JUMP Takes Flight at Pensacola Aviation Museum (Florida)

JUMP Takes Flight at Pensacola Aviation Museum (Florida)

September 4, 2015 , 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm (America/New York)

The Japan-America Society of Northwest Florida organized a JUMP event in Pensacola, Florida on September 4, 2015, which was attended by over 200 people. The event was held at the National Aviation Museum and included a presentation in the Blue Angels atrium, which featured current and former servicemen giving their own perspectives of being stationed in Japan, as well as a group of traditional Japanese dancers. The presentations were followed by a reception on the USS Cabot flight deck.

Speakers

Mr. Hill Goodspeed, Historian,. National Naval Aviation Museum
Chaplain David Roznanek, Lieutenant Commander, USN
Captain Keith Hoskins, USN
Lieutenant General Duane Thiessen, USMC (Ret.), President and Chief Executive Officer, Naval Aviation Museum Foundation
The Honorable Masahiro Ogino, Acting Consul General, Consulate General of Japan in Miami
Lieutenant Colonel Radford Coleman, USMC, Commanding Officer, HT-18, Naval Air Station Whiting Field

Here is a gallery of photos from the event.