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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE

Dear Shipmates,

I am still recovering from my for the comradery and activity of NERA in the past.
accident and keeping busy Chapters meetings were packed, National Conferences
at home. My energy and had several hundred attendees and NERA members were
strength vary from day to day, recruiting new members in the dozens. There were several
so keep me in your thoughts candidates for every NERA Executive Council post and
and prayers as I recover. This it was a competitive election. I would love to regain this
Mariner issue is a blast from excitement and activity. So let me know your thoughts on
the past. NERA staff has been helping NERA move into the future. However, let’s keep
digging into old boxes of the double digits interest rates in the past.
Joanne Elliott, YNC Mariners, and we thought we
National President
would share some of our find- Smooth sailing,
ings. Check out the interest rates from the 1970s, the
Budweiser advertisement or outrageously cheap mortgage
prices from the past. Looking through these old Mariners, Joanne Elliott
and thinking about my NERA experiences, I am nostalgic President, NERA

DOD COVID-19 Cumulative Totals

Cases Hospitalized Recovered Deaths
Military 410,997 2,600 401,277 95
Civilian 134,248 2,368 118,598 417
Dependent 63,905 552 62,168 36
Contractor 39,488 770 36,333 140
Total 648,638 6,290 618,376 688

Marine National DOD
Army Navy Air Force
Corps Guard Agencies
133,884 38,708 95,894 81,336 57,689 5,486
Data updated 0600, June 3, 2022
Note: These presumptive figures will be updated weekly and are refined as the Joint Staff Crisis Management Team
receives updated/corrected reporting on case numbers. (www.defense.gov/Explore/Spotlight/Coronavirus)

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