The Official Newsletter of the Greater Austin Council Navy League of the United States October November 2018 Citizens in Support of the Sea Services www.navyleagueaustin.org Dr. Pestorius has been a senior research engineer at ARL: UT for 18 years, having recently retired. From January 2000 to January 2004, he served as the Technical Director of the Office of Naval Research International Field Office (now ONR Global) in London, UK. This office, with its subsidiary offices in Tokyo, Singapore, Melbourne, Australia and Santiago, Chile, is responsible for finding and evaluating international research collaboration opportunities for ONR and other US Navy R&D organizations. Previous to accepting this position, he served for twelve years as the Executive Director of the Applied Research Laboratories at the University of Texas at Austin (ARL:UT). ARL: UT Distinguished Speaker Dinner Series THURSDAY November 1, 2018 Featured Speaker Dr. F. Michael Pestorius Formerly Executive Director and Senior Research Engineer at Applied Research Laboratories, UT-Austin Captain, United States Navy Research Engineer TOPIC Submarines and the Nuclear Triad Welcome! U. T. Alumni is a Navy designated University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) and is one of five such university laboratories officially associated with the US Navy s science and technology program. Dr. Pestorius is a retired U. S. Navy Captain. He served on active duty for close to 27 years, primarily in the submarine force. Highlights of his career include command of the USS Mariano G. Vallejo, SSBN-657, and command of SPAWAR Systems Center (then Naval Ocean Systems Center) in San Diego and serving on the Chief of Naval Operation s Strategic Studies Group. He is a graduate of the US Naval Academy and holds graduate degrees from Harvard University and the University of Texas at Austin. His research areas include underwater acoustics, signal processing, satellite geodesy and information technology. He is a fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and serves as an officer of the Naval Submarine League. Applied Research Laboratories, the University of Texas at Austin (ARL:UT), is a Department of Defense University- Affiliated Research Center (UARC). Since 1945, ARL:UT has been engaged in sponsored research dedicated to improving our national security through applications of acoustics, electromagnetics, Speaker Continued on p.3
2018 GREATER AUSTIN COUNCIL BOARD OF DIRECTORS Tim Hunsberger President... 512.970.9299 tahunsberger@earthlink.net Vacant President-Elect... Glenn Looney V.P for Membership... 512.327.7413 navyleagueaustin@austin.rr.com Mary Virginia Pittman-Waller V.P. Dev. & Mktg... 210.212.4500 mvp.texas@yahoo.com Kathy Pillmore V.P. for Comm. & Programs..512.292.1194 kpillmore@icloud.com LuAnn Reyes CFO & Treas... 512.203.4399 luann@luannreyes.com Jim Brotherton V.P. for Military Affairs... 512.632.4206 jdbrotherton@att.net Jeanie Coffey V.P. for Legislative Affairs... 512.431.8573 jeanie.coffey@gmail.com Launtz Rodgers V.P. Youth Programs... 512.545.2920 launtz@outlook.com Adam Samuels Chaplain... 757.818.3641 samuels7995@gmail.com Michael Murray Judge Advocate General... 512.472.5192 ADDITIONAL DIRECTORS Don Jones Tamesha Jumper Max Miller Randy Patterson Mary Ritter NLUS DIRECTORS Max Miller Jeanie Coffey Tim Hunsberger Glenn Looney Max Miller Mary Ritter M.V.Pittman-Waller LIAISONS Open Marine Corps CAPT David Mongo Koss, USN CO UT NROTC CDR Rodney Magallan CO Navy Operations Support Center President s Message Tim Hunsberger President, Greater Austin Council, NLUS As we come to the end of year we have two really great speakers in November and December. Next Thursday Dr. Pestorius, Senior Research Engineer at ARL: UT will be speaking about the US Nuclear Triad. Also we will be collecting basic items like socks, sweat suits, tooth brushes and toothpaste. You can see the entire list on our News Letter. We are also collecting Toys for Tots which require new toys in original packing. (See a more complete list on p3 in this newsletter.) I will be attending the National Board of Directors meeting in Virginia the first week end in November and will bring back a report on upcoming National Programs and Chapter support. Our Greater Austin Council has done well and I was pleased to present Mackey awards to Kathy Pillmore and Glenn Looney from National for their outstanding work. It is people like this that make our Council great. Thanks again to both of them. Regardless of what one hears or sees in the news, the upcoming holidays are an opportunity to celebrate our many blessings being a part of the great Nation. That fact is so often forgotten and we just need to look around a little to see them in our daily lives. Think about it over your next cup of coffee in the morning it will make your day go so much better. WELCOME OUR NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBERS CPO John Bailey USN(Ret) Mr. Jim Bracken CDR Bradford Davis USN (Ret) Mrs. Katharine Febres Mr. Farhat Lamari Mr. Wayne Ly Mrs. LaKrisha Reed-Williams CAPT Jack Sotherland, USN(Ret) Mr. Charles Verhoeff The Anchor is the official publication of the Greater Austin Council, Navy League of the United States. It is published six times per year, prior to an upcoming Distinguished Speaker Series dinner. Archived copies of past Anchors may be found at www. navyleagueaustin. org. 2008 2010 2014 2017 RESERVE YOUR SEAT AT OUR NEXT DINNER AUSTIN WOMANS CLUB CHATEAU BELLEVUE Free Parking - Entrance on Nueces between 7th and 8th Streets Social 1815 Dinner 1915 Program 2015 Members & Their Guests- $30 Military in Uniform & Their Guests - $20 Cadets & Midshipmen and Their Guests - $15 CALL 512-203-4399 OR EMAIL luann@luannreyes.com ONLINE via PayPal at www.navyleagueaustin.org PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT GUARANTEE YOUR MEAL WITHOUT A RESERVATION 2 The Anchor, October November 2018
SPEAKER, cont d from page 1 and information sciences. As the largest and one of the oldest research units of the university and a member of the Vice President for Research portfolio, ARL:UT is highly engaged in the three traditional roles of a major university - research, education, and public service. ARL:UT s research spans the spectrum from basic inquiries into the nature of signal and noise fields in acoustics and electromagnetics, to the development of prototype sonar systems for use by the US Navy, to cutting edge independent research such as 3-D cloaking and glaciology. There are changes on the horizon for The Anchor newsletter. Those of you who formerly received mailed copies have been receiving post card notices of our dinner meeting and speakers. The newsletter itself has been posted on the Council s website (www.navyleagueaustin.org) where it is archived. A few color copies are printed and available at each dinner. Beginning with the new year, the newsletter will be published six time per year on a bi-monthly basis. Issues will be Jan-Feb, Mar-Apr, May-June, Jul-Aug, Sep-Oct and Nov-Dec. Each issue will be posted, online only, by the fifth of the first month. Color copies will still be available at the next dinner. We will continue to mail out a postcard announcing our dinner meetings and Now Hear This eblasts that are sent out on a regular basis, will have this information. This change being undertaken to reduce some of our printing costs while continuing to keep our membership up to date on the Council s activities. There will also be a redesign to the newsletter to make it more topical instead of an announcement From The Editor vehicle for dinners. The speakers will still be listed with their bios, but we will try to feature articles of interest to everyone plus the usual information about Council activities. We are also attempting to schedule dinners on a more regular basis, six per year generally, more if a unique opportunity presents itself. Our first dinner of the new year will be in February with the next in April and hopefully every other month thereafter. We hope to stick to a third Thursday date but that continues to depend on the availability of the speaker and the venue. Keeping our programs interesting and topical are of the utmost importance to your board, and sometimes we must be flexible with our dates in order to maintain our reputation for outstanding dinners. We hope these changes are pleasing to everyone and that you will get accustomed to reading about your Council in a digital format. Please let us have your feedback once the changes are in place. Editor HELP OUT A VETERAN DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON! At our November 1st dinner we will collect items for the Austin VA Regional Clinic s Holiday Table. These items are provided to patients of the clinic. You can bring your items to the dinner and they will be taken to the VA Clinic by one of our members. Here s a list of what is needed: Beanies/Caps Blankets* Books Bracelets CDs Combs/Brushes DVDs Hoodies* Mittens/Gloves Scarves Slippers* Socks (New unopened packages - athletic socks preferred) Sweat Shirts and Pants (Most needed are Women s L, XL and Men s XL and XXL*) T-Shirts Wallets Writing Stationery PLEASE NOTE: NOTHING CONTAINING ALCOHOL; I.E., TOOTHPASTE, MOUTHWASH, DEODORANT, AFTERSHAVE *These are the most popular items www.navyleagueaustin.org The Anchor, October November 2018 3
Snapshots from the August 16, 2018 Distinguished Speaker Series Dinner Honors Bestowed Max Miller and Lisa Sullivan were honored with a Scroll of Honor at the August dinner. It s the Council s highest award, and was presented to Max and Lisa for their dedicated service to the Council and to the Navy League. (Photos top row l-r.) Tim Hunsberger with Judge Denton, one of two speakers at the dinner Lisa Sullivan with Tim Lisa presenting statictics on Texas suicides. (Row two) Jim Bracken, Paul & Bev Stakle Tim and Ralph Morgan Marynith, Marian Augustine and Elaine Burkhardt (Row three) Jeanne McClellan and Adam Samuels Nick Harper, Navy League Central Area President and Anne Harper, North Texas Area President with Randy Patterson (Row four) Ollie Pope, Travis Co. Veterans Services and John Burkhardt John Burkhardt (center) and his dinner guests. 4 The Anchor, October November 2018
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Why did God send the Flood? Why did God send the Flood? That is a questions some of us in Austin may be thinking throughout the month of October as what felt like continuous downpour for 40 days and 40 nights in the Texas Hill Country. In opening paragraphs of Genesis, we are told that the world was Good or even Very Good; What happened that could so quickly cause this to a plan to seeming destroy everything with a Flood? The Old Testament uses two words to illustrate what was happening in Noah s Generation and to explain why God decided to send the destructive waters of the Flood: Corruption and lawlessness. The underlying meaning of these two words with respect to society and how they treated each other and the earth has been discussed by religious scholars for centuries. Some have reasoned that Noah s generation had been blessed with Good Times, plentiful harvests, and years without significant crisis like Chaplain s Corner by LCDR Adam Samuels, USN (Ret) sickness, pain, or fear. As a result, the people of Noah s time began to take the benefits of life for granted; they felt no need to give thanks to God and build bonds with their neighbors to sustain the good times. Their self-interest led them to conclude that nothing was as important or sacred as taking care of themselves and those just like them. The concerns of others were less important or of no importance at all. Since they no longer believed in God, they no longer believed that each person was created in God s image or that every human life was sacred and must be protected. As we drink our bottled water or watch closely as the Austin water system comes on line again and the Colorado River returns to her beautiful blue/green hue, let us pause to think of what we have done to not take the Good or even Very Good world we have been given for granted, to remember that each person was created in God s image and every human life is sacred and must be protected to the best of our ability. Amen. LCDR Adam Samuels, USN (ret) is the Austin Council Chaplain for 2018. He was a Surface Warfare Officer assigned to multiple ship and staff Operations and Engineering Departments in addition to the Pentagon and DoD Agencies. He served as senior Lay Leader on two destroyers, one cruiser, and two aircraft carriers. He currently is the State Emergency Manager for the Texas National Guard HQ on Camp Mabry and lives in Georgetown TX. February CEO Apptroniks Our guest speaker in February is BGen Bill Welch, USAF Ret, Co-founder and CEO of Apptronik. Apptronik is an award-winning robotics company offering a family of innovative robotics products, components, and engineering services available to everyone from academia, industry, and more. Welch will talk about the military applications for their products. Read more at www.apptronik.com April Army Futures Command Though the speaker hasn t be identified as yet, we have secured a commitment from the new Austin-based Army Futures Command to provide a speaker in April. AFC is tasked with developing concepts and technologies to modernize the armed forces. AFC will manage a $32.4 billion budget in 2019 including $11 billion in science and technology. Read more at https://www.defensenews.com/land/2018/07/13/why-the-armypicked-austin-for-futures-command/ Future Dates We are looking ahead and checking out a couple authors for future dinners. Also hoping for an update from Council friend RADM John D. Butler, USN Ret. We are always looking for speakers that will be of interest to our membership. Send your thoughts and suggestions to kpillmore@ icloud.com. 6 The Anchor, October November 2018
THANK YOU to our August 16, 2018 Adopters Mary Ritter Bruce Byron Randy & Kaye Patterson Joe Cruz Launtz Rodgers Tim & Barb Huntsberger Glenn & Nancy Looney Kathy Pillmore Help us keep cadets from Austin and surrounding area JROTC, UTNROTC, Sea Cadet and Young Marine units coming to our dinners. Your adoption of one or more cadets at each dinner helps us to offset the cost of hosting these great young men and women. (The Greater Austin Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. You will recieve a tax receipt in the form of an adoption certificate. WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR RESERVATION, LET US KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO ADOPT-A-CADET ($25 PER Cadet) Photos from the field GAC 2018 Calendar November 1 December 4 2019 February 28 April June 20 August 15 Michael Mike Pestorius, former director of the UT Applied Research Labs. UT Alumni Week & Collection for the VA Clinic Holiday Table. See page 3 for details Holiday Program TBA Collection for Toys for Tots BGEN Bill Welch USAF Ret. CEO of Apptronik, Inc. Army Futures Command (Speaker and date TBD) TBA TBA If you know of a speaker that would be of interest to our members, please let us know. Contact Kathy Pillmore, kpillmore@icloud.com *Dates and/or speakers are subject to change due to unforeseen situations. For calendar updates go to www. navyleagueaustin.org ESMERALDAS, Ecuador (Oct. 20, 2018) The hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is stationed off the coast of Ecuador for an 11-week medical support mission to Central and South America as part of U.S. Southern Command's Enduring Promise initiative. Working with health and government partners in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Honduras, the embarked medical team will provide care aboard the ship and at landbased medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems caused partly by an increase in cross-border migrants. The Comfort's deployment reflects the U.S.'s enduring promise of friendship, partnership and solidarity with the Americas. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Scott Bigley/Released) George T. Jones, 1926-2003 U. S. Navy WWII Veteran and Navy League Member George T. Jones Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to graduating seniors in Navy and Marine JROTC and Sea Cadet programs Contribute Now! Send your tax deductible contributions to Greater Austin Council NLUS George T. Jones Scholarship Fund c/o Greater Austin Council NLUS 8650 Spicewood Springs, #145-625 Austin, TX 78728 www.navyleagueaustin.org The Anchor, October November 2018 7
The ANCHOR 10001 Jupiter Hills Dr. Austin, TX 78747 Email: navyleagueaustin@gmail.com The ANCHOR is the official newsletter of the Greater Austin Council of the Navy League of the United States. It is published six times annually and distributed free of charge to all its members and to other interested parties. The Greater Austin Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and as such is exempt from Limited Sales, Excise and Use Taxes per the IRS Code. FIRST CLASS MAIL RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED The Navy League of the United States is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating our citizens about the importance of sea power to U. S. national security, and supporting the men and women of the sea services and their families. SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AFFILIATES Ricon Products HELP US BUILD OUR MEMBERSHIP Use the form below and sign up a new member. Bring it and your new member to our next council meeting, or mail the form, together with the fee (check or money order payable to NLUS,) Greater Austin Council, 8650 Spicewood Springs, #145-625 Austin, TX 78759. The new member will immediately be added to our mailing list. YES! Name: (Mr., Mrs., Dr., Etc.) Please enroll me as a Navy Leaguer Today I am a U.S. Citizen Address: Number, Street, Name (Apt., Suite, P.O. Box) Your Company s Name Here ask us how I am not a U. S. Citizen First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name Date of Birth City State Zip Code (+4) Home Phone Business Phone Email Greater Austin Council Sponsor s Last Name Sponsor s Membership # New Member s Council Type of Membership (please check one)* 1-Year Premium Membership...$55 2-Year Premium Membership... $100 (Save $10) 3-Year Premium Membership... $130 (Save $35) 4-Year Premium Membership... $180 (Save $40) 5-Year Premium Membership... $225 (Save $50) Life Membership (to age 55)... $1,000 Life Membership (age 56-75)...$750 Life Membership (age 76+...$500 1-Year Electronic Membership...$25 Method of Payment Check enclosed (Make payable to NLUS) or Please charge my Visa MC AMEX Card # Exp. Date Signature Billing Zip Code