PIR 4/8/2011 Alum Group!

TM - so glad that he moved in a positive direction. I know that had to be very scary and touch and go for a while. Way to go for the Navy! They knew they had a good man in him and spent the time to get him well.

I had a great Mother's Day! I took my mother and gradmother to visit my sailor in A school in San Antonio. It was the first time that were able to see him since he left for bootcamp. It was wonderful to see the accommodations at Ft Sam Houston - Joint Base. It is so HUGE - it is a town of its own. My sailor is doing wonderful there and having a great time. He is enjoying corpman training and is already signing up for C-school - psychology tech of all things. I am sure he will be analyzing me soon!! :0)

Enjoy hearing about everyone's sailors. I am sure that everyone is ready for leave. My son will get his first weekend liberty on Memorial weekend and he has plans to come home. It will be great for everyone.

Take care...

~stephanie

ICSailor's Girl:

I found this info too - looks like it was posted over 2 years ago, but worth checking out for the price:

Ladies~how wonderful to hear about your sailors doing so well.  Mine left for Pensacola Sunday after PIR-didn't start A school until last week!  He had hoped to be finishing in the next week or so-looks like it'll be more like mid-June.  LOVE that I can email, call or text him anytime.  He sent me flowers for Mothers Day with a great card.

I've tried other groups but none compare to this one-we just have way too much in common and went through the same things.

So wonderful to hear my sailor talk about what he'll be doing next..and more than anything can't wait to see him again soon.

Take care and keep in touch....

Hi, everyone. My sailor is loving San Diego, he is getting 95's in his classes and taking full advantage of MWR activities. Sounds good on the phone.  No more tears for mom...well...hardly any/. My nephew goes off to Boot Camp soon...we start all over! Hope you al had great Mother's days...you are awesome moms!!!   (and wives)

I had a great Mother's Day too!

My Sailor sent me flowers!!  I must say, I feel that he is almost all grown up now.  To send flowers to your mom~you actually have to plan ahead...the thought of him planning ahead...of really thinking of me...days before Mother's Day.  Wow.  I started crying all over again!

Go NAVY!  We gave you a boy, you have turned him into an even better young man!  Thank you!

Mumziepooh- Just wondered if you have any ideas to fill the care package of the Sailor we signed up for.  It's super hard to figure out what to give a gal we don't really know.:)

Texasmom-  So happy for you!  So glad your son is doing better and will be PIRing soon.  Bet he can't wait to leave GL, since he has been there a lot longer than most!

Hope everyone's Sailors are doing well.   Mine is doing well in Goose Creek.   We went to visit him a few weeks ago and the base there is great.  A lot of stress, though, trying to fit studying and everything else like eating in one day!:)

Take care all of you!  God Bless!!

I got some ideas from this group:

http://www.navyformoms.com/group/carepackageideas

Just anything that might be fun - a book, snacks, a cute pillowcase - there are lots and lots of ideas in that group.

I was thinking the same thing.   Have not received the DVD yet.

Thanks girls...it does give us something to look forward to!

My Sailor is doing wonderful...still loving it~the NAVY.

Bought a truck and just having the time of his life!!  He is so happy~that makes me so happy!

For anyone checking....Texasmom's son would have graduated this last Friday. 

Congratualtions!!!

We can all appreciate how long your journey has been!  Again Congratulations to you, your son, and your entire family!!

Ladies Just recieved the dvd from pir 04/11/2011 It was awesome then its awesome now

so...if I haven't received one who do I contact to order one?

My sailors is doing great!  Got the orders he was hoping for.  He'll finally finish A school June 10th.  Can't wait to see him...=)

The DVD and Keel came this week however....Even though I paid for it, my son had it mailed to his Dad's house.  I doubt I will get my hands on it.  I'll have to bug the heck out of him to get it. 

My son came home this weekend and is doing so wonderul.  Loves the Navy, stationed in San Diego and will report to the Carl Vinson.  Just an hour away from home.  All my prayers have been answered.  I hope everyone is well and if your sailor hasn't come yet-hope they do soon.

So wonderful to read about how much our sailors truely love what they've chosen to do.

I do enjoy reading everyone's updates. There are a few of us HM mom's that still communicate regularly because our son's are together in San Antoino in A school. Our boys will graduate July 18th and most have decided to go to C-School, from what I gather. My son signed up for a Surgery Technician. His C-school starts around mid August and he will be staying in San Antonio. Since I am in Houston, that is a very good thing for me. As soon as they received their orders for C-school, most of them learned that there was a quad zero position available in Italy for 3 years. It bummed most of them out, but oh well. My son does get down from time to time around all of the studying and limited time, but overall, he seems happy.

He plans to come home for a while between schools and I know that he is looking forward to that. It will be nice to have him home for a short while.

Hope you all are doing well. I like reading the updates so i hope that more people post some.

Take care.

I think everyone is different.  For Nukes, A School lasts 6 months and then you move on to Power School and then Prototype.  A total of a year and a half or so.  My son has 6 years in the Navy.:)  I guess everyone is different, depending on your specialty.

My oldest son was a reservist, It;s true it really took a while for the bonus, I bet it was very close to a year, ( from the day that he went to BC) at least 8 months,  Sorry but it was a long..... time

Hello everyone...My son is stationed in SD as well...Does love it very much and looking forward to his first cruise mid-august.  We live close enough that he comes home liberty weekends.   What a Blessing for me =).... 

I wish everyone all the best...keep updates coming~nice to hear about our sailors.

Debi - was there anything he had to do to initiate the bonus money?  A form?  I've been told about a form, but nobody else in charge seems to know anything about from whose in charge anyway.  What does she have to do to get that?

Hello fellow alumnist...

Just checking in. My son finished A school training and is officially a Hospital Corpsman now. He is home through July 30th and will start his C school for Surgery Tech in August once they class up. I heard it should be the end of August. It is different having him home. The first day he woke up and immediately made his bed. He saw my eyebrows raise and said, "Can't help it. It is what I do now." Well, since then, the bed hasn't been made once! He has slipped right back into his lazy - "I'll get to it later." mentality. I am ready to shoot him!! He has made such a mess! I thought that this would be better?? Can they regress that quickly? I am so proud of him for his accomplishments, I guess I can't have the moon and the stars at once. :0)

Hope everyone is well. Miss chatting with you all.

Hi Ladies!  Just popped on to the site...and saw you were all talking~sometimes I really miss that...running home after to work to see how everyone is doing.  My son is going through ATT (graduated BESS about 6 weeks ago) in Groton.  Still just lovin it.  Hoping to see him at Christmas (last time we saw him was 4/8)...he is in CT and we are in CA.  Glad you are all well and that the Sailors are well too!!

Hello ladies, My son also graduated from A school in San Antonio as a Hospital Corpsman.  He is currently home and enjoying spending time with his friends and his family.  Suprisingly, we have had the chance to visit with him more than I thought.  He has been helping out the Recruiter this week.  He attended my 13 yr old Civil Air Patrol meeting and was pretty excited to recruit E2.  While he has been home we were able to get his uniforms cleaned and rehemmed.  They were way too long.  He ruined the bottoms of his dress blues.  He heads back to San Antonio on Monday and will be starting C School at the end of August. He is pursuing a path in Behavioral health.  I hope he likes it.   My husband and I will be heading to SA in September for a business trip.  I am thrilled that I will be able to visit with Chris during that time.  We are hoping that he will be able to head to Disney at Thanksgiving to join us on a family vacation. 

Glad to hear that everyone is doing well.  It seems like ages ago that we were all waiting on edge for our weekly letters.  Enjoy the remainder of your summer.

I had to laugh,Ragdollrae!  We've decided the Navy didn't cure our daughter of her messiness either!

On a positive note, she graduated from HM A-school on July 30th in the last class from Great Lakes NHCS.  She opted to not to go to C-school and take a duty station first.  She wanted to work in a hospital for a while before she decided to specialize.  So, we're leaving tomorrow morning on a 2 day road trip to drive her and her car to NAS Whidbey Island in Washington.  Leave sure went by fast!