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Comment by Vickyrun on January 26, 2012 at 12:26pm

Wonderful news for you both. So nice when they finally get to a ship and all thier hard works in school pays off.

Yesterday I got  a late Christms present from Chrissy, a sovenir spoon form the island they were at. It has a Dodo bird on it. That is a real bird!?!

Comment by lori on January 26, 2012 at 10:49am

BR549- that is wonderful news! My son was flown out to his ship the USS Carl Vinson on tues morning. At least I think it was tues. The time difference is so weird that I can't figure out what day they are! He is an ET and had been in almost 2 years by the time he got his assigned ship. Also had SD for C. I know what you mean about being nervous and excited. My son said he wasn't real nervous, so I told him I was enough for both of us!

Comment by Chris, Forever Ray's Proud Mom on January 26, 2012 at 6:55am

Vickyrun, Hope u enjoyed the big day!

Comment by Vickyrun on January 25, 2012 at 11:55am

Good morning, Today is my youngest Daughter's Sweet 16 Birthday. She has already said she won't join the miltary which makes me happy. One is enough.

Comment by Chris, Forever Ray's Proud Mom on January 24, 2012 at 9:56am

Ari'smom,  Ray does not know Ari :( however, he is may know who she is as he is way better with faces than names.  Ray is pretty quiet, and reserved.

Comment by Chris, Forever Ray's Proud Mom on January 23, 2012 at 8:56pm

I'm sorry Ari's Mom, I did not let you know that I was corresponding!!  I was talking like I was on IM! lol

Comment by Chris, Forever Ray's Proud Mom on January 23, 2012 at 8:54pm

I'll ask if he knows Ari.  He likes night classes, as he has always been sleep in and stay up late kind of guy!  Ray keeps to himself and getting info is like pulling teeth.  I think he said something about California, or even VA, so I don't think he has a definite desire.  He has mentioned that there is no merit basis for assignment, (I was army, and the better students most often got the choice assignments, even if it wasn't "official") so he's going with the flow.  I don't push, I want him to talk with us and share, and he will on his time.  I do know he will be glad to get out of the Chicago area!!  He has grown and changed of rate better, so i am just enjoying that, seeing him happy.

Comment by Navymom on January 23, 2012 at 7:38pm

Chris - That's great I wonder if they know each other.  How does he like night school?  She doesn't at all.  She can't wait to finish so she can get her orders for C school.  She also said the hold for ETs isn't long at all for the C school.  She wants California.  What about your son?

Comment by Navymomsquared on January 23, 2012 at 1:53am

Thanks everyone for trying to help me understand this new life :)

Comment by Anti M on January 22, 2012 at 4:08pm

I experienced holds in A school ... 30 years ago!   The training pipeline is long, the commands put in their manning requests and needs years in advance.  Those needs must be funded, the schools must be funded, the military's budget gets held up, so do the students.  The manning projections take into account the drops and academic fails, as well as the retention (re-enlistment) variables.   The quality of recruit is better, so in the long run, more sailors are staying.   And then there's random crap like the furnace in the training building crapping out, or a lack of qualified instructors when something happens to the ones who are supposed to be teaching (illness, separation, etc).

Why keep filling the lower ranks?  Because the way the Navy is structured, you need more junior sailors than senior sailors, so as they advance and separate, you need new young ones.  You can't have all chiefs and senior petty officers, you need the new kids as well.  

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