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                                                                                        CONTENTS


                                                                                               2020 SUMMER EDITION
                                                                                                   Volume 63 • Issue 2



          Naval Enlisted Reserve
          Association (NERA)
          8116 Arlington Blvd., Suite 220
          Falls Church, VA 22042
          O ce: 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            10                      12                       16
          Michael P. Hughes
          443-812-9591
          [email protected]
                                                4  President's Message
          National Secretary
          James M. Frierson                     5  Executive Counselor's Message
          803-665-7936
          [email protected]
                                                6  Executive Director's Message
          National Treasurer
          Dennis L. Hunt                        7  Vice President's Message
          609-560-6457
          [email protected]                    8  Legislative Updates
          National Counselor
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          Eugene (Geno) Koelker                 9  Letters to NERA
          815-209-5391
          [email protected]                         10  Battleship New Jersey
 I SERVED   Past National President           11  Tips & Clips
          Stephen R. Sandy
          301-219-2647
                                              12  Meet the Member
          [email protected]
 FOR  my family’s safety  Executive Director    16  USMC Family day
          Stephen R. Sandy
                                              18  NERA/USAA College Scholarship
          301-219-2647
          [email protected]
                                              20  2019 Reserve Sailor of the Year
          Editor-in Chief
          Yvette B. Purtill                   22  TAPS
          [email protected]
          Managing Editor                     23  NERA Benefactors
          YNC Joanne Elliott
          215-431-6372                      Cover: COLON, Panama (May 19, 2020) Sailors stand watch on the navigation
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                                            as the ship pulls into Colon, Panama for stores and fuel. Detroit is deployed
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