Bruce DD MacRae: UPS Vice President of Government Affairs
There is no shortage of stand-out characters around Battleship IOWA, and for this episode we rounded up one of the most larger-than-life: Vice President of Government Affairs for UPS and Battleship IOWA board member Bruce D.D. MacRae. We talked to Bruce about how he...
CEO Update 15 June 2022
Friends: We have kicked off our ten-year anniversary with an incredible LA Fleet Week and a surprise Presidential visit. It has been a couple exhilarating weeks for the crew, and I am deeply appreciative of the team’s commitment, professionalism, and perseverance...
Kristen Burns-Agria: SkillBridge Intern on Transitioning from Military to Civilian Life
Since early January we've been fortunate to have Kristen Burns-Agria with us. She's active Navy and a participant in SkillBridge - an internship program from the Department of Defense, designed to help service members transition from the military to civilian worlds....
Museum Update 7 June 2022
Thank You ...for making LA Fleet Week 2022 a success! Did you catch all the highlights? The dodgeball tournament - won by the US Marine Corps Galley Wars culinary competition - won by newcomers to LA Fleet Week, the US Army Live entertainment from Taylor Hicks and...
Captain Tyler O’Connor: US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey Pilot
We managed to sneak two podcast recording sessions in during #LAFleetWeek. Here's the second.Meet US Marine Corps captain Tyler O'Connor. Tyler and his crew brought in the star of our mini-airshow: the mighty MV-22 Osprey.Quite the spectacle to watch an aircraft that...
CEO Update 31 May 2022
Friends: As I type this message, we are preparing for the departure of the remaining LA Fleet Week 2022 displays. I am incredibly proud of the team that helped plan and execute this year’s event including those from the primary planners with the City of Los Angeles,...
Brian O’Rourke: Navy Region Southwest Media Relations Officer
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, Brian...
Museum Update 24 May 2022
Hull Preservation | Still Time To Meet Our Goal KTLA Morning News correspondent Gayle Anderson, a long-time friend of the ship, paid us a visit recently. She highlighted May as Military Appreciation Month and touched on our hull preservation campaign. She got some...
LA Fleet Week with Jenny Sova Part 2
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 crazy,...
Jenny Sova: Battleship IOWA Chief of Staff
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 large as LA Fleet...
CEO Update 8 May 2022
Hull Preservation | Only 3 Weeks Left We are extremely grateful for everyone who has donated to the hull preservation campaign. Your generosity has supported the efforts of our crew taking on the immense job at hand, but we remain quite a distance from hitting our...
George Musulin: Battleship IOWA’s Electrician
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 to put in a pithy description...
Homecoming: 1980s Crew Members Return To Battleship IOWA
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...
Museum Update 27 April 2022
Hull Preservation | What Makes It So Critical You likely caught the sad recent news about USS The Sullivans. Our hearts go out to our friends in Buffalo and we wish them all speed in righting and restoring this important naval vessel. We've been talking in our updates...
USS THE SULLIVANS And Hull Maintenance
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 this...
