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Comment by LZ27 on September 12, 2010 at 8:33pm

Officer development school it is designed to give professionals ie: doctors, dentists, nurses a 5 week course in Navy life. When I was in Newport for my sons graduation fraom OCS we saw them in the mess hall. the looked a whole lot more relaxed than the indocs, oc's and just about everyone else. There was a graduation right after 19-10 commissioning with about 100 candidates from ODS. I wish the best for your loved one. Newport is lovely at this time of the year.

Comment by proudmominlaw on September 12, 2010 at 5:06pm

New member~my daughter in law just left yesterday for ODS. This is something very new for us all! I hope this site will help me to become better educated on the Navy. Thank you for any advice you can send my way.

Comment by faldrich1 on September 11, 2010 at 3:30pm

Thanks so much for the terrific ideas to get me started with collecting things for my son's halfway box. I really appreciate the suggestions.

Comment by BunkerQB on September 11, 2010 at 2:33pm

Comment by KatK on September 11, 2010 at 11:51am

I send my son the turkey jerky from Costco, too. You can get it in the little bags so they can smaller amounts of it.

Comment by Sweet*Southern*Lady on September 9, 2010 at 11:40pm

-Brady didn't have to do his laundry but he was on a friggate (he was also enlisted i'm not sure if that matters). I sent him memory stick full of new music, magazines, the packets of lemonade, tea, ect for water bottles or cups of water, his favorite candy like gummy worms, laffy taffy, If there was a holiday a card or something to decorate or celebrate it with (Charlie brown Halloween special) DVDs of his favorite tv series, newest movies, computer game, I also sent a small candy goody bag and personal note for the each of guys he roomed with.

Comment by spensmom on September 9, 2010 at 10:39pm

faldrich.....I have sent my son, who is deployed on the USS Chung-Hoon, several boxes most of which contain snack food. Jelly beans have been a hit! I avoid the chocolate as I understand it melts. I have sent him those "100 calorie" bags of chips, popcorn, cookies, dried fruit, etc. Also, sent powdered Gatorade and a bottle to mix it in. Have also sent him t-shirts, underwear and those new laundry "sheets" from Purex that can go in the washer and then into the dryer. He will probably like anything you send him because it is from home.

Comment by faldrich1 on September 9, 2010 at 9:06pm

Hi just joining. My son is on the USS Charlotte out of Pearl. I am looking for information on preparing a halfway box for an upcoming deployment. Any suggestions?

Comment by navymom9875 on September 9, 2010 at 1:15pm

Are the "Silver Dollars" supposed to be the old pure silver dollars or do the Eisenhower dollars from the 1970's that are a mix of copper and silver work? Those are the coins that you can get from the bank for $1. The solid silver dollars seem to cost around $15.

Comment by LZ27 on September 9, 2010 at 9:51am

My son was in 19-10 and was able to get his coins from a local dealer. He said it was all taken care of before I got there. He bought two and I think many of the others were able to do the same. Us Moms want to make sure everything is taken care of; however, we must rememeber our LO's were not chosen because they had great moms, but because they are great candidates to serve our country. Just one more step to their decision making process and problem solving. It is nice if the family can be part of this tradation, but most of my son's classmates obtained their coins on their own.

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