Serves as the Council lead for all youth programs to include U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps, Naval & Marine Corps Junior ROTC, and University of Minnesota ROTC programs. Additionally foster engagement with the U.S. Naval Academy Information Program to determine how the Council can assist. Annually outline funding for recognition awards, provide support for annual key events like inspections, banquets, end-of-year ceremonies and provide mentorship to for young people toward career paths linked to the naval services and submit to board for approval.
Our councils are invested in the next-generation of sea service members and show their support through their adoption of units like the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps, Young Marines and more. Learn more about each of these programs and see how you can help make an impact in the lives of tomorrow’s Sailors, Marines, Coasties and Mariners. Youth Programs - Navy League of the United States
The Cadets and Midshipmen in the various youth programs we sponsor – Naval Sea Cadets, Navy and Marine Corps Junior ROTC, and Navy ROTC – are all finishing their Fall semester of classes and are looking forward to a long winter’s rest. An exception to this will be several Sea Cadets who will be attending a winter training event, primarily so they can meet the requirements for their advancement to the next rank.
The Twin Ports Division of the Naval Sea Cadets officially dissolved as a Sea Cadet unit this past quarter, with the cadets and staff creating the Navy Cadets of Minnesota (NCMN) as a new nonprofit youth development program. Several reasons factored into that decision, with a primary reason being difficulty in meeting the more stringent formal requirements of the Nationally Federated Naval Sea Cadets Corps (NSCC). For example, Twin Ports Division faced challenges in increasing their unit strength to 25 cadets, the minimum size allowed by NSCC to maintain a commissioned unit. The Navy Cadets of Minnesota is an independent nonprofit organization that is not affiliated with NSCC, and their primary sponsor remains American Legion Post 71 in Duluth. This local American Legion Post also provides their Board of Directors. Our Council will continue to support the Navy Cadets of Minnesota as a bona fide nautically oriented youth development program, as we supported it as the Twin Ports Division of the Naval Sea Cadets.
The Twin Cities Squadron of the Naval Sea Cadets added CPO Josef Jirik as a Sea Cadet Chief Petty Officer (CPO) to their unit, with the formal pinning ceremony being conducted November 23. Twin Cities Squadron supported the Wreaths Across America project on December 13 – 14, an event that also included hundreds of volunteers who placed a Holiday Wreath at every headstone marker at Fort Snelling National Cemetery.
