Author: James Michael Rush

CARR Families and Friends,

Tiger Cruise Reminder: For our invited guests, if you haven’t done so already please submit your registration and medical forms by tomorrow 15 Oct to our Tiger Cruise Coordinator, LT Beznoska, (ops@ffg52.navy.mil) Another reminder, FRG will host a Halloween Party on Sunday, October 28th 4-6PM at the First Christian Fellowship Church, 3401 Azalea Garden Rd. Norfolk 23513 (this is not the normal FRG location). This will be a potluck, (more…)

CARR Families and Friends,

Last week’s email stated that 8 Oct is the deadline for sending mail to your Sailors; however, due a change in port visits we now expect to receive mail routinely over the next six weeks.

Tiger Cruise Reminder: For our invited guests, if you haven’t done so already please submit your registration and medical forms by 15 Oct to our Tiger Cruise Coordinator. (email them to LT Beznoska:  ops@ffg52.navy.mil)

Family Readiness Group: (more…)

CARR Families and Friends,

As mentioned in the Sunday email, below is part 2 which covers our time in port Vasco Nunez de Balboa (VNB), Panama.

Farewell and following seas to QM3 Richard Andino, QM2 Andre Menice, MR2 Kevin Smith, and EM3 Andrew Toth. Thank you for the great jobs you all did throughout your tours! (more…)

CARR Families and Friends,

We have finalized our Tiger Cruise guest list and sent out additional information and registration forms to our guests. Once we receive the medical screening forms back, our Corpsman will review them and then we will send confirmation emails letting our guests know whether or not they are medically cleared to join us.

Heads up on mail delivery, mail will need to arrive in Miami by 8 (more…)

CARR Families and Friends,

This week’s newsletter is brief since we spent most of the week either in port or at anchor. Due to OPSEC considerations, I will send an update on Monday evening that discusses our activities from Wednesday until Saturday. (more…)

CARR Families and Friends,

This week we received permission to conduct a Tiger Cruise from CTF 20 – we will be limited to approximately 60 family members. Over the next couple of weeks we will finalize the guest list and begin to push out information -required paperwork, travel dates, etc. I want to ensure everyone realizesthat the seas on the east coast are typically very rough during December -especially near Cape Hatteras. (more…)

CARR Families and Friends,

We have entered the back half of deployment; however, we still have lots to do before we get home. In the next few weeks we will be pierside for a few days to support some mid-deployment maintenance – including both preventive and corrective.

I have found out why the approval for the Tiger Cruise has been delayed and should be able to get that process moving again – I expect to get approval in the next couple of weeks.

Day 94 – Sunday, September 2nd (more…)

CARR Families and Friends,

This week’s big event was our transit through the Panama Canal. It was a long night, but everyone performed exceptionally to make it a safe evolution. Our other significant milestone was reaching half-way day! (more…)

CARR Families and Friends,

As of this week, we are now down to double digit days left until we return from deployment. We are still awaiting final approval for our Tiger Cruise; once we get the final okay, we will push out more information.

Congratulations to our new fathers:

• ET3 Brent Hinson’s son was born 23 Aug
• HTC(Sel) Joshua Linton’s son was born 24 Aug

Day 80 – Sunday, August 19th (more…)

CARR Families and Friends,

This week we were extremely busy, actively executing our C-TOC mission.  As those who follow us on Facebook know, we also got some good press this week for our Sailors (check out our Facebook page to see the articles).  This weekly update will also be the first in a series containing some history about the Panama Canal.

Day 73 – Sunday, August 12th (more…)