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Ship 13 Div. 364 Doing Battle Stations tonight
Thanks to all the wonderful support. :-)
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Permalink Reply by Marla~ on
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Hey...just got my son Brandons letter and he is on ship 13 div.364 also. Happy to finally see someone else who has a son/daughter in the same.
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My daughter Molly is also on Ship 13 division 364. I have heard it is an integrated ship. I'm not sure what that entails but I can't wait to meet you at PIR! Tammy
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Hi Marla, In my next letter to Molly I am going to ask her is she knows Brandon. We should all meet the night before PIR somewhere and connect. I am flying in from NY on the 15th (thursday) and staying until monday. If anyone is up for it let me know. I will see where there is somewhere we could have a welcome party for all of us. I can't wait until PIR. Molly will have grown so much. From her letter she seems pretty upbeat. See you all very soon! Tammy
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Hi Tammy...I am Brandon's nana and Marla's mom. It would be great if the recruits get to know each other and the families get to know each other on here. We will be driving from NJ and will get there Thursday. I know many groups do get together the night before the PIR.
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Marla and her family and me (Brandon's nana) and the hubby are staying at Ramada. Who is going to be at the meet and greet there on October 15th?
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Permalink Reply by Margaret_ProudTexasMomof2Sailors on
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Welcome Marla. What are your son's plans after BC? Mine will go to A school in Great Lakes. He is going in as a corpsman.
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Good afternoon everyone! Just three of us so far?
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I think there are more of us on the boot camp site. I started the same discussion on that site as well.
Stacie, where are you staying for PIR? I was looking into staying at the Knights Inn. -
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Days Inn in North Chicago. We'll just be staying Thursday night though. We can come home on Friday (as long as we get her back in time!).
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I think I am going to stay Thrus. through Sat. Laurence's A school is on Great Lakes. I still have not received his letter, but I hope he is not a "Grad and Go"
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he should not be a grad and go if he is staying at Great Lakes...Brandon will be also going to A school in Great Lakes for a corpsman
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Hi everyone, my son is in this group too. He enlisted as a Corpsman. Jonathan left on August 25 I received the "kid in a box" on August 28. The form letter came on Monday August 31. It sounded just like him, he still had his sense of humor. I did receive a call at about 11PM on the 25. He was able to still use his cell before it went into the "box". I can't wait to hear his stories. If my picture comes up side ways it is because I can't fix it. I need a new one have lost 45 lbs since that picture was made. Hope this helps for others with a time frame. I'm curious that some in this div. have already gotten real letters.
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