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April 20, 2017 Departed to Bootcamp
My son left for BC on Thursday, April 20th. Anyone else have a son/daughter who left around the same time? I am just trying to see how long it is taking to receive THE BOX & The Form Letter. I know the sight says THE BOX can arrive within a few days to 2 weeks, but I am just hoping to get an average time it is taking. I am anxious since we didn't receive the I'M HERE call. We know our son arrived to Chicago ORD because he sent a text. He said he would call one of our cell phones, but we didn't receive his call. I know there are many factors that could have prevented such. Just having a horrible time dealing with this departure thus far. I am trying to get as informed as possible and also trying to stay busy while he is in BC. I am thankful to have found this website to help express my feelings and to share what this experience is like with others who are in the same situation. It is so hard not hearing my son's voice, seeing him, and even telling him to get things done. I find myself crying throughout the day because I miss him so much. I know that many who have been through this faced some of the same emotions as I am having. I just want some additional advice as to how to deal with missing him and not being able to communicate with him for such a long period of time. Please any advice would be greatly appreciated. Anyone who has a recruit who shipped out around the same time (shortly before or shortly after) please share your thoughts. Thanks!!!
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Permalink Reply by luvmy3brats on
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You should probably get the box some time towards the end of this week. If you wont be home, leave a note on your door to fed ex giving them permission to leave it incase you miss them, otherwise they wont leave it! Join the Facebook page Navy mom PIR friends. All the info you need and more will be on there, including a link to your son's PIR date group. You will learn this once you get the scripted note from him with PIR info and ship address. Hang in there, it's a wild ride, but worth every bit of it!! :)
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Permalink Reply by AZ2OH2IL2UT on
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Luvmy3brats-Thank you for your help. I will definitely leave a note for FedEx. I was worried it might come when we weren't home too. I have seen that occur for some other families. I plan on joining the PIR friends page as soon as I have his info. I am anxiously awaiting that. Thank you for helping me through this!
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No problem! I have 2 in; one actually plans to get out the end of this year. 5 years just flew by! My other one is a submariner and it will be 2 years for him this August! You can join the PIR page at any time. Once you have the date, Lora, one of the admins, will post links to the different pages for your PIR date. That will be a separate group. You will meet others who are on the same page you are, and the awesome part is, you will get to meet them in person at the meet and greet the night before PIR in Great Lakes!! You will make some life long friends!! :)
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Wow! Your son who is getting out this year what is his rate? Did your sons go to sea duty right after they graduated A school? My husband was in the Navy 20 years ago. He did a 6 month tour. That was shortly after we got married too. Ugh!
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Hi, yes they are both sea duty. My oldest boy is an EM on a ship stationed in VA. He went to A school in GL. The submariner in an MM on a sub and his A school was in CT and he is still there on his sub. The sub life is wayyyyy different than top siders. My oldest saw one 9 month deployment and then they dry docked. They are back in the water, but having a lot of issues with the ship, so they did not go anywhere like planned. My son is not complaining and neither am I! LOL
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My husband was on a carrier. He did a 6 month deployment, but then they were always out on trials and such. Sometimes they'd be out for a few weeks. My son will go to Goose Creek in South Carolina for A school. He also volunteered for a submarine. So your oldest only was out to sea for 9 months his entire time? Otherwise his time in the Nav has been dry docked? SWEET for you all! Your son who is on a sub, how long would he be out to sea? How was communication while the Sub was out to sea? Did they stay under for longer than 3 months?
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Yes, he only saw deployment one time! Crazy, I know!! But he has managed to get blue jacket of the quarter, blue jacket of the year, and just recently junior sailor of the year!! Proud of that kid. The sub kiddo has been on a 6 month deployment. They also do plenty of underways. They are preparing for another 6 month deployment the end of this year. They will port about 3 or 4 x's in the 6 months, and if they are under, email is the only form of contact. When they port he calls me from facebook, using wifi. We turn off the phones when they are deployed. You can find plenty of wifi overseas!! Oh and just recently, the sub kiddo told me he got blue jacket of the quarter!! So proud of both my boys, but looking forward to my older one getting out. :)
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That is awesome. Very proud of them. That is awesome for you that your oldest only saw one deployment in his entire 5 years. That's crazy how much the sub is underway! I am at least happy to know that if they are underwater we can still email!!! I am sure you are super proud of them! I am also sure you are ready to have your older one closer to home too.
So, I just want to make sure I am understanding the sub. When the sub is just underway and not submerged fully you can text your son? Or do you just email instead anytime the sub is not at port, whether it be state side or in a foreign port.
How was communication while he was at A school? How long was he at A school?
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when they are underway, or deployed they only get email when they surface to a certain depth I believe?? All email gets read before your son gets it, so be careful with what you write. A school was about 6 months from start to finish, and he has his cell phone, so I could talk to him every night if I wanted. They live in barracks and they buy internet so A school is kinda nice. He also was in A school during Christmas, so he got to come home during stand down. When they are docked and he's just going to work each day, he is back at the barracks every night except when he has duty so you can talk to them regularly then too! When they have duty, it's 24 hours, so you usually wont hear from them while they are on their boats or ships.
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Permalink Reply by Mjh363 on
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My son left 2/27. I finally get to see him 4/28. The first two weeks were bad. I missed him so much.I got lucky and received 2 phone calls from him in the first two weeks. That helped a lot. The first call the whole division got for doing something good. The second was for some clearance information he needed. I wrote to him everyday. That helped a lot. I wrote him about everyday things that was going on. He loved that. I sent him jokes and funny memes I'd find on the internet and pictures of the dogs and family. I waited for his letter every week. I still tear up when I think of how proud I am of him. I am so thankful for this site. I called his recruiter to tell him how he was and told him he has to tell all moms about this site. The box came on Thursday he went in on Monday. The form letter came the end of the following week.
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Mjh363-Thank you for your response. That's awesome that he was able to call you two times the first week. What program is he going into? My son will be going into the Nuke Program. How old is your son? I have been writing my son everyday and can't wait to get the address so that I can mail these letters off. We used to live in Chicago, but just moved to SLC. Unfortunately mail will take much longer to reach one another now. So happy that you will be seeing your son this week! Enjoy your time with him.
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My son is 18. First time I've been out of contact with him for longer than a day in 18 years. He went into IT. We live in NY so mail takes a while to get to him. When you mail his first letters he won't get them right away. They have to train someone for mail first. Then the backed up mail gets processed. So at first he may think you aren't mailing things that often. So date your letters. He may get later letters first. For my son the first two letters he mailed he was really missing home. After that he seemed to really adjust. When he called me for the I'm a sailor call he described boot camp as being the most fun you never want to have again.
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