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May 1 OCS graduation
Thx for being there for me and other moms that are sooo proud and terrified. My son is in OCS in Newport. He is supposed to graduate May 1. I need info on what is going on there and when so I can plan my travel. Is there something going on the night before? What time? Where? Dress code? What time is graduation? Dress code? How long is ceremony? Is there a reception after? How long until all is done so I know what time we can get a flight home? Will my son be comin home with us or does he fly on his own? Thank you !!!!
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I also got my son the ensign box and loves it! we had to go to the NEX and pick up a garment bag for the uniforms since my son was reporting directly to his ship in Norfolk and unable to come home from OCS. M's Mom...which ship is your son on? mine is deployed on the USS Oscar Austin and I am sure missing him!
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laurajotx My son is on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. He is an intelligence officer working with a squadron of Growler planes. They are in the Persian Gulf giving heck to ISIS. (This is not classified info as the Navy has released this to the media, and the ship's own Facebook page states this repeatedly.) They left San Diego last August and will be home this summer--a long ten months!!!! But I am thankful for email and Facebook and he calls us when they make a port visit. Can't imagine how it was back in the day when all they had was snail mail and had to wait weeks to hear from their deployed loved ones!
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These posts are SO helpful. Just joining the group and am very grateful to have parents to talk to who are going through the same thing I am! I appreciate the gift recommendations for graduation and what to expect over those days. I did join the Facebook group - is that where we are likely to get details? Hope to meet some of you in Newport! Are any of your sons/daughters going into sub nuclear power? Would love to connect with others who are gearng up for those challenges.
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Roadrunner, keep asking to join the Facebook group. Sometimes whoever is the administrator is not paying attention. Maybe some of the other Moms here who are already members of the class group can post to the administrator to check the requests.
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Roadrunner: I think the black only applies to small personal bags they might carry in public such as a brief case, or laptop computer case, or purses for women, etc. The seabags they are issued are green, and the garment bag we got my son was taupe-colored and he says he used it to pack uniforms to the ship. When my son travels on Navy business, he flies on Navy transport planes from one Naval Air Station to another so he's not really in public at all, so I don't think they care so much about what the luggage looks like then. When he flies for personal trips to home, etc. he never wears his uniform when traveling in public. He said the Navy discourages that, so as not to stand out. I know I sometimes see soldiers in airports in their camo fatigues, but I think they are taking public transportation to a deployment, so they are "on duty." I suppose black luggage would be a safe bet anyway.
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