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By: Aniela Szymanski, Chief Policy Officer CWOA members sharing their challenges, concerns and ideas for improvement is vital to establishing advocacy priorities for CWOA. The traditional structure for feeding those to the organization leadership has been through the chapter and committee structure. Ideally, chapters will get to know what the challenges, concerns and ideas are for chapter membership and inform the organization through its committees to ensure CWOA advocates for them.
By: Aniela Szymanski, Chief Policy Officer This week, Congressman Salud Carbajal, Ranking Member of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, part of the House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, wrote an open letter to members of the United States Coast Guard, highlighting issues of concern and asking the President to focus his efforts on improving them.
By: Aniela Szymanski, Chief Policy Officer The news out of Washington DC has been fast hitting, but military and veteran advocates have stayed the course in consistently pressing for the priorities of the military and veterans community. Here are a couple big items that our organization has been orienting around.
 The COLUMBIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, Chief Warrant and Warrant Officers Association Scholarship is a partnership with the university that provides two years of education to pursue Associates, Bachelors, and or Master’s degree in a three year period. Note: Books are covered however there is a $35.00 library fee unless you are active duty.
The scholarship will cover up to $25,200 in one online degree program (undergraduate or graduate level). The scholarship will be directly applied to the recipient’s tuition for up to 60 semester hours or 36 consecutive months in the selected online degree program, whichever comes first.  The CWOA LT Art and Eleanor Colona Scholarship Grant was established by the Colona Family to financially assist dependent children of enlisted members of the United States Coast Guard (active, retired, or reserve). Seeking a meaningful way to celebrate the 30 years which LT Colona devoted to the Coast Guard, the Colona family established this scholarship fund to remain in perpetuity with the CWOA.
Each year, one or more Colona scholarship recipient(s) will be awarded a $4000 dollar scholarship dispersing $1000 dollars a year over four years of undergraduate studies.  The CWO John A. Keller, Chief Warrant and Warrant Officers Association Scholarship Grant (hereinafter “Grant”) is established to financially assist dependent children of members in good standing or who were members in good standing of the CWOA, United States Coast Guard at the time of their death. The assistance shall be a monetary grant for an accredited institution of higher learning.
 The Chief Warrant and Warrant Officers Association is rallying support for the family of ME1 Michael T. Horan, who was killed in the line of duty, by contributing CWOA and personal coins as a gesture of solidarity and respect, while honoring his posthumous promotion to CWO2.
 Chief Policy Officer Aniela Szymanski provides an overview of recent and upcoming legislative developments.
By: Aniela Szymanski, Chief Policy Officer After a dizzying campaign season, Congress swore in new Members and is beginning its session with a great deal of momentum. Upcoming cabinet nomination confirmation hearings will be held by the Senate in the upcoming month, including Secretary of Defense, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Homeland Security.
 CWOA 2nd Quarter Meeting, to be held in Key West, FL, and hosted by the Conch Republic Chapter!  Twenty-four Chief Warrant Officers from across the country recently completed the two-week Chief Warrant Officer Professional Development course, designed to strengthen leadership skills, build lasting connections, and instill principles and responsibilities of being a commissioned officer.
 CWOA Member Chief Warrant Officer Tim Crochet serves as the commanding officer at the Coast Guard’s national Motor Lifeboat School, where he was recently featured in a *60 Minutes* article and video for his role in the surfman certification program. His leadership and guidance exemplify the Coast Guard's rigorous, life-saving mission, inspiring trainees to master rescue operations in some of the nation’s most perilous waters.
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AuthorThe views expressed in the articles in this publication are solely those of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the organizations for which they work, CWOAUSCG, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, or the U.S. government. Archives
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