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Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC

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USS Kearsarge (LHD-3)

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Welcome family and loved ones of sailors serving on USS Kearsarge, homeport Norfolk, VA! Please be sure to review and observe the OPSEC guidelines below to keep our sailors safe :) Introduce yourself and join in the chat! Current group Admin: Marcy ~ Corpsman Mom

Location: Norfolk VA - and everywhere!
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Latest Activity: Oct 19, 2022

USS Kearsarge (LHD-3)

"Reveille to Taps" - This is a very cool three-minute timelapse video of Sailors performing their daily operations onboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge.

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Comment by Largefilipino on March 20, 2011 at 12:35pm: Didn't get much sleep last night but now I think i need to get out and collect myself. Just wrote to my daughter how they will be relieved soon.
I can't wait till they are out of RC and on their way home.
Lots of Kearsarge pics of recent events in the navy site btw. And there's a you tube video of the ship posted today.

Comment by DCT MOM on March 20, 2011 at 10:35am: We all just have to hang in there and pray!!! The good lord will bring all our sailors and marines home safe!!! Hugs to all you Navy Moms and Dads out there!!!

Comment by justanothermom on March 19, 2011 at 10:10pm: agreed :)

Comment by Largefilipino on March 19, 2011 at 9:00pm: I talked to Jamie yesterday Sissi. They were out of RC for just a moment. She only had enough time to tell me not to worry. I see no evidence thus far of the Kearsarge firing any weapons so maybe for now they are being an audience.

Comment by justanothermom on March 19, 2011 at 8:54pm: Sissi, we got an email from an official saying they were RC. I think those news programs with diagrams are just speculating, though. What might be true at one point in time might not be true just a little while later. I have been reassuring myself by reading the ship's official website. Under "missions" it describes what all they are carrying.

Comment by justanothermom on March 19, 2011 at 8:17pm: I am glad I am not alone watching/reading the news nonstop. Join me in pacing; let's work some worry off.

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Comment by Largefilipino on March 19, 2011 at 7:38pm: Looks like it's on reading all the news.
I'm a Host Home Provider. I take care of two developmentally disabled adults and every Saturday whenever we can we take the public bus and ride to downtown Denver. On the way there I started crying. I can't stand it.
I know we have 11 of our finest ships out there and 18 more from other countries and no planes or troops are flying over or into Lybia but they are still in harms way. My daughter tells me to chill out but it's hard.
I hope I didn't break any rules. Sorry if I did but I just needed to type this up.