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2017 CORPORATE MEMBER DAY’S SPONSORS BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. GENERAL DYNAMICS ELECTRIC BOAT GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS L-3 TECHNOLOGIES, INC. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING A DIVISION OF HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES NORTHROP GRUMMAN NAVIGATION & MARITIME SYSTEMS DIVISION RAYTHEON–INTEGRATED DEFENSE SYSTEMS APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORY—PENN STATE BATTELLE LEONARDO DRS TECHNOLOGIES PROGENY SYSTEMS CORPORATION TREADWELL CORPORATION ULTRA ELECTRONICS 3 PHOENIX XATOR CORPORATION ADVANCED ACOUSTIC CONCEPTS, LLC ALION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CEPEDA ASSOCIATES, INC. CUNICO CORPORATION & DYNAMIC CONTROLS, LTD HII TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS IN-DEPTH ENGINEERING CORPORATION OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL, INC. PACIFIC FLEET SUBMARINE MEMORIAL ASSOC., INC. SARGENT AEROSPACE & DEFENSE SONALYSTS, INC. SYSTEMS PLANNING AND ANALYSIS, INC. ULTRA ELECTRONICS OCEAN SYSTEMS AGENDA TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 2017 GENERAL SESSIONS SALONS 5-8 1330 NSL Chairman’s Remarks —ADM Kirk H. Donald, USN, Ret. 1340 VADM Joseph E. Tofalo, USN, Commander, COMSUBLANT 1420 RADM Frederick J. ‘Fritz’ Roegge, USN, Commander, COMSUBPAC 1500 Break - Grand Foyer 1515 RADM (Sel) William R. Merz, USN, Director, Undersea Warfare 1600 Corporate Anniversary Award Presentations 1615 Break – Grand Foyer 1630 RADM Michael E. Jabaley, USN, PEO Submarines 1710 VADM David C. Johnson, USN Principal Military Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (RDA) 1750 Break – Grand Foyer 1800 ADM James F. Caldwell, Jr., USN, Director, Naval Reactors EVENING RECEPTION SALONS 1-4 1900 - 2200 Reception WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2017 CORPORATE MEMBER BREAKFAST SALONS 5-8 0700 Corporate Members Breakfast 0730 Introduction – ADM Kirk H. Donald, USN, Ret., NSL Chairman Speaker: RADM Dietrich H. Kuhlmann III, USN Director, Programming Division (OPNAV N80) 0815 Speaker: Dr. Eric J. Labs, Congressional Budget Office 0900 Closing Remarks by ADM Kirk H. Donald, USN, Ret., NSL Chairman 2017 CORPORATE MEMBER ANNIVERSARIES 20 YEARS UTC Aerospace Systems 15 YEARS Business Resources, Inc. Nord-Lock/Superbolt Pacific Fleet Submarine Memorial Association, Inc. 10 YEARS Cunico Corporation & Dynamic Controls, Ltd. Imes Oceaneering International, Inc. XATOR Corporation VICE ADMIRAL JOSEPH E. TOFALO, USN COMMANDER, SUBMARINE FORCES Vice Admiral Joe Tofalo grew up in upstate New York and graduated with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. He also holds a Mas- ter of Science in Engineering Management from Catholic University of America. His father was a 35- year career naval officer, and his mother a Navy WAVE, one of the first enlisted women in the Navy. A career submarine officer, his at-sea assignments include: USS Flasher; USS Michigan; and USS Montpelier. His at-sea command assignments were as commanding officer, USS Maine, and Com- mander, Submarine Squadron 3. Staff assignments include: three assignments on Commander, Submarine Forces staff; two assign- ments on Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces staff; four assignments on the Chief of Naval Operations staff; U.S. Joint Forces Command; and the Joint Staff. Selected for rear admiral in December 2009, his first flag assignment was as Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Global Force Management and Joint Operations, U.S. Fleet Forces Command. In August 2011, he relieved as Commander, Submarine Group 10, and in December 2013 as Director, Undersea Warfare on the Chief of Naval Operations staff in the Pentagon. Admiral Tofalo assumed his current duties in September 2015. As Commander, Submarine Forces he is the Undersea Domain lead, and is responsible for the submarine forces strategic vision. As Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic he commands all Atlantic-based U.S. submarines, their crews, and supporting shore activities. These responsibilities also include duties as Com- mander Task Force (CTF) 144, CTF 84 and CTF 46. As Commander, Allied Submarine Command, he acts as the principal strate- gic advisor to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Strategic Commanders on submarine related issues. REAR ADMIRAL FREDERICK J. “FRITZ” ROEGGE, USN COMMANDER, SUBMARINE FORCE, U.S. PACIFIC FLEET Rear Admiral Fritz Roegge is an honors graduate of the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and was commissioned through the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. He earned a Master of Science in Engineering Management from the Catholic Uni- versity of America and a Master of Arts with highest distinction in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. He was a Fellow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Seminar XXI program. His sea tours include USS Whale (SSN 638), USS Florida (SSBN 728) (Blue), USS Key West (SSN 722), and command of USS Connecticut (SSN 22). His major command tour was as commo- dore of Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) 22 with additional duty as commanding officer, Naval Sup- port Activity La Maddalena, Italy. Ashore, he has served on the staffs of both the Atlantic and the Pacific Submarine Force com- manders; on the staff of the director of Naval Nuclear Propulsion (NAVSEA 08); on the Navy Staff in the Assessments Division (N81) and Military Personnel Plans and Policy Division (N13); in the Secretary of the Navy's Office of Legislative Affairs; as the head of the Submarine and Nuclear Power Distribution Division (PERS 42) at the Navy Personnel Com- mand (NPC), and as an assistant deputy director in both the Strategy and Policy (J5) and the Regional Operations (J33) Direc- torates on the Joint Staff. Admiral Roegge completed his first flag officer assignment as the deputy commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Global Strike at U.S. Strategic Command. He then served concurrently as commander, Submarine Group 8; commander sub- marines, Allied Naval Forces South; deputy commander, 6th Fleet; and director of Operations and Intelligence (N3), U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa. Most recently he served as director, Military Personnel Plans and Policy Division (N13) with a concurrent period as director, Total Force Manpower Division (N12) on the Navy Staff. REAR ADMIRAL WILLIAM R. MERZ, USN DIRECTOR, UNDERSEA WARFARE N97 Rear Admiral Bill Merz, a native of San Diego, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering. He subsequently earned master’s degrees from The Catholic University of America and the U.S. Naval War College. Admiral Merz qualified submarines and served as a junior officer on USS Haddo (SSN 604). He served as engineer officer on USS Boise (SSN 764) and as radiological controls officer on USS Proteus (AS 19). He commanded the deep submergence vessel (DSV) “Submarine NR-1”, USS Memphis (SSN 691) and Submarine Development Squadron (DEVRON) 12. In his first flag assignment he served as commander, Naval Mine & Anti-Submarine Warfare Com- mand (NMAWC) and commander, Task Force 77 in San Diego. Ashore, he conducted submarine de- sign research in Carderock, Maryland, completed two tours in the Pentagon as a budget programmer on both the Navy and joint staffs, served as head of the Naval Reactors’ “Line Locker” and as chief-of- staff for Commander, Submarine Forces Atlantic, Commander, Task Force 144. In March 2015 he assumed his duties as commander, Submarine Group 7 and commander, Task Force 74 in Yokosuka, Japan, and commander, Task Force 54 in Bahrain. His teams were responsible for undersea operations in both the U.S. Central and U.S. Pacific Commands, a combined area that spans from the International Dateline to the Suez Canal. Admiral Merz is currently the Director, Undersea Warfare Division (N97) in Washington, D.C., and is responsible for the plan- ning, programming and budgeting for acquisition, operational readiness and modernization of the submarine force and its support. He has completed nine overseas deployments in support of U.S., Joint and Coalition submarine operations in the Pacific Com- mand, European Command, Central Command and Africa Command. The crews he served with collectively earned six unit awards, five Battle “E”s and the Atlantic Fleet’s Battenberg Cup. REAR ADMIRAL MICHAEL E. JABALEY, USN PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR SUBMARINES A native of Jackson, Mississippi, Rear Admiral Michael Jabaley graduated with high honors from Van- derbilt University in 1984 with Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science, and was com- missioned via Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island. Admiral Jabaley holds a master’s degree in engineering administration from Virginia Tech, a master’s degree in business administration from the Naval Postgraduate School, and is a graduate of the Command and Staff Course of the Naval War College and of the Joint and Command Staff Officer School of the Armed Forces Staff College (National Defense University). Admiral Jabaley’s sea tours include assignments aboard USS Drum (SSN 677), USS Ohio (SSBN 726), USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705) and command of USS Louisville (SSN 724) from May 2002 to Au- gust 2004. On shore, Admiral Jabaley has served on the staff of commander, Submarine Group 8 in Naples, Italy; as a technical assistant to the director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion; on the staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as an operations officer in nuclear operations; as senior inspector of the Tactical Readiness Evaluation Team and Force Navigator on the staff of commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet; and as deputy commander, Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) 1 in Pearl Harbor. Admiral Jabaley served in the Virginia Class