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Our join-ups
continue to bring together the Surface Warfare community of Newport. These join-ups
allow active duty and retired personnel and their families, defense
industry members, and the local
citizenry to socialize and develop relationships. On April 10th the Newport
Chapter hosted our
quarterly join-up at the Naval Station Newport Officer’s Club. The occasion was attended by 100
guests representing personnel from the
Strategic Studies Group,
Surface Warfare Officers School,
Prospective Major Command Class 127, Prospective Commander Officer Class
261, Naval War
College, Command Leadership School, Officer Candidate School, Naval Academy Preparatory School,
PERS 41, and local business and retired Navy personnel. The Newport Chapter bid farewell and
following seas to Captain Neil Parrott who has manned the helm as our
president for the last three
years. Finally, we accepted 5 new
members and received the continued membership of 3 existing
members.
On May 18th the
Newport Chapter hosted its biannual 5K By the Bay. 263 runners, walkers, and
strollers participated in the SNA race that began and finished at the
Surface Warfare Officers School.
The course wound through Coasters’ Harbor Island, crossed over to Coddington Point, and before
finishing behind Weakley Hall at SWOS. The top finisher for the men was
Michael Tammaro with a
time of 17:20. Shira Fuller was the top female
runner with a time of 19:33. The
race raised $2,500 for
the Wounded Warrior Project, whose
purpose is to raise awareness and enlist the public's aid for the
needs of injured service members, to help injured service members aid and
assist each other, and to
provide unique direct programs and services to meet the needs of injured
service members.
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5K By the Bay
top female finisher, Shira Fuller,
receiving her award from SWOS Commanding
Officer,
Captain Richard Brown.
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5K By the Bay
top male finisher, Michael Tammaro
receiving his award from SWOS Commanding Officer Captain Richard Brown
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5K By the Bay participants bursting off the starting line.
On June 13th
the Newport Chapter hosted its biannual golf tournament at the Green
Valley Golf Club
in Portsmouth, RI. Teams from NUWC,
OTC Newport, Naval War College and SWOS all participated
during a constant downpour. NUWC
finished with a score of -14 to take 1st place, OTC Newport
was
close behind with -13 for 2nd place and SWOs senior officer
team finished 3rd with a -9.
During lunch
other prizes were presented for the longest drive (Mary Medeiros) and
closest to the pin (LCDR Taylor,
Department Head Class 216). Those
that were not as happy with their golf score had the opportunity
to win raffle prizes.
SWOS XO, CDR Ty Britt welcoming everyone to the
biannual SNA Golf Tournament at the
Green Valley golf course.
The SNA golf tournament winning team from the
Naval Undersea Warfare Center which finished
with a score of -14 under.
On
June 19th the Newport Chapter hosted its summer join-up and welcomed its
new chapter president,
Captain Rich Brown, Commanding Officer of Surface Warfare Officers School
at the Top Side Lounge,
Naval Station Newport Officer’s Club. The occasion was attended by 120
guests representing the
Strategic Studies Group, Surface Warfare Officers School, Prospective
Major Command Class 128,
Prospective Commanding Officer Class 262, Naval War College, Command
Leadership School, Officer
Candidate School, Naval Academy Preparatory School, and PERS 41.
Distinguished guest Commander,
Military Sealift Command. RADM Mark Buzby, USN
and Naval War College President, RADM John
Christenson, USN were introduced and were able greet SNA members. CAPT
John Nowell (PERS-41)
and his team were also in attendance and presented a brief to spouses
from the Newport area to get the
word out on current issues and upcoming challenges in the Surface Warfare
Community.
The
Newport Chapter is planning several upcoming events to include SNA
join-up Aug 28, 2012 at the
Newport Officer’s club at 1800-2000. The Fall SNA 5k By the Bay is
tentative scheduled for 25
September and the Fall Classic Golf outing is 5 October 2012.
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From
right to left : COMNAVSURFPAC Chief of Staff CAPT Roy Kitchener, LTJG
Andrew Groh, USS FORD COMMO and
CNSP Ship Handler of the Year, RADM Christenson, President, Naval War
College, LTJG Dan Giller, USS TRUXTON DCA,
CNSL Ship Handler of the Year andFrom right to
left : COMNAVSURFPAC Chief of Staff CAPT Roy Kitchener,
LTJG Andrew Groh, USS FORD COMMO and CNSP Ship Handler of the Year, RADM
Christenson, President,
Naval War College, LTJG Dan Giller, USS TRUXTON
DCA, CNSL Ship Handler of the Year and the SURFOR
Ship Handler of the Year Winner, COMNAVSURFLANT Chief of Staff, CAPT Matt
Beaver and SWOS Senior Ship
Handling Instructor CAPT (Ret) Bud Weeks.
Members of the Disabled American Veterans and WAVES interact
with students from the Naval
Academy Preparatory School at the Newport Officers Club during the SNA
Join-up event.
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