Chapter-DCNNOA

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Welcome to the Washington DC Chapter of the NNOA. We hope you will join us on the journey to improve diversity and inclusion of the Sea Services. Feel free to review our journey for 2020 through 2021 (HERE)

IMPORTANT FINDINGS

DOD DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION FINAL BOARD REPORT December 2020

TASK FORCE ONE NAVY FINAL REPORT December 2020

MEETING INFORMATION

Meeting Location:
Navy League Building, 2300 Wilson Blvd, First Floor, Arlington, VA 22201

Chapter General Meetings:
3rd Tuesday – Monthly – 1830

Executive Board Meetings:
1st Tuesday – Monthly – 1830

MAILING ADDRESS

Mailing Address:
PO Box 30784
Alexandria, VA 22310

CONTACT US

Need to contact a DCNNOA board member? Email us and let us know how we can assist you.

dcnnoa@nnoa.org

SCHOLARSHIP

The 2023 Scholarship Application is now CLOSED!

Applications were due May 26, 2023.

A complete list of DCNNOA’s scholarship recipients will be posted on our homepage after they are selected and notified by the scholarship committee. We estimate the selection process will be completed by mid-July 2023.

For more information on our annual scholarship program, the following file shows our 2022 scholarship recipients. In this file, we are pleased to share our historical value of scholarships, donors and banquet celebrations over the years.

The Scholarship Program Chairman is LCDR Stephen Williams, USN (Retired) who can be reached via email at stephen.b.williams10.civ@us.navy.mil. Please include CDR Rich Borden, USN (Retired) rab94usa@gmail.com and CWO4 Diedra Ware, USN (Retired) diedraware@yahoo.com on all scholarship emails to the Chairman.

EVENTS

United States Navy Memorial The NNOA and Navy Memorial announce a Bridge Wing Chat series “Celebrating Executive Order 9981: Inspiring Our Cultural Unity”. Executive Order 9981 was signed 75 years ago by President Harry Truman in 1948 Desegregating the Armed Forces of the United States. The Bridge Wing Chat is scheduled for Wednesday, 03 May 2023, 1800 at the Navy Memorial in Washington, DC. If interested in attending this wonderful event which changed the American military and nation for the better please register via the invitation linked here.

On Veterans Day Friday, November 11, 2022, members of the Washington, DC Chapter of the National Naval Officers Association (DCNNOA) donated and delivered over $3,000.00 in winter clothing gifts for distribution to needy Veterans at the Washington, DC Veterans Hospital (note, this year the Chapter surpassed last year’s total of $2,000.00). DCNNOA members who participated in Friday’s event were:

CDR (Ret) Connie Greene, USN,

CDR (Ret) Richard Borden, USN,

CDR Elisha Sumbler, SC, USN

CAPT (Ret) Jerome D. Davis, SC, USN.

Special note and thanks must be forwarded to Ms. Lynette Brady the representative from the Veterans Hospital for her exceptional coordination, support and participation in Friday’s event. Also, a hearty “Thank You” must be forwarded to CDR (Ret) Richard Borden, USN for his Outstanding efforts in coordinating the Chapter’s donation effort.

Finally CAPT (Ret) Thomas Abernethy, USN the Chapter President and the members of the Chapter Executive Board would like to extend our sincere and deep appreciation to all the Chapter members, friends and supporters who through their generous donations made Friday’s event possible. Your care and concern for our fellow Veterans is most commendable and endearing (smile)!

In our Gallery below for your viewing pleasure are a few photographs from the donation event.

Event Calendar

CHAPTER OFFICERS

President:
	CAPT Tom Abernethy, USN (Ret.)
Vice-President:
	CDR Elisha Singleton, SC, USN
Secretary:
	CAPT Jerome Davis, SC, USN (Ret.)
Treasurer:
	Ms. Michele Reed (Ret.)
Chaplain:
	CAPT Washington Johnson, USN (Ret.)
Membership Dir:
	LCDR Stephen Williams, USN (Ret.)
Historian:
	CAPT Willie Evans, SC, USN (Ret.)
MAA:
	CW04 Diedra Ware-Padgett, USN (Ret.)
PAO:
	CDR Rich A. Borden, USN (Ret.)

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