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Howdy - New Member Here
My name is Christie been lurking here for a couple days and decided it was time to introduce myself, I live in Denton. I'm new to all this Navy stuff but I have sometime to learn.My son James swears in on Saturday and reports to OCS on Nov 11 as a SNA. He was class of '10 at A&M, and a member of the Corps.
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Permalink Reply by Donna on
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Hi Christie! My son went to TAMU in 10-11 and then joined the Navy. We wished he would have been in the Corps, but he decided not to. He finished bootcamp in May and is now in A school in Pensacola. We live in Maypearl so not too far.
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Hi ladies...I'm an Aggie Mom too...live in Richardson. My son graduated two months ago and is in Pensacola for flight school. Are any of you able to be at the dinner in Dallas this Thursday? I'd love to meet you.
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Cheri, I am planning on being there. Look for me! I will be anxious to meet you. :D
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Thanks for the welcome ladies. I bet there are more Aggie Moms out there.
1proudmama, I definitely want to pick your brain around what James does and does not need to take to OCS.
Donna, we raised James to be an Aggie but we never mentioned the Corps to him. That was strictly his decision, once he made it through his fish year I knew the would make all 4 years in the Corps. Of course it took him 5 years to graduate.
Cheri, I will try to make the dinner Thursday night, looks yummy. Do you need a definate yes or no to make reservations?
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aggiemom: One of the other moms is making the reservation. I think she would want to know if you might be able to make it, so she can adjust. If you check out the main discussion page, you can find her. I think it's "harpist". I hope you can be there!
Douglas was also in the Corps, in the Band. He took 5 years to graduate too.
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Permalink Reply by usmcmom on
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Howdy Christie! I'm a proud fightin' Texas Aggiemom too! I have 2 at TAMU - a 5th year senior (just completed his zip year in the Corps) and an upcoming sophomore. My senior is attending Marine Corps OCS this summer. So nice to meet y'all!
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Howdy usmcmom. I think they all take that final lap of the 5th year. Good luck to one going to Marine OCS this summer. I didn't think they could go to OCS before they graduated, I learn something new about the military everyday.
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Permalink Reply by Shan_Ship02/Div934 on
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Howdy from another (half?) Aggie mom! My son would've been '14 but let's just say he enjoyed his Corps time more than the class time. (Grrrrr!!) BUT, all's well that ends well - he tested off the charts on the ASVAB with a particularly crazy score in the nuke section after his sophomore year and just left on the 7th for boot, then off to SC for Nuke. I doubt he'll go sub, but as we all learn sooner or later, anything can happen.
We're hoping that thanks to the number of credits he has he'll be put into the STA-21 program or they'll bus his backside back to graduate and go OCS - which is a super long-shot, but stranger things have happened.
Any other Spartan or class of '14 FDT/Color Guard moms? Oh, as I'm sure you've figured out, I'm Shannon & we're out in the wilds of western TX, near Abilene. :)
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