Rocky Mountain Submarine Veterans

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Announcements

Next Meeting: Saturday, Sep 26, 2026

Menu: Buffet Breakfast $11

scrambled eggs, bacon or sausage, biscuits and gravy, hash browns and toast

American Legion Post #178

 1655 Simms Street, Lakewood, CO 80215

Buffet Breakfast/Social Hour 0900

Meeting 0930

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Sept 24, 2026 Reminder on meeting and update on Ed Tomlinson's Project

Morning All,

I had lunch with Ed yesterday and he was just awestruck with several of my sea stories and life aboard a submarine. He wants to tell our stories and experiences to the entire nation. Please read his introduction and the two attachments below. It all is very good. I like the concept of "Ask a Submariner". Hope to see you at the meeting.

Thanks

Paul

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Subject: We Want to Publish Your Stories

Fellow Submariners,

We have something a little different planned for our meeting this Saturday.

Ed Tomlinson wants to help tell your stories.

Ed is not a submariner—and he doesn't pretend to be one. That's actually part of the idea.

He wants to ask the questions that ordinary people have always wanted to ask submariners and then let the men who actually served aboard the boats provide the answers.

You may remember Ed's involvement with the USS Grayling memorial and the Channel 9 coverage of the event. He has a long background in books, newspapers, television, radio and working with the media, and he believes there may be an opportunity to take our stories to a much larger audience.

The idea would begin with several weekly Facebook stories and an Ask a Submariner feature.

If readers respond, the possibilities could expand to newspapers, television, radio and national media, with the long-term possibility of national syndication.

But Ed can't do it without submariners.

He needs your stories, your knowledge, your photographs, your corrections and the things that happened aboard your boats that most civilians would never even think to ask about.

And if you know another submariner with a story that deserves to be told, we want to hear about him too.

We'll explain the idea and answer questions at Saturday's meeting.

Come prepared with a story—or simply a question you think America ought to ask a submariner.

See you Saturday,

Paul

USSVI and RMB award annual scholarships!



Click on the link below for scholarship information:

National and Base Scholarship Submissions:   2025 - 2026

Asbestos Alert!

Written by T. Michael Bircumshaw and is in the last publication of the American Submariner on pg. 29.  It is important enough to be read to the members as they may have missed it.  “If you served any time between years 1900 and 2000 and did any time at sea or at certain Military installations, then you have been exposed to Asbestos.  Please get at least a high definition, no contrast needed, cat scan of your lungs.  Do it with a civilian pulmonologist, not the VA, and ask them to specifically look for pleural plaques and interstitial scarring in your lungs.  Once you have finally done that, call me at 951-775-4549.  Call me to tell me the results and we are hoping that your lungs are clean.  But, if like me, you have pleural plaques or/and asbestosis, then I can offer you some guidance on what to do about it.  It cannot be cured, but it can be compensated for, call me.  Don’t make me repeat myself, because I will.  Please do this for you and your family.”



  For more information about " Mesothelioma Plural Plaques " Click on the Red Link

Here are the links of how to make a claim to VA on PACT Act issues.

The first one is off the VA website and it is the actual form to make a claim. It does require you to be registered with the VA health System. The second one is a link to a VFW website to ask for help on applying for a claim. They do step by step instructions. The phone number is the VA hot line to ask VA help in filing a claim. The last is a YouTube on all this information. He is an ex-marine with info on all the agent orange and toxic exposure acts. Good info.

https://www.va.gov/disability/file-disability-claim-form-21-526ez/introduction

https://www.vfw.org/assistance/va-claims-separation-benefits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qNkMWTmOc8

1-800-MY-VA-411 (1-800-698-2411).