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GROUP FOR ANYONE WHO HAS A SAILOR ON THE USS FRANK CABLE
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Comment by LivNLrn on February 23, 2012 at 8:02am
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Thanks to the petitions and protests the last few days, military families are now EXEMPT from the huge rate hike ($1400-4000) to ship our pets home from Guam on Continental, which was supposed to begin next month! If you helped out with this, thanks a lot! You made a difference! Yay!
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Calling all Cable friends & family! Perhaps your sailor has adopted a pet on Guam or would like to. Or maybe you have a furry loved one he/ she misses at at home and can empathize with this situation. Well, Continental Airlines is making a change that will negatively affect all pet owners traveling from the Asian Pacific. Please read below and join this effort:
Continental/United airline has announced that beginning March 2012, they will NO LONGER allow pets to be considered as excess baggage from Japan and the Asian Pacific Region, but will have to be transported as CARGO, which will cost from $1400-$4000 PER PET!!! Military families who have already sacrificed so much to defend our Country will now likely have no choice but to leave their beloved fury family members behind, permanently. Please go to both links to read more and sign a petition to fight this price hike. There is strength in numbers. Please share the link on your facebook page and email your friends and families too! If they get away with it for this region, what is to stop them from doing it with all flights? If you have any ideas on how to get the word out, please share your thoughts!!!
Animals Petition: Continental/United - The UNFRIENDLY skies for Pet...
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Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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Comment by BugsMom on February 12, 2012 at 3:41pm
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She'll be in for a shock with the weather....we are a "four season" climate here....but she likes sun so she should be good...not much of a golfer but she likes water (obviously!)....thanks for the info didn't know about the dry dock..she's got another school yet in San Diego before she heads out
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Comment by Charlotte(ship02Div930) on February 10, 2012 at 9:29pm
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The Cable is in dry dock right now in Oregon so she will be working on the barge. Hope she is ready for sun and humidity! My son went from Florida to Guam so he was kind of used the humidity. Lots of sun and fun water sports and golf!
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My daughter is an IC and will be joing the Frank Cable crer after her C-School (aprilish, i think)
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Hi Brenda! Again thanks for the info....does your son text message anyone or is that going to become a thing of the past for my son?? What rate is your son, mine is IT. He is getting pretty excited about his new adventure. He has heard positive things and it is so strange how many people I know that know people in Guam! Seriously!! Lol. About the cellphone again....did your son bring one from the home or purchase one when he got there? These first holidays without him being home are going to be tough but hopefully we can skype him in! He is my child that, even at 21, LOVES Christmas and gets so excited about everything. Do they have roommates or do they have a barrack to themselves? My son is with 2 other guys right now in a VERY small room and I think he is ready for some breathing room! Thanks again!
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Thank you Brenda....as long as I can see that adorable face once a week I think I can make it! Does your son also have a cell phone service....i may have already asked you this sorry I am confusing myself by writing on two pages! Lol. I've heard there are a lot of snakes.....yikes.
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luvinmatt...thank you for all your info (on both pages:))....I know my son probably knows a lot of this info but I am trying not to bug him and let him study and finish school. His rate is IT. My son was originally suppose to go to Italy, land duty, and for some reason his orders didnt go through and so he is headed to Guam. I know he is suppose to get a mentor and i'm praying its a good one! The communication is what I am concerned about....i really want to be able to talk to him and not have how much it costs be a burden. Do you skype with family in the US? I heard there are a lot of snakes! yikes!
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Comment by luvinmatt on October 26, 2011 at 7:44am
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He will have to set up a pack out date. They will have a moving company come to his barracks and pack his things up and then they will be shipped to guam. He needs to make sure he keeps all his uniforms with him. If he has 1K lbs or less he can move the stuff in an express shipment which take around a month to arrive. Once he is assigned a barracks move he can set up a delivery time for his stuff that was shipped. On the plane over he can bring 2 big suitcases, a carry on, and a personal bag. Make sure when he is flying he has copies of his orders on hand. They will wave the baggage fess with orders. He should be getting a sponser on the ship. They should give him all this info. His sponsor will be the one to make sure he is met at the airport and will show him around for the first few days. If he already has the orders and no one has contacted him yet (usually by email) he can go to the frank cables webpage and there is an email address on there to request a sponsor. What is his rate? If he is an IC he might be going to my husbands shop.
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How do his things get shipped to him? Does he send them from A school or do they route home with him and then to Guam?
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