Navy Tiger Cruise RTC

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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on March 26, 2010 at 9:20am

You are correct about Tiger Cruise...usually done when a ship reutrns from deployment as I did when the Theodore Roosevelt returned from their 7-month deployment last year. We have a Tiger Cruise group if you want to read about it...click Groups in the menu at the top of the page and you'll see a search box...enter Tiger Cruise

they do not do anything like that at RTC...was there some confusion with Battlestations and the USS Trayer which is the destroyer simulator at Great Lakes?

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Permalink Reply by pete on October 11, 2010 at 5:01am

I served from 1975 to 1979 and was homeported out of San Diego, they used to call it a dependents cruise and we would take on male members of sailors who got approved ( don't know how it works now with females onboard) but they would get on in Hawaii and sail the last leg of our Westpac to San Diego.

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Permalink Reply by Bruce Miller on October 16, 2010 at 10:52pm

Recently returned from a 4 day "tiger cruise,"on my son's "boat," USS Jefferson City," SSN759. Words can't truly describe the experience. I finally got the chance to see my son at work, after only 15 years. I've read about Submarines, I've watched all the Submarine movies that were ever made and I've used my imagination on this subject, for over 67 years. Every thought I ever had was wrong. The reality of daily submarine life and watching this finely trained, well oiled group of young men in action, makes all my past mental wanderings pale in the face of reality. WOW, is the only word I can think of and this word doesn't even come close.
The only similarity to what I've always seen and heard is the words..."DIVE... DIVE" and the loud sound of the Klaxon sounding twice, throughout the boat.
These brave young men that choose to "serve and protect" our freedoms in the darkness under the sea, deserve every accolade and word of thanks that a grateful Nation can muster.
They truly "stand alone" and are ever vigilant and work in places we can only imagine.
My deepest thanks to the Captain, the XO, the COB and all of the other Officers and Crew of this awesome fighting machine, for allowing we "lucky 13" the privilege of becoming "Honorary Submariners."
My special thanks to my son, soon to be Lt. Cmdr. Adam Miller and the current "weps,"of the boat, for allowing me this ultimate honor of being "one of your men." Seeing you so "out of context," as a Father and Son and in command of so much and so many, I, like your men, will follow wherever you lead.
I display my Certificate with pride and I ask all of you to wear your "Dolphins," whether Gold or Silver, with pride, dignity and the knowledge that you are an elite group of "brothers," standing together and yet apart from your fellow brothers and sisters in the US Navy.
Happy 235th Birthday to you all. For over 2 centuries, you have served valiantly and continue to do so.

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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on October 16, 2010 at 11:00pm

You're a lucky man Bruce....few get that chance. I'd love to see you post that in the Tiger Cruise group....adds to the experiences that are already posted there!


Bruce Miller said:

Recently returned from a 4 day "tiger cruise,"on my son's "boat," USS Jefferson City," SSN759. Words can't truly describe the experience. I finally got the chance to see my son at work, after only 15 years. I've read about Submarines, I've watched all the Submarine movies that were ever made and I've used my imagination on this subject, for over 67 years. Every thought I ever had was wrong. The reality of daily submarine life and watching this finely trained, well oiled group of young men in action, makes all my past mental wanderings pale in the face of reality. WOW, is the only word I can think of and this word doesn't even come close.
The only similarity to what I've always seen and heard is the words..."DIVE... DIVE" and the loud sound of the Klaxon sounding twice, throughout the boat.
These brave young men that choose to "serve and protect" our freedoms in the darkness under the sea, deserve every accolade and word of thanks that a grateful Nation can muster.
They truly "stand alone" and are ever vigilant and work in places we can only imagine.
My deepest thanks to the Captain, the XO, the COB and all of the other Officers and Crew of this awesome fighting machine, for allowing we "lucky 13" the privilege of becoming "Honorary Submariners."
I display my Certificate with pride and I ask all of you to wear your "Dolphins," whether Gold or Silver, with pride, dignity and the knowledge that you are an elite group of "brothers," standing together and yet apart from your fellow brothers and sisters in the US Navy.
Happy 235th Birthday to you all. For over 2 centuries, you have served valiantly and continue to do so.

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