“We are never ready to lose the ones we love, and the bonds forged here truly go beyond friendship. We are brothers and sisters, bound by that love. As is often said, we do not necessarily fight so much for the flag or the country as we do for the man or woman that fights beside us. And so we gather to honor their memory. These sixteen now go before us. They are the vanguard.”
– Adapted from the reflections of Chris Georgi
In Memoriam
Trevor J. Bast
April 20, 2012
Thomas A. Budrejko
February 22, 2012
Michael G. Clarke
December 28, 2011
Jeffrey S. Dixon
November 4, 2018
Matthew J. Drag
October 24, 2012
Teresa E. Elders
March 15, 2018
Terri S. Fussner
March 12, 2002
Kenneth J. Grant
February 1, 2008
Brian R. Hoke
October 22, 2016
James R. Lobb
October 5, 2015
Jason K. Meiners
February 3, 2001
John T. Nimmons
April 12, 2011
Daniel S. Park
July 22, 1999
Robin S. Pegram
December 5, 1993
Autumn R. Pevzner
December 5, 1993
Matthew E. Thompson
November 3, 2014
“…So hoist our colors, hoist them high,and vow allegiance true, so long as sunset gilds the sky, above the ocean blue. Just let us live the life we love, and with our voyage through, may we all muster up above, a-wearing Navy Blue.”
– from Navy Blue and Gold
Crossing the Bar
Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,
But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;
For tho’ from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have cross’d the bar.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson




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