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Permalink Reply by Paul Barger on October 20, 2014 at 10:33am

wow this was good. Glad to hear it was a wonderful experience and congrats to your Daughter.I will be at the Oct 31 graduation for a friend of my sons. He is like a son to me and I look forward to returning to Great Lakes, I graduated there back in 78. I just found out from my son that a friend of his from high school just received the number one sailor I believe during your graduation, her name was Mandy Beck. He wasnt sure if it was last Fridays graduation or not but believes so. He still has 2 more friends up there after the Oct 31st graduation. My son would have graduated on Oct 3rd but hurt his back and they medically discharged him.

Permalink Reply by David Oelker on October 20, 2014 at 1:23pm

Thanks for the reply, Paul...and thank you for your sercvice. Sorry to hear about your son's injury. I have an instuctor on my staff who made it all the way to the day before battle stations and then injured her shoulder and was discharged. Tough breaks for really good people. Please encourage your son to think about volunteering with the US Naval Sea Cadet Corps. We need prior service folks with experience like him to help us develop the future classes of Navy recruits. Have a great time at the PIR and remember; GET THERE EARLY.

Permalink Reply by Chris Holmberg on October 20, 2014 at 5:27pm

Great info!! Just booked my room at the Navy Lodge! $198 for 3 nights. What a deal! Cant wait for Dec 5th! Not looking forward to the 12 hour drive from Pennsylvania though. Lol. One question. Do you have to use the NEX pass during graduation. Or is it good for the whole weekend?

Permalink Reply by David Oelker on October 20, 2014 at 6:11pm

Our pass was good for the entire time we had the room. The pass works at the big Navy Exchange off base, the on-base Exchange (but we never went in there), and the off base NEX convenience store - which is right down the street from the Navy Lodge. I am not sure if you can buy gas with your card or not though. And you can't buy alcohol or tobacco products with it.

Permalink Reply by Paul Barger on October 21, 2014 at 6:52pm

Thanks for the info, it might be hard for him to be a Sea Cadet, he is working now and also getting ready to attend college so he would not have any time. I do not know much about the Sea Cadets. He has very little service I am the one who was in for awhile. Not sure if there are Sea Cadets are here in Indiana. I'll check more into it. I have been out since 1982 so alot has changed but I'll check it out sounds fun.

Permalink Reply by David Oelker on October 23, 2014 at 6:15am

Paul, actually I know of a number of units in Indiana. We live in Indiana as well - southeastern part of the state.

Permalink Reply by Paul Barger on October 23, 2014 at 10:28am

Ill check them out. Thanks