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CONTENTS

2023 SPRING EDITION
Volume 66 • 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
Email: [email protected]
National President
YNC Joanne M. Elliott
215-431-6372
[email protected]
National Vice President
Curtis DeYoung
(612) 859-4496
[email protected] 12 16 18
National Secretary
James M. Frierson
803-665-7936
[email protected] 4 President's Message
National Treasurer 4 Executive Counselor's Message
Dennis L. Hunt
609-560-6457 5 Camp Lejeune Justice Act
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National Counselor 6 Legislative and Benefit Updates
Eugene (Geno) Koelker 8 Tips & Clips
815-209-5391
[email protected] 12 NAVY News
Past National President 13 Coastie Corner
Stephen R. Sandy
301-219-2647 14 NERA College Scholarship Program
[email protected]
Executive Director 15 Letters to NERA
Stephen R. Sandy 16 Marine Marquee
301-219-2647
[email protected] 18 Faces of NERA
NERA Manager 20 VA News
Jennifer Abbott
[email protected] 21 TRICARE
Deputy Executive Director/
Editor-in-Chief 22 NERA Benefactors — Thank You!
Yvette B. Purtill 24 TAPS
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Design Cover: Mar 27 at 10:44 AM PHILIPPINE SEA (March 19, 2023) Ensign Davis McDermott,
Karen Durland from Oklahoma City, Okla., Ensign Caleb Eliason, from Federal Way, Wash., and Ensign
[email protected] Laurel Kuhne, from Everett, Pa., monitor external communications and simulated
contacts from the combat information center (CIC) aboard the Ticonderoga-class
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guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67) during a bilateral exercise in the Philippine
Sea, March 19, 2023. Shiloh is assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 70, and is
forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan to support the security of the U.S. and its Allies in
the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Arthur
Rosen)VIRIN: 230319-N-YA628-1536.JPG Photo by: Petty Officer 2nd Class Arthur Rosen

The Mariner, an official publication of the Naval Enlisted Reserve Association, is devoted to the interests and mutual benefit of its members. Regular Membership is open to all enlisted personnel of the Naval
Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve, and Coast Guard Reserve; others may join as Associate Members. Annual dues in the amount of $3.75 per member is set aside to defray the cost of publishing The Mariner.
Single domestic subscription price is $15 per year. Persons eligible for Regular Membership are not required to pay subscription rates. Articles, letters, and photos for The Mariner should be submitted to the
Managing Editor via e-mail to: [email protected] or NERA Headquarters, Falls Church, VA. Credit will be given for materials used. Letters may be condensed for publication. Articles and letters appearing in
The Mariner do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the National Executive Council of the Naval Enlisted Reserve Association or the Editor, nor are they to be interpreted as official policy of the United States
Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Coast Guard, or the Naval Enlisted Reserve Association. The Mariner (ISSN 0164-3029) is published three times a year by the Naval Enlisted Reserve Association,
8116 Arlington Blvd., Suite 220, Falls Church, VA 22042. Postmaster: Send address change to The Mariner, 8116 Arlington Blvd., Suite 220, Falls Church, VA 22042. For general questions, advertising or to learn
more about NERA, e-mail: [email protected].

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