Plan of the Day 24 May 2021

 We will drill in person Monday, 24 May at 1900. Uniform is NWU Type I or Type III.

• COVID-19 Temporary Policy: Everyone should have received an update form NHQ regarding updated policy and intake protocols. Continue to bring your masks. We will discuss the changes at drill. Check Homeport > Policy (COVID-19 Temporary Policy and Intake Protocols) for all the details. Updated attestation and intake forms are linked below. Temperature checks are no longer required. Mask are still required for unvaccinated personnel. To that end we will continue to wear mask until we can identify those cadets and adults. Please bring a copy of your vaccination form so we can update service records.
• Memorial Day: Drill will primarily focus on final preparations for Memorial Day Parades.
• Dress Uniform: If your uniform needs last minute fixes, please bring it to drill.
• PRT: For those who have to take or retake the PRT, contact you chain of command to schedule. You are still able to take one at home.
• Plan of the Month: May will be a busy month. Please check the POM for all the events.
  • Stamford Memorial Day Ceremony and Parade - Sunday,  30 May
  • New Canaan Memorial Day Ceremony and Parade - Monday, 31 May.
  • DEALEY Divsion Graduation - Monday, 7 June at SYC. 
• Training: Summer training opportunities are populating quickly. Please look often for training availability. Once you have found the training you want, let us know and we will initiate the registration. Be aware, that unless the training is virtual you will need a current passing PRT in order to register. May of the trainings have rank and other requirements. Please look closely. Watch this video for more information on how to find the training you want and how to interpret the information. We will provide the filled out Request for Training Authorization form. Do not download and fill it out as the video may suggest.
• Regional NSCC Recruit Training (RT): Though not yet posted in the Magellan Training List, NSCC Recruit Training (boot camp for sea cadets) for our region is tentatively scheduled on 15-24 July at Camp Edwards, Cape Cod, MA, same place as Flagship. Please look at your schedule to see if that works. If not we have to look elsewhere for RT.
• Regional NLCC Orientation, Basic (NLO): Though not yet posted in the Magellan Training List, NLCC Orientation (boot camp for league cadets) for our region is tentatively scheduled on 26 June - 3 July at Camp Nett, Niantic, CT. Please look at your schedule to see if that works. If not we have to look elsewhere for NLO.
• ​Seniors: All seniors to submit essays, resumes and FAFSA forms for scholarship consideration ASAP. Visit the scholarship page for full details.

This Day in Naval History

• 24 May 1943 - USS New Jersey (BB 62) is commissioned. During WWII, she participates in the Battle of the Philippine Sea, Battle of the Leyte Gulf and supports the Iwo Jima and the Okinawa Campaign in the Pacific theatre. New Jersey currently serves as a museum ship at Camden, NJ.

Go the the Naval History and Heritage Command webpage for today and look at other days in Naval History.