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Calling all moms of "children" starting bootcamp 7/8/15
I am so very thankful to have found the NAVYForMoms website and Facebook page. Without it, I would probably be curled up in a ball with three or four empty tissue boxes strewn around me! I am so very proud of my son...this is all just so unfamiliar!
I would really like to get to know other moms with sons or daughters who started boot camp on 7/8/15...as a single mom, I could certainly use the support, reassurance, and guidance!
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Permalink Reply by 530BBMom on
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It's one from the Internet that I copied. I want to get one similar to that one. But thank you.
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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Yes, the BCG's were updated in 2011 and sometime after January 2012 recruits began receiving the new version
and some even like them. (See http://www.navytimes.com/article/20120120/NEWS/201200321/Military-d... and http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/jan/20/goodbye-birth-control-gl....)
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Permalink Reply by Colton'sMom on
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Sandra,
This week is much better. Getting the box helped. I had to wash the clothes. As sentimental as I felt, they were NASTY. I think they baked in a 100degree Fed Ex truck too long. He also did not throw away his shoes as I had expected. He wore an old pair there so that he wouldn't have to ship them back. Whew! I am hoping that the letter comes today! I have a stack of mail that I have written and plan to mail it out as soon as I have the address. Hope this week is proving less difficult for you!!! Maybe our guys will be in the same unit.
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Permalink Reply by Stephanie (Trents proud mother) on
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I ask my daughter to look through all those recruit pictures to see if she could find her brother. She went to boot camp in 2010. She said that non of the recruits that left on July 8th would be in those pictures. She said they all stay in PT clothes until the 2nd or 3rd week.
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Not sure if that has changed.
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That is still the same.
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Ok. I wasn't sure if it had changed. I didn't want to step on toes ;)
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:o)
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Does the PIR packet come Fed Ex?
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"The Box" comes by FedEx and The Form Letter will arrive in the mail delivered by the US Postal Service.
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Thank you. Still didn't get it today. This waiting stinks.
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You are very welcome. Remember 10 days after arrival is still the average time to receive The Form Letter. Some will receive it before that and some after, but most have it within 2 weeks of the recruit's arrival at the RTC.
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