September Monthly General Meeting:
Join us at 1200 hours (noon if you’ve been out a while.) at Dillon's Restaurant,
20585 North 59th Ave, Glendale, AZ 85308-6821
(Left-click address, above, for a Google map to Dillon's.)
Come at 1100 for time to "socialize."

Gudgeon Base Picnic:
Escape the Phoenix heat at the Gudgeon Base Picnic at Bob Edwards Park in Prescott Valley, AZ
7201 E Long Look Drive, Prescott Valley, AZ 86314
Click on address above to open a Google Map of Bob Edwards Park.
Please note that this is a different location than previous years picnics.
Here's some pictures from the 2015 Gudgeon Base Picnic.

MidWatch deadline:
All input must be in to Chuck Luna, Communication Officer, to be included in next MidWatch Newsletter to be published on October 1st.

October Monthly General Meeting:
Join us at 1200 hours (noon if you’ve been out a while.) at Dillon's Restaurant,
20585 North 59th Ave, Glendale, AZ 85308-6821
(Left-click address, above, for a Google map to Dillon's.)
Come at 1100 for time to "socialize."

2018 Convention Cruise:
Save the date (and start saving your money!) for the 2018 USSVI National Convention Cruise.
The cruise will depart from Ft. Lauderdale, FL on the Holland America Line's ms Nieuw Amsterdam with scheduled stops at:
Half Moon Cay, Bahamas
Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Georgetown, Grand Cayman
and Cozumel, Mexico
then returning to Ft. Lauderdale, FL. (Sounds like an AUTEC run)
Get details and place reservations at http://www.ussvicruise.com/
The 2019 Convention will be in Austin, TX.

Daisy Mountain Veterans Parade:
Save the date - more details will follow.
Daisy Mountain Veterans Parade to be held on November 3, 2018 at 10 a.m. in Anthem, Arizona. Perch Base will tow the USS Phoenix float in the parade as in previous years. The parade is free and open to the public.
Staging area is in the Cross of Christ Church parking lot.
39808 N. Gavilan Peak Pkwy, Anthem, AZ 85086
(Left-click address, above, for a Google map to Cross of Christ Church.)
Access to the staging area will not be permitted after about 8:30 AM.
Assuming you are traveling north on I-17 from Phoenix, you can access the staging area by taking the Daisy Mountain Road exit (Exit # 227) and turning right at the end of the exit ramp. Take the first left turn bay in about 0.3 mile into the Circle K. There is parking behind the Circle K.
This link to the official parade map shows additional parking locations if you arrive late, or parking is full, but you will have to walk farther to the staging area.
Here's some pictures from last year's Anthem/Daisy Mountain veterans' parade.