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This group is for all Submarine wives
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Welcome everyone! = )
I just found this and thought it was cute...
My sailor.Submariner
I love My Sailor so deeply and true
He is my Husband, my Friend and a Daddy too
He chose his fate when signed that line
To become a Submariner and serve his time
As the Submarine is prepped and the workday ends
He comes home to tell me, "It is that time again"
The night before "The Boat" gets underway
We prepare ourselves for that dreaded day
He Packs his sea bag so snug and tight
For it will be time to leave at dawn's early light
With his sea bag across his shoulder
and the tears in his eyes we know it is time for all the goodbyes
My Sailor and his crew are running silent and deep
Protecting our freedom while awake or asleep
For the beautiful flag flies freely in the wind
My sailor will proudly salute it until the very end
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Comment by katofmt on March 25, 2011 at 7:59pm
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luvinmatt- Thanks for the info, we've been callling and asking questions like mad. It's nice to get it from someone who's around the service and has been moved by them. The sad thing is they are cancelling his current orders and moving him to a fast attack in VA. No idea which sub, but he should have new orders in a few weeks (hopefully the original mess will be taken care of). And I got a list of housing in Port Norfolk like you suggested, great place and nice houses!
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Comment by SubWife2010 on March 25, 2011 at 12:45pm
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Hello just wanted to let every one know My husband and I made it to WA last week and so far we love it here! We are ready for this adventure:) and Excited about it.
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Comment by luvinmatt on March 24, 2011 at 12:49am
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Ok talked to hubs, he said the if you guys are really not authorized to move to Va is because after his school in Ga you wont have enough time there for it to be considered a PCS Since you are in a change of home port situation (which is a hot mess). They SHOULD move you to Ga because that is his ultimate duty station. Buuuut if his orders do not say GA is the ultimate duty station you guys are screwed. I wish I could let Matt read his orders. He could tell you what the eff is going on. lol
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Comment by MamaMiri (FT) on March 23, 2011 at 8:32pm
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Good to know about this stuff. We are supposed to move sometime in another month after BESS and I have no idea how this is all supposed to go down and of course we can't do anything until he gets his orders. Anyone know when in BESS they are supposed to get orders for the rest of school (ATT, Techno, A-school)? At least we were already long since married when he enlisted so one hopes they'll at least get that right.
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found his original orders they don't mention dependents but they definitely moved us and we did not pay for it. IDK if it has changed over the years or not.
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hmm well your names specifically wont be on there. It should say something like "This transfer funded for member and AUTH dependents as reflected on service record page 2 and other supporting documents" Are you sure the orders you have are not the ones to Ga? The 2 will be separate. If he an;t get it straightened out with personal property he needs to call his detailer.
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We've been married 6 months, so before the orders were assigned. I have read the orders and we're nowhere on them, but neither is the additional school he needs to go to in Georgia. And it is his first duty station. I will definately ask about clarification between PSD and Personal Property.
I work for the Air Force and I hear people joke all the time: with the military, ask, ask and ask again, then verify and reverify. Now I know why.
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hmmm the question would be why are you guys not on his orders? Did you get married after they assigned them. Have you read the orders yourself? Was he actually at PSD? If so tell him to go to Personal Property. PSD people are notoriously wrong about things. Is this your husband first duty station?
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I need to vent. My husband just had a meeting with PSD and was told they will not pay to move our things from ND (where I'm currently living with our son), only the stuff in his dorm room in Groton. We have an apartment full of things that we now have to pay out of pocket to move to Virgnia, no per diem or reimbursement. And we have to pay for his plane ticket to get here since he is 'choosing' not to travel directly to his next duty station. We were told by multiple military people that our entire family would be on his orders and the military would cover the move. It's so frustrating, and then there's the $4000 it will cost to move. Ugh.
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We lived in Port Norfolk in Portsmouth Va for 3 years on Florida Street. There are a few apartment complexes, I would not recommend them. Plenty of houses and duplexes to be found. It is a decent neighborhood. Lots of old people not a lot of crime. I really liked that it was close to the interstate and walmart. Its about a 10 minute drive to the shipyard. They do have navy housing in Portsmouth which we looked at and passed on. It was small and not in the nicest area. They can send your DH to another boat when we did drydocks they sent guys at random times for 3 month chunks. We are on FA though so I am not sure how it would work on a Boomer.
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