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Comment by Mollie...Kelcies Mom on October 19, 2010 at 9:48am

katlanta......CONGRATULATIONS!!! You must be SO proud of John!! It certainly does us moms hearts good, when our sailors excel :-) :-) Yep, two weeks from today I will be packing my bags and heading to San Francisco.......can't wait!!

Comment by abc815 on October 19, 2010 at 12:28am

hi all! i'm not sure if this pertains to the whole ship or just my sailor's dept., but i know they've been having some evaluation thing going on starting sometime last week and is still continuing. so my sailor's emails have been shorter than normal due to a whole lot of extra "busy" work with cleaning and making sure everything is in PERFECT order.

as far as their holiday leave dates, mollie is correct! :) there are 3 separate leave dates...not sure if we're allowed to post. but it runs through mid-january.

Comment by Kelley's Aunt (USS GW) on October 19, 2010 at 12:18am

Thanks to all that took the time to answer my many questions and for the suggestion to send support socks and cusion inner soles I guess it would not matter what color if worn under her millatary socks.. You are an awesome group and really up on so much.

Kelley is E3 and is in the Deck Dept, but has worked mostly in the kitchen the last 3 months.

Kelciie's mom - have a great trip and enjoy your time with your daughter. How exciting!!

Comment by Mollie...Kelcies Mom on October 18, 2010 at 11:33pm

Hi Kelly's mom and others :-) There were 3 pre-assigned "holiday time" leave periods. Each of those was only 10 days each. I had the exact dates of each, but can't lay my hands on them right now. I DO know that one of those pre-assigned periods didn't even start until early Jan. Mine opted not to spend the BIG$ that holiday travel cost for such a short period also. Generally, if they avoid those holiday time options, they can use a LOT more of their leave time, usually not to exceed 30 days, although it ultimately depends on their upper commands rule for whatever rate they work in. Kelcie has also pretty much worked 12 hour days 7 days a week since she went to sea. Occasionally, she will get a half day off. Their mailing address does indeed stay the same, whether they are at sea or in home port. Whether or not they have to live on board when they are in home port for the winter depends in large part on their "E" level. They used to HAVE to live aboard year round until they reached E4, then they could live in the barracks. Luckily, my sailor was E4 when she got there, so spent minimal time living aboard until she got her blue card. I am actually leaving in just over 2 weeks for my 1st visit to Yokosuka. I will be staying at the Navy Lodge on base while there. It costs only 60.00 a night. The link for that is https://www.nexnet.nexweb.org/pls/nexlodge/lodge_page?p_lodge_number=4 Or you can just google Navy Lodge Yokosuka.
Michelle, like you I hear from Kelcie almost daily, but emails were kind of sporatic lately. She is also working nights, and has to stay up during the day pretty frequently due to different training, and GQ's, so I know it is hard on them. Hang in there, I like you am kinda "spoiled" but I do LOVE it :-)

Comment by DC - G'mother of My Fav Sailor on October 18, 2010 at 7:54pm

Kelley's Aunt, I am getting the sense that when the sailors get to take leave depends a lot upon the administration within their unit. My G'daughter has a lot of leave accrued but has essentially been told that it will be over the holidays or not at all. She still insisted upon being considered for January.

What is your daughter's rate (job)?

Comment by Kelley's Aunt (USS GW) on October 18, 2010 at 3:07pm

Lately, my sister has received phone calls from my niece at least once a week, mainly becasue she has been having a very hard time getting adjusted to working nights and trying to sleep during the day with all of the noise. It wearing her down to the point where she can't concentrate. I'm told she has worked 7 days a week for 10-12 hours a day for some time now. This is her first year in the Navy (just graduatued from boot camp in March and first time out to sea in June 2010). She didn't get a chance to come home before she left for her first assignment and was hoping to come home at Christmas, but was told a while ago that would not be possible because too many others had off at that time.

The miltary lifeliis is all new for our family and we have a lot of questions. I see all of the emails about getting airfares for the sailors to come home. We don't even know when Kelley will get her leave. How far in advance do thy have to put in paperwork for time off ? Is their leave only 10 days...I would think you would need at least 2 or 3 days travel time.

Also, once the ship is at dock for the winter, do the sailors sleep on base or must they stay on the ship? Do they get a different mailing address? Do they keep the same job? She has worked on deck a short time when she firt got on the ship in June, then was moved to the kitchen and being on her feet in one spot doing pots & pans for that many hours is taking a toll on her back and legs. It's a shame, she has a college degree but did not go in as an officer becasue she missed the score on the test by 3 points. We thought it might be better to go in as enlisted and work her way up, but now we have second thougths about that.

Any information for a worried aunt and mom new to the millitary life would be of help.

Thanks in advance !

Comment by Mollie...Kelcies Mom on October 17, 2010 at 12:29am

bobdot, I know that they DO exist, but Kelcie said that the higher ranks can "bump" the lower ranks for the seats, so you can never depend on actually getting the seat you sign on for. She has never risked it, their leave time is to precious to waste, if things don't work out :(

Comment by Mollie...Kelcies Mom on October 16, 2010 at 12:21am

These little tidbits mean the world to us mom's don't they. Mine made it once, during the steel beach party. Luckily her boyfriends mom tipped me off in an email, cause I hadn't been on FB in a couple of days, and I may well have missed it. Likewise, when he made sailor of the day last week, I spotted it and was able to alert her :-) Us moms gotta work together!!!

Comment by Mollie...Kelcies Mom on October 15, 2010 at 1:29am

I agree abc.....very cool, and so wonderful of Claudia to tip anchorsmom off. It's great having more than one set of eyes peeled for opportunities to see OUR sailor.

Comment by abc815 on October 15, 2010 at 1:18am

that's an awesome link. thanks, claudia! i've never seen actual camera footage of the gw. cool!

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