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Comment by Elbert Steven Rakes on October 16, 2010 at 3:42am

Jim, I'll be there at Kris pinning ceremony god willing I've put in for vacation already. Thanks for the information about weekend liberty I will let him know. My niece and her family just moved to Austen so he will have family close ( hour & half away) that he can visit with down there in Texas. Chris, Sorry about your dog passing, My dog also passed away while I was in Navy and I felt sad when told but it seemed easier on me somehow because I was there at the time. Death it's a part life that we all have to deal with you need to tell him,he will deal with it in his own way.

Comment by Shane Snyder on October 15, 2010 at 9:00pm

Yeah, the pinning was pretty cool, I did not make the PIR but would not have missed the pinning for the world. Jim, how often have you been hearing from Chris? Sean called about two weeks ago and said they had gotten back to Bahrain and would call in a couple of days again and have not heard a peep from him since then, I am assuming that they got called right back to sea on the ship he has been on.

Comment by Jim Santucci on October 15, 2010 at 8:36pm

Elbert - it's great that you heard from your son and that he made it through OC (some don't and get sent back a week). I really hope you get to make the pinning ceremony. When I went to my son's, there were only a few families who attended. But, it was so cool because I got to pin his badge on him. Also, Kris should be able to get weekend liberty after about week 3 or 4.

Comment by Lowell Aberson on October 15, 2010 at 7:38am

Chris, I think we had the date by the end of the first week or beginning of the 2nd. You kind of have to REMIND him to find out for you!

Comment by Elbert Steven Rakes on October 15, 2010 at 12:00am

Jim & Chris, Talked to Kris today and he said what he would go in the boot camp tear gas chamber everyday in "A" school then get OC in the face again, he got OC strayed Monday and his eye still hurt. So I know you son Chris isn't looking forward to getting it again : ) Kris also said he is in a class of 27 MAA. He said they have been going in to building securing them. He just got his phone and the service at Lackland AFB is not very good I had a hard time hearing him. He doesn't get any liberty off base while in MAA "A" school. No pic's yet

Comment by Lowell Aberson on October 13, 2010 at 7:47am

Chris,
My son had around 30. Judging by what we saw when we went down in June for the pinning, it looked like most classes were about the same size, give or take.

Comment by Jim Santucci on October 12, 2010 at 11:01pm

Ah yes, the OC treatment. Hopefully he'll get some pics to send you. Does Kris know what he'll be doing after A School yet?

Comment by Elbert Steven Rakes on October 11, 2010 at 10:49pm

Kris called and told me Saturday that Monday he would be getting the OC treatment.Congradulation to your Son Chris for a job well done ( Bravo Zulu ) I know how proud you must be of him Jim.

Comment by Jim Santucci on October 11, 2010 at 9:35am

Chris is doing great. He took the advancement test last month and is awaiting the results. He and his dog (Cyril) are working hard. Lots of cargo ship searches, vehicle searches, that kind of thing. He and Cyril actually detected something (probably shoudn't get too specific here) and had to call in the B-squad. It was a first for him - tells me it was a huge adrenalin rush.

Comment by Shane Snyder on October 10, 2010 at 7:24pm

yeah things are going good. Talked to Sean last week they were just pulling into Bahrain had been on a emergency mission down to Oman had to follow a British Ship back to Bahrain. Said that he hoped for some down time when they got back been out for almost 90 days now. How is Chris doing?

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