40 members, Class Members and spouses. We had several gatherings a year at various local locations, and had an active social program. Now we are reduced to Swede Carlson, Me, and Kathe. We’ll try to keep it up. Pat and I had somewhat parallel careers. We were both AEDO’s. He relieved me in the O&R Department at NAS Alameda during the Korean War.

I was the Aircraft Maintenance Management Officer at AirPac, Pat had the same job at AirLant. I relieved Pat as Director of the Military Personnel Division in BuWeps. We both retired from active duty to California and jobs as college professors. He was a Naval Aviator and gained flag rank. I was an eye unsat.

Pat will join his wife, Betty in the USNA columbarium. In a way we can say he will be in Annapolis for the Reunion. I will join my wife in the USNA Columbarium at the appropriate time. One thing I hope to do as we approach our 75th Reunion is bring us up to date on Class survivors and recognize the efforts of the Classmate daughter, Wendi Winters/Early Winters, who is doing such a great job of planning the Reunion. We already have a report by Class President “Bloody” Rodgers in the May-June 2015 Shipmate. Here is a Status Report by Harold “Swede” Carlson. n Status Report by Harold “Swede” Carlson. I moved to Los Altos, CA, from Coronado, CA in 1961 on retiring from the Navy when I went to work for Lockheed as a Program Planner for 26 years. In 1961, my family consisted of my loving wife, Isabel, and five children - 3 girls and 2 boys. Over the next few years, we acquired 8 grandchildren. All of the family live in California, Oregon or Nevada, except one granddaughter living in Chicago who will be married in August. I have one great-grandchild.

Isabel passed away in February, 2013. I miss her very much. I acquired several degrees along the way: USNA - BSEE, University of Santa Clara - MBA, USC Masters in Management, University of Stockholm - Diploma in Social Studies, and 34 credits continuing studies at Stanford University. I also took helicopter flying lessons and hold a commercial pilot’s license for fixed wing and rotocraft.

I am a Golden Eagle. I miss flying.

Education continues to be a lifelong passion. I am living in my house in Los Altos, about one hour south of San Francisco. I am disabled and therefore receive help through the VA. I have home care and frequent visits by my thoughtful daughter. My day is spent mostly watching TV ball games, reading, and listening to music. I favor the Warriors basketball team. Twice a week, I enjoy the company of other seniors at Avenidas Senior Day Center, where we share stories and listen to music and enjoy lunch. My health is fairly good. I use a walker as I have osteoarthritis. I am satisfied with my situation and hope to continue to enjoy

it. And with uncharacteristic modesty, here is a resume for John Sims. On 6 June 1940, after I joined my Classmates in throwing my cap skywards, Then, as a member of a group of Classmates “Unassigned Because of Physical Disqualification” I adjusted my glasses and joined my parents and siblings for a trip back home to Ohio. However, in July after purchasing a 1935 Dodge convertible with rumble seat I headed for Paterson, NJ, and a job as an engineering trainee with Wright Aeronautical Corporation, manufacturer of the finest aircraft engines in the world. Meanwhile, I received a commission as an Ensign in the Naval Reserve, with a note that I might be offered an active duty billet from time to time, but would not be activated except with my own consent. I declined several offers which did not appear to be an improvement over Wright Aeronautical Corp. until I received a blanket notice in Spring 1941 that in the future I might be offered a billet to which I would be ordered with or without my own consent. So in April it happened. I had just been promoted to Assistant in the Experimental Test Lab at Wright when I picked up my mail which contained a notice to Proceed and Report to the CO of the Naval Reserve Midshipman School aboard the USS Prairie State (formerly the USS Illinois) anchored in the Hudson River at the foot of 136th St. as an instructor. There were already a couple guys from ’39 there, as well as from ’17 and ’24, etc. I became an instructor in Marine Engineering and Ordnance & Gunnery. It wasn’t a bad way to spend a summer, but I heard about a 3-month course in aircraft engines at MIT for junior officers, which sounded like a good spot for a former engineer trainee at Wright Aeronautical, so I put in a request to the Bureau of Navigation—or maybe by that time it was the Bureau of Personnel—and got orders to MIT. The Skipper on the Prairie State (Dancing Jack London) swore a few times and signed the detachment endorsement. So I had a fascinating three months at MIT, and while we were packing up to head for next duty the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. After that, things moved swiftly.

HOMECOMING 2016 Thursday, 22 October

I reported to a PBM/PBY operational training squadron in Norfolk. They already had a good engineering officer, so the skipper, Gloom Mills, made me personnel and administrative officer— useful experience. In May ’42 I got a week leave to go back to Piqua, Ohio and marry Judy Greenbank—sort of a high school romance, except she graduated from high school when I graduated from USNA.When I got back to Norfolk there was a set of orders for me (Gloom was really unhappy) back to MIT as an instructor in the course I had just finished. Things moved pretty fast—after a few weeks at MIT, orders to BuAer, TAD to England and the Fleet Air Arm, trips all around the British Isles with the Royal Navy, observing how they were training torpedo plane pilots, back to BuAer and down to brand new NAS Fort Lauderdale.

Great place for honeymoon with Judy.

We had one airplane, an SNJ, and I didn’t have to worry about getting 4 hours per month. But by November ’42 we were getting TBF’s and then TBM’s— Grumman and General Motors. So till the end of the War, I was O-in-C Ground Training at NAS Fort Lauderdale. Several Classmates, Swede Carlson, John Barron among them, came through. After the War, BuAer, AEDO, Harvard Business School, MBA, O&R NAS Alameda, BuAer, AirPac, Wright-Paterson AFB, ICAF, BuAer, Retirement. Then UC Berkeley PhD, Professor of Business Administration, CalState, Hayward, George Mason University. Finally real retirement—living on Crow Canyon Country Club, Danville, CA. Judy died 2003, otherwise life enjoyable. Son retired Director VA Hospital, Augusta ME; son retired U.S. Forest Service; daughter retired Intel, Folsom CA; daughter, 2nd grade school teacher, considering retirement, San Jose. n

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PRES: CAPT Russell S. Crenshaw Jr., USN (Ret.) North Light, Pagan Point, 47371 W St. Mary’s Manor Road Drayden, MD 20630 H: 301-994-0899; F: 301-994-0686 E: rscrenshaw@earthlink.net SEC’Y: Dr Jacques B. Hadler 3122 Gracefield Rd., Apt. 502 Silver Spring, MD 20904 P: 516 759 0842; C: 516 299 6346 E: jhadler@webb.edu WEBSITE: http://1941.usnaclasses.com

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PRES: CAPT Max C. Duncan, USN (Ret.) Villa 209 The Marshes, 95 Skidaway Is. Pk. Rd. Savannah, GA 21411; P: 912-598-7013 E: maxc1942@aol.com

Class Notes Jo Dee Jacob, daughter of Classmate Buck and Bobbie Catlin, was recently awarded “LEAD Graduate of the Year.” LEAD is an Organization that promotes Civic Leadership. Jo Dee is CEO of nearly 44,000 Girl Scouts in San Diego. Jo Dee is a Captain USN (Ret.) and has received wide recognition for her Civic Leadership.

Classmate Vice Admiral Jerry Miller was buried 11 June 2015 in Arlington National Cemetery, with Full Military Honors. The Funeral Service was held in the Old Fort Chapel at Fort Myers with an overflowing crowd in attendance. As Classmate Jack Crawford noted, Jerry was a “sui geniris” - one in a Class by itself. Jerry lived a life at mach 2.3 as the pictures indicates.

’42 Family BZ Rear Admiral Joe Tafalo, son of Classmate Frank Tafalo and wife, Peggy, was recently nominated to be promoted to Vice Admiral and assigned as Commander Submarine Forces. I believe Joe is the first legacy to attain the rank of Vice Admiral. Way to go!!

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ACTING PRES & SEC’Y: CAPT Robert E. Stark, USN (Ret.) 3211 River Crescent Dr. Annapolis, MD 21401 P: 410-224-1168; E: RES5464@aol.com

This month we report the loss of another classmate. This leaves with 41 remaining.

Frank Charles Hansche, Jr. Commander, CEC USN (Ret.) Died at home in Sun City West, Arizona on May 28, 2015. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Anne, in 1995 and is survived by his second wife, Roxanne.

A Memorial Service was held in Sun City West on Monday, June 8, 2015 Gal Galvani called and wrote expressing concern about the small amount of data published in the Class Notes of late. He helped to solve this by reporting a second cataract operation followed by his entrance in his usual golf tournament at NAS Oceana. At age 94 he received an award for being the oldest golfer in the tournament. He makes no mention regarding what happened to the set of golf balls awarded last year.

Jerry Miller- pilott of F-4 in 1963

A letter to the class with an errata sheet for the new directory showing changes to the directory, since distribution, should have been received. The many changes show an interest in keeping our directory current.

IN MEMORIAM Classmate (non-graduate) Darwin Mendoza died in July 2013. He was pre-ceded in death by his wife Muriel.

Classmate Charlie Bishop died 17 June 2015 in San Diego. Charlie was our Class West Coast Rep for many years.

Charlie is survived by his wife, Jane, children and grandchildren.

Classmate Bill Shonerd died on 3 May 2015 in Sedona AZ. Bill was a long time resident of Sedona. Surviving him are his three children, six grandchildren and one great grandchild.

We have learned that Classmate Don Holmes died 3 December 2014 and that his wife, Bee, died 2 March 2012.

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TEMP SEC’Y: CAPT Ernest Reynolds, USN (Ret.) 17598 Bocage Pt., San Diego, CA 92128-2080 E: reynolds8014@roadrunner.com P: 858-673-8122

Class of ’44 Photos Jack Reynolds submitted the 2 pictures showing evidence of past fun times with ’44 and company. Unfortunately, the

’44 gathers

write-up that was submitted electronically did not come through.

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PRES: RADM George F. Ellis, USN (Ret.) 1824 Milvale Rd., Annapolis,MD 21409-5923 P: 410-757-4423; E: ellisnav45@aol.com CORR. SEC’Y: CAPT Emil Saroch, Jr., USN (Ret.) 237 Anchorage Ct., Annapolis, MD 21401-6301 P: 410-757-8758 E: emilsarem@verizon.net WEBSITE: www.usna.com/classes/1945

In Memoriam (Please note that, at the suggestion of Classmates, henceforth, we will just list deaths in this section. Extensive approved obituaries appear in the Last Call section of Shipmate. Since widows obituaries are not published elsewhere, they will appear here. ) Robert “Bob” Lloyd Parker, 93, died on 20 May 2015 in Cincinnati. Bob served on CLEVELAND (CL-55) during World War II and subsequently as an executive for Vulcan Manufacturing in Wyoming, Ohio. He published two history books about Dearborn County, IN. He is survived by his wife of 71 years, Lois Parker, and children, Robert, Jane Jandacek, and Daniel, and six grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made SPCA Cincinnati.Visitation and funeral service were on Saturday, June 20, 2015 at Lawrenceburg First Baptist Church, Greendale, IN. Roy Ryan, 92, died peacefully on 8 June 2015 in Washington, DC. He went to sub school immediately after graduation from the Naval Academy and, after receiving his dolphins, served in DRUM

(SS-288), and PIPER (SS-409). After the war he resigned his commission and returned to Evansville, Indiana, to join and become president of the Ryan Construction Company, which he led until he retired in 1986. Roy built numerous major bridges or bridge piers across the Ohio, Mississippi and Potomac Rivers, including the substructure to the Woodrow Wilson Bridge on I-495. He also constructed a large tunnel and bridge complex for what became the E St. Expressway in Washington. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary, their daughter Mary Josephine and their son Thomas. He is survived by sons Roy, Daniel, John and Matthew, daughters, Catherine Ryan McDonald, Anne Ryan Harrison and Mary Ryan Thomas, 18 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. A funeral Mass was held at the St. Ignatius Chapel at Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown on 13 June. A private interment will take place at a later date in Evansville, Indiana.

Thomas “Tom” Warren Madigan, 93, died on 15 June in Denver, Colorado.

He served on CHESTER (CA-27) during WWII. He retired in 1964 as a Lieutenant Commander. After retirement from the Navy, the family moved to Denver where he began a second career as navigator and flight instructor for United Airlines. He was preceded in death by his former wife, Elizabeth. He is survived by his daughters,Vicki Portch, Susan Morgan, Patricia Madigan and his son, Michael, four grandchildren, and a great-grandson.

He is also survived by his brother-in-law and devoted friend, Leslie Patterson, and Leslie’s many children and grandchildren.

Per his wishes, a small service was held in near Wallace Kansas with his family and friends to scatter his ashes.

As We Are It is always great to hear from our Classmate and my Roommate, Dave Ward, who reports that he is doing fair at Fleet Landing in Jacksonville, Florida.

Although not traveling, he is still in independent living and able to drive locally. His sons, now retired visit him and he is the proud great-grandfather of four little girls.

Part of our lives here in Annapolis include representing the Class at services at the Columbarium. I attended services for Carolyn and Les Buck, Betty Kelley, and Ruth and Hap Hansen. Barbara and Hal Lamb drove down from Maine for Hap’s service. We had seen Hap a year ago when he attended reunion with his

children. George Ellis and Bill Cosgrove attended services for Bill Flynn. The services at the Columbarium are very special.We sing Navy Blue and Gold, assisted by the Chaplains families, friends and Sharon Moffatt who runs the Memorial Affairs department for the Academy and is a good friend of the Class.

And We Reminisce Excerpted from SixtyYears After Class of 1945 Surrender of the Japanese in WWII by Fred Kelley I participated in the surrender of the Japanese at the naval air station Tateyama, Japan in late August 1945. We were still on the beach when the formal surrender took place aboard MISSOURI (BB-63).

Tateyama is located in the southeast tip of Tokyo Bay. About 200 Marines, headed by a major from the second battalion of the Fourth Marines and I from TWINING (DD540) went ashore about 1300. The marines debarked from an APD. I was assigned to provide shore fire support from TWINING and another destroyer should it be necessary…Ultimately, the CO of the (Japanese) naval base handed his sword to the major and the formalities were over. We then set about our business.

That the Japanese had complied with General MacArthur’s terms of surrender.

Of course, the Marines set up their perimeter defenses and all went well…

I accompanied the Marines on the inspection of a recently completed…but never occupied, underground bivouac.

The installation could house a Japanese division of troops. It was setup with two command and control centers and two medical operating theaters. In addition it had a beer hall complete with a dance floor. I mention this facility for once again it demonstrates how well the Japs had dug in to prepare for an invasion. God bless Truman and his decision to use the bomb.

That night talking to some of the Japanese officers we learned that Tateyama had been used not only as a training base, but also for kamikaze operations. Standard training for a kamikaze was two weeks.

The fundamentals of taking off and flying were learned. Of course…precious little time was spent on landing. On the following day, I went with a squad of Marines, a First Lieutenant and our Japanese interpreter to take inventory of stored munitions. One side of the base had fairly substantial hills. On the back side of these hills, the Japs had hollowed out 10 or 12 storage caves…We started our inspection of the caves. Our interpreter

unlocked each cave as we came upon it.

There were bombs, torpedoes, avgas drums, machine guns, etc. Then we came upon one cave which the interpreter refused to open for the moment. “You can trust me”, he pleaded. “Yeah, I trust you” said our First Lieutenant as he drew his 45, “now open it.”The door to the cave was opened and we found it contained dynamite. Apparently in the terms of surrender, dynamite was not mentioned so the Japanese was going to reveal only that which was specified. It took only a little persuasion to get friendly cooperation and verification of trust….

Class Business We are pleased to share a thank you note to the Class from MIDN Molly O’Sullivan ’19: n “I am writing to thank you for the generosity that you and many others have made so that I could fulfill my dream of attending the U.S. Naval Academy.

Through your scholarship assistance, I was able to attend an elite prep school, The Peddie School, which prepared me for the rigorous academics I would face at the Naval Academy.

The Peddie School was a great experience and I am so glad that I had the Chance to go there, meet new people, and develop a new level of maturity before heading off to the Naval Academy. At the Peddie School, I took some courses similar to what I will be taking at the Naval Academy so thanks to you, I will have a strong foundation with some of the material I will be learning during my plebe year. I will also be participating on the Navy Women’s Lacrosse Team. If you are able to, please make it out to a game!

Again, I cannot thank you enough for your generosity and support.

BEAT ARMY!” n We also heard from MIDN Maria Manuela Bayon ’19: n “I would like to express my gratitude for your support which allowed me to attend a preparatory program at the New Mexico Military Institute before attending the United States Naval Academy.

I am very grateful for that opportunity.

As a candidate who had no military background or training experience, New Mexico Military Institute helped confirm that a military career is right for me.

I learned everything form the basics of shining my shoes to the importance of managing my time efficiently in a military environment. My class schedule was very similar to the classes I will be taking at the

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45•48 CLASS NEWS Academy. I ended both semesters with a 3.5 GPA and I feel much more ready thanks to the extra year of preparation.

Although I was far away from home and some days were hard, I remembered I not only had the support of my family, but your support as well. Again, thank you very much for the support and opportunity to attend the United States Naval Academy.

Very Respectfully,” n Join us for lunch with your Classmates and their wives or widows on the second Tuesday of the month at the Fort Meyer Arlington VA at 11:30.We end about 1330 after a tasty lunch and great fellowship.

Please help the Class by updating or writing your obit. Please help by sending your news or giving us a call or just sending a picture.

Look Alive with ’45!

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Ellie and Joe Smith

On June 7th, 2015, Ellie and Joe Smith celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. The dinner party for this momentous occasion consisted of close friends and members of their Sunday School class. The Smiths continue to reside at Linkhorn Bays Condos in Virginia Beach,VA and remain active in their church of “Senior Saints.”

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Left to Right they are Tom Gadzala ’75, John Kelly ’62, John Hughes ’46, Steve Todd ’62 and Peyton Dobbins ’64.

Mr. Larry Miller submitted the photo above that was taken at a party in his back yard on June 20 of this year, in San Diego, CA. While he was a naval officer for the brief period from 1965 to 1968 he is not a graduate of USNA, but he does know five of them. This was the first time the five all met at one place. John Kelly ’62 thought all might enjoy this photo.

Book suggestion I recently came across a most remarkable little book (truly - 51/2 x 8, 225 pages) which I feel would be of interest to all in our time of life situation and to our baby boomer children. It’s called “Making Rounds With Oscar, The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat” by David Dosa, M.D. It’s a most moving tome and readily available on Amazon in the $10 range.

A dust jacket reviewer says it much better than I can.

“Making Rounds with Oscar” is the story of an unusual cat, the patients he serves, their caregivers, and one doctor who learned how to listen.

Heartfelt,inspiring and full of humor and pathos, this book allows readers to take a walk into a world rarely seen from the outside, a world we often misunderstand.”

—Butch ’46 Sea Story n Hi Butch, Since Greece is very much in the news, I have a story about my first visit to Athens. I was on the USS Walker DD839 for a 9 month cruise in 1946. We sailed into Piraeus, Greece the port city for Athens. I was the OOD as the prow was connected to the shore. The first person to come aboard was an elderly man, thin but straight back, he came to attention and saluted the Flag and requested permission

to come aboard, which I granted. He informed me he was a retired Chief Petty Officer of the US Navy and that due to the War had not received any retirement payments in a couple years. He then asked if he could possibly get a cash advance on his retirement account. I called for our Paymaster, Ensign Jay Glassman. When Jay arrived on deck , the retired Chief repeated his request to Jay, whereupon, Jay replied in the affirmative. Well, you never saw such a greatfull look on his face with a big smile to go along with it. End of story. — Art Morrow ’46. n

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Greetings to all. Hope that everyone had a good summer. Don’t have any class news to report, so I will go with an interesting article that was sent to me that I thought might be better than nothing at all.

My son, Bruce Brittain ’79 sent me an article about a battleship, USS RECRUIT, that was built of wood and displayed in the heart of New York City.

The article was written by Amanda Uren and I quote: n “In 1917 the U.S. Navy built a full size Battleship in Union Square, New York.

It remained there for the next three years.

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center, the ship was commissioned as a normal seagoing ship, under the command of Acting Captain C. E. Pierce, and was manned by trainee sailors from Newport Training Station. Internally, the ship had a wireless station, full officer’s quarters, doctor’s quarters and examination rooms to assess the health of potential candidates.

Constructed from wood, the USS RECRUIT carried two cage masts, a conning tower and a dummy funnel or smokestack. It had six wooden replicas of 14 inch (360mm) guns housed in three twin turrets, ten wooden five inch (130mm) anti-torpedo boat guns, and two replica one pound saluting guns matching battleships of the time.

The equipment is that of the up-tothe-date dreadnought with accommodations on board for day and night life of officer’s and men.

According to the August 1917 edition of Popular Science, the USS Recruit followed normal Navy Routine. Sailors rose at 6 am, scrubbed the decks, did their laundry and attended instructional class.

They then stood guard over the ship and were available to answer questions from visitors. By night, all the ship’s lights were turned on, including a series of searchlights.

The ship hosted a variety of social events and receptions, including a christening, patriotic speeches and visits by various dignitaries, a group of Native Americans and the Woman’s Motor Corps.

As a recruiting tool the group was very successful, helping to recruit 25,000 men into the U.S. Navy.

The First World War ended in 1918 and by 1920 the Recruit was no longer

needed in Union Square. It was properly decommissioned and dismantled with the intention of relocating it to Coney Island’s Luna Park. This did not happen and the fate of the Recruit is unknown.” n Final honors: It is with sadness that we announce the death of the following classmate: Seymore (S.T.) T. Hayes, Jr. We have been advised of the deaths of Dorothy deGanahl widow of James deGanahl and Olga Heller widow of Nathanial Heller.

Deaths of Classmates, wives and widows are merely listed here. Complete obituaries for Classmates will appear in LAST CALL as soon as possible.

Two classmates have advised me of their new contact information.

Theodore F. (Ted) F. Davis has moved to: 761 Alliance Drive, unit #437 Virginia Beach,VA-23454 and his new telephone number is 757-716-3248. Lawrence Bilder and his wife,Victoria, have moved to: Box# 591, Forked River, N. J. 08731.

The monthly class luncheon was held on the second Thursday of June at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, VA. It was attended by two classmates, Edward Myerson and his lovely wife Priscilla, and Charles Schoman who was accompanied by two guests, Bonnie Sue Jones, his devoted caregiver and Edward Larkin, a friend from his retirement home. Also attending was Suzanne Brittain Stroup.

This column needs your support with news of your activities. It cannot write itself and I am running out of ideas.

Thanks for your assistance.

A few day ago I received an email from Gordo Ehrman 17th Co. saying he keeps reading in Shipmate that I’m sending emails to the Class and he has never received any. He asked that I add him to the distribution list. I checked and he has been on the list since I created it. His mail has never been returned so it must have reached his computer. Warren Graham 2nd Co. had this same problem a while back and his son thought he knew the answer. He checked “junk/spam” and there were my most recent emails. He marked them “this is not junk/spam” and Warren has not had the problem since.

Apparently the system for some people has determined that anything from Slipstk is spam. In fact early on I had a long fight with AOL to get them to let me send lengthy emails. They finally gave me a “white paper dispensation” which I continue to work under. Of course early on my emails to the Class were much longer. I am now down to 190 working addresses, quite-a-few of which are widows, and my records show that there are 256 Classmates still on this side of the grass. At the other end of this spectrum I have addresses, which don’t work for various reasons, i.e. they’ve been changed and I have not received a correction; some people have asked to be dropped from the distribution; etc. Oddly enough I just this minute received an email from Al Conord 20th Co. saying he hadn’t received anything from me for some time and asking why. He said he had been having computer problems and wondered if that had anything to do with it. I checked and his problems caused his mail to bounce for so long I removed him from the list. He is now back on it. I’m having the same problem with Paul Ruehrmund 13th Co. mail bouncing so Paul, when you read this, please send me an email so I can get you back into the distribution.

I send Class emails several times a week covering obits, Class information

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There are some others who are in the running and I will mention them but let’s go back a few years and review something I have previously written about. I was reminded of this in a clipping, which Bob McClinton 11th Co. sent me: n Fund raising on a bike I had the pleasure in 1993 of bicycling with a group from Los Angeles to Boston, 3,446 miles. We rode for 43 days, with six rest days along the way. A great pleasure from start to finish. I raised funds for the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle by doing this ride, celebrating my 68th birthday along the way.

In 1991, I also raised funds for the Fred Hutch when I bicycled with a group from Canada to Mexico, 1,696 miles.

Through these and other rides in the 1990s, I raised a total of $51,000 for the Fred Hutch, the American Lung Association of Washington and others while bicycling more than 24,000 miles, which included my local training, rides. n Scribe’s note: Bob has laid the foundation for excellent health and a long life. He is keeping it in play with his current sailing.

Many of us, especially me, would do well to follow his example but if you choose to bicycle at our current age you might consider a stationary bike.

Back to travel, Walt Spangenberg 2nd Co. writes, Drove to Vancouver, then took the Rocky Mountain “Mountaineer” train to Jasper via Kamloops (a two-day trip) and return. A pleasant dome-car train ride through beautiful rocky Mountain scenery!

Angus McDonald 7th Co. says, n “I have just returned from a fabulous tour of the Southwest including two days near the Grand Canyon. It was sponsored

by Bobbi Collins in the Alumni Office and Orbridge and featured several amenities. Three other USNA Alumni were on the tour including retired Vice Admiral Crowder ’74. There were people from Fordham, Johns Hopkins and Navy. I have

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recently finished Darkside. It is the lengthy description of the tunnels under the Yard.

Purely fiction?” n Helen Orr and husband, Ralph Splittberger, (wed-2000 and living in Scottsdale) drove to Government Camp at the foot of Mt. Hood, OR in early May to spend six weeks at her daughter and family’s ski condo near to their home in Portland. Both Helen and Wylie’s twin grandsons had major parts in their 8th grade play, “Annie Jr.” in May and will be graduating from 8th grade on June 10th.

The twins, Nicholas and Lucas Wylie, will be entering Jesuit High School in the fall.

A week after returning to Arizona, Helen plans to have a complete knee replacement at Mayo Clinic Hospital, Arizona.

Hallelujah!

J.B. Ferris 6th Co. says: n Eileen and I happily moved from North Carolina to a Senior Independent Living residence in Boynton Beach, FL back in January. Number 1 son and his wife also recently moved to this area.

Their son and daughter had settled here even earlier, so we finally had a significant family nucleus to join. Also, less than a mile away from here lives classmate Walter “Bud” Kraus who I have been trying to catch up with ever since graduation. n From Tom Galbraith 21st Co.: n Mary Ann and I have sold our Bahamas condo and house in Vero Beach and moved to a neat retirement community on Amelia Island, FL, just north of Jacksonville. It’s called Osprey Village and is associated with the Omni Amelia Island Plantation. The only other military retiree here at Osprey is a non-USNA RADM named Frank Gallo, a VP pilot. Our new address is 10 Osprey Court, Amelia Island, FL, 32034. Phone is (904- 430-4444. Our health is holding up pretty well—MA still takes her 4-mile walk every morning, and I do a slower 2 miler in the late afternoon. Several golf courses nearby. MA breaks 100 but I do well to shoot my weight. n A note from Tom Hayward 21st Co.:

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n Soon after Peggy and I moved to Seattle in late 1990s, we became aware of a remarkable effort by the family of a helicopter pilot killed in Vietnam. Seeking to heal the wounds of war, they initiated a project dedicated to removing unexploded ordnance-which I and many of our classmates no doubt contributed to-clearing land and planting trees. The project is called Peace Trees Vietnam.

Detailed information of their efforts can be had for those interested at www.peacetreesvietnam.org. Over 900 acres of land and 85,000 plus bombs, land mines, mortars and the like have been cleared and planted with trees, as well as training hundreds of Vietnamese how to discover UXO safely and clear the fields. This year is their 20th anniversary, celebrated warmly by Vietnamese villagers, government leaders and many dismembered children and farmers. Over the years, Peggy and I, and our family, have participated in construction of homes, schools and libraries in Quang Tri Province, where the preponderance of UXO is still to be found and disarmed. This past April, our family foundation celebrated the ribbon cutting of a kindergarten, wholly contributed by our little gang. It was a great day of joy in every respect. Just plain felt good. Thought you and our shipmates might be interested in learning more. n Since the last column we have lost 3 friends: Classmates: Grunig, Joseph (non grad) 5/2/15 Wives: Elsie Allshouse, wife of Tom Allshouse (deceased) 23rd. Co. 5/21/15 An excerpt from Elsie’s absolutely outstanding 3-page obit—Elsie was valedictorian of her Atlantic, NC high school.

She then attended Campbell College for as long as she could afford the tuition. She focused on business studies and landed a job in the Fuel and Disbursing office at the Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station in Havelock, NC. One routine day at the office a handsome young ENS Thomas J. Allshouse, SC, USN strode in with orders as the new disbursing and fuel

control officer at Cherry Point. Elsie described her flashbulb memory of that day as a fairytale case of love at first sight.

She truly and instinctively felt that TJ was meant for her. She saw shy, young Tom as swimming naively in a pool of rapacious, unattached southern belles. She invited him to a movie. So, it seems that they started with coming attractions but in reality the attraction was already galvanized and through 51 years, a stellar Naval career and three children, they were inseparable. The children were two girls, one a Geologist, the other a Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse. The boy is a pediatric surgeon. Elsie wrote poetry, example to her husband: If I could say what I would do, I’d say I’ll spend my life with you.

If I could say how I’d live my life, I’d say I’d live it as a Navy wife.

Lois Borchert, wife of Bill Borchert 8th Co. 6/23/15 Lois and Bill were married 66 ½ years and raised four children two boys and two girls.

Scribe’s note: read Bill’s auto bio in the 50 year book if you have it.

Cliff Morgan 18th Co. commented upon reading Grunig’s demise that though the news was sad, I was pleased to learn of his life after he left the academy.

Joe, Bill Bass, a fellow named Wendell Burley and I were attending radio tech school in Chicago when we learned that we had been selected for NAPS. When our course there was completed there was no reason to send us to the next stage of RT training and there were a few weeks before we were due at Bainbridge so we were in limbo there in Chicago, except for Bill Bass. Bill was offered leave if he would escort the OinC’s daughter to her new school near Bill’s hometown in Texas, which, of course, he took. Joe, Wendell and I weren’t totally unhappy as we had met three attractive and lively young ladies one weekend in Lincoln Park and we continued to see a lot of them during the rest of our time there.

At NAPS, Joe, Wendell and I ended up in the same platoon, probably because we checked in together, and continued a close association there. Wendell, who had a little trouble with the academics, ran into trouble with physical problems and didn’t make it to the Academy.

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Graduation note from Tom O’Connor 19th Co.: n Alice and I proudly report TWO of our grandsons graduated from USNA on 22 May ’15.

Peyton Walsh is now a Marine Corps officer. He amassed a number of Academy records as Captain of Navy’s varsity wrestling team with three NCAA national championship tournament appearances and a number of other Academy wrestling program records. In his first class year he was selected as Captain of all the other Captains of Navy’s varsity athletic programs.

Bradley Elder is now an Ensign and on his way in the Navy Seals program reporting to Coronado, CA to begin the rigorous training there. So far he has met all the preliminary qualifications taken at Annapolis. n Tom and Alice are proud to have these 3rd generation O’Connors graduating from USNA. They join two second generation O’Connors, Thomas ’75, submariner for 26 years including skipper of USS SCRANTON, and Lawrence ’83 an NFO flying EA6B out of Whidbey Island deploying aboard USS RANGER.

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PRES: CAPT Robert Tolbert, USN (Ret.) 1031 Tottenham Ct., Lynchburg VA 24503 E: red49tolbert@verizon.net VICE PRES: ENS Jack Benoit, USN (Ret.) SECY: Paul Laric 299 W. 12th St., #8E, NYC, NY 10014 E: paullaric49@gmail.com ASST. SECY: CAPT Rick Claytor, USN (Ret.) 9915 Carter Rd., Bethesda MD 20817-1414 E: retxnavy@aol.com (comm.&add.changes) TREAS: Dr. Robert L. Smith WEBMASTER: CAPT Robert Tolbert, USN (Ret.) WEBSITE: www.usna-class49.org

From the President Writing this in June with ’49er luncheons occurring in Tidewater, DC, and New York, I thought about June 1945 when 1345 guys were filing through the gates at Annapolis aspiring to pass the final requirements for entry to the Academy.

They wore Army, Navy, and Marine uniforms, as well as civilian clothing.

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Some of the military aspirants were commissioned officers. Some of the civilians were just out of high school. All that passed final entry requirements and took the Oath became members of the Class of 1949.

Most ’49ers completed entry before August 14th, the date of surrender of Japan. The few late arrivals, mostly alternate congressional appointees, were in the military. Carlos McCullough, arriving October 25th, was not only the last to arrive but gave up his commission as an ensign to become a plebe midshipman.

(He probably would have stood number one at graduation if he hadn’t missed all the education he would have gotten Plebe Summer and the first month of “come arounds” by upperclassmen.)

The above events placed our class in a unique position. All members are military veterans. We are the last wartime class of the USNA. The first of these was used by Gene Shine (D) in 1995 to have The Association of the Class of 1949, United States Naval Academy, Inc. approved by the Internal Revenue Service as a veterans’ organization with conditional tax exemptions.

The second is to invite a debate on the conflicts occurring since our plebe year. 1945 was wartime for entering plebes, but conflicts since then have not had declarations of war by Congress before the President had our forces involved in battle. Our uniformed forces have fought and died without the people of the US being on a wartime footing.

Concomitantly, training provided our prospective military leaders at USNA, is now in broad areas of study, versus concentration on service needs.

The later of these is concerning me as I view of the present drive to establish a Cyber Warfare training capability at USNA. I favor the objective, but question two issues I foresee. The first is attaining and maintaining the security of personnel to accomplish such training. The second is the load placed on midshipmen opting to pursue education in this field.

Laric’s Locker When ’49-ers Get Together Springtime again proved an ideal time to celebrate the end of the “dark ages” and catch up on Class and other news.

Particularly well attended were luncheons held by the Tidewater group on June 3rd (our 66th graduation anniversary), the Washington-Alexandria group on June 11th, and the New York-area group on June 20th, the last day of spring.

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’49: Gathered at the Statler Grill of the ol’ Hotel Pennsylvania (with sounds of Glenn Miller’s “Pennsylvania 6-5000” still reverberating, if you listen carefully), seated are (l. to r.) Don Lister, David Sprague, Dodo and Paul Laric, Isabel, widow of Harvey Conover, Jan and Ted Annenberg, Liz, widow of Bill King. Standing, l. to r: Carolyn and Jack English, Phil Vladessa, Bill Stutt and Carolyn, Charlie DiBenedetto. Photo by Phil Vladessa’s son-in-law, Neal Caprio.

Gathering to exchange sea stories and enjoying the freshest seafood at Virginia Beach Lynnhaven Fish House, are (seated, l. to r.) Fran Huenerberg, Nancy (Dahlman) Guy, and Boo and Malc Thiele. Standing (l. to r.) are Pete Fullinwider, Walt Schriefer, Red Tolbert and Jack Huenerberg.

Enjoying the camaraderie and good lunch at Indigo Landing on the Potomac are (l. to r.) Mort Neely, Lee Claytor, Red Tolbert, Marlene Ghormley, Canda and Bob Smith and Helen and Dick Wolford.

Photo by Rick Claytor.

In the 1960s, the Sixth Fleet in the Med conducted full schedules of air, surface and submarine exercises, many with units of allied navies.The compensation were the visits to excellent liberty and shore leave ports all along the Med, from Spain to Turkey.The visits were most enjoyable and friendly, with few exceptions.Tom Kastner tells of one exception, as he still remembers it, so many years later.

Port-of-Call “Protocol” This tale relates to the visit to a Mediterranean port of a large aircraft

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carrier in the 1960s. It starts with the captain returning aboard from a night ashore with his wife. As the gig made its way to the anchorage, the captain noted several cardboard milk cartoons floating in the sea. He had the gig maneuver to pick one up for examination and found it to be identical to those served in the crew’s mess.

He arrived at his ship brandishing the offending flotsam and promptly initiated a vigorous investigation involving the OOD and CDO. They reported that, while no loose refuse had been dumped from the ship, garbage was being dumped into several hired lighters alongside elevator #3. The captain, a man of forceful views and action, formed an investigating party and stormed aft to the elevator.

There he found two barges, provided by the local port services, busy accepting refuse. In the process their crews were closely examining each load with particular attention to the separation of items of possible value or use. In the course of this screening, unwanted items (such as empty milk cartons) were quite often being tossed over the side.

The captain quickly advanced to the edge of the elevator and directed that this action must cease. The lighter crewmen, not understanding English, no matter how forcefully delivered, took all this as nothing more than encouragement and, if anything, sped the action. That was too much for the captain to bear. He seized his orderly’s side arm, pointed the pistol at the workers and repeated his orders. This resulted in quick action. The sorting of refuse ceased, lines were cast off and the barges hurriedly departed.

The Supply Officer was then instructed to see to it that future service

of this nature would not be tolerated.

Follow-up with the port service organization determined that the lighter crews now refused any further dealings with the ship. In short order, we found the accumulation of garbage critical and were forced to weigh anchor, go several miles to sea and revert to traditional disposal.

Indeed, this daily trip became a central event for our stay in this port.

As Gerry Dyer puts it, he was “ploughing furrows” in his brain to recall amusing moments from his Navy days that can be repeated in print. Judging from the quality of his previous input, he didn’t have to plough deep when the following episode came to the surface. Like his other stories, it certainly bears repeating for our collective enjoyment.

When the XO was given the Boot On my first visit to Hong Kong before the Korean War, when he “colony” was tiny compared to today, merchants set up shop on the fantail. It became a bazaar around the #3 mount and depth charge racks. The XO screened who was allowed to trade their wares. They had to be reputable, of course.

One cobbler made “sea boots” to order by measuring customers’ feet and all the rest. He measured the XO on the first day and brought a sea boot on the next, to show the quality of the leather and his workmanship. “I will bring the other boot tomorrow,” he told the XO, and pleaded to set up shop immediately because “your port visit was only one week.”

He set up shop that day. Sure enough, when we left at the end of the week, the XO still had only one boot. Out of hearing of the XO, we all chuckled about it.

During the Korean War, Com 7th Fleet put an end to allowing merchants space on board. As I recall, the reason given was for security, but I think the real reason was to keep our XO from killing one.

Gerry’s summation: It takes very little to amuse you during a long deployment.Wouldn’t you agree?

In Memoriam CAPT. Allen H Balch, U.S. Navy (Ret), died 5 May 2015 in Green Valley, AZ. CAPT. Karl Frederick Cook, USN (Ret), died on 8 June 2015, in Scottsville,VA.

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CAPT. Thomas Barkley Wood, USN (Ret.), died 11 June 2015, in Ashburn,VA. CDR. Robert William Selle, (non-graduate), (USNR), died 17 June 2015, in Chestnut Hill, MA.

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An addendum to our highly successful 65th Reunion is a photo of the bride and groom, taken on the day before our reunion started following their wedding in the Naval Academy Chapel. Yvonne Wright Akin and Col. John “Jack” Akin, USAF (Ret.) selected the perfect timing for a union between Jack’s roommate, Bill Wright, and Bill’s widow.

Once again, Congratulations!

Bride and Groom

Additional carryover from earlier columns was Friday the 13th of February celebration of Valentine’s Day luncheon meeting of the Tidewater area group at the Braise Restaurant in Virginia Beach. In the photo is L-R: Pat Mulligan, Marilyn Jessen, and Barbara Wood, rear: Ron and Peggy Kelly, and Nan and Cliff Church. Thanks, Ron for your input.

Tidewater Group

In other regional meetings of note, Bill Rockey reports the DC area Valentine’s Sweetheart annual luncheon meeting attracted 29 classmates, wives and guests at the A-N Country Club in Arlington on 12 February.

Margy and Bob Shultz provided small sunlight-activated dolls, the arms of which move in the light, for the ladies, and chocolate kisses for the guys. Milt Schultz, Poet Emeritus, enchanted the attendees with a thoughtful talk about “Love and Aging”. And traditionally, at the end, the men sang “Let Me Call You Sweetheart” as they stood by their lady’s chair. Obviously, a very popular affair! The DC area group was snowed-out in March (Gee, it did snow in places other than Maine!), but met again in May and June at the LaPorta Restaurant in Alexandria with 11 and 10 folks respectively attending.

Our 65th class reunion pretty much substituted for local meetings.

Thanks, Bill.

Joe Pausner reports for the San Francisco Bay Area group who resumed their bimonthly luncheon meetings in February at Ristorante Spalti in Palo Alto.

Attending were Bob Foley, Kathryn and Martin Hardy, Jeanne and Frank Holcomb, Caroline and Dick Landes, and Anne Rees Anderson and Joe. Other guests included Dori Davi and close friend Bette Lange, and Barbara Moll who flew down from Oregon. Barbara’s mail address is: 985 NW Hillside Parkway, McMinnville, OR 97128-9593. And for those not knowing, Anne and Joe were married on 8 November 2014. Anne’s dad was USNA ’22 and brother USMA ’50.

Great family A-N rivalry there, and Congratulations!!!

Joe continues, “Having a common birthday with Martin, on 2 April a traditional birthday party was held for us at The Van’s on the Hill in Belmont. It is located in a building which was the Japanese Pavilion in San Francisco’s 1915 Pan-Pacific Exposition and is only one of two surviving buildings from that World’s Fair. It was subsequently moved 20 miles

south, first as a residence, then as a speakeasy, and who knows what else upstairs during Prohibition.Today it is an outstanding steakhouse and restaurant.”

The aforementioned partiers except Bob, helped blow out the 88 candles.Then on 2 June the group met at the Peninsula Regent in San Mateo again for cocktails and lunch to celebrate our 65th Class Anniversary, joined by Geri and Dean French from San Diego. Wow! What an active group! Classmates visiting are invited to attend future luncheon meetings.

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Bill Martin reports for the San Diego group that Bill Grimm is recovering from a couple ribs broken in a fall. Hank Hancock, wintering over here, was coping with a broken wrist before returning to Maine. Sons of Mark Frudden and Bill Martin livened up their February meeting with their dads.

TOM Ross reports that in Annapolis a special President’s luncheon meeting was held at Ginger Cove on 27 May for the USNAAA, Comptroller Gerrie Farmer and staff member Linda Reyes to thank them for their substantial assistance with the financial aspects of both our 60th and 65th Reunions. Hosting were Tom JJ McNally, Bill Rockey, Byron Lee, and John Henderson.They continue to assist in the management of the finances of the class. Later Annapolis regional luncheon meetings concentrated on preparations for our Class Reunion.

We regret that son Bill reports that his father Dr. William Dombrowski (33rd Co.) died on 12 March in Baltimore, MD. He resigned as a surface warfare officer and pursued a dentist career, graduating from the University of Maryland Dental School.

Our Lucky Bag says “Ski’s” hobbies were, “good food, photography with time spent working in the dark room, and his room a mecca for lovers of cuisine, for there they could find Pierre Dombrowski with his apron and imported French beret slaving over a hot grill.” An obituary for Last Call had not been received by the USNAAA as of our press deadline. Our condolences are extended to his wife Marie and their three living sons, daughter, daughter-in-law, seven grandchildren and other family members.

Andrew Putka, a non-graduate, passed away on 19 April in Cleveland, OH. Andrew graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a law degree.

He served in numerous distinguished positions in the public sector, including

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In between he pursued his private law practice, having been admitted to the Ohio State Bar, U.S. District Court, U.S. Supreme Court, and U.S. Court of Military Appeals. He was active in ten fraternal, professional and civic organizations.We extend our sympathies to his surviving niece, grandnieces and grandnephew.

Several wives and widows have also passed on. Minnie Lane died on 21 March in Altavista,VA. She was the widow of B.B. Lane, USAF (30th Co.) who died in 2001. From Minnie’s obituary, “Her fatherin-law, the late E.H. Lane, told the Altavista Journal that bringing Minnie to Altavista was the best damn day’s work my son ever did.”

Indeed it was, because Minnie became an Altavista ICON. Among her accomplishments:Working tirelessly as an active member of the Lane Memorial United Methodist Church serving in Sunday schools, nurseries and classes, scout den mother, President of United Methodist Women, Chair of the Building Fund for a church addition, local schools’ classroom volunteer, and voted “Altavista’s Outstanding Citizen” in 1974. She co-founded the Altavista YMCA, overcoming race barriers that existed at the time. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People presented her their Community Service Award for 2003, followed by the Lynchburg Humanitarian Award in 2007. She and “BB” created an Altavista Arts Council, met Mother Teresa and supported her homeless charity. They brought South Vietnam refugees to Altavista and even opened their home to them.

We send our deep appreciation to her four surviving sons and daughters, 14 grandchildren, and the one great grandchild she was fortunate to meet before passing, and other family members.

Jane “Janie” Featherston died on 22 March in Charlottesville, VA. She was the widow of Capt. Frank Featherston, USN(Ret) (14th Co.) who died in 2011.

Janie graduated from the University of Illinois and after college was a flight attendant for American Airlines. Janie met Frank at USNA and they were married in 1951.

They travelled the world together.

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the Kenwood Country Club in Bethesda and five titles at the Farmington Country Club in Charlottesville. She made 14 holes-in-one!

She often played with her two daughters, daily afternoons with Page in later years.

Janie lit up a room, always so full of sunshine and energy. Janie made a commercial with Arnold Palmer at his home golf club in Orlando for the March of Dimes.

Indeed, Janie was Ms. Personality!

Considering our association with the Featherstons in Monterey and Washington, Sally and I can attest to that honor.With sincere regrets, the Class of 1950 sends its sympathies to her daughters and extended family.

Paula Portnoy, wife of Capt. Howard Portnoy, USN (Ret) (29th Co.), passed away on 11 April in Potomac, MD. She will be interred in Arlington National Cemetery at a date to be determined.We expressed our regrets to Howard during our class reunion, and now pass them on to all members of the family.

Oleta Fenier, wife of Joseph Fenier (35th Co.) died on 29 April in Ballwin, MO. She and Joe were married two hours after Joe graduated on 2 June 1950.When Joe was released from the Navy to inactive duty in 1954, with their two children Oleta began a career as a stay-at-home mom fully devoted to raising her family. Son Fred and daughter Karen provided touching commentary in their mother’s obituary about their upbringing. She was a superior cook with “the kitchen being her kingdom, there was always lots of food,” says Fred. Karen says on their walks her mom “said ‘Hi’ to everyone, including those in wheelchairs. She was a true and loyal friend, and had a wonderful sense of humor and loved to laugh.” Our condolences are sent to Joe, their three grandchildren, five great grandchildren and other members of the family.

Lucile Weymouth, wife of CDR Burton Weymouth USN (Ret) (34th Co.), passed away on 14 May in Farmington, ME. Burt and I were in the 23rd color company during our plebe year until the expansion of the brigade to 36 companies.We continued a close friendship thru graduation and resumed that friendship when Sally and I were transferred to Maine in 1976. Lucile and Burt lived in a quaint 19th century farmhouse where Burt grew up in Kingfield, Maine, passed on to him by his parents.The daughter of a naval officer, Lucile graduated from Randolph Macon College and met Burt at one of Navy’s football games.They were

married in September 1950 in Arlington,VA. She was an avid bridge player who never turned down an invitation to play, and also loved golf, with a hole-in-one to her credit. An accomplished cook, she entertained friends frequently, including members of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd in Rangeley, where she served on several committees. Sally and I will be attending her memorial service there on 27 June.We extend our sympathies to Burt, their daughter and son, grandson, three great granddaughters and other family members.

And word just received, Capt. Tom Rogers, USN Ret (10th Co.) died 0n 22 June in Chester, MD. More on Tom in our next column.

On a lighter note, Janie Binnion, has advised that her husband, Bob, well before he passed away last year, was urged to put into writing a series of especially memorable events or experiences during his life.

This he did, and a binder was created that is available to all generations of Binnions.

Great idea and one which many of us could consider.Yes, it takes time to do so, but worth it! Thanks, Janie.

Sally and I had the pleasure of attending high school graduation of our youngest granddaughter in Portland. As a member of the varsity soccer and softball teams, Olivia Mull earned the Co-Athlete of the Year Sports Award among senior class girls. She will attend the University of Maine at Farmington, majoring in Community Health and intending to become a personal trainer.

Her brother has just transferred into the sophomore class at the University of San Francisco and is expanding his horizon beyond Maine! As a second team All-State high school soccer goaltender and Portland city all-star baseball centerfielder, young Charlie hopes to continue playing at USF and plans to major in philosophy.

Deke Forbes says he will soon promulgate an errata to the 2015 Class Register he diligently worked so hard to complete in time for our 65th Class Reunion. Upon request from those who were not at the reunion, including active widows, he will send a copy to you. Email Deke at: dekus@earthlink.net with your mailing address and phone number. Upon receipt, please send $10 to cover mailing costs to our class treasurer: Col. William Rockey, USMC, 3440 S. Jefferson Street, Apt. 875, Falls Church,VA 22041. Make checks payable to the Class of 1950 Fund. ….With best regards, — Chuck

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PRES: RADM Leland S. Kollmorgen, USN (Ret.) 5 Park Place #619, Annapolis, MD 21401 P: 410-263-0216; E: tlk@cyberwind.net VICE PRES: CAPT Thomas A. Boyce, USN (Ret.) 3717 Carrige House Ct., Alexandria,VA 22309-2709; P: 703-780-7525 SEC’Y: CDR Richard Dean, USN (Ret.) 4104 Havard St, Silver Spring, MD 20906-4444 P: 301-942-1961; E: rwdean@iname.com TREAS: CAPT F. Trent Shaver USN (Ret.) 1177 Foxhound Court, McLean,VA 22102 P: 703-356-5588 E: ftshaver@mindspring.com CLASS FUND RAISER: RADM Guy Shaffer, USN (Ret.) 7101 Bay Front Dr. #125 Annapolis, MD 21403 H: 401-269-6609 E: ghbs51usna@comcast.net WEBSITE: www.usna51.com

A Note from the Newly Elected Class President n Classmates, Spouses, and Interested Parties; It is likely that there are historical quotes that would be appropriate - but I can’t think of one that really fits the situation. I confess upfront that I never expected to find us, my Teddi of 64 wonderful years together and me, in Annapolis.

One of the requirements to become an officer the class of ’51 is to reside “within a radius of one hundred and fifty miles (150) miles of the zero marker, which is in Washington, District of Columbia.” Since 1991 we didn’t meet that requirement as we had moved from Alexandria,VA after nearly 20 years to, what we thought then would be our retirement home, outside Charlottesville, VA to a resort area known as Wintergreen. When some of those classmates who did meet the criteria above learned we had purchased a condo in Annapolis we were asked repeatedly when are you moving to Annapolis? So some were thinking ahead.

We will miss our home in the beautiful Blue Ridges of Shenandoah, but life moves on. Must confess that I vowed, on graduation and marriage in June 1951, never to return. And for the next three years* the Lord willing, here we will be. (Note: *Class Presidents non-renewal term) To tread lightly on what we, as octogenarians all, are aware, racing around shank’s mare is for all but the most spry, behind us.The good news for members of the Class of 1951 (that includes all: wives, non-grads, honoraries, and those who care) is the fine legacy of service and commitment evidenced by the Class of 51’s record of devotion to the Naval Academy’s needs

and traditions. There will be more to say in that regard after I weigh into the large treasure trove of folders Art managed to lift and hand over to me. However, for now I would like to say that my interest is to reach out and bring closer all of those who have been fortunate to reach, and I am sure it is a surprise to many of us, this stage in life.

Be well, safe, and have fun. Lee OH! Here is a quote - “Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in aweek” - Will Rogers n The Class of 1951 annual meeting was held May 27, 2005. Because of deadline overlap some of this material might have appeared in the July-August issue of Shipmate. The good news is that at our age and stage, most will have forgotten it.

We have some new class officers, specifically President Lee Kollmorgen and Treasurer Trent Shaver while Vice President Tom Boyce and Secretary Dick Dean carry on. Joining Directors Rough, Holmberg, Malone and Zoehrer is Bob Adler. Class fund raiser Guy Shaffer gave a report on the funds raised in the recent drive. Tom Boyce reported that we had lost 29 classmates last year bringing the total losses to 456 with 269 still surviving (37.11%) of our 725 graduates.

The 65th Class Reunion was discussed and it will be held April 25-29th 2016 (Tuesday to Friday) with headquarters at the Doubletree Hotel, in Annapolis. The early sign up reported was 175-190 including spouses and guests.

A special hotel rate had been obtained of $119 per night plus taxes for single or double occupancy. (Reservations at 410224-3150.) If in doubt of your ability to attend you might still make a reservation.

Bob Small chairs the reunion committee.

Rumor has it there may be 20 or 30 presidential candidates hanging out in the lobby. Of course, there may not be, but it will be the right year.

The Class of 1939 scored a marvelous first with their digital reunion. Nine classmates, widows or juniors were connected to the reunion with their computers or by calling in. Our President Lee is exploring this venture for our 65th. The average age for the Class of 1939 is 99. The President of the Class of 1935 RADM Ed Keats who turned 100 years on 30 January and was the third member of their class to do so, has been keeping records for years on Centenarian graduates of USNA. He developed a list in the March-April 2015 issue of the graduates who reached

age 100. The oldest was 105. Our class has not established a last man aboard (Tontine) prize although there was some discussion on the topic a few years ago.

Another challenge before the class is the Blue Address book which has been issued in connection with our reunions.

We are hoping to maintain such a book and it may be possible to have an outside company take care of the logistics. The computer certainly aids this process.

Address changes and phone numbers with area codes continue to occur. There are still a number of classmates we cannot find even in the modern era. A large Register of all USNA graduates has been published every decade with the last in 2013. We currently have 71% of our classmates who are life members of the Alumni Association. That may have been one of the best buys in our lifetime for those who made it.. The current dues are $70 a year or a life time membership for $240. In effect there are about 80 classmates who do not receive Shipmate as lifetime members.

Did you see the recent movie about the breaking of the German Enigma code during WW II? My roommate all four years at the trade school, the late Gene McGarrah, married an English girl who worked at the compound at Bletchley Park where the breakthrough was made.

Georgette McGarrah recently told me her group worked in Hut 4 which was seen in the movie. My wife and I met Georgette with Gene at the Inn of the Raven for dinner in Bedford, England, in 1965. Since he retired they lived in the old McGarrah family home in Dallas.

Gene’s brother Bill was in the Class of 1950.(Incidentally, the term “wife” for a roommate has taken a new dimension in recent years. I do not know what terms they use now at the academy.)

Many of our surviving widows have been active boosters of the class and attend our events which is great. They are our unsung heroines. We recently lost Carol Ann Boyes, Walt’s wife of over 60 years. She had a life long interest in art and graduated from Mary Washington University in Fredericksburg. Many of our wives, my first wife Ann Mawhinney included, either graduated from or attended UMW over the years. Where I live at Altavita (aka AFVillage West) where we even have a Hood Girl along with nine USNA grads, two Pointers and three from USAFA and some widows from all the academies.

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51•52 CLASS NEWS The local Riverside County newspaper reports that one Don Krampe, an 85 year old Republican and former Marine, plans to run for the retiring Barbara Boxer’s US Senate seat in 2016. He ran in the GOP primary in 2012 and received .8 percent of the primary vote. Though this may not interest the class generally, he is the younger brother of our almost classmate Hugh O’Brian aka Wyatt Earp. Hugh had his 90th birthday in late April. It might be great to ask Hugh O’Brian to attend our 65th reunion since he did attend NAPS, but the problem is how to reach him.

Let’s discuss Hawaii. At one time we had a grand group of classmates there.

Years ago I had a great dinner near Waikiki Beach with Pappy Sears who lived down the road. One fact of historical interest was recounted recently by a neighbor who lived in the housing area above Pearl Harbor. She told me that her home was shot up by Japanese pilots who had made the first pass at the harbor.

Some years after our graduation I was driving around that housing area looking for one of the streets, McGrew Loop, when I spied a house with the name plate JHB Minnigerode. Could it be? It was, so we chatted a while. Later I heard of the wonderful times Sears, Buzz Bibby, Jack Cromwell, JP Miller among others, and later including Dave Sorraco, and their wives had in Hawaii.

Recently I found my 2002 Fiftieth Anniversary Lucky Bag, and the classmates who created this did a superb job.

At one point they listed our classmates by companies which was helpful. Many abstract facts were provided. The population of our country in 1951 was 150 million and today it is 334 million. It listed our flag officers and our casualties and some stories from our active duty years. Then it listed an update of our classmates and their careers and their families in those first fifty years. In addition to military officers, later we provided a number of educators, doctors, dentists, lawyers, ministers and business people spread out over the nation. John Cochrane and Clyde Middleton were state legislators (New York and Kentucky). I thought it would be interesting to see who had the most children (from those who mentioned children which most did and from those who had submitted material for the 50th year publication. Three families, the Joe Fitzpatricks, Bud Frenches, and Bill Frost’s had nine children each.

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Recently I have chatted with and or e mailed our class officers Kollmorgen, Boyce, Dean and Shaver. What great l eadership we have had over the years.

Challenges remain. Class numbers are down. Who thought we would live to be in the late eighties? How do we reach that 29%? Our next two reporting scribes are Guy Shaffer and Chuck Rushing. Art Ismay and Mary are up for some R and R. Bill Foster and Kathy are back from R and R in Ireland. It took. They are going back.

Phil Pahl lost his significant other recently. Natalee Everett was a talented artist. Phil is taking his youngest son over to England to do some family research.

He keeps attending a multitude of graduations and weddings in his clan. He provided a photo of a 1951 group of rowdy midshipmen who had cornered, or so they may have thought, a bevy of beauties on the Jacksonville Beach on the occasion of the 1949 air cruise. Hopefully we can fit this photo in with this column.

Jax is the place where RW Smith received his knickname Skivvies.

Don Nicksay has been found again.

He did not stray far from the beach at Ventura, CA and lives at a place called Leisure Village right on a golf course.

I asked what is handicap is and he said it is right up there with Tiger Woods. I think he was referring to the new Tiger Woods.

Then he confessed it was a three par course. Don has two children in California which brought him West years ago.

That old Skunk Works staffer, Fred Trost was telling me of the wonders of Prescott AZ over from the red rock country of Sedona. He recently returned from another cruise to the Canary Islands and thoroughly enjoys the plush version of life at sea. He retired from Lockheed an 1997.

At one point he taught for five years at Florida State, one of many educators that emerged from the class.

One of our successful politicians, Clyde Middleton, was active in Kentucky politics, He did not state, but he may have been a force behind such names as Rand Paul and the current US Senate Honcho. He had been visiting a daughter in Florida,and health problems have slowed him down. Welcome to the club!

Unfortunately he lost his wife to a fluke home accident a few years ago.

Mr. Texas, Fred Meredith, has been a bit slowed down of late. He uses a cane or a walker because of a touch of neuropathy. He has a significant other who gives him good companionship as he roots for

the Texas teams. Name any sport.

I checked in with the Basil Ortilivos in Las Vegas where they have lived for eleven years. They love the city which has great energy. Theirs is an interesting tale which Marie told me. They are both Brooklynites and were neighbors, starting to date when she was 16. She even dated him for a couple of years at the Academy and then broke up. They were married some 30 years later and have now been married for 37 years. Basil has some health problems Their home before Vegas was Torrance, CA, where he worked for the Hughes Company.

Rudy Pierce, one of our class MDs, had checked in with our past president Art and followed up his conversation with some advice.

1. It is important to be pro-active with your physician (Nurse Practitioner or Physician’s Assistant) with a positive relationship.Your spouse can be helpul.

2. Understand your diagnosis, medications (side effects and drug interactions) and alternatives of treatment.

3. Bring a list of questions and concerns to each visit and go over them.

He said most of the classmates are aware of these, but it is worth review.

We may have a photo available of some of the academy grads and their spouses at Altavita which will be toward the end of the column A final thought. This will probably be our last big class reunion in April 2016.

Try to make it if you can. Class planners need a tentative count as early as possible.

As mentioned before we are at an age and stage where flexibility is needed. If you have changed your address or phone number in the past few years let our class secretary know. Names and contact numbers are available at the top of the class column.Your current scribe...

John McGrew.

A bevy of beach-goers at the Jacksonville Beach, Summer Air Cruise 1949

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PRES: John C.Young 20624 Highland Hall Drive Montgomery Village, MD 20886-4021 P: 301-208-3550; E: jcy52@verizon.net VICE PRES: CAPT Jerome Rapkin, USN (Ret.) 801 Bridgeport Way, Annapolis, MD 21401 P: 410-280-2698; E: japkins52@verizon.net SEC’Y: CDR William J. Laux Jr., USN (Ret.) 3638 Elderberry Place, Fairfax,VA 22033-1214 P: 703-787-0712; E: wjlaux@verizon.net TREAS: Col Richard E. Denfeld, USAF (Ret.) 11717 Tuxworth Trail, Bumpas,VA 23024-8867 P: 540-895-9050; E: denf52@aol.com WEBMASTER: CAPT T.W. Lyons Jr., USN (Ret.) E: tomlyons52@cox.net WEBSITE: www.toughshoes52.org

The 65th reunion of the Class of 1952 will be held in 2017.Tom Thawley has agreed to take on the duties of chairman, as he did for the 60th reunion. Tom Lyons had gotten the effort underway, but his living a considerable distance from Annapolis caused a number of difficulties in making local arrangements, which will not be a factor for Tom Thawley, who lives in Annapolis. Tom Thawley reports: n “The “Tough Shoes to Fill” Class of 1952 is planning our 65th Reunion for 2017. The dates will be Sunday’s arrival, April 23 into Wednesday’s farewell brunch, April 26. The final schedule of events is being developed and will be publicized via E-mail to those with Email and snail mail to all others, including widows and widowers or to known surviving children. All are welcome to attend all or parts of scheduled events.

“Our hotel will be The WESTIN ANNAPOLIS, 100 Westgate Circle, Annapolis MD 21401, and there will be a USNA Class of 1952 Reunion block of rooms.You will make your own individual reservations, and be responsible for the charges for reservations made. Costs of the Reunion itself have not been set, but we will work to keep costs low like our 60th Golden Reunion in 2012, which was chaired by Tom Thawley, then and again for our 65th in 2017 (in lieu of Tom Lyons who does not live near Annapolis).

“We have engaged Valerie Gerheiser, wife of a USNA grad, who is taking care of arrangements for our Reunion in coordination with Holly Powers of the Alumni Association. At the appropriate time the Alumni Association will collect Classmates’ Reunion entry forms and checks.You will be informed of how, when and how much to send them later.

“So, mark your calendars and plan to attend our 65th Reunion. See you then, Tom Thawley.” n The readers of this column know that we are always looking for accounts of the accomplishments of ’52 Classmates to pass on to our group. A very interesting story of a lifetime of accomplishment was printed in the Funeral Mass program honoring Charles J. “Knobby” Walsh at his final services on 21 March 2015.

Knobby passed away on 2 January 2015. A copy of the program was sent to Jim Sagerholm by Knobby’s widow, Gail. Jim was so impressed by Knobby’s business career that he thought the program might be worthy of including in the Class column. I couldn’t agree more, and so it follows, in major part: n “Charles James Walsh, 29 June 1930 – 02 January 2015 “Charles Walsh, of Harvard, Illinois passed away on Friday, the 2nd of January 2015 after a long illness.

“Charles was born to Elmer Michael Walsh, Sr. (the once Sheriff of Cook County), and Grace Farwell Walsh on the 29th of June 1930. He grew up on the South Side of Chicago where he attended the University of Chicago Laboratory School, and the transferred to St. Joseph High School in St. Joseph, Michigan. He left the Midwest in 1947 for the Severn School in Severna Park, Maryland, to prepare for his appointment to the United States Naval Academy. Upon graduation from Annapolis in 1952…, Charles was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force….Also upon graduation, he married his childhood sweetheart, the late Mary Kleinman Walsh. They would go on to raise their eight children in Deerfield and Bannockburn, IL. “During the Korean War, Charles served as a nuclear weapons officer and bombardier aboard the Convair B-36 Peacemaker, the largest bomber aircraft in history.

“Following his military service, Charles brought his entrepreneurial spirit and engineering acumen to the industry of high technology. In 1962 he launched

Nuclear Diodes, which became EDAX in 1972, a company that still exists and is the worldwide leader in energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, electron backscatter diffraction, wavelength dispersive x-ray spectrometry and micro x-ray fluorescence systems. While at the helm of these companies, Charles led the development of the world’s first x-ray capability for electron microscopes, and received the Presidential “E” from the U.S. Commerce Department for excellence in commerce.

“In the mid 1970’s, Charles sold EDAX to Philips of Eindhoven, Netherlands and began another career, this time in the boating industry of South Florida. The company he initially founded designed and built the fly-bridge vessel that would eventually become the worldrenowned Blackfin 32’ sport fisherman. In 1979, he started Walsh Yachts, Inc., in Fort Lauderdale, where he and his current wife, Gail Johnson Walsh, sold yachts for over 20 years. During that time, he wrote and published the Yacht Brokerage Bible, the industry’s first “how-to” book. It was so highly regarded that the State of Florida used it as an educational resource for income tax training.

“In the 90’s, Charles started Apreamare of North America, importing and selling yachts from both Sorrento and Sarnico, Italy. During his time in Fort Lauderdale, he was active in the community. He was president of the Executive Association of Fort Lauderdale, a Cub Scout den leader, U.S. Naval Academy Blue and Gold Officer to numerous high schools in Broward County, member of the Lauderdale Yacht Club, patron of the arts, and active parishioner of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church.

“In 2003, he and his wife Gail traded the boats and beaches of South Florida for the cows and corn of the Midwest, returning to their roots in Northern Illinois. During his later years, Charles loved to ride his tractors and mowers, work projects in his shop, and avidly read current events and history.

“Charles was a supremely fascinating man with an inimitable spirit, an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and a constant desire to create. While he had many life adventures, perhaps those pursuits for which he will be most remembered were aviation, fishing, and woodworking. He began his aviation career flying the N3N Yellow Peril, the last biplane in active U.S. Military use. As a pilot, he accrued thousands of hours, held many type ratings and owned multiple

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52•54 CLASS NEWS aircraft. As a fisherman, he battled thousand pound Marlin and put the gaff to many five hundred pound tuna, but was most fond of wading the Michigan streams of his boyhood, admiring the iridescence of an 8” Brook Trout. To family and friends, his master woodworking creations will live on as enduring legacies of his creativity, attention to detail, and craftsmanship.

“Charles is survived by his wife, friend, and partner of 43 years, Gail Johnson Walsh, their son Lieutenant Commander Brian P. Walsh, USN (Anne), and his eight children by his previous marriage: Michael S. Walsh (Linda), Mary Elizabeth Walsh, Charles J. Walsh, Jr., Peter M. Walsh, Timothy K. Walsh (Sally), Kathryn J. Walsh (Joe Espina), Clareann James (Geoffrey), and Robert F. Walsh (Diana). He is also survived by his brother, Elmer Michael Walsh, Jr. (Betty), sister Mary Walsh Brand, brother-in-law Terry Johnson (Nancy), 10 grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

“He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister, Alida C. Walsh, first wife, Mary Kleinman Walsh, and in-laws, Eugene R. and June A. Johnson.

“Charles (was) inurned on the ninth of April 2015, with his fellow Shipmates at the United States Naval Academy Columbarium in Annapolis, Maryland, where his beloved Severn “joins the tide” and where he may, for all time, continue his “Four years together by the Bay”. n You may recall from the Class of 1952 column in the last issue of Shipmate, our new president Jack Young made what might be called a written State of the Class address. In describing the various offices and functions, and listing the current incumbents, he said the n “Chairman, Tailgate — Jerry Rapkin.

Note: We will have the tailgate location and parking, lot 40, with no tent service procurement, keeping cost to a minimum.” Well, Jerry is a very intent (pun intended) kind of guy. What if it rains?

What if the sun is hot? We have to have a tent. Even better – two tents. So, on 28 May, Jack Young was able to report:“Our prodigious Vice President has procured at great discount two tents - one 10’ x 14’ and one 10’x 10’.They are being stored in his garage. He will now work with the 17th Company to get the tables and to get the Mids to set up and take down the tents and store them - all at significant savings. So we are - or will be - set for the games. Good work, Jerry.You all come!” n

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Bill Ryan added a BZ, just to make it a little more Naval.

Our new Class President, Jack Young, has suggested that the regional chapters give the rest of the Class the benefits of their experiences, their pursuits, their accomplishments, and anything else from which the rest of us might benefit. We have heard from the local chapters in Annapolis, Central Pennsylvania, San Diego, the Emerald Coast of Florida, and the Pacific Northwest, on an occasional basis. They will be encouraged to give regular updates, for the betterment of all.

But such reports are not limited to organized chapters – as your secretary, I urge anyone who has any news to report, please send it in! All of us are retired from our lives in uniform, and most (— but not all!) are retired from civilian pursuits, also.

Many of us, and I am certainly included, are busy with our “bucket lists”, and I think our classmates would like to hear about what you are up to. So I will kick it off: My wife and I leave in a couple of days for Alaska. We will fly from Washington to Fairbanks. We will spend a week on land, visiting Denali National Park and other points of interest as we make our way to the Anchorage area. We will then board a cruise ship and spend a week progressing through the inside passage to Vancouver, British Columbia.

We will then board the Rocky Mountaineer, a Canadian excursion train, and spend a week getting to Calgary, Alberta. From there, we fly back to Washington. We are really looking forward to it! Meantime, let’s hear from you.

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PRES: CAPT Alvin S. Glazier, USN (Ret.) 7619 Leith Pl., Alexandria,VA 22307 P: (703)768-2762 E. glophin@aol.com CORR SEC’Y: CAPT Arthur C. Bivens, USN (Ret.) 3724 Acosta Rd., Fairfax,VA 22031 P: 703-273-1392; E: acbivens@aol.com WEBMASTER: CAPT Paul Dudley, USN (Ret.) E: pdudley@1953.usna.com WEBSITE: www.usna53.org

65th Reunion Our Class Executive Committee met May 29th. The main topic was to start planning for our 65th Reunion in Annapolis. The tentative date is 27-30 April 2018, this being prior to Graduation Week. To be determined, along with Classmates abilities to attend, are hotel selection, Company/Battalion parties, and tours to be offered. The hotel selection seems to be the first priority; the DoubleTree that worked well for the 60th, or a hotel close

to down town Annapolis such as the Marriott or Lowes.Various tasks were volunteered within the ExCom. Other Classmates will be asked to volunteer as able. Comments welcomed.

62nd Anniversary Paul Dudley sent a photo of a “few Southern California types” who got together in Coronado June 5th to celebrate our 62nd anniversary. L-R: Paul Dudley, Folsom Jenkins, Jim Rodgers, Jack Davis, Kent Curl, Dick Brummage, Bill Albers, Bob Lindsay, and Bob Struven.

Proud Grandparents of Class of 2015 Graduates Joseph M. Worth, grandson of Ed and Dolores Worth, graduated as the Spring Set Brigade Commander (6 stripes). He was also a varsity football linebacker on our very successful team; and carrying that tough mindset forward he chose the U.S. Marine Corps (Infantry). Ed said, “Joe has set the bar high for Will,” his younger brother, Mid’n 2/c, who is a varsity football team QB behind starter Keenan Reynolds (1/c) and maybe Tago Smith (2/c), who was the backup QB last year. That’s another high bar for Will.

Jessica Fellows, granddaughter of Chuck and Alix Fellows, graduated with distinction (90 out of 1000+). She was a varsity lacrosse player until a heart condition was discovered. It has been corrected, but a commission was in doubt.

However, it was determined that she could be commissioned and serve as an Intelligence Officer.

Passings Thomas M. Barry, CAPT, USN (Ret) died May 29, 2015 in Sugar Grove, NC. Tom served in the Navy for 26 years mostly as an EDO. During this time he earned BS and MS degrees from Webb Institute of Naval Architecture and attended the Naval War College. His awards include the MSM and NAM. During his civilian career he taught mathematics at Appalachian State University. He is survived by his wife, Anna, 4 sons, 28 grandchildren, and one great-grandson.

Herbert A. Hincks died June 1, 2015 in Sanford, NC. Herb was a submariner who resigned as a LT in 1958.

There is no other available info on those years other than he was awarded a PUC. His civilian career included working for Westinghouse, Allis-Chalmers, and Siemens as a VP. Along the way he earned a Master’s Degree at George Washington U. He was elected to the Lee County Board of Commissioners and served for

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8 years as chairman, as well as serving on the Sanford-Lee County Regional Airport Authority. He was the 2014 recipient of The Order of the Long Leaf Pine, NC’s highest civilian award. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Helen, 4 sons, and 10 grandchildren.

Philip L. Knotts died June 2, 2015 in Hocking, DE. Phil was a submariner who initially served a year in the USS Philippine Sea (CVA-47) before duty in USS Cobbler (SS-344) and USS Medregal (SS-480). He resigned in 1958 to attend the University Of Virginia Law School where he earned his Juris Doctorate in 1961. He served a year as an FBI agent, then became a bank trust officer. In 1968 he joined his father and brother in owning and operating a bus and trucking company in New Castle, DE. He was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy. Survivors include 4 sons, 2 of whom are West Point grads serving as career officers, 10 grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter. * *Indicates article in the 50th Year Legacy Book A Continental Mix-up Bob Kassel and his wife, Ellen, live in Australia. Bob’s son, who does not live in Australia, sent us an e-mail to Al Glazier reporting that Bob is suffering from Asbestosis and Emphysema and that his condition is poor. He asked if any Classmates could provide information about Bob’s Navy service; what ships he was on, and whether he had exposure to asbestos in shipyards. A reasonable request thinking Bob’s memory was shot and that he was in grave health condition. We rose to the occasion, sent e-mail blasts to Company Reps and specific Classmates who knew Bob well to get this information. The responses came back from a sizable number of Classmates. Tom Mayberry among others provided the info, but Tom also decided to call Bob. How could Bob not remember that he served in the USS Nautilus (SSN-571)

during their historic first under ice expedition to the North Pole? Not too surprisingly, Bob answered the phone and they had a long telephone conversation.

“He seemed to be his normal ebullient self. He and his wife play squash [often].

He does suffer from emphysema, but not mesothelioma. He seems better than many of our Classmates.” This episode sounds like that Mark Twain quote; “My demise has been greatly exaggerated.”

Mail Bag Jim Nord has recently moved, but he was a bit tardy in responding to Joe James, his18th Co. Rep, with his new addresses. Jim explained that he has been training for the National Senior Olympics in Minneapolis, that he is a 24/7 caregiver for his wife, and trying to write a book. In a follow up message Joe reported that Jim set a state record last year in Michigan Senior Olympics in the 100 meter breaststroke and has qualified for the Nationals.

Joe added, “There is still some [piss and] vinegar in some of the 53ers.”

Bob Baker sent an old photo from the 1950 Midshipmen Cruise in the USS Missouri asking if anyone can name his shipmates. Bob took the photo. Let me (Art) know if you identify anyone.

1950 Missouri Midshipmen Cruise

Literary Corner Tom Schaaf wrote a book review of The Wright Brothers by David McCullough. It was published in The Washington Times May 20, 2015 titled, “The brothers who taught the world to fly.” Tom reads a lot and often gives us an oral review of the latest books he recommends at our monthly Class Luncheons in Washington,

DC. He also writes reviews that get posted on our Class website in the Book Review section. This latest 24 inch column review is a step up in the world of book reviewers. It is also posted on our Class Website.

Afterword The Company Representatives have been tasked with confirming the correct addresses (home and e-mail) and telephone numbers of their Company Classmates. At this time in our lives some of you decide to downsize or move closer to your children. Please let us know when you do. I keep the Class Date Base and work with Alumni Association to try and keep it up to date. At some time in the future, along with Bob Umberger, we will update Class Roster. Bob is the pro in this endeavor. He and Chris Zirps put together June 2013 Roster and some earlier ones.

From the Washington Times Consumer Reports, March 17, 2015: “To avoid falls, watch your feet…Each year about half of Americans age 65 and older suffer a fall; almost 10 % are seriously injured….Look where you are going, keep a night light on, lift your feet, and don’t take chances.”

I will add, always use the hand rails when going up and down on stairs….ACB

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*J.R. Smith (22) proudly sends: n On 21 February our son rented a 26 ft U-Haul truck, and with the help of his two sons and several local friends, we managed to move nearly all of our possessions from the double wide, 3 BR, 2 Bath, mobile home we have owned since 1998 in the Roadrunner Mobile Home Park, Roswell, NM. We drove our son’s suburban (used to be ours) up from Roswell filled to the maximum with some of our things that couldn’t get into the U-Haul.

We may have to do that again. It’s about 220 miles from Roswell to Bosque Farms but there’s a nice little diner in Vaughn, which is about the half-way point. The waitresses there know us very well. Where did we move to? It’s a brand new 3 BR, 2 ½ Bath, 2 car garage, next door to our son’s home in Bosque Farms, NM, 87068

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54•55 CLASS NEWS (505) 869-9066. The home is built to ADA standards so that we can maneuver about in wheel chairs should that day ever come. I got my gas fireplace, with a 65” TV, and a separate office space (with the half bathroom attached) that also holds our TV from Roswell and my BOSE music system. Marilyn has her dream kitchen, and walk in bathtub along with a central vacuum cleaner system. Her appliances are from Star Wars and it’s taking her a little time to get used to them. We had an Open House 12 April to get acquainted with our new neighbors. If anyone would like to see what we did with the money we thought we were going to spend on a retirement condo in Roswell, you are welcome to visit any time. We still have landscaping to do, but the plan is to do it in Southwestern Style (No grass to mow). After all, New Mexico is The Land of Enchantment. n *OLD SHIPMATE SNAPSHOT from the July-August 1990 issue regarding the late Captain Taussig, who was instructor of Military Law when we were at USNA. Harve Taffett (7) wrote; n “During a softball game between the 7th Company and a company officer’s team, Captain Taussig played on a “peg leg” ala Captain Kidd. We had an agreement that when he was at bat, if he made it to first base, then a pinch runner could enter the game. I was catching that day.

Our pitcher let fly with an errant toss that hit in front of the plate and then skipped into his peg leg knocking it our from under him, and sending him sprawling.

My immediate reaction upon hearing the ball meet wood was to yell “bunt!” It took me about one microsecond to realize that I might have just opened my mouth when I should have kept it shut. A truer officer and gentleman with a greater sense of humor did not exist. Instead of climbing all over this big mouth Mid, he was laughing so hard he could scarcely rise from the dust to try again.” n *Don Morton (13) Sea Story: n “In 1965 I was the XO of a Seabee battalion in Danang, RVN. During our nine-month deployment, each man was allowed one R&R trip. The locations were Tokyo, Bangkok, and Clark AFB in the Philippines. Liberty in Danang was stopped after a couple of inebriated Marines accidentally burned down a house for ladies of easy virtue. After a short while our skipper stopped R&R in Bangkok because too many of our

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Seabees were coming back with sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

There were a couple of Australian girls who came to Vietnam to entertain the troops. They toured the camps, singing and dancing and doing comedy routines.

They were young and pretty and were very popular, more popular than many of the USO troupes (with the exception of Bob Hope and Ann Margret). The girls spent the night at each camp they visited.

They were then jeeped to the next camp the following day. They were paid by each camp they visited. They seemed to be fully booked because it was difficult to get them. They came to our camp. They were nice girls. We had a separate tent for visitors where they stayed. There was no hanky-panky. They told us they almost made enough money in one year in Vietnam to return to Australia and retire.

As part of their routine, at the end of each performance, they looked over the men in the audience to select the youngest, most lonely, shyest and most innocent looking man they could find. Then they both gave him a big hug and a kiss.

I was standing next to our battalion doctor. He started to laugh. I said,“What’s so funny?” He said “Would you believe they picked out one of the men in the battalion who contracted a very bad STD!” n *Bob Rogers (18) sends a memory snap-shot: n “Having lived as long as we have, there were bound to be ironic surprises arising from our Naval Academy common bond mixed with disparate backgrounds, personal experiences, and career paths.

Such was the case with Ed Martin (17) (d.2014)) and I finding ourselves working closely together making arrangements for the West Coast Class Reunion in San Diego in 2011. As we all know, Ed got shot down southeast of Hanoi in 1967, and was held captive at the infamous “Hanoi Hilton” prison for six years. He was raised in Georgia and I was from Southern California. Although we attended classes together for four years, we had only a passing acquaintanceship.

During one of our bull sessions of late, we were reminiscing about growing up in the ’30‘s & ’40‘s, and how only movie stars and the privileged had the time and means to travel to exotic places like Shanghai, Singapore, Madagascar, Casablanca, Hong Kong or Tokyo. They were only tantalizingly pictured in National Geographic and newsreels, and to us they were but a dream. Burma,

(renamed Myanmar), in particular, occupied a special niche in both our psyches. First, who in our generation hadn’t heard of Rangoon and of course Mandalay, from Rudyard Kipling’s familiar poem after hearing baritone Laurence Tibbett frequently belting out the compelling lyrics over the radio in the rousing song “Road to Mandalay”? We both were made well aware of Burma teak’s legendary attributes for planking on vintage WWII battleships and cruisers from our midshipmen dazes “holystoning” the decks of the MISSOURI and WISCONSIN. Remember? n This prompts me to share an ethereal moment aboard the destroyer HARRY F. BAUER (DM-26) for Youngster cruise.

We had just shoved off into the Chesapeake Bay bound for Norfolk and destined for Europe. I had nothing better to do then to locate myself at the bow of the ship. At that moment I was treated to a pod of flying fish magically crossing our bow waves, with the ship’s motion sending a refreshing breeze filtering through my humidity wetted White Works,” while fanciful thoughts of Liberty in Europe swirled in my active brain. Immediately the perfectly apropos words and music of “Road to Mandalay” enjoined my thoughts: Come you back to Mandalay, Where the old Flotilla lay; Can’t you ‘ear their paddles chunkin’ from Rangoon to Mandalay?

On the road to Mandalay, Where the flyin-fishes play, An’ the dawn comes up like thunder outer China ‘crost the Bay! Ed Martin’s association with Burma teak and “Road To Mandalay” had embedded ambivalent memories, one being a familiarity and fondness for all of Rudyard Kipling’s poems. He bowled me over when he offered to recite from memory all the stanzas from “Road to Mandalay.” I reeled back while asking him, “Hey! Where did you learn all that?”

He related how he and a neighboring prisoner at the Hanoi Hilton humored each other in passing the lyrics to “Road To Mandalay” by tapping on the concrete wall separating them, using a code they devised. So the words remained forever implanted in the forefront of his memory.

That’s how the “Road to Mandalay” turned out to be our road to a deeply felt friendship that followed. n

* From “The 64 From 54” 50th Reunion Marine Monograph on classmates who were commissioned officers in the Marine Corps - a Sea Story: n While “commanding a desk” on an involuntary supply tour of duty on Okinawa, one day Pete Yadlowsky (20) arose too rapidly from his chair, and hurt his back. Obviously, Pete was poorly trained for desk duty. Navy Doctors could not solve the problem, and Pete just contended with the nagging and intermittent pain. Six months later, Pete’s desk duty was over, but his back pain persisted.

On return to the states, he became a Platoon Commander in the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division located at Camp Pendleton, California. Pete’s unit moved to Pickle Meadows, California for Marine Corps mountain and cold weather training. One day Pete was practicing mountain climbing “falling” with a partner. This practice entails two climbers; both tethered with the ends of climbing rope tied to each of their waists. One climber (fall breaker) stands back from the edge at the top of a cliff (this one with a 50 foot drop), the other (faller) stands at the edge with his back to the drop. The “faller” then jumps out and off the cliff backwards, and at the same time yells “falling.” The fall breaker at the top has taken a few feet of slack to the tethered climbing rope. At the yell “falling,” he tightens the rope against his body and the rope brakes the “faller’s” fall.

The faller simultaneously thrusts out his feet and bounces in against the cliff wall.

This prevents slamming against the wall while arresting his fall. Pete jumped off backwards and yelled “falling.” Somehow, the process did not go as expected. Pete went straight down to a violent jerk-stop by the rope. His body slammed into the wall without his feet breaking the fall.

Outside of some bruises, Pete was O.K. After a few miles in the march back to camp, Pete suddenly realized that his back pain was gone, and it never felt better.

Instead of the growing pain he usually got on marches, there was none! What is even

more amazing, Pete never had any more back pain problems for the rest of his career in the Marines! Pete’s Own Cure for back problems is called the Violent Traction Method. If you have bad and nagging back pain; go up on your roof with a length of good sturdy rope. Tie one end to your chimney, the other to your middle, and jump off your roof backwards. Make absolutely sure you have the proper length of rope. It is a mandatory that no one attempt this ‘cure’ without first consulting with and getting signed written approval from your doctor.” n

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PRES: VADM Henry C. Mustin, USN (Ret.) V.PRES: RADM Malcolm MacKinnon, III, USN (Ret.) TREAS: CDR Robert P. Pirie, Jr., USN (Ret.) SECY: CAPT Thomas F. Stallman, USN (Ret.) E: staltom@aol.com CORR SEC'Y Frederick Schoenberger E. fredseod@gmail.com WEBSITE: http://1955.usnaclasses.com

James David (JD) Everett (20) passed away March 3, 2015 in Pinehurst, NC. Roger F. Scott, Jr. (5) passed away in Brewton, AL on March 14, 2015.

Charles W. (Bill) Ballew (2) passed away in Johnson City, TN on March 15, 2015.

John (Jack) McNish (14) passed away April 3, 2015 in Charlottesville,VA. Matt C. Mlekush (9) passed away in Murfreesboro, TN on May 27, 2015.

George E. Lawniczak (24) passed away June 1, 2015 in Orlando, FL Richard (Dick) C. Henseler (6) passed away on June 3, 2015 in Carlisle, PA. Kenneth R. McCally (7) passed away at home in Mansfield, OH on June 9, 2015.

Richard (Rich) H. Ribbe (5) passed away June 13, 2015 in Clermont, FL. The Northern Neck Spring Luncheon on May 27, 2015 was hosted

by Bob & Betsey Fountain (6) at their home in the country near Montross, VA and was attended by 33 classmates and guests.

On the Fountains’ Porch (l to r) Marge Stallman, Cyd & Fred Tolleson, Ted Parker, Angelo Cicolani, Mal MacKinnon, Hank Mustin

Mal MacKinnon (14) viewed the photo of the Thompson Stadium scoreboard (Navy 55 – Dartmouth 7) in a recent Shipmate issue with a more than casual interest. In fact, it bordered on “blood lust”. Wrote Mal, “A very close friend happens to have been the co-captain of the 1953 Dartmouth football team and every time we get together I remind him of that score. He married a roommate of my wife, Roz, and spends summers in Gloucester, Mass. where we visit them every summer. Invariably, as he comes out to help us with our luggage, he says ‘If I hear one word about 55-7, you both are outta here!!’ ” Mal received a copy of that pix for further malice.

Mal gathering intelligence at the 60th Reunion

Steve Ruth (14), an accomplished academic and writer in his own right, commented on the accomplishments of Jerry Holland (9) in the field of current and historic naval affairs writing. “I knew that Jerry Holland had published often in the Proceedings of the Naval Institute and other outlets, but recently, working with our librarian, I came up with a list that goes back about 15 years and is still probably not complete, since Jerry also writes a lot of letters to the editor and other pieces. Anyway, the list is, I think, pretty amazing. Jerry has also won the Institute’s annual best article award several times in recent years, and he continues to publish regularly, including one in January 2015.

For those classmates who may want to check out some of his work, the list has two columns. If you click on the first one you can get a summary of each article. In the second column is a link for the person who wants to buy the complete article.

Nearly all the professional societies are set up this way— interested readers who are not members need to pay to get the full article. I write regularly for IEEE and they also have that policy. If any classmate wants to contact me, I can send them this list (ruth@gmu.edu).

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55•56 CLASS NEWS As we all get older, I think it’s great that we can celebrate this steady stream of really interesting Navy-oriented articles that Jerry has produced over the years.

As mentioned, this is a small segment of his work, but I found all of the articles really worthwhile.”

Chuck Gerhan (5) checked in from Concord, NH. Along with more than seventy classmates and their wives, families, or other guests, Pat and I thoroughly enjoyed the 60th reunion gathering in San Diego. Our attendance was shortened by having to depart on May 1 to attend two important family events. Our grandson, Brian Gerhan, graduated from Augsburg College in Minneapolis on May 3, and his brother, John Gerhan, graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington on May 9. Utilizing our frequent flyer credits, we were able to lend our enthusiasm and cheer on both events in person, making a crowded and hectic travel schedule worth every bit.

The Indiana graduation photograph, showing the two graduates and their proud grandparents Chuck and Pat, has an interesting Navy aspect. It was taken at the USS Indiana (BB-58) Memorial located adjacent to midfield outside of the gigantic Big Ten-sized football stadium, the site of the graduation ceremonies. The photo’s background is the preserved prow of the battleship Indiana, the last BB launched (November 1941) before Pearl Harbor. The memorial also houses two 40mm gun mounts and a mast from the ship that saw combat service in nearly all of the Pacific battles of the war including the Marshalls, the Marianas and the Philippine Sea.

(l to r) Chuck, John, Pat & Brian Gerhan

Fred Tolleson (17) wrote that the reunion in Coronado had many classmates and was a grand time. But there was also a 64-year reunion for three of us. Burt Munger, Hugh Webster and myself were classmates in the class of 1954 at Stanford and took the academy entrance exam together. Burt and I ended up in the great 17th Company together, and Hugh and I played some plebe football together. In the last six decades, we three have been able to reunite at our class reunions. Our photo together includes another friend, Alex Aronis.

(l to r) Fred Tolleson, Alex Aronis, Burt Munger; (seated) Hugh Webster

Chic Cicolani (11) gets the prize for most photos taken at the reunion. I’ve lost count, but Ned Floyd is still digging his

way out of the pile Chic sent to him.

Here is the photo of the Eleventh Company group that made it to SD. Tom Stallman (14) sent in photos of the helicopter squadron briefing for the reunion attendees. One of the reunion events was a briefing on Helicopter Squadron Maritime (HSM) 75 by CDR John Kiefaber (‘97), son of Tom Kiefaber (19). John is currently the XO and slated to become CO in due course, as is the aviation custom. Below are two photos - one shows John briefing the group, and the other shows Tom and John plus Irene Munger on the left.

CDR J. Kiefaber briefing class

(l to r) Irene Munger, Tom & John Kiefaber

Photos from the 60th Reunion (all names are from left to right)

Steve Aronis, Tom Shine, Patricia Shine, Shirley & Walsh Conmy, Alex Aronis

’55: (l to r) in the front row are Ed Grant and his daughter Shelly Grant Hagle, Dick McLaughlin and his wife Phyllis and BG McSwain. Back row is Jenny Andress and behind her is Miller Andress; behind Dick McLaughlin and in front of Miller is Chic’s wife, Christine Blair; behind Phyllis McLaughlin is Chic Cicolani and behind BG McSwain is his wife Diane.

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Todd & Luz Meloy, Anne & Ted Parker, George Francis, Rachel Taylor, Bill Greene

George Francis, Rachel Taylor, Bill & Pat Greene, Theresa & Bruce Newell, John DeZell, Todd & Luz Meloy, Anne Parker, Ted Parker (back of head)

Suzy & Buddy Parker

Juanita & Seaborne Wade, Charlene Waters

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CLASS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: Col George Mushalko, USAF (Ret.) (15) E: gmushalko@cox.net; P: 703-768-4543 SHIPMATE: Dan Garges, USAF (Ret.) (24) P: 301-340-8197; E: magdan_56@yahoo.com SEC’Y: CAPT Doug Hayman, USN (Ret.) (11) P: 410-268-0740: E: dfhayman@comcast.net WEBMASTER: Bob Keller, USN (Ret.) (12) P: 781-329-5101; E: rmkeller34@verizon.net WEBSITE: www.usna56.org

“Deo Fidelis et Patria” East Coast Class Luncheon Send-Off: As a send-off to the 2015 Summer Season, the final class luncheon was held at Ft. Meyer,VA on June 4.

George Mushalko announced that we have 42 members signed up to attend the Tailgate activity for USNA football games next fall. We look forward to another winning season including additional success at the all-important Army-Navy game classic. Thanks to Jim Van Metre we had another interesting guest speaker for the lunch. Jim has done an outstanding job in setting up and arranging for very

informative speakers to attend our luncheons this year. The speaker this time was Margaret Iglesias-Dougherty who is a Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) supervisor and provided some insight into how she has “leaned forward” in a man’s world of countering international criminal and terrorist threats. Her husband Ed Dougherty is currently an Alexandria policeman who deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan while serving in the Navy Seabees. Margaret has a Master’s Degree in Forensic Psychology and performed as a Wall Street Broker for 3 years before being accepted into the NCIS as an investigator. She had to contend with the male dominated “good-old-boy” network where she had to prove her capabilities and competent independence. She accomplished this handily because she rose to become the Supervisory Intelligence Specialist responsible for Counterintelligence Operations and Investigations. The NCIS jurisdiction includes investigations and arrests of terrorists worldwide OCONUS. Her duties and responsibilities took her many places including Japan, The Philippines and Malaysia to name a few. The work involved counterintelligence operations on criminal threats in foreign ports, protection against R&D resources theft and intellectual property theft. All of this was done while managing the responsibilities of married life and the mother of two boys. It was probably a distinct advantage that husband Ed had a military background and a career in law enforcement as well. With such pertinent parental backgrounds, just maybe, those two boys could be candidates for the Naval Academy and/or the Navy Seals!

60th Reunion Update: The reunion is only 15 months away as of the date of this writing - 29 June. We have a block of rooms reserved at the Annapolis Westin, which is the same hotel as our 55th Reunion. The Executive Committee met on 11 June to review the draft schedules.

Per current planning, the 2016 football schedule will not be available until Feb/Mar 2016 (TV). Therefore, we will need to work with two schedules for a while: One is for an Away Game, assuming the period of 7-8-9-10 October 2016. The other is for a Home Game, assuming the period of 6-7-8-9 October 2016. Going forward we will complete the schedule details and formalize a reunion committee. More details will be forthcoming in future Shipmates and, as the reunion nears, in special mailings.

In the meantime if you have any questions contact George Mushalko, gmushalko@cox.net; or any items/ activities for the Reunion you would like to be considered.

Ross Hatch (18) Experience in Antarctica: This is a summation of an interview conducted with Ross in 1999 about his extraordinary two year experience as Operations Officer aboard the Ice Breaker USS Glacier. After graduation Ross was assigned to life as a new ensign on a destroyer for three years and then surprisingly was ordered to the Glacier, which turned out to be quite a rewarding experience. He was to go to the Antarctic and explore areas where nobody has ever been before! The Glacier, AGB-4 was the largest U.S. icebreaker in the U. S. Navy, which was built in 1955. Up until that time, all icebreakers that the U.S. had, had been built during the Second World War. The Glacier was also kind of unique. It had a shipboard compliment of about 240 people. It had room in the officers’ country for the twenty-four officers plus twenty-four other people, which included scientists, newspaper reporters, people from Coast and Geodetic Survey that helped them determine positions, and several foreign guests including the head of the Scott Polar Institute, Dr. Brian Roberts, and several of the old Antarctic veteran oceanographers and aerographers as special guests. They also had a temporary detachment of two helicopters on board. Glacier was designed to be a convoy command ship to lead ships through severe ice environments up to Murmansk and places like that. It had two engine shafts and five diesel generators on each shaft. In the open sea, you could go up to about eighteen knots with five generators, and you’d go seventeen knots with three but you had the extra power for breaking ice. The ship cruised with two or three engines on the line, and then when breaking ice, all five could be in use. Glacier is 310 feet long with a 74foot beam, which is a relatively small ship, but weighed 8600 tons, which was approximately four times as much as a destroyer of the ’50s of the same length, because Glacier had very thick plating. It was probably an inch or inch-and-a-half steel in the hull so it could break ice.

However, icebreakers don’t really break thick ice. They have a steep bow that sweeps back underwater and then drops down. And so they ride up on the ice, and the weight of the ship breaks the ice, not a physical hit to the ice. And the secret is

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56•57 CLASS NEWS when it starts to come down and break the ice, you have to have the ship starting to go astern or else the bow can fall into the snow and the ship can get stuck. To get the ship unstuck heeling tanks must be used to move ten tons of water from one side of the ship to the other to give you a roll, or by changing one propeller going astern and one ahead so you kind of swing yourself back and forth, and finally you’d break the grip of the snow and ice to get off. Ross said, “The history and the grandeur of the Antarctic is fantastic.” Ross was able to walk into the famous explorers Shackleton’s and Scott’s huts. They looked like the guys had just gone out for lunch, and at that time, and yet they had been gone 50 years or more!

Going out on the ice, seeing the flora and the fauna, banding and playing with the emperor penguins was a special unique experience that cannot be forgotten! A great story about a place on the Planet Earth where few have ever been before!

Ross detached in the summer of 1961, married Phyllis and headed for Monterey for PG School. In the fall of 1962, he was surprised to receive a letter from the National Science Foundation informing him that the US Board on Geographic Names had approved a geographic feature, Hatch Outcrop, along the Eights Coast, Bellingshausen, Antarctica. Clearly a great achievement!

Stephen James Cunniff (9) of Hilton Head Island, passed away on June 26, 2015 at the age of 83 after a brief illness. Steve is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Jane Cunniff, and four children (from a former marriage).

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PRES: CAPT William H. Peerenboom, USN (Ret.) SEC’Y: LCDR P. O. Behrends, USN (Ret.) 143-A East Lake Drive, Annapolis, MD 21403 E: pobehrends@aol.com CORR SEC’Y: CAPT F.N. Howe Jr., USN (Ret.) 1 Walter Cir., Fredericksburg,VA 22405-2363 E: fnhusna57@cox.net WEBMIESTER: CDR C. R. Hall, III, USN (Ret.) E: crhall@comcast.net WEBSITE: http//1957.usnaclasses.com

Kenneth Nelson Meneke (07) of Conroe, TX passed away at his home on 2 June. He is survived by his wife Carola, four children and six grandchildren.

Cleve Loman lost Marianne on 1 June.

Dave Cooper lost Mimi on 7 June.

Art Llewellyn, his eight children, twenty-seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren lost Rosalie on 12 June.

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Since we’ve had some difficulty soliciting current travel reports in the recent past we will start off with an account of some past travel which shows how you can get a lot of mileage out of what might otherwise be sheer disaster in the hands of the less dedicated. From Anne and George (LFC) Lanman: n “We tried to go to a Baltic cruise in June 2014 to visit the Hermitage in St Petersburg (our 2nd try -Anne is an artist and she went there when we were stationed in London in ’74). While on the flight to London, Anne got up five hours into the flight for a head call on British Air and felt faint, turned around and got her right foot stuck in the chair and fainted breaking her foot and ankle in five places (called a Liz Franc injury). The EMT looked at it when we landed and thought it was a bad sprain so, with Anne in a wheelchair, we took the Princess Cruise transport to the Governor House where we got ice and the best fish and chips room service EVER! “Next morning we got up, swelling was down and the foot didn’t hurt as long as she didn’t step on it. We had reservations to see Churchill’s war bunker so we went that AM in a wheelchair friendly London taxi to Downing Street. Spent five hours there and, by the time we got back to the hotel, the foot was swollen and discolored. I called the hotel doctor who immediately sent us to Princess Grace Care center near Regency Park. At the Center, after x-rays that showed the five breaks, we got an appointment to go to the London Orthopedic Clinic on Wimpole street. The Indian doctor there put a travel cast on Anne’s leg and said, “You are going back to the states to your orthopedic surgeon and I am writing a letter to that effect - no cruise for you!” as he wrote prescriptions for painkillers.

Anne was great, she didn’t seem to have any pain.

“We had tickets that night to the Prince of Wales theater to see the Book of Mormon. Back into the taxi to Shaftsbury street to see the play in the wheelchair section of the theater. Thanks to our travel agent we got the last two seats on British Air to San Diego on 21 June. Thus ended our four day trip to London. Anne had a five hour surgery on 9 July when the doctor put three plates and 17 screws in her foot! She was wheelchair bound for 3-1/2 months but by the 57th reunion in October was able to walk gingerly without cane or walker! The doctor told her at

the beginning she would be able to play tennis again.

“Subsequent to all this, I had a bout starting in October, with Achilles tendonopathy - no golf and had to wear a boot for the last month or so to let it cure before starting therapy again. So the Lanmans are going to try to get to St Petersburg and the Hermitage in June of 2016 - they say the third time is the charm!

“We haven’t done much recently other than take care of foot problems but Anne is now back on the tennis court and I’m finally back on the golf course (Scribe note: see below) after recovering from Achilles tendonopathy. In the meantime we took a five day trip to Dallas to see grandsons play baseball but the tornados flooded the ball fields so we only saw one game, but it was a great trip.” n The nearby photo of Anne and George was captured during the luncheon cruise aboard Hornblower Adventure at 57Reunion57.

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Next came a note from Jerry Smith on the results of the annual Black and Blue (aka: “A-N Scramble”) contested at Andrews AFB (Maryland) in June: n “Bob Crouch did his usual magic leading his team of Gil Livingston, Cam Fraser, and Jim Foresman to a two stroke lead over Smith, Philipps, Salmon and Lanman. Bob also added the closest-to-thepin award to his match honors. Kent Slaughter’s brother, Lance, won the longest drive and Army’s Ramsden won the 2nd closest-to-the-pin award. It was a cold, windy and wet day so the ceremonial photo was taken indoors!” n Nearby is a photo of the Navy team.

Pictured left to right: Gil Livingston, Dan Cooper, Jim Poole, Taylor Keith (’58), Dick Vosseller, Jim Foresman, George Philipps, Bob Crouch, George (LFC) Lanman (representing the Coronado Island Beer Club), Jack Kersh, Cam Fraser, Jerry Smith, Mike Salmon (’58).

’57: The Blue Team

Just a couple weeks earlier history was being made down on the Farm concurrent with the graduation of the Class of 2015.

The commissioning of Shannon Heyward’s grandson Alex has elevated the Heyward clan to a place of particular note, as they (Alexander ’30, Shannon ’57, Alexander ’84 and Alexander ’15) join the Robillards (George ’24, George ’57, Gregory ’82 and James ’10) as the only four-generation (!) lineal descendants with a ’57 member. Congratulations gentlemen.

get our room upgraded to a suite with unbelievable waterfront vistas. It was like a visit to time past. Beautiful weather, beautiful flowers, a beautiful visit to Butchart Gardens, and beautiful people made for thoughts of doing another trip to Victoria.

“Our final travel in 2014 was to Carmel, California. It had been awhile since we had visited there, like 10 years.

Carmel/Monterey was where we first traveled together after we met, so we had old memories to renew. During October nothing is very crowded in that area, so the pace is relaxing. In 2014 we made so many new memories — times of awe, renewal, family, friendships, knowledge, and gratitude for it all. We are both in good health and have much planned yet to come in 2015.” n

L to r: Al Grosskurth ’84, and the Heywards: Alex ’15, Sandy ’84, and Shannon ’57, the ’ole guy

Another pair of inveterate travelers who have been kind enough to share their wanderings with us are Val and Phil Papaccio. Here’s a quick look at a few of their recent excursions courtesy of Phil: n “In May of 2014 Val and I started another round of travels, but we stayed within our West Coast time zone. Our first trip was to Dana Point where we caught the ferry to Catalina which Val had never visited. Our trip was pleasant, and we learned more about the area and effects that earthquakes have on the location of Catalina and other local islands.

This was followed by a July cruise to Alaska. It was an amazing adventure — the sights, the animals, the people, the history, and the geology. If you have never done this cruise, it is a great addition to a travel bucket list. The photo of us was taken at Mendenhall Glacier.

“Since I had never been to Victoria BC, at Val’s urging, we went. We stayed at a beautiful local hotel, and I managed to

Off to Alaska

Then we got a great shot of current events from Joe Koch: n “Mary Jane and I spent 10 days on the East Coast in May for a ship reunion in Annapolis and a chance to visit Classmates and family. We attended the USS ANNAPOLIS (AGMR-1) Reunion in Annapolis at the Annapolis Sheraton Hotel. It was the second ship reunion we had attended at that hotel. It is not as fancy as Loews or the Westin, but the price is certainly much better and it had everything we needed for a nice reunion.

Since we used Annapolis Bus Company for transportation, it was just as convenient as the other hotels to downtown.

“After Annapolis, we drove to Dover, DE for a visit with Judy and Bob Lutz and then to Williamsburg for a visit with

Darlene and Paul Roush. From the Roushs’ we drove to Richmond, VA to visit my sister’s family. While in Richmond we had dinner one evening with Suzanne and Tom Drumm as well as Katherine and Bob Oates ’59.

Somehow we managed to bring our California weather east with us for our stay on the East Coast, as it was great weather the entire time. What a great opportunity to spend time with good friends and family!!!” n As those who follow the bouncing ball on Jack O’Donnell’s webcast know, our own Dave North, Aviation Week & Space Technology’s former editor-inchief, was recently named the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award during The Aerospace Media Dinner which was held at the Aero Club in Paris.

His citation read in part: “During his tenure he led the magazine’s coverage of the dramatic post-Cold War consolidation of the aerospace industry, the rise of Airbus, the debut of regional jets, Boeing‘s acquisition of McDonnell Douglas, a tragic space shuttle accident and the second Gulf War. His 28-year career spanned wars, space shuttle accidents and the rises, falls and consolidation of giant aerospace companies. North reported on flying the B-2 bomber, the U-2, Soviet MiG-29 and Su-27 fighters and many other notable aircraft. He retired in 2004, and occasionally still writes for AW&ST.” To which Dave added: n “The above was a very nice recognition of my time with Aviation Week & Space Technology. My daughter Kendra Ward and her husband Jeff accompanied me on the trip and the award dinner. I think that the judges thought that they had better give it to me while I could still talk and walk. I was a judge for this award for many years while with the magazine.

“We spent a day at the Paris Air Show on Monday, and I realized how much walking was involved in covering the show as a reporter. Fortunately I had younger legs in those days. It was Kendra and Jeff ’s 19th wedding anniversary so we celebrated with a great dinner at a lowkey, great French restaurant.

“Cooler weather than DC and overall a great trip. Airport security seems to be easier to get through, but as usual the French Passport people coming into CDG were understaffed and it took onehr to get through. I flew economy (never again) on an Air France 380 to Paris. Last time in a 380 I was flying it from the left

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57•60 CLASS NEWS seat from Toulouse. Flew back to Dulles on a 380 in economy plus and it was a much nicer experience.” n And that, faithful readers is, as the they say in the wool trade, “Three Bags Full.” We hope you feel inspired to follow the lead of your mates above and tell us a bit of whatever you’ve been doing over the summer. Would be great to hear from you. Carpe Diem. — FNH

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PRES: Lt Col Gordon M. Gerson, USAF (Ret.) E: gordon.gerson@1958.usna.com CORR SEC’Y: CAPT Bill Schramm, USN (Ret.) 17 Calera Canyon, Salinas, CA 93908 P: 831-484-9058; E: w_schramm@comcast.net WEBSITE: www.usna.com/Classes/1958/ WEBMASTER: CAPT Fred Victor, USN (Ret.) E: avictor@erols.com

MORE NEWS REGARDING CHUCK LARSON On 29 July 2015 the formal dining room in the USNA Superintendent’s quarters (Buchanan House) was dedicated as the “Admiral and Mrs. Charles R. Larson Dining Room”. Pictured below is the formal portrait of Chuck, commissioned by the Class of ‘58 and painted by Mr. Tom Edgeton, which will hang in the dining room. In the September-October Issue I will provide information on the 2 October dedication of the Administration Building as Larson Hall.

I’m confident that all the members of the USNA Class of 1958 appreciate the well deserved honors that the Naval Academy has bestowed on Chuck. His legacy and lasting presence at the Academy will continue, in the years to come, to bring honor to Chuck and Sally and recognition for the great Class of ‘58.

PORTRAIT OF ADMIRAL CHARLES R. LARSON

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DC CHAPTER NEWS At the June luncheon of the Washington DC Chapter of the Class of ’58 the guest speaker was Marty Erdossy from the Huntington Ingals Corporation (Newport News Shipbuilding). He spoke about the construction of the USS Ford, CVN-78, our newest carrier, and of the changes from the Nimitz Class. The USS Ford is the first of a new Class of carriers that will replace the Nimitz Class. The keel for the Ford was laid in November 2009 and she is expected to be delivered to the Fleet in early 2016. The cost is in excess of $13 billion. In the picture below Chapter President Jack Adams is shown thanking Marty Erdossy for his presentation.

JACK ADAMS AND MARTY ERDOSSY

WHERE HAVE THE YEARS GONE??

My wife Mimi and I, your humble corresponding secretary, were married on 5 June 1958 at the Academy Chapel so we decided to celebrate our 57th anniversary in Annapolis. Graduation week at the Academy had taken place in May so Annapolis was quiet and uncrowded for our visit. We stayed in a very nice B&B on Duke of Gloucester Street and enjoyed a very different Annapolis from the one we see during our reunions. On June 4th we toured the Yard and recalled the excitement of June Week in 1958. We also met up with Charlie Brooks and his wife Peggy for lunch. (Charlie and I were both from the 17th Company.) On the 5th Mimi wanted to visit the Chapel at 2:30 in the afternoon which was the time when we were married and so we did. We noticed that one of the Academy Chaplains was conducting a wedding rehearsal and when he was finished I introduced myself. Turned out the Chaplain was Father O’Flannigan the Catholic Chaplain. Since Mimi and I are Catholics I decided to ask him for a blessing and the next thing I knew he had us on the altar and we were renewing our wedding vows. Really a nice thing and especially so since it was unplanned.

And right at 2:30 pm.

On the subject of romance at the Naval Academy I wonder how many Classmates know what a “love chit” is?

I found out during a conversation with our B&B host who is the mother of a member of the Class of ’08. As you might expect when you mix young male and female Midshipmen together there will be romances. Since USNA is part of the Navy there have to be rules and regulations to deal with these situations. One rule is that Plebes are off limits. Among the three upper classes, however, it is okay for Midshipmen to date each other with one restriction. Romances are not permitted between Midshipmen who are in the same Company. Cupid, however, doesn’t always follow the rules so when two Midshipmen in the same Company do get involved one has to change Companies. The form that is used to request a transfer between Companies for the above mentioned reason is called a “love chit.”

USS HORNET John Potter, 19th, sent in an interesting story about our Classmate Paul Miller, 2nd. Paul’s daughter Katrina arranged for Paul and his wife Jeanne, along with Katrina and her husband to fly to Oakland for a visit to the USS Hornet on 19 June. It seems like Paul served on the Hornet so the trip was a homecoming of sorts. Katrina contacted all the ’58ers living in the Bay area and invited them to join up for the visit. Well done Katrina.

CLOSING RANKS In the last edition of Shipmate I reported on the passing of Curt Sword. I have, however, received additional information that I can share. n About three years ago Curt was diagnosed with Encephalitis probably contracted from a mosquito bite. He recovered after being given the right medication, however recently the virus came back and this time his health deteriorated quickly. n Donald Robinson, 13th Company, passed away on March 1st 2015 in Palm Springs, CA. Don served in the Marines following graduation.

Mary Lord, the wife of Charles Lord, 1st Company, passed away on March 21st 2015.

Check the Last Call section of Shipmate for additional information on deceased Classmates.

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PRES: VADM Francis R. Donovan, USN (Ret.) CHAIRMAN EXEC. COMMITTEE: Gerald G. Garbacz E: gggarbacz@aol.com SEC’Y: CAPT Charles C. Pease, USN (Ret.) 20510 Falcons Landing Circle, Apt. 1404 Potomac Falls,VA 20165-7596 P: 703-549-4285; E: classsec1959@gmail.com WEBSITE: http://www.1959.usnaclasses.com ACTING WEBMASTERS: Elaine and Pete Stout

Reporting Illness or Death of a Classmate or His Spouse If you become aware of a death or serious illness of a Classmate or his spouse, please send your email directly to me, and to your Company Representative. Obituaries for Classmates are submitted to the Shipmate Obituary Editor for publishing in the Last Call Column in Shipmate.

Email address is obits@usna.com.

Submissions of obituaries are normally coordinated by the Company Representative for our deceased Classmates. The Last Call Column in Shipmate is reserved for Alumni. I use the Class Column to include obituaries of spouses. Please send spouse obituaries to me at classsec1959@gmail.com and to your Company Representative. If you do not have an email address for your Company Representative, send an email message to classsec1959@gmail.com Change of Email and Snail Mail Address for Class Correspondence If you have not provided your current Email address and Snail Mail Address to your Company Representative and to me please do so. If you do not have an email address for your Company Representative, send an email message to classsec1959@gmail.com. Also, please update your Data on the Alumni Association Web Site.

Good Times Tim Tinsley (17) reports: n Our annual trek to Williamsburg, VA for golf and good fellowship drew 17 Classmates during May 12-15. The event originally began in 2000 with 12 golfers at Pinehurst, NC, shifting to Williamsburg

the following year. This year Dave Donovan (13) again served superbly as publicist, organizer, catering manager, tee time coordinator, and billeting officer. In other words — he did it all!

In years past, we have had 24 players and a wait list. Attending has gotten harder with the passage of the years for various reason. So there is no wait list for those of you who may wish to join the fun next year. Just let Dave know at: donovanvabeach@cox.net This year’s recipient of the Anchor Man Trophy (originated in 2004) was none other than Reif himself. The criteria for the award is loosely defined and can differ yearly, but serves to recognize an unusual, zany occurrence during the outing. For 2015, we voted the award to Bob for having left his suitcase and golf shoes at home. Sandy Reifsnyder discovered the left items and tried unsuccessfully to call Bob while he was enroute. She was able to reach Tom Lukish who advised Reif upon his arrival at the golf course in Williamsburg. Sandy had already begun driving the round trip from their home on the Maryland Eastern Shore to deliver the goods. ”Saint Sandy” to the rescue!

For the Doug Volgenau Memorial Trophy for golfing excellence during the three rounds of golf, the winner this year was Walt Baskin (1) for overall low net.

Art Emmerson (6) was a close second.

Format for this gathering remained unchanged from recent years. Dave reserves adjacent two bedroom condos, one of which serves as the hospitality center. Fred Olds ((8), was OIC) for nightly attitude adjustment hours. Golf venues were the beautiful Gold and Green Courses at the Golden Horseshoe Golf Club in Colonial Williamsburg.

John Mascali (8) stepped up to lead the “Class meeting” on the last night to determine the aforementioned trophy awards, and to register suggestions for next year. Because we had extra space this year, we welcomed two golfing grandsons, Dave Donovan IV and Tom Lukish III, both fine young men.

The ’59 Golfers group photo accompanying includes from Left to Right, Front Row: Robin Battaglini (17), Mickey King(5), Dave Donovan (13), Rick Johnson(17), Art Emmerson (6), Fred Olds(8), Ray Art( 5), Tim Tinsley(17), Joe Flynn (6). Back Row: Bob Reifsnyder (5), Walt Baskin(1), Tom Lukish(2), Jim Fuqua(9) , Guy Curtis (7), John Mascali (8), Bill Wheaton(14), Howie Berkowitz(18). n In Memoriam: Ed Hoynes (18) Walt Szczypinski (18) reports: n Family, classmates, spouses and friends gathered at the USNA Columbarium on June 19 to bid a final farewell to Ed Hoynes, 18th Company, who had passed away on January 15th. Following the scripture reading a moving homily was offered by the chaplain prior to the group gathering at the Columbarium site for the inurnment. Classmates in attendance included former roommates Harry Brock(18) and Howie Berkowitz(18), as well as Walt Szczypinski (18) , Carl Mott(18), Charlie Pease(10) , Dan Truax(6), Joe Flynn( 6), Norm Bednarek(22 ), Bill Garrett(3), Ray Art (5), Frank Pipkin (11), Bob Beaton(2), and George Simmons(15).

Also attending was Larry Goldstein, Class of 1957, from 18th Company.

A reception at which recollections of Ed’s life were shared was hosted by Ed’s wife, Nancy, at the U.S. Naval Academy Club following the service. n Rise and Shine !!!

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PRES: John J. Michalski 2039 Homewood Rd., Annapolis, MD 20409 P: 410-757-6429; E: navygoat@comcast.net SEC’Y: Bill Lewis 14312 Cove Ridge Pl., Midlothian,VA 23112-4337 P: 804-744-8808; E: bilewis@comcast.net WEBSITE: http://www.usna60.com/

From Bob Osmon (17): n “A recent Shipmate Magazine, showed our brother Buck Bonifay (17) in a super photo along with his son and granddaughter as part of the USAA ad we have recently seen on TV. He laments that USAA could have found a better looking classmate, but frankly, I think he represents us very well. He’s still a handsome looking dude! Oz” n Also from Bob Osmon (17):

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60•61 CLASS NEWS n “Dear Classmates, Our good friend and classmate Jack Greenhalgh (9) has been very active in the Honor Flight program since its early inception in the area years ago. A heart BZ to Jack for the wonderful volunteer work he is still doing. Our WWII Vets deserve this special treatment.

Isn’t it great how at this age we can still make a significant contribution?

God bless to all. Oz” n From Al Bissell’s (8) wife Barbara: n “Thanks to Jack. As the daughter of a Pearl Harbor survivor, who had to empty bullets out of his shoes when he had a moment to put them on later in the day, this program is especially meaningful to me. As a teenager I used to wake up every morning in my bedroom in Makalapa, looking out over Ford Island, and think about those hours and his part in them.

I so wish he could have seen that beautiful memorial. Thanks for making it possible for others to do so. Barbara” n From Buck Bonifay (17) also on Honor Flight: n “Since retiring and this program began I have had the privilege of participating on several Honor Flights from Oklahoma.

I consider each of them to be the best veteran contribution to WWII veterans, many I know personally, and to all those still alive, who have gone before us. Keep in mind Korean and Vietnam Nam veterans will soon enter that age group and should receive the same honors. I’m sure we all have heavy hearts for our own classmates and numerous friends whose names are on the VN Memorial Wall. For those of you who have participated you know the satisfying feeling and moral obligation to keep this program alive and well funded in your state. Jack I salute you and each of you fellow USNA Super 60’s for your participation in this most worthy cause. Buck n

Al Whitaker (16) and George VanHouten (24) at a recent Hampton Roads Luncheon Jim Duffy (7) sent a picture taken from the Internment for Bob Lowe (7) just before the reunion. The attendees, in the picture, along with Angela Lowe, included Carolyn & Jim Duffy (7), Jim Britell (13), Willie Taylor (7), John Michalski (6), and Bob Gamba (11).

Lanny Cox ’63: sent us information concerning a medical video that Larry Barringer (3) was involved in the production of. I’ve forwarded it to our website and hope that it will be available to checkout.

From Bob Osmon (17): n “Dear Class of 1960 Naval Academy Classmates, I recently returned from three week trip to Ukraine. I can only say that due to the dramatic falling currency, the corruption in the government, and the overwhelming presence of Russia that this country is headed for big troubles.While I was in Kiev, I was blessed to meet and have dinner Brad Bird, a free lance reporter from Canada who had just come off the front lines in the East.

The bottom line, as all of us are so thoroughly aware, is that we are so blessed to be Americans and living in this country.

Thank you God.Thanks to all of you for your service to our great nation.

God bless. Oz” n

’60: Lowe (7) Internment

Finally from Jack Greenhalgh (9): n “Thank you. Here in Virginia, we have been taking Korean vets to both the WWII and Korean Monuments for a couple of years. After 13 Honor Flight trips over 6 years for this Chapter, about half of the vets going now are of the Korean War era. Any classmate that hasn’t participated as a guardian on one of these trips is missing an amazing and intensely satisfying day they would always remember fondly and proudly. Bob Osmon (17) and Bill Kee (9) have served as guardians and would reinforce that idea. Jack n

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’60: 19 & 20 Company party

From Jim (Tug) Knorr (20):

Combemale (19) & Babiash (19) cutting the cake

n “Potpourri of pictures from 19-20 Companies Party at the Reunion, on Friday night. We really learned a lot about the criminals who made history while at Navy. Bob Meck (19) spoke about Nite Crawlers and surprisingly Dave Raymond (20) broke the news that 20th rascals burned the N on Maryland new Byrd Stadium midfield, causing us to Man the Yard Fences to prevent Marylanders from invading a few nights later! n Bill Babiash (20) at 80 (81 in August) was oldest present a party, and John Combemale (19) was also 80 but a bit younger - they cut our cake together. Several attendees spoke about very interesting aspects of their lives, which was great use of party time.

Unfortunately Butch Thompson (19) and his bride went SEGWAYING around

Annapolis Friday afternoon and she fell and broke her foot. Only ones to miss event. They did attend the dinner on Saturday eve. !9th Co had 20 and 20th Co had 19 at Fri eve event.

Bill here are the results for the 2015 Outing: 2015 Champion - Wick Parcells (12), Runner Up - Bob Traister (2), Closest to Pin on #4 - Bud Collicott (2), Closest to Pin on #7 - Bud Collicott (2), Closest to Pin on #17 - Joe Tranchini (14), Longest Drive #15 - Wick Parcells (12), Straightest Drive #15 - Gene Chancy (12). 16 classmates participated, 2 wives - Jewell Moore and Jan Traister joined us. My 11 year old grandchild Esteban Knorr also joined the fray and beat Tug! Cheers,Tug n From Bob Osmon (17):

Paul Cooper (5) with Pat & Warren Hahn (5)

n “Dear Bill, our gang got together for the annual LPGA Pot Luck and Beer Fest at my home last Saturday. It was an absolutely gorgeous day and the mood was festive. Everyone brought good food and Al Whitaker (16) again was kind enough to bring the ice cold beer.

This year we had two folks to cheer for. First of all our long time favorite caddie, Jody Keepers, was toting the bag for Danah Bordner, so we gave him a big cheer when he went by. Then Kelly Tan, a young lady from Malaysia, who stayed with me along with her caddie, came by and treated us to a Birdie on the 11th. She went on to have the best round for the tournament at -7 for the day.

Among those present with their family were Bill Kee (9), Bill Lewis (5), Wick Parcells (12), Tom Wishart (22), Al Whitaker (16), Frank Kay (8), Paul Cooper (5), Bob Antonio (14), Ed McCaskill (8), and Bob Osmon (17).

Also present was Casey Strouse ‘12, who gave us all a rundown how life in the fleet was going these days. She had just returned from a cruise. Attached are a few photos that Tom Wishart (22) so kindly took for us. God bless. Oz n

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Golfers Tranchini (14), Knorr (20), Marshall (20), Parcells (12)

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Well, folks, by the time you get to see this, we will be well into the summer.

However, the wheels of SHIPMATE (and its correspondents) grind somewhat slowly. Some of these little articles go back to April, but it’s all good stuff, and you can see how the Rest of the Class is doing (or, maybe NOT doing?). I’m putting these in, roughly in the order received. It’s beginning to get a little bit sticky down here in Florida, so Connie & I are getting closer to the day we jump on the Autotrain, and head North to Blue Ridge Summit, PA (near Gettysburg). We usually stay there until the last football game at USNA. Got a little bit busier than usual this year (like we took a late Spring cruise, and trying to put together these #@%:[&]%$# articles; actually, it’s not the articles, but I just got a new PC after about 6-7 years, and EVERYTHING on

it has changed since my last Old Reliable (which passed away without warning).

I believe that this one is in either ancient Greek or Polynesian. So, we’ll get up there in PA just a little bit late…

In the category “better late than never” – this received from Tom McNicholas and Ned Kuhns of our very faithful Tidewater crowd: n “Although everyone was having such a good time that no picture was taken to document the event, the 1961 Tidewater group gathered for their monthly “dining out” at Watermans, a popular oceanfront restaurant. The following classmates and spouses enjoyed good dining with a lively crowd on a beautiful April evening overlooking the boardwalk in Virginia Beach.

Mike and Jan Bradley (3), Marc & Laura Bruno (1), Ken & Sandy Craig (7), Cyd & Margie Driscoll (22), Bob & Peg Graham (18), Jim & Sharon Joyner (1), Joe & Bonnie (Campbell) Kuhn (3), Jim & Judy Laster (15), Tom & Jane McNicholas (9), John & Georgeanne Pearson (8), and Kurt & Fran Rohdenburg (20).” n Here is an interesting new twist for the cruisers (or non-cruisers) among us from Al Dessayer: n Cruisemates: This is a friendly reminder of our mini-land-reunion scheduled for next February in Florida. The date is February 6th. The all-inclusive resort is the Club Med – Sandpiper located in Port Lucie on Florida’s east coast.You may reach the site at: http://www.clubmed.us/cm /resort-sandpiper-bay-usa_p-115-l-US-v -SANC-pe-15H-ac-vh.html Current pricing for a week stay including food and beverages for two ranges from $1816 to $2412 dependent on the room you select. You can decide to stay the week or you may reserve just a few days to enjoy the camaraderie and fun.

The cost per room is based on double occupancy and includes all meals, drinks including wine, beer and basic hard liquor as well as non-motorized activities. Golf is an extra $50 per game and packages are available. Deposits to secure a reservation can be made by contacting Michelle and a full refund will be given up to 61 days prior to the gathering except for the $120 membership fee.

Michelle Bemis recently visited the site to insure its appropriateness and is in a position to answer any questions you may have about the resort.

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61•62 CLASS NEWS Unlike cruises, Michelle cannot reserve a set of rooms and the rates may increase as the resort seeks to maximize its profit at a later time. Thus, if interested, you should make reservations at this time with Michelle. She may be reached at (703) 762-5049 or by email at michelle @mccabeworld.com.

Though mentioned in Shipmate, the best communication is through word of mouth and e-mail, so please share this invitation to any classmate as you desire.

Remember, this will be a good time to get away from that nasty cold weather!

Regards, Al Dessayer n

Swift Boat skippers. Then it was north to Warwick, NY, to visit my sister from 5/12 to 5/24. While in NY, we made a threeday side trip to Niagara Falls, which was a wonderful adventure. Cherry, Alexandria and I took a ride aboard “The Maid of the Mist” to see the falls up close.

Alexandria didn’t know quite what to make of it, but handled the roaring noise and shower well. We returned to California on 5/27. n

Now a sobering thought: I did this exact same thing about twenty years or so ago; I was still in uniform then, but the Midshipmen looked just as young. What I was thinking is that first Midshipman could very well be retiring just now… yikes, how do we manage to come up with these grim thoughts? n

And, yet another from Ned Kuhns and the Tidewater gang: n The 1961 Tidewater Group had a wellattended turnout for our 11 June luncheon with good conversation as evidenced by the attached photo.

Attendees left to right around the table are Charlie Stewart (6), Bob Graham (18), Tom McNicholas (9), Cyd Driscoll (22), Dave Timm (20), Jim Joyner (1), Buzz Needham (12), Fred Lowack (7), Ken Craig (7), Ned Kuhns (7), Kurt Rohdenburg (20), JP Decker (8), and Mike Bradley (3).

Tom reported that Larry Lubbs (17), Jim Henderson (15), Dudley Miles (Honorary ’61) and he played in a recent annual Yellow Ribbon golf tournament which Jim helped arrange. We expect to have three 1961 foursomes playing in an annual Kiwanis club golf tournament tomorrow at NAS Oceana which JP organizes so will try to get you a photo for a future column. n

And, here is the next missive from Tidewater/Ned Kuhns: n “The 1961 Tidewater classmates gathered for their monthly luncheon on the second Thursday of May at T. K. TRIPPS restaurant in Virginia Beach.

We were pleased to have Dick Hixson (19) join us from his home near Williamsburg. Attending around the table from left to right are: Jim Joyner (1), Dick Hixson (19), Joe Kuhn (3 Honorary), Kurt Rohdenburg (20), Ned Kuhns (7), Ken Craig (7), Bob Graham (18), Tom McNicholas (9) and Charlie Stewart (6).” n

This from me:

This is in from Tim Dugan: n A very pleasant lunch in Frederick, MD on 5/26 with 12th Company classmates and brides Tim & Lorraine Dugan, Bill “Dutch” & Cynthia Deutermann and Chuck Ernst was the last event of a three-week East Coast vacation.

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n I was up at USNA the week of 17 May to present our Class of 1961 Leadership Sword on 21 May, also the day of the Color Parade. The award went to the Midshipman who held the highest standing in the Academy’s professional courses.

Midshipman 1/c Tyler J. Barker, USN was the recipient. He also received one other award in the leadership field that day. I later found him at the reception, to congratulate him more privately. He has selected (and was selected for) the Navy SEAL program. A fine young man, full of confidence. I’m attaching a quick photo which Connie was able to snap in the swirling crowd.

Ned returns again (thanks, Ned; everyone appreciates these inputs. Without them, I’d be out of a job, and without all these big bucks…oh, wait a minute - look who is listed among the winning golfers…):

n Our 1961 Tidewater golfers recently participated in the USNA Alumni Association Hampton Roads Chapter spring tournament at NAS Oceana with successful results for gift certificate prizes from the NAS pro shop. A foursome with JP Decker (8), Bob Graham (18) and Jim Joyner (1) won second place in one flight. Herky Hardison (1) was scheduled to join them from NC until he had another commitment. Tom McNicholas (9), Dudley Miles (Honorary ’61) and Ned Kuhns (7) won first place in another flight.

Our winning golfers from left to right are JP, Bob, Ned,Tom and Jim.” n And last, it is my sad duty to report the death of one of our best-known and best-liked classmates, particularly during the time we were all in Bancroft Hall: Jim Traa. As you all must recall, he was our Class President during our “formative years” there. A top-notch student, an excellent athlete and leader, and an allaround good guy. Jim went directly into the Navy’s Nuclear Submarine Program after Nuclear Power School and Submarine School. He and Dick Gill then served together on the HADDO. He eventually decided to try out the commercial world, and held several toplevel positions in such companies as Tenneco, GE, and Siemens, among others.

He succumbed, as many of our classmates and friends have also, to mesothelioma.

But not before he participated at Memorial Sloan Kettering in NYC in several clinical trials, in order to push research farther into this awful disease, which has claimed so many of our shipmates over the years. There will be a memorial service at USNA, which will be announced in the future.

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CLASS NEWS Attached is a photo from NOEL “Skip” BROWN, CDR USN (Ret.), with his grandson, Ensign Sean R. F. Reilly, USN, Class of 2015. Sean selected naval aviation and is at Pensacola. After retiring in 1984, SKIP worked for a number of years as a project manager for Newport News Shipbuilding. SKIP and Linda, his wife of 53 years are now retired in Virginia Beach and enjoy their three children and ten grandchildren.

Three generations of McGRATHS. MIKE McGRATH, ’62 and his son Rick McGrath, ’87 recently pinned Ensign boards on his grandson Brian McGrath, class of ’15. After MIKE’s Navy career, he flew for United Airlines for a second career. Following Ricks Navy career, he now works for Lockheed-Martin. Brian reported for flight training at NAS Pensacola in July, 2015. Brian will be packing MIKE’s Navy sword with his name being the third name inscribed on it. We are all about tradition!!!

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Greetings from Annapolis.

The summer here is hot but not as humid as it was in 1958. More rain as weather patterns are changing worldwide.

The 2015 Navy football season is underway. There are six home games in Annapolis this year.

Plans are in the formative stage for our 55th reunion in 2017. Company reps are gathering opinions and ideas from classmates. More news to follow soon.

Following up on last month’s about ROZIE and Linda ROSE, he reports that they were pleasantly surprised when

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the Brazilian Naval Attaché in Washington presented them with a plaque. It was in appreciation of the ROZIE’S fine service supporting the Brazilian officers stationed at the Naval Academy

IN MEMORIUM It is with deep sadness that I inform the class of the passing of two of our friends and classmates, BARRY SPOFFORD and TOM GALLAGHER. Captain BARRY A. SPOFFORD, USN (Ret.), died of cancer on April 25, 2015 in Castle Pines, Colorado. He was 74 years old. Captain SPOFFORD was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, on November 16, 1940. He graduated from Weston High School in Weston, Massachusetts and entered the USNA in June 1958.

Upon graduating in 1962, he was commissioned as an Ensign and continued his career in the Navy for 30 years.

During his career, he served on destroyers and then in aviation units. He received his Aviation Wings in 1964, accruing more than 4,000 hours in helicopters. He commanded two squadrons and one Wing and was Commanding Officer at NAS Memphis in Tennessee. He was also Director of Enlisted Distribution at NMPC and his final tour was as Deputy for Operations at the U. S. Naval Academy. He was awarded the Legion of Merit three times as well as numerous other awards. Upon his retirement as a Captain in 1992, he assumed the position of Maryland/Delaware State Director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). In October 2000 he became the FCA Regional Director for the Eastern Metro Region, encompassing Northern Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania, as well as Philadelphia, New York City and Long Island. In 2008 he assumed the duties of Director of FCA International. With the appointment of a new Executive Vice President, he became the Assistant Director of International Operations. As a result of his involvement in FCA, thousands have made a personal commitment or

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62•63 CLASS NEWS recommitment of their life to Jesus Christ. BARRY is survived by his loving wife Patricia, who currently resides in Castle Pines, Colorado and their five children, Laura Spofford, Heather Hofer, Erin Rouland, David Nieberlein and Angela Bray, their spouses and twelve grandchildren. He was blessed in life beyond all measure and is now rejoicing in heaven with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the BARRY SPOFFORD Memorial Fund, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Attn: Janet Turnbough, 8701 Leeds Road, Kansas City, MO 64129.

THOMAS DANIEL GALLAGHER was a gentleman, patriot, friend, loving husband and dedicated father and grandfather. TOM was born to his parents, the late Dr. Thomas and Mrs. Catherine McCollough Gallagher, on New Years Day, 1941, in Wilkes-Barre, PA. He is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Mary Alice Mulhern Gallagher and their children Dr. Molly Gallagher Kolski, Tom Gallagher and his wife Civic, Capt.

Matthew Gallagher and his wife Kelly, Katie Gallagher Coligado and husband David. His grandchildren; Lauren, David and Julia Kolski, Gus and Lucy Coligado, Joseph and Mary Gallagher and Annabelle and Willie Crowson. TOM was also greatly loved by his many nieces and nephews. TOM was an only child, so Mary Alice’s four brothers and three sisters, along with their spouses embraced him as a brother.

He received a Congressional Appointment to the United States Naval Academy and graduated in 1962. He was a proud alumnus and loyal friend to his classmates, particularly the 18th company.

He and his wife were sweethearts at St. Mary’s High School and married after he completed Basic School at Quantico,VA

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on April 27, 1963. He was commissioned in the US Marine Corps, loyally served his country for 13 months in Vietnam and attained the rank of Captain. Following his military career, he had a successful 35 year career with IBM both in the US and in Europe. Over the years, his family made many moves all over the states, thanks to the military and IBM, settling in Dallas, TX in 1980. Just as their youngest child left for college, TOM was offered an opportunity to work for IBM in Europe and he and Mary Alice enjoyed a 7 year adventure in London and Paris before returning to Dallas. TOM was a life long runner, biker and a disciplined exerciser.

He enjoyed his bike trips to Europe yearly with his friend/brother in law Erwin Storz. He loved volunteering at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. And he was always there to help his grown children with grandchild care, home improvement and repairs. His legacy is his sense of humor and generosity. He was honest, witty and smart. He was extremely loyal to his family, friends and classmates.

TOM quietly and selflessly served others.

Without a doubt, he sacrificed and worked hard as a husband and father to provide the very best he could for his family. A military burial was held at the Dallas – Fort Worth National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, a contribution may be made in his memory to St. Jude’s Research Hospital for Children and Scottish Rite Hospital for Children.

Please visit www.AriaCremation.com to leave family condolences.

BOB “PAPPY” KUNTZ’S wife Peggy was inurned at the Academy Columbarium this past June. BOB’s sons and family members along with classmates attended the ceremony, The imposing gentleman in impressive regalia is classmate JOHN ARTHUR who played TAPS and other musical renditions.

The class extends its sincerest sympathies to the SPOFFORD, GALLAGHER and KUNTZ families That’s our class news for this issue of SHIPMATE. Please submit your stories, photos or articles of interest to this column.You know your classmates await and appreciate them. Keep in touch.

Until next time…

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This month we again have more news and photos than can be accommodated in Shipmate magazine. Be sure to see the full version of this column on our web site at www.usna63.org/shipmate/.

Bill Earner has just completed what many consider the journey of a lifetime.

Here is his account of the experience.

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n From April 21 through May 26, I was a pilgrim, or a peregrino in Spanish, as I walked the ancient path of the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain. Beginning in St. Jean Pied de Port, France, the Camino wends its way 775 km. as officially counted , to the Cathedral of St. James the Apostle in Santiago de Compostela in the northwestern corner of Spain. I walked through the Pyrenees, along Spain’s northern mesita and plains, the Galician Mountains, and alongside countless mountain streams and brooks. It was a real adventure, a demanding physical experience, a time of reflection and of meeting many English-speakers walking the same path. I walked daily through large cities like Pamplona, Burgos, Leon, and Astorga and through small places like Zubiri, Belorado, Carrion de las Condes, and Triacastela. My life was simple. I watched no TV, saw no English language newspaper, washed my own clothes, ate a common breakfast and the daily menu de Peregrino for most dinners. (Well, a few

times a steak was called for). The food was always good, the café con leche and vino tinto wonderful. I enjoyed great and varied conversation with a variety of people young and middle aged (there were but a handful at my age). I met people of all continents, many religions, and many interests. I lost a companymate, Jack Donegan, while walking just a few days after finding the church of San Telmo, patron saint of Sailors and Navigators. It some ways the Camino was magical; in every way it was special and will be a highlight of my life.

A peregrino completes the pilgrimage

Both Dick Augur and Dave Bingemann told me about Bill’s illustrated and informative blog from his time on the Camino, available at https://pilgrams.wordpress.com/ Perhaps you’ll want to follow in his footsteps.

We extend our sympathy to Tom Miller for the loss of his wife, Ros, who passed away on 14 June in Honolulu. Tom can be contacted at 99-251 Iini Way, Aiea, HI 96701.

Mal Wright sent this illustrated news from the Pacific Northwest: n Dave Oliver visited the Pacific Northwest on June 24th to promote his new book: Against the Tide, Rickover’s Leadership Principles and the Rise of the Nuclear Navy. He spoke at the monthly meeting of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Naval Submarine League and again, on the 25th, at a “Blue and Gold Social” hosted by the Puget Sound Chapter of the Naval Academy Alumni Association. Both events were well attended and his words were well received. The photo shows the Class Of 1963 attendees at the Submarine League luncheon.

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In May, United Press International named Harlan Ullman its first Arnaud de Borchgrave distinguished columnist.

In a note to readers of his first subsequent column, Harlan said this: n UPI has granted me the great honor and distinction of being named UPI’s first Arnaud de Borchgrave distinguished columnist. As those who know me know, it will be impossible to duplicate Arnaud’s intellect, wisdom, insights, sense of humor and more than occasional irreverence.

However, this appointment recognizes Arnaud’s monumental contribution to journalism and reporting truth and fact as he saw both. I am profoundly humbled and hugely appreciative. n Harlan is also Chairman of the Killowen Group that advises leaders of government and business and Senior Advisor at Washington D.C.’s Atlantic Council and Business Executives for National Security.

John Castro has an extra copy of the 1963 Lucky Bag. If you would like to have it, contact him at fideli59616@embarqmail.com.

This season’s first wedding news — including a ’63 – ’13 connection — was provided by Watt Miles. n On June 6, Anne and I attended the wedding of the lovely Ashby Elizabeth Lee and LT(jg) Michael J. Washington, Class of 2013, at Christ Church in Saluda, VA. In addition to the Another Link in the Chain connection, the bride’s grandmother is a long-time next door neighbor (We recall when the bride was born, for goodness sakes.). Also, our daughter Sarah taught both bride and groom at Maury High School here in Norfolk. Last summer we hosted the couple for dinner at Anne’s brother’s house in Pensacola. It was a very pleasant and relaxed evening.

During the meal I asked Michael when he had his first solo,“Tomorrow” he answered, more casually than I would have expected.

Clearly he wasn’t sweating it. Michael is still in flight school, graduating shortly and going into helicopters.

It was a beautiful wedding at a 300 year-old church (most notable to Marines because LtGen Lewis B. (Chesty) Puller is buried in the churchyard there). The reception was also a really first class event, among and perhaps the best I have ever attended, at the bride’s grandfather’s place at Heron Cove on the Piankatank River.

Highlights included a sword arch performed by classmates from 2013 and the groom’s brother, Matthew Washington Class of 2017. I had a brief conversation with the groom’s father, Cdr. Craig Washington, USN (Ret), Class of 1989.

He works at the Alumni Association now, and had some very nice words to say about how the Class of 1963 ran its ALITC program. n

Watt Miles with LTJG and Mrs. Washington ’13

Tom O’Brien has been a good publicist for his 18th Companymate, prominent racing sailor Denny Vaughan. Here’s Tom’s latest news report:

Denny Vaughan

n “BZ” to Denny Vaughan and the crew of his boat, BRAVO ZULU, for completing the Van Isle 360 Race successfully on June 19th, placing 5th overall out of the 15 racing sailing yachts in its division. The two-week race included nine legs making a counterclockwise circumnavigation of Victoria Island, BC. I bet Denny and his crew are glad to be back in port for a few days of rest before heading home to the Seattle area.

Denny has told me that BRAVO ZULU, a Beneteau 40.7, was ranked #9 in the Puget Sound area over the last two years — out of 570 racing yachts!

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BRAVO ZULU underway

In May, Bob Maier signed on as a crewman for a friend who was repositioning his boat north from Florida. When putting into St. Simons Island, GA, he noticed what he termed “this old lady” in the harbor. The marina confirmed she was a YP, but had no other information.

What stories could she tell?

Induction day for the USNA Class of 2019 was Wednesday, 1 July. What a future those young men and women will have!

Consider for a moment the perennial question we ask each other: Would you go back 56 years and begin again?

Don’t forget to write to me. Let’s keep our news exchange full and lively.

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And so we begin with John’s dispatch: Report to the Great Class of 1964: The nineteenth award of the CDR Lanny King Memorial Junior Officer Leadership Award was presented on 1 May as part of a combined Carney (DDG-64) Dining Out event for the officers, wives and escorts at the Terrace Room within the Everbank Field sports stadium in downtown Jacksonville, FL. Since this year’s ceremony included a farewell for CO, CDR Ed Crossman ’96, Ship’s chiefs and their wives also attended.

The 19th recipient of the CDR Lanny King Memorial Junior Officer Leadership Award, sponsored by our Class, was ENS Seelye Clements, USN.

Carney CO CDR Eddie Crossman, ENS Seelye Clements, Jay Green, and John Palombi

The ceremony was scheduled after Carney returned to Mayport upon successfully completing tests and drills

related to the new upgrades. The upgrades were implemented since their last extended deployment and included some preparations for a multi-year deployment associated with their next homeport assignment in Spain.

Once again, the ship’s company professionally handled facilities and arrangements for the event. The “official party” included the CO, CDR Crossman, and his wife Lindsay, XO, CDR Peter Halvorsen, and Class representatives. These included: Our Class President Jay Green and his wife Debby, past-President Bill Natter and his wife Gini (King) Natter (also our Honorary Classmate); Past-President Bernie Maguire, Penny and John Klein; Dona and Potsy Scoville, Barbara and Charles Heath, Betty and Bob Bell, Mary and Andy Thompson, Barbara and Bill Gregg, Carol and Joe Neal; and of course my wife Pat Palombi.

This unique award for junior officer leadership, sponsored by our class, continues to provide us an opportunity to promote leadership development in the fleet. It also allows available classmates to meet with some outstanding young naval officers and observe the continued deployment and utilization of sophisticated equipment and systems aboard Carney.

The award is a three-way formal selection made by (1) peers within the Carney wardroom, (2) the senior petty

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We owe a debt of gratitude to Tom Newell and John Palombi for saving the day as they are the sole contributors to this month’s class column. Right on cue, John filed his always excellent annual report on this year’s Lanny King Award while Tom regaled us with his recent aviator achievements. For anyone keeping score, this is the third time this year the column features “Newell ink”.Your humble correspondent strives to space out individual contributions over time

’64: Attending classmates – a rose among a bunch of old guys!

’64: Attending classmates with their ladies – classy folks

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officers and (3) the Command, based on evidence of leadership skills and achievement. The award includes the recipient’s name being embossed on the Memorial Plaque in the wardroom, a Navy Commendation Medal with citation, a personal plaque, a commemorative personal letter and a check presented by the Class.

As an aside, the numbers of Battle Effectiveness and functional Excellence awards won by Carney since commissioning continues to increase every year.That is further evidence of the results of their focus on leadership and performance (This may also justify some further upgrades to strengthen enough bulkheads to accommodate all the new award plaques.)

The Leadership award ceremony was formal, but most of the events before and after were a controlled, but rowdy, mix of roasts, Dining Out Rules, funny skits and penalties for Rules infractions…lots of grog! Combining the CO’s farewell added another layer of roasts and unusual, entertaining incidents and stories.

The party continued after the formal events with extra “refreshments” for the ’64 classmates and their wives as well as many of the Carney officers. This was an interesting multi-generational get together sharing ideas and lots of sea stories, catching up with classmate activities, and hoisting a toast or two for classmates unable to attend. The hospitality and camaraderie added to the evening’s enjoyment and made this a memorable occasion for all of us.

It was a lot of fun, mixed with acknowledging a terrific culture of leadership that distinguishes Carney in all its endeavors. It’s hard to believe this relationship has continued for twenty years, with probably a thousand new faces, and a continuing legacy of helping promote leadership and ethics in the fleet through several generations. Another good day… the gang reconvened at the Palombi hacienda the following evening for dinner, more refreshments and more funny and serious stories with classmates, wives as well as some Carney officers and their wives. We were joined by classmate Steve Jarecki, his wife Sue, Betsy Rinker and Gini Natter’s parents, Myron and Frances Allen. Respectfully submitted, — John.

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’64: Houston to Barrow and back - 8,200 nm and over 10 days of flying

Your correspondent’s 20th Co classmates at the Carney Dinning In - Chuck Heath, Andy Thompson, Bernie Maguire, Bob Bell, and John Palombi – Unabashed self-promotion (because I can!)

As noted earlier, Tom Newell filed the following personal Bucket List check off item: “Flew my plane from Houston to Barrow and back and accomplished the main objective:To fly my trusty Beech Baron to Barrow - the northernmost airport in the U.S. Cold and wet there with ice still along the coast. Been there, done that, got the “Top of the World”T-shirt.”

Tom showing off for the class

“Along the way” Tom continues “I saw a few sights around Alaska including a visit with Jim and Ferno Tweto of Flying Wild Alaska fame. Caught up with them in Unalakleet. [Ed. Note: Flying Wild Alaska is a documentary television series which aired on Discovery Channel].”

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Tom’s N131F Beech Barron not the worst for wear after the long flight north

“Got a good look at Denali...the locals call it ‘The Mountain’.” The vastness of Alaska cannot be overstated. LOTS of mountains, big rivers like the Yukon that just goes on forever, and, of course, awesome glaciers.

Amazing Alaskan views

Tom concludes “This was certainly a long distance to fly. Seems like there are more airplanes of the float and taildragger types than people.”

We close this month reminding classmates once again that for lack of input your correspondent has been forced to resort to begging – not a pretty sight!

Fair winds and a following sea, classmates.

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Hi guys. Lots of stuff here. Much more gouge, details and pics in the version on the website. Go there for more. Please also check out the news below the pics on the website, including some of those celebrating 50 year of marriage this year, the link to our 50th Reunion Gouge and our Binnacle List updates. On to some pics and news.

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Phil Ferrara posted on 27 May a final report on the ALITC events. It’s on the website; click on ALITC Stuff in the header there.

On the website, there’s more details and some photos on those celebrating 50 years of marriage this year (at least those who have so indicated, so far).

These include: George and Loulie Kent, John and Lisa Flynn, Conrad and Judie Best, Herb and Fran Barnett, Bob and Judie Zitxewitz, Lynn and Reiko Williams, Ray and Ellie Setser, Bill and Pat Farnsworth, Bill and Carol Williams, Dave and Pat Miller (including a link to a Dallas newspaper article on these two), Jim and Jo Roorbach, Don and Kay Hough, Ron and Patty Claussen, Bill and Judy Fries, Gary and Bonnie Laughlin, Doug and Sharon Katz, Paul and GG Marshall, Tom and Austine Eversole, John and Joan Kohler, Ron and Phyllis Henderson and Bob and Myrna Champoux.

From Denny McComb, 27 May n Hi Dave – saw your picture relaxing at Doug and Sharon Katz for the graduation week – sure wish we could have joined you all BUT we were on a 13-day Baltic cruise. There were 12 couples, all friends, on the cruise and 7 of the group were Class of 65. My wife Karen did the travel arrangements and we all had a fantastic time. Attached is a photo taken on the staircase to our evening meal, formal night and includes our wives. Here are the names starting left to right from the top: top row: Pete Reiniger, Pat Reiniger, Bart Jealous, Merry Orr, Skip Orr; next row: Deb Jealous, Bill Weiler; next row: KK Weiler and Denny McComb; next row: Karen McComb and Arne Soderman; next row: Pat Soderman and Pat Donnelly; and at the bottom, Missy Donnelly.

We also have done four river cruises over the past 4 years all on UniWorld River Cruise line. Danube, Rhine, Seine and then the Po out of Venice – our favorite way to travel. n

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From Tom Howell, 01 Jun n Jane and I were on a Viking river cruise that went from Paris to Normandy and back, something we always wanted to do and thoroughly enjoyed. One of the stops was the gardens and home of the impressionist Monet, and as a group from our ship were listening to our guide, I noticed a familiar face, and sure enough it was Ted Krauss. Ted and Jan were with a group of friends from the San Diego area.

Ted, Jan, Jane and I enjoyed visiting from time to time during the remainder of our cruise and are looking forward to the reunion. The picture was taken at Arromanches where the Allies constructed an artificial harbor from huge concrete blocks that were built in England and towed across the channel. Tom n

From Phil Ferrara, 04 Jun n Eighteen intrepid ’65ers gathered at McGarvey’s Saloon in June for the monthly lunch. Bob Sullivan won the lottery of $18 and promptly bought dessert, a Smith Island Cake…the one with 10 layers! At lunch were Ed Linz, Doug Katz, Phil Ferrara, Bob Andretta, Paul Michelson, Sonny Harrison, Sted Garber, Fred Vogel, Bob Sullivan, Lloyd Abbot, John Collins, Art Wittig, Rich Harden, Frog Kristensen, Sam Dutrow, Doug Norton, Skip MacMichael, and Skip Orr. n From Laddie Coburn, 10 Jun n Not to be outdone by the retirees in Florida, the hard-working Class of ’65

bunch in Colorado met at “Cheeseburgers in Paradise,” also known in Colorado as “Crave Real Burgers,” south of Denver to raise our glasses to USNA, the U.S. Navy and the USNA Class of 1965. Included in the gathering were John Owens (host), Rand Case, Ron Claussen, Duke Snyder, Bear McConnell (USAF), Tom Gatliffe, Arnie McKechnie, Jim Savard, and Laddie Coburn. Over half of us are still at least working part-time, and Jim Savard says he is still working full-time as a professor. Cheers to all in USNA Class of ’65, Laddie n

From Phil Ferrara, 11 Jun n The Goat Statue at Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium is now in place.

We owe many thanks and BZ to Jim Minderlein who has shepherded this project from initial concept to final completion.You’ll see from the photos the ’65ers in attendance at its unveiling. The formal dedication with USNA and the NAAA will take place at half-time of the Homecoming game at our 50th Reunion on October 24th. Jim and Diann are not in the pic; they were at sea in the Med. Pictured are Chip Seymour, John Bishop, Frog Kristensen, Sted Garver, Doug Katz and Phil Ferrara.

More on this event and the Academy Challenge from Jim M on the website. n

From Jim Roorbach, 09 Jun n Here are 13 of us celebrating our 50th at the home of Jim and Jo Roorbach in The Villages, FL. Thirteen members of the Class of 1965 gathered at the Roorbach’s home in The Villages, FL on 09 Jun to celebrate the 50th anniversary of graduating from USNA.We had a catered luncheon and were joined by 12 of our wives who were instrumental in planning and celebrating with us. In the pic, you’ll see: Jim Roorbach, Denny Neutze, Sam Stevens, Fred Jones, Mike Bordy, Jack Moore, Bob Stevens, Skip McAlexander, Dave Kirkpatrick and Larry Eggert standing; seated are John Babka, Elden Ploof and Larry McMurry. n From Jim Minderlein, 22 Jun – re The All Academy Challenge n The final tabulation is in and the Class of 1965 remained in first place with a total of 161 participants. The Class of 1978 was second with 139 and ’67 finished in third place with 127.

Rounding out the top ten were ’62, ’79, ’71, ’64, ’77, ’74, and ’84. I could not be more proud of our Class and the way you responded to this challenge. My sincere thanks to all of you who made a donation - and to Phil for spearheading this cause while I was away.

The total number of donors was 2,497 - more than 1,000 more than last year. Total alumni participation was 5.55% - up from 3.57% last year. Our class participation rate was 24% - way above the average! BRAVO ZULU! Jim n

sent in their initial registration but have yet to get around to finalizing things. This brings the total to just fewer than 300.

We are expecting a total of 350 to attend.

Posted on our two websites is all the information about the reunion; signup instructions and forms, instructions about hotels and how to get football tickets. Also included is an updated FAQs and instructions on purchasing a special 50th shirt and hat from Denny Wedekind. There is an opportunity to buy a framed photo of events associated with our days at the Mother B. Of course, Bill the Goat is the center of attention. This photo complements the one we got at the 30th reunion. Also, a new list of who has signed up. Jim Minderlein is about to release information on purchasing a table top Goat Statue. The trolley ride on Thursday afternoon is very popular, so much so that the 1300 ride is sold out and the 1430 ride has only 4 seats left which will likely be taken in the next mail delivery. Mike, Reunion Coordinator, 864-438-4621. n From Doyle Borchers, 24 Jun

From Don McPhail, 12 Jun n Don McPhail is out and about presenting his first novel, “The Millionaires Cruise: Sailing Toward Black Tuesday.” It’s available on Amazon. n From Mike Epprecht, 20 Jun n Final registration for the reunion is going great guns. At this point 215 classmates have made their decisions and submitted their final registration. In addition to that, we have another 83 who have

n I coming to you again asking for more prayers for my little 6-year-old granddaughter, Finley. She was initially diagnosed with a Stage 1 Wilms tumor after her kidney removal on Saturday.

Now the pathology shows cancer in her lymph nodes as well so she is Stage 3 and will require very aggressive chemotherapy and radiation. Thank you for praying for her and please keep it up. Doyle n There were reports and pics from Ted Nanz and Mike Goodwin that I couldn’t squeeze into this month’s column.

They’re in the website version.

Thazzit! Aloha, — Dave

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USNA 65 50TH REUNION OCTOBER 21ST TO 25TH 2015 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS WEDNESDAY OCT 21 5:30-7:30 PM WELCOME RECEPTION MARRIOTT WATERFRONT

THURSDAY OCT 22 10:00 AM ’65 GOLF AT PROSPECT BAY COUNTRY CLUB 1:00 PM and 2:30 PM ANNAPOLIS TROLLEY RIDES 6:00 PM DINNER AT N* ROOM AT THE STADIUM

FRIDAY OCT 23 8:00 AM FUN RUN 9:00 – 12:00 AM BRUNCH CHART HOUSE 12:30 – 1:00 PM MEMORIAL SERVICE MEM HALL 1:50 – 3:00 PM SUPE ADDRESS ALUMNI 3:00 – 3:45 PM CLASS MEETING 4:00 PM P-RADE 6:30 PM DINNER DANCE DAHLGREN HALL

SATURDAY OCT 24 8:00 AM PRAYER BREAKFAST MARRIOTT WATERFRONT 11:00 AM TAILGATE N* ROOM STADIUM NAVY VS TULANE KICKOFF 1:00 PM DEDICATION OF GOAT STATUE AT HALFTIME EVENING FREE FOR GROUP EVENTS

SUNDAY OCT 25 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM BRUNCH NAVY CLUB CHURCH SERVICES DEPART FOR HOME In conjunction with one element of our Class Legacy Gift for our 50th Reunion, we are offering a desk top replica of the Goat which is being installed at the Stadium. The cost is $995.

Reunion details, Signup form and information on purchase of the Goat Statue can be found on our class websites. http://www.daveand65.com/ http://usna65.org Please contact Mike Epprecht for questions about the reunion or to make arrangements to purchase a goat statue. mike.epprecht65@gmail.com or 864-438-4621

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PRES: Gen Carlton W. Fulford, USMC (Ret.) SEC’Y: CDR Mike Baird, USN (Ret.) 63 Franklin St., Annapolis, MD 21401 E: pmbaird@verizon.net WEST COAST SEC’Y: Robert G. Johnson Jr., Esq. 27136-B Paseo Espada #1121 San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 WEBSITE: www.usna66.org

Welcome to fall and the onset of football games and tailgates. This will be our final year with 2016 as a mentoring Class before they graduate. Those who can attend the home games should stop by the tailgate site and mix with our 50-year Class. If you’re not on the contact list, send email to John Posoli; john@ naptownlabs.com.

The ’66 Leadership Awards ceremony aboard GONZALEZ (DDG-66) was conducted on 21 May 2015 aboard GONZALEZ (DDG-66). Charlie Votava provided the following recap and pictures. n “On Thursday, 21 May our Class President, General Carlton Fulford USMC (Ret.) presented the Class ’66 Leadership Awards (and checks) to CTT1 (SW/IDW) Paul Wilson and LTJG Johnathan Falcone during a ceremony onboard GONZALEZ (DDG-66) at Naval Station, Norfolk. Cruisers and Destroyers berthed at Pier 2 were called to attention for Side Honors as Carl walked the pier to GONZALEZ’s brow (on arriving and departing). The original plan called for Carl to present the Class of ’66 awards and also conduct a promotion ceremony for other members of the crew.

Inclement weather required that the ceremony be held on the mess deck and because the entire crew could not be present, the Commanding Officer, CDR Kyle Gantt (’97), elected to conduct the promotions at a later date. Tidewater area Classmates present for the ceremony and luncheon were Tony Franzitta, Tom Martin, Rob Ploeger, Hank Strickland and Charlie Votava.

Following the ceremony Carl addressed the crew after CDR Gantt’s introduction which reviewed Carl’s career emphasizing his participation in the Battle for Hue City.

Carl’s remarks described the intensity of the battle and the fact that it was the U.S. Military’s first involvement in urban warfare.

He noted that the Marines were literally reading and writing the book as they were moving into the city. And even though he was in Hue City the same time as Sgt. Freddie Gonzalez they were not located

in the same area of the city. He brought to the crew’s attention that the Class of ’66 had many veterans and casualties of that war including a 5-year POW. Carl closed his remarks with comments of Class pride with our association with the ship’s crew and called their attention to today’s complex environment. In our day we knew our enemy but with the rapid advance of technology the enemy and the dangers were not easy to determine. On behalf of the Nation Carl thanked the crew for their vigilance and dedication in protecting our country.

Following Carl’s remarks we moved to the wardroom for lunch with CTT1 Wilson, LTJG Falcone, CO, XO and a few of the ship’s officers. Some were recent USNA graduates.

Prior to our departure, CDR Gantt announced that his Change of Command will be 17 July at which time the Executive Officer, CDR Stefan Walch will relieve him.” n Great job Charlie!

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CARL WITH CTT1 WILSON

Below are the letters from the Class President to the awardees; LTJG Johnathan Falcone, USN and CTT1 (SW/IDW) Paul M. Wilson, USN. The complete text and certification letters can be found on the Class web site; www.usna66.org.

For LTJG Falcone: n “On behalf of the Class of 1966, United States Naval Academy, I commend you on your selection to receive the Class of 1966 Superior Leadership and Professionalism Award for 2014.

Your tremendous professional efforts, devotion to duty and dedication to your Shipmates while serving as Strike Officer and Visit, Boarding, Search and Seizure Officer onboard USS GONZALEZ (DDG 66) led to superior results during a comprehensive overhaul of combat systems equipment and a demanding Basic Phase training schedule.Your efforts greatly increased warfighting readiness.Your dynamic leadership was a direct influence in achieving a score of 100% during Strike Warfare 2.1B and in preparing both your division and the command for success during follow-on training and certification events.Your leadership, motivation and esprit-de-corps resulted in over 80% of your division advancing in rate, one Sailor earning Junior Sailor of the Quarter and two Sailors nominated for Junior Sailor of the Year.Your dedication to warfighting readiness led to your exceptional performance during your Surface Warfare Officer Qualification Board. An example for other Officers in professional seamanship, you were selected as GONZALEZ’ Junior Officer Shiphandler of the Year. JOB WELL DONE! While specifically recognizing you for your professional performance and achievements during your tour onboard GONZALEZ, my Classmates and I strongly encourage you to continue on the excellent path of professional growth you have demonstrated to date. Through continuous learning and honing of your professional and leadership skills and by leading and mentoring those for whom you are responsible, you contribute directly to the very core of the Naval Service and to its future.

The Class of 1966 is pleased to present you with the enclosed certificate and check in recognition for and appreciation of your outstanding performance onboard GONZALEZ.Your loyal devotion to duty and unselfish service to your Shipmates and your Country demonstrated a high level of professionalism and is in keeping

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My Classmates and I wish you much success during your naval career, and may you always go forth with fair winds and following seas. Well Done!” n For Petty Officer Wilson: n Your tremendous efforts, devotion and dedication while serving as Operations Department 3MA, Operations Technology Division Leading Petty Officer, and Combat System Training Team Member were instrumental in leading your division through a highly successful Basic Phase training cycle. As Combat Systems Training Team Member, you conducted over 20 training hours ensuring your division was ready to defend the ship against Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles.You qualified four junior personnel as SRBOC Loading Team Members, one as SRBOC Team Leader, three junior officers as MK 164 Bridge Launcher Control Panel Operators and qualified as SRBOC Safety Observer.

Your dedication to your duties provided GONZALEZ all required Condition I and Condition III watch standers.Your keen mentorship of four Work Center Supervisors became a catalyst for Operations Department success during a 3M 1.3 Inspection, including two force revisions and SKED 3.2 migration. Hand

selected as Command Training Team Leader, you meticulously coordinated Command Indoctrination and Petty Officer Leadership training for over 100 Sailors ensuring all personnel made a smooth transition to shipboard life or a new pay grade.Your dedication to duty greatly increased incoming crew members’ knowledge of GONZALEZ’ mission requirements. As a result of your superior performance both in your rating and across the command, you were selected as GONZALEZ’ Sailor of the Year for 2014.

Congratulations!” n For those who like to plan ahead, here are two announcements for 2016, not associated with the 50th Reunion. First, the 2016 Comearound will take place in the Jacksonville, FL area in a special setting, Fernandina Beach. Bob Zvacek and Steve Potter have taken on the task of coordinating the event in late April. We should start receiving information from them starting in the fall.The point of contact is Bob at rzvacek@yahoo.com. Second, John Earhart has offered to coordinate the doings for the NAVY – Notre Dame Game in Jacksonville in November 2016.

It should be a great weekend. John is available at jdeusna@gmail.com.

Our final vignette comes from Ed McMenamy. He and Denny Allemen just completed BRAG 2015…Bike Ride

Around Georgia (you can’t BRAG, if you don’t ride!). n It was a great seven days of rolling hills, beautiful horse country, minimal traffic, and great camraderie, plus a half day kayaking down the Chattahoochee. We rented a five bedroom snake ranch to accommodate ourselves and three other rider friends of mine (BRAG didn’t work for Bill McBride or Andre Simonpietri so I solicited some other “A” players including two that I went to high school with). The only thing we ever cooked was breakfast and all we drank was water, Gatorade, and beer. Not necessarily in that order.We rode at our own pace since there were a variety of options on most days. We only got rained on once and I was lucky enough to be under a picnic shelter at the time.

Up before 6:00 AM in bed before 10:00 PM; according to my GPS, rode almost 400 miles and burned almost 13,000 calories.

The data would be more complete and accurate if Dave McKie could have joined us. Dave and I started riding together in 2008; Denny joined us in 2013 while we rode in and around Sun River Bend and Crater Lake. The tradition continues.

Next year BRAG goes from Atlanta to Savannah, but I’m open to suggestion. My personal criteria are now leaning toward scenic, safe, and flat. Thoughts anyone? n Thanks Ed! Great job!

Alumni Profile Commander L.S. Allen Jr. ’66, USNR (Ret.), 19th Company

The rings included my own, my wife Alison’s miniature, my mom’s miniature and my dad’s (Layton S. Allen, Sr. ’42).

For one reason or another, none of the four had ever been dipped, so we jumped at the chance to baptize Alison and Skip Allen dip 4 rings at once. them properly when the Class of 2016 invited us to their Ring Dance through the Another Link In The Chain program.

What a great party it was! We arrived a few minutes early, just missing a torrential downpour outside, and beating the lines that later formed at the binnacles. After dipping and picture taking, it was on to the dance hall to take advantage

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of heavy hors d’oeuvres and an open wine and beer bar.

We chatted briefly with Vice Admiral Rod Rempt ’ 66, USN (Ret.), and Captain “TJ”Williams ’66, USN (Ret.).There were lots of other 1966 classmates in attendance thanks to Rear Admiral Tom Marfiak’s ’66, USN (Ret.) efforts. Ali and I really had no expectation that the young people would even notice us…after all, this was their night to celebrate.

As it turned out, the Class of 2016 could not have been better hosts. Every midshipman we encountered welcomed us with great warmth and sincerity. One example: Midshipman Daniel Dawson ’16, introduced himself and his fiancé, Emily, then sat with us to tell us about their plans for the coming year and beyond, while I tried to field his questions about becoming a qualified SWO after graduation.

Then a big group of middies literally dragged us onto the dance floor to teach us a few new moves.

Later, Midshipman Andrew J. Raves ’17 presented us with a gift bag with some very nice beer and wine glasses that will serve to remind us of a wonderful evening spent in Dahlgren Hall.

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ED AND DENNY DOING BRAG

I received the following financial update from Chuck Grutzius, our Class Treasurer: n The Association of the Class of 1966, United States Naval Academy, at the end of 2014 had total assets of $47,406.30, thereby putting us in good financial position as we continue making preparations for our 50th Reunion next year. The Class Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of The Class of 1966 Foundation last year approved separate resolutions to close down The Class of 1966 Foundation and transfer the remaining funds to our Class Association. The amount transferred was $29,204.76.

The biggest expense for 2014 was our Another-Link-in-the-Chain (ALITC) expenses of a little over $3,400 for support to the Class of 2016 in their Second Class year, and we will continue strong support to them during their First Class year. The Class continues to annually recognize an outstanding Petty Officer and Junior Officer on board HUE CITY (CG-66) and GONZALEZ (DDG-66) for their outstanding leadership qualities. The Class acknowledges these recipients each year with a letter of recognition and a check for $200.00 presented to each recipient by our Class President. The remainder of our expenses for 2014 included website expenses, memorials to deceased Classmates, and other miscellaneous expenses.The complete financial report can be viewed on the Class web site, www.usna66.org. Should any Classmate have any questions, please contact Chuck at elexsys.cg@att.net. n That wraps up this issue. Congratulations again to the GONZALEZ Leadership Award winners. Remember to keep checking the Class web site, www. usna66.org for news, especially about the 50th Reunion and Another-Link-in-theChain events. Until October “All the best” —Mike!!!

I reported in an earlier column that Ellen & Jack Young walked the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage from St. Jean Pied de Port, France to Santiago de Compostella, Spain last year. It turns out we have several pilgrims among us. Jack Feehan and Curt Dosé have also earned their compostellas. Joe Gatlin made the walk in April & May of this year. He walked the first week with his son and then finished solo. Judith & Russ Johnson planned to undertake a portion of that route, but I have not gotten any word on their trip. At the same time that Joe was walking, my wife, Pat and I walked the Caminho Português from Porto, Portugal north to Santiago. I’ve been on a lot of trips, but this is the only one that I have had a hard time describing. Being somewhat isolated from the goings-on in the news, I found our days became very focused. How far can we walk today? Where can we find a place to eat? Where will we sleep tonight?

These were the daily problems to solve.

There was plenty of time to talk, to think, to see the world as it moved by at a slow pace. It will be fun to get together with other peregrinos at our 50th and talk about our experiences over glasses of vino tinto.

Michael Cathey has done a wonderful job of organizing a reunion of Class of ’67 Marines the weekend of 7 November 2015 in Memphis, TN in conjunction with the Navy-Memphis football game. Michael, with the help of JJ Slough and Jack Quinlan, has negotiated for a block of rooms at The Peabody in downtown Memphis. Jim Goebel has worked with Navy and Memphis athletic folks to grease the skids for game tickets to be seated close together. If any ’67 Marines intend to go but have not signed up, do that with Michael (colmcathey@gmail.com). Game tickets are on sale at NavySports.com or phone 1-800-US4-NAVY; include ’67 Marines as your seating preference. Now, if any other Classmates plan to go to the Memphis game and would like to get in on the negotiated hotel rate or tickets, follow those same procedures.

And as a “oh-by-the-way” line at the end of one of his e-mails, Michael commented that he planned to get married. So I says, says I: “What?!”

n Patricia and I got married in Leipers Fork,Tennessee on 20 June 2015.The place was appropriately named the Moonshine Hill Inn. It was a small ceremony with mostly family. n I understand Budd Goodwin attended.

Congratulations to Michael and Patricia!

This was even more fun because it came about in the midst of posts from Classmates who married right after graduation and were celebrating 48th anniversaries.

(Congratulations to all of you, too.)

Covers the spectrum!

Patricia & Michael: She made an honest man of him!

This next is tough to write. Bill Calhoun has been battling cancer for some time and in February was placed in an immune therapy trial at Yale. This, according to Jane, “was the only choice offered to fight back at this point.” Unfortunately, the drug weakened Bill’s heart to the extent that he has been removed from the trial and has begun hospice care. Jane related that the hospice care along with VA assistance unburdened him to the extent that he was able to relax. His family of course has gathered around him, even getting him out on the golf course. He may have just been a passenger in the cart, but he was out there! Jane’s email address is janecalhoun21@hotmail.com. She says she’ll print notes anyone might send and read them to him.

On 8 June, Bob Havasy, Jack Vance, Sandy Prouty, and Don Geismar had a chance to spend time with Jane and Bill.

Bob said it was a wonderful visit and a barrel of laughs, particularly with tales told of USNA days. He said “Bill is hanging in there, and Jane is a ROCK!” The photo they sent exemplifies the definition of “Classmate.” On 15 June 2015, Bill was recognized for his contributions to the college with a Rembrandt Peale portrait of George Washington during a ceremony in Spruance Hall. Bill was the last active duty and first civilian dean of academics

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at NWC, where he taught the George Washington elective for the past several years.

Bill surrounded by Jack, Sandy, Don, & Bob.

Bill Calhoun honored at NWC

Chuck Beers sent a note that falls into the Small World category: n I was getting on a 747 bound for Japan from Chicago with my wife, Susan; we had the middle and aisle seats.The window seat was occupied when I noticed the USNA crest on his jacket; and thus started a delightful meeting and great conversation with Mori Nixon ’81 all the way to Japan. I was going for a conference and he was returning from the Chapter Presidents meeting at USNA; Mori is the Tokyo chapter president.We had a great trip across the Pacific as he taught my wife Japanese sayings, and he recommended places to see. We got together at a local chicken and beer place a week later in Tokyo at the end of our great trip to Japan with Mori and his wife, Choi. Tony Smith ’82 also joined us for the dinner.You never know who you will met on a trip!! Left to right on the picture is Mori ’81, Choi,Tony ’82, Susan and Chuck ’67 n

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‘67, ‘81, & ‘82 at dinner in Tokyo

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It looked for awhile as though Ike Ambrose would be in town in late June. I was trying to round up some guys to join him on June 26th to drink in his birthday... which coincides with our I-Day. But, as is its wont, life got in the way. There had been a slight mix up in dates, anyway, then one of his granddaughters (Lucy, 17, who looks like Cindy, he says) “has her first role in a real play where people buy tickets to see it.” And he’s buying a new flat right in the middle of Melbourne. So, he’s promised to come later...and certainly for our 50th.

Continuing in an I-Day sort of vein, here’s one we missed in the run up to this year’s I-Day: Emma Scott, granddaughter of Dick Scott and daughter of Adam Scott ’95 will become a member of the Class of 2019. Both her grandfather and father played lacrosse for Navy. Emma is a swimmer and a two time scholastic AllAmerican. Congrats to Granddad and Dad; welcome aboard to Emma. I think she’s the second third-generation mid from our Class, along with Phillips crew: Steve ’67, Stephen ’92, and Steve ’17.

We try to track down non-graduating Classmates. Ted Herring found this on Jim Camburn who left the Academy in March 1964. He passed away on 21 September 2011 in Stratford, NJ. Jim graduated from Villanova in 1968, received an MA from there in 1972, and began a career teaching at Paul VI High School and as Director of Student Personnel and Services at Buena Regional High

One day last week, I got an envelope from Dick Glasow in the U.S. Mail. I mean, paper mail! Had to refer back to some old notes to remember how to handle it. Dick included a clipping from the Spring 2015 Midway Currents, the newsletter of the USS Midway Museum. One of their docents and WW II veteran naval aviator Al Hansen had had a warbird flight, which he had been looking forward to, canceled. Doug Matthews, who owns Classic Fighters in Ramona, CA, stepped up and put Al in the back seat of a T-6 Texan for a formation ride. Al said it brought back memories of practicing formation flying in SBDs many years back. BZ to Doug!

Dick also noted, according to a list published in Naval Institute Proceedings, that he, Dave Church, and Jim Conn have become Golden Life Members of the Naval Institute by virtue of 50 years consecutive membership.

Congratulations, guys!

A couple of one liners to close out.

I hope to have more next time, but: • The June 2015 MOAA Military Officer magazine says Norb Ryan has “announced he will transition in January 2016.” They’re looking for successor.

• Tex Harkins is recovering from cancer surgery. While he says the surgery went very well, the recovery likely will be “ultra slow.”

I’m in northeast Mississippi tonight, starting a weekend family reunion tomorrow.

I’m hearing noises of Classmates also off doing all sorts of interesting things. Let me have some news and photos for next time. Come to think of it, I’ll even accept news of things not so interesting if you’ll allow me some editorial license! …That’s it...Goodnight!...Jim

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The full-length version of this column is posted to our Class website.

I received welcomed notes from the West Coast for this column, including one from the 27th Company’s Jim Deimler describing a mini-reunion held in early June in San Diego. Take it away, Jim!: n “After deciding at the 45th Reunion that five years between reunions was getting a bit too ‘unpredictable,’ 27th Company classmates held a 47th MiniReunion on 4-6 June in San Diego at the Bahia Resort. Attendees included Mary and Dick Evert,Tracey and Phil McKee, Barb and Gary Grant, Kathy and Bob Danberg, Rick Sautter and Kat Willis, and Bill Cobb, and Julie and me.

“Wanting to reconnect with as many other classmates as possible, an open invitation was made to all ’68ers in the area to a 5 June evening cruise on Mission Bay aboard the Bahia Belle. Joining those of us from the 27th Company were Margie and John Lyons, Lynn and John Osth, Maxine and Ned Garrigues, Joanie and Randy Bogle, Shirley and Kent McQuerter, Cathy and Bob Parda, Jane and Jim Schwertman, and Evalyn and Pete Bishop. A wonderful time was had by all, including more than a few sea stories, which seemed to get better in the wardroom after the cruise!

“Saturday night, 27th Company gathered at Tom Ham’s Lighthouse for dinner overlooking beautiful San Diego harbor. After dinner, the evening continued in the wardroom and went well into night (actually, until Bill Cobb ran out of new sea stories and started embellishing some of the old ones)! So, while all good times must come to an end, everyone agreed the next mini-reunion for 27 Company would be in 2016, time and place TBD.” n

27th Company and ladies enjoyed dinner at Tom Ham’s Lighthouse in San Diego. Front row, from left, Kat Willis, Julie Deimler, Barb Grant, Kathy Danberg, Tracey McKee, Mary Evert. Standing: Rick Sautter, Jim Deimler, Gary Grant, Dick Evert, Bill Cobb, Bob Danberg, Phil McKee.

Mitch Brown, our original Class of 1968 Secretary and the first class news columnist for Shipmate following graduation, also checked in to report an informal “Link in the Chain” meeting with several members of the Class of 2018 recently. Mitch still teaches “national and theater strategy decision making” for the Naval War College on site at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey. n “I was returning home after delivering an ethics talk to the Naval War College Strategy and War Seminar at Joint Base Pearl Harbor/Hickam on 20 May,” Mitch wrote. “While awaiting my flight at the Honolulu Airport, I had a chance encounter with six midshipmen from the Class of 2018. They were awaiting their flight to return to the Academy for sports training after completing their Third Class Cruise in WestPac. “While I spoke to them for more than an hour about my Navy career and our Class of 1968 experiences, one member of our group, Brant Leadbeter ’18, snuck off and paid my bill! Go Class of 2018! Most of them were football players, but Brant is a wrestler. They had just received their Class Crests, and evidently the Class of 1968 is now a part of their crest too—wow!” n Mitch traveled to Pensacola the following week to participate in an AOCS/ Naval Air Training Command Choir (NATTC) reunion and sing in four different events.

“Together with Alex Lai,” Mitch said, “we were probably the only member of the Class of 1968 who served in the NATTC (Choir) in 1968-69. Cheers!”

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Members of the Class of 2018 who met with Mitch Brown at the airport in Honolulu include, from left, DJ Palmore, Elijah Dawson, Luke Holley, Seth White, Parker Wade, and Brant Leadbeter. That’s Mitch in the center in the event you don’t recognize him!

In mid-June, Martha and Ray Wallace were pleased to have Linda and Paul Gaffney visit them at their home in Santa Fe for three days. “The Wallaces/Gaffneys did the usual touring around and catching up,” Ray reported. “Paul has had a fascinating career, and I loved hearing him recount stories of the many—and unusual— things he was involved in over the years.”

Ray noted that ’68 has two other classmates resident in Santa Fe, Don Hinsman and Al Chaloupka. “They and their spouses were able to get together for dinner in our home,” he said. “Don, Al, and I are fully retired and involved in a number of volunteer activities. Paul is retired, but not quite to the level we are; he serves on boards and advises in several arenas dealing with ocean policy and research. It was great seeing the Gaffneys and our dinner with the eight of us was, in fine ’68 fashion, a fun evening. If any other classmates get out to Santa Fe,” Ray concluded, “I have a lot of New Mexican green chili and something to wash it down with! Beat Army.”

A dinner to remember with the Wallaces in Sante Fe, from left, Don and Audrey Hinsman, Phyllis and Al Chaloupka, Linda and Paul Gaffney, and Martha and Ray Wallace.

In June, after Harry Siemen of the 35th Company related how he, Craig Honour, and the late Gregory Monroe had all traveled together from Florida to the Naval Academy in June 1964, I asked what he had been up to over the years.

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He flew in VP-45 for a year, resigned his commission in 1973, and went to work for E.I. Dupont for 29 years before retiring in 2003.

“Since retirement,” Harry wrote, “I play golf, volleyball, and hunt. I have played in the US Open Volleyball championships for the last 12 years. In March, I played in a tournament in St. Petersburg, FL. While I was there, I had dinner with Chuck Lohman, who was my roommate for the last two years at the Academy. In May I played in the U.S. Open in Detroit.

While I was there, I had dinner at Bruce Leitkam’s house; he was my roommate the first two years at the Academy. I hadn’t seen Chuck in more than 40 years, and I hadn’t seen Bruce in 35 years. I really enjoyed both visits, and I am getting psyched up for our 50th.”

portion of the Kilauea Volcano (called the Hale Mau Mau) at Volcano National Park.

Viewed from the park’s observation deck, Ted said the sight of the active volcano was “awesome and impressive.” On Oahu, Ted and his family met with Gail and Denny Rowley. Ted and Denny each served in Vietnam with the Seawolves of HAL-3, so I’m sure they swapped some sea stories. Ted is doing well, and it is always a pleasure to spend time with him to exchange a few sea stories of our own.

Shown during Ted Doolin’s visit to Oahu are, from left, Jim Doolin ’74, Tory (Doolin) Kilgore, Ted Doolin, Gail and Denny Rowley, Mike and Belle Dooling.

Please keep those emails and photos coming!

All the best, — Gordo

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Harry Sieman (left) and Bruce Leitkam met for the first time in more than 40 years in May.

In June Diana and I joined Ted Doolin and his sister Tory for lunch during Ted’s visit to the national capital area. Ted continues to enjoy the good life in Pensacola. Last year, he traveled to the West Coast and Hawaii with his brothers and sister. He reports that their visit to Sequoia National Park in California to see the “magnificent and amazing” trees was a memorable experience. Later, on the island of Hawaii, they visited the active ’69: At the Hampton Roads Chapter dinner

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family introductions to life at USNA ever experienced by an incoming Class. Several classmates were on Hospital Point from the git-go on that sunny Wednesday morning, welcoming new families to the USNA lifestyle, telling tales, consoling distraught mothers, siblings and girlfriends, as 2019 disappeared into the bowels of Alumni Hall to the sounds of exuberant Detailers ‘helping’ them learn their rates. The transition was none other than miraculous as the newly uniformed ‘almost Mids’ filled into T-Court to assume their seats and await their moment. The oath was administered without a hitch, and after brief, but noteworthy remarks by the Senior Leadership, the Class of 2019 was officially formed and given their last few minutes of “liberty” before heading back into the bowels of Mother B for a short summer of fun in the sun in the Marble Monastery.

A LARGE BZ goes out to all of the ALITC volunteers who assisted with the send-off events as well as the smashing turnout on I-Day. Mighty Fine!!

Dennis Plank shared a note describing the pre-I-Day activity in Hampton Roads: n The Hampton Roads Chapter of the Naval Academy Alumni Association held its 22nd annual Plebe Recognition Dinner on 10 June at the Vista Point Club on NAVSTA Norfolk. A total of nine candidates attended including four recent high school graduates who are reporting to Annapolis on 1 July to join the Class of 2019 and five others who are on their way to NAPS or in one case a Foundation School. In addition to parents and other family member of the candidates, many local chapter members including ten members of the Class of 1969 attended.

The Hampton Roads Chapter has for

70•71 years supported the Blue and Gold Officers and include them in this dinner and support the Summer Seminar and STEM programs at the Naval Academy. The Chapter also assists with two different service information events during the school year.

Dinner was preceded by a social hour.

After the dinner and a few announcements, the incoming Candidates introduced themselves and their families; one of the highlights was one young lady headed to Annapolis announcing that she had also been accepted at West Point. That of course was followed by the comment that many Army, Navy and Air Force alumni had in common that they had also been accepted at Air Force!!! The caliber of all the Candidates bodes well for the future of our Naval Academy and the Nation.

Rear Admiral Stan Bryant, USN (Ret.) represented the Class of 1969 to discuss Another Link in the Chain and put out the gouge on how the Class will be with the Class of 2019 all the way to graduation. The local Classmates present were then asked to stand and join Stan in advising this august crowd of about 100 folks how long WE had been in the Navy!

“All me bloomin’ life, Sir!” RADM Tom Moore, PEO Carriers, was the guest speaker. Admiral Moore spoke about life at the Academy, the bond between Classmates that last a lifetime and their responsibilities in the future.After Navy Blue and Gold, the Classmates gathered for a picture session, attached, and cheered the amazed masses with our version of the Army fight song “We don’t play Notre Dame…” and “The Goat is Old and Gnarly!”

Attending the dinner from the Class of 1969 were Judi and Stan Bryant, Su and Bob Byles, Jackie and Bill Clifford, Jane and Tom Fowler, Joe Greene, Bill Laz, Gill and Stephen Leaman, Jerry O’Donnell, Emily and Dennis Plank and Judy and Lon Scofield. Many thanks to all of the Classmates for attending and the Chapter Board for putting on a fine evening. n Nothing else in the mailbag this month, so I will close with a reminder to check the Class Website for updates on ALITC activities that all Classmates are invited to attend. Also to pass the word along to any new Alumni you meet about joining USNA AMP – Alumni Helping Alumni!!

Happy and Safe 4th of July to all.

BEAT ARMY – often, Doc.

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PRES: CDR Michael J. Novak, USNR (Ret.) 4701 Hopkins Dr., Dumfries,VA 22025 E: mike706160@aol.com SEC’Y: CDR Royal Connell, USN (Ret.) 10080 Rookery Rd., Pensacola FL 32507 E: royal70@1970.usna.com WEBMASTER: Ed Moore E: edmund.moore@gmail.com WEBSITE: http://1970.usnaclasses.com

Greetings all, the reunion is upon us, but you all better take good notes and let me know who you saw, what you did and any other feedback from the week. I have very little to use here and you all know what happens when I run out of real stuff to report…

Our class president took time out of his getting ready for reunion to put out a different call for inputs: n “Good morning, Classmates: As you know, three of our Classmates have already been selected for the Distinguished Graduate Award (DGA) – Mr. Dan Akerson (2012), Admiral Tom Fargo (2013), and Admiral Ed Giambastiani (2014). Currently,Vice Admiral Mike Malone and Rear Admiral Woody Sutton have been nominated and will be considered for a third time in 2016. Leo Williams was considered for a third time in 2015, and will be re-nominated in 2017. There are many others who also deserve to be receive this prestigious award, and I urge you to nominate them.

Nominations are due Monday, November 2, but I plan to hand-carry them to the Alumni Association on Thursday, October 29. Accordingly, I ask that you submit nominations to me by Monday, October 26.You may submit your nominations as email attachments, but please be sure to follow up with originals.

Developing a DGA nomination package is labor- and time-intensive, so please start now. Detailed instructions for developing a nomination are contained on the Alumni Association web site (Nomination Instructions/Form).

Mike Novak, President, USNA Class of 1970 n I note with sadness the passing in April, of Pete Haring of Naples, Florida. Pete was a gymnast and met his wife Gayle at a meet at Penn State. They were married in 1971. He served as a Nuke out of Charleston and later as a naval liaison with Electric Boat in New London. After leaving the Navy, he received his MBA from

Harvard business School and worked in the broadcast and investment banking industry in New York and New Hampshire before retiring to Florida.

Additionally, Bonnie Cuccaro, wife of Eugene Cuccaro, died in June at Midstate Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Born in Easton, PA, she had resided in Meriden, NJ for most of her life.

Besides her husband Gene, she is survived by four daughters, one son, Chief Matthew Cuccaro of the U.S. Navy and seven grandchildren.

Ed Fahy is one of my most dependable correspondents, maybe it’s because he sold me his MGA many moons ago and I still have it, or maybe he’s just a great guy, but he is alive and well and now fully retired.

They live in a great house on the Neuse River just 15 minutes east of MCAS Cherry Point. Nice place to live, great neighbors and the local food is awesome!

New Bern is 40 minutes North, and Beaufort, NC is 30 minutes South. Both have great restaurants!! They spent much of the summer on an RV road trip out west to Utah and Texas. Must be nice.

Ring-A-Ding-Ding!

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PRES: CAPT Perry Martini, USN (Ret.) E: pjmartini@comcast.net SEC’Y: CAPT Mike Longworth, USN (Ret.) 1145 Birks Ln.,Virginia Beach,VA 23464-5826 E: duke.longworth@1971.usna.com WEBSITE: http//1971.usnaclasses.com/

Fall is here! I always enjoyed fall in Annapolis. The cool, crisp air and leaves turning color always enhanced the beauty of the Yard! Now, I always eagerly look forward to the weekend visits to my favorite places around Mother B, Hubbard Hall, and the opportunity to be with dear classmates and friends. This fall will be no different; however, it will be special and I will cram all my favorite USNA “things” into one or two weekends, and I will look forward hearing “Navy scores” and “Navy WINS” while watching our team play football!

My first note is about a special event that was held in Annapolis on Friday, 29 May honoring our classmate, Peter de Vos. Pete was selected as this year’s recipient of the “Leadership in Athletic Excellence Award,” an honor bestowed upon an alumnus who exhibited athletic excellence as a midshipmen and who has been a continuing influence through support and mentoring of the athletic programs at USNA. The two day event July-August 2015

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’71: Golfers at Caves Valley: Ron Spratt, Tom Galloway, Bob Pearce, Chuck Bongard, Peter deVos, Perry Martini, Jim Hergenroeder, Mike Hecomovich, Bob Wagoner, and Cass Young

began at the Caves Valley Country Club where members of our class, including teammates from the ’71 Baseball Team, played golf at the USNA Golf Course.

There were over 120 alumni and staff who joined in recognizing Peter in a shotgun golf match on a spectacular sunny spring day in Annapolis. That evening a reception was held at the new Akerson ’70 Tower on the Gold side of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The reception was topped off by a special trophy presentation to Class of ’71, represented by our Brigade Six Striper, Mike Hecomovich, and our Class President, Perry Martini, on winning the Alumni Class Challenge and defeating members of the Class of ’67 and all other competing classes.

The final award was presented to Pete by Navy Athletic Director, Chet Gladchuk, honoring Pete as the third annual Athletic Excellence Award recipient. Pete gave heartfelt remarks and how proud he was to have attended USNA, and that he will always remember his classmates for their long-sustaining loyalty and camaraderie which has made a significant difference in his life. At the conclusion of his remarks, on behalf of the USNA ’71 baseball team, he presented a check to the NAAA and the Baseball Team to support the renovation of the Navy baseball stadium dugouts.

Classmates in attendance were: Baseball team members, Peter deVos, Ted Snoots, Bob Pearce, Tom Galloway, Chuck Bongard, and John Shelton. Other classmates attending the two day event: Perry Martini, Mike McNallen, Mike Hecomovich, Cass Young, Ron Spratt, Bill Hoover, JT Morris, Bill Hoover, Jim Hergenroeder, and Bob Waggoner.

Of note, the foursome of Martini/McNallen/ Hoover/Morris came in with even par and ironically a great score of 71!

Chet Gladchuk, Chuck Bongard, Tom Galloway, Bob Pearce, Pete de Vos, Tede Snoots, John Sheldon, and Navy Baseball Coach Paul Kostacopoulos

(L to R) Tom Laboon, Pat Dunford, Bob Chimenti and Bob Nelson.

’71 wins with a 71!

Next is a note from Tom Laboon: n “Duke, here is a photo of a few 18th Co guys who attended the celebration of Gordy Harris’ life at his home in Grand Junction, Tennessee on April 11th. Gordy died suddenly at his home on March 22nd. This was a fitting tribute to Gordy who did not graduate with us but still joined the Navy where he flew A4’s and A5’s and retired as a FEDEX pilot.” n

Tom Gross sent this note about Class of ’71 tailgates at the home games this year:

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n “Hi Duke! Now that the season football tickets are secured, it’s time to turn to the more serious matter of tailgating! Please pass on to your readers that our class tailgate will be up and operating each and every home game in our traditional spot on the parking lot perimeter, directly out from the press box. So make it your rendezvous point, we’re easy to find.

The tailgates start two hours before kickoff and remain open through halftime.

All classmates and guests are welcome.

The format is decidedly informal. The menu is pot luck. Classmates bring dishes and snacks to share; some even bring brats or burgers to burn on the grill. All food and beverage contributions are gratefully accepted.

Coming from out of town? Don’t sweat it. If don’t have a chance to pick up something, come anyway. We haven’t run out of food yet! See you there! Beat Army... again! Tom.” n I’ll be there! I hope you’re there, too!

I’m submitting this column shortly after marking the 48th year since we entered USNA. As I reflected on those many years, I received this note from Perry Martini: n “Classmates, I had the opportunity this morning to take a stroll down Stribling walk at USNA. As I approached Tecumseh, I paused and gazed at the bricks that encompass the panoramic view of the massive steps and main entrance to Bancroft Hall. Memories flooded my reflection and I remembered that 48 years ago to the day, June 28, 1967, that we stood tall, raised our hands taking an oath that placed us on a long journey together in friendship and service. It was on T-Court where we started to understand the words of our very first oath of office; and the importance of Ship, Shipmate, and Self.

Duces Virum!”

Start spreading the news! Now, it is time to begin preparing for our next reunion in Annapolis and the following information is passed to you from our 45th Reunion Committee regarding plans for our next gathering in 2016.

Bottom line – we ask that you hold these weekend dates in 2016: September 24 / September 17 / September 10.

Here’s why: Navy Football joined the American Athletic Conference (AAC) this year. This is the beginning of a new era, which brings excitement and a challenge or two. The AAC is not expected to announce the fall 2016 Football schedule until late February 2016. This includes most of Navy’s home game schedule.

72•74 As many of you know, following our 40th reunion, a class survey was conducted.

The survey results overwhelmingly favored holding our 45th in Annapolis on a nonhomecoming football weekend in September 2016. The results of this survey also dictated that the 45th would focus on a more relaxed weekend and to include more casual class events.

We are aware of home games on Sep 3rd and Oct 22nd; however, we decided against Sep 3rd (Labor Day weekend), as well as the weekend of Oct 22 (homecoming weekend). The good news - our Reunion Committee has made arrangements with one of the larger hotels in Annapolis during the last three weekends of September 2016.

The hotel has guaranteed to hold and lock in rooms as well as establishing our reunion headquarters hotel. A tentative outline of the reunion schedule: - Thursday: arrivals, with reception in HQ hotel - Friday: golf, tours, Superintendent’s briefing, evening cocktail party - Saturday: class tailgate, football game, company parties - Sunday: brunch, memorial service (tentative), company parties, open - Monday: departures Please keep the following dates in mind for planning purposes. As soon as the entire home Football schedule is announced in early 2016 and Reunion dates are chosen we will let you know so we can all begin the registration process. **** Save these dates: 22-26 Sep 2016 15-19 Sep 2016 08-12 Sep 2016 Duces Virum and Go Navy!! n Too soon it’s time to close. Please keep our classmates and their families in your prayers for good health and safety in their travels. Our classmates in business and government leadership continue to need our thoughts and prayers, too. Life is precious and too short – seems we too often are reminded of life’s brevity. Love passionately, give and share your blessings generously with others – we are richly blessed – may we richly bless others. Give thanks for your many blessings, especially for the gift of citizenship in our great nation.

Now is the time for us to be actively shaping the future of our great nation. There is plenty of work remaining as we increase our wisdom! Time, tide and column due dates wait for no man!

Duces Virum, — Duke

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PRES: CAPT Jim Grover, USN (Ret.) E: jcgrover72@gmail.com SEC’Y: CDR Rich Robison, USN (Ret.) 3126 North Greystone Dr., Morgantown,WV 26508 E: Scribe72@comcast.net WEBSITE: 1972.usnaclasses.com CLASS LISTSERV: TheGouge@usna72.com FACEBOOK: USNA Class of 1972

They say it never rains in California, but those of us in the damp northeast would gladly let them have a little of ours this summer. Consistent with having frequently been told that I’m all wet, one might conclude that, by now, handling repairs associated with leaks, drips and minor floods would be second nature to me. But, alas…having never been a DCA, I find the tricks associated with maintaining watertight integrity remain a daunting challenge.

Tales from the Seventh Wing Dept.

Over the years, your scribe has often reported about our sons and daughters that have successfully navigated their way through the Boat School…but never one that spent their 4 years by the Bay living on the same deck that their father lived on. Chuck Ebeling reports in with the following: n “On Friday, May 22nd, my son Michael S. Ebeling, graduated from USNA and was commissioned an Ensign, U. S. Navy.

He spent four years on the same deck, 7-3, that I did. He was editor of The Log, and is the third generation of our family to graduate from the Academy. He is a distinguished graduate, majored in Systems Engineering with Honors, and received a Burke scholarship, all accomplishments obviously due to traits passed on from my wife, Joan and not me. He reports to Charleston for nuclear power school in September.” n

Congratulations, Chuck!

I regret that I must report that Charlie McBrien, 64, passed away on Thursday, June 18, 2015, in Carlyle, Ill. Charlie came to the Naval Academy with us in that summer of ’68 and was a member of the 17th Company until his departure in the latter part of Plebe Summer. He was a Senior Systems Analyst for Anheuser Busch Brewing from 1981 to 2008. He held many positions at his church; trustee, treasurer, and church council administration team chair. He was active in scouting for 50 plus years, Eagle Scout, Order of Arrow, Silver Beaver, Legion of Honor, Lifetime Achievement Award, and Wood Badge. He founded pack 1316 at his church, was very instrumental with the advancement of the members to the rank of Eagle Scout, and volunteered for day and week camps at Camp Joy and Warren Levis. Surviving are his wife, Sharon; his children (Robyn, Katherine, Michael, Anne, and Sean); eight grandchildren; his sister and her husband.

The Class extends its deepest sympathy to Sharon and their family.

On a more upbeat note, Dan Weaver was recently selected as our new Class Treasurer replacing Jim Klima, who has been counting beans for so long that, after 28 years, he finally wore out his slide rule.

Jim and his son have moved from Crabtown to sunny Florida where he plans to do a little relaxing. (Those of you who used to park at Jim’s place during football tailgaters or leave your beer cans at his front door…you probably shouldn’t do that anymore.) The Class is forever indebted to Jim for all of his contributions (words you can only say about the Treasurer). Welcome aboard, Dan! That’s about it for this month. Have a great summer! More to come. D. O. Tried and True with ’72.

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PRES: Kevin Callahan SEC’Y: CAPT James H. Chapman, USN (Ret.) 769 Largo Dr.,Virginia Beach,VA 23464-2417 P: 757-869-6889; E: chap769@yahoo.com

Chuck and Joan Ebeling proudly pinning the boards on their son, Ensign Michael Ebeling’15

Hello everybody, I hope you had a great summer and are doing well. As I write this (mid June) it’s hot and miserable in Virginia Beach and the AC is out! Now that the obligatory weather report is done I have a lot of great info to pass on and it’s made even better with lots of pictures!

The first is from Dave Stacy.

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73•74 CLASS NEWS n “Jim, I just wanted to let you know 28th Company’s Don Patton “Last company-mate standing a government post” celebrated his retirement from Navy Engineering Logistics Office (NELO) on 2 April 2015. More than 167 people attended Don’s retirement luncheon at JBAB (Joint Base Anacostia Bolling) Officer’s Club where he received The Navy Superior Civilian Service Medal awarded by SECNAV and presented by NELO Director, Rich Sweeney. Arguably, the most prestigious award Don received was his “SEAL Paddle” given by the SEAL Community; “Paddles” are rarely awarded to civilians which in and of itself represents the very high esteem in which Don is held by those he passionately supported. Don however stayed in character as can be seen in the last photo and expressed his usual level of excitement when Director Sweeney presented Don with a can of Iron City Lite to help ease the transition into retirement. n

Don receiving his Award (medal and citation) from Director Rich Sweeney

Don receiving his Reward (Iron City Lite) from Director Rich Sweeney

USNA AA TAILGATES Bring the whole family down to cheer on Navy at our home game tailgates in the Stadium, right next to the field!

We start 2 hours before game-time and party right through half-time!

For more information, see www.usna.com/tailgates or contact us at events@usna.com.

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28th Co contingent Chuck Stevens, Don Patton, Mike Zimet, Joe Stewart.

Dave, Thanks for the great article and Don from the Class thank you for your service.

We had a couple of Dark Ages celebration this year. Mark Young send me the following; n “Mr. Secretary, The stalwarts of Hardcore 24 and their wives gathered in Sedona, AZ the last weekend in February for a Dark Ages escape weekend and are proud to report all gloom was dispelled.

We got a great turnout from across the country. Butch and Cheryl Tongate, Jim and Keak Stuart, Tom and Margie Tesoriero, Ron and Lynn Bowman, Kevin Reale, Mark and Laurie Young, Dick and Saundra Weller, Mike and Nancy Obert, and John Maxfield all mustered. We hiked, shopped, ate, drank, ate some more, swapped sea stories and generally lied through our teeth the whole weekend. A splendid time was had by all, and by unanimous vote will convene again next year in some other oasis to sweep away the despair of the Dark Ages. Non sibi, Mark Young” n

Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia. We put the push on for more robust participation this year and picked a western venue to enable more of the left coasties to participate. We got 9 bubbas there, and given we graduated with 17 mustering in, I’d say it was a good showing. Next year should be even better. I retired in 2003 after a fun career as a “Chop” and am still in the logistics business, working for an international firm in their Washington office. Life is good.” n Thanks Mark. Maybe 9th and 24th Company can join up sometime for a Dark Ages Party.

I received a great note from Tom Broussard. He has written a book describing a stroke he had a couple of years ago and his recovery. He told me he wants to pass on his experience so others can learn from it. n “Jim, I finished my first book (of a trilogy) called Stroke Diary, A Primer for Aphasia Therapy. I had my stroke and aphasia (the impairment of language) in 2011 and could not read, write or speak well. The book explains how I lost my language and how I got it back. I wrote a diary, without being able to write. The first two months were written mostly using drawings, charts, and graphs. My mind was fine. But I just could not express myself with words. But math and numeracy were still working and communicated what I was trying to say. The book provides an amazing account of therapy and progress on a day to day basis until I did, indeed, got better. The book is available on Amazon and Kindle.” n

From left: Butch Tongate, Jim Stuart, Tom Tesoriero, Ron Bowman, Kevin Reale, Mark Young, Dick Weller, Mike Obert, John Maxfield

I asked Mark how long they have been doing Dark Ages celebrations and what he was doing now and received the following; n “A couple of us started getting together a couple years ago in the February timeframe to try to party away the “Dark Ages.” In 2013 and 2014 we met at the

The cover of Tom’s book

Tom told me he is doing fine and is much improved. I asked Tom for what he is

74•75 doing now and other news and received the following; n “It has been an amazing year! My wife, Laura, “retired” in May this year. We have a lot of travel this summer but I imagine she will find a new job after a bit of vacationing! She likes working hard and doesn’t want to give it up yet! Our scientist-daughter, Josiane had her first child, Madeleine, this year. After six years in Chicago (for her PhD) and five years in LA (for post-docs at USC and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) she is moving next week to Boulder, CO at another lab as an assistant professor. Our son, David has been working as an x-ray technician for Brunswick, ME for 8 years. His second child, Kai, will be two years old this fall and his daughter, Miriam, is now 8 years!

Our last son, Will, works at the Mt Washington Observatory in North Conway, NH. He is a biologist and educator and has been traveling and teaching students throughout New England about ecology and weather. He also has a “green” room TV studio and broadcasts his classes around the world including Australia! My new company, Stroke Educator, Inc., (www.strokeeducator.com) is helping people learn more about stroke and aphasia. I am committed to speaking at every state. This year includes FL, MA, NJ, LA, NH, KS, and CO. If you are interested, please send me an email at tbroussa@comcast.net. My new website www.strokeeducator.com is not quite up yet…but it should be ready by the time this goes to print.” n Thanks Tom. I’m glad you are doing well and appreciate your efforts and news.

That’s all for this edition. I am over my word limit so I will stop now. We had some great news and input. Please keep passing it on. As always, Go Navy and Semper Fi! General

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It’s football season! It’s also 106 degrees in central California, so you can understand my difficulty in embracing the icon of Fall College life, especially considering that this afternoon I attended a luncheon celebration of the 45 anniversary of our I-Day at USNA. So rather than leaping ahead in time this month, I ask all you to

’74 Tidewater group—I-Day look back to June 29, 1970, and raise a glass to us all.

I wonder if Einstein ever considered why the past moves faster than the future.

It seems to take forever for our next gettogether (reunions, regional events, etc.) to arrive, but the last 45 years seems little more than a blink in time.

Induction day: it was one of those very few events that changed the lives of virtually everyone involved.Whether you graduated with us 4 years later, or made the decision to pursue other avenues in life, we all made life-altering decisions that day.

It is a rare thing when you can point to a single event and say, without doubt, that your life rotated on a fulcrum and launched you down a new path that would ever separate you from those who did not share the experience. And at the same time, know that the multitude of strangers, randomly thrown together on that day, would be forever bound together by sharing the inception of the new life each of us started. This knowledge continues to bind us together, as reconfirmed by the continuing associations between us, and by the celebrations that many of us participated in over the past 24 hours.

Rich Vizzier hosted the Tidewater Area of this I-Day celebration yesterday.

He declined to name those who let other things get in the way of attending, but the list of those who did is lengthy! Dave Antanitus, Jim Fry, Hugh Story, Steve Jasper, Shawn Smith, Rob Smith, Ralph Schindler, Rich Johnson, Bruce Brunson, George Yacus, Viz, Doc Garnett, Jim Gallo, Bill Lee, Mike Dow, Steve Burich, and Neil Rondorf. Viz did mention that Dave Zacharias was excused from attending due to the fact that he was just coming off very recent bi-lateral knee replacement.

Zach asked me to pass on to you all, and I

Zach’s Knees

Zach’s Knees- Post Surgery

quote him precisely, “It was a total miracle operation overseen

by God himself.”

Zach – 3 Weeks Post Surgery

George Yacus and his band, “The Phun Doctors,” provided the entertainment.

Doc Garnett in particular gets special recognition for driving three hours from Western VA. to attend. To highlight the support this group provides to its members,Viz also noted that Marie Butler, Kevin’s widow, also attended the party.

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Monthly Dose of ‘74

Last week we received news that Frank Chabza, 32nd Company, had been in an accident with one of his ski boats. Seems Frank is an avid slalom water skier competitor. He regularly competes in agegroup events in the San Diego area, and can’t get enough of it. He was getting his boats ready to go out one day, and in the hook-up phase of getting ready, the boat started to roll down the hill. He heroically stopped it, but apparently (and successfully, as I get it) became a human chock to the boat trailer. I think Frank needs to take up bull dozing to get better at tackling his boat & trailer, because he ended up with 8 broken ribs and a collapsed lung in the process. I saw Frank in the hospital on Monday before going to lunch. He is in great spirits, but he wouldn’t let me take his picture with monitor wires all over his body, and the brace running from waist to neck. He’s had a steady stream of visitors the past few days, to keep him smiling and laughing. Lerch told me he had to leave because they were laughing so hard, that it was putting Frank in extreme pain. In all seriousness, I was blown away when I walked in and looked at Frank. I don’t think I had had seen him since graduation.

After spending three years together on the Swim Team (Frank was an outstanding butterflier), I go to know him pretty well.

I did not expect to see him looking almost exactly like he looked 40 years ago (but of course with a much better tan). We should all be so lucky to age so invisibly. It must be his waterskiing. He did tell me that a couple of weeks earlier he had run the

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course at 32 mph at the end of a 29 ft. tow without missing a single gate. I’m impressed with his youthful look and his athletic conditioning.

I also received a note from Neil Rondorf. Neil is serving as Chairman of the International Electrotechnical Committee (IEC TC-114 ) developing international standards for off shore renewable energy devices (wave, tidal , OTEC etc.) on behalf of the Department of Energy and US Industry in general.

Now I don’t know what any of that means, but it sounds pretty impressive to me! This committee meets on a regular basis, and they rotate between the various nations who will host each meeting. This last meeting was in Dublin, Ireland. Neil and his wife Cheryl got to explore the Ireland country side, and in re-reading his note several times over, I have come to the conclusion that the entire trip revolved around sampling the various local brews at as many brew pubs as they could find. He did mention that on a tour of the Guinness brewery he learned that the name of the family that was the brew masters there from the late 1700’s well into the 1800’s was Purser. He was wondering if classmate Guy Purser has been holding out on us all these years?

Neil & Cheryl Rondorf

I also have some news from my 8th Company mates. Our long lost souls (Mike Ricci, Warren Kleshefsky and Steve Swann recently got together to share some brew, food and stories somewhere in central Florida. These three guys have managed to avoid face-to-face contact with the rest

of the company for more decades than I can remember. Hopefully after this mini-reunion they will be more disposed to joining the rest of us at the next class reunion.

Swann-Ricci-Kleshefsky Reunion

You may remember that in the last Shipmate issue I relayed a story from Dan McCaughin regarding his running into Vice Admiral John Coogan (Ret.) in a barbershop in San Diego. Dan’s comments about how fortunate our class was to be brought up in the Navy by his generation were still echoing in my ears when I read Admiral Coogan’s obituary in the MayJune issue of Shipmate. His influence on our education in leadership and the proper decorum of a Naval Officer cannot be diminished by his passing. But it does bring to the top of the mind the links of chain that bind the Past to the present and to the future of the Navy.

Sic transit Glori Mundi.

Finally, we just received news that Frank Cohee passed away last Friday after a prolonged battle with brain cancer.

I know we all share the condolences passed on from his roommate and best friend, Larry Turner to his wife, Mollie, the rest of his 18th Company Mates, and the class in general. Frank will be missed and long remembered.

And remembering that you will be reading this column in September, with Navy football at the top of our collective minds, Go Navy, Beat Army West Point Black Knight Cadets! (Or a reasonable facsimile there of…).

Roger

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Dear ’mates, The great 40th Reunion is almost here! We will gather in Annapolis for the Air Force game on Saturday, 3 October.

Class meetings, Memorial Service, and Ice-breaker Dinner will be on Friday the 2nd. Golf and Crab Feast at Mike’s are on Thursday. Important note: Tailgater will be in the N* Room inside Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, so you WILL need game tickets. All Flower Children planning to attend need to do three things ASAP (if not sooner): 1—Get yourself a place to sleep. 2—Buy game tickets. As of 30 June, very few tickets remain. Our block of tickets was almost sold out but we were able to add some more. A majority of the remaining tickets are “standing room only” but they will allow you to enter the stadium and the tailgater. Click on the “Hill” section to order these if the regular tickets are sold out. 3—Register for class events (golf, Crab Feast, Friday evening dinner, N* Room Tailgater).

To register, log in to the USNA Alumni Association website (www.usna.com), click on the Classes link under Stay Connected, and select 1975 from the drop down menu. Once on our page, click on the Events tab, and you will see the link to the registration. After all of that is checked off your list, you can visit the Class of 1975 USNA store at www. usnaclasstore.com/75store.html.

Calling all authors! We are going to set up a Flower Child Book-signing event at the DoubleTree before the Ice Breaker dinner on Friday, 2 October. Shoot me an email if you’d like to participate. Erwin Wunderlich, Jim Tenuto, Pat Sloan, Rick Gribble, and yours truly are all published authors … and I am sure there are others in the class as well. Bring books to Annapolis and share your creations with your classmates!

San Diego classmates, led by Dick Arnold, marked the 40th anniversary of our graduation and commissioning with a golf outing and dinner on 4 June.

Nineteen ’mates attended. In addition, they were fortunate to have Sue Joller and Nancy Burd (now Laabs) as well. The final count, including spouses, was 36.

Attending Flower Children included:

’75: 4 June 2015 in San Diego

AJ Ronacher, Mark Regn, Rick Lindsay, Speer Ezzard, Steve Laabs, Ted Spilman, Tim Naple, Tom Dlugolecki, Tom Gadzala, John McTighe, Bobby Clark, Chip Stratmann, Craig Solem, Dan Zazworsky, Dick Arnold, Don Garrett, Ed Zapolski, Jim Tenuto, and Tom Davilli. The group—under the influence of excessive brotherhood and possibly assisted by adult beverages— crafted an illustrated poem entitled “The Hearts and Souls of the Children of the Flower.” I’m saving a copy in the Shipmate locker for use in a future issue.

4 June 2015 in San Diego

Three 12th Company folks who live in the Tampa-Orlando area visited with our classmate, Larry Newcomer, at this home in Port Richey, FL. Newk has Multiple Sclerosis and is working hard to continue with his normal life. JJ Cuff talked to him in May. Larry was still considering coming to the 40th. He has not totally ruled it out but has not committed either. Our prayers continue daily for him and his family.

Golfers: Dan Zazworsky, Rick Lindsay, Tim Naple and Steve Laabs

Jim Crandall, Newk, Gary Miller, and Fred Bremer

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St. Louis Navy League Luncheon—4 June 2015

Joanne and John Langan attended the St. Louis Navy League event in June, where they enjoyed listening to CNO Jon Greenert. Here is a report from Da Kernel: n Jon and his wife Darleen visited our area for their first time. One of the events that kept him busy was providing ALCON with a current and future Navy overview at our local Navy League luncheon. Jon was a real pro and a huge success in his mission. How blessed our class is to have such a stellar leader at the Navy’s helm. Included in the photo in addition to Jon and Darleen are my wife Joanne, and our youngest son, Justin, a 2010 grad. Justin had just flown home from San Diego, where he is assigned to HSM49. He recently got engaged to his best buddy, Jen Voges (also from STL) and wanted to introduce her to the Langan Clan. I did throw him a slight curve when I told him to bring his whites even though on leave, as all of us were going to attend a CNO luncheon the day of his arrival. Naturally he didn’t believe his pop, but he humored me anyway. Afterwards the young LT was pleased that he listened to the old O6, especially after being “coined” by the CNO. One last note: this luncheon took place exactly 40 years to the date of our commissioning. Joanne and I are looking forward to seeing all at our 40th reunion, where in addition to remembering good times and friends we will celebrate (on 4 Oct) our 40th wedding anniversary. n On 25 June Nancy and I joined a whole bunch of friends and family in a courtroom in Reading, PA. Our son Jim and daughter-in-law Liz officially adopted our newest grandson, Nathaniel James Warrenfeltz. They have been Nathaniel’s foster parents since birth and are very happy to add a son to the family, joining their two daughters. I now have a “son of a son of a sailor.”

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Barb and I had the opportunity to see the Macy’s fireworks display on the 4th of July this year. I had to postpone my back surgery (“Lumbar Decompression and Spinal Fusion with Instrumentation”) a month (now July 20th) but it was worth it! We drove up from New Market to Brooklyn after picking up my son, Chris, at his Baltimore row home to spend the holiday weekend with daughter Meghan and her husband, Jared Marinos USMA’05. While in NYC we rendezvoused with Jim Doherty and his wife, Melanie, and their daughter, Bobbie, at The Smith Midtown restaurant for lunch on the 4th. They had their Coast Guard Academy cadet that they sponsor with them as well, Jason Kniss USCGA’17. Doc’s NYC co-op apartment is just around the corner from The Smith Midtown, one of our favorite restaurants in Manhattan. After lunch, Barb and I hopped on a taxi back to Brooklyn to rejoin with Meghan, Jared and Chris at Pier 5 Brooklyn Bridge Park to find a spot to view the fireworks along with thousands of other people. Jared’s parents, Pam and Jim Marinos met up with us, too. It was a good thing that we arrived three hours before the fireworks began because the pier became totally packed with the throng of spectators. The wait was worth it because we were treated to one of the best fireworks displays I have ever seen, especially with the Manhattan skyline as a background. [You can see a good video of the 2015 Macy’s Fireworks display at https://youtu.be/o4cEVh4yJbc] I am adding the Fourth of July Washington D.C. Fireworks to my bucket list because I understand that is also spectacular to witness.

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Here is an update from 1/4 of the Class of ’76’s naval architects: n The French, in search of a good reason for a party, sent a replica of Lafayette’s flagship, the frigate Hermione, to several US east coast cities in June. She’s shown here rendering honors with a DDG. Several of your naval artichokes decided it was worth a visit. First up was Yorktown where Tenley and Larry Raithel have recently taken up residence. Here’s a shot of Larry on the main deck. In addition to visiting the Hermione, the Raithels hosted a delegation from Yorktown’s Sister City, Port-Vendres, France, for the salad course of a progressive dinner, with fine California wines. All came together nicely given the Raithel’s naval lineage; Larry’s and his dad’s (Al Raithel ’51) family lineage goes back to the town of Rethel, France. The Raithels have recently renovated a late 1800’s home in the middle of Historic Yorktown and it is open for classmate visits!

Next up was good old Annapolis.

Barbara and Kevin Stone decided it was worth waiting over an hour to view the ship (well, at least Kevin did). While they were waiting patiently up strolls Mike Bosworth who was a volunteering entertaining the visitors with details about the ship. The photo shows Kevin and Mike, who is full 1700’s sailor regalia, in front of the Hermione. Kevin was a practicing naval architect for 25 years while Mike is still going strong at NAVSEA on the LCS program. Mike, while not otherwise engaged in ship design, is in a “Sea Shanty” group that performs in the region. n [Scribe Note: The original Hermione was part of the blockade at the Battle of the Virginia Capes that led to the British surrender, ending the American Revolution.]

Lunch at The Smith Midtown Restaurant

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Waiting for the Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular at Pier 5

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Hermione rendering honors to USS MITSCHER (DDG-57)

’76: 7th Co. Seadogs (L to R) - Langford, Renner, Inzirillo, Venlet, Sanford, Jakubowski, Pinetti, Ostendorff and Gardiner.

Larry Raithel aboard Hermione

Kevin Stone and Mike Bosworth on the pier next to Hermione

Deer and motorcycles do not mix at all!

Just ask Tim Farrell: n On April 29 I hit a deer while riding my motorcycle. The bike and I didn’t go down but I broke my left leg, tibial plateau fracture. I didn’t need surgery, but the Orthopedists told me that I had to keep my leg immobilized and not put weight on it for six weeks. I did such a good job following Doctors’ orders that Memorial Day weekend I developed deep vein thrombosis and bilateral pulmonary embolism and spent my first nights since birth in a hospital. Today the Orthopedist told me I was healed and I got my bike back. On June 18 Scott Jenkins and I met for our quarterly boys’ night out at Sullivan’s Steakhouse King of Prussia, PA. n [Scribe Note: I remain amazed to this day that Barb and I were unscathed after we hit a large deer on my motorcycle several years ago on Mussetter Road near the Holly Hills Country Club in Ijamsville, MD! The only injury was to the poor deer who hobbled off into the woods.]

’76: Tim Traaen and Phil Poirier present the Class of ’76 Leadership Awards

On June 13th, Seventh Company Seadogs gathered at the home of Chris and Bill Ostendorff in Oakton,VA, for a mini-reunion to mark Kara and Randy Pinetti’s “first ever” venturing out to the East Coast from their base in the San Francisco Bay area. Other attendees included: Stephanie and Jay Gardiner, Geraldine and Frank Inzirillo, Joelle and Wayne Jakubowski, Janice and Calvin Langford, Barb and Chuck Renner, Patti and Jim Sanford, and Bunny and Dave Venlet. Participating via cell phone/video were Dean Dobbert from Ohio and Ernie Leidiger and Ike Owens over lunch from San Diego. Of significant interest to the group was the sharing of “never before heard midshipmen tales” involving Ernie and Randy.

I received late news from Phil Poirier: n Tim Traaen and Phil Poirier were proud to represent the Class on a beautiful

San Diego day on July 2nd at Naval Base San Diego for the presentation of Class of ’76 Leadership Awards to LTJG Megan Myers and STG1 Brennan Lukas of USS HIGGINS (DDG-76). We were fortunate to be squeezed in the awards ceremony just a few days before Higgins deployed. The CO, CDR Allen P. Johnson ’97, expressed his gratitude to the Class including its sponsorship of numerous sailors for the recent Poinsettia Bowl, and looks forward to reestablishing an ongoing relationship between the ship and the Class of ’76. n Bryan Dolan is looking for any interested cyclers in our Class that might be planning any bicycle trips in the USA or elsewhere in the near future or next year. If interested, please email Bryan at: Bryan Dolan: bjd1717@yahoo.com.

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76•78 CLASS NEWS succumbed to ALS, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, on Wednesday, June 10th. Paul Stimson is the son of a highly decorated World War II submarine commander, Paul Stimson Sr. ’36. Paul Stimson left the Naval Academy after 2 years and began pursuing other things like skydiving and captaining sailing boats along the Florida Coast and to the Bahamas. His pursuits for adventure and physical pursuits included bike riding, rock & ice climbing, team skydiving, slalom skiing, surfing and scuba diving. He got married to Mary Jane in 1990, a year after moving to Sonoma County where he worked as a land surveyor.

He took his illness in stride and never complained. In addition to his wife, Paul is survived by his mother, Emily Stimson of Largo, FL; sisters Emily Maney of Indian Rocks Beach, FL, and Katheryn Stimson of Largo, FL; and three nephews.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Mary Jane and the extended family.

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Dan offered no hint as to either the subject matter or occasion for Jerry’s speech, but one can only imagine how bereft of excitement life must be in San Antonio for Mark to have braved over four hours on I-35 to hear it! Jerry, and Mark ;-), we trust you’ll take that last comment in the spirit of humor in which it was intended.

Second, Dan and Rob Thompson (3rd Co.) helped Glenn McCormick (25th Co.) sail his schooner Mistress from Key West to his home in Annapolis.

During a brief port call in Little Creek, VA, the three salty sons of ’77 were met on the pier by Dave Paddock (11th Co.), who supplied them with some much-needed cold beer. Our four intrepid yachtsmen are, left to right: Dave, Rob, Dan and Glenn:

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Though, owing to a scarcity of submissions, this edition is somewhat short on quantity, it’s certainly not lacking in quality.

To wit, Dan Busch (25th Co.) checked in to report a couple recent close encounters with classmates. First, Jerry Linenger (19th Co.) and Mark Clark (19th Co.) visited Dan’s lake house for a few days in late May; Jerry was giving a speech in Dallas and Mark drove up from San Antonio to hear him. Seated left to right below are Jerry, Dan and Mark:

Lindsay, Joe & Mattie Christofferson

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Dan noted how nice it was to sail up the Severn past Canoe U, an emotion we’ve often felt ourselves. Are we the only one who’s noticed the older we get, the fonder our memories? That is, at least the ones we still have!

Next, Melinda and Joe Christofferson (4th Co.) have a new title: grandparents!

Meet Marshall Hudson Roach.

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A word to the wise: though Lindsay’s married, Mattie’s still single. So to any classmates out there with a good-looking, eligible young gentleman, we remind you: time, tide, formation…and…

Mattie and Bill

Marshall Hudson Roach

Linenger, Busch & Clark

Tyler) are both doing well, and Grandma and Grandpa are proud and pleased as punch.

Joe is shown below with his two other daughters, Lindsay (l) and Mattie (r): Please insert “Lindsay, Joe & Mattie

…hot young ladies…wait for no man!

Finally, in the Good News/Bad News segment, scuttlebutt has it later this year Zachary “Bo” Henry (9th Co.) will finally making Ruth an honest woman.

So if that’s the good news, what, inquiring minds want to know, could be the bad?

In an amazingly poor display of headwork, not to mention a breach of well-established RAT protocol, Bo failed to consult the Navy home football schedule prior to setting a date…and Gator (Wally Tart (9th Co.)) is…well…NOT happy!

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Look on the bright side, Gator; at least it’s not the weekend of the Air Force game!

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Apologies to Herb Nyberg (34th) for entering his piece of news this late. Herb has been globetrotting. He was invited by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) to brief them in Geneva on New Mountain Innovations and Acoustic Larvicide. That’s his company, which has made products from his son Michael’s invention that uses acoustics to destroy mosquito larvae. He thought the presentation went well and they may become a real program with WHO. He said my Navy Crew teammate, Steve Kinney (3nd) was a great help with the “tourist part” of their travel. On their first night they had dinner with Steve and his wife Carina and daughters.

The Kinneys treated the Nybergs to raclette, a unique Swiss dinner.Yes the meal involved melted cheese. They also had dinner together on the last evening.

So New Mountain Innovations, Inc. is beginning to move. They are shipping units to all four corners (but still a long way to go). Cathy and Herb did make it to Zermatt and Skied the Matterhorn.

Best wishes for business success Herb and in helping rid the world of serious illnesses due to mosquito infestation.

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Nybergs Skiing the Matterhorn

Got some news and updates from Will Pearce (5th). Last October, he and Nancy had the opportunity for a special vacation trip with a week in Newport, RI, and environs. While seeing the fall color was fantastic even more exciting for Will was revisiting his old SWOS-day haunts. It was the first time he’d been back since leaving for TAD in Baltimore in Feb ’79.

He reported that much has changedGoat Island is no longer home to WWII Quonset huts, being now filled with resort hotels and the water-taxi landing for the massive cruise ships that are in port and the Naval Station gate that he — and many of you — always used is now blocked off. Still many familiar landmarks remained. NAPS and OCS (King Hall) are still at the south and north ends of the athletic field, but the old BOQ on the east side where he roomed with Dave Dwyer (11th) has been replaced with a “newer” structure (Nimitz Hall—please don’t tell me if it’s really 30 years old— Will doesn’t want to know). He didn’t recognize the building at the northeast corner of the field as the one that housed SWOS, but that may not mean it isn’t. He assumed that the softball field to the southwest (behind the base chapel) is where our USNA softball team lived out its glory days in the rec league that autumn, but his old “internal charts” are incomplete on that score. When Will left Newport in 1979, he took with him one Newport Bay Bridge toll token. It was his way of saying that he intended to come back some day. He had held onto that old token for at least 25 years in his car console tray, but somewhere in the beginning of the millennial he thought he transferred it to the memorabilia box that he keeps in the top drawer of his chest of drawers. When it came time to pack for

the trip, he tore the bedroom apart looking for that token, but it eluded him. He thought it an opportunity missed to get across the bridge at 1979 prices! He needn’t have worried as he found that most of the New England bridges dropped toll booths for electronic payment lanes some time ago.

The rented obligatory EZ Pass transponder with their Boston rental car turned out to be all that they needed. Their trip across the Newport Bridge after a day in the Connecticut countryside revealed there were no toll booths, as advertised. So Will’s clever thought in 1979 turned out to be a futile gesture in 2014. He still wished he’d found that token. He said could have at least tossed it out the window as they passed through the toll plaza, just for the symbolism of the thing. This time around, Will had the time, money, and motivation (i.e., Nancy told him where they were going) to tour a couple of the historic Gilded-Age Newport mansions like The Breakers. They also hitched a ride on a gaff-rigged schooner out of Newport Harbor. It gave them the tour of the old America’s Cup 12-meter yachts that are scattered around. Will’s favorite was the Intrepid, the ’67 and ’70 winner. The tour also allowed him to point out to Nancy all the places he had sailed back in the 70s (both during his SWOS days and at the end of the ‘75 Annapolis-Newport race).

Will recommends you visit Newport either for the first time or to relive old days. (Hey, Scoe,Vandy and all my Justice School buddies- any thoughts on a reunion? Have the statutes of limitations passed?) Thanks for the update, Will. As you can see I am also trying out your suggestion to put guys Companies by their names.

Nancy and Will Pearce in Newport

Good luck to my fellow Marine, CH-46E Phrog Flyer and former Marine One Presidential Pilot, Mike Conklin (33rd) on his Vertiport Chicago. Mike is President of the venture. Mike and several investors created, developed and built Vertiport Chicago, a 10 acre “helicopter airport” July-August 2015

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78•80 CLASS NEWS facility on Chicago’s near west side. The facility sits in a cluster of hospitals and borders a sprawling freight yard on two sides. It consists of a single landing spot, eight outdoor parking spots, 30,000 square foot hangar and a 11,700 square foot Fixed Based Operation (FBO). The FBO has separate areas for VIP/Charter customers, tourist operations and offices for lease.

Opened for business this June the complex’s main selling point is that it is a 10-minute car ride, if that, from the heart of Chicago’s main business district. It’s open continuously for medical flights and can handle helicopters of almost any variety, including next-generation tilt-rotor aircraft, which travel nearly twice as fast and far as conventional helicopters. As Mike is quoted in various news venues, “This is the first facility of its kind in North America.”. Best wishes for success, Mike.

Some short note news follows: Kevin “Grinch” Lynch (26th) reported the “rare sighting of the two greatest salesmen on the planet in the same place”. That is to say, he made a “pilgrimage” to see Frank Mattingly (6th) and his “Classic Car Museum!” As Grinch put it, “You just know somebody bought something with those two guys in the same room!

Frank and Grinch

Ray Luevano (6th) rendezvoused with Joe Schmitz (27th) and Joe’s son Nick (’06), to celebrate Nick’s June graduation from Stanford Business School. Joe and Mollie’s youngest, Matthias, will enter Stanford in the fall as USMC ROTC student. Also in on the celebration was Michael Sears (36th) and his son, Matthew (’19). As this goes to print Matthew is sweating his Plebe summer along with Peter Craig’s kid, Thomas (’19). (Anybody else with a kid in the Class of ’19? If so, more to follow.)

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Nick Schmitz (’06) and Matthew Sears (’19)

In closing, Dave Daily sadly reported that on June 13th his 29th Companymate, Russ Dedrickson (29th) lost his lovely wife, Sue, after a courageous 8 year battle with cancer. Sue passed away at her home on the lake in Lincolnton, GA surrounded by family. Sue graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in nursing. It was there that Sue met Russ at the UVA game our Youngster year. They had been together ever since. In 1992 Sue obtained her Masters in Nursing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and then in 1997, she again graduated but as a Nurse Anesthetist. She worked as a nurse anesthetist at MCG in Augusta, GA, at Warner Robins hospital, and at Meadows Memorial Hospital in Vidalia, GA. She had also served as a nurse in the Naval Reserve, so she was all Navy. In 2003, as a Lieutenant Commander she was activated. As her obituary said, “[Sue] loved the lake, wine, drinking wine, looking at wine, picking out wine for her wine cellar, and wineries.

Her family was the highlight of her life and sometimes she shared her wine with them.” – Yes, she was definitely all Navy.

Family trips to Charleston, Alaska, snorkeling in Florida and camping trips to Gatlinburg are some of the family’s best memories. Please remember Russ, their three adult children, Tray, Heather and Ricky, and the entire family to include her 29th Company “brothers” in your thoughts and prayers. As Dave put it, “Sue was a beautiful person in every sense of the word, and was a great friend to all of the 29th Company.We will certainly miss her.”

Launchin’ Spot Four- with a prayer.

Greetings Classmates, Can you believe it? Thirty Nine years ago today we raised our hands and recited the Oath of Office in a very hot and humid T-Court; July 6th, 1976. Where did the years go? Well in just two and half months we’ll all be gathering again in Annapolis for our 35th Class Reunion.

I’m hoping that everyone will make every effort to attend.

I have spoken with many Classmates.

Some are on the fence, some are really excited and some are not planning on attending. This will be a great time to reconnect with friends and Classmates and reestablish the bonds of Shipmates.

Please encourage one and all to attend.

Reach out to each and every Classmate you know and plan on meeting them in Annapolis that weekend. Time tide and formation wait for no one – so be there or Brace Up! 80 Sir! I have been sending out regular e-mail updates. Here is the current schedule that is relevant to the Class. (The Mid-Store hours and other items of interest are not included): Thursday – September 17th Golf – time TBD Friday, September 18th (1100-1200) Memorial Service (1350-1500) Superintendent Briefing (1600-1715) Dress Parade (1900-2300) Reception NMCMS Banquet Room Saturday September 19th (1330 - …) Tailgate at the Stadium (1530) Navy VS East Carolina

Sunday September 20th Church Services and free time We have worked diligently to make this an amazing event. Please make every effort to attend. There will be more information put out to the Class on e-mail. If you have any questions or concerns don’t hesitate to call me!

On to the Mail-Bag: Barbara Geraghty, barb.geraghty@cox.net checked in from Virginia Beach: n Joe, Am still living in Virginia Beach and I just finished my Masters in Public Health (with an emphasis on Health Promotion).

I decided I didn’t want to waste my Post 9/11 GI Bill and this degree seemed to fit with the volunteer work I’ve done in health related nonprofit organizations. It was a challenge being the oldest person in the class; I could have been the parent of many of my classmates. It was also pretty fun—who knew you could rent textbooks these days? As part of a 200 hour practicum I got involved in teaching health eating and physical activity in the after school program for Virginia Beach elementary schools. Although I don’t have any children of my own, I have a new respect for those in the teaching profession; they deserve double their salary and then some. Our program was recognized by the National Council of Mayors and I was in Portland OR in April presenting our findings at the Society of Public Health Educators. Everyone keeps asking me what I plan to do with the degree and I promise to let everyone know when I make up my mind. In the meantime, I’m back to full time volunteering with a local credit union board, a national credit union trade association board and chairing the Tidewater Purple Stride 5K for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. Look forward to seeing everyone at the 35th this fall. n Jerry Connolly, connollyjerry@ comcast.net, finally shared what’s been going on in his life since that fateful day in July of 1976. Since he left the Navy, he earned his MBA from the Darden School of Business (University of Virginia) and has been on Wall Street ever since. He and his wife of 27 years live in Princeton with three great children. I also received a note from Tammy and Jerry Buck jerrybuckusna80@yahoo.com who are living in Dallas. He retired from the Navy in 2000 and was hired by American Airlines. Jerry returned to flying for

American about 18 months ago, after 9 years of furlough. He and Tammy just celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary on the same day as their daughter’s wedding, June 7...which makes that a special day for all.

Jerry ran into Karen and Win Everett (21st Company) at the wedding. Win and Karen now live in the Jacksonville area.

Win reports the following: n “After retiring in 2009 and spending several years in Patuxent River, Maryland, Karen and I returned to our hometown of Jacksonville, Florida, and I took on a new adventure, starting up a Fabrication & Manufacturing business. I make “widgets” for a living. Actually, we make precision-turned machine part and prototype fabrications. It’s quite the adventure being a small business owner.” n Brian Wood “Woodie” woodusn@ aol.com sent in a quick note as he had two sets of 12th Company classmates got together recently. Nels Frostenson ran into Dennis McVicker (of the Jacksonville PD) in the Jax area this week.

And of all the places to run into each other, Richard Rogers & I both happened to be in Fairbanks, Alaska at Eielson AFB last week supporting aviation events. Richard flies for NASA and had some scientists with him in the aircraft flying over Alaska while I was conducting data collection for a project at the Naval Postgraduate School supporting Northern Edge a Joint Exercise based in Alaska.

Wedding? Reunion?

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I also received a powerful note from Greg Hebert, ghebert@pactiv.com about a “Fun One” gathering to honor our recently departed Classmate Karl “Brute” Butterbrodt. Here is his note:

n Joe, A group of Fun One 80 alumni got together to honor the memory of our classmate Karl “Brute” Butterbrodt who had recently passed away with ALS. We had all been terrible classmates and shipmates to Karl and his family during his sickness and vowed that some good would come out of this, so several of us met in Atlanta to renew old friendships and talk about memories of our classmate Karl. As a result we have made contact with many of our Fun One company mates and several of us are emailing regularly. We are committing to a yearly get together, of course this year it will be the 35th reunion, to keep in touch and provide support to each other as life moves on for all of us. Any Fun One 80 alumni that we did not have contact info on feel free to provide it to Hebes at ghebert@pactiv.com and we will get you on the list. Pictured from left to right are Mose, Hebes, Smitty, Mando, Keith, and Balls.

This Friday I had the privilege to attend the Memorial Service for Jim Prosser along with a large contingent from 1980 which included (please forgive me if I miss someone….) Dom

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80: Top Row, left to right: Rick Press, Ted “Dub” Snider, Rique Saez, Jeff Sayre, Mike Glynn, Scott Grundmier, Tom Rossi, Admiral Frank Pandolfe, Nick Katsiotis, Mike Castignero, Tom O’keefe, Brad Taylor, Frank Hughes, Dom Rascona; Kneeling row, left to right: Lionel Mew, Ray Damm, Joe Grace, John Quigley, Mike Ales, Dale Lumme

Rascona, Jeff Sayre, Ted Dub Snider, Lionel Mew, Mike Glynn, Frank Hughes, Brad Taylor, Frank Pandolfe, Sam Perez, Dale Lumme, Ray Damm, Nick Katsiotis, John Quigley, Rick Press, Mike Glynn, Scott Grundmeier, Mike Casstagnero. The Service was everything that Jim was in life; well attended, funny, big, loving moving and most of all – personal. It was a great chance for people he cared about to get together and tell stories and spend time with each other. This was his legacy and his memorial service was no different.

VADM Frank Pandolf and Jeff Sayre provided the words of remembrance. The stories were heart felt, passionate, humorous and reminded us of how much we will miss Big Jim Prosser.

The service was followed by an interment at the Columbarium at the Academy. Jim

is right down the row from Brad Peterson and has a beautiful “water view” of the Yard. For those of you who knew Jim well, he would have enjoyed the fact that they set aside parking for his funeral. He would have said it was a high price to pay,

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In closing, I hope that this finds each of you healthy, happy and wiser today than yesterday. Please take a few moments to renew a friendship, call a Classmate and take care of each other – you never know what a difference you can make. Jim’s burial was a stark reminder that our time is limited, our friendships are important and as a Class our bonds are eternal.

As always, BEAT ARMY, — Joe

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Hello Classmates: We’ve had record heat in Hawaii giving rise to a sweltering summer so far.

I hear it is not much better on the mainland. Lots of updates so here we go: I received an interesting note from Chuck Beers ‘67. Chuck reported on a chance encounter on an airplane with our own Mori Nixon (30): n “I was getting on a 747 bound for Japan from Chicago with my wife, Susan; we had the middle and aisle seats.The window seat was occupied when I noticed the USNA crest on his jacket; and thus started a delightful meeting and great conversation with Mori all the way to Japan. I was going for a conference and he was returning from the Chapter Presidents meeting at USNA (Mori is the Tokyo chapter president).We had a great trip across the Pacific as he taught my wife Japanese sayings and he recommended places to see.We got together at a local chicken and beer place a week later in Tokyo at the end of our great trip to Japan with Mori and his wife, Choi.Tony Smith ’82 also joined us for the dinner.You never know who you will meet on a trip”! n Left to right on the picture is Mori, his wife Choi, Tony Smith, Susan and Chuck Beers. Chuck, thanks for the note. Now it is time for Mori to check in with us and tell us what he has been up to. Mori, nice to see you are well. Please send us an update!

Mori Nixon with a couple of alumni in Japan

Gene Juba (4) forwarded an article from the Richmond Times reporting on the appointment of our own Nelson Moe (24) as the head of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. Nelson, the former information technology chief of the U.S. House of Representatives, was appointed by Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe. Here are excerpts from the article: n “Nelson Moe, former chief information officer for the House, takes over as Virginia’s CIO at a crucial time. The state is looking to restructure its contracts for technology services Virginia’s new IT Chief to make them more cost-effective, incorporate the rapidly advancing technology needs, and meet cyber security concerns of the 86 state agencies served by VITA. “Mr. Moe is a high-energy, results-driven information technology executive with a track record of leadership in a variety of roles throughout his career,” the governor said in a statement.

Before he worked for the House, Moe served as an officer in the U.S. Navy on a nuclear submarine and worked in the private sector on several IT startups.

Virginia’s vast technology infrastructure includes nearly 60,000 personal computers and email accounts; 55,000 desk phones; 11,000 cell phones; 6,000 hand-held devices; 27,000 printers; 3,500 servers; 2,200 locations; 2,000 networks; two mainframe computers; and two data centers. Moe’s job, which starts June 8, will be to get his arms around the day-to-day operation of the network, “keeping the lights on and keeping everybody secure”. n Nelson, congratulations! Gene, thanks for sending.

Next, a moving story from Chuck Smith (24): n“I hope this finds you well and enjoying the Hawaiian sunshine. Friday 22 May, 2015 marked the 34th USNA graduation since ours. Hard to believe because in some ways it seems like yesterday! Over the years, Gretchen and I have sponsored almost too many mids to count, but one of this year’s graduates holds a very special place in our hearts. Brendan Perry, son of my 24th company mate Dean Perry (24), received his degree and commission!

He is following in his dad’s footsteps and is now at Pensacola for NFO training.

The first picture is from when Brendan visited USNA as a high school junior and the second is after graduation.

Same 24th company characters in each photo except for Jeff Freeman who was not in the first one. What a difference a few years make! Pictured left to right in the post graduation picture are: Nelson Moe, Jeff Freeman, Chuck Smith, Brendan Perry ’15, Mike Dzieciolowski, and Henry Aszklar. I know Dean would be immensely proud!” n Thanks Chuck.You are right. Dean would be proud, very proud.

24th Company buddies with Dean Perry’s son 5 years ago

5 years later

Dave Lannetti (22) responded to my most recent plea for gouge with the following update: n “I really have no excuse for not providing an update sooner, so I am happy to respond to your request. After 15 years in the submarine service, I opted to take the 15-year retirement that was being offered at the time (which, as I recall, was the same time the attack submarine force was cut in half), and my wife and I decided to “retire” in Norfolk, where we were living at the time. To start my next career, I opted to commute from Norfolk to Williamsburg,Virginia for three years to attend William & Mary Law School.

Unlike many law school students, I thoroughly enjoyed my time at law school, where I had the opportunity to, among other things, serve as Executive

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After graduation, I was fortunate to land a job at a large law firm (by Norfolk standards), where I practiced as an attorney for 15 years. During that time, I had the opportunity to serve as President of the 850-member local bar association, and for several years I served on the governing organization of the Virginia State Bar. I also was (and still am) an Adjunct Professor at both William & Mary and Regent Schools of Law. I started my latest career last December, when the Virginia General Assembly elected me to serve as a Norfolk Circuit Court judge. On the home front, I have been married for 31 years to my wife, Kami, and together we have raised 5 kids (and hosted and fostered many more). I have been a Blue & Gold Officer for 13 years, and for the last 5 years have also served as the Southeast Virginia Blue & Gold Area Coordinator. My wife and I have run the Norfolk Special Olympics program for the past 18 years, and I also am very active with the Norfolk Sister Cities Association (currently the President) and the local Boy Scouts of America (through a local troop and as a Board member of the local council). I also am one of the ’81 Class Officers.

My 22nd company classmates have kept in touch since graduation, and we have had a large contingent at each of the 5-year reunions. I’d like to brag a bit about one of my former roommates, because he would never do so himself.

Kevin Tolbert, who played fullback for the Navy varsity football team during our time at USNA, has had a very successful career as a Strength and Conditioning Coach at both the collegiate football level and the NFL. Kevin Tolbert Most recently, he followed Coach Jim Harbaugh from Stanford to the San Francisco 49ers (they were NFC Champions while he was there) to Michigan, where he is now. More on Kevin (including a current photo) can be found at http://www.mlive.com/ wolverines/index.ssf/2015/01/kevin_ tolbert_officially_named.html. n Dave, wow, what a great update. Thanks for the note.You are a busy guy!

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Also answering my gouge request was Ellen Jewett (25) with the following: n “I retired in 2012 as CAPT, USN after I went back on active duty in 2004. Did a few more Joint /Interagency tours (USNS Mercy for Tsunami Relief 2004-5), C7F, US AFRICA Command, National War College, Dep CDR 7thAF/AOC Osan, ROK (w/USAF), and DoD IG. Based on glowing recommendations (from Katie Thurman) on the quality of life, I moved to the Seattle area after retiring. I now live on Bainbridge Island and Volunteer at the West Sound Wildlife Shelter while also trying to improve my Wildlife Photography skills. I Just returned from 10 days in Baja, Mexico and will be heading to Kenya on a Photo Safari in October”. n

star to that of Vice Admiral and reporting as Deputy Commander. Dee Mewbourne (31) has been assigned as Director, Maritime Operations (N3/N5/N2/N7).

On the other end of the spectrum, three of our classmates have sons who were inducted into the Class of 2019: Lew Gilpin (34) – Mason Hans Larsen (6) – John Robin Russell (28) – David Additionally, Mike Petter’s (36) nephew was also inducted into ’19.

Finally, a short update from swimmer extraordinaire Randy Rogers (23): n “I wanted to let you know, but also for Shipmate, I have moved on from Seattle.

After 36 years with the Federal Government, I have accepted a job as the General Manager of the Waukegan Port District in Waukegan, IL. We have an airport, though no commercial activity, we do have several Forbes 500 tenants basing their corporate jet fleets there, an 850 slip marina, and a small commercial port operation. I have been here a month and working to build the business while trying hard to adjust this West Coast boy to Midwest winters. Hopefully, not as bad as last year. If anyone is in the area, please give a shout”. n Randy, I guess you will be taking to the lakes for your swim routines.

Best of luck there. ’81, Second to None!

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Two of our class “stars” are going to Fleet Forces Command, where Adm. Phil Davidson (6) is commander. Rich Breckenridge (1) is tacking on another

Lew Gilpin with sons Bailey ’18 and Mason ’19 in Memorial Hall after Lew administered the Oath of Office to Mason.

One of the fine works of our class is the USS Lassen (DDG 82) Class of 1982 Leadership Award, which recognizes a JO and a CPO for their outstanding leadership as voted on by their peers in the wardroom and Chief ’s mess. Recipients are awarded a $1000 check and a naval sword/chief ’s cutlass. The 2015 recipients are: • LTJG Caleb Bekemeier - Since reporting to LASSEN in APR 2015, LTJG Bekemeier has stood out head and shoulders above the rest of the division officers. He is a humble, kind and considerate man and an outstanding Naval Officer. About a month ago we were in Sasebo, Japan because we needed to do an emergent repair to the reverse osmosis pump. Caleb worked around the clock coordinating all repair efforts and logistic support. Within hours the pump was installed restoring the system back to 100%. If it wasn’t for his drive and initiative this repair would have taken weeks; instead, it only took days! Lastly, he passed his Engineering Officer of the Watch (EOOW) board for which he was eminently prepared. He was calm, cool and knew the systems like an old snipe.

A future Commanding Officer of a DDG. • EMC McElveen - Although quiet he is the ideal chief you want in the mess.

Anyone and everyone who is seeking advanced engineering qualifications seeks

EMC McElveen because he is a patient teacher who takes the time to ensure every individual understands the plant. He is our Command Fitness Leader and a very good one because he takes the time with those who need additional help. Recently he has been moved from his division and placed into Damage Control Repair Division in order to streamline maintenance and provide overall guidance. He has taken them from the bottom to the top! A future Master Chief!

Another fine use of our class dollars is the Laura Stegman Award, which honors the memory of our classmate who was killed while jogging at home on leave while a Midshipman. The award recognizes the most inspirational member of the women’s crew team. The 2015 recipient is: • Midn 2/C Darby Nelson – She has rowed in the 1st varsity since her plebe year. Since her plebe year the varsity has only lost 5 races and has won 2 Patriot League Championships and the Eastern Sprints Midn. 2/c Darby Nelson, 2015 Laura Stegman Championship in 2014. She hails from Award Winner.

Chantilly,Virginia and was named the top female rower in northern Virginia her senior year in high school. She carries a 3.77 GPA in Operations Research and has been named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll in 2013, 2014, and 2015. She was also named as a College Rowing Coaches Association National Scholar Athlete in 2015. The team voted Darby Capt. for the 2015-2016 season. SHE IS A GREAT PERSON AND A FINE LEADER!!!

Pete Brookes (33) checked in from our nation’s capitol: n “I’m still fighting the national security battles here in DC for the conservative side as part of The Heritage Foundation and in the media (FOX, CNN, etc.).

“In terms of what is new: writing a foreign policy column for the Boston Herald, got a doctorate at Georgetown U, welcomed the first grandchild, PB3, and scribbling an outdoor column for a local newspaper to support my bird hunting and fly fishing “habit.”

“Attached is a pic from a Britishstyle, “driven” pheasant hunt this winter, where I’m clearly more Downtown Abbey than Downton Abbey!” n

Pete Brookes, PhD, looking quite proper and jaunty for his pheasant hunt.

On the road with Keith Boring (25): n “I made a swing through the Gulf States, and dropped in on company-mate Warren Samoluk (25) at his home in Florida. He was watching golf with buddies on a projected image that was about 12’ by 12’. It was huge! We had a quick visit and then headed for the beach.

Go Navy!” n

26th Company-mates Warren Samoluk and Keith Boring with the Navy spirit in Florida.

Speaking of I-Day, on July 1, Wyman Winbush (29) started a fun thread on the class Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/usna82/. Here is a portion of the posts: n Wyman Winbush—It’s I-Day! 37 years ago we were there and our lives were about to change forever. For those of us who arrived solo the night before... who remembers where they put us up?

It wasn’t in Bancroft Hall.... was it Rickett’s Hall (pre-renovation)? Does anyone remember?

John Vena—Absolutely. In fact I remember you Wyman.You were one of the first people I met. Rickets did not even have screens on the windows at that time. It was hot and humid!

Wyman Winbush—Thanks John...

I thought that was the case.You can imagine how my memory of Ricketts (no screens, no AC, no fans...no fun) didn’t line up with the current pictures that are on the USNA website. I just wanted to make sure.

Kevin Smith—I stayed in the home of the Assistant Track Coach,

LT Scott Haney (now retired CAPT Haney) along with Jack McCarty and a few other track & field athletes as I recall.

It was a BLUR. Wyman Winbush—I remember arriving at BWI and bumming a ride with Jan “JP” Myers who had someone from the basketball team picking him up.

Ironically we ended up in the same company. Jan is now a winemaker in California (@Schug Winery). I’m amazed every day at the diversity of occupations we currently hold. Much love to c/o ’82!

Dave Spoerl—It was and they wouldn’t or couldn’t serve us breakfast because we weren’t midshipmen yet. It was my first meal at Chick and Ruths.

John Vena—We had to pay $200 I believe. I recall being ashamed that my dad had to pay it. Now, with four kids at or approaching college age, I realize my dad must have been thrilled to pay only $200 and be done.

Wyman Winbush—@John...with 3 kids in college right now I can certainly empathize with your dad’s situation back then. I guess that’s why my dad gave me a one-way ticket to BWI, a $200 check made out to USNA and enough spending money for cab fare & a meal ... topped off by a slap on the back and a sincere “good luck”. What I didn’t know was that he was probably praying that I’d make it so the college tuition could be channeled elsewhere. To put more pressure on me ...when I got home for Christmas plebe year I saw the brand new Mercedes 300SEL he’d bought for my mom. I rightly assumed that whatever college tuition he’d saved had be re-directed. My fate was sealed. Dad’s 86 now and we still laugh about that. “...no pressure son, you’ll be alright”.

Bill K. J. Hebert—When I showed up at Bancroft Hall, there were no more rooms available. I met Tom Watkins, who was also in the same predicament. We were able to get a room at the Maryland Inn. I think Tom’s parents paid for the room.

Roger Patterson—I remember that last night as a civilian in Ricketts Hall ...and my last meal at Denny’s in Annapolis. Met Scott Vasina there who had also been given a one way ticket.

Being completely honest I have to say as I lay there sweating to sleep I thought, “what am I doing?” Happy I-Day ’82!

Dale Kemper—I got into Annapolis early enough to meet some new guys and watch a movie somewhere out in town.

I don’t remember who they were or what

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John Vargo—My father was too cheap to spend the night in a hotel so we drove all night...he dropped me off at the entrance at 0600 and said good luck. Who would have known that this world be the first of many all nighters. Great memories ...

William Arthur Kennington Jr —I had the pleasure of staying at Capt Colley (Vadm retired) and his wife Arlen’s Qtrs when he was head of the Math and Science departments. They had A/C, so I enjoyed it for one evening. They also had over a dozen cats who all converged and were sleeping on top of me when I awoke on that bright sunny morning on I-Day those many many years ago.

Tom Remley—I spent the prior night at my sister’s place on the eastern shore, my brother-in-law, the Reverend Doctor James Orr dropped me off that morning. (He was neither ordained nor had his doctorate at that point).

He asked me as he dropped me off, “How do you feel?” “Apprehensive.”

Earl Franklin Goodson—My last meal as a civilian was chicken cordon blue. Maryland Inn. Roger Patterson—Earl, I had never heard of chicken cordon bleu until we had it in the wardroom...we just couldn’t get that cheese inside our fried chicken down on the farm! n Time to sign off. Enjoy what remains of the summer, and please send to me your classmate sightings, latest goings-on and reminiscences of our days at USNA. Looking good, ’82! – Razz

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to do it; Facebook message – sometimes that works; text – info all the time; or just plain email with a picture. Face it, I’ll take newz any way I can get it. From you, your spouse, significant other, your kid, your parent, your roommate, or just someone who wants to make something up about you (and that could be any of the aforementioned).

It has been a busy past few months for me – a new job, my daughter’s graduation from William & Mary, and some travels.

Speaking of graduations and pictures, how about sending in your child’s graduation picture, wedding picture, you holding your first grandchild (or #2, 3, 4 – who has the most ??).

On to da Newz: • ’83 Class February, 2016. Key facts: 21 – 28 February 2016 Departure/Arrival port: Ft Lauderdale (near Miami) Cruise Line: Princess Ship: Regal Princess Port visits: Princess Cays, Bahamas (a reserved beach) St. Thomas, USVI St. Maarten Our Princess representative (call her direct): — Jennifer Chamberlain — 800-901-1172 x64259 — Reference group name “USNA83”, and Group Code “TN4” Any questions, contact Steve Fischer (31st), the.fischers50@gmail.com • Our 35th will be right around the corner. If you are interested helping to coordinate our 35th reunion, please contact Neal Davidson.  Dave and Tricia Gwilliam invite you and your significant other to a “wine tour” party at their home in Lovettsville VA on Saturday 10 OCT. They’ll provide a couple of recommended itineraries and maps to tour the local area, one focused on historical sites (Harpers Ferry and Antietam in particular); the other on nearby wineries. Their house will serve as a potential tour meeting point with fellow classmates during an informal open house from 0900 till about 1500. At 1500 till late, they’ll have a BBQ style “reception” with pulled pork, sandwich platters, heavy

HOMECOMING 2016 Thursday, 22 October through Saturday, 25 October

hors-d’oeuvres, beer etc. and some wine tastings, along with some outdoor activities such as a 9 iron hitting contest.

Dave has been using Steve Fischer’s greater DC area email distro list to coordinate, but if you are not on Steve’s distro list, please send Dave an email indicating your potential interest at gwilliamd @saic.com. Cost is $25/person.

Of note, Navy is at Notre Dame, start time 3:30 pm. Dave will have the football game tuned in so we can cheer for victory!  Dateline: 6/4/15 Location: United States Custom House (Baltimore, Maryland) Event: Coast Guard examination Suspect: Jim Brzostek Result: Passed  Mike Foley post-surgery update: n “Hi Team, first week at home. Can’t believe it has only been a week. It seems a lot longer and time is flying.We are in a routine that is working well and we are making progress. Just got done with the physical therapist and she says I am doing very well. Swelling is going down. Left leg is about 95%. Pain levels have been down, have only hit the extra pain meds upon occasion.While I am pretty limited in what I can do with the full leg brace on, we have upped the numbers on my physical training exercises considerably. Plus my quota for walking has been increased. Look for me hobbling around the air conditioned malls!!!

I still have and use a walker while I am out, but now use a cane for walking around the house.While I am more movable I am still getting tired fairly so am still focused on getting plenty of rest. I got a new recliner for Father’s day and christened it with a two hour nap.

So bottom line, your prayers have accomplished much and we are ahead of the doctors reported schedule. I am sure they will update the schedule this Friday when we go in to see the surgeon. At that point we will also probably hear from the chemo doc on when we are to head in for chemo #5, probably just after the 4th of July weekend. Much is done and but we are getting close to the finish line, at least in treatment.

Thanks again for all your prayers and support, please keep them coming and talk to you soon.

S/F Mike ” n • Washington State USNA83 Breakfast 32 years & 2 days after reaching terminal velocity, R-L John Hults, Dave Lamont, Bob Aronson, Craig Husa, Dwight Jenkins, Dale Owen, Peter Stitt @ Lil Jon’s in Bellevue 5/27

Breakfast time

• From Steve Fischer: n “The DC crowd got together for the ‘main event’ last Saturday as a dinner at Buca di Beppo in Washington, DC. 20 alums (34 total people) and a great time. If you missed it, keep your eyes open for the next dinner/reception next year. I will be targeting ~March to avoid the competition for your schedules once the weather warms up. I want to thank Iric “Boomer” Bressler for all the work he did with the USMC Museum; though we had to cancel out of that venue, he put in a lot of work planning/coordinating. I also want to thank Erica (Ryder) Wogaman for helping me out with preparing nametags for the dinner. Really does help us all recognize each other! ” n

There are a few pics included, but no names, for fear I will miss someone, or worse misidentify someone, or the worst, identify someone as a spouse or girlfriend/boyfriend, when they are the other.

• Jeff Clark: n “I signed up to do The Ride to Conquer Cancer. It is a 2 day, 150 mile ride through the DC area in September.

Part of the commitment is to raise at least $2,500 to support cancer research and treatment through the Johns Hopkins network. I have about 3 months to raise that, but I am hoping to raise $10,000. ” n Sad News This sad news that was sent out via classmail at the end of May, but for those that don’t receive classmail: n Robert C. Chapleski, 54, of Macungie, died on Friday, May 29, 2015 at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Twp. He was the husband of Lynn (Zellner) Chapleski for the last 18 years. Born in Allentown, he was the son of Gerald and Rose Marie (Ventilli) Chapleski. He was a graduate of Salisbury High School, the U.S. Naval Academy and later earned his Masters Degree from LSU. He was a Naval Veteran. Upon completion of his Naval Service, Bob held various positions in production management and engineering at numerous companies and currently was the Vice-President of Operations at Fuling Plastics. He was very active in the Wild Cherry Knoll community.

Survivors: Wife; Parents; Son, Robert Jr.; Daughters, Kelli, Lauren and Juli Skoutelas; Granddaughter, Evalina Caldarelli; Brothers, Jerry and his wife, Rhonda, and family, Bill and his wife, JoAnne, and family; Lynn’s Parents, Jim and Judy Zellner; and Bob’s faithful canine companion, Bella. Contributions: May be made to any animal rescue organization. Services were held on Thursday, June 4, 2015 in Allentown. n Dan Braswell and Ed Becker represented the class at the viewing.Their comments: n Want you to all know that it was very well attended. Parking lot was full when

I arrived and stayed that way. Line up to see Bobby wrapped around a big room and out into and down the hall to the front door of the funeral home. Met one of his business partners in the line who said it was great working with Bob and very hard to reconcile the man’s passing.

Spoke with Bob’s family, to include with his parents. His Dad was wearing a USNA crest on the pocket of his blue blazer.

Bobby was wearing his blue flight suit, complete with HC-8 Dragonwhales patch and naval aviator winged nametag.

He was also sporting his crucifix and Class of ’83 ring. I suspect that when he shows at the pearly gates to report for heavenly flight ops, Saint Peter might cut him some slack for having that little bit of unauthorized jewelry.

It was equally awful and wonderful.

The receiving line went around the room and back up the hall with over 400 mourners. Bob clearly reached people in his civilian life and made them feel important much like he did at USNA. I was proud to have gone and talked with his family. Bob’s Dad was in a USNA sweater and Bob was laid in his helicopter Squadrons jumper. It was a viewing worthy of great friend and shipmate. n Life is fragile, so pick up the phone, send an email or knock on a door. Please be sure to reach out and touch your loved ones, reconnect with an old friend or roommate, whether in person or on the phone. Just do it today, as we can never count on the opportunity to be able to do so tomorrow.

Make a commitment to reconnect with your friends, whether they are from the old neighborhood or just around the corner.

Do it today. And as Bob Chapleski used to say “Don’t be scared.”

I had used this quote in my last column just a week before we all heard of Bob’s passing. I think it is quite appropriate and will use it for my remaining time as class scribe, and remember not to be scared about reaching out to old friends, classmates and Shipmates, no matter how long it has been since I’ve last talked to them. We have had too many deaths in our class – cancer, suicide, car, and plane accident, …No matter the cause, all are untimely. Don’t let another day go by before reaching out.

Once a classmate, always a classmate.

Chris Captain, United States Navy – Retired!

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PRES: CAPT Toni Kasprzak, SC, USN (Ret.) E: tonitalks14@gmail.com VICE PRES: Blake Radcliff E: blakeradcliff@gmail.com TREAS: Melanie V. Doherty E: lambchop_nh3@yahoo.com SEC’Y: Kevin Monahan 428 Santa Mesa Dr., San Jose, CA 95123 P: 408-624-0773; E: kevin_monahan@comcast.net WEBSITE: www.usna84.org

Big doings underway with the Class leadership. Thanks to all for participation in the Reunion Survey and the webinar if you got the chance. Toni, Blake and Melanie are working out some deals to make available our Class Crest stitched on fine leisure wear. How far have we come from writing ’84’ in laundry marker on the back of the blue ring PEP shirts?

Answer: Pretty darn far.

I have been in touch with another of my roommates since graduation and shall highlight him first off. Dawn and Larry Moore live in Milford, New Jersey, in the Poconos near the PA border. They have 3 grown children and 2 growing grandchildren bringing immense joy into their lives. Larry is a Captain with American Airlines. For 20 years he regaled me with tales of the food on international flights to London and Sao Paulo but has recently begun flying domestic routes and only mumbles something about pretzels. Larry is a constant source of inspiration for me and I do my best to remain a constant source of exasperation for him. He missed the Reunion last year but I believe he was in the American Airlines jet that buzzed the field. Missed him last go round through San Jose and working with the scheduler to get him back out here.

Yet another roommate, from after Basic School, Jeff Ringel, and his wife Betsy live in New Jersey.Their 3 children - Chad, Caroline and Elise - came to the Reunion in September with them and it was my pleasure to meet them all. Jeff returned from 7 months ‘working with the Military’ in Tampa. Jeff has been with the FBI for about 20 years after flying Cobras in the Marines.

We deployed to the Med with HMM-365 on IWO JIMA (the old one) in ’89-’90 with George Herlong and Glenn Murray also flying armed escort for non-violent, peace loving transport pilots like myself.

Mike Nichols (yes, another roommate - I Day then First Class year), lives in Miamisburg, Ohio, flies for Delta and beams with pride for his talented children, John, Abby and Ryan. Great seeing him at the Reunion in September.

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Mike and Cornelia Hile with Nicole and Kendall at Coors Field.

Bianchi family after Oath

Chris Bianchi with Mom

Jeff Ringel getting his Wings in ‘86, Kevin Monahan pointing at them.

One last call to join ‘U. S. Naval Academy Class of 1984’ in Facebook. Or not.Thanks to everyone who posted World Cup and Tour de France results in real time sparing many of us on the West Coast the tedium of watching them recorded.

Toni, Blake and Melanie are also working on a caper to have a class tailgater set up for each home game but it seems to be a bit of a challenge so just look for familiar people in the parking lot. There are a few tailgaters at each game, and you’d be more than welcome, I’m sure.

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PRES: Bob Smith 1009 Caiman Court, Sellersburg, IN 47172 P: 502-432-6185; E: robertsmith5@att.net CORR. SEC’Y: Vic Otero E: vic@otero-pearl.com

I write this with a heavy heart, letting all of you know that our good friend and courageous shipmate Joe Fordham has passed. Joe was an inspiration to many of us, as we followed his battles with cancer on Facebook. Joe was fighting all the way trying with everything he had to make it to our 30th reunion. Although he won’t physically be with us he will be honored at the tailgater, as the tailgater will be called the Mighty Joe Fordham tailgater.

Keep Robin and his girls in your thoughts and prayers.

Dace Judy, Christy Sahler, Ashley Yetman

Today is I Day and few notable civilians have become plebes. The first is Chris Bianchi (6th co) the son of our shipmate and friend Kevin “Block” Bianchi. I got the chance to speak with Chris before he left for I-day. He was super excited and ready to take on the challenge. I let him know he had an entire class cheering him on. If you ever pass by USNA, look Chris up and give him some encouragement. I have attached a picture of Chris and his mom, Barrie Bianchi. Kyle Winkler the son of Jim Winkler (9th co) enters as a plebe and is also in 9th company.

Christy Sahler (36th Co), Annika Pearson (25th Co), Duska Sahler Pearson (1989 15th Co)

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Both Dace Judy Ashcraft (17th co ) and Christy Sahler (36th co) have nieces entering as plebes.If anyone else know of other connections to USNA please send me an email to vic@otero-pearl.com.

Lets not forget to register for our 30th reunion starting on 1 October 2015.

Go to USNA.com and click on our class.

Can’t wait to see everyone.

Send stories please Go Navy — VO

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PRES: Jim S. Schwab E: jschwab@crimstonepartners.com W: 972-377-0081; C: 972-489-4061 VICE PRES: Henry Stoever E: henry.stoever@gmail.com W: 202-572-2102; C: 301-787-9700 SEC’Y: Eric Reinhold 300 South Orange Ave., Suite 750 Orlando, FL 32801-3373 P: 407-241-4294; C: 321-356-8612 E:Eric.reinhold@ampf.com E:Usnagrad1988@yahoo.com WEBSITE: www.usna88.com

Editor’s note: The following ’88 class news did not make it into the May-June ’15 Shipmate issue, so it is featured below preceding the ’88 Membership and Services, Fall’15 class news.

Exiting news! Flag Officer announcements came out in April and our classmate, Capt. William W. Wheeler III aka “Trey,” has been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral (lower half). Trey is currently serving as executive assistant to Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe; Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Africa; and Commander, Joint Allied Forces Command, Naples, Italy.

Trey becomes our fourth classmate to make Flag rank. The others include Gen. Paul Rock, Gen Sparky Renforth, and Adm. Mary Jackson. Congrats to all.

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PRES: Jim Matheson E: jmatheson@1987.usna.com SHIPMATE COLUMNIST: Robert Pinataro 7 Meadowood Lane, Binghamton, NY 13901 E: rob.pinataro@stny.rr.com; P: 770-722-6373 WEBSITE: www.usna87.org

Hello ’87, It’s back to school season, and time to start thinking NAVY FOOTBALL! Thanks to Bernie Koehr for sharing the news that President Obama has nominated Colonel Greg Masiello (17th Company) for promotion to Brigadier General. Greg was the only ’87 grad on the list and was the #1 selectee. http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/story /military/careers/marine-corps/officer /2015/05/20/10-marine-colonels-tapped -for-first-star/27660677/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ gregmasiello Well done, Greg!

Go Navy!! Please send your news to rob.pinataro@stny.rr.com

Eric Reinhold and son Kyler visiting Florida State University.

Not much else has come in, but I know that I am going to be anxious the rest of this year as my son, Kyler, submits his application to USNA for the Class of 2020. I wasn’t a math major, but I believe that’s 32 years after our graduation.

Sheesh. He’s just turning 17 and we are eye-to-eye at 6’-4”. I’m pretty certain he’ll pass me this Summer. Despite his first choice being USNA, we went on the college road tour over his Spring Break and visited FSU, Ga Tech, UNC Chapel

Hill, Duke and The Citadel as ROTC back-up options. Ironically, my brother, Capt. Baron Reinhold ’90, is taking over as the CO of the GA Tech ROTC program as his Sunset Tour. I guess there could be worse things than having your Uncle as CO. Lastly, our Class President, Jim Schwab, reports from a recent Class Officer meeting that they are in the process of looking for dates for our 30 year reunion, but are waiting on the 2018 football schedule to solidify the weekend.

We will have more news on that later in the year.

Thanks, —Eric Membership and Services, Fall 2015 Hopefully when you receive this we are undefeated, going into the Notre Dame game! I hope your summer was great. At the beginning of June I had the pleasure of meeting up with a bunch of our classmates who had gathered at Champions Gate in the south Orlando area for three days of golf. Two huge rental houses, 16 grads, lots of food and drink, 72 holes of golf… what could go wrong?

Those in attendance included: From Left to Right – Back Row Standing: Currie Crookston, Tim Pfeiffer, Bret Price, Mark Wesley, John Devine, Todd Vaupel, Dean Valentine and Mark Goodwin.

Front Row Seated: Bern Werner, Tucker Hite, Henry Stoever, Wes Kaufman, Sam Dipaola, Jim Schwab and Bill Miller.

Here’s an update from our class President, Jim Schwab on his recent trip to Annapolis and football tailgates this fall. n While visiting Annapolis this week, I ran into Frank Snyder in Davis’ Pub in Eastport, eating dinner with his three sons. He is living in Annapolis and working for Intel. Also saw Captain Donnie Hughes on the yard who currently is the senior supply corps officer at USNA. n Tailgate news Home Games - Join us at the Class of ’88 Tailgater at all Navy home football games.

We have a great spot (Spot #53) under some trees on the Gold side of the stadium along Taylor Avenue and between parking lot gates #6 and #7. We will be flying a ’88’ flag at the edge of the parking lot. The Brigade marches right by us on their way into the stadium. It is a casual event, and it is a ‘bring your own’ affair.

We set up tables for appetizers and snacks that we set out to share. Bring something to grill because we always set up a large

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’88 Golf Outing in Orlando, Florida

gas grill that anyone can use. Bring your coolers and chairs, and make yourself at home. We usually set up 2 to 3 hours before kick-off. Also, come out at halftime instead of waiting in lines in the stadium. Questions or need directions, call, text or email Rodney Luck: 443822-1138 or Rodney.luck@jrcisi.com.

Army-Navy Games - Tickets for the 116th Army-Navy game in Philadelphia on December 12, 2015 are now on sale.

The Class of 1988 will be tailgating again this year and we are also looking into getting a block of rooms at a Philly area hotel so that those from out of town can stay at a common location. More information to follow, just a heads up that tickets are now on sale and that they will not be available for long.You can use the following link to get tickets http://www.navysports.com/tickets/navy -tickets-m-footbl.html# Last year over 60 class of 88 members dropped by the tailgater. It is a great chance to catch up with old friends that you may not have seen in years. Questions? E-mail Dave Cleary at dgcleary@gmail.com. Hope to see you at the tailgater this year!

Beat Army! Eric

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PRES: LtCol Dean Ebert, USMC E: dean@1990.usna.com VICE: Maj Joe McDonald, USMCR (Ret.) E: mcdonaldva@verizon.net OPS: Maj Carter Honesty, USMC (Ret.) E: carterhonesty@yahoo.com TREAS: Kelly White E: kelly.white@1990.usna.com SEC’Y: CDR Cathy Weiss, SC, USNR E: shipmate1990@yahoo.com WEBSITE: www.usna90.com

Classmates, greetings from Florida. The (Moody) Weiss family has landed back in the USA and currently enjoying the joys of shopping on Sunday, right turning on red, and the use of pennies. But attempting to submit a quick Shipmate article has almost tipped the scale to impossible and I have drastically missed the current deadline. I’m throwing myself on the good graces of the editorial staff to see if they will still accept this latest update. Karin (Mullane) Vernazza saved us from having an entirely empty column this go round, sending in a couple of great photos of a recent Washington Navy Yard gathering on 29 May to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of our graduation. Gathered together are (L-R) Jonathan Salkoff, COL Bob Sofge, Adrienne (Cosby) Sofge, CAPT Karin (Mulane) Vernazza, and CAPT Burchard Cory Jackson.

And on a very quick perusal of our Class Facebook page, I saw notice that two more Classmates, Anne Marie (Katcharian) Cardoni and Mike Burns, had the pleasure of witnessing Iday from a parent’s perspective as both watched their daughters take the Oath.

Congratulations Anne Marie and Mike, you deserve every ounce of the pride you must be feeling. Also, happening on the Yard is the recent takeover by Class of ’90 Marines. COL John Aytes recently became USNA’s Senior Marine joining COL Steve Lizewski in the leadership of USNA.

I hope by now you have reserved your room in Annapolis for Homecoming weekend. Its time to register on the Reunion website: www.USNA1990.com and purchase your football game ticket.

Please remember that the tailgater is inside the stadium this time and so everyone will need a ticket to the game to get into the area where the tailgate will be held. Even a hill seat will do.

I don’t have much to add for now.

I’m currently standing at my dad’s kitchen countertop typing this out on a tiny laptop since we landed here as a stopover between Stuttgart and Bremerton.

PCSing is always a time of life to really put to test your sense of humor and live the Army’s latest buzzword: resiliency.

After landing here with four kids and twelve checked bags packed with the expected clothing, along with various items randomly left by the last swarm of packers that rolled through our house the final day including 17 bottles of sunblock, a small waffle iron, a bag of British coins

89•92 leftover from a trip two years ago, a full bottle of Windex, and the handsets for the house phone whose base was packed by the movers but was supposed to have been left with the house.Our grand plan is to land here in Florida and RV across country, because life is short, and buying a house sight unseen from 9000 miles away, shipping two cars (one immediately after hauling our 100 pound Labrador to the ready-for-take-off health sceening, where she promptly got back into the car and dropped about a pound of doghair all over the back seat). And if you’ve ever tried to ship a car from overseas, you know that you cannot bring a car back into the US that has dog hair in it.You can ship an entire dog, complete with its hair, but not a car with any of the same.Yep, Resiliency.

And then there’s the phenomenon of walking around carrying two Iphones because one has drained down to your last fifty cents of prepaid time and it seems silly to refill it for just 48 hours of remaining time in Country. So you carry one phone to receive calls and your spouse or child’s phone to make out-going calls.Or the fact that your to-do list includes items like “buy a house” sandwiched between “sign kids up for swim lessons” and “don’t let movers take house phone.”Yes, life is short and we may as well prevent it from being boring. We figured we would take advantage of our first extended period between duty locations and see the US countryside from the comfort of an RV we don’t yet own, staying in campgrounds we have not yet reserved, along a route we have not yet determined. Because, hey, what can go wrong with that plan?!

But PCS does bring about a sense of adventure. And we’re going to roll with it for the moment.

I hope this brief column finds you each in your own version of adventure.

Please do make plans to attend the Reunion. Bring the family or come solo.

Stay little or stay late. Take a moment to remember that very first PCS when we were all just embarking on the great adventure that was the military, at one time, for all of us. And this keeps us all just a little bit connected. Semper U, Cathy

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Classmates, this month’s issue features our classmates from the 17th Company!!

From Bryan Williams: n “Hi everyone, last New Year’s eve, Sue and I celebrated our 20th anniversary and we’re holding steady with five kids ages 616. I’m still in the Navy, and for the last four years I’ve been teaching and directing war games at the Naval War College.

It’s a great job and we’ll likely be here for another couple years. Prior to that I’ve done a lot of F/A-18 flying with several squadrons and air wings. Besides Rhode Island, we’ve lived in Florida,Virginia, and Japan. I look forward to seeing you all at

From Jake Ellzey: n “After graduation, I slipped through a lot of cracks and had an incredibly adventurous career that I feel lucky to have had. I flew H-60s on two deployments then transitioned to the F-14.

Watched the second plane hit the WTC while on the USS Enterprise and then dropped bombs on Tora Bora the opening night of OEF.Transitioned to the F/A-18E in 2003 and was in on the opening week of strikes in OIF. Transitioned to the F/A-18C in 2005 and was in Hong Kong the night of the tsunami. Got to go to Medan, Indonesia to coordinate the Navy’s tsunami relief effort in Banda Aceh. As a reward, I was sent to a cubicle in Pentagon City working for some OPNAV office. Hated it so I requested

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I fly for Southwest Airlines and can’t believe we graduated 23 years ago.

What a ride.” n From CJ Flaherty: n “After getting a Master’s in Electrical Engineering at Tufts University in Boston with Andy McCartney, I went through the nuke pipeline and landed on the USS Florida (Gold) in Washington State back when she was a ballistic missile boat. After a shore tour at the Bangor Trident Training Facility, I transitioned from active duty into the reserves in 2001 and found a job with an optical communications start-up company just north of Seattle. I married my wonderful wife Jennifer in 2002 and got a job with a forensic engineering company in 2003 which brought me back to Annapolis. After a couple of years there, I volunteered for a recall back to active duty to teach EE (a much kinder, gentler EE than you all remember) at the Naval Academy where I eventually ran into Jonathan Williams, Bill Lawrence, Joe Zurzolo and many other ’92ers. I managed to make that recall last 6.5 years, which took me to 2012 and the Retired Reserve. I then started a life of self-employment as a forensic electrical engineering consultant still in the Annapolis area which is going well and keeping me busy. If you live/work in the Annapolis/Baltimore/DC area, get on Bill Lawrence’s ’92 email list and come to one (or both!) of our 2 monthly class minireunion lunches (one in DC and one in Annapolis). Go Hard ’92! lefty.f14@gmail.com or christoph.flaherty@verizon.net” n From Mark McCulloch: nIt’s hard to believe that 23 years have passed since graduation and even harder to believe that 23 years later, I’m still on active duty! I’ve stayed a SWO throughout

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my career, including a tour as XO of USS PAUL HAMILTON (DDG 60) and XO/CO of Assault Craft Unit TWO. I’m currently assigned as Chief of Legislative Affairs for US Pacific Command in Hawaii. I have been married to my wonderful wife, Michelle, since December 1992, and we have been blessed with three great kids - Samuel and Sarah about to turn 11 and Grace at 6 (see photo from Father’s Day, complete with Hawaii rainbow overhead). We’ll be in Hawaii until the summer of 2017, so if anyone is out this way, please look us up!” n Thanks everyone, next month 18th Company! Thanks, — Doug

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Please keep those updates coming – this month we hear back from Chris Beaufait. n Cheers from the global perspective!

I continue to live and work abroad, most of the past 8 years. In the past year and a half, I have moved from Shanghai to Beijing, China for work and Bernice, my wife, and I have added London (in addition to Seattle) to our residences. The transition from GE to Vestas, a Danish company and the world’s largest manufacturer of wind turbines, has been an interesting one. Whereas most of the challenges within GE were internal (large organization), most in Vestas are market driven (significant competition). That said, we are off to a strong start this year and the next 2+ years look solid. On the personal front, Bernice continues her transition from corporate law to the Master of Wine education track, and I continue to develop my professional racing skills. My rookie season in the Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge continues (4 races thus far) and I continue to learn, challenge myself and improve.

Finally, I had a chance to meet up with a classmate, Jeff Truitt, for the Monaco F1 race this year. We had a great time and it is great to see how our lives and careers have developed post graduation. I’ll keep it “short” but please reach out via Facebook or LinkedIn if you find yourself in Asia - it would be great to meet up.

Chris Beaufait ’93 n

Thanks for the update Chris! Again, I find myself jealous with your “second career” racing cars. That’s all for now. Beat Army!

— Shogo

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PRES: Tom Wagner E: twagner1@san.rr.com Send news to: LtCol Aaron Shelley, USMCR 1148 Via Jose, San Jose, CA 95120 C: 619-980-8297; E: apshelley@hotmail.com

Congratulations to Shana (Gritsavage) Ferguson who has some exciting news to share. n I got married in May (during a torrential downpour at the Jefferson Memorial) to Matt Ferguson, an ECU grad, and our wedding reception will be a big tailgate at the ECU vs. Navy home game…because we wouldn’t want to celebrate any other way.

If any ’97ers are at the game, please come find us! And in other life-changing news, Matt and I are moving to Toronto at the end of the summer where I’ll assume the role of Director of Marketing for Under Armour Canada. –Shana n

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Thanks to Chris Benson for forwarding the following picture a while back, courtesy of Roy Zaletski. I don’t know where this picture was taken, however.

Pictured from left to right are Brannon Bickel, Ted Johnson, Randy Bogle ’68, Steve Froehlich, Jeremy Vaughn, and Roy Zaletski.

their achievements. Greg Smith (VP-26, who by the time this goes to print will likely have finished his CO tour – his big brain always had him on a speedier track than the rest of us), Steve Djunaedi (VFA-154), Scott Buchar (VFA-103), Todd Peasley (VFC-111), Carl Schmidt (Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, MCAS Iwakuni, Japan), Mark Litkowski (VRC-40), and Andy Barlow (VP-8) are all in the big chairs around the fleet.

The only low-light of this story is that none of them had the grades in flight school to select helos. A tip of the cap goes out to the numerous unrestricted naval aviators from ’97 now running things from Jax to Japan. As for me, I took the road less traveled and just returned from a three-year tour as the Senior Defense Official assigned to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. It was difficult, soul-crushing work – but someone had to do it, and I felt I owed it to the service. The family and I are in D.C. through the end of the year and hope to see some familiar faces in the parking lot during football season. Fly safe out there, — Sam. n Thanks for tuning in, everyone. Beat Army!

— Aaron

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With over 100K in fries in that semester alone, (a quality number I believe still stands the test of time) our visits to the ‘Dant and the long table were practically a weekly occurrence. Fast forward 18 years and it appears that our leadership crucible under the watchful eye of then Captain (now Colonel) Daniel Conley, USMC ’88, was actually the cradle of Navy and Marine aviation leadership. Seven of those occasionally wayward midshipmen are now commanding aviation squadrons or are waiting to fleet up from XO. Since they are standing the watch and too professional to brag about themselves, I have taken the liberty of trumpeting

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Shippies, It’s been like my birthday lately if for my birthday I’d asked for Shipmate updates for presents. No kidding. First of all, we’ve got classmates taking command of various units around the country right now on both the Navy and Marine Corps side. The Marine Corps commands are below. I’ll send the Navy ones next time.

And if I missed someone, write and let me know, and my apologies.

Doug Seich: H&HS at MCAS Beaufort.

Dave Baas (aka Mr. Becca Chany): 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion in Lejeune.

Brett Allison: Site Command, Norfolk VA. Dustin Byrum:VMFA-314 in Miramar.

Tom Cleaver: MWCS-18, Okinawa

Sean Dynan: 3d Bn, 2d Mar, Lejeune Robert Flannery: MALS-24, Kaneohe Bay John Gibson:VMMT-204, New River Brad Hipp:VMFA(AW)-224, Beaufort Quentin Jones: 1st Bn, 3d Mar, Kaneohe Bay Nate Marvel: HMLA-369, Camp Pendleton Steve McClune:VMFA(AW)-225, Miramar Ryan Shadle: MWHS-2, Cherry Point David Manka:VMAQ-3, Cherry Point Michael Murphy:VT-35, Corpus Christi Greg Summa:VMFAT-501, Beaufort Doug Thumm:VMM-264, New River Robert Weingart: HMLA-469, Camp Pendleton Jeremy Winters: MASS-1, Cherry Point And a couple updates from Ryan Lilley: n “I’m including a photo and a quick update of a few ’98 Fun Oners that gathered in June in DC for Steve McClune’s promotion to Lieutenant Colonel. Steve’s finishing up his time in the Pentagon and is headed off to command an F/A-18 squadron at MCAS Mirimar, CA. Chad Schumacher finished his graduate degree at Harvard last year and is enjoying some time as a Congressional Fellow working on the Hill. Sumner Lee was in town working the business end of his company, Fuse Integration.

Glen Cesari, as you can tell, was the life of the party despite his rough day at work as a financial consultant. I’m finally escaping the Pentagon after nearly four years and our family is headed to Jacksonville, FL. It was a great party and we wished Steve and Cheryl all the best.” n He also included a picture, which should be the first one with this column.

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98•07 CLASS NEWS Next, from Michael Helton: n “It has been quite a while since I wrote any updates, but I wanted to share a little of what is happening in our lives with everyone. I got out of the Marine Corps in 2006, but continued to work for MCB Quantico until 2012. Jen and I now have two kids, Isaiah and Abbey. In 2012, my wife Jen and I surrendered to become Baptist missionaries to Spain. We just arrived in Dos Hermanas, Spain, in April and are working with other missionaries to start a church nearby. We are about an hour and a half from Rota, and about twenty minutes from the base at Marron.

If anyone finds themselves in sunny southern Spain, give us a call and we can promise a great meal!

Before we left, we had an opportunity for a little reunion of the ’97, ’98, and ’99 Baptist Student Union members who lived in the DC area. We had a great time sharing stories with Jim and Kerry McShea (’98), Josh and Sarah Kiihne (’98), Josh and Laura Culp (’99), Kyle and Stephanie Guilfoyle (’99), Kevin and Sabina Macy (’97), and Matthew Collins (’98).

Again, if anyone finds themselves in southern Spain, you can find us at www.heltonsforspain.com, which has a link for the church.Take care, and God bless!

In Christ, Mike Helton” n

Nate Marvel, me, Steve McClune, Ian Stevens, and a 99 guy whose name I didn’t get (it was loud and I’m old). Steve, Nate, if you can send me his name I’ll run it again next time.

That’s all for now. Hope everyone is well!

Until next time, take care.

— Jeannette

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PRES: Minh-tu Nguyen Greenberg 1123 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850 E: 1999USNA@gmail.com VICE PRES: Liesel (Danjczek) Schopler SEC’Y: Sarah (Cline) Leming E: sarahleming@me.com TREAS: David Burns EAST COAST REP: Steve Taylor WEST COAST REP: Lauren (Withers) Ryan WEBSITE: www.usna99.org

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PRES: J.V. “Murph” McCarthy VICE PRES: Art Terry TREAS: Nick Lalota SEC’Y: Tim O’Connor 317 N. Pleasant Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450 E: Shipmate00@yahoo.com

Mike and Ryan, thanks for sending these.

And one more picture, taken at Steve McClune’s and Nate Marvel’s wetting down in June:

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Shippies, Reunion planning is in full swing and the plan is unfolding nicely but I received nothing in the Shipmate00@yahoo.com inbox. I created a tasteful flashback wedding “mashup” of photos that I had on my computer and there is also a picture of myself and Jeff Banasz with our offspring.

The significance of said photo is that because he couldn’t keep NAPS classmate away from his sister that those pictured offspring are cousins. Please excuse the abbreviated captions on the photos as I am strapped for time this month and if the guesses at the year of the weddings are off let them be stricken from the record.

Let this be a lesson that you should email Shipmate00@yahoo.com if you get divorced because I could be short of material and posting a snapshot of a classmate and a former spouse is bad for business.

I bumped into Eli Burleson in the basement of the DTRA building

(strange edifice just inside Kingman gate of Ft. Belvoir in Virginia) where they have an ever so convenient barber shop. As the lady cut my hair into a moto red landing pad, she then proceeded cut a Master Gunnery Sergeant’s hair. Eli was next in the chair and he asked the lady if she would like to take a walk around the compound or perhaps go smoke a cigarette before she cut his hair so as to clear her head and make sure that she didn’t white wall the side of his skull or trim his precious bangs too short based on the recent pattern.

I talked to the artist formerly known as “Josh Lewis” recently on the phone.

I returned a call from a random missed call on my phone with an area code in Arkansas and Super Slewy answered the phone but he was not in Arkansas. He was in an eastern block country that I either can not recall the name of or he threatened my life if I revealed it in a public forum. Slewy then pontificated on the fact he would not be making the reunion based on operational commitments and wanted to make clear that it was guys like him that put the SWO in SWOTIVATED. I can honestly say that there was little to no factual information exchanged in a 27 minute conversation minus some gossip that might have been true. After the call I felt like I had been doing an abdominal workout thanks to aforementioned giggle fest with the Slewy.

96•00 around the Washington, D.C. metro area, so I thought it fit to send a quick update.

After having served in the Navy on the West Coast and following a two-year stint in Boston, my husband, Michael (USCGA ’03), and I are now in Alexandria.We welcomed a beautiful baby girl, Madeline, in 2014, and have been fortunate enough to get lots of support from my parents, Rosemary and Wally Elger (’74) in nearby Annapolis. I joined Deloitte and Touché in February as a Cyber Risk Services consultant and love it. If anyone plans on being in Old Town this summer, please say hello and stop by for a beer or glass of wine.

Beat Army! n

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PRES: LCDR Daniel Bailey, USN VICE PRES: LT Dan Emmert, USN TREAS: Maili Neverosky SEC’Y: Rick Mui E: navyclass2003@hotmail.com

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PRES: Lincoln Lukich E: Lincoln.Lukich@gmail.com VICE PRES: James Brobyn E: Brobs@2004.usna.com TREAS: LT Joseph Zukowsky, USN E: JMZukowsj@gmail.com SEC’Y: Andrew Froistad E: froistad@hotmail.com

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VICE PRES: Mr. Jonathan Miller E: jonathan.byrd.miller@gmail.com TREAS: LT Colleen Vote SEC’Y: Capt. John McLaughlin, USMC

06 Bryan Schneider also sent an update:

Send me something or I will make something up about you.

Shipmate00@yahoo.com.

XOXO, Murph

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PRES: Mr. Aaron Fielder VICE PRES: LCDR Dave Harrington, USN TREAS: LCDR Andy Henwood, SC, USN SEC’Y: Mrs. Jen Bohr Tyll E: jenbohrtyll@gmail.com

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PRES: Joshua W. Welle E: welle@2002.usna.com VICE PRES: Patrick McConnell E: patrick.mcconnell@2002.usna.com SECY: Kate Kranz Jordan E: katherine.kranz@2002.usna.com TREAS: Cari Murtagh E: murtagh@2002.usna.com SEND SUBMISSIONS TO: katherine.kranz@2002.usna.com WEBSITE: www.usna2002.org

Greetings 2002!

Meghan (Elger) Courtney wrote in with this update: n Classmates, I hope everyone is doing well! I’ve run into several people lately in and

n It’s with a very sad heart that we were told to pack up and leave wonderful San Diego. The clan is really excited though to begin the next chapter in our lives in Alexandria,VA. I will be reporting to the OPNAV staff, N96 in July. See everyone at the 15 year reunion!! n

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PRES: LT Andrew Lukich, USN E: andrew.m.lukich@gmail.com VICE PRES: LT Joshua Campbell, USN TREAS: LT Jeffrey Foulds, USN SEC’Y: LT Jamison Lupo, USN E: jamisonlynn@gmail.com

’06, Please join me in congratulating our classmates below who were picked up for Early Command. Nice work! Please keep the updates coming (Andrew.m.lukich@gmail.com)!

GRANT GREENWELL USS FORREST SHERMAN (DDG 98) STEVEN GREY USS BAINBRIDGE (DDG 96) RICHARD MAYER USS PORTER (DDG 78) STEPHEN SZACHTA USS PREBLE (DDG 88) REBECCA WOLF USS PINCKNEY (DDG 91) — Andrew

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PRES: LT Brady Beauchamp, USN VICE PRES: Capt Benjamin Tuck, USMC E: Benjamin.Tuck07@gmail.com TREAS: Capt Jennifer Rounds Tucker USMC SEC’Y: Capt Julie Jordan Naughton USMC Send Articles to: classofficersUSNA2007@gmail.com

Discussions on options for the 15 year reunion are underway….keep an eye out for a survey in your e-mail!! Make sure your information (especially your e-mail address) is updated in the USNA.com UPDATE YOUR PROFILE database so that you receive all relevant Log into Online Community at usna.com reunion info!

Keep the updates and pictures coming! to update your profile when you visit.

— Josh, Pat, Kate, Cari, Chad, Charlie, and John Membership and Services, Fall 2015

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PRES: Donald H. Horner III VICE PRES: LT Gerald Brooks USN TREAS: LT Daniel E. Foose USN SEC’Y: Dianna Dietrich E: dianna.dietrich@gmail.com

Sarah Kuehl sends the following news: On December 31, 2014, LT Phillip T. Crawford married Paige Tyler (Baylor ’10) in Waco, TX. USNA grads helped them ring in the New Year and their new life together. In attendance: Bryan Carlson ’08, Emily (Knight) Cona ’08, Frank Cona ’09, Robert Goodwin ’08, Jessica (Troska) Goodwin ’08, David Hayashida ’08, Sean Hoch ’08, Jaclyn (Morrow) Hoch ’08, Sarah Kuehl ’08, Stacy Kulczewski ’08, Bret Leach ’08, JT Morgan ’08, Breanna Strand ’08, Tyler Struzinski ‘08, Gen Studer ’08, Ryan Van Loo ’08, James Wegener ’08, Trey Witt ’08, Carrie (DeVries) Mora ’07, Adrian Mora ’07, and Jack Parry ’67. Phillip and Paige recently moved to Annapolis to kick off his Graduate Education plus Teaching (GET) tour in the Department of Mathematics at USNA. Daniel Walker has been quite busy!

He was recently picked up for Human Resources and will be transferring to NAVSUP Headquarters in Mechanicsburg, PA. He has also been selected for the CNO’s Rapid Innovation Cell and welcomed his third child this year.Congratulations Dan! Sarah Horn writes in from the USS IWO JIMA: n “In honor of our seven year graduation anniversary, we indulged in the attached flight deck photo-op with aircraft “08.”

Also attached is a Beer Day (yay!) photo of Kyleigh, Rocky, and me celebrating seven years of commissioning with our two cold-ish Heinekens apiece in the IWO’s hangar bay. BEAT ARMY!” n

’08: Classmates and friends at Philip Crawford’s wedding

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PRES: LTJG Robert Battle USN E: rhbattle@2010.usna.com VICE PRES: LTJG Garth Thomas USN SEC’Y: LTJG Margaret Boyle USN E: mcboyle@2010.usna.com Send Articles to: Shipmate2010@gmail.com

Kyleigh, Rocky, and Sarah enjoying their Beer Day!

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PRES: LT Andrew Poulin USN E: andrew.poulin09@gmail.com VICE PRES: LT Art Griffin USN TREAS: LT Cody Forsythe USN SEC’Y: LT Micky Matus USN E: mickymatus09@yahoo.com

’09, By the time you read this, another exciting season of Navy Football should just be getting started! We had an awesome ’09 presence during last season thanks to our reunion (FYI: one of the largest turnouts for a 5-year reunion for any class!), but as many of us are coming back to the Annapolis/D.C. area for our shore tours or starting our post-military lives I know we can have an even BIGGER and BETTER turnout this year. If you’ll be around the area this fall, please don’t hesitate to use the Class of 2009 facebook page to get in touch with other classmates so we can organize a tailgate during one (or all??) of the home games.

Until we meet once more…

-Micky Matus P.S. Please keep the updates and photos coming my way so I can add it to the next Shipmate column!

11 PRES: 1stLt Michael E. Orzetti, USMC VICE PRES: ENS Ricky Dobbs, USN TREAS: ENS Matthew Pierson, USN SEC’Y: LTJG Natalie Woodward, USN E: NNWoodward@2011.usna.com

12 PRES: 2nd Lt Ian Cameron, USMC VICE PRES: ENS Nicholas DeMasters, USN TREAS: ENS Nicolas Woods, USN SEC’Y: 2nd Lt Austin Madden, USMC Send Articles to: shipmate2012@gmail.com

13 PRES: ENS John-Rex Spivey, USN E: johnrexspivey@gmail.com VICE PRES: ENS Daniel Murphy, USN TREAS: 2nd Lt Ted Baumgardner, USMC SEC’Y: ENS Hannah Yun, USN Send Articles to: shipmate2013@gmail.com

14 PRES: 2nd LT William R. Roberts, USMC VICE PRES: 2nd LT Conor J. Kearney, USMC TREAS: ENS Emily L. Kreyenhagen, USN SEC’Y: ENS Elizabeth J. Hoerner USN Send Articles to: usnashipmate2014@gmail.com

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ISSUE ’08ers Dave Jach, Sarah Horn, Kyleigh Cullen and Rocky Dobson commemorating seven years!

Nov.-Dec. ’15 Jan-Feb ’16 March-April ’16

DATE DUE: 24 September 2015 23 November 2015 21 January 2016

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15 PRES: 2NDLT Ward “Bubba” Scott, III, USMC P: 603-236-1011 E: wardscottiii@gmail.com VICE PRES: ENS Dylan Cawdery, USN P: 801-638-0724 E: dcawdery@gmail.com TREAS: Joshua David Elliott P: 772-643-4468 E: joshuaelliott2015@gmail.com SEC’Y: 2ndLt Madeline Zell, USMC P: 410-370-3068 E: mad.zell.15@gmail.com

As I drove by the chapel yesterday, I was afforded the pleasure of watching yet another wedding party depart, sword arch and all. It was a beautiful sight. It’s wedding season!

Congratulations to all the newlyweds from the great Class of 2015! May the bonds between you only grow stronger with time. Fair winds and following seas!

Victor’s favorite thing about Heather is her caring nature towards everyone, whether she has known them for ten years or ten minutes.

2015 Navy Football Schedule Follow Navy Football online at NAVYSPORTS.COM

Date

Opponent

5 Sept 2015 19 Sept 2015 26 Sept 2015 3 Oct 2015 10 Oct 2015 24 Oct 2015

vs Colgate -Annapolis, MD -12:00PM vs East Carolina -Annapolis, MD -3:30 PM @ UConn -Hartford, CT -TBA vs Air Force -Annapolis, MD -3:30 PM @ Notre Dame -South Bend, IN -TBA vs Tulane -Annapolis, MD -1:00 PM (Homecoming)

31 Oct 2015 7 Nov 2015 14 Nov 2015 21 Nov 2015 27 Nov 2015 5 Dec 2015

vs USF -Annapolis, MD -12:00PM @ Memphis -Memphis, TN -TBA vs SMU -Annapolis, MD -3:30 PM @ Tulsa -Tulsa, OK -TBA @ Houston -Houston, TX -TBA American Athletic Conference Championship -TBA 12 Dec 2015 vs ARMY -Philadelphia, PA -3:30 PM

16 PRES: MIDN Eric Kellogg VICE PRES: MIDN TREAS: MIDN Renata Bucher SEC’Y: MIDN

17 PRES: MIDN Chosnel Raymond VICE PRES: MIDN Ethan Stanley TREAS: MIDN Theodore Schopf SEC’Y: MIDN Molly McGuckin

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Alabama BGO Area Coordinator:William Cook ’88 P: 256-726-0418; E: mitwcook@bellsouth.net

Alabama Chapter Pres: David Patton ’92 P: 831-917-7750; E: David.patton@live.com

Treas: Dennis Read ’59 P: 205-879-6617; E: dsread2010@gmail.com

Exec.Assist: Janet H. Norden (son, Nathan ’17) 3137 Harwick Dr, Hoover, AL 35242 P: 205-995-9539; E: usna.ala@gmail.com

The Alabama Alumni Chapter recently participated in the Plebe Send-Off Picnic for the incoming Class of 2019 on Sunday, June 7. The event is annually sponsored by the USNA Alabama Parent’s Club and this year it was held at the Warren Averett CPA Firm in Vestavia Hills. After a time of fellowship and snacks, the Plebesto-be were taken aside to get last minute instructions from ENS Graham Pugh ’15, MID Jackson Cotney ’18, and MID Harrison Yosten ’18. The parents had a time of Q&A from members of the Parent’s Club and received encouraging words from RADM Jack Natter ’62 and Chapter President David Patton ’92. The State of Alabama will be sending 14 young men and women to join the Class of 2019 and 4 young men to NAPS.

Arkansas Chapter: June Plebe Family Orientation picnic: Front row L-R: Bennett Moehring ’19 (Bentonville), George “Ike” Heinemann ’19 (Jonesboro), Alison Kiernan ’19 (Star City), Eddie Follett ’19 (Searcy), Logan Kremer ’19 (Scranton) . Back row L-R: Bob Young ’68 (Mena), Amanda Agana ’19 (Fayetteville), Jack Lawlor ’19 (Little Rock), Jared Gunderman ’19 (Little Rock), Peyton Wood ’19 (Springdale), Greyson Cauley ’19 (Little Rock), and David Townley ’98 (Little Rock)

Arizona BGO Area Coord: LtCol Julie Carpenter ’91, USMCR (Ret.) P: 602-793-9850; E: juliecarpenter@mindspring.com

Arizona Chapter Pres: Capt David M. English ’86, USMCR E: David.English@1986.usna.com www.usna.com/Chapter/us/arizona

Sec’y: Steven W. Ranes ’02 E: StevenWRanes@gmail.com

Website: http://arizona.usnachapters.com

Southern Arizona Chapter Pres: Art Weidner ’63 975 W Calle Excelso, Green Valley, AZ 85614 P: 520-838-0774; E: ahweidner63@localnet.com

Sec’y: John Massie ’71 E: saddlebum@mac.com

Website: http://southernarizona.usnachapters.com

Arkansas L to R: ENS Graham Pugh ’15, John Sisson, Leo Petters, Mitchell Baldwin, and MID Harrison Yosten ’18

In June, July and August we take a break from our monthly GO NAVY Lunches and we start back up on September 24.

South Alabama Chapter Pres: Brian Campbell ’94

BGO Area Coord: CDR David Townley ’98 dbtownley@me.com

Arkansas Chapter Pres: Joel Larson ’07 E: joel.larson2007@gmail.com

Vice Pres: Rebecca Aten ’98

P: 251-343-6264; E: ruth29@bellsouth.net

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Asia Guam Chapter Pres: CAPT Noel M. Enriquez ’84, USNR PO Box 26849, GMF, Barrigada, GU 96921-6849 H: 671-472-9629; F: 671-472-1966 C: 671-777-9629; E: NME@1984.usna.com

BGO Area Coord: LtCol John Turner '93, USMC (Ret.) E: john.sebastian.turner@gmail.com

Philippines Chapter Pres: RADM Armando L Guzman ’80 USN (Ret.) AGM for Administration Philippine Ports Authority Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila M: +63-917-821-3615 E: armandolguzman@yahoo.com

Sec’y: Capt Alberto B. Carlos ’89, PN GSC ACofS, N-4, HPN 2335 Roxas Boulevard, Manila P: +63-2-525-1003 M: +63-917-521-1637 E: carlosabet@yahoo.com

Website: www.groups.yahoo.com/community usnaphil BGO Area Coord: CDR Tim Fox ’97, USNR E: timfox97@hotmail.com

E: beckya10@yahoo.com

Sec’y-Treas: Eric Biggers ’97 E: biggersje97@gmail.com

E: Brian.Campbell@1994.usna.com

Sec’y: Ruth Lichtenfeld

USNA this year. Much thanks to Bob Young ’69 (Mena) who represented his class at the annual picnic.

The Arkansas USNA Plebe Family Orientation Picnic was held at St John Catholic Center in Little Rock on Sunday, 7 June 2015. A good time was had by all.

This is a huge class of plebes from Arkansas.

We are sending 16 young people to

Sec’y Column Deadlines (send columns to chapternews@usna.com)

ISSUE January-February March-April Stewardship

DATE DUE: 30 November 2015 27 January 2016 24 February 2016

2016 Shipmate Deadlines to note...

Singapore Chapter: USNA grads gather at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore

Singapore Chapter Pres: LtCol Say Tan ’05, RSN

Tokyo Bay Chapter Pres: Mori Nixon

E: sayyong.tan@gmail.com

1-15-19-301 Minami-Aoyama Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-0062 Japan: 090-9402-1291 / US: 253-656-6992 E: mnixon@gns-inc.us

Vice Pres: LCDR Doug Robb ’05, USN E: dougrobb05@gmail.com

Sec’y: LT Taylor Hamilton ’11, USN E: tchamilton88@gmail.com

BGO Area Coord: CDR Tim Fox ’97, USNR E: timfox97@hotmail.com

Treas: CPT Sam Tan ’12, RSN E: samtws@hotmail.com

Chapter Email: USNASG@gmail.com BGO Area Coord: CDR Tim Fox ’97, USNR E: timfox97@hotmail.com

If once is a data point, twice is a trend. For the second consecutive gathering — and the second meeting ever — of the USNA Alumni Chapter of Singapore, nearly 30 graduates assembled at the iconic Marina Bay Sands hotel, which is bracketed on one side by downtown Singapore and on the other by the Singapore Strait (through which many a graduate has sailed).

The Chapter met in conjunction with the inaugural West Point All-Academies Asia Summit, an initiative created in Singapore to bring together over 100 graduates from all service academies throughout Asia. The two-day conference joined leaders from the military, diplomatic corps (including the U.S.Ambassador to Singapore), industry and academia for panel discussions, deal huddles and fellowship. This first-class event wasn’t cheap to put on or attend so we were especially fortunate that Dan Berenbaum ’91 convinced his company to sponsor a number of junior military officers so they could attend free of charge. It is an event that is sure to grow in size and stature and will serve our graduates (and our Chapter) well in the future.

In addition to Chapter members from Singapore, we had USNA grads join us from Thailand, the Philippines, South Korea, Japan and even the United States.

Be sure to let us know if you’re traveling to the Lion City and need anything!

T

California

Los Angeles Chapter Pres: Ernie Medina ’03 E: ernie.medina@nmfn.com.

Corr Sec’y: Tom Lavino ’03 E: trlavino@hotmail.com

BGO Area Coord: (LA County) John Stammreich ’92 P: 310-547-1346; E: usnalosangeles@gmail.com

BGO Area Coord: (Orange/East LA County ) CDR Nick Madigan ’81, USNR (Ret.) P: 949-852-0117 x22; E: nick@alisonmortgage.com

BGO Area Coord: (Riverside/San Bernardino) CAPT Stephen Andres ’67, USNR P: 858-454-6755; E: StephenMAndres@gmail.com

Jesse Iwuji Racing Our chapter’s own Jesse Iwuji ’10 is continuing his quest to become a professional NASCAR driver. He is becoming an official spokesperson for the Phoenix Patriot Foundation (PPF), a 501(c)(3) Veteran public charity based out of Temecula, CA. Each race weekend will be dedicated to a wounded veteran by placing the veteran’s name and accomplishments on the car so they will be recognized by thousands at the races. The first race that will showcase this event is July 4th at the Irwindale Speedway in the NASCAR Whelen All American Series.

In June Jesse was featured in a Navy Times article which discussed how he went from growing up in Texas to becoming a Surface Warfare Officer and hopeful professional NASCAR driver.

The article accurately depicts the effort that Jesse puts into his craft and can be found at the web address: http://www. navytimes.com/story/sports/2015/06/14 /navy-naval-academy-jesse-iwuji-nascarracecar-driving/71068984/

June San Gabriel Luncheon The San Gabriel Valley contingent of the Los Angeles Chapter met for lunch at Mimi’s Cafe, Monrovia, on 25 June 2015.

We were pleased to welcome MIDN 1/C Allyson Baker ’16, who is home on leave after First Class Cruise before returning to the yard for Plebe Summer detail. Allyson told us a lot about her plans to enter the Surface Warfare community after commissioning. Jim Kelly ’66 met Allyson many years ago when she was a student in his Honors Math class. Jim recognized her potential and provided support during the long application and nomination process. We weren’t surprised to learn that some of the terminology and the “unofficial traditions” have changed since we were at USNA. Also attending were Frank Taylor ’37, Melba Macneil, John Pigott (Yale ’42, WWII destroyer gun boss), Lillian and Bob Rogers ’54, Joe Koch ’57, Glenn Shindler ’64, Beverlee (wife of Jim Kelly ’66), and Joe Lyvers ’71. We meet at Mimi’s on the 4th Thursday each month, except in November and December when we will meet on 19 Nov and 12 Dec. For more info please email gshindler64@earthlink.net.

Beat Army!

Tom Lavino ’03 Monterey Bay Chapter Pres: LT Ross Hammerer ’10 E: usnaalumnimontereybay@gmail.com

Corr Sec’y: Steve Tackett ’87 E: stackett99@yahoo.com

Website: http://montereybay.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coord: CDR Brian Murphy ’84, USN (Ret.) P: 408-776-3804; E: brian.murphy@exelisinc.com

Sacramento Chapter Pres: Dennis P. Joyce ’61 P: 916-996-1333; E:djoyce1961@hotmail.com

Vice Pres: Dr.Terry Brown ’67 P: 530-676-0327; E: twbrown@innercite.com

Sec’y: Bob Bartron ’73 E: bobbartron@hotmail.com

Treas: Jim D’Orso ’52 P: 916-771-8950; E: jndo@surewest.net

Website: http://www.usnaaasac.org BGO Area Coord: Bob Proano P: 530-274-9205; E: rproano730@gmail.com

San Diego Chapter Pres: Gilda Reeves ’98 E: President@usnaaasd.com.

Corr Sec’y: Barbette Lowndes ’80 P: 858-560-8045; W: 858-535-8515 E: CorrSec@usnaaasd.com

Website: http://usnaaasd.com BGO Area Coord CAPT Michael McVay ’77, USN (Ret.) E: skip.mcvay@1977.usna.com

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CHAPTER NEWS Santa Barbara Chapter Pres: Chet Seto ’78

San Francisco Chapter Pres: Liam Lane ’02 E: usnaaasf.president@gmail.com

P: 805-331-9046; E: ChetSeto@CJSeto.com

Vice Pres: Eric Shangle ’97

Sec’y: Mr. Larry B. Coleman Jr. ’99

E: usnaaasf.vp@gmail.com

E: lbcme99@gmail.com

Sec’y: Cheriene Griffith ’02

BGO Area Coord: CAPT Derek Roberts ’83, USN

E: usnaaasf.secretary@gmail.com

E:derek.roberts@1983.usna.com

Treas: Mark Lundstrom ’86 E: iblucky86@earthlink.net

Colorado

Webmaster: Steve Hall ’75 E: usnaaasf.webmaster@gmail.com

Website: http://sanfranciscobay.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coord: CDR Brian Murphy ’84, USN (Ret.)

Colorado Chapter Pres: CDR Joseph “Joe” Procopio ’62, USN (Ret.) E: JoePro@aol.com

P: 408-776-3804; E: brian.murphy@exelisinc.com

Greetings from the San Francisco Bay Area!

As the summer comes to a close we look forward to some exciting events this fall. In October San Francisco is going to be very busy as it is Fleet Week. http://www. fleetweek.us/ This year the US Navy Blue Angels will be seen practicing and performing starting October 8th. The Chapter plans on combining forces with the USNA Norcal Parents Club to join in their annual Fleet Week Picnic on Treasure Island. The Chapter will email updates on any USNA Alumni Association specific events during these events!

Sec’y: CAPT S. Guy Higgins ’69, USN (Ret.) E: guyhiggins1234@gmail.com

Website: http://colorado.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coord: CAPT Dick Eason ’84, USN (Ret.) (Denver) P: 720-747-4615; E: dick.eason@lycos.com

San Francisco Navy Football Viewing at Northstar Cafe!

There will be North Bay game viewings in Santa Rosa as well. Please visit our web site to have the most up to date information on events, game viewings and socials.

Colorado Springs Chapter Pres: John Sledgianowski ’87, USN (Ret.) 714 Pioneer Lane, Colorado Springs, CO 80904 P: 719-287-2187; E: sledgesix@q.com

BGO Area Coord: Ross Schmidt ’74 P: 303-789-5281; E: rossaschmidt@msn.com

Connecticut BGO Area Coord: Evan Barnet ’91 P: 203-453-9493; E: raymond11@snet.net

Connecticut Chapter Pres: Alan Weigel ’79 P: 860-376-5775; E: aweigel@blankrome.com

Vice Pres:Tom Hodgson ’83 P: 203-318-8870; E: t.h.hodgson@comcast.net

We are getting excited for Navy Football. Photo taken at the 2014 Poinsettia Bowl.

Fleet Week is coming to SF! Stay Tuned!

And the most exciting thing about fall is NAVY FOOTBALL season! Break out your Blue and Gold pompoms and come out to cheer on our team with your fellow Alumni! In the greater San Francisco area viewing of all the games are hosted at Northstar Cafe on Powell Street. Mark your Calendars!!! October 3rd we will be watching Navy beat Air Force to win back the Trophy. October 10th Navy will be facing off with Notre Dame. December 12th is the big game where we will again BEAT ARMY!

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Please check your email junk folders for any notes from usnaaasf.president@ gmail.com.You may also sign up or renew your membership from the website. Please “Like” us and follow us on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/usnaaasf for up to date information.You may also email any of the Chapter leadership if you have any questions or suggestions for Bay Area Alumni future events. We look forward to hearing from you!

Please be sure to keep your email up to date with the USNAAA and Foundation www.usna.com to keep your membership current and get first information on all USNA Athletic Ticket Sales.

GO NAVY BEAT ARMY! ~ Cheriene Griffith ’02, Sec’y

AMP is a system of connecting Alumni for a greater good.

Contact: Stephen Leaman at sjlconsulting@cox.net; Dr. Steve Hudock at shudock@1969.usna.com or RADM (Ret.) Stan Bryant, AMP Director of Communications at stanleywbryant@hotmail.com

Treas:Tom Hogsten ’85 Sec’y: Eric Irwin ’86 P: 860-857-8748; E: irwiner@comcast.net

Comms Dir: David Candler ’67 P: 860-823-0862; E: davcandler@aol.com

Meeting Chairman:VACANT Website: http://connecticut.usnachapters.com/

Costa Rica BGO Area Coord: CDR Tim Fox ’97, USNR E: timfox97@hotmail.com

Costa Rica Chapter Pres: Claudio A. Pacheco ’64 Apt. 4307-1000, San Jose, Costa Rica P: 506-2224-4325; W: 506-2225-4239 C: 506-8876-1394; E: cpacheco@1964.usna.com

Delaware BGO Area Coord: Maj Brady Boyd '87 E: USNABlue_and_Gold@yahoo.com

Delaware Chapter Pres:Ted Fischer ’71 33695 Baylis Drive, Lewes, DE 19958 C: 302-841-9812; E: ted.fischer1@verizon.net

Website: http://delaware.usnachapters.com

Florida Gainesville Chapter Pres: CAPT J. Michael Smith ’61, USNR (Ret.) P: 352-450-9758; E: mickey61USNA@yahoo.com

BGO Area Coord: CAPT Steve Swift ’87, USNR E: sswift@1987.usna.com

Jacksonville Chapter Pres: CAPT Michael O. Borns ’70, USN (Ret.) 1185 Salt Marsh Cir. Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082-2543 H: 904-273-4714; W: 904-285-3400, ext. 356 E: mborns@meridianmgmt.com

Website: usnaaajaxchap@usa.net BGO Area Coord: CDR Richard O’Sullivan ’77, USN (Ret.) raaos@aol.com

The Jacksonville Chapter is working in a number of areas, and encourages everyone in the northeast Florida area to become a member and, if you have an interest, to join our board.

President’s Update: If you’re in the area, please join. Chapter membership dues help us a little with funding some of the projects we are involved in. This includes our friends in South Georgia and particularly the blue suiters (and now the Marines) who might be in, or coming through, the area. If you are a commander of a unit in our area, please contact us and allow us to keep you informed of upcoming events. That way we can get the word out through you of various events. As we get into the fall there will be more information on Game Watches that we will try and put out.

John Earhart ’66, does a great job coordinating these. Lastly, there are a number of informal luncheon groups that get together periodically, and when made aware of them, the chapter tries to put out the word. If you ever have a question about the chapter, or perhaps Jacksonville because you are new to the area, give me a call. I’ll do my best to answer your questions or at a minimum give you a steer.

GO Navy!

Our ongoing activities include: * Continued support of the Parent’s Club of Northeast Florida. As reported last issue, their latest event was a Welcome Aboard Picnic for the Class of 2019 on June 6th. In attendance were seven new appointees to USNA, one appointee to NAPS and three members from the Class of 1969.

Jacksonville Chapter: Appointees to the Class of 2019 and members from the Class of 1969 who made a presentation on their “Link in the Chain” with the Class of 2019]

* Identification of potential Blue and Gold Officers and support of the Area Coordinator. * Support of the “Link in the Chain” Program. * Support of the Summer Program Scholarships fund.

Our future plans include: * Fall Dinner (date TBD): To recognize the arrival of the Navy’s finest Amphibs at Mayport and a new association with the U.S. Marines they carry and support. (If you are a Marine, please contact us. We could really use a Subject Matter Expert to help with this event). * Army Navy Golf Tournament: In November, we will re-capture the trophy we lost last year to West Point. * “Wall Climbers”: We held another successful quarterly Wall Climbers networking “Happy Hour” event on June 26th at the University Club. Several folks who are seeking jobs had a chance to speak with local businesses. We also had some excellent business-to-business discussions. A wide range of businesses were represented, from financial services and retail banking to high tech lifecycle analysis. The business leaders were able to provide not only opportunities, but valuable advice and tips for the job hunting effort. If you’re interested in attending a future Wall Climbers Event, please contact John Snyder at hntsnyder@comcast.net. * A new and improved website for better Chapter communication.

Join Us If you would like to join the Jacksonville Chapter and get the latest news delivered directly to your in-box, contact our Chapter President CAPT Michael Borns ’70 (moborns@gmail.com).

Greater Miami Chapter Pres: CDR Mel J. Meinhardt ’80, USNR (Ret.) 3075 Virgina St., Miami, FL 33133-4534 P: 212. 470. 4181; E: mel@melmeinhardt.com

Sec’y: Sergei Kowalchik ’67 E: sergei@bellsouth.net

Website: www.usnamiami.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ USNAMiami BGO Area Coord: CAPT Dennis R. Neutze ’65, JAGC USN (Ret.)

Naples-Fort Myers Chapter Pres: Bruce Needham ’68 E: BNeedhamUSNA68@aol.com

Sec’y: James Mintun ’59 E: mintun37@netsync.net

BGO Area Coord: CAPT Dennis R. Neutze ’65, JAGC USN (Ret.) E: dennis.navy65@googlemail.com

Orlando Chapter Pres: Kirk Michealson ’79, USN (Ret.) 1324 Belleaire Cir, Orlando, FL 32804 C: 407-375-3440; E: kirk.michealson@l979.usna.com

Sec’y: Dave Shikada ’79 E: dshikada@cfl.rr.com

Webmaster: Stan Clark ’79 E: shredder110@gmail.com, http://orlando.usnachapters.com

Website: http://orlando.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coord: CDR Richard O’Sullivan ’77, USN (Ret.) raaos@aol.com

With the summer winding down, the Orlando Chapter has great activities planned for the fall. Please check our chapter website for details.

Since this is Shipmate’s Membership & Services issue, I would like to present an overview of the Orlando Chapter’s membership and services. For membership, our chapter’s value proposition is to Advocate, Sustain, and Connect: * Advocate… the Academy’s mission and its hugely positive net impact outreach into local government, business, and education network sharing your experiences individually and at group events * Sustain... the continuing quality of USNA alumni providing tuition assistance to deserving Summer Seminar and STEM

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CHAPTER NEWS students teaming with local Parent’s Club and Blue & Gold Officers * Connect… with Shipmates (old & new), expand your reach into our Orlando community, and stay up with USNA affairs engaging in wide range of connective, enriching,and fun activities enjoying active relationships with USNA and USNAAA key representatives As part of this value proposition, this past summer we were able to provide a full scholarship to a rising Timber Creek High School senior to attend the Naval Academy’s Summer Seminar. When more alumni join the chapter, we will have more opportunities to provide additional scholarships in the future. A one-year membership fee for Alumni and Associate members is a mere, tax-deductible $20.

The Orlando Chapter has three types of memberships: * Alumni: a former Midshipman whose service has not been terminated under other-than-honorable conditions * Associate: any supporter of our Chapter and our causes * Complimentary: current Midshipmen and spouses/widows/widowers of alumni.

Active duty personnel are offered one year complimentary membership.

There are several ways to join the Orlando Chapter. * Through the Orlando Chapter Website (http://orlando.usnachapters.com). On the Membership Page there is a PayPal link to join the Chapter. * Through the Mail and at Chapter Events. Joining the Chapter this way is using a check (payable to “USNA Orlando Chapter”) or cash. * The month the Chapter membership expires, an invoice will be sent to the member as a reminder to encourage them to continue their membership. * Since the Orlando Chapter is a 501(c)(3) organization, Chapter memberships are tax-deductible. As a result, the Treasurer will send appropriate tax exemption information to each member in January.

For our chapter’s services, we provide alumni opportunities to connect through our chapter events.We have several different types of events: * Meetings with Speakers:Two to three times a year, the Orlando chapter will schedule chapter meetings with key speakers from military, government and the local community. These meetings are usually pay-to-attend events with food provided. * Business Networking: The Central Florida USNA and USMA chapters conduct joint meetings for all Service

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Academy graduates and other commissioned officers to provide a forum specifically designed to facilitate business, professional education and networking opportunities with other graduates. They are based on the belief that a deep bond of mutual respect exists between officers of all branches of the service by reason of their many shared experiences, interests, ethics and values.Through Gradlinks, participants benefit from this special bond with enhanced business, professional and social contacts, by assistance with career transitions and by highly rewarding inter-service camaraderie. * Fundraising: The purpose of a fundraising event is to raise money for the Chapter’s operating expenses and USNArelated summer program scholarships. The goal is to conduct events using volunteers and donations (e.g., food, drinks, raffle items, etc. – i.e., little to no expenses). * Camaraderie: These are social gatherings with activities where the attendees pay their own way. Some examples include attending a local sporting event (e.g., hockey) as a group, participating in a golf tournament, coming to a pot luck picnic, etc. * Navy Football Games: Each attendee pays their own way. The current USNA Alumni Orlando Chapter “Tailgater” home is: Craig Miller’s Field House. * No-Host Socials: For these events, again each attendee pays their own way, but there is no associated activity (like a camaraderie event) nor is there a Navy football game. These events are just for socializing. * Supporting the Parent Club of Central Florida: Our two organizations work together for our local USNA community.

To join and to keep up to date with our future activities, please visit our chapter website (http://orlando.usnachapters.com).

Navy football is just around the corner!

Come join us at Craig Miller’s Field House.

If you want to get involved with the chapter board, please let me know. Please remember to keep your contact information

current through the US Naval Academy Alumni Association’s website.

GO NAVY! BEAT ARMY! Kirk Michealson ’79 Palm Beach Chapter Pres: Col Walter J. Breede III ’63, USMC (Ret.) P: 561-493-8470; E: wbreede@1963.usna.com

BGO Area Coord: CAPT Dennis R. Neutze ’65, JAGC USN (Ret.) E: dennis.navy65@googlemail.com

Pensacola Chapter Pres: Joan Platz ’81 E: usnaaapensacola@gmail.com

Sec’y: Pete Perez ’82 E: eliezerp@aol.com

Website: Pensacola.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coord: CAPT Joan Platz ’81, USN (Ret.) P: 850-304-1626; E: joan.platz@1981.usna.com

Our annual Midshipmen Welcome Aboard Picnic was held on June 6th with a large crowd of alumni, parents club members, Blue and Gold Officers and our honored guests, the selectees for the USNA Class of ’19 or Naval Academy Prep School from the local area and their parents. We enjoyed a barbecue lunch at Whiting Park with an opportunity to meet the talented young people selected to be future leaders in the Navy or Marine Corps. As usual when we hold this annual event, the older alumni were extremely impressed with these young folks and especially glad they didn’t have to compete with them for appointments back in “the day.” Paul Johnson ’69 described “back in the day” during his “Another Link in the Chain” talk, during which he forged the first bond between the incoming Plebes and his class. It is amazing what 50 years spans, and Paul illustrated the point by mentioning that had this tradition existed when his class entered the Academy, they would have been linked to the Class of 1919! Each of the selected Midshipmen and their parents were introduced by the Blue and Gold Officer who helped them along their path to a successful appointment.

Pensacola Chapter: USNA Class of ’19 and NAPS selectees with Pensacola Chapter ’69 “Another Link in the Chain”

Tampa Bay Chapter Pres: CAPT Don Aiken ’78, USN (Ret.) E: don.aiken@noaa.gov

Sec’y/Communications: Perry Dempsey ’72 E: dempseypw@msn.com

Website: http://tampabay.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coord: CAPT Steve Swift ’87, USNR E: sswift@1987.usna.com

Paul Johnson ’69 describes the role of his class in supporting “Another Link in the Chain” with the Class of ‘19

Outgoing Chapter President Butch Hansen ‘75 turns over the helm to Joan Platz ‘81

The picnic was also the last event of our activity year, and outgoing Chapter President Butch Hansen ’75 turned over the helm to incoming President Joan Platz ’81. We have started up our 2015 fall activities, centered around Navy Football and monthly alumni luncheons, and hope that if you live in or travel to the Pensacola area you will join us. Most Saturdays you can find a large crowd of alumni and guests at the Pensacola Ale House cheering on the football team.

On the third Wednesday of most months we hold a luncheon at the Pensacola Yacht Club with a wide variety of interesting guest speakers. A schedule of activities, as well as information on joining our Alumni Association Chapter, is emailed out to local alumni and included on our website Pensacola.usnachapters.com.You can also “like” us on FaceBook. We hope to see you soon!

Space Coast Chapter Pres: Capt Pete Peterson ’56, USN(Ret) P: 321 952-206 E: peteusna@aol.com

Sec: Lt. Col.Tom Schwart P: 321 255-5452 E: thomasschwartz@bellsouth.net

BGO Area Coord: CDR Richard O’Sullivan ’77, USN (Ret.) raaos@aol.com

Suncoast Chapter Pres: Paul Bradtmiller ’56 835 Heron Cove Circle,Venice, FL 34285-6155 E: nancyvenice@verizon.net

BGO Area Coord: CAPT Steve Swift ’87, USNR

The chapter held its monthly meeting at Tate’s Pizza on Westshore Blvd. Attending were: Warren Hahn ’60, Dick Ardavany ’61, Pete Savage ’63, Gary Polansky ’69, Chris Heath ’72, Vince Cassani ’72, Bud Sawyer ’74, Andy Andrews ’74, Blaise Miller ’76, John Kamen ’77, Don Aiken ’78, Duane Lafont ’78, Dave Barnes ’82, Steve Swift ’87, Jim Newsome ’90, Amanda Paiz ’08 and Calem Harris ’09.

RECENT EVENTS— MIDSHIPMAN CANDIDATE PICNIC: The chapter’s annual Candidate Information Picnic was held on 15 March, with some 140 USNA candidates and family members attending.

We were honored by a special visit from CAPT Bill Byrne ’88, then Commandant of Midshipmen. CAPT Byrne was a dynamic speaker, firing up the crowd. Many chapter members turned out to support this popular event – special credit goes to master grillers Jerry O’Connell ’56, Dick Ardavany ’61 and Dick Petrucci ’61.

Tampa Bay, with ADM Eric T. Olson ’73, Admiral, USN (Ret.) as the guest speaker.

ADM Olson is the former Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command.

UPCOMING EVENTS – NAVY FOOTBALL—Bay Pines Sports Bar! Dick Petrucci ’61, Tactical Action Officer!

GENERAL (ADMIRAL) NOTES: Look for the Chapter on our Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/ pages/USNA-Alumni-TampaSt-Petersburg/ 120095454740213), our Website – (http:// tampabay.usnachapters.com/home.shtm), and LinkedIn.Thanks to Dave Spoerl ’82 for maintaining the Facebook page.

NEW YEAR, NEW DUES—Our motivated Treasurer, Jim (SWODOG) Newsome ’90, is always eager to accept dues to support our Chapter’s Mission of supporting the Alumni Association Mission and the Naval Academy. Since it is a new year, those paying annual dues may send their $25 (or more, for more years) to: Jim Newsome ’90 16308 Bridgeglade Lane Lithia, FL 33547 COMMUNICATIONS — Stay up-to-date with our alumni activities by making sure that our chapter secretary, Perry Dempsey ’72, has your email address. If you are not receiving monthly comms, make sure Perry has you on distro!

Perry’s e-ddress: dempseypw@msn.com.

See you next month – first Wednesday, 6 pm - at Tate’s Pizza West!

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Atlanta Chapter Pres: Ed Brownlee ’81 E: Edward.brownlee@woodruffcenter.org

Sec’y: Ron Surfield '90 P: 678-523-6005; E: srsurfield@hotmail.com

Pictured L-R: Dick Ardavany ’61, Janel Brown ’97, Juliane Gallani ’90 and Chris Heath ’72.

Website: http://WWW.USNAAAA.COM BGO Area Coord: Ned Hunter ’81

FIRST FEMALE BRIGADE COMMANDER SPEAKS: Several chapter members turned out to hear remarks by the first female Brigade Commander, Juliane Gallani ’90.

Juliane spoke to the Tampa Bay Chapter of Women in Defense, on lessons learned in Navy sports, that helped develop her leadership skills for later in life. Juliane is currently an executive with IBM. SEA SERVICE DINNER: The 5th Annual RADM LeRoy Collins, Jr. Sea Service Academy Appointee/NROTC Scholarship Recipient Recognition Dinner was held at the Grand Hyatt

P: 770-826-1985; E: ned.hunter@1981.usna.comNew

USNA Alumni Association Atlanta held its famous Lobsterfest at nearby Red Top Mountain on June 6th. Over 200 of our members and family enjoyed lobsters, mussels and all the trimmings, with plenty of old tales retold. It was another resounding success, enjoyed by all who participated. Many thanks to our chapter staff who organized, managed and staffed the event!

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Our favorite cooks, Tom Galloway and his team!

Honolulu Chapter: Incoming Plebes & NAPSters with Kevin Park ’15 and Tom Fargo ’70 on 13 Jun ’15

Hawaii Honolulu Chapter Pres:Tom Marzec ’87 P: 808-261-9430; E: tom.marzec@1987.usna.com

Vice Pres: Ben Peet ’88 E: benjamin.peet@hickam.af.mil

Sec’y: Lindsay Robinson ’06 Shipmate Scribe:CDR Matt“Kaz”Kaslik ’95,USN E: Matthew.kaslik@disa.mil;W: 808-472-0219

Treas: Doug Gainer ’98 Chapter President Ed Brownlee wrapping up another successful Lobsterfest by raffling off a little Navy swag

The well-attended June Chapter luncheon was held at American Legion Post 160, 160 Legion Drive SE, Smyrna, GA. This was our first time at the venue, but we were well taken-care-of, and we look forward to further visits to this first class facility for future USNAAAA meetings.

The speaker was Rick Davies from Datatrend Technologies, who provided valuable insight into internet security and ways to avoid being hacked. Rick pointed out that the single greatest threat to computer security is the individual user, and he explained how. Rick supplied us with a long list of ideas and techniques we could use to make our online lives more secure. He answered numerous questions after the meeting. Rick also helps people in their homes or offices for a modest fee.

In Atlanta Chapter Business, the following officers were confirmed for the coming year: President: Ed Brownlee ’81 Vice President: Parker Shelato ’08 Secretary: Ron Surfield ’90 USNA Alumni and friends are encouraged to follow us on Facebook for the latest news and local events, at www.facebook.com/USNAAAA, and to join/renew membership at www.USNAAAA.com.

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E: douglas.e.gainer@smithbarney.com

Parent’s Club Pres: ArthurYri E: usna.hi.parents.club@gmail.com

Hawaii B&G Officer: LtCol John Turner ’93, USMC (Ret.) E: john.sebastian.turner@gmail.com

Website: http:honolulu.usnachapters.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ honolulu.usnachapter

Aloha Shipmates, Having a healthy alumni chapter includes having great synergy with the Parents Club. We are blessed to have an exceptionally active and vibrant Parents Club! In addition to participating in alumni events, the Parents Club has a Spring and Fall dinner where parents plan for upcoming events. Each summer, the parents throw a Plebe Picnic for the incoming class and a Midn Picnic for the mids here on leave, cruise or other activities.

This year, the Plebe Picnic included an Admiral’s barge tour of Pearl Harbor and the Arizona Memorial, a picnic at the COMPACFLT Boathouse and presentations

by Tom Fargo ’70, Roy Reeber ’69 (Another Link In The Chain), and Kevin Parks ’15. In addition, other alumni and several upperclass Mids spoke with the now inducted Plebes and their Parents about what to expect for their impending summer adventures.

The Midn Summer Picnic took place at Hickam beach on 11 Jul ’15.

The parents plan and support a spring and fall “Local Grindz” at the Academy, where Alma Grocki ’81, with the help of her and Russ Grocki’s ’81 son Dan

(Class of 2016), brings about 120 pounds of local food for the mids. On 22 Apr ’15 the mids enjoyed 30 laulaus, 8 pounds of kalua pig, 2 pounds of lomi salmon, 3 pounds of poke, 6 gallons of homemade beef stew (by one of the parents), 2 dozen manapua, 2 dozen Spam musubis, 8 pounds of Portuguese sausage, gallons of POG, 2 pounds of Japanese fishcake, 10 cups of rice, 2 pounds of Edamame, and 4 dozen Coco puffs. They ate until they were tired and it was a quiet evening except for the sound of chopsticks in motion!

The parents also meet USNA club and athletic teams when they travel to Hawaii and greet them at the airport with leis and goody bags. This year, standby for more information as we plan for the arrival of Navy Basketball, playing Oregon on Dec 7, 2015 at 4:30pm HST in Pearl Harbor’s Bloch Arena.

Everything the Hawaii Parents Club does to introduce, socialize, prepare, share information and support the Hawaii Midn and Parents is extremely important and we work together well! The Parents Club Officers for 2015-2016 are: President - Arthur Yri Vice President - Ted Meditz Secretary - Diane Yri Treasurer and Social Media Admin Karen Sabog.

‘Like’ their Facebook page to stay up-to-date on happenings and check out their website, where a new Hawaii USNA t-shirt design is available for ordering: http://www.usnahawaii.com Go NAVY! Tom Marzec ’87, President

Idaho

President

BGO Area Coord:CDR Roy Ledesma ’87,USN (Ret.) P: 208-954-3379; E: roy.ledesma@gmail.com

Northwest Chapter Pres: Col Kenneth W. Moore ’66, USMC (Ret.) 31048 E. Hayden Lake Rd., PO Box 2020, Hayden, ID 83835-7059 P: 208-772-7494; E: eyehawk35@gmail.com

Southern Idaho Chapter Pres: Steve Berg ’66

Bar Louie Monthly Luncheon:

P: 208-286-1654

Vice Pres: Roy Ledesma ’87 P: 208-286-4261

Sec’y: Van States ’91 P: 208-867-6645

Treas: Vince Martino ’95 P: 973-735-2139

Illinois BGO Area Coordinator: (Southern) CDR Michael Carnes ’74, USN (Ret.) E: usna74@att.net

Chicago Chapter CDR Fredrick W. Weber ’75, USNR (Ret.) 2134 Evert Ct., Northbrook, IL 60062-6612 H: 847-559-9381; W: 312-845-3444 E: Fred.Weber@2comm.com

Website: http://chicago.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coord: (Northern, IL incl Chicago) Robert Falardeau P: 847-359-2990; E: raffamily@comcast.net

(l-r): John Strauss, ’69; Paul Bradfield, ’53; Gunnar Jenson, ’56; Bill Carter, ’71. (Sharon Jenson & Dale Carter in attendance but not in foto!)

Kentucky (see also Ohio) Louisville/Southern Indiana Chapter Pres: CAPT Gregory Reinhardt ’79, USNR (Ret.) 712 Talon Place, Louisville, KY 40223 P: 502-244-7707; E: greinhardt@1979.usna.com

BGO Area Coord: CAPT Gregory Reinhardt ’79, USN (Ret.) P: 502-244-7707; E: greinhardt@1979.usna.com

Indiana BGO Area Coord: CAPT Timothy Naville ’76, USNR (Ret.) P: 812-944-4833; E: tnaville@twc.com

Indianapolis Chapter CDR Lynn Thomas ’83 H: 317-329-1773; E: lynntw@aol.com

Michiana Chapter Pres: Ryan Marcott ’01, USNR 23042 Greenleaf Blvd.,Elkhart, IN 46514

Vice Pres: CDR John (Chris) Haizlip ’72,USN (Ret.) 15246 Longford Dr, Granger, IN 46530 P: 574-273-2939; E: CHaizlip@aol.com

Treas: John Ross ’94 E: johnwmross@me.com

Louisiana Louisiana Chapter Pres: LCDR Andrew “Drew” Dodenhoff ’70, USN (Ret.) E: drewdode@yahoo.com

Vice Pres: Bo Thornhill ’04 E: bo.thornhill@gmail.com

Sec’y:Wayne Morgan ’98 E: wayne.morgan@1998.usna.com

Treas: LCDR Jeff Palmer ’01, USN E: jeffpalmer01@hotmail.com

Website: http://www.USNALouisiana.org BGO Area Coord: CDR Kirk R. Benson ’87, USN (Ret.) P: 985-710-3454; E: kirk.benson@bgo.usna.com

Sec’y: Dale Furman ’61

The South Bend/Michiana Chapter had a quiet chapter luncheon in June at Bar Louie Restaurant. The monthly chapter meeting is on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 12PM. The big talk was all about the upcoming Navy/Notre Dame Football game on October 10, 2015 and the world famous Tailgate Event. Tom Teach, ’68, has stepped up to host and underwrite the entire tailgate event.

Everyone recalls the last tailgate in 2013 as a tremendous time. Tom’s group provided security, food & beverages for over 1,000 midshipmen and 600 Navy fans...pretty spectacular! And next year’s Navy/Notre Dame game will be in Jacksonville, FL.

Maine Portland Chapter Pres: Jeffrey Peters ’85 7 Sumac Dr., Brunswick ME 04011 C: 207-650-1744; W: 207-442-4703 E: jeffpeters85@me.com

Baltimore Chapter Pres: Jason Hardebeck ’87

BGO Area Coordinator: LT Jen BohrTyll ’01 USNR P: 207-829-8159; E: jenbohrtyll@gmail.com

Annapolis Chapter Pres: LCDR Mark Hakun ’88, USNR (Ret.) Vice Pres: Steve Zotti ’83 Sec’y-Shipmate Contact:Liesel (Danjczek) Schopler ’99 E: lieseldanjczek@hotmail.com

Treas: Frank Dembia ’88 Website: http://annapolis.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coord: LCDR Barry Davis ’85, USNR (Ret.) P: 410-793-5590; E: barry.davis@1985.usna.com

The Annapolis Chapter, accepting the gracious offer of the USNA Alumni

P: 443-269-1599; E: jhardebeck@whoglue.com

BGO Area Coord: LCDR Barry Davis ’85, USNR (Ret.) P: 410-793-5590;; E:barry.davis@1985.usna.com

Maryland E: mxfour2@verizon.net

Association, held its June social on June 25th at Ogle Hall (aka Alumni House).

The event was well-attended, with over 100 Chapter members in attendance, and a good time was had by all. This is not an all inclusive list, but some of the attendees were Philip Asher ’64, Bryan Burt ’88, Thomas Callender ’90, Angelo Catalano ’93, Michael Collins ’84, James Corder ’58, William Dawson ’82, Frank Dembia ’88, Joseph Fagan ’89, Tyler Farrar ’12, Joseph Ferrara ’65, John Goodenough ’02, Joseph Green ’64, Mark Hakun ’88, Lawrence Heyworth ’70, Paul Hodapp ’07, Donald Hughes ’88, Thomas Jacob ’81, Stephen Lantz ’04, Warren Mazanec ’84, Michael Mundt ’83, William Natter ’64, Douglas Norton ’65, Stephen Phillips ’92, Marjorie Rawhouser ’84, Loren Reinke ’98, Peter Roberts ’70, James Rodrock ’81, Liesel Schopler ’99, Mathew Ware ’86, Craig Washington ’89, Wayne Wilson ’67, Steven Zotti ’83, Paul Fallace ’91, Shawn McAndrew ’93, John Fernandes ’82, Gordon Schaafand ’58, Michael Marinello ’99, Eric Hart ’06, Laurie Coffey ’99.

Many thanks to Bill Dawson ’82 and the rest of the USNA Alumni Association for a terrific event! At the social, the Chapter elected and inducted its new officers and board members. The new officers are: President - Mark Hakun ’88;Vice President - Steve Zotti ’83; Treasurer - Frank Dembia ’88; and Secretary - Liesel Schopler ’99. The new members-at-large of the board are: Thomas Callender ’90; John Goodenough ’02; Brian Hart ’06; Mike Marinello ’99; Doug Norton ’65; Marjorie Rawhouser ’84; Scott Shepard ’91; and Mathew Ware ’86.

Greater Southern Maryland Chapter Pres: Michael DeManns ’73 Briscoe Cove, PO Box 277, Compton, MD 20627 P: 301-475-7028

Corr Sec’y: Michael Dougherty ’73 P: 240-925-7518; E: doughertymj8@aol.com

Website: http://www.navyalumni.org BGO Area Coord:Patti Thumm P: 301-737-1629; E: thummmw@md.metrocast.net

Summer Activities It’s Summer in Maryland! Ah the memories… sweating through a clean set of White Works; getting the sleep-induced cobwebs

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Fortunately, we’re beyond all that, and now create memories through professional/ social events, including our Summer Social which was combined with: The Patuxent Partnership (TPP)/ Association of Naval Aviation (ANA) Panel “Maintaining a 5th Gen Fighter, F-35B/C, in the Naval Environment” & Reception Mark Converse ’82, Commanding Officer of the Patuxent River ANA Squadron and host for the event, introduced RADM Randy Mahr ’83, USN, Deputy PEO, F-35 Lightning II and Keynote Speaker.

RADM Mahr, in turn, introduced the five panel members, including CDR Christian Sewell ’98, USN, Government Flight Test Director, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23 & Operational Test Liaison, Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 9. All speakers were very positive in their assessment of the effectiveness of F-35 maintenance processes, bolstered by data from the 30,000 flight hours accomplished to date by aviation forces from the US, UK, Netherlands, and Australia. In the same vein, all attendees were very positive in their assessment of the effectiveness of the post-panel reception to generate both personal and professional camaraderie.

the 8 May combined VX-23 Change of Command/Retirement Ceremonies for CDR Mike Masica ’95 at Pax River, during which CAPT Pierson presented CDR Masica with his second Meritorious Service Medal and wished him “fair winds and following seas” in his retirement.

VX-23 Change of Command/Retirement Ceremonies: CAPT Brett Pierson ’87 and CDR Mike Masica ’95.

(U.S. Navy photo by Kelly Schindler)

In the Southern Maryland “Enterprise”: At their Annual Meeting on 9 June, the St. Mary’s County Chamber of Commerce recognized Emily Harman ’85, NAVAIR Small Business Office, with their “Public Servant Award”, and introduced Glen Ives ’78 as the incoming Board Chair and Scott Sanders ’80 as a new member-elected Board Member.

Coming Events 2nd Tuesday of Every Month (1700) — Chapter Meeting (open to all interested individuals) in the small dining room @ Elements 20 Oct — Fall Leadership Luncheon — 1130 at the River’s Edge Catering and Conference Center, NAS Pax River

112 Beach Street, Unit 4, Boston, MA 02111 P: 617-645-1032; E: jameskras@comcast.net

Shipmate contact: CAPT Pete Seibert ’65 P: 781-235-5909; E: pkseibert@comcast.net

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475 Highcroft Rd, Wayzata, MN 55391 P: 952-473-0011; M: 612-801-8222 E: AlexPlechash@mchsi.com

Shipmate Contact:Richard F. Elliott ’68 E: rfelliott@unwsp.edu

P: 651-271-6690; E: mark.salmen@1973.usna.com

Boston Chapter Pres: James Kras ’69

Alumni in the News (In Gazette.Net): Leonardtown High School graduate, Emma Scott ’19, will carry on her family’s tradition as the third generation to attend the Naval Academy, joining her grandfather, Richard Scott ’67, and her father, Adam Scott ’95.

CAPT Brett Pierson ’87 (COMTESTWINGLANT) presided over

Upper Midwest Chapter Pres: LtCol Alex Plechash ’75, USMC (Ret.)

Website: www.usnaaaumw.com Facebook: www.fb.com/USNAAAUpperMidwest BGO Area Coordinator:CAPT Mark Salmen ’73, USN (Ret.)

Massachusetts

TPP/ANA Panel Event: From Left—CDR Christian Sewell ’98, USN; RADM Scott Sanders ’80; RADM Steve Tomaszeski ’72, RADM Randy Mahr, USN ’83, Mike DeManss ’73 (GSMC President); Mark Converse ’80

Minnesota

Website: http://boston.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coord: Reid Oslin P: 781-738-0777; E: reid.oslin@bc.edu

Michigan Detroit Chapter Pres: Arthur W. Bryant ’66 1811 Hollywood; Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236-1311 H: 313-885-2174; C: 313-590-0301 E: arthurwbryant@gmail.com

Website: http://detroit.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coord: Michael Bennett P: 586-468-7490; E: mbbennett@comcast.net

BGO Area Coord: CAPT Doug Bishop ’69, USN (Ret.) P: 231-946-4100 x103; E: doug1@bishopheintz.com

Monthly All Service Academy breakfasts: * West side - first Friday - Kip’s Authentic Irish Pub, Marriott West, I-394 & US 169, 9960 Wayzata Boulevard, Golden Valley. * East side - second Friday - The Machine Shed, I-94 & Inwood Ave., Lake Elmo.

If you didn’t sortie for our 1st Annual Upper Midwest Chapter picnic you missed a terrific event. The weather was great. Over 80 alumni, guests and friends were on deck. Alumni came from as far away as Alexandria and Fergus Falls, MN. Our youngest alum was Midshipman First-Class Zack Gawboy, Class of 2016, and our oldest was Don McCarthy, Class of 1944 - representing 72 years of Navy spirit! The entire extended Navy community mustered at the picnic - the Parent’s Association, BGOs, Navy League, AirSpace MN, NOSC and the Minnesota Submarine League. It was great exposure for these organizations but, more importantly, the picnic set the tempo of great things to come, which is to say that there is strength in numbers.Together this Navy community can make a real difference in the Twin Cities, as well as in Annapolis.As promised, there was plenty of great food, cold beer and live music. Bravo Zulu. Thank you again to our sponsors for making the event possible: Alex Plechash, Chapter President, Craig Beal; Travel Beyond, and Chris Bentley, Ameriprise Financial. See you next year!

Jerry Witowski ’69 was the featured speaker at the Welcome-aboard Picnic for the incoming Class of 2019 hosted by the USNA Parents Association of Minnesota in Chanhassen, MN, on June 6th. He took the opportunity to describe the “Another Link in the Chain Program” to the group, which included 11 members of the incoming Class of 2019. The Another Link in the Chain program develops relationships and forms bonds between generations of Naval Academy Alumni.

Over the coming 4 years, the program’s

events will bring together two classes with a 50-year bond. In addition to details of his Navy and civilian career, Jerry related several of his experiences while a midshipmen, including being THE member of the Class of 1969 who removed the plebe cap from the top of the Herndon Monument!

Other alumni in attendance were Ray Witter ’64, Jerry Witowski ’69, Mark Salmen ’73, Chip Sharratt ’74, Alex Plechash ’75 and Brad Gawboy ’81.

St. Louis Chapter Pres: DaveTurnbaugh ’89 Website: http://stlouis.usnachapters.com Shipmate contact: Raese Simpson ’61 1138 Westmoor Pl, St. Louis, MO 63131-1320 O: 314-993-7027; H: 314-432-6085 E: raese1961@gmail.com

BGO Area Coord: CDR Michael Carnes ’74, USN (Ret.) E: usna74@att.net

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BGO Area Coord: CDR Michael Kreyenhagen ’79, USN (Ret.) P: 406 626-5637; E: kreyten@YAHOO.com

Nebraska BGO Area Coord: CDR David Weaver ’83, USNR (Ret.) P: 402-330-9554; E: dweaver@oppd.com

Omaha Chapter Pres: Ray Foran ’00 P: 402-312-4917; E: rayforan@2000.usna.com

Nevada Jerry Witowski ’69 presenting the “Another Link in the Chain” program to the incoming plebes and their parents

Don Murray ’47, reports that M. M. McLeod ’47, who died in 1965 while testing an E2A planned to be turned over to Navy, will have his name engraved on the Wall of Honor at the Air and Space Museum for his contributions to aviation.

By the time you read this column, the 14th Annual All-Academy Golf Open on August 7th at Bunker Hills Golf Course in Coon Rapids will be in the record books. We are looking forward to the report that Navy was victorious over the West Point and Air Force. GO NAVY! BEAT ARMY & AIR FORCE!

BGO Area Coord: CAPT Scott Shire ’88, USN E: scott.shire@dhs.gov

Southern Nevada Chapter Pres:Tessa Carlson ’91 P: 702-809-6827; E: TessaCarlson@1991.usna.com

Website: http://southernnevada.usnachapters.com/

New Jersey BGO Area Coord: (South NJ) David Restrepo P: 609-217-7057; E: dwrestrepo@aol.com

New Jersey Chapter Pres: Mike Lupton ’86 P: 973-763-6379; E: michaellupton86@yahoo.com

Vice Pres:William Kramer ’78 E: wilkramer@hotmail.com

Sec’y: Bob Moran ’83 P: 732-208-8644; E: bobmoran@1983.usna.com

Mississippi BGO Area Coord: LCDR Aaron Bartlett ’90, USN (Ret.)

Website: www.usnanj.com BGO Area Coord: (North NJ) CDR William Squires ’75, USNR (Ret.) P: 201-951-2867; E: rs.ci@verizon.net

E: md11fr8av8r@aol.com

South Mississippi Chapter Pres: CDR E. Spencer Garrett IV ’88, USNR PO Box 1792, Gautier, MS 39553 P: 228-497-5050; E: esgarrett44@aol.com

Sec’y: Harry J. Rucker E: navynomad50@caldeone.net

New Mexico New Mexico Chapter Pres: John D. Kennard ’93 E: jdkennard@hotmail.com

Sec’y: Joseph McGuire ’68 P: 505-857-9679; E: sunnymack@msn.com

Missouri Greater Kansas City Metro Chapter Pres: Ron Wisdom ’98 P: 816-750-4300; E: ronwisdom@sbcglobal.net

Website: http://KansasCity.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coord: CDR Jeff Kranz ’74, USN (Ret.) P: 913-707-4860; E: navy744753@aol.com

NM Parents’ Club Pres: Helen Romero Johnson P: 505-867-3570; E: mwjohnson@aol.com

Website: http://newmexico.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coord: CAPT Dick Dommers ’62, USNR (Ret.) E: crabapple40@outlook.com

The Elena Gallegos Open Space Kiwanis Picnic Area was again the scene of the annual New Mexico Chapter picnic on

Sunday afternoon, June 7th. Friends and family accompanied the Chapter members to the Kiwanis space nestled in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains.

Although a short downpour was uninvited, the site was well protected from the weather, but allowed Mother Nature to show the participants who was boss.

Following enjoyment of the catered chicken and household-provided side dishes and desserts, the highlight of the gathering was a briefing delivered by Chapter past president Christine Hoaglund (’97). She attended the International Chapter Officers Forum (ICOF) at Annapolis on May 7th, and gave a full accounting of the subjects covered and events prepared for the Chapter participants during the recent session. A full transcript of her notes is posted on the Chapter’s website at www.newmexico.usnachapters.com.

Members and guests who attended the annual picnic were: James (’50) and Ann Bier; Mike (’63) and Bonnie Blackledge with guests Dick and Patti Blide; Chapter Treasurer Ken (’78) and Valerie Fladager; Tom Gutierrez (’70) and Rebecca Vigil; Maury (’44) and Patsye Hartle; Jeff Hoaglund (’94) and Christine Hoaglund (’97); Bill (’44) and Bonnie Horton; Casey (’60) and Janice Jones with guests granddaughter Cara Holmes and great grandchildren Maeson and Weslee Holmes; Chapter President John (’93) and Elizabeth Kennard with children Jack and Bryn; Chapter Vice President Scott Kraus (’73); Chapter Secretary Joe (’68) and Mary Lynn McGuire; Kip Paskewich (’65) and Barbara Bradley; Herb (’59) and Barbara Richter; Bayard (’10) and Justine Roberts; Mark (’83) and Deborah Schaeffer; Hank (’62) and Salley Schwartz; Tolly (’71) and Kathy Toliver; Brink Trammel (’57); Ron (’63) and Pam Walters; Duane Wright (’64); and Jesse Wylie (’19) with parents Julie and Pat Wylie.

On Friday, June 12th a send-off barbecue pot-luck dinner was held at the Albuquerque home of Jim and Sheri Wible, President of the New Mexico USNA Parents’ Club. This event honored appointees from New Mexico soon to be inducted into the Class of 2019. On behalf of the Class of 1969, a “Welcome Aboard” was given by New Mexico Chapter President John Kennard (’93), who explained the fifty-year class ties between the Class of ‘69 and the Class

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Central New York Chapter Pres: Steve Erb ’68 E: steveerb@windstream.net

Sec’y: Bob Fegan Jr. ’64 E: bobfegan@windstream.net

Website: CentralNY.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coord: CDR William deVries ’91 USNR E: wdevries@nycap.rr.com

The annual Welcome Aboard Pizza Party, sponsored by the Central New York Parents Club and supported by the Central New York Chapter, was held on Saturday, 13 June, at Trapper’s II Pizza Pub in Minoa, NY. There was great participation from Chapter members, Parents Club members and candidates for the Classes of 2019 and 2020.

Alumni and family able to attend were Augie Albanese ’48 and his companion Patricia Conklin, Steve Erb ’68 and his wife Judy, Bob Fegan ’64 and his wife Marilyn, Jim Horten ’88, Mick Keville ’74, Josh Kristoff ’07, Pat Morocco ’86 and daughters Lisa and Mary who is a candidate for the Class of 2019, Bruce Tapper ’57, Dan Wheeler ’75 and his wife Martha, and Tony Zallnick ’66 and his wife Joan.

Parents of USNA alumni and candidates able to attend were Jim and Danelle Dillon, parents of John Dillon ’15, Chris Glaubitz and his son Gracen, Pat and Meg Hogan and their son Jack, Eric and Sue Larison and their son Steve, Joe and Kathy Picciott and their son Shawn, Bill and Jennifer Street, their son Nick ’18 and their daughter Alexandra, and Tom and Julie Thompson, parents of Kyle Thompson ’15.

At the annual New Mexico Chapter picnic June 7th, Christine Hoaglund (’97) briefs the members and guests on USNA Alumni Association issues from her recent attendance at the ICOF in Annapolis

New York Capital District Chapter Pres: Frank Hughes ’80 P: 518-432-9193; E: frankhughes2@yahoo.com

Sec’y: Gordon Lattey 40 First Street, Troy, NY 12180 P: 518-274-4989; E: ussslater@aol.com

Website: http://capitaldistrictny.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coord: CDRWilliam deVries ’91 USNR E: wdevries@nycap.rr.com

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In the photograph, from the left are Jack Hogan, Gracen Glaubitz, Nick Street, Shawn Picciott, Mary Morocco and Steve Larison.

Jack will be going to NAPS and is a candidate for the Class of 2020. Gracen, Mary and Steve are candidates for the Class of 2019. Nick is a member of the Class of 2018 and has just completed his Plebe year. Rachel Fairbanks is another candidate for the Class of 2019 but had to

leave before the photo session. Two other candidates for the Class of 2019 are Connor Paquin and Jack LaDouce who were unable to attend the pizza party.

Stev Erb ’68, Chapter President, presented desk clocks to Jim and Danelle Dillon and to Tom and Julie Thompson to commemorate the graduation of their respective sons John and Kyle with the Class of 2015. Nathaniel Brenon, John Sloan and Aaron Yallowitz also graduated with the Class of 2015. As their parents were unable to attend the pizza party, their commemorative desk clocks will be mailed to them.

Alumni, family, friends, USNA parents, and others with an interest in the Naval Academy are welcome to join the Chapter for all Chapter functions. Call (315-6555949) or e-mail Bob Fegan to let us know if you plan to attend a function.

Future Chapter activities will be addressed as they are planned. The Chapter’s website is a good source of current information.

Metro New York Chapter (NAANY) Pres: Tom Williams ’88 P: 212-255-3387; E: Tom_2500@msn.com HotLine: 1-800-234-USNA (8732)

Website: http://www.NAANY.org BGO Area Coord: Greg Costello ’79 P: 917-544-9803; E: surprise.sv@gmail.com

Western New York Chapter Pres: Jeff Bartkoski ('84) H: 585-398-7790; O: 585-396-0584 E: jbartkoski@mercyflightcentral.org

Website: http://westernny.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coord: Dick Kievit ’61 P: 585-385-4314; E: kiwiusna@rochester.rr.com

On June 4th the chapter held its annual recognition dinner for the young men and women from the western New York area who have successfully received and accepted appointments from all service academies along with ROTC scholarships. The event is co-sponsored by the local West Point alumni group. This year’s event was held at Locust Hill Country Club in Rochester, New York and was well attended. Fifty five were in attendance including six USNA and three USMA alumni along with twelve honorees. The evening was emceed by Chapter President Jeff Bartkoski (USNA ’84) and the keynote address was given by retired Rear Admiral David Duryea.

Admiral Duryea was the former Commander of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center and provided great insight to the prospective junior officers.

Western New York Chapter: Jeff Bartkoski and Admiral Duryea with Class of 2019 honorees from USNA, USMA, USCGA and NROTC

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BGO Area Coord: Mike Roberts P: 303-638-7560; E: ncbgo9376@gmail.com

Cape Fear Chapter Pres: CAPT Walter N. Flippin III ’75, USNR (Ret.)` 132 King Arthur Drive, Wilmington, NC 28403 P: 910-256-6289; E: walt75@bellsouth.net

Sec’y: Dr. John Crisp ’70 Jeff Bartkoski ’84 kicking off the recognition dinner

629 Woodland Forest Court, Wilmington, NC 28403 P: 910-256-7242; E: crisp40@ec.rr.com

Shipmate contact: Mr. James Welch ’52 1160 Arboretum Drive, Wilmington, NC 28405 P: 910-256-5489; E: jimlyne28@msn.com

Charlotte Chapter Pres: Guy Chamberlain ’73 P: 704-543-0720; E: gchamberlain@earthlink.net

Sec’y: Jeff Searcy ’62 P: 704-341-2255; E: jeffsearcy@carolina.rr.com

Website: Charlotte.usnachapters.com

The dinner was well attended by grads, veterans, honorees and family members

Those being honored by entering the Class of 2019 were recognized with a personal biography of their significant accomplishments and a round of applause: USNA-Mary Elise Brady, Campbell German, Matt McCraith, Anna Lawrence, Greg Sibick; USMA- Caroline McCusker, Courtney Hall; USCGA-Benner Geurtsen; NROTC-Hunter Phinney, Claire Rugaber, Wyatt Smith, Matt Miller.

Our next event will be when we get together again with our local West Point brothers to celebrate during the ArmyNavy football game.

HOMECOMING 2016 Thursday, 22 October through Saturday, 25 October

Eastern North Carolina Chapter Pres: Rob Skrotsky ’67 PO Box 778, New Bern, NC 28562 H: 252-514-0299; E: crskrotsky@earthlink.net

in the process of doing their paperwork for the Class of 2020.

Mr. Kunkel spoke about the D-Day remembrance that he delivered for his church, where a veteran of the assault phase had recently died. Mr. Kunkel said how easy it is to forget about the significance of the Allied landing and how publicity about it was so limited in those years when only radio and newspapers were the methods for informing the public. He read General Eisenhower’s speech to the landing force. He went on to describe how President Roosevelt spoke to the nation the day after the landing, forming his speech in the form of a prayer. Mr. Kunkel read that prayer as well. Through the miracle of the internet these historic speeches can be heard on You Tube and the History Channel.

Members present who have visited the beaches at Normandy recalled their impressions, including the peacefulness of the area now but with remnants of the defensive fortifications still in place. It was agreed that much more should be done each year to keep the day, 6 June 1944, in the collective memories of our current citizens.

After a brief review of the Founders Day event in September and potential speakers, it was announced that there will be no July meeting. The next meeting will be on 19 August at Camp Lejeune.

The meeting adjourned at 1320.

Piedmont Chapter Pres: CAPT Claude Lumpkin ’65, USNR (Ret.)

Vice Pres: Rick Kunkel ’67

E: clumpkin@1965.usna.com

P: 910-455-6280; E: rkunkel@ec.rr.com

Vice Pres:Tom Cornejo

Sec’y:Tim Marvin ’59

E: thomas.cornejo@yahoo.com

PO Box 731, Kure Beach, NC 28449-0731 E: tmarvin738@charter.net

Sec’y: Josh Fogle E: foglejw@gmail.com

Treas: Dennis Doyle ’66 215 Ticino Ct., New Bern, NC 28562 P: 252-638-2377; E: dennisdoyle66@gmail.com

Website: http://easternnc.usnachapters.com

The meeting convened at 1200 on 17 June 2015 at the Officers Club at the MCB Camp Lejeune, NC. Eleven (11) members and their guests were present.

Mr. Rick Kunkel, ’67, vice president, presided. He asked for a moment of silence for members of the armed forces and their dependents and for chapter members who were ill or suffering.

Mr. Jim Kraft ’64, Blue & Gold officer for Carteret and Craven Counties, reported that the swearing in of midshipmen for the Class of 2019 will occur on Wednesday, 1 July. Five (5) are from southeastern North Carolina. One (1) is from his area.

He said that he had thirteen (13) students

On Sunday, June 7, nine young men and women from the Piedmont Triad region, who received appointments to the USNA Class of 2019 and one to NAPS, along with their parents, were recognized with a picnic at the home of Piedmont Triad Blue and Gold Officer, Mike Roberts and his wife Jane. This event has become an annual activity supported by the NC Piedmont Triad Chapter.This year, chapter members attending included Claude and Janis Lumpkin (’65), Tom Cornejo (’00), John Anthony (’60) and BGO Mike and Dianna Watson (’75).

In addition to meeting other appointees and their parents, the prospective MIDN met members of the Chapter and the local BGOs. A helpful Q&A session was conducted by MIDN 3/C Tim Smith,

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Following introductions and remarks from Mike Roberts, Chapter President Claude Lumpkin spoke briefly to the group, followed by BGO Owen McLean (’69), who attended the event on behalf of his Class, which will coordinate Another Link in the Chain (ALITC) activities for the Class of 2019.

Cincinnati Chapter: New Plebes

Claude Lumpkin in the center addressing the Plebe/Napster picnic. Behind me (over my right shoulder) is BGO Area Coordinator Mike Roberts. To the left (looking at the picture) of Mike is Owen McLean (‘69).

Total attendance at the picnic was about 55, with family members of 3 current Midshipmen, Tim Smith and his MIDN 3/C son, Tim, Derek and Christie Gibson, along with Jim and Sherrie Simpson. Also in attendance was Fleet family Harvey and Sharon Manley and BGO Alan Fields.

North Carolina Triangle Chapter Pres: Jeff Edgar ’81 jE: edgar703@gmail.com

Sec’y: Matt Cox ’08

Cincinnati Chapter: USNA Cincy

Steve Matts ’80, Jeff Edgar ’81, Giovanna Meek ’95,Alex Dworjan ’10, JD Cunningham ’84, Steve Moran ’81, William Pearce ’78, Stan Bashaw ’81, Larry Newby ’78, Noah White ’04 and Christopher Perrien ’74.

Classes represented ranged from 1958 to 2016, May to Williams.

E: matthewcox8@gmail.com

Website: http://sites.google.com/site/usnatriangle

North Dakota Upper Midwest Chapter See Minnesota

BGO Area Coord: Susan Canham P: 701-226-2204; E: scanham2@gmail.com

Ohio Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Chapter Pres: CDR Vince Scott ’89 USN (Ret) P: 405-334-7305; E: vhscott@att.net or vscott@secgrusolutions.com

Midshipman 1/c Williams 2016, Wesley May 1958, Mr. Williams.

Our Chapter met on Father’s Day at the Durham Bulls baseball game for its 5th Annual Family Picnic. 75 grads and guests attended including Cdr. Lydia Doye ’98, Gerard Lew ’60, Wesley May ’58, Pete Turner ’87, Jeff Hawkins ’70, Liz Hallinan ’80,

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Sec’y/Chief of Chapter Comms:Ted Johnson ’02 P: 513-405-5243; E: teddijohnson@yahoo.com

Website: http://www.usnacinci.org BGO Area Coord: Kevin Queen E: queen.ks@gmail.com

The Greater Cincinnati USNA Alumni Association partnered with the Class of ’69 Another Link in the Chain (ANLIC) and USNA Parents Club to welcome the

in-coming Plebes. Around 80 members of the incoming Class of ’19, current Midshipmen (Classes ’16-’18) and their parents were treated to some BBQ at a nearby park. In addition to enjoying a few hamburgers and good company, there was an agenda to help the new Midshipman succeed during Plebe Summer: *Highlights on what to expect through Plebe Summer *A reading from the Welcome page from the 1965 Reef Points *Open discussion on Reef Points *A recitation of the Fifth Law of the Navy: “On the strength of one link of the cable …” *A presentation on the importance of Honor and Integrity Special thanks to Matt and Amy Uecker, Parents Club Presidents, for coordinating the event, decorating the pavilion, and forwarding a broad invite to area alumni.

It was a great way to kick off summer and celebrate our future leaders!

The Greater Cincinnati USNA Alumni Association held a no-host Happy Hour on June 15. A handful of Alumni made it out to The Pub after work to share sea-stories and a few adventures from Bancroft Hall.

We hope to make this a more frequent occurrence and re-engage local members.

If you’re reading this and in the Cincy area, keep your eyes open for an email (or look us up on LinkedIn) about July’s Happy Hour!

We have noticed that there are a number of area alumni who do not have email addresses recorded with the Alumni Association. We do most of our announcements and updates in email, so please reach out with yours to vincent. scott@89.usna.com to be added to our list!

Cleveland Chapter Pres: CAPT FredW. Bergman ’75, USNR (Ret.) P: 440-570-3564; E: FWayBergman@aol.com

Sec’y: John Blackburn ’82 E: joblackburn@clevelandtrack.com

BGO Area Coord: CDR Thomas Hartline ’81, USNR (Ret.)

9 Oklahoma appointees and their families were able to attend and learn more about what awaits. Blaise Gorges (Durant HS), Chad Keller (Tulsa Regent), William Lienhard (OKC McGuinness), Kurt Pasque (Norman HS), Benton Reid (Kingfisher/ OSU), Jimmy Wynn (Bridge Creek HS) and Cody Lambert (Tulsa Cascia Hall/ NAPS) all were in attendance.

Congressman Jim Bridenstine (First District of Oklahoma) spoke the group and gave an inspiring speech. Rep. Bridenstine is a former Navy pilot (F-14, E-2 and F/A 18). He obtained his commission from AOCS after graduating from Rice University and recently inter-service transferred as a Major in the Oklahoma Air National Guard. He is a great supporter of the service academies.

P: 216-433-5298; E: thomas.w.hartline@nasa.gov

Columbus and Central Ohio Chapter Pres: CDR James H. Cowardin ’66, USNR (Ret.)

organizing the tailgate, which we anticipate will have access to the nearby Reynolds Center. Signup and payment will be through the usna.com website.

Oregon Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter Acting Pres & Sec’y: CAPT Frank Swientek ’66 USN (Ret.) E: gatorlst@comcast.net

BGO Area Coord: CAPT “Butch” Bewick ’62, USNR (Ret.) E: Jsbewick@aol.com

On Wednesday May 13th, the Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter met for our monthly meeting at Portland’s Old Spaghetti Factory. Following our Pledge of Allegiance led by Chapter President Ray Kutch ’63, a moment of silence for Midshipman 3/C Justin Zemser Class of 2017 was observed followed by grace led by David Lutes ’63.

P: 614-488-3873; E: jimco66@gmail.com

Website: http://www.usnacentralohio.com BGO Area Coord: CAPT D. Michael Crites ’70, USNR (Ret.) P: 614-327-1061; E: rcrits@dinsmore.com

Toledo Chapter Pres: David B. Puckett ’63 5051 Chatham Valley, Rd., Toledo, OH 43615-1107 E: dpuckett@buckeye-express.com

BGO Area Coord: CAPT David Chilson, USNR (Ret.) P: 419-308-6464; E: chilson@bgsu.edu

Oklahoma BGO Area Coordinator: CDR Harry Rouse ’77, USN (Ret.) E: HVRouse@aol.com

Oklahoma City Chapter Pres: CDR James M. Novak ’91, USN (Ret.) P: 405-524-1006; E: novak6@sbcglobal.net

Tulsa Chapter Pres: CDR Harry V. Rouse IV ’77, USN (Ret.) 2623 East 33 Pl., Tulsa, OK 74105-2334 P: 419-308-6464; E: chilson@bgsu.edu

The Oklahoma Chapters of the Parents Club hosted their annual “Welcome Aboard” in Tulsa on June 13. 7 of the

Jeff Stewart ’00, Harry Rouse ’77, Robert Step ’16 and James Novak ’91 at the Welcome Aboard.

Jerry O’Donnell ’69 (Capt, USN, Ret) represented his class for the ALITC program.

In addition to the traditional ALITC involvement, his class sponsors the Class of 69 Mentoring Program through the Alumni Association.

Current mids Robert Step ’16 and Kelby Hern ’18 addressed the attendees with wisdom and the voice of experience.

Also attending were BGO’s Jeff Stewart ’00, James Novak ’91 and Harry Rouse ’77.

We continue to progress on plans for the Navy at Tulsa football game on Saturday, November 21st. As of this writing, Game Time is TBD.There will be a dinner on Friday night, where we anticipate the Supe and/or the Dant will attend and address the gathering. The Parents Club is

Tulsa Chapter: Jerry O’Donnell ’69 links with 7 members of the Class of 2019 from Oklahoma.

Captain Patrick Ropp USCG, ’91 USCGA Commanding Officer of Portland’s Marine Safety Unit

After lunch, Frank Swientek ’66 introduced our guest speaker Captain Patrick Ropp USCG, ’91 USCGA, Commanding Officer of Portland’s Marine Safety Unit who provided an in-depth insight into the mission & challenges of his command – including the recent visit of President Obama. Moreover, he addressed his experiences & lessons learned when in 2010 he was Officer in Charge of Marine Inspection, Captain of the Port, Federal On Scene Coordinator (FOSC) Morgan City, LA and acting Commanding Office when the drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, exploded and set into motion the nation’s largest oil spill and most complex pollution response.

His presentation was followed by an active Q&A session.

Other USNA alumni & guests in attendance included: John Frerichs ’50, Jim Unger ’53 & Lisa Voelker – daughter of Donald Chase Voelker ’53, Don Beatty ’57, ‘Butch’ Bewick & Jerry Larsen ’62, Ray Kutch ’63 (& USCG guest Jerry Hedgecock), Tim Myers ’64, Jack Kohl ’65, ‘Tex’ Harkins, Ed Hepp,

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Mike Carmichael, as our chapter’s local “Another Link in the Chain” representative for 1969 & the incoming class of 2019, provided all attendees with an insight with respect to the ALITC history, philosophy and its 50-year class bond effort.Additionally, all attendees were provided a brief by Parents’ Club president Juli Valeske and viewed a video of “Plebe Summer 2014”. Most fortunately, the picnic was also attended by a most recent local graduate 2nd LT Morgan Oswald ’15, USMC and Conor Keating ’18 a new “youngster” who met with all incoming plebes to candidly share their insights & experiences. Our twelve local “soon to be” plebes & ‘Napsters’ in attendance were: Eric Braun & Hayden Burger of Southwest Washington; Jacob Burns of Corvallis, OR; Kendal Good of Happy Valley, OR; Kevin Gramlich of Albany, OR; Lisa Jauch of Lake Oswego, OR; Elijah Kilmer of Bend, OR; Ian Myers of Beaverton, OR; Joseph Peterson of Portland, OR; John Robitz of Ashland, OR;Timothy Harman (NAPS) of West Linn, OR; and Timothy Salu (NAPS) of Portland, OR. ** On Wednesday June 10th, our chapter met for our monthly meeting again at Portland’s Old Spaghetti Factory. Following our Pledge of Allegiance, grace was led by David Lutes ’63.Then Chapter President Ray Kutch ’63 welcomed our members and guests including Bart Dala Mara ’54 (& wife Jann) who recently relocated to Vancouver, WA from Arizona and Tom Hall ’72 who traveled 200 miles from Bend, OR to join us.

During our lunch, Ray called upon ‘Butch’ Bewick ’62, our B&G overall area coordinator to summarize this year’s

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screening/selection process, which resulted in the appointment of ten new plebes & two NAPSters from our region.

Doug Bomarito ’68 followed with a summation of the latest USNAAA Trustee/Board meetings.

Other USNA alumni & guests in attendance included: John Frerichs ’50, Jim Unger ’53 & Lisa Voelker – daughter of Donald Chase Voelker ’53, Don Beatty ’57, ’Jake’ McMichael ’58, John Morris ’61, Glen Weeks ’65, Frank Swientek ’66,‘Tex’ Harkins ’67, Jud Blakely OSU ’65 – guest of Doug Bomarito, Mike Carmichael & Mike Jones ’69, Mark Cooksey ’71, ’Skip’ Phipps & Bruce Thompson ’73, and Doug Ballard ’74.

Pennsylvania Philadelphia Chapter Pres: Kevin McCloskey ’93 E: kevin@mccloskeymail.net

Sec’y: Nick Rygiel ’04 E: nick.ryg@gmail.com

Website: www.philadelphia.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coord: LCDR James Lare, ’77, USNR (Ret.) P: 610-222-4695; E: Jlare@comcast.net

The Greater Philadelphia Chapter has been relatively quiet for a while, but you will soon start seeing some activity. In May, the following ten alums answered the call to duty and volunteered to serve as ambassadors for their respective year groups - Bill Matthews ’59, David Wright ’61, Skip Dittman ’67, Michael Hagy ’71, Tim Farrell ’76, Mike Herron ’87, Jim Marquet ’92, Mike Kirwan ’95, Steve Phillabaum ’03 and Allen Murphy ’05. (We’re still looking for someone to represent ’80-’84.)

In June, we conducted an email survey asking area alumni how the Greater Philadelphia Chapter could best serve their needs and interests. A special “thank you” to the 149 alumni who responded!

Based on your feedback and many great suggestions, we are now planning regular events and social gatherings beginning this fall. Don’t miss out! Go to our website (http://philadelphia.usnachapters. com) for event dates and details and, while you’re there, sign up to receive our email newsletters and follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn. Pittsburgh Chapter Pres: William E. Otto ’71 4105 Tartan Ct., Murrysville, PA 15668-1045 E: figaro4105@aol.com

Website: Pittsburgh.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coord:CAPT David Gates ’77,USN (Ret.) P: 724-632-6621; E: LJreese357@aol.com

Susquehanna Valley Chapter Pres: Chris Nigon ’74 P: 717-314-4653; E: captcsn@aol.com

Vice Pres: Joe Person ’77 E: jperson@mtb.com

Sec’y: Jeff Knauer ’78 525 White Oak Rd, New Holland, PA 17557 E: jeffck1978@gmail.com

Treas: Bill Boniface ’72 645 Appenzell Dr, Hummelstown, PA 17036 P: 301-335-2585; E: boniface72@gmail.com

Website: http://www.usnasvc.com BGO Area Coord: CAPT Gary LaBuda ’79, USN (Ret.) E: gary.labuda@1979.usna.com

On the evening of June 10th the Susquehanna Valley Chapter gathered at the Country Club of York for our fourth annual meeting. Over 75 members and guests were in attendance to share a social hour, excellent food and drink and to hear Lt. Brad Snyder ’06, USN (Ret).

Brad gave a motivational talk about his

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professional career as an EOD officer, the life threatening injury he sustained in Afghanistan in 2011 which left him completely blind, and his remarkable journey of recovery that led him to become a member of the 2012 US Paralympic team and gold medal winner. Brad recounted to the group, matter of factly and with remarkable humor, his experiences from the time of the IED explosion, his hospital rehab and his training for the Paralympics.

He then regaled us with what it was like poolside as he competed in his events earning two gold medals, a silver…seven medals total.

Brad retired from the Naval Service in 2013. He is a Bronze Star recipient and works as a motivational speaker and life coach. He is currently training to become a member of the 2016 US Paralympic Team.

We also heard from a pair of ’74 grads, Chris Nigon and Rusty Yeiser. Chris is our Chapter President and he gave a great brief on the “state of the Chapter” and what we would like to accomplish in the future. Rusty came up from Annapolis.

He is the Director, Development Operations for the USNA Foundation and he briefed us all of the activities taking place in the Yard.

Many thanks go out to Joe Person ’07, who coordinated this event and to club member Lance Smith, who graciously hosted a foursome of golfers in the early afternoon.

Our Chapter officers continue to be as follows: Chris Nigon ’74, President, Joe Person ’07 VP, Jeff Knauer ’78 Sec and Bill Boniface ’72 Treasurer. Board members are: Del Becker ’85, Walt Brown ’78, Matt Chabal ’77, Toni Chase ’84, Lee Erdman ’76, Gary LaBuda ’79, Rod Messick ’94, Paul Kurisky ’87 and Charlie Perkins ’71.

Contact any Chapter officer and/or Board member for information on Chapter events. Events scheduled through the end of the year are included below.You can also view the events upcoming on our Chapter website @ www.usnasvc.com.

USNA AA TAILGATES Bring the whole family down to cheer on Navy at our home game tailgates in the Stadium, right next to the field!

We start 2 hours before game-time and party right through half-time!

For more information, see www.usna.com/tailgates or contact us at events@usna.com.

Recreational Vehicle American Chapter Pres: Jay Williams ’67 E: wjay@bellsouth.net

Sec’y: Gary Polansky ’69 E: g.polansky@att.net

Treas: Glenn Shindler ’64 4530 Lasheart Dr., La Canada, CA 91011 E: gshindler64@earthlink.net

Shipmate inputs to: ‘Nita Parry E: mauryplace@aol.com

Website: http://www.usnarv.org

Just like every active and fun chapter, the USNA RV Alumni Chapter thrives because of willing, hard-working and dedicated volunteers. Thus it is very appropriate, that this chapter stop to give a tip of the hat and a hearty thanks to Walt Baskin ’59 for his years of service as a chapter board member. He and Chris have been key players, not only in helping administer the business of this chapter, but in hosting numerous memorable Comearounds over the years. At the Pine Mountain National in May of this year, we welcomed Jack Parry ’67 to the board - joining Frank Conery ’58, Bob Metcalf ’61, and Charlie Norton’62.

While summer time is customarily slow in terms of chapter Come-arounds, chapter members are commonly on the road doing what RVers do — exploring our great country and/or revisiting their favorite destinations. ‘Nita and Jack Parry ’67 added a new twist this year: after a leisurely trip across country from Annapolis, they parked the RV and the doggy family at Travis AFB California and hopped to Japan. Thanks to the U. S. Air Force AMC, the flights back CONUS allowed putting feet-on-the-ground at Elmendorf AFB Alaska and McChord AFB Washington before returning to Travis AFB to reorganize and hit-the-road again.

The only goal is to be home for the ’67-’17 ALITC events when the Class of 2017 signs their “2-for-7” commitment followed by the Commitment Dinner in King Hall and then it’s on to football season.

Meanwhile, Lynne and Jim Connors ’72 substituted their 26’ Macgregor towable sloop for their pop-up and headed to Pensacola for a nautical RV excursion on the ICW. They have posted a great write-up of their adventure on our website www.usnarv.org .

Speaking of Jimmy “the Boy,” he and Lynne have set the date for the Annual Fall Watts Bar Come- around – from 14th

to 18th of October 2015. Mark your calendars to join the fun for our annual “true campout” with great fall color in the mountains and even greater sea stories on Watts Bar Lake in eastern Tennessee.

Now – turn those calendars to 2016 as it’s not too early to begin planning for our annual Key West fun-in-the-sun! The 1st to 8th of February 2016 are the dates for your calendar and once again MaryJane and Bob Metcalf ’61 are doing the planning as Firsties.

For the long range planners reading this report, Dee and Bill Bradford ’63 have set 2nd through 9th of May for the 2016 National Come Around. In a nod to members who are based west of the Mississippi, it will once again be conducted in San Antonio in the Fort Sam Houston FAMCAMP. Hey – you West Coast RV alumni…meet us half-way in Texas and add to the fun.

Be safe and GO NAVY!

Rhode Island BGO Area Coord: CAPT Stuart Craig ’86, USN E: sbcraig@1986.usna.com

Rhode Island Chapter Pres: Conrad Donahue ’73 P: 401-619-3114; E: cdonahue@cox.net

Corr Sec’y:Vince Lynch ’72 P: 607-351-1493; E: Lynch681@cox.net

23 June Dinner The Chapter held its last dinner of the year on Tuesday, 23 June at the Officers’ Club on Naval Station Newport with forty-two in attendance. The senior class present was ’56 with Jim Hogg and Nick Brown in attendance. The junior class present was ’08 represented by three members of the class – Lauren Eanes, Sian Stimpert and Arwyn South. The largest representation for a class was Class of ’73 with three members – Conrad Donahue, Glenn Powers and Tom Brillat.

The Chapter elections were held during the business meeting and all of the incumbent officers and council members were unanimously reelected. After dinner, the chapter vice-president, Tom Fedyszyn, ’69, introduced RADM P. Gardner Howe III, ’84 the 55th President of the Naval War College the guest speaker. RADM Howe discussed in detail how each department was organized to support the Naval War College mission and presented his vision for the his tenure as president.

The presentation was very thought provoking and enlightening to the members who were not aware of recent reorganization

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Welcome Aboard: Lauren Eanes ’08 is assigned to SWOS and lives in Coventry, RI. Eric Dukat ’91 and his wife Laura live in Saunderstown, RI. Eric attends Naval War College.

Memphis Chapter Pres: Judd F. Osten ’64 P: 678-644-7755; E: juddosten@1964.usna.com

BGO Area Coord: CDR Paul Schuhlein ’85, USN (Ret.) P: 901-751-2225; E: pschuhlein@yahoo.com

Nashville Chapter Pres: CDR John F. Ohlinger ’69, USN (Ret.) 880 Lakemont Dr., Nashville, TN 37220-2124 H: 615-370-1441; W: 615-594-7628 E: john.ohlinger@usna.1969.com

BGO Area Coord:Thomas Forsythe ’79 E: tom_forsythe@kyzen.com

South Carolina BGO Area Coord: Eve Dallas E: dallasbgo@gmail.com

Central Savannah Chapter (Aiken, SC; Augusta, GA; and surrounding areas) Pres: CAPT J. Frederick Dohse ’72, USN (Ret.) E: jfdohse@atlanticbb.net

Website: http://csra.usnachapters.com

Charleston Chapter Pres: CDR Rick Stein ’82, USNR (Ret.) 784 Preservation Place, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 P: 843-856-6591; W: 843-557-7021 E: USNA_AA_Charleston@Comcast.net

Website: www.RickSteinOnline.com

Low Country Chapter Pres: Mr. Doug Ogden ’67 424 B.B. Sams Drive, Dataw Island, SC 29920 H: 843-838-0077; E: DouglassOgden@gmail.com

Sec’y: Mr.Thomas M. Anderson ’60 P: 843-987-0121; E: tomandcarola@embarqmail.com

Website: LowCountry.usnachapters.com

Palmetto Chapter Pres: Andy Cassity

We held our June meeting on the 17th with our president Ron Sandoval ’82 presenting a comprehensive brief of the ICOF. Among the highlights was the expansion of engineering degrees available to mids and the renovations/construction of facilities on the yard. Ron also highlighted the steady growth in life membership and financial support to the alumni association. The full briefing slides are available on our website for your review. (Alamo.usnachapters.com)

Alamo Chapter Pres: CAPT Ron A. Sandoval ’81, USN 18010 Keystone Blf, San Antonio, TX 78258-3436

Please send Shipmate Submissions and all correspondences to: Sec’y: Dave Driskell ’63 PO Box 461564, San Antonio, TX 78246-1564 E: info@alamogoats.org

Website: http://www.alamo.usnachapters.com FACEBOOK: Alamo Chapter NAAA BGO Area Coord: Maj Bruce Davis ’85, USMCR P: 210-877-1612; E: bruce.davis@parsons.com

STNAPC hosted its annual welcome aboard picnic June 7. Most members of the incoming class of 2019 as well as the NAPS class of 2015 were in attendance.

This event is a great way to include new plebes and parents to the parent’s club and its support structure. Active clubs such as South Texas go a long way to enhance the graduation rate at USNA (currently at 87.1%) and this is one of the reasons the Alamo Chapter supports the event financially.

Alamo Chapter President Ron Sandoval, Sup’t Carter, Atlanta President Ed Brownlee, and Tokyo President Mori Nixon

E: acassity1@gmail.com

Vice Pres: Wes Boyce

Boerne Middle School-North National History Day team at VADM Stockdale statue during USNA tour

E: wesboyce@bellsouth.net

Treas: Matt Felt E: matt.felt@baldor.abb.com

BGO Area Coord: Eve Dallas E: dallasbgo@gmail.com

South Carolina Midlands Chapter Pres: CAPT Mike Kehoe ’71 USN (Ret.) 1270 Polo Rd, Apt 321, Columbia, SC 29223 P: 803-865-8664; E: mandnkehoe@hotmail.com;

Sec’y: Katie Hirsch

South Texas’ class of 2019 at STNAPC welcome picnic

E: mkh5325@aol.com

Website: www.usnasc.org

Tennessee Chattanooga Chapter Pres: Rick Ector ’71 BGO Area Coord: CDR Richard Cataldi ’69, USN (Ret.) P: 865-966-4677; E: cdrcataldi@tds.net

Knoxville-Oak Ridge Chapter Pres: Duane Beck ’60 E: dcbtanasi@charter.net

Sec’y-Treas: CAPT Mark Kohring ’73, USNR (Ret.) mark_kohring@mac.com

BGO Area Coord: CDR Richard Cataldi ’69, USN (Ret.) P: 865-966-4677; E: cdrcataldi@tds.net

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Mid’n Noah Nelson ’19 of Bandera, TX with BGO Dave Driskell ’63 at Bandera H. S. awards night

It came to our attention that Boerne Middle School – North had a team of eighth graders that won second at the Texas state-wide competition for National History Day. Their presentation featured VADM James Stockdale and his wife Sybil’s experiences during the Viet Nam war. They presented a skit featuring VADM Stockdale as a POW and his wife’s fight for recognition of the POW’s plight. I had the pleasure of viewing the skit and it was very moving and well done. Their finish at the state level entitled them to attend the National Finals at College Park Maryland. At the national level they made the finals and were singled out for special recognition.

Because of the natural connection between Stockdale and USNA, BGO AC Bruce Davis ’85, through the efforts of his employer Parsons, Inc., and Admissions, was able to arrange a special tour and lunch for the team at USNA. History

teacher and team coach, Bryan Degner had never visited USNA and was suitably impressed with the facilities. He also expressed his and the team’s gratitude for our financial and logistical support. It was truly a team effort by USNA Admissions, BGO organization and the Alamo Chapter to bring this together spotlighting Ethics/Navy/Stockdale values.

Austin Chapter Pres: Brad Holbrook ’06 P: 410-718-8839; E: bradley.holbrook@gmail.com

Vice Pres: Dan Hanley ’10 P: 281 435 2523; E: dhanley10@gmail.com

Treas: KevinWindbigler ’86 P: 512-923-5010; E: hans2886@austin.rr.com

Shipmate Contact: CDR Don McAlister ’63, USNR (Ret.) P: 512-365-7068; E: don.mcalister@austin.rr.com

Website: Austin.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coord: Maj Bruce Davis ’85, USMCR P: 210-877-1612; E: bruce.davis@parsons.com

Austin chapter meetings are held at 11:30 am on the fourth Tuesday of each month at Marie Callenders, 9503 Research Blvd. #400 in Austin. All USNA graduates and their spouses in the Austin area are invited to participate. Reservations are not required.

Attending in May were: Pete Baker ’57, Don McCoy ’57, George Denny ’58, Bob Granger ’59, Joe Wright ’59, Gary Chapel ’61, Bob Jones ’64, Tom Felger ’66, Bob Perch ’70, John Rogers ’70, Mark Angil ’81, Glen Woods ’86, Kevin Windbigler ’86, Anthony Troxell ’91, Mike Flynn ’95, Bradley Holbrook ’06 and Hal Haskell ’09.

Elections were held with following results: President: Brad Holbrook ’06, Vice President: Daniel Hanley ’10, and Treasurer: Kevin Windbigler ’86. Don McAlister ’63 will continue as Shipmate Correspondent.

Attending in June were: Pete Baker ’57, John Tyler ’57, Mike Neely ’58, George Denny ’58, Bob Granger ’59, Ted Langworthy ’61, Chuck Morris ’61, Gary Chapel ’61, Bob McClure ’64, Bob Jones ’64, John Thompson ’65, Tom Felger ’66, Jack Johnson ’70, Bob Perch ’70, John Rogers ’70, Gary Lundeen ’75 and wife Beth, Joseph Hartigan ’79 and Betty, Dan Nicoson ’84, Kevin Windbigler ’86, Anthony Troxell ’91, Rigo Garcia ’96, Brian Fitzpatrick ’96, Chris Hoover ’06, Bradley Holbrook ’06, Hal Haskell ’09 and Dan Hanley ’10. Guests were Chris Sanchez and Maria Garcia.

We had two guest speakers because one of the guests was forced to cancel in May due to storms and massive flooding

in Central Texas late that month. He was invited to attend this month.

Rep. Larry Gonzales (R-Round Rock) is the State Representative for much of Central Texas. He talked to the members about the Legislature’s session which had just ended, and the changes it would bring for the state and the area.

Kenneth Depew is the Central Texas Regional Director for Sen. Ted Cruz.

Because the senator is running for president, Mr. Depew said he was reading a prepared statement for the group. He then answered some questions.

Of particular interest to the group is the National Defense appropriation, he said.

“The 2016 NDAA will increase the military readiness and capabilities of the United States without increasing spending on programs entirely unrelated to our national defense,” the senator’s statement said. “And I am grateful for the support my amendments received, including measures that will ensure the readiness of our troops, support for our allies, and continued vigilance against our adversaries.

This bill reaffirms our commitment to the physical, mental and financial health of the men and women in uniform who volunteer to serve our nation.The reforms in this bill will provide more of our service members with financial benefits upon leaving military service, appropriate mental and physical health care, and improved quality of life for them and their families.”

Sen. Cruz said in his statement that he couldn’t vote for the final form of the bill because of some objections.

North Texas Chapter Pres: Matthew P. Elias ’78 1102 Westminster Ln, Duncanville, TX 75137-2044 H: 972-283-2261; E: matthew.elias@1978.usna.com

Sec’y: Carrie Busch Murdock ’99

Roger Staubach, USNA Parent, Coach Ken Niumatalolo, USNA Parent

John Wroten, Chet Gladchuk, Matthew Elias, Greg Colandrea

Unfortunately we had to cancel our June lunch due to a conflict in our speaker’s schedule, but we are back on track for the rest of the summer and this fall.

Additionally, we look forward to continuing to add other venues across the Metroplex, so please regularly visit our website for updates.

Lastly, this October our biannual elections are to be held. It is with a sad heart that our current President Matthew Elias will no longer serve as our president due to term limits established in the last few years when we have redone our bylaws. Also, our chapter will be implementing electronic voting for the first time. Please stay tuned as we head to an exciting fall.

Texas Gulf Coast Chapter Pres: Pres: Scott McCord ‘02 P: 904-894-3813; E: scottalexandermccord@gmail.com

Vice Pres: John Augusto ‘02 P: 713-213-4117 E: m020234@2002.usna.com

E: secy@usnaaa-ntx.com

Website: www.usnaaa-ntx.com BGO Area Coord: CAPT Thomas Kaprurch ’75, USN (Ret.) E: tom.kapurch@gmail.com

BGO Area Coord: CDR Robert Mackey ’70 E-mail: bobmackey70@verizon.net

The North Texas Chapter has been exceptionally busy these past few months.

In April, we were fortunate to host several members of the USNA Athletic staff at the Royal Oaks Country Club, to include Athletic Director Chet Gladchuk, Football Coach Ken Niumatalolo, Women’s Basketball coach Stefanie Pemper, Men’s Soccer Coach Dave Brandt, and Men’s Golf Coach Pat Owen. During the evening we also hosted members of the Class of 2019. It was a great success and highlighted our North Texas commitment to supporting USNA and future classes.

Sec’y: James Dietle ‘06 P: 402-541-3283 E: jdietle@gmail.com

Website: www.usnaaa-txgc.com BGO Area Coord: Richard A. Mawdsley (“Rick”) P: 832-326-1685; E: ramawdsley@gmail.com

United Kingdom United Kingdom Chapter Pres:Tim Fox ’97 E: timfox97@hotmail.com

Sec’y:Wes Turbeville E: wturbeville.mba2014@london.edu; westurbeville@gmail.com

Board of Directors: Susanne Saalau Bethell ’85 E: suesaalau@hotmail.com

Kelly Mayer ’85 E: mayer@lioncapital.com

BGO Area Coord: CDR Tim Fox ’97, USNR E: timfox97@hotmail.com

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CHAPTER NEWS congratulation was given by Robert Allen, Intermountain Chapter President.

Bob Allen ’67 with Tanner Munson’19 and Proud Parents

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Intermountain NA Alumni Chapter Pres: Robert Allen ’67 E: ba@robertallen.org

Dewey Boberg ’92, Chris Ress, Chuck Hodell, Kent Cheeseman, Ethan Gleve ’15, and Rob Riedler ’16; and for USAFA: Rod Johnson ’63, Rick Bereit ’70, Jerry Parish, and Robert Holt.

Website: http://utah.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coord: Steven Thatcher '84 E: steventhatcher@ymail.com

“Network Breakfast at the Blue Plate Diner” USNA, USMA, and USAFA friends continue to gather for the ‘First Thursday’ breakfast every month, with a few exceptions.

Attendance since last reported included USNA: Bill Whittlesey ’59, Thom Rossa ’63, Dave Goldberg ’64, Bob Allen ’67, Mike Hester ’69, Kevin Dolan ’71, Mark Springer ’89, Tabeetha Moesinger ’91, Dana Petersen ’15 and her father Mark (BGO), Bob Dunyon and Bill Zamora; for USMA: Al Hokins ’61, Steven Smith ’72, Alan Walker ’74, Bill Anderson ’81, Kevin Riedler ’81, Ted Frederick ’87, Preston McCormick ’90,

Bill Whittlesey and Mark Springer

Parents Club Sendoff for Class of 2019 The annual Parents Clubs for Utah ALL Academy Sendoff Picnic for all academy appointees was a great success, over 100 appointees, family and friends, and Alumni attending, sharing in the picnic feast prepared by Parents Club’s Presidents assisted by families and guests. USNAPC President Denise Christensen did a great job organizing for this event. ALITC

Parker Sharp ’19 with BGOs Mark and Peterson, Bob Beer and Steve Thatcher

Southern Idaho Chapter Congratulations to the 37 plus intermountain alumni in Southern Idaho who successfully applied to USNAAA to have their own chapter. Their application was unanimously approved at the Board of Directors Meeting in Annapolis in May. This is a positive step in the USNAAA presence in the region.

Last call Condolences to Grant Rees ’59 and family, whose wife Shirley of Logan, Utah, passed away June 18, 2015.A great and accomplished woman, Shirley will be sorely missed.

Virginia Central Virginia Chapter Pres: Bill Murray ’83 1058 Blackburn Bluff, Charlottesville,VA 22901 P: 434-962-7856; E: whmurray@sentara.com

Vice Pres: Jeff Holloway ’77 E: jeffrey.holloway@ngc.com

Sec'y: Steve Hill ’74 E: swhill74@cstone.net

BGO Area Coord:The Rt. Rev. Dr. Quigg Lawrence P: 540-529-2282; E: QuiggLawrence@gmail.com

Central Virginia Chapter: ’19ers flanked by John Post and Rick Arllen ’69, and alumni from ’66 to ’12

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2019 LAUNCH LUNCH – Sunday June 7th the Central VA Chapter had the opportunity to celebrate two Appointees to the Class of 2019 from our area: Hunter Rolph (Charlottesville High School ’15), and Megan Farabaugh (Albemarle High School ’14, St. Mary’s College/NROTC Notre Dame). They and their families were our guests at

Burton’s Grill in the Shops at Stonefield, as was Paul Coffman (dad of Zach Coffman ’16).

At various times during the gathering, the soon-to-be-initiated received guidance from all present, but the highlights of the afternoon were sage words from the hearts of our two ALITC (Another Link In The Chain) Speakers: Rick Arllen’69 and John Post ’69.

They did a superb job articulating to the group the history, traditions, mission and opportunities in which Hunter and Megan will soon be steeped.

Others participating were Jack Renard Hampton Roads Chapter: Members of the Navy Women’s Crew Team enjoyed themselves at a Bar BQ ’55, Alan Swinger ’66 and Sandra, Nancy hosted by Al Nadolski ’77 on his farm in Moyock, NC. Arllen, Mark Metcalf ’76, Jeff Holloway ’77 and Debra, Steve Trotta ’80 (BGO), Class with the most attendees was Bill Murray ’83 and RoyAnn, David reclaimed by the Class of 1960. However Maruna ’95 (Welcome Back), mom the Class of 1977, the previous winner, (Nancy), and daughter (Zoe), and caused a huge ripple in the Universe by newcomers Chris McLean ’05 and son failing to hand over the award. Therefore (Brock), and Ben Ward ’12 – Welcome! the appropriate “Come Around” was issued to ’77 from ’60! Other participating alumni included Jack Lewis ’69, Jack Lahren ’69, Bill Coxe ’69, Steve Beaulieu ’69, Judd Knecht ’79, Tim Moon ’79, Doug Mitchell ’79, Ned Kuhns ’61, Hampton Roads Chapter President Dick Enderly ’71 Tom McNicholas ’61, Dudley Miles ’61, presents a memento to RADM Tom Moore ’81 who spoke at the Chapter’s 22nd annual Plebe Dave Mutzbaugh ’81, Wilbur Edwards Recognition Dinner Speaker ’68, Mark Rupprecht ’76, Lon Scofield ’69, Rob Hanckel ’78, John Galle ’75, Al Galvani ’43, Bob Graham ’61, Jay Decker ’61, Frank Mixner ’61, John Post ’69 forging another link...

Jim Joyner ’61, Dan Lear ’68, Jim Our next scheduled event is the Fall Eilertsen ’60, Ed Clexton ’60, and All-Services Golf Outing, on Thursday Mark Hunter ’82. On 01 October the September 24th at Old Trail in Crozet.

Chapter will host the 2nd Annual Golf You deserve a day off - join us!

Tournament in conjunction with the Bill Murray ’83 local Habitat for Humanity’s Habitat for Heroes Program!

Hampton Roads Chapter Pres: CAPT Dick Enderly ’71 USN (Ret.) When Laura Nadolski ’18 and her (l to r) Bob Byles, Jerry O’Donnell and Dennis Plank P: 757-467-5167; C: 757-647-5155 Navy Women’s Crew teammates spent from the Class of 1969 were among 10 classmates E: bsbalcdmn@cox.net their Spring Break rowing out of the Old that attended the Hampton Roads Chapter’s Plebe Website: www.usnahamptonroads.com Recognition Dinner on 10 June Dominion University boathouse her Dad BGO Area Coordinator: LCDR David Al Nadolski ’77 hosted Laura and her Lannetti ’81, USN (Ret.) At our 22nd annual Plebe Recognition 42 teammates for a BBQ dinner with all P: 757-423-8602; E: dlannetti81@gmail.com Dinner (PRD) on 10 June we recognized the fixins at their Moyock, NC farm. BZ nine local students inbound to USNA, Lots of action in Hampton Roads! and great support Al! NAPS, and one Foundation School along On 28 May our annual Spring Golf In mid-May the 8th Annual Tidewater with parents, friends, and other family Outing at NAS Oceana’s Tomcat Course Class of 1969 BASH was held in members. Bob Kautter ’77 orchestrated afforded 66 avid golfers the opportunity Chesapeake, VA at the home of Gary and Brad McDonald ’77 emceed a to get their games on track after a cold Goodmundson ’69. A total of 27 superb event with over 100 participants. winter season. The foursome of Dave classmates attended from Tidewater, The Class of 1969 led the way with 10 Story ’71, Mark Hunter ’82, Travis Williamsburg and Northern Virginia, attendees - Stan Bryant, Bob Byles, Jones ’02, and Lex Murphy was crowned Annapolis, North Carolina, and Florida.

Bill Clifford, Tom Fowler, Joe Greene, Tournament Champion. The alwayscoveted Fragelee Award presented to the

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CHAPTER NEWS Bill Laz, Stephen Leaman, Jerry O’Donnell, Dennis Plank and Lon Scofield. We were especially honored to have Wick Harlan ’46 in attendance as SOPA for the evening! Guest Speaker RADM Tom Moore ’81 inspired the incoming Plebes by discussing Academy life, the lifelong Classmate bond, and their future challenges and responsibilities. The PRD always features the Weirich Award presentation to the area’s top Blue & Gold Officer and Area Coordinator Dave Lannetti ’81 presented the 2014 award to LT Samantha “Sam” Lester ’05.

Also Stan Bryant presented the Another Link in the Chain program and assured those entering the Class of 2019 that his classmates would stand beside them all the way to graduation.

On 26 June Dick Enderly ’71 put together a Chapter Night at the Ball Park where 57 baseball fans enjoyed the Norfolk Tides 5-4 win over the Toledo Mud Hens.

Information on upcoming events will be promulgated on our website by Webmaster Rob Aeschbach ’90, announced via “Chapter Blaster” emails, and posted on Facebook and other social media venues.

Dick Enderly ’71

Shenandoah Valley Chapter Pres: CAPT Thomas W. Southworth ’67, USNR (Ret.)

Quantico Area Chapter Pres: Col Jim Gfrerer ’87 USMC (Ret.)

Corr Sec’y: CDR Peter Stit ’83, USN (Ret.)

E: james.gfrerer@1987.USNA.COM

P: 540-514-4204; E: tomsouthworth@yahoo.com

Sec’y: LCDR Grayson Redford ’63, USN (Ret.) P: 540-662-6142

BGO Area Coordinator: CAPT James H. Czerwonky ’63, USN (Ret.) P: 703-533-3566; E: jczerwonky@verizon.net

Williamsburg Chapter Pres: CAPT Bob Osmon ’60, SC USNR (Ret.)

Center June 7, 2015. USNA alumni, members of the USNA WA parents, family and friends welcomed the class of 2019 from Washington. The guest speaker CAPT Megan Selbach-Allen ’09 USMC, challenged the class of 2019 to take advantage of the opportunities at USNA. Members of the class of 1969 led by Ron Barrow ’69 welcomed 2019 as “another link in the chain.” GO NAVY!

P: 757-564-3088; E: Ozusna@cox.net

Sec’y: CDR Tom Wishart ’60, USN (Ret.) P: 757-253-0250; E: twishart1@cox.net

BGO Area Coordinator: LCDR David Lannetti ’81, USN (Ret.) P: 757-423-8602; E: dlannetti81@gmail.com

Washington

Washington, DC Area BGO Area Coord: (Northern VA) CAPT James Czerwonky ’63, USN (Ret.) P: 703-533-3566; E: jczerwonky@verizon.net

Greater Washington Chapter Pres: CAPT James Gray ’88 E: jim@grayplace.com

BGO Area Coord: LCDR Michael Beard ’00, USNR E: m-mikebe@microsoft.com

Hanford/Tri-Cities Chapter Pres: CAPT Edward Schwier ’69, USN (Ret.) 1196 Brentwood Ave., Richland, WA 99352-8540 H: 509-627-7288; W: 509-372-0176 E: Edward_G_Ed_Schwier@rl.gov; eschwier@charter.net; egschwier@aol.com

Website: http://hanford.usnachapters.com/

Puget Sound Chapter Pres: RADM Bill Center ’68 USN (Ret.) 24007 76th Ave W, Edmonds, WA 98026 P: 206-719-2952; E: w.center@comcast.net 7219 64th St SE, Snohomish, WA 98290

Website: http://pugetsound.usnachapters.com/

Sec’y: Orin Clay ’89 E: obc089@gmail.com

Website: www.usnaaagwc.org BGO Area Coordinator: LCDR Barry Schildknecht ’92, USN E: brady@1992.usna.com

Wisconsin BGO Area Coord: CDR Craig Walker ’83, USNR (Ret.) P: 262-502-9124; E: craig.a.walker@ge.com

Wisconsin Chapter Pres: CDR Rob Grasse ’88, USN (Ret.) P: 262-424-9029; E: rgrasse1@wi.rr.com

Vice Pres & Treas: COL Jeff Reagan ’88, USMC (Ret.) E: reagan@salescampaigns.com

Sec’y:Todd Wiese ’93

Vice Pres: Geoff Pomroy ’69

P: 262-349-5671; E: todd.wiese@abstb.com

E: g_w_pegasus@yahoo.com

Website: http://wisconsin.usnachapters.com

Sec’y: Dan Morio ’91 E:dan@gonavytravel.com

Treas: Bob Taylor ’74 E: dogofgold@yahoo.com

BGO Area Coord: CAPT James H. Czerwonky ’63, USN (Ret.) P: 703-533-3566; E: jczerwonky@verizon.net

Website: http://usnaalumniquantico.com

2015 Navy Football Schedule

Richmond Chapter Pres: Michael Metzger ’89

Follow Navy Football online at NAVYSPORTS.COM

E: michael.metzger@1989.usna.com

Sec’y: Mac Bullock ’95 E: mac.bullock@techport13.com

Website: http://richmond.usnachapters.com BGO Area Coordinator: LCDR David Lannetti ’81, USN (Ret.)

Date Class of 2019 from Washington State being introduced by Blue and Gold Area Coordinator LCDR Michael Beard ’00

The class of 2019 Plebe recognition dinner was held at the Nile Shrine Golf

Opponent

5 Sept 2015 19 Sept 2015 26 Sept 2015 3 Oct 2015 10 Oct 2015 24 Oct 2015

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ALUMNI HOUSE Bring your event Home— The newly renovated Ogle Hall is ready to host your special event For more information, please contact :

Lyn Looft at 410-295-4020 or Wendy Owen 410-295-4018 or email events@usna.com

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vs Colgate -Annapolis, MD -12:00PM vs East Carolina -Annapolis, MD -3:30 PM @ UConn -Hartford, CT -TBA vs Air Force -Annapolis, MD -3:30 PM @ Notre Dame -South Bend, IN -TBA vs Tulane -Annapolis, MD -1:00 PM (Homecoming)

USNA AA TAILGATES Bring the whole family down to cheer on Navy at our home game tailgates in the Stadium, right next to the field!

We start 2 hours before game-time and party right through half-time!

For more information, see www.usna.com/tailgates or contact us at events@usna.com.

31 Oct 2015 7 Nov 2015 14 Nov 2015 21 Nov 2015 27 Nov 2015 5 Dec 2015

vs USF -Annapolis, MD -12:00PM @ Memphis -Memphis, TN -TBA vs SMU -Annapolis, MD -3:30 PM @ Tulsa -Tulsa, OK -TBA @ Houston -Houston, TX -TBA American Athletic Conference Championship -TBA 12 Dec 2015 vs ARMY -Philadelphia, PA -3:30 PM

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LASTCALL “They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.”

—Laurence Binyon, 1914 RICHARDSON, DAVID CHARLES ’36 * VADM, USN (Ret.) 13 June 2015 BISHOP, CHARLES BIRNEY ’42 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 17 June 2015 HOLMES, DONALD THEODORE ’42 * CAPT, USN (Ret.) 3 December 2014 TAGLAND, ARTHUR HERBERT ’42 LCDR, USN (Ret.) 24 May 2015 SPRATLING, WILLIAM HUGH ’44 29 June 2015 WILSON, RODNEY WALLACE ’44 17 July 2015 MADIGAN, THOMAS WARREN ’45 15 June 2015 CORBETT, FENNER SAMUEL ’46 18 June 2015 GLINDEMAN, HENRY PETER JR. ’46 * RADM, USN (Ret.) 15 February 2015 GREENWOOD, BURNIEL KNIGHT ’46 * LCDR, USNR (Ret.) 2 July 2015 LARSON, DONALD LESLIE ’46 16 June 2015 HAYS, SEYMORE THOMAS JR. ’47 * CDR, USN (Ret.) 14 June 2015 ALT, WALTER LOUIS ’48 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 8 July 2015

SAGERHOLM, FRITHIOF NORRIS JR. ’49 * 19 July 2015 SELLE, ROBERT WILLIAM ’49 CDR, USNR (Ret.) 17 June 2015

GILBREATH, DAVID SLAGLE ’60 LCDR, USN (Ret.) 24 June 2015

ROGERS, THOMAS STEVENSON ’50 * CAPT, USN (Ret.) 22 June 2015

KANAKRY, SALIM JOSEPH ’60 Lt Col, USAF (Ret.) 5 July 2015

SNYDER, RICHARD EDMUND ’50 21 May 2015

MORENCY, DAVID ’61 LT, USN 27 June 2015

VAN KLEECK, JUSTIN LAING ’50 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 22 June 2015

ROSSER, THEODORE NEALE JR. ’62 * 29 June 2015

WUNDERLICH, ROBERT ’50 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 9 May 2015

SMITH, GARY ’63 LCDR, USNR (Ret.) 3 July 2015

EVANS, DANIEL HOWARD ’51 * CDR, USN (Ret.) 20 June 2015

FLOOD, WILLIAM JAMES ’64 3 July 2015

URBAN, FRANK MONROE ’51 23 June 2015

CALHOUN, WILLIAM M. ’67 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 17 July 2015

THOMPSON, GERALD JORDAN ’52 RADM, SC, USN (Ret.) 28 June 2015

HINES, JOHN THOMAS JR. ’71 8 July 2015

KNIGHTON, GEORGE WILLIAM JR. ’53 14 July 2015

MCBRIEN, CHARLES PRESTON ’72 18 June 2015

LAWRENCE, DONALD STEPHEN ’53 CDR, USN (Ret.) 1 July 2015

COHEE, FRANK EARLE III ’74 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 30 June 2015

GERST, THEODORE CARLTON ’54 Lt Col, USAF (Ret.) 28 June 2015

BIGGS, TIMOTHY PAUL ’75 * 6 July 2015 STIMSON, PAUL CECIL ’76 10 June 2015

KOPPENHAVER, RUSSELL CLETUS ’55 27 June 2015

DODD, W. STANLEY JR. ’48 CDR, USNR (Ret.) 27 June 2015

LAWNICZAK, GEORGE EDWARD JR. ’55 CDR, USN (Ret.) 1 June 2015

KLINEFELTER, JOHN WINTON ’48 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 4 July 2015

CUNNIFF, STEPHEN JAMES ’56 26 June 2015

MARSH, MARVIN DALE ’48 CAPT, USN (Ret.) 18 July 2015

HAFFEY, JAMES MICHAEL ’59 LCDR, USN 8 July 2015

MILLER, JOHN MICHAEL JR. ’56 7 July 2015

FORDHAM, JOSEPH PAUL ’85 * 24 June 2015 STROMBERG, MATTHEW MARTIN ’90 Capt, USMC 11 July 2015 * obituary appears in this issue

BRONS, JOHN CLEMONS ’59 CDR, USN (Ret.) 19 June 2015

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LASTCALL DAVID CHARLES RICHARDSON ’36 Vice Admiral David C. Richardson, USN (Ret.), passed away peacefully in his San Diego home on Saturday, 13 June 2015, at the age of 101. His family was with him.

David was born in Meridian, MS, in 1914, the only child of Isaiah and Anne Kate Richardson. He earned the rank of Eagle Scout, graduated from Marion Institute and attended the U.S. Naval Academy.

He graduated with the Class of 1936, and after two years on the battleship TENNESSEE, was assigned to flight training in Pensacola, FL, and earned his Wings in 1940.

Reporting to Fighting Squadron Five, David flew F3Fs and F4Fs. In 1942, he saw action when he flew off SARATOGA, was credited with the first kill of a Japanese “May” seaplane while under control of SARATOGA, and then to Guadalcanal, where he shot down three additional enemy aircraft and was himself shot down. He earned his Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, Air Medals and Purple Heart during that action. Later in the war, he commanded Fighter Squadron One. Following World War II, David studied at the Royal Navy Staff College in London and then spent two years at the Naval War College in Newport, RI, as a student and on staff. He commanded Carrier Air Group 13 during the Korean War and served in mid-career staff tours, including naval aviation planning for both Europe and the Pacific. Additional commands included CIMARRON and the aircraft carrier HORNET, where he won the Battle Efficiency Award.

With promotion to rear admiral, David commanded Carrier Division Five/CTF-77 off Vietnam. In 1968, he was selected for vice admiral and assumed command of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, based in Gaeta, Italy. In 1972, he retired as Deputy Commander, Pacific Fleet based in Pearl Harbor, HI, and his family returned to Julian, CA. Following his naval service, David began consulting and advising in the exploitation of intelligence and in the technology of command and control of naval forces. He served many years on national intelligence panels, including the Naval Research Advisory Committee and was a member of the Naval Intelligence Advisory Board. On his 95th birthday, David received a formal recognition for his significant contributions to naval intelligence.

He was predeceased by his beloved wife of 58 years, Jeanne, and son, David ’66. Surviving are his children, Caprice, Robert, Ruthanne, Schamber and Samuel, (Captain, USN (Ret.); 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Please note that we have a maximum word limit of 400 words. Obituaries may be submitted electronically (preferred) to obits@usna.com, or via U.S. Mail to: Shipmate obituaries, 247 King George Street, Annapolis, MD 21402-5068.

If you have any questions regarding the submission of obituaries to Shipmate, please contact Timothy Elizabeth Woodbury (410-295-4064 or obits@usna.com).

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ALBERT HARRISON CLANCY JR. ’40 Rear Admiral Albert H. “Pat” Clancy, USN (Ret.), died on 5 June 2015 in Palo Alto, CA. He was 95 years old.

He was born in Santa Fe, NM, but his family moved to Albuquerque soon thereafter. He attended the University of New Mexico for one year before entering the Naval Academy.

Upon graduating with the Class of 1940 at the age of 20, he was assigned to the light cruiser HONOLULU. The ship was in Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and he participated in the action. In 1942, he reported for flight training and later helped form Fighter Squadron 47. Air Group 47 was assigned to BATAAN in 1945 and he became commander of that group. They were conducting strikes against Tokyo when World War II ended. Thus, he saw the beginning and the end of the war.

Postgraduate school followed and he received a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering from the California Institute of Technology. He was designated an Aeronautical Engineering Duty Officer in 1949.

Various engineering duty tours followed and he was selected for rear admiral in 1967 while he was commanding officer of the Naval Air Engineering Center in Philadelphia, PA. Tours as a flag officer included: program manager of the Navy F111B fighter (presiding over its demise), program manager for Electronic Warfare Programs (PM-7), assistant commander of the Naval Air Systems Command, and force maintenance officer, Naval Air Force, Pacific Fleet. This tour of duty coincided with the last year of the Vietnam War. He retired in 1973 after 33 years of active duty. His decorations include two Legions of Merit, two Distinguished Flying Crosses and seven Air Medals.

Rear Admiral Clancy was preceded in death by his loving wife of 68 years, Betty, and son, Timothy. He is survived by sons (and daughters-in-law), Michael (Susan), Kevin ’69 (Dawn) and Dion ’72 (Kim); granddaughter, Erin; and grandson, Brian.

A celebration of life was held at The Forum in Cupertino, CA. Inurnment at the Naval Academy Columbarium will be at a later date.

He will be missed by many but is now reunited with Betty and the Greatest Generation, who gave their lives for this country.

DONALD THEODORE HOLMES ’42 Captain Donald T. Holmes, USN (Ret.), died at Escondido, CA, on 3 December 2014. He was 95 at the time of his passing.

Born in Escanaba, MI, to Joseph Theodore and Gerda Holmes, “Don” graduated from the Naval Academy in December 1941 with the war-time accelerated Class of 1942. He served most of the war in the South Pacific on the destroyer HELM (DD-388) and 11 months on CANBERRA (CA-70). Following the war, he attended MIT, where he earned

an MS degree in naval construction and marine engineering. He also received an M.B.A. from The George Washington University in 1958.

His duty assignments included the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, the Naval Research Lab, the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, the Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn and the Amphibious Base in Norfolk,VA. Don retired from the Navy in 1970 after 30 years of distinguished service.

Following his naval career, he worked for the CIA on the Glomar Explorer Project. He was also involved in the oil and gas industry and managed several offshore drilling operations in the Far East. He ultimately retired to California at the age of 70.

Donald married his high school sweetheart, Beatrice Morton, and they enjoyed 71 years together, traveling the world and making great friends. Bea predeceased him in 2012. They are survived by their four children, Kris Altenau, Jeffrey Holmes, Steven Holmes and Kathy Laminen; and seven grandchildren.

A memorial service was held at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Escanaba, MI, on 25 July 2015.

The Holmes Family HENRY PETER GLINDEMAN JR. ’46 Rear Admiral Henry P. Glindeman Jr., USN (Ret.), of Juno Beach, FL, passed away on 15 February 2015. He was 90 years old.

“Hank” was born in Coeur d’Alene, ID, 26 September 1924 to Henry Peter Sr. and Laura Mae (Buchanan) Glindeman.

He graduated from Coeur d’Alene High School and was appointed to the United States Naval Academy, where he received a bachelor of science degree in 1945 as part of the wartime-accelerated Class of 1946.

He received his postgraduate education at the U.S. Naval War College (1959-1960). He married Jacqueline Fae (Snyder) Glindeman in November 1945 in Seattle, WA. He devoted 33 years of his life to serving his country in the United States Navy. His passion was for naval aviation, where he was among the first 100 pilots certified to fly naval jets. He ascended to command positions of Fighter Squadron VF-154 (The Black Knights), as well as Air Wing 15. He then assumed surface ship commands aboard the oiler PASSUMPSIC and the carrier RANGER. He attained his highest rank of rear admiral in 1973, when he became part of the cross-service Fleet Coordinating Group out of Nakhon Phanom Province in Thailand. He then served for the Office of the Secretary of the Navy in the Office of Program Appraisal before being placed in charge of Carrier Group 7 (1975-1976), Carrier Group 3 (1976) and Carrier Group 5 (1976-1977). He finished his naval career as the head of the Naval Safety Center in 1978.

Among his awards were the Legion of Merit with 4 Gold Stars, the Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Gold Star and the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat V. His post-naval career as a real estate developer, corporate executive and entrepreneur continued through 1996, when he retired tp enjoy the warmth of Florida.

He is survived by his third wife, Florence Glindeman of Juno Beach, FL; daughter, Pamela Huber of Macon, GA; son, John Glindeman of Harrisburg, PA; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

The Glindeman Family BURNIEL KNIGHT GREENWOOD ’46 Lieutenant Commander Burniel K. Greenwood, USNR (Ret.), died on 2 July 2015 in Virginia Beach,VA, surrounded by his loving family, nieces, Heidi Johnson and Allison Dickson, and his nephew, Joshua Stiffler.

Burniel was born in Lincoln, NE, on 12 March 1923, the second son of James C. and Ella V. Greenwood. He attended Hastings College in Hastings, NE, from 1939 to 1942. He entered the United States Naval Academy with a congressional appointment on 15 July 1942 and graduated with the wartime accelerated Class of 1946 on 6 June 1945. He was assigned as a deck officer in the battleship TENNESSEE (BB-33). Subsequent orders placed him on the communication staff of Commander Battleship Squadron One. This command became CTF-55, which had the Pacific “Magic Carpet” duty, which arranged for over a quarter of a million service personnel to return to the U.S. from their assignments in the Pacific.

Burniel resigned his commission in 1947 and took an engineering assignment with the General Electric Company in Schenectady, NY. He studied advanced engineering in both electronics and heavy industrial equipment. In 1951, Burniel was recalled on active duty in the Naval Reserve. He was assigned as a deck officer in MIDWAY (CVB-41). After two years on carriers, he returned to GE and was assigned to industrial sales in Philadelphia, PA. Several moves and several assignments later, including an area management assignment in Industrial Sales in the Southeast, Burniel retired from General Electric in 1985.

He was predeceased by his wife, Elizabeth Judy Greenwood, in 2000. His only brother, E.V. “Gus” Greenwood, died in 2005.

A brother and sister-in-law, Dean and June Bailey of Virginia Beach,VA, and a sister-in-law, Betty Greenwood of Houston, TX, survive him. He also has several cousins and nieces and nephews in Virginia Beach, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Nebraska, California and Florida.

Entombment took place in the family crypt in Chapel of the Pines at Princess Anne Cemetery in Virginia Beach,VA, on 8 July 2015.

Online condolences may be made to the family at (www.hdoliver.com).

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LASTCALL SEYMORE THOMAS HAYS JR. ’47 Commander S.T. Hays, USN (Ret.), died on Flag Day, 14 June 2015. He was 92 years old.

“S.T.” was born and reared in Mammoth Spring, AR, and received a congressional appointment to the United States Naval Academy. He graduated in June 1946 as a member of the 23rd Company in the Class of 1947.

After graduation, S.T. served 23 years active duty. At sea, he served on four destroyers (FRANK KNOX, JOHN R. PIERCE, DEALEY and WITEK); two heavy cruisers (NEWPORT NEWS and BOSTON); and an LSD, (TORTUGA). Ashore, S.T. was assigned to the U.S. NPGS (ordnance engineering), ONR London (Surface Warfare Officer) and the Special Projects Office (SPO, Polaris and Poseidon) as the launcher sub-system program manager (SP-22).

In August 1956, S.T. reported to DEALEY as XO in Newport, RI. It was here that he met Lieutenant Ellen Crecelous, NC, USNR. They were married on 30 August 1957 after a whirlwind courtship.

S.T. retired from the Navy in January 1969 in Washington, DC. On 2 February, he reported to Computer Command and Control Company as the manager of a computer-microfiche database.

This was followed by two years at Scientific Management Associates working on various NAVSEC efforts.

In 1974, S.T. joined Unified Industries Incorporated (UII), which had support contracts with NAVSEC, DFSA and FAA. As a senior systems engineer, S.T. performed various tasks under these contracts until 1977, when he was assigned to manage UII’s efforts to support the NAVSEA’s Shop Maintenance Improvement and On-Board Maintenance training programs. This effort grew over the years from 10 to 150 people. S.T. continued at UII until he retired as a divisional vice president in 1989. On retirement, S.T. and Ellen moved to Ocean Pines, MD. S.T. was a Registered Professional Engineer (PE), a member of the National and Maryland Societies of Professional Engineers and the Washington Society of Engineers. He was a life member of the NAAA, MOAA and DAV. S.T. was predeceased by his parents, Seymore T. and Mabel Thomason Hays; and his brother, Colonel William L. Hays, USA. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Ellen; four children, Seymore T. III (Rebecca), Steven K. (C.C.), Julie Hays Beebe (David) and Jeffrey S. (Laurie); and ten grandchildren.

The Hays Family FRANKLIN CULLY KNOCK ’48 After a brief illness, Captain Franklin C. Knock, USN (Ret.), died on 24 January 2015, surrounded by family and friends.

“Frank” was born on 8 December 1925 in Detroit, MI, the son of Franklin Coblentz Knock and Ruth Marie Cully.

He graduated on 6 June 1947 with the Class of 1948A, and after early sea duty, including service in MISSOURI (BB-63), became an Engineering Duty Officer. He spent much of his

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career at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, building, overhauling and refueling nuclear-powered submarines and destroyers. In his final tour there, he became the production officer. In 1972, he was ordered to the Naval Sea Systems Command as Assistant Deputy Commander for Industrial and Facility Management, serving there until his retirement in 1978.

Frank continued to work as a management consultant for many years thereafter.

In 1958, he met and married the love of his life, Carol Elizabeth LaChapelle, in Monterey, CA. They were married for almost 53 years, before she passed on 9 April 2011. His greatest enjoyment was supporting Carol and their daughter, Lisa Marie, in the family’s passion for breeding, training and showing purebred dogs. Carol had her own dog obedience school, The Civilized Dog, which she established in California in the 1960s.

Frank was her key partner, making many friends in the community while contributing to its success. In the 1970s, Frank and Carol established TriSorts Kennel, breeding Pembroke Welsh Corgis, American Staffordshire Terriers, Belgian Sheepdogs, Tervuren and their beloved Malinois. TriSorts bred over 150 Champions of Record and several Westminster Kennel Club “Best of Breed” Belgian Malinois. Frank served for many years as a director on the national board of the American Belgian Malinois Club and volunteered wherever needed in support of the Club’s operations.

Additionally, Frank was a past president of the Rotary Club and his local homeowners association in Vienna,VA. In 2010, Carol and Frank moved to The Fairfax military retirement community in Fort Belvoir,VA. Frank was a consummate gentleman who generously donated his time to help those around him. He is survived by his daughter, Lisa; son-in-law, Carl D. Brown; brother, Richard; sister-in-law, Linda (Schaible) Knock; two nephews, Prescott and Spencer Knock; and a brother-in-law, Bill LaChapelle.

A memorial service was held on 31 January 2015 at The Fairfax and he was interred with full honors at Arlington National Cemetery on 19 May. ALLEN HORACE BALCH ’49 Captain Allen H. Balch, USN (Ret.), died on 5 May 2015 in Green Valley, AZ. Born to Amos Henry and Barbara Allen Stone Balch in Abilene, TX, on 10 March 1927, his family later moved to Tyler, TX, where as a teen, “Al” first used his wonderful speaking voice as radio broadcaster at KGKB. He was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1945, graduating with distinction in June 1949.

He married Jean Roach of Tyler, TX, before reporting to NAS Pensacola, where he completed training in multi-engine aircraft, earning his Wings at NAS Corpus Christi, TX. He was ordered to VP-4 flying P-2V Neptune aircraft during the Korean War. In three deployments, Al rose from navigator to PPC, earning the China Service Medal. During Vietnam, Al served as commander of P3-A Orion squadron 46, earning the Vietnam Campaign Medal and an Air Medal. Earlier duty afloat was

aboard INTREPID. Other awards include the World War II Victory Medal, the Naval Unit Commendation and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Ribbon, Cuba.

Shore duty included General Line School in Monterey, CA, Army War College in Carlisle, PA, and five years in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, where he was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal and a Legion of Merit. Al retired from the Navy in 1973.

Returning to radio at WRR, Dallas, Allen interviewed Sen. John Tower, becoming his press secretary, in Washington, DC, where he married his second wife, Lindsay.

Allen then anchored radio at WTOP in Washington for six years, while living aboard a houseboat in the Washington Marina.

Working with O’Connor Productions, he developed a syndicated radio series “The Senators.”

In 1992, he and Lindsay moved to Green Valley, AZ, while working for the Ross Perot campaign for presidency. They joined La Posada retirement community in 2005, where he emceed “The Allen Balch Show,” joined and managed the La Posada Singers and soloed his beautiful bass voice.

Allen is survived by his wife, Lindsay; five children from his first marriage, Paulanne Balch, MD of Boulder, CO, Deborah LaCivita of Greenwich, CT, Patricia Tracy of Manassas,VA, Allen “Skip” Balch of Austin, TX, and Karen Sue Pittman of Ruston, LA; Lindsay’s two sons, George R. Miller of Los Gatos, CA, and Colonel Randolph P. Miller, USAF (Ret.), of Washington, DC; plus 13 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and his sister, Ruby Virginia Smith of Dalhart, TX. Burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery.

KARL FREDERICK COOK ’49 Captain Karl F. Cook, USN (Ret.), died 8 June 2015 at home in Scottsville,VA. Karl was born in Niles, MI, on 7 December 1927, the son of Sheridan and Margaret (Schmidt) Cook. He graduated from Niles High School and attended Western Michigan University and Iowa State University in the V-12A program prior to his congressional appointment to the Naval Academy from Michigan. He graduated with the Class of 1949.

He earned his Wings in 1950 and was ordered to VR-6 at Westover AFB, MA, as the Berlin Airlift was ending, then participated in the airlifts supporting the development of Thule AFB in Greenland. When detached from VR-6 in 1954, with orders to instructor duty at Pensacola, FL, over half of his flight hours were above the Arctic Circle. He attended General Line School in Monterey, CA, and Air Intelligence School in Washington, DC, with orders to the Fleet Intelligence Center, Pacific for Special Weapons Targeting. A tour with VP-6 at Barbers Point, HI, was highlighted by assignment to the team working the breadboard Julie/Jezebel ASW system development.The Operations Analysis Course at the Naval Postgraduate School was followed by an OpNav tour in Command and Control. In the mid-1960s, he served as XO/CO of VP-26, the Navy’s first P3B squadron.

Next came a tour as XO of TALLEDEGA in Vietnam. In 1969, he returned to the Pentagon, assigned to the Office of Program Appraisal in SecNav’s office; during this tour, he was the Navy representative to OSD for the Vietnamization process. After attending the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and receiving a master’s degree from The George Washington University (1971-1972), he was ordered to CinCLant staff in Command and Control. He retired from the NATO staff at SacLant in Norfolk,VA, in 1979.

Karl was a department manager at Computer Sciences Corporation before retiring to his Christmas tree plantation in Buckingham County,VA, in 1991. In addition to St. George’s Catholic Church in Scottsville,VA, he was a member of the Knights of Columbus, U.S. Naval Institute, Navy League, MOAA and the Operations Research Society of America.

His wife of 59 years, Mary Rita (Grundy) Cook, predeceased him in July 2008. Survivors include seven sons, Patrick, Timothy, Kevin, Dennis, Terrance, Michael and Edward; two daughters, Kathleen Zurfluh Scott and Maureen Cook Hanna; five sisters; 22 grandchildren; and one great-grandson.

Rita and Karl were interred at the Naval Academy Columbarium on 20 July 2015.

FRITHIOF NORRIS SAGERHOLM JR. ’49 Frithiof N. Sagerholm Jr. died at home in Ocean City, NJ, on 19 July 2015 from cancer. He was 90 years old.

Born in Uniontown, PA,“Sag” graduated from St. John’s High School in Uniontown just two months past his 17th birthday, as valedictorian of his class.

Sag moved with his family to Baltimore, MD, in June 1942, and worked at the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Co. building the Navy’s PBM Martin Mariner aircraft. Shortly before his 18th birthday, he enlisted in the Navy in April 1943, and after attending various schools, he was assigned to a VPB squadron where he was the flight engineer on a PBM. His squadron participated in the Marianas Campaign, during which Sag was awarded the Air Medal.

He entered NAPS in Bainbridge, MD, in 1944 and received a Fleet appointment to the Naval Academy. Upon commissioning with the Class of 1949, he went to flight training at Pensacola, and in 1951 was assigned to a VP squadron, flying the PBM. His squadron deployed to Iwakuni, Japan, during the Korean War. While flying a recon mission in the Sea of Japan, his aircraft was attacked by several MiG fighters. Sag took evasive action and eluded his attackers, an action for which he received a second Air Medal.

When a medical condition grounded him in 1954, Sag was assigned to NAS Atlantic City as the base maintenance officer.

He resigned his commission in 1957, and having married a girl from Ocean City, NJ, he and his family took up residence there.

A year or so later, the FAA took over the decommissioned NAS Atlantic City, and it became the National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center. Certified as a professional engineer, Sag was the first person hired at NAFEC and was placed in charge of base maintenance, construction and installation of equipment.

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Sag was an avid sailor and eventually acquired a J-35, in which he and his crew won numerous trophies, including the prestigious North American Rolex championship.

Sag was predeceased by his first wife,Anne (Monihan) Sagerholm, and his son, Eric. He is survived by his wife, Florence; daughter, Karen Heist (Thomas); sons, James (Debbie) and Mark; two grandsons; and his brother,Vice Admiral James A. Sagerholm ’52, USN (Ret.).

Interment will be in Arlington National Cemetery.

THOMAS STEVENSON ROGERS JR. ’50 Captain Thomas S. Rogers Jr., USN (Ret.), a highly decorated Navy fighter pilot, devoted husband, father and grandfather, passed away on 22 June 2015 at age 87.

“Tom” was born in Chicago on 12 March 1928 and earned a scholarship to Georgetown University. After a year, he transferred to the United States Naval Academy and graduated in 1950 with a bachelor of science degree.

Upon commissioning,Tom reported aboard SHEA. He next went to flight training, where he earned his Wings of Gold as a naval aviator. His first squadron was Fighter Squadron 111, where he flew combat missions in Korea aboard BOXER and PHILIPPINE SEA. Tom was then selected to attend the Naval Postgraduate School, where he earned his master of science degree in operations research. He was next assigned to Guided Missile Unit 61 in China Lake, where he conducted the initial R&D on the Sidewinder missile.

Tom’s next major assignment was as executive and commanding officer of Fighter Squadron 92, where he flew extensive combat missions in Vietnam. He was then selected for air wing command and was assigned as Commander, Carrier Air Wing Three.

After a staff assignment, he selected for ship and aircraft carrier command. Tom served as commanding officer of the ammunition ship FLINT and the aircraft carrier CORAL SEA. Tom’s tour as the commanding officer of CORAL SEA was highlighted by the recovery of the SS MAYAGUEZ. Following his two ship commands, Tom was assigned to Naval Forces Europe Headquarters as Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Plans and Policy. In June 1980, Tom retired from active duty after more than 30 years of service.

His awards include the Legion of Merit (2), Distinguished Flying Cross (2), Bronze Star with Combat V, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal (14) and the Navy Commendation with Combat V (4).

After his retirement from the Navy, Tom joined industry with SAIC. During this period, his wife, Eleanor, passed away after a battle with cancer. He also suffered the loss of his daughter, Sharon, and granddaughter, Anastasia.

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his three children, Mike, Carol and Diane; three stepchildren, Kathleen, Kristin and Bill; and seven grandchildren, Alana, Chelsea, Josh, Casey, Christine, Danny and Laura.

Captain Rogers will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

DANIEL HOWARD EVANS ’51 Commander Daniel H. Evans, USN (Ret.), died on 20 June 2015 in Naples, FL. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, PA. During World War II, he enlisted in the Navy from high school and after being discharged, attended Bucknell University.

He then entered the Naval Academy.

Upon graduation with the Class of 1951, he served in BAIROKO (CVE-115).

He entered flight training and was designated a naval aviator in 1953. After serving a three-year tour with Patrol Squadron 22 in Hawaii, he returned to the Naval Academy as an instructor in the Weapons Engineering Department.

Subsequent tours included Fleet Air Squadron Two in Rota, Spain; Commander Fleet Air Norfolk Staff; and the Bureau of Naval Weapons in Washington, DC. During this period he acquired an M.B.A. from George Washington University.

After attending the Armed Forces Staff College, he reported to WASP (CVS-18) as weapons officer. During this tour, WASP participated in the recovery of Gemini 9 on 6 June 1966 with Colonel Thomas Stafford, USAF; and on 15 November 1966, Gemini 12, with Lieutenant Commander Eugene Cernan, USN (pilot), Captain James Lovell, USN, (command pilot) and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin (Gemini pilot).

Next came the Naval Air Development Center as program and financial department director, from which he was nominated for the Naval War College.

Because of his wife Miriam’s long-term illness, he retired from the Navy after 20 years.

He formed Evans Engineering Associates, which was later sold.

After retirement, he taught business and economic courses at Penn State University. He then joined Zink & Triest Company, an import/export company, as executive vice president, traveling the world buying various spices for resale to large spice corporations.

Leaving Pennsylvania, Dan settled in Naples, FL, where he remarried in 1988. He and his wife, Lily, traveled, trout fished in the West and Canada, and visited historic sites. They particularly enjoyed backroad trips to the surrounding states from their summer home in the mountains of North Carolina.

He leaves behind his wife, Lily; three daughters, Mary Virginia Fox (Mike), Nancy Danielle Hannon (Tim) and Abby Griffin Richards (Todd); two stepchildren, Thomas Holland Tripp (Kris) and Tracey Jennifer Thorp (Richard); seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

A memorial service was held in Naples, FL, on 25 June 2015, followed by inurnment at Naples Memorial Gardens, Chapel of Hope.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Vitas Hospice (https://www.vitas.com/community-connection).

MICHAEL ALLISON PATTEN ’51 Captain Michael A. Patten, USN (Ret.), of Burlington, NC, died at Alamance Regional Medical Center on 10 June 2015. He was 85 years old.

A native of Hamilton County, TN, “Mike” was the son of John Alanson Patten and Catherine Allison Patten. He was a graduate of The Baylor School, Chattanooga, class of 1947, and the United States Naval Academy, Class of 1951.

Upon graduating from the Naval Academy, he was deployed for service in the Korean Conflict. Subsequent to Korea, he received his Wings and served as a naval aviator on carriers within the Atlantic and Pacific fleets. Mike also served as the commander of Squadron VC-3 in Coronado, CA. During the Vietnam War, he served as the navigator of BON HOMME RICHARD (CVA-31) for two tours of duty. He attended the National War College and completed extensive course work at Georgetown University in political science, with an emphasis on the Middle East.

Michael was a founding member of the Anglican Church of the Redeemer in Chattanooga, TN, and a member of the Rotary Club of Chattanooga, TN. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Burlington, NC. A consummate jokester and ukulele player, Mike was also band leader for many rowdy proceedings featuring his and his family’s musical talents in the Patten Family Jug Band.

He was a kind and generous man who gave his talents and abundant love to his family, many friends and his church.

He was the loving husband of Emily “Pemmy” Patten, the one true love of his life. She survives him, along with their three children, Michael Allison Patten Jr. of Seattle, WA, Mary Latham (Jack) of Chapel Hill, NC, and Alexandra Patten (Peter Blumberg) of Mill Valley, CA; four grandchildren, Catherine Latham, Sarah Latham, Henry Blumberg and Charley Blumberg; and numerous cousins and nieces. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, John Patten, and sister, Augusta Travis.

A memorial service was conducted at The May Foley Chapel at Twin Lakes Community on 13 June 2015. Another memorial service will be held at the Anglican Church of the Redeemer in Chattanooga, TN, at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Anglican Church of the Redeemer, 104 McBrien Road, Chattanooga, TN 37411.

Condolences may be offered at www.richandthompson.com.

FRANCIS JAMES MCCARTHY JR. ’54 On 14 May 2015, Colonel “Jim” McCarthy Jr., USAF (Ret.), of Springfield,VA, passed away at the age of 84.

He was born on Mother’s Day in Portland, OR, to Francis James McCarthy and Cecilia Rose Hagan McCarthy.

Jim served 30 years in the Air Force after graduating from the U.S. Naval

Academy in 1954 and attained the rank of colonel.While attending the Naval Academy, he sailed to Rio de Janiero, Brazil, where he met a beautiful opera singer, Maria Gyselda da Fonseca.

They married in September 1956 and enjoyed 59 years of marriage together.

In the Air Force, he served as a pilot, being a tactical fighter and an Interceptor squadron commander. He was deployed to Spain, Germany and bases throughout the U.S. He was proud of his service during the Vietnam War, where he flew F-4 fighter jets and was awarded “Top Gun” in 1970 in Danang,Vietnam. After returning from Vietnam, he completed a Masters of Business Economics at Claremont Business School and eventually completed his pre-dissertation requirements for the Doctor of Business Administration at George Washington University. He continued his career in the Air Force as an international politicalmilitary affairs officer, education training officer and management staff officer.

Jim was a member of the Army-Navy Country Club, where he was a passionate supporter of their swimming program. He became chairman of the club’s swimming committee and president of the Country Club Swimming and Diving Association (CCSDA).

For his many contributions, he received the Albert Schoner Memorial Award and has the CCSDA Boys Junior Individual Medley Relay Championship Trophy named in his honor.

He is survived by his devoted wife, Maria Gyselda; sisters, Theresa Horton and Jane Radke; daughters, Marisa McCarthy Olszewski (Jeffrey), Janet McCarthy Puller (Duncan) and Denise McCarthy Mohler (Rigg); and nine grandchildren. He was predeceased by his brother, John McCarthy.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church in Great Falls,VA, on 21 May 2015. Interment, with full military honors, will take place at Arlington National Cemetery on 9 October 2015, beginning at the Old Post Chapel at 8:45 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the following in his honor: Naval Academy Foundation, attn: Tribute Gifts, 291 Wood Road, Beach Hall, Annapolis, MD 21402-1254, (www.usna.com); or the Air Force Memorial Foundation, One Air Force Memorial Drive, Arlington,VA 22044, (afa.org/airforcememorial/donate).

KENNETH ROBERT MCCALLY ’55 Lieutenant Commander Kenneth R. McCally, USN (Ret.), passed away at his home in Mansfield, OH, on 9 June 2015, after a long battle with cancer. He was 82 years old.

As a junior and senior at Mansfield Senior High, “Ken” was voted First Team All-Ohio in basketball and Class AA Ohio Player of the Year in baseball. He was inducted into the first class of his high school Athletic Hall of Fame and was voted to the All Century Basketball Team Hall of Fame by the Mansfield News Journal. He graduated from the Naval Academy with the Class of 1955 as a member of the Seventh Company. At graduation, he received the Athletic Membership and Services, Fall 2015

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Following graduation, Ken served five years on active duty in surface ships and subs. He then served in the Naval Reserve for a period while working 53 years for John Hancock Life Insurance Company.

Ken was a member of the University Club,Westbrook Country Club and Sertoma. He served on the board of the Mansfield Senior Athletic Hall of Fame. He had a soft spot for all automobiles and enjoyed going to car shows regularly. Ken had many hobbies and maintaining his yard and area Little League fields were high on the list. He loved to cook and especially enjoyed baking pies.

Ken had a great sense of humor and was always telling jokes, especially ones involving golf. In short, he was a people person through and through. Family was his highest priority and he set a stellar example of how hard work and determination will make your dreams come true.

He is survived by his loving wife of 46 years, Beverly Benninghoff McCally; son, Roger McCally of Wooster, OH; numerous cousins, nieces and nephews; his sister-in-law, Pamella Morrison of Syracuse, NY; and brother-in-law, Clyde Benninghoff of Amelia Island, FL. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Norma McCally Kipp.

A funeral service was held on 15 June 1915 in Mansfield, followed by burial with military honors at Mansfield Cemetery.

MATT CLARENCE MLEKUSH ’55 Captain Matt C. Mlekush, USN (Ret.), died after a long bout with Parkinson’s disease in Murfreesboro, TN, on 27 May 2015. He was 83 years old.

A native of Los Angeles, CA, Matt came to the Naval Academy from the Fleet and graduated with the Class of 1955 as a member of the Ninth Company.

Assigned to YARNELL (DD-541) upon graduation, he served from 1955-1958 in all departments, including a 13-month tour as chief engineer. Graduate education at RPI, transfer to CEC and a master’s degree in civil engineering at Colorado University followed. His assignments included CEC tours at Whidbey Island, Guam, Danang and Seattle. During his tour with his family in Guam (1961-1963) while he was serving as staff civil engineer for the air station, as well as Commander Naval Air bases, Southwest Pacific, Typhoon Karen struck with sustained winds of 160 knots and gusts of 180 knots. In his incountry assignment, he was officer in charge of construction, Republic of Vietnam, and worked to meet construction requirements in I-Corps.

Following a tour with ASD (I&L), in which he managed and coordinated base closures, he commanded Amphibious Construction Battalion One. He completed his 35 years of active duty serving in three assignments in Washington, DC, and was actively involved in family housing issues, including testifying before Congress.

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His decorations include two Meritorious Unit Commendations.

Retiring in 1985, he worked at UNC Chapel Hill as Associate Director Physical Plant.

Matt is survived by his wife of 60 years, Ellen Marie Kouma Mlekush; five children, Diane Cothern and her husband, Douglas of Murfreesboro, TN; Matthew Mlekush and his wife, Cindy of Antioch, CA; Denise Shields and her husband, Scott of Virginia Beach,VA; Dana Taylor and her husband, Jim of Morrisville, NC, and Debra Cooke of Winston-Salem, NC; grandchildren, Jeremy (Laura), Andrea and Bethany Cothern, Akasha, Dionna and Jared Mlekush, and Seth and Lauren Shields; great-grandson, Edward Douglas Cothern; and a host of loving family and friends.

A memorial service celebrating his life was held at Woodfin Memorial Chapel in Murfreesboro, TN, on 30 May 2015.

Inurnment of ashes will follow at a later date.

RICHARD HENRY RIBBE ’55 Richard H. Ribbe died of complications due to pulmonary fibrosis in Clermont, FL, on 13 June 2015. He was 84 years old.

A native of Lakeland, FL, and an Eagle Scout, “Rich” joined the Navy as an ET and entered the Naval Academy through NAPS. He graduated with the Class of 1955 as a member of the Fifth Company.

Following graduation, he served in the Supply Corps for five years. Duty stations included GREAT SITKIN (AE-17), YOSEMITE (AD-19) and NAAS Whiting Field in Milton, FL. He left the Navy to earn his BS in electrical engineering at the University of Florida. He then went to work for Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin), where for 30 years he designed guidance systems for missiles and for NASA’s Apollo spacecraft.

After retirement, Rich enjoyed several years of travel in a variety of RVs and especially enjoyed spending summers in the mountains of North Carolina. He loved square dancing and sought venues to dance as he traveled through the U.S. and Canada. Rich loved trains and through the years, sought to replicate the trains of his hometown of Lakeland as he remembered them as he grew up. He was a member of the Atlantic Coast Line & Seaboard Air Line Railroads Historical Society and enjoyed attending conferences and field trips.

Rich was a founding member of Lake Sherwood Orthodox Presbyterian Church of Orlando and served as deacon, elder, Sunday school teacher and chairman of the building committee.

After retiring to Clermont, he enjoyed the fellowship of New Life Presbyterian Church. Although he had many interests, his family was his greatest joy. He enjoyed spending time outdoors with his children and grandchildren and also enjoyed many family game nights.

He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Helen; and his three sons, Phillip (Toni), Steve (Deborah) and David (Monica). His two grandchildren, Jorge and Nichole, were a source of great joy.

He is also survived by his sister, Diane Powers (Tom) of San Antonio, TX, and his brother, Roger Ribbe of Staunton,VA. A celebration of Rich’s life was held on 18 June 2015 at New Life Presbyterian Church in Minneola, FL. Burial took place at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, FL.

FRED HENRY ERNST ’56 Colonel Fred H. Ernst, USAF (Ret.), passed away peacefully on 23 April 2015 at age 82.

He was born in Sterling, ID, on 16 March 1933, as the youngest of five children to Alma and Raymond Ernst.

His family then moved to Butte, MT, where he lived for the duration of his adolescent life. He graduated with honors from Butte High School in 1951 and attended the School of Mines until entering the Naval Academy. Fred was in the Third Company at USNA and graduated with distinguished honors in 1956.

Upon graduation, he entered the U.S. Air Force and completed pilot training. Assigned to Malstrom AFB, Fred met and married his wife of 54 years, Janice Bauch Ernst. He earned his masters degree in astronautical engineering from AFIT and then moved to Edwards AFB, where he graduated from the Test Pilot School in 1965. He remained as an instructor, working for Chuck Yeager.

In 1966, he served in Vietnam as a flight commander, flying F-4 and F-105 fighter aircraft and completing more than 200 combat missions. He next was at Andrews AFB and then the Pentagon. He graduated from the Squadron Officers School and the Air War College. Sadly, while at the Pentagon, he was involved in a tragic hit-and-run automobile accident in which his son, Doug, was killed. Both Fred and his wife were severely injured, but survived. Fred was next assigned to Vandenburg AFB as a missile project officer. He had a 100% success rate on the 22 launches he directed. Fred retired in 1979 after 23 years in the Air Force.

His decorations include the Legion of Merit, two Distinguished Flying Crosses and 12 Air Medals. His promotion to O-6 came two years early, and he accumulated over 3,500 hours of flight time.

After his military retirement, Fred became certified in commercial real estate property and financial planning, and had numerous and important clients.

He is survived by his wife, Janice; and his siblings, Ban Maddock, Lorraine Hulverson, Charmaine Ernst and Raeneda Faroni.

To all who had the privilege of knowing this humble man, he was a person of high integrity, honesty and patriotism. He will be missed.

Burial will take place at Arlington National Cemetery at 1100 on Friday, 23 October 2015, with services at the Post Chapel.

JAMES LAMONT MILNE ’56 James L. Milne, 82, died on 16 April 2015.

“Jim” was born on 3 March 1933, to Zoi and Dick Chapin in Long Beach, CA. Zoi remarried to Harry Milne, moved their family from Vallejo, CA, to Napa, CA, in 1948. Jim graduated from Napa High School in 1950, holding the record for the 100-yard freestyle. He worked at Mare Island Shipyard and then joined the U.S. Navy. He passed the Navy entrance exam with a score of 100%, which resulted in the Navy offering to send him to the Naval Academy, where he graduated with the Class of 1956.

Jim began pilot training in Pensacola, FL, then flew VP-48 reconnaissance seaplanes stationed in Japan, ending his Navy career in Alameda, CA, in 1960.

He worked for FMC, selling food processing plants around the world and other companies while completing a course in advanced business management at Stanford University. Following his marriage to Fayanna Nelson Petzoldt in 1993, they lived in San Carlos, CA. He and Fay enjoyed many trips in their trailer, traveling abroad and sailing the San Francisco Bay in their Cape Dory.

Jim retired from Fujitsu in 1995 and began his career as a volunteer. He secured a two-year certification from UCSC in teaching English as a second language, which he used to teach and tutor immigrants of all nationalities and tutored young students and adults referred to him by the Redwood City Library.

He developed a program to tutor foreign business people in proper business English and customs. He became a court appointed special advocate (CASA), which he continued after moving to West Linn, OR, in 2007. He joined the West Linn Library Advisory Board, soon becoming its chairman. He retired this role when asked to join the West Linn Transportation Advisory Committee. In 2010, he became a U.S. census taker. He was a member of the planning committee for the new West Linn police building and the Willamette Neighborhood Association, and was an advisor for Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance (SHIBA).

Jim remains deeply loved and admired by his wife, Fayanna; daughters, Anne Rampone, Jay White, Pam Teshera and Sheryl Hellweg; sons, Laurent Milne, Tom Petzoldt, Sergio Rampone and Mike Hellweg; 14 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; brother, Tim Milne (Helen); and a legion of friends and former students. A life well-lived.

Jim will have a burial at sea ceremony in San Francisco Bay with family and fellow Navy fliers on board.

STEPHEN ARTHUR SOLTESZ ’56 Major Stephen A. Soltesz, USAF (Ret.), passed away on 26 February 2015 at Redlands, CA, Community Hospital of complications from a stroke.

“Steve” was born on 16 January 1934 in Norwalk, CT, and graduated from Norwalk High School. Steve was a member of the 10th Company at the U.S. Naval Academy.

Upon graduation, he entered the United States Air Force, where he served for 20 ½ years, retiring as a major, working in missile defense. His tours of duty during these years included Laughlin Air Force Base (AFB) in Del Rio, TX; Barksdale AFB in Shreveport, LA; Little Rock AFB in Arkansas; Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE; Wright-Patterson AFB in Fairborn, OH; and his last duty was at Norton AFB in San Bernardino, CA. Steve continued after his retirement as a civilian employed by the County of San Bernardino, CA, as an administrative analyst in Special Districts until his retirement in April 1990.

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Steve is survived by his loving wife of almost 54 years, Lydia; two children, Diana (Bob Morgenstern) and Stephen; and two adoring grandchildren, Ryan and Alexis.

Steve was always the “life” of the party. He was much loved and will be deeply missed by so many.

Memorial services for Steve were held on 16 March 2015 at Trinity Episcopal Church with interment at Riverside National Cemetery.

The Soltesz Family WILLIAM HOWARD STEWART ’56 Major William H. Stewart, USAF (Ret.), of Tipp City, OH, passed away on 21 May 2014 at VA Hospice in Dayton, OH. He was 81 years old.

“Bill” was born on 19 May 1933 in Dayton, the son of the late William and Mary (Mullikin) Stewart. Bill was a 1951 graduate of Fairmont High School and attended the University of Cincinnati prior to entering the United States Naval Academy. Bill graduated from USNA in 1956 and joined the Unites States Air Force.

He served from 1956 to 1976, with two tours in Southeast Asia as a B-52 navigator and was awarded five Air Medals. He retired from the U.S. Air Force in December 1976.

After retirement from the Air Force, Bill worked as a technical writer for NCR and Chrysler Technologies in Dayton.

Bill was a member of American Legion Post #598 and VFW Post #9927 in Kettering.

Bill is survived by his loving wife of 31 years, Linda S. Stewart; children, William Stewart, Kevin Stewart (Julie) and Sean Stewart (Mary); grandchildren, Billy, Hannah, Sean Michael and Kevin James; sister, Maureen Brooks (Carl); brother, Pat Stewart (Leslie); and numerous nieces, nephews and many good friends.

Bill was buried with military honors at Forest Hills Memorial Gardens in Tipp City.

THEODORE NEALE ROSSER JR. ’62 Theodore Neale Rosser Jr. of Portsmouth, RI, passed on to his permanent home with the Lord on Monday, 29 June 2015, after complications from pulmonary fibrosis. He was 74 years old.

“Neale” was born in Indianapolis, IN, and was the son of the late Theodore Neale Rosser Sr. and Mary Stephens Rosser. A graduate of Howe High School, he had fond memories of working summers on the family farm, playing clarinet and saxophone in the dance band and being an Eagle Scout.

He was a proud graduate of the United States Naval Academy Class of 1962 and served in the Navy for seven years,

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stationed in Charleston, SC, Monterey, CA, and Newport, RI. It was while he was stationed in Charleston that he met the love of his life, Gloria “Bo” Jeffers. They had just celebrated their 49th wedding anniversary on 18 June 2015.

After his naval service, Neale spent the rest of his career as an electrical/mechanical engineer at Raytheon in Portsmouth, where he worked for 35 years.

Neale always had a keen interest in gardening, enjoying the outdoors and leading music. He served as choir director at Middletown Baptist Church for many years and later on, he enjoyed singing, attending concerts with his wife and encouraging musical gifts in others, especially his grandchildren. He loved watching sports and was a knowledgeable and vocal fan at both his children’s and later on, his grandchildren’s games.

Neale was a generous and hardworking husband and father with many talents who will be greatly missed. He is survived by his wife, Gloria of Portsmouth, RI; daughter, Morgan and her husband, Chris Hess of Bemidji, MN; son, Tyson and his wife, Kristen Rosser of Virginia Beach,VA; along with six grandsons, Caleb, Luke, Benjamin and Silas Hess, and Colby and Joshua Rosser. He is also survived by his sister, Ruth Hayes and her husband, Paul of Indianapolis, IN; and a number of nieces, nephews and many special friends.

Burial with military honors took place at Trinity Cemetery in Portsmouth, RI, on 3 July 2015, followed by a celebration of life at Evangelical Friends Church of Middletown.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Insight for Living Ministries, P.O. Box 5000, Frisco, TX 75034; or the Naval Academy Foundation (Class of 1962).

KNUTE MENGE SCHMIDT JR. ’65 Captain Knute M. Schmidt Jr., USN (Ret.), of North Kingstown, RI, died peacefully at home, in the company of his wife and daughter, on 9 November 2013. He was 72 years old.

He was born in Elizabethton, TN, and was a son of the late Knute and Edith Schmidt. Knute entered the Naval Academy with the Class of 1965 and left after Plebe Year to continue his studies at East Tennessee State University, where he received his degree in political science/ history in 1964.

After graduating from college, he entered Officer Candidate School in Newport and received his commission in the U.S. Navy in December of 1964. Knute served his country as a naval officer for 33 years, including three combat tours in Vietnam. He retired with the rank of captain and earned many awards, including notably, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star with Combat V and the Navy Commendation Medal. He served aboard ORISKANY (CVA-34), JOSEPH STRAUSS (DDG-1) and CARL VINSON (CVN-70).

Captain Schmidt’s final assignment in the Navy brought him to Rhode Island, where he served as officer in command of the Naval Intelligence Attachment at the Naval War College in Newport.

After retirement, Knute became involved in his church and community, including Habitat for Humanity, Christ the King Social Action Committee and the Newport Tall Ships. On

NASCAR days, you would often find him glued to the television.

He was a kind, caring, and courageous man with a personality bigger than life itself.

He was the beloved husband of Marianne (Mazella) Schmidt and the father of Sonja M. Schmidt. Besides his wife of 33 years and his daughter, he is survived by his younger brother, Rear Admiral William R. Schmidt, USN (Ret.); and his loving family and friends, including seven nieces and nephews; two sisters-inlaw; and a brother-in-law.

His funeral was held on 15 November 2013 with a Mass of Christian Burial at Christ the King Church in Kingston, RI, followed by burial with full military honors in Quidnessett Memorial Cemetery.

Donations in Knute’s memory may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project or the Salvation Army.

Marianne M. Schmidt & Bill Zuna ’65 DAVID WILSON RICHARDSON ’66 “Dave” Richardson passed on peacefully at his home in Coronado, CA, on 8 May 2015.

Born into a Navy family on 30 December 1943, he grew up in Coronado, where he had lived permanently for the last 46 years. He attended Marion Military Institute in Marion, AL, for his high school years, while his family was stationed in Italy.

While attending the U.S. Naval Academy, Dave spent his summers free diving in the Florida Keys. He and friends would spearfish all day long and later sell their catch to local restaurants.

The friendships made at the Academy were his strongest and lasted his lifetime. Following USNA, Dave went on to flight training in Pensacola, FL. He flew P-3s, doing two tours to Vietnam with Patrol Squadron One. In 1970, he married Margaret Chamberlain at Waialae Chapel in Honolulu, HI. Stationed at Barber’s Point, they lived one year in Makaha before returning to Coronado.

After leaving active duty in 1974, as a Reservist, Dave flew at Pt. Magu on weekends and was an engineer at the Naval Air Rework Facility at NAS North Island until 1986. Dave was the chief engineer of the Southern California Offshore Range (SCORE) from 1986 until his retirement in January 2015. He loved this job and always appreciated the professionalism and dedication of the people he worked with. They were his extended family and for many years, he never missed a day of work.

Dave loved the ocean and had many fond memories of swimming, diving and playing in the surf with his three children in Coronado and Hawaii.

Dave is survived by his wife, Margaret; their three children, Raymond, Jennifer and Patrick (Jane); two grandchildren, Maeve and Keegan; and his five siblings, Dugan Richardson of Honolulu, HI, Caprice Rosato (Dan) of Dallas, OR, Ruthanne Annaloro (John) of Gig Harbor, WA, Schamber Ward (Mark) of Coronado, CA, and Sam Richardson (Beth) of Del Mar, CA. His father, Vice Admiral David Richardson ’36 of San Diego, CA, died on 13 June 2015.

There are no formal services planned. Dave had requested that his ashes be scattered in the ocean off the north shore of Kauai.

Passionate about the trees in Coronado, Dave could often be seen walking or riding a bicycle around town photographing them.

He worked with the city to expand their list of approved street trees. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that well-wishers please plant and protect Coronado trees.

JAMES THOMAS TURNER JR. ’69 James T.Turner Jr. passed away unexpectedly on 11 June 2015, at his home in Green Bay, WI, after a brief illness. He was 68 years old.

“Jim” was raised in Davenport, IA, and after a year at St. Ambrose College, he received his appointment to USNA, graduating with the Class of 1969 from the 31st Company. He was very active in Company sports, especially lightweight football. While at Navy, he met Virginia “Ginny” Witte of Annapolis, whom he married on 24 January 1970.

On graduation, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, attended Army flight school and flew CH-46s.

His first assignment was flying search and rescue missions in Thailand during the intense B-52 strikes towards the conclusion of the Vietnam War. His next duty assignment was at MCAS Kaneohe, HI, where he was squadron pilot and legal officer.

While there, he earned a master’s of science in systems management from the University of Southern California.

Following active duty, he accepted a position at Procter & Gamble in Green Bay, WI, where he worked as an engineer for 24 years until his retirement in 1999.

Shortly after his retirement, following complications from bypass surgery, Jim received a heart transplant. He became a strong advocate for organ donation as a result and became a donor himself. Jim was a very active volunteer and was named Volunteer of the Year at the N.E.W. (Northeast Wisconsin) Zoo, where he tended to giraffes and tiger cubs and dressed up as animals and other characters for holidays at the zoo. He also volunteered as a YMCA youth swimming instructor. In addition, he headed the building committee for construction and expansion of his church, where he had been a member for many years, serving as both treasurer and chairman of the board. This year, Jim published his first book, a work of fiction, Hobo Jake:The Ghost of the N.E.W. Zoo, and was in the process of writing two other books. Jim’s other hobbies included reading, fishing, collecting stamps and coins, and mastering Sudoku.

Jim is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Ginny “The Red Head” Turner; two daughters, Stephanie Turner of Madison, WI, and Tracy Gillespie (Chris) of Green Bay, WI; his grandson and “little buddy,” Sam Gillespie; brother, Tom Turner (Mickey); sister-in-law, Eileen Witte; brother-in-law, Aaron Witte; and a number of nieces, nephews, cousins and dear friends.

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LASTCALL BENJAMIN BRYAN COVINGTON ’75 Commander Benjamin Bryan Covington, USN (Ret.), died of complications related to Alzheimer’s disease on 11 April 2015, in Austin,TX. He was 62 years old.

“Bryan” was born in Albany, GA, on 3 April 1953, the oldest of five children to loving parents Benjamin Bouie and Marjorie Elizabeth Covington. He spent his childhood in Florida, where his love of the ocean, fresh oranges and the outdoors was nurtured. Bryan eventually became an Eagle Scout. He graduated with honors from McCallum High School in Austin, TX, in 1971. At the Naval Academy, Bryan earned a bachelor of science in physics (oceanography), graduating on 4 June 1975. During his Midshipman days, “BB” was a good friend, a gentleman, a staunch Texan and was well-liked and respected by all who knew him.

He married Catherine Anne Dougal on 27 December 1975.

In 1982, he completed a master of science in environmental engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Bryan served in the Navy for 23 years, primarily in nuclear submarines, retiring in 1998.

In 2002, he earned a second master of science (construction science) at the University of Oklahoma, and as a civilian worked in construction management in the Oklahoma City area before retiring in 2007.

Bryan loved his God, his family, his church and the natural world, especially the watery parts, enjoying both sailing and diving. He also loved the wilderness, woodworking, farming, bluegrass music and playing his harmonica.

He will always be remembered for his courage and faith, even as he suffered from the effects of Alzheimer’s, believing God is good despite suffering. Bryan not only found joy in the midst of it, he also shared that joy with those around him. His anchor of hope was that Jesus Christ came to make all things new.

Bryan gave his family the great and lasting gift of knowing he deeply loved them. He is survived by his wife, Catherine Dougal Covington; daughter, Elizabeth Covington Crawford (Taylor) of Missoula, MT; son, Benjamin Bradley Covington (Nicole) of Moscow, ID; seven grandchildren; his mother, Marjorie Elizabeth Covington; brothers, Richard, Frank and Kenneth; and sister, Marjorie Covington Waley. He was predeceased by his father, Benjamin Bouie Covington.

A memorial service was conducted at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Austin, TX, on 15 April 2015, with military honors.

Interment was at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, TX. Memorial donations may be made to the deacon’s fund at Redeemer Presbyterian Church, 2111 Alexander Avenue, Austin, TX 78722.

JOSEPH PAUL FORDHAM ’85 After a long battle with colon cancer, Joseph P. Fordham died on 24 June 2015 at his home in St. Leonard, MD. He was 51 years old.

“Joe” was born in Lafayette, IN, but spent his high school years in Clinton, IA. After graduating from Clinton High School, he received an appointment to the Naval Academy. He graduated with the Class of 1985 as a member of Ninth Company.

After graduation, Joe was a Naval Flight Officer and flew as a bombardier/navigator on the A-6 Intruder. He amassed over 250 carrier landings on FORRESTAL, where he was a member of VA-176 (Attack Squadron 176). He then attended the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, from July 1991 to October 1993 and received a MS in aeronautical engineering.

He went on to live in Panama, where he worked for the U.S. Southern Command as a staff officer for two years before leaving the Navy in 1996.

After his military career, Joe went on to work as a systems engineer manager for System Planning Corporation, Naval Air Warfare Center, The Boeing Company and CRL Technologies, where he was currently working. When diagnosed with colon cancer in January 2013, he remained dedicated to his work through many surgeries and chemotherapy treatments.

Joe loved many things. He had vast knowledge about Civil War history; his favorite place to visit by far was Gettysburg.

He knew most every battlefield and could tell you what had occurred there. He loved trivia and won many local trivia contests. He loved the outdoors and going tent camping with his girls. He liked to take road trips with his family around the country. He was famous for saying,“What’s our next big adventure?”

His friends and Naval Academy Classmates were viewed as his extended family. Lastly, he loved spending his evenings watching the Nationals baseball team. He was a gentle soul and always kind to everyone and he will be missed dearly.

Joe is survived by his wife of 21 years, Robin; stepdaughter, Kylee Sills; daughters, Maranda and Audrey; his mother, Blanca Fordham of Wake Forest, NC; brother, Chris Fordham of Raleigh, NC; and sisters, Theresa Jones of Wake Forest, NC, and Karen Smith of Easton, CT. He was preceded in death by his father, Joseph Fordham.

Interment with military honors took place on 27 July 2015 at the Naval Academy Columbarium, followed by a reception at the Officer’s Club.

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“Navy Wife Serving Annapolis and Anne Arundel County For More Than 35 Years”

410-279-7512 * 410-266-0600 1997 Annapolis Exchange Parkway Suite 101, Annapolis, MD 21401

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USNA AA TAILGATES Bring the whole family down to cheer on Navy at our home game tailgates in the Stadium, right next to the field!

We start 2 hours before game-time and party right through half-time!

For more information, see www.usna.com/tailgates or contact us at events@usna.com.

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San Diego San Diego Magazine

Selects Eric Kalisky one of San Diego’s Best Realtors Home Buying Made Easy

Eric Kalisky USNA ’78 Realtor San Diego’s Best Buys Free Relocation Information Military Relocation Specialist

For Honest and Expert Real Estate Representation Call CDR Eric Kalisky ’78 (RET)

Toll Free: 877-898-USNA (8762)

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ALUMNI HOUSE Bring your event Home— The newly renovated Ogle Hall is ready to host your special event For more information, please contact :

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VA Beach, Norfolk, Chesapeake & Southeastern VA

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Military Relocation Specialist Cutting Edge Marketing Listing, Sales, Rental

C: 757*647*2200 O: 757*456*2345 Associate Broker

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Specializing in Listings, Sales & Property Management

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Here to help you navigate through the complex Metro Market!

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MISCELLANY

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SERVICES

’70 Miniature Ring ORIGINAL, NEVER WORN DIAMONDS SET IN PLATINUM NO INSCRIPTION John B. Nathman, Class of '70

Available at TILGHMAN COMPANY STATE CIRCLE, ANNAPOLIS, MD

Patriot Scuba 305 Mill Street, B-1 Occoquan, VA 22125 703-490-1175

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Classified ads are accepted on a space available basis as a service to USNA Alumni only. The Alum’s name and class year MUST appear in the ad. Spouse ads are accepted only with the Alum’s name and class year included in the ad.

Classified ad rates are $64 per inch for blk & wht and $80 per inch for color.

LifeMembers are eligible for a 25% discount— reducing the cost to $48 per inch for blk & wht and $60 per inch for color.

Ads are accepted camera-ready and electronically; jpg., tif. or PDF formats. (300 dpi) Any classified ad may occupy one column width (2.25 inches) by a maximum of up to 8 inches of column length.

Please select the issues in which you wish to run, or write: “Run Until Further Notice.”

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STAFF AND ASSISTANCE Executive Office President: Byron F. Marchant ’78 ..............................................................410-295-4090 Executive Administrator for the President: Gwenn Dennis ..................410-295-4091

ENGAGEMENT

DEVELOPMENT

Executive Vice President: Bill Dawson ’82................................................410-295-4070 Executive Administrator: Cathy Wagner ..................................................410-295-4011

Business Operations

Executive Vice President: Bill O’Connor ....................................................410-295-4101 Executive Administrator: Abby Repko ......................................................410-295-4103

Development

Director, Membership and Business Operations: Bobbi Collins ..........410-295-4023 Member Services Coordinator: Carrie Carroll ........................................410-295-4000 Member Services Coordinator: Whitney Hinshaw ................................410-295-4028 Facilities Assistant: John Taylor..................................................................410-295-4029 Facilities Assistant: John Cooper ..............................................................410-295-4029

Senior Director of Development: John Rudder ’78 ..................................410-295-4189 Assistant Director, Corporate & Foundation Relations: Natalie Brianas ..............................................410-295-4190 Campaign Director: Chad Newill ................................................................410-295-4106

Engagement Operations

Major Gifts

Director: Craig Washington ’89 ..................................................................410-295-4089 Assistant Director, Alumni Chapters: Joe Fagan ’89 ..............................410-295-4035 Assistant Director, Alumni Special Programs: Noreen Frenaye ..........410-295-4016 Class Reunion Manager: Holly Powers ....................................................410-295-4017 Parent Clubs/Programs: Elizabeth Beedenbender....................................410-295-4166

Major Gift Officer: Vince Balderrama ’78 ................................................410-295-4182 Principal Gift Officer: Dena Patterson ......................................................410-295-4183 Major Gift Officer: Michael Hoffman ..........................................................410-295-4184 Major Gift Officer: Charles J. Kupec ..........................................................410-295-4185 Major Gift Officer: Randall Sawyer ............................................................410-295-4181 Major Gift Coordinator: Alicia O’Brien ......................................................410-295-4178

Events and Protocol Director, Protocol and Events: Shannon Spillane....................................410-295-4175 Associate Director: Lyn Looft ......................................................................410-295-4020 Events Manager: Wendy Owen ..................................................................410-295-4018

Programs and Services Director: Dave Church ’67 ............................................................................410-295-4013 Assistant Director, Career Programs: Michelle Mazanec ....................410-295-4022

COMMUNICATIONS Executive Director: Kristen Pironis ............................................................410-295-4072 Associate Director, Publications: Jackie Furton ......................................410-295-4073 Assistant Director, Development Communications: Courtney Jolley......410-295-4075 Assistant Director, Communications: Elizabeth Wrightson......................410-295-4071 Web Communications Manager: Anne Sharpe ......................................410-295-4078 Assistant Production Manager: Maria O’Shea ..........................................410-295-4074 Communications Specialist: Sandra Stansbury-Spadaro ........................410-295-4076 Communications Specialist: Samantha Casamassima ..........................410-295-4027 Communications Coordinator: Tonya White ......................................................410-295-4066

TREASURY/HR/INFORMATION SERVICES CFO and Treasurer; Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration: Hank Sanford........................................................................................410-295-4040 Executive Administrator to CFO: Joanne Rennie ....................................410-295-4043 Comptroller: Gerrie Farmer ..........................................................................410-295-4050 Director, Treasury Operations: Lisa Strobel ..............................................410-295-4051 Director, Human Resource: Heather Scott ..............................................410-295-4048 Director of Investments: Mike Mundt ’83 ..................................................410-295-4041 Investment Accountant: Janet Douglas ....................................................410-295-4057 Staff Accountant: Angela Berteaux ..........................................................410-295-4053 Staff Accountant: Jenny Bolton ..................................................................410-295-4055 Accounts Payable Coordinator: Linda Reyes ............................................410-295-4056 Accounts Payable Clerk: Joseph Bytella ..................................................410-295-4058

Planned Giving Director, Planned Giving: Patti Bender ......................................................410-295-4187 Coordinator, Planned Giving: Keisha Outen ............................................410-295-4186

Giving Programs Director, Senior Giving Programs: Rusty Yeiser ’74 ................................410-295-4174 Associate Director, President’s Circle: Nicolle Williams ......................410-295-4188 Associate Director, Class Legacy Gift Programs: Rich Goldsby ’72 ......410-295-4167 Coordinator, Class Giving Program: Melissa Nelson ............................410-295-4117 Associate Director, Annual Giving Programs: Kaitlyn Sands ..................410-295-4147 Special Gift Officer:Tripp Matteo ................................................................410-295-4161 Special Gift Officer: Megan Nichols ’07 ..................................................410-295-4159 Annual Giving Programs Coordinator: Tracey Cook ................................410-295-4164

Development Services Director, Development Services: Kelly Carter Rollison ........................410-295-4110 Assistant Director, Research & Stewardship: Carolyn McCollum ......410-295-4111 Research Analyst: Amanda Shinholser ....................................................410-295-4112

Gift Processing Director, Gift Processing: Dawn Beach ....................................................410-295-4115 Coordinator, Gift Processing: Elvira Reyes ..............................................410-295-4116 Gift Processor: Vencka Peterson ..............................................................410-295-4119 Gift Processor: Anne Zolkower ..................................................................410-295-4118 Gift Processor: Tony Kayser ........................................................................410-295-4120

FOUNDATION ATHLETIC AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS Vice President: Ed Wallace ’72 ....................................................................410-295-4096 Office Manager and Administrative Assistant: Chris Knott ...................410-295-4097 Executive Secretary: Bryden McGhee ........................................................410-295-4098

Information and Technology Services Director, Information Services James Wolff ’03 ......................................410-295-4080 Network Security Engineer: Jawan Rich ..................................................410-295-4081 Computer Network Engineer: Richard Thomas ......................................410-295-4082 Sr. Database Administrator: Larry Rogers ................................................410-295-4084 Database Administrator: Denise Clark ......................................................410-295-4079 Web Developer: Joel Baker ........................................................................410-295-4087 Online Membership Services Coordinator: Paige Fuller ........................410-295-4026 Systems Analyst: Derrick Planz ..................................................................410-295-4067 IS Specialist: Brandon Decker ....................................................................410-295-4088

QUICK REFERENCE Death Notifications........................................................obits@usna.com; 410-295-4064 Class Ring Information..................................................................classrings@usna.com Register of Alumni..............................................................registerofalumni@usna.com Address/Delivery..................................................................................alumni@usna.com Donate ..............................................................................................................410-295-4100 Alumni Registration/Corrections .................................................................410-295-4026 U.S. Naval Academy Main Phone .................................................................410-293-1000 U.S. Naval Academy Athletics ......................................................................410-293-2700

CONTACT US U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association 247 King George Street, Annapolis, MD 21402-1306 • Main Phone: 410-295-4000 • Faxes: Ogle Hall: 410-295-4001 / 49 House: 410-295-4004 / Cottage: 410-295-4003 Foundation Development 291 Wood Road, Beach Hall, Annapolis, MD 21402-5001 • Main Phone: 410-295-4100 • Fax: 410-295-4107 Foundation Athletic and Scholarship Programs 25 Maryland Avenue, Annapolis, MD 21401 • Main Phone: 410-295-4095 • Fax: 410-280-5534 To send an email, please visit the “Contact Us” section at www.usna.com.

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