Just Left This Afternoon

[Sprack]

Yes, my beloved soul mate left me this afternoon to start bootcamp. *heavy sigh* It's going to go by very quick though, because I'm staying with his brother and sister in law, with their three beautiful (and high energy) girls for the two months while he's gone. We talked a lot about it before he left, and he's really just scared of the unknown. He is 24, so much older and more mature than most of the other DEPers, and he didn't get along much with them, and he is scared that it will be the same at boot camp. He's a nuke, so he's scared that he won't be good enough when he gets to school and everything as well. He got a 97 on his ASVAB, so non of us are really worried that he'll fail out, but he is still worried about just everything that he doesn't know, and what he has to learn while in basic.

 

For all of those who have gone through this already:  What is the best advice you ever got from someone, or the best advice you could give someone about a loved one leaving for boot camp?

 

For all those who have a loved one leaving, or left within the last two weeks or so:  What is your biggest fear about them going to boot camp?

[Sprack]

It's so crazy that so many people are joining the military because it's a better financial decision than going to college. My husband got good grades all through school, and got his associates at a community college . . . was going to go to a four year this year, and got rejected. California colleges just aren't accepting California students anymore. He wanted to be in the Kinesiology program, which is a pretty hard program to get into by itself, but there were so many education cuts around the state that no one is really accepting any California students because they get twice as much money for accepting non Cali students.

 

The economy sucks :(

[Sailor's Wife 64]

Hi Sprack! I said goodbye to my husband on Tuesday and he is also a nuke. Don't worry about your husband being one of the older ones. When their heads are all shaved nobody will be able to tell the difference or care. My husband is 22, so at least he's close in age to your husband. Also remember that boot camp matures them all very quickly so the youngins he was with in the DEP will become men very soon and mature quickly.

 

If you want to send me a message on here we could talk since we will be going through the same things at once. I'd love to have a friend once I get to Charleston :)