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Comment by dre5085 on June 14, 2010 at 10:55am

Hello, I was wondering if anyone can tell me how this whole ship system works? My son was on one ship and now he is 'attached' to a destroyer. I am confused.

Comment by hope043 on June 13, 2010 at 3:53pm

Doing good here. Our son has posted pictures from the two ports they've stopped at so far. Just shipped his first care package.

Comment by Steph on June 13, 2010 at 11:49am

We are doing fine. My hubby is getting ready to go to Mississippi. I think the kids and I are going to make the trip with him when he goes, but we will be in different vehicles so he can have his car down there with him. That way we can also visit with my mom. She lives in the town next to where his ship is. It's about a 15 minute drive from his ship to her house. It works out well because he won't have to stay on the ship all the time. He will be there until the ship is done at the shipyard and ready to commission.

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on June 13, 2010 at 9:49am

How's all of our destroyer families doing? It's in the mid 90s here this weekend.
Working on my first "care" package for this deployment for our son.

Comment by Steph on June 6, 2010 at 8:49am

Sarah

That's awesome. I was the Ombudsman for my husband's last 2 commands, and became an Ombudsman Trainer while at our last command. It's a very rewarding job helping people out. Your celebration sounds like it will be a lot of fun.

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on June 6, 2010 at 8:17am

Welcome to our new members!

And we love ombudsmans here! Sounds like a wonderful dvd for the Sully saiilors.

redshewm - they do have email addresses on the ship. Does his parents have it? Our son has been gone for almost a week and we have not heard from him yet either and I suspected that they are busy but then we got notice from the ombuds that email is down.

Comment by redshewmn on June 6, 2010 at 12:55am

my grandson is on the milius...and I have not heard anything yet....do they have email address on the ship??? not sure how this operates.....I raised him so he is like my son....he is Aaron

Comment by jean on June 5, 2010 at 7:34pm

Just saw the USS Freedom on FT Worth, TX TV explaining what the USS Freedom does
cool
Go Navy

Comment by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on June 3, 2010 at 3:50pm

And our newest destroyer...Navy to Christen Guided Missile Destroyer Spruance

The Navy will christen the newest guided-missile destroyer, Spruance, Saturday, June 5, 2010, during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. The new destroyer honors legendary Adm. Raymond Spruance, whose calm and decisive leadership at the Battle of Midway contributed to a pivotal American victory during World War II.

Sean Stackley, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, will deliver the ceremony's principal address. Ellen Spruance Holscher, granddaughter of the ship's namesake, will serve as sponsor, and in accordance with Navy tradition, will break a bottle of champagne across the bow to formally christen the ship.

Born in Baltimore, July 3, 1886, Spruance graduated from the Naval Academy in 1906. His Navy career was extensive, including command of five destroyers and the battleship Mississippi. Spruance led Task Force 16, with two aircraft carriers, during the 1942 Battle of Midway, where his disposition of forces and management of aircraft was crucial to a victory that is regarded as the turning point in the Pacific war with Japan. He later directed campaigns that captured the Gilberts, Marshalls, Marianas, Iwo Jima and Okinawa and defeated the Japanese fleet in the 1944 Battle of Philippine Sea. After commanding the Pacific Fleet in 1945-46, Spruance served as president of the Naval War College until retiring in 1948. In 1952-55, he was ambassador to the Philippines. Spruance died at Pebble Beach, Calif., Dec. 13, 1969.

Designated DDG 111, Spruance is the 61st ship of the Arleigh Burke class, a multi-mission guided missile destroyer designed to operate in multi-threat air, surface and subsurface threat environments. The class provides outstanding combat capability and survivability characteristics while minimizing procurement and lifetime support costs.

The ship will be the second ship named for Spruance. The first USS Spruance (DD 963) was the lead ship of Spruance class destroyers serving from 1973 to 2005.

Cmdr. Tate Westbrook, a native of Murfreesboro, Tenn., is the prospective commanding officer and will lead a crew of 276 officers and enlisted personnel. The 9,200-ton Spruance is 509 feet in length, has a waterline beam of 59 feet, and a navigational draft of 31 feet. Four gas turbine engines will power the ship to speeds in excess of 30 knots.

Comment by Steph on June 3, 2010 at 9:29am

Woohoo for half-way, Mabel!!! Are you doing anything for the half-way? Some ships do a half-way night. It is usually planned by the Family Readiness Group. I always love going to them because it's a celebration to say, "Look how far we have made it!! It's all downhill from here!!!"
If you want to do your own little celebration, you could invite people over for a half night, and serve all half dishes. One person could bring half of a cake, you could serve sandwiches cut in half, etc.

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