Promotions to Chief Musician Announced

 

The Navy today released its Fiscal Year 2025 ACTIVE-DUTY NAVY E7 ADVANCEMENT SELECTION BOARDS RESULTS.

Accordingly, 17 MU1s will step forward to take their places as United States Navy Chief Musicians.

We congratulate these selectees who now move on to greater levels of resonsibility. 

And to those candidates not selected: keep marching. The competition is stiff, your contributions are crucial, and your time is coming.

                     FY 2025 PROMOTIONS TO CHIEF MUSICIAN:

                 MUC - CHIEF MUSICIAN SPECIAL BAND 

      ARUTE DANIEL      009         BROWN MICHAEL     002 
      COFFMAN DANIE     008         DEROCHE JEFFR     004 
      DUBOIS FRANCI     005         GEIST LAUREN      001 
      GONZALEZ JOSE     006         PIROTTE PETER     003 
      VANDYNE STEVE     007 

                  MUC - CHIEF MUSICIAN FLEET BAND 
      BATY JAMES RI     005         GREGGS COLIN      006 
      KINNAMAN MATT     007         KOELZ DAVID L     004 
      RANDORFF JAME     001         SNITZER KRIST     002 
      STANLEY TRAVI     003         WATKINS JAMES     008 

Book Your Room for the 2025 Reunion

Planning an NMA reunion is a year-round affair. We hope to soon give you the information on registering for the 2025 reunion.

But: We've got the dates: Wed., June 18 through Sat., June 21 

We've got the place: Kansas City Airport Hilton Hotel

And now, we've got the information you need to reserve your hotel room: Click here for information.

CYCLE 260 Promotions to MU3, MU2, MU1

(22NOV23)  The Navy has released the list of promotions to the petty officer rates. We are glad to see the MU rate is well-represented. To the following selectees, we offer our congratulations upon your selection to levels of higher responsibility. And to those not yet chosen: we thank you for your service and look forward to the day that congratulations will be in order for your selection.

CYCLE 260

MU1 DEANGELIS BENJA SEVENTH FLEET BAND 

MU1 HOOPER STEVEN E NAVY BAND NORTHWEST SEATTLE WA 

MU1 LAFFOON RAYMOND SIXTHFLT BAND NAPLES IT 

MU1 LIGHTNER BENJAM NAVY BAND SOUTHWEST SAN DIEGO CA 

MU1 MOYER HOLDEN WA NAVY BAND NORTHEAST NEWPORT RI 

MU1 PAYNE JONATHAN NAVY BAND SOUTHWEST SAN DIEGO CA 

MU1 WEBER DANIEL CH NAVCRUITRACOM GREAT LAKES IL 

MU2 AUGER THOMAS MI NAVY BAND NORTHEAST NEWPORT RI 

MU2 DOUCETTE NATHAN SEVENTH FLEET BAND 

MU2 MALINOWSKI KONR NAVY BAND SOUTHWEST SAN DIEGO CA 

MU2 MATSUMURA LELAN NAVY BAND NORTHWEST SEATTLE WA 

MU2 MCNURE CHARLES NAVY BAND GREAT LAKES IL 

MU2 SISAYAKET SENGT PACFLT BAND PEARL HARBOR HI 

MU2 TOTTEN ROBERT T NAVY BAND GREAT LAKES IL 

MU3 CONVERSE PAUL C NAVY BAND NORTHEAST NEWPORT RI 

MU3 EMERSON BRANDON US FLEET FORCES BAND NORFOLK VA 

MU3 MUSNI RALPH DAN SEVENTH FLEET BAND 

MU3 ROCKS BERNADETT NAVY BAND SOUTHEAST JACKSONVILLE FL 

MU3 WEST CAMERON MI NAVY BAND GREAT LAKES IL 

MU3 WHITE WILLIAM L SIXTHFLT BAND NAPLES IT

US Navy 248th Birthday

 

"And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worth while, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy. '" 

        -- John F. Kennedy, 1963 

A lot of Navy Birthdays have passed since President Kennedy delivered these remarks at the Naval Academy. It's a new century and, in many ways, a new Navy. 

The uniforms are different. The weaponry is of a nature that 20th-century sailors could only dream of. The Navy has enjoyed great successes and faced severe challenges. But the Navy's core values of service and sacrifice will remain in place as long as patriotic men and women heed our nation's call.

On behalf of the Navy Musicians Association, I wish a happy birthday to the entire Navy family: to those who dedicated a few years of their lives in service to our nation, to the retirees who served honorably for a full career, and, in particular, to those who still proudly wear the uniform of the United States Navy.

Any man or woman who has served in our Navy--in this century or the last--can, indeed, take satisfaction in saying, "Yes, I served my country."

Frank Mullen III, Website Manager, Navy Musicians Association

A Message From NMA President Dwaine Whitham

(June 23, 2023)

Hey folks, just a quick note to our members who were unable to attend our reunion this year. It was a great reunion, and I appreciate all those whose attendance ensured its success! It was a little smaller than in previous years, but nonetheless, the concert band and big band did a great job.

More to come on this later, but at our members meeting on Saturday, we re-elected the board, and I put out the word that we are changing to a reunion every two years, vice every year. There are a couple of reasons for this, but one is the feedback, from some members, about the cost. Therefore, the next reunion will be in 2025, our 30th year, and will be a traveling year.  

Again, more to come on this, but I wanted to let everyone know what we are doing. I appreciate everyone’s support and look forward to making our 30th-year reunion the largest gathering yet!  

All my best,  

Dwaine

We Had a Ball at the 2023 Reunion

And jam sessions, sea stories, concerts, dancing, and a powerful performance by the USN Fleet Forces band. Our newest members included a few active-duty MUs and some salty MUs who enlisted shortly after World War II.

And, oh, the stories...

NMA Leger Lines: Advance copy

NMA members are busy packing, planning, and plotting for the NMA reunion next week. To get the news out before members leave home for Virginia Beach, we're posting the Summer edition of Leger Lines here.

(Members needn't worry; you'll still get your regular hard copy by snail mail.)

The Summer, 2023 edition is right here.