David T. Matsuda to be nominated Maritime Administrator

#577

From: "usaseapower" <nlsac@...>
Date: Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:23 am
Subject: Re: Lou Burgelin, Vallejo Council President, RIP

usaseapower

I can't help but believe Lou was instrumental in this. A gift to the Vallejo Veterans Memorial Building Council in his memory for those of us who knew him and are so inclined would seem appropriate.

Shame on those who stole the bronz plaques and those who subsequently destroyed them.

Phelps
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Thanks from the vets
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/opinion/ci_13950313

Published By Times Herald
Posted: 12/08/2009 02:00:21 AM PST

On behalf of the veterans who participated in the Empress Theater "Honor the Veterans and Mare Island Workers" event and the Vallejo Veterans Memorial Building Council, we wish to thank all those persons who participated.

From the Empress Theater-Four Rivers Productions Staff, Mayor Osby Davis, Commander-David Grant Medical Center, Sea Cadets Flag/Drill Team, Mr. Lenard East, and Vallejo Police, to presenters, performers and audience members, the event was meaningful and well constructed.

Veterans and Mare Island Workers were properly and respectfully honored. And a step toward keeping Vallejo veterans names in the forefront of our community was attained by the donation from the attendees of the event of $597 toward restoration of Waterfront Vallejo Veterans Plaques commemorating the names of those Vallejo veterans who gave their lives during World War I, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm and Iraqi freedom. The funds are intended to restore the four bronze plaques listing the 285 soldiers, sailors and airman from Vallejo that were stolen from the Vallejo waterfront commemorative location in 2006 by vandals.

The Vallejo Veterans Memorial Building Council has undertaken this project with the aid and assistance of ordinary citizens and veterans of the Vallejo community.

Plaques listing the names of the 285 veterans will be replace using granite, engraved with the names of the individuals as they appeared on the original plaques; new names will be added for those Vallejo soldiers, sailors and airman lost during the current Iraq and Afghanistan conflict.

Should citizens wish to donate to this worthy endeavor, the donation can be mailed to: VVMB, 420 Admiral Callaghan Lane, Vallejo, CA 94591-Veterans Plaque Fund.

Gary W. Smith
Secretary-Treasurer
Vallejo Veterans Memorial Building Council

#578

From: "Pacific Merchant Marine Council" <pmmc@...>
Date: Wed Dec 16, 2009 8:23 pm
Subject: San Francisco Bar Pilots Support the California Maritime Academy

pmmc@...

http://marinelink.com/en-US/News/Article/332763.aspx

We commend SFBPA, http://www.sfbarpilots.com, for their renewed support for CMA.

Anyone care to take the initiative to get the SFBPA as a community affiliate member of our council?

Phelps

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San Francisco Bar Pilots Support Cal Maritime

Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 1:25 AM

The San Francisco Bar Pilots Association (SFBPA) is renewing and strengthening its long-standing support for The California Maritime Academy through a combination of scholarships and support for enhanced recruitment efforts totaling over $75,000 over the next five years.

SFBPA President, Capt. Peter McIsaac said his organization has formalized a five-year commitment to the Academy to underwrite four annually-renewable $2,500 scholarships for cadets pursuing a Bachelor�s degree and licensure as a qualified deck officer. The organization also made a five-year commitment to assist Cal Maritime�s Center for Excellence and Learning in its efforts to recruit educationally and economically disadvantaged students.

�A majority of our pilots are graduates of the California Maritime Academy and we appreciate the Academy�s contribution and service to the maritime industry,� said Captain Peter McIsaac, President of the San Francisco Bar Pilots. �The Academy�s curriculum and training help prepare students for a lifetime at the helm, on the bridge and at sea. We are proud to do our part and support the Academy�s mission in creating the next generation of global mariners.�

Cal Maritime President William B. Eisenhardt expressed his deep thanks to the Pilots for their ongoing support of the Academy, one of seven U.S. maritime academies and the only one on the West Coast. �Our ties to the piloting profession are long and deep along the Pacific Rim,� he noted. �Nearly one-third of all the pilots currently guiding ships in and out of ports from southern California to Seattle, Alaska and Hawaii, are Cal Maritime graduates. For the San Francisco Bar Pilots organization, it�s almost two-thirds. Many of today�s pilots were able to complete their educations only because of the scholarship help they got when they were in school.�

�They understand how important and valuable it is to have assistance like this which allows students to concentrate on their studies and not worry how they will pay for them. The piloting profession is critical to the economy of California and the nation, as over half of all the international trade goods moving in and out of the country transit West Coast ports. The pilot�s skills and knowledge of local ports and harbors are vital to the safe passage of these vessels and their cargoes. We are pleased to see our ties with SFBPA extended and strengthened through their generous support and commitment to the school and to our students.�

San Francisco Bar Pilots Information

San Francisco Bar Pilots is a private company categorized under Associations and located in San Francisco, CA. Records show it was established in 1835* and incorporated in California. It is also the San Francisco Bar Pilots Benevolent and Protective Association.

Telephone: 415-362-5436

Fax: 415-982-4721

Postal Address:

Pier 9 East End
San Francisco, Ca. 94111

From the website: http://www.sfbarpilots.com

For more than a century and a half, the San Francisco Bar Pilots have ensured the safe and efficient movement of the largest vessels that traverse the San Francisco Bay, adjacent bays and tributaries, and Monterey Bay.

Our services are essential to the flow of goods between the bay and the world. We move more than 9,000 vessels a year, working closely with shipping agencies, tug companies, and the U.S. Coast Guard to deliver cargo and passengers safely and on time.

Sixty pilots are members of the San Francisco Bar Pilots Association. Our scope of services is unique in that it includes bar, river and bay pilotage. In addition, we have a far-reaching service area that encompasses the entire San Francisco Bay Area, and Stockton, Sacramento, and Monterey Bay. The pilotage grounds map demonstrates the vast area we service.

Despite narrow channels and rivers, shallow shoals and sand bars, shifting currents and tides, the San Francisco Bar Pilots expertly and efficiently navigate them, along with thick fog, high winds and winter storms. We possess the experience, shiphandling skills and local knowledge that enable us to move seagoing vessels in one of the most dangerous pilotage areas in the country.

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San Francisco Bar Pilots Donate 150 Bicycles, Toys On 60th Anniversary of SF Firefighter Toy Program - Monday, December 14, 2009

David T. Matsuda to be nominated Maritime Administrator

President Obama is to nominate David T. Matsuda as U. S. Maritime Administrator.

Mr. Matsuda has been serving as Deputy Administrator and Acting Administrator of the United States Maritime Administration since July 2009.

Prior to his current position, he was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation, where he served as a chief policy advisor and focused on issues including surface transportation reauthorization, maritime matters, labor issues and high-speed rail, and oversaw key projects including the rollout of two new infrastructure grant programs.

Previously, Matsuda spent more than seven years working in the United States Senate, helping to draft and secure passage of critical pieces of significant federal transportation legislation, including modernization of oil pollution prevention and response programs and security improvements at U.S. seaports.

Matsuda has served on the staff of U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation's Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, the Office of Chief Counsel at the USDOT's Federal Railroad Administration and as a Georgetown University Government Affairs Institute Fellow. He earned his B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif, and his J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law in San Diego.

Maritime Administration (MARAD)
The U. S. Department of Transportation's Maratime Administration focus is to improve U. S. maritime transportation including the intrafacture, industry, and labor. It promotes the development and maintenance of our nation's merchant marine.MARAD also seeks to ensure that the United States maintains adequate shipbuilding and repair services, efficient ports, effective intermodal water and land transportation systems, and reserve shipping capacity for use in time of national emergency.
http://marad.dot.gov

Rear Admiral Mark H. Buzby 25th Commander, Military Sealift Command.

http://marinelink.com/en-US/News/Article/332219.aspx

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PMMC-NLUS/message/541

Military Sealift Command (MSC)
The Military Sealift Command provides ocean transportation of equipment, fuel, supplies and ammunition to sustain U.S. forces worldwide during peacetime and in war. The MSC is the sea transportation component for the United States Transportation Command.
http://www.msc.navy.mil

#580

From: "Phelps Hobart" <nlsac@...>
Date: Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:20 pm
Subject: USCGC WAESCHE (WMSL 751) commissioning

usaseapower

Please visit the new USCGC WAESCHE (WMSL 751) commissioning website http://www.uscgcwaesche.com. Several photos as well as the opportunity to donate online. The Navy League's front page, http://www.navyleague.org, indicates the date is 7 May 2010 and the text below mentions that the Alameda Council is coordinating the ceremony.

More on the internet about the ship: http://us.yhs.search.yahoo.com/avg/search?fr=yhs-avg&type=yahoo_avg_hs2-tb-web_us&p=WAESCHE%20(WMSL-751)%20.

Commandant Admiral Thad Allen is very active with posts and photos on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/search/?flt=1&q=Navy+League&o=69&sid=100000201093578.2791146174..1&s=10#/USCGCommandant?v=wall&ref=mf.

Phelps Hobart

Web Yeoman

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The May 2010 Commissioning Ceremony

Presented by the Navy League of the United States

Join the Navy League of the United States in commissioning the new United States Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751)!

By sending in your contribution today you will ensure the Waesche and her crew sets off ready for action.

USCGC Waesche (WMSL 751) is the second ship in a new class of National Security Cutters. She is a state-of-the-art 418-foot vessel designed to meet the challenges that the Coast Guard will face for years to come. Waesche will be commissioned in Alameda, California at Coast Guard Island in May 2010. The Navy League of the United States, Alameda Council is coordinating the ceremony of this new ship.

Make history and be part of this important event!

Take ownership interest in the first day of the USCGC Waesche, named for Admiral R.R. Waesche, Commandant of the Coast Guard during World War Two. Share the pride when this beautiful ship comes to life, manned by the outstanding men and women of today's modern Coast Guard.

Your tax-deductable contribution makes a real difference in the lives of the Coast Guard personnel. Come and show your support, stand alongside us, and applaud the sacrifices of our men and women.

#581

From: "Pacific Merchant Marine Council" <pmmc@...>
Date: Sat Dec 19, 2009 1:49 am
Subject: Clay Maitland Blog

pmmc@...

Ahoy,

Probably our council's links page, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PMMC-NLUS/links, with a 130+ links already may not need another. But here goes - one more of a timely nature, Clay Maitland's Blog. I found the posts written by him and his team well thought out and cogent. See http://www.claymaitland.com/about to read a bit more about him as an individual and his international team, Dr. Hans Payer, Michael Grey, and Neville Smith.

I would love to see our own Captain John Denham post his comments and well as the Navy League's Merchant Marine Committee Chairman Vice Admiral Al Herberger enter his compositions on the subject. Below are three recent posts that should stimulate dialog.

Phelps

PS Here are a few more blogs, some already on our links page.

Taxation and representation

By Michael Grey

Posted on | December 18, 2009 | No Comments

There seems an air of increasing desperation in Copenhagen, as the Danish police call for reinforcements to beat back the armies of anti-capitalist demonstrators and assorted greens now frantically laying siege to the bizarre meeting which is attempting to save the world.

In an attempt to get somebody to agree to something, it seems that shipping and aviation might now be targeted as a useful contributor to the amorphous fund which must be cobbled together to bribe the developing nations to go quietly, as the newly industrialized nations seem to have other ideas of what constitutes consensus.

And what is worse, some bright spark has come up with the idea of the United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change becoming the �banker�, collecting and presumably distributing the vast sums to be raised by taxing aviation and ships� bunker fuel.

It is worth analyzing what this could mean. Firstly that it is the UN which will be levying a tax upon all of us who use ships and aircraft, which in the case of the former, means a tax on virtually everyone on the planet, for whose life is not touched materially by the passage of merchant ships? It is, not to put too fine a point upon it, world government.

Secondly, this is taxation without proper representation , with no confidence in any competent authority, which can collect the money fairly and distribute it properly. And for what purpose? It is because transport is viewed as a soft touch , and one that coincides with the twisted views of the mad greens rioting around the Copenhagen climate change festival as the blizzards (a final irony) clamp down. How on earth will making shipping goods around the world more expensive benefit anyone, and especially those who can afford it least. But madder things have happened at the 11^th hour at these frantic, futile international beanfeasts. Remember, taxation without representation was responsible, so history informs us, for an earlier, but perhaps more significant riot, in Boston.

Here is one on a local incident posted by Mr. Maitland

Holes in the fence

By Clay Maitland

Posted on | December 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

When the Cosco Busan struck the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on November 27, 2007, in a heavy fog, it became an exhibit in the ongoing debate about the importance of crew qualifications.

The San Francisco Bay pilot, John Cota, had a medical history, and appears to have been taking, in the words of the National Transportation Safety Board, ��a number of medications, the types and dosages of which would be expected to degrade cognitive performance, and these effects were present on the day of the accident.�

The NTSB report also related that the pilot and the master �failed to engage in a comprehensive master-pilot information exchange before the ship departed the dock.�

Among other things, the Board found that the master failed to implement several procedures found in the company safety management system (SMS), and the manual containing these procedures was only in English, not in Chinese, which was the spoken language of the bridge crew.

The crew, moreover, were new to the vessel, new to the management company, and had not worked together previously. It found that the crew were inadequately trained in vessel operations and safety procedures.

Finally, the Board found that the United States Coast Guard had failed to require that mariners, including pilots, report changes in their medical condition, between medical evaluations: �The USCG, which had the ultimate responsibility for determining the pilot�s medical qualification for retaining his merchant mariner�s license, should not have allowed the pilot to continue his duties because the pilot was not medically fit.�

When the Cosco Busan struck the bridge, the damage to ship and shoreline as a result of spilled bunkers came to $70m for the clean-up, $2m for the ship, and $1.5m for the bridge � - not to mention the numerous dead birds, tallied by the local authorities.

All of this is food for thought, when we talk about problems of crew hiring, management and training. One of the unsolved challenges of today and tomorrow is how to compensate for the treatment of seafarers as a mere commodity. This state of affairs is probably the greatest threat to safety at sea at the present time, at least among commercial vessels.

And one more that hits home for the Navy League and our council.

The Other Human Element in shipping

By Clay Maitland

Posted on | December 14, 2009 | No Comments

When shipping gurus, or guru wannabes, gather, we often speak of the �human element.�

This is understood to be the merchant seafarers who are, as is well known, often in short supply these days. There is, however, another �human dimension,� one that we often forget.

I refer to the public as a whole. Our industry, absorbed in communicating with itself, has never gotten the hang of establishing rapport with the people we serve � the hundreds of millions of members of the human race who depend, whether they know it or not, on the maritime supply chain to receive the necessaries of life. And so, we bewail (a) our supposed obscurity, and (b) our bad public image.

Some of us believe that this need not be so. Every so often, a beam of sunlight illuminates our inward-looking world, and gives a hint of how we could break down the wall of stuffiness that surrounds us. Continuted...

#582

From: "usaseapower" <nlsac@...>
Date: Sat Dec 19, 2009 2:10 am
Subject: Re: State Audit Finds Bay Area Pilots Still Missing Mark

usaseapower

Received this update on the Bureau of State Audits Board of Pilot Commissioners Report:

The Bureau of State Audits presents its report, 2009-043, Board of Pilot
Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun: It Needs to
Develop Procedures and Controls Over Its Operations and Finances to Ensure That
It Complies With Legal Requirements.
This report is now available at http://www.bsa.ca.gov
Click here for:
Executive Summary http://www.bsa.ca.gov/reports/summary/2009-043
Fact Sheet in PDF Format http://www.bsa.ca.gov/pdfs/factsheets/2009-043.pdf
Report in PDF Format http://www.bsa.ca.gov/pdfs/reports/2009-043.pdf
Instructions are also available on the Website for ordering copies of the
reports. If you need any additional information about this report or any other
report, please contact Margarita Fern�ndez, Chief of Public Affairs, at (916) 445-0255.

#583

From: "Phelps Hobart" <nlsac@...>
Date: Sat Dec 19, 2009 4:59 pm
Subject: Re: XEROX IS DOING SOMETHING COOL and the Navy League Can Help

usaseapower

Thanks Glenn for the "heads up" on this. Being able to choose a pre-written message or write a personal one is a nice touch. I appreciated reading the replies from the troops posted at the website.

And thanks for all you do within the Navy League.

Phelps Hobart

Web Yeoman

Pacific Central Region, NLUS

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----- Original Message -----

From: Glenn Looney

Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 8:03 AM

Subject: XEROX IS DOING SOMETHING COOL and the Navy League Can Help

Let's make this a Navy League effort and every member do it. It actually takes less than one minute to do.

XEROX IS DOING SOMETHING COOL

If you go to this web site, http://www.letssaythanks.com you can pick out a thank-you postcard, add a personal message, and Xerox will print and send it to a member of the armed forces that is currently serving in Iraq . You can't pick out who gets it, but it will go to a member of the armed services.

How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!

It is FREE. You have the option to choose one of eleven messages or compose your own. There are a number of cards to select from; the graphics are by school children.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if each person serving with the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard received a bunch of these? It takes just seconds and it's a wonderful way to say thank you.

Please take the time to send to our troops and then please take the time to pass it on for others to do. We can never say enough thank yous.
Thanks for taking to time to support our military!

#584

From: "Pacific Merchant Marine Council" <pmmc@...>
Date: Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:37 am
Subject: Vice Admiral Jody A. Breckenridge, USCG, Our Guest of Honor December 21

pmmc@...

Carl Nolte, Chronicle Staff Writer

Members and Friends,

I can't cover all of her biography at the luncheon, so here it is from three sources.

Phelps

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Vice Admiral Jody A. Breckenridge, USCG

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vice Admiral Jody A. Breckenridge assumed duties as Commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area in July 2009. The Area of Operations for this command encompasses over 73 million square miles throughout the Pacific Basin to the Far East. Vice Admiral Breckenridge oversees the operation of units performing missions in maritime safety, maritime mobility, protection of natural resources, maritime security, homeland security, and national defense. In addition, she oversees two service level commands - the Deployable Operations Group and the Coast Guard Force Readiness Command.

Early life and education

Breckenridge grew up in Potomac, Maryland and joined the Coast Guard in 1976. She received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, earned a Masters Degree in Public Policy from the University of Maryland and a Masters Degree of Science in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. While attending the University of Maryland, she was elected to the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi and was presented an Excellence in Scholarship award, graduating with honors. In 2007 she was honored with the University of Maryland Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Career

Prior to this assignment, she served as the Director, Strategic Transformation Team where she was responsible for aligning and synchronizing the efforts to transform and modernize the Coast Guard. Simultaneously, she served as Assistant Commandant for Human Resources where she had oversight of the Coast Guard�s HR professionals. From 2005-2006 VADM Breckenridge served as Commander of the Eleventh Coast Guard District in Alameda, CA overseeing Coast Guard operations in the SW and the Eastern Pacific. During her tenure, the Eleventh District stepped up its interagency collaboration leading to record drug seizures including the M/V GATUN, the largest maritime interdiction in US history, and the arrest of Francisco Javier Arellano Felix, head of the Arellano Felix Drug Cartel. Her initial flag assignment was as Commander, Maintenance and Logistics Command Pacific with responsibility for all mission support in the Pacific Theater.

Breckenridge graduated from Officer Candidate School in June 1976. Her first tour of duty was in the National Response Center, eventually as Senior Watchstander. Afterwards, she was assigned to the Pollution Response Branch of the Marine Environmental Protection Division at the Coast Guard Headquarters. During that time, she served as a White House Social Aide. For a short time, she worked in the Coast Guard Academy for summer training programs.

In September 1979, Vice Admiral Breckenridge reported to Group Seattle, where she served as the Assistant Port Safety Officer and was then selected as the first Group Operations Officer. Subsequent duty assignments have included the Coast Guard Pay and Personnel Center, Coast Guard Headquarters, postgraduate school at the University of Maryland, Chief of Officer Candidate School at Training Center Yorktown, VA, Executive Officer of Integrated Support Center Seattle, Coast Guard Personnel Command (Chief, Officer Assignments), Industrial College of the Armed Services, the Coast Guard Personnel Command (Assistant Chief and Chief, Officer Personnel Management Division), and Commanding Officer, Coast Guard Recruiting Command. While assigned to the Personnel Command, Vice Admiral Breckenridge represented the Coast Guard on a five-month Department of Defense study entitled "The Officer Personnel Structure for the 21st Century". Vice Admiral Breckenridge also served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Coast Guard Headquarters.

Awards

Vice Admiral Breckenridge's awards include two Legion of Merits, the Meritorious Service Medal, four Coast Guard Commendation Medals, two Achievement Medals, the Commandant's Letter of Commendation, and four Meritorious Team Commendations.

Legion of Merit with one Gold Star
Meritorious Service Medal
Coast Guard Commendation Medal with three Gold Stars
Coast Guard Achievement Medal with Gold Star
Commandant's Letter of Commendation
Meritorious Team Commendation with three gold Stars

External links

ALAMEDA

U.S. Coast Guard Adm. runs a tight ship

Monday, January 1, 2007

Jody Breckenridge is a slender woman with brown hair and a soft voice. In civilian clothes, it would be difficult to pick her out in a crowd.

But Breckenridge, who is 53, married and the mother of four children, is anything but ordinary. She is a rear Admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard and commanding officer of Coast Guard District 11, based on an island just off the shore in Alameda.

She carries a lot of responsibility on her shoulders -- the coastline of California, inland waterways in California, Arizona (like Lake Powell), Nevada and Utah, plus operational jurisdiction in offshore waters out 1,000 miles and waters off the coasts of Central America, where the Coast Guard performs rescues and stalks vessels carrying drugs.

More than 2,600 active duty, reserve and civilian employees work for her. She also has 16 Coast Guard cutters, enough small boats to fill a harbor, five air stations, a number of shore installations and even a Coast Guard station on Lake Tahoe.

Among the Coast Guard's responsibilities is security of the country's ports. Breckenridge's district includes the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach -- the busiest ports in the country. She is also responsible for the Port of Oakland, the seventh-busiest port in the United States. There is also San Diego, San Francisco, and smaller seaports like Eureka, Sacramento, Stockton and Port Hueneme.

Though ports may seem like anachronisms to modern Californians, the state's big ports are booming, setting records for cargo almost every month. They handle the lion's share of American foreign trade, especially from China and other Asian countries. More than 8,000 ships called at Long Beach and Los Angeles last year, carrying everything from Christmas toys to cars and electronic gear.

Many of the ships are huge and getting bigger. It is routine now for cargo ships carrying freight in containers to be larger than the famous ocean liner Titanic. And nearly all of these ships do not fly the American flag.

The Port of Los Angeles handled $189 billion worth of cargo in 2005; Oakland had just under half that volume of cargo, but Oakland is also growing; cargo is up 10 percent this year over last.

"I don't think there is any public understanding of what economic impact there would be if these ports were disrupted,'' Breckenridge said.

The main threat, of course, is terrorism. Before the Sept. 11 attacks, port security took up only 2 percent of the Coast Guard's time. Now it is a big deal.

To deal with port security, Breckenridge has a fleet of small, fast boats, armed with machine guns; she has a special SWAT team to take care of really bad customers; she oversees constant patrols. The Coast Guard also has an intelligence center that monitors ship movements all over the Pacific. There are constant inspections of ships and cargo.

"I think we are much safer than we were,'' Breckenridge says evenly. "We are working to reduce the risk. There is no exact way to quantify how safe is safe."

Breckenridge also has tactical responsibility for the country's anti-drug patrols at sea. Though the big 378-foot cutters used on ocean patrols are under the control of Breckenridge's boss, Vice Adm. Charles Wurster, commander of the whole Pacific Area, when it comes to action, "the ship shifts to me,'' Breckenridge said.

Two of the big cutters have had spectacular success -- the cutter Boutwell seized 11.5 tons of cocaine in four separate boarding incidents off the coast of Central America this fall.

In mid-November, the cutter Steadfast, based in Oregon, boarded and seized what it described as "a semi-submersible craft" -- evidently some kind of drug-running submarine -- off the coast of Costa Rica. It had 3.5 tons of cocaine aboard. Breckenridge had the ultimate tactical responsibility for that raid.

"She understands the process, not only tactically doing it but how to support the people and the assets to get the job done,'' said Capt. Rob Lorigan, the 11th district's chief of staff.

The Coast Guard's most familiar role is one of its oldest -- coming to the aid of mariners in distress. The 11th District's men and women mounted 4,056 search-and-rescue missions and conducted 2,300 vessel inspections in 2005.

But this is not your grandfather's Coast Guard. Breckenridge was among the first women commissioned as regular officers in the Coast Guard. The service was much smaller when women were first admitted to the Coast Guard Academy in 1973.

Breckenridge herself was a student at the Virginia Tech, majoring in biology. She was interested in oceanography and environmental studies. "The Coast Guard was expanding its role in environmental areas,'' she said. "If you look at what we do -- in inspections and in other areas -- there is a lot of technical skill involved.''

Breckenridge did not attend the Coast Guard Academy, the source of most of the service's officers. Instead, she went to Officer Candidate School and got a commission in the summer of 1976.

She has had a number of increasingly complicated assignments in port safety, operations, personnel and officer training. She has two master's degrees -- one in public policy and the other in resource strategy. She is a technical and operations officer; she has never had sea duty.

In 1980, when she was stationed in Seattle, she married Paul Breckenridge, then an officer assigned to a Coast Guard buoy tender. Paul Breckenridge left the Coast Guard -- "I got tired of sailing a desk,'' he said. She also considered leaving, Paul Breckenridge says, but changed her mind.

He was always interested in veterinary medicine -- at first working with large animals, like horses and cattle. Since his wife moved around in the typical pattern of military service, Paul Breckenridge never set up a regular practice. And then, he specialized in small animals, like dogs and cats. They split the parenting duties; now he works part time as an emergency vet in Novato, where the couple live.

They have four children, three boys and a girl -- the oldest, Ian, 25, is a first lieutenant in the Army and recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq.

The youngest, Cira, who is 17, is a senior at Novato High School and a guard on the girl's basketball team. "In my in-box and on my calendar are all my daughter's games,'' Jody Breckenridge says. She tries to go to all the games.

How does she balance being an Adm. and the mother of a high school basketball player? "Well,'' she says, "we have always been into sports. You become very good at forming carpools.

Jody Breckenridge was one of the female pioneer Coast Guard officers. She doesn't talk about it much, but it wasn't easy to rise. "Women have to work twice as hard as men,'' Paul Breckenridge says. "Women coming into the Coast Guard now have a bright future. They don't have the fight senior women did.''

"She is really bright,'' said Rear Adm. Manson Brown, who runs the Coast Guard's Maintenance and Logistics Command Pacific. "She's very focused and has the magic touch with people. I look on her as a mentor.''

Being an officer in a service as small as the Coast Guard is like a game of musical chairs. If an officer is not selected for advancement, that officer is out of the service, usually by early retirement.

Officers in a higher rank, like captain, may get a second chance at being selected for promotion. One night in 2002, Breckenridge's daughter answered the phone at the family's Novato home.

"Mom,'' Cira said, "it's Adm. Costello.'' He was then commandant of the Coast Guard.

Breckenridge, then a captain, felt a chill. "I thought I had not been selected to continue and the Adm. was calling so late to offer condolences,'' she said. "Instead, he told me I'd been selected for flag rank.''

With Congress' approval, Jody Breckenridge is now a rear Adm.. There are four female Adm.s of the 43 officers with flag rank in the Coast Guard.

At that time, she was given command of another unit in Alameda. At the end of March, she was given the 11th district.

Breckenridge, said Vice Adm. Wurster, her boss, is "one of the finest officers I've known in my Coast Guard career.''

It may not be the Coast Guard of long ago, but the sea traditions are still carefully observed. The change of command ceremony was right out of a Patrick O'Brian sea novel. When Breckenridge approached, wearing a ceremonial sword, the band played two ruffles flourishes, and cannons boomed a 13-gun salute. She relieved Rear Adm. Kevin Eldridge, who was retiring, read her orders and gave her first command: "Raise my flag.''

How does she like her job? "I'm loving it,'' she said. "Every day when I get up, I think how much I love going to work. I put in long hours, but I'm here because I want to be here.''

Vice Admiral Jody A. Breckenridge

Commander Coast Guard Pacific Area

Commander Coast Guard Defense Forces West

United States Coast Guard

Vice Admiral Jody A. Breckenridge assumed duties as Commander,

Coast Guard Pacific Area in July 2009. The Area of Operations for

this command encompasses over 73 million square miles throughout

the Pacific Basin to the Far East. Vice Admiral Breckenridge

oversees the operation of units performing missions in maritime

safety, maritime mobility, protection of natural resources, maritime

security, homeland security, and national defense.

Prior to this assignment, she served as the Director, Strategic

Transformation Team where she was responsible for aligning and

synchronizing the efforts to transform and modernize the Coast

Guard. Simultaneously, she served as Assistant Commandant for

Human Resources where she had oversight of the Coast Guard�s HR professionals. From 2005-

2006 VADM Breckenridge served as Commander of the Eleventh Coast Guard District in

Alameda, CA overseeing Coast Guard operations in the SW and the Eastern Pacific. During her

tenure, the Eleventh District stepped up its interagency collaboration leading to record drug

seizures including the M/V GATUN, the largest maritime interdiction in US history, and the

arrest of Francisco Javier Arellano Felix, head of the Arellano Felix Drug Cartel. Her initial

flag assignment was as Commander, Maintenance and Logistics Command Pacific with

responsibility for all mission support in the Pacific Theater.

Vice Admiral Breckenridge�s other career assignments include Coast Guard Deputy Chief of

Staff, Commanding Officer of the Recruiting Command, Personnel Command (Officer

Personnel Assistant and Division Chief, Officer Assignments Chief), Executive Officer

Integrated Support Command Seattle, Executive Officer Base Seattle, Chief, Officer Candidate

School, Coast Guard Pay and Personnel Center, Group Seattle Operations Officer, Group/COTP

Seattle Assistant Port Safety Officer, Headquarters Marine Environmental Protection Division

and National Response Center.

Vice Admiral Breckenridge was commissioned upon completion of Officer Candidate School in

June, 1976. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from Virginia Tech, a Masters

in Public Policy from the University of Maryland, and a Masters of Science in National

Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. While attending the

University of Maryland, she was elected to the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi and was

presented an Excellence in Scholarship Award, graduating with honors.

Vice Admiral Breckenridge's personal awards include three Legion of Merits, three Meritorious

Service Medals, four Coast Guard Commendation Medals, Achievement Medal, and the

Commandant's Letter of Commendation.

#585

From: "Pacific Merchant Marine Council" <pmmc@...>
Date: Tue Dec 22, 2009 5:09 pm
Subject: Cold ironing | APL to Cold Iron Oakland Terminal, Vessels

pmmc@...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Ironing

Members and Friends,

Improving air quality at our ports is right up there with security and other concerns. We have been tracking its progress. Trucks are undergoing major upgrades. Railroads and short sea shipping also are elements to to improve air quality at our ports.

This article as well as the recent announcement by APL at the Port of Oakland bring it into focus. There is also a web citation for activities at the Port of Los Angeles. Much more can be found on the web.

The costs for cleaner air are essentially paid for by consumers and taxpayers who ultimately fund the government portion of the improvements. I don't like to see our California ports loose their completive edge to Canadian and Mexican ports but clean air is important. Shoreside power is produced somewhere and it too must be clean.

Below explains, in part, what is going on.

Phelps

Cold Ironing

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cold Ironing^[1]

(or AMP - Alternative Maritime Power) is the process of providing shore-side electrical power to a ship at berth while its main and auxiliary engines are turned off. Cold ironing permits emergency equipment, refrigeration, cooling, heating, lighting, and other equipment to receive continuous electrical power while the ship loads or unloads its cargo.

History

Cold ironing is a shipping industry term that first came into use when all ships had coal fired iron clad engines. When a ship would tie up at port there was no need to continue to feed the fire and the iron engines would literally cool down eventually going completely cold, hence the term "cold ironing".

Modern Day

A ship can cold iron by simply connecting to another ship's power supply; a process the US Navy and other navies have practiced for many years, or from a shore-side power source. Recently cold ironing has been looked to as a means to mitigate air pollution by significantly reducing, and in some cases, completely eliminating harmful emissions from diesel engines.

Unlike national navy vessels, commercial ships do not sustain long port stays and stay on power generated internally through diesel powered generators (auxiliary engines). As ships traditionally were not subject to emissions control, since the days of diesel powered ships, research was largely focused on using cheaper forms of fuel to run their engines.

As a result, internationally, ships have been using Heavy Furnace Oil � residual petroleum � as the optimal choice of fuel. This fuel, the reverse of gas oils (which are derived through distillation of crude oil), is high on particulate matter and studies show that one ship can pollute as much as 50 million cars annually. The fuel used by ships is called bunker fuel.

Further research ^[2] indicates 60,000 of cardio-pulmonary mortalities due to Particulate Matter from ship emissions. These deaths have been detected far inland due to prevailing wind conditions from seaward. Total world trading fleet stands at 50,000+ merchant ships (Lloyds data as of Jan-2008). Each ship spends approximately 100 days in port in a year.

For every kilowatt-hour (kW h) electricity, about 200 grams of bunker fuel is consumed. Each 1 kilo of bunker oil =3.125 kilos of Carbon dioxide. It is assessed that globally ships use 411,223,484 tonnes of fuel annually.

Keeping these reports in mind, new regulatory norms have been mandated by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The level of Sulfur is one of the benchmarks in measuring quality of fuel and Marpol Annex VI requires use of <4.5% sulfur fuel effective 2010. The target is to reduce world maritime sulfur output to <0.5% by 2020. Some regions (eg. California) already require ships switch to cleaner fuel in when in their local waters.

Cold ironing does away with the need of burning fossil fuel all together on board ships. In this concept, ships visiting ports are hooked on to local grid power � or other sources � power sources which are already regulated by local pollution norms. This shore sourced power serves the ship�s cargo handling machinery and hotelling requirements. Effectively, all generating sources are shut down and ship is hence cold-ironed.

This brings immediate relief from pollution by shipboard emissions and allows a more holistic maintenance schedule to be followed by ship operators � they are typically hard-put to maintain planned maintenance schedules due to commercial operating pressures.

Concerns & Problems

Compatibility of electricity parameters- ships having been built in diverse international yards, have no uniform voltage and frequency requirement. Some ships use 220 volts at 50 Hz, some at 60 Hz, some others use 110 volts. Primary distribution voltage can vary from 440 volts to 11 Kvolts.

Load requirement varies from ship to ship � ranges from a few hundred kW in case of car carriers to a dozen or more MW in case of passenger ships or reefer ships.

Connectors and cables are not internationally standardized, though work has progressed in this direction. There are other legal implications to outsourcing primary power source (see article). ^[1]

All these problems are addressable and work has already begun in reducing ship emissions by cold ironing.

Monday, December 21, 2009

http://www.pmmonlinenews.com/2009/12/apl-to-cold-iron-oakland-terminal.html

APL to Cold Iron Oakland Terminal, Vessels

Shipping and logistics firm APL is teaming up with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District on an $11 million project to cut ocean-going vessel emissions near the Port of Oakland.

Nearly $5 million of the project will come from air quality grants and will go toward retrofitting the APL terminal at the Oakland port and the carrier's vessels that call there, to use dockside electric power.

Ocean-going vessels generate a large percentage of their pollution per visit while sitting idling at the dock and running generators to provide maintenance power. Dockside power, sometimes called ship-to-shore power or cold ironing, allows the vessels to plug into the shoreside power grid and shut down the on-ship generators, dramatically reducing in-port emissions.

Cold ironing their terminal and vessels at Oakland will, according to APL, cut more than 50,000 pounds of nitrogen oxide emissions� a leading component of smog� from ships berthed in Oakland and 1,500 pounds of particulate matter� often seen as smokestack soot� annually.

When completed late next year, the cold-ironing portion of the program will see APL become the first terminal and carrier at the Oakland port to cold iron.

The state of California is planning to make cold ironing of ocean-going vessels mandatory by 2014.

�Diesel emissions from port operations have a serious health impact in the West Oakland community,� said Jack Broadbent, Executive Officer of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. �APL is getting a head start to reduce emissions well before the state deadline.�

While APL will pick up the majority of the $11 million price tag, $2.8 million in grant money from the state Goods Movement Bond Program will be used to electrify berths at Global Gateway Central, the recently expanded and upgraded APL terminal at the Port of Oakland. An additional $2 million grant from the state Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program will be used to retrofit the first three APL container ships for cold ironing.

http://www.portoflosangeles.org/environment/alt_maritime_power.asp

#586

From: "Pacific Merchant Marine Council" <pmmc@...>
Date: Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:03 pm
Subject: Fw: Congress Completes FY 2010 Appropriations Bills

pmmc@...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SeaPower

Members and Friends,

We welcome your engagement to be on our council's "NLUS Legislative Grass Roots" team whereby we make calls on Representatives and district office staff with our NLUS message. See the NLUS Congressional Contact Center, http://www.navyleague.org/legislative_affairs/index.php, for additional information.

Thanks,

Phelps

___________________________________________

----- Original Message -----

From: Phelps Hobart

To: PCR-NLUS@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1:55 PM

Subject: Fw: Congress Completes FY 2010 Appropriations Bills

For those of you in contact with your US Congressional Representatives, below is some current news.

This site, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SeaPower, on the subject earned a 1st Place Mackie Award along with the PCR-NLUS Online Newsletter, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCR-NLUS, at the NLUS 2009 National Convention. Something had to give this past year and maintaining it for 2009 was the sacrifical lamb. I will try to reestablish it in 2010; anyone care to be an additional moderator?

SeaPower · Sea Power Ambassador

MISSION: The Sea Power Ambassador program was an initiative of the American Shipbuilding Association and the Navy League of the United States to educate the American public and our nation's elected officials on the need to rebuild the fleet of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard to meet America's security requirements in the 21st Century. On 19 October 2004, the Navy League severed its ties with this program (see post 268).

CRISIS: America faces a national security crisis. The U.S. Navy fleet has dropped from 594 ships in 1987 to 280 ships today. This number represents the smallest Navy in our Nation's history since 1917. For 12 years, the nation has been ordering on average six new warships a year. This is the lowest rate of naval ship production since 1932, and if continued, our Navy will shrink to a fleet of 180 ships. While the Navy's fleet is on a dive course, the need for a larger and more capable fleet is more imperative now than at any other time in our history.

RESOURCES: This site provides information about the maritime fleet, the shipbuilding industry, contractors, potential adversaries, and other items pertaining to the subject.

INVITATION: Please join and use SeaPower as an aid to covey our message to our nation's citizens and government officials.

SITE MODERATOR:
Phelps Hobart
President, Pacific Merchant Marine Council
National Director
Navy League of the United States
PMMC at cwo dot com | (916) 739.6949

I am currently having problems posting grapics in my Emails. I will get it resolved hopefully.

Phelps

Web Yeoman, PCR

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Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 1:00 PM

Subject: Congress Completes FY 2010 Appropriations Bills

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December 21, 2009

Congress Appropriates $12.5 Billion for Seven Naval Ships
On December 16th, the House of Representatives passed the FY 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Bill (HR 3326, as amended). The legislation was passed in the Senate on December 19th. Congress agreed to appropriate $12.5 billion for seven new naval ships. Funding provides for the procurement of one Virginia class submarine, one DDG-51 Arleigh Burke multi-mission destroyer, two T-AKE combat logistics force ships, two littoral combat vessels, and one joint high speed vessel. The bill further provides funding to complete the third DDG-1000 Zumwalt class multi-mission destroyer, and the tenth LPD-17 amphibious transport dock ship. Congress also added $170 million in advance procurement funding to the budget request for the LHA-7 amphibious assault ship. This advance funding will help to achieve a construction start in FY 2011.

Funding Provided for Commercial Shipbuilding and Job Creation
In an effort to stimulate job growth and invest in America’s Marine Highway, the Jobs for Main Street Act (HR 2847, as amended) provides $100 million for the Title XI Ship Loan Guarantee Program. The legislation passed the House of Representatives on December 16th. The Senate will not consider this legislation until 2010. Funding in the Jobs for Main Street Act is derived from a redirection of unused Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) savings. Congress appropriated a combined $35 million for new Title XI loan guarantees in the FY 2010 Transportation and Defense Appropriations bills ($5 million was appropriated in the Transportation Appropriations Bill and $30 million was included in the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill).

The Title XI program, administered by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) of the Department of Transportation, provides small and medium sized ship owners with a federal guarantee of 87.5 percent of commercial bank loans for a period of 25 years for the construction of commercial ships in the United States. Title XI financing is used by U.S. ship owners to replace and expand their fleets of ships to meet the Nation’s energy transportation needs, domestic commerce requirements, and to serve as a military auxiliary fleet in times of emergency. With the tightening of the credit market and hesitancy of lenders to agree to large commercial loans, the federal guarantee provided through the Title XI program is essential to making financing for vessel construction available.

The Title XI program has historically had a 20 to 1 multiplier, generating $20 million in ship construction in the United States for every $1 million appropriated for the program. Once an application for a Title XI loan guarantee is approved, the construction order is immediately placed in a shipyard, instantaneously creating and sustaining thousands of jobs in the shipyard and supplier base for two to three years.

Virginia Members Urge Support for Shipbuilding Jobs
Prior to adjournment of the House of Representatives for the year, Representatives Bobby Scott (D-VA), Glenn Nye (D-VA), and Rob Wittman (R-VA) sent a letter to the Speaker of the House urging Congress to stimulate job growth by building ships in the United States.

Members of the Virginia delegation highlighted that America’s Navy and Coast Guard have unfunded ship requirements. Additionally, commercial ship owners need access to affordable financing to build ships for domestic commerce, and for energy exploration and development. These Members of Congress stress that making investment in America’s sea services a national priority will create and sustain hundreds of thousands of highly skilled jobs in all fifty states.

SEASONS GREETINGS
Thank you for your participation in the Sea Power Ambassador Program. Your support for rebuilding America’s sea services and for creating and sustaining shipbuilding jobs in America is appreciated. Have a wonderful holiday!

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#587

From: "Pacific Merchant Marine Council" <pmmc@...>
Date: Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:24 am
Subject: Fw: CALMITSAC Teleconference and our next full meeting

pmmc@...

http://www.senate.ca.gov/ports

Ahoy Members and Friends,

Thought you might be interested in knowing more about this state group. Some of you may recall me mentioning it in the past. The Chairman, Capt. Robert Dockendorff, USN (Ret.) is a member of our Pacific Merchant Marine Council. I, as a representative of our council, serve on the CALMITSAC as well. I am also on a subcommittee. Attached are some of the agenda items for Wednesday's teleconference. You are welcome to take a look at them and listen in Wednesday but please do not comment - remain quiet. Call me for the passcode prior to the teleconference if so interested.

Heave Ho!

Phelps

California Marine & Intermodal Transportation System Advisory Council, http://www.calmitsac.org:

CALMITSAC's mission is to foster the development of a Marine Transportation System in California that is safe, secure, efficient, environmentally sound, and capable of expanding to meet the needs of the global economy.

----- Original Message -----

From: Fassler-Katz, Norman

To: CALMITSAC Members

Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 3:57 PM

Subject: Teleconference and our next full meeting

Dear CALMITSAC Member: Chairman Robert Dockendorff has asked me to advise you of a teleconference tomorrow, December 23 at 10:00 A.M. We apologize for the late notification, but the material just became available to us.

While we certainly realize that some members have already begun their holiday break, we hope you will be able to dial in for this update on our work. This will serve as an opportunity to bring you our most recent reports on the Green Port, Marine Highway and Federal Freight Policy initiatives. We may also hear from MarAd on several of their agenda items.

We will also hear from Berit Eriksson on a workforce development issue. The call should last no more than an hour.

We will also be reviewing the agenda for our January 20 meeting in Sacramento.

TELECONFERENCE DETAILS -

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23 AT 10:00 A.M. PST

Call in number 712-432-0220

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Take care

"No one is exempt from the call to find common ground"

Norman Fassler-Katz, Sr. Consultant

Senate Transportation

Sub-Committee on California Ports and Goods Movement

Legislative Office Building-Room 554

1020 N Street

Sacramento, CA 95814

916-651-1893 (direct)

916-651-1894 (committee office)

916-324-7081 (fax)
916-708-9148 (cell)

Norman.Fassler-Katz@...

5 of 5 File(s)

091221hr 2651 floor debate.doc

091214Letter to Senator Boxer re HR 2651 (Maritime Workforce Development Act) - Support.pdf

091210Green Port Legislation - Version 5 - 91109.doc

090603H.R. 2651 the Maritime Workforce Development Act.pdf

091214Final Principles for Freight Transportation Improvement.12.14.09.doc

#588

From: "Pacific Merchant Marine Council" <pmmc@...>
Date: Thu Dec 24, 2009 5:54 pm
Subject: Fw: Thank you for your generous donation to Toys for Tots

pmmc@...

Ahoy Members and Friends,

Let me take this opportunity to wish all of you a Very Merry Christmas!

This year the council contributed to Toys for Tots online. The form asked if the gift was in honor of someone and I indicated YES - the American Merchant Marine Veterans and specifically identified our friends in the Golden Gate Chapter. If you are interested in making a personal online contribution visit http://toysfortots.org.

Next year we will fold our council's involvement with Toys for Tots into our budding Youth Activities program. For the physical collection of toys, the council's main collection drive will be early. Our 3rd quarter 3rd Monday luncheon meeting in September, 20 September 2010, is the logical time and date since our Annual Meeting, the 3rd Monday in December, is a bit late to collect and distribute toys before Christmas.

Heave Ho!

Phelps

____________________________________

----- Original Message -----

From: Major Bill Grein, Toys for Tots

To: pmmc@...

Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 8:34 AM

Subject: Thank you for your generous donation to Toys for Tots

Thank you, Phelps Hobart and the Pacific Merchant Marine Council, NLUS, for your generous donation to Toys for Tots.

On behalf of the U.S. Marine Corps, the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation and the many less fortunate children who will experience the joy of Christmas because of caring people like you, I extend my warmest thanks for your thoughtfulness and generosity. Given today's challenging economic condition, our work together is even more critical as the number of families experiencing financial hardship continues to grow.

The Toys for Tots San Bruno branch collects and distributes toys solely to under-privileged children in the Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Half Moon Bay areas. Our program's success--and the happiness of children in our area--depends on the generosity of you and your neighbors. The San Bruno Toys for Tots Coordinator is GySgt Timothy D. Anthamatten.

We received your contribution. The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation provided you with no goods, services, or benifits for your contribution. We are also recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Cash contributions of the Foundation are deductible on your federal income tax return to the extent provided by federal income tax regulations. Please consult your tax advisor. This letter may be printed and retained as your receipt for record puposes.

Again, thank you for enabling the Marine Corps to meet the significant challenge of providing Christmas joy and hope to millions of our nation's neediest children. Your kindness and compassion will make a difference in their lives.

Best Wishes,

Major Bill Grein
USMC (Ret.)
Vice President
Marketing & Development
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation

Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
18251 Quantico Gateway Drive | Triangle, VA 22172

OUR MISSION:
The mission of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys, books and other gifts during October, November and December each year, and distribute those gifts as Christmas presents to less fortunate children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.

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#589

From: capt.ob@...
Date: Thu Dec 24, 2009 6:06 pm
Subject: Re: Fw: Thank you for your generous donation to Toys for Tots

capt.ob@...

Dear Phelps,
Toys For Tots is one of my philanthrophies. Last Year I had a banner made 4ft X 20ft ($971.00) and collected 4,200 toys. This year we collected over 4,000 toys. Kerry

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#590

From: "Pacific Merchant Marine Council" <pmmc@...>
Date: Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:02 pm
Subject: Re: Fw: Thank you for your generous donation to Toys for Tots

pmmc@...

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----- Original Message -----

From: Toys for Tots

To: pmmc@...

Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 9:00 AM

Subject: Take a break, Phelps. You deserve it!

Dear Phelps and Kerry,

From the bottom of my heart, from our volunteers, and from the many children we were able to deliver toys to ... thank you!

I don't even have the final count of just how many toys were distributed yet, but I simply couldn't wait to let you know how deeply grateful I am for your support of Toys for Tots this year!

In a year in which we feared the worst, friends like you came through and made sure millions of children in need received a new toy this Christmas, both through monetary donations AND through our toy drop-off locations around the country.

But most importantly, the children touched by Toys for Tots received an important message ... people really do care.

Phelps, thank you for helping us deliver that important message and for being the Santa we needed to ensure that children had a reason to smile on Christmas...and all year long!

Enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend, Phelps!

Gratefully,

Bill Grein
William J. Grein
Major, USMC (Ret.)
Vice President
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation

PS. If you didn't get a chance to make a donation or want to give an additional gift, you can do so here. Remember every gift if tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

*****

Did you receive this e-mail from a friend? Would you like to receive e-mail updates like this from Toys for Tots on a regular basis? It's easy, just sign up here.

After a year of hard work and dedication...
...you deserve a break!

With the end of 2009 coming soon, please keep in mind that if you make a year-end gift to Marine Toys for Tots by December 31, 2009, your contribution will be tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law!

Take a break! You definitely deserve it!

Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
18251 Quantico Gateway Drive | Triangle, VA 22172

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#591

From: "Phelps Hobart" <nlsac@...>
Date: Mon Dec 28, 2009 10:19 pm
Subject: Vice Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr. to succeed Adm. Thad Allen as USCG Commandant

usaseapower

Papp to be Nominated Commandant of USCG

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Photo courtesy USCG

On Dec. 22, the White House nominated Vice Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr. to succeed Adm. Thad Allen as U.S. Coast Guard Commandant. Papp currently serves as Commander of the Coast Guard Atlantic Area (LANTAREA) and Defense Force East�functioning as the operational commander for all Coast Guard missions within the eastern half of the world. Prior to assuming command of LANTAREA, he served as the Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard in Washington.

Papp served as Ninth Coast Guard District Commander from 2004-2006, and was previously promoted to Flag rank in October 2002 and appointed Director of Reserve and Training. His Coast Guard career includes extensive tours on both land and sea including service on six Coast Guard Cutters and posts such as Chief of the Capabilities Branch in the Defense Operations Division; Chief of the Fleet Development Team; and Chief of the Coast Guard�s Office of Congressional Affairs.

Papp graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and holds a master�s in national security and strategic studies from the U.S. Naval War College and a master�s in management from Salve Regina College.

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USCG: Atlantic Area - Commander Coast Guard Atlantic Area

Vice Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr. Commander, Atlantic Area / Commander, Defense ... Vice Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr. assumed the duties as Commander, Coast Guard ...

www.uscg.mil/lantarea/commander.asp - 12k - Cached
Robert J. Papp, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robert J. Papp, Jr. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to: navigation, search ... Robert J. Papp, Jr. of the United States Coast Guard. Robert J. Papp. ...

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Vice Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr. (PDF)

Robert J. Papp, Jr. Chief of Staff. U. S. Coast Guard. Vice Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr. assumed the duties as Chief of Staff, ... Vice Admiral Papp was promoted ...

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Department of Homeland Security | Preserving our Freedoms ...

... Intent to Nominate Vice Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr., as Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard ... nominate Vice Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr., as Commandant of ...

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#592

From: "Phelps Hobart" <nlsac@...>
Date: Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:18 pm
Subject: Navy (9-4) and Missouri (8-4) in the Texas Bowl on Thursday, 31 December

usaseapower

Click here for ticket information

Navy in the Midst of Most Dominant Era in Army-Navy Series History
� Navy's 17-3 victory over Army on Dec. 12 was its eighth-consecutive win over West Point, the longest streak in series history by either team.
� The Mids have won the eight-straight contests against Army in dominant fashion, outscoring the Black Knights 291-74 (36.4-9.3).
� The Navy defense has not allowed an Army touchdown since the fourth quarter of the 2006 game (12-straight quarters) and has given up just two field goals over that time span

And now on to the Texas Bowl...

Navy Football is going to the Texas Bowl!

Game Specifics
Date and Kickoff	Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009 at 3:30 pm ET / 2:30 pm CT (Houston)
Location	Houston, Texas \| Reliant Stadium (71,500)
Television	ESPN

Navy Football is going to the Texas Bowl!

WE�RE IN, ARE YOU?

December 31, 2009 � 2:30 PM CST

Reliant Stadium � Houston, Texas

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Mids Prepare for Texas Bowl Matchup Against Missouri

Navy is making its school-record seventh-consecutive bowl appearance

	Bobby Doyle and his classmates will play their final game in a Blue & Gold uniform on Dec. 31 against Missouri in the Texas Bowl.

Dec. 15, 2009

Game Specifics
Date and Kickoff	Dec. 31, 2009 at 3:30 pm ET / 2:30 pm CT (Houston)
Location	Houston, Texas \| Reliant Stadium (71,500)
Television	ESPN
TV Talent	Mark Jones (play-by-play), Bob Davie (analyst) and Quint Kessinich (sideline)
Video Streaming	None
Radio	WNAV (1430 AM; Annapolis) \| WBAL (1090 AM; Baltimore) \| WFED (1500 AM, 820 AM; Washington, D.C.) \| WZAA (1050 AM; Washington, D.C.) \| WTRI (1520 AM; Frederick) \| WXTG (102.1 FM; Virginia Beach, Va.) \| WXTG (1490 AM; Hampton Roads) \| SIRIUS Satellite Radio - Ch.122 \| Best of SIRIUS on XM - Ch. 143
Radio Talent	Bob Socci (play-by-play), Omar Nelson (analyst), Pete Medhurst (sideline)
Game Notes	Navy \| Missouri
Live Stats	GameTracker at www.NavySports.com

Setting the Stage
� Meeting for the third time in series history, Navy (9-4) and Missouri (8-4) are set to square off in the Texas Bowl on Thursday, Dec. 31. The game will be televised by ESPN.
� Mark Jones (play-by-play), Bob Davie (analyst) and Quint Kessenich (sideline) will call the action from Reliant Stadium (71,500) beginning at 3:30 pm ET (2:30 CT).
� The Navy Football Tailgate Show on 1430 WNAV (Annapolis) hosted by Pete Medhurst, Joe Miller and Wiley Baker will air at 1:30 pm.
� The Navy Football Pregame Show will get underway at 2:30 pm with Bob Socci, Omar Nelson and Pete Medhurst setting the scene from Houston, followed by game action beginning at 3:30 pm on the Navy Radio Network.
� Following the contest, Pete Medhurst and Joe Miller will recap the day's events in a 60-minute postgame show live on 1430 WNAV and on 1500 AM in Washington, D.C.

Texas Bowl Storylines
� Navy will be making its school-record seventh-straight bowl appearance. Prior to its current streak, Navy's longest bowl run was two - the 1980 Garden State Bowl and the 1981 Liberty Bowl.
� Navy is making its 16th bowl game appearance. The Mids are 6-8-1 all-time in bowl games, including an 0-2 mark under Niumatalolo. The Mids have lost three-straight bowl games, last winning the 2005 Poinsettia Bowl, 51-30, over Colorado State.
� A victory over Missouri would give Navy a school-record tying 10 wins. Navy also won 10 games in 1905 and in 2004.
� A win by Navy in the Texas Bowl would give Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo 18 wins over his first two years, a school record for wins by a Navy head coach in his first two seasons.
� This is the first meeting between Navy and Missouri since the 1961 Orange Bowl when the Tigers defeated Navy, 21-14. Missouri held 1960 Heisman Trophy winner Joe Bellino to just four yards on eight carries. Navy scored on a 98-yard fumble return by Greg Mather and a 28-yard pass from Hal Spooner to Bellino. Missouri also defeated Navy in 1948, 35-14.
� Junior quarterback Ricky Dobbs set an NCAA record for single-season rushing touchdowns by a quarterback when he scored his 24th touchdown of the 2009 campaign on a one-yard run against Army in Navy's 17-3 victory.
� Dobbs is No. 2 in the nation in touchdowns scored (24) and points per game (12.0), while ranking 15th in points responsible for per game (14.5 pts/gm). He has scored at least one rushing touchdown in all 12 of his career starts.

Tickets Available For Texas Bowl
� Tickets for the Texas Bowl ($25-$65) can be purchased by calling 1-800-US4-NAVY, via the internet at www.NavySports.com or by stopping by the Ricketts Hall Ticket Office.
� Fans are also asked to purchase tickets to sponsor midshipmen and enlisted personnel and their families. The Naval Academy Athletic Association will discount tickets to support this initiative from $40 to $25 in an effort to encourage support and attendance of the midshipmen and our enlisted at the game. Navy fans unable to make the trip to Houston are encouraged to sponsor four midshipmen for $100 or two enlisted for $50. The tax deductable donation will be administered through the NAAA ticket office.
� Anthony Travel is the official Naval Academy Texas Bowl travel agency. Travel packages include hotel accommodations at the JW Marriott (Navy team hotel). Visit AnthonyTravel.com and search Navy Bowl or call (800) 736-6377 to make your reservations.

Navy Bowl History
� The Texas Bowl marks Navy's 16th bowl appearance, including a school-record seventh straight.
� Navy has future bowl agreements with the Poinsettia Bowl in 2010, EagleBank Bowl in 2011, Emerald Bowl in 2012 and Armed Forces Bowl in 2013.
� Prior to Navy's current seven-game run of bowl appearances, the Mids played in back-to-back bowl games just once in school history (1980-81).
� Navy's current streak of seven-consecutive bowl appearances is tied as the nation's 17th-longest active streak.
� Navy owns a 6-8-1 bowl game record, dropping the last three bowls by a combined 14 points.

Navy's Bowl Game History (6-8-1)
Bowl                                  Opponent           Result
1924    Rose Bowl   Washington    T    14-14
1955    Sugar Bowl      Mississippi     W    21-0
1958    Cotton Bowl    Rice   W    20-7
1961    Orange Bowl      Missouri      L    14-21
1964    Cotton Bowl   Texas   L   6-28
1978    Holiday Bowl    BYU                   W    23-16
1980    Garden State Bowl    Houston    L     0-35
1981    Liberty Bowl   Ohio State    L    28-31
1996    Aloha Bowl   California    W    42-38
2003    Houston Bowl    Texas Tech    L    14-38
2004    Emerald Bowl    New Mexico      W    34-19
2005    Poinsettia Bowl   Colorado St.   W    51-30
2006    Meineke Car Care Bowl
                                          Boston College    L    24-25
2007    Poinsettia Bowl    Utah   L    32-35
2008    EagleBank Bowl      Wake Forest    L    19-29
2009    Texas Bowl   Missouri

Seven Consecutive Bowls, Seven Different QBs
� Navy will be making its seventh-straight appearance in a bowl game when on Dec. 31 it faces Missouri in the Texas Bowl.
� The Mids have made seven-straight bowl games with a different quarterback handling most of the quarterback duties each year.
� It is the first time in NCAA history that a team has made seven-straight bowl games with a different starting quarterback each year.

Seven Straight Bowl Games With A Different Starting QB
Navy - 7 consecutive bowl appearances
2003 Houston    Craig Candeto
2004 Emerald   Aaron Polanco
2005 Poinsettia    Lamar Owens
2006 Meineke Car Care    Brian Hampton*
2007 Poinsettia      K. Kaheaku-Enhada
2008 EagleBank   Jarod Bryant^
2009 Texas Bowl     Ricky Dobbs!
* Hampton started the first seven games before tearing his ACL. Kaheaku-Enhada started four games and Jarod Bryant started the bowl game.
^ Jarod Bryant started six games at QB and played the majority of a couple of other games he didn't start, Kaipo-Noa Kaheaku-Enearned six starts and Ricky Dobbs one.
! Ricky Dobbs started 10 of the first 12 games before getting hurt. Kriss Proctor started two games.

Scouting The Tigers
� Missouri enters the Texas Bowl with an 8-4 record and winner of three-straight contests (Kansas State, Iowa State and Kansas).
� The Missouri offense is averaging 132.2 yards per game on the ground (81st in the country), 285 yards per game through the air (13th), 417.2 yards per game of total offense (32nd) and 30.3 points per game (33rd).
� Meanwhile, the defense is giving up 96.4 yards per game on the ground (12th), 261.6 yards per game through the air (109th), 358 yards per game of total offense (55th) and 24.6 points per game (56th).
� Quarterback Blaine Gabbert ranks 11th in the country in total offense (294.2 yds/gm).
� Wide receiver Danario Alexander ranks third in the country in receptions per game (8.9) and first in receiving yards per game (137.0).
� Kicker Grant Ressel is third in the country in field goals (2.0) and 14th in scoring (9.2 pts/gm).
� Aldon Smith is tied for 10th in the country in sacks (0.9) and tied for 11th in tackles for a loss (1.5).

Navy vs. The Big 12
� The Midshipmen own a 1-5 (.167) all-time record against current members of the Big 12 Conference.
� Navy has faced just four members of the Big 12, including Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Texas Tech.
� The Mids' lone win against a Big 12 Conference member was a 10-0 shutout over Oklahoma in Norman, Okla. on Oct. 2, 1965.
� Three of the six meetings between Navy and a Big 12 member have been in the postseason. Navy dropped a 21-14 decision to Missouri in the 1961 Orange Bowl, lost a 28-6 decision to Texas in the 1964 Cotton Bowl and was tripped up by Texas Tech, 38-14, in the 2003 EV1.net Houston Bowl.

Mids Can Tie School Record For Wins
� If Navy can beat Missouri in the Texas Bowl on New Year's Eve, the Mids will tie the school record for single-season victories with 10.
� The 1905 squad set the record by finishing 10-1-1, while the 2004 team matched the wins mark behind a 10-2 run.
� Navy has won eight or more games in each of the last seven seasons.
� The last time the Mids won nine games was in 2006 when they finished 9-4.

Senior Class Goes for Win No. 35
� If Navy can beat Missouri in the Texas Bowl on New Year's Eve, Navy's' senior class will tie the record for the second-most wins by a class in school history with 35.
� Each of the last three classes to graduate from the Academy have won 35 games.
� The Class of 1909 set the record for wins with 36.

> Navy's senior class has ...
� compiled a 34-18 (.654) record
� won four-straight Commander-In-Chief's Trophies
� qualified for a fourth-straight bowl game, as Navy is headed to the Texas Bowl on Dec. 31
� become the first class since the Class of 1964 to beat Notre Dame twice in their careers
� has the opportunity to tie a school-record with 10 wins by defeating Missouri in the Texas Bowl.

Navy Versus The BCS/Non-BCS
� Since 2003, Navy owns a 15-19 (.441) record against schools from a BCS conference and an impressive 45-10 record (.818) against non-BCS foes. Navy's 15 BCS wins since 2003 are the most during that time span by a non-BCS school.
� Head coach Ken Niumatalolo is 13-4 (.765) against non-BCS squads and 4-6 (.400) against teams from a BCS Conference.
� Navy's 15 wins against BCS schools since 2003 have come against Vanderbilt (2003), Duke (`04), Vanderbilt (`04), Rutgers (`04), Duke (`05), Stanford (`06), Connecticut (`06), Duke (`06), Duke (`07), Pitt (`07), Notre Dame (`07), Rutgers (`08), Wake Forest (`08), Wake Forest (`09) and Notre Dame (`09).

Navy Defense Dominates In 17-3 Victory Over Army
� The Navy defense kept Army out of the end zone for the third-consecutive year, while junior quarterback Ricky Dobbs ran for a touchdown and threw for another as the Mids beat the Black Knights for the eighth-consecutive time, 17-3, in front of 69,541 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. The win gave Navy the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy for the seventh-straight year.
� The Navy defense was dominant all day, allowing Army just 187 yards of total offense. Army's only score came in the first quarter when Dobbs was intercepted by Army's Steve Erzinger at the Navy 28 and he returned it 16 yards to the Navy 12.
� Army could manage just six yards on three plays and had to settle for an Alex Carlton field goal.
� Navy hurt itself in the first half with missed assignments and penalties, but finally settled down in the third quarter.
� Dobbs led Navy on an 11-play, 68-yard drive to start the third quarter and capped the drive by hitting a wide open Marcus Curry with a 25-yard touchdown pass to give Navy a 7-3 lead.
� The Mids made it 10-3 on their next possession, marching 55 yards on 12 plays with Joe Buckley nailing a 36-yard field goal.
� The Navy defense set up the final score with linebacker Ross Pospisil knocking the ball out of the hands of Army fullback Kingsley Ehie at the Army 32-yard line and outside linebacker Craig Schaefer picking the ball up and running it down to the Army 12-yard line.
� Four plays later Dobbs scored from the one, giving him his 24th rushing touchdown of the season, an NCAA record for a quarterback.
� Dobbs, who was named the Philadelphia Sportswriter's Most Valuable Player, rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown on 33 carries and completed three of his seven pass attempts for 61 yards and a touchdown.
� Pospisil and Jabaree Tuani led the Navy defense with seven tackles and a tackle for a loss each. Tony Haberer recorded six tackles and a tackle for a loss, while Emmett Merchant (forced fumble, pass broken up), Chase Burge and Schaefer (fumble recovery, pass broken up) had five stops each. Ram Vela had another big day with four tackles, two tackles for a loss, a sack and an interception.

Service Academy Dominance
� With a 17-3 victory against Army on Dec. 12, Navy claimed its 15th-straight victory over a Service Academy foe. It's the longest consecutive winning streak by any of the three Service Academies.
� Over the course of the winning streak, which dates back to the 2002 Army-Navy game, the Mids have outscored the opposition, 474-221 (31.6 - 14.7).
� With wins over both Air Force and Army in 2009, Navy earned its Service Academy-record seventh-consecutive Commander-In-Chief's Trophy.
� Navy has amassed a 60-29 (.674) overall record in the last seven years, while Air Force is a shade above .500 (44-40, .524) and Army has won just 24 percent of its games (20-63, .241).

Service Academy Football (2003-present)
Stat                                          Navy       AFA   Army
Overall Record                          60-29    44-40    20-63
Record vs Service Academies    14-0 ^       6-8      1-13
Bowl Games                                    7           3          0
Bowl Wins    2           0      0
^ Navy has won 14 straight dating back to the 2002 season

Navy in the Midst of Most Dominant Era in Army-Navy Series History
� Navy's 17-3 victory over Army on Dec. 12 was its eighth-consecutive win over West Point, the longest streak in series history by either team.
� The Mids have won the eight-straight contests against Army in dominant fashion, outscoring the Black Knights 291-74 (36.4-9.3).
� The Navy defense has not allowed an Army touchdown since the fourth quarter of the 2006 game (12-straight quarters) and has given up just two field goals over that time span.

http://www.navysports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/121509aae.html

#593

From: "Pacific Merchant Marine Council" <pmmc@...>
Date: Wed Dec 30, 2009 6:12 pm
Subject: World Maritime Day "2010: Year of the Seafarer"

pmmc@...

http://www.uscg.mil/worldmaritimeday

Ahoy Members and Friends,

This is something we can work with in 2010.

We also have National Maritime Day, Saturday, May 22.

2010 is going to be more than a "Happy New Year" for our council - it is going to be our best year yet in all fields of endeavor!

Heave Ho!

Phelps

_________________________________________________

http://www.imo.org

A message to the world�s seafarers

We will do so with deep appreciation, in recognition of the extraordinary service you render every day of your professional life, frequently under dangerous circumstances, in delivering, to the more than 6.5 billion people of the world, the wheat that makes our daily bread, the gas and oil that warms our homes or moves our vehicles and the gifts we will share and enjoy with our families and friends over this Festive Season.

At IMO, we are ever-conscious of the important role you play in helping us achieve safe, secure and efficient shipping on clean oceans - the goals that we, as the United Nations specialized agency charged with the regulation of international shipping and as a member of the global maritime community, have set ourselves.

In so doing, we also seek to reassure you, at the "sharp end" of the industry, that we, who are responsible for the international regulatory regime and who serve shipping from ashore, do understand the extreme pressures that you face and that, as a result, we approach our own tasks with a genuine sympathy for the work that you carry out.

At the same time, we will seek to add impetus to the "Go to Sea!" campaign, which we launched in November 2008 to attract new entrants to the shipping industry and, in particular, to encourage young people to follow in your footsteps by becoming the seafarers of tomorrow. We launched that campaign in association with the International Labour Organization, the "Round Table" of shipping industry organizations (International Chamber of Shipping, International Shipping Federation, BIMCO, International Association of Independent Tanker Owners and International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners) and the International Transport Workers' Federation, all of whom will be joining us in celebrating the Year of the Seafarer.

Last, but mostly importantly, we want to convey to you a clear message that the entire shipping community understands and cares for you - as shown by the efforts we make to ensure that you are fairly treated when ships on which you serve become involved in accidents; are looked after when you are abandoned in ports; are not refused shore leave for security purposes; are protected when your work takes you into piracy-infested areas; and are not left unaided when you are in distress at sea.

1.5 million seafarers serving the daily needs of more then 6.5 billion citizens of the world! It is a fact that goes unnoticed or is taken for granted by most, but one that should be trumpeted loud and clear. For seafarers the world over deserve our respect, recognition and gratitude and, during 2010, we at IMO are resolved to ensure that the world does take notice of your exceptional role and contribution and of the special debt that all of us owe to you. We thank you for that!

With best wishes for the Festive Season and the Year of the Seafarer - and a safe return home!

E.E. Mitropoulos
Secretary-General

Briefing 47, 23 December 2009

For further information please contact:
Lee Adamson, Head, Public Information Services on 020 7587 3153 (media@... )
Natasha Brown, External Relations Officer on 020 7587 3274 (media@...).

#594

From: "Pacific Merchant Marine Council" <pmmc@...>
Date: Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:23 pm
Subject: Fw: MACKIE AWARD - WEBSITE SUBMISSION (Pacific Merchant Marine Council)

pmmc@...

Ahoy Members and Friends,

The council website, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PMMC-NLUS, has been recognized with NLUS Mackie Awards the past two years (2007 and 2008).

We are again in the competition.

Always welcome are your contributions of posts - new subjects or replies, photographs, and links.

Last call to vote. The poll, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PMMC-NLUS/polls, Should the USN ensure safety and security of U.S.-flagged ships? closes at midnight. Suggestions for a new poll anyone?

Happy New Year,

Phelps

____________________________________

----- Original Message -----

From: PublicRelations

To: Pacific Merchant Marine Council

Cc: PublicRelations

Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 5:45 AM

Subject: RE: MACKIE AWARD - WEBSITE SUBMISSION (Pacific Merchant Marine Council)

Thank you. This email confirms receipt of the Pacific Merchant Marine Council�s Mackie Website Award submission. We appreciate your participation.

Respectively,

Evan Martella

Receptionist

Navy League of the United States

703.528.1775

From: Pacific Merchant Marine Council [mailto:pmmc@...]
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 4:19 PM
To: PublicRelations
Subject: MACKIE AWARD - WEBSITE SUBMISSION (Pacific Merchant Marine Council)

Name of Council/Region/Area: Pacific Merchant Marine Council

Title of Website Entry: PMMC-NLUS � Pacific Merchant Marine Council, NLUS

Site URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PMMC-NLUS

Password for access to protected site/pages: No password for access but click on Join This Group! and join for full access

Name of Webmaster: Phelps Hobart

E-mail: PMMC@...

Initial Screening Criteria:

(+)(-) 1. Is the Council or organization clearly identified as a component of the Navy League of the United States? Yes

(+)(-) 2. Does the content clearly define the purpose and mission of the Navy League? Yes

(+)(-) 3. Does the content clearly include specific information about the Council (i.e., mission, purpose, activities)? Yes

(+)(-) 4. Is a link provided to the Council�s adopted units if applicable? Yes

(+)(-) 5. Are official Navy League logos used in the site�s header? Yes

(+)(-) 6. Does the site respect the 501(c)(3) status of the Navy League by being free of partisan political commentary or graphics? Yes

(+)(-) 7. Is contact information provided to the webmaster and/or a member of Council leadership? Yes

(+)(-) 8. Perform a web search using the search term <navy league><council name or city>. Does the web site appear in the top 10 items in the search results? Yes - #1 and in 17 of the next 19 citations.

PMMC-NLUS : Pacific Merchant Marine Council, NLUS

PMMC-NLUS � Pacific Merchant Marine Council, NLUS. Home. Messages. Attachments ... The Navy League is the foremost citizens' organization to serve, support, and ...

groups.yahoo.com/group/PMMC-NLUS - 25k - Cached

(+)(-) 9. Is a link provided to the Navy League of the United States web site? Yes -on the front page and on the Links Page, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PMMC-NLUS/links.

(+)(-) 10. Is a link provided to each primary Sea Service web site? Yes

Name of Council: Pacific Merchant Marine Council

Submitted by Phelps Hobart

Date 29 December 2009

_______________________________

New or updated for 2009 are:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sacramento-CA/Pacific-Merchant-Marine-Council-NLUS/159519498336?ref=ts

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/2544631.

SeaFolks: http://www.seafolks.com/groups/orca/group/Groups.htm#forum/PACIFIC-MERCHANT-MARINE-COUNCIL-NAVY-LEAGUE-OF-UNITED-STATES-0.htm which links to http://www.seafolks.com/grp.php?action=group&ID=27

Patriot Files Website Award: http://www.patriotfiles.com/index.php?name=Web_Links&req=viewlink&cid=21&min=120&orderby=titleA&show=20

Navy League Online Community (updated): http://members.navyleague.org/council_sites/council_details.asp?id=PMM

Marine Talk (updated): http://www.marinetalk.com/articles-marine-companies/com/Pacific-Merchant-Marine-Council-PAC044.html

#595

From: MARK L SHAFER <oldmariner@...>
Date: Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:52 pm
Subject: 2009 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Luncheon

oldmariner@...

The Ancient Mariners held their annual Pearl Harbor Remembrance Luncheon at the Oyster Point Yacht Club in South San Francisco. Capt. Steve Ware of Baydelta Maritime was master of ceremonies and provided entertainment.

Keynote speaker, Capt. Frank Medeiros, talked about serving on a liberty ship on which he took his first voyage around the world before World War II. He also served on the second ship to be hit by the enemy in World War II.

Medeiros has taken part in three movies: the award-winning "The Men Who Sailed Our Liberty Ships"; "World War II Honorees"; and "American Legion Post 230."�

As Commander, American Legion Hellenic Post 230 in San Francisco, Medeiros made several maritime donations including $25,000 to the American Merchant Marine Memorial in San Pedro, CA, which has a Wall of Honor listing names of more than 7,000 merchant mariners and their ships, lost during WWII.

"But for those people who built the liberty ships and the men who loaded and sailed them, we wouldn't have our freedom today,"�said Medeiros.

The event's printed program included an interesting story about two men who attended the luncheon: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, Cadets Kenneth Holcombe and Cornelius Farley. They sailed on an Army troop transport from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor just before the bombing. The two returned to San Francisco seven months later.

Capt. Mark Shafer, U.S. Navy and Matson Navigation Company retiree, and an original Ancient Mariners member, coordinated the attendance of 80 people, most of whom were from the American Merchant Marine Veterans, Navy League Pacific Merchant Marine Council, Oyster Point Yacht Club, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni, and the Women's Propeller Club.

Jeanne Martin, secretary/treasurer and past commodore of the Yacht Club, handled the event's administrative work.

The Ancient Mariners and others plan to meet again December 7, 2010 at the Oyster Point Yacht Club.

For more info and reservations, call Jeanne Martin at 650-345-7029.

#####

#596

From: Sam Sause <samsause@...>
Date: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:23 pm
Subject: Invitation: Alameda Council Crab Feed, Thursday, 4 February

samsause@...

What: Alameda Council Annual Crab and Pasta Feed!

You're invited - Bring your family and friends. Please post and forward the attached flyer.

When: Thursday, 4 February 2010, 1800 Social, 1900 Dinner

Where: AROMA Restaurant & Bar, 2337 Blanding, Alameda

Why: Raise funds for council adopted units. Have an enjoyable meal and Navy League fellowship.

Cost: $ 37.50 per person

Dinner music: Jim Franz and the Jan Nichols Band

R.S.V.P. Deadline, Monday, 31 January

Thanks all for your past support - see you on the 4th!

Sam

Sam Sause, President
Alameda Council, NLUS

Tel: 510-865-0993
Fax: 510-865-2258

1 of 1 File(s)

NLUSCrabfeed.pdf

#597

From: "Pacific Merchant Marine Council" <pmmc@...>
Date: Fri Jan 1, 2010 6:32 pm
Subject: Navy Beats Missouri 35-13 In Texas Bowl

pmmc@...

http://wjz.com/local/navy.2.1399881.html

Navy 35, Missouri 13

	1	2	3	4	T
NAVY (10-4)	7	7	7	14	35
MIZZ (8-5)	7	3	0	3	13

Final

See some of the plays: http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/preview?gameId=293650142

More on the game: http://www.hometownannapolis.com/rss/blogs/6.xml

Navy Beats Missouri 35-13 In Texas Bowl

Ricky Dobbs ran for 166 yards and three touchdowns and Navy manhandled Missouri with its triple-option offense in a 35-13 win over the Tigers in the Texas Bowl on Thursday.

Dobbs also threw a touchdown pass to Bobby Doyle and Marcus Curry ran for a score as the Midshipmen (10-4) rushed for 385 yards against Missouri's 12th-ranked run defense.

Navy won time of possession by nearly 22 minutes and ran 81 offensive plays to only 57 for the Tigers.

Blaine Gabbert threw a 58-yard touchdown pass to Danario Alexander on Missouri's second play from scrimmage, but the Tigers mustered only 298 yards the rest of the game -- largely because they only had the ball for just over 19 minutes.

Gabbert also threw two interceptions and was sacked four times as Missouri (8-5) lost for the second time in its last five bowl appearances.

Alexander, who led the nation in receiving yards coming into the game, took a short pass from Gabbert and outran the Navy defense just 24 seconds into the game. It was Alexander's 14th TD catch of the season and eighth covering more than 50 yards.

The Tigers knew what to expect from Navy's offense and still couldn't stop it.

Dobbs broke a 24-yard run on Navy's second possession, diving into the end zone with 2:58 left in the first quarter. It was Dobbs' 25th touchdown run of the year, adding to his NCAA single-season record for a quarterback.

Tigers' defensive end Aldon Smith sacked Dobbs on the first play of the second quarter, setting a Missouri record with his 12th sack of the season.

Dobbs wasn't sacked again, and the Midshipmen drove to the Missouri 22 late in the half. Dobbs ran up the middle, but Missouri safety Jasper Simmons forced a fumble just before Dobbs crossed the goal line and the Tigers recovered in the end zone.

It only slowed down the Middies temporarily.

Missouri's Derrick Washington fumbled on the next play, Navy recovered and Dobbs scored on a 12-yard run with 45 seconds left before halftime.

Gabbert's 36-yard pass to Washington set up Grant Ressel's 31-yard field goal on the last play before the break to make it 14-10.

But Navy had already set the tone for the game, rushing for 216 yards in the first half and holding the ball for more than 21 minutes.

Dobbs' 3-yard touchdown pass to Doyle finished the first drive of the third quarter and put Navy up 21-10.

Navy's Ross Pospisil picked off Gabbert's pass near midfield on Missouri's next play. Gabbert had not thrown an interception since a 36-17 win over Colorado on Oct. 31.

Missouri only slowed down Navy's offense when the Midshipmen made mistakes. Dobbs fumbled the snap on fourth-and-1 from the Missouri 3, and the Tigers' offense finally got back on the field.

Wes Kemp caught a short pass and got help from several blocks on a 56-yard gain to the Navy 9.

The drive stalled there and Ressel kicked another 31-yarder to make it 21-13.

Dobbs threw a 47-yard pass to Curry on Navy's next play. Dobbs joined Craig Candeto (2003) as the only Midshipmen to run and pass for over 1,000 yards in a season.

Curry ran 11 yards for a touchdown on the next snap, finishing Navy's second-fastest touchdown drive of the season (35 seconds).

Dobbs, named the game's most valuable player, finished one more time-consuming drive with a 1-yard touchdown run with 4:56 left.

The Midshipmen went 6-0 this season and improved to 41-5 over the last seven years when they've scored at least 30 points.

#598

From: "Pacific Merchant Marine Council" <pmmc@...>
Date: Mon Jan 4, 2010 2:28 am
Subject: Fw: ARKDIV League Cadet Winter Training Schedule update

pmmc@...

Ditto BRAVO ZULU!

And BRAVO ZULU to Pacific Merchant Marine Council Theodore Roosevelt 2009 Youth Award recipients Sea Cadet CPO Davis Freitas, USNSCC and League Cadet Stephan Sobolev, USNSCC. In addition to the awards they each received the NLUS challenge coin and NLUS membership. Plus VAdm. Jody Breckenridge presented each with her USCG Pacific Area challenge coin as well. This all took place at our Christmas Luncheon Meeting on the O'BRIEN 21 December.

Phelps

______________________________________________________________

----- Original Message -----

From: Warrant Officer Guilherme Freitas, USNSCC

Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010 5:16 PM

Subject: ARKDIV League Cadet Winter Training Schedule update

All Hands,

Arkansas Division's League Cadet Supervisor, Petty Officer First Class Katrin Freitas, reports that all unit League Cadets attending Winter Advanced Training successfully completed their trainings:

1. Recruit Cadet Hunter Bolley, USNLCC

NLCC Orientation at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, 27DEC09-02JAN10

2. Apprentice Cadet Clare Ritchie, USNLCC

NLCC Orientation at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, 27DEC09-02JAN10

3. Apprentice Cadet Joshua Ritchie, USNLCC

NLCC Orientation at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, 27DEC09-02JAN10

4. Recruit Cadet Rachel Tapia, USNLCC

NLCC Orientation at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, 27DEC09-02JAN10

5. Recruit Cadet Tyler Wright, USNLCC

NLCC Orientation at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, 27DEC09-02JAN10.

Also:

1. APC Joshua Ritchie was assigned to Bravo Company, which was selected as Honor

Company

2. RC Rachel Tapia was awarded Certificate of Achievement for Academics

3. RC Tyler Wright was the Alpha Company nominee for Honor Cadet.

Bravo Zulu, Congratulations!

Warrant Officer Guilherme Freitas, USNSCC

Executive Officer, Arkansas Division

#599

From: "Pacific Merchant Marine Council" <pmmc@...>
Date: Sun Jan 3, 2010 12:40 pm
Subject: Maritime History Project and Marine Museums

pmmc@...

American Maritime History Project

Ahoy Members and Friends,

Seven more links added to our extensive links page http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PMMC-NLUS/links. Each museum is worthy of a visit.

Every maritime museum is a national treasure. 2010 may be the year the council becomes more acquainted with the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park. Look forward to a council event there.

Heave Ho!

Phelps

__________________________________________

American Maritime History Project
The American Maritime History Project is dedicated to recording America�s great seafaring history. The Project will publish work that sets forth the impact and role of water transport in the broad sweep of American history. This history needs illumination and has not been fully told, and the public is generally unaware of it. Admiral Thomas Patterson served on the Project's Board of Directors.
http://www.usmma.edu/AMHP

American Merchant Marine Museum
Of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. The American Merchant Museum serves as a repository for the USMMA's extensive and valuable collection of marine art, ship models and nautical artifacts. The Museum's mission is to educate and inform visitors about the American merchant marine in a learning center for the regiment and public at large, to promote public interest in and understanding of our nation's merchant marine and to collect, preserve and exhibit historic items that represent our nation's rich seafaring heritage. The Museum employs imaginative exhibitions and displays to illustrate what the American merchant marine is and who its leaders are.
http://www.usmma.edu/about/Museum

Los Angeles Maritime Museum
The Los Angeles Maritime Museum creates an awareness and appreciation of the maritime history of coastal California, with an emphasis on the people and institutions of the port city of Los Angeles. The Museum is located in the 1941 Municipal Ferry Terminal, San Pedro. The Merchant Marine Memorial is on the grounds in front of the museum. The fully-operational Victory Ship, and museum S. S. LANE VICTORY is nearby and may be reached by the a restored link of the Los Angeles Waterfront Red Line Trolly.
http://www.lamaritimemuseum.org

Maine Maritime Museum
The Maine Maritime Museum celebrates Maine�s maritime heritage and culture in order to educate the community and a worldwide audience about the important role of Maine in regional and global maritime activities. The Museum accomplishes its stewardship through: discriminate collection, preservation and dissemination of historic materials and information, engaging educational programs, relevant and compelling exhibitions, and a unique historic shipyard, all connecting the past to contemporary and future issues. It is located at 43 Washington Street, Bath, ME.
http://www.bathmaine.com

Mariners' Museum
For over seventy-five years, the history of the ocean and its relationship with humankind has been told and displayed in one of the largest maritime museums in the world. 800 acres of land hold 61,000 square feet of exhibition galleries, a research library, a 167-acre lake, a five-mile shoreline trail with fourteen bridges, and over 35,000 international maritime artifacts. The museum is located at 100 Museum Drive, Newport News, VA.
http://www.mariner.org

Port of Los Angeles, Virtual Tour
An interactive tour of the history of the harbor - products, companies, faciliities/berths, history, and site informaton, .
http://www.laporthistory.org

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park has its visitor center at the corner of Jefferson and Hyde Streets, the Hyde Street Pier, and collection of floating historic ships. In the collection of ships are the1886 square-rigger Balclutha, 1895 schooner C. A. Thayer , 1890 steam ferryboat Eureka, 1891 scow schooner Alma,1907 steam tug Hercules,1914 paddlewheel tug Eppleton Hall, and1890 (circa) San Francisco Bay Ark. Always a variety of activity and events. The Bathhouse building, built in 1939, contains the museum. It and the adjacent bleachers are undergoing an extensive multiyear rehabilitation but lobby and veranda are now open daily. The USS Pampanito (SS 383) located in front of the S. S. Jeremiah O'Brien, Pier 45, is managed by the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association. 2010 may be the year the council becomes more involved with the Park.
http://www.nps.gov/safr

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http://www.usmma.edu/AMHP

The American Maritime History Project is dedicated to recording America�s great seafaring history. The Project will publish work that sets forth the impact and role of water transport in the broad sweep of American history. This history needs illumination and has not been fully told, and the public is generally unaware of it.

In Peace: America�s maritime history is long, colorful and interwoven with many fascinating strands. The narrative includes many individuals, enterprises and vessels, passenger and cargo, sail and steam, blue water vessels, brown water vessels, large and small, as well as shipbuilding and mariners themselves. Our nation�s maritime world encompasses much that lies within the land�s edge as well as the oceans; the great rivers, the Great Lakes, the vast canals that link our coastal settlements to cities and inland industry, and, of course, seaports on the country�s edge that stand as gateways to our continent, East, Gulf and West coasts, Alaska and Hawaii.

America is a trading nation and has been since its earliest days. Its oceans and waterways have provided security, commerce, wealth and communication throughout our history.

In War: American merchant ships have been directly involved in maritime conflicts since the colonists first arrived; with pirates, privateers, the English, French and Spanish navies, before the Revolution and on to the World War II German and Japanese navies, and the current Middle East and Gulf War zones. This is little understood by the public. Until Desert Storm (Kuwait), troops and their equipment were necessarily carried by water transport. Today, troops go by air, but 95% of the �logistics� (equipment, fuel, ammunition, food, supplies) goes by water.

As important as waterborne transportation has been to this nation, it remains an under-heralded aspect of our history. This Project, through its research and publications, will address this critical shortcoming.

THE AMERICAN MARITIME HISTORY PROJECT

Who We Are

The American Maritime History Project is an independent entity of knowledgeable persons working to expand understanding of our rich maritime history and its future. The Project operates from an office on the campus of the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, NY.

Board of Directors

Virgil R. Allen
Vice President
USN Memorial Foundation

Charles Dana Gibson
Maritime Historian, Author
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Albert J. Herberger
VADM, USN (Ret)
Former Maritime Administrator (1993-1997)

Captain Warren G. Leback
Former Maritime Administrator

Dr. Gary A. Lombardo
Professor of Marine Transportation
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Eliot H. Lumbard, Esq. (Chair)
Attorney

Dr. Warren F. Mazek
Professor of Marine Transportation
Former Academic Dean
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Ellsworth L. Peterson
President, Peterson Builders, Inc. (Ret)

Anthony P. Romano, Jr. (Treasurer)
Marine Engineer
Chair & CEO, Gibbs & Cox, Inc. (Ret)

George J. Ryan
President, Lake Carriers Association (Ret).

Fred S. Sherman
Maritime Consultant, Managing Partner
Management & Transportation Associates, Inc.

James H. Yocum
Investment Advisor

Advisory Board

Peter A. Aron
President
Aron Charitable Foundation, Inc.

Dr. George Billy (Secretary)
Librarian
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Frank O. Braynard
Maritime Historian, Author, Lecturer
Curator Emeritus, American Merchant
Marine Museum, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (Ret.)

Dr. Jane P. Brickman
Professor of History and Head of Humanities Dept.
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Dr. Charles R. Cushing
Naval Architect
President, C.R. Cushing & Co., Inc.

Jose Femenia
Professor and Head of Engineering Dept.
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Past President, SNAME

Donald W. Forster
Marine Engineer

Reginald M. Hayden, Jr., Esq.
Maritime Attorney
Former Chair, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Assoc., Inc.

John Hightower (Ret.)
Former President, Mariners� Museum

Edward V. Kelly (Ret.)
Vice President, American Maritime Officers

Robert H. Kiefer
Engineer

Guy E.C. Maitland, Esq.
Managing Partner International Registries, Inc.

Dr. Karen E. Markoe
Chair, Dept. of Humanities
The Maritime College
State University of New York

John Maxtone-Graham
Maritime Historian, Author, Lecturer

Lauren S. McCready
RADM USMS (Ret)
Former Prof. and Head of Engineering Dept.
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Captain Arthur R. Moore
Maritime Historian, Author

Captain Charles M. Renick
USMS (Ret)
President Emeritus
American Merchant Marine Museum
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

George R. Searle
Past National President
American MM Veterans (WWII)

James T. Shirley, Jr., Esq.
Maritime Attorney
Former Chair, USMMA Alumni Assoc., Inc.

Brian D. Starer, Esq.
Maritime Attorney

Joseph D. Stewart
VADM, USMS
Superintendent
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Captain Eric Y.Wallischeck
Assistant Superintendent for Planning, Assessment and Public Affairs
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Thomas Wilcox
Director
New England Genealogical Society
Former President, Maine Maritime Museum

History Informs the Future

#600

From: "Pacific Merchant Marine Council" <pmmc@...>
Date: Tue Jan 5, 2010 7:42 pm
Subject: Complaint Filed Against Port of Oakland

pmmc@...

Complaint Filed Against Port of Oakland

http://marinelink.com/en-US/News/Article/332933.aspx

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued a notice stating that SSA Terminals (SSAT) has filed a complaint asserting that the City of Oakland, acting by and through its Board of Port Commissioners, has violated the Shipping Act of 1984. The complaint alleges that the Port has entered into a lease agreement with a competing terminal that is more favorable in terms of rental and use of marine terminal facilities than those provided to SSAT. Docket No. 09-08 (12/24/09).

(Source: Bryant�s Maritime News)

Read the complaint:

http://www.fmc.gov/UserFiles/pages/File/Notice_of_Filing_of_Complaint_and_Assignment_in_Docket_No._09-08.pdf

#601

From: "Pacific Merchant Marine Council" <pmmc@...>
Date: Mon Jan 4, 2010 11:15 pm
Subject: Fw: Support for HR 2651 Maritime Workforce Development Act

pmmc@...

MELP support letter-PVA.pdf

Letter from the council being prepared.

Phelps
________________________________

----- Original Message -----
From: Berit Eriksson
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 2:23 PM
Subject: Support for HR 2651 Maritime Workforce Development Act

Hello all,

I am hoping that some of you would be willing to write Senator Boxer a
letter of support for HR 2651. I have attached the legislation (that has
passed the House), the floor debate where it passed by voice vote, 2 sample
letters from 2006 (we have been working on this for 5 years)from Foss
Maritime and the Passenger Vessel Assoc, and current sample letter from the
CA. AFL-CIO to Sen. Boxer. The 2006 letters refer to its old title before it
received the HR 2651 title.

The Senator may want to introduce it in the Senate Commerce Comm. if there
is broad CA industry support, so the members of CALMITSAC fit the bill. If
you want to weigh in, fax the letter to Senator Boxer at 202-224-0454 then
mail hard copy. Scan and email to DC & SF staff as cc's;

bridget_petruczok@...
megan_miller@...

Then cc me as well. Thank you for your attention and I look forward to
hearing from you all. Please feel free to call or email me with any
questions.

Regards,

Berit Eriksson
Director of Workforce Development
Andrew Furuseth School of Seamanship/Sailors Union of the Pacific
450 Harrison Street
San Francisco, CA. 94105
Cell 206-551-1870
Fax 415-371-1593

5 of 5 File(s)

hr 2651 floor debate.doc

Supprt letter Foss.pdf

H.R. 2651 the Maritime Workforce Development Act.pdf

Letter to Senator Boxer re HR 2651 (Maritime Workforce Development Act) - Support.pdf

#602

From: "Pacific Merchant Marine Council" <pmmc@...>
Date: Tue Jan 5, 2010 8:34 pm
Subject: PMMC Who's Who 2010

pmmc@...

Ahoy Members and Friends,

Thank you to our council's 2009 board of directors. Special thanks to five who will be coming off at the end of 2009: R. Adm. Frank Johnston, Captain Shirley Kohlwes, Art Rogers (Treasurer) and Al and Sally Raanes. We appreciate your participation!

Thank you too to those serving this year. Election and installation of officers and directors took place at our luncheon December 21.

We welcome more members willing to serve on the board. We have openings for more officers and directors. A willingness to further the council, attend meetings and board meetings, and recruit new members is all we ask. We are also on the lookout for chairmen and committee members. Our guide is the 2009 Navy League Operations Manual, http://www.navyleague.org/councils/operations_manual.php. I have a hard copy and the NLUS Ship's Store, http://www.navyleagueshipsstore.com, will soon have copies for sale.

2010 Officers and Directors

Officers

Phelps Hobart, President

Sam Sause, Senior Vice President � Industrial Relations

Don Hale, Vice President � Region & National Navy League Affairs

Karen Freitas, Vice President � Youth Affairs

John Garvey, Secretary & Historian

Roger Bazley, Treasurer

Edward Dangler, Judge Advocate

James Wade � Chaplain

Directors

John Denham � Industrial Relations

Marc Deglinnocenti � Youth Affairs, Sea Scouts

Davis Freitas - Youth Affairs

Guilherme Freitas - Youth Affairs

Michael Nerney � Port of San Francisco Relations

Mark Shaffer � Ancient Mariners, MOAA, S.S. JEREMIAH O'BRIEN

Alexey Sobolev � Youth Affairs

Council Advisory Board 2010
Mr. Evan Baker

Capt. Raymond Blanchet

Mr. Joe Giambrone

V.Adm. Albert Herberger

R. Adm. Frank Johnston

Capt. William Kelly, Jr.

Capt. Shirley Kohlwes

V.Adm. Dick Macke

Capt. Alexander Mackenzie

Mr. John Panneton - Chairman

Capt. Al Woods

Let me know if you need to contact one or more of the above individuals and I can supply what you desire.

I though you might like to read the text (slightlty edited/updated) of a message I sent out to our council Advisory Board members. They are not elected but appointed by the president. Again suggestions for advisory board members are welcome; being a member of the council is optional.

Half dozen messages to follow.

Heave Ho!

Phelps

Phelps Hobart, 2010 President

Pacific Merchant Marine Council, NLUS

____________________________________________

----- Original Message -----

From: Pacific Merchant Marine Council

Subject: Pacific Merchant Marine Council Advisory Board 2010

Season's Greetings!

You have served this past year and for some of you two years on our Pacific Merchant Marine Council Advisory Board and we appreciate that. Thank you. I believe you all have received our correspondence via our Yahoo group website. Let me know if you haven't.

I invite you all to remain on board as advisors for the coming year. Unless I receive a message or telephone call to the contrary, I will assume you accept the invitation.

Joining the Advisory Board for 2010 is Mr. Joe Giambrone and Capt. Shirley Kohlwes, two of our council members. He is active within the Navy League as an Area President in Southern Florida. She formerly was with the California Maritime Academy - Industrial Relations. Also R. Adm. Frank Johnston transfers from being a director to being a member of the Advisory Board. I am always on the lookout for additional advisory board members and welcome your suggestions.

Mr. Panneton has accepted the invitation to be the 2010 Chairman of the Advisory Board and we thank him for that.

I assume I would hear from you if you saw that I as president or our council made an improper move. The council has always been in alignment with the NLUS Maritime Policy Statement and does not deviate from it.

We as a council have the potential to do a lot more but we have to work with the members we have. They reside, for the most part, within the San Francisco Bay area so our activities are primarily there - San Francisco and Oakland.

Chances are you come across our council's presence on various internet networks.

We are now associated with three maritime industry networks:

1. Maritime Cabotage Task Force, www.mctf.com

2. California Marine & Intermodal Transportation System Advisory Council, www.calmitsac.org

3. Marine Exchange of the San Francisco Bay Region, www.sfmx.org

We are now supporting an outstanding Sea Cadet Division, the Arkansas Division, www.arkansasdivision.org. It has a Merchant Marine orientation and is headquartered in San Francisco.

Our newsletter Captain's Call earned a 2008 Mackie Award and our website earned one for 2007 and 2008. It also earned a PatriotFiles.com award in 2008.

We were the only NLUS council with 100% retention in 2008 and received a NLUS award for that. We are holding our own membership wise - not with the growth desired but we remain #1 for growth within the Pacific Central Region.

All in all, in three years we have made considerable strides and the council's potential for the future is definitely positive. Your advise as individual advisory board members is always welcome and appreciated. If anything we haven't heard from you as often as anticipated.

That's about it. Our 3rd Anniversary Luncheon on the O'BRIEN 21 December was a major event for us. Wish you could have attended but we know you were there in spirit.

I like to use the Merchant Marine phrase Heave Ho! to close correspondence with members and council friends.

Heave Ho!

Phelps

Phelps Hobart, President

Pacific Merchant Marine Council

Navy League of the United States

The Navy League is the foremost citizens' organization to serve, support, and stand with the U.S. sea services - the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and the U.S. flag Merchant Marine. The Navy League has a network of 270 councils and 53,000 members. This council, chartered December 11, 2006 is one of the newest! Membership is climbing and retention is high - 100% in 2008.

The council hosts quarterly luncheon meetings with noted guest speakers aboard the National Liberty Ship Memorial S.S. JEREMIAH O'BRIEN, Pier 45, San Francisco the third Monday of March, June, September, and December; 1130 for the social and noon for the luncheon. 21 December VAdm. Jody Breckenridge, Commander USCG PacArea, is guest of honor.

15 June we initiated support for the Arkansas Division Sea Cadets based in San Francisco. It has a Merchant Marine orientation.

We enthusiastically welcome new members and invite participation as "Citizens in Support of the Sea Services." Being a sailor or veteran is not a prerequisite. This council supports the U. S. flag Merchant Marine, U. S. citizen crews, the nation's maritime industry and the maritime trade organizations.

Online visit the League's website, http://navyleague.org. For the council this award winning website (NLUS #1 2007, #2 2008) is a primary means of communications. New are our Facebook and Linkedin pages http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sacramento-CA/Pacific-Merchant-Marine-Council-NLUS/159519498336?ref=ts and http://www.linkedin.com/e/vgh/2544631.

Phelps Hobart, President PO Box 191403 Sacramento CA 95819-1403 (916) 739-6949 | PMMC@...

#603

From: "usaseapower" <nlsac@...>
Date: Wed Jan 6, 2010 5:08 pm
Subject: Re: World Maritime Day "2010: Year of the Seafarer"

usaseapower

Ahoy,

More news on World Maritime Day 2010: Year of the Seafarer.

Our Pacific Merchant Marine Council Luncheon Meeting Monday, September 20 will have World Maritime Day 2010 as its focus. It will be a major council event!

If you would like to serve on the luncheon committee let me know.

2010 is going to be this council's best year yet!

Phelps

______________________________________

World Maritime Day

Every year IMO celebrates World Maritime Day. The exact date is left to individual Governments but is usually celebrated during the last week in September. The day is used to focus attention on the importance of shipping safety, maritime security and the marine environment and to emphasize a particular aspect of IMO's work.

To mark the occasion, the Secretary-General of IMO always prepares a special message and this is backed up by a paper which discusses the selected subject in greater depth. (The Secretary-General's World Maritime Day message is also available as an audio presentation in English.)

World Maritime Day 2010: Year of the Seafarer

World Maritime Day 2010 will be observed during the week of 20 to 24 September 2010 and will be celebrated at the Organization's Headquarters on Thursday, 23 September 2010.

World Maritime Day 2009: Climate change: a challenge for IMO too!

IMO at COP 15

World Maritime Day 2009 was celebrated at the Organization's Headquarters on Thursday, 24 September 2009.

The theme for World Maritime Day 2009 is "Climate change: a challenge for IMO too!".

--- In PMMC-NLUS@yahoogroups.com, "Pacific Merchant Marine Council" <pmmc@...> wrote:

Ahoy Members and Friends,

This is something we can work with in 2010.

We also have National Maritime Day, Saturday, May 22.

2010 is going to be more than a "Happy New Year" for our council - it is going to be our best year yet in all fields of endeavor!

Heave Ho!

Phelps
_________________________________________________

http://www.uscg.mil/worldmaritimeday

http://www.imo.org

A message to the world's seafarers

The International Maritime Organization has decided to dedicate next year to you by choosing, as the theme for World Maritime Day, "2010: Year of the Seafarer". Our intention is to pay tribute to you, the world's 1.5 million seafarers - men and women from all over the globe - for the unique, and all too often over-looked, contribution you make to the wellbeing of all of us.
We will do so with deep appreciation, in recognition of the extraordinary service you render every day of your professional life, frequently under dangerous circumstances, in delivering, to the more than 6.5 billion people of the world, the wheat that makes our daily bread, the gas and oil that warms our homes or moves our vehicles and the gifts we will share and enjoy with our families and friends over this Festive Season.

At IMO, we are ever-conscious of the important role you play in helping us achieve safe, secure and efficient shipping on clean oceans - the goals that we, as the United Nations specialized agency charged with the regulation of international shipping and as a member of the global maritime community, have set ourselves.

And so, we will celebrate next year's World Maritime Day theme with much pride in your contribution to our objectives, to the facilitation of more than 90% of the world's trade, and to sustainable human development.

In so doing, we also seek to reassure you, at the "sharp end" of the industry, that we, who are responsible for the international regulatory regime and who serve shipping from ashore, do understand the extreme pressures that you face and that, as a result, we approach our own tasks with a genuine sympathy for the work that you carry out.

At the same time, we will seek to add impetus to the "Go to Sea!" campaign, which we launched in November 2008 to attract new entrants to the shipping industry and, in particular, to encourage young people to follow in your footsteps by becoming the seafarers of tomorrow. We launched that campaign in association with the International Labour Organization, the "Round Table" of shipping industry organizations (International Chamber of Shipping, International Shipping Federation, BIMCO, International Association of Independent Tanker Owners and International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners) and the International Transport Workers' Federation, all of whom will be joining us in celebrating the Year of the Seafarer.

With best wishes for the Festive Season and the Year of the Seafarer - and a safe return home!

E.E. Mitropoulos
Secretary-General

Briefing 47, 23 December 2009

For further information please contact:
Lee Adamson, Head, Public Information Services on 020 7587 3153 (media@... )
Natasha Brown, External Relations Officer on 020 7587 3274 (media@...).

#604

From: "Phelps Hobart" <nlsac@...>
Date: Thu Jan 7, 2010 5:45 am
Subject: California's Operation Welcome Home - Honoring Our Veterans As They Return Home Launched Today!

usaseapower

California's Operation Welcome Home - Honoring Our Veterans As They Return Home Launched Today!
This is wonderful news for all of us who appreciate those who have served our country and for the personnel transitioning from active duty to veteran or reserve status. I appreciate the dedication of Governor Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria to our military. In his "State of the State" speech before the Senate and Assembly he specifically identified some service personnel who had just returned from combat duty sitting in the Assembly Gallery. All stood and gave them a hearty round of applause. It was very moving.

I caught Navy Leaguer, Sacramento Council, MGen. William Wade, CNG Adjutant General, next to the honored personnel. He has done commendable work in support of the Guard and all of California's military and veterans. There also, I suspect - I didn't spot him - was Navy Leaguer, Stockton Council, MGen. Roger Brautigan, USA (Ret.) Secretary of the California Department of Veteran Affairs. He too has the service members and veterans at heart. Same for his staff at CDVA.

Please visit http://www.cdva.ca.gov and the new websites http://www.veterans.ca.gov and http:/www.calvetcorps.ca.gov. Easy to navigate and with a nice fresh look. California goes all out for its military service personnel in my opinion.

The Navy League is not a veterans group - its focus is supporting the sea service military and its active duty personnel. It has its resource page http://www.navyleague.org/public_relations/servicemember-resources.php. I have advised NLUS HQ on bringing it current but to date, without results. The lines between active duty, reserve duty, veterans, and their spouses and family are blurry as military personnel transition between one status to another.

I personally will be getting involved with the California Veterans Corps, or CalVet Corps, the new and unique program designed to give a helping hand to California's newly discharged veterans. If you, your council, or other members of your council would like to take a more active role welcoming discharged military personnel near you, please let me know you have contacted the CalVet Corps or one of the veteran groups to do so. It is simply another way to say "Thank you for your service."

Phelps Hobart

Vice President - Veteran Affairs

Pacific Central Region, NLUS

Pacific Southwest Region, NLUS

____________________________________

----- Original Message -----

From: News For Veterans

To: News For Veterans

Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 5:03 PM

Subject: Veterans News - California's Operation Welcome Home - Honoring Our Veterans As They Return Home

California Department of Veterans Affairs

VETERANS NEWS

Contact: JP Tremblay

Jerry Jones

Jaime Arteaga

Legislation and Public Affairs

916-653-1355

January 6, 2010

CALIFORNIA�S OPERATION WELCOME HOME

Honoring Our Veterans as they Return Home

California�s Operation Welcome Home initiative was launched today by the California Department of Veterans Affairs, in cooperation with the Employment Development Department, Labor and Workforce Development Department, and California Volunteers to provide veterans with one-stop shopping efficiency as they search for and apply for the benefits they are entitled to receive.

California has more returning veterans than any other state and in his State of the State Speech today Governor Schwarzenegger committed to making these brave men and women a priority.

�California has more returning veterans than any other state, so our state, as well as the federal government, has a special responsibility,� said Governor Schwarzenegger. �We have a fundamental obligation to anyone who has shed or risked blood for this country. Their sacrifice is extraordinary and never fails to inspire me. To all veterans returning from active duty I say, welcome home.�

Operation Welcome Home will put more than 300 recent veterans to work identifying and making direct contact with the 30,000 veterans returning to California annually to counsel them about benefits, services and transitional workforce training available to help them enter the workforce and transition successfully from the battle front to the home front.

Specifically, California�s Operation Welcome Home establishes nine regional full-time outreach teams that will assist veterans in finding: employment and job training; educational opportunities; housing; mental and physical health care; federal benefits; and support for their families. The regional outreach teams will be funded by $20 million in Employment Development Department outreach funds and be led by a collaborative effort of staff from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Labor Workforce Development Agency, California Volunteers, and other local, state and federal entities and non-profit organizations

�Building on his record of strengthening employment and economic opportunities for California's veterans, Governor Schwarzenegger has today launched this statewide outreach initiative to connect each and every returning veteran to the services that can help them transition successfully from the battle front to the home front,� said Roger Brautigan, Secretary of Veterans Affairs. �A lot of improvements have taken place across all departments in state government but despite these efforts more coordination than ever before is needed to ensure the young combat veteran returning to California after deployment, is aware and connected to benefits and services already made available to them.�

California�s Operation Welcome Home initiative highlights the Governor�s commitment to California�s veterans, by committing and targeting an unprecedented amount of resources and services to the State�s 2.1 million veterans. More information regarding California�s Operation Welcome Home can be found online at www.veterans.ca.gov.

During his tenure as Governor, Schwarzenegger has signed legislation expanding civil service preference points for veterans looking for jobs in state service; increased higher education coordination with the creation of the �Troops to College� initiative; targeted millions of dollars in grants to help newly discharged veterans find new jobs through a verity of career resources initiatives; and connected thousands of veterans to employers through the �honor a hero, hire a vet� job fairs.

Additionally, Governor Schwarzenegger has committed resources to keep the construction of five new veteran homes on track, including those set to open in Fresno and Redding, and successfully lobbied to expand eligibility to the CalVet Home Loan Program to all veterans.

Also launched today is the California Veteran Corps (CalVet Corps), a volunteer network to reinforce the efforts of the full-time regional outreach units. The CalVet Corps volunteers will be trained by the regional coalition staff and serve as liaisons between the program and combat veterans to ensure contact is made three times in the first year of military separation. www.calvetcorps.ca.gov

While in the military, California�s brave men and women receive cutting edge training and high quality skill sets for making them valuable employees for California's diverse economy, yet California's Employment Development Department reports that veterans between the ages of 18 to 24 suffer an unemployment rate that is 50 percent higher than civilian men and women in their age groups. Some challenges addressed in Operation Welcome Home include: Mental health issues (30 percent of veterans deployed to combat zones report having experienced Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); Substance Abuse (66 percent of all homeless veterans abuse alcohol and 51 percent abuse drugs); Suicide prevention (suicide rates among 18 to 24 year old veterans are four times higher than rates of non-veterans of the same age) and; Homelessness (California has approximately 25,000 homeless veterans).

Note to editors: This Advisory and previous CalVet news releases, advisories and newsletters are available on our website at www.calvet.ca.gov and via email from jeanne.bonfilio@....

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#605

From: "Pacific Merchant Marine Council" <pmmc@...>
Date: Thu Jan 7, 2010 8:08 pm
Subject: Stockton Port's Activity Dropped in 2009

pmmc@...

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100107/A_BIZ/1070319/-1/NEWSMAP

Ship Visits and Maritime Tonnage decline last year at the Port of Stockton

Recession cut deeply into shipping levels

By Reed Fujii

Recordnet.com

Stockton Record Staff Writer

January 07, 2010 12:01 AM

The construction industry collapse and last fall's credit crisis sharply cut into shipping activity at the Port of Stockton, its director reported Wednesday.

"We saw a decrease in construction-oriented shipping, such as cement and steel, and you also saw a decrease in the latter half of last year in the windmill segments we were handling," Port Director Richard Aschieris said.

Maritime shipments in 2009 totaled more than 1.3 million metric tons, he said Wednesday, down 22.6 percent from the 1.7 million metric tons tallied the year before. A metric ton is 2,200 pounds.

The port counted 102 ships and 13 barges delivering or receiving cargo at the port last year, compared with 149 ships and 21 barges in 2008.

Construction material shipments are directly tied to the recession and the building industry's decline, Aschieris said. The port also was busy handling windmill tower segments - built mostly in Asia and being moved to wind energy projects in the Midwest - until the global credit crunch brought those developments to a halt.

"A lot of other things have held steady," Aschieris said. "We've done well in the export of California bagged rice in 2009. We've also done well in fertilizer imports."

Fertilizer volume is expected to rise further this year, as Yara North America recently completed a $30 million expansion of its terminal and distribution facility at the port.

Also, Aschieris said he's received inquiries from another wind energy windmill manufacturer. "We are expecting windmills to start to return in the spring," he said.

An economic report released Wednesday by the Business Forecasting Center at University of the Pacific cited a number of factors that would contribute to the long-term recovery of the California economy. Among them are increased exports and investment in new energy technologies, which will almost certainly benefit the Port of Stockton.

Aschieris said he would expect a resurgence of cement and steel shipments as well.

"In the medium to the long term, the population of the state of California is going to increase, and therefore, that increased population will need places to live and work and go to school," he said. "So there will be more construction at some point."

Exports of agricultural commodities, such as cotton, hay and rice, also should remain strong in the future, Aschieris said.

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