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Dale A. Jenkins

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Dale Jenkins has had a lifelong interest in the Navy and international affairs. He is a former US Navy officer who served on a destroyer in the Pacific, and for a time was home-ported in Yokosuka, Japan. Pacific Fleet commitments took him to the Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore. While on active duty he was awarded the Navy/Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal. His business career was primarily in international banking, and he also was a staff director at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. Dale currently serves on the Samuel Eliot Morison Committee of the Naval Order of the United States, New York, and as a Regional Director of the Naval War College Foundation. As a result of his active duty experience and new revelations, Dale provides insights into the diplomacy and strategies of the Pacific region. He has degrees in history and business from Harvard and Columbia. Dale is also Senior Advisor to Americans for a Stronger Navy.

For outside activity Dale plays golf, and recently fulfilled an ambition to play in Scotland. The first photo below is of Dale on the 18th tee of St. Andrews, a nanosecond before impact.

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Admiral James Stavridis and Dale A. Jenkins at Sentinel of the Sea Awards, when Admiral Stavridis was the honoree. ⚓🌊🚢

Admiral James Stavridis and Dale A. Jenkins at Sentinel of the Sea Awards, when Admiral Stavridis was the honoree. ⚓🌊🚢

John Lehman and Dale A. Jenkins

Dale and John Lehman

Meeting with Gen. Michael Hagee, USMC (Ret.) Former Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, now Chairman of the Nimitz Foundation and the Museum of the Pacific War, Fredericksburg, TX, August 27, 2024

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Dale A. Jenkins Golfing

St. Andrew’s, Scotland

Dale A. Jenkins Enjoying a Cuppa!

Naval War College, Newport

Dale A. Jenkins at the Battle of Trafalgar anniversary dinner on Oct. 21, 2023 at Portsmouth, England organized by the 1805 Club  to commemorate Adm. Nelson’s victory on October 21, 1805.

Trafalgar Remembrance Dinner
Portsmouth, England

Dale A. Jenkins Enjoying a Cuppa!

Sea Dog Forever.

Dale A. Jenkins at Plantation Historical Museum

Founding partner of the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation

Dale A. Jenkins in KIRKUS Magazine

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