3rd Crew All Hands
Connect with the USS Wisconsin SSBN 827 Association through our virtual 3rd Crew All Hands meetings, featuring Association updates, perspectives from guest speakers, and opportunities to ask questions.
Join Our Inaugural All Hands
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
6:30 PM Central | 7:30 PM Eastern
Online via Google Meet
We’re excited to bring the 3ʳᵈ Crew together for our first All Hands, featuring VADM Robert M. “Rob” Gaucher, USN. Join us for an update on the Association, a look at what’s ahead, and a discussion about the future of our nation’s submarine force.
The Google Meet link will be posted here closer to the event. Please bookmark this page and return to join us.
Featured Guest: VADM Gaucher
As Direct Reporting Portfolio Manager for Submarines (DRPM SUBS) and Program Acquisition Executive for Undersea (PAE Undersea), VADM Gaucher will share insights into undersea deterrence, strategic fleet modernization, and acquisition efforts shaping the COLUMBIA Class program.
Read more about VADM Gaucher and the DRPM SUBS leadership here: DRPM SUBS Leadership
This is an opportunity to hear how her mission fits into the broader future of the submarine force.
Join us as a member of USS WISCONSIN SSBN 827’s 3rd Crew!
The 3rd Crew are the shore-based supporters WISCONSIN (SSBN 827) and her Blue & Gold crews. Similar to Texas A&M University’s tradition of the Twelfth Man, the 3rd Crew for WISCONSIN SSBN 827 are those that stand by and support the two crews onboard that operate and maintain this ballistic missile submarine. In 1922, E. King Gill was called from the stands and suited up during a football game when the eleven Aggie football players on the field needed him. He became the literal “Twelfth Man” and now the entire Texas A&M Student body is the symbolic “Twelfth Man”. The “3rd Crew” are the fans of the submarine, the submarine force and the Navy, watching from the sidelines, cheering, celebrating and ready to support the men and women onboard WISCONSIN (SSBN 827) and the heritage of her namesake state, Wisconsin.