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THE SEA CHANT April - July, 2014 Page 1 Telephone numbers and addresses of members are protected by the Privacy Act of 1974. As a matter of policy, rosters of names, addresses and telephone num- bers shall not be made available to the general public or any outside organization. Privacy of all rosters shall be safeguarded and the page clearly labeled. The publication of these rosters addresses and telephone numbers on any computer on-line service including the Internet is prohibited by the 1974 Privacy Act. Jim Harbuck, President 2 Mo Tel (925) 963‐1748 [email protected] _________________________________ First Vice President VACANT _________________________________ Pam Speka/Debra Cole, Publisher/Editor P M T [email protected] _________________________________ Bruce Clegg, Web Master Tel. (925) 698‐4831 Fax (925) 634‐4899 [email protected] Web site: www.cccnl.org _________________________________ Youth Affairs VACANT _________________________________ Sea Chant Delivery Crew PosƟng: BeƩy Wyrick Courier: Pete Van PuƩen ________________________________ Sunshine CommiƩee Chair Gynithe LaSalle _________________________________ Vice Presidents CommunicaƟons: Bill Sharkey Youth Affairs: Vacant Membership: Marge Burns Secretary: Pam Speka Treasurer: Stephen Cruikshank Corr. Sec.: Bill Sharkey _________________________________ Immediate Past President Jeanne Sharkey Presidents Message ]|Å [tÜuâv~ As I prepared my opening remarks for the recent Sea Services Awards dinner my attention was drawn to the RSVP return section on the flyer. On each of the flyers announcing the various dinners there is a line on the RSVP return section that is of great importance to us. That line pro- vides you the opportunity to make a financial contribution over and above your cost of the dinner to offset the costs of paying for our adopted unit attendees and guest speaker at each event. I want to thank all of those who have donated in the past. These incremental funds have made a significant impact on helping your Board to keep the costs down for these events. We find that even with these donations our costs exceed our revenue for each event. In the past we were the beneficiary of a $2500.00 annual donation from the U.S. Government Contractor administer- ing the TriCare health care program. Last year the contract was awarded to a new Contractor who no longer gives us this donation. I know, you’re thinking, “ok, here comes Harbuck’s pitch for me to dig deeper in my wallet”. Yes, you are correct and I know the timing couldn’t be worse. The Primary Election is over and every one had their hand out, we had Bond issues galore and propositions to raise sales taxes. Our flyer format is pretty consistent and I can imagine that over time we tend to become focused on the event details and skim over the RSVP form. Unfortunately, the donation line is at the bot- tom of the flyer and easily overlooked. So, would you please take an extra moment when filling out the form and consider making a donation or, if you have been donating, consider giving a little bit more. As the saying goes, “ Every little bit helps”. Thank you so much for your support. Enjoy your summer! Please mark your calendar for Thursday August 21st for the US Coast Guard Birthday Dinner. Jim July 2014 Edition Volume 38, No. 2 cccNL.org cccNL.org
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Telephone numbers and addresses of members are protected by the Privacy Act of 1974. As a matter of policy, rosters of names, addresses and telephone num-bers shall not be made available to the general public or any outside organization. Privacy of all rosters shall be safeguarded and the page clearly labeled. The publication of these rosters addresses and telephone numbers on any computer on-line service including the Internet is prohibited by the 1974 Privacy Act.
Jim Harbuck, President
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Tel (925) 963‐1748
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First Vice President VACANT
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Pam Speka/Debra Cole, Publisher/Editor P
M
T
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Bruce Clegg, Web Master
Tel. (925) 698‐4831
Fax (925) 634‐4899
Web site: www.cccnl.org
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Youth Affairs VACANT
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Sea Chant Delivery Crew
Pos ng: Be y Wyrick
Courier: Pete Van Pu en
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Sunshine Commi ee Chair
Gynithe LaSalle
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Vice Presidents
Communica ons: Bill Sharkey
Youth Affairs: Vacant
Membership: Marge Burns
Secretary: Pam Speka
Treasurer: Stephen Cruikshank
Corr. Sec.: Bill Sharkey
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Immediate Past President
Jeanne Sharkey
Presidents Message
]|Å [tÜuâv~ As I prepared my opening remarks for the recent Sea Services Awards dinner my attention was drawn to the RSVP return section on the flyer. On each of the flyers announcing the various dinners there is a line on the RSVP return section that is of great importance to us. That line pro-vides you the opportunity to make a financial contribution over and above your cost of the dinner to offset the costs of paying for our adopted unit attendees and guest speaker at each event.
I want to thank all of those who have donated in the past. These incremental funds have made a significant impact on helping your Board to keep the costs down for these events. We find that even with these donations our costs exceed our revenue for each event. In the past we were the beneficiary of a $2500.00 annual donation from the U.S. Government Contractor administer-ing the TriCare health care program. Last year the contract was awarded to a new Contractor who no longer gives us this donation.
I know, you’re thinking, “ok, here comes Harbuck’s pitch for me to dig deeper in my wallet”. Yes, you are correct and I know the timing couldn’t be worse. The Primary Election is over and every one had their hand out, we had Bond issues galore and propositions to raise sales taxes.
Our flyer format is pretty consistent and I can imagine that over time we tend to become focused on the event details and skim over the RSVP form. Unfortunately, the donation line is at the bot-tom of the flyer and easily overlooked. So, would you please take an extra moment when filling out the form and consider making a donation or, if you have been donating, consider giving a little bit more. As the saying goes, “ Every little bit helps”.
Thank you so much for your support. Enjoy your summer!
Please mark your calendar for Thursday August 21st for the US Coast Guard Birthday Dinner.
Jim
July 2014 Edition
Volume 38, No. 2
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NATIONAL NAVY LEAGUE NEWS
June 17, 2014
Navy League National President to Testified Before Congress
WHAT: Navy League National President James Offutt reported on Coast Guard readiness before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure's Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transpor-tation.
WHEN: 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 18
WHERE: Navy Leaguers were encouraged to watch the hearing live at the House Transportation Commit-tee website: http://transportation.house.gov/calendar/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=380170
A link was posted on the Navy League website - www.navyleague.org.
The hearing was entitled, "Maintaining Coast Guard Readiness." Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Mari-time Transportation, is chaired by Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., with Ranking Member John Garamendi, D-Calif.
The Navy League is honored to have been asked to appear before the panel, and this invitation reflects the value the Navy League brings as the strongest advocate for the U.S. sea services. National President Offutt will be on the second panel. The Navy League is the only non-governmental entity represented. Other panelists include VADM Charles Michel, Deputy Commandant for Operations, USCG; Michele Mackin, Di-rector, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government Accountability Office; and Ronald O'Rourke, Specialist in Naval Affairs, Congressional Research Service. The official summary of subject matter can he found here: http://transportation.house.gov/UploadedFiles/2014-06-18-Coast_Guard_SSM.pdf
Thank you for everything you do in helping the Navy League act as the voice for strong sea services. For more information, contact Sara Fuentes, Staff Vice President, Government Operations & Administration, at [email protected].
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NATIONAL NAVY LEAGUE NEWS CONTINUED
2014 Navy League National Convention
Tuesday, June 24—Sunday, June 29
Held in San Diego, CA. Members were able to enjoy a tour of the USS Freedom LCS I and the USS Mid-way Aircraft Carrier Museum. Navy Leaguers enjoyed a cocktail cruise on the America. A magnificent sail-ing vessel that is a replica of the 139 foot yacht, AMERICA, that won the historic race in 1851 that soon be-came the ”Americas Cup”. Can you imagining enjoying this cruise in the gorgeous San Francisco Bay.
4TH ANNUAL NAVY LEAGUE GOLF TOURNAMENT MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2014
17007 REDWOOD ROAD
CASTRO VALLEY
510.537.8989 - WILLOWPARKGC.COM
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Hello Log Line
LOG LINE for July 2014
In a recent Sea Chant article, it was mentioned that our “Concord Marines” are now designated as the new 6th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) and that they will be growing. Starting soon, the building they occupy, which is currently where our Board meets, will be renovated to accommodate their new mission. Renovations are expected to take about a year.
Just what is an ANGLICO? They must be important because there are now six of them (3 active duty and 3 reserves in-cluding the 6th). Here is an overview:
Although ANGLICO Marines are best known for their ability to control Close Air Support (CAS), they are equally well trained in ground based fires to include cannon artillery, rocket artillery, precision guided munitions, naval gunfire support and fire support coordination. This makes ANGLICO fire support teams unique in the U. S. Department of Defense: they are the only full-time first practitioners who are trained to control and coordinate fire support from the air, land and sea.
They are designed to support non-USMC forces, including foreign allies who may not have their own of fire support ca-pability. At the present time, our 6th ANGLICO is engaged in bringing the unit up to a state of readiness.
Look for more details in the next Sea Chant.
NAVY LEAGUE Book Donations
We have a special thank you from the USCGC for our Book donations. They will go into the Morale library for use by the crew from CDR.
Andrew Meverden Executive Officer
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Sterling Hayden, US Marines and OSS. Smuggled guns into Yugoslavia and parachuted into Croatia. James Stewart, US Army Air Corps. Bomber pilot who rose to the rank of General. Ernest Borgnine, US Navy. Gunners Mate 1c, destroyer USS Lamberton. Ed McMahon, US Marines. Fighter Pilot. (Flew OE-1 Bird Dogs over Korea as well.) Telly Savalas, US Army. Walter Matthau, US Army Air Corps., B-24 Radioman/Gunner and cryptographer. Steve Forrest, US Army. Wounded, Battle of the Bulge. Jonathan Winters, USMC. Battleship USS Wisconsin and Carrier USS Bon Homme Richard. Anti-aircraft gunner, Battle of Okinawa. Paul Newman, US Navy Rear seat gunner/radioman, torpedo bombers of USS Bunker Hill Kirk Douglas, US Navy. Sub-chaser in the Pacific. Wounded in action and medically discharged. Robert Mitchum, US Army. Dale Robertson, US Army. Tank Commander in North Africa under Patton. Wounded twice. Battlefield Commission. Henry Fonda, US Navy. Destroyer USS Satterlee. Lee Marvin, US Marines. Sniper. Wounded in action on Saipan. Buried in Arlington National Cemetery Art Carney, US Army. Wounded on Normandy beach, D-Day. Limped for the rest of his life. Wayne Morris, US Navy fighter pilot, USS Essex. Downed seven Japanese fighters. Rod Steiger, US Navy. Was aboard one of the ships that launched the Doolittle Raid. Tony Curtis, US Navy. Sub tender USS Proteus. In Tokyo Bay for the surrender of Japan. Robert Montgomery, US Navy. George Kennedy, US Army. Enlisted after Pearl Harbor, stayed in sixteen years. Mickey Rooney, US Army under Patton. Bronze Star. Denver Pyle, US Navy. Wounded in the Battle of Guadalcanal. Medically discharged. Burgess Meredith, US Army Air Corps. Robert Stack, US Navy. Gunnery Officer. Tyrone Power, US Marines. Transport pilot in the Pacific Theater. Charlton Heston, US Army Air Corps. Radio operator and aerial gunner on a B-25, Aleutians. ames Arness, US Army. As an infantryman, he was severely wounded at Anzio, Italy. Efram Zimbalist, Jr., US Army. Purple Heart for a severe wound received at Huertgen Forest. Wiliam Holden, US Army Air Corps. Jackie Coogan, US Army Air Corps. Volunteered for gliders and flew troops and materials into Burma behind enemy lines. Chuck Connors, US Army. Tank-warfare instructor. Fred Gwynne, US Navy. Radioman. Karl Malden, US Army Air Corps. 8th Air Force, NCO. Earl Holliman. US Navy. Lied about his age to enlist. Discharged after a year when they Navy found out. Rock Hudson, US Navy. Aircraft mechanic, the Philippines. Robert Stack, US Navy. Gunnery Instructor. Soupy Sales, US Navy. Served on USS Randall in the South Pacific. Lee Van Cleef, US Navy. Served aboard a sub chaser then a mine sweeper. Brian Keith, US Marines. Radioman/Gunner in Dauntless dive-bombers. Fess Parker, US Navy and US Marines. Booted from pilot training for being too tall, joined Marines as a radio operator. Charles Durning. US Army. Landed at Normandy on D-Day. Shot multiple times. Awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts. Raymond Burr, US Navy. Shot in the stomach on Okinawa and medically discharged. Hugh O'Brian, US Marines. Robert Ryan, US Marines. Eddie Albert, US Coast Guard. Bronze Star with Combat V for saving several Marines under heavy fire as pilot of landing craft, Tarawa Invasion. Cark Gable, US Army Air Corps. B-17 gunner over Europe. Charles Bronson, US Army Air Corps. B-29 gunner, wounded in action. Victor Mature, US Coast Guard. Jack Palance, US Army Air Corps. Severely injured bailing out of a burning B-24 bomber. Robert Preston, US Army Air Corps. Intelligence Officer Cesar Romero, US Coast Guard. Coast Guard. Participated in the invasions of Tinian and Saipan on the assault transport USS Cavalier. Jason Robards, US Navy. was aboard heavy cruiser USS Northampton when it was sunk off Guadalcanal. Also served on the USS Nashville during the invasion of the Philippines, surviving a kamikaze hit that caused 223 casualties.
Steve Reeves, US Army, Philippines. Dennis Weaver, US Navy. Pilot. Robert Taylor, US Navy. Instructor Pilot. Randolph Scott. Tried to enlist in the Marines but was rejected due to injuries sustained in US Army, World War 1. Ronald Reagan, US Army, 2nd Lt., Cavalry Reserves before the war: poor eyesight kept him from being transferred to the AACPR Unit. John Wayne. Declared "4F medically unfit" due to pre-existing injuries, he volunteered 3 times (Army, Navy and Film Corps.), honorable mention. Audie Murphy, America's most-decorated soldier, who became a Hollywood star as a result of his US Army service that included his being awarded the Medal of Honor.
Information you may be interested in knowing...
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Major Changes in Coast Guard Leadership
Leadership in the U. S. Coast Guard has had numerous changes in recent months, including the appointment of the Commandant, a four-star rank, as the leader of the 40,000-plus organization of uniformed personnel, plus civilians and Coast Guard Auxiliarists.
Vice Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, former Pacific Area Commander with an area of responsibility of more than 80 million square miles from the mid-continent U.S. to the Far East, and encompassing the entire Pacific Ocean from north to south, was sworn in as the Commandant in late May in Washington, D. C. Admiral Zukunft, an outstanding leader, is well-known to our Council as a speaker and visitor at Council events with his wife, Fran DeNinno. He succeeds Admiral Robert J, Papp as Commandant.
Succeeding Admiral Zukunft as Pacific Area Commander, with headquarters at Coast Guard Island in Alameda, is Vice Admiral Charles W. Ray, formerly Deputy Commander of the PACAREA. VADM Ray, a career Coast Guard pilot, is a native of Arkansas and a Coast Guard Academy graduate. Class of 1981. He and his wife, Donna, have also joined us for Council events.
The Commander of District 11 changed when Rear Admiral Karl Schultz was relieved by Rear Admiral Joseph A. Servidio on June 5. RADM Schultz’ new assignment is with the U. S. Central Command in Florida where he is Di-rector of Operations for the joint command supporting U. S. national security objectives in the Western Hemisphere. He and his wife, Dawn, were noted for their outreach to Navy League councils and attendance as guests and speak-er at many events.
Rear Admiral Servidio comes to the Eleventh District from his recent assignment as Assistant Commandant for Pre-vention Policy overseeing Coast Guard Inspections and Compliance, Marine Transportation Systems, boating safe-ty, commercial vessels, ports and facilities, vessel investigations and inspections. He is a Class of 1982 graduate of the Coast Guard Academy with Masters Degrees in engineering and National Resource Strategy, as well as a Bach-elor of Science degree in Ocean Engineering.
The Eleventh District comprises California with major ports in Oakland and Los Angeles/Long Beach, as well as the many Coast Guard Stations providing search and rescue, maritime law enforcement, and ports and harbor protec-tion. Headquarters is on Coast Guard Island, Alameda.
UPCOMING PACIFIC CENTRAL REGION EVENTS
Councils of the Pacific Central Region will soon be receiving details of two Navy League events which will be held on September 5 & 6 at Coast Guard Island……a doubleheader for the convenience of members who travel some distance, and to enhance participation.
On Friday, September 5, the annual Pacific Central Region Coast Guard Awards luncheon honoring “The Best of the Best” will be held at the Point Welcome Room. This popular ‘fun’ event awarding 12 outstanding Coasties, en-listed, officers and civilians, for outstanding performance in their efforts, began more than 20 years ago by the late Lorraine Hughey as a way for Navy League to recognize outstanding performers. The awardees are selected by the Coast Guard from recommendations submitted by departments, and include the many stations, departments, air stations, staff positions in the ‘northern’ area of District 11. The Navy League makes the presentations along with the District 11 Commander and representatives of the Sea West Coast Guard Federal Credit Union which presents each recipient with a $100 certificate.
The second half of the doubleheader will be a PCR Region meeting on Saturday, September 6 at the same location, including breakfast, lunch and a special visit to the USCG MSST unit on Coast Guard Island, the Coast Guard’s ‘swat team’ organization. This visit has been greatly acclaimed in the past with displays of equipment, techniques and their highly-trained dogs which have their job to do in special operations……like a vertical descent onto a vessel in the arms of their handler!
Topics of importance to Councils and Council leadership will be presented in the morning session, followed by lunch in the Galley before the MSST visit, according to Region President Darrell Fike of Carson City Council.
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With this document, signed 4 June 2014, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus officially designates 11 October as the day USS AMERICA (LHA 6) will be Commissioned into the United States Navy.
For those who have been holding off on making airline and hotel reservations to attend the Commis-
sioning Ceremony, you can now do so without fear that the date will be changed.
With that, we look forward to seeing you in San Francisco on 11 October!
It’s Official: Navy Secretary Mabus sets 11 October as USS AMERICA Commissioning Date
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STATION VALLEJO BBQ
June 20th
Standing: Ed Haynes & Bill Sharkey
Coast Guard Family Members
Left to Right: Betty Wyrick, Gynithe La Salle, Roger & Holly Meininger, Margie Robinson, and Jeanne Starkey
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STATION VALLEJO BBQ, CONTINUED
June 20th
Left to Right: Roger Meninger, Holly Meininger, Jeanne Sharkey, Gynithe La Salle, and Betty Wyrick
Left to Right: Captain Greg Stump, Leigh-Ann Stump, Chief Paul Wood, Station CO and guests
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August 18 4th Annual Navy League Golf Tournament, Castro Valley
August 21 US Coast Guard Birthday Dinner
September 5 Annual Coast Guard Luncheon and Award for Best Coasties
October 11 America Commissioning Ceremony, San Francisco
October 23 Navy Marine Birthday Dinner
December 4 Pearl Harbor Dinner
August 4 US Coast Guard Birthday (1790)
August 21 US Coast Guard Birthday Dinner
September 1 Labor Day
September 22 Autumn Begins
October 13 US Navy Birthday (1775)
October 23 USN-USMC Birthday Dinner
November 2 Daylight Savings Time Ends
November 8 First All-Jet Combat in History (1950)
November 10 U.S. Marine Corps Birthday (1775)
November 11 Armistice/Veterans Day (1918)
November 27 Thanksgiving Day
December 4 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Dinner
December 7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
December 16 Hanukkah
December 16 Battle of the Bulge Began (1944)
December 20 Operation Just Cause (1989)
December 21 Winter Begins
December 24 USAF Began Strikes on Laos (1964)
December 25 Christmas
Dates to Remember
Event Dates
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