The Naval Order is proud to include the US Coast Guard as a foundational cornerstone to our organization.

We study History to review the lessons learned and identify the connections including the political decisions that lead to and follow from the encounters of war. We are always in these periods which require objective perspective, and you are the historians that can and should map out the commonalities and connections that brought us to where we are and may show where we may be headed.

As we take this day to reflect on the sacrifices that so many of our fellow service members have made for our freedom, please remember the many lost at Sea who are also still officially Missing In Action. Remember also those who later succumbed to the perils of war - chemical, physical, and psychological for they too gave ALL. We have served beside them and we will NEVER FORGET them or what they did for each or us; we honor their memory!

Summer is often reunion season for ships and staffs that shaped us into who we are today. Some reunion groups are long-standing with an extensive history of get togethers, others have only had a smattering of reunion opportunities here and there. Look up an old ship, Unit, or staff in Proceedings, Navy Times and other publications or websites and see if one of your past commands is getting together. Use these opportunities to stimulate the Oral Histories all of our shipmates have to offer.