By LT Akshat Patel
We are extremely excited to announce the founding of a CIMSEC chapter in the hometown of Admiral Hyman G. Rickover – the “Father of the American Nuclear Navy.” In keeping with Admiral Rickover’s legacy, the founder and first president of the Chicago chapter is also a nuclear submariner!
If you are in the Chicago area, get in touch!
President: LT Akshat Patel
Contact: chicago@cimsec.org
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LT Akshat Patel is a Submarine Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy. He attended Boston University on a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps scholarship and earned a B.A. in Economics. He is currently an instructor at the U.S. Navy’s only boot camp and previously served aboard the USS HAWAII for three years. His primary interests are undersea warfare, geopolitics, and management consulting.
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Lt Patel, Heartiest congratulations on starting a new chapter and fittingly naming it after Adm Hyman Rickover. Just last week I wrote a brief piece on his visit to an Indian submarine in HongKong in December 1982. Meeting him on board was an experience and he was everything he was reputed to be.