Submarine Girlfriends, Fiancées, & Wives

yea there isnt really places like that here haha.. 

silver or black with diamonds on them sparkle sparkle haha..  everyone keeps telling me to order onlne and have them shipped here but then i have to pay for shipping which in the end will be paying the same amount if i just bought them from the store here.. we have kmart, ross, payless, some kind of local shops, nine west, gucci, couch, yea you get the jiff bunch of high dollar stores.. gotta love the tourist area

thanks kelsi we are fine my son is up in his room playing video games but we were told to stay inside our homes and close the typhoon shutters.. it's a little nerve racking hearing the sirens and having the husband gone but we are fine..

it is supposed to be here by 11 pm our time.. i'll keep you all updated and thanks for the prayers..

no but i have been meaning to watch it..i wonder if i can catch an episode online?lol

YAY I GOT MY SHOES FOR SUB BALL!!!!

So as for on base housing in Groton...what did you guys have to purchase (washer/dryer, microwave, etc.)?  We want to save some money and not use all of the BAH but also don't want to be stuck with a horrible place either ;)  Does the BAH really cover everything for on base housing (rent, utilities, renter's insurance)?

omg trident park housing is gross i hated groton housing 

bangor housing is NICE well the hosuing area i was in was nice thee is 3 areas. 1 housing is off of base and i do not recommend getting in that housing cause while i was there a few peoples cars got broken into and from what i have heard it was a bad neighborhood cause there are no gates.. i lived on base cannot remember which it was but the road was grayback and the housing down in that area is NICE NICE and the neighborhoods are clean.. the other housing is what the housing office called the other ghetto besides the off base housing ( i did not call it that the office managers called it that) i had a friend who lived in that area and they liked it just fine but they loved my place cause it was nicer and bigger. 

housing includes dishwasher and refrigerator everything else you have to buy.. bah includes rent and utilities (lights, water, trash, and maintenance) renters insurance you have to purchase, from what i know housing has there own renters insurance but it only covers so much and when we took estimates it didn't even cover half of our stuff and when we moved it didn't cover our stuff so we got a separate renters insurance to keep our stuff covered. 

Hi everyone, my husband is in BC now  but he is contracted to be on a sub.   Its nice to find this group =)

Awww that wonderful Congrats Congrats!!!!!!! :)

welcome aveoamare

and congrats Krystal on the house

your welcome aveoamare 

yea you have to be careful with the recruiters some will stretch the truth just to fill their quota lol

Sadly some do that...others I think just are not very informed, they can't know everything about every rate so they just say what they think they remember. We were fortunate and had a really awesome recruiter. He was always a straight shooter with us, made sure I as the spouse understood and was ok with everything, and if he didn't know something he looked it up or asked someone for us. If there was no way to be really sure of something, he was honest about that and just said that's the way of the Navy, we have to decide if we are ok with that. When we wanted to know more about what to expect with subs when he was offered the rate at MEPS, he found someone there who was a submariner who could answer our questions. That Sailor, also another recruiter but not one directly involved with my husband, took the time to answer every question to the best of his knowledge. He didn't gloss over the challenges but just honestly described what it has been like for him and his family. I am deeply thankful to those recruiters for their diligence and honestly while we made those important decisions.

BUT BUT BUT- you always want to cross reference and double check as much as possible because there ARE a lot of recruiters out there who don't have as much integrity as ours did. I always looked things up and asked questions of other wives as much as possible to try to get an accurate, big picture. If several sources agree, then it's usually true, it seems. And then...just be ready for a wild ride!!

Hi Zahi welcome to the group.. 

congrats to your fiancée on his BC graduation and good luck to him in school.. ummn from what i have been told sub life is different cause surface the communication is sooooooo good.. it is like texting but through emails when your hubs is on surface haha.. but subs communication not so reliable that is all i know that is different cause my hubs has only been on subs.. what does your fiancée want to do on subs? and  any questions feel free to ask :) 

have ya'll thought about where you want to go after school?  

ya'll have plenty of time to decide where ya'll will be after school lol.. if you have any questions feel free to ask.. but i best get my booty to bed since it is 10:08 P.M. here lol

morning to you and good night

ummmn you can still come to guam even with a young child but your husband has to be a certain rank to be able to get accompanied orders to some place overseas.. true they much rather send single sailors cause the navy thinks it is to stressful on newlywed couples.. even though we have been married for 6 yrs the navy still considers us newlyweds haha..

this whole overseas orders i am still confused on cause a lot of stuff we were told we have seen opposite..

lol me young yes but my hubs no :D

oh you'll get an adventure all right i had never been out of my home town till my husband joined the navy and wow i have seen/experienced so much in such a short period of time.. it all happens sooo fast, wow he'll be an e3 out of boot thats great i think my husband was e2 out of boot not for sure but i think that sounds about right.. my husband is undecided where he would like to go after this sea tour but i would like to go someplace else overseas like Italy or something since he will be on shore duty. plus, i would love for my son to experience new places so far he has seen tx, CT, GA, FL all of the states in between GA and TX and all the states between TX and WA now he has seen japan and Guam such a busy little 6 yr old haha.. oh yea i forgot about great lakes, maryland, and new york haha.

so what do you think of the navy so far?

Oh cool mine is 30 ... I thought mine was the only crazy enough to join older..LOL

lol there were tons of guys in school who looked way older than what they were.. my husband will be 30 in april.

My Husband does look older then he actually is. I'm the older one out of both of us but no one guesses it when we first meet. I'm 23 and we are 1yr 11mn apart. I got carded at the gym in the hotel we stayed at for our honeymoon because you had to be at least 16 to use the equipment 0_o

He gets so frustrated too at the people who won't grow up and act like adults. It's simply amazing what people do.

lol i'm 26 too