The 2022 NMA Reunion is preparing to get underway. It's a moment we've been anticipating for years since we bid each other farewell after the 2019 reuniong.
Our time apart has brought us challenges and difficulties. It has brought us sadness--missed opportunities, lost shipmates.
Time now brings us together. We're a few years older, and maybe wiser. This time apart has certainly brought us a keen appreciation for the reunions of the Navy Musicians Association. For the last few days, members have been filing into the hotel and greeting each other with the usual joy, the typical humor--and a new sense of sincerity.
We are really and truly glad to see each other.
And we're rusty. Maybe not at our musicianship, but at the reunion routines we've developed over the years. We'll relearn some things and develop new habits.
For those who can't be here this year: we're thinking about you. We will miss you and wish you were here. We'll tell stories about you, and you won't be here to defend yourselves. Yeah, maybe things will get back to normal.
Set the special sea and anchor detail. Single up all lines fore and aft. Let go all lines. Shift colors.
The 2022 NMA Reunion is underway!
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