New Members

NEW MEMBERS

As our new organization grows we will make entries on this page from time to time to indicate to all how we are doing. It will be our log for special notations.

September 4, 2009

Yesterday, 9/3/09, the on-line applications came in with a steady stream. Another LIFETIME member has joined and he is Commander Joseph Edward Coggins of USS Midway. Our highest ranking officer thus far is Captain Webster Soules of USS Midway who joined on the first full day of operation, September 2nd at 10:57 AM. Also tonight another LIFETIME member joined, Michael Steven Batnick of USS Midway.

Thanks again men,

September 5, 2009

Yesterday, 9/5/09, another LIFETIME member has joined and he is James Ronald Xedos of USS Midway. We have learned that the LIFETIME membership maybe too good of a deal. The comments are the members write one check and NEVER have to worry about another one.

Thanks again men,

Tuesday December 8, 2009

         This has been our best day thus far, 10 members signed-up today. We now have 155 members signed-up. There has not been a day in a long time where we did not receive at least one application or one on-line membership. At this rate we should have over 600 members within our first 12 months. We can now claim this is the fastest growing US Naval reunion organization in existence today. Charter Memberships are still available until the end of the year.

                         Thanks again men,

Friday January 8, 2010

Over the holidays many members members signed up on-line. Forty new membership numbers were issued today. We now have over 220 members. We also now have 6 plank owners of 1945, three from each ship. Our most senior member turned 90 on December 15, 2009. He received many birthday wishes from the entire membership. We now have ladies in the membership so we cannot sign-off as usual.

Thank you everyone,

Monday May 31, 2010

We would like to report that in January we sent out 690 letters to 1945 Midway Plank Owners and over 100 have signed up as of today. Squadrons & Shipmate now has over 435 members who have signed up on-line or formally joined. We are now the fastest growing U.S. Naval Reunion Organization in existence today. No other naval reunion organization has accumulated as many Charter Members as Squadrons & Shipmates and we still have three months to go. Please keep in mind our Charter Membership period will expire June 30, 2010. If you still want to become a charter member, your formal application must be postmarked by June 30th. The very reasonable annual membership dues for USS Midway is still only $4.10 and for USS FDR is $4.20. Don't let this opportunity pass you by.

Thanks,

Friday June 25, 2010

We now have over 460 members who have joined on-line or has sent in their formal application. Please do not let the Charter Membership period expire before you join Squadrons & Shipmates.

Thanks,

Sunday May 1, 2011

We now have over 600 members who have joined on-line or sent in their formal application. We now have 3 prisoners of war in the organization and one Purple Heart recipient. While other organizations are waning Squadrons & Shipmates is increasing in size very rapidly.

Thanks,

Sunday November 6, 2011

Today we completed our first post-reunion cruise down to the Mexican Riviera for 7 days immediately following the reunion in October in San Diego.

Thanks,

Sunday December 1, 2011

We have increased our membership to over 740 members who have joined on-line or sent in their Formal Membership Application. Membership number 0 7 2 9 was just issued and we are awaiting for another 12 members to send in their paperwork. Our recent reunion in San Diego had over 200 members and guests attend.

Thanks,

Saturday December 17, 2011

Today marks a special day for Squadrons & Shipmates as we received a Regular Lifetime Membership Application from our highest ranking member, Vice-Admiral Raymond Paul Ilg of Reston Virginia. He is the 299th Lifetime Member of Squadrons & Shipmates.

Thanks,

Saturday December 31, 2011

Today we received a surprise Membership Renewal Form one of our first members, Captain Nicholas R. Van Male of Napa, California, whose membership number is 0 0 2 1, changing his status from Charter Member to Lifetime Charter Member. He became our 300th Lifetime Member in Squadrons & Shipmates. A new ID card will be produced for him on the next run of ID cards.

Thanks Captain Van Male,

Monday December 31, 2012

As we end the year 2012 we now have 747 members as John Stanley Flood of USS FDR has joined Squadrons & Shipmates.

Tuesday December 31, 2013

As we end the year 2013 we have had many members convert over to Lifetime Memberships. We now have over 350 Lifetime Memberships

Monday January 20, 2014

We just received our latest Lifetime Membership from William Landis of Irvine, California of USS FDR. He joined in 2011 and paid for two years before becoming a Lifetime Member. His check was for $102.70. We now have 352 Lifetime Members in Squadrons & Shipmates. Many Charter Members have converted over in 2013 for only $41.00 or $42.00 but Regular Members make a bigger commitment and we want to thank them.