Hi! My name is Kandice and I am a New Navy Mom. My son left for boot camp on the 12th of this month. I received the special delivery of the box exactly a week later . Let me tell you I cried, and cried. It is so hard to let go of this image of this little boy in your head, but yet knowing he is a young man.....

Michael is my first born, my first everything, whether it was learning to walk, from skinned knees to bikes,  to his first car, and let me say he is my first…

If my son swore in yesterday, Can anyone estimate what Friday he may graduate in Great Lakes?

My son left for bootcamp on july 11th.  Anyone out there ? Im so lost , its little easier everyday, but that day before he left was the worst break down i ever had.  I havent heard from him yet either. going crazy here.. :-(

Greetings, all! I'm a long-time lurker, but this is my first blog posting. My husband just left to go to RTC this week and we are both really excited to embark on this new Navy adventure together. I am definitely missing him, but trying to stay on the sunny side of life. I keep reminding myself that this is a marathon that just started, not a sprint. It gets better... right? :)

My boyfriend John left for boot camp about 3 days ago. It was the hardest thing to do, saying good bye to him. I'll never get the image of him walking away from me and back into his hotel out of my head. I gave him a letter to take with him to read on the plane and he called me one last time when he landed. I could not stop crying! I was prepared for all of the goodbyes and everything I just couldn't help but…

left 7/13/2011.............GOOD LUCK JEN!!

My baby left on Wednesday my first born is now a long way from home and I miss him terribly.  I got a two minute call and my son did not sound like himself.  He sounded mono-tone and no life in his voice I was ready to get in my car and drive 3 days to go and pick up my baby.  How dare you upset my son and I know you are not being nice and caring for him the way I would care for him.  But after realizing that he was woken up at 4:30am to go to the airport and wait to board a flight and fly…

   It seems like I can't get enough of the Navy. I downloaded all possible apps to my iPad, checked out a few videos and even found Courage, Honor, Commitment: Navy Boot Camp book! The only book we couldn't checkout today was the Naval History in photos. I love to read but also appreciate some good photography.

   Tomorrow is our appointment with ENT. I am still trying to figure out what that means other than he is "the recruiter." I am guessing it is a technician of some kind because I…

    Today has been this most difficult day of my life....It's such a mixture of emotions! I'm PROUD, Happy that He's happy, and soooo sad for myself! I sent him off yesterday, knowing very well that I've had a year to prepare but NOTHING could prepare me for this overwhelming, inconsolable sadness. I love him more than life it's self and it feels like just yesterday that he…

http://www.facebook.com/NavyRecruitTrainingCommand 

This is an amazing site! If you don't have a Facebook I recommend getting one!

The operators of this Navy Recruit Training Command page take daily/random/Graduation pics of the divisions out in Great Lakes!

Plus they have a trivia Tuesday and if you're the first to answer correctly they post pictures of the division your…

just wondering if there's a group started already! Can't wait to see my son! So proud of him!

CONTACTING YOUR RECRUIT

Because of the structured nature of recruit training, your

recruit will not be able to contact you regularly. Here are a

few things that might help ease the anxiety of being out of

contact:

This information is standard and gets sent as part of a very routine package the S.R. sends at about week 2 of their boot camp…