We got our first phone call for our son on day 2, from the Chaplains office with the Plebe there and all parties pleading for him to just give it 5 days...
Our first letter was about I have made a horrible mistake, something I have wanted so long has turned out to so disappoint me, asking to go to T Company but no one has given me the paper work yet. (Received July 3rd)
First picture on Drop shots July 4th (Class of 2010 I Day was June 28) Slight smile, not a big smile but was hanging with a group and not off to the side as some were)
First Phone call: How is it... great, can you send this that and the other, roommates are good, sailing a blast, made D&B but decided no... a regular chatty cathy! Has never looked back...
As for the T Company Paperwork, they never did give it to him. After a few days he stopped asking.
Second letter was a riot as he described weapons training and qualifications, and that PS was summer camp on steroids with guns!
Once the AC year began he would call from just out side Nimitz Library before entering to study for the evening. He went to the Library most nights. Also, they figured out their youngster year to get wireless earpieces for their cells, find a location in the room where they could get a good signal - usually the windowsill - park the cell there and that way they could get and make calls. They had obviously learned how to solve a problem! Instant message was also a normal way of communication, although he would text me first as I did not want to appear to be stalking him.