Dawne

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Dawne, I saw you had posted in the RCU group. You might want to go ahead and post in the main Bootcamp Mom and loved ones group as well. More members post there, or at least follow it and someone that has been there/ done that, might be able to offer you some encouragement. We had a mom whose son recently left RCU and went home to finish recovering and is planning on getting stronger and reapplying. 

B's Nuke mom left the link for the BC group below, click on the blue underlines. 

Dawne -- I have no words of wisdom but I also suggest you post on the BootCamp Moms page.  I know that we have at least one mom there who's SR was in RCU with stress fractures.  They may be able to offer more support since I don't know if they are on the RCU Page. 
Please know that this doesn't mean they will be separated.  They may not call right away but they should be able to earn calls home just like anyone else.  How long has your SR been in RCU?

Dawne - Welcome to the BC Mom group page. I saw you had joined but did not get an email notice that you had posted on the discussion in that group. This site is a lot easier to navigate on a computer, so if you are on a mobile device, we generally recommend that you put your phone into desktop mode. 

When you go to the BC mom page, there is a lot of information there, scroll down past that, scroll down past the discussion where you replied, and then go to the Comment Wall area. That is the place where belovedbyHim is suggesting that you post a message so that other members who follow the group will see your question. 

I did reach out to one of our other members, Tootie, to see if she could connect with you. Her son was recently in RCU. Take encouragement from the others. Take heart with the information you have read and received and know that you are not alone. Some of the SRs will recover and head back to a new division, others will be sent home and may have the option to enlist at a later date, It just depends. 

Dawne - I see that Tootie reached out to you on the RCU group page and is your friend now. I am not a member of that group, so I can not post on that page, but I do know that another mom was able to send word puzzle type books to her daughter. I would double check with your son first, but no, I do not think they are able to pursue any online classes or academics of that sort. They are probably able to study their BC book, but there would not be any interaction with computers or accessing the internet to my knowledge. 

Well that proves it! I commented to myself.