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Leaving Nov. 14th 2012
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Permalink Reply by Chele ship 12 div 048 on
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My son is leaving Nov 7th from Michigan. I want to spend as much time as possible with him before he goes but it's hard with having to share that time with both of us working full time, him wanting to spend time with his GF and he is also taking private flying lessons. The holidays are going to be hard.
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Permalink Reply by Sarah.JKO on
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I know how you feel. He is super busy with seeing and spending time with everyone before he leaves, and i work full time, and his brother is coming back from Afghanistan in 2 days. So i feel like I never get to see him, or spend time with him.
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Permalink Reply by SailorV'sWife on
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hey! my husband's ship date just got changed this week from 11/13 to 11/14. sounds like we will be at PIR at the same time! Are you nervous? excited? anxious? I think I'm a little of all! :)
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That is awesome!!! Lol, a PIR buddy:)
Why'd your hubbys day get changed? And what is he going in as?
To be honest it hadn't fully hit me that he will be leaving in about 6 weeks!!
We have been waiting since Feb.
But I do feel some excitement, and also some nerves. And also I am just anxious to have it over with.
I feel like I am sick of waiting, and just want it over with, lol.
Howong have you guys been waiting for him to leave for BC?
Also, its nice to meet you :)))) -
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Permalink Reply by clevelandmom on
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Hi, I just wanted to say hello and that I understand the waiting, my son signed up last Dec. and then got reclassified for a differant job and we have been waiting since Dec for him to go to BC on Nov 13th.He is getting bored. Most of his friends have already left for GL and he just wants to go. But the real reason I am replying today is that Shane is going to his best friends PIR tomorrow! (congrats Brandon you are now a Sailor) My son Shane will be driving up to GL with his friends Dad tonight. I am nervous but hope this will give him a little preview of Navy life with his buddy since second grade showing him around. I will grill him on the ceremony and expectations for guests at the PIR and let you all know so when it is our turn we will sort of have an idea..... I have no idea about anything really..lol but I too just need to keep busy while our loved ones make these great change in their lifes. Brandon is the 3rd son in his family to join the USNavy so his family knows what to expect and I hope they share all this with my son....I will post here anything I learn..Have Fun with your DEP till BC ( guess I am learning to use all the abbreviations lol)
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That is so sweet that your son is going to see his friend graduate. And i greatly appreciate you getting all the info from him, I can't wait to hear what PIR is like. This whole navy life is new for me too. Besides what i have learned on this, and other sits.
What us your son going in as?
Also congrats to your sons friend on graduation:)
Soon enough our sailors will be graduating too. :))))
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Well I am trying to learn to stay out of my sons business so I only got a little info so far..very little lol. I texted late friday night "Hey, you guys ok?" the response came 6minutes later " Yeah we're good" That was all I got until yesterday afternoon, Shane called and said they were going back to the base to pick up Brandon so they could go out for a while, Brandon is staying at GL for A school. (I can't remember what his job will be but I will find out soon) I said "How was the ceremony?" and Shane answered "Awesomely Cool". Now Shane is one of those guys with few emotions so I take it that he was pretty impressed and even more excited to be part of something so huge. I will let you know if I get any good info. I am now off to the Mall to find a "Slim Black Wallet with accordian style picture holder" ...per recommendation of N4Ms Take care
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haha! sounds like a guy - so full of words, right?! lol I still need to get one of those wallets for my hubby...
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Lol, sounds like my hubby. Not very detailed ;)
And why a slim black wallet?
Also thank you for sharing, hopefully you can get more outta him :) -
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I'm honestly not totally sure why his date got pushed back a day... I just know the recruiter got an email saying he leaves a day later, but technically is meeting up with the recruiter still on the 12th to go to MEPS. I saw someone post in another group about how when they're on the west coast they sometimes need an extra day cause there's not enough time to swear in and fly all the way out to IL in one day....not sure if that's true or not but maybe that's why? He's going in as a GSE-gas turbine systems electrician (what a mouthful, huh!?). What about your's? We've been waiting since July - so not as long. But he's wanted to join for a couple years now...we just had other stuff that we had to deal with first so it feels like longer. :/
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Hmmm, I wonder if my hubby will have to leave early too. We live in Oregon:) were you guys live?
We are going to see his recruiter in a week to talk about what the plan is :)
GSE is a lot easier to say than all that, lol.
What will he be doing as a GSE?
And my hubby is going in as a nuclear technician. So he will be working on the nuclear reactors on air craft carriers, or subs.
It sucks waiting soooooooo long, lol. But i feel like time has seriously flown by!! And it still is.
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Idk? I am hoping to talk to his recruiter soon to find out the details of when he swears in and all that so I can go. My husband can never give me a straight answer about what's going on. lol I live in WA. About a hr north of Portland, OR. :) As far as I know he'll basically be working in engine rooms or shops. He'll work with the electrical stuff- blueprints/schematics, alarm systems, engines, etc...and even some mechanical stuff. He really wanted to go nuke EM but didn't have the security clearance (because he's not a US citizen), so he settled for a diff type of electrician job. And with so many mills in this area, it's a job that he can use if we settle down around here when he gets out (though he's thinking he wants to make it a career).
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