On Sept. 16, 2025, NAVSEA will pause to honor the twelve teammates lost during the tragic events of Sept. 16, 2013. This year’s ceremony will feature reflections from Mr. Bill Deligne, who served as NAVSEA’s Executive Director at the time, alongside current NAVSEA leadership.
The program also includes a solemn reading of the names of the twelve lives taken that day:
Michael Arnold · Martin Bodrog · Arthur Daniels · Sylvia Frasier · Kathleen Gaarde · John Johnson · Mary Knight · Frank Kohler · Kisan Pandit · Kenneth Proctor · Gerald Read · Richard Ridgell
This b-roll package includes slow motion video portraits of Sailors assigned to the Virginia Class fast attack submarine USS Hawaii and the guided missile destroyer USS Frank Peterson. (U.S. Navy video by Austin Rooney/released
