[Severa]

What is not mentioned among the reasoning, and it should be, is the 'deployment' that is spoken of in Jan for the TR was not scheduled till MAY (well actually December, but it got moved up to May) Add to that the fact that the Roosevelt familes watched their loved ones leave for what should have been a two week routine underway for predeployment checks. It wasn't until toward the end of the 'underway' that it was officially made a 'Med cruise'. My friend's husband is on the TR, and let me tell you folks, the past yr for her family has been a mess.

[Severa]

BTW, Nothing I've said is anything that hasn't been reported on the network news (I live in VA Beach about 30 min from where both the TR and my husband's boat are stationed)

[doug from upland]

My son in law is aboard. When he took off from Oak Harbor, Washington in early January, I knew (even though not said officially) that they would be heading to the Med.

[Torres_Girl]

Point blank, if they stay til October, that will be almost a year. It's already been a long time. Being a fiance of a sailor aboard the Roosevelt, it's hard. They all have families they're anxious to see. As someone else mentioned, the scheduled deployment wasn't even until May. The length of their stay was kind of ifsy, but I wasn't expecting it to be as close as a year! I really think they should be sent home in June. That's a lil closer to 6 months than October is. The head men of this decision really need to think hard about this. There are a lot of torn family members hurting enough. I'm scared for him & all the others. That's my opinion and a firm one at that.