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Upcoming and recent events:
  •      USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) returns from record deployment:
    • Our Council-sponsored destroyer, DDG 81, returned to homeport Mayport FL on May 16th following her longest deployment of almost a full year; covering 57,000 miles, in support of USS Gerald R. Ford carrier task force; operating in the Atlantic, the Caribbean, the North Sea, the Mediterrean, and the Red Sea (where the ship reportedly fired Tomahawk missiles at precise targets in Iran).  Well done Churchill! Wecome home!
  •     Council support to Yale NROTC conference in March 26:
    • our state's only college Navy ROTC unit, at Yale, hosted their annual leadership and strategy conference on March 27 to 28, 2026 in New Haven. Our Council was a key conference sponsor. See this website for further details here.
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  •   Council Annual Meeting and Dinner Sept 12, 2025
    • see our July 25 newsletter for details, click here
    • to see the program flyer click here
    • the dinner was a great success! Our thanks to principal speaker CDR Pat Cerone, CO of USS Hartford (SSN 768).
  •       USS Hartford change of command:
    • CDR Patrick Cerone relieved CDR Kevin Behm as commanding officer of our adopted nuclear attack submarine USS Hartford (SSN 768) in Groton on May 22, 2025. Several members of our Council board were present to represent the Council.
  •       July 2025 "Helm" newsletter issued:
  • see latest newsletter by clicking here.          
  •        Council welcomes members from other parts of CT:
    • Navy League top management decided to merge the dormant Councils located in Hartford, CT and New London, CT into our Council in mid-2020.  Thus our name was changed from the "Western Connecticut Council" to the "Connecticut Council".  
  •        Updates on our Council's adopted Navy ships:
    • In March 2021, USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) completed her most recent 7 month overseas deployment. In May, the ship was chosen to receive the USS Arizona Memorial Trophy as most combat ready crew in the surface fleet. Congratulations!  
    • In July 2022, the ship changed homeports from Norfolk to Mayport, FL, where she entered drydock for the start of a year-long major refurbishment.  
    • The ship deployed with the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) task group in June 2025 for a multi-month deployment.
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    • In May 2021, USS Connecticut (SSN 22) departed Bremerton homepost for a deployment to the northern and western Pacific. In July, the submarine made a brief stop in Yokosuka, Japan.
    • in early October 2021, the submarine hit an underwater sea mount in the South China Sea, returning to Guam with 11 injured crew members (none serious). We are again reminded of the dangers inherent in operating at (and under) sea.  
    • In July 2022, the Navy announced that the sub will be repaired at a Washington state shipyard and returned to active service.
    • On March 22, 2024, CDR Jonathan Baugh was relieved as CO in a Change of Command ceremony at the Undersea Museum in Keyport, Washington, by CDR Andrew Ra.
    • In July 2025, the Navy announced that the repair and overhaul of the sub would be completed by late 2026.

    • see more details of recent adopted ship news in our Helm newsletters here.

    • as always, we wish our adopted ships and their dedicated officers and crews well!
WHO WE ARE:

    The Navy League has three missions in support of the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and US Flag Merchant Marine: to enhance the morale of active duty personnel and their families; to inform Congress and the public on the importance of strongsea services; and to support youth progarms that expose young people to the values of our sea services. Local Councils around the world are dedicated to forwarding these goals.

    Our CT Council supports local youth programs: five Sea Cadet units in the state and Naval Junior ROTC programs at four CT high schools.  These programs foster leadership skills, self-confidence, and informed patriotism and citizenship.  In addition to our two adopted active duty Navy ships, we have a strong connection to the Navy SEAL community.  

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