During the hold times in between classes, can they request leave to go home and do you know if that is usually granted or not? Is it difficult to get flights out of Pensacola during Christmas break time if they are all trying to go at the same time? Thanks for any insight you might have.
When my husband graduated rss, about a month and a half ago, they stayed phase three liberty when they got to a school, but they had to finish their watch quals and other tests within a certain length of time or they got set back to phase 1 until they had it completed. :)
Jbmom- my husband was told that he couldnt request leave and it be granted unless they were going to be on hold for atleast 30 days. So, he never tried it, but it never hurts to see. :)
Not sure about the watch quals and testing in A school to keep phase 3, but I know my son did not go back to phase 1 after passing RSS. As for requesting leave, in A school, my son was told that he could request leave when he got to where he was going to do FRS (Virginia). When he got to Virginia, they told him that other air crew were allowed to request leave, but not rescue swimmers, although I am not exactly sure why.
Ann... Romeo usually is in VA.. not CA... sorry will lookup more tomorrow.. pooped tonight... thats what my boy told me....
crusin... did you find the Honormen plaque... ?? Were you able to get a pix?? Im so excited that you were there today.. .hoooooooyaaaaaa.. please tell us all about it... hahahah!!!!!!
ibmom.... ummmmmm... what I do know is that Pcola goes on Stand down at Christmas.. my boy was in the MIDDLE of RSS and they left to come home for 10 days at Christmas.. the resumed his RSS and finished three weeks later...
I agree with kevin... my boy also did not go back to Phase one between RSS grad and A school??? weird...... but kept phase 3 status.. gee I dont know... seems like sometimes there is no rhyme or reason.. but that was just my sons status... who knows!! hahahaha!~
Anyhooo love yall and will check back in the am... Im just tired tonight so sorry if this makes no sense!!! love yall!!!!
Lydia. Sent you a friend request. Yes I got the picture. Not great but I got a few
It was nice and short. We got to see the RSS building. We got to see the waves go in the pool and the wind that acts like rotors. They explained the different things to us. It was nice to see a group of family's there. We were cheering for all. It was fun and casual but professional. If that makes sense.
ibmom, My son graduated RSS 9/22 and is in 2nd week of Romeo. He said it is tough but he is doing well, lots of studying. His whole class went back to phase 1 but they worked hard took all the tests and were back to phase 3 in a week. He was dreading it, but it wasn't as bad as he thought since it went by fast. Hold between RSS and Romeo lasted 3 weeks. He arrived in Pensacola 12/10/11 and the base went on stand down for Christmas. We got him a flight out of Mobile (no problem) we found a shuttle service to take him to Mobile. The guy picked him up right at the barracks. And T found another sailor that need a ride so they split the cost. Because it was so last minute it did cost about 600 dollars, though. Found out that Southwest fly's out of Panama City which is a little further then Mobile, but cheaper. Hopefully he will be flying out of there this year. The only problem is they are not allowed to go to Panama City, does anyone know if they can go there just to fly out? Everyone have a great Friday.
Maybe they have to request special leave to get to Panama City. If anyone son needs a ride to Fort Walton, Panama City let me know I will pick them up and take them so that they can get home. I am Bless that I live one hour east of Pensacola!!
Thanks so much for all the info. I appreciate it. Do they all get the same amount of time off at Christmas regardless of what stage of the program they are in? (My son arrived recently and hasn't started yet.)
cruisin... THANK YOU~! check your message box... I sent you my home email for the photos....
sweetpea.... that is why you are SWEETpea cause you are sooo sweet!
Wendy... you are too.... thats what I love about us Navy mommas... we pull together to help one another... just like our Sailors do!!!
Wendy... also keep us posted ... cause now is the really really hard part!!!!!!! Godspeed him and KEEP him!!!!!
jbmom.... the base goes on stand down over the holidays and unless he has to pull some kind of duty he should also be able to leave ... my son was slap in the middle of RSS when he got to leave...
Wendy will be thinking of your Son as he goes through, seems to me that Tues and Weds were the toughest days for my Son. Tell him not to get discouraged, keep on pushing, never give up!! Prayers coming you way!!!
Need Women Wisdom- my son said he was taking 18 days of leave he has earned over Christmas break. If the base is on stand down does he need to use this vacation time? My instinct says no but he seems to think otherwise.....
MamaB... let me ask my boy tomorrow... that is a good question and Im trying to remember.... what he did... gosh less than a year and I cant rememeber... ugg I will ask him how that worked for him... I think it does not take their vacation time but cant swear to that... promise Ill ask him .....!!!!
Okay, in reference to using earned time, I have been informed by my offspring that they are given somewhere from the 20th-27th then must return, then given another set of time, then must return then given somewhere around the 2nd to be bcack.
So, instead of all that returning and going,returning and going; earned time is used instead.
avasmooch - HI!!!!!! Offspring hahahahah... good way to put it!
Calimom as long as you dont change your photo and name at the same time.. it would make me crazy hahahahaha!!! Im slow!
Okay...well ill be talking to my boy today but sounds like we probably have the answer.. let me see what his take is on it and we will hope for the better! Im just praying he does not get orders for overseas before Christmas thats my big prayer!!! =0P
BIG DAY tomorrow for Wendys boy (other too Im sure!) for starting RSS.. hoyaa Go buddy go!!! Swim like a fish and stay focused! We will all be praying for him and for you Wendy momma!
I sure wish Kyles mom would check in.. have not heard from her since the second Bastrop fires.. ugggggg
jbmom, My son had just arrived and had to scurry to request leave but got it, all last minute. The van was around 100.00 he and another Sailor split the fee and tip.
wendypensacolamom, Congrats and praying for your son. So nice of you to possibly help with rides, I will let you know, hopefully it will work out for some of our Sailors. My Sailor would definitely want to pay for gas and would go early and hang out til flight leaves. If anyone has the exact dates the base is on stand down let me know.
sweetpea, So nice of you to help with rides, means so much to us Navy moms and our Sailors.
Hey one thing I DO remember was that last year in Pcola.. they pretty much all went on the 22nd in the late afternoon until the 2nd of January... so Rox thats probably just about the dates again this year. In SD that is also the dates that they gave the guys IF they are able to leave. I have already made his reservation and glad I did... he and his BF R, go the last two seats on the flight out and the connecting flight in AZ.... Now comes the praying or Ill loose a lot of money but sometimes you just have to gamble I guess!!!!!!!!!!
MamaB - thank you my sista!!!!
Praying for our new class ups today for RSS and praying for A-school on hold and those in A school study study and those who are now flying those required flights!!!! Safety in those helos!!!!!
My sons experience was the same as Roxanne's sailor. Had off Dec 18th until Jan 2nd. My son actually booked his ticket back on the 31st because he didn't know if he would have leave until the 2nd. By the time he found out it was going to cost him another $600 to change the date. Turns out the weather was so bad, the flight was cancelled, and they had to reschedule him. We tried not to sound too jubilant when we talked to the airline and said yes, going home on the first would be OK. He is not in pcola this year, but his leave is still Dec 17th to the 2nd.
Going to see my boy at Thanksgiving, so just a few more weeks and I can hug the stuffing out of my son.
b'smom... wooooooow hey sister... its been a while!!! so great to see you honey !! okay... YES.... we are still working on the sheets for our kids in Afgan... But at that age Im thinking.. perhaps.. pillow cases... like as if you get the kids to each get a pillow case and draw on it with fabric paint or tie dye it or something... easier for them and gets their hands (and parents) involved... you can mail them to us and we will forward them to along.... let me know your thoughts on that... 3rd grade is one of my fav ages of kids!!! so precious! thank you sooo much for thinking about it!!!! Oh and man oh man... you get to be right there where my boy is.... perhaps... you can find my boy and hug him for me!!!! =0P
AIRR hahahaha HI... do I know you?? Probably but just my memory escapes me so often.... sucks getting OLD hehehehe What is the sailor doing and where is he/she in the pipeline??
Wendy... whoop whoop.. yes day by day! whoop!!!!
Hi sweetpea!!!! Big hugs to you sista!!!
CaliMom.. gosh I cant get use to this .. hahahaha... old dog new tricks! hehehe so you too have much to be Thanksgiving thanks for... sweeeeeet.... but Ill see my boy at Christmas I just know it!!!! =0)
Rox my sister ... love you!!!!!!
Cruisin... I can not thank you enough for those pictures of the Honormen plaque... woooow... my heart skipped a few beats when I saw that name on there... I cried and so I thank you... You know us mommas... we want to embrase each moment that we can for our kids!! I did not get to go to his RSS last January.. but one of my sisters who lives near by went for me... man that is how we roll.!!!! sisterhood like them brotherhood! soo awesome!
Big Huggs to all! hope all is well been thinking of wendypensacola mom's boy all day! Lydia my twin is also a third grade teacher what is a good project or something the overseas boys need. I'll pass it along to my sister!! hey we are all in this together what ever it takes!
sweetpea.... good morning and thank you! Wooow you have a twin and a teacher too... how fun! WEll, one thing they always need this far into their deployment is plain white socks (mid calf), and plain white t-shirts (Not V neck) regular neck no pockets of course... like a pack or two of Small, several Medium and several Large. Socks we usually get for a mans foot about size 8-10 or so.. Anyway let me know... super great!!!! Also a sweet little card from each child would be awesome too... art work!!! They love that!
b'smom... OMG... thank you... gosh yes and Oh honey girl... lemme tell you ... we are totally into shipping lots of stuff... we ship out once a month faithfully usually about 20 - 25 boxes... ... Oh yes !!! Now, the sheets are expensive.. and I washed dryed folded and boxed those (full size) these guys in Afgan share with other outposts too..... we are still short about 30 short... sweetpea helped us with that as did a few other mommas! dont yall just love mommas!! hahaha... anyhoo... t-shirt, socks, handwarmers, goodies of all kinds!! (packaged of course!) yes we can handle it sista! Thats what we do! Imma send you my email and you can holler at me that way! Check your Messages...
Woooow thank yall so much... like I told sweetpea and others and I know yall agree..... Blessed are the merciful... for they shall obtain mercy!! I always think ... when I beat down tired and boxing and shipping ... that ... well, what if that were my boy out there! So I just know that God will bless those that bless others!!! It can be from just one small thing to a truck load!!!!! Its not the amount its the heart that gives!!! especially in these difficult times right now~!
Wendy.... Hows our boy.... I know he is beat down today! and lots of pool time!???
I talked to him last night and he sounded a little down. I'm hoping he was just tired. He said he had a rough day yesterday. Today is testing and I think he was a little worried. Please say a prayer for the boys today.
Wendy.... we are praying hard sister... the first few weeks are just aweful for them but if he will keep his eye on the prize he can do it! My son said the PT is straight up beat down then same in the water for this first week.. this week they test on just entering the water properly... My son said they take everyone gear and throw it all scattered in the water... they have to search for fins and a mask and snorkle whether they fit or not, clear their mask and then beat down swimming all day! It just part of the mental game ... but I know he can do it!! Im praying for those water angels to be by his side!!!!!!!! Oh here is a funny story Ill tell you........ My son was day 2 or 3 week one.. they were beating them down like crazy at PT and my son was doing the pushups.. about a zillion of them and calling cadance at the same time... okay soooo...... a few days before, he had found a pack of those cute rubber band bracelets that are so popular these days in pink an purple... so he pick em up off the ground and stuck them in his pocket and was gonna give em to one of his roomates as a gage gift... well, GUESS WHO FORGOT they were in his pocket??? and guess what fell out right at the feet of the Master Chief during PT beatdown... yup..... guess who go majorly made fun of and beat even harder!!!! hahaha... he was not laughing then but he laughs now!!! =0P
B'smom....... I sent you a message sista... so check your messages!
W endy thoughts and and prayer's! if you Son has to retest for any reason and goes before a board he has to show them how much he wants to be there! never give up stay focused this is part of the process and the point of all of it is to see how he handles stress! Be Strong!
Thank you ladies! He called me @ lunch and he's going to have to retest tomorrow. He worked with another instructor and that instructor told him he was perfect & to do the same thing tomorrow. Keep those prayers coming - PLEASE!!
My Son had to retest too! Once during the first week, he wasn't successful on the second try. He failed a different part on the retest. He had to go before a board, he just told them that this was what he wanted to do without any hesitation!!! During week three he fail a skill and had to retest the next day! He passed that retest! Your Son just has to remain focused and not let the pressure get to him! He can do this! I'll keep praying for his success and your strength!
wendypcolamom, Praying for your son!! He will do great tomorrow. My son had to retest too and did fine! sweetpea is right he needs to stay focused and be strong.
Everyone have a great Friday!
Just wanted to let everyone know, my son said he could leave Dec. 16th til Jan 2nd. He had to put in for leave, though.
wendypcolamom-not passing is a concern, but just know that during RSS, ALMOST everyone doesn't pass a test somewhere along the way. Your sailor just needs to keep his head in the game and keep the faith. He has a legion of prayer warriors behind him!
Roxanne for that leave does he have to be back on base the 2nd - or is the 2nd the last day of leave - do you know? I'm trying to figure out flights. Thanks!
Hi Ladies or should I call us Prayer Warriors, could you all include my son J as he is having a tough time in A-School (Romeo). He doesn't test well and has had to retest twice so far, and has about 4 more months to go. The information they are learning is classified so they can't take any notes, so he stays 2 extra hours each day. To top it off, his instructor just reads the info from the textbook. So it's really hard to pay attention They tried pressuring him into DOR but he won't do it. Luckily they reassigned him to another class with a new instructor, hopefully one that teaches to visual learners!
MamaB.... goodness gracious... good for him for standing his ground.. that in itself proves that he has what it takes to be a Rescue Swimmer... he will pass! and I agree, perhaps the new instructor will make it more interesting.. who wants to sit and listen to someone read from a technical manual! Romeo is soo technical.. yawning just thinking about it! Bless him for his endurance! He will make it!!!!!!
jbmom.. my boy last year had to be back on base on the 2nd... sharp.. this year too.. he is flying out on Jan 1st to be sure he gets back by the 2nd.... hope that helps.. now this is SD but should be about the same....
b'smom... NO thank you sista!!! =0P
Wendy... how did he do with the retest today??? Even if he did not pass again... he will get to roll back and try with another class later.... so let us know sista!!
jbmom
Oct 27, 2011
sweetpea4
Oct 27, 2011
sweetpea4
Oct 27, 2011
NavyWife10
Oct 27, 2011
NavyWife10
Oct 27, 2011
NavyWife10
Oct 27, 2011
CaliMom (Maryann)
Oct 27, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
Ann... Romeo usually is in VA.. not CA... sorry will lookup more tomorrow.. pooped tonight... thats what my boy told me....
crusin... did you find the Honormen plaque... ?? Were you able to get a pix?? Im so excited that you were there today.. .hoooooooyaaaaaa.. please tell us all about it... hahahah!!!!!!
ibmom.... ummmmmm... what I do know is that Pcola goes on Stand down at Christmas.. my boy was in the MIDDLE of RSS and they left to come home for 10 days at Christmas.. the resumed his RSS and finished three weeks later...
I agree with kevin... my boy also did not go back to Phase one between RSS grad and A school??? weird...... but kept phase 3 status.. gee I dont know... seems like sometimes there is no rhyme or reason.. but that was just my sons status... who knows!! hahahaha!~
Anyhooo love yall and will check back in the am... Im just tired tonight so sorry if this makes no sense!!! love yall!!!!
Oct 27, 2011
cruisinkitkat(Ship 04/Div 812)
It was nice and short. We got to see the RSS building. We got to see the waves go in the pool and the wind that acts like rotors. They explained the different things to us. It was nice to see a group of family's there. We were cheering for all. It was fun and casual but professional. If that makes sense.
Oct 27, 2011
roxanne
Oct 28, 2011
sweetpea4
Oct 28, 2011
wendypcolamom
My son found out yesterday that he classed up for RSS. He starts on Monday. So excited for him.
Oct 28, 2011
jbmom
Thanks so much for all the info. I appreciate it. Do they all get the same amount of time off at Christmas regardless of what stage of the program they are in? (My son arrived recently and hasn't started yet.)
Roxanne was the shuttle to Mobile very expensive?
Oct 28, 2011
CaliMom (Maryann)
wendy-congrats to your son. Sometimes it seems like the waiting is the worst and then class start. hahaha
Oct 28, 2011
wendypcolamom
Oct 28, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
cruisin... THANK YOU~! check your message box... I sent you my home email for the photos....
sweetpea.... that is why you are SWEETpea cause you are sooo sweet!
Wendy... you are too.... thats what I love about us Navy mommas... we pull together to help one another... just like our Sailors do!!!
Wendy... also keep us posted ... cause now is the really really hard part!!!!!!! Godspeed him and KEEP him!!!!!
jbmom.... the base goes on stand down over the holidays and unless he has to pull some kind of duty he should also be able to leave ... my son was slap in the middle of RSS when he got to leave...
Oct 28, 2011
sweetpea4
Oct 28, 2011
Mama B
Need Women Wisdom- my son said he was taking 18 days of leave he has earned over Christmas break. If the base is on stand down does he need to use this vacation time? My instinct says no but he seems to think otherwise.....
Oct 28, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
Oct 28, 2011
NavyWife10
Oct 29, 2011
CaliMom (Maryann)
Oct 29, 2011
CaliMom (Maryann)
Oct 29, 2011
avasmooch
Good Morning Everyone!
Okay, in reference to using earned time, I have been informed by my offspring that they are given somewhere from the 20th-27th then must return, then given another set of time, then must return then given somewhere around the 2nd to be bcack.
So, instead of all that returning and going,returning and going; earned time is used instead.
Oct 30, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
avasmooch - HI!!!!!! Offspring hahahahah... good way to put it!
Calimom as long as you dont change your photo and name at the same time.. it would make me crazy hahahahaha!!! Im slow!
Okay...well ill be talking to my boy today but sounds like we probably have the answer.. let me see what his take is on it and we will hope for the better! Im just praying he does not get orders for overseas before Christmas thats my big prayer!!! =0P
BIG DAY tomorrow for Wendys boy (other too Im sure!) for starting RSS.. hoyaa Go buddy go!!! Swim like a fish and stay focused! We will all be praying for him and for you Wendy momma!
I sure wish Kyles mom would check in.. have not heard from her since the second Bastrop fires.. ugggggg
Oct 30, 2011
sweetpea4
Hope everyone has a great week!
Oct 30, 2011
Mama B
Thanks for the info on leave time.
Lydia - We'll be pray'in B can be close by for the holidays, nothing in the world like having your love ones home for the holidays!!
Oct 30, 2011
roxanne
jbmom, My son had just arrived and had to scurry to request leave but got it, all last minute. The van was around 100.00 he and another Sailor split the fee and tip.
wendypensacolamom, Congrats and praying for your son. So nice of you to possibly help with rides, I will let you know, hopefully it will work out for some of our Sailors. My Sailor would definitely want to pay for gas and would go early and hang out til flight leaves. If anyone has the exact dates the base is on stand down let me know.
sweetpea, So nice of you to help with rides, means so much to us Navy moms and our Sailors.
Everyone have a great Monday!
Oct 30, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
Happy Halloween my guel-friends!!! hahahah
Hey one thing I DO remember was that last year in Pcola.. they pretty much all went on the 22nd in the late afternoon until the 2nd of January... so Rox thats probably just about the dates again this year. In SD that is also the dates that they gave the guys IF they are able to leave. I have already made his reservation and glad I did... he and his BF R, go the last two seats on the flight out and the connecting flight in AZ.... Now comes the praying or Ill loose a lot of money but sometimes you just have to gamble I guess!!!!!!!!!!
MamaB - thank you my sista!!!!
Praying for our new class ups today for RSS and praying for A-school on hold and those in A school study study and those who are now flying those required flights!!!! Safety in those helos!!!!!
Oct 31, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
Oct 31, 2011
roxanne
Hi all,
My son left Pensacola Dec 18th and returned Jan 1st one day early. So I am thinking they should be able to leave Dec. 16th or 17th til Jan 1st or 2nd.
Oct 31, 2011
CaliMom (Maryann)
My sons experience was the same as Roxanne's sailor. Had off Dec 18th until Jan 2nd. My son actually booked his ticket back on the 31st because he didn't know if he would have leave until the 2nd. By the time he found out it was going to cost him another $600 to change the date. Turns out the weather was so bad, the flight was cancelled, and they had to reschedule him. We tried not to sound too jubilant when we talked to the airline and said yes, going home on the first would be OK. He is not in pcola this year, but his leave is still Dec 17th to the 2nd.
Going to see my boy at Thanksgiving, so just a few more weeks and I can hug the stuffing out of my son.
Oct 31, 2011
wendypcolamom
Nov 1, 2011
sweetpea4
Praying that he has a good day! Wendaypcolamom
Nov 1, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
Hey yall!!!!!
b'smom... wooooooow hey sister... its been a while!!! so great to see you honey !! okay... YES.... we are still working on the sheets for our kids in Afgan... But at that age Im thinking.. perhaps.. pillow cases... like as if you get the kids to each get a pillow case and draw on it with fabric paint or tie dye it or something... easier for them and gets their hands (and parents) involved... you can mail them to us and we will forward them to along.... let me know your thoughts on that... 3rd grade is one of my fav ages of kids!!! so precious! thank you sooo much for thinking about it!!!! Oh and man oh man... you get to be right there where my boy is.... perhaps... you can find my boy and hug him for me!!!! =0P
AIRR hahahaha HI... do I know you?? Probably but just my memory escapes me so often.... sucks getting OLD hehehehe What is the sailor doing and where is he/she in the pipeline??
Wendy... whoop whoop.. yes day by day! whoop!!!!
Hi sweetpea!!!! Big hugs to you sista!!!
CaliMom.. gosh I cant get use to this .. hahahaha... old dog new tricks! hehehe so you too have much to be Thanksgiving thanks for... sweeeeeet.... but Ill see my boy at Christmas I just know it!!!! =0)
Rox my sister ... love you!!!!!!
Cruisin... I can not thank you enough for those pictures of the Honormen plaque... woooow... my heart skipped a few beats when I saw that name on there... I cried and so I thank you... You know us mommas... we want to embrase each moment that we can for our kids!! I did not get to go to his RSS last January.. but one of my sisters who lives near by went for me... man that is how we roll.!!!! sisterhood like them brotherhood! soo awesome!
Nov 1, 2011
sweetpea4
Nov 1, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
sweetpea.... good morning and thank you! Wooow you have a twin and a teacher too... how fun! WEll, one thing they always need this far into their deployment is plain white socks (mid calf), and plain white t-shirts (Not V neck) regular neck no pockets of course... like a pack or two of Small, several Medium and several Large. Socks we usually get for a mans foot about size 8-10 or so.. Anyway let me know... super great!!!! Also a sweet little card from each child would be awesome too... art work!!! They love that!
Praying week one day two for Wendys boy!!!!!
Nov 2, 2011
sweetpea4
Nov 2, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
Woooow thank yall so much... like I told sweetpea and others and I know yall agree..... Blessed are the merciful... for they shall obtain mercy!! I always think ... when I beat down tired and boxing and shipping ... that ... well, what if that were my boy out there! So I just know that God will bless those that bless others!!! It can be from just one small thing to a truck load!!!!! Its not the amount its the heart that gives!!! especially in these difficult times right now~!
Wendy.... Hows our boy.... I know he is beat down today! and lots of pool time!???
Nov 2, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
Nov 2, 2011
wendypcolamom
Nov 3, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
Good morning yall
Wendy.... we are praying hard sister... the first few weeks are just aweful for them but if he will keep his eye on the prize he can do it! My son said the PT is straight up beat down then same in the water for this first week.. this week they test on just entering the water properly... My son said they take everyone gear and throw it all scattered in the water... they have to search for fins and a mask and snorkle whether they fit or not, clear their mask and then beat down swimming all day! It just part of the mental game ... but I know he can do it!! Im praying for those water angels to be by his side!!!!!!!! Oh here is a funny story Ill tell you........ My son was day 2 or 3 week one.. they were beating them down like crazy at PT and my son was doing the pushups.. about a zillion of them and calling cadance at the same time... okay soooo...... a few days before, he had found a pack of those cute rubber band bracelets that are so popular these days in pink an purple... so he pick em up off the ground and stuck them in his pocket and was gonna give em to one of his roomates as a gage gift... well, GUESS WHO FORGOT they were in his pocket??? and guess what fell out right at the feet of the Master Chief during PT beatdown... yup..... guess who go majorly made fun of and beat even harder!!!! hahaha... he was not laughing then but he laughs now!!! =0P
B'smom....... I sent you a message sista... so check your messages!
Nov 3, 2011
sweetpea4
Nov 3, 2011
wendypcolamom
Thank you ladies! He called me @ lunch and he's going to have to retest tomorrow. He worked with another instructor and that instructor told him he was perfect & to do the same thing tomorrow. Keep those prayers coming - PLEASE!!
Nov 3, 2011
sweetpea4
Nov 3, 2011
roxanne
wendypcolamom, Praying for your son!! He will do great tomorrow. My son had to retest too and did fine! sweetpea is right he needs to stay focused and be strong.
Everyone have a great Friday!
Just wanted to let everyone know, my son said he could leave Dec. 16th til Jan 2nd. He had to put in for leave, though.
Nov 3, 2011
CaliMom (Maryann)
Nov 4, 2011
jbmom
Nov 4, 2011
Mama B
Hi Ladies or should I call us Prayer Warriors, could you all include my son J as he is having a tough time in A-School (Romeo). He doesn't test well and has had to retest twice so far, and has about 4 more months to go. The information they are learning is classified so they can't take any notes, so he stays 2 extra hours each day. To top it off, his instructor just reads the info from the textbook. So it's really hard to pay attention They tried pressuring him into DOR but he won't do it. Luckily they reassigned him to another class with a new instructor, hopefully one that teaches to visual learners!
Rox how is T doing in the class?
Nov 4, 2011
Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours)
Good evening yall!
MamaB.... goodness gracious... good for him for standing his ground.. that in itself proves that he has what it takes to be a Rescue Swimmer... he will pass! and I agree, perhaps the new instructor will make it more interesting.. who wants to sit and listen to someone read from a technical manual! Romeo is soo technical.. yawning just thinking about it! Bless him for his endurance! He will make it!!!!!!
jbmom.. my boy last year had to be back on base on the 2nd... sharp.. this year too.. he is flying out on Jan 1st to be sure he gets back by the 2nd.... hope that helps.. now this is SD but should be about the same....
b'smom... NO thank you sista!!! =0P
Wendy... how did he do with the retest today??? Even if he did not pass again... he will get to roll back and try with another class later.... so let us know sista!!
Nov 4, 2011
sweetpea4
MamaB prayers are coming your way for you and your Son! He just learns differently! Hang tough and I will pray for him daily!!!!
Nov 4, 2011