My MA has left Bahrain for Diego Garcia and a new assignment. He thinks he will be gone awhile, but of course can't be specific. Any other sailors just ship to there? He said he had over 20 sailors with him.
Thank you so much ladies! You just made my month...actually, the next 18 of them! :-)
And Chris, I'll definitely look into "WhatsApp", thanks!
I'm very happy for you, Leta! You must be so excited...!!
And Jane - how did your Sailor like Bahrain? My Michael deploys there on the 27th... He's both really excited, and a bit nervous... depending on his mood! :-)
Leta - safe journey for Daniel. The waiting must be awful, but the payoff will be stellar!
Kathy B - thanks for the site, been a migraine sufferer since elementary school. Am over the worst of this one, but have a headache "hangover". Moving very s l o w l y & carefully for a while. We went with friends to a evening at a town restaurant featuring a four course dinner accenting a local micro brewery's wares. The food was outrageously good being cooked & paired with selected beers. I know I can't tolerate certain wines & liquors, but I didn't expect such a virulent response to these potent potables. My head started doing it's thing just after the beer float we had for dessert. Am into blandness for the time being.
Donna - Was Steve's dog Grimm a Dutch Shepard? I've been wandering the web offerings on MWD's and on Lackland's pages. I saw a dog that looked very much like Mr. Grimm, that handsome devil..... Course I hit the puppy breeding program pics too. OMG! What cuties, all feet & ears!!!! Just want to grab them up and hug, hug, hug. Got the giggles sitting here, made me think of a line from "Despicable Me"; "It's so FLUFFY!" Makes me long for our sweet (late) Miss KC.
Suzanne-Adam liked Bahrain and Dubai, saw things he could only see on TV. He was not there long--out on mission twice. He said Diego Garcia was beautiful, great weather, but only there briefly and out on mission to whereabaouts unknown!!
Stay strong and carry on-guess that's all we can do, oh and PRAY alot!!
Oh you are not dumb- I had never heard of it-had to Google it! It is part of a coral reef, 2700 miles SE of Bahrain, seems we share a base there with the Brits. It is below the equator. He is not stationed there, just getting a new boat from there......
Donna - let Ashley know that many of the kids trade movies. Chris has done it a lot, has terrabytes of them. He's gotten separate portable storage drives (terrabytes, again) for his music, movies, photos. Sadly, he's in TX at the moment so can't get with her to help her out. He should get out of school & back to the sand in about 3 months. Have her check around in the interim. Folks will gladly share & she may have music or a movie they want so she could return the favor.
Leta - awesome pics! Good grief Suzanne, don't feel dumb, you are not alone! Was also in the dark about Diego Garcia! Will Google too! Never fails...I learn something new on here everyday!!!! Thx.
My girl goes out to "float" for a few days for an exercise. She'll get a taste of ship life! :)
She is still loving it there, she has a great room mate and some great friends. She's been there almost 3 months and hasn't been to the beach! LOL I asked, "Doesn't anyone go to the beach?" Any of your sailors get to the Gulf?
Leta, so excited for you & your family. Will miss your insight & humor. Check in once in a while, will ya?!
Shelia - ain't being NAVY a hoot! Hope the flights & cars work out.
Chris had us put both his Ninjas up for sale. Sad to see "green goblin" & "Roxanne" go to new homes. "Roxanne" may go first, as soon as tomorrow. Alex rode her to the shop & commneted that "she" just screams to go. No wonder Chris was always smiling when he rode. Oh, still no call. Love the guy, but he drives me kah-RAZY!
Donna- NOTHING of note, not a single call. Am grinding teeth as I type! He has texted monosyllabic responses to his Dad about his bikes, but that's it. Wonder if he got his gear or he's training in his tidy whiteies! So mad I wish he was!! LOL!
I'm rationalizing that he's just focused on the job at hand. He probably feels pressure to do his utmost to pay back the kennel crew for their expenditure & confidence in sending him to "C" school. Santoucci FB'd him saying that he & Cherry will be at Lackland for competitions in April & if Chris didn't show up to cheer them on, Cherry would, "hate him FOREVER". Are Steve & Leo going?!
Guess what? My son just graduated C school, and was on his way to Bahrain when he found out that he had a SIX DAY layover... so he decided that he would just come home for 6 - actually 5 days instead! God is so good to us! :D
The sale of "Ms. Roxanne" (red ninja 600) - first sale fell through. Trying again tomorrow! Alex says he'll hold the $$ hostage till we get a phone call.
Muhh hahahahahahahahaha! So love his style!!!!!!!
No hits on the "Green Goblin"(Ninja 500), yet.
The garage looks almost reasonable with them out.
What's so poignant about this picture?
Well, it shows a line of little girls holding hands facing the
immensity of ocean waves.
Alone they might be washed away, but together they stand strong.
Thank you each for holding my hand somewhere along the way when I was
facing a wave of my own.
I hope you will reach for my hand when your own wave threatens.
All of us girls..
Old and young...
Near and far...
Hold special memories of good times we've shared.
We've had our share of hard times when our friends were there to make
us feel better.
We've shared...
Our hearts
Our time
Our secrets
Our fears
Our hopes
And our dreams.
Let us never break the chain of friends!
If you get this twice or more, you are lucky to have more than one girlfriend.
Someone will always be prettier.
Someone will always be smarter.
Their house will be bigger.
They will drive a better car.
Their children will do better in school.
And their husband will fix more things around the house.
So let it go,
Be Happy!
The prettiest woman in the world can have trouble in her heart.
And the richest woman you know, she's got the car, the house, the
clothes....might be lonely.
And the Word says 'If I have not Love, I have nothing.'
So, again, love you.
Love who you are.
Look in the mirror in the morning and smile and say
'I am too blessed to be stressed too anointed to be disappointed!'
I like that!
'Winners make things happen.
Losers let things happen'
Be Blessed ladies and pass this on to encourage another woman.
'To the world you might be one person,
But to one person you just might be the world.'
Got this in an email & thought to share it with you all;
Speaking of underhanded, etc., husband gave minimal info on yesterday's final sale of "ms. Roxanne"... is holding info so DSS (dumb sh__ son) will call home! Good god we are nothing but needy! Sneaky, but needy.
I posted some new pics of DDS on my page. They are from the back, I think from a fellow student, but a pic is a pic! Check 'em out!
Kathy - told husband about DD ordering DDS to call...thanks for the giggle. He loved the idea. During the day he'd smile & I knew that's what he was thinking about.
Leta-isn't it neat to know our kids brought together so many people?
Donna- love the new nickname for DDS. Will use it (TB) & DDS (darling' dumbs__t son) interchangeably if that's OK?! Chewtoy is another option, but one must visualize him being "chewed out", as well as, chewed upon.
A young lady, I guess in MWD school with Chris, has posted pics &, lucky for us, "tagged" him on FB! I threw a couple of them onto N4Ms Bahrain Moms & a bunch into my page's photo albums. (Still getting the hang of doing that!) That smile of his lit up our house, he just looks soooo happy. Proves he's right where he should be. Made our evening.
Ladies, how are our guys, Steve & Daniel doing today?!
Donna - I saw a post on K-9 Heroes FB that the competition at Lackland is on now. They posted some profiles of MWD Teams. Didn't see Cherry & Santucci yet. If Steve has access it might be fun for him to look in on them. Wonder if there is a feed for the kennel to watch the trial? Now, that would be cool.
Got a call from "Chewtoy"! Had to beg, but got a call.
Dog school is proving to be lots of work. He is busting his hump. I figured he was ultra focused & he certainly is. He considers this the most important thing he's done personally & in his NAVY career.
His main training Pooch-a-roo (other than a .40 caliber ammo can) is a male, 75 lb. Malinois. He told me the name, but didn't write it down.
We got a date for graduation and are working out the details of getting & staying there. I've got a long term sub that I've got to cover.
Santucci & Cherry will be there for competitions at the end of April. Chris is hoping they kick some major tail!
Regards to Moms of current, hopeful & in training MWD Handlers; some good reads are: "Dogs of War"(read) "Soldier Dogs"(reading now), "K-9 Heroes"(will read). K-9 Heroes author has a page on FB too.
Thanks for welcome me in the group :) Gabe is GM/EOD and is very happy there and also said have a pool in the villa and is working 07:00-06:30 every day and is having trouble to sleep. I already email him today and comment about the group and start looking for Colin, hope they meet. :) soon.
chriscwick
Mar 9, 2012
chriscwick
Mar 11, 2012
Jane-Adam's mom
My MA has left Bahrain for Diego Garcia and a new assignment. He thinks he will be gone awhile, but of course can't be specific. Any other sailors just ship to there? He said he had over 20 sailors with him.
Mar 11, 2012
Mary...Brittsmom
Happy for you Leta!
Mar 13, 2012
chriscwick
Mar 13, 2012
Miss Suzanne
And Chris, I'll definitely look into "WhatsApp", thanks!
I'm very happy for you, Leta! You must be so excited...!!
And Jane - how did your Sailor like Bahrain? My Michael deploys there on the 27th... He's both really excited, and a bit nervous... depending on his mood! :-)
Mar 13, 2012
chriscwick
Sorry Donna, Meant good news for Daniel. Friends will be missing him at work.
Hope this sick headache gets done with me soon. Am tired of it & it's little friends nausea, etc.
Mar 14, 2012
chriscwick
Leta - safe journey for Daniel. The waiting must be awful, but the payoff will be stellar!
Kathy B - thanks for the site, been a migraine sufferer since elementary school. Am over the worst of this one, but have a headache "hangover". Moving very s l o w l y & carefully for a while. We went with friends to a evening at a town restaurant featuring a four course dinner accenting a local micro brewery's wares. The food was outrageously good being cooked & paired with selected beers. I know I can't tolerate certain wines & liquors, but I didn't expect such a virulent response to these potent potables. My head started doing it's thing just after the beer float we had for dessert. Am into blandness for the time being.
Donna - Was Steve's dog Grimm a Dutch Shepard? I've been wandering the web offerings on MWD's and on Lackland's pages. I saw a dog that looked very much like Mr. Grimm, that handsome devil..... Course I hit the puppy breeding program pics too. OMG! What cuties, all feet & ears!!!! Just want to grab them up and hug, hug, hug. Got the giggles sitting here, made me think of a line from "Despicable Me"; "It's so FLUFFY!" Makes me long for our sweet (late) Miss KC.
Mar 14, 2012
Jane-Adam's mom
Suzanne-Adam liked Bahrain and Dubai, saw things he could only see on TV. He was not there long--out on mission twice. He said Diego Garcia was beautiful, great weather, but only there briefly and out on mission to whereabaouts unknown!!
Stay strong and carry on-guess that's all we can do, oh and PRAY alot!!
Mar 14, 2012
Miss Suzanne
Pardon if I sound dumb, but where is Diego Garcia? :-)
LETA! Absolutely wonderful pictures! Thanks so much for sharing them with us!
Mar 15, 2012
Jane-Adam's mom
Oh you are not dumb- I had never heard of it-had to Google it! It is part of a coral reef, 2700 miles SE of Bahrain, seems we share a base there with the Brits. It is below the equator. He is not stationed there, just getting a new boat from there......
Mar 15, 2012
chriscwick
Donna - let Ashley know that many of the kids trade movies. Chris has done it a lot, has terrabytes of them. He's gotten separate portable storage drives (terrabytes, again) for his music, movies, photos. Sadly, he's in TX at the moment so can't get with her to help her out. He should get out of school & back to the sand in about 3 months. Have her check around in the interim. Folks will gladly share & she may have music or a movie they want so she could return the favor.
Leta - awesome pics! Good grief Suzanne, don't feel dumb, you are not alone! Was also in the dark about Diego Garcia! Will Google too! Never fails...I learn something new on here everyday!!!! Thx.
Mar 15, 2012
chriscwick
Check out www.dg.navy.mil
for intel on Diego Garcia. Looks like a resort on the video I watched.
Mar 15, 2012
chriscwick
Uh, did I mention that the video was presented by the NAVY?! Maybe that's why it looked like a resort......wayyyyyy out in the middle of nothing.
We (NAVY) share it with the Brits.
Mar 15, 2012
Nancy Cooper's Mom
Mar 15, 2012
jennnyj
Had an amazing 15 days with my husband and he just left today to go back to Bahrain. Hopefully he can get his 30 day leave in just a few months.
Mar 16, 2012
Mom2aSailor
Glad you got to see your hubby Jennyd! :)
My girl goes out to "float" for a few days for an exercise. She'll get a taste of ship life! :)
She is still loving it there, she has a great room mate and some great friends. She's been there almost 3 months and hasn't been to the beach! LOL I asked, "Doesn't anyone go to the beach?" Any of your sailors get to the Gulf?
Mar 17, 2012
chriscwick
Mar 18, 2012
Mom2aSailor
KathyB... what is your DD's rate? I wonder if they know each other?
Mar 18, 2012
chriscwick
Really nice photos! They look so great together.
Mar 19, 2012
Mom2aSailor
BYE Leta!! Enjoy having him home!! :)
Mar 22, 2012
chriscwick
Leta, so excited for you & your family. Will miss your insight & humor. Check in once in a while, will ya?!
Shelia - ain't being NAVY a hoot! Hope the flights & cars work out.
Chris had us put both his Ninjas up for sale. Sad to see "green goblin" & "Roxanne" go to new homes. "Roxanne" may go first, as soon as tomorrow. Alex rode her to the shop & commneted that "she" just screams to go. No wonder Chris was always smiling when he rode. Oh, still no call. Love the guy, but he drives me kah-RAZY!
Mar 22, 2012
chriscwick
I'm rationalizing that he's just focused on the job at hand. He probably feels pressure to do his utmost to pay back the kennel crew for their expenditure & confidence in sending him to "C" school. Santoucci FB'd him saying that he & Cherry will be at Lackland for competitions in April & if Chris didn't show up to cheer them on, Cherry would, "hate him FOREVER". Are Steve & Leo going?!
Mar 28, 2012
Miss Suzanne
Guess what? My son just graduated C school, and was on his way to Bahrain when he found out that he had a SIX DAY layover... so he decided that he would just come home for 6 - actually 5 days instead! God is so good to us! :D
Mar 28, 2012
chriscwick
Mar 28, 2012
chriscwick
Mar 29, 2012
chriscwick
Muhh hahahahahahahahaha! So love his style!!!!!!!
No hits on the "Green Goblin"(Ninja 500), yet.
The garage looks almost reasonable with them out.
Mar 29, 2012
chriscwick
What's so poignant about this picture?
Well, it shows a line of little girls holding hands facing the
immensity of ocean waves.
Alone they might be washed away, but together they stand strong.
Thank you each for holding my hand somewhere along the way when I was
facing a wave of my own.
I hope you will reach for my hand when your own wave threatens.
All of us girls..
Old and young...
Near and far...
Hold special memories of good times we've shared.
We've had our share of hard times when our friends were there to make
us feel better.
We've shared...
Our hearts
Our time
Our secrets
Our fears
Our hopes
And our dreams.
Let us never break the chain of friends!
If you get this twice or more, you are lucky to have more than one girlfriend.
Someone will always be prettier.
Someone will always be smarter.
Their house will be bigger.
They will drive a better car.
Their children will do better in school.
And their husband will fix more things around the house.
So let it go,
Be Happy!
The prettiest woman in the world can have trouble in her heart.
And the richest woman you know, she's got the car, the house, the
clothes....might be lonely.
And the Word says 'If I have not Love, I have nothing.'
So, again, love you.
Love who you are.
Look in the mirror in the morning and smile and say
'I am too blessed to be stressed too anointed to be disappointed!'
I like that!
'Winners make things happen.
Losers let things happen'
Be Blessed ladies and pass this on to encourage another woman.
'To the world you might be one person,
But to one person you just might be the world.'
Got this in an email & thought to share it with you all;
HERE'S TO YOU MY N4M FRIENDS
Mar 30, 2012
chriscwick
Mar 31, 2012
chriscwick
I posted some new pics of DDS on my page. They are from the back, I think from a fellow student, but a pic is a pic! Check 'em out!
Mar 31, 2012
chriscwick
Leta-isn't it neat to know our kids brought together so many people?
Donna- love the new nickname for DDS. Will use it (TB) & DDS (darling' dumbs__t son) interchangeably if that's OK?! Chewtoy is another option, but one must visualize him being "chewed out", as well as, chewed upon.
Apr 2, 2012
Mom2aSailor
Kathy, my dd calls ALL THE TIME!! :) I don't mind at all, but sometimes I think somethings wrong b/c she'll call almost daily! LOL
Apr 2, 2012
chriscwick
Oh! Not dumb, just not peeved with Steve!
Isn't DD = darling daughter
For me @ this moment in time,
DS = darling Son. But of late
DDSS = darling dumbsh_t Son
DDS = darling dumb sh_t
Still...no call.
Apr 3, 2012
chriscwick
Apr 3, 2012
chriscwick
Apr 3, 2012
chriscwick
Morning!
A young lady, I guess in MWD school with Chris, has posted pics &, lucky for us, "tagged" him on FB! I threw a couple of them onto N4Ms Bahrain Moms & a bunch into my page's photo albums. (Still getting the hang of doing that!) That smile of his lit up our house, he just looks soooo happy. Proves he's right where he should be. Made our evening.
Apr 4, 2012
chriscwick
Apr 4, 2012
chriscwick
We're any of the numbers I gave you helpful?
Apr 4, 2012
chriscwick
Apr 5, 2012
Mom2aSailor
Donna, how scary! I am glad his surgery went well!! Keep us updated on how it is healing.
Apr 5, 2012
Jane-Adam's mom
Thoughts and prayers are with you and your sailor.
Apr 5, 2012
chriscwick
Donna - I saw a post on K-9 Heroes FB that the competition at Lackland is on now. They posted some profiles of MWD Teams. Didn't see Cherry & Santucci yet. If Steve has access it might be fun for him to look in on them. Wonder if there is a feed for the kennel to watch the trial? Now, that would be cool.
Apr 7, 2012
chriscwick
Dog school is proving to be lots of work. He is busting his hump. I figured he was ultra focused & he certainly is. He considers this the most important thing he's done personally & in his NAVY career.
His main training Pooch-a-roo (other than a .40 caliber ammo can) is a male, 75 lb. Malinois. He told me the name, but didn't write it down.
We got a date for graduation and are working out the details of getting & staying there. I've got a long term sub that I've got to cover.
Santucci & Cherry will be there for competitions at the end of April. Chris is hoping they kick some major tail!
Nice pics Leta!
Donna, How's Steve?
Apr 8, 2012
chriscwick
Apr 9, 2012
chriscwick
Apr 9, 2012
Silvia...proud mom of Gabe's
My son was deployed last week to Bahrain he will be there 90 days.....is his first deployment and Im feeling little lost about it......
Apr 11, 2012
Silvia...proud mom of Gabe's
Apr 12, 2012
Silvia...proud mom of Gabe's
Apr 12, 2012
chriscwick
Apr 13, 2012
Silvia...proud mom of Gabe's
Apr 13, 2012