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New Navy Mom looking for local friends Dallas/Ft. Worth
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Permalink Reply by UFQ202- Ship 12, Div 231 on
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Welcome from Garland. We have a local group called DFW Navy Moms on Facebook. We try to meet up once a month. My advice to you is just go with the flow. My son has been in six years and I am retired Navy. We are both Corpsman. Feel free to ask me any questions.
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Permalink Reply by Angela on
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Oh wow that is exactly what my son is doing Corpsman. Does your son enjoy it and yourself when you were active? I'm so confused when he talks about it all...he says if he finishes very high in his A School he could have pick of ship or to travel with Marines?? Is that correct??
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I loved being a Corpsman. I have 9 years active duty and 12 as a reservist. When I got pregnant with my first they wanted to send me to Subic Bay in the Philippines. My other choice was Corpus Christie with over night duty every three days so I left active duty and joined the reserves. I was able to go back to school and get my RN.
My son joined six years ago and just missed going to Corps school in Great Lakes. He went to Ft Sam Houston and took his truck. We got to go and visit often. We stayed on Ft Sam at the hotel there. Made it easier for Jonathan to see us. His first duty station was San Diego working on pediatrics. He loved working with the kids. His first death was hard but we talked about it. He then went to Camp Lejune. He had to become 8404 to go to his next duty station Naval Cargo Handling Battalion One. He was able to travel the world and even went to Norway and the same job I had done years earlier. He is now at Bethesda in Washington DC and loves it there. His contract is up in 2019 but is almost done with his bachelors degree and is applying to the nursing program. He wants a commission. If you want to talk or your son has questions just let me know. Just remember you got this- your son volunteered but you were drafted. -
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As far as school goes you are correct, the better their grades the better their choice of orders. BUT always remember needs of the Navy comes first and orders can change so can their leave.
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