Neither time nor distance weakens the bonds between shipmates; these bonds reach across oceans, reach across years, and, eventually, reach to that place beyond the seas where the storm is stilled and all is peace.
--- 2024 ---
Norman Hedges
Larry Nemzin
MUCS John Hanson, USN (Ret.)
Gary Grant
MUC Don William Gamble, USN (Ret.) -- Obituary
MUCS Byron Toney, USN (Ret.) -- Obituary
MU1 Karl D. Alexander, USN (Ret,)
MU1 Robert Basinais, USN (Ret.)
MUC Emmet McClendon Wright, USN (ret.) -- Obituary
MUCS Paul L. Schortgen, USN (Ret.)
MUCS Martin Conley, USN (Ret.)
CWO4 Elliott Mack Waldron, Sr., USN (Ret.) -- Obituary
James W. Hines -- Obituary
Francis Jerome Winters -- Obituary
--- 2023 ---
Thomas L. McLaughlin
MUC Glenn Trombly, USN (Ret.)
MUCS John Michael Shepherd, Sr., USN (Ret.) -- Obituary
MU1 Lloyd Ray Holtman, USN (Ret.) -- Obituary
MUCM Patrick John Kelleher, USN (Ret.)
John James Luther Sorensen -- Obituary
Gasque, Charles Walter
MUCS Rob DeDominick, USN (Ret.)
Charles T. Weyant -- Obituary
Frank D. Shackelford -- Obituary.
Frederick G. Lyons -- Obituary
CWO4 Francis Emond, USN (Ret.) -- Obituary
MUCS Hillberg, William J., USN (Ret.)
William Overman -- Obituary
Robert Riddell
Gary Ray Rinehart
----2022----
CWO3 Wallace Roderick, USN (Ret.)
MUC Ovidio Mazzarelli, USN (Ret.)
MUCS Duncan Hudson, USN (Ret.)
MUCM Jack Dye, USN (Ret.)
MUCS John Herbert Derby III, USN (Ret.) -- Obituary
MUCM John J. Connor, USN (Ret.)
MUC David McCoy, USN (Ret.)
MUC William Humble USN (Ret.) -- Obituary
MU1 Scott Tarabour, USN (Ret.) -- Obituary
MUCM Donald C. Stratton. Jr., USN (Ret.) -- Obituary
CWO4 Robert Fry, USN (Ret.)
MUC Simplicio Nario, USN (Ret.)
Gary Lee Nash -- Obituary
MUC Randall G. Henry -- Obituary
MUC Robert Simmons, USN (Ret.) -- Obituary
MUCS Scott Davenport, USN (Ret.)
CWO4 Jerry E. Clements, USN (Ret.)
Robert Stanley Leek -- Obituary
---2021---
Harry Minton Voshell
MUCS Dennis A. Allard, USN (Ret.)
George O. Hand
MUCS Andre' Lussier, USN (Ret.)
Rey Vinole
MU1 Stanley Alexander Barry, Jr., USN (Ret.)
MUCS Leonard Cutty, USN (Ret.)
MUC Henry C. Connelly, USN (Ret.)
Alan R. Outhier
MUC Kenny Malone
MUCM William Hundley Emerson, Jr., USN (Ret.)
Randall E. Seidel
Norman G. Staska
MU1 Camilo D. Vidal, USN (Ret.)
MUCM Jay Alden Piper, USN (Ret.)
MUCM Gordon Findlay
MUCM Gary Elliot, USN (Ret.)
Ronald P. Ditzler
MU1 Catherine J. Stiles, USN (Ret.)
MUC Robert Winston Denard, USN (Ret.)
----2020----
MUC Anthony Kurdilla, USN (Ret.)
MUCS Richard Mounsey Bell, USN (Ret.)
MU2 Roland Francis Moonamun James, USN (Ret.)
John Francis Edmunds
MU1 Harold Klingaman, USN (Ret.)
Milton Earl Chance, Jr.
LT Burroughs Allen Waltrip, USN (Ret.)
William K. Allen
Richard A. Thurman
MUCM Douglas Shore, USN (Ret.)
David Septimus Edwards III
MUC George Cunningham, USN (Ret.)
CWO4 Joe Arthur, USN (Ret.)
CWO4 Joe Arthur, USN (Ret.)
Howard E. Agster
Herb McClure
Gary Ray Lowry
MUC Gary E. Adams, USN (Ret.)
Herb McClure
Gary Ray Lowry
MUC Gary E. Adams, USN (Ret.)
----2019----
William R. Walker
Erling H. Linde
Lee Norman Gonzales
Richard Lee Swope
Bienvenido V. Dominguez
MUCS Matthias Leo Hynes, USN (Ret.)
MUCM Nicholas Joseph Annase, USN (Ret.)
MUCS Robert John Leketa, USN (Ret.)
Wilifred Cady
Gerald Anthony Jerome
Philip J. Hessler
John Christopher Kockritz
MUCS Rodney Rancourt, USN (Ret.)
Kenneth Odo Weir
--- 2018 ---
Chester B. Tillotson
Lee Norman Gonzales
Richard Lee Swope
Bienvenido V. Dominguez
MUCS Matthias Leo Hynes, USN (Ret.)
MUCM Nicholas Joseph Annase, USN (Ret.)
MUCS Robert John Leketa, USN (Ret.)
Wilifred Cady
Gerald Anthony Jerome
Philip J. Hessler
John Christopher Kockritz
MUCS Rodney Rancourt, USN (Ret.)
Kenneth Odo Weir
--- 2018 ---
Chester B. Tillotson
Bruce D. Kleppinger
Gregory Kent Duncan
MUC Nelson (Gene) Lane, USN (Ret.)
Arthur Philip Nau
Robert. F. Smith
MUCS George Dietzler, USN (Ret.)
Robert M. Montgomery
LCDR Russell Alec Hunt, USN (Ret.)
Gregory Kent Duncan
MUC Nelson (Gene) Lane, USN (Ret.)
Arthur Philip Nau
Robert. F. Smith
MUCS George Dietzler, USN (Ret.)
Robert M. Montgomery
LCDR Russell Alec Hunt, USN (Ret.)
William Russell Watrous III
Larry Geis
Richard Eddings
Hamiet Bluiett
Leonard Childs
CWO4 Gary Blalock, USN (Ret.)
Perry James Olds
Jim Hochstadt
Ronald C. Thumpston
Stanley Muraski
Richard N. Talbot
Richard Eddings
Hamiet Bluiett
Leonard Childs
CWO4 Gary Blalock, USN (Ret.)
Perry James Olds
Jim Hochstadt
Ronald C. Thumpston
Stanley Muraski
Richard N. Talbot
---- 2017 ----
MU1 Apolinario Vargas Martinez, USN (Ret.)
Raymond Roe
Norris Durrell
MU1 John Blount, USN (Ret.)
Raymond Roe
Norris Durrell
MU1 John Blount, USN (Ret.)
Glenn Barnes
LT David Oliver, USN (Ret.)
MUCS Oliver Lewis Shirley, Jr., USN (Ret.)
MUCS Quintin H. Reitzel, USN (Ret.)
MUC Elmer North, USN (Ret.)
MUC Basil Kapchonick, USN (Ret.)
MU1 Vernon Sivertson, USN (Ret.)
MUCS Norman LaPell, USN (Ret.)
Phil Edwin Manning
Kenneth D. Schwartz
MU2 Craig Alan Weller, USN (Ret.)
LCDR John Denton Fluck, USN (Ret.)
Philip Dennis Heim
MUCS Gordon Taylor, USN (Ret.)
---- 2016 ----
Jack Kelsey
James J. Fitzsimon
James J. Fitzsimon
MUCM Peggy Bair, USN (Ret.)
CDR Allen E. Beck, USN (Ret.)
Connie Rex Younger
William Guy Case
MUC Ralph Leo Aurillo, USN (Ret.)
MUC Roy Earl Romig, USN (Ret.)
James H. Snyder
Edward D. Henson
MUC Joseph M. McCuen, USN (Ret.)
MU 1 Henry G. Howard, USN (Ret.)
LT George F. Vipavetz, USN (Ret.)
MUCM Daniel W. Richardson, Jr., USN (Ret.)
Russell Carfagno
Bill Wissman
MUCM George R. Walker, USN (Ret.)
Milo Wood
MUC Juan Villalpando, USN (Ret.)
Chester Zientek
LCDR Mark Hammond, USN (Ret.)
---- 2015 ----
MUCS Francis Paul Berger, USN (Ret.)
MUCM John B. Gattuso, USN (Ret.)
Harry G. Bardo
CWO4 Sam Kirschner, USN (Ret.)
MUC Eduardo Buan, USN (Ret.)
MUC Dennis Benjamin Davis, USN (Ret.)
LT Leo H. Leary III, USN (Ret.)
MUC Conrad J. Landry, USN (Ret.)
Garwood, James H.
MUC Patsy James DeGregorio, USN (Ret.)
James E. Newton
John B. Barnes
Buddy Verdi
MU1 Dell Soto Moutray, USN (Ret.)
MUC Leo J. Homzuk, Jr., USN (Ret.)
MUC Louis L. Lanyi, USN (Ret.)
Clark Terry
Ernest R. Harrington
MUCM James Prior Hobbs, USN (Ret.)
MU1 David W. Dodge, USN (Ret.)
---- 2014 ----
William Howard Hagen
Ira M. Porter
MUCM Ralph F. Gambone, USN (Ret.)
Duane W. Woolworth
MU1 Ron McGranahan, USN (Ret.)
CWO4 John R. Geary, USN (Ret.)
MUCS George W. Palmer Jr., USN (Ret.)
MU2 Steven Antone Garcia, USN (Ret.)
Carroll Bailey
MUC Robert James Balch, USN (Ret.)
Wilton H. Syckes, Sr.
William C. Berger
Jimmie Ressell
Kyle Dameron
---- 2013 ----
Charles L. Steele
Jerry E. Ash
Malcolm P. Smith
Ambrose Charles O'Donnell, Jr.
LCDR Ronald Van Hoose, USN (Ret.)
Ricky Alvin Lindroos
MUCM James L. McConnell, USN (Ret.)
Frank W. Bostick
MUCM Ricky M. Fowler, USN (Ret.)
William E. Gibson
MUC Jim Savage, USN (Ret.)
Robert H. Wohlert
Gerry Genuario
Floyd E. Weil, Jr.
Paul J. Widitz
Lyle D. Kossman
MUC Robert H. Streitfield, USN (Ret.)
MU1 Sammy Lee Netherland, USN (Ret.)
MUC Scott W.Butler, USN (Ret.)
Grady Oder
Byron R. Foucht
Paul M. Brennan
---- 2012 ----
MU1 Kenneth Raymond Fennell, USN
Norman N. Smith
Robert M. Henry
Carl Grove
Robert J. DeSavage
MU1 Roy S. Grundstrom, USN (Ret.)
MUC Ben Singleton, USN (Ret.)
John C. McDivitt
Clarence James Ogilvie
Donald Nichols
James L. Avery
James L. Avery
MUC John May, USN (Ret.)
Ronald M. Bennett
MUC Thomas Dexter Parkhurst, USN (Ret.)
MUCS William Mark, USN (Ret.)
Donald E. Borenstein
Renick E. Ross
Joseph C. Scharbo
Mack Stone
----- 2011 -----
CWO4 Kenneth Arthur Lowe
CDR Philip H. Field, USN (Ret.)
CDR Donald Stauffer, USN (Ret.)
MUC Gordon Beckwith, USN (Ret.)
MUCS Apolinario Custodio "Paul" Asercion, USN (Ret.)
MUCM Harold "Clem" Skinner, USN (Ret.)
Gallagher, Joseph F.
MUC Charles Warren Kellerhouse, USN (Ret.)
MUC Tony Mazzone, USN (Ret.)
Thomas L. Mentzer
James Avery
John Pfeifer
MUCS Douglas Bowdoin Deane, Jr., USN (Ret.)
Steve Dimond
Albert Hallenbeck
Joseph W. Atherley
Bruce Burrell
Arnie Carruthers
Robert E. Blankenburg
----- 2010 -----
MUCS Michael P. Holden, USN (Ret.)
Ron Gooden
MUC Otto Schauble, USN (Ret.)
MUCM Larry M. Brown, USN (Ret.)
Jerry Vaughan
Joseph H. Kreucher
Gordon P. Bennett
MAJ Herb Day, USMC (Ret.)
Dean Kreek
----- 2009 -----
LCDR Anthony A. Mitchell, USN (Ret.)
MUCS Thomas G. Hornbeck, USN
Perry Lipkin
Ainello "Al" Pepe
Bob Holtz
Dwight Cannon
LT Andrew G. Szlaga, USN (Ret.)
CWO4 Frank G. Forgione, Sr., USN (Ret.)
MUCM Philip N. Austin, USN (Ret.)
Roland H. Dill
MUC Anthony Giaimo USN (Ret.)
MU1 James Boyd Grafmyer, USN
Jack Estlinbaum
MUCM Leamond L. "Noonie" Wilson, USN (Ret.)
Jerome S. Zadera, Sr.
MU2 Perry D. Hopkins, USN (Ret.)
MUCS Michael R. Masciola, USN (Ret.)
MU1 Harvey Otis Lloyd, USN (Ret.)
----- 2008 -----
Thomas Fredrick Jackson
CWO4 Eugene H. "Dutch" Albert, USN (Ret.)
MUCS Phillip L. Streit, USN (Ret.)
MUC Mike Huskey, USN (Ret.)
James O. Exley
Robert ("Bob") Buschmann
Joseph Semonich
James D. ("Blackie") Blackford
MUC James F. Mall, USN (Ret.)
John Lerma
LCDR C. C. Owens, USN (Ret.)
Abraham Ignacio, USA (Ret.)
MUC Charles R. Shoults, USN (Ret.)
MUCM James D. Thumpston, USN (Ret.)
----- 2007 -----
MU1 Donald Fugate, USN (Ret.)
MU1 Joaquin ("Jack") Miranda, USN (Ret.)
Roderick E. ("Rod") Fout
MUCS John R. ("Rocky") Palombo Jr., USN (Ret.)
Harry Conroy
----- 2006 -----
Stephen J. Stroub
CWO4 H. E. Huddleston, USN (Ret.)
MUCS David A. Blair, USN (Ret.)
Frederick S. Miller
Charles W. Roop
MUCM Alberto R. Asercion, USN (Ret.) 1936 - 2006
Warren A. Pettie
MUC James W Howard, Sr., USN (Ret.)
Vaun Roylance
LCDR Paul D. Clemens, USN (Ret.)
----- 2005 -----
MUCS Earl L. Benge, USN (Ret.)
MUC Richard S. Silva, USCG (ex USN) (Ret.)
MU1 Paul Burkhardt, USN (Ret.)
Harold Albaugh
MUC James Allen, USN (Ret.)
A Sailor's Good-bye
We've done this before, we've drank the cup dry.
The one that was leaving, was a hell-of-a-guy.
O'er half of the globe we've sailed at sea,
We've drank to our health and immortality. Your orders have come, your ship has set sail.
We shall meet again to fight the same gale.
The eighth sea has called , hoisted white sails of cloth,
Will a sailor-ship remembered single-up and shove-off?
The wind and the waves are now your home.
I'm all by myself to toast alone.
So now my friend, I bid you good-bye;
The one that has left, still a-hell-of-a-guy.
Michael P. Holden
MUCS, USN (Ret.)