<div style="border:0px; padding:0px; text-align:start"> <div style="border:0px; padding:0px"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-numeric:inherit"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:inherit"><span style="font-variant-alternates:inherit"><span style="font-variant-position:inherit"><span style="font-variant-emoji:inherit"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-stretch:inherit"><span style="font-optical-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-size-adjust:inherit"><span style="font-kerning:inherit"><span style="font-feature-settings:inherit"><span style="font-variation-settings:inherit"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-style:inherit"><span style="font-variant:inherit"><span style="font-weight:inherit"><span style="font-stretch:inherit"><span style="font-optical-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-size-adjust:inherit"><span style="font-kerning:inherit"><span style="font-feature-settings:inherit"><span style="font-variation-settings:inherit"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><strong data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody">Hello ASNE Tidewater Members and Friends,</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div> <p><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-numeric:inherit"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:inherit"><span style="font-variant-alternates:inherit"><span style="font-variant-position:inherit"><span style="font-variant-emoji:inherit"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-stretch:inherit"><span style="font-optical-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-size-adjust:inherit"><span style="font-kerning:inherit"><span style="font-feature-settings:inherit"><span style="font-variation-settings:inherit"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">You&rsquo;re invited to join us for our&nbsp;<strong>October Dinner Meeting</strong>&nbsp;featuring&nbsp;<strong>Rear Admiral John Polowczyk, USN (Ret.)</strong>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-numeric:inherit"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:inherit"><span style="font-variant-alternates:inherit"><span style="font-variant-position:inherit"><span style="font-variant-emoji:inherit"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-stretch:inherit"><span style="font-optical-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-size-adjust:inherit"><span style="font-kerning:inherit"><span style="font-feature-settings:inherit"><span style="font-variation-settings:inherit"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">Come enjoy an evening of networking, dinner, and engaging conversation with fellow professionals from the naval engineering community.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-numeric:inherit"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:inherit"><span style="font-variant-alternates:inherit"><span style="font-variant-position:inherit"><span style="font-variant-emoji:inherit"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-stretch:inherit"><span style="font-optical-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-size-adjust:inherit"><span style="font-kerning:inherit"><span style="font-feature-settings:inherit"><span style="font-variation-settings:inherit"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">📅&nbsp;<strong>Date:</strong>&nbsp;Wednesday, October 15, 2025<br /> 🕠&nbsp;<strong>Time:</strong>&nbsp;5:30 PM &ndash; 8:00 PM<br /> 📍&nbsp;<strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp;Holiday Inn, 5655 Greenwich Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23462</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-numeric:inherit"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:inherit"><span style="font-variant-alternates:inherit"><span style="font-variant-position:inherit"><span style="font-variant-emoji:inherit"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-stretch:inherit"><span style="font-optical-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-size-adjust:inherit"><span style="font-kerning:inherit"><span style="font-feature-settings:inherit"><span style="font-variation-settings:inherit"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">Reserve your spot today!<br /> 👉&nbsp;<a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" href="https://asne-tw.org/events" rel="noopener" style="border:0px; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline" title="https://asne-tw.org/events"><strong>Sign Up Here</strong></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-numeric:inherit"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:inherit"><span style="font-variant-alternates:inherit"><span style="font-variant-position:inherit"><span style="font-variant-emoji:inherit"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-stretch:inherit"><span style="font-optical-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-size-adjust:inherit"><span style="font-kerning:inherit"><span style="font-feature-settings:inherit"><span style="font-variation-settings:inherit"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">We look forward to seeing you there.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-numeric:inherit"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:inherit"><span style="font-variant-alternates:inherit"><span style="font-variant-position:inherit"><span style="font-variant-emoji:inherit"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-stretch:inherit"><span style="font-optical-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-size-adjust:inherit"><span style="font-kerning:inherit"><span style="font-feature-settings:inherit"><span style="font-variation-settings:inherit"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">Warm regards,<br /> <strong>ASNE Tidewater Section Leadership</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <div style="border:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</div> <div style="border:0px; padding:0px">&nbsp;</div> <img alt="" src="/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=tMV0VqZSYk4%3d&amp;portalid=16" style="width: 320px; height: 400px;" title="" /><br /> &nbsp;</div> <div style="border:0px; padding:0px; text-align:start"> <div style="border:0px; padding:0px"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-numeric:inherit"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:inherit"><span style="font-variant-alternates:inherit"><span style="font-variant-position:inherit"><span style="font-variant-emoji:inherit"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-stretch:inherit"><span style="font-optical-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-size-adjust:inherit"><span style="font-kerning:inherit"><span style="font-feature-settings:inherit"><span style="font-variation-settings:inherit"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-style:inherit"><span style="font-variant:inherit"><span style="font-weight:inherit"><span style="font-stretch:inherit"><span style="font-optical-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-size-adjust:inherit"><span style="font-kerning:inherit"><span style="font-feature-settings:inherit"><span style="font-variation-settings:inherit"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px; font-style:inherit; padding:0px"><span style="font-variant:inherit"><span style="font-weight:inherit"><span style="font-stretch:inherit"><span style="font-optical-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-size-adjust:inherit"><span style="font-kerning:inherit"><span style="font-feature-settings:inherit"><span style="font-variation-settings:inherit"><span style="vertical-align:baseline">Rear Adm. John Polowczyk is a native of Manhasset, Long Island, New York.&nbsp;He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in engineering. He holds a Master of Science in Contract and Acquisition Management from the Naval Postgraduate School and a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy from the National Defense University Industrial College of the Armed Forces.&nbsp;He also completed an executive education program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div> <p><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-numeric:inherit"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:inherit"><span style="font-variant-alternates:inherit"><span style="font-variant-position:inherit"><span style="font-variant-emoji:inherit"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-stretch:inherit"><span style="font-optical-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-size-adjust:inherit"><span style="font-kerning:inherit"><span style="font-feature-settings:inherit"><span style="font-variation-settings:inherit"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="Roboto,RobotoLocal,sans-serif"><font color="#212529"><font style="font-size:17px">&nbsp;</font></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-numeric:inherit"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:inherit"><span style="font-variant-alternates:inherit"><span style="font-variant-position:inherit"><span style="font-variant-emoji:inherit"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-stretch:inherit"><span style="font-optical-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-size-adjust:inherit"><span style="font-kerning:inherit"><span style="font-feature-settings:inherit"><span style="font-variation-settings:inherit"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="Roboto,RobotoLocal,sans-serif"><font color="#212529"><font style="font-size:17px"><font color="black"><font style="font-size:16px">Polowczyk&rsquo;s sea duty assignments include supply department head tours aboard the fast attack submarine USS Queenfish (SSN 651), the destroyer USS Peterson (DD 969) and the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5).</font></font><br /> &nbsp;</font></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-numeric:inherit"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:inherit"><span style="font-variant-alternates:inherit"><span style="font-variant-position:inherit"><span style="font-variant-emoji:inherit"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-stretch:inherit"><span style="font-optical-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-size-adjust:inherit"><span style="font-kerning:inherit"><span style="font-feature-settings:inherit"><span style="font-variation-settings:inherit"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="Roboto,RobotoLocal,sans-serif"><font color="#212529"><font style="font-size:17px"><font color="black"><font style="font-size:16px">Ashore, he most recently served as director, logistics programs and business operations in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV N41). His other shore assignments include Fleet Ordnance and Supply (N41) and fleet supply officer on the staff of Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, in Norfolk; comptroller, U.S. Fleet Forces Command; commanding officer, Naval Supply System Command, Fleet Logistics Center Pearl Harbor; business management officer, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Norfolk; military assistant to the assistant secretary of the Navy for Financial Management &amp; Comptroller; OPNAV N413 Joint Logistics officer, where he developed the Navy-Marine Corps Naval Logistics Integration program; business financial manager, Seawolf Program Office, Naval Sea Systems Command; financial officer, Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet; contracting officer with Naval Sea Systems Command; and instructor, Naval Supply Corps School, Athens, Georgia.</font></font><br /> &nbsp;</font></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-numeric:inherit"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:inherit"><span style="font-variant-alternates:inherit"><span style="font-variant-position:inherit"><span style="font-variant-emoji:inherit"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-stretch:inherit"><span style="font-optical-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-size-adjust:inherit"><span style="font-kerning:inherit"><span style="font-feature-settings:inherit"><span style="font-variation-settings:inherit"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="Roboto,RobotoLocal,sans-serif"><font color="#212529"><font style="font-size:17px"><font color="black"><font style="font-size:16px">Polowczyk assumed the position of vice director for logistics, logistics directorate (J4), Joint Staff in June 2017. The J4 is responsible for integrating logistics planning and execution in support of joint operations to drive joint force readiness, maximize the Joint Force Commander&#39;s freedom of action and advise the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on logistics matters.</font></font><br /> &nbsp;</font></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-numeric:inherit"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:inherit"><span style="font-variant-alternates:inherit"><span style="font-variant-position:inherit"><span style="font-variant-emoji:inherit"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-stretch:inherit"><span style="font-optical-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-size-adjust:inherit"><span style="font-kerning:inherit"><span style="font-feature-settings:inherit"><span style="font-variation-settings:inherit"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><font face="Roboto,RobotoLocal,sans-serif"><font color="black"><font style="font-size:16px">Polowczyk is a qualified submarine supply officer, Surface Warfare Supply Corps officer and member of the Defense Acquisition Professional Community.&nbsp;His personal awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit (three awards), Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (four awards) and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (four awards).</font></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-numeric:inherit"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:inherit"><span style="font-variant-alternates:inherit"><span style="font-variant-position:inherit"><span style="font-variant-emoji:inherit"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-stretch:inherit"><span style="font-optical-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-size-adjust:inherit"><span style="font-kerning:inherit"><span style="font-feature-settings:inherit"><span style="font-variation-settings:inherit"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="font-weight:bold">Dress code:&nbsp;</strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-numeric:inherit"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:inherit"><span style="font-variant-alternates:inherit"><span style="font-variant-position:inherit"><span style="font-variant-emoji:inherit"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-stretch:inherit"><span style="font-optical-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-size-adjust:inherit"><span style="font-kerning:inherit"><span style="font-feature-settings:inherit"><span style="font-variation-settings:inherit"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">For our Navy and Coast Guard members and guests, we hope you can join us for all our TW events. If you attend in uniform, Service Khaki / Summer White / Tropical Blue, as well as Service Dress Blue are appropriate military dress.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> </div> <p><span style="border:0px; font-style:normal; padding:0px; text-align:start"><span style="font-variant-ligatures:normal"><span style="font-variant-numeric:inherit"><span style="font-variant-east-asian:inherit"><span style="font-variant-alternates:inherit"><span style="font-variant-position:inherit"><span style="font-variant-emoji:inherit"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-stretch:inherit"><span style="font-optical-sizing:inherit"><span style="font-size-adjust:inherit"><span style="font-kerning:inherit"><span style="font-feature-settings:inherit"><span style="font-variation-settings:inherit"><span style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="white-space:normal"><span style="text-decoration-thickness:initial"><span style="text-decoration-style:initial"><span style="text-decoration-color:initial">--</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="ltr" style="border:0px; 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