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SHIP 11 DIV 350
Anyone else out there with an SR in the same SHIP and DIV? I would love to hear from you.
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Permalink Reply by Mamaof5 (Nuke mom, EM) on
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Nice birthday gift. I guess they were suppose to have an hour but it was lost and dropped down to 15 min. How is your son holding up? Is he sick like mine?
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Permalink Reply by beckmcs on
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Perfect birthday gift for sure! He sounds really good. Like almost everyone he has a cough but his is mild and pink eye is going around but he has not gotten it so far. He said they lost 45 minutes of the call because someone flipped off an RDC, as you said in your post last night. He said their Chief is the toughest one but that they all love him. I asked how their division is coming together and he said he thinks they will be strong if they can get over too much talking. Sounds like they are chatter boxes and it gets them in trouble. He is very pleased that his job assignment is mailman as everyone loves him and there isn't much danger that he will mess up enough to get punished. I am so sorry to hear your son is sick. Do you get the feeling that they are looking after him? I forgot to ask when/if they might get to call again. I am bummed to hear it might be near the very end. I sure hope they earn another call in the interim!
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Mailman...wow, what a perfect job! I'm so glad tohear your son is not sick. Mine seems to be a mess. I'm not so worried about the pinkeye as I am about the pneumonia, and sinus infection. Not to mention the infection he got after getting his teeth pulled by food that got up in surgery site. Aarrgghh! Normally my son is very healthy. He told me not to worry that they are taking good care of him but he can't spend anytime in sick bay. If he gets set back he loses his job. He said a lot of guys a being set back due to asthma. Thank goodness he was in really good shape to begin with. Even with all of this going on he was the fastest runner in 4 divisions. Running has always been his thing. He does say he throws up afterwards. Maybe he pushes himself a little too hard. Lol. I heard that if they have pinkeye during Battlestations they won't be allowed to participate and their graduation date gets set back. Hopefully mine will recover by then and your son won't get it. I tried to add you to my friends list but I'm doing it wrong. Do you know how? It really sucked that they lost 45 minutes of the call but atleast we still got to hear from them since they could have taken the entire call away.
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I got my call!! I could not be happier- it came on my drive home from work= it could not have come at a better time.
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I'm happy for you. That call is so nice. Hopefully we get one again before they become sailors. My son said they don't get to call again until 2 days before PIR. Maybe they will earn one. :)
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Mamof5, I just sent a friend request. I clicked on your name and then clicked send message and it said I had to be a friend first and did I want to send a request. Let me know when/if you get it.
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Got it. Thanks.
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Permalink Reply by SheilaD on
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Thanks, beckmcs!
I got my call at 6:25pm last night! I am so grateful to whoever told me that 847 is the GL area code! He also told me that they were supposed to have an hour, but it got knocked down to 15 min. I think we talked for more like 18. I didn't get to ask him everything - I was trying to let him talk! He said letters are so important - send even more! Said he's healthy at the moment and that he passed his swim test but was short on the push ups for the other test. Thinks he'll pass next time. He said div350 needs to work more as a team - I tried to reassure him that it will come to pass, as they all learn to let go and trust each other more. He asked for lots of prayers, too. I told him I pray for the whole division, especially yesterday.
Mamaof5 - I am so sorry you're son is sick - I hope he gets better soon!
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my son was also sick he talked about the same things I hope they stay focused and work together I wish I could have talked more but we did not have much time I really see every one is going through the same thing I felt I was
the only one ........
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I think a lot of us are in the same boat. Oh by the way, I just spoke to a sailor/friend that went to BC about 4 months ago or so and he said that they were allowed to have their things if it was handed off at the airport, not at PIR. So if you follow your sailor to the airport maybe you can give them a suitcase with their stuff in it. He suggested a carry on since it cost them to check in the luggage. He also said if you bring a laptop it needs to be in a bag. They cannot just hold it. They could be given phones and other things then. I asked if any of the sailors he was with received luggage then and he said that one of them had a tv set in a large suitcase. Lol
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Let's start talking about PIR. Who will be there? My husband and I and our son's godparents are coming. We are staying at the Residence Inn. If our flight gets in on time we will make the last bit of the meet and greet at the Ramada. Our son will fly out Saturday for Monterey, California for A School so we are moving to a hotel in Chicago Saturday night.
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