navy25

Female

North Bergen, NJ

United States

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A little about me:: Im a single Mom since my son was 2 years old his Dad (Army a Vietnam Vet) passed away at the age of 39 so I have had a double duty with my son as Dad and Mom for most of my sons life and I have raised with the help of my parents and my fiancee who has been there for my son for the last 13 years he is now a wonderful young man.All the good qualities he has were formatted by the love and care of our family plus his will of being a good person and caring. we have have been very lucky to have the type of son that he is and we miss him very much. I have always being a hard working person many of times worked 2 jobs to support my son to give him the best. Im a college graduate of Graphics Design and eventhought at one time I had to leave my career for my sons needs i dont regret it for a second because his needs was the most important thing in my life and it formed a strong bond between us. As his mother and my only child, I was afraid of him joining the Navy but I support his decision and I'm extremely proud of him. I can't wait to see him at Graduation I just hope I can make it there,I hope I can financially afford the trip for his Grandmother and Stepdad would also like to be there to support him. Is funny how life is I have a foto of my son as a 3 year old wearing a sailor's outfit and now with God's help he actually will be a Sailor of the USA .We pray to God for my sons safety and for the rest of our troops that defend our Freedom. I was born in Cuba and came to USA as a 10 year old and became a US Citizen I have always been very patriotic for my Country United States of America 4th of July is my favorite Holiday for over 41 years and now more than ever my love and respect for USA is even greater. God Bless America and GO NAVY
I am here to support my: Son/Daughter
Stage of (Sailor’s) Navy career?: Enlisted
When I heard “Navy,” I...: Was proud and encouraged it
The Navy offers opportunities that...: I know from articles that I have read or from history facts and friends and others who have been in the Navy that its a a close unit of brotherhood/sisterhood and Im looking forward to learning more as my son progress in his new career as a Sailor
Our Navy experience so far...: It was positive and maturing. Our relationship has grown stronger.

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Sep 14, 2010
michelle Ship 10/Div 338 PIR10/8

Wow that sounds like a long drive from NJ how many hours will that take? So your son will be doing BS just before graduating also - we wish him the best of luck! See ya soon.

Sep 30, 2010
michelle Ship 10/Div 338 PIR10/8

good evening Navy25, your drive is much longer than ours - we are coming up just south of st louis, should only take us about 6 hours to get there. I hope all the recuits make it to graduation! See ya at Navy Lodge!

Oct 2, 2010
michelle Ship 10/Div 338 PIR10/8

He called this afternoon and sounded really good, said he was cold - must be a change. But yes he sounded real positive and really to be moving on to Penscola

Oct 2, 2010
sjtina

my son is 822. have a safe trip and hopefully we can meet up. our flight is late so we wont make the meet n greet. our butts will be dragging early friday morning. but I am sure we will catch up at some point over the weekend. tina

Oct 3, 2010
sjtina

hi navy25. thank you for the wishes. I hope the same for your family. I am sure we will be bumping into each other over the weekend. My ribbon has Ken on it with div 822. he sounded sooo tired when he called yesterday. it was sad for me for some reason, but hopefully he will be back to normal. well at least navy normal. best of luck to your family and have a safe trip. tina

Oct 6, 2010
sjtina

hi maria..my son's division has liberty until monday. they are all different but I know monday is a holiday for all of them. how long are you staying?

Oct 6, 2010
Jen - Ship10mom(Div340)

Yep - we're friends now!! :-) See you very soon!!!

Oct 7, 2010
Judy Proud Mom

Thank you, but he actually failed twice. He was supposed to PIR 10/8, but got pneumonia, which caused him to fail his run. Then moved to 10/15, still sick, failed run again. We found out the first time the day before we were leaving for Chicago, the second time the DAY we were leaving for Chicago

Oct 14, 2010
Jen - Ship10mom(Div340)

You are obviously a very close family - you've done a great job Maria!!

Oct 21, 2010
Mary, Proud Mom of Nick

Hi, I seen that your son is an ET so I wanted to invite you to join us at:
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/fcsfirecontrol

It is a group here with almost 500 members for our ETs and FCs.

Oct 28, 2010
Pat L. in IL

Hi navy25, Thank you for the friend request. According to Mapquest, it is 38 miles from Great Lakes to Villa Park. They are hosting the recruits from 9AM to 5PM and volunteers are welcome. The address is 39 E. St. Charles Road, Villa Park, IL 60181. Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving. Pat

Nov 22, 2010
Mary, Proud Mom of Nick

Welcome to the AECF group! We know how proud you must be of your son and looking for to him coming home for the holidays.

Please let us know what questions you may have and welcome to the group.

Dec 2, 2010
Sue-Pillowcase lady

I have one of those hats too navy25. My hubby is from NJ. It's a pretty state. What a handsome sailor you have. My son is now a navy vet and is on his way back home.

I started making pcs when my son was deployed on the Lincoln in 2008. I got the name Heads at Ease in January 2009. We make and mail pillowcases for deployed military, all

branches of the service. check us out:http://www.navyformoms.com/group/heads

Jun 17, 2011
navymom777

Thank you for adding me. Hugs and prayers for you and your sailor.

Aug 25, 2011