Top Ten Lines Home From Boot Camp...

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Permalink Reply by Katie (nuke MM gf) on May 19, 2009 at 1:49pm

My boyfriend wrote "Oh, I just remembered something funny. In line for dinner tonight this guy I'm friends with got mashed potatoes and was like 'I'll try the mashed potatoes, I've never eaten them before.' (My boyfriend) said you've never ever had mashed potatoes?! (My boyfriend) thought it was crazy, that it wasn't possible."

That made me laugh, although I never knew you could get mashed potatoes in a box until I went to college.

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Permalink Reply by Donna C on May 20, 2009 at 11:24am

That is kind of unusual. But I guess there are going to be very many, "I've never....." in the future.

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Permalink Reply by Vickie on May 27, 2009 at 5:21pm

My son has never been this far from home & in his last letter he said he was finally getting used to it "NOT" and he misses texting, sleeping in and his music.

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Permalink Reply by Lynda on June 2, 2009 at 10:07am

In my son's first letter he said, "I think I am in some kind of honor division. The higher the division number, the more evil the RDCs, lol"
He said the "lol" so I guess it's not so bad.

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Permalink Reply by Cindy: "Proud Mom of a Nuke" on June 2, 2009 at 3:12pm

"I am on the "head crew" and I have to clean the bathroom 2-3 times per day. You'd think that a bunch of grown men could keep the restroom descent......think again!"
Now he knows how MOMS think, huh?

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Permalink Reply by BarbaraJoe'sMom on August 8, 2009 at 11:15pm

Ha Ha, my son wrote, "I love my job, I'm leader of the head crew - or shitter crew, you pick, anyway I get to go in there, make sure everything is clean, then I can do my thing without anyone bothering me".

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Permalink Reply by Chon's mom on June 4, 2009 at 11:58pm

In letter home, son said that he even missed my dog (son complained about my dog barking often b/4 BC). He thought he could still hear Jake, my Bassett Hound howling/barking, when he was asleep. "But When I woke up, it was just the drill instructor" ...Wow the drill instructor must have a deep voice.

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Permalink Reply by CJ's Mom on June 9, 2009 at 9:28am

After a week and a half at boot camp this quote came from my son...
"The food here is absolutely horrible, and it's making our whole division (82 recruits) fart all day long which is starting to make me sick. But I really don't mind being here all that much, even though I was one of the first people in my division to get onto our RDC's s*** list (oops!). I'm starting to blend in and keep my ears open and my mouth shut a bit more."

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Permalink Reply by ryansmom0629 on June 19, 2009 at 3:37pm

My son wrote in his first letter that "the instructors are cool as long as you don't piss them off LOL"

In another letter he talks about an instructor with a heavy spaninsh accent who says Chevy Taco instead of Chevy Tahoe! He said that the guys laugh at him but get into trouble for it!

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Permalink Reply by Rudygirl on June 19, 2009 at 3:37pm

When my son called on sunday he said "Mom you know the term cuss like a sailor?, well now I know what they mean, it's even worse than DAD!" He said he would never want me to hear them...I thought that was sweet.

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Permalink Reply by Carole on June 19, 2009 at 3:42pm

Rudygirl - I was afraid of that!! I told my son that if he chooses to use that kind of language that was his business, but he better use restraints when around family and remember that we are not sailors and did not appreciate such language. I'm speaking specifically of the f bomb.

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Permalink Reply by Rudygirl on June 19, 2009 at 4:06pm

I agree! When he was young and he would hear someone swear he would always say "AWWWW they said the "f" cuss or "s" cuss. I am not a big fan of it but understand i can' t control it. He even would get upset if one of his friends would cuss in front of me. Nice to know he respects me that way:)

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