Camp Lejeune and FMTB-East Moms, Families and Friends

OMG Marcy my daddy use to always sing that song to me... LOL Enjoy the swim!!

I really love that uliputer !!! LOL I have never been but my daughter has been there about four times and she just loves the beaches....
Gosh its about 70 right now and a little breeze.... : )
Now I'm ready to hear all about the non military stuff ,,,I have my pop corn in hand.....Blahhhhhahhhhahhhhahhh

That was cute !!!!! Thanks Uli !!!

It's a song that gets in your head and won't leave! love it

Back at work after a quick two days in Jacksonville. The heat and humidity and a day trip to the beach reminded me of my college days in Greenville.

John, hope the hotel worked out ok (at least you had a pool and a great rate!). Great that you could manage a beach day too.

The hotel was great Marcy, thanks for the advice. Emerald Isle was great, next time we may try Topsail.

Ruthella, college WAS a long time ago. We were using punch cards for my computer classes! Kids today probably don't even know what they are. :)

I could list all my 'firsts' but don't want to date myself ;) first calculator, cell phone, computer...when i was a baby my mom put me in a laundry basket in the front seat. How did we survive? lol

Excuse me Ruthelllllaaaa it was Marcy's mom not Sharons...Hmmmm you must be thinking of your other group...LOL

It's ok, I know she loves me anyway!! ;)

you got a laundry basket?

Yes she does !!! We all do !!!

Mom said I used to climb out of my crib, so she tied my leg to it with a belt!
Lucky I didn't hang myself.

I just looked it up and Saab was the first to introduce seatbelts as standard in 1958. So next time you're watching Jeopardy and the question comes up, you owe me!

Wow thats what I have !!!! Yeah SAAB !!!!!

Alas, Saab is no more.

What color MM? they're great cars.

White with a black top ... I'm waiting for the weather to get a little warmer to put the top down...

Here it's TOO hot to put the top down except at night!

How funny !!! I haven't been posting the weather cuzzzzzz a lot of our friends are in the thick of the Heat or Rain !!! It's been 65 to 70 here it seems and a little windy...

Hold on to your mittens for this - it was 113 here today. I'll send heat, you send cold and maybe we'll have a decent summer! So many moms on N4M have been dealing with storms, even tornadoes, that I'm not going to complain. Just saw Bridgeport Connecticut had a tornado today. ???

Charlotte, my son is on hold for FMTB working at the BAS. I think your son is on hold for the same class? What is he doing? They are both 2nd Marine division.

I don't know Uli, I haven't had n4m act up. Hm. My main complaint with them is that the page numbering is opposite what it should be. Page #1 should be the first one created, making this page 76 rather than 1. What's the point of numbering at all, if you can't use as a reference point to go back and find something?? Dumb.

Hi Guys !!!

Don't suppose you feel like a beach day today Princess? Here, put this on... LOL

Fine ladies...hmmmm I just told hazel why don't we go to the Moss Landing Beach for a nice walk.... ugh its a sweatshirt day again !!!!

Charlotte I found this explanation http://www.military.com/benefits/military-pay/basic-allowance-for-s...

Re BAS, you can see it on the Leave and Earnings Statement (LES) top left in the category "Entitlements," BAS is just under "Base Pay."

Burial at sea...no that won't work ;)

They really are huh!!!

He means Battalion Aid Station. He's been spending his days at the obstacle course (he calls it Semper Fit) patching up injured Marines. He says it's pretty boring, best thing he's done so far is pull off an ingrown toenail. LOL

Bingo Ruthella once again!

Congratulations Julia and nephew! Mine graduated May 6th. Are you going to attend?

Kathy my son is apart of the 2/2

Christine, my son starts FMTB Aug. 9

I've been trying to figure out those dates as well!

I thought he said Aug. 9th but that doesn't jive with these dates

ok, so NET is no earlier than,,,

good guesses I think.

Susan my son just came home the end of May... He is stationed at CL and will be going back I think in the next few months...When I say this I truly think before January.... Is this your 1st deployment ?
Uli your the best ..

quick question, what is PSI?

haha back, I was going to say the only PSI I know is my tire pressure, but I resisted!
Regarding fitness, my corpsman graduated FMTB in May of this year. He told me they were relentless in weeding out the unfit at the outset - yanked out and made to go through two months of fitness 'rehab' so to speak before getting to class up again, which also messes up subsequent plans. So anyone headed to FMTB at CL had better get in serious shape as soon as they know they're headed there.

Can you imagine two months of nothing but workouts led by Marines?! PSI = pretty scary instructors ;)

Gettin' my boots on ;)

Susan, you may find some good info at the MarineParents.com site - here is the link to their "Connect and Share" page with chat, support groups, message boards for Navy parents, & more - http://www.marineparents.com/connections/

Susan - There are a lot of good Marine groups out there... I always came to my N4Ms...But there had been times when I was so happy that I new my Marine mms too !

I should've said that I don't have any personal experience w/this - and surely am not selling n4m short! Geez, I don't technically even belong over here anymore! lol but the n4m group for the ship my corpsman's on is sooo quiet... :(

OMG Marcy You can't leave this group...1 Your son was at CL and isn't CL his base ? You always know where to go or you show us... Gosh I hope I didn't say anything that made you feel this way...

PSI = Physical Site Identifier

Hey it's ME, princess! I didnt take it that way!!!! Just meant that Susan shouldn't think of me as one of the seasoned ones ;) My cub's based out of Norfolk now. I've got to show you all pics of the sailing, it was amazing!!