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USS San Antonio deployment 2013
Hi Everyone,
I'm a father with a son aboard USS San Antonio. My son graduated the academy in December 2012 and he is 18 years old so this is his first deployment. He is an O.S. but currently assigned to what he calls "crank duty" which is working in the kitchen and serving line for three months. He said all sailors have to go through it.
Though i've tried he said he's not allowed to say where the ship is heading or what ports it will visit until the ship actually gets there. Has anyone heard anything from them since they left port?
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Permalink Reply by Linda73164 on
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My son is also on the S.A., I've only heard from him once via email since they left Norfolk. Although he did say it was hard for him to find an open computer to use when he has free time to write.
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Permalink Reply by teresa on
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Crank duty is the term the Navy uses to describe the kitchen duty every sailor has to go through who is an E-3 or below. They have to work in the galley (kitchen) of the ship for a period of three months. This is done because of the shortage of kitchen workers on ships plus it saves money. For instance, in my sons case, he started out working in the dish room washing the dishes, then he moved to the serveing line handing out the food and currently he's working the night shift cutting up the vegetables and doing the prep work for the next days meals.
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Oops, according to GodnG8r everyone E-4 and below has to serve a period of crank duty.... thanks Goldn for the info.
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No problem magz35, I got an Email from our son day before yesterday. He said they had some rough seas and the pots and pans were going everywhere and the mop bucket turned over. He said despite the extra work everyone was laughing about it and he thought it was fun. He said he was working night crew six hours on/ six hours off. It was just a short paragraph but we're glad to get anything.
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Permalink Reply by CyndiH Proud Mom Of Robbie on
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I am new here,learning the ropes. my son flew out to Bahrain and the ship will pick him up,
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