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Comment by Kathy Ship 11 Div 057 on December 5, 2010 at 11:06pm

johnsmom penny ship 11 div 057 rec'd her form letter saturday. originally it said pir date 1/28. then it was marked thru and her son put on there 1/21 and a p.s. note to say graduation is a week early than originally thought. nothing updated on the graduation site though. needless to say i am hoping my letter comes to verify nathan made the same change to his letter as both boys should have same info. thoughts??? i'm gonna change my name to mom in limbo lol

Comment by RuthAnnK SHP2 DIV910 on December 5, 2010 at 9:40pm

I am a little nervous about flight cancellations coming into Chicago on 1/28. We'll be coming in from North Carolina - any opinions or advice regarding flying vs. car or train? I am so paranoid that the weather will be a factor.

Comment by joansj proudGSM mom on December 5, 2010 at 8:02pm

Alisha as fas as I know our children's graduation date has not changed. They are still supposed to graduate on 1/28. I think you read nathans comment wrong, she say that our children graduate 1/28 so how come their children's division is moved up to 1/21. I had to re-read because I was getting ready to freak out. I have already requested time off work and booked hotel for upcoming 28th graduation. Please keep us informed if ship 11 div 054 moves up.

Comment by AlishaNicole SHP11DIV54 on December 5, 2010 at 7:10pm

JessicaB-Sailor Mom!!!

Can you help us Moms with this? My daughter is in ship 11, div 54..Are they Really going to graduate 1/21?? Would love to know, as hotels are BOOKED! Any insight on this would be Greatly appreciated!

comment by nathansmom Ship 11 Div 057 3 hours ago Delete Comment completely in FREAK OUT MODE!!!!!! how is ship 11 div 54 grad on 1/28 but now 11 div 057 (my son and johnsmom penny) getting the grad date of 1/21- cause the date of grad was scratched out and moved up a week early...ugh i dont know what to do.and the website of divs graduation is not updated to show div 057 in 1/21 grad date..so what do we do?????

Comment by Denise on December 5, 2010 at 5:03pm

My son in same S11/D057, and I still haven't received the form letter!

Comment by Kac46047 on December 5, 2010 at 4:13pm

i read somewhere about push divisions, the get get pushed through bootcamp faster then normal. maybe your son got put in one of those. Maybe call pulic affairs? since ints an unusual situation they may help other then that i guess wait for him to explain in his letters. Congrats non the less! your so lucky

Comment by Kathy Ship 11 Div 057 on December 5, 2010 at 3:54pm

completely in FREAK OUT MODE!!!!!! how is ship 11 div 54 grad on 1/28 but now 11 div 057 (my son and johnsmom penny) getting the grad date of 1/21- cause the date of grad was scratched out and moved up a week early...ugh i dont know what to do.and the website of divs graduation is not updated to show div 057 in 1/21 grad date..so what do we do?????

Comment by joansj proudGSM mom on December 5, 2010 at 10:23am

Thanks for the Info Lynne, I changed my profile picture as not to incriminate my child.

Comment by Denise on December 5, 2010 at 9:17am

Thanks for the info Lynne...I've adjusted my page to meet the commandments!

Comment by Lynne on December 5, 2010 at 4:54am

Well all I decided to post my commandments right away because whoops it looks like we want to get this under control right away. Now let me say my commandments are very conservative. Not every recruit will get in trouble for every one of my commandments, but some recruits have gotten in trouble for some of these issues. Since we never know who has what RDC, I put these together so that at least initially while you are writing to your recruits you can follow them and then ask your recruit which ones are okay. Some RDCs allow pictures to be sent, others do not. However, wives, fiancees, and girl-friends let me warn you if a picture you send of yourself is the slightest bit provocative it will in all liklihood end up on the bulletin board for all the recruits to see and your honey will be ridiculed for it. So be very careful what you send! I just spent quite a bit of time talking to a girlfriend who thought I was exaggerating...now there is trouble in paradise....

Lynne's commandments:


1) Thou shalt not send any musical, glittery, over-sized or any kind of cards that draw attention to the recruit. That which draws attention may result in PT or IT. Your recruit may refer to this as a beating. A beating is not actually a physical beating it simply means being given the task of performing long term exercise or chores as a punishment or as the RDCs say a "learning tool".

2) Thou shalt not send care packages of any kind or type. The RDCs may enjoy them, however the recruits will not enjoy doing PT while the RDCs enjoy the contents in front of them...lol.

3) Thou shalt not send any depressing or sad information to the recruit during boot camp. If you are sad...Tell us. If you are lonely, tell us. If you are worried, tell us. Please keep your cards and letters, uplifting and encouraging. It may be tempting to talk about a bad day at work, problems at home, or how much you miss your recruit and how lonely you are....don't do it. Come here to navy for moms instead. Let your recruit how you are strong and surviving and that they have nothing to be concerned about except doing what they need to do.

4) Thou shalt never take the RDCs name in vain...because you never know who is lurking and reading the site. This is a public site and yes, the RDCs do get on here and read and if your recruit vents to you, and you call the RDC ugly names here...the recruits may pay the price. We love our RDCs and we know they are only doing the BEST for our recruits...lol!! Just last week in our of PIR groups one of the recruits wrote home and said the RDC informed her that they had enjoyed her prom pictures, graduation pictures etc. on Navy For Moms. Need I say more??

5) Thou shalt not use your recruits picture, or name in your screen name or picture. There are many reasons for this including that the RDCs may read this site and the recruits want to fly under the radar and would in all liklihood prefer the RDCs dont know their names. In addition, your recruit probably doesn't want to hear...."your momma was worried about you"...lol...doesn't really go with the strong tough military image. It is also good practice for later on when your recruits are sailors and they may have jobs that require secuirty and confidentiality. See #4!!

6) Always remember you can ask any question you want here and you will find moms who probably are wondering the same thing and/or feel much the same way. Jessica, Dianne, and I will be around to answer those questions as will other moms in your group. These moms will become your greatest support system.

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