Vol. 47, No. 4 July - August 2011 The International Marine Division of ILA/AFL-CIO

Official Voice of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots

House Transportation Committee Embraces MM&P-Backed Policies MM&P Meets on Piracy With Government Officials MM&P United Inland Group Members Save Lives Coast Guard Medical Review Process Still Too Slow USNS Comfort on Humanitarian Mission news briefs Table of Contents The Master, Mate & Pilot (ISSN Vol. 47, No. 4 July-August 2011 0025-5033) is the official voice of the News Briefs 1 International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots It’s a first: maritime policy initiatives included in House Transportation (International Marine Division of the ILA), AFL-CIO. Committee policy proposals; MM&P officials,Maersk Alabama captain, © 2011 IOMMP. Published bimonthly at meet on piracy with top U.S. officials; United Inland Group members MM&P Headquarters, on Alaska Marine Highway System ferry MV Malaspina rescue injured 700 Maritime Blvd, Suite B, Linthicum Heights, MD hiker; crew of Black Ball ferry’s MV Coho save heart attack victim; our 21090-1953. members aboard USNS Comfort on five-month humanitarian mission; Phone: (410) 850-8700 E-mail: [email protected] new member MSO Paul Manning profiled on Federal Workers’ Alliance Internet: www.bridgedeck.org website. Periodicals postage paid at Linthicum Heights, MD, and additional offices.

Washington Observer 10 POSTMASTER More challenges ahead for U.S.-flag maritime industry. Please send changes to: The Master, Mate & Pilot 700 Maritime Blvd, Suite B Linthicum Heights, MD News From MM&P Health and Benefit Plans 14 21090-1953 License insurance for Offshore and PMR members; changes in 401k Timothy A. Brown Chairman, Editorial Board investment options. Lisa Rosenthal Communications Director

INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS Pensioners 18 Timothy A. Brown, President Don Marcus, Secretary-Treasurer

News From MITAGS 19 VICE PRESIDENTS David H. Boatner, Offshore Pacific Meet Kelly Michielli, MITAGS new admissions coordinator; Wayne Farthing, Offshore Gulf congratulations Chief Mate/Master graduates! C. Michael Murray, United Inland George A. Quick, Pilots Steven Werse, Offshore Atlantic MM&P Directory 20

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Vol. 47, No. 4 July - August 2011 The International Marine Division of ILA/AFL-CIO The Navy Jack is a symbol of resistance that dates back to About the Cover the American Revolution. In accordance with a resolution Civil Service mariners aboard made by the delegates to Official Voice of the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots USNS Comfort are engaged in the 75th Convention of the a five-month humanitarian International Organization mission in Central and South of Masters, Mates & Pilots,

House Transportation Committee Embraces MM&P-Backed Policies America and the Caribbean. every issue of The Master, MM&P Meets on Piracy With Government Officials MM&P United INland Group Members Save Lives Mate & Pilot includes a pho- Coast Guard Medical Review Process Still Too Slow — Photo Military Sealift Command USNS Comfort on Humanitarian Mission tograph of the historic flag. news briefs news briefs MM&P Officers, Maersk Alabama Captain At Government Anti-Piracy Conference Representatives of MM&P, the other maritime labor unions and Another participant, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense U.S.-flag shipping companies met with high-level U.S. govern- William Wechsler, noted that the use of armed security teams ment officials in June to discuss current anti-piracy efforts, has been “100 percent successful” in warding off pirate attacks. and in particular the effectiveness of armed, on-board security He said incentives for using armed security teams as a defense teams. measure should be developed. MM&P was represented by International President Tim Gen. McNabb announced during the course of the confer- Brown, International Secretary-Treasurer Don Marcus, ence that the government would reimburse the costs of security Pilots Group Vice President George Quick and Director of teams on all U.S.-flag vessels, regardless of speed or freeboard, Government Relations Klaus Luhta. Government partici- that carry DOD cargo in the designated pirate waters. Vice pants included U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Adm. Fox endorsed the use of armed security teams to protect USTRANSCOM Commander Gen. Duncan McNabb, Vice merchant ships, saying that it was preferable to adopt a proac- Adm. Mark Fox of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, tive stance—rather than a reactive one—in the battle to disrupt Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert Papp, Maritime pirate activities. Participants in the conference agreed that the Administrator David Matsuda and representatives of the U.S. prosecution of captured pirates, and differences among the flag Department of State and the Department of Defense (DOD). states’ willingness to commit to anti-piracy strategies, remain Speakers at the conference noted that the level of violence, serious, ongoing challenges. the number of attacks, the geographic range of pirate activity The most discordant note in the conference was the state- and the sophistication of attacks are all increasing. ment made by Assistant Secretary of State Andrew Shapiro, that MM&P Capt. Larry Aasheim, master of the MV Maersk “the U.S. government will never be in a position to condone the Alabama, spoke to the assembly about the most recent attacks payment of ransom.” This position, which ignores the real- on the vessel. He praised the outstanding job done by the armed ity of the situation, was condemned by MM&P International security team aboard Maersk Alabama and stated that “if every President Tim Brown and Maersk Line Limited CEO John vessel had an armed security team, piracy wouldn’t be a lucra- Reinhart. tive business.” MM&P’s thanks go out to Capt. Aasheim for his excellent work in representing all U.S. and foreign mariners at the conference.

MV Coho Crew Saves Heart Attack Victim Crewmembers aboard Black Ball Ferry’s MV Coho are being commended for assisting a passenger stricken by a heart attack mid-way through the 90-minute crossing from Victoria, B.C., to Port Angeles, Wash., on May 27. First on the scene were MV Coho crewmembers Ben Rowland and Brandon Melville. Through the use of CPR and an AED, they were able to keep the passenger alive for 45 minutes until arrival in Port Angeles, where they were relieved by paramedics. Ten days later, the passenger was able to walk out of the hospital. The paramed- ics and hospital staff credit Rowland and Melville for saving the passenger’s life. MM&P United Inland Group member Ben Rowland sails as second mate aboard the Coho. Brandon Melville, who sails as quartermaster, recently attended the Pacific Maritime Institute’s training course for ship medi- cal officers. Congratulations to all the professional mariners MV Coho Second Mate Ben Rowland and Quartermaster Brandon Melville are aboard MV Coho for a job well done! credited with saving the life of a passenger who suffered a heart attack aboard the vessel in May.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 1 - July - August 2011 news briefs Members of Key House Subcommittee Reiterate Support for Jones Act The movement of waterborne cargo sustains more than 13 mil- This is “something I strongly support,” LoBiondo said. “I hear lion jobs in the United States and contributes over $212 billion in rumors from time to time about ideas or suggestions that can be annual federal, state, and local taxes. These and other statistics advanced, either legislatively or otherwise, that would dramati- that demonstrate the importance of maritime to our nation’s cally change or weaken the Jones Act. I can assure you that as economy were discussed at a June 14 hearing of the House chair of this subcommittee, I’ll do everything in my power not to Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. allow that to happen.” Subcommittee Chair Frank LoBiondo called the hearing to review the state of the marine transportation system (MTS) and Also voicing support for the Jones Act was Minnesota explore ways to enhance it to create jobs, improve the flow of Congressman Chip Cravaack: “Being a retired Navy Captain, commerce and increase exports. I understand the importance of a maritime industry and how “The MTS is a vast resource that facilitates our robust mari- important it is to have a U.S.-flag, U.S.-crewed vessel ensuring time commerce,” LoBiondo says. “Domestic shipping alone that when we do have to go over the horizon we have the proper is responsible for over half a million American jobs and $100 assets to do it; with the proper people that have been trained in billion in annual economic output. Ongoing maintenance and a way that we need to make sure they’ll be able to carry the flag improvements to the MTS are essential to any effort to create when rubber starts hitting the road. So I highly support U.S.-flag jobs and expand exports.” vessels and the Jones Act as well.” During the hearing, members of the subcommittee repeat- edly voiced support for the Jones Act, the body of U.S. maritime Rep. Mazie Hirono, a strong supporter of the U.S.-flag mari- law that requires that goods and passengers moving between two time industry, seized the opportunity to underline for the record points in the United States be carried only on U.S.-flagged, U.S.- the fact that in Hawaii, Jones Act activities provide 23,000 jobs crewed, U.S.-owned and U.S.-built vessels. and approximately $1.1 billion in wages and benefits. Coast Guard Medical Review Process Still Too Slow MM&P continues to receive complaints from members who say they are waiting an inordinate amount of time—much longer than under the previous system and much longer than mariners in many other countries—for the Coast Guard to review their medical evaluations. The Coast Guard has regularly published statistics on its medical review process since a 14,000-application backlog three years ago sparked widespread protests and several Congressional hearings. But the published data do not consider what the agency calls “time waiting for information from mariners,” and this is apparently where much of the problem lies. “When the mariner’s medical evaluation reveals the existence of any condition at all, the Coast Guard kicks it back to the mariner and starts a dialogue,” says MM&P Pilots Group Vice President George Quick. Once the agency begins asking for additional medical tests and exams, “there’s no way of knowing when it will end,” Quick says. MM&P has advocated a system that is prevalent in other industrialized countries such as the United Kingdom, where a network of physicians is responsible for mariners’ medical reviews. Under the Coast Guard’s current system, the medical information is reviewed by National Maritime Center employees in West Virginia who have no direct contact with the people whose documents they are reviewing. “The Coast Guard’s medical review standards are unworkable and unmanageable,” Quick says. As a consequence, he says, “if a mari- ner has any medical condition at all, he or she should begin the document renewal process six months to one year in advance of when the document is actually going to be needed.” Quick also advises mariners with “any medical condition at all” to include a letter from a physician stating that he has evaluated the condition and found it manageable. The ILO Maritime Medical Review Standards will take effect in January 2012 and the United States is required to comply. MM&P is a strong supporter of the new ILO standards and believes that their introduction will bring about an improvement in processing times for mariners in the United States, if the U.S. Coast Guard applies a reasonable interpretation of the provisions in the ILO Maritime Labor Convention.

July - August 2011 - 2 - The Master, Mate & Pilot news briefs MM&P Members Aboard USNS Comfort Continue Humanitarian Mission

Aboard USNS Comfort: (Left to right) Third Officer Edward Pollard; Second Officer-Cargo Grant Begley; Third Officer Krystyn Rutzel; Third Officer Joe Kranz; Second Officer-Navigator Shari Lee; and Captain Randall Rockwood.

Third Officer Edward Pollard.

U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed its homeport of Baltimore in April as part of a five-month humanitarian assistance mission, “Continuing Promise 2011.” Comfort is traveling to nine countries in Central and South Second Officer Grant Begley America and the Caribbean, under the command of Capt. and Third Officer Joe Kranz. Randall Rockwood. Rockwood is the new Vice President of MM&P’s Federal Employees Membership Group. Deploying with Comfort are more than 500 Navy medical personnel, who work side-by-side with medical profession- als from the nine host nations, five partner nation militaries and more than 30 non-governmental organizations to provide medical care to patients both ashore and aboard Comfort. There are 70 Civilian Mariners working aboard the vessel. For this mission, the ship’s total complement, including security personnel, helicopter personnel and staff, is 906. “My professional Merchant Marine officers and crew are excited to be part of Continuing Promise 2011,” said Rockwood. “While Comfort’s hospital is key to extending medical care and civil assistance to other nations, our role operating the ship is critical to getting the Navy professionals to their destinations.”

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 3 - July - August 2011 news briefs (continued) Attacks on Government New Stamps Honor Employees Must Stop, Merchant Marine Federal Workers’ The Postal Service is saluting the U.S. Merchant Marine with four new “forever stamps.” Released in July, the new Alliance Says stamps feature illustrations of a container ship, a Liberty ship, a clipper ship and an auxiliary steamship. In announc- Federal government workers have already been hit by a two-year pay ing the release of the new stamps, the Postal Service issued freeze and should not be forced to make additional sacrifices in the the following statement: “Since the founding of the republic, context of the budget battle now being waged in Congress. MM&P the United States has looked to the commercial maritime has joined other member unions of the Federal Workers’ Alliance industry for much of its growth and security. This issuance (FWA) in calling on Vice President Joe Biden to resist demands that pays tribute to the U.S. Merchant Marine, the modern name government employees be targeted with additional cuts. for the maritime fleet that has played this vital role.” “Ever since the ‘shellacking’ last November, the Administration has turned its focus away from stimulating the recovery and has The new instead embraced the ill-conceived mantra of immediate austerity,” stamps pay the unions wrote. tribute to our “The stated argument at that time was that even a 4.6 percent tax industry’s role in preserving increase on the marginal income of the wealthiest Americans would America’s jeopardize the recovery because the government needs to continue security and to inject funds to stimulate the economy. But that statement is at promoting odds with the recent Administration decision to freeze federal pay economic for two years, an action that took critical funds out of the economy growth. and killed private sector jobs. The only difference was that the Bush tax extension for the wealthy put money in the hands of rich people and the pay freeze took money away from middle class Americans. Last December, Labor took that one for the team. We cannot be expected to stand idly by this time around.” Under the Reagan Administration, the unions pointed out, federal workers lost half of their defined benefit pensions. Boosting retirement contributions—a proposal that has frequently been 20% Discount on advanced in the context of the current budget battle—would rep- resent a selective payroll tax increase that could exceed 5 percent Flower Delivery of federal workers’ entire income and would be a violation of the President’s campaign pledge not to raise taxes on people earning less For Union Members than $250,000. “Federal workers have already sacrificed enormously with the two-year pay freeze, which represents up to a $50,000 cut, The Union Plus flower delivery service, Teleflora, not counting interest earnings, for an individual employee over the is committed to a 100 percent local florist-deliv- next decade,” the unions wrote. ered model with no drop shipments for flowers or The FWA called on the Administration to “reject the dishonest gifts ordered online or by phone. Teleflora provides scapegoating of federal employees,” adding “civil servants cannot be hand-delivered flower arrangements, baskets, blamed for the current economic downturn, which was caused by and gifts through local florists rather than flow- private sector and financial industry recklessness and greed along ers delivered in a box by express mail. Teleflora’s with a failure of federal regulatory oversight. We fully support network of U.S. local florists is significantly larger shared sacrifice of all Americans for the greater good based on pro- than that of its largest competitor. Labor union gressive personal taxation rates and fair taxation of corporate profits, members receive a 20 percent discount on all but Labor will vigorously oppose any further selective benefit cuts flowers when they browse arrangements and order or tax increases unfairly targeting federal workers,” they added. “We online or call 1-888-667-7779. All customer service will fight any efforts to vilify these fine public servants who have calls are answered in the United States. dedicated their lives, and who sometimes give their lives, for their country. Their patriotism and commitment to public service should be rewarded, certainly not punished.”

July - August 2011 - 4 - The Master, Mate & Pilot House Transportation Committee Proposal Includes Maritime Policy Initiatives In a significant development for the domestic maritime industry, exports and the commercial shipping industry, government red the long-term surface transportation reauthorization legislation tape has stifled the flow of commerce and our ability to effec- unveiled by Congressman John Mica (Fla.), chairman of the tively build and maintain our maritime infrastructure,” said Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, includes—for freshman Congressman Robert Gibbs (Ohio), chairman of the the first time—a clear recognition that domestic shipping will be Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee. “Today’s pro- a component of national transportation policy. The legislation posal cuts through the bureaucratic red tape, streamlines project contains three maritime policy initiatives strongly supported by delivery, eliminates double taxation on shippers, enhances our MM&P. ports and waterways, and strengthens our economic foundation First, to encourage development of a domestic short sea ship- to help us compete globally. These reforms are critical as we work ping industry, the draft legislation would end the double taxation to grow our economy and create jobs.” of waterborne cargo moving between American ports. Second, “We are extremely grateful that Chairman Mica, Chairman the proposal would require that federal funds in the Harbor LoBiondo and Chairman Gibbs, along with their colleagues on Maintenance Trust Fund were used as intended—to maintain the House Transportation Committee, have clearly indicated and upgrade American ports—rather than to address budget- their support for a more coordinated approach to national ary issues. Finally, the draft would expand the allowable use of transportation policy that includes waterborne transportation as deposits to a Capital Construction Fund so that companies could a key and equal component,” said MM&P International President use these monies to repair their vessels in American shipyards. Tim Brown. “We look forward to continuing our work with the Following release of the draft legislation, Congressman Frank Transportation Committee to ensure that the maritime policy LoBiondo (N.J.), chairman of the Coast Guard and Maritime initiatives included in the draft legislation—initiatives we have Transportation Subcommittee, issued a statement “applauding long supported as key to the enhancement of our industry and the Committee for recognizing the critical role the maritime the creation of jobs in all segments of America’s maritime indus- industry plays in our nation’s economy, global commerce and job try—are enacted into law.” creation.” “While the U.S. economy is fueled by maritime commerce and millions of Americans depend on jobs created by imports,

Maine Maritime Grad Is MM&P Awardee MM&P associate member Michael F. Walker has been named “the mariner we would most want to sail with” on the basis of his scholastic performance, shipboard proficiency and popularity among instructors and classmates. MM&P has awarded Walker a pair of professional marine binoculars in recognition of his achievements at school. Walker, for his part, has extended sincere thanks to every member of the MM&P community. “I feel as though I am already a part of an exclusive club, where I will be treated like family and benefit from all the features of union membership,” he says. “I look forward to a career on the high seas and to living up to the legacy I have not only in my own family but in the union I have been welcomed into.”

MM&P associate member Michael F. Walker in the summer of 2010 aboard Maine Maritime Academy’s training ship State of Maine. Walker was named “the mariner we would most want to sail with” among members of the school’s 2011 graduating class.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 5 - July - August 2011 news briefs (continued) UIG Update: Blue and Gold Contracts, McNeil Island Ferry Special Election MM&P’s Blue and Gold Fleet Maritime Bargaining Unit has ratified a five-year contract for the ferry and excursion boats on the San Francisco Bay. The vote was unanimous, a first for this unit. “Capt. Sly Hunter deserves major thanks for his efforts in keeping the negotiations focused and fruitful,” said UIG Regional Representative Ray Shipway. “These negotiations were conducted at a fast pace due to the new RFP issued by the WETA Board to select a contractor for all but the Golden Gate Ferry service in the Bay. The timing will allow the current contractor, Blue and Gold Fleet, to place a competitive bid on the table and to bring five years of labor peace to the RFP in the process.” In other United Inland Group news, the Blue and Gold Box Office Negotiating Committee has just obtained a tentative five-year agreement. Karen Chavez, Margo Aparicio, Michael Masucci and Shipway conducted negotiations for the union. “This agreement is similar to the one ratified by the Blue and Gold Maritime Division,” Shipway said. “It amounts to a 12 percent increase in pay over the life of the CBA, as well as a substantial increase in medical coverage.” In more good news, the UIG will continue to represent the professional mariners who operate the McNeil Island Ferry. The union was required to hold an election for representation following the decision by the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) to close the McNeil Island Corrections Center. The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) is the union’s new counterpart for the ferry service. Although the corrections center is closing, DSHS will in fact maintain its own facility on the island, the Special Commitment Center. UIG Regional Representative John Schaeffner said that under the terms of the election, the MM&P bargaining unit will gain eight additional members, for a total of 22. McNeil Island Corrections Center was the last prison in North America to be located on an island accessible only by boat (or helicopter).

An MM&P Member’s Perspective On the Maritime Industry Sail-In Ron Wilkin

Our industry and its vital contributions to domestic and international trade, as well as military preparedness, are often overlooked. For this reason, attending the Congressional Sail-In was time well spent. During the Sail-In, we introduced our- selves and our industry to new members of Congress and reaffirmed our positions to MM&P member Ron Wilkin (left) joined old friends other representatives of the U.S.-flag maritime We convened at 0800 and were addressed by Congressman John Mica of Florida. industry in meetings with members of Congress and their staffs. “It was time well spent,” Wilkin After that, in groups of four, accompanied by professional lobbyists for the U.S.-flag says. “I strongly encourage other MM&P maritime industry, we visited the offices of senators and congressmen. members to join us at next year’s Sail-In.” I was part of a group that included a representative of Maersk Lines Limited, a member of the Navy League and a director of seamanship training for the tall ships. In our meetings with members of Congress and their staffs, we emphasized the importance of: the Jones Act; cargo preference for food aid in the Food for Peace Program; short sea shipping; the Harbor Maintenance Fund; and funding for the Maritime Security Program. The material we covered was laid out clearly, simply and professionally in printed material that we left in each office that we visited. The Congressional staffers with whom we spoke listened closely and it was evident that they were receptive to our arguments. I look forward to attending next year’s Sail-In and I hope to see YOU there. If more MM&P members participate next time around, we will be able to reach the ears of more “home state” senators. In the mean- time, making a contribution to our union’s Political Contribution Fund (PCF) is a good way to become more involved.

July - August 2011 - 6 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Boston Marine Society Dinner Draws Big Crowd Active and retired members of the Masters, Mates & Pilots gathered with friends and family in Boston this spring for the annual Boston Marine Society Dinner. Among the participants were MM&P officials, including International President Tim Brown and Atlantic Ports Vice President Steve Werse, and a group of masters and chief mates, both active and retired, who are or were employed by Central Gulf Lines.

John Lynskey and Tim Brown.

Central Gulf Lines masters and chief mates.

Michele Goggin and Dan Goggin.

Ann Staples, Lisa Sullivan and Thomas Sullivan.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 7 - July - August 2011 news briefs (continued) MSO Paul Manning Profiled on Federal Workers’ Alliance Website

New MM&P member Paul Manning was chosen by the Federal Workers’ Alliance for its monthly profile feature, “Federal Employee Spotlight.” Manning is a member of the MSO bargaining unit that won MM&P representation in a Federal Labor Relations Authority election held in December 2010. The Federal Workers’ Alliance (FWA) is a coalition of 22 labor unions, includ- ing MM&P, which collectively represent more than 300,000 federal workers. The FWA is dedicated to fighting for the interests of government workers and their MSO Paul Manning, a member of MM&P’s new MSO families. bargaining unit, was profiled in June on the Federal Every month, FWA member unions submit their nominations for the Workers' Alliance website. “Employee Spotlight” feature. The aim is to highlight the important work being carried out every day—often behind the scenes—by the men and women who work for the U.S. government. MSO Manning was featured in June. His profile begins with a description of Military Sealift Command (MSC) itself, since those outside the maritime industry and the military often have little familiarity with MSC’s crucial role in replenishing naval ships and sup- plying U.S. troops abroad. The profile then traces Manning’s career—from U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman to deployment on multiple occasions to the Middle East and the Mediterranean. He has served aboard the USNS Niagara Falls, the USNS Sacagawea, the USNS John Lenthall and the USNS Supply. He now sails on the USS Mount Whitney. In 2008, Manning was awarded the Mariner Excellence Award for East Coast MSOs for the medical care of a crewmember who had had a heart attack and another who risked losing his left leg. “Union membership is not mandatory but nothing is free,” Manning says. “Joining a union is a personal decision on your part. But now more than any other time is when good representation on decisions that affect us is crucial. A healthy level of dues-paying mem- bers is needed to keep our representation. This is a tough time to work for the federal government, especially with a pay freeze in effect. We all sacrifice, as do our families, in support of MSC’s mission to help defend the nation. We deserve representation.” To read the article on MSO Manning and find out more about the Federal Workers’ Alliance, go to: http://www.federalworkers.org/.

Injured Alaska Hiker Has Ferry Crew to Thank for Rescue

A lone hiker who fell off a ridge and onto a rocky beach near Nowiki, was spotted along a steep, rocky section of the shore. Skagway, Alaska, was saved by the crew of Alaska Marine Malaspina crewmembers immediately launched the fast rescue Highway System ferry MV Malaspina. MM&P member Capt. boat. On shore, they found Nowiki conscious but bleeding from Nick Kollars told a reporter for the Juneau Empire that lookout multiple head wounds and suffering from cuts and scrapes all Roger Sperber heard the injured hiker calling faintly for help as over his body. A member of the crew gave the injured man his the Malaspina was approaching Skagway harbor. “Sperber is one survival suit, sweat shirt and cap for warmth. of the most skilled and impressive men in the fleet,” Kollars said. Emergency personnel said Nowiki had apparently tumbled “He has been here a long time. Aside from keeping us safe going into port that night, he saved a life.” down a cliff. He reported later that at least one fishing boat had After Sperber had alerted the bridge, Kollars, Chief Mate passed near his location but had not heard his cries for help. Mike Barrett and a deck cadet began scanning the shore with After the rescue by the Malaspina crew, the hiker was taken to binoculars. Eventually, the injured hiker, 33-year-old Joey the local hospital for treatment and later released.

July - August 2011 - 8 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Greetings From MM&P’s San Juan Hall

MM&P International Secretary-Treasurer Don Marcus traveled to Puerto Rico recently to meet with members of MM&P’s Offshore and United Inland Membership groups. The meetings were organized by MM&P Puerto Rico Regional Representative Eduardo Iglesias. Marcus took the opportunity to meet with Inland members and McAllister management as well as to view the McAllister tugs and equipment. Meetings with Offshore members took place at the hiring hall and aboard the Horizon Producer and the Horizon Challenger. “It was good to have a chance to meet with our members in Puerto Rico,” Marcus said. “McAllister and Horizon Lines play an important role in the local economy and our members do a first class job.”

MM&P International Secretary-Treasurer Don Marcus met with members employed at McAllister Towing (left to right) Greber De Los Santos, Marcus, Samuel Alejandro and Capt. Harry Martinez. Behind them are the Brooklyn McAllister and the Marianne McAllister.

MM&P-Crewed Vessels Recognized for Safe Ship Operations The U.S. maritime industry publicly recognized women and men responsible for safe ship operations at an awards ceremony organized in New Orleans in June by the Chamber of Shipping of America (CSA). One award, named for maritime safety expert Jones F. Devlin, is given to vessels that have operated for at least two years without a lost-time injury. The second award, the Ship Safety Achievement Award, is given for acts of bravery that save lives, ships or other property. Recipients of the 2010 Jones F. Devlin Awards included MM&P-contracted Crowley Maritime, AmNav, Farrell Lines, Foss, Horizon Lines and Maersk Line, Limited. During the ceremony, a special citation of merit was awarded to the officers and crew of the Horizon Producer. Over 180 people, representing more than 70 companies, attended the event.

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The Master, Mate & Pilot - 9 - July - August 2011 WasHington Observer

More Challenges Ahead for U.S.–Flag Industry

s reported in previous editions of The The essential role played by MSP Master, Mate & Pilot, the November A case in point is the Maritime Security Program 2010 Congressional elections resulted in A (MSP), which represents an unparalleled exam- significant changes in the make-up of the 112th ple of a government–industry partnership that Congress. Longtime supporters of our indus- meets critical policy objectives in an efficient try lost their reelection bids, while the victors and cost-effective manner, saving American joined more than 100 other newly elected taxpayers billions of dollars along the way. members serving in Congress for the first time. It is essential that members of the 112th Equally important, voters across the country Congress understand that supporting and fully sent a clear message that Congress must control funding the Maritime Security Program (MSP) federal spending and focus its attention on is good economic and national security policy the preservation of American jobs. The voters gave C. James Patti for the United States. Since its inception and sub- control of this agenda to the Republicans in the sequent reauthorization and expansion in October House of Representatives and to a smaller majority 2003, MSP and its maritime security fleet of privately owned, of Democrats in the Senate. U.S.-flag, militarily useful commercial vessels have proven to MM&P, MIRAID and others in the U.S.-flag maritime indus- be an efficient and cost-effective means of ensuring that the try have worked throughout the first six months of the 112th Department of Defense has the commercial sealift capability and Congress to communicate the fact that a strong, competitive U.S.-citizen mariners needed in time of war or other interna- U.S.-flag merchant marine, owned and operated by American tional emergency. citizens and crewed by American mariners, makes an irreplace- Over the years, the Maritime Security Program has enjoyed able and indispensable contribution to the economic and military such strong bipartisan support that the 111th Congress, in one security of our nation. Adherence to this principle has served our of its last acts, approved legislation to extend it for an additional nation well throughout its history. American ships and American ten years, through fiscal year 2025. It is now up to the present mariners protect our foreign and domestic trades, as well as Congress to fund MSP at its authorized level to ensure the unin- our national economy, from domination and control by foreign terrupted operation of the maritime security fleet and to guaran- shipping interests. They also provide crucial support to America’s tee that the benefits of MSP are realized in the months and years national and homeland security missions and, most importantly, ahead. to our troops overseas. Failure to approve the requested level of funding for MSP Our main challenge today is to ensure that the new Congress, would put American troops at risk and weaken America’s overall with its emphasis on controlling federal spending and creating security. It would also cost the American taxpayer significantly jobs, understands the importance of continuing the programs more than the $186 million needed to fund MSP for fiscal year and policies important to our industry and to the United States. 2012. To be successful, all of us must maximize our efforts to educate If the Department of Defense did not have MSP and its the new Congress about the essential role our industry plays and maritime security fleet to rely on, the options available to meet about how the programs and policies that promote and support America’s commercial sealift capability requirements would be it contribute to the overall effort to control spending and create totally unacceptable as well as significantly more expensive. American jobs. One option would be to give foreign-flag shipping interests This is a challenge we have faced head-on, knowing that we and their foreign crews—who may well not share America’s goals have every reason to be proud of the role our industry plays in and values—the responsibility for supporting America’s security support of our nation’s economic and military security objectives. interests overseas. We have no reason to hesitate in aggressively making our case to The second option would be to have the Department of the new Congress. The U.S.-flag maritime industry provides an Defense build, maintain and operate the requisite vessels important base of employment for American maritime workers— itself, at a tremendous cost to the American taxpayer. In fact, a skilled workers whose jobs will be lost if America’s maritime pro- 2006 report prepared for the National Defense Transportation grams are weakened or repealed and whose skills will be lost to the Association’s Military Sealift Committee concluded that “the Department of Defense if their jobs are outsourced to the benefit of likely cost to the government to replicate just the vessel capacity foreign maritime workers.

July - August 2011 - 10 - The Master, Mate & Pilot provided by the MSP dry cargo vessels would be $13 billion.” In States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM). In a let- addition, the United States Transportation Command has esti- ter to Congressman Steve LaTourette, McNabb stated that: mated that it would cost the government an additional $52 billion “Maintaining U.S.-flag sealift readiness is a top priority for to replicate the “global intermodal system” that is made available USTRANSCOM. Sealift is the primary means for delivering to the Department of Defense by MSP participants who are con- combat forces and sustainment during major and contingency tinuously developing, maintaining and upgrading their systems. operations. . . Through programs like the Maritime Security In contrast, the commercial maritime industry, through MSP, Program and the cargo preference laws, DOD gains access to will provide the Department of Defense with these same vessels U.S.-flag commercial sealift and transportation networks while and global intermodal system at a cost to the taxpayer of $186 ensuring the continued viability of both the U.S.-flag fleet and million in fiscal year 2012, a tiny fraction of what it would cost the pool of citizen mariners who man those vessels. The move- our government to do the job itself. ment of international food aid has been a major contributor to the Significantly, a bipartisan group of members of the House and cargo we have moved. . . Any reductions will have to be offset in the Senate are fully aware of the benefits of MSP. Thirty mem- other ways to maintain DOD sealift readiness.” (Emphasis added) bers of the House, led by Armed Services Committee Chairman These comments by McNabb and others responsible for our Congressman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) and the Committee’s nation’s security must be kept in mind by members of Congress Ranking Member, Congressman Adam Smith (D-Calif.), as they consider fiscal year 2012 funding for international food along with eighteen members of the Senate, led by Commerce aid programs, including PL 480 Food for Peace. Under this Committee Chairman Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) and program, 75 percent of the food aid cargoes sent overseas are Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) sent a letter to their colleagues on the reserved for U.S.-flag vessels. Food for Peace provides whole- Appropriations Committees urging that MSP be fully funded in some, high-quality U.S.-grown commodities to combat hunger fiscal year 2012. and instability in strategically important areas around the world.

"Our industry plays an essential role in our nation’s economy and security. For this reason, we have no reason to hesitate in aggressively making our case to the new Congress."

While this is an extremely important step in the process, it Under the President’s budget request for fiscal year 2011, the Food does not in and of itself guarantee that the amount requested by for Peace Program would be substantially reduced: from $2.07 the Obama Administration and supported by these members will billion appropriated in fiscal year 2008 to the President’s fiscal in fact be the amount ultimately approved by the Congress as a year 2011 budget request of $1.69 billion. The President’s request whole. It is our job—and the job of everyone committed to the is not only 18 percent lower than fiscal year 2008 appropriations, U.S.-flag fleet—to ensure that it happens. it is also 27 percent lower than fiscal year 2009 appropriations and one-third lower than the average appropriations for the Food The importance of Cargo Preference for Peace Program over the past five years. And this is not the only challenge facing the U.S.-flag shipping Notwithstanding the cuts already proposed by the industry in the months ahead. Programs that affect the amount Administration to the Food for Peace Program for fiscal year of U.S.-government generated cargoes available to the U.S.-flag 2011, the House of Representatives and Senate are considering fleet are under attack as Congress seeks to cut federal spending. additional drastic funding cuts for fiscal year 2012. According Unfortunately, many members of Congress, in their commit- to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, America’s continued ment to reduce spending, have not given sufficient thought to the humanitarian efforts are important “because over one billion impact that such drastic cuts would have on American jobs and people worldwide face hunger and malnutrition every day, and on America’s military and economic security. we know that failing agricultural systems and food shortages In 2004, the Department of Defense unequivocally reiterated fuel political instability and undermine our national security its support for a strong and viable U.S. merchant marine, affirm- interests.” ing that cargo preference and the Maritime Security Program are As Congress and the Administration continue their efforts to both vital to our national interests. Any change in cargo prefer- preserve and create jobs for American workers, it is extremely ence that adversely affects the U.S. merchant marine would have important to remember that the Food for Peace Program con- a similar negative impact on DOD’s mobilization capabilities, the tributes significantly to this effort in ways that other foreign aid department has said. programs do not. This support was reaffirmed most recently in a May 4, Unlike other foreign aid programs, Food for Peace is an 2011, statement by Gen. Duncan McNabb, commander, United important source of jobs for American farmers, shippers, proces-

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 11 - July - August 2011 WasHington Observer sors, port workers and merchant mariners, providing employ- It is important to remember that the Ex-Im Bank cargo prefer- ment for over 44,000 people here in the United States. From the ence requirements, if properly administered, cannot adversely northwest coast of Oregon, to the Great Plains, to the southern affect the shipment of goods. Under current policy administered tip of Texas, American farmers grow crops like wheat, sorghum, by the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD), cargo prefer- soybeans, rice and corn to nourish people around the globe. ence generally applies only when a suitable U.S.-flag ship is avail- After these crops are grown and processed, American truckers, able at a reasonable rate. Moreover, MARAD has worked with the bargemen, freight forwarders and port operators transport them export community to help ensure that there is no disruption to to ports across the country. the export of ExImBank financed cargoes when suitable U.S.-flag More than 13,000 Americans are directly employed in the service is not available at reasonable rates. transportation of food aid cargoes, from their point of produc- tion in America’s heartland to those in need overseas. Equally We should all contribute to the MM&P PCF! important, the 11,500 American jobs that are directly involved We will continue to work with the Congress and the in the shipment of Food-for-Peace cargoes support more than Administration to make sure they understand that Ship- 97,000 American jobs in other sectors of our economy. American is just as important to the economic security of the United States and to the promotion of American jobs as Buy-American. “The movement of international food aid As the 112th Congress continues its work, we will intensify our efforts to educate members of the House and Senate about has been a major contributor to the cargo our industry, the American jobs it supports and the national and economic security benefits it provides. we have moved… Any reductions will We will fight for full funding of the Maritime Security have to be offset in other ways to maintain Program and to make sure that a portion of U.S.-taxpayer- financed cargoes are transported on U.S.-flag vessels. We will DOD sealift readiness.” — USTRANSCOM continue to support the Jones Act and to advocate for those changes in America’s tax laws that will encourage—rather than Commander Gen. Duncan McNabb discourage—the operation of U.S.-flag vessels and the employ- ment of American mariners. Our message has been and will continue to be non-partisan. It is a message that should resonate with anyone concerned about Ex-Im Bank Programs Must Be Maintained strengthening the economic and military security of the United Congress is also considering reauthorization of the Export States, about American jobs and about the most efficient use of Import Bank of the United States. Ex-Im Bank helps finance the federal resources. export of U.S.-manufactured products. Their transportation to The challenges are great and the fight will not be an easy one. overseas markets, covered by Public Resolution 17, reserves a por- There are powerful interests who stand to gain economically if tion of the cargo to U.S.-flag vessels. A number of large shippers, U.S.-flag shipping programs are eliminated and foreign vessels who themselves benefit from the financing provided by Ex-Im gain total control over the carriage of America’s foreign and Bank, are urging that the legislation to reauthorize the bank domestic commerce. weaken or eliminate the ship-American requirements. We must continue to support those who support us and our In recent years, U.S. exports have prospered under Ex-Im industry through the MM&P’s Political Contribution Fund Bank programs. Ex-Im Bank posted its second consecutive (PCF). A contribution to the MM&P PCF by each and every record-breaking year in fiscal 2010, when it supported the export member of our union would go a long way to ensuring that we of goods and services valued at about $35 billion. have the resources necessary to help elect legislators in all politi- Ex-Im Bank has succeeded in promoting both American cal parties who understand the importance of the U.S.-flag mer- exports and American jobs on the many U.S.-flag vessels that chant marine and who are committed to preserving and creating have transported cargoes for projects for which financing was jobs for American mariners. guaranteed by the bank. These shipboard jobs are just as impor- We all have a responsibility to get involved and to do the most tant to the well being of the U.S. economy as are the on-shore and the best that we can. Contributing to the MM&P PCF is one manufacturing and service jobs covered by Ex-Im Bank’s U.S. of the best ways that we can all be involved. content rules. Please go to www.bridgedeck.org to learn more about the PCF. Reauthorizing Ex-Im Bank and maintaining existing U.S.- If you have any questions about the PCF or our activities in flag shipping requirements are a “win-win” situation for the U.S. Washington, D.C., please contact me at [email protected] or economy: one in which U.S. jobs are created throughout the sup- through communications.bridgedeck.org. ply chain.

July - August 2011 - 12 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Masters, Mates & Pilots Plans Administrator’s Column Patrick McCullough

Health & Benefit Plan to offer a voluntary disability insurance benefit CIGNA Address Change program under the Plan that will be paid for by the participant. Under this voluntary program, Cigna has informed the Plan Office that a participant will need to submit an applica- it has a new mailing address for submission tion to the insurance broker. If the application of provider claims. CIGNA has assured the Plan that all medical claims mailed to the old is approved by the carrier, the participant can address will be forwarded to the new address. then make arrangements with the broker to pay CIGNA has agreed to pay for the Plan to issue for coverage on a monthly basis. The insur- new identification cards, which include the ance is through Lloyd’s of London. The Trustees new address, to Plan participants for whom the directed the Plan Office and Fund Counsel to Plan is the primary carrier. The new cards will work out the details and they gave the Chair be mailed shortly. and the Secretary authority to review and approve a new con- We are not sending new Health & Benefit ID cards to retirees tract. The Plan Office will notify participants when this program who are covered under Medicare who are age 65 or over because becomes available. the Health & Benefit Plan is their secondary carrier and all their claims are sent directly to the Plan Office for processing. Open Enrollment for Prudential Long-Term CIGNA’s new address is: Care Insurance CIGNA The Trustees received the Administrator’s report that PO Box 188004 Prudential has been given approval by the Maryland Insurance Chattanooga TN 37422 Commissioner to offer long-term care insurance. The brochure Your benefits have not changed. Only the mailing address to that will be sent to participants is now awaiting final approval. which your provider should submit claims has changed. The Administrator reported that an open enrollment period should be offered to participants in the fall. Board of Trustee Meetings The Board of Trustees met the week of May 25. Below please find Annual Verification of Pension Benefits some of the items the Trustees reviewed. The Administrator reported that 131 pensioners or surviving spouses had not sent in the Plan Office form verifying receipt Independent Fiduciary Services of their monthly pension benefits. The Trustees requested that Frank Lilly of Independent Fiduciary Services (“IFS”) reviewed the Administrator prepare a letter for the Chairman’s signa- with the Trustees a proposed transaction between IFS and Arthur ture explaining to those who have not responded the need for J. Gallagher & Co. (“Gallagher”) through its subsidiary, GBS a signed verification and informing them that if they do not Investment Consulting LLC, in which IFS would be acquired by provide this verification; their monthly benefits will be with- Gallagher. Frank Lilly further reported that all IFS leadership, held effective July 1, 2011, until their form is received in the Plan investment professionals and staff would remain intact, serving Office. the same clients and providing the same services. IFS’s invest- ment advice, recommendations and decision-making would remain objective and conflict-free. After discussion, the Trustees PRO Electronic Funds Transfer agreed to consent to the assignment of its contract with IFS to The Trustees received the Administrator’s report that, effective GBS Investment Consulting LLC. May 23, the Plan Office implemented the ACH deposit of PRO payments issued by the Plan Office. The Trustees requested that Disability Insurance the Plan Office explore ways in which such ACH deposits can be The Trustees received the Administrator’s report that the Plan’s made on a more frequent basis in order to increase participation insurance broker, as per their request, has made arrangements in the ACH deposit program.

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License Insurance for Offshore and PMR Sept. 30, 2011, Fidelity will automatically exchange your “Investor Members Share” class units for “Institutional Share” class units as soon as feasible after that date. Furthermore, after that date, all The Health & Benefit Plan offers a program that provides mem- new contributions invested in that Fidelity fund will also be in bers of the Offshore Division and the Pacific Maritime Region “Institutional Share” class units. with the option to purchase license insurance for protection Second, the Trustees continue to monitor the investment against loss of wages in the event of the suspension or revoca- performance of your 401(k) Plan investment options. In par- tion of an officer’s license, as well as property damage, loss of ticular, the Trustees have noted that both the Fidelity Magellan personal effects and legal representation. An application may be Fund and the Fidelity Growth & Income Fund have under- obtained from the Plan Office or in the Members’ Only section performed their benchmarks and peer-group universe. Based of www.bridgedeck.org. Coverage takes effect on the first day of on discussions between the Trustees and the Plan’s investment the month following acceptance by the Plan Office of the appli- consultant, Independent Fiduciary Services (“IFS”), and the cation and payment. Coverage is provided on an annual basis. recommendation by IFS, as of Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, these two Officers should apply for coverage in the highest rating at which investment options will be frozen and two existing investment it is expected that he or she will serve during the policy period. options under the 401(k) Plan will be the alternative investment For a complete copy of rates, benefits and coverage, please options, namely, the John Hancock Large Cap Equity Fund (as refer to the Summary Plan Description. the alternative to the Magellan Fund) and the Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund (as the alternative to the Growth & Income Fund). Important Changes in MM&P 401(k) Plan New contributions made after Sept. 30 to either the Magellan Investment Options or Growth & Income funds will be directed to the alternative options. The alternative investment options noted herein are At their last meeting, the Trustees made certain changes to your being authorized by the Trustees based on a written recommen- investment options under the 401(k) Plan. dation by IFS. Of course, you can select other currently available First, those of you who are invested in the Fidelity Spartan investment options for your new contributions and/or for the 500 Index fund are in the “Investor Share” account paying transfer of your current account balances in the Fidelity Magellan an annual fee of 0.10%. Fidelity has recently offered the Plan and Growth & Income funds, other than the John Hancock and the opportunity to exchange your current “Investor Share” Spartan funds, but you need to inform Fidelity by Sept. 30, 2011. class units for “Institutional Share” class units, and as a result, If you have any questions, please contact Ken Ryan at the Plan your annual fee will be reduced by half from 0.10% to 0.05%. Office at 410-850-8617 or by e-mail at [email protected]. If Therefore, unless Fidelity hears from you otherwise by Friday, you want to contact Fidelity, call 1-866-848-6466.

July - August 2011 - 14 - The Master, Mate & Pilot after a Participant first becomes eligible for coverage, Plan Amendments as a result of marriage, the birth of a child, adoption of The following Plan amendments were adopted by the Board of a child, or placement of a child for adoption or under Trustees at the May 25-26, 2011 meeting: legal guardianship; or loss of other group health plan coverage or health insurance policy coverage under AMENDMENT NO. 116 TO THE which a Dependent was covered when initially offered M.M.&P. HEALTH & BENEFIT PLAN the opportunity to enroll in the Plan. The Plan Office RULES AND REGULATIONS shall provide the appropriate forms after notification 1) Article I (Definitions), Section 3 (Employer) is amended, is received. No coverage under this Plan will be made effective January 1, 2011, by adding the following at the end available to Dependents pursuant to this paragraph of that section to read as follows: unless the Plan Office received the necessary enroll- ment forms and supporting documentation and is “The term “Employer” shall also mean any Employer otherwise properly notified in writing of such an event that has entered into a Participation Agreement with the within the 60 day notification period until January Tr u s t e e s .” 1 following the next annual open enrollment period 2) Article I (Definitions), Section 5 (Employee) is amended during November and December each year thereafter by deleting in the first paragraph the word “and” before the during which such Dependent shall be given the oppor- words “Pacific Maritime Region Employees” and by adding tunity to enroll in the Plan.” after those words the following: “, Alaska Marine Highway 6) Article III (Eligibility), Section 8 (Continuation of Coverage System Group Employees and Non-Bargaining Unit for Pensioners) shall be amended by substituting the refer- E mp l oy e e s .” ences to “June 30, 2011” with “June 30, 2012” therein. 3) Article I (Definitions), Section 5 (Employee) is amended, 7) Article III (Eligibility) is amended, effective January 1, effective January 1, 2011, by adding a new subsection I at the 2011, by adding a new Section 15 (Non-Bargaining Unit end of that section to read as follows: Employees) at the end of that article to read as follows: “I. The term “Non-Bargaining Unit Employee” shall mean “Section 15. Non-Bargaining Unit Employees an individual who is not a member of a collective bargaining unit and whose Employer has entered into A. Initial Eligibility a Participation Agreement with the Organization or with the Plan’s Trustees that requires contributions to be Each Non-Bargaining Unit Employee shall become made to the M.M.& P. Health & Benefit Plan on behalf eligible for benefits hereunder on the date he completes of Non-Bargaining Unit Employees of the Employer.” one month of continuous service; provided, however, 4) Article I (Definitions), Section 6 (Eligible Employee) is that the eligibility of such an individual, who at the ini- amended, effective January 1, 2011, by deleting the bracketed tiation of such service was an Eligible Employee, shall text and by adding the underscored language to read as commence on the date he commences employment or follows: service. “The term “Eligible Employee” shall mean an Employee who B. Termination of Eligibility meets the conditions of eligibility set forth in Article III, Sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, [and] 7 and 15 herein, or who is other- Eligibility of an Employee under this Section shall wise approved for participation in the Plan by the Trustees.” terminate in accordance with the terms of the Participation Agreement, or the earliest of: 5) Article I (Definitions), Section 10.E.1 (Dependent – Special Rule for Participants Eligible for Benefits Under Article III, 1. the end of the sixth calendar month following the Section 4, Section 5, Section 8 and Section 10) is amended, month in which he last worked in employment or effective January 1, 2011, by adding the underscored language service with that Employer, or to read as follows: 2. the date on which the Employee commences employment elsewhere, or “E. Notification Requirements 3. his death, or 1. Participants must request an enrollment form from the 4. the date he ceases to be a member of the Plan Office in writing within 60 days of an event call- Organization, or ing for the addition of a Dependent as defined in this Section 10. Such an event shall include but not be lim- 5. the date he enters the military or naval or air ited to: initial enrollment; the addition of a Dependent,

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forces of any country, state or union or association AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO THE thereof; provided, however, that if the Employee M.M.& P. PENSION PLAN had any extended coverage under the Plan remain- THIRD RESTATED REGULATIONS ing as of his being recalled to military service, then the remaining extended coverage will be reinstated 1) Article III (Types of Pension, Eligibility and Amounts for if he returns to Covered Employment in accor- Pensions), Section 3.19(j) (Cost of Living Adjustment) is dance with the Uniformed Services Employment amended by adding the following sentence to the end of that and Reemployment Rights Act. subsection to read as follows:

Termination of employment or service shall mean “Effective with Cost of Living Adjustments on and the date when active work for his Employer ceases; after January 1, 2011, but subject to Section 3.19(k) and except that in the case of continuous sickness, injury or Section 9.06 hereinafter, Pensioners who retired with official leave of absence, employment or service shall twenty (20) or more years of Pension Credit, or their be deemed to continue until the last day of the third Surviving Qualified Spouses, may have Earnings of up calendar month following the month in which active to $32,000 in the prior calendar year and remain eligible work ceased. The period of eligibility in the case of for a Cost of Living Adjustment pursuant to this Section sickness, injury or leave of absence may be extended by 3.19.” the Trustees, in their discretion, after consideration of 2) Article VI (Applications, Benefit Payments and Retirement), all the facts.” Section 6.09(a)(i) (Suspension of Benefits – Before Normal 8) Article IV (Benefit Provisions), Part M (Benefits for Retirement Age) is amended by adding the following clause Pensioners), Section 4.A.3 (General Provisions – Earnings to the end of that subsection to read as follows: Limitations for Pensioners Under Age 65) is amended, effective January 1, 2011, by deleting the bracketed text and “; and effective January 1, 2011, Pensioners shall be autho- adding the underscored language to read as follows: rized, without penalty, to accept employment, other than Covered Employment, aboard any maritime acad- “Effective January 1, 2011, a Pensioner and his emy education or training vessel, only when they are Dependent under the age of 65 shall report to the Plan sailing as Masters aboard such vessels.” Office at the beginning of the year or at the time they reasonably expect that they will exceed the Earnings AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE Limitation for that year in which case they will not be eligible for benefits under the Plan for the remainder of M.M.& P. INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT that year. Furthermore, they will be presumed to exceed ACCOUNT PLAN the Earnings Limitation for the following year unless THIRD RESTATED REGULATIONS they can demonstrate to the Plan Office otherwise. If such a Pensioner or his Dependent fails to report that The Masters, Mates & Pilots Individual Retirement Account they will exceed the Earnings Limitation in a year that Plan is amended, effective as of July 1, 2011, as follows: they do, their coverage under the Plan will be rescinded 1. Article I (Definitions), Section 1.18 (Rollover retroactively to the [beginning of the year] date they Contributions) is amended by adding the following sentence knew or would have reasonably expected to know that to the end thereof: they would exceed the Earnings Limitation for that year and, in accordance with Article II, Section 7 herein- A Participant who makes a Rollover Contribution to the above, the Pensioner or his Dependent will be required Plan may elect to designate it as a Roth Contribution. to reimburse the Plan for any claims paid by the Plan Rules applicable to the Roth Contribution following this Office for claims incurred by them for that period their designation are set forth in Section 1.32 of the 401(k) coverage is rescinded.” Arrangement. 2. Article VI (Payment of Benefits and Eligibility), Section 6.10 (Direct Rollover of Benefits), Subsection (b) (Definitions), Paragraph (ii) (Eligible Retirement Plan) is amended by the addition of the following sentence at the end thereof:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the only plans that are Eligible Retirement Plans with respect to distributions

July - August 2011 - 16 - The Master, Mate & Pilot from Roth Accounts are: (A) accounts established to (4) Voluntary contributions as described in Article III hold designated Roth contributions under a qualified converted into Roth Contributions in accordance Roth contribution program described in Section 402A with Section 6.11 hereinabove; of the Code, and (B) Roth IRA’s described in Section (5) Rollover Contributions designated as Roth 408A of the Code. Contributions in accordance with Section 1.18 3. Article VI (Payment of Benefits and Eligibility) is hereinabove. amended by the addition of Section 6.11, to read as follows: (b) Following the conversion of a Participant’s Section 6.11 Designation of Accumulated Share as Roth Accumulated Share, Voluntary Contributions or Contribution Rollover Contributions into Roth Contributions, all Plan provisions that applied prior to the conversion A Participant who has at least five (5) Vesting Service remain in force unless otherwise specified. A con­ Credits, a spousal Beneficiary of a deceased Participant, version has no effect on the Participant’s subsequent or an alternate payee under a qualified domestic rela- receipt of benefits in accordance with Section 3.03 or tions order (except an alternate payee who is not the Articles VI and VII hereinabove, except as otherwise Spouse or former Spouse of a Participant) may elect provided in Section 6.10. to convert into a Roth Contribution all or any portion of his Accumulated Share that he is eligible to receive (c) The conversion of a Participant’s Pre-Tax Contributions as a distribution (or would be eligible to receive if he or Matching Contributions into Roth Contributions has immediately terminated employment in the Maritime no effect on any outstanding loans or on his subsequent Industry) and that could be rolled over directly to an loan or distribution options. Eligible Retirement Plan under the provisions of Section 5. Article I (Definitions), Section 1.33 (Roth Contribution) 6.10. A conversion is not treated as a distribution for of the 401(k) Arrangement is amended to read as follows: purposes of the Plan. Notwithstanding any other provi- sion of the Plan, the consent of the Participant’s Spouse The term “Roth Contribution” means a contribution, to the conversion is not required. Rules applicable to including earnings thereon, that has either (a) been the Roth Contribution following this conversion are set designated as a Roth Contribution pursuant to the forth in Section 1.32 of the 401(k) Arrangement. Participant’s election under Section 5.2 or (b) been 4. Article I (Definitions), Section 1.32 (Roth Account) of the converted into a Roth Contribution in accordance with 401(k) Arrangement is amended to read as follows: Section 1.18 or 6.11 hereinabove or Section 4.9 of the 401(k) Arrangement. The term “Roth Account” means the portion of a 6. Article IV (Benefit Payments) of the 401(k) Arrangement Participant’s Tax Deferred Savings Account established is amended by the addition of Section 4.9, to read as follows: to hold elective deferrals pursuant to Section 2.3 that have been designated as Roth Contributions in accor- Section 4.9 Transfers to Roth Rollover Accounts dance with Section 5.2 and to hold any other portion of his interest in the Plan that has been converted into a (a) A Participant who is at least fifty-nine and one-half Roth Contribution. The following rules apply to Roth (59½) years old, a Beneficiary who is the surviving Contributions resulting from conversions: Spouse of a deceased Participant or an alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations order (except an (a) Each of the following sources of a Participant’s Roth alternate payee who is not the Spouse or former Spouse Contributions resulting from conversions is accounted of a Participant) may elect to convert all or any por- for separately and may be the subject of a separate tion of his Tax Deferred Savings Account into a Roth investment election by the Participant: Contribution in accordance with this Section 4.9. (1) Pre-Tax Contributions converted into Roth (b) The conversion of a Tax-Deferred Savings Account into Contributions in accordance with Section 4.9; a Roth Contribution is not treated as a distribution for (2) Matching Contributions converted into Roth purposes of the Plan. Notwithstanding any other provi- Contributions in accordance with Section 4.9; sion of the Plan, the consent of the Participant’s Spouse (3) Accumulated Share (other than voluntary contri- to the transfer is not required. butions as described in Article III) converted into Roth Contributions in accordance with Section 6.11 hereinabove;

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Manuel H. Arosemena, shipping out of Tampa. He last Karen A. Kruesi, worked in the MM&P Plans office as sailed for Waterman Steamship Company as master of the office manager. Maersk California.

Roy G. Labrie, shipping out of San Francisco. He last sailed Geoffrey Bird, shipping out of New York/ New Jersey. He for Matson Navigation Company as third mate on the last sailed for Maersk Lines Limited as second mate on the Maui. Maersk Racer.

Robert C. Lewis, shipping out of Gulf ports. He last sailed Kevin P. Burke, shipping out of Boston. He last sailed for Waterman Steamship Company as master of the for Maersk Lines Limited as second mate on the Alliance Sgt. Matej Kocak. Beaumont.

Bruce D. Mitchell, shipping out of Los Martin N. Collins, shipping out of Boston. He last sailed Angeles/Long Beach. He last sailed for with APL Marine as chief mate on the President Polk. Horizon Lines as master of the Horizon Tiger.

Melvin R. Flavel, last worked as a Puget Sound pilot.

Lawrence J. Neubert, worked in the MM&P Plans office as controller.

Roger L. Hoffman, shipping out of Norfolk. He last sailed Vladimir A. Petrov, shipping out of New York/New Jersey. for Waterman Steamship Company as master of the He last sailed for Horizon Lines as third mate on the Sgt. Matej Kocak. Horizon Trader.

Steven Kanchuga, shipping out of Boston. He last sailed Pablo M. Rodriguez, worked at MITAGS as human for Maersk Lines Limited as master of the Sealand resources department manager. Lightning.

Barker H. Story, shipping out of Los Angeles/Long Beach. Clyde W. Kernohan, shipping out of Los He last sailed for APL Marine as third mate on the Angeles/Long Beach. He last sailed for APL Philippines. Matson Navigation Company as third mate on the R.J. Pfeiffer. Dan M. Taylor, shipping out of the Gulf ports. He last sailed for Sealand Service Inc. as third mate.

July - August 2011 - 18 - The Master, Mate & Pilot news FROM MITAGs MITAGS Welcomes New Admissions Coordinator Kelly Michielli! Kelly Michielli has always had a strong interest in academics and working with stu- dents. That interest, along with extensive experience in customer service, makes her a perfect fit for her new job in the MITAGS front office. As admissions coordinator, Michielli is the main point of contact between students and the school. She registers students for MITAGS and Military Sealift Command (MSC) courses on the East and West coasts. “It keeps me busy all day,” she says. In particular, Michielli keeps an eye out for course openings that could allow a professional mariner on a tight work schedule to take a course that he or she needs. “I watch the standby lists like a hawk to make sure all the students have an opportunity to take the courses they need,” Michielli says. “Scheduling is tricky for them because there is often such a limited Kelly Michielli took over as MITAGS admissions window of opportunity between times when they are at sea.” coordinator in October 2010. “There’s a lot to learn,” she says, “but there are so many brains to pick. And the students have been wonderful.”

Congratulations Chief Mate/Master Grad! Matthew joined MM&P in 2008, after graduating from Massachusetts Maritime Academy. He lives in Cape May, N.J. He completed all Chief Mate and Master courses on June 10. Congratulations Matthew from everyone at MITAGS and MM&P!

Matthew Peoples

Now: Chief Mate/Master Grads Can Apply MITAGS Credit to a Master’s Degree! In a historic first, MITAGS has announced an agreement with the American Public University system (APU) to allow the transfer of academic credit earned from MITAGS Chief Mate/Master (CMM) License Advancement courses into APU graduate degree and certificate programs. All APU courses are delivered on-line, which means mariners can complete their educational goals at their own convenience, from wherever they are. Under the agreement, on completion of the MITAGS CMM program, APU, through its affiliates American Public University and American Military University, will accept up to 12 semester hour credits towards the Transportation and Logistics Management Master of Arts Degree. Other degree programs vary in the amount of transfer credit accepted. For example, a student who seeks a master’s degree in man- agement will be able to transfer credit from the CMM Program to waive Human Resource Management, a major course requirement, and three credit hours of an elective. CMM students can choose among more than 30 graduate degrees eligible for transfer of up to a maximum of twelve credit hours. Full transfer credit will be awarded only after completion of the Chief Mate/Master Program and submission of the CMM Program Completion Certificate issued by the MITAGS registrar. “This agreement gives merchant mariners the opportunity to complete their graduate degrees via the Internet, no matter where they are,” says MITAGS Program Manager Victor Tufts. To find out more, contact him at 443-989-3531 or at [email protected].

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 19 - July - August 2011 Directory of MM&P Offices

International Headquarters Legal Department Offshore Membership Group Jacksonville 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Gabriel Terrasa David H. Boatner Liz Pettit Linthicum Heights, International Counsel Vice President-Pacific Ports Representative MD 21090-1953 Ext. 45 Wayne Farthing 349 E. 20th St. Phone: 410-850-8700 [email protected] Vice President-Gulf Ports Jacksonville, FL 32206 Fax: 410-850-0973 Phone: 904-356-0041 [email protected] Steven Werse Fax: 904-353-7413 www.bridgedeck.org Federal Employees Vice President-Atlantic Ports [email protected] Membership Group Boston International Officers Los Angeles/Long Beach Randall H. Rockwood Dan Cartmill David H. Boatner Timothy A. Brown Vice President Ron Colpus Vice President-Pacific President Executive Office Dan Goggin Ext. 17 MM&P Headquarters Representatives Wendy Karnes [email protected] 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Marine Industrial Park Representative 533 N. Marine Ave. Don Marcus Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 12 Channel St., Suite 606-A Suite A Secretary-Treasurer [email protected] Boston, MA 02210-2333 410-850-8700 ext. 21 Phone: 617-671-0769 Wilmington, CA 90744-5527 Ext. 21 Phone: 310-834-7201 [email protected] Fax: 617-261-2334 Randi Ciszewski [email protected] Fax: 310-834-6667 Executive Offices Representative [email protected] [email protected] George Quick Executive Office Charleston MM&P Headquarters Vice President Elise Silvers Miami/Port Everglades 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Pilot Membership Group Representative Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 Andrea Fortin Ext. 20 1529 Sam Rittenberg Blvd. Office: 732-527-0828 Dave Goff [email protected] Suite 1B Cell: 202-679-7594 Representatives Charleston, SC 29407 Klaus Luhta Fax: (732) 527-0829 540 East McNab Rd., Suite B Phone: 843-766-3565 Director of Government [email protected] Pompano Beach, FL Fax: 843-766-6352 Relations 33060-9354 Ext. 23 [email protected] David H. Boatner Phone: 954-946-7883 [email protected] West Coast Contact Fax: 954-946-8283 Honolulu Diane Chatham Los Angeles/Long Beach [email protected] Executive Secretary 533 N. Marine Ave. Randy Swindell Ext. 21 Wilmington, CA 90744-5527 Representative New Orleans [email protected] 521 Ala Moana Blvd., Ste 254 Phone: 310-834-7201 Sue Bourcq Honolulu, HI 96813 Fax: 310-834-6667 Representative Accounting Phone: 808-523-8183 [email protected] 300 Mariner’s Plaza, Ste 321B Fax: 808-538-3672 Beverly Gutmann Mandeville, LA 70448 [email protected] International Comptroller Randi Ciszewski Phone: 985-626-7133 Ext. 12 U.S. Navy Civil Service Fax: 985-626-7199 Houston [email protected] Pilots Representative [email protected] Executive Office Wayne Farthing Communications MM&P Headquarters Vice President-Gulf Ports New York/New Jersey 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Lisa Rosenthal Nell Wilkerson Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 Steven Werse Communications Director Representative Vice President-Atlantic Office: 732-527-0828 4620 Fairmont Parkway Ext. 27 35 Journal Square, Suite 912 communications@ Cell: 202-679-7594 Suite 203, Jersey City, NJ 07306-4103 bridgedeck.org Fax: (732) 527-0829 Pasadena, TX 77504 [email protected] Phone: 281-487-4649 Phone: 201-963-1900 Fax: 281-487-0686 Fax: 201-963-5403 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Assistant Port Agent 201-963-1918 [email protected]

July - August 2011 - 20 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Norfolk, Va. Pilot Membership Group Associated Branch Pilots Columbia River Pilots Mark Nemergut George A. Quick Mike Lorino Jr. Paul Amos Greg Sherry Vice President 3813 N.Causeway Blvd. President Representatives 3400 N. Furnace Rd. Suite 100 13225 N. Lombard Norfolk Commerce Center III Jarrettsville, MD 21084 Metairie, LA 70002 Portland, OR 97203 5425 Robin Hood Rd #204 Phone: 410-557-8757 Phone: 504-831-6615 Phone: 503-289-9922 Norfolk, VA 23513 Fax: 410-557-7082 Phone: 757-489-7406 [email protected] Association of Maryland Pilots Coos Bay Pilots Fax: 757-489-1715 Eric Nielsen Charles L. Yates [email protected] East Coast President President Regional Representative 3720 Dillon St. 686 North Front St. San Francisco Timothy J. Ferrie Baltimore, MD 21224 Coos Bay, OR 97420-2331 Bill McKinley 201 Edgewater St. Phone: 410-276-1337 Phone: 541-267-6555 Port Agent Staten Island, NY 10305 Fax: 410-276-1364 Fax: 541-267-5256 Sandy Candau Phone: 718-448-3900 [email protected] Representative Fax: 718-447-1582 Crescent River Port Pilots [email protected] Biscayne Bay Pilots 548 Thomas L. Berkley Way Allen J. “A.J.” Gibbs Oakland, CA 94612 Michael McDonnell President Gulf Coast Phone: 415-777-5074 Chairman 8712 Highway 23 Regional Representative Fax: 415-777-0209 2911 Port Blvd. Belle Chasse, LA 70037 [email protected] Richard D. Moore Miami, FL 33132 Phone: 504-392-8001 [email protected] 8150 S. Loop E. Phone: 305-374-2791 Fax: 504-392-5014 Houston, TX 77017 Fax: 305-374-2375 San Juan, Puerto Rico Phone: 713-645-9620 Galveston-Texas City Pilots Boston Pilots Eduardo Iglesias John Halvorsen West Coast Representative Martin McCabe P.O. Box 16110 Regional Representative 1959 Building Center President Galveston, TX 77552 1959 Loiza St. Ste 200 Kip Carlson 256 Marginal Street, Bldg 11 Phone: 409-740-3347 San Juan, PR 00911 Pier 9, East End East Boston, MA 02128 Fax: 409-740-3393 Phone: 787-724-3600 San Francisco, CA 94111 Phone: 617-569-4500 Fax: 787-723-4494 Phone: 415-362-5436 Fax: 617-569-4502 Grays Harbor Hours: Monday-Friday [email protected] Stephen G. Cooke 9:00am – 1:30pm ET Canaveral Pilots 1104 36th Ave., Ct. N.W. [email protected] Alaska Marine Pilots Ben Borgie Gig Harbor, WA 98335-7720 Seattle Peter S. Garay Doug Brown Phone: 253-858-3778 President Co-Chairmen Kathleen O. Moran P.O. Box 920226 Box 816 Hawaii Pilots Association Representative Dutch Harbor, AK 99692 Cape Canaveral, FL 32920 Steve Baker 15208 52nd Ave. South Phone: 907-581-1240 Phone: 321-783-4645 President Suite 100 Fax: 907-581-1372 [email protected] Pier 19-Honolulu Harbor Seattle, WA 98188 [email protected] P.O. Box 721 Phone: 206-441-8700 Charleston Branch Pilots Honolulu, HI 96808 Fax: 206-448-8829 Aransas-Corpus Christi Pilots [email protected] Whit Smith Phone: 808-532-7233 Bobby G. Grumbles 6 Concord St. Fax: 808-532-7229 Tampa P.O. Box 2767 P.O. Box 179 [email protected] Corpus Christi, TX 78403 Charleston, SC 29402 Laura Cenkovich Phone: 361-884-5899 Phone: 843-577-6695 Representative Fax: 361-884-1659 Fax: 843-577-0632 Houston Pilots 202 S. 22nd St., Suite 205 Steve Conway Tampa, FL 33605-6308 Columbia Bar Pilots Phone: 813-247-2164 Presiding Officer Fax: 813-248-1592 John Torjusen 203 Deerwood Glen Drive Hours: 9:00 AM-2:00 PM ET 100 16th St. Deer Park, TX 77536 [email protected] Astoria, OR 97103-3634 Phone: 713-645-9620 Phone: 503-325-2641

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 21 - July - August 2011 Key West Bar Pilots Association Port Everglades Pilots San Francisco Bar Pilots Tampa Bay Pilots Michael McGraw Andy Edelstein Bruce Horton Allen L. Thompson P.O. Box 848 Bruce Cumings Port Agent Executive Director Key West, FL 33041 Co-Directors Kip Carlson 1825 Sahlman Dr. Phone: 305-296-5512 P.O. Box 13017 MM&P Representative Tampa, FL 33605 Fax: 305-296-1388 Port Everglades, FL 33316 Pier 9, East End Phone: 813-247-3737 Phone: 954-522-4491 San Francisco, CA 94111 Fax: 813-247-4425 Lake Charles Pilots Phone: 415-362-5436 Puget Sound Pilots Fax: 415-982-4721 Virginia Pilot Association Michael Miller President Frantz A. Coe J. William Cofer Sandy Hook Pilots 4902 Ihles Rd. 101 Stewart St. - Suite 900 President Lake Charles, LA 70665 Seattle, WA 98101 Peter Rooss 3329 Shore Dr. Phone: 337-436-0372 Phone: 206-728-6400 Branch Agent Virginia Beach, VA 23451 Fax: 337-474-4573 Fax: 206-448-3405 201 Edgewater St. Phone: 757-496-0995 [email protected] Staten Island, NY 10305 www.lakecharlespilots.com Sabine Pilots Phone: 718-448-3900 Western Great Lakes Fax: 718-447-1582 Pilots Association Duane Bennett Mobile Bar Pilots Presiding Officer Donald Willecke Savannah Pilots Association Patrick J. Wilson 5148 West Pkwy. President President Groves, TX 77619 William T. Brown 1111 Tower Ave., P.O. Box 248 P.O. Box 831 Phone: 409-722-1141 Master Pilot Superior, WI 54880-0248 Mobile, AL 36601 Fax: 409-962-9223 550 E. York St. Phone: 715-392-5204 Phone: 251-432-2639 www.sabinepilots.com P.O. Box 9267 Fax: 715-392-1666 Fax: 251-432-9964 Savannah, GA 31401-3545 Saint Johns Bar Pilots Phone: 912-236-0226 New Orleans-Baton Rouge Fax: 912-236-6571 United Inland John Atchison Steamship Pilots Membership Group President Southeast Alaska William O. Watson III 4910 Ocean St. Michael Murray Pilots Association Chris Rieder Mayport, FL 32233 Vice President 401 North New Hampshire St. Phone: 904-249-5631 Richard Gurry http:/www.mmp-uig.org/ Covington, LA 70433 Fax: 904-249-7523 President Phone: 985-867-5332 [email protected] 1621 Tongass Ave. - Suite 300 Cleveland Fax: 504-832-1932 Ketchikan, AK 99901 Charles Malue San Juan Bay Pilots Phone: 907-225-9696 Regional Representative Northeast Marine Pilots Fax: 907-247-9696 P.O. Box 9021034 1250 Old River Rd. [email protected] Joseph Maco San Juan, PR 00902-1034 Cleveland, OH 44113 www.seapa.com 243 Spring St. Phone: 787-722-1166 Phone: 216-776-1667 Newport, RI 02840 Fax: 216-776-1668 Southwest Alaska Phone: 401-847-9050 St. Lawrence Seaway Pilots [email protected] Pilots Association Toll Free: 1-800-274-1216 Roger S. Paulus Jeffrey D. Pierce Juneau President Pilots Association for the President Richard Tetzlaff Ron Bressette Bay & River Delaware P.O. Box 977 MM&P Branch Agent Regional Representative Homer, AK 99603 J.R. Roche P.O. Box 274 229 Fourth St. Phone: 907-235-8783 President 733 E. Broadway Juneau, AK 99801 Fax: 907-235-6119 800 S. Columbus Blvd. Cape Vincent, NY 13618 Phone: 907-586-8192 [email protected]. Philadelphia, PA 19147 Phone: 315-654-2900; Fax: 907-789-0569 Phone: 215-465-8340 Fax: 315-654-4491 [email protected] Fax: 215-465-3450

July - August 2011 - 22 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Portland MIRAID Atlantic & Gulf Region Health, Maritime Institute of Pension and Education, Technology & Graduate John Schaeffner C. James Patti Safety & Training Funds Studies (MITAGS) Regional Representative President 2225 N. Lombard St. - No. 206 1025 Connecticut Ave., NW Wendy Chambers Glen Paine Portland, OR 97217 Suite 507 Account Executive Executive Director Phone and Fax: 503-283-0518 Washington, DC 20036-5412 Associated Administrators Inc. 692 Maritime Blvd. [email protected] Phone: 202-463-6505 4301 Garden City Drive, Ste 201 Linthicum Heights, Fax: 202-223-9093 Landover, MD 20785 MD 21090-1952 San Francisco [email protected] Direct Line: 301-429-8964 Main Phone: 410-859-5700 Member Calls: Toll-Free: Raymond W. Shipway 1-800-638-2972 Admissions: 1-866-656-5568 Regional Representative Masters, Mates & Pilots Residence Center: 548 Thomas L. Berkley Way Federal Credit Union 1-866-900-3517 Oakland, CA 94612 Pacific Maritime Region BWI Airport Shuttle Phone: 415-543-5694 Kathy Ann Klisavage Pension & Benefit Plans (avail. 24 hours a day): Fax: 415-543-2533 Manager 1-866-900-3517 Ext. 0 [email protected] MM&P Headquarters Columbia Northwest Fax: 700 Maritime Blvd., Suite B Marine Benefit Trust School: 410-859-5181 San Juan, Puerto Rico Linthicum, MD 21090-1953 Phone: 410-850-8700 Patrick McCullough Residence: 410-859-0942 Eduardo Iglesias Ext. 43 Administrator Executive Director: Regional Representative Fax: 410-859-1623 700 Maritime Blvd. – Suite A [email protected] 1959 Building Center Toll-Free: 1-800-382-7777 Linthicum Heights, MD Admissions: 1959 Loiza St. Ste 200 (All U.S. and Puerto Rico) 21090-1996 [email protected] San Juan, PR 00911 [email protected] Phone: 410-850-8500 www.mitags.org Phone: 787-724-3600 Fax: 410-850-8655 Fax: 787-723-4494 Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522 Hours: Monday-Friday MM&P Maritime Advancement, [email protected] Pacific Maritime 9:00am – 1:30pm ET Training, Education & Hours: Monday-Friday Institute (PMI) [email protected] Safety Program (MATES) 8:30 AM– 4:30 PM ET Gregg Trunnell Patrick McCullough Director Seattle Northwest Maritime Administrator Pension Trust 1729 Alaskan Way, S. Seattle, WA 98134-1146 Michael Murray Glen Paine Randy G. Goodwin Phone: 206-441-2880 Vice President-UIG Executive Director Tim Saffle Account Executive Fax: 206-441-2995 Regional Representative P.O. Box 34203 Toll-Free: 1-888-893-7829 Seattle, WA 98124 144 Railroad Ave., Suite 222 MM&P Health & Benefit, [email protected] Phone: 206-441-7574 Edmonds, WA 98020 Vacation, Pension, JEC www.mates.org Fax: 206-441-9110 Phone: 425-775-1403 and IRA Plans Fax: 425-775-1418 Patrick McCullough Southwest Marine Health, [email protected] Administrator Benefit & Pension Trust [email protected] MM&P Plans 4201 Long Beach Blvd. Suite 300 Wilmington 700 Maritime Blvd. – Suite A Linthicum Heights, MD Long Beach, CA 90807 Raymond W. Shipway 21090-1996 Toll-Free: 1-888-806-8943 Regional Representative Phone: 410-850-8500 533 N. Marine Ave. Fax: 410-850-8655 Wilmington, CA 90744-5527 Toll-Free: 1-877-667-5522 Phone: 310-549-8013 [email protected] Fax: 310-834-6667 Hours: Monday – Friday [email protected] 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM ET

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 23 - July - August 2011 C Ross’D THE FINAL BAR

Mayer R. Armbrust, 88, died May 16. A pensioner since 1979 Bernard Dorobek, 92, died March 18. A pensioner since 1982 and a resident of Brentwood, Calif., he last sailed for Matson and a resident of Wyandotte, Mich., he last sailed as master for Navigation Inc. as chief mate on the SS Californian. He enjoyed Great Lakes Fleet Services Inc. travel, playing cards and visiting friends and family. Hs wife, Joanne, survives him. Robert R. Durgin Sr., 89, died May 6. A pensioner since 1984 and a resident of Holland, Mass., he last sailed for Marine Transport Norman F. Beuchel, 94, Lines as master of the SS Marine died April 25. A resident of Chemist. He loved spending time Las Vegas and a pensioner with family. He was a proud sup- since 1983, he last sailed for porter of the American Legion Charles Kurz and Co. as Baseball League and loved animals, master of the SS Petersburg. especially his race horse, Debraella. His sons, Ronald and Gary, His son, Capt. Durgin, daughters, daughter, Barbara, and Janice and Joanne, sister, Mildred, grandson, Christopher, sur- and 10 grandchildren survive him. vive him.

Edward H. Erbes, 89, died Jan. 26. A resident of Malaga, Spain, and a pensioner since 1987, he last sailed for Sealand Service Inc. as third mate on the MV Sealand Leader. Selmer Bjornestad, 97, died April 16. A pensioner since 1979 and a resident Henry Genge, 85, died April 29. A pensioner since 1991 and a of Farsund, Norway, he last sailed resident of Canada, he last sailed for Sealand Services Inc. as for Keystone Tankship Corporation third mate on the Sealand Producer. as master of the SS Keystoner. He loved his home by the seaside and Lewis E. Hassell, 84, died March 21. A resident of Lancaster, Va., spending time with family, especially and a pensioner since 1988, he last sailed for Sealand Service Inc. his grandchildren and great-grand- as master of the MV Sealand Freedom. children. His daughter, Adgerd, son, Glenn, seven grandchildren and nine Sven Keinanen, 88, died March 12. A resident of Cave Creek, great-grandchildren survive him. Ariz., and a pensioner since 1987, he last sailed for United States Lines as chief mate on the Wallace H. Brown, 83, died April 13. A resident of Winchester, SS American Lynx. He enjoyed Va., and a pensioner since 1987, he last sailed for Ogden Marine learning foreign languages and Inc. as master of the OMI Willamette. Ethel Mae Brown survives woodworking, and he was a 32nd him. degree mason. After his retire- ment, he sailed on the Patrick J. Connolly, 85, died April SS Jeremiah O’Brien as third mate. 10. A resident of Dennis, Mass., and a He made the voyage to Normandy pensioner since 1972, he last worked for the 50th anniversary of the for MM&P as a port official. He Normandy invasion. His sons, served in the Navy during World War Harlan and Wayne, and three II and the Korean War. He loved fish- grandchildren, Blake, Ella and ing, reading and woodworking. His William, survive him. wife of 47 years, Shirley, daughters, Ann and Jane, and four grandchil- Walter W. LeClair, 75, died March 3. A resident of Chatham, dren survive him. Mass., and pensioner since 1997, he last sailed for Central Gulf Lines as second mate on the SS Austral Rainbow. He enjoyed fishing and was an avid boater. He was also an active member of his church and a member of the Cape Cod Shrine Club. His brother, Ralph, sister, Gail, a niece and five nephews survive him.

July - August 2011 - 24 - The Master, Mate & Pilot Stephen P. Maher, Sr., 90, died April 20. A pensioner since Denis N. Ussher, 97, died April 11. A 1984 and a resident of Waldwick, N.J., he last worked as admin- resident of New Zealand and a pensioner istrator for the International Organization of Masters, Mates since 1976, he last sailed for Prudential & Pilots Health and Benefit Plans. He also played a role in the Lines Inc. as chief mate on the SS Santa development of MITAGS. He served as a merchant mariner in Magdalena. He enjoyed traveling and World War II and was awarded Atlantic, Mediterranean, Middle researching maritime history. His wife, East and Pacific war zone bars, as well as the Combat bar with Jean, son, Christopher, daughter, Valerie, stars. His five children, Stephen Jr., Kevin, Kathleen, Walter, and and three grandchildren survive him. Dorothy, 14 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews survive him.

Joseph Mele, 88, died June 19. A Lacy J. Walker, 81, died April resident of Freehold, N.J., and a 30. A pensioner since 1992 and pensioner since 1979, he last sailed a resident of Asheboro, N.C., he for Sealand Services Inc. as second last sailed for Sealand Service mate on the Sealand Galloway. He Inc. as master of the MV Ile De loved to play poker, tell sea stories France. He enjoyed the “Best and work on home improvements. of Broadway” productions, His wife, Doris, two granddaugh- was a supporter of Randolph ters, one great-granddaughter, and Community Concerts and was a a niece, Mary Ann, survive him. Shriner, Mason and member of the VFW. His fiancée, Martha, and sisters, Esther and Helen, survive him. Francis J. Nichols, 84, died Feb. 26. A pensioner since 1986 and a resident of Cliffside Park, N.J., he Nathaniel R. Weissman, 86, last sailed for Puerto Rico Marine died Sept. 26, 2010. A resident as third mate on the San Juan. of Torrance, Calif., and a pen- His sister, Audrey, and nephews, sioner since 1989, he last sailed Gerard and Ken, survive him. for American Ship Management Company as third mate on the MV Island Mariana. He enjoyed writing short stories and poetry. His photo Ken Cavanagh wife, Patricia, daughter, Lisa, and granddaughter, Megan, survive him. Robert E. Spencer, 83, died April 1. A pensioner since 1999 and a resident of Henderson, Nev., he last sailed for Ogden Marine Inc. as second mate on the SS Connecticut. George C. Whealton, 87, died May 3. A resident of Vero Beach, Fla., and a pensioner since 1985, he last sailed for Laurence B. Stone Sr., 91, died May 21. A resident of Lunenburg, Trinidad Corporation as master of the Mass., and a pensioner since 1981, he USNS Susquehanna. He enjoyed hunt- last sailed for United States Lines Inc. ing and fishing and spending time with as second mate on the SS American friends and family in Florida. His wife, Charger. He enjoyed traveling, collect- Robin, son, Christopher, daughter, ing historical items, reading about his- Rosene, and two grandchildren survive tory and listening to Italian opera. His him. son, Laurence Jr., and sisters, Karen, Jackie and Meredith, survive him. Henry F. Wilbert, 79, died Jan. 1. A pensioner since 1985 and a resident of Centerreach, N.Y., he last sailed for Keystone Tankership Company as chief mate on the Valley Forge.

The Master, Mate & Pilot - 25 - July - August 2011 Honor Roll of PCF Contributors MM&P salutes the union members, pensioners and employees who are making our voice heard in Washington, D.C.!

American maritime jobs depend on MM&P’s work in Congress and the Administration. When you contribute to the PCF, you ensure that your interests, and those of your fellow merchant mariners, receive the attention they deserve. Contribute to the MM&P Political Contribution Fund: It Works for You! When you contribute to our union’s PCF, you are directly supporting your own interests. Make your contribution today! Go to www.bridgedeck.org and click on the “Contribute to the PCF” button on the home page. Log in as a member, and follow the simple steps. Make your contribution and choose your PCF gift! When you contribute $100 or more, you join the distinguished ranks of the active and retired MM&P members and employees who make our voice heard where it matters most: Commodores’ Club recognizes contributions of $500 or more. Captains’ Club recognizes contributions of between $250 and $499. Contributors’ level recognizes contributions of between $100 and $249.

COMMODORES CAPTAINS

Richard W. Ackroyd Klaus D. Luhta Walter K. Allison P Peter S. Grate Daniel F. McGuire P Michael A. Santini Jenaro A. Asteinza Lawrence T. Lyons Thomas E. Apperson Robert H. Groh P Kevin J. McHugh Edmund J. Santos, Jr. Robert C. Beauregard William C. Mack Thomas A. Bagan Curtis B. Hall Kurt A. Melcher P P George W. Schaberg Theodore E. Bernhard Charles W. Malue David E. Behr Kenneth J. Halsall Andrew J. Merrill P P John L. Bergin P Michael K. Hargrave P Doris F. Miller Robert H. Schilling Norman Beuchel Donald J. Marcus * P Steven G. Booth Richard W. May P David H. Boatner Jason E. Harju Joseph E. Miller Henry L. Schroeder Ronald Bressette Kenneth R. Hele P Bruce D. Mitchell Paul T. Schulman Timothy A. Brown * Patrick McCullough P In Memory of Charles Sean T. McNeice Harvey L. Bryning Joseph D. Henderson Steven R. Moneymaker Benjamin L. Scott Meerman & Charlie Paul F. McQuarrie Kevin P. Burke Christopher S. Hendrickson George B. Moran Gary M. Setvin P Robert B. Burke Patrick J. Hennessy Paul A. Mospens Darley Frank V. Medeiros Kenneth J. Carlson, Jr. Andrew W. Hetz Brian A. Mossman Raymond W. Shipway Ruthann Ciszewski C. Michael Murray P P P Konstantinos Catrakis John R. Humphreys Philip D. Mouton Travis A. Shirley Barry V. Costanzi Paul H. Nielsen O. Scott Chamberlin Jeff H. Idema Roland L. Nalette P George J. Single Michael F. Cotting David L. Ohlson Bent L. Christiansen P Eduardo Iglesias F. John Nicoll P Michael D. Smith Kevin G. Coulombe James B. Parks Darren W. Collins Lawrence E. Ingraham Nicholas J. Nowaski P Robert Darley P Francis W. Parnelle P P Peter S. Smith Dean R. Colver John P. Jackson, Jr. John J. O’Boyle P In Memory of Vasilios L. Pazarzis P Thomas J. Cortese Thomas P. Jacobsen P James P. Olander P Robert R. Spencer Charlie Darley George A. Quick Vincent J. Cox P Allen H. Jensen P Robert P. O’Sullivan Einar W. Strom P Walter R. Day * P Dana V. Ramsdell P Todd C. Crossman Christian Johnsen Robert R. Owen David A. Sulin P P Eric L. Eschen Michael A. Rausa James M. Cunningham Earl W. Jones Henry M. Pace Conor J. Sullivan John W. Farmer, III Scott B. Reed George M. Darley Erik P. Jorgensen P Glen M. Paine P P John P. Sullivan Timothy Ferrie Robert A. Reish * In Memory of Charlie Darley Georgios C. Kanavos Antonios Papazis P Thomas A. Delamater James J. Kelleher, Jr. George K. Pappas P Stacey W. Sullivan Mark A. Foxvog Paul M. Rochford P P P P Ornulf C. Dorsen Clyde W. Kernohan, Jr. Peter J. Parise, III John S. Tucker David C. Goff Dave Romano P P P Dorothy Dunn Robert T. Kimball Michael Parr William D. Good, Jr. Paul Rooney P Shawn M. Tucy In Memory of Herbert P. Rosen P In Memory of Darrell Dunn Richard J. Klein C. James Patti Eric C. Veloni Danny Duzich Henry C. Knox-Dick P Wesley C. Penney William Good, Sr. In Memory of Capt. Gordon W. Elden P George W. Koch, Jr. P Joseph A. Perry John C. Wallace Edward W. Green Theodore Fillipaw, Jr. P P P Malvina A. Ewers Donald D. Laverdure Ernest C. Petersen Steven D. Watt Samuel A. Hanger * Lisa Rosenthal In Memory of Franklin Ewers Michael S. Lee Norman A. Piianaia P Lee Weiberg Harold J. Held Timothy C. Saffle P P Henry E. Faile David A. Leech Jonathon S. Pratt Michael K. Welch Rudolph A. John J. Schaeffner D. Wayne Farthing James R. Londagin Stephen F. Procida Hendersen P John F. Schmidt William J. Westrem Keith W. Finnerty George E. Mara D. Scott Putty P James F. Hill Steven P. Shils P Ryan K. Foster Nicholas A. Marcantonio Lloyd S. Rath P Gordon S. White Dale E. Hohman James Stebbins P James E. Franklin P Brett J. Marquis Karen A. Reyes James H. White P Scott E. Jones P Carl W. Stein Eric R. Furnholm Robert G. Mattsen In Memory of Charlie Darley James G. Wilson P P Christopher G. Thomas E. Stone Kenneth N. Gaito Rodney D. McCallen Edward B. Royles Robert A. Wilson P Kavanagh Peter M. Webster Nathaniel Gibbs P Thomas C. McCarthy Mark Ruppert P Christopher G. Woodward Eric S. Kelm Steven E. Werse * David C. Gommo Charles L. McConaghy Kenneth Ryan P Roy G. Labrie Stanley M. Willis P John A. Gorman Ann Marie McCullough Thomas M. Ryan John B. Young Charles A. Graham P Thomas D. McDorr James J. Sanders George N. Zeluff

* These active and retired members have contributed $1,000 or more. P These pensioners or survivors are singled out for special mention. July - August 2011 - 26 - The Master, Mate & Pilot PCF CONTRIBUTORS

Larry D. Aasheim Todd J. Campbell Michael J. Curlis P Peter K. Fileccia John J. Healey Mohamed A. Abbassi P Hans Carlsson P Erik V. Cutforth Russel W. Finstrom P William G. Heaps Scott E. Adams Michael J. Carolan Eric S. Cutler Kenneth Fisher P Richard H. Hemingson P Jean Adams-Mencik Belinda Carroll George Cutucashe William H. Fisher, III Thomas E. Henry P Jeffrey D. Adamson Chriss B. Carson Robert A. Dalziel P Alan D. Fosmo Michael C. Herig Owen B. Albert Robert J. Carter, Jr . Robert K. Damrell Milton K. Foss P William H. Hermes P Charles C. Allen Juan C. Carvajal P Michael H. Daugherty Gary D. Frame Earl W. Herring P Frederick W. Allen P Thomas J. Catalanotto P Joseph J. Davis John M. Frangos P James D. Herron P George Lowe Allen David P. Chamberlain P Benmamin J. Day James L. Frank Edward B. Higgins, Jr. P Ian D. Allen Dawai W. Chang George A. Defrain James L. Fraser P Alan G. Hinshaw John Allen P John C. Chapman P Ronald T. Degrazia P Jan M. Fraser P Daniel R. Hobbs P Robert B. Allen P Hao C. Cheong Nicholas Deisher J. Peter Fritz P Roland E. Hobson Murray G. Alstott P Stanislaw Chomicz Stephen A. DeJong Nicholas P. Garay Richard G. Hoey Andrew J. Altum Paul Christ P Marguerite Delambily P Larry A. Gardner Matthew P. Hofer Hans W. Amador Nicholas A. Christian In Memory of Robert Delambily Allen Garfinkle P Roger L. Hoffman Gerald William Anderson Ejnar G. Christiansen P Joseph F. Delehant P Angelo F. Gazzotto P Kurt Holen P Robert N. Anderson Michael R. Christle Freedom K. Dennis Hayden W. Gifford David J. Hood Thomas J. Anderson Pete Ciaramitaro Morgan H. Densley Francis G. Gilroy Jeff D. Hood Nicholas A. Angelozzi P Christopher N. Cichon Edward J. DesLauriers P Niksa Gjurasic P Joseph E. Hood John E. Antonucci P Chad E. Clapp Charles A. Dickman P Patrick N. Glenn William E. Hooper P Michael B. Archer Alexander J. Clark P Bernard J. Diggins Hans Peter Godskesen P Shimon Horowitz Timothy M. Arey Garrett H. Clark P John M. Dolan P Howard Goldberg P Robert B. Howard P Brian D. Arthur Timothy Clearwater Richard J. Domnitz P Joseph M. Goldstein David H. Hudson Dennis S. Badaczewski Paul E. Coan Lyle G. Donovan Bradley D. Goodwin Nicole L. Humphreys Bruce M. Badger P Harold W. Coburn P Sean M. Doran Gregory A. Goolishian, Jr. David N. Hutchinson Bruce H. Baglien James J. Colamarino P Jerome J. Dorman P Gerald M. Gordon P John D. Hutsell Peter H. Bailey P Daniel W. Cole P James P. Dowling Walter A. Graf, Jr William H. Imken Patrick J. Baker P Martin N. Collins Robert Drew P Kyle Grant Clark S. Inman P Matthew P. Bakis George S. Ireland, III P Richard Bara P Angel Irlanda Evan B. Barbis Melvin I. Issen P Charles K. Barthrop P Steven M. Itson Steve J. Batchelor, Jr. P John P. Jablonski Edward S. Batcho, Jr. P Joseph J. Jablonski P Dorinda L. Beach Patrick Jacobs Mary Ellen Beach P James N. Jannetti Olgierd C. Becker Arthur K. Jaskierny P Leo P. Bednarik James R. Jeffcoat John W. Behnken P George Jerosimich Derek J. Bender Joseph Jimenez Fred A. Bennett P J. Kevin Jirak P George Berkovich P Sten Johansson P Shankar Bhardwaj Eric B. Johnson Samuel R. Bircher William L. Johnson Geoffrey Bird Donald F. Josberger Sandor Z. Biro Marty L. Joseph Earl R. Blakely P Anthony Jurlina P John H. Bloomingdale Christopher R. Kalinowski Charles E. Booher Timothy Kalke James T. Bordelon John V. Connor P Dale S. Dubrin P Edward Gras P Eleftherios G. Kanagios P Vicki L. Bowers Richard W. Conway John T. Duff P A. Scott Gregory Steven W. Kanchuga P William H. Boyce, Jr. Russell C. Cooper Oscar W. Dukes Paul A. Gregware, Jr. P Emmanuel E. Kelakios Paul N. Braden Gary J. Cordes P George Dunham P Gregory P. Gretz John P. Kelley James J. Brady Daniel Corn Geoffrey P. Dunlop Stanley V. Griffin P John Kelly Frank W. Branlund P Nicole J. Cornali Robert R. Durgin P Mike F. Gruninger Joseph E. Keyes Anthony A. Brantley Andrew R. Corneille David S. Dwyer Jorge Gutman Timothy R. Kincaid Allan R. Breese P Scot A. Couturier Richard Martin Eastwood Beverly J. Gutmann Robert E. King P James P. Brennan David E. Cox P Martin B. Edwards In Memory of John Trimmer Michael W. Kinzie Jeffrey C. Bridges Erik Cox Christopher J. Edyvean Donna K. Hackworth Robert E. Klemm P Anders K. Brinch John M. Cox P Robert W. Eisentrager P Timothy J Hagan Lowell J. Knudsen P Richard S. Brooks P Linda Cramp Danny Ellis Brandt R. Hager James E. Kobis C. B. J. Brown P James Crandall P Edward D. Engeman, III P Francis M. Haggerty P Laura Kohler Michael S. Brown P Richard W. Crane P David K. Engen P Lloyd W. Hamblet Timothy W. Koivu Wardell E. Brown P Matthew C. Craven Glen E. Engstrand James D. Hamblett P Jonathan F. Komlosy Dean K. Bruch P Jacob A. Crawford Josh Ervasti Kyle J. Hamill Duane M. Koran P Douglas K. Buchanan Samuel J. Crawford Robin A Espinosa Dianna L. Hand Leroy R. Kurtz P C.E. Buffinger P Thomas B. Crawford William J. Esselstrom Bertil J. Haney Nikita Kushelevsky P Fernando C. Buisan P Anthony E. Crish P Edward M. Evans P John B. Harris Adam Scott Labrato Bert D. Burris John F. Cronin P Edward Eyerman P Samuel W. Hartshorn, Jr. P Anthony C. Lafayette P Joseph A. Byrne Breckenridge C. Crum Shawn L. Farrell John R. Harvey P Cecil H. Lamb P Eugene E. Cabral P Kirk W. Cully Gregory J. Ferris Brandon L. Hatfield Mark C. Landow Paul D. Calvin Leonard W. Culp P Eddo H. Feyen P Michael C. Hayes Thomas P. Larkin

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John E. Larson Kellen S. Murphy Bradley P. Plowman Marilyn J. Shelley Thomas D. Tetard P Roch E. Lavault P Curtis G. Murray P Mark Poneros P Daniel S. Shelton Arthur Thomas P Pieter J. Lenie P Douglas J. Nagy Joseph L. Pospisil, Jr. P Paul Shepard Brian D. Thomas Ryan W. Leo Eric B. Nelson P James A. Potter P Richard R. Sherrill P Richard N. Thomas Samuel P. Lesko P Kenneth R. Nelson P John L. Potts P Nikolai Sinkevich David W. Thompson Michael Leveille Michael E. Nelson P Edward N. Powell P Svietozar Sinkevich Roland Thompson Gary W. Lightner Douglas A. Nemeth George C. Previll P Harold V. Sipila P Stephen N. Thompson P P P Thomas N. Lightsey, Jr. Lawrence Neubert Carmon L. Pritchett Charles Skiba Gary E. Tober P P P P Leif H. Lindstrom Joseph W. Neudecker, III Joseph V. Pulitano Ernest P. Skoropowski W.H. Toohey, III P P John A. Long Frank G. Neuman Jamile Qureshi Steven M. Slead Norman B. Toroni P P P Michael W. Long Joseph W. Neuman Thomas W. Ramsden Jack Slier Adam Torres P P P P Victor M Lotorto Howard W. Newton, Jr. Bruno P. Ravalico Gerald V. Smeenk Lee A. Townsend P Peter J. Luhn George B. Nichols John P. Rawley Brendan S. Smith Blake L. Tubbs P P P John T. Lutey Michael L. Nickel John P. Redfearn Francis X. Smith Joe Mark Tuck John J. Lynskey P Norman C. Nielsen P Frank E. Reed, Jr. Fred D. Smith Daniel C. Tucker P Philip M. Lyons Eliot Patrick Ninburg Richard K. Reese P Joseph S. Smith James L. Turman P Jeremiah F. Lysaght P Edward W. Nitkowski P Timothy R. Reinholdt Richard D. Smith Stephen L. Turn Thomas P. MacKay, Jr. Ellen M. O’Donnell Mark D. Remijan P Glen E. Smith, Jr. P J. Lars Turner Richard Madden Gregory S. Oelkers Keith W. Restle P Frank W. Snell P Robert S. Underwood William J. Mahoney P Peter R. Ohnstad, Jr. P Javier Riano P Douglas Sowdon Edward J. Usasz P Lewis M. Malling P Hans P. Olander Korron Richardson Joseph B. Stackpole P Jose L. Valasquez P John J. Malone, III Jeffrey W. Olmstead P Ronald E. Riley Egon K. Stage P Roy K. Valentine, Jr. Richard T. Manning James E. O’Loughlin Steven Roberto Paul W. Stallings P P Todd M. Mara Eugene A. Olsen P James R. Robey P James W. StClair P Charles Van Trease Thomas C. Marley P Cornelius C. O’Malley James J. Robinson P A.H. Stegen P Stephen R. Vandale P Victore D. Marquez P Robert Vasko John P. Marshall Peter R. Veasey Daniel J. Martin Dean C. Ventimiglia P Jerry E. Mastricola Glenn E. Viettone P Alton R. McAlister P William F. Vogeley Leonard McCarthy P Mitka A. Von Reis Crooks Robert C. McCarthy Ren W. Vurpillat P William C. McCaw P David J. Wade P Richard B. McCloud P Nancy L. Wagner Michael J. McCormick P Honoring MM&P Women Officers Edwin McDermon, Jr. P Lacy J. Walker P Lauren McDermott Gregory S. Walsh Michael G. McDevitt Harold G. Walsh P John J. McEntee Harry Walton P Michael F. McGahran Andrew A. Wargo P James P. McGee Ruffin F. Warren Steven A. McKittrick Jerome P. Watts P John J. McNally William H. Weiss P P Marci McNamara George A. Werdann, Jr. Francis X Meier, Jr. Frank L. Westmoreland Louis A. Mendez John L. Westrem P Stephen P. Meyers Eugene K. Whalen P P Mark P. Michals Michael B. O’Toole Christopher J. Rogers Richard C. Stephens George C. Whealton, Jr. P P Shawn D. Ouellette David J. Rose Robert W. Stevenson P Albro Michell, Jr. Peter H. White Robert M. Miick P Jeffrey J. Oyafuso P G. Kenneth Rose P John G. Stewart Michael Wholey P William L. Miles William L. Palmer, III Benjamin D. Rosson Richard F. Stewart P Aaron M. Widerman Steven J. Miller Demetrios Papas P Bruce Rowland Robert C. Stone P Stephen N. Wikstrom P Cloyde L. Miner P Georg E. Pedersen P Randy E. Rozell Glenn D. Strathearn P Ronald C. Wilkin Michelle Mitchell Christy Pekara Dennis L. Ruff Peter K. Strez Paul A. Willers Peter W. Mitchell P Salvator Peraro David C. Ryan Robert P. Strobel, Jr. Nicolas M. Williams Donald S. Moir P Joseph L. Perreault P Koutaiba A. Saad Tore Stromme P James T. Willis P Klaus Moller P Henry Petersen P Roberto H. Salomon P Charles A. Stukenborg P P Jose Montero P Mark G. Peterson Philip F. Same Harold A. Stumme P John A. Willis Cesar A. Montes P Ronald A. Peterson Scott D. Saunders Roy T. Sturdivant P Mark A. Willmes P Christopher Moore Madeline Petrelli Paul B. Savasuk Joshua C. Sturgis Denis J. Wilson Dale A. Moore P Ioannis M. Petroutsas P Mark R. Schiedermayer Andrew C. Subcleff P Wesley R. Wilson P Nicholas C. Moore Peter A. Petrulis Charles R. Schmidt P Thomas P. Sullivan D.L. Winchester John M Morehouse Kerry D. Phillips Gary R. Schmidt P Samuel H. Surber Steve Wines P Aron J. Morgan Ratanawan-Sister Phurchpean Ross E. Schramm Joseph M. Surmann Jon C. Winstedt P Stuart E. Mork William E. Phurrough P Gary W. Schrock P Joseph A. Swan John B. Winterling Jaime Morlett Peter J. Piaseckyj Andrew Schroder P Chris D. Sweeny P Kahai H. Wodehouse Keith Morton Arthur E. Pierce P William F. Schumacher P Robert E. Sweet Janusz A. Wozniak P Richard Morvan Rick Pietrusiak Rafik A. Shahbin Kevin M. Tapp Nolan Young John Moustakas P Francesco P. Pipitone Wahid N. Shaker Kristi J. Taylor Frank Zabrocky P Charles P. Moy P Richard M. Plant Michael S. Shanley Jason Teal Ali M. Zeitoun Darrin N. Muenzberg Kirk C. Plender Ralph H. Sheffield P Antoine I. Tedmore P Demetrios A. Zervopoulos P

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