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Son leaving for boot camp next week
Good morning Leigh, Good luck to you! As everyone keeps telling me, we will be fine - smiles. My son actually leaves tomorrow (Tuesday). He goes to the recruiter today at 2, then he will spend the...
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Son leaving for boot camp next week
Alex's mom.... i know exactly what you mean when you say this is so much different then when he went off to college.. That it feels so final. That is exactly how I am feeling. Everyone tells me it ...
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Son leaving for boot camp next week
Hey Jill.. where are you all from? How are you doing with him leaving? Hanging in there - smiles?? :) Sue
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Son leaving for boot camp next week
Hi Cheryl The first thing that comes to my mind to say to you is "everything is going to be fine, we will pull through this", but as I type this, I am crying - lol. We have no choice then to pull ...
Replied Oct 30
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Hey Sept2174 - what part of upstate NY are you from? I am in the Syracuse area!
A little info about the grad and go. I contacted Purple Pig (Sue) and she sent me this reply that I think will be helpful to some of you that are questioning whether your recruit will be one or not.
The command is doing away with the same-day dep...
Meilin/Dawn - i was told the Residence Inn is $63 a night if you have AAA. It is only 3 miles from GL. Good luck - Sue
My dear Cindy.. PLEASE tell me that you have never heard of the recruits having to do push ups for each letter they get - lol... I have already mailed out 17 letters. Zach will kill me - lol Sue
Hi everyone.. I am here.. I am so happy to see you created this group! The November Boot Camp family forum has been awesome. Even though i don't post alot (and then post alot when i can), I am trying to keep up on the reading. I am on the road alo...
Welcome everyone who has a recruit graduating on January 8th 2010.
Good morning Navy moms..wives..gf...aunts...sisters.. :)... One day down and counting. It's amazing how rapid this forum grew - how cool is that? I never believed in support groups, but i'll tell ya, this one had made all the difference in how I g...
Hi Cindy.... how were all your 3rd graders today? smiles Hey i got some good news today which certainly cheered me up. Purple Pig (aka Sue) said that they pretty much did away with grad and go. I was so happy to hear that. Wait... did i tell you t...
Hi Kim - i believe those boxes all come by fed ex. Not the regular mail. I write my son every single day as well, and do the same - They have to realize they have no connection with the outside world while in boot camp - so for them to hear that y...
Barbara - there is a member here, Purple Pig, that is a civilian who works at the RTC. She is very informative.. VERY!! She is also the one that posts the information about graduations. She posts only on Mondays - so yesterday was when she posted ...
Hang in there Dawn.. you will get all of that soon. I am so surprised you couldn't get it yet - that's just horrible. Today is one week for my son as well. And yes, it has been the longest darn week i've ever gone through - but i imagine each week...
Barbara.. im so excited - FINALLY.. finally.. someone in the same division as my son. My son left as well on the 3rd, he is Div 042, Ship 3.. yippeee.. I thought my son was in a division by himself - lol. I just received my son, Zach's, box yester...
Patti - i sent it to your email.
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Son leaving for Boot Camp next week
Hello everyone.. My name is Sue. I have actually had the honor of reading many cool blogs throughout the past month, but i decided its my turn to chime in and get a better feel of some things. My son has leaves for boot camp Tues, the 3rd of Nov. As all of you know, it is breaking my heart into a bazillion pieces.. He is my baby to say the least and if i had it my way (as sick as it sounds) I would keep him that way for the next 40+ years :).... so letting go has been very hard even though I hav… Continue
Posted on October 26, 2009 at 3:01pm — 8 Comments
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- At 9:58am on November 20, 2009,
Mrs.Recruit said…
- Hey Sue! Hope you are doing well! Have you heard from your son, a REAL Letter, yet?
- At 9:23pm on November 9, 2009,
Cindy: "Proud Mom of a Nuke" said…
- Not a girl scout leader but a teacher....I guess that is similiar.....always trying to be creative in my ideas. ha ha You can say WHATEVER "inside" the letters. The RDCs never read them. Just address the outside with his official name. I think they call them out at mail call. There is a pic in the Keel book (probably staged as most are) of a few guys standing with letters and the others gathered around. Not sure if this is how they really do it or not.
- At 8:54pm on November 9, 2009,
Cindy: "Proud Mom of a Nuke" said…
- Could you drive his car to his school and then take a flight home?
- At 8:53pm on November 9, 2009,
Cindy: "Proud Mom of a Nuke" said…
- Hey- idea....you take a pic of you opening the air freshener and tell him it is wide open!!
he he
- At 8:52pm on November 9, 2009,
Cindy: "Proud Mom of a Nuke" said…
- I don't think he will be sad if you send the pics. They "want" to have a piece of home and be reminded of where they came from. Ask him he if would like pics or not. That will settle it. If I were way, I'd want pics to remind me....to see the faces. Shoot, I'd even want something corney like having them hold up signs that say "Miss you", "Proud of you!", etc. I think it would make him feel great to know that you all went to so much trouble to stage cute pics just for him...just my thoughts. Some of them have girlfriends or wives and you can only imagine how sappy those letters are back and forth. ha ha
If his cologne is SPRAY, I would spray the letters with his cologne. Tell him to smell them. He probably misses his cologne since he always wore it. Whatever scents he is missing- send them on your letters. He'll like it. I didn't do that but I now wish I would have. Wish I would have known about the Snuggle dryer sheets when he was in BC. ha ha I would have sent one with each letter. LOL
- At 8:41pm on November 9, 2009,
Cindy: "Proud Mom of a Nuke" said…
- Once he gets to A School- things will be so much better as far as communication. He can have his cell phone and laptop (or he can buy one there). The first month, they have to wear their uniform at all times (on and off base)-phase 1. Then, they get phased up-phase 2- they can wear civilian clothes when they aren't at school and they can go off base. Phase 3-they can put in for over-night off base. Meaning that if they want to stay out past curfew-they put this paper on their bunk (or whatever) and they can come in whenever they want past curfew. I talk to Jared about every other day. They can't have their phones during class or study hours. With Jared's school, they have mandatory study hours every night and on Sundays. At P'Cola, they might not have that. Things do get better as you will also be able to send him care packages and send him bedding (if you want to). I sent Jared a set of t-shirt sheets and a comforter (as our family LOVES t-shirt sheets). Their beds are twin XLG (like a dorm size). I imagine P'Cola would be the same size. You can send him clothes, snacks, or whatever. There is life after BC- and the communication gets so much better!!!! Plus, they usually get to come home for about one week after they finish their first A School. Any idea how long Zach's A school is?
- At 8:26pm on November 9, 2009,
Cindy: "Proud Mom of a Nuke" said…
- Truth...it doesn't "get easier" , you just find ways to fill your days and try to stay positive and become addicted to the support you find on this site. Remember..."this too shall pass." The good and the bad for you in your situation is that Thanksgiving and Christmas seem to sneak up on you as you get really busy. At least, maybe the hustle and bustle of it all will help the time to fly somewhat. After Christmas...you will be planning and anticipating your travels to GL. Take pics of the family over the holidays and send them to Zach. You will be giving him a piece of home. Funny thing is that I sent Jared at A School a new comforter and sheet set. The comforter I bought here and so I washed it and used my Snuggle sheets to dry it. When he got it, he told my husband "My comforter smells s-o-o good....it smells like home!" Ahh...the little things. So, if you use bounce sheets or anything that will remind him of home- send it as long as it can be sent discretly inside a card. I know it sounds strange....but it means so much to them.
- At 8:17pm on November 9, 2009,
Cindy: "Proud Mom of a Nuke" said…
- If you leave now, that would be one expensive hotel bill and they wouldn't let you see him anyways. I could be wrong, but I thought I read on here somewhere that recruit's family can come on base for Thanksgiving??? It would be expensive for such a short stay anyways. Did you read that? I don't know if you could go or not, but you could ask Purple Pig if you are interested. Maybe I have lost my mind, but I could have sworn I read that. How far is a drive for you? Do-able or not? Airline fares are "sky high" right now. I know you miss Zach, but picture him learning new things and feeling so "grown up" and full of pride! He will love your letters! I got my first letter from Jared like one and a half weeks in b/c as he was one of the first in his division. I'm dying to know what Zach's "job" is in BC. Be sure to ask him that. Jared was one of the very first in his division and so the first 7 are assigned to "head duty" cleaning the restrooms 3-4 times per day. They called them the "Lucky Seven"....not. UGH! He was fine with it though- what are you going to do, right?
- At 7:51pm on November 9, 2009,
Cindy: "Proud Mom of a Nuke" said…
- That is awesome!!!! Wow! You will get all of Friday? Way cool! I wish I could have had that. So happy for you, Sue!!!! That one day is way better than just one hour! : )
- At 7:25pm on November 9, 2009,
Cindy: "Proud Mom of a Nuke" said…
- Sue-I just thought of ONE good thing about your son being in the first two divisions.....when they start to do Battle Stations- your son's division along with his brother division (041) will get to go the very first night they start! This will be a big deal as your new PIR group (soon to be founded by you "PIR Jan. 8th group") will all be on your group site just WAITING for the "I'm a Sailor" calls. Some of the moms will have kids that go last and they don't get the call until they are in route to PIR so that would be nerve racking to HOPE your kid is actually graduating, flying there and not being sure. See....there is one upside to it. Also, we learned from Purple Pig that the divisions ALWAYS go in numerical order! In your letters, ask your son to list dates for his agenda so you can know when he is doing what....especially the Battle Stations date....VERY important for you know. That won't be for a while yet, but keep that in mind....I'll remind you closer to that time. My son was good about mapping it out for me like a list with dates and the event. Some moms had no idea when that was taking place.
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