The expected date should be around the end of May or first part of  June 2027. It's scheduled around the Change of Command for st Bn / 145th Avn Regt.
       We are working on a fun, interesting schedule for our 2027 Reunion of the units of the 145th Combat Aviation Battalion when it served in Vietnam. One of our main events is the Change of Command for the 1st Bn, 145th Avn Regt. Hopefully we will be able to offer Huey Helicopter rides. I was able to take a ride a few years ago and really enjoyed it. My wife has had a couple of Huey rides and she really enjoyed them, even thought she is afraid to fly in airplanes. Usually at Ft Rucker we can talk them into a tour of some of the facilities, briefing on current Army Aviation, tour of airfields, museum, flight simulators, picnic with Battalion staff, etc… During that time we also have our Association Business Meeting and our Friday night Banquet.  We just don't want to over load our schedule.
      Start making your plans to attend.   And we need to know how many want to take a Huey if we get enough people and the weather is OK. The cost for the Huey Ride will be about $60 to $65 per passenger.
      The main event at the Reunions is seeing people you haven’t seen since you left Vietnam or since the last Reunion. I hope to see all of you at the Reunion.      So please make your plans today.     See you there.



 
     We officially started off the 2025 Reunion of the 145th C.A.B. on Monday May 12th 2025 with setting up the Hospitality room for the Early Bird Reception and the Reunion activities started with many arriving. On Tuesday the 13 the Hospitality room was open all day, after 4pm we attended the Dolly’s Stampede show and dinner, great show and food. Wednesday the 14th we had our Wine and Cheese at the Hospitality Room at the Hotel, I just had a Diet Coke and Crackers, but all had a good time. Thursday the 15th we had our business meeting, re-elected our officers, next Reunion Ft Rucker, AL May/June 2027 and Dallas/Ft worth 2029. Bob Crain was late for the meeting and got picked as 2029 Reunion Chairman. Thursday evening we had our Banquet, just over 60 attending, Bob Crain was our speaker. Bob did an outstanding job, I had suggest for Bob to speak about letting our families know about our VN experiences, a topic that Bob has spoken about before and has some good ways to do it. For you that watch youtube videos go to http://www.youtube.com/@bobbysbucket. Bob has many great videos on there for us.
      I usually forget to take pictures at the Reunions, so all of you that did could you post them on facebook veteran’s pages along with your page. Dwight Beuthling took a lot of pictures and is supplying them for our website, and also for all our people that wants them. Go to imagesbydwight.myportfolio.com, let him know which ones you want and how you want them, paper, CD, USB. His email is dwight_1947@yahoo.com use 145th in subject.
      At the Business Meeting we re-elected all of our present officers: Nat Dir Jim Bodkin, VP Ron Manning, Sec/Tres Debby Bodkin, Auditor Joffre Filion, Historian Mel Metzger, 3 Executive Board members, Bill Sheets, Mike Breaux, Fred Eckelmann. During discussion the membership decided to donate a $1000.00 to the crewmember memorial at Ft Rucker, AL. Also Pat Mullen passed the hat and came up with another $1000.00 to match the Assoc donation. So that $2,000.00 donation to the Memorial.
      I want to thank Ed Knighten for not only putting in the work for this Reunion but also for the 2021 Reunion that we had to cancel because of covid. All the work and planning had to be done twice. I get a little OCD on getting all the planning done and Ed was very good about taking all my phone calls. Thank you Ed.
     Thank you, I really enjoyed seeing all the attendees, and look forward to see everyone in 2027. Jim Bodkin