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Lee Ann Stipe
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Diver Classes Panama City Beach Fl.To check class dates on official Navy Diving & Salvage web page 1st. click courses then click Diver A school at https://www.netc.navy.mil/centers/ceneoddive/ndstc/default.aspx
Hey ladies..quick question...my hubby is getting classed up for dive prep in Great Lakes on December 03...I was just wondering how long dive school in Panama City will be? At first I heard it was 5 months but now I am hearing 7 weeks?!?!?! My husb...
Nancy- They have a great ceremony. One of the families from my son's graduation taped his graduation and put it on youtube. Thought I would share- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hywHmh_0KcM
It's hard when you can't be with your sailor at holidays...
Hi all, haven't been following very closely. Congrats to all the graduates. My son is in the newest class at panama city now. Tentative graduation date is April 1. Is there a ceremony for family or is it just for the sailors? I'm so depressed that...
Redd, welcome aboard. My name is Gerry and I was away for a while...
Had problems with this site, but all well now.
Dan is a diver with Aaron, Joyce's son, and when we found out what date our PIR was, Dee -- a wonderful Navy Mom -- started a boar...
Thanks Joyce! That does explain it a bit better. And I received Jon's PIR date today so I understand that now, too.
Hey Redd, when my son was in BC (his in dive school now and graduates 12/18) all of the divers in the same PIR date did PT together in the morning and then joined their division for the rest of training. Then after they graduated from BC the(the f...
I'm sorry I meant panama city. I'm not thinking. He had originally told me p'cola but yes you're correct.
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- About me:
- I am a mom of two. Josh, 21 and in the navy. Jennifer 18 and in high school. I am also married to a wonderful man, Brian. I am a Breast Cancer Survivor of two years and four month.
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- At 12:19pm on January 19, 2009,
Mary, Proud Mom of Nick said… - Hi, Will you be joining us for lunch on the 24th? It have been moved to Roswell so we can accomodate all in a private room.
Please see the events - hope to meet you soon.
- At 9:17pm on December 9, 2008,
Donna said… - Does Josh like diving? What is he doing? Congratulations on being a breast cancer survivor. My sister Sue has been breast cancer free for almost 10 years now.
- At 9:03pm on December 9, 2008,
Donna said…
- David will be stationed at Little Creek, VA. He reports to his new command with the MSDU on Dec. 27th.
- At 3:10pm on December 2, 2008,
Lee Ann Stipe said… - A Different Christmas Poem
A Different Christmas Poem
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight.
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight.
The sparkling lights in the tree I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep.
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem,
So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear.
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the
sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near.
Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold.
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.
"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment, it's freezing out here!
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold and the snow blown in drifts..
To the window that danced with a warm fire's light
Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right,
I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night."
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line,
That separates you from the darkest of times.
No one had to ask or beg or implore me,
I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at 'Pearl on a day in December,"
Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers."
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of 'Nam',
And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while,
But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile.
Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag,
The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
I can live through the cold and the being alone,
Away from my family, my house and my home.
I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet,
I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another,
Or lay down my life with my sister and brother..
Who stand at the front against any and all,
To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."
" So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright,
Your family is waiting and I'll be all right."
"But isn't there something I can do, at the least,
"Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done,
For being away from your wife and your son."
Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret,
"Just tell us you love us, and never forget.
To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone,
To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead,
To know you remember we fought and we bled.
Is payment enough, and with that we will trust,
That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."
PLEASE, would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many
people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to our
U.S service men and women for our being able to celebrate these
festivities. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people
stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us.
LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN
30th Naval Construction Regiment
OIC, Logistics Cell One
Al Taqqadum, Iraq
- At 1:51pm on November 17, 2008,
Jackie said… - Hi Leanne,
I seen that your son has already gone through Dive school in Panama city.. any info you could share would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Jackie
- At 9:59am on November 2, 2008,
Joyce Tucson Mom said… - Good Morning:)! I saw that Josh is finishing up at school - that's terrific:)! What's the 'next step'? Hope all is well with you . . . HUGS:)!
- At 12:00am on November 2, 2008,
Irene McClure said… - Hey Lee Ann-it has been a while since I have talked to you. How are things going? How is Josh doing? Heather is doing great. I added a few pic's to my page and I added some to myspace album.Heather won't be home for the holidays.I had a feeling she wouldn't be- that ones that missed last year-would be going home. Heather has to work on Christmas Day.I am sending her a Christmas package at the beginning of Dec.to make sure that she gets it in time.
- At 9:35pm on October 23, 2008,
Kim Daino said…
- Hi Lee Ann, Hope all is well with you!! What is Josh doing? I know he in Kings Bay. How was boot camp for Josh? Justin will be in Goose Creek after BC. I'm learning all the lingo!! Kim
- At 1:34pm on September 23, 2008,
Lee Ann Stipe said…
- Josh is fine. I saw him this weekend. He is stationed at Kings Bay, Georgia.
- At 12:29pm on September 23, 2008,
Brenda Sue said… - I just PM'd you my cousin's address.
Thanks!!
How is Josh doing? Where is he now?
Derek is a MA in Kuwait.
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