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Comment by Anti M on July 27, 2010 at 12:36am

Just today I was talking to a retired senior chief who is arranging the military honors for my dad's funeral. He's a submariner. I teased him about being a bubblehead. he teased me about the "two kinds" of Navy vessels: subs and targets. Here we were in the middle of a serious conversation about my dad the Master Chief's final rites and we were immersed happily on the old rivalry. LOL, dad was an airedale.

The sailors get what I'm talking about.....

Comment by Arwen on July 26, 2010 at 11:51am

There is a definite hierarchy in the Navy, beyond rank. Yeah, we get snotty about it, too. It's hard to shake.

Comment by Anti M on July 26, 2010 at 9:39am

Arwen, yeah, I was an ET so I get the attitudes toward the undes. Sailors can be a snotty bunch, can't we?

Comment by Arwen on July 26, 2010 at 2:53am

For Chris this is going to be tough. He failed out of IT school with a high GPA, orders to a prestigious intelligence institution and less than a day of work remaining. Then he ran up against his time limit and got kicked out.

Now he desperately wants to find another job that suits his super-techie mindset. Washing dishes, handling ropes and painting are going to be hard jobs for him, emotionally. He needs something technical and mentally challenging. He's a good worker, big, strong and willing. He'll be okay for a year or two.

I just hope he made the right decision. He turned down yeoman and aviation electronics schools for undes so that he has time to study up on mechanics and math and retake the ASVAB to become an Engineering Aid (Seabee). He spent 2 years in pre-engineering school and loves it.

When I was in the Navy (HT - crossrated to DC) I always felt sorry for and looked down on undesignated seamen, almost everyone did. Even Chris does, and he IS an undes. He sees this as a kind of penance for his mistakes at IT A school. I would have been upset with him for turning down AE except that he is doing this for a reason. I assume he's not the only undes for whom this as a choice. I'm starting to see undes differently now, but I will always have some part of my old bias stuck here in my brain.

Comment by Arwen on July 25, 2010 at 9:11pm

Hi, I'm Arwen. My son was just assigned to the USS Denver in Sasebo, Japan. He's going as an undes E-2, so it's going to be a rough first year, but he's excited about Japan.

Comment by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on June 28, 2010 at 10:38am

Kari, That is a good question. I saw a video clip on youtube of the USS Bonhomme Richard as it docked.

Comment by Dona on June 16, 2010 at 9:19pm

Ours are all OK-said it was the biggest they had felt even after the Easter quake. Our son said he ran upstairs and picked up the baby-she slept through it, though!

Comment by Anti M on June 15, 2010 at 3:17pm

Asking about the little shaker last night? Or has there been another one?

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on May 24, 2010 at 7:52pm

That is fantastic Dawn!! You'll have to fill us in on what his role is during Fleet Week. You must be so proud!

Comment by Elane on May 12, 2010 at 5:34pm

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