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Comment by Proudmamma Ship11/Div100 on June 3, 2014 at 11:37am

Thanks everyone for your kind words.  Re-reading my post now is a bit embarrassing.  I just went on and on!  Anyways....I'm feeling better today.  I just miss him so darn much.  I thought after RTC things would be easier.  It's still really hard.  He is so far away, in a place unfamiliar to me, with people I don't know, in a program I don't know anything about and in a life that is so different from my own I don't understand a lot about it.  He shares a room with people so he doesn't have much privacy to "talk to his mom" so when we talk it's kind of uncomfortable.  The building gets really bad reception and he is not allowed to walk and talk on his phone.  Don't get me wrong, he is very happy about his decision and stated EVERYONE at Fort Meade has been awesome.  He has made great friends and he is having a good time.  He said the teachers are all excellent and he has learned a ton. I'm very proud of my son for even getting the chance to be recycled and will have faith that he can make it work the second time around. All of the SR headed to A school at Fort Meade will be very happy.  They just need to be ready to put in some serious dedication and hard work and hopefully they work well under pressure.

Comment by NavymomofCO on June 3, 2014 at 12:38am

Hi All,
I'm new to this group, but following all of your comments. Feeling a little more nervous though. I have a 17 yr old, who just graduated from high school a week and a half ago.He leaves for RTC 4 days before his 18th birthday in July. I had no idea that I could feel so equally proud and sad for him at the same time. Reading your posts tonight though are helpful, but really make me more nervous for him. He is also laid back and very smart, but really can be full of himself at times. I suspect that RTC should help with that. Thanks for sharing your stories. I'll continue to follow along :-)

Comment by gracie21 on June 2, 2014 at 9:22pm

Sorry to read your post Proudmamma but I can confirm that this curriculum is very difficult, time demanding, and yes, stressful.  My Sailor's class finished with only 18 graduates and that contained 1 that was recycled from the previous class.  Many fail out and are reassigned somewhere else, many times to a position that they would not ordinarily choose.  If the Navy sees merit in the Sailor, they are given another chance and recycled.  Your Sailor should pick himself up, dust things off, and give 'em hell.  He is still in the program.  They believe he has what it takes to complete it.  Keep the end goal in site!  Ft. Meade is very nice.  We visited out Sailor there while he was in A school.  My Sailor said that most of the Sailors that failed out of MC school did so with mistakes that were easily correctable.  Your Sailor has a rate that depends on very FINE detail.  If he tries hard and pays attention to detail always, I'm sure he will make it this time.  Best of luck to him.  It's worth the effort.  My Sailor loves his job.  Keep us posted.

Comment by sailormom_fla on June 2, 2014 at 8:34pm

I'm so sorry to hear that Proudmamma.  I had no idea MC school would be so stressful and hard.  I'm sure he will do fine the next go-around.  18 is so young, I can't imagine.  My son will be going to MC School after boot camp (he just left two weeks ago for boot camp) but he is 23.  It would be even harder to worry about him at 18. Hang in there!! 

Comment by NavyMom93 on June 2, 2014 at 7:56pm

Proudmamma, please explain recycling!  It sounds like repeating.  Is that what it is?

Comment by Proudmamma Ship11/Div100 on June 2, 2014 at 7:45pm

Needing to vent for a bit!  My son has been recycled through MC school and he is soooo sad!  He is happy that he was recycled but is so disappointed in himself.  He will have a new class to interrupt and be assigned a new teacher.  He really enjoyed the last class and teacher.  He stated that he is the youngest person at the school 18 and is well liked by everyone but the school is really stressful and hard.  My boy is really laid back and super smart and I honestly can't even image him stressed out or failing at anything.  I'm so sad for him!  What if he doesn't pass the second time around!  Yikes!  To top it off, now he doesn't graduate until late October!  Thanks for letting me get it off my chest...I can't really tell all our friends and family that he was recycled because they wouldn't understand.  BTW moms and girlfriends.  He started out in a class of 22 and he is the 8th person to fail out, and they are not even half way done with school yet.  (most don't get recycled)

Comment by NavyMom93 on May 30, 2014 at 8:02pm

NavyMom, my son is enjoying A School the longer he is there.  He said he is just enjoying life on Ft. Meade in general.  Also, I see I left out a word in my last post.  I meant to say that it is a relaxed atmosphere.  It is much different from boot camp!

Comment by NavyMom on May 30, 2014 at 2:48pm

Thanks NavyMom93. This is good news.

Comment by NavyMom93 on May 23, 2014 at 12:49pm

NavyMom, I'm sorry I didn't answer earlier.  I didn't get a notification for your comment!  To answer your question, it seems like your SR has a lot to look forward to when he gets to MC A School.  It is much more relaxed.  His MTI's (Military Instructors) are all very, very supportive. There is a lot of work to do--both school work and homework, so he will have to work hard, but it's a really atmosphere.  My son is really enjoying it so much.  Your SR must be almost done by now, I took so long to answer this!  Tell him to hang in there.  There's plenty of good stuff ahead!

Comment by NavyMom on May 8, 2014 at 8:37pm

NavyMom93 what do you hear about the first couple of weeks of MC A School from your son ? Our SR is beginning training week #4 of boot camp and is very ready to be finished. I would love to know what he has to look forward to when he goes to MC A school in June.

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