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Just Got THE LETTER!!!!!!! 7/19/13 Ship 09 Div 266
Just got 'The Letter'! OMGOSH! I'm crying! I don't think I've ever opened a letter so carefully in my life. No - I know I've never opened a letter so carefully in my life! My SR's graduation is July 19th.
Ship 09 Div 266
Who's with me???? :)
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Permalink Reply by skinkneelove on
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My husband graduates that day too! He is on Ship 12 !
I was so happy just to see his handwriting when i saw the letter! We will probably see each other at the RTC!
How are you today?
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Permalink Reply by MomLovesRyan Ship 09 Div 266 on
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Feeling much better now that I got The Letter. I saw the postal date of May 28th on the envelope - so figured he wrote it this week. He DOES still exist! I hope that doesn't sound funny. But, it's very strange and hard for me to not have contact for so long. I've been wondering about all the shots and how alot of them were going to be getting all their wisdom teeth pulled that first week. I think my son was one of them. So, it's nice to know he's doing well enough to address the letter. Silly me!
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Permalink Reply by D❤Navy on
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Skinkneelove I think your husband and my son are in the same ship 12 div 268-he is 21 yrs old. Did you get the form letter or his first official letter saying how he is? How do you respond to just 1 person on this thing- so new to this forum! Phew!
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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If you want to converse with just one person, you can go to their Profile page (click on their picture to get there) and leave a comment on their Comment Wall and then they can click Comment Back to go to your page and leave a comment for you and/or you can send a Friend request after going to their profile page and then send a PM through the site.
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Got ours too and he's in the same Division. Get those letters in the mail! Any boot will tell you a letter from home is a huge morale booster. Hurdle #1 is DOWN!!! Congrats to all the new members and their families!!!
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Join the group, PIR 07/19/2013 TG 36 (clickable link), to connect with the ones above and others with loved ones training with your SR. Know that Divisions 265 and 266 are brother divisions and train together and will have Battle Stations-21 together, so look for others with loved ones in either division. There will later be a discussion within that group for the two divisions.
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My son left last week as well - Wed the 22nd. How do you know the divisions and battle stations already. I got by box yesterday but no mail yet.
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Some recruits who arrived last week have fininshed regular P-days and their loved ones have received the form letter and some haven't. Your SR should have mailed the form letter either yesterday or today at the end of regular P-days. No parent will know at this time when BST is. They will have to write to their recruits to find that out or get that info in a PM once someone knows. I know that two consecutively numbered regular divisions are brother divisions and train together because that is how it works at the RTC. (See Ship/Division--How it Works.)
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You'll get all that information whjen you get the Letter.
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Permalink Reply by SamisMom on
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Ohhhh how exciting for you!!!!
How do you know the ship and division? Is it on the letter you just received? I'm waiting for mine - my daughter left May 21st...
Congrats again - your post here made ME cry! :o)
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Yes, the graduation date, the ship and the division are all on the Letter. Mine left May 21st, as well.
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I got the letter yesterday!!!!! She is graduating July 19th too - yay! She is on Ship 09 Division 265. So close to your son! LOL
I'm so sad though - I missed her call this morning!!! Her message was great though - she sounded really good and said she has a job as a security watch person. She sounded great until the end of the call when she started to cry. Bless her heart. I think it was just to missing home and us. Sigh.
Any word from your boy?
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