Hi Will, my son has been on the Nimitz for about 3 1/2 yrs.

USS Nimitz 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony

@Pat....How does your son like it?  I guess it was a big change going from SD to Washington state.  Also I see that your daughter is in the Navy as well and stationed in HI.   I was stationed there 87-91 when I was in the Army.  I was at Field Station Kunia.  Actually my oldest son was born at Crippler, um...I mean Trippler Hospital.

Thanks for all the info Paul!! Son made it back in September from deployment on the USS Chancellorsville CG 62. He is headed to join the Nimitz on Veterans day.

It's soggy up there, but it sure is pretty and there is tons of recreational stuff to do!!!

Hi Wil, sorry I haven't logged in a while. Yes, big difference leaving sunny San Diego to Bremerton:-( Tim didn't like Bremerton initially but I think he's gotten used to it. Don't know if he'll like Everett when the Nimitz changes homeports again, but he should be leaving the Nimitz soon due to PST. My daughter was stationed at NIOC in Kunia aka the tunnel for 3 yrs. She LOVED it there!! She's GSA to Djibouti in the Horn of Africa for a few more months & then hopefully will get orders to a ship or squadron in San Diego (I LOVE San Diego). If she can't get orders there she'll go back to Hawaii. I like Hawaii, but I live on the East Coast & that's a heck of a long flight. You call Tripler Crippler....I call it Pepto Bismol. My daughter had a couple trips to their ER & I can tell you I was not impressed with them at all....must be the nurse in me...lol.  How is your daughter enjoying the Nimitz? What is her rate?

Paul, thanks for posting the Nimitz News. I found out my son got blue jacket of the quarter when I read it on the Nimitz' facebook page the oher day. Tim is to modest to make a big deal of it:-(

My Sailor checked in today. Will report aboard the Nimitz on Monday. Long trip from San Diego.

Pat...I know what you mean about SD.  I've visited there twice, once on business and once for a soccer tourny for my oldest son, and if I ever moved to the West Coast that is where I would go.  The people I experienced were very nice.

Kirsten is is an MR.  She is really starting to enjoy WA state.  Although we shall see how she likes their winters since she has lived in AZ most of her life.  It shall prove quite different I'm sure.  She seems to be adjusting ok and making new friends.  I know it's tough leaving all your friends back at home.  However as I learned during my military career, you make some life long friends in the military.  Thanks to facebook I've reconnected with old friends from my Army days back in the 80's while stationed at Field Station Berlin and Kunia. 

I see that you are in Philly so we are not too far from each other.  I live in Eldersburg, MD. 

Please thank your kids for their service as we celebrate Veterans Day today!!

Wil

Thanks paul!!! Thats our SAILOR!!

Hey Paul thanks for the updates. Thats our sailor on the front page of the December 1st edition. Thank you for sending that out as we were able to share it with family and friends.

congats Mike...I try to at least stay up on the the carrier news and publications, but there is so much material it gets tough sometimes!!  So if I miss some editions, please forgive me!!!!!!!!!

USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Battle Flag

BREMERTON, Wash. (Jan. 20, 2012) Aviation Boatswain's Mate Airman Tatyana Sakara removes snow from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz’ (CVN 68). More than four inches of snow blanketed Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Wash., and the surrounding area during a snowstorm that hit the Pacific Northwest. Nimitz is wrapping up its year-long docked planned incremental availability period. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert Winn/Released)

kitsapsun.com/news/2012/jan/23/westbound-highway-16-estimated-be-cl...

My condolences to the crew who worked with her, and prayers for her family. She was a hero, stopping to assist others and paying the ultimate price.

Thanks for letting us know.  I pray for the family.

That's my daughter on page 5 of the latest newsletter!!

Very Cute Daughter, Wil!!

Thanks Carol!

here is something a little different:

pretty cool idea:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cvn68/sets/72157629592106630/