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October 2011

American Legion Article

46 the American legion magazine | OCTOBER 2011

PRESS RELEASE MAY 2, 2008

Our project the “Man In The Sea Memorial Monument” (MSMM) will be dedicated to all military divers and installed at the Washington DC Naval Yard, on the Anacostia River. 

For Immediate Release: United States of America (Press Release) May 2, 2008

The Homeland Security Policy Institute Group (HSPIG) is asking for your assistance in creating a Memorial Monument for military divers. HSPIG is an IRS 501 (c) (3) Non-Profit Corporation established in 2003. Our goal is to bring the Private and Public sectors together and begin sharing information as a “Public Benefit Corporation”. Our founding members spearheaded our current endeavor. 

Our project the “Man In The Sea Memorial Monument” (MSMM) will be dedicated to all military divers and installed at the Washington DC Naval Yard, on the Anacostia River where the original Hard Hat Divers School once stood! The 10-11 foot tall bronze sculpture mounted on a marble base will provide educational benefits and cultural enrichments to the public about Military Diving History. Our corporation has a strong military background, and has been involved with many local, state and federal agencies in the information sharing process. 

Since our start we have worked on various projects like the anthrax vaccine issue and border security. HSPIG has a small operating budget that covers only the bare necessities. Our expenses are entirely subsidized by generous people like you who can and do make a difference by assisting us in these efforts. We are in the final stages of planning this project, working thru the endless amounts of red tape required by the Federal Government and the U.S. Navy. 

We are expecting that the “MSMM” will cost approximately $10 million. We are asking for any size donation to help fund this project, no donation is too small or too large. Contributions made to “HSPIG” are tax deductible under IRS rulings, and HSPIG will send you a receipt for any donations given. When you send a donation of $5,000 you will have a personalized brick with your company name inscribed at the monument (pending US Navy Approval). When you give a donation of $100,000 or more you will receive a 22” bronze miniature replica of the “MSMM” mounted on a base. The replica statues are numbered and will only be given to the first 250 donors.

PRESS-RELEASE

January 29, 2012

HOMELAND SECURITY POLICY INSTITUTE GROUP, INC.

SUBJECT: Man In The Sea Memorial Monument at the Washington DC Navy Yard

The project team for the Man In The Sea Memorial Monument that will be installed at the Washington DC Navy yard, home of the original “Hard Hat Diving School” along the Anacostia River is proud to announce that they still have the 22” Bronze replicas of the monument available for purchase.  These replicas are not mass produced, and exquisite detail is put into each and every one of these on a one by one basis.  These fine collector statues are made here in America by the well known bronze sculptural artist and former Navy Submariner Jim H. Smith. Each replica takes hours to complete the attachments and details on the statue which in our opinion makes it a museum like quality for you to enjoy in your home or office.

Mr. Jeff West, the Military Diving Director said that “These replicas show in scale every item on the old hard hat rig (Jake) that was used by thousands of military divers, and displays what the actual full scale monument will look like once it is constructed”.  Homeland Security Policy Institute Group, Inc. is a IRS approved  501c3 Non-Profit California corporation who has been in existence since 2003 working to help promote information sharing between the private and public sectors and assisting our law enforcement agencies and military veterans across the country in various ways.

In June of 2011 (HSPIG) got the approval from the US Navy to proceed with the fundraising efforts for the project.  Mr. Kenneth Dreger, CEO  said “This effort has taken thousands of man hours and years of effort by the team and the US Navy commands past and present but finally we made it!”  No other monument to all military divers has undertaken the enormous effort to create a fully sanctioned memorial monument in the heart of Washington DC.

This monument will reside at the US Navy yard, home to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) where it will stand along the Anacostia River and be open to the public soon after completion from the Anacostia River Walk that is being built in the nearby surroundings to the US Navy base.  This will allow thousands of people every year to see this great monument and visit the WNY base as well as provide an area for the US Navy to have special events and greet foreign dignitaries at the monument.

Let us put you down for one of these fine replica statues today, the cost for one statue is approximately $3900 + Shipping and packaging and if you would like a solid 360 degree rotating mount just add in $200 for the granite base.

If you would like to donate to HSPIG, please visit our web site at www.hspig.org, we accept PayPal donations, checks, and various other items you may wish to donate to us so we can raise funds for the projects.  We know these economic times are challenging for all of us, our donations are down and we need your help to achieve the goal of creating this monument.  Your donations are tax deductible also.

Please help us in this funding effort, we need to raise $500,000 by this June to make our goals and get the statue commissioned and the architectural plans finalized with the US Navy and our architects HDR.