4 – 7 September — Trip to ELROD Reunion in Charleston, SC.
Early September found us on the road to Charleston, SC where we attended the reunion for USS ELROD FFG-55. I commanded ELROD in 1988 and 89 through several Persian Gulf tours and one in the North Atlantic. The group that showed up was mostly from the time I had the ship and included all of those individuals shown in the dinner venue below. We had a tremendous time telling old stories from at sea and catching up on the lives we had lived since leaving ELROD, most of us leaving her over 30 years ago. The second picture is of the Ship’s XO Gary Belcher and his wife Cindy, great people.
