Received the form letter today from my son. He is in Ship 02 Div 948. PIR date 9 October. Anybody else out there the same? He wrote a short note at the bottom saying he made the Drum Line so I guess he will be playing in the band at graduation.
Read more…Watched my son do his final swear-in at Dallas MEPS this morning. Should be boarding a plane at DFW right about now to begin his incredible adventure. Bittersweet moment. Sad to see him go but incredibly proud to watch him stand tall and take an o
Read more…When my son left I cried 4 2 days(Hey, I admit it I miss my son) But with time it got better. Can't wait til 9/18 4 PIR.
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Today is the 2nd full day that my son Joshua has been in boot camp. Although we were all prepared (we thought) for him to leave, it has been very hard. I have a whole new respect for all of you who have sent your sons/daughters into t
Read more…My son has one month now until he goes to MEPS and then off to Great Lakes on the 18th. He is incredibly excited and we are for him as well! Then he'll be off to Lackland AFB for A school for his MA rating.
Poor guy is getting 3 teeth pulled toda
Read more…My son's graduation was one of the proudest moments of my life. He's my only child, it was hard to see him off. Now that PIR is over and for those who are new, here are a few tips: 1) they are in the best of hands, millions have gone before them. Th
Read more…Well it's been long 8 weeks since my girlfriend shipped out for RTC, her PIR date is next week on the 24th of July. I can't begin to say how proud I am of her, she pushed and pushed her way through it. She kicked some butt and took some names, I boug
Read more…so just a question, I know recruits can only send letters on Sundays and its my girlfriends 4 week at RTC, i got a lot of letters last week and i kept doing what she asked big and was to send letters and cards and pictures which i did. I mail a lette
Read more…I got my first letters from her and it was hard reading them them and im proud shes been keeping her head up and pushing through this and i am proud of her. She been really upset because they sent her early but got stuck in an extra week of P days fo
Read more…If her training starts on 5/11/15 the PIR should be 6/3/15. Will the have it on an observed holiday.
Read more…Our SR got to O'Hara and to RTC. She gave us her 30 sec. Call. In great spirits. We asked how it was. She says "crazy" we laughed. Now the wait begins again. Can't wait to send her first letter to her.
Read more…Today is the day. Our daughter Halie Swearing in to serve our great nation. Her mother and I are so proud. I have been reading a lot of the stories on this site and am comforted to not be alone in this venture. I will share more of Halie progress as
Read more…Morning all of you lovely parents and supporters of our SRs. this morning at 6:12 phone rang and it was my son. First "real" phone call since he left on the 16th. He is doing good, sounded good also. His boot camp started on the 28th cause they didn'
Read more…Hi, my oldest son is in BC and my youngest in 4th grade. I was wondering if my son's class writes notes/letters to recruits in my sons division how can I send it/address it? Hope someone can help with this, thank you so much
Read more…My son left for boot camp on the 16th. Received his phone call that night and I was OK, proud, happy for him but really sad for me and my younger son because we were never apart like this. What is helping me was the "speech" that my son gave me befor
Read more…We got a call from our SR yesterday, and he sounded great. He is fine, and doing well. However, he told us that his RDC told the division that they were a week behind, and to tell their parents to not make reservations. Is that a possibility? If
Read more…My son started boot camp on April 16th and a few days later we recieved his "box" but as of today April 29th still no form letter. Most everyone said 7 to 10 days for letter so we are wondering what the hold up could be. We want to send letters to co
Read more…The Mom's page(s) are a buzz with "Sailor" phone calls starting to roll in... Battle Stations is in progress for those graduating this Friday (Apr. 24th).
Read more…We received his 30 second phone call around midnight. We will be anxiously awaiting our letter from him with his contact info so we can begin writing to him. I have heard that he is not allowed to receive photographs, but they can be printed on reg
Read more…Any one know if the huge tornado that hit northern Ill. last night just West of Great Lakes caused any damage on or near the base?
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