Volume 66 Number 09 November 2013

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December 10 Luncheon SpeakerCaptain Thomas Zwolfer,

Commanding Officer Naval Base Kitsap

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NBK provides services to several major afloat commands including a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and three types of active submarines; assists numerous tenant shore commands to include Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division-Keyport, Fleet and Industrial Supply Center-Puget Sound and Strategic Weapons Facility-Pacific.

Captain Thomas Zwolfer graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1988 with a Bach-elor of Science Degree in Naval Architecture. He subsequently earned a Masters in Business Ad-ministration from Chaminade University . In December 2005 Captain Zwolfer relieved as Com-manding Officer of USS BREMERTON (SSN 698). Following his command tour he reported to the staff of the Secretary of the Navy in July 2008 where he served as the Assessment Division Director within the Office of Program Appraisal. Captain Zwolfer’s most recent assignment was as the Strategic Programs Branch Head within Undersea Warfare Division on the Navy Staff.

Our social hour will begin at 11 am; opening will be at 11:45 followed by lunch and then we will hold our annial business meeting to elect our 2014 Officers. Location is the Bangor Conference Center, Trident Ballroom, NBK, Bangor.

2014 Officer Nominations The Board of Directors proposes the following slate of candidates for election as 2014 Officers:President: Larry SalterVice President (2 Positions): Erin Sorensen, Neva LambSecretary: Ruth BondTreasurer: Dave EllingsonJAG: George Rose

Registration!Please call Evergreen Transfer & Storage at 360 674-2762 for your lunch registration. Please call at your earliest convenience.Cut off for reservations is December 3Please give your name as it appears on your driver’s license.Spell your name to help make certain that it will be correct on the gate access sheet.If you do not have base access, you will need to provide your date of birth.

The December Luncheon Speaker is Captain Thomas Zwolfer, Commanding Officer Naval Base Kitsap.

From the northeast corner of the Olympic Peninsula which encompasses 2,716-acres of Naval Magazine Indian Island to the southern portion of the Navy’s largest West Coast underground fuel storage facility near Orchard Point at the Manchester Fuel Department, the Navy has an extensive presence within the West Puget Sound. With the consoli-dation of Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport and Naval Station Bremerton in 2004, the formation of Naval Base Kitsap, the largest naval installation in the Northwest, was instituted.

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Kitsap’s Early Naval HistoryExploration

The first official American survey of the waters around present-day Bremerton was conducted in 1841 by Lieutenant Charles Wilkes (1798-1877) of the United States Exploring Expedition. It was Wilkes who named Point Turner, the peninsula where much of Bremerton and the Puget Sound Na-val Shipyard are now situated, and he was struck by the suitability of the area for naval use: “There is not in the world nor could there be a harbour superior to Port Orchard -- Good anchorage, protected from every point with many little basins about the size of a Dry Dock but hard sandy bottom, into which a ship of the line may be hauled & left dry at low water. A pair of floodgates & a foundation would make a dry dock without any other expense or trouble” (Charles Wilkes and the Exploration of Inland Washington Waters, 176).

In 1877, Ambrose Barkley Wyckoff (1848-1922), a young lieutenant with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, piloted the schooner Yukon on a hy-drographic mapping voyage in upper Puget Sound and Commencement Bay. Wyckoff, like Wilkes, recognized the region’s military potential. Upon returning to the East Coast in May 1880 he started what would become a long campaign to establish a naval base in the sheltered but roomy inland waters of Sinclair Inlet at the southern end of Port Orchard Bay.

Studies by two presidential commissions, one of which included Ambrose Wyckoff, concluded that the southern shore of Point Turner had every-thing necessary for a naval base: sheltered but deep water close to shore; abundant supplies of timber; unlimited fresh water from the region’s many rivers; and huge fields of bituminous coal within just few miles of Seattle, itself easily accessible by water. The merits of the place overwhelmed all objections by advocates for other sites, and Congress allocated $10,000 for the purchase of land and an additional $200,000 to begin construction of a dry dock.

Naval Station Puget Sound

The Naval Station Puget Sound in Bremerton was established in September 1891 and became a naval shipyard in the early 1900s. During World War I, the Navy Yard constructed ships, including 25 subchasers, seven submarines, two minesweepers, seven sea-going tugs, and two ammunition ships, as well as 1,700 small boats. The shipyard was the only West Coast warship repair facility until 1941.

The shipyard repaired and modernized the five surviving warships damaged in the attack on Pearl Harbor. It repaired, overhauled and refitted hundreds of US and Allied forces ships during World War II and accommodated a wartime workforce of over 32,000 personnel by 1945. It also con-verted old aircraft carrier flight decks to an angular design during the 1950s. The shipyard entered a new era of construction by building the King and Coontz classes of guided missile frigates in 1957.

Naval Ammunition Depot Bangor

In 1937, a small amount of high-explosive storage had been provided for the Puget Sound area by construction of 105 tiny igloos at the Puget Sound Naval Ammunition Depot (at the current site of the Bremerton Naval Hospital on Dyes Inslet). The group covered only 7 acres of an un-used station area. These small magazines were considered inadequate to supply the national defense program even in its earliest phase, and the need for adequate high-explosive storage facilities was answered quickly by the authorization in 1940 of Indian Island Naval Magazine, to be operated under the administrative supervision of the Puget Sound depot.

Naval activities at Bangor commenced in 1942 when it was used as a site for transporting ammunition to the Pacific Theatre of Operations in World War II. The US Navy later acquired 3,100ha of land on the Hood Canal near Bangor to establish a permanent base. Bangor Naval Magazine was built on a rugged 585-acre tract on the eastern shore of the Hood Canal. As developed during 1944, the station consisted of a two-berth marginal wharf, which was the focal point of its activity, 41 five-car barricaded sidings, a 250-car classification yard, 39 magazines, 9 storehouses, a transfer and segregation group of buildings, four permanent and one temporary barracks, and administration and shop buildings. Construction in 1945 added 68 more magazines. A US Naval ammunition magazine was established in June 1944. It began operations in January 1945. .

The most notable feature of the Bangor construction took place outside the station proper. The nearest point to the depot on the continental railroad system was at Shelton, Wash., 45 miles to the south, and it was necessary to build a new line from that point to serve the station. Construction of this line also furnished an opportunity to provide land rail service to the previously isolated Puget Sound depot. This entailed construction of an additional 1.4 miles of track. Another spur, 4.6 miles long, was built to serve the navy yard at Bremerton.

Pacific Coast Torpedo Station Keyport

It was late in the year 1908 when a special task force of Naval officers was first sent to the west coast of the United States to scout for a clear water site, not over 10 fathoms deep and not under five, with a sandy bottom and virtually no current. Furthermore, this body of water, they were told, must have little tide and must not be too cold. By September 1910, the word was out. The Navy intended to buy a peninsula of land at Keyport, Washington. The news came as a big disappointment to the cities of Tacoma and Bellingham, Washington, and Los Angeles, California, all of which had lobbied vigorously for the torpedo station. But none were so surprised and shocked as the Keyport land owners, all of whom were not willing to sell-not for any price. In November 1914, Lieutenant Commander Henry N. Jenson was detoured from an assignment to the USS Oregon to take over the creating a torpedo station. With this new station, Navy officials told the press, the Pacific Fleet would no longer need to send torpedoes to Newport, Rhode Island, the only station at that time equipped to handle such work. Lieutenant Commander Jenson arrived at Keyport on November 11 1914 and the new Navy base was officially commissioned as Pacific Coast Torpedo Station (PCTS).

In 1916, PCTS put Keyport on the map by installing a radio station with three towers that were 400 feet high. With this station, Keyport became one of the nation’s first communication links with U.S. island possessions such as Guam and Hawaii. As the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, PCTS continued to grow and develop its trade, but it was barely aware of the turmoil overseas. Navy ships from the Pacific Fleet made occasional stops to load and unload torpedoes, but the pace never quickened until World War II.

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Veterans Day Celebration

Heroes Welcome 2013BANGOR — (Nov 15, 2013) Navy Individual Augmentees provide manpower to the Army and Marine Corps one person at a time, an effort in place for about a decade. It can be difficult for a sailor (alone and with just a few week’s training) to function as part of a unit from another military service, then, a year later, return home and reintegrate into a family and community that have learned to get along without them. It’s even tougher on a reservists, who don’t have the support the Navy provides active-duty sailors.

By the time she deployed with the Marines to Iraq, the services had realized the benefits of training together first. “When you go into a situation like that, you have to know what you’re doing,” said Pennington, who said on that deployment she became a leader who needed to take care of everybody she worked with. Her third deployment was a year in Afghanistan with the Army. While there, her daughter’s best friend was killed in an accident. She needed her mom. “I couldn’t go home,” Pennington said. “It’s something that would bother me my whole life, but that’s our mission, that’s why we wear these uniforms.”

The 30 individual augmentees at Friday’s ceremony, including 16 from the hospital, received certificates of appreciation, spouses got letters of appreciation and families were given American Hero quilts and other gifts. - Ed Friedrich Kitsap Sun

Navy Reservist Barry Doll left his family and insurance business this year to serve in Afghan-istan. The lieutenant was among 147 sailors from Kitsap County who worked overseas (they were deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan, Djibouti, Guantanamo Bay, Bahrain, the Horn of Africa, and numerous islands in the Pacific) as individual augmentees. Thirty of them attended the seventh annual “Heroes’ Welcome” ceremony put on by Navy Region Fleet and Family Support Center on Friday at the Bangor chapel. This event is supported and attended by the Bremerton Navy League.

Guest speaker Capt. Maureen Pennington, executive officer at Naval Hospital Bremerton, has grown with the IA system. She got the spouse’s perspective when, as a young officer, she stayed home with a young son while her Navy SEAL husband deployed. Both parents were deployed when she served on the hospital ship USNS Comfort. Fortunately, her parents were able to keep their son for eight months.

Following the Veterans Day event there was a special Memorial Ceremony for John “Bud” Hawks, local Hero and WWII Medal of Honor Recipient. Bud was a local school principal and beloved by all. He served as Grand Mar-shal for the Armed Forces Day Parade for over 50 years. The governor Jay Inslee, and Representative Derek Kilmer attended and honored his life. All of the Kitsap County Commissioner’s were present and announced a section of Illahee Road, near Brownsville Elementary where Hawk taught for many years, will be renamed “John ‘Bud’ Hawk Memorial Drive.” Additionally the Rolling Bay Post Office on Bainbridge Island has been named in his honor and a Medal of Honor stamp has been issued in his likeness.

Bremerton celebrated November 11, Veterans Day with traditional style at the Kitsap Pavilion. This year’s ceremony was one of our largest, with over 2000 attendees. There were information booths in addition to static displays highlighting all aspects of Veteran affairs.

The program began at 10:30 AM with a Bremerton Band March in, followed by the pomp and circumstance of a very formal Parade of Colors. Rear Admiral Dietrich Kuhlmann, Commander, Submarine Group Nine and Guy Stitt, Bremerton Navy League Ambassador served as Master of Cere-monies. County Commissioner Josh Brown provided a welcome and introduced the dignitaries.

This year, the keynote speaker was Lourdes E. Alvarado-Ramos, Director, Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs, who recognized the warriors from the “Forgotten War” in Korea., along with other Veterans. “Those of you who shivered in the trenches, trudged through knee-deep mud, flew combat missions over rugged mountain terrain and stood watch over hostile seas, you halted the advance of communism that threatened to sweep over the Korean Peninsula and that will never, never, ever be forgotten,” she said. “Because of you, the Republic of Korea stands as a modern, prosperous and vibrant economy.”

The Bremerton-Olympic Peninsula Council of Navy League is proud to provide the coordination and funds for this memorable event along with 42 other organizations. Special thanks go to Navy League members, Earle and Sandra Smith for their hard work throughout the year to make certain that this program is very special. Crazy Eric’s Drive -In provided free refreshments following the program. Thanks also to the City of Bremerton, Kitsap Sun, Raytheon, Costco and the County Commissioners for their great support of this event.

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Timing The Opening Of A New Maritime Crossroad: The ArcticThe loss of seasonal sea ice in the Arctic will have ramifications for the U.S. Navy in terms of future missions, force structure, training and in-vestments. To get a better handle on planning for future Arctic missions, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Jonathan Greenert asked me to provide an unambiguous assessment of how ice coverage will change in the Arctic and how human activity in the Arctic will change in response to decreased ice coverage and other factors.

To understand this challenge, let me give you a little background. Thirty years ago, 35% of Arctic sea ice was two to four meters thick and did not significantly diminish during the summer melt season. This thick, hard multi-year ice restricted access to the Arctic Ocean, and made the region less than attractive to commercial interests, or surface security forces for that matter. Submarines were able to sail under the ice, and were the only naval vessels that routinely went to the high latitudes.

Forward lookout watch aboard Guid-ed-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) as the ship navigates an ice field north of Iceland.

Today, much of the perennial ice is gone and the Arctic Ocean is covered with younger first-year ice that is thinner and more vulnerable to melt during the Arctic summer. This young ice is also easier to break, making the region even more accessible for ships with ice-strengthened hulls. First-year sea ice begins to melt in the Arctic in late March, with a minimum sea ice extent achieved annually in Septem-ber. Sea ice then begins to accrue until it reaches a maximum in mid-March and the cycle repeats.

In September 2012, a record minimum was observed in which sea ice covered less than four million square kilometers of the total 14.1 million square kilometers that comprise the Arctic Ocean. While the September 2013 sea ice extent minimum was higher than 2012 at 5.3 million square kilometers, it was still significantly less than the thirty year observed mean of 6.27 million square kilometers and was the sixth lowest on record.

In response to the CNO’s tasking, we assembled an interagency team of Arctic experts from various Navy offices, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Ice Center, the U.S. Coast Guard, and academia. As a final review of the team’s conclusions, a panel of national experts from the Naval Studies Board, a component of the National Research Council of the National Acade-mies, validated the methodology and supported the team’s assessment.

The team reviewed the scientific literature on current Arctic sea-ice projections and agreed to use three scientific approaches described in an article published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. (Overland, J. and M. Wang (2013), “When will the summer Arctic be nearly sea ice free?”

To capture the intent of this assessment, we characterized sea ice in terms of its areal coverage and consequent impact on the availability of four sea passages associated with the Arctic. We also use the World Meteorological Organization’s metric “open water,” which is defined as up to 10% of sea ice concentration with no ice of land origin (e.g., icebergs). These waters are navigable by any open ocean vessel capable of operating in north-ern latitudes without ice breaker escort. Additionally, when considering “shoulder seasons,” period of time prior to and after open water periods, the team adopted sea ice concentration between 10%-40% of sea ice as its benchmark. This 40% figure corresponds with current depictions of the Marginal Ice Zone, available through sources such as the National/Naval Ice Center. Vessels operating during shoulder seasons will require at least minimal ice-hardening and will require icebreaker escort.

For the near-term, defined as present to 2020, current trends are expected to continue, with major waterways becoming increasingly open. By 2020, the Bering Strait (BS) is expected to see open water conditions approximately 160 days per year, with another 35 to 45 days of shoulder season. The Northern Sea Route (NSR) will experience around 30 days of open water conditions, also with up to 45 days of shoulder season conditions. Analysis suggests that the reliable navigability of other routes is limited in this timeframe.

The mid-term period, from 2020 to 2030, will see increasing levels of ice melt and increasingly open Arctic waters. By 2025, we predict that the BS will see up to 175 days of open water (with 50-60 days of shoulder season.) These figures increase to 190 days of open water (and up to 70 days of shoulder season) by 2030. For the NSR, we predict up to 45 days of open water (with 50-60 days of shoulder season) by 2025, increasing to 50-60 days of open water by 2030 (with up to 35 days of shoulder season conditions). This period will begin to see greater accessibility of the Trans-Polar Route (TPR), which is forecast to be open for up to 45 days annually, with 60-70 days of shoulder

USS Alexandria (SSN 757) after surfacing through two feet of drifting ice about 180 nautical miles off the north coast of Alaska.

season. Reliable navigability of the Northwest Passage (NWP) remains limited in this timeframe. route, even during total open water conditions.

In the far-term, beyond 2030, environmental conditions are expected to support even greater and more reliable maritime presence in the region. Major waterways are predicted to be consistently open for longer periods, with a significant increase in traffic over the summer months. The NSR and TPR should be navigable 130 days per year, with open water passage up to 75 days per year. By 2030, the NWP is still expected to be open for only brief periods.

This assessment establishes the timeframe in which the Navy will prepare for expected increased activity in the Arctic region, and informs the update to the Navy’s Arctic Roadmap, a strategic approach to Navy’s future engagement in this growing ocean which supports maritime strategic crossroads.

Article by Rear Adm. Jon White

Oceanographer & Navigator of the Navy, Director Task Force Climate Change

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Keyport Pearl Harbor Rememberance Ceremony December 7th“Lest We Forget”, Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division, Keyport’s 20th Annual Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony, will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, December 7 at the Naval Undersea Museum, Keyport.

The highlight of the ceremony features local Pearl Harbor Survivors sharing their personal mem-ories of the attack.Capt. David K. Kohnke, Commander, NUWC Keyport, will serve as Master of Ceremonies with Capt. Mike Mathews, U. S. Navy (Ret.), and Cmdr. Erik Neal, U.S. Navy (Ret.) providing an overview of the attack on Pearl Harbor while photos of that day’s events are shown. Navy Band Northwest will provide instrumental music.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact NUWC Keyport’s Public Affairs Office at (360) 396-2699 or kypt_pao@navy.mil.

Gerhard Jensch, USS California, and Captain Dave Kohnke, Commander, NUWC Keyport, exchange laughs at last year’s post-event reception at the Naval Undersea Museum

238th Marine Corps Birthhday BallThe 238th Marine Corps Birthday Ball was celebrated on the first and fifteenth of November at Kiana Lodge. Due to the duty status of the Marine Corps Force Security Battalion Bangor, the celebration was held twice so that all could attend.

Navy League Luncheon Nov 12 Celebrating the Marine Corps BirthdayDuring our November 12th luncheon we had the honor of celebrating the Marine Corps 238th birthday. “On November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress approved the resolution to establish two battalions of Marines able to fight for independence at sea and on shore. This date marks the official formation of the Continental Marines.” Leading up to the American Revolution, a committee of the Continental Congress met to draft a resolution calling for two battalions of Marines able to fight for independence at sea and on shore. The resolution was approved on November 10, 1775, officially forming the Continental Marines.

Navy League’s Norm Marten was the oldest Marine present for the Cake cutting.

We had the opportunity to recognize the Marine Corps Security Force Battalion Bangor’s Marine of the Year Lance Corporal Chantley D. Hawkins.

Lance Corporal Hawkins is an invaluable asset to the Battalion and has distinguished himself as a top performer throughout the year. Lance Corporal Hawkins runs the Battalion Armory. He always exceeds expectations, fre-quently working extended hours including and weekends.

Lance Corporal Hawkins spearheaded the conversion of all weapons and optics to the Battalion’s newly formed convoy platoon. At the completion of this tedious task, Lance Corporal Hawkins had de-issued and re-issued more than 150 weapons, optics, and aiming devices with-in a 96 hour period.

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USS Bremerton SSN 698 Captain’s Log

readiness and of the crew’s ability to maintain the ship. During the Material Inspection, the INSURV team onboard (made up of 15 inspectors!) was very impressed with the attitude, drive, and operational proficiency of Bremerton’s crew. Seeing them in action really made me proud to be part of this team!

Following our sub-on-sub exercise, we pulled into Pearl Harbor over the weekend for a short port visit, and are now supporting the deployment work up for USS North Carolina. This is an important task, as it will make sure that the Submarine Force’s next deploying asset is ready to carry out the nation’s business in the Western Pacific.

Now, we are ready to come back home and spend the next few weeks enjoying the Thanksgiving holiday in our beautiful homeport, working on our American classic to make sure that she runs like a dream, and training with the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard to prepare ourselves for the DSRA that starts in January. After that, we will get underway, again for some deployment support.

Until next time…and have a great Thanksgiving Holiday!

Best regards,

CDR Wes Bringham

Bremerton Navy League Friends,

There have been a lot of great things going on onboard the Bad Fish! It has been a very busy October and No-vember for us, and we are all ready to spend some well-deserved time at home.

When I last wrote, we were conducting our mine warfare exercise off the coast of Hawaii. The exercise went very well as we were able to launch four mines successfully. One of the mines initially failed to launch, but the team fought through the failure, and we were able to launch it on day 2 of the exercise.

Following the MINE-EX, we spent 2 weeks inport preparing for our Material Inspection, conducted by the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey. INSURV is an inspection of the material condition of a ship that is conducted about every 7 years. The INSURV board is part of the Secretary of the Navy’s staff and is mandated by Congress with verifying that the inspected ship’s material condition is at a sufficiently high standard to meet the nation’s war fighting requirements. INSURV can be considered both an inspection of the ship’s material

We had our first dependents cruise at the beginning of the INSURV underway. Over 20 dependents came onboard, and all were very gratified to be able to watch the Bad Fish in action. I also know that the crew was excited to show off their boat. I look forward to round 2 of our dependents cruise next month.

After INSURV, we spent a short time in Pearl Harbor, and then got underway for an exercise with the Japanese diesel submarine, JS Unryu. During our underway, we were able to focus heavily on our watch qualifications, which will help us prepare for our next milestone of the Docking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA). It is very important that we have our team qualified to fill all the positions that we will need when we come out of the shipyard, and I have been happy with the crew’s push to work hard on qualifications and operational proficiency. Also, during this underway we welcomed aboard 3 members of the Unryu crew, and the Bad Fish team proved to be excellent hosts, even helping Sonar Chief Petty Officer Ueda to celebrate his birthday

The December Tour Bremerton Naval Hospital on Dec 4 @9:00AMNaval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) is a community-based acute care and obstetrical hos-pital, offering expert primary care, emergency care and a broad range of medical and surgical specialties, with 36 inpatient beds (with expansion capacity to 72+).

NHB is parent command for three Branch Health Clinics and the Puget Sound Family Medicine Residency Program. The three clinics are located at Puget Sound Naval Ship-yard, NBK Bangor and Naval Station Everett. In addition Bremerton Naval Hospital maintains a 500 bed deployable Fleet Hospital. Over the course of last year, Naval Hospital Bremerton had up to 10 percent of the active-duty staff deployed supporting combat units in Afghanistan, Kuwait and other locales such as Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, as well as being engaged in humanitarian aid and disaster response missions (Pacific Partnership 2013; deployments to Latin American and Caribbean nations).

If you are interested, please contact Byron Faber:

Phone 360-638-1235, Cell 360-434-1144, Email byfaber@centurytel.net

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2013 COUNCIL OFFICERS

President Tim Katona 360.674.2628

Vice President Larry Salter Secretary Heidi Hottinger Treasurer Erin SorensenJudge Advocate George Rose Immediate Past President Carolyn Dankers

COUNCIL BOARD MEMBERS

• Alan Beam • Tom Danaher• Ruth Bond• Robert Cairns • Charlotte Erhardt• Byron Faber • Pat Faber• Robert Hoag • Doug Garner • Dodie Garner • Bob Lamb • Neva Lamb • Helen Miller • Tina Salter

Now Hear This is the official newsletter of the Bremerton-Olympic Peninsula Council of the Navy League of the United States. It is published monthly and provided to all members.

Editorial Board Alan Beam Carolyn Dankers Graphic Layout Alan BeamPublished by Raytheon

We welcome your comments and story ideas. Items for publication, changes of address, and inquires should be sent to:

Editor Now Hear This

PO Box 5719 Bremerton, WA 98312

Volunteers NeededWe are always looking for a few good people. If you are interested in getting more involved in Navy League and would be interested in serving on the Board of Directors, please contact Tim Katona or Larry Salter.

Dec 3 - Board of Directors Meeting 5PM @ Silverdale FirestationDec 3 - Registration deadline for LuncheonDec 5 - Naval Hospital Bremerton TourDec 10 - Annual Council Business Meeting/ Election of Officers/ Luncheon 11:30 AM @ NBK Bangor Trident BallroomDec 12 -IA Christmas Party @ NBK Bangor Fleet and Family OfficeDec 25- Christmas6-7 Jan NL Tour San Diego7 Jan- Board of Directors Meeting 5PM @ Silverdale Firestation14 Jan- Navy League Luncheon 11:30 AM @ NBK Bangor Trident Ballroom

Share Past Issues of SeapowerPlease bring past issues of the Sea Power magazine to our lunches so that they can be shared with others. These magazines that are part of your membership benefits, have so much great information that can be shared with others.

Thanks to Norm Marten and Doug Garner for bringing some of their magazines to share. We have many requests for these magazines from our friends who are active duty or in rest homes, so if you don’t want to collect them, pass them on.

NL Tour San Diego 6-7 Jan 2014

Planing Ahead

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The trip to San Diego is scheduled for 6-7 January. On January 6th we are propos-ing a Harbor Tour and a tour of the USS Midway, and if time allows a tour of the Maritime Museum of San Diego. On the morning of the 7th we will board a bus for a tour of the San Diego Naval Base at 32nd Street. After the Bus tour of the Base we will tour one of the ships homeported there. We will tour be something other than submarines and or aircraft carriers.

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