USS STERETT Association Membership

Two ways to JOIN the Association or RENEW your membership

By mail

Print out and mail with your check.

Membership is $20 per twelve months and covers the period Month/Year joined to end of paid Month/Year (i.e., January 2024 to January 31, 2025).

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Note: Active-duty Sailors currently serving aboard USS STERETT (DDG 104) are FREE and eligible for membership provided they submit the membership form.

Important: If you chose the “Mail-In” option, make your check payable to the USS STERETT Association and mail it along with your completed membership form to:

Shannon Crawford
Treasurer USS STERETT Association
7759 Blue Lake Drive
San Diego, CA 92119-3014

WHY BECOME A MEMBER?

If you have ever allowed your mind to drift back to your Sterett years and started to think about some of your shipmates and thought about all the things you did back then and you suddenly realize there Is a smile breaking out on your face, or you feel nostalgic about the good old Sterett days, then read on.  There are many of your former shipmates out there who feel the same way.  A lot of them are Sterett Association members.

I see activity on two different Sterett Facebook pages.  On them, former Sterett crewmembers share messages, pictures, and memories of days past.  Days spent in Subic Bay, Yokosuka, Pattaya Beach, Hong Kong, Sydney, Perth, and even Shanghai.  Also, a few days spent at sea!

Whether you spent 4 years, 6 years or had a full Navy career, these are days that most of us cherish.  These are the years we grew up, found out who we were and formed the attitudes that made us who we are today.  For most, the people we spent so many days with helped to mold us into the men we have become.  Special times, special people.

With these thoughts in mind, the Sterett Association serves an invaluable service.  It is an organization made up of people just like us who have fond memories of our Sterett years.  The Sterett Association provides the opportunity to locate former shipmates, correspond with them and, every two years, visit with each other face to face at the reunions.  The hours I have spent discussing old times over a few drinks at the reunions have been some of the most enjoyable times I have had.  Hearing about some long forgotten “liberty events” bring rolls of laughter that literally can hurt.  Looking across the room and seeing a former shipmate that you spent liberty time with many years ago will warm your heart.

A Sterett crew member who attended the 2019 reunion for the first time had this to say, “I honestly had a great time. The hotel and Jacksonville attractions were great, but seeing all my old shipmates was the icing on the cake.  I wish I hadn’t waited so long to attend a reunion.”

His is a fairly typical reaction.  Personally, I have enjoyed each of the Sterett reunions I have attended so much that I won’t miss another, as long as I am physically able to travel.

Why dues??

Like any organization, the Sterett Association has operating costs.  The Association is a registered Non-Profit organization and all Association officers serve voluntarily.  The membership dues of $20 for twelve months takes care of operating expenses like maintaining and hosting the website, providing inventory for the ship’s store, covering reunion start-up costs, etc.

Reunion fees are based on actual estimated costs for the reunion events which include the banquet, tour transportation, DJ, hospitality room and refreshments, audio and visual equipment, and a myriad of other fees and charges.

The location of the reunions is selected at the reunion business meeting.  We do try and move the reunion site around the country to accommodate travel expenses.  However, if you plan early, travel can be less expensive.

Being part of the USS STERETT Association will provide you the opportunity to reconnect and remain in touch with old shipmates who share that special feeling about the USS STERETT.  It will also give you a chance to spend a couple of days rubbing elbows with old friends who have gone on to different things in life but will always be part of your life back in the day.