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Comment by gabbyhat on September 11, 2010 at 2:18pm

Hi everyone. My name is Paula and I was in the Navy Nurse Corps '83-'86 active duty/'86-'89 inactive reserves, IRR til discharge in '96. I enjoyed my stint in the Navy, met some lifelong friends! It was such a different time back then. Lot more challenges in the "New Navy" as I've been told.
I was so surprised to get a phone call from my 21 year old daughter telling me that she was moving on with her life(had been living with her dad in MD) and joining the Navy in SpecOps as AIRR. I am so proud of her and hope that she has a great experience and challenging new career!

Comment by Anna on August 27, 2010 at 6:43pm

Arwen,

So, so funny and cute!!! Thanks for sharing!!!!

Comment by Arwen on August 27, 2010 at 2:20am

Charley, a new retiree-greeter at Wal-Mart, just couldn't seem to get to work on time. Every day he was 5, 10, 15 minutes late. But he was a good worker, really tidy, clean-shaven, sharp minded and a real credit to the company and obviously demonstrating their "Older Person Friendly" policies.

One day the boss called him into the office for a talk.

"Charlie, I have to tell you, I like your work ethic, you do a bang up job, but your being late so often is quite bothersome."

"Yes, I know boss, and I am working on it."

''Well good, you are a team player. That's what I like to hear. It's odd though your coming in late. I know you're retired from the Armed Forces. What did they say if you came in late there?"

''They said, "Good morning Admiral, can I get your coffee, sir?'''

Comment by Anti M on June 14, 2010 at 10:06pm

Arwen, maybe they let them pass in sections or segments of school? We had guys who'd do poorly in one area, but once they caught up, the slate was clean. As long as they didn't flunk the same thing over and over?

Yeah, the New New Navy sounds like a lot less fun than the New Navy I was in! Yet some things are just the same, so weird.

Comment by Arwen on June 12, 2010 at 10:02pm

I don't know if the Navy has changed out of all recognition, or if something strange is going on.

The Navy I knew was pretty strict about A-school, you completed it on time with good grades or, unless you had a good medical or family emergency reason, you washed out and were reassigned to another school or were sent to the fleet undes.

My son has been given so many chances, they've run the chit to send him undes, his class graduated without him, etc, but he's still in school. He's not on his second chance, he's on his fifth chance! His grades aren't the problem, it's his speed. He's the turtle - slow and steady - but in the Navy I know that doesn't usually win the race.

At the same time I still hear of other students washing out, of his school and of others.

I'm not complaining, I sure want him to succeed and I do believe he will be perfect in the job he's training for, I'm hoping this means they recognize his dedication and perseverance, his ability and the fact that he doesn't rush through it, he takes the time to learn it (not memorize it) and do it right, rather than rushing through.

But I don't understand this new Navy.

Comment by Anti M on June 2, 2010 at 11:12pm

Welcome!

Comment by Sherri (mom of Kirsten) on June 2, 2010 at 10:55pm

Hi may name is Sherri and I was in the Navy from 81-90 as an OTA. I was stationed in Hawaii for 2 tours and in between those I was at Virginia Beach (Dam Neck). I had a great time in the Navy and was totally surprised when my daughter came home one day and announced a recruiter was coming over to talk to us. She has joined and will be leaving Jan 25th. I am so proud of her and excited too.

Comment by Anna on April 26, 2010 at 4:19pm

One of my daughters enlisted right out of high school while her twin sister went to college. Now almost finished with her second year she is waiting on her final acceptance into the Navy officer program - BDCP. She's been selected for Naval Flight Officer. Her twin sister is all for it and really supporting her. She wants to be there to render the first salute to her sister. I really hope it all works out!!!!

Comment by Arwen on April 25, 2010 at 3:47pm

Wow there are a lot of twins joining. In another group (Moms with more than one), there is a mom with identical twin boys who will report on the same day (boy is that going to cause confusion!) and at my son's A-school, a set of identical twin girls graduated last year.

Your son may be able to move-up his report date so that they can go to boot at the same time as his sister, if he wants to. All he has to do is put in a request with his recruiter. My son's report date was moved from April (last week, actually) to last December. He's almost done with A-school and will report to the fleet at about the same time he would have done PIR.

Comment by Anna on January 22, 2010 at 3:20pm

Arwen,
I'd love to post some but all my pictures are boxed up and in another state!!!

That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!!!!!!!!!!!

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