NAVY LEAGUE MIDWAY DINNER
The Navy League of Mayport is hosting the Battle of Midway Commemoration Dinner. Tickets are now on sale for this year's Battle of Midway Commemoration Dinner, which will be held Saturday, 6 June, at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Downtown. Guest speaker General James N. Mattis, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander for Transformation and Commander, United States Joint Forces Command and other veterans of the Battle of Midway will also attend this year's dinner. Come meet these "National Treasures" and hear their adventures first hand. Our guest speaker is the highest military authority in NATO, for promoting and overseeing the continuing transformation of Alliance forces and capabilities and is dual-hatted as Commander of the U.S. Joint Forces Command, which is responsible for maximizing future and present military capabilities of the United States. His command is exercised from the Headquarters of Alliance Command Transformation in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, which is also where U.S. Joint Forces Command has its Headquarters.
The evening promises to be emotional and patriotic, and provides an excellent opportunity to connect with survivors of what historians call one of the U. S. Navy's greatest sea victories and the turning point of World War II in the Pacific.
Ticket costs are: Active Duty E-6 and below, $25; E-7 to O3, $35; O4 to O5, $45, O6 and above, civilians, and retirees, $55. The evening includes fine dining and entertainment. Uniform will be O4 and above - dinner dress white jacket; O3 and below - dinner dress white/dinner dress white jacket optional and civilian is black tie or business attire. Cocktails begin at 1830, dinner at 1930. Reserved seating.
Make checks payable to NAVY LEAGUE MIDWAY DINNER. Tickets may be purchased from the following locations:
- NAVY LEAGUE MAYPORT
- POC Bill McLoughlin, Phone 904-285-8731
- COMMAND MASTER CHIEF DAVIDSON – NS MAYPORT
- Phone 904-270-5940 EXT 1201 or 1202