The 2016 edition of the IUSSCAA Cable Newsletter is published. See below for a list of articles and stories. Members of the IUSS CAESAR Alumni Association should receive an email with links to the newsletter and Member Direcory in PDF format in the next 24 hours.

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Additionally, the editorial staff and I would appreciate your feedback regarding this particular issue which continues to incorporate more personal stories from our members. Please comment here or send a personal note to me at Jim_Donovan53@yahoo.com   

Happy Thanksgiving and all the best,

Jim Donovan
CAPT USN (Ret)
Director
IUSSCAA

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In this Issue

Securing the Future of IUSS Excellence by Thomas Chavez p. 2

IUSS Short Stories p. 4

  San Salvador 1954-55 by Richard Ehrenberg

  Keflavik Iceland Today  by Mark Kohlman

  Grand Turk Revisited by John Reid

“OUR BOOK”

  1969 – NAVFAC Centerville Beach - Another Act Of Kindness by Ed Smock p. 5

  1966 – NAVFAC San Nic - Navy Chief Halts Vandenberg AFB Missile Launch

            by Ed Smock p. 6

  1964 – Barbados: So Close To Making Chief But They Held It From Me

         by Bob Farver p. 6

  1965 – ASW Exercise - Intruders And Surveillors by Phil Brown p. 7

  1967 – USS Queenfish (SSN-651) Sea Trials (SOSUS Wins) by Phil Brown p. 8

  1968 – San Salvador, Bahamas - “MAYDAY! MAYDAY! MAYDAY!” by Mike Weir p. 9

  1968 – “M Boat” Problems Near San Salvador by Baker Peebles p. 10

  1965 – Couple Rescued From The Sea By NAVFAC Barbados Crew

         by Ed Smock p. 11

Argentia Today by Anne E. MacFarlane p. 12

OTA1 Tracy Cox – All Hands Magazine 1988 p. 16

My Post-NAVFAC Grand Turk Hobby by Jeff Dodge p. 17

Assignment COMOCEANSYSLANT 1977 – 1980 by Dick Rentner p. 19

The Good Samaritan of PACMILS by Frank Dorsch p. 21

Down Memory Lane by George Widenor p. 23

Not U.S. or Known Friendly by George Miller p. 25

People News p. 26

In Memoriam p. 33

Jim, many thanks to all who contributed their time to put this issue together. I enjoyed reading the stories and catching up on shipmates.

Great job, folks.

Nick

Jim and Staff,

I'll pile on to Nick's comments with a hearty "well done" on the recent issue of The Cable. It is easily the best one yet and reflects a lot of good work by the article submitters and the staff that glued all that information together in a very impressive fashion.

Thanks for what you and your staff have provided for some very pleasurable reading.

J