This is my uncle's account of his time on board USS Nevada (SSBN-733) during a week long tiger cruise from San Diego, CA to Bangor, WA. This also happened to be my last time ever underway on a submarine. It's pretty lengthy, but worth the read.
Today is my son's last day in the USN. He performed his five year contract for submarines and decided that was enough for him. I tried to convince him to stay in, as did his cousin and an uncle (both career Army). He spent his time assigned to the
Read more…My son reported for duty at San Diego back in May. He's a FT and is attached to the USS Pasadena. Any other Pasadena parents out there?
Read more…This proud Navy dad just got an email from my son who is nearing the completion of his first deployment (STS aboard USS Annapolis) saying he just passed his board in his quest for his Dolphins! My question is about his next statement - that he neede
Read more…My Son is currently in Sub School in Groton, Conn. Upon completion do they have a graduation ceremony and can the family attend?
Any info on this would be very helpful as we will have to travel from Ohio.
Read more…My son graduated last week from MT school at KB, we flew in for the graduation! So happy we were there! He spoke to the audience about the US Navy submarine program and history. I was in the moment, very proud, very thankful to have a young new US su
Read more…I was in the US Navy from 1990-96. I spent four years aboard the USS Minneapolis Saint Paul (SSN 708). I did a Northern Run (3 month deployment) and did ops in the Caribbean a number of times. Our son is currently at Great Lakes for Boot Camp. If any
Read more…After finally getting through the nuke school our son is headed for his boat, the Columbia in Hawaii. During his time in the various schools we could always count on hearing from him and rested in knowing where he was.
So here are a few new Sub-Da
Read more…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 loc
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My son is currently at Boot Camp, and has been steered toward submarines. I just received his first "real" letter today, and it mentions that since he may be going into submarines, they're going to give him a "special physical." Does anyon
Read more…Our son was accepted and attended West Point for a short while. Didn't care for some of the "traditions" there, I guess. So, he came home and joined the Navy w/ his buddy. They both got the highest scores ever in this area of Colorado on the ASFAB
Read more…My son is stationed in Hawaii on a submarine. It's been out at sea for a couple months making a couple port stops. This week I received 11 pieces of mail back since they were sent from 8/22/10 till Nov. I thought the mail was held for these guys,
Read more…My son is currently on his first deployment on a submarine. My ex-wife (mom) is concerned with the hurricanes. I told her that she should not worry about that because submarines are under water and have the ablity to get well below any issues a hurr
Read more…My son just got to Groton earlier this week. He said he starts BESS on Monday 9 Aug. My question is, How long is BESS?
OK 2 questions:
Is there a graduation ceremony at the end of the course?
Thanks in advance,
John
My son Justin is aboard the USS Charlotte based in Pearl Harbor. After arriving in Feb. 2009 he didn't board until June. After a couple of months at sea they returned to port. They just left this week. He of course was not able to say where he is g
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