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Looking forward to going thru this next stage of their lives with you. Our son will be in GL for 30 weeks, he is in AE/CF program.
What is your son or daughter doing now? Where are they at for school?
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Permalink Reply by AngiePNMx2 on
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My son left today for Pensacola for 5-6 weeks...not sure about indoc. he was suppose to be a pre-bud but they didn't process the paper work in time so after A school hopefully he will end up back in GL for pre-buds
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Permalink Reply by Mary, Proud Mom of Nick on
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Got our first call from Nick - although he was able to take his cell phone with him, I suspect we will hear from him less than boot camp! Yesterday his class ran 7am - 6 pm, then they marched to the galley for dinner and then he had to report for an instructional watch. He has to do three "instructional" watches this week and get them signed off.
He will be getting a new roommate today so there will be three in his room; he has duty on Saturday but they are looking at buying Season Passes and go to Six Flags on Sunday. He will be in GL until mid November and loves Six Flags so a season pass makes sense for him.
Also for those in Great Lakes - they switch over to their dress whites next week, Pensacola and Gulfport has been in their whites for a while now. -
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Permalink Reply by Molly Molly Fo Folly on
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So six flags opens up this weekend ? well I know where Colton will be :)
I want pictures when they get into there whites........... arggg he wont think it important enough I will have to beg him. LOL I bet the halls the first week are full of sailors in there dress whites getting there pics taken for there good ole moms :) What a mothers day present that would be !! -
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I did tell Nick that I want a photo of him in his dress whites and he just chuckled...he might as well said - hold your breath on that one mom!!! However, he was very agreeable to pictures all weekend so maybe he will surprise me!
Six Flags open this weekend - hmmmmmmm good question! Did they check on that little detail before making plans?! Don't know - they were not open last weekend from what we could tell, I am not even sure the one here in GA has opened yet. Nick has to stay in his dress uniform for the first two weeks and we had suggested that he might want to wait until he could wear something else to Six Flags...I can just see that white hat sailing from the top of a roller coaster!! I think after being in boot camp for a couple of months now - he's just anxious to go have some fun. -
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Colton has gone downtown with new friends, gone to a chicago bulls game, the mall, has tix for a cubs game, plays pool, watches movies, pizza place and watch the nfl draft. He is always doing something......... full speed ahead.
Nick is gonna have a blast :) -
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Goodness, Colton has really had an opportunity to enjoy Chicago in a short time, I'm so glad that they are able to get out and about after their time in boot camp. The NFL draft? My husband would be SO jealous!
It sounds like it maybe a couple of weeks before Nick gets much freedom to enjoy, his class yesterday was 11 hours long and the has instructional watches this week as well so he was heading to bed when he called last night but it will get normal (?) at some point soon. He's not complaining but did tell us some of the new sailors from this weekend had...spider watches - have you heard about that one?!!! -
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No what is a spider watch ...........
oh and as for the NFL draft , he watched it on tv in a pizza place not live :) But he enjoyed it just the same. Colton is a HUGH and I repeat HUGH sports fanatic. -
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Steve tivo-ed it so he could watch it as well. Football fanatic!!
So Nick was chuckling when he told us that some of the new sailors from this weekend got ...spider watch. Apparently the more seasoned sailors, send them out to the front of the building to watch for spiders?!!!
It is just their way of having some fun with them. Steve told Nick...there is no mail buoy either - apparently they like to tell the ship board sailors to watch for the mail buoys as well! -
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I have heard the mail buoy story before.......... I will have to ask Colton if he ever got spider watch .....LOL
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Sounds like a snipe hunt:)!
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Very funny Joyce..........
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They will also have them guard trash cans....and if they think you are not really applying yourself they will have someone......usually someone you trust drop a plate, napkin, kleenex.etc.....with the word "bomb" written in bright red letters......if they don't catch this message.......they do more watches, punishment push-ups, or what ever it takes for them to take these watches serious.
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