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Officer on USS Harry Truman

Hi!  I have just joined and am happy to see this group!  This is my son's first deployment.  He has been studying and training for this moment since 1998! After high school and NJROTC, he attended USNA.  He was an exchange student at West Point and had internships at NASA in Houston for two summers.  It was a wonderful experience and then he went off to graduate school.  After that he followed the typical pilot training - Pensacola, Meridian Mississippi, and now Norfolk.   In between flight studies, he got married and has settled in Chesapeake, VA. He was so excited to be deployed!  It was hard to be so sad in front of him. He has become such a wonderful young man and I couldn't be more proud!  I found out last week that his wife is expecting their first baby!  She is due in early February and I am praying that he returns before she gives birth!  I miss him so much!  He called while in France to tell me the baby news and it was wonderful to hear his voice.  Just knowing that for that moment he is fine, happy, and safe makes me feel great! Let's hope this is an uneventful deployment and they all return home healthy and safe.

Thank you for reading!  Janet

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Ann BPermalink Reply by Ann B on June 17, 2010 at 8:50pm
Dear Janet,
Welcome and congratulations for all the wonderful things happening! I pray for the safe return of your son, his ship-mates and all of our service men & women. I am sure he will return safely home. My son just graduated from USNA & will soon be attending flight school in Pensacola.
Ann
Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on June 18, 2010 at 1:07pm
Here are links the two local groups in our area and a link to a meet and greet in Roseville on July 10. Just click on the links and click JOIN. We have a number of moms with sailors on the Truman.

San Francisco Bay Area Navy Families
Northern California - Sacramento Navy Moms

Meet and Greet in Roseville
Permalink Reply by Sweet*Southern*Lady on June 19, 2010 at 3:39pm
Congrats on the Grandbaby news!!!!
Permalink Reply by Doc's mom on June 27, 2010 at 9:43pm
Hi, Janet.
I'm the expectant Grandma in VA that pgpunch mentioned. I'm so excited to be here to help my daughter-in-law and her other two boys. We have had some good days so far. My time is very limited on the internet, so I don't know how often I will check in. It has been two weeks already.
This is our son's first deployment, too, but like your son, he has been in quite a few years (2000, I believe). He did medical training and is with the CWV 3 group.
Congrats on the grandbaby!!! Being Grandma is the best!
Stay in touch.
mk

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