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Division 362 Mustering In!!
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Permalink Reply by TwinBMom on
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My son is too! I haven't gotten a regular letter yet. I thought it might be because I didn't send him with a phone card. I sent one after receiving the address in the form letter.
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Permalink Reply by gabbyhat on
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Great, glad to have ya. Arn't too many of us here yet. I'm hoping for a call sometime late next week or early 1st week October...hope she calls cellphone cause we will be on the road to North Carolina. Her stepsister lives in Raleigh, NC Our grandbaby turns 1 on 10/7. Will miss the mail...taking netbook so will try to keep up with N4M, lol. My husband says I'm addicted....lol. What't your son doing jobwise?
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My husband thinks I'm addicted too. I've almost forgotten everything I knew as a navy wife. It's different when it's your child. His job is corpsman. What about your son? I really hope he calls tomorrow. That's just wishful thinking!
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You were a Navy wife? I was a Navy nurse '83-'86..Also, a navy wife...her father was 'blackshoe" navy...shipdriver or surface warfare. He also graduated Naval Academy "79. His whole family was Navy and most of them still live around Annapolis, MD. I loved working with corpsman..really made my job go so much easier...most of the ones I worked with had minds like sponges...smart and eager to learn...hope your son enjoys it. My daughter is in SpecOps-AIRR or aviation rescue swimmer. She likes to jump out of planes, rock climbs, surfs, anything requiring dare devilish nerves. Can't think where she got that from...lol. Yeah, I would like to hear from her too...Maybe next week :<)
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I really hope they're given mail today. My son knows there's no way I wouldn't write him. He's probably worried that I'll get carried away and put stuff all over the envelope. I've learned from this site not to do that. He'll be pleasantly surprised. I bought a lot of minutes on his phone card so that he can share it with someone that doesn't have one and wants to call. I know him well enough to know that he'll do that. I have my phone close just in case!!!
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Permalink Reply by LemonBasil on
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September 26, 2020 Hello One and All! New to this as many of you are, I am excited to share. First off, my one and only child, a daughter, is a recruit in Div 362. Her name is Heather. I write to you every night. Concerns have surfaced to the fact that other sailors do not receive letters, I have a stupendous idea: I will be visiting various elementary and high schools in my neighborhood. As of tomorrow, Monday, I intend on speaking to these schools' principals to encourage the students to write to a sailor, to begin a pen-pan situation. Although the letters will be addressed to Heather, she will be able to hand them out. And not just the schools are in my idea, but the local fire, sherrif and police departments. What do you think?
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Ooh, something was mentioned about sending a phone card. Now, my daughter gave me strict rules, according to her, not to anything but a letter. As I have always sent her personal 'care' packages, she adamantly told me "mom, don't send pictures, candy bars or anything but a letter." These past two weeks I have conformed to her wishes. So, would sending phone cards be useless? I think it's a great idea! Later...Andrea.
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Permalink Reply by Lynne on
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You can send her stamps, a debit card or gift card that she can use to pay for her pictures Pck A that I am ordering or my recruit is...lol...is 170.00 and stamps. Don't go overboard with the letters because their are only 80 in her division and 30 % would be 20 to 25 max without mail....so think along those lines...although I am sure any of them would get a kick out of extra mail...but we don't want to get anyone in trouble....I am glad you are going to help!!
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Oh, okay. Thanks. I was hoping I did this correctly - contacting you properly. And no, I don't want to get anyone in "trouble." Once I get the ball rolling, I'm sure it'll roll slowly. So, in my head, once I get any letters to mail, I mail them a few (2 - 3) at a time, per day. I don't know. I've been known to be overbearing with my ideas. Oh, what is a "Pck A?"
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If you go back about 5 or 6 pages in the chat I think you will find it, but it is like 11X14 ind pic and division pic 2 8X10 ind pics 2 5X7 24 walet the KEEL (yearbook) and a DVD of the actual PIR
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Okay. Thank you!
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