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Comment by chinadoll19 on June 24, 2012 at 9:21pm

Robynkm - The first time me and my husband went to the meet and greet Avia  just sign in for the Navy. She won't be leaving til this Tueday for the hotel then Wednesday to Fort Gillem then Great Lakes. I am sure everybody would love to meet you and you will learn more from the meet and greet like us LOL. Come to the CNN one okay my husband and I are looking forward to meet you and your husband.

Comment by Robynkm on June 24, 2012 at 3:06pm

China, this is the website. You will see the link to the email them. They will email you back with 9  20min calling codes that your recruit can use while in boot camp. They ask that your recruit use 6 of them & give the other 3 to a fellow recruit/recruits in need. It's really simple & easy. 

http://callsforrecruits.org/

You will be in my prayers this week. I was thinking about going to the CNN get together but my son has not left for bc yet so not sure if it would be appreciate I would love to met you & your husband some day.

Comment by chinadoll19 on June 23, 2012 at 11:05pm

Robynkm, Who do I email the "Calls for Recruits"? You got me confused now. Anyway Avia's boyfriend is in the Army and he is a reserve right now so I assume he told her everything about the boot camp. I can tell she doesn't want us to go to Fort Gillem. I told her we want to see her take the oath she was fine with that then. I believe she knows what will happened there and she doesn't want me to see it. She was ready to go; today was the last day for her long hair. Tomoorw it will be cut supper short. So two more days to go LOL. The Navy will give her a lot of structure, great experience and benefits. So I am not complaining my familys are  retired  Navy and they retire so.., Avia's boyfriend might come with us at Fort Gillem Wednesday I know for sure he knows where to go there..

Comment by Robynkm on June 23, 2012 at 9:23pm

China, do you know about the "Calls for Recruits?" Email them & they will email you calling codes for 20 minutes each. Arlene, my son is so excited about leaving & I have talked to him about being yelled at & the cursing, he said he is ready for it. He also suprised me & told me wants us to go to the airport with him. I am a scrapbooking freak &  he said I had to have my pictures, do I have a great kid or what??? 

Comment by chinadoll19 on June 23, 2012 at 11:34am

Ladies my husband said we might be able to make it to the CNN meet and greet, He said we can go see his friend that morning then eat luch with all and probably well go from there like I said we are going to a concert that night. Well let you all know for sure after Wednesday next week.

Comment by chinadoll19 on June 23, 2012 at 11:32am

Arlene 40, Hi thanks a lot for the brief I was surprise never think it will be like that this is what Avia was telling they are in jail for 10 weeks, but after the boot camp is over everything will be alright. I believe she knows it already, it is sad but thats the way it goes My family never told us anything like that how they treat you in the boot camp, so I have no idea what to expect now I get it this must be the reason why they don't want parents to go to the airport. Wow! they sure is very mean I never say those words to my kids myself. I remember when I was living in California I have a friend that the husband was stationed in Camp Pedelton from time to time me and her will drive to San Diego just to watch the recruits. They yell and curse them a lot. My ex husband was station in El Toro that time and we live in Tustin Helicopter base. Now both basse and no longer exist. The recruits seems cannot make one little mistakes. Anyway once that boot camp is over everything will get better, The recruits have structure, benefits and a career. We just have to toughen it LOL.

Comment by arlene40 on June 23, 2012 at 12:03am

I will continue to say that if you are taking small children to see her off, you really need to explain that she is joining the service and they may hollow at them... I am not kidding they were not saying nice things at all to them, using words that I would have washed my grandsons mouth out with soap if I had heard him say the words... but they were horrible, mean screaming at these guys and them trying to get their bags out of a little storage place they had made them leave them while they were getting all the paper work finished up etc.  I was fine until they started screaming and using bad words as they were screaming at the recruits.  It was like their attitudes changed and treated these recruits horrible... that upset me so bad...  I wanted to go up and grab him off that bus... I could not stand it.  It has been 2 years and 6 months and I have not been well since he left... he was my third grandchild to join, another in the Navy and the other in Coast Guards.  Two of my grandchildren are not stationed in Norfolk, that is a grandson and grand-daughter, and another grandson is stationed in Guam.   My grandson they sent directly from Great Lakes to San Diego and he was there in school for 1 1/2 years and then he was transferred to Norfolk.  My grand-daughter did her A school at Great Lakes and from there they sent her to her ship which was in the Arabian Sea...  She has been in since Jan 2009, and my grandson in the Coast guards has been in since 2008.  He will be in there for 2 more years and my grand-daughter has 1 more year and my grandson Navy has 2 more years... They both had a 4 year enlistment.  So all of this is to tell you to prepare yourself for however they act down at Ft Gillem... it was fine till the last 10 minutes before the bus left... just know it is a ugly sight at the end... maybe go on outside and wait and not be inside when they come out of that room screaming at them.  They get screamed at till the graduate from boot camp and then it does get better... 

Comment by arlene40 on June 22, 2012 at 11:52pm

China, I know you are proud of your daughter joining and I feel it is important to be as much involved with her leaving as possible.  I have 3 grandchildren now in the service, 2 in Navy and 1 in Coast Guards.  The youngest that joined the Navy, had to be at the recruiting station the day before he left and they had them spend that night at a hotel near Ft Gillam, in Jonesboro... I believe it is the Comfort Inn.  They have two areas reserved for Recuits only etc.  But the next morning his mom, one of my sons, and two other grandchildren and myself went down to see him off.  They were very busy during the morning area.  We got there about 9:30AM and they were going over all their paper work to make sure they had everything etc, then they said their oath, this was the 2nd oath taken etc. But we were able to go into the little room and see him take this oath. Actually the first oath taking was much more exciting to us and after the oath was taken we were able to take pictures.  We got pictures of the lady that gave them the oath as well as his recruiting officer etc.  but the final one was not like that.  They said the oath and we did get a few pictures but not like before, we only got them in a corner of the room,  then he had to go into another room to sign his final orders etc... After that time, they took them into a room and they all had a sack lunch, after that sack lunch, they were going to leave out around 4P so this was a long day... but the sack lunch then they had orientation, and after they came out of orientation, it was this is it... he was there and all the recruits came out of the room and the officers started then hollowing at them, giving them 5 minutes to say buy to their relatives there waiting but they were hollowing at the recruits to get on out of the building... they were screaming at them and it upset me so bad.... so I hope you will expect this... I didn't.  Well we followed them on out the door and  he came to us and hugs, and more hugs and they had to put their bags on the bus and then he gave us more hugs, I got lots of pictures and he was sitting the first seat on the bus so I really got good pictures but I walked up beside the bus and others was staying the distance back on the sidewalk there...  But I took pictures till the bus was out of sight and I turned and I could not hold it any longer, I started crying and could not stop.  My daughter and my son both was crying and that was tough.  We were going to stop and get something to eat as we were leaving out but none of us could eat.  My daughter stopped but my son took me straight to his house... after I got there my grandson called me from the airport.   They did not offer to let parents go to the airport... the goodbye then was it, but my grandson did call to make sure I was okay.  They did not leave Atlanta till about 10p that night and then they arrived in Chicago and had to wait for the bus coming to the airport bring recuits leaving out and picking up the new recruits.  The new recruits were then taken to the base and I believe it was like 3 days they were up day and night... like an endurance deal... getting checked, clothes, shoes, physicals etc.   But this first basic training is really rough on the recruits... but it was bad on this grandmother too.  I actually cried from that day till I got to Chicago to see his graduation.  That was the most wonderful thing I ever attended in my life.  Believe me, it is very important for every family to be there for their graduation...something you will always remember... well the graduation was over and I had to get down the stairs of the bleachers and got to him.... I was by then crying hysterical.... but I did get over it and enjoyed the few days but when we had to take him back to base for the last time, by 7 P sunday night... we decided to leave and drive all night long and get home and by morning we were home.... I cried all the way home and that was March 2010

Comment by chinadoll19 on June 22, 2012 at 7:46pm

Paces, thanks a lot. I talk to Avia's recruiter, she need to be at the office by 2pm Tuesday. We can go to Fort Gillin Wednesday morning for her oath taking, She will have another physical just a short one to make sure she is still healthy and of course not pregnant. The recruiters will be at the gate to get us a pass. So well do that but they are flying from Hartsfield International Airport that night. And they prefare for the parents not to come, this might make the kids cry and things could get worse. Well keep you all posted soon I hear something. - China

Comment by paces on June 22, 2012 at 5:18pm

Chinadoll... Will be thinking of you and Avia often in the next few days.  We also will not be able to attend the CNN event. We will be on our way to VA for Sid's karate camp. Looking forward the July 21st though.

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