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Started this discussion. Last reply by ebigirl Apr 29, 2012. 26 Replies 1 Like
We just had our sons party yesterday afternoon with a great turnout from lots of family and friends to wish him well. He will be picked up tomorrow afternoon to be taken to MEPS and will fly out on…Continue
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Hello JMT, Thank you for the friend request. My son also flew out GL on 4/18. Do you happen to know what you son's Ship and Division number is? If you haven't received your letter yet, contact your son's recruiter. From what I understand they fill the Ships and Divisions as the recruits come in unless their in a performance (900) or special ops (800) division. There is chance that our son's may be in the same Ship/Div since they arrived on the same day. :) I will keep you posted when I get the form letter!
Nice to meet you and warmest regards,
Lisa
We got the box on the Thursday after he left. Then about 3 wks later on a Thursday we got our first letter. In that letter he told me not to write him more than 3-4 times a week. Well i'm not great at following orders so I kept sending them daily. Then the following Thursday the letter told me to disregard what he had said about 3-4 letters he asked me to write everyday with any news on sports or politics. I was so happy to hear this. I've been counting the days down and pray every day that he keeps his faith and hangs in there till graduation.
The great thing is once you've found other Mothers/wives/Girlfriends in the same division you can share what their SR's say about the week and we all kind of get a bigger picture.
My son will PIR 5/11/12 if all goes well. I've been on pins and needles but this site has been great and has put me at ease.
Do keep in touch.
My son left on tues, 17th. We dont have a division or ship yet. We might be at PIR together though. Have to stay in touch!
My son left for BootCamp on 3/12. We left him w/ the recruiter on Sunday afternoon. Stayed in touch with him the next day while at MEPS. I called him when he let me know they were on the way to the airport and asked if he wanted us to come hang out since he had 4 1/2 hours . He told me naw, I'm the document carrier and I have to make sure everyones documents get where they need to be. After I got the "kid in the box" I received the form letter. I had been writing him everyday. I received his first letter 2 wks ago asking me to send no more that 3-4 letters maximum a week. Last week I got a letter telling me to disreguard the first letter and requested me to write everyday. This is from a kid who said that he wouldn't have time to read letters. It's been a quick 5 weeks. Every letter I tell him to stay strong and tough and we'll see him soon.
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