jaye lynn (Ship 12, Div. 377)'s Page

This morning on Navy 4 Moms, one of the moms asked, “I have tons of nervous energy today..I feel like I am on the verge of either tears or pure excitement. Does anyone else feel like this?”

One word, “Yes.”

The last 48 hours have been a total adrenaline rush as our SR Alex began his final boot camp test – Battle Stations. I have never felt this way before – excited, anxious, emotional --- all on hyperspeed.

We knew he would start Battle Stations at approximately 8:00 pm, Thursday, October 29t… Continue

So, this week, Alex does his battle stations which is the final live test of his skills. Its great stuff.

My husband had a Navy lunch today with four other parents who work for the City of Fremont. Great stories. One of the moms brought and shared (and even loaned us) her son's Navy "year book". I opened it immediately not being able to wait to see what was inside.

I was not prepared for the emotion that the book would bring, the memories it would hold. I was overwhelmed with tears and emotion… Continue

Hell week wasn't so hellish after all. He said the only different was having to get up earlier.

The weather is getting cold. His "mates" are wondering why he isn't freezing his fanny off in Chicago being the California Boy. Alex is ready to run in the snow. He is enjoying the cooler weather (when you are sweating like a dog during your drills I can only imagine I would, too).

His entire Division was put on quarantine over the past weekend because 70+ were sick. Alex was one of the 10 healthy o… Continue

Great letter this week....3 pages... WOWIE.. He finished painting his division flag and it is near perfect. They order Division shirts and had a vote between one side of the flag vs. the other (Alex vs. another Sailor). It was a tie. They flipped a coin and Alex lost. Michael Jackson is on their division flag. Is it just me, or doesn't MJ has his own legacy? I regress....SR Alex was a good sport. In fact, he has been (unofficially) designated as "most artistic/most insane (due to his dancing mov… Continue

Newsbulletin in todays news:

The Navy ship, USS George Washington is currently sailing through Typhoon Melor off the coast of Japan. The winds are ranging from a sustained level of 98 mph to 121 mph.

A prayer was posted on Navy For Moms. I thought it rather fitting,

"Oh yes. I will pray. God, put your angels around that ship. Go before it. Go behind it. Make the way safe for them. We trust you to do that as we ask this in Jesus' name. You calmed the winds and the waves before. You are the sam… Continue