• 03/11/08 - Have You Been Exposed To Asbestos? - Asbestos exposure is a common occurrence among Navy vets. It can cause a number of deadly diseases including Mesothelioma. Symptoms often do not appear for decades after exposure. Visit the Mesothelioma and Asbestos Awareness Center to learn more about it and find valuable resources.
   
• 02/29/08 - RAO Update. Excellent bulletin from the RAO director in the PI that gives extensive information of benefit to all Veterans.
   
• 02/22/08 - New table uploaded outlining the Awards and Commendations Knox received from November, 1970 to June, 1990. Twenty years of service to her country. Click here...
   
• 11/01/07 - New photos on the 2007 reunion page. Thanks to Bob and Noreen Henke!
   
• Association selected as Official Partner of the Veterans History Program. After a detailed application and screening process, the USS Knox Reunion Association has been granted official Partner status in the Veterans History Project of the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress. We join many other organizations who are dedicated to preserving our history - such as the American Legion and the Vietnam Veterans of America. You can see more Partners here: http://www.loc.gov/vets/partners/.
  
  We are now charged with actively collecting and telling our stories as veterans. All our experiences we collect as sailors aboard Knox will be preserved for everyone to see, read, and enjoy. Start collecting photos, write down your sea stories. Then send them to me.
   
• That was then, and this is now... Have you ever been curious about how well preserved your former shipmates are today, or how they've survived the past 20 or 30 (or 40!) years? Those of us who have attended the Knox reunions know what some of our shipmates now look like. But many more of you, for one reason or another, haven't come to the reunions and probably don't have a clue what your shipmates look like today or what they're doing. 
  
  Now's your chance to let your shipmates know what you've become. I will start a gallery here of before and after photos to bring everybody up to date. Dig up a favorite picture of yourself from the Knox era and one of you now. Submit your pictures in JPEG format (at least 300x300 pixels, but try to keep the file sizes under 500K) to me at jbosworth@adelphia.net so I can include them on the Knox Association website with the rest of the Knox scalawags! I'd also like you to include a brief biography - married? family? what are you doing these days? etc. so we know what you became after Knox. Allow me a few days to get your images up on the site. See it here...
   
• Knox is Sunk!  7 August 2007, Knox was used as a target and sunk in 6700 feet off the coast of Guam. USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) participated in the sinking. It took a combination of Mavericks, GBU-12's and GBU-16's to take her down. Former Knox ET2, Jim Burnette (now a LT and the Combat Systems Maintenance Officer of Stennis), witnessed the event. More details to follow...
   
• 2007 Reunion is a Success! The reunion in Bremerton was a great time for all who attended. BRAVO ZULU to Rick Walton and Dave Todd (and spouses) for their hard work making a great reunion experience. Preliminary banquet photos can be seen here. I'm still looking for photos from others who attended!
   
• Knox Is Gone. Around 1 July 2007, Knox was quietly towed from Bremerton to Guam to be used as a target in an exercise. No notification was given to the Reunion Association. The reunion attendees had hoped to see her one more time but some government bureaucrat decided otherwise...
   
• Reunion Association Membership Fees Waived. Until further notice, we will not charge membership fees. You can become an Association member for free. Please fill out the Online Application if you haven't already so we have accurate contact information.
   
• If your email has changed recently, please send your most current address to me (Jeff Bosworth)!

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