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Ship 03 (USS Hopper) Divisions 315 & 316 (brother divisions)
Welcome to the discussion group for divisions 315 & 316. These two divisions will be training together from the start to BS21, their final test.
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Permalink Reply by ranaeaw (ship 03 div 316) on
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Hopefully you will be able to receive a letter or two sometime soon. At least he called and you know he is okay. It's the not knowing part that is the hardest. Is he in 315 or 316? My daughter is in 316 (the boys from 315 train with the girls from 316 and vice versa in the other group - at least that is how I understood it when on the phone on Monday) and she said in a letter to my mother that was received the other day, they had been learning how to handle weapons. She was having the time of her life! lol I never pictured her doing that, yet alone having the time of her life doing so. :) So they are all together learning.
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Permalink Reply by blakes mom on
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I heard from him! He got to call me a little while ago, and we were able to talk for nearly 30 minutes. He's in div 316. He said he's made some friends there, but he's still very lonely. That breaks my heart, but we both understand that it's half over now, and soon enough, he'll be in Pensacola. I'll be able to see him a lot more then. We're only 4 hours from there. He also said that they may get to call again next week noce Hell Week is over. Can't wait to talk to him again. He likes the weapons training too. That's probably a big favorite for most of the SR's.
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Permalink Reply by mommadash on
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My husband missed her call on Friday. He showed me the number and I said that is Great Lakes. He said NO WAY. I checked it, and it was. He was devastated. Said he was only out of service for like 20 seconds.
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I'm so afraid of missing calls, that I carry my cell phone everywhere with me (and I do mean everywhere!) and when I'm home, I carry both the house phone and my cell phone around. My husband and youngest son are both notorious for not answering the house phone, so I've warned them both not to dare miss a call from the area code 847! lol
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I think another area code is 815 too. At least when I ran a reverse look up, it came up Great Lakes area.
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Permalink Reply by Ohiomom on
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If anyone can't make it to PIR and would like to give their SR in div 315/316 their cell phone or anything else at the airport we plan on sticking around and seeing our son SR Cloe off at the airport. I would be more than happy to bring it to your SR. At least this way you don't have to wait another week to hear their new addresses and such. Just message me :)
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My SR's birthday is this week. It sucks that we won't even be able to talk to him and tell him "Happy birthday", but at least I was able to send him birthday card. 22 more days til PIR!!! He and I have both heard that it's not a good thing if the RDC finds out it's someone's birthday, is there any truth to that?
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Permalink Reply by shannon-ship-03-div-315 on
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My sons birthday is this week also...How-ever I just wrote him a letter and told him how proud we are of him and happy birthday with some notes from others from facebook. Happy Birthday to your SR
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Received a very short note from our SR last week. We have only gotten three letters from her. She seems to be doing good. Said she is really busy, and that she actually likes it. It is everything she likes. Classes, organization, challenge. I am pleasantly surprised.
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Received my weekly letter Friday. He said the RDC was actually playing music for everyone over the intercom on Sunday. He loves music, and he was thrilled to hear music for the first time in several weeks. It's funny the things you don't realize that the kids will miss so much. I'm so excited to see the countdown timer down to 17 days.
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Yes - absolutely amazing! I am so proud of my daughter. This isn't something I could have done at her age. To leave home without anything and even underwear getting shipped back! lol I was explaining that to some relatives this past weekend at my parents' 50th wedding celebration and they were amazed as well that they literally are stripped of just about every possession and start from scratch. This has been an extremely emotional month (actually a little more) since she left. My parents' celebration and my house that was on maket for almost 2 1/2 years finall sold a few days before that! And she doesn't even know yet, it's not something I want to talk about in letters to her. But definitely keeping busy packing and getting ready for PIR....I can't wait to see her!
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Only two more weeks!! Anyone going to meet and greet on Thursday 27th? If so which one? I got my letter on Wednesday he seemed like he was doing well. Wanted me to look up some info for him. His girlfriend didn't receive a letter this past week I feel so bad for her. I told her my letter was even small, and he was super busy. Boy do I miss that young man! He spent his birthday at boot camp on week 4 of all weeks.
Just feel a little empty today, not sure if it's because it's friday and football game, or if its the smell of the chili that is cooking. Or because today was more like a fall day here instead of summer feeling.
Sure can't wait to see him, but then I know how hard it is going to be to just turn around and say good buy all over again. I don't know how to control all these emotions. But I do know how Proud I am of him!! :)
Thanks ladies for letting me vent today!
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