NNOA proudly participated in Prairie View A&M University Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps’ (PVAMU NROTC) Historic 50th Year Anniversary at the Buffalo Soldier National Museum in Houston, Feb. 8. (more…)
NNOA joins the Department of Defense and the Nation in celebration of National African American History Month. Together we recognize the service and sacrifices of African Americans and celebrate their contributions to the defense of our Nation.
In honor of Pearl Harbor/World War II remembrance, Betty Reid Soskin spoke to members of the sea services at U. S. Coast Guard Base Alameda in California, Dec. 6.
At 96, Soskin is the nation’s oldest Park Ranger and a pioneer in the war effort, working as a secretary for a then-segregated ship building union in 1942. Also she was instrumental in the creation of the Rosie the Riveter World War II Homefront National Historic Park in Richmond, California.
The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of NNOA, along with other officer associations on USCG Base Alameda, including the Association of Naval Services Officers (ANSO), the Chief Warrant Officers Association (CWOA), the Coast Guard Officers Association (CGOA), the Surface Navy Officers, and the Women’s Leadership Initiative sponsored Soskin.
“Her message of persevering and removing obstacles as it related to her work in the Kaiser Shipyards resonated here in the Coast Guard in 2017,” said San Francisco Bay Area chapter secretary LCDR Fredrick Pugh.
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SAN DIEGO (Dec. 8, 2017) – Rear Adm. Cedric E. Pringle relieved Rear Adm. Cathal S. O’Connor as Commander, Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 3 during a change of command ceremony held on amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), Dec. 8. (more…)
Congratulations to Cmdr. Janet H. Days, new commanding officer of the guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74). Days relieved Cmdr. Joseph M. Bromley during a change of command ceremony onboard the destroyer at Naval Station Norfolk, Nov. 9. Additional photos found on McFaul’s Facebook page.
For nearly a century, Americans have remembered those who served our country in uniform on Nov. 11 – first as Armistice Day, then as Veterans Day since 1954. We join the nation honoring and thanking our veterans for their service.