WELCOME TO PATRON 93

(VP 93) "EXECUTIONERS" HOME PAGE

"What's Happening"

For future events please check this site for date and time of functions.

Schedule of Coming events:

First Quarterly Alumni Meeting March 3, 2011

Other dates of interest

TBA

VP 93 Challenge Coins now available

Contact Skipper Rundell if you want one.

Price is $5.00 each plus shipping

G5AV8OR@aol.com

Shipmate Update

None

Alumni Association Meetings

December 2, 2010 PreFlight option 1700hrs Eastside Tavern 126 Avery Mt. Clemens, MI 48043 All meetings are scheduled for the first Thursday of each Quarter. 1930hrs to 2100 hrs. Location of the official meeting is the Selfridge Air Museum, unless notified otherwise. Such changes will be posted here well in advance of the meeting. "Debrief" location after the meeting will be announced at the meeting.

Final 2010 Tour Gide Schedule - New sign up available soon contact AWCS Lach at ss1jsl@comcast.net

To Schedule	Contact ss1jsl@comcast.net
LH02 Tour Hours	Saturday & Sunday 1200 to 1630 Hours
2010	P-3/LH02 Tour Host	P-3/LH02 Tour Host	21FE10
Date	Name	Name	Remarks

Sat April 3	Jerry Lach/Van S/+	Hudson/Belnap/+	Opening Day
Sun April 4	Skipper Hotton		Easter
Sat April 10	Dave Robinson
Sun April 11
Sat April 17	Capt Potochnik
Sun April 18
Sat April 24	Dave Robinson
Sun April 25	Skipper Hotton
Sat May 1	Capt. Potochnik
Sun May 2
Sat May 8
Sun May 9	Dave Robinson		Mother's Day
Sat May 15	Jerry Lach	Capt Potochnik	Armed Forces Day
Sun May 16	Jerry Lach	Skipper Hotton
Sat May 22
Sun May 23
Sat May 29
Sun May 30	XO Zanetti
Mon May 31	Jim Perry		Memorial Day
Sat June 5	Ann Marie Federici	Diane Kay/B. Hudson
Sun June 6	Ann Marie Federici	Diane Kay
Sat June 12
Sun June 13	Skipper Hotton
Sat June 19	Capt Potochnik
Sun June 20	Charlie/Sally Doran		Father's Day
Sat June 26	Mike Kerner (CAC9A)	Capt Potochnik
Sun June 27	Mike Kerner (CAC9A)	XO Zanetti
Sat July 3	XO Zanetti
Sun July4	Jim Gannon		Independence Day
Sat July 10
Sun July 11	J Lach/C Comstock	Bob Hudson
Sat July 17	Skipper Hotton
Sun July 18	Skipper Campbell
Sat July 24	Capt Potochnik
Sun July 25	Scott Belknap	Skipper Rundell
Sat July 31	Dave Tait
Sun August 1	Capt Potochnik
Sat August 7			Cindy Picnic + Golf
Sun August 8			R.Booth Retires
Sat August 14	Dave Tait
Sun August 15	Bob Hudson	Skipper Hotton
Sat August 21	Bob Hudson	Jim Gannon
Sun August 22	Cindy MacKool	Scott Belnap
Sat August 28	Capt Potochnik
Sun August 29
Sat September 4
Sun September 5	Bob Hudson/Skipper Hotton	XO Zanetti
Sat September 11	Skipper Rundell;
Sun September 12	Cindy MacKool	Ann Marie Federici;
Sat September 18	Scott Belnap
Sun September 19	Skipper Rundell	J Charder/B Hudson
Sat September 25
Sun September 26
Sat October 2	V.Hogan+ (CAC6A)	D Robinson/J Lach
Sun October 3	Bob Park+ (CAC6A)	V. Hogan/J Lach
Sat October 9	Ann Marie Federici
Sun October 10	Len Wilke
Sat October 16
Sun October 17	Cindy MacKool	Scott Belnap
Sat October 23
Sun October 24	Cindy MacKool
Sat October 30	Jerry Lach	XO Zanetti
Sun October 31	Jerry Lach/Skipper Hotton	Bob Hudson/Belknap	Last Day/Halloween

P3 Prints are still available

We are considering having Executioners sign prints (probably at the next muster) to add sentimental value. Would you buy one? Contact Skipper Rundell

For $20.00 (shipping included) you can own a print of a VP-93 P3 in flight

This is an artist signed and numbered print

All money goes to the VP-93 Association

If you want one send an email to Howard Rundell (see Recall Bill)

AMS1 (RET) Charles W. Doran's issues a newsletter Team Executioner News in hard copy. Send Charlie an e-mail at <alumni93@comcast.net>

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Command History: Patrol Squadron 93

"established in August 1976, Patron Squadron (VP-93) was based at the Naval Air Facility Detroit, Michigan and is under the operational control of Commander Reserve Patrol Wing Atlantic. VP-93 was the first squadron to be established in the entire patrol community since 1970. It was only fitting that it was given the designation of Patrol Squadron 93, a World War Two Squadron with a rich and proud history within Naval Aviation.

"The original VP-93 was established on 5 January 1942 in Norfolk, Virginia. It began flying PBY's in the North Atlantic. While deployed it provided convoy cover, bombing of enemy submarines, and conducted numerous heroic missions recovering downed allied aircrews. The squadron was redesignated VPB-126 in the middle of the war and was finally deestablished on 27 June 1945.

"Since its establishment, the "Executioners" of VP-93 have achieved a record which adds to the luster of the original squadron. In 1978, the squadron was awarded the highly coveted CNO Safety Award for its outstanding safety program and enviable safety record.

"The past eighteen years of flight operations have ranged from assisting the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, monitoring the environmental effects of the Campeche Oil Spill, assisting the President with his "war on drugs" in the Caribbean, flying joint military exercises with the NATO Forces in Canada, and tracking Soviet submarines throughout the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters of operation, patrolling the Bosnian coast, and enforcing the blockade of Haiti.

"As the squadron got ready to close the hangar that housed Patrol Squadron 93, seven of the planes, were sent to a military resting place in Arizona and the eighth plane was sent to the Selfridge Museum. Patron Squadron 93--"the last of its breed in the Midwest"--was officially disestablished on Saturday, 17 September 1994."

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P3 "Orion" Pictures

LH1 over Detroit, Michigan

The Last P3B of VP93 (LH02) Now located at Selfridge Air Museum

Armed and ready for the next mission

Photos courtesy of Bob and Sally Hudson

The P3 is now on static display and is open for tours only if VP93 personel are available to conduct them. The Museum hours are: 1300hrs-1700hrs (1:00PM-5:00PM) Saturday and Sunday or by special arrangements April thru October. Air Museum located at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mount Clemens, MI.

See Selfridge Museum for more information about the museum.

P3-Art Drawing

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P3 "Orion Statistics"

"This Naval long-range, land based, anti-sub patrol aircraft was flown by VP 93 (Patrol Squadron 93) at Selfridge ANG Base, Michigan from 1976 until the unit was disestablished in 1994. The aircraft was built by Lockheed.

WINGSPAN	99' 7"
LENGTH	116' 10"
HEIGHT	33' 6"
WEIGHT	135,000 pounds
ENGINES	T56-A14, 4,600 HP
MAX SPEED	<466 MPH
MAX ALTITUDE	35,000'
RANGE	5,175 miles
FUEL LOAD	10,000 gallons
CREW SIZE	13

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Patron 93 Commanders


LCDR Claude W. Haman, USN	1942
LCDR W.B. Short, USN	1942-1943
LCDR R.W. Dunlop, USN	1943-1944
LCDR W.H. Munson, USNR	1944-1945*
CAPT. E.J. Furdak, USNR	1976-1978
CDR R.B. Duxbury, USNR	1978-1979
CDR G.H. Mollencop, USNR	1979-1980
CDR R.G. Bender, USNR	1980-1981
CDR J.T. Hendricks, USNR	1981-1983
CDR R.W. Davis, USNR	1983-1984
CAPT. G. M. Fusko, USNR	1984-1986
CDR P.J. Wilhelm, USNR	1986-1987
CDR H.F. Rundell, Jr., USNR	1987-1989
CDR P.B. Peterson, USNR	1989-1990
CDR S.D. Ihrig, USNR	1990-1991
CDR J.B. Harshfield, USNR	1991-1992
CDR R. A. Carlone, USNR	1992-1993
CDR C. Cluster, USNR	1993-1994**

*Squadron redesignated VPB-126 and deestablished 1945.

**Squadron deestablished 1994.

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Other Navy Resources

Recently retired LCDR Bob Booth provides the comprehensive list below:

Below are web-sites that provide information on Veterans benefits and how to file/ask for them. Accordingly, there are many sites that explain how to obtain books, military/medical records, information and how to appeal a denied claim with the VA. Please pass this information on to every Veteran you know. Nearly 100% of this information is free and available for all veterans, the only catch is: you have to ask for it, because they won't tell you about a specific benefit unless you ask for it. You need to know what questions to ask so the right doors open for you -- and then be ready to have an advocate who is willing to work with and for you, stay in the process, and press for your rights and your best interests.

Appeals http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch05.doc
Board of Veteran's Appeals http://www.va.gov/vbs/bva/
CARES Commission http://www.va.gov/vbs/bva/CARES
Draft National Plan http://www1.va.gov/cares/page.cfm?pg=105
Center for Minority Veterans http://www1.va.gov/centerforminorityveterans/
Center for Veterans Enterprise http://www.vetbiz.gov/default2.htm
Center for Women Veterans http://www1.va.gov/womenvet/
Clarification on the changes in VA healthcare for Gulf War Veterans http://www.gulfwarvets.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000016.html
Classified Records - American Gulf War Veterans Assoc http://www.gulfwarvets.com/ubb/Forum18/HTML/000011.html
Compensation for Disabilities Associated with the Gulf War Service http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/part6%20/ch07.doc
Compensation Rate Tables, 12-1-03 http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Rates/comp01.htm
Department of Veterans Affairs Home Page http://www.va.gov/
Directory of Veterans Service Organizations http://www1.va.gov/vso/index.cfm?template=view
Disability Examination Worksheets Index, Comp http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/Benefits/exams/index.htm
Due Process http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch02.doc
Duty to Assist http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch01.doc
Electronic Code of Federal Regulations http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ecfr/
Emergency, Non-emergency, and Fee Basis Care http://www1.va.gov/opa/vadocs/fedben.pdf
Environmental Agents http://www1.va.gov/environagents/
Environmental Agents M10 http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1002
Establishing Combat Veteran Eligibility http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=315
EVALUATION PROTOCOL FOR GULF WAR AND IRAQI FREEDOM VETERANS WITH POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO DEPLETED URANIUM (DU) http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/DUHandbook1303122304.DOC and http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1158
See also, Depleted Uranium Fact Sheet http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/DepletedUraniumFAQSheet.doc
EVALUATION PROTOCOL FOR NON-GULF WAR VETERANS WITH POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO DEPLETED URANIUM (DU) http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/DUHANDBOOKNONGW130340304.DOC
Fee Basis, PRIORITY FOR OUTPATIENT MEDICAL SERVICES AND INPATIENT HOSPITAL CARE http://www1.va..gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=206
Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependants 2005 http://www1.va.gov/opa/vadocs/fedben.pdf OR, http://www1.va..gov/opa/vadocs/current_benefits.htm
Forms and Records Request http://www.va.gov/vaforms/
General Compensation Provisions http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partii_chapter11_subchaptervi_.html
Geriatrics and Extended Care http://www1.va.gov/geriatricsshg/
Guideline for Chronic Pain and Fatigue MUS-CPG http://www.oqp.med.va.gov/cpg/cpgn/mus/mus_base.htm
Guide to Gulf War Veteran's Health http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/VHIgulfwar.pdf
Gulf War Subject Index http://www1.va.gov/GulfWar/page.cfm?pg=7&template=main&letter=A
Gulf War Veteran's Illnesses Q&As http://www1.va.gov/gulfwar/docs/GWIllnessesQandAsIB1041.pdf Hearings http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch04.doc
Homeless Veterans http://www1.va.gov/homeless/
HSR&D Home http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/
Index to Disability Examination Worksheets C&P exams http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/21/benefits/exams/index.htm
Ionizing Radiation http://www1.va.gov/irad/IraqiFreedom/Enduring
Freedom Veterans VBA http://www.vbava.gov/EFIF/
M 10 for spouses and children < http://www1..va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1007
M10 Part III Change 1 http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1008
M21-1 Table of Contents http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/
M21_1.html Mental Disorders, Schedule of Ratings http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/regs/38CFR/BOOKC/PART4/S4_130.DOC
Mental Health Program Guidelin es http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1094
Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Centers http://www.mirecc.med.va.gov/
MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Centers of Excellence http://www.va.gov/ms/about.asp
My Health e Vet http://www.myhealth.va.gov/
NASDVA.COM http://nasdva.com/
National Association of State Directors http://www.nasdva.com/
National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention http://www.nchpdp.med.va.gov/postdeploymentlinks.asp
Neurological Conditions and Convulsive Disorders, Schedule of Ratings http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/regs/38cfr/bookc/part4/s4%5F124a.doc
OMI (Office of Medical Inspector) http://www.omi.cio.med.va.gov/
Online VA Form 10-10EZ https://www.1010ez..med.va.gov/sec/vha/1010ez/
Parkinson's Disease and Related Neurodegenerative Disorders http://www1.va.gov/resdev/funding/solicitations/docs/parkinsons.pdf and, http://www1.va.gov/padrecc/Peacetime
Disability Compensation http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+38USC1131
Pension for Non-Service- Connected Disability or Death http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partii_chapter15_subchapteri_.html and, http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partii_chapter15_subchapterii_.html and, http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partii_chapter15subchapteriii_.html
Persian Gulf Registry http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1003
This program is now referred to as Gulf War Registry Program (to include Operation Iraqi Freedom) as of March 7, 2005: http://www1..va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1232
Persian Gulf Registry Referral Centers http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1006
Persian Gulf Veterans' Illnesses Research 1999, Annual Report To Congress http://www1.va.gov/resdev/1999_Gulf_War_Veterans'_Illnesses_Appendices.doc
Persian Gulf Veterans' Illnesses Research 2002, Annual Report To Congress http://www1.va.gov/resdev/prt/gulf_war_2002/GulfWarRpt02.pdf
Phase I PGR http://www1va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1004
Phase II PGR http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=1005
Policy Manual Index http://www.va.gov/publ/direc/eds/edsmps.htm
Power of Attorney http://www.warms.vba..va.gov/admin21/m21_1/mr/part1/ch03.doc
Project 112 (Including Project SHAD) http://www1va.gov/shad/
Prosthetics Eligibility http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/ViewPublication.asp?pub_ID=337
Public Health and Environmental Hazards Home Page http://www.vethealth.cio.med.va.gov/Public
Health/SARS http://www..publichealth.va.gov/SARS/
Publications Manuals http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/publications.cfm?Pub=4
Publications and Reports http://www1.va.gov/resdev/prt/pubs_individual.cfm?webpage=gulf_war.htm
Records Center and Vault Homepage http://www.aac.va.gov/vault/default.html
Records Center and Vault Site Map http://www.aac.va.gov/vault/sitemap.html
REQUEST FOR AND CONSENT TO RELEASE OF INFORMATION FROM CLAIMANT'S RECORDS http://www.forms.va.gov/va/Internet/VARF/getformharness.asp?formName=3288-form.xft
Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses April 11, 2002 http://www1.va.gov/rac-gwvi/docs/Minutes_April112002.doc
Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans Illnesses http://www1.va.gov/rac-gwvi/docs/ReportandRecommendations_2004.pdf
Research and Development http://www.appc1.va.gov/resdev/programs/all_programs.cfm
Survivor's and Dependents' Educational Assistance http://www.access.gpo.gov/uscode/title38/partiii_chapter35_.html
Title 38 Index Parts 0-17 http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=1b0c269b510d3157fbf8f8801bc9b3dc&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/
Title38/38cfrv1_ 02.tpl Part 18 http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=1b0c269b510d3157fbf8f8801bc9b3dc&c=ecfr&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/
Title38/38cfrv2_ 02.tpl Title 38 Part 3 Adjudication Subpart APension, Compensation, and Dependency and Indemnity Compensation http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=1b0c269b510d3157fbf8f8801bc9b3dc&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38cfr3_main_02.tpl
Title 38 Pensions, Bonuses & Veterans Relief 3.317 Compensation for certain disabilities due to undiagnosed illnesses found here) http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=1b0c269b510d3157fbf8f8801bc9b3dc&tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title38/38cfr3_main_02.tpl
Title 38 PART 4--SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES Subpart B--DISABILITY RATINGS http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=ab7641afd195c84a49a2067dbbcf95c0&rgn=div6&view=text&node=38:1.0.1.1.5.2&idno=38
Title 38 4.16 Total disability ratings for compensation based on unemployability of the individual. PART 4 "SCHEDULE FOR RATING DISABILITIES Subpart" General Policy in Rating http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=1b0c269b510d3157fbf8f8801bc9b3dc&rgn=div8&view=text&node=38:1.0.1.1.5.1..9611&idno=38
U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims http://www.vetapp.gov/
VA Best Practice Manual for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) http://www.avapl.org/pub/PTSD%20Manual%20final%206.pdf
VA Fact Sheet http://www1.va.gov/opa/fact/gwfs.html VA Health Care Eligibility http://www.va.gov/healtheligibility/home/hecmain.asp
VA INSTITUTING GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTION (GAF) http://www.avapl.org/gaf/gaf.html
VA Life Insurance Handbook Chapter 3 http://www.insurance.va.gov/inForceGliSite/GLIhandbook/glibookletch3.htm#310
VA Loan Lending Limits and Jumbo Loans http://valoans.com/va_facts_limits.cfm
VA MS Research http://www.va.gov/ms/about.asp
VA National Hepatitis C Program http://www.hepatitis.va.gov/
VA Office of Research and Development http://www1.va.gov/resdev/
VA Trainee Pocket Card on Gulf War http://www.va.gov/OAA/pocketcard/gulfwar.asp
VA WMD EMSHG http://www1.va.gov/emshg/VAWRIISC-DC http://www.va.gov/WRIISC-DC/
VAOIG Hotline Telephone Number and Address http://www.va..gov/oig/hotline/hotline3.htm
Vet Center Eligibility - Readjustment Counseling Service http://www.va.gov/rcs/Eligibility.htm
Veterans Benefits Administration Main Web Page http://www.vba.va.gov/
Veterans Legal and Benefits Information http://valaw.org/
VHA Forms, Publications, Manuals http://www1.va.gov/vhapublications/
VHA Programs - Clinical Programs & Initiatives http://www1.va.gov/health_benefits/page.cfm?pg=13 http://webmaila.juno.com/webmail/new/UrlBlockedError.aspx
VHA Public Health Strategic Health Care Group Home Page http://www.publichealth.va.gov/
VHI Guide to Gulf War Veterans Health http://www1.va.gov/vhi_ind_study/gulfwar/istudy/index.asp
Vocational Rehabilitation http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/
Vocational Rehabilitation Subsistence http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/vre/InterSubsistencefy04.doc
VONAPP online http://vabenefits.vba.va.gov/vonapp/main.asp
WARMS - 38 CFR Book C http://www.warms.vba.va.gov/bookc.html
Wartime Di sability Compensation http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+38USC1110
War-Related Illness and Injury Study Center - New Jersey http://www.wri.med.va.gov/
Welcome to the GI Bill Web Site http://www.gibill.va.gov/
What VA Social Workers Do http://www1.va.gov/socialwork/page.cfm?pg=3
WRIISC Patient Eligibility http://www.illegion.org/va1.html