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Permalink Reply by Kim~Derek's Mom USS Stennis on
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Well there is nothing set in stone, learn that things change constantly and that is frustrating to any one attached to a sailor. I am not sure what an ABH does on Whidbey Island, did he mention he will be assigned to an aircraft carrier?? My son is stationed on the USS John C. Stennis in Bremerton, WA. They will deploy for 7-8 months sometime this summer. Usually they get a 10 day leave before they deploy. Depending on the ship they might have two sets of leave back to back in which you apply for.
If he is just getting out of A school, he may not even see his job for over a year. My son has yet to do his job and he has been on the Stennis for 1.5 years. They were in dry dock and that is the reason for the majority of that time, but every sailor CRANKS for I think 4-6 months. Meaning you are too new to do your job so you get sent to areas like the kitchen or cargo to work while you are getting familiar with the ship or wherever you are working. Some of the ABH work on the deck of an aircraft carrier handling the aircraft. When there are no planes on the ship I have no idea what they do. Since my son is an ABE, he again has no planes on ship he gets stuck working in the barracks cleaning. He said he joined the Navy to serve, not clean, but other than recently finishing some qualifications to do his job, he really has never done it. I am hoping when they deploy he will actually get a chance to get into the meat of it and decide do I like this or not? So far he has not been happy in this rate at all. Have a friend on Stennis, her daughter is ABH and she loves it. So you know it depends on where they work, their commanding officers, their attitude and perhaps luck. I tell my son all the time you can either make it great experience or not, it is up to you. The Navy has you for 4 years so make the best of it.
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My son is an ABH Yellow shirt- handling the aircraft, ie. on his ship ( USS Makin Island LHD8) it's launching and landing Marine aircraft. He's been in 3 yrs now but spent the first years in limbo so to speak as the Makin was still going thru it's final sea trials as a new ship. He spent the time in class, learning about his job and getting as many quals ( qualifications) as he could. He got flt deck training on the USS Boxer during part of that time which was invaluable as he got time doing his job and getting more quals under his belt. His ship was commissioned 10/09 and has since got a lot more time doing his job as they've gone underway often, off the CA coast ( Makin is ported in San Diego). This activity has been stepped up as their deployment date may be moved up. I can't more about that here. He's been through the frustration and anger of the down-time. Trust me , his First Classes and Chiefs find stuff for the, to do! Especially on the flt deck. Patching, painting, reparing and lots and lots of maintenance!! Fortunatley because his ship was so new and a lot of training and quals to do he never had to CRANK. Like Kim, I've encouraged him to hang in there. He's accomplished a lot, made E4 PO Third Class and just took the E5 this month. When Pat is working on the deck, handling the aircraft, he's in his zone and loves it. I went on a Tiger Cruise for two days and go to see him do his job. oh wow!! So exciting!
All this is to say that your Sailor and you have to be flexible as things can change on a dime.
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check out my photos. you can see what Yellow shirt LSE (Launch Special Enlisted's) do.
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Permalink Reply by Kinda on
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You ladies have just given me so much hope. You sound so proud & in good spirits! I suppose with a little flexing I too can learn to handle the lifestyle. I was wrong when I said Whidbey Island earlier. He just corrected me in that it's actually Bremerton (I think thats what he said anyway). So, now i'm just preparing to get in as much time as I can while he has his leave & then maybe look into further ways to keep the "fire burning."
Those pictures are great Laurie. Maybe one day I will get to see my guy in action like you did.
Thanx a bunch!
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Permalink Reply by Rod on
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the USS Lincoln is homeported in Everett, WA. Maybe he is going to a squadron, the Navy has largest group of Prowler squadrons there. If he was assigned to one of those then he would deploy when they are assigned to a carrier. I don't think it would be an assignment to the actual air station as those are usually where people come from a carrier for shore duty and
ABH requires 5 years of sea duty before getting a 2 year shore duty.
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