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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
**UPDATE as of 11/10/2022 PIR vaccination is no longer required.
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In light of observed changes and impact of the Coronavirus Delta Variant and out of an abundance of caution for our recruits, Sailors, staff, and guests, Recruit Training Command is restricting Pass-in-Review (recruit graduation) to ONLY fully immunized guests (14-days post final COVID vaccination dose).
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Roll Call: Name your sailor's sub!
Submarine moms are special:
--- All of us have boys, "SAILORS!"
--- Who serve on "boats,"
--- With whereabouts unknown, and
--- We only get sporadic, short emails while they're out!
Tell us where your sailor serves...
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Permalink Reply by Caroline on
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My son is a NUKE and a MM3 and has just boarded from prototype and been assigned to the USS Toledo in Groton - exactly as he was hoping. I, on the other hand, am a little nervous about him being aboard a fast attack .If anyone can give me any first hand info ( I've seen the videos ) on life aboard a fast attack or the Toledo, I'd appreciate it...He goes to welding school first, so he won't board the Toledo until January.
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why are you nervous about it.??? they don't stay out as long as the boomers... so that's good.. my son was on fast attacks for 19 yrs.. no problem...
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well please take into account that I'm an artist and have very little experience with the Navy - I suppose it's all in the name....fast ATTACK. Sounds dangerous to me. Now boomer could be anything - I don't even know what that is ( don't worry - I'll go read up )
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Permalink Reply by Sandy C ( Ryan's mom ) on
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Hi Caroline,
My son is on a fast attack, and he just came back from his first deployment of 3 months. I was nervous at first but after communicating with him via email I relaxed a little. They don't go out as long as boomers do. They are safe.
Emails going out may vary depending on when the parascope is raised. That is the only time they can recieve and send emails. My son did bring his laptop on this past trip he used it to watch his dvds and check his face book page. He will be fine, you will be fine too. I am here for you if you need to talk any time.
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aw-w-w-w Thanks Sandy. I've adjusted pretty quickly to each phase of his training. The initial shock of bootcamp of course being the worst. Now that he's actually assigned, I guess, I'll get used to Sub life and a year from now I'll be talking the talk like everyone else - But it really does help to have somewhere to go an ask questions.
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Caroline,
My son is on a fast attack sub and is homeported in Pearl Harbor. They just got back from a short cruise (a little over 2 weeks) sailing around the Hawaiian Islands (I call those cruises to nowhere, because they really don't go to a port of call.) When he arrived in Pearl last August, he was there for 6-8 weeks and then they went to their first extended cruise. They went to California, Alaska, British Columbia and Washington state. He was able to get off the boat at each port of call and even rented hotel rooms in a couple of the ports with some friends so that they could site see. He leaves in October for a 6 month cruise and will be receiving his dolphins this week. Once your son reaches his sub, he will have a room in barracks at his homeport, and will share a rack with someone on the ship. He will have to qualify in several different areas that are related to his rate (job). My son's rate is ET/NAV and he had to qualify in all areas electrically related. As some of the other moms have stated, the fast attacks aren't out to sea as long as the boomers. So relax, enjoy his stories and accounts of life in the Navy and tell your son that another Navy mom is proud of the choices he has made for his life and the job he is doing. -
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Thanks Barb, I am proud as hell. He's a great kid, joined up for all of the right reasons and is far more mature than I was at his age.
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Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on
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Caroline,
He is going out in Jan. This is Aug. Relax. Enjoy what left of the summer. My son is out on a sub right this minute, as we web connect over the internet. My guy said everything is very routine. Everybody does his job. They have all been training for this. it's probably a lot easier than childbirth.
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hahaha, Ok,Ok, I can see from all of your responses that I have nothing to worry about. I get it, and I'm grateful to have Mom's who would tell me the truth. So I guess now I can sit back and relax and get the youngest off to college....he seems to be looking forward to the party life....maybe I'm worrying about the wrong one!!!
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Caroline,
Your youngest off to college, now that's a reason to go into a year long depression. No mandatory attendance for classes. Drinking on and off campus. Drugs from A to Z. Lastly, have you seen what the girls were to school these days. You may be a grandma before his freshmen year is over. You better take an apartment right next to his dormitory - so he can come home for lunch everyday like a good boy. Have you thought about getting him on a sub as well. Hahaha. -
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