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Tomorrow my husband and I will be dropping our son off with his recruiter. Boot camp is suppose to start on Thursday for him. My question is will my son be sworn in tomorrow or Thursday? We live about an hour away from MEPS and really would like to attend.

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Comment by pinkpuddles on August 28, 2012 at 5:29pm: I would call the recruiter to confirm, but I believe he will be sworn in on Thursday. He spends the night at MEPS and then the next day sworn in and fly's out.

Comment by Lori (Ship12/Div 352) on August 28, 2012 at 6:30pm: Thank you :)

Comment by Katie (Ship 12 DIV 321) on August 28, 2012 at 9:23pm: I drove 3 hours to take my daughter to MEPS and watch her get sworn in! It was worth the time and money! These are moments in time you can never get back:)

Comment by svegan2012 on August 29, 2012 at 2:26am: It is a special time so I would be there if you possibly can. Since we live about 20 minutes from MEPS we were able to check him out of the hotel and take him to dinner the night before he was sworn in. Good Luck!

Comment by SailorB-Man,Ship3,Div330 on August 29, 2012 at 1:11pm: If you drop him off on Wednesday then they will take him to his MEP and he will get sworn in on Thursday. My family drove an hour to get there. Wouldn't have missed it for the world. Very emotional for all.

Comment by Bryansmom on August 31, 2012 at 10:24am: Hi Lori, My son is with your son at boot camp. I am the other Mom that was there. My name is Anita, and I cried a lot yesterday too, especially when they got in the van and left! I did get the phone call about 2:15 saying he made it to Great Lakes, it lasted about 1 minute! Next call 3 weeks, it's going to be a long 3 weeks!

Comment by Lori (Ship12/Div 352) on August 31, 2012 at 10:43am: Anita it was so nice to meet you and your family yesterday. There was no way I could stand there and watch them get in the van. Today is a good day and I am looking forward to that letter lol!

Scott and I are having a hard time emailing the video. Not sure but I think it's just too big. We tried to compress the file and no luck. As soon as we figure out how to email it I will send it to you :)