A boomer, or ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), is a submarine with two crews that take turns taking the boat to sea. Sailors switch between "off crew" when their crew does not "own" the boat and being the crew that "owns" the boat. "Owning" the boat means your sailor's crew works on the submarine and is [...]
Guest blog post by Sally DeBoer, Submarine Birthday 5K Team “I’m on my way home, I just need to finish one more thing!” “Boomer life is way easier; they’re not gone that much!” “It all gets better after ORSE!” Ah, yes, the pervasive myths of submarine family life. Perhaps you’ve heard them or fallen victim [...]
As we close out this year, we want to thank the 30,000 of you who have visited our site! In 12 months we published around 150 blog posts, ranging from deployment resources and PCS tips to duty station round-ups and crowd-sourcing ideas. We hope you found some value in our content as we continue to [...]
Boomer life. The good life. Family-friendly. Part time sailor life as you only "own" the boat for half the time. For those unfamiliar with "Boomers", SSBNs, or ballistic missile submarines have two crews that take turns taking the boat to sea. There is a short period of maintenance, “refit," between each "patrol” where both crews [...]
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Is someone you know getting close to the end of their submarine service? A spouse? A friend? Here is another in a series of gift lists to assist you in your submarine gift giving needs. We recently had a post on submarine inspired baby gifts. This is a list of [...]
PCS orders are structured into multiple parts that all contain important information regarding your upcoming move. What you need to coordinate a move is the Title Section, Detaching Activity, Intermediate Activity, Ultimate Activity, and any Special Instructions listed out at the bottom. Title Section This contains a lot of military standard message formatting that may look [...]
Whenever I find a submarine baby item, I feel like I’ve hit the jackpot! It’s so fun to buy a little submarine-inspired gift for a submarine spouse who is having a baby. I rounded up some of my favorite finds so that you can easily find a submarine baby gift for someone - or for [...]
Submarine life is full of constant change and in a world now with COVID, quarantines and "clean piers," it seems that everything has been flipped upside down. Whether this is your first deployment or sixth deployment, port calls are no longer what they once were. Recently my husband was deployed for six months during the [...]
Did you know the Navy offers FSA, or better known as family separation allowance? Your family is entitled to this benefit of $250 per month whenever the Navy separates you for more than 30 days. This can be if your spouse is sent on a TAD (temporary duty), long underway or deployment. There are three [...]
