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San Diego Moms or Sailors in San Diego

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San Diego Moms looking to support each other and San Diego Sailors we can support while away from home.

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Comment by FlBroomie on July 21, 2015 at 11:41am: Splash -yes he is fine now but now tends to get ill quickly.

Noni- He had never seen any snow other than flurries. Now he hates snow. I cant blame him so do I.

Noni-Splash-Oleander-My son is out today trying to find a car to buy. He said the base was huge and it was dangerous for pedestrian traffic.

Comment by Noni on July 21, 2015 at 11:13am: splash, we bought my daughter's car here. She drove it to SD. It's titled as illinois car due to Ca. Having soany restrictions on the emissions there.

Comment by splash on July 21, 2015 at 11:04am: FIBroomie...Is your son ok now? that can take a long time to heal from. I think they get so run down in BC that if they do get sick it is worse than usual. . My daughter got really sick in boot camp and was SIQ for almost 3 weeks.She was in the ER three times. I cannot believe she passed but she is extremely strong willed. She was told not to go to the Dr while in BC or she might be sent home so she did not. She was running and collapsed with a 105 fever. She did not fully recover until about April. She became anemic as well. This is a healthy physically strong girl. She was a competition cheer leader.

My oldest told me that when my girl was taking her last run test she said she thought she was going to die. And when they yelled the remaining time she told her sister that she ran as fast and hard as she could because if she did not pass she would not be able to see me the next day. I was adopting her for Thanksgiving. I cried when I heard that.

Oleander...What does DC do? We are not with USAA. We use GEICO. We used our credit union for the loan 2%). And kept the car registered in Minnesota. She does pay insurance rates for CA because that is where the car is located. My oldest lives in Kingman AZ and bought the car at a dealership there because she knew someone that was linked to the dealership. Then my sailors twin brother flew to AZ to visit that sister so it was the perfect opportunity to drive the car to SD for my sailor.

Comment by Noni on July 21, 2015 at 10:57am: Orlander, your daughter will need a car the bases are huge. When my daughter gets off the Princeton she has to walk a half a mile to get to her car. In their uniforms it's stifling hot. My daughter's ship was in dry dock when she arrived in SD. She had to report to another ship until it came out. Luckily once swo school was over her ship was taken out of dry dock. Her job right now isn't what she went in for. She is at this job until she gets her SWO pin then she will will either be stationed in SF or go to MIT in Boston. I also recommend USAA

Comment by Noni on July 21, 2015 at 10:43am: FIBroomie, we had a very hard winter when your son was here at GL. If I only knew who have children here I could help out in some way. Sorry he had a bad experience.

Comment by FlBroomie on July 21, 2015 at 10:18am: Hi Oleander -my son ended up with pneumonia several times while there. What rate is your daughter ?

Comment by splash on July 21, 2015 at 10:17am: FIBroomie...yes all of the bases are huge. I was there in March and was really surprised at their size. Do you know how long he will be in SD? Will the Navy ship his car to HI? I would tell him to ask around for referral to auto dealers. My daughter ran into some big promlems and we finally bought her a car in AZ (where my oldest lives). Although she is a girl that knows nothing about cars. Until he gets a car I have heard that there is a shuttle on base and the other sailors are usually really good at giving rides. Which base is he on?

Comment by FlBroomie on July 21, 2015 at 10:08am: Splash- yes his PIR was 12-5-15. He has been stuck at GL since graduation and finally got to SD on Sunday.He is in SD to finish his GM training and then goes on to be stationed in Pearl. He has already started shopping for a car says the base is too big to get around on foot.

Comment by Noni on July 20, 2015 at 4:28pm: Oh yes I agree. My daughter didn't go to GL. She went to OCS in RI. So she is a Coronado Island? Great places to eat there.

Comment by splash on July 20, 2015 at 4:07pm: Noni...I feel bad for all the kids from southern states that wnet to boot camp in the winter. What a shock!

My daughter is not on a ship. She is on the Amphibious base. She works with the Sea Bees.