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My son left for boot camp monday, August 26th.
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Permalink Reply by ProudNavyMomInFL on
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My son left Fri 23rd. I still haven't received his box yet :( I see you're in IL though and I am in FL so maybe thats why?? We may have the same PIR date though :)
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Permalink Reply by Tina on
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My Son left Monday 26 as well. Fed ex brought his box today, but I was at work. I missed it. They won't b back til Tuesday
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Well, I received his box today! Yay! Kinda bittersweet though. There were squiggles and zigzags on his box as well. My son wears contacts/glasses too. He wore his glasses there but did not send them home. He may have just trashed them, excited for the fashionable ones they give them! haha Now the wait for the letter.....
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Permalink Reply by nathansmom on
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I wonder if ur son got to continue wearing his glasses. Someone told me that navy glasses take two weeks to get. They don't have LensCrafters on site. Lol
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Maybe he did until their "form of LensCrafters" give him new ones. He could have just "trashed" them too.....who knows.
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That is possible. I have read that as well.
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Permalink Reply by Miss Nell Ship 09/Div 405 on
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Hi..my son left for RTC on 8/26 as well...Its been hard because we were connected at the hip...He was a basketball/football player and I was at every game..We also watch all the games at home together...LOL..I joke and tell everyone I have no life now he is gone...I did print off monthly calendars for him..every day I right in something that happened on that day..be it football scores from his high school or anything that happened around the house...When I get his address I will send them to him so he can see what's going on with his brother and sister and of course our Yorkie"Bama"....I did get his box this past Friday.. I was so excited...he left on Monday..received dirty clothes Firday...never have I been so excited to see dirty clothes..
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Permalink Reply by Idaho_Ma on
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My daughter left on August 27. Today I received the box. It had her handwriting on it, which made me happy to see.
So now I'm waiting for the letter... From what I've been reading on this site, it's going to be a while. Plus, mail takes a few days longer to make it out to Idaho. When moms with Aug 26/27 SR's find out the PIR date is, I hope you'll tell us moms who live in the hinterlands! That way we'll know our letters are on the way.
Thanks!
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Idaho Ma...as soon as I get any info I will post....We are in this together!!!
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Thanks, Miss Nell!
I heard from Veyore30 on the PIR 10/25/13 TG 50 group. She said her son went to RTC on Aug 27, too. She already got a letter with a PIR date of 10/25. She is in Florida, I think.
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Permalink Reply by Fleur on
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My son left on August 26th. He called me on the 27th to let me know he made it. I still havent recieved his form letter yet but have been writing him a bunch anyways and plan on sending one every day at the very least. I am missing that kid daily and am turning into a crazy person - which folks keep telling me is completely normal. :) I sure hope so. I live in NorCal and he is so far away from me its hard to fathom. I feel like its not really real yet even after 2 weeks. Perhaps we will have the same PIR date as well?
Fleur
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