The United States Navy Memorial Visitor Center will close for two months from Monday, January 1, 2024, to February 29, 2024, for major renovations. Administrative offices will remain open.

via Navy Sports - Washington, DC - As part of a full day in our nation's capital, the Navy baseball team had the opportunity to attend and participate in the 2023 Bob Feller Act of Valor Award Ceremony on Wednesday night in Washington, D.C.

via DVIDS — Washington D.C. - Yeoman 3rd Class Shingo Alexander Douglass, of Oceanside, Calif., was honored October 28, 2023, during a memorial service at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Via Seapower Magazine — Vice Admiral Kelly Aeschbach, commander Naval Information Forces—known informally as the “I-Boss” — speaking July 18 with retired Rear Admiral Frank Thorp IV in the U.S. Naval Memorial’s SITREP series, said the Navy’s intelligence and cryptologic specialists were not as busy in the maritime environment during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq as they have now become with the great power competition with China and Russia.

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Via 13ABC Action News — The names of six Oddo brothers will be forever etched on a plaque at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington D.C.

Via www.navy.mil — 15 June 2023

From MC1 (SW/AW) Jeanette Mullinax, Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs: Gunner’s Mate is one of the five original ratings established in The Naval Armament Act of 1794 along with Boatswain’s Mate, Quartermaster, Master-at-Arms, and Yeoman.

The United States Navy Memorial will present retired U.S. Navy Master Chief William Goines, the Navy’s first African American SEAL, with the 2023 Lone Sailor Award.

The Cheyenne SubVets raised funds to install “The Lone Sailor” statute downtown at the corner of West 23rd Street and Carey Avenue. It is an extension of the Capitol Avenue Bronze Project, and veterans were joined by fellow community members to celebrate its unveiling Saturday for a dedication to sailors of past, present and future.

The United States Navy Memorial will present U.S. Senator Susan Collins of Maine, the Vice Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, with the 2023 Naval Heritage Award.

The United States Navy Memorial will host its 32nd annual Blessing of the Ceremony in person and online on Saturday, April 15th. This year's blessing will be provided by the Chief of Chaplains of the Navy, Rear Admiral Gregory N. Todd. The keynote speaker will be the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, James M. Honea. Afterward, attendees are invited inside the Navy Memorial Visitor Center for a light reception featuring Navy Bean Soup from the White House Mess.

The United States Navy Memorial will present former Deputy Secretary of Defense, United States Marine Corps veteran, and National Security professional Bob Work with the 2023 Lone Sailor Award. 

The United States Navy Memorial announced the 2023 Lone Sailor Awards Dinner will take place at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, on Thursday, September 21. The Lone Sailor Awards Dinner is held annually to celebrate the U.S. Navy Memorial's newest Lone Sailor and Naval Heritage Award recipients.  

Vice Admiral Doug Crowder, former Commander of the United States Seventh Fleet, has published a new book titled "More Sea Stories: Humor & Life Lessons From a 40-Year Navy Journey." All profits from this book will go toward supporting the United States Navy Memorial, a non-profit that honors the service of Navy Sailors. 

The United States Navy Memorial has announced a new $5,000 scholarship for the grandchildren of deceased Chief Petty Officers. Applications will be reviewed by a group of Master Chief Petty Officers in the Washington, D.C. area. The application window is now open and awards will begin in 2023. 

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - A World War II hero from Alabama was honored in our nation’s capital Wednesday. Ward Wharton McFarland, a Tuscaloosa native was recognized for his outstanding service to the U.S. at the U.S. Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy Memorial takes up an entire plaza along Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C. It’s masts, waterfalls, and lone sailor statue were dedicated on October 13, 1987 – the 212th birthday of the U.S. Navy.

The plaza at Washington’s Navy Memorial is granite — meaning it would be easy to hear a clunk if the young sailors of the Ceremonial Guard rehearsing for a wreath laying ceremony didn’t change the way they held their M-1 carbines on the command “Order Arms.” It’s unlikely anyone in the crowd on Memorial Day, when the wreath-laying will be just one of eight different events for the Ceremonial Guard, would even notice — but during rehearsal, the guardsmen did.

USNI News — Accountability is key to managing risks across all the communities in the Navy and Marine Corps, the admiral heading the sea service’s newly established safety command said Thursday. Rear Adm. Frederick Luchtman, speaking at a Navy Memorial online event, said the command wants to find the proper balance between accountability and blame. Starting in June, teams of “safety professionals will be going out to observe and look for compliance” or non-compliance with safety instructions and standards and also how well organizations self-correct identified shortfalls. US Navy Photo via USNI News.

Local News via The Messenger - Cheering groups greet veterans in Washington, Fort Dodge - Army veteran Jack David could hear a loud commotion as he approached a doorway leading into a Washington, D.C., area airport Saturday morning. “I was wondering what all the noise was,” the Humboldt man said. David and the rest of the nearly 150 veterans on the Brushy Creek Area Honor Flight quickly found out just what all that noise was about.

It was about them.

The United States Navy Memorial hosted its 31st Blessing of the Fleet ceremony on Saturday, April 9th in Washington, D.C. following the National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade. This ceremony was free and open to the public, marking the Navy Memorial’s first major event coming out of the pandemic. Over 1,100 people witnessed the ceremony in person or at home via live stream.

The United States Navy Memorial will host its annual Blessing of the Fleet ceremony on Saturday, April 9th at 1:00 pm Eastern (ET) on Navy Memorial Plaza. A ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrating the beginning of “Navy Memorial 2.0” and the reopening of the Navy Memorial Visitor Center, along with a reception featuring Navy Bean Soup from the White House Mess, will follow. This Blessing of the Fleet will also be streamed online for those who wish to watch the ceremony from home.

The United States Navy Memorial Visitor Center will be reopened to the public on Friday, March 11th. Masks will be optional for visitors, and the Navy Memorial will continue to monitor the latest CDC guidelines and recommendations.

The United States Navy Memorial will present United States Navy and corporate business leader, Admiral Thomas “Tom” B. Fargo, with the 2022 Lone Sailor Award at the 2022 Lone Sailor Awards Dinner on September 22, 2022. The Lone Sailor Award is given to Sea Service veterans who have excelled with distinction in their respective careers during or after their service.

The Navy Memorial was informed with great sadness that Tova Borgnine has passed and is now reunited with her life partner, Ernie Borgnine. Ernie and Tova Borgnine were instrumental in the success of the United States Navy Memorial.

The United States Navy Memorial will honor American military leader Christine H. Fox with the 2022 Naval Heritage Award at the Lone Sailor Awards Dinner on September 22, 2022. The Naval Heritage Award is presented to distinguished Americans who have significantly supported the nation's Sea Services, and whose lives and careers exemplify the core value of Honor, Courage, and Commitment.

The United States Navy Memorial will honor James Rex Barker, Coast Guard veteran and currently Chairman of The Interlake Steamship Company, with the 2022 Lone Sailor Award. The Lone Sailor Award is given to Sea Service veterans who have excelled with distinction in their respective careers during or after their service. The award will be presented at the Lone Sailor Awards Dinner on September 22, 2022. The Lone Sailor Awards Program will air online on September 27, 2022.

The U.S. Navy Memorial will host the 2022 Lone Sailor Awards Dinner at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, on September 22, 2022. However, based on the tremendous success of the online program in bringing the mission of the Navy Memorial to a greater audience and the public’s tremendous support, the Navy Memorial will again produce a Lone Sailor Awards Program in 2022, in addition to the Lone Sailor Awards Dinner. The Program will air on September 27, 2022.

On Friday, September 10th, the anniversary of the Battle of Lake Erie, the eighteenth Lone Sailor Statue in the world was dedicated at the Great Lakes Science Center in Cleveland, Ohio.