HC 1027 Summary

• Honors the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps (USNSCC), a youth development program serving ages 10 through high school completion, established in 1962 by the Navy League at the Department of the Navy's request.

• The USNSCC teaches leadership through Navy core principles of honor, courage, and commitment, emphasizing seamanship, good citizenship, moral principles, and alcohol-free, drug-free, gang-free lifestyle.

• Cadets must be drug, alcohol, and gang-free while attending school full-time with at least a C average, attending 75 percent of drills, and completing mandatory two-week recruit training at Navy facilities.

• The Flying Tigers Squadron, with members across seven Indiana communities, has performed over 1,600 hours of community service including soup kitchen work, pancake breakfasts, and American Legion support.

• The Indiana General Assembly acknowledges the USNSCC's growth from 78 men in the first unit to over 380 units today with approximately 9,000 young men and women, and directs transmission of the resolution to the Secretary of the Navy.