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Ship07 Div 358

The cardinal group Lets stick together.

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Permalink Reply by angela on September 21, 2011 at 6:20pm

Have not posted before. My son is in this group and I finally got a letter today. They don't give them much time to write, only on Sunday.

Permalink Reply by grandma on September 21, 2011 at 6:31pm

welcome angela,

Permalink Reply by iluvmysailor41 on September 22, 2011 at 12:55pm

yay!!!! me too

Permalink Reply by Donna on September 23, 2011 at 8:35pm

Not going to get greedy - but hope there will be a second letter this Sunday. : )

Permalink Reply by amwest0713 on September 23, 2011 at 7:22pm

I got my first letter this past wednesday!! SOOOOO good to hear from him!!! :) You all should get on the facebook page for RTC (u.s. Navy recruit training command) "like" them and then we can maybe win a picture of our DIV on tuesdays and wednesdays!! no joke!! and they take pics of them randomly and pics of PIRs too....they also answer questions for us!

Permalink Reply by Donna on September 23, 2011 at 8:31pm

I am happy you got your first real letter and completely understand how good it is to hear from your loved, same feeling here. It makes the unknown almost bearable. I am praying that every SR in 7/358 has the opportunity to write letters home this Sunday. :)

Permalink Reply by grandma on September 26, 2011 at 7:58pm

div 358 is calling'

Permalink Reply by iluvmysailor41 on September 27, 2011 at 12:11pm

my boyfriend called his mom last night too and she said that he sounded sick/ not like himself. :(

Permalink Reply by Donna on September 27, 2011 at 8:36pm

I am sending him a phone card so he can call you next time : )

Permalink Reply by Donna on September 27, 2011 at 9:32pm

I got the same type of call. I asked SR if this was a "good" call he said yes, (couldn't tell by his voice). He said he has a cold. He also said they are going to be a "strong" division - I think that means they are doing a lot of push-ups etc.? Hope you can take some comfort that your SR earned a call although it was too short. Hope the division earns longer calls.

One of the last things I learned before he had to quickly hang up was that many were having a hard time figuring out how to make a collect call wasting precious minutes or seconds of their time. Hoping for a long letter for everyone in 7/358. Donna