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Hi all, I am new to this sight and my son will be leaving for boot camp on Feb 12. I have googled what I could and talked to his recruiter about the graduation from boot (I need to book my flight already ha ha). Anyway, do any of you know when I should hear about the actual date for graduation?? This is his first time away from home, he just turned 20 and between me and you he is sort of on the younger side of 20 so it will be a completely NEW experience for him. Well any advice or tidbits any of you may have,I'm all ears. I have already started his NAVY scrapbook :)
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Comment by Anti M on January 31, 2014 at 8:51am
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Don't book a flight before you have the letter in hand with his grad date. Because the first few days are in processing, and some get into a division immediately, while others wait for the next division to fill, it can be difficult to tell the exact date just by counting Fridays.
He'll be fine being young. They all are.
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Comment by MzJinks on January 31, 2014 at 9:02am
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Ok sounds good Anti M, thanks. The letter in hand, do they send it to him or to me
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It is sent to you.
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Comment by BunkerQB on January 31, 2014 at 2:02pm
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Start w this. Many links in our survival guide. It covers almost everything. Join the groups, you'll get more info and can connect w other whose sons/daughters have same PIR date.
Survival Guide for Navy For Moms Newbies
The following discussion gives you more details about graduation.
N4M GROUPS: Listed By PIR Date thru March 14, 2014 (Boot Camp Gradu...
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MzJinks. My son left for boot camp Jan 23 and still haven't receive a letter from him. We got a short call saying he arrived and he was sending a box w/ his civilian cloths and that was the last we heard from him. From what I gathered we will hear of his graduation date upon receiving our first letter. Will see.
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Thanks Proudparent! Hoping you hear from your son soon, my son has a countdown on his phone now to show when he leaves for Boot...geeze talk about in a hurry to go ha ha...I'm happy that he is excited to go
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