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USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) Familygram: 26 JAN 2025

USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) Familygram: 26 JAN 2025
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LAS VEGAS 25! – RSVP, RESERVATIONS, ATTENDANCE

Reunion planning for Las Vegas - 5-8 MAY 2025 continues.

  • If you haven't RSVP'd please log in and let us know whether you're going or not. 
  • Currently, we have 15 going, and 13 interested. There are only 11 rooms reserved under our rate, so there is still work to be done, but the hotel tells us they will have room for as many as we can bring!
  • Links to the room reservation page can be found on the ssn-680.org site under Reunions >> Las Vegas 25.
  • Once you are logged in - did I tell you that you have to log in first?
  • Click on GOING, INTERESTED, or NOT GOING.
  • Done!
  • Every click helps us plan better for a better reunion for you!

 

The link below with take you to the Cold War Boats Reunion page so you can log in, RSVP, and explore. 

 

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LAS VEGAS 25 BALL CAPS!

Miles Bradley has generously designed and contributed ball caps to those who attend our reunion at Las Vegas, NV, from May 5-8, 2025! Bravo Zulu, Miles!

 

For attendees that might want more than one, additional ones are available on request for the nominal fee of $20, if picked up in Las Vegas.

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EAST COAST REUNION PLANNING!

For those of you that can't make LAS VEGAS 25, don't forget that planning is in the works for the East Coast Reunion this fall! We will let you know dates and places as soon as we can confirm availabilities. Stay tuned!   

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INVITE YOUR SHIPMATES!

We have added a new and simple system to invite your shipmates, friends, and family to register with coldwarboats.org and be part of Cold War Boat history.

You will find the Invite Shipmates tab on your user profile just below your profile picture.

To invite someone, log in and go to your User Profile by clicking on your name under Current Watchsection in the upper right column, then:

  • Add an email address, or several (separated by commas) and click SEND INVITES. Individual email invitations will be sent to each address, or
  • Share an Invite Link. Click CREATE INVITE LINK, and a link will be created that you can post in your social media, like your boat’s Facebook group. Group members can click on the link and it will take them directly to register at the website.

In either case, your links and invites are unique to you and will be tracked in your profile, so you can see when those you invite respond. 

Increase your sponsorship level - the tag that appears next to your name in all the sailing lists, by inviting your shipmates to join us a Cold War Boats.

  • Two accepted invitations - Contributor
  • Five accepted invitations - Sponsor
  • Twelve accepted invitations - Patron
  • Twenty-five accepted invitations - Ambassador

Now that we’ve made it easy to invite your shipmates, log in and invite those shipmates that you would like to have be a part of Cold War Boats. 

 

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UPDATE YOUR USER PROFILES!

  • Your current address, phone number, and email are vital to helping you connect.
  • Simply visit www.ssn-680.org, or www.coldwarboats.org, and log in.
  • Click on your name in CURRENT WATCHSECTION, or
  • Click on EDIT YOUR PROFILE - PUBLIC AND PRIVATE in the WATCH, QUARTER AND STATION BILL menu on the starboard side.
  • Make changes.
  • Done!
  • Your email, street address, and phone numbers are NEVER visible to other users or the  public - only to you and administrators.

Brad Williamson

 

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THE COLD WAR BOATS ASSOCIATION

The Cold War Boats Association exists in service to the men who served on the submarines of the United States Navy's Submarine Service between the end of World War II and the demise of the Soviet Union in December, 1992, those sailors that supported them, their families, friends, and associates.

  • Assisting shipmates from years ago in reconnecting, simply, easily, and without compromising their privacy,
  • Preserving the unclassified history of Cold War submarine crews and their boats in the form of photographs, stories, artifacts, and audio or video recordings, and
  • Honoring the sailors and families who sacrificed so much to help bring an end to the Cold War.


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