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Comment by DNavyFamily on July 21, 2015 at 1:50pm

The Holiday Inn Express over near Lakehurst is barely 10 minutes from the gate and they have RTC graduation packages, nice rooms, and a shuttle ride included in the package.  The breakfasts at Holiday Inn Express are rock-solid.   Not as noisy, VERY clean, and closer to the malls and other restaurants.  Navy Lodge is good and basic but  parent(s) travelling a long way to get to Great Lakes will enjoy the comfort.

Comment by New Navy Mom HL on July 20, 2015 at 6:42pm

We booked the Navy Lodge the weekend after my son's PIR date was announced, he had been at boot camp about 10days

Comment by sibehuskyfan PIR 9/26/2014 on July 20, 2015 at 2:21pm

I'm trying to book reservations for our daughter's graduation in March, and the Navy Lodge and Gateway Inn & Suites both say I can't book until Nov or 30 days out, My question is, have others on here been able to get a room booking that late out, or should I just go with a different hotel? thanks for your answers! 

Comment by DNavyFamily on July 2, 2015 at 11:17am

However, I'm sure a Harry & David type delivery of fruit like the kind you mentioned would be allowed since it's in the skin and shipped UPS or USPS. 

Comment by DNavyFamily on July 2, 2015 at 11:16am

Policies like that change frequently.  You might want to Google a local delivery outfit or call the DLI quarterdeck/main phone number.  Often the restrict it as the BAQ/BOQs don't have a formal place for UPS or local deliveries to be held if a student is in class and they don't want things to pile up.  I know students can pipe in but to avoid all problems and sad outcomes, call the DLI main phone number.  Additionally, the vendor would have to be granted access to the facility.  Lots of little issues nowadays with security.  Sanitation is another big issue too.  They don't want flowers or food to be left waiting for the student to pick them up after class and draw gnats and so forth.  Again- check the main phone number first.

Comment by BrownEyedMomma on July 2, 2015 at 10:50am

Does anyone know if its okay to send a fruit basket to DLI? I know she can receive regular packages but i dont know if theres a regulation against this and i dont want to ask her cause its a surprise. It would be apples, bananas and oranges - all fruit still covered in skin, not one of those edible arrangements. I figure those kind of fruit arrangements really wouldn't be allowed but fruit still in skin might.

Comment by DNavyFamily on July 2, 2015 at 9:31am

As for DLAB study- I second JHubby's reply.  Our daughter just kept at it in her English.  Regular reading of real literature can passively help, too.  Good collegiate level books.  Laugh if you want too but listening to classical music (not opera) keeps the mind following and noting patterns and rhythms that can mimic linguistic structure. Our daughter loves country to hip-hop and even she found herself noting the flow of the made-up language on the DLAB- it's patterns and repetition of phrases like you see in a music measures.  I was an exchange student back in the 80's and I first heard of this helper while living in my host country.

Comment by DNavyFamily on July 2, 2015 at 9:10am

Everyone needs to read this quick article- it's also spot on.  Share it with your son or daughter, too.  www.babbel.com/magazine/10-tips-from-an-expert

Envision the language as a soft pillow to use not a rock.

Comment by DNavyFamily on July 2, 2015 at 9:08am

I mentioned this a few posts ago but success in language is immersion- and all of you can do WONDERS to help.  Amy-Jordie's Mom is spot on.  The next thing to add is that EVERYONE in the family should at least write letters and translate them into Google Translate (free and a little hidden tool off the side of the Google page) and do all your letters that way. Secondly, either through the library, audiobooks, YouTube, or flat out buying Rosetta Stone, learn the language with them!  Watch YouTubes of news and things in the language (make sure you find out the dialect or region, too.).  Granted, Arabic and Chinese are not going to be easy to transcribe into writing, but at least pick it up, too. 

Comment by JHubby on July 1, 2015 at 9:16pm

Jackl, there's no real way to study for the DLAB. It's a totally made-up, unspoken language. The best thing to do is brush up on English grammar and sentence structure because the test is about applying rules to this made up language and how well you can memorize the list of rules short-term and apply them to the made up sentence they give you.

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