An (almost) Wilde woman

[JaneysaurusRex]

I'm Janey B. A 21-year old resident of Florence South Carolina. I just sent off my boyfriend to boot camp welll.. 30 hours or so ago ( a day and some change) I am working through it and have already started writing letters. As of this moment he is on an airplane to Great lakes and will land in a little over an hour. I work as a full time sales associate, i have two awesome dogs, i smoke too much, i'm a maid of honor, and worry too much.

John Wilde is love of my life and I shipped him off January 23rd 2011 at 12:50 p.m. He is my heart and my rock and my everything. I miss him so much and love him even more and am willing to wait out every day and then some for him. it is 61 days until i get to hold him again.

[AOC]

The time will fly by and before you know it you will be freezing in Great Lakes. I was an RDC from 2006-2009. If you have any questions I will answer them with complete honesty. Good luck to your boyfriend as he may need a little luck on his side.

[YoniHarari]

Ma'am time will fly and you'll be back with your boyfriend soon. 61 days? got the count down going already eh? I think my wife (and I) will be doing the same thing when I'm out in RTC.

[JaneysaurusRex]

Yup. I'm down to 60 days as of today he called me just before 3 a.m. to let me know he was in boot camp and all of that stuff.

@AOC do you know anything about phone calls? as in if and when and how often i'll be getting one? I'm counting on none right now, but i have a right to be optimistic! :D I'm writing him every day already and he did have a good moment. He did get to meet Charles Barkley at the airport last night!!

[DK3]

Far and few in between. You will get the initial "I'm here, here is my address call" be prepared to have paper/pencil in hand. However, he will be talking so fast you probably won't get it down because the RDC's are there "encouraging" you to get done quickly. A card will be sent to you shortly to give you the address.

I remember only getting two and that was the "I'm here" call and then a Sunday call at the end of the 4th week.

[JaneysaurusRex]

That was what i had figured would happen. He wasn't able to give me his address when he called this morning so I'm hoping it will be on the box of his things that is getting sent back or soon. he has my address so i'll just keep writing my letters and putting them in a binder until i get his.

[DK3]

AOC will be able to give you a much clearer view of what is happening right now. I was on the otherside of the fence wondering what I got myself into!

[JaneysaurusRex]

Yeah. I know that's where he is. Would you happen to have anyclue if his address will be on or in the box of his things that's being returned? or will it be a generic address?

[DK3]

I don't know, it has been way too long ago. I would just wait for the phone call or card! I can't imagine that your 3am call is your "I'm here" call, unless things have changed.

[VaBchMom]

I just went and got the 1st letter that Michael sent from BC. It was written in pencil and they get to write whatever on the 3 lines that they are given to write on. In the letter is the mailing address you'll use while they're there and it answers some of the questions that you may have. Yes, the middle of the night call (ours was at 1:32 a.m. if I remember correctly) is that first call. Since it was Thanksgiving he got to make a call to say hello and the call lasted just a minute or so before he was saying goodbye. Way too quick!!

[JaneysaurusRex]

As far as i know it was. He told me last night before he stopped responding to Texts that he was about to go into processing. When he called it was almost 2 a.m. in Chicago. He was very very quick about his phone call and said simply that "hey I need you to tell mom that she will be getting a box of my things in about a week and I love you I love you I love you. I'll talk to you when I can Bye baby." I was able to sneak in a few words here and there but it was maybe all of 20 seconds. Oh and his flight was also delayed by an hour and a half or so....

[PonyUp]

Glad you got to hear his voice!! :)


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[JaneysaurusRex]

Thank you! Now i just have to wait on an address!

[VaBchMom]

A few years ago we were all really lucky re getting the address quicker. We were able to call the PAO and they'd give it to you within a day or two or your recruit arriving. It was great to get it that fast so that the letting writing could commence. I guess too many folks learned this secret and they've long since stopped doing it. You have to wait for the letter to arrive now to get that all important address.

[DK3]

When I arrived in Orlando 20 some years ago, I arrived at the processing station at about 1:30am. We were immediately met by screaming Chiefs and Petty Officers and were scared out of my mind (keep in mind I had already went through this in the Army). Even then, we didn't make our "I'm here" call until around noon the next day.

[JaneysaurusRex]

Wow. Well I don't know. I'm just going to have to keep writing until i hear more! I know he's doing well. Just a little time and patience

[Seth]

I dont know if anyone has said this or not, but just because he's out of boot camp doesnt mean you'll get him back... you still have A school, C school etc etc etc whatever else his rate requires, plus if you arent married then it will be hard/expensive to have yall live together.... I just wanted to throw it out there as a reality check.... this is still the military...

[VaBchMom]

You've got a point there Seth.

[JaneysaurusRex]

Oh we i know. His a school is twelve more weeks after he graduates and we're waiting for the possibility of marriage until after he graduates boot camp to make sure our relationship can handle the separation first. We started dating after he had signed up and have talked all of this through many many times. And I am willing to put in the time. I have never known him without the Navy as a pivotal point in his life.

[VaBchMom]

Oh we i know. His a school is twelve more weeks after he graduates and we're waiting for the possibility of marriage until after he graduates boot camp to make sure our relationship can handle the separation first. We started dating after he had signed up and have talked all of this through many many times. And I am willing to put in the time. I have never known him without the Navy as a pivotal point in his life.

I know this discussion has come up recently. He's not going to have a lot of time to get married after boot camp especially if his A school isn't at GL. Some leave right after PIR (as in our case with our son). I'm sure others here will pipe up telling you pretty much the same thing.

[JaneysaurusRex]

ohhh no I'm not going to get married right after boot camp. It's just then that we're going to get engaged. We're looking at (if) we get married it will be after A school

[VaBchMom]

Glad to hear that....

[JaneysaurusRex]

Well in good news my cousin (he works at RTC) knows who his recruit division commanders are. He's going to go check on him once he done with processing.

[Submansully]

Keep your head up and just keep working as a team. My wife and I went through all this 17 years ago. We were dating when I headed off to Boot Camp. When I was home on leave after submarine school we got engaged and then married after my first deployment. It truly happens in the blink of an eye(though it doesn't feel that way when you're living it) but before you know it, you'll be building your life together. It's not the easiest life, but just remember to be friends, always, and take each challenge as an opportunity to grow. Best wishes and God Speed.

[VaBchMom]

And with it being so overmanned these days, you are going to have to work harder to prove that you're worth staying in the Navy. I know of several people that went in around the same time as Michael and they are all starting to find out that they won't be able to re-enlist so don't assume that this may be a 20+ year commitment from you. You're going to have to go above and beyond nowadays.