J. Michael "Mike" McGrath sworn in as new National President
at 105th National Convention hosted by Palm Springs Council in Palm Desert, Calif. |
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Pre-convention activities started off with a swing at the golf tournament... |
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Pictured (l-r): Outgoing National President John
Panneton with Korea Council President Dr. Paul Chung and
his wife, Myosun, and Vice President for Sea Services Liaison Richard Macke and his wife Susan
of the Honolulu
Council.
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...and continued with the Welcome Aboard Reception... |
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Pictured (l-r): Palm Springs Council President and Convention Chairman John Easton joins Navy League outgoing National President Panneton and incoming National President
Mike McGrath.
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...and the Awards ceremonies. |
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Outgoing National President John Panneton presents Robert Saul with a Hall of Fame Certificate on the first day of the Navy League's National Convention. |
Peter Finnerty, Jr., son of Hall of Fame inductee Peter Finnerty, Sr., and the senior Finnerty's wife, Tory, accept the Hall of Fame Certificate from outgoing National President
John Panneton. |
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National Director Max Miller, Greater Central Texas Council, accepts the Public Relations Recognition Award from outgoing
National President Panneton. |
Outgoing National President John Panneton presents Herbert A. Jordan with the
Distinguished Service Award. |
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Other highlights included the Sea Services Panel discussion and... |
Pictured: (right foreground) James Caponiti, the Maritime Administration’s associate administrator for national security takes part in a discussion panel with the Navy’s Chief of Information Rear Adm. Frank Thorp (center). Vice President for Sea Services Liaison Dick Macke (standing) moderated the panel. Other panelists not shown were MajGen. John Kelly, the commanding general of the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF, Forward) and the Coast Guard’s Governmental and Public Affairs Director Rear Adm. Mary Landry.
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...the Sea Services Awards presentations. |
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(L-R) Mrs. Margaret McCloud accepts the General Holland M. Smith Award for Operational Competence, presented posthumously to her husband, LtCol Joseph T. McCloud, USMC, by MajGen John Kelly, USMC, while National President John Panneton looks on.
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The Saturday night
Dinner closed out the 4-day convention... |
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Gen. Conway presents outgoing Navy League President Panneton the
Secretary of the Navy’s
Public Service Award.
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The new Navy League video was premiered to rave reviews. |
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The five-minute new information video was shown at the Board of Directors' Meeting. Councils are encouraged to use it in their outreach and recruiting efforts. Copies will be mailed to each council as well as to area and region presidents.
The video is available for downloading on the national website Council Resources page... |
