If your Sailor is an Officer, you can change "Enlisted" to "Officer."

You can also check out CARRIER Families! and/or Norfolk Sailors - Family & Friends.

Your Username appears to contain your last name; if so, you should change that and the URL to this page. Numbers 1 and 2 at the bottom of OPSEC and PERSEC (Making Changes to Your Profile) (clickable link) will tell you how to fix both. There may be other changes you will want to make as well, such as number 3.

I thought you might like this,  http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrbrkly/11453235363/in/photostream/. It is the USS Harry S. Truman--well, not really--in the Dominion Garden of Lights at Norfolk Botanical Garden.

Yeah, they got married right before he left.  She still lives down at school and he lived here at home.  That is why he doesn't have it, I'm guessing.  I just sent a message to her and I will send it to you when I get it.  Thanks for doing this for him!!   So I am assuming that he is receiving his mail and it able to write now?   I know this is probably against protocol but when you give the address to Andrew, can he sneak in an "I love and miss you" from his Mama?   If he feels awkward doing it, I understand.  But this is like the first contact I have had so I can't help but trying!  :)    

I know you are thrilled to pieces about seeing your baby!!  I know I would be!!   Will he be returning home after graduation for a while?   

Thanks again to you and Andrew for being there for Adam!   

Oh no!! I was just telling my youngest son, Corey,about what you said about the push-ups because we have sent several already!!   Oh well!  I hope what we wrote was worth it!   It sure is hard!  I know that -- no one around here really knows or can identify with it because in our small town there have not been but a handful in the past 20 years I bet!  We have a few enlisted that I know of, and Adam has a close friend that attended Annapolis, but that is about it.  We are very small!  In fact, it was was a big thing around here when they found out about Adam!  Our Mayor (who wrote a letter of reference) and the Judge were all excited for him!   So needless to say we do not have many groups in my area to meet with!   That is why it is so wonderful to talk with you and I have met a few other Mom's through the Facebook group for their class.   We had our first photos posted on the Newport OCS training Facebook page early today!!!   I cried and cried!! There was a great picture of him standing right out side of a door!!   He looked tired..... The more I read about OCS the greater and great respect I have for these men and women.  They really go through so much.   I just hope he is okay and staying positive.  

I think we are going to drive out to see Adam when he graduates.  My mom and dad will be driving up from the Carolinas so we plan to stay there a little while if we can and celebrate as long as we can all together!    Thanks for keeping in touch!!!   It really means so much to me!      March 27????  That is just right around the corner!!!   I know you must be so excited!!  

Hi, Mary!  Have you heard anything that you can tell me about how Adam may be doing?  I was just worried.  I can't stop thinking about him.  I know yesterday that he went through physicals and his only issue there was anemia which they said was not problem and they will give him vitamins.  I just wanted to see if you have heard anything at all....  Thank you