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He Left Two Weeks Ago!
Hello, my boyfriend of three years left for basic two weeks ago, i've heard nothing from. No letters and no calls since he got there. I've found myself oddly obsessed with anything Navy and have done lots of research trying to figure out when i'll be able to have some sort of communication. I'm just dying for information, need a little advice from ladies that have been through his before, and have millions of questions! Really anything would help.
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Permalink Reply by Kyla-PIR Oct 5, Ship 11, DIV 320 on
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I got the box and the form letter, a very emotional day for me! I'm just dying for a letter back or phone call!
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and, his birthday is coming up, i want to send him something other than a regular letter. any ideas? or any dos and don'ts?
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Permalink Reply by CHN-B on
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If he's in BC, I would not send him anything other than a letter, he'll get in trouble (heard one guy got brownies from his gf & the chief made him eat it all really fast in front of his whole div plus push-ups!). My suggestion would be to send him a nice 'happy birthday' love letter & let him know you guys will celebrate the next time you see him. :-)
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okay! i was gonna send him a card but i don't want to get him in trouble!
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Also, if letters are thick, they have to open them in front of the chief. He doesn't read the letters, he just wants to make sure there's nothing 'inappropriate' like nude pics.
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good to know! i did send like 6 letters all at once when i first got his address, hope i didn't cause an issue!
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Permalink Reply by ProudLadyOfA1337Guy on
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I'm in the same boat (yay puns!) but on the other side of boot camp. My sailor just graduated last Friday. I have done a TON of research on anything and everything Navy, just like you. We actually "celebrated our 3 year anniversary while he was in boot camp. I send him a nice card and wrote a love letter (who am I kidding they were all love letters lol). He also wrote a lot too for it. Far as he told me there was no issue with getting a card, just do not send a singing card lol, heard of SRs having to sing the song in the card for quite a while for those. First letters we got were actually about three weeks after he had left, though he was writing from week one. The best advice I can give is be patient and find things to keep you busy. I kept a countdown on my phone too! It won't seem like it does, but once you're waiting on Battle Stations the time seems to fly. His was one of the divisions in the first group to do them and from the day he completed it we got calls home every day but one (which was nice because they got no calls between that and the "I'm here"). The first letter I got I was jumping for joy and crying lol. So chin up, and if you ever need anyone to talk to feel free to message or friend me!
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What are Battle Stations? I hope i get a call everyday!
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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Battlestations is like a final exam for boot camp for the entire division. There is a state of the art mock ship, and they hold very real drills on it. The sailors must stay awake for about 24 hours, react to emergency situations as they have been trained, work as a team, leave no one behind. There's a good video of it, but I don't have the link handy.
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Oh, okay! Well i'll look forward to that in hopes of getting a call!
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Permalink Reply by navygirl22 on
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my boyfriend left about 3 weeks ago and i didn't get his first letter till after 2 weeks. they only let them send letters on sunday but they don't get to the first sunday and don't expect phone calls. I think they only get one which is in the middle. This website has really helped me because it shows you that other people are going through the same thing.
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