Center House Association

04/01/2021

ATTENTION Center House Alumni who checked in to Marine Barracks Washington DC between the years of 1975 and 1979!

Center House Association is hosting a Virtual Happy Hour targeted to your year group on Wednesday 4/7, at 7pm (EASTERN) to rekindle and foster that ever-famous CH camaraderie. If you haven’t received an e-mail with the link, please private message the CHA here. If you can’t make this Virtual Happy Hour, we will be holding a few more in the near future. Any MBW alumni officer can join any era Virtual Happy Hour -- we have found that we all have many experiences in common with alumni of the 1960’s all the way up through the present!

If you want to help host a Virtual Happy Hour from your own era (or conduct a follow up call from your last VHH), let us know by private message and we can help to provide addresses and an announcement (and access to the Google Meet virtual platform).

Stay tuned for future announcements from CHA on upcoming events. It is time to raise a toast (and ring the bell) – Cheers!

03/25/2021

ATTENTION Center House Alumni of 1970-74!

Center House Association is hosting a Virtual Happy Hour for your year group on Wednesday 3/31, at 7pm (EASTERN) to foster camaraderie. If you haven’t received an e-mail with the link, please private message the CHA here. If you can’t make this Virtual Happy Hour, we will be holding a few more in the near future. Any alumni officer can join any era Virtual Happy Hour -- we have found that we all have many experiences in common with alumni from the 1960’s up through 2017.

If you want to help host a Virtual Happy Hour from your own era (or conduct a follow up call from your last happy hour), then let us know by private message and we can help to provide addresses and an announcement (and access to the Google Meet virtual platform).

Stay tuned for future announcements from CHA on upcoming events. It is time to raise a toast (and ring the bell) – Cheers!

03/19/2021

Are you ready for a Happy Hour in the Drum Room at Center House? This guy is ready to ring the bell!

ATTENTION: Center House alumni 1980-1983: The Center House Association is hosting a Virtual Happy Hour for your year group on Wednesday 3/24, at 7pm (EASTERN) to foster camaraderie. If you haven’t received an e-mail with the link, please private message the CHA here. If you can’t make this Virtual Happy Hour, we will be moving into the alumni groups in the 1970’s in April. Any alumni officer can join any era Virtual Happy Hour -- we have found that we all have many experiences in common with alumni from the 1960’s up through 2017.

If you want to help host a Virtual Happy Hour from your own era (or conduct a follow up call from your last happy hour), then let us know by private message and we can help to provide addresses and an announcement (and access to the Google Meet virtual platform).

Stay tuned for future announcements from CHA on upcoming events.

It is time to raise a toast (and ring the bell) – Cheers!

02/08/2021

Attention, all you 2013-2017 (roughly) former MBW Officers! It's your turn to enjoy a CHA-hosted Virtual Happy Hour (VHH) over Google Meet on Wed, 17 Feb 2021, 7pm – 9pm EST (4pm PST).

Join us with your topped-off Play-Off mug! Please private message us if you have not yet received your invitation with joining information. Looking forward to renewing friendships and more timeless camaraderie! ,

02/08/2021

Reminder to all 2008-2012 MBW Center House Messmates of this upcoming opportunity to get back in touch!

Wednesday, 10 Feb, 7PM EST (4PM PST). Private message us if you missed your invitation.

Looking forward to seeing you again!
Your Center House Association -- VHH Team

02/05/2021

Attention, all you 2008-2012 (roughly) former MBW Officers! CHA is hosting a Virtual Happy Hour (VHH) over Google Meet on Wed, 10 Feb 2021, 7pm – 9pm EST (4pm PST). Join us with your topped-off Play-Off mug if you can!

Please private message us if you have not yet received your invitation with joining information. Looking forward to renewing friendships and more timeless camaraderie! ,

12/11/2020

Greetings, all 2005-2007 (roughly) era former MBW Officers! CHA is hosting a Virtual Happy Hour (VHH) over Google Meet on Thurs, 17 Dec 2020, 7pm – 9pm EST (4pm PST). Join us if you can and get reconnected -- and don't forget your topped-off Play-Off mug!

Please private message us if you have not yet received your invitation with joining information. Looking forward to renewing friendships and more timeless camaraderie! ,

Photo By: Sharon Valencia

11/20/2020

Once again, last night's CHA "Virtual Happy Hour" relit great memories and connections for Center House Mess Mates whose tours began in/around 1997-1998. Catching up and swapping stories was the word of the day for all attendees -- clearly a hit of a videoconference, yet again!

FYI, CHA is scheduling additional VHHs with other MBWO year groups in the upcoming months. If you would like to help coordinate a Center House Happy Hour for your own year group, just let us know!

11/18/2020

Eight currently-serving and alumni USMB Officers met over the airwaves today to enjoy each other's company again, to get caught up with duty assignments and family news, and to swap hilarious stories of great times together! The fun times rolled freely -- and in fact this photo pretty much represents the state of play throughout the nearly 2-hour Virtual Happy Hour! Great fun indeed!

FYI, CHA is scheduling additional VHHs with other MBWO year groups in the upcoming months. If you would like to help coordinate a Center House Happy Hour for your own year group, just let us know!

11/17/2020

Attention, all you 1997-1998 (roughly) former MBW Officers! CHA is hosting a Virtual Happy Hour (VHH) over Google Meet on Thursday, November 19th at 7pm EST (4pm PST). Join us with your topped-off Play-Off mug if you can!

Please private message us if you have not yet received your invitation with joining information. Looking forward to renewing friendships and more timeless camaraderie! ,

10/26/2020

Eight '90-'91 MBW alumni officers from all across America -- Tennessee, Missouri, and Connecticut, as well as from the Northern VA/Maryland area -- enjoyed a great (2-1/2 hour!) Virtual Happy Hour last Wednesday, the 21st of October! Great self-served libations of all varieties, incredible sea stories, and that special camaraderie shared by Center House mess mates since 1801... it was as close as you can get to being right back in the Drum Room!
We are scheduling additional VHHs with other MBWO year groups in the upcoming months. If you would like to help coordinate a Center House Happy Hour for your own year group, just let us know!

10/21/2020

Dont' forget! MBWOs of 1990 or 1991 (or thereabouts!), be at your computer screen with charged mugs -- or be squared! Tomorrow, Wed, 21 Oct, at 1900!

No invite? Just ask via private message!

Greetings, Marine Barracks Washington DC Center House Mess Alumni whose tours began in 1990 or 1991 or thereabouts! Let's meet up again after all these years at CHA's "Virtual Happy Hour" -- Wednesday, 21 October, 7PM EST (4PM PST), via Google Meet!

Please private message us if you have not yet received your invitation from the CHA e-mail address. Looking forward to renewing friendships and more timeless camaraderie! ,

10/14/2020

Greetings, Marine Barracks Washington DC Center House Mess Alumni whose tours began in 1990 or 1991 or thereabouts! Let's meet up again after all these years at CHA's "Virtual Happy Hour" -- Wednesday, 21 October, 7PM EST (4PM PST), via Google Meet!

Please private message us if you have not yet received your invitation from the CHA e-mail address. Looking forward to renewing friendships and more timeless camaraderie! ,

09/27/2020

Greetings, Marine Barracks Washington DC Center House Mess Alumni from 1992-1993! Let's meet up again after all these years at CHA's "Virtual Happy Hour" -- Thursday, 1 October, 7PM EST (4PM PST), via Google Meet!

Please private message us if you have not yet received your invitation from the CHA e-mail address. Looking forward to renewing friendships and more timeless camaraderie! ,

08/05/2020

On July 29th, fourteen Center House alumni (and several spouses) from the 1960’s era came together for a virtual happy hour. Toasts were made, stories were told (some of which were actually true!), and old friends caught up with each other. Center House Association supports the Barracks Commanding Officer in perpetuating the privileges and traditions of the Center House Officers’ Mess while fostering camaraderie and a deep appreciation of the history and honor of serving at the “Oldest Post of the Corps". If you want to help organize a virtual happy hour for your own Center House era, please let us know; it is a great way to reconnect with former mess mates.

Feel free to share this update with your friends who may not yet be aware of and connected with CHA. Let’s foster some camaraderie – Cheers!

06/27/2020

CHA is hosting a virtual happy hour on Wednesday July 1, at 7pm (EST) for the Center House Alumni who arrived at MBW in the 1994-1996 era. Let us know if you want to attend, so we can send you an invitation to join over Google Meet. If you are from a different year group, and want to help arrange/attend a virtual happy hour of you own era, please let us know. We are always looking for contact information on Center House Alumni. Cheers! (and ring the bell)

06/25/2020

The CHA is hosting a virtual happy hour on Wednesday July 1, at 7pm (eastern) for the Center House Alumni who arrived to MBW in the 1994-1996 era. Let us know if you want to attend, but didn't get an invitation. If you are from a different year group, and want to help arrange/attend a virtual happy hour of you own era, please let us know. We are always looking for contact information on Center House Alumni. Cheers! (and the ring the bell)