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OPERATIONAL SECURITY
Started by Retired Navy. Last reply by Linda73164 May 14, 2013. 2 Replies 5 Likes
USS San Antonio deployment 2013
Started by teresa. Last reply by CyndiH Proud Mom Of Robbie May 10, 2013. 9 Replies 1 Like
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Comment by teresa on June 4, 2013 at 7:19pm
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Helen, We have been trading flash drives back and forth with our son. We put pictures and videos on it and mail it to him and he does the same and mails it back to us. It's a good way to get pictures from him. I know what you mean, often i'll stop and wonder what he's doing at the moment or wonder where he's at. We got an Email from him yesterday. He couldn't tell us where they are at but he said the room that stores the plastics flooded. The plastic room takes plastic trash and compresses it into disks which they store until they go to a port. The organic biodegradable trash they put into the sea. They had to form a line and move all the plastic trash across the ship to another room until they fixed the leak. Lol, I told him I bet he is glad his crank duty is up in a few more days. I told him that doing stuff like that is good because it makes a young man realize the importance of going to school and trying to move up.
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Comment by Helen, T-man's mom on June 4, 2013 at 6:52pm
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teresa ~ I hope my son is taking a few pictures as well. He has his phone and his camera. They've been gone 85 days!! Wow! Has it been that long? Sometimes it feels more, sometimes less depending on the day.
My son loved his brief outing in Greece. He wants to go back. Loved the food.
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That's really nice, he's going to like that. I love that quote. Our son sent us a package with some goodies from Greece he got. He sent us some Euro notes, some Greek cigarettes lol, and some beautiful reproduction Greek pottery from 250 BC, that had Greek Gods on it. And some really nice pictures! Greece is really nice, I wouldn't mind going there myself.
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Today is ceremony day! Crows! Frocking! My son said he can sew on his patches since I taught him. He's really excited to sew! lol
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I wish my son would call. I really miss his voice. His email was "Mommy guess what?" I can't wait to see the pictures!!
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Just wanted to say congrats to our sailors that passed the exams! CONGRATS KING AND KENNA!!! Your MOMS are SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!
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Hi everyone.... My son is a beachmaster, does anyone else have a son with this job? I am so very proud to be a navy mom, and I sure miss my handsome son! He went to college, but has talked about being in the military since he was four! I want to give all families a big hug, and it is good to know we can share our thoughts and feelings here. I would have never made through bootcamp without my group! Lol!
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Ahh, ok our son went in right after high school. He was attracted by the Navy's offer to pay for college while he's enlisted. He found out after joining that he can't attend classes until after serving one year. They don't tell you that during recruitment, he's disappointed but he's happy with the Navy and still intends to start classes as soon as his first year is up. I hope he ends up selecting the Navy as a career as well, especially with the private job market being so uncertain right now.
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Thanks Denise, i'll ask him about it. He has a laptop but he said he can't get an internet connection on the ship or at least he doesn't know how to. He uses the ships computers to Email us so maybe he can use those to access Gmail also.
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Hi ladies, Just to let everyone know that I read in the Navy News Services that the USS San Antonio left the base of Bahrain May 14 to conduct International Mine Countermeasures exercises with personnel from 7 countries. Its there for everyone to read!
My son called on Mothers Day and he had been receiving all my packages with cards, games, magazines, shirts, but always with candy, cookies, merengues etc. He jokes that every time he opens a box, the sweets never last to his room. I guess he offers to everyone around!
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