Ship dates suck.

SunnyDaysDontLie · July 2011

My boyfriend is in the Air Force- he is shipping out to basic in 2 weeks. I'm not quite sure how to react to this, considering it seems like yesterday we were walking on a trail in 100 degree heat... When in reality, it's been over a month, and he's been on the west coast for the rest of the month of June [following his graduation], and the majority of this month.. Yeah. I don't really know what to do about this.

Kazuko · July 2011

Stay calm. Basic isn't all that bad. =p I've been there. You'll get the occasional phone call, plenty of letters. Invest in envelopes, stationary, and lots of stamps. It's not as big of a deal as it sounds.

Sea Oats · July 2011

What Kyt said. Lots of us have been through it. Kyt was lucky enough to have it work out for the best. Keep your chin up.

Alabama · July 2011

My daughter went through there about 6 months ago and decades ago, I went through Army basic training. He'll get to make phone calls (they won't be many and he'll want to talk to parents and family as well) and can send/receive as many letters as he wants, though he may not have a lot of time to actually write back. And it goes by fast, very fast. It'll probably be slower for you than for him because he'll be busy just about every waking minute of the day.

SunnyDaysDontLie · July 2011

Thanks, guys. I know I'll probably get phone calls- He's not much of a letter person, unfortunately. I love recieving letters. Always have xD My main worry is that he believes that because he's in for engineering, he won't get deployed. And, I know he most likely will. My uncle has been there, my father has been there, my great grandfather has been there. They all joined a branch of the military for something that they didn't think would get them deployed.

Kazuko · July 2011

A good rule of thumb? Always assume you'll be sent to somewhere you never want to go. xD My mother in law was in the Army for a brief stint. She wound up in Guam. Originally she hadn't wanted to go, but apparently it's a beautiful place. Both my husband's aunt, and his cousin's husband are in the Navy. Well, his aunt was, but she's a retired Master Chief now. xD Get a hobby. It may sound odd, but find something to do. Anything. For me, I DDRd. For hours. I went to school, after that I went to the local arcade with a friend and we DDRd until bed time, doing homework between rounds. We repeated this process the two months he was gone. It made things so much easier (though really, I wouldn't suggest DDR. >> << I missed a couple phone calls because the music was loud. *cough*)

Alabama · July 2011

To be honest, he won't have a chance at being deployed unless and until he finishes all his training, not just basic. Not knowing what kind of engineering or how long the engineer training is, if he makes it through basic and that training, I'd have to guess that it'd be at least 4 and half months away. Every job in the military is possibly deployable, but only a fraction actually get deployed. If deployed, an even smaller fraction gets put in imminent danger. In the Air Force, biggest risk would be for pilots since AF doesn't have infantry or any of those types of units that deal in hand to hand combat or even much exchange of gunfire.

Kazuko · July 2011

My husband's a nuclear engineer and has a bit over 6 months left of his schooling. So a year and a half of classes, not counting graduation holds. Look forward to those, they're wonderful.

SunnyDaysDontLie · July 2011

Alabama wrote:

To be honest, he won't have a chance at being deployed unless and until he finishes all his training, not just basic. Not knowing what kind of engineering or how long the engineer training is, if he makes it through basic and that training, I'd have to guess that it'd be at least 4 and half months away. Every job in the military is possibly deployable, but only a fraction actually get deployed. If deployed, an even smaller fraction gets put in imminent danger. In the Air Force, biggest risk would be for pilots since AF doesn't have infantry or any of those types of units that deal in hand to hand combat or even much exchange of gunfire.

Thanks Bama! I didn't really think of that. Kyt, I write mainly in my freetime. I've gotten much better at it xD I probably won't do DDR, I might start running or swimming again. [Swimming is more than likely a no.] And, my boyfriend would like to be a plane engineer, I believe.

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