N R Subase Pearl Harbor HI Detachment 716 Mpls/St. Paul

Welcome to....

N. R. Subase Pearl Harbor Hawaii

Detachment 716

We Served with Honor and Pride....

Fair Winds and Following Seas....

Subase Supports
the Jon Francis Foundation
Fund Raiser!
Click here to view the photos of the Water Stop 5 Team at the Jon Francis Half Marathon in Stillwater.

Cincinnati Firecrackers
Junp Rope team
Perform at the
U. S. Naval Academy

Click here to watch a great video of the Firecrackers jump rope team performing at the U. S. Naval Academy .

This is precision Team Work at its best!

Fly with the Blue Angles

Click here to watch a great video of an F/A-18 Hornet doing maneuvers in Atlanta

(Very exciting and fun to watch.)

United States Navy
Basic Enlisted Submarine School
Class Photos and Rosters of those who attended the BESS from
1940 to date can be accessed by clicking on this link
BESS
The Website wishes to think Charley Fitzsimmons for submitting this information

August Schell
Brewery
Comes through again!
Schell Brewery has once again agreed to support us.
Click here for the full details.

Announcing the 2009
Subase Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Luau!

Click on the Luau link at the top of this page to view the details.

Old Blue Jacket
One of our Shipmates put me onto a great Website that is full of good reading and videos. The site is OldBlueJackets.com. I was impressed by the design of the site and the content. At lot of work went into putting this together. Also there are some great articles to read. One in particular is the political editorial on their Politics and Humor page. These are some powerful editorials. Another site worth visiting while there is called Patriot Files.

Subase Website celebrates
its One Year Anniversary!
The Subase Pearl Website was started on the 25th of January in 2008 and is now one year old. The growth of the Website is owed to its loyal members and their dedication to be Shipmates forever.
I wish to thank each and everyone of you for your support and being my Shipmate and my Friend.
To all my Shipmates I wish you....
Fair Winds and Following Seas.

Det. 716 History
Subase Pearl Det 716 Was formed in May of 1977 at the Naval Reserve Center located at Ft. Snelling in the Twin Cities of Minnesota and commanded by Commander Alan A. Anderson. The mission was to support the regular Navy at the Submarine Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Subase was combined with the surface fleet in 1993 and became NAVIMFAC (Naval Intermediate Repair Facility) Pearl Harbor. Part of Det 716 went to the Subase in March of each year for two weeks of Acdutra (active duty for training), and the remainder in August. This two week period was fondly known as "fun in the sun". We took with us a considerable amount of talent and was able to accomplish many repairs the active duty personnel simply didn't have the time to do or manpower to spare. While there, we worked hard and we played hard.

USS Arizona Memorial

Travel at the Government's Expense

You might not realize, but you may be eligible for travel at the governments expense. The travel program is called Space-A, and you may qualify to utilize this benefit. The criteria for eligibility of this benefit is spelled out on several websites. I have added a link to the best site I've found. To check the information out on other websites simply type "Space A" into your search engine of your browser. Charles Fitzsimmons and Don Ulbright have both used this method of travel several times. The only cost to you, $7.85 for a box meal. Not a bad deal! There are some obvious drawbacks such as: 1) Few if any flights leave the Twin Cities area, 2) You might not get on the flight, or may be bumped and 3) Your family most likely will not be eligible to use this avenue of transportation. Charley flies in and out of Grand Forks, N. D. Check out the site and see if you are eligible. The site that I have the link for also has a listing of all the facilities in the world that you can fly in and out of.

Another website that Charles Fitzsimmons uses for his Space-A travel is:

http://www.spacea.info/index2.html

Det. 715 aboard the
USS Los Angeles SSN-688

DD-214 On line

It's official; DD-214's are NOW Online.

The National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) has provided the following website for veterans to gain access to their DD-214's online:
http://vetrecs.archives.gov/

This may be particularly helpful when a veteran needs a copy of his
DD-214 for employment purposes. NPRC is working to make it easier for veterans with computers and Internet access to obtain copies of documents from their military files. Military veterans and the next of kin of deceased former military members may now use a new online military personnel records system to request documents. Other individuals with a need for documents must still complete the Standard Form 180, which can be downloaded from the online web site. Because the requester will be asked to supply all information essential for NPRC to process the request, delays that normally occur when NPRC has to ask veterans for additional information will be minimized. The new web-based application was designed to provide better service on these requests by eliminating the records centers mailroom and processing time.

Please pass this information on to former military personnel you may know and their dependents.

Subase Det. 716
in front of the Dive Tower

The Submarine Store

Below is the link to The Submarine Store. The site has a lot of good Submarine related information on it and has an event calendar where I have posted the upcoming Subase Reunion information. They have Submarine related items for sale on this site as well. Please take the time to visit their site.

Submarine Base Peral Harbor

This Website is Dedicated to all our Men and Women who are still Serving their Country with special emphasis to those who are serving in hostal areas of the world.

Detachment 716 salutes you.

When I first started this website it was intended to be simply a place where memories could be posted, a place where former Subase Pearl Detachment 716 shipmates could go to look at photos of people they shared a good portion of their lives with and read stories of events long past. It has become that and more. After several months of building and editing this website and reading stories from shipmates about our men and women in uniform still serving their country and stories of men and women in uniform who have given their lives in the name of freedom, I have come to realize the website should have a greater purpose. Therefore I have decided to dedicate this site to our men and women in uniform still serving and to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. To our shipmates still serving, we the former members of Subase Pearl Detachment 716 salute you. We thank you for your sacrifice. God Bless

America.

Other Great Websites

Check out these other DOD, USN and Commercial/Private sites.

Air Mobility Command

Armed Forces Vacation Club

Basic Enlisted Submarine School

Bluejacket

Commander Submarine Force

Space A (alternate site)

Subase Website Administration

Submarine Lineup

The Submarine Store

United States Navy Band

United States Submarine Veterans

U S Navy Together We Served

U S Nuclear Tests

Submarine Base Pearl Harbor, Hawaii at night durint the Christmas season.

New law allows Veterans to render the hand salute!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
October 30, 2008
New Law Authorizes Veterans' Salutes during National Anthem

WASHINGTON (Oct. 30, 2008) -- Veterans and active-duty military not in uniform can now render the military-style hand salute during the playing of the national anthem, thanks to changes in federal law that took effect this month.

"The military salute is a unique gesture of respect that marks those who have served in our nation's armed forces," said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. James B. Peake. "This provision allows the application of that honor in all events involving our nation's flag."

The new provision improves upon a little known change in federal law last year that authorized veterans to render the military-style hand salute during the raising, lowering or passing of the flag, but it did not address salutes during the national anthem. Last year's provision also applied to members of the armed forces while not in uniform.

Traditionally, members of the nation's veterans service organizations have rendered the hand-salute during the national anthem and at events involving the national flag while wearing their organization's official head-gear.

The most recent change, authorizing hand-salutes during the national anthem by veterans and out-of-uniform military personnel, was sponsored by Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, an Army veteran. It was included in the Defense Authorization Act of 2009, which President Bush signed on Oct. 14.

The earlier provision authorizing hand-salutes for veterans and out-of-uniform military personnel during the raising, lowering or passing of the flag, was contained in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008, which took effect Jan. 28, 2008.

First Det. 716 Cruise photo March 1978.

"What is A VETERAN"

When a Veteran leaves the 'job' and retires to a better life, many are jealous, some are pleased, and others, who may have already retired, wonder if he knows what he is leaving behind, because we already know.

1. We know, for example, that after a lifetime of camaraderie that few experience, it will remain as a longing for those past times.

2. We know in the Military life there is a fellowship, which lasts long after the uniforms are hung up in the back of the closet.

3. We know even if he throws them away, they will be on him with every step and breath that remains in his life. We also know how the very bearing of the man speaks of what he was and in his heart still is.

These are the burdens of the job. You will still look at people suspiciously, still see what others do not see or choose to ignore and always will look at the rest of the Military world with a respect for what they do; only grown in a lifetime of knowing.

Never think for one moment you are escaping from that life. You are only escaping the 'job' and merely being allowed to leave 'active' duty.

So what I wish for you is that whenever you ease into retirement, in your heart you never forget for one moment that you are still a member of the greatest fraternity the world has ever known.

NOW! Civilian Friends vs. Veteran Friends Comparisons

CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Get upset if you're too busy to talk to them for a week.
VETERAN FRIENDS: Are glad to see you after years, and will happily carry on the same conversation you were having the last time you met.
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CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Have never seen you cry.
VETERAN FRIENDS: Have cried with you.
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CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Keep your stuff so long they forget it's yours.
VETERAN FRIENDS: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back.
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CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Know a few things about you.
VETERAN FRIENDS: Could write a book with direct quotes from you.
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CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that's what the crowd is doing.
VETERAN FRIENDS: Will kick the crowd's bottom that left you behind.
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CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Are for a while.
VETERAN FRIENDS: Are for life.
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CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Have shared a few experiences. ..
VETERAN FRIENDS: Have shared a lifetime of experiences no citizen could ever dream of...
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CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will take your drink away when they think you've had enough.
VETERAN FRIENDS: Will look at you stumbling all over the place and say, 'You better drink the rest of that before you spill it!' Then carry you home safely and put you to bed...
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CIVILIAN FRIENDS: Will talk crap to the person who talks crap about you.
VETERAN FRIENDS: Will knock the hell out OF THEM...for using your name in vain.
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A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or reserve- is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to 'The Government of the United States of America' for an amount of 'up to and including my life'. . . and military wives are as much veterans as their spouses.

From one Veteran to another, it's an honor to be in your company.
Thank you Veteran

Barracks 654

Retired Reserve Pay Computation

The retired pay for a member who elects transfer to the Retired Reserve is computed using the average monthly basic pay rate to which the member would have been entitled at the highest grade satisfactorily held, had the member been on active duty during the entire period of the member's high 36 months. In most cases, this would be the average basic pay rate in effect for the member at ages 57, 58, and 59. The formula to compute the retired pay is as follows:
1. Divide all points credited in all years by 360 to convert the points into years of service, including fractions;
2. take the average of the last 36 months of monthly basic pay for the member's grade and length of service at the time the member becomes entitled to receive retired pay - age 60 (remember to include longevity increases while a member of the Retired Reserve);
3. multiply that rate by 2.5 percent of the years of service (up to a maximum of 30 years of service) computed in (1) above.

Sounds simple enough <grin>. Hey, I didn't write it, I copied it from an official site.