Sea Cadets Face DC Budget Cuts

Dear Neighbor,

I write to you as a proud parent of a United States Navy Sea Cadet.

The USNSCC Great Lakes Division guides hundreds of our local teenagers to being upstanding, moral and constructive members of our community. The teenage years are difficult years, especially for the youngster.

The recent sequester cuts have slashed funding to our Cadet group. These cuts will mean the shutting down of the group’s training boat the Pride of Michigan. The Pride is an 80 foot vessel that docks along the Clinton River in Mt. Clemens and provides hands on training to these young sailors. The Pride of Michigan takes the cadets on deployments of the Great Lakes; teaching the cadets seamanship, underwater research, community service, citizenship, and an understanding of discipline and teamwork. Alumni have gone on to attend the US Naval Academy, Webb Institute, the US Coast Guard Academy,  and many go on to enlist.

For more information on how you can help save this vital program, please visit www.GreatLakesDivision.Org

Sincerely,

Tim Pamplin