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Comment by Lauriekay1 22 hours ago

Singingbird, Paris is my favorite city! I'm jealous too!! We go every fall, but have never stayed for a whole month! Have a fabulous time!

Comment by singingbird 23 hours ago

Just want to thank the folks that may be serving as ombudsmen for the various ships. Our sailor got us connected and we have been receiving emails. I wanted to make sure that we can connect with him should something happen to us during our trip overseas...he's our only and he's very jealous right now because we are headed to Paris to teach for a month. I told him I was jealous because he gets a sailing trip. But the ability to connect if necessary is really appreciated. So if you're one of these...thanks!!

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom Ship03Div233 yesterday

My second son who will be in South Carolina in a month for A school would love that car. I have twins one who will be here in a month and his twin in BC now.  The one in BC has always loved cars.  When He arrived at GL he said he got to talking cars with the guy drawing his blood and the guy only halfway filled the vials so he had to do it again.  My son wrote that he took about a cup and a half. LOL  Hope all works out well and he can get it fixed.

Comment by Proudkmom yesterday

Colleen,

So sorry to hear about your son getting in an accident. I hope it all turns out OK.

Comment by Colleen in PA yesterday

My son was rear ended on 64 on his way to his apartment :(  He is okay and so is the lady that hit him.  His car didn't get too much damage but you never know.  Body work is so expensive. It is a 99 Firebird so hopefully the book value is more than the cost to repair it and it won't be "totalled"!  He loves that car, it was my husband's and we gave it to Nathan after he graduated Power School. He said it helps him feel connected to us.

Comment by navyprincessDVM on Friday

Smaller ships such as frigates, destroyers, and carriers do not typically have a chaplain assigned to them permanently so while they are in port or on a short trip, there is not one on board.  However they do *try* to bring one along for deployments or sometimes very long underways. My husband did his first tour on a cruiser and now is assigned to a destroyer squadron staff.. He did two deployments with the cruiser and both times they had a chaplain.  His squadron has a combination of 10 destroyers and frigates and he has spent time on many of them while at sea. So far, they have always been able to secure a chaplain for each of those destroyers and frigates for deployments but of course it depends on the availability of chaplains.  All of the ships he has gone to sea with have always had groups of various faiths on the ships so the sailors can support one another and lead different services regardless of whether a chaplain is available or not. Hope that helps :)

Comment by Dad of Sailor, USS Bush CVN-77 on Friday

The large ships (carriers) have chaplains, I've never been on a small ship but I wouldn't think smaller ships would have an actual Chaplain. More than likely they have a crew-member that volunteers to run services for their faith. Hopefully others here can verify that.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom Ship03Div233 on Friday

Wow thank you for all the information, that is very helpful to understand what my son's future assignment will be like. I will pass the "church" info on. Does that mean that most ships do not have a chaplain? Hope he can connect with other Christian sailors groups. I am sure he will search out a church he feels connected with.

Comment by Dad of Sailor, USS Bush CVN-77 on Friday

singingbird,

Lol, yeah reading that again I can see the confusion ..my post was kind of a mess. beachmom is exactly right, that post was talking about their rotation from from their current duty assignment (sea duty) to their next duty assignment (shore duty somewhere where they don't go to sea). It isn't talking about the amount of time they will be at sea or in port during their current sea duty assignment.beachmom summed it up perfectly.

Hope A got his application figured out and you're having some communication with him.

Comment by beachmom76 on Friday

@Singingbird-you have it right.  Sailors are assigned to a ship for a period of time (in this case, up to 42 months); what the ship does during this time is another story.  There may be one or more deployments (defined as being away more than 90 days, anything less is an "underway"). There may be a shipyard period, there will likely be preparation for deployment (known as "workups") and then there are other underway periods.  A lot depends on the ship's maintenance cycle and what is happening in the world.  These days, budget concerns can play a huge role in how much time a ship spends at sea.  It is pretty safe to say your sailor should experience at least one deployment and a fair amount of sea time.  Keep in mind, being at sea doesn't necessarily mean visits to foreign ports.  My husband's last deployment he was at sea for nine months and he only had two days off the ship.  My daughter, on the other hand, had a six month deployment and had lots of opportunities to see foreign countries.  It is anybody's guess!

 

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