The USNA Alumni Association San Diego Chapter Newsletter Leaders To Serve The Nation April 2014

Chapter Officers: both enlightening and filled with for USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50). He thoughtful insight. Bob's last tour served as First Lieutenant, Navigator, President: Alan Lerchbacker ‘74 (626) 644-6452, [email protected] was as Director of Leadership for CIC Officer, and Assistant Operations Vice President: Gilda (Addessi) Reeves ‘98 Character Development at USNA. Officer during this four-year tour, (858) 220-1108, [email protected] He attended Stanford as an undergrad participating in CONSTELLATION 2nd Vice President: Shawn VanMeter ‘97 and then spent 30 years as a Navy Battle Group's 1987 Arabian Gulf escort (858) 361-2648, [email protected] SEAL. At the same time he was at operations of reflagged Kuwaiti shipping. VP for Membership: Craig Smith ‘82 USNA teaching, his son, now a Navy (619) 623-5509, [email protected] SEAL, was a Youngster at Navy. We Earning a subspecialty in Operations Secretary: Tad Northcott ‘87 filled Randy Jones. Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate (703) 819-2289, [email protected] School in 1990, he next served as Treasurer: Maurice Caskey '64 (858) 484-3715, [email protected] If you missed opening day for the WEPS/CSO onboard USS Corresp. Sec.: Barbette Lowndes ‘80 Padres on April 1st, you not only CHANCELLORSVILLE (CG 62). (858) 243-2142, [email protected] missed 81 of our Alumni gathering in During the 1993 Arabian Gulf NAVNET/Job Board: Tom Hammons ‘71 what ended up being a fantastic venue deployment, the ship conducted a (858) 538-9824, [email protected] on top of third base, BEST VIEW in successful Tomahawk strike against the Directors - Term to 2014 the house, but you missed a GREAT Iraqi Intelligence Headquarters. Myron Fleming ’62 [email protected] game!! The event was sold out for Charlie Carey ’70 [email protected] the third year in a row, Following a one-year fellowship as the Jack Vellis ’68 [email protected] congratulations and thanks to Rich Surface Warfare liaison to the Center for Jason Jackson ’02 [email protected] Directors - Term to 2015 Carlquist for his hard work pulling Naval Analyses, he served as the Ship's Dick Evert ‘68 [email protected] this event together for us! Operations Budget Analyst for the Dan Gruta ’86 [email protected] SECNAV/OPNAV Comptroller. He then Bob Willingham ’96, The luncheon on May 20th is going reported as Executive Officer, USS [email protected] to be a very special one. We have CHOSIN (CG 65), preparing the ship to Matt Parra ’91, [email protected] two very senior Alumni celebrating serve as Air Defense Commander for Directors - Term to 2016 their 100th Birthday!! We are going CONSTELLATION Battle Group's 1999 Sandra Davidson ’86 [email protected] to honor them. Check your emails deployment. Dan Donoghue ’74 [email protected] and texts as we will be sending out Nick Hennenfent '03 [email protected] Betsy Radelow ’01 [email protected] more information as we get closer to His next shore duty was in Millington Western Region Trustee: Chris Cooke ‘81 the date. Tennessee as the PERS-41 Community (619) 972-4283, [email protected] Management Analyst, and subsequently National Trustee: Dan Archer, ’80 Lastly, it was announced today by as PERS-41 Deputy. He assumed [email protected] National that we are THE BIGGEST command of USS VALLEY FORGE (CG USNA Foundation Athletic and Scholarship and BEST USNA Alumni Chapter in 50) in July 2002. The ship served as Board - Trustee: Randy Bogle ‘68 the WORLD!!!!! See size does Multi-National Interdiction Force flagship (619) 328-5728 [email protected] matter! Huge thanks go out to all for during Operation Iraqi Freedom. A Naval Academy Info Officer, Area Coordinator: making our Chapter the BEST!!! SOUTHCOM Counter-Narcotics Mike McVay ‘77 [email protected] Extended Brigade Initiative (EBI) deployment with four major drug busts (Alumni helping Alumni) - [email protected] I thank you for your support and look was also completed prior to the ship's Charles Carey, ’70 (858) 636-4116 forward to seeing you at our lunches decommissioning in August 2004. Chapter Homepage: http://www.usnaaasd.com and events. Webmaster: Mike Bice ‘90 Alan Serving as COMNAVSURFOR N1 from [email protected] 2004 to 2006, he was the first Action Upcoming Luncheons Officer of the Surface Warfare Enterprise President’s Letter (SWE) Personnel Readiness Team. After April 15, 2014 – earning a Masters in National Security Dear Fellow Alumni, CAPT Patrick Rabun and Strategic Studies at Naval War Commanding Officer College, he reported as Commanding What a great month we have had and what a Officer, USS CAPE ST GEORGE (CG wonderful spring and summer we are Pat Rabun was born and raised in 71) in March 2008. CAPE was the Sea planning for you all!! Casino Night at the rural north Louisiana. He graduated Combat Commander for PELELIU Air and Space Museum was a huge success from Farmerville High School in Expeditionary Strike Group's 2008 C5F and all of you who attended made it a very 1980, and entered the U.S. Naval deployment, and then began workups to fun night. Academy that summer. Graduating serve as the Air Defense Commander for with honors in Applied Science LINCOLN Carrier Strike Group in 2009. In our March luncheon, Bob Shoultz gave (Mathematics), his first assignment Captain Rabun became the second us a view into the Naval Academy that was was to the Pre-Commissioning Unit Cruiser Class Squadron Commodore in 2 The USNA Alumni Association October 2009 - then transitioned CG connected with our superb USNAAA which is one of USNA’s primary ClassRon into the N47 CRUDES Readiness San Diego Chapter and receive recruiting programs. Between 20 and 30 Directorate in late 2010. He next completed outstanding member benefits with Plebes from the San Diego area are a 9-month Individual Augmentation tour as special pricing to all of our events. inducted each year. the Chief of Staff for Joint Task Force FYI, the primary reason stated by Guantanamo Bay . Captain Rabun Canoe-U Grads for not joining the USNA Program Support: From time- assumed duties as CO/PNS of NROTC San USNAAA San Diego Chapter is that to-time Clubs (Rugby, Glee Club, etc.) Diego in April 2012. they assume that USNAAA Life seek funding assistance for San Diego Membership with Crabtown on the area visits. If you were involved with a May 20, 2014 – Bay automatically signs them up for club as a MIDN you’ll recall that USNA membership in their local USNAAA funding generally didn’t cover all team 5-Star Birthday Bash Celebration!! Chapter, which is not the case at all. activity costs, this has not changed. The When you meet a Navy Classmate or Chapter supports as many requests as it Our 2 most senior Class Reps are both USNA Alum, provide them the gouge can. celebrating their 100th Birthdays in 2014 - about our local Chapter and direct VADM Richardson '36 on April 8th & them to the USNAAA San Diego Chapter On-Line Directory Access: RADM Erly '37 on June 12th. This month’s Chapter website www.usnaaasd.com Only Chapter members have access to the luncheon will be a tribute to them, and both to sign-up to become a local member database of over 3000 area alumni. are planned to attend. - thanks for your assistance! The Class Rep position has proven to be Preferred Pricing for Chapter Events: Class Representative News and Gouge the key to laying the foundation for All Chapter events have a non-member (Class Rep Meeting on April 24th!) local USNA and Classmate surcharge, so you will normally save camaraderie while at the same time $5/event. ATTENTION CLASS REPS: PLEASE promoting all of our super upcoming PUT THIS DATE, TIME, AND PLACE San Diego Chapter luncheons and It’s Cheap & Easy to Join: $25/yr; ON YOUR CALENDAR - Thursday, April special events. Serving as a Class $15/yr Active/Reserve O-3 & below. 24th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Mitre Rep is a wonderful way to stay Visit www.usnaaasd.com and click on the Office in Liberty Station for our Annual All connected with your local area membership tab. Class Rep Meeting! Gouge session agenda Classmates by enthusiastically to follow very soon via e-mail. Thank you encouraging their support of our Call to Action to all San Diego Area all for getting the word passed about our Chapter as well as by keeping Alumni!!! Please update your profile by March Chapter Luncheon. We had 53 everyone up to full speed on all of our logging onto www.usnaaasd.com and people in attendance at Randy Jones All current USNA news and upcoming clicking on the “My Account” tab in the American Sports Grill in Mission Valley for Chapter gatherings. Please contact upper right hand corner. Next, click on some great food & a superb guest speaker. Vice President for Membership, the “My Profile” tab in the middle of the Retired Navy Captain and former Navy Craig Smith '82, at 619-623-5509 or page followed by the “Edit Profile” tab. SEAL Bob Shoultz shared about his "almost at [email protected] to volunteer You will be able to update your profile. attending" Annapolis as well as his time to fill a Class Rep vacancy or to Be sure to put your year group in the working as a senior officer at USNA with discuss any questions regarding “Year” field in the “School 1” part of the leadership training and character application for local Chapter “School Information” section. development. Also, really appreciated membership. Thank you very much everyone's support of two of our annual for staying connected with your local Forgot your password? Email the events - the Vegas Night Dark Ages Classmates and fellow Alumni - Go Chapter Webmaster to receive a Celebration where over 125 people enjoyed Navy, Beat the Buckeyes! temporary one. Please avoid creating a the festivities and raffle prizes and the very new record. popular "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" Membership where all 80 tickets were sold for the Padres Current Members – 977 Friend us on Facebook! Search for Opening Day Game. Please chow call out Paid Members – 466 "USNA Alumni Association San Diego our April 15th Chapter Luncheon at RJs Chapter" or use the following link: which features CAPT Pat Rabun '84 The Importance of Chapter http://www.facebook.com/pages/USNA- speaking about his time aboard AEGIS Membership Alumni-Association-San-Diego- CGs, a recent tour in GITMO, and his There is a lot of value as a result of Chapter/11729679215 . leading the San Diego Navy ROTC maintaining a current membership in program. Welcome Aboard our newest our local San Diego Chapter. Here are Chapter Logo Gear Now On Line Class Rep Leslie Beatrice '13. FYI, Class few of the reasons it makes sense to Reps are still needed for the following year JOIN or RENEW your Chapter Looking for the perfect shirt for the groups: 1938, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1945, and Membership: Army-Navy game or maybe some new 1954. Please contact and encourage your glasses for the bar that show your San local Classmates who are not yet Chapter Blue & Gold Support: The Chapter Diego support? Well, now you can order members or need to renew their lapsed is the primary funding source for the them online through the USNA.com membership to join or renew and stay San Diego Blue & Gold Program, Alumni Store. Our new chapter logo is now available and can be put on 3 The USNA Alumni Association everything from glass ware to tote bags. Hank went on to naval flight school Executive Officer of the USS Stickell Ordering is easy, just go to: in Corpus Christie, Texas, where he (DD-888). http://www.navyalumnistore.com/16/Home. met his future wife, Dorothy Marie htm directly or through the USNA.com Goodenough. They were married in Hank retired from the Navy in 1963 after website via the “Shop” button in the toolbar Fort Lauderdale, in 1946. 25 years of service through World War II and you can order all kinds of merchandise and the and then attended with our chapter logo. Show your chapter Hank was aboard for the around-the- graduate school in electrical engineering spirit and turn out for the tailgater or world cruise of the aircraft carrier at Stanford University. He then went to monthly lunch in your chapter. USS Valley Forge (CV-45) from work in the aerospace industry for Pan 1947-1948 visiting Hawaii, Australia, American in the Cape Kennedy, Florida Obituaries , , Ceylon (now Sri area. While working at Philco-Ford Lanka), and Saudi Arabia before Electronics in the San Francisco Bay area CDR Henry A. Eimstad Jr. USN (Ret) ‘44 operating in the , he biked to work every day for many transiting the and years. He permanently retired near Commander Henry ’'Hank' Arthur Eimstad, returning to her homeport of San Vandenberg Air Force Base in 1981 and Jr., U.S. Navy, retired, passed away on Diego via the Mediterranean Sea and moved to the San Diego area. Hank was Thursday, March 20, 2014, in San Diego. Panama Canal. an avid hiker, back packer, cross country He was born on July 18, 1920 to Henry skier and walker. He loved the outdoors Arthur Eimstad, Sr. and his wife, Barbara in After his time as an aviator, flying and Yosemite National Park, in particular. Butte, Montana. Hank spent most of his torpedo bombers, he attended the early years in Portland, Oregon. He earned U.S. Naval Academy Post-Graduate His wife, Dorothy, predeceased him Eagle Scout rank in 1936 and graduated School in Annapolis, Maryland passing away in 2005. Hank is survived from Lincoln High School in 1938. before transferring to the surface by his two sons, Henry and his wife He enlisted in the Navy and served on the Navy, where he rose to the rank of Barbara of San Diego, California and Eric USS California (BB-44) until he received a Commander, serving as Commanding and his partner Michael of Coconut Presidential appointment to the United Officer of the USS Richard B. Grove, Florida. States Naval Academy. While Hank was a Anderson (DD786), homeported in Midshipman at USNA, the California was San Diego. Arrangements are being made for funeral sunk on 7 December, 1941 in the Japanese services at Arlington National Cemetery. attack on Pearl Harbor, HI; she sank at her During his years of military service, In lieu of flowers, donations can be made moorings in Battleship Row but was Hank received six stars for service in in Hank’s memory to the Navy-Marine salvaged and reconstructed. She served Navy campaigns in the Asiatic- Corps Relief Society at again for the remainder of World War II Pacific Theater during World War II http://www.nmcrs.org/ donate. Friends before being decommissioned in 1947. including the battles of Tarawa, may post condolences or share memories Hank’s Class of 1944 entered the Academy Kwajalein and Saipan; the American of Hank at http://memorialwebsites. in June 1940 and graduated 766 three years Defense Service Medal; the American later in June 1943. Early in his Theater Medal; the World War II Financial News commissioned naval career he served on the Victory Medal, the China Service USS Indianapolis (CA-35), before her Medal and the National Defense 2013 Financial report is available on the sinking in June 1945 by a Japanese Service Medal. He also served on Chapter website. submarine, I-58, south of Guam after the USS Midway (CV-41), the USS delivering the first atomic bomb to Tinian. Coral Sea (CV-43) and was the

4 The USNA Alumni Association CLASS REPRESENTATIVES are listed below. Please call the VP Membership or email [email protected] if you are interested in filling an opening. Class Reps will be invited to an annual training event in April. Classes that have graduated 60 or more years ago are provided a free Lifetime Membership. A “*” indicates the Decades Rep. Class Rep e-mail addresses are located on the USNAAA San Diego Chapter website.

1936 David * 1937 Bob Erly 1941 Rollo Rieve 1942 Charlie Bishop 1944 Jack Reynolds 1946 Ed Ellis Richardson 619.435.8919 760.704.1319 619.223.0492 858.673.8122 858.278.8665 619.295.3994 1947 Nick * 1948 Chuck Gorder 1949 Chuck Howe 1950 Dean French 1951 Paul Tuzo 1952 Dick Dietz Nicholson 619.546.4808 619.437.4190 858.459.4360 858.695.3690 619.435.4646 858.454.9624 1953 James 1954 VACANT 1955 Ned Floyd 1956 Carl Nelson 1957 George Lanman * 1958 Chuck Rodgers 619.423.2870 619.421.9094 619.437.6095 Smith 619.435.1021 619.472.5858 1959 Jim 1960 John Schmidt 1961 Bill Kraus * 1962 Greg Chauncey 1963 Phillip Marsden 1964 Bob Glennon Cartwright 858.673.7169 858.485.8333 858.551.7540 619.435.3318 760.730.3608 619.435.9363 1965 Dave 1966 George Klein 1967 Warren 1968 Randy Bogle 1969 Mike McNeil 1970 Tom Schlesinger 619.221.0059 Millard 619.328.5728 858.354.6565 Flaherty 619.470.0542 858.695.3342 858.740.5142 * 1971 Tom 1972 Bob Harrison 1973 Dave Kuhn 1974 Bob Santos 1975 Dave Frost 1976 Phil Poirier Hammons robert.harrison@wilso 619.957.8371 619.476.7683 858.541.2604 858.538.6708 858.538.9824 nelser.com 1977 Mike 1978 John Rogitz 1979 Pat Garcia * 1980 Rich Carlquist 1981 Tom Carlson 1982 Craig Smith Keeney 619.561.5292 619.307.9167 619.294.9727 619.397.0909 619.623.5509 619.435.2642 1983 Don 1984 Bryan Caraveo 1985 Kyle Freitas 1986 Dan Gruta 1987 Tad Northcott 1988 John Ross Hinderliter 619.249.6043 760.522.7916 619.806.1155 703.819.2289 760.744.1762 619.665.9078 1989 Paul 1990 Elrod Rodriguez 1991 Max Folkers 1992 Brian Dozier 1993 Arlen Aspenson 1994 Jamieson Gallagher 619.890.2547 619.277.3688 619.920.3178 858.717.9998 Slough 760.492.4247 760.716.1350 1995 Kevin 1996 Bob Willingham 1997 Chris Benson * 1998 Gilda Reeves 1999 Alan Baca 2000 Roger Grant Messer 619.889.9872 619.417.0620 858.220.1108 619.818.1024 [email protected] 858.663.1658 om * 2001 Betsy 2002 Jason Jackson 2003 John Reeves 2004 Justin Braune 2005 Paul Bania 2006 Jonathan Radelow 619.665.6131 858.997.6993 619.791.9797 702.538.3407 Johnston 619.306.1333 609.356.8410 2007 Lisa 2008 Natalie Lamb 2009 Chris * 2010 Michelle 2011 Will Cunha 2012 Donald McKinnon 301.233.4138 Rowland Webster 901.336.6581 Bowers [email protected] 815.954.7305 619.980.1651 713.876.0794 m 2013 Leslie Beatrice 571.212.1870

5 The USNA Alumni Association

DATE/TIME EVENT/SPEAKER LOCATION/TOPIC EVENT INFORMATION*

15Apr2014/1115 CAPT Patrick Rabun, ‘84 Randy Jones’ All-American CO/PNS of NROTC San Sports Grill, 7510 Hazard Center Contact: Diego Drive, Suite 215, San Diego Alan Lerchbacker ’74, 626.644.6452, [email protected] 92108 18Apr2014 NAVNET Trellis Garden Grill, Town & Contact: Tom Hammons ’71, 858.538.9824, Country resort, 500 Hotel Cir N, [email protected] San Diego, CA 92108 24Apr2014/1730 Class Rep Meeting MITRE Offices, Liberty Station Contact: Craig Smith ’82, 619.623.5509, [email protected]

20May2014/1115 5-star 100th Birthday Randy Jones’ All-American Celebration Sports Grill, 7510 Hazard Center Contact: Drive, Suite 215, San Diego Alan Lerchbacker ’74, 626.644.6452, [email protected] 92108 23May2014 NAVNET Trellis Garden Grill, Town & Contact: Tom Hammons ’71, 858.538.9824, Country resort, 500 Hotel Cir N, [email protected] San Diego, CA 92108 17Jun2014/1115 TBA Randy Jones’ All-American Sports Grill, 7510 Hazard Center Contact: Drive, Suite 215, San Diego Alan Lerchbacker ’74, 626.644.6452, [email protected] 92108 20Jun2014 NAVNET Trellis Garden Grill, Town & Contact: Tom Hammons ’71, 858.538.9824, Country resort, 500 Hotel Cir N, [email protected] San Diego, CA 92108

Luncheon Reservation RSVP: [email protected] or (626) 644-6452 NLT the Monday preceding the event. $20 Member with RSVP; $25 Non-Member or Member at the door New Member/Renewal: $25 per year, $15 Active/Reserve O-3 and below

Luncheon/New Member/Renewal Form: Please make checks payable to: USNAAA San Diego, 14430 Callejon Musica San Diego, CA 92129

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*Please visit http://www.usnaaasd.com/events.html for additional event information and RSVP.