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Oldswabbie
  • 51, Male
  • Gray Court, SC
  • United States
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Not coming home

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Changing Rates

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Jim

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About me:
I served in the US Navy a long time ago as you can see by my photo above. I was fresh out of Bootcamp and in School in San Diego.. .lets just say the Disco Era had not even started yet. I am an Honorably Discharged, Partially disabled US Navy Veteran. The Navy doesnt like it when I talk about what I did so.. all I can say is .. "I served Honorably".

What many of you dont know is that I came to this site to bust a Poser who was pretending to be a Navy SEAL LtCdr. I worked with the Site Admin to try to figure out who/what/where this guys is. He is still being investigated and we are trying to track him down. For those of you who helped me try to "Out" this poser, I thank you very much. SEAL Authenticators are onto this guy "Greg" and hopefully can put some closure to the case with an FBI prosecution under the Stolen Valor Act of 2005.
I am here to support or represent my:
Jason
Stage of (Sailor’s) Navy Career?
Enlisted
When I heard “Navy,” I:
Encouraged him/her
From my experience with the Navy, the most important thing I learned was:
Attention to Detail - and, Clean Underwear.
Through this Navy experience, I now believe:
Our relationship has grown stronger

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At 9:17am on July 24, 2009, Kelly M said…
Hi, and thank you so much for your kind words, I really appreciate it!
At 8:28am on June 13, 2009, DONNA said…
jim,
hi, i first want to thank you for taking the time to answer me so fast as i don't often go on here and you really helped me. my son is home as of last night, he is in his room sleeping, and so much has happened. they gave him 5 choices 4 sub and one carrier he went back in asked for corspman? and they finally said yes. he has to report back to the great lakes for school?? then he thinks he goes south somewhere mfm??i think he is in the marines now. so much went on in buds he never told me. one they thought he had cancer for a couple weeks and hehe said he was a wreck and never mentioned it then they gave him the results so he is ok. biut i am taking him to the family doctor his fever is high and i think he has pnenommia. anyway his scores were low on that entrance test i hope corspamn school is not so hard for him because if he fails this i don't know what they will do with him. my son looks pretty beat up and thin, he was much bigger when he left and happier. well got to go thanks for helping me so quickly. donna
At 4:54pm on June 3, 2009, DONNA said…
thank you so much your answer was really great. he never mentioned anything about having to qualify only that his test score was low and I told him not to take it that day way back when because he had the flu real bad. he said today that the guy? who gives out the jobs put an email in to see if he ca get him corsman? and will let him know tommorrow if he gets it. my son does not know that I am on here talking because it really bothers him as he is a very private person, i never would have made it thru boot v=camp without this site but when he started pre-buds i droped off. thank you again I will be in touch and thatk you for answering so quickly.
At 12:28am on June 3, 2009, DONNA said…
hi my son dor 2 days ago from seal now he is a wreck and angry...what can he do about the jobs they offered him now???4 are on a sub and the 5th on a ship. he wants corpsman he wants to leave and go to the marines and they want him at the bottom of a sub i am afraid he will snap there or on a ship for 6mo. this whole thing was a bad mistake for him, and impulsive sign up over a bad relationship, he was in the police academy before this.please can you give me any advice donna
At 4:07am on February 15, 2009, Under the Radar Mom said…
Hi Jim,
Stopping buy to say hi.
At 5:32pm on January 3, 2009, Quadralene said…
Hello Oldswabbie, I just stopped by to thank you for reading and including your story to my article "not coming home". Yes I totally agree with you. Everytime I see a serviceman or woman I stop to thank them for their sacrifice. I didn't understand how important it was until my son became a service member.
At 10:32am on December 4, 2008, Tanya54 said…
We miss your tidbits and anecdotes from the "old days". Thinking about you during this holiday season!
At 7:11pm on November 22, 2008, Sheila G. said…
You were a great help and source of wisdom on the Navy Seals forum while my son was at BUDS. I know you will keep up the ministry to all these moms and dads that are going through what we went through!
At 4:38pm on October 27, 2008, beachmomma said…
274 starts Phase I today. If you hear anything, would you mind posting it on the seals discussion? Thanks. Not sure how much info I will be getting from my son during the week.
At 10:28am on October 3, 2008, J from O said…
could you come to chat?

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