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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Waiting to hear if they are sending him out in the Pacific in July.  He just 
completed the how-to-survive-a-crash-in-a-helicopter training.  The whole 
reason he didn't go in the Navy was because he doesn't "do" water.  Hates 
water.  Hates anything that even resembles swimming.  So, they decide that 
he should be out on an aircraft carrier and he should learn how to get out 
of a helicopter that is underwater.

He said he warned all the other guys that they better not get between him 
and getting to the surface!

I'm just surprised that he didn't head for the hills when they said that 
he'd have to be dumped in a training pool inside a helicopter!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> Yes, and mail still comes to the house from the Marines for TJ, and you
> would think Navy-Marines..ok, same database..but no.
> Actually, I am still getting college information, too.
>
> Little known is the fact that if you sign up under one branch and decide
> it is not for you, you can actually change into another branch to
> complete your commitment.  There is no official dishonor, either.  Of
> course, I think you lose any deals you made beforehand though.
> The son of a family friend entered the Navy when TJ did.  He decided
> during the first week of bootcamp that it wasn't for him.  He actually
> quit and joined the Coast Guard and is now on some icebreak in the
> Antarctic.  He's getting out soon-shorter committment.
>
> And just how is K#5 these days?