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Good morning moms! (Maybe I should have said proud, but anxious moms.) I am so ready to hear something from my daughter. Has anyone received a call or a letter from their child yet? All I've had is the 'I'm here' call. I keep telling myself that no news is good news, but this is soooo hard. Everyone have a blessed day! Gloria
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Permalink Reply by L A(MM nuke mom) on
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Thanks for sharing this info. My son doesnt usually have a whole lot to say in his letters. I'm glad to know of these dates. That is really awesome about the perfect score and the award. :) My son did say that they are going to be wearing their dress whites for PIR.
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I googled it. Bravo Zulu means "job well done"
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Permalink Reply by ctav01 on
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We got our weekly letter from our daughter yesterday. She mentioned that this week was Hell Week and that since she's a Nuke, she'll have to get up at 2am Saturday morning after PIR to head to the airport for South Carolina. At least we get Friday... *sigh*
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Drag. My son is a nuke too. I thought I was going to have time to meet him at the airport in order to give him his cell phone.
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Permalink Reply by gc (ship009div172 PIR6/8) on
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Happy Mother's Day to all Recruit Moms out there. Rather a bittersweet day with our babies gone, huh? But, oh so proud! I sure would love to get a phone call today. How about y'all? Post if you get one. Fingers crossed for all!
CAB and KaywaaB: have y'all even got a phone call yet? I know you are sitting by phone today for sure!
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Ok division 172 let me hear from you. We aren't posting anything. Let me know what you are hearing from your recruits. I've heard nothing since last Thursday's letter. No call over the weekend. I'm sure hoping for a letter tomorrow. Has anyone else heard anything? Has everyone made travel arrangements yet? Where are families of Division 172 staying? I can't be in this by myself. Surely there are other 172s out there.:)
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Hi gc :) I havent heard too many details in the letter from my son that I received on Monday. He said that he's tired of wearing boots all the time and He's studying like crazy. I'm looking forward to a letter tomorrow. I made a reservation to stay in the red carpet inn because it was cheap and close to the base. I couldn't get off work on Thursday, so my flight won't get into Chicago O'hare until 1am. I was super lucky to get Friday off. (I teach at a private school and that is the last day of school for the year and at first the principal told me that no one gets that day off.)
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Hello la
This is a very busy time for teachers with school winding down. So glad your principal let you off that last day. It would be awful to miss PIR. I got letters from my daughter today. She was so excited about firearms and Marlinspike. She still is coming up a little too long on her run times. She gets one more chance to make it or she will be moved back. Please pray that her time improves. Other than that she is loving the experience. She says she is tired and doesn't get enough sleep but is very glad she chose to do this. Will you be staying through the weekend? Hope we get a chance to meet.
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gc I pray your daughter will get her time better. My son said he needed to work on his pushups. He also said that the RDC said they could possibly earn a phone call home so he said everyone is working hard. His letter also said that he wanted news from the outside world, since they don't know anything about what is going on outside training. :) I'm staying Thursday night through Saturday evening. I am planning on meeting my son at the airport to give him his phone before he ships out on Saturday.
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We got our fourth letter yesterday and she sounded much more upbeat. She wrote that the division had only one flag so far and she wanted to get more! Plus she's looking forward to the fire fighting and the gas chamber!!! She also wrote that div 171 is down to 60-70 people but that 172 is still around 80 because as they get people ASMO'd out, more get ASMO'd in. And she's still sick with a pretty bad cough but she doesn't want to go to medical and maybe miss something. Wow, what a change from her first letter and phone call.
Have a good weekend everybody!
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It's really great to see the growth and change in our children. :)
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Secrets: There isn't a fb for our division but there is one for the 7 divisions that will be graduating on June 8th. It was just sta!rted a couple of days ago by Trina. Thanks Trina! It is a closed group and link is: http://www.facebook.com/groups/360765170644149/
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