Golden Corner Base Jan 2022 Newsletter

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FIRST SNOW OF 2022 IN THE UPSTATE OF SC? NO, ACTUALLY USS HARTFORD SSN-768. IN THIS ISSUE

Snowpocalypse? Tax Season Info for Retired
Pay…page 8
by The Editor
USSVI News…page 3
Hello Shipmates, Meanwhile SCOTUS sent a message to
POTUS and the Greenville School
Welcome to 2022! Sure, this snowy system sent a message to parents
greeting is cool for a while, however, I warning of a return to remote learning.
chose to move here from Minnesota, to CRAZY times!
escape this.
I’m seeing a significant uptick in articles
As you expect, all of the bread and milk talking about scams being perpetrated
is gone from the shelves, as well as beer, on seniors and Vets. Consider your
batteries, wood, lamp oil, MREs, digital footprint and take safeguards.
cookies, chips, cigarettes, little blue pills, South Carolina Consumer Affairs has
and toilet paper. some great information available and
hosts webinars every Wednesday.
Hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas
holiday and rang in the new year safely. See you at the next meeting!
Not sure what side of politics you may
land yet I would bet of you were Fair Winds & Calm Seas,
cheering on one side or the other of the
Georgia-Alabama College Championship Brett
game. Whether if your team won or not,
it was one heck of a game. Go Dawgs! EDITOR

Strange events are a foot. Underwater Brett Shone, [email protected]
volcanoes near Tonga sent tsunami
waves to the California coast and Russia
is sending cyber-attacks into Ukraine.

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Tolling of the Boats

Honoring our fallen submarine heroes is
fundamental to our creed as members of
U.S. Submarine Veterans (USSVI), which
is…

“To perpetuate the memory of
our shipmates who gave their
lives in the pursuit of their duties
while serving their country.”

 USS Scorpion (SS-278) Broadside view afloat, Swordfish (SS-193),
1 April 1939. USN photo # MI 442-39,
Lost on Jan 5,1944 with the loss of 77 courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com.
officers and men in the East China Sea,
on her 4th war patrol. It is assumed she
was sunk by a mine.

 USS Argonaut (SS-166)

Lost on Jan 10, 1943 with the loss of 102
officers and men off Rabaul, on her 3rd
war patrol. While attacking a convoy,
she torpedoed a Jap destroyer who
along with 2 other destroyers depth
charged her. As she tried to surface, the
destroyers sunk her by gun fire.

 USS Swordfish (SS-193)

Lost on Jan 12,1945 with the loss of 89
officers and men somewhere near
Okinawa, on her 13th war patrol.
Probably was lost to a mine.

 USS S-36 (SS-141)

Lost on Jan 20, 1942 with no loss of life,
on her 2nd war patrol. She ran hard
aground on a reef and radioed for help.
The entire crew was rescued by a Dutch
ship after they scuttled her.

 USS S-26 (SS-131)

Lost on Jan 24,1942 with the loss of 46
officers and men in the Gulf of Panama,
on her 2nd war patrol. She was rammed
by the USS PC-460 and sunk within
seconds. The CO, XO and one lookout
on the bridge, were the only survivors.

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USSVI NEWS

12/27/2021: 2022 National Note: All nominations must be sent to the EDITORS NOTE:
Officer nominations Nominations Committee Chairman on or I have tested several browsers and
positions and requirements before March 1st, 2022. The nomination successfully logged onto the USSVI
is accompanied by a letter from the website with the following browsers:
2022 is an Election Year. The Following Nominee indicating his willingness to Firefox & Internet Explorer. USSVI did
National Officer Positions and accept the nomination and willingness to NOT work with Edge, Chrome, TOR,
Requirements for Office Are Available: serve if elected. The Nomination Letter Onion or Brave.
includes details of the nominee’s
National Commander: Nominees for qualifications in less than one hundred Link to Previous American
National Commander must have (100) words. Submariner Magazines:
completed at least two years as a voting
member of the Board of Directors by the The 2022 Nominations Committee Q3: https://bit.ly/2VuSB2f
time they take office as National Chairman is IPNC John E. Markiewicz, e- Q4: https://bit.ly/3Gs7HYu
Commander. mail is [email protected]

National Senior Vice Commander: 1/3/2022: 2022 Issue 1
Nominees for Senior Vice-Commander American Submariner
must have completed at least two years Magazine online
as a Member of the Board of Directors
and must certify that they have or will Shipmates,
develop a working familiarity of the USSVI
bookkeeping software (QuickBooks). To be assured all of our members receive
this message it will be sent twice, first as
National Junior Vice Commander: a National Bulletin followed up by going
Nominees for Junior Vice-Commander through the Regional Directors and
must have completed at least two years District Commanders.
as a Member of the Board of Directors.
Due to a continuing situation out of our
National Treasurer: Must be a Regular control, we cannot upload the American
member in good standing and Nominees Submariner 2022 1st Quarter Edition to
for National Treasurer must have some our current website.
experience in bookkeeping, certify that
they have, or will develop a working As a temporary workaround, we have
knowledge of the USSVI approved made this latest edition available by the
bookkeeping software (QuickBooks), use use of Google Drive.
the USSVI approved software as part of
his/her duties as National Treasurer, and Please click on or copy and paste the
cannot change to another software following link into your web browser which
package without the Board of Director’s will open this current edition for your
approval. viewing.

National Secretary: Must be a Regular https://bit.ly/31lCPtH
member in good standing.
This link is for USSVI Members in good
Regional Director: Must be a member in standing only. It is not to be shared with
good standing of a Base within the anyone outside of our organization.
Region. The Nominee must be currently
serving or has served as a Regional All the Best and please take care,
Director, District Commander or Base
Officer. Wayne Standerfer
USSVI National Commander

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JAN MILESTONES FROM THE EDITOR…

USSVI Anniversary Our Christmas gathering seemed well
Wayne Hensarling Jan 2007 attended with several shipmates
Bob Sullenberger Jan 2015 bringing their XO (or CO), while a few
Lowell Rust Jan 2017 of us showed up stag. Good
fellowship and conversation was
GOLDEN CORNER BASE abound. A young couple in the next
Anniversary room, who were cozied up to the bar,
Richard Franklin Jan 2015 seemed to take interest in our
activities. After they bought several
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! rounds of drinks, appetizers and
Peter Graef Jan 1942 desserts for the group, this couple
Sam Smucker Jan 1947 demonstrated their appreciation for
Wayne Hensarling Jan 1951 our service by ultimately paying for
the entire tab, dinner and all. It is
GOLDEN CORNER OFFICERS: times like these that I think that
maybe this country really can bring
Base Commander: Ed Evering out the best in every generation,
Sr. Vice Commander: Wayne given they have an open mind and
Hensarling heart. I left that evening with a full
Secretary: David Rocheville stomach and heart.
Treasurer: Richard Franklin
C.O.B.: Tom Vaughan
Chaplain: Wayne Hensarling
Eagle Scout Chair: Luis Garcia
Newsletter Editor: Brett Shone
Librarian: Brett Shone

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Support official base "Bringing friendships to veterans in
charities: hospice care"

Upstate-Carolina Adaptive Golf www.veteranlastpatrol.org
864-580-8005

LUIS’S QUAL QUESTION: What do
we have here? Identify and tell him in
person at the next meeting. You may
earn yourself a beer. Be specific.
Judge’s opinion is final.

GOLDEN CORNER BASE
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SUBMARINES IN THE CSG9 Concludes Global Thunder Today in Naval
22 History
NEWS January 15
1 JANUARY, 2022
17 December 2021 GUAM 1916
NORFOLK, VA
The Virginia-class fast-attack The U.S. Navy ballistic-missile The submarine E-2 explodes at the
submarine USS New Hampshire submarine USS Nevada (SSBN 733) New York Navy Yard because of
(SSN 778) was awarded a Navy Unit arrived at Apra Harbor, Guam Jan. escaping gases during an overhaul.
Commendation for the crew's display 15. This port visit to Guam reflects The interior ship is severely
of operational planning and tactical the United States’ commitment to the damaged and four men are killed.
skill executing theater anti-submarine Indo-Pacific region, and complements
warfare missions and missions vital to the many exercises, operations,
national security. training, and military cooperation
activities conducted by Strategic
17 December 2021 Forces to ensure they are available
NORFOLK, VA and ready to operate around the
Representatives from the City of globe at any time.
Norfolk’s emergency services
departments presented an award to Nevada, homeported in Naval Base
the crew of the Virginia-class fast- Kitsap, Wash., is an Ohio-class
attack submarine USS John Warner ballistic-missile submarine. It is an
(SSN 785) as a token of gratitude for undetectable launch platform for
information taught to Radiological submarine-launched ballistic missiles,
Emergency Response Organization providing the United States with its
responders and civil authorities from most survivable leg of the nuclear
the Coast Guard, surrounding cities triad.
and the Virginia Department of
Emergency Management during a
drill held back in Sept.

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Accounting Service great time to get started. myPay is February 10, 2022.
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As we enter another tax season, we using the web browser on your myPay user, you (both retirees and
want to make sure you are aware of computer or with a connected device, annuitants) can get your 1099-R sent
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archenemy, the world's most cunning-- MOVIE HIGHLIGHT
yet reportedly dead--terrorist spy.
BOOK HIGHLIGHT: FICTION Determined to stop his old nemesis,
Morgan must use all his wits to find a
madman armed with a powerful sub
hidden somewhere in a million square
miles of ocean. What Morgan doesn't
know, however, is that the fanatical
terrorist has a plan of his own, one that
will bring these two intense warriors
face-to-face--and only one will come out
alive in one of the most chilling spy
stories of the year

BOOK HIGHLIGHT: NON FICTION

K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
Rated PG-13 | 138 min | Drama,
History, Thriller

IMDb: 6.7/10 Reviews: 62.2K

When Russia's first nuclear submarine
malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the
crew must race to save the ship and
prevent a nuclear disaster.

H.M.S. Unseen (Admiral Arnold Silent Running
Morgan, #3) By: James F. Calvert
By: Patrick Robinson
Goodreads: 4.18 · 514 ratings
Goodreads: 4.03 · 2,522 ratings
A riveting, tension-filled chronicle of life
The H.M.S. Unseen is one of the most underwater by a much decorated hero
efficient, lethal submarines ever built. who became the second youngest rear
But suddenly, on a training mission off admiral in the history of the Navy. Filled
the English coast, it vanishes, baffling with harrowing details of sinking
military intelligence on both sides of the Japanese vessels, surviving their assaults
Atlantic, including National Security and capturing downed pilots. Culminates
Adviser Admiral Arnold Morgan. A in Calvert's unauthorized visit, with three
missing weapon is dangerous enough. other officers, to Tokyo just prior to the
But then the unthinkable begins to official surrender--making them the first
happen....Planes begin blowing up across Americans to reach Japan's capital
the skies. Searching for answers, Morgan
is convinced that only one man can be
behind all these devastating events: his

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SUBMARINES ON

STAMPS

Ivory Coast
Marine Military Submarine History
2016
Ivory Coast 2016 souvenir sheets

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SUBMARINE ART

1943 WWII WW2 “Up and at 'Em”
Electric Boat Co. Submarine Poster