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Wednesday, November 11
Update from Captain Ford 11 Nov 09
Please pass this information on to your units. This information should be shared.
Growth
We closed out October recruiting / retention with very good results. The NSCC upward trend in growth continues as we reached another high for 2009. We had 9231 members on board which is almost a four hundred member growth since January 2009. We started the year with 8833 members on board and have continued to grow each month so far. Almost all units are adding individuals to their rolls and we applaud those unit and individuals who are making a special effort to get new folks in. If we can get to 9550 on board by close of the year, we may be able to recruit another 450 plus growth next year which would give us 10,000 on board--------our goal for 2010.
Retention/Cadet Advancement
Our retention is up for the year as we are advancing more cadets to PO1 and CPO than previous years. We are exceptionally pleased to do this as it is a great indicator the units’ retention plans are working. While the NSCC Regulations indicate an allowance for units in regards to number of PO1 and CPOs authorized, we will advance all who meet the requirements for the next rate. The cadets’ hard work will be recognized without regard to quotas for the unit.
Promotion Board
Along with cadet advancements we also must remember to get the volunteers promoted. As a reminder, the recommendations for the LT/LCDR promotion board meeting on December 16 should be at headquarters by November 30. A good rule to remember as an individual is that if you think you are eligible for promotion, you should remind the commanding officer about the promotion board. Frequently, commanding officers forget about getting in a recommendation for promoting some of their officers. Each individual should look after himself. No one should be embarrassed to remind the commanding officer that you are eligible for promotion time wise!!!!
Electronic Enrollments
We are moving closer to implementing this feature for enrollments. Hqtrs is testing the planned feature now with units in Region 5. We hope to get this program out to the field sometime after the New Year----- after we have completed the initial testing of the developed product. This has been a long time coming and we are finally getting near a finished product. Included in this program will be the capability to pay by electronic means. After we have perfected this part of the planned program, efforts will start on improving items in training. We only have one individual working part time on developing this program, Vince Nash , which is one of the reasons why progress is slow. Nonetheless, we are expecting good results of the present module of the program.
Regional Directors’ Conference.
The results of the regional directors’ conference are in final typing now. There were a lot of good discussions on items submitted by field units. The Regional Directors had a chance to represent their and their units’ views on a number of items. The results will be announced in an action letter to be posted on the resources page after it is approved.
2010 Training Funding
Funding approval for next summer is slowly working its way through congress. We do not expect to know the exact amount that will be provided by the Navy until the final appropriate bill for the Department of Defense is signed by the president. The good news here is that we will get Navy funding of some sort, but whether the amount includes our request for more funds or not will not be know until the bill is signed. From all indications there is some belief the funding received will include the NSCC request for more funds for summer training 2010 than were provided in 2009. This also helps to insure there will be funding for 2010 winter and spring training funded too. And for those that do not know, winter training for 2009 is expected to be funded. We are trying to get the 2009 COTC’s to get their results in and their books closed out so we can re-coup money for 2009 winter training.
Photos for 2009 Annual Report
This is the last call for 2009 photos for the Annual Report. We still are seeking actions photos of unit training and summer training. Hqtrs will start to work assembling information for the report at the end of the month. If you want a chance to be a part of history, please send in your photos.
WASH-O-GRAM (WOG)
The editor, Gareth Genner, is gathering up final information and articles for the WOG. He is always looking for good stories to get the word out on what a superb organization the NSCC is. But he can’t do it without excellent stories from the field. Hqrts did not meet the goal of getting the paper out in a timely manner over the past years. Along with the field, hqtrs did not provide enough information to Mr. Genner to publish a paper. We hope to correct this and we have promised Mr. Genner to do better and get the WOG going again. It is another great venue for reaching cadets.
Public Service Announcements (PSAs)
Mr Doug Crawford of the Navy League has developed some PSAs for the NLUS and some for the NSCC. He has distributed these announcements to NLUS councils in CD format. These CDs have both a NLUS PSA announcement and a NSCC announcement. If your unit is sponsored by a Navy League council, the NSCC unit needs to get with their NLUS council sponsor and get the NSCC PSA from the disc. The announcement can be modified to give local information on the unit regarding unit contact information. If the unit is not sponsored by a NLUS council, but some other patriotic organization, please call hqtrs to get this PSA announcement. There is also a second 30 second PSA on disc which was made by an Illinois unit a couple of years ago. This PSA is available from hqtrs for the asking. Both PSAs are excellent sources of information for the public and are quality products, professionally made. Both were made so a unit can place local unit info on the announcement. Please contact Vince Nash (703-312-1541) if you want a PSA.
Keep up the good work in recruiting and retention. Best regards,
M.D. Ford
Executive Director
Naval Sea Cadet Corps
Monday, September 21
United States Marine Band On Tour
The United States Marine Band will be in Sacramento and surrounding areas in October 2009. They will be in Sacramento on Friday, Oct 16 at 7:30-pm at the Memorial Auditorium.
Tickets are required, but they are FREE and you can get up to 4. Tickets can be obtained at the indicated venue or by sending a self-addressed stamped
envelope to the address listed.
Here is their tour schedule....
http://www.marineband.usmc.mil/national_tour/tour_itinerary/index.htm#California
Monday, October 12, 7:30 p.m. Redding, CA Redding Convention Center
Redding Convention Center Box Office
or send a self-addressed stamped envelope: Attn: Marine Band Tickets 700 Auditorium Drive Redding, CA 96001
(530) 225-4130
Wednesday, October 14, 7:30 p.m. Chico, CA Pleasant Valley High School Gymnasium Pleasant Valley Music Boosters
or send a self-addressed stamped envelope: Attn: Marine Band Tickets 1475 East Avenue Chico, CA 96926 (530) 891-3050
Thursday, October 15, 7:30 p.m. Grass Valley, CA Albert Ali Gymnasium Nevada Union High School
Music in the Mountains
or send a self-addressed stamped envelope: Attn: Marine Band Tickets 530 Searls Avenue, Suite B Nevada City, CA 95959
(530) 225-6124
Friday, October 16, 7:30 p.m. Sacramento, CA Memorial Auditorium
Sacramento Community Concert Association
or send a self-addressed stamped envelope: Attn: Marine Band Tickets P.O. Box 254825 Sacramento, CA 95865
(916) 808-5181
Saturday, October 17, 7:30 p.m. Santa Rosa, CA
Santa Rosa High School Gymnasium
or send a self-addressed stamped envelope: Santa Rosa High School Band 1235 Mendocino Avenue Santa Rosa, CA 95401
(707) 535-4893
Sunday, October 18, 3 p.m. Stockton, CA Warren Atherton Auditorium
Delta Center for the Arts
or send a self-addressed stamped envelope: San Joaquin Delta College
DCA Box Office
Attn: Marine Band Tickets 5151 Pacific Avenue Stockton, CA 95207
(209) 954-5110
Monday, October 19, 8 p.m. San Francisco, CA Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall
For ticket information visit www.marineclub.com
Tuesday, October 20, 7:30 p.m. Fresno, CA William Saroyan Theatre
Fresno Convention and Entertainment Center
or send a self-addressed stamped envelope: 2380 Houston Avenue Clovis, CA 93611
(559) 765-6974
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Monday, April 13
Cadet Bridges Receives Award
NSCC HONOR RIBBON
In the case of
SEAMAN XAVIER BRIDGES
For service as set forth in the following citation: On the night of 27Dec07, Cadet Bridges, with members of his family, came upon an accident involving two cars and six victims. The car with five occupants flipped onto its side and was on fire when Cadet Bridges came upon the scene. After helping others right the car, one person helped two people from the burning car, while Bridges helped the driver of the other to safety. Upon returning to the burning car, Bridges further assisted by breaking out a window and climbing into the burning car to assist other victims. His actions reflect greatly on the values we strive to impart cadets here in the Princeton Division, and in the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps
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You Are Hereby Presented This Award, on the 24TH day of February 2009
Approved by CAPT MICHAEL D. FORD, USNR (Ret)
Executive Director, U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps
Wednesday, April 8
Naval Academy STEM
For the Attention of All Hands. NHQ just received the following announcement from the Naval Academy. This program is for cadets interested in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) and in potentially attending the Naval Academy. If you are an interested cadet, a good student and potential applicant to the Naval Academy, and wish to attend, please apply directly at www.usna.edu/Admissions/stem and do it immediately. NOTICE THE SHORT LEAD !!!!! APPLICATIONS MUST BE COMPLETED ONLINE NLT 15 APRIL. For those cadets who apply, please have your Unit CO advise NHQ CAPT Nyland or 1ST Bunting that you are applying, and which class you’ve applied for….email hnyland@navyleague.org or sbunting@navyleague.org . Protocol will be first come first served for all qualified applicants. We will advise the Naval Academy of the first five applying and that you are a Sea Cadet. This will get the first five a guaranteed seat !!!!!! If more than 5 cadets apply we will still advise the Naval Academy that you are a sea cadet and have applied. All costs paid for by the Naval Academy, except personal spending. Announcement from the Naval Academy:“I am writing to let you know that the application for the United States Naval Academy (USNA) Summer STEM program is now online ( http://www.usna.edu/Admissions/stem.html). We would like to encourage you to share this amazing opportunity with rising 7th through 9th grade students in your organization. All students selected for the program will receive a full scholarship (including travel) to attend the camp.Students will be selected based on good academic standing and an aptitude for, and interest in, STEM subjects.The application closes on April 15th and selections will not begin until then. We will notify everyone by early May at the latest.The scholarship includes the full cost of the camp (lodging, meals, and camp programs) as well as air transportation for students outside a 250 mile radius of USNA. Air transportation would be paid for and booked out of the nearest large metropolitan airport as determined by the Admissions office and government travel regulations. Transportation to and from their local airport would be the responsibility of the students and their family or guardians. Transportation to and from USNA from our local airport will be provided by USNA. The only out-of-pocket expenses would be souvenir type spending money for the trip to Washington D.C. or for use here in the gift shop at USNA. The students will be housed for the week on the grounds of USNA in Bancroft Hall, which is the dormitory.Camp counselors consist of Midshipmen (USNA students) who are assigned to cover a group of approximately 6 to 7 students each. There will also be some returning 10th graders (who attended STEM last summer) that will act as group peer counselors. All STEM classes during the camp will be taught by USNA faculty with Midshipmen academic assistants as well. The students are well supervised and their days are full of exciting learning opportunities, with fun activities scheduled in the evenings.We will have two (one-week) sessions, each accommodating 100 students.If you have any students interested in applying, please ensure they complete the online application. I am prepared to guarantee 5 slots for Sea Cadets. Those are guaranteed slots, however, if we select an individual that has applied from the Sea Cadets other than the five you nominate that will not count against you. So please alert as many Sea Cadets as you want in regards to the program. For the five you wish to nominate, make sure they fill out the application and subsequently, we would ask you to send us their names.Thanks for your continued supports. “ End Naval Academy Announcement.
Saturday, January 31
2009 Officer's Call
2009 Officer’s Call Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey
The 2009 Officer’s Call will be held at the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey again this year on Saturday, January 31st. Doors open at 0730 and the meeting will begin at 0830.
Click on the Compass for directions:
Naval Postgraduate School - Ingersoll Hall 122
Officers Call
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1 University Circle
Monterey, California
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Thursday, March 5
NAS Lemoore Thrift Shop
NAS LEMOORE THRIFT SHOP UPDATE
LCDR Laneya Littrell ran into this problem. Yes, there is a new person in charge and her name is Betsy Welch. The Thrift Shop is in the process of doing an inventory. Betsy Welch has asked that the units submit a request on letterhead as to what their needs are before coming to Lemoore. It is our understanding the letter needs to state the needs and that the uniforms aren't for resale purposes. Her phone number is 559-998-4045 and her email is Betsy.Welch@nmcrs.org. Kings County Squadron/Training Ship Oriskany is even having to do this and we are the local unit aboard NAS Lemoore.
We have asked units to contact us via of phone or email before they drive to Lemoore and we will make sure they can shop at the Thrift Shop and the hours they are open. This procedure would save the units a drive. If the units could copy me or my Supply Officer (ENS Jolene Dubonnette) before they plan to come we will contact the Thrift Shop and make sure what they need is on hand and if they can shop. The Thrift Shop changes persons periodically and sometimes we are unaware but we will do our best to keep up. It would be best if someone wants to come to the Thrift Shop to send us their request via of email and a number where they can be contacted so we can email them the results of contacting the Thrift Store. Also, both ENS Jolene Dubonnette and I screen our phone calls so they need to leave on the message who they are and it is about Sea Cadets. Following our the contact numbers for Kings County Squadron/Training Ship Oriskany:
Janis M. Byrd, LCDR, NSCC 559-924-7486 lcdr_byrd@yahoo.com
Jolene M. Dubonnette, ENS, NSCC 559-925-1903 kingscadetsquad@yahoo.com
If you have any questions, please call or email.
Janis M. Byrd, LCDR, NSCC
Commanding Officer
Kings County Squadron/Training Ship Oriskany
NAS Lemoore
Wednesday, February 4
How To Become a Navy SEAL
How to Become a SEAL - Starting to Prepare as a Teenagerby StewSmithHere is an email I receive quite often from young teenagers who know they want to serve their country, but are curious how to start preparing themselves for the military training - especially SEAL and other Special Ops programs. Pass this along to any young teenager thinking they want to serve.Hi Stew,
If I wanted to become a Navy SEAL when should I start training? I am 15 years old and have wanted this since I was 10. What are the requirements for becoming one? I have read some of your articles and wanted some advice on some tips towards training, and towards getting though the course? Do I have the right mentality etc?First, thanks for your decision to want to serve your country. It is always nice to see someone in their teens thinking of their future and service in the same thought. What I am about to share with you is the LONG answer as I get this question often and feel it deserves the full answer - taking you from your present age in high school and to and through BUDS.Step 1: Learn to be a team player. I cannot emphasize this enough as it requires experience and an understanding of being part of a team. Knowing how to work toward a goal whether that goal is to drive a ball down the field or to train for an event with other team members is important to your future. When I was young I played five sports and was never exceptional at them all but good enough to be a team captain when I became a senior in high school. I truly feel that my training for these sports enabled me to understand what it means to work hard toward a goal and be a better leader and follower.Step 2: Get Some Leadership Skills - Whether you are a team captain, class president, or head of a community service group - all of these skills will help you understand what it means to lead and to follow orders. Being a good leader is important but being a good listener and able to follow rules and other leaders is just as important.Step 3: Study Hard - Dummies usually get weeded out just as those who fail a PT test in the military. Make sure you graduate high school, perhaps get some college (good but not necessary), and study a foreign language. Any foreign language is fine at this level in high school as it is more understanding how languages and other cultures work that will help you with more important languages later (Chinese, Russian, Arabic, etc). Also understand Algebra and Science, as you will see this math and physics in Dive Training when you apply Laws of Physics to the body while diving.Step #4 Graduate High School / GED / College - Now at 17-18 years old is where your options start to open up. You have to have a high school diploma to enlist. Recently they have started to accept a GED certificate but depending upon your choice of service you may need a semester of college level classes to join the military. You can enlist as young as 17 years old with the signature of a parent or guardian or you could decide to attend college for a few years or graduate. Many SEAL enlisted are college graduates with advanced degrees even. So after college you can either enlist, join as an officer by attending OCS - Officer Candidate School OR you could get a military scholarship and attend college for free by joining an ROTC college or theU.S. Naval Academy. All sources can lead to attending BUDS as an officer. This will also give you four more years to REALLY train hard as well.
*NOTE - Do I even need to say stay away from drugs and alcohol as it has no purpose in this training...Step#5 - If You Choose to Enlist - There are many opportunities for the enlisted SEAL or Special Ops soldier. Not only will you receive some of the best training in the world, but you can also earn thousands of dollars in bonuses. Presently, the Navy is paying BUDS graduates $40,000 for successfully completing the training and earning the SEAL designation. But, when you meet the recruiter you will be assigned a SEAL mentor once you have signed in. SEAL Mentors are former SEALs / Special Ops who help you properly prepare for the training you have signed to do. You have to sign up with the Delayed Entry Program to meet with the SEAL Mentor and do the workouts. You will not sign up at first as a SO - Special Operator - you have to pass the BUDS Physical Screening Test (PST) first before you can be part of the SEAL Challenge Program. This means you have to pick another Navy designation when you join, but that goes away after to pass the PST. Step #6 - Acing the PST - You want to go to Boot Camp in the best shape of your life. Do not think the Navy is going to get you in SEAL shape during Boot Camp. You need that foundation NOW and hopefully after a lifetime of fitness and athletics you will have the ability to build on that foundation. This means you need the following scores on the PST to have about an 80% chance of graduating BUDS.
Swim 500yds (side, breast or CSS stroke) in under 9:00 ( sub 8:00 for officers)*
80-100 pushups in 2:00 (100+ for officers)*
80-100 situps in 2:00 (100+ for officers)*
15-20 pullups (20+ for officers)*
1.5 mile run in 9-10 minutes (sub 9:00 for officers)*
* Officer billets are much more competitive and require higher scores to be accepted generally. This is because there are 80% more enlisted than officers.Just reaching the minimum standards will give you a 6% chance of graduating BUDS. What you need is a fitness program to achieve these scores. For the enlisted, the good news is that you get some pre-training after Boot Camp which is run by SEAL instructors in Great Lakes. There you get to workout and get back into shape after losing some of it due to Boot Camp schedule. This program is designed to better prepare you for SEAL training and it is tough. If you can get into above average shape prior to Boot Camp and use that time as a taper, then you will be in perfect shape to start ramping up for BUDS again after Boot Camp. However, I recommend within at least 4-6 months of attending Boot Camp you should be running in boots and swimming in fins. Same for officer candidates.Step # 7 - Attend SEAL or other Special Ops Training - Here is where a lifetime of training all come to the ultimate test. Years of training in sports, school, daily life events should have created a disciplined and motivated person ready to NOT only survive training BUT compete to win events in the training programs. Those who go to Special ops training programs to compete never think about quitting (usually) as compared to those seeking to merely survive the training.Good luck with your challenge. I know it may seem like forever until you get there, but time will fly and you will wish you had more time to train if you do not start now. The best thing about this method of preparation is that if you should change your mind you have set yourself up for success in ANYTHING you select.
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Saturday, January 24
THREED PRINCETON CADETS ACCEPTED TO M ILITARY COLLEGE PROGRAMS
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Tuesday, May 8
Steven Nash CPO Pyro Division - US Army PFC
Our hearts and prayers go out ot Steven Nash, he deployed to Iraq on 7 May 07. Steven started at Pyro Division as a League Cadet, moved on to Sea Cadet where he obtaied the rank of Chief Petty Offcier. He was then a Midshipman and just last October became an Ensign. He is in the Army as a MP and his is rank is PFC.
15 June 07 - Steven has been promoted to the rank of Specialist.
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Saturday, April 5
Modesto Divison PresentTuskegee Airman Award
The Modesto Division Color Guard was present for the Congressional Medal of Honor Award Ceremony in honor of The Tuskegee Airman. Accepting for the Tuskegee Airman was Lt.Col. Herbert Carter who was one of the fighter pilots in the Tuskegee Airman. He is one of the few surviveing Tuskegee Airman. This award ceremony was simulcasted from Modesto Airport to other locations around the United States on 3 Mar 07 The group known as the "Red Tail Angels" because the tails on the P-51 Mustangs were all red.
Tuskegee Airman Facts:
The Tuskegee Airmen were dedicated, determined young men who volunteered to become America's first Black military airmen.
Those who possessed the physical and mental qualifications and were accepted for aviation cadet training were trained initially to be pilots, and later to be either pilots, navigators, or bombardiers.
Tuskegee University was awarded the U.S. Army Air Corps contract to help train Americas first Black military aviators because it had already invested in the development of an airfield, had a proven civilian pilot training program and its graduates performed highest on flight aptitude exams.
Moton Field is named for Tuskegee University's second President, Dr. Robert R. Moton who served with distinction from 1915-1935. The Airmen were delpoyed during the presidential administration of Dr. Frederick Douglas Patterson (1935-1953).
The all-Black, 332nd Fighter Group consisted originally of four fighter squadrons, the 99th, the 100th, the 301st and the 302nd.
From 1940-1946, some 1,000 Black pilots were trained at Tuskegee.
The Airmens success during World War II not losing a single bomber to enemy fire in more than 200 combat missions is a record unmatched by any other fighter group.
The 99th Squadron distinguished itself by being awarded two Presidential Unit Citations (June-July 1943 and May 1944) for outstanding tactical air support and aerial combat in the 12th Air Force in Italy, before joining the 332nd Fighter Group.
The 332nd Fighter Group was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for its longest bomber escort mission to Berlin, Germany, March 24, 1945. It destroyed three German ME-262 Jet fighters and damaged five additional jet fighters without losing any of the bombers or any of its own fighter aircraft to enemy fighters.
The 332nd Fighter Group had also distinguished itself in June 1944 when two of its pilots flying P-47 Thunderbolts discovered a German destroyer in the harbor of Trieste, Italy.
The tenacious bomber escort cover provided by the 332nd "Red Tail" fighters often discouraged enemy fighter pilots from attacking bombers escorted by the 332nd Fighter Group.
C. Alfred "Chief" Anderson earned his pilot's license in 1929 and became the first BlackAmerican to receive a commercial pilot's certificate in 1932, and, subsequently, to make a transcontinental flight.
Anderson is also well known as the pilot who flew Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of then-U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, convincing her to encourage her husband to authorize military flight training at Tuskegee.
In 1948, President Harry Truman enacted Executive Order No. 9981 - directing equality of treatment and opportunity in all of the United States Armed Forces, which in time led to the end of racial segregation in the U.S. military forces.
The U.S. Congress authorized $29 million in 1998 to develop the Tuskegee Airmen Naitonal Historic Site, with the University, Tuskegee Airmen Inc. and the National Park Service serving as partners in its development. To date, a mere $3.6 million has been appropriated for the Sites implementation.
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Friday, May 2
Sgt. Andrew Crenshaw US Army (CPO Diablo Squadron)
 | | PO2 Jose Rodriguez, Princeton Division, US Army | |
Tuesday, April 3
PO2 Jose Rodriguez, Princeton Division, US Army
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Tuesday, April 3
Chief Anthony Thomas, Princeton Division, US Navy
Tuesday, April 3
PO3 Megan Bruce, Princeton Div. U. S. Marines
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Tuesday, April 3
PO3 Stephen Lo Bue, Princeton Division, US Navy
Friday, January 4
LCDR Littrell meets with former Sea Cadets
This picture was taken on 28 December 2006 in Turlock, California by LCDR Laneya Littrell, NSCC, Regional Director, PCR 12-4 and former Commanding Officer of the Princeton Division of which these young men and women were members.
Left side of table top to bottom:
PO2 (EOD2) Anthony Thomas, U.S. Navy,former Chief Petty Officer in the Corps.
Mid. Armando Zarco, attending U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. Former PO3 U.S.
Navy and Chief Petty Officer in the Corps.
John Miller, Welder/Carpenter, Former E2 in the Corps.
Mid. Drew Kohlman, U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He was a Petty Officer
Third Class in the Corps
PFC Jose Rodriquez, U.S. Army. He was a Petty Officer Second Class in the Corps.
Right side of table
Lance Corporal Megan Bruce, U.S. Marine Corps, former E3 in the Corps
Warrant Officer Albert Diaz, Retired Senior Chief U.S. Navy, currently Operations Officer Princeton Division
Lt Lena Weeda, former Sargent U.S. Army, currently Executive Officer for Princeton Division and Training Ship Princeton
Luis Banuelous, former Leaguer, Sea Cadet, Midshipman and Ensign in the Corps Currently employed by Southern Pacific Railroad
Unable to attend because of family obligations:
Kenneth Cotter U. S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs. He was a Petty Officer Third Class in the Corps
When these young men and women come home we try to get together and have dinner and it is always a thrill to hear from them. We talk about how the program helps young people, I think these eight prove just how much it does help. Also, I have said many times that the officers and staff volunteers get paid, just not with money. When they call me and want to go out to dinner or get together and just visit, it is the largest paycheck I have ever gotten. And, they care enough to take thier time and spend it with me really makes the time I have spent in the Sea Cadet Corps all worth while.
These eight young men and women are a fine example of what the Naval Sea Cadet Corps values, goals, teachings and trainings can accomplish. All Staff and Officers of the Sea Cadet Corps keep up the good work, it is a valuable, rewarding accomplishment. Cadets, these young people are what you can be if you choose to, follow their lead and you will attain your goals.
Happy New Year!
LCDR Laneya Lattrell
Tuesday, February 27
Cadet Orlando Receives Medal for Heroism
For immediate release, February 16, 2007
Sea Cadet Awarded Second Highest Decoration for Heroism
Cadet Petty Officer Third Class Thomas W. Orlando, a member of the Richard OKane Division/Training Ship Tang Awarded Distinguished Service Ribbon
Napa, CaliforniaWhile attending Napas Vintage High School football game Cadet Petty Officer Tom Orlando learned of a gang fight from his classmates younger brother. This youngster led Cadet Orlando to a second youngster who appeared to be injured having been struck by one or more blows to the ribs by a length of pipe. Toms immediate concern was the likelihood of a punctured lung. Cadet Orlando said, It was a confusing situation with the victim screaming in pain, 13 and 14 year old classmates of the victim crying and milling about. I knew from his breathing that some damage had been done to his crest. I was fearful of a punctured lung.
Applying the knowledge learned in the Cadet Corps first aid training, Tom took charge of the situation, dispersed the bystanders and calmed the victim. This injured student alerted Tom to a second injured youth several yards distant that reportedly had been stabbed (he was subsequently located by police some three or more miles away).
Both youngsters were on probation and had refused involvement of the police or an ambulance. Cadet Orlando knew they both needed immediate medical assistance. He convinced the less severely injured youngster to be examined by a classmateone without authority to arrestwith some EMT training and who is a member of the Napa Volunteer Fire Department, who had been summoned. He confirmed Orlandos diagnosis.
An ambulance was called and both injured youngsters were transported to the hospital. Cadet Orlando provided information to the police and assisted with the investigation that followed.
Due to Cadet Orlandos quick thinking, cool head and decisive action the injured youths received medical assistance before going into shock.
Through this extraordinary act, Cadet Orlando saved the life of a seriously injured youth and a second youth from causing further injury to himself.
I was pretty pleased with my ability to be a First Responder. I guess it could have really gotten out of hand if I didnt have the training received as a Cadet.
This is what LTJG Serena Abrams, Commanding Officer, RADM Richard OKane Division had to say about Tom. Cadet Orlando kept a cool head, and in the doing may have saved a life. He conducted himself in the highest tradition of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps, the Navy, Coast Guard and the RADM Richard OKane Division. Were all very proud of him.
Tom, who has been a Cadet since 14 hopes to attend the Summer Seminars offered by the U.S. Naval Academy for youngsters who believe they have the right stuff for acceptance to the Academy.
For his action Cadet Petty Officer Third Class has been awarded the NSCC Distinguished Service Ribbon.
The RADM Richard OKane Division is one of some 375 units of the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps a gang-, tobacco-, drug-, and alcohol-free civilian non-profit program sponsored by the Navy League of the United States and in coordination with the Department of the Navyand open to all American youths able to pass a sports-like physical, and with an appropriate grade-point average. Youngsters must be ages 11 13 to become Navy Leaguers, and 13 18 for Sea Cadets. Cadets wear modified regulation Navy uniforms. There is an appropriate coursework element to the program.
The RADM OKane Division drills at the California Maritime Academy in Vallejo.
For additional information and details on how to become a Sea Cadet see <>.
Robert Dickinson, LTJG, USNSCC
Public Affairs Officer
U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps
eclecticproducer@att.net
707/540-1637
Tuesday, April 3
CPO Alphonso Arciga, Princeton Division U. S. Army
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Monday, June 18
Steven Nash Promoted In Iraq
Steven Nash, son of Regional Director Steve Nash was just promoted to the rank of Specialist. He is stationed in Iraq and all our thought and prayers are with him.
Update 15 Sep 09:
Steven is back from Iraq and just got married 5 Sep 2009. He graduated from the police academy 21 Aug 2009. He is in background for a police Department, and he has extended his army reserve time to 2015.
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