Navy League Adopts USS Henry M. Jackson
By Lt. Ed Early
COMSUBGRU 9 Public Affairs
Release Date: 1/25/2012
(BANGOR, Wash.) – James Sketchley, president of the Everett Council of the Navy League, and Cmdr. Jeffrey Farah, Gold Crew commanding officer of the ballistic missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730) sign documents recognizing the adoption of the Henry M. Jackson by the Everett and Bremerton-Olympic Peninsula councils of the Navy League. Jackson was named for the late Sen. Henry M. Jackson, who represented Washington as a congressman and senator until his death in 1983. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early/Released)