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Event Calendar
Clara Foster Pearl Harbor Remembrance 2010
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.
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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Dinner
| December 2, 2011 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 10:00 pm |
Mr. Mike Trovato, Jr. will provide the keynote address for this year’s Pearl Harbor Remembrance Dinner.His address, titled “Remembering Monterey’s Heros” will cite Mr. Trovato’s Uncle Petty Officer First Class Thomas Trovato, who served on the USS Arizona his Uncle Tony. and his father, Mike Trovato, Sr.
The event will be held Friday, December 2, 2011 at the Monterey Elk’s Lodge at 150 Mar Vista Drive. A no host reception, before the program will begin at 6PM, and the dinner and presentation will commence at 7PM. Balesteri’s Catering offers the choice of Tri-tip, Salmon or Pasta entrees. Cost is $50 per person.
Limited seating. Reservations must be made by November 23, 2011. They can be purchased from the NPS ITT Office on the NPS Quarterdeck, or by using the mail in form from here on our website. It is important that you include your dinner choice when making your reservation. (see above)
Click on the link below to print the reservation form
Pearl Harbor Dinner Reservations
This form must be completed and returned with a check payable to NLUS by November 23, 2011.
Please send to:
BETTINA HOTELLING
NAVY LEAGUE MONTEREY
PO BOX 653
MONTEREY, CA 93942
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Naval Postgraduate School Summer Quarter Awards
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!!!
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Nakagawa Pilot’s Lounge Dedication
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.
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US Coast Guard Station Monterey Change of Command Ceremony
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.
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Sloat Landing Commemoration at Fisherman’s Wharf
| July 2, 2011 | ||
| 2:00 pm | to | 3:00 pm |
Commemoration of Commodore John Drake Sloat landing. Landing near Fisherman’s Wharf, 1:30 to 2p.m., ceremony at 2p.m. Saturday, July 2, at the Custom House, near the Monterey History and Maritime Museum in Monterey. Commodore John Drake Sloat, Commander of the American Naval forces in the Pacific , returns to Monterey to commemorate his initial landing in Monterey Harbor on July 7, 1846. Music provided by the Monterey Community Band, attendance of the Joint Service Color Guard and a Marine detail to raise the 28-star flag. Dignitaries include senior leadership from the Defense Language Institute, Naval Postgraduate School, U.S. Coast Guard and Monterey State Historic Parks. Mayor Chuck Della Sala, mayor of Monterey, will be attending. Cpt. Herschel Loomis, USN (Ret.), dressed in an 1800 period naval uniform as Commodore Sloat, will read the original proclamation given at the Harbor of Monterey in 1846. 372-2608, ext. 12, or see www.montereyhistory.org.
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July Board Meeting
| July 14, 2011 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 7:00 pm |
Navy League Monterey’s monthly board meeting will be held in the classroom at USCG Station Monterey.
Interested members are welcome to attend.
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