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SSN 680 Plan of the Day

From the SSN 680 to Facebook

This digital world of ours shrinks every day. For those of us that sailed the Bates in the days before computers, or in my case, when computers were just becoming accessible to individuals, the world has really changed. (For those of you that feel really old with that statement, remember that email between servers was not possible by the general public until 1993!)

In some ways, that's a little frightening, but in others, it can be a huge strength. For one, it makes locating old friends and shipmates quite a bit easier.

This site is only one of many reconnection opportunities that exist, and while wandering around Facebook this morning in search of a lost shipmate, I found a couple more connections worth noting.

SSN-680 is a Facebook group that currently has 57 members, including many old shipmates and a batch of photos I hadn't seen. If you have a Facebook account, stop by for a visit and join Colleen Dougherty's group. If you don't have a Facebook account, you may as well sign up. It's free, and one of many tools valuable for reconnecting with friends.

Got Dolphins! is another Facebook group of note and worth joining if you are in that neighborhood. It has almost 2500 members and includes many submariners from foreign navies as well. The best part is the recent contact I had with Stephen Hallquist, the Got Dolphins! Administrator, who recently joined our site here at SSN-680.org.

He was able to contact a long-lost shipmate through our site here and said, "I'm happy to say that the first guy to tack on my dolphins was a plankowner on the Bates. He is Bob Keller, and we served together on the Shark. I still have my war wounds and am proud of them." He went on to tell me, "Brad, thanks for the heads-up on this group. I did locate Jon Schultz. Jon was my senior and div chief when I reported to the Shark in 83. He was terrific as a chief, but then he left for the LDO program. I saw him once more in Pensacola in 85 or 86. Thanks a ton."

So there you go - another satisfied submariner. So get your fingers in gear, and the next time you are on Facebook, join Stephen's group, Got Dolphins!, and return the favor.

While you're there, you may as well visit my group, ISMTATDSOTCEACSTYHITN.

It's exclusive, but for those of you that have been there, done that, you'll fit right in.

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