Re: Well, he's not a baby any longer...

He's on the BlueRidge which is what they consider an Admiral Ship. They
basically sail around doing maneuvers and good will stops. He really seems
to like it. He's been there since July and so far has seen Australia (which
they flew him to so he could meet his ship), Guam, Los Caledona <sp> and
Korea as well as some touring of Tokyo.

What I think is pretty cool is that they have a website for each ship and
they do quarterly newsletters with interviews, pictures, etc of the many
people on board. It makes them seem so much closer in a way.

Maureen

Maureen

"Anne Vasquez" <annevasquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:qzqMe.1944$r54.1624@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm really glad to hear she'll have holiday leave, even if it does put her
> in the hole with leave time, as we're having extended family come out whom
> she hasn't seen since she was just a little thing (well, at 4'9", she's
> not exactly gigantic now, but you know what I mean!)
>
> My friend's son just got back from spending a year in Japan, and he seemed
> to like it over there. I hope your son does as well! What ship is he on
> (if I may ask)?
>
> Anne
>
>
> Maureen Galvin wrote:
>> He's stationed in Japan and his ship will be in Yakuska <sp>. My son
>> did his A and C school at Great Lakes. He was there for 9 months.
>>
>> She will get leave over the holidays basically whether she wants it or
>> not. They just about close the base down for two weeks. If she decided
>> to stay on the base, which they will try to talk her out of anyway, they
>> have very limited leave privileges so they make it as inconvenient as
>> possible. She will end up using her "leave time" and be in the hole
>> until she builds up more. That is what happened to my son. Just after
>> bootcamp he needed time off when my mother died for the funeral and they
>> sent him home for 10 days. Then there was the two weeks for the holidays.
>> This is why he has no time built up for leave this holiday. He did find
>> out though that the ship goes in every year about that time so he'll plan
>> accordingly now as he is stationed there for 3 years and he just got
>> there in July.
>>
>> Good luck to her.
>>
>> Maureen
>>
>> "Anne Vasquez" <annevasquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:D5qMe.1920$r54.1869@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>>She's going to be there for a while, since that's where she'll be going
>>>to A school after basic training. I think she said her A school was
>>>going to be 51 weeks, although she wasn't sure. At the very least, I
>>>hope to go up there for her boot camp graduation.
>>>
>>>Where is your son's ship putting into dry dock? It's rough not having
>>>them home for the holidays. I was lucky with my oldest daughter; her
>>>ship was in dry dock in San Diego for so long, it seemed like she was on
>>>shore duty! Sarah seems to think she'll get leave for Christmas, and I
>>>don't have the heart to tell her that I would be very surprised. In any
>>>case, I'm just hoping she's right!
>>>
>>>Anne
>>>
>>>
>>>Maureen Galvin wrote:
>>>
>>>>Anne, if she gets stuck here at Great Lakes for any great deal of time,
>>>>I'm right around the corner. I actualy miss the trips to pick my DS up
>>>>from there. He's in Japan now, actually in Korea doing maneuvers and
>>>>then the ship comes back for a three month dry dock for repairs. He's
>>>>going to be stuck there cause he has no "time" built up to come home
>>>>this year for the holidays :( Geez, do I miss that PITA.
>>>>
>>>>Maureen
>>
>>

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