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04-06-10, 02:42 PM
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A chain reaction. A paradigm shift in the...
A chain reaction. A paradigm shift in the ordinance of plate tectonics... I don't understand why I haven't gotten a thank you card from the Commander in Chief...
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04-06-10, 02:35 PM
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Thanks for pointing out the obvious. I agree with...
Thanks for pointing out the obvious. I agree with you completely...Actually I weighed in on another forum with the same argument last year.
But life is a case-by-case, moving situational target.
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04-06-10, 02:23 PM
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Thank you for your response. When I texted to the...
Thank you for your response. When I texted to the boyfriend that she could get a billeting room on the Base, the poor guy responded, "By God, this ain't romantic..." I couldn't have custom-ordered a...
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04-06-10, 01:46 PM
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3000 miles and bad timing - Missing his girlfriend's graduation from Parris Island.
Okay, Marines -- be gentle with me.
In the space of a year, I have two sons who finished Boot at MCRD last April and both are LCpls in California...
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04-10-09, 03:42 PM
Thread: Hi Mom - Good to Go!
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Yellowwing, Your haiku is my inscription in...
Yellowwing,
Your haiku is my inscription in the graduation cards I will present to my sons tonight.
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04-08-09, 09:08 AM
Thread: Hi Mom - Good to Go!
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Thank you so much for thinking of us! Received my...
Thank you so much for thinking of us! Received my "United States Marines Mom of Two" sweatshirt yesterday with my platoon t-shirt!
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04-08-09, 08:51 AM
Thread: Hi Mom - Good to Go!
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Our group departs today for San Diego to cheer...
Our group departs today for San Diego to cheer for our Marines. There will be twelve of us from Sacramento, Santa Cruz and Texas!
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04-02-09, 12:37 PM
Thread: Hi Mom - Good to Go!
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That would be awesome!
That would be awesome!
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04-02-09, 12:31 PM
Thread: Hi Mom - Good to Go!
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After months of receiving letters signed...
After months of receiving letters signed "Honor-Courage-Commitment,"
We have arrived...
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03-31-09, 04:50 AM
Thread: Hi Mom - Good to Go!
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Your sons are in my thoughts and prayers every...
Your sons are in my thoughts and prayers every day...
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03-30-09, 09:32 PM
Thread: Hi Mom - Good to Go!
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Thank you all for your generosity. My sons begin...
Thank you all for your generosity. My sons begin their Crucible at oh-dark-hundred tomorrow...
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03-26-09, 11:56 PM
Thread: Hi Mom - Good to Go!
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Hi Mom - Good to Go!
I received a phone call from each of my sons (at MCRD SD) a couple of days ago. They reported that they're both good to go for the Crucible next week...
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03-13-09, 08:17 PM
Thread: The View from Phase 3
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Indeed! Thank you all for your kind words...
Indeed! Thank you all for your kind words...
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03-11-09, 08:19 AM
Thread: The View from Phase 3
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The View from Phase 3
After the silence that followed their departure before the first letters arrived, the bronchitis and pneumonia that brought them close to being dropped, last week my sons wrote me about their $50...
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02-12-09, 06:14 AM
Thread: Advice for my Daughter
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Charlie, I too have seventeen year old...
Charlie,
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02-03-09, 09:40 AM
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Now you're talking! Have a great time writing to...
Now you're talking! Have a great time writing to your recruit...C.
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02-03-09, 12:50 AM
Thread: Handling Illness during Boot Camp
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With all due respect, Sgt, I let all of my sons...
With all due respect, Sgt, I let all of my sons take their respective falls from trees, roofs--and grace. I attended all of my daughter's wrestling matches in middle school. (The first girl to go out...
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02-03-09, 12:00 AM
Thread: Handling Illness during Boot Camp
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Petri Dish of Swell Swill
I concur! Perhaps the best approach would include a couple of Lysol bombs going off over the racks a few times a day.
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02-02-09, 10:00 PM
Thread: Handling Illness during Boot Camp
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Thank you so much for for your response. I have...
Thank you so much for for your response. I have noted your advice and the regard with which you address fellow Marines, poolees and parents on this site. Thank you for your service, for carrying...
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02-02-09, 09:48 PM
Thread: Handling Illness during Boot Camp
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Hopefully by now, he's past the chicken soup...
Hopefully by now, he's past the chicken soup stage, but your label sentiment/gag gave me the idea of enclosing a Chipotle menu in tomorrow's letter--that boy lived on steak burritos--Chipotle will be...
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02-01-09, 01:49 PM
Thread: Handling Illness during Boot Camp
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I get the humor, Bulkyer. I assume that my...
I get the humor, Bulkyer. I assume that my recruit was pretty bad the other day to qualify and agree to bed rest. When he had appendicitis, he surprised his doctor by being able to do jumping...
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02-01-09, 08:58 AM
Thread: Handling Illness during Boot Camp
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Thank you, Keith. I trust that your son is doing...
Thank you, Keith. I trust that your son is doing well...C.
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02-01-09, 06:11 AM
Thread: How to Handle the Head Games
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FYI, my recruits logged some number of months on...
FYI, my recruits logged some number of months on this website and knew better than to leave a Susie behind...
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01-31-09, 10:16 PM
Thread: Handling Illness during Boot Camp
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Handling Illness during Boot Camp
I'll admit that I've read about recruits getting sick--other parents have personally written to me about it as a "requirement" in Boot Camp.
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01-31-09, 10:09 PM
Thread: How to Handle the Head Games
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Simple Truths
Yes, thank you, I have more clarity with the collective response I've received.
I sent an encouragement card today (Saturday). I will follow up on Monday with something a little more blunt.
C.
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Ghost Of Iwo Jima
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