Volume 69 Number 3 May 2016

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The 10 May Luncheon Speaker is Capt David K. Weiss, Commanding Officer Naval Hospital Bremerton.

Naval Hospital Bremerton is a 25-Bed Mili-tary Community Hospital that services over 62,000 MHS beneficiaries. On any given day, there are over 1400 medical and dental outpatient visits, 2,100 prescriptions filled, 80 Urgent Care Clinic visits, eight surgical cases, and two babies delivered. NHB and the clinic staff consist of more than 1,400 dedi-cated military, civilian, contractor and Amer-ican Red Cross volunteer personnel. NHB is the parent command for three Branch Health Clinics at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, NBK

Bangor and Naval Station Everett.

CAPT Weiss reports to Naval Hospital Bremerton after serving as Command Surgeon, United States Africa Command. Weiss’s operational assignments include duty with Naval Aviation, Surface Communities and the Marine Corps. He commanded USNS COMFORT (T-AH 20) Mili-tary Treatment Facility

Captain Weiss is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine and a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives

Location is the Bangor Conference Center, Trident Ballroom, NBK, Bangor. Doors open at 11:00, Lunch begins at 11:30

Registration:Please call Evergreen Transfer & Storage at 360 674-2762 for your lunch registration.

Please call before May 3

Members without base access; processing time can take weeks.Please give your name as it appears on your driver’s license.Spell your name to make certain that it will be correct on the gate access sheet.Provide your date of birth and city of birth.Members without enhanced WA Drivers License need to be on the base access list or be escorted.

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President’s CornerHave you signed up for the Navy League Armed Forces Day Gala? There is still time—do not miss this exciting evening. We will be recognizing active duty in attendance; awarding the 2016 Trident Submarine Outstanding Performance Award (Olympic Bowl). This year we will inaguate a new award, The Pilly Lent Award. It recognizes the most tactically proficient submarine department head in the Pacific Fleet. We will also recog-nize the Sea Cadet of the Year. ADM Scott H Swift Commander Pacific Fleet, will be our guest speaker. ADM Swift serves as the operational commander for all U.S. Naval Forces in the Pacific.

After you sign up for the Gala, you should look on the council website to see all the things that are going on for Armed Forces Day. Saturday, May 21th, is the big day—5K Fun Run; Pancake Breakfast; Parade; Heroes BBQ. Following the parade be sure to work in a nap; and the big day finishes up with the Navy League Gala.

Navy League Presents Awards At the Washington State Science FairThe Bremerton-Olympic Peninsula Council presented cash awards and certificates to seven students at the 2016 Washington State Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF) at Bremerton High School. As part of the Council’s initiatives in supporting youth interest in Science, Engineer-ing, Technology, and Mathematics (STEM), nineteen Council volunteers were on hand to judge for basic fair awards, judge for the Navy League and ONR awards, and present their awards to the winners at the awards ceremonies.

The awards were given to those students whose projects best contrib-uted to the advancement of science, technology, engineering, or math-ematics in support of our nation’s Sea Services (Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marine). Two awards were presented each in Grade groups 1-3, Grades 4-6 and Grades 7-8. One award was also given in Grade 9-12.

May 30: Memorial Day Service Onboard USS Turner JoyThe general pubic is invited to attend a Memorial Day Service and Wreath Laying Ceremony, Mon-day, May 30 at 10 AM on the fantail of the his-toric ship, USS Turner Joy, on the waterfront in Bremerton. Bremerton-Olympic Peninsula Coun-cil Navy League President Tim Katona, serves as Master of Ceremonies. The Guest Speaker will be LCol Scott Reed, Commanding Officer of the Marine Corps Force Security Battalion Ban-gor. Come early, as seating is limited. The USS Turner Joy is located near the Bremerton ferry terminal at the north end of the marina. Parking is available at the Convention Center nearby. Coffee

and donuts will be provided in the ship’s crew’s mess after the ceremony.

Every May the Bremerton Chamber of Commerce hosts the Armed Forces Festival. First celebrated in 1948, It is the na-tion’s largest and longest running Armed Forces Day Parade and Festival. The Chamber wants to thank the men and women that wear the uniform of the United States of America Armed Forces. Please help our community in saying thank you to our Armed Forces by attending and supporting the festival events.

May 7: Armed Forces Festival Military Culinary Arts CompetitionOlympic College Student Center 10 to 2 PM The Armed Forces Military Arts Culinary Competition got its beginning as a simple Chili Cook Off on Armed Forces Day. It has grown into a stand alone event before the Armed Forces Day Parade, and has become the premiere cu-linary event in the County. Military teams come from all services and all over the State. The audience gets to sample all the entries after the judging.

May 13: Pepsi Armed Forces Festival Golf TournamentGold Mountain Cascade Course2 shotgun starts, 7:30 AM and 1:00 PM

Best Ball Scramble · 4 person teams· 3 drives per person· White tee boxes· No mulligans· Gross and Callaway Scoring

Register:https://secure2.chambermaster.com/directory/jsp/events/dlg/Public_AddReg.jsp?ccid=1265&eventid=10356

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May 21: Armed Forces Festival Fast Attacks 5K RunBremerton Ferry Terminal Tunnel 7:30 AMCome on out before the Armed Forces Day Parade to run our 5K or one mile course. Race starts at the entrance to the Bremerton tunnel under the ferry dock. Run starts at 07:30 AM to avoid ferry traffic.

May 11 Bremerton Central Lions Armed Forces Charitable Foundation-Ambassadors ProgramBelmont Inn & Suites Hotel 6:30-9:00 PMEach year selected high school seniors from all over Kitsap participate in a multi task competition for scholarships. This is a scholarship opportunity that improves students’ research and public speaking skills while building their awareness of the military and business communities in Kitsap County. The scholarship is available to both male and female contestants. The final com-petition is open to the public and well attended.

May 21: Kitsap Credit Union Armed Forces Festival ParadeDowntown Bremerton 10AM – 12PM

“Foundation for Freedom!”The Armed Forces Day Parade held in Bremerton is the largest and longest running Armed Forces Day Parade in the Nation. This year is the 68th year of the event held each year on the third Saturday of May in downtown Bremerton.The Grand Marshal for the Parade is ADM Scott H Swift Commander US Pacific Fleet. The parade route begins at Sixth Street and Chester Avenue, down to Park then proceeds down Park street to Fourth Street, Left on Fourth to Pacific Avenue, left on Pacific past the view-ing stand at Fifth Street and ends on 9th Street.

May 21: Bremerton Central Lions Armed Forces Festival Pancake Breakfast4th and Pacific 7 – 10AM

For many years on Armed Forces Day, prior to the parade, the Lions host their annual Pan-cake Breakfast on Fourth Street in downtown Bremerton. Proceeds from this event allow the Lions to give at least one $1000 scholarship to a worthy Bremerton High School student each year.

May 21: Armed Forces Festival Navy League Gala ExtravaganzaAdmiral Theatre 6- 10 PM

Join us for the Annual Navy League Gala to honor our Military and recog-nize our community and political leaders. Each year, as the finale to Armed Forces celebrations in Bremerton, our Navy League Council honors the local military commands by hosting the only black tie event, aside from formal military balls, in the area. The Grand Marshall of the Armed Forces Day Parade is traditional-ly the guest of honor and this year, ADM Scott H Swift, Commander US Pacific Fleet, will be our guest speaker. Additionally, as part of the evening, our coun-

cil presents a special, annual award to the Trident submarine crew who has achieved the top marks in bat-tle efficiency. Competition is very competitive and this award is cov-eted among the boats homeported at Naval Base Kitsap. Our council started this trophy bowl many years ago and now a similar award is provided in Kings Bay, Georgia to a submarine that is homeported on the East Coast.The Bremerton-Olympic Peninsula Navy League Gala is a signif-

icant social event of the year in Bremerton and each year we recognize very special people for their outstand-ing contributions to our council and the military. Guests will have the opportunity to meet and mingle with one another prior to and following dinner and the program. Alejandro will perform Flamenco guitar after the official ceremony.Numerous business and community leaders join us for this recognition ceremony. You do not want to miss this year’s Gala at the Admiral Theatre and it could sell out early. Call the Admiral Theatre at 360-373-6743 to make your reservations, space is limited. Please RSVP by May 11. Tickets are $65 per person.

May 21: Puget Sound Energy Armed Forces Festival Heroes BarbecuePacific and 4th Ave 11AM – 1PMThe Heroes Barbecue is honoring our military families provides a free Hotdog, chips and a soda meal to all Active Duty, Reserve, Retired Veterans and their families. The barbecue gives active and retired military personnel a chance

to kick back and relax after the parade. Military attendees and their families are given a meal, free of charge, as a thank you for their service. This is a community affair, Harrison Hospital donates the food, Puget Sound Energy brings out their emergency grills and cooks, and Washington Youth Academy serves the food.

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April 8: USS MAINE (SSBN – 741) Navy League Tour ReportTwenty-eight men, women and children, both civilians and veterans, of the Bremerton-Olympic Peninsula Council Navy League went on an organized tour of the Trident Training Facility and the USS Maine (SSBN-741).The USS Maine is currently docked at Naval Base Kitsap on Bangor for routine maintenance. The tour was led by Submarine Group 9 PAO, Lt. Commander Mike Smith.

The USS Maine (SSBN–741) is the third ship to bear the name of the state. The first Maine was the first battleship in the US Navy. The current USS Maine’s Chief Quarters features memo-rabilia from the earlier two vessels.

The group started the tour at the Trident Training Facility (TTF) on Naval Base Kitsap Bangor (NBK) where we were divided into two smaller parties. Senior Chief Keener led our group through various Submarine Trainers of TTF. The group learned how the crew loaded torpedoes and missiles into simulated tubes, worked on the submarine’s Fairbanks Morse Diesel Engine, did wet training drills in case of flooding and got the unique experience of driving in the dive simulator.

The second half of the tour was aboard the USS Maine. Our group was divided into smaller more manage-able parties of five. Chief of the Boat, Master Chief Jerry Washburn gave us all a briefing on his crew and the Maine in her mess deck where we were greeted with fresh baked cookies from the galley.

The USS Maine is an Ohio Class Sub. The sub was commissioned July 29, 1995. It weighs approximate-ly 18,750 tons when submerged and is 560 feet in length. There are 24 missile tubes on the USS Maine for Trident missiles. The crew consists of 176 crew members; including four female officers. There are two crews and she is at sea approximately 80% of the time and docked for maintenance the remaining 20%.

Our tour group was able to see a large portion of the Maine including; Control, Navigation Center, Torpedo Room, Missile Compartment, Auxiliary Spaces, and the Missile Control Center. What impressed me was the expertise of the crew! Many of the areas of the Maine were off limits due to security but overall the experience was something to remember.

Thank you PAO, Lieutenant Commander Smith, Trident Training Center, Master Chief Jerry Washburn and the crew of USS Maine for all that you do. - Frank Portello

May 23 Navy League Tour of the USS Turner Joy DD-951USS Turner Joy DD 951 was the last ship in the FORREST SHERMAN – class of destroyers and the first ship in the Navy to bear the name. Her keel was laid down on Sept 30, 1957 in Seattle, Washington by the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Company, was commissioned on Aug 3, 1959

At about 8PM local time on Aug 4th 1964, USS Maddox an USS Turner Joy were partroling in the Tonkin gulf off Vietnam. By nightfall, Turner Joy reported that she sighted one or two torpedo wakes. Over the next three and a half hours, Maddox, Turner Joy, and planes from Ticonderoga fired at the suspected hostile craft and reported that at least two were sunk by direct hits. This “Tonkin Gulf Incident” was the proximate cause for the US to enter the Vietnam War.

Turner Joy was decommissioned in November 1982, and was selected as a U.S. Navy memorial in Nov 1988.

We have arranged a Tour for 10 AM on May 30. There will be a charge of $10 per person.

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2016 COUNCIL OFFICERS

President Tim Katona 360.674.2628 Vice President Jerry Logan Vice President Robert LambSecretary Cynthia Martin Treasurer David Ellingson Judge Advocate George Rose Immediate Past President Larry Salter

COUNCIL BOARD MEMBERS

• Alan Beam• Bob Battin • Ruth Bond• Byron Faber • Joe Hulsey• Jack James• Neva Lamb• Helen Miller• Frank Portello• Mike Spence• Kevin Staub• Larry Tellinghuisen• Kevin Torcolini• Steve Westover

Now Hear This is the official newsletter of the Bremerton-Olympic Peninsula Council of the Navy League of the United States. It is published monthly and provided to all members.

Editorial Board Alan Beam

Graphic Layout Alan BeamPublished by Raytheon

We welcome your comments and story ideas. Items for publication, changes of address, and inquires should be sent to:

Editor Now Hear This

PO Box 5719 Bremerton, WA 98312

May 3: Bremerton NL BOD Meeting Jackson Park Community Center @ 5:00PM May 7: Bremerton AFF Culinary Arts Competition Olympic College 10-2 PMMay 10: Bremerton Navy League Luncheon NBK Bangor Trident Ballroom @ 11:30May 11: Bremerton Central Lions Armed Forces Charitable Foundation Ambassadors Program Belmont Inn & Suites Hotel 6:30-9:00 PMMay 13: Pepsi Armed Forces Festival Golf Tournament Gold Mountain Cascade Course 2 shotgun starts, 7:30 AM and 1:00 PM

21 May Bremerton Armed Forces Day Armed Forces Festival Fast Attacks 5K Run Bremerton Ferry Terminal Tunnel 7:30 AM

Bremerton Central Lions Armed Forces Festival Pancake Breakfast 4th and Pacific 7 – 10AM

Kitsap Credit Union Armed Forces Festival Parade Downtown Bremerton 10AM – 12PM

Puget Sound Energy Armed Forces Festival Heroes Barbecue Pacific and 4th Ave 11AM – 1PM

Armed Forces Festival Navy League Gala Extravaganza Admiral Theatre 6- 10 PM

30 May: Memorial Day Ceremony onboard USS Turner Joy @ 10AM

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Tour PlanningMay 23 - 10 AM - USS Turner Joy ($10 Fee)

June 24 - 10 AM - Seattle USCG ( Sector Puget Sound and a cutter), Pier 36

July 15 – 9 AM- USCG Maritime Force Protection Bangor.

August - Whidbey Island Naval Air Station

September - USS John C Stennis

October – Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport

November - Safe Boats International

ALSO in early August – We will have an opportunity for some Navy League members to do the TIGER cruise on the Stennis as it comes back from deployment. There are 2 stages, from Pearl Harbor to San Diego and from San Diego to Bremerton, or perhaps you can combine both and go all the way from Pearl to Bremerton. Let me tell you that this was one of the most exciting vacations I’ve ever had. The total is about 11 days & the cost is minimal. We won’t know until May how many places are availabale,

but if you want to go, clear your schedule for early August.

Further details on our tours can be found on our website http://bremolym-picnlus.wordpress.com/toursevents/. Please let me know by email (byfaber@centurytel.net) if you want to attend any of these tours, and also invite other folks who respect the military. My home number is 360-638-1235 and cell is 360-434-1144. Byron Faber

Navy League of the United StatesMission Statement and Goals

A civilian organization dedicated to informing the American people and their

government that the United States of America is a maritime nation and that

it’s national defense and economic well being are dependent upon strong sea services

– United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Coast Guard and the

United States Merchant Marine.

Navy League Goals

1. Educate national leaders and the nation.

2. Support the men and women of the sea services.

3. Provide assistance to the sea service families.

4. Support the youth program.

Address change requested

Bremerton-Olympic Peninsula CouncilNavy League of the United StatesPost Office Box 5719Bremerton, WA 98312

Non Profit Org.U.S. POSTAGE

PAIDSilverdale, WAPermit No.111

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