sealion0101

I guess it was raining when they arrived judging from yellow rain jackets.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/0...por-eagle.html

Those lucky ducks. I'll bet most of the swabs would like to stay on.

Bossf51

Great job finding this! The weather was bad that morning but now it's great. Your son must be having a ball!

sealion0101

Hey Boss, I was told that parents of cadre are allowed aboard for a one week trip. That sounds fabulous. I hope that you get the chance to sail on the Eagle yourself.

When we toured the ship in Newport and talked to the swabs - it seems that they thought we might have been cadre parents and were sorta cautious with us. I was amazed how quickly they learned the info at their tour posts. At that point they had been aboard only a few hours.

We didn't get to meet the new captain, tho. I took a bunch of pictures of a guy who looked similar to him and later found out it was the OOD.

Bossf51

Ha ha funny stuff...yeah I would like that trip myself...we'll see...and I am also amazed about the swabs giving "tours." They become very salty very quick I guess. As far as the captain I hear he's cool. Usually you can figure out who the captain is by the "scrambled eggs" on his hat.

Jamzmom

Very cool. I gotta say it: The Capt is cool because he's FROM SC. And I gotta wonder.... Who's kid is more salty. Mine or Boss'. Wonder how I can get my kid to be a Cadre at GC. If it gets me on the ship, I'm willing to throw him out there.