WASHINGTON DC CHAPTER
PRESIDENT’S CORNER
CAPT Tom Abernethy, USN (Ret.)
CHAPTER NEWS & EVENTS

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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
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.
SCHOLARSHIP
The 2023 Scholarship Application is now OPEN!
Scholarship Application
Applications must be submitted by Friday, May 26, 2023. Please review the instruction HERE, PRIOR to beginning the online application. This template will help high school seniors to organize their attachments for uploading to the application in a timely manner.
Our online application has a 20-minute timeout. If you need more time, please select “Save for Later” at the end of the page so a link will be sent to your email and you may complete your application at a later time
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
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:
In our Gallery below for your viewing pleasure are a few photographs from the donation event.
Event Calendar
CHAPTER OFFICERS
President: | |
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CAPT Tom Abernethy, USN (Ret.) |
Vice-President: | |
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CDR Elisha Singleton, SC, USN |
Secretary: | |
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CAPT Jerome Davis, SC, USN (Ret.) |
Treasurer: | |
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Ms. Michele Reed (Ret.) |
Chaplain: | |
CAPT Washington Johnson, USN (Ret.) | |
Membership Dir: | |
LCDR Stephen Williams, USN (Ret.) | |
Historian: | |
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CAPT Willie Evans, SC, USN (Ret.) |
MAA: | |
CW04 Diedra Ware-Padgett, USN (Ret.) | |
PAO: | |
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CDR Rich A. Borden, USN (Ret.) |