What's New

August 8, 2006

If you have not registered on the US Navy Log at the US Navy Memorial do so, it is now free. You can enroll online at www.lonesailor.

January 20, 2008

The Pensacola, Florida reunion will be at the Spring Hill Suites Hotel, Pensacola Beach, Florida November 14-19, 2008. The hotel website is www.springhillsuitespensacolabeach.com.

December 8, 2008

The Pensacola reunion was a great success. We have a new (old) slate of Association Officers; President- Jim Rountree, Vice President- Frank Perno, Treasurer- George Peck and Historian- Dale Burmeister. Dale takes the Historian job due to the passing of Richard Osberg.
Wilmington, North Carolina was selected as the next reunion site in the spring of 2010.

November, 3, 2009

George Peck, our Treasurer, passed away today.

November 4, 2009

The Wilmington, North Carolina reunion will be at the Hilton Hotel March 28-April 1, 2010. All the reunion information will be in the next newsletter
the end of November.

January 29, 2011

The Annapolis, Maryland reunion will be at the Doubletree Hotel 9-13 October, 2011. All the information will be in the next Braine Waves.

October 22, 2011

John Barone has volunteered to be the Associaton Treasurer. John will replace Delores Burmeister. Delores did an outstanding job as Treasurer.

The next reunion will be in Las Cruces, New Mexico in autumn of 2012.

February 18, 2012

The reunion will be at the Hotel Encanto, Las Cruces, NM 28 Oct-1 Nov 2012. A Braine Waves will be out in a month or so with all the information.
See you there.

November 8, 2012

We had a great reunion in Las Cruces. The next reunion will be in Jacksonville, Florida in autumn of 2013.

January 22, 2014

We had a great reunion in Jacksonville, FL, Oct. 20 thru Oct. 24.
Joe Lowery volunteered to be the Association President. Joe replaces Jim Rountree who VERY generously served as president for 14 of the last 15 years since 1998. We are also indebted to Jim's wife, Laurie, who graciously and patiently allowed Jim to serve us for so long.
Ed Woodis volunteered to be the Association Vice President.
The next reunion will be in Philadelphia, PA during the Spring of 2015. Arrangements will not be made and a hotel selected until December 2014.

1 comment:

  1. Buenas tardes:
    Quiero decirles que, una vez que se vendió el USS Braine a Argentina se renombró como ARA Domecq Garrcía D-23 Fui tripulante de dicho buque desde 1975 hasta febrero de 1980. mi email: carlosgassmann@gmail.com

    ReplyDelete

Court rules VA must pay disability benefits to ‘blue water’ Vietnam veteran!