One of first females to join the silent service: ‘I’m excited to see the day when women being on submarines is not a surprise to people.’

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U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jeanne Van Gilder, engineering officer on the Virginia-class attack submarine 

USS Minnesota (SSN 783), on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton.

(Sean D. Elliot/The Day)

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U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jeanne Van Gilder, engineering officer on the Virginia-class attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783), in the galley of the boat Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, at the Naval Submarine Base in Groton. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)5

https://www.theday.com/military-news/20200925/one-of-first-females-to-join-silent-service-im-excited-to-see-day-when-women-being-on-submarines-is-not-surprise-to-people?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2009.28.20&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

Senators Push to Extend Care to 34,000 More Veterans for Agent Orange Diseases

 

Senators have ramped up efforts to add three new diseases, bladder cancer, hypothyroidism and Parkinsonism to the VA's list of conditions linked to herbicide exposure in Vietnam and elsewhere.

A U.S. Huey helicopter sprays Agent Orange over Vietnam. The U.S. military used at least 11 million gallons of Agent Orange in Vietnam from 1961 to 1972. Wikimedia Commons

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/09/22/senators-push-extend-care-34000-more-veterans-agent-orange-diseases.html?ESRC=mr_200928.nl

Navy Declassifies 300 Pages of Probe into 1963 USS Thresher Disaster

Rear Adm. Bill Houston, director of the Undersea Warfare Division at the Pentagon, told reporters Tuesday that Navy leaders don't believe the newly released Thresher documents "will shed any additional light on her loss." Still, he added, the Navy is committed to releasing additional portions of the report monthly, despite much of it remaining classified.

Starboard quarter view, taken while the USS Thresher was underway on April 30, 1961. (U.S. Navy/J.L. Snell)

To open the link below, you'll have to copy and paste to a new page. I wasn't able to copy a "hot link"

https://www.secnav.navy.mil/foia/readingroom/HotTopics/THRESHER%20RELEASE/THRESHER%20pg%201-300.pdf

The hapless attack sub Boise could return to the fleet in 2023 after 8 years sidelined

 

The attack submarine Boise arrives at Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News, Va., shipyard on June 18, 2018, to begin an extended engineering overhaul. (Ashley Cowan/Huntington Ingalls Industries)

The hapless attack sub Boise could return to the fleet in 2023 after 8 years sidelined

Welcome Back!

We were finally able to meet as a group for the first time in a while. All protocols were in place and even some of the goodies were made into single serving(s). Thanks to all that were able to make it.

Other events;  

 Bob Meador receives the 2020 Silver Anchor Award from Base Commander David Rifkin for his exceptional support to First Coast Base.