POLARIS MISSILE FACILITY, ATLANTIC 34 Years of Service to the Fleet 29 March 1960 - 05 January 1995

Website Addition - I have added a link to a downloadable and or printable version of the newsletter. It is located at the top of the website newsletter and under the title “POMFLANT Alumni Newsletter.” It is in Acrobat format and will require the free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. Which can be downloaded from:

Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) – SSP now has a public website with all programmatic history and facts about SSP, the Fleet Ballistic Missile Program and current initiatives (Click Here).

POMFLANT Patches – I have been receiving a lot of requests for patches. I originally purchased 100 patches for those interested and had a few left over. But over the years they have been sold to others in the Alumni. I have written Vanguard where I purchased the patches from and have not received any answers. I have written them again today. I will let you know what the outcome is. Thank you for your patience. For information on original order (Click Here).

1. Please verify that the following E-Mail addresses are in your allow list and not blocked by your E-Mail Program or Internet service provider: E-Mail 1 and E-Mail 2..

2. I would like all of your snail mail addresses, if you have not already sent them to me. This will allow us to keep in touch with you if your E-Mail address changes or has other problems. We do not release this information to anyone outside of this association. Thank you for your support.

3. For those members using their work E-Mail address from Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin is rejecting E-mails from the mailing list, with an error message of “556 5.7.1 Message refused by Lockheed Martin due to content or security policy violation.”  I will need another non-LMCO e-mail address or a snail mail address if you wish further updates from the POMFLANT Remembered Website.  Please respond with your name an alternate E-Mail or Snail Mail address to Thunderer.  I am sorry for this inconvenience.

4. AOL and CompuServe (cs.com) have now started blocking my mailing list as SPAM on some AOL and CompuServe accounts. For those AOL and CompuServe members please read item 1 above. Your names will be removed from the e-mail list. You may try contacting AOL customer service and see if they will unblock the e-mails from my domain. I am sorry for this inconvenience.

5. Comcast is now blocking the POMFLANT update e-mails as SPAM. Please resolve this issue with your provider or I will be forced to remove your address from the e-mail update lists. I might suggest that you get a Hotmail, Yahoo, or Gmail account for the newsletter and website update E-Mails.

I had the pleasure of visiting with Tom three weeks ago.  He was amazingly prepared for his fate.  We had a great visit.  He suffered from a very agressive cancer.  Actual cause of death (as is normal) was pneumonia.

One of the things I'll never forget, we were getting ready to move some missiles and were getting the weather updates before going into the Inner Area, when the Discovery went down.  That incident and how many trucks the Marines seemed to trash! I have one more story.  I was the ACC and while we were moving to the pier we had a huge wasp flew into the 6-pack.  The Marines in the back were swatting for all they were worth, and I get the call from Gunny Stevens to have them quit playing grab*ss.  Well about 2 or 3 weeks later, I have the same 4-point onboard. They are begging me to talk to the Gunny and tell him that they weren't playing grab*ss.  I still had the carcase of the wasp in the truck and they had been on Office Hours since! Thanks for the memories, and if you were there when I was, I did all the Loss Prevention training classes. Hope that didn't hurt my standings any!

We have a new Granddaughter Ava Caralina Guido, born 17 April 2008.

Our side business, Southeastern Synthetics, will continue to sponsor the website and the newsletter at no cost whatsoever to the Alumni Association. This includes the web, newsletter materials and any applicable postage costs. Our side business, Southeastern Synthetics, will continue to sponsor the website and the newsletter at no cost whatsoever to the Alumni Association. This includes the web, newsletter materials and any applicable postage costs.

Since our last newsletter, I have received information that the following co-workers, co-workers family members and friends have died:

Laura A. Allen (wife of Robert P. Allen) - Lockheed, September 2007.

Richard S. Waters, Lockheed, Passed 13 March 2008.

John Henry Veyera, Civilian, Passed 08 April 2008.

Henry N. Lamb, Civilian, Passed 15 April 2008.

Charles "Chuck" M. Hughey, Civilian, Passed 01 May 2008.

Hugh E. Waller, Jr., Lockheed, Passed 04 May 2008.

Otis C. Harris, Sr., Civilian, Passed 07 May 2008.

Thomas R. Dufek, Civilian, Passed 09 Aug 2008.

Magdalene Antley, (Bob Antley's wife), Affiliation Unknown, Passed Date Unknown.

Leo A. Dawson, Civilian, Passed Date Unknown.

Our Deepest Sympathy goes to those and their families who have lost their loved ones.

Take Care,
Ron and Nancy