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Comment by whatelks67 on December 28, 2011 at 4:23pm

Monica-where is Jefferson, it sounds so familar.  I have family down in Charleston(my ex-husband) and his brother and family in Dorchester.  We managed to remain good friends and so we've kept each other as family.    But I want to say my sister-in-law has mentioned Jefferson a time or two, I'm thinking that is why it sounds fam. to me, and honestly if I don't figure it out, it's gonna drive me nutty.

Comment by whatelks67 on December 28, 2011 at 4:16pm

It is a small world Monica, we almost bought a house in Indian Trail. lol.  I know my son said he had to check his mail, so there is some place it is deposited, and not brought to them.  I'm glad to know my son has so much mail coming to him, thank God for large families.  He doesn't know it, but he's already got two boxes sent to him, one from his grandma and one from and aunt, both heavily laden with socks and t-shirts, both which he said he would need lots of.  So this means, that mom gets to send some fun stuff, like cakes, games, movies and cookies in my box as well as undies.  lol.  I was happy to know I'd be sending fun boxes, too. 

Comment by MONICA on December 28, 2011 at 3:48pm

Whatelks, I see you are from Pineville. I live in Jefferson SC but grew up in Indian Trail NC(near Monroe).  It is good to see you and Caroline are from North Carolina.  Patricia, I seen you asked about the mail and my son wasn't getting his mail either but I think they need to ask whoever does the mail because I am pretty sure they don't bring it to them like in BC and school,  My son has now started to ask when he knows there should be mail for him.  I'm so glad there has been some activity on here because I know before long we will all need each other. 

Comment by whatelks67 on December 28, 2011 at 3:35pm

Thank you Caroline, wow, but I was way off on my guesses.  Don't tell your son's I went and changed their jobs on them.  lol.  I feel like I've been  pushed off the pier into the Navy.  My son only went to BC in late June, did his A school and now all this.  Talk about imersion!  And the sad part is, I'm lost on the Navy, my family were all Marines, til my son. lol.  Boy was that conversation a shock!  So the military is nothing new to me, just how the Navy does it.  We have a dog and a cat, both from shelters, both sweeter then they should be coming from the lives they had, had.  I've got a box of items that I'm going to pull from when I send him care packages, so he gets a variety of items to cover his needs and hopefully some of  his wants. 

Comment by Caroline on December 28, 2011 at 1:35pm

Whatelks, I guess I can actually answer that one - wow!  The GS part is Gas Systems Technician.  The M is Mechanical.  My son is a GSE (Gas Systems Tech-Electrical, so Lori's son would be Gas Systems Tech-Mechanical.  All about Gas Turbine Engine maintenance, that which powers the ship.

As for the other acronyms, I am often in the dark and I've found that the "NAVY Speak" link on this site is usually right there with me lol so I think they make some of them up as they go along?  lol My son's PIR was last March but he's been in schools ever since so I'm still figuring things out like you.

I think we are kindred spirits.  I have two rescue dogs and if I had more than my 1/2 acre (in a not-always-tolerant neighborhood), I'd be dangerous and I definitely wanted more when my son went to basic last year!  I don't have a husband to put the brakes on my furry impulses . . .

Comment by whatelks67 on December 28, 2011 at 10:54am

Thank you for the welcomes!  Taking my son to the airport yest. morning was so hard.  I went alone, and now I know, that just can't happen again gotta take someone else with me.  I had to pass our animal shelter on the way home, and I almost stopped in a got a new puppy just to have some thing to hug and care for in place of my son.  My daughter would have been happy, the husband....not so much.  I'm just thanking God that the shelter wasn't open at 6am.

Lori-I'm not good enough on the acronyms yet, I'm pretty sure the M in GSM is mate, and I think the G might be Gunners, but the S is leaving me completely baffled.  Help.  I'll start to pick things up but this has all happened in the last 6 months, we've gone from BC to deployment in such a short time, so I guess I am playing catch up. 

 

Comment by Caroline on December 28, 2011 at 10:54am

Good morning everyone!  I'm always encouraged to see new activity on this site :)  Whatelks, I was just thinking it was cool that someone else from NC was on this site and I see you have also discovered that lol.  My son totally clammed up on holiday hints because I bought his plane ticket home (I didn't want him to totally wipe out his funds this first time home or to use credit since he's just an E-2).  I bought him a watch - has to fit, right?  I also took someone else's suggestios and bought extra thread-count pillow cases.  He thought that was pretty funny but loved it.  I have also picked up some body wash and other odds and ends.  He went from being the kid who wanted all of the name-label "product" to "just the cheapest stuff you can get Mom, it's fine".  They really grow up in the Navy, don't they?  He returns to Great Lakes when his leave is up next week and still doesn't have "hard copy" orders but since they are obviously deploying soon (I don't guess we have, or you can say, a date...?) I imagine he will be heading to Jacksonville pretty much right away.  I'm someone who likes to plan and this is going to take me way out of my comfort zone lol.  I'm counting on you Moms to help me with questions like the mail, etc.  I've managed to be really excited for him because of the upcoming adventures but I suppose it's going to hit hard pretty soon when I realize I can't text him every day.  Time for Mom to grow up too lol.

Comment by PatriciaT on December 27, 2011 at 9:47pm

Hi Whatelks and welcome!  I'm just back from the airport having taken my sailor to his flight back to Jax'ville.  Boy that was hard . . . miss him already.  He mentioned how he never got a Thanksgiving card from his aunt and some other stuff we've been sending him since he got to the Simpson.  Has anyone else experienced problems with their sailors getting postal mail?  We checked and double checked the address to be sure we had it right.

Comment by whatelks67 on December 27, 2011 at 9:22pm

I'm searching around and I see that Caroline you are from Oriental.  Wow we are now in Pineville, suburb to Charlotte, but are from New Bern originally, we still have lots and lots of family there.  My son just spent about a week there with his grandparents and dad.  So excited to even find a page for the Simpson, and I tend to ramble when I get excited, so just slap me and tell me to shut up if I get going too much. 

Comment by whatelks67 on December 27, 2011 at 9:17pm

Sorry guess I should have said, I'm in NC, so not so far away from port. Also, my son is a BM, and is very determined to do a great job.  I hope this is an active group, our bootcamp group was great and made those long weeks bearable, so I'm hoping for the same here. 

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