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That is kind of bizarre. Was this recently?
I went to boot camp back in 1998. Things were a but different then vs now, and things were a bit different than the past. I got a 5 minute phone call home on Christmas, after my DIs forced me to eat all the goodies I had been sent and had just puked my brains out after being made to run 5 miles. Half my female platoon did not make it to graduation for lots of reasons. Sleep walking, threatening suicide, injuries, and on 2 occasions pointing loaded weapons at drill instructors. Lord knows what happened to them. I only hope your son is now healthy and happy, cause that's all we have in this life ❤
No it was in 2010, Summer time in Chicago...

I left for Boot in San Diego in August of 91... UHG!!! The day I got there there was about 5 guys with their heads so swollen from sun burn they looked like aliens.... The only phone call we got was if there was a change of status. When my dad went through in '68 he got to go home for Christmas and that's when him and my mon got married.
 
No it was in 2010, Summer time in Chicago...

I left for Boot in San Diego in August of 91... UHG!!! The day I got there there was about 5 guys with their heads so swollen from sun burn they looked like aliens.... The only phone call we got was if there was a change of status. When my dad went through in '68 he got to go home for Christmas and that's when him and my mon got married.
Ahh. Hollywood Marine! 😄
JK much love. I've heard that's the worst place to be in Summer. I got lucky was in Parris Island in winter.
Yes things have changed throughout the years. I remember us girls being excited to see the guys during rifle week and then being horrified because we all looked like shit 😆. That's amazing that your dad got to go home to get married. Without that opportunity you wouldn't be here 😉
 
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Ahh. Hollywood Marine! 😄
JK much love. I've heard that's the worst place to be in Summer. I got lucky was in Parris Island in winter.
Yes things have changed throughout the years. I remember us girls being excited to see the guys during rifle week and then being horrified because we all looked like shit 😆. That's amazing that your dad got to go home to get married. Without that opportunity you wouldn't be here 😉
Hahaha I was Navy, and yes it sucked... the grinder was the worst. I'd have rather marched in the sand than on that blacktop oven!!!
 
Hahaha I was Navy, and yes it sucked... the grinder was the worst. I'd have rather marched in the sand than on that blacktop oven!!!
Oh shit my bad! Shows what I don't know....sorry to have mistaken your branch. Personally I loved the Navy folk on camp Lejeune. They were sometimes the only voice of reason among "do what I say even though my ineptitude will get you killed".
 
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Oh shit my bad! Shows what I don't know....sorry to have mistaken your branch. Personally I loved the Navy folk on camp Lejeune. They were sometimes the only voice of reason among "do what I say even though my ineptitude will get you killed".
It's all good, as someone said earlier, which branch doesn't matter we're all on the same side...
 
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That is kind of bizarre. Was this recently?
I went to boot camp back in 1998. Things were a but different then vs now, and things were a bit different than the past.
I left for Boot in San Diego in August of 91... UHG!!!

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You both are spring chickens compared to an old dog like me.... I left for basic in Jun 1978 and went to Ft Dix, NJ. Still swear to this day that they shipped all that nasty sand (not soft beach sand) in just for use to suffer in.

But I spent more time in the military than some on here have been alive. (6/78-6/06)
 
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You both are spring chickens compared to an old dog like me.... I left for basic in Jun 1978 and went to Ft Dix, NJ. Still swear to this day that they shipped all that nasty sand (not soft beach sand) in just for use to suffer in.

But I spent more time in the military than some on here have been alive. (6/78-6/06)
Ah so it was real sand, not the stuff they used in the homo-erotic volleyball scene in Top Gun....
And kudos to you for staying in so long! Most people I know talk about their time in as if it was prison.."so how long were you in for?" 😆
 
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Ah so it was real sand, not the stuff they used in the homo-erotic volleyball scene in Top Gun....
And kudos to you for staying in so long! Most people I know talk about their time in as if it was prison.."so how long were you in for?" 😆

I would have been in longer if someone hadn't tried to shoot my leg off. Over all I LOVED my time in.

14 years active duty and 14 year NG.