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Comment by snowmc on June 21, 2010 at 2:02pm
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Guess the Boise State fight song should be for my other son then!
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Had that for my ringtone when my son was in OCS....phone broke on the way home from RI and have not gotten a new ringtone yet. Need to get that done ASAP!
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Comment by lsP3Orion on June 21, 2010 at 12:52pm
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Have to admit - Gene Simmons' Family Jewels show is one of my faves as well - I think he's a great guy and love the family! As an aside, the ring tone on my cell for my boy is Anchors Aweigh - nothing better when it rings anywhere-anytime!
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Comment by Paymaster on June 19, 2010 at 1:06pm
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Dj....Prayers for successful surgery and recovery!
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Comment by AH on June 18, 2010 at 11:05am
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Moms.... I have found that it is getting easier for me now that Mike is in a fleet squadron. While he tells us about hairy landings, the LSOs on the boats are great and can talk these guys and gals down in the most difficult of situations. They have been in deployment workups since the first of the year and deploy soon. The workups put them in situations that they will likely come up against during deployment. They iron out the wrinkles prior to deployment. At this point, I think that the most difficult part for me will be not talking with him on a regular basis. E-mail just isn't the same. However, talking it out here is a good way to vent your worries without venting them to your loved ones. We all understand.
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Comment by Diane2557 on June 18, 2010 at 8:29am
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Congrats Erin! Go Girl! Go Navy!
Re: SERE is tough. My son said he was glad for the experience but NEVER wants to go through that again. As you all mentioned, he was roughed up and lost 15 pounds, but they played "mental" games with him regarding some ongoing events during the presidential race regarding John McCann (Navy) and Obama. Knowing that SERE wasn't real, he still questioned us about the race for days after. Probably the only thing that has scared him worse since SEREs was doing his carrier quals and doing a night-time landing on the aircraft carrier during a bad storm. Happy Friday to all!
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The Unit is no longer on. That is the Army and Ranger training/Special Forces. While I know that there had to be some literary license taken on it, from what I've heard, SERE is pretty brutal. It is not something that anyone want to repeat unless they have to. Mike lost about 10 lbs but gained it all back. There is medical assistance at all times, but they do get bruised and battered. I have a friend who is an Army Ranger and he knows what does go on at SERE and was impressed that my son and all aviators had to go through it.
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Before I get a little serious - congratulations again to Erin - Chris, have a wonderful time!!
Okay, now serious: did anyone watch the tv show The Unit last night (or maybe it was a rerun)?? I have never watched it, but last night the title was SERE, so naturally that intrigued me knowing what I know now :) I watched a bit of it and really want to know if it is really like what they depicted?? They were beating up the guys/spraying cold water from a fire hose on them while naked/basically physically torturing them - it was pretty graphic. Was this literary license or do our aviators really go through this severe of a grind during SERE? It was not a pleasant thing to watch.
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When Mike winged, they came up with an idea of using tarps as a slip-n-slide and using hoses to wet down, they had people slide on it "tail hooking" on stretched out towels. I've heard from him that others have used it since. The party was a bunch of fun. We left about midnight and it went on until the club threw them out.
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Flyboymom.... I don't think that there is a Growler group, but there is a Prowler group and that would probably be a good place to start since they all will eventually be transitioning to the Growler.
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