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Originally published on December 18, 2025 By TERRY DICKSON terryldickson50@gmail.com Merchant mariners who called on the Port of Brunswick midweek experienced the goodwill of the revived Golden Isles Council of the Navy League. Meeting Tuesday at the International Seafarers House, council members and volunteers packed nearly 50 shoeboxes with stocking hats, toiletries, socks, toothbrushes and other items that ship crews need. It was enough to give the boxes to the crews of tw

Originally published on September 25, 2025 By TERRY DICKSON terryldickson50@gmail.com After years of dormancy, the Golden Isles Council of the Navy League relaunched Tuesday with its inaugural meeting. The council met at American Legion Post 166’s hall on Gascoigne Bluff. Post 166 hosts other organizations and rents out the facility for some events. Glenn Cook, a former Navy and airlines pilot, handled the onerous administrative tasks of making the council legal again and wil

Originally published on February 28, 2025 By GORDON JACKSON gjackson@thebrunswicknews.com The Golden Isles has a new Navy League chapter. Organizers met Wednesday to determine the level of interest in creating a new Navy League chapter and they weren’t disappointed. More than 40 people attended the meeting to learn more about the role of the Navy League and how they could play a role. Dave Reilly, past national president of the Navy League, said he and others have spend nine

Originally published on January 29, 2025 By GORDON JACKSON gjackson@thebrunswicknews.com Glynn County does not have a Navy base, but it used to have a Navy League chapter. Now, there is an effort to reestablish a chapter in the Golden Isles. A special event is planned 6 p.m. on Feb. 26 at the Morningside Marina on St. Simons Island in what is described as a “relaunch effort” for a new Golden Isles Navy League chapter. Dave Reilly, past national Navy League president, said the