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My daughter has a ship date of September 7th. She was called by her recruiter the Monday after swearing in and asked if she wanted to go early. She said yes, and it turned out to be a false alarm.She is now on alert status for the next 90 days until she enters bootcamp. She is studying her START book and already knows alot.  Is there any way to help her deal with the anxiety?

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http://www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/womenredefinednavy  have her check out that page on FB. 

Thanks. I checked, but didn't really find any answers I was looking for.

 

The site isn't meant for you, it is meant for her to be able to go on there and ask questions.  To get info from other people who are in the same spot as her.  Which in turn may help her understand better what is going to happen while in bootcamp.
Ahhh.. ok. She is aware of that sight and has been looking it over pretty intently. Thanks again Angie.

Check out this post: http://www.navyformoms.com/group/pir632011/forum/topics/boot-camp-w...

 

It explains what goes on week by week in boot camp. There's another one around here somewhere that a female sailor wrote day by day as she was going through, but I can't seem to find it at the moment.  I'll keep sniffing around and post it when I find it.

For me, knowledge has been the best thing to help calm my nerves and quiet the "what ifs". Just encourage her to learn everything she can about what's going to happen. Memorize everything in the START guide and work on her PT. It seems like everyone I've talked to has said that the better you are prepared for with both of those, the easier and smoother boot camp will go.

 

Oh, and send her over to www.navydep.com , there's a whole group of us who understand exactly what she's feeling!

Thanks for the info, I will direct her.

 

Found it! Here's the day by day, from a female sailor.  http://www.navydep.com/forums/showthread.php?t=433 

 

Fabulous!  I have bookmarked it for her to look at. Thanks again!

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