{"id":40739,"date":"2023-02-28T10:26:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T15:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=40739"},"modified":"2023-02-28T10:26:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T15:26:42","slug":"naval-sea-cadet-corps-held-fundraising-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=40739","title":{"rendered":"Naval Sea Cadet Corps held fundraising banquet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Graduating Sea Cadets were honored at the annual banquet in Kennett Square, Saturday night.<\/p><\/div>\n

On Saturday February 25th<\/sup> Kennett Square, Pa; it was an evening of inspiration and patriotism, at the annual fundraiser banquet benefiting the William E. Taylor division of the c(USNSCC).\u00a0 Based in Delaware, their mission is to expose youth, 11-17 years old in the Delaware, Eastern Maryland, Southern New Jersey and South Eastern Pennsylvania region to the full rigors of a military training program.\u00a0 The banquet was held at the American Legion post 491 in Kennett Square which recently became the home base for the unit.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more proud of our relationship with the Sea Cadets\u201d stated John DiMatteo, Veteran and Legion member, \u201cThe Sea Cadets bring new life and enthusiasm to our legion where numbers have been decreasing for many years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Key Note speaker, Captain Neal Guinan, retired SEAL Team 6 Gold Squadron Commander, spoke of his difficulties with academics at a young age and his unexpected path to the military and SEAL team 6.\u00a0 The room packed with 300 guests and cadets appreciated Captain Guinans stories and advice offered to the young cadets.\u00a0 The evening started with the bugle call of Assembly and finished appropriately with the sounding of TAPS.\u00a0 The Delaware State Police Pipes and Drums played bag pipes and patriotic vocals from Kennett based \u201cCalabrese Sisters\u201d entertained the guests.<\/p>\n

William E. Taylor Commander, Sam Elliott, recognized 13 graduating seniors whose dedication to the cause ranged from 3 years to 6 years.\u00a0 \u201cTo get to this point, each cadet has committed to rigorous exercises and training which will prepare them for any military career they might choose after high school\u201d stated Elliott.\u00a0 Three cadets offered 5 minute speeches, a result of a recent Sea Cadet speech competition led by a local Delaware Toast Master chapter. In a day, when patriotism at times is lacking, this event represents the hope and American resolve that exists in our young people.<\/p>\n

The United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps\u00a0(Sea Cadets)\u00a0is\u00a0the Navy\u2019s youth development program. We give young Americans skills, knowledge, and confidence through an amazing variety of training opportunities.\u00a0 Sea Cadets wear uniforms, work as teams in a disciplined environment, and adhere to our core values of honor, respect, commitment and service.<\/p>\n

The William E. Taylor Division\u00a0is currently accepting\u00a0earnest inquiries from qualified youths, aged 11 through 17, who are interested in learning about\u00a0our Navy values.\u00a0If your son or daughter is interested in a chance to step outside of their comfort zones and take on dynamic\u00a0challenges, please contact Commander Sam Elliott at se******<\/span>@*******<\/span>ts.org<\/span><\/a>. Together we help our cadets thrive with humility and confidence. For more information please visit https:\/\/www.taylordivision.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Saturday February 25th Kennett Square, Pa; it was an evening of inspiration and patriotism, at the annual fundraiser banquet benefiting the William E. Taylor division of the c(USNSCC).\u00a0 Based in Delaware, their mission is to expose youth, 11-17 years old in the Delaware, Eastern Maryland, Southern New Jersey and South Eastern Pennsylvania region to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[14100,14099],"class_list":["post-40739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-american-legion-post-491","tag-naval-sea-cadet-corps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40740,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40739\/revisions\/40740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}