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Comment by Valtameri on May 13, 2011 at 1:57pm

Did you get your form letter yet?

Comment by Valtameri on May 13, 2011 at 1:57pm

Yes, NAS sounds nice. Except for the rats.

Comment by CTmomof3 on May 9, 2011 at 3:56pm

So so right now Helen, it's very very hard on me.  When my other son left I still had 2 at home. Now both of my other kids left within a week of each other so I'm totally alone now. Never been like that ever before.  I picked up the phone today to call Kyle and realized ooops he's not home.  They did allow him to call yesterday which was a huge surprise.  He said the rest of the division won't come in until tomorrow so he hasn't been doing much. Now I'm fretting it because of another commitment on July 13th-15th. hope he graduates on the 8th.  oh please oh please :)

He'll be going to pensacola too but to Corry Station not NAS I think that's where your son is.  That base is nice I hear.

Comment by Valtameri on May 9, 2011 at 11:19am

And how are you holding up? I know the first few weeks are the hardest -- both for the recruits and for the moms.

Comment by Valtameri on May 9, 2011 at 11:19am

Division t-shirts -- yes. My son bought one and gave it to my hubby who has already been wearing it around.

My sailor is down in Pensacola and liking it so far.

Fainting -- I bet a few sailors fainted at your son's PIR and you didn't notice. I was looking for it (told you I was weird!), and even so, I only saw the one guy go down, and that was probably only because he was sooo big. The few others who fainted were escorted away so quickly and quietly that if I hadn't been watching for it, I probably wouldn't have known why they were walking along the back of the divsions and going iinto a door at the back. In fact, I thought no one from my son's division fainted, and my son agreed with me, but another sailor from the same division says that they DID have one go down, so somehow my son and I missed that.

Comment by CTmomof3 on May 9, 2011 at 6:37am

Oh my, that never happened at my sons. But now that you mentioned it. I remember the people walking up and down the rows "keeping an eye" on everyone.  Do they still sell the division T-shirts?  These are the ones the sailors designed.  So, where is your sailor off to now?

Comment by Valtameri on May 9, 2011 at 1:12am

PIR was wonderful. I'm not very emotional, but I thought it was very well-organized and interesting. They obviously put a lot of work into it.I loved when they said the Sailor's Creed and sang Anchors Aweigh. I spotted my son the instant he marched into the hall (he's pretty easy to spot).

I was impressed with how quickly they processed everyone onto the base, even with the heightened secruity, although there was an hour-long wait in the line of cars driving onto base.

I know this may sound weird, but I was fascinated by the body snatchers and the fainting. A *really* big guy went down, and it took three people to get him off the floor. As far as I know, no one was hurt and those who fainted were soon reunited with their families.

Comment by CTmomof3 on May 7, 2011 at 8:29am

Ok good that's where we stayed 3yrs ago.  I was nice then.  Did you enjoy PIR? I'ts very emotional.

Comment by Valtameri on May 6, 2011 at 9:38pm

I sent good thoughts towards all the recruits, just for you. I asked my son what he would tell DEPpers and/or new recruits. He said "it doesn't last forever."

Comment by Valtameri on May 6, 2011 at 9:36pm

Residence Inn in Waukegan; I would recommend it!

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