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For family members of sailors who are on the USS GW on their way to be stationed in Japan
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Latest Activity: Jun 27, 2024
Don’t Jeopardize the Safety of Our Sailors: Remember OPSEC (Operational Security)
(Don’t Sink Ships With Loose Lips)
The following are examples of red flags and should not be shared within this community either by posting or sending via a Group message:
• No Sailor addresses, emails, or other contact information. The exception to this rule is FPO addresses.
• Specific dates, times, and locations regarding current or future deployments and ship movements. Do not post dates more specific than by month. Do not post specific ports of call, deployment bases, or future destinations.
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Discussion Forum
Son on USS GW
Started by MzNetNet Ship 12 DIV 371. Last reply by BBS Aug 3, 2016. 41 Replies 3 Likes
Pass ports
Started by Yvonne Jesse's mom(ship2div907). Last reply by ProudNavyMomkp Oct 28, 2015. 6 Replies 0 Likes
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Comment by momof2sailors on June 3, 2010 at 12:25pm
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You can still send care packages and yes they will get them.
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How do you get google alerts? I did get a email from my son on Tuesday.
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Comment by DC - G'mother of My Fav Sailor on June 2, 2010 at 8:47pm
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BZ, Katlanta, on your son's accomplishment. Given the number of sailors on board, that is quite an accomplishment!
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Comment by Mollie...Kelcies Mom on June 2, 2010 at 8:28pm
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katlanta....how cool is THAT????? Congratulations!!! Puff that chest out nice and big :>)
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My son just sent me a email about an hour ago from the ship.
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Soccer, I don't think I would put the passport in with a care package. I would think it less likely that a letter would be misplaced than a package. In addition, you could send the letter certified mail which would give extra protection.
Mollie, thanks for the note about e-mail being turned off. It makes lack of e-mail less worrisome. I suspect it is as hard on the sailors as it is on us.
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Why do they turn off email access? Don't they understand what that does to us moms?
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Hi soccercyn27.. You have it right, just don't need to put his "Division" I think that the box number denotes that info. Just be sure to fill out the customs document carefully. That way there is less chance of them opening the package, and something (like the passport) getting misplaced. I had to ship Kelcie her's a while back, and it is kind of a scary thing.
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Hi All, got an email from Kelcie sent a couple of hours ago. She said that they were going to be turning off email access "for a while". Didn't know how long, but if you are like me, I check it the second I get up in the morning, the second I get home from work, and the last thing before I go to bed. So don't get to feeling blue if you don't hear from your sailor for "a while"....whatever that means.
Yes Tam....they do have a library on board, and I'm sure that they pass their books around to each other. Assume it's not a very big library, so maybe the kids donate their books after they read them to expand the selection.
Thomas's mom.....I'm wondering the same as momof2+. Has he heard anything final yet?? The waiting has got to be AWFULL!!!!
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Thomas Mom,
I have not seen you post in a few days and wondering how things are going.
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