Sea Chiefs Help Open 2010 Sea-Air-Space Exposition

By JOHN C. MARCARIO, Assistant Editor

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead and Gen. James T. Conway, commandant of the Marine Corps, helped kick off the Navy League's 54th Sea-Air-Space (SAS) Exposition May 3 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Md.

Along with Navy League National President Daniel B. Branch Jr., SAS Chairman Lee Gurke and Acting Maritime Administrator David Matsuda, Conway and Roughead cut the ribbon to open the event, which runs through May 5.

During the ceremony, Branch spoke about the Navy League's commitment to advocating for the sea services.

“We are a seafarer nation. Our economy depends on it,” he said.

With the theme “Responding Globally — Engaged at Sea & Ashore,” SAS 2010 will feature more than 150 leading defense companies exhibiting weapons and sea power technologies for the 21st century, a series of five professional development seminars with military leaders and defense corporate partners and a series of floor speaker presentations.


SAS Chairman Lee Gurke (from left-right), Commandant of the Marine Corps General James T. Conway, Navy League National President Dan Branch, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead and Acting Maritime Administrator David Matsuda cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony for Sea-Air-Space 2010 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, on May 3, 2010. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst for SEAPOWER/The Navy League)