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Comment by Vincent'sMom on August 27, 2010 at 1:47pm

Ahhhhh Loveudrew, you made me cry : ( I hope you start feeling better soon!
and Dana, Bless your heart.......you are so busy helping us to feel better, and you need just as many hugs your way. Here is a big hug and kiss two both of you. X0X0X0. (ok, 3 hugs and kisses)

Comment by LoveUDrew/Ship12/Div343/PIR10/15 on August 27, 2010 at 1:24pm

Back at ya Dana!!

Comment by DanaMN ~Kris's Mom~NCTS SanDiego on August 27, 2010 at 1:20pm

LOVEUDREW... {{HUGS!}}

Comment by SOBE,PIR 6/4/10 IT Mom, Italy on August 27, 2010 at 12:45pm

Cool Stuff to know:

E-1 = SR, Seaman Recruit
E-2 = SA, Seaman Apprentice
E-3 = SN, Seaman
E-4 = 3, Petty Officer Third Class
E-5 = 2, Petty Officer Second Class
E-6 = 1, Petty Officer First Class
E-7 = C, Chief Petty Officer
E-8 = CS, Senior Chief Petty Officer
E-9 = CM, Master Chief Petty Officer

Paygrades E1 through E3 can also have a rating abbreviation preceding their paygrade symbol IF they are graduates of Class "A" schools.
Once they finish A-School, they will be addressed by their rate first, then their paygrade. Using the example of a Sailor who has finished school and is now an IT (Information System Technician), it would read as follows:

E-1, ITSR

E-2, ITSA

E-3, ITSN

E-4, IT3

E-5, IT2

E-6, IT1

and so on.....

Comment by Kelly (Pink) Curtis' Mom on August 27, 2010 at 12:44pm

If I'm lucky I will remember all the great tips on here too! Thanks Sobe and everyone else for helping us out!

I'm so blessed to be part of this group too. You ladies are so awesome and it does feel a little more manageable knowing we are all going through it together.

I need more stamps!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope the post office doesn't run out! heehee!

Comment by LoveUDrew/Ship12/Div343/PIR10/15 on August 27, 2010 at 12:43pm

Ok, so I wasn't going to log on today because I have been having a day. Left work upset, just because a sweet co-worker asked how Drew is doing. Came home to pull myself together, went to get the laundry and cried when I looked in his room and there was NO PILE OF CLOTHES. THANK YOU SO MUCH ALL OF YOU FOR SHARING. Not happy to hear that you too are having emotional days, but do feel again like its a comfort to have company. Tomorrow taking the young ones to see the Blue Angels, that ought to bring yet more tears. Sorry to bla bla bla.

Comment by DanaMN ~Kris's Mom~NCTS SanDiego on August 27, 2010 at 12:38pm

Thanks, DillonsMom! I hope our boys are together, too!

It makes me happy to be a part of this group... it makes the world seem not quite so big... and I feel less alone! Thanks for helping me get through this!! ;)

Sobe - you are so funny! Thanks for all the great tips! If I'm lucky, I'll remember them! ;)

Comment by SOBE,PIR 6/4/10 IT Mom, Italy on August 27, 2010 at 12:32pm

FYI: There are many sailors who have their Navy portraits shipped home if their family is not coming to PIR. Our son was a Grad & Go, so he ran back to his barracks after PIR to get them for us.

TIP: We almost LOST them at the airport on our flight home. It's a very large flat white package (like a plain flat FedEx envelope) and it wouldn't fit in our carry-on bag (did not bring checked luggage). While grabbing a coffee in the terminal, we set it down and walked away. You should of seen me jump - I screamed "Oh Sh#@" and everyone turned around. I ran back to that stand and there it was! The envelope is white and blended with the wall. I'm lucky airport security didn't apprehend it thinking it was something dangerous! So, I did something rather smart for a change and wrote our name, cell & home phone numbers on the envelope - and wrote "Navy Portraits" on it too! If I lost it again, maybe someone would call me.

Comment by DanaMN ~Kris's Mom~NCTS SanDiego on August 27, 2010 at 12:25pm

Also, back then we didn't have Facebook, email, texting and cell phones... so connecting was a lot harder. Kids these days can keep in touch so easily and distance isn't as big of a deal as it was 20 years ago! ;)

Comment by DanaMN ~Kris's Mom~NCTS SanDiego on August 27, 2010 at 12:19pm

Umm...yeah... I was different. Perhaps a bit more confident because I was proud of what I had achieved. But I think that my personality was not changed. I did grow apart form some old friends (like from high school) because we were distanced from one another... but I made lots of friends in my Navy family and I'm still friends with a few now. The Navy was a great place for me to grow up. I learned a good job, I was fed and housed, and I learned life skills without being fully thrust out on my own.

You'll be very pleased with your boy when you "meet" him again! ;)

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