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Igor Kurdin! We are honored to have you as our guest.
Politics made us enemies, but our chosen profession and the cruel sea herself has made us brothers. May God bless our future by making us friends.
With these words I would welcome Captain First Rank (Ret.) Igor Kurdin to the ssn-680.org website.
Steven Perry and I met Igor Kurdin at the USSVI conference that was being held in San Diego the week after our REGROUPEX 09. Since the International Submariners Association was also meeting with the USSVI, we happened to chance upon Igor and his friends and family at poolside below our suite on Monday after most everyone else had departed.
Captain Kurdin was the commanding officer of the K-84, the Delta IV missile boat 'Ektarinaburg' in 1990-94, served as the XO of the K-219 that was lost off the US coast in 1986, as well as the K-418 and K-241. He is noted as the co-author of the book 'Hostile Waters' along with Peter Huchthuasen, describing the explosion of a missile onboard the K-219, and her subsequent sinking as she was being towed back to her homeport.
Please welcome Igor onboard, and extend to him every courtesy due a fellow submariner and submarine commander.
As a gentle reminder to the crew, as is our strict policy on this website, ensure that your posts do not contain any references to things that never happened during patrols that we didn't go on in places we never went. Security restrictions, though 25 years old or more, have not necessarily lapsed, and references to information that doesn't exist is not appropriate for many of our guests.
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Dave Gordon, former Sonar Tech aboard the USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) (78-81) is currently serving in Afghanistan with the U.S. Army in a support role (we hope). They call it the NArmy...go figure! He went to training in South Carolina at an Army base, spent some time in Kuwait, and now is in Kabul (as of Sept. 6-7). He even had dinner at the U.S. Embassy the other night! I'm not sure where exactly he is stationed.
Dave has been active in the Naval Reserves off and on over the last 20+ years, During that time he evolved from a ST to a MC (Mass Communications Specialist), and even made Chief in 2008!! In recent years, he has stretched his annual two-week deployment to a month or more each time, traveling with and documenting/reporting the exploits of Navy and other military forces around the world as part of his new rate.
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FOUND: one brown sweat-stained baseball style cap, in Suite 1110 at the Town & Country - somebody obviously upgraded to the William H. Bates ballcap, and in a fog of margarita or India Pale Ale, forgot the hat he wore to REGROUPEX 09.
Contact me and tell me what city and state is on the ball cap, what festival the hat commemorates, and what your mailing address is, and it will be on its way back to you faster than sailors departing the Bates on liberty.
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Well, he's not officially registered on the ssn-680.org website, and he wasn't around when the William H. Bates was in commission, but we'd like to welcome him aboard anyway as the first child born to a registered member here at ssn-680.org.
Spencer Frankel was born this morning, September 21st, 2009 at 9:31 a.m., weighing in at 6 pounds, 10 oz., and measuring 20.5" from stem to stern, at the waterline.
His parents, Al and Heather, were part of the backbone of support that made REGROUPEX 09 a success. For those of you who observed Heather's radiant complexion two weeks ago, yes, she was almost 9 months pregnant, and still mixing margaritas and generally taking care of us. Mom, Dad, and Spencer are doing fine, and will probably appreciate a shout from their shipmates in a day or two when things calm down a bit.
Congratulations, Al and Heather! We are happy for you!
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For the sharp-eyed users among you, you may have noticed a new feature I've recently added to the Crew Gallery. It's called Image Tagging, and it let's you tag pictures of yourself with your name and a link to your profile, right in the picture.
If you are a Facebook user, then you already know how this works. Locate the image you want to tag. You need to be in the photo, of course, otherwise this doesn't make much sense, though that might not bother some of you! Next, in the upper left corner of the image you want to tag, you'll see a little label with your user name on it. Click and drag this label to your picture in the image, and place it somewhere where it does not obscure your face, or any other labels. Release, and the label sticks.
Now, go to the bottom of the image. In the center there are three icons, a magnifying glass, a LABEL, and a star. The magnifying glass zooms the image, the star adds it to your Favorites list, and the LABEL sets your user name label and converts it to your real name. Click on the LABEL icon - you'll get a message saying your label has been added, and if you look, sure enough, there it is.
