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Comment by 1proudmama/EM/USSLincoln/CVN72 on April 10, 2013 at 8:13pm

Is someone trying to rig the competition? We are going backwards.

Comment by GodBlessAmerica on April 10, 2013 at 6:20pm

It appears we are down one to 2011.

When you are sending letters to bc, don't forget to send some pictures.  If you print them on regular paper, you can fit a couple on a page.  If something big is happening in the news, don't forget to include some pictures of that.  The recruits do share pics and letters.  When my sailor was in, the chaplain shared some football scores, especially the super bowl. 

Comment by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on April 10, 2013 at 5:17pm

I agree with sending lots of letters!  I numbered the corner of the envelope so my son would know what order to open them in.  And I sent at least one questionnaire a week - they were fun to get back and it saved him time in having to write....he could just circle the answers. 

Comment by 1proudmama/EM/USSLincoln/CVN72 on April 10, 2013 at 4:48pm

Boy we seem to be stuck on 2012. Maybe the 13 will be the lucky day.

Comment by NCNarrator on April 10, 2013 at 1:09pm

Yes yes yes on the daily mail!  We wrote to our son every day - random news, sports updates (football season, woohoo!), jokes - the content didn't matter so much as the connection did.

We included the sports info even though our son is more computer geek than sports fan because it gave him something to share with the other recruits in his division. He told us after BC was over that it was great to be have something to talk to the other guys about that wasn't Navy related.  LOL Every few letters we included a sort of generic card that he could give to someone who wasn't getting mail.

The other thing we did was organize everyone we knew (church, co-workers, family, friends), to get them to send letters, too.  Our son said there were some days when he got 6 or 7 letters!  Again, it wasn't so much the content - a lot of the things he got were just little "thinking of you" or encouragement cards that someone signed and dropped in the mail - it was the connection.

Comment by Caryatid on April 10, 2013 at 10:18am

I agree with daily mail.  Even if they don't GET it every day, it is a huge "hug" for them to get several letters.  I started putting the date I wrote it in the return address so he could open them in order.  In retrospect, most of them weren't all that newsy, but I think the contact was important. 

And even though he wouldn't say it directly, he did say in his own subtle way that he really appreciated my letters.

Comment by NancyJo (NNPTC) on April 10, 2013 at 9:24am

Have address will travel!

Comment by MN Mom of MM on April 10, 2013 at 12:54am

Dor, Nancy Jo, Mary,  If we draw on a map our locations,  it appears as a triangle.  Would Fort Dodge be about center???I would for sure be up for a gathering,  what/when  are you ladies thinking?   

Comment by MN Mom of MM on April 10, 2013 at 12:39am

Hi Moms, I attended our sailor's graduation from prototype in Ballston Spa.  It was a large group, at a knights of columbus building.  It was rather long, but with speaker, special awards, and then all the diplomas handed out and allowing for photos to be taken as each sailor was given his diploma with a hand shake, I think it took at least 2 hours.  I know that the other plant had their ceremony in the morning at the same place. 

I see we are at 2012.  Ladies let me know if I miss a new member yet today, I will be shutting my computer off  because of the snow-thunder and lighting.  Strangest sound and sights.  We are having a full fledged wet heavy slush, sleet, snow, rain storm here, on April 9th.  Anyway will be checking in tomorrow AM, Good Night.  

Comment by MomThatLovesHerSon on April 9, 2013 at 11:42pm

If it's the Lord's will and if I can make it, I hope that I can make all 3 graduations.  Thanks so much for the information!

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