Sailor of the Week...in bootcamp?

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Permalink Reply by Rick Binkley on June 13, 2012 at 7:19am

Chris....while the mantra of "no news is good news" is usually spot on, earned calls home can and do occur. My son is in week 5 and has called home 3 times...each time I see the 847 area code on my phone, I have to admit to a sinking feeling...in week 3 my son along with 2 others got a 20 min call for scoring perfect on an exam. I had always heard before that they all called as a division. the following week, I recieved another call which was the mid point call for 20 mins...and last week the division got to call for an hour for a good zone inspection. RDC's have to be adept also to see who may a little bolstering morale wise and to give others an incentive to perform better.My son is in an 800 division and says his group has yet to jell so alot of work before PIR to come together. I haven't heard of sailor of the week for BC but who knows...we are down to less than 3 weeks so I can see a light at the end of this first leg of the journey...best of luck to your wife, yourself and especially, your SR.

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Permalink Reply by Chris Jennison on June 13, 2012 at 4:40pm

Rick, Thanks for the nice reply.  As I said, in my day, calls to home were unheard of (I know, how cliché).  I agree with you, "phone calls home" would have to be a great motivational tool for the RDCs to encourage "performance=reward" behavior.

I’m actually a little surprised at my wife and her reactions to this whole thing.  She was a Navy girlfriend and a Navy wife.  I guess being a Navy MOM is completely different ;-)

Good luck to your son and your family as well.  It must be exciting to have PIR so near.

Rick Binkley said:

Chris....while the mantra of "no news is good news" is usually spot on, earned calls home can and do occur. My son is in week 5 and has called home 3 times...each time I see the 847 area code on my phone, I have to admit to a sinking feeling...in week 3 my son along with 2 others got a 20 min call for scoring perfect on an exam. I had always heard before that they all called as a division. the following week, I recieved another call which was the mid point call for 20 mins...and last week the division got to call for an hour for a good zone inspection. RDC's have to be adept also to see who may a little bolstering morale wise and to give others an incentive to perform better.My son is in an 800 division and says his group has yet to jell so alot of work before PIR to come together. I haven't heard of sailor of the week for BC but who knows...we are down to less than 3 weeks so I can see a light at the end of this first leg of the journey...best of luck to your wife, yourself and especially, your SR.

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Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on June 13, 2012 at 5:55pm

you have to remember that the RDC's are also balancing those calls vs the feeling homesickness that often follow a call with mom or dad.....it is a tough balancing act

 

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Permalink Reply by Paula C McNichol on May 9, 2013 at 8:14am

What a WONDERFUL story!!! I hope I get a phone call like THAT one!!

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