My Recent Correspondence with

Democrat Presidential Hopeful

Alan F. E. Thiese

22 August 2024

 

Madame Kamala Harris

Harris Victory Fund

Post Office Box 96663

Washington, D. C.   20077-0752

 

Greetings,

 

I take this opportunity today to send you a letter to share information with You as You seek the Office of President of the United States of America.  I am always impressed that Candidates send me letter requesting My Financial Support.  That stated I am My Father’s Son.  My Sainted Dad would always write to candidates in long hand and express His concerns and also ask them their views and plans regarding various subjects of concern to him.  If he received no response he quickly crossed them off of the list of people he would vote for.  Both My Sister and I are following his example.  I realize that this address is set up to process Financial Donations and hopefully some one here can forward this letter to you.

 

What You may not know about Alan is that He served in our U.S.  Navy from August 31, 1961 through December 31, 1981.  I served of four U. S. Navy Ships and deployed three times to defend our U.S.A.  Two to the Western Pacific and one to the Mediterranean Sea.  The first deployment was on the USS Ranger (CVA-61) of Top Gun Fame to the   The Western Pacific before anyone except the People in High Positions knew about the Vietnam War.  The deployment to the Med was on a Guided Missile Destroyer and My final Deployment was to the Pacific onboard the last All Gunned Destroyer the USS Hull (DD-945).  The Hull was named after the DD-350 which was sunk during World War II during Typhoon Cobra.  I would urge You and even your Campaign Staff to Read the Book – “Sea Cobra” by Macon, Georgia Native Buckner F. Melton Jr. who performed in depth research reviewing over 500 documents contained in a wide number of sources to write this compelling document which describes the events of December 18, 1944 when several ships were lost at Sea as well as the lives of over 700 Young Sailors.  One of the Navy Officers involved in the rescue of the survivors was a Young Navy Lieutenant named Gerald R. Ford.  As You most likely know he served our U.S.A. as a President many years later.  Of course the high point of My Service was My time onboard the USS Ranger (CVA-61) where I worked in the Operations Office which allowed me to learn much about World War II from the events that the Operations Officer shared with us all. He was a Naval Aviator and he often took the opportunity to share his experiences as a Survivor of the Bataan Death March.  The Skipper of the Ranger was also involved in World War II and was a renown Fighter Pilot who was credited with many kills.

The most educational Shore Duty for me, a Young Sailor from the Farms of Northeast Iowa, was my assignment to the staff of U. S. Naval Forces, Europe.   The Admiral was John S. McCain, the Father of a former Prisoner of War during Vietnam who went on to serve as a U. S. Senator.

 

It was during this Staff Duty that I participated on the Memorial Service honoring President Dwight David Eisenhower for his performance in the European Theater of Operations during World War II as the Army General responsible for the successful “D” Operation.

 

I provide this information here so that You can appreciate that I consider myself very well invested in the future of our United States of America.  I frequently correspond with the top leadership of our Government and frequently receive replies. 

 

As You can appreciate I am especially interested in the future of our U. S. Navy and I was delighted to hear one of Your Campaign Commericals where You stated that You would take care of the Military.  I now take this opportunity to share a list of our current and future Aircraft Carrier which I just obtained from the World Wide Web.

 

WASHINGTON — The Navy is weighing what to do about the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier, which has been battling Houthi rebel attacks on shipping in the Red Sea for nearly nine months. The question is how to replicate the carrier’s combat power if the ship returns home.

The service has 11 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. Generally, they are getting ready to deploy, are deployed or have come off deployment and have gone in for maintenance and repairs.

The carriers have a lifespan of about 50 years, and halfway through they undergo a major overhaul of their nuclear and other systems, which can take several years.

Here’s a look at where the Navy’s carriers are now:

Deployed

USS Dwight D. Eisenhower — Based in Norfolk, Virginia, and in the Red Sea, it left Norfolk on Oct. 14, 2023. Has been extended twice.

USS George Washington — It is off the coast of Chile, sailing from Norfolk to San Diego and then on to Japan, where it will be deployed, replacing the USS Ronald Reagan.

USS Theodore Roosevelt — Based in San Diego, it has been deployed in Indo-Pacific Command since January and is in the South China Sea.

USS Ronald Reagan — It has been the carrier deployed in Japan. It is on patrol in the Philippine Sea and will be going to San Diego.

Preparing to deploy

USS Harry S. Truman — It is based off the coast of Norfolk in pre-deployment workups. It is about halfway through its training for deployment and doing workups with the strike group. It is expected to deploy in October/November.

USS Carl Vinson — It is in the port in San Diego and is in pre-deployment workups. It will go to the large, multinational military exercise known as the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) in July and deploy into Pacific Command late in the year.

USS Abraham Lincoln — It is based in San Diego and has just finished its final composite unit training exercises and will deploy to Pacific Command in July.

Being repaired

USS George H. W. Bush — It went into maintenance last December.

USS Gerald R. Ford — It just returned from deployment and has entered its maintenance phase, which should last about a year.

USS John C. Stennis — In May 2021, the Stennis went into what’s known as RCOH — the major refueling complex overhaul — which can take four years. It is expected to return to duty in 2025. RCOH happens about midway through a carrier’s lifespan, and during that time, the ship’s electronics and combat and propulsion systems are upgraded, replaced and tested.

USS Nimitz — It went into maintenance in October 2023 and will move to workups later this year.

Not in service

PCU John F. Kennedy — It will be delivered to the Navy next year.

Navy to Name Future Ford Class Aircraft Carrier After WWII Hero Doris Miller

Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly will name a future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier in honor of World War II hero Ship's Cook Third Class Doris Miller during a ceremony in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

 

If you are Elected as our Next President You will become very involved in critical decisions made in the White House Situation Room.  When a crisis erupts and the Situation Room is considering any possible action/s the question often asked is where are the Carriers.

 

Along with our vast arsenal of Nuclear Powered Submarines we in the U.S.A. can be proud of our Military.  Unfortunately our Current Administration of the Biden/Harris White House has not kept the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under control because of our President’s Son, Hunter’s involvement in China.  President Biden appears to not wanting to upset the current situation which according to various reports has resulted in major funding of the Biden Family.  Certainly a sad situation which I sincerely hope you will not continue if elected this November.

 

Now to give you some appreciation of the impact of the late Representative Carl Vinson we here in Georgia are a proud group of citizens who respect our U. S. Military.  We are well blessed with many major Military Facilities which have many citizens that contribute major funding to our State Economy.  Here is a list I compiled a few years ago for our Georgia Government:

 

 

Military Bases in Georgia

A Summary of the economic impact of the 8 larger Facilities

 

Please Note that that the information below is what I was able to acquire from the respective Web-Sites of these Facilities.  There is no standard format required so I am presenting what I learned.

 

Warner Robins Airforce Base – Warner Robins.  2019 information.  Workforce 23,968 of which 14,821 are civilians, 6,188 are Military and 2,958 Other employees – most likely Contractors.  The 2019 Economic Impact was reported as 3.38 Billion.

 

Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Air Base near Savannah.  21,818 Active Duty.  Army 18,429.  Reserve Members 593.  Students 127 and 478 Other Services.  DOD Civilians – 4,983. 1,143 Military Family Members.  28,739 Retirees and Family Members 45,454.  Total:  121,763.

 

King’s Bay Submarine Base near St. Mary’s.  Because of Security Concerns the only population data available was from the 2010 Census.  A total population of the Military Community was reported as 50,513.

 

Moody Air Force Base near Valdosta.  The only data I found was the On Base Population was listed as 886.

 

Dobbins Air Force Reserve  Base near Atlanta.  2500 Air Force Reservist and more than 2000 Navy/Marine/Navy Reservist.  This does not include Family Members or Military Contractors.

 

Fort Gordon Army Base near Augusta.  Of special note at least 5,000 Military who serve at the Cyber Security Headquarters which was established in 2014.  30,000 Military and Civilian Employees.  Estimated Economic Impact 1.1 Billion.

 

Fort Benning Army Base/Training Command near Columbus.  120.000 Active Duty, Family Members, Reservist, Retirees and Civilian Employes.

 

Marine Corps Logistics, Albany.  1000 Military and 3000 Dod Civilian personnel and Contractors.

 

Additionally I learned from the Veteran’s Administration (VA) Web-Site that there are 697,127 Veterans living in Georgia which is 8.98% of the Georgia population.  Of these over 88,000 are Female Veterans.  This data was as of September 30, 2017.

 

Compiled on 13 January 2021

 

With this information now available to you I would suggest that You not allow your Vice President Selection, Mr. Tim Walz conduct any campaign activities in Georgia.  I can not begin to comprehend how My Fellow Georgia Citizens will react to any stops he would do in Georgia in light of His Current nickname “Tampon Tim” which has been given to him in Conservative Circles here in our Country!

 

As you continue your campaign with statements that you will support our Military and the Veterans that have previously served please remember that the Biden/Harris team has targeted us with increased Prescription Cost.  Just recently I was charged a total of $16.20 for two items of medicine that from any and all Veteran’s Point of View should have been totally free based on our Service.  Additionally My one Major Prescription for Medication through “Express Scripts” has increase from three or four dollars a prescription to a total of $13.00.  Certainly I can not view this as a decrease in my cost.  I know that Your Campaign Commercials say you will change this once elected, however my question to You is Why Wait.  As a viable Member of the Biden/Harris Team I would suggest that You are in the ideal position to correct this problem/concern experienced by Us Veterans Now while You are still working in the White House.

 

As it stands today I simply can not assist you in Your Campaign as You requested on the Post Card I have received where You wrote:

 

“I  would be so honored to have you on our people-powered campaign.  Together, we will defend the promise of America – our freedom, our opportunity, and our democracy.  Together, we can win and protect our future.  Thank You!”  signed Kamazla H.

 

Yes, Kamala, this is a Very Noble cause, Yet, I Alan as a Retired U. S. Navy Veteran simply can not afford any additional expenditure at this time.  Maybe after January 2025 I will be in a better financial situation.

 

With this in mind please know that during the last three years and at least seven months I have received well over $300.00 a month in Cost of Living increases.  Admittedly this sounds great, however I assure that every trip to the grocery store and the fueling station has consumed these increases.  In fact I am now enjoying Beef Steaks less often than a mere four years ago.  A sad situation indeed.

 

Yes I am aware that there are some Fellow Georgia Citizens that do not agree with my view and facts as were expressed during the Speeches at the Democrat National Convention the evening of August 21, 2024, but please be sure that I served My 21 years in the U. S. Navy so that they also have the right to free speech.

 

In closing, I also am focused on “HOPE” in the future and I look forward to Your Reply to this rather long letter.  My future vote this Fall depends on the answer/s I receive from the respective Candidates for the Office of “The President of the United States of America!”  I am indeed My Father’s Son.  Thank You!!

 

Please note that I am posting this letter prior to the Closing Speeches of the 2024 Democrat National Convention tonight, August 22, 2024.

 

Submitted with Warm Regards,

 

 

 

Alan F. E. Thiese

U. S. Navy Retired