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I AM BEYOND EXCITED!!!!  I got "the Letter" with the graduation information AND I got 2 letters from my son!!!  The weight is off my shoulders now that I know he is doing well.  He told me he did his first run in 12 mins, 56 push ups and 42 sit ups....said he feels he will be fine by week 7.  Said the food was on point 95% of the time and he made some good friends.  Said he had a few in his division that is already getting yelled at a lot which he said could have been prevented.  He said if they don't know your name that is a good thing...LOL  He told me it is like living at school....still learning and his RDCs are pretty cool.  Said to write, send pics and give his address to friends.  I am beyond cloud 9!!  This has made my day!!  Sooooo tomorrow I will send out my letters and will also do one on Sandboxx!  Just want to share my time line to help my other moms out there to get an idea.  

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So awesome!!!  This answered some of my questions as my son left last week.  So happy for you!!! Thanks for sharing this great info!!

That’s awesome news! I’m so glad he’s doing well and that the food is good! I was worried about that. What division is he?

division 309

Also his graduation date is August 10th

Congratulations and thanks for sharing!  My son left June 14th, and I'm still waiting on the form letter.  Fingers crossed it comes tomorrow.

I'm anxiously awaiting...my son arrived boot camp on 6/19.  Thanks for sharing!

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