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My son left for bootcamp on Wednesday and I've been crying off and on ever since. I feel so lost not beling able to call him, FB him or contact hm in any way. I never thought it would be this difficult. I'm really struggling. I'm not worried about his safety, just feel so disconnected, like he's gone forever. He is my firstborn too, maybe that's it? I don't know, but he reached this milestone that I feel like I wasn't prepared for. Anyone else feel like that?
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Permalink Reply by Jill on
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I'm just speculating here, I got my sons too, and he's ship 03 div 090...I think your train of thought is good, but I'm wondering because they tell you that the address that you get from the recruiter may differ from the one you eventually get from your son may be because if some of the recruits need additional training in whatever area, that they may put them in another division for that training, Thus the change....no idea really, just speculating....
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Permalink Reply by ZachsDad (ship03/div089 ) on
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Interesting. How many divisions can they have in a ship? I'm constantly reading all I can and somehow missed that.
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Found it. Ship/Div How It Works--12 divisions per ship.
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Permalink Reply by Robin on
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((hugs)) my daughter left yesterday.... it has been rough. Emotional rollercoaster! My sons have been taking hard as well... which makes my emotional status worse... trying to be strong for them! :)
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Hang in there Robin, it has been 1 week since my son left, and although I still have bouts of tears, they don't last all day long anymore. I just got his box mailed home last night. I feel for you, and all the other Moms who are going through this. It helps to talk about it, watch the videos, so you'll know a little of what they are going through, and a good multi-vitamin like "Nutri-calm" helps a little too. It WILL get easier.
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Thank you Jill! I look at the pics of her crying and looking at my sons who are crying.... she was doing good, I was doing good... until they broke down. I've posted some of her pics on FB... so I've been looking at them all day...... Glad we have this site..... it really does help! I keep looking at the weather up there too..... :)
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Permalink Reply by NavyDoodle on
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Hi There(0:
Would you please tell me which videos?????!!!!! I am open to whatever "Navy" items I can read right now to learn more about things for my daughter(0:
I have to say it again - this site is a total Godsend to us Navy Moms!!
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Hey Navydoodle......
I was poking around this site for awhile and found one. On the New Members Start Here blog... there are video's to the right in a column..... I got one there... there was another, could be on that one too, where someone posted a site.... I read all the post, and I am pretty sure that is where I saw another, it was about 20 minutes long.. but very good. I'll see if I can go back and find it too. Good Luck! When did your daughter go in?? I might have asked you before......sorry, my daughter left last tuesday the 24th! Div. 096
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Hi There(0:
My daughter left last Tuesday (the 24th) as well! It was a 1000 mi. round-trip for my Mom and I to see her sworn in - BUT I am so incredibly glad I was there!!!! I am so proud of her, and right now I just take "no news" as "good news." My daughter has wanted this since she was 9 years old and was a United States Naval Sea Cadet for 8 years until she aged out of the program.
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Congrats to her!! Perhaps our daughters are together! We met up with her at Fort Dix Base here in Jersey... saw her leave... it was very hard, harder that my boys broke down. But when she called that night, she sounded good. Haven't heard anything yet.... your right though, no news is good news.
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