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Ship 11 Div 273
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Permalink Reply by hstolz on
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I got a call yesterday too! Thanks so much Debera for letting us know that a call was likely coming. My cell phone was never more than a foot away from me all day!! Sounds like their Division is doing well. Alec said they were on track for "Hall of Fame," but then they had 3 big mess ups, so they will receive some lower level of recognition. All but one SR passed Test #2, but the one retook it and then passed. He said they have fire training next and then Battle Stations. Alec invited "Howard" to spend liberty day with us (which is perfectly fine!) Is Howard's mom out there? Apparently the guys are trying to figure out whose moms are chatting, but we use their first names, and none of them know each other's first names.
I don't know what the info on BS is or how to access it. Can someone please tell me about that? Thanks so much. **Heidi
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If you're talking about what, exactly, Battlestations is, there are a couple of discussions in this group. Just click on "view all" in the discussion area and you should be able to find them on one of the pages. If you're talking about the dates for Battlestations, Dianne will be sending out a group e-mail with the dates that she has.
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Permalink Reply by Debera1952 (SR Kyles Mom) on
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I didn't mean to take it upon myself to inform N4Ms Divi 273 about Battlestations. I wasn't aware there was someone assigned to do that and to post a schedule. I just wanted to feel somewhat involved since I won't be there to be part of any of this. I do apologize to anyone if I did offend them I have since removed the posting. I am requesting those in Divi 273 disregard the group message I did send out. I wish you and your SR's all the best.
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Debera, you can group e-mail any time you want to! I know Dianne is sending out the entire Battlestations schedule when she has all of the dates, but I don't think that means you can't send out what you know. I think we are all wanting every bit of information we can get and to feel as involved as we can with our SRs. I'm having difficulty cutting the ol' apron strings myself, that's for sure!
I certainly hope you don't think by anything I've posted that I meant you could not inform anyone of this division's date. I think the ubiquitous "they" don't want them posted on any forums, which is why we're all sending them via message. If anyone else has made you feel as though you shouldn't participate in the Battlestations date-palooza messaging, just tell them "You're not the boss of me!" This is hard enough on us Moms - no one should be making you feel bad about anything!
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I, too, am happy for any news about anything!! I'm not a facebooker, so am new to how online forums work. Sorry if I said something the wrong way - I just didn't know even what BS was or what you meant by a private message. Thank you again for posting what you know!! :-)
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Permalink Reply by Patttea on
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I also got a call yesterday....30 seconds! He spent 10 minutes on with his girlfriend and 30 seconds for his Dad and I. It was frustrating. His letters came today and he said that Div 273 is really starting to work together as a team. As of Aug 2 the Division had won two flags; one for everyone passing the Physical and the other for Scholastics.
**He also said that After BS they can go to the Nex and use the phones all day.....am i aloud to say that?
Says he went though Hell week with strep throat, but didn't go to Medical. Said this is the second time being sick but didn't want to miss events. He said 15-20 people go to medical every day.
He didn't mention a name but he made good friends with an SR who is also going to A-School in San Antonio and they are planning on playing golf together! :)
I don't know if anyone else is having a hard time with having to hold back unhappy news from their SR but I am. It's eating me up that one of his friends passed away Sunday. I know I can't let him know yet, but it has consumed our family all week. 17 year old dieing of a Brain Hemorrhage. I can't wait til i can call my SR freely and tell him i Love him on the phone. 800+ people at the funeral today.
Good Night to all and 16 days left........
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I am so sorry to hear about your SR's friend passing away of a brain hemorrhage and my heart goes out to the family of this young person. You are right to wait until he is on leave with you where you can give him this tragic information. Our prayers are with you, your SR and the family.
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So very sorry to hear about your son's friend. What a tragedy when such a young person dies. It'll be hard for your son to hear it 3 weeks after it happened, but it really is for the best that he not have that kind of news while he is at boot camp as there is nothing he can do and he would just be stressed out. We have been lucky that there has been no horrible news for us to hold back. It would be hard.
When my daughter was in boot camp, her division got an hour phone call after Battlestations. It would be great to get an even longer call, but I suspect with up to 4 divisions going through Battlestations at a time, they don't have enough phones for everyone to spend all day on them! But I think you can count on at least an hour (fingers crossed!). My son also used one of his phone calls to call his girlfriend. Funny, we got a letter yesterday that said he might be able to call on Tuesday, then he called his girlfriend! Oh well, we got the 30 minute call on Saturday. The Tuesday call was about 5 minutes.
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Candle buring was able to find one of the flameless candles in blue. Hope all went well for our loved ones. OOH RAH!
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Permalink Reply by oregon mom on
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I just got my "I'm a sailor call". Div 273 passed their Battlestations-21 this morning. YEAH! Now the next leg of our journey. Congratulaions to all the new sailors and their families.
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Congradulations to all the Divi that graduated today, last but not least Divi273! OOH RAH!
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