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Good Morning TV - Welcome to the N4M website. I spend a lot of time on this site volunteering my time to help new moms find their way around the site and get involved in groups. I saw you had liked B'sNukeMom's post about leaving for BC and I wanted to encourage you to join our Boot Camp Moms (and loved ones) - Navy For Moms (ning.com) that B'sNukemom shared below. 

If you know when your loved one is leaving for BC, you may also join one of the DEP - Leaving in ... groups as well. 

The BC Mom group is very active, but the best place to post, where it will be noticed by more members, is to scroll down the group page, past the discussions and post a note in the comment section. It is fine to join the group, even before your loved one leaves for BC. 

Welcome and hugs!!

Good evening TV! I had a message that you had joined the BC Mom group. I also had a comment in my email feed that you had posted asking about the physicals and MEPS. Shanny replied with the information that she knew. Honestly, I am not aware of the 2 year rule, although I am not surprised. My son had two different physicals and swearing ins. The first was when he joined DEP the second was when he left for MEPS. His physical was on the same day of his swearing in. It could be that it depends on the MEPS office and how they handle things there. I don't know if there is a different recruiting station that the one your son is a part of, but you might try contacting a different recruiting office and talk to another recruiter. Yours may just not have as accurate information as he should. I know it is frustrating, but we often say, "Hurry up and wait", not only for the Navy but anything military. 

TV -  I saw your reply to one of the BC Mom discussions. Be sure to post and say hello down in the comment wall area of the BC Mom group - it is below the discussions. More of the members see those posts and you will start interacting with more of the moms with kids that just left for BC there. HUGS, and be sure to read BelovedbyHIm's comment she just posted (you might need to go back a page) she tells how she dealt with her emotions and feelings after her SR left. We all go through a roller coaster of emotions and some are the same and some different than others, but they are real and we understand them.