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Hello Everyone
iam new here my son is now on the Kearsarge, He only been in Norfolk since September. Graduated from Great Lakes Dec 5th 2009, Then he went to Pensacola then to Norfolk. I hope to see him next month when he come off the ship, Then he goes back out in Sept for a long while. Iam not sure of all the slang for things so sometimes i get confused. Well any looking forward to getting to know everyone. Iam another Tammy too. Hope everyone is having a great day i ahve to go get ready to go to work i am working evenings tonight.
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DCTMOM
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Permalink Reply by Sissi on
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Hi, Tammy. Welcome to our group! It's funny, when I first joined this group last August (when my son got to Norfolk), there were only three of us, I think. Looking forward to getting to know you too. I think the closer it gets to Sept. our little group may grow. I am really dreading it. Even this underway is difficult. I'm using to speaking to Alex at least once a week. Well, at least we have e-mail, not like in boot camp where we only had letters.
What is your son's rate? Mine's an LS (logistics specialist). Don't worry about the slang. A lot of us don't know it either. I know a lot of times when I'm talking to Alex I have to tell him to stop speaking in acronyms. He's so used to it that he forgets non-Navy people don't understand. -
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Hello, i know what you mean iam really dreading Sept. Dustin called this morning while i was in the shower and i missed his call. He is Avation Engineer i think i spelled it right . He works on planes and helecopters. i cant spell for nothing tonight. i will never get used to the way they talk. i dont know to much about it but i told Dustin i wanted to be in Norfolk when he get home off the ship. It going to be tough. Where do you live? We live in Missouri. it is about a 12 hr drive. .
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Yeah, a lot of us are planning to be there when the ship comes in. I live in Wrightsville, Pa. I'm about 6 hours away from Norfolk, so Alex gets to come home pretty often, when he can get a ride.
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Permalink Reply by Michele B on
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Hi DCT Mom, my son must know your son. He also went to school in Pensacola and then to Virginia and now away. What does your son do. Mine is an air craft controller - he brings in those huge helicopters. Well, be encouraged that we are all in this together and we will get through this together. I hope to be there when they return next year.
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Michele. sorry i didnt answer before now i havent look at this part for a while. my son is with the HSC-22 squadron He works on the helos. i too hope to be there when they return. i just wish we had a date.
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Permalink Reply by CaliforniaDi on
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Hi . My name is Diana. I am new to Navy Moms. My son also Graduated from Great Lakes in March 2010, Went to Pensacola to go to school and off to Norfolk, in Sept to join the USS Kearsarge. He was in Norfolk about 3wks before they deployed. I wonder if our sons know each other. Diana
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Hi My son joined the USS Kearsarge about 3 wks before it left Norfolk. He is in IT. I don't really know to much more about what he does. We haven't had very much correspondence from him. What is an LS3?
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Permalink Reply by Rodrigusuz(USS Kearsarge) on
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Hello everyone!
My son is on the USS Kearsarge since October. He graduated from bootcamp back in July and stayed in Chicago for A school. He came home at the end of September and left to Virginia mid-October, but only to fly to Bahrain. He has been on the Kearsarge ever since. Still out there and hoping to see him really soon.
Has anybody heard when they get back to the States?
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The only thing the Ombudsman could say is first or second week of May. Couldn't give any more information. My husband and I would also like to be in Norfolk when the Kearsarge comes in. We live in California so it will take some pre planning. If we could all keep in touch and let each other know when there is any news that would be great. Keep in touch. Diana
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Hey, do you know exactly what division of supply your son is in? My son's in S-8 (general), and Cheryl's son is an ensign in a supply division, and I think he might have been in Bahrain before going to the ship. So I wonder if your son knows any of our sons.
Alex is pretty regular with email, but he's been really busy lately so I don't always hear from him every day. Last week he went four days without writing and I was bouncing off the walls.
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Permalink Reply by dms on
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yes i am signed up to go on the tiger cruise in mid may sounds like they will be relieved and headed back to the usa
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my daughter is an M1A1 she flew out later also they must have flown out to the ship the same time she also went to bahrain for about 24 hrs then too the ship they have used their ship for the Odyassy Dawn mission now in progress the ship USS Bataan is leaving port this week to relieve the USS Kearsarge so they should be on schedule to arrive in may. are you going on the tiger cruise? my husband and I are
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