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Happy New Year!

 

Last year was a busy year for me, and the "Project from Hell" that I was assigned to is finally over (for now), so I had some time to update the website.  We have about 140 shipmates signed up on the site now, most of them with contact information on the site.  As a reminder, you can access the "Contact A Shipmate" page with username "Sturgeon" and password "stretch".

 

I have added several photos.  Randy Ulbricht and Kyle Recker sent some, and Art Sisk and Dave Bowlby are digging some up for us.  While you can still see several photos on the "Photos and Sea Stories" page of the site, if you look up in the top left corner of the site, you should see a tab marked "Photos".  Click on this tab and there are many more photos and scanned images of documents that you can view individually, or as a slide show.

 

Next year will be the 10th anniversary of the decommissioning of USS L. MENDEL RIVERS.  I think a reunion would be in order.  I know I have discussed it with several of you.  However, that's a lot of work, so if we have a majority that would like to see a reunion, then we will need to open up some serious discussions and get some dedicated participation going.  I think that Charleston, SC would be the appropriate location for a reunion, and there are dozens of you living in that area that could do a lot of the leg work.  The biggest problem would be financing.  Feel free to use this site as a conduit for communciation, either by email, or I can open up a discussion board.  If needed, I can set up email addresses through the site, and I can share the entire address book with anyone that is interested.  A reunion would be the first and biggest step toward establishing a formal "USS L. MENDEL RIVERS" association, including establishing bylaws, and electing officers.

 

As always, if anyone has any comments or feedback for the site (other than for the webmaster to get off his butt and keep it updated), please let me know.  Photos, sea stories, anything you would like to add to the site, please let me know.  Also, you can help support the site financially by making donations via PayPal following the link on the site.

 

Hope everyone has a happy and prosperous 2010.