hi navywife81 well i glad u can come and see your hubby it will a great time i sure,well my family and i stay in la quinta when we hav teh orders adn before my hubby when to the school in pensacola we spend a week there and was great good service,breadfast,pool,internet it was good still the city have hotel more cheap like sleep inn or a copy of sleep inn and is like 22 dollar for nigth but is kind weird any way i still kinda new here but i star meet the city more just driving around so i can know the strees is kind of confuse some time but i guess i need learn no matter what hahaha but im glad let me know if i can do something for you.if you want tell your hubby about my he working at the airfield next to the pilot training center.hope hear from u soon and hope have safe trip.
congratulation in your son graduation lucyloves it is so good i when to my husband graduation and was amaizing i feel so proud of him,i glad about your son and i really hope he can get home so he can spend some time with the family here is boring and is not much place to go the stores are different to so is good when you go back to your original city feel so good.well hope every thing be good and u can enjoy it your son...
lucyloves also im not sure what type of school is your son but when my husband graduate he left pensacola after the graduation cause it was to be at the base the day after any way we was like 3 hours from pensacola to meridian.
not really is on the city the base is on the middle of no where and is nothing around the base at all is like 20 to 30 min from la quinta to the base.i think the microhotel is like 10 away from the base but still will look far cause everything here is gree zoneif you know what i mean country country hahaha
@Navywife81 I've been to Meridian two times to see my fiance & The Drury Inn seems to be the nicest & newest in Meridian. They have a nice hot breakfast in the morning that is free and also a cocktail hour with snacks in the evening that is also free. They are dog friendly so my pooch enjoyed her first hotel stay. Don't know where you are from but Drury Inns are in the Midwest & South and are always clean & comfortable up-to-date.
Fa4airtran....my son is reservist, also! He hopes to be on the list to leave tomorrow but won't know until today sometime! He graduated Wednesday. I am ready to see him!!!! We only live about 3 hours away. He did get a 3 day leave about 3 weeks ago and came home...he has his car there. Congrats to your fiancee!
Navywife we went and picked my son up on Friday afternoon avout the 2nd wkend he was there. He came home since we aren't that far. We went the night before to Philadelphia,MS and stayed at the casino. It only about 45 minutes from Meridian. Meridian has a mall and quite a few other stores in the area for shopping. Several nice places to eat. The base is out in the middle of nowhere....lol....and it takes about 20 minutes to get there. Hope you have a great time and safe travels to you!!! My son is coming home soon.....tomorrow, I hope!
I'm driving from michigan...its a looooong drive lol we have a Drury inn here as well so maybe I will check into that. Thank you. This will prob be the only chance I get to go down there so I want to make it a nice visit
@Lucyloves Congrats to your son! Hopefully they will send them home soon cause they don't like the reservists hanging around collecting more salary.
@Navywife81 There is also a place on base that you can stay at since you are married. It is super cheap - I didn't see the inside but outside looks new. Ask your man - I think it is called CBQ (something Base Quarters??) But he might want to get off base for awhile so again I would suggest the Drury. I
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!! Grad tom but can't be processed out till Tues. or Wed.. (when I will be gone flying) Had our weekend all planned out. Can I vent? Excellence is expected of the sailors but it is OK for the processing dept.. to mess up on the orders????
Drudy is a good hotel but if you want a good hotel and more cheap than drudy la quinta es better,is my own opinion i been there all the time and is nice and clean and pets are welcome too any way i hope you enjoy it your time here with your hubby,well im kind of happy here now,my son just enjoy on the boy scouts on he's school and he is so happy about that...
Yes he can have his phone and computer. The live in mods with I thi k 3 bedrooms and a central living area with couch and tv. Each bedroom has 3 beds a bathroom and a fridge and micro. My husband asked me to send him a pair of shorts and some shirts and reg boxers. But he won't really get to wear them until he gets phased up meaning more privliages. Tney seem to phase quickly there. Also my husband asked me to send him a warm blanket, like a thick fleece one, I guess the rooms are cold. As far as the truck he won't be able to use it right away. My husband usually just shares a cab with people to go into town
My son has PIR 10/7/11 so then he will be heading to Meridan, MS the next day. @ navywife81, did you get to go to the airport at Great Lakes or was he sent by a charter jet? I am just hoping to spend the most time with our son as possible and hoping his flight leaves later in the day so that we have time at the airport but I guess we will just have to wait & see. Also, did your husband start A school right after he arived or did he have to wait a few weeks?
My son is in Meridan his PIR was 9/9/11 they left GL at 12.45am Saturday 9/10/11 his flight left O'Hare at 5:45 am. We did meet him there at 2am. He is hoping to start school next only if there are 25 ppl (I think thats the number). When I talked with him yesterday they only had 13. His schooling is AZ. Hope this helps.
@ Colby'sproudmom all sailors not going to A school in Great Lakes all leave Saturday after PIR. My son did tell us that he may get alittle morethan 2 weeks to come home after A school. We are in Columbus, Ohio and are driving to GL on Thursday, staying thursday night but have the room reserved for Friday &Saturday also and will cancel if we find how he is leaving early Saturday. We are making the 7 hour drive knowing that we may only get to see him for 8 hours.
Why do they send them to Meridan, MS if their school ia in AZ. My son had just tod me that his A school was in Meridan, MS. I wonder if he will have to go anywhere else too. He had also figured he would be done by the end of November.
My husband is also an AZ, he didnt start right away maybe like week 2 or 3 till they filled up. Now he graduates Oct 24th =) Yes I met him at the airport in Chicago..at like 3am, i was lucky his flight kept getting delayed so I spent the entire day there with him, till like 10pm. When you find your son all you have to do is go to ticket counter with him and they will give you a gate pass to sit back at gate with him!! For those with sailors in the AZ program I will tell you something, the PT that they do is VERY hard, they train with the Marines that are also there. Im talking 3-10 mile runs bright and early in the morning. They expect alot from the AZ's ( very sharp uniforms and VERY shinny boots). unlike some of the other jobs AZ's will stay there the enitre 8 weeks ( which doesnt start till they class up) I went down to visit my hubby and there is NOTHING to do down there!! So when they are able to leave base they all go to the mall lol
Hope I didnt scare any one with AZ's..my husband does like the classes and is excited that he choice AZ. He got his orders last week we will be in Norfolk, Va =)
Alittle more advice...when u get to the airpot if u can't find him go to the USO its upstairs above the ticket counters, before u go thru security he might be there
im pretty sure all the sailors will leave on Sat...but not 100% sure. Thats a tough call. i drove so i didnt ahve to worry about flights only had to cancel 1 night at the hotel.
with all the rain and what not it might be a good idea to keep your flight how it is so your seeing him off and not him seeing you off. Like i said my husbands plane got delayed for many hours on Sat
@Colby'sproudmom My sailor went to the airport Saturday morning but didn't actually fly out until 3:00PM. We were able to get gate passes and go all the way to the gate with her and spend time with her until she left..
They got bussed to the airport at like 6:00AM, even if they didn't leave until later in the day. So, if you're going to change your flights to Saturday, make sure you book for later in the evening so you don't end up having to leave before your sailor. Some sailors weren't scheduled to leave until as late as 9:30pm (of the ones we talked to).
So all of us newbies here that PIR'd on the 16th guess alot of them got off base liberty tonight LOL they are so excited. Tearing it up at the mall and eating out, oh the things they missed in boot camp. I'm so happy that part is over with for them hope they don't go crazy this weekend. But htey aren't children any more they are now Sailors oh man who said they could go and grow up. Have a great weekend everyone.
Hi, everyone! My son PIR'd yesterday and left for Meridian, Mississippi at 6:45 this morning. He is scheduled to begin his AZ training on October 11. I'm so excited to learn more about this part of his journey with the US Navy.
Hi, cvargo! Thanks for the welcome! The Pass-In-Review graduation ceremony was a wonderfully moving experience. I continue to stand in awe of the men and women who sacrifice their lives for our freedom!
My son sent me a text message with his new address. I plan to send him some civilian clothes tomorrow. (I met him at the airport the morning after PIR to give him his cell phone.) Haven't had a lot of contact with him yet, but I understand he is pretty busy. Hope to receive a call from him this weekend. :-)
so bored in meridian i wish can go back to VA this town is so boreeeeed.no where to go, movie theater is sucks,the mall is really small,base is small,not many stores,weekends or football game at the H.S or R &B club saturday and is nothing there.and now husband have to work two weeks nigth and two weeks day, a 63 years old guy robbed a bank and left on bike is the bigger news in this town,OMG
@Christa its great for us mom's compared to boot camp surely he will call this weekend even if he has watch its only 4hrs so I bet you hear from him. @ydeza it is very different isn't it small town America I hear the fair is in town LOL. Have a good night ya'll.
@Christa So glad he's adjusting well. My son said the base was fairly quiet tonight so thats a good thing normally you can't even hear them on the phone for all the noise. So I enjoyed our talk today since I could hear him LOL gosh still miss him badly though. :-(
@Christa its horrible OMG you want to talk to them so badly then you get aggrevated because you can't hear them ugh.... its always something lol. P.S. Love oyur name by the way my daughters name is Krista :-) Yo would think after 4 and a 1/2mth it would be easier but it really isn't.
Hi sbarber well for me living in Va for 11 years is a big different not many places to take the kids the fair is on town not big deal that is what even locals say is not that big,but is the best thing we can hav this weekend plus H.S football every friday sitll is bored,we planing a trip to new orleands next weekend so we'll see how's that work,about the town is not but is just small and bored
My son had his PIR on Friday, we had a great afternoon & evening with him. His flight left Saturday morning at 6:30AM we made it to the airport for a quick hug & goodbye and to give him his cell phone. He text me when he arrived in Ft. Worth along with calling his sister. The last I heard from him, he was on the bus from Jackson, Missippi to Merdian. Hope to hear from him again soon.
@ydeza is your spouse an instructor? Hope you guys can adjust it will just take time, I was just the opposite I grew up very small town MO lol like 700 ppl then moved to TX and WOW 175,000 plus so I can just imagen its not to fun for ya"ll.
@browns57 welcome aboard, the bus ride is a few hours long then he will have indoc and get all settled in but it sure is nice getting the extra contact boot camp was definately an eye opener and just getting us ready for deployments I'm sure with the no contact LOL
@Christa good morning so glad a few more people are joining our little group it was really quiet on here LOL
Ya'll have a great day I'm going to go to the crafters show at the Civic Center for a few hours. Talk to you soon.
@Colby'sproudmom: Welcome aboard my son is loving MS. Me too lol I can talk to him now YEAH!!!!! They are so excited to get there and then they can't wait for that green dot for off base liberty :-) although they say the mall leaves something to be desired. They love going to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch football and have a good time. They went to the fair this weekend also and I hear there is a bar on base and a bowling alley so I'm sure he will love it.
My son is loving have Liberty these last 2 days after getting there. I saw he had made comments on facebook earlier today. I received a text msg from him, he said he had an address he would be sending to me and a list of things he wants me to ship to him.
@sbarber - you are so right, he told me about the green dot yesterday and BW3's, he is so missing his football!
Welcome, Colby'sproudmom! I'll keep you posted on the AZ training. My son is suppose to begin his training on Thursday.
My son has not mentioned the green dot. Is that part of the phasing up they have to do? He did mention three different phases he has to go through in order to wear his civies, leave base, etc. As for football, he said that he has been able to watch a few games in his mod while ironing and polishing his boots. I have to admit, I cannot imagine my son ironing while watching a football game. LOL... ;-)
@christa: Yes the green dot if for off base librety lol I sent my son a box of his clothes overnight lol he couldn't wait to get on civvies lol his roommate let him borrow some jeans OMG. I get such a kick out of just thinking about my son ironing LMAO he couldn't even find the laundry hamper when he was home. Seems like only yesterday we were getting ready for PIR but now he's been in MS a little over 3 weeks. They are so funny.
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@Lucyloves Congrats to your son! Hopefully they will send them home soon cause they don't like the reservists hanging around collecting more salary.
@Navywife81 There is also a place on base that you can stay at since you are married. It is super cheap - I didn't see the inside but outside looks new. Ask your man - I think it is called CBQ (something Base Quarters??) But he might want to get off base for awhile so again I would suggest the Drury. I
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ydeza
Drudy is a good hotel but if you want a good hotel and more cheap than drudy la quinta es better,is my own opinion i been there all the time and is nice and clean and pets are welcome too any way i hope you enjoy it your time here with your hubby,well im kind of happy here now,my son just enjoy on the boy scouts on he's school and he is so happy about that...
Aug 31, 2011
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Denise - browns57
My son has PIR 10/7/11 so then he will be heading to Meridan, MS the next day. @ navywife81, did you get to go to the airport at Great Lakes or was he sent by a charter jet? I am just hoping to spend the most time with our son as possible and hoping his flight leaves later in the day so that we have time at the airport but I guess we will just have to wait & see. Also, did your husband start A school right after he arived or did he have to wait a few weeks?
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Why do they send them to Meridan, MS if their school ia in AZ. My son had just tod me that his A school was in Meridan, MS. I wonder if he will have to go anywhere else too. He had also figured he would be done by the end of November.
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@Colby'sproudmom My sailor went to the airport Saturday morning but didn't actually fly out until 3:00PM. We were able to get gate passes and go all the way to the gate with her and spend time with her until she left..
They got bussed to the airport at like 6:00AM, even if they didn't leave until later in the day. So, if you're going to change your flights to Saturday, make sure you book for later in the evening so you don't end up having to leave before your sailor. Some sailors weren't scheduled to leave until as late as 9:30pm (of the ones we talked to).
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Hi, cvargo! Thanks for the welcome! The Pass-In-Review graduation ceremony was a wonderfully moving experience. I continue to stand in awe of the men and women who sacrifice their lives for our freedom!
My son sent me a text message with his new address. I plan to send him some civilian clothes tomorrow. (I met him at the airport the morning after PIR to give him his cell phone.) Haven't had a lot of contact with him yet, but I understand he is pretty busy. Hope to receive a call from him this weekend. :-)
Oct 7, 2011
ydeza
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@Christa its great for us mom's compared to boot camp surely he will call this weekend even if he has watch its only 4hrs so I bet you hear from him. @ydeza it is very different isn't it small town America I hear the fair is in town LOL. Have a good night ya'll.
Oct 8, 2011
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sbarber
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Oct 9, 2011
Denise - browns57
Oct 9, 2011
Christa (Proud Navy Mom)
Congrats to you and your Sailor brown57! My son has been in Meridian for a week now. He starts his AZ training this week. What is your son's job?
Oct 9, 2011
sbarber
@ydeza is your spouse an instructor? Hope you guys can adjust it will just take time, I was just the opposite I grew up very small town MO lol like 700 ppl then moved to TX and WOW 175,000 plus so I can just imagen its not to fun for ya"ll.
@browns57 welcome aboard, the bus ride is a few hours long then he will have indoc and get all settled in but it sure is nice getting the extra contact boot camp was definately an eye opener and just getting us ready for deployments I'm sure with the no contact LOL
@Christa good morning so glad a few more people are joining our little group it was really quiet on here LOL
Ya'll have a great day I'm going to go to the crafters show at the Civic Center for a few hours. Talk to you soon.
Oct 9, 2011
Denise - browns57
@sbarber thanks, I just got off the phone with him, he said he slept like 10 hrs laast night!
@christa my son starts his LS training a week from Monday. He was in great spirts today.
Oct 9, 2011
sbarber
Oct 10, 2011
Denise - browns57
My son is loving have Liberty these last 2 days after getting there. I saw he had made comments on facebook earlier today. I received a text msg from him, he said he had an address he would be sending to me and a list of things he wants me to ship to him.
@sbarber - you are so right, he told me about the green dot yesterday and BW3's, he is so missing his football!
Oct 10, 2011
Christa (Proud Navy Mom)
Welcome, Colby'sproudmom! I'll keep you posted on the AZ training. My son is suppose to begin his training on Thursday.
My son has not mentioned the green dot. Is that part of the phasing up they have to do? He did mention three different phases he has to go through in order to wear his civies, leave base, etc. As for football, he said that he has been able to watch a few games in his mod while ironing and polishing his boots. I have to admit, I cannot imagine my son ironing while watching a football game. LOL... ;-)
Oct 10, 2011
sbarber
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