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My son has done all the paperwork, passed all the tests and they say now its a waiting game.

How long have some of your family waited before they were sworn in and ready for boot camp?

My son did all this in March and the recruiter keeps telling him to wait, he will hear soon.

He said he has been accepted but hasn't been sworn in yet.     He is getting inpatient, is there a certain time limit - days, months, ?????

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Hi Jenny, So your son is the baby too. It many ways that makes it harder to let go. Joe sounds great and Brandon is doing the same thing, running and working out before BC. You are so lucky having 4 grandchildren. Hopefully my sons will settle down one day and give me some. Yes, I live in the city and I have always missed the country feeling. I tell my son I want to "commune with nature" and he says what is that. Haha. I guess you have to walk in the woods, smell the grass, and hear the birds to understand what that means. I never feel closer to God then when I am alone in the country. I love that the chickens are pets. HaHa. There is nothing like waking up to crowing in the morning. I remember going to my grandparents for holidays and having barbeque chicken and having to watch chickens get there heads cut off and then pulling feathers out before cooking them. It is true that chickens do run around with their heads cut off. OMG. I can't believe I just said that. Back to topic Kathy. Have you been to the PIR 7-9-10 boot camp site yet. You will probably live there for the next 7 weeks. There will probably be your ship and division discussion too. Have a good Sunday. Kathy
Jenny, go to groups then look for PIR 7-9-2010. That is it. I will know you found it when I see a comment. Kathy.
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I have been told by some former recruiters that sometimes what these recruiters do is take your child's information and then put them on hold to keep the recruiters numbers even. In toher words, there MAY be room now for your son to enter maybe not, but perhaps if you did some research to find out from other recruiters or OTHER people who may have that information to see if it confirms what your son's recruiter is saying. Sometimes, I have heard that the recruiter has his "numbers" all accounted for, for the current month and for the next few months, so each time a recruit is all ready to go, the recruiterer files him into the month that HE has lower numbers (his quota)...hate to make it sound like that, but I it is what was told to me by people who used to be in the "buissness" of signing recruits up.
Also, why your son is waiting to go in, please make sure that if there has been any issue at all with him medically, any issue at all with him legally, any issue....please make sure you do not follow the advice of the recruiter and "not worry about it" please cover all issues with waivers and clear your son. Just make sure you don't miss anything while your son is waiting...best to you and your soon to be recruit!
My son went to MEPS on June 1st and won't leave until January for BC. He choose CTR. He has completed two years of college but decided that the NAVY is what he wants. He first went to the recruiter in March, too. We are very happy but are learning that hurry up and wait is correct. His recruiter has really been a good one. He even tried to get him moved up. We almost had a heart attack when we came home one day and our son told us that he had moved up to the end of June. Then the recruiter called back a few hours later and said someone else was next on the list so he would have to wait again. One of my military friends told me that you will only know when they are leaving when they walk out the door and not know that they are coming home until they walk back through it. I think this advise is sad but fits our situation. I'm glad to know that this site is here for us waiting.

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