USS Arleigh Burke Association

Loss of a Success Contributor – RADM Virgil Hill

Wait….?
What….?
Wasn’t OPTEVFOR the enemy, or at least our adversary?

AEGIS BMD – SM-3 Operational Use Coin

Loss of a Shipmate – CWO4 Nick Moore

The association has learned Nick Moore passed in Aug 2024 from complications of brain cancer. Nick was a plankowner – assistant CIC Officer.

Update: A celebration of Nick’s life will be held September 7, 2024 from 10:00 until 1:00 at Sturtevant Event Center, 5100 Portsmouth Blvd., Portsmouth, VA

New Oral History Posted

The third interview in the DDG51 History Project is now posted – CAPT Brian Perkinson – first DDG51 Program Manager (PMS 400D).

CAPT Brian Perkinson (USN Ret), CAPT John Ingram [then PMS 400D], and RADM Paul Robinson (USN Ret) [Supship at DDG51 Delivery], on a later DDG51 Sea Trial

Loss of a Missile Defense Pioneer

Keith Englander

Long-serving engineer in SDIO, BMDO & Missile Defense Agency

Obituary on Legacy.com

Obituary on MissileDefenseAdvocacy.org

Memories on LinkedIn (must be logged in to LinkedIn to view)

Success Has Many Parents

Failure has none

The ship was recently in the news with the first combat employment of AEGIS BMD – SM-3. The history of AEGIS BMD – SM-3 is as interesting and convoluted (maybe more) than the development of the ship.

Some of those without whom AEGIS BMD – SM-3 would not have been on station, and maybe not even the ship – BMD provides a fresh relevancy to the AEGIS fleet.

Ronald Reagan	George W. Bush	ADM Boorda	VADM Rempt	VADM Williams
RADM Meyer	Lt Gen Kadish	LTG O’Reilly	Don Mitchell	RADM (Sel) Grant

Shipmate in the News

Mark Vandroff, CEO Fincantieri Marinette Marine, hosting Constellation Keel Authentication Ceremony, (Precomm Auxo)

It’s good to be here – at the keel laying for the future USS Constellation #FFG62 – with Congress, industry, the Navy and everybody here working together to drive towards one purpose – to deliver the Navy the Nation needs. pic.twitter.com/11SpYeJgqf
— USNavyCNO (@USNavyCNO) April 12, 2024

This is a special day as we lay the keel for the future USS Constellation #FFG62. Our frigates are a critical next step in modernizing our surface ship inventory & increasing the number of available platforms in service for our Fleethttps://t.co/nzhSvahPd7
— Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro (@SECNAV) April 12, 2024

Admiral Gravesite Visit

The Association will be placing flowers at the Admiral & Bobbie’s grave on April 28, 2024 at 1100 in section 8 of the U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Maryland.

After the Flower Laying Ceremony at the Admiral’s Gravesite, attendees are welcome to join up for lunch at a local Annapolis restaurant.

If you plan to attend, please reply to the Association Secretary e-mail invitation or Contact Us.

Rough Seas

The history project is providing some new (old) artifacts. From Andy Summer’s files – rough seas transiting Atlantic on first deployment, March 1993, pictures from USS Theodore Rosevelt (CVN 71).