Kind of ironic, from what i hear and remember, training excercises for them can be pretty tough, but i think it's more of a compliment to the Sub force than a ding on the Sub hunters.....
Hey Chuck...still kinda of a status-quo hold for Eric...but I guess PTS recrods are squared away now and latest was that he was re-enlisting on 26th which is also his birthday. Hawaii orders still verbal so we'll have to see if the Einsteins in DC give the Navy any money for PCS transfers......Kat has started school at Seattle Institute of Art and Design for interactive media which is what she was doing in the Navy....so things are moving along for both I guess. how is Andrew doing?
Chuck, thanks for the friendship. I was an AW in VP-26 (Tridents) 1980-1984. I still stay in touch with quite a few of the old navy buddies. One of them was an AWAN in VP-26 with me, now he is a retired Master Chief. He did do a tour with the Skinny Dragons. P-3 community is a great place to be, with the near future of the P-8 it should be even better.
Congrats to your son. Stay in touch.
haha... That's an awesome pic! .. Now, *that's* the 'real' blue water Navy! Us P-3'ers had it easy ;) Right Andrew? Dining on the town, sleeping in a real rack, sucking down the bottle of O2 before arriving on station (just to piss off the parariggers). Ah, the memories.
Hi Chuck! Please send your son my thanks for his service and my best wishes. As the P-3 community continues to shrink, it's awesome to see young sailors keeping it alive. He truly is a part of a legacy platform (tell him to keep those Orion patches ;).
As for your daughter going NROTC, I highly recommend it! My oldest is having great time.., so much so that when asked, he associates himself with his battalion well before his school. He's just waiting out his commission now.
hahaha! that is pretty funny. i always feel pretty safe up in the air, even when things go extremely wrong, like not being able to drop the landing gears because of no hydraulic fluid. but honestly, it is a pretty safe air craft and the guys who keep fixing her up do an amazing job.
Thanks Chuck....I sure missed all you great Navydads!! Sorry to hear about your other son...I'm sure whatever career path he chooses he will do great!!
Hey Chuck,
Thanks for asking! Zachary is doing well. He and his wife are expecting and currently he is on a DET in Qatar. Got a great wake up yesterday, he called me (via SKYPE computer/telephone) for Father's Day! He is looking ahead as well and is considering going STA-21 [guess he figures he can then "order" me around! : ) ] It is a very good feeling indeed when our young men start thinking ahead instead of the next party or the coming weekend. I thank the Lord that He is working in Zachary's life and will continue to pray that he listens!
Tell Andrew to talk to people who have HIS best interest in mind as he considers his future in the Navy.
Hey Chuck..guess you know that Sailor of the Week!! Pretty dull around these parts...Kat getting used ot being a civilian and still planning for school this fall. Eric still in Norfolk...another two years in RCOH for the Roosevelt...generally upset about scroing a 97 on the Second Class test and not getting advanced...oh well.....whatz the latest with Andrew?
Awesome! Perfect weather, glorious ride on the horse drawn carraige to the site with my daugther, and a very emotional welcome toast by me including honoring our military. I hope to post the toast video soon! Thank you for your prayers, well wishes, and support!
hey Chuck....how's things? Yep...Kat is at sea and think heading back to Everett very soon...this is her last underway and only has about 30 more days in the Navy. I cannot believe it has been five years already...the time has flown by! She wants to go to school in the Seattle area...and spend more time with her boyfriend.....thinkTHAT is the priority right now!!!
Eric doing ok...heading back to AIMD very soon...he is really tired of security detail and it will be good for him to do something with his hands again....
Glad to head that Andrew surivied "the BIG wave"....it certainly is nothing to take lightly-- mucho better to be prepared and not need it than to be caught off-guard....
Hey Chuck , been a while since I've been on here so I thought I would say hi. How is Andrew doing? Buck is now in Guam for the next three years and seems to be enjoying it so far. He is assigned to the USS Frank Cable AS-40. He is in the Dive unit there. Buck graduated from Dive school in November and is now a ND3 and making the big bucks lol. Have a safe and Merry Christmas and I'll talk at ya later.
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....then you are an "old salt" at this!!! Do you find it harder with your daughter?
Son arrived for boot camp on Nov 1, 2010. He is in Ship 12 Div 36 with a PIR date of Jan 7, 2011. Then off to Pensacola.
Congrats to your son. Stay in touch.
As for your daughter going NROTC, I highly recommend it! My oldest is having great time.., so much so that when asked, he associates himself with his battalion well before his school. He's just waiting out his commission now.
Thanks for asking! Zachary is doing well. He and his wife are expecting and currently he is on a DET in Qatar. Got a great wake up yesterday, he called me (via SKYPE computer/telephone) for Father's Day! He is looking ahead as well and is considering going STA-21 [guess he figures he can then "order" me around! : ) ] It is a very good feeling indeed when our young men start thinking ahead instead of the next party or the coming weekend. I thank the Lord that He is working in Zachary's life and will continue to pray that he listens!
Tell Andrew to talk to people who have HIS best interest in mind as he considers his future in the Navy.
Regards,
Chief
Eric doing ok...heading back to AIMD very soon...he is really tired of security detail and it will be good for him to do something with his hands again....
Glad to head that Andrew surivied "the BIG wave"....it certainly is nothing to take lightly-- mucho better to be prepared and not need it than to be caught off-guard....
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