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Save the Date! Wednesday May 31, 2017- RADM Leroy Collins Academy Dinner

The Admiral Leroy Collins Academy Dinner will be held Wednesday, May 31, 2017. This dinner honors our local students who have received appointments to our military academies and ROTC scholarships. The late Leroy Collins, Jr.  was an incredible man who was a true friend and supporter of the Navy League. We are honored to support […]

Tall Ship Gunilla in Tampa Bay

The TS Gunilla tied up alongside the Port side of the SS American Victory Merchant Marine ship located behind the Florida Aquarium, 8-11 April. This tall beauty has a 50-meter-long three-mast barque, with a total sail area of 1,000m² and holds a professional crew of 11 and 44 trainees/pupils. Training Ship Gunilla  is an integral part […]

Florida delegates ask for money to bring aircraft carrier to Mayport

http://jacksonville.com/news/military/2017-03-20/florida-delegates-ask-money-bring-aircraft-carrier-mayport Florida’s entire congressional delegation attempted to breath life back into the idea of bringing a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to Mayport Naval Station by sending a letter to the Department of Defense on Monday asking for money to upgrade the vessel basin to accommodate the Navy’s largest surface ships.  The letter stresses the importance of […]

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 […]

To Fix the Department of the Navy – Kill the Mabus Legacy

by Gary Anderson Journal Article | January 2, 2017 – 10:10am http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/to-fix-the-department-of-the-navy-kill-the-mabus-legacy To Fix the Department of the Navy – Kill the Mabus Legacy Gary Anderson Global warming and political incorrectness are the greatest threats to the United States, and it is the job of America’s Navy to protect us from those threats. For the […]

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