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Permalink Reply by Vic on
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That is fantastic....I would love to try his cooking someday....let us know where and when that restaurant is when it happens...My son loves to cook also, but for pleasure and he is really pretty good at it.
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Permalink Reply by Navy for Moms Admin on
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I agree with Victoria... what a great story! And yes... please do tell us when he opens up his dream! :)
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Permalink Reply by Linda E./Justin div 161 on
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what a neat carreer joice! A great passion! Where he is now?
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My son is IT2 and currently with a Riverine Squadron deployed to Iraq. Since he also scored expert in pistol and rifle, he mans the 50 cal gun on the boat.
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The Riverines are small boat squadrons. They patrol the inland waterways in Iraq. He left the first part of October and will hopefully be home by June. We've had communications from the Commanding Officer to let us know how the squadrons were doing and what his hopes for a tentative return date are. Sending your child into a war zone is difficult to say the least. There are good and bad days, but I have lots of family and friends around for support. Plus I have his 2 dogs who keep me amused. I think he misses them more than anyone else. Communications are good so I receive sporadic emails and phone calls. Satelite phones are great.
Thanks for your support and well wishes.
Lora
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The actually took over the duty from the marines. The Riverines have not been active on wartime duty since Vietnam. One of the Squadrons is at the dam, and his is in the lake region. He did say it can get boring. From a mom's point of view, boring is good.
Greg is stationed about 2 hours from home and when he bought a house, he took his dog with him. Pretty soon he had 2. He said there was a unit outside their fence line that had a puppy and they stole it for a few days just to play.
Does your son deploy anytime soon?
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I also want to let you know that my prayers are with you, your family and all of our troops. I have a son that just graduated Marine boot camp and I am scared to death for them to send him over there....I just continue to pray for world peace so that they can all come home to their families. Stay strong and God bless us all...
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how scarey! I wish you and HIM well~~~i pray he remains safe!
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hello im not a navy mom but im a deck seaman but i got lucky my duty station is on shore duty attach to a marine squadron overseas my base is called MCAS ( Marine Corp Air Station) Futenma here in okinawa japan i dont know if you guys heard about whats going on here well if you guys have any question about Navy or something just write me i will be honor to answer back
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Permalink Reply by Melissa Greenfield on
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Welcome Claudia, How do you like Japan/
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we earn 2 and a half days per month if he used all his leave days hes not gonna be able to go for christmas so i hope he didnt used all his leave days so he can spend this holidays with his family :)
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My son Greg is in boot camp right now but his A school is MA. His graduation date is April 18th.
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