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Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)

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RTC Graduation

RESUMING LIVE PIR - 8/13/2021

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Please see changes to attending PIR in the PAGES column. The PAGES are located under the member icons on the right side.

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ILLINOIS N4M

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Who wants to make an Illinois N4M site with me? Calling all Illinois Sailor families.

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Latest Activity: Apr 7, 2021

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Comment by Pentwater98 on January 31, 2012 at 7:37am: Ruth what an amazing story.. Hopefullly the pride in her grandson will help her through this time of lose...

Comment by Pat L. in IL on January 29, 2012 at 9:47pm: @Ruth, How special for both your son and your mother. How amazing for her to be able to receive the flag from her grandson, in dress blues, no less. Thanks for sharing the story with us Ruth, how very thoughtful.

Comment by madozer on January 29, 2012 at 9:41pm: Thanks for sharing your story, Ruth. It is very sweet. My dad is also a WWII vet. He will be 91 next month.

Comment by medic mom on January 29, 2012 at 9:12pm: What a wonderful thing Ruth.

My son just started his training at Camp Pendelton. He has 2 months of training and then he will be assigned a marine squad to go with. This has been one heck of a journey so far and it isn't over yet. I wanna keep thanking all of you gals for your support. Without it I would be lost.

Comment by Ruth, Gun's Mom on January 29, 2012 at 9:04pm: I have to share--my dad, an Army WWII veteran, died Saturday, the 14th, and the funeral was last Saturday. Even though our sailor is only three hours away at GL, I called the Red Cross on a Sunday night, and within an hour his command had let him know that his leave started on Tuesday for a week. The Red Cross made it very easy! At the service, because of a miscommunication, there wasn't a flag (no casket), so at the end my mom had wanted the Legion to unfold and fold the flag to be presented to her before the rifle volley and taps. The PGR was in the back of the church--they'd done a flag line at the church entrance. My sailor quietly left the front pew (in his dress blues), walked to the back. The PGR ride captain took a flag off one of their poles, and he and my son walked to the front and folded the flag. My son is on the official funeral detail at Great Lakes, so he turned and presented the flag to his grandmother with the entire speel, "On behalf of the president......." Not a dry eye in the church at that point. It wasn't planned that way, but how we loved how it happened! My dad would have been 90 in March, he had a wonderful life, we had a lot of happy and laughable moments during the funeral, but it was so touching at the end. My dad, I'm sure is proud of his sailor grandson!

Comment by carols_kitchen on January 27, 2012 at 9:27pm: Lauraa--that's too much :) Maybe your airline can arrange for you to sit together if you tell them why.

Comment by Pentwater98 on January 27, 2012 at 7:44am: The power of Navy sisterhood is one very powerful thing....

Comment by Laura on January 27, 2012 at 2:10am: Want to hear crazy?! Pat and I are on the same flight on the way to Tampa!

Pat just send me a message with her flight information. What are the odds of that happening?! The power os sisterhood!

Comment by carols_kitchen on January 26, 2012 at 7:49pm: So excited for Pat and LAURA, too! Laura, Pat is a sister indeed. You will be on cloud 9 for months after being to the packing party and meeting all our other Navy Mom sisters! I still get happy remembering Denver last May.

Have fun, take lots of pictures for me. (I could not find a food licensed sub at work, so I am spending a little more shipping packages instead.)

Hugs to all.

Comment by Pat L. in IL on January 25, 2012 at 12:50am: Laura, GREAT!!! I just sent you a friend request so I can PM you my phone number. This is going to be such a fun time. Wild and crazy time with the "Molly Moms"!!!!