A Message from our Director, Chris Perrien
When you ask Chris, the director of the North Carolina Submarine Foundation, why this work matters, he doesn’t start with statistics or budgets. Instead, he begins with the families. The spouse who holds everything together while a submarine is deployed for up to six months. The child whose birthday party goes on with one parent missing. The crews of the USS Asheville, USS Charlotte, and USS North Carolina, who operate in silence for months and need to know someone back home is thinking of...
