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Issue #909 December 1992 A sub overview 1 il Acting Secretary of the Navy Sean O’Keefe Chief of Naval Operations ADM Frank B. KelsoII Chief of Information RADM Kendell Pease CO Navy Internal Relations Activity CAPT Jolene Keefer X0 Navy Internal Relations Activity MAGAZINE OF THE U.S. NAVY LCDR Pamela A. Moulder Director, Print Media Division DECEMBER 1992 - NUMBER 909 ENS Barbara Burfeind 70TH YEAR OF PUBLICATION A//Hands Editor Marie G. Johnston A//Hands Assistant Editor JOCS Robert C. Rucker A//Hands Staff 502 Jonathan Annis JO1 Sherri E. Bashore J02(AW) Laurie Beers JOP(SW) Jim Conner PH1 (AW) Joseph Dorey J03 Angela L. Jenkins JO1 Steve Orr Patricia Swift J02 Paul Taylor Production Director Michael David Tuffli Production Associates William E. Beamon DM1 Steven J. Eversole Leroy E. Jewel1 DM3 Keith Wilson NI RA Staff Distribution:Garland Powell, RM1 Ken Mumford; Plans and Policy: LCDR Rob Raine, J.D. Leipold; Budget: Betty Williams;ADP: JoeBartlett; Editorial: JanKemp Brandon, Catherine Bird; Administration: SKI Jeff Bryan, Life on an SSBN - Page 37 SaundraGray and YN3 Michelle Schaefer. All Hands (USPS 372-970; ISSN 0002- . From the sea From under the sea 5577)(Number 909) is published monthly by Navy Internal Relations 6 Subsmove to 21century st photoA gallery 22 Activity: NavalStation Anacostia, Bldg. 168, 2701 S. Capitol St., S.W., Gray ladies of the sea On the hunt Washington, D.C. 203744077, Sec- 8 History of thesilent service Lifeon 32 a fastattack ond-class postage paid at Washing- ton, D.C. 20374. A “father’s’’ legacy Deep, dark secrets Subscriptions: Superintendent of Doc- uments, US. GovernmentPrinting Of- 11SSBN an onRickover’s ADM Life story 37 fice, Washington, D.C.20402. Price: $17, US. and FPO;$21.25 foreign. Sub humor Chief of the boat Make checks/money orders payabletrades to: all ofmaster A Cartooncorner “Superintendent of Documents, GPO.” 12 41 Postmaster: Send address changes to A// Hands, NavalStation Anacostia, Thrust of the Spear On top of the world Bldg. 168,2701 S. CapitolSt., S.W., 13 Crewprovides “tender” careAnything freshfor air 43 Washington, D.C. 203744077, EditorialOffices: Sendsubmissions DSRVs Every time you go away 1 and correspondence to:NIRA, Print TheNavy’s undersea rescuers Coping withsilent separation Media, Attn: Editor, Naval Station Ana- 15 45 costia, Bldg. 168, 2701 S. Capitol St., S.W.,Washington, D.C. 203744077, Training for a new role Phone (202)433-4171 (DSN 288- 18 Subschool in Groton, Conn. 48 F?::: his old sub 4171). Message: NAVINRELACTWASHING- 1 TON DC. Front cover: On the bridge of USS Jefferson City (SSN 759) crew members Authorization: TheSecretary of the guide the fast attack submarineback to her homeport in Norfolk. Photoby PHI Navy has determined that thispublica- Michael Flynn. tion is necessary in the transaction of business required bylaw ofthe Depart- Back cover: The Trident ballistic missile submarineUSS Georgia (SSBN 729) mentof the Navy.Funds for printing transits the Strait of Juande Fuca off Washington State’s coast prior to diving this publication have been approved for her Pacific patrol. Photo 0 Yogi, Inc. by the Navy Publications and Printing Policy Committee. Special thanks to retired VADM Yogi Kaufman, who graciously gave A//Hands I access to his submarine photo collection. respects, including the 1response, and minimize NAVY. MIL, and include potential for rape. I ‘revictimization.” your Defense Data Net- Based on the 1990-91 One newresource avail- work (DDN) orInterNj Navy Women’s Study able for rape awareness address. 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From the Sea” New Year holidays a rape/sexual assault vic- contains thecomplete approach, safety and aLbl- tim assistance program text of the printed edition, dent prevention shouldbc Military communities that will be implemented and is available as follows: a top priorityfor all sail- are similar to civilian at allnaval installations. By electronic mail. Assistance will maxi ’ Send your requestvia E- -nail to Naw News Serv- to pack toomuch funintc limited time off. Com- mon sense cankeep you from becoming a statistic. ALL HANDS "----. think about what you're going to do, wear the proper equipment and keep alcohol consump- tion to a minimum. The eeeFrom the sea Sub force moves toward 21st century Story by J02Paul Taylor n the movie “The Hunt ForRed October,” the “Today our submarine force is extremely well-suited skipper of a Soviet submarine matches wits with anto support the key foundations of our [new] national I American submarine captain. Themovie brought a defense policy - deterrence, forward presence and crisis lot of attention to a branch of the U.S. Navy that has response,” he said. “Our plan for the 1990s and beyond is prided itself on being the “silentservice.” to hone the capabilities of our submarines to continue While the Cold War circumstances under which“Red our superlative supportof this strategy.” October” took place are now a thing of the past, our While deterrence has traditionallybeen the role of the submarine crews still patrol the oceans of the world SSBN, today‘s SSNs, with their wide range of capabili- safeguarding American interests. ties from intelligence collectionto precision land attack In days gone by, the submarine force, like the rest of with Tomahawk cruise missiles, are a formidable the U.S. military, was geared to meet a global threat weapon that anywould-be aggressor must take into from the nuclear-armed Soviet Union. However, as consideration. East-West tensions ease and the Defense Department’s “A potential adversary will be uncertain about the budget declines, the submarineforce has had to change numberand location of Americansubmarines,” said its emphasis. Bacon, “but will be certain that a submarine can deny According to Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for him use of the seas or conduct precision strikes against Undersea Warfare VADM Roger Bacon, the mission of him inany region.’’ the strategic arm of the submarine force - deterrence - Any sailor who has ever deployed aboard a ship can remains essentially the same. However, the number of tell you there’s nothing new about the idea of forward fleet ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) will be sub- presence. However, as our forces at overseas locations stantially reduced. are withdrawn, the forward presence of naval forces “We have 34SSBNs, we will go down to 18 by the end takes on added importance. According to Bacon, effec- of the decade,” Bacon said in an interview published in the newsletter“Inside the Navy.” VADM Bacon is interviewed in frontUSS of Grayling (SSN 646) by CBS News correspondent JimStewart moments afterthe Speaking at a ceremony marking the return of USS sub broke through the polar ice. Tennessee (SSBN 734) from her 3,000th strategic deter- rent patrol, Chairman of the JointChiefs of Staff Army Gen. Colin Powell said that despite the warming of U.S. relations withthe East, there are still thousands of nuclear warheads in Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia and Kazakhstan which could end the American way of life in a matter of minutes. “So, however warm our relations mightgrow with the new former-Soviet republics, however close our friend- ships become- we will always, always place our faith in our boomers,” Powell said, “and not in anythingelse.” On the tactical side of the house, however, the crews of attack submarines (SSNs) areseeing a major changein the emphasis of submarine operations.
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