Raffaele A. Gazzillo's Comments

Thanks Raffaele, Kris my son has just finnished his fourth week of Basic Training and will graduate PIR October 1th. Then on to MAA "A" school San Antonio We do not know his start date yet he could get leave or just Grad and go ? Graduations Raffaele I see you've alright been pinned. I can say Im very proud of all the fine servicemen and women for your service to this Great Country that I love!!! from a old Viet nam tin can Sailor : )

Hello! Did I respond to this? I remember typing, but not sure if it ever went through. Let me know before I bore you with all that has happened.

A lot of E3 go to the carriers now.

hey ralph ,hows it going up north.finaaly cooling off here we have had about 9 inches of rain the last week with more on the way. well it finally happened ,jons orders came out of detail and he is heading for san antonio about the middle of october.hes very excited as are we .Isaw where i wrote would have jon look up your son when he got to S.A.,i meant corpus cause jon said he wanted to go visit down ther if he got the chance. have a good one,kyle cannon

I have got two power point displays from a retired navy vet at work,they are pretty cool. If you would like for me to send them to you let me know,I will need an e-mail address for you.

thanks ralph,will tell jon to look up your son ,if he is still there,when he gets to san antonio

glad you and your family had a good time in corpus.it has been very hot here in texas this year ,not much rain in the valley area which is from san antonio on down to laredo then down to the coast.they are underextreme drought conditions down there.our son jon should be to m a school by dec.
he is coming home sept.1 - 15 then back to norfolk waiting on his orders.he said they are in detail and he is just waiting

Corpus is a great place to visit,He has told you about LADY LEX hasn't he.Lots of fun things to do there.

They like to do that...give fancy names for a job. Oh well!

Which really doesn't explain all that much...at least not to me!

Hello! I said hi to Lynn on our 8/15 PIR group. I'm sure you have enjoyed your time with Ralph. Just looked at the calendar and it looks like his leave is about over. I'm sure surprising his great grandmother did her a world of good. Your cousin is headed the same direction as Morgan. I don't know what mos stands for though.

At least he's close to home! Morgan's about a 20 hr drive away. Miserable drive as you have to go through the full state of Nevada. Ugh and yuck! I don't know how our guys do it in the kind of heat they'll be in. Morgan will have to wear Marine cammies while on duty. He won't deploy until the first part of next year, but it will be a year long deployment. He wanted to be with his guys on the front line, but they put him in the BAS instead. We're doing ok. I got back from Oceanside last Wed. Absolutely loved the place. 70+ degree weather with a constant breeze, blue skies, and sunshine. Although I did hear the the day after I left it started to drizzle which makes the humidity high. I could very easily move there. Glad to hear about Lynns mom, please tell her I said hello. I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother. Strokes are bad at any age, but definitely worse at our grandparents ages. My grandma will be 92 this year. My prayers will be with your grandmother.

everythings great here,thanks for the response.The wife gets alittle worried when she doesnt talk to our boy at least 3 times a week but you know how kids are. hope everyone in your family doing well.great weather here in east texas,we live on lake palestine between athens and tyler.it was also 95 here today.till next time,back on the road.................

Hello! Nice to hear from you. Morgan's doing good. He's here with me in the hotel until Wednesday. He has to report back at CP by noon. FMTB Graduation was last Wednesday, but he didn't get liberty until last Friday at noon. Fortunately, since I don't work, I'm able to stay. He still has a two week class to take, then he will be done. Sometime this week, or next, he'll be assigned to his Marine unit and will be stationed here for 3 yrs. He's looking forward to finally being able to do what he's been trained to do. As of right now, it looks like he won't be deployed until Feb. We shall see. Congrats to Ralph! Is he still in Texas? Tell Shawna "Are you crazy?!" We spent the evening with a Marine last night. We've known Matt since he was 3. It was great to spend that time with him. He told his brother, who is considering the military, that he should give college a try then if it doesn't work for him he should enlist. Marine BC is not easy. It is really difficult and physically demanding. How is your mother-in-law?

How are you! It has been a very long time. It's good to hear from you. I'm happy to hear Ralp loves what he's doing. I've been talking to a mom whose son just had his PIR and is now in Texas. I wonder if they're in the same place. How are you handling having your daughter in the Navy as well? I tell our 16 yr old he can't leave until he's 30! He jokes that he's going to join the Army. His martial arts instructor is now telling him that if he gets good grades in school, he can help him get into the Naval Academy or the Merchant Marines. I'm saying 'thanks, Flane.' Morgan is doing well. He graduated from A school 12/12 and is now waiting to class up in March. He's stationed at Camp Pendleton in San Diego. He'll be a medic for the marines, which is what he wanted. He also received his ultimate wish...he'll be with a div. on the front lines. He was disappointed when he was asked to be the head admin. as he was wanting to work in the hospital. Tells me he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. How are you and the rest of the family doing?

I was able to tell Conner your advice now that his phone has arrived...he is so pumped, I am so pumped for him! Thanks for your words, he said to say HI and Thanks too!

Raff, rather than try and figure out what q&a I can ask why don't you just tell me everything you know!! Just kiddin'...really anything is good. Call from Conner sunday eve...he's in "holding" at present but very anxious to start. Oldest daughter will PIR 11-07-08 and might go to Whidbey. Don't know yet.

Hello Raffaele, Andy has gotten through a school called SCC. Can't remember what it means. He was on hold for a week, then the two week school and now he is on hold again. He called today and said that his class only has 11 and they want 50. He was told he would be on hold until Oct. 27. So he hasn't even started A school yet. He's kind of impatient with all the on hold. He'll have to deal with it. I told him it's getting him ready for a 6 month Med. cruise. He hopes to be on a DDG out of Norfolk, right now. He may change his mind. God Bless

great, another road trip! (I might have to fly a few at this rate)