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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 Emily-aaronsgirl11 on
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Hi michelewish!
Sorry I missed your comment, I've been trying to follow this discussion for Louisiana moms/loved ones!
I'm a sister of n MT on the Louisiana. :) He's on the Gold crew! This is his third underway.
You can find out if there's a maildrop by getting in contact with the Ombudsman. I can probably get her contact info from my mom for you. :) There's also a Yahoo! group that they post information to.
I'm going to add you as a friend, but you should also check out the group "USS Louisiana Loved Ones" here on N4M. :)
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Permalink Reply by Carol, Aaron's mom on
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Hi Michelewish, I just added you as a friend. My son Aaron is an EM3 Nuke on the USS Louisiana Gold crew. This is his second deployment and I haven't heard from him yet. I thought that they would have a Christmas drop but I guess they were not in a place where that was available? Nice to meet you and look forward to comparing what is going on.
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My son is a nuke graduating from Prototype in early Jan. He just called yesterday to say he's been assigned to the USS Springfield. Anyone know if there is a mom group for that boat?
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Thanks!
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My son is a fire control tech on the USS San Francisco on his first time deployment. Any one has any one on the same sub?
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Join us on the group USS San Francisco Mom's ... we'd LOVE to have you. Many of us are in the same boat (first deployment) :)
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My son is a Sonar Tech aboard the U.S.S. Connecticut in Bangor, Wa. Any other families out there with sons on that "boat"? He was transferred there in October of 2010. It sure is different with the sub life. My daughter is also in the Navy at JAX (land based) and we have all kinds of contact with her, but very little with our son. Is this normal?
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Permalink Reply by Kaye S. on
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Is you son fresh out of sub school? If he's not earned his "dolphins" yet (the submariner's pin), then he's too busy for much communication. The unqualified sailors are hassled by the crew to always be studying or testing, in order to fill in their "qual cards," thus able to stand their share of watch shifts. Until then, they're not pulling their weight.
Is your son underway right now? Submariners only send emails and only when the boat is at communication depth (fairly shallow) and only when the command feels it has enough time for "extraneous" communications. Keep sending him YOUR emails though, because he needs as much contact with the outside world as possible.
Also, if you can find a son who stays in touch the way a daughter will, please let the rest of us moms know because we'd like him to offer classes to our boys! Welcome to sub life... k.
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Thanks Kaye S. for the information on communication. My son is still working on his "dolphins" and says he is extremely busy, but he loves what he is doing. I guess as long as I know that he is happy, I can put up with very little communication at times. He hasn't sent us a mailing address yet either. Do they have to wait until they get their " dolphins" to do that?
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I'll assume he's living on base since he's just out of school; that means he DOES have an address, but headed to the boat so quickly, that he didn't have time to get it to you. Ask him in an email to send it to you. He might not remember it, so be prepared for that too.
Get connected with the boat's Ombudsman (a link or number should be available on the boat's website; or contact the ship's office). If there's to be a mail drop, letters (and sometimes packages) will probably need to be mailed to her. Always tell your sailor before mailing a package to his regular mailbox -- or he may never make the trip to the mail center to get it. No lie: once my son never got off the boat before 5:00pm for 4 months and the THREE packages that were there were returned to me!
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Thanks for the info Kaye, because my son is one who just doesn't always think to do things. He is out to sea right now on the SSN 22 U.S.S. Connecticut, so we probably won't hear from him for awhile. I guess I can understand why sub duty is voluntary. It really is different for these guys, and they give up a lot. May God bless all of our sons.
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