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Comment by jim crowe on February 6, 2010 at 12:23pm

hope you can hear him if you hear from him.zach called last week,sounded like two cans and a string.

Comment by D. Labello on February 6, 2010 at 8:00am

George, our son is in 13-10 and NUPOC as well. We've only had one email from Brady in the two weeks he's been gone.
Question to Joe - we count exactly 12 weeks to graduation from the date this started on Sunday, Jan 24 for graduation if no holding?

Comment by navyboyfriend on February 2, 2010 at 8:39am

hi George my girlfriend is in the NUPOC program too! she hopes to class-up with 13-10 when she gets out of H.

Comment by George Martin on February 2, 2010 at 8:35am

Hi all, My Son David is in class 13-10 and is heading to NUPOC. His Mom and I are dying to hear from him as I am sure all mom's and dad's are. Glad to find this site although the Mom's site is a good bit more active.

We are sending out a phone card today. We have also been laughing to ourselves that he probably doesn't know our phone number as our cell numbers are programed into his phone.

Comment by Edward D. Cookenham on February 2, 2010 at 7:54am

FYI NWU is Navy Working Uniform. It is the new digitized bluish navy cammys. Not many of the old salts like 'em.
I'll have to pass on to my son they have changed the course already. Three weeks seemed like a long indoc. There are a lot of other things they need to learn too.
Don't know if any of your OC's have this guy as a DI but he is there and they might have run across him. Tough Marine for sure!! He gave a really motivating short talk at the Hi Mom's reception. I believe it was posted yesterday.
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Comment by Joe DeCristoforo on February 2, 2010 at 3:20am

Hi Jim, on your question of only two weeks of IC moving up graduation, I can definitely say no. The program is 12 weeks with your class; for my daughter, now that she's in H class for at least 3 weeks, it will be 15 weeks for her (hoping of course no more trips to H class anymore!). I think what they do is that if they limit something like IC to 2 weeks, they increase something else a week, such as academics or something else. Take care Jim....

Comment by jim crowe on February 1, 2010 at 10:02pm

thanks for the info joe,not sure what all the abbreviations mean.so maria says swo's will not go to A school? not sure what A school is.glad to hear they ship out right afterwards.that is what zach was hoping for.so does only two weeks of IC move up the graduation?trying to figure out travel plans

Comment by Joe DeCristoforo on February 1, 2010 at 8:19pm

My daughter called this evening (2/1/2010) and had a nice talk. She said that the folks in Class 13-10 tomorrow get their NWUs (not sure what this is) but it sounded good. She is in H-class so this doesn't apply to her other the other 5 or 6 folks in H with her from 13-10.

I thought I'd mention to everyone that maria said that they just changed the rules again and this affects 13-10 and later classes. Instead of being an IC for 3 weeks (it used to be just 1 week), class 13-10 and later will only be an IC for 2 weeks, then they become OCs. there were a few other changes she mentioned but I can't recall this. Soon 13-10 will be getting their rifles and I think when they go to NWU they won't have to wear their poopy suites any more. She's still in hers so it will be a while before she can get out of them. Oh yes, she said that the ones that are in SWO may be getting their ship assignments 6 to 7 weeks into training and will ship out right after graduation I think. I don't know if this is just for SWOs or not, but somehow they are not going into A school as they might have otherwise. I think I got this message correct but I apologize if I got some of it confused; the phone connection was horrible (every other sentence I said "could you say that again...."....best of luck to your sons and daughters in OCS right now....take care....

Comment by Edward D. Cookenham on February 1, 2010 at 9:38am

Sorry guys, I should have mentioned to y'all that the mail service leaves a lot to be desired!! Good luck to you all and don't get discouraged because your youngin rolls. I'll bet abut 30-40% roll for one reason or another. I also should have mentioned the prepaid phone cards. We sent a couple so Sam could give one to somebody that needed one. Believe me when you see them again you will not believe the change they have accomplished and the pride and respect they have for their fellow man, country, and themselves!!!!!!!!!
Sam made a comment that only he and his classmates knew exactly what they went through as a team. Lots of ideas but only 07-10 would have that eternal bond.

Comment by Joe DeCristoforo on January 30, 2010 at 9:01pm

My daughter called this evening and thought I'd update everyone. This is day 3 of her being assigned to H-class; she was with 13-10. Again, she seemed in good spirits. She had been suffering from dehydration and basically she has not been drinking enough water. Several folks in H-class have been helping her and today during PT in H-class she was able to complete all of it with the group, so we are thankful for her new friends for helping her out. She said that she will be seeing a podiatrist for the 2nd time on Monday and he is helping get her inserts and gel pads for her feet, as he said that she is not walking/running properly (fallen arches maybe), and these aids will help take some of the strain off of her feet when she runs. She's never complained about her feet before so this is all news to my wife and me, and we didn't know she had seen a podiatrist earlier this week also. She is making a lot of friends in H-class it seems. Take care, everyone.

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