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Issue 7-25-10 Updated Saturday, July 31, 2010 08:45 AM |
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u7-31-2010 USSVI Bremerton Base Takes on Deterrent Park Brick Marketing and Sales (Deterrent Park Link)The submarine veterans of the USSVI Bremerton Base are responsible for the marketing and sale of the Deterrent Park bricks. All profits realized after the engraving and installing the bricks will go to support our efforts “To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of their duties while serving their country.” To date, over 2100 bricks have be purchased, engraved and installed in the Woodrow Wilson’s full scale model missile deck. Nearly 2800 bricks are awaiting your purchase. Look here for a locator file (be patient, 1.6 MB file) and review those that have purchased bricks, those who have been recognized or memorialized on the engravings and the location of individual bricks. Use “Find” function of your pdf reader to search out names, words etc. As you will note, many have recognized or memorialized shipmates, family or those who have gone before to ensure our freedom as those on active duty are doing today. Please take a look and consider a purchase order. Click here for brick application form
u7-29-2010 Puget Soundings 2010 Vol XIII Issue 4-1 Aug-Sep-Oct...Sam Sends
u7-25-2010 USSVI Announces 2010 National Scholarship Winners Among 33 winners is Ariana Sheridan , daughter of Bremerton Base Life Member Jamie Sheridan , and granddaughter of Bremerton Base HC and Life Member John Gardner. Congrats in order. See entire list here.
u7-23-2010 updated USSVI National Elections. Only 23 of 247 base eligible members have voted 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. Log in, then 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.
u7- 20-010 updated HC Member Don Pennington Funeral Services Don suffered a heart attack and we were notified by a text message. His obituary appeared in a last Sunday's paper edition of the Kitsap Sun.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/
u7-17-2010 Today, Saturday, July17th, Good Weather Produced a Record Turn Out (~6 5) at the
Annual
Picnic
COB Hank Hollis did his
usual outstanding job at
organizing and preparing for the
picnic. Newly returned
National and Base Life member
Steve Corcoran did a great
job at barbequing the hamburgers
and hot dogs. Thanks to
both of you. Others, mostly our
ladies, brought on the trimmings
to keep us fit with vegetables
and fruit...but then their
desserts cancelled out that! Jim
"Doc" Scott brought some
Canadian beer for us to enjoy.
See show here
http://members.shaw.ca/saocwest/scuttlebutt.htm Go here for for more pictures
National Commander Pat Householder, assisted by Western Region Director Jim Dunn and Western District Nine Commander John Mansfield swore in our 2010/11 officers: They are Base Commander, Dave Niemy, Vice Commander Jim Demott Secretary Dick Litscher, Treasurer Tommy Robinson and COB Hank Hollis. See show here
Following, Holland Club Chairman Dave Davenport introduced new HC member Milo Van Decarr and reviewed his bio. Pat presented Milo with his HC credentials. Milo was appreciative and offered a couple funny stories from the past. Doug Smith, (Chairman of the Caiman Association) then presented Milo with a certificate also congratulations him on his 50 years being qualified in submarines...qualified on Caiman. See show here You Tube show here.
Then Cdr Dave Niemy presented Newsletter Editor, Bonefish Float Manager and Fireworks Committee Chair Sam Swenson with the first base commander Meritorious Award for his tremendous efforts to support the Bremerton Subvets. It should be noted that Sam is a National and Base Associate Life member. He demonstrates what a real volunteer is.
Jerry Drumm gave a sincere tribute to recently deceased Holland Club Member Don Pennington. Jerry gave an overview of Don's very successful Navy and Real Estate Sales careers.
And before we sat down for the
barbeque, Submariners
Ass
He followed that with a big plug for a giant celebration of the 50th year of the re-birth of the Canadian Submarine Service and the commissioning of HMCS Grislse (SS71) (former Burrfish). It will be a three day affair in Victoria, Friday April 29th to Sunday, May1, 2011. Venue & Events still in planning stages. Special hotel rate at the Hotel Grand Pacific on the Victoria Inner Harbor will be $110/day + tax. Stay tuned for details at http://members.shaw.ca/saocwest/ (Our experience from 2008 Battle of the Atlantic Celebration in Victory means we will be attending.)
u7- 17-2010 SAOC West & Wives joined us for Friday Soup Down. Six Canadian submariners and their wives joined us to make about 30 for a good turnout at the Horse and Cow this past Friday, July 16th. We had a good time swapping sea stories and comparing other notes of mutual interest. More images can be seen here. SAOC prez Bob Emery presented the base with a wonderful plaque. See show here.
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
u6-7-2010 Voting Off Line
Date: 6/7/2010
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 30, 1130,
FRA
#29, 521 National Ave, Bremerton 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 Ahoy All,
Our on-line Scuttlebutt is uploaded with
details for our August 7th BBQ & Horseshoe
Tourney, along with updated information &
links for our 2011 Grilse 50th
Commemorative, Change of Command Ceremony
for Captain Marcel Hallé and SAOC visit to
USSVI Bremerton Base.
Please browse to our Home Page
www.saocwest.ca and Click On
'Scuttlebutt'.
Yours Aye & Cheers,
Bob Emery
(for Submariners Association of Canada West)
By Lisa Rein, Washington Post, July 23, 2010 The submarine school in Groton, Conn., will include 19 women this year, the first group since the Navy lifted its ban on women serving on submarines. On Thursday, the Navy reached another milestone, when women swept the annual Sailor of the Year awards for the first time. (politics rule/ed) Their achievement was marked by meritorious promotions to chief petty officer in a ceremony at the Navy Memorial in Washington, with their families and commanders proudly looking on as chief's anchors were penned to the lapels of their khakis. The four sailors of the year were chosen from the enlisted fleet of 273,226. Every year they are feted in Washington, whisked with their families from museum to monument during a week of kudos and congratulations from Navy brass. This year, though, history was made -- and the pride was palpable. "It's almost like the sky's the limit," said Chief Hospital Corpsman Ingrid J. Cortez, 32, who just returned to Virginia Beach from a two-year deployment on the amphibious assault ship Bataan. "We no longer have obstacles for women." The sailors were chosen for their overall performance and leadership, Navy officials said. Since the first sailors of the year were honored in 1972, women occasionally have risen to the top of a pile culled from hundreds of nominations submitted by the fleet, officials said. But today's commanders described the ascension of Cortez, Chief Operations Specialist Samira McBride, Chief Hospital Corpsman Shalanda L. Brewer and Chief Cryptologic Technician Technical Cassandra Foote as a product of women's integration in the fleet that deepened in 1993. That's when female sailors began serving on surface warships and combat aircraft. "What we're seeing this year is the benefits of that change," said Adm. Gary Roughead, the chief of naval operations. "For four women to rise to the top is extraordinarily unusual." In June, Rear Adm. Nora Tyson became the first woman to command a carrier strike group, and Cmdr. Sara Joyner became the first to head a carrier air wing. "That's the centerpiece of combat capability in the Navy," Roughead said. Special forces remain the only role closed to Navy women. Cortez, McBride, Brewer and Foote are rising in an active-duty and reserve fleet in which enlisted women make up 16.4 percent and officers 15.8 percent, according to Navy data. Like all women who want to balance a career and children, these sailors face challenges, such as being stationed at sea. But two of this year's honorees have children, who pinned their mothers' anchors on Thursday. The Book - The Men: American Enlisted Submariners in World War II ...
The Men:
American
Enlisted
Submariners in
World War II
recounts the
real story of
these undersea
warriors, told
by the men who
lived it. ...
www.sljackson.com/book.php
Legacy of World War II Submarine Veterans
http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/wwii/articles/shouldersofgiants.aspx
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