“For the strength of a ship is the Service,
And the strength of the Service the ship.”
– by Rear Admiral Ronald Arthur Hopwood (The Laws of the Navy, 1896)
Greetings from the USS STERETT Association
Welcome Aboard
The USS STERETT Association is an organization that celebrates former and current crew members of all the ships that have proudly carried the Sterett name. Whether you have interest in the DD-27, the DD-407, the DLG/CG-31 or the DDG-104, this is the place for you. The USS STERETT Association exists because people just like you have fond memories of a special time aboard a ship named after Lt. Andrew Sterett.
So, grab a cup of coffee (or your favorite grog) and check out the USS STERETT Association web site. It might just take you back to a special place and time.
President’s Corner begins…
Good Day Shipmates! As we close in on our deadlines to reserve our hotel rooms and to register to attend our Reunion in SanDiego 4-7 May, I thought it important to highlight what makes this Reunion so special! Read further by visiting www.sterett.net
Reunion Deadlines Fast Approaching
San Diego Reunion Dealines are fast approaching...check out the latest Bitts for more information!!!
Already 110 registered to be there!!!
It is just 95 days until we come dockside in San Diego for our 2023 Reunion! There will be those things we always have - hospitality suite, members only business meeting, banquet dinner and chapel service, but there will be so much more! We will celebrate the 25th...
San Diego Update
As of today, we have 104 (has a great ring to it doesn’t it - 104?) registered to attend the San Diego Reunion 4-7 May 2023. Please see our latest Bitts for further information here.
New Year Bitts 2023!!!
Greetings STERETT Family, the Bitts New Year 2023 is here! See it at https://www.sterett.net/bitts/
Association President Presents Awards to SOYs
What an incredible day it was for our Association yesterday! CAPT Andy Koy, CDR Jessica Morera and CAPT (ret) Eugene Bailey joined me on the 104 to present the Stephen P Hayes Memorial Award to three outstanding sailors (one was on leave, so we did not have a chance...
2023 REUNION INFORMATION RELEASED
Attention STERETT Family: The 2023 Reunion page is up and running. Please visit 2023 San Diego Reunion — Sterett Association page and join us 4-7 May in sunny San Diego, CA for our 25th Anniversary of the USS STERETT Association...
Summer Bitts is here…
Happy Summer STERETT Family, the summer edition of Bitts from President Burton Dietz is here. Please visit the Bitts page to read it.
Location of DDG-104 Change of Command
USS STERETT (DDG 104)'s Change of Command on Thursday 14 July will take place at the COMTHIRDFLT (C3F) Compound in Point Loma. In order to access the C3F Compound, RSVP is required. RSVP deadline is 30 June. For further details visit 2022 San Diego P.O.D. — Sterett...
Efforts to Save DLG/CG-31
Last week, it was reported that on 12 May 1994 CG-31 had been transferred to the Maritime Administration at Suisun Bay, in the S.F. Bay area. That post brought back a lot of memories and caused many to ask why we ever allowed the 3rd USS STERETT (DLG/CG 31) to be...
Veterans Affairs Liaison
From our President Burton Dietz: Many in our group have tried to sort their way through the labyrinth of rules and regulations of the Veterans Administration and have been either bogged down or totally rebuffed. I have decided it is time for our Association to step...
ASSOCIATION BYLAWS HAVE BEEN UPDATED
The USS STERETT Association Bylaws approved by the general membership during the San Antonio Reunion are now available. Please contact the Association at membership@sterett.net if you wish to obtain a copy (members only). If not a member, please consider joining the...
USS STERETT Association Reunions
Next reunion will be in San Antonio, Texas, 12-15 September 2022 (Thursday to Sunday). Remember the Alamo!!!
Visit the Reunion page here.
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