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Comment by Yasminie5 on January 10, 2015 at 10:21pm

Hi divontesMom. My son gust finished a school in for lee. Graduated on the 9th. We were there. Did you go. I have pics. Who is your sailor. And where is she stationed

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Comment by HuskyMom on December 9, 2014 at 6:08pm

That's awesome therevbev!  InquiringMind, yes, they took good care of him!  I am so devastated about him! I am sure all of the SRs that were there were pretty shaken up. And scary for parents whose children are there or about to go. With my son just finishing 2 weeks prior, it really hit home for me. I feel so terribly for his family & loved ones.

Comment by therevbev on December 9, 2014 at 4:11pm

I am doing a happy dance since I just got a ship-to-shore call from the "CS of the Month" on the USS Carl Vinson!!!  He really needed that kind of recognition as he's been feeling overused and overlooked. We could not be prouder of his hard work during this long and dangerous deployment.

Comment by InquiringMind on December 9, 2014 at 10:35am

Well I sure hope the Navy is taking good care of your son and the rest of our sons and daughters.  I'm absolutely sick about the young man who passed away at Great Lakes and his poor family.  What a terrible tragedy.  My own son is there right now, he just did PIR the day before Thanksgiving, and he sounds pretty shaken up by it too.  

Comment by HuskyMom on December 8, 2014 at 2:31pm

I've heard that too. But we didn't get calls like some other parents do. I have heard they all do get cross trained on each other's jobs. When they learn all jobs they earn their dolphins. But I think that just means they understand what everyone does. (not 100% sure that's right) because obviously  not just anyone is going to be able to step in & do a job that someone else took a year or more to train for like the nukes. Thanks, he's definitely feeling better. Had to have 2 IVs on Wednesday. Said he felt much better after that. He wasn't going to find out until this morning whether he could start again today. So hopefully no news is good news right now.  

Comment by InquiringMind on December 8, 2014 at 2:19pm

Thanks, DivontesMom!   I've heard various things about working on subs, such as all submariners are "cross-trained" to do multiple jobs, and that there are "background investigations" done on everybody who works on subs because of the top secret nature of the work.  Also that it is hard to get details about sub-related things due to security concerns.  I don't want to pester my son about it right now because he's just starting out, plus it would be better if he figures it out for himself without "Mommy" intervening.  But still, Mommy wants to know (plus, I think it would be uber cool if he was a submariner)!  Hope your son gets better soon and back on track with A School!!

Comment by HuskyMom on December 8, 2014 at 1:13pm

Hi InquiringMind. My Sailor will actually be a CSS - Culinary Specialist Sub. He didn't have to do anything extra for that. At MEPS he was told that was one of his options. So he signed up for CSS from the 1st appointment at MEPS. He was guaranteed that rate with no 2ndary choices. That usually means there is a need for Sailors in that rate. So, no I don't think it is as demanding as nuclear technician or engineering. Those rates require much more schooling that than CSS. He has to go to Sub aka B.E.S.S. school in Groton after A School. I've heard that's about 5 weeks. He started A School in Fort Lee last Monday, but got pushed back a week due to being sick, hopefully started again today.

Comment by InquiringMind on December 8, 2014 at 12:44pm

To DivontesMom and/or others with submarine knowledge:   My son goes to Fort Lee for CS A School January 3.  At graduation, he mentioned that he is interested in being on a submarine. I've heard the application process is really tough to get submarine duty - any info on what a CS would have to do to accomplish that?  Is application for CS on a sub as demanding as applying for, say, the nuclear "technician" or "engineer" or whatever jobs on a sub?   

Comment by Michiganbelle on December 5, 2014 at 5:14am

Omg, this is the first I had heard of the loss at GL, prayers of strength to his parents. I was happy today to here my daughter receives her Pin tomorrow, her ship deployed from Norfolk the week before Thansgiving. She was at Fort Lee a year and a half ago, now she is on her second deployment. She also lost a shipmate that graduated with her from Fort Lee, very sad to hear that

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