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Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on April 10, 2014 at 11:46am

That's my boy with a hand salute! #AnchorageNation #LPD23

140408-N-KL846-132 KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (Apr. 8, 2014) A CH-53E Super Stallion from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 463 launches from the flight deck of amphibious transport dock ship USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during deck landing qualifications. Anchorage is currently performing training with the 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, off the coast of Kaneohe Bay. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christopher Lindahl/Released) USS Anchorage

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on April 9, 2014 at 11:11am

Hilary Welcome to the Group!

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on April 1, 2014 at 9:09am

That's awesome Duane!!

Comment by Duane E Carter on April 1, 2014 at 8:10am

Son informed us that he will class up Wednesday. He is excited to finally get into a class and get out to the fleet.

Comment by Ken Wojtowicz on March 18, 2014 at 12:31am

Thanks again for the great info. It's still hard to sit back and watch. I so want to give advice and help him navigate his career. I have to remind myself he is not me, and it's time to just trust that he was raised right. This first deployment is a little tougher then I thought.

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on March 17, 2014 at 11:17pm

Rod thanks for shedding more light on AB quals! And yes I bet they are pretty intense. My nephew got both AW/SW pins as well on the Stennis and like you said during deployments. He's approaching his 4th year of service hope he decides to re-enlist.

My son is working on his ESWS but last I spoke with him about it, it's other departments who could not make time for this to happen. Sounds like what you've mentioned about they have to be done during non working hours.

Comment by Rod Clark on March 17, 2014 at 10:49pm

AB quals are pretty intense.  If I remeber there are at least 15 of them and some can only be done underway.   Warfare quals are different from rating quals.  And of course a lot of these have to be done during non working hours especially if you they decide to pursue ESWS.  Need to work on EAWS first.  It's hard to to get both but not impossible.  My son was able to get both, but that was during three deployments over five years and that was during the time that they were not required for the various communities.

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on March 17, 2014 at 2:29pm

Ken I totally hear ya! My son is the same way. He won't pass up the oppty to do a qual whenever he can...

Comment by Ken Wojtowicz on March 17, 2014 at 8:55am

Thanks for the feedback. Just curious if there was a normal progression or timetable. Communication has been sporadic since he left. But all he ever talks about is trying to get quals done so he can do more jobs.

Comment by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on March 16, 2014 at 1:08pm

Ken, every Command operates differently and quals may or may not come around as often as one would like but as Paul had stated they never end heheh... It also depends on the type of quals and a Sailor's 'rating' if it's feasible for them to even do the quals. Perfect example of this is the EAWS and ESWS. On larger Commands (ie. Carriers) this is not an issue but on smaller ones (ie. LPD's) you can't just drop everything you're doing to do get these done...

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