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Reunion 2004, Coronado California, got off to a great start with “Lunch with the Shark” at Consolidated Divers Unit. and a tour of CDU. The group enjoyed seeing both the historic displays and the modern equipment.
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The icebreaker Friday evening, the business meeting Saturday morning, and the banquet Satuday evening were held in the Amphibious Room at Club Coronado. Banquet speakers were Jim Tucker, UWSS plankowner, Mark Hoffer, UWSS medical officer, and Linda Hubbell, first female Navy diving officer. A highlight of the reunion was a visit to Navy Special Warfare Group 3 on Saturday. An outstanding presentation by Cmd Rick May was followed by a tour of the boats.
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At the business meeting A.Dee Clark was elected Vice President, Roger Lynch, Secretary/Treasurer and Don Stone, President. Key West, Florida was chosen as the location of the 2006 reunion
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Reunion 2006, Key West, Florida, took us “Back to Our Roots”. We welcomed a number of new members from Army, Air Force and Marines. Total membership has reached 204. We had a great tour at the Special Forces Underwater Operations School on Fleming Key with a presentation from Maj. William Herbert. FO/UWSS member, Earle Petty, one of the first group of instructors at the school, was invited to sign the old timers wall. Muster at the Sunset Lounge featured .... the sunset, of course. Cameras were busy!
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At the business meeting Don Stone was reelected president, Bob Holmes was elected vice president and Roger Lynch continued his term as secretary/treasurer. To avoid conflict with EOD reunions, it was decided to hold FO/UWSS reunions on odd numbered years instead of even number years. The members unanimously decided on a return to Key West in 2007. Our featured speaker at the banquet was Clell Breining, Force Master Chief of Navy Special Warfare. The group photo shows as many as we could round up at one time.
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Reunion 2007, our sixth reunion, held May 10-13 in Key West, Florida, got off to a great start with the Icebreaker in the Flying Conch Lounge. The Diving History Museum in Islamorada was very trusting and loaned us some valuable old diving rigs that included a Navy Mk5 hard hat and a Miller-Dunn hat and pump. The old rigs and the FO/UWSS archives were displayed at the icebreaker and the banquet.
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The snorkel trip on Friday was underway by 0900 with a full boat of snorkelers and riders. The weather was ideal and the waters calm and clear. The visit to Sand Key Lighthouse revealed that very little live coral is left, but there were many beautifulfish to enjoy.
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Aaron Farrior, Gerry Flowers, Rudy Boesch, Bob Holmes, Don Stone
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