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Comment by diannep on July 3, 2014 at 8:57am

So sad to hear the raw emotions that go on with some of the SRs in the first weeks of Bootcamp, but it DOES get better for them as they go along and they will accomplish alot! 

Good Morning!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on July 3, 2014 at 6:41am

Thanks tmy1970 and poodlelover :) I look forward to making you ribbons :)

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on July 3, 2014 at 6:39am

Thanks so much Michelle, I sent the ribbon info to you in a message :)

Good morning everyone. 

If you live in the New Port Richey/St Pete/Tampa FL areas please send me a message if you would like to attend a Navy Mom Meet and Greet. It will be held in the next two weeks :) 

Comment by Jappj on July 3, 2014 at 5:39am

Good morning Navy family - 

hope you all have a happy Thursday!!!! preparing for the storm!!! should hit tonight

Comment by tmy1970 on July 2, 2014 at 9:50pm

@mygirlsrock-got our 1st letter today! She was pretty upbeat...but did say waking up in the mornings are the worst. Also listening to some of the girls crying at night is hard! Heart breaking!

Comment by Michelle on July 2, 2014 at 9:31pm

Thank you mygirlsrock both of the messages were great . My son is going to San Antonio for A school. I live a hour and a half away so I can probably bring it down to him . He is using his phone as a hot spot for the laptop.

Comment by mygirlsrock on July 2, 2014 at 8:50pm

Michelle - more on that subject...This is the response I got from someone who passed thru the same A school as my daughter in 2008/2009  .My personal opinion is that it would be better to just give her her cell phone at the airport before she flies to Monterey and then mail her the rest of her stuff once she's settled in. Having everything else might be a nice bonus, but it would be better if she got used to not having all of that around her so that she can spend her time working on what needs to be worked on. There's a computer lab in the barracks to help her with internet access, and she (probably) won't be able to access the internet from her laptop anyways for those first few weeks because it's on individuals to buy internet access. 

Comment by mygirlsrock on July 2, 2014 at 8:38pm

Michelle I asked early on about passing off my daughter's cell phone, laptop etc. at the airport for her to take to A school.  I got a couple of responses but found this one to be the most helpful.  

I think a cell phone and clothes would be fine. :) I mean, there's something to be said about getting the same experience as everyone else -- I remember when I was first allowed off-base, one of my friends was like, "Peter, yay! You're a human being again, let's go shopping!" and since he had his car out here he took me out to the mall and we had a shopping day and I walked around the mall in my uniform buying stuff because I literally had no other clothes to wear :P 

A few weeks later I got permission to drive home during the weekend (I grew up about 3.5 hours away from Monterey) and so picked up a bunch of stuff from home, but that was that. One part of the "phases" at DLI is that you stay in one uniform or another the entire time -- just like bootcamp. If you aren't wearing your black and tans (what I'm in in my icon) during normal working hours, then you can stay in your PT (workout) gear after like 4pm as long as you're staying within the barracks. So there wasn't too much pressure to have civilian clothes for those first few weeks. 

Oh, and also, that's not to say that there wasn't a place to get civilian clothes on base -- there's a mini-mall called a PX (Post eXchange) on the presidio. But yeah, not much of an impetus to get civilian clothes; and so when I finally did it was almost like a rite of passage (and a really fun time out in town

Comment by mygirlsrock on July 2, 2014 at 8:33pm

Very cool about DIV 940 being sponsored by the Blue Angels.  And a couple of lucky mom's get to see quotes from their kids.  How Awesome!

Comment by Michelle on July 2, 2014 at 8:13pm

I want to give my son his laptop when he is at the airport he will need it for A school. Do you know if they have room for it ? 

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