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  1. 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...
  2. 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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  3. 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...
  4. 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...

    And my daughter is due to graduate Parris...
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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.

    Thank you. C.
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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!

    The "Welcome Home Marines" banner will be in front of the house...
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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!

    It's wonderful to see boys like yourself choosing the "road less...
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    That would be awesome!

    That would be awesome!
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    After months of receiving letters signed...

    After months of receiving letters signed "Honor-Courage-Commitment,"

    We have arrived...

    My sons are now Marines--Changed my post signature... Heading to MCRD SD in six days!
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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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    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...

    I don't need to set an alarm or require a DI to rouse me at that hour. I've been up at three am most...
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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...

    In one week, I'll really be a Marine Mom!...
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    Indeed! Thank you all for your kind words...

    Indeed! Thank you all for your kind words...
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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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    Charlie, I too have seventeen year old...

    Charlie,

    I too have seventeen year old daughter whose boyfriend has enlisted and is leaving soon - for an infantry MOS. My daughter is in her first semester of college and plans to enlist herself...
  16. Thread: New Mom

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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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    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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    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.

    Of course, the alternative school of thought is that if the microbe doesn't...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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.

    After a couple of vague letters decribing sore throat...
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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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