any other wives who live in bremerton and hubby assigned to Stennis?

[corischauer26]

My husband just graduated his A school in Virginia on July 20th and he was home until august 3rd and went to washington and he is on the stennis and they are deploying soon, but im wondering if i could find other wives to talk to while they are out on deployment to keep in touch with so we all know whats going on (: and id love to meet people before moving up there in april...im from texas so its going to be very new to me!!haha

[corischauer26]

Oh how has the year been? and how did the last deployment go for you? this is our first deployment to go through im kinda scared dont really know what to expect:( can you send me the link for that fb page?

[corischauer26]

oh yeah i heard about that as soon as he got there, and yes im also looking forward to them hitting drydock. we are a new married couple with no kids. so im just gonna work and keep my mind busy alot hopefully it helps. i want it to go fast:( i dont even know what to expect on deployment:( but do you have any info on the tiger cruise at all?

[corischauer26]

what do you  mean by its diffrent. im all the way here in texas and he just got on the ship a week ago tomorrow so he doesnt know much either sorry i ask so many questions haha i just hate being in the dark:(

[Desiree]

my husband is also attatched to Stennis, he's still in A school but will meet up with the stennis for this deployment, I too will like to meet wives and others in the area. I decided to stay home while he's on deployment instead of moving all alone to a new state so i'll be making my move once they return. NavyWife was a lot of help with my post on Bremerton shes a good source but feel free to mesg me :)

[corischauer26]

Oh yes im doing exactly the same im staying home until they come back....but im making a visit up there before his deployment to spend  a few days then fly back home. and stay so this is also going to be your first deployment too!!

[Emily-aaronsgirl11]

I'm a Stennis wife, also! :)

I just moved to the Bremerton area a few weeks ago. 

If anyone has any questions, feel free to PM me! :)

[corischauer26]

do you like the area?

[Emily-aaronsgirl11]

I do!

The main reason my husband put it number one on his dream sheet was because my brother is stationed up here and I fell in love with the area when I visited. :)

If you like nature and camping and hiking and such, you'll absolutely love it here! There's so many beautiful things to see up here! Seattle is only about an hour ferry ride away. Which is super fun to do! And the area is rather large (compared to the rural Ohio area I came from), but not too large. There's a mall here in Silverdale and Target and some Walmarts close by. I do miss some of the midwestern/southern food chains like Bob Evans and Chick-fil-a though. 

It's a pretty safe area. There are some parts of Bremerton that I would never want to be by myself in, but in general its a safe area. I'm even saying this after our apartment was broken into one afternoon. He took almost every electronic we owned, and really stole my sense of security, but that was the first apartment break in the Sheriff had ever heard of in his 15 years of working there. 

[Desiree]

wow, sorry to hear that Emily. my husband and I also wanted WA we really wanted Whidbey Island but definelty satisfied with Bremerton. what area do you guys live? although we have a while to move (not moving till after the deployment) we are looking into some areas to live in, it seems that silverdale is a really good area. I want to live on base for security reasons but he's set on living off base. I plan on visiting to get a feel of the place before we move. I hope I love it out there cause we're suppose to be there his whole five years (I think lol)

[Emily-aaronsgirl11]

We live in Silverdale. It really is a pretty safe area. We just got screwed. I'm finally able to sleep better at night though and I don't freak out as much being here by myself now. 

I wanted to live on base for security reasons, also. But if it's just the two of you, you can definitely save a good chunk of money living off base. I knew that it didn't make sense for us to live on base even though I reallllly wanted to. Also, break ins happen everywhere. Lately, they've had some problems with break ins on base also. Don't want to scare you, just want you to know that it can happen anywhere you just have to be really careful about locking your doors and windows.

My husband and I both agree though that base housing is pretty nice and if we had two or three kids, we'd get much more for our money in base housing for a four bedroom than we would off base. But it's just the two of us, so right now we're living in an apartment with two other guys and paying 400 a month and pocketing almost 800. :)           

[Desiree]

I agree, we did the math and realized we can save a lot just by living off base. your exactly right about break ins it can happen any where I looked up the location and the crime rate was significantly low compared to Los Angeles I just want to be safe in my own home especially since he'll be gone for long periods at a time. what apts do you guys live in? that's a great price lol.

[corischauer26]

awh it sounds like a beautiful place from what all i hear about it there i will be headed up there the 21st of this month to spend some days there with him before they deploy, im so excited to see what its like because im waiting to come up there until they come home from deployment!