Now Hear This!
USS MULLINNIX DD944 ASSOCIATION
23 August, 2008
USS Mullinnix DD944 Association was formed at the annual reunion held May
13-16, 1999 at Newport, RI when the 20 crewmembers in attendance voted to do so
and elected our first slate of officers. Previous annual reunions were held
together with the crew of USS Willard Keith DD775 and coordinated by Military
Locator & Reunion Service of Hickory, North Carolina. We decided to
separate from these two groups and attempt to coordinate and stage our own
reunions. It was also decided, in an attempt to establish a financial base for
postage, office supplies and the like to institute an initial annual dues
assessment of $20.00. Several factors including postal rate increases, the rise
in cost of supplies and non-payment of dues forced us to increase dues in 2002
to $25.00. The generosity of reunion attendees over the past 5 years and “paid
up” dues has the Association on firm enough footing that dues were reduced at
the annual Business Meeting at the reunion in 2008 to just $10 starting with
2009.
Over the past few years our membership has grown from the initial 20 to
over 400 names now on our roster and reunion participation has grown steadily
with new shipmates and family members in attendance each year. We had 19 first
time attendees in 2008! The focus of our Association continues to be two-fold,
our annual reunion and growing the membership.
Reunions have been held in:
1999 - Newport, RI
2000 - Virginia Beach, VA
2001 - ST. Augustine, FL
2002 - Wilmington, NC
2003 - Pigeon Forge, TN
2004 - Charleston, SC
2005 - Norfolk, VA
2006 - Valley Forge, PA
2007 - Jacksonville, FL
2008 - Downers Grove, IL
2009 - Baton Rouge, LA
2010 - Newport News, VA
2011 - Albany, NY
2012 - San Antonio, TX
2013 - Washington, DC
2014 - Columbus, GA
2015 - Nashville, TN
2016 - Cocoa Beach, FL
2017 - Albuquerque, NM
2018 - Herndon, VA
2019 - Charleston, SC
2020
- Norfolk, VA (Cancelled)
2021
- Providence,
RI (Cancelled)
2022
- Norfolk, VA
Several new initiatives are currently underway to expand our ranks and
live up to our motto, “NOT OLDER………..BETTER”. Development of this website was
just one of them. Please log on frequently and look for new additions as we
fill in the blanks and make it "BETTER".
We encourage all former crewmembers to join our ranks by filling out a
membership form, printing a copy and mailing it to our Treasurer with a check
for your annual dues. If you have any suggestions for future reunion sites,
want to assist in reunion planning, or have items for inclusion in our
newsletter, please include that in the comments section of your membership form
submission. We look forward to having you all onboard. We also appeal to any
visitor to this website to contact us with the name and address or email
address for any former crewmember you know whom we can reach out to.
We look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely,
Roger Bocek, President
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