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Comment by Erica-proudnavywife on September 30, 2010 at 9:31pm

so i got a 40 miniute call yesterday and a 5 page letter today!! I am one happy wife! :)

Comment by alice/S7/Div364 on September 30, 2010 at 9:20pm

I got my first letter taday!My son says he is not having problems getting up at 6 am. At home he slept till 2 pm! so thats good.He says its pretty easy on him,up at 6 eat,march,eat,study,eat,pt,shower sleep.Had wisdom teeth removed Monday.He says RDC`s are pretty laid back.They mostly just want them to pass exams.Which are coming up this week.sounds like he wrote it friday,post mark is 27th. Im ready to hear his voice now!

Comment by TKE [S7.DIV359.PIR11/05] on September 30, 2010 at 8:54pm

YAY !! for everyone who got letters and/or phone calls. an No Worries, on anyone that hasnt! it will be here SOOOON! and its an amazing feeling.

got my second SET of letters. another 6pages :) hubby is doing great. passed his advancement test, LOVES Chicago, and is thinking about re-classing to something else instead of airman to stay in Chicago.. He is working really hard! and is liking a lot of the recruits in his division! he is sooo up-beat sounding and deffinatley does NOT like showering with 80 other men. haha. can't wait for an actual PHONE CALL! Ah! but, the letters are awesome, i can't stop smiling :D
can't wait to know how everyone's letters are :)

God Bless <3

Comment by Kat (MM Nuke) on September 30, 2010 at 8:32pm

Hi all. I wanted to share a very nice message I just got on Facebook from my son's best friend who went through BC last Fall. he just received a letter from my son yesterday, as I did, and his letter had a little more info that he shared, plus he gave me some more input on his experiences at boot camp. Here it is:

Hi Kathy! How goes it? I just received a letter from (my son)! I was glad to finally hear from him. So he has already started training it looks like and has a test coming up and a uniform inspection. I wrote him back today reminding him how fast it goes by. I remember getting there and thinking there was no light in the tunnel, but before long we were back at O'Hare again.
That PT test is actually not bad, and PT usually becomes people's favorite time of the day....but this is not to be confused with IT sessions ("intensive training") which is when they force you to do pushups and other crazy exercises someone came up with to make you regret joining....those 5 guys who can't keep their mouths shut will just have to learn the hard way. Bad thing is they punish everyone for 1 person's mistake. If (my son's) division can pull together and make sure everyone is on task and police themselves they wont have any problems.
The first few weeks I remember seemed like Lord of the Flies~~not to worry though because everyone gets on the ball so to speak and it will get easier and easier. The RDCs will also give them a longer leash.
(My son) will do great though, the tasks they have you perform in bootcamp are easy, just stressful and boring.
My graduation fell a few days short of the Navy's version of Christmas Break (...oops I mean "holiday break" lol) so they let us fly home the day we graduated for 2 weeks and then go to our A-schools. I didn't want my mom to fly out for 1 morning and then fly right back home 3 hours later, so I told her not to worry about it. My dad was at Fort. Dix preparing to deploy to Iraq at the time so he couldn't go either. However, provided (my son) wont be coming back home before A-school I would say if you have the chance, attend his graduation. I am sure he would appreciate it very much to see familiar faces there, I know I would have. I just had to tell myself I would be home at the end of the day!
This next "phase" of bootcame will be lots of marching, studying, standing, waiting, marching, inspections, and some more marching. Might also begin some of the pistol training. He wont enjoy it but I doubt it will be difficult for him. He'll get 3 meals a day, a workout everyday, a shower, and a bed with a roof over his head. I'm sure that's the way he's thinking right now too! Worse places to be!!

Cheers!

This great guy has been my son's best friend since 5th grade. They have always stuck together so it isn't surprising that they both decided to take the Navy path.
I hope this helps all of us as we look to what is ahead in the next few weeks.

Comment by brandi-S7/DIV357/PIR11/5 on September 30, 2010 at 7:33pm

got a call today. felt good to hear from him, best hour i've had in a long time. he done alot alot of crying and it was so good to hear his voice but hes counting down the days 35 left he said their rdcs last time as an rdc going to go out on fleet and he is really hard on them he said wants the cardnial comp to be hall of fame for his last hooray but he sounded good and said its crazy up there and alot different then he thought their brother div is 358 and he hope to be able to call again soon so he started crying and crying lol passed all his test didnt wnat to hang up when they said it was time......... thats when i done my crying after he hung up lol tried to be strong for him and he said letters letters letters thats what keeps them going and that he has only recieved a few and i mail everyday said he didnt get any last week hummmm not sure whats going on up there but i assured im writing and keep the pics coming they keep them going......sure hope everyone had a great conversation and those who didnt get theirs do soon it feels so great to hear their voices had to regroup after that call

Comment by Kat (MM Nuke) on September 30, 2010 at 7:19pm

So many are getting wisdom teeth out. I had coffee with a friend today and was telling her about it, and how my son supposedly has 6 wisdom teeth and they are removing 2 of them, even though he isn't having any problems. She said that must be where they let all of their dental trainies in A school practice, ON ALL OUR RECRUITS. Yikes.

Comment by Kat (MM Nuke) on September 30, 2010 at 7:17pm

I read somewhere that mail takes 5-7 days to reach them. I was thinking that I got my official letter last Monday, the 20th, so the first letter I sent was on Tuesday last week. Now, I don't know if that 5-7 days means from the time I sent it or if it means from the time it is received at BC, then they have to process, sort and deliver them. Either way they probably wouldn't receive a letter until this week, which is AFTER they wrote letters to us on Sunday. So hopefully this week they are receiving letters.

Comment by Laryssa&Aubrey<3 on September 30, 2010 at 7:14pm

Lord thank you!!!!! I got a phone call yesterday for about 30 mis!!!!! My hubby loves it!! He's getting his wisdom teeth out: ( but I'm hoping for another's phone call soon!!!

Comment by navyarmymom on September 30, 2010 at 7:13pm

My son called about 45 minutes ago and I missed it!! I was at work and went down the hall for something. I am still in tears! So everyone--keep your cell phones with you AT ALL TIMES!

Comment by Laura (Ship 7 Div 355 PIR 11/5) on September 30, 2010 at 5:59pm

Uh oh, I may have spoken too soon. lol. I'll help where I can.

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