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August First 2011
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Permalink Reply by aggiemom (Corpsman A School) on
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My son is leaving tomorrow (August 2) for Great Lakes from Michigan. It will be nice to have someone to talk to about it if you want to friend me we can chat about it. It's going to be a long 8 weeks but maybe together we can get through.
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Permalink Reply by proud2baNavyMom on
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Hang in there aggiemom my son leaves in 15 days so I am right there with you. I am proud of all the men and women who have shosen to serve their country. My thoughts and prayers are with you and all the other parents with children leaving and serving.
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Permalink Reply by KathyMmom on
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So - how are you doing aggiemom? It's been a couple of days now - are you holding up okay? We are getting ready to say Ahoy, and he goes out on Tuesday, but I am still just not ready. My brain knows it's all happening, and I'm preparing for the party, helped him work through his room to pack, toss, keep - what will come with us at graduation vs what goes in the basement for his future family vs what he still wants (mostly clothes) but not sure when he gets to use them again, getting all of the paperwork in order, all that stuff, but my heart refuses to believe I won't be talking to him at all for the next several weeks. So - I was just thinking about you and the other moms who have already said their very recent goodbyes and thought I would stop by and send you all hugs!
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You know - I think I am doing okay. I am just thinking about him constantly wondering what he is doing right now, but I know that he is safe and strong and this is what he wants to do. I have been busy at home with my other son so that has kept me busy and not thinking about it a lot. As time passes it gets easier. Just waiting for the box to come so I can get his address and other information.
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Maybe they will - we will have to keep in touch to see if they are. This site has been a God-send. Now I can get my questions answered instead of hearing "I don't know" all the time.
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Hugs to you aggiemom. I still have a week before my son leaves, but I'm ready to backup and let it be July for a few more days. Hang in there! I know you are as proud of your son as I am of mine, and you are probably crying in your car as much as I am. :-)
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Permalink Reply by Tonya K(Ship 03 Div 319) on
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My son left on August 1st. I got a quick phone call from him last night around 12:00am to tell me he made it and was ok.
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My son sounded a little frazzled, but he had been up since 4:00am Monday morning. I guess he will have to get used to getting a little less sleep than he is normally used to. The main thing he was worried about is having to have his wisdom teeth taken out soon after he arrived at bootcamp. His recruiter asked him if he still had his wisdom teeth, and my son answered yes, to which his reply was " those will be coming out after you get there". Maybe he was joking, but he sounded serious.
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ohhh poor guys. Maybe they will get them out the same day. Your right though it might be a great time to catch up on some sleep. I can't wait to hear from my son again, I sit here wondering what he might be doing now. Whatever it is I know he's safe and doing this so he can have a career in the Navy.
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Oh no....I am so sorry you missed that call. I guess it's at very random times. Luckly my son called the house phone and not my cell, or I might have missed that call too. My son was actually supposed to go in August of 2010, but in May of 2010 while he was at a DEP meeting where him, other enlistee's and some recruiters went to play paintball, he slid on the ground to duck and cover and ripped his knee open on a 2 inch piece of steel that was sticking out of the ground. Needless to say, he was rushed to the ER and it was so bad that he had to have emergency surgery to reattach the petella tendon back to his knee cap, and fractured his tibia. He actually healed so remarkably fast and was released by his surgeon to go in when he was supposed to, but just as he was released to go to bootcamp, the MEPS dr. said he needed 6 months of healing before they would let him do anything. So by the time they got him back to MEPS to pick a new job, the only thing they had so he could leave right away was Seaman apprentince. He did get very high ASVAB scores, but he was so ready to go by that time he took whatever was available. He went in as an E2 I believe because he had some others signed in under him, so we'll see. I don't quite understand that part very well.
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He is very lucky. After it happened, all of his recruiters were right there in the hospital waiting with us, and that was my son's first question to them."Will I still be able to go in?" They told him not to even worry about it, that he would still go. I was very skeptical, but I never let him know because I knew it would kill him if he even thought there was a chance he couldn't go into the Navy. He was originally going in as a fire fighter. I think he really wants to be on the avaition side of things. We'll see what happens. I hope you get another phone call soon.
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Alyssa, did your SR have his wisdom teeth taken out? I have not heard from my son at all since the form letter came, most of the ladies in 319 received letters this week, but I have got nothing, and I am wondering if it's due to the fact he had to have his wisdom teeth pulled.
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