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Recruits to the airport - Shipping to Boot Camp
Oh boy!! Here it is - shipping out...
I previously wrote that after the final swearing in the recruits got finger printed and got their packets.
Recuits can only take a minimum amount of items. The closes on their backs, their wallets, an ipad if they want for the flight and their cell phones. In the next blog "The Box" we will talk about all these things. Most important if you are a Navy recruit remember you have to ship this stuff home so only take what you are allowed. Make it easy. Sami changed at the airport into comfy leggins and shirt and tennis shoes for the flight knowing it was all coming back home in "The Box".
So the van pulls away from MEPs and we head to the airport. Parents or friends can get a special pass to go through security to wait with the recruit up to boarding.
We got our pass, took our final photos and chit chatted and friend to avoid the tears.
I traveled a lot for work and we looked at her tickets and she says "I have to go at group 4". I told her that she was now enlisted in the Navy and is considered "Military" so that when they call for all first class and any Military persons that she was able to board and didn't have to wait for the last group. She had the most amazing smile on her face. I think for the first time she realized she had a title. She had a title to something that mattered. She was Military. She was for the first time in pubic going to be recognized as military personnel and oh Lord was she proud. And that was it. The water just started flowing. I cried. I watched her board the plane. I was proud. My kid is in the Navy... (yeah I am crying now too....).
So what happens now? See my next blog "The Box"...
Happy day to all,
Mama Howdawg!
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Comment by CryptoDad on March 28, 2016 at 11:25pm
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http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/what_to_bring.html
http://www.cnrc.navy.mil/graphic-elements/PDFs/start_guide.pdf (What to Bring To RTC - Pages 21-22)
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