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Comment by Largefilipino on May 27, 2012 at 11:39am

Marcy I need to steal that "Stimulate life in the Navy" thing.
Thanks!

Comment by Largefilipino on May 27, 2012 at 11:36am

My daughter is on that list of Third,second and first class petty officers posted on FB and now I'm on it every hour waiting for pictures!
It's an addiction.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on April 28, 2012 at 1:12pm

Thanks for that heads-up Carol :)  BTW here's the link to USS Kearsarge's FB page USS Kearsarge

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on April 10, 2012 at 10:43pm

No problem!!! I know how you feel, sometimes we all just want to scream over this stuff.  Hopefully that particular rumor fades away real soon.  Funny because I recently heard something completely opposite :)

Comment by Largefilipino on April 10, 2012 at 8:46pm

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Comment by Largefilipino on April 10, 2012 at 8:38pm

Sorry guys. I tried to be careful here. I was just so irritated how Americans can be so...I don't even know how to call it.
I really just wanted to vent and to bring out this negativity.
Sorry again if I broke any rules.

Comment by Kearsarge Ombudsmen on April 10, 2012 at 7:48pm

Wanted to let the Kearsarge Mom's know we have two new Ombudsman

Lucia and Crystal.

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on April 10, 2012 at 7:47pm

It's always a good time to review OPSEC (Operational Security) Rules. 

Ship homecomings have been postponed, ship Facebook pages taken down - these are just examples of inconveniences; the security issues for our sailors are vastly greater.  

An example of how indiscretions have immediate impact:  USS Bataan (LHD-5) had its Facebook page taken down and 700 families lost that means of contact with their sailors and Marines last summer  due to posts that violated OPSEC:  USS Bataan's Facebook page shut down

✓ Donʼt discuss future destinations or ports of call.

✓ Donʼt discuss future operations, exercises or missions.

✓ Donʼt discuss dates and times of when we will be in port or conducting exercises.

✓ Donʼt discuss security procedures, movements, or arms.

✓ Donʼt discuss readiness issues and numbers.

✓ Donʼt discuss specific training equipment.

✓ Donʼt speculate about future operations.

✓ Donʼt spread rumors about past, current or future operations or movements.

✓ Donʼt discuss deployment or homecoming dates (including Tiger or Family Day Cruises)

✓ DO assume the enemy is always trying to collect information.

✓ Keep in mind there is no guarantee of security for information transmittal, or that a chat room or forum described as “military” has its membership restricted to militarypersonnel and their families.

✓ Be smart, use your head, and always think OPSEC when using email, phone, chatrooms and message boards.

Comment by polli k on April 8, 2012 at 5:40pm

Oh Marcy that was a riot! But oh so true after talking tomy daughter and sn-in-law.. Navy & Marine!

Comment by Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom on April 3, 2012 at 3:57pm

A mom (Mary) in the Corpsman Moms and Dads group just shared this - funny!

"HOW TO SIMULATE LIFE IN THE NAVY"

1. Buy a dumpster, paint it gray and live in it for six months straight.

2. Run all of the piping and wires inside your house on the outside of the walls.

3. Pump 10 inches of nasty, crappy water into your basement, then pump it out, clean up, and paint the basement "deck gray."

4. Every couple of weeks, dress up in your best clothes and go the scummiest part of town, find the most run down, trashy bar you can, pay $10 per beer until you're hammered, then walk home in the freezing cold.

5. Perform a weekly disassembly and inspection of your lawnmower.

6. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays turn your water temperature up to 200 degrees, then on Tuesday and Thursday turn it down to 10 degrees. On Saturdays, and Sundays declare to your entire family that they used too much water during the week, so all showering is secured.

7. Raise your bed to within six inches of the ceiling.

8. Have your next door neighbor come over each day at 5 am, blow a whistle so loud that Helen Keller could hear it and shout "Reveille, Reveille, all hands heave out and trice up."

9. Have your mother-in-law write down everything she's going to do the following day, then have her make you stand in the backyard at 6 am and read it to you.

10. Cook all of your food blindfolded, groping for any spice and seasoning you can get your hands on.

11. Eat the raunchiest Mexican food you can find for three days straight, then lock yourself out of the bathroom for 12 hours, and hang a sign on the door that reads "Secured-contact OA division at X-3053."

12. Submit a request form to your father-in-law, asking if it's OK for you to leave your house before 3 pm.

13. Invite 200 of your not-so-closest friends to come over, then board up all the windows and doors to your house for six months. After the six months is up, take down the boards, wave at your friends and family through the front window of your home...you can't leave until the next day, you have duty.

14. Shower with above-mentioned friends.

15. Make your family qualify to operate all the appliances in your home (i.e., dishwasher operator, blender technician, etc).

16. Walk around your car for four hours checking the tire pressure every 15 minutes.

17. Sit in your car and let it run for four hours before going anywhere. This is to ensure your engine is properly "lighted off."

18. Empty all the garbage bins in your house, and sweep your driveway three times a day, whether they need it or not. (Now sweepers, start your brooms, clean sweep down fore and aft, empty all trashcans over the fantail).

19. Repaint your entire house once a month.

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