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My son leaves for BC November 22nd.
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Permalink Reply by Denise - browns57 on
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Check on of the other Discussion groups, there is one out there for DEPPers, waiting to leave. You might find some friends there. My son already left for A school.
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Permalink Reply by Jenn (Proud AO Mom) on
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Hi leaglen - wow - leaving right before Thanksgiving. That is tough! How are you handling it? My son left at the end of September and will be PIRing right before Thanksgiving. Anyway - look into joining the group DEP Leaving for Bootcamp in November. It's a group that was set up and just runs year to year for anyone with kids leaving in whichever month you join. (sorry - that's a terrible explanation - I believe the correct term is perannual). Anyway - what I'm trying to say is that it may look like there isn't a lot of current activity going on in the group but it tends to pick up. I am part of the Leaving in September group and loved it. I met other moms there that sent kids the same time as me and now we are all part of the same PIR group. Good luck!!
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Permalink Reply by BusyLifeHappyWife on
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How do I find that? I'm not very good on at this site. Thanks so much for the information. Well, it is tough. He is the one that chose to go at that time. It was the only way he could get the job he wanted, he told them that day, "I will leave today if I can get my job". Threw me for a loop. I actually think it's been the right amount of time though, long enough for him to wrap his head around it and learn more about the Navy and what is in store for him, long enough for me to settle in with it, but not too long that he could have life changing events happen (get a girlfriend, etc.) and then not want to go. We are having Thanksgiving a couple days early so that's not bad and my husband and daughter and I plan to get out of town for the Christmas holiday. We just don't feel right having our traditional celebration with the entire family without him this first year. We are going to go away and pray for a phonecall.....we are not going to be dwelling,etc. but we just want to get away. I'm having all the normal feelings I'm reading on here....happy, sad, etc. He's my baby, only 19....but we couldn't be more proud of him in his decision. He gave us a year like we asked after HS graduation. It didn't change his mind, so we agreed and here we are. I just think 19 is too young to sign a contract for 8 years. But anyway we are moving on from that and supporting his decision.....I look forward to seeing him in uniform at PIR (did I say that right)?
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LOL - yes you did say that right - Pass In Review - although I think we call it that more than the recruits do. They call it graduation. It sounds like you are doing just fine and have a good plan in place - that's important. This site is so awesome - I've been on it since my son came home from the recruiters and told me he was moving forward with signing up. He'd always talked about joining the Navy but it was always somewhere off in the distance. I had hoped he'd get is Associates first but school just wasn't holding his attention. I think this will be good for him but he is only 19 too and will always be my baby so trying to picture him in this grown up role has been tough. I would attach a link for you to get you to the group that I had mentioned but I am not very technical either - so just go up to the top and click on the "Groups" tab - then type in DEP Leaving in November in the search box and hit the search button. It will give you a few different groups but the one you want is called exactly what you typed in. Feel free to friend me if you'd like. I'm a little further in the process but it's always good to have lots of people to go through this with.
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ok - actually it is called DEP Leaving for Bootcamp in November. Once you type it into the search box - which will be under the "Featured Groups" that they are listing on the page then click on the magnifying glass. The group you want should be the first one in the left column.
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I found it, THANK YOU!
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