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Comment by Marvin on September 26, 2013 at 7:56pm

Have you even received the form letter with his div and PIR date, or the BOX?

Comment by Gary Ray on September 26, 2013 at 7:51pm

Marvin, our son Alex arrived on Sept 9. Interestingly, the letter was dated September 14th.

Very cool a about your son. That is great!

Comment by Cody Baird on September 26, 2013 at 6:54pm

I just hope she can stay strong mentally and not cave in. I've heard a lot of people quit in rcu cause its depressing there. I'm sure she'll push through and be stronger for it. I told her to go to church. It'll help. Many people find religion in bootcamp

Comment by Marvin on September 26, 2013 at 6:23pm

Gary, ironic the things you just shared. I have 3 kids. My daughter is theoldest, mmarried, has 2 boys, and her husband was promoted to highschool councilor this year. My son, the middle child, graduated bootcamp 7/3/13 and is in Virginia now loving his decision to join. My youngest son dropped out of highschool also. Took him with me to Great Lakes for PIR. He couldn't go to the ceremony, not enough spots on the guest list. But it, by luck, worked out where my son's PIR was on a Wed because July 4th was Thursday. He was staying in GL for Aschool. He had liberty leave everyday from the 3rd-7th(rare). His div won the Captains Cup, earned all their flags, and won their RDC his first Hall Of Fame, and it was HOF Gold, they missed winning Battle Stations 21 by .03 points, to win it all hasn't been done in 3 years. I grew up with a guy in South Ga. that just happened to be a Navy Chaplin(Lieutenant) stationed in GL. We had an amazing experience there. My point to you is that your daughter will soon realize what your son has chosen to do with his life, and it sink in! My youngest son told me, at the airport, that watching and seeing what his brother accomplished, and is doing inspired him. 100s of talks from me never sank in with him. His brother graduating bootcamp hit him like a locomotive! He is taking GED classes, Navy literature in his bedroom, and a lot more mature kid. He now has real dreams, and goals. The US NAVY has made men out of both my boys, and one is not even in the Navy!

Comment by Gary Ray on September 26, 2013 at 5:44pm

Cody, great job with your bride. Personally, if someone says to me "stay strong" when I am weak, I'm left thinking, "HOW?" Then I remember that the Bible says, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" (Philippians 4 13).

In your wife's case, I would just like to remind her that "We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God: those who are called according to His purpose. (Romans 8:28)" It might not be how WE would work it out and we probably can't see how it is going to work out for the Good but God is going to do just that. If the good requires a delay of training then she can REST knowing that God is working for her not against her.

This line of thinking has really helped me in relationship to my daughter who dropped out of high school and ran away from home earlier this year. She was gone for about three months. After the hard knocks school bumped her around a bit she came home with a different attitude. She has a good job now and keeps mentioning getting her GED. She is going to be moving out to an apartment by the end of the year but I know God's not done with her yet He's going to keep working.

Comment by Marvin on September 26, 2013 at 5:41pm

Gary, when did your get to RTC? They can receive letters daily, but my son could only write on Sundays. So if that is true with your sr check the mailbox on Thursdays! Its kinda like clockwork...

Comment by Gary Ray on September 26, 2013 at 5:29pm

We received our first letter from Alex today. He misses us but he said he isn't crying or anything like a couple of the guys (apparently THOSE guys got a good tongue lashing from the RDC's!). He said, boot camp is "physically wise, EASY" Duh, coming from a kid who qualified for special forces (unfortunately, his eyes disqualified him). However, due to homework he is averaging about 4 hours sleep per night and that is "Tough but doable." Moma was, of course, very happy to get the letter. So proud of our son!

Comment by Cody Baird on September 26, 2013 at 5:20pm

Thanks everyone. I know she's safe and that's what matters most. She'll learn a lot there.

Comment by Cody Baird on September 26, 2013 at 5:13pm

Yea. I figure if I give her a task to work on it'll distract her from her own depression and if she succeeds in making everyone happy then the environment will be better. Not as negative. It'll be her legacy. I also told her if she wants to come home, she can. I told her we'd struggle for a few years, maybe several but we'd be together each night but if she stays a few more weeks we'd be set for life. That'll put things in perspective I hope.

Comment by Marvin on September 26, 2013 at 4:57pm

Cody, Paul is 100% right! Keep being strong, and encouraging your recruit. I know another young lady up there, maybe in the same div as your sr, that had a stress fracture. She was the reason I pushed the point about being patient, and tell her not rush things. Especially the physical therapy! Your sr will learn patience, and adapt to the sisituation. Stay strong. Its a learning experience for her, and you.

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