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Comment by Elane on February 7, 2009 at 5:24pm

I think the passport application's we have from the post office say $85 plus the cost of picture and any copy of birth certificates you need to prove you are whom you say you are. I had one years ago when I lived in Germany courtesy of the USAF but it's long expired. if you need it Express mailed it's even more.
can't get my son to send pix either or even take them while he's at various ports. So I too am envious that you can get them posted.

Comment by Elane on February 6, 2009 at 7:50pm

I'll echo that of BIG Babies... I think the husband is worse than the son. and of course the world does not even slow down when we are sick..
Good luck with your vacation..did I say that out loud.. good luck with your moving a friend.

Comment by Elane on February 3, 2009 at 6:22pm

what is "cranking" that I've seen mentioned in several places?

Comment by Elane on February 1, 2009 at 8:05pm

My son is out to sea.. the little I hear from him is he's surviving. His biggest line of converstation right now is that his game system he had with quit working and is out of warranty so he's shipping it to me to take to where we got the extended warranty.. who know when the military mail will get it to me. I hope he takes pictures of the places he gets to dock..as I will most likely never see them any other way. I miss not be able to pick up my cell and ring his for any chat! But 1 mo down and 5-8 to go?

Comment by Elane on January 19, 2009 at 6:50pm

"westpac" is the general area.. that could mean anything in the Pacific ocean. His communications are from his email address via the ship's computer.. no phone communication from the ocean. They might get to call from ports if they have AT&T int'l phones or $ to buy time at phone centers on ports I haven't actually been able to get on the ships website to get any info from it. I can see a main page with the ships pix but no further. I had ask about him having a passport B4 he left..he seemed to think that his ID would get him on/off ship, if emergency came up he'd have to go to a consolate if id didn't work. Last application I saw for passports was around 85$ each. Need a passport to get in&out of Alaska as it's surrounded by foreign countries but not to HI if you fly in & out of there.. if you take a ship you might need one for HI. things really changed after 911. Don't know about us family needing one in case. guess it would not hurt to be prepared.

Comment by Elane on January 19, 2009 at 12:29am

My son's deployment started the 9th. 6-9mos at sea.
so far I've had some email contact from him.. he doesn't write much but answers some of the questions I ask. he's not really detail oriented at home so I imagine getting answers while gone will be a challenge.

Comment by Elane on January 17, 2009 at 5:24pm

Is there a time frame to sign up for "sign on" bonus. Don't think my son thought he could get it when he signed up. He's out at sea right now and talks of only wearing the "coveralls" something he had to buy several pairs of to replace messed up ones he did have b4 deployement.

Comment by Elane on December 20, 2008 at 4:16pm

My son/snipe is onboard the USS Comstock an LSD. I believe that since that carries Marines and their amphib craft I might qualify for this group? My question is..It is my understanding that this ship and others "convoy" together when they are deployed. Is there a way to find out which other ships are with this ship as I'd love to talk to other "moms" of that convoy when they deploy early 2009. thanks.

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