Hello Bob,

Thanks for your USS Forrestal reunion information, it was on the updated Master Reunion Listing I sent to the web master on 1 October.

I have a request that possibly you can help me with; not many veterans are aware of the reunion listings on our website.  I'm sure many of your shipmates have been on other ships and may wonder if those ships have a reunion.

Would It be possible to put a note in any website or published newsletters, you may have, telling your fellow Shipmates about the website reunion listings? We need to get the word out to the veteran community.

The Retired Enlisted Association (TREA) is providing the Military Reunion Listings as a FREE service to the veteran community. I search the internet looking for reunions and then send requests for the information to the listed POC. I sent 2,162 reunion organizations e-mails requesting information on their 2006 reunions, and 65 % responded with information. We have 1,398 listings on the archived calendar year 2006 listing. With the last listing update, Oct 1st, we have 1,648 reunion listings for calendar years 2007, 08, 09, 10, and 2011. 

Please take a look at our website, www.trea.org, scroll down the left side and click on Reunions/Buddies, and this will bring up the reunion page. As reunions are completed, they are transferred to the Completed Listing at the end of the month. There, they will remain as a reference point for someone looking for a unit contact. My intention is that each calendar year reunions will be individually listed.

I appreciate any help you can provide in getting the word out to the Veterans.