Brian O’Rourke: Navy Region Southwest Media Relations Officer

by admin | May 31, 2022 | Uncategorized

This episode finds our team sleep-deprived, sun-burned, and hours away from the finish of LA Fleet Week 2022. Despite the lack of coherence, they managed to coordinate a visit with Brian O’Rourke. Since 2017, as media relations officer for Navy Region Southwest,...

LA Fleet Week with Jenny Sova Part 2

by admin | May 24, 2022 | Uncategorized

We’re back with more of a look at what goes on behind the scenes with LA Fleet Week. From ordering beverages for 50,000 to the logistics of wrangling ships, entertainers, and displays to coordinating receptions, meetings, and events to handling the whirlwind of...

Jenny Sova: Battleship IOWA Chief of Staff

by admin | May 13, 2022 | Uncategorized

Jenny Sova joined our team in 2017 as director of planning for LA Fleet Week. Currently, she’s Battleship IOWA’s chief of staff. We dragged this wonderful, fun lady away from her crazy-busy schedule to chat about what it’s like to stage an event as...

George Musulin: Battleship IOWA’s Electrician

by admin | May 10, 2022 | Uncategorized

Battleship IOWA’s crew is full of unique individuals who’ve come together to create a rather extraordinary team. That team is full of interesting characters… like our electrician, George Musulin.He’s been around for years, and we’d like...

Homecoming: 1980s Crew Members Return To Battleship IOWA

by admin | April 29, 2022 | Uncategorized

If you’ve been following this podcast, you know that April 19 is an important date for our organization. It is our time to celebrate the lives of 47 sailors lost on that day in 1989.For the last two years, Covid forced us to hold the ceremony as a mainly virtual...

USS THE SULLIVANS And Hull Maintenance

by admin | April 26, 2022 | Uncategorized

The museum ship industry was saddened recently to see heartbreaking images of the Fletcher-class destroyer USS THE SULLIVANS (DD-537) with a starboard list so significant, her decks were awash almost to the ship’s centerline. No armchair quarterbacking here. For...