March 5, 2013 - Leaving For Boot

Posted by Bill Ramm on February 6, 2013 at 9:47pm

My son is currently scheduled to leave for boot on 3/5, less than 30 days away.  Anyone else out there with family in this class?  

We are really excited as he counts down the days.   A little nervous too - for a couple reasons and because of changes, he has been delayed before ... so nervous for him to go, but also nervous (with all the gov't changes / budget issues going on) that there is not further delays.  Odd mixture of emotions.

But we sure are proud of his choice!

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  • Bill Ramm March 16, 2013 at 9:52pm

    Got his address today!  Ship 13, Div 169!  He also called and got to talk to his wife a few minutes this morning, though it was mostly business, glad she got to hear his voice too!

  • Bill Ramm March 12, 2013 at 7:19pm

    His box came to our house today as my wife is home during the day.   However, his letter obviously went to our daughter in law, so hopefully she gets it today. She is coming by tonight, so hope she has a chance to go by the apartment first!

  • Ray Hill March 11, 2013 at 5:15pm

    I got the letter today, my son is in Ship 12 Div 167/168.

  • Brad March 11, 2013 at 9:15am

    There are quite a few divisions at Boot Camp, so the likelihood of both your sons being together is pretty remote. Unless both your sons would be in the 800 or 900 divisions?

  • Ray Hill March 10, 2013 at 7:09pm

    I am proud, but things have changed a lot since I went into Boot Camp 2/4/75. Not only is he 3rd generation, my Dad is Raymond Sr, I'm Jr and my son is the 3rd. Since everyone goes by their last name in Boot, when I get a mailing address I'll ask him if there's a Ramm in his company. Well, when I was in it was Companies, may not be now. I think now it's ships or something. My Dad and I both went to Boot in San Diego. Of course, my Dad was there during WW2. I was in at the very tail end of Viet Nam. If you have any questions about the lingo I'll be glad to try to help you if you want, but so much has changed.

  • Bill Ramm March 10, 2013 at 6:53pm

    Ray - Great! - maybe they are in the same ship / division then - it will be great to keep track with others what is going on.  I see he is third generation Navy - you must really be proud!  We are just learning Navy lingo - we just spent the past year learning Marine lingo, but guess we need another dictionary!

  • Ray Hill March 10, 2013 at 3:44pm

    My son arrived at Great Lakes on March 5th.

  • Bill Ramm March 9, 2013 at 9:49pm

    Oh man ... ratings, MOS, deck, MCT, DI, ship ... too many terms and they are both in the US Milatary!  And I thought Marines and Navy would be at least somewhat similar!  :-)

  • Brad March 8, 2013 at 11:23am

    LOL! Navy doesn't have MOS. They have ratings. Bill, you are going to have to learn a whole new set of vernacular.

  • Bill Ramm March 7, 2013 at 4:41pm

    Thanks - and to you all also!  Hey, another California person!  Hope he gets what he wants for an MOS!  It is an exciting time.
     
    Marnye Langer said:

    My son, Ian, is at the recruit place as we speak. He signs his contract tomorrow morning and gets his boot camp date. He is very excited and we are beginning a new adventure with him. Bill, good luck to your son. I hope he excels at boot camp.

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