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@buckeye10 !!!!
I will keep my Mom of a DD Class of 2024 in synch with his post:
DD was assigned a time slot to arrive, hers was the first window of about 7-7:25am. They were spread throughout the day. I highly suggest for parents to say their farewells and hugs prior to getting in the car, and if you are carpool lining for 2025, then your DD/DS will simply get out of the car and that is it. (Commandant's call 3/29: 2025 will look more like 2024)
Dean of Academics started a Wing-wide book to read, and theirs was Station Eleven, a book about a pandemic in the future. They picked up a copy early on but you will know what the book is and can read it beforehand. They did indeed ROM for about 14 days and only moved about with their squadron, which you are assigned before arriving. During this time I think they did all the placement testing and lots of zooms on grit/academic success/diversity etc. (Commandant's call 3/29: hoping to ROM shorter, like 7 days as not all 2025ers will be vaccinated).
MANY things will be squadron and Cadre specific! Always, always, always.
Half of the squadrons marched the 6.2 miles to Jacks Valley, so 1/2 stayed in dorms. For 2025, the current calendar and the Commandant's call on 3/29/21 indicate this is what they intend to do again. At JV they did Assault Course, Confidence Course, CATM (Combat Arms and Training Maintenance), Obstacle Course, and a modified squadron-only pugli stick. The BEST description is Webguy Blog, Jack's Valley Course Explained, 24 Jul 2019. You can search and find some BCT youtubes that also show pugli stick (pugil? something like that). (Commandant's call /29: halfsies worked well and they didn't have nearly the Jack's hack as prior years. May keep it this way).
About 3 calls home, so parents be completely on alert the entire BCT time - both parents, and you might want to practice facetiming or conferencing in if you are in different locations. One thing I wish I had done was give DD a brand new phone that takes really good photos. With limited Webguy access, most photos are from her and they are fuzzy and blurry.
In some ways it is luck of the draw about Q&I - you could be contract traced or very lucky and avoid Q&I for as long as possible. Some cadets were able to go to JV during a "make up" week. In DD's squadron on person missed 35 days, but is apparently doing fine.
For parents - Webguy is really great. I highly suggest paying the entire 4 years upfront if budget allows to save about $240. Webguy method: first, have your Team DD/DS on Webguy. It's ok to have family members searching for your DD/DS. NOT cool to try to combine memberships and use the password for multiple Basics, unless you have twins or more! Someone on your parents page will be a first mover always reporting news first - this is good, so that you know pix are being uploaded. But it is always best to wait for the Webguy blog, so you have some reference what you are looking for and whether your DD/DS is even included, as some days are specific squadrons only. Make sure to bookmark the blog, as well as blogs from prior years or for interesting things. One parent go oldest to newest, the other go newest to oldest, and any other family members can also search. Other than bookmarking your own DD/DS, it's also good to bookmark some of the "sweeping" photos from a distance so you have perspective and they make great stock photos for your albums/videos. Other great sources are the US Air Force Academy facebook, AOG facebook, and the USAFA flickr page make great stock photos. I made flexclip videos for BCT: I-Day, BCTI, marches, JV, BCT2, A-Day, recap I-Day to A-Day and bonus first month videos all from mostly Webguy and stock videos. I only posted them to my facebook and limited the view to about 10 people, my target audience were 3 grandparents, aunt and uncle. I also made a Snapfish BCT album but if you haven't started yet, chose Shutterfly. There is also a great free site to upload a youtube and take screenshots, so another way to capture that 1 second of your DD/DS in a USAFA video. I must admit, I am the Webguy Whisperer, and wow my family with the "outtakes" sections of DD's forehead, knee, foot, etc.