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RTC Graduation

RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

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Comment by DJsmom on August 17, 2013 at 1:05pm: Thanks Karenlee I think I might have to go buy an umbrella. I flew in from NJ and I wouldn't miss this graduation for anything!!

Comment by Karenlee on August 17, 2013 at 11:17am: Have a great time. Graduation is so neat. Sorry the weather is not so good. Sometimes it is windy at graduation. We wore coats but it was March. Congratulations to your son and to you too for making the ride that it was. Exciting times ahead.

Comment by DJsmom on August 17, 2013 at 10:22am: I'm here!! Graduation is Tuesday! So excited for him! Bravo Zulu! The weather sucks right now ... Thought I was going to be beachin it but its raining. Good thing I'm getting to hang with both of my kids.

Comment by Karenlee on July 29, 2013 at 6:59am: Proudmomof2, has your son been thru EOD school in FL? Guam is a duty station after they complete training which takes around 42-52 weeks to complete. He can always come home on leave. Not sure where you live but from the Midwest, Guam is about an 18 hour plane ride but my son was there twice as a port stop and liked it.

Comment by Karenlee on July 8, 2013 at 8:22pm: Addy62, usually shortly after EOD graduation,they head to Ft Benning in GA. That is a 3 week course. Ben said it is like being back in boot camp because a lot of guys and girls from the army go there when they finish boot. Ten they are off to MS for about 3 weeks for field training. Not sure exactly what they do there but I think they do some medical in the field stuff. Then it's off to San Diego for more field work so I would figure that he has about 9 more weeks of training after graduation. Depending on how the training falls I would guess that he will be in San Diego around the Christmas holidays. I am sure that he will have leave around that time. You can either have Christmas or New Years but you do not usually get both while you are still training. Ben graduated from Elgin in March of 2011 and was in Spain the first part of July. Ben is with a dive team out of Rota. He got back from Romania a few weeks ago and will be headed to Africa the end of the week. Don't know where in Africa because we don't always get to know that stuff. It will be the 3rd time there. He has also been to Germany which he liked. Africa not so much. They usually wait till all the guys get there to form up the teams but they get to do a lot of cool stuff- jump out of planes,dive in the ocean and of course blow things up!! His team was over here for 6 months of training in VA which happened in Sept so he was home that year for Christmas and had almost a month off. Things change somewhat when they join the unit. He was back to San Diego for training halo and haho this past fall and then was home around the holidays to get married. It is an exciting time and I know you can't wait for graduation.

Comment by addy62 on July 7, 2013 at 9:46pm: Karenlee, i will get Tyler's email for Ben. Sounds great. So where is he now and when did he graduate from Eglin? So you think it will be 3 months from EOD graduation before he leaves. We want to have a Christmas vacation before he goes.

Comment by Karenlee on July 7, 2013 at 12:21pm: Addy62, talked to my son yesterday and he would like to know your son's name and said if your son wants,Ben can answer any questions for him,so if you want you can send me his email addresses at mrandmrspms@hotmail.com and I will send it on. It will be about 3 months before he makes it to Rota with all the other training.

Comment by Karenlee on July 4, 2013 at 12:11pm: Addy62, my son is in Rota. I think he will like it there. Our son is on a dive team right now. He's getting ready to take the test to move up from basic EOD to become an EOD Tech. Good luck to your son and Happy Independence Day.

Comment by addy62 on July 4, 2013 at 12:04pm: Karenlee, he graduates late september and guess where he is going, Rota

Comment by Karenlee on July 2, 2013 at 11:03pm: Addy62, next they go to jump school at Bennington, field training in MS and more field training in CA. What is his graduation date? My son is in MU8. What unit is your son going to? EOD graduation is very special. Enjoy your time there.