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Comment by David on January 12, 2010 at 9:43am

We meet our son who left on Saturday also, but we did it a different way that morning. We meet him at the USO up on the messzine level in Terminal 2 and spent our time with him there, because it is so hard for me to go through security and there is no way that I could walk to the gate, they were dropped off in Terminal 2 and his plane left out of Terminal 1.

Comment by MaryK13 on January 12, 2010 at 9:02am

When you meet your son, you'll meet him by the ticket counters. There was a special counter for "unusual shaped" luggage which I think was # 80 and #81. It's down a little hall behind the other counters. We found some workers and asked them where to get the passes and thats where they sent us. Everyone that came to meet their son was able to get as many passes as they needed. They were very nice about it.

Comment by Steven S on January 12, 2010 at 8:59am

Mary, maybe I missed it. But, who do we get the gate passes from once we are at Ohare?

Comment by MaryK13 on January 12, 2010 at 7:23am

Steven S. Be prepared! That's what happened to our son. They were up at 2am, then off to the airport by 3 I believe. Mike asked us to be at the airport by 5, which meant we needed to leave the hotel by 4am. We ended up getting there about 4:45 and when we walked into the terminal, all the guys were sitting there with hot chocolate or coffee looking a lot more chipper than I did. It was great to spend the extra few hours with him though. Also, don't forget to ask for passes to go down to the gate. They WILL give you enough for your whole family, so don't let anyone tell you they can only get one. We had to go to a special check in counter (80/81) to get them.

Comment by Steven S on January 11, 2010 at 9:26pm

David, Jayme said the nukes at GL told him they would fly out Saturday morning after the Friday PIR (2/5). Guessing we will be up early to take the cell phone to him at Ohare. :/

Comment by David on January 11, 2010 at 5:31pm

Steven your son may or may not have the weekend off after PIR, our son flew out of O'hare at about 8 am, we went down to the USO there and spent more time with him there. Mary he is still a ET.

Comment by Tim L. Reddell sr. on January 11, 2010 at 5:10pm

and my son stayed in goose creek.

Comment by Tim L. Reddell sr. on January 11, 2010 at 5:09pm

I response to after graduating power school, they do get BAH around $950 plus little more for food. I believe it comes out to about $1300 per month. My son and 2 other sailors rented a house, so maybe look into that. (the 3-way split really saves money & they will most likely be on the same shift. They also will get another part of their bonus ( I think my son has 50% remaining) and they will get move out money about $1000 i think. When prototype starts the will work 7 weeks mon/fri then they start shift work. if any of your sailors need to rent a house around mid/end march let me know. my son should graduate prototype around then. (and the house is for a year lease, but when he gets his orders it voids the lease). Any questions feel free to ask & congrats to your sailors for maiking it this far.

Comment by MaryK13 on January 11, 2010 at 5:03pm

Our son Mike arrived in SC on Saturday too. He unfortunatly doesn't start school until the end of January. I guess he missed starting this week, and now has to wait two more weeks. David, is your son an ET,EM, or MM?
He also said that he was put in a single room, but with a roommate. He's not a happy camper as the room is REALLY too small for two people, but what are you going to do. I guess it will be good practice for when he goes out to sea.
Graduation was amazing. The visit was way too short, but we enjoyed every minute we could spend with our son. I guess now the big challenge starts with it being atleast 6 months before he can come home again.

Comment by Steven S on January 11, 2010 at 4:55pm

Hey David..

My son's PIR is 2/5/10 then there. Keep in touch and maybe you can help me figure things out down there. : )
God bless.

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