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March 1st Shipout
My husband left from Dallas the morning on March 1st, and called me to let me know he made it at 2am the next morning. I'd love to hear from someone who has a relative in his group!
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Permalink Reply by northchannel on
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Our son shipped out March 1 and we received the form letter with graduation date yesterday. He was allowed to write about 4 lines. Not much, but said he did get 2 hours of sleep on Tuesday night and the videos on Youtube were not very representative. Graduation is earlier than we were expecting - April 23. We immediately wrote a short note and ran it down to the post office to make the 3 pm pickup.
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Permalink Reply by heartingasailor on
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What ship and division is your son in? My husband left MEPS on March 1st and got to bootcamp on March 2 at 2am. I haven't received a letter yet..
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Moe and hearingsailor
Ship 4 Div 810
We live here in the Midwest. Rather than have the recruiter pick him up, we drove the 350 miles down to Detroit on Sunday. He checked into the hotel on Sunday, Feb. 28 evening, processed at MEPS Monday morning and then flew to Chicago on Monday afternoon, March 1. We were able to witness the swearing in on Monday morning and spend an hour or so with him before they boarded the bus for the airport. His flight arrived in Chicago on Monday afternoon about 4 EST and we received the phone call about 10 EST monday night.
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Permalink Reply by Cheyanna (Wife of Brent,Nuke MM) on
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My husband left from California to Great Lakes on March 1st also! How are you holding up? I have my good days and my bad days...I just miss him so much! He is in Ship 10 also but division 168..I wonder if that means they do anything together! I received a letter today from the navy Cheif about graduation and Brent (my husband) was able to write in some areas, so it was GREAT to see his handwriting and to hear a little from him! Are you going to be at graduation on April 23rd?
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Yes! Weren't you so excited to find out graduation was April 23rd?? We had been anticipating May 8, so it was a great surprise! Did your husband write in all capital letters on the form? Mine did, and I wonder if they make them write that way...hmmm. I can't wait for the first REAL letter.
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YA!! He wrote in all capitals!! I was like hmmm...Ohwell :) :) I can't wait either! I have been sending letters and cards everyday. How are you holding up?
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Better than I thought! The hardest part is being in charge of our toddler all by myself. Whew. I write him every single day, which helps A LOT. It is strange not being able to just pick up the phone and call whenever I want, though. I REALLY hope he's not a Grad n Go. That would just be too hard. What will your husband be doing for the Navy?
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He is in the nuclear engineering program. So we are going to Charleston for all three of his schools, so that makes it nice. I can join him right away. I can't imagine taking care of a little one all on my own, we have a puppy and that keeps me plenty busy. 45 days left I think.....Yay!
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Oh, my husband tested into the nuclear engineering program! We were all geared up for Charleston, and then found out he was too old (he's 26). So now, we're moving to Groton, CT where he'll attend school for a couple of years for submarine stuff. I'm so glad we can join him right away, as well!
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