Guardians,
It was a great morning in San Diego on Tuesday, despite unusually bad weather caused by a gale that came on shore overnight.
We attended the Annual San Diego Military Advisory Council (SDMAC) Achievement Awards Breakfast. It was nostalgic for me because it was held at the Admiral Kidd Conference Center at the Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Complex, Point Loma. When I commanded CITRUS (1982-84) we made many port calls in San Diego and moored at ASW Pier 9 behind the Admiral Kidd Center.
On Tuesday we were there to celebrate local community groups and leaders who support the military services in San Diego. I was honored to deliver key note remarks with San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders.
The winners of this year's awards were truly worthy:
1. The Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society Miramar
2. San Diego Armed Services YMCA
3. San Diego Council, Navy League of the United States
4. United Through Reading (an organization that records DVDs of parents who are deploying reading books to their children)
5. Dr. Stephen Weber, President, San Diego State University (for his effort to educate and employ veterans)
We thank SDMAC for the chance to tell the Coast Guard story to over 300 attendees and I thank the local Coast Guard commands for their participation (particularly CAPT Tom Farris for his introduction).
ADM A
