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Does anyone know how you can get some help getting your sailor home for the holidays? My sailor wasn't prepared to get time to come home and is now short on funds to get home.  I unfortunately don't have the money either.  Is there some assistance out there that we can utilize to get him home for the holiday that anyone is aware of?

Dec 2006, USS Arizona Memorial. My Sailor raises the memorial flag of her late grandfather (a Pearl Harbor survivor) over…

Hello!

So proud my son will graduate on Dec. 18!  It's been a very long haul (started in July) - first he was NPQ'd for Aviation due to vision issues, then he declined an offer to join the Civil Eng Corps - because he wanted to try for Oceanography - and he got it!! It's all turned out beautifully, and Mom is Very Proud.

Question, any ideas what kind of gift to give at commissioning?  Ideas and suggestions welcome!

My thanks -

Deb - Proud Navy…

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My spouse is LEO, prior Crime Scene Investigator and…

Can anyone please explain to me how this process will work. My son left on 11/24/15 and I am so concerned with what's happening to him. He has never been without me, when will I hear from him? can I send him calling cards so he can call home. will he need money in his bank account to be able to make phone calls.  

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