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2021 SUMMER EDITION
Volume 64 • Issue 2
LET YOUR Naval Enlisted Reserve

Association (NERA)
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MEMBER Falls Church, VA 22042

Office: 703-534-1329
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BENEFITS National President
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YNC Joanne M. Elliott
215-431-6372
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GATHER National Vice President 12 18 20
Michael P. Hughes
443-812-9591
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4 President's Message
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DUST National Secretary 5 Vice President's Message
James M. Frierson
803-665-7936
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6 Executive Counselor's Message
National Treasurer
Dennis L. Hunt
609-560-6457 7 American Forces Travel
Made to help you get the S:10.25" T:10.75" [email protected] 8 NERA Benefactors Program
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most for whatever’s next. National Counselor 10 Legislative and Benefit Updates
Eugene (Geno) Koelker
815-209-5391
[email protected] 11 Letters to NERA
When you’re a USAA member, you have a full range of benefits Past National President 12 NERA/USAA College Scholarship
Stephen R. Sandy
at your fingertips. From home and online shopping discounts to 301-219-2647
access to RV and boat insurance all the way to health insurance [email protected] 14 TIPS & CLIPS
options, we want you to get the most out of your membership. Executive Director 16 In Memoriam
So take advantage of these benefits and more today. Stephen R. Sandy
301-219-2647 18 Coastie Corner
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Visit USAA.COM/NERA to learn more or call 877-503-NERA (6372) Editor-in Chief 20 2020 Navy Reserve Sailor of the Year
Yvette B. Purtill
[email protected] 22 TAPS
Managing Editor 23 NERA Benefactors
YNC Joanne Elliott
215-431-6372 Cover: Coast Guard Rear Adm. Brian K. Penoyer, the Eleventh Coast Guard
[email protected] District commander, presided over the ceremony, where Capt. Ian A. Bastek
Design replaced Capt. John F. McCarthy as the Air Station Sacramento commanding
Karen Durland officer, at Air Station Sacramento, July 9, 2021. Under McCarthy command,
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