NAVY LEAGUE OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

Results: The Navy League is an organization focused on people. Our nation, surrounded by water on three sides, is indeed a maritime one. It is vital that we maintain our sea power to both protect our country and to maintain access to important sea lanes for ourselves and our allies across the globe. But ships without sailors are useless vessels. Our sea service members are the people who turn those massive hunks of floating metal into burgeoning cities and do the work of maintaining our national defense and economy. Our Navy League councils, both domestically and abroad, are critical to maintaining our support of the sea services. They improve the lives of our service men and women through ship enhancements, commissioning's, and adoptions, they hold dinners and events that sound the drumbeat of the importance of the Navy League and its mission, and they facilitate the education and development of our future leaders through scholarships, youth programs, and so much more. The Navy League and all its members are honored to be the voice for those who serve, and to carry out our mission of education, advocacy, and support.

Target demographics: support all of our nation's sea services - Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and U.S. flag Merchant Marine.

Direct beneficiaries per year: Sea service men & women and their families by providing scholarships, Sea Service Awards, Ship Commissionings, JROTC, MCROTC, JRNROTC, and USNSCC Youth programs

Geographic areas served: our core mission of education, advocacy, and support for those who help maintain our nation's security through our sea power and to consistently reaffirm our identity as a maritime nation,

Programs: Navy League is a worldwide organization with more than 65,000 members in 270 councils; including more than 600 corporate and community affiliate members.The Navy League publishes SEA POWER magazine and the annual ALMANAC OF SEAPOWER, a professional reference journal. It sponsors the annual Sea-Air-Space Exposition, the largest maritime exposition in the world.The Navy League devotes time, money and energy to support and improve the well being of American service personnel and their families. Local councils adopt ships and shore commands; reward and honor enlisted personnel of the year; host dinners and balls for military personnel; and visit and support family members left behind when spouses and parents are deployed. In addition, they have planned, executed, and underwritten the ceremonies connected with the commissioning of new Navy ships or openings of new military buildings; raise money and provide volunteer workers for fleet week activities; and host birthday celebrations for the various sea services. In keeping with its educational objective, the Navy League also supports America's young people through successful youth programs, including the providing numerous local and national scholarships.