The USNA Alumni Association San Diego Chapter Newsletter Leaders To Serve The Nation April 2014 Chapter Officers: both enlightening and filled with for USS VALLEY FORGE (CG 50). He thoughtful insight. Bob's last tour served as First Lieutenant, Navigator, President: Alan Lerchbacker ‘74 (626) 644-6452, [email protected] was as Director of Leadership for CIC Officer, and Assistant Operations Vice President: Gilda (Addessi) Reeves ‘98 Character Development at USNA. Officer during this four-year tour, (858) 220-1108, [email protected] He attended Stanford as an undergrad participating in CONSTELLATION 2nd Vice President: Shawn VanMeter ‘97 and then spent 30 years as a Navy Battle Group's 1987 Arabian Gulf escort (858) 361-2648, [email protected] SEAL. At the same time he was at operations of reflagged Kuwaiti shipping. VP for Membership: Craig Smith ‘82 USNA teaching, his son, now a Navy (619) 623-5509, [email protected] SEAL, was a Youngster at Navy. We Earning a subspecialty in Operations Secretary: Tad Northcott ‘87 filled Randy Jones. Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate (703) 819-2289, [email protected] School in 1990, he next served as Treasurer: Maurice Caskey '64 (858) 484-3715, [email protected] If you missed opening day for the WEPS/CSO onboard USS Corresp. Sec.: Barbette Lowndes ‘80 Padres on April 1st, you not only CHANCELLORSVILLE (CG 62). (858) 243-2142, [email protected] missed 81 of our Alumni gathering in During the 1993 Arabian Gulf NAVNET/Job Board: Tom Hammons ‘71 what ended up being a fantastic venue deployment, the ship conducted a (858) 538-9824, [email protected] on top of third base, BEST VIEW in successful Tomahawk strike against the Directors - Term to 2014 the house, but you missed a GREAT Iraqi Intelligence Headquarters. Myron Fleming ’62 [email protected] game!! The event was sold out for Charlie Carey ’70 [email protected] the third year in a row, Following a one-year fellowship as the Jack Vellis ’68 [email protected] congratulations and thanks to Rich Surface Warfare liaison to the Center for Jason Jackson ’02 [email protected] Directors - Term to 2015 Carlquist for his hard work pulling Naval Analyses, he served as the Ship's Dick Evert ‘68 [email protected] this event together for us! Operations Budget Analyst for the Dan Gruta ’86 [email protected] SECNAV/OPNAV Comptroller. He then Bob Willingham ’96, The luncheon on May 20th is going reported as Executive Officer, USS [email protected] to be a very special one. We have CHOSIN (CG 65), preparing the ship to Matt Parra ’91, [email protected] two very senior Alumni celebrating serve as Air Defense Commander for Directors - Term to 2016 their 100th Birthday!! We are going CONSTELLATION Battle Group's 1999 Sandra Davidson ’86 [email protected] to honor them. Check your emails deployment. Dan Donoghue ’74 [email protected] and texts as we will be sending out Nick Hennenfent '03 [email protected] Betsy Radelow ’01 [email protected] more information as we get closer to His next shore duty was in Millington Western Region Trustee: Chris Cooke ‘81 the date. Tennessee as the PERS-41 Community (619) 972-4283, [email protected] Management Analyst, and subsequently National Trustee: Dan Archer, ’80 Lastly, it was announced today by as PERS-41 Deputy. He assumed [email protected] National that we are THE BIGGEST command of USS VALLEY FORGE (CG USNA Foundation Athletic and Scholarship and BEST USNA Alumni Chapter in 50) in July 2002. The ship served as Board - Trustee: Randy Bogle ‘68 the WORLD!!!!! See size does Multi-National Interdiction Force flagship (619) 328-5728 [email protected] matter! Huge thanks go out to all for during Operation Iraqi Freedom. A Naval Academy Info Officer, Area Coordinator: making our Chapter the BEST!!! SOUTHCOM Counter-Narcotics Mike McVay ‘77 [email protected] Extended Brigade Initiative (EBI) deployment with four major drug busts (Alumni helping Alumni) - [email protected] I thank you for your support and look was also completed prior to the ship's Charles Carey, ’70 (858) 636-4116 forward to seeing you at our lunches decommissioning in August 2004. Chapter Homepage: http://www.usnaaasd.com and events. Webmaster: Mike Bice ‘90 Alan Serving as COMNAVSURFOR N1 from [email protected] 2004 to 2006, he was the first Action Upcoming Luncheons Officer of the Surface Warfare Enterprise President’s Letter (SWE) Personnel Readiness Team. After April 15, 2014 – earning a Masters in National Security Dear Fellow Alumni, CAPT Patrick Rabun and Strategic Studies at Naval War Commanding Officer College, he reported as Commanding What a great month we have had and what a Officer, USS CAPE ST GEORGE (CG wonderful spring and summer we are Pat Rabun was born and raised in 71) in March 2008. CAPE was the Sea planning for you all!! Casino Night at the rural north Louisiana. He graduated Combat Commander for PELELIU Air and Space Museum was a huge success from Farmerville High School in Expeditionary Strike Group's 2008 C5F and all of you who attended made it a very 1980, and entered the U.S. Naval deployment, and then began workups to fun night. Academy that summer. Graduating serve as the Air Defense Commander for with honors in Applied Science LINCOLN Carrier Strike Group in 2009. In our March luncheon, Bob Shoultz gave (Mathematics), his first assignment Captain Rabun became the second us a view into the Naval Academy that was was to the Pre-Commissioning Unit Cruiser Class Squadron Commodore in 2 The USNA Alumni Association October 2009 - then transitioned CG connected with our superb USNAAA which is one of USNA’s primary ClassRon into the N47 CRUDES Readiness San Diego Chapter and receive recruiting programs. Between 20 and 30 Directorate in late 2010. He next completed outstanding member benefits with Plebes from the San Diego area are a 9-month Individual Augmentation tour as special pricing to all of our events. inducted each year. the Chief of Staff for Joint Task Force FYI, the primary reason stated by Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Captain Rabun Canoe-U Grads for not joining the USNA Program Support: From time- assumed duties as CO/PNS of NROTC San USNAAA San Diego Chapter is that to-time Clubs (Rugby, Glee Club, etc.) Diego in April 2012. they assume that USNAAA Life seek funding assistance for San Diego Membership with Crabtown on the area visits. If you were involved with a May 20, 2014 – Bay automatically signs them up for club as a MIDN you’ll recall that USNA membership in their local USNAAA funding generally didn’t cover all team 5-Star Birthday Bash Celebration!! Chapter, which is not the case at all. activity costs, this has not changed. The When you meet a Navy Classmate or Chapter supports as many requests as it Our 2 most senior Class Reps are both USNA Alum, provide them the gouge can. celebrating their 100th Birthdays in 2014 - about our local Chapter and direct VADM Richardson '36 on April 8th & them to the USNAAA San Diego Chapter On-Line Directory Access: RADM Erly '37 on June 12th. This month’s Chapter website www.usnaaasd.com Only Chapter members have access to the luncheon will be a tribute to them, and both to sign-up to become a local member database of over 3000 area alumni. are planned to attend. - thanks for your assistance! The Class Rep position has proven to be Preferred Pricing for Chapter Events: Class Representative News and Gouge the key to laying the foundation for All Chapter events have a non-member (Class Rep Meeting on April 24th!) local USNA and Classmate surcharge, so you will normally save camaraderie while at the same time $5/event. ATTENTION CLASS REPS: PLEASE promoting all of our super upcoming PUT THIS DATE, TIME, AND PLACE San Diego Chapter luncheons and It’s Cheap & Easy to Join: $25/yr; ON YOUR CALENDAR - Thursday, April special events. Serving as a Class $15/yr Active/Reserve O-3 & below. 24th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Mitre Rep is a wonderful way to stay Visit www.usnaaasd.com and click on the Office in Liberty Station for our Annual All connected with your local area membership tab. Class Rep Meeting! Gouge session agenda Classmates by enthusiastically to follow very soon via e-mail. Thank you encouraging their support of our Call to Action to all San Diego Area all for getting the word passed about our Chapter as well as by keeping Alumni!!! Please update your profile by March Chapter Luncheon. We had 53 everyone up to full speed on all of our logging onto www.usnaaasd.com and people in attendance at Randy Jones All current USNA news and upcoming clicking on the “My Account” tab in the American Sports Grill in Mission Valley for Chapter gatherings. Please contact upper right hand corner. Next, click on some great food & a superb guest speaker. Vice President for Membership, the “My Profile” tab in the middle of the Retired Navy Captain and former Navy Craig Smith '82, at 619-623-5509 or page followed by the “Edit Profile” tab. SEAL Bob Shoultz shared about his "almost at [email protected] to volunteer You will be able to update your profile. attending" Annapolis as well as his time to fill a Class Rep vacancy or to Be sure to put your year group in the working as a senior officer at USNA with discuss any questions regarding “Year” field in the “School 1” part of the leadership training and character application for local Chapter “School Information” section.