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Permalink Reply by Navy Ballerina on
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I am not married but my bf graduated from basic feb. 10th. If u are renting a car you will want to get to graduation early so ur not waiting in line forever and such. And you would probably want to bring things for your kids since u will be waiting a few hours for it to start. In public you r not allowed to hold hands, sit on lap, kiss etc. Which he will prob tell u the rules when u see him. If he is staying in Great Lakes for his A school he has to be back at base by 930 every nite.If u are renting a car u r allowed to drive him onto base where his barracks are. He will just need to show ID and u will have to say u r dropping him off. He is allowed to leave at 6am every morning of PIR. Weekend. You can pick him up at the gates every morning but can't go on base if u don't have an ID urself. If he is not staying in GL u will have him the rest of grad day then he will go back at nite and get to the airport u r allowed to sit with him at the airport until he leaves. After graduation u get about 45 min with him then he has to go back to his Barracks and move his stuff out which he will inform u wat time he will be done then u get him the rest of the day.
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Permalink Reply by esther22ship02div932PIR7-1 on
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Hi...just wanted to say that I was in your exact shoes about 9 months ago. Two kids, married 7 years, and my husband was in a 900 division as well! Your question is a loaded one, and I'm heading out the door soon, so I'll just write a few things. I can't tell you exactly what to expect at graduation...my husbands grad. was outside and different that any other graduation..our day was a VERY long one...starting at about 4am, but your day should NOT be like that at all. Bring SNACKS for the kids, coloring books, drinks, anything they like that keeps them busy. Graduation, once it gets going will go fairly quickly, it's just getting it to start that takes a while (for ours anyway). My kids did fine, you won't be the only one with kids, and honestly, my kids were better behaved than alot of the girlfriends there waiting to see their boyfriends :) Just know right now, you are more mature than alot of the people going through this stage in life, and stay mature about it and don't let dumb stuff get to you. I refuse to hop on the "complaining" bandwagon, life is hard sometimes, in the military and out of the military, we're enjoying it so far. For us, military life is harder on my husband than it is on me, so continually encouraging him is my main role right now. Good Luck!!
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Oh and things to bring for yourself camera and tissues! Cuz once u see him and he has changed will shock u. I cried through a lot of graduation.
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Personally, I didn't cry at all at graduation. Being married 7 years, we've been through far more traumatic things together, and I wouldn't say he changed one bit in bootcamp. Sure he got used to all the Navy stuff, but he's the same guy he was before he went. My husband was almost 30 though...while most people are seeing their sailor going from a boy/girl to a mature man/woman in 8 weeks, I didn't exp. that. I'm not even sure if his mom cried or not....she prob did, but not as much as most moms. Anyway, how old are your kids? I did tear up when we first got to hug him, mostly because my 5 year old was crying, she was so excited to see her daddy! Anyway, my husband had to fly out the next morning, so we got him from about 1pm-7pm and then I was at the airport with him from 3am till 9am...those airport hours were priceless, I can't remember the last time we had that many hours together just talking and being together knowing we had to treasure every minute.
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Permalink Reply by Lship02div920 on
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Thank you so much for the info! My children are 8 and almost 4. This is going to be a fun day for us. Thanks again!
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