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Ship 11 (USS Kearsarge) Divisons 025 and 026 (Brother Divisions)
Welcome to the Division Discussion for Divisions 025 and 026
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 iahawks4me2-ship11/div026 on
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Aww. That was sweet of him. I've heard that the food has improve a lot over the years. But it's still not home. :)
Too bad about the calls. Based on what my SR says (during the calls he was able to make), their a good strong group. Hopefully we will hear from them again soon.
I guess we are going to see what he wants to do when we get there. We had a travel book of the Great Lakes sent to us..I'm sure we will find something to do. ;)
Hang in there!
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Permalink Reply by momm2five (GM MOM) on
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A friend told me one of the zoos is free! I think we may do that.
A travel book may be a good idea . . .
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Permalink Reply by Mom4son on
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Momm2five: no letter for me yet but LOVED hearing what your son had to say!!!! Holy Toledo those boys are going to be so busy!!! Just the inspections alone are killer. I guess that's why they say that by week 5 they're definitely a 'changed' person.
Very sweet of him to acknowledge his siblings like that. Sounds like a great kid. Thanks so much for sharing. I never get that kind of detail. :))
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I'm glad I could share. This is the first time I have gotten such detail from him. He sounds so much better.
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Permalink Reply by MXNavyWife110 on
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LOL @ the bean dip!!!
Hubs wrote 3 letters today ill update everyone once this child of mine goes to sleep(probably never!!)
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I miss my kids being little . . . but not the bedtime fight!! Good luck!
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Permalink Reply by fab5 on
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My son's last name starts with a "F" that would be cool being on how we also have 5 kids.
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I sent you a friend request, since I can't message you if we are not friends. That would be really cool!! How old are yours? Mine go from 22-12 years old. I love having a bigger family.
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Holy cow!! Two sets?! That's cool! I did it the hard way, lol! girl 22, boy 17(18 on PIR day!), girl 16, girl 14, boy 12.
Your house must have been even crazier than mine!! Oh, the diapers!! At one point I had three in diapers and thought that was crazy.
How are the other kids handling him being gone? It's been tough here. Lots of tears. But letter days are great. Are you all going to PIR?
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Yes 2 sets haha, not to crazy anymore because I blinked :(
They all miss him so much but I think they worry. Yes we are all coming from Ohio. -
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I sent you a private message with the SR's last name!
I know what you mean about blinking. I can't believe how old they all are. We are driving from MI. So glad we are close. Is your guy staying at Great Lakes for A school?
Ours is. It will make it nice for visits!
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