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My son is leaving on the 3RD
My son is leaving today to go to MEPS but he actually ships out to BC tomorrow.
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Permalink Reply by Rave's Mom on
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We are in South Carolina. I am okay with him leaving. I know that he will be in good hands, God's hands and the Navy. He is so excited that anything I say goes in one ear and out the other.
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Got my phone call at 11:30 last night. He told me he was there and quickly said his shipband div but it was so fast I did not get it. I will have to wait on his letter. I feel better knowing that the Navy has him now.
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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Rave's Mom, he would not have said his ship and division number because he would not have had it when he made the "I'm here!" call. See Arrival and What Happens at the RTC. I also left info for you on your My Page.
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Permalink Reply by Miss Conception on
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They don't know the division or ship number yet. They will probably find that out either tomorrow or the next day when they send their letter home.
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Let's see...tonight they finally got to go to sleep for the first time since yesterday at around 2000. well, everybody except the two that were chosen to stand the first watch. They will stand watch in two hour (or more)shifts around the clock from now until they finally fly out of there to their a-schools. They wont even notice the red lights on or how hard their rack is. :)
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Thanks for bbc.co the update. I was sleepy whrn my son called so I thought I had missed something. I'm sure they were all exhsusted and this is only the beginning.
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Permalink Reply by GeauxTigers#1 on
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Mine did also. Where are you located? I'm in TX. Have you gotten your "kid in a box" yet?
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Permalink Reply by brandnew45 on
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My son left for BC on 9/4. I am still waiting on his "kid in a box". I just emailed his recruiter to see if he can get me a graduation date so we can purchase airline tickets.
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Permalink Reply by Derrick's mom on
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Hi brandnew45, my son left for bc on 9/4 out of San Diego. I received his box yesterday afternoon. I have been told that the letter with all the graduation details comes after the box. We are also waiting "patiently" for info so we can order tickets. Where did you son leave from?
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Hi Derrick's mom, my son left from from the military base in Fort Lee, VA. I was thinking that I would have had his box by now. So it looks like our sons will be graduating on the same day, which I am thinking will be on 10/31 - Halloween. I read that PIR is always on a Friday unless it's a holiday. Have you or are you going to send him a calling card?
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I included a couple of calling cards in his wallet so he would have some. When I get his address, I will include calling card numbers in my note to him. Have you heard of callsforrecruits.org? They email out calling card info to send to SR's in bootcamp. They ask that your SR pass out a couple of the numbers to SR's who don't have any. Great program!
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