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Comment by Mark on March 22, 2009 at 6:58pm

The civilians Shelli mentions work for one of the two contractors supplying reactors to the Navy - Bettis Atomic Power Labs (a subsidiary of Westinghouse), and Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (a subsidiary of General Electric). They also work closely with the three Navy Shipyards that refuel the Navy's reactors.

Comment by Gulf Coast Mom on March 22, 2009 at 3:53pm

Media mom - the 4 br villa has 2 baths - one in the master bedroom and one in the hall and 6 chairs around the dining room table. There is also a table and four chairs in the kitchen. If you plan on doing a lot of cooking you may have to pick up some disposable pans. We were there for Thanksgiving. We bought a plastic mixing bowl set, some spatulas, and a cookie sheet that we left there. Let me know if you have any other questions - either on here or PM me. We had a 4 bedroom for Thanksgiving, have reservation for a 3 bedroom for June 5 Power School grad. Have a nice visit with your sailor. Melody

Comment by Anti M on March 21, 2009 at 5:23pm

Navy Relief or the Family Service Center have starter kits. I don't know if single sailors can get them or not.

Comment by Pat L. in IL on March 20, 2009 at 10:00pm

Does anyone know when the next Power School class starts?. My son says his security clearance should be set in about 2 weeks. Then he has to do a prep class. Just curious!

Comment by carols_kitchen on March 20, 2009 at 5:15pm

From our St Louis Post Dispatch Newspaper

New submarine to restore "Missouri" to fleet
By Tim O'Neil
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
03/17/2009

Shipyard workers on the East Coast are assembling a new submarine that will restore the name Missouri to the American fleet.

Here at home, Navy boosters are raising money to give it a first-class commissioning.

The $2 billion attack submarine is taking shape at Electric Boat Corp.'s yard in Groton, Conn., and is scheduled for christening there later this year. The Navy pops for that ceremony, including the bottle of champagne for the festive smashing.

The commissioning ceremony to enter service will come later, probably in spring of next year. The Navy will provide the band, the sailors and the berth at either Groton or the vast Norfolk, Va., Navy Yard.


The boosters have to cover the cost of the reception, with its travel arrangements, tents, food and refreshments. The projected cost is $300,000.

David Durbin of Maryland Heights, a former Navy captain and a member of the commissioning committee, said the hope is that Missouri-based business organizations and veterans, especially former sailors, will want to help introduce the submarine in style.
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"The idea of having the name Missouri back in the fleet is something we can all take pride in," Durbin said.

The committee will hold a reception on March 30 at the Drury Plaza Hotel in Chesterfield.

The submarine will be the fourth Navy vessel to be called "Missouri." The most famous among them, a World War II-era battleship, was retired in 1999 to serve as a museum at Pearl Harbor, only 1,000 yards from the grave of the Arizona.

The battleship Missouri fired its 16-inch guns during several major battles in the Pacific Ocean, and the Japanese formally surrendered on its deck in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945. The Missouri fought in the Korean War, was restored to service in 1986 and last fired in anger in the Persian Gulf War in 1991.

The new nuclear-powered Missouri will be 377 feet long, move undersea at 28 mph and carry Tomahawk missiles and torpedoes. It will have a crew of 120 sailors and 14 officers.

It will be an "attack" submarine, built to fight other submarines and ships, attack short-range land targets and perform other duties. It is smaller than the "boomers," the subs that carry intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Missouri will be the seventh Virginia-class sub, the latest-generation attack submarine. More than one-fourth of the Navy's 283 ships are submarines.

Regional names are sprinkled among the fleet, including submarines named Jefferson City, Chicago, Columbia (named for cities in Missouri, Illinois and South Carolina) and Springfield (Illinois and Massachusetts). An aircraft carrier is named for Harry S Truman, the only president to have hailed from Missouri.

The first Navy ship named Missouri was a paddlewheel-powered frigate built in 1841. The second, launched in 1903, was a battleship armed with 12-inch guns that sailed with President Theodore Roosevelt's Great White Fleet. It was scrapped after World War I.

In the Civil War, the Confederacy had a gunboat named Missouri on the Red River in Louisiana.

The last of six ships in the Navy to be named St. Louis was a Vietnam-era armed troop-support ship that was decommissioned in 1992. Shortly before the end of World War II, the Navy cancelled plans to build a second battleship named Illinois.

toneil@post-dispatch.com | 314-340-8132
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/080467F686AC4A258625757C00037F4D?OpenDocument

Comment by Anti M on March 20, 2009 at 4:23pm

Actually, there are more incidents during training exercises than you'll ever hear about. No injuries and the vessels are under their own power. That's good!

Comment by carols_kitchen on March 20, 2009 at 3:13pm

Meagen
Our son told us the same thing about the British Navy. It will be interesting and give our sailors another aspect of life and culture to learn.

Comment by Anti M on March 20, 2009 at 11:30am

I hate the new uniforms and I don't have to deal with them personally. Okay, I hated the summer whites, but the all black Johnny Cash were tidy and comfortable.

Comment by Trina (Spencer's Mom) on March 20, 2009 at 3:45am

Ok, I just heard from Spencer -

Wendy (Mom of Michael) - Spence is in the MARF building - and he doesn't know a Michael from Florida. He thinks he is in the S8G building???

Mia - they found their first house on their own online, but then the second place they found through Navy housing. So that is where they should look.

Regarding the 0801 class - they are working their behind off to get the last of them out of there, and they should be done soon. from what he is told they are trying to finish them up and get them out of there.

Comment by Trina (Spencer's Mom) on March 20, 2009 at 3:06am

Wendy (Mom of Michael) Spencer lives off base with one guy - there were originally 4 of them, but two of them dropped from the program due to 'depression'. We live in Minnesota - about a 1/2 hour north of the cities.

I didn't hear from Spence tonight, but i don't know that he checked email. I am going to send him a text in the morning to have him get online after he gets home tomorrow night. So maybe I will find out some info about school and stuff and have an update.

Have a good night everyone!
Trina

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