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CEO Update 31 August 2022

Friends: Across the nation many of us are beginning the fall season as our children and grandchildren return to school. In Los Angeles the weather is at its hottest, and up until 2020 this week was the start of LA Fleet Week. The travel and recreation season is...

CEO Update October 12, 2021

Friends and Family: I am returning to the ship this week with a full slate of activities planned. I closely followed the great work done by the crew last week in addressing several issues, especially the gangway partial detachment caused by the passing of a large...

CEO Update October 1, 2021

Friends and Family: This past weekend, we returned from an east coast trip to resume our efforts at the museum. On Monday our board convened for the quarterly meeting, during which we discussed several topics ranging from impact in the community to progress on the...

CEO Update September 24, 2021

Friends and Family: This week I am writing to you from a flight between Providence, RI, and Mobile, AL. Over the past couple of days, we have had an opportunity to visit with the crew of the new USS Iowa (SSN-797) and tour the USS California (SSN-781) in Groton, CT....

CEO Update September 14, 2021

Friends and Family: To commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, we hosted an Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) veterans gathering on board IOWA in affiliation with LA Fleet Week, and a remembrance with the LA Fire Department station 112...

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