Ship 04 DIV 820 !

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Permalink Reply by WilliamSP on August 22, 2014 at 1:59pm

great to hear everyone getting that first call!

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Permalink Reply by Bill on August 22, 2014 at 2:32pm

I'm hearing about a 2 week delay before class-up of BUD/S Prep.  In the interim, they guys will be working at the RTC as needed.  They should have more freedom to get out-and-about and run/workout.  My son said he's doing pullups and push-ups in the barracks to augment Dive-Mo workouts because he's concerned about getting out of shape.  Of course, NSW candidates definition of out of shape is very different from the average person :)  Our guys will likely start full-fledged BUD/S in January after the holidays.

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Permalink Reply by WilliamSP on August 22, 2014 at 3:57pm

Hey Bill, thanks for the feedback, the interims are the lulls that would normally concern me but as they're all part of a group with the same goal, I'm sure they're are approaching training in similar fashion and keeping in shape the best way they can. Buds in January makes sense. I've also heard of buds groups who are in training who get leave at Christmas and return to training. My sons seal mentor was one example.
Bottom line dive mo and additional time for physical training is positive for BUDS prep.

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Permalink Reply by Tom on August 30, 2014 at 9:37am

Hi L and welcome. My son also was a Wrestler. What an awesome sport on so many different levels. Kind of helps set them up for the next step and is a great foundation for teamwork which of course is most important in the place they are right now.

Just received another letter from my son. All is going great. Seems that there is a nasty breakout of Pink Eye in the division. I never had it so I really don't know to much about sans he told me one morning he woke with a lot of crust in his eye. He got a day of bed rest and he didn't miss anything because it was on a Sunday.
Hope all your sailors are doing well and here we go, just four weeks left.

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Permalink Reply by ray on August 31, 2014 at 2:52pm

hey guys both my sons wrestled in high school and college as tom said it is a great sport . i miss all the noisy tournaments. i am looking forward to graduation i was at great lakes in 1977 i am sure its changed good luck to all best regards  ray

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Permalink Reply by Tom on August 31, 2014 at 3:28pm

Hi there Ray. I also was in great lakes March '77. Followed by RM A school.

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Permalink Reply by WilliamSP on August 31, 2014 at 11:08pm

Anybody have any new news? It's been a quite couple of weeks. I did get a letter from youngblood and it was a helluva letter. Three more Fridays.
What DOT are they in ?
Anybody stay at the Navy Lodge?

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Permalink Reply by Bill on September 1, 2014 at 10:44am

As far as phone calls, the last one was August 21st.  Have you guys gotten any more recently?  My son said the Division is not as generous as others when it comes to phone privileges. In his most recent letter, he did mention a lot of the guys were sick, including him.  He said he pulled three consecutive fire watches resulting in 2 hours sleep for three nights in a row.  That, combined with his illness, landed him in bed rest for one day. We're hoping to get an update this week.

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Permalink Reply by Bill on September 3, 2014 at 4:42pm

Greetings Gents.  Did any of you get a call this past weekend?  Just curious because we didn't get a call.  His last call to us was on August 21st--thanks much!

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Permalink Reply by Bill on September 4, 2014 at 12:00pm

Copy--thanks for the reply. I was just wondering if he'd forgotten about us :) Sounds like the Division is pretty tight on allowing calls--probably a good thing--keeps them focused on the task-at-hand.

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Permalink Reply by WilliamSP on September 7, 2014 at 9:37pm

820 pictures posted tomorrow on FB

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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on September 7, 2014 at 9:47pm

let's hope they don't violate OPSEC/PERSEC guidelines by posting SEAL photos.....THAT is a no-no

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