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Hello queens, this is a place where we can come together for support and comfort. We can stay in touch with each other and talk about our hopes and fears for our new sailors. Please make it a point to stop by often and let us know how you are.
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Discussion Forum
Where is your Sailor's A school?
Started by Always "Incognito". Last reply by Always "Incognito" Mar 18, 2011. 30 Replies 0 Likes
Mine is at Corry Station.Continue
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Comment by rorysmom(Ship13Div244) on November 15, 2010 at 7:24pm
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Glad I'm not the only neurotic one, huh, lol? It will be 6 months when Rory classes up in January...then almost a year for both A and C school. He said that with Cryptology school, they have 2 hours classroom time and then 4 hours of study time in the building. Not allowed to take any information out of the classroom so no extra study time...probably the same with your son Michi...I'm sure my sailors brain will be way too tired to be getting into much trouble, lol!
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Comment by Michimom (MM Nuke Mom) on November 15, 2010 at 5:45pm
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Makes me glad my son will be in nuke school for the next 18 months or so. All that studying should take up quite a bit of his time and hopefully keep him out of trouble. Although, for him, trouble would be not studying--but with the mandatory study time, I expect he'll do fine. The Navy does a much better job of motivating him than mom and dadd ever could!
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lol Michimom...the situation was tough wasn't it? It would make anyone's emotions run high! I think these young people do pretty well overall for how tough boot camp is. Rory was saying it as a joke, but with all the marriages too, it seemed like something was in the water or food...but we know these kids are so lonely and emotional at that time, it must feel good to make a commitment to someone!
OMG lala...2 weeks? Being in that Grad n Go group and the tears that were shed on that morning at the airport, that just seems crazy!!!!
I am on a Cryptology site and they have posted an article about a sailor given 25 months in prison and a court martial for selling and using cocaine on a base. The longer I am in this and the more time I see my son waiting to class up and with so much free time on his hands, I just wonder if the military was able to get these sailors thru bootcamp, to their bases and into their schools within a shorter period of time, if we would see less of the issues with drinking and drugs. I know some would do it no matter what, but the free time is just ridiculous sometimes for a lonely young person out on his own for a time. My sailor has gone out a few times, but is now just staying mostly on base with his PS3 and his buddies. It shows in his bank account, lol.
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Rorysmom, I asked my son about the "testosterone in the water" theory and he just laughed and said, no way. If they had done that, he said, they would have have LOTS of fights. His comment was something like: yeah, people got on each other's nerves, 'cause that's to be expected in that situation.
Binker's Mom, Funny how we're refer to our boys as little Whatevers, huh? Mine is 6'1" and he is still a little _______________ (just fill in the blank, depending on the mood). Too funny!
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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on November 15, 2010 at 7:25am
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Rorysmom, you think they get them for a long time for Thanksgiving week. Both PIR groups for the 2 weeks prior to Christmas get to come home for 2 weeks. They are so lucky. After seeing my sailor for 7 hours and leaving that airport in tears the way so many of us did it just doesn't seem fair. But I am happy for them. I don't think they should put anyone through what they put us through.
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Comment by Binker & Bro: 2X Nuke Mom on November 15, 2010 at 1:57am
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Hey ladies! Seems like it has been forever since I wrote, but I still keep up with ya'll. Went to Charleston and Goose Creek for Alex's A school grad a week ago Friday. Cannot believe the little turd (actually the 6'4" little turd) put on E4 in five months. Took me two years and I went in as an E3. He's still having his love affair with his computer and its becoming more torrid since he bought an internet router. Havent talked to him much this weekend as he moved into his new, more spacious bachelor quarters since he is now a petty officer and they cant sleep in those little rooms anymore. What kind of room do they think they are going to have on a ship? I saw what those spaces looked like in those museum boats down there! And I thought the missile capsules in the silos were bad when I had to go down in the hole back in my younger days when Binker was a wee bun in the oven three years ago (only 30 still!)
hugs to ya all! Keep Bollywood and her momma in your thoughts and prayers as she works to get home from the hospital for Thanksgiving!
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Comment by nicksmom on November 15, 2010 at 12:16am
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Thank you Vickimed. I'll check it out on having him go the FL route, My mother is a CPA, so I'll see what she has to say about that......Would be nice not to get taxed on state income. Kim, I'll email you and get a day nailed down with you....
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Comment by Vickimed(AECF-ET) on November 14, 2010 at 10:48pm
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nicksmom- Have your son think about just getting his license in Fl. There alot of tax advantages for him to move his residence to Fl like no state income tax. For all those that are stationed in Fl this is the perfect opportunity to do this while in the Navy.
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Vickimed...Rory is CTT @ Corry in Pensacola. He has a long road ahead of him...210 classroom days once he starts on January 17...I think A and C school combined so who knows when he will start C school....we are trying so hard to get him home for Thanksgiving...bought the ticket and he said he was told that if he hadn't heard anything yet, there was no problem...yikes...being the neurotic mom, I just can't believe it's true he will be home for a few days!
Joanne...sorry we didn't get to do coffee a few weeks ago...if you have any time, give me a call...pretty flexible! So glad Nick gets to come home...
I'm with everyone on the tears thing...you just don't look at anything military the same way, huh?
I have a friend whose son is graduating the day before Thanksgiving from BC...they get their sailor straight thru from Wednesday to Saturday night then again on Sunday! After most of our kids being Grad n Go to just get to their stations and just sit there, while I'm happy for my friend, it ticks me off that our emotions were soooooo messed with last July! She also said that her sailor will be "on hold" in Great Lakes then report to A school on Dec. 3rd...I'm kind of assuming he'll do indoctrination in Great Lakes then. Her sailors PIR only has 5 divisions! After our 13 divisions, that sounds soooooo small!
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Hey Ladies,
Long time, I just wanted to give an update on my sailor. He is doing very well in P.Cola with A school and planning to come home on the Thanksgiving weekend (can't wait). The day after he returns to school he will graduate from A school. He is confused on what to do after that time because it could be up to three weeks before he gets his orders for C school and that cuts into about the time they get the two weeks off of school so he is not sure if he'll be coming home at that time, and we just got his D.L renewal which of course he needs to retake a test and have a vision test, does anybody know if they can get special waivers with the DMV for being in the Military? Any hooo, hope all is well with everyone and yes Teachertoo, I now cry hearing any military song as well, geez, Motherhood!
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