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Follow on Google News |  U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Supt Rear Admiral James Helis Keynotes Navy League LI Gala June 12Event to honor Curtiss-Wright's Jim White at Melville Marriott
The Council will also honor Mr. James D. White, General Manager, Curtiss-Wright Flow Control, Target Rock Group, for his leadership and support to the sea services. Most recently, White chaired the commissioning committee for the U.S.S. MICHAEL MURPHY. “We are honored Rear Admiral Helis will join us to provide the keynote address. His message on the importance of ensuring the readiness of our nation and preparing a new generation of sailors and merchant mariners for future threats is critical at this time in our nation’s history,” said Owen Watford, Council president. “We are also deeply honored to be able to pay tribute to Jim White, a man who has lived his life in service to our men and women of the sea services. It will be a terrific event to support the mission of the council—to foster educational opportunities for Long Island teens interested in the sea services.” Rear Admiral James A. Helis, USMS, assumed the duties of the twelfth Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine Academy on July 23, 2012. Helis retired at the rank of Colonel, following a distinguished 30-year Army career which began when he was commissioned in the Infantry after graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1979. His key assignments included: 82nd Airborne Division, Joint Task Force Bravo in Honduras, Alaska, and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. He served as commanding officer of C Company, 2nd Battalion, 23d Infantry Regiment; the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment; and the U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion, Columbia, South Carolina. Rear Admiral Helis is an Army Ranger, a master parachutist and a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, where he served as Chief of Plans for the NATO International Security Assistance Force. His professional foreign travel includes Belgium, Canada, Estonia, France, Germany, Haiti, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Saudi Arabia, and Sweden. Rear Admiral Helis served as Chairman, Department of National Security and Strategy at the United States Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, from 2004 to 2008, when he was deployed to Afghanistan. He was re-appointed to the position in 2009 after his retirement from the Army. About Jim White Jim White serves as General Manager of Curtiss-Wright Flow Control (CWFC), Target Rock Group, comprised of several operating companies in the U.S. and abroad. The group includes Target Rock on Long Island, Nu-Torque in Seattle, WA, the Phönix Group in Germany (Volkmarsen, Barleben, Hanover), CWFC-Korea in Seoul, S. Korea and Closed Joint Stock Company, Solenoid Valve in Russia. The group is active in the nuclear and non-nuclear power and defense markets, as well as the chemical and petro-chemical markets through the supply of critical valves, valve systems and engineering. White is responsible for ensuring Target Rock Group meets its commitments to customers, employees and the Curtiss-Wright organization. Over the past 20 years, White has held various positions of increasing responsibility at the company and been an integral part of CWFC’s organic and external growth initiatives, including acquisitions. Prior to joining the company, White worked in the commercial nuclear power industry at EAS Energy Services and Corner & Lada Corp. Today, White serves on the board of the Valve Manufacturers Association of America, and is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Nuclear Society, and the Instrument Society of America. Tickets for the event are $150 per person and support the non-profit organizations’ About the Navy League of the United States Founded in 1902, the Navy League of the United States is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating our citizens about the importance of sea power to U.S. national security and supporting the men and women of the sea services and their families. The organization provides a powerful voice for a stronger sea service to Congress and to the American People. The Long Island Council was established in 1948. Visit the group online at www.nluslongisland.com or via Linkedin at Navy League of the United States Long Island Council. End
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