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Comment by JayDee659 on August 26, 2022 at 5:23pm

Hi Anna!  Congratulations on both of your kiddos.  Wow! Are girls (and boys) are amazing. I know how proud you must be. 

We got to spend about a week with our sailor daughter in June. Otherwise we're just trying to avoid the heat! 

Comment by Liz on August 26, 2022 at 5:21pm

Congratulations to you and your amazing family Anna !! You must be so proud !

Comment by Anna on August 26, 2022 at 5:18pm

Sorry I've been silent for such a long time.  My summer has been crazy but things are finally settling down!! Good news about both of my sailors - Son has been selected to become a Chief Warrant Officer and will get Commissioned on November 1st!!  His younger sister, the officer will be the one giving him his oath of office!!  It's going to be another box of Kleenex moment for me!!!

And now I can spill the news on my daughter.  Jenn put in for a transfer to a new classification and was accepted.  She is no longer a Naval Flight Officer ( but still gets to wear those wings) and now is in the Navy Medical Corps. She went through training and earned her second set of Gold Wings as an Aerospace Experimental Psychologist. She was given orders to Patuxent River Naval Air Station.  So after attending her winging ceremony in Pensacola I helped her get stuff packed and ready for the movers and then drove with her and her dogs up as far as Asheville and then she continued on to Maryland.  With her connections she makes all over she was able to get permission to hold her winging ceremony on the flight line of the Blue Angels!!  We were right alongside Fat Albert and afterwards was able to go inside and sit in the cockpit!!!  I was so excited!!!  I'll include some pictures here as I got to do the pinning.  Also my husband and I moved this summer but still here in the Asheville area.  Oh, and I also had eye surgery!! Like I said - it's been a crazy summer.

Comment by Liz on August 26, 2022 at 4:50pm

Thank you all so much . I have to admit the first time she mentioned joining the Navy I pushed her toward college instead. She did two years and was unhappy . ( I feel tremendous guilt over this as I ran with the ball when she said that she wanted to be a teacher. ) So she enlisted and told me later. I was very surprised but supportive because it was only then that I realized how serious she was about it and not running from her feelings over her Dad. So I threw her a lovely party yet somehow we both were in denial about her ship date. On Sunday , 8/21/22 ,she admitted that she was surprised at how fast the date came for her to leave . So I honestly do not know what she wants to do and I am not sure that she does either. She mentioned going back to school but I don't think that is what she really wants to do. Her mind was and is on getting through BC. I will ask her in my next letter. I feel foolish not knowing the answer to that question.

Comment by Anna on August 26, 2022 at 4:20pm

Liz,

I am so glad you are here with us.  Those weeks of BC are really hard and it seems like forever until we hear from them again.  I am a Navy vet and went through BC 100 years ago and kinda knew what it would be like for my girl but I still cried daily when she left.  She reported to BC a month after my Mom passed away and I felt like I was never going to see my girl again.  Thank God it did get better.  Then her twin sister went off to Officer Candidate School after graduation from college.  I think that was worse because the stuff they go through in OCS is 1,000 times harder than BC!!! Punishment in OCS is extreme PT in the sand pits!!  Lots of tears shed then also!!  But my officer daughter just celebrated 12 years and I have a son that is almost at 20!! One thing I did for both my girls was to print pictures and little jokes on plain white paper and then write my letter around them.  They loved seeing what was going on in there absence and a little something to laugh at and the end of the day!! And it didn't take up any extra space in the envelope!!! Know that you are not alone, we have all gone through this same thing so we understand completely how hard it can be.  Do stay in touch and let us know how she is doing when you hear from her.

Comment by JayDee659 on August 26, 2022 at 3:16pm

Liz my mommas heart hurts for you. I promise that it will get better!  

My daughters PIR was 10/31. It's better to be in BC at GL now rather than when it gets colder! 

Comment by Liz on August 26, 2022 at 3:11pm

Today makes 5 days away !

Comment by Liz on August 26, 2022 at 3:09pm

Hi,
Her graduation ( PIR ) is on November 4, 2022. She is then going to A school at GL as well. I think one of the main things that gets to me is the " not knowing everything" about her life now. My head understands why the military wants them to be completely focused on training but my heart , well.........

Comment by JayDee659 on August 26, 2022 at 2:53pm

Liz you sure can share that. Also, what is she doing after BC?

We may have a mom or two on here with some experience in her area. 

How long has your daughter been gone?  The first couple weeks were the hardest for me. 

Comment by Liz on August 26, 2022 at 1:29pm

Hi!
Thank you so much for your support. My husband died 3 years ago so I am really happy to have found these groups. I have been using my phone and yes, it seems more difficult to join groups and find links and banners this way. I just wrote two letters so I am drained from crying. I will get on the desktop and join according to the rules. Can I say what date , God willing, my daughter will graduate ? ( PIR )

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