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MY husband just left for bootcamp and i miss him terribly
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Permalink Reply by Brenda72 on
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He will get to call after 3 weeks or so after he gets there....then the following Sunday is when he gets to start righting after you get the I'm here phone call. After a bit they get to write on tues and thursdays but it gets mailed on Sundays...they get to call as often as there Div earns the right to use the phones and the RDC can book the phone banks for them to use. Make sure you send him a phone card to use to call you. I am guessing he will have to go to A school maybe before you can join him at a duty station but I could be wrong. After A school he gets a 2 week leave before going to his duty station. I would ask his recruiter for info....they should hep you too with information.
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Permalink Reply by Vonecia(Seabee)SHIP07/DIV327 on
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Thanks brenda that info is comforting to know. Do you know when I get his mailing address
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You will be getting a form letter telling you his address and the security word for the gate pass to get a week before his graduation...it will also have his graduation date on it and any note he writes to you. You will be getting his box of stuff here pretty soon that he had to send back. The letter comes around a week after he is gone.
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okay thanks because as soon as I get that address. I will make sure to write him, But i don't want to worry him and distract him from boot camp. Was this a hard time for you also? So i know im not being a big baby.. lol
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Yes it was and still is hard for me....my oldest son graduated from school and then went in a month later....I have never been away from him and no contact like this and for this long. So no you are not a big baby!
I would go ahead and write him some letters just about everyday stuff and send jokes and funny pics it helps them get thru BC. If you already have some letters wrote then you can send them right off and he will get them....it will be like a daily diary and he will feel like he is there. Keep things positive so he will be in good spirits... :)
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Thank you brenda you are so uplifting
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Thank you so much! At first this mimlitary stuff was intimidating but this site makes it a little better. i guess the first couple of weeks will be the toughest. any advice you could give i will love
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