mlucks14
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Hi my name is Miriam. Is he berly going to basic training?

LOL I'm still trying to figure this out! I think I PM'd you! If you didn't get one or it's in the wrong place let me know haha.... I'm so not computer savvy!

Good for you! School should keep you busy! I'm working a lot of hours this week, so trying hard to stay busy. Didn't really sleep much last night and had a rough start to the morning, but right now I'm OK. I'm sure everyone has a lot of ups and downs but we can do this! Can't wait til graduation day!!

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(Message 3) He got to AIT in the middle of May and graduated at the end of July. We went down to his base for his graduation which was in the morning. They had a more traditional graduation type ceremony and then a few hours later after he was released we got to drive him back home. He got picked to do hometown recruiting so he worked there for two weeks and then he left for his duty station. Everyone has different experiences though of what they can and can't do. Some can be driven and some can't. Some can come home for hometown recruiting and some get sent straight to their duty station. It all just depends. Which is sucky because if you are anything like me I like things to be planned a head of time and I like to know what is going on!!

Before my DB went into the military a few months ago I knew NOTHING about military stuff or what was going on but you learn as you. Sorry this is so long but I just wanted to help as much as I could because I know how crazy things were for me when I was clueless! lol If you have anymore questions feel free to ask and I will try to help.

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Ten weeks later ,in the middle of May, I got to see my DB at family day which takes place the day before graduation. You go and they have a little ceremony, tell you the rules for the day, and then he is all yours until about 9pm. My DB was not allowed to go off of base though and was not allowed to be out of uniform. The next day was graduation. There was another ceremony and then we picked him up at his housing area and he got to POV (privately owned vehicle) instead of GOV. Meaning that his parents got to drive him from his basic training base to his AIT base instead of him having to go through government transportation. We left Thursday from his basic base and he had to check in by Friday at a certain time to his AIT base. AIT lasted 10 weeks for my DB because he was a hold over but the time is different for everyone depending on what your SO is going in the Army for. AIT was much better though because he got to call me almost every night even if it was for only a minute or two and we skyped a few times.

(message 1) My experience with my DB went a little like this, but you have to remember that every experience is going to be different. My DB left for basic at the beginning of a march and went through reception which his lasted a week but some people's are shorter and some are longer. Some time after reception they should be able to make one phone call just to say "Hi I made it to basic" and that's pretty much it. My DB's mom got the call though. During this my DB said they literally sat there and watched him and made sure he said just what he was supposed to say and then hung up.
After reception he went to basic and went through red, white, and blue phases. Each phase they should receive more and more privileges. Meaning more personal time, more time to write letters, and possibly a phone call. If you go to the website of your SO's training place it should give you more info about each phase. Here is an example to go to that will hopefully help < Basic Combat Training>Basic Combat Training>Basic Training at Fort Jackson > I didn't get my first letter until about two weeks after he left. After that I would some times get a couple in one week and one or none the next. It just depends how much time they have. Also, my DB's group messed up a lot so he lost a lot of personal time and didn't get hardly any phone calls. I get a two minute call around week six and then a fifteen minute call a little bit before graduation.