CGC Blackthorn Memorial
The Tampa Bay Council of the Navy League was honored to support our Coast Guard family on Friday January 27, 2017. The annual Blackthorn Memorial program was held at 2PM that day to honor and remember those brave Coast Guard members who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty during the Skyway Bridge tragedy. Many of […]
Salute to the Coast Guard Dinner
On January 26, 2017, the Tampa Bay Council of the Navy League was proud to support and sponsor the salute to the Coast Guard event with the Tampa Propeller Club. This is a long-time partnership and friendship between your Tampa Bay Navy League and the Propeller club and we were happy to be able to […]
New Tampa Council Officers Elected
Congratulations to the new Tampa Bay Council Navy League officers elected at the annual meeting on February 8, 2017. Jason Allen – President Ed Miyagishima – Vice-President Nancy Allen – Treasurer Humerto “Chief” Alvarez – Secretary
414 Ships, No LCS: MITRE’s Alternative Navy
By SYDNEY J. FREEDBERG JR.on February 10, 2017 at 4:47 PM https://breakingdefense.com/2017/02/414-ships-no-lcs-mitres-alternative-navy/ WASHINGTON: The Navy needs a vastly larger fleet — 414 warships — to win a great-power war, well above today’s 274 ships or even the Navy’s unfunded plan for 355, the think-tank MITRE calculates in a congressionally-chartered study. That ideal fleet would include: […]
U.S., Canada Partner on Model, Test Activities to Support Heavy Polar Icebreaker Acquisition
http://seapowermagazine.org/stories/20170210-icebreaker.html Posted: February 10, 2017 4:58 PM WASHINGTON — The U.S. and Canadian governments on Feb. 7 established a partnership that will enable the U.S. Coast Guard heavy polar icebreaker acquisition program to test and validate potential heavy polar icebreaker design models at Canada’s National Research Council (NRC) in St John’s, Newfoundland, the Coast Guard […]