SECNAV Braithwaite visits Vandenberg AFB

The Honorable Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy, visits the Honda Point Memorial site, Dec. 8, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. During his visit, Braithwaite met with 30th Space Wing leadership and Navy and Marine representatives from the Combined Force Space Component Command, while receiving a briefing from the 30th Space Wing historian about the Honda Point Disaster, the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships where seven destroyers ran aground at Honda Point in 1923. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Peterson)

The Honorable Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy, visits the Honda Point Memorial site, Dec. 8, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. During his visit, Braithwaite met with 30th Space Wing leadership and Navy and Marine representatives from the Combined Force Space Component Command, while receiving a briefing from the 30th Space Wing historian about the Honda Point Disaster, the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships where seven destroyers ran aground at Honda Point in 1923. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Peterson)

The Honorable Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy, visits the Honda Point Memorial site, Dec. 8, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. During his visit, Braithwaite met with 30th Space Wing leadership and Navy and Marine representatives from the Combined Force Space Component Command, while receiving a briefing from the 30th Space Wing historian about the Honda Point Disaster, the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships where seven destroyers ran aground at Honda Point in 1923. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Peterson)

The Honorable Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy, speaks with Col. Anthony Mastalir, 30th Space Wing commander and Dr. Scott Bailey, 30th SW historian, Dec. 8, 2020, after arriving at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. During his visit, Braithwaite met with 30th Space Wing leadership and Navy and Marine representatives from the Combined Force Space Component Command, while receiving a briefing from the 30th Space Wing historian about the Honda Point Disaster, the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships where seven destroyers ran aground at Honda Point in 1923. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Peterson)

The Honorable Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy, and Col. Anthony Mastalir, 30th Space Wing commander, speak with U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Michael Brock and U.S. Marine Corp Capt Andrea Writt from the Combined Force Space Component Command, Dec. 8, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. During his visit, Braithwaite met with 30th Space Wing leadership and Navy and Marine representatives from the Combined Force Space Component Command, while receiving a briefing from the 30th Space Wing historian about the Honda Point Disaster, the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships where seven destroyers ran aground at Honda Point in 1923. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Peterson)

The Honorable Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy, visits the Honda Point Memorial site, Dec. 8, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. During his visit, Braithwaite met with 30th Space Wing leadership and Navy and Marine representatives from the Combined Force Space Component Command, while receiving a briefing from the 30th Space Wing historian about the Honda Point Disaster, the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships where seven destroyers ran aground at Honda Point in 1923. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Peterson)

The Honorable Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy, is greeted by Col. Anthony Mastalir, 30th Space Wing commander and Chief Master Sgt. Jason Delucy, 30th SW command chief, Dec. 8, 2020, upon arriving at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. During his visit, Braithwaite met with 30th Space Wing leadership and Navy and Marine representatives from the Combined Force Space Component Command, while receiving a briefing from the 30th Space Wing historian about the Honda Point Disaster, the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships where seven destroyers ran aground at Honda Point in 1923. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Peterson)

The Honorable Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy, is greeted by Col. Anthony Mastalir, 30th Space Wing commander and Chief Master Sgt. Jason Delucy, 30th SW command chief, Dec. 8, 2020, upon arriving at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. During his visit, Braithwaite met with 30th Space Wing leadership and Navy and Marine representatives from the Combined Force Space Component Command, while receiving a briefing from the 30th Space Wing historian about the Honda Point Disaster, the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships where seven destroyers ran aground at Honda Point in 1923. (U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Peterson)