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Twins and multiples in the Navy

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This is a group for navy moms who have twins or multiples and at least one has decided to join the navy. Share experiences of how you are coping and also how your kids are coping with being without their sibling.

Members: 31
Latest Activity: Aug 29, 2020

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Handling the Twin Bond Relationship at Bootcamp

Started by Sierrascrapper (ETN2). Last reply by rebecca1957 Aug 29, 2020. 29 Replies 1 Like

I wanted to ask about this topic as it has a deep impact on how twins relate to each other. This will be good future reference for other Navy Twin Moms as their sons leave for BC. I only have one…Continue

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Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on August 14, 2013 at 10:16am: Disy I am afraid I can't stand up to the heat. Also I an used to a town of 800 people. I would be overwhelmed by Houston.

Comment by Disy (Ship12Div371) on August 14, 2013 at 8:08am: Doubletrouble - so happy and sad for you - call sounds good! Hope you are feeling good!

Have a wonderful day everyone! Love to read your posts and see your pics !

Co-Twin come down to Houston ! You can't retire here but we'll have a blast!

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on August 14, 2013 at 2:33am: What a great call! He made it his own and personal even though he was saying you know cause of Darien. Special boy that son of yours. They will do great. Sleep well now.

Comment by doubletrouble on August 14, 2013 at 1:59am: Jacob just called! I put him on speaker like with Darien & he was funny. He said hi momma, I made it safe, I said ok, he said um I've got stuff to say. I'm gonna send my stuff back, but you already know that cause Darien did it. I said yes. He sounded good & didn't read the rest he just you know the rest cause Darien said it! I asked if he was ready for this & he said yes. We told him he would be amazing & we loved him, he said I love you. I told him I would call his gf to let her know he made it & said ok, bye.
Wow! I don't really know how I'm feeling right now, a little scared for them & excited.

Comment by Sierrascrapper (ETN2) on August 14, 2013 at 1:35am: Doubletrouble...praying for you tonight. It does sound like a long night ahead for you, your husband and Jacob. That would be such a blessing to have your boys PIR together.

Cathy...safe travels to your family and enjoy the games and the AWESOME ceremony for sending your son off.

CO-twin...looking forward to your stop here in Reno. That will be so cool!

Great advice twinsailorsmom. Thanks for sharing. I didn't quite have the right date in the Nuke group. You might get it just right. I picked the 10th :(

Comment by cathymgShip03Div367&ship11Div383 on August 13, 2013 at 11:04pm: Off to St. Louis in the morning, it is going to be an exciting next couple of days, Gregory text earlier and he was at the game tonight too, and he got lucky, a friend of his is their for MEPS so he is at the game with Gregory, so Gregory gets to go to 3 Cardinal games in a row before he gets shipped out, one with a friend, then the next with his family and then the last with his division and then the entire division will board a bus for the GL. I feel bad for Bryce that he didn't get all this.

Off to bed, can't keep my eyes open!!

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on August 13, 2013 at 10:44pm: Wow leukemia and an aneurism, He certainly is a miracle.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on August 13, 2013 at 10:40pm: I plan to go up into southern Oregon to check out for retirement, especially if Sam ends up in Washington. If I go to Ashland, Or would that be close? I am planning a stop in Reno to meet Seirrascrapper.

Comment by CO-TwinSalorsMom on August 13, 2013 at 10:37pm: DT I will say some prayers that they may put the boys together, maybe having just had a set PIR together they will notice the name and give Jacob his own push. You are right we can pray.

I know miracles myself, I shouldn't have lived to raise my boys, cancer also. Should have passed before they turned two, but I was allowed the privilege to raise them.

Comment by twinsailorsmom on August 13, 2013 at 10:16pm: @Co-Twin I live about 5 hours from Eureka. Yreka is about middle of California near the Oregon boarder and I live about 40 minutes from Yreka. I did join Nuke Mom - I guessed August 15th!

My boys were a push division and had to wait almost 2 weeks to get started. It did mean they had to work harder to still graduate on time but they did not seem to mind. They even got Hall of Fame Gold division!!

@Cathymg - I would go to Sarge's Meet and Greet and take notes when he talks!! We had a rental car, his info got us GREAT parking and we did not have to wait in the long line of cars waiting to get in. His info was GREAT!!! Also send lots of letters and pictures as soon as possible. My boys LOVED pictures. And don't make any plans for the weekend - let them do what they want, but don't give them too many options. My boys kept saying "for the last 8 weeks I have been told what to do, just tell me where we are going." My boys big thing was new skivvies and socks!!! They wanted food and just to hang out and tell us stories. We had a great weekend. We spent lots of time in the airport, but it was well worth it!!! Oh and they wanted us to bring everything they sent home in the "kid in a box." They took it all to Nuke school with them!