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Comment by SarahsMom(Ship03/Div176) on September 6, 2012 at 9:57am

What's DOR?

Comment by Noni on September 6, 2012 at 9:32am

proudmom-are you in the DOR group, too? Just curious.

Comment by KC'smom on September 5, 2012 at 9:41pm

Yes, you are right proudmom.  Just wish things were a little easier. I suppose he's not mine anymore. He's the Navy's. I should be grateful I can text him right now. It just bothers me that we are flying out to California to be with him and he won't even be there!! Ugh. I will never use another airline except Southwest again!  My goodness I love this website. There are no other moms who can understand what I'm going through for me to talk to here ( that I know).

Comment by proudmom on September 5, 2012 at 9:19pm

Kc'smom, don't give up! Eventually your son will be stationed somewhere and you will get to spend some time with him. I understand the frustration of not getting to see your child. I have one in the Army as well as my child at "A" school. I've seen my daughter a total of 5 hours since May 1st. I miss her terribly, but can't afford the airfare and to drive is 30 hours. My son and his wife are pregnant and I so want to be there after the baby is born, but probably won't get to see baby til they come home for Christmas.
Having all the difficulties associated with seeing your son will not matter once you do get to see him and spend time with him. It won't go away! But it will be diminished just being able to hug him and be mom. Keep a stiff upper lift and hang in there!

Comment by KC'smom on September 5, 2012 at 8:33pm

Just coming on here to vent... Sorry. I am always comiing on here posting about my financial burdent to see my son all the way across the country. But, I bought the tickets and even bought flight insurance in case something happens and he tells me DONT COME. And, of course there's a jazz fest in town that weekend and my $70/ night room was hiked up to $213 for that weekend. Now, he has orders to go to another school after graduation and has to leave the next day. I'm devestated that I only get 2 days with my son. I had the great idea to use my travel insurance to change my dates. That way I can get out there earlier in the week and see him a few days BEFORE he leaves. Well, I was just informed by the  insurance company that my reason for wanting to change my flight dates is not covered "we're really sorry".  Now, I would have to pay United Airlines $600 to change my tickets plus the difference in prices of the tickets. Oh, I'm just so beat down. I just can't win. When he was in bootcamp and broke his foot I had to change my airline tickets b/c he was stuck there an extra 2 months. Then, I used Southwest. They allow 1 change. God bless them. Since I used a different airline I thought I was safe buyiing the insurance. I have just learned a lesson.

Comment by SarahsMom(Ship03/Div176) on September 4, 2012 at 2:19am

PamperedMom,welcome. My sailor has been at the DLI since 6/9/12. She loves it. She just got back from the long weekend in San Francisco.

Hope your son loves it as well!

 

 

Comment by NYRican924 on September 4, 2012 at 1:04am

Oh, and as for the situation with the couple, it's not that the navy denied his request. The issue is that the Georgia location is on an Army base, which means the chow halls are Army and only has Army cooks. Navy cooks get stationed on Naval bases. If she were stationed in Hawaii, since that a Navy sponsored based, they would have been together. Linguist assigned to San Antonio are assigned to an Air force base, and the command sponsor therefore is Air force, meaning chow Hall and housing and everything is Air Force sponsored. It just depends on where they get stationed, it's a little complicated, and this will make it difficult for them to be stationed together, sadly and unfortunately :-(

Comment by NYRican924 on September 4, 2012 at 12:53am

Yeah, my son is at the top of his class and also was first in line for the immersion. He was furious when the program was canceled as a form of punishment. A servicemember went to China for his immersion and even though they are totally briefed before the immersion, the sailor broke the golden rule and Married a host nation national. Obviously lost his rating, won't qualify for a clearance and his actions affected everyone else.

Comment by KC'smom on September 3, 2012 at 11:01pm

OkieCowgirl- my son's old roomate at DLI is now a cook. I'm a bit shocked. I had never asked him that question before tonight. That poor young man met a girlfriend at DLI and they became engaged. They were in the same language and they were going to get married at their duty station in Georgia. It gets worse..... they decided to get married before she left for Georgia and he was held there at DLI while the Navy was deciding what to do with him. He requested to be assigned close to his wife. They did not grant that request. Now she is pregnant and he is in a different state (as a cook).  

Comment by KC'smom on September 3, 2012 at 10:52pm

I can't even believe I'm saying this..... but I'm happy he's being deployed!!  Only because he wants to be deployed. He and 2 other people in his class and that's it. Everyone else got assigned to shore duty. I would LOVE for my son to be here in the great U.S. of A!!  Believe me. But he wants to go exploring. I suppose that's why most young people join the military- so they can experience other parts of the world. I just wish the area where the Navy will send him 'exploring' wasn't so dangerous. :-(

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