1 MC Messages from the Conn

On Saturday, 12 April, members of Hawkbill Base visited The facilities of Idaho Falls Power. Assembling Downtown (across from the library) the group was hosted by our local utility on a tour of one of the city’s Power Generating units, Control Room, and Distribution. Idaho Falls Power

On 9 April members of Hawkbill Base USSVI and spouses\friends gathered at the Idaho Falls Soup Kitchen to prepare and serve lunch. This following a food drive at the end of March which gathered a truck load of food and $ 1,500 in cash. A core group

REMINDER ELECTIONS – New information highlighted in Yellow Hello This is Gregg Smith, Senior Vice Commander – Hawkbill Base Board positions will reach the end of their 2-year terms this April. One of my jobs is to form an election nominating committee. In this case the committee will

Members of Hawkbill base teamed with Idaho Brewing Company to hold a combined food drive\fundraiser for the Idaho Falls Soup Kitchen. The Soup Kitchen has provided more than One Million meals to those in need throughout its service with the support of various groups to assist in

Because of a scheduling conflict the January 2025 meeting of Hawkbill Base is rescheduled for January 11th. Reminders will be sent out.

From email sent to Ross Dear Gentlemen, I am a USSVI member and retired submariner, and wrote a memoir that I think your base’s members would be interested in. The book recounts my first tour on a fast-attack submarine in the 1980s. Besides being a personal narrative,

Hello all, a reminder that USSVI Lifetime membership is going up in 2025. A chart of the increase is included here.

On Saturday 26 October members of the Hawkbill Base, aided by spouses, served lunch at the Idaho Falls Soup Kitchen. The menu consisted of Fish filets, Green Bean casserole fruit cocktail and a pastry. Gallons of hot Coffee, orange drink or punch rounded out the menu. Kudos

Shipmates, USSVI is raising National Dues in 2025 a chart here illustrates the current Dues structure for both Annual and Lifetime Dues (Lifetime is one payment on a sliding scale based on age). If you are intested in Lifetime membership please consider doing so before the rate