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Good morning moms! (Maybe I should have said proud, but anxious moms.) I am so ready to hear something from my daughter. Has anyone received a call or a letter from their child yet? All I've had is the 'I'm here' call. I keep telling myself that no news is good news, but this is soooo hard. Everyone have a blessed day! Gloria
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Permalink Reply by kathyrc(Ship03DIV175)PIR 6/08/12 on
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KaywaaB - hang in there...Hopefully you will get your call and soon!!
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Permalink Reply by gc (ship009div172 PIR6/8) on
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KaywaaB, CAB, and LA . . . no calls today? I sure hope y'all heard something. At least we know that they should have had the opportunity to write today so maybe Wednesday (or Thursday) you will have a letter telling you what's up with the no call situation. I was with a mom of a new Marine yesterday and she said they aren't allowed to call the entire 8 weeks. At least we can hope for calls. Stay strong!
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Permalink Reply by L A(MM nuke mom) on
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Nope, guess he's too busy being RPOC or he had to be on watch or something. I'm okay though. I have his letters and he sounds like he is doing well.
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Permalink Reply by CAB on
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Still no call. Maybe it will happen this week. :) Letters arrive here Thursday. But we're getting closer to 6/8 everyone...woohoo!
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Happy Monday everybody! 32 days!! I can't wait til we are in the twenties! That sounds sooo much closer. Are any in our group wanting to meet up at a 'Meet & Greet' ? Not sure if we have to have reservations or not. I've not investigated that yet. I imagine they are on the evening before graduation. Would love to meet you all. Hoping for calls and letters for everyone soon! Go Navy! and Go 09/172!!!!
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Permalink Reply by KaywaaB on
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I was just thinking the same thing! Once it gets into the 20s itll be right around the corner! Just feels so much closer haha
I'd be interested in a Meet and Greet, I think itd be really fun.
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I think I will plan on going to Sarge's at Sundance Saloon for Friday night Meet and Greet. I went to website and there were pics from earlier Meet 'n Greets that had children in pictures. I'll have a 2 year old with me so I need somewhere 'kid friendly'. I figure by the time my flight gets in and I get rental car and checked in to hotel it would be 7:00. They sometimes have a guest speaker I understand. Hope many of you can make it!
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Ooops! Meet and Greet is Thursday night. My mind is already on Friday I guess. Hopefully we will know each other by Friday night.
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gc - Did you mean Meet and Greet Thursday night or is there one Friday night after PIR?
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You are right Kathyrc. It is Thursday the 7th. Thanks!
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Six letters today! So excited. My daughter is loving boot camp but scared about upcoming 'hell week' which she says starts May 15 with hard academic tests, physical fitness assessment, and weapons inspection. She is looking forward to Battlestations on May 31st. She also said graduation pics will be May 15 and she got permission to have contacts mailed to her for the picture. She said pray extra hard for success during 'hell week' that many recruits have already been ASMO'd a week back and one got separated and she doesn't want that to happen to her. She also said our division as a whole scored a perfect 4.0 and earned a flag. Don't know what the score was on but she said it was a big deal. She said the division got an award (bravo zulu for proper military bearing) which also raised their overall score higher. Not sure what any of that means but in her letter she sounded pretty excited about it. So GO Div 172!!! Woohoo! One last thing that she said was that they are now officially allowed to write 3 times a week (Tues, Thur, and Sun). Maybe more letters will be in our near future!! Just wanted to share news that some of you may find interesting. Please share yours. I love to hear what is going on with our young adults.
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