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Comment by KDB1 on February 28, 2011 at 5:04pm

Battlebuddy - {{{BIG HUGS!}}}  I know as a Mom it is tough to hear that he will be so far away.  My brother was stationed in Japan and absolutely loved it!  At least your son is excited for the journey.  It could be a place he wasn't so interested in going.

My prayers always include those sailors stationed away but ALSO those who must stay home and wait for their return.  My thoughts and prayers are with you!

Comment by mamawalrus on February 28, 2011 at 4:51pm

Battlebuddy!  I am so sorry cause I know how you are feeling, hugs hugs hugs! But like ame said,, they want this!   So hard I know to share in all their joy when we are feeling so .......lost.  I know you will find a way to pull it together and wish him off with a smile on your face.  He is such a great son that he will hug you and say "Mom, its ok!"   Remember its ok to cry , if you are like me, they come to know we do. LOL  We just have to remember the tears are for happiness,,our boys have become young men and how proud we are of them and how proud they are of themselves..

We are all here still to offer the same kind of support we did in BC.  This is why we are the "Awesome Alumni!"  :)  

Comment by ame7 on February 28, 2011 at 3:45pm

Battlebuddy....as a Mom, I know how you are feeling, but keep in mind, this is what they want to do.  If your Sailor is like mine, one of the reasons for joining the Navy was traveling.  What an awesome opportunity.  I know its really hard not having them close to us all the time, but we raised them to be strong, committed and independent.  I pray for strength for all of us and safe travel for our Sailors. {{Hugs to you and that SWEET little girl of yours that I was so pleased to meet and the Meet & Greet.}}

Comment by battlebuddy on February 28, 2011 at 3:06pm

I am sick to my stomach.....My son received his orders today.....Sasebo Japan. Yes. I want to throw up. He is estatic. Mom is not. I don't know how to describe how I feel right now.....He will be home in 4-5 weeks after he finishes A school.  Hope I can pull myself together....

Comment by Ellen S. on February 28, 2011 at 12:32pm

Hi Everyone, just talked to NEX.  The new person to contact is William_Dermody@nexweb.org.  He is a very nice man.  Something for all to know is that even if your recruit is put into FIT they still can go to the NEX and pickup and/or pay for their photos.  I asked him about ordering a Cruise/Keel Book.  The cut off is one week after the PIR date.  I think the important thing is for the recruit to ask to go pay for their order.   He told me that they will probably have extra dvd's. 

Comment by SailorsWife'10 on February 28, 2011 at 1:49am

Been so long since I've been on here, hope everyone is doing well! I love being able to talk to my Sailor everyday and I have been chatting with a few Navy spouses that were in the same division as my husband and are still together at Pensacola, which I absolutely love. :) Feels so good to have boot camp out of the way!

Comment by himmiemom on February 27, 2011 at 11:17pm

Well just got off the phone with my son.  He called at 7pm and talked to 8pm to everyone.  He has adjusted to this new phase he is in.  He loves being independent which is what we as parents hope for.  I know he is reading his emails because he called at 7pm on Sunday like I asked him to.  After talking to him on speaker with the whole family he seemed very upbeat.  He talked about the weather over the last week and that he is still waiting to class up.  He said it will be about another month and he has been in Pensacola for almost 3 weeks.  During the day they have the Sailors waiting to class up doing all different kind of things.  Right now he is cleaning a building with others.  He doesn't mind and gets done just before lunch and that has the rest of the day off. He has been hanging out with a shipmate form bootcamp all weekend playing video games.  His roommate which he gets along with went out and bought frozen stuff for their freezer and rented tons of movies and just "chilled" the weekend.  He even asked when we were coming down to Pensacola.  He said the weekends are the best because he has liberty and by the time we come down he will be able to leave base. 

Comment by battlebuddy on February 27, 2011 at 10:11pm

I know exactly what you mean. I feel the same...we have verbal orders right now and momma is not very happy. He is estatic....but it's to far away for comfort for mom....my son is in Meridian and his A school will only be about 4-6 more weeks...it is making me even more nervous than Boot Camp if that is possible. Ugh....I don't know how often verbal orders are changed....but I am secretly hoping that his are.....he only calls me about 3 times a week for 5-10 minutes and is talking to his friends at the same time as he is trying to talk to me...its exhausting...

Comment by sailormommind on February 27, 2011 at 9:51pm

I am so glad I checked in here tonight.  I am struggling with the communication, or lack thereof, from my son.  I guess I was hanging on by a thread through BC knowing I would be able to talk to or see him while at GL.  My husband & I wanted to go see him today and he kind of turned us down, then we found out a friend of his from home went up there for like 6 hours!!  He did call me Friday and talked for an hour and it was like old times, but then he had to bring up how he wants to get to phase 2 so he can go visit his GF at college.  Heart broken :(  I know they say girls are different and my daughters are great at keeping in touch, but this is my son and my baby and this letting go is heartaching.  He gets so impatient with us.  I thought this would be so wonderful and all I can feel is that in April he will go even further away!!!   Ah projecting, such a waste of time

Comment by NF Mom on February 26, 2011 at 2:59pm

I tried the below deal for a wireless printer shipped to Goose Creek - it worked.

The deal expires today - Saturday the 26th - so this is the last day.

William in Nashua Ship 9 Div 071

Deserves all the credit for sharing the below deal.

He wrote:

"If anyone is interested in a nice printer deal, I can recommend a very good Brother MFC-J410W wireless color  printer that you can get for 1/2 price now at officedepot.com it is small, easy to setup and is quiet.  And it  comes with free, overnight delivery.  I bought one myself it works great.  It also is a copier/scanner/fax machine if you want to use it for that.

 

Add this printer to the cart on sale for $59.99 (regular price is $99.99):

 

http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/385287/Brother-MFC-J410w-Wire...

 

Add this 29 cent eraser to your cart to get the cart over $60 this is what we call a "filler item" Lol:

 

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Add this "$10 off a $50 purchase" coupon code at checkout:  73756055

 

Your total price will be $50.28 delivered"

 

As I said above it worked for me to send one to my son and it will be delivered on Thursday this coming week.

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