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Jill V commented on Michelle (EOD Mom)'s group 'DEPPER's..In but not yet'
Thanks for the answer Lynn. That's kind of what I had figured out. If it were closer to the ship date, they might drop her from DEP, make her heal and then make her re-enlist. Luckily there is plenty of time to heal up and get back in shape. She h...
October 27
Jill V commented on Michelle (EOD Mom)'s group 'DEPPER's..In but not yet'
Hi ladies... a little setback in my daughter's journey to the Navy, and I hope it doesn't mess any of her plans up. In our last volleyball game someone came down really hard on her foot and broke a bone in the top of it. She's going to be in a wal...
October 26
Jill V commented on Tricia T's group 'Moms of Aviation Rescue Swimmers'
Have to share some bad news here.... at our last volleyball game (I'm the head coach of our high school's team) one of our players came down really hard on Kelsey's foot breaking the bone on the top of the foot! I couldn't believe it. She's our st...
October 26
Jill V commented on Tricia T's group 'Moms of Aviation Rescue Swimmers'
Vonee, I'm assuming your daughter just got out of Boot Camp? My daughter is also training to be a rescue swimmer, but doesn't leave for boot camp until next July so she has a lot of time to train at home. I'm not sure what you mean by your daughte...
October 21
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October 3
Jill V commented on Michelle (EOD Mom)'s group 'DEPPER's..In but not yet'
Hi, I kind of got an answer to my question from one of my rescue swimmer moms. She said that all special op guys go into 800 divisions, but females don't. Female's still wake up an hour early though to work out with the special ops guys. The 800 d...
September 28
Jill V commented on Michelle (EOD Mom)'s group 'Leavin for bootcamp in July'
My daughter leaves July 7 for bootcamp. But that might change when she gets her rating changed for AW. So who knows, I might have to leave this group and head to a different month lol Glad to meet you all
September 27
Jill V joined Michelle (EOD Mom)'s group
Leavin for bootcamp in July
This group is for N4M members that have a loved one leaving for bootcamp in July...I will leave the year open so that even future Deppers leaving in the month of July of any year can join...Lets share stories, information, concerns, and questions
September 27
Jill V commented on Anna's group 'Mom's of Daughters 2'
Hi ladies, anyone here have a daughter who is going through rescue swimmer training or maybe you know of someone with a daughter who went through it? It's easy to find mother's of sons who want to be rescue swimmers, but not a lot of females. If a...
September 26
Jill V commented on Michelle (EOD Mom)'s group 'DEPPER's..In but not yet'
Angie F: question about your answer to the question of females in 800 divisions. I thought the 800 divisions were for all recruits going into any special ops so that they can receive extra PT time in the pool and running in the mornings and evenin...
September 26
Jill V commented on OOHRAH MOM's group 'USN Search and Rescue Swimmer Moms'
Congrats Chris! I can understand how proud you must be, it's just a shame that you can't be there, I read how much it seemed you were looking forward to it. Greg has been on a long, hard road and now all that hard work is paying off. That is incre...
September 16
Jill V commented on Tricia T's group 'Moms of Aviation Rescue Swimmers'
Skype is a program you can put on your computer that enables you to have video chats with others that have skype and a camera hooked up to their computer. It is totally awesome because it not only lets you talk to the person but see them also. Eac...
September 15
Jill V commented on OOHRAH MOM's group 'USN Search and Rescue Swimmer Moms'
Actually, they don't have to rerate to become a rescue swimmer. Each ship is supposed to have 2 certified rescue swimmers on board. So, some sailors keep their rating and jobs and sign up to go to rescue swimmer school to be one of the 2 on board ...
September 15
Jill V commented on OOHRAH MOM's group 'USN Search and Rescue Swimmer Moms'
So Beachmomma... your son is already in the Navy and is going to be a rescue swimmer on top of the rate he already has? What rate is he? Or is he going to try to rerate to AW?
September 14

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Born and raised Southern California girl... never lived anywhere else. Married to my firefighter husband for 24 years now. We have 3 absolutely wonderful daughers, oldest is getting married in December, middle is a junior in college, and youngest is the daughter who has enrolled in DEP and plans to be an AW rescue swimmer. I work full time at my church as the minister of worship arts (anything to do with music is my responsibility) and I coach high school varsity volleyball and have done that for the past 20 years. Before working for my church I was a high school science teacher for 17 years. I love my country and my God and I'm super proud of my daughter and any of my students who have chosen to serve their country in the service. God bless them all!
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Waiting to leave for Boot Camp
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Was proud and encouraged it
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It was positive and maturing. Our relationship has grown stronger.

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At 7:24pm on October 15, 2009, MYRA said…
Yes. My daughter is leaving that day. She is a GM (gunners mate). She is very nervous/excited about it. How is your daughter handling it?
At 10:22pm on October 3, 2009, MYRA said…
Hi Jill. So your daughter is leaving the 7th of July?
At 6:55pm on August 5, 2009, Texas Mom of 2 said…
Hello, thanks for your invite! My son is in Boot Camp as we speak - he got his contract exactly one year ago.....summer before his Senior year. His Senior year was very busy - along with the usual activites - he was on the Swim Team and very involved with the Dep program. He went every month to the YMCA to get retested because after they qualify and sign their contract they have to requalify every month. Around the beginning of this year, he started going every week to YMCA - they have Seal motivators there that work with them. It's been and long process to get to this point and I'm very proud of your daughter for having this plan. My son also had a plan and you have to have a plan to realize your goals, right? Ask away if you have any questions, I know I'll be here for quite awhile! ~Kerry
At 1:48am on July 21, 2009, Chris A. said…
Greg turns 31 on Thursday so he's been away from home many times. He had 4 years of college during which he spent 6 months in England and visited France and Italy. then he went to Taiwan for nearly 2 years to teach English. He was able to visit Japan, Hong Kong and Thailand. Whe he came home he said he'd stay home a year and then he'd be gone again, but the year truned into 2 and then 3 and he found he couldn't survive on a swim coach's salary so he fulfilled a dream he'd had since high school and joined the Navy. SO we're used to him being gone. Well, sort of....you miss them terribly no matter how old they are.

He's in San Diego now. He got married last New Year's Eve and his wife is finally there with him. We used to talk to him several times a week but less since Jill got there, he's too busy being a married man (and that's fine with us, that's the way it should be).

I don't think it will hurt Kelsey's chances, not being a competetive swimmer. As long as she can fulfill the requirements the Navy asks for thats all that counts. She should get a list from her recruiter (if she hasn't already) of what she'll need to do and work on it so that by the time she goes to boot camp she can kick butt. Greg got a personal trainer who worked with him on the push-ups and pull-ups and running and all that. It really helped, plus it kept him motivated.
At 2:32am on July 20, 2009, Chris A. said…
My daughter-in-law (Greg's wife) is named Jill.

Greg has just started his "wet flights".......jumping out of helos into the ocean. This week he just got to go for a ride, no pressure, no testing, just for fun. He had an absolute ball. He says he can't believe they pay him for having so much fun. I really hope your daughter is able to reach this stage. It sounds as though she's really determined to make it. The better physical shape she's in the easier boot camp will be.

My husband Nick and I are very involved in high school sports. Until last year he ran the chain gang for the football games (18 years). He had to giv eit up finally because he got knocked over one too many times and scared the life out of the coach and AD. We go to all the volleyball games and d.i.l. Jill is a volleyball player (played for U Wisconsin). She's hoping to find a club team to play on now she's in San Diego. One of Greg and Jill's friends is the high school volleyball coach. We also are head timers for the swim team. Greg swam competitively since he was 7 so we went to a lot of swim meets for many years. I was an official for a long time but gave it up when I turned 60. I'm the Altar Guild Director at my church (Episcopal) and am on various committees (comes with the territory I guess). Greg is our "baby," we have 5 other kids, all married with kids of their own (we have 12 grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild). We're really old! One grandson is in the Army stationed in S. Korea.

We moved from S. Cal (Culver City, down by Santa Monica) to Ashland ,Oregon 21 years ago.
At 6:25pm on July 19, 2009, Chris A. said…
Well, I just realized that I've met you already on the Rescue Swimmer Moms page and probably had a conversation with you (duh!)

Apple Valley! Many many (too many to mention) years ago I was an Air Force wife stationed at George Air Force Base (now long gone of course) so I knew Apple Valley well. Visited the Roy Rogers Museum many times. I guess it's all changed in the ensuing 40-something years (oh darn, now you'll have realized I'm an old lady).
At 10:15am on July 10, 2009, Kari L said…
Jill,

My son said that it will be NO PROBLEM shaving time off of her time while in BC, as the training will do it for her! LOL he said he shaved off 3 minutes off of a time he thought he'd NEVER beat!!! So no worries. Just tell her to be in the best physical shape she can get into. It's a really hard training, and really hard work. If she is determined, that's HALF the battle!!! Let me know if I can be of any help off the site as well. My private email is proudnavyparents@bresnan.net.
I will keep your daughter in my prayers.....I have prayed along with many of the kids who are now at the finish line!!! The Lord works in a huge way in these kids lives. BTW, if she stays the straight and narrow, it means a LOT to the instructors.....they really respect that a LOT . My son is not a partier, and still isn't. He can't believe that some of the guys would give up their career for a few beers. Keep in touch, ok? Kari
At 11:38pm on June 24, 2009, Pat said…
Try doing a search for this in the GROUPS tab above. I've seen a lot of members here w/ sailors that are rescue swimmers.
At 8:56pm on June 24, 2009, Karen Gallagher said…
Welcome aboard!!

We are so glad that you are here! This is a great place to meet others that know exactly how you feel!
We have something for everyone here groups from boot camp moms to overseas moms and moms that like to scrap book. We have meet and greets to events that the moms set up to meet each other and have dinner or an outing. There are groups to help you with each and every step of this wonderful adventure that our children have chosen called the US Navy.

Please tell us about your sailor and what they have chosen to do in the navy and ohh yeah we LOVE pictures of everyone !!

Please let me know if you have any questions I can help you with.


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At 5:08pm on June 24, 2009, Pat said…
Hi & welcome to Navy for Mom's:)) You will find a lot of answers, support and encouragement here. My daughter, Ashley (20), has been in the Navy for 2 years and is an IT3 & my son Tim (19) has been in since Feb 2008 stationed on the USS Nimitz.. What will your son/daughter be doing with the Navy? If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. I'm glad you joined and look forward to hearing more about you & your recruit. Pat

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