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When Will I Hear from My Soldier at Army Basic Training?
Very few people are familiar with the level of patience required to wait for a letter from boot camp. Hollywood Walk of Fame status patience. Phone calls are possibly even harder to wait for. And yet year after year, thousands of American families, spouses, parents, boyfriends, girlfriends, etc. find themselves checking the mail constantly and…
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Army Basic Training: Phone Call Rules
I remember as a kid riding past one of the Basic training areas on Ft. Knox (back when there was a bootcamp there) and seeing lines of soldiers standing at a series of pay phones. It was a moving image of just how much the soldiers wanted to check in with home. They would stand and stand and stand…
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What to Expect at an Army Basic Training Turning Blue Day
Today marks the 3-year anniversary of my husband’s “Turning Blue” ceremony! <3 For anyone wondering what that might be, or who may have a soldier preparing for one…keep reading! Note: This might have quite a few cross-overs from my What to Expect on Family Day at Army Basic Training, but that’s just because visiting your training soldier has…
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My Favorite Stationary Supplies for Writing to My Soldier
Whether you just recently said goodbye to your soldier-to-be, or you’re swimming in those long weeks of Basic Training separation, writing letters to your man is probably a part of your life right now. For me personally, writing letters became a very strong form of communication (funny how that works when everything else gets limited), and crucial to our…