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Comment by Laurie M. on November 15, 2009 at 8:29pm

http://www.thefind.com/books/info-aviation-boatswains-mate

Comment by Laurie M. on November 15, 2009 at 8:29pm

I was organinizing my bookmark pages and came across this. I think this is the site I used to order the ABH decal.sorry for the confusion!

Comment by Laurie M. on November 11, 2009 at 9:16pm

new pic! of me with Pat after he passed his yellow shirt board.

Comment by Laurie M. on October 30, 2009 at 9:17pm

btw....loved all the signs!!

Comment by Laurie M. on October 30, 2009 at 9:16pm

Marianne..wow. the Reagan is huge! I'm sure you saw the Makin docked next to it.?

Comment by Laurie M. on October 30, 2009 at 9:13pm

I will get pics up ASAP. Go figure, I forgot my camera here and Pat forgot HIS in his barrack. DOH! fortunately Pat's buddy's Dad was there. so will share when I can.

Comment by Laurie M. on October 30, 2009 at 9:07pm

to all you Grape Moms..wow! from what I saw on Pat's ship,,your Sailor's job is key.

Comment by Laurie M. on October 29, 2009 at 8:27pm

Hi Moms! back from warm, sunny SAN to almost 2ft of snow here in Denver! I want to go back! I have so much to say ..... The Commissioning Ceremony for Pat's ship was awesome. Weather was perfect. Lots of speeches and then the sound system went out and we missed 99% of the Captain's which was disappointing. I got chills when the sailiors and marines ran on to the ship and manned the rails. then the "coming alive" part....AM flag raised and the radar on.....goose bumps now just recalling all the sights and sounds.
Tiger Cruise? AWESOME! got to see flt ops for almost 2 hrs from Vulture's Row and see Pat bring in some birds ( FYI..he is not on an aircraft carrier, ie no jets..the Makin is an Amphib Assualt Carrier, helos and harriers). AND got to watch night ops from the air control center with NVG's..night vision goggles. man....it was like looking at the deck in daylight.amazing
The highlight was yesterday at Muster with Pat's V-1 DIV. He had taken his LSE board earlier in the day....LPO tells Pat to come front and center. He says Pat as an Airman (E3) , worked his butt off to make it this far and then handed him a yellow cranial and radio! ok pround moment mom here..I was told that this is very unusual for an Airman to make LSE, usually it's a PO E4. He looked so happy and kept it together...then the LPO asked where is Morrison's mom? I walked over to where Pat was and they presented ME with a Yellow Shirt! on the back is the ABH symbol and FLY1. WOW! I cried later as not to embarass Pat. So yes.....at 20 almost 21 he's and LSE.
I'm going to post pictures on my page asap. Just trying to still take in everything!

Comment by Marianne T on October 27, 2009 at 6:48pm

LaurieM.- Just got back from the Tiger cruise on the Ronald Reagan last week! You can bring hairdryers, curling irons and all sorts of things. The question is do you feel like being bothered with it all? I cut my hair short just so I didn't have to do squat with it. Of course now I want it a bit longer again! You don't have to be that drastic, but just remember it is extremely windy on some days and no matter what you do with hair it gets blown dry for you!!LOL I was AMAZED at what the female tigers brought on board! Keep in mind... it is a ship, it is ALL steel or metal of some sort and there are lots of greasy, dirty areas. I wore jeans the entire trip. They kept me warm when needed and kept my body clean and somewhat protected from the bruising your receive climbing up and down those ladders and over "knee knockers". Plan to be comfortable and sensible and then you can enjoy the cruise! I had an AWESOME time and you will too! An experience I will truly never forget not only for the things that I learned and observed, but for all those feelings and emotions of all those sailors, airman, pilots and all the crew on that ship as they returned from a very long 5 month deployment! As much credit as we give our military, it is even more so after this experience. Their sacrifice is incredible! Have a great time and please share pics with us when you return.

Comment by Shirley (Cleveland Mom) on October 27, 2009 at 4:10pm

the plague reads: Yellow Shirt heart of the flight deck.

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