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Comment by DJ Kuehl on October 25, 2016 at 3:19pm

Hooray!  We got the call - Battlestations 21 is over for Ship 04, Div 347. Our son is a US Navy Sailor!

Comment by Stephanie Andrews on October 25, 2016 at 11:56am

My son arrived at boot camp yesterday..I received the "I'm alive" call around 8:30 last night....

Comment by DJ Kuehl on October 25, 2016 at 11:31am

Has anyone gotten the "I'm a Sailor" phone call today - 10/25/16?

Comment by Debbie Zazeela on October 25, 2016 at 5:17am

I received the "I'm alive" call from Ryan 1am this morning. He sounded good. He said we will receive a call and letter in 3 weeks. 

Comment by Debbie Zazeela on October 24, 2016 at 6:24pm

My son just left this afternoon for Great Lakes. 

Comment by John Alan DeMarco on October 10, 2016 at 5:36pm

So true Paul. I would not say empty threat. But more motivational tactic. And I would not let your recruit in on the motivational tactics used by the RDC. Your little secret. Just encourage them to hang in there and keep pushing. I remember hearing similar from parents posting and when I asked my son, he did not seem worried. Some kids need to be pushed harder. They are good at what they do. Their goal is to get your kid through and make them their best. Trust them and your kid. It all will be over with before you know it.

Comment by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on October 10, 2016 at 4:15pm

A division WILL NOT get held back....

Comment by David Derocher on October 10, 2016 at 4:10pm

lol.  The good ol 'front leaning rest position'...  especially joyous with a pack on your back... airborn/ranger school adds putting your feet up on a tree...  the alternative to not holding it was much, much worse...

Comment by Brian Losey on October 10, 2016 at 4:01pm

Craig B....just a little sea story for you when I was in bootcamp.  We were all getting cycled one afternoon (back in my day they called IT cycling), but anyhow, we had been at it for about 45 minutes.  We were all sweating, grunting, crying...it was horrid...lol.  Our Company Commander (RDC), had us in the push-up rest position, we had been there for about two minutes or so, everyone was falling, putting their butts in the air etc, when our CC got mad and yelled "You guy's keep this up and I'll take your citizenship away!!"  No we all know that's not true, but I used this to illustrate what David said about not reading into much that the RDC's threaten them with.  It will all work out, just stay positive about it!

Comment by John Alan DeMarco on October 10, 2016 at 3:52pm

I had a similar issue with my supervisor about wanting dates solid to plan by. I told him I could not give him any. And I would not miss a once in a life time opportunity. I will say this. The one thing that helped me. I read a post by an admin on navy moms. It is rare they fail BS 21. So if week 7 rolls around and you have not heard that her PTA requirement have not been met, I would say going into that last week, I would bet the house on your kid.

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