Reunions

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#262626" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>RAN Clearance Divers Association</B></FONT><B>     |   </B><B>  </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RAN Clearance Divers Association"><U><B>Home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="rancda.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="RANCDA "><U>RANCDA </U></A>   |   <A HREF="branch_history.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Branch History"><U>Branch History</U></A>   |   <A HREF="branch_structure.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Branch Structure"><U> Branch Structure</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Team history"><U>Team history</U></A>   |   <A HREF="photo_albums.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo Albums"><U>Photo Albums</U></A>   |   <A HREF="articles.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Articles"><U>Articles</U></A>   |   <B>Reunions</B>   |   <A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NOTICE BOARD"><U>NOTICE BOARD</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="State Chapters"><U>State Chapters</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id40.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Trivia Page"><U>Trivia Page</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Memorial Guestbook Page"><U>Memorial & Guestbook Page</U></A></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#336666" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>The Naval Ode.</U></B></div> <div> They have no grave</div> <div> but the cruel sea.</div> <div> No flowers lay at their head.</div> <div> A  rusting hulk is their tombstone.</div> <div> Afast on the ocean bed.</div> <div> They shall not grow old</div> <div> as we who are left grow old.</div> <div> Age shall not weary them</div> <div> nor the years condemn.</div> <div> At the going down of the sun</div> <div> and in the morning, </div> <div> we will  remember them.</div> <div> <I><B>Lest we forget.</B></I></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I>Reunions</I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> RANCDA webmaster Tony Ey, recently represented the CD Association at two US Military reunions.</div> <bR> <div> The 1st was the annual reunion of US Navy '<I>SEAL Team One</I>' held at Coronado, San Diego, California between 13th Aug and 16th Aug 2009.</div> <div> This is predominately a reunion of SEAL Team One members who served in Vietnam .</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="121ec29f0.jpg" border=0 width="450" height="415" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="120a58af0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="431" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 'Say no more' - SEAL Reunion.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="120c58c40.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="452" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> With some 'good ole boys' from SEAL Team One - Vietnam.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="120e58870.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="391" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Part of the SEAL merchandise store at their reunion.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="121058c10.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="449" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> At  McP's bar - well known SEAL hangout in Coronado - late in the day.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="121258bc0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="444" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> At the SEAL training compound, Coronado</div> <bR> <bR> <div> *******************************</div> <bR> <div> The 2nd was the biennual reunion of the '<I>Mobile Riverine Force Vietnam</I> <I>Association'  </I>(MRFVA) held at Indianapolis, Indiana </div> <div> between 3rd Sep and 6th Sep.</div> <bR> <div> I was honoured to be a guest speaker at this reunion. Rather daunting as there were 1200 attendees - their largest attendance to date.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="121fbcd10.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="465" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1216e00c0.jpg" border=0 width="480" height="524" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> RANCDA webmaster addressing 1200 delegates at MRFVA reunion, Indianapolis.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1217e0b10.jpg" border=0 width="480" height="689" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Plaque presented to MRFV Assoc. from RANCD Assoc.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="121958760.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="374" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sharing a '33' (Vietnamese) beer with Lt. Gen. Hughes & the Pres of the IUWG1 Assoc.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="121b586c0.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="364" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Amazing what Vietnamese beer does for hair growth....</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="122058a20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="418" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Old sailors are the same the world over -</div> <div> they all like a drink on a hot day</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="121d58580.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="344" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> and spinning 'War stories'.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>