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Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on February 1, 2009 at 5:08pm

Hi Marianne, Ben was on the Abraham Lincoln. They deployed on 3-17-08 and returned on 10-8-08. Is that the same ship as Tim?
Donna, Ben did that sand surfing tour in Dubai too. He only went down once because the sand was so hot. haha. I got a kick out of that. He liked the 4 wheeling and they went to a river with rocks that they could jump off. He usually went in groups of 3 or 4.

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on February 1, 2009 at 11:29am

Hi proud ABH mom,
I'll tell you the little that I know. My son was deployed last year on the Lincoln.
They went to Singapore, Dubai twice and Thailand on their way home. they were usually there for 4 days. Everyone took a turn to do watch and then got liberty.
Yes, they stay in groups. They are also told to not wear uniforms or any clothing that says USA etc.
There are also service projects that the sailors can get involved in. He should ask his chief or the chaplain about those.
As far as money goes, at least in Singapore, there was an office, kind of like the USO that he was able to buy disposable cell phones and then exchange into money.
He's on the Lincoln at the moment and is sleeping as he works nights. But I'll write later and ask him for sure on the money. He brought some foreign money home and he's pretty careful. So doubt that he would use a card in a foreign port.
I would recommend that you get a passport. Our son's deployment last year pushed us to get one. Just in case something happened and we needed to travel, we wanted to be prepared. That helped to ease our minds about him being on the other side of the world.
Hope this helps and I am sure someone else has more info than me.
My son started on the flight deck, but then got put into another area, which he likes better.

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on January 29, 2009 at 5:53pm

you know, even on the ship, you get a rythm on how to walk. so many steps and lift your leg. Ben said a friend of his hit his head on a pipe going down a stairway and fell the rest of the way. that could happen so easy.

Comment by Navy for Moms Admin on January 27, 2009 at 1:52pm

Ladies -

Please read over our site guidelines (there are links on the front page) before posting. Dates regarding ship movements are not allowed to be posted until they are public information. I've went in and deleted comments that revealed too much information.

Elle

Comment by AngiePNMx2 on January 25, 2009 at 11:55pm

carol...we have heard form our sailor 2 times and it was over a week ago via ie-mail...he did place a call the other night he had to try twice as the first connection was really bad

Comment by AngiePNMx2 on January 25, 2009 at 11:40pm

carol I have heard that they have shut down internet...not 100% sure though.

Comment by laurie147 on January 22, 2009 at 3:55am

i think it's just because we love our sailors and it's one of the few ways to stay in touch with them by sharing with others but of course policy rules

Comment by laurie147 on January 21, 2009 at 4:29am

but leaving again in the morning

Comment by Sue-Pillowcase lady on January 20, 2009 at 12:19am

We went to our son's deployment in March 2008. We were so happy to go and I would encourage all parents to do it if possible. We got to spend some time with Ben and 2 of his buddies, which he would share a cube with. That was really special. They didn't mann the rails, but Ben stayed up top until the ship was turned to head out of the harbor. We were interviewd by NBC news while we were there.

Comment by Vickie - Rooney's mom on January 17, 2009 at 11:07pm

Oh my gosh! Thank your son for me, it gives me goosebumps, I can't tell you how excited I am to see this picture. My son was manning the rails today. This is his first deployment.

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