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For moms (and dads), wives (and husbands) and girlfriends (and boyfriends) who survived PIR February 19, 2010 - Including Ship 14 Div 095-100, Ship 7 Div 101-102 and Ship 6 Div 913
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Comment by Sarah (BooBoo) on November 12, 2012 at 1:50am
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Since I don't have anyone as a friend on facebook and this is a ghost town, I finally decided to update just in case. Maddie is almost 6 wks and time is flying by. Shawn is deployed and will be back soon. He was able to come home for her birth and I couldn't of done it without him. She was a bday present to me as she was born the day before my bday. My mom on facebook that day something on the lines of, my first grandbaby was born today and 24 yrs ago I was in labor with her mother. My mom came out for a wk and we are going home for xmas so everyone can meet her since my dad had a hard time staying behind when my mom came out. I hope everyone is doing okay! Can't believe almost 3 yrs ago we all were on here every night.
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Comment by Arwen on October 15, 2012 at 11:52am
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After more than a year, and Chris still without a job, two things happened.
First, we suddenly realized that he had been giving employers the wrong copy of his DD-214. He was giving them the copy that had the reason for discharge - which was "a pattern of misconduct," which sounds a lot worse than it was. So, we're guessing that employers took one look at that and shyed away from him forever. There are few employers around here, and they have long memories. His best 4-5 options are probably out of the question now.
Second, because he was getting depressed about being unemployed, etc, we took him for some therapy to help him get through this. He was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum - PDD-NOS, which is very similar to Aspergers Syndrome. We took him for a second opinion, which confirmed the diagnosis. He was in special ed for years to get speech therapy for what we thought was a childhood speech disorder that he grew out of, but the doctors said it was misdiagnosed autism all along. The speech symptoms he was being treated for were textbook "high functioning autism." He's very mild as autism goes, but very much explains the difficulties he had in the Navy.
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Comment by RosaEdsmom on September 24, 2012 at 12:30pm
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Hey everyone, hope all is well. Ed has been on the Big E, now has new orders for Japan. Wondering, is anyone else from this group over there?
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Comment by Scott Proud Dad of Brian on July 29, 2012 at 10:24pm
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Just droping in to say hi to all! Brian and family came down on leave last month for two weeks and they were able to see my mom for a few days and this was the first time she has seen him in about three years. It was good that they came as my mom had never seen his daughter. I've been real busy running up to mom's and work. We had found out just before Brian got leave that my mom has lung cancer and now they have found cancer on her liver also. So i'm glad he was able to come visit. hope everyone is well and doing great. take care all..
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Debbie, Sean doesn't have a ship date yet, he still needs to shed a few pounds.
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After 4 days of being in the car, we finally made it to San Diego this week. Got the apt and now just finishing the unpacking. Also will hit the 24 wk mark this Monday and my mom leaves on Friday. Liking the area and will hopefully make some friends soon. Also Shawn was told that even if the ship leaves to come here that whenever I do go into labor they will allow him to fly here. Now if I can just get my family to stop complaining that I will be alone and acting like I can't take care of myself! Hope everyone is enjoying there weekend!
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Comment by DebbieinCA on May 30, 2012 at 2:26pm
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I haven't been here in a long time. Colleen- I'm so sorry to hear about Justin's accident!!! That must have been terrifying! I'm glad his ship is holding a place for him and hope he gets to fly out to it soon. From what I hear from those who have done it, a cruise is a great adventure. I'm really looking forward to my son going on his first cruise.
Congratulations to Sarah! So happy to hear that Nichelle is enjoying her cruise!
Arwen- I hope Chris has found a new place by now and is doing great in his new job. When does Sean go into bootcamp?
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This is a great article about helping your sailors and their wives, husbands, & kids readjust after a deployment.
http://likeitfortime.com/2011/05/06/reintegration-its-more-than-com...
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Congratulations on promotions!
If Chris had still been in, this would have been his first shot at third class - because he started as an E-1 and didn't earn a boot camp or A-school promotion. I can tell you from experience, it's really frustrating for those who start at the bottom, watching people who started as E-2s and E-3s get such fast advancement. Sean is probably going to be in the same situation when he finishes the process of joining, starting as an E-1 and work his way up the hard way.
Chris will be home on the 8th, to take another shot at finding steady work. It's still a bit rough on him, but he is keeping a good attitude toward his future.
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Happy belated mother's day. I think I am slowly losing my mind and will be so happy that in a few weeks I will be in San Diego without family!!!! Shawn is suppose to be coming down here next week, that is if he can get his leave approved today or Tuesday when it starts Tuesday night. His mom is throwing me a baby shower before we leave since we will be 21 wks on Monday. Oh and I graduated with my associates and it was with honors! And we found out today that he also made 2nd! Hoping the rest of the year goes like this and everyone else is enjoying the summer heat ;)
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