Today is day 2 that Brandon left for basic training.  It is really a hard adjustment at home.  We were blessed that my father in law is a comissioned retired Naval Capt. and got to do his swearing in.  That was bittersweet, I lost my father 4 weeks ago.... hard sad times.  I cannot wait for my hugs in OCT.  for now, just a sad mom!!!

I thought i read somewhere that as much as you want to give your Sailor a gift they cannot take back with them, can anyone who has "been there, done that", confirm that and at what point can they take a gift that you bought for them...any input would be great!  THANKS!

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I am going to my son's graduation next Friday. He called today saying that he passed his final exam. I could not stop smiling at the phone!

I am so happy, proud and excited to see him in his uniform. I am not familiar with the area and I wish to have lunch in a nice restaurant close by, not too expensive but cozy and relaxed. I would really appreciate some suggestions.

Thank you

Maros

For some reason, the week Justin left for boot camp was destined to be miserable. We returned Sunday night from a weekend working at my mother-in-law's house. It was great because we all got to be together. It was not-so-great because we were not able to be in church together. In retrospect, I should have insisted. 

Monday night, we had dinner with my parents. Justin wanted steak...so we had steak. I made two kinds of cheesecake (also his favorite). It was a really nice…

At eight thirty last night they striped my sons name patch off. because he was honest. Answering a question asked by people he trusted. They told everybody in his command that they could be honest and that nothing would come of it so when asked, he told them he smoked legal spice prior to his enlistment...What is going on right now? my stomach is turning with anger towards them and hurt for my son. he was so upset when he called to give me the news~and i'm thinking at first when i hear his…

I know that I have seen a site to that tells day by day what happens in boot camp but now I cant find it... Anybody know??

 I made SAILOR INFORMATION BOARD.

Out of colored construstion paper: light blue for water.

At the top wrote:Sailor Information Center.

Add Navy stickers, flag magnet, flags etc...

Picture of my son (Your Child)

Information like:

Boot Camp Date, Box Came Home Date, Form Letter Came In , Address of the SR, PIR Date,

phone calls home, letter writen by them, etc...

This will shows families and friends your child way of information and…

Are there any other mothers out there with a son or daughter in cardnal company?

Got a call from my son, he is on LD. He has not been able to do much since he got to Basic. I am a little confused as he got the medical waiver needed prior to signing his contract. I am not sure if he will be able to graduate with the rest of his divison as he won't be seen for almost another 2 weeks.

Does anyone have any insight.

Got the call this morning at 2:30 that he had made it to GL and that I should have his box in about a week... He sounded good said he loved me and that was it. 

Does anyone know where I can go to order Division stuff like shirt or pins etc?

The last three days have a been crazy. We had my sons going away party Sunday and it was great. Then Monday it was off to the recriters where he checked into a hotal for the night, we were able to take him for dinner and we as a family had a great time, we laughed so hard we cried. Then when we took him back to the hotel is when it all fell apart. He was so strong, his sister who is 20 and has acted like she didnt care about the whole thing fell apart and just cried so did his little…

Well he sent me the love letters in bootcamp. He made it real. Now he's in A school and things are more different than I had imagined. I know he has the skype capabilities. I know he has his phone. The issue is that he chooses not to use these things. I've sent him 2 care packages now, today a pie in the mail with other things. Last weekend was my birthday, I got a 5 minute phonecall on sunday. I'm trying to be understanding. I know he is busy. But when I see his navy female coworkers…

It is hard to believe that I last gave my SR a hug and saw him in person 6 weeks ago. 

He graduates from boot camp 2 weeks from this Friday.

Six weeks ago, it seemed like forever and now, I'm staring PIR almost in the face.…

Let me first start off with saying that I am so proud of my son.  I may not know all of the Navy jargen but I do know that he is a MM 2nd Class and a Nuke.  He was also made one of the youngest shift supervisors ever for a sub.  With all of that being said I miss him.  I know they call submarine duty "Silent Service" with the emphasis on silent.  It can be so difficult sometimes not knowing where he is or what he's doing.  He just drops off the face of the earth and shows back up again.  I…