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Rear Admiral Charles Beers, USN (Ret.)
(Former) Commander, Submarine Group Ten
Former
Sea Cadet
PASADENA Division, Pasadena, CA
DAHLGREN Division, Washington, DC
"I joined the Naval Sea Cadet unit when it started up at the local Naval
Reserve Center when I was an eighth grader in Pasadena, CA. My father was in the Navy and when transferred to Washington,
D.C., I transferred to the Sea Cadet program there. I attended boot camp in San Diego as a Sea Cadet and my experience
served me well when I joined the Naval Reserve and whent to boot camp again . . . and for sure my entire Plebe year at the
U.S. Naval Academy. I spent three years in the Naval Sea Cadet Corps and believe that it gave me great training for
the future I faced then, as well as the future I look forward to now. It cemented my belief that I wanted to join the
Navy; but I know that if I had not decided to pursue a Naval career, my Sea Cadet experience would help me in any field.
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