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Ship 13 (USS Marvin Shields) Divisions 063 and 064 (Brother Divisions)
Welcome to the Division Discussion for divisions 063 and 064.
These two divisions are brother divisions and will be training together from the beginning through BS21 their final test. Your SRs, soon to be SAILORS, are becoming friends, and some of them may be heading to A School together.
Get to know each other, your SRs are!
Please still use the Main Wall of the PIR Group to post questions, and concerns, we “veteran” moms don’t always get to into the discussion area as often as we would like.
Every single question that is asked is important Every single concern is genuine Every single member is important to us We don't want to accidentally overlook any of them or you.
Hang in there!!!
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Permalink Reply by Jackie(Ship13Div063) on
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@Janine9797, your post made me smile! My son is also a part of the "nasty nine"!! We received our first letter last week, I was SHOCKED to see it was 3 pages! My sister's son is also in BC right now, 5 days ahead of mine, and her letter was only one, so I was glad to see my son had written a lot! He seems happy, says he is working hard, making good friends, and then he did mention the "nasty nine". January can not get here fast enough for me, I miss him terribly!! I hope you get a letter today.
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Permalink Reply by janine9797 (Ship 13 Div 063) on
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Jackie,
What's your son's name? There is s Dad over on NavyDads.com who also has a son, Parker, in the Nasty Nine.
Janine
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Brian :) I was just talking to him tonight!! He asked me where your son was from and for the life of me I couldn't recall!! Just that he is 25 and married!!!
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We're from Westford, MA. There is another guy in their unit who has sent his pregnant wife to his parent's home, also in Westford. Kris' wife is also expecting. We'll have to get those wives connected.
Janine
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Permalink Reply by NAVY-em's_Mom on
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I.T. Intensive training....like PT on steroids, usually for an infraction of something
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Finally got a letter from Kris today! It was only 1 page, but it doesn't matter, it was a letter! The block printing lesson (during P-week, I assume) paid off - it looks great. His brother took a picture of it and my husband said "no, he got someone else to address the envelope." :) Then they read the letter. They couldn't believe how good it looked. They both know how bad Kris' handwriting is. His letter was very positive and he said he helped out "the slower learners" during P-Days. He says the Sunday sports page that I send is like Gold. Well, then, I'll keep sending it! Anything to cheer those guys up! Does anyone else send the one from their paper? I send him the one from the Boston Globe. So nice to finally get something from him and know that he is doing well.
Janine
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I got a 1/2 page letter, and Zach wrote his brother a 3/4 page letter. He probably wrote his GF another 6 pages. I was so excited to read his letter. He said that they have been handling 'training guns'. This made me laugh, my husband was in the Army and they always refer to it as a weapon, not a gun.
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Permalink Reply by sistainwaiting on
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Got a phone call today and a letter! Made my day! We were able to talk for over 20 minutes but it was so hard to say good-bye.
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Permalink Reply by BeeBee (Son at GL A School) on
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I got a call too. Anyone else? I heard a bunch of voices in the background so I know there were a lot of people making calls.
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Permalink Reply by Monica13063 on
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I got a call today. It was so great to hear his voice. I thought for sure that I would lose it if he was able to call, but I had no problem holding it together. The tears came after I hung up. It was tough to say goodbye, he sounded good, but very tired. I am curious to see if he gets adopted for Christamas; he feels there's a chance he will be...we'll see in 12 days.
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:) Mine said he is EXHAUSTED at the end of the day!! He sounded great. What do you mean "get adopted for Christmas"??
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@Jackie, sometimes (from what I understand) people in the area "adopt" sailors for Christmas and the SR get to spend the day with that family. From what I've read in other groups, usually just the 2 most senior groups do this, which our SRs are not. But when I spoke with John, he said that they may be able to. I'll find where I read this originally, and let you now where to find it.
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