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Comment by Tamme on August 19, 2009 at 4:23pm

I just received this in an e-mail chain. May be a good sign for today:

'To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.' When God takes something from your grasp, He's not punishing you, but merely opening your hands to receive something better. Concentrate on this sentence... 'The will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.' Something good will happen to you today; something that you have been waiting to hear.

Comment by Tamme on August 19, 2009 at 4:06pm

Ditto to both Tammy and Anna. Thank God we have each other and we know it is even harder on our sons. This is supposed to be hump day and I'm trying to get there.

Comment by Tamme on August 19, 2009 at 1:20pm

I am hoping the same thing, Tammy. It would be so great to hear his voice again today but I'm beginning to believe everyone that it won't be until the "I'm a Sailor" call in a couple of weeks.

Comment by Tamme on August 19, 2009 at 10:51am

No letter yesterday for us either. I was so sure we would have one. Hopefully today. I'm getting back to that "got to hear something" feeling and need a pick-me-up.

Comment by Tamme on August 18, 2009 at 2:15pm

Anna, I made a separate discussion forum above for the meet and greet.

My son will be staying at GL for the corpsman program. Hopefully he can join you at our meet and greet. It would be great to talk to him about that program.

Comment by Tamme on August 18, 2009 at 11:06am

Please see my discussion I started about our own meet and greet. We could move ours to an earlier time if everyone wants to also go to the 9/11 meet and greet and Flannigan's.

Comment by AngiePNMx2 on August 18, 2009 at 10:59am

Loree...The TAD I am referring to is after they are graduated from boot camp and any schooling...this occurrs at their first duty station like a ship etc and is usually in the kitchen/suppy area. Yes while they are in A- school they are assigned to do many things depending where they are at including painting, cleaning, etc. and sometimes the same thing over and over.

Comment by AngiePNMx2 on August 17, 2009 at 9:31pm

I wish I could hang out while at work...I work at a school and this is blocked...I can't even check my personal e-mails from school....oh well...I will survive withdrawls!! LOL

Comment by AngiePNMx2 on August 17, 2009 at 7:36pm

Hello gals..I work during the day and I wish I could participate in your conversations...by the time I get hope you all are done ...bummer...
anyways as far as phone calls...they are "normally few and far between...When my first sailor was in he called twice... once at 4 weeks and the second after Battle Station and they were "capped" as official sailors.

Battle stations can occur from days before PIR and a week or so before. Some families have headed for GL with out knowing for sure the recruit has passed battle stations. Battle stations start around 8 pm and end around 8 am the next day.... they do the capping ceremony and go eat a late breakfast and do a few other things to stay awake....the call that the they tell you "I am offically a sailor" usually comes in the late afternoon early evening. They are in bed araound 8 pm that night.

No they don't do service week any more but once they are at their first duty station/ship they will do some sort of Kitchen work either in the galley or supply and it is about 120 days... it is known as "cranking" or TAD (temp. assigned duty)

In the book Honor, Courage, Committment they march everywhere...Now everything is contained in their ships. They march to Freedom Hall which is where they do alot of thier PFAs and to the drill hall to practice and to church if there is a group of them.

Hope any of this helps.

Hugs~Angie

Comment by Tamme on August 17, 2009 at 3:25pm

I decided to put "marlinspike" in the blog search and found the following description. According to Wade's letters, they were doing this last week.
Written by FTCM (SS) John S. Snell, USN

“We headed for the USS Marlinspike, a ship mockup that the recruits would have to "get underway" in howling pre-hurricane conditions. Replete with loud, howling winds and flashing strobe-lights, the ship presented a daunting task for young recruits who had only been taught the basics of seamanship in the past few weeks. In 20 minutes or less, the crew must muster, set the sea and anchor detail, cast off all lines and then get the ship safely underway. RDCs and ship facilitators will not do anything to help; they just monitor for safety. The recruits are in charge, from someone representing the Commanding Officer down to the line handlers on the pier. If they leave a heaving line adrift on deck, recruits may quickly find themselves tripped up. If muster reports aren't made properly, the ship goes nowhere. It's truly something to watch. The division I observed shifted colors and was "underway" with about two minutes to spare. What you see next is...Pride. You can see the thought behind the eyes of every single recruit - "Hey, we can actually do this!" And behind each smile of satisfaction is the realization that, "if we apply what we have been taught, and we do it as a team, we will succeed."

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