Shipmates and Friends of Naval Photography, Recently Tony Casulo put out a great newsletter for all of us to enjoy. BZ to you Tony for a great publication! In the newsletter, a survey was included for the location of the 2020 Reunion/Convention. There were numerous places listed on the survey and it had been requested that the recipients pick their top five choices and forward them to me with a cutoff date of 01 December 2019. My very first reply, which by the way was received 3 days after the distribution of the newsletter was from Art Jorgensen, we really appreciate your promptness. The second came from Don “Bearcat” Jarvis, a true Navy legend. Now we need to get to […]
2019 NANP Reunion Kicks Off With Visit From Tom Skerritt
2019 Seattle Reunion Coming Together
Coordinator: Terry Lang Dates: October 29-31, 2019 Hotel: Executive Inn Seattle200 Taylor Avenue NorthSeattle, WA 98109Phone: 2016-448-9444. Hotel is one block from Space Needle and Seattle Center. Block of 20 double-bed rooms at $99/room. Call hotel to reserve with discount code “Veteran US Navy Photographers”. End date for reservations is 29 September, 2019. May cancel up to 24 hours prior to reservation.Note: Seattle charges taxes on top of the room rate. Estimate at this time is another $20/night! Banquet: $35 per person for up to 100 people. Events Scheduled: Nothing locked in yet. Events being looked at are:Air and Space Museum – $21 for seniorsBoeing Tour (4-1/2 hours) – $89 for up to 14 peopleCruise of the harbor (1 hour) […]
2019 Reunion Poll Results
During the 2018 NANP Reunion General Meeting, a proposal was put forth to replace the 2019 NANP Reunion planned for Seattle, Washington with an ocean cruise. As such, an online poll of the NANP membership was conducted Oct 29th thru November 25th to gauge the interest level in each event and to get a feel for how many of you are likely to participate. 82 members responded and took the poll. Here are the results. Question: What is your 2019 NANP reunion location preference?Seattle – 21Cruise – 37No Preference – 24 Question: If the 2019 NANP Reunion is located in Seattle, Washington, would you attend?Yes – 26No – 32Undecided – 24 Question: If the 2019 NANP Reunion is an ocean cruise, […]
2018 Jacksonville Reunion Recap
The NANP sponsored Navy Photographers Reunion was held at the Lexington Hotel on the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida, Oct. 10‐13. On Wednesday afternoon the well‐stocked hospitality room opened with our 1st VP, Sammy Solt, tending bar. Registration also began with everyone receiving their name tags and visitor packets with information related to the various events. Many arrived early and used the time before dinner to have a few drinks and snacks while getting reacquainted with old friends and making new ones. At 6:00 everyone was directed to the Rigging and Sail room for the meet & greet buffet and the official start of the 2018 Navy Photographers Reunion. It was also day one for the 1524 Online Shoot […]
Joe Renteria at NANP Round-up
Joe Renteria turned 100 years old this year. Joe is probably the oldest living PH in the country. He will be joining us for the roundup and speaking at the dinner. Here are a few other pieces that you can get to know Joe if you could not make it to this year’s reunion. http://blog.boystown.org/boys-town-one-oldest-alums-will-turn-100-together/ UT Story and Video about Joe. http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/lifestyle/people/sd-me-tribal-elder-20170728-story.html KPBS Radio Interview http://www.kpbs.org/news/2017/jul/17/first-person-tribal-elder-turns-100/ All Hands Magazine http://www.navy.mil/ah_online/deptStory.asp?issue=3&id=102411&dep=8 Radio KSON http://www.kson.com/blogs/john-tammy-morning/meet-100-year-old-veteran-joe
2017 NANP Reunion
For anyone who did not hear the news the 2017 NANP Reunion will be held in Las Vegas this year. Stay tuned for updates her as soon as we have them we will post. https://navyphoto.net/wp/convention-info/