My son is officially at Parris Island and scheduled to Graduate Dec. 4th, 09 with Lima Co. I am a PROUD mamma :usmc:
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My son is officially at Parris Island and scheduled to Graduate Dec. 4th, 09 with Lima Co. I am a PROUD mamma :usmc:
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Originally Posted by stayck1
Congrats...... You sent a boy to Marine Corps bootcamp but will have a proud young man come home.:beer:
I am already beginning to appreciate that! Thank you! Both for your encouragement and your service!
Welcome aboard mom! Enjoy the ride!
Thank you!
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Originally Posted by stayck1
You are most welcome Mom. But you never have to thank me for my service. I got paid for 20+ years to do what I liked. Thats longer than professional athletes. :beer:
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Originally Posted by stayck1
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Rocky
Your good to go MOM,Congrats on the soon to be new Marine
Thank you all! Lima Co.
stayck1,
You are strutting now. Wait until your son comes home a Marine. There is nothing like it in the world. All the best to you, your son and your family. December is right around the corner.
Be sure to write happy, witty, thoughts of encouragement as often as possible. Make the letters that you write clear and easy to read and not too lengthy.
Adios.
Gary
Uh Oh on the lengthy part.....:)
Ohio recruits are the best recruits!
Woohoo!!!
Welcome to the site, & if you have any questions about Beaufort when the time comes to schedule your travel down here for graduation, don't hesitate to ask!
Now the nail biting:scared:, getting to know the mail carrier real well, & wanting to see everything Marine starts.
Hang in there & well done. He'll never be the same:thumbup:
Thank you! I am hanging!!!
You will be shocked by the transformation..never saw my dad cry until family day. I see your from Amherst, I was from Vermilion.
You and your son will be so Proud upon Graduation! Enjoy! Its well worth it all!
His life will change forever BUT SO WILL YOURS:usmc:
You raised a boy. He is now a man, He'll return a MARINE:evilgrin:
HI Mom I took my Bootcamp at P.I. alsc and I know that times has changed but your son is getting the best training in the world. Congrats to You and or son. rember He will not be a boy He wil be a man a MARINE. So when He comes Home treat Him like a Man. God Bless And Best wishes to the Family. SSGT. Francisco
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Originally Posted by kfisbusy
Congrarts Stayck1!!!!!!!!! my son grad from PI July 24th. He's still at mos waiting for class to start!
Make sure you keep writing! every day! we mailed at least 5 letters every day, he begged for mail cause it was the highlight of his day! I found a lot of funny and inspirational quotes and stories from the Sgt Grit site - he really enjoyed those.
Have you started stalking your mail man yet?? Mine got to the point where upon seeing me would start waving envelopes from down the street yelling "it's from PI!!"
Boy, what a ride boot camp was! It felt like an eternity and then when it was over it seemed to fly. Guess that sounds kind of weird, but how do you explain boot camp to a mom? Congratulations again and if you think you are proud now, just wait til he marches out on the parade deck!!!!
Patty
Patty,
Thank you! Where is your sons schooling? what is his MOS? My son is just in with a Ground option? (could be one of 22 MOS's) Oh yes to the mailman ?, he knows me well and at this point is frightened of me LOL, I got my first real letter a few days ago. Kept me on cloud nine the entire evening. But now I am ready for another. I cannot wait for Dec. 4th!
Stacey
Trosa, I am very near Vermilion, Henrietta township
I know exactly where that is. Good luck to you and your son. Believe it or not, the time will fly.
Stacy
hi there, my son is at Ft Sill, Oklahoma - in the middle of nowhere! :( his MOS is 0861 - it's called a lot of different things, fire control, scout and forward observer. Class is set to start next week, which is good. He's been there since grad MCT sept 1, just waiting and cleaning and pting.
He called last night, man it was soooo good to hear his voice!! We text frequently but there's nothing like hearing his voice. SOme times i have to remember this is not my little boy anymore - tough one!
He did "earn" one phone call during boot by getting a high score on a pft. Maybe your son will , too. What a joy that was!!
What was the tone of your son's letter? Just keep the encouragment going, and if you can, look on the Sgt Grit site. There are some stories about boot your son would like and also some very funny jokes. I googled "USMC jokes" and got a ton of funny ones. Some are "racy" I just left those out.
Keep in touch and congrats again!!!!
Patty
PMM of PFC Jimmy
Boot - July 24, 2009 - PI (meritoriously) Fox Co 2D BN Plt 2046
MCT - Geiger - Sept 1, 2009 Golf Co Plt 1
MOS - Ft Sill - ?
My Grandson just graduated from PI September the 18th, 2009. The first time I saw him was on Family day which is Thursday before Graduation. He sure looked good. Had lost some weight. Then we got to spend time with him from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. We are VERY, VERY Proud of him.
VietVet
I found this board soon after my son began recruit training and my thread is still active. (Recruit dad here) Great input here for any question I ever had.
Have you found a training matrix to print out? I had one of my fridge and one at my work and marked off the days. It helped to have some idea of what he was doing.
The reality of what it is is another thing that only those who share the experience can know. But, the good folks on this board helped make me feel a part of my son's journey.
Congrats VietVet! I know how proud you are!!
I had a matrix also. I put the T day on top of every letter i wrote, which was everyday.
It was really comforting knowing what was going on every day, kind of almost like being there with him, except for the pt, and Dis and firewatch and sand fleas and 100 weather and rct chow and 10 mile marches and so on.......lol
lol
Patty
Thank you all for your help and good wishes, printed the training matrix also! love it~
Hello happy parents, are you going to see him Graduate? My Mom came to Paris Island when I did, sure meant a lot to me back in Nov. 1963. James A BevisQuote:
Originally Posted by stayck1
Outstanding news there Stacy. Best of luck to both you and him.
Congratulations!! Now the ride begins, my Son graduated PI Sept 25th and is currently waiting to get picked up for training at CP. Be prepared for an amazing transformation come graduation. You'll never forget the day you see your son as a new Marine.
Welcome, anithing you need to know ..web site for the Marine parents, finding the first picture of your son platoon on the web site.
Just a jocke o.k. ..!!! please do not send hem a teddy bear..!!! one Marine mom send her son a Bear to bootcamp for Chrismas and a big card ..!!! and the poor tedy bear along with the recreut had a very hard time :evilgrin:, but at the end they bouth end up graduating bootcamp ..!!;)
I completed Parris Island in late October 1976. My son completes on November 20th 2009. I thought the three months i was there were the longest ever but i was wrong this three months were even longer. We have reserved 5 rooms on MCAS Beaufort and have almost 20 family members going, 6 are Marines. This is the proudest day of every Marines journey and should be shared with as many family members as possible. Nothing like a Parris Island Graduation. I believe my sons graduation makes me more excited then mine. SEMPER FI
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jar - watch out for the gators!
and thank you for your service.
Patty
Congrats Mom. As everyones says the change will be remarkable.
I have a nephew down on the Island . Golf Co. Plt 2085.
Graduation day November 25.
SEMPER FI!!!
VFM
:evilgrin:Congrats Mom .It is all down hill from here a boy turning man a Marine. SSGT. Francisco.:iwo::flag:. One old Drill Instructor.from P.I.
WOW I just realized I haven't really been on this site since my son was in bootcamp 2 yrs ago! Hey Stacey! I am the Mom of a Soldier & a Marine. It is a tough job being the parent of a service member but someone has to do it. It has been a totally different experience from being an Army Wife for 22 yrs that is for sure. My younger brother has been a Marine for 16 yrs and he was so happy when one of his nephews followed in his footsteps. Both Ken & Justin graduated from PI as did Ken's wife. Ken is currently deployed to Afghanistan and Justin is stationed at Lejeune, He is a tech for the amphibious assault vehicles. Not much longer and your son will be graduating!! Don't forget the tissues!! :iwo:
18 years in the blink of an eye
13 weeks like an eternity
10 day not nearly long enough
Congratulations you have a right to be proud.
We were lucky and had Justin home for a month. He had his 10 days leave plus 20 days as his Recruiters assistant.
Igraduated from Boot Camp on 4 December 1987, a great day to graduate!!!!
Take Care!
Artypig
18 years in the blink of an eye
13 weeks like an eternity
10 day not nearly long enough
cudadad-
yeah, that about sums it up.
VPM
PFC (meritorious) James (soon to be Lcpl, meritorious)
BC - 24 July 2009 PI Fox Co 2D BN PLT 2046
MCT - 01 Sept 2009 Geiger Golf Co
MOS - 10 Nov 2009 Ft Sill (currently finishing up at Coronado)
I think this time of year is the best weather for boot camp at Parris Island. I went to boot camp 23 Sept 91 - 20 Dec 91. I have to admit though, it was only 9 degrees when we graduated. Standing out there in a skirt and pantyhose... it was so cold but we didn't care, it was one of the best days of our life.
:marine:
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I was at WpnsTrngBn when you went through bootcamp. :beer:
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You will allways be proud of him .he will be proud of himself..SEMPER FI.