"The Purple Foxes"
(HMM/VMM-364)

The 2018 Pop-A-Smoke reunion will be held on Sept 5-9, 2018 at the

Sheraton Westport Chalet Hotel, St. Louis, MO

Who's gonna be there! Are you on this list?

Sign up online.

OR download this PDF form , print it, and send it, filled out, to
Walt Wise who is the Squadron Reunion Coordinator for Pop-A-Smoke.

Walt will be mailing out forms to anyone who attended a reunion in the last two years.

This form is ONLY for the HMM-364 specific activities (Friday night dinner) and hospitality suite.

Please go to the 2018 Pop-A-Smoke reunion page to sign up for the reunion itself
and make hotel reservations at the Westport Lake Chalet.

I hope all is going well, we recently returned from our first deployment as
VMM-364 and things are starting to spool back up in the squadron.

Our CO wanted to pass along that MAG-39 is having its 50th anniversary (edit:
in 2018) and will be doing an open house for all of the MAG-39 Alumni on April
15, 2018. I was hoping you could pass along the message to the HMM-364
network. It would be great if we got a good showing of Purple Foxes to the
squadron spaces.

For the website I've attached a photo of our deployment patch and the
squadron photo we took in Kuwait.

Finally, I will be turning over the S-5 position in the next few weeks so
your new point of contact will be Capt Linck who is CC'ed on this e-mail.

Give a Shit!

Capt MacDonald, N.C.
VMM-364 S-5/S-6 OIC

Sunday, April 15th: Open Hangar/Flight line/Static Display (1000-1600),
      MCAS Camp Pendleton Flight Line.
● All interested personnel will be able to openly tour the entire flight
      line, all squadron hangars and spaces.
● A lunch will be provided in the VMM-364 hangar by the VFW of Dana Point
      from 1400-1600. (sandwiches/chips/slaw/drinks)
● A great way for family, friends, retirees to tour all the different squadrons
      and see/ask questions about the different aircraft.

Monday, April 16th: MAG-39 50th Anniversary Cake Cutting Ceremony (1000-1100)
      in front of MAG-39 HQ (Bldg 23215).
● MAG-39 will host a short 30-45 min ceremony to celebrate 50 years of MAG-39
      followed by a cake and coffee social.
● Col Joe Snyder (Ret.), former HMM-161 CH-46 pilot who flew over 1200 combat
      missions in Vietnam, will be the guest speaker.

Scuttlebutt: News, Updates, Special Annoucements, & Contact Info sought:
Update: 1 MARCH 2018