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CONTENTS

2021 SPRING EDITION
Volume 64 • Issue 1

Naval Enlisted Reserve
Association (NERA)
8116 Arlington Blvd., Suite 220
Falls Church, VA 22042
Office: 703-534-1329
Toll-free: 800-776-9020
Web: www.nera.org
DEDICATED National President
Email: [email protected]

YNC Joanne M. Elliott
215-431-6372
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National Vice President
Michael P. Hughes
443-812-9591
[email protected]
FOR THE National Secretary 4 President's Message
James M. Frierson
5 Executive Counselor's Message

803-665-7936
[email protected]
6 Vice President's Message

ONES WHO S:10.25" T:10.75" National Treasurer 7 In Memoriam
Dennis L. Hunt
609-560-6457
8 NERA Benefactors Program
[email protected]
NEVER QUIT National Counselor 10 Legislative and Benefit Updates
9 NERA News
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Eugene (Geno) Koelker
815-209-5391
[email protected]
11 NERA/USAA College Scholarship
Past National President
Stephen R. Sandy
301-219-2647 12 Veterans Affairs
Don’t stop now. Start getting the service you [email protected] 13 TRICARE
deserve. Members switched and saved an average Executive Director 14 Tips & Clips
Stephen R. Sandy
of $707 per year on USAA Auto Insurance. 301-219-2647 16 Letters to NERA
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Editor-in Chief 18 NAVY News
Visit USAA.COM/NERA or call 877-503-NERA (6372) Yvette B. Purtill 19 Faces of NERA
[email protected]
Managing Editor 20 Big J Encampment
YNC Joanne Elliott
215-431-6372 22 TAPS
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23 NERA Benefactors
Design
Karen Durland
[email protected] Cover: Sailors prepare to man the rails as the Navy’s only forward-deployed
aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), returns to Yokosuka, Japan
© 2021 following a six-month underway period. US Navy Photo

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