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**UPDATE 4/26/2022** Effective with the May 6, 2022 PIR 4 guests will be allowed. Still must be fully vaccinated to attend.
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My boyfriend just left..
My boyfriend left yesterday for basic training in chicago! I know he wont be able to write for about two weeks but I started to write him because I want to everyday. Anyone have any advice? I dont know what to expect!
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Permalink Reply by Crystal on
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Hi my name is Crystal my boyfriend has been in the navy for a little over a year. One of the biggest things is to stay positive. It will be hard you will have sleepless nights and many times you will break down into tears. Write a letter whenever you think about him. It will truly be a test to your relationsuhip and it is hard but remember he has no one there you have family and friends so tell him how proud you are and just be a support system. Find something to occupy time whether it be with friends or just some activity you may have interest in. Keep your head up it will seem like it is taking forever but before you know it it will be time to see him again.
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Permalink Reply by Kait on
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Thank you so much for responding! it is so nice to be able to talk to someone else who is going through it! I just got his address yesterday! And the past week I wrote him everyday, is it alright if they get mail everyday! I am just not sure how everything works. Also, what is appropriate to wear to his graduation. I really am trying to stay positive, each day seems to be getting a little bit easier.
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Send letters whenever you would like just dont get upset if you do not get as many back they are only alloud to write at certain times. I would sent letters constantly to my boyfriend he said it gave him something to look at in his down time he would read them several times. We saved all of our letters and put them in a memory box. I also included some pictures and magizine article clippings. As far as his graduation I a lot of people wear dress pants and a nice shirt. That is what I wore. I actually got involved in a tour thing with the admiral and a few of the cheif officers thanks to a friend. I got to have breakfast an tour the boot camp base and see everything he experienced then I sat with the admiral at the graduation it was a great experience.
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Also make sure that you keep up to date on the whole graduation thing because things could change if he didnt pass certain things, or if he got sick, or for any other reason but he should be able to tell you that.
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Really that is so neat! How do you get involved in that. Is your boyfriend home now? Thanks so much for the advice I try to stay positive but I have my days, I just keep telling myself it will get easier
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A family friend is high up in the Marines and he had a tour scheduled for that day and his stepbrother and I got to tag along while the rest of his family and my family waited in line for graduation. My boyfriend was in Chicago for a year he came home for a week in October and two weeks in December. He is now stationed in Damn Neck Virginia I am going to visit the 13th of March because our three year anniversay is the 14th of March. Have you receieved a letter yet?
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