ship date Oct. 14th

[Yecenia]

Hi ladies, 

New to this site.  My son is to be shipped out on Oct. 14th from NYC to Chicago.  On the morning of Oct. 14th do they get sworn in that day? 

[sandy]

Hi I'm also new to this site. My son leaves Oct 14 and I was wondering the same. And also about graduations. I hear they are only aloud 4 guests? He has myself and his Dad but also 3 brothers, That's kind of stressful having to choose ?

[Yecenia]

Your son will be leaving out of NYC too?  hopefully other moms that have gone thru it will respond to us.

[sandy]

Yes he will , we are from NJ and you?

[Yecenia]

We are from NJ also. Has ur son or the recruiter said anything about when leaning on the 14th if they get sworn in that morning?

[CryptoDad]

This is from the RTC FB page:

Additional guests for Pass-In-Review (graduation)

August 12, 2015 at 1:59pm

Depending on the number of divisions graduating, each recruit is allowed four guests when the Training Group contains 12 divisions or less or three guests when the Training Group contains 13 or more divisions. Children age 2 and younger do not have to be on the access list and do not count against the three or four guests. Veterans and active duty members must be on the access list and count as one of the three or four guests. We treat all recruits equally and there are no exceptions.

We do offer an overflow area for extra guests in our chapel at Recruit Training Command (RTC). However, this is not intended as an open invitation to bring several extra guests as our #1 concern is the comfort and safety of our staff and guests on our military installation. We offer the overflow area as a courtesty to the extra guests, however, there are limitations which one may wish to consider when deciding whether or not the chapel option is for them.

To make it absolutely clear, there is not a limit as to the amount of extra guests you can bring to the chapel, but please consider the following information and keep in mind that we have very limited staff to accommodate extra guests, so we please ask to keep your extra guests at an absolute minimum. If this courtesy gets abused by those attempting to bring an excessive amount of extra guests, restrictions will be put in place. Again, please respect our request to keep your guests to only a few.

• Children younger than 18 years old must be accompanied by an adult 18 or older and they cannot be left alone. All guests must have a photo I.D. just as the guests on the access must have. If you do not have a photo I.D., you will not be allowed to go to the chapel.
• There is no guarantee that space will be available as there is a capacity limit in the chapel.
• Extra guests will check in at the visitors center and wait in a holding room before being escorted as a group to the chapel which is about a 1/4-mile walk. Those having difficulty walking may wish to reconsider going to the chapel as we do not provide any type of shuttle service , and the use of wheelchairs is limited as the wheelchairs are also used by guests in the drill hall. If you cannot walk far distances, then the chapel option may not be for you.
• Once inside the chapel, guests are not permitted to leave until the conclusion of the ceremony as they are not allowed to wander around our restricted base unescorted during the ceremony.
• Guests are required to remain in the Chapel A (the main chapel area) and main foyer area.
• Chapel staff is unable to accommodate any guest needs, requests or complaints.
• There are no vending machines available in the chapel and food and beverages are not permitted (except for bottled water), inside the chapel. Those with small children may wish to keep this in mind in addition to the fact that they will be sitting there for up to three and a half hours. The earlier you arrive, the longer you will be waiting.
• While we do offer live streaming of the ceremony, there is no guarantee that it will be up and running. Should the system be down due to technical difficulties, the extra guests must still remain in the chapel until after the ceremony has concluded when they will then be escorted back to the visitors center.
• If your recruit is staying in Great Lakes for "A" School, the extra guests most likely will not even see the recruit until after those recruits have checked into their new barracks on the main base immediately following the ceremony. That check-in process takes a few hours and the recruits will not be ready to be picked up until mid-afternoon. They will then have the remainder of the weekend for liberty but must return to the base each evening. If this is the case for your recruit, you may wish to consider remaining at your hotel as many offer viewing of the live stream in their lobbies making it much more convenient for extra guests to remain there as opposed to coming onto the base.
• Recruits are not allowed to "borrow" seats from another recruit as plans often change and a recruit that expected no guests on graduation day may suddenly learn that his or her family can attend; only to remember that they have given their seats away to another recruit. Recruits also are vouching for the guests they invite onto the base and to list another recruit's guests — of whom they do not know — heightens RTC's security risk as well as that of the recruit who vouched for them. Recruits are informed of this rule and are expected to abide by it. Please do not ask them to disobey the orders given to them by asking them to add another recruit's guests.

We respectfully request that everyone please consider the above points closely in deciding whether or not to access RTC as an extra guest.

[sandy]

Thanks thwoody, Nice to know that and yes Yecenia my son said they get sworn in right before they get on the plane

[Yecenia]

Thanks Mimi for the information that helps! Have you heard from ur son?

[Yecenia]

Thank you!  To your son as well. 

[Nicole]

My son shipped out sept 17th and he stayed overnight as well but we was able to see him swear in for the final time and wait with him and then said our final "I love you's" and then he got on the bus and left for the airport.

[realtreegirl]

• Hi everyone. My son is also leaving October 14. Boot camp is 9 weeks correct? Is graduation from BC typically on the weekend? I have to schedule a surgery either December 18 or 21. I am hoping we get a graduation date soon?

[Yecenia]

Wish I knew my son doesn't provide too much details and since his 19 I don't deal with the recruiter.

[realtreegirl]

I read that if you count 9 Fridays from the date of swearing in that should be the graduation weekend which would be December 11. I hope this is correct. Yeah my son just says I'm not sure.