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Comment by mlynnc2 on January 26, 2011 at 10:46pm

What is a good apartment complex to live in near the GL navy base??? I have been searching and it just seems that every place has bad reviews. Where are all of the navy wives staying?

Comment by ProudGMBarb on January 26, 2011 at 10:00pm

Angie...about that guy who kept trying to get the sailor to drink... what an idiot! Glad I didn't see something like that...don't know if I'd been able to mind my own business!

Comment by ProudGMBarb on January 26, 2011 at 9:57pm

Angie....thanks so much for the Liberty Rules link. Sorry to sound so stupid, but I think others may have the same question. It says "no overnight liberty will be authorized." Does this list pertain to those graduating sailors who remain on the RTC side and have not moved across the street? The reason I ask, is because our sailor...after checking in across the street, was given overnight liberty from Friday through Monday. (Monday was a holiday so I think that extended the liberty). He did need to telephone and check in each evening and each morning and provide the name of the hotel and room number we were in and a phone number where he could be reached. There were restrictions on what hotels they could stay at and certain eating places they could not go to, as well as certain parts of town in general they were told to stay away from. Any one else experience this after PIR? Not complaining mind you....we loved it!

Comment by ProudGMBarb on January 26, 2011 at 9:46pm

Anti M...what stories! Please do share more stories when as as you deem appropriate! You definitely got me chuckling. Too bad there always will be shows offs and just plain disrespectful sailors..not only disrespectful of the Navy, but they can't see they are disrespectful to themselves and look like fools. How did your Mom do when you were a new sailor...was she as nervous and concerned as us new Sailor Moms are?

Comment by lori on January 26, 2011 at 9:31pm

Anti M- you really do have me laughing out loud! Love the stories- tell more! But the names- priceless! A whole chess set..... hahahahahah!

Comment by Anti M on January 26, 2011 at 9:23pm

I used to have a list of funny sailor names too, guys I knew or had met.

Seaman Seman, my roomie.

Super Pace (his real given name!) always ran faster than the rest of us during PT.

Davy Jones (you know, Davy Jones' locker) and his friend Donald Duch.  Really.  They got stopped by security one night, and the petty officers thought they were messing with them.  So if you're Mrs. Jones, and you named your son David, and he joins the Navy, he is going to get hassled/teased to no end.

I can ask my husband too, I know he knew a few guys whose names were funny in the Navy.

At one point in our shop/workcenter, we had a Castle, Knight, Bishop and a King.  We needed a Pawn and a Queen to make a whole chess set!

 

Comment by Anti M on January 26, 2011 at 9:05pm

I have a lot of little sea stories, remind me to tell them, some of them are downright funny.

Comment by Anti M on January 26, 2011 at 9:04pm

Having been a sailor, yes, we know the rules for liberty.  Some kids are just, pardon me, dirtbags. They may be someone's beloved child, but as a sailor, meh.  

Sea Story!  As females, when I went out with my friends, it was difficult to tell we were sailors.  We were at a diner on a Friday night, we were already E-4s (the ET program promoted earlier than it does now).  There were a couple young sailors, fresh to A school, who were hitting on us.  Their sleeves were rolled up, ties off, etc. (older uniform style), but decidedly out of uniform. We let them dig the hole deep.  They talked about "driving boats around the Great Lakes".  Sheesh.  Takes  a sailor to know how ludicrous on several levels that is.  Anyway, at one point when we couldn't take it anymore, the three of us rolled our eyes and told them they were out of uniform. Huh?  How do you know? I'm Petty Officer Castle, this is Petty Officer Smith and PO Jones.  We'd like to see your ID cards, please.  I thought they were going to faint.  Oh, we couldn't have done more than turn their names into our chief, but we could tell them to get their uniforms squared away. We did, mostly because they were a shame to the Navy and we didn't like being jerked around by guys telling tall tales to look cooler than they were.  I bet those poor guys looked over their shoulders long and hard after that!

Comment by lori on January 26, 2011 at 8:16pm

Sandy- I second that idea that Big D suggested! It could be added to when something else comes up.

ProudGMBarb- I'd forgotten about the shirt stays. One of the first things he bought after PIR. That and the dog tag covers. It was so neat hearing how your g-son cleaned up Walmart!  What a wonderful young man he sounds and no wonder you're proud of him- you have every right to be!

Comment by ProudGMBarb on January 26, 2011 at 8:01pm

Julie, Lori, Sandy...yes, our sailor was super concerned too about his uniform, cover. It was delightful watching him using his two fingers to get it at just the right position on his head! He likes wearing those shirt stays or whatever they are called...to keep his shirt neatly tucked in his pants. It does look nice. And he told us the same thing..you never know who'll you'll run into. He said how he learned to be aware of an approaching sailor's rank...if they were an officer, or whatever, so he would know how to address them and when to salute them. Oh..and the behavior! We were in Walmart to get him some new underwear (he likes to save money, ha ha)... he kept picking things, clothing and such, off the floor and finding a sales person to hand them to! I thought to myself...we were going to be there all day while he tidied up the store! lol. He also asked us to stop the car in the middle of the parking lot so he could return some stray shopping carts to their proper holding space. Even though we normally did stuff like that before...it still was nice to see him intitate the action so quickly  before we even had a chance to think about it. I agree with Sandy that there's always some who won't obey the rules. I still see a lot of adults still like that..they think they can do as they please in any situation. Sounds like most Moms here have already given their kids a good start and that will make their transition easier too. Oh...if I sould like I'm just a wee bit proud...I am...but not just of our sailor, but of all of them! They are all in the same boat...so to speak!!!!!

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