Communications from Subs

Posted by Drew's Dad on October 23, 2011 at 5:59pm

A little input would be appreciated.  My son is on a sub, we had thought he would be out for 3 weeks.  He's only been on a few months and this is his longest cruise so far.  I have e-mailed him pretty much daily-I convert the sports page from the local paper to text and e-mail it to him.  He has e-mailed back to say all is ok.  3 weeks has come and gone.  My question is, "What if anything can he e-mail about when he will return?"  I'm assuming not much, but his mom and I would like to get some idea.  Thanks.

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  • Zazzws December 9, 2011 at 10:14am

    Navy develops two-way radio communication for submerged submarines

    http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0308/030508bb1.htm

  • Drew's Dad October 24, 2011 at 5:51am

    Thank you all for your input, I really appreciate it.

  • Mike K October 23, 2011 at 11:29pm

    Sailors do get incoming emails and can send outgoing emails.  This is limited and all incoming and outgoing emails are screened.  If you send something that should not be going they will bump your email back and let you know why this was done and it is the same for the sailor.  One thing for those with new sailors assigned to subs, they are extremely busy with quals and will have very limited time to communicate.  They do really appreciate whatever you can send to them but do not expect regular replies as that probably will not happen.  As for operational specifics, they are under very tight restrictions as well they should be about what they are allowed to say, especially by email.  When subs are out on deployment there are ombudsmen newsletters that go out to family to keep everyone informed.

  • Bubblehead October 23, 2011 at 9:25pm

    I was a nuke on a fast attack 34 years ago.  We had no outgoing messages at all.  I'm surprised to hear that there is anything outgoing now.  (Remember, it's the silent service.)  We did get incoming family grams, and they inspected all messages for anything that looked coded.

    My advice is to not play games with coded messages.  There's a reason for secrecy.  My own existence was threatened by security leaks back then.  (Look up John Anthony Walker in wikipedia.)

    Your son has a secret clearance.  Treat it seriously.

    My son is now in nuke school.  I'll give him the same advice.

    Regards,

    Bubblehead

    EM1(SS) USS Permit SSN 594, 73-77

     

  • TxFritz October 23, 2011 at 8:57pm

    I responded to this in the main group

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