Veterans Day 2025, Washington, D.C.
Veterans Day 2025 Washington, D.C. Veterans Day 2025 - Washington, D.C. The MRFA and 9th Infantry Division will be placing wreaths at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Veterans Day, Tuesday, November 11, 2025. We will gather at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at 8:30 A.M. on the 11th, and proceed to [...]
TAP’s – 2025
Those gone but not forgotten This page is dedicated to the memory of our deceased MRFA members Our prayers and best wishes go out to those left behind. The Brothers and Sisters of the Mobile Riverine Force Association wish the departed fair winds and following seas and our thoughts will always be with you.... TAPS [...]
War Sketches from the Mekong and Coming Home; Reflections of a Soldier
War Sketches from the Mekong and Coming Home Reflections of a Soldier By: LTC George N. Giacoppe (USA Ret.) Brigade Logistics Officer December 1967 - December 1968 War Sketches from the Mekong: A Soldier’s Reflections provides thirty brief and gripping human stories from the 1967–1968 Vietnam brown water operations of the Mobile [...]
2025 Gathering of Troops Reunion – San Diego
Gathering of the Troops San Diego/Coronado March 24-26, 2025 The MRF documentary Premiere will be on the USS Midway the evening of March 25th. The LOEWS Coronado Hotel is available for those who need a room. There is No Charge for attending group events at hotel or USS midway. You are responsible for your hotel [...]
2025 MRFA Reunion – St. Louis
2025 Reunion - St. Louis, Missouri Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel September 18 to September 21, 2025 Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel 191 Westport Plaza St. Louis, MO 63146 For phone Reservations the block of rooms is under "Mobile Riverine Force Association". Please call this number to make your reservation: 1-888-627-7064 Start planning [...]
Quilts of Valor
QUILTS OF VALOR CATHERINE ROBERTS’ DREAM Quilts of Valor Foundation began in 2003 with a dream, literally a dream. Founder Catherine Roberts' son Nat was deployed in Iraq. According to Catherine: The dream was as vivid as real life. I saw a young man sitting on the side of his bed in the middle of [...]
Veterans Day 2024, Washington, D.C.
Veterans Day 2024 Washington, D.C. Veterans Day 2024 - Washington, D.C. The MRFA and 9th Infantry Division will be placing wreaths at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Veterans Day, Monday, November 11, 2024. We will gather at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at 8:30 A.M. on the 11th, and proceed to [...]
TAP’s – 2024
Those gone but not forgotten This page is dedicated to the memory of our deceased MRFA members Our prayers and best wishes go out to those left behind. The Brothers and Sisters of the Mobile Riverine Force Association wish the departed fair winds and following seas and our thoughts will always be with you.... TAPS [...]
Reunions and Gatherings
MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE ASSOCIATION Reunions and Gatherings 2023 MRFA Reunion St. Louis, MO September 14-17, 2023 2023 Reunion Photos (Courtesy of Georgie Ardinger) --- Mouse click on a photo and then scroll through them to view larger images ---
TAP’s – 2023
Those gone but not forgotten This page is dedicated to the memory of our deceased MRFA members Our prayers and best wishes go out to those left behind. The Brothers and Sisters of the Mobile Riverine Force Association wish the departed fair winds and following seas and our thoughts will always be with you.... TAPS [...]