Past Messages from the President

A Proclamation on National Black History Month, 2024

This National Black History Month, we celebrate the vast contributions of Black Americans to our country and recognize that Black history is American history and that Black culture, stories, and triumphs are at the core of who we are as a Nation. The soul of America...

Honoring Veterans

This Veterans Day, we honor all who have solemnly sworn to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. Thank you for your service and your sacrifice! On every day after, let us continue to strive towards a more perfect union as we fulfill the...

248 years of Power, Presence and Protection

On 13 October 1775, the Continental Congress established what would become the United States Navy with a resolution, "that a swift sailing vessel, to carry ten carriage guns, and a proportionable number of swivels, with eighty men, be fitted, with all possible...

51st Annual NNOA Symposium

Greetings Fellow Members and Supporters! This week kicks off our annual Professional Development and Leadership Training Symposium recognizing our 51st year of making a difference. As we build on celebrating last year’s historic 50th anniversary, our National Naval...

Congratulations to the 2023 Distinguished Graduate Awardees

On March 24, 2023, the Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy (USNA) and the President of the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association and Foundation presented medals to its 2023 Distinguished Graduate Awardees (DGA) at Alumni Hall at the United...

Happy Holidays – December 2022

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Galatians 6:9 (NIV) Dear Members, Family, and Friends of NNOA, Happy Holidays and Season’s Greetings! On behalf of our Board of Directors, I wish each of you and...

President’s Message July 30, 2022

Greetings NNOA! I am honored and humbled to serve as your 25th President. The goal of my first message is simply to say thank you and congratulations to each of you. As our week of celebrating, communicating, commemorating, and reinvigorating proved, we’ve established...

President’s Message

From the Desk of the President Please join me in support of a great program designed to increase diversity in STEM, specifically CYBER.  Major Luke Wright, USMC (Retired) is leading an outstanding program at Columbia Heights Educational Campus (CHEC) in Washington...

The Elevation of Women in the Military

Shipmates, One of my business colleagues, Ed Rule (President and CEO of Naval Systems, Inc. and retired Supply Corps Officer) shared his March Newsletter with me and I wanted to share it with NNOA.  In it, Ed highlights a few of the women role models we have been...