Welcome Aboard

Welcome to the online home of Inland Empire Fleet Reserve Association Branch #38, located in Spokane, WA.  Our branch covers the Inland Northwest.

The Inland Northwest covers the area of Northern Idaho, Montana, Eastern Washington and parts of Northeastern Oregon.

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Branch 38 Website Pages Updated:   7 March 2025

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2025 Khaki Ball, Spokane, Washington
 Saturday, April 5, 2025.

The location in Downtown Spokane is:

Tamarack Event House
912 W Sprague Ave
Spokane WA 99201

Tickits  will be $35 per person.

As soon as we have more information, such as how to purchase tickets, the time of day, the menu, etc., we will post it on this page for you!

This information can be shared with all USCG and USN, ACDU, SELRES, VET, RET, in the paygrades of E-7 through W-5.

Commissioned Officers who served as a Chief are also invited to attend the Khaki Ball.

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Spokane Chief’s Military Appreciation Night

Inland Empire Branch 038 Members and the Spokane Seabees Group represented the Sea Services at the January 18, 2025, Spokane Chief’s Military Appreciation Night.

 (L-R:  PRPNW Peg Burke,
A/P Chair Rick Baldwin,
Branch 038 VP James Grisham)

Inland Empire Branch 038

Fleet Reserve Association

                                                                                Spokane Seabees

 

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Military Veteran of the Game by Gonzaga Men’s Basketball

Shipmate Dave Lord, Inland Empire Branch Secretary/Treasurer, and VSO representative, was recognized by Gonzaga’s Men’s Basketball Team and Global Credit Union as the Military Veteran of the Game during their January 11, 2025 home game.  He was presented a Challenge Coin by Mary of the Global Credit Union.

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FRA Branch President Presents
New Chief Selectee’s Collar Insignia

FRA Branch President, Dave Lord presents newly selected Spokane area Chiefs,
HMC Michelle Atwell (center), and FCC Ruth Jongeward (right) their Chief’s collar insignia.  The Branch hopes to make this an annual event to show our support and appreciation to those Shipmates that we all know “run the navy”.

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Branch 38 Meets Spokane Indians Fans

Inland Empire Branch 38 Shipmates met and talked with multiple Spokane Indians Baseball Game attendees regarding what we, the Fleet Reserve Association does, veterans claims, essay contest, and shared the comaraderie of the sea services.

                

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U.S. Navy 2.5 Ounce Silver Medal

The U. S. Mint will have available March 11, 2022 the U.S. Navy 2.5 ounce silver medal for sale at around $160 on their website that you can order.

 
By double clicking on the picture you can see the images of US Navy destroyer John Paul Jones and behind it, the U.S.S. Constitution and the tails side with a line of sailors manning the rail.

 

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The Inland Empire Branch 038, Spokane, Washington website has a new look 🙂

We have added a “Committees” tab which contains a drop down box for you to click on to see what the committees do and information for you from the Chairs of those committees.

For instance, the Americanism-Patriotism committee is the one that oversees the annual FRA Essay Contest.  Under their tab you will find latest updates from the Northwest Regional Judging of the essays.

In the Veterans Services committee section you will see answers from the Chair on questions or issues that have come up from our branch membership.

We have also revised the Conventions tab into a drop down box so you can look for a specific convention, i.e. Region or National.  Right now we have information on what is happening in 2021 and a hint of what will happen in 2022.

We hope you like the new look 🙂

 

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FRA Ship Store

The Fleet Reserve has a new Ship Store for FRA logo items at   www.fra.org/shipstore   or   www.frashipstore.com

You can also email the form below to frashipstore@gmail.com

FRA – Ship Store Order Form

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Meeting Place Changed to VFW Post 1474

For Calendar Year 2019, we have changed the location of our meeting places.  See the Calendar Tab for the updates.  Instead of meeting downtown on Mission we will be meeting at VFW Post 1464’s Bingo Hall at 2902 E. Diamond Ave, Spokane, WA.  It is on the corner of E. Diamond and N. Regal St. in the Hillyard area.  A “google” picture of the location is in the Calendar Tab, i.e. “X” marks the spot.

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