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Navy League of the United States - St. Louis Council
PORTSIDE
President
Daniel Kloeppel
Sr. Vice President:
Charles Williams
V.P. Finance:
Michael Nolan*
V.P. Public Relations:
Garrett Kasper
V.P Communications
Bob Fredrickson*
V.P. Youth Programs:
Lee Metcalf
Secretary
Rob Maschmeier
Treasurer
Ethel Mariam
Judge Advocate
Joe Soraghan*
Historian
Bob Eade*
Board of Councilors
Mel Burkart*
Bill Conway
Herb Cowart*
Mike Dunham
Jim Erlinger*
Don Fahey*
Bruce Greer
Dick Harvey
Dick Horning
Bill Jordan*
Richard Kallemeier
Arnold Kansteiner
Bill Kolath
Marti LoRusso
Barbara Maschmeier
Sanford McDonnell
Tom Moore
Bob Mueller*
Robert Palombo
Tom Schmitz
Dale Schaefer*
Bob Sheahan*
Warren Spielman
Pat Traub*
Bob Truetken
Ralph Wiechert
Doyle Wilhite*
* Past President
November 2010
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
By Dan Kloeppel
As you read this, we will have just finished
celebrating the Navy’s 235th birthday at the
annual Navy Birthday Ball. This year, the celebration was held at the Ballpark Hilton in
downtown St. Louis and was hosted by the
Navy element of U.S. Transportation Command. This was the perfect way to culminate a
very successful and busy 2010.
Starting with our own awards dinner in January, we had the Naval Command College dinner in March, a golf outing in May, a Leaders
to Sea cocktail party in June, and the USS Missouri commissioning in July.
September
brought a huge and eventful Navy Week, which
included the 52nd Cardinal Company mass
Cardinal Co. in Busch Stadium
enlistment at Busch Stadium; the High School
Counselor’s breakfast and unveiling of Blue
Angel #7 at the Science Center; and an awesome Golf tournament in tandem with the Blue
Angels air show weekend at Scott AFB. Thanks
to the hard work of our members and volunteers we met our financial and outreach goals
for the year. More importantly, we signed up
many wonderful and energetic new members.
Please read the articles in this edition of the
“Portside” for more details on all these tremendous events.
Moving forward, the planning for 2011 is
well underway, and I think you will be very
pleased with what we have in store for the coming year. Our annual awards dinner is scheduled for January 22, 2011 at the Heart of St.
Charles Banquet Center. The guest speaker is
Rear Adm. Kate Gregory, Commander, Naval
Facilities Engineering Command Pacific. She is
a St. Louis native and the first female Civil
Engineering officer to achieve flag officer rank in
the U.S. Navy. On March 30th we will host the
annual Naval Command College dinner in conjunction with the St. Louis World Affairs Council. Our guest speaker will be Rear Adm. Roger
Nolan (Ret), the President of the Naval War College Foundation. On June 4th we will celebrate
the 100th anniversary of Naval Aviation with a
Battle of Midway Commemoration dinner. We
are planning the event at the St. Louis Science
Center Planetarium and the guest speaker will be
Vice Adm. David Archizel, Commander, Naval
Air Systems Command.
Cardinal Recruit Company and the Golf Tournament are in the works with dates to be determined. We will again do a Counselor’s Breakfast
in early August at the Science Center and the
Navy Ball will return to the hands of the St. Louis
Navy League in October. We have extended an
invitation to Admiral James “Sandy” Winnefeld, Commander North American Aerospace
Defense Command and Commander of U.S.
Northern Command to be our guest speaker.
The successful fund raising events allow us to
continue supporting the University of Missouri
NROTC, three area high school Navy & Marine
Corps JROTC units and of course our Sea and
League Cadets. Opportunities will
certainly
present
themselves
for involveSea Cadets make us all proud
ment with
the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and the new
submarine USS Missouri (SSN 780).
Stay tuned to www.navyleague-stlouis.org as
our 2011 schedule continues to unfold. We will
list our event coordinators and their contact information will be on the website, as well as the latest
news and information from the fleet.
This past year was tremendous on many levels
for this council of the Navy League, and I am
very proud and grateful for everyone’s hard work.
I look forward to serving with you in 2011, with
many more outstanding accomplishments ahead
of us!
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COMMAND CHANGES
By Dick Kallemeier
On 9 and 10 July, three
commands changed leadership in St. Louis. CAPT
Scott Langley was relieved
by CAPT Eric Anderson as
Commanding Officer of the
“Farewell” CAPT Langley
Navy Operational Support
from Dan Kloeppel
Center
-St. Louis (NOSC). CAPT Langley is
proceeding to the Pentagon and CAPT
Anderson, who as a LCDR was CO of
the Naval Reserve Center in Springfield, returns to Missouri. CDR Ross
Budge, former Executive Officer relieved
CDR
Kevin Boyle as
CAPT Eric Anderson
CO of the Navy
Recruiting District-St. Louis. CDR
Boyle also transferred to Washington.
On the Coast Guard side, LCDR Michael Munnerlyn assumed command
of the Personnel Service Support Unit
(PSSU) from
LCDR
Dan
Harris. LCDR CDR Ross Budge
Harris was the first CO of the PSSU,
established last year when the Coast
Guard Integrated Support Command
was disestablished. Finally, CAPT
R.D. Wilson, Commanding Officer of
the Naval ROTC unit at Mizzou reLCDR
tired and was replaced this summer by
Michael Munnerlyn CAPT Michael Vizcarra.
“Fair Winds…” to those friends who served our nation and
community so well and “Welcome Aboard” to our new and
returning friends.
PORTSIDE
diers Memorial picnic after the swearing in ceremony conducted by Vice Admiral David Architzel, Commander Naval Air Systems Command. We wished them and their families well and told sailor stories of old and new adventures.
While visiting I stopped to talk with NL Cardinal Company
coordinator Bill Kolath. Bill said he
has worked with the Cardinal Company for the past 15 or 16 years and
he was remembering his induction
into the Navy nearly 60 years ago.
Thank you Bill for your service to
our nation and continued support of
the Navy League.
Led by the Sea Cadet Honor Guard
Bill Kolath
the recruits were paraded to Busch
Stadium and a home plate ceremony with VADM Architzel.
To the crowd’s pleasure the base lines were lined with Navy
Recruiting District-St. Louis (NRD) personnel in service
dress whites. The new sailors were marched off, the Admiral
threw the first
pitch and our
attention
shifted to the
guests in the
corporate
boxes. A special
thank
you to AnOn the Score Board, VADM Architzel,
heuser Busch
Jim Erlinger, CDR Budge and Command
In Bev, The
MCPO Ken Jones
Boeing Company and Monsanto Corporation for hosting members of the
Navy League, NRD and Navy Operations Support Center.
President Dan Kloeppel took a new approach and used the
game as a member recruiting opportunity. As a result the
council has 14 new members that are knowledgeable of NL
activities and acquainted with a portion of the members. Also
happy to report the Cardinals won and a good time was had
by all!
52nd CARDINAL COMPANY
By Dick Kallemeier
Eighty-six recruits formed the
Cardinal
52nd
Company
on
September
3rd
VADM Architzel swears in Cardinal Co. and after a busy
day of multiple
swearing in ceremonies, family farewell picnic, parade to
Busch Stadium and a final pre-game ceremony, boarded
buses for Great Lakes Navy Training Center and a new life.
Navy League members visited with the recruits at the Sol-
Welcome New Members - from left to right Carl Barnes, Lisa
Barnes, Debbie Kloeppel, Tom Minogue, Leah Giesing, Skip
Giesing, Linda Hunter, Terry Oliges, Janet Oliges, Jim Shelton, Pat Zagarri, Jerry Zagarri, at the game but not pictured
Joe and Joyce Pallardy
Shortly after this event we were greatly saddened to
learn Bill Kolath’s wife, Shirley, passed away.
November 2010
17th GOLF TOURNAMENT
By Chuck Williams, Chairman
On September 9th the St. Louis Council sponsored the 17th annual Navy
League Golf Tournament at the Cardinal Creek course on Scott AFB. The
event provided considerable drama for the volunteers starting with the potential cancelation of the tournament because
of the Blue Angel practice. In addition the weather that was
predicted to be beautiful suddenly turned to an 80% chance
of rain due to a tropical storm coming from Texas. Much of
the golf course is part of the aerobatics practice zone and
after discussions with the FAA we were allowed to play,
however the six holes that parallel the runway were closed.
Sounds like a disaster, not so, it rained a little while we
were under the tent eating lunch and then
stopped. 144 golfers, a
sell out, teed off and the
“Blues” took off. They
gave us a stunning 3
hour private performance. It was quite impressive having a front
row seat watching the
“Blues up close and personal”
finest in aviation fly as
Photo by MC1 Joseph Seavey, USN
low as 200' at speeds up
to 600 mph. No matter how many times you see the Blue
Angels the sound, power and precision are captivating.
Golf scores probably reflected the distraction but the golfers
demanded we have the “Blues” again next year. To add to
the drama something that never
happens,
happened!
Dennis
McDowell, General Manager of
Mil Spec, Inc. (a
tournament hole
sponsor) scored a
hole-in-one
and Hole-In-One winner Dennis McDowell,
did it on the Bom- (center) with NOSC-StL CO CAPT Eric
Anderson (left) and XO LCDR Ken
marito Honda-VW
Kelly (right)
-Nissan car lease
hole. He won a car lease from Bommarito valued at
$10,000.
After the tournament everyone enjoyed the 19th hole, dinner and participated in the silent and oral auctions. Ron Jacober of KMOX Radio was the auctioneer and sold St.
Louis Cardinal box seats, a scenic
flight of St. Louis, dinner and wine
for 6 hosted by Dan and Deb
Ron Jacober
Kloeppel and numerous other items.
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All holes were sponsored including corporate gold and
bronze sponsors (The Boeing Company and Anheuser-Busch
InBev). Sixteen other local companies and individuals sponsored our tournament as well. In addition many other companies and individuals made cash and/or auction merchandise
donations. Celebrities Ron Jacober and Harry Hamm were
gracious in co-chairing the event. All of the contributions
and the large number of volunteers are greatly appreciated. Our financial goals were exceeded which allows us to
continue supporting the youth and award programs and act as
sea service ambassadors for the St. Louis community. It was
a great day and a tournament that will be long remembered.
NEWMAN’S OWN AWARD
Edited by Dick Kallemeier from MSCCN Media Release
The Military Spouse Corporate Career Network (MSCCN)
is a not-for-profit organization focusing on employment referral, job training and placement of military spouses, transitioning military, veterans, war wounded, and caregivers of
war wounded. The MSCCN has partnered with all branches
of the military and works closely with military family centers
across the nation. Its mission is to provide employment assistance to military-affiliated applicants at no cost to the applicants.
Our own Deb Kloeppel is the CEO, President and founder
of MSCCN that was her concept just six years ago. Finding
the necessary corporate support was extremely difficult until
The Boeing Company stepped forward and since then the
organization has grown with a cross country network of volunteers and participating corporations.
On September 1st, at the Pentagon, MSCCN received the
Newman’s Own Award for its innovative “Empowering
Military Families through Employment” program, featuring
free bi-weekly virtual training seminars to military-affiliated
applicants worldwide. The virtual training seminars serve as
a platform for applicants, enabling them to receive job education and training needed to increase their success of employment. These trainings will provide education and skills
necessary to military-affiliated applicants not only to seek
employment,
but to also become a proud
member of the
workforce.
General James
Cartwright,
(Center of photo) Gen Cartwright, and Tom
USMC, Vice- Indoe President and Co-founder Newman’s
Chairman,
Own present Deb Kloeppel with the award
Joint Chiefs of
Staff, presented the award which is sponsored by Newman’s
Own (actor Paul Newman’s foundation), Fisher House Foundation, and Military Times Media Group to Deb Kloeppel.
Military-affiliated applicants interested in the virtual training seminars can upload their resume to MSCCN’s website
at http://msccn.org and an MSCCN team member will contact you within 24 hours.
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PORTSIDE
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
By Mike Nolan
In the June, “Portside” the 2010 Navy
League Legislative Agenda was highlighted and the recommended actions to
insure our maritime services can effectively carry out their
deterrent mission. Some items on this agenda and the Navy
League's recommendations to Congress and the Administration follow:
• We must increase the number of Navy ships
from the current level of 285 to at least
313. A Navy of at least 300 ships is essential to keep the peace, defend our shores
and safeguard America's global interests. This requires $27 billion dollars per
year to build the necessary new ships.
• Due to the wear and tear of equipment the
Marine Corps must replace a majority of
its equipment in overseas theaters, which
requires an annual expenditure of $5 billion
dollars.
• The Coast Guard needs authorization and
funding to grow by 2,000 personnel per
year for 5 years to effectively execute its
mission.
NAVY LEAGUE BALL
By Ralph Wiechert Navy League Chairman
On Saturday 16 October the St. Louis Council of the United
States Navy League held its annual ball at the Hilton Ballpark
Hotel in downtown St. Louis. Partnering with the Navy
League was USTRANSCOM from nearby Scott Air Force
Base, Naval Recruiting District-St. Louis, and Navy Operations Support Center-St. Louis located at Lambert Airport. A
total of 350 attendees celebrated the Navy’s 235th birthday in
appropriate grand style. Among those helping to celebrate
was Chief Warrant Officer (Ret) Frank Boo, veteran of the
Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway during
WWII. Guest speaker Al Hrabosky, former relief pitcher for
the St. Louis Cardinals and current Fox Sports Network
broadcaster, provided insights into the Naval connections of
former St. Louis personalities Jack Buck, Yogi Berra, and
Stan Musial. (Additionally, Mr. Hrabosky confirmed the
rumors of his tongue in cheek appointment as an Admiral in
the Hungarian Navy.)
The Hilton Hotel provided a magnificent ice sculpture of a
fouled anchor in recognition of the ball. President Dan
Kloeppel and Vice Admiral Mark Harnitchek, Deputy
Commander USTRANSCOM, provided welcoming and
birthday remarks to those in attendance. The birthday cake,
adorned with the seal of the United States Navy, was ceremoniously cut by the oldest and the youngest sailors in atten-
As of October 1, the U. S. Congress adjourned until after
the November elections. While a "Continuing Resolution"
to fund the government through December 2 was approved
by Congress, many important items on the Navy League's
legislative agenda for the year have not been addressed. The "lame duck" session of Congress which convenes in November may or may not address many of these
issues. I urge all members of the Council to communicate
with your congressional representative and urge them to
consider these important legislative items in order to insure
the projection of seapower and the economic well being of
our nation. You can contact your St. Louis area elected
representatives at these numbers;
Senators
Christopher Bond
(314) 725-4484 or (202) 224-5721
Claire McCaskill
(314) 367-1364 or (202) 224-6154
Representatives
1st District Lacy Clay
(314) 367-1970 or (202) 225-2406
2nd District Todd Akin
(314) 590-0029 or (202) 225-2561
3rd District Russ Carnahan
(314) 962-1523 or (202) 225-2671
9th District Blaine Luetkemeyer
(636) 239-2276 or (202) 225-2596
dance. CWO Boo
represented the oldest and YNSN Garcia represented the
youngest.
Music
was provided by
“Night Magic” DJ
services.
Special
thank
you
to
AnVADM Harnitchek, CWO Boo and
heuserBusch
YNSN Garcia
Photo courtesy of Kabance Photo Service InBev, The Boeing
Company,
DRS
Technologies, Innoventer and DK Consulting for their
contributions. Event photos are available on line at
www.kabancephoto.com
DBIDS INSTALLED AT SCOTT AFB
The Defense Biomedrics Identification System (DBIDS)
was implemented at Scott for all personnel entering the
base. Anyone with an active, retired or dependent ID must
register at the Visitor Control Center (VCC) to be finger
printed and have the finger print and their ID barcode data
entered into DBIDS. Then each time the person enters the
base their ID will be scanned by Security with handheld
monitors in each lane at the gate. The VCC is open Mon.
thru Fri. between 8 AM and 4 PM.
November 2010
SPOTLIGHT ON THE NAVY WEEK
By Lee Metcalf
St. Louis Navy Week, one of 19 Navy Week events that ran
across America this summer, touched nearly 400,000 people
in the greater St. Louis Region. Over the course of the 10
days area residents were drawn to over 55 events culminating
with a two day air show starring the Blue Angels at Scott Air
Force Base.
“I am thrilled to be
back in my home
town”, said RADM
Phil Davidson, Commander,
Carrier
Strike Group 8 and
graduate of Afton High Gladys Lewis and RADM Davidson
Dept. of Navy photo
School, as he accepted
the Navy Week Proclamation from Administrative Assistant
Gladys Lewis representing the Office of St. Louis County
Executive. “But the real fun is watching the kids engage with
the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) sailors in the Dive
Tank”, he added.
The Navy Divers of Mobile
Diving Salvage Unit 2 (MDSU2) dazzled hundreds of visitors
with their demonstrations in the
7500 gallon dive tank. Playing
Navy Divers in action
tic-tac-toe is always a favorite
Dept. of Navy photo
with the youngsters. Members
of EOD Support Unit Detachment 10 are frequent Navy
Week representatives and are always a hit.
In addition to the annual Cardinal Company and golf tournament (see featured articles in this edition) the week also
boasted a one-of-a-kind event for 2010: the unveiling ceremony for an F/A-18B Hornet that will be a permanent static
display in front of the Saint Louis Science Center’s McDonnell Planetarium. “What a great dedication and I was thrilled
to get to talk with some of the crew of the Blue Angels,” said
Dave Hoyt, an executive at local technology company
Daugherty Business Solutions. “It is inspirational to see this
plane return home 27 years after it left the St. Louis produc-
Blue Angel #7, a Boeing F/A-18B, was unveiled at the
Science Center Sept. 10th (Dept of Navy Photo)
tion plant.”
A staple for most Navy Weeks is a Navy band. Navy Band
Mid-South, “Freedom,” played at Union Station, Big Muddy
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Blues Festival, television and radio stations and high
schools. Before they hit the stage during “Navy Day at
New Town” residents were
treated to a perfectly executed
color guard performance by
some of our finest area young
people who are excelling as Sea
Cadets.
Sailors from a number of Navy Commands, includ- Hospital Corpsman Hill
ing HM2 Leviticus Hill, spoke talks Navy in New Town
Dept. of Navy photo
directly with the audience about
his job and recent overseas deployment.
“It was most helpful to have all the Navy points of contact in one workshop,” said Barbara Sams, a guidance
counselor at Priory High School who attended the Navy
Week High School Counselor Workshop at the St. Louis
Science Center. “We need to build on this approach to
connecting with the Department of Defense. I had no idea
the Office Naval Research could support our schools with
grant money for some of the innovative work we are doing
in science, technology, math and engineering (STEM) education.”
High School Counselors Workshop participants & leaders
“Teamwork is what makes this all work,” said LCDR
Garrett Kasper, the primary field officer for the Navy
Office of Community Outreach (NAVCO). “The combined support of the Naval Operations Support Center
(NOSC), the Navy Recruiting District Recruiting (NRD)
St. Louis, and the St. Louis Navy League is what made this
one of the most successful Navy Weeks. “You can bring
the tank, six blue jets, a mobile simulator or a rock band to
any city,” added Kasper. “But what really makes a Navy
Week special is our Sailors. The people of St. Louis will
remember those one-on-one interactions with personnel
like LT Rob Harris from the NOSC, ADC Joshua Ford
from the NRD, Navy Divers Cory Clifton, Ronald
Byrum and Todd Walsh, MU1 Jeremy Bustillos from the
band, plus the pilots and crew of the Blue Angels. We put
a human face on the Navy for 400,000 people that week!”
The Navy estimates well over 4 million viewers and listeners were touched by the Navy message during this single week. Rubbing shoulders with Navy men and women
from commands across the globe the people of St. Louis
saw the Navy’s finest.
The St. Louis Navy League could not have been more
pleased. “We will continue to work with the business and
civic leaders through the rest of the year to increase their
understanding and support for Navy. Navy Week helps us
put a spotlight on the role Navy plays in National defense
and world affairs,” said Dan Kloeppel.
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Youth
Programs
PORTSIDE
SEA CADETS SUCCESSFUL
SUMMER
By LT Jane Stecker, USNSCC
Commanding Officer
Battleship Missouri Division and Training
Ship Missouri recently completed a very
successful summer of training activities.
Our cadets found themselves going all over
the United States working with National
Guard and Navy personnel in a variety of
duties. The following are some of their accomplishments:
Sea Cadets
Recruit Training (5 cadets)
Cleveland Junior Naval Petty Officer Leadership Academy (4)
Homeland Security (5)
Academy
Master-at-Arms Training (2)
NJROTC
Scuba Training (1)
League Cadets
Riverview Gardens
League Orientation Boot Camp (2 cadets)
Advanced Orientation Boot Camp (1)
High School
Sailing School (1)
NJROTC
Four of our cadets were Honor Cadets at
their trainings. Battleship Missouri Division
was privileged to have the Honor Cadet for
Homeland Security training for each of the
three years the training has been held.
At least two of our graduating cadets have
entered the Navy with advanced pay grades
thanks to their Sea Cadet training.
How much does the support of the Navy
League help our cadets? Without their funding assistance we couldn't do the many
things we do. For instance, one of our staff,
who works for Southwest Airlines, got us a
University of
military group discount and we were able to
Missouri
fly our cadets to Nebraska for about
$900. That would have been a costly burden
but with the money from the Navy League
we were able to get everyone there. Next
year we plan to pay for
the first training of
each cadet in the program and the transportation for the boot
camp cadets So you
see, the help of our
sponsors in the St.
Sea Cadets visit with Blue Angel #1,
Louis Council is so
CAPT Greg McWherter
critical for making all
the above wonderful things happen for our young people.
In the next issue of “Portside” we will share with you a special opportunity
for our cadets to receive training for one week aboard the USS Missouri
located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. We are exploring the benefits, training
potential and financial investment of this trip.
NEW LEADER AND LOCATION
By Dick Kallemeier
Cleveland Junior Naval Academy has moved
from the Pruitt School building to Southwest
High School, 3125 S. Kingshighway Blvd.
The last “Portside” reported the retirement
of the Academy’s Senior Naval Instructor
CAPT James Farrar and now it is a privilege to report the appointment of CAPT Peter Davenport, USN (Ret) as Jim’s replacement. Pete Davenport
is a recently retired
Full Time Support
(FTS) officer known
to the council most
recently as the Commander, Naval Reserve Readiness Command - North and
CAPT Davenport prior to the REDCOM
assignment, Chief Joint Operational Support
Airlift Center, TRANSCOM. He is a strong
supporter of Navy League and we look forward to again working with Pete in his new
and most important role as military leader of
Cleveland Academy and wish continued success to the NJROTC cadets.
COAST GUARD ACADEMY VISIT
By Doyle Wilhite, President Midwest Region
St. Louis Council members and guests toured
the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT on 30 July hosted by Tamara
McKenna, Associate Director of Admissions; Doyle Wilhite, Academy Admissions
Partner and assisted by Ken Jacobs, Coast
Guard Auxiliarist. The tour was conducted
by Cadet Nick Cosenza.
The group was in the Groton/New London
area attending the Commissioning of the
U.S.S. Missouri (SSN 780).
Council Members and guests shown are:
Back Row, Mike Nolan, Tom Schmitz,
David Durbin. David Christian and Robert
Fredrickson and Cadet Cosenza. Front
Row, Tamara McKenna, Doyle Wilhite,
Connie Stockton, Beth Glass, Jan Eade,
Robert Eade, and Jim Erlinger.
Photo was taken by Ken Jacobs.
November 2010
USS MISSOURI COMMISSIONED
By Mike Nolan
On July 31st, a beautiful summer
morning in New England, the fifth ship
in U.S. Naval history to bear the name,
USS Missouri, was commissioned before approximately 3,000 guests at the
Naval Submarine Base in Groton,
CT. The "magnificent" Missouri is the seventh in the new
Virginia class of submarines being built and was delivered
to the Navy nine months ahead of schedule and under
budget. Approximately 80 Missouri residents traveled to
Connecticut for this ceremony including Navy League
members Bob Eade, Jim Erlinger, Bob Fredrickson,
Beth Glass, Mike Nolan, and Doyle Wilhite.
The USS Missouri Commissioning Committee, consisting
of individuals and businesses who are strong supporters of
the Navy, hosted a picnic and reception for the new crew
and their families two days prior to the ceremony.
During the commissioning ceremony, Mrs. Becky Gates,
the Ship's Sponsor and wife of Secretary of Defense Mr.
Robert Gates, helped commission the Missouri by giving
the traditional order
"Man our ship and
bring her to life". At
that command the
officers and crew
marched
quickly
through the audience
and onto the Missouri
"Man our ship and bring her to as the band played
"Anchors
life"
ANNUAL MEETING AND AWARDS
DINNER
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Aweigh". Congressman Ike Skelton (D-MO) told the crew
that they were following in the prestigious footsteps of four
other ships named for our state. Those ships previously
named USS Missouri included:
Years in Service and Type of Vessel
1842-1843 ~ Side wheel frigate, first steam powered Navy
vessel to cross the Atlantic
1863-1865 ~ Confederate ironclad, that surrendered to Union
forces
1903-1919 ~ Battleship BB 11, Part of Great White Fleet
1944-1992 ~ Battleship BB 63, Site of Japanese surrender in
Tokyo Bay in 1945
Other distinguished visitors in attendance at the commissioning included The Honorable Robert Gates, Secretary of
Defense, The Honorable Ray Mabus, Secretary of the
Navy, The Honorable Jay Nixon, Governor of Missouri
and Dan Branch, President of The Navy League. It was an
exciting time to see the new crew take on the responsibility
associated with America's newest submarine. Our best wishes
to the Commanding Officer, CDR Timothy Rexrode, and his
crew. May you have "Fair Winds and Following Seas".
Doyle Wilhite, Mike Nolan, National President Dan
Branch, Bob Fredrickson, Jim Erlinger
The annual meeting and awards dinner is Saturday evening
January 22nd at the Heart of St. Charles Banquet Center, 1410
South Fifth Street, in St. Charles, Missouri 63301. All members are encouraged to attend, it is an ideal opportunity to invite potential new members and introduce them to the Navy
League. It is also and excellent time to express appreciation to the selected Award of Excellence recipients and the Sea Cadets and Junior NROTC cadets.
Social hour with an open bar begins at 6:00 PM and dinner at 6:45 PM. The guest speaker is RDML Katherine L. Gregory
Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific, followed by the Award of Excellence presentations and installation of the 2011 council officers. Cost of the buffet and bar is $35 per person and dress is military/service dress blue, civilian/business suit. Reservations
with payment to “Navy League,
St. Louis Council Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner
St. Louis Council” should be
Reservation Form
mailed to Ethel Mariam, 7257
Heart of St. Charles Banquet Center
Amherst Ave., University City,
1410 South Fifth Street, St. Charles, Missouri 63301
Missouri 63130 no later than JanuName____________________________________________________________
ary 15th. We will be in the lower
Guest(s)__________________________________________________________
level dining room, handicapped
Phone Number______________ Number in Party_______ x $35 = __________
access and parking is in the rear of
Please write check to “Navy League, St. Louis Council” and mail to Ethel
the building. For more information
Mariam, 7257 Amherst Ave., University City, Missouri 63130 no later than Janucall Dick Kallemeier (636) 733ary 15th.
3323 or [email protected]
PORTSIDE
NEWSLETTER
Navy League - St. Louis Council
Richard Kallemeier
14775 Thornbird Manor Pkwy
Chesterfield, MO 63017
Calendar of Events
January
(22) Annual Meeting & Awards Dinner,
Heart of St. Charles Banquet Center
March
(30) Naval Command College Dinner
May
(28) Memorial Day Ceremony,
Jefferson Barracks Cemetery
June
(4) Battle of Midway Dinner, St. Louis Science
Center Planetarium
(celebrating 100 years of Naval Aviation)
Help Wanted
Tina Kleckner is assuming communication responsibilities for
the council. A very hard but important part of this work is to
maintain the council roster for address, telephone and email.
Please keep Tina updated if your contact information changes.
We want to increase communication using the internet. If you
have not submitted your email address please update the record. The council will only use the email address to communicate with you and will not share the information. Tina’s address is 15313 Schottler Estates Drive, Chesterfield, MO
63017, (636) 537-2704, [email protected]
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