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Husband in RCU.
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Permalink Reply by TN Navy Mom (Stennis Nuke Mom) on
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My sailor spent 5 wks in RCU last year for a knee injury. They receive treatment for their injury while still adhering to bootcamp rules . They are assigned duties. Mine had to stand watch at times. He continued his academic studies. went to therapy and was given time and treatment to heal. He did not PIR but finished bootcamp from RCU. Friend me and I'll tell you what I know. Write and encourage him, RCU can be very depressing for the SRs.
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Permalink Reply by sailorswife11 on
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We are now friends.
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Permalink Reply by celynn on
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I just got call from son that he is being put on rcu. He sounded really upset any thing you can share
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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The discussion you replied to is more than a year old and sailorswife11 has not been on in over a year. Join the group, RCU SHIP 04 DIV 2341, and you will find the information and support you seek.
The RCU is Recruit Convalescent Unit and is where sick or injured recruits go to heal and be cycled back into another division. Write to your son and encourage him to stay strong. Also, encourage him to take on some responsibility while in the RCU since it will help him to pass the time. He also needs to continue to study so that when he joins a new division that he will have that part already. Depending on how far along he is, he may be given the option to finish BC from the RCU; if he takes that option, once he is fit for duty and can continue training, he will complete whatever he has not gotten to and he will not have PIR, but he will go on to "A" School or training after completing Battle Stations-21. Regardless of what happens, stay positive and keep encouraging him.
His new address is:
SR Last name, First name MI
SHIP 04 DIV 2341
3600 Ohio Street
Great Lakes, IL 60088-7103
You may also want to join, or at least check out, Boot Camp Moms, PIR Reference Information, and New Members Stop Here so that when he gets placed in a new division that you will have the information and support you need.
(Group names within this reply are clickable links. To join a group, click on the group name and after the group page opens, click on “+ Join...” in the upper right.)
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