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Permalink Reply by AngieW (12/168) on
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I know that they were told about the bombings and any SR with family in Boston was allowed to make phone calls to check on them.
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Permalink Reply by ChristinaS on
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Thanks. This helps a lot.
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Permalink Reply by Hayden's Mom 12 207 on
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Hi ChristinaS,
We also live 50 miles from the Boston area and several of my SR's gym friends ran the Marathon. I wrote my son to let him know that everyone was fine including his friend at Fisher College which is a block away. When he called yesterday he knew the incident had ended and one was dead and the other was in custody. He did not know specifics. So to answer your question..they did get briefed on the incident..just not a lot of details. Hope this helps!
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Thanks, that does help! I am glad your family and friends are safe. My husbands aunt is a CC nurse at Beth Isrial. She said she now knows what it is like for our soldiers on the front line. She also said it has taken a lot of faith and forgiveness to do her job over the last few days.
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Permalink Reply by darlene on
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I haven't been on for a while and I was reading few of the post, I noticed that someone was wondering how much our Sailors new about what was going on back home - My son called home as soon as he found out about what was happening.Within a day(maybe) His step-dad works in Boston and was in the middle of all of this. He just needed to know that we were all ok. Thankful he was not hurt and made it home safe. I think they keep them very informed.
Also I saw the picture of the group could I ask what group it is?
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Permalink Reply by TJCsMom on
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Actually, from what my Sailor told us this weekend, they do not keep them informed on what is happening outside of boot camp at all. It just so happened that with so many SRs from the Northeastern part of the country, they singled out those from the Boston area, took them out of the barracks, informed only those SRs about what had happened and allowed them to make phone calls home to check on family. It was only once those SRs returned to the barracks that they told the rest of them what was going on. They truly do keep them shut off from the outside world. Some RDCs do not even allow letters with sports/teams scores/updates. It just depends on the RDCs.
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