FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut ~ 01 SEPT 2015

Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew

[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut

Naval Submarine Base New London is the United States Navy's primary East Coast submarine base, also known as the "Home of the Submarine Force". It is located in Groton, Connecticut. It is home port to 15 attack submarines and a major submarine construction yard.

Naval Submarine Base New London stretches along the east side of the Thames River, straddling the communities of Groton and Ledyard. While Groton is often referred to as the “Submarine Capital of the World,” the Base proudly bears the title - “Home of the Submarine Force.”

Almost every submariner in today’s Navy will be stationed here for training. A tour of duty in one of the fast-attack submarines home ported here or with a pre-commissioning crew for a new submarine under construction at General Dynamics Electric Boat Shipyard in Groton may follow.

Occupying more than 680 acres, with more than 160 major facilities and 15 nuclear submarines, Naval Submarine Base New London supports fleet readiness by providing quality service and facilities to our Fleet, Fighters, and Families. The Base mission is twofold: to homeport and put Submarines to sea; and to support the Submarine Center of Excellence that trains Sailors to take Submarines to sea.

Naval Submarine Base New London is also home to more than 70 tenant commands and activities including Commander Submarine Group Two; the Submarine Learning Center; Naval Submarine School; the Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory; and, the Naval Undersea Medical Institute.

Learn More About Naval Submarine Base New London HERE!!

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We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[xrmusn]

I was stationed in New London on the USS Jallao (SS368) in 1963.
= = = = = = = = =
Started school in Jun 62 as RM2, blew up head in the 105’ free ascent tank.
I popped my sinuses on way down and bled from everywhere, I was first in line and they wouldn’t let me out.
Had to ride that ‘elevator’ back up - the decom was like having skin ‘sucked off’ (or something like that).
That washed me out and went on Base MAA Force, living in Brig and transporting prisoners to Portsmouth NH, ‘mental’ dropouts to LI and generally play ‘traffic cop (Pedestrian) till my orders to the Pentagon came through....UGH>..
Was lucky in a way, I knew of a few that were on the Thresher Boat that were in my class, so.....I maybe got REAL lucky....

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Tuesday morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Everyone. Thanks for this morning's thread, Lauren. How's it going?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, xrmusn, for sharing your experiences. Sounds pretty nasty.

We thank you for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Prayers for Arrowhead's recovery, and in his absence....

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E...((HUGS))...is your summer weather cooling down?

Hope you and Bo are enjoying the lake.

[E.G.C.]

Tuesday morning coffee bump.

Nope, still hot.

[Soaring Feather]

Woo Hoo!

HUGS

[SandRat]

A very pleasant good Tuesday morning, E,G,C. ....((HUGS))...

[luvie]

It's good to have a day off!
Let's have some tea/coffee! :)
Hubby will be making bread soon
(I hear the activity behind me!)
....so the house will start to smell amazing!
Hope all you Early Birds have a Terrific Tuesday!
....and for pete's sake, don't work so hard!
It's totally not worth it. LOL!
((((hugs))))

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, LUV W. How’s it going?

[luvie]

Howdy, EGC! (((hugs)))

All is well....it usually is on my day off, even if I have housework to do. :)

How are you and Bo doing? Any romps at the lake lately? Does it continue to be cooler there? It sort of is here...low/mid 90s instead of triple digits. I can deal with that! :)

[SandRat]

Tomorrow is V - J Day. Japan Signed the Formal Surrender (1945)

[E.G.C.]

Well, this morning I had to do a hard reboot on the Windows 7 computer.

There was an update that for whatever reason took 2 days to update. When I rebooted the computer to try to get the update installed I waited about 30 or so minutes until I finally gave up.

I think This might have been the upgrade to Windows 10 that they wanted to do.

I changed the update procedure in Windows Update to "Download updates but let Me determine whether to install them" That took care of the gold thing with the exclamation point in the shut down box.

We'll see how this all works out.

Also I'm having my roof repaired tomorrow. It's leaking in some areas on the porch. The roofing man is going to fix it tomorrow. They brought the stuff out this morning.

[SandRat]

on my VFW Calendar;

Sep 7 is Labor Day
Sep 10 US Naval Sea Cadets formed
Sep 13 Grandparents Day
Sep 14 Star Spamgeld Banner Written
Sep 17 US CONNSTITUTION Approved
Sep 18 USAF Established
POW/MIA Day
Sep 22 YOM KIPPER Begins
Sep 23 AUTUMM Begins
Sep 27 GOLD STAR MOTHER'S DAY
Sep 28 VFW Eetablished

[Kathy in Alaska]

September is a busy month!!

Your VFW calendar is very full....I think I have the same calendar....

Sep 7 is Labor Day
Sep 10 US Naval Sea Cadets formed
Sep 13 Grandparents Day
Sep 14 Star Spangled Banner Written
Sep 17 US CONSTITUTION Approved
Sep 18 USAF Established
POW/MIA Day
Sep 22 YOM KIPPER Begins
Sep 23 AUTUMM Begins
Sep 27 GOLD STAR MOTHER’S DAY
Sep 28 VFW Eetablished

And 9/11 is next Friday. I have a 9/11 thread for Thursday. I’ll post it Wednesday night.