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1 The Beacon Snug Harbor Base s Newsletter Website: Issue #26 July 2002 The creed of the USSVI is: "To perpetuate the memory of our departed shipmates who gave their lives in pursuit of their duties while serving their country. That their dedication, deeds and supreme sacrifice be a constant source of motivation toward greater accomplishments. Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the United States Government". NEW MEMBERS: Since the last newsletter, the following Shipmates have joined Snug Harbor. We would like to give them and their Ladies a big Welcome Aboard. We now have 154 Regular Members, 23 Associate Members, 96 Life Members and 42 Holland Club Members. My goal for 2002 is to get our membership to 200. If each one of you will get just one new member, we can surpass that goal. Ernest J. Zeke Zellmer Satellite Beach, FL. Qualified on USS Cavalla (SS-244) 1944 Malcolm Mac Baird Indian Harbour Beach, Fl. Qualified on USS T. Edison (SSBN-610) 1969 Dave Blumberg Titusville, Fl. Qualified on USS Grouper (AGSS-214) 1959 Don Gibbons Melbourn,e Fl. Qualified on USS Skipjack (SSN585) 1964 Selvestra Page Melbourne, Fl. Associate Member Lady of Richard Page Pat Kettering Port St. Lucie, Fl. Associate Member Lady of Ken Kettering Joe Fontana Gales Ferry, Ct. Associate Member Brother of Tom Fontana ETERNAL PATROL: The following submarines were lost during July - August and are still on ETERNAL PATROL Sailors, Rest Your Oars July 4, 1944 USS S-28 (SS-133) July 26, 1944 USS Rabalo (SS-273) August 6, 1945 USS Bullhead (SS-332) Last sub lost in WWII August 16, 1942 USS Grunion (SS-216) August 16, 1942 USS S-39 (SS-144) August 24, 1944 USS Harder (SS-257) August 29, 1943 USS Pompano (SS-181) Base Officers: The following are the Base Officers that serve you for the year Base Commander Gil Shaddock Vice Commander/Ways and Means George Nault Treasurer Ray Coons Secretary/Veteran s Affairs Shawn Brown Chaplain/Base Historian Bob Chasse COB Ray Goodwin Storekeeper Gil Shaddock The Beacon Editors Gil Shaddock, Shawn Brown Snug Harbor Web Tim VeArd, Gil Shaddock United States Submarine Veterans Inc. Snug Harbor Base 125 Elm Ave. Satellite Beach, Fl

2 2 Snug Harbor s The Beacon July 2002 HOLLAND CLUB I would like to take this opportunity to Welcome David Dalke to the Holland Club. Dave received his Certificate, Card and Patch at the picnic on 6 July. BASE COMMANDER S CORNER By Gil Shaddock KINGS BAY MEMORIAL SERVICE This year s Memorial Service at Kings Bay, Ga. will be 30 October through 2 November. There is a registration form and a Privacy Act Release form at the end of this newsletter. EVERYONE attending the Memorial Service MUST fill-out the Memorial Service/ Dinner Registration form and mail it to the address indicated along with your check. ONLY those persons who desire to tour the submarine/training facilities need fill out the Privacy Act Release Form. Filling out this form does NOT guarantee that you will get to go on one of the tours. The tours will be assigned on a Priority basis with SUBVETs WWII getting first priority. You will notice on the form that it asks for your SUBVETs WW II membership #. If you are NOT a SUBVET WWII, then put your USSVI Life Member # and so indicate. If you are NOT a Life Member, then put your Snug Harbor Membership # and so indicate. Also, let me encourage you to make your hotel reservation ASAP. This is a well attended event and the rooms will go fast. NATIONAL ELECTION INFORMATION You should have received your ballot for the National election by now. If you have NOT received your ballot, please let me know and I will send you a copy. Please mark your ballot and send it to me by August 15, You will notice that included in your ballot package was an explanation of each of the PA s on the Constitution and By-laws along with a recommendation by the C & B Committee as to whether the PA should be placed on the ballot or not. DO NOT be influenced by these recommendations on how to vote. Vote your own conscience. See the article in this Newsletter for more information. It is extremely important that each of us vote. ON ETERNAL PATROL Olga and I were on vacation in Connecticut when I received word of Shipmate Dick Gallipeau s passing. Needless to say, it had a great emotional impact on me. Dick was a true Shipmate and a great Sailor. I also recently learned that one of our members, Tom Bowdler, passed away last September. I never got to meet Tom in person but in my correspondence with him via and snail mail, it became obvious to me that he was a true Shipmate also. Tom was one of our World War II Sub Vets. To both of our Shipmates, I say Sailors, Rest Your Oars. If that isn t enough bad news, I recently received an from Charlie Mitchell telling me that his Lady Joan passed away on July 2 nd in New York. Olga s and my sincere condolences go out to all of these families. HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO JAMIE A message as relayed from Jo (and Paul) Morton: As I told you yesterday at the picnic, Paul had a long conversation with Dick Gallipeau, regarding Jamie. Dick told him that Jamie will be 16 years old on Thursday, July 25, and was pleased that we planned to send him a card and some other items. He thought Jamie needed to hear from other Snug Harbor members (besides him and Joe Brown) about the importance of studying and finishing school. Jamie's address: Jamie Respects Nothing P. O. Box 286 Manderson, SD Dick's words took on even more meaning after his death because now Jamie will only have Joe Brown communicating with him unless others in the Base pick up where Dick left off. We plan to do that, not only for Jamie's birthday, but also with short notes of encouragement and occasional items that a young man might be able to use. Lets all do our best to encourage Jamie. SECRETARY S REPORT By Shawn Brown Base minutes for July: July 6, 2002 Picnic at Sebastion Park. Everyone had an excellent time. We had Hamburgers, Hotdogs and the wives so many delicious side dishes that we could not eat it all. It was also a day with plenty of sunshine, no rain but a slight breeze to keep us cool. I hope that we have many more picnics like this one. No minutes taken during this meeting. SECRETARY S REPORT COMPLETED

3 3 Snug Harbor s The Beacon July 2002 ON ETERNAL PATROL Sailors, rest your oars Richard W. Gallipeau, LCDR (USN ret.) 1955 on USS Chivo (SS-341) Thomas W. E. Bowdler, CDR (USN Ret.) 1943 on USS Crevalle (SS-291) (No Picture Available)

4 4 Snug Harbor s The Beacon July 2002 GRAND BANQUET AWARDS The USSV National awards committee is pleased to announce that the following awards will be presented at the Grand Banquet in Duluth, on Saturday evening, 21 September (All hands are cordially invited to attend and participate in rendering honors.) Submarine Veteran of the Year "The Joe Negri Award" National Commanders Award District Commanders Award Gold Anchor Award Meritorious Award Shipmates, we have decided this Year, with the thought in mind that publishing the names in advance of shipmates who have been nominated, might convince those who were undecided to attend the convention and banquet dinner in Duluth to do so. All nominees will be recognized. Winners will be presented with trophies. The following shipmates were nominated for consideration: Gary McGlaughlin, C. J. Glassford, John Carcioppolo, Lee Hunziker, Phil Phillips, Pat Ulmen, Art Randall, Prentice Cushing, Ron Martini, Dennis Blado, Jim Carpenter, George Arnold, Mike Hurley, Paul Perris, Mike Carmody, George Gasser, Robert Ondek, Al Singleman, Oren Campbell. The winners name will be announced at the Grand Banquet. Please designate a base representative to accept the award for any winner who will not be available. I would like to thank the Awards Committee for their fine work and cooperation in the nomination process and in the difficult task of selecting the final choices. All the nominees are outstanding shipmates deserving of recognition and praise from their shipmates for their individual efforts and contributions to our organization. Deciding the winners was difficult. Job well done. Pride Runs Deep Bill Britt Awards Committee Chairman NEW INFO FOR TRICARE PRIME Non-Medical Attendant Now Authorized Travel Reimbursement When Accompanying TRICARE Prime Patients for Specialty Care. The fiscal year 2002 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), signed into law by President Bush on December 28, 2001, authorizes travel orders and reimbursement for one nonmedical attendant to accompany a non-active duty TRICARE Prime patient referred for medically necessary specialty care more than 100 miles from the patient's primary care manager location. The non-medical attendant travel benefit will be implemented April 1, 2002, and will be retroactive to December 28, The non-medical attendant must be a parent or guardian of the traveling non-active duty TRICARE Prime patient. The nonmedical attendant may also be another adult who is a member of the patient's family. The parent or guardian is not required to be age 21, but if the non-medical attendant is not the parent or guardian, he or she must be age 21 or older. The military treatment facility or lead agent office, in coordination with the TRICARE Prime patient's primary care manager, is responsible for determining if the requirement for a non-medical attendant exists and issuing the appropriate travel orders. If the non-medical attendant parent, guardian, or adult family member is an active duty member, or a Department of Defense (DoD) civilian employee, he or she is entitled to temporary duty (TDY) allowances (per diem and mileage), not actual expenses. If the non-medical attendant parent, guardian, or adult family member is a civilian not affiliated or employed with DoD, he or she is authorized reimbursement of actual travel expenses up to the government rate. Actual expenses for gas, oil, highway, bridge and tunnel tolls, and parking fees are authorized up to the government rate for transportation. Non-medical attendants also are authorized reimbursement (within limits) for other expenses related to travel such as lodging (including taxes and service charges) and the cost of meals (including taxes and tips, but not including alcoholic beverages). Beneficiaries with questions about the Prime travel benefit and the new non- medical attendant entitlement should contact their local military treatment facility or lead agent travel representatives or beneficiary counseling and assistance coordinator (BCAC) for assistance. Telephone numbers and addresses for BCACs are available on the TRICARE Web site at m. SNUG HARBOR SHIP STORE The Ship Store now many new items of interest. First, available now and at the next meeting is the Rickover patch, commemorating qualified in submarines for 25 years or more. You can buy this patch at the meeting for $6.00 or by mail for $7.00. Next, the "Nuke" patch that is available is a "Fund Raiser" by a base in New York to raise money for the USSVI Scholarship program. A lot of people have asked for a patch for "smoke boat' sailors. One of our members came up with the pictured patch, which Snug Harbor is using as a " Fund Raiser" for the scholarship program also. I have purchased 300 patches and will be selling them for $5.00 each at the meetings or $5.75 by mail. 50 cents per patch will go into the Snug Harbor treasury and the rest of the profit will go to the Scholarship fund (less the amount to make the patches). Other bases in the area are also interested in this patch and one base has already ordered 100 patches from us. If you would like items through the mail, send your checks to: Gil Shaddock 125 Elm Ave. Satellite Beach, FL You can view other items at the Snug Harbor web site at (click on Ship's Store).

5 5 Snug Harbor s The Beacon July 2002 PROPOSED USSVI CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS AMENDMENTS FOR 2002 Everyone by now should have received this year's PA's that appear on the National Ballot. If you have not, contact me (Gil Shaddock) or Shawn Brown and we will send you a copy. Below, I have indicated on how I intend to vote on each of the PA s and my rationale for each. I'm NOT trying to influence how you vote. The decision is entirely yours. However, in past years, several of you have asked for my advice since you were NOT familiar with the USSVI C & B, so that's why I'm providing you with this information. Mark your ballots and get them to me by 15 August I'm also voting for Pat Ulmen to serve another year as the Eastern Regional Director. It is extremely important that you vote. Only "Primary" members of Snug Harbor are to send their ballots to me. Refer to your PA s that you received in the mail for Articles, Amendments, Intent of Authors and Cost to Implement. PROPOSED CONSTITUTION AMENDMENTS CONSTITUTION 1 (C1/02) I plan to choose C1C. We pledged our Loyalty to the Constitution of the United States every time we Enlisted or were Promoted. The Constitution IS our Government. CONSTITUTION 2 (C2/02) I plan to vote NO. Every Base should be allowed to use Every Member of the Base, Primary or Dual. It's none of National's Business. CONSTITUTION 3 (C3/02) I plan to vote NO. The Holland Club has NOT requested this change. The Holland Club is a unique USSVI Honor and further reducing the entry requirement should await a request from the Members of the Holland Club. Special cases (member dying but eligible very soon) should be sent as a special consideration request to the HC CDR and NJVC. CONSTITUTION 4 (C4/02) I plan to vote YES. There is no reason why an Assoc Member should not be active in a Base. CONSTITUTION 7 (C7/02) I will vote YES. There is nothing wrong with seeking help from a hotel staff, or visitor's bureau, or professionals to help the Base making a bid. CONSTITUTION 8 (C8/02) I will vote NO. "At least two" as it now reads allows 3, 4 or more. PROPOSED BYLAWS AMENDMENTS BYLAWS 1(B1/02) I will vote NO. The Board meets when there is business for the Board in addition to the Meeting before and after the ABM at the Convention. To spend money to meet with no business makes no sense. We meet whenever needed. BYLAWS 2 (B2/02) I will vote YES. Puts into the Bylaws what we already do. BYLAWS 3 (B3/02) I will vote YES. This places in the Bylaws what already exists. BYLAWS 4 (B4/02) I will vote YES. I think everyone of these are already being done by the DC. BYLAWS 5 (B5/02) I will vote YES. More help in preparing for the Annual Convention is needed. BYLAWS 6 (B6/02) I will vote YES. It is already a duty of the DC. BYLAWS 7 (B7/02) I will vote YES. The Base CDR group has worked well from the start. It is a good communication forum for Base CDR to discuss Base Issues. The National Officers who have worked with this group have found it useful. BYLAWS 8 (B8/02) I will vote YES. The National Secretary should be free to distribute the National Ballot in the most efficient manner. CONSTITUTION 5 (C5/02) I plan to vote NO. Leaving both forms does no harm and reduces confusion. CONSTITUTION 6 (C6/02) I think this is a good idea, BUT, it will really limit Member access to National Office and we do NOT have an excess of volunteers. I may vote NO and let Members continue to decide in each election whether the EXPERIENCED Candidate for Office is the Best Candidate. AUGUST/SEPTEMBER MEETINGS The August meeting will be on the Aug.3 rd and the September will be on Sept.7 th at the American Legion Hall in Sebastian, Fl. starting with a Social Hour at 1200 and the Business Meeting at 1300.

6 6 Snug Harbor s The Beacon July 2002 MEMBERS IN THE SPOT LIGHT RICHARD PAGE TIM VEARD Tim was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania on September 12, 1944 to Helen and EMC(SS) Arthur T. (Bud) Veard. He worked on a congressman s re-election committee to try and earn a congressional appointment to the Naval Academy, but his Dad transferred during his senior year of High School. His parents could not afford college, so he joined the Navy in Groton, Connecticut in June of He was still hoping to become an officer by going the OCS route. He met several of the Snug Harbor members during his time in the Navy and on submarines. When he got out of boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois, his Dad was serving on the USS Bang (SS- 385). On recruit leave, his Dad arranged for him to be able to go to sea on the Bang for a few days Dick Gallipeau was the Bang s Executive Officer. Later, after a year in ET A-School in 1962, he reported to Sub School (his Dad was his instructor). Next, in 1964 he attended Polaris School in Dam Neck, Virginia. At the time, the Navy stopped deploying boats because of the loss of the Thresher, so hundreds of Polaris trained technicians had no boats to go to. A detailer who knew Tim s Dad sent Tim to New London to work for him. At the time, his Dad worked for LT Ralph LaChance, so he was assigned to work for both of them. Later, when he was finally transferred to the Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) in 1965, Tom Fontana and Tim made several patrols together. After he got out of the Navy, he worked for a government contractor in Norfolk. His first assignment was to assist Jack Peach with doing SONAR sound trials on boats in Holy Loch, Scotland. Tim didn t get married until after he left the Navy. Not that he didn t try. He tried to date Lynda for over a year, but she wouldn t go out with him until he was out of the Navy. Their first date was on the night that Tim was discharged and they were married six weeks later on August 29, 1970 in Groton. He now owns a computer company that develops database applications, Expert Systems and advanced websites for organizations like the US Army and Taco Bell. He also is the web master for Snug Harbor s website. He s since turned over his company to his daughter and is sliding into early retirement by working for her part time. Born to Richard Page Sr (an Electrician) and Mildred Taylor (Housewife) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 12, He joined the Navy in November 1964 and went to Boot Camp in San Diego, California. After completing Boot Camp, he stayed in the local area and completed SONAR Technician school. He did not initially go to submarines, he made a two year stop on the USS Renshaw (DD-499) where he served for two years as a STGSN. He finally reported to his first submarine on the USS Carbonero (SS-337) for two years where he earned his dolphins after just one year. He left active duty in Two years later he joined the Navy reserves where he retired in 1997 after 20 years of service. His proudest moment, as it is for many of us, was getting qualified and earning dolphins. Funniest moment: Shellback initiation for crossing the equator for the first time. (Someday I will have to write up a story about Shellback and Bluenose initiation ceremonies). Biggest thing he misses after leaving the Navy: Friends he got to know and visiting foreign ports. Presently, he and his wife, Evith who he married on May 12, 1999 in Cebu City, Philippines, are adopting a six-year old daughter from the Philippines. We at Snug Harbor salute you ready two. ITS ALL IN A NAME In the Blue Ridge Mountains, there was a retired sailor who was reputed to have the best hunting dog ever, by the name of "Chief." Three Admirals went up into the mountains and wanted to rent him. The old sailor said, "Good hunting dog,...gonna cost ya $50.00 a day." They agreed and three days later came back with the limit. The next year they came back. "Chief" got better, gonna cost you $75.00 a day," again they agreed, and 2 days later they came back with the limit. The third year they came back and told the old sailor they had to have "Chief" even if it cost $ a day. The old sailor replied, "You can have the worthless mutt for $5.00 a day, and I'm overcharging you $4.00!!" The bewildered Admirals asked, "But we don't understand, what happened to him?" "Well, a crew from the Navy base in Norfolk came up and rented him. One of the idiots called him Master Chief, and he's just been sitting on his behind barkin' ever since..."

7 7 Snug Harbor s The Beacon July 2002 Reflections of a Blackshoe by VAdm Harold Koenig, USN (Ret) Submitted by Commander Rudolf Bredderman) I like the Navy. I like standing on the bridge wing at sunrise with salt spray in my Face and clean ocean winds whipping in from the four quarters of the globe - the ship beneath me feeling like a living thing as her engines drive her through the sea. I like the sounds of the Navy - the piercing trill of the boatswainspipe, the syncopated clangor of the ship's bell on the quarterdeck, the harsh squawk of the 1MC and the strong language and laughter of sailors at work. I like the vessels of the Navy - nervous darting destroyers, plodding fleet auxiliaries, sleek submarines and steady solid carriers. I like the proud sonorous names of Navy capital ships: Midway, Lexington, Saratoga, Coral Sea - memorials of great battles won. I like the lean angular names of Navy 'tin-cans': Barney, Dahlgren, Mullinix, McCloy - mementos of heroes who went before us. I like the tempo of a Navy band blaring through the topside speakers As we pull away from the oiler after refueling at sea. I like liberty call and the spicy scent of a foreign port. I even like all hands working parties as my ship fills herself with the multitude of supplies both mundane and exotic which she needs to cut her ties to the land and carry out her mission anywhere on the globe where there is water to float her. I like sailors, men from all parts of the land, farms of the Midwest, small towns of New England, from the cities, the mountains and the prairies, from all walks of life. I trust and depend on them as they trust and depend on me - for professional competence, for comradeship, for courage. In a word, they are "shipmates." I like the surge of adventure in my heart when the word is passed "Now station the special sea and anchor detail - all hands to quarters for leaving port", and I like the infectious thrill of sighting home again, with the waving hands of welcome from family and friends waiting pierside. The work is hard and dangerous, the going rough at times, the parting from loved ones painful, but the companionship of robust Navy laughter, the 'all for one and one for all' philosophy of the sea is ever present. I like the serenity of the sea after a day of hard ship's work, as flying fish flit across the wave tops and sunset gives way to night. I like the feel of the Navy in darkness - the masthead lights, the red and green navigation lights and stern light, the pulsating phosphorescence of radar repeaters - they cut through the dusk and join with the mirror of stars overhead. And I like drifting off to sleep lulled by the myriad noises large and small that tell me that my ship is alive and well, and that my shipmates on watch will keep me safe. I like quiet midwatches with the aroma of strong coffee - the Lifeblood of the Navy - permeating everywhere. And I like hectic watches when the exacting minuet of haze-gray shapes racing at flank speed keeps all hands on a razor edge of alertness. I like the sudden electricity of "General quarters, general quarters, all hands man your battle stations" followed by the hurried clamor of running feet on ladders and the resounding thump of watertight doors as the ship transforms herself in a few brief seconds from a peaceful workplace to a weapon of war - ready for anything. And I like the sight of space-age equipment manned by youngsters clad in dungarees and sound-powered phones that their grandfathers would still recognize. I like the traditions of the Navy and the men and women who made them. I like the proud names of Navy heroes: Halsey, Nimitz, Perry, Farragut, John Paul Jones. A sailor can find much in the Navy: comrades-in-arms, pride in self and country, mastery of the seaman's trade. An adolescent can find adulthood. In years to come, when sailors are home from the sea, they will still remember with fondness and respect the ocean in all its moods - the impossible shimmering mirror calm and the stormtossed green water surging over the bow. And then there will come again a faint whiff of stack gas, a faint echo of engine and rudder orders, a vision of the bright bunting of signal flags snapping at the yardarm, a refrain of hearty laughter in the wardroom and chief's quarters and messdecks. Gone ashore for good they will grow wistful about their Navy days, when the seas belonged to them and a new port of call was ever over the horizon. Remembering this, they will stand taller and say, "I WAS A SAILOR ONCE. I WAS PART OF THE NAVY & THE NAVY WILL ALWAYS BE PART OF ME." BIRTHDAYS July and August Birthday s July Joseph F. BROWN Kenneth D. COLLINS Lois COONS David K. DALKE August Robert C. BLOCK Robert B. BOURGUIGNON Trueman R. BRONSON Fred CROWE Thomas DIENER Charles B. EMORY Thomas M. FONTANA Until next time... keep a Zero Bubble AHOOOOOOOOOOOOOGA Charles FERRALL Phyllis A. HACKETT Irving A. HENRICHSEN Richard T. MOORE David HELLER Thomas F. MAGUIRE Ray F. PAINTER John H. PRICE Paul D. SIGLER John J. STEVENS III Jerome WISE

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