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Permalink Reply by hk1853 on
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oh that is cool lol!!! I will never be swapping stories because the thought of nuclear reactors or whatever the heck he will be working with instantly makes my brain hurt haha.
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Permalink Reply by SharonL on
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My son left on Dec. 7th and I have not heard anything but I do see that one mom above that her son left on the 5th and she had a form letter on the 11th. :(
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Permalink Reply by proudmama on
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That was me I believe. You can email recruit training command from facebook if you have not received his form letter I see people posting about the same thing. There is alot of information on that website. I think my son's just was a fluke that it came so fast. Did you get the I am here call?
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I did get that at 1:50 in the morning and he said I would hear from him again in about 2-3 weeks. Missin' my boy!
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I am missing my boy too. I hesitate to go out on Christmas just in cast they are allowed calls, but I know that is ridulous.
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Do corpsman swap back and forth with the Marine's? Corpsman seems like a difficult job. My son is going in the Nuke program if he can get through the schooling.
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oh good, I'm glad your SR is too! We have a long two years ahead of us haha!
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Permalink Reply by Loridianne on
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The Marines get all their medical and dental through the Navy. They don't have their own. (I spent 5 yrs in the Marines). So, yes, a corpsman can be stationed with a Marine division. If they're put with Marines they actually wear USMC uniforms with Navy rank and insignia on them.
You 2 ladies do have a long road ahead of you. And, I know USMC rank, but have no clue about Navy. What in the world is SR? lol
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Ummmm.... I think it means....seaman recruit?? Don't quote me on that though lol. I think it's just what everyone in boot camp is called maybe?
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I actually spent some time at the recruiting office which is both navy and marines with my son this past year and there were alot of kids that were corpsman. My son was explaining to me how they were in the Navy but wore Marine uniforms. I didn't quite understand at the time. When I looked up the job I learned the kids who do this job are extraordinary people and we should all give everyone who is a Corpsman all the respect in the world. It is truly amazing.
SR is Seaman Recruit. Everyone in bootcamp is called that.
I believe SR is also used after bootcamp for those that are E -1. then E-2 is SA seaman apprentice then E-3 is SN for Seaman. I only know this buy doing research and asking the recruiters what everything means. All the military info is vast, like learning another language. Sailors E-1 through E-3 are called Seaman. THEN (If I seem like I am know it all-ing I can absolutely promise I'm not, it took me months of confusion about this for it to click) after boot, their rate and jobs go together. Their stripes indicate what pay grade for E-1 through E-3 and color stripe is job type.
Their rate is their paygrade.
My son signed in April and left 12/5, it took me all that time to get this information down, it's either super confusing or I am not too bright.
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Thanks proudmama. I'm going with super confusing. And thank you for the shout out on corpsman.
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