TWIN LAKES SUBMARINE BASE will be having their annual picnic May 22 at noon. Questions email Mel Smith Vice-Commander at marynida@suddenlink.net

Armed Forces Locator:The following entry was recently made to our Sea Fox site guest book. I thought you might find the site useful and/or interesting. I have the site linked from our Sea Fox site, the Association site, and the Guppy Tribute site. All the best. Geo. Ed York Wednesday, 5/19/10, 6:01 PM http://www.armedforceslocator.com ATTENTION! A brand new website has been launched for veterans and active duty service members to locate each other. The Armed Forces Locator website is a FREE service for veterans and active duty service members who have a desire to find old buddies. It is the first directory-based website on the Internet. When members from your old unit register you are automatically informed. It is a great service. Try it out today! http://www.armedforceslocator.com Email: info@armedforceslocator.com

Submarine Memorial in San Diego: It’s aboard the old NTC on Roscrans. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/jan/11/1m11trees22415-trees-going-memorial-52-submarines-/?uniontrib http://www.signonsandiego.com/photos/galleries/2010/mar/25/wwii-submarine-veterans-memorial/ http://www.subvetpaul.com/SanDiegoMEM.htm

1929 Historical Hotel Seville what a special place. The USS Razorback Base hosted the 110th Submarine Birthday Dinner. Members from USS Snook Base, Twin Lakes Base and the Ozarks-Runner Base joined the three day event in Harrison, Arkansas. We were able to visit the Historical Lyric Theater to learn its history, see a film on "The River Flows," (Buffalo River) and "Burying the Past," about the Mountain Meadow Massacre. We took the tour of Boone County Heritage Museum and ate at the Town House Cafe on the square. We had a great time. People in Harrison are so friendly. I had a difficult time getting the picture on this blog. A couple are still missing. Frank Hampson planned our tours and Greg Schwerman, Base Commander of the Razorback Base, Little Rock, AR., was in charge. They are hoping to have more gathering like this.

American Legion TV features video interviews with fifteen WWII Submarine Veterans.Go to the link...http://www.legion.org/legiontv?v=wwii_sub_benson_2335.flv

USS Tueson (SSN-770) (PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii) - The Los Angeles-class submarine USS Tucson (SSN 770) departed Joint Base Pearl-Hickam Harbor for a scheduled deployment to the western Pacific region Thursday, April 8. “The crew is very excited and eager to get this submarine underway for her first deployment since 2006,” said Cmdr. Gary Pinkerton, USS Tucson Commanding Officer. “They’ve all worked extremely hard this past year getting the ship and themselves ready for this deployment and regaining operational proficiency of all mission areas. I am very proud of each and every one of them.” Tucson underwent a 23-month depot modernization period at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va. that included upgrades in all of her electronic systems in support of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, a complete overhaul of all machinery systems and a full external refurbishing. During that time she conducted numerous sea trials and a port visit in San Diego before conducting an inter-fleet transfer back to Naval Station Pearl Harbor in 2008. Tucson is the second ship of the United States Navy to bear the name of the Arizona city. It is the 59th Los Angeles class attack submarine and the 20th of the improved Los Angeles class attack submarine to be built. Twelve vertical launch missile tubes for Tomahawk cruise missiles provide Tucson with great offensive capabilities and strategic value. Retractable bow planes give the ship increased maneuverability and under ice surfacing potential.

SVARA - The Submarine Veterans Amateur Radio Association. (I met Mr. Flanders at the 110th Submarine Birthday Dinner hosted by the USS Razorbase Base (Little Rock) on April 11 at Harrison's Hisorical 1929 Hotel Seville, April 10th. The USS Snook Base (Rogers), Twin Lakes Base (Mountain Home) and The Ozark-Runner Base Springfield, Missouri Base members attended. We all had a great time. Mr. Flanders will be posting the pictures he took while there.) This is to augment the nets on 14.343.0 +/- 5khz @ 1130 to 1300 EDST, 1030 TO 1200 CDST; 0930 TO 1100 MDST; 0830 TO 1000 PDST (local times do not change with daylight savings times)every day except Sunday and 7.279 @ 1800 central times on Friday and Saturday evenings. SPECIAL INTEREST TO US:Calender - - for special events For my photo albums: http://community.webshots.com/user/jim_flandersType http://w0oog.us/ to get to the first of my web ring.My latest website: http://w0oog.50megs.com/ I am working on:http://w0oog.home.att.net For shiplist, go to http://www.marinefunker.de/eng/shiplist.htmlFor European activity, go to:http://www.marinefunker.de/eng/show.php3?pos=13