Navy League News

Vol.41 Issue 50 September 2013

dividual was selected. Their stories were truly in-spiring, and it was an honor to be able to recognize

such outstanding individuals. In addition to theawards, an elegant dinner and dancing completedthe evening.

I hope you all had a greatsummer! Our summer startedwith Commissioning Week atthe US Naval Academy in An-napolis during the last week inMay. We attended the Gradua-tion/Commissioning Ceremonywhere over 1000 Midshipmenwere conferred their diplomas

and either the rank of Ensign in the Navy or 2ndLieutenant in the Marine Corps. President Obamawas the guest of honor and congratulated each mid-shipman personally, despite a steady, cold rain. Twoformer Spruance Division Sea Cadets were amongthe graduates: Ensign Joshua Kotler, son of CouncilMembers Jon and Anita Kotler, graduated in the top10%, and was one of only 11 graduates to be selectedfor the Medical Corps. He is attending GeorgetownUniversity School of Medicine. Our son, EnsignAdam Drucker, is a surface warfare officer, and iscurrently serving aboard our Council’s adoptedship, the USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109), stationedin Norfolk. He is the division officer in charge ofcombat electronics. Josh and Adam have been class-mates since Pre-Kindergarten, and it was truly athrill to see them both graduate together from theAcademy.

On June 14th, our Council sponsored the SeaServices Enlisted Person of the Year Ball, at the HyattRegency Pier 66 Pier Top. This event is usually partof Fleet Week Port Everglades, but since the Navyships did not arrive this year, we decided to make ita separate event honoring the local comands. WhenEvent Chairman Abi Montes visualized this event,he wanted it to be like the Academy Awards, wherethe servicemen and women being honored wouldfeel like movie stars! I think Abi and his committeedefinitely succeeded. Thirteen exceptional Sailors,Marines and Coast Guardsmen from the local com-mands were honored. A representative from eachcommand introduced their respective Enlisted Per-son of the Year, and spoke briefly about why that in-

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Birthdays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 2

Guest Speaker in September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3

Guest Speaker in November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4

Vets Presentation / Lunch & Learn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5

Visit Our New Website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5

Ft. Lauderdale Council Annual Beach Party. . . . . . . . . Page 6

Community Affiliate News - Image 360 . . . . . . Page 7

View From the Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8

2013 Nat’l. Navy League Convention . . . . . . . . Page 9

Sea Cadet Night, September 18th . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 10

Operation Homecoming. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 11

5K Run/Walk, Saturday, October 12th . . . . . . . . . . . Page 12

Oktoberfest Celebration, Thursday, October 17th . . Page 13

Community Affiliates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14

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Ensign Josh Kotler receives diploma from President Obama

NAVY LEAGUE NEWS – 2

Our July Summer Picnic at the Beach was a “go”,despite the rainy weather. Members of the BrowardCounty Council & Broward Navy Days joined us fora joint celebration, highlighted by live music, deliciousfood and lively conversation. Special thanks go to theWikbergs and the Pearsons for setting everything up,and to Bill Wikberg, Nels Pearson and Gary Pirtle whobraved the elements to grill the steaks and chicken inthe pouring rain! It was great to get to know newmembers Brian & Peg Turner. No one let the raindampen their spirits, and the evening was a great suc-cess.

Thanks to donations from many of our Councilmembers, 28 Spruance Division Sea Cadets whowould otherwise not have been able to afford the cost,were able to attend Recruit Training this summer.Many other Cadets attended Advanced Trainings allover the U.S., made possible by your donations. Youwill hear all about the Cadets’ summer experiences at Sea Cadet Night, held jointly with the Broward CountyCouncil, on Wednesday, September 18th, 6pm at the Coral Ridge Yacht Club. I hope you will plan to attend.

Save the date on Saturday, October 12th! Our Council is celebrating the 238th birthday of the US Navy bysponsoring the 2nd Annual Pursuit of Honor, Courage & Commitment 5K Run/Walk to benefit the WoundedWarrior Project & Fort Lauderdale Sea Cadets at 7:30 am. I hope you will plan to attend and walk or run the beau-tiful course on Hollywood Beach. If you can’t participate, please make a donation to these two great causes! Weneed your support!

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Coming up next month is the Oktoberfest at the Lauderdale Yacht Club on Thursday, October 17th, 6:30 pm.Wear your lederhosen and join us for traditional German beer, cuisine and music! We will be back at the CoralRidge Yacht Club for our joint November Dinner Meeting with Broward Council and Broward Navy Days. Welook forward to meeting Admiral John H. Korn, the newly arrived Commander of the Seventh Coast Guard Dis-trict, who will be our guest speaker. It promises to be a busy fall with lots of great events. I look forward toseeing you all!

Lynn DruckerPresident, Fort Lauderdale Council NLUS

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Navy League of the United States, Fort Lauderdale Council

September Birthdays

KayeLynne Northcutt - 9/1

Vicki Samuels - 9/2

Doug Weber - 9/4

Joy LeRoy - 9/8

Dr. Dirk Basting - 9/9

Joan Fink - 9/9

Anita Kotler - 9/9

Ross Elder - 9/16

Capt. Steven Naimoli - 9/16

George Graveson - 9/17

Henry Milton - 9/18

David Leone - 9/28

Anita Wortley - 9/30

Ensign Adam Drucker & former Sea Cadet Brandon Wasicsko

at USNA Commissioning Ceremony

GUEST SPEAKER FOR OUR SEPTEmBER 18Th DINNER mEETING

DIEGO hERNANDEz, CDR, USN

DEPUTy, mANPOwER AND ACCOUNTING BRANCh

OPNAv, N120B


Cmdr. Diego Hernandez, right, former commanding officer

of the submarine Wyoming, greets Italian Lt. Cmdr.

Alberto Tarabotto in 2009

CDR Diego Hernandez was born in Providence, RI, and grew up in Colombia, South America,

and in West Palm Beach, FL. He graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1991 with a BS in Aero-

space Engineering.

Immediately upon graduation, he completed Naval Nuclear Power training and joined the

submarine fleet in San Diego, CA aboard the USS PASADENA (SSN 752) where he qualified in

submarines. Subsequent sea tours included Navigator and Operations Officer on the USS

TREPANG (SSN 674), Engineer Officer on the USS TOLEDO (SSN 769), and Executive Officer on-

board USS RHODE ISLAND (SSBN 740)(G).

From August 2009 to February 2012 he commanded the USS WYOMING (SSBN 742)(G) in

Kings Bay, GA, where he lead his crew on 3 strategic deterrent patrols, the timely completion of

the largest Extended Refit Package ever undertaken in Kings Bay, and the first ever integration of

females into a US Navy submarine wardroom.

Shore assignments during his career include Flag Aide to RDML Charles J. Beers, COMSUB-

GRU TEN in Kings Bay, GA, Submarine Officer Assignment officer at the Bureau of Navy Per-

sonnel in Millington, TN, and Military Analyst at Office of the Secretary of Defense Program

Analysis and Evaluation (OSD-PA&E) at the Pentagon.

His personal awards include the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps

Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (six awards), Navy

and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (three awards) as well as various unit and campaign level

awards.

CDR Hernandez holds a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University’s

Kennedy School of Government and is a designated Joint Service Officer.

He currently resides in Alexandria, VA with his wife Jennifer and their son Lucas (3). He has

two other children, Annie (12) and Sam (10), who reside with their mother in Jupiter, FL.

GUEST SPEAKER FOR OUR NOvEmBER 20Th DINNER mEETING

REAR ADmIRAL jOhN h. KORN

COmmANDER, SEvENTh COAST GUARD DISTRICT

mIAmI, FLORIDA


Rear Admiral Korn serves as Commander of the Seventh Coast Guard District headquartered in

Miami, Florida. As District Commander, he is responsible for all Coast Guard operations in the Southeast

United States and the Caribbean Basin including Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, the U.S.

Virgin Islands and over 15,000 miles of coastline. In addition, the Seventh District shares operational

borders with 34 Foreign Nations and Territories.

Prior to assuming command of the Seventh District, Rear Admiral Korn served as Assistant Com-

mandant for Acquisition and Chief Acquisition Officer (CAO), following a two-year assignment as the

service’s Program Executive Officer (PEO). As CAO, he directed efforts across all Coast Guard acquisi-

tion programs and related procurement management, contracting, and research and development ac-

tivities to execute the service’s approximately $30 billion acquisition investment portfolio.

In his previous assignment as PEO, he oversaw the execution of all Coast Guard acquisition programs

and projects, which provides for the sustainment, modernization and recapitalization of surface, air,

command and control, and logistics assets for the Coast Guard’s multiple maritime missions.

He served in a variety of operational and staff tours during his career, including Chief of Staff of the

Eighth Coast Guard District, the first Commander of Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi, Commanding

Officer of Air Station Corpus Christi, Chief of Search and Rescue for the Eighth Coast Guard District,

Commanding Officer of Air Station New Orleans, and Engineering Officer of both Air Station Houston

and Aviation Training Center Mobile. He also served as the Chief, Inventory Management Branch at the

Aircraft Repair and Supply Center (AR&SC). He attained pilot qualifications on the HH-52A, HH-3F,

HH-60J, HH-65A/B and the HU-25 and attained a Civilian Airline Transport Rating.

A native of northern New Jersey, Rear Adm. Korn graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy

in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science in ocean engineering. He received a master’s degree in industrial ad-

ministration from Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management in 1989. He also completed the

Advanced Management Program at the National Defense University in 2000, receiving a Chief Infor-

mation Officer’s Certificate and is a 2004 graduate of the Naval War College Fleet Seminar Program.

His military awards include two Legions of Merit and six Coast Guard Meritorious Service Medals.


PLEASE vISIT ThE NEw FT. LAUDERDALE COUNCIL wEBSITE

LUNCH & LEARNHosted by Dignity Memorial

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 @ 11:30am

at

Signature Memories Event Center

299 N. Federal Hwy.

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

Topics:

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vETERANS PRESENTATIONwEDNESDAy, OCTOBER 16, 2013


When you think about a Beach Party, a sunny day comes to mind. Well, that was not the case on Saturday July

13th, when over 50 people, showing true Sea Service spirit, braved the elements on a stormy and rainy after-

noon to attend our traditional Summer Beach Picnic.

Special thanks go to Bill and Jane Wikberg and Nels and Lisbeth Pearson for organizing another successful

social event with participation from Broward Council and Broward Navy Days. At the picnic we welcomed new

Council members Brian and Peg Turner, both retired naval officers. We must give special recognition to Nels

Pearson, Gary Pirtle and Bill Wikberg, who battled and beat the storm at the grill and had our steaks and

chicken ready for us all to enjoy. What a delicious meal! All in attendance enjoyed the evening’s conversation

and fellowship.

Brian Turner, P

eg Turner, El

aine Hogg

Lisbeth and Nels Pearson

Bill and Jane WikbergGary Pirtle and President Lynn Drucker

FORT LAUDERDALE COUNCIL

ANNUAL BEACH PARTY

BY OsCAR ROmANO


COmmUNITy AFFILIATES NEwSBy OSCAR ROmANO

On August 8, Chuck Black and Lynn Elsasser hosted an open house

at their place of business in the Flagler Arts and Technology Village

(FAT Village), an ever growing Arts community located in downtown

Fort Lauderdale.

The occasion was to celebrate the launch of the new phase of their

company, a transition from Signs by Tomorrow to Image360. This will

allow them access to a wide national resource with the most advanced

technology in graphics, signage and display.

The event was

very well attended. The formal Ribbon Cutting

ceremony was conducted by Fort Lauderdale

Mayor Jack Seiler. Also present for the occasion

was Mr. Ray L. Palmer, president of the Alliance

Franchise Brands Sign & Graphics Division

which consists of Image360, Signs Now and Signs

By Tomorrow. Several Fort Lauderdale Navy

League members joined the festivities at the open

house.

We wish our Community Affiliate a future of

success.

Alicia Romano, Elton Sayward,

Sea Cadet Nico Skinner and Simone Ramos

Ft Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce President Dan Lindblade, Chuck

Black, Lynn Elsasser, Ft Lauderdale City Commissioner Romney Rogers,

Ft Lauderdale Mayor Jack Seiler and Ray L. Palmer

mERChANT mARINE mEmORIAL

IN LONDON

PhOTO By ChUCK BLACK


vIEw FROm ThE BRIDGEjUNE – jULy – AUGUST, 2013

Spruance Division/Radford Training Ship held our Annual Awards Banquet at Tropical Acres on June 8th. Specialthanks to Barbara and Leo Greenfield for hosting the event at Tropical Acres. We had 175 Cadets, Parents, Staff, andguests in attendance. The Most Improved League Cadet is Alec Cooper. The Most Improved Sea Cadet is GiovanniSoto. The Fred Topper League Cadet of the Year is Zachary Beller. The Tom Clarke Sea Cadet of the Year is PO1 IsaacStratton. The George Thorne Leadership Award is presented to CPO Devin Davis. The Lou Besterda Instructor of theYear is John Serko. The Lou Besterda Officer of the Year is Ens. Paul Paguaga. A very Special “Over the Top Award” ispresented to X.O. LT Jorge Perez.

Graduating Seniors are: PO1 Isaac Stratton, US Naval Academy, (our 11th entry to the Naval Academy); PO2Gabriel Rodriguez, Full 4 year USMC ROTC Scholarship; PO3 Phillipe Hauser will attend FSU; PO3 Alex Dender, en-listed USN; CPO Devin Davis, enlisted USN; SN Eduardo Rodriguez, enlisted USMC.

Leadership for the upcoming year was formally transferred. CPO Lorenzo Gari will be the Division Chief PettyOfficer, PO1 Danielle Serrano will be the Leading Petty Officer, PO3 Paul Paguaga will be the Assistant LPO, and PO2Jacob Wallace will be the Master at Arms. Four new Staff Members were added to the Spruance Team, Simone Ramoswill assist with Ribbons and Awards, Alan Wenzel will assist with small boat operations, CWO Guy Rush, USCG ,Fixed Wing Maintenance Officer at Air Station Miami will be the new Operations Officer, and IS1 Sean Hall, USN,Intel Specialist at US Southern Command will be the Assistant Ops Officer. Welcome Aboard Shipmates!

The Cadets of Spruance Division began their exciting summer training sessions immediately after school ended.League Cadets attended Orientation in Groveland, FL.; many were away from home for the first time. Twenty EightSea Cadets attended Recruit Training at the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Eagle Academy, under the watchful eyes of LT JorgePerez, LT Tim Diener, Midshipman Ryan McDaniel, and several of our senior Cadets who provided assistance as StaffCadets. Other training opportunities this summer included Submarine training at Kings Bay, GA, Master At ArmsTraining, Sea Bee Training, Aviation Training at NAS Jacksonville, Scuba Training, Field Operations in Michigan, Sea-manship Training, Marksmanship Training, and a brand new Training opportunity for Photo Journalism School inNew London, CT. What a Summer! This is why the motto of the Sea Cadet Program is that “It is an adventure of a life-time”!

LCDR Starr worked alongside Master Sergeant Abbi Montes, USMCR, and Fort Lauderdale Navy League Councilmembers to host the Annual Sailor of the Year/Enlisted Person of the Year Awards Dinner, held at the Hyatt Pier 66Hotel. 13 Sailors Marines and Coastguardsmen from 13 local area Commands were recognized for being “the Best ofthe Best” in their Commands. LCDR Starr represented the Cadet Corps at the Change of Command of Coast GuardSector Miami, at CG Base Miami Beach, and the Change of Command and retirement of Coast Guard District 7 RADMBaumgartner, who was relieved by RADM Korn, at the Coast Guard Air Station Miami. LCDR Starr also participatedin the retirement ceremony of Coast Guard District 7 Command Master Chief Lou Kitchen, who retired after 32 yearsof Service, and also participated in the retirement ceremony of CG Sector Miami Command Master Chief Mark Mello,and attended the Change of Command of the CG Aids to Navigation Team, in Fort Lauderdale.

Upcoming events include a 9/11 ceremony, Sea Cadet Night at the Coral Ridge Yacht Club, Side Boys for the USSouthern Command Navy Birthday Celebration, and most importantly, our Annual Fund Raiser, 5K Race to be heldOct 12 on Hollywood Beach. Funds raised will be shared with the Wounded Warrior Project.

We held an open house for new potential recruits in August, at the end of our first Drill, and had over 40 parentsand potential Cadets learn about our Program. They will now go through our screening process. We have a total shipscompany of 133 Cadets and Staff. We have made arrangements with the Veterans Post next door, for the Cadets to usetheir parking lot as a “Grinder” for morning PT. Our Male Cadets will have the use of their hall to change into theiruniforms following PT. This will save almost 40 minutes of our Training Time, where before we could only have 4/5Cadets change at one time.

We are looking forward to another Fantastic year for our Cadets, as they become the mature Leaders of Tomor-row.

Respectfully submitted, LCDR Alan Starr, NSCC, Commanding Officer


2013 NATIONAL NAvy LEAGUE CONvENTION, LONG BEACh, CALIFORNIABy SKIP wITUNSKI, FLORIDA REGION PRESIDENT

A great week in Long Beach we heard some encouraging words and now let’s seewhat actions develop. I feel we are on our way to better management, financial controls,and a more openness of all of our future actions, and a new fresh team at the Nationallevel.

First, I want to thank everyone who attended from the Florida Region. I sincerelyappreciate your efforts. We had six councils represented from the Florida Region: St.Augustine Council (2),Bill Dudley, Dave Sullivan; Tampa Council (3), Joe Daigneault,Lil Hanson, & Myself; Sarasota Council (2), Gerard & Frances St. Germain; MayportCouncil (2), Bill & Betty Howard; Fort Lauderdale Council (4), Chuck Black, Rudy &Louise B. Oetting, Simone Ramos; Cape Canerval (2), Larry & Lillian Bertsch. Second,I wish to welcome our New National Leaders, Jim Offutt, National President and BillDudley National Vice President Field Operations. Third, I want to mention that ourCouncils received the lion’s share of National Awards: 9 Councils received NationalRecognition, 3 Councils were designated as Outstanding, Tampa, Mayport, and Sarasota;

5 Councils were designated Meritorious-Broward, Daytona Beach, Key West, Space Coastand Treasure Coast; 1 Council received Honor-able Mention- Sun Coast; 1 Council was recog-nized for their Newsletter- Sarasota; 3Councilswere recognized for Retention, Jacksonville,Treasure Coast, & Sun Coast. I received an award for 7th In Nation for RecruitingSkip Witunski. (32 new members). Congratulations to all! Now, let’s all focus onMembership and Retention. We want to have a positive year at year end. We havelots of effort to put forth but we can do it.

Our Florida Region got approved as presented: New National Directors-SkipWitunski, Chris Paddock, John Vargo, Chuck Black, Bill Dudley, Mike McGrath,Bob Price, Simone Ramos, Gerard St. Germain, Todd Dunn, Joe Daigneault, ShelleyBeck, Pat Dumont, Dolph Dumont, Diane Wright, Rudy Oetting, & Betty Howard& Joe Giambrome (Alternate).

The main focus of the convention was on National Navy League. 1. Gover-nance: Decisions were made to eliminate the Steering Committee and replace it

with a new Executive Committee of 21 members. The Board of Directors will be decrease in size from over 200 down to122. The Area Presidents will be eliminated and retitled as Regional Vice Presidents. 2. Finances: At present we have 100million in assets and a net worth of $50 million. the last two years we have operated at about a 15-20% net loss, we needto raise revenues and look at programs. A short -term hiring freeze was instituted at the National Level, as well as a tight-ening of expenditures for the rest year. We will have a new 5-10year Strategic Plan. 3. Membership and Retention: We all need tobe at a positive growth rate at the end of the year and make a con-centrated effort on our to increase membership in our own coun-cils. 4.Training: We are working on 5 modules to have on-linetraining and to get that up so new Councils members can go online on their time frame to take the training they need, rememberthe National Staff is down to 29 we can’t do all at once but wehave listed 5 to start. We also have to strive to have all of ourmembers to have email addresses is saves on postage and can seenew messages and sooner and each council can be more respon-sive. We are also updating our Mission Statement check our web-sites for new updates at www.navyleague.org andwww.floridanavyleague.org.

I thank each and every one of you for all you do every day for theNavy League! I think we haven’t yet grown to our full potential,but activity bring progress, and the more we do the more we are noticed. On a side note, we had a young Sea Cadetattend the convention for the Fort Lauderdale unit. His name is Seaman Apprentice Nico Skinner. He accompanied hismother, Simone Ramos, to the convention. Nico is attending two Sea Cadet Trainings this summer, one is in San Diego. Iheard that he is quite the Chef. He may be the only Sea Cadet to attend a national convention in recent years. I wish allthe best for him as he climbs the ranks of the Sea Cadets. Hats off to Key West Council they are gearing up for 6 USCGFast Response Cutters Commissioning’s at Sunset with the 1st one in Nov. of this year.

Simone Ramos and her son Sea Cadet

Nico Skinner at National Navy

League Convention

Rudy oetting, Simone Ramos & Chuck Black

at National Navy League Convention

National Convention Reception was held aboard the USS Iowa-

Navy League of the United States

Fort Lauderdale &

Broward Councils

present

Sea Cadet Night

Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at the Coral Ridge Yacht Club

6:00 - 7:00 P.M. Cash Bar

7:00 P.M. Dinner & Meeting

R.S.V.P. 954-565-6778 no later than 9:00 am, Monday, September 16 Guests $35 per person. Admittance by reservation only.



OPERATION hOmECOmING

By SImONE RAmOS

On Saturday, Sept. 7th WWII

Veterans were flown to Washing-

ton DC for one day to visit and re-

flect at their WWII Memorial,

Arlington National Cemetery, and

the US Marine Corps Memorial

(Iowa Jima). Some historical land-

marks were discussed with the

Veterans including the Penta-

gon,White House, Washington

Monument and Lincoln Memo-

rial.

It was certainly a very powerful and emotional experience that moved many to tears including the Veterans.

As the announcement was made that they are making their way through the concourse the cheering, music and

the excitement began. The wonderful thing was that the Veterans were not aware what was about to take place

and that they would receive a ¨Welcome Home¨ they never received before.

They were stunned and some in tears to see the Palm Beach County Fire Rescue´s Pipes and Drums Corps,

Honor Guard members from various departments, JROTC units, Boy and Girl Scouts, dignitaries, news media,

US Military Vets Motorcycle Club members, school students and teachers, church members, West Palm Beach

Sea Cadets and hundred´s of people they have never met before and shook their hands and expressing a heartfelt

¨Thank You¨!

It was pointed out to us that a 92 year old Veteran said the following: ¨I have never felt appreciated my entire

life. Not until that day. And I shook more hands at the airport than I probably have my entire life. I never thought

I mattered. Not until that day.¨

While making my way to my car I had the honor to shake hands of a WWII Veteran in a wheelchair that was

escorted by a Guardian. I cannot express the gratitude I felt when he held my hand with tears in his eyes thanking

me for taking my time to come and be part of something he would have never expected. I simply replied ¨It is

an honor Sir¨.

No words can explain the emotions that Saturday night at the PB International Airport as we witnessed and

were part of something so special.

The Navy League

of the United States

Fort Lauderdale Council

presents the

Pursuit of Honor, Courage & Commitment

5K Run/Walk benefiting the

Fort Lauderdale Sea Cadets and the

Wounded Warrior Project

Saturday, October 12, 2013 7:30 am

Hollywood Beach Early Registration Fee 5K Runners - $25 per person

Active Duty Military $5 Active Sea Cadet, JROTC Cadet or Student < 18 y. o. $15

Day of the Race Registration Fee $35 per person The first 300 registrants will receive a race T-Shirt.

Registration Closes Friday, October 11, 2012 @ 3:00 PM Link to Registration Page

http://beta.active.com/hollywood-fl/running/pursuit-of-honor-courage-commitment-5k-run-walk-benefiting-ftl-

sea-cadets-2013 Link to Face Book Page

[email protected]


Broward County & Fort Lauderdale Councils invite you to a joint

Thursday, October 17th

6:30-9:30pm

Lauderdale Yacht Club

1725 SE 12th Street

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 featuring

Live Music, German Beers, &

German Fare

$35 per person ($25 for military)

Please detach and return with your check

Oktoberfest Celebration

Thursday, October 17th, Lauderdale Yacht Club, 6:30-9:30 pm

Name_____________________ Phone__________________ Email__________________

# attending (@$35each/$25 for military) _______ Total enclosed $_______

Make checks payable to: NLUS

Send to: Lynn Drucker 845 S. Southlake Dr, Hollywood, FL 33019

For questions call 954-325-9102


SEA CADET NIGhTwednesday, September 18th, 2013

Coral Ridge yacht Club6-7Pm Cocktails • 7-9 Pm Dinner

RSvP Required!Call 954-565-6778 no later than noon, monday prior to the meeting.

wednesday, October 2nd, 2013 at 3:30 Pm

SEA CADET hEADQUARTERSLocated at:

300 S.W. 25th Street • Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315

Fort Lauderdale Council2013 OFFICERS

President: Lynn A. Drucker1st Vice President: Oscar Romano2nd Vice President: Abiud Montes3rd Vice President: Simone RamosSecretary: Elaine M. HoggTreasurer: Harvey KovacAsst. Treasurer: Rosemarie DezoltJudge Advocate: Capt. Edward R. FinkAsst. Judge Advocate: Richard Chosid

EDITORIAL STAFF

Lynn Drucker

Rudy Oetting

Oscar Romano

Chuck Black

Jim Black

BOARD OF DIRECTORS mEETING

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