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Ship 04 Div 808

Started by MomMom. Last reply by GANavyMom Apr 11, 2010. 26 Replies 0 Likes

Has anyone received a letter or call, other than the form letter and original, "Hi, I'm here?"Thought it would be nice to start our own discussion group. Anyway interested?Continue

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Comment by amayesProudNavyMom on April 14, 2010 at 9:43pm: Hello! Does anyone have a sailor staying in GL for A school as a DC?

Comment by Marilee Courtney's mom on April 14, 2010 at 8:05pm: hey all!! Linda Bree asked me to add her to my facebook! I was more then excited about that! She is a wonderful young woman! The little time I got to talk to her anyway! Glad you made it home I have been thinking about you and everyone that I met this past weekend wish I had remembered to write everyone's phone numbers down so that we could have all gotten together with our Sailors. Just gives us all the reason to try to get something together so we can all meet again!

Lori how far are you from GL ? I am in Indiana about 45 minutes north of Indianapolis.

Talk to you all soon!
Marilee

Comment by LindainIvorVA on April 14, 2010 at 7:33pm: That's right ! wish we cud go back & meet again but not go thru PIR ! LOL ..

Comment by LindainIvorVA on April 14, 2010 at 5:59pm: SC Leah, oh gosh.. she said it hasn't happened to her b4... then started to cry.. said i'm so embarassed !!.. I told her it was prob stress, excitement, heat or whatever.. I didn't know what 2 do ! My big mouth prob got her in trub.. Thanks..
it's over now ! Better days ahead!! it's all an experience, huh ? WOW..

Comment by LindainIvorVA on April 14, 2010 at 4:43pm: you're 2 funny !!!!! I just luked at pic... the one that I bought or she bought at NEX..
carrying 152 flag .. is that the one ? or am I confused ? Oh gosh, wish we cud'vemet..
I did finally meet Marilee (sunday at drop off) & she asked me if I met you... dag gone it ! oh... I know you're so happy & proud... omg... ya got me flustered!!!!!!!! oh oh .. tall blonde & handsome!! ( watch out navy ) LOL... you musta seen me drop my dag gone camera.. it bounced off bleachers & I was freaking !!!!!! so sorry I didn't meet you... SOOOOOOOOOOO PROUD 2 !!!!!! Bless you & all our sailors... (thank you )

Comment by LindainIvorVA on April 14, 2010 at 4:22pm: i gotta luk at the picture to find your son now.. LOL

Comment by LindainIvorVA on April 14, 2010 at 4:21pm: Lori, I never met you !!!!! Dag gone it !! Wanted to meet so many people !! Oh, gosh
I had no idea !! She was so upset... i was on the bottom section about 4th row !
Yes, she is ! Congrats to you & yours 2 !!! Thank you ! Thank you ! Got call few hrs ago she was in P-cola airport... who is your son Lori ?? Was he the head honcho ??
LOL..

Comment by LindainIvorVA on April 14, 2010 at 3:11pm: oh gosh, you bringing tears to me again.. each time I get on here... we are all so proud... there's absolutely nothing better in this world than to see your child at that PIR .. I swear... Oh, and how many seen my daughter in 152 nearly FAINT ?? I'm sure you guys all heard her mom (me) hollaring !! (bend your knees) OMG.. It was a horrible thing for me.. even worse 4 her.. she was a little out of it when I saw her.. all crying.. they were placing bets on her dropping.. been there.. done that! YEA NAVY !!!!!!!!!

Comment by debRN01 on April 14, 2010 at 7:43am: I agree that the weekend was awesome, the ceremony was moving, and seeing my son was the best of all ! Got to the meet and greet a little late and sleepy from a nap and wish I mingled a little more but thanks to all who made that possible. I had a wonderful time but hard to readjust to life after boot camp I am getting my feet back on the ground now. I too received a gift in overnight liberty which made our time together even better. We too went downtown and to the navy pier. Rob bought a brand new blackberry and I got a call and a few texts already too ! Rob is at Great Lakes for A school and I know there are a few of his friends there with him. They have bonded in a way we will never fully understand. It was bittersweet in having to leave him again but these next few months should be drastically easier than the last two ! Congrats to all.
WELL DONE SAILORS !!

Comment by StevensProudStepMom_SAILOR on April 13, 2010 at 10:04pm: Video of PIR 4-9-10 now online! whoot , thanks to my husband Jeff . He recorded 1:18:01 of the PIR using a flip video camera.

There are several ways to watch this online, be aware there is some shaking and odd camera angles as we were moving around , but wanted to capture the audio as well.

http://www.stevennorris.info/blog/pir/ you can leave comments on that site.

If you have problems viewing this video , you can also go to

If you would like a copy of the video, the quickest way is to use the link above and right click on the video and select SAVE-AS, it can take about a hour to download or longer..

thanks!