USSVICB Events Calendar

THE USSVI PURPOSE/CREED

To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of duties while serving their country that their dedication, deeds and supreme sacrifice may be a constant source of motivation toward greater accomplishments, and to pledge loyalty and patriotism to the United States of America and its Constitution.

Memorial Day/Veterans Day
POA&M for Events

Memorial Day/Veterans Day
Future Sponsorship

CHARLESTON BASE EVENTS

Upcoming Events:

2026

APRIL

1 CPO Grade established - 1893

2 THU Board of Directors Meeting

FRA Goose Creek

1800 Meeting

7 TUE Little David Working Party

Muster at 0930; work until 1200

Will replace 4 boards aft and 1 board forward & paint prep

Bring a battery powered drill/screwdriver if you have one

I will have ladders, other equipment and water

I will pressure wash Little David later in April and decide on a paint party as needed

If you have questions email Phil at newsletter@ussvicb.org or call 943.518.8301

9 THU Base Meeting - Holland Club Induction

FRA Goose Creek

1800 Social Hour - 1900 Meeting

11 SAT HAPPY 126th SUBMARINE BIRTHDAY

11 SAT Lost Boats / Submarine Birthday Ceremony

Cold War Memorial Patriot's Point [Inclement weather site is NWS Bldg 777]

1000 Ceremony Begins

0930 Muster at site

Tom Holcombe POC

11-18 SAT-SAT Hog Roast in the Swamp

Location: After Battery in Dorchester SC
Hog is served on Saturday 18 April
Link for more info

18 SAT 2026 Charleston Submarine Birthday Ball

126th Submarine Birthday Ball

Location: Trident Technical College

Time: 1700 - 2230

Charleston Base Contact: Anthony Mazza [Atmazza81@gmail.com]

Tickets Info see FLYER

MAY

7 THU Board of Directors Meeting

FRA Goose Creek

1800 Meeting

10 SUN Mother's Day

14 THU Base Meeting

CB Distinguised Submariner Award Presentation

Base Commander & Treasurer Election

FRA Goose Creek

1800 Social Hour - 1900 Meeting

16 SAT Armed Forces Day

? FRI-SUN 2025 NC SUBVETS Burnsville Memorial Service

Dinner SAT May 17

INFO and REG FORM

22 FRI Nuclear Power School Graduation

0900

If you plan to attend please contact Phil Nunnally or 843.518.8301.

We will muster at and leave from the NEX parking lot at 0800.

25 MON Memorial Day Service FRA followed by indoor picnic

Guest Speaker:

FRA Home

1030 Service Begins

JUNE

4 THU Board of Directors Meeting - all base members are invited to attend

FRA Goose Creek

1800 Meeting

11 THU Base Meeting

FRA Goose Creek

1800 Social Hour - 1900 Meeting

21 SUN Father's Day

26 FRI Freedom Fest w/Fireworks

NWS Locklear Field

1800 Start time

FLYER

No coolers or pets

JULY

2 THU Board of Directors Meeting

FRA Home Goose Creek

1800 Meeting

4 SAT Independence Day - Happy 4th

4 FRI FRA Indoor Picnic

FRA Home Goose Creek

1100-1400

9 THU Base Meeting

FRA Home Goose Creek

1800 Social Hour - 1900 Meeting

17 FRI Nuclear Power School Graduation

0900

If you plan to attend please contact Phil Nunnally or 843.518.8301.

We will muster at and leave from the NEX parking lot at 0800.

?? SAT Charleston Base/FRA Combined Cookout

$5.00 per person

Marrington Plantation

1100 to 1800 food will stop being served at 1700

Hamburgers/Hot Dogs/Potato Salad/Cole Slaw/Baked Beans

Beer/Sodas/Water provided

Please bring favorite Cookout side dish or dessert

BYOLC - bring your own lawn chair

RSVP with number of attendees to cbreccomm@comcast.net

FLYER

AUGUST

? FRI Nuclear Power School Graduation

0900

If you plan to attend please contact Phil Nunnally, pbnunnally@gmail.com or 843-518-8301. We will muster at and leave from the NEX parking lot at 0800.

6 THU Board of Directors Meeting

FRA Goose Creek

1800 Meeting

13 THU Base Meeting

FRA Home Goose Creek

1800 Social Hour - 1900 Meeting

SEPTEMBER

?? MON-SAT 2025 USSVI National Convention

Orlando FL

USSVI National Convention 2025 (subvetconvention.org)

3 THU Board of Directors Meeting

FRA Goose Creek

1800 Meeting

7 MON Labor Day Celebration - Indoor picnic at the Fleet

FRA Goose Creek

1100-1400 with meal served at 1130

Hot Dogs and Hamburgers and all the fixin's.

You are encouraged to bring desserts.

10 THU Nuclear Power School Graduation

0900

If you plan to attend please contact Phil Nunnally or 843.518.8301.

We will muster at and leave from the NEX parking lot at 0800.

10 THU Base Meeting

FRA Goose Creek

1800 Social Hour - 1900 Meeting

TBD SAT Chiefs Selection Brunch w/SUBVET CPOs

1200

BLDG 777 - NNPTC Training Center Leader Development Center

Food choices: Any combo eggs/pancakes, bacon/sausage and hashbrowns.
Unlimited supply of coffee and sweet tea.

TBD FRI Nuclear Power School Graduation

0900

If you plan to attend please contact Phil Nunnally or 843.518.8301.

We will muster at and leave from the NEX parking lot at 0800.

OCTOBER

2 THU Board of Directors Meeting

FRA Goose Creek

1800 Meeting

9 THU Base Meeting

FRA Goose Creek

1800 Social Hour - 1900 Meeting

10 FRI Navy Birthday Cake Cutting

FRA Goose Creek
1800

    18    SAT NAVY Ball

    13    MON    US Navy Birthday

    30-9 Nov    THU-SUN   Coastal Carolina Fair w/Float

Link for Watchbill Signup

NOVEMBER

30-9 Nov THU-SUN Coastal Carolina Fair w/Float

Link for Watchbill Signup

    2 SUN   DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS - FALL BACK

    4    TUE    ELECTION DAY - Be a good citizen!

    6    THU    Board of Directors Meeting

FRA Goose Creek

1800 Meeting

11 TUE Lost Boats Bell Tolling

Coastal Coffee Roasters Summerville

1100 Start Time

Free lunch provided after

11 TUE Dorchester County Veterans Day Ceremony: Honoring Our Heroes

Ashley River Park, 200 Renken Rd, Summerville

1000 Start Time

Speaker: TBD

Veterans and families encouraged to attend. If SUBVET attending wear
your vest and cover.

Free lunch provided after the ceremony.

Park admissionis free to all veterans and their guests

11 TUE FRA Indoor Picnic

FRA Home

1200 Meal Time

13 THU Base Meeting

FRA Goose Creek

1800 Social Hour - 1900 Meeting

15 SAT Scholarship Rummage Sale

Rodney's Rockets Trolley Rd

0800 - TBD

16 FRI Nuclear Power School Graduation

0900

If you plan to attend please contact Phil Nunnally or 843.518.8301.

We will muster at and leave from the NEX parking lot at 0800.

27 THU HAPPY THANKSGIVING

DECEMBER

3 THU BOD Meeting

2026 Planning Meeting

7 MON 84th Annual Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony with Wreath Laying

USS Yorktown Patriot's Point

1100 Start Time

    11    FRI    CB Christmas Party
           FRA Home
           1700 - 2000
           $10 per person pay Johnny Brown or COB
           INFO FLYER

    11-14 THU-SUN   Submarine Veternas' Gulf Coast 2024 Annual Christmas Party

Panama City Beach FL

INFO FLYER and Registration Form

13 SAT Goose Creek Christmas Parade

Parade Start: 0930

Lineup staging on Old Moncks Corner Rd begins 0700

St James Ave closes at 0700

Buses from Westview Elementary to the Lineup runs 0700-0850

14 SUN Mount Pleasant Christmas Light Parade

Parade Start: 1730

Coleman Blvd. Route

More Info when known

18 THU Fleet Reserve Branch 269 Christmas Party

1800

FRA Home

     25 THU    MERRY CHRISTMAS
        MERRY CHRISTMAS to all hands and their families.

     31   WED   New Year's Eve

2027

JANUARY

1 FRI NEW YEAR'S DAY

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all hands and their families.

7 THU Board of Directors Meeting

FRA Goose Creek

1800 Meeting

14 THU Base Meeting

FRA Goose Creek

1800 Social Hour - 1900 Meeting

29 FRI Nuclear Power School Graduation

0900

If you plan to attend please contact Phil Nunnally or 843.518.8301.

We will muster at and leave from the NEX parking lot at 0800.

FEBRUARY

4 THU Board of Directors Meeting

FRA Goose Creek
1800 Meeting

11 THU Base Meeting

FRA Goose Creek

1800 Social Hour - 1900 Meeting

17 WED H.L. Hunley Memorial Invitation to all Submariners

The Confederate Heritages Trust, Inc. Hunley/Housatonic Memorial Service INFO

Map to Breech Inlet

1830 Muster at beach - 1900 Memorial begins

Participant uniform will be Charleston Tuxedo (Blue blazer with dolphins, light blue shirt, dark or dolphin tie and khaki pants.)

Please bring a warm coat and a small flashlight...it's usually cold & dark on the beach.

MARCH

4 THU Board of Directors Meeting

FRA Goose Creek

1800 Meeting

? SUN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS - SPRING FORWARD

11 THU Base Meeting

FRA Goose Creek

1800 Social Hour - 1900 Meeting

? FRI Nuclear Power School Graduation

0900

If you plan to attend please contact Phil Nunnally or 843.518.8301.

We will muster at and leave from the NEX parking lot at 0800.

STANDARD ANNUAL EVENT CALENDAR
Yearly Events Planning Responsibilities

January 1. Board of Directors Meeting 1st Thursday 2. Base Meeting, 2nd Thursday 3. Start Audit of Treasurer 4. Establish committee for election nominations 5. Request Distinguished Submariner Award nominations	July 1. Board of Directors Meeting 1st Thursday 2. Base Meeting, 2nd Thursday 3. Vote on Base Bylaws if required 4. Moncks Corner Parade if held
February 1. Board of Directors Meeting 1st Thursday 2. Base Meeting, 2nd Thursday 3. H.L. Hunley / Housatonic Memorial service, 17 Feb 4. BOD vote on Distinguished Submariner nominations	August 1. Board of Directors Meeting 1st Thursday 2. Base Meeting, 2nd Thursday 3. National Convention USSVI
March 1. Board of Directors Meeting 1st Thursday 2. Base Meeting, 2nd Thursday 3. Present Distinguished Submariner Award 4. Complete Audit of Treasurer	September 1. Board of Directors Meeting 1st Thursday 2. Base Meeting, 2nd Thursday 3. Seesaw Days Parade if held
April 1. Board of Directors Meeting 1st Thursday 2. Base Meeting, 2nd Thursday w/Holland Club Induction 3. USS Amberjack SS-219 / Lost Boats Memorial Service & National Submarine Day Service - 2nd Saturday in April Odd year Lost Boats Even year Amberjack 4. Submarine Birthday Ball 5. Base Bylaws Committee Established	October 1. Board of Directors Meeting 1st Thursday 2. Base Meeting, 2nd Thursday
May 1. Board of Directors Meeting 1st Thursday 2. Base Meeting, 2nd Thursday 3. Base Elections - Odd years BC & Treasurer Even years VC & Secretary 4. Memorial Day Observance, Location TBD 5. Armed Forces Day 6. Base Picnic	November 1. Board of Directors Meeting 1st Thursday 2. Base Meeting, 2nd Thursday 3. Distinguished Submariner Award Nominations discussed at Base Meeting 4. Veterans Day Ceremony, Location TBD 5. Lost Boats Bell Tolling @ Coastal Coffee Roasters Summerville
June 1. Board of Directors Meeting 1st Thursday 2. Base Meeting, 2nd Thursday 3. Complete Review of Base Bylaws 4. Scholarships presented	December 1. Christmas Party – THIS IS OUR DEC MEETING 2. Goose Creek Parade if held 3. Harleyville Parade if held 4. Ridgeville Parade if held 5. Mt. Pleasant Parade if held

TBD SAT LITTLE DAVID WORKING PARTY #1

0930 begin work

Needed: 3-5 men for ~4 hours

Bring scrub brushes and wire brushes

Scope of work: pressure washing and removing peeling paint and doing some board replacement and repairs

Let Rick Wise know you're coming by email or phone

14 SAT Gun Club Shoot

Twin Ponds Rifle Range

0800-0830 Meet at FRA 99 Wisteria Rd

0830 Depart for Rifle Range

Bring your targets, ammo and guns you want to shoot.

Use Google Maps to print or lock in GPS for trip

Origination: 99 Wisteria Rd, Goose Creek SC 29445
Destination: Twin Ponds Rifle Range, 7492 Willow Hall Rd, Awendaw SC 29492

TBD SAT Charleston Base Picnic FLYER

Cooper River Partners Recreation Area

1000-1500

Eat at 1200

Provided: Burgers, Hot Dogs,
Drinks: soday, beer, wine, water

LIQUOR NOT ALLOWED

Please bring a side dish or dessert to share

$5 each member and one guest
$10 each additional guest
Pay at the door