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NEWS-01: Two very nice Websites
NEWS-02: "Snap" Shots /Quick Bytes
NEWS-03: Museum Boat Marlin in trouble
NEWS-04: SubVet Computer School: Proper Email Addressing
NEWS-05: Ya'll come now, heah? USS Cavalla Museum Boat work
week-end
NEWS-06: USS Torsk Work Weekend – October 4-5, 2008
NEWS-07: Huge Book sale in Washington D.C. and prints
NEWS-08: Register early for the Ft Worth Convention and WIN!!!
NEWS-09: Nominations for National Officer Positions are now
closed.
NEWS-10: USS North Carolina Joins the Fleet!
NEWS-11: The Cute Blond Soda Jerk
NEWS-12: Lets Hear it for Shipmate Ted Hussey!!!
NEWS-13: Before you go... A Musical tribute
NEWS-14: The Lost Boats
VET-01: Nearly 200 Veteran Benefit links
VET-02: The Veterans Administration needs YOU!
CHARITABLE-??: no Charitable news this time .....
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NEWS-01: Two very nice Websites
Submitted by: Ronald L Martini on
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!)Lockwood Internet Base member Lance Dean has the
following:
http://submarinemuseums.org
2)DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER--805 KIDDER BREESE SE --
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
has a very nice submarine display in place:
Dive! Dive! U.S. Navy
Submarines
Submarines have played an important role in
In our simulated submarine combat center, visitors learn about the fundamentals
of submarine technology through interactive displays. The
submarine room also traces the development and history of the American
submarine from Turtle to the
Interesting artifacts in the submarine exhibit include:
Model of David Bushnell's one-man Turtle submarine
Model of USS Patrick Henry
Interactive computer touch-screens and displays
Several distinctive and colorful submarine battle flags
Re-created interior of a submarine operations space, including two working
periscopes
Bust of Admiral Hyman Rickover
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NEWS-02: "Snap" Shots /Quick Bytes
Submitted by: Ronald L Martini on 4/29/2008
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1) An effort is under way to name a new Navy ship after North Dakota.
Senator Byron Dorgan says former U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher
will serve as honorary chairman of the USS North Dakota Committee. Christopher is a native of
2)CNO Adm. Gary Roughead
announced the re-establishment of the U.S. Fourth Fleet and assigned Rear Adm.
Joseph D. Kernan, currently serving as commander,
Naval Special Warfare Command, as its new commander. Fourth
Fleet will be responsible for U.S. Navy ships, aircraft and submarines
operating in the
3)Military Retirees will have their ID cards changed in 09-10 to remove the SS#
from the card.
4)The Navy's newest attack submarine
5)Want to follow what the FRA is doing for Veterans --->1-800-372-1924 ext
112
6)Did your boat qualify for "X" award. Here
is the complete listing. It's a long .pdf file
http://www.usshorne.net/horne/images/ribbons/opnavnote1650.pdf no spaces ever in a URL.
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NEWS-03: Museum Boat Marlin in trouble
Submitted by: Dave Garraway EMC(SS)
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USS Marlin SST2 is in
"I was stationed her 60 - 63. I visited her after
a Sea Cat reunion. Marlin is in a cradle, entrence into Torpedo Rm via
opening in starboard side.
She was in bad need of repair!"
Any subvets in the
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NEWS-04:
Submitted by: Ronald L Martini on
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If you’re creating or forwarding emails that
show the email addresses to others your
sending/forwarding that email to, then this message is for you! Please don’t help the
spammers of the world by giving them everyone’s
email address!
What’s the proper email etiquette?
If you’re going to forward an email you received
that shows the email addresses of other
folks, please delete those email addresses before you forward that email. The easiest way
I know of to delete those addresses is to drag the cursor over the email
addresses
highlighting them, release the cursor, and press the delete key. This by the way works on
any text you want to delete.
Use the Blind carbon copy (Bcc) feature every email program I know of has when
entering multiple email addresses. By default,
Microsoft Outlook only shows To or Cc
for a new email. Thunderbird Email is the same while
Eudora has it in the header by default. To display the
Bcc entry field in Outlook and Thunderbird, click on To to
display the default Contac List. At the bottom of the
contact list is the Bcc entry field where you should enter the
contact names.
When you send an email to people using Bcc instead of To or Cc, the recipient's
name is
not visible to other email recipients. By hiding the
recipients' names using the Bcc entry
field, no one will be able to spam the recipients' e-mail addresses from your
messages.
Bcc helps you to be respectful of others' privacy by keeping them in the loop
without
disclosing their identities. People who send junk
e-mail or spam would like for you to
use To or Cc, they don’t
like it when you use Bcc.
One reason I know of for using Cc instead of Bcc is when you want people to
know who
you're sending an email message to. So PLEASE use Bcc
instead of Cc unless you have
a reason not to!
Some email programs require at least one recipients email address in the To entry field.
If this is the case with your email program, simply email yourself and Bcc “everyone
else.”
Submitted by John Theotonio
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NEWS-05: Ya'll come now, heah? USS
Cavalla Museum Boat work week-end
Submitted by: Gil Raynor on 5/1/2008
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Dallas Base of USSVI will be at the USS Cavalla on June 13,14,15 for a work
weekend and invites and challenges all who wish to participate to come-on-down.
Smell the old DBF smell and spend a little time caressing the engines, or
whatever, but come and add some of your energy into pampering the old Gal and
help her sparkle and seem young again.
Gil Raynor, ELT627
Dallas Base Dual Member
gjraynor@comcast.net
http://www.cavalla.org/
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NEWS-06: USS Torsk Work Weekend –
Submitted by: Pat Householder on
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USS Torsk Work Weekend –
Torsk has a very active volunteer group. They have several regular volunteers, who can usually be
found aboard just about every weekend. They also have Torsk Work Weekends where volunteers come in from all over
the country to work aboard.
These are held in the spring and fall. Their next Work
Weekend is scheduled for he first weekend in October (4-5 October, 2008). Volunteers for the Work Weekend will bunk and take meals
onboard the USS Stanley.
There may even be some beer drinking!
If you are interested in becoming a Torsk volunteer,
contact them at volunteer@usstorsk.org for more information. They
have many projects currently in
progress aboard including general cleaning, chipping and painting, and
equipment restoration.
They also have an active radio club aboard that works out of Torsk's original radio room. You
can work as little or as much as you like – it’s
up to you!!
For information on this event contact Bruce Broseker
at babroseker@usstorsk.org.
Bruce Broseker
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NEWS-07: Huge Book sale in
Submitted by: Ronald L Martini on
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Naval Historical Foundation in
Area USSVI members can contact the Naval Historical Foundation to arrange for
access to the Washington Navy Yard and for parking.
Their number is 202-678-4333
Submitted by USSVI Library CF Chairman
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NEWS-08: Register early for the Ft Worth Convention
and WIN!!!
Submitted by: Pat Householder on
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Register early and WIN!!!
Register for the 2008 convention before July 1st and you will be entered in a
drawing to win a $100.00 Visa Gift Card. Two cards
will be given away to early registrants and each paid registration is eligible
to win.
Registration must be received by July 1st to be eligible. Those
already registered for the convention will also be entered into this drawing. The winner will be notified, and the gift card sent by
July 15th.
The Visa Card raffle is in addition to and separate from the Hotel Room raffles
so if you are planning to attend the convention you should register right away
for a chance to win one (or more) of these valuable prizes.
The Hotel Room raffles are detailed on our registration form which is available
on our WEB Site ussvi2008.com, and in the latest issues of the American
Submariner magazine.
Don’t miss out on this chance to win.
Click the link below for more information...
http://ussvi2008.com/
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NEWS-09: Nominations for National Officer Positions are now closed.
Submitted by: Al Singleman,
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Shipmates,
Here is the final list of candidates for the 2008 Ballot.
The following have been Nominated for National Officer Positions:
National Commander
Pat Householder, John Carcioppolo
Senior Vice Commander
Jon Jaques
Junior Vice Commander
T Michael Bircumshaw
National Treasurer
John Markiewicz
National Secretary
Al Singleman
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Region Director Candidates
East Region Director
George Boyle, Jerry K Stout
Central Region Director
Carl Schmidt
Western Region Director
R.J.(Rocky)Rockers, James A Dunn
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This is the order in which they were nominated.
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NEWS-10: USS North Carolina Joins the Fleet!
Submitted by: Robert Andrews on
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This site will show the entire Commissioning of the new USS North Carolina SSN
777 in
I went to it and was sitting just opposite of the submarine with the SubVet group.. There were about
Seven Thousand people there.
Click on the following link and you can watch the entire commissioning
ceremony.
http://raycom.playonsports.tv/wect/?eventId=4763
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NEWS-11: The Cute Blond Soda Jerk
Submitted by: George Herold on 5/7/2008
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George Herold, WWII Subvet
recalls…
“After my enlistment in May of 1941, I did boot camp at Newport RI and Sub
School at New London CT. Was sent to San Diego (SUBDIV41)
and shipped on the USS S27. After 1 or 2 liberties in
It is now Oct 1941. Less than a week later, the
Skipper, Lt. Frank Stovall, tells me that he's sending me to QM/SM school at
the Sub Base in
While I'm at
We sail out of there in early May for the Aleutian area, with all of us
thinking we'd be back in
WW2 goes on for another three years, I do 10 more War Patrols on two different
boats.
After WW2, a broken leg & hip while on AMBERJACK, forces me out of the Navy
in 1949.
It is now 2008, and as yet I have not gotten back to
I"m now an 84 yr old grandfather and my little
blond soda-jerk is, hopefully, an 83 yr old grand-mother. I
remember her as "DOT".
I have often wondered if she remembers me (?) -------“
George
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NEWS-12: Lets Hear it for Shipmate Ted Hussey!!!
Submitted by: Pat Householder on
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Ted Hussey volunteers each Friday afternoon on the oncology/hematology unit of
the MCGHealth Children’s
Medical Center. Ted is a member of the United States
Submarine Veterans, Inc. (Denizens of the Deep and Lockwood Internet Bases)
The USSVI started the KAP(SS)4KID(SS)
program which goes into hospitals and makes “Honorary Submariners” of
young cancer patients.
When Ted gives a cap to a child, he explains the patches and how they relate to
this program which is carried out by members of the 100+ local bases around the
country.
Click on the link for the rest of the story...
http://www.mcghealth.org/Volunteers/volunteer_week.html
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NEWS-13: Before you go... A Musical tribute
Submitted by: Pat Householder on 5/7/2008
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"Before You Go" is offered as an expression of heartfelt gratitude to
our aging veterans - those who fought and won the Second World War, fought in
Korea to preserve that victory, and later in an unpopular war to stop post WWII
communist aggressions in Vietnam, yet all too frequently returning home to a
cold reception from those whose freedoms they fought to protect.
"Before You Go" is a tribute and "thank you" for their
bravery, gallantry and sacrifices that assure the continued enjoyment of
freedoms unprecedented in the history of mankind.
http://www.managedmusic.com/php/BYGIndex.php?page=playBYG
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NEWS-14: The Lost Boats
Submitted by: Ronald L Martini on
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Tim has added a Lost Boats page to the National Website.
You can view the boat, it's location, map and other
details.
When you first arrive at the page, the current months
boat losses are shown, but you can select any month.
http://www.ussvi.org/LostBoats.asp
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VET-01: Nearly 200 Veteran Benefit links
Submitted by: Ronald L Martini on 5/2/2008
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BENEFITS — From pay to the GI Bill, from home loans to health care --
learn about the benefits you qualify for as a U.S. servicemember,
veteran, or retiree.
From pay to the GI Bill, from VA home loans to health care, your career in the
Navy or Naval Reserve has earned you valuable military benefits.
Whether you're on active duty, a veteran or retiree, we make using your
military & Veteran benefits easy.
Also includes a huge
http://www.navyinsider.com/navy_veteran.html
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VET-02: The Veterans Administration needs YOU!
Submitted by: Pat Householder on
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The Department of Veterans Affairs is encouraging more Americans to join its
corps of 85,000 volunteers.
The volunteers are involved in helping VA medical staff in hospices, outpatient
clinics and home-based programs.
Volunteers are also active at many of the 125 national cemeteries managed by
the VA, where they place flags on gravesites, provide military honors and help with landscaping.
For more information, click on the link...
http://www1.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=1496