We’ve added an archive for old newsletters to the website. You can get to it at the link below. If any of you have old newsletters in digital form, please pass them on so we can add them to the archive.

http://ussbrownson.com/newsletters

Jack Richardson pointed out that there is a Wikipedia page for Admiral Brownson. I checked it out and found that there is also one for each of the Destroyers named for him.

• Admiral Willard H. Brownson
• USS Brownson (DD-518)
• USS Brownson (DD-868)

The official Navy website has posted a slideshow of the best photos of 2008. There’s some great shots there.

Click here to view it.

Thanks to Capt. Jack Richardson for pointing this out to us.

In accordance with the By-laws of our Association, President Eliff has appointed a nominating committee for the 2009 Reno reunion. Article IV-Committees, Section 3, states the following:

» Continue reading “2009 Nominating Committee Appointed”

We’ve added an itinerary page and a registration form to the Reunion page.

Jim D. Soldi
El Centro, CA
1961-62
New life member

Gary D. Osterkamp
Ankeny, IA
1966-69

My name is Andrea Byron and I am writing to you because I am trying to let Marines, dependents, Naval personnel and civilians who lived and worked aboard MCB Camp Lejeune in NC from the 1950s through 1987 that they may have been exposed to highly contaminated water. More than 70 chemicals were found in the water and many of them are known carcinogens.
» Continue reading “If you served aboard MCB Camp Lejeune, you should read this”

[note]If anyone has a good quality digital image of the Brownson, please contact me. I’d like to have a better one for the home page.[/note]

[note]I had a couple of weeks off over the holidays and decided to update the Association website. It’s not quite done yet, but I think it’s close enough for Government work. I’ll be making more changes and adding new features as I get time. The biggest addition is that the guestbook is back and this time, it’s completely in my control so I won’t hit any limits and won’t have to deal with the spam that killed the old one. Feel free to post to it. If you see any problems or errors, or have any suggestions please let me know. You can also add comments to this post below.[/note]