Hey everyone, we hope to have Crystal back home to the good ol' USA by mid-October. Since it's now September & packages can sometimes take weeks to be delivered, there is probably no need to send anything else to her at this point. You have all humbled both Crystal & myself with your amazing, generous support of letters & care packages. Words cannot adequately express our gratitude. Thank you so much for all that you have done!!! I will keep you all informed of her progress in the days ahead. There will be a turnover to the new crew, a change of command ceremony, a trip to Qatar, a trip to Germany & finally - HOME!!! She will return to duty at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Virginia (where @V-SHOT works! He knows her). She will be getting out of the Navy around March of '17 I believe. She will make LT (O-3, double silver bars) later this year. Her family will be moving to Illinois when she gets out.
Reminder to write Crystal! Being deployed sucks!
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Hey everyone, we hope to have Crystal back home to the good ol' USA by mid-October. Since it's now September & packages can sometimes take weeks to be delivered, there is probably no need to send anything else to her at this point. You have all humbled both Crystal & myself with your amazing, generous support of letters & care packages. Words cannot adequately express our gratitude. Thank you so much for all that you have done!!! I will keep you all informed of her progress in the days ahead. There will be a turnover to the new crew, a change of command ceremony, a trip to Qatar, a trip to Germany & finally - HOME!!! She will return to duty at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Virginia (where @V-SHOT works! He knows her). She will be getting out of the Navy around March of '17 I believe. She will make LT (O-3, double silver bars) later this year. Her family will be moving to Illinois when she gets out.
Hey @Tripod, will you be making a trip out here to welcome Crystal home? If so, keep us posted!!! We have a few SS members real close, and I'm sure we could come up with a cool meet and greet or something of the sort!!! I'll be talking to Crystals co-workers and friends on her floor to see if they have anything planned. I'll keep you posted.
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Hey everyone, we hope to have Crystal back home to the good ol' USA by mid-October. Since it's now September & packages can sometimes take weeks to be delivered, there is probably no need to send anything else to her at this point. You have all humbled both Crystal & myself with your amazing, generous support of letters & care packages. Words cannot adequately express our gratitude. Thank you so much for all that you have done!!! I will keep you all informed of her progress in the days ahead. There will be a turnover to the new crew, a change of command ceremony, a trip to Qatar, a trip to Germany & finally - HOME!!! She will return to duty at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Virginia (where @V-SHOT works! He knows her). She will be getting out of the Navy around March of '17 I believe. She will make LT (O-3, double silver bars) later this year. Her family will be moving to Illinois when she gets out.
She's local here? Awesome! @V-SHOT, let me know if we can help or anything! Would love to welcome her home!
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^^^ Yep, Crystal (LTJG Rath) is assigned here at NMCP. As soon as I can get in touch with someone from her former floor, I will pass on any information as far as wheather or not they have anything planned as well.
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^^^ Yep, Crystal (LTJG Rath) is assigned here at NMCP. As soon as I can get in touch with someone from her former floor, I will pass on any information as far as wheather or not they have anything planned as well.
Count me in!
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aren't you forgetting someone?
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aren't you forgetting someone?
Nope. Stopping to visit you on my way back home to NM!
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You made my day!
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You made my day!
And it will make mine when I finally get to meet you in person!
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^^^Keep me in the loop on this one. Mitch is just a hop, skip, and jump from me. Okay, so it's a big jump!!! But I could make that jump!
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We'll need to figure out a gathering. Still taking your dad out for a ride in a Sling?
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We'll need to figure out a gathering. Still taking your dad out for a ride in a Sling?
^^^Just think about you guys!!!! When @Tripod gets here, we gotta' get together for a ride or something!!!!
Yep, guys, like I said in that PM to you two a while back, I really would like to surprise my Dad with a Slingshot ride so would appreciate your support. He's 85, almost blind now & can't drive anymore. He's fascinated by mine but has only seen pics. He's always liked cool vehicles. He rode panhead Harleys & Beemers back in the day - my first memory is sitting in front of my Dad on a bike. I was 2 weeks late being born & my Dad took my Mom down the railroad tracks trying to induce labor! LOL! True story! Ask him when you see him.
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Road over to Braidwood, IL couple of weeks ago and had breakfast with Tripod...
It is always great meeting Slingshot owner and getting to know them....Thoroughly enjoyed our breakfast & getting to meet ya' EJ - you're a class act!
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Hey everyone, we hope to have Crystal back home to the good ol' USA by mid-October. Since it's now September & packages can sometimes take weeks to be delivered, there is probably no need to send anything else to her at this point. You have all humbled both Crystal & myself with your amazing, generous support of letters & care packages. Words cannot adequately express our gratitude. Thank you so much for all that you have done!!! I will keep you all informed of her progress in the days ahead. There will be a turnover to the new crew, a change of command ceremony, a trip to Qatar, a trip to Germany & finally - HOME!!! She will return to duty at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Virginia (where @V-SHOT works! He knows her). She will be getting out of the Navy around March of '17 I believe. She will make LT (O-3, double silver bars) later this year. Her family will be moving to Illinois when she gets out.
Outstanding news! I salute that terrific lady.
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We'll need to figure out a gathering. Still taking your dad out for a ride in a Sling?
I think a slingshot parade in honor of Tripods Dad is well in order!
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Crystal made this orange & black paracord keychain for me (to match my Slingshot she wrote) & mailed it to where I'm working right now. Pretty cool...
