Christcorp
15-Year Member
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- May 21, 2008
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My son is our "baby"; yea all 6 foot whatever football player baby. But he is the youngest and last of the kids at home. When my daughter left for school, I knew she could come home any time she wanted; or we could visit. At the academy, it's pretty much good bye.
As for the Navy having better closure with the parents; the air force is similar. If you want to bring your son/daughter, you can. As I mentioned, I went with him all the way up to pretty much where he started his processing and getting on the bus. You have up until something like 11:00am to get there. We did breakfast in the morning. If you went to orientation and stayed with a cadet, they sometimes met you there prior to in-processing to help out. If you're an athlete, a lot of the teams who have been in contact with you for a while will have a pre-inprocessing get together for the cadets and parents. It works out fine.
As for the medical shots; just make sure everything in your package is up to date before you get there. Make sure you have your shot records. Make 2 copies of EVERYTHING. 3 copies if it's something you mailed the academy. Bring a copy of EVERYTHING and leave a copy of everything with your parents. My son received 1 shot during BCT in-processing. Everything else was up to date per the instructions. Remember; especially us guys; this is one of those times where you REALLY WANT TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!!!! We can put the swing set, stereo cabinet, lawn mower, etc... together without reading the instructions. WE ARE MEN!!!! But trust me here; if you follow ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS given to you, BCT and inprocessing in a breeze.
As for the Navy having better closure with the parents; the air force is similar. If you want to bring your son/daughter, you can. As I mentioned, I went with him all the way up to pretty much where he started his processing and getting on the bus. You have up until something like 11:00am to get there. We did breakfast in the morning. If you went to orientation and stayed with a cadet, they sometimes met you there prior to in-processing to help out. If you're an athlete, a lot of the teams who have been in contact with you for a while will have a pre-inprocessing get together for the cadets and parents. It works out fine.
As for the medical shots; just make sure everything in your package is up to date before you get there. Make sure you have your shot records. Make 2 copies of EVERYTHING. 3 copies if it's something you mailed the academy. Bring a copy of EVERYTHING and leave a copy of everything with your parents. My son received 1 shot during BCT in-processing. Everything else was up to date per the instructions. Remember; especially us guys; this is one of those times where you REALLY WANT TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!!!! We can put the swing set, stereo cabinet, lawn mower, etc... together without reading the instructions. WE ARE MEN!!!! But trust me here; if you follow ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS given to you, BCT and inprocessing in a breeze.