April 23rd Graduation Date

[Cheyanna (Wife of Brent,Nuke MM)]

Hi! Just wonderfing if anyone else who has husbands/boyfriends/sons at bootcamp that left March 1st and if you have receieved a phone call or letter? All I have received is the call right when he got there, his box of belonging and the little note with the graduation info. I am really really wanting to hear from him! Also wondering when their first payday is? Our recruiter said the 15th but nothing went into our account today! Hope everyone else is hanging in there, this is very very tough! 39 days!!

[Arwen]

Usually the 3ed week calls come toward the end of the week, Wednesday through Friday. One division in our group that screwed up a lot was threatened with no call. The RDCs made them wait until Saturday, to make them sweat. They wanted to take the call away entirely but weren't allowed to.

[Anna]

im not sure that there are ever "guaranteed" calls. My husband's division only got one call.

[Arwen]

They are "guaranteed" calls, written into the "program." However, individual recruits can lose their call for any number of reasons. Sometimes the division leaves before everyone gets their turn. There are a limited number of phones available. Others don't have money or a calling card (or, in my son's case, for some reason his card didn't work!). Recruits who have the bad fortune to be on watch when their division gets to go may not get a call.

[Cathryn (son is in Pensacola )]

My son's card did not work the first time he tried to call me as well! I will be attending the graduation and counting the days. He is having problems with his division not complying and no one is getting calls! So I write 3-4 days a week he writes me on Sunday only. Every Thursday I am waiting at the mail box......

[clockard]

Right, Anna. Maybe they are supposed to get the calls, but it just doesn't always happen as scheduled. My son actually had two weeks of in processing. It took that long for the 900 division to fill. And the division in our PIR group that went first for BS (on Thursday) called home the day *before* and didn't understand that they would not get to call after BS. Let me tell you, we had some really frazzled nerves for a whole weekend trying to figure that one out. ("Did they all fail?!") I guess that was the "I hope I'm almost a Sailor" call, lol!

[sarayu]

My son, Jim's PIR date is also April 23 and I just found out he sprained his ankle. So I am waiting to hear if it will push that date back. I have not received a letter from him yet - a real letter, but I send him a card or letter almost every day. Hang in there!

[cathy1]

The box is coming soon. The first (form) letter will come a week or so later. Ask his recruiter for the address. They seem to have that info before anybody. That's what I did and I started to send letters about 3 days after she left. Christina (my sailor) told me not to expect alot of letters and I don't so when I do get one it's that much better. They are really kept busy the first few weeks so they will write we they can. Hang in there. I'm at the half way point right now with graduation on 04/23.

[sarayu]

I'm crushed, Ladies. I have not received a phone call or letter from my son, Jim. I know that he was living with friends before he left. I am in hiding from an abusive ex - but we got together regularly and I know that he loves me. I'm thinking maybe someone broke into the mail system. I don't know. I'm crushed beyond words. I have sent him cards and letters almost every day telling him how much I love him and miss him and pray for him and wish the very best for him because I am so proud of him!...

[cathy1]

I don't know what to say. I want you to stay safe and trust that the Navy will take care of your son.
Her "I'm here" call and her "I'm still alive" call went to her boyfriend and he immediately called me or her brother to share the call so maybe he called a friend? As for the box of their clothes and things I don't know what to tell you, no form letter or anything? How did you find out he sprained his ankle? Maybe all of us here can tell our kids to tell anyone named Jim to WRITE HIS MOTHER.
Is he in ship 10 div 165? Read over previous posts you can learn a lot from the others.

[jodik]

hi my son is graduating boot camp april 2... you might get a call about 2 weeks after the box arrives, then the entire group has to earn phone privileges. the only reason my son did get to call, was because they changed the date of his graduation, from the 9th, to the 2nd.... my son has only called home twice the entire time! but letters come like clock work. they write on sundays. from what my son said, they gave everyone a 150.00 card, to purchase the necessities. stamps etc. hope this helped!

[shortcake228]

Hi all, my son left 2/28 (on my b-day) and his PIR date is 4/23 also. We are so excited to finally see him. He is in Ship 10 Div. 166. We have received a few letters now. He was so sweet and sent each family member a seperate letter with different info in each letter. So between all the letters we got some pretty good info. He called last Sunday but we were having a small family reunion and I did not hear the phone and missed his call. He tried 3 times then left a message. I was so upset when I found my phone hours later and got the voicemail. He said he missed his first chance to call because he had watch that day. I hope he gets antoher chance to call. Thanks for all the info about joing their group. I will join the group today. This site is very helpful to me.
Thanks again,
Sabrina

[dubbie]

Hey Sabrina, I'm so sorry you missed your phone call, i hope you get another soon. Matthew called sunday too, we talked about 35 min. he said they got about a hour phone time. Matt called his brother also...he used his hour!!!!I did'nt get letter this week. I love to talk to him but i sure do love the letters, i read them over and over. If you get a letter and your son lets you know how the Div. is doing, will you please post it? I would love to know how they are doing. I am so excited 20 DAYS left!!!!!!