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when i got the letter on friday about PIR for my son it had brocher in it with hotels, miles from GL and $ amount of each one. It also has a map of the roads from Chicago to Great Lakes. It was helpful
I really have no idea why he would not write you just yet.
Maybe he addressed the envelope wrong and it got sent back to him? forgot a stamp? really there's several things that could have happened.
From what my boyfriend tells me they are not a very good division ( but he isn't very happy to be there so he may just be seeing everything negatively) He said don't expect any phone calls for "good behavior". But I told him he can get those individually sometimes so I told him to do his best and maybe he will get rewarded.
I got my letter last week on Wednesday, so check tomorrow and see if you have one.
Also my boyfriend told me that alot of the SR's there said they actually do not want to talk with their families/friends back home (he thought that was just insane) but some of them think it's easier to just cut everyone off.
So many many reasons for why you are not getting letters yet. Best thing to do is wait and see. Sometime this week (I hope) we should be getting a phone call, the official "I'm still alive" phone call. so maybe he will call you then and tell you what's going on
mine said he wasn't a letter write, but he has written alottt since the letters started. It helps him to have someone to "talk" to. The end of his letters are always more upbeat than the beginning.
Even though the phone call is so unbelievably hard to end, it really helps to hear his voice. I got mine on Wednesday, did you? It was great to hear his voice, but I did cry a few times during the call, and I just started bawling when I had to say goodbye. But after a while I was so glad I got to talk to him, and know he was enjoying it more.
I have been out of town,sorry it took so long to reply. I can't believe you live in concord. I have received several letters and Sam really like it. We. Have plane tickets and reservations at the comfort inn,I hope that's a good place to stay. So your son is there now also right??
Rsproudmom,,, happy mothers day first of all. I was readying some of your notes and wanted to say hello. my name is Renie and my sailor graduated 1-7-11 and is still at great lakes finishing up his school for FC. He finished ATT and now his A school and then C school all in GL and will get his base . I am being selfish and wish its in San Diego.
I send him care packages and I love doing it every month. I am so proud of him. He seemed to be a little up tight in att school but seems to be feeling better now that it is over.
Well, at least you are "receiving" messages! Let's see what the N4M techical folks have to say, but I sounds like its some kind of setting issue with Explorer 9....especially if you did not have this problem before downloading Explorer 9.
It still wouldn't hurt to check you have the latest updates with Adobe Flash and Java like I mentioned earlier.
In case you are wondering why I'm offering these suggestions...I'm a freelance web designer and computer techie geek. I'm also happy to try to help.
We should be able to send from both locations...under pic and at bottom of page. I'm gonna do a little investigating...you've got me curious now! I thought sending from the top was "private" that no one else could see.. and the bottom posted to our "wall." Hmmmm.....very interesting! I have to run for now..I'll be off the computer for a while.
Alisia, LoL, I used to drive my kids nuts asking them to help me on the computer.
AEGIS is not over-maned because it is a bit more technical. However, your son should not let that put him off. He must have done very well on his ASVAB to be in AECF.
There is no way that your son could get a job and do school too. The Navy does not allow that. He could do volunteer work if he liked while going to school. Brenden used to volunteer at the Animal Shelter on base. He could not do much volunteer work because ATT was so intense. I think he used to go to the Animal Shelter on Friday after school. He really enjoyed helping out with the animals. He liked doing that so much that he got a tattoo on his upper left arm of a huge wolf paw print, LoL. I was kind of surprised that he had done this because he used to be afraid of needles. I guess after being jabbed in boot camp with tons of shots, he got over his fear.
As for getting work while on hold. I think each department on base posts the jobs available. I think they are posted in each ship. . I will have to ask my son how he got his.
I definitely recommend that your son gets a job while he is on hold. . He will go nuts cleaning otherwise and he will be soooo bored.
There are many different types jobs to choose from. Lots of civilians have lost their jobs on base due to the cut back. So students who are done with (A)school have been filling in.
Hmmm..this really is something! So...now you are only using Firefox to log on to the internet, correct? Not opening IE at all, right? If you are still having this problem when using only Firefox, then it has to be a setting issue somewhere. Try one more time....shutting your computer off for a minute, turning back on, then use Firefox. Don't touch IE at all! good luck!
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when i got the letter on friday about PIR for my son it had brocher in it with hotels, miles from GL and $ amount of each one. It also has a map of the roads from Chicago to Great Lakes. It was helpful
Mar 12, 2011
Stacy(Div 149/Ship 3)
I really have no idea why he would not write you just yet.
Maybe he addressed the envelope wrong and it got sent back to him? forgot a stamp? really there's several things that could have happened.
From what my boyfriend tells me they are not a very good division ( but he isn't very happy to be there so he may just be seeing everything negatively) He said don't expect any phone calls for "good behavior". But I told him he can get those individually sometimes so I told him to do his best and maybe he will get rewarded.
I got my letter last week on Wednesday, so check tomorrow and see if you have one.
Also my boyfriend told me that alot of the SR's there said they actually do not want to talk with their families/friends back home (he thought that was just insane) but some of them think it's easier to just cut everyone off.
So many many reasons for why you are not getting letters yet. Best thing to do is wait and see. Sometime this week (I hope) we should be getting a phone call, the official "I'm still alive" phone call. so maybe he will call you then and tell you what's going on
Mar 22, 2011
Stacy(Div 149/Ship 3)
sorry I haven't been on here to respond!
mine said he wasn't a letter write, but he has written alottt since the letters started. It helps him to have someone to "talk" to. The end of his letters are always more upbeat than the beginning.
Even though the phone call is so unbelievably hard to end, it really helps to hear his voice. I got mine on Wednesday, did you? It was great to hear his voice, but I did cry a few times during the call, and I just started bawling when I had to say goodbye. But after a while I was so glad I got to talk to him, and know he was enjoying it more.
Mar 30, 2011
chilidawg92
Apr 21, 2011
Renie ship12 Div33
Rsproudmom,,, happy mothers day first of all. I was readying some of your notes and wanted to say hello. my name is Renie and my sailor graduated 1-7-11 and is still at great lakes finishing up his school for FC. He finished ATT and now his A school and then C school all in GL and will get his base . I am being selfish and wish its in San Diego.
I send him care packages and I love doing it every month. I am so proud of him. He seemed to be a little up tight in att school but seems to be feeling better now that it is over.
May 7, 2011
ProudGMBarb
Well, at least you are "receiving" messages! Let's see what the N4M techical folks have to say, but I sounds like its some kind of setting issue with Explorer 9....especially if you did not have this problem before downloading Explorer 9.
It still wouldn't hurt to check you have the latest updates with Adobe Flash and Java like I mentioned earlier.
In case you are wondering why I'm offering these suggestions...I'm a freelance web designer and computer techie geek. I'm also happy to try to help.
Here's my personal email address:
badkunze@cox.net
Hopefully, this mystery will get solved soon. Looking forward to chatting more with you about the really important stuff...our sailors!!!!
Take care,
Barb
May 15, 2011
ProudGMBarb
Howdy,
We should be able to send from both locations...under pic and at bottom of page. I'm gonna do a little investigating...you've got me curious now! I thought sending from the top was "private" that no one else could see.. and the bottom posted to our "wall." Hmmmm.....very interesting! I have to run for now..I'll be off the computer for a while.
By the way, what is your first name?
Talk to you soon,
Barb
May 15, 2011
Sandy's_sailor son
Alisia, LoL, I used to drive my kids nuts asking them to help me on the computer.
AEGIS is not over-maned because it is a bit more technical. However, your son should not let that put him off. He must have done very well on his ASVAB to be in AECF.
There is no way that your son could get a job and do school too. The Navy does not allow that. He could do volunteer work if he liked while going to school. Brenden used to volunteer at the Animal Shelter on base. He could not do much volunteer work because ATT was so intense. I think he used to go to the Animal Shelter on Friday after school. He really enjoyed helping out with the animals. He liked doing that so much that he got a tattoo on his upper left arm of a huge wolf paw print, LoL. I was kind of surprised that he had done this because he used to be afraid of needles. I guess after being jabbed in boot camp with tons of shots, he got over his fear.
As for getting work while on hold. I think each department on base posts the jobs available. I think they are posted in each ship. . I will have to ask my son how he got his.
I definitely recommend that your son gets a job while he is on hold. . He will go nuts cleaning otherwise and he will be soooo bored.
There are many different types jobs to choose from. Lots of civilians have lost their jobs on base due to the cut back. So students who are done with (A)school have been filling in.
Talk to you soon,
Sandy :)
May 16, 2011
ProudGMBarb
May 17, 2011
ProudGMBarb
Of course, you can use my private email anytime.
badkunze@cox.net
May 17, 2011
Sandy's_sailor son
Jun 22, 2011