NSL UPDATE 07-18-2008

In This Issue:

1.  Navy Names Two Virginia Class Submarines

2.  Naval Oceanographic Office to Get Major Supercomputer

3.  Eternal Patrol Report – CAPT George Hagemeister, USN (Ret); CAPT Harry H. Caldwell, USN (Ret)

1.    Navy Names Two Virginia Class Submarines

Story Number: NNS080715-19
Release Date: 7/15/2008 5:10:00 PM
From Defense Link

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy announced on July 15 that the next two Virginia-class attack submarines will be named the USS Minnesota and the USS North Dakota.

The selection of Minnesota, designated SSN 783, honors the state's citizens and their continued support to our nation's military. Minnesota has a long tradition of honoring its veterans of wars past and present. The state is proud to be home to 46 Medal of Honor recipients that span from the Civil War to the Vietnam War.
This will be the third ship to bear the state name. The first USS Minnesota, a sailing steam frigate, was commissioned in 1857 and served during the Civil War, remaining in service until her decommissioning in 1898. The second Minnesota was commissioned in 1907. On December 16, 1907 she departed Hampton Roads as one of the 16 battleships of the Great White Fleet sent by then-President Theodore Roosevelt on a voyage around the world. She continued her service through World War I, and was decommissioned in 1921.

The selection of the North Dakota, designated SSN 784, honors the state's citizens and veterans and their strong military support and heritage from the Frontier Wars through the Cold War and currently the war on terrorism. Seventeen North Dakotans have received the Medal of Honor for actions in combat, including Master Sgt. Woodrow W. Keeble who posthumously received the Medal of Honor during a White House ceremony on March 3, 2008. This is the second ship to bear the name North Dakota. The first ship, the Delaware-class USS North Dakota, was in service from 1910 through 1923.

These next-generation attack submarines will provide the Navy with the capabilities required to maintain the nation's undersea supremacy well into the 21st century. They will have improved stealth, sophisticated surveillance capabilities and special warfare enhancements that will enable them to meet the Navy's multi-mission requirements.

North Dakota and Minnesota will have the capability to attack targets ashore with highly accurate Tomahawk cruise missiles and conduct covert long-term surveillance of land areas, littoral waters or other sea-based forces. Other missions include anti-submarine and anti-ship warfare; special forces delivery and support; and mine delivery and minefield mapping.

The Virginia-class is 7,800-tons and 377 feet in length, has a beam of 34 feet, and can operate at more than 25 knots submerged. It is designed with a reactor plant that will not require refueling during the planned life of the ship reducing lifecycle costs while increasing underway time.

2.  Naval Oceanographic Office to Get Major Supercomputer
Story Number: NNS080711-17
Release Date: 7/11/2008 10:29:00 PM
From The Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. (NNS) -- The Naval Oceanographic Office (NAVO) Major Shared Resource Center (MSRC) will house a powerful new IBM supercomputer that will substantially increase its computational capacity.  "This new IBM system represents a tremendous increase in the center's computational capacity," said Tom Dunn, director of the computer center. "Many DoD scientists and researchers are looking forward to having this system available to support their computational needs."

The Navy uses the supercomputer center both for operations and for research projects. Navy oceanographers run and analyze ocean models for a variety of Navy operations. Researchers use the supercomputer center for DoD-approved research projects. The new supercomputer, a Power 575 Hydro-Cluster, has a peak speed of 90 teraflops (90 trillion floating-point operations per second), which is about four times the computational capability of the largest supercomputer currently in use at the NAVO MSRC. The new IBM system will have more than 4,700 processors, each capable of performing roughly 19 billion calculations per second -- more than twice as fast as processors in the existing systems. The addition will have a cost of $12,650,000.

The new IBM will replace some aging units when it is added to the center. It is scheduled to be in production by the end of October. "The Power 575 supercomputer is specifically designed for the type of computationally intensive work undertaken by NAVO," said Dave Turek, vice president of deep computing for IBM. "This system will enhance DoD research efforts and significantly enhance the ability to perform detailed oceanographic modeling and weather forecasting that will help keep the naval fleet and commercial shippers out of harm's way."  The Power 575 Hydro-Cluster is powered by one of the world's fastest microprocessors, POWER6, and is cooled by an innovative water system that makes it highly energy-efficient. The Power 575 is designed to help users tackle some of the world's most challenging problems in fields such as energy, aerospace and weather modeling.

Although housed at the NAVO MSRC and operated by the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, the supercomputer center is an asset of the U.S. Department of Defense. The NAVO MSRC serves more than 1,000 scientists and engineers throughout the nation engaged in research and development, and test and evaluation activities for the DoD. Operationally, it provides, on a daily basis, global, regional, and very high-resolution coastal ocean circulation and wave model oceanography products supporting worldwide Navy and DoD operations.

For more news, from Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, visit www.news.navy.mil/local/cnmoc/.

 

3.  Eternal Patrol Report – CAPT George Hagemeister, USN (Ret); CAPT Harry H. Caldwell, USN (Ret)

CAPT George Hagemeister, USN (Ret)

CAPT George Hagemeister, 82, a well-known public official in New Jersey, died Friday, March 7, 2008, at Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport, N.Y. He graduated from Morristown High School in 1942 and attended Morris Community College and Brown University before joining the U.S. Navy during World War II. A torpedoman third class in the Navy's submarine service, he proudly served on the submarines USS Searaven, USS Spearfish, USS Mingo and USS Lancetfish in Groton, Conn., Key West, Fla., and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. After the war, he graduated from Upsala College and did graduate work at New York University. CAPT Hagemeister quickly rose to the position of vice president at J.K. Franks, O'Mealia Outdoor and finally Gannett Outdoor Advertising, from which he retired in 1992 as senior vice president of community development. Mr. Hagemeister served as a councilman for 12 years in Sparta, from 1962 until 1974 and also served as the mayor of Sparta from 1968 until 1971. Mr. Hagemeister was predeceased by his wife, Mary Jane Regel Hagemeister, in 2003. He is survived by his daughter, U.S. Naval Reserve Capt. Bonnie Hagemeister Nault, Civilian Engineer Corps, her husband, U.S. Navy Capt. James Robert Nault, and their daughter, Katharine Mary Nault; his son, Robert Campbell Hagemeister, his wife, Carole Kane Hagemeister, and their children, Andrew George and Callie Campbell Hagemeister; and his sister, Helen Hagemeister Thuerk, and her children, Christina Pincus and Judson Thuerk and their families. Please make any donations to the Sparta Public Library, 22 Woodport Road, Sparta, NJ 07871, the Cutchogue Free Library, P.O. Box 935, 27550 Main Road, Cutchogue, NY 11935, or the New Jersey Naval Museum, which Mr. Hagemeister was very involved with, at 78 River St., Hackensack, NJ 07601. Also, please sign the petition to save the USS Ling at their Web site, www.njnm.com.

CAPT HARRY H. CALDWELL, USN (Ret)

CAPT Harry CALDWELL, 86, of Sagamore, MA died on July 8, 2008, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Brighton, of complications following recent heart surgery. Born in Hempstead, N.Y., on April 11, 1922, Harry grew up in New York City. His early years were passed in the company of his parents, writers of plays and films, as he traveled with them to projects in Hollywood, Calif., and New York City. After high school, he moved to Groton, Conn., where he worked for the Electric Boat Co. for a year prior to entering the US Naval Academy in 1940. He graduated in 1943 with the accelerated class of 1944. In 1948, Harry was married to Mary Deane Hilliker, a fellow New Yorker. Harry spent most of his first 20 years of commissioned service in submarine billets. Sea duty included war-time service in USS Dace (SS-247), followed by tours in several other diesel-electric submarines. In 1956, he took command of USS Spikefish (SS-404), and in 1961 he became commander of Submarine Division 22. In 1964, Harry was assigned to command USS Marias (AO-57), a fleet oiler. Later came a pleasant and educational tour in London as C.O. Fleet Operations Control Center, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe, followed by a twilight tour as C.O. Fleet Training Center, Newport, RI. In 1968, Harry was awarded a master's degree in administration by The George Washington University. After retirement from the Navy in 1973, Harry and his family settled in eastern Connecticut. He was employed by General Dynamics Corp. in Groton, Conn., until his second retirement in 1978. During this time, Harry served the town of East Lyme, Conn., as a selectman and water and sewer commissioner. In 2002, Harry and Deannie moved to Cape Cod to be near family. Influenced by the naval career of his father, Cmdr. H.H. Caldwell, and his own experiences, Harry researched and published articles in the Submarine Review as well as The U.S. Naval Institute's Proceedings. Harry's father was skipper of the first submarine, USS Holland and also Flag Secretary to Admiral Dewey at the battle of Manila Bay. He donated documents and photographs to the U.S. Submarine Force Museum and Archives as it prepared to open a new addition in 1999. From 2000 to 2002, he worked as an editor and contributing author of the coffee table book, "United States Submarines." Harry enjoyed playing tennis, hiking and traveling. He and Deannie joined the Appalachian Mountain Club, for which he led major excursions in Europe, Canada and Hawaii, as well as local hikes in eastern Connecticut during the 1980s and 1990s. During the same period, he and Deannie made numerous trips to the English midlands to explore the British waterways by narrow-boat. Harry is survived by his wife of 60 years; two daughters, Barbara Caldwell Siegel of Wawarsing, N.Y., and Katharine C. Parsons of Bourne; a son, Douglas R. Caldwell, of West Roxbury; and seven grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at the US Navy Submarine Force Museum, 1 Crystal Lake Road, Groton, Conn., on Saturday, Sept. 13, at 11 a.m. Burial is at sea. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Submarine Force Library and Museum Association. www.nickersonbournefuneralhome.com

 

 

C. Michael Garverick

Executive Director

703-256-0891 (V) 703-642-5815 (FAX)

www.navalsubleague.com

 

NSL UPDATE 06-26-2008

      In This Issue:

1.   CNO Tasks Office of Naval Research with Looking for the "Next Big Thing"

2.   Navy RDA Establishes Principal Civilian Deputy Position for Acquisition Workforce

3.   Maritime Systems and Technologies (MAST) Global Conference and Trade-show

4.   Eternal Patrol Report – CAPT Joseph J. Beard, USN (Ret); CAPT John R. Patten, USN (Ret)

1.   CNO Tasks Office of Naval Research with Looking for the "Next Big Thing"
Story Number: NNS080616-11
Release Date: 6/16/2008 3:42:00 PM
By Colin Babb, Office of Naval Research Public Affairs

ARLIINGTON, Va. (NNS) -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead visited the Office of Naval Research (ONR) June 13 and spoke about the vital role he sees science and technology playing within the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, and how ONR and the Naval Research Enterprise are poised to bring about the "next big thing."

"This, I believe, is the organization that will be able to deliver that for the Navy," said Roughead. "Because you have the insights, you have the intellect, you have the tentacles that reach out into the organizations that produce the types of ideas and technologies that will give the Navy the next big thing. And the next big thing really does come from you ... from our people. It's through your judgment and your perspectives that you can say 'this may be something that can trip that trigger.'"

Innovative next-generation technology is key to ensuring that Sailors and Marines are never in a fair fight, emphasized Roughead. "We always have to be giving them the advantage over an adversary."

In particular he sees opportunities and challenges in the area of cyberspace. "There are so many dimensions to it, and it goes beyond the technology," said Roughead. "Your thoughts and ideas on how the human element plays into that are extraordinarily important."

The CNO noted that technology has a great impact on all of the core capabilities of the Maritime Strategy. He also emphasized that one of the most important areas he's been concentrating on is how the Navy generates and develops new operational concepts. From the development of amphibious warfare doctrine to coming up with the concept of the nuclear-powered submarine, the Navy has a history of developing novel operational concepts—but today there's room for improvement in how that development takes place.

"We also have to be able to look at the technologies that you [at ONR] have the best insight into," said Roughead, "and we have to bring the concept development and the maturation of the technologies to some point out in the future to where they intersect... As we work down those two processes there should be a synchronization, a view, and a dialogue that takes place so that we are getting the right technology to the right point in time to meet an operational concept that gives an advantage to our Navy and to our nation."

The Office of Naval Research and the entire Naval Research Enterprise are a part of that effort.

"It is clear to me that the work that you're doing and the ability to bring technological innovations to bear quickly is going to be, as it has always been, key to our future," said Roughead.

2.   Navy RDA Establishes Principal Civilian Deputy Position for Acquisition Workforce
Story Number: NNS080624-07
Release Date: 6/24/2008 4:18:00 PM
By Lt. Cmdr. John T. Schofield, Research, Development and Acquisition Public Affairs

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Acting Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, John S. Thackrah, announced June 24, the establishment of the position of Principal Civilian Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Acquisition Workforce (PCDASN) (AW).

The PCDASN oversees all acquisition workforce programs and functions under the cognizance of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN RDA).

James E. Thomsen assumed the duties of the PCDASN (AW) effective immediately. Thomsen moves over from his current assignment as the Program Executive Officer for Littoral and Mine Warfare (PEO LMW).

The establishment of the new position marks another step in the overall investment strategy in the workforce taken on by the Secretary of the Navy and naval acquisition leadership. Last summer, the secretary announced the nomination of a vice admiral to serve as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for RD&A. Vice Adm. David Architzel is currently serving in that role.

"The secretary recognizes the need for a strong investment into our acquisition workforce," said Thackrah.

"As part of that investment strategy, we recognized the need to bolster the acquisition workforce leadership. The establishment of the PCDASN (AW) position is indeed another critical step in the right direction."

The focus on improving and reinvigorating the acquisition workforce is a major facet of the Department of the Navy's new Acquisition Governance initiative. Acquisition Governance is a key component in a continual process to identify and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of acquiring weapons systems.

The Secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter, publicly introduced the initiative during his keynote address at the annual Sea Air and Space Exposition in March.

"The overriding objective of Acquisition Governance is to implement changes that will facilitate our ability to make better decisions early in the acquisition process," said Winter in that keynote address.

Those changes are already happening in the acquisition workforce. The Department of the Navy has initiated an aggressive examination of the acquisition workforce, with a view to understanding short-term and long-term staffing shortfalls and capability gaps, organizationally and enterprise-wide.

That effort will ensure that the Navy and Marine Corps maintain a healthy technical authority within the various systems commands.

The Department of the Navy is also aggressively developing solid career tracks for both civilian and uniformed personnel within the acquisition workforce and will seek and recruit the best talent from America's universities and trade schools.

"Improvement and investment in our workforce is critical," said Thackrah. "I am very confident that Jim Thomsen will provide the leadership and creativity necessary to get our workforce where it needs to be now and in the future."

As part of this personnel move, Anne Sandel has been selected to replace Thomsen as the Program Executive Officer, Littoral and Mine Warfare (PEO LMW).

3.   Maritime Systems and Technologies (MAST) Global Conference and Trade-show
Surface… Undersea… Whatever your domain… MAST’s interactive timetable will find sessions for you

With so much happening in and around this year’s MAST Global Conference and Trade-show, getting the most value from your participation demands some pre-planning: Which conference sessions to take part in; Which social functions/ship visits/demonstrations to attend; Which exhibitors to visit; Who to meet, etc.

MAST’s innovative new timetable system helps you quickly identify those conference sessions that meet your specific information needs, and therefore helps give you the best return for your time spent at the event…

Simply visit our timetable page and select a domain (or combination of domains) of interest and the system will create a ‘bespoke’ timetable for you.

The system also allows you to identify sessions/papers more specifically by topic are through its abstracts keyword search facility, ensuring your time at MAST 2008 will be better planned, and utilised than any other event this year.

Prospective delegates are advised that some earlybird discount places are still available, but should book ASAP.

3rd Annual Global Conference and Trade-show, Palacio de Congresos, Cadiz, Spain

November 12-14, 2008

The Naval Submarine League is a Media Partner of this event.

4.   Eternal Patrol Report – CAPT Joseph J. Beard, USN (Ret)

CAPT Joseph J. Beard died December 31, 2007. He was serving as a Professor of Law at St. John’s University School of Law where he had been since  1982. He specialized in Entertainment Law, Copyright Law, Trademark Law and Commercial Law. He was a published author and lecturer on the topic of digital actors. Professor Beard also continued to serve in the Navy, retiring in 1982 as Captain, United States Naval Reserve. His service on the board of directors of the Battleship Cove naval ship exhibit in Fall River, Massachusetts, and his involvement in the development of its exhibit of the submarine U.S.S. Lionfish, on which he once served, were two of his many Navy-related interests. At the time of his death he was writing a book about Charles Dickens and copyright issues. A memorial service was held at St. John’s University School of Law on January 26, 2008. A link to the report of this event is an interesting read about his life. (http://www.stjohns.edu/media/3/b3a7c24276b9465492edc72d9f1d1ed9.pdf)

At age seventeen, while still in high school, he enlisted in the United States Navy’s junior ROTC program. In 1952, Joe Beard graduated from Boston Latin. After he completed basic training that summer, the Navy gave Joe an ROTC scholarship to study electrical engineering at Tufts University. At Tufts, he became a member of Tau Beta Pi. After his graduation in 1956, he was commissioned an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. He served on active duty for five years, first on destroyers and then as an officer on diesel submarines. In 1961, Joe Beard completed active duty and entered the Naval Reserve. He began to work as an engineer at the Boeing Corporation on the west coast and in Hawaii, specializing in electronics and computers. In 1965, Joe was married and the father of two young children when he returned to New England to work at the Portsmouth Naval Yard. He decided then to attend law school while continuing to work days, including later as an engineer at Honeywell.

Capt. John Richard Patten, USN (Ret)

CAPT Patten will be laid to rest with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday July 9, 2008 at 11:00AM. Everyone is invited to join the family for a luncheon reception from 12:30PM – 3:30PM at the Ft. Myer Officers’ Club Lamplighter Lounge, 214 Jackson Ave, Ft. Myer, VA 22211

So that the family can provide an approximate head count for the reception, please let us know if you plan to attend by emailing or calling Andrea Patten-Weerakoon  by June 25, 2008 at

(<mailto:APatten@surewest.net?subject=Arlington%20RSVP>APatten@surewest.net) or 916-728-2362.

Important Arlington information:

Family and friends of the deceased should arrive at the cemetery at least 30 minutes prior to the service in their private vehicles. These vehicles will be needed to go to the gravesite for the services. The cemetery does not provide transportation. (<http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/>www.arlingtoncemetery.org)

Important Ft. Myers information:

Please use the Wright or Hatfield Gates to enter Ft. Myer.  Photo ID’s will be required at the gate.

 

C. Michael Garverick

Executive Director

703-256-0891 (V) 703-642-5815 (FAX)

www.navalsubleague.com

 

 

NSL UPDATE 06-11-2008

 

1.   Northwest Honors Fallen IA Sailor

2.   RADM Jay DeLoach, USN (Ret) Selected as Director of the Naval Historical Center

3.   Admiral Greenert Discusses Ship Readiness

4.   Eternal Patrol Report – CAPT Taylor K. DeMun, USN (Ret)

1.   Northwest Honors Fallen IA Sailor

Release Date: 5/30/2008 1:46:00 PM

By Chief Mass Communication Specialist (SW/AW) Eric Harrison, Fleet Public Affairs Center, Det. Northwest

SILVERDALE, Wash. (NNS) -- A memorial service for a fallen Northwest Sailor, has been set for June 4, aboard Naval Base (NB) Kitsap, Bangor. Lt. Jeffrey Ammon, 37, was killed in an improvised explosive device attack in the Aband district of Afghanistan, May 20.

Ammon had served as an individual augmentee (IA) at Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Ghazni, Afghanistan, for more than a year. PRTs are responsible for supporting the government of Afghanistan's efforts to improve security and democratic governance by providing essential services and helping expand economic opportunity. Ammon supported the economic mission by helping small businesses reopen, restock inventory, restore business equipment and hire employees. More than 10,100 individual augmentees are deployed on the ground around the world in support of the global war on terror, of which, nearly 1,500 are in Afghanistan.

"Our thoughts and prayers go out to Lt. Ammon's family, and to our Navy Region Northwest family, during this very difficult time," said Rear Adm. James Symonds, commander, Navy Region Northwest. "All of Jeff's uniformed and civilian coworkers are touched by the loss of this brave man." According to Wade Schmidt, who was the current operations officer at the Navy Region Northwest Operations Center (ROC) prior to his retirement in September, Ammon was a superb Sailor. "He was the kind of guy who took on anything that he saw, never ran from a problem and said 'I'll get it fixed'," said Schmidt. "I never met anybody that had a bad word to say about him."

Schmidt also noted Ammon was looking for an IA assignment that was interesting and wanted to go see things that he couldn't see in the submarine force. "He wanted to go over there and help the Afghan people," Schmidt said. "He knew there was some danger involved in it, but he didn't let that dissuade him from volunteering for the job."

Prior to reporting to the ROC, Ammon served aboard USS Alabama (SSBN 731) at NB Kitsap, Bangor. He was a prior enlisted Sailor who earned his nuclear engineering degree from Oregon State University in 2001. Symonds also noted that Ammon's death is a tragic loss to his family, friends and the entire Navy Region Northwest staff. "He was a professional who was extremely dedicated to his family, his shipmates and our nation," said Symonds. "He will be greatly missed by all of those who loved him and worked with him."

Ammon is survived by his wife and two children.

 

2.   RADM Jay DeLoach, USN (Ret) Selected as Director of the Naval Historical Center

The Director, Navy Staff, VADM John C. Harvey, Jr. USN, announced that CNO has selected Rear Admiral Jay DeLoach, (Ret) as the new Director of the Naval Historical Center. “Jay was chosen from a superb field of outstanding candidates and will come aboard later this month. We have much work to do in this area in order to properly tell the story of our past and learn how our past can inform our future. It is most appropriate that this announcement comes on the 66^th anniversary of the Battle of Midway, one of the most significant days in our Navy's proud history. Congratulations Jay and welcome aboard.”

3.   Admiral Greenert Discusses Ship Readiness
Release Date: 6/6/2008 1:11:00 PM
By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class (SW) Stefanie Holzeisen-Mullen, Fleet Public Affairs Center Atlantic

NORFOLK (NNS) -- Adm. Jonathan Greenert, Commander U.S. Fleet Forces Command recorded a podcast to discuss accountability and fleet readiness, May 20. The Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) is designed to be an objective look and detailed list of all known problems with a ship's physical condition and overall shipboard readiness with rigid standards. The rigid standards are in place to ensure all ships are combat ready--and for those recently back from deployment, "surge ready."

But there is an expectation, according to Greenert, that all ships will be ready based on the results of this inspection. "What we need when a ship doesn't do that well is an accounting of what took place, what happened and why," Greenert said. "What's the root cause? Find the enduring resolution and determine what we need to do for corrective action."

Assessments by INSURV are still ongoing as to the underlying causes of two ships' recent failures. In addition to official sources, active and retired Navy personnel from all levels of officer and enlisted ranks, in addition to national media, have joined the chorus of voices speculating on how so many system failures went unchecked and uncorrected.

"If there is a problem they [the media] report it, then it is our job as senior leadership to find out what is the truth when dealing with that report," he said. "I don't characterize reports as positive or negative, I look for what are they saying, what are they telling me? Is it balanced and is it accurate? In the case of these recent two ships they were accurate."

"The root cause could be maintenance support, it could be training support, could be the ship may or may not have had its priorities right when they looked toward their readiness," Greenert added. "In talking to staffs, Sailors and leaders, I don't think that money is the issue. It's a rumor that there is not adequate funding. Congress is providing us with everything we ask for readiness. Every place I look, we have plenty of money. We fund 100 percent of what we know that our ships, squadrons and submarines need. The key is communication."

The tempo Navy ships maintain while operating around the globe and executing our maritime strategy takes a toll on the life cycle of equipment, making shipboard preventive maintenance systems critical. That maintenance must be executed on schedule with an attention to detail as if inspectors were on board daily.

"I think that our surface fleet overall is just fine in readiness. Our INSURV reports convey that message as well. The vast majority of our ships do fine on their INSURV. But we continue to look into these matters and we'll continue to look into this to see what those root causes are, so that doesn't proliferate across the fleet.

"It's really about getting the maintenance done, knowing your 3M systems and having proper 3M programs on our ships," said Greenert.

4.    Eternal Patrol Report – CAPT Taylor K. DeMun, USN (Ret)

CAPT  Taylor K. DeMun, USN (Ret) died of unreported causes in 2007. He graduated from Oregon State University NROTC program in 1952. He participated in the Korean Conflict prior to entering the submarine service in 1956. After a tour on a diesel submarine he completed nuclear power training in 1959. He served in five submarines, commanding USS ANDREW JACKSON for five patrols. He then served as Training Officer for COMSUBRON 18 as Deputy Chief of Staff for COMSUBLANT, supervising the introduction of the MK 48 torpedo and the Poseidon missile system into the Atlantic Fleet Submarine Force.

CAPT DeMun retired in 1978 and became the Exhibition Manager for the Seattle Trade Center. He also served as a Director of the Navy League of the United States.

There will be a memorial service at Arlington National Cemetery at 1100 on Thursday, August 7, 2008.

 

C. Michael Garverick

Executive Director

703-256-0891 (V) 703-642-5815 (FAX)

www.navalsubleague.com