navy question ,when will i hear from my daughter??

Question

my daughter is in great lakes IL, I havent heard from her and its really hard not knowing what she is going though,and not being able to talk.i just want to know does anyone know when they will let her call,she has been in there since 7/19/07,and when will i get her personal belonging back ? thanks mom

Answer 1

Ma'am... relax... Your little girl is in good hands.

She's properly clothed for the weather. She's fed well. And she has a warm, clean place to sleep.

She's only been there a couple of weeks. She's been processed, she now has a uniform... they all dress alike there. She's getting up at 5 or 6 every morning. She makes her bed. She cleans up around her bunk. She gets ready for inspection. She marches to breakfast. She goes to class to learn such things as the rules and regulations that will govern her activities for the next few years, and how to find her way around a ship. She will do physical training (PT) that is not designed to build muscle-bound narcissists than to teach your daughter that she's now part of a team and not one of a group of individuals. She's taking tests to determine exactly how she will be serving her country for the duration of her tour of active duty. After a very busy day, she will probably stand a watch... she learns how to do that too. In her free time, she may even learn how to wash her clothes... by hand...guys get that lesson.

Your daughter is changing. She is becoming more focused. She is more able to multi-task. She can give more attention to detail. She is becoming more responsible.

No doubt your daughter misses you very much. But that's part of training too. Navy deployments are sometimes months in length. During those deployments, contact with loved ones is sporadic at best. Mail doesn't get to ships regularly. While recruit training centers are seldom at sea, the recruits need to learn that they can survive being away from family and friends. Recruit training is only for a few weeks.

I think my parents got my stuff aboutt a month after I arrived. Possibly they wanted to keep it handy in the event a recruit washes out.

In the mean time, your daughter gets your letters... just send letters... probably once a week. That's to make sure every recruit gets a chance to get at least one. Your daughter will write you. At least one letter is, as I recall, required. But she is extremely busy. She will write you as soon as she has the time.

Answer 2

She probably won't be able to call until towards the end of her training. Send her lots of letters and cards. She is quite busy right now, very tired at the end of the day and really has no time to write. Once she is done with basic and goes onto school, she will be able to call and have more time. When our daughter joined the Navy, we received her belongs a few weeks after she got there. Things may have changed tho.

Also, if at all possible, go to her graduation. I have been to Navy, Army and Air Force graduations. Navy was the most impressive.

Answer 3

Relax mom. The fact that you haven't heard anything means she's fine. She only gets a few chances to make a phone call, but that doesn't mean she'll actually get to do it. Her world has been completely turned upside down right now. She only has a few minutes to do a few hours worth of work. The Military does this so they can break the ties between civilian life and military life. It was three weeks before I got to make a two minute phone call home from Army BCT. They might store her personal things. That's what the Army did with me.

Trust me, she's doing fine, learning lots of things (about the military and about herself), and she's making you proud. She's your daughter, but she's not your baby anymore. She's a grown woman now and a proud U.S. Sailor. She'll tell you all about it in due time, but in the mean time just be proud of her for doing something too many people are too chicken to do anymore.

You think you're proud of her now? Wait until Graduation Day!! You've never cried so much in your entire life, but it's a good cry. You just wait and see!! You'll be ok mom, and so will she.

Answer 4

How plenty time you will could spend which incorporate your spouse and daugther relies upon on what score you opt for (or the army chooses for you) the place you're stationed, what happens interior the international, and "the desires of the army." you in addition to might get to put in "duty possibilities" and the service will attempt to fulfill those, yet do not anticipate it. There are some military jobs that would have you ever deployed plenty, and a few that assist you to've a somewhat known, 9-5, style of existence. an identical is real of the place you get stationed. i does not anticipate being stationed interior the section you enlisted from except you're enlisting in San Diego or Norfolk. i think of marrying the mummy of your daughter is a sturdy concept, no remember what happens which incorporate your naval occupation, yet permit the extra youthful lady understand which you will probable be long previous for stretches of as much as six months at a time and which you will probable circulate around plenty while you're making a occupation interior the service. She needs to purchase into the deal, and he or she needs to nicely known up front that there are sacrifices linked with being married to a sailor. The military will pay to go you and your loved ones around once you get transfered; my spouse enjoyed being waiting to ascertain distinctive places that way. a minimum of distinctive the time-- there are places the place the army will deliver you "unaccompanied," yet those are many times places you does not choose to have your loved ones and the excursions are many times short (a year or much less).

Answer 5

Try not to worry. Boot camp is not really that bad. She should be able to call home once or twice a week. I do not know if the "boots" have access to e-mail, but she should be able to write letters.

In case of emergency, you can reach her by contacting the commanding officer of RTC Great Lakes. You can get contact information via the web or through the local recruiting station.

Answer 6

I just graduated naval boot camp 1 year ago in great lakes (or what us recruits call "great mistakes") My division was allowed one phone call within the first week we were there to assure the parents we made it safely. However, it's VERY common for the RDC (her instructor) to isolate them within the first month. You SHOULD'VE received letter of assurance typed out by the navy with her signature and comment at the bottom of the page by now! If you don't here anything from here within the next week or so somethings not right. And I'd bet all my money that her RDC's one big, well you know what! About her personal belongs, the navy (like everything else) will take their time getting them back to the rightful owner. Plus they don't want to pay the big bucks sending all those packages. They will do everything in their power to isolate the kids from their parents or any other outside contact, its really a sick and twisted way of brain washing us.

Answer 7

Phone calls must be earned. i went the entire nine weeks and got exactly 2 phone calls.. his last week of Boot Camp.

She will have free time on Sundays only to write, but there are other things she may choose to do instead.. sleep, shower, shine her boots, etc.

I would expect to receive her stuff this week actually.

Answer 8

she was told to write home during the first week.as to her belongings,she will receive them to pack with her military gear when she graduates.You can write to her anytime;they receive mail at least twice a week.

Answer 9

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