Summer Assignments

We were in Nuremberg (Pinder Kaserne) from May 83-Dec 84, then Bamberg from Dec 84-Oct 86. He was born in Nov 1985. I know exactly where Herzo was.

Not sure how much my cadet will ENJOY Sapper, but he will learn a lot. :biggrin: Tell your husband now the problem seems to be ticks, instead of chiggers.

I can't believe you know where Herzo was, it was tiny! When we first arrived in Germany a Sgt. came to pick us up. On the way back we were asking him about the post. He told us you could crawl from one end to the other in 5 minutes - he was right. I was in shock because I thought all Army posts were like Ft. Lewis. The commissary was smaller then a Ft. Lewis Shopette. :eek:

Ticks and/or chiggers - YUCK!!

Now that I've taken my own thread off topic I'll try to get back to the subject.

GoNavyMom- What is YP's?
 
My mid is in San Diego on a lhd (landing helicopter deck) ship. They have been out to sea on war games exercises with 15 other countries. They are in port for a few days, then will be underway to Hawaii for ten days. He has gotten to go in amphibious craft and hover craft from ship to shore and to another ship. He called the other night and was as giddy as a kid at a birthday party! He will have a couple days in Hawaii staying at a base and seeing the sights before returning to USNA.

Block 2 will be sailing out of USNA. Then hopefully ten days home. He is taking a summer class in August to lighten his fall semester load. Which means not much leave, but we think it is a wise decision.
 
My mid is at Leatherneck in Quantico. A little sore after the first week but all is well and is firmly commited that Marine Ground is the first choice for service selection. Described Leatherneck as "plebe summer on steroids" but you get weekend liberty.

After Leatherneck, it's back to the yard for first set cadre/detailer for plebe summer. Will be company XO and is looking forward to the role and seeing life at the academy come full circle with the next set of plebes.

After plebe summer cadre duty it's home for almost 4 weeks of leave. We are excited since we have not seen our mid since Christmas.:smile:
 
My cadet is finishing up week 3 in Germany. He comes home on Saturday :)smile:) for 3 weeks, then goes for Beast 2 cadre. After that, it's a semester abroad...we won't see him til Christmas. Out of 52 weeks in 2010 we'll see him for a grand total of 4. :thumbdown: Happy for him, kinda sad for us!
 
My cadet is finishing up week 3 in Germany. He comes home on Saturday :)smile:) for 3 weeks, then goes for Beast 2 cadre. After that, it's a semester abroad...we won't see him til Christmas. Out of 52 weeks in 2010 we'll see him for a grand total of 4. :thumbdown: Happy for him, kinda sad for us!

What's he doing while in Germany? Will he return there for his semester abroad?

My son was cadre for beast 2 last summer and, except for the lack of sleep, he loved it!
 
My cadet was to be at Airborne school right now but it was overbooked and plebes were dropped. So leave, Buckner, and then two weeks in Monterey, CA on some data processing assignment. He has firmly decided to major in Spanish, or engineering, or IT, or history-LOL, it changes every time I see him.
 
My Cadet (2011) will be spending 7 weeks in Uganda, Africa. There is a small village there with 70 children in a one-room school, so she will be building a school. 5 Cadets are going to Africa, some to the same village and some to another area on a different assignment.
 
My daughter is also at Leatherneck this week. Over the past summers she has sailed 44's to Newport RI, done USS Batan for Fleet Week in Boston, flown a jet out of Oceana, driven a Boomer out of Kings Bay (actually got to drive and dive) and some weapons time at Lejune Then did five weeks in Tianjin China for language immersion. Walked the Great Wall and got followed down the street by the children in Tianjin. Blond hair and blue eyes are a big thing in Tianjin. Will be detailer for second session. Doing first semester in Beijing starting end of August.
 
Leatherneck update:

Per my mid Leatherneck is like plebe summer on crack not steriods. The tempo and pace are exhausting, the humidity sucks and the bugs bite. The following text was the best of many from last week:

Text to dad:

I just got back from night land navigation. Oh my god! Horrible experience! I fell down a 4ft cliff and lost my rifle for a bit. Fell in the same river 6 times and ran into every solid object possible. Nice bloody bruise on left shin from running into a log. Cloudy night with no moon. Night land navigation is like being blindfolded and then being told to run through the Quantico woods. Got my score and I passed with a 90%! Overall feelin good. :smile:

Per weekend phone call the objective is to get through the next two weeks. Service selection choice will still be Marine Corps, with no hesitation.

Gotta Love em!
 
Sorry, Dad. I missed that. Sounds like she beats out my new (female) plebe by 1/2".

GOD BLESS THEM ALL!
 
MIDNDAD:

Leatherneck over tomorrow and my daughter is also leaning heavily MC. All heat rash and bug bites after the other day but still sounds upbeat. She highly recommends shin guards for night nav at Quantico. She met every tree and stump in the forest. I think she also ran into "over" the same cliff and river.
 
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