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2nd Time Around - Looking for Former Navy with Children Now Serving
After reading a few of these entries, my husband and I began to wonder how many of his old shipmates might be out there that now have children who have joined the navy as well. We just thought that it might be entirely possible that folks he had know from his old navy days might have children that our daughter may cross paths with. (I know. I ended that sentence with a preposition,)
Anyway here it goes. He went to BC on April 9, 1985 in Orlando. He also completed BE/E school there. Then it was off to A school in GL. We went to Norfolk, VA in 1986. Both of our kids were born at Norfolk General Hospital (3 years apart). He served as an ET on the USS Coral Sea from 86 - 90, and was apart of the Decomm Crew. He then was sent to the NASSAU during Desert Storm / Desert Shield. (He corrects me. He says we shielded before we stormed.)
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Permalink Reply by Marybeth on
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There are a lot of parents on this website who have also served (no, I'm not one of them) . You might want to try this website to find former shipmates:
www.togetherweserved.com
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Marybeth,
Thanks for the website. This is an excellent resource. Navy was something that was apart of our past. When our daughter told us she was joining the Navy, we knew it would be a good opportunity for her. She has been waiting for boot camp for almost a year now. Boot camp was something that was to happen in the future. We were surprised at how quickly the last year has passed. Now she is there, and the whole experience seems to bring
everything around full circle. My husband and I have looked at old photos and talked about old memories that we had neatly put away and had all but forgotten.
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Permalink Reply by Arwen on
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My husband and I also served in the Navy (83-89 and 88-92). Our older son is now in the Navy, and our younger son is trying to get a medical waiver (knee) to join. I had a cousin on the Coral Sea, but my husband and I were in the Pacific submarine fleet, he on a sub (USS Louisville) and I on a sub tender (USS McKee).
We do have a group here for moms (and dads) who served, appropriately called "Moms who served."
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Arwen,
Thanks so much for your reply. I just went to this site as well. My husband and I are pretty new at this. Now don't laugh, but we just had our first "texting lesson" the week before my daughter left for bootcamp, so that we might be able to communicate with her on the way there. She would send us a message. Then after alot of fumbling, slowly we would reply. She was very patient with us knowing full well that we were "texting virgins".
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my husband is retired submariner and now our oldest son is following in his footsteps. Also my brother is a retired submariner.
It is a bit different to now be the mom of a sailor. This site is great for keeping up to date on some of things happening. We don't anywhere near anything navy. you mgiht also try to see if there is a veteran's group for the of vessels your husband was on.
good luck in finding some old shipmates.
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I wouldn't know him, but I had an ET2 Schwartz in our shop on DG, I think he went to the Coral Sea during that time frame. He'd remember Schwartz, oh yeah.
I was an ET, and so was my husband. We went in in the late 70s though, but yeah, Orlando and Glakes.
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My husband said he does not remember a Schwartz. That does sound like a name he would remember. He got out his cruise book - 87-88 for the Coral Sea Med. Cruise. My husband said he got to the boat Sept. 86. He said that there were alot of people that turned over about that time. He probably just missed Schwartz. Thanks for your reply
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Does he remember a Carruthers? Maybe one who received a "musical" birthday card during the whole Libyan dust-up and caused a bomb scare. At the time musical cards were brand-new, no one on the ship had seen one before. They blew up my cousin's card. My aunt was livid, LOL.
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No, He says he recalls a Crutcher, not a Carruthers. We went to the year books, and don't see him in there. I could be looking in the wrong place. There is no index to look guys up by last name. My husband was listed in the OE Division.
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He says he was in ET - A school during that. That was right before he got to the boat. He says he remembers hearing all about that but wasn't there.
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What they didn't know was what was happening back home. My aunt freaked out after the whole birthday card incident. She called her congressmen and even tried to call the president! We were all laughing at her (quietly behind her back) while she went ballistic. It was hilarious.
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That's too funny! I just read this to my husband. You have really started something now. That of course just brought up all kinds of memories of other new (for the late 80's) electronic devices used for pranks. We won't share all of these here. Our daughter has gone to boot camp, but all of this has awakened something in my husband. It is as though HE were back in the navy again.
Do you remember when the Coral Sea was on the Today Show? Jane Pauley was flown out. It was very exciting. My husband had been out at sea for months, so when we found out that this was going to be on t.v. everyone stopped what they were doing to just watch this. Remember, there was no UTube. If you missed it, you just missed it.
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