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kittenbritches in militarylove

Care packages

Jan 06, 2008 12:26

Oh man, my boyfriend leaves in a little over an hour. I don't know why "see you later" has been so hard! It's only boot camp >< I'm not able to see him off today but I think that would be harder to do anyways. I did get to spend Friday - Saturday with him though ..and I bawled like a baby. I hope it's not just me >< Ah well, I just keep reminding ( Read more... )

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h_hope January 7 2008, 00:16:39 UTC

What branch is your boyfriend in? My husband is at Navy boot camp right now, and I was told only to send letters, cards and pictures. Basically only what you can fit in an envelope. The first I sent him was a manilla sized envelope just because it contained letters I had written him for the first week or so he was gone until I finally got his address. In that I did include a few stamped envelopes for him to use until he got a chance to go to the Exchange, because I didn't know what would be issued to them.

You might want to check specifically with someone who has been through boot camp with their man from the specific branch he's in.. I don't know if the Army's restrictions would be different than Navy.

kittenbritches January 7 2008, 00:29:43 UTC

Marine Corps :]
Thanks for the info! I looked on Parris Island's site, and they don't say you can't send packages, they just list items you cannot send. I don't think it would be a good idea to send big elaborate mushy packages anyways like the other girls said haha >

thisisme663 January 7 2008, 06:36:20 UTC

Yeah, my boyfriend went through Navy basic and they made it fairly clear that anything bigger than a card wouldn't be acceptable. I was even nervous sending a bigger-sized card with a pink envelope, fearing he'd get made fun of. :P

When does your husband graduate?

h_hope January 7 2008, 18:27:23 UTC

He graduates on Jan 25th, less than 3 weeks!! YAY!!

thisisme663 January 9 2008, 03:30:26 UTC

Awwww.. that's so great!

Where's he going for A school?

h_hope January 9 2008, 05:42:47 UTC

Well, its supposed to be Pensacola, but in one of his last letters he wrote and said they have some hurricane damage at the base, and he may be coming home to Washington for school, i'm keeping my fngers crossed, that would be awesome to have him close!!

thisisme663 January 10 2008, 01:17:22 UTC

Awwww.. I wish that would've happened to MY boyfriend... :P

Navy school is so awesome for the regular guys, it's like 3 months-ish and then bam! you're on base. That's probably how it is for all military people though. I wouldn't know, my guy is nuke. He's going through tons of school.

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