USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) Familygram: 7 APR 2025

••  07 APR 2025  ••

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LAS VEGAS 25! – REGISTER NOW!!

• If you haven't RSVP'd or you've decided to attend after being 'Interested', please log in and let us know whether you're attending. 
  
• Currently, we have 20 going, and 15 interested. 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.
• If you can't commit because of the registration fee, please contact me privately - we have sponsorships available just for you!

Register now!! There is not a moment to lose!!

The clock is ticking on our next Bates reunion - LAS VEGAS 25 - 29 days, 1 hour and 21 minutes, according to the countdown timer on the coldwarboats.org website. 

If you have already RSVP’d as “GOING”, now is the time to purchase your tickets - $35 for a single, $50 for a couple - to help defray the cost of our hospitality suite and light refreshments for the duration - room and meals not included.

You can pay on the website: HOMEPORT >> SOCIAL ACTIVITY >> REUNION INFO >> REUNION PAYMENT (click the link). If you would rather pay by check or cash, by mail, or at the door, contact me and let me know.

It is important that you have RSVP’d or contacted me directly so we have an accurate count!

Don’t forget your room reservations - there is a group of rooms set aside for us, but without your reservation, they will not be held.

If you are still on the fence about going, now’s the time to commit! 

To help influence your decision, here is the list of RSVPs that we expect to see in Las Vegas.

If you have any questions, refer to the previous posts on the ssn-680.org website or our Facebook groups. If all else fails, drop me an email or text, and I’ll get you sorted out.

Looking forward to seeing all of you there, and remember, if you can’t make Las Vegas, we are still working to make an East Coast reunion this fall.

Stay tuned…

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!   

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

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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