OPSEC

I’m not sure if this was already shared, I didn’t see it, but I just wanted to pass on some good info on OPSEC.  Sometimes there are questions about OPSEC that get all muddled with all the new technology.  Hopefully this will help some of us as we  try to completely understand what OPSEC really is and [...]

Newborn Babies Pier Side – Welcome Home Daddy

Life on the homefront has many challenges.  One that ranks #1 is having to give birth while your service member is at sea / deployed.  When I try to wrap my brain around what that experience would be like, my brain starts to hurt.  These women are so brave, courageous and truly an inspiration to [...]

Deployment Tips for You and Your Preschooler

Today we are talking about helping your preschooler get through a deployment with tips from MilitaryOneSource.com. Join Wendy and Marla as they chat about what they’ve been up to since the last show as they share a funny story or two.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/navywiferadio/2009/11/04/military-life-radio-navy-wife-radio

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USS New Mexico on sea trials

USS New Mexico on sea trials
I recently read about the USS New Mexico’s sea trials over on Bubbleheads Blog and gosh how I LOVE seeing that NM flag flying in the sail.  NM just in case you didn’t guess is my home state.
The commissioning date has finally been set and will be March 27, 2010.  [...]

Christmas Day on USS NIMITZ

Lt. Jon Sunderland dresses in a Santa suite while directing aircraft operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Christmas Day. [via Navy.mil]
Just when we thought Santa would be recovering from all his travels, here he is having fun on the USS NIMITZ.

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Valentine’s Day Care Packages.

 
Valentine’s day is one of those special days that you really want to share with your spouse!! But for some of us, our spouses are deployed, TAD, or a Geo-bachelor and are a way from us.  But don’t fret!! You can still share this holiday with your spouse or significant other. 
 
Send a care package!!!  [...]

Doesn’t a sailor belong at sea?

We are looking at options; options for the future.
So there is a possibility that if you go this route, you may never get underway….again? I asked my beloved.
Well, possibly, he replied.
I mulled this over. On the surface it sounded spectacular and many a wife would gladly hear those words. Still, I know, in my heart, [...]

Welcome Home

080718-N-4879G-372 NORFOLK, Va. (July 18, 2008) A Sailor assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) hugs his family during the ship’s return to Naval Station Norfolk after a six-month deployment. Cole was deployed with the British Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious and was the first U.S. Navy ship to sail under the [...]

What a difference a year makes

A year ago he was on our couch playing xBox for hours and hours.
Today for the first time he stepped aboard a “big deck”. Im not sure he’d be happy about my blogging about it, his dad has already emailed his CMC and some others Im sure of it…..
(deep breath)
They have text messaged this [...]

Eye on the Fleet

Not very often are there cameras on the pier capturing Homecoming. How wonderful for these USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) families. Darn Gold Crew!
Welcome home

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