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All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
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CALLING ALL NAVY MOMS!
CALLING ALL MOMS! Here is a chance to let ‘our’ sailors know how much we love and support them! If there is one thing every Navy mom learns during boot camp it is to write a great letter!
Will you please write a letter or thank you card to a Sailor who is conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations? Our goal is to send over 5,000 thank you cards to Chaplain ‘Fish’ by February 10th! While Chaplain 'Fish" is on the USS Vinson, he will distribute the cards and letters we send to the crews of all 22 ships (NAVY, MARINE AND COAST GUARD) deployed to provide support to Haiti!
Contact your local schools, scout groups and churches! Collect as many thank you notes and cards and send them along! The best (and most cost effective) way to send them might be a flat rate box offered by the Post Office! Let these sailors know that you are proud of them and say thank you for all they are doing!
For the address of Chaplain ‘Fish’ please contact me with how many cards you have gathered and I will be happy to provide the address! Let's show them just how proud we are of them! We have shipped over 1,000 cards to date!
When the USS Carl Vinson pulled out of Norfolk January 12th on the way to their new homeport of San Diego they were singing ‘California Dreaming’. That night a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti and their destination changed. The Vinson was one of the first ships able to respond. Other ships have quickly loaded and got under way to be there side by side in this effort!
We have all watched the news and seen the pictures. But can you imagine what it is to be at sea for the first time and called to duty in such an important mission? To feel the 95+ degree heat, experience the cry for help and pain, see the devastation up close?
Many of our sailors are boots on the ground and many more are providing support for them. Those sights and sounds will stay with them forever. The United States Navy has prepared them to do their jobs, and let's face it; we know they are the best of the best.
These sailors are pumping over 3,500 gallons of water a day to deliver to quake victims, launching flights of aid and rescue from their deck, providing security, clearing roads, setting up tents and caring for many injured. They have given of themselves… working long hours, catching sleep when they can. Here is our chance to let them know how much we appreciate all they are doing!
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Comment by paytyn.A on January 21, 2010 at 7:35am
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Well written I for one is going to get family,church, and friends to all do a card and would love the address to do so....my fiance is on board the uss carl vinson and I'm proud of him and all the sailors onboard each ship sent to assist the haitions at this time
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Comment by diane {Shawns mom} on January 21, 2010 at 10:16am
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Thank YOU Susan, YOU ROCK, God I love this place ♥
Come on Moms, let's get busy..WRITING...Let us show our Sailors what NAVY MOMS can do!!!!
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whew..wondering when you were "gonna' arrive Susan.....LOL♥
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Comment by Susan mom to Niko on January 21, 2010 at 2:19pm
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So sorry... had to run errands for work this morning... silly boss!!! back behind the desk now!!!
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Comment by Sunshinestar8181 on January 21, 2010 at 2:34pm
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I have contact with some schools that I have done student teaching at. Susan, I sent you a friend request.. Can you PM me the address to send the letters to once I get them?
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I think I have caught up on responding to those that have requested the address for Chaplain 'Fish'. If I missed you please let me know! And thank you, thank you for your great response! The earth may have shaken but you moms are going flood the ships with love!
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Simple amazing men and women in the Navy! I can just picture this sailor climbing that tree and the kids giggling at him. Sounds like he took it in stride and got the job done! Each job like gets the people closer to aid being available. GO NAVY!
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Here is Chaplain 'Fish' at work...
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