Surface Navy Association

Must be a child, stepchild, ward or spouse of a Surface Navy Association member. The member must be in their second or subsequent consecutive year of membership.
Member can be serving, retired or honorably discharged and must be a Surface Warfare Officer or Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist. Qualified members must serve for a minimum of 3 years on surface ships of the U.S. Navy or a Coast Guardsman, Officer or Enlisted, with a permanent Cutterman Pin. Surface ships include carriers, combatants, amphibious, service force, mine force, tenders, and U.S. Coast Guard cutters of all classes.
The 3 years need not be consecutive but must have been served on active duty.
There is no minimum service period for children or spouses of personnel who died on active duty while serving in a surface ship or cutter.
Surface Navy Association scholarships are for studies in an accredited undergraduate or postgraduate institution.

VADM Robert L. Walters Scholarship Application