At first I was kind of annoyed that it was so damn cold. And the sailors were just dressed in their blue blouses and were freezing. Then I thought well that is a parent thinking since they will have to endure much more demanding things and their duties will have to be performed weather or no weather. And it was good that we had to experience a little discomfront to remind us that the world is not a nice, warm and cozy place all the time and we shouldn't be so spoiled.
I am reminded of a bumper sticker a good friend of mine showed me one time. He was a Navy Engineer as well. It read:
"Navy Nukes are built better than Jane Fonda"
Ping any interested parties please.
Congratulations! You have real bragging rights.
My grandson just finished boot camp up at Great Lakes. He's on his way to submariners school in Connecticut.
Thank God this country still has young men and women like these, who volunteer to keep us all safe.
"One of the graduates was my son, Arlen"
Thank You Arlen for your service to our country!
justshutupandtakeit, you must proud!
Congratulations!!
Congrats! I went through training at that prototype ten years ago. That period in my life stands out as the most hours I ever studied in a week - 15 hr days, 7 days a week with changing shifts for 6 months just to survive the final review board. I had some shipmates that only needed 8 hrs a day (dam# them!). One thing is for sure, my time in the Navy/subs makes the civilian work I do now seem like a party!
You made me cry. Your son must have had great parenting to have grown up with a sense of duty and honor. Congratulations, and I wish him, and you, the best.
Congratulations!!!!!! One of our boys is an officer on the Enterprise.
Congrats to you and your son, jsuati.
Kudos to your son - please thank him for me for his service to our country! Thank God for him and men and women like him willing to go!!
Congratulations to both your son and to you. My father was a submariner in WWII on a Gato Class Sub named the Gurnard (there is now a nuclear sub by the same name). My father stayed with the sub for the duration of it's service until after the end of the war. He was what was then known as a plank owner working in the engine room.
Submariner service holds a very special place in my heart, my father never told many war stories. Much of what I have learned of his service to his country I have learned from his old shipmates that I have sought out through Internet sources.
Please know that you have every right to be proud. Your brave young son and the others in his class will be in my prayers. Thank you.
Congratulations.
Congrats on an outstanding son and keeping America safe!
When I was 17, I walked into the Navy recruitment office wanting info about SEALs, and he said it was "better" to "Go Nuke". Wish I had had the sense at the time to ask him to define "better". Course, I was 17..
most excellent day for you both.
Indeed!
Prayers of safety for Arlen and all his classmates. You must be bursting with pride!
And he sings too? Wow!
Silent Service ping.
(my apologies if TGYC already pinged you)