ALASKA SEA SERVICES SCHOLARSHIP FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-2012:

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SUBJ/ALASKA SEA SERVICES SCHOLARSHIP FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-2012//   

RMKS/1.  THIS NAVADMIN ANNOUNCES THE REQUIREMENTS AND SOLICITS       
APPLICATIONS FOR THE ALASKA SEA SERVICES SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.  THE   
ALASKA SEA SERVICES SCHOLARSHIP ANNUALLY AWARDS UP TO FOUR $1,000    
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN AND   
SPOUSES OF NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AND COAST GUARD PERSONNEL WHO LEGALLY 
CLAIM ALASKA AS THEIR STATE OF RESIDENCE.  THE APPLICATION DEADLINE  
IS 1 MARCH 2011 FOR THE FY11 SELECTION BOARD, WHICH CONVENES IN      
APRIL 2011.                                                          

2.  BACKGROUND.  CITIZENS OF ALASKA RAISED FUNDS FOR A $10,000 WAR   
BOND AS A GIFT TO THE USS JUNEAU (CL 52) DURING WORLD WAR II.  AFTER 
THE SINKING OF THE USS JUNEAU, THIS GIFT WAS TO HAVE BEEN PRESENTED  
TO THE USS ALASKA (CB 1), BUT THE USS ALASKA WAS DECOMMISSIONED      
BEFORE THE PRESENTATION.  CONSEQUENTLY, THE GOVERNOR OF THE          
TERRITORY OF ALASKA AND THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY AGREED THAT THE    
BOND WOULD BE LEFT ON DEPOSIT IN THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF JUNEAU   
UNTIL THE USS ALASKA WAS RECOMMISSIONED OR ANOTHER APPROPRIATE       
APPLICATION COULD BE FOUND.  IN 1986, THE NAVY ESTABLISHED THE       
ALASKA SEA SERVICES SCHOLARSHIP FUND.                                

3.  REQUIREMENTS.  TO BE CONSIDERED FOR ONE OF THE ALASKA SEA        
SERVICES SCHOLARSHIPS, AN APPLICANT MUST BE THE DEPENDENT (CHILD OR  
SPOUSE) OF A LEGAL RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF ALASKA WHO IS, OR WAS AT 
THE TIME OF DEATH/DESIGNATION AS MISSING-IN-ACTION, A REGULAR OR     
RESERVE U.S. NAVY, MARINE CORPS, OR COAST GUARD MEMBER ON ACTIVE-    
DUTY, INACTIVE-DUTY, OR RETIRED WITH OR WITHOUT PAY.  SELECTED       
CANDIDATES WILL BE THOSE WHO RATE HIGHEST IN THE FIVE KEY AREAS      
BELOW:                                                               
    A.  ACADEMIC PROFICIENCY                                         
    B.  CHARACTER                                                    
    C.  LEADERSHIP ABILITY                                           
    D.  COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT                                        
    E.  FINANCIAL NEED                                               

4.  SELECTION.  A SELECTION BOARD WILL BE HELD BY THE NAVY LEAGUE    
FOUNDATION.  THE SELECTED NOMINEE PACKAGES WILL THEN BE SUBMITTED TO 
THE NAVAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING COMMAND FOR FINAL APPROVAL, AFTER   
WHICH SELECTEES WILL BE NOTIFIED AND SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS WILL BE       
DISBURSED TO THE APPROPRIATE ACADEMIC INSTITUTION.                   
5.  APPLICANT PROCEDURES.  UP TO FOUR $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS ARE        
AWARDED ANNUALLY TO APPLICANTS WHO MEET THE SPECIFIED CRITERIA.      
APPLICANTS MUST ALSO SHOW ACCEPTANCE AT AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE OR     
UNIVERSITY FOR FULL-TIME UNDERGRADUATE STUDY FOR A BACHELOR OF ARTS  
OR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE.  NO MORE THAN TWO SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS  
MAY BE GIVEN TO ANY INDIVIDUAL DURING PURSUIT OF THE FOUR-YEAR       
DEGREE.  TO REQUEST AN APPLICATION, VISIT THE NAVY LEAGUE WEB SITE   
AT WWW.NAVYLEAGUE.ORG OR SEND A SELF-ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE TO:  
    NAVY LEAGUE FOUNDATION                                           
    2300 WILSON BLVD, SUITE 200                                      
    ARLINGTON, VA 22201-5424                                         

6.  POINTS OF CONTACT.                                               
    A.  MIKE CARTER (NAVY LEAGUE) AT (703)312-1585 OR VIA E-MAIL AT  
mcarter@navyleague.org.                                           
    B.  CHERAL WINTLING (NETC) AT (850)452-3671/DSN 922-3671 OR VIA  
E-MAIL AT cheral.wintling@navy.mil.                               

7.  RELEASED BY VADM MARK FERGUSON, N1.//

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