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Capt. Lloyd "Joe" Vasey Commander USS Kawishwiwi AO-146 1961 - 1962  Retired as RADM Lloyd "Joe" Vasey Plank Owner of USS Missouri BB-63 Executive Officer - USS Gunnel SS-253 Commander Sept.1964-June 1965 USS Saint Paul (CA-73) Japanese Sub I-400 USS NEW JERSEY left Pier E at 1130 on Monday, 12 May, 1969 and moved to Berth 13, Pier 1, Long Beach Naval Shipyard, for a three-week period of restricted availability, while minor repairs and routine maintenance could be carried out. The ship required no major repairs or alterations and in fact could have redeployed immediately if she had been required to. As the ship was being moved, Captain Snyder paid an official call on Rear Admiral Lloyd Vasey, operational commander. The Battleship had been selected to participate in PACMIDTRARON ' USN, Commander Cruiser Destroyer Flotilla SEVEN, Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group, LONG BEACH, and NEW JERSEY's69, the seven week summer Midshipman Training cruise, and Admiral Vasey would command the task group from USS NEW JERSEY. His would be the first operational flag to fly from the Dreadnought in her third commission. On Tuesday, at 0910, Admiral Vasey returned the Captain's call aboard NEW JERSEY. China's
Maturing Submarine Force: Although the PLAN has not released
the results of its investigation, a
number of scenarios have been suggested. One possible sequence of
events
is that a crucial valve stuck shut and failed to allow exterior air to
enter
the submarine while the ship's diesel engines were operating. The
engines
consumed all the oxygen from the ship's atmosphere
and rapidly htmhyxiated the crew. An alternative explanation is
that the
diesel engines failed to shut off as intended when the submarine
submerged. See "Valve Problem Blamed for Submarine Accident".
A third scenario offered by Rear Adm. Lloyd Vasey
(U.S.Navy, Ret.) suggests that seawater entered the ship's
massive
batteries, generating toxic clouds of chlorine gas that killed the
crew.
See Indira A.R. Lakshmanan, "Cause of Submarine Disaster Is Mystery,"
Boston Globe, May 4, 2003, p. 18. Associated
Research Focus: Asia
Research Institute for Hawaii.USA
Lt. Gov. Duke Aiona, Sen. John
McCain and Gov. Linda Lingle spoke at a press conference on Nov. 5,
2004, at Washington Place. McCain was in Honolulu to speak at a
ceremony honoring retired Navy Rear Adm. Lloyd "Joe" Vasey, who served
in the Pacific in World War II with the senator's father, John S.
McCain Jr. - STAR-BULLETIN / 2004
INTERVIEW with Joe about JOHN McCAIN
"Joe McCain" is also included in this interview. A MEMORABLE VISIT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM Admiral Joe Vasey talking with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service representatives Forrest Cameron, Carolyn Bohan, and Joan Jewett while visiting Midway Island for the 60th Remembrance.  Click image  |
Joe's
wife Lilian Ruth Vasey, died
July 14, 2007 at the age of 89. She was formerly of
N.D., a first-grade teacher and elementary school principal. They have
three daughters, Kristine, Karla and Kari.
Expertise:
Geopolitical strategy and U.S.
political-security relations in Asia-Pacific
region; PRC security strategy
Founder
and Senior Adviser for Policy (Non-resident),
Vice Chairman, Pacific Forum CSIS 1001 Bishop Street, Pauahi Tower, Suite 1150, Honolulu, HI 96813 808-521-6745 To give some idea of what the Pacific Forum is all about, There is this tale of Joe Vasey during World War II. Vasey was onboard a diesel submarine that was being hunted by a Japanese destroyer and running out of air. They were coming up to essentially try to fight their way out of this mess of Japanese destroyers around them, where Vasey said that he made himself a promise that if he lived through this, he was going to some day find a better way of settling problems than people shooting at one another. Luckily, the submarine
surfaced safely hidden in a cloud-bank, and Vasey went on to found the
Pacific Forum in 1975. The non-profit, non-governmental organization is
the Asia Pacific arm of the Center for Strategic and International
Studies in Washington, D.C.
VASEY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM Applicants must be from East Asia Lloyd "Joe"
Vasey (Rear Admiral USN Ret.) a senior strategist, focused on assessing
the impact of China's defense and
foreign policies on regional security. Vasey founded the Pacific Forum
in the mid-1970s and served as CEO until 1990. He is the author of
several published articles and studies on Asia-Pacific security issues,
including China's
Growing
Military Power and Implications for East
Asia (CSIS, 1993).
His military
service includes: chief of
strategic plans and policies at U.S. Pacific Command Headquarters,
secretary to the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff; deputy director of the
U.S. National Military Command Center in the Pentagon; and chief of
staff for Commander U.S. 7th Fleet. Vasey graduated from the U.S. Naval
Academy and holds an M.A. (education) from Stanford University. He is
also a graduate of the U.S. National War College and has received an
honorary doctorate from the University of Hawaii. In 1997, he received
Hawaii Pacific University's highest honor: the Fellow of the Pacific
Award.
Hawaii organization is having a major impact on U.S. foreign policy in Asia. Vasey Fellows -2003
The Vasey
Fellowship was estblished by the Pacific Forum CSIS in February 2002 to
honor RADM. Joe Vasey USN Ret. who launched the Pacific Forum in 1975
to help build better relations between the Untied States and it's Asian
neighbors. The Vasey Fellowship Program provides a unique opportunity
to young promising scholars from the Asia-Pacific region to develop
hands-on expertise regarding U.S. foreign policy through research
projects undertaken at the Pacific Forum in Honolulu. Vasey Fellows
also participate in the Pacific Forum's Young Leaders Program,
attending conferences throughout the U.S. and East Asia.
As of this
date Feb. 2010, over a dozen young interns from Asia have completed the
Vasey Fellowship Program, including one from Russia.
Endowment proceeds help fund
this continuing series of Vasey Fellows. 
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