The Navy Mustang Association was originally started in 1989 by Mustangs in the Washington D.C. area interested in having a social and professional organization for limited duty and warrant officers. Membership is open to present and former officers of the Navy who after having enlisted as a recruit in the Navy and who have received as a minimum the Good Conduct Medal and in recognition of their superior leadership and professional skills have been selected, through a sea service in-service procurement program, for and risen from the enlisted to the officer ranks.