NAVY BOOT CAMP

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Comment by Jim Butler on November 29, 2009 at 8:19am

According to everything we've read, and assumed...lol, our son Chris should start Boot Camp tomorrow. We can't wait to hear from him again, even though we know it won't be for another 2wks, and even that is a "maybe", and will be another brief call. I'm expecting "the box" in the next day or two. I started a letter the day after he left...and as soon as I get his address, will be shipping that off to him, and will distribute it to friends and family so they can reach out as well. Our son has left home before, he did 2 seperate years in Americorp, but this is different. We knew at the end of an Americorps stint that he'd be returning home after 10mos. And he'd still be a kid, sorta :) We know that with this experience, "the kid" is gone, period, and our son is now fully making the transition to a young man, where before he was sort of dipping his toe in the water.
Can't wait to hear his stories of boot, or just to hear how he's doing. As everyone here knows...it's going to be a tough couple of months for ALL of us.

Jim

Comment by Terry Beals on November 28, 2009 at 9:15pm

Frank, thank you so much for sending that over. We thought we might see our son but he was at a different church for Thanksgiving. But we used it to imagine he was there. We got a phone call from him from St Michael's Anglican church and he said the food was great. thanks again.

Comment by John Frank on November 28, 2009 at 3:36pm

TerryB, did you see this video of the church dinner? Maybe you can see your recruit!

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=7141057

Comment by Dan C on November 28, 2009 at 9:17am

Does anyone have a recruit leaving for Great Lakes on 04/12?

Comment by Jim Butler on November 28, 2009 at 5:42am

When our son first expressed interest in joining the Navy, I suggested that he sit down and watch all of the episodes of Carrier. It's availabe from Netflix and a variety of other sources. Pretty good insight into life in the Navy aboard the USS Nimitz. He watched all 10 episodes, so I know it gave him at least SOME idea of what Navy life was going to be like.
Last night my wife decided that she wanted to watch some of it as well, to get a better idea of what our son would eventually encounter, maybe not on a carrier, but regarding Navy life in general.

It's not a bad idea, actually, and I highly recommend it.

Jim

Comment by Terry Beals on November 27, 2009 at 12:04am

We got an unlimited time phone call from our son today on Thanksgiving. It really made our day! He and a bunch of other recruits were able to go to a local church where they were fed an unbelievable Thanksgiving dinner. He sounded great and is anxious for PIR on 12/4. Unfortunately, he is a grad-and-go and will have to leave the very next day to A-school in San Antonio, TX. Oh well. At least we'll see him for 7-10 days over Christmas.

Comment by Nick Maccarone on November 26, 2009 at 12:06pm

Our son is spending the day with a family near Chicago today. He called and said he was there with 4 friends from his div 014. Sounds great and happy. Happy Thanksgiving to all!!

Comment by Brian on November 26, 2009 at 6:30am

I guess we will soon find out Jim - Nice to meet you here, good to know someone else's son/daugther is there now, keep in touch!!!
Mr.B

Comment by Jim Butler on November 26, 2009 at 5:18am

Hey Brian, we got the call at 2:30am as well...wonder if your daughter and our son Chris will end up in the same ship/div.

The officer that swore Chris in said that he was lucky to be going to boot over the holidays, and that for Christmas, there was a good chance that he'd spend that day at someone's home. Hope that happens for them...

Jim

Comment by Brian on November 25, 2009 at 10:08pm

We got the call last night at 2:30 AM, she made it in to Great Mistakes!!! LOL, I guess now we wait for address & info....Happy Thanksgiving to all of you Moms & Dads!!! God Bless your children....

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