My son went to San Diego for Marine boot camp. It's been two weeks and I haven't gotten word from him yet

TedEx

This is normal, so, just relax. he's fine.
There's just so much going on, but you will hear from him probably very soon.
You may think, " why doesn't he write in his spare time?" Well, you get so precious little of it, and all you want to do with it is rest.
Above all, do not call.
You might want to call the local Marine recruiter and ask him how soon you might expect to hear from him I might add, you will be mighty proud of your son the next time you see him.

Monte T

Yes this is normal...he is fine...what ever you don't call his command...it will cause him major grief.

Steve B

I believe it's normal. It such shell shock being in bootcamp period. You constantly are busy. Give him a bit more time and I'm sure you'll here something but it might not be until he's able to make his first phone call. Don't worry, he's in good hands.

John[nottheapostle]

Yes, this is normal....

gator_ce

Yes, new recuits do not have any time free initial. You will hear from him within the next 8 weeks.

Use another nickname

Yes, it is normal. Please do not call his command! Ooorrraah!

Dougal

thats normal, there is a lot going on at this time give him a few more weeks, he may find the time to write. You can continue to write, he is probably a little tired.

Spock (rhp)

on top of all the usual Marine Corps fun, their base at Camp Pendleton [north end of San Diego County] was overrun by wildfire.

The Marines stationed there had to be temporarily evacuated to somewhere and one of the somewheres available was the Boot Camp base down in the city. So even normally busy Boot Camp was disrupted.

Breathe. You'd be told if anything was seriously wrong and since you haven't been told, nothing is.

Starr P

oh yeah this is perfectly normal my brother is in army boot camp and we have not heard from him for 4 weeks so this is normal!!! tell him i said good luck and be careful causei have (not to scare you!!!) but i have had 2 family members die in the marines!! so please what ever you do tell him i said good luck and be careful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! well wishes to you him and your amily good luck i hope it will be ok!

â™¥Shanaâ™¥

Hi

I had a cousin who was in the Marines a few years ago, and for the first few weeks we didn't hear from him. He also went to San Diego. He wrote letters a lot. They are VERY busy, and the training is very intense, so try not to panic if you don't hear from him sometimes.

Tiffany

What ever you do don't freak out...by the way the more letters you send, the more push ups he is probably doing. In bootcamp, my husband had to do extra push ups for every piece of mail he wanted. So if you don't want to wear him out completely, let him write you, and then respond. Hope this helped.

Mrsjvb

perfectly normal. if you are his POC, in about 2-3 weeks you should get a package in the mail talking about Graduation as well as giving you his mailing address.

EddieX

It's pretty normal, my son just graduated a couple of weeks ago from MCRD, usually by the third or 4th week, you will get your first most welcomed letter from him. It's a tough -readjusting time for him, give him 1000% encouragement, he will need it. Let me know if you would like for me to share more with you about the experience.. Good Luck to your son! He will make it.

It's true about doing push ups for mail as Tiffany mentioned but beleive me, he will gladly push up MCRD for one or 100 letters from home!

Winston G

Let your son be a man, he will call when he's ready.

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