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All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
Boot Camp: Behind the Scenes at RTC
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Comment by M's mom on November 14, 2017 at 9:45pm
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Helomom,
Sounds like you had a wonderful trip to Italy! I've always wanted to see Rome, and Pompeii. I'm jealous of your retirement, too! My hubby just retired, but (I never thought I would say this) I'm only 60, so alas, I'll be working a few more years!
My son thinks he wants to go for the career in the Navy, because he likes what he does in intelligence. Hopefully, his next assignment will be stateside, since he's been on a long ship deployment and then 3 years of foreign duty. It will be nice to have him and D-I-L closer to us, but after that, I may hint that he try for Europe, so we can visit and take the grand tour!
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sueb,
Probably wouldn't hurt to send Christmas packages to the ship in early December soon after deployment. You never know how long it will take to reach him, so if you don't want it to be late, I'd do it sooner rather than later.
When my son was deployed on an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, packages took anywhere from only one week to over three weeks to get to him. It just depended on if his package made the weekly or whatever shipment from the fleet post office. If you use the "large" size US Postal Service flat-rate boxes, (size 12" x 12" x 4") there is a military discount of a few bucks off the postage if it's going to a FPO or APO address.
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Comment by Glenni on November 14, 2017 at 7:40pm
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Helomom, that sounds like an amazing trip! I love the Mediterranean, but we've never done a cruise! Gotta add that to the bucket list!
M's Mom - what a great trip to Japan! I really look forward to seeing where our son gets stationed!
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My son's 6th Fleet ship is deploying at the end of November/early December. When should Christmas packages be mailed? We hope that he would receive it while at sea, but before Christmas. Thanks.
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Comment by Helomom on November 13, 2017 at 2:55pm
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M's mom-Sounds like you had a fantastic trip to Japan! How fun! Our son is looking at the possibilities for his next orders, strange to think he probably only has one or two sets of orders left.
We have given up waiting for DS to get a foreign assignment so my husband and I took our first trip to Europe in October. We flew into Venice and spent 2 days, then took the train to Florence spending a couple of days there, then the train to Rome. While we were in Rome we took a day trip to Naples, Pompeii. Next up was our 11 day western Mediterranean cruise which returned to Rome where we stayed a couple of days before flying home. We loved the Mediterranean area, we are looking at a cruise of the eastern Mediterranean in the future. We are definitely enjoying retirement!
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Moms:
On this Veteran's Day, let's not forget thank our sailors for their service!
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Helomom:
Son and D-I-L are still at Yokota, Japan. January will be two years, and he expects to be there another year. They love Japan!
Hubby and I endured the crowded 12-hour plane flights to/from Tokyo in July to visit them for 9 days. We had a great time. D-I-L is getting pretty good at speaking Japanese, so they took us to some "real" Japanese restaurants in town, not the Americanized ones around the base. Son has an international driver's license, and was fearlessly zipping us around in insane Tokyo traffic. They drive on the LEFT in Japan, so I struggled to stifle myself from yelling, "You're in the WRONG lane!!!" haha
Seems like a long time ago, that our sons were both on the USS Carl Vinson in the Persian Gulf. Since he's had a long ship tour and is now on 3-year foreign duty, son thinks he probably will be able to get assigned stateside for his next duty station, probably Suitland, MD near D.C., the HQ for naval intel.
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M's mom- First look will be 2018. Fingers and toes crossed! How is everything going with you and yours?
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Helomom:
Has your son made Captain yet?
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Glenni- Our son graduated from University of Washington NROTC and Seattle University School of Nursing with a BSN. Three years later he was accepted to flight school and off he went. The Navy presents all kinds of opportunity. In 2013 he received his Masters degree from the Naval War College. Semper Gumby!
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