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Ship 7/Div 351 PIR 10/29/10
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Permalink Reply by CharitySailor'sWife2B on
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Its supposed to give the sailors luck on battlestations from what I've heard. Kind of like a beacon..like when they would put a candle in the window in the old days.
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Permalink Reply by Mom of Joshua, the MA on
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Ya know - I've never even questioned it! Ha! I've just decided it's "the thing to do," when the recruits are going through Battlestations! I like Charity's explanation, but maybe it's one we should pose for the masses .... ya think? lol
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Yea I think thats a great idea..I wasnt completely clear on it myself.
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Cool!! Joe (my bf) was pretty sure he knew Billy but wasnt positive since i didnt know his last name... but maybe they will talk about the phone calls. I am glad they hang out.
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Mrs. Cindy... Im so sorry you missed your call. That has to be rough.. Im always scared thats going to happen to me. Even though I didnt get to talk to him for even a full ten minutes it was nice just hearing his voice. He is ready to be done. We mostly spent time talking about who he knew. I asked if he knew dillon and I couldnt remember yalls last name...only that it started with a W. So I told him that Dillon looked one of our friends before he got his hair cut off and he joined up with them like 2 weeks ago and then he knew who I was talking about. He didnt know when I simply told him the 2 week thing. I think they lose track of time... Dillon must be fitting in if Joe didnt realize right away who he was by my telling him that Dillon was a new addition. Did you see that they are grad n go? :((
Joe didnt mention it... but Billy (BonnieMae's husband) said the whole division is. -
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I forgot to mention... Joe said that Dillon is on the "head crew"!! Whatever it was it sounded good...
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oh okay. Im sure he does fantabulously!!! lol.. new words..
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Permalink Reply by Proud Mama of Sailor Courtney on
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Hello everyone! My daughter is also ship 7 div 351...she got to call home yesterday! She sounded so excited and had so much to tell me about everything going on...it was hard to keep up and I didn't get to talk much! Just listened! Sounds like their division is doing FANTASTIC!
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Permalink Reply by MRs L* on
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im happy you got a call. i was curious if they were able to call this early in the day, my husbands in your daughters brother division, hopefully i will get my call today too.. that is great that they are doing good
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Did you ever get that call from your husband? I hope so...My daughter got a special reward last night and got to make another 15 minute call home....It was wonderful to hear how happy she is and how well they are doing....
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Thats awesome!! :)
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Permalink Reply by musicmom of a Sailor on
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Dillons MOm - you give me hope....my son was barely doing 20 pushups when he left also. I'm worried that he won't do enough for them. He really learned a life lesson on that. I kept telling him to go workout but you know that mom doesn't know anything.....lol
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