Visiting My Sea Bee

lindalulu on Jan 11, 2009

Tags: Biloxi, family, fishing, Gulfport, love, Mississippi, New Orleans, Sea Bee, son, travel, visit, war

Traveling to Mississippi to visit my son the Sea Bee before he is deployed to the Middle East in a couple weeks.

I am back after a few weeks of getting through the holidays and then going to Mississippi to visit my son. I have never been to Mississippi so leaving the north east I just thought it would be warm and sunny the entire trip.

I arrived on a very cloudy cold day in the south.My son and his new bride met me at the airport and then we was off to view the sites in Gulfport Mississippi. My son is a Sea Bee and the base is very close to the airport so we stopped at the front gates to see the Bee. This is what it looks like. The Bee carries all the tools to rebuild, with his sailor hat on and the stinger of the bee used only if provoked.

Sea Bee’s are a construction Battalion for the Navy. The rebuild what we blow up, plus. After a short view of the city of Gulfport home we went for a well deserved rest for me. Biloxi Mississippi is where they now call home. Both cities are very pretty.

Remnants of Hurricane Katrina still remain today. Driving along the highway trees look like sticks with the tops gone and all of the branches. On the back roads there are still homes and businesses in shambles and who knows if and when they will rebuild. New Orleans has been rebuilt and you would never know what had taken place such a short time ago. New Orleans was hit very hard but even Bourbon Street in the French quarter has no remnants of the devastation.

This is a picture of the Super Dome. Everything looks new and it is. I remember hearing on the news that a lot of people took refuge here waiting for help to arrive for them. To me this is a symbol of their heart felt suffering.

This is a picture of the famous Bourbon Street in the middle of the day. All the red shirts are folks going to the Sugar Bowl later that evening. The place was so crowded I cannot imagine what it would be like during Carnival.

For those who have never visited New Orleans, well it is a different place to say the least. Las Vegas is called the city of sin and I have been there a few times, but Vegas seems mild compared to this place. If you are not into drinking and sex then maybe you should reconsider going because that’s what Bourbon Street is all about. I was shocked at the amount of people who brought their small children to this place. I wonder what kind of impression it gave them.

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CutestPrincess on Jan 11, 2009
it sounds like you’re having a good time that day, i can feel how much do you love and miss your son, i think it was the 3rd time i commented to you and the subject is your son, 1st is your poem, photo, and this one! God bless you and your family!
John McDonnell on Jan 11, 2009
This is a fine article, and you should be proud of your son for all he’s doing for his country. I pray that he is safe and protected while he’s overseas, and that he comes back to you safe and sound. God bless you and him and his wife.
Morgana on Jan 11, 2009
I’m glad you had time to visit your son before he leaves. Thank you for sharing a piece of your life with us.
Christine Ramsay on Jan 11, 2009
It looks like a wonderful place to visit. Now you can remember the lovely time you spent with your son and his wife. It is so hard to say goodbye our children when they go away for a long time. My son has not been home from Japan for three years but at least we meet up on the web cam. A very good article.

Christine
Will Gray on Jan 11, 2009
Wonderful and touching article. Love the pics, May God Bless you and yours and keep Ethan safe.
Glynis Smy on Jan 11, 2009
This is so heartwarming and wrenching at the same time. Linda you know you have my friendship from afar.Your son and daughter in law are a brave young pair, I wish them long life and happiness and you peace in your heart.
Ruby Hawk on Jan 11, 2009
I can understand just how you felt. We visited our son and his new bride in Biloxie when he was stationed at the Air force there.He shipped out to Camp Drake in Japan. Since then I have seen two grandsons shipped out to Iraq. It is a sad ocassion and I hope your son will return safely as my son and grandsons did.
M Ashley on Jan 11, 2009
What a wonderful article! My brother is over in Iraq right now, and I worry about him daily. I didn’t get a chance to visit him before he left.

Your son is a very handsome young man. I love that you shared these photos. I am now adding “Go To Bourbon Street” to my list of things to do before I die. It just looks like too much fun.

I’m sorry your son is being deployed, but I congratulate you on raising such a fine young man.

Thanks for sharing.
Jeoffrey Meister on Jan 11, 2009
Thanx for sharing your family with us Linda. I pray for your son’s safety and that time will pass quickly for you and all those close to him.
thestickman on Jan 11, 2009
I have family members in the Services too.
Lorenzo A. Fernandez Jr. on Jan 11, 2009
Touching article and with great pictures–I wish I were in Bourbon Street to drink…
CA Johnson on Jan 11, 2009
I’m glad that you got to spend time with you son. I love the pictures. They are very nice.
Inna Tysoe on Jan 11, 2009
Wonderful article.

Thank you for sharing!

Inna
valli on Jan 12, 2009
Touching article and nice pictures.
Bo Russo on Jan 12, 2009
You must be proud of him.
CHAN LEE PENG on Jan 12, 2009
What a wonderful way to share with us! Thanks, Linda as always!
PR Mace on Jan 26, 2009
Very nice article. I know you are proud of your son. I am proud for you. I live in Pensacola, Florida so you were close to me. Loved the pics of New Orleans, we love to go there.
Katie on Jan 31, 2009
My fiance is deployed in the same battalion, 11 right? He left last night and I will miss him more than anything in the world. They will be safe, stay strong. They will build, they might fight, and they will come home stronger men than they already are.
Brian Daniel Stankich on Jan 31, 2009
I’m so glad you had this time together. I’m grateful Ethan is serving our country. We pray for our soldiers for God to work in their lives and to protect them. Brian
Johnny Yuma on Feb 4, 2009
Gulfport and Biloxi are both nice towns aren’t they? I have been through both of them years ago–way before Katrina paid her visit. As I remember they are both right together, and a person can hardly tell when he/she leaves one and enters the other. Isn’t that I-10 that goes across there and the old highway is US90?

Great job on the article and on the pictures. Thanks for posting them. Ethan is your son’s first name I assume; what is his middle name? I have a grandson named Ethan Cole. Again thanks for the story.

Johnny Yuma
Seabee Mechanic ace on Aug 28, 2009
I know it’s hard, but he’ll be ok. I was a Seabee myself a CM or Construction Mechanic(for 5 years) although I was a west coast Seabee(U.S.Pacific Fleet) Part of the First Marine Expeditionary Force.That would make your son part of the Second Marine Expeditionary Force. I was stationed at Port Hueneme California about 45 minutes north of Los Angeles. I was in NMCB-4. At the time it was CBC Port Hueneme but since my leaving(as a CM2) the base merged with (NAWS) Naval Air Wepons Station Point Mugu to become Naval Station Ventura county. Anyway like you said we are a very tight knit group and I can tell you from experience he will be well looked after. I know alot of Bees that have been to Iraq and Afghanistan several times and all have returned safely each time. So keep praying because I know it helps put your mind at ease but know he will be just fine (we look after our newbees) as well as each other in general.

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