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Comment by Diane2557 on October 4, 2011 at 10:43pm

Glad DS will be home.

Fleet Week vs Navy Week? Do they call it Fleet Week when it's on the coast and has lots of ships come in and Navy Week when it's land-bound? We had a week-long series of Navy events last October here in Atlanta and it was called Navy Week. No ships, but we still had the Blue Angels. I hosted a Navy for Moms dinner for 22 parents and 22 Navy personnel (Local NRO) including a 4-piece Jazz band and photographers for the speaker! Our speaker was supposed to be the Master Chief Petty Office, but he had to cancel and we had a RADM instead.

Flyboymom: I hope that Alaska is a fun trip for your son and not work ... sounds like he needs lots of R&R.

Comment by Diane2557 on September 20, 2011 at 8:15pm

OH...I wish I could be there too for Christmas, but we've too many trips this fall...Tiger Cruise in Sept, a wedding in Indiana next weekend, and then a visit to Boston (to see family) first week of November.

Comment by Growlermom711 on September 20, 2011 at 4:22pm

wow 8 weeks on liquid diet-you are really going to be thin( I don't know if I can stand next to you!!) just kidding-am looking forward to getting together!

Comment by Growlermom711 on September 20, 2011 at 2:41pm

flyboymom-how are you feeling? I have been  thinking about you and was glad to hear your procedure went well.looks like we will be out at Whidbey for Christmas too-we are arriving 12/24 and leaving 12/31. I would love to get together for coffee and to finally meet! as we get closer, I will give you my cell phone so we can get in touch. It sounds like fun!

Comment by Diane2557 on September 20, 2011 at 11:05am

Hi DJ: DS's upcoming practice sounds similar to Chris' timeframe so I'm thinking he'll see deployment early next year. Give him my best and hope that he and Chris meet up sometime. It'll have to be on land since they're "passing ships" (or same ship different years).

You're going to love doing Tiger Cruise. I learned SO MUCH! VAQ 139 will be transitioning, finally ... one of the last?... to the Growler this next year. After that, they will possibly be assigned to the Carl Vinson.

Have a great week!

Comment by Diane2557 on September 16, 2011 at 9:07am

Hi Christy D. ...so happy to see you've joined our little group. I miss you and all the things we got to do on the cruise! Paul and I feel like we're going through withdrawal...it was so great to be on board the ship with our kids and their squadron and some family and friends. So, much so, we watched Top Gun last night!  :D

Flyboymom... at some future time, we should have a Prowler/Growler reunion of the moms in Whidbey!

Y'all have a great weekend!

 

Comment by Christy D. on September 15, 2011 at 11:04pm

Glad that all our flyers got home safely to Whidbey.  They had lots of unpacking to do.  I think 3 1/2 trucks worth.

Comment by Diane2557 on September 15, 2011 at 1:28pm

Ahhh....the work up before deployment...we were there. Chris had his workup last October/November (left when the baby was 3 mo. old) and then was deployed on the USS RR Feb 2 through Sep 9. Paul and I just got back from doing the Tiger Cruise aboard the ship. Hawaii to San Diego. What a blast. So proud to see him fly! Back home now, he will finally transition to the Growler come January. I think he'll miss his ECMO/EWO crew of 3 when he goes down to 1.

Prayers to DS and Billy both for safe and good workups. What ships will they be on?

Comment by Diane2557 on August 26, 2011 at 8:53am

flyboymom: Asked my son what a "Line Shack Division Office" is. Here's what he replied, "That's actually what I am.  The line shack is responsible for prepping
the jet making sure it's ready for flight and then takes care of it
after landing.  They maintain the general state of the aircraft.  They
mainly work out on the flight line, hence the name Line Division.

Comment by Diane2557 on August 24, 2011 at 3:43pm

Hello friends...so enjoy reading your stories of where your children are in their navy journey. So, while I'm 6 years into Navy with Chris (not counting NJROTC or JROTC) I still have a lot to learn. 

flyboymom: what's the line shack division officer? I hadn't heard that term but Chris did say he's division officer, too managing 18 or 20 "kids". He's also the LSO, Landing Signal Officer. I think almost everyone eventually does this but he volunteered to jump right in right away. In the old days they were called "paddles" and a group of aviators on the carrier watch and help guide in any pilots flying at the time ensuring the land safely.

I've been getting lots of emails from Chris. I think he's as excited about us coming as we are. The best will be seeing him actually fly. I'm told that there will be 1200!!!!! tigers aboard. A big crowd filled with Navy moms. I want to meet as many as I can, so to get noticed, I designed my own t-shirt. Navy for moms have t-shirts through the 3 online stores listed in the right column. However, I wasn't interested in a particular ship since as pilots they change ships. And I just didn't want navyformoms.com in small text,  So...what do you think? Do you think they'll notice me?  Y'all have a great day.

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