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USS Bataan LHD-5

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Group for family members of Sailors who are on the USS Bataan (LHD-5)

Members: 144
Latest Activity: Aug 25, 2019

I decided to start this group to see who else may have a Sailor on this ship; or heading to this ship.

Granted, we may be a bit limited to what we can discuss openly online, but if nothing else, may be a good way to connect and network off-line as well.

Make sure to not disclose advance ship movements or other OPSEC issues.

My son is an FC2 on this ship.

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Comment by JillG on June 7, 2011 at 3:11pm: No problem- i can always use a good cry every once in a while.

this was on the family site:

Hi Everyone,

The ship is requesting that everyone try and refrain from emailing for a day or so. There is a back log of about 9000 emails and they are trying to get them through, but it would really help if you could stop emailing for awhile why they do this. Please pass this information on to any other spouses or family members you know. Thanks for your support as always.

woops! I have been emailing alot the last couple days! i will stop for today and tomorrow!

Comment by JillG on June 7, 2011 at 1:08am: Oh joro you got my tears flowing tonight! I hope your son had a better day today!

My emails keep coming back too! Finally got one from him saying the email is pretty messed up but nothing since that. :(

Comment by Angiehm811 on June 6, 2011 at 10:28pm: My fiancée says that the lines for the phones are long as well as the internet. The phones were down for part of the day, but I did get a short call before he went to bed. Im thankful to just hear his voice for a second. :)

Comment by JillG on June 6, 2011 at 11:41am: a.mitchell- Very cool! I hope he enjoys it!

Comment by JillG on June 6, 2011 at 11:40am: haha- I have heard from my sailor, but I have also received emails from him at times that are WAY different that the time stamp on the actual email. I think their email may be acting funny again.

Comment by ckmom on June 6, 2011 at 11:27am: I havn't herd from my sailor son for awhile has anyone else talked to your sailor lately? Just wondering he tends to forget to email me back. lol

Comment by JillG on June 6, 2011 at 10:51am: Agreed joro and a.mitchell.

As my sailor puts it "the Navy probably saved his life." He realized he needed a structured environment to get him back on track, and I thank God for the man that he has become since joining the Navy, but EVERYONE is entitled to have rough days when they want to complain or rant about things. And i assume that most of these women on here are like me and keep it to a minimum when speaking with their sailors. This is a supposed to be a safe haven for those of us that need to talk about what we are going through. No one here is to put the Navy down.

Comment by Elaine on June 6, 2011 at 10:09am: It deeply grieves me to hear such negative comments coming from those who are supposed to be supporting our sailors. These men are separated from their families, performing their CHOSEN career. They are defending their country and countrymen….just as their forefathers before them. No, it is not pleasant at times….in fact….probably most of the time. My son has been through “cranking”. His last 60 days occurred during the beginning of this deployment. The first 30 he endured during the last month he had with his wife and 2 young boys prior to deployment. The military has never promised a luxurious career. God tells us to do the very best we can as if we are working for Him…..not man. We must encourage our sailors and stop putting the Navy down. We chose it. God bless the families of our dear sailors and please keep our dear boys safe as we do our best to encourage them while patiently waiting as they do their duty.

Comment by JillG on June 5, 2011 at 11:03pm: I guess my sailor was "cranking" for a while too. He was basically a "stock boy" as he put it. He put away all of the ships food and would spend hours in the freezer. He volunteered for it so he wouldn't have to have duty before they left. It was worse hours than his job as a machinist, but he wanted to make sure he didnt have overnight duty and came home at night on the weeks that I came to visit. Buuuut, that plan didnt work out with the early deployment so his first month on the ship was rough!