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Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on February 10, 2013 at 3:59pm

Thanks for that Emmie!  The Navy has made their zero-tolerance policy abundantly clear, and fortunately they have many resources available for financial, behavioral health and more issues facing sailors.  

The Navy began use of Alcohol Detection Devices this month at thirteen commands for sailors reporting for duty (regardless of rank), with fleet-wide use to be in effect by May.  Impaired sailors put their shipmates' safety as well as mission readiness at risk; anyone who chooses to ignore this or balks at this is endangering your sailor and mine.  A BAC reading of .04 or more is the benchmark for being unsafe to perform duties (by the way, that's the same for commercial pilots).  .02 will be retested after 20 minutes to allow for results that may be due to mouthwash and the like.  These guidelines are helpful and might be good to pass along to sailors who drink alcohol - From%20NAVINST%205350.8%20FAQ.pdf

Comment by Lauriekay1 on February 10, 2013 at 11:06am

Emmie, thank you for your post and a great "sobering" reminder for our sailors.

Comment by emmie<3 on February 10, 2013 at 9:00am

Hi everybody! I hope everyone is doing well.  Also, I know that no one here wants to talk about this but this really hit home for my husband and I'd just like everyone to keep it in mind and think about it. My husband recently found out that a close friend of his was getting other-then honorable discharge because he failed a drug test. His friend never did drugs, and randomly went home on leave and decided to. He has a wife, and a baby on the way, and unfortunately he is now without a job and stranded in Virginia because of what seemed like a tiny mistake.  Our sailors are under A LOT of stress, maybe some of them are just coming to Norfolk, maybe they have tests, are homesick etc. I love all of our sailors and I absolutely hate seeing them make bad decisions. I work at a small convenience store right outside of Naval Station Norfolk and am constantly seeing sailors coming in buying blunt wraps/rolling papers/cigarillos etc. The Navy is cracking down on drugs and drinking more then ever. My husband mentioned something about having sailors take breathalyzer tests at random before being allowed on board. The amount of sailors I see that are drunk-driving/intoxicated/high or whatever is way too many. If everyone could pray for our sailors, and talk to the ones they have here that would be great. Sometimes, just letting your sailor know how proud you are, or how much you love them can help. I'm sure everyone here does this already but I hope that we can all come together and show how much we support them so that they know they dont have to make silly mistakes. They can lean on us.

Comment by Proudkmom on February 9, 2013 at 8:03pm

Our son decided to get a P.O. box at the local UPS store since the mail on base was so slow. We mail packages from Oregon and now he gets them in 2-3 days. It works so much better than relying on the base to deliver in a timely manner. 

Comment by Julie OS Mom on February 9, 2013 at 10:26am

My son is dry docked-OS on the USS Abraham Lincoln. Same division by chance?

Comment by Julie OS Mom on February 9, 2013 at 9:07am

Thanks PS Chip!

Comment by Julie OS Mom on February 9, 2013 at 9:05am

So far, all of my Great Lakes priority mail was there in 2 days. VA is new for us too, but I will let you know when the pkg arrives.

Comment by pschip on February 9, 2013 at 1:07am

Julie OS Mom     I sent a package out Jan 29th and he got it yesterday . I hope that helps with the time frame for u

Comment by Julie OS Mom on February 8, 2013 at 11:21pm

The addresses look funny as they are FPO with only a rank, name, Dept # , Div # and zipcode. I sent my first pkgs out today. My son did say the mail takes a little longer. Time will tell. I'll post you when he receives his pkgs.

Comment by laurie on February 8, 2013 at 8:21pm

Theresa, no he isn't assigned to a ship, he is waiting for his next training to start possible the 1st of March, he is a Rescue Swimmer and just finished SERE training.

He doesn't have a car so not sure if  P.O. Box would be a good thing, ok, he gave me an address I might try and send something ( just a note) and see if he gets it.  thanks for the advice

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