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All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
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USS Hopper & Hawaii Sailors
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For families and friends of sailors aboard the USS Hopper or stationed in Hawaii
Members: 49
Latest Activity: Aug 29, 2018
Discussion Forum
Holiday Care Package for Hawaii Sailor
Started by CaroleW (Dylan's Mom) S:11 D:275. Last reply by tatamus Sep 27, 2015. 1 Reply 1 Like
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Comment by janshed on May 24, 2011 at 9:43am
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seems like a lot of us had a good day yesterday. my left me a FB message...."hi mom, i am doing good and i love you". i must have read it a thousand times. it was my first contact from him since he deployed. i am so happy he didn't say...this sucks...lol to hear his voice would be great.
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Comment by Mary-Ryan's Mom on May 24, 2011 at 8:02am
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PattiJ--I too got a call at work yesterday from my son! I was the same way--didn't know what to say--just wanted to hear him talk. Ryan sounded very tired--I think the last week was stressful. But he's happy to have a few days on the ground & was going to get ice cream--a treat for him! He hasn't received any mail yet...anyone know why it's taking so long for their mail & packages to catch up with them???
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Comment by Moffith on May 22, 2011 at 8:55pm
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Just got a call from my daughter ;), she sounds great. We might get to skype in the next few days...so happy
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AngieWski--thank you so much for printing this article. I love hearing about what our sailors are doing while they are away from us. Awesome job on finding a good story! I appreciate it so much!
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I got a call from my son from Thailand--then nothing till I got an e-mail yesterday. He said it's very hard to get on a computer with internet access during peak times. Ryan is very busy & seems to be loving what he is doing. He's commented on the smooth sailing so far. I'm so proud of him & that he's getting to see the world. My prayer is that all our sailors--especially those on the Hopper are safe!
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Comment by Taylorsugarb on May 17, 2011 at 10:56pm
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well from the looks of it everyone has been too busy to get on N4M. I hope all is well. We finally received some letters. She sounds like things are going well . Have a good eve all.
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glad you had a great visit with your son. My daughter is loving to serve on USS Hopper. She is enjoying learning so much and working hard to become a Helmsman.... She likes the ports they have visited thus far . So much has happened in the last 6months... She truely is a sailor and loving it.
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I have not received an email , and missed call today .... I hope she tries again. I will be sleeping with my phone....
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Love getting an email from my daughter, it just makes my day.
Hope she will be able to call soon. I sleep with my phone ;)
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Im so mad at myself. I missed my sailors call while I was in the shower this morning. She said she was using the ship phone... She was ok and just said I Love you... I saved the message and have listened at least 10 times already :)
She said she has written 13 letters so should be a fun find in the mail box one day. Probably out of stamps now.... We called the ship phone back, but found out she was on liberty... so now the phone is glued to me.... :)
Everyone have a great day!
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