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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on November 21, 2009 at 8:07am

now comes the hard stretch...you'll get the form letter...maybe a few lins handwritten on the end. YOu should be able to get his ship and div number from his recruiter if you don't have it aldreay to write. Don't try to sneek anything in the letters...not good. A few photos...best if printed in the letter. Then nothing for a couple of weeks.....if you've done your research on the site, you've seen many of us remind folks that no news is good news...keep the faith and now is the time to start "paying it forward" so to speak with others that are about to go through their own journey. That helps...relate your experiences to others with kids about to head to Great Lakes or in DEP. This is just a warm-up....if your boy deploys on a ship he'll be out at sea for about 7 months and during those months there are times with no comm for various reasons....I know I went up to three-four weeks with Eric and Kat when they were at sea with no contact.

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