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Aviation Boatswain's Mates ABE,ABF,ABH a major part in launching and recovering naval aircraft.quickly and safely from land or ships. preparing and fueling planes prior to take- off, fire fighting and salvage and rescue.

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Latest Activity: Oct 10, 2023

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Comment by Marcelle on August 24, 2013 at 4:42pm: alsmom yup thats what he wants to be..ABH he said its so exciting setting the planes up on catapult....I was going more for an office job....LOL

Comment by alsmom on August 24, 2013 at 4:03pm: If you go to youtube and type in ABE or Aviation Boatswains Mate or sometimes also known as a green shirt or a red shirt or a yellow shirt. I think being on the flight deck would be exciting! Next best thing to flying the aircraft themselves! The red, yellow and greenshirts are the rock stars. Without them the aircraft can't take off and land.

Comment by NavyMom2013 on August 24, 2013 at 3:58pm: Lauriekay,

Hi, how have you been doing? My son is living on the "Barge" which is set up as living and eating quarters while the ship is in dry dock, basically right next to it. My son's ship was just set in water yesterday and his job so far has been cleaning it and then checking for leaks in pipes. They do whatever is needed and never know much from day to day what they will be doing. It will be great when he is at sea being a sailor, no matter what he will be assigned.

Marcelle,

Take it easy. He is so busy right now. Your job is to write letters you will mail when the form letter comes. I sent one or more a day. One day almost all the letters were for him. He wasn't there at the time they were passed out and they filled the arms of the guy bringing them to him. Your job is to write, not worry. I only got to talk to my son once during bootcamp and once after he "capped." That was hard, but truly no news is good news. He was in God's hands the whole time.

My son is an ABF and may also be on the flight deck. I don't know the details. Anyone there to help me know about what his job might look like once he is assigned to do what his training is for?

Comment by Lauriekay1 on August 24, 2013 at 3:35pm: Marcella,don't stress! The letter(s) will get to you (and your sailor) but it takes FOREVER. About 2 and weeks in I got a second letter saying, "please write! Everyone else is getting mail but me!" I almost drove up there to hand deliver it to the base (lol) since I started writing him about three seconds after he walked out the door! And put one in the mail every single day! When his "kid in a box" came, though, I laughed because his cell phone was ringing inside....deep in one of his shoes....uh, smelly shoes....

Comment by Marcelle on August 24, 2013 at 3:27pm: Hi Rod, Yes he wanted to be on Aircraft carrier thats why he picked ABH...i am tryingto deal w one thing at a time..right now stressing bc no form letter its been 11 days.....

Comment by Lauriekay1 on August 24, 2013 at 3:16pm: Well welcome to all the newbies! My son is coming up on his 1 year anniversary. He was out to sea for 4 months and is now half way through the mandatory 4 months of "mess cranking" ie at this point, a dish washer up in Norfolk. His ship is going into dry dock for repairs so I am unfamiliar with what they do with everyone when that happens!
So ask any questions...if I can answer I will...boot camp, while tough, emerges your loved one in a new way! PIR was amazing!

Comment by Rod on August 24, 2013 at 3:16pm: Marcelle, ABH can be dangerous, but I think only if you are on the flight deck. But that goes for anyone on the flight deck. Just because he is going ABH doesn't necessarily mean he will be on he flight deck. It all depends on the needs of the air department at the time he gets to the boat. He could end up on the hangar deck. Not quite as dangerous as the flight deck. My son was assigned to the hangar deck when he first reported to the Stennis and that is where he stayed the whole time - 5 years. He re-enlisted for shore duty since you have to have 5 at sea before you rotate to shore. Then he got 2 years in Meridian, MS. then reenlisted for another 6 after he made E5 and now is on the IKE where is one of the two hangar deck supervisors. they just came back from the sand box after two back to back deployments and will be going into dry dock next month for the next year. Any other specifics I can give you about the job let me know.

Comment by alsmom on August 24, 2013 at 1:40pm: My son is going to Pensacola to be an ABE. Sounds like a slightly dangerous but exciting job - and much better than his first choice EOD! ha, ha. Just got the form letter today. Ship 9 DIV 394. Wish his "A" school would have been at Great Lakes as we are only two hours away but Pensacola should be cool. After that I'd love for him to get stationed in Washington as we have some relatives there in Seattle or else wherever his two Marine cousins might be.