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ASVAB TEST TODAY...I have so many questions running through my head...does he get pay in basic?? do we need to send money with him??? I am nervous for him and happy all at once...
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Permalink Reply by Carri(ship02/div936) on
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My son took his ASVAB in March.... the morning after he took asvab he went for medical clearance, then swore in after choosing a job. he is not scheduled to leave for Basic until December. He will get paid in basic, but from what I understand, the first check is smaller d/t deductions for uniforms and such. My understanding is when they leave for Basic, they only take the clothes on their backs and possibly a phone card.
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This is well before the fact, but his first paycheck won't show up in his bank account for about a month. They get paid the 1st and the 15th of the month and there's bit of lag time before he gets put into the system and the checks start coming regularly. So if he has bills to pay, he needs to take this into consideration. We had to float a loan for our son so I could pay his bills until he started to get money in the bank.
When he leaves for boot camp he should take $10 or $20 with him so he can buy meals etc on the way. He can also take his cell phone so he can call you along the way. I understand that now they're letting the rectuits make the "Hi Mom, I'm here" phone call with their cell phones and then the phone goes into the box to be returned home with all of his clothes. He should take an activated phone card with him so he can call home when he's allowed to (maybe about week 3 if he's lucky). Take a deep breath, he'll survive all this and so will you.
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Permalink Reply by carols_kitchen on
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Hadn't heard the change about the cell phones. so, IF he does take his cell phone, be sure he grabs a zipper top baggie to put his SIM card in, and tell him to put the phone in one shoe, and his battery/card in another shoe so you know where to look for it.
Also, activate his calling card before he leaves.
Our son ended up with only 3 calls the entire boot camp. So don't expect any calls and be happy when you do get a call! Sometimes it was because of when he had time to iron, duty, or because someone in his ship/div couldn't pass something.
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When my son went to boot camp 2½ years ago they had to use the land line phones right there to call home the first night. The connection was awful and my boy said many of the phones didn't work so quite a few of them didn't get to make the call. So I've heard since then that any of them with cell phones are allowed to use them to make that last call before the phones go into the box, phone in 1 shoe, battery in the other. Now this is just hearsay so there's a possibility it's not true, but it wouldn't hurt to take your phone anyway, my son called from everywhere he stopped along the way, the last as he was getting off the Recruit Bus!
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