Well, we received the box and just the other day received the form letter stating Eric's address along with his graduation date. Pretty cool he will be graduating on his 19th birthday. What a present huh, guess he will never forget that date. I ca
Read more…My son is now at the USO in Chicago waiting the ride over to the RTC! He has been waiting there for a while and just texted us to let us know they were starting. It was a rough day for us sending him off ... He is an only child and we are going to
Read more…We have heard from our daughter, Valentina several times. Sounds like she has a great commander that motivates and cares about them well. She gets upset when the group doesn't live up to his expectations. The sign of a great leader in my book, and ap
Read more…8 fridays with mean grad would be on April 5. Should I not include this friday? Then April 12 would be the date. Thought?
To many emotions to be able to think straight.
Thanks
Read more…Anyone who has someone gone through Boot Camp at RTC gone to the Meet & Greet on Thursday prior to PIR? Just trying to get a feel for what it is. Thanks, Tim
17 and a wake up......
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Received our first letters from our recruit today. Very excited and of course anxious for more info. He sounds like he's grown alot in a short time. All is well. Would love to here from friends and family in our son's group.
Read more…what time of the day should I expect the phone call ? day or night ? how often ? thanks...
Read more…I heard that the Governor of Il. was going to boot camp with prepaid cell phones for the recruits and that he was going to have dinner with them?
I heard that the phones were so that all recruits could call home today? Does anyone know if there is a
Read more…Recieved our form letter today and was impressed to see my sons new recruit handwriting skills lol, Anyhow would love to hear from anybody that may have SR in this Division because getting any real time info out of our son may prove difficult Go Navy
Read more…Story Number: NNS100726-14Release Date: 7/26/2010 3:45:00 PM
By Brian Walsh, Recruit Training Command Public Affairs
NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES, Ill. (NNS) -- Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, Ill., the Navy's only boot camp, is responsibl
My son is in DEP, signed up to be an EOD Tech, and is heading to RTC in January.
In various forum articles, I have read lots of helpful ideas about preparation (for basic, dive school, EOD prep, jump school, etc). If Navy Dads have any more ideas or
Read more…My son, Shane, was able to call home this past Thursday evening. His whole life he has been a soft spoken person and often mumbles his words. Especially on the telephone. When we were able to talk the other night he sounded much different. He had con
Read more…Anyone have a recruit here? It's week 6 and I have gotten a call or letter since week 3.
Read more…Got the ship number and graduation date for 1 Feb, 2013....So excited...Any news from another family that has a sailor in this div?
Read more…My son who is in bootcamp Div 803, is scheduled to graduate 12/21/2012. My wife and I were wondering if he would possibly get any leave after bootcamp and before dive prep?. With this being only 4 days before Christmas and and holiday travel being w
Read more…My son left for boot camp today. We last got a text from him when he was at Ohare. We have not received his quick made it there phone call tonight.
Has any one else gotten a call today ? Do we know if there are issues ? is it unusual not to ge
Read more…We are so excited for our Son! All of our letters have beed addressed to him as 'SR' for seaman recruit. Now we want to write him a congratulations letter....what do we call him now? Is he Sailor?
Read more…Hi all, My son is in his 2nd day of Boot. I am so grateful for this site. I have already learned so much about what to expect, and how to plan for the upcoming events. I look forward to reading and learning more throughout the next 8 weeks.
Read more…I received another letter home today from my recruit. He is well and his words were that of excitement. Is is getting very enthusiastic about his training. He passed the swim test without a hitch. He said that his division is really pulling toge
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