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Comment by VICTOR'SMOM on January 29, 2017 at 5:58pm

This is my son first deployment CVN 77 what can I send in a care box. Thank you

Comment by NavyMom93 on January 29, 2017 at 4:28pm

I was surprised to hear from him so soon, but it was great! 

Comment by Island Girl on January 29, 2017 at 4:24pm

Wow, 10 minutes, you're lucky! I won't probably get a call til port! Did receive three emails so far though. There's a girlfriend in the picture this deployment, so I'm guessing it may be a little different this go around! That's ok!

Comment by NavyMom93 on January 29, 2017 at 2:53pm

Dad of Sailor, this sounds like what my son did.  He was told he could make a short phone call if he wanted, so we talked for less than ten minutes. 

Comment by Dad of Sailor on January 29, 2017 at 1:57am

There are phones on the ship and they do take the AT&T ship-to-shore cards that are sold on the ship and at the NEX. Depending on where you son works, some offices have phones that are capable of dialing off the ship. They need to have permission to use ships phones as they are technically for office use only. My son had access to a phone that he could call from once in awhile but he also called using the phone cards.

Comment by NavyMom93 on January 28, 2017 at 11:38pm

I will have to ask him about that. He didn't say anything about phone cards.  He has just always told me that that his how he plans on calling me along the way. 

Comment by SoCal_Sailor_Dad on January 28, 2017 at 10:34pm

That's different than what my son told me. He said the ship's phones only take AT&T ship-to-shore phone cards (sold in the ship's stores & NEX) and that they are very expensive, like $.75 per minute. He had to purchase one to call us when his grandmother passed away while they were on an underway a few months ago.
Unless there are other phones that he's not aware of.

Comment by NavyMom93 on January 28, 2017 at 10:21pm

They get to make free phone calls from the ship's phones. The ship has phones for that very purpose--Sailors can call home.  My son just called me the other night.

Comment by KWats Momma on January 28, 2017 at 7:30pm

In comment to kathywq, this is my sins second deployment on the bush. On the first deployment admitely I was a crazy worried momma. So researched every avenue I could to communicate. I than purchased a "quad band" phone off Amazon for about $80.00. It is a unlocked phone. Our sailors can purchase SIM cards easily when they are at port for about $10.00. My son used the phone last deployment, and it worked wonderful. As I helped him ready for current deployment, it was the first item packed.

Comment by KathyWQ on January 28, 2017 at 7:08pm

We have Sprint as our carrier and my husband was able get online and set it up. He gets unlimited data and text and calls are like $.20 a minute. But every carrier is different. I would call whoever your plan is thru and ask. Also, when my husband and I were in Europe we found that most places have free wifi. So that
may make things easier also.

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