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Our November and December Sailors!!
We have a very special mission that we are going to ask all of our NavyforMoms.com members to support for the holidays.
Although the Adopt A Sailor program is only a few months old, as a group we have supported troops in Kuwait, Afganistan and Iraq. With the upcoming holiday season, we wanted to continue to support our sailors that we know won't be home with their families this year.
This group has grown so tremendous with almost 200 members and we had a goal in mind that would take alot of support. After much research and some emails inbetween, Molly and I are pleased to announce that our Sailor of the Month program for November and December will be...
The USS RODNEY M. DAVIS
This frigate will be home to about 250 sailors for the holidays.
Working thru their chain of command, we have received approval to support these sailors. This is an amazing opportunity and honor for us to be allowed to adopt this ship. This will be a big undertaking for our group but we know that Navy for Mom members know how to show the love!
Deployed ships often have limited mail deliveries so we have committed to having our mail delivered December 1 - December 8th. This will allow them to contain all of cards and holiday wishes together and deliver them to the crew before the holiday.
Our hope is for EVERY Sailor on that ship to receive a holiday card signed by Navy for Mom. We would like to include a $10 international phone card in the card so those Sailors may have an opportunity to call their loved ones. If you are not in a position to send a phone card, please do not let that stop you. Just write on the back of the envelope - no phone card included so as cards are distributed, some sailors don't get multiple phone cards and some get none.
So many of you have really stepped up the last few months and are spending $20 or more just shipping packages to our Adopt A Sailor receiptants. This will be an easier mission - no packages to send, no lines to stand in at the post office...just your holiday wishes with a regular postage stamp!!!
If you are a school teacher, Sunday School leader, Boy Scout or Girl Scout troop leader or part of any organization that would like to spread some holiday cheer to this group of Sailors, we would love to load them up with many holiday messages of support and cheer. Please think about using this a project for your group.
The Command Master Chief of the USS Rodney M. Davis has agreed to be our point of contact for this holiday project:
CMDCM(SW) C. W. Smith
Command Master Chief
Attn: Any Sailor
USS RODNEY M. DAVIS (FFG 60)
FPO AP 96663-1514
Again, please forward your holiday messages to his attention between December 1 and December 8th.
Thank you for making the holidays a little brighter for this crew!!!
P.S. USS Rodney M. Davis moms - we could not find a group for the Davis on this site so we have set one up. If there are any Davis moms here, please join the group.
Fairwinds and Following Sea - Mary & Molly
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Permalink Reply by Molly Molly Fo Folly on
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Even if you cannot afford phone cards - any cards will do (our love doesnt have to be monitary) Just the fact anyone would write a letter thinking about them is great !! I sure hope beyond all hope that we are able to gather 250 phone cards so that they can make a x-mas call home. BUT dont let that stop anyone from writting-my daughter and her friends have written 7 cards so far (which is awesome for teenagers) and they do not have a single phone card in them.
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Sweetheart--the readings you have written are awesome. You should write a poem to put in your cards!
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Have 10 ready to send with phone cards included, also have a second grade class making some along with my crochet group that is sending some toio.
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No I don't maybe we should do that ! We could start a room called phone card count and not talk in it just post how many calling cards we have ? Thoughts ??
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I just got this and HAD to post this
Luke AFB is west of Phoenix and is rapidly being surrounded by
civilization that complains about the noise from the base and its
planes, forgetting that it was there long before they were.
A certain lieutenant colonel at Luke AFB deserves a big pat on the
back.
Apparently, an individual who lives somewhere near Luke AFB wrote
the local paper complaining about a group of F-16s that disturbed
his/her day at the mall.
When that individual read the response from a Luke AFB officer, it must have stung quite a bit.
The complaint:
'Question of t he day for Luke Air Force Base:
Who do we thank for the morning air show? Last Wednesday, at precisely 9:11 A.M, a tight formation of four F-16 jets made a low pass over Arrowhead Mall, continuing west over Bell Road at approximately 500 feet. Imagine our good fortune! Do the
Tom Cruise-wannabes feel we need this wake-up call, or were they trying to impress the cashiers at Mervyns early bird special? Any response would be appreciated.
The response:
Regarding a wake-up call from Luke's jets On June 15, at precisely 9:12 a.m, a perfectly timed four-ship fly by of F-16s from the 63rd Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base flew over the grave of Capt. Jeremy Fresques.
Capt Fresques was an Air Force officer who was previously stationed at Luke Air Force Base and was killed in Iraq on May 30, Memorial Day.
At 9 a. m. on June 15, his family and friends gathered at Sunland Memorial Park in Sun City to mourn the loss of a husband, son and friend.
Based on the letter writer's recount of the fly by, and because of the jet noise, I'm sure you didn't hear the 21-gun salute, the
playing of taps, or my words to the widow and parents of Capt. Fresques as I gave them their son's flag on behalf of the President of the United States and all those veterans, servicemen and women who understand the sacrifices they have endured.
A four-ship fly by is a display of respect the Air Force gives to those who give their lives in defense of freedom.
We are professional aviators and take our jobs seriously, and on June 15 what the letter writer witnessed was four officers lining up to pay their ultimate respects.
The letter writer asks, 'Who do we thank for the morning air show? The 56th Fighter Wing will make the call for you, and forward your thanks to the widow and parents of Capt Fresques, and thank them for you, for it was in their honor that my pilots flew the most honorable formation of their lives.
Only 2 defining forces have ever offered to die for you.....Jesus Christ and the American Soldier.
One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.
Lt. Col. Grant L. Rosensteel, Jr.
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and to that I simply say, AMEN!
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So I have good news BUT I also have to ask from help from anyone that would be willing to help me out !
1st good news ---- My sailor was suppose to come home for 4 days starting next Tuesday and he called last night and said he now has 10 days off. So after some talking to airlines and changing tickets ----he is flying home this saturday !
Hip Hip Horrah
Which then brings me to needing help ----
As hopefully most of you already know when a sailor comes home moms go kinda MIA here on the site. I was wondering if anyone would take a few things on for me ????? With it being so close to mail date ~ this is what I am asking
THIS IS YOUR MISSION IF YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT !!!!
LOL LOL LOL LOL
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Would someone watch Adopt a sailor main discussion for me , (this is where the new people tend to come and ask questions) say hello to them tell them whatever it is they would like to know ---you know keep the excitment going!!
2) same thing in this room just help out whoever needs help - send them to Staci's room for a card count if need be, this is mainly our fun room anyway !!
3) would a few people next week do a blog about asking for letters ? Im thinking something that would catch a persons attention *SISTAH COULD YOU SPARE $10.00 FOR A SAILOR ? LOL LOL LOL
(((((Ok Molly stop cracking yourself up ))))
Anyway I know there are a ton of people out there that would write a letter to a sailor (with or without calling cards) THEY just dont know about this endevor !
Anyway you can just post the CMC address with the blog - they dont even need to join here ! (I think sometimes that scrares people away ) what -join- what ?
Anyone that would even willing to take on one of these tasks I would so so so so so so thank you :) I want to spend as much time with sailor boy as possible ~ yet would not feel right about only looking at this 10 minutes a day with us so close to the deadline !!
Oh Lol just thought of what this time is ~~~~~ its like OUR NAVY MOM general quarters !! Woooo oooo Wooooo oooo ALL HANDS< ALL HANDS TO YOUR STATION Woooo ooooo Wooooo oooo
(ok there I go again cracking myself up ! ) Sorry ~~~~~
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OK this Blows ~~~~ Welcome to the navy moment for me :(
Colton WILL NOT be home early :( He lives to far away for him to connect leave and liberty !! Dang so he does have a total of 12 days off ---but he will be home for only 4 of them :(
Ahhhhh that is the way the cookie crumbles. At least I will have him for some time :) And for that I am so very very happy ~~~
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Awesome response to the complaint about the fly by.
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