Table of Contents

• Flag Sends
• Comings & Goings
• December Reports
• Fleet Staff Needed
• Upcoming Events
• RMMC Regimental Triad Billets
• Award Notes & Reminder
• Marksmanship Update
• November Honors – Awards
• November Honors – Promotions
• Fleet Contacts
• Order of Battle
• Echelon Command Contacts

Flag Sends

How is it December already?!? It’s been a huge year for us, and I want to reflect on that a bit.

Second Fleet has shrunk a bit in the past year, mostly due to losing HMS Peregrine and SMLAC Arminius (now SMS Haudegen). We began 2019 with a census of 1029 members, and as of November 6th, have 1012. If you factor out those two chapters, however, we began with 986 members.

We gained chapters – including MARDETs, we started with 35 and ended with 37 elements in the fleet as a whole. Thanks and congratulations to the new chapters and their teams!

We also changed COs. VADM Neitz served as FCO for five years, and in that time we saw the fleet expand and become, in some ways, a backbone of the organization as a whole. John made us Second To None. I was lucky to inherit a fleet with no serious issues, no landmines, and great people at every level. Thank you to John, and you all for that.

We added a Discord server, which opens another channel for us all to communicate. We, at this writing, have 78 members on the channel, and room for everyone to join in!

I have some major announcements about the future, which in fairness to all need to be held until the next newsletter. Good things are coming, and we are positioning ourselves to grow into the future.

I want to talk some about goals for 2020 – which I will expand on more in the future. These are just in the idea phase, and will need to be fleshed out.

I want to see at least three more units added to the roster – MARDETs, hyper-capable ships, LACs, Pinnaces – what ever it looks like is fine. I think we are in a place where that isn’t impossible, and in fact could be achieved easily. Including echelons, fleets, and RMA chapters, we have, as I write this, 395 total units in MEDUSA. At 40 units, we would be just over 10% of the total unit count. Removing the echelons, etc. leaves a local chapter count of 155 – which would make a 40-element Second Fleet a whopping 25% of the RMN…

We need to restock on challenge coins. That is a fleet-wide endeavor, and I have some ideas on how to make it work. There is a lot to do before this is a live thing, but I hope everyone gives it some thought. We have more than a thousand members. If we each gave as little as five dollars, we could order enough for everyone…and for the next thousand members. More on this as the plan develops.

There will be several new Fleet positions opening. COS McCauley and I are working to get these hammered out, so that we have a fair description of what each role will be, and do.

We will be working to get ahead of the curve on BuShips issues, and identify where changes are needed ahead of them, so we can get them corrected before official notes are sent out.

I want to develop a group of members – officers & senior enlisted – who are willing to be used to fill in on chapters when needed. Not only as members to bring counts and ratios into line, but as emergency XOs and Bosuns to keep chapters going if there is a loss of those triad members. These folk would also be trainers for future triad members. It’s still in the concept stages, but I see no reason we should ever fear losing a chapter because they lost triad members, or need an additional officer.

There will be more to come as we enter 2020. I want everyone reading this to think of what they can do to help their chapter and the fleet as a whole be better. Finding how you fit in can be hard. I never, not even when I messaged VADM Neitz about the DCO role, expected to be here. When I joined, I figured on just being another member. I know it can seem like all the cool roles are filled – I assure you they are not! And if you have a passion for something, we can and will find or make you a position!

Thank you for a great beginning to my time as CO, and I look forward to an unprecedented 2020, as we keep Second Fleet

Comings & Goings

BuShips Directive 1911-01

Congratulations to one of our resident Space Lords, Vice Admiral of the Red Diane K Bulkeley, KDE, KCR, MC, SC, OG, DSO, QBM, CBM, First Baroness of New Essex, Second Space Lord on her election to the Commanding Officer position, HMS Unconquered.

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BuShips Directive 1911-03

Flag sends it’s hearty congratulations to the crew of the SMLAC Arminus, until recently of Second Fleet, on their commissioning as SMS Haudegen! While technically in Seventh Fleet, their location in Flint, MI places them geographically with the Second Naval District, and I want to be sure to send my congratulations to their new CO, Korvettenkaptain Nathan Nemi, and the entire crew.

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JAG Order 1911-01

Congratulations to Lieutenant Commander Rex Hood, HMLAC Scythe, as he is appointed to the position of Deputy Judge Advocate General. In order to fulfill the responsibilities of this position he is hereby promoted to the rank of Captain Senior Grade.

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Bureau of Planning Directive 1911-01

Congratulations to MAA2/c John Chambers on being appointed to the position of Historian for the Bureau of Planning.

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Gryphon Fleet Order 1911-D

Welcome and congratulations to Captain JG Zach McCauley on his appointment as Chief of Staff for Second Fleet. Commensurate with his new duties, CAPTJG McCauley is also promoted to Captain, Senior Grade. We’ll try not to break him!