Hispanic Heritage Month provides a welcome opportunity to learn more about the contributions Hispanic Americans have made to America and the Department of the Navy. I encourage the widest participation in events sponsored by the Navy and Marine Corps community in recognizing this special observance. Your support is solicited in hosting programs, setting up exhibits, and conducting appropriate observances. African-American professionals and students from across the nation will have the opportunity to be recognized in the fields of engineering and science. The person who has best-exemplified innovation, leadership and achievement from education to industry will be honored, along with others who will receive individual awards, at the conference in Baltimore Feb. 13, 1999.
Nominations are open to active duty and civilian personnel.
All applications are due by Oct. 1. A ground breaking ceremony was held recently for a new Navy Lodge in the La Mesa Village housing area at the Monterey Naval Postgraduate School, in California. Each of the 72 rooms in the lodge will contain two extra long queen size beds, private baths and fully equipped kitchenettes. Other amenities include cable TV, air conditioning and on-site laundry facilities. The reason for building the lodge is to support military members transferring into and out of the Monterey area and to support the student population.