FRA Branch 293

08/25/2026

You spent years taking care of our country. Let us return the favor.

From healthcare and education to home loans and career support, VA is here for you.

Visit choose.va.gov to explore your benefits.

08/06/2026

08/06/2026

The Hatch

All local Veterans, VA Hampton Medical Center Chaplain is presenting a workshop at the Coast Guard CPOA in August please see the flyer attached.

08/06/2026

Get Connected to Your Earned Benefits: Veterans Benefits Live is Coming to Charlotte!

📅Date: August 20–21, 2026, Thursday & Friday
⏰Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
📍Venue: Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 3400 Beatties Ford Rd, Charlotte, NC 28216

Attendees are served on a first-come, first-served basis. Learn more & pre-register: Visit www.va.gov/winston-salem-va-regional-benefit-office or scan the QR code on the flyer!

08/06/2026

Members of (Fleet Reserve Association) invite all students in grades 7 through 12 to participate in the Association’s 2026-2027 . Participants are invited to submit a 350-word essay centered on this year’s theme:
“What Does Patriotism Mean To ME?”
This national contest, sponsored by Fleet Reserve Association National Headquarters to promote a spirit of patriotism among America’s youth, offers a Grand National Prize of $1,500, with other recognition in each Grade category.
Tennell C. Wright @ [email protected]




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08/01/2026

This by Charles Robert Patterson titled, "USF Constitution vs HMS Java"
is our selection of for . It depicts the battle fought December 29, 1812 when USS Constitution, cruising off the coast of Brazil under the command of Commodore William Bainbridge, sighted two ships on the horizon. This would end in Constitution’s second victory of the War of 1812. The nearly three-hour battle left Java dismasted and in a sinking state. Java’s mortally wounded captain, Henry Lambert, his officers, crew, and passengers were removed from their ship and left at Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, there to make their best way back to England. HMS Java’s capture and destruction marked Constitution’s second victory within the first six months of the War of 1812

08/01/2026

ON THIS DAY...

More than two decades before the USS NORTH CAROLINA (BB-55) entered service, another USS NORTH CAROLINA carried the state's name around the world.

This photograph, taken on July 31, 1919, shows the armored cruiser USS NORTH CAROLINA (ACR-12) transiting the Panama Canal as she leaves Pedro Miguel Lock and enters Miraflores Lake. Sailors are assembled on the fantail while the ship makes its way through one of the world's greatest engineering achievements.

Although separated by a generation, both ships proudly carried the name North Carolina in service to the nation, each representing a different chapter in our state's--and our nation's--rich naval history.