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Comment by Gloria P. on June 26, 2009 at 5:23pm

Yea I guess I got lucky with him being in Groton for Sub school only a couple of hours away. It won't be like that when he goes to Hawaii.

Comment by Gloria P. on June 26, 2009 at 4:38pm

Just got home from work in a downpour seem like its been raining every other day. 15 minutes after getting home my son walks in. Hi Mom here for the weekend. I'm just enjoying has much time he comes home before he leaves to HAWAII. Once he's there I won't be seeing him fro a long time. Glad that he's only 2.5 hours away from home.

Comment by Gloria P. on June 25, 2009 at 5:21pm

Mark I found both books thanks again. ( SSN & SUBMARINE )

Comment by Mark on June 25, 2009 at 11:15am

I deliberately left SSGNs out because their schedule situation is more complicated, plus they are relatively new to the fleet. For those who don't know SSGNs are converted Trident (Ohio, really) class boats that have had all the Trident long range ballistic (nuclear) missiles removed, and replaced with hundreds of Tomahawk cruise missiles with conventional warheads that are used to blow stuff up with precision, but without risking an aircrew. They were used heavily in Baghdad. SSGNs also are capable of carrying a SEAL team, with their specialized underwater vehicles and the capability to leave and return to the boat while submerged. There are two SSGNs on each coast (Ohio and Michigan in Bangor/Guam and Florida and Georgia(?) in Kings Bay). They have two crews that swap off, and I hear they are at sea a LOT. Because there are only a handful of them, and they have such capabilities, it is not surprising that they are more likely to deploy on relatively short notice.

Comment by Gloria P. on June 25, 2009 at 9:52am

I know its going to be a little tough not seeing him or hearing from him so often. With the time difference I will have to remind him that we are 5 or 6 hours ahead. I can see him now calling us at 8pm his time and the wee hours of the morning for us. lol

Comment by Gloria P. on June 25, 2009 at 9:48am

Hi Julissa welcome girl.

Comment by Mark on June 24, 2009 at 11:50pm

Hi marinaicp,
They have notice for the long deployments, though it differs somewhat for boomers and fast attacks. Boomers (the SSBN, or Trident boats) have a very set schedule, where the sailors can plan out one or two years in advance pretty much to the week when they will be at sea and in port. Their patrols last between two to three months. Fast attacks (SSNs) are not as regular, but the crew is generally informed several months ahead of a deployment that will last 4-6 months (typical for SSNs). They will go out frequently for shorter periods (a week or two) between the long deployments on considerably shorter notice, sometimes only a few days. If they put in ahead of time for leave though, they will do their best to accommodate it - to the point where they may be left ashore for a short underway period. The safest time on a fast attack to plan on leave more than a few weeks ahead is for a month immediately following one of the long deployments.

Some news I just got from my son for all - he is in indoc this week for ST "A" school, and they were just informed that all SECF "A" schools are going back to the 18 week schedule - so if your son is in, or starting "A" school thinking it will be 12 weeks, it will go six more weeks. This should mean that my son gets to see autumn colors in New England.

Comment by Gloria P. on June 24, 2009 at 10:29pm

Thanks Mark I know he will. I'm looking forward to visiting him never been there always wanted to. Now I have a reason to go there.

Comment by Mark on June 24, 2009 at 10:21pm

Good luck to him Gloria - hope he enjoys Hawaii!

Comment by Gloria P. on June 24, 2009 at 10:17pm

Your welcome Marinaicp. My son will be in Hawaii soon and I know how you feel about Korea but the Navy will look out for our boys and they do have the best training.

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