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Peterpasta
12-16-11, 11:08 AM
Hi All,
My son is presently a recruit at Parris Island and will be there over the Holidays. I have heard rumors that they will allow him to call call home on Christmas. Any know if this is true?
Thanks and Merry Christmas and Semper Fi
Matt
Oh my. He is training to fight a war, in which case he will problably not even haveabed to sleep in or a warm meal, let alone a phone call, do you think that the Drill instructors are worried about a Phone Call on Christmas?
To answer yoru question, problably I got one when i went to boot camp on thanksgiving day however its up to his drill instructors.
afraziaaaa
12-16-11, 01:26 PM
Hi All,
My son is presently a recruit at Parris Island and will be there over the Holidays. I have heard rumors that they will allow him to call call home on Christmas. Any know if this is true?
Thanks and Merry Christmas and Semper Fi
Matt
It is possible, but not a guarantee. Hope for the best and prepare for the worst! Nevermind any negativity. It is OK to hope your son will call on Christmas. As a Marine, I give you permission to love your son while he is away.
;)
Merry Christmas
In 1965 my entire Platoon at PI was allowed to call Home. The Senior took us all outside and while in Formation we were allowed to yell at the top of our lungs, "HOME". He then said now that you have called Home. Let's get back to what your here for....
SGT7477
12-16-11, 02:50 PM
Maybe if he was in the army of none, if I was their DI they would bend and thrust until I got tired,Semper Fidelis.
wildwoman73
12-16-11, 08:24 PM
I don't remember being allowed to call home. But then again, we graduated Dec 30th too. Hope it works out that he gets to. If even only for 2 minutes.
Tennessee Top
12-16-11, 09:40 PM
With todays generation, they'll probably get to text "Merry Christmas" on their smart phones;).
Hope you get to hear from him even if it's only a couple words.
doc h fmf
12-17-11, 04:52 AM
Well I Guess That Answers Your Question Sir
jclarke
12-17-11, 04:10 PM
We're new Marine parent's as well. The only phone call we got (and he was at Parris Island over Thanksgiving), was when he had messed up on the firing line, and was put back a week.
Other than that, it was letter's! Whether or not your potential Marine is permitted to call will depend on the Senior DI, and/or how the Platoon had done that week. There are many variable's concerning permission, especially in Boot Camp.
Our's is now in MCT in Camp Geiger, and was permitted a 20 minute phone call today. Unfortunately, his Blackberry is a piece of @#$%, and quickly lost power. Phone calls even in MCT are earned, and I believe earned on an individual basis (tests, field work, etc). Sometime's 1 or 2 can mess it up for the whole Platoon.
Sometime's, it's individual. It's entirely up to the Senior DI and his team.
So, just write as many letter's as you can, send card's, and work on being there for Family Day and Graduation. And be prepared for a very hearty eating Marine! Our's ate, and ate and ate! And, he went to PT every day during his 10-day leave at the Recruiting offices.
YLDNDN6
12-17-11, 06:35 PM
And for Pete's sake, do not send him a Christmas present. Unless, of course, you want him "broken" in some manner.......
In 1965 my entire Platoon at PI was allowed to call Home. The Senior took us all outside and while in Formation we were allowed to yell at the top of our lungs, "HOME". He then said now that you have called Home. Let's get back to what your here for....
Classic!! :evilgrin:
Marinemom32
12-21-11, 02:55 PM
Well at least Christmas is on a Sunday, and they will be able to attend some kind of Christmas Mass...The only phone call I got was that Liberty Sunday call after the Crucible, I still remember how hoasre he sounded... he was at boot over the 4th of July, but never did I expect a phone call. NOthing wrong with hoping! Good luck!
Marinemom32
12-21-11, 02:57 PM
In 1965 my entire Platoon at PI was allowed to call Home. The Senior took us all outside and while in Formation we were allowed to yell at the top of our lungs, "HOME". He then said now that you have called Home. Let's get back to what your here for....
I can't stop at laughing at this. Do DI's go to some special school that give them funny stuff to do?? My son has some of the best stories about his KillHat...he said his main goal was just to create chaos..I love hearing those stories!
SGT7477
12-21-11, 04:14 PM
I can't stop at laughing at this. Do DI's go to some special school that give them funny stuff to do?? My son has some of the best stories about his KillHat...he said his main goal was just to create chaos..I love hearing those stories!
They don't go to a special school for the funny stuff they are unique in their own way,Semper Fidelis.:D
Marinemom32
12-21-11, 04:44 PM
They don't go to a special school for the funny stuff they are unique in their own way,Semper Fidelis.:D
Well they are very unique indeed!! My son said his SDI was huge mentor to him, said he was like a Dad that you could go to with any problems, and ask questions. But he said, his KillHat and the Heavy were just crazy, and they scared the S**t out of him! lol
CplKJSpevak
12-21-11, 05:33 PM
:bunny:
In 1965 my entire Platoon at PI was allowed to call Home. The Senior took us all outside and while in Formation we were allowed to yell at the top of our lungs, "HOME". He then said now that you have called Home. Let's get back to what your here for....:thumbup:
CplKJSpevak
12-21-11, 05:37 PM
I'll bet you get a call from him on Christmas!
Marinemom32
12-21-11, 05:39 PM
I'll bet you get a call from him on Christmas!
At least Christmas in on a Sunday too, and they will get to go to church. My son looked forward to church every Sunday. let us know if you get that call, would love to know!
Tennessee Top
12-21-11, 10:45 PM
In 1965 my entire Platoon at PI was allowed to call Home. The Senior took us all outside and while in Formation we were allowed to yell at the top of our lungs, "HOME". He then said now that you have called Home. Let's get back to what your here for....
Similar experience...
1972 MCRD San Diego. We had been promised whomever shot expert at the range could call home. So, when we left the rifle range at Camp Pendleton and moved to Onofre for infantry training, our SDI had us climb Mount Motherfvcker and yell "here home, here home" while the rest of the platoon was sitting in formation down at the bottom smoking, laughing, and drinking water from their canteens. Gotta love those DI's for keeping their promises!
Back at the depot, one of our junior DI's would have his girlfriend (Sweetpea) drive her vehicle up to one of the fences. He would have us sit in a school circle while they smoked and chatted. Sweetpea always made it a point to wear the skimpiest outfit she could fit into (normally cutoff jeans, flipflops, and a tube top or halter top). I dreamed about Sweetpea many nights while at recruit training (as did everyone else I'm sure). Wish they had put a photo of her in our platoon yearbook.
There are at least a hundred other bootcamp stories I could tell...
Zulu 36
12-22-11, 05:51 AM
Similar experience...
1972 MCRD San Diego. We had been promised whomever shot expert at the range could call home. So, when we left the rifle range at Camp Pendleton and moved to Onofre for infantry training, our SDI had us climb Mount Motherfvcker and yell "here home, here home" while the rest of the platoon was sitting in formation down at the bottom smoking, laughing, and drinking water from their canteens. Gotta love those DI's for keeping their promises!
(SNIP)
I'll have to give my DIs credit. When they promised a phone call home for achieving a milestone, they kept their word, no games. They promised calls for acing the two written exams, high shooter, high PFT, and probably something else. I got the two extra calls for acing the exams. We were only on for about five-minutes, but it was better than a sharp stick in the eye. Or a trip to the top of Mount MF. I'd rather take the sharp stick.
Marinemom32
12-22-11, 07:49 AM
These Stories are great...Sweetpea, love it!! I remember my son telling me he saw his Killhat's wife at graduation and his 3 kids, and he said "She was so pretty and his kids were so cute, not how I pictured his personal life at all...I pictured him alone, in a trailor, cleaning his gun 24/7" maybe the way he said, but I thought that was funny. Keep the stories coming, I love hearing them!