Well DS made it along with 4 others. They got into Louisville at 1 am and went to Ft. Knox. Bright side, good training for Ranger, no sleep
To answer some of your question mmffss, similar situation but its working out. DS got official orders about two weeks out and received his flight confirmation 3 days before he left. That might be typical but others can speak to that. There is another thread that has the packing list for non-contracted and that is exactly what DS got before he left school for summer. He also received some patches and some other things. He had a compass, but his cadre was going to give on to him. We did get boots since he didn't have any in which gave him a month to somewhat break them in. He took his own duffel and backpack, and he did call this morning since he needed routing info bank.
Looks like you leave before DS gets done so I won't know how everything went in terms of non-contracted. All I know is he is excited, he likes it, he feels like he is part of a family. You can only control what you can control. Get in touch with your cadre/school to voice your concerns.