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Award Dinner at Alumni Hall on 1 September 2011. The event was hosted by Art Athens 78, Director of the Stockdale Center at USNA. Superintendent VADM Miller provided opening remarks and the guest speaker was LtGen John Wissler 78.There were approximately 40 midshipmen in attendance, all of whom were selected for their outstanding analysis of an ethics issue. During the dinner, on behalf of the Class of 81, Steve Metz (4) presented a framed print and ship coins from the LAWRENCE (DDG-4) commissioning ceremony, which he had attended.The picture will be displayed at the Stockdale Center. Mrs. Lawrence was on hand for the dinner. All of us had a chance to talk with her, and she is still as lovely and elegant as we all remember her as midshipmen. In the picture, left to right are Junior Ortiz, Mark Hyman, Mary Gunther, Jim Ahlgrimm, Steve Metz, Ric Van Antwerp, Mike Carucci, Paul Jaeger, Steve Moran, Mrs. Lawrence, Ava Howard, and Paul Imps. Jim thanks for the recap. A very worthy program for the Class to be a part of. Keith Mahosky (6) wrote to let us know of his retirement from the Navy Reserve. Besides sending me the obligatory Classmate photo from his retirement, he was kind enough to send me updates on everyone in attendance. His report: I retired after a 30 year career, 6 Active, 24 Reserve.The last decade was spent in a variety of command billets, primarily in the submarine training and waterfront support community. I was joined by fellow 6th company survivors Tom Hartline, Rowley Molina, Cory Frank, Tim Garrold, Tims wife Vicki (Defiore-35th Co.), and John Judge, 6th company 82. Kitty and I celebrated our 30th anniversary this October.We have four children: Chelsea, 25, is completing
PRES: CDR Otto Stutz, USN (Ret.) 1529 Odman Dr., Chesapeake,VA 23321-1852 C: 757-348-2171; E:otto@1981.usna.com VICE PRES: CDR Tim Disher, USN (Ret.) 314 Locust Ave., Annapolis, Maryland 21401 C: 410-507-9040 E: timothy.disher@1981.usna.com CORR. SECY: CAPT Steve Colon, USNR (Ret.) 115 Kaapuni Dr., Kailua, HI 96734-2728 E: scolon@hawaii.rr.com P: (808) 265-4253 WEBSITE: www.usna.com/classes/1981 CLASSWIDE MESSAGES: usna1981@yahoogroups.com
Happy New Year 81! Hope everyone had a great holiday. I am still reveling in memories from our 30 year reunion. And what a reunion it was! Three days of nonstop fun, starting with a well attended golf tournament, and followed by a great crab feast, a moving memorial service, our Class meeting, a superb Class dinner reception, and an awesome tailgate party. For icing on the cake, we beat Troy. Everything about the weekend was great. Before we get into Class news, we owe a huge thank you to our reunion coordinator, Nelson Moe (24). I am sure everyone will agree that Nelson did a superb job. Not only did he do most of the heavy lifting, he has served as our Class VP for the past 10 years.Thank you Nelson for all you have done for our Class. I am sorry to report that we recently lost another Classmate. Joe Quinn (1) passed away on December 1. His first company roommate, Bob Schulze, wrote the following about Joe: I will always remember Joe as loyal and true friend. Honest and direct, we always knew where he stood on any topic (or person, for that matter). Joe was slow to anger but always quick to forgive and forget. He was athletic and modest, able to find humor in everything and always enjoyed a good joke. I never had a chance to see Joe after graduation except for one brief visit in Florida many years ago. He and I always enjoyed reminiscing about our days in Annapolis. So I will remember him as he was: Joseph Thomas Francis Quinn, Upper Darby PA, First Company, plebe summer squad mate, plebe year roommate, intramural sports teammate, 81 Classmate and friend. On behalf of the Class I would like to express my deepest sympathies to Joes family. Our outgoing Prez, Jim Ahlgrimm (34), sent in a recap of the 2011 annual Admiral William P. Lawrence Ethics Essay
2 masters degrees in education at Rutgers. Ben, 22, is publishing his first novel with Three Rivers Publishing (a Division of Random House). Mariah, 18, is beginning college at IUP for English and Film, while Tess, 14, is in 8th grade. I just left ENERCON Services after 12+ years as a senior manager where I was leading business development and project management for facility decommissioning, engineering and environmental cleanup programs for both commercial and government clients. I am just now starting in my role as Vice President of JGMS, an engineering and environmental company that supports clients with engineering and environmental professionals for projects in both the commercial and government sectors. Tom Hartline: Since leaving active duty as a helicopter pilot after over 10 years, I have worked for NASA. I spent 14 years supporting the Space Shuttle at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL. In 2007, I was selected for the Senior Executive Service and moved to Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH as the Safety and Mission Assurance Director. In 2009, I retired from the Navy Reserve with most of my reserve time as a Scientific and Technical Intelligence Officer. I continue to be active with the Naval Academy as the Blue & Gold Area Coordinator for Northeast Ohio. My wife Mary and I are coming up on 28 years of marriage and we have four children, Elizabeth 24 who graduated from Auburn University as a Wildlife Science major last year, and 15 year old triplets,Victoria, Abigail and Thomas who are in 10th grade. Tim Garrold: I retired in 2006 after 32 years in uniform. I didnt want to, but it was time. It was a good ride while it lasted and in my current position at the Naval War College, Im still contributing to the fight. I go to command twice, once at sea and then again ashore and wouldnt trade a minute of it.Vicky (DeFiore 35th Co.) and I celebrated
Classmates at the VADM Lawrence Ethics Essay Award Dinner
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Tom Hoffman and his new bride Lotta Classmates with Keith Mahosky at his retirement
30 years in May. Our oldest, Chessa, graduated from USNA in 2009 (as we like to say, the square root of 81 is 9), our middle child, Brianna, graduated from The College of Notre Dame of Maryland in 2010 and is currently completing an MA at George Washington University in DC, and our youngest, Scott, is a Junior at the University of Rhode Island. Im about half way through an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, working full time and going to school full time. Its keeping me young. It keeps me tired. My lifetime record of zero all-nighters, however, remains intact. Cory Frank: My wife Odette and I have been married for 25 years and live here in sunny San Diego with our two grown sons Brian and Jeremy, and niece Beverly (thankful to say that all are happy and working!). I left active duty after 10 years in Cryptology and retired from the reserves in 2003. Most of my combined military and civilian career has been in the development and life cycle support of various government information systems. Four years ago it became time for something different and I joined international business as a senior database engineer for Yahoo, Inc. We are really enjoying life in SoCal, along with occasional trips to visit family in the Philippines. Rowley Molina:Ten years of active duty as a Surface Warfare Officer took me to duty stations in Yokosuka, Japan, Mayport, FL, Norfolk,VA, and USNA. Three years in the Reserves were spent in a Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare (MIUW) unit in Little Creek before I weighed anchor and set sail for the corporate world. My corporate career has primarily been in the Baltimore, MD area and focused on IT and Information Security leadership roles. Life has been full of challenges and opportunities in various industries ranging from financial to healthcare to government contracting.Todays opportunity is on the MD Eastern Shore in the corporate offices of Perdue where it still takes a tough man to make a tender chicken.
After commissioning and while attending SWOS and MPA School in Newport, RI I met the love of my life Christine.We will be married thirty years in March and have been blessed with daughters Jess (born in Yokosuka, Japan) and Rae (born in Annapolis). Living near Rehoboth Beach, DE lets us enjoy the beach life while being close enough to Annapolis for Navy Football and other events in the Yard. Keith, thank you for getting such great updates, and congratulations. Tom Hoffman (27) is our newest Classmate living here in the aloha state. He used the occasion for his first ever submission to Shipmate. I was holding off on writing to Shipmate until I accomplished something of note.Well, I finally did. Lotta and I were married in Cocoa Beach, FL, on 4 July 2011. My son, Nick, is a Sophomore at the University of Florida and is in the Navy ROTC program. He seems to be having a lot more fun in college than I did 30 years ago. I retired from the Air Force in 2009 as a flight surgeon. I worked as a contract flight surgeon for NASA for a couple years after that. I ran into Kay Hire (16), Brent Jett (25), and Wendy Lawrence (13) during that time.While active duty I traveled to Rota, Spain a few times and was hosted by the base commander, Earl Hampton. A few years ago my company mate Tim Jarman and his lovely wife, Lois, visited me in Cocoa Beach. Lois is about to pin on her PhD. Im still running and keep in touch with fellow runner, Kevin McCarthy 83. Lotta and I moved here to Hawaii a couple months ago. I work as a contract flight surgeon at Hickam AFB.Were hoping to stay in Hawaii for a while. Tom, great to have you here on island. Thanks for the note.
Tom and Lotta Hoffman at the top of Haleakala, Maui
In our next issue I anticipate having reunion photos and stories to share with you, as well as a report on Class elections and information from our Class meeting. In the meantime, your scribe sends his regards. 81, second to none!
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PRES: CAPT Bill Dawson, SC, USN (Ret.) P: 443-949-8023; w: 443-758-5114 E: wdawson82@verizon.nett VICE PRES: Matt Moury P: 410-263-7640; E: vicepresident@usna82.org TREAS: CDR Terry Benedict, USN P: 703-913-7183;W: 703-607-1036 E: treasurer@usna82.org BUSINESS SECY: David Balk 1722 Gemini Dr. Sykesville, MD 21784-6230 P: 410-795-7621;W: 410-345-4774 E: dbalk@acm.org CORR SECY: Rett Rasmussen 1710 Dana Place, Fullerton, CA 92831 W: 562-696-8718; P: 714-871-1860 C: 562-822-0755; E: rett@rasmussen.biz WEBSITE: www.usna.com/classes/1982
Good Morning, 82! Here is your ray of sunshine in the otherwise doldrums of the Dark Ages. You certainly remember this time of year: football season was long over, Christmas vacation was in the rear view mirror, and Cold, Dark and Dreary were in the Plan of the Day until Spring Break. Fieldball was played on a frozen Hospital Point field, visible breath was your constant companion during your perimeter run, and hot chocolate with honey dipped donuts made getting up for breakfast worthwhile. Fond
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memories, including running through the snow in shorts, Hawaiian shirt and flip flops to Halsey Field House to listen to Jimmy Buffet carry us off to the warm Caribbean islands. Good times then, good times now as we enter the year of our 30th Reunion, which will occur 27 - 30 September 2012. If you havent yet made your room reservations, we have three Class of 82 blocks of rooms (subject to availability): (1) Value Rooms: 30 King rooms ($129 per night) at Marriott Courtyard Annapolis, 2559 Riva Road, Annapolis, MD, 21401-7401, Tel (410) 266-1555. Reserved under Naval Academy Class 1982 Room Block. https://www. marriott.com/hotels/travel/bwian-courtyard-annapolis/ (2) Top Shelf Rooms: 50 King rooms ($199 per night, two night minimum) at the OCallaghan Annapolis Hotel, 174 West Street, Annapolis, Maryland 21401, Tel (410) 263 7700 www.ocallaghanhotels-us.com (3) Waterfront Rooms: 50 King rooms (@$340 per night, two night minimum) at Annapolis Marriott Waterfront, 80 Compromise Street, Annapolis, MD 21401, Tel (410) 268-7555 https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel /bwiaw-annapolis-marriott-waterfront/ To help get the gouge out about the reunion, we have several avenues of communication (thanks to Gary Blume for pulling this info together): 1. www.usna.com Be sure to register if you havent already done so. 2. Our class website at http://1982. usnaclasses.com/ Please send updates to your profile to Andy Shelter at ashelter@ paysonassociates.com 3. Linkedin.com group: search for US Naval Academy - Class of 82 4. Facebook group: search for USNA 82 5.Yahoo! Groups at: groups.yahoo.com /group/usna82/ Keith Boring (25) reports on the honoring of the 1981 Liberty Bowl team: The fun did not end there! We were invited to the Formal P-Rade as guests of the Supe. I did get a photo of me and Jordy there just to prove we could find it! A reception at the Supes house ended the afternoon in the yard. Friday night found us at Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadiums Banquet room. We had a great dinner and the bar was open. The 1981 Football Highlights reel was playing on the TVs, and Tim Jordan showcased a veritable treasure trove of memorabilia, including the packaging from the panty hose (yes, you read correctly) that they gave us to try and keep warm during the game. Some of us slipped away from the dinner and got a tour of the stadium locker room facilities. Its much bigger than the dungeon under the Southwest corner of the stadium that we used but it smells worse than I recalled. Stale sweat is never really appealing. All in all it was a very wonderful weekend. We reconnected with some guys not seen in, well 30 years.
Keith Boring, Rusty Smith and Bobby Moore
Matt Moury (19) became the Deputy Assistant Secretary In the US Department of Energy for Safety and Security Programs within the Office of Environmental Management (EM) on October 25, 2011. RADM Matt Klunder (5) became Chief of Naval Research on November 17, 2011.
Class of 1982 at the tailgater (l to r) John Foley, (Forgot name, I dont think an82) Keith Boring, Craig Smith, Dave Fitzgerald, Mike Crum, (face not visible) Tim Jackson, Tim Jordan, (face not visible) Steve Fehr, Mike Rouser, Jeff Oldham, Rusty Smith, Cliff Hagan, Steve Klemencic, and Dennis Sinnett. Not pictured but in attendance: Bobby Moore, Jay Kennedy, Elliot Reagans, Duane Flowers, Dan Schmid, Shawn Mank, Pete Young, and JoeDiRenzo.
Change of command at the NMCS Chain Gang: Gary Sandala, outgoing class president Dan Proulx, incoming class president Bill Dawson and Brian Gawne.
1981 Liberty Bowl team on the field, thirty years later.
Ocho Rios (21) and me down under. We were down there for a conference with the Australians concerning Expeditionary Warfare. We were led by our boss MG Tim Hanifen (78). This particular picture is at the Lord Nelson, one of the three oldest pubs in Sydney, and we are pictured with the man himself. I think at the time I was enjoying a Trafalgar Ale and Ocho was having a Nelsons Blood, a very stout porter with almost-eat-it-with-a-spoon thickness. I guess for somebody who got a D in history this gave me a better appreciation for naval history.
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Evin Thompson and Mark Rios toasting Lord Admiral Nelson down under.
CAPT John W. Judge (6) reports on his retirement after 29 years of active and reserve service: My older son, LTJG John H. Judge (VMI 08) was the Master of Ceremonies, and he was wearing his fathers Gold Dolphins. LTJG Judge is currently serving as Main Propulsion Assistant on USS SANTA FE (SSN 763), homeported in Pearl Harbor, and he earned his Dolphins (completed submarine warfare qualifications) on WESTPAC deployment. The ceremony was held onboard Display Ship BARRY at the Washington Navy Yard, DC, on 10 September. Rear Admiral Jay Deloach (USNA 78), Director, Naval History and Heritage Command, was the guest speaker, and Rear Admiral Bob Kamensky,Vice Commander, Submarine Forces, also attended. My younger son, Matt, was part of the ceremony, performing the Invocation and Benediction. Matt graduated from James Madison University in 2010 and is working in Richmond. I am married to CDR Molly W. Judge, NC, USN(Ret), whom I met at Subase New London, while attending Submarine Officers Basic Course in 1983. I am the third generation to serve in the military, and my son is the fourth generation - - and second generation Submariner! Proud to Serve.
corner, and Chris Whalley (26) about 15 minutes away). However, when I run into a classmate in Podgorica, Montenegro ... I recently ran into John Kane (23) in Montenegro at a Balkans Security conference and we spent some time catching up on the past 29 years. John is a retired USMC Lieutenant Colonel and the Acting Director of the PfP Consortium at the Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germany. I am the Assistant Director of the School of Policy and International Affairs at the University of Maine.
John Kane and Jim Settele meet up in Montenegro. But still when two or three shall meet, And old tales be retold ...
With the upcoming Reunion you wont have to travel halfway around the world to connect with your classmates (assuming you are starting in CONUS). So, start making your preps to get underway by making your room reservation and getting involved in the various avenues of communications listed above. The Reunion committee is hard at work behind the scenes and is planning a fitting event for a 30th. See you there, Classmates! Looking good, 82! Razz
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PRES: Mark Turk Powell 474 Fairoak Drive, Severna Park, MD 21146 P: 410-544-8842; E: mpowell@sidusgroup.com SECY: CAPT Chris Pietras, USN 9404 Jackson St., Burke,VA 22015 P: 860-885-9009 E: chris.pietras@1983.usna.com FACEBOOK: USNA 1983 WEBSITE: www.usna83.com
(l to r) Rear Admiral Bob Kamensky, Vice Commander, Submarine Forces; LTJG John H. Judge, VMI 08; CAPT John W. Judge (6); and Rear Admiral Jay Deloach, Director, Naval History and Heritage Command.
Jim Settele (21) proves its a small world: When I run into a classmate in eastern Maine, its not unexpected Tom Buterbaugh (16) lives around the
Happy New Year 83. What is your New Years resolution for 2012 ? Lose weight naaah, thats an ever-ongoing battle, not a resolution. Be kinder to your spouse, kids, neighbors dog naaah, thats something you should do every day anyway. Make your 2012 resolution to contact an old friend from elementary school, high school, or college yes, track down that long lost companymate that you havent heard from in the nearly 29 years since graduation yes, the one that you are wondering just where he or she ended up
in life. Maybe its even someone a little further back that roommate who started with us all, but left for whatever reason track them down and reconnect. LinkedIn, Facebook, Google search trust me, you can find almost anyone. And when you do reconnect, it will mean something to you both. The electronic mailbag was full but I can always use more. Many have kids graduating from college, getting married, having your grandchildren yes, continuing your legacy. So brag a little bit and tell all of us part of your life story. Send me your updates. On to the Newz! CJ Loria coordinated a 17th company shindig at the Southern Mississippi game in early October. Among those in attendance were Brent Grillmaster Flaskerud who smoked a pig for the Tailgater; Ann and Mark Hagerott and his kids (but they arent kids any more Mark, and neither are you); Keith Menz; Sean OConnor, CJ, his lovely wife Jamie and son Nate; and your scribe and spouse Claudia. Besides the pig, Brent also hosted the gater at his Admirals row parking spot, complete with tie died pirate flag. One can only hope that as this article goes to print Navy football has continued their dominance over Army (I have my 9th annual wager with an 84 woop Ive never met him, but I never get tired of taking his stuff). Keith Menz provided a short update but PROMISED a more complete update in the near future: I have one married and two in college and one in high school. Tracy & I are empty nesters except for our dog. Two reach outs looks for classmates in the past month a class of 84 alum looking for Tomoko Ishikawa Tanaka, and a spouse of a classmate looking for Vic Mercado. For info, if someone asks me for your email/other contact info, I do not pass it on, but I will pass on their info to you, so you have the option on whether or not you want to contact them. Steve Fischer (SFischer@ patronacorp.com) continues in his attempts to corral classmates in the DC/Northern Virginia area for a monthly luncheon.This month, he took to the Facebook pages and tracked down a lot more classmates to invite Ive tagged all in the you owe me an update category below. The next luncheon is in December and maybe there will be quite a few there to provide some future Newz updates.
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Steve is also looking to coordinate a dinner out in January. In the taking charge and taking names category: Mike Smith (35th Co.) is assigned as OPNAV N13 not sure if hes put on his star yet (NMCI global still shows RDML (sell). NAVSUP Global Logistics Support (GLS) held an assumption of command ceremony aboard the USS Midway Museum in San Diego in August and Jon Yuen took charge. Bill Galinis took command as Norfolk Ship Support Activity (NSSA) on October 27 on Naval Station Norfolk. Bill will oversee approximately 1,700 military and civilian employees. Craig Gibson and Rick Hartman attended Mark Beltons Change of Command as Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group see pic. I was fortunate to catch a few minutes with CEO Dave Doc Saba in Dallas, Texas while I was in town to train some federal auditors. We caught the opening pitch of Game 5 of the World Series. It was great to get caught up and reminisce about our classmates and those crazy days spent in The Yard. Dave is CEO for LTF Training, a non-profit providing quality teaching training. Hes doing well and looking forward to the 30th reunion. John Woody Wood checks in from Singapore: The Class of 83 had a small reunion at the International Seapower Symposium in Newport, RI. It was great to catch up with Joe, Dan, and Ed. Both Dan and Ed said this is their first mention in Shipmate! The picture is of Captain Dan Braswell, Defense Attach to The Hague, Rear Admiral Joe Rixey, Commander Navy International Programs Office, Captain John Wood, Defense Attach to Singapore, and Captain Ed Wheeler, Navy International Programs Office. Best, Woody Pulsed for a family update, Woody replies: The Woods are standing by to host friends in Singapore! My daughter Jules is a Freshman at Cal Berkeley and loving it! My son Liam and daughter Revi go to school in Singapore, and my wife Laurel is loving living in Singapore and living the diplomat life! Commandant), Mark Gorenflo and Chris Pietras. Congratulations Dietrich (picture to follow) Joe Harding sends in this update: Good Morning Navy (er Chris), Thanks for putting together all the Shipmate inputs. A thankless task but thanks anyway. I think this is my second update in 28 years but it will be brief. The Navy Reserve has kicked me to the bench (VTU) long ago but there is still something about putting on that uniform. Alice (my wife of almost 23 years) and I visited USNA this fall during 2/C Parents Weekend. We sat in on our daughter Christys classes (Christy Harding 13), ate in King Hall (photo attached), briefly toured 17th Company spaces, watched the parade, and attended the Gospel Choir and the Mens and Womens Glee Club concert that evening. That was only the first day. Saturday was also a full day including a lengthy Mid Store run in the morning, the football game, and even a late, late dinner in D.C. I would have to give a big thumbs up for the football stadium upgrades and improvements to the academic buildings (Sampson, Michelson, Chauvenet, Luce in particular) and King Hall. I know I am not the first to report this but the Mid Store is huge and novices should not enter without GPS technology. I have been teaching high school (most recently Geometry and AP Statistics) and coaching tennis in Visalia, California for 20+ years since I left active duty. Alice and I are dealing with empty nest syndrome since our youngest baby bird, Hannah, recently flew south to San Diego to pursue college and much nicer weather. That is all. Carry on, Joe
Gibson, Belton and Hartman
Barb and Jeff Fletcher and Kathy and Craig Walker were in Annapolis for homecoming weekend to take in the game, see their respective children at Navy. Ann and Mark Hagerott provided the needed lodging for the weekend. Barb supplied the picture because all Craig had was a goofy pic of someone who shall remain nameless, and I was cautioned about revenge. Barb writes: I have a group photo of Mark, Craig and Jeff on Sunday morning with their better 3/4s (we are way more than halves)!!!
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Mark Hagerott was recently at a conference on robotic warfare with Steve Trainor and I quote makes my head spin on the world that is emerging in our lifetime! Whenever 2 or 3 gather... Rich Woodford writes in:
I think this is the first pic I received from Woody sans brew! Dateline 11/4/11 in the Cold War Gallery of the US Naval Museum on the Washington Navy Yard. Our classmate Dietrich Kuhlmann was promoted by his company mate VADM John Richardson (how can an 81er be a 3 star already) to Rear Admiral (lower half). Dietrich was promoted in front of a large crowd including 40 family members (father Dietrich Kuhlmann 53), former shipmates, mentors, and classmates - Don Drehoff, Mark Olson (Naval District Washington Chief of Staff and Deputy
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Derek Rydholm, currently the Air Force Reserve Command Inspector General is changing jobs. Ill be staying in Georgia but becoming the Air Force Reserve Command A3. Sort of the current operations guy. Im supposed to fly as part of the job, so whos going to argue? Jennie and JJ Clark have a new baby (ok, I was slow in getting the news out,
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because by the time you read this, the new baby will be coming up on her first birthday already sorry JJ). Megan was born on March 19. Big brother Toby is in 3rd grade and plays basketball and soccer. JJ finished up his masters degree in economics at Hopkins, and was playing hockey in two leagues, biking back and forth to work, and teaching sailing, but Im not sure hes still doing all of that with a baby. I need to catch up with JJ soon, and perhaps in a future issue there will be some Newz on Jennies new job? Trolling If I saw you, heard from you, saw your name in an email, you are on the hook for a future issue of Shipmate: Keith Menz; Tomoko Ishikawa Tanaka; Mark Olson; Brent Flaskerud; Mike Smith; Steve Lewia; Ed Wheeler; Dan Braswell; Joe Rixey; Don Drehoff, Steve Zotti; Barry McKibben; Bill Stacia; Chuck Sitarski; Ed Rahme; Frank Vernet; Gard Clark; George Ferris; John Amy; Mike Vormbrocke; Norbert Doerry; Paul Siegrist; Bill Daitch; Kevin Zumbar; Steve Trainor; Craig Gibson; Mark Belton; Rick Hartman; Joe Baehr; Tom Dalpini; Bob Aronson; Carlos Del Toro; Joe Spruill; Michael Murphy; Pete Bouffard; Richard Schieke. The class facebook page has over 300 folks on it: USNA 1983. Pick up the phone, send an email or knock on a door. Make a commitment to reconnect with your friends, whether they are from the old neighborhood or just around the corner. Do it today. Once a classmate, always a classmate. Chris 83- A Class Act!
we had an unbelievable tailgate location. Only problem is that it is on the opposite side of the 84 tailgater. However, I was able to visit both of them. I was able to see our class at the tent. Thanks so much to Michelle and Warren Mazanec for doing so much to put on a nice tailgate. I took an iPhone picture of some of the attendees when I stopped by. Pictured are Harry Ward, Friend of Harry, El Presidente Warren Mazanec, Anna Yurina (Friend of Jim Wilhelm), Jim Wilhelm, Andy Hale, Michelle Mazanec, Logan Mazanec and Mary Beth Chipkevich. On the other side of the stadium, I ran into Linda Schumacher Eriksen and a picture was snapped.
input so that I did not have to document everything on the spot and was able to enjoy his company! He writes: Tim and Caroline are 9 and 7, respectively. Mommy (Elizabeth) is from upstate NY and continues to marvel at the DC traffic, though after 8 years down here, shes pretty much broken the code, i.e., DOUBLE what you expect to be the travel time! She works from home AND homeschools Caroline, who is in the 2nd grade.Tims 4th grade experience has just begun and hes enjoying his activities both in Scouting and the schools Chess Club. I am in OPNAV where I support N46 , and the Shore Readiness folks.Working with CEC officers has been an eye opener; I also routinely work with Fleet Readiness and Logistics staffs, not to mention the occasional BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure Commission) or environmental issue. As far as the game goes, it was nice seeing the march-on and seeing the mids take a game handily. The Scouts that I brought to the game uniformly had an excellent time, so I hope we can do this again next year. Turns out Warren Mazanec and his family were sitting a couple rows behind us and he said hi and told us where the 84 tent was. Took a little hunting, but we eventually found it and frankly, it was certainly well worth the search! We headed out to the 84 tent at halftime and enjoyed chatting with a few other classmates, including Steve Lott, Bill Castenada, and Sharon Pfeiffer. We spent the end of the game talking with Todd Lutton and his wife Patty. They go to all the games and it was fun seeing them also - Todd and I were roomies in Orlando. Their son (Nick) is a second classman and is apparently in Masqueraders. Next up is Rocky Goins, who was kind enough to provide me with an update when I was Facebook trolling.
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Pictured are Mary Beth Chipkevich, Dianne Hardin Archer, Toni Kasprzak Chase and Linda Schumacher Eriksen. Back on the visitors parking lot, I literally ran in to Scout Leader and classmate Andrew Gallotta.
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Scout Day at USNA !
Andrew Gallotta was kind enough to follow up with me with some written
Rocky, Susan, Tori (18) and Kasey (16) moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma where Rocky is the Vice President of Development/ Acquisitions for Senior Star. Daughter, Tori, is with the Navy ROTC at Cornell
What a fun, football fall I have enjoyed this year! This is my first soccer-free fall in seven years so I have been taking advantage of my extra time and was able to attend two Navy games this year (and more importantly, get to the Naval Academy Store aka the Mid Store). I was able to attend the Scout Day football game against Troy University. Being a guest of Mary Beth Chipkevich,
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University and Kasey is a junior in high school. Tori is the FOURTH GENERATION of Goins to serve in the Navy! Rockys wife, Susan, was also a Navy Cryptology officer from Florida State University when he met her in San Diego. The class of 84 is everywhere in Tulsa, as George Carradini and Kasey Cregge Carradini are leaders in the Tulsa Alumni Chapter! While attending a Washington, D.C. Senior Care conference in September, Rocky had dinner with Miles Baker, who is currently on an Alaskan Senators staff. (Note from Toni: The press release on Miles appointment is later in this article. Congratulations, Miles!) Rocky is excited about the upcoming Army Navy Game and will be attending with his people of the 29th Company, Mark Stys, Mike (Max) McGee and George Zamka and their better halves. Beat Army! Readiness Directorate is such a big deal that the commanders of the Pacific Fleet and Fleet Forces Command - two four-star Admirals - released a message to their fleets announcing its standup. John Funk is the Executive Assistant to RADM Patrick Brady 81, Commander Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. John recently completed a successful command tour in USS Bonhomme Richard. Tim Pence arrived at SPAWAR this past summer after completing a tour at U.S. Naval Forces Japan. Here at SPAWAR, he serves on the staff of RDML Jim Rodman, SPAWARs Chief Engineer. The final input for this issue is from the Alumni News on usna.com and highlights the accomplishments of Miles Baker. Senator Lisa Murkowski has hired three new staff members to help her shape upcoming work with an Alaska-centric vision: a Legislative Director and two Legislative Assistants.These new staffers bring years of expertise to the table and I welcome their contributions on behalf of Alaska. Miles Baker joins the Murkowski team as a Legislative Assistant in the field of finance and budgeting after several years in the Alaska State Legislature. Baker was senior staffer for Senator Bert Stedman (R-Sitka) in Juneau, where he worked on state finance and appropriations policy for the Senate Finance Committee. Baker began his professional career as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps serving with two units in Okinawa, Japan. He graduated from West Anchorage High School and the U.S. Naval Academy, and received an MBA from UCLAs Anderson School of Business. Well that is all that I have to report now. Please consider sending me an updateI have found the New Year to be a tough time to get input. HELP! Warm regards, Toni Kasprzak Chase and The Staff
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The Rocky Goins Family...The Navy Tradition continues!
Our class president with Bill
CAPTs Tim Pence and John Funk also wrote in and sent a great picture depicting them in the Navys digital cammies.
Bob Dishman (33): Difficult to use the leadership structure that was in place for only 6 months over 25 years ago to influence participation in the class Shipmate column, so Ill just take one for the team...a phrase we often used on the baseball field. Four of us managed to graduate as baseball players and our paths have recently crossed. I just completed a tour as the Program Manager at Pax River for the Navys Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program. Scott Wild (34) (pitcher) recently joined the BAMS team. Scott retired from the Supply Corps and spent a few years with industry before returning to Government Service as a civilian. Ive see John VanBrabandt (28) (outfield) quite often during unmanned system conferences. He is working for Northrop Grumman with their unmanned helicopter program. Jon Mullican (12) (3rd base) recently connected via Linked-in and hopefully we will catch up during the Alumni Baseball game. I see Greg Sears (28) from time to time wearing a suit in his
RDML Chuck Rainey and CAPTs John Funk and Tim Pence at SPAWAR.
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Tim and John wrote to send news of a recent development with Navy-wide impact led by our classs own RDML Chuck Rainey. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Commands Fleet Readiness Directorate is a new organization charged with improving SPAWARs C4I equipment installation and maintenance performance. Chuck leads the new organization as SPAWARs first-ever Deputy Commander for Fleet Readiness.The new Fleet
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Another great Navy tailgate season has passed. Many thanks to Eric Bowman (35) for providing his USS 85 pig roaster (pictured nearby) for one of the tailgates. Hopefully we will see this in action again during some future tailgates. Some photos from the season follow.
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big office at OPNAV/N88. Dan McNamara (25) is in Pax River serving as the Program Manager for our Aerial Targets program office (PMA 208). From the 33rd Herd, Chuck Sharkey recently completed an overseas IA with the Reserves. Rob Haidvogel (33) is retiredretired and raising his family in Michigan. I ran into Jamie Vandiver (33) in San Diego. Hes still doing great things for the Helo Community. Saw John Winkler (33) at the Texas Bowl. Im still serving at NAVAIR in Pax and have two daughters in high school and a son who is a 2/c at USNA. We have season tickets to Navy Football with great parking right across from the 85 Tailgater thanks to Mike Rudy Randolph (17). Scott Cull (34): We currently are living in Memphis, TN. Jennie and the kids moved here in 2004 when I received orders to the Pentagon. I spent the end of 2005 and most of 2006 in Yemen enjoying the beautiful scenery and wonderful food (actually did put on 20 pounds). Following my year in Yemen, I headed back to the Pentagon and began working on my retirement. I retired June of 2007 and began to live full time in Memphis (I do miss my frequent flier miles, but sometimes you just have to make sacrifices). Both of my sons have moved on and now live in San Diego and my daughter Sarah is in her sophomore year of high school. Jennie is doing most of the traveling as a Managing Director for KPMG on the consulting side, and I spend my days teaching geometry and algebra II to 80 girls at a private all girls school. I finished my Masters in Teaching this May and have been teaching full time for almost two years now. Sarah started this year at Hutchison School and during the enrollment process the school asked if I would like to teach math for them. Lost a few dollars compared to my cushy public school teaching job, have 100 fewer students and now have a full time chauffeur (Sarah now has her permit), but I did have to replace a mirror a few weeks back. Ouch! Paul Severs (31): Long time, no Shipmate update. After graduation, I went SWO and served on several ships and staffs on both coasts and Wash D.C. I am retiring this fall after a great career serving with countless wonderful and dedicated professionals. Married with four kids. Our oldest son
Pete joined the Class of 2015 this summer (in same company as Vic Oteros (25) son. I hope to see many Classmates at tailgaters in the years ahead. Beat Army. Bob McLean (34): We are now back in DC at the Pentagon on the OPNAV staff, my dues for the privilege of two exciting command tours. We just left Japan this summer where I was the CO at NAVFAC Far East in Yokosuka - a great place to live and work. Previously I was the Commodore for the 22nd Seabee Regiment in Gulfport, MS with an OIF deployment to Al Anbar. Lisa and I just celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary and have two great kids - Devon, 9 and Callum, 8. Congratulations to Richard Snow (2) who was recently named as the Director of the Bureau of Labor Standards for the Maine Department of Labor. Sad news to report. For those of you who havent heard, our classmate Ed Pogue (23) passed away in September. Our condolences to his wife Diana and family.
the major component 60% of our total gift will go to one of the Superintendents major Strategic Initiatives:The Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership. A minor component 20% will go to refurbish and maintain the Mexican War Monument, which you will recall sits toward the center of the Quadrangle on Stribling Walk. An appropriate plaque will be affixed the monument, giving us prominent brick and mortar recognition. Finally, another 20% will go the Naval Academy Annual Fund the Superintendents #1 Strategic Initiative. At this point in our lives, many of us are ready to give back. When you are contacted by the Foundation to make a pledge to support our Class Project, I hope that you will find these initiatives worthy of your generous support. Thank you. ~Scott
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PRES: CAPT W. Scott Gureck, USN (Ret.) 310 Epping Way, Annapolis, MD 21401 P: 808-227-2576; E: scott.gureck@gmail.com SECY: CAPT Norm Weakland, USN E: norm.weakland@hotmail.com WEBSITE: http://www.usna.com/classes/1986/
Presidents Corner On behalf of the entire Class, a big shout out and BRAVO ZULU to J. Eric Smith who went above and beyond to plan and execute a fantastic 25th Reunion for us all this past October. For more than 15 years, Eric has directly supported our class in a variety of volunteer positions most recently as President. Eric, thank you! It was really fantastic to see so many of you make the effort to attend the reunion. Those of us who were there had a terrific time. For those of you who couldnt make it, we hope to see you at the 30th! Speaking of the 30th, over the next five years, our Class will be raising money for a specific designated gift to the Naval Academy a Class Project. We get to do this again from 2021-2026 for our 40th, and then one final time from 2031-2036 where we will present a final Class Project gift at our 50th Reunion. Thank you to all who took part in the survey conducted earlier this year to determine what we most wanted to support as a Class. Based on your inputs,
Happy New Year and welcome to the Dark Ages! Stay warm and may your 2012 be blessed with health, fulfillment and prosperity. For all of you still serving in harms way, our prayers go with you. Thanks to Dave Berman, Laurie McGrath, Jim Swanson & Dave Biddinger for their contributions this month. Please note that Ive changed my email address, so send your news to rob.pinataro@stny.rr.com. Jim Matheson had some sad news to share, I am saddened to pass along the news that our Classmate and friend John Baldwin passed away just before Thanksgiving...I have attached the obituary from his father, which I just received and which are all the details I have to date. Unfortunately, the Family Memorial Service has already taken place, but we as a Class are endeavoring to honor John in the near term, and certainly at our 25th Reunion which is fast approaching Oct 18-21, 2012. Please note that there are some requested charities and if you are so moved, you may contribute in Johns behalf. I would ask you to pass along any memories, photos or stories about John so we can share them with the Class and with his Family. In the words of Johns Father, He remained truly BLUE & GOLD to
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the end.We will miss John and honor his life and service to our country. Obituary: Mr. John M. Baldwin IV of Newnan, GA, joined our Lord Jesus, Nov. 21, 2011. He is survived by his daughters, Alina Baldwin, Micaela Baldwin, and their mother, Geny Baldwin, all of Newnan; parents, John M. III and Jackie Baldwin of Virginia Beach,VA; sister, Christi Glassbrook of Powahtan,VA; brother, Neal Baldwin of Suffolk,VA; 2 nieces; 6 nephews; and best friends, Bobby Wilkerson, Mark Toddhunter, Karen Gill, and Kimberly Shaw. A Celebration of Life service will be held Saturday, Nov. 26 at 11 a.m. at Crossroads Church, Highway 16 campus, Sharpsburg. Pastor Ken Adams will be officiating.Those wishing may send an online condolence at www. parrottfuneralhome.com . In lieu of flowers those desiring may make donation to The Esophageal Cancer Awareness Association, Inc., P.O. Box 55071, #15530, Boston, MA 02205-5071 or Crossroads Church, 2564 Sharpsburg McCollum Road, Newnan, GA 30265. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Parrott Funeral Home & Crematory, Fairburn, 770-964-4800 Chris Dunphy sends, Been a long time since I have written in, takes me back to the pre-internet days, when Owen Duke, Dick Hoffman and I would entertain ourselves while stationed at Subic Bay and write letters to Shipmate that were mostly fiction about classmates. Wolfie would print them just to have something in column. As we said, it is not mean if it is funny. I had the honor of hosting a mini reunion here in Titletown Boston on 2021 May (24 years to the day the Navy accidently commissioned metook them 20 years to correct that error). Greg Stefanon, Jim Fisher, Spike Bell, Jeff Shirk and (for 15 hours Dom Oddo) made the trek to Boston for the first Cubs/Red Sox series at Fenway since the Sox beat the Cubs in the 1918 World Series. Sadly Jim Matheson and Gabriel Gomez, who are in the Boston area, had prior commitments or told me that, based on the lineup. A short but very entertaining reunion. Jeff awarded MVP for driving up from Pcola to join the festivities. He stopped in New York to have lunch with Dom and Dawn Oddo, and Dom thought it was a good idea to join Jeff for the final leg into Boston, despite have to leave via Amtrack the next AM to get back to NY (earning him Inspiration Award). Nice quiet Friday night for 3 of us old NAPSters in local sports bar watching Sox/Cubs, trading fashion tips and telling lies. Everyone else arrived on Sat AM, with enough time to barbeque and watch the Bruins epically blow a 3-0 lead against Tampa Bay in the Stanley Cup race (they made up for it) Had great Sat night at Fenway catching up, till the Sox turned into 7 yr old T-ball team and blew a 3-1 lead by giving up 8 in the 8th. (Love my classmates but USNA 87 not good karma for the home town teams) We departed Fenway (9-3 Sox loss Stef estatic, given Chitown as of late) and spent rest of evening enjoying the diverse cultural and social experiences that Boston has to offer from 11PM to 2AM. All in all, a successful reunion: no one woke up needing a priest, to cancel a credit card, emergency dental work or with a tattoo on their face. I was up at 6AM for the first of 3 trips to Logan Airport on Sunday (Fish is our Honorman, made 8 AM flight reservation and actually made flight-true grit). Jeff loaded home GPS LAT/LONG into his BMW autopilot, started back to P-cola and I assume went to sleep(I had to loan him some CDs for return trip, drove the whole way up with just a Billy Ray Cyrus CD) Quick Update: Greg is FBI agent in Chicago, Spike flying for Jet Blue living in San Diego (and USNR 0-6), Jeff runs his own mortgage business in P-cola. Dom has his own import/export business in NY, Fish is 0-6 en-route from DC to P-cola this summer as Deputy Commodore of TRAWING FIVE and will fleet up to Commodore. I am with Raytheon Business Development here in Mass. If anyone is heading this way, give a shout, we always have an extra room. Dave Berman had some exciting news, I have announced my intention to seek the circuit court bench in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. Please take the time to review, or like my Dave Berman for Facebook page. If Circuit Court Judge you feel so inclined, please feel free to contact me via message to discuss any way that you can further assist my efforts. Thanks, and God bless. ~ Dave. Rick and Laurie McGrath are proud to announce, Our son, Brian was sworn in on June 30 to become the 3rd generation of our family to attend USNA!!! Attached is a picture of Rick McGrath 87, Brian McGrath 15 and Mike McGrath 62!!
(L to R) Rick McGrath 87, Brian McGrath15 and Mike McGrath 62
Dont speed in Minnesota! Word has it theres a new Trooper on the scene Its been a long year transitioning from the military to my new position; Minnesota State Trooper. I was pretty sure when I came back from my Iraq deployment with the MN 34th Red Bull Division that Id be ending my military career, and I retired 30 years to the day from when I signed my first enlisted Navy contract. It has been about a year since the process of becoming a State Trooper began; 14 weeks of what the MN State Patrol calls Law Enforcement Training Opportunity (getting us non-law enforcement licensed folks schooled and licensed) and then 12 weeks of Trooper Academy and 4 weeks of additional training after that. I will say, going through the Academy at 48 years old (and the oldest one there) was not something for the faint of heart! The first two weeks saw me lose 18 pounds and about 3 inches off the waistline, my wife was NOT TOO
(L to R) @ Fenway: Chris Dunphy, Jeff Shirk (behind), Greg Stefannon, Spike Bell, Jim Fisher, John Moran
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HAPPY! At 6 2 I was back down to under 188 pounds and looking sort of frail. For the amount of PT and such that you do there just isnt a way to take in enough calories. I will say this, this Academy was the worst modified stress environment that I have ever gone through...the 4 other military modified stress episodes were really quite doable...do what they tell you to do and the wolves focus on the lambs that can follow instructions...this one, they really didnt tell you what to do and any decision you made was the wrong one. The Academy had its purpose and its all behind me now! I did get a chance not to long ago to visit John Midea (36th Company) down at his home in Dallas and I will be taking my son Nick with me to the Navy vs SMU football game in another few weeks. John is doing well and leading the course for Enus Paints in Dallas. John, Kathy and the kids are great hosts... because I think they much prefer us coming to TX instead of them coming to MN to deal with the TUNDRA weather we have! Ill be sure to take pictures and send them from the SMU tailgater and football game. John says that there are quite a few folks in the Dallas area and the tailgater will be memorable! By the way, I have my room reserved for next years reunion! My wife was very excited to head back out to Annapolis after our 20 year event, you all did a great job and Im sure next year will be just as memorable. So...if you happen to be traveling the East Metro of St. Paul, MN and see those emergency lights coming up behind you, hope that you see my smiling face...I dont have enough road time yet to be as cynical as some of my new compatriots. ~ Jim Swanson (36)
(L to R) Jim Swanson and Kris Swanson
The following article was placed in Alumni News on usna.com: 9 Sept11 - PayLease LLC, a leading electronic payments platform and service
provider for Property Management companies and Home Owner Associations, today announced the hire of Dave Dutch as CEO. In this role, Dutch will manage all aspects of business operations for the company and will be responsible for driving its continued track record of triple-digit growth. Dutch joins PayLease from his most recent role as Executive Vice President of CDS Global, a leading international provider of transaction management services, processing over 1 billion outbound billing and inbound payment related communications annually. He led the companys efforts in market growth and expansion and brings a wealth of experience to the PayLease team. Prior to CDS Global, Dutch held executive leadership roles in sales, marketing, operations and financial management with various companies in the software and telecommunications industry, including Core-Comm, Reynolds & Reynolds, Networkfleet, Level 3 Communications and Vignette. We are thrilled to have Dave join the PayLease team, says Ty Kalklosch, cofounder and head of sales for PayLease. It was important that we found someone who shared our vision and passion for building the company for the next phase of growth. Dave has a proven track record of delivering high impact results for companies during critical growth stages. His leadership skills, high energy personality and goal-oriented approach will make a great addition to the team. I see tremendous opportunity at PayLease and I am jazzed to be in a position to lead this already successful and growing company into the future, says Dutch. The billing and payment management space has reached an exciting juncture, with electronic billing and payment technologies changing the way consumers interact with their billers. PayLease is well positioned to be a transformative service provider in this new era. Before embarking on his corporate career, Dutch served for eight years as a Special Operations Officer in the United States Navy. He has an undergraduate degree from the United States Naval Academy and an MBA from The Broad School at Michigan State University. PayLease was founded in 2003 by Ty Kalklosch and Yann Phung and was recently ranked 344th on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing private companies in the U.S. Mainsail Partners, a leading growth equity firm, invested in PayLease in 2010.
In August 2011, Bob Biddinger (father of Dave Biddinger 87) planned a wonderful surprise for returning hero Joe Stillwaggon 87 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Joe had returned from a successful deployment to the mountain region and the Os did not disappoint. Not only did they have one of the few wins of the season, but they had the image of Joes heroism projected on the Jumbotron over the span of two innings. For once, Joe was speechless. Meanwhile, Dave has founded an LLC that provides cyber services to the Federal Government and beyond. He is following the development of the Cyber curriculum at USNA with great interest.
USNA Class of 1987 25th Reunion Update PLEASE NOTE: Hotel Booking is quickly filling up. Please book your Loews hotel room soon if you want to stay with your other classmates at the hotel. ALSO: We need your help. Reach out to your classmates now and let them know you are going to the reunion next year.The 25th Reunion is usually the most attended event. Lets make it great by getting ALL of our classmates together in October 2012. A brief highlight of events by day are as follows: Thursday, October 18, 2012: Class Golf Outing and Evening Social Gathering at Fado Irish Pub Friday, October 19, 2012: Class Meeting, Class Memorial Ceremony,Yard Activities, Superintendents briefing, formal parade capped off with the formal class reception at the Annapolis Loews Hotel. Saturday, October 20, 2012: Mid-Store visits,Yard tours, Massive tailgate event with live music throughout, Football vs. Big-Ten opponent Indiana, more tailgater after the game, followed by a post-game social gathering event at the Loews Hotel. Sunday, October 21, 2012: Check-Out and Ad-Hoc brunch service followed by various religious services on the yard.
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Registration for these events will soon be available online. Initial pricing (still finalizing) looks to be: Registration: (Mandatory) $87 per classmate, no additional registration fees for family/friends Golf Outing: (Only for those participating in Golf Outing) $87 per golfer Friday Night Reception: $43.50 per attendee Tailgater: $87 per attendee, $20 per attendee under the age of 21 (Beer and wine included, cash bar for mixed drinks). Game Tickets:TBD, but likely $25 to $35 per ticket, depending on NAAA (pending). We are also looking for corporate sponsorships for the tailgate or golf outings to help defray the costs of all of the events. Please contact the reunion coordinators if you are interested in sponsoring any of the events (with appropriate acknowledgement and signage). Finally, if you have not yet made your hotel reservations for these great events, please do so as soon as possible.The primary hotel for all events is the Annapolis Loews Hotel, where we have 100 rooms blocked off for our class.The secondary hotel is the Annapolis Hilton Garden Inn Hotel on Harry S.Truman Parkway where we have 75 rooms blocked off.You can book your Loews hotel. Pricing for the Loews will be released soon, but you can expect $325 / room / nigh.You can book your rooms now (without locking in the price) by calling the Annapolis Loews Hotel at (800) 526-2593, or online at: http://www.loewshotels.com/en/annapolis-hotel. Use the reservations code: USAO18 (letter O, not Zero). The advanced reservations for the Annapolis Hilton Garden Inn will be available in January 2012, and we will inform you of the reservation information at that time. Thanks to all of our volunteers, and please look for additional information in the coming months. If you have any questions, contact either of our Reunion Coordinators, David Buckley david.buckley@1987 .usna.com, 703-677-6231, or Len Laporta, len@cyprs.com, 203-451-7799. If you would like to be one of our many volunteers, please let Dave or Len know. Thanks to all our contributors this month. Join them by sending your stories to rob.pinataro@stny.rr.com.
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PRES: Ingar Grev 904 Barbury Pl., Annapolis, MD 21401-6485 P: 410-571-0105;W: 703-243-6613 F: 419-818-7319; E: igrev@1989.usna.com CORR. SECY: Scott McFadden E: jscottmc89@yahoo.com LISTSERV: usna89@yahoogroups.org LISTSERV SUBSCRIPTION: send a blank email to usna89-subscribe@yahoogroups.com from the address you wish listserv traffic to be sent TO POST A MESSAGE: write your message and send it to usna89@yahoogroups.com UNSUBSCRIBE: send a blank message to usna89-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com WEBMASTER: CDR Dave Klain, USN E: dave@klain.net
Next up is Joker Jenkins Hello Class of 89! This is my first input to Shipmate. I want to introduce to all my classmates, the newest member to the USNA family, Savannah Margaret Jenkins. She was born 20 Aug 2011 at 19.5-inches and 6lbs 0.5oz. She is a beautiful, healthy little girl and is doing well. Mom is doing a great job while daddy is gone, and daddy is enjoying how to figure out fatherhood! But as you can see, even at 2 months, Savannah knows who to root for. GO NAVY, BITE ARMY! As for me, I completed my CO command ride on USS GARY (FFG-51) conducting a hull swap by bringing GARY from Yokosuka to San Diego. Following command, I did a great year at U.S. FLEET FORCES COMMAND as Deputy EA first for ADM Greenert, and then for ADM Harvey. Now I am finishing my tour at COMNAVAIRPAC as OIC of the Nuclear Power Mobile Training Team (NPMTT). I will report to USS Bonnehomme Richard (LHD-6) for Major Command XO/CO fleet-up in Feb 2012. Take care all. Joker Jenkins (15th Company)
Classmates, Happy 2012!! Youre reading this early in the New Year, but Im writing it just a couple of weeks before the Army-Navy game. Im going to go out on a limb and assume Navy will win (has won!) the game. Lots of stuff to get to this month, so lets get started: First, more from Julie (Niedermaier) and Chris Campbell Just a quick note to announce the birth of our first child, Mark Andrew Campbell, on 5/8/11. Chris is a Track and Field Coach at USNA. After retiring from the Navy at 20 years, I work for a defense contractor in Annapolis. Congratulations to you two on the birth of your child, Julie and Chris!
Mike McGettigan reports in with some exciting news: 89 Classmates Its not often we get the opportunity to ask that famous/infamous(?) question from nearly 25 years ago... What About 89?. While many of our fellow 89ers are continuing to lead/inspire/trailblaze phenomenal military and civilian careers, one of our very own (former Midn./
Mark Vandroff, sent in a picture of himself along with fellow classmates Greg Wagner, Francis Spencer, and Steve Debus taken at Marks DDG 51 Shipbuilding Program change of office ceremony.
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LT of 34th Co.) Steve Obsitnik has announced his candidacy for a seat in the House of Representatives Steve Obsitnik from the 4th district of Connecticut in 2012 Steves hometown. To the best of our knowledge, Steve would be the first classmate to run for Congressional office. Please check out Steves social media sites: Website: http://www.obsitnik.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/ Steve-Obsitnik-for-US-Congress/ 267236306642491 Several members of 89 including Paul Dabbar, Ingar Grev, Matt Sandoval, Earl Jones, myself, and others are pitching in to help Steve. He would welcome any additional support from other members of our class in time, talent (networking), or treasury (donations). Lets pull together as a Class and make What About 89? ....What About Obsitnik? in 2012. Good Luck Steve! You will obviously now be expected to make a few speeches at our 25th Reunion, OBSTCR!!! Best and Go Navy, Mike McGettigan
leadership team and to have the opportunity to build on its success. Next, Immaculata University, State of Pennsylvania has issued the following press release: Lieutenant Colonel John C. Church, Jr., USMCR, has joined Immaculata Universitys English/ Communication Department as a new assistant professor. He is teaching classes on English composition and rhetoric, technical writing, business and professional communication, and crisis communication. I am thrilled to be here at Immaculata. Having served here previously as an adjunct, I had some insight into the Universitys commitment to mission and sense of purpose. However, now I am seeing that sincere dedication and steadfast support to students from faculty and staff every day. I am looking forward to assisting our students in excelling in the classroom, but more importantly, in aiding them in finding their way to becoming good citizens and good stewards of our communities, Commonwealth and country. My wife, Mary Kay, and our four children are just glad to be part of a learning community that is so clear in its mission and so sincere in its outreach and embrace of others as a part of an amazingly wonderful journey. Congratulations Steve and John! Lastly, I have the sad duty of reporting the death of a non-graduate classmate, Bart Tyler Parnall. The following is his obituary: Bart Tyler Parnall, 44, of Waldoboro and Charleston, S.C., passed away Oct. 13 at the Duke University Medical Center, surrounded by his family. A lifelong competitive shooter, Bart had survived primary pulmonary hypertension for seven years, often shooting with an oxygen tank at his side. He was at Duke waiting for a heart-lung transplant. Bart attended the U.S. Naval Academy and Murray State University, where he competed on their rifle teams and set a number of national records. As a subjunior, he won the Prone National Championship at Camp Perry in Ohio. He also won the Maine State Championship three years in a row. Upon graduation from college, he served as an officer and a Ranger in the 101st Airborne. Bart was always moving forward with a positive attitude, a smile, and sense of humor. He was a magical influence in the lives of young people, and derived great satisfaction from being a shooting coach. Bart was a great father,
a talented artist, a marvelous cook, had a black belt in karate, and was a vigorous competitor in all he did. Most importantly, he will be remembered as a kind and generous person. Bart is survived by his wife, Christy; daughter, Madeline; sister, Tracy; and parents,Virginia Buck and Peter Parnall. Peace, Scott
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The Dabbar and Obsitnik families observing colors in August
And now some news about classmates excelling in civilian land. First, the Board of Directors of Mission Mobility LLC is pleased to announce that Steve Newell has joined Mission Mobility as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective September 19, 2011. Newell stated, At Mission Mobility I saw great promise in leading a growing company with products that are relied upon to ensure vital warfighter communications. From my days at EMS Satcom, I knew firsthand the specialization and expertise embodied in every product that Mission Mobility delivers and the paramount focus on satisfying the needs of their customers. Its a great honor to join Mission Mobilitys
Hello Ninety, I hope the New Year has proved to be a good one already. 2012 will see Navy playing football in Ireland, our twenty-second reunion, and a time to vote for the Commander in Chief. Based on the input Ive received this go around, 2012 will also include a continued display of achievements by our fellow classmates. If you keep thinking to yourself that you want to write in, even just that small yelp to let the rest of us know youre alive and well (Im visualizing the Whos Down in Whoville, hollering at Horton), but tapping something out on your keyboard keeps slipping to the bottom of your to-do list, please take a moment this month and, in the immutable words of Nike, Just Do It! Theres close to a thousand of us running around on this Earth right now who share that one common moment of having thrown our covers in the air at the same time.Though we may be strangers to each other as the years have progressed, we are all staring down the face of middle age together and it doesnt take long to find common ground. Please, send in a quick update on yourself or a classmate youve run into. Kicking us off this time is my fellow seventh company-mate, Mal Sandi who hollers in from Coronado, CA: I recently transferred from the Bureau of Personnel where I had the opportunity to work with classmates Rich Dromerhauser, Chris Engdahl, Curt Renshaw, and Harold Workman.We also had reservist representation via Alex Johnson, Suzanne (Autry) Fiori, and Janet (Fuller) Garrington. While in Millington I got to visit with fellow 7th Company-mates Kersas Dastur and Mike Giles. Kersas retired from active duty and is
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Alumni Assigned to Joint Task Force ODYSSEY GUARD

Joint Task Force ODYSSEY GUARD (JTF-OG) was established in 11 Aug. 2011 to provide command and control for U.S. joint military contingency operations in Libya in support of Department of State efforts to re-establish the American Embassy in Tripoli and provide security for follow-on engagements.The Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (JECC), an organization under U.S.Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), deployed 25 personnel to Vicenza, Italy to support the JTF staff, created from U.S. Army Africa, under MajGen. David R. Hogg.The JECC Mission Commander was CAPT Bill McKinley 87 and the XO was CAPT (Select) Glen Leverette 90. Other members included CDR Tom Wing 84, CDR Craig Bangor 96, LCDR Al Hobbs 94, (not pictured). Attached to the JTF was also LCDR Mike Stabile 97, (not pictured). event this year Kurt Beyer, Dave Raby, Dave Kayea, Lynne (Smith) Driscoll (with husband John Driscoll and brother Brad alongside), Ray Berzins, Dan Frost, Lono Hagmann (and his wife Katie), Mark Watkins, and I all braved the 12-mile crossing in 60 degree water at 6200 feet elevation. Mark Watkins and his wife, Gina, hosted a great party afterwards, which is really the reason we all went to Tahoe in the first place! Jonathan, thanks for the info. If anyone needs more info about either swim and the annual gathering of aqua-ninety, contact Jonathan at his email Jonathan@salkoff.com . The Alumni Association forwarded the following press release regarding Geoff Grindeland: Mills Meyers Swartling, a Seattle law firm, is pleased to announce that Geoffrey Grindeland has become a principal in the firm. Geoff is a civil litigator whose practice emphasizes aviation law, insurance coverage, and representation of municipalities and police officers. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was a Dillard Fellow and an Executive Editor of the Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law. Prior to law school, Geoff graduated with merit from the United States Naval Academy and served eleven years as a Navy pilot, flying both helicopters and turboprop airplanes. He has chaired the King County Bar Associations Aviation Section and currently serves on the board of directors for Helpline House, a nonprofit social service organization on
L to R: CDR Tom Wing 84, CDR Craig Bangor 96, CAPT (Select) Glen Leverette 90, and CAPT Bill McKinley 87 Photo was taken by LTC Mike Blackburn
a supervisor pilot for Air Evac life flight detachment in Natchez, MS. Natchez is a beautiful town located high on a bluff along the Mississippi River and is rich with history. Mike has been a NASA test pilot for many years and recently retired from the naval reserves. Mike and his wife, Julie, live in Houston,TX with their three sons. As for me, I recently PCSd to San Diego. My wife, Colleen, was hired as a civilian nurse anesthetist at Balboa Naval Hospital and we live in Coronado with our 4 sons. Mal also sent in the following photos. Thanks, Mal, for the update!
The Mal Sandie family
Kersas Dastur, Air Evac life flight pilot
The next update comes via Eileen Haskins father, who knowing Eileen might be too modest to inform us of her own achievements, sent an email to update us that CAPT Eileen Haskins Laubacher (USNR) has assumed command of Naval Reserve Unit 0466, a unit with the Office of Naval Intelligence. Congratulations, Eileen, and best wishes for a fantastic Command tour! After reading one of the recent columns, Jonathan Salkoff wrote in with the following information: Just read this months column. Ive swum the Chesapeake Bay Bridge swim for the past 2 years, in addition to helping organize our (now) annual class ritual of swimming across Lake Tahoe in the Trans Tahoe Relay. The Bay Bridge swim lottery sign up starts in November and runs through the end of December (yes, there are actually more crazy people who want to swim the Bay than they allow). The Trans Tahoe swim was another great
Mike Giles, NASA test pilot
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Bainbridge Island. He particularly enjoys cases that involve scientific, engineering, or other technical issues.
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PRES: CDR Rich Brophy, USN 2801 S. Arlington Ridge Rd, Arlington, VA 22202 P: 571-257-7574; C: 719-534-3696 E: 7brophy@gmail.com SECY: Jack Colletti P: 205-225-9191; E: shipmate91@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.usna91.info
Geoffrey Grindeland
Congratulations Geoff! And our final input this month is with regards to Steve MacLaren who was recently selected as the National Nuclear Security Administrations (NNSA) Defense Programs Employee of the Quarter. Steve is a PhD physicist with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), a research and development institution for science and technology applied to national security. He was selected as Employee of the Quarter from individuals throughout the national nuclear security enterprise. Steve was recognized for his work as the lead designer in the recently completed High Energy Density experiments on both the National Ignition Facility and the Z machine. The intricacies of Steves work is such that I much appreciated Gregory Archbolds summary in his email when he forwarded the LLNL article on Steve. Greg, who is also a PhD with LLNL, summarized Steves accomplishment by saying: This is a pretty big deal. Sometimes, just a few words can really put a picture on the weightiness of an achievement. Thankyou, Greg, for forwarding the information and congratulations, Steve, on such a noteworthy accomplishment!
Happy New Year 91!! 2011 was a very good year on many fronts. Lets go through a few highlights...Nuke checklist style: Deep Six Bin Ladencheck. Beat Armycheck. Class of 91 20th Reunioncheck mate!! I usually like to start out each column with a few Bravo Zulus for our classmates around the globe. However, on this occasion, Id like to launch a singularly major BZ.This one goes undoubtedly and unquestionably to Evan Barnet. Over the past year (plus), Evan worked tirelessly as Reunion Committee Chairman to manage the daunting task of organizing the 20th Reunion. As Shipmate scribe, I sat in on many of the evening conference calls and was amazed at the scope of what Evan was managing. Plus, he devoted a tremendous amount of personal time to the task, in the face of very challenging and demanding work and family commitments.The end result: mission accomplished...in a major way! The reunion was a without a doubt a stunning success. But dont take it from me alone: heres some great feedback from Stu Lockhart (Stalag 13): I didnt want too much time to pass before expressing how appreciated your efforts were in coordinating the superb reunion was last weekend.What a ride! I needed most of this week to decompress and get my voice backI have never spoken as much in a 48 hour period as last week! I am sure you all have been inundated this week with follow-up e-mails from classmates far and wide, but I wanted to add my voice to the crowd of those who had an absolutely outstanding time last weekend. My personal thanks to you and our other classmates on the reunion committee who made it all happen. Needless to say, I am looking forward to the 25th reunion already! ~Stu Again, BZ to Evan and the Reunion Committee...what a great team effort! Another highlight of the weekend was the Networking Dinner. As part of the 20th reunion planning process, the reunion committee thought it was a good idea to look outside of the reunion of the needs of our classmates after 20 years. Some were
Steve MacLaren; Photo by Jacqueline McBride/LLNL
And, well, thats a wrap! Semper Umbilicus, Cathy
returning from deployment and transitioning out, some still on active duty, some recently retired, and others looking to make a transition from one job to another.This presented a great opportunity to help those in a tough economy at the senior levels looking for civilian work. The committee turned to Dave Scheu to plan and coordinate the evening. Ironically he was in the job search himself. With months of planning, the committee was able to get sponsorship of the event by companies looking to hire Academy graduates.Thanks to academy focused companies Aflac, Amazon, CSC, Microsoft, and Walmart the cost of the event was covered. Academy graduates and one guest were charge a nominal fee to keep it on their schedule for the weekend. With just over 80 people in attendance including a one-star from USAFA 79, the panel speakers were thrilled to have an opportunity to meet high-caliber Academy graduates with proven leadership experience. After introductions by Rich Brophy, our Class President, and Evan Barnet, our Reunion Committee Chairman, Dave Scheu moderated the panel discussion and Q&A, including an opportunity for classmates to communicate job leads. Some were even coming to start their own business.The panel provided insightful and articulate thoughts of the job search.The panel consisted of alumni: Tom Collela, USNA 78, Executive Recruiter for Walmart Joe Wallis, USNA 86, Military Recruiting Manager, Microsoft Chris Cantarella, USNA 89, Executive Recruiter, Korn-Ferry Phil Dana, USNA 98, Military Recruiting Manager, Amazon The message from the panel was clear: narrow your focus on what you really want to do, do your homeworkjust like we did for come arounds, and most importantly reach out to classmates for ideas and encouragement. Amazon for example indicated that they had hired over 114 Academy grads in the last 14 months.The leadership skills that Academy grads bring to organizations are in high demand.The gap the evening was looking to fill was putting graduates in touch with those in need of work.The evening carried on with open networking and direct conversations with the panelists, each of which reported making several promising connections with our classmates. Many thanks to those who helped us produce the event and to everyone who
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joined us. Everyone on the committee work tirelessly put this together.We had a couple 92ers in the house.They so enjoyed the idea that they are adding it to their program plan for their 20th next year. If you are one of the promising leads, please keep us posted on how it goes. Thanks Dave and Evan for your leadership on getting this event going and for making it happen! Some made our way through the gargantuan Mid Store and spent lots of cash. Others waited patiently to view the Noon Meal Formation. While many of us were sleeping off the purple haze from the night before, the 91 Navy Crew studs were up early Friday morning enjoying some time on the Severn, cutting nice straight lines. Thanks to Stu Lockhart for sending these great photos from the Reunion Row (see more photos on the 91 Facebook page). Throughout the weekend, 91ers gathered in hotel rooms, downtown bars, and rented homes to catch up on the past twenty years. Wine and beer revenues in the Annapolis area were up 91% (source: Red Corvette Analytics Inc.). Reminder to all to post their favorite Reunion photos to the 91 Facebook page or at USNA91.info.
6th Company Soiree. Left to Right are Fred Lindsey, Mark Lucas, JP Ayubi, Greg Price and John DeVine.
Stalag 13 Post Game Comearound. Left to Right are Jason Doc Wiz Davis, Dan Morio, Marc Schweighofer, Sean Boxter Reed and Jack Colletti. The Networking Dinner, organized by Dave Scheu was a stunning success!
91 Alumni Row (Left to Right): Jeff Chatfield, Andy McMarlin, Kevin OConnor, Randy Wright, Alden Mills, Stu Lockhart, Mike Stephens, Dean Dorcas, Eric Austin, Mike Kuypers, Heidi Berg, Mike Kaiser, Gib Armstrong, Doug Zimbleman, James Baca and Rob Turner.
91 Heavies and Lights Reunite on the Severn after 20 Years!
Last and certainly not least, I wanted to commend, on behalf of all of us, Brian Spano for organizing the Memorial Service. Rich Brophy opened the wellattended service with some very moving and appropriate remarks as the President of our fine Class. Chad Jungbluth followed with a reading.Then our classmates, Pastor David Ochoa, Rev. Jared McCambridge, and Rev. Ramon Baez each provided with words of faith and wisdom and moving perspectives on how we deal with loss and how we honor our fallen Comrades. Thank you Brian, Rich, Chad, David, Jared and Ramon for your leadership. I cant think of a more fitting and honorable way to celebrate, sanctify, and keep alive the memories of our 24 brothers who have gone before us. Finally, a huge thanks to EVERYONE that came together to make our 20th Reunion a stunning success. For those of you who could not make it, 25 will be here before you know it...pencil it in now! OBSTCR!! We are now more connected than ever. Be sure to check in on our Class site (USNA91.info), and our 91 group pages on Facebook and LinkedIn. Happy New Year to you and yours and heres to a great 2012 for all! Ken Finley you have a Subway sandwich in Main Office!! Until next time I remain your loyal scribe. ~Jack
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PRES: Creighton Armstrong SECY: CDR Doug Barber P: 757-341-4576; F: 757-341-4571 E: douglas.barber1@navy.mil douglasbarber1@gmail.com
Classmates, if you arent already a member of our Facebook page, please sign up! Here are the steps: 1) Log onto Facebook, 2) search for U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1992 or use this link https://www.facebook.com/groups/49124819975/ then 3) you must ask to join, and Steve Phillips or one of the other admins will grant access. Right now there are 236+ members! (Thanks Steve for putting this together and keeping it going!) Ive received no correspondence this month, so below is some info I gleaned from our page: NPR recently ran a story on Jason Morris and his Battalion in Afghanistan, the link is http://www.npr.org/2011 /10/30/141723895/afghan-successcomes-at-high-price-for-commander Ive included one of their pictures and below is a portion of the article: It was just over a year ago that Morris took nearly 1,000 Marines to a place in Helmand called Sangin. It was a haven for Taliban fighters and drug traffickers, a place where the British lost more than 100 troops in four years. But the British failed to push out and pursue the enemy, and the Taliban continued to control much of the area. It was Morris job to take it back. At the time, Lt. Gen. Rich Mills was the senior Marine commander in Helmand. He says what Morris unit went through was as brutal as anything in the history of the Marines. It stands alone in the Afghanistan situation as probably being one of the tougher missions ever handed to an infantry battalion, Mills says. Its very rare. I certainly would compare it to some of the amphibious assaults during World War II, places like Guadalcanal, he adds. Please check out the rest of the article.
The Milwaukie Wisconsin Journal Sentinel ran a story on Fred Schenk, the link is http://www.jsonline.com/news/ ozwash/cedarburg-native-testing-militarys-latest-fighter-jet-132897828.html. Ive included one of their pictures, and below is a portion of the article: The Marine test pilot and Cedarburg native [LtCol Schenk] performed the first at-sea vertical landing of the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter this month, hovering next to the USS Wasp in the Atlantic Ocean before setting down neatly on the deck. When the F-35 eventually replaces the jets now soaring over war zones, it will be test pilots like Schenk who played an integral role in development of the joint strike fighter. Its a one in a lifetime opportunity to be involved in an aircraft that started on a piece of paper and is now flying and doing really well, said Schenk, 41, a 1988 Cedarburg High School graduate. Schenk has spent many hours in the F-35B cockpit and had test flown it on land, but the next step required taking off and landing on a ship as well as testing how the aircraft interacts with a ships landing systems, deck and hangar. The first landing on Oct. 3 was done during nice weather and sea conditions - not much crosswinds and a steady deck with less than 1 degree pitch and 5 degrees of roll. Over the next few weeks Schenk flew in increasingly less favorable conditions from the USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship, because ultimately pilots will be taking off and landing in all kinds of weather and seas. Please check out the rest of the article!
Lastly, Martha Dunne recently published her first Novel titled An End to the Means under a pseudonym. The press release states, JC Leland is the pseudonym for Martha Dunne, a 1992 graduate of the US Naval Academy and a former helicopter pilot with an extensive background in naval special operations. An End to the Means is her first novel. Congratulations Martha!! If its been years since you sent anything for shipmateplease send me an update!! Thanks, Doug.
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PRES: Maj Joe Moreno, USMCR VICE PRES: LCDR Kevin Klein, USN TREAS: Matt Morse CORR. SECY: Maj Shogo Cottrell, USMCR 20902 W 117th St., Olathe, KS 66061 P: 913-782-8149 E: shipmate@usna93.com WEBSITE: http://www.usna93.com
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PRES: Jim Keck E: JKeck@usna94.com; C: 904-477-2133 VICE PRES: Julie Spencer E: jspencer@1994.usna.com TREAS: Brian Bruggeman E: btbruggeman@hotmail.com SECY & CORR. SECY: Maria J. Pallotta P: 410-440-7552 E: mariapallotta@yahoo.com
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PRES: Kate Dooley C: 202-320-6776, E: ktdooley@hotmail.com VICE PRES: CDR Debbie Fermo, USN C: 757-353-9493; H: 443-458-5110 E: debbiefermo@hotmail.com TREAS: CDR Andre Coleman CEC, USN C: 571-344-0336, E: andre_coleman@hotmail.com COMMS DIR/WEBMASTER: Ed Galloway E: edward.galloway@1995.usna.com SECY: CDR Matt Kaz Kaslik C: 360-333-4440; E: Kaz95USNA@gmail.com WEBSITE: www.usna95.com
LtCol Jason Morris in Afghanistan
Aloha 95 Happy 2012 to all! I was out on the east coast for a course at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk,VA and was able to catch up with classmates James Brown and Marcus Breslin during our ten week class. I also ventured up to Crabtown for a few football games and ran into Mo Curran, Al Springer, Chris Hodrick and Andre Coleman. Kate and Deb spearheaded an ad hoc 95 tailgater for the ECU game with sightings of numerous 95ers around Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
Pilot LtCol Schenk
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This past fall brought the annual Marine Corps Marathon and the traditional Run to Honor event driven by dedicated classmates as well.The turnout for the dinner was great and the event warmed up the weekend as the DC area fell under a cold front where the temps ranged between the low 30s and high 40s for a late October Sunday morning marathon run. Ed Galloway flew in from Seattle for the event and proudly wore his Run to Honor gear along with Gio Kostrubala Meek (congrats again on the wedding) and Jeff Webb.The pictures provided captured the dinner as well as marathon and were taken by photographers from Mathy. Awesome job to all who contributed to this outstanding event and we all look forward to many more years of Run to Honor; dedicating those who served and who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Keep the news and updates flowing and heres to a great and prosperous year for everyone! ~Kaz
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PRES: Bart Phillips 9557 E.Cottage Hill Ct., Baton Rouge, LA, 70809 P: 225-448-2606; E: bart.phillips@1996.usna.com SECY: Tonya (Barz) Bush 4820 Cedar Ridge Circle, Billings, MT 59102 P: 406-534-4906; E: tyler_tonya080799@msn.com
children ages 9, 7, and 3 months. We all have fond memories of DJ and among many things we will miss his loud laugh and great heart. Thanks to Herb Lacy and Tony Then for promptly bringing this tragic news to our attention.You all may have seen similar news sent via class email and on the 97 facebook page. We extend our deepest condolences to DJs family and friends during this very difficult time. LCDR Chris Jason provided a recent update from his current duty station: My wife Cheryl and I are currently in Washington, DC, for a Pentagon tour. In December 2010, Cheryl gave birth to our second son Holden. Our oldest son Desmond was born before I could get back from Afghanistan, so Im glad I was able to be there for the second. Our kids are 14 months apart so things are pretty chaotic. Im currently assigned to Joint Staff J-5, and since moving to DC, Ive been happy to run into many classmates. After a career in Washington and Japan, its nice to be in such a central location and close to USNA too. For Cheryl and me, this is a great assignment because her family is nearby: her sisters husband is an Army LTC on Army Staff, and her brother is another Army LTC at Fort Meade, MD. Our next tour will bring us back to NAS Whidbey Island, WA, but that is not for a while so there are ten months of Power Point still ahead. Here is a picture of the Jason family that Chris attached.
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PRES: Tom Wagner E: twagner1@san.rr.com Send news to: Aaron Shelley 10933 Shy Bird Lane, San Diego, CA 92128 C: 619-980-8297; E: apshelley@hotmail.com
Classmates, I am reluctant to begin this column with bad news, but its important to give this the attention it deserves. Here is an email from Herb Lacy who informed us about the loss of one of our classmates over the Thanksgiving holiday. Damola Joseph DJ Itobi (7th company) lost his life in a fatal accident that occurred Wednesday, November 23, 2011 near the Virginia-West Virginia line. He was on his way to a Thanksgiving office party. While he was traveling on Harpers Ferry Road just south of Route 340 around 11:15 a.m., a tree fell onto his car. He succumbed to his injuries at INOVA Fairfax Hospital on Thursday, November 24, 2011. DJ was from Lagos, Nigeria, and came to us as an exchange student from the Nigerian Defense Academy. He met his wife Sarah Nemetz (New Hampshire) over the computer youngster year while using an archaic social network ISBA/BBS on NADN. After graduation, he decided not to return to Nigeria and elected to stay in the DC area and work for Corporate America. He worked for Technica Corp of Dulles,VA, and served as a contractor in the Greater DC Metropolitan area (most recently at Fort Meade, MD). He and Sarah were married the day after graduation and had three
Jeff Webb takes the podium at the Run to Honor dinner.
Gio Kostrubala Meek
Chris, Cheryl, Desmond and Holden
95: Some of the members of team Run to Honor
After completing a tour as Deputy Chief of Operations for NSAs Red Team, Jon Kaltwasser is now on TDY to Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on a Service Chief Fellowship. Once again, please mark your calendars for our 15-year reunion on 19-21 October 2012. Stay tuned for more information. To improve the level of communication throughout the class, I would like to conduct a thorough audit of
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our class contact list. To better facilitate this effort, it would be ideal to designate one individual from each company to serve as a correspondence representative. Not only would this help us to reach a larger percentage of our class, but would likely bring more news in return to share with everyone. I have begun working this angle with 10th company. If any of you have interest in being the point of contact for your company, please let me know. Thanks for tuning in everyone, and all the best to you in 2012! -Aaron
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PRES: David Forman C: 410-320 6333; E: DSForman@aol.com CORR. SECY: Mark Symmes 529 W. 29th St., Baltimore, MD 21211 E: shipmate98@yahoo.com TEMP CORR SECY: Jeannette Gaudry Haynie E: jeannette.haynie@gmail.com
So this evening, while trying to herd the three cats that are my beloved children around the house, through homework, dinner, cleaning up, and so on, I looked at the calendar and realized that I had failed to put together a meaningful, funny, and above all loooooong Shipmate update. And while I promised during the last update that a guest writer would honor us with his (or her?) thoughts for this issue, and Im sure many of you are waiting with bated breath for his/her appearance, said guest writer is mysteriously busy, so I am sitting here typing furiously while staring out the window at the large, inflatable snowman and Santa that I just put up. But I digress. Not a whole lot of updates this time around (LOREN REINKE, this means you! This is me annoying you as promised. And you too, LAURA TUCK MAASDAM). So I get to ramble a bit. Lucky you all. Rambling first, update second. First of all, I ran the Marine Corps Marathon last month. On a nice, balmy 30-degree Sunday morning. I will proudly add that I ran it in 3:59:14, which is waaaaaaaay off of my PR but I honestly know I could not have gotten to that finish line any faster. Of course, for those of you who know my husband Chris Haynie, he ran the MCM in 3:11. And he was disappointed, he really bonked pretty badly3:11 being such a shabby time and all. After stumbling across the finish line, I was trying (unsuccessfully) to make it to the link-up area, where Chris had my sweatshirt, when I saw Mike McPhail.
He was waiting for his wife, who had run the MCM also. He hadnt seen her yet, so I cant report on how she did, but Mike looked proud of her and unfortunately I dont remember much else about it, because I was pretty out of it. Im heading into work tomorrow for my USMC Reserve job at the Pentagon, and just found out that Ill be working alongside a new active duty counterpart. It was CDR Joe Torian 96 before, but Steve Minihane just took his place. So Im going to bring this to work in the morning and hopefully add a Steve update. Or maybe just annoy the hell out of him until I get one. (Update: Steve doesnt want to give me any news for this issue, so I am just going to annoy the hell out of him) And because I havent called her out in two months or so, Jenn Marino, signup for the 2012 MCM for military members starts in a few short months. Two short(ish) updates: Rebecca (Chany) Baas and David Baas just had baby #4 on November 19. Peter Henry Baas arrived verrrry early on the 19th, weighing in at 9 pounds, 2 ounces. Peter joins big sister Caroline (6) and brothers James (4) and Luke (2). Becca is a total pro at this, but I dont think shell be sending a ton of updates for a bitso Ill get her permission to add some pictures, and will hopefully include them in the next submission. And the second update, from Anne (Cossitt) Leanos: This is Anne (Cossitt) Leanos 98. I could not bear the thought of a photo from my plebe year being in the public domain; so here are some recent ones of my family: Alex Leanos (USNA 99) who many of the math majoring 98ers know since he is sort of a math whiz...hes humble and would never describe himself that way, but I can; and our 12 y/o son Christopher; who over the past 2 summers has enjoyed swimming, baseball and wrestling camps at USNA. Alex and I are both SELRES and BGOs, hes an EDO and a mechanical engineer at Caterpillar, Inc; on a Mountain Biking team sponsored by Goose Island 312 & on AT right now spending his weekend doing a 160 mile bike ride to Raise $ for EOD Wounded Warriors. We live near Peoria, IL, I am a PAO & will be heading up Navy Week Chicago this summer, one of about 20 different 1812 commemorations the Navy is celebrating all over the country. I am a Sales Director with Mary Kay Skin Care and Cosmetics leading a team
of 100+ consultants, and drive a Pink Cadillac SRX. Good luck to you Dave if you run the USMC marathon, I ran the Nike womens marathon in San Francisco, and I now consider that box fully & completely checked:) Best, Anne The two attached pictures are from Anne: with her husband and son Christopher, and with her pink Cadillac. Anne, thanks for the update, and congratulations on the success and your family
And thats all I have. I think this issue comes out in January, so I hope everyone had a great holiday season, and hopefully Navy beat Army. I think well miss most of the game unfortunately, since my oldest is going to be an angel (a non-speaking one) in the Nativity Play that day. Im signing off now, because its Monday Night Football and my Saints are playing the Giants. I hope to see plenty of Manning face over the next four hours. (Update: I did. Great game, Saints won 49-24. It was divine.) Breaking out the wretched plebe year pictures next time around, unless I have some good stuff. And I wont stop at only plebe year ones, although I wont post any from the Ring Dance booze cruise. I may want to run for public office someday. Take care, Jeannette
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PRES: Capt Chris Buster OBrien, USMC E: busterobrien@gmail.com VICE PRES: Ben Adeyemi TREAS: Jason Mendenhall E: GLandJason@aol.com SECY: Minh-tu Nguyen 11710 Old Georgetown Rd., #608 North Bethesda, MD 20852 P: 703-928-2524; E: minhtu99@yahoo.com WEBSITE: www.usna99.com
Hey there, 99! Happy 2012!! Only TWO more years until our 15-year reunion! Weve already started the planning phase; if youd like to help with the reunion, please send an email to Barre Adams-Simmons at Adams_simmons@ yahoo.com. Itll be here before you know it! Please help out if you can. Hope everyone had a happy and restful holiday season. No submissions for the 99 column, so I had to go and scavenge for information myself. HUGE congratulations to Chris Tyson, who married the lovely Jill Tyson, ne Wade, over the Thanksgiving holiday in Tuscany, Italy. I had the great fortune to make the trip over to Italy to share in the experience. Months of planning, a beautiful Medieval castle, perfect fall Tuscan weather all came together for a lovely, moving wedding.Wish them many years of love and happiness.While in Italy, I managed to meet up with one or two folks. Deacon Andy Young took some time out of his hectic seminary studies to share a dinner in Rome with me and Josh Greenberg, U-M 98. Andy is in his fifth year of studies to become a priest and will be ordained in his home parish of Sioux Falls, SD, this coming June. Caroline Rodi 98 braved the Italian train system to meet us in Florence. Caroline is in the midst of a two-year graduate program at the University of Milan. Studying what, though, I couldnt even begin to tell you; possibly mastering the art of drinking espresso and speaking with hand gestures. Hope youre having a favolosa avventura, Rodi! Caroline and Andy mentioned that they have run into Todd Sanders and his lovely wife, Maura Duggan Sanders 00 in Naples, Italy. Todd, Maura and their two little munchkins are living la bella vita in Naples, courtesy of the Marine Corps. Sounds like a fantastic boondoggle! Thats it for the boat school shippie run-ins while abroad; the world is small, but not THAT small. I was, unfortunately, part of the major debacle that was the Hot Chocolate 15k at the National Harbor this past December.Waiting in freezing temps for the race to start an hour and a half late; dodging major traffic;
running with 20,000 of my closest friends; and ingesting a small portion of the tons of chocolate fondue that had been sitting out all morning was made all the more worthwhile because I was sharing the experience (i.e. pain) with my lovely 15k survivors Shana Gritsavage 97, Doc Jo, Kirsten Walden, Josh Greenberg, and Katie Traster 08. Congratulations, Shana, on finally showing up in Shipmate for the first time since graduation!!!! Oh, and on finishing the 15k as well. Patrick and Courtney OMahoney also survived the 15k, but I have no photographic evidence as they were much faster than me and my camera. Thats it for this issue. Hope you can help out with the 15-year reunion!!
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Winter is the time of promise because there is so little to do - or because you can now and then permit yourself the luxury of thinking so. See you next month! ~Minh-Tu
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PRES: J.V Murph McCarthy . VICE PRES: Art Terry TREAS: Nick Lalota SECY: Tim OConnor 317 N. Pleasant Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450 E: Shipmate00@yahoo.com
Chris and Jill Tyson on their wedding day in Tuscany, Italy
The newlyweds, breaking into their reception
with the new Deacon in a Roman restaurant
with the Caroline Rodi in Florence
Shippies, As a sign of a troubled economy the alumni association some time ago scaled back the issues of Shipmate.This went over like a blankety blank in a blank (pick your favorite analogy where something does not go well) with a majority of alumni, and the Shipmate Ship has since been steered back to its proper course.We are now rolling out color pictures in the class columns.You need not be Warren Buffet to figure out that this is a good sign for the economy as well as the human race. I was short on submissions this month so deal with my trivia. I am going to post some clues here and then the answer will be at the bottom. I shall call this game Name that Classmate. Take a stab at who the classmate is 1.That used to, as Midshipman, (and still might) set his alarm to wake up in the middle of the night to watch reruns of Magnum P.I. 2.That once refused to leave the kitchen of a restaurant until a dishwasher would relinquish as part of a trade his Miami Vice T-shirt. 3.That had a bust of Ronald Reagan on his desk in Bancroft. 4.That had a radio show on WNAV he cohosted with another classmate that played only eighties music. 5. Now works for NASA. Thats all you get. Now if you are reading these clues and some alarming/awkward/bizarre/not plausible habits of a classmate are jumping into your
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skull and making you giggle, then you need to email me those.The format should look something like the above. In other news, being back at the Naval Academy is awesome. If I would have had to come up with one word on describing a room full of Plebes this past summer, it would have been smelly. Now that they have figured out which way is up and yet are still the most curious creatures in captivity I would use the word motivational. Our class was well represented at 6th Companys Giving Tree Ceremony and one of the highlights of said ceremony was Erik Herrmanns mustache. Earlier in the fall the 3rd Annual Ripley Race was reunion of many and I spent most of the 5k race learning stroller running tips from Austin Yoder and his lovely wife. Enjoy the Giving Tree Ceremony photo and the Hero Walk photo from a few years back. Send me stuff! Murph Trivia question answer: Stuart Usry
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be joining the two-daughter club. After our visit with the Cox family we flew out to San Diego, after driving up to Disneyland, we stopped in at Crossfit Ethos (Laguna Hills), which is owned and operated by Jimi Lechford (03). Unfortunately the Lechford family was not around, but their gym is incredible and anyone in Orange County, CA interested in Crossfit should go see Jimi.The culminating event of our vacation was the wedding of Brian BJ Reitter, and Gianni DeMichele, both 2003 graduates. BJ and Gianni got married at the Prado in San Diego and there were a host of USNA classmates in attendance (Lauren Pizzi, Anne Huber (Gates), Kristin Hart, Dan Bailey, Jim Vandevoort, Matt Preston, Mike Marks). On a weekend when the Phillies got knocked out of the playoffs, the Eagles bit the dust, Brian Stann (03) lost a tough fight, and Navy got beat up on the Grid-Iron...this reunion at such a beautiful wedding ensured that our family vacation ended on a high note.We arrived back in Philly on Sunday, October 9th, and Im set to begin my civilian career here in the City of Brotherly Love. Any shipmates who find themselves in Philly, look me up...but dont expect me to take you to any sporting events!
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PRES: LT Daniel Bailey VICE PRES: LT Dan Emmert TREAS: Noelle Navas SECY: LT Rick Mui E: navyclass2003@hotmail.com
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Joey Fay Writes: Im writing with a quick update on a few 2003 classmates. My family has increased to 4, and Im completely out numbered by girls now with my 6 month old daughter Michaela, a 3.5 year old Gabriella and of course my wife Christine. I came off of a 4-month active duty assignment in Norfolk,VA at Marine Forces Command on September 28th and immediately headed out on a 10-day vacation with the entire Fay crew. After an October 1st wedding in Dallas,TX, we took the Amtrak down to Austin,Texas and linked up with Garrett Cox (03), his wife Jamie, and their 3-year-old daughter Katelyn. Jamie is due any day now and Garrett will
PRES: LT John M. Burger E: JohnMBurger@hotmail.com VICE PRES: Mr. Jonathan Miller E: jonathan.byrd.miller@gmail.com TREAS: LT Colleen Vote SECY: Capt. John McLaughlin
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L-R LT Joel Starzman 03 (6th Company Officer), Shannon (Philbin) Maury, Murph McCarthy, Erik Herrmann, John Woods, MIDN 1/C Kristen Tella (Giving Tree Rep)
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PRES: LT Brady Beauchamp VICE PRES: Capt Benjamin Tuck E: Benjamin.Tuck07@gmail.com TREAS: Capt Jennifer Rounds Tucker SECY: Capt Julie Jordan Naughton Send Articles to: classofficersUSNA2007@gmail.com
Classmates, I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season, wherever you may have been celebrating. As we ring in 2012 who can believe that it has been nearly five years since we tossed our Mid covers in the air and went our separate ways to serve this great nation? Although the column has been quiet most of that time, we realize your stories (and photos) are out there from weddings to port calls, deployments to schools, Afghanistan to the Med, our classmates have come together all around the world. Below is a note from Gray Tompson, written while aboard the USS George W. Bush. Also, Classmate James Mahan submitted a photo of he and his new bride, Michelle (Aleszycyk) Mahan, taken at their post-I do party on July 9, 2011 in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA. We would all love to hear more, so please send your latest news at classofficersUSNA2007@gmail.com. Also stay posted for further details on our fiveyear reunion coming up this Fall. Well be getting the word out soon! Semper Fi, Julie Naughton, Class Secretary Aught Seven, From Marseille, France onboard USS GEORGE H W BUSH, a privileged few of your classmates wish you a belated Happy Holidays. Well soon pull back into Norfolk following our good ships maiden deployment. For those who read about it back on the beach, this cruise may have won renown for its dire plumbing problemseriously it made NY Times. However what I will remember is the four different Sixth Fleet portcalls, my friends flying their first combat missions in country, a $10,000 Bahrain Wetting Down (thanks again Ash), a swimcall in the Indian Ocean, the BILLS dominating AFNs coverage of the NFL season, and the CO making it rain during Big Bucks Bingo on SITE TV.
From CVN-77: Ryan Kelly, Gray Tompson, Bob Foster, Joel Larson (not pictured: Nichelle Withrow, Pat Gilroy, Carmen Myers, Trey Hines). From VAW-124: Meggie Curran, Paul Reyes, Robert Beauchamp. From VFA-213: Russ Harris, Ryan Forsmo, Paul Rey, Tommy Royals, Chris Morales. From HSC-9: Ash Preston, Kevin Ringelstein, Ryan Roy, Bryan Aulds, Ian Trainor, Matt Cousins, Adam Nelson. From VFA-87: William Snead (not pictured: Adam Kyle). From VFA-15: Tony Kopp. From HSM-70- DuJuan Price (Not Pictured). From VAW141: Denver Amerine (Not Pictured). From VRC-40: Kristin Acton (not pictured)
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Timothy Marshall (2007), Benjamin Allen (2007), Justin Wells (2007), Trevor Thompson (2005), Michelle (Aleszczyk) Mahan (2006), James Mahan (2007), Brian Smith (2007), Zachary Pleis (2007), Thomas Kiernan (2007), Casey Two Bears (2007).
Please enjoy your classmates wholehearted attempt at a group picture taken on a warm Thanksgiving morning off the coast of Sicily. Our best to all of you who havent yet reached the end of your own deployment. Keep it safe. Gray Tompson (Dirty 30 Company)
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Classmates at the VADM Lawrence Ethics Essay Award Dinner

Tom and Lotta Hoffman at the top of Haleakala, Maui

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Keith Boring, Rusty Smith and Bobby Moore

1981 Liberty Bowl team on the field, thirty years later.

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Gibson, Belton and Hartman

83 & their 3/4s

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Scout Day at USNA !

Tailgating the 84 way!

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The pig roaters

The Rocky Goins Family...The Navy Tradition continues!

Our class president with Bill

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(L to R) Rick McGrath 87, Brian McGrath15 and Mike McGrath 62

(L to R) Jim Swanson and Kris Swanson

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The Dabbar and Obsitnik families observing colors in August

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Alumni Assigned to Joint Task Force ODYSSEY GUARD

Kersas Dastur, Air Evac life flight pilot

Mike Giles, NASA test pilot

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Steve MacLaren; Photo by Jacqueline McBride/LLNL

And, well, thats a wrap! Semper Umbilicus, Cathy

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91 Heavies and Lights Reunite on the Severn after 20 Years!

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LtCol Jason Morris in Afghanistan

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Jeff Webb takes the podium at the Run to Honor dinner.

Gio Kostrubala Meek

Chris, Cheryl, Desmond and Holden

95: Some of the members of team Run to Honor

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Secy Column Deadlines

2012 Shipmate Deadlines to note...

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DC Hot Chocolate 15k Survivors

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