March 8, 2024: USS HAMPTON surfaces through arctic ice at Ice Camp WHALE. (Photo by PO1 Justin Yarborough, USN)

NSL Pacific Southwest Chapter

The Naval Submarine League (NSL) is a professional organization for submariners and submarine advocates.

The Pacific Southwest (PACSW) Chapter is one of the ten regional NSL chapters.  It has about 450 members, located in 9 states (Southern CA, Southern NV, AZ, NM, TX, OK, KS, CO, and UT).

Luncheon meetings are held monthly, usually at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California.

New Items (updated on 10/26/2024):

(1)  Please join us at our next Chapter Luncheon / Professional Forum on Tuesday, November 12th at 11:15 AM.  We are delighted to have VADM John F. G. Wade, Commander, U.S. Third Fleet as our distinguished guest speaker.  His bio, and more details about the upcoming luncheon are available in our November newsletter (here).
(2)  We sincerely thank Commodore William “Will” Wiley, COMSUBRON 11 for briefing PACSW Chapter members and guests on the status of the “Australian, UK and US (AUKUS)” submarine program initiative at our October luncheon.  An 18 minute video of his presentation is available here.  His bio and photos from the luncheon are also available here.
(3)  We have had many requests for the September luncheon presentation by VADM Charles W. Martoglio, USN (Ret) who spoke to us on the topic of “America’s Security During a Period of Confrontation & Conflict.”  A video of his presentation is available here.
(4)  The chapter’s Calendar of Events (2024-2025) has just been posted here or can be viewed via the Events page.
(5)  A list of our Guest Speakers (2015-2024), with links to bios and Zoom videos/luncheon photos, has been added here.  Also, some presentations from other chapters can be accessed here.