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Hello and thank you for accepting my request to join. I feel a bit strange being here to be very honest as I am not sure just how well I will be able to "fit in" I guess you could say.

 

My name is Susan and my oldest son just signed the papers to join the Navy and leaves for Boot Camp on February 13th. I am very proud of him with a big bunch of usual "mom scared," too. But since it is not about me and about him, I will keep that to myself when it comes to him.

 

I am a disabled mom of two amazing sons. I raised them alone, we packed up and left the state we are from to move to Florida about 7 years ago when they wanted us to all move here so they could go to college, and now I am a full time triple major college student myself getting ready to graduate soon with a service dog. Life has sure changed!

 

Anyway, the reason I feel strange is because my son is not just out of high school you see. Although my sons and I live together due to a stinky economy and all that, he is actually 27 years old. But as a mom I still want to know all I can because I worry, even though I am not a mom who is sticking my nose into every aspect of his life or anything like that. My son's recruiter/mentor suggested that I join here after my son asked me to meet him, so here I am! :-)

 

I am hoping to learn a ton and looking forward to being here with all the other moms of fabulous Navy men and women.

 

 

 

 

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Welcome.  You will fit in just fine.  There are loved ones here with future sailors or Sailors here who are/were/will be 17 to 34 while at the RTC.  Your need for accurate information and support is what is important.

You may wish to join the group, DEP-Leavin' for Boot Camp in February. You will meet others with loved ones leaving that day/week who may be in the same TG and have PIR together. I also suggest you join New Members Stop Here and check out the Pages and Discussions there.

Your future Sailor may want to join http://www.navydep.com to learn the ins and outs from the DEP point of view. Craig runs that and will steer you to some good links on there.

(Group names and the link within this reply are clickable links. To join a group, click on the group name and when the group page opens, click on "+ Join..." in the upper right.)

Good morning and thank you so much for the information for my son and I, it is truly appreciated. I have to admit that I had no idea that the ages went up to 34, I learned something new today already! Have a great day :)

Susan

You are so welcome. I just double-checked that and yes, 34 is the oldest an enlisted person can be upon joining the Navy. Officer candidates can be as old as 35.  (See https://www.navy.com/joining/qualifications.html.)

Hi Susan, My son was 26 when he was in BC, his PIR was in April of this year. There is absolutely no reason to feel strange about what you are feeling, I know exactly what it is like. When my son was in BC there were several others his age and even a few that were older in his division and brother division.

Make sure to join the DEP group, just click on the link that lemonelephant posted below. This site was a great support for me, and I am sure you will find it to be the same for you.

You never stop being a mom, you never stop worrying, and that's because you love them. Hang in there, he will be fine and you will too, I promise.

when i went through boot camp there was a lady who was 40. she got a waiver to come into the military. They also offered my dad a waiver to come back in if he wanted to since he was a cryptologist. Our equivelant would be an IT.

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