Comments - CO relieved of command USS Theodore Roosevelt – My personal journey through this... - Navy For Moms2024-03-29T09:35:34Zhttps://navyformoms.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=1971797%3ABlogPost%3A10879373&xn_auth=noFTLW - I had intended to resp…tag:navyformoms.ning.com,2020-04-07:1971797:Comment:108811052020-04-07T04:17:11.411ZChipmunkhttps://navyformoms.ning.com/profile/Chipmunk
<p>FTLW - I had intended to respond earlier this afternoon but Mom duties had to get done. I stopped and read your blog to my husband. He said to let you know he truly appreciated your comments! I as well appreciate my husband's perspective on many things in life, including the military. I know there are not as many members probably on the Navy Dad site, but I went to the site today, just to see what the discussions might look like. They were few, only one that I found and it was asking…</p>
<p>FTLW - I had intended to respond earlier this afternoon but Mom duties had to get done. I stopped and read your blog to my husband. He said to let you know he truly appreciated your comments! I as well appreciate my husband's perspective on many things in life, including the military. I know there are not as many members probably on the Navy Dad site, but I went to the site today, just to see what the discussions might look like. They were few, only one that I found and it was asking specifically about what the Navy was doing to care for the sailors. The reply was a link directly to the USNI News, with no other comment. </p>
<p>When we went to our son's PIR and attended Sarge's Meet n Greet, we met a mother whose son was in my son's division. She already had one son in the Navy, serving on a sub and she was sending another one. Throughout our conversation that night and then after PIR on Friday waiting for my sailor, she passed on her words of wisdom to me. She explained to me what the role of the Ombudsmen was, and how important it was for my son to get our information on her list to be able to contacted. She also told me about OPSEC and why it was important to not post information that I wasn't certain if I could or not. She said, a good guide was to see if it had been posted by the DoD, if it had then it was okay to post because it was now public. This was primarily in reference to ship movement.</p>
<p>I am thankful to you and others who have helped me learn and grow as a Mom and a Navy Mom, to think outside of myself, my desire to be in control of my children and their lives, to think big, think broad, and to dig for truth, to look for source documents and to also admit when I am wrong. It is a process, a personal journey. Thanks for sharing your personal journey through this particular part of our lives.</p>