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BOAT NOTES GROTON BASE “FIRST AND FINEST” QUARTERLY NEWS LETTER ISSUE 2013-02 USSVI Groton Base, 40 School Street, Groton, CT 06340-3940 Apr/May/Jun 2013 Groton Base Officers, Committee Chairs, & Points of Contact Base Commander John Carcioppolo Vice Commander Stan Mathis Secretary Stuart Temple Treasurer Charlie Clark commander@subvetsgroton.org vice@subvetsgroton.org secretary@subvetsgroton.org treasurer@subvetsgroton.org House Committee Jeff Walsh Board of Trustees Al Atkinson Webmaster/Membership Robert Perritt Chaplain Tom Russell house1@subvetsgroton.org bot@subvetsgroton.org membership@subvetsgroton.org chaplain@subvetsgroton.org Ships Store/Building Committee Club Manager HOLLAND Club Memorial Karen Torkelson Al Kinsall Dick McGirr Tom Connors clubmanager@subvetsgroton.org holland@subvetsgroton.org memorial@subvetsgroton.org stores@subvetsgroton.org CT License Plates Veterans Affairs Scholarship SUBSCOL Graduations Harrison Solt Brian Turley Barry Russack Jack Gallimore plates@subvetsgroton.org veterans@subvetsgroton.org scholarship@subvetsgroton.org graduation@subvetsgroton.org SFLM Docent Public Affairs Westport Satellite Group Ladies Auxiliary Gary Schmid Ray Hamilton Paul Grammar Dee Carcioppolo docent@subvetsgroton.org pao@subvetsgroton.org Paul@subcob.com ladiesaux@subvetsgroton.org Kap(SS) for Kid(SS) John Riley Boat Notes Editor Hope Maruzo Boat Sponsorship P.W. Louthain Color Guard Charlie Starratt kaps4kids@subvetsgroton.org newsletter@subvetsgroton.org nbsp@subvetsgroton.org colorguard@subvetsgroton.org Our Creed “To perpetuate the memory of our Shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of their duties while serving their country. That their dedication, deeds and supreme sacrifice be a constant source of motivation toward greater accomplishments. Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the United States of America and its Constitution.” Inside This Issue Item Page Item Upcoming Events 2 Clubhouse Support US Submarine Force Losses 3 Page Item Page 8 SUBVETS Groton Base BOT Nominations 17 HOLLAND Club Report 9 BOT Ballot 19 Small Stores 10 Shipmate in the Spotlight: Jack Gallimore 20 Submarine Birthday Ball 10 Silent Service Plates 20 SQRP 10 Board of Trustees 20 Clubhouse Cleanup 11 Base Officers Ballot 21 National Scholarship Applications 11 SUBVETS 49th Anniversary Celebration 22 Anniversary/Convention Program Sponsorship 22 2013 USSVI Groton Base Scholarship Golf Tourney 22 Scholarship Donations/Golf Tournament Sponsorship 22 Kap(SS) for Kid(SS) 23 Eternal Patrol 3 Chaplain’s Offerings 4 Commander’s Corner 5 USSVI Groton Base News 6 Westport Satellite Group 6 Scholarship News 11 Bar News 7 50th Annual USS Thresher Memorial Service 11 Submarine Homecomings 7 Newsletter Boat Sponsorship Program 12 USSVI Next of Kin Data/Eternal Patrol 7 Submarine Excellence 13 Membership 14 National Submarine Memorial East 8 Groton Base Nominations/Elections 17 WHO CAN YOU SIGN UP AS A NEW MEMBER? Page 2 Issue 2013-02 SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes Upcoming Events See website for updates at www.subvetsgroton.org APRIL 2013 - Members Update Biography in National Database Mon, 13 Tue, 14 Sea Scout Workshop at Clubhouse SVWWII Social/lunch 6:30pm–8:45pm 11:30am–1pm Mon, 01 6-8pm Thu, 16 Board of Trustees 6pm 6:30pm 6pm Sat, 18 Sun, 19 Mon, 20 Armed Forces Day Brunch Sea Scout Workshop at Clubhouse GB Westport Satellite Group Meeting 10am-12 6:30pm – 8:45pm 7pm 10am-12 Tue, 21 Thu, 23 Holland Club luncheon Chairman reports due to Base Secretary 11:30am–1 10:30am–1 5:45pm–12am Sun, 26 Mon, 27 Brunch Memorial Day Memorial Service and USS SCORPION remembrance at National Sub Memorial East 10am-12 Tue, 28 Holland Club Planning Meeting; E-Board Meeting 5:30pm 6:30pm Wed, 29 4th July Parade Planning 6:30pm Fri, 31 SVGB Dinner Summer Steak Night 5:30pm–9pm Sat, 01 Holland Club Ceremony at Dealey Hall, Subase; Holland Club reception to follow at clubhouse Newsletter inputs due 9am Sun, 02 Mon, 03 Steak & Egg Brunch Monthly Business Meeting 10am-12 6:30pm Thu, 06 D-Day Sun, 09 Mon, 10 Brunch Sea Scout Workshop at Clubhouse 10am-12 6:30pm–8:45pm Tue, 11 SUBVETS WWII Meeting/lunch 10:30am–1pm Wed, 12 4th July Parade Planning 6:30pm Fri, 14 Flag Day Sun, 16 Father's Day Brunch Albany-Saratoga Base visit to Groton/Sub Base Wed, 03 Thu, 04 Sat, 06 Sun, 07 Mon, 08 Tue, 09 Sat, 13 Sun, 14 Mon, 15 Tue, 16 Wed, 17 Thu, 18 Sat, 20 Sun, 21 Mon, 22 Thu, 25 Sat, 27 Sun, 28 Mon, 29 Monthly Business Meeting; Plan for SUBFEST Booth & Crew 49th Anniversary Planning Meeting Scholarship Planning Meeting THRESHER 50th Memorial Service at Portsmouth, NH; check Thresher Base website for details. Steak 'n Eggs Brunch Holocaust Remembrance Day Yom Hashoah SUBVETS WWII Meeting/lunch Submariners' Birthday Ball at Foxwoods Resort MGM Grand Ballroom Brunch Submarine Birthday Memorial Service and 49TH ANNIVERSARY of lost of USS THRESHER at National Submarine Veterans WWII Memorial East USSVI National and SVGB Scholarship applications due Sea Scout Workshop at Clubhouse GB Westport Satellite Group Meeting Holland Club luncheon 49th Anniversary Planning Meeting Scholarship Planning Meeting Board of Trustees SVGB Dinner Mongolian Barbeque Brunch Sea Scout Workshop at Clubhouse Chairman reports due to Base Secretary Spring Field Day at Clubhouse COMCAST Partnership Day Brunch Uniform Change CNRMA Zone 2: CT, ME, MA, NH RI, VT, DE, MD,NJ, NY, PA, WV Holland Club Planning Meeting; E-Board Meeting 9am–11 1pm 6:30pm–8:45 7pm 11am-1pm 6–8pm 6pm 6pm 5:45pm–9 10am-12 6:30pm – 8:45 9am–12 10am-12 Thu, 02 Fri, 03 Sat, 04 Sun, 05 Mon, 06 Wed, 08 Sun, 12 Base Archivist Submit annual report to Historical Center for USS SEA OWL Ship's Bell 49th Anniversary Planning Meeting National Day of Prayer 49th Anniv SchGolf Tournament 49th Anniversary: Return to Subscol; Welcome Reception at Groton Inn & Suites Boat Tours; 49th Anniv Memorial Service 49th Anniv Banquet; guest speaker VADM Mike Connor, Commander, Submarine Forces Steak 'n Eggs Brunch Monthly Business Meeting 49th Anniversary Warp-up Meeting Mother's Day Brunch JUNE 2013 5:30pm–6:20 6-8pm 10am-12 9:15am-4pm Mon, 17 Sea Scout Workshop at Clubhouse GB Westport Satellite Group Meeting 6:30pm –8:45pm 7pm 6pm Tue, 18 Thu, 20 11:30am–1pm 8:30am/9am Tee Off 8am 6pm–9pm Holland Club luncheon Chairman reports due to Base Secretary Board of Trustees Sun, 23 Brunch 10am-12 Mon, 24 E-Board Meeting 6:30pm Wed, 26 4th July Parade Planning Thanksgiving Planning 6:30pm 7:15pm Brunch 10am-12 MAY 2013 - Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Wed, 01 11am 8:15am 1pm 6pm 10am-12 6:30pm 6pm Sun, 30 6pm JULY 2013 - Begin Membership Renewals Mon, 01 Monthly Business Meeting 6:30pm Wed, 03 4th July Parade Planning 6pm Thu, 04 July 4th Parade and Reception at Clubhouse following 9am assemble at Parade start 10am step off 10am-12 SUBVETS ANNIVERSARY 2 – 4 MAY Issue 2013-02 Page 3 SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes U.S. Submarine Force Losses Apr/May/Jun APRIL USS Pickerel (SS-177) was lost on 3 April 1943 with the loss of 74 officers and men when it was sunk within lume of Shiramuka Light off Honshu (AKA Shiramuka Light). USS Pickerel (SS-177), 28 Dec 1942, at the Mare Island Navy Yard. USS Grenadier(SS-210) was lost on 22 April 1943 with the loss of 4 officers and men when it was sunk near Penang, about 10 miles west of Lem Voalan Strait (61 officers and men were taken prisoner; 57 survived the war). USS Snook (SS-279) was lost on 8 April 1945 with the loss of 84 officers and men when it was sunk within 100 miles east of 18 40N 111 39E, near Hainan Island < 300 feet. USS Thresher (SS-593) was lost on 10 April 1963 with the loss of 129 officers and men when it was sunk while on sea trials near Isle of Shoals. USS S-27 (SS-132) was lost on 19 June 1942 after grounding off Amchitka Island, 400 yds off island. Near St Makarius Point (near Constantine Harbor), all the crew were rescued. MAY USS Lagarto (SS-371) was lost on 3 May 1945 with the loss of 88 officers and men when it was sunk off Malay Coast in or near the Gulf of Siam 7 55N 102 00E. USS Gudgeon (SS-211) was lost on 12 May 1944 with the loss of 80 officers and men when it was sunk off Saipan near Maug Island. USS Squalus (SS-192) was lost on 23 May 1939 with the loss of 26 officers and men when it flooded and sank off Portsmouth, NH. USS Scorpion (SS-589) was lost on 27 May 1968 with the loss of 99 officers and men when it was sunk while in transit from Med, West of Azores. USS Stickleback (SS-415) was lost 30 May 1958, when she sank off of Hawaii while under tow after a collision with the USS Silverstein (DE-534). The entire crew was taken off prior to the boat sinking. USS S-27 (SS-132) USS R-12 (SS-89) was lost on 12 June 1943 with the loss of 42 officers and men when it foundered off Key West, 24 24'30N 81 28'30. USS Herring (SS-233) was lost on 1 June 1944 with the loss of 80 officers and men when it was sunk within shore battery range of Point Tagan, Matsuwa Island, In Kurlies. USS Golet (SS-361) was lost on 14 June 1944 with the loss of 82 officers and men when it was sunk near 41 04N 14 13E. USS Bonefish (SS223) was lost on 18 June 1945 with the loss of 86 officers and men when it was sunk in Toyama Wan, near Suzu Misaki; 37 18N 137 25E. JUNE USS 0-9 (SS-70) was lost on 20 June 1941 with the loss of 34 officers and men when it foundered off Isle of Shoals, 15 miles from Portsmouth, NH, 42 59' 48N 20 20' 27W. Shipmates on Eternal Patrol The gift for which our departed Shipmates laid their lives on the line is our freedom today. We express our gratitude for their service by our remembrance of them. Take a moment now . . . and in silence breathe a prayer for our absent shipmates. Abraham "Blue Mex" Sanchez, passed away 3 December 2012 in Mexico City, Mexico. He had been fighting several serious medical conditions for the past several months. Abraham qualified in submarines onboard USS Grenadier SS525 in 1961. He also served aboard USS Picuda SS382, USS Diodon SS349, and USS Grayback SSG574. Abra- ham joined us at USSVI Groton Base in 2012 and was a Life and Holland Club member. James B. Palmer, age 81, passed away 10 January 2013 after a life battle with age. Jim qualified in submarines onboard USS Sabalo SS302 in 1953. He also served aboard USS Tiru SS416..Jim joined us at USSVI Groton Base in 1988 and was a Life and Holland club member. Marvin M. Ruzansky, age 88, passed away 22 January 2013 in West Hartford, CT. Marvin qualified in submarines onboard USS Marlin SS204 in 1944. He also served aboard USS Salmon SS182 and USS Sturgeon SS187. Marvin joined us at USSVI Groton Base in 1999 and was a Life and Holland Club member. Edward F. Kalin, age 91, passed away 2 February 2013 in Fremont, CA. Ed qualified in submarines onboard USS Tunny SS282 in 1943. He also served aboard USS Silversides SS236. He left the Navy in 1945 as MOMM1(SS). Ed joined us at USSVI Groton Base in 2000 and was a Life and Holland Club member. Joseph M. Hinchey, age 87, passed away 2 February 2013 in Wrentham. MA. Joe qualified in submarines onboard USS Spikefish SS404 in1952. He also served aboard USS Entemedor SS340. He was LCDR when he retired from the Navy in WHO CAN YOU SIGN UP AS A NEW MEMBER? Page 4 SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes Issue 2013-02 Shipmates on Eternal Patrol Continued 1962. Joe joined us at USSVI Groton Base in 2001 and was a Life and Holland Club member. Robert D. Perry, Jr., age 86, passed away 9 February 2013 at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London, CT. Bob qualified in submarines onboard USS Harder SS568 in 1956. He also served aboard USS Hunley AS31, USS Orion AS18, USS Shark SSN591, USS George Washington SSBN598, USS John Marshall SSBN611, and USS Alexander Hamilton SSBN 617. Bob joined us at USSVI Groton Base in 2000 and was a Life and Holland Club member. And then some starless night the cable slips, leaving only an eddy at the mooring place. Gulls veer no longer, Sailor rest your oar. No tangled wreckage will be washed ashore.” ”There is a port of no return, where ships may ride at anchor for a little space. Shipmates Sanchez, Palmer, Ruzansky, Kalin, Hinchey, and Perry – Rest your oar. Chaplain’s Offerings: Tom Russell, Base Chaplain As I sit down to write this quarterly message, the weather looks pretty good as far as this year is concerned. We had one significant snowfall and that is it so far. Date today – Feb 21 – the sun is shining and the sky is blue. Can't ask for more than that. Our Honors Detail has been called to duty only twice so far this year, and I am breaking my rule of mentioning the level of activities. In the past, every mention of having few shipmates going on Eternal Patrol has resulted in a number of losses turning up. Therefore, I say little about the paucity of services. We have had two Honors services so far this year, with the first being for James B. Palmer, a resident of Jewett City here in Connecticut. The Honors Detail mustered at VFW Post 10004 in Jewett City on Saturday 19 January at noon it their large meeting room. His circle of family and friends had the place packed – it just goes to show the magnetism of the departed by the number of people that show up at the service. Nineteen of our stalwarts were on hand and the Honors service was well received by the family and many friends. The reward for doing this is beyond measure. Just ask the members of the detail. Our second Honors service of this period was for Robert D. Perry Sr. HMCS(SS) USN (ret). Bob lived close by in Niantic and died at L&M hospital in New London. The calling hours were Thursday 14 February at 6:30 at Byles Funeral Home in Groton. Even with short notice, we had seventeen members at the Honors service, and the family was more than pleased with our being able to attend. One certainly realizes the impact of losing a family member and the value of having others support them with recognition and respect. Shifting now to the description of the Chaplain's job as I see it brings to the fore what I say to myself in the weekly readings of personal goals and affirmations. I have shared this with you before, but it never hurts to say it again, and this time, detail it a bit more closely. The second section of the job description says, "As a chaplain, I serve my shipmates by cultivating their awareness of God within them, comforting the ill and infirm, and honoring the dead." The part I want to expand on is the cultivating your awareness of God within you. Underneath all of this lies the definition of what we are. You see, the trouble with almost all human beings is that we think that we are our bodies. You look in the mirror and see who you are. We all seem to respond to what we look like and what others look like. We look at their bodies and think that is who they are. We remember them as a figure, a body figure. We respond to our- SUBVETS ANNIVERSARY 2 – 4 MAY selves and others when we say "I" or "you" as a body. Here is the shift. You see, we are not our bodies. We are spirits, having a human experience. Think about this. Do I know the real you? Do you know the real me? No, of course not. Do we respond to that concept? No, largely, we do not. Maybe we are sensitive to others’ feelings, but that is not what they are. Here are some thoughts – many of us are told that when they die, they go to heaven or hell or some other place. Many of us think that when we die, that this is the end, period. Now, look at some of the sayings of the spiritual leaders, or the Bible, or the Quran. The 23rd Psalm ends with "and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” Over and over again, Jesus refers to living forever, the life everlasting. This is a huge jump for a person to pick this up from my few words. Consider this concept of the spirit. The spirit that is us arrives at the beginning of the heartbeat, when a fetus "quickens." The spirit that is us lives the human life until our heart stops or we stop breathing. The spirit that is us then lives on forever with God and with those humans who constantly keep those spirits in their hearts and minds. Cheers to all of you and blessings on thee until the next time. I will welcome your thoughts. Tom Russell, Chaplain SVGB H860-536-7733 C860-885-6177 chaplain@subvetsgroton.org Issue 2013-02 Page 5 SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes Commander’s Corner Hello, shipmates at Groton Base, and a hearty welcome aboard to any new members. We thank you for joining us, and we hope that you are just as proud of being a member of Groton Base as the rest of us are. We spent a lot of time and effort during the winter months getting as many members as possible to renew their dues for 2013. Through the hard work and effort of so many people we significantly reduced the number of non-renewals. That’s great. The membership reports continually show us that members that were dropped are still rejoining us. That’s even better. Our focus should now be on recruiting new members for our continued growth. We ended 2012 with 2267 members. We ended 2010 with 2356 members and 2011 with 2281. That’s a downward trend that we have to turn around. We are already sitting with almost 2008 members for 2013. Let’s make a concentrated effort to end 2013 with even more members. It would be great if we could end the year with 3000 members. It could easily be done if each regular member signed up one new member. As we move into spring and closer to June we move into the busiest time of the year for us. We need your support both financially with donations, and we need members to get involved. We continually need volunteers to help us put on these events and we need you to support our events and functions. On top of everything else going on, we have Base Elections going on over the next few months. Many thanks to PW Louthain and Al Atkinson who served on the Nominations committee for the Base and Club nominations. Now it’s time for all of the Regular Members to let their voices be heard and to elect the leadership for the organization, and for all members including Associate Members to elect the leadership for the Club Officers/Board of Trustees who run the bar. Why should you vote in Groton Base election? Because voting is the right thing to do as Americans. Voting is your given right. It’s one of those things that you served your country for. So please vote in the Groton Base elections. You can vote quickly and easily through our electronic voting booth or you can vote with a paper ballot that is dropped off or mailed to the clubhouse. I don’t care how you vote or who you vote for. Just vote! We are also working on the annual HOLLAND CLUB ceremony to recognize the newest group of members to be honored by being inducted into the prestigious HOLLAND CLUB. We have 51 members that we are inducting on 1 June. The success of the ceremony depends on the responses of those being inducted. We try to make the HOLLAND CLUB ceremony more memorable than the day you actually received your dolphins. To those being inducted, please help us make this a great event by providing the needed information in a timely manner. For the rest of you, you can help us make this a great event by turning out at 9am on 1 June to honor the shipmates who have reached this significant milestone. We have several memorial services scheduled at the National Submarine Memorial East. Scheduled memorial services are on 14 April at 1 PM, 04 May at 1 PM, and Memorial Day 27 May at 11 AM. These memorial services are truly why we exist: To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave our lives in the pursuit of their duties…. That’s the first line of our creed and our primary purpose. I hope that is important enough for many of you to join us for these timehonored ceremonies passed down to us from the U.S. SUBVETS WWII when we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice in submarines for our country. I often give thought to what makes WHO CAN YOU SIGN UP AS A NEW MEMBER? Groton Base so special. I always come up with the same answer. It’s the membership that continues to makes Groton Base so special. It’s not one person, it’s all 2008 members and their families who make it special. The members who volunteer and help put on our programs, and the members who support these programs. The members who make donations and the members who just renew their dues to be part of Groton Base. It’s the membership that help Groton Base continue to be the leader in USSVI. What can you do to support us? Perhaps a donation in support of one of our programs. Perhaps volunteering some time in putting on or attending one of our events. Perhaps checking on an old shipmate and making his day because he heard from you. Maybe it’s just something as simple as getting the newsletter via the internet and saving us a few dollars. Or maybe it’s just supporting the club with a beer, soda or bowl of chili now and then. If you can do more, great! Whatever it is that you do for SUBVETS Groton helps, and I sincerely thank you for all that you do to help us improve. Without you, we are nothing but a name of an organization started almost 50 years ago. I continue to be proud to be the Base Commander for SUBVETS Groton Base. Aside from being a COB I can think of no better job in the submarine community when all of the members are pulling together in the same direction to make U.S. Submarine Veterans Groton Base the premier organization for submariners and their families. If there is something that I can do better or that your EBOARD can do better to help Groton Base, please let me know. Thanks for all that you do for SUBVETS Groton Base. Keep up the great work. Bring those ideas forward and GET INVOLVED! Straight board! John “Gumba” Carcioppolo Base Commander Page 6 Issue 2013-02 SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes USSVI Groton Base News First of all, welcome home to USS PROVIDENCE (SSN 719), who recently returned from deployment. Thanks for what you do and for the sacrifices made over the last few months while on deployment. We have missed you and are proud of what you do. In a few weeks results of the Senior Chief and Master Chief Selection Boards will be out. Right behind that will be the results of the E-4, E-5, and E-6 advancement exams taken a few weeks ago. Congratulations to you guys on your advancement. It’s not an easy accomplishment by any means and is certainly one to be proud of. If you were advanced and you are a member, please make sure you contact Membership Chairman Robert Perritt at membership_chairman@subvetsgroton.org to get your new rating info updated in the database so our records are accurate. We have recently lost several shipmates who have transferred on to new assignments. CMDCM(SS) Wes Koshoffer transferred off to COMSUBLANT and Gaylord Humphries has retired after 30 years. In addition Captain Mark Denno will also be relieved as the CO of SUBASE by the end of May. It won’t be too far off before our good friend at CSG-2 RADM Richard Breckenridge is relieved and moves on to his next assignment. Many thanks Wes, Gaylord, Captain Denno and RADM Breckenridge for all of your support in the past. Your support and friendship have been greatly appreciated, and you have made a difference in the area and within SUBVETS. Welcome back to some of our shipmates who have spent some time on the Binnacle List: Paul McGrath, Wil Nelson, Ernie Plantz, and Tommy Cox to name a few. It’s great seeing you guys back with us. As we move closer towards summer we have a lot going on. Obviously our Anniversary Celebration is a big deal. The Submarine Force Birthday is always a special time. Our Scholarship Program will be reviewing applications for the Groton Base Scholarships. And we have three Memorial Services: one in April for the Submarine Force Birthday and USS THRESHER, the Anniversary Celebration Memorial Service and of course Memorial Day. Remember those memorial services and “perpetuating the memory” is truly what we are about. And we also have our annual HOLLAND CLUB ceremony and July 4th parade not far behind that as well. This time of year we have two major fundraisers going on that you have received or will be receiving some correspondence on. One is for the Groton Base Scholarship Fund and the other is for the Memorial Fund. We thank you in advance for your support of these worthwhile functions. The Scholarship Fund helps to educate our kids and grandkids for the future, and our Memorial Fund helps preserve our history at the USSV WWII National Submarine Memorial East. With the weather getting better all the time we hope you will have the opportunity to visit the memorial and see the great shape that it’s in thanks to the hard work of our Memorial Committee. We also had a fundraiser to support our clubhouse that you the membership have been very generous in supporting. In addition to our memorial services and fundraisers there are three important Base items of business that we have to tend to. The first item of business is the Base Elections. Nominations are now closed, and it’s time for you as the Base Members to let your voice be heard and vote for the leadership for the Base and the Club/Bar for the next two years. Voting will be open till just before the June Meeting on 31 May. You can vote electronically or by mailing in a paper ballot. The bottom line is to vote. Next it’s time to recruit some new members. Take a look at who you know and see who you can convince to join us at the First and Finest. Recruiting new members is an all hands responsibility! Let’s each try to sign up just one member between now and the end of the year. That’s all we are asking, just one new member. Our regular programs continue to do well, and we have also started a new program to render honors to boats that are outbound and departing on deployments. All of you do a lot to improve Groton Base, to improve our clubhouse, and to help out the community. We accomplish a lot, and you can hold your heads high as members of SUBVETS Groton Base. We are the “First and Finest” base of USSVI because of all that you do. Enjoy this edition of Boat Notes which includes coverage of all our events, all of the things we’ve mentioned, and many more. When you are done reading it, pass it on to a shipmate who isn’t a member to enjoy and recruit him to join SUBVETS Groton Base. If you get an opportunity, come down and visit your club. Westport Satellite Group The Westport Satellite Group (WSG) is a group of Groton Base SUBVETS who live in the southwest corner of CT. They enjoy the benefits of being a part of the First and Finest, provide a great deal of support to us here at Groton Base and have the added advantage of getting together as shipmates for good times and submarine camaraderie even though they live 70–100 miles away from the clubhouse. The group as a whole are great supporters of SUBVETS Groton Base. They cook brunch once a month and are big supporters of the Kaps for Kids, Scholarship and SUBVETS ANNIVERSARY 2 – 4 MAY Thanksgiving programs. If you live down below New Haven check them out. If you want some additional information about what they do, contact either Paul Grammar at (203) 386-9742 or Paul@subcob.com or Dave Rosenbluh at davidr1126@comcast.net. Issue 2013-02 SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes Page 7 Bar News: Karen Torkelson years managing the club and I’ve loved the 12 years I’ve worked here. The members have made this a second home for me. As I step down I would like to think that the leadership of the club and organization will work hard together to make this a better place for our members. The club and the organization go hand in hand. The success of both parts depends on them working together for the betterment of both. In my opinion the organization would not be as large if we didn’t It was a long, snowy, cold winter. We had to close the clubhouse several times due to bad weather. We apologize for any inconvenience we might have caused, but the safety of our staff and members comes first. Coming to your clubhouse are our anniversary weekend in May and the Holland Club Induction in June. We hope to see our members supporting and enjoying both events. As many of you know, I’m stepping down as permittee and manager of the club. I have enjoyed the 4 ½ have the club and we couldn’t have a club if we didn’t have the organization. Please do your part to support your club and your organization. I would like to thank everyone who has supported me in the years I have been with the club, from the awesome staff to the great members. Without their support and encouragement I could not have made this journey. It would take far too much space to thank each person individually, but I hope that you know how much I have appreciated your support! Submarine Homecomings During submarine homecomings SUBVETS welcome home submarines returning from deployment to Groton, CT, the Submarine Capitol of the World. It is always great to be a part of these events. In addition we have implemented a new program to recognize our shipmates heading out on deployments. We refer to these as Outward Bound events. We now muster to render honors for submarines heading out on deployment to show our respect for the crew for what they are setting out to do and the sacrifices they will make with regards to their families while they are gone. This is just as important as the homecomings. We’ve all been there and know the significance of those deployments to our country and the submarine force. We muster under the Gold Star Bridge for the homecomings and outward bound honors. For homecomings the saluting battery will fire off seven rounds in salute to the returning deployers while our SUBVETS man the rails. Then the crew scrambles down to the pier and joins the family and official parties in welcoming them home. For the outward bound submarines, they simply render honors with a hand salute. They also provide great opportunities for SUBVETS to support our active duty shipmates and to promote SUBVETS. Because of security classifications, word of returning deployers cannot be put out in advance. This results in little of time to get the word out. This notification is predominantly done by email and by phone. If you want to be part of these events and do not have email capability contact the Base Chaplain Tom Russell at (860)536–7733 and he will put you on our list. He will let you know about these events when the information about the returning deployer is no longer classified so that hopefully you can be involved. Many thanks to all those who showed up for these homecomings and welcome home to the crews. Many thanks also to the squadron staffs who keep us informed and allow us to be involved in these subma- USSVI Next of Kin Data/Eternal Patrol In our USSVI database there is a place to enter your next of kin information and how to contact them. When we are called to Eternal Patrol, it is too late to provide that information and it becomes very difficult for the National or Base Chaplain to offer any comfort or support because they do not know who to contact. We have had several shipmates pass over the bar and had no next of kin information recorded in their record. That becomes cumbersome and embarrassing when we do not know who to provide your Eternal Patrol Certificate to. If you have current next of kin already entered into your record, thank you and no further action is required. If you don’t know or you don’t have that information there, please help us and get your current next of kin information added to your record along with at least a telephone number so that we can offer support when that time comes along. You can up your own record at www.ussvi.org by notifying the Membership Chairman or Base Commander and asking us to have it added or by sending it to the national office (ussvi@telebyte.net) with a similar request to add. It is also helpful if your family knows to contact us in the event of your passing. The sooner that we know, the better we can get the word out to the Honors Detail. Some members we have found out about their passing the day before or the day of the wake/funeral, and were not able to render honors. For some we have found out a month or even a year later. This can be prevented if your family knows to contact us. Please ensure your family knows that if you depart on Eternal Patrol to contact either Base Chaplain Tom Russell or the Base Commander. Thanks for helping us to ultimately help your next of kin. WHO CAN YOU SIGN UP AS A NEW MEMBER? Page 8 SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes Issue 2013-02 National Submarine Memorial East: Dick McGirr The Memorial Committee is responsible for the care and maintenance of the U.S. SUBVETS WWII National Memorial East. All of the funds to do this work come from either donations or the Annual Appeal and Raffle. Your support is in keeping with our creed “To perpetuate the memory of our Shipmates who gave their lives in support of our country…” Those funds were really needed this past year as we accomplished some major structural work at the National Submarine Memorial. Without your support we would not have been able to accomplish that needed work. The memorial has been in layup for the winter months. But by the time that you read this article, things will be happening around the memorial. We start holding our annual memorial services in April for the Submarine Force Birthday/Anniversary of the loss of USS THRESHER. Then we have one for the SUBVETS Anniver- sary and Memorial Day. This spring the City of Groton will be removing and replacing the concrete walkways to and in front of the Wall of Honor. In addition they will be installing a concrete pad for ceremonies will occur. We are working with the city so that this work will not interfere with scheduled memorial services. There’s always lots of work to do in maintaining the grounds and the memorial in the standards deserving of a national memorial to our war dead and in preparing the memorial for the various memorial services and functions held there. This takes volunteers and donations to support this work. The Memorial Committee could always use more volunteers—especially younger volunteers. As far as donations, they can be made at any time. But again that’s what the Annual Memorial Appeal and Raffle is for. The Appeal and Raffle information will be mailed out in early spring and the raffle winner will be pulled at the July meeting. We encourage you to visit our memorial and to use it for various functions. Please just contact us first to ensure there is no conflict with someone else’s plans and that we are not doing major work on the day/time that you want to use it. To volunteer to assist the Memorial Committee, for arrangements to use the Memorial or for any questions or comments regarding the Memorial please contact Dick McGirr at memorial@subvetsgroton.org or by phone at (860) 445-2161. Clubhouse Support In mid-January you were informed by letter that we needed your help to cover some back IRS Taxes and associated penalties. Tax calculation were re-computed and the total amount of taxes owed was $5,372.84. All back taxes and required forms were submitted to the IRS in early February. As soon as we hear from the IRS we will pay whatever penalties are required. In the meantime, the membership of Groton Base responded in a very positive way. As of this writing we have received over $27,000 in donations from our generous membership to help with the club bills. Money in excess of the back taxes and penalties will be used to help pay bills associated with the clubhouse like electricity, heat, water, and insurance. In addition we have taken some positive steps to help the situation down the road. The Base Treasurer has taken over payroll and associated taxes. Previously the bar paid most of the utility bills associated with the club- house. Now we are turning over the profits from the club above payroll and the cost of goods to the Base Treasurer. He pays those utilities and other bills with a combination of that money and organizational money. Here’s the catch. Base dues are $15 a person. With about 1500 duespaying members that’s only about $22,500 in total funds available to support base operations and the clubhouse. Base dues are primarily designed to cover the cost of operations for Groton Base newsletters, etc. It’s our clubhouse. We will do everything possible to cover the clubhouse expenses as well. The more profit that the club can turn over, the less that has to come out of Groton Base operating funds. The more members we have, the higher the total funds available to support base operations and the clubhouse. The more members you sign up, the better off we are. That’s one of the reasons why we are so anal with membership renewals. If we added 1,000 members to our roster that SUBVETS ANNIVERSARY 2 – 4 MAY would be $37,500, an increase of about $15,000 that would be available to help with those expenses. The EBOARD, BOT and I cannot do that. It’s up to all of us to do what we can in helping club business. National was very concerned about what liabilities they have with regards to the clubhouse, expenses, etc. After reviewing our documentation with regards to the mortgage, deed, insurance, and liquor license we found that everything says USSVI and not USSVI Groton Base. National has good reason to be concerned. The EBOARD is getting that documentation updated and changed to USSVI Groton Base. We will keep you informed of how things are progressing, and I would like to thank every member who has helped us out in this time of need. Regardless of the amount you donated to help us in supporting the club through these challenging times and issues the bottom line is that we thank you for your help. We will get better! Issue 2013-02 Page 9 SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes The HOLLAND Club Report: Al Kinsall The 2013 HOLLAND CLUB ceremony is Saturday 01 June 2013 at 0900 at Dealey Center Theatre on SUBASE. There are 52 members who qualified in submarines in 1963 or before who are eligible to be inducted to this prestigious group in SUBVETS. 2013 inductees are: Jerry Bauer, Steven Bell, Joseph Bialek, Paul Blanchette, Raymond Briggs, Sydney Brown, James Bruce, Charlie Burger, Antonio Cocchiaro, Gordon E. W. Conrad II, Forrest E. Cramer Jr., James E. Dickensheets, Paul Duggan, Luis Duran, John Farro, Aquiles Faustino, Joseph Hanzel Jr., Sydney Harrison, Herbert Horne, Michael Hubbard, Edward Jocque, Jack Kepler, Jack Kressley, William Leedom, Claude Lemoi, Charles Levandoski, William McCann, Lawrence Miller, Daniel Murphy, Angelo Naso, Donald O’Connor, John Olsson Jr., Edward Priebe, Ronald Primeaux, Sterling Redding¸ Burnette Rickmond Jr., Joseph Ryan Jr., Louis Salicrup, Jack Scaduto, Larry Schafer, Gary Schneider, Joseph Schoonmaker, George Smith, Curtis Thomas, Thomas Toland, Carroll Vary, Joseph Wallace, John Waterman, Robert Wetzel, William Woodruff, and William Wulftange. Each of the HOLLAND CLUB inductees will soon be receiving a registration sheet to list all of your guests who will be attending the ceremony. For access on the SUBASE, you must provide the full name, date and place of birth and full social security number for you and all guests attending no later than 15 May 2013 so the list can be provided to SUBASE Security to arrange for Base access for you and all of your guests. Inductees and guests will be able to check in by 7:30 am. Don’t be late! Following the ceremony there will be a reception at the club with light hors d'oeuvres and cash bar for all inductees and guests. Parking will be by the National Submarine Memorial with shuttle transportation to/from the clubhouse. If you will be in town the night before, you and your guests can come down to the SUBVETS clubhouse for an inexpensive steak dinner. Advancepaid reservations are required. Present members of the HOLLAND CLUB and other interested members are also welcome to attend the ceremony and encouraged to join us to recognize these senior citizens of the submarine force. To attend, simply contact me with your full name, date and place of birth and full social security number for access to the base. This information is required by the base even though you may have a military (retired) ID. This is important so we have an idea how many people will be attending. Each month HOLLAND CLUB members get together at the club for lunch. It’s a popular event that sells out as soon as it’s publicized. Wives and guests are welcome to accompany their HOLLAND CLUB member. The cost is $6 each. The luncheons are held the third Tuesday of every month. Mark your calendar and make your reservations early by contacting Bud Atkins either by email at bud-tmcmss@sbcglobal.net or (860) 440-3120 for the next HOLLAND CLUB luncheons scheduled for 16 April, 28 May and 18 June 2013. We have in the past and will continue to invite various Command and boat CO/COB as guests and speakers at our HOLLAND CLUB luncheon. They are interesting and enjoy the company of being with the HOLLAND CLUB members. The attendees enjoy having these guests, which brings these luncheons to a high level of participation. We have recently had as our guests: (DEC) Capt Mike Holland/CMDCM (SS) Bob Boyd, who are the Commo- dore/CMC for Submarine Squadron 4; (JAN) CSM John Carragher the CSM of the CT National Guard; (FEB) Master Diver Mark Leet; and (MAR) Sam R. Geiger and MMCM(SS) Edward Rathgeber, the CO /COB of the USS TOLEDO (SSN 769). Many thanks to all of them for taking the time to join us. Watch for announcements in the Commander’s weekly email. Thank you all for taking the time to join us for lunch. Make your donation count! The above photograph is of a signature print by Gerald Levey of the USS Groton SSN-694 with the US SUBMARINE BASE and the escape tower in the background. The lucky person who donates the most to the HOLLAND CLUB will take this keepsake home. The lucky donor will be announced at the 1 June 2013 HOLLAND CLUB induction ceremony on SUBASE. If you have any questions about the HOLLAND CLUB, please don’t hesitate to contact me at (860) 442-9657 or HOLLAND@subvetsgroton.org WHO CAN YOU SIGN UP AS A NEW MEMBER? Issue 2013-02 Page 10 SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes Groton Base Ship’s Store: Tom Connors The new 2013 SUBVETS Groton Base coin is available for sale at the Clubhouse. This year’s coin commemorates the rescue of 33 shipmates from the USS SQUALUS (SS 192). The coins are $5 each or $6.50 with shipping. We have lots of other small stores merchandise in stock: golf shifts, sweatshirts, ball caps, license plate frames, dolphins, DBF pins, and rating patches in stock. Did you know that SUBVETS Groton Base is the only place you can get truck mats, car mats and house welcome mats. They are a very high quality rubber mat that will easily outlive you, your car or your house. We are getting out of the mat business because of the cost of the items and cost of mailing. All car mats have been reduced to $20 a pair (welcome mats sold individually) plus $12.50 for shipping and handling. When they are gone they are gone for good. We can also order individual patches, vests, and garrison hats. Are you in the Holland Club? If you are we have Holland Club coins, patches, shirts, ball caps. and you can special order Holland Club Garrison hats. We now have in stock the infamous Target T-Shirts with a new design. They are $10 at the clubhouse, plus shipping if you want them mailed. Small stores items can be purchased any time from the bartender, or you can purchase through me. Items can be purchased locally, or we can ship to you as well. Checks should be made out to U.S. SUBVETS, and orders mailed to U.S. SUBVETS; Attn: Ships Store; 40 School St.; Groton, CT 06340. In addition we can do special orders from the USSVI National Storekeeper. Go to the USSVI National web page at http://ussvi.org and select Storekeeper. If you see something that you like, let me know at stores@subvetsgroton.org or (860)445–5262 and we’ll order it. Submarine Birthday Ball at the clubhouse. Make checks payable to Submarine Birthday Ball. Tickets can be purchased in person at the club or by mail by sending a self addressed stamped envelope with your check. The Submarine Capital of the World celebrates the 113th Submarine Force Birthday Saturday, 13 April 2013, at the MGM Grand Premier Ballroom at Foxwoods Casino. Tickets ($50 per person) are available Submarine Qualification Recognition Program Attention COs and COBs! Do you know about our Submarine Qualification and Recognition Program (SQRP)? We would like the opportunity to recognize your sailors with our SQRP, but to do so we need your support and involvement. We need you or one of your Chief Petty Officers to tell us that you would like to recognize crew members who recently Qualified in Submarines at an upcoming meeting. We need a list of the individuals including their full names and rates/ ranks at least one week prior to the meeting that we will be recognizing your sailors so that way we can prepare a certificate for them. On meeting night (first Monday of every month except when it falls on a holiday), the crew members show up before the meeting starts at 1830. Usually the COB, CO, other crew members and family accompany them. We conduct the SQRP at the very start of the meeting. The CO and COB say a few words if desired. We all sound off our names and boat and year that we qualified. When the sailors hear some of the Qualification years it really hits them. We are usually done by 1900 so all can depart or to enjoy our facilities downstairs. Anyone SUBVETS ANNIVERSARY 2 – 4 MAY can stay for rest of the meeting. Boats just returning from deployments are the ideal candidates with numerous crew members who received their dolphins for us to recognize. We look forward to recognizing your sailors. At the meeting on 7 Jan we recognized shipmates from the USS HARTFORD (SSN 768) who completed Qualifications while on their deployment and shipmates recently Qualified in Submarines on the USS SAN JUAN (SSN 751). At the March 4 meeting we recognized a shipmate from PCU NORTH DAKOTA who completed his Qualifications while assigned to another submarine. If you are in port when our meetings are scheduled (Feb 4, Mar 4, Apr 1), give the Base Commander a call and allow us to recognize your sailors. SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes Page 11 Issue 2013-02 Clubhouse Cleanup Our club gets cleaned thanks to our shipmates on the Saturday Morning Cleanup Crew who continually donate time every weekend to clean our clubhouse and keep it looking good for our members and guests. The club belongs to the membership, but cleanup of the club is done by only a small handful of hard-working, dedicated volunteers. We can always use more volunteers on a regular basis to clean. You don’t have to be there every Saturday, just when you can. Extra bodies are always helpful, especially dur- ing the winter. Cleanup starts around 7am and is usually completed by 10am for our 11am opening. The clubhouse belongs to the membership, and at Groton Base we are very fortunate in that we are the only USSVI Base with its own clubhouse, even 48 years after the organization was formed. That is special. We also schedule two Field Days during the year for the deep cleaning including the outside grounds and the upstairs Richard Higham Hall. The next field day will be on Saturday 27 Apr from 0900 – 1200. This is just in time for our club to look its best for our guests attending for the Anniversary Celebration. The more members who attend, the more that we can get done. Hopefully we’ll get a good number of volunteers show up. If you can be there to help us out, please let the House Committee Chairman know in advance. Please pitch in to keep your club clean. If the membership does not clean the clubhouse, it does not get cleaned. National Scholarship Applications The National Scholarship Committee is pleased to announce that they are accepting applications for 2013 scholarships now and will be excepting requests for scholarship applications from now until 15 March 2013. All scholarship applications are to be in the hands of the Scholarship Chair- man by 15 April 2013. You can down load the application from the USSVI Web page at: https://www.ussvi.org/ Documents.asp? Type=Scholarship|Application The three documents there must be downloaded to complete the package. If you cannot download the ap- plication or do not have internet please email me or call and I will send you the missing part(s). I can be reached on my cell phone at 860-334 -6457 or 30 Surrey Lane, Norwich, CT 06360-6541. If you need any help please get in touch with me. I will do whatever to help you out. Scholarship News: Barry Russack As you read this article, we are at the beginning of the spring Season. That means we are also at the beginning of the 2013 Scholarship Season. Groton Base started accepting scholarship applications for 2013 on 1 March and will continue through 15 April 2013. Application, resume, essay and all supporting documentation must be addressed to U.S. SUBVETS, Attention Scholarship Committee, 40 School Street, Groton, Ct. 06340. Applications must be received by the closing date. Pay attention to detail with your application. Information about the scholarship application procedures will be promulgated by the Base Commander on the weekly broadcasts and will be updated on the Scholarship web page at http://subvetsgroton.org/ scholarship/default.aspx . We are also preparing for the SUBVETS Anniversary Celebration. The Anniversary Celebration and primarily the Golf Tournament are the principal fundraisers for the Groton Scholarship Program. We recently mailed out our annual appeal to all members of Groton Base. Groton Base members have always given generously in the past to support the Groton Base Scholarship program. We hope this year is no exception. We know these are some tough economic times. We are also aware that many of you are supporting the Clubhouse Support Fund. The committee looks forward to your continued support and another successful year with the Groton Base Scholarship Program. Speaking of the committee, we are looking for a few new members. If you want to directly impact the lives of those who look for scholarships, contact me at scholarship@subvetsgroton.org or call (860) 446-8713. 50th Annual USS Thresher Memorial Service USSVI Thresher Base invites all USSVI members to join them in perpetuating the memories of those lost aboard USS Thresher at the 50th Annual USS Thresher Memorial Service. The service will be held on 06 April 2013 @ 1300 at the Portsmouth High School Auditorium. Doors will open @ 1130. Attendance is by invitation only. For invitations please contact Thresher Base Commander Kevin Galaez directly at ThresherBase@comcast.net and give him your name, address, phone number, and the names of any people who might want to come with you, so they know where to mail the tickets. Additional memorial service details can be found on the Thresher Base website http://www.thresherbase.org. WHO CAN YOU SIGN UP AS A NEW MEMBER? SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes Page 12 Issue 2013-02 Newsletter Boat Sponsorship Program: PW Louthain The Boat Notes Sponsorship Program is designed to get our newsletter to the fleet, especially the Groton Commands. It is our goal to have at least six copies sponsored for local Commands. Many thanks to all members that have made donations to sponsor our newsletter. Command Sponsored (Total Copies) COMSUBGRU-2 (2) SUBRON-4 (2) SUBDEVRON-12 (2) USS ALEXANDRIA (SSN 757) (5) USS ANNAPOLIS (SSN 760) (4) USS CALIFORNIA (SSN 781) (4) USS DALLAS (SSN 700) (6) USS HARTFORD (SSN 768) (4) USS MIAMI (SSN 755) (5) USS MISSOURI (SSN 780) (4) USS NEW HAMPSHIRE (SSN 778) (5) USS NEW MEXICO (SSN 779) (4) USS PITTSBURGH (SSN 720) (5) USS PROVIDENCE (SSN 719) (6) USS SAN JUAN (SSN 751) (5) USS SPRINGFIELD (SSN 761) (4) To add your name to this list you can mail a check to USSVI Groton Base; 40 School St; Groton, CT 06340; Attention Boat Sponsorship. Please include your name and address as well as the Commands you wish to sponsor or you can allow me to fill in Sponsors; Exp. Date PW Louthain; Tom Russell (4/13) Stan Mathis; Tom Russell (4/13) Charles Kuntz; Tom Russell (4/13) Jack Casey (3/13); Carl Hill; Maureen A. McLarrin (6/13); Joe Damm (7/13); George S. Smith (12/13) Charles Kuntz; Donald G. Gunn (4/13); Ed Berry (6/13); Timoth P. Potter (4/15) Anonymous; Stan Mathis; Brian D. Turley(4/13); Carl Hill (6/13) John Carcioppolo (3); Donald G. Gunn (4/13); Pete Gunn (2) (8/13) Jack Casey; Richard C. Lukas (3) (3/13) Jack Casey (3/13); Stan Mathis( 4/13); Mike Henderson (5/13); Charlie Murray (2) (8/13) Jack Casey (2) (3/13); Brian D. Turley (6/13); Carl Hill (6/13) Anonymous; Jack Casey; Bill Welsh(3) (3/13) USS Hardhead Alumni Assn.(3/15); Anonymous; (3/13); Mike Henderson (5/13); Steve Hallquist (7/13) Joseph S. Katusich (3); Charles Kuntz (4/13); Harrison H. Solt III (3/15) Anonymous (3/13); Jack Casey(2); Norman Roy (3) (4/13) Anonymous (3/13); Jack Casey; USS Hardhead Alumni Assn. (3/15); Carl Hill(6/13);David Dorn(9/13) Charles McMullin(3/13); Charles Kuntz(4/13); Carl Hill(6/13); Joe Damm (7/13);Maureen McLarrin (9/13) the Command where needed. The donation requested for sponsorship is $10 per year per Command. You may also drop your donation at our clubhouse. Remember, all donations are tax deductible. Thank you. If you have questions please contact me at Command Sponsored (Total Copies) USS TOLEDO (SSN 769) (4) USS MISSISSIPPI (SSN 782) (5) USS VIRGINIA (SSN 774) (4) PCU USS NORTH DAKOTA (SSN 784) (6) USS JIMMY CARTER (SSN 23)(1) HISTORIC SHIP NAUTILUS (5) Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) (1) Sponsors; Exp. Date Donald G. Gunn; Charles Kuntz (4/13); Anonymous (5/13);Carl Hill(6/13); Brian Turley (12/13) David T. Cornell Sr.; Chris Pietras (3) (3/13); Steve Hallquist (7/13) Charles F. McMullin (3/13); David T. Cornell Sr. (4/13); Anonymous; Mike Henderson (5/13) Charles F. McMullin; Chris Pietras(3)(3/13); Dave Fischer(2)(7/13) Mark A. Wiggins (12/13) Paul J. Weir (3); Jack Casey (2) (3/13) PW Louthain (4/13) NAVAL SUBMARINE SCHOOL (3) Naval Submarine Support Center (NSSC) (2) Naval Submarine Support Facility (NSSF) (2) Naval Undersea Medical Institute (NUMI) (2) Navy Information Operations Detachment Groton (NIOD) (1) Navy Operational Support Center (NOSC) (2) Nuclear Regional Maintenance Department (NRMD)(1) Regional Support Group (RSG) (2) Submarine Learning Center (SLC) (2) Submarine Technical Support Center (STSC) (2) Supervisor of Shipbuilding (SUPSHIPS) (3) USS ALBUQUERQUE (SSN 706) (1) USS CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI (SSN 705) (1) USS MAINE (SSBN-741) Gold (1) Jack Casey (3/13) USS OKLAHOMA CITY (SSN 723) (3) Paul F. Dillon (4/13) SUBVETS ANNIVERSARY 2 – 4 MAY PW Louthain (4/13); Carl Hill (6/13) PW Louthain (4/13); Carl Hill (6/13) PW Louthain (4/13); Carl Hill (6/13) PW Louthain (4/13) PW Louthain (4/13); Carl Hill (6/13) PW Louthain (4/13) Charles Kuntz; Brian D. Turley (4/13) Brian D. Turley (4/13); Carl Hill (6/13) PW Louthain (4/13); Carl Hill(6/13) Thomas Harvey (3/13) Maureen A. McLarrin (5/13) Maureen A. McLarrin (3/13) Patricia M. Reid (3/15) Page 13 SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes Issue 2013-02 USSVI National News AMERICAN SUBMARINER The national magazine is available at https://www.ussvi.org/ americansubmariner.asp. If you’d rather get the magazine online than mailed, contact the USSVI National Commander at NC@USSVI.ORG. This saves the organization printing and mailing costs. NATIONAL WEB PAGE http://ussvi.org. Contact information has been blocked for all USSVI members to prevent spamming and let you make the decision to make your information public. Other members can see who you are but will not be able to contact you. unless you go to the USSVI web page and unblock your information. If you need help or you don’t have internet, contact a Base Officer or the Membership committee. NATIONAL CONVENTION The USSVI National Convention will be held Aug 25 – Sep 2 2013 at the Kahler Grand Hotel in Rochester, MN. For additional information either visit the webpage at https://www.ussvi.org/ Conventions.asp or contact Darold (Andy) Anderson at either (218)763– 3560 or email at acelect@emily.net. Submarine Excellence at SUBVETS Groton Base Recognition for submarine First let’s start off by saying congratulations to excellence also goes to the the Submarine Force BatCommand Master Chiefs who tle E winners. Winning the were recently selected to fill Battle E means your boat is various Command Master the best of the best. Having Chief positions as a result of been on the receiving end of CMDCM(SS) Wes Koshoffer that award is an honor and a being selected for the SUBprivilege for the entire crew. It is no easy task. The winLANT FORCE CMC. Conning submarines homeported gratulations to the following: here in Groton are: CMDCM(SS) Andrew Smith Submarine Squadron 4 CMC for Commander, SubUSS NEW HAMPSHIRE Sailor of the Year and Junior Sailor of the Year Finalists, COMSUBLANT marine Group Two, CMDCM (SSN 778) Force Master Chief Kirk Saunders, Bud Atkins and Base Commander John (SS) Eric Murphy CMC for Carcioppolo Submarine Development Regional Support Group and Squadron 12 CMDCM(SS) Rory Wohlgamuth following individuals selected as USS TOLEDO (SSN 768) CMC for Commander Submarine JSOY and SOY in their respective The BATTLE E award is just one Development Squadron Twelve. categories: award. There are many other boats JSOY SHORE EM2(SW) Austin M. recognized at this time of year for Walters many other things with other awards. JSOY SEA MM2(SS) Nicholas G. Congratulations to all commands that Rucinski were award recipients. SOY SHORE MM1(SS) Jared A. Congratulations to the sailors selectYeary ed as the SUBLANT SOY. The JSOY SOY SEA MM1(SS) William E. Cox and SOY recipients represent the Petty Officers Yeary and Cox will go very best sailors from within our subon to compete at the LANT FLEET marine force. These were some outlevel for SOY and we wish them the standing sailors. very best. Groton Base provided each finalist Congratulations also go out to the with a Groton Base plaque, some following Master Chiefs selected for cash awards totaling $350 each that the Command Master Chief Program: came from Groton Base, Long Island CMDCM(SS) Bob Boyd (CSS-4) , Base, Marblehead Base, and Bay CMDCM(SS) Ed Durrua (NSSC), and State West, and a free membership CMDCM(SS) Jay Gladu (SUBASE). for a 1 year period at Groton Base. Master Chief Program is a definite Congratulations and well done to the example of submarine excellence. WHO CAN YOU SIGN UP AS A NEW MEMBER? Issue 2013-02 Page 14 SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes Membership Committee: Robert Perritt Together with Rick Boorman and Brian Turley as the Membership Committee we have three primary goals: Retention, Recovery and Recruitment. These goals should not just be the Membership Committee’s goals because retention, recovery, and recruitment are the responsibility of all hands. We need to retain the members we have, recover the ones we have lost, and recruit new members whenever we have the opportunity. Over the past 8 months we have been working on the retaining, getting as many members to renew as possible. Despite our best efforts we still lost 336 members. Some have rejoined. Now it’s time to shift our focus to Recovery and most importantly Recruitment of new members. Each of you knows people who aren’t members of SUBVETS. Let’s work together on recruiting some of them to be members like you. We do more than process membership renewals. We update address changes, email changes, and basically update the national database and our local database with all your information. This can be done by several methods. You can update it yourself on the USSVI National Database at USSVI.ORG. You can update your information by emailing me at membership_Chair@subvetsgroton. org. You can update your information at the club either when you renew or just by dropping it in the Membership Box at the end of the bar. What kind of information do we track? We track your Qual Date, Boat Qualified As of 1 Jan 2013 Year Associate Life / Holland Regular Total New Members Eternal Patrol 2012 168 1207 892 2,267 297 24 2013 153 1167 688 2,008 74 6 on and date of birth. That’s the easy stuff as it never changes. We also track your rate, boats that you served on, whether you are active duty or not, whether you are retired or not, and most importantly your contact information. We don’t know when you get advanced, when you are assigned to a new boat, or when you move or change email addresses. We are dependent on you to provide that information for us. Because our national organization is a war veterans group it is very important that we track your dates of military service and we get credit if your years of service are between: WWII (1941-46), Korea (1950-55), Viet Nam (1964-75) or Iraq (1990now). If you’re not sure what we have on you, just contact me or visit your profile in the national database. Any time we make a change like when you renew, we send you an email with all of your information. That lets you know we processed your renewal, and it gives you the opportunity to review what information we have on you and what might need to be updated. Renewal Notes: It’s never too early to pay your dues in advance. We have members paid out till 2049. If your mailing address changes please let us know about it as soon as possi- ble. It’s very costly for us and National when addresses are incorrect to get our newsletters and American Submariners delivered. Boat Notes and the American Submariner are sent via Bulk Mail. This is at a reduced rate. Bulk rate mail is not forwarded to any new addresses. The sole responsibility for correct addresses is the member’s. More important than the cost is that when you don’t get your newsletter you miss information about your organization, and we lose contact with you. For all renewals, address changes, and updates of information that you have, please use the form on the back page or online at http:// www.subvetsgroton.org/ Donations/default.aspx. To all who renewed, thanks for staying with us and renewing early! To all new members of USSVI Groton Base, welcome aboard!!! The following is a listing of all who have joined/rejoined since the Oct/Nov/Dec edition of Boat Notes. (A=Associate, D=Dual, L=Life, R=Regular) NEW MEMBERS: Phillip Adams (R) Frank Ayapantecalt (R) Richard A. Baxter Jr. (R) Andrew Blumer (R) Andrew Cantu (R) Robert M. Carlin (R) Dewey Carpenter (R) Matthew D Carper (R) SUBVETS ANNIVERSARY 2 – 4 MAY Jacob Chapman (R) Jacob Ryan Dunnam (R) Justin A. Evans (R) Jeffrey M. Falk (R) Michael John Gabriel (R) Joshua Garlock (R) Michael Garner (R) Paul Michael Gaviria (R) Ed Hood (R) Cody Kasten (R) Gary M. Kelch (R) Jason Lall (R) Sohnhwa Lee (R) Michael Lomonte (R) Sean Michael Lyons (R) Simon Makuchowski (R) Timothy May (R) Tony McGovern (R) Mitch H. McNamer (R) Timothy P. Michaud (R) Jacob K. Newsome (R) John Pagan (R) Jeremy C. Parish (R) James P. Pierce (R) Russell T. Poole (R) Manuel Renteria Jr. (R) Carl John Roach Jr. (R) James Shuy (R) John P. Stallcop (R) Stephen Steele (R) David Paul Stiles (R) Jeffery S. Tanner (R) Forrest A. Theriault (R) West B. Tsan (R) Skylar Tuxhorn (R) James G. Van Laar (R) Richard E. Verbeke (R) Eric L. Walker (R) Erik D. Walsh (R) Ross Dale White (R) Shane Wicken (R) Lynn Wynn (A) MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS: John Adams (R) Patrick Agnew (R) Alfonso Agolio (R) Stephen W. Ahlcrona (L) James D. Aitken (L) Page 15 Mark A. Akesson (R) Craig Mario Alejos (R) George Allison (A) Stewart Altman (A) Brian Andersen (A) Frank Anglisano (R) Eric Antoine (R) Michael L. Artibee (L) Lee Ashcraft (L) David Babington (R) Fred Baker (R) David Bakos (R) Joseph Baldi (R) Dennis A. Baptiste (L) James J. Bargmann (L) John M Barnes (R) Tom Barnhart (L) Matthew Bart (R) Tim Bartlett (R) Kimberlee L. Beagle (A) Keith Beguhl (R) James E. Bell (A) Hugh L. Bell Jr (L) John D. Bennett (R) Trevor E. Bills (R) Joseph J. Biondi (R) Lori Blair Floyd (A) William L. Bohannan (LH) Thomas Bookman (A) Christopher Borris (R) James Botko (L) John A. Bowler (R) Warren A Bowman (R) Earl L. Brandon (L) William Brauer (L) Michael Brawner (A) Bruce Brayton (L) Damon K. Brecheen (R) Rodney L. Brigham (R) Brian J Brimmer (R) Chevy Brown (R) Michael B. Brown (L) Richard A. Brown (R) Jon E. Bruce (R) Henry Buermeyer (L) Darrell Buffenmeyer (R) David Bulkley (L) Robert C. Bump (R) Shawn Burke (L) Jeffrey Burns (AL) Dennis Burrows (R) Richard Caldwell (R) Dennis Callentine (R) James R Campbell (L) James R Campbell (L) Kevin M. Caron (R) Gregory Carroll (L) Leonard Caruso (A) William K. Castleberry (R) SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes Danny Chaney (R) Franklin Charles (RH) Gary Cheslak (R) Robert L. Chew (L) Kathleen Clapp (AL) Charles Bennett Clark (L) Leon H. Clodgo (R) Barry F Cole (R) Edward A. Collette (R) Jeremy Conde (R) James Connors (A) Michael F Connors (L) Todd W. Cramer (R) Kevin K. Crisman (R) Richard S. Crowley (R) James J. Curley Jr (R) Stephen P. Dahlem (R) Joseph Charles. Damm (L) Sean K Damm (A) Greg P. Darby (R) Mickey E Davidson (R) Jeremy Davis (R) William L. Dawson (R) David Daynard (R) Mark Deal (R) Minna DeGaetano (A) Bruce Edward Dennis (R) Sean Desio (L) Gregory W. Deveau (R) Brent L Diamond (L) Richard H. Dickson Jr. (A) Michael DiOrio (A) Steven DuBois (R) Roger J. Dumont (R) James T. Dunn (R) Darrell Dunnum (R) John F Durkin (L) Bill Dwyer (L) Michael O. Eastham (R) Richard Eberle (L) George E. Edwards II (R) Richard Eshman (R) Robert Evans (R) Frank Everett (L) Jeffrey Facteau (R) David Fairman (R) John Faulkner (R) Aquiles V. Faustino (R) Norbert Fay (A) Eric Fein (R) Robert Heath Felps (R) George J Fetkin (L) Barry Field (A) Steven A. Finco (L) Joseph Firn (R) Michael T Flaherty (L) John Flatley Jr (R) Mike Foster (R) Donald Fox (AL) Wendy Frigon (A) Bob Frizzola (L) Martin Fuger (R) Scott J Fusco (L) Richard J. Gamache (R) Hughes Garrett (RH) John I. Gedney III (L) Tom Gendreau (R) Erik Giannini (R) James Gilly (R) Martin W. Glavan (L) Lawrence Gleason (L) Darren Golden (R) Todd M. Grace (L) Ernie Grant (A) Walter Grant (L) Mike Greaney (R) Larry Greenough (R) Ed Greenwold (L) Richard Grigsby (R) David Grodt (L) Gerald Gross (R) Jonnie Gualandi (L) Dale J. Gump (R) Zachary L. Hale (R) Charles Thomas Hall (R) James David Hall (R) William S. Hall (R) Stephen A. Hallquist (R) Brian Halpin (R) Cecil D. Haney (R) Gordon L. Hanson (L) Arthur J. Harley (L) Louis J. Harold (R) Larry Harris (L) Sidney M. Harrison (L) Wallace H Haugen (R) Mike A. Haumer (L) William Hawks (A) Alexander M. Hay (R) Alan Hayes (L) Winthrop Hayes (R) Douglas A. Haynes (R) Evelyn Haywood (A) Jeff Heck (L) Michael Hedman (R) William c. Helton (L) James Henry (R) Edward A. Hernandez (L) Girard Hessling (R) Mark R. Higham (A) Kenneth L. Hirt (L) Kenneth C. Hochstetler (A) Ronald Hochstetler (A) Victoria Hochstetler (A) Scott W. Howard (L) George Howes (R) Steve Hudnall (R) WHO CAN YOU SIGN UP AS A NEW MEMBER? Issue 2013-02 Alisha Humes (A) Robert Hutchinson (A) Edward Hyne (R) Allen Iott (A) Paul Kevin Jackson (L) Owen J. Jackson Jr (R) Al Jagaczewski (L) William Jankowski (R) Christopher W Jenkins (R) Scott M. Jenkins (L) Gordon Jennings (L) King Jerry A. (RH) Hartigan John (RH) Gary M Johnson (L) Lee Johnson (R) Bradley Johnston (R) Eric M. Jones (R) Uwe Carl Willie Joos (L) Bradley D. Julian (L) James Kading (R) Ronald Kadlecik (LH) Raymond Kamienski (R) John E. Kammerer (L) Marc Kashar (R) Dennis J. Kauppinen (L) Peter F. Keller (L) Joel Kelly (AL) Michael J. Kindle (R) Elliott King (R) Billy J Kitchens (AL) Nicholas Kleimer (R) Glen A. Kline (L) Casey Kliphon (R) Thomas Kraemer (R) James J. Kronenwetter (L) Alex Kuen (R) Duane A. Lachance (L) Yves Laforte (R) Jeff Lamb (R) James Lambert III (R) Jeffrey T. Lame (R) Mike Lame (L) Kristopher A. Lancaster (R) David W. Lane (R) Bruce E Laney (L) Scott Lang (L) Doug Larson (R) James A Leavitt (L) David LeJeune (R) Matt Lettrich (R) Wagner Lewis (RH) Laura E. Liddon (A) Brandon L. Lindbeck (R) William Linne' (L) William H. Lloyd (L) Arnold O. Lotring, Jr. (R) Scott Luers (R) Andrew O. Lundberg (R) Terry A.C. Lyons (R) Issue 2013-02 Robert Macek (R) Dale C Mackay (L) John Kirk MacKenzie (L) Edwin J. Maguire (L) Cary W. Maikranz Sr (R) Joseph Maldonado (R) Samuel Malone (R) Charles A. Maresca (R) Don Martin (AL) Hope Maruzo (AL) Dean R. Marvin II (R) Jeremiah Marzean (R) Kevin R. Mathis (A) Melissa Mathis (A) Stanley W. Mathis (L) William T. McCance (L) William McCann (R) Jim McCutcheon (R) Adrian C. McElwee (R) Jason A McGarry (R) William F. McGonegal (L) John P. McGrath (R) Sean McGuckin (R) Christopher McLane (R) Joseph McSweet (R) Kerry Meng (R) Wayne Meyers (R) Scott Miller (R) Christopher D Mitchell (R) John J. Mondo Jr. (R) Stephen Monson (L) Stephen Montafia (R) Gregory H. Mooradian (R) Steve Moreau (R) Kenneth F. Morel (R) Allan C. Morgan Jr. (R) Christopher Morren (R) Catarino Murillo Jr. (R) Derek Murray (L) Michael Murray (A) Russell Neal (L) Robert E. Neill (L) David Nelson (A) Travis Nettekoven (R) Steve Niece (A) Anna Norosky (A) Frank Norosky (AL) James Notzen (R) Gaylon O'Bryant (L) Anthony Ochtera (R) John J. O'Dea (R) Kurt S. O'Donnell (R) Chris Ogden (R) Aaron Packnick (R) John B. Padgett III (L) Robert Palma (A) Marshall Grant Parsons (A) Ross Patterson (R) Kevin M Patton (L) SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes Gary A. Peck (R) Gerald Pederson (R) John Joseph Pedroni, Jr. (L) Jack L. Penney (L) Smith III Percy Arvard (RH) Mark C Perreault (L) Robert A. Perritt (L) Thomas M. Perron (L) Michael R. Pfarr (R) Jimmy Pfieffer (R) Mark Phelps (R) Thomas D. Ponko (R) H. H. Poppe (R) Michael Pottebaum (R) Ray Powell (L) Dale R. Probasco (R) Gordon R. Prouty (R) Timothy Quinn (R) William Quinn (A) David Racht (R) Sterling J Redding (L) Carl C. Reidemeister (R) Carol L. Reinhart (A) Ronald Reinhart (R) Michael Reska (L) Serge Riabtsev (R) Martin Riley (R) Lawrence Roach (R) Haff Robert J. (RH) John Robinson (L) Wayne Robinson (L) John Roch (R) Ronnie W. Rochelle (L) John E. Rodearmel (L) Paul V. Rohanna (R) Jonathan Rosario (R) Jeff Rowe (L) Jay Rowland (L) Joel Ruiz (R) Richard Rusczyk (R) Jason Rusk (L) Louis Russell (R) Nathan J. Russell (L) Joseph Wayne Ryan Jr (L) John Sabados (R) Thomas Santacroce (A) Mark Scahill (R) Richard A. Scarpa (R) David Schafer (R) Larry Schafer (R) George H. Schalk (R) James E. Schenk (L) Christian Schmid (A) Gary S. Schmid (L) Tim Schneider (L) Ed Schotanus (R) Mark Schraer (R) Jeff Schwarz (L) Alton Seamon (L) Matthew Seeger (R) Christopher Shannon (R) William J Shaw (R) Lucas Shepard (R) John L. Shettles III (R) Hank Silvestri (R) Chirs Sixta (R) Lisa M. Sizer (A) Charles R. Smee (L) Charles E. Smith (R) Joseph Paul Smith (R) Christopher A. Soder (R) Craig Sommer (R) Jason Stanko (R) Norman A. Staples (L) Theresa Starratt-Farrell (A) William Steafather (L) Michael Stein (L) Scott Stanley Stephenson (R) Raymond Stern (A) Brian P Stevens (L) William Stoiber (L) Ray Sulich (R) Charles Sullivan (L) Gary L. Surratt (L) Eric Svensson (R) William R. Swafford (R) Kenneth A. Swan (R) Joseph Symcak (L) Dick Taylor (R) Robert W. Taylor (R) Walter Taylor (L) Thomas F. OBrien (RH) Scott M. Thompson (R) Stephen W. Thompson (L) Adam Thorne (R) Ryan Thruston (R) William Tinnel (L) Thomas A. Toland (L) Andrew Torkelson (A) Rodney E. Totten (R) Timothy J. Trout (R) John A. Trubee (L) Harry V Truitt (R) Alexander J. Tufts (R) Clyde D. Turner (R) Daniel T. Unkrich (L) Angel Valentin Cardona (R) Paul J. Van Benthem (L) Nathaniel K. Van Noy (R) Gregory D. Van Overloop (R) William H. VanDerBeek (A) Thomas S. Veile (L) John M. Vick (R) Leonard A. Viggiani (R) Eric Von Tish (R) SUBVETS ANNIVERSARY 2 – 4 MAY Page 16 Donald E. Wallace (R) Allen Paul Wallen (AL) Charles E Warrington (L) Joel S. Watson (R) Michael Watson II (R) Joseph Watterson (A) Charles L Weaver (R) James F Weaver (R) Vincent M. Wessling (L) Frank Anderson White (R) Frank Anderson White (R) Michael Whitney (R) Michael T. Wiemann (R) Roy J Wilkes (R) Allread William O. (RH) Heyward J. Williams (A) Daniel Wilson (R) Randy Winkelman (L) William Woodruff (R) Ron Workman (L) Douglas A. Wright (L) David A Yeager (L) Ralph H. Young (R) Terrence Zamora (R) Denise Zamuider (A) REINSTATED MEMBERS: Matthew B. Andersen (A) Scott R. Blatt (L) Ed Boden (R) Joshua W. Bordelon (R) Paul N. Bristol (R) James Burgess (L) H. Darrell Callicutt (L) Michael Casella (R) Eric S. Chrans (R) Vincent J Christinziano (L) Robert J. Colavechio (R) Bisbee Corrow (R) Douglas C. Duchesney (R) Duless A. Duet (R) Henry Eldred (R) Nathaniel Fall (R) Norbert Fay (A) Scott Freyer (L) Matthew Grubb (R) Lecil E Guthrie (A) Roy C. Harness (L) Christopher Douglas Haynes (R) Martin R. Hirschkowitz (R) Edward Jocque (L) Dan Kohler (L) Donn Martin (R) Scott W. Mudge (R) Chris Nailon (R) Joseph Nardi (R) David A. Pennick (R) Page 17 SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes Michael Petroske (R) Jeffrey Ruth (R) Brian Stockel (L) Chris Stroup (R) Issue 2013-02 John Vandenburg Jr (R) Troy Wick (R) Rory Wohlgemuth (R) Brian Woomer (R) 2013 Groton Base Nominations/Elections Groton Base has elections every year, however each year we alternate the officers being elected so that not all four Base Officers are elected or relieved together. It allows for some stability. In odd numbered years the positions of Base Commander and Base Treasurer are up for election, and in even years the Base Vice Commander and the Base Treasurer are up for election. Additionally, in odd years the members of the Board of Trustees/ Club Officers are up for elections. This year the membership will be voting for Base Commander, Base Treasurer and Club Officers/Board of Trustees. Nominations for both elections were open from January – 08 March. The nominations for both elections were closed on 8 March to allow the ballots to get in the newsletter without delaying the newsletter. These elections for Base Officers and Club Officers/Board of Trustees are completely separate elections with different criteria and different voting eligibility as explained below. Base Officer Elections: Base Officer Elections are to vote for the leadership of Groton Base also known as the Executive Board (EBOARD). The EBOARD (Base Commander, Base Vice Commander, Base Secretary and Base Treasurer) are the officers representing Groton Base to the National Organization of USSVI. According to the Base and National Bylaws only Regular Members (nonAssociate Members) are eligible to run for the Base Officer positions and only Regular Members (nonAssociate Members) may vote in the Base Officer elections. Club Officer/Board of Trustees (BOT) Elections: The Club Officer/BOT elections are to vote for the leadership responsible for the management of the clubhouse. The Club Officers/ BOT report to the EBOARD and the Membership of Groton Base. As required by the State of CT this is a separate leadership team from the EBOARD. The Club Membership consists of all members of Groton Base including Associate Members. All members of the Club including Associate Members are eligible to run for the Club Officers/BOT, and they are all eligible to vote in the election of Club Officers/BOT. This was a change implemented this past fall when we finally made our Associate Members legal with the state of CT. There are two ballots included in this newsletter, one for the election of the nine Club Officers/BOT (page 19) and one for the election of the Base Officer elections (page 21). Voting opens on 1 April and closes at midnight 31 May. The ballots will be counted over that weekend and the results announced at the June membership meeting on 03 June. The new Base Officers and Club Officers/BOT will be sworn in at the July meeting on 1 Jul. You can use the ballots enclosed in this newsletter and drop it off or mail it to the club or you can vote electronically. The URL for electronic voting is http://vote2013.subvetsgroton.org How you vote is unimportant. This is the leadership for your organization and your club. The important thing is SUBVETS Groton Base BOT Nominations Tom Barnhart As a retired Master Chief Petty Officer, assigned to three submarines as Chief of the Boat, Squadron Two C/MC, and C/MC on an LHA these are just some of my qualifications as an organizer. I also am a Past Post Commander of VFW Post 1673. Additionally, I have been a project manager at a couple of firms managing contracts in the millions of dollars. Rick Boorman I gladly accept the nomination. By way of background, I was on the team that conducted the first audit of the club as directed by Mike Munhall when he was Base Commander. In addition, I have been a part of the Membership Committee since 2007 with primary responsibility for entering all the dues transactions into the National website. I also have over 30 years executive business experience. Rob Davis I am presently a member of the Board of Trustees. I have been a member of SubVets for over 5 years, and have been a regular member of the Saturday morning clean-up crew for as long as I have been a member of Sub Vets. I assisted Mike Munhall in resurfacing the galley floor, and have participated in numerous club repair activities. I dine at the club at least twice a week, and have a vested interest in seeing the club succeed. I am also a member of the Scholarship committee. I also participate in the base Memorial services, accompanying the Piper on the snare drum. Obedia Hill I believe that I can contribute a positive approach to affect the solving of problems concerning the Club/bar and Sub Vets. These entities have to complement each other to insure a reasonable degree of profitability. I have the attitude that there isn't any problem that can't be resolved without creativity, successful mission oriented goals and the full under-standing and cooperation of all concerned. I would like to help. Al Kinsall Member of USSVI - SUBVETS Groton Base, Club Relocation search Committee, Anniversary Golf Tournament Chairman, HOLLAND Club Chairman, Docent Submarine Force Library and Museum Association, Member and former president of New London Lions, Member New London Elks, Knights of Columbus, Served as elected member and President of New London Board of Education, Served as member and Chairman of New London Personnel Board, Served as member and Chairman of New London Board of Assessment Appeals, Served as member and President of Public Library of New WHO CAN YOU SIGN UP AS A NEW MEMBER? Issue 2013-02 London Norman Kuzel As a member of SVGB since 2004 I have experienced many changes in the club; some good others not so good. It is my belief that new faces and ideas can improve our situation. Because I am active as a Docent, SubScol Graduation member, K4K and Honors Detail, I am exposed to a myriad of issues that can be resolved through discussion and appropriate action. The fact that I was nominated by my peers, someone has faith in my ability. Mike Lopeman I think I could be a good steward of the club and make the club and organization work better together. I work at SUPSHIP Groton and am around for all to see and make suggestions to. I would appreciate a vote for me for the BOT to keep the club running. Charles Murray Since joining the Groton Base, I have tried to both learn and support the organization as a volunteer and committee member. I believe the Club is an important part of the organization in that it provides the environment for qualified submariners to continue and build long term friendships. I have over 30 years of management experience and more years as a volunteer within the community. Over the last 2 years, I helped write the Audit PPM, suggest changes to the by-laws, been member of the Finance & Audit Committee and worked on various committees. I have observed how hard both employees and members have worked to maintain the Club. I am willing to work as hard to help the BOT insure that we have a successful Club. I believe to be success we need to work together within the Base to have a Club that offers services that both young and old subvets will find desirable and encourage frequent participation. Robert Perritt I joined USSVI Groton Base December 1998, became a Life Member in 2004. Several years ago after being asked by the Base Command and PW Louthain, I SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes assume duties of the Base Webmaster. Since then, my wife and I have donated the cost of maintaining the website and the email server to Groton Base. The website was designed to enable authorized members of the Base to upload documents and pictures, to add new site pages and in general, build it to suit the Base. The success of the website I believe is by not having one person as a bottleneck, but enabling a team to run it. Mike Munhall has done a great job of keeping it going. In 2011, I became the Membership Chairman. During this time we have developed two new membership bookkeeping applications and many reports which carry on the theme of being open and available to Base officers and select members. Our database is fully synchronized with USSVI National’s website to greatly improve the accuracy of membership information in both places. The driving priority is to move away from a private Access program on someone’s hard drive to a system where information is made available – on demand, any time of the day. As a member of the BOT, I will push to continue the same goal – make the BOT fully visible to all members, completely transparent. We will use the website and email system to promote club-house activities. I also believe we should look into outsourcing payroll to ADP, and to utilize QuickBooks Online – this too will allow multiple authorized people to have access to BOT records. I also believe that because all members were asked to help the Clubhouse in the January appeal, all members have a right to know what their donations were or are planned to be used for. Good news or bad, all members will have a picture on how their Clubhouse is doing. Dennis Popp I believe my background and education may be of some help to SVGB. It is certainly different than most members. I have been an active associate member for several years and use the clubhouse and its facilities often. I enjoy the club, its members and have said many times that I would do whatever I can to help out. I feel this is an opportunity to help a group of people I care about carry SUBVETS ANNIVERSARY 2 – 4 MAY Page 18 out their mission. Frank Rowe PNC(SS) Frank Rowe, USN (Ret). Enlisted in January 1965 and retired from PSD in April 1988. After nine years with the Aviation community was accepted for and qualified in submarines, serving as yeoman on four SSBN's and leading Yeoman on SSBNs 657 and 659. Shortly after retirement earned an Associate Degree in Business Administration (Public Administration) from Mohegan Community College (Three Rivers). Served as Senior Congressional Aide to both Congressman Sam Gejdenson and Senator Joe Lieberman, retiring in this January Norman Roy I accept the nomination as candidate for the BOT. If elected, I will work diligently to maintain the USSVI-Groton Base as the " First and Finest " Base. Qualifications-Education: Bishop Hendricken High School ; Bryant University-B.S. in B.A. (Marketing & Economics)-Employment: United Parcel Service (Parcel Delivery Operations) ; Securitas Security ServicesUSA (Account Manager ) ; Powder Horn Brook Farm ( Forestry Products & Landscaping )--Volunteer Organizations: Potterville Vol Fire Dept (Scituate, R.I.); BSA-Cub Master, Unit Commissioner, & Dist Cub Leader Training Chairman; American Tree Farm System-R.I. Tree Farm Committee; Rhode Island Conservators Organization (Charter Member); Scituate Comprehensive Planning Commission; Naval Submarine LeagueNautilus Chapter and a member of American Legion Post 74 (West Warwick, R. I.). Pride Runs Deep Gary Schmid Yes i would be interested in a position on the board of trustees USSVI Groton Base. i have been active for many years on the Thanksgiving Day Dinner and am currently the Director of the Docent Program... past experience includes Commander of the American Legion on Fishers Island NY where i increased membership three fold, returned the club to solvency and facilitated a much greater community involvement in the organization Page 19 Issue 2013-02 SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS, INC. Groton Base Voting Ballot BOT The following Club Members have been nominated for election for the Club Officers/Board of Trustees. Voting is open until 30 May. Each of the candidates listed have provided letters of acceptance if elected. Write-ins will have to provide a letter of acceptance if declared the winner prior to being sworn in. Candidates Name Barnhart, Tom Boorman, Rick Davis, Rob Hill, Obedia Kinsall, Al Kuzel, Norman, Leonaitis, James Lopeman, Mike Murray, Charles Perritt, Robert Popp, Dennis Rowe, Frank Roy, Norman Schmid, Gary Candidates Name Print Name: Yes Candidates Name INSTRUCTIONS Complete ballot marking the yes box for only 9 members for the Club Officers/Board of Trustees. Yes NOTE: Pick a maximum of only 9 candidates. More than nine candidates will cancel your Ballot. It is important to provide your name written clearly. It is the only way that we can verify 1. Those ballots came from Club Members in good standing. 2. That no one votes more than once. Mail the completed ballot to: WRITE IN CANDIDATES Yes Candidates Name Signature: Groton Base Ballot 40 School Street Groton, CT 06340 ATN: Chairman of the Board of Trustees Yes Date: WHO CAN YOU SIGN UP AS A NEW MEMBER? Issue 2013-02 Page 20 SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes Shipmate in the Spotlight: Jack Gallimore Our Shipmate in the Spotlight for this edition of Boat Notes is shipmate Jack Gallimore. At the January 2013 Monthly meeting it was announced that the EBOARD had selected Jack as the recipient of the Chris Quijada Distinguished Member of the Year for 2012. Jack has been very active in many areas and contributes to the success of SUBVETS Groton Base. He has served as the Chairman of the Submarine Guest Speaker Program for several years. He coordinates guest speakers from SUBVETS to speak at various SUBSCHOOL Graduations and he coordinates the SUBVETS who conduct the Tolling of the Boats at each Basic Enlisted Submarine School and Submarine Officer Basic and Advanced Courses. Jack also serves as the Assistant Base Chaplain and a member of the Honors Detail and the Groton Base Saluting Battery. Jack is very active with Groton Base and participates in our parades, and memorial services and attends most meetings. Jack Gallimore is highly deserving of the recognition as the Shipmate in the Spotlight and the recipient of the SUBVETS Groton Base Chris Quijada Distinguished Member of the Year Award for 2012. Congratulations, Jack, and thanks for all that you do to support SUBVETS Groton Base and for your leadership within Groton Base and the submarine community. Keep it up. We need more members like you to be active in our programs adding to the successes of SUBVETS Groton Base. “Silent Service” Plates: Harrison Solt For over two years USSVI tried to create a motorcycle Silent Service license plate. This process was before the Transportation Committee. We had legislative support. All area senators and representatives supported the plate and some gave testimony in favor and greased the necessary wheels to keep the process moving. It was determined that new legislation was not necessary. Senator Maynard requested DMV prototype the plate to insure required number of characters and size could be maintained. That was done and it was determined that they could do it. All that remained to be done was for DMV to modify the M37 form (special interest plate application) to include the motorcycle license plate selection and any other data that changed as a result of the motorcycle plate creation. Well, time went by and no modified form. I repeatedly contacted the Commissioner’s office and the Special Interest Plate Group. The Commissioner’s office remained silent. The Special Interest Plate Group kept saying they had not yet been told to change the form so they could not. Out of frustration we penned a mild complaint letter to the Commissioner with CC’s to the senators, representatives, and governor. Some time thereafter we received a letter from the Commissioner’s office (lawyer) that in the eleventh hour the commissioner had decided it was not cost effective to create the motorcycle plate, and if DMV did, other organizations would want to do a motorcycle plate as well (currently there are no special interest motorcycle plates). As a result Commissioner Currey made the decision to stop the process. We have written letters since trying to turn things around but have not heard back from anyone. Feel free to contact your representatives and voice your displeasure with the actions involved. Contact me for additional details and information. Board of Trustees As the Chairman of the Board of Trustees I would like to thank Karen Torkelson for her many years of dedicated service to Submarine Veterans Inc. and all the patrons of 40 School Street. Karen, you put forth a great deal of personal time and yourself into a job very well done! Karen has tendered her resignation. The Board of Trustees now has the task of trying to find a new bar manager/permittee. We are asking the membership to help us identify suit- able candidates to interview and select from. The bar manager/permittee’s duty is to ensure that all operations of the Club are within the legal requirements of the State of CT. He is also responsible for the day to day management of the Club and for the daily operations of running the business of the Club within the requirements set forth by the BOT to include both the bar and the SUBVETS ANNIVERSARY 2 – 4 MAY galley. He is responsible for the conduct of employees, customer service, inventory, maintenance and repair of all plant equipment and facilities, and cleanliness of the club. This is a salaried position; however, we do not offer health benefits. Please email resumes to alatkinson25@gmail.com or mail to Al Atkinson, 899 Old Buddington Rd, Groton CT 06340. Thanks for your time, Al Atkinson, CBOT. Issue 2013-02 SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes Page 21 UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS, INC. Groton Base Voting Ballot Base Officers The following Groton Base Offices are open for election until 30 May 2013. Write-ins will have to provide a letter of acceptance if declared the winner prior to being sworn in. Only Regular Members may vote in the election of the Base Officers. Associate Members may not vote in this election. BASE OFFICER Base Commander NOMINATION John Carcioppolo Yes INSTRUCTIONS Complete ballot marking the yes box for the candidate of your choice. It is important to provide your name written clearly. It is the only way that we can verify: 1. Those ballots came from members in good standing. 2. That ballots only come from Regular Members and NOT Associate Members. 3. That no one votes more than once. Write in Mail the completed ballot to: Base Treasurer Chuck Clark Mike Munhall Groton Base Ballot 40 School Street Groton, CT 06340 ATN: Base Secretary Mark Wiggins Write in Print Name: Signature: WHO CAN YOU SIGN UP AS A NEW MEMBER? Date: Issue 2013-02 Page 22 SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes SUBVETS 49th Anniversary Celebration The USSVI Groton Base 49th Anniversary Weekend is rapidly approaching. It is scheduled for 02-04 May. Groton Base, the “First and Finest,” is proud to continue to host this great event with the support from Naval Submarine School and various entities from Naval Submarine Base. This event is a great opportunity for all submariners to come back to where we all got started, both in submarines and in USSVI, to see the advances we have made in submarine technology, to perpetuate the memories of all submariners and to share each other’s company as submariners. No politics or meetings normally conducted at the National Convention, just good times and great memories. We hope that you will be part of the action and gather. Attend our events and tell your stories and listen to others. Come and enjoy the special submarine camaraderie of your “Brothers of the Phin. “ We would like all of our members to gather often, but if you can only do it once in a while the Anniversary Weekend is one you should consider. Everything you need to know about this event including registrations, accommodations, sponsorships, etc. is on our web page http:// www.subvetsgroton.org/ anniversary/default.aspx including a listing of scheduled events, start times, etc. Events include: Scholarship Golf Tournament, SUBVETS Anniver- sary Luncheon; Return to Submarine School, Welcome Aboard, Submarine Tours, Tolling of the Boats Ceremony and the Anniversary Banquet Dinner Dance. In addition to celebrating the anniversary of our great organization and having a great time in sharing camaraderie with our shipmates, the other purpose of this event is to serve as the principal fundraiser for the Groton Base Scholarship program. There are opportunities to provide sponsorships, and donations on the registration form. For more details and a registration package visit the web page listed above, visit the clubhouse, contact the Base Commander or email Anniversary@subvetsgroton.org. Anniversary/Convention Program Sponsorship As a fundraiser for this event we are putting together a program book in which individuals or businesses may place ads. Ads may be welcoming or congratulatory in nature or advertisements for your business. The costs for the different ads are: Name $5; 1/4 Page $25; 1/2 Page $50; Full Page $100; Center Page/ Front Inside Page/Back Inside Page $150; Back Page $250. Checks should be written to U.S. SUBVETS and mailed to U.S. SUB- VETS; Anniversary Committee; 40 School St.; Groton, CT 06340. You may include your ad for the program on paper, on a CD or by emailing Anniversary@subvetsgroton.org 2013 USSVI Groton Base Scholarship Golf Tourney The Scholarship Golf Tournament on May 2, 2013 kicks off our Groton Base USSVI Anniversary Weekend Celebration. This tournament is our major fundraising event for the Groton Base Scholarship Fund. We will be at River Ridge Golf Course in Griswold with a scramble format. The cost is $120, which includes greens fees, coffee and pastries for breakfast, turn-around lunch, cart, awards banquet and prizes at the course clubhouse. We have worked to make this golf tour- nament better than in the past. For all of our members and friends who donate money each year, we will have signage displayed at the greens and tees with your name or the name of your company. We must limit the golfers to 36 four person teams (144 people). Check in must be completed by 08:30 with shotgun start at 9:00 am. Be generous, get involved, and please make the commitment today. Come have a great time and help us raise the funds necessary for our scholarship program. We are looking for volunteers to assist with the golf tournament. We prefer to have previous Groton Base scholarship recipients and their parents or sponsors as our volunteers. If you have any questions or to volunteer to assist with the golf tournament please don’t hesitate to contact Al Kinsall: Golf@subvetsgroton.org or call 860460-0027. Scholarship Donations/Golf Tournament Sponsorship Our Annual Anniversary Celebration/Golf Tournament serves as the principal fundraiser for our scholar- ship program. Last year between the golf sponsors and the anniversary raffles almost $23,000 was SUBVETS ANNIVERSARY 2 – 4 MAY raised. Our goal for this year is $25,000. By the time you are reading this Issue 2013-02 Page 23 SUBVETS Groton Base Boat Notes article, you should have already received the annual scholarship appeal letter. It is our hope that you will take the time to support us this year either with a donation or as a sponsor for the golf tournament. We have sent sponsorship appeal letters to the entire Groton Base membership, many local businesses and many others as well asking them to be sponsors or make donations. Before we can depend on outside sources to support our golf tournament and our scholarship program, we have to depend on our own membership. Sponsors can be individuals or the sponsorship can come from a group or another organization that you may be a member of. If you own a company, sponsorship can come from your company. If you know someone who would be interested in sponsoring a tee or a green, please pass this on. If you do not want to be a sponsor for the golf tournament but would like to send a donation that is fine too. Donations can be made online at the subvetsgroton.org web page (select Dues and Donations tab), at the club or by mail to the club. There is no donation too small. They all count. Your support and donations are appreciated and go towards helping our membership build the pot and give meaningful scholarships to children, grandchildren, and stepchildren of members of SUBVETS Groton Base. Having a scholarship program for Groton Base kids is a great thing, but you can’t give out scholarships without funds. The Groton Base Scholarship Fund is established under the USSV Charitable Foundation, making all donations charitable donations which are tax deductible under IRS Code 501(c)(3). Many companies you work for or retired from have charity programs in place; if you make a donation to a qualified charitable organization such as ours, they will match your donation. That doubles anything you might consider sending. If you are interested in donating or being a golf tournament sponsor, please bring in or mail your donation to U.S. SUBVETS; Attn: Scholarship Chairman; 40 School St.; Groton, CT 06340. The check should be made out to U.S. Submarine Veterans Inc. and marked “Groton Scholarship Fund” in the memo section. Kap(SS) for Kid(SS): John Riley "No one stands so tall as when they stoop to help a child" Abraham Lincoln In 2013, Groton Base’s Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) Team endeavors to bring comfort and joy to children and advance USSVI’s creed and purpose. In April we will conduct two visits to child care facilities. One will be to The Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in Babylon, NY. This visit will help our shipmates at USSVI’s Long Island Base start a Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) Program. The other visit will be to Saint Rafael Hospital in New Haven, CT. This visit will be to children (ages 3 to 18 years) in the hospital’s in-patient Child Psychiatric Program. The following is a list of other child care facilities we look forward to visiting during 2013: Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital in New Haven, CT, The Smilow Cancer Hospital in New Haven, CT, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center in Hartford, CT, Saint The Connecticut Hospice in Branford, CT, Saint Rafael Hospital’s Child Psychiatric Program in Branford, CT, The Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport, CT, Windham Youth Services Program in Willimantic, CT, The Ronald McDonald House in New Haven, CT, Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, RI, and St Josephs Children’s Hospital in Patterson, NJ. Shown are some of the thank you cards that continue to warm our hearts and remind us of the very special times we spend with the children. Groton Base’s K4K shipmates bring comfort and joy to sick children by giving them caring attention and making them honorary submariners. We give them an embroidered Honorary Submariner cap or doo rag of their choice, an Honorary Submariner certificate and a submarine photo signed by the SUBVETS. We also give them WHO CAN YOU SIGN UP AS A NEW MEMBER? brochures from the Groton, CT, Submarine Force Museum and USS Nautilus Submarine. We let them know that they will get special treatment from SUBVET docents if they wear their caps when they visit. We share lots of information about submarines, submariners and our history with the children and all who are in attendance, which significantly advances the USSVI Creed. "We began by imagining that we are giving to them; we end by realizing that they have enriched us" - Pope John Paul II Here is a link to our K4K Video that explains the program: http:// www.youtube.com/embed/ DaHOrDe4U5E Please contact me if you have questions or need more information. We greatly appreciate any support you can provide us. I can be reached by email at kaps4kids@subvetsgroton.org or by phone at 203 668-9131. US Submarine Veterans, Inc. 40 School Street Groton, CT 06340-3940 U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 463 Non Profit Org New London, CT Read inside how you can get this plate. Visit us online: www.subvetsgroton.org Check your address label above! If your PTD is 2012, you need to renew immediately. NOTE: RENEW Your Membership Today for 2013 or for Multiple Years! Apr/May/Jun 2013 UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS, INC. GROTON BASE MEMBERSHIP/RENEWAL APPLICATION FORM THIS FORM CAN BE USED FOR NEW MEMBERS, RENEWALS, TO PAY ADVANCE DUES, OR FOR ADDRESS OR INFORMATION UPDATES. PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY! UPDATE THIS FORM AND ENCLOSE IT WITH YOUR DUES (AND DONATION IF DESIRED). 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Signature:___________________________________________________Date:_______________________ REGULAR & ASSOCIATE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP DUES New/Renewal National Dues $35 Groton Base Dues $15 Total $50 MULTIPLE YEAR RENEWALS 2 YEARS NATIONAL/BASE DUES - $70 3 YEARS NATIONAL/BASE DUES - $100(saves $5) 5 YEARS NATIONAL/BASE DUES - $165 (saves $10) NATIONAL LIFE MEMBERSHIP COST Age 76 and up $100 (Plus Groton Base Dues 15 / yr) Age 66-75 $200 (Plus Groton Base Dues 15 / yr) Age 56-65 $300 (Plus Groton Base Dues 15 / yr) Age 46-55 $400 (Plus Groton Base Dues 15 / yr) Under Age 45 $500 (Plus Groton Base Dues 15 / yr) TOTAL AMOUNT PAID: $________ Includes $_________ Donation for: Groton Base Scholarship Caring & Sharing Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) GROTON BASE RENEWAL FOR LIFE MEMBERS $15 / yr Building Fund Memorial Preservation Fund Newsletter Other (Please Specify): ________________________________ SUBVETS ANNIVERSARY 2 – 4 MAY