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Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on September 13, 2015 at 10:14pm

Boy my Boy can't afford to lose weight. You be the judge.

Comment by Rhonda8881 on September 13, 2015 at 9:58pm

One thing to thing about madhoby..........
no one else knows where he is in the ocean either!!!  Only those who have to in the Navy.  It takes time to get used to the not knowing. Keeping busy is the best way to get through it.  Talking with other sub moms and dads will help too.  No news is good news in this case. Just keep sending him uplifting emails.

Comment by madhoby on September 13, 2015 at 9:46pm

Hello all, my son is on a deployment on a boomer, he emailed me back in August and said keep emailing me, I can't email you back, but keep emailing me.....I am finding this is harder than I thought it would be for me.  I have always raised my kids to be very independent, and to know that I support them very much and that I am glad that they are so capable at what they do. This bothers me more than I talk about to anyone else as not knowing exactly where he is at bothers me.  Bootcamp for me was a piece of cake, it didn't bother me as I knew where he was.  Groton no problem, I knew where he was, moving to Georgia, okay with that,,,I know where you are....but this all I know is you are in the ocean somewhere.  and Man that ocean is big.   So any suggestions on dealing with this from experienced parents is appreciated.  

I am keeping busy on my down times from my school that I work at.  I am making sure that I keep emailing.  I am watching sports to tell him about the sports...I don't like sports!  I am praying for him.  I send him bible studies.  Am I missing anything?

Comment by LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on September 13, 2015 at 2:10pm

Mark, your story of the coke's was funny. I did hear a story about the 5 hour energy drinks and how they were like gold on a sub. Even though when we were able to send our sailor a gallon ziplock baggie during an underway they said no 5 hour energy drinks.

Kevsmom, my son has many funny stories of the food and how he is actually friends with the CS. They did at one time pretty much run out of food and you had a choice of rice with onions or  onions with rice. No wonder they lose weight while underway--I need to go on that diet.

Comment by Mark on September 12, 2015 at 10:05pm

I remember on my first boat, USS Pogy, in mid-80s, we were getting our personal stuff stashed in our seabags for an underway of about four months, starting with a run up into the Bering Sea.  New Coke had been released a couple months before with the disastrous results most of us over forty or so can remember easily.  A few days before we got underway, Classic Coke was released, and instantly began very to to get a hold of.  I managed to score a couple of twelve packs and crammed them into my seabag, and once on board found a division locker on our space back in the engine room to stash them.  They were amazing after we got into the 29 degree seawater up north, and I could set a plastic cleaning bucket under vent valve for a pump in an auxiliary seawater system.  After five minutes of slow flow of that water into the bucket with a couple of the resurrected Classic Cokes, it was chilled to frosty excellence - tasty.

Comment by bcgoldy03 on September 12, 2015 at 9:17pm

Kevsmom93 My son is also on a fast attack out of Groton for a year and half now. And he told me that on the sub Franks Red Hot Sauce is traded like, more valuable than money, and that he bought a case of it at Costco before the first long underway. He said they put it on just about everything. He also told me you have to be very careful on the sub not to insult the cooks because that can make things really bad lol like so bad even Franks Red Hot sauce couldnt make it better lol

Comment by tina41 on September 12, 2015 at 12:25pm

hello aIll!!

sorry I haven't been here much.  just got a new laptop and plan to be here more now.    I pray you and your sailors and families are all doing great!!

Comment by Kevsmom93 on September 12, 2015 at 12:12pm

Mark- What a good Dad you are! 

LoriM- mine is on a fast attack and no, not much to write about, I agree. I asked mine about the food and we received some of the most entertaining emails! I believe my son could write a hilarious Navy blog about food on a submarine: when it's served, how it's served, what happens when they run out, the ingredients in their "dehydrated eggs" (AHHH!). The CS's have their work cut out for them on a sub. Most exciting day of the week when my son was deployed was "Taco Tuesday." You made me laugh with the car comment, so true! 

Anyone have some fun stories to relate about their son's adventure with food while deployed??

Comment by LoriM (div 337--Kevin's submom) on September 11, 2015 at 3:06pm

cybergrouch, we hear from our son about once a week, usually sometime on Sun. unless he has duty that day. I do kind of laugh to myself when we get a call during the week because I know something is not right. He usually needs to vent or let us know that something is wrong with his car. 

Comment by cybergrouch on September 11, 2015 at 1:24pm

That's about how often I hear from him now. ;)

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