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Comment by GMom on Thursday

Thanks Lydia - that's pretty much what my son told me is that he wouldn't know until the very end of FRS.  We are so hoping he will have some time in between to come home for a visit, he's starting to get a little homesick (although he loves SD) and we haven't seen him since February in Pensacola. I will remind him how important these test scores for FRAC are!  Thanks.

Comment by Lydia (For B - The Sea is Ours) on Thursday

WOOOOOOOOW Im gone for a few days and yall are blowing up the page here...  hahahahah   kewl beans!!!!

here is the link to my Face Book Page   "For Our Troops"

https://www.facebook.com/pages/For-Our-Troops/412762792128988?fref=ts

Gosh so glad everyone is doing great... I had to go back two pages and catch up hahahaha

Gmom - I did not see an answer to your question...   after the Grad FRS (FRAC) they will be assigned a squadron and a base...  they will not know until right at or a few days before which one and where......   indeed their scores at graduation will give them an opportunity to have 1 2 or 3rd choice...  my son was second in his class and requested SD Cali and he got it ....  the no 1 guy asked for Guam and he got it.....  BUT it also depends on what pops at the time they are graduating..  if SD Cali has no openings then it wont be on the list...  so scores are important but also can depend on the open bases etc.....

NEW MOMS  please feel free to go up to the Discussion Forum up above here and read the Path of the Rescue Swimmer it will help you also and also the one about Phases...  =)    

Comment by proudmama on June 12, 2013 at 8:23am

What is THU? I have seen the reference to that and when I looked it up on the NavySpeak   definition function on this site, it did not provide a definition.

Wow! Congrats to everyone for graduating from their respective classes and heading towards their next destination. What I have learned from these posts is that while all your kids come from different parts of the country and different walks of life- it is a relatively small community with your kids ending up knowing each other! What a Small world!

As for my son.... he is waiting just to start bc!

 

Comment by BJ Ship 04 Div 822 on June 11, 2013 at 3:50pm

SoupMom- Glad to know that about your son in 822.  I'm sure our guys know each other although mine got held up in THU because of ACL surgery from rugby injury in college. It is interesting the decision to go Romeo or Sierra.  Will the guys see each other even though they are in different platforms?  One of his good friends from BC is with him now in P'cola but is a Sierra.

Comment by GMom on June 11, 2013 at 2:02pm

Jodi - BTW, glad SERE is over for you!  Yes, for you!

Comment by GMom on June 11, 2013 at 2:00pm

Aster - My son is Sierra.  He's probably been up in those helos!  He's been waiting for some of the Romeo's to get out to SD, since they were all together in Boot and then in Pensacola.

Jodi - I can remember we were planning G's going away party this time last year.  My husband and I were just talking about this time last year and how we felt and how we feel now.  We miss him, but the worry is so less weighing.  He's having such a good time out there in San Diego.  Hubby and I are in a new routine now and it's calmer and the sense of pride we have for G is a million times multiplied.  I must admit though, we are all starting to talk about the "holidays" and when he comes home for a visit.  He's starting to get a little homesick, Mom can tell :)

Comment by SoupMom on June 11, 2013 at 1:57pm

Jodi - My son will be going to Norfolk.

Comment by Jodi-alumni Ship 4, Div. 818 on June 11, 2013 at 1:47pm

Hi, GMom, how are things going? Can you believe that this time last year we were worrying about sending them off to bc? This past year seems to have flown by.

Comment by Jodi-alumni Ship 4, Div. 818 on June 11, 2013 at 1:44pm

SoupMom, my son just finished SERE last week and is now stationed in Jacksonville. It was a nerve racking time but he made it through and so will your son. Did he tell you where he will be stationed once he finishes?

Comment by SoupMom on June 11, 2013 at 1:43pm

Thank you all for your encouraging words and Prayers!

BJ  - Our sons were together in Ship 04 Div 822.  Good to see you on here. My son is Sierra.

Aster - that is a good idea about the mani-peds.

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