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Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on February 19, 2012 at 3:23pm

I also believe they don't switch to whites until April. It is different for each base depending on where the base is located. That being said, they e=will eventually be wearing the white uniform so here is a really good tip.... Shout Wipes are your Sailors new best friend lol. They are amazing at removing stains and spills from the white uniforms. Hard to find in most locations but they do sell them in the NEX.

Comment by Shauna on February 19, 2012 at 2:55pm

Assisting veteran, thank you for your comment. My husband and I agree with you 100%!

Comment by zStratMom on February 19, 2012 at 2:27pm

Hi, all. Just stopping in to introduce myself. I'm a mom of two sailors who have gone through BC in the past year. I'm spending more time right now with a couple groups who are closer to PIR, but will begin checking in here, too. Please feel free to connect and / or ask questions. Meanwhile, I know other volunteer veteran moms are taking good care of you!! ENJOY the journey--this is an experience for both You and your Sailor, and something you'll never forget. ;-)

Comment by Lship02div920 on February 19, 2012 at 2:17pm

I was hoping for that! My husband is really bad at wearing white. I was thinking I would have to put him in a bubble! Thanks!

Comment by AssistingVeteran on February 19, 2012 at 2:05pm

I would like to say something in reference to some of the comments I have read here recently from the moms who haven't heard from their sons or daughters in bootcamp.  I know it's hard, believe me, I am a mom too.  My son is in bootcamp just like yours. BUT.....I also was in bootcamp many years ago myself.  There is a reason that they are there and that they have not called yet or you have not received a letter yet.  I hate it just as much as you do.  However.......please understand that there is a reason for why the Navy does what they do.  I know that it's hard to understand, and many will choose not to understand, especially if this is their first time of "letting go" of their children.  Our, and yes, I say OUR, because I'm as guilty as the rest of us, have to learn to stand on their own two feet and become adults who can work together as a team and defend our nation.  They are not going to be CHILDREN any longer.  They are going to be MEN and WOMEN who will be amazingly strong individuals with a drive and a sense of pride that most of them didn't know that they were capable of feeling.  I speak from my own personal experience.  When I went to bootcamp right out of high school, I knew that I would be okay away from my mom and dad because I was already pretty confident and a good athlete, and also I had been a pretty outgoing person in school.  But there were 80 girls in my company from all over the United States and all walks of life with different backgrounds.  I saw girls that cried every night for the first week or two because they missed their moms and dads.  I saw girls who thought they could bully their way through bootcamp.  Wrong!  They learned quickly that they weren't as tough as they thought they were.  The so called shy girls, were the ones who came out of their shells and ended up being great leaders of our company.  The girls who in the beginning were crying because they missed home, were laughing and leading the cadence when we marched!  By the time we graduated, we had all our honor flags but one because we became the example of what a group of misfits could become!  Today, 31 years later, I still think back to my bootcamp days and how much it made me the person I am today.  Now my son is going through it, and I know that I will stand tall and proud when he graduates on  3/30.  No, they aren't going to hold our children's hands and guide them through.  Yes, they will yell at them, and yes, they will probably do things that we might not understand but there is a reason for each and everything that they do.  It is to make their lives better and safer when they get into the fleet.  Keep that in mind.  I know it's hard on us now.  But we have to learn to let go of the them.  They are adults now.  Our parents let us go, and we have to do it to our children, who really, aren't children any more.  They are men and women, who have made the decision to become sailors.  Be strong and tough for your son or daughter.  Love them enough to let go of them, so they can grow up to be the strong adults you raised them to be.

Comment by Lship02div920 on February 19, 2012 at 1:38pm

The first day of spring is March 20th. Will the Sailors be wearing white for the spring or black because they started BC in the winter?

Comment by diannep on February 19, 2012 at 9:12am

Yes, I agree. Lala.  One of my friends with a sailor son recently deployed on a ship has heard from him everyday so far by email (and he called once).  Gives her peace, but he told her that he can do that because his job involves being on a computer (my son was the same when he was out on a brief ship workup).  But others without computer access have to wait in the long lines for the computer at the end of the day and many are too tired to do this, or time runs out. 

Good morning all!

Comment by Lala Ribbon Queen PIR Ribbons on February 19, 2012 at 8:11am

Awe Captain, that just makes me sad for your mom and makes me want to give her a hug. I am soooo glad we have better ways of communicating now :-) I know how everyone feels about their sons and daughters being gone. My daughter and I are very close and even though I can and do speak to her almost every day now that she is out of bootcamp I still miss her being home. I remember these days when she was at bootcamp and how hard it was for me. I was a basket case and my family just did not get it. But I really feel bad for the wives and husbands. I can't even imagine my husband being gone and not being able to speak to him daily. Hold Strong everyone, you are still in the hardest part of the bootcamp journey but it is going to get better very soon :-) This too shall pass!

Comment by CaptainFatso on February 19, 2012 at 1:29am

Awoodlyn... You will become accustomed to the gaps in communication. It's part of the job and it's precisely why they are shut off. Its not to be unfair to you, its to train them. Some of these kids will one day serve on vessels that go underwater for months on end. Others just get stuck out in the middle of the ocean.

Be of good cheer... My mother sent me off long before there was an Internet, cell phones or Skype. She shipped me off and zip... Nada... Just a big black hole of nothing. Eventually she got a letter.

Comment by TorisMom on February 18, 2012 at 11:59pm

I'm sorry for your sadness Awoodlyn. I have said the same thing (it's not natural to never speak to my kid) I will be thinking hopeful thoughts that you receive a letter from your son ASAP. I'm not sure where you are but I am in No. California and it looks like it takes 5 days for a letter to get to me from GL.

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