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Comment by Tamme on August 17, 2009 at 3:14pm

I noticed what you noticed, Anna. LOL

Comment by Tamme on August 17, 2009 at 12:56pm

Oh I know my son is relieved that "Service Week" has been eliminated. LOL

Comment by Tamme on August 17, 2009 at 12:47pm

Loree, my husband also was afraid they weren't doing well and didn't granted a call. Okay, if it is week 5, supposedly the following is going on and is clear as mud. LOL

Week 5. This week is all about you. Where you want to go, what you want to do, and how fast you intend to get there. So you find the shortest distance between where you are and where you want to be. If you’re feeling a sense of accomplishment for making it this far — good for you. That means that 180-degree-life-change your Recruiter told you would come — has come.

Comment by Tamme on August 17, 2009 at 12:30pm

I'm confused of what week it is. They run in five-day weeks but I don't know where they are right now. Carolyn, I bet he didn't want the birthday cards because they would embarass him?

Comment by Tamme on August 17, 2009 at 12:21pm

I found out the same way you did, Carolyn. Like you, I would have found SOMEWHERE to nose around though. This has been a lifesaver. 69? Wow.

Comment by Tamme on August 17, 2009 at 11:53am

I agree, Tammy. Wade's last letter said they were going to have a group session and they were all hoping for an obstacle course.

On Navy.com, it says week 6 is:

Shipboard damage control and firefighting. Two of the most vital skills you’ll need on board. You’ll learn to extinguish fires. Escape smoke-filled compartments. Open and close watertight doors. Operate Oxygen Breathing Apparatus and carry fire hoses. No pressure: but your life and the lives of other shipmates depend on you mastering these skills. One more test, and perhaps, the most challenging of all: the Confidence Chamber. Inside the Chamber, you and about 100 other recruits will line up, put on a gas mask while a tear gas tablet is lit. You’ll be ordered to remove your mask and throw it in a trash can while reciting your full name and social security number. Relax. Every Sailor before you has mastered it — and so will you. Because if you didn’t know it before, you know it now: You have what it takes. You are Navy material.
This week you’ll also have to finish the confidence course — as a team. This is when and where your newly developed self-confidence and self-assurance shines. “If they could only see me now.” You suddenly find yourself thinking that a lot.

Back to a pit in the stomach - the gas chamber. I know they'd be laughing at me. LOL

Comment by Tamme on August 17, 2009 at 11:48am

I am going to send more stamps today and also mail a birthday card for my mother to Wade so he can sign and mail it. He hasn't mentioned they've gone to the store or anything on base yet.

Comment by Tamme on August 17, 2009 at 11:38am

Wade said in his last letter that they were going to be doing the Marlinspike. My husband thinks that is the training exercises to get ready for Battle Stations.

Comment by Tamme on August 17, 2009 at 10:53am

I think it seems too soon.

Comment by Tamme on August 17, 2009 at 10:17am

Tammy - It is my husband's birthday as well. 9/9 Great birthday presents for you both! I read in someone's message that they are starting Battle Stations this week. Is that true?

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