 Posted on: 2/8/2010 | Now accepting nominations for USSVI National Awards THE USSVI 2010 AWARDS GUIDELINES for members and bases to use to submit nominees for the 2010 USSVI Award Program is now posted online under the (AWARDS) button, then (MANUALS) at www.ussvi.org
Awa ...  Link: http://www.ussvi.org/Documents/Awards_Manuals_USSVI_2010_Awards_Manual_doc.pdf |
 Posted on: 2/7/2010 | "Help Desperately Needed" Master Chief Petty Officer John McMichael, USN, ret. who is the curator of Sea Wolf Park in Galveston desperately needs help in restoring the USS Cavalla SS244 and USS Stewart DD238 from the damage ca ...  |
 Sent on: 2/6/2010 | HUNLEY CONSERVATORS SAVE CANNONS The CSS Alabama sailed the globe but never once docked on the shores of its namesake state. Though that historic fact can never be changed, today a significant piece of history from the famed confede ...  Link: http://sonsofconfederateveterans.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-hunley-discoveries.html |
 Sent on: 2/6/2010 | Call for Candidates for USSVI Officer Positions Consider 'tossing your hat into the ring' for the upcoming elections.
The prerequisite for National Office is that a Nominee must be a Regular Member in good standing a minimum of thirty consecutiv ...  Link: http://www.ussvi.org/Documents/Online_Organization_2008_USSVI_BYLAWS_doc.pdf |
 Sent on: 2/6/2010 | Coping With The Great American SSN Shortage
The U.S. Navy is facing a temporary SSN (nuclear attack submarine) shortage, and there is no solution that will not involve some pain. The problem is that new Virginia class subs cannot be built quick ...  Link: http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles/Coping-With-The-Great-American-SSN-Shortage--2-4-2010.asp |
 Sent on: 2/6/2010 | Raytheon Introduces GPS-Guided Torpedo Kit A wing kit that adds satellite guidance to torpedoes dropped from aircraft is among the latest technologies that Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems is marketing to international customers.
Rayth ...  Link: http://www.azstarnet.com/business/local/article_279a654e-84cb-5964-bb1f-998db8bc63ba.html |
 Sent on: 2/6/2010 | New Hampshire's Hard Work Rewarded with Battle "E" GROTON, Conn. -- Commander Submarine Squadron (CSS) 4 presented the 2009 Battle Effectiveness, or Battle "E," award to Virginia-class attack submarine USS New Hampshire (SSN 778) Jan. 29 aboard the bo ...  Link: http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=51021 |
 Sent on: 2/6/2010 | USS Philadelphia Returning From Last Mission The USS Philadelphia (SSN 690) is expected to arrive at the Naval Submarine Base in New London, Conn., on Wednesday from its last deployment, marking an end to 33 years of service.
The Los Angeles ...  Link: http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=51021 |