Luncheon Guest Speakers
(Note: Videos below are Dropbox links. Those over 1 hour are marked * and can optionally be Downloaded rather than Streamed if viewing content past one hour is desired. Some “COVID era” videos are also available via YouTube at this link.)
| 2025 | ||
| Jan: | RDML Richard W. Meyer, USNR, Deputy Commander US Third Fleet, “Submariner Journey to Fleet Deputy Commander.” |
(bio) (photos) |
| 2024 | ||
| Dec: | CDR Charles “Ryan” Hall, USN, CO Special Reconnaissance Team ONE & LCDR Will Wininger, USN, XO Naval Special Warfare Basic Training Command | (bio’s) (photos) |
| Nov: | VADM John F. G. Wade, USN, Commander, U.S. Third Fleet | (bio) (photos) |
| Oct: | Commodore William “Will” Wiley, USN, COMSUBRON 11, “Australian, UK and US (AUKUS) Submarine Program Update” |
(bio) (photos) (video) |
| Sep: | VADM Charles W. Martoglio, USN (Ret), “America’s Security During a Period of Confrontation & Conflict.” |
(bio) (photos) (video) |
| Jun: | Commodore Ken Douglas, USN, COMSUBRON 11, “San Diego Submarine Force — Past, Present and Future” (Click here for the PPT brief.) | (bio) (photos) (video) |
| Apr: | CAPT Scott Tait, USN (Ret), former CO, USS ZUMWALT (DDG 1000) and currently Executive Director, National Security Innovation Catalyst at UCSD. His topic: “Zumwalt, the challenges/opportunities in bringing a new design to the fleet.” | (bio) (photos) (brief) (video) |
| Mar: | CAPT Tim Oliver, USN (Ret), Executive Director, Naval Submarine League, “The NSL Today” | (bio) (photos) (brief) |
| Feb: | RADM Richard E. Seif Jr., Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC), “Pacific Submarine Force Overview” | (bio) (photos) |
| 2023 | ||
| Dec: | CAPT John C. Witte, USN, CO Undersea Rescue Command, “URC’s Worldwide Submarine Rescue Mission” (Click here for the PPT brief.) | (bio) (photos) (video) |
| Nov: | Brigadier General James A. Ryans II, USMC, Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD), San Diego, “Meeting the Challenges of Military Service Recruiting” | (bio) (photos) (video) |
| Oct: | CDR Christian Rivera, USN, Commanding Officer, Submarine Training Facility San Diego, “Update and Tour of SUBTRAFAC” | (bio) (photos) (video) |
| Sep: | CAPT Jeffrey Yackeren, USN, Commanding Officer, Naval Base Point Loma, “The Journey to NBPL” | (bio) (photos) |
| Jun: | CAPT Jeffrey Melody, USN, Chief of Staff, Carrier Strike Group 15 | (bio) (photos) (video) |
| May: | VADM Charles W. Martoglio, USN (Ret), “America and the World to 2030: Competition, Confrontation, or Conflict” | (bio) (photos) (video) |
| Mar: | RADM “Mac” McLaughlin, USN (Ret), President and CEO, USS Midway Museum | (bio) (photos) (video) |
| Feb: | CAPT Amy Bauernschmidt, USN, CO, USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) | (bio) (photos) |
| Jan: | VADM Mike Boyle, USN, Commander, U.S. THIRD Fleet and Mr. Marty Cooper, NSL’s 2022 Distinguished Submariner |
(bio) (photos) (video) |
| 2022 | ||
| Dec: | Mr. Theo Goda, Ice Exercise (ICEX) Program Manager, Arctic Submarine Laboratory | (bio) (photos) |
| Nov: | VADM Robert Thomas, USN (Ret), “Northeast Asian Cooperation” | (photos)(video) |
| Oct: | LCDR Miñano, XO, for CDR Roberto Gonzalez, CO, BAP PISAGUA (SS-33) and LCDR John Sison (CSS-11 Staff) | (bio’s) (photos)(videos) |
| Sep: | CDR Chris Rose, USN, CO USS ALEXANDRIA (SSN 757) | (bio) (photos & 3 videos) |
| Jun: | Commodore Ken Douglas, USN, COMSUBRON 11, “The View from Millington” and Submarine Squadron 11 Update | (bio) (Zoom video) (PPT brief) (photos) |
| Apr: | FORCM(SS) Jason Avin, USN, SUBPAC Force Master Chief, with the COMSUBPAC Sailor of the Year Nominees | (bio) (Zoom video)(photos) |
| Mar: | CAPT John Witte, USN, SUBRON 11 Deputy and Interim CO, USS CONNECTICUT (SSN 22) | (bio) (Zoom video)(photos) |
| Feb: | COL Thomas M. Bedell, USMC, CO, MCAS Miramar | (bio) (Zoom video) (photos) |
| Jan: | RDML Richard Seif, USN, Commander Undersea Warfare Development Center, “From the Depths — We Strike” (with this terrific movie) | (bio)(movie) (PPT brief) (photos) |
| 2021 | ||
| Dec: | CAPT Charlie MacVean, USN (Ret), US Navy Divers Association Brief | (photos) |
| Nov: | RADM Wayne Baze, USN, Commander Expeditionary Strike Group 3 | (bio) (Zoom video) (photos) |
| Oct: | CMDCM(SS) Nick Green, USN, COMSUBRON 11 Command Master Chief | (bio) (Zoom video) |
| Sep: | CAPT Allen P. Johnson, USN, C3F MOC Director / N3, “What’s a MOC?” | (bio) (photos) (video part 1) (video part 2) |
| Aug: | Commodore John (Patrick) Friedman, USN, COMSUBRON 11 | (bio) (PPT brief) (photos) |
| Jun: | CAPT Kenneth Franklin, USN, CO, Naval Base Point Loma | (bio) (photos) |
| May: | Commodore Jeff Melody, USN, Commander, Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Pacific | (bio) (Zoom video*) |
| Apr: | RADM Rich Correll, USN, OPNAV N2/N6T, Director, Strategic Integration, “Navy Strategic Integration” | (bio) (Zoom video*) |
| Mar: | ADM Jonathan Greenert, USN (Ret), “Insights from a Former CNO” | (bio) (Zoom video) |
| Feb: | Panel Discussion with CAPT (Ret) Barbette Lowndes, CDR Lindsay Anderson & LT Andrea Howard, “Women at the Naval Academy and in Submarines — The Beginning, the Present, and the Future” | (bio’s) (Zoom video*) |
| Jan: | RADM Blake Converse, USN, Commander, Submarine Force, US Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC) | (bio) (Zoom video*) |
| 2020 | ||
| Dec: | RADM Tom Ishee, USN, STRATCOM J3, Director, Global Operations | (bio) (Zoom video*) |
| Nov: | RDML Ed Anderson, USN, NAVSEA Deputy Commander, Undersea Warfare (SEA 07), “Submarine and Undersea Vehicle RTD&E” | (bio) (Zoom video) |
| Oct: | VADM Fritz Roegge, USN, President of National Defense University (NDU) | (bio) (PPT brief) (Zoom video) |
| Sep: | Commodore Henry C. Adams, USN, COMSURFDEVRON ONE | (bio) (Zoom video) |
| Jun: | CAPT Brien Dickson, USN, CO Naval Base Point Loma (via Zoom) | (bio) (brief) (Zoom video) |
| Mar: | CAPT Charles R. MacVean, USN (Ret), PhD, “Admiral Rickover—Up Close and Personal” (repeated in July at PACNW) |
(bio) (Zoom video) |
| Feb: | RADM Tom Ishee, Director, Undersea Warfare Division (OPNAV N97) | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Jan: | CAPT Eric M. Cooper, USCG, CO Maritime Security Response Team West | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| 2019 | ||
| Dec: | CAPT Zoltan Kelety, USN (Ret) Marine Superintendent, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
(bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Nov: | CAPT Mike Dowling, USN, CO Tactical Training Group Pacific | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Oct: | CAPT Timothy J. Slentz, USN, CO Naval Base Coronado | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Sep: | CAPT Brien Dickson, USN, CO Naval Base Point Loma | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Jun: | CDR Ray Ferbrache, USN (Ret), “China’s Submarine Force” | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| May: | Commodore Chris Cavanaugh, COMSUBRON 11 | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Mar: | CAPT C. Gresham Bayne, MC, USNR (Ret) | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Feb: | RADM Daryl L. Caudle, COMSUBPAC | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Jan: | VADM John D. Alexander, COMTHIRDFLT | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| 2018 | ||
| Dec: | Mr. Theo Goda, Arctic Sub Lab, ICEX Program Manager | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Nov: | CAPT Bill Green, USN (Ret), “Ruminations of an Old Submariner” | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Oct: | Commodore Chris Cavanaugh, COMSUBRON 11 | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Sep: | CDR Emily Cathey, USN, CO USS Independence (LCS 2) | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Jun: | RADM Yancy Lindsey, Commander, Navy Region Southwest | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Apr: | VADM(Ret) Robert Thomas, former COMSEVENTHFLT | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Mar: | RDML Bill Byrne, Commander, Carrier Strike Group 15 | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Feb: | Erika Putman, Director, Marine Mammal Foundation | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Jan: | CAPT Ronald W. Toland, Jr., CO Fleet ASW Training Center | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| 2017 | ||
| Dec: | CAPT Michael J. Boone, SPAWAR PMW 770 (Undersea Integration) | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Nov: | William W. Phillips, Chair, Medal of Honor Museum Foundation | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Oct: | VADM(Ret) Ted “Twig” Branch, former Director, Naval Intelligence | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Sep: | CAPT Joseph R. Buzzella, Jr., USCG, Captain of the Port of San Diego | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Jun: | RDML James S. Bynum, Commander, Carrier Strike Group 9 | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Apr: | CAPT Howard C. Warner, III, CO Naval Base Point Loma | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Mar: | VADM Nora W. Tyson, COMTHIRDFLT | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Feb: | CAPT Scott Swehla, former Senior US Defense Official, Norway | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Jan: | RADM Fritz Roegge, COMSUBPAC | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| 2016 | ||
| Dec: | VADM Troy M. Shoemaker, Commander, Naval Air Forces | (bio)(luncheon photos) |
| Nov: | VADM Thomas S. Rowden, Commander Naval Surface Forces | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Oct: | Commodore Brian Davies, COMSUBRON 11 | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Sep: | VADM(Ret) Charles W. Martoglio, Senior Research Fellow, UCSD | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Jun: | CAPT(Ret) Howard Reese, “ICEX 2016” | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| May: | Dr. Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Mar: | CMDCM(SS) Paul Davenport, CMC CSS-11 | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Feb: | RADM(Ret) John B. Padgett III, President, Naval Submarine League | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Jan: | CDR Nathaniel R. Reed, OIC, Submarine Learning Center (with tour) | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| 2015 | ||
| Dec: | CAPT Sil Perrella, “Sea Based Airborne ASW” | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Nov: | Mr. Michael Shea, “Is American in Decline? (Not!)” | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Oct: | Mr. Rudy Shappee, Midway Museum Volunteer | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Sep: | CDR Todd Perry, CO NSW Advanced Training Cmd, “Mystery Sub” | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Jun: | Commodore Gene Doyle, CSS 11, “The History of Naval Reactors” | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| May: | CAPT Howard Warner, CO Naval Base Point Loma | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Mar: | Steve Breen, SD Union-Tribune “Pulitzer Political Cartoonist” | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Feb: | VADM Robert Thomas, Commander 7th Fleet | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
| Jan: | CAPT Jonathan Spaner, USCG, Captain of the Port of San Diego | (bio) (luncheon photos) |
