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 5/17/2024):

(1)  We are pleased to announce that Commodore Ken Douglas, COMSUBRON 11 will be our distinguished guest speaker at our June 11th Luncheon/Professional Forum.  Please consider adjusting your calendars to attend this one, since it will be our last chance to hear from him before his relief as CSS-11 in August.  Further details are in our June newsletter (here).
(2)  Congratulations to the newest COMSUBPAC Sailors of the Year!  … and to the latest San Diego NROTC recipient of NSL’s “Fearless Freddy” award!  See our May Newsletter (here) for all the details.
(3)  We sincerely thank our April Luncheon/Professional Forum distinguished guest speaker, Captain Scott Tait, USN (Ret), former CO, USS ZUMWALT (DDG 1000) and currently the Executive Director, National Security Innovation Catalyst at UCSD.  A copy of his presentation, “Zumwalt, the challenges and opportunities in bringing a new design to the fleet” as well as a video and photos are available here.  Please see our April Newsletter (here) for more details.
(4)  The chapter’s updated Calendar of Events (2023-2024) is 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.