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Comment by Jsparkle (MM Wife) on January 14, 2011 at 2:07am

my husband leaves for bootcamp march 8th...im due with our son feb 8th. i was wondering how hard is it with them being gone and having a newborn all at the same time

Comment by AshJewell on January 3, 2011 at 8:34pm

Thank you!

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on January 3, 2011 at 8:20pm

Your hubby knows exactly what he's talking about. He's right! :)

Comment by AshJewell on January 3, 2011 at 6:12pm

My husband is at RTC right now and will graduate 1/14/11. He will be flying to Goose Creek the saturday following PIR. He told me that HE was told he would be able to go down there, pick out a house, and be home to move me the following weekend. Does that sound right? We are doing a DITY move so we don't need to rely on movers. I am also pregnant, and I'm just wondering what my life is in for over the next 18mos of schooling in SC! I am still very new to the whole "navy wife" thing and could use any tips and advice!!

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on December 9, 2010 at 6:05pm

There are two different types of subs. Fast attacks and Boomers.
Boomers have two crews, a gold crew and a blue crew. They share the boat. Therefore, your sailor would be on a three month rotation: on land three months, out at sea three months. Boomers do NOT make port calls (i.e. they don't pull into ports at other countries for breaks). It's three months straight at sea. The only two bases that have Boomers are Kings Bay, GA, and Kitsap (Bangor), WA.

Fast-attacks are smaller than Boomers. They have only one crew, therefore, they are on a similar schedule as carriers. Out for 6-9 months and then back in until the next deployment. They DO make port calls so your sailor would get to see a little bit more of the world.

The only communication on ships are emails. I know my brother's sub (he's on a Boomer) does "half way boxes" where before the guys leave, their family can get together a shoe box size container full of goodies, cards, etc. for their sailor to recieve halfway through the deployment. Also, they have one "drop box" date where they'll collect cards and pictures for the sailors and will get them out to the sub wherever it may be.

Carriers- 6-9 month deployments. Basically like a floating city. Carriers make port calls, and they have the best form of communication. Emails, phone calls, and internet (meaning Skype). I think Skype mostly happens while they're in port. And like Kelli said, phone calls can get expensive. Emails seem to happen much more frequently on carriers compared to subs, though. On subs there's not a lot of computers, so the line to use them can often be lengthy.

So that's all the info I have for you. :) I haven't been through a deployment with my Nuke yet, but I've heard lots of things and have been through a few with my brother. Hope this helps. :)

Comment by Kelli_wife of JP on December 9, 2010 at 3:23pm

Laura, I don't think you can skype them, but you do get phone calls and i think email.Calling also depends on how much money your sailor has on the calling card..I was told it is super expensive. It also depends on what kind of ship he is on. My husband is a sub vol and i know i will only ever get emails and it will be rare. But I asked a friend who's husband has been in for years and he was a chief.. So she pretty much knows a lot about things within the military.. I hope that helps.

Comment by Lauradomenica (Ship 02 Div 915) on December 8, 2010 at 8:17pm

Hi everyone, I just had a quick question. Although it's quite a long ways away, I had a question about being able to talk to my sailor while he's on sub or surface duty. He most likely won't be volunteering for sub duty, so my question is, if he's on surface duty, will I be able to talk to him by phone? or only by internet such as emails or skype?

Comment by Lauradomenica (Ship 02 Div 915) on December 4, 2010 at 11:48pm

haha I figured as much and I laugh at him when he gets all stubborn like that because he knows he's not one to listen unless he has to and now it'll become his life so he better get used to it quick. plus who wouldn't want their wisdom teeth out for free and quick? With his luck, an infection will pop up during basic and he'll be mad that he didn't get them out when he should've lol

Comment by Emily-aaronsgirl11 on December 4, 2010 at 11:42pm

No problem. :)
P.S. By the time he gets to the dental part... He's not going to be making a big deal out of anything. He'll be told what to do and when to do it and there will be no if's, and's, or but's. :)

Comment by Lauradomenica (Ship 02 Div 915) on December 4, 2010 at 11:26pm

Thank you so much aaronsgirl11! I told him that I didn't think it would set him back because they allow him a few days to rest & have light work. I'll try to convince him not to make a big deal out of it when he goes and they tell him they have to take them out because he said he'd rather wait but I didn't think they'd let him. Thanks again for the help!

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