The SEAL Heritage Community Center (SHCC)

Seal Heritage Community CenterTo honor and serve this community of heroes and their families, the SEAL Heritage Community Center (SHCC) is being constructed on land provided by the U.S. Navy on the Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek in Norfolk, VA. This NSW community center will comprise 18,000 square feet and will house a library and archive with historical information and educational materials; a memorial roll call to fallen teammates; an auditorium; conference room; and Heritage Hall. The SHCC will be a facility where families will receive support services, hold recreational and social events for children of deployed personnel, and host Naval Special Warfare community functions and memorials.

The SEAL Heritage Community Center (SHCC) will function as the first building of its kind devoted to serving the professional and personal requirements of this elite warrior community. The main function of the SHCC is to provide a facility dedicated to the three functional pillars of the Naval Special Warfare Foundation: Education and Motivation, Health and Welfare, and History and Heritage. The SHCC will be equipped with a large open hall to provide for a variety of events; an auditorium for briefings, meetings, and memorial services; a conference room for smaller meetings; and facilities for meal preparation, providing a range of services to meet the needs of the NSW community.

After extensive meetings with the NSW commands and family support coordinators, we have identified many existing and future needs for the SHCC. At this time, the center’s estimated usage will exceed 300 days a year, with multiple events a day, and will provide for over 1600 hours of education and training, celebration, and information dissemination. Additionally, the center will offer a location to honor and mourn those heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

  • Family support and morale events
  • Family pre-deployment briefings
  • Command deployment updates and briefs
  • Post-deployment meetings and celebrations
  • Children of deployed warriors functions (i.e., educational, motivational, and entertainment)
  • Families Over Coming Under Stress (FOCUS) Seminars
  • NSW family management seminars
  • NSW parenting seminars
  • Marriage and family planning seminars
  • Dependent seminars (e.g., family stress, family advocacy, etc.)
  • Red Cross certification classes for babysitters
  • Red Cross CPR classes
  • Nutrition classes focused on human performance
  • Childhood nutritional workshops
  • Childhood safety classes
  • Family health resource fairs
  • Career planning for NSW spouses
  • Women in business
  • Club Mom playgroups
  • Teen leadership conferences
  • NSW family morale events and celebrations
  • Hurricane management
  • City government liaison meetings
  • Children’s holiday events
  • Senior spouse meetings
  • Spouse appreciation lunches
  • Family readiness support groups
  • College preparatory classes for dependents
  • Active Duty Command Events
  • Ombudsman meetings
  • Ombudsman appreciation events
  • NSW family support meetings (e.g., Commodore, staff, Tricare, ombudsmen, etc.)
  • Commanders and Command Master Chief conferences
  • Retirement ceremonies
  • Promotion ceremonies
  • Sailor of the Year recognition
  • Chief Petty-Officers pinning ceremonies
  • Reenlistment ceremonies
  • Memorial ceremonies and receptions
  • Change of command ceremonies and receptions
  • NSW recruitment seminars

 

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