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Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
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Waiting for My Son to come home
My son left for bootcamp on Thursday, Nov 7th, and on Friday evening I received a phone call from him in tears that he was sent to the Federal Hospital and was so scared it broke my heart. He was under observation for major depression, he should absolutely no sign of this prior to leaving. He was sent to Ship 5 on Tuesday and is now in a holding pattern until his discharge is processed. I do not know if it will be a medical discharge or a general one. I have been reassured that it will not be anything dishonrable.
I was at such a loss earlier last week and did not know where to turn. I was so worried about him dealing with all this totally on his own and then dealing with my own confusion as to what just happened. When my son left he was so focused and was showing unbelievable leadership skills that amazed all of us. He is now second guessing his decision and just wants to come home.
He is able to get his old job back so I know he will not be sitting aournd doing nothing when he gets home but I don't want to see him abandon his dream. My biggest battle right now is dealing with being able to let him make his own decisions and accepting that the goals that I had for him may not be his. No matter what he does with his life he will always have our support 100%,
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For all of you - be sure to send as many letters as you can. We wrote daily and my son looked forward to mail VERY much. Also, you can send books and magazines --- he liked those, too!
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