Very New...Not A Spouse.

[MotherGoose]

Oh yes the Hog Board.....that brings back some memories.........Didn't know they still do that......

I didn't realize that they do that in boot camp in this day and age.

@PinkCowgirl: in this case, you should get a 100 friends to send him pics

[SupChf]

Wish someone would have done that for me when I went through......

[jrhd97]

Wish someone would have done that for me when I went through......

What, give you one stick of gum? ...................... Oh I get it, a picture

[Krystal8226]

Hi I was in the Marine Corps. I got out a few years ago though. I can tell you a few things that you are able to send. If you wanna know you can message me if you want

[Jusaskme]

I was in two platoons in one we couldnt have any candy or cookies or energy bars or nothing like that, then in the other one if you got it and it was the SDI's night she would say you had X amount of time to eat it all then throw away what you couldnt eat and swallow in that amount of time. We could get icy hot and tylonal to.

[DobbinsBlythe]

When my husband was in boot, he asked for vitamin C and for powerbars. There were a lot of recruits who were getting pneumonia (my husband one of them) in his platoon. Powerbars were a special treat.. but we had to send enough for the whole platoon. If he really needs or wants something and is allowed to receive it, he'll probably ask for it. I sent TONS of pictures of everything: me out with my friends, his family, my family, our pets, scenery of our favorite places, interesting things that went on while he was gone and pictures of his precious firearms

He will love anything and everything you send him, so don't hold back. There was three weeks I didn't get a letter back, but when I did, it was all about how much my letters every day meant to him.

Try to make em smell nice too... one of the things he said was "Your letters remind me of what home is like. They smell sweet just like you, and that gives me a moment of peace away from this place where the smell of blood and sweat is all you get."

In a place where they have little to no time to really reflect and think about home, for you to give them a piece of it gives them a reminder that they'll be home soon.

[ringoffire]

I just wanted to say welcome...and you came to the right place for info. My husband went thru boot a while ago...then he was a DI in 2000...Letters, letters, and more letters. Everyone's right on the meds, he'll get what he needs. One story my husband tells is that a recruits mom would send him cookies, homemade, but the SDI would take them and eat them. So on Graduation Day his mom brought his SDI cookies. Anyway, it does depend on the platoon.

Feel free to message me if you need to....

[bulldogjoesmom]

Hi Pink,
I wrote to my son every day (2003 MCRD)!!! He never complained. Didn't get many back but, that was okay. I agree - don't send anything unless he asks. Graduation will fill your heart and make you sooooooo PROUD! My son, Joe just deployed for the 1st time.......having a rough week. I plan to start writing, he said once a week will be good. Ha! He just doesn't want to bring them back! Good Luck and Thank You Both.
Give your guy a hug from a, Very Proud Marine Mom OX

Okay JRHD72....tell me about the gum.....

[PinkCowgirl]

Thanks much!! I'm just waiting on that first letter. If he doesn't have much time to write, then that's fine. I'm just going to try and keep his spirits up and send him news from home and stuff.

[davblay]

Thanks much!! I'm just waiting on that first letter. If he doesn't have much time to write, then that's fine. I'm just going to try and keep his spirits up and send him news from home and stuff.

For what it's worth, he hasn't sent me his address either, so he must be real busy, as i would epect you to hear before I do. Sometimes it is in the third week on the Depot before I hear from them.

Dave

[UsmcMotorT]

Pictures are good to go.

Just remember to put stickers on the outside of the envelope. Also, if you could put on lipstick and seal the envelope with a kiss would mean a lot.

Do this as soon as he's allowed to get mail, it will be a huge moral booster

[PinkCowgirl]

Pictures are good to go.

Just remember to put stickers on the outside of the envelope. Also, if you could put on lipstick and seal the envelope with a kiss would mean a lot.

Do this as soon as he's allowed to get mail, it will be a huge moral booster

Ha. Ha. Ha. Or not.

And I got my first letter today. *sigh*

[bucksgted]

Chris just graduated 9/12 - - When I ask him if his platoon had a hog board, he didn't know what I was talking about. He got pics from his girlfriend, used "recruit laminate" (scotch tape) and put them in his Bible. Don't know if his Bible was worn from reading or looking at the pictures. LMAO

On the letter thing, we were fortunate. We didn't get that many letters, but his girlfriend called us each night after 2100 to share her letters with us - - well --parts of them anyhow! The good news of all this, her cell phone has free time after 2100, so she did the calling. On the days she didn't get a letter, we still shared memories. Just talking to her was our link to Chris till the next time.

[Phantom Blooper]

As a side note.....when you send news from home send the positive things..there is nothing he can do about the negative or mudane...except worry.

This will effect his training.

The same holds true if he is ever deployed ...to a far away land...which is a fact of Marine life...for any period of time!

Good luck!

[davblay]

Chris just graduated 9/12 - - When I ask him if his platoon had a hog board, he didn't know what I was talking about. He got pics from his girlfriend, used "recruit laminate" (scotch tape) and put them in his Bible. Don't know if his Bible was worn from reading or looking at the pictures. LMAO

On the letter thing, we were fortunate. We didn't get that many letters, but his girlfriend called us each night after 2100 to share her letters with us - - well --parts of them anyhow! The good news of all this, her cell phone has free time after 2100, so she did the calling. On the days she didn't get a letter, we still shared memories. Just talking to her was our link to Chris till the next time.

I hope my letters didn't bore him to much! Glad he made it and give that Marine a hug from this old Jarhead.

Semper Fi,

Dave