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Are compression shorts allowed during bootcamp???
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Permalink Reply by JessicaB-Sailor Mom on
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No, sorry he will only wear Navy issued clothes
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A good group for you to join is http://www.navyformoms.com/group/leavinforbootcampinseptember here you'll connect with other N4M's whose future sailors leave the same time
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He can take a cell phone to update you , make the "I'm here" call then pack it up
He'll need an activated calling card...make sure he knows how to use it.
Make sure he knows to eat before he reports to the Navy and to sleep on the plane...no sleep/food for about 40 hours more or less.
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Permalink Reply by Brillare on
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Thank you for the information! I joined the group you suggested and it helped. He's having ups and downs in this seemingly long wait to leave . . . such a short time from my perspective!
Thanks again,
God bless.
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Just hang in there !!
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Go to YouTube and search Navy boot camp, graduation, Battlestations 21 (CNN does it) the Navy way to fold and iron.
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Permalink Reply by Pat (MP) on
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Please don't give out incorrect information. The recruits are never deprived of food or sleep for 40 hours!!
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Sorry but my son said he went w/o for almost that long and many others have gotten letters from their rcts saying the same thing. Sorry but according to my information (such as it is) that is what I know. I feel like if they are going to be up for an extended period even if it is 20 hours the new rcts need to know it may happen.
If this is not the true story then I'll word it differently so as not to be misleading.
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No, it's true. My hubby went without sleep for the first two nights he was there. He didn't say anything about going without food, though, and knowing him (This is the guy famous for eating 13 slices of buffet-style pizza in a single sitting) I think he would have said something. I agree that correct information should be given out, but this is what my husband has told me, both in letters and in his three-week phone call that I got last Tuesday.
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