Good morning, everybody.I’m delighted to be here.Everybody I encounter asks me how things are going, how I’m enjoying the job.And, of course, I have to…
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NAVAL SUBMARINE LEAGUE 2016 CORPORATE MEMBER RECOGNITION DAYS
Thank you, John, one of the more interesting introductions.I want to make two apologies, first of all.My remarks are going to be fairly high level…
NAVAL SUBMARINE LEAGUE 2016 CORPORATE MEMBER RECOGNITION DAYS
Good morning, you all.It is great to be up here.Admiral Padgett, sir, thank you very much for the introduction.Well I’m smiling just a little bit,…
2016 NAVAL SUBMARINE LEAGUE CORPORATE MEMBER DAYS
Good morning, team.It’s great to be with you all this morning, Admiral Mies, Admiral Mulloy, Admiral Donald fellow submariners and captains of submarine industry.Thank you…
BOOK REVIEW- DANGEROUS GROUND
Commander George Wallace is a retired submarine officer. He served on JOHN ADAMS and WOODROW WILSON, was XO of SPADEFISH and Commanded HOUSTON. While in…
NAVAL SUBMARINE LEAGUE 2016 CORPORATE MEMBER RECOGNITION DAYS
Thank you, Admiral Donald.He’s been a long-time friend and mentor.I first met Admiral Donald when he was PERS 42B and I was working for Admiral…
USS SUBMARINE HARDER, SS257
HARDER was sunk August 24, 1944, after six wartime patrols, under Commander Sam Dealey, Destroyer Killer. HARDER was famous for sinking five Japanese destroyers in…
BEST ADVICE (OR AS SOME CALL THEM, SEA STORIES)
1. 1960, USS CAVALLA (SS-244) I was a sonarman second class qualifying in the boat. In the CO’s stateroom sitting on the skipper’s bunk, him…
REPORTS TO CONGRESS REGARDING OHIO REPLACEMENT – NAVY OHIO REPLACEMENT (SSBN[X]) BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINE PROGRAM: BACKGROUND AND ISSUES FOR CONGRESS (Excerpts)
Summary The Navy’s proposed FY2016 budget requests $1,390.7 million for continued research and development work on the Ohio Replacement Program (ORP), a program to design…
ABOARD THE BIG SAM- PATRICK “RICK” OWEN LYONS AND HIS SERVICE IN THE U.S. NAVY
Patrick Rick Owen Lyons was born on April 7, 1943, in Springfield, Missouri. He was educated at St. Joseph Elementary School and Reed Junior High…
