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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

congratulations to all of you.
Van Dell

--- SISU! <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

> To all our friends and family:
> TJ just called....
> He is very happy....he got his first wish
> assignment, orders came
> through today...
> He graduates from Naval Nuclear Power Training
> Command in Ballston Spa,
> NY on August 25, after spending almost 2 years in
> the Navy's Nuclear
> schools.  There's no graduation ceremony. He has
> until October 4 before
> he is to report to PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII.  Yup, he
> got assigned to Pearl
> and will be there for the next 4 years as a part of
> Submarine Squadron
> III, Pacific Fleet, on  SSN-722, the USS Key West, a
> fast attack sub.
> It is exactly what he wanted.  It is exactly what he
> has earned.
> The bad news is that despite the amount of time that
> he has before he
> has to report to Hawaii, he probably won't be able
> to come home.  If he
> is able to come home, it will only be for a short
> visit, less than a week.
> Anyway, I am sooo happy he will be based in the
> US...he'll be able to
> learn to surf and scuba dive, see all kinds of
> beautiful things in
> Hawaii in addition to the various ports of call he
> will likely see over
> the next four years.
> I read the sub's history, and while it has seen
> Middle Eastern waters,
> it looks like recent assignments have been off Korea
> and Japan.  From
> Pearl, he could go pretty much anywhere underwater. 
> He hopes to earn
> his dolphins on the first deployment-he thinks he
> can do it-I know he
> can. :) (Submariners have to spend time learning
> every 'job' on the
> boat, and once they have done that, they earn the
> coveted Dolphins
> insignia pin.  I think the average is something like
> 3 deployments to
> earn them, but some people do it in 1 or 2)
> Anyway, it's a reason to celebrate....one more
> positive step to a bright
> future.
> 
> Bev and Ron
> 
> -- 
> erthnsky AT bellsouth.net        BevanRon of EarthNSky Farm      NW
> Georgia USDA Zone 7
> 34.498N       85.076W
> 
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