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Issue 7-12-10 Updated Thursday, July 15, 2010 01:52 PM |
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uupdated 7-15-2010 SAD DAY! HC Member Don Pennington went on Eternal Patrol at 12:05 AM, today, July 13. Don suffered a heart attack and we were notified by a text message.Don, a submarine qualified officer and enlisted man, served in many boats, from diesels to nukes in his 22 years of service. Don's post Navy career involved over 30 years in real estate sales which included owning his own firm. Don served on Cobia, Entemedor, Hardhead, Triton, and Redfish. Shipmate, rest your oar!
The
date of the service will be
Monday July 26th with the
funeral at the Holy Trinity
Church on Pine Road at 10AM,
followed by a military burial at
Ivy Green and a reception at the
Elks to follow. Considering adding your comments to the following blog: http://pugetsoundblogs.com/everyday-ck/2010/07/14/the-dean-of-real-estate-passes-on/ u7- 11-2010 Our Canadian Counterparts Join Us For Soup Down at the H&C this Friday (16 July, 1130) at the Horse & Cow. Make it an event!uupdated 7-11-2010 Annual Picnic at the Illahee State Park, Sat, July 17, 1100 The annual base picnic will be held at the Illahee State Park (east end of Sylvan Way) on July 17th starting at 1100. We will be hosting a 6 Canadian couples from the Submariners Association of Canada (SAOC). 2010/2011 Base officers will be sworn in. Cribbage, horseshoes and other game tournaments will be on the docket. As usual, the base provides the meat, rolls, soft drinks and condiments and you bring a dish or dessert to share. uupdated 7-4-2010 Play Ball! Postponed until a later date
Shipmates, Thanks
u7- 2-2010 Fireworks Stand a Dud of a Fundraiser for Some Kitsap Groups Read more: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2010/jul/01/fireworks-stand-a-dud-of-a-fundraiser-for-some/?partner=popular#ixzz0sb0iGug3
u7-2-2010 Invitation to Golf in the Tri-Cities Sun
Invitation to Golf in the
Tri-Cities Sun. Inland
Empire Base has invited us
to join them for a round of
golf and a picnic on Friday
September 3rd.
The event will be at
Columbia Point Golf Course
and fee plus cart is: $40.00
(that is down from the norm
of $56.00). Tee time
is 0730. The picnic
will be at Columbia Point
park on the Columbia River
which is right next to the
golf course. They have that
from 11:00 to dark..........
there are many fine motels
right near the area. They
are working on getting
reduced rates for anyone
that comes from out of the
area.
David Niemy
Commander USSVI Bremerton Base ssbnswo@aol.com uupdated 6-29-2010 2010 Bremerton Base Scholarship Awards. Base Cdr Dave Niemy and Scholarship Chair John Gardner presented cash awards to 9 of the 11 selectees this year. More details will appear in next Puget Soundings. Sam Swenson sent images. Click Dutch Kaiser put up video of scholarship awards here See winners' bios hereu6-23-2010 2010 Lt William "Willie" Spoon Memorial Scholarship Raffle Winners were announced by Scholarship Chairman John Gardner. Check here. u6-7-2010 USSVI National Elections.... I voted, how about you!? National elections which include voting for national officers as well as proposed changes to the C&Bs got underway on Jun 5th, and end on August 24. Information on candidates and C&Bs may be found in a recent edition of the American Submariner, Volume 2010 Issue 2, which is also on line at https://www.ussvi.org/issues/201002_Issue_1_28. Paper ballots will also be available in the next AS issue. Their is competition at more than one national office so it is important to choose the candidate that will do the best job for us, the members. For me, it was simple to vote on line. Click on https://www.ussvi.org/home.asp . Click on green "Election 2010" button, login and vote. If you need help getting on the site please call national office manager Fred Borgmann at 360-337-2978 from 6-noon weekdays, or me, Don Bassler, at home 360-602-0250 after 5 PM any day. u6-7-2010 Voting Off Line
Date: 6/7/2010 u5-24-2010 Summer Submarine Races and Skills Tournament 17July Picnic
Come to Illahee State Park
and enjoy the Submarine
Races with your favorite Gal
After the Races we will hold
a challenge tournament of
Acey-Duecy, Cribbage,
Horseshoes, Tobacco
Spitting, and Arm
Wrestling. The EAB race is
cancelled due to an OOC
HiPac. A $5.00 entry fee
per event will win you half
the pot and one year's worth
of Bragging Rights. All
contests subject to change
based on the Plan of the
Day.
David Niemy
Commander USSVI Bremerton Base ssbnswo@aol.com
uupdated 3-4-2010 Base By Laws to Undergo Updating in 2010 (Input Deadline, 31 July 2010) Members are urged to review the base bylaws and make suggestions to the E-board for changes, additions or deletion. The base by laws may be accessed at http://gertrude-check.up-scope.org/BL.htm. Make your suggestions to the base commander at ssbnswo@aol.com The members of the E-board have started the process to review the by-laws and make improvements as needed. The by-laws were last amended in 2005 and it is about time for another periodic review. Every member is encouraged to review and submit changes to the bylaws that will help to improve the operation of the base. Remember that our base by-laws must not conflict with the national by-laws. The procedures for by-law amendments are as follows: ARTICLE XI. BY-LAW AMENDMENTS Section 1. Any member in good standing may submit recommendations to amend these
Bylaws to
the E-Board
Section 2. All recommendations to amend these Bylaws shall be placed on the Base Commanders docket to be read to the membership.
Section 3. All amendments to these Bylaws must be read at three consecutive regular meetings. The third reading a Vote will be taken and a two-thirds majority vote 'yes' shall be required to pass the amendment.
Section 4. All amendments certified as being passed shall become effective immediately.
Section 5. The secretary shall record in the minutes’ book the vote count pertaining to the balloting under this Article.
u7-8-2010 USSVI OFFICIAL BUSINESS: SubVet News - #2010-025
uSoup
Down:
Fri, July 16, 1130,
Horse
and Cow, Bar & Grill,3050
North Lake Way, Bremerton...Meet & Greet our
Canadian Friends! Check out this link for latest images of events. http://www.ussvi.org/base/Bremerton.asp Then Click on Meeting Photos
Gertrude Check Founder & Editor
Other News of Interest to Submariners The Legacy of World War II Submarine Veterans
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US Submarines Emerge In Show Of Military Might Message unlikely to be lost on Beijing as 3 vessels turn up in Asian ports By Greg Torode, South China Morning Post, 4 July 2010 In a scarcely noticed move last Monday, three of America’s largest submarines surfaced in Asia-Pacific ports in a show of force by the US Seventh Fleet not seen since the end of the cold war. The appearance of the USS Michigan in Pusan, South Korea, the USS Ohio in Subic Bay, in the Philippines, and the USS Florida in the strategic Indian Ocean outpost of Diego Garcia not only reflects the trend of escalating submarine activity in East Asia, but carries another threat as well. The three Ohio-class submarines have all been recently converted from carrying cold-war-era nuclear ballistic missiles to other weapons – improved intelligence sensors, special operations troops and, significantly, a vast quantity of Tomahawk cruise missiles, a manoeuvrable low flying weapon designed to strike targets on land. Between them, the three submarines can carry 462 Tomahawks, boosting by an estimated 60 per cent plus the potential Tomahawk strike force of the entire Japanese-based Seventh Fleet – the core projection of US military power in East Asia. While the move has been made with little fanfare, it is starting to resonate across the region. US officials insist it reflects long-term deployment plans and is not directed at a single country or crisis – such as intensifying tensions on the Korean peninsula following North Korea’s sinking of a South Korean warship – but the message is unlikely to be lost on Beijing. One veteran Asian military attaché, who keeps close ties with both Chinese and US forces, noted that “460-odd Tomahawks is a huge amount of potential firepower in anybody’s language”. “It is another sign that the US is determined to not just maintain its military dominance in Asia, but to be seen doing so … that is a message for Beijing and for everybody else, whether you are a US ally or a nation sitting on the fence.” Other Asian diplomats said it might reflect a rising chorus of concern in recent months from China’s neighbours, who have been discreetly urging the US to do more to stand up to China’s growing naval assertiveness in East Asia. Chinese exercises have been expanding in size and scope in recent months, with vessels appearing beyond Japan’s offshore islands and appearing deep in the disputed South China Sea. “Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore and Australia – all these countries have been active behind the scenes in expressing concerns,” another Asian diplomat said. “There is no hotter topic at the moment than China’s naval ambitions.” In Washington, meanwhile, concern is mounting about missile deployments in East Asia. Pentagon estimates suggest China is increasing its stocks of short-range ballistic missiles and precision cruise missiles, and boosting their capabilities. Its last report on China’s military modernisation estimated that a September 2008 stockpile of between 1,050 and 1,150 short-range ballistic missiles was rising at a rate of about 100 per year, the bulk concentrated on Taiwan. South Korean estimates show North Korea has fielded more than 650 short-range ballistic missiles. A recent report from the Washington-based Project 2049 Institute think tank noted that expanded conventional ballistic and groundlaunched cruise missiles were now “the centrepiece of [China’s] political and military strategy”. Coupled with other improved aerospace capabilities, such as electronic sensors, over the next 15 years China might be “increasingly confident of its ability to dominate the skies around its periphery”, the report said. It noted that the PLA could challenge the defences of Taiwan, Japan and India, as well as US forces in the western Pacific. “This may lead Beijing to become more assertive in its dealings with its neighbours,” says the report, written by analysts Mark Stokes and Ian Easton. “A strategic shift in [the] regional aerospace balance also may increasingly unravel the fabric of US alliances and prompt allies and friends to consider weapons of mass destruction … as an insurance against unfavourable imbalances,” it says. In policies drafted under then president George W. Bush, a Republican, and continued by the administration of his successor, Democrat Barack Obama, the Pentagon is shifting 60 per cent of its 53 fast-attack submarines to the Pacific – a process that is now virtually complete. But the presence of the larger cruise-missile submarines shows that, at times, the US forward posture will be significantly larger. While nominally based on the west coast of the United States, the Ohio, for example, has been operating out of Guam for most of the last year, taking advantage of the island’s expanding facilities to extend its operations in the western Pacific. It is due to return soon, but the Florida and the Michigan are likely to remain in the region for many months yet, using Guam and possibly Diego Garcia for essential maintenance and crew changes. The presence of the Florida, based on the US east coast, appears to confirm the US is still routinely bringing submarines under the arctic ice cap to East Asia. Some US east coast ports are closer, via this route, to the region than some west coast bases, such as San Diego. Just one other submarine has been converted from ballistic to cruise missiles and all four are currently deployed simultaneously for the first time. Announcing the move earlier this month, Submarine Squadron 19 Commander Captain John Tammen noted the “transformational capabilities” of the cruise missile submarines. “[They] provide the combatant commander a significant increase in war-fighting ability, and options for resolving and deterring conflict,” he said. Gentlemen,
I hope that you all are enjoying this
holiday weekend as much as I am.
Yesterday (the 4th) Ed Ferris, Carl
Callender and I took the float over the
bridge to Kingston and participated in a
GREAT and VERY appreciative Kingston
parade! It does a sub vet good to have
all those citizens waving, applauding
and thanking you for your service as you
pass by "in review"...
Our next gathering will be THIS Saturday
the 10th for the "Hadlock Days" parade
out here on the peninsula. We will be
checking in and staging the float on
Elkins Road which is where the Sherrif's
office and county "clink" is. This is
the street just on the north side of the
ball fields as you are just entering
Port Hadlock from Chimacum (from the
south). The parade starts at 11A.M. and
I will have the float there by 9:30 for
"staging".
See you all on Saturday morning!
(come get "your fix" of public
appreciation")...
Best Regards,
John
John Clear EMC(SS) USN Ret.
Olympic Peninsula Base Commander, USSVI Submarine Memorabilia 180 Robin Lane Port Ludlow, WA 98365-9522 360-437-1143 
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