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Permalink Reply by sailors_girl24 (ship09/div 197) on
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Has anyone gotten a letter yet? when did you get it?
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Permalink Reply by djaltic on
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I still have not received a letter either. I hoping for one sometime this week. Knowing that my SR already said that he wasn't going to write letters!! I am hoping he was just kidding and is missing his family enough to go ahead and write. Besides I have asked a lot of questions in my letters so he needs to answer them!! :)
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Permalink Reply by wendyb on
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Sailors girl and djaltic- My SR wrote a letter on Easter and it got here in NY on Saturday. They were just getting into their training. She said her RTC's are teaching them marching formations that divisions two weeks ahead of them can't do yet so she was excited. LOVES marching. The girls and some of the guys are chatty and are getting into some trouble. (PT/IT 'd or my daughter says 'beat' ) They still had not recieved our mail yet. Said her Mail PO said they only had a stack of 10letters for the division! Which is bologna because I think between me and my husband we sent that many! Hopefully they will have already recieved them. Keep me posted on your SR's. Have either of you made arrangements for PIR? We did. Staying at the Ramada Inn and going to the meet and greet. I hope to meet you there!
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Thanks Wendy!! I am sure between me and my mom we have sent a dozen or so as well. I will be stalking the mail man this week. Hopefully she doesn't think I am weird!! haha I doubt my SR is the one chatting, he is quite and shy. It is nice to hear through you how things are going for them though! I have made reservations at the Quality Inn. I do plan on going to the meet and greet as well, hope to see you there!
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I can't believe he only had a stack of ten because me and my SR's mom have been sending letters like crazy. Thankx for the update Wendy it'sgood to know that they are moving forward. I'm staying in the Ramada too I don't know if I'm coming to the meet and greet yet.
Don't djaltic I have been stoocking my maillady and she is starting to get amused. My mom owns a campground so she brings the mail to the store. I'm always sitting on the bench out front. Still no letter through.
It was really funny I went to my SR church this past weekend to let them know how he was doing. Well i did hear from my sailor because I called the red cross about his grandmothers death. So I didn't have much to tell them. But anyhow his pastor's sermon was on the word wait and how that is the one word in the english language everyone hates. I almost laughed.
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I think the mail PO was being "smart" when he/she said only 10 letters. I don't think they were serious. Wonder when we will be getting a phone call?????
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I think your right since my sailor got most of my letters on saturday.
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I got a letter from my SR today!!! He is loving every minute of it! He says the first week was hard but he loved it. He is the DCPO (damage control petty officer) which is just cleaning up and logging anything that is broke. I can't wait to see him on June 10th!! I am sooo proud of him!
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I got a letter too, well actually two. He said that they are getting extra PT this week, but he didn't know why? But besides that he was doing good and bc is not as bad as he thought it would be, well at least up to this point. I'm hoping since the frist two divisions of this PIR got phone calls today we will get one tomorrow or Friday. Fingers are crossed.
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Glad you heard from your SR> MY daughters friend got a letter written on the 29th. They had just recieved all their mail...loads of it! Said they had 2 more weeks of hell then they get into the good stuff. But like your SR, mine is loving it too!
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Well I think my sailor was looking forward to next week because of arms training and being a country boy he likes big guns. But I'm sure they are all excited for the end of the next two weeks.
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I can't keep track of where they are at in their training! Do you know the day they are at? My daughter is a country girl complete with workboots, blue jeans and loves a good tractor, & fourwheeler. Said she wants to narry a good southern boy but its hard to find one in the northest! LOL I'm glad your son is doing good.
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