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Moms with Aviators in training in Corpus Christi
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Comment by Chris on August 18, 2021 at 12:33pm
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The overlaps in the last ten posts have prompted me to post. My wife and her five siblings were born and raised in State College. Her dad was on faculty and all six kids attended Penn State for undergraduate school. My son was a Wildcat. He participated in a missing man flyover at Arlington National Cemetery for the funeral of ADM Kinnear in 2016. He did another flyover at a Titans game in Nashville. Before entering the aviation pipeline my son was an enlisted Nuke! It's been a wild ride! Fifteen years and counting active duty service.
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Comment by NFAO on August 4, 2021 at 7:03pm
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Yes, Suzie - they definitely know one another! I remember your DS did a flyover a few years ago, right? Was it at a Penn State football game? Our DS is Training Officer for Blacklions now.
And congrats on official wedding - our DS' wedding was a year after JP marriage. I'm sure your beloved husband will be there in spirit!
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Comment by Glenni on August 1, 2021 at 3:10pm
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NFAO. that is really cool! What a special privilege!!!
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As time goes on for our DS's naval aviator career, I seem to have fewer questions and haven't been as frequent on site. But I had to share that our DS, now a training officer in a squadron in NAS Oceana participated in a flyover at Fenway Park at the Boston Red Sox game a couple of weeks ago. What a thrill for us who live outside of Boston and to top it off they flew in/out of Hanscom Airforce base, which is close to our house so we were able to see them take-off the following day and meet his Squadron CO, XO, and CAG!
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Helomom, I know you really miss seeing him. Hopefully, they will relax COVID resrictions soon.
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Comment by Helomom on May 7, 2021 at 4:56pm
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My sometimes a pilot Naval aviator was in Texas for the week last week. It was nice to have him in CONUS for a short time but he has been back at the grind in Italy this week. He was stateside getting his sim time in and his requalification completed. If the COVID situations improve in EUR he might get more time in the cockpit. 3 PCR COVID19 test to get here, 3 PCR COVID19 tests to get back and they had to send his driver to pick him up as not many trains are running. Sure wish we could go visit, haven’t seen them all in person since March 2020. Someday…
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Suzie, Helomom and heleno, thank you so much for your encouragement!
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Glenni- Our son was NROTC and was commissioned as a Navy nurse in 1997. He was always interested in flying. After 3 years in the Nurse Corps, applied to and was accepted to Navy flight school. It took a great deal of perseverance but he was able to convince his command to support his re-designation from the Nurse Corps to Unrestricted Line Officer and he received his wings in 2001. As an aviator he went on to become the CO of a squadron. Post Command he has served as the Deputy Force Readiness Officer for Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet and as the Force Inspector General for Commander, Naval Special Warfare. Currently he is the Commanding Officer of a large multi site international base. Bottom line, your son's Navy career isn’t written in stone at his commission. Hard work and perseverance can lead your midshipman down paths he may not even envision. It can be an adventure!
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Comment by helenp on February 15, 2021 at 3:45pm
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Glenni, My DS was also afraid of being sent to Nukes due to his major and high grades in physics and chemistry. He knew people that were sent to Nukes even though it wasn't one of their selections. He was getting himself ready emotionally to accept it, even though he really wanted to fly and really did not want Nuke School. It worked out for him. I hope it works for your DS too. I was told it all depends on where the need is for your class.
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Thanks so much, Allison! That's encouraging. They are submitting his name to the Nuclear commission this spring because they have to due to his major and GPA. But they are adding a note that says "This midshipman does not want to be a Nuke." Hopefully that will be enough to let him fly instead!!
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