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Awareness of the leadership traits exhibited by Admiral Farragut in his famous order: “Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!” can make any manager afloat or ashore more successful. Alec Fraser’s, USNA ’72, experience as a Navy captain and the president of a division of Turner Broadcasting has taught him that leadership ashore can be modeled after centuries of leadership at sea. In Damn the Torpedoes! Fraser utilizes his own experiences in the U.S. Navy and the corporate world to illustrate this concept.
Within the first sixty seconds of his induction to the U.S. Naval Academy, Midshipman Fraser was posed with a question to which he answered, “I don’t know.” This quickly proved to be an unacceptable answer in the Navy, regardless of the question. While doing the requisite push-ups that followed, he learned that there were only four ways to respond to a question or an order: “No excuse, sir,” “I’ll find out, sir,” “Yes/no sir,” and “Aye-aye, sir.” From these four responses Fraser learned the four key concepts to being an effective leader afloat or ashore: accountability, thinking ahead, ethics, and motivation.
Damn the Torpedoes! offers concrete advice for leading in the work place—giving step-by-step recommendations to encourage readers into adopting this different way of approaching leadership. Providing a fresh and unconventional perspective, Captain Fraser gives personal and historic examples about the leadership traits of ship captains and suggests how leaders in any organization may adapt them to make their careers and businesses successful.
According to Fraser, these four key leadership concepts are the basic principles necessary to prevent organizational chaos best summed up by a Wall Street Journal editorial on leadership at sea and ashore: “When men lose confidence and trust in those who lead, order disintegrates into chaos and purposeful ships into uncontrollable derelicts.”
http://www.usni.org/store/books/general-reference/damn-torpedoes
Author:  Captain Alec Fraser, USN (Ret.) is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy (Class of 1972). He has had two unique careers: commanding two Navy missile ships and later serving as president of a division of Turner Broadcasting. He was also an on-air military analyst for CNN and was a guest on the Larry King Show. While he was in command of the USS Cape St. George (CG 71), the ship earned the USS Arizona Memorial Trophy for being the most combat-ready ship in the fleet.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press (May 15, 2016)

 
 
 
Membership in the Atlanta Chapter has many worthwhile benefits for grads. 
Membership…

1. Keeps grads informed and connected with happenings at our alma mater through updates from Alumni Association Board Trustee;
2. Leads to opportunities for grads to fellowship/network monthly during Chapter luncheons or weekly during game viewings during the Navy football season with fellow grads across six decades of class years; and,
3. Permits discounted participation in Atlanta Chapter’s signature events such as the Army-Navy football game viewing, Dark Ages Dinner Party, Army-Navy-Air Force Golf Challenge or the Chapter’s largest annual event – LobsterFest. 

Please renew your USNAAAA Chapter membership today @ http://atlanta.usnaaasiteadmin.net/join/ !
Your membership and time are extremely valuable for the Atlanta Chapter.
Atlanta Chapter supports camaraderie, fellowship, connection and celebrating the Naval Academy and Atlanta Chapter accomplishments!
 With Appreciation, 
Ed Brownlee,USNAAAA Chapter President
 
Connect, Support, Advocate… Navy Blue & Gold!!!

Ahoy…USNA Alumni and BGOs in the great state of Georgia.
Every winter break, the Parents Clubs of the service academies hold a formal military ball during the December holiday break for all the Midshipmen and Cadets in the state of Georgia.  It is quite an event!
As we all remember, Mids don’t get a lot of take home money so the USNA Parents Club of Georgia  has set up an “Adopt a Mid” program where USNA Alumni and Blue & Gold Officers can contribute for Mids to attend the ball in December.  It is $68 to adopt a Midshipman.

#22 Navy Midshipmen (5-1) vs. University of South Florida Bulls (6-2)

Navy Watch Party

Buffalo Wild Wings Grill and Bar at Cumberland Mall
1636 Cumberland Mall SE Cumberland Mall, Atlanta, GA 30339
Phone: (770) 435-4275

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The Midshipmen (5-1, 4-0) are the only remaining undefeated team in AAC play and sit atop the West Division with four league games remaining. South Florida suffered its first league setback last week against Temple and dropped to second place behind the Owls in the East Division.

Atlanta Chapter’s Monthly luncheon will be held on Friday, September 28, 2016.   Registration and pre-lunch social begin at 11:30am and lunch will be served at 11:50 a.m. We will rendezvous at the American Legion Post 160 in Smyrna.
Please plan to attend the August 2016 Monthly Luncheon and share in the camaraderie and fellowship among metro Atlanta area Naval Academy alumni.  Cost of lunch is $15 for Chapter members and $18 for non-members.
The American Legion Post 160’s address is: 160 Legion Drive SE Smyrna, GA 30080.  The Post’s telephone number is (770) 436-2501.
 

The entire Atlanta Chapter, U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association, family and friends were saddened to hear the news of former Chapter President and fellow alumni Jim Ravenel’s death on Saturday, 15 October 2016.
Jim was a founding member of the Atlanta Chapter.  He is both past Chapter President and Chapter Trustee Emeritus. Jim spent countless hours and made great efforts to grow the Atlanta Chapter into one of the ten largest chapters in the country.
Jim’s leadership and legacy continue to guide the chapter’s mission.
Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife, Carol Sue, and the entire Ravenel family.

The Distinguished Graduate Award (DGA) program started as a concept first envisioned by Rear Admiral Ronald F. Marryott, USN (Ret.), Class of 1957, when he was president and CEO of the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association. Rear Admiral Robert McNitt, USN (Ret.), Class of 1938, helped develop the concept to its current structure. The Alumni Association’s Board of Trustees approved the DGA proposal and in May 1998 the selection committee met under the chairmanship of Admiral Carlisle Trost, USN (Ret.), Class of 1953 to determine the nominating process. Distinguished Graduates are the embodiment of what we strive to achieve in the U.S. Naval Academy’s mission:
“To develop midshipmen morally, mentally and physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty in order to graduate leaders who are dedicated to a career of naval service and have potential for future development in mind and character to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government.”
As an institution, we honor our Distinguished Graduates because of their:

• Demonstrated and unselfish commitment to a lifetime of service to our nation
• Personal character which epitomizes the traits we expect in our officer corps
• Significant contributions as Navy and Marine Corps officers, or as leaders in industry or government

Each of them serves as a beacon, lighting the way for our midshipmen as they begin to chart their naval careers. They also serve by example to motivate those alumni serving in the Fleet and Fleet Marine Corps. Our midshipmen can take away much from learning about our distinguished graduates. All the Distinguished Graduates honored – lived the traits of lifetime commitment to service, personal character and distinguished contributions to our nation.
DGA Nomination Packages are due into Alumni Special Programs office no later than 1 November 2016 which is just over a month away. For criteria and package format requirements, please visit www.usna.com/dga
Should you have any questions, please contact Noreen Frenaye, Director, Alumni Travel and Assoc Director, Alumni Special Programs, U.S.Naval Academy Alumni Association & Foundation
(O) 410-295-4016 Website: www.usna.com

Kings Bay, Navy brass say having solar farm on base provided energy security inside fence line

ATLANTA, Sept. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Leaders from Georgia Power and the Department of the Navy (DON) joined elected officials, community leaders and other dignitaries at Naval Submarine Base (SUBASE) Kings Bay near St. Marys, Ga. to mark the start of operations of a new 30 megawatt (MW) on-base solar facility. The 30 MW alternating current, or 42 MW direct current, solar generation facility is the first completed by Georgia Power in collaboration with the DON and joins a similar 30 MW on-base solar facility recently completed with the U.S. Army at Fort Benning.

Kings Bay commanding officer, Capt. James Jenks, from left, Rear Adm. Mary M. Jackson, commander of U.S. Navy Region Southeast, Georgia Power Senior Vice President of Marketing Kenneth E. Coleman

Georgia Power is currently developing more than 150 MW of solar generation to serve the state’s electric customers through strategic projects with the DON and the U.S. Army. In addition to the facilities now online at SUBASE Kings Bay and Fort Benning, new Georgia Power solar facilities are under construction at Fort Gordon, Fort Stewart and the Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) Albany.

 

“Within a year, this site on the Georgia coast has been transformed into a state-of-the-art solar facility that will provide energy for our state for years to come,” said Norrie McKenzie, vice president of renewable development for Georgia Power. “As we look forward to bringing additional on-base solar facilities on line, we appreciate the Navy’s continued partnership and recognition of the importance of this new energy source for our customers, the bases and local communities.”