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Comment by wildcat81 on March 25, 2014 at 5:14pm

I got the call! He's a Sailor!!! Thank You God for lifting him up and letting him run on that sprained knee! Div 123

Comment by azmom on March 25, 2014 at 5:10pm

I am with you Ahawk, it is so hard to wait.  Congratulations to those who have gotten their phone calls. 

Comment by MattsMom on March 25, 2014 at 5:06pm

Got my call!  My son is officially a sailor!!!  Can't wait to see him in person!!!  So relieved to hear his voice! The tears were flowing!  Going to bring a ton of tissues for Friday. 

Comment by Cat on March 25, 2014 at 3:34pm

Got my call!  She's a Sailor! DIV 121!

Comment by AHawk76 (Div 920) on March 25, 2014 at 3:00pm

So unofficial but looks like some of us are going to have to keep our blue candles burning for a little while longer. I was so excited and looking forward to possibly getting a call today but it appears they might be running a bit behind.

Comment by kfallsfan on March 25, 2014 at 2:17pm

A Hawk this would be such a great opportunity to save and learn to live within their means... my daughter mentioned in a letter of receiveing financial counseling.  We will be having the same conversation. See you all at the meet and greet! Safe travels

Comment by diannep on March 25, 2014 at 2:02pm

Liberty:  I like your way of thinking!  Good rules!  I wanted my 2 sons not to go into their savings accounts (they were both in their early 20s), where we had put their birthday/Christmas money gifts since they were born....sooo....I told them that if they didn't touch the savings accounts, I would contribute $__ a month for each of their accounts.  But, the first time they took from their savings, it stopped....permanently.  Both did very well with that....until both had to withdraw from it for cars/trucks about 18 mos later.  These generation grew up with plastic payment all around them...hard to make them realize the value of actual paper/coin money that is BEHIND that plastic!  May take some time, but I have faith that they will learn eventually!

Comment by diannep on March 25, 2014 at 1:58pm

They have a chance to enroll in the Retirement Plan too, AHawk, ...that is a good thing to talk to her about too...maybe taking some of that $250 and diverting it to that.  My son did well with that in the beginning (still has that account)....saving too....but then had to shell out a fortune to get some tatoos off (not so expensive to put them ON, but very costly to remove them).  Sadly, as good as he was about saving money from a child until he was about 24, he has not been doing as well now since then at 28.  His expenses are more, he has a child now....his job pays pitiful also (he is now out of the Navy...)...but is finishing his Bachelors in May courtesy of the Navy, so that is good!  When I think of the money he had saved when in college before the Navy....and see what he has had to go through now (including not working for a year, until recently, because he was doing full-time college, so had to live on Navy housing (small amount when online school) and savings....makes me sad.  He is constantly playing catch up now....but thankfully, so far, as never had credit card debt.  Staying out of that will become more challenging if he can't get a better-paying job!

Comment by AHawk76 (Div 920) on March 25, 2014 at 1:33pm

I am going to have a sit down serious talk with my daughter about finances - I am hoping she will be willing to put $250 away per pay day into long term savings and learn to live off the rest like that $500/month wasn't even there. If she does that and doesn't touch it she will have over $30K when she gets out in 6 years. I personally think as a young single woman with all expenses covered you "should" be able to tuck away $500 a month barring nothing major comes up. If not she will just blow it on crap she doesn't need anyway. LOL Sadly after A school she will be making more than her 37 year old mom does with a college degree. LOL

Comment by Liberty on March 25, 2014 at 12:39pm

Thanks AHawk...I will go ahead and transfer the larger amount from my account to his and then if the other is something I need to reimburse him for I can do that later. 

Diannep- Thanks so much for the pay chart! He will REALLY need to move up to an E-2 ASAP! Poor guy will never save enough for a car! We don't believe in buying cars for kids. We pass one down "for their use" but, now, the car he was driving is going to be his sister's to use once she turns 17(I also have a 17 rule, instead of 16). I did have him do a "match savings" the last few months he was here. I told him I would match what he saved for a car. Being your typical 20 year old he only saved $400.00. So, he has $800.00 in a "car account". We want him to save half and not get a loan for total amount. Hopefully, he won't really need one for a while since he has such a long training period ahead of him. These young men deserve more salary for the work they do! I need to write my congressman! Thanks for the info!!!

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