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From the 2018 Reunion Committee Chairman -

Chuck Hladik, TM2(SS) G 67-70; USSVI – USS

Oklahoma City Base:

October 1st = 11 days until OKC!!!

All,

We are working fast and

furious in these final days

preparing for the

reunion. Hopefully the venue we

have prepared will make a good

reunion for those attending. It will

be good to see all of you here in OKC. We wish

everyone a safe trip here and back home. You

can look back at the previous newsletters to

refresh your memories of things to do while

visiting here.

Thoroughbred racing is here at Remington

Park Wednesday thru Saturday beginning at 7:00

pm til December 16. They also have a small

casino for those that might be

interested. Remington Park is a little over 5 miles

from the Hotel.

The weather here can be quite erratic this time

of the year. This year‘s late summer and fall have

provided us, with an exceptional amount of rain.

The temperature has also been cooler than

normal the last couple months. I have looked at

the weather forecast as far out as the weather

guesser has projected the expected temperatures

in our area. The high appear to be in the low 70's

and the lows in the mid 50's the week of the

reunion. Usually this time of the year our

temperatures run 10-15 degrees higher than that.

For those flying here, I would probably bring an

umbrella if you have room in your luggage. The

weather can also turn unexpectedly cooler or

warmer.

PLAN OF THE REUNION:

Wednesday October 10, 2018

1200 Registration Begins and Hospitality Suite

Open for early arrivals.

1700 Dinner on your own

1730-1930 Complimentary drinks and snack

provided by hotel

1930 Short Informal meeting

Thursday October 11, 2018

0600-0930 Complimentary breakfast

0800 Registration continues and Hospitality

Suites open

Morning on your own

1200 Gather for Tinker Tour

Lunch on your own

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U S S H E N R Y L . S T I M S O N A S S O C I A T I O N S S B N 6 5 5 N E W S L E T T E R

A s s o c i a t i o n O f f i c e r s & B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r s 2 0 1 7 — 2 0 1 8

PRESIDENT Ray [Rita] Kreul

VICE PRESIDENT Tom [Marie] Krauser

SECRETARY Nick [Linda] Nichols

TREASURER Ken [Diane] Meigs

OUTGOING PRESIDENT Chuck [Joyce] Hladik

HISTORIAN / CUSTODIAN Larry [Linda] Knutson

WEBMASTER / NEWSLETTER Nick [Linda] Nichols

CHAPLAIN Jake Morris

STOREKEEPER / SHIPS STORE Jim [Suzie] Weaver

O t h e r P o s i t i o n s 2 0 1 7 - 2 0 1 8

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1700 Dinner on your own

1730-1930 Complimentary drinks and snack

provided by hotel

19:30 Meeting

Friday October 12, 2018

0600-0930 Complimentary Breakfast

0800 Registration Continues and Hospitality

Open

0900 Gather for shuttle to State Capitol for

Eternal Patrol Ceremony

1000 Eternal Patrol Ceremony

1200 Return shuttle from State Capitol and

Lunch on your own

Afternoon free

1730-1930 Complimentary drinks and snacks by

hotel

1800 Dinner

1930-2330 Meeting and social time

Saturday October 13, 2018

0600-1030 Complimentary Breakfast

0800 Hospitality Suite open, morning on your

own

1400 Business Meeting Shipmate and Spouses

welcome

1730-1930 Complimentary drinks and snacks by

hotel

1800 Dinner

1930-2200 Program

Sunday October 14, 2018

0600-1030 Complimentary Breakfast and

Departure

0800 Begin cleanup

For those that are interested Norman, Oklahoma

has an office for National Weather Service.

www.weather.gov

The Postal Training Center is also in Norman.

Oklahoma City is headquarters for the Federal

Aviation Administration.

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A list of those attending the reunion can be found

at the end of the newsletter.

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TRDP–to–FEDVIP Transition

The TRICARE Retiree Dental Program

(TRDP) ends on December 31, 2018. Most

of those who use this Retiree Dental

Insurance Program know it as Delta

Dental.

If you are currently enrolled in a TRDP

plan, you will not be automatically enrolled

in a FEDVIP plan for 2019. You must enroll

during open season.

The first opportunity to enroll in FEDVIP

will be during the next Federal Benefits

Open Season, which runs from November

12 through December 10, 2018 (ET), with

coverage effective January 1, 2019.

Use the following link to access all the

information you will need about the various

plans that will become available to you

when open enrollment occurs. If you have

a regular dentist, talk to them before

enrolling in one of the programs. Not all

dentists will take all of the coverage

programs.

https://tricare.benefeds.com/InfoPortal/

containerPage?

EventName=transition&ctoken=Xy3C5d

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From the Association Vice President - Tom

Krauser,

MM1(SS) B 72-74

This month‘s article is

Restoring Your Computer

to an Earlier Time/State

By Tom Krauser

See Page 16

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From the Association Storekeeper - Jim

Weaver, SK2(SS) B 68-69; USSVI– Corvina

Base:

The ships store has patches, decals and

challenge coins ($5/ea + $1 flat mailing fee).

Email or text if interested. 775-750-6891

jweaver2845@gmail.com

Some links to websites catering to our Submariner

needs:

FOR QUALIFIED SUMARINERS AND THEIR

FAMILIES

www.designed4submariners.com

A SAILOR‘S TOUCH—A Chief Torpedoman

offers many unique Submarine related items

for sale. Items include Lighthouses,

Scrimshaw, Submarine Models, Driftwood Art

and more. www.asailorstouch.com

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From The Editor

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Now this is a true Master Chief and MCPON.

Good words to all, not just Chief Petty Officers.

Charge Letter from MCPON Smith

I wish I could write every Chief Petty Officer

Selectee your own personal charge letter. It would

give me great joy to meet all 4,700 of you – look

you in the eye, shake your hand and welcome you

into our Mess. Since I am unable to do that,

please accept this charge letter to help guide you

as you begin this new chapter.

Chief,

First and foremost, congratulations! This is quite

an accomplishment and you should be incredibly

proud of what you‘ve done to put yourself in this

position. Take a knee and contemplate that for a

moment – all the experiences that have brought you

to this milestone. Never forget where you came

from and stay grounded in your beginnings. You‘ve

worked hard to demonstrate that you have the

skills, talent and abilities. Now you will contribute to

the Navy in an even more meaningful way.

That said, this selection is not a reward for what

you‘ve done throughout your extraordinary career.

With your every act as a junior Sailor, you prepared

yourself for this moment, and we are now calling on

that talent and demanding – through your

acceptance of this advancement – more from you.

You will be expected to work longer hours, solve far

more difficult problems and challenges, do more to

empower your junior Sailors, and provide better and

more seasoned advice to your officers. You must

now work within the network of Chief Petty Officers,

without desire for personal accolades, but rather a

singular focus on building winning teams. In doing

so, you will help the Mess do more together than we

would otherwise be capable of based on the sum of

our individual Chiefs alone.

You stand ready to don your anchors entirely as a

result of the culmination of every letter, phone call,

mentoring session, sacrifice of time and resources,

faith and goodwill of both supervisors and junior

Sailors… everyone who has ever advocated for

you, empowered you, helped fine-tune your eval,

submitted an award for you, gave you a duty,

listened to your opinion, called someone on your

behalf, took a burden off your back, or put an arm

around you and reassured you when you were

frustrated. You have thousands of people standing

behind you. Your Sailors, family, and your friends –

many you know, but probably even some you don‘t

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– have all given you something, and you are only

here because of them. Because of this, you have

a special obligation as result: to ―earn this‖ every

day. Be worthy of the sacrifice and love of the

many who gave you this exalted opportunity. This

is now your job, your sacred duty, to represent the

best of yourself in everything you do, to be worthy

of the benevolence that has given you this

opportunity to be ―The Chief.‖

Confront your destiny head-on. Be the leader that

you are and continue to grow by giving more and

more to our Sailors every day. Humility is key –

regardless of how much you feel you‘ve earned

your salt and proven your own. Accept your

failures and grow from them – ―when you lose,

don‘t lose the lesson.‖ Share the credit for your

successes, and strive every day to ―earn this‖ by

charging forward on creating a better, stronger

Navy at every opportunity.

You are now part of a longstanding and

exceptional tradition. Lean on the vast network

you are now a part of. Together, as unified Mess,

we will relentlessly pursue excellence and build

winning teams for our Navy, in order to achieve

peak operational readiness as a combat ready

force able to compete and win the high-end fight

at sea.

Congratulations, and Welcome to the Mess!

All My Best,

Russell L. Smith,

MCPON

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STIMSON Association Life Membership:

IAW Article 1.VI.a. of our Bylaws, there is an

option for our shipmates to obtain a Lifetime

Membership (LTM) in our Association.

The Bylaws state: At any time, a member may

make a one-time payment of $100.00 for Lifetime

Membership. Special recognition and a separate

roster of all Lifetime Members shall be established

and maintained by the Secretary and posted on

the Web Site by the Webmaster.

A large number of our shipmates have paid up

LTM dues. Our newest additions to our Lifetime

Membership (LTM) are:

2017 (* denotes Plank Owner)

* Fred Stafford ENCS(SS) G 65-68

* Anthony J. Jacobs MT1(SS) G 66-70

Curtis Stevens LT G 84-86

2018

Joseph J. Muth LT G 82 / B 85-86

Lindsay K. Nelson EMC(SS) B 76-78

If you would like to join the Association as a

LTM, please make a check for $100 to 655

Association. Mail the check to:

Mr. Ken Meigs 655 Association Treasurer 1537

Pebble Beach Ct Medford OR 97504

When received Ken notifies the Secretary and

you will be recognized as a Lifetime Member.

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The Lean Submariner

Here‘s the latest posts on the blog. Still going

strong. The link to his blog is

https://theleansubmariner.com/

Forged by the Sea, Tempered by the Steel

City – Birth of the Nuclear Navy -- Birth of

the Nuclear Navy Forged by the Sea,

Tempered in the Steel City There are many

paths that led to the development of the new

power source that would give the American

Navy a way to counter any force on earth.

Read the rest of the link.

Post Number 633 – USS Casimir Pulaski

SSBN 633 - A salute to one of the many

unsung heroes of the Cold War: The USS

Casimir Pulaski (SSBN-633). Read the rest of

the link.

The Patten Family and the USS

Nevada (1941) - As it so often happens, I was

looking through the archives and discovered

an article that jumped off the pages at me.

This article was found in a collection of Navy

Department News Releases and was released

seventy seven years ago today (September 7,

2018). Read the rest of the link.

USS George Washington SSBN 598 – First

and Finest - Just a short history of the

submarine I qualified on 44 years ago. A

Global Cold War Warrior, USS George

Washington (SSBN-598) was the United

States‘ first operational ballistic missile

submarine. Read the rest of the link.

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Submarines: ―from a boy to a giant‖ - One

of my favorite pastimes is discovering unique

stories about the United States Submarine

force and the development through the ages.

There is no better witness to the phenomenal

growth than that of one of the most profound

influences on submarine operation and

development: Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz.

The most fascinating thing about this man […]

Read the rest of the link

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Sharing Pictures with Shipmates:

If anyone has pictures you would like to share

with your shipmates please follow the directions in

this link and I will be glad to put them in the

newsletter.

Picture Upload Instructions (to Dropbox)

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The following Stimson Shipmates have

departed on Eternal Patrol.

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TM1(SS) Donald E. ‗Don‘ Washburn G 70-71

Departed on Eternal Patrol 9 September 2018

[verified by Ray Kreul]

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MM1(SS) Steve Brown B 71-75

Departed on Eternal Patrol 16 June 2005

[verified by Don Ort, David Huckeba &

Legacy.com]

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The direct link to the Association Eternal Patrol

page is: http://ssbn655.org/eternal-patrol/

eternal-patrol.html

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If any of you have any information about the

following shipmates being on Eternal Patrol

please send it to me at

655webmaster@ssbn655.org as soon as

possible.

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BINNACLE LIST

(if you would like to be placed on our Association

Binnacle List please send an email to

655webmaster@ssbn655.org)

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Michael Welch, YN1(SS) G 75-76

Cards to: 104 Wilcox Ct., Summerville SC 29483

9.24.18: Mike Welch had his surgery for artery

replacement in his left leg on Sept. 19th. The

surgery took around 3 hours. After he was home

for a day his defib went off 13 times. He had a

heart cath to see what the problem was. On 26

September he had a quad bypass.

8.7.18: It looks as if I will be unable to attend the

reunion. I am currently scheduled for artery

replacement of my left leg with a bypass at Roper

on September 11. I have no idea how long and

extensive the rehab will be at this time. I have

very little circulation in my left leg and it pains me

constantly. I will provide an update when my

doctor gives me one. Thanks shipmate.

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William ‗Sandy‘ Hastie, CAPT B CO 80 (Oct-

Dec)

Cards to: 365 Kenmure Dr., Flat Rock NC 28731

No New Updates this month

7.25.18: Friends, four months ago we received

devastating news, first a CT scan at Duke showed

that the mesothelioma had returned in force; the

following week Sandy had a PET scan at Pardee

Hospital that showed the cancer had

metastasized to his abdominal/hepatic region,

chest wall and lymph nodes. Dr. John Hill, his

local oncologist, started Sandy on Keytruda

immune therapy infusions immediately and he

received an infusion every three weeks. Sandy

had a PET/CT scan at Pardee Hospital on Sunday

(July 22) to determine if the treatment was

working to reduce or at least stabilize the growth

of cancer. Today we received the best possible

news. Not only has the large nodule in his chest

been reduced by 75% but the remaining cancer

nodules are no longer evident.

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Joe Mueller, CAPT Gold CO 77-81

Cards to: 3825 Colonel Vanderhourt Cir, Mt.

Pleasant SC

9.21.18: Not good news at my cancer center

today. A recent bone marrow test result showed

that my cancer treatment is no longer effective.

There is not a backup plan right now except for a

pill that has shown some good tests results, but I

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will need the systems approval to use it. My

oncologist thinks that may come in October. Will

update this when there is more info. Best, Joe

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8.4.18: My treatment at Hollings cancer institute is

going reasonably well. I don’t have a long leash to

be able to travel but am hanging in there. Say

hello for me. Best, Joe

6.3.18: I‘m in a chemo trials at Hollings that has

put the leukemia in partial remission.

4.1.18: I’m in treatment for leukemia at the MUSC

Hollings Center, so won’t be able to make this

reunion.

I’m making good progress so am hopeful. Will

miss the

gang, Joe

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Jim Gray, MM1(SS) B 69-71

Cards to: 1 Rugby Ct., Toms River NJ 08757

No new updates

6.20.18: I am still alive. Got out of the hospital

after the operation on Apr 2 after 2 weeks being

there. Started the chemo May 23 went fine no

problems. Then got my 2nd chemo on June 13

and all hell broke loose on evening of the day

after. Thursday, Friday and Saturday side effects

and humility. Father's day was quiet since I was

relaxing and sleeping. Monday another lesson in

humility. Yesterday and today moving toward

normal.

2.5.18: I have been recently diagnosed at my

local hospital as having mesothelioma.

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Bob Faulkner, MT1(SS) B/G 80-86 OVHL2

08757

Cards to: 2901 N 82st Place, Scottsdale AZ

85251

No new updates

11.7.17: Remember Bob as he continues to find

the best result to manage Parkinson's Disease

symptoms.

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WELCOME ABOARD: Found & Updated

Shipmates

(Shipmate has contacted us to be added or have

info updated on our Sailing List. Please check the

online Sailing List to access the shipmates contact

info.)

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EM1(SS) David Hinkle B 74-79

USSVI - Hampton Roads Base

(info added per his request)

TMC(SS) Andy McKay G 85-88

(info added per Pat Toelle MMC(SS) B/G 81-86)

(info added per his request)

(Added after joining USSVI)

(Info updated after joining USSVI)

Many of our shipmates are on FaceBook but are

not listed on our Sailing List. Please check the

new ‗Looking For‘ Sailing List on the website to

help locate these shipmates. When you see

shipmates on Facebook ask them if they are on

the Sailing List and please send them a personal

invite to contact 655webmaster@ssbn655.org to

be listed and become a member of the Stimson

Association.

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GREAT LINKS TO SPEND TIME WITH

(all links from “The Draft” will be on the

website)

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655 Association Website

www.ssbn655.org

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World's First Nuclear Power Plant - Tour

Arco, Idaho

Looking out over the flat expanse south of Arco,

its understandable why it has been used for

nuclear reactor experimentation and

development. Any slip ups would render

uninhabitable a plain already devoid of trees or

towns. It's pretty empty here still, with most of the

900-square mile Idaho National Engineering

Laboratory closed to the public.

https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2960

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The KLAXON

Newsletter of the Submarine Force Museum

& USS Nautilus

September 2018 • Issue #56

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http://www.submarinemuseum.org/

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SEA STORIES & COMMENTS

From Our Shipmates

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Submitted by Gerry Rowe, MM2(SS) B 66-69

Plank Owner, 655 Association Life Member

It is with regret that I must cancel our

attendance at the reunion in Ok city. Our plans

were to leave our winter residence in Southport,

North Carolina with our camper and travel the

southern route through Ga, Fla , Al, La, and Tx to

Ok. Our camper is parked at that residence.

Hurricane Florence hit that area very hard and

all roads leading into and out of Southport are

impassable with most of the bridges and

roadways washed out. At this time not sure if we

have a camper or a house. We will have to wait

several more days until we can get into the area

to access the damage and made needed

repairs. Looking forward to the next reunion .

Update: We still have not returned to NC, staying

at our summer place in NY until the 8th of

Oct. Finally had contact with NC neighbors. Our

house and property was spared any major

damage. Some tree damage and some siding off

the house. No flooding at our place, several

blocks away the water was 4 ft deep. Many of the

roads leading into Boiling Spring Lakes were

washed out and the dam at the Big Lake let go

emptying the lake causing a lot of damage. As of

today still no power and water service partially

restores. I 95 now open, I 40 still closed near

Wilmington. Staying put until power restored and

stores reopen. Hope reunion goes well, hated to

miss it.

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Submitted by Dan Rhodes, MM1(SS) B 79-83,

655 Association Life Member

Seems as always, my commitments with life

have curve balls all the time. My work assignment

was scheduled to end 30 Aug, leaving me with the

very convenient ability to just "roll" through on my

way home (in my RV) to this event. Alas, the

customer has requested another 2 weeks of

support and I can't turn it down.

Please mention my heart is there with you guys

and I think of those bygone days often. Best

wishes to all. I'm so very proud to have served

with extremely brilliant, hardworking, great

guys. There's nobody, events, activities that have

superseded what I've experienced, with all the

great men on the 655 since (83 to date).

I will make a get together before I can't.

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Submitted by Pat Cota, IC2(SS) G 65-68 Plank,

USSVI-Hoosier Base, Holland Club

Reading the article about Captain Bell and the

Cavalla; I had the honor to serve on her from

1962 to 1964 she was my Qual boat.

I guess I was fortunate to be able to have

qualified on the USS Cavalla and to be a Plank

owner of the USS H.L.Stimson.

Just proud to have served as an old ―boat

sailor‖.

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VETERANS AFFAIRS - RETIREE INFO

https://www.va.gov/

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It's Time: Roll Up Your Sleeve

Every fall, you're reminded it's time to get your

flu shot. Flu season usually starts in October and

peaks between December and February. The

vaccine takes some time to kick in, which is why it

always feels like everyone starts talking about flu

shots as soon as summer ends. Learn more.

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Text Messages for VA Appointment Reminders

More than 9 million appointments go unfilled

because of missed appointments. VA created

VEText, a text messaging appointment-reminder

system for Medical Centers to alert Veterans of

appointments. Learn more.

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The Connection Between Pain and Smoking

Do you find yourself using tobacco when you‘re in

pain? You‘re not alone. Many people smoke to

deal with chronic pain. Someone who smokes is

more likely to have higher levels of pain. Almost

100 million Americans live with chronic pain. Most

smoke about two times more than the general

population. Learn more.

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Veterans Can Schedule Appointments Online

Have you scheduled an appointment online

through My HealtheVet yet? Veterans across the

country can manage appointments online. This

easy tool allows you to self-schedule or cancel

many types of VA health care

appointments. Learn more.

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Editor Note: Haven’t we been here before???

The Navy Thinks Russian Subs Are A Growing

Threat To Europe, And It's Mounting A Full-

Court Press To Counter Them

Christopher Woody, Business Insider,

September 5

US and European officials have warned

repeatedly in recent years that more sophisticated

and more active Russian submarines pose a

growing threat, and NATO countries are taking

steps to counter that perceived challenge.

Adm. James Foggo, head of US Navy forces

in Europe and Africa, has said that a "fourth battle

of the Atlantic" — which comes after the naval

warfare of World War I, World War II, and the

Cold War — is already being fought, and it ranges

far beyond the waters of the Atlantic.

"I've used the term in some of my writings that

we are in a 'fourth battle of the Atlantic' right now,

and that's not just the Atlantic," Foggo said on the

first edition of his podcast, "On the Horizon,"

published at the end of August.

"That's all those bodies of water I talked about,

the Arctic, the Baltic, the Mediterranean Sea, the

Black Sea, and the approaches to the Straits of

Gibraltar and the GIUK gap, and the North

Atlantic," he added, referring to waters between

Greenland, Iceland, and the UK that were a focal

point for submarine activity during the Cold War.

While some intelligence estimates from the

Cold war indicate that current Russian sub activity

is still well below peaks reached during that time,

US and European officials have been expressing

concern for the past several years.

"The activity in submarine warfare has

increased significantly since the first time I came

back to Europe and since the Cold War," said

Foggo, who previously commanded the Navy's

6th Fleet. "The Russian Federation navy has

continued to pump rubles into the undersea

domain, and they have a very effective submarine

force."

That force's readiness has also improved to

the point where the Russian navy can keep some

of them deployed most of the time.

US Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John

Richardson told lawmakers earlier this year that

Moscow has "really stepped on the gas," with its

subs, "both in technology and in ... the amount of

time that they're spending abroad."

Russia's newest class of submarines, Yasen-

class subs, have drawn comparisons to the US

Navy's best subs, and Moscow matches that

technical progress with the geographic advantage

of being able to deploy from bases on the

Barents, Baltic, and Black seas.

Some of Russia's Kilo-class subs, which are

newer, more advanced diesel-electric boats, are

able to launch Kalibr cruise missiles from those

areas and reach "any of the capitals of Europe,"

Foggo said.

But, he added, the best way to track these

boats is not just with other submarines.

While Foggo was a planner at the Pentagon,

Adm. Jonathan Greenert, then the Navy's chief of

operations, "would often say, 'Hey, look, the best

way to find another submarine is not necessarily

with another submarine. That's like a needle in a

haystack,'" Foggo said.

A more effective approach draws on the

submarine, surface, and air assets to put a full-

court press on rival subs.

Anti-submarine warfare "is a combined-arms

operation, and let no one forget that," Foggo

added, saying that it involved all the US Navy

Europe and Africa's assets as well as those of the

6th Fleet, which is responsible for the eastern half

of the Atlantic from the Arctic to the Horn of Africa.

NATO navies, and many other navies around

the world, have increased their attention to anti-

submarine-warfare capabilities in recent years,

adding improved technology and spending more

time practicing. One sign of that focus has been

the growing market for sonobuoys, which are

used to hunt targets underwater.

In early 2017, US Navy ships deployed in the

eastern Mediterranean engaged in the tricky

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game of tracking the Krasnodar, a Russian attack

sub whose noise-reducing capability earned it the

nickname "The Black Hole."

Sailors in the USS George H.W. Bush carrier

strike group were tasked with following the elusive

Krasnodar, despite having little formal training in

anti-submarine operations.

"It is an indication of the changing dynamic in

the world that a skill set, maybe we didn't spend a

lot of time on in the last 15 years, is coming back,"

Capt. Jim McCall, commander of the air wing on

the USS Bush, told The Wall Street Journal at the

time.

Cmdr. Edward Fossati, commander of the

Bush strike group's sub-hunting helicopters, told

The Journal that improved tracking abilities had

helped keep things even with Russian subs'

improved ability to avoid detection.

But the Navy has had to keep pace in what

Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer has called "a

constant foot race."

Navy surface forces let their focus on ASW

"wane considerably" in the years after the Cold

War, Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the Center for

Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, said in an

interview earlier this year.

"Up until a few years ago, their ASW systems

were not modernized to deal with new Russian

and Chinese subs," said Clark, a former

submariner, but the Navy has added new,

improved gear, like processors and towed arrays,

that have increased their capabilities.

"Surface ships are able to get back into the

ASW business," Clark said.

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Can you imagine trying to keep up with these regs

as a leader? Glad it was much simpler during our

time…

New Navy Grooming Standards, And Big

Changes For Sailors Assigned To Marine Units

— Everything You Need To Know

(NAVY TIMES 25 SEP 18) ... J.D. Simkins and

Rachel Rakoff

A July announcement providing updated Navy

guidelines of authorized hairstyles and acceptable

wear of hair and nail accessories for women in

uniform missed an opportunity to clarify grooming

questions that have long miffed sailors.

Perhaps in an effort to remedy any uncertainty

stemming from the previous rendition, the Navy

released another update to its grooming

standards last week that delves into greater

cosmetic detail.

Left out of the initial July guidance but included

in the update is a new directive that promises

sweeping uniform and grooming standards for all

sailors assigned to Marine Corps units.

Sailors Attached To Marine Units Must Groom

Like Marines

Gone are the days when male corpsmen

attached to Marine units could maintain perfectly

quaffed flowing locks.

Effective immediately, ―sailors assigned to U.S.

Marine Corps units who wear the Marine Corps

uniform will abide by Marine Corps grooming

standards,‖ the Sept. 21 release says. Barbers

everywhere who specialize in the ol' skin fade

rejoice.

Female sailors assigned to Marine units must

also adhere to Marine Corps cosmetic regulations,

including hairstyles, accessories, fingernail polish

and makeup.

Clarification On The Lock Hairstyle

The July announcement authorized free-

hanging braids and ponytails, lock hairstyles and

expanded rules for hair buns for all female sailors

in Navy units. "Free standing‖ ponytails or braids

— previously only authorized in physical training

uniforms — are now allowed for women wearing

service uniforms.

Rules on lock hairstyles, meanwhile, specify

that ―locks must continue from the root to the end

of the hair in one direction (no zig-zagging,

curving, or ending before the end of the lock to

dangle as a wisp or loose hair).‖

Guidelines also state "parting must be square

or rectangle in shape in order to maintain a neat

and professional appearance.‖

What you need to know:

• The Navy defines this style as a single section of

hair twisted from the root to the end of the hair,

creating a cord-like appearance.

• Short, medium or long lock lengths are

acceptable but the Navy requires the style to

―present a neat and professional military

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appearance."

• Locks can be free-hanging and loose, where “no

hair is added to the lock once it is started other

than hair extensions that are attached to natural

hair,‖ and can also be worn in a bun as long as

the Navy‘s grooming requirements are met.

• Faux locks are also authorized as long as the

hairstyle remains in compliance with Navy

regulations. Locks are not allowed to be combined

with other hairstyles.

Put A Ring On It

While the July release provided some

guidance on accessories — such as the

requirement of hair ties or bands to match hair

color — the Sept. 21 announcement added some

details for other accessories, specifically the

wearing of rings as jewelry.

What you need to know:

• In uniform, rings have to be “conservative and in

good taste. Eccentric or faddish rings are not

authorized." So, if Ring Pops make a come back,

don‘t count on being able to enjoy them in

uniform.

• Rings can be made of both natural metals and

fabricated materials such as plastic, silicone or

wood.

• Authorized colors include gold, silver, copper,

grey, tan, brown, black, white or light pink.

• Sailors can still only wear one ring per hand —

on top of a wedding and engagement ring combo.

• The wear of “wedding rings with military

academy/educational institution rings is

authorized on one hand.‖

Nails (For Women)

The subject of what nail colors are considered

―authorized‖ has sparked heated debates among

female sailors for years, with the exact definition

of what complements skin tone eluding clarity.

While length standards remain unchanged, the

Navy clarified several details.

What you need to know:

• Fingernails for women cannot be longer than a

quarter-inch from the finger tip.

• In terms of shape, nail tips can be round,

almond, oval or square.

• Nail polish is authorized, but only using colors

that the Navy calls ―conservative and

inconspicuous.‖ Wearing ―white, black, red,

yellow, orange, green, purple, grey, glitter, striped

or any sort of pattern/decorative nail polish‖ is not

allowed. The long-championed color of blue

remains unaddressed.

• French and American manicures are authorized,

but only using white and off-white tips with a

neutral base color.

Nails (For Men)

Aside from generic instructions to keep nails

clean — seriously, keep your nails clean — male

sailors must also adhere to a set of standards.

What you need to know:

• Nails cannot extend past the fingertips.

• Tips of the nails should be round to align with

the fingertip.

• Male sailors can buff their nails and are

authorized to use clear-coat nail polish.

• Colored nail polish is not authorized under any

circumstances.

https://www.navytimes.com/off-duty/military-

culture/2018/09/25/new-navy-grooming-

standards-and-big-changes-for-sailors-

assigned-to-marine-units-everything-you-need

-to-know/

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Navy to Allow Emotional Support Animals on

Ships Starting 2020

By: Jangus Brownstone, Navy Crimes Staff

Millington, TN - News coming down from high

atop Navy Brass says coming as soon as FY

2020, Sailors will be allowed to bring emotional

support animals aboard select Navy ships. This is

an effort to ease the emotional toll being at sea for

months on end takes on younger Sailors.

This decision comes after AZ3 (EXW/EWS)

Doug Ross requested permission to bring his

gerbil with him on an upcoming deployment. After

repeatedly being denied via his chain of

command, Ross sought help for emotional

distress through mental health professionals. "I

couldn't bear the thought of not having Peanut

with me for 6 to 9 months. I was having an

emotional meltdown which really triggered me. I

needed help!‖ said Ross.

Ross was issued a letter from his psychologist

to allow him to bring his gerbil with him when

traveling due to stress. He presented this letter to

his division Chief who threw it away. We reached

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out to his division Chief but were told to "lay down

on the interstate and count mufflers!"

For Ross, it wasn't over yet. He had his mother

write a strongly worded letter to their state

representative, Kerry Weaver (R) of Ohio. "How

are we to expect our young men and women to

deal with the insurmountable stress a tour at sea

puts on them? Having an emotional support

animal with you in times of stress could help keep

your mind healthy.‖ said Rep. Weaver.

CDR Michaela Quinn, MD, a Psychologist at

National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, MD

says, ―This will be a tremendous advantage that

other services don‘t allow. We have to be a little

softer now days. This is, after all, the kinder,

gentler Navy we want and need. There will be

naysayers out there but they didn‘t have to live

through today‘s stressors. I wish I could have

brought Mr. Sprinkles on my first ship, I would

probably be an Admiral by now!‖

Eventually Ross won his case to bring his

gerbil but not before it died just one week before

he set off to sea. Since then Ross has started a

relationship with a local erotic dancer named

"Sapphire" who he says "provides me with all the

support I need. She says she will wait for me to

come back and we can get married. For now, I

have let her drive my Mustang and put her on my

lease to my apartment. She really is a blessing!"

This case has set a president which spurred

the creation of a new instruction to be drafted to

allow emotional support animals on select Navy

vessels. The official release is set for early 2019

and initial drafts stating stipulations on the size a

type of animal to be allowed. Sailors (not Marines)

E-7 and above will be allowed dogs under 50

pounds and cats of any size. E-6 and below will

only be allowed "cageable" rodents such as

hamsters, gerbils and guinea pigs. Strictly

prohibited are snakes and other reptiles and birds

of any kind. All Sailors will be required to seek a

letter for approval from a psychologist and is

limited in number allowed onboard and all animals

must wear an Emotional Support Vest at all times.

Navy Crimes will bring you more as information

becomes more readily available. Stay tuned to

your most trusted Navy news site on Facebook,

Navy Crimes

Did you really read this all the way to the end?

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Ted Williams & John Glenn..................

Additional amazing stats: Ted Williams

averaged 42 home runs in his career. His military

service in 2 wars cost him 8 years his major

league years' prime. That 42 home run average in

8 years totals 336 homers. His career home run

totals were 521. Add that to his career homers & it

is easily argued that he could have had more

homers---many more homers---than Barry Bonds'

762.

The Boston Red Sox slugger who wore No. 9

as a major leaguer, was assigned to an F-9

Panther jet as a pilot. Ted flew a total of 39

combat missions in Korea . He was selected by

his commander John Glenn (later the astronaut,

senator, and 'septuagenonaut') to fly as Glenn's

wingman.

While flying an air strike on a troop

encampment near Kyomipo, Williams' F-9 was hit

by hostile ground fire. Ted commented later: "The

funny thing was I didn't feel anything. I knew I was

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hit when the stick started shaking like mad in my

hands. Then everything went out, my radio, my

landing gear, everything. The red warning lights

went on all over the plane." The F-9 Panther had

a centrifugal flow engine and normally caught fire

when hit. The tail would literally blow off most

stricken aircraft. The standard orders were to eject

from any Panther with a fire in the rear of the

plane. Ted's aircraft was indeed on fire, and was

trailing smoke and flames. Glenn and the other

pilots on the mission were yelling over their radios

for Williams to get out.

However, with his radio out, Williams could not

hear their warnings and he could not see the

condition of the rear of his aircraft. Glenn and

another Panther flown by Larry Hawkins came up

alongside Williams and lead him to the nearest

friendly airfield. Fighting to hold the plane

together, Ted brought his Panther in at more than

200-MPH for a crash landing on the Marsden-

matted strip. With no landing gear, dive brakes, or

functioning flaps, the flaming Panther jet skidded

down the runway for more than 3000 feet.

Williams got out of the aircraft only moments

before it was totally engulfed in flames. Ted

Williams survived his tour of duty in Korea and

returned to major league baseball.

Pssst: Ted missed out flying combat missions

during WW II, because his flying and gunnery

skills were so good that he was kept as an

instructor for much of the War. During advanced

training at Pensacola, Florida Ted would

accurately shoot the sleeve targets to shreds

while shooting out of wing-overs, zooms, and

barrel rolls. He broke the all-time record for 'hits'

at the school.

Following Pensacola, Ted was sent to

Jacksonville for advanced gunnery training. This

is the payoff test for potential combat pilots. Ted

set all the records for reflexes, coordination, and

visual reaction time. As a result of his stunning

success he was made an instructor at Bronson

field to put Marine aviation cadets through their

final paces.

By 1945 Ted got his wish and was finally

transferred to a combat wing, but weeks later the

War was over. He was discharged from the

military in December of 1945. Seven years later,

in December of 1952, Ted was recalled to active

duty as a Marine Corps fighter pilot.

Semper Fi

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Buying a Watch in 1880 Great Story

DID YOU KNOW?

If you were in the market for a watch in

1880, would you know where to get one? You

would go to a store, right?

Well, of course you could do that, but if

you wanted one that was cheaper and a bit better

than most of the store watches, you went to the

train station!

Sound a bit funny?

Well, for about 500 towns across the northern

United States, that's where the best watches were

found.

Why were the best watches found at the train

station?

The railroad company wasn't selling the

watches, not at all. The telegraph operator was.

Most of the time the telegraph operator was

located in the railroad station because the

telegraph lines followed the railroad tracks from

town to town.

It was usually the shortest distance and the

right-of-way had already been secured for the rail

line.

Most of the station agents were also skilled

telegraph operators and it was the primary way

they

communicated with the railroad.

They would know when trains left the previous

station and when they were due at their

next station.

And it was the telegraph operator who had the

watches.

As a matter of fact, they sold more of them

than almost all the stores combined for a period of

about 9 years.

This was all arranged by "Richard", who was a

telegraph operator himself. He was on duty in the

North Redwood, Minnesota train station one

day when a load of watches arrived from the East.

It was a huge crate of pocket watches. No one

ever came to claim them.

So Richard sent a telegram to the

manufacturer and asked them what they wanted

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to do with the watches.

The manufacturer didn't want to pay the freight

back, so they wired Richard to see if he could sell

them.

So Richard did.

He sent a wire to every agent in the system

asking them if they wanted a cheap, but good,

pocket watch.

He sold the entire case in less than two days

and at a handsome profit.

That started it all.

He ordered more watches from the watch

company and encouraged the telegraph operators

to set up a display case in the station offering high

quality watches for a cheap price to all the

travelers.

It worked!

It didn't take long for the word to spread and,

before long, people other than travelers came to

the train station to buy watches.

Richard became so busy that he had to hire a

professional watch maker to help him with the

orders.

That was 'Alvah'.

And the rest, as they say, is history

The business took off and soon expanded to

many other lines of dry goods. Richard and Alvah

left the train station and moved their company to

Chicago -- and it's still there.

YES, IT'S A LITTLE KNOWN FACT that for a

while in the 1880's, the biggest watch retailer in

the country was at the train station.

It all started with a telegraph operator:

Richard Sears and then his partner Alvah

Roebuck !

Bet You Didn't Know That!

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The Attack of the Turtle, America‘s First-And

Most Unusual-Submarine

Lee Ferran, Real Clear Life, September 7

Just a few weeks after the new United States

of America declared its independence in 1776, a

thunderous explosion shattered the peaceful

dawn morning just outside New York‘s harbor and

sent a geyser of water into the sky, seemingly out

of nowhere.

As British troops scurried about trying to figure

out what the hell was going on, some Americans

who had been secretly watching and waiting tried

to contain tight smiles. The insane plan had

worked.

Kind of.

The explosion was the result of the first

submarine attack in American history, one

undertaken by a particularly unlucky colonial

sergeant at the helm of what was lovingly called

the Turtle – a one man, man-powered submarine

shaped like an egg.

The Turtle was, according to the U.S. Navy‘s

history, the invention of Yale undergraduate

student David Bushnell and combined several

submersible firsts – namely the use of water for

ballast, screw propellers, a breathing device and,

most importantly for its attack missions, a

gunpowder-filled time bomb.

―The skilful [sic] operator can swim so low on

the surface of the water, as to approach very near

a ship in the night, without fear of being

discovered; and may, if he choose, approach the

stern or stem, above water, with very little danger.

He can sink very quickly, keep at any necessary

depth, and row a great distance in any direction

he desires without coming to the surface,‖ a 1778

military journal notes of the Turtle.

The idea — a novel one at the time — was to

sneak underwater to the hull of a ship, bore into it

a bit with a screw, place the time-bomb and then

slip off again into the depths before anyone was

the wiser.

Despite its novelty, another military journal

report says that the machine was ―so ingeniously

constructed, that, on examination, [Continental

Army] Major-General Putnam was decidedly of

opinion that its operations might be attended with

the desired success; accordingly he encouraged

the inventor, and resolved to be himself a

spectator of the experiment on the British shipping

in New York harbor.‖

So, on Sept. 7, 1776 — 242 years ago today

— the Turtle went on its first attack mission.

One problem arose before the submarine took

to the water. The man who had been trained in

using it, described in contemporary military

journals as Bushnell‘s brother and an ―ingenious‖

operator, fell sick and had to be replaced. The

new man, a sergeant from a Connecticut

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regiment, was trained as quickly as possible in the

complex operation of the machine, but he wasn‘t

able to master the odd contraption as well.

Still, before dawn he descended into the Turtle

and slipped with the contraption underwater. An

October 1776 entry in the military journal of

James Thatcher, tells what happened next:

―He… succeeded so far as to arrive in safety

with his apparatus under the bottom of the ship,

when the screw, designed to perforate the copper

sheathing, unfortunately struck against an iron

plate, near the rudder, which, with the strong

current and want of skill in the operator, frustrated

the enterprise; and, as day-light had begun to

appear, the sergeant abandoned his magazine,

and returned in the Torpedo [another name for the

Turtle] to the shore,‖ it says.

Another, more detailed account said that as

the sergeant made his escape, he thought he had

been spotted by British soldiers has he passed by

Governors Island, a tiny spit of land just south of

Manhattan. In order to pick up some speed, the

man released the still-armed time bomb, which

presumably sank to the bottom.

A few minutes later, boom.

―In less than half an hour a terrible explosion

from the magazine took place, and threw into the

air a prodigious column of water, resembling a

great water-spout, attended with a report like

thunder,‖ the 1776 journal says. ―General Putnam

and others, who waited with great anxiety for the

result, were exceedingly amused with the

astonishment and alarm which this secret

explosion occasioned on board of the ship.‖

The attack was a failure, but the men involved

quickly determined that it was not the fault of the

―wonderful machine.‖

The military journals go on to say the Bushnell

made further attempts at submarine combat, with

varying results. But the contraption he had built

was described as — appropriately for the time —

revolutionary.

The Navy says that when looking back on the

war, George Washington wrote to Thomas

Jefferson in 1785 that he thought that the Turtle

was too complicated and dangerous to be a

practical weapon of war.

However, he said, ―I then thought, and still

think, that it was an effort of genius.‖

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Submitted by Don Ransel, MMCS(SS) B 83-86,

USSVI Pocono Base

Whether or not this actually happened is not all

that important! What is important is a message for

us all!

An Unexpected Event

This past week I was on a four and a half hour,

nonstop flight from Seattle, Washington, to

Atlanta, Georgia. In all my years of traveling, I

have learned that each time a plane has the

opportunity to stop, there is potential for

unexpected challenges. Flight delays, weather

and airline crews can create unanticipated

challenges on any trip. Therefore, I always try to

fly nonstop between my destinations.

About an hour into this particular flight, the

Captain's voice rang over the intercom. He asked

if there was a physician or nurse on the plane. If

so, he asked them to identify themselves by

ringing the flight attendant call button beside their

seat.

I listened carefully but heard no one ring their

bell. I immediately began to wonder what was

happening.

In a few minutes the Captain informed us that

there was a medical emergency on board and

asked again if there was a physician or a nurse

who could help.

When there was no response, we were told

that we were going to make an emergency stop in

Denver, Colorado. He apologized but told us that

there would be a medical emergency team waiting

to meet us at the gate and that we would probably

only be delayed by about thirty minutes. Though it

was necessary, we knew we would all be

inconvenienced by the extra stop.

About half an hour later, we landed at Denver

International Airport and the medical crew

immediately came on board. However, everything

took longer than had previously been expected.

An elderly gentleman, about 95 years old,

had suddenly taken ill. It was not clear whether he

had experience a stroke or heart attack.

Even after the gentleman was carried off of the

plane, we still sat there for quite a while. The

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original "short" stop turned into about an hour and

a half.

When we finally pushed back from the gate

and were in the air, the pilot apologized profusely

for the unavoidable delay. He said that since the

stop had taken longer than expected, those

passengers who needed to make connections in

Atlanta would miss their flights but would

automatically be booked on the next flight out.

You could almost hear the moans and groans

throughout the airplane of everyone who was

being inconvenienced by the unexpected

stop. Then the pilot did one of the classiest things

I have personally ever seen or heard anyone do.

He spoke into the intercom and said, "Ladies

and gentlemen, I thought you might be interested

in one bit of information. The elderly gentleman

who was taken off the plane was a Marine in

WWII. I am holding in my hand a copy of the

Congressional Medal of Honor that was awarded

to him and signed by President Harry Truman in

1945."

The pilot went on to say, "I realize that we

have all been inconvenienced today. However, in

light of the fact that this gentleman was a war

hero, and was inconvenienced for four years of

his life in order that we might experience the

freedoms that we enjoy today, I thought you all

should know that."

Immediately the airplane was filled with

applause. Everyone was cheering and so pleased

to know that the gentleman had been cared for in

a way that was fitting and appropriate.

As we continued to fly, I thought to myself,

"Isn't that interesting?

We were concerned that we were

inconvenienced for a couple of hours and yet, this

gentleman's entire life was interrupted and

inconvenienced for over four years while he went

and fought in a war to protect the freedoms and

values that we love and hold dear in this country

today."

I breathed a prayer for the gentleman and

asked God to bless him for all he had done to

help us understand what freedom is all about. Ne

Oublie!

"History does not entrust the care of freedom

to the weak or timid." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Submitted by a SUBVET shipmate…is this a true

story? Not sure but it will make you think…

PIANO LESSONS

At the prodding of my friends I am writing this

story. My name is Mildred Honor. I am a former

elementary school Music Teacher from Des

Moines, Iowa.

I have always supplemented my income by

teaching piano lessons....something I have done

for over 30 years. During those years, I found that

children have many levels of musical ability, and

even though I have never had the prodigy, I have

taught some very talented students. However, I

have also had my share of what I call 'Musically

Challenged Pupils‘.

One such pupil being Robby. Robby was 11

years old when his mother (a single mom)

dropped him off for his first Piano Lesson.

I prefer that students (especially boys) begin at

an earlier age, which I explained to Robby. But

Robby said that it had always been his mother's

dream to hear him play the piano, so I took him as

a student.

At the end of each weekly lesson he would

always say 'My Mom's going to hear me play

someday.' But to me, it seemed hopeless; he just

did not have any inborn ability. I only knew his

Mother from a distance as she dropped Robby off

or waited in her aged car to pick him up. She

always waved and smiled, but never dropped in.

Then one day Robby stopped coming for his

lessons. I thought about calling him, but assumed

that because of his lack of ability he had decided

to pursue something else. I was also glad that he

had stopped coming. He was a bad advertisement

for my teaching!

Several weeks later I mailed a flyer recital to

the students' homes. To my surprise, Robby (who

had received a flyer) asked if he could be in the

Recital. I told him that the Recital was for current

pupils and that because he had dropped out, he

really did not qualify.

He told me that his Mother had been sick and

unable to take him to his piano lessons, but that

he had been practicing. 'Please Miss Honor, I've

just got to play,' he insisted. I don't know what led

me to allow him to play in the Recital - perhaps it

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was his insistence or maybe something inside of

me saying that it would be all right.

The night of the Recital came and the high

school gymnasium was packed. I put Robby last

in the program, just before I was to come up and

thank all the Students and play a finishing piece. I

thought that any damage he might do would come

at the end of the program and I could always

salvage his poor performance through my 'Curtain

Closer'.

The Recital went off without a hitch, the

Students had been practicing and it showed. Then

Robby came up on the stage. His clothes were

wrinkled and his hair looked as though he had run

an egg beater through it. 'Why wasn't he dressed

up like the other Students?' I thought. 'Why didn't

his Mother at least make him comb his hair for this

special night?'

Robby pulled out the piano bench, and I was

surprised when he announced that he had chosen

to play Mozart's Concerto No.21 in C Major. I was

not prepared for what I heard next. His fingers

were light on the keys; they even danced nimbly

on the ivories. He went from Pianissimo to

Fortissimo, from Allegro to Virtuoso; his

suspended chords that Mozart demands were

magnificent! Never had I heard Mozart played so

well by anyone his age.

After six and a half minutes, he ended in a

Grand Crescendo, and everyone was on their feet

in wild applause!!! Overcome and in tears, I ran

up on stage and put my arms around Robby in

joy.

'I have never heard you play like that Robby,

how did you do it? Through the microphone

Robby explained: 'Well, Miss Honor, remember I

told you that my Mom was sick? Well, she

actually had cancer and passed away this

morning. And well... she was born deaf,

so tonight was the first time she had ever heard

me play, and I wanted to make it special.'

There wasn't a dry eye in the house that

evening. As people from Social Services led

Robby from the stage to be placed in to foster

care, I noticed that even their eyes were red and

puffy. I thought to myself then how much richer

my life had been for taking Robby as my pupil.

No, I have never had a Prodigy, but that night I

became a Prodigy... of Robby. He was the

teacher and I was the pupil, for he had taught me

the meaning of perseverance and love and

believing in yourself, and may be even taking a

chance on someone and you didn't know why.

Robby was killed years later in the senseless

bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building

in Oklahoma City in April, 1995.

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Restoring Your Computer

to an Earlier Time/State

By Tom Krauser

Introduction

There are times when you computer is acting

strangely after something has been installed or

maybe you had some malicious code installed

that is causing your computer to perform

abnormally. In the event you feel you computer

has suddenly doing something abnormal and you

want to revert to a state before the abnormal

behavior started, you can use a Restore Point to

take your computer back to that point in time

before the abnormal behavior started.

Restore Points

Restore Points are used by the system to store

the ―System State‖ of the computer at a selected

time. These Restore Points are normally created

―automatically‖ when certain changes to the

system occur such as a major update to Windows.

They can also be created ―manually‖ by the user

to store the System State when you know the

computer is operating ―normally‖. Restore Points

have been around since Windows XP but I have

found that you cannot always rely on them to

restore the system correctly and I have had the

―Restore‖ process not complete successfully

many times.

System Restore does not restore user data or

documents so the user‘s data or documents will

not be overwritten by a System Restore. Also,

System Restore cannot be used to try to recover

user data or documents that have been deleted or

disappeared for some reason. If user files have

been deleted accidently then there are programs

that can recover deleted files. System Restore is

also made available in System Recovery Mode or

in Safe Mode in case the user is unable to log in

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to imitate a System Restore.

Rather than taking a lot of space discussing

System Restore I will provide some links to

articles which do a much better job than I can.

The following link from Microsoft discusses

System Restore: https://docs.microsoft.com/

en-us/windows/desktop/sr/about-system-

restore

The following link from HP walks the user

through the Restore process: https://

support.hp.com/ee-en/document/c03327545

The following link from Windows Central

discusses System Restore on Windows 10:

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-use-

system-restore-windows-10

The following link from Toms‘s Hardware:

http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-

2866655/restore-windows-earlier-restore-

point.html

THIS WAS FLORENCE

THIS ONE SOUNDS LIKE A BUBBLEHEAD WROTE IT

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Andress Jay & Barbara MMCS B 72-77 7 13

Ballard Danny & Arlene FTB2 B 86-89 4 4

Birmingham George & Connie ET1 G 69-74 8 8

Blevins Jerry LT B 76-79 5 5

Boehme Charles ETN2 G 67-69 4 10

Boyle BJ & Barbara MT2 B 65-66 Plank 1 1

Bradish Tom & Judy MM1 B 74-77 6 -

Cellmer Terry & Judy MM2 G 67-69 5 9

Cooper Doug TM2 B 71-74 2 2

Dean Jack MM3 G 73-75 4 4

Duffy Phil & Bernice ETR1 G 68-70 2 8

Glaub John & Gretchen MM2 B 71-74 3 3

Graham Ron & Cindy MM2 G 68-71 6 6

Hladik Chuck & Joyce TM2 G 67-70 6 6

Hladik Dennis & Peggy Guest Guest - -

Huckeba David & Karen MM1 B 71-75 5 14

Kilburn Kevin & Marsha MTCM G 84-87 3 14

Kind Robert MM2 G 76-80 6 9

Knight Bob & Debbie TM2 G 66-70/B 71-75 9 9

Krauser Tom & Marie MM1 B 72-74 3 3

Kreul Ray & Rita TM2 G 65-69 Plank 5 8

Lawson Tom & Suzanne FTCS G 80-81 COB 4 11

Lindley Bill & Joan TM2 G 70-75 5 -

Long Gordon RM2 G 81-85 4 4

Mauk Elam & Angie EMCM B 65-69 COB 66-68 3 7

McMasters Terry & Donna MM1 B 75-78 6 6

Meigs Ken & Diane ETR2 G 65-70 Plank 7 7

Morris Jake LT G 66-69 Plank 5 5

Muth Joe LT G 82; B 85-86 2 3

Natarajan Shridar LT B 83-86

Nichols Nick & Linda TM1/ FTCS GB 70-75 / B 85-89 COB 14 20

Novic Stehen FTB1 G 66-70 Plank 6 18

Ort Don & Donna MM1 G/B 69-74 7 10

Owen Gary MT2 G 70-75 6 6

Penning Stan & Stevie Ames TM3 G 65-68 Plank 2 2

Post Keith Hononary Member - -

Rada Elliott TMSN G 65-67 Plank 1 2

Reed Alan & Linda ET2 G 68-71 6 9

Sanderson James FTB2 B 83-86 4 4

Schlins Mike & Rochelle QM2 G 67-70 6 6

Schmidt Jim & Joella MM1 B 75-77 2 -

Shirley Jim & Dawn ETC G 90-93 DECOMM 4 11

Stracke Michael TM2 G 65-70 Plank 6 14

Testa Ron & Linda ETN2 B/G 70-73 2 9+

Vanicek Errol ETC G 65-67 Plank 1 5

Violette Dave & Beth MM1 B 73-76 6 6

Walsh Alan 'Al' MM1 B 75-77 5 7

Weisser Monte MT2 G/B 70-74 5 5

Wilson Bill ET1 B 85-89 8 14

Young Dick & Debbie SN G 70-71 2 2

223 320

The following are registered to attend the 10th Stimson Crew Reunion Patrols

655 Total