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Leaving for Bootcamp on Oct 4th 2011
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Permalink Reply by DarkRider (ship 07/Div 011) on
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My son leaves on the 4th also. As it gets closer I am both excited and saddened. Im also unsure how truly prepared he is. His DEP hasn't been a great experience with the recruiters being somewhat disorganized etc. He didn't get his DEP manual booklet until just a few weeks ago. Thanks to N4M I located some of the basic material ( general orders. Sailors creed etc) and emailed it to him though. My son lives in another town about 40 minutes away but we get together every week and talk daily. I have been focusing on telling him how much i love him and how proud I am of him and that he has the support of many but also just trying to have some fun. We are scheduled to attend DelMarVa Bike Week next weekend as a family. I know that as it draws closer it's going to get tougher. Fortunately he said he is going to come stay with us the week prior to shipping out. I'm sure he will also be bringing his stuff that we will need to store in the attic for him. Lol.
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Permalink Reply by ChristineM (Ship07, Div 012) on
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My son will be leaving the 4th of Oct also. I too have mixed emotions. He has been waiting to leave for quite some time & is getting pretty anxious to get started on this new adventure. His excitment over it gives me encouragement and I keep reminding myself to not miss him while he is here, just to enjoy his pressence as much as I possibly can. Hoping to get some family members together in a few weeks to have a fun send off party for him.
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Permalink Reply by Adam's Mom (Ship 07 Div 11) on
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I know what you mean! Its only 2 weeks away and our boys leave, I have been crying alot more lately. Although, he has no idea! I dont want to bring him down, We are having his going away party this Sat. Im sure that will stir up alot of emotions.
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Permalink Reply by danor98 on
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Hi! I am new to this board, group, etc. My son also leaves on October 4th. I kind of feel like DarkRider. Not sure how prepared my son is. and OMG, what is a DEP manual booklet? I keep asking my son when he goes to the meetings, "What did they say" "when/how do you go" is there any kind of dep activities?
He has no answer to any of these questions. I don't even know what goes with him to MEPS on the 4th. I am trying to inform myself from this board.....
so help an old lady, won't you! LOL!
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Permalink Reply by PNM - Rachel on
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My son also leaves the 4th. He has been in DEP since March and I feel like I have learned more on this site than he has from those meetings. He is excited and I am too for him to start his new journey, but I am dreading the day as well. I plan on taking him to the recruiters and then meeting him up at the MEPS so that I can see him off... I am going to try and not cry but that seems to be rather difficult these days!! I am having his party on the 24th and I am sure that is going to be a trying day as well! This site has been a Godsend for me!
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Permalink Reply by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on
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You know what, momma I bet you have, and good for you! Have a great party!
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My son leaves also on the 4th, which is tomorrow.....It has gone really fast. He decided to do the reserves instead of active duty, so that he could get in faster...although we were encouraging him to go active duty. It has been less than two months. We take him up to the recruiters in a couple of hours. Not sure how prepared he really is, I am sure this is going to be a very good thing for him, so I just can't help but wonder how prepared he really is.
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Where are we all leaving from? My son leaves from Nashville. I drop him off at our local (huntsville, alabama) recruiter's office tomorrow morning. (the 4th).
We are doing what Rachel is doing. Maybe I'll meet one of you/us! LOL!
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My son left from Denver... Got to see his plane off! (Thank you American Airlines!!)
Look forward to this journey and hopefully get to meet you at PIR!! -
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My son leaves in the morning from Michigan. He actually left home this morning and traveled down state, will spend the night in Lansing and head out from there. I miss him terribly already, I can't believe how quiet it is around here without him. I know that he will do well and be fine... wish I was as confident of myself.
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Although he is not my child, my fiance left today (Oct. 3rd) for boot camp. I just graduated in March 2011 and I hope that I have prepared him enough and told him what to expect over the next few months. I had him memerize his general orders and Sailors Creed. I also gave him my hand book from boot camp to prepare him for tests. Although no matter how much I tell him and warn him about, I can never prepare him for the emotional stress he will be going through. Anyway, perphaps your children will end up in the same division as him. I know that I arrived a few days earlier than most of the people that ended up in my division so there is a good chance that they might be grouped together :]]
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Permalink Reply by sdees3 on
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My son leaves tomorrow afternoon to spend the night at the hotel near MEPS and then will swear in again and leave for boot camp on the 5th. He is pretty nervous about his new journey and I feel like my emotion is going from sadness to anger back to sadness. The other night he left to go see a friend and didn't tell me he was leaving and when I realized he was gone I cried. Knowing he was only 2 blocks away my husband asked why I was crying. I know he will be fine but not sure if I will. I knew this day was coming but didn't realize how fast it came.
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