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Bright Penny T H E BRIGHT PENNY October 2009 A NEWSLETTER FOR MEMBERS OF THE USS BERKELEY (DDG-15) ASSOCIATION Course is set for the Denver Reunion The 2010 reunion in Denver, Colorado will take Captain David Schnell is a native of place August 19th through Scottsdale, Arizona, and a 1983 In the Spotlight 22nd and the Brown Palace/ graduate of Bemidji State University in Comfort Inn will be our Northern Minnesota, where he received host hotel. Rooms will be a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political available in the Comfort Science. He attended Officer Candidate Inn and all our activities School in Newport, Rhode Island, and will be held in the historic was commissioned an Ensign in the Brown Palace Hotel. The United States Navy in 1985. hotel is located in downtown Denver about 24 Captain Schnell’s previous sea tours miles from the airport. A super shuttle and included duty as Missiles Officer and cab service is available from the airport. The Combat Information Center Officer in Sixteenth Street Pedestrian Mall which USS BERKELEY (DDG 15), Combat contains many restaurants and shops is only a Information Center Officer in USS block away. The hotel is close to the Denver TARAWA (LHA 1), Operations Officer in Mint and within walking distance of the city’s USS CALLAGHAN (DDG 994), and Executive Officer in USS VINCENNES finest restaurants and other attractions. (CG 49) forward deployed to Yokosuka The price for a standard room with a queen Japan. bed is $99 per night plus applicable taxes. His early shore duties included Flag There are other rooms, including a deluxe Lieutenant to the Commander of corner king which is $119 per night, available Amphibious Group THREE. With the at a higher rate. Darrell Delimont previewed outbreak of hostilities in the Middle the rooms, and found them to be spacious and East, Amphibious Group THREE well furnished including a large screen TV. deployed to the Arabian Gulf as overall Captain David E. Schnell Free internet access is also available in the commander for the Pacific Amphibious rooms. A complimentary breakfast is Task Force. During the next eight On January 24, 2003, Captain Schnell available each morning and includes eggs, months, Captain Schnell participated in became the eleventh Commanding bacon/sausage, potatoes, pancakes/French Operations DESERT SHIELD and Officer of USS FORD (FFG 54), a U.S. toast/waffles, fruit, pastries & muffins, cereal, DESERT STORM in the Arabian Gulf, Navy guided missile frigate home ported yogurt, coffee and juices. Attendees can Operation SEA ANGEL in Bangladesh, in Everett, Washington. During this tour, extend their stay for up to three days before or and Operation FIERY VIGIL in the he conducted a 6-month overseas after the reunion dates for the special reunion Philippines. Additional shore deployment with the JOHN C. STENNIS rate. Due to a “total room nights” requirement assignments included the U. S. Army’s Aircraft Carrier Strike Group. In imposed by the hotel, we have initially Command and General Staff College in December of 2004 he reported to the committed to thirty rooms, and therefore Fort Leavenworth, Kansas where policy division of the Joint Chiefs of Staff encourage you to book early so that rooms will Captain Schnell received joint military where he served as the Executive be available. We are not limited to thirty training and earned a Master’s Degree Assistant to the Director for the War on rooms, but rooms in excess of that number will in Business Management from Saint Terrorism. Following that assignment, he be on an as available basis. Mary College, and the Armed Forces served on the staff of the Chief of Naval We plan to offer at least two or three tours Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia, for Operations in DEEP BLUE from which we will book in advance. A list of advanced joint military training. November of 2006 to August of 2007. potential tours will be posted at the web site by In June of 1999, Captain Schnell Captain Schnell assumed Executive the end of November, and we encourage you reported as the Surface Operations Officer of USS PELELIU (LHA 5) on to visit the site and cast a vote for your top two Officer to the staff of the Commander, January 11, 2008 and will fleet up to choices. This will help the reunion committee U.S. Naval Forces Central Command in Commanding Officer of USS PELELIU in determine which tours to make available in the Bahrain. During three years in the the summer of 2009. His personal reunion packets that will be sent out to active Middle East, he helped to coordinate decorations include the Defense members and all other shipmates that express naval efforts in support of Operation Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious interest in joining us in Denver. SOUTHERN WATCH, Operation Service Medal (with two Gold Stars), Emails will be sent to members in early 2010 DETERMINED EFFORT following the Joint Service Commendation Medal, once most of the details have been worked out, attack on USS COLE, and Operation Navy Commendation Medal (with three so please ensure we have your current email ENDURING FREEDOM following the Gold Stars), Navy Achievement Medal, address on record. This information will also attacks in Washington, DC and New and various service and campaign be available at the web site, and will be York City. awards. updated periodically, so check back often! The Bright Penny - October 2009 Page 2 What a crazy summer here USS BERKELEY ASSOCIATION From the 5553 Makati Circle in Portland, Oregon record Quarterdeck San Jose, CA 95123 breaking hot and cold 408-656-3879 weather, haunted us. By Debbie and I are running E Mail: [email protected] CDR Jim Barrett Website: www.USSBerkeley.com around like chickens with Annual Dues: $20.00 their heads cut off, volunteering at church and Director: Al Meier Jim Sundahl Navy’s new pirate catcher Asst. Director: Dale Johnson a community center, with A couple of these should be able to easily Secretary: Pat Clark & Tammy Meier little time to do anything else. Who says Al Meier retirement is when you relax and do nothing, clean all the pirates out of the Indian Treasurer: Gerald Hansen Ocean…USS Independence (LCS-2). A Membership Committee Chairman: Al Meier we don’t have time to slow down to even Triple Hulled, Weapon-Laden Monster. Regional Chairmen: smell the coffee. Northeast: Duane LeDoux It reminds me of our boys and girls in the all We've been hearing rumblings about the Southeast: Randy Wilkins volunteer United States Armed Forces on call U.S. Navy's triple-hulled ships, but here's North Central: Larry Norris to do the pleasure of the people of our fine one that was launched recently, the South Central: Don Carson country, never ever having much time to be USS Independence .. Built by General Northwest: Vacant with loved ones. A young man I know from Dynamics, it's called a "littoral combat Southwest: Vacant the U.S. Army’s Styrker forces out of ship" (LCS), and the trimaran can move Ship’s Store Mgr: Gerald Hansen Tacoma, Washington is on his third huge weapons around faster than any ship Bright Penny Editor: Jim Sundahl deployment. He hasn’t stopped since he in the Navy. Ironic that with all that high Newsletter Publisher: Jim Barrett enlisted four years ago. He married just tech built in, the ship reminds us of the Webmaster: Jim Barrett before his deployment and I hope his wife Merrimac ironclad from Civil War days. ACVA Representative: Vacant knows what their life will be like in the new Littoral means close to shore, and that's volunteer Army. Pray for our kids in the where these fleet-hulled ships will operate, Armed Forces and their families. Berkeley History On the lighter side of things the mile high tailor-made for launching helicopters city is calling you folks for a fun time at the and armored vehicles, sweeping mines and October firing all manner of torpedoes, missiles and reunion. I lived in Colorado for many years 40 Years Ago, 1969 and it is a beautiful state, air is thin and most machine guns. places clean and crisp. I got nose bleeds the These ships were designed to be relatively 01-23 SQT; 24-26, In port San Diego; first few weeks I lived there when I first got inexpensive this one's a bargain at $208 27-31, Refresher Training San Diego. out of bed. So get up slowly (chuckle) or million and the navy plans to build 55 of Commanding Officer is CDR J.F. Frost have a bloody good time. Those driving there them. III. make sure your vehicle is good shape brake 30 Years Ago, 1979 and transmission wise, lot of mountain passes and steep grades. 01-02, In transit to Subic Bay, RP; 03- Reading the USS Gridley (DLG-21) letters 12, In transit to Yokosuka, Japan - South from the back page really brightened my day. China Sea ops. 13-21, Inport Yokosuka, Hope you remember the rule at sea in heavy Japan; 22-31, Underway ops with USS weather don’t sit in the first john as you come Kitty Hawk (CV-63), South China Sea. in the hatch that was reserved for the guys that are seasick. One day after a VERTREP Commanding Officer is CDR K.R. we had a long waited mail call but the seas Sydow. were really rolling and if you were forward 20 Years Ago, 1989 you could knock your head on the overhead This trimaran is the first of the new fire- and get slammed to deck on your return breathing breed, ready to scoot out of dry 01-30, Underway: PacEx-89, Seal Oper- flight.
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