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February 2012 boot camp seems like a long way away.
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Permalink Reply by Fay on
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My son is also supposed to leave for bc in Feb,2012. But my son is supposed to leave on the 15th.
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Permalink Reply by TripleToys on
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So what are you doing to keep him busy?
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He is studying his rank and rates right now. He runs daily to keep in shape, and he has a part time job
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Did the recruiter give him the folder with the blue book in it? He can be familiarizing himself with the stuff in there- some real interesting stuff in there.
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Permalink Reply by Proud AV Mom on
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My son left July 7th, and those months leading to boot camp, we pushed him..hard! Workouts, push ups, sit ups, eating right, getting his body and mind ready for those 8 weeks. Boot camp isn't going to be a walk in the park so we wanted to make sure that we did everything we could to help him, he'll thank us when we see him grad in his dress blues..we spent a lot of time together with family, planned camping trips, beach trips, dinner & movie nights @ home, holidays with family will be very important this year because you don't know where he'll be next year. Make his next few months one's that he'll remember, and push him to get himself ready for boot camp, it'll help, trust me.
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Permalink Reply by MrsMink on
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One mistake my step son went through before he left for BC... He was lazy.. He didn't do anything... He just played video games all day long.. read books and whatnot.... He told me he wish he was in a better shape before he arrived to BC because of the PFA's all SR's have to do 1.5 mile run under 12 minutes and 15 seconds (12:15) My step son failed three times before he passed... he was told if he failed again he would have to stay back and miss PIR... that scared him... He worked hard he wrote home asking me to do research online on how to improve his running and how to improve his eating habits... I suggest you do some research and encourage your son to prepare for boot camp... theres alot of information online if you google up Navy Boot Camp... what to expect etc etc... Lots of luck! My CS is at Fort Lee now for the culinary school before he goes to submarine school... Good LUCK!
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Permalink Reply by hsjsmom on
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My son leaves the end of Feb also. I hear ya about not pushing him, but I'm not ready to stop being mom yet or helping him to be successful, so I try to do it on the sly. We encourage him to run and work out to prepare for the physical part of boot camp. His dad and I join him at the gym most nights to keep him motivated, and as a bonus we get to spend time with him. I've also found some great information and study guides on this site and the web and I print it all off for him. He probably would not have gone looking for the information on his own, but has gotten excited about it when I text him with what I found today. I've started memorizing a lot of the things too, like the military alphabet, the chain of command, then I can talk to him about it and help him study. I don't think he's seen through my evil plan yet to spend as much time as possible together before he leaves, in a short 223 days.
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Hi Paula, the 21st. Everyone says it's a long way away, but I know how quickly it will be here.
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Permalink Reply by milomom 946/HM A-School on
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Hi. My son goes to BC Aug 2. We went to the recruiter's office together more than a year ago. I bought him a study guide for the ASVAB and helped him research the different fields he could enter. He decided on HM (medical corpsman) and scored well enough to take that position. Our family belongs to a YMCA, so I encouraged him to workout with me or on his own. Honestly, he has been fairly self motivated in droping the required weight, meeting the running time and eating a healthy diet. He pushed me on some days. I'm a nurse, so I've given him some of my old text books to study. He isn't as motivated in that area. I joined this website in an effort to gather as much information as I can to pass on to him. For instance, it seems HM's no longer stay in Great Lakes, but go to Texas for A-school. His recruiter confirmed that, but I don't think he was going to volunteer that information. I've come to the realization through this site that the Navy will be hard, if not impossible, to predict. I'm hoping that I've done my best to raise him so far, so that when he is serving he will remember to listen, think, and do his best. It's hard to let him go, but I am proud and excited too. Hope this gives you some ideas.
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