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Ship 03 (USS Hopper) Divisions 243 and 244 (Brother Divisions)
Welcome to the Division Discussion for Divisions 243 and 244
These two divisions are brother divisions and will be training together from the beginning through BS21 their final test. Your SRs, soon to be SAILORS, are becoming friends, and some of them may be heading to A School together.
Get to know each other, your SRs are!
Please still use the Main Wall of the PIR Group to post questions, and concerns, we “veteran” moms don’t always get to into the discussion area as often as we would like.
Every single question that is asked is important Every single concern is genuine Every single member is important to us We don't want to accidentally overlook any of them or you.
Hang in there!!!
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Permalink Reply by Kaleigh's Gramma on
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Thank you. I'll use the address format you suggested and get my first 3 letters in the mail first thing tomorrow. You're right about feeling closer to your SR when you write. She has only been gone 9 days and it seems like forever, but I write something everyday even if it's just a paragraph. I am very fortunate that some of her friends around home keep in touch and drop by occasionally. I don't know if there is more than one A-School in Pensacola either. What rating is your SR going for? Mine is going for AD, Aviation Machinist's Mate. We visited Pensacola NAS in March when we went there to tour the National Naval Aviation Museum. What a spectacular museum! You've got to visit it when your son is stationed there.
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Another mom posted a potential "A" school site and there was a web page link there so I followed it--wow! Pensacola is massive! A friend here was discharged from the navy about 6 years ago and he told us the base was awsome... I don't know if we are supposed to discuss rates online or not so will double check before I post that--his school is 28 weeks so I will definitly be going down to visit....
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It's okay to post rates he is going to do CRT--I think I have that right! His dad messes the initials up and then I get confused...he is really excited about school--I had planned to go down for Thanksgiving because he wasn't planning to come home but just before he got on the plane in KC he called and said he would be home for Thanksgiving three times in the conversation! Even when he was in college he was with family so this is a real new experience for him...
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Cool Bunny--so do you have a SR on our ship? If so ?????
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Permalink Reply by Cindyloohoo (ATI Mom) on
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Shirleyann, I'm so jealous that you got a phone call even if it was for background info, but glad you did! Although from reading posts "No news is good news". Hope everything is good with your SR and I'm sure he WAS very tired, the first two weeks are the hardest from everything I've read. I love to hear from the other mom's...we're all interested in everything our kids are experiencing. Yes, my SR was in the same boat (pardon the pun) with college. No career decisions and didnt want to continue to waste the money that she has in her education fund so she preferred to take a "walk-about" and mature. Gosh we raised some good kids huh?
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Cindyloohoo--this is even better--today I pulled an envelope out of our mail slot and his name was in the return address area with our home address--I got excited and looked down and it was addressed to his girlfriend!!!! He didn't get all of her address on and they returned it! Being a good mom I mailed it on to her at her correct address!She has been emailing me at least twice a day so I printed all the emails today and sent them on to him so he can enjoy our conversations too....
Sounds like we both have super kids. Thinkers! I'm especially pleased with mine as he is the youngest of 5--his oldest sister is 18 years older than him--and someone was always protecting him from discipline....now we just have to figure this graduation thing out--all four of them want to be there and with myself that makes 5! He said they should be calling this weekend so now I have to be torn between attending a dance recital for my granddaughter--we must shut phones off--or waiting for his call....maybe he will call real early.....and they can record the recital?????
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My son is in Ship 03, Division 244. I have been praying that today I would receive a letter...but, it was not to be. Maybe tomorrow. I am missing my SR so much it hurts but I try not to cry because I am so proud of him. I cannot wait until 6/28.
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Welcome aboard--this is much harder than sending them to college! Go ahead and cry anyway--just don't let him know!!! It's okay to get mad also...when my SR was small we took some pictures of temper fits and crying fits and I've dug them out to lift my spirits...just hoping and praying he is pouring all that determination into this new opportunity--there is a website for USS HOPPER that has lots of pictures and I've copied and pasted some into his letters, and I'm thinking about making a scrapbook of them for him... Also you can get a commorative coin with the ship on it from an ebay shop Navy sponsored I think...I'm going to take it for graduation....his girlfriend lives in Kentucky and we've been emailing multiple times a day (I'm in MO) we're getting to know each other and I sent copies of our conversations to him today so he can enjoy them too. Keep busy and the time will fly!!!
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I've actually found that talking or typing about my SR helps--makes me feel like I am doing something to help even thought I can't see him or talk to him--I can talk to other parents of SR's he is around and that seems to bring him closer!!! We're all in this together so feel free to share and cry...
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Permalink Reply by Melissa Ann on
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Im right with you....
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