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2013 summer cruises
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Permalink Reply by J/J Mom on
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ChiMom -- he told me today they are trying to work out the survival training. They said they want him to go to Norfolk or to San Diego for it, so they are trying to coordinate him going to San Diego en route to Hawaii. Our Ensign daughter is in San Diego, so i hope he has at least a few free minutes that coordinate with her 12 hour shifts so they can see each other!! I dunno about the swim test, but i think they do those with some regularity on campus in the rec pool, and perhaps sometimes in Lake Michigan. Wonder if that qualifies.
I sure hope your son hears soon. It is a bit frustrating to try to plan summer vaca plans, work, etc to include them when we don't know their dates haha
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Permalink Reply by Strider223 on
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My son is headed to San Diego on May 23! I'm excited for him, but I am sad to not see him before he goes! We are in NH and he is staying in Los Angeles (with another Midshipman who lives there) for the week between end of exams and start of CORTRAMID.
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Strider223 -- that sure would be hard. We just picked up our MIDN from school yesterday. It's good to have him home at least for a couple weeks before he heads out for cruise.
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Hi Navy Moms -- I am starting to get the hang of the life of a Navy ROTC student. My son is in San Diego on his CORTRAMID. Loving hearing his story. How is it going for the rest of you? For some of the veteran's out there, how does this fit into the next three years?
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my son returned from San Diego CORTRAMID late Saturday. It was so good to see him. He was full of stories and pictures on his phone....I am new to this too! I am so impressed with his experiences and opportunities. He is very focused and the rest of his summer is planned out with work and an on-line class before he returns to help with freshman orientation for this year's new midshipmen at USC!
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Permalink Reply by joelle on
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DS also returned from San Diego on Saturday. We had a few phone calls and one email with photos while he was there so were able to keep a bit up-to-date. He had a great time and has his preferences already laid out in his mind! CORTRAMID confirmed that he really wants to be a submariner.
My understanding from lots of research and reading is next summer they will spend 3-4 weeks on a ship shadowing an enlisted person. They will do a little bit of everything.
The summer after that, they will shadow an officer, hopefully with the community in which they would like to serve.
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my son also has decided he wants submarine.. It surprised him, as he thought he wouldn't like it, but he really did! I certainly hope that sequester does not limit their summer tours in the coming years. It seems very important to train our officers. These are the things the public doesn't see with sequester...if they aren't visiby affected they are OK with it.
(one question...I see many people on this site refering to their son/daugher as DS....what is that/does that stand for?...I feel silly asking, but haven't figured it out!) -
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Well, two weeks after his first orders & they've changed 3 more times lol.
At least they didn't waste the $ and send new orders each time, like last year.
He leaves tomorrow for San Diego for a cruise with a helicopter unit (?) on Coronado Island. A fellow MIDN from MU was on this same cruise last year & said it was great. He may have a good amount of free time to see his Ensign sister too!!
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Finally! My son found out his 1C cruise will be in Norfolk on the USS Harry S Truman, so he did get an aviation cruise after all and it will be after his summer school class is over. I was beginning to wonder if they forgot about him, but I guess they were honoring his request for a later phase so he could fit in a class.
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Thank you to all the veteran Navy moms out there. This is a great way to get to know the Navy. My son just returned from San Diego too. He had a great time in all areas. I grow prouder and prouder of his decision every day. For him, it is all falling into place -- he already has grown up so much. How do they choose the area they shadow for next summer?
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