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Ship 11 Div 068
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Permalink Reply by Dustin's Mom on
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Has anyone from ship 11/div. 068 gotten a real letter or a call yet?
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Permalink Reply by MartyB on
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Dustin's mom-nothing here but hoping any day now! Did check his bank acct and he got paid!! Hang in there...I'm waiting on the mailman as I type this :-)
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Thanks - I'm so lonesome for him! Please let me know if you hear anything?
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I GOT MAIL!!! 3 letters in the envelope. He sounds good and says its not too bad. His humor is still intact!!
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Yea! My letter(s) have to be coming tomorrow. How is everything? Are they doing well as a division? Sleeping, eating, not getting yelled at too much? Please share!!!
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Permalink Reply by tlr1122 (ship 11 div 068) on
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We just received our first letters too! Three for me and three for his girlfriend all in one envelope. The last one was dated Christmas. He misses home but sounds like he is doing ok. He did say they yell a lot...about everything.
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Dustin's mom- he sounded good and said he had made a couple of friends and wasn't so lonely. He said they were really busy trying to catch up so that they could be ready to graduate Feb 10. In two days he learned there were over 10 different ways to fold a shirt, how to take a shower in 47 secs, if it wasn't done perfect than it was shit, and some people are such dumbasses! They have 96 people in their division! They get yelled at some but he said their chief was cool, one of their Petty Officers was hysterical and the other one was the spawn of Satan. Haha I thought that role was reserved for me! The food is great! He said he was still "under the radar" and hadn't been given a job yet. No word on how the division was jelling. He has made a couple of friends and that has helped the lonliness. Hope you get a letter and maybe you can full me in on what Dustin says!
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I will - funny about "under the radar". My son said his goal is to get to PIR and have the chief say, "You're in this division?" I think they will notice him, though. He's a hard worker and a team player...along with having a very dry, fun sense of humor. I hope our guys know each other but with 96 (!) they might not. Thanks SO much for the info! My dad (who lives just outside of Dallas) called yesterday and said, "So what did Dustin say?" I had just watched the mail carrier drive away, so I sobbed. I thought he must have gotten a letter. I asked him and he quickly said, "No, and even if I did, I wouldn't have the nerve to tell you!" Ha! I'll let you know what I hear, when I hear....
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No letter today.......Tuesday. I pray!
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I'm not sure my son will write much, but I'm sure he knows how much I need a line or two. I did send a couple of questionaires in my letters. I think I'll have more luck with those. Tomorrow is a mail day!
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My son is not much of a writer and the letters we received were short but I believe they will encourage all the SR's to write home. We received his 2 week's worth all at once - the last dated 12/25/11 last Friday. My SR said the days were all about the same, so he did not have much to say other than they let them have ice cream on Christmas and he missed us and home. He told me he had made a few new friends when he called for security clearance info but he did not mention any names. I am sending a couple of more letters today and I asked if he happened to know a Dustin. I know in a group this large, there is probably more than one but I asked him if he did, encorage him to write. One thing my son did mention is he believed they were holding his letters. He knew I had written because we spoke on the phone but as of Christmas, he still had not received any mail. Supposedly, until the SR's settle in this could happen so maybe your son's outgoing has just been delayed. Hopefully, your letters will arrive today!
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tlr1122 (ship 11 div 068) Where do you live? I'm in a small town in Texas...off the beaten path. Maybe mine is just taking a little longer to get to me. I hope!
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