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Comment by emmysmom on February 20, 2014 at 5:31pm

Hi ladies, my daughter just graduated A school on Tuesday for ABH, soooo proud of her!, We know she is going to be on the USS Carl Vinson and that she is to report March 5th and is set to come home before she reports, just havent recieved that info yet. Hopefully soon!

Comment by alsmom on February 8, 2014 at 11:19am

Mine just found out he will class up for ABE on Wednesday February 12.

Comment by alsmom on October 21, 2013 at 8:28pm

Just talked to my son who got to pensacola on Saturday. He is ABE. Was told for ABEs that when they are not working they have a choice to either be eating or sleeping. And that's about it. Was told to expect 20 hour work days. Well, I guess he won't be bored at all. Lol.

Comment by TLC72 on October 21, 2013 at 7:24pm

mokaykl- My son is an ABF also. He has finished A school and is heading soon to the ship. Anything and everything that has to do with fuels and fueling, they are involved in.

Comment by Lauriekay1 on October 21, 2013 at 4:52pm

Hi mokaykl, ABFs can be involved in one of two areas: up on the flight deck refueling aircraft, or down in the pump room keeping the pumps operating "running bottles" (I think of fuel that is to be tested, not sure). That's pretty much all I know! Lol....!!

Comment by Marcelle on October 21, 2013 at 3:40pm

does anyone know if we can ship UPS to the Pensacola air station

Comment by TLC72 on October 16, 2013 at 7:03pm

I got the information I needed, thank you.

Comment by TLC72 on October 15, 2013 at 5:22pm

Anyone here have an AB on the George H W Bush? My son graduated A school and has verbal orders to that ship (hard copy orders to come as soon as government reopens). Just wondering if there is anyway to know an approximate deployment date, or if we have to wait until he gets there to find out.

Comment by Rod on September 24, 2013 at 10:08pm

Generally for an AB, sea duty is 5 years before you get shore duty.  Of course, that all assumes you make rank.  My son went to the Stennis unrated as an E3, he finally made E4 (ABH) close to the end of his 4 year enlistment (took the test 3 times passed each time but not enough to advance which is called PNA for which you accrue points for the next test).  Made it on third try and re-enlisted for 6 years and got shore duty in Meridian, MS which was good for him because we live in Birmingham.  He only got 2 years shore duty made E5 and went to the IKE in Norfolk.  So what do you do in Meridian as an ABH?  Meridian is one of the last stops for pilots before they get their wings.  They are practicing making carrier landings.  Arresting gear is built into the runways.  When they think they are ready they fly out and land on a carrier at which time they get their wings.  Very small air department and all are E4 and up.  My son who as I said is an ABH got a lot of additonal quals that ABEs' do.  Most of the guys in the air department were ABE, a few ABH and  some AC.  There are some A schools there.  He lived in barracks and off base.  Nice small base and he came home most weekends except for duty weekends since he was within 300 miles of the base.  For him the weekend was liberty not leave.  He was also able to go to crash and recovery school in Pensacola while there and thought he would be on the flight deck doing the same, but as usual in the Navy the IKE didn't know that he went to crash and recovery.  He has made a total of 4 deployments, 3 on the Stennis and one on the IKE which is now in drydock and will be for at least a year. 

Comment by delana__ (Ship 11 DIV 420) on September 23, 2013 at 9:20pm

Sorry, I'm new to all of this. As an ABE, after PIR and graduation from "A" School do you get stationed at a certain base and then await deployment? Or is deployment up in the air or mandatory as an ABE? I thought if they got their first duty station that they would be there for at least a year or more. A little help please?

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