My son was able to email this past Sunday - I thought they were only getting snail mail?

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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on March 20, 2017 at 8:40pm

yes

Permalink Reply by NavyDads CoAdmin Jim Gramza on March 20, 2017 at 8:40pm

Well, there are computers in the recreation area they can use. But they do cost. Charged by the minute. Most don't use them. But look at it this way, at least he's communicating with you.

Permalink Reply by Michael P Tatu on March 21, 2017 at 1:57pm

He likes the immediacy of it - he wanted updates on the NCAAs. He was excited to get his orders - does it violate OPSEC to mention the Ship he is assigned to?

Permalink Reply by Michael P Tatu on March 23, 2017 at 6:33pm

Gary Eickmann said:

If he is able to send you emails on sundays than he must be in ship 03 that is the ship that has iPads issued to them. That is a nice bonus..... my son was in ship 03 when he went through RTC and was able to email us on three sundays.

You are correct, he is on Ship 3 USS Hopper. I wonder if they give Ship 3 iPads as the Hopper is named after a Navy Admiral who helped develop programing languages. She paved the way to write programming languages that were more like english. Only two more Sundays before PIR so I am still sending letters nearly every day mainly to give him updates on the sports teams he follows. He is undesignated so he will stay for a week or two after PIR and then report to his ship.He got his second choice San Diego so we should be able to see him when not out to sea.