Greetings from Afghanistan 8 December 2011
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Former Commandants of Midshipmen and Cadets Faceoff
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Caveats: FOUO
thought ’76 team might find this Afghanistan poster of interest. A/N rivalry is heating up out here.
God bless ’76!
John
Intimate Group visit to Ireland and Navy-Notre Dame 3 November 2011
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My wife and I have signed up with Go Ahead Vacations to travel from Dulles on 26 August 2012 to Shannon, Ireland on special eight day tour of Galway, Cork and Dublin (Visit: http://rogercarlquist.grouptoursite.com) with a Navy pep dinner at the hotel on Day 6; the Navy-Notre Dame football game on Day 7 and return to Dulles on 1 September at a cost of $2,592 per person if the required minimum of 15 travelers is reached. (Anthony Travel offers a tour of Galway, Dublin and Kerry out of Dulles on 28 August and returning on 4 September at a cost now of $3,187 and $540 final payment on 1 May 2012.)
Nine additional travelers are needed to reach the 15 minimum for a special tour. The cost would be reduced $100 with 21 travelers and $200 with 31 travelers.
The NAAA has promised an allotment of as many as 45 tickets to me at a cost to be determined which is not included in the tour price. I am told that tickets will probably cost about $70.
Contact me at 410-224-0680 or etps14@comcast.net to indicate an interest in taking this tour or to obtain additional information. I will subsequently contact everyone to advise that they go to the web site and sign up if the 15 minimum is reached. A $300 deposit is required to sign up and it would be financial lunacy if a travel protection costing at least $219 is not purchased when you do sign up because cancelation costs can be far more than that. Those funds would be available to your account in the event any tour you sign up for does not take place and can be applied to any future Go Ahead tour but you probably would prefer not to have your cash in escrow.
My wife and I are leaving Annapolis on 20 November and returning on 26 November. I hope you will contact me promptly to indicate your interest of to obtain more information.
Captain Roger Carlquist, USN (ret.)
410-224-0680 etps14@comcast.net
Welcome to the New Home of USNA76.com 25 September 2011
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Welcome everyone to the new home of USNA76.com. We have rolled out the new site that we talked about at the class meeting at the reunion. I hope you like the fresh design, as well as the ability to automatically follow information that is posted to the site. You can follow in many ways and it is as easy as clicking on follow by email on the home page. This is all optional. And if you are signed up for the class Yahoo Groups mailing list, this has no effect on that subscription.
Please let me know your thoughts and any ideas for improvements. You can reach me at Webmaster.’
Gary Greenfield
LeFever, Herb appointments 9 August 2011
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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta announced on July 7th that the President has nominated Navy Vice Adm. Michael A. LeFever for reappointment to the rank of vice admiral and for assignment as deputy director, Strategic Operational Planning, National Counter Terrorism Center, Washington, D.C. LeFever is currently serving as chief, Office of the Defense Representative-Pakistan, U.S. Central Command, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead announced on July 5th the following assignment:
Rear Adm. (lower half) Martha E. G. Herb (wife of Mike Herb ’76) will be assigned as deputy commander, Navy Personnel Command, Washington, D.C. Herb is currently assigned as chief secretariat, Military Technical Agreement Joint Coordinating Body, International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan.
Allen Takes Reins as ISAF Commander 9 August 2011
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From an International Security Assistance Force News Release
KABUL, Afghanistan, July 18, 2011 – Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen assumed command of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force and U.S. forces in Afghanistan here today.
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Allen succeeds Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, who will retire from the Army this summer and will then serve as CIA director.
Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff and Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis, commander, U.S. Central Command, were on hand for the change-of-command ceremony.
Allen served as Centcom’s deputy commander from July 2008 until last month. From 2006 to 2008, he was deputy commander of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force and commander of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, deploying to Iraq as deputy commander General of Multinational Force in Anbar Province.
He was the first Marine Corps officer to serve as commandant of midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy, served as a Marine Corps Fellow to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and was the first Marine Corps officer inducted as a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
The general received his fourth star from Mullen before the change of command.
“Throughout, we will keep our eyes on the horizon – the future of Afghanistan – a nation of free people at peace, governed under its constitution, pursuing economic enterprise and development, in a secure and stable environment free from the extremism and terrorism that has plagued this wonderful country and its people for more than a generation,” Allen said after taking command. “In the end, together, we will prevail.”
Mike LeFever assigned as Deupty Director, Strategic Operational Planning 9 August 2011
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Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta announced today that the President has nominated Navy Vice Adm. Michael A. LeFever for reappointment to the rank of vice admiral and for assignment as deputy director, Strategic Operational Planning, National Counter Terrorism Center, Washington, D.C. LeFever is currently serving as chief, Office of the Defense Representative-Pakistan, U.S. Central Command, Islamabad, Pakistan.
John Allen to receive 4th Star 9 August 2011
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June 2011 – “Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today that the President has made the following nomination:
Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John R. Allen for appointment to the rank of general and for assignment as Commander, International Security Assistance Force/Commander, U.S. Forces-Afghanistan. Allen is currently serving as the special assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.”
FindingGod’s Bearings by Doyle Kitchin 9 August 2011
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June 2011 – Doyle Kitchin (12th Co) has written a wonderful book that just got published about his experiences in the Navy, including his experiences at the Academy. The sincerity, humility and unpretentious manner with which Doyle describes his feelings about his experiences are superb, it was difficult to keep a dry eye at times. I can certainly relate to his academy experiences and although I was a career Naval Aviator and not a SWO, I can put into my aviation based lexicon a good deal to his ship based ‘sea stories’ as well.
I just wanted to acknowledge this recent accomplishment by a fellow classmate.
http://www.tatepublishing.com/bookstore/book.php?w=978-1-61739-553-6
Lt. Gen. John Allen to lead in Afghanistan 9 August 2011
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By Gina Cavallaro – Staff writer All Marine Corp News
Posted : Wednesday Apr 27, 2011 16:46:36 EDT
Marine Lt. Gen. John Allen will be nominated to replace Army Gen. David Petraeus in Afghanistan and is expected to take command by September, a senior White House official said Wednesday.
Allen will leave his position as deputy commanding general of U.S. Central Command, where he has been since July 2008, and become special assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington for the next few months.
During that time, the official said, Allen will “work through the transition, he’ll spend quite a bit of time in Afghanistan and assuming Senate confirmation, will take command in the beginning of September.”
In confirmed by the Senate, Allen would become the first Marine Corps general at the helm of U.S. operations in Afghanistan since operations began there in October 2001.
The official also announced that Petraeus will be nominated to become the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency and would retire to take the job; Leon Panetta, the current CIA director, has been tapped to be the next secretary of defense and would replace Robert Gates this summer; and Ryan Crocker will replace retired Army Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry as U.S. ambassador in Afghanistan.
When Petraeus was tapped to replace Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commander of International Security Assistance Force and commander of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan in June 2010, Allen became interim commander of U.S. Central Command and is now working under its new commander, Gen. James Mattis.
According to the official, Allen was the first choice nominee of Gates, Joint Chiefs chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, Mattis and Petraeus.
“We are very familiar with him here at the White House, we have spent [tons] of hours working with Allen on some of the toughest problems in his area of operations, including Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran,” the official said.
Allen is a 1976 graduate of the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md
Bill Ostendorff to be Nominated for Nuclear Regulatory Commission by President 9 August 2011
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15Apr11 – The following information was released by the White House: Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post: William C. Ostendorff, Nominee for Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Bill Ostendorff was sworn in as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on April 1, 2010 for a term ending June 30, 2011. Prior to his appointment to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, he served as Director of the Committee on Science, Engineering and Public Policy at the National Academies. He came to the National Academies after serving as Principal Deputy Administrator at the National Nuclear Security Administration from April 2007 until April 2009. From 2003-2007, he was a member of the staff of the House Armed Services Committee where he served as counsel and staff director for the Strategic Forces Subcommittee. Mr. Ostendorff was an officer in the United States Navy from 1976 until he retired in 2002 in the grade of Captain. During his naval career, he commanded an attack submarine, an attack submarine squadron and served as Director of the Division of Mathematics and Science at the United States Naval Academy. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas. Mr. Ostendorffs education includes a degree in systems engineering from the United States Naval Academy, a JD from the University of Texas and an LLM from the Georgetown University Law Center.
