Orders!

[marandamize]

well i have orders to the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT. im finally getting out of great lakes after almost two years...i got put on limdu...limited duty...and im finally leaving this horrible place. im very excited! im a DC ( damage controlman) so im so glad i finally get to do my job. if anyone is a DC and has been on a carrier, let me know how it is.

[KYmom]

Congratulations on your Carrier..... My son was with the TR for about 11 months ( 8 months deployed) with them on their last deployment. The TR is currently in the shipyards being refitted. Check out my photo album and you will see alot pics from the TR.

[MacSteve]

you were there after bootcamp for 2 years?????

[VaBchMom]

Welcoming you to Norfolk. :cool:

[ABH Oldtimer]

I hate to break it to ya but the shipyards are not fun....

[DK3]

Is the TR in the yards?

[KYmom]

Yeah, don't know for how long but it's been there almost a year.

[biscuit]

Ouch! You really shouldn't have been here for even a quarter of that time! This base definitely sucks, I'm glad you're getting to leave, though! A few of my friends are getting limdu orders for here and I feel for them.

[maria.molina]

i love great lakes..it beats camp lejeune where u need a car just to go to the nex when i would of walked all the way from corps side to mainside....2 years.....wow quick question is ur enlistment going to get extended due to that fact because i have been hearing things and such?

[VaBchMom]

Ouch! You really shouldn't have been here for even a quarter of that time! This base definitely sucks, I'm glad you're getting to leave, though! A few of my friends are getting limdu orders for here and I feel for them.

There's a lot of things to see and do around here plus we don't get terrible winters so where's the problem? :laugh:

[maria.molina]

i don't have a car! that is one of my main down falls when it comes to moving around and "seeing"things...i can't go anywhere since i don't have a car...and I have been here a month and I haven't left jacksonville...everyone else i know have been all the way to new york!!

[VaBchMom]

It definitely is tough not having a car so you can get off base. During my college days I had to walk everywhere too which got real old/reall fast. I couldn't wait till I could get a vehicle my second year. Good luck!

[acer87]

can you have a car during A school or C school?

[DK3]

Not sure about C school. Almost positive you can. VaBeachMom's son is in C school right now, she will probably know that.

However, in A School it will depend upon what phase you are in. If I remember correctly, the first phase, you can't even ride in a privately owned vehicle (POV).

[VaBchMom]

I can only answer for Michael's C school in Biloxi (AG), but they're allowed to have vehicles. He drove his down from VA and will be driving it out to San Diego in a couple of weeks.

[acer87]

damn thats a journey, theres no buses or anything to take you to the outside world on base or anything?

[maria.molina]

i know that for "a" school for corpsman your not allowed to have a car unless your a fleet returnee. other 'a' schools may let and others wont you will find out soon as possible.