Our April 2012 Newsletter is now available at this link.

Navy League Monterey April 2012 Newsletter

Please take a few monuments and see Ms. Clara Foster who was one of our speakers at last December’s Pearl Harbor Remembrance dinner.

She tells a story of meeting a group of young boys, in 1928, when she started school on the Monterey Peninsula. She relates how the bombing of Pearl Harbor affected them all.

For information about the 2011 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Dinner, click here.

October 2011 Newsletter

September 13, 2011

During a ceremony at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey,

Navy League Monterey president Rod Collins

presented an award for the Highest Academic

Achievement of the Summer Quarter to

Commander Cory Dixon, USN.

Congratulations Commander, a job well done!!!

The Nakagawa family has announced that the City of Marina will be honoring Gordon Nakagawa today, *Friday, 9/16/11 *at *3PM* at the Marina Airport in Marina, CA. The airport will dedicate the newly refurbished Pilot Lounge in his name. Click here for a flyer with the details.


Captain Nakagawa was a member of many patriotic and community organizations, and was a respected and valued member of the Navy League of the United States, Monterey Peninsula Council. We hope you can attend.

The Navy League’s Monterey Peninsula Council President, Rod Collins, and Susan McLaughlin, Council Vice President, attended the Coast Guard Change of Command ceremony at US Coast Guard Station Monterey, in Monterey, on June 10, 2011. The lawn in front of the Station boathouse was set up with a tent and seating for the attendees. A reception followed at Station Monterey.

LCDR Michael P. Kahle transferred command of the Station to LT Ronald J. Kooper, the new Commander, USCG Station Monterey. LCDR Kahle’s assignment to George Washington University, Washington D.C. immediately followed the change of command. LT Kooper assumes command of Station Monterey from the District Eight Command Center, New Orleans, Louisiana where he served as a command duty officer, then as command center chief.

CAPT Cynthia Stowe, U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco, was the guest speaker for the ceremony. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco oversees all day-to-day Coast Guard operations throughout Northern California, Nevada, Utah and a small part of Wyoming.
Navy League Monterey’s US Naval Sea Cadet unit, the Chesty Puller BN led by LCDR Tony Saucedo, provided the color guard for the ceremony

The Change of Command Ceremony is a tradition that restates to the crew, the continuity of authority of the command. It is a formal transfer of responsibility and authority from one commander to the next. The Change of Command takes place with the reading of the orders.

The Change of Command grants an opportunity to recognize achievements and service of the Commanding Officer, while welcoming aboard the Prospective Commanding Officer.