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Looking for Moms of Ship 07 Div 064
Any mom's out there from this group? My son is in the USS Chicago due to graduate on Feb 10th. Perhaps we can help each other?
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Permalink Reply by memphis.mom SHIP07 DIV 064 on
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My son is in the same Division. He is 23 years old and will be an IS when he gets out. What about yours?
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Permalink Reply by joirenee on
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My son will be 21 on the 21st of feb. I am not sure of the abbreviation but he will be a comp tech on a sub as either fire, sonar or electronics-he wants to go for electronics. Have you heard from your son yet? Mine wrote a little on the form letter I received. I am very proud of him and am also glad he was a little older than 18 when he went in-had some college, tried the job market out here, knows now great the navy is as a career
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My son called because he needed information for his security clearance. IS is for Intelligence Specialist. It was great to hear his voice but he basically had no time to talk other than to get the answers to the questions. I didn't care I was glad to hear him. They will not call other than if something is wrong for the first few weeks - No news is good news - it is true. I am also proud of my son. He had 3 years of college going in and decided to be in the intelligence field the Navy would be a great opportunity and the best way to get there. I am so excited to go to the PIR I cannot wait. Where are you from? My son went out of North Dakota but I live in Memphis, TN area.
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We are from Anaheim, CA and my son went out of San Deigo, CA. Intelligence field wow! cool! I am not worried about my son-yes it is going to be hard on him in boot camp but he wants this so he will do his best rather then rebel. He is my youngest child so now am an empty nester. So far no problems with it as my husband and I already have a plan of where our life is going very very soon. Quieter around the house though and I have more food and less dishes lol. My son also is a strong christian-know that will be tested too but trials are what make you stronger. His older brother and sister are both proud and jealous of him. They always picked on him (as siblings do) cause he was the youngest. Now all the reasons for teasing are now gone-he is no longer living with Mom, he has a career and he is responsible for his own actions. I am very very proud of him!
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I am not an empty nester - my recruit is my first to leave the nest. My daughters are soon to be 11 and 18 in the next month. My 18 year old is staying with us while she goes to college so I still have kids at home. I bet you miss your son even though your grocery bill and cleaning times are less now that he belongs to the Navy :) My thoughts and prayers are with all the recruits, especially during Christmas. I hope they keep their eye on the prize and try to remember 8 weeks isn't as long as it seems right now. Merry Christmas.
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Permalink Reply by rivermom on
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Hello! My son is on ship 7, div 064 also. He is 22 . . . sounds like they have a lot of "older" SRs in this division. We too are very proud that he enlisted--all on his own. He wants to be a nuke. This is all very very new to me and my husband. Most of my family military connections were WW II vets and are now deceased. I really appreciate this web site. Since our son was over 18, we did not have any contact with his recruiter. It sounds like family members of the younger guys have a lot of contact with them. I got the box and form letter with PIR date but no personal letter yet. I am wondering if it will be a while because of the Christmas mail slow down.
My husband & I are also now empty nesters. It is a very quiet Christmas season and I miss our "boys". If I understand the week by week description, they are now experiencing some tough days (and probably nights). I am praying for God's loving hand to be upon them to give them strength & wisdom to accomplish their goals.
Good to hear from you other Moms! Please let us know when you get your first real letter from your SR.
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I don't know if they all have a chance to but my son wrote a quick note on the back of the form letter we received. Although I probably had less contact with his recruiter than if he was 18 I still meet him a couple times. When my son was first interested in the Navy I went down with him because I had just as many questions as he did. I also admit I was a bit pushy when I thought one recruiter was giving my son the run around. I don't know if he was but my son quickly got another recruiter who kept us informed and made sure to call my son when there were any new developments instead of leaving him hanging. (Wow! sounds like I am an awful pushy mom, am not, just knew that this was a very great priviledge and didn't want my son to miss it by not knowing something)
I wonder how many boys are in this ship/division? I suppose we need to be careful about their names? I was thinking it would be fun to let the boys know we have connected and what knowledge we do have and let them figure out whose mothers are in contact.
Where did you get the week to week description?
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This is the link to the week by week listing.
http://www.navyformoms.com/group/leavinforbootcampinmarch/forum/top...
here is another good article about what they are doing:
http://www.defense.gov/specials/basic_training1/navy.html
There is another description I will have to look for and send you later. I don't think it was on NFM site.
Right you are--we are not supposed to give their names. I just refer to him as my son or SR.
You are certainly not a pushy mom--sounds like you are very caring. I think my son really wanted to launch out on his own for this decision and did not tell us until it was a done deal. Just as well--I over process things and would probably have lost a lot of sleep thinking about it all.
BTW, I did get a very short note on the back of the form letter also--even that was good! I was happy just to look at his handwriting!
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I did not have any contact with recruiter until after my son left. My son was attending college in a different state. From what my son said on Monday when I talked to him - I do not believe they have been able to send mail yet. I think they can hand it in on Sundays so perhaps this Sunday being Christmas they can mail and we will all have a happy new year letter from our recruits. I have an uncle that was career military and retired as an Army Major, other than that I have no military in my family and am also not accustomed to the life style.
If I am understanding it correct we will not get an actual phone call until week 5 or even 6 to say they are "OK". I was fortunate my son needed information and was allowed to call me Monday. The only other reason we would get a call is if something is wrong and we don't want that call. It is hard no matter what age they are to imagine them going through this process.
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actually I was told by my son that we would receive a call 3 weeks after they start but who knows if there are restrictions to this call or if it is a bonus for doing good. I have a question. My son had his cell phone when he started which has now be returned home in his box. Should I send him some phone cards or the fact that he has a debit card would solve this (in that he can buy them there maybe?)
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I would like to know that also. I have seen posts that say you can send them phone cards but you need to activate them before you send them.
I would also like to know if they can buy their own phone cards in the NEX. Again, I have read other posts which say during boot camp they are only allowed to buy essentials (uniform/grooming products) and nothing else at the NEX. Maybe that is why moms are sending them phone cards (?)
Also, I think I heard my son say (like yours) that we would get a call in three weeks--which puts it around Christmas. Maybe they are going to cut them slack and let them say Merry Christmas to their family (?) And then again, maybe not! It's still boot camp and maybe they don't want them to let their guard down.
I also read that they can get bonus calls to home for doing something really well--but I bet that doesn't happen often and probably not during the 1st few weeks.
So far, it only looks like there are only 3 of us moms participating in this conversation . . . hope there are more out there! It is really good to hear from you two---joirenee and memphis mom!
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I sent my son with a phone card. I am not sure but I don't know why you couldn't mail them one. I do believe that the "I'm doing ok" phone call comes after the 3rd FULL week of actual boot camp and does not include the week or so of processing - so depending on how long it took for them to get a full division it can be up to 5 weeks before the call sometimes. Hopefully it will not take that long for our boys!
Merry Christmas - I try not to think of the things that they are doing as we are all celebrating, however, hoping they get a little extra time on Sunday to rest.
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