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Husband leaves for boot camp in one day
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Permalink Reply by SubWife2011 on
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My husband left for Boot Camp on March 16. At that time our daughter was only 2 months old.....it is hard, but it's can be done. It is just something to get used to. I was used to being with my husband all the time too. For a few days after he left, our daughter was super fussy and wouldn't sleep in her crib and she quit eating as much. But it has gotten a lot better. He has been gone for 3 weeks and I just now got her to sleep in her crib again about 4 days ago.
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Permalink Reply by aveoamare(Ship02div925) on
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My son is 9 months old now, my husband has been away at boot camp for a month now. Its hard, b/c basically we are single parents. However, if you are going to come out of the navy alive, you need to grow from every experience you are given. I look at this time as me becoming a better mother. Before, my husband would alternate days with me, he would get up at 5am, and then the next day I would get up at 5am. I have since then learned how to set a schedule and get up EVERY day at 5am....Before, I had someone there to change the diapers when I didn't' feel like it, I had someone give my son a bath...now its all my job...
The hardest part is the lack of communication, but just like everything else, learn from it. Find the positives, I cried a lot...I still cry now sometimes, but I'm learning that I CAN be by myself, and I'm okay with it.
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Permalink Reply by Mrs.B_Div 302_Ship9 on
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Hi Jenni!
Well, I have a LOT of experience in this and may have a suggestion you can take. I had my son while my husband was in MM school up in Great Lakes, but I moved up to GL's temporarily (left all our stuff at home and just brought what was necessary and lived in an extended stay hotel. I can get you information on that if you're interested. I know of the perfect place that gives good prices to military and helped me out greatly) My husband was able to attend the birth and they even gave him 10 days off paternity leave. As long as he is not in Boot Camp during the birth, he should be able to attend. I can also tell you of a hospital who takes tri-care (make sure you get on Prime Tri-Care) and some wonderful women who deliver babies up there. I had an awesome experience there. But being a military wife isn't easy, just take it one day at a time. The first few weeks he is gone will be hard, but just start writing him letters every day (my husband said that is the only thing that got the majority of them through boot, was the daily, "MAIL CALL!" :) ) Look forward to the few calls he will be able to make and the few letters he will be able to write. And if you get to make it to graduation (I was living there by the time graduation rolled around), then look forward to that. It's a wonderful day, full of fun, and being that his school is there in Great Lakes, I'm going to think most likely he will be a grad-n-go, which means he most likely will get the weekend off to spend with you and your family!!!! He will be taken by bus to the main base to get settled/checked into his "ship" and then he'll be able to spend the weekend, overnight, with you, somewhere. He will be told everything he has to do, to be able to do that.
Write me, or friend me, if you want some information on living there. Your BAH should cover being in this extended stay hotel I want to tell you about, unless you're renting somewhere else already. And even then, depending on how much you're renting for and where you live, it might still cover it, because you will also be getting separation pay at the same time. I know all this may not make a lot of sense yet, but it will in time.
Also, if you go up to GL's, make sure you get your DD paper (your husband will be sending that to you in the mail from boot camp) and go get your military dependant ID. You'll just need to take your passport, birth certificate, drivers license, or any other THREE forms of government ID. Go to the visitors center there and they will give you instructions on how to get your car stickers to get on base and how to get your military ID. Make sure you have the insurance card with you, when you go to get the stickers!
AHhh, there is SO much I could tell you, but I don't want to overwhelm you. Let me know if there is anything else I can help with! I was JUST there and went through a lot...and now my husband got hurt on his ship and is being discharged. UGHHH. It's an honorable discharge, of course, because it wasn't his fault he got hurt, but it's overwhelming that we went through all this, for this to happen now.
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They do not get over night liberty anymore. At least that is what RTC has been saying on facebook.
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They always say that, even when my husband was in boot camp (graduated in Sept, 2010). But they will find out for sure the day they graduate. Most the time, even tho RTC says that, they still get over night.
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Everybody? or Just people stating in GL for A School?
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Just people starting A-school in GL's. Everyone else who has schools in San Diego, Maryland, Pensecola and Norfolk stay the night at Boot Camp after graduation and then they fly out the next morning. They will only get about 4 hours with family ON the base (boot camp side) and then they have to say good bye. The family can visit them at the airport though, if they want. And then of course, you can always visit family once they're at A-school, wherever they go.
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We were told that we get all day Friday with them after graduation and they have to be back at RTC by 8 or 9pm. And they also said we don't have to stay ON base we are allowed to take them off base but not to go out past 50 miles. The staying ON base thing doesn't sound right. Other people that have gone to PIR recently said that they got to take their sailors off base and bring them back at night, then meet them at the airport.
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That's good. But they will always say they have to be back at 8-9 pm. I am friends with a woman whose husband is an RDC there (Recruit Division Commander) and he says they just say that to not get their hopes up, or the families hopes up, and that it is more of a mind playing sorta thing. That is what happens in Boot Camp. My husband said it was disappointing in how LITTLE they actually did, but how MUCH the mind games was. It's a good thing though, because it brings the recruits into unity and helps them work together. That is the goal, otherwise our Navy would be a mess!! lol. So anyways, your recruit will be told whether or not he will be able to leave base overnight the day of his graduation. Just wait and see, don't expect it, but know it IS a possibility! (and a likely one).
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Permalink Reply by Brittany proud Navy Wife :) on
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Hi! My hubby is currently in bootcamp and we have a 16month old. For us its a good thing because its a little out of sight out of mind. I show him videos of daddy on the computer and we bought a Hallmark Recordable book. The only real thing Ive noticed it affecting him is he has had some regression from eating well to wanting to nurse all the time instead, and he now hates to go to nursery, kinda like is she gonna not come back either type thing. The hardest part for me has been lack of sleep from being a "single parent". Its really important to have a strong support system to back you up and help out. Also I write to hubby everyday and leave comments on his facebook page so i feel like ive talked to him, even if i really havent. and letter day is like amazing. I get a weeks worth of letter from him every thursday =) Weve been together for four years and never been apart so we went in to it choosing to approach it in a "this will remind us how much we love each other and that we reallystill like being together!" since u are going to realize just how much u miss him and him you. Its such a growing period and will make your relationship stronger!
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Permalink Reply by Yenni24 (Ship11div196) on
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Thanks you guys.. its so nice to know I'm not alone out there ( I knew I wasn't but its nice to actually hear from you!) Mrs.B_Div 302_Ship9
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