I will miss my family in boot camp?

what should I do... i'll miss em a lot, i leave 2 months after high school. i know im being a pansy but still... i want to be a Marine.

I will miss my family in boot camp?
Suck it up boy. haha. Seriously though, i was thinking the same thing when I left. Honestly, your not going to have time to miss them. Every minute of every day you will be doing something. Therefore, you don't have a lot of time to let your mind wander about home and family. At night you might think about them a little more, but even then your preparing for the next day. You form a very tight bond with the guys in your platoon that you take your "free" time and spend it talking about the crazy sh*t you did that day.



You're going to be fine. It goes so effing fast, so just sit back and enjoy the ride. Boot camp was a hell of a lot of fun for me, and I know i'm not the only one who has said that.
Reply:It shows strength of character that you will miss your family, something the USMC wlll like.



Don't give that up, whatever you face in people you meet or circumstances you suffer through training and deployment.



Never give up who you are and what you believe in, even if it means alienating yourself from your family and leaving the marines.
Reply:While your in boot camp think about it like this..

Almost everything is a mind game I'll say about 85% is and the rest is physical. You can write letters.

Bottom line while your there your not going to think about them until you sleep but then you'll be to tired. You'll start to see everything is run around chow.

Enjoy bootcamp . I know I did and everyone I know did.

Semper Fi
Reply:My son did the same thing you're doing, except through the Army. He signed up during his Senior year in highschool and went to boot camp immediately after graduating. I can tell you that, as the other men have said, you'll be too busy to miss anyone, except maybe at night, but then, everyone will, to one degree or another, so you won't feel alone, and you're going to form some new friendships that will definitely take any loneliness away. My son was given many a phone card to keep in touch with us as he could (funny how I never got so many calls as did his new friends did, lol), and there were plenty of computers so he could IM me on Yahoo, or e-mail me, and there were video cams so he could show us him, and we got a video cam so he could see us as we IM'ed. I'm not sure how much free time you're gonna have in boot camp, but, not to worry. You're gonna be too busy and too tired and making too many new friends to even remember your family, but, I promise you, after boot camp, you'll have plenty of time, and I'm sure you too will get plenty of phone cards and have plenty of computer time to IM and e-mail any and every body you want. And now that my son is back out of the Army after 4 or more years, he's a different man, and definitely a man as opposed to the boy we sent to the Army. You'll be different too, and proud enough to hold your head up so high any where you go, and with whomever accompanies you. Be proud. You're gonna be a U.S. Marine!! No higher honor!! God Bless you.
Reply:Good luck with Marine boot camp. I went through Air Force Basic and it was rough. Trust me, by the time you get there you'll be too scared and too busy to think about too much other than what your going through at that particular moment. If you really want to be a Marine, you'll be fine. Good luck!
Reply:Keep up this attitude and you will be one of the few and not so proud individuals who do not make it through boot camp..



Time to get mentally tough and the way it works is either you got it or you dont...Good luck.



What will happen to you when you deploy for minimum of 6 months?
Reply:The bird has to leave it's nest sometime,

No one says you can't communicate here and there.
Reply:Trust me you will be too busy and too tired to worry about missing them too much.
Reply:Everyone misses someone in bootcamp. It is part of the process of growing up and becoming an independent adult.
Reply:Get a stationary system and write to them. Keep in touch, and tell them how it's like in boot camp.

Hope This helped!
Reply:Make sure to get lots of call cards, just because you are at boot camp doesn't mean you can't contact them. Also before you leave prompt them to send letters. For some other tidbits of advise you can go to http://www.gruntsmilitary.com/advice.sht... But if you want the real deal you should probably go to http://www.ultimatebasictraining.com/ and buy the book.