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Comment by Brian on August 31, 2010 at 10:06am

To answer your question Richard a pollywog is a sailor that has not yet crossed the Interantional Dateline aboard a vessel. There is a traditional Naval ceremony when crossing the line that takes place aboard ship, your pollywog then becomes a "shellback" after this achievement. Check out the youtube video Mr. Brandon S. refers to in a previous blog.

Comment by Brandon S. on August 31, 2010 at 8:20am

Cora--sorry to hear that she is having a hard time. We have not heard from our sailor in quite some time and he too is not exactly thrilled with his job, but is fighting to make the best of it. Technology unfortunately works both ways as it trains us to expect more then just human nature. We write letters as well and I honestly believe that actually having something in their hand means more then just electronic gratification.

Comment by Richard Scherman on August 30, 2010 at 11:57pm

What exactly is a shellback and a pollywog? 1st timers thinga ma jig or something along those lines?

Comment by Brian on August 30, 2010 at 9:12pm

Too phunny Jim - I feel the same way with Lee, OMG NO Email or Inet - what will we do now??????

Comment by Brandon S. on August 30, 2010 at 3:32pm

I guess that just makes you luckier then some of us Cora! We were hoping to hear from our guy but nothing yet. Good to hear that some stuff got through.

Comment by Brian on August 30, 2010 at 9:04am

FYI -
Same issue on the USS Tortuga, email is down, and we do not know when it'll be back up....

Comment by Brandon S. on August 30, 2010 at 7:17am

Hey Mike, we have heard the same thing about the email aboard the GW. Seems they are having IT issues and that many sailor's in-boxes and email addresses were deleted. If anyone has sent something within the last week, it would be good to resend as a precaution.

Comment by MikeU on August 29, 2010 at 7:16pm

Got a call from my son on the GW on Saturday, sounds like the ships email was down for a few days, but was back up again. He reports he too is now a shellback and is glad to have that overwith. He wouldn't provide too many details but did say there was lots of water involved.

Comment by Brandon S. on August 27, 2010 at 6:26am

That would be correct Cora. No more Pollywogs for us. If you YouTube "Navy Shellback", there are some really good videos of the right of passage. Looks kind of goofy but it's all part of it I suppose.

Comment by Brandon S. on August 26, 2010 at 7:03pm

Congrats Brad,Gary. Sounds like wonderful things are happening for both of your sailors. My son is on the USS GW and there is nothing better then hearing from them with positive news. Best to you both!

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