Professional Development Opportunities
Recruiting for the US Military Services
SSLA Board of Directors Duties
Welcome to the Sea Service Leadership Association (SSLA) Home Page!
(Formerly, the WOPA Home Page)
ABOARD USS RUSSELL -
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates receives a tour of the engineering room of the
USS Russell by Navy Lt. Courtney
Minetree (Winner of the 2004 CAPT Joy Bright Hancock Award), Chief Engineer, while
aboard the ship in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Feb. 21, 2008.
Defense Dept. Photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jerry Morrison
Information on the Women's Leadership Symposium has been released on: NAVADMIN 08/120
The 2008 CAPT Joy Bright Hancock Awardees has been selected, for more information, go to: JBH Award
Information on the upcoming Quarterly Navy Marine Council Briefing being held on May 21, 2008 at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, VA is located at: NMCC Quarterly Meeting
Please Note: We are planning our next Symposium in conjunction with the Navy Office of Women's Policy and the Coast Guard Women Leadership Association (CGWLA). The Symposium is planned for July 10 & 11, 2008 at the Conference Center in Lansdowne, VA. The theme will be: Making Informed Decisions. Please be advised that we are still in the early planning stages. We will provide more details as they become available. For current information, go to our SSLA Symposium page.
For pictures from our 2006 Symposium, go our Symposium Pictures page. Also, you can link to some of the 2007 Symposium Presentations.
Welcome! We look forward to having you join us and our sister organization, the Coast Guard Women's Leadership Association for our upcoming events!
Interested in starting activities or Chapters in your area? Contact one of our Regional Contacts!
Sea Services Leadership Association (New Address!)
P. O. Box 100356
Arlington, VA 22210
Supporting motivated Sea Service Officers and NCOs since 1978, SSLA (Formerly, WOPA) supports the professional development of its members and serves as a forum of information about the Sea Services (Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, NOAA Commissioned Corps and US Public Health Service). To learn more about our mission and us, click on: Mission Statement.
If you are interested in joining, contact us by sending an e-mail to LCDR J. H. Dittmer, USNR (RET.) at
wopaman@aol.com.Comments and suggestions are also welcomed. We also have a membership form you can fill out and send in. Just click on the hyperlink below:
Interested in joining one of the uniformed services? Check our Recruiting for the US Military Services page with hyperlinks to the service recruiting web sites now! For those already in the Sea Services, please check out our new Professional Development Opportunities page!
For comments and suggestions, please send e-mail by clicking wopaman@aol.com or sign our Guest book below!
Sign Our Guest book View Our Guest book
This Home Page was created by LCDR J. H. Dittmer, USNR (Ret.) on 5 JAN 1997. Last update: 16 JUN 08.
You are now visitor number:
to visit the
SSLA Home Page.
We at SSLA hope that this site has been informative for you. Have an Excellent and Outstanding Day!