U.S. Naval Cryptologic Veterans Association

Membership

Enrollment Categories

Member

Active Duty, drilling Reservists, retired or honorably discharged veteran of or anyone currently serving in any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces who either has performed or is performing U.S. Navy Cryptologic duty or who has an interest in U.S. Navy Cryptology. Applicants not directly connected with U.S. Naval Cryptology shall state details of this interest.

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Associate

An official or retiree of a U.S. or second party allied government or U.S. contractor, to include second party allied military services, who has an interest in U.S. Navy Cryptology. The applicant shall state details of this interest.

Spouse

Spouses of living Members and Associates shall, at the applicant’s option, be enrolled together. Spouses are not continued on the roll after the member's death except as provided in the “Surviving Spouse” or “partnership of two veterans” descriptions below. However, any spouse of a deceased member is eligible to be enrolled as a spouse upon payment of the requisite dues.

Surviving Spouse

In consideration of payment of 1.4x the ordinary dues, the spouse of a deceased Member or Associate is entitled to remain enrolled as a Surviving Spouse until the end of the member’s fixed term or for the life of the spouse of a Life member. (This is not applicable if both spouses opt out of postal CRYPTOLOG delivery.)

The Membership Secretary shall recognize a spousal or civil partnership between two veterans in the case of two members who request this joint designation and whose membership expiration dates agree. (Normally, these would be spouses who join at the same time.) A partnership shall not consist of more than two members. On the death of one member of this partnership of veterans, postal delivery of CRYPTOLOG can be conveyed. Thus, Individual members or Associates in such a partnership should never opt for “Surviving Spouse” dues; this is automatic. Should married Individual members or Associates or those in a recognized partnership agree to share a postal-delivered CRYPTOLOG, one member would sign up for the dues set for the selected period (1, 3, 5, or 10 years); the other should opt for online-only CRYPTOLOG receipt.

Active Duty & Drilling Reservists

Active duty military members and drilling reservists are offered one-year dues free memberships.

Notes

  • Active duty military, Reservists, and separated Navy cryptologists must complete setup a Member Account using the online Sign Up form to be accepted as a US NCVA member.
  • Surviving Spouse membership
    • From 1 July 2022, new and renewing Members and Associates may select the “Surviving Spouse” option.
    • Life members may opt for the “Surviving Spouse” option at any time upon payment of 40% of the basic individual Life membership dues.
  • Changes to regular dues, discount rates and the “last survivor” factor may be made by the Board of Directors effective only on publication of the new schedules in CRYPTOLOG. These would not be applied retroactively.
  • The Membership Secretary shall ensure that the membership and enrollment requirements for 501(c)(19) associations are met.
  • CRYPTOLOG will be mailed to those U.S. Navy Cryptologic or Information Warfare Commands or Detachments or libraries identified by the Membership Secretary. Those organizations are not required to pay U.S. NCVA membership dues.
  • The membership year begins 1 July each year and ends on 30 June the following year.

Check the Dues schedule for more information.

Members must provide the Membership Secretary their current contact information.

  • Postal addresses in the membership database are used to generate the CRYPTOLOG bulk- and first-class mailing list.
  • CRYPTOLOG issues missed due to a member’s failure to update her or his mailing address with the Membership Secretary cannot be reissued, except as noted here.
    • If you have not setup a Member Profile, notify the Membership Secretary via email of your change of address.
    • If you have setup a Member Profile, you can update your Contact Information after you login.
      • Login and click the FAQs | Profile FAQs link to open the article entitled “How Do I Edit My Profile?”.
  • Members who re-locate on a seasonal basis (“snowbirds”) are highly encouraged to opt for first-class delivery of printed CRYPTOLOG issues.