Steel Boats, Iron Men and their stories (plus a bit more)
It’s the little things in life that make you think. One of the nice things about the new house is that the first owners traded up on a number of things in relation to the construction of the house. One of those items is a very large shower stall. It’s got enough room for several […]
Read More Learning to seeShipmates, Submarine Veterans Charitable Foundation Newsletter February 2025 Shipmates! This month we welcome our two newest Ambassadors: Leah Torino, Tri-State Base and Frank Espinosa, Central Texas Base. Welcome aboard! Now the news. Brotherhood Fund As we move through another season weather continues to dominate and overwhelm many of us. From freezing, to wildfires, ice and […]
Read More Submarine Veterans Charitable Foundation Newsletter February 2025Being a baby boomer, I grew up in a world where books and periodicals were still central to most of our lives. From the time I was able to read, my world really revolved around printed information. We had one television which was black and white and it was very much subject to rules. Not […]
Read More Libraries … temples of learning, ambition, aspiration – USSV CF Library FundLest We Forget. USSV CF Memorial and Museum Boat Fund The desire to memorialize the great sacrifices made for a nation or cause goes back to the earliest times. Cave drawings and crude monuments to great battles are found in all parts of the world. The Romans mastered the art with buildings and statues […]
Read More Lest We Forget. USSV CF Memorial and Museum Boat Fund“Hi, my name is Mister Mac, and I am a hat-oholic.” “Hi Mister Mac…” I’ve been a hat-oholic since I was a kid and discovered the power of hats. My very first hat was a blue and gold short, billed cap that I got as a Cub Scout in Pack 99 in my home community. […]
Read More The Best Hat Ever; THE Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) FUNDThe Ultimate Qual Card – Creating a Legacy (The USSV CF Legacy Fund) In submarine school, the seasoned petty officers that taught us informed us that once we got on board our first boat, we would be issued bedding, a bunk bag for our dirty clothes and something called a qual card. They emphasized over […]
Read More The Ultimate Qual Card – Creating a Legacy (The USSV CF Legacy Fund)Blessed are the volunteers… for they shall inherit the next watch I have always liked the fact that duty in the armed forces has been a volunteer organization since the draft ended. I signed up in the delayed entry program in April of 1972 when I was just seventeen. The draft still existed but I […]
Read More Blessed are the volunteers… for they shall inherit the next watch … The USSV CF Scholarship Fund
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