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Anyone have a son or daughter that left for boot camp May 11, 2011?

My son left for boot camp yesterday.  Wow! What a bittersweet day!  I'm very proud of him, but he left our nest empty.  His brother is in AIT in the Army.  I hope to hear from other parents who might have someone there with him.

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Permalink Reply by mominva on May 25, 2011 at 10:49am
What ship and division is your son? My son is Ship 03 Div 218. He left May 10th. His PIR date is 7/1/11.
Permalink Reply by mominva on May 25, 2011 at 10:51am
Haven't received anything from my son either. He left 5/10. Keep waiting, they will come!
Permalink Reply by Anjelina68 on May 26, 2011 at 10:26am
My son left the 23rd of May.  It WAS a bittersweet day.  I miss him a lot.  It's hard not to be able to talk to him.  Has your son called you?  When did you get his address to write?
Permalink Reply by UFQ202- Ship 12, Div 231 on May 26, 2011 at 10:40am
Try calling his recruiter and ask for his address. My son left the same day and I got his address the next day. I have already written. Makes me feel better. Right now they are very tired and just doing what they are told. Have you watched the video on here about bootcamp? Answered alot of my questions. It is alot more technical than when I went through in 79. Anyway call the recruiter because they are also there for you. Maybe our kids are in the same division.
Permalink Reply by waybigsmil on May 27, 2011 at 2:51pm
I got his address a week after he left and and actual real letter 2 weeks after he left.  Hang in there...it is hard,but they are so proud!
Permalink Reply by mominva on May 26, 2011 at 10:35am
Got a letter yesterday from my SR!! Yippee! It felt like Christmas. He left 5/10 so hope everyone is getting letters.
Permalink Reply by Anjelina68 on May 26, 2011 at 6:31pm
I called the recruiter and they will have his address next Tuesday.  It's so hard not to be able to talk to him!  He went to Portland to go to college for a semester and it wasn't even close to being this hard because we could call and facebook, etc.  Just have to pray he is doing okay.  I will have to check out the video.  I watched a great one on youtube and it may be the same one which was very informative.  I'll ask my son what division he is in.  His name is Taylor Ellerd.  I want a letter like mominva:), I bet it felt like Christmas!  Hang in there moms!
Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on May 26, 2011 at 6:45pm

Angelina, please edit your post asap and take your sailor's name out - just use first name or make up a name. If you come back here after 15 minutes and the option to edit is gone. Just copy (left click on your mouse and drag across the text, then right click, move the pointer to copy, and left click - you have just copied the text) and paste to a new message. After you have have to copying, go to the comment box, left click, position your pointer on paste and left click. Now delete your son's last name. Hit "Add Reply". You can now delete the first message by clicking on the little "x" on the upper right of your message.

Permalink Reply by Anjelina68 on May 27, 2011 at 11:11am
I called the recruiter and they will have his address next Tuesday.  It's so hard not to be able to talk to him!  He went to Portland to go to college for a semester and it wasn't even close to being this hard because we could call and facebook, etc.  Just have to pray he is doing okay.  I will have to check out the video.  I watched a great one on youtube and it may be the same one which was very informative.  I'll ask my son what division he is in.  His name is Taylor.  I want a letter like mominva:), I bet it felt like Christmas!  Hang in there moms!
Permalink Reply by Anjelina68 on May 27, 2011 at 11:12am

I can't seem to delete it, sorry, computers are not one of my strong points.  Can you delete it somehow?

 

Permalink Reply by BunkerQB on May 30, 2011 at 1:04pm
Hang in there. I know it's frustrating but it'll become second nature soon.
Permalink Reply by UFQ202- Ship 12, Div 231 on May 26, 2011 at 7:53pm
Got the "box" today from Fedex. Sure did smell bad but just another link to my son. I was sad to see they sent his phone home. His BF went to AF bootcamp and got to use it every Sunday to call home. I hope that on Sunday when they get a few hours of free time he will write home. My mom kept a few of my letters from bootcamp. We had a good laugh reading them together.

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