USS trUxtUn commissioning Interview With Admiral Malcolm Fages

Advocate ● Protect ● PRESERVE
Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2009
USS Truxtun Commissioning
Interview With Admiral Malcolm Fages
CDCA Annual Meeting
C4ISR Conference White Paper
uss truxtun (DDG-103)
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In This Issue
President’s Perspective
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USS TRUXTUN Commissioning (Cover Story)
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Interview With Admiral Malcolm Fages
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ASTRA - South Carolina Council on Competitiveness
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Academic Magnet Letter of Appreciation
9C4ISR Conference White Paper (Red Teaming)
10Committee Reports
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SBIOI Symposium
14Developing Future Engineers
15New Members & Events
Special Thanks to Our Newsletter Staff
Meg Merritt
Missy Dobry
Stewart Bauknight
Mike Resler
Dave Dobry
Cynthia Holt
To contact the Newsletter Staff – email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
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By: Mike Resler
W
elcome to all new members, both corporate and affiliate; we
appreciate your interest and support of this Association and look
forward to your active involvement. As always, I solicit your feedback;
so contact me directly if you have any questions or comments.
As you peruse this issue of the Communicator, you will find a letter from
a sophomore student at the Academic Magnet High School. This is a great
letter. We appreciated receiving it so much, and it truly is a testament to
the vision we have with all of our contributions to educational initiatives.
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Our objective is to grow an
organic workforce for our
industry by elevating the
awareness of our industry
cluster within the local and
state educational institutions.
Our objective is to grow an organic workforce for our industry by
elevating the awareness of our industry cluster within the local and state
educational institutions. We do this by making donations such as this one
and the Dorchester II robotics program, supporting the AFCEA scholarship
program, and our own internship grant program. By the way, the deadline
for the 2009 internship grant is April 15! Go to the website to pull down
the grant application and instructions, or give Dave Hamburger a call
@ 843-576-1842. Remember, the $4,000 grant is awarded to the host
company; and the host company must find the internship candidate.
As I have said before, the Small Business and Industry Outreach Initiative
(our quarterly small business symposium) continues to improve all the time.
Your continued participation and your valued feedback are essential. April
23 is the next SBIOI event and will be held at the Trident Technical College.
Please go to the website and register. Many thanks to Dave Dobry and Josh
Hatter, our co-chairs for this committee. You guys are doing a great job!
The annual elections will be during the May luncheon. As you
know, the general membership elects 15 Board members from a ballot
of nominees; and then the new Board appoints the four officers at
the first Board of Directors’ meeting following the elections. If you
would like to make a nomination, please contact Jack Moore.
Wow! We are really stepping out with the annual conference this
year. Fred McCarthy and Beth Waugh, conference committee cochairs, have organized what amounts to a small business with six or
eight subcommittees and dozens of dedicated volunteers to plan the
December 1 - 4, 2009 Conference. Many thanks to Fred and Beth
and everyone involved in this project, and keep a lookout for more
information over the next few months as things come together.
As I stated in previous issues of the Communicator, the success of your
organization is a function of the motivated and energetic people that
routinely volunteer their time and make things happen. Please contact me
or any of the Board Members or Committee Chairs if you are interested in
volunteering time to help us make things happen! Thanks, and best regards.
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USS TRUXTUN Commissioning
By: Missy Dobry /Stewart Bauknight
“Honor in Charleston”
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he City of Charleston is honored by being chosen to host the Commissioning of PCU TRUXTUN (DDG- 103)
Saturday, April 25, 2009. Soon to be USS TRUXTUN (DDG-103), she is an 8,373-ton Arleigh Burke Class
Destroyer, the 25th Aegis destroyer built by Northrop-Grumman Ship Systems - Gulf Coast in Pascagoula, MS.
Her keel was laid on April 11, 2005. During construction she suffered a major electrical fire that engulfed two
levels and was estimated to have caused millions of dollars in damage. DDG-103 was launched and Christened
on June 2, 2007, in Pascagoula, MS.
Since 2007 she has been in Norfolk, VA, where she has been engaged in pre-commissioning detail under
Commander Timothy R. Weber and Lieutenant Commander Sherry L. Smith. DDG-103 has successfully
completed her builder’s sea trials.
The ship is named after Commodore Thomas Truxtun (February 17, 1755 - May 5, 1822). Thomas Truxtun (or Truxton) was
an American naval officer who rose to the rank of commodore. He began his exciting career in the British Navy at the young
age of 12. By the time he reached 20 years of age, he had achieved command of the Andrew Caldwell which was transporting
massive amounts of gunpowder to the U.S. in 1775. His ship was captured by British privateers men, and this began his next four
commands. During the Revolutionary War Truxtun became the first privateer to be trained and ready for service against the British.
He engaged in battles across the Caribbean and Eastern Atlantic. He saw much success with the capturing of over nine prizes and
never suffered a defeat. George Washington declared Truxtun’s efforts and dedication “worth a regiment dinner in his honor.”
Much later, when the U.S. Navy was organized, Truxtun was appointed one of its first six captains in 1798. He commanded a
ship called the USS Constellation, a brand new frigate, and began to fight the quasi-naval war with revolutionary France.
In February, 1799, Thomas Truxtun landed two major victories. After a battle raging over one hour, he succeeded in defeating the
French warship L’Insurgente. He was promoted to commodore and met with considerable success. Shortly thereafter, he decided to
retire from the Navy. He was offered a subsequent command during the First Barbary War but remained settled in his retirement.
Five other US naval vessels have had the honor of bearing the Truxtun name:
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The First USS TRUXTUN was a brig launched in 1842. It was destroyed after running aground off the coast of Mexico in 1846.
The second USS TRUXTUN (DD-14) was a Truxtun-class destroyer that served from 1902-1919.
The third USS TRUXTUN (DD-229) was a Clemson-class destroyer, commissioned in 1921 that ran aground and sank in 1942.
The fourth USS TRUXTUN (APD-98) was designed to a be destroyer escort DE-282 in 1943 but was altered
to be a high-speed transport in 1945. It was later transferred to Taiwan and renamed ROCS FuShan.
The fifth USS TRUXTUN (CGN-35) originally guided missile destroyer leader DLGN-35, was
a guided missile cruiser from 1967-1995. CGN-35 was the first and only ship in the TRUXTUN
class and the fourth nuclear-powered surface vessel commissioned by the Navy.
The small town of Truxton, New York, and Truxton Park in the City of Annapolis, Maryland, are also named in his honor.
For more complete information on all of these honorable ships and the man they are named after, visit the following websites:
www.truxtunassn.org
http://www.navysite.de/people/ttruxtun.htm
www.truxtun.navy.mil
www.navsource.org
www.navysite.de/cg/cgn35
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Truxtun
http://www.famousamericans.net/thomastruxtun/
“Good discipline is considered by all who know anything of service
as the vital part of a ship at war.” - Captain Thomas Truxtun4
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Interview With Admiral Malcolm Fages
By: Stewart Bauknight
The Admiral and Shirley lived in Drayton on the Ashley.
The location was a good one, and it would be their first house
in the United States. Charleston was pretty rough and tumble
back then: “Sailors and dogs keep off the grass” was the going
phrase and treatment of that time. The area around the base was
extremely rough. In 1977 their daughter was born at the Naval
Hospital in Charleston. Their hospital bill was $8. While the
Fages lived in Charleston, they frequented Sullivan’s Island and
enjoyed beach outings as their favorite pastime. The Admiral
recalls the local discussions on constructing the Mark Clark
Highway. No one thought the highway would ever be built. It
took more than an hour to get to Sullivan’s Island from West
Ashley. He recalled submarine birthday balls on the roof of the
Colony House, now the Harbor Club. 82 Queen Restaurant had
just opened; and there was a wonderful restaurant called Perditas,
which is now known as Carolinas. Downtown Charleston was
substantially less developed. Church’s Chicken by the Meeting
Street Piggly-Wiggly had the best chicken in town.
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s the CDCA Communicator explores the impact the defense
and military has on the Charleston area, interviews with local
defense and military personnel provide an additional flavor.
Admiral Malcolm Fages had many choices of places to settle
down. He had traveled the world and lived in multiple countries
but old friends and an unbeatable quality of life lured him back to
Charleston.
Admiral Fages began his Navy career in 1968 at Submarine
School in Connecticut. There he met his future bride, a young
student who lived down the street. They began to date when he
returned to Groton for his first assignment aboard USS GATO
a year and a half later and were married in October, 1972.
GATO spent time in Connecticut and in shipyard overhaul in
Pascagoula, Mississippi. Although he planned to leave the Navy
after Mississippi, the couple was offered an assignment in Rota,
Spain. This marked the beginning of what would be a long career
of world travels and fascinating Naval experiences.
But not all was merry. SSBN patrols meant you were in port for
three months and gone for three months. Thirty-day maintenance
periods took place in Holy Loch, Scotland, followed by twomonth patrols in the North Atlantic. Winter patrols could bring
ship rolls of 20 degrees or more for weeks on end. It was hard
to eat, and it was very difficult to sleep. When you did make an
attempt to eat, you had to hold onto everything you were eating or
it would be in your lap. You had to wedge yourself into your bunk
at night to keep from falling out! Occasional refits at the Weapons
Station were a welcome relief from Holy Loch, but one had to be
watchful for the snakes that would sun on the SSBN stern or in
the superstructure.
Living in Spain suited the young American couple well. They
lived in a Spanish neighborhood in Puerto de Santa Maria. They
both learned Spanish, and local girls came over to teach Shirley
Flamenco in exchange for Shirley’s teaching them English. Life
was easier there. They had a gardener who had served in the
Spanish Civil War in the 1930’s. His pay was $17 a month and he
gardened five days a week. He even brought flowers from other
people’s yards to plant in the Fages’ yard. A liter of wine was 14
cents and you could eat and drink all night for a mere $5. When
asked why the couple chose to abandon this paradise, the answer
was simple: orders. In 1975 the Fages left their cozy, comfortable,
affordable life and moved to a little place called Charleston, South
Carolina.
Admiral Fages had planned to leave the Navy after this
assignment. He recalls phoning his detailer to inform him of
his intended resignation. To his dismay, the detailer responded
with verbal orders to go to Hawaii. His detailer explained that
verbal orders trumped verbal request to resign. In 1978 the
family relocated to Hawaii where he was assigned to the Nuclear
Propulsion Examining Board and traveled throughout the Pacific.
It was a great tour, and he was thankful that the detailer had taken
a hard line two years earlier!
In 1980 the Admiral was assigned as Executive Officer of USS
SEA DEVIL, based in Norfolk, Virginia. He reported to the ship
and immediately deployed to the Mediterranean for six months.
When they returned from deployment, the ship’s homeport was
shifted to Charleston. In Charleston the ship received a first-rate
overhaul at the shipyard. Fages’ tour as Executive Officer was
supposed to be for 30 months. He spent almost four years as the
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Admiral Fages was assigned as the Engineer Officer on the USS
VON STEUBEN, home based in Charleston. As an Engineering
Officer, he was responsible for the nuclear power plant,
propulsion, and auxiliary systems. About half the crew worked
for him. His first Commanding Officer, Captain George Lisle, still
lives in Charleston.
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XO but was rewarded with command of USS NARWHAL, taking
over in early 1985.
port. “The only things recognizable in the vicinity of the fire were
the fireproof bunk curtains. Everything else was melted.”
Six months after reporting to Squadron Four, Admiral Fages was
sent to Orlando, Florida, to command Nuclear Field A-School.
Those orders came with a two-days’ notice to move; but it marked
the beginning of a great, part two of his Naval career. He went on
to command a Trident submarine and then serve as Chief of Staff
of the Theodore Roosevelt Battle Group.
The Admiral recalled that NARWHAL was a remarkable ship,
and his crew amongst the best on the waterfront. He related an
incident that occurred at Palma de Mallorca in Spain. The close
call came on New Year’s of 1986 while the ship was at anchor with
the majority of the crew off for New Year’s festivities. The Admiral
had planned to go off the ship with the Executive Officer but was
unable to go due to inclement weather. The weather worsened,
and the seas became dangerously rough. In the middle of the
night, the anchor chain parted; and the ship was set dangerously
close to shore before full ship control could be restored. He
recalled that the ship was close enough to the beach that he could
see the faces of people driving along the waterfront. They grazed
the bottom, and he did not know for months whether he would
be relieved because of the incident. But all turned out well. He
relinquished command of NARWHAL in October, 1987, and
became Deputy Commander of Submarine Squadron Four.
Admiral Fages was selected for Flag rank in 1995. As a Flag
Officer he served as Director of International Negotiations for the
Joint Chiefs, commanded Submarine Group Two and the Navy
Northeast Region, and was the Director of Undersea Warfare for
the CNO for three and a half years. In 2001 he was promoted to
Vice Admiral and moved to Brussels, Belgium, where he served as
Deputy Chairman of the NATO Military Committee.
Admiral Fages retired in 2004 after 36 years of service. He
later joined Northrop Grumman and headed the Information
Technology business in Europe, based in London for three years.
During his assignment to Submarine Squadron Four, Admiral
Fages was sent to be the interim captain of the USS BONEFISH.
The CO had been removed because of numerous problems aboard
the ship. Fages spent a month or so as the interim CO until
the permanent Commanding Officer could be available. On its
first underway with the new Commanding Officer, BONEFISH
experienced a catastrophic fire in the battery well. Three died, the
ship had to be abandoned and towed back into port. The Admiral
was one of the first to go down into the ship after it arrived in the
Admiral and Shirley moved back to Charleston in December,
2007. They were lured home by many local friends, an
unmatchable quality of life anywhere else in the US, and some
waterfront property in Dunes West that they had stumbled upon
ten years earlier. The Admiral has since established a consulting
company and is active in the defense community and the
Chamber of Commerce. He and Shirley have no intention of ever
leaving paradise.
CDCA Annual Meeting
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ell, Spring is here; and it is time for our annual meeting and the election of our Board of Directors for the new year. The Board
consists of 15 members elected for a one-year term. In order to be considered for election, the individual’s company must be
current with annual fees.
If you wish to be placed on the ballot, please provide your name to Jack Moore via
email ( [email protected] ). Please provide info by COB on 30 April so
the ballot may be prepared. The ballot will be sent to each corporate member on 15
May, and they will vote for 15 directors and return. The annual meeting will be held on
May 27. The completed ballots should be returned to Jack Moore by COB on 26 May.
If you have any questions regarding the election process, please contact me at:
Jack Moore
VP Charleston Defense Contractors Association
843.425.3080
[email protected]
Current CDCA Board Members
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CDCA Leadership Focuses On South Carolina
Competitiveness
Advanced Security Technology Research Alliance – ASTRA
By: Beth Meredith
New Carolina: SC’s Council on Competitiveness
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he Advanced Security Technology Research Alliance
(ASTRA) has been organizing over the last 18 months
under the guidance of New Carolina – also known as South
Carolina’s Council on Competitiveness. New Carolina is a
public-private partnership working to increase South Carolina’s
economic competitiveness through a cluster development
strategy. A cluster is a group of businesses in a certain region
that focus on or service the same industry: Think Silicon Valley
for computers, Napa Valley for wine, Detroit for automotive …
pulling together this industry group is that existing industry
becomes more engaged, and the region begins to differentiate
itself from its competitors and aligns for stronger industry.
… and Advanced Security for Low Country South Carolina.
The Low Country Cyber Security Campaign Strategy intends
to establish the region as a leader and innovator that will provide
solutions to cyber security technology, help achieve sustained
economic growth through public and private collaboration
and partnership, create public advocacy and awareness and
stimulate educational programs to build a highly skilled work
force and foster emergence of a knowledge-based infrastructure
to attract business opportunities and a talented work force.
The member organizations of ASTRA seek to
provide opportunities for companies and individuals to
communicate and share information that can benefit the
local industry, making the regional and state economies
more competitive by pursuing a cyber security campaign.
The Angelou Economics 2005 report showed us that with many
of the U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Homeland
Security agencies represented in the Low Country, coupled
with one of the nation’s largest ocean ports and military airlift
bases, and a growing biomedical and research center, Charleston
has become a hub of research and development for a wide range
of security solutions. The names of the agencies listed below
make the case that the Charleston region is home to one of
South Carolina’s most valuable economies, and we must grow
this industry to ensure its continued success in South Carolina.
ASTRA will focus on many goals to help sustain our region
as a leader in cyber security. Sustained and balanced economic
growth of information assurance (IA) and cyber security
(CS), fully connected IA and CS laboratories and facilities,
attracting and retaining talent and training and educational
programs, will be a top priority for the leaders of ASTRA.
With the leadership of co-chairs Jack Moore of Odyssey Systems
and Craig Solem of Lockheed Martin, ASTRA brings together
business leaders, academia, industry leaders, and technology
professionals from the region to discuss ways to increase South
Carolina’s competitiveness in one of the state’s fast-growing
industries. The members of ASTRA identified cyber security as
an area of growth and focus for this region and for the State of
South Carolina and believe that a collective focus on the cyber
effort would increase awareness of the value of products and
services coming out of the Low Country. Another benefit of
ASTRA co-chair Moore says, “We have a vision to
enhance the region by becoming a national leader and
preeminent provider of information assurance and cyber
security professionals, systems, and solutions.”
Join us by visiting www.astra-newcarolina.org.
Charleston R&D and Security Solutions Agencies
SPAWAR Atlantic
Project SeaHawk
South Carolina State Ports Authority
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Coast Guard District 7, Charleston Sector
Charleston Air Force Base
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and Federal Complex (FLETC/FC).
National Law Enforcement & Corrections Technology Center, Southeast
Savannah River National Laboratory (SNL)
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Local Engineering Program Benefits
From CDCA Contribution
Academic Magnet High School
Letter of Appreciation
Dear Charleston Defense Contractor’s Association,
My name is Tiernan Garsys, and I am a sophomore in the engineering program at
Academic Magnet High School. I wanted to thank you for the contribution of a rapid prototyping
machine to our school’s engineering program, as it greatly assisted me in the development of my
Science Fair project. Science Fair is an annual project for sophomores at Academic Magnet that
involves research and experimentation of an original scientific topic. For this project I chose to
do research into methods of increasing the efficiency of vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTS), a
task which required me to perform wind tunnel tests on models of VAWTS. The success of my
project rested entirely on being able to accurately recreate these designs, and the rapid
prototyping machine donated by the CDCA was integral to guaranteeing this accuracy in the
fabrication of my designs. Thanks to the precise nature of these models and the accurate data
I was able to collect through their use, my project has been nominated for advancement to the
Lowcountry Science Fair hosted by the College of Charleston. I feel that my success in the
endeavor is owed to the generosity of the CDCA, whose gracious donation of a rapid prototyping
machine to Academic Magnet’s engineering program allowed me to bring a higher degree
of scientific accuracy to my project. I wish to express my deepest gratitude to the CDCA for
its contributions to Academic Magnet High School, and all that it has done for our school’s
engineering program.
Sincerely,
Tiernan S. Garsys
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C4ISR Conference White Paper Abstract
Red Teaming: An Introduction
By: Danny Walker
Smartronix, Inc.
[email protected]
Abstract
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dversary or opposing force simulation has been used extensively by military
and government organizations for many years. A brief history and an indepth explanation of Red Teaming are introduced. How Red Teaming fits in with
Information Operations and the Information Environment will be addressed. In
addition, ways in which Red Teaming may be utilized to improve both the Defensive
Information Operations readiness and Information Assurance security posture
will be discussed. As the Department of Defense transitions into Network Centric
Operations, the defense of the information environment is critical to maintain
information superiority.
To view the entire White Paper and other submitted papers please visit the CDCA website: http://www.charlestondca.org
save the date
Charleston Defense Contractors Association
Third Annual
C5ISR Government and
Industry Conference
December 1-4, 2009
“C5ISR Innovations, Initiatives, and
Technology Insertion in Support of
Global Netcentric Operations”
Charleston Area Convention Center and
Embassy Suites, North Charleston, South Carolina
For more information or to register:
www.charlestondca.org
Benefit with Early Registration!
Supporting Sponsors
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Charleston Industry Council Meeting
from 10 February 2009
By: Mark Gadomski
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he last meeting of the Charleston Industry Council (CIC) Meeting was held
on 10 February 2009. Members of the CIC include representatives of the
SPAWAR Atlantic Contract Strategy Council, the Deputy for Small Business,
and six Industry representatives. Of the Industry members, three are appointed
by AFCEA and three by the CDCA; two each represent Large, Mid-Sized, and Small
Businesses. The CIC meets regularly to enhance communication between SPAWAR and the
local industry.
The last meeting was attended by:
• William Paggi Chair Code 2.0
• Jim CrawleyCode 2.2
• Bob MeddickCode 0.1.3
• Carissa Miller Code 50AB
• Kay Swann Code 50BB
• William SchneiderCode 50D00
• Jack Hogan
General Dynamics (CDCA LB)
• Rebecca Ufkes
UEC Electronics (AFCEA SB)
• Mark GadomskiEMA (AFCEA Mid-size)
Industry members not in attendance at this meeting were:
• Steve Golle Centurum (CDCA Mid-size)
• Beth Waugh
Liberty Associates (CDCA SB)
For future CIC meetings Linda Cutlip from Ware On Earth will be the AFCEA SB CIC representative, and Mark
Gadomski will represent AFCEA LB as SAIC/EMA.
Discussions of special note from the meeting include:
The Market Survey/Sources Sought instruction is currently under review by Donna Murphy. Industry partners would
like to see the instruction implemented by April.
The status of the Contractor Manpower Reporting initiative was discussed. A draft CDRL was distributed, and the
government is still soliciting comments. The new CDRL will eventually be in our contracts – this is a DOD requirement/
action. William stated that his goal is to have the first Contractor Manpower Report done by June 09. It will include
number of contractor personnel we have, number of contractors on site, and possibly map contractor FTE’s to their
government managers. This report will go directly to the Navy Manpower Office. Industry practice of subs not sharing
unloaded labor rate data with primes is a potential issue. There is a need to report a true figure (total salary or possibly an
average) for subs or significant subs. The government is considering having the prime contractor report this information
and load directly into the CnE portal.
William discussed the topic of Synchronized Pre-deployment and Operational Tracker (SPOT) database procedures/
policies and stated that SSC-A is currently working out the details. The SPOT Command representative is Jane Dingus.
William will invite Jane to brief the CIC on this topic at a future meeting.
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Charleston Industry Council Meeting
from 10 February 2009 (Continued from pg. 10)
The list of active contracts is now available in MS Excel format and available at:
http://enterprise.spawar.navy.mil/getfile.cfm?contentId=2754&type=R
William discussed the concerns expressed by Industry regarding SB set-asides within Multiple Award contracts.
William stated we are still working on several approaches to this, and a procedure is under development. We are currently
doing an LSS event. Hopefully by June 09 William, Donna, Jim, Mike Roys, the tech code Department Heads, and the
Contract Division Heads will meet offsite for an in-depth discussion. We will decide which awards are expiring or have
expired.
William talked about inconsistent proposal turnaround times for SeaPort-e competitions. SSC-A is currently fine-tuning
the requirements. Legal Council is also reviewing.
William explained that the future Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business contract MAC may not be exactly
like the current 8(a) MAC contract but will have similar dynamics. Also, William took an action item to review the
utilization of the current 8(a) MAC.
The next CIC meeting is scheduled for April 14, 2009. For additional information or to express a comment, concern, or
suggestion, please contact any of the Industry Members above.
Newsletter Committee Report
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any thanks, as always, to our Newsletter staff for Volume 3, Issue 2 of “The Communicator”. This is actually the ninth
consecutive newsletter we’ve published since the inception of “The Communicator” back in January of 2007, and we
simply couldn’t do it without the hard work and dedication of our staff.
In this issue, our newest staff member, Missy Dobry (yes, she’s my wife!) and Stewart Bauknight bring us a perspective on
the commissioning of the USS TRUXTON, an important recognition of the Naval history of the Charleston community.
Although the Navy considers this a nod to Charleston, in actuality, the TRUXTON is being commissioned here because
the ship’s Commanding Officer, CDR Timothy Weber, requested it. CDR Weber is originally from Atlanta, has a brother
in Beaufort, and spent time in Charleston growing up. “It’s kind of a homecoming for us,” he said during a recent Post &
Courier interview. “It was our first choice for a commissioning location.”
Also in this issue, Stewart continues her series of interviews with local veterans, we present another of the abstracts from
the winning 2008 Government-Industry conference white papers, and we present a letter from Tiernan S. Garsys, a student
in the Engineering program at academic Magnet High School, who recently won the AMHS Science Fair, and is moving on
to the College of Charleston Lowcountry Science Fair. Tiernan will also be speaking at out April 23rd Small Business and
Industry Outreach Symposium, and I encourage all to attend to hear this impressive young man.
Many thanks to our contributors for this issue, Jack Moore (our CDCA Vice President), and Beth Meridith for her article
on ASTRA.
Once again, we appreciate any and all of your feedback and comments, and welcome “Letters to the Editor”, written
contributions, or volunteers for our staff. Please feel free to e-mail me directly at [email protected].
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Changes to CDCA’s Membership Procedures
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he CDCA will implement some membership changes in July. We believe these changes will make it
easier for member companies to renew and also clearly distinguish the different levels of membership.
Membership options will be as follows:
• Company Membership
o Platinum: $5,000/year
o Corporate: $1,000/year.
• Affiliate Membership (individuals): $50/year
We will ask company members to designate a billing POC in addition to the participating member POC that
is listed on the website for the company. Invoices for membership will be mailed out beginning July 1, 2009,
and will require this updated information so we can direct the invoices to the appropriate billing person in each
organization.
CDCA will initiate quarterly billing cycles with invoices being distributed on the 1st of January, April, July,
and October. This change will allow us to build and follow annual budget cycling, while also keeping us from
having renewals coming due randomly throughout the year.
Here’s an example of how this will now work: If your membership is due to renew on August 15, we will
send out an invoice in July indicating that your payment is due on October 1. From that point on, your annual
membership will renew on October 1 each year. As in the past, we will continue to send e-mail reminders to
both the company and billing POC’s at the 60- and 30-day points prior to membership renewal being due. If
members fail to renew 60 days after their renewal date, their organization and/or individual’s information will
be dropped from the Website.
We hope this will provide an easier way to renew memberships for both the members and the staff of CDCA.
We value your membership and hope these changes will help with budgeting for you and predictability of
membership renewals and receivables for the CDCA organization. If you have any questions, please don’t
hesitate to contact: Charlie Templeton [email protected]
Cynthia Holt [email protected]
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There is a hereditary selective advantage to membership in a powerful group united by devout belief and purpose.
Even when individuals subordinate themselves and risk death in common cause, their genes are more likely to be
transmitted to the next generation than are those of competing groups who lack equivalent resolve.
~ Edward Osborne Wilson (American Biologist, Theorist, Naturalist and
Author. Humanist Laureate of the International Academy of Humanism)~
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Small Business & Industry
Initiative Symposium
Upcoming SBIOI Symposium
By: Cynthia Holt
B
ecause our Symposium has continued to grow,
our 12th symposium for the Small Business and
Industry Outreach Initiative (SBIOI) will be held
on April 23 at Trident Technical College Culinary
Institute in North Charleston.
Show Navigators; and the wrap-up speaker will be
David Dobry, L-3 communications, on “How to Better
Subcontract with Area Large Businesses within the
SSC-Atlantic Community.”
We are taking presentations for January 2010 on
a first-come, first-served basis. You must provide a
15-minute presentation and have an “At a Glance”
(AAG) for your company posted on the Small Business
Portal. Send your draft presentation and AAG to
Cynthia Holt at [email protected] so that
your company can be added to the agenda. Your
presentation should not focus on company history,
but rather unique capabilities and competitive
discriminators that set you apart in the SSC-Atlantic
market. If you have questions regarding how your brief
should be structured, please feel free to browse the
CDCA website to view past small business briefs or
contact Josh Hatter at 843-566-0086 or
[email protected].
Please hurry and reserve your seat today with
Cynthia Holt at [email protected].
The morning will begin with introductions followed
by Nelson Ard who will give an ERP implementation
update and Steve Lariviere who will provide an
overview of Code 58200.
After our Networking break we will hear Small
business capabilities presentations from Pikewerks,
Liberty Business Associates, Zenetex, Design Mill and
Ki. Northrop Grumman will present on behalf of large
businesses. In the afternoon Mark Christopher, SSC-Atlantic
Legal office, will give us an update; and then Donna
Murphy will speak to us about SSC-Atlantic’s
Contracts and provide us with a CIC update. Be sure
to stay around for Small Business Break-Out Session
which will feature a how-to seminar on “Getting the
Most from Your Trade Shows” by Meg Merritt, Trade
January 2009 Symposium
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Developing Future
Engineers
T
he Charleston Defense Contractors Association
presents a check for $10,000 to Mrs. Janice Jolly
from the Dorchester 2 School District at CDCA’s
quarterly luncheon. This money will support the
“Burning Magnetos” FIRST Robotics team. The team, sponsored by several
local businesses, is composed of five sub teams: mechanical engineering,
electrical engineering, communications, inventor, and animation. The
CDCA is proud to be involved in the development of our future engineers.
Did You
Know
H
ave you ever wondered what happens to all the ships that get decommissioned? There have been more than
15,000 ships that have served the United States Navy since 1776. Some were sent to scrap yards and torn
apart to re-smelter the steel, etc. It was common terminology among sailors to refer to the scrapped ships as
being turned into razor blades – the old Gillette story! But, not all ships have been scrapped.
The US Maritime Administration maintains several fleets of ships in readiness for use in what is call the
“National Defense Reserve Fleet.” More commonly know as the “Mothball Fleet,” this ghostly congregation of
ships huddles together bow to stern waiting for a call to duty that may never come.
During the 1991 Gulf War, a number of Mothball Fleet ships were brought back on duty to transport cargo.
Other ships have been donated to cities and other organizations to become museums, etc., with the USS
Yorktown at Patriots Point being a good example of such usage. Also, the United States government has a
Foreign Military Sales program; and a number of ships are sold to foreign allies.
If you are interested in learning the history and/or demise of a particular ship, visit the website
http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/index.html and discover some fascinating information about a ship upon
which you may have served or another ship upon which an ancestor may have dropped anchor some time ago.
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Welcome New Members for 2nd Quarter, 2009
Many Thanks to the Naval Weapons Station/
Red Bank Club
Company
Cardinal Metalworks, Inc.
STARGATES, Inc.
CGI Federal
Affiliate
Alma DeVeaux
Amy Roddey
Billy Burnett
Bobbie Scheu
Bryan Smith
David Rodgers
Donald Henson
Edward Helder
Elaine Vanderhorst
James Jarvis
Jennifer Dixon
John Durlach
John Lyons
Kenneth Kopf
Kevin Carter
Michael Ring
Michael Turnage
Nancy Bell
Patrick Dougherty
Randall Strickland
Richard Hernandez
Richard Morrow
Rick Shaffer
Robert Pearce
Sally Davis
Sarah Trbovich
The Charleston Defense Contractors would like to express its
sincerest appreciation to the Naval Weapons Station/Red Bank Club. We have hosted our Quarterly Small Business and Industry Outreach
Initiative Symposiums at their establishment for nearly three years
and have always been provided with professional and friendly service. They have accommodated our needs at every turn. Although, we must
move due to the tremendous growth of this quarterly symposium, we
will miss the relationship that we have formed with the staff at the Red
Bank Club and will be forever grateful.
Upcoming Events
Small Business and Industry Outreach Initiative
Quarterly Symposiums
When: 23 April 2009 ─ 23 July 2009 ─ 22 October 2009
Where:Trident Technical College Culinary Institute,
North Charleston
Time: 7:30 AM – 3:00 PM
Annual BOD Elections and CDCA Quarterly Luncheon
When: 27 May 2009
Where:Carrabba’s Italian Grill, North Charleston
Time: 11:30 AM
C5ISR Innovations, Initiatives and Technology Insertion
in support of Global Net Centric Operations Conference
When: 1 – 4 December 2009
Where:North Charleston Convention Center
Time: All Day Events (See CDCA Website)
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Charleston Defense Contractors Association
P.O. Box 61089
Charleston, SC 29419
WWW.charlestondca.org
CDCA Contacts
Membership
Charlie Templeton
Phone: 843-529-0678
[email protected]
Education & Internship
Dave Hamburger
Phone: 843-576-1842
[email protected]
Public Relations
Jack Moore
Phone:843-425-3080
[email protected]
Contractors Industry
Council
Beth Waugh
Phone: 843-329-1991
[email protected]
Newsletter
Dave Dobry
Phone: 843-824-2227
[email protected]
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Small Business
Dave Dobry
Phone: 843-824-2227
[email protected]
Josh Hatter
Phone: 843-566-0086
[email protected]
Events
Ron “Buzz” Buske
Phone: 843-266-7567
[email protected]
Dave Hamburger
Phone: 843-576-1842
[email protected]
Conference
Fred McCarthy
Phone: 843-414-2318
[email protected]