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U.S. Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association NCVA
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We are the U.S. Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association – New England (NCVA-NE) Chapter, a not-for-profit fraternal group. Our purposes are to: 1) Conduct periodic reunions that provide our members (and their guests) with fraternal, social, and recreational activities. In the beginning of the 20th century the Navy began systematic efforts to secure our own communications and exploit those of our adversaries. In July 1922, the Navy formally established a cryptologic element, known as OP-20-G, which recognized that the future of cryptology lay in machine cipher systems. Coupled with these efforts was the emergence of linguistic specialists. During the period between the world wars, a handful of Navy and Marine Corps service members trained themselves in cryptologic procedures. The enlisted intercept specialists who trained on the roof of the old Navy Department building in Washington, D.C., became known as the "On the Roof Gang" and were the core of a vastly expanded effort during World War II. During the war, Navy cryptologists were successful in breaking the Japanese Naval Code JN-15b, in time for the Battle of Midway, and were instrumental in providing information for the Fleet Commander to defeat the Japanese fleet. They also broke the Japanese merchant shipping code, giving American submarines the locations of Japanese ships. By war's end, five-sixths of the Japanese merchant fleet was sunk. In the Atlantic theater, Navy personnel operated the machines dedicated to deciphering the German Enigma-generated message traffic. By late 1943, most German radio communications were an open book to the Allies and the German submarine offensive had been defeated. The war demonstrated the need for centralized management of signals intelligence while the trend toward increasingly complex technology and more sophisticated equipment continued. This culminated in the establishment of the Naval Security Group in 1950 and the National Security Agency in 1952. Since then, the Naval Security Group (NAVSECGRU), and now its legacy organization in the Naval Network Warfare Command (NETWARCOM), continues to execute the Navy’s signals intelligence mission in war and peace.
The U.S. Naval Cryptologic Veterans’ Association (USNCVA) began as a desire by some individuals who had served in the cryptologic organization during World War II to re-establish and maintain contact with those with whom they had served in silence. During the late 1960’s and through the 1970’s this group of individuals held reunions at various locations around the United States. At their 9th reunion, in Denver, Colorado, it was decided to organize more formally into a not-for Profit Corporation. At that time there were about 100 members, 52 of whom attended the 1978 reunion in Denver. This corporation was/is the U.S. Naval Cryptologic Veterans’ Association. Website: http://usncva.org
From WWI, through the Cold War, and in times of peace and conflict since, the Navy’s collection and interpretation of electronic intelligence data of all types has been vital to the national defense. The mission of the NAVSECGRU (and now NETWARCOM) has been performed by commissioned and enlisted military cryptologists who share unique and often dangerous experiences in the service of their country. It is these unique background experiences that bond us together.
As a result of a request from the USNCVA at their 1997 national reunion in Seattle, Washington, a new chapter was formed in the northeastern U.S. This chapter was the New England Chapter of the NCVA (NCVA-NE). The first meeting of the NE Chapter was held in Nashua, New Hampshire in the spring of 1998 on May 30th. This initial meeting and mini-reunion was held at the Sheraton Hotel, and was attended by 39 members, wives and significant others. This group proceeded to put together a draft of By-Laws for the NE Chapter, elected chapter officers and directors. The initial purposes of NCVA-NE were: 1) To create an organization capable of fostering a bid for the 2001 NCVA reunion, to be held in the Boston area. All NCVA members in the six-state New England and New York are automatically eligible for membership, as are people who have had past Naval cryptologic service but have not yet joined the NCVA. We strongly encourage NCVA membership for any personnel contemplating NCVA-NE membership.
Membership is for ALL Regular or Reserve veterans of the U.S. Naval Cryptologic organization who have served on active duty under honorable conditions. You DO NOT have to be 20-year Navy to join. The membership roster for the New England chapter now stands at 168, and the organization has, to date, held mini-reunions in Connecticut (2), Maine (3), Massachusetts (8), New Hampshire (4), New York (2), Rhode Island (1), and Vermont (2), for a total of 22 through the end of 2008.
Annual dues are $5 and we encourage voluntary contributions to help defray administrative and postage costs.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact NCVA-NE President John Hogan president@ncva-ne.org, Vice-President Ray McManus vicepresident@ncva-ne.org or Secretary/Treasurer Art Gowie secretary@ncva-ne.org or treasurer@ncva-ne.org. Any comments, suggestions or corrections concerning this website can be directed to: webmaster@ncva-ne.org |
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| * * * * * * * * NCVA-NEws * * * * * * * * Thanks to shipmate and NCVA-NE member Paul W. "Stache" Hartnãgel of SpookGroup.org, NCVA-NE now has it's own domain name: www.ncva-ne.org This will make it a lot easier to remember the website address. When you type in www.ncva-ne.org your browser will be directed to the web.meganet.net/kman/ncva-ne.htm page. |
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| I received an email today, 5 April 2008 from Rocky Rankin, former Australian Navy and Vietnam Vet. Rocky and I have been corresponding for many years and he has asked me to pass along information about this website to viewers of my webpage. I do so happily. [Email Message] "This website is about the work my fellow member of the Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club does when he can get over to Cambodia. He pays for a lot of his equipment out of his own pocket as well as paying his own way to get there and while he is there. We have tried to give him money towards his expenses but he just hands it on to the people he is working for in the country. The website explains it rather well and he has a link for donations. Could you please pass this site around so that people can get to know about his work and support him with donations?" Whether you can help with donations or by linking this site (http://members.optusnet.com.au/glaust/index-1.htm) from your website or blog or just telling others about its existence, please do so. Thank you for any help you can give. - Karl Kristiansen |
    
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