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Comment by LivNLrn on February 3, 2011 at 8:24am

Can't wait to meet you Irene!

Comment by Irene McClure on February 2, 2011 at 7:19pm

We paid $1600.00 for my ticket -staying over night in Tx. Then headed to Guam the next morning. I am so excited. I can't wait to be there with my daughter and son-n-law. Getting to meet all their friends and seeing the sites.

Comment by LivNLrn on February 2, 2011 at 6:50am

Hi Mona!!! I will do that- She is O-M-G adorable!!! Missed out on seeing them tonight because I am just not feeling so great today. Resting. Hope to feel better by the weekend. Hope you are doing great!

Comment by LivNLrn on January 31, 2011 at 8:13am

Andrea(ATO)- Whew! I was getting worried! So happy he is finding his way and met someone as well. The only difference between his experience here and everyone else's is what he makes of it!

Comment by Irene McClure on January 29, 2011 at 10:23am

2 months from now I will be in Guam. I am so excited. We have a new Sailor baby on the way.

Comment by rsv227-Devin's Mom on January 23, 2011 at 7:27pm

just received this as an email & thought I'd pass it on. God bless our troops!

 

 Your cell phone is in your pocket.
  
       He clutches the cross hanging on his chain next to his dog tags.
   He knows he may not see some of his buddies again.
 
 You walk down the beach, staring
 
 
 
          
  
 
 
 

at all the pretty girls.
 He patrols the streets, searching

 
 
 
 
 

for insurgents and terrorists.
 He's told he will be held over an

 
 
 
 
 

extra 2 months.
 
 You call your girlfriend and set a

 
 
 
 
 

date for tonight.
 He waits for the mail to see if there

 
 
 
 
 

is a letter from home.
 
 You hug and kiss your girlfriend,

 
 
 
 
 

like you do everyday.
 He holds his letter close and smells

 
 
 
 
 

his love's perfume.
 
 You roll your eyes as a baby cries.
 He gets a letter with pictures of his

 
 
 
 
 

new child, and wonders if they'll ever meet.
 
 You criticize your government, and

 
 
 
 
 

say that war never solves anything.
 He sees the innocent tortured and

 
  
 
 

killed by their own people and

 
  
  
 
 

remembers why he is fighting.
 
 You hear the jokes about the war, and make fun of men like him.
 He hears the gunfire, bombs and

 
 
 
 

screams of the wounded.
 
 You see only what the media wants

 
 
 
 

you to see.
 He sees the broken bodies lying

 
 
 
 

around him.
 
 You are asked to do some thing by

 
 
 
 

your parents. You don't.
 He does exactly what he is told even

 
 
 
 

if it puts his life in danger.
 
 You stay at home and watch TV.
 He takes whatever time he is given

 
 
 
 

to call, write home, sleep, and eat.
 
 You crawl into your soft bed, with

 
 
 
 

down pillows, and get comfortable.
 He tries to sleep but gets woken by mortars and helicopters all night long.
 
 If you support your troops, send this

 
 
 
 

to 13 people.
 
 REMEMBER our Troops, and do not

 
 
 
 

forget them LATER
 Lest we forget -
 KEEP THE CHAIN GOING
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 

Comment by rsv227-Devin's Mom on January 23, 2011 at 3:25pm

Thanks to everyone for all the info. about shipping vehicals. I'll pass it on to my son. Hope every one is staying warm, we have -4 & it's 2;30 in the aternoon! 

Comment by luvinmatt on January 21, 2011 at 6:17pm

Devin's Mom have him check his orders. Pretty much everyone is allowed one vehicle to be shipped free of charge.

Comment by rsv227-Devin's Mom on January 21, 2011 at 2:13pm

Thank you everyone for all of the advice & information!  I'm trying to find out everything I can so I can pass it along to my Sailor, hoping that it makes his move to Guam a little easier. I guess we never stop being Mom's. I'm so glad that is still young & single! I couldn"t imagine him having a wife & children & all of them being over there.

How expensive is it to have a vehicle shipped over there?  And does the Navy help out w/ any of the expenses in doing so? My son has a car but said he might just buy one when he gets there.

Marlese~~my thoughts & prayers will be w/you on Mon. I wish your son the best of luck & hope that he has a safe trip. We all will certainly be here for you.  I know I'm going to need the support when my son goes.

 

Comment by rsv227-Devin's Mom on January 20, 2011 at 12:38pm

Marlese~~Where in Western NY are you from? We have a lot of friends & family in the Rochester area. Cape Vincent is about 1 1/2 hrs. north of Syracuse, 20 mins from Watertown & about a 1/2 hr from Fort Drum. We are actually right on the St Lawrence River on the Canadian border. What is your son's job in the Navy? My son is a Corpsman.

 

I am having a really hard time w/this whole Guam thing. As relieved as I was when I found out that my son wouldn't be going to the "sand-box", I thought that I'd be ok w/ him being stationed anywhere. Guess, I'm not.  The thought of not seeing him for possibly 2yrs is killing me. Realistically, I know that I won't be traveling to Guam @ the cost of over $3,000 per ticket. Thank God we'll be able to Skype!! Then he told me last night that he only gets 5 days of leave after A school graduation & is not sure if he'll even be able to come home before he goes. That hit me hard!!

Does anyone have any info. on cell phones & texting? We have Verizon & I have not checked w/them yet. I can't imagine that we'll still be able to text for free.

Great, now that I've gotten myself really depressed....guess I'll go see if I can find any chocolate!! 

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