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Permalink Reply by DJsmom on
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Hello everyone ... So my birthday is today and I recieved the best present, well close, I got a letter from my son. Yayyyy!!!!!!! Hope some of you got letters too. Here's the weird thing still didnt get my form letter. The recruiter did give me the correct info.
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Permalink Reply by WendyJ on
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I received a letter yesterday. It was a great feeling to open the mailbox and see that letter. My SR sounded good and seems to like BC. Hope you all receive letters soon.
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Permalink Reply by Chazlyrn61 on
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Hi everyone! Well we received our first letter from our son today. he sounds a bit homesick but pretty positive overall. I was so happy to find that letter in the mailbox!
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Permalink Reply by beccasusan26 on
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I got three letters today, his family got letters also.. I was so happy! And then I read them. sounds like some of them are having a hard time. But my boyfriend wrote that they have a group of over 70 people. I am sure it is hard for all them to find a "rhythm". I hope everyone got their letters and it made things easier. Now, I can only hope things get easier for them...
And happy birthday DJsmom, i couldn't think of a better present.
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Permalink Reply by Seniters on
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My boyfriend is doing the same thing yours is!!! Glad to hear I'm not the only girlfriend :)
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Permalink Reply by Bob's mom on
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RTB, I'll get us back up to the top. Let me see what stupid comment I can make to get a response out of those in the group. When we were giving our young folks swimming lessons at age 3, 4 , 5 , did any of us ever think they would choose this path?
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Permalink Reply by Rtb_Ship_?? on
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Any more letters or phone calls from this division? I'm still empty handed.
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Rtb, From what I understand, our guys are in the water A LOT! They are probably too exhausted to even hold a pen! I've received one letter and his girlfriend has received one. They said virtually the same thing, so I told him to please write his girlfriend first, then she could share with us what she wanted. That way he wouldn't have to write the same thing twice. I know down time is a hot commodity. I honestly was shocked to receive the letter I got. I truly was not expecting anything. The letter I got was written the 20th, so nothing has come since. I read somewhere not to expect anything until the third week. The staff in the mail room are civilians and they work a regular business day handling mail for 4000-6000 recruits. Then they have to get them to the person in each division assigned to the task of distributing the mail. I can only imagine the nightmare of mail distribution on a base that large.
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Thanks for the update. Will keep my fingers crossed for this week. No news is good news--boy, I hate this saying!
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