Following are the reunions the MVA has hosted
and celebrated since its inception in 2010

San Diego, CA/Sept. 2019:
Highlight event: Grand Banquet on the Flight Deck of the USS Midway Museum, featuring the veterans and guests of the Midway-Class carriers: Midway, Coral Sea, and FDR
Keynote speaker: Retired 4 Star Admiral Leon Edney

San Diego, CA/Sept. 2017:
Highlight event: Special ceremony honoring POW Day in America during Grand Banquet on the Flight Deck of the USS Midway Museum, featuring surviving POWs of USS Pueblo and WWI
Keynote speaker: RADM (Ret) Mac McLaughlin

Pensacola, FL/April 2016:
Highlight event: Blue Angels aerial show
Keynote speaker: Capt. (Ret.) Ed Ellis, architect of Midway’s rescue plan during Operation Frequent Wind

San Diego, CA/April 2015:
Highlight event: Tour of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76)
Keynote speaker: Capt. (Ret.) Larry Ernst, Midway’s last commanding officer, 1991-1992

San Diego, CA/Sept. 2013:
Highlight event: Grand banquet on the flight deck of USS Midway Museum
Keynote speaker: RADM (Ret.) Riley Mixson, Midway commanding officer, 1985 to 1987

Washington, D.C./ Sept. 2012:
Highlight event: Tour of the monuments and Arlington National Cemetery
Keynote speaker: RADM (Ret) Garland “Gar” Wright, then deputy director of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and still on active duty, since retired

San Diego, CA/Sept. 2010:
Highlight event: Celebrating first shipwide reunion of Midway veterans
Keynote speaker: RADM (Ret.) Mac McLaughlin, President and CEO, USS Midway Museum