Mom's of Navy Divers

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Comment by Cujos Mom on November 7, 2009 at 8:05pm

Hi All- hope your brave sailors are doing well. I a going to be in PC next weekend to visit my sailor who is assigned to the Experimental Dive unit for a month. If anyone wants to get together for a meal or coffee, let me know. I love meeting other navy moms.

Comment by Joyce(Proud Mom of a US Sailor) on November 7, 2009 at 7:02pm

Kellie, My son's class (which will graduate from dive school in PC on 12/18) started with over 20 after basic and are now at 13. It's really tough, best of luck to your boyfriend.

Comment by cmesa on November 7, 2009 at 1:35pm

Hi Kellie
I have a son in the Navy Diver training pipeline. This is difficult training and there are no guarantees that they will complete the training. The standard training time frame is 1st - Recruit training 8 weeks 2nd - Pre-Dive training at GL 7 weeks 3rd - Dive training PCB Fl. 90 training days for 2nd class diver. There normally is time, 1 to 4 weeks, before classing up for next class. There is about 10% drop rate in the recruit training 800 divisions. After recruit training The drop rate from the latest Pre-Diver class at GL was about 50%. With the high drop rates from all of the NAVY SPEC. OPS rates the standard phrase is ONE DAY AT A TIME. The last Pre-Dive class lost several sailors on the last day.

Comment by Kellie12Jake(ship04 division802) on November 6, 2009 at 2:56pm

Hi! I am not a mom of a Navy Diver but am a girlfriend. My boyfriend, Jake is in BC right now and after he will be in Panama City for 2 years for Dive school. I was wondering if anyone knew any information about if I came down to stay with him and how long I would be able to stay.

Comment by dolores on November 4, 2009 at 5:20pm

My son loves running into people that he has been to PC with and ones he has been stationed with. It is a small community and it seems they keep in touch.

Comment by Bradlee's mom on November 4, 2009 at 12:39pm

Congratulations Lona. Hopefully the guys will be able to keep in touch. They have been through a lot in the 9 months they have been together.

Comment by Joyce(Proud Mom of a US Sailor) on November 3, 2009 at 5:43pm

Lona, I'll be thinking of Christian's class as they prepare to graduate. Aaron and his classmates have been talking about how strange it will be to go their separate ways, having been together since last March. A whole new life awaits them all.

Comment by Navy mom from Florida on November 1, 2009 at 7:36pm

Time has flown for us, while Christian has been in Panama. They have all gotten there papers and Christian is going to Kingsbay, GA. Just 3 and 1/2 hours away. He is very happy with the station. The only sad thing is the boys separate and go all over. It has been a great time for us having them at the house. They graduate November 19th I can't wait to attend. They were counting the days before they left the house today.

Good luck to all of your sons. Lona

Comment by Gerry *Proud Mom* Dan DIV195 on October 29, 2009 at 8:39am

Joyce, Anna and I are flying to PC on Thanksgiving day and hope to scoop Dan up and go to Milton FL for a great turkey meal with a cousin of mine and his wife. I will send you my personal email address in a PM today.

We will be in PC until Monday morning the 30th of November. Anna and I will both be celebrating our birthdays with Danny. yeah.

Dan will have duty one of those days over the weekend, he is pretty sure. So I will get my GPS out and come and visit you, if that is ok.

Talk to you soon. Gerry

Comment by Cujos Mom on October 28, 2009 at 8:07pm

Congrats Bradlee's son. That call seems like yesterday for me, too and it was over 2 years ago!

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