Girlfriend of a Marine

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Posted By: kammie sifonte 12-12-11

my boy friend left on november 7th, 2011 to parris island, south carolina! we are almost half way done!!! he will be graduating february 3rd if all goes well,me and his family( we are really close) are counting the days.he left from NYC, i have been writing of course, and people will be surprised at how much writing can make you feel closer! write write write. that man is my world.i love him to pieces, and it wasn't exactly a smooth transition but i wouldn't have it any other way, i am a proud "USMCGF"

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the best thing you can do is remind them that they are brave, wonderful men for their choice, and encourage them with thoughts of the future (i.e. graduation family day). even reminding them what home is like, little things are what count like stories about your day, drawings from the children in your life things like that. i have found that my recruit loves the little horoscopes and comics from the news paper (tear it right out put it in the envelope!) or if your recruit is into sports you might want to give him an update. the "best" thing i have given my recruit so far is a hand made calendar-take some lose leaf or paper and just write the dates until he graduates(leave a little space so he can write notes or cross off the days as they go by, you might want to put birthdays or special occasions on there too-those are things that they don't get while there, small things that YOU can provide! puts smiles on their faces.

another thing frequently send to my recruit are "mole skins" you can buy them at the drug sore open it up and stick them in a manilla-they are to prevent or help blisters form the boots! (the are just pieces of felt with a sticky side essentially)

IF ANY ONE has a son or spouse who left the same day, share your story! i'd love to hear it :)

with love-kammie

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Just remember, you have to assume that anything you send to a boot--and this applies to OCS--may be read to his entire squad. While some things change, some things change more slowly. While the tradition of having recruits who are sent food eat the food and the box including tape at one time (and then do various exercises to work the stomache muscles) may not be as frequent, it is assumed that if something that is contraband was sent it is because the recruit failed to inform family members etc.
Get an idea from your recruit what is OK, what is not. For instance, his DI and staff might think from a countdown calendar that he didn't like or enjoy basic, which must mean that maybe he doesn't want to be a Marine because all Marines love basic, in fact they'd do basic all year if the staff let them etc.
Our marine wanted--and needed cough drops. Though here we also had to take cues--no cough drops with zinc or any supplement (until the last 4 weeks).
On no account should anything be written on the outside of the envelope. And under no circumstances should anything on the outside or inside of the letter be --even "jokingly" --suggesting anything less than total admiration of the corps (one recruit whose brother was in the corps had to do continual PT because his l.c. brother made sure to write something derrogatory in each letter knowing the recruit would get it because it would be assumed the recruit hadn't informed his brother of what was a proper letter.
On the other hand, maybe have your recruit let you know of any recruit who gets no mail--you can write them or pass their name on to the local Marine Corps League. Not every recruit has a family, let alone one that is caring. Be there for all recruits, all Marines.
Semper Parentis!

Posted by: Peter Munsing on 02/02/2012

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