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Ship 11 Division 065 - Let's meet here!
We just received our form letter yesterday and it was SO GREAT to get word from our son. He said he missed us...I was actually glad to hear that! I was afraid he would be so busy that he wouldn't have time to miss us. Anyway, let's share experiences here, and we can match names to faces at PIR!
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Permalink Reply by PopwouldbeProud Ship11 Div65 on
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Hi. Orange was taken for the scarf color, so I put us down for MAGENTA. Hope that's OK (orange was taken!)
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Permalink Reply by jdleapley on
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Hi,
My daughter is in this division. We received our second letter from her today. She said she should be able to call home soon and we are anxiously awaiting the chance to hear her voice! We are very proud of her. We are from MO. Looking forward to sharing some of these highly emotional moments with other moms!
Can someone fill me in on the scarf comments please?? I am not sure what you are referring too.
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Hi. Welcome to our group! My son is in this division (it's mixed). Some of the moms shared a tradition where the different divisions' moms wear the same scarf color, so that their SRs/Sailors can easily find them in the audience during PIR. So those of us in Ship 11/Div 65 will be wearing MAGENTA, and you can help your daughter to look for you when she marches in the doors!
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Hi everyone! We got a VERY SHORT call from our SR yesterday (his girlfriend got most of his minutes!). Did you get calls? Hope so! We also received a wonderful letter and seems like the division is working well together. He said everyone is cool! What do you hear?
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Permalink Reply by gator div 065 on
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I was able to talk to my SR yesterday also. She passed her first test, She sounds good and the food is better now but gasy and I could send her deordorant and toothpaste please LOL. And her sister hogged most of the time augh. LOL
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I like the idea of the scarf for identification. Do they sell these at the NEX on base or do we just purchase a magenta scarf somewhere close to home? My nest is officially empty as my 21 year old daughter just left a half hour ago for a semester of college in Ireland. Now I need to put all this time to good use & volunteer to help those in need. May God bless this great country of ours, the freedoms we have & those willing to defend her!
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We are pretty much on our own as far as getting our scarves, although one of the moms on this site, Lala, will make one for you if you'd like. I'm just going to keep my eyes open for something magenta in my travels this next month. Here's the link to Lala's profile. As you can see, she makes ribbons and scarves for those who want to order them from her. http://www.navyformoms.com/profile/Lala
Where are you from?
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No call yet :( Got a letter a couple of days ago that stated she had gotten a little hurt, some bruise ribs....so I would really, really like to hear her voice and confirm that she is ok. I miss her of course, but I think the hardest part is not getting to talk to her.
My daughter wants Q-tips! LOL Are we allowed to send them things like that????
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She will call and the Navy has the best doctors so I'm sure she will be fine. Q-tips now that's a funny request, yes only personal higene stuff is aloud. I will ask my daughter about anyone getting brused ribs maybe they know each other. Hang in there we are here for you.
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We are from upstate New York, on the cold, windy & snowy shore of Lake Ontario. We've lived many places though as my husband is USN retired. Being a navy mom is a different world from that of a navy wife. I think I will look for some magenta polar fleece to make a winter scarf. Where are you from?
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Permalink Reply by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on
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Wow that is so cool to go to Ireland. My stepdaughter wants very much to do at least one semester abroad while she is in college. She is a senior now and so is my son. he is joining the Navy and she will go away to college and my daughter is already a Sailor. So I dread the empty nest for sure. Please let me know how she likes Ireland and the people there. My stepdaughter really wants to go to Spain but Ireland is just so beautiful.
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Hi everyone in search of Magenta. I found some really cute, warm MAGENTA scarves at Target yesterday...here in South Florida! We're keeping with the color, but going for some prints! Just sharing an alternative. Hope you had a great day!
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