Comments on: Seen off West Seattle: Aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan

By: Denise

Denise — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:29:18 +0000

SHE’S BACK!!!! Just arrived in San Diego a little over an hour ago. What a glorious ship! So very proud to have such a spectacular and awesome sight in our own wonderful city. ⚓🇺🇸Thank you all for your service to our amazing country. WELCOME HOME 76❤

By: WSB

WSB — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 02:53:18 +0000

We published a photo as the Reagan departed yesterday – http://westseattleblog.com/2013/03/carrier-with-cars-uss-ronald-reagan-on-the-move-again
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The cars were a giveaway :) Hoping for safe journeys – TR

By: Denise

Denise — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 02:38:01 +0000

She’s on her way home after a year in Bremerton for maintenance and repairs. She’ll be here Thursday evening at Coronado in beautiful San Diego. Not a secret. Just saw it on the news. I ‘ve seen her come and go many times and it always makes me cry. God bless our military and God bless America! God speed our beloved 76! We love you!

By: Bruce

Bruce — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:38:54 +0000

Anyone know if they were able to successfully decontaminate the ship?

I already know the answer to this, and feel very sorry for the sailors now serving on it.

US sailors sue Japan’s TEPCO for post-quake radiation exposure
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12/27/16197507-us-sailors-sue-japans-tepco-for-post-quake-radiation-exposure?lite

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:36:11 +0000

I think it was the speculation of where she was going and what she was doing that got people worked up more so than actually seeing her leave. Like NavyWife said, you can’t keep it a secret when a ship comes and goes, but you can keep her mission and her destination a secret. There are satellites and websites that track the ships, and they can speculate, but even they don’t know where any ship is going ’til it gets there.

On another note, I wholeheartedly disagree that the locals don’t respect the military. When the Stennis left this past summer, I watched her pull out of port from Port Orchard and then drove to Manchester to watch her pass Seattle. The number of people not only in both places but along the road between them was astonishing, and everyone I spoke with expressed their appreciation for the crew as well as the families. We’ve been here several years, and I’ve never heard of anyone being treated with anything but courtesy and respect.

By: MC2 Black

MC2 Black — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:17:19 +0000

So USS Ronald Reagan was conducting sea trials! We love This community, but we really do miss San Diego. We are almost ready to head down to our home port.

By: Navy Mom II

Navy Mom II — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:10:51 +0000

Navy Mom, The USS RR is now back in port in Bremerton. It took a little spin for a few days after a long nap. Hopefully you will hear from your son soon. Thank you WSB for your kind words. It is truely appreciated.

By: WSB

WSB — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:37:46 +0000

Navy Mom – a carrier supposedly was sighted in the misty early evening yesterday according to a couple readers. Don’t know if it was the Reagan – since the weather was so murky, it was nothing like the day of this story, when it turned up in the afternoon weekend sunshine and so many saw it. Thank you to all those who serve, including your son and the loved ones of those who have taken the time to comment here, and to you family members for your support of those who are protecting us.

By: Navy Mom

Navy Mom — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:42:25 +0000

my son is on the Reagan, We have not been in communication. I assume he is fine, just not allowed to communicate. So please keep me posted as to sightings! thank you!

By: Indianola Eyes

Indianola Eyes — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:26:29 +0000

She just passed here heading south back to Bremerton. Beautiful sight, for sure. Go look again if you have a chance.

By: AnonymousGyu

AnonymousGyu — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:31:16 +0000

My guess is she’s going to Pearl… and who knows… maybe off to destroy N. Korea if it attacks the South.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:28:48 +0000

Cool ship! Oh, uh, that’s it.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:26:33 +0000

the radiation levels got so bad while the USSRR was in Japan that many panicked and tried to get off the ship=others quicly got sick and many tried to commit suicide-many are now in critical condition-YES WE DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW

http://enenews.com/press-conference-people-trying-commit-suicide-aboard-uss-reagan-during-fukushima-mission-ship-living-fear-every-day-horrible-audio

By: James

James — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:14:43 +0000

And sometimes the military wants the world to know that a submarine or aircraft carrier is leaving base. It makes the world safer if the bad guys know you might show up in their back yard. Think satellites…

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:00:28 +0000

2 years ago these sailors were subject to high levels of radiation in Japan, Many got sick and some are going to die from there exposure to the Tepco reactor meltdowns that were concealed from the public. My heart goes out to them and their families