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Newport Navalog, Friday, March 20, 2009
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Cutter Juniper tows in disabled stern trawler
BOSTON — The 225-foot Coast
Guard cutter Juniper towed a New Bedford,
Mass., fishing vessel to safety late
last week, after it became disabled
approximately 70 miles east of
Chatham, Mass., on March 11.
The five-member crew of the 70foot
stern trawler Sea Siren was not in
danger.
After receiving the call from the
stern trawler around 4:20 p.m., Coast
Guard Sector Southeastern New England
directed the Coast Guard cutter
Juniper, homeported at Naval Station
Newport, to assist Sea Siren’s crew.
“Communicating with the disabled
vessel was difficult due to how far offshore
they were,” said Petty Officer 1st
Class Nicholas Sawka, the operations
unit controller at Sector Southeastern
New England. “Luckily, the crew was
able to use their satellite phone to let us
know they were having engine problems.”
The cutter, which was about 80 miles
from the Sea Siren, arrived on scene
Matt Breen/U.S. Navy photo
Dr. David Chu, left, recently retired as Undersecretary of Defense for Manpower and
Readiness, makes a point while the rest of the panel, from second left, Ambassador
Larry Dinger, currently the American charge d’affaires in Burma; Rear Adm. James P.
Wisecup, President of the Naval War College; and Dr. Derek Reveron National Security
Decision Making Department, listen.
CNW students float new ideas
in national security approach
By DR. DAVID BURBACH
Naval War College
College of Naval Warfare (CNW) students
presented proposed future grand strategies for
the United States to a panel of national security
leaders at the Naval War College on March 10.
As the capstone to the National Security
Decision Making (NSDM) course, 19 student
seminars each conducted an analysis of the
future security environment, developed new
national security and national military strategies,
and identified new concepts and capabilities
to be developed as part of that military
strategy.
“The exercise provides students an excellent
opportunity to practice peer leadership and
generate cutting-edge national security ideas,”
said NSDM Chair Joan Johnson-Freese.
Overall, the CNW seminars developed strategies
in line with the likely direction of the new
Obama administration. Most groups saw
future challenges increasingly coming from
transnational issues like failed states, terrorism,
crime, or environmental degradation, rather
than traditional wars between nation states.
To deal with these challenges, most seminars
proposed greater international cooperation
between the U.S. and other global powers.
While few recommended major changes in
the military’s current force structure, most did
propose expanding U.S. capabilities for counterinsurgency
and security cooperation. Many
also addressed the need to improve interagency
coordination.
Seminars developed a wide range of concepts,
from focused research and development
on robotics and unmanned vehicles, to new
programs to improve the cultural and regional
knowledge of U.S. service members.
After initial rounds of judging by NWC faculty,
two seminars delivered their presentations
to a distinguished panel on March 10.
The panel included Dr. David Chu, who
recently retired as Undersecretary of Defense
for Manpower and Readiness; Ambassador
Larry Dinger, currently the American charge
d’affaires in Burma; and Rear Adm. James P.
Wisecup, President of the Naval War College.
They appreciated the innovative ideas developed
by the NSDM seminars and offered
thoughtful commentary on the possibilities of
implementing them.
around 4:30 a.m.
“When we arrived on scene there
were 10-foot seas and winds gusting up
to 30 knots,” said Seaman Terrance
Daignault, a crewman aboard the
Juniper. “The boat was dead in the
water and taking waves broadside.”
The cutter crew launched a tow line
to the Sea Siren using a line throwing
gun and the fishing boat’s crew pulled
the line onto their boat and connected
the tow.
Capt. Michel T. Poirier
Commanding Officer, Naval Station Newport
Lisa Rama
NAVSTA Public Affairs Officer
The Juniper towed the Sea Siren
toward Buzzards Bay, Mass., at a speed
of about 3 knots, where it met a commercial
tug Friday evening. The tug
planned to tow the Sea Siren into New
Bedford.
The Juniper, a ocean going buoy tender,
is one of three Coast Guard vessels
under the Department of Homeland
Security at Pier 2. The others are the
cutters Willow (WLB-202) and the Ida
Lewis (WLM-551), both buoy tenders.
Former senator guest
for Women’s History
By RICHARD ALEXANDER
Navalog editor
Former Republican state
and World War II veteran Sen.
June Gibbs of Middletown will
be the keynote speaker for
Naval Station Newport’s observance
of Women’s History
Month on March 26 at
1 p.m. in the Atrium of
Building 690.
The program is
sponsored by the
Equal Employment
Opportunity Committee
(EEOC). The
observance is open to
all, and complimenta-
ry coffee and refreshments
will be served
at 12:30.
March marks the
22nd annual observance of
Women’s History Month, when
the United States celebrates
the many contributions
women have made and are
making to our Navy and
nation. This year’s national
theme is “Women Taking the
Lead to Save Our Planet.”
Gibbs, 86, was R.I. Senate
District 12 representative for
Little Compton, Middletown
and Tiverton, until she lost in
the 2008 election.
But she spent a half century
in politics beginning in 1952
when she signed on
as a volunteer campaign
worker for
President Eisenhower’s
presidential campaign.
Gibbs was secretary
of the Republican
National Committee
from 1977 to
80.
June Gibbs A graduate of
Wellesley College in
1943, Gibbs (then Lt.
j.g. June Nesbitt) served with
the WAVES in World War II as a
cryptographer at the Naval
Communications Annex in
Washington. After the war she
used the GI Bill to get a master’s
from Boston University.
Bob Krekorian
NAVSTA Public Affairs Staff
Greg Kohlweiss
Richard Alexander
NAVSTA Public Affairs Staff
NAVALOG Editor
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