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James M. Frierson, National Secretary
[email protected]
LNC James (Jim) M. Frierson, Returning to selected reserve status in 1969, Jim had to
USNR (Ret) is currently the choose between striking for radioman or communications
National Secretary of NERA. yeoman and he chose CYN. When this rating was dises-
is is his rst position on the tablished, he became a yeoman. After advancing to YN2,
national level. Chief Frierson Jim served in several units until deciding to a liate with a
is a life member of the Naval newly stood-up legal service unit. Upon his assignment to
Enlisted Reserve Association a legal unit, he was approved for an in-rate conversion to
and currently serves as the the legalman rating. Since there is no legalman “A” school,
president of the Mid-Carolina Jim completed a total of six weeks of training at legal
Chapter. In this capacity, he also manages a NERA- clerk school at Naval Justice School, Newport, RI after
sponsored co ee/donut mess on drill weekends at NOSC which he soon converted to LN2 and was later advanced
Columbia, SC. to LN1. In September, 1987 he was advanced to LNC.
Retiring in June of 2018, Chief Jim Frierson completed
Frierson enlisted in the Navy Reserve in October, 1966 30 years of service with the South Carolina Department
under a contract known as the 2x6 program (two years of Transportation in the O ce of Public Transit where
active duty/four years reserve obligation). He served he was responsible for monitoring compliance with state
aboard the USS MacDonough (DLG-8) during 1967- and federal requirements for the state's public transit
1968 rst as a non-designated seaman on the deck force. providers.
Later he was assigned to the Supply Division and served
rst as a storekeeper striker and then as a ship's serviceman Jim has been married to his wife, Patti, for 40 years and
(laundry) striker. Swapping duties with another seaman, they have two children (Andrew, a professional archeol-
Frierson then became a communications yeoman (CYN) ogist in Oregon and Sarah, an artist in Charleston, SC).
striker in the ship's Communications Division where he
served out the remainder of his sea duty.

Dennis L. Hunt, National Treasurer

[email protected]
Dennis Hunt is currently the back into the Reserve component rst as NAS Lakehurst,
National Treasurer. is is his NJ and then onto various units in and around the Naval
rst position on the national Base Philadelphia ending his reserve career as part of the
level. He is the current reserve crew on the USS Clark (FFG-11) in 1991. In civil-
President and Secretary of the ian life after attending college on the GI bill he worked
League Island Chapter located for a public accounting rm auditing School Boards and
in Philadelphia, PA. He and his Municipalities in New Jersey. He then went to work for
fellow chapter members hosted a City in New Jersey as Internal Auditor, Deputy Finance
the 2017 National Conference Director, Finance Director, Comptroller and Chief Co ee
outside Philadelphia in Cherry Hill, NJ. His Naval career maker for his sta . Although he has been a Life Member
started with his enlistment into the Naval Reserve in 1965 since 1988 he became actively involved with the League
serving on Reserve DD's out of Philadelphia and then into Island Chapter of NERA after the passing of his wife in
the Gator Navy serving on an LST out of Little Creek, VA. 2012.
After completing his active requirements he transitioned

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