Category: USS Paul H. Carr

CARR Families and Friends,

First off, Happy Father’s Day to all the father’s on board CARR. One of the hardest parts of our job is the time away from our wives and children. In addition, happy Father’s Day to all the fathers of CARR’s Sailors!! Most of us owe a ton to you all!

Great week for CARR as we entered our operating area: we conducted two refuelings at sea, disrupted a narcotics movement, and successfully conducted a boarding. (more…)

CARR Families and Friends,

Family Readiness Group Note: All CARR friends and families are invited to a meet and greet potluck dinner on Thursday, June 14th 5-7pm at Mt. Trashmore Kids Cove in Virginia Beach. Request all attending bring a dish, dessert, or drinks to share. Please RSVP to usscarrfrg@gmail.com or on facebook OR on facebook: (www.facebook.com/USSCARRFRG) and include what item you will be bringing. If you are not sure what to bring, please contact the FRG and we will provide suggestions.

Day 3 – Sunday, June 3rd (more…)

CARR Families and Friends,

My first weekly update is a short one as we commence our transit to the Caribbean Sea for deployment. Our focus over the next six months will be executing our Countering Transnational Organized Crime mission and enforcing our seven guiding principles of watchstanding: Integrity, Level-of-Knowledge, Procedural Compliance, Formality, Questioning Attitude, Forceful Backup, and Risk Management. (more…)

CARR Families and Friends,

As I mentioned last week, it is important for everyone to be familiar with the Navy Family Accountability and Assessment System (NFAAS). NFAAS standardizes a method for the Navy to account, assess, manage, and monitor the recovery process for personnel and their families affected and/or scattered by a wide-spread catastrophic event. NFAAS provides valuable information to all levels of the Navy chain of command, allowing commanders to make strategic decisions which facilitate a return to stability. The site can be accessed at https://navyfamily.navy.mil/. I encourage all of our family members to register in the event of a natural disaster. (more…)

CARR Families and Friends,

This week we are back at sea taking part in COMPTUEX. This exercise is designed to test all of Carr’s mission areas and ensure we are deployable to anywhere world-wide. We last completed COMPTUEX back in JAN/FEB 2011 prior to our last deployment. (more…)

USS CARR Families and Friends –

Congratulations to the winners of the First Kiss/First Hug Drawing –

First Kiss – IC1 Derek Hotop and his wife Emily
First Hug – OSC Chris Van and his wife Kathy

Also, for those new dads who did not get a chance to get home to see their newborn during deployment, they will be allowed to depart as soon as the brow is across and the first kiss and first hug are done. I hope to see many of you on Tuesday morning! (more…)

USS CARR Families and Friends –

We are starting to move North in preparation for our return to Norfolk – we are now on the same time zone as Norfolk!  The most dangerous time during deployment are the last few weeks before return to port, as people’s focus strays from the task at hand.  Please email your Sailor and remind him or her to keep focused until we are safely pierside in Norfolk.

I want to make you all aware of Operation Jingle.  The opportunity exists for all Sailors who reside on CARR, local barracks, or in PPV housing to have their families stay for free in a local hotel from (more…)