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SHIP 3 DIVISION 254
JUST WONDERING IF ANYONE ELSE HAS A LOVE ONE ON THIS SHIP.MY SON IS ON THERE AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE THAT MAYBE ON THERE WITH MY SON.THANKS!LOOK FOWARD TO HEARING FROM SOMEONE.:)
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Permalink Reply by Jill (ATO Mom) on
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yep... I'm right down prairie from you :-)
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Permalink Reply by proudmomma65 on
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Hey dmcnavy, my daughter will be going to Pensacola for AC as well. She is ship11 div 250.
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Permalink Reply by Jose's Mom-Yeoman on
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Has anyone received a letter or phone call? I've been patiently waiting and still nothing. I 've read other divisions have received a call or several received letters.
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Permalink Reply by My Sailor's Anchor on
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I received letters on Thursday. My SR did say the.mail guy messed up and that they may get a call home on july 13... But I dudnt get a call :(.. Hopefully soon.
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I am officially on cloud nine. Spoke to my son for 30 minutes. He sounds good. No complants. So good to hear his voice and in good spirits. They are doing so much and learning a lot. He said it will be 2-3 weeks before he can call again. He mailed some letters but haven't received them. Hopefully this will be the week. Hope all other families get their call also. He did tell me his bunk mate is Raymond, is his mom in this group?? Have a great weekend everyone. ;)
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So glad you got your phone call and got to talk to him. My daughter warned me that she would be SIQ from dental so wouldn't be able to call. I'm glad the division is doing good. They are going to be great and it will be great to meet everyone at PIR :-)
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I am glad you got to her from your son today. I got to hear from my husband, or should I say sort of? The phone was breaking up the whole time so I couldn't really hear him.
He did say something about a 15minute earned call home. I believe this is a division call home, not just him. If so he does not know when they will be able to use it. Of course the RDCs can always take it way from them.
I received letters last Thursday. The mail guy messed up so a lot of their letters went out all at once. Keep checking your mailbox :) and sending him letters.
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I HAVE STARTED GETTING LETTERS FROM MY SON .HE IS ENJOYING IT.HE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING 2 BE ALOT MORE HARDER .I WROTE HIM AND TOLD HIM HE SHOULD BE GLAD.HE ALSO INFORMED US THAT HE IS THE RPOC OF HIS DIVISION.I AM SO PROUD OF HIM AND I CAN NOT WAIT TILL I GET 2 C HIM GRADUATE!!!
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Your son is the RPOC? My daughter is the AROC. They have been working very closely together. My daughter said that your son is pretty 'chill'. I guess that's a good thing :-) Where are you from? Hopefully both of our kids will be able to keep their jobs and be at the front of the division at graduation. Where will your son be going to A school and what will his job be?
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I finally got a letter yesterday, he sounds good but has a summer cold. He is moving up to an E-2, very proud of him. Got a letter he wrote this week but not any letters he wrote prior. What is a APOC or RPOC? Looking forward to meeting other parents but more importantly seeing mangy son.
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RPOC is the Recruit Chief Petty Officer, AROC is the Assistant Recruit Chief Petty Officer. In an integrated division one always has to be male and the other female since they are the one's in charge in the barracks when the RDC's are not present. They are basically the leadership of the division, handle problems, try to get the division working together. Also, one of the main things they do is lead marching. The RPOC leads the commands 'left face, about face, etc', while the AROC leads the cadences... the sing songy chants like "I don't know but I've been told... " The stuff you see on tv. These jobs are stressful and I know my daughter said it is really tough to be in charge of 40 females who just want to yell at each other :-) I'm hoping they both can keep their jobs through boot camp as then they will be the one's leading the division as they march into the graduation hall and will be standing in front of them during the ceremony. But I know a lot of divisions have a high turn over in these jobs as the RDC's find just the right person for it. Or if they mess up too many times they can get fired. Praying my daughter can keep her job :-) Same for you Nicole M :-)
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