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Leaving for Bootcamp June 10 2013
My son leaves for Bootcamp on June 10 after several delays. Are there any other moms out there with kids leaving on the same day? I have read a lot on here already and so glad I found this website.
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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You may also wish to join the group, DEP-Leavin for bootcamp in May. You will meet others with loved ones leaving that day/week who may be in the same TG and have PIR together. Be sure to check out the discussion, Things to Do in the Last Month Before Your Future Sailor Leaves for the RTC..
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 him to some good links on there.
(Group names and the link within this reply are clickable links.)
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Permalink Reply by imomxfour x 3 Sailors on
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Our kids will be in the same PIR group!!! Our 23 yr old daughter just enlisted today and leaves May 28th for MEPS - ship date is May 29th!!! This has been a whirlwind decision for her - because this was never part of her life plan!! Her little brother just PIR'd 6 weeks ago on Feb 1st and it was a life changing experience for her!!! I can't believe I'm going to have 2 sailors by the end of summer. And our youngest son is planning to enlist too, but he is only 16, so we've got 18-24 months before he goes. We will only have 1 child out of 4 who will be a "civilian", LOL.
It was extremely difficult to send our 18 yr old son off to boot camp this past Dec 5th, many tears were shed!!! But as time went on it got easier & easier and we couldn't be more proud of him!!! Can't wait to do it all again, and again!!! :)
Be ready for it to be harder than you might expect (being ready for the kids to fly the nest so to speak, we were totally caught off guard by how sad & upset we were when our son left for BC!!!) but then be ready for the most amazing experience ever when they graduate!!! PIR was THE most amazing ceremony I've ever seen for any of my kids - totally blows high school graduation right out of the water, LOL!!!
Good luck to your son and please stick around here, the advice & support is wonderful, and once they are actually in BC, there will be a specific group just for this PIR date, that we can all communicate in. -
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Welcome to the journey again. You may also want to check out Women in the Navy, Mom’s of Navy Daughters, and Mom's of Daughters 2.
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Thank you lemon!!
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You are very welcome.
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Permalink Reply by Scotia123 on
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Well we just heard today that his date has changed to June 10!!!!.....this is killing me.
Good luck to your daughter!!
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You'll want to join the group, DEP-Leavin for bootcamp in June (clickable link), to connect with others with loved ones leaving around the same time. I'm sorry for another delay.
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There is even a Discussion, June 10th- leave for BC, wthin that group.
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Permalink Reply by purplegiraffe69 on
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My son left the same week last year! We had an August graduation. Good Luck, I lived on this site every day he was gone. In the middle of it, it seems so slow, but looking back I can't believe it was last summer. We have already lived thru A school, C school and now he is stationed in Japan!!!
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