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PRES: CDR Otto Stutz, USN (Ret.)1529 Odman Dr., Chesapeake, VA 23321-1852C: 757-348-2171; E:[email protected]

VICE PRES: CDR Tim Disher, USN (Ret.)314 Locust Ave., Annapolis, Maryland 21401C: 410-507-9040E: [email protected]

CORR. SEC’Y: CAPT Steve Colon, USNR (Ret.)115 Kaapuni Dr., Kailua, HI 96734-2728E: [email protected]: (808) 265-4253

WEBSITE: www.usna.com/classes/1981CLASSWIDE MESSAGES: [email protected]

Happy New Year ’81! Hope everyone had agreat holiday. I am still reveling in memoriesfrom our 30 year reunion. And what areunion it was! Three days of nonstop fun,starting with a well attended golf tourna-ment, and followed by a great crab feast, amoving memorial service, our Class meet-ing, a superb Class dinner reception, and anawesome tailgate party. For icing on thecake, we beat Troy. Everything about theweekend was great.

Before we get into Class news, we owea huge thank you to our reunion coordina-tor, Nelson Moe (24). I am sure everyonewill agree that Nelson did a superb job. Notonly did he do most of the heavy lifting, hehas served as our Class VP for the past 10years. Thank you Nelson for all you havedone for our Class.

I am sorry to report that we recentlylost another Classmate. Joe Quinn (1)passed away on December 1. His firstcompany roommate, Bob Schulze, wrotethe following about Joe:

■“I will always remember Joe as loyal andtrue friend. Honest and direct, we alwaysknew where he stood on any topic (orperson, for that matter). Joe was slow toanger but always quick to forgive andforget. He was athletic and modest, able tofind humor in everything and alwaysenjoyed a good joke. I never had a chanceto see Joe after graduation except for onebrief visit in Florida many years ago. Heand I always enjoyed reminiscing about ourdays in Annapolis. So I will remember himas he was: Joseph Thomas Francis Quinn,Upper Darby PA, First Company, plebesummer squad mate, plebe year roommate,intramural sports teammate, ’81 Classmateand friend”. ■

On behalf of the Class I would like toexpress my deepest sympathies to Joe’s family.

Our outgoing Prez, Jim Ahlgrimm(34), sent in a recap of the 2011 annualAdmiral William P. Lawrence Ethics Essay

81 Award Dinner at Alumni Hall on 1 September 2011.

■“The event was hosted by Art Athens’78, Director of the Stockdale Center atUSNA. Superintendent VADM Millerprovided opening remarks and the guestspeaker was LtGen John Wissler ‘78. Therewere approximately 40 midshipmen inattendance, all of whom were selected fortheir outstanding analysis of an ethics issue.

During the dinner, on behalf of theClass of ‘81, Steve Metz (4) presented aframed print and ship coins from theLAWRENCE (DDG-4) commissioningceremony, which he had attended. Thepicture will be displayed at the StockdaleCenter. Mrs. Lawrence was on hand for thedinner. All of us had a chance to talk withher, and she is still as lovely and elegant aswe all remember her as midshipmen.

In the picture, left to right are JuniorOrtiz, Mark Hyman, Mary Gunther, JimAhlgrimm, Steve Metz, Ric Van Antwerp,Mike Carucci, Paul Jaeger, Steve Moran,Mrs. Lawrence, Ava Howard, and Paul Imps”.■

Jim thanks for the recap. A very worthyprogram for the Class to be a part of.

Keith Mahosky (6) wrote to let usknow of his retirement from the NavyReserve. Besides sending me the obligatoryClassmate photo from his retirement, hewas kind enough to send me updates oneveryone in attendance. His report:

■“I retired after a 30 year career, 6 Active,24 Reserve. The last decade was spent in avariety of command billets, primarily in thesubmarine training and waterfront supportcommunity. I was joined by fellow 6thcompany survivors Tom Hartline,Rowley Molina, Cory Frank, TimGarrold,Tim’s wife Vicki (Defiore-35thCo.), and John Judge, 6th company ’82.

Kitty and I celebrated our 30thanniversary this October. We have four children: Chelsea, 25, is completing

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2 masters’ degrees in education at Rutgers.Ben, 22, is publishing his first novel withThree Rivers Publishing (a Division ofRandom House). Mariah, 18, is beginningcollege at IUP for English and Film, whileTess, 14, is in 8th grade.

I just left ENERCON Services after12+ years as a senior manager where I wasleading business development and projectmanagement for facility decommissioning,engineering and environmental cleanupprograms for both commercial and govern-ment clients. I am just now starting in myrole as Vice President of JGMS, an engi-neering and environmental company thatsupports clients with engineering and envi-ronmental professionals for projects in boththe commercial and government sectors.

Tom Hartline: Since leaving active dutyas a helicopter pilot after over 10 years, Ihave worked for NASA. I spent 14 yearssupporting the Space Shuttle at MarshallSpace Flight Center in Huntsville, AL. In2007, I was selected for the SeniorExecutive Service and moved to GlennResearch Center in Cleveland, OH as theSafety and Mission Assurance Director. In2009, I retired from the Navy Reserve withmost of my reserve time as a Scientific andTechnical Intelligence Officer. I continue tobe active with the Naval Academy as theBlue & Gold Area Coordinator forNortheast Ohio. My wife Mary and I arecoming up on 28 years of marriage and wehave four children, Elizabeth 24 who grad-uated from Auburn University as a WildlifeScience major last year, and 15 year oldtriplets, Victoria, Abigail and Thomas whoare in 10th grade.

Tim Garrold: I retired in 2006 after 32years in uniform. I didn’t want to, but it wastime. It was a good ride while it lasted and inmy current position at the Naval WarCollege, I’m still contributing to the fight. Igo to command twice, once at sea and thenagain ashore and wouldn’t trade a minute ofit. Vicky (DeFiore 35th Co.) and I celebrated

Classmates at the VADM Lawrence Ethics Essay Award Dinner

30 years in May. Our oldest, Chessa, graduated from USNA in 2009 (as we liketo say, the square root of 81 is 9), ourmiddle child, Brianna, graduated from TheCollege of Notre Dame of Maryland in2010 and is currently completing an MA atGeorge Washington University in DC, andour youngest, Scott, is a Junior at theUniversity of Rhode Island. I’m about halfway through an Ed.D. in EducationalLeadership, working full time and going toschool full time. It’s keeping me young. Itkeeps me tired. My lifetime record of zeroall-nighters, however, remains intact.

Cory Frank: My wife Odette and Ihave been married for 25 years and livehere in sunny San Diego with our twogrown sons Brian and Jeremy, and nieceBeverly (thankful to say that all are happyand working!). I left active duty after 10years in Cryptology and retired from thereserves in 2003. Most of my combinedmilitary and civilian career has been in thedevelopment and life cycle support of vari-ous government information systems. Fouryears ago it became time for somethingdifferent and I joined international businessas a senior database engineer for Yahoo, Inc.We are really enjoying life in “SoCal”,along with occasional trips to visit family inthe Philippines.

Rowley Molina: Ten years of activeduty as a Surface Warfare Officer took meto duty stations in Yokosuka, Japan,Mayport, FL, Norfolk, VA, and USNA.Three years in the Reserves were spent in aMobile Inshore Undersea Warfare (MIUW)unit in Little Creek before I weighedanchor and set sail for the corporate world.

My corporate career has primarily beenin the Baltimore, MD area and focused onIT and Information Security leadershiproles. Life has been full of challenges andopportunities in various industries rangingfrom financial to healthcare to governmentcontracting. Today’s opportunity is on theMD Eastern Shore in the corporate officesof Perdue where it still “takes a tough manto make a tender chicken.”

After commissioning and while attending SWOS and MPA School inNewport, RI I met the love of my lifeChristine. We will be married thirty years inMarch and have been blessed with daugh-ters Jess (born in Yokosuka, Japan) and Rae(born in Annapolis). Living near RehobothBeach, DE lets us enjoy the beach life whilebeing close enough to Annapolis for NavyFootball and other events in the Yard. ■

Keith, thank you for getting such greatupdates, and congratulations.

Tom Hoffman (27) is our newestClassmate living here in the aloha state. Heused the occasion for his first ever submis-sion to Shipmate.

■“I was holding off on writing toShipmate until I accomplished somethingof note. Well, I finally did. Lotta and I weremarried in Cocoa Beach, FL, on 4 July2011. My son, Nick, is a Sophomore at theUniversity of Florida and is in the NavyROTC program. He seems to be having alot more fun in college than I did 30 years ago.

I retired from the Air Force in 2009 as aflight surgeon. I worked as a contract flightsurgeon for NASA for a couple years afterthat. I ran into Kay Hire (16), Brent Jett(25), and Wendy Lawrence (13) duringthat time. While active duty I traveled toRota, Spain a few times and was hosted bythe base commander, Earl Hampton. Afew years ago my company mate TimJarman and his lovely wife, Lois, visited mein Cocoa Beach. Lois is about to “pin on”her PhD. I’m still running and keep intouch with fellow runner, Kevin McCarthy ‘83.

Lotta and I moved here to Hawaii acouple months ago. I work as a contractflight surgeon at Hickam AFB. We’rehoping to stay in Hawaii for a while. ■

Tom, great to have you here on island.Thanks for the note.

Tom Hoffman and his new bride Lotta

Tom and Lotta Hoffman at the top of Haleakala, Maui

In our next issue I anticipate havingreunion photos and stories to share withyou, as well as a report on Class electionsand information from our Class meeting. Inthe meantime, your scribe sends his regards.

’81, second to none!


PRES: CAPT Bill Dawson, SC, USN (Ret.)P: 443-949-8023; w: 443-758-5114E: [email protected]

VICE PRES: Matt MouryP: 410-263-7640; E: [email protected]

TREAS: CDR Terry Benedict, USNP: 703-913-7183; W: 703-607-1036E: [email protected]

BUSINESS SEC’Y: David Balk1722 Gemini Dr.Sykesville, MD 21784-6230P: 410-795-7621; W: 410-345-4774E: [email protected]

CORR SEC’Y: Rett Rasmussen1710 Dana Place, Fullerton, CA 92831 W: 562-696-8718; P: 714-871-1860C: 562-822-0755; E: [email protected]

WEBSITE: www.usna.com/classes/1982

Good Morning, ’82!Here is your ray of sunshine in the

otherwise doldrums of the “Dark Ages”.You certainly remember this time of year:football season was long over, Christmasvacation was in the rear view mirror, and“Cold, Dark and Dreary” were in the Planof the Day until Spring Break. Fieldballwas played on a frozen Hospital Point field,visible breath was your constant compan-ion during your perimeter run, and hotchocolate with honey dipped donuts madegetting up for breakfast worthwhile. Fond

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Classmates with Keith Mahosky at his retirement

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memories, including running through thesnow in shorts, Hawaiian shirt and flip flopsto Halsey Field House to listen to JimmyBuffet carry us off to the warm Caribbeanislands. Good times then, good times nowas we enter the year of our 30th Reunion,which will occur 27 - 30 September 2012.

If you haven’t yet made your roomreservations, we have three Class of ’82blocks of rooms (subject to availability): (1) “Value Rooms”: 30 King rooms ($129per night) at Marriott CourtyardAnnapolis, 2559 Riva Road, Annapolis,MD, 21401-7401, Tel (410) 266-1555.Reserved under “Naval Academy Class1982 Room Block”. https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/bwian-court-yard-annapolis/

(2) “Top Shelf Rooms”: 50 King rooms($199 per night, two night minimum) at the O’Callaghan Annapolis Hotel, 174 West Street, Annapolis, Maryland21401, Tel (410) 263 7700www.ocallaghanhotels-us.com

(3) “Waterfront Rooms”: 50 King rooms(@$340 per night, two night minimum)at Annapolis Marriott Waterfront, 80Compromise Street, Annapolis, MD21401, Tel (410) 268-7555https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/bwiaw-annapolis-marriott-waterfront/

To help get the gouge out about thereunion, we have several avenues ofcommunication (thanks to Gary Blumefor pulling this info together):

1. www.usna.com Be sure to registerif you haven’t already done so.

2. Our class website at http://1982.usnaclasses.com/ Please send updates toyour profile to Andy Shelter at [email protected]

3. Linkedin.com group: search for “US Naval Academy - Class of ‘82”

4. Facebook group: search for “USNA ’82”

5. Yahoo! Groups at: groups.yahoo.com/group/usna82/

Keith Boring (25) reports on thehonoring of the 1981 Liberty Bowl team:

■ “The fun did not end there! We wereinvited to the Formal P-Rade as guests ofthe Supe. I did get a photo of me andJordy there just to prove we could find it!A reception at the Supe’s house ended theafternoon in the yard.

“Friday night found us at NavyMarine Corps Memorial Stadium’sBanquet room. We had a great dinner andthe bar was open. The 1981 FootballHighlights reel was playing on the TVs,and Tim Jordan showcased a veritabletreasure trove of memorabilia, includingthe packaging from the panty hose

(yes, you read correctly) that they gave usto try and keep warm during the game.

“Some of us slipped away from thedinner and got a tour of the stadiumlocker room facilities. It’s much biggerthan the dungeon under the Southwestcorner of the stadium that we used but itsmells worse than I recalled. Stale sweat isnever really appealing.”

“All in all it was a very wonderfulweekend. We reconnected with some guysnot seen in, well 30 years.” ■

Keith Boring, Rusty Smith and Bobby Moore

Matt Moury (19) became the DeputyAssistant Secretary In the US Departmentof Energy for Safety and SecurityPrograms within the Office ofEnvironmental Management (EM) onOctober 25, 2011.

RADM Matt Klunder (5) becameChief of Naval Research on November17, 2011.

Change of command at the NMCS Chain Gang: GarySandala, outgoing class president Dan Proulx,incoming class president Bill Dawson and Brian Gawne.

■“Ocho” Rios (21) and me “downunder”. We were down there for a confer-ence with the Australians concerningExpeditionary Warfare. We were led byour boss MG Tim Hanifen (78).

This particular picture is at the “LordNelson”, one of the three oldest pubs inSydney, and we are pictured with the manhimself. I think at the time I was enjoyinga Trafalgar Ale and Ocho was having aNelson’s Blood, a very stout porter withalmost-eat-it-with-a-spoon thickness. Iguess for somebody who got a D inhistory this gave me a better appreciationfor naval history.” ■

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1981 Liberty Bowl team on the field, thirty years later.

Class of 1982 at the tailgater (l to r) John Foley, (Forgot name, I don’t think an’82) Keith Boring, Craig Smith,Dave Fitzgerald, Mike Crum, (face not visible) Tim Jackson, Tim Jordan, (face not visible) Steve Fehr, MikeRouser, Jeff Oldham, Rusty Smith, Cliff Hagan, Steve Klemencic, and Dennis Sinnett. Not pictured but inattendance: Bobby Moore, Jay Kennedy, Elliot Reagans, Duane Flowers, Dan Schmid, Shawn Mank, PeteYoung, and JoeDiRenzo.

Evin Thompson and Mark Rios toasting LordAdmiral Nelson “down under”.

CAPT John W. Judge (6) reports on hisretirement after 29 years of active andreserve service:

■ “My older son, LTJG John H. Judge(VMI ‘08) was the Master of Ceremonies,and he was wearing his father’s GoldDolphins. LTJG Judge is currently servingas Main Propulsion Assistant on USSSANTA FE (SSN 763), homeported inPearl Harbor, and he earned his Dolphins(completed submarine warfare qualifica-tions) on WESTPAC deployment. Theceremony was held onboard Display ShipBARRY at the Washington Navy Yard,DC, on 10 September. Rear Admiral JayDeloach (USNA ‘78), Director, NavalHistory and Heritage Command, was theguest speaker, and Rear Admiral BobKamensky, Vice Commander, SubmarineForces, also attended. My younger son,Matt, was part of the ceremony, perform-ing the Invocation and Benediction. Mattgraduated from James Madison Universityin 2010 and is working in Richmond.

“I am married to CDR Molly W.Judge, NC, USN(Ret), whom I met atSubase New London, while attendingSubmarine Officers’ Basic Course in1983. I am the third generation to serve inthe military, and my son is the fourthgeneration - - and second generationSubmariner! Proud to Serve.” ■

(l to r) Rear Admiral Bob Kamensky, ViceCommander, Submarine Forces; LTJG John H.Judge, VMI ‘08; CAPT John W. Judge (6); and RearAdmiral Jay Deloach, Director, Naval History andHeritage Command.

Jim Settele (21) proves it’s a small world:

■When I run into a classmate in easternMaine, it’s not unexpected TomButerbaugh (16) lives around the

corner, and Chris Whalley (26) about 15 minutes away). However, when I runinto a classmate in Podgorica, Montenegro... I recently ran into John Kane (23) inMontenegro at a Balkans Security confer-ence and we spent some time catching upon the past 29 years. John is a retiredUSMC Lieutenant Colonel and theActing Director of the PfP Consortium atthe Marshall Center in Garmisch,Germany. I am the Assistant Director ofthe School of Policy and InternationalAffairs at the University of Maine.” ■

John Kane and Jim Settele meet up in Montenegro.“But still when two or three shall meet, And oldtales be retold ...”

With the upcoming Reunion you won’thave to travel halfway around the world toconnect with your classmates (assumingyou are starting in CONUS). So, startmaking your preps to get underway bymaking your room reservation and gettinginvolved in the various avenues ofcommunications listed above. TheReunion committee is hard at workbehind the scenes and is planning a fittingevent for a 30th. See you there,Classmates!

Looking good, ’82! – Razz


PRES: Mark “Turk” Powell474 Fairoak Drive, Severna Park, MD 21146P: 410-544-8842; E: [email protected]

SEC’Y: CAPT Chris Pietras, USN9404 Jackson St., Burke, VA 22015P: 860-885-9009 E: [email protected]

FACEBOOK: USNA 1983WEBSITE: www.usna83.com

Happy New Year ’83. What is your NewYear’s resolution for 2012 ? Lose weight –naaah, that’s an ever-ongoing battle, not aresolution. Be kinder to your spouse, kids,neighbor’s dog – naaah, that’s somethingyou should do every day anyway. Makeyour 2012 resolution to contact an oldfriend from elementary school, highschool, or college – yes, track down thatlong lost companymate that you haven’theard from in the nearly 29 years sincegraduation – yes, the one that you arewondering just where he or she ended up

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in life. Maybe it’s even someone a littlefurther back – that roommate who startedwith us all, but left for whatever reason –track them down and reconnect.LinkedIn, Facebook, Google search – trustme, you can find almost anyone. Andwhen you do reconnect, it will meansomething to you both.

The electronic mailbag was full – butI can always use more. Many have kidsgraduating from college, getting married,having your grandchildren – yes, continu-ing your legacy. So brag a little bit and tellall of us part of your life story. Send meyour updates.

On to the Newz!CJ Loria coordinated a 17th

company shindig at the SouthernMississippi game in early October. Amongthose in attendance were Brent“Grillmaster” Flaskerud who smoked apig for the Tailgater; Ann and MarkHagerott and his kids (but they aren’tkids any more Mark, and neither are you);Keith Menz; Sean O’Connor, CJ, hislovely wife Jamie and son Nate; and yourscribe and spouse Claudia. Besides thepig, Brent also hosted the gater at hisAdmiral’s row parking spot, completewith tie died pirate flag.

One can only hope that as this articlegoes to print Navy football has continuedtheir dominance over Army (I have my9th annual wager with an ’84 woop – I’venever met him, but I never get tired oftaking his stuff).

Keith Menz provided a short updatebut PROMISED a more complete updatein the near future: I have one married andtwo in college and one in high school.Tracy & I are ‘empty nesters’ except forour dog.

Two reach outs looks for classmates inthe past month – a class of ’84 alum look-ing for Tomoko Ishikawa Tanaka, and aspouse of a classmate looking for VicMercado. For info, if someone asks me foryour email/other contact info, I do not passit on, but I will pass on their info to you, soyou have the option on whether or notyou want to contact them.

Steve Fischer ([email protected]) continues in his attemptsto corral classmates in the DC/NorthernVirginia area for a monthly luncheon. Thismonth, he took to the Facebook pages andtracked down a lot more classmates toinvite – I’ve tagged all in the “you owe mean update category” below.

The next luncheon is in Decemberand maybe there will be quite a few thereto provide some future Newz updates.


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Steve is also looking to coordinate a dinnerout in January.

In the ‘taking charge and taking names’category:

Mike Smith (35th Co.) is assigned asOPNAV N13 – not sure if he’s put on hisstar yet (NMCI global still shows RDML (sell).

NAVSUP Global Logistics Support(GLS) held an assumption of commandceremony aboard the USS MidwayMuseum in San Diego in August and Jon Yuen took charge.

Bill Galinis took command asNorfolk Ship Support Activity (NSSA) onOctober 27 on Naval Station Norfolk. Billwill oversee approximately 1,700 militaryand civilian employees.

Craig Gibson and Rick Hartmanattended Mark Belton’s Change ofCommand as Navy ExpeditionaryLogistics Support Group – see pic.

Gibson, Belton and Hartman

Barb and Jeff Fletcher and Kathy andCraig Walker were in Annapolis forhomecoming weekend to take in thegame, see their respective children atNavy. Ann and Mark Hagerott providedthe needed lodging for the weekend.

Barb supplied the picture because allCraig had was a goofy pic of someonewho shall remain nameless, and I wascautioned about revenge. Barb writes: Ihave a group photo of Mark, Craig andJeff on Sunday morning with their better3/4s (we are way more than halves)!!!

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Mark Hagerott was recently at a conferenceon robotic warfare with Steve Trainor andI quote “makes my head spin on the worldthat is emerging in our lifetime!”

Whenever 2 or 3 gather... Rich Woodford writes in:

■ I was fortunate to catch a few minuteswith CEO Dave “Doc” Saba in Dallas,Texas while I was in town to train somefederal auditors. We caught the openingpitch of Game 5 of the World Series. Itwas great to get caught up and reminisceabout our classmates and those crazy daysspent in The Yard. Dave is CEO for LTFTraining, a non-profit providing qualityteaching training. He’s doing well andlooking forward to the 30th reunion. ■

John “Woody” Wood checks in from Singapore:

■The Class of ’83 had a small reunion atthe International Seapower Symposium inNewport, RI. It was great to catch upwith Joe, Dan, and Ed. Both Dan and Edsaid this is their first mention in Shipmate!

The picture is of Captain DanBraswell, Defense Attaché to The Hague,Rear Admiral Joe Rixey, CommanderNavy International Programs Office,Captain John Wood, Defense Attaché toSingapore, and Captain Ed Wheeler,Navy International Programs Office.

Best, Woody ■

Pulsed for a family update, Woody replies:

■The Woods’ are standing by to hostfriends in Singapore! My daughter Jules isa Freshman at Cal Berkeley and loving it!My son Liam and daughter Revi go toschool in Singapore, and my wife Laurel isloving living in Singapore and living the“diplomat” life! ■

Gang of 4

I think this is the first pic I received fromWoody sans brew!

Dateline 11/4/11 in the Cold WarGallery of the US Naval Museum on theWashington Navy Yard. Our classmateDietrich Kuhlmann was promoted byhis company mate VADM JohnRichardson (how can an 81er be a 3 staralready) to Rear Admiral (lower half).Dietrich was promoted in front of a largecrowd including 40 family members(father Dietrich Kuhlmann ’53), formershipmates, mentors, and classmates - DonDrehoff, Mark Olson (Naval DistrictWashington Chief of Staff and Deputy

Commandant), Mark Gorenflo andChris Pietras. Congratulations Dietrich(picture to follow)

Joe Harding sends in this update:

■ Good Morning Navy (er Chris),Thanks for putting together all the

Shipmate inputs. A thankless task butthanks anyway. I think this is my secondupdate in 28 years but it will be brief. TheNavy Reserve has kicked me to thebench (VTU) long ago but there is stillsomething about putting on that uniform.

Alice (my wife of almost 23 years) andI visited USNA this fall during 2/CParents Weekend. We sat in on our daugh-ter Christy’s classes (Christy Harding’13), ate in King Hall (photo attached),briefly toured 17th Company spaces,watched the parade, and attended theGospel Choir and the Men’s and Women’sGlee Club concert that evening. That wasonly the first day. Saturday was also a fullday including a lengthy Mid Store run inthe morning, the football game, and evena late, late dinner in D.C.

I would have to give a big thumbs upfor the football stadium upgrades andimprovements to the academic buildings(Sampson, Michelson, Chauvenet, Luce inparticular) and King Hall. I know I amnot the first to report this but the MidStore is huge and novices should notenter without GPS technology.

I have been teaching high school (mostrecently Geometry and AP Statistics) andcoaching tennis in Visalia, California for20+ years since I left active duty. Alice and Iare dealing with “empty nest” syndromesince our youngest baby bird, Hannah,recently flew south to San Diego to pursuecollege and much nicer weather.

That is all. Carry on, Joe ■

Harding Family

Derek Rydholm, currently the Air ForceReserve Command Inspector General ischanging jobs. I’ll be staying in Georgiabut becoming the Air Force ReserveCommand A3. Sort of the current opera-tions guy. I’m supposed to fly as part of thejob, so who’s going to argue?

Jennie and JJ Clark have a new baby(ok, I was slow in getting the news out,

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because by the time you read this, the newbaby will be coming up on her first birthdayalready – sorry JJ). Megan was born onMarch 19. Big brother Toby is in 3rd gradeand plays basketball and soccer. JJ finished uphis master’s degree in economics atHopkins, and was playing hockey in twoleagues, biking back and forth to work, andteaching sailing, but I’m not sure he’s stilldoing all of that with a baby. I need to catchup with JJ soon, and perhaps in a futureissue there will be some Newz on Jennie’snew job?

Trolling – If I saw you, heard from you,saw your name in an email, you are on thehook for a future issue of Shipmate:

Keith Menz; Tomoko IshikawaTanaka; Mark Olson; Brent Flaskerud;Mike Smith; Steve Lewia; Ed Wheeler;Dan Braswell; Joe Rixey; Don Drehoff,Steve Zotti; Barry McKibben; BillStacia; Chuck Sitarski; Ed Rahme;Frank Vernet; Gard Clark; GeorgeFerris; John Amy; Mike Vormbrocke;Norbert Doerry; Paul Siegrist; BillDaitch; Kevin Zumbar; Steve Trainor;Craig Gibson; Mark Belton; RickHartman; Joe Baehr; Tom Dalpini;Bob Aronson; Carlos Del Toro; JoeSpruill; Michael Murphy; PeteBouffard; Richard Schieke.

The class facebook page has over 300 folks on it: USNA 1983.

Pick up the phone, send an email orknock on a door. Make a commitment toreconnect with your friends, whether theyare from the old neighborhood or justaround the corner. Do it today.

Once a classmate, always a classmate.— Chris

’83- A Class Act!


PRES: Warren A. MazanecE: [email protected]

VICE PRES: James W. WilhelmE: [email protected]

TREAS:Melanie V. DohertyE: [email protected]

SEC’Y: CAPT Toni Kasprzak, SC, USN (Ret.)1219 Kings Circle, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050P: 717 525-9622; E: [email protected]

WEB SITE: www.usna84.org

What a fun, football fall I have enjoyedthis year! This is my first “soccer-free” fallin seven years so I have been takingadvantage of my extra time and was ableto attend two Navy games this year (andmore importantly, get to the NavalAcademy Store aka the Mid Store).

I was able to attend the Scout Dayfootball game against Troy University. Beinga guest of Mary Beth Chipkevich,

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we had an unbelievable tailgate location.Only problem is that it is on the oppositeside of the ’84 tailgater. However, I wasable to visit both of them. I was able tosee our class at the tent. Thanks so muchto Michelle and Warren Mazanec fordoing so much to put on a nice tailgate. I took an iPhone picture of some of theattendees when I stopped by.

Pictured are Harry Ward, Friend ofHarry, El Presidente Warren Mazanec,Anna Yurina (Friend of Jim Wilhelm),Jim Wilhelm, Andy Hale, MichelleMazanec, Logan Mazanec and MaryBeth Chipkevich.

On the other side of the stadium, I raninto Linda Schumacher Eriksen and apicture was snapped.

“Ladies of ’84 !”

Pictured are Mary Beth Chipkevich,Dianne Hardin Archer, ToniKasprzak Chase and LindaSchumacher Eriksen.

Back on the visitor’s parking lot, I literally ran in to Scout Leader and classmate Andrew Gallotta.

“Scout Day at USNA !”

Andrew Gallotta was kind enough tofollow up with me with some written

input so that I did not have to documenteverything on the spot and was able toenjoy his company! He writes:

■Tim and Caroline are 9 and 7, respectively.Mommy (Elizabeth) is from upstate NY andcontinues to marvel at the DC traffic, thoughafter 8 years down here, she’s pretty muchbroken the code, i.e., DOUBLE what youexpect to be the travel time! She works fromhome AND homeschools Caroline, who isin the 2nd grade. Tim’s 4th grade experiencehas just begun and he’s enjoying his activitiesboth in Scouting and the school’s ChessClub. I am in OPNAV, where I support N46and the Shore Readiness folks. Working withCEC officers has been an eye opener; I alsoroutinely work with Fleet Readiness andLogistics staffs, not to mention the occasionalBRAC (Base Realignment and ClosureCommission) or environmental issue.

As far as the game goes, it was niceseeing the march-on and seeing the midstake a game handily. The Scouts that Ibrought to the game uniformly had anexcellent time, so I hope we can do thisagain next year. Turns out WarrenMazanec and his family were sitting acouple rows behind us and he said hi andtold us where the ’84 tent was. Took alittle hunting, but we eventually found itand frankly, it was certainly well worth thesearch! We headed out to the ‘84 tent athalftime and enjoyed chatting with a fewother classmates, including Steve Lott,Bill Castenada, and Sharon Pfeiffer.We spent the end of the game talkingwith Todd Lutton and his wife Patty.They go to all the games and it was funseeing them also - Todd and I wereroomies in Orlando. Their son (Nick) is asecond classman and is apparently in Masqueraders. ■

Next up is Rocky Goins, who was kindenough to provide me with an updatewhen I was Facebook trolling.

■ Rocky, Susan, Tori (18) and Kasey (16)moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma where Rockyis the Vice President of Development/Acquisitions for Senior Star. Daughter,Tori, is with the Navy ROTC at Cornell

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University and Kasey is a junior in highschool. Tori is the FOURTH GENERA-TION of Goins to serve in the Navy!Rocky’s wife, Susan, was also a NavyCryptology officer from Florida StateUniversity when he met her in SanDiego. The class of ’84 is everywhere inTulsa, as George Carradini and KaseyCregge Carradini are leaders in theTulsa Alumni Chapter! While attending aWashington, D.C. Senior Care conferencein September, Rocky had dinner withMiles Baker, who is currently on anAlaskan Senator’s staff. (Note from Toni:The press release on Miles’ appointment islater in this article. Congratulations,Miles!) Rocky is excited about theupcoming Army Navy Game and will beattending with his people of the 29thCompany, Mark Stys, Mike (Max)McGee and George Zamka and theirbetter halves. Beat Army!” ■

“The Rocky Goins Family...The Navy Traditioncontinues!”

CAPTs Tim Pence and John Funk alsowrote in and sent a great picture depictingthem in the Navy’s digital cammies.

RDML Chuck Rainey and CAPTs John Funk and TimPence at SPAWAR.

Tim and John wrote to send news of arecent development with Navy-wideimpact led by our class’s own RDMLChuck Rainey. Space and Naval WarfareSystems Command’s Fleet ReadinessDirectorate is a new organization chargedwith improving SPAWAR’s C4I equipmentinstallation and maintenance performance.Chuck leads the new organization asSPAWAR’s first-ever Deputy Commanderfor Fleet Readiness. The new Fleet

Readiness Directorate is such a big deal thatthe commanders of the Pacific Fleet andFleet Forces Command - two four-starAdmirals - released a message to their fleetsannouncing its standup.

John Funk is the Executive Assistant toRADM Patrick Brady ‘81, CommanderSpace and Naval Warfare SystemsCommand. John recently completed asuccessful command tour in USSBonhomme Richard. Tim Pence arrived atSPAWAR this past summer after complet-ing a tour at U.S. Naval Forces Japan. Hereat SPAWAR, he serves on the staff ofRDML Jim Rodman, SPAWAR’s Chief Engineer.

The final input for this issue is from theAlumni News on usna.com and highlightsthe accomplishments of Miles Baker.Senator Lisa Murkowski has hired threenew staff members to help her shapeupcoming work with an Alaska-centricvision: a Legislative Director and twoLegislative Assistants. These new staffersbring years of expertise to the table and Iwelcome their contributions on behalf of Alaska.

Miles Baker joins the Murkowskiteam as a Legislative Assistant in the field offinance and budgeting after several years inthe Alaska State Legislature. Baker wassenior staffer for Senator Bert Stedman (R-Sitka) in Juneau, where he worked onstate finance and appropriations policy forthe Senate Finance Committee. Bakerbegan his professional career as an officer inthe U.S. Marine Corps serving with twounits in Okinawa, Japan. He graduated fromWest Anchorage High School and the U.S.Naval Academy, and received an MBA fromUCLA’s Anderson School of Business.

Well that is all that I have to reportnow. Please consider sending me anupdate…I have found the New Year to be atough time to get input. HELP!

Warm regards,Toni Kasprzak Chase and “The Staff”


PRES: Bob Smith4712 Fox Den Court, Louisville, KY 40241P: 502-432-6185; E: [email protected]

CORR. SEC’Y: CDR Dave McDonnell, USN (Ret.)H: 410-849-3208; W: 703-699-3635E: [email protected];[email protected]

Another great Navy tailgate season haspassed. Many thanks to Eric Bowman (35)for providing his USS 85 pig roaster(pictured nearby) for one of the tailgates.Hopefully we will see this in action againduring some future tailgates. Some photosfrom the season follow.

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“The pig roaters”

“Living it up with 85”

“Our class president with Bill”

Bob Dishman (33):

■ Difficult to use the leadership structurethat was in place for only 6 months over25 years ago to influence participation inthe class Shipmate column, so I’ll just“take one for the team”...a phrase weoften used on the baseball field. Four of usmanaged to graduate as baseball playersand our paths have recently crossed. I justcompleted a tour as the Program Managerat Pax River for the Navy’s Broad AreaMaritime Surveillance (BAMS) program.Scott Wild (34) (pitcher) recently joinedthe BAMS team. Scott retired from theSupply Corps and spent a few years withindustry before returning to GovernmentService as a civilian. I’ve see JohnVanBrabandt (28) (outfield) quite oftenduring unmanned system conferences. Heis working for Northrop Grumman withtheir unmanned helicopter program. JonMullican (12) (3rd base) recentlyconnected via Linked-in and hopefullywe will catch up during the AlumniBaseball game. I see Greg Sears (28)from time to time wearing a suit in his

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big office at OPNAV/N88. DanMcNamara (25) is in Pax River servingas the Program Manager for our AerialTargets program office (PMA 208). Fromthe 33rd Herd, Chuck Sharkey recentlycompleted an overseas IA with theReserves. Rob Haidvogel (33) is retired-retired and raising his family in Michigan.I ran into Jamie Vandiver (33) in SanDiego. He’s still doing great things for theHelo Community. Saw John Winkler(33) at the Texas Bowl. I’m still serving atNAVAIR in Pax and have two daughtersin high school and a son who is a 2/c atUSNA. We have season tickets to NavyFootball with great parking right acrossfrom the ‘85 Tailgater thanks to Mike“Rudy” Randolph (17). ■

Scott Cull (34):

■We currently are living in Memphis,TN. Jennie and the kids moved here in2004 when I received orders to thePentagon. I spent the end of 2005 andmost of 2006 in Yemen enjoying thebeautiful scenery and wonderful food(actually did put on 20 pounds).Following my year in Yemen, I headedback to the Pentagon and began workingon my retirement. I retired June of 2007and began to live full time in Memphis (Ido miss my frequent flier miles, but some-times you just have to make sacrifices).Both of my sons have moved on and nowlive in San Diego and my daughter Sarahis in her sophomore year of high school.Jennie is doing most of the traveling as aManaging Director for KPMG on theconsulting side, and I spend my daysteaching geometry and algebra II to 80girls at a private all girls school. I finishedmy Masters in Teaching this May and havebeen teaching full time for almost twoyears now. Sarah started this year atHutchison School and during the enroll-ment process the school asked if I wouldlike to teach math for them. Lost a fewdollars compared to my cushy publicschool teaching job, have 100 fewerstudents and now have a full time chauf-feur (Sarah now has her permit), but I didhave to replace a mirror a few weeksback. Ouch! ■

Paul Severs (31):

■ Long time, no Shipmate update. Aftergraduation, I went SWO and served onseveral ships and staffs on both coasts andWash D.C. I am retiring this fall after agreat career serving with countlesswonderful and dedicated professionals.Married with four kids. Our oldest son

Pete joined the Class of 2015 this summer(in same company as Vic Otero’s (25)son. I hope to see many Classmates at tailgaters in the years ahead. Beat Army. ■

Bob McLean (34):

■We are now back in DC at thePentagon on the OPNAV staff, my duesfor the privilege of two excitingcommand tours. We just left Japan thissummer where I was the CO atNAVFAC Far East in Yokosuka - a greatplace to live and work. Previously I wasthe Commodore for the 22nd SeabeeRegiment in Gulfport, MS with an OIFdeployment to Al Anbar. Lisa and I justcelebrated our 19th wedding anniversaryand have two great kids - Devon, 9 and Callum, 8. ■

Congratulations to Richard Snow (2)who was recently named as the Directorof the Bureau of Labor Standards for theMaine Department of Labor.

Sad news to report. For those of youwho haven’t heard, our classmate Ed Pogue(23) passed away in September. Ourcondolences to his wife Diana and family.


PRES: CAPT W. Scott Gureck, USN (Ret.)310 Epping Way, Annapolis, MD 21401P: 808-227-2576; E: [email protected]

SEC’Y: CAPT Norm Weakland, USNE: [email protected]

WEBSITE: http://www.usna.com/classes/1986/

President’s CornerOn behalf of the entire Class, a big shoutout and BRAVO ZULU to J. Eric Smithwho went above and beyond to plan andexecute a fantastic 25th Reunion for us allthis past October. For more than 15 years,Eric has directly supported our class in avariety of volunteer positions – mostrecently as President. Eric, thank you!

It was really fantastic to see so many ofyou make the effort to attend thereunion. Those of us who were there hada terrific time. For those of you whocouldn’t make it, we hope to see you atthe 30th!

Speaking of the 30th, over the nextfive years, our Class will be raising moneyfor a specific designated gift to the NavalAcademy – a Class Project. We get to dothis again from 2021-2026 for our 40th,and then one final time from 2031-2036where we will present a final Class Projectgift at our 50th Reunion.

Thank you to all who took part in thesurvey conducted earlier this year todetermine what we most wanted tosupport as a Class. Based on your inputs,

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the major component – 60% of our totalgift – will go to one of the Superintendent’smajor Strategic Initiatives: The StockdaleCenter for Ethical Leadership. A minorcomponent – 20% – will go to refurbishand maintain the Mexican War Monument,which you will recall sits toward the centerof the Quadrangle on Stribling Walk. Anappropriate plaque will be affixed themonument, giving us prominent “brick andmortar” recognition. Finally, another 20%will go the Naval Academy Annual Fund –the Superintendent’s #1 Strategic Initiative.

At this point in our lives, many of usare ready to give back. When you arecontacted by the Foundation to make apledge to support our Class Project, Ihope that you will find these initiativesworthy of your generous support. Thank you. ~Scott


PRES: Jim MathesonE: [email protected]

SHIPMATE COLUMMNIST: Robert Pinataro8920 Merion Dr, Duluth, GA 30097-6664E: [email protected]; P: 860-331-0763

WEBSITE: www.usna87.org

Happy New Year and welcome to theDark Ages! Stay warm and may your 2012be blessed with health, fulfillment andprosperity. For all of you still serving inharm’s way, our prayers go with you.Thanks to Dave Berman, LaurieMcGrath, Jim Swanson & DaveBiddinger for their contributions thismonth. Please note that I’ve changed myemail address, so send your news [email protected].

Jim Matheson had some sad news to share,

■ “I am saddened to pass along the newsthat our Classmate and friend JohnBaldwin passed away just beforeThanksgiving...I have attached the obitu-ary from his father, which I just receivedand which are all the details I have to date.Unfortunately, the Family MemorialService has already taken place, but we as aClass are endeavoring to honor John in thenear term, and certainly at our 25thReunion which is fast approaching Oct18-21, 2012. Please note that there aresome requested charities and if you are somoved, you may contribute in John’sbehalf. I would ask you to pass along anymemories, photos or stories about John sowe can share them with the Class and withhis Family. In the words of John’s Father,“He remained truly “BLUE & GOLD” to

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the end.” We will miss John and honor hislife and service to our country. ■

Obituary:

■ Mr. John M. Baldwin IV of Newnan,GA, joined our Lord Jesus, Nov. 21, 2011.

He is survived by his daughters, AlinaBaldwin, Micaela Baldwin, and theirmother, Geny Baldwin, all of Newnan;parents, John M. III and Jackie Baldwin ofVirginia Beach, VA; sister, ChristiGlassbrook of Powahtan, VA; brother, Neal Baldwin of Suffolk, VA; 2 nieces; 6 nephews; and best friends, BobbyWilkerson, Mark Toddhunter, Karen Gill,and Kimberly Shaw.

A Celebration of Life service will beheld Saturday, Nov. 26 at 11 a.m. atCrossroads Church, Highway 16 campus,Sharpsburg. Pastor Ken Adams will be officiating. Those wishing may send an online condolence at www.parrottfuneralhome.com .

In lieu of flowers those desiring maymake donation to The Esophageal CancerAwareness Association, Inc., P.O. Box55071, #15530, Boston, MA 02205-5071or Crossroads Church, 2564 SharpsburgMcCollum Road, Newnan, GA 30265.

The family will receive friends onehour prior to the service at the church.

Parrott Funeral Home & Crematory,Fairburn, 770-964-4800” ■

Chris Dunphy sends,

■“Been a long time since I have writtenin, takes me back to the pre-internet days,when Owen Duke, Dick Hoffman andI would entertain ourselves while stationedat Subic Bay and write letters to Shipmatethat were mostly fiction about classmates.Wolfie would print them just to havesomething in column. As we said, it is notmean if it is funny….

I had the honor of hosting a minireunion here in “Titletown” Boston on 20-21 May (24 years to the day the Navyaccidently commissioned me…took them20 years to correct that error). GregStefanon, Jim Fisher, Spike Bell, JeffShirk and (for 15 hours Dom Oddo)made the trek to Boston for the firstCubs/Red Sox series at Fenway since theSox beat the Cubs in the 1918 WorldSeries. Sadly Jim Matheson and GabrielGomez, who are in the Boston area, hadprior commitments or told me that, basedon the lineup.

A short but very entertaining reunion.Jeff awarded MVP for driving up from P-cola to join the festivities. He stopped inNew York to have lunch with Dom and

Dave Berman hadsome exciting news,

■ “I haveannounced myintention to seek thecircuit court benchin Kenosha County,Wisconsin. Pleasetake the time toreview, or like myFacebook page. Ifyou feel so inclined,please feel free tocontact me via message to discuss any waythat you can further assist my efforts.Thanks, and God bless. ~ Dave.” ■

Rick and Laurie McGrath are proud to announce,

■ “Our son, Brian was sworn in on June30 to become the 3rd generation of ourfamily to attend USNA!!! Attached is apicture of Rick McGrath ’87, BrianMcGrath ’15 and Mike McGrath ’62!!” ■

(L to R) Rick McGrath ’87, Brian McGrath’15 andMike McGrath ’62

Don’t speed in Minnesota! Word has itthere’s a new Trooper on the scene…

■ “It’s been a long year transitioning fromthe military to my new position;Minnesota State Trooper. I was pretty surewhen I came back from my Iraq deploy-ment with the MN 34th Red BullDivision that I’d be ending my militarycareer, and I retired 30 years to the dayfrom when I signed my first enlisted Navycontract. It has been about a year since theprocess of becoming a State Trooperbegan; 14 weeks of what the MN StatePatrol calls Law Enforcement TrainingOpportunity (getting us non-law enforce-ment licensed folks schooled and licensed)and then 12 weeks of Trooper Academyand 4 weeks of additional training afterthat. I will say, going through theAcademy at 48 years old (and the oldestone there) was not something for the faintof heart! The first two weeks saw me lose18 pounds and about 3 inches off thewaistline, my wife was NOT TOO

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Dawn Oddo, and Dom thought it was agood idea to join Jeff for the final leg intoBoston, despite have to leave via Amtrackthe next AM to get back to NY (earninghim Inspiration Award). Nice quiet Fridaynight for 3 of us old NAPSters in localsports bar watching Sox/Cubs, trading fash-ion tips and telling lies.

Everyone else arrived on Sat AM, withenough time to barbeque and watch theBruins epically blow a 3-0 lead againstTampa Bay in the Stanley Cup race (theymade up for it…) Had great Sat night atFenway catching up, till the Sox turned into7 yr old T-ball team and blew a 3-1 lead bygiving up 8 in the 8th. (Love my classmatesbut USNA ’87 not good karma for thehome town teams) We departed Fenway(9-3 Sox loss –Stef estatic, given Chitown asof late) and spent rest of evening enjoyingthe diverse cultural and social experiencesthat Boston has to offer from 11PM to2AM. All in all, a successful reunion: no onewoke up needing a priest, to cancel a creditcard, emergency dental work or with atattoo on their face.

I was up at 6AM for the first of 3 tripsto Logan Airport on Sunday (Fish is ourHonorman, made 8 AM flight reservationand actually made flight-true grit). Jeffloaded home GPS LAT/LONG into hisBMW autopilot, started back to P-cola andI assume went to sleep…(I had to loan himsome CDs for return trip, drove the wholeway up with just a Billy Ray Cyrus CD)

Quick Update: Greg is FBI agent inChicago, Spike flying for Jet Blue living inSan Diego (and USNR 0-6), Jeff runs hisown mortgage business in P-cola. Dom hashis own import/export business in NY, Fishis 0-6 en-route from DC to P-cola thissummer as Deputy Commodore ofTRAWING FIVE and will fleet up toCommodore. I am with Raytheon BusinessDevelopment here in Mass. If anyone isheading this way, give a shout, we alwayshave an extra room.” ■

(L to R) @ Fenway: Chris Dunphy, Jeff Shirk (behind),Greg Stefannon, Spike Bell, Jim Fisher, John Moran

Dave Berman forCircuit Court Judge

HAPPY! At 6’ 2” I was back down tounder 188 pounds and looking sort offrail. For the amount of PT and such thatyou do there just isn’t a way to take inenough calories. I will say this, thisAcademy was the worst modified stressenvironment that I have ever gonethrough...the 4 other military modifiedstress episodes were really quitedoable...do what they tell you to do andthe wolves focus on the lambs that canfollow instructions...this one, they reallydidn’t tell you what to do and any deci-sion you made was the wrong one. TheAcademy had it’s purpose and it’s allbehind me now!

I did get a chance not to long ago tovisit John Midea (36th Company) downat his home in Dallas and I will be takingmy son Nick with me to the Navy vsSMU football game in another fewweeks. John is doing well and leading thecourse for Enus Paints in Dallas. John,Kathy and the kids are great hosts...because I think they much prefer uscoming to TX instead of them coming toMN to deal with the TUNDRA weatherwe have! I’ll be sure to take pictures andsend them from the SMU tailgater andfootball game. John says that there arequite a few folks in the Dallas area and thetailgater will be memorable!

By the way, I have my room reservedfor next year’s reunion! My wife was veryexcited to head back out to Annapolisafter our 20 year event, you all did a greatjob and I’m sure next year will be just as memorable.

So...if you happen to be traveling theEast Metro of St. Paul, MN and see thoseemergency lights coming up behind you,hope that you see my smiling face...Idon’t have enough road time yet to be ascynical as some of my new compatriots. ~Jim Swanson (36)” ■

(L to R) Jim Swanson and Kris Swanson

The following article was placed inAlumni News on usna.com:

■ 9 Sept11 - PayLease LLC, a leadingelectronic payments platform and service

provider for Property Managementcompanies and Home OwnerAssociations, today announced the hire ofDave Dutch as CEO. In this role, Dutchwill manage all aspects of business operations for the company and will beresponsible for driving its continued trackrecord of triple-digit growth.

Dutch joins PayLease from his mostrecent role as Executive Vice President ofCDS Global, a leading internationalprovider of transaction management serv-ices, processing over 1 billion outboundbilling and inbound payment relatedcommunications annually. He led thecompany’s efforts in market growth andexpansion and brings a wealth of experience to the PayLease team.

Prior to CDS Global, Dutch heldexecutive leadership roles in sales, market-ing, operations and financial managementwith various companies in the softwareand telecommunications industry, includ-ing Core-Comm, Reynolds & Reynolds,Networkfleet, Level 3 Communicationsand Vignette.

“We are thrilled to have Dave join thePayLease team,” says Ty Kalklosch, co-founder and head of sales for PayLease. “It was important that we found someonewho shared our vision and passion forbuilding the company for the next phase ofgrowth. Dave has a proven track record ofdelivering high impact results for compa-nies during critical growth stages. Hisleadership skills, high energy personalityand goal-oriented approach will make agreat addition to the team.”

“I see tremendous opportunity atPayLease and I am jazzed to be in a position to lead this already successful andgrowing company into the future,” saysDutch. “The billing and payment manage-ment space has reached an excitingjuncture, with electronic billing andpayment technologies changing the wayconsumers interact with their billers.PayLease is well positioned to be a trans-formative service provider in this new era.”

Before embarking on his corporatecareer, Dutch served for eight years as aSpecial Operations Officer in the UnitedStates Navy. He has an undergraduatedegree from the United States NavalAcademy and an MBA from The BroadSchool at Michigan State University.

PayLease was founded in 2003 by Ty Kalklosch and Yann Phung and wasrecently ranked 344th on the Inc. 500 listof fastest growing private companies inthe U.S. Mainsail Partners, a leadinggrowth equity firm, invested in PayLeasein 2010.

In August 2011, Bob Biddinger (father of Dave Biddinger ‘87) planneda wonderful surprise for “returning hero”Joe Stillwaggon ‘87 at Oriole Park atCamden Yards. Joe had returned from asuccessful deployment to the mountainregion and the O’s did not disappoint.Not only did they have one of the fewwins of the season, but they had the imageof Joe’s heroism projected on theJumbotron over the span of two innings.For once, Joe was speechless. Meanwhile,Dave has founded an LLC that provides“cyber” services to the FederalGovernment and beyond. He is followingthe development of the Cyber curriculumat USNA with great interest. ■

USNA Class of 1987 25th Reunion UpdatePLEASE NOTE: Hotel Booking isquickly filling up. Please book your Loewshotel room soon if you want to stay withyour other classmates at the hotel.

ALSO: We need your help. Reachout to your classmates now and let themknow you are going to the reunion nextyear. The 25th Reunion is usually the mostattended event. Let’s make it great bygetting ALL of our classmates together inOctober 2012.

A brief highlight of events by dayare as follows:

Thursday, October 18, 2012:Class Golf Outing and Evening Social

Gathering at Fado Irish PubFriday, October 19, 2012:Class Meeting, Class Memorial

Ceremony, Yard Activities, Superintendent’sbriefing, formal parade capped off with theformal class reception at the AnnapolisLoews Hotel.

Saturday, October 20, 2012:Mid-Store visits, Yard tours, Massive

tailgate event with live music throughout,Football vs. Big-Ten opponent Indiana,more tailgater after the game, followed by apost-game social gathering event at theLoews Hotel.

Sunday, October 21, 2012:Check-Out and Ad-Hoc brunch

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Registration for these events will soonbe available online. Initial pricing (stillfinalizing) looks to be:

–Registration: (Mandatory) $87 perclassmate, no additional registration fees forfamily/friends

–Golf Outing: (Only for those partici-pating in Golf Outing) $87 per golfer

–Friday Night Reception: $43.50 per attendee

–Tailgater: $87 per attendee, $20 perattendee under the age of 21 (Beer andwine included, cash bar for mixed drinks).

–Game Tickets: TBD, but likely $25 to$35 per ticket, depending on NAAA(pending).

We are also looking for corporatesponsorships for the tailgate or golf outingsto help defray the costs of all of the events.Please contact the reunion coordinators ifyou are interested in sponsoring any of theevents (with appropriate acknowledgementand signage).

Finally, if you have not yet made yourhotel reservations for these great events,please do so as soon as possible. Theprimary hotel for all events is the AnnapolisLoews Hotel, where we have 100 roomsblocked off for our class. The secondaryhotel is the Annapolis Hilton Garden InnHotel on Harry S. Truman Parkway wherewe have 75 rooms blocked off. You canbook your Loews hotel. Pricing for theLoews will be released soon, but you canexpect $325 / room / nigh. You can bookyour rooms now (without locking in theprice) by calling the Annapolis LoewsHotel at (800) 526-2593, or online at:http://www.loewshotels.com/en/annapo-lis-hotel. Use the reservations code:USAO18 (letter O, not Zero).

The advanced reservations for theAnnapolis Hilton Garden Inn will beavailable in January 2012, and we willinform you of the reservation informationat that time.

Thanks to all of our volunteers, andplease look for additional information inthe coming months.

If you have any questions, contacteither of our Reunion Coordinators,David Buckley [email protected], 703-677-6231, or LenLaporta, [email protected], 203-451-7799.If you would like to be one of our manyvolunteers, please let Dave or Len know.

Thanks to all our contributors thismonth. Join them by sending your storiesto [email protected].


PRES: Tucker Hite E: [email protected]

SEC’Y: Eric Reinhold549 N. Wymore Rd.., Suite 106, Maitland, FL 32751W: 407-951-6528; F: 866-840-2229E: [email protected]

WEBSITE: www.usna88.com


PRES: Ingar Grev904 Barbury Pl., Annapolis, MD 21401-6485P: 410-571-0105; W: 703-243-6613F: 419-818-7319; E: [email protected]

CORR. SEC’Y: Scott McFadden E: [email protected]

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WEBMASTER: CDR Dave Klain, USNE: [email protected]

Classmates, Happy 2012!! You’re reading this early

in the New Year, but I’m writing it just acouple of weeks before the Army-Navygame. I’m going to go out on a limb andassume Navy will win (has won!) the game.

Lots of stuff to get to this month, solet’s get started:

First, more from Julie(Niedermaier) and Chris Campbell –

■ Just a quick note to announce the birthof our first child, Mark AndrewCampbell, on 5/8/11. Chris is a Track andField Coach at USNA. After retiring fromthe Navy at 20 years, I work for a defensecontractor in Annapolis. ■

Congratulations to you two on the birthof your child, Julie and Chris!

Mark Vandroff, sent in a picture ofhimself along with fellow classmates GregWagner, Francis Spencer, and SteveDebus taken at Mark’s DDG 51Shipbuilding Program change of office ceremony.

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Next up is Joker Jenkins -

■ Hello Class of 89!This is my first input to Shipmate.

I want to introduce to all my classmates, thenewest member to the USNA family,Savannah Margaret Jenkins. She was born20 Aug 2011 at 19.5-inches and 6lbs 0.5oz.She is a beautiful, healthy little girl and isdoing well. Mom is doing a great job whiledaddy is gone, and daddy is enjoying how tofigure out fatherhood! But as you can see,even at 2 months, Savannah knows who toroot for. GO NAVY, BITE ARMY!

As for me, I completed my COcommand ride on USS GARY (FFG-51)conducting a hull swap by bringing GARYfrom Yokosuka to San Diego. Followingcommand, I did a great year at U.S. FLEETFORCES COMMAND as Deputy EAfirst for ADM Greenert, and then for ADMHarvey. Now I am finishing my tour atCOMNAVAIRPAC as OIC of theNuclear Power Mobile Training Team(NPMTT). I will report to USSBonnehomme Richard (LHD-6) for MajorCommand XO/CO fleet-up in Feb 2012.

Take care all. Joker Jenkins (15th Company) ■

Mike McGettigan reports in with someexciting news:

■ 89’ Classmates –It’s not often we get the opportunity

to ask that famous/infamous(?) questionfrom nearly 25 years ago... “What About’89?”. While many of our fellow 89’ers arecontinuing to lead/inspire/trailblazephenomenal military and civilian careers,one of our very own (former Midn./

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leadership team and to have the opportunity to build on its success.”

Next, Immaculata University, State ofPennsylvania has issued the following pressrelease: Lieutenant Colonel John C.Church, Jr., USMCR, has joinedImmaculata University’s English/Communication Department as a newassistant professor. He is teaching classes onEnglish composition and rhetoric, technicalwriting, business and professional communication, and crisis communication.

■ “I am thrilled to be here at Immaculata.Having served here previously as anadjunct, I had some insight into theUniversity’s commitment to mission andsense of purpose. However, now I amseeing that sincere dedication and steadfastsupport to students from faculty and staffevery day. I am looking forward to assist-ing our students in excelling in theclassroom, but more importantly, in aidingthem in finding their way to becominggood citizens and good stewards of ourcommunities, Commonwealth and coun-try. My wife, Mary Kay, and our fourchildren are just glad to be part of a learn-ing community that is so clear in itsmission and so sincere in its outreach andembrace of others as a part of an amazingly wonderful journey.” ■

Congratulations Steve and John!Lastly, I have the sad duty of reporting

the death of a non-graduate classmate,Bart Tyler Parnall. The following is his obituary:

■ Bart Tyler Parnall, 44, of Waldoboro andCharleston, S.C., passed away Oct. 13 atthe Duke University Medical Center,surrounded by his family. A lifelongcompetitive shooter, Bart had survivedprimary pulmonary hypertension forseven years, often shooting with anoxygen tank at his side. He was at Dukewaiting for a heart-lung transplant. Bartattended the U.S. Naval Academy andMurray State University, where hecompeted on their rifle teams and set anumber of national records. As a sub-junior, he won the Prone NationalChampionship at Camp Perry in Ohio.He also won the Maine StateChampionship three years in a row. Upongraduation from college, he served as anofficer and a Ranger in the 101stAirborne. Bart was always movingforward with a positive attitude, a smile,and sense of humor. He was a magicalinfluence in the lives of young people, andderived great satisfaction from being ashooting coach. Bart was a great father,


LT of 34th Co.)Steve Obsitnik hasannounced hiscandidacy for a seatin the House ofRepresentativesfrom the 4th districtof Connecticut in 2012 – Steve’s home-town. To the best of our knowledge, Stevewould be the first classmate to run forCongressional office.

Please check out Steve’s social media sites:

Website: http://www.obsitnik.com/Facebook:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Steve-Obsitnik-for-US-Congress/267236306642491

Several members of 89 including PaulDabbar, Ingar Grev, Matt Sandoval,Earl Jones, myself, and others are pitchingin to help Steve. He would welcome anyadditional support from other members ofour class in time, talent (networking), ortreasury (donations). Let’s pull together as aClass and make “What About ‘89?”....”What About Obsitnik?” in 2012.

Good Luck Steve!You will obviously now be expected

to make a few speeches at our 25thReunion, OBSTCR!!!

Best and Go Navy, Mike McGettigan ■

The Dabbar and Obsitnik families observing colorsin August

And now some news about classmatesexcelling in civilian land.

First, the Board of Directors ofMission Mobility LLC is pleased toannounce that Steve Newell has joinedMission Mobility as President and ChiefExecutive Officer, effective September 19,2011. Newell stated, “At Mission MobilityI saw great promise in leading a growingcompany with products that are relied uponto ensure vital warfighter communications.From my days at EMS Satcom, I knewfirsthand the specialization and expertiseembodied in every product that MissionMobility delivers and the paramount focuson satisfying the needs of their customers.It’s a great honor to join Mission Mobility’s

Steve Obsitnik

a talented artist, a marvelous cook, had ablack belt in karate, and was a vigorouscompetitor in all he did. Most impor-tantly, he will be remembered as a kindand generous person. Bart is survived byhis wife, Christy; daughter, Madeline;sister, Tracy; and parents, Virginia Buckand Peter Parnall. ■

Peace, Scott


PRES: LtCol Dean Ebert, USMCE: [email protected]

VICE: Maj Joe McDonald, USMCR (Ret.)E: [email protected]

OPS: Maj Carter Honesty, USMC (Ret.)E: [email protected]

TREAS: Kelly White; E: [email protected]’Y: CDR Cathy Weiss, SC, USNR

E: [email protected]: www.usna90.com

Hello Ninety, I hope the New Year hasproved to be a good one already. 2012 willsee Navy playing football in Ireland, ourtwenty-second reunion, and a time to votefor the Commander in Chief. Based on theinput I’ve received this go around, 2012 willalso include a continued display of achieve-ments by our fellow classmates. If you keepthinking to yourself that you want to writein, even just that small yelp to let the rest ofus know you’re alive and well (I’m visualiz-ing the Who’s Down in Whoville, holleringat Horton), but tapping something out onyour keyboard keeps slipping to the bottomof your to-do list, please take a moment thismonth and, in the immutable words ofNike, Just Do It! There’s close to a thousandof us running around on this Earth rightnow who share that one common momentof having thrown our covers in the air atthe same time. Though we may be strangersto each other as the years have progressed,we are all staring down the face of middleage together and it doesn’t take long to findcommon ground. Please, send in a quickupdate on yourself or a classmate you’verun into. Kicking us off this time is myfellow seventh company-mate, Mal Sandiwho hollers in from Coronado, CA:

■ I recently transferred from the Bureau ofPersonnel where I had the opportunity towork with classmates RichDromerhauser, Chris Engdahl, CurtRenshaw, and Harold Workman. We alsohad reservist representation via AlexJohnson, Suzanne (Autry) Fiori, andJanet (Fuller) Garrington. While inMillington I got to visit with fellow 7thCompany-mates Kersas Dastur and MikeGiles. Kersas retired from active duty and is

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a supervisor pilot for Air Evac life flightdetachment in Natchez, MS. Natchez is abeautiful town located high on a bluff alongthe Mississippi River and is rich withhistory. Mike has been a NASA test pilotfor many years and recently retired from thenaval reserves. Mike and his wife, Julie, livein Houston, TX with their three sons. Asfor me, I recently PCS’d to San Diego. Mywife, Colleen, was hired as a civilian nurse anesthetist at Balboa Naval Hospital and welive in Coronado with our 4 sons. ■

Mal also sent in the following photos.Thanks, Mal, for the update!

Kersas Dastur, Air Evac life flight pilot

Mike Giles, NASA test pilot

The Mal Sandie family

The next update comes via EileenHaskins’ father, who knowing Eileenmight be too modest to inform us of herown achievements, sent an email toupdate us that CAPT Eileen HaskinsLaubacher (USNR) has assumedcommand of Naval Reserve Unit 0466, aunit with the Office of Naval Intelligence.Congratulations, Eileen, and best wishesfor a fantastic Command tour!

After reading one of the recentcolumns, Jonathan Salkoff wrote inwith the following information:

■ Just read this month’s column. I’veswum the Chesapeake Bay Bridge swimfor the past 2 years, in addition to helpingorganize our (now) annual class ritual ofswimming across Lake Tahoe in the TransTahoe Relay. The Bay Bridge swimlottery sign up starts in November andruns through the end of December (yes,there are actually more crazy people whowant to swim the Bay than they allow).The Trans Tahoe swim was another great

event this year — Kurt Beyer, DaveRaby, Dave Kayea, Lynne (Smith)Driscoll (with husband John Driscolland brother Brad alongside), RayBerzins, Dan Frost, Lono Hagmann(and his wife Katie), Mark Watkins, and Iall braved the 12-mile crossing in 60degree water at 6200 feet elevation. MarkWatkins and his wife, Gina, hosted a greatparty afterwards, which is really the reasonwe all went to Tahoe in the first place! ■

Jonathan, thanks for the info. If anyoneneeds more info about either swim andthe annual gathering of aqua-ninety,contact Jonathan at his [email protected] .

The Alumni Association forwardedthe following press release regarding Geoff Grindeland:

■ Mills Meyers Swartling, a Seattle lawfirm, is pleased to announce thatGeoffrey Grindeland has become aprincipal in the firm. Geoff is a civil litiga-tor whose practice emphasizes aviationlaw, insurance coverage, and representationof municipalities and police officers. He isa graduate of the University of VirginiaSchool of Law, where he was a DillardFellow and an Executive Editor of theVirginia Journal of Social Policy and theLaw. Prior to law school, Geoff graduatedwith merit from the United States NavalAcademy and served eleven years as aNavy pilot, flying both helicopters andturboprop airplanes. He has chaired theKing County Bar Association’s AviationSection and currently serves on the boardof directors for Helpline House, anonprofit social service organization on

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Joint Task Force ODYSSEY GUARD (JTF-OG) was established in11 Aug. 2011 to provide command and control for U.S. joint militarycontingency operations in Libya in support of Department of Stateefforts to re-establish the American Embassy in Tripoli and providesecurity for follow-on engagements. The Joint Enabling CapabilitiesCommand (JECC), an organization under U.S. TransportationCommand (USTRANSCOM), deployed 25 personnel to Vicenza,Italy to support the JTF staff, created from U.S. Army Africa, underMajGen. David R. Hogg. The JECC Mission Commander wasCAPT Bill McKinley ’87 and the XO was CAPT (Select) GlenLeverette ’90. Other members included CDR Tom Wing ’84, CDRCraig Bangor ’96, LCDR Al Hobbs ’94, (not pictured). Attached tothe JTF was also LCDR Mike Stabile ’97, (not pictured).

Alumni Assigned to Joint TaskForce ODYSSEY GUARD

L to R: CDR Tom Wing ’84, CDR Craig Bangor ’96, CAPT (Select) Glen Leverette’90, and CAPT Bill McKinley ’87 Photo was taken by LTC Mike Blackburn

Bainbridge Island. He particularly enjoyscases that involve scientific, engineering,or other technical issues. ■

Geoffrey Grindeland

Congratulations Geoff! And our final input this month is with

regards to Steve MacLaren who wasrecently selected as the National NuclearSecurity Administration’s (NNSA)Defense Programs’ Employee of theQuarter. Steve is a PhD physicist with theLawrence Livermore National Laboratory(LLNL), a research and development insti-tution for science and technology appliedto national security. He was selected asEmployee of the Quarter from individualsthroughout the national nuclear securityenterprise. Steve was recognized for hiswork as the lead designer in the recentlycompleted High Energy Density experi-ments on both the National IgnitionFacility and the Z machine. The intrica-cies of Steve’s work is such that I muchappreciated Gregory Archbold’ssummary in his email when he forwardedthe LLNL article on Steve. Greg, who isalso a PhD with LLNL, summarizedSteve’s accomplishment by saying: “This isa pretty big deal.” Sometimes, just a fewwords can really put a picture on theweightiness of an achievement. Thank-you, Greg, for forwarding the informationand congratulations, Steve, on such anoteworthy accomplishment!

Steve MacLaren; Photo by JacquelineMcBride/LLNL

And, well, that’s a wrap! SemperUmbilicus, Cathy


PRES: CDR Rich Brophy, USN2801 S. Arlington Ridge Rd, Arlington, VA 22202P: 571-257-7574; C: 719-534-3696E: [email protected]

SEC’Y: Jack CollettiP: 205-225-9191; E: [email protected]

WEBSITE: www.usna91.info

Happy New Year ’91!! 2011 was a verygood year on many fronts. Let’s go througha few highlights...Nuke checklist style:Deep Six Bin Laden…check. BeatArmy…check. Class of ’91 20thReunion…check mate!!

I usually like to start out each columnwith a few Bravo Zulus for our classmatesaround the globe. However, on this occa-sion, I’d like to launch a singularly majorBZ. This one goes undoubtedly andunquestionably to Evan Barnet. Over thepast year (plus), Evan worked tirelessly asReunion Committee Chairman tomanage the daunting task of organizing the20th Reunion. As Shipmate scribe, I sat inon many of the evening conference callsand was amazed at the scope of what Evanwas managing. Plus, he devoted a tremen-dous amount of personal time to the task,in the face of very challenging anddemanding work and family commit-ments. The end result: missionaccomplished...in a major way! Thereunion was a without a doubt a stunningsuccess. But don’t take it from me alone:here’s some great feedback from Stu Lockhart (Stalag 13):

■ I didn’t want too much time to passbefore expressing how appreciated yourefforts were in coordinating the superbreunion was last weekend. What a ride! Ineeded most of this week to decompressand get my voice back—I have neverspoken as much in a 48 hour period as lastweek! I am sure you all have been inun-dated this week with follow-up e-mailsfrom classmates far and wide, but I wantedto add my voice to the crowd of thosewho had an absolutely outstanding timelast weekend. My personal thanks to youand our other classmates on the reunioncommittee who made it all happen.Needless to say, I am looking forward tothe 25th reunion already! ~Stu ■

Again, BZ to Evan and the ReunionCommittee...what a great team effort!Another highlight of the weekend was theNetworking Dinner. As part of the 20threunion planning process, the reunioncommittee thought it was a good idea tolook outside of the reunion of the needs ofour classmates after 20 years. Some were

91 returning from deployment and transitioningout, some still on active duty, some recentlyretired, and others looking to make a tran-sition from one job to another. Thispresented a great opportunity to help thosein a tough economy at the senior levelslooking for civilian work.

The committee turned to DaveScheu to plan and coordinate the evening.Ironically he was in the job search himself.With months of planning, the committeewas able to get sponsorship of the event bycompanies looking to hire Academy grad-uates. Thanks to academy focusedcompanies Aflac, Amazon, CSC, Microsoft,and Walmart the cost of the event wascovered. Academy graduates and one guestwere charge a nominal fee to keep it ontheir schedule for the weekend.

With just over 80 people in attendanceincluding a one-star from USAFA ‘79, thepanel speakers were thrilled to have anopportunity to meet high-caliber Academygraduates with proven leadership experience.

After introductions by Rich Brophy,our Class President, and Evan Barnet, ourReunion Committee Chairman, DaveScheu moderated the panel discussion andQ&A, including an opportunity for class-mates to communicate job leads. Somewere even coming to start their own busi-ness. The panel provided insightful andarticulate thoughts of the job search. Thepanel consisted of alumni:

Tom Collela, USNA ‘78, ExecutiveRecruiter for Walmart

Joe Wallis, USNA ‘86, MilitaryRecruiting Manager, Microsoft

Chris Cantarella, USNA ‘89, ExecutiveRecruiter, Korn-Ferry

Phil Dana, USNA ‘98, MilitaryRecruiting Manager, Amazon

The message from the panel was clear:narrow your focus on what you really wantto do, do your homework—just like wedid for come arounds, and most importantlyreach out to classmates for ideas andencouragement. Amazon for example indi-cated that they had hired over 114Academy grads in the last 14 months. Theleadership skills that Academy grads bringto organizations are in high demand. Thegap the evening was looking to fill wasputting graduates in touch with those inneed of work. The evening carried on withopen networking and direct conversationswith the panelists, each of which reportedmaking several promising connections withour classmates.

Many thanks to those who helped usproduce the event and to everyone who


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Noon Meal Formation. While many of uswere sleeping off the purple haze fromthe night before, the ‘91 Navy Crew studswere up early Friday morning enjoyingsome time on the Severn, cutting nicestraight lines.

Thanks to Stu Lockhart for sendingthese great photos from the ReunionRow (see more photos on the ‘91Facebook page).

Throughout the weekend, 91ers gath-ered in hotel rooms, downtown bars, andrented homes to catch up on the past

twenty years. Wine and beer revenues inthe Annapolis area were up 91% (source:Red Corvette Analytics Inc.). Reminderto all to post their favorite Reunionphotos to the ‘91 Facebook page or atUSNA91.info.

6th Company Soiree. Left to Right are Fred Lindsey,Mark Lucas, JP Ayubi, Greg Price and John DeVine.

Stalag 13 Post Game Comearound. Left to Right areJason “Doc Wiz” Davis, Dan Morio, MarcSchweighofer, Sean “Boxter” Reed and Jack Colletti.

Last and certainly not least, I wanted tocommend, on behalf of all of us, BrianSpano for organizing the MemorialService. Rich Brophy opened the well-attended service with some very movingand appropriate remarks as the President ofour fine Class. Chad Jungbluth followedwith a reading. Then our classmates, PastorDavid Ochoa, Rev. Jared McCambridge,and Rev. Ramon Baez each provided withwords of faith and wisdom and movingperspectives on how we deal with loss andhow we honor our fallen Comrades.

Thank you Brian, Rich, Chad, David,Jared and Ramon for your leadership. Ican’t think of a more fitting and honorableway to celebrate, sanctify, and keep alive thememories of our 24 brothers who havegone before us.

Finally, a huge thanks to EVERYONE that came together tomake our 20th Reunion a stunningsuccess. For those of you who couldnot make it, 25 will be here beforeyou know it...pencil it in now!OBSTCR!!

We are now more connected than ever.Be sure to check in on our Class site(USNA91.info), and our ‘91 group pageson Facebook and LinkedIn. Happy NewYear to you and yours and here’s to a great2012 for all! Ken Finley you have a Subwaysandwich in Main Office!! Until next timeI remain your loyal scribe. ~Jack

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joined us. Everyone on the committeework tirelessly put this together. We had acouple ‘92ers in the house. They so enjoyedthe idea that they are adding it to theirprogram plan for their 20th next year. Ifyou are “one of the promising leads”,please keep us posted on how it goes.

Thanks Dave and Evan for your lead-ership on getting this event going and formaking it happen!

Some made our way through thegargantuan Mid Store and spent lots ofcash. Others waited patiently to view the

‘91 Alumni Row (Left to Right): Jeff Chatfield, Andy McMarlin, Kevin O’Connor, Randy Wright, Alden Mills, StuLockhart, Mike Stephens, Dean Dorcas, Eric Austin, Mike Kuypers, Heidi Berg, Mike Kaiser, Gib Armstrong,Doug Zimbleman, James Baca and Rob Turner.

‘91 Heavies and Lights Reunite onthe Severn after 20 Years!

The Networking Dinner, organized by Dave Scheu was a stunning success!


PRES: Creighton ArmstrongSEC’Y: CDR Doug Barber

P: 757-341-4576; F: 757-341-4571E: [email protected] [email protected]

Classmates, if you aren’t already a memberof our Facebook page, please sign up! Hereare the steps: 1) Log onto Facebook, 2)search for “U.S. Naval Academy Class of1992” or use this link https://www.face-book.com/groups/49124819975/ then 3)you must ask to join, and Steve Phillips orone of the other admins will grant access.Right now there are 236+ members!(Thanks Steve for putting this together andkeeping it going!)

I’ve received no correspondence thismonth, so below is some info I gleanedfrom our page:

NPR recently ran a story on JasonMorris and his Battalion in Afghanistan,the link is http://www.npr.org/2011/10/30/141723895/afghan-success-comes-at-high-price-for-commander I’veincluded one of their pictures and belowis a portion of the article:

■ “It was just over a year ago that Morristook nearly 1,000 Marines to a place inHelmand called Sangin. It was a haven forTaliban fighters and drug traffickers, a placewhere the British lost more than 100troops in four years. But the British failedto push out and pursue the enemy, and theTaliban continued to control much of thearea. It was Morris’ job to take it back. Atthe time, Lt. Gen. Rich Mills was thesenior Marine commander in Helmand.He says what Morris’ unit went throughwas as brutal as anything in the history ofthe Marines. ‘It stands alone in theAfghanistan situation as probably being oneof the tougher missions ever handed to aninfantry battalion,’ Mills says. ‘It’s very rare. Icertainly would compare it to some of theamphibious assaults during World War II,places like Guadalcanal,’ he adds.” ■

Please check out the rest of the article.

LtCol Jason Morris in Afghanistan

92 The Milwaukie Wisconsin JournalSentinel ran a story on Fred Schenk, thelink is http://www.jsonline.com/news/ozwash/cedarburg-native-testing-mili-tarys-latest-fighter-jet-132897828.html.I’ve included one of their pictures, andbelow is a portion of the article:

■ “The Marine test pilot and Cedarburgnative [LtCol Schenk] performed the firstat-sea vertical landing of the F-35B JointStrike Fighter this month, hovering nextto the USS Wasp in the Atlantic Oceanbefore setting down neatly on the deck.When the F-35 eventually replaces thejets now soaring over war zones, it will betest pilots like Schenk who played anintegral role in development of the jointstrike fighter. ‘It’s a one in a lifetimeopportunity to be involved in an aircraftthat started on a piece of paper and is nowflying and doing really well,’ said Schenk,41, a 1988 Cedarburg High School grad-uate.” “Schenk has spent many hours inthe F-35B cockpit and had test flown iton land, but the next step required takingoff and landing on a ship as well as testinghow the aircraft interacts with a ship’slanding systems, deck and hangar. The firstlanding on Oct. 3 was done during niceweather and sea conditions - not muchcrosswinds and a steady deck with lessthan 1 degree pitch and 5 degrees of roll.Over the next few weeks Schenk flew inincreasingly less favorable conditions fromthe USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship,because ultimately pilots will be taking offand landing in all kinds of weather and seas.” ■

Please check out the rest of the article!

Pilot LtCol Schenk

Lastly, Martha Dunne recently publishedher first Novel titled “An End to theMeans” under a pseudonym. The pressrelease states, “JC Leland is the pseudo-nym for Martha Dunne, a 1992 graduateof the US Naval Academy and a formerhelicopter pilot with an extensive back-ground in naval special operations. AnEnd to the Means is her first novel.”Congratulations Martha!!

If its been “years” since you sentanything for shipmate—please send me anupdate!! Thanks, —Doug.


PRES: Maj Joe Moreno, USMCRVICE PRES: LCDR Kevin Klein, USNTREAS: Matt MorseCORR. SEC’Y: Maj Shogo Cottrell, USMCR

20902 W 117th St., Olathe, KS 66061P: 913-782-8149E: [email protected]

WEBSITE: http://www.usna93.com


PRES: Jim KeckE: [email protected]; C: 904-477-2133

VICE PRES: Julie SpencerE: [email protected]

TREAS: Brian BruggemanE: [email protected]

SEC’Y & CORR. SEC’Y: Maria J. PallottaP: 410-440-7552E: [email protected]


PRES: Kate DooleyC: 202-320-6776, E: [email protected]

VICE PRES: CDR Debbie Fermo, USN C: 757-353-9493; H: 443-458-5110E: [email protected]

TREAS: CDR Andre Coleman CEC, USNC: 571-344-0336,E: [email protected]

COMMS DIR/WEBMASTER: Ed GallowayE: [email protected]

SEC’Y: CDR Matt “Kaz” KaslikC: 360-333-4440; E: [email protected]


Aloha ’95Happy 2012 to all! I was out on the

east coast for a course at the Joint ForcesStaff College in Norfolk, VA and was ableto catch up with classmates James Brownand Marcus Breslin during our ten weekclass. I also ventured up to Crabtown for afew football games and ran into MoCurran, Al Springer, Chris Hodrick andAndre Coleman. Kate and Deb spear-headed an ad hoc ’95 tailgater for theECU game with sightings of numerous’95ers around Navy Marine CorpsMemorial Stadium.

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This past fall brought the annualMarine Corps Marathon and the tradi-tional “Run to Honor” event driven bydedicated classmates as well. The turnoutfor the dinner was great and the eventwarmed up the weekend as the DC areafell under a cold front where the tempsranged between the low 30’s and high 40’sfor a late October Sunday morningmarathon run. Ed Galloway flew in fromSeattle for the event and proudly wore his“Run to Honor” gear along with GioKostrubala Meek (congrats again on thewedding) and Jeff Webb. The picturesprovided captured the dinner as well asmarathon and were taken by photogra-phers from ‘Mathy’. Awesome job to allwho contributed to this outstanding eventand we all look forward to many moreyears of “Run to Honor”; dedicating thosewho served and who gave the ultimate sacrifice.

Keep the news and updates flowingand here’s to a great and prosperous yearfor everyone! ~Kaz

Jeff Webb takes the podium at the “Run to Honor”dinner.

Gio Kostrubala Meek


PRES: Bart Phillips9557 E.Cottage Hill Ct., Baton Rouge, LA, 70809P: 225-448-2606; E: [email protected]

SEC’Y: Tonya (Barz) Bush4820 Cedar Ridge Circle, Billings, MT 59102P: 406-534-4906; E: [email protected]


PRES: Tom WagnerE: [email protected]

Send news to: Aaron Shelley10933 Shy Bird Lane, San Diego, CA 92128C: 619-980-8297; E: [email protected]

Classmates, I am reluctant to begin thiscolumn with bad news, but it’s importantto give this the attention it deserves. Hereis an email from Herb Lacy whoinformed us about the loss of one of ourclassmates over the Thanksgiving holiday.

■ Damola Joseph “DJ” Itobi (7thcompany) lost his life in a fatal accidentthat occurred Wednesday, November 23,2011 near the Virginia-West Virginia line.He was on his way to a Thanksgivingoffice party. While he was traveling onHarper’s Ferry Road just south of Route340 around 11:15 a.m., a tree fell onto hiscar. He succumbed to his injuries atINOVA Fairfax Hospital on Thursday,November 24, 2011.

DJ was from Lagos, Nigeria, and cameto us as an exchange student from theNigerian Defense Academy. He met hiswife Sarah Nemetz (New Hampshire)over the computer youngster year whileusing an archaic social network“ISBA/BBS” on NADN. After gradua-tion, he decided not to return to Nigeriaand elected to stay in the DC area andwork for Corporate America. He workedfor Technica Corp of Dulles, VA, andserved as a contractor in the Greater DCMetropolitan area (most recently at FortMeade, MD). He and Sarah were marriedthe day after graduation and had three

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Thanks to Herb Lacy and Tony Then forpromptly bringing this tragic news to ourattention. You all may have seen similarnews sent via class email and on the ’97facebook page. We extend our deepestcondolences to DJ’s family and friendsduring this very difficult time.

LCDR Chris Jason provided a recentupdate from his current duty station:

■ My wife Cheryl and I are currently inWashington, DC, for a Pentagon tour. InDecember 2010, Cheryl gave birth to oursecond son Holden. Our oldest sonDesmond was born before I could getback from Afghanistan, so I’m glad I wasable to be there for the second. Our kidsare 14 months apart so things are prettychaotic. I’m currently assigned to JointStaff J-5, and since moving to DC, I’vebeen happy to run into many classmates.After a career in Washington and Japan, it’snice to be in such a central location andclose to USNA too. For Cheryl and me,this is a great assignment because herfamily is nearby: her sister’s husband is anArmy LTC on Army Staff, and herbrother is another Army LTC at FortMeade, MD. Our next tour will bring usback to NAS Whidbey Island, WA, butthat is not for a while so there are tenmonths of Power Point still ahead. ■

Here is a picture of the Jason family thatChris attached.

“Chris, Cheryl, Desmond and Holden”

After completing a tour as Deputy Chiefof Operations for NSA’s Red Team, JonKaltwasser is now on TDY to DefenseAdvanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA) on a Service Chief Fellowship.

Once again, please mark your calen-dars for our 15-year reunion on 19-21October 2012. Stay tuned for more information. To improve the level ofcommunication throughout the class, Iwould like to conduct a thorough audit of

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’95: Some of the members of team “Run to Honor”

He was waiting for his wife, who had runthe MCM also. He hadn’t seen her yet, soI can’t report on how she did, but Mikelooked proud of her and unfortunately Idon’t remember much else about it,because I was pretty out of it.

I’m heading into work tomorrow formy USMC Reserve job at the Pentagon,and just found out that I’ll be workingalongside a new active duty counterpart.It was CDR Joe Torian ’96 before, butSteve Minihane just took his place. SoI’m going to bring this to work in themorning and hopefully add a Steveupdate. Or maybe just annoy the hell outof him until I get one. (Update: Stevedoesn’t want to give me any news for thisissue, so I am just going to annoy the hellout of him)

And because I haven’t called her outin two months or so, Jenn Marino, sign-up for the 2012 MCM for militarymembers starts in a few short months.

Two short(ish) updates: Rebecca (Chany) Baas and David

Baas just had baby #4 on November 19.Peter Henry Baas arrived verrrry early onthe 19th, weighing in at 9 pounds, 2ounces. Peter joins big sister Caroline (6)and brothers James (4) and Luke (2).Becca is a total pro at this, but I don’tthink she’ll be sending a ton of updatesfor a bit…so I’ll get her permission to addsome pictures, and will hopefully includethem in the next submission.

And the second update, from Anne(Cossitt) Leanos:

■ “This is Anne (Cossitt) Leanos ’98. I could not bear the thought of a photofrom my plebe year being in the publicdomain; so here are some recent ones ofmy family: Alex Leanos (USNA ’99)who many of the math majoring 98ersknow since he is sort of a math whiz...he’shumble and would never describe himselfthat way, but I can; and our 12 y/o sonChristopher; who over the past 2summers has enjoyed swimming, baseballand wrestling camps at USNA.

Alex and I are both SELRES andBGO’s, he’s an EDO and a mechanicalengineer at Caterpillar, Inc; on aMountain Biking team sponsored byGoose Island 312 & on AT right nowspending his weekend doing a 160 milebike ride to Raise $ for EOD WoundedWarriors. We live near Peoria, IL, I am aPAO & will be heading up Navy WeekChicago this summer, one of about 20different 1812 commemorations the Navyis celebrating all over the country.

I am a Sales Director with Mary KaySkin Care and Cosmetics leading a team

of 100+ consultants, and drive a PinkCadillac SRX. Good luck to you Dave ifyou run the USMC marathon, I ran theNike women’s marathon in San Francisco,and I now consider that box fully &completely checked:) Best, Anne” ■

The two attached pictures are from Anne:with her husband and son Christopher,and with her pink Cadillac. Anne, thanksfor the update, and congratulations on thesuccess and your family…

And that’s all I have. I think this issuecomes out in January, so I hope everyonehad a great holiday season, and hopefullyNavy beat Army. I think we’ll miss mostof the game unfortunately, since my oldestis going to be an angel (a non-speakingone) in the Nativity Play that day. I’msigning off now, because it’s MondayNight Football and my Saints are playingthe Giants. I hope to see plenty ofManning face over the next four hours.(Update: I did. Great game, Saints won49-24. It was divine.)

Breaking out the wretched plebe yearpictures next time around, unless I havesome good stuff. And I won’t stop at onlyplebe year ones, although I won’t post anyfrom the Ring Dance booze cruise. I maywant to run for public office someday.

Take care, Jeannette


our class contact list. To better facilitatethis effort, it would be ideal to designateone individual from each company toserve as a correspondence representative.Not only would this help us to reach alarger percentage of our class, but wouldlikely bring more news in return to sharewith everyone. I have begun working thisangle with 10th company. If any of youhave interest in being the point of contactfor your company, please let me know.

Thanks for tuning in everyone, and allthe best to you in 2012!

-Aaron


PRES: David FormanC: 410-320 6333; E: [email protected]

CORR. SEC’Y: Mark Symmes529 W. 29th St., Baltimore, MD 21211E: [email protected]

TEMP CORR SEC’Y: Jeannette Gaudry HaynieE: [email protected]

So this evening, while trying to herd thethree cats that are my beloved childrenaround the house, through homework,dinner, cleaning up, and so on, I looked atthe calendar and realized that I had failedto put together a meaningful, funny, andabove all loooooong Shipmate update.And while I promised during the lastupdate that a guest writer would honor uswith his (or her?) thoughts for this issue,and I’m sure many of you are waitingwith bated breath for his/her appearance,said guest writer is mysteriously “busy,” soI am sitting here typing furiously whilestaring out the window at the large, inflat-able snowman and Santa that I just put up.

But I digress.Not a whole lot of updates this time

around (LOREN REINKE, this meansyou! This is me annoying you as promised.And you too, LAURA TUCK MAAS-DAM…). So I get to ramble a bit. Luckyyou all. Rambling first, update second.

First of all, I ran the Marine CorpsMarathon last month. On a nice, balmy30-degree Sunday morning. I willproudly add that I ran it in 3:59:14, whichis waaaaaaaay off of my PR but I honestlyknow I could not have gotten to thatfinish line any faster. Of course, for thoseof you who know my husband ChrisHaynie, he ran the MCM in 3:11. Andhe was disappointed, he really bonkedpretty badly…3:11 being such a shabbytime and all.

After stumbling across the finish line, Iwas trying (unsuccessfully) to make it tothe link-up area, where Chris had mysweatshirt, when I saw Mike McPhail.

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CLASS NEWS


PRES: Capt Chris “Buster” O’Brien, USMCE: [email protected]

VICE PRES: Ben AdeyemiTREAS: Jason Mendenhall

E: [email protected]’Y: Minh-tu Nguyen

11710 Old Georgetown Rd., #608North Bethesda, MD 20852P: 703-928-2524; E: [email protected]


Hey there, ’99! Happy 2012!! Only TWOmore years until our 15-year reunion!

We’ve already started the planningphase; if you’d like to help with thereunion, please send an email to BarreAdams-Simmons at [email protected]. It’ll be here before you knowit! Please help out if you can. Hope every-one had a happy and restful holiday season.No submissions for the ’99 column, so Ihad to go and scavenge for informationmyself. HUGE congratulations to ChrisTyson, who married the lovely Jill Tyson,née Wade, over the Thanksgiving holiday inTuscany, Italy. I had the great fortune tomake the trip over to Italy to share in theexperience. Months of planning, a beautifulMedieval castle, perfect fall Tuscan weatherall came together for a lovely, movingwedding. Wish them many years of loveand happiness. While in Italy, I managed tomeet up with one or two folks. DeaconAndy Young took some time out of hishectic seminary studies to share a dinner inRome with me and Josh Greenberg, U-M’98. Andy is in his fifth year of studies tobecome a priest and will be ordained in hishome parish of Sioux Falls, SD, this comingJune.Caroline Rodi ’98 braved the Italiantrain system to meet us in Florence.Caroline is in the midst of a two-year grad-uate program at the University of Milan.Studying what, though, I couldn’t evenbegin to tell you; possibly mastering the artof drinking espresso and speaking withhand gestures. Hope you’re having afavolosa avventura, Rodi! Caroline andAndy mentioned that they have run intoTodd Sanders and his lovely wife, MauraDuggan Sanders ’00 in Naples, Italy.Todd, Maura and their two little munchkinsare living la bella vita in Naples, courtesy ofthe Marine Corps. Sounds like a fantasticboondoggle! That’s it for the boat schoolshippie run-ins while abroad; the world issmall, but not THAT small. I was, unfortu-nately, part of the major debacle that wasthe Hot Chocolate 15k at the NationalHarbor this past December. Waiting infreezing temps for the race to start an hourand a half late; dodging major traffic;

99 running with 20,000 of my closest friends;and ingesting a small portion of the tons ofchocolate fondue that had been sitting outall morning was made all the more worth-while because I was sharing the experience(i.e. pain) with my lovely 15k survivors –Shana Gritsavage ’97, Doc Jo, KirstenWalden, Josh Greenberg, and KatieTraster ’08. Congratulations, Shana, onfinally showing up in Shipmate for the firsttime since graduation!!!! Oh, and on finish-ing the 15k as well. Patrick and CourtneyO’Mahoney also survived the 15k, but Ihave no photographic evidence as theywere much faster than me and my camera.That’s it for this issue. Hope you can helpout with the 15-year reunion!!

Chris and Jill Tyson on their wedding day inTuscany, Italy

The newlyweds, breaking into their reception

with the new Deacon in a Roman restaurant

with the Caroline Rodi in Florence

DC Hot Chocolate 15k Survivors

Winter is the time of promise because there isso little to do - or because you can now andthen permit yourself the luxury of thinking so.See you next month!

~Minh-Tu


PRES: J.V. “Murph” McCarthyVICE PRES: Art TerryTREAS: Nick LalotaSEC’Y: Tim O’Connor

317 N. Pleasant Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450E: [email protected]

Shippies,As a sign of a troubled economy the

alumni association some time ago scaledback the issues of Shipmate. This went overlike a “blankety blank in a blank” (pick yourfavorite analogy where something does notgo well) with a majority of alumni, and theShipmate Ship has since been steered backto its proper course. We are now rolling outcolor pictures in the class columns. You neednot be Warren Buffet to figure out that thisis a good sign for the economy as well as thehuman race.

I was short on submissions this monthso deal with my trivia. I am going to postsome clues here and then the answer willbe at the bottom. I shall call this game“Name that Classmate.”

Take a stab at who the classmate is…1. That used to, as Midshipman, (and

still might) set his alarm to wake up in themiddle of the night to watch reruns ofMagnum P.I.

2. That once refused to leave thekitchen of a restaurant until a dishwasherwould relinquish as part of a trade hisMiami Vice T-shirt.

3. That had a bust of Ronald Reaganon his desk in Bancroft.

4. That had a radio show on WNAVhe cohosted with another classmate thatplayed only eighties music.

5. Now works for NASA.That’s all you get. Now if you are

reading these clues and somealarming/awkward/bizarre/not plausiblehabits of a classmate are jumping into your

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skull and making you giggle, then youneed to email me those. The formatshould look something like the above.

In other news, being back at the Naval Academy is awesome. If I wouldhave had to come up with one word ondescribing a room full of Plebes this pastsummer, it would have been “smelly.”Now that they have figured out whichway is up and yet are still the most curiouscreatures in captivity I would use the word “motivational.”

Our class was well represented at 6thCompany’s Giving Tree Ceremony andone of the highlights of said ceremony wasErik Herrmann’s mustache. Earlier in thefall the 3rd Annual Ripley Race wasreunion of many and I spent most of the5k race learning stroller running tips fromAustin Yoder and his lovely wife.

Enjoy the Giving Tree Ceremonyphoto and the Hero Walk photo from afew years back.

Send me stuff!— MurphTrivia question answer: Stuart Usry

L-R LT Joel Starzman ‘03 (6th Company Officer),Shannon (Philbin) Maury, Murph McCarthy, ErikHerrmann, John Woods, MIDN 1/C Kristen Tella(Giving Tree Rep)


PRES: Capt Aaron Fielder, USMCVICE PRES: LT Dave Harrington, USNTREAS: LT Andy Henwood, SC, USNSEC’Y: John March

E: [email protected]: www.usna01.com


PRES: LT Josh Welle, [email protected]

VICE PRES: LT T. Alford, [email protected]

SEC’Y: Julia [email protected]

TREAS: LT Cari Murtagh, [email protected]

SEND SUBMISSIONS TO: [email protected]: www.usna2002.com


PRES: LT Daniel BaileyVICE PRES: LT Dan EmmertTREAS: Noelle NavasSEC’Y: LT Rick Mui

E: [email protected]

Joey Fay Writes:

■ I’m writing with a quick update on afew 2003 classmates. My family hasincreased to 4, and I’m completely outnumbered by girls now with my 6 monthold daughter Michaela, a 3.5 year oldGabriella and of course my wife Christine.I came off of a 4-month active duty assign-ment in Norfolk, VA at Marine ForcesCommand on September 28th and imme-diately headed out on a 10-day vacationwith the entire Fay crew. After an October1st wedding in Dallas, TX, we took theAmtrak down to Austin, Texas and linkedup with Garrett Cox (‘03), his wife Jamie,and their 3-year-old daughter Katelyn.Jamie is due any day now and Garrett will

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’00: The Elliotts’, Erin Bailey, Tom Jones, Jonny B, Jack Burroughs, The Chaser, Woods, Woods, Woods, andWoods, the Bruners’ and Herrmanns’

be joining the two-daughter club. After ourvisit with the Cox family we flew out toSan Diego, after driving up to Disneyland,we stopped in at Crossfit Ethos (LagunaHills), which is owned and operated byJimi Lechford (‘03). Unfortunately theLechford family was not around, but theirgym is incredible and anyone in OrangeCounty, CA interested in Crossfit shouldgo see Jimi. The culminating event of ourvacation was the wedding of Brian “BJ”Reitter, and Gianni DeMichele, both 2003graduates. BJ and Gianni got married atthe Prado in San Diego and there were ahost of USNA classmates in attendance(Lauren Pizzi, Anne Huber (Gates), KristinHart, Dan Bailey, Jim Vandevoort, MattPreston, Mike Marks). On a weekendwhen the Phillies got knocked out of theplayoffs, the Eagles bit the dust, Brian Stann(‘03) lost a tough fight, and Navy got beatup on the Grid-Iron...this reunion at sucha beautiful wedding ensured that ourfamily vacation ended on a high note. Wearrived back in Philly on Sunday, October9th, and I’m set to begin my civilian careerhere in the City of Brotherly Love. Anyshipmates who find themselves in Philly,look me up...but don’t expect me to takeyou to any sporting events! ■


PRES: LT Lincoln LukichE: [email protected]

VICE PRES: Capt James BrobynE: [email protected]

TREAS: LT Joseph ZukowskyE: [email protected]

SEC’Y: LT Andrew FroistadE: [email protected]


PRES: LT John M. BurgerE: [email protected]

VICE PRES: Mr. Jonathan Miller E: [email protected]

TREAS: LT Colleen VoteSEC’Y: Capt. John McLaughlin


PRES: LT Andrew LukichE: [email protected]

VICE PRES: LT Joshua CampbellTREAS: LT Jeffrey FouldsSEC’Y: LT Jamison Lindsay


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SEASTORIES

CLASS NEWS

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PRES: LT Brady BeauchampVICE PRES: Capt Benjamin Tuck

E: [email protected]: Capt Jennifer Rounds TuckerSEC’Y: Capt Julie Jordan Naughton

Send Articles to: [email protected]

Classmates,I hope everyone had a wonderful

holiday season, wherever you may havebeen celebrating. As we ring in 2012 whocan believe that it has been nearly fiveyears since we tossed our Mid covers inthe air and went our separate ways toserve this great nation? Although thecolumn has been quiet most of that time,we realize your stories (and photos) areout there – from weddings to port calls,deployments to schools, Afghanistan tothe Med, our classmates have cometogether all around the world. Below is anote from Gray Tompson, written whileaboard the USS George W. Bush. Also,Classmate James Mahan submitted aphoto of he and his new bride, Michelle(Aleszycyk) Mahan, taken at their post-‘Ido’ party on July 9, 2011 in Balboa Park,San Diego, CA. We would all love to hearmore, so please send your latest news [email protected]. Alsostay posted for further details on our five-year reunion coming up this Fall. We’ll begetting the word out soon!

Semper Fi,Julie Naughton, Class Secretary

■ Aught Seven, From Marseille, France onboard USS

GEORGE H W BUSH, a privileged fewof your classmates wish you a belated“Happy Holidays.” We’ll soon pull backinto Norfolk following our good ship’smaiden deployment. For those who readabout it back on the beach, this cruisemay have won renown for its “dire”plumbing problem—seriously it madeNY Times. However what I will remem-ber is the four different Sixth Fleetportcalls, my friends flying their firstcombat missions in country, a $10,000Bahrain Wetting Down (thanks againAsh), a swimcall in the Indian Ocean, theBILLS dominating AFN’s coverage of theNFL season, and the CO making it rainduring “Big Bucks Bingo” on SITE TV.

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PRES: ENS Robert BattleVICE PRES: ENS Garth ThomasTREAS: ENS Paul MallorySEC’Y: ENS Margaret Boyle


PRES: ENS Michael E. OrzettiVICE PRES: ENS Ricky DobbsTREAS: ENS Matthew PiersonSEC’Y: ENS Natalie Woodward


PRES: MIDN 1/C Ian CameronVICE PRES: MIDN 1/C Nicholas DeMastersTREAS: MIDN 1/C Nicolas WoodsSEC’Y: MIDN 1/C Andrew King


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From CVN-77: Ryan Kelly, Gray Tompson, Bob Foster, Joel Larson (not pictured: Nichelle Withrow, Pat Gilroy,Carmen Myers, Trey Hines). From VAW-124: Meggie Curran, Paul Reyes, Robert Beauchamp. From VFA-213:Russ Harris, Ryan Forsmo, Paul Rey, Tommy Royals, Chris Morales. From HSC-9: Ash Preston, KevinRingelstein, Ryan Roy, Bryan Aulds, Ian Trainor, Matt Cousins, Adam Nelson. From VFA-87: William Snead(not pictured: Adam Kyle). From VFA-15: Tony Kopp. From HSM-70- DuJuan Price (Not Pictured). From VAW-141: Denver Amerine (Not Pictured). From VRC-40: Kristin Acton (not pictured)

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Timothy Marshall (2007), Benjamin Allen (2007), Justin Wells (2007), Trevor Thompson(2005), Michelle (Aleszczyk) Mahan (2006), James Mahan (2007), Brian Smith (2007), Zachary Pleis (2007),Thomas Kiernan (2007), Casey Two Bears (2007).

Please enjoy your classmates’ wholehearted attempt at a group picturetaken on a warm Thanksgiving morningoff the coast of Sicily. Our best to all ofyou who haven’t yet reached the end ofyour own deployment.

Keep it safe.Gray Tompson (Dirty 30 Company) ■


PRES: LTJG Erik WestlandVICE PRES: LTJG Gerald BrooksTREAS: LTJG Jason PerochoSEC’Y: LTJG Dianna Dietrich


PRES: ENS Andrew PoulinVICE PRES: ENS Arthur Eugene GriffinTREAS: ENS Cody Robert ForsytheSEC’Y: ENS Michael Albert Matus


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