VICE ADMIRAL JOSEPH TOFALO, USN COMMANDER, SUBMARINE FORCES Admiral, thank you for that kind introduction, and thanks to the NSL for hosting this fantastic event.…
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UNITED STATES SUBMARINE FORCE: GETTING FASTER
ADMIRAL FRANK CALDWELL, USN DIRECTOR NAVAL REACTORS Admiral Padgett, congratulations and thank you, sir, for your leader- ship. Thank you also for sorting out the…
OCEANS VENTURED: WINNING THE COLD WAR AT SEA BY JOHN LEHMAN
President Ronald Reagan’s maritime strategy, the one that played such a pivotal role in hastening the end of the Cold War, was first drawn up…
GOING DEEP, JOHN HOLLAND AND THE INVENTION OF THE ATTACK SUBMARINE BY LAWRENCE GOLDSTONE
After reading this book, the reviewer is surprised that the US Navy ever introduced submarines to the fleet before WWI due to the politics, intrigue…
ICE CREAM How to defuse a reprimand
Bergall had one of the finest softball teams in the Atlantic Fleet.3 We all loved the game, and it was natural for us to schedule…
THE MONKEY IN MANEUVERING…
It was a Saturday morning in 1974 in paradise, a.k.a. Hawaii. As good nukes, we were all at “work.” After all, our ship was in…
NO STINKIN’ BEER
Few remember the 1972 Submarine Squadron 10 deployment to set up the advance submarine refit site at La Maddalena, Italy. SUBRON 10 then consisted mostly…
SUBMARINE BALL BLESSING WASHINGTON DC
Gracious and eternal God, as we pause this night in the revelry of the anniversary of our accomplishments, to give you thanks for the watch…
THE NORTHERN RUN
(‘The Trade’ updated – with deep apologies to Rudyard Kipling)1 When our submarine rescue buoys have been rendered mute, With a welders’ strap or two…
TRAINING AND THE CPT PROCESS
Post-command menopause is a very real thing. After 3-4 years of having nearly total control of thousands of tons of warship and the many dozens…
