He Was a Good Man – Remembering Our Submariners Every once in a while, I am reminded that the one constant in life is change and tied to that is the passage of time. No, I am not channeling a former presidential candidate… time is really passing and despite the commercials on tv promising to […]

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USSV Charitable Foundation Challenge Coin – 125 Year Anniversary of US Submarines

I am excited to announce that the 2025 USSV Charitable Foundation Coin is now available. This limited-edition coin was struck to honor the 125th Anniversary of the US Navy Submarine Force. On the reverse side is a rendering of the US Navy’s 250th Anniversary. The proceeds from these coins will go to the Charitable Foundation […]

Submarine Veterans Charitable Foundation Newsletter March 2025

USSVCF Vice-President & Executive Director George Palmer Shipmates, Submarine Veterans Charitable Foundation Newsletter March 2025 Shipmates. If you are at all like me you still harbor a feeling of invulnerability. How could a rompin’ stompin’ submariner, afraid of nothing, and at the top of his game, face the inevitability of … eternal patrol? I […]