Last night i checked the mail, and i got my fist letter from my husband. He is in boot camp, and in his letter it said how much he hated it and was told lies and stuff like that. I am so upset and i dont know how to comfort him. I knew it would be hard, but he really sounds miserable! I know that he'll be fine, it would just really make me feel better if someone who has BEEN THROUGH it, to let me know that he really will be ok. PLEASE dont say anything if you have never been through it.
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My husband is in Navy Boot Camp, and i got my first letter last night.?
- Thread starter Dorothy
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In the words of my dad, boot camp is "fantasyland". I never had to go through an actual boot camp for NROTC (just a couple days of indoc which gave me a taste of it), but basically the idea of a boot camp is to break you down and then build you back up. Everyone is miserable at the beginning of boot camp, then the adjustments begin and he starts to enjoy it, and then when he gets out he'll be relieved to know that the rest of the military isn't like that at all. One of my good friends swore to me that he was different than everyone else and would just LOVE Marine boot camp; you should have seen the miserable letter he wrote me two weeks in completely losing his mind (but after a little bit more he sounded completely normal and got through quite well). Your husband is having a hard time right now, but he'll be fine.
PS I don't know what kind of lies he was fed, but the DIs can basically say whatever they want and lie all they want if they have to to prove a point
PS I don't know what kind of lies he was fed, but the DIs can basically say whatever they want and lie all they want if they have to to prove a point
frankymint
New member
Yeah, he f'd up. Just get use to the lies that the military is going to tell you from now on.
navy_chic13
New member
Just write him and tell him how you support him and how you love him and how much you are going to be there for him and waiting for him when he graduates.
He's going through a tough time and he needs to know that you will be there for him no matter what happens. That you love him and that you are proud of him is what he needs. Boot camp is supposed to be a really tough time and I'm sure just like what I went through its tough people are degrading you and at this point the 'division' is not pulled together yet and at each others throats and dealing with being away from home and the 2-3 minute showers.
Just write him back and tell him that you love him and that you are so proud of him and that you are with him 100% of the way.
I know how hard it is. I personally went through boot camp and now I'm dealing with my husbands deployment and things are always a little tough every now and then and you just have to tell them that you love them and that you are there for them no matter what and its just a matter of when they get home or you see them give them the best loving you could possibly give them.
Tell him you are proud of him, you love him and that there are people out there that he doesn't even know that are proud of him.
Bravo Zulu to your husband and to you Navy Wife
He's going through a tough time and he needs to know that you will be there for him no matter what happens. That you love him and that you are proud of him is what he needs. Boot camp is supposed to be a really tough time and I'm sure just like what I went through its tough people are degrading you and at this point the 'division' is not pulled together yet and at each others throats and dealing with being away from home and the 2-3 minute showers.
Just write him back and tell him that you love him and that you are so proud of him and that you are with him 100% of the way.
I know how hard it is. I personally went through boot camp and now I'm dealing with my husbands deployment and things are always a little tough every now and then and you just have to tell them that you love them and that you are there for them no matter what and its just a matter of when they get home or you see them give them the best loving you could possibly give them.
Tell him you are proud of him, you love him and that there are people out there that he doesn't even know that are proud of him.
Bravo Zulu to your husband and to you Navy Wife
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shaha403
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Of course he is miserable He can hardly use the restroom without getting yelled at first. Boot camp sucks.... no matter what branch. It gets easier as time goes on. The first month is where they break them down. Then they proceed to build them back up the 'military' way.
Just let him know that being in the Navy is nothing like bootcamp.
Why did he join to begin with- remind him of that. That was my husbands driving force.
Just let him know that being in the Navy is nothing like bootcamp.
Why did he join to begin with- remind him of that. That was my husbands driving force.
Navy Boot Camp rarely physically injures anyone and is not known for being a rigorous military training.
Boot camp is intended to be a rite of passage, a beginning. Completion, success is an accomplishment and opens more opportunities.
It's easy enough to fail or be put out. If the Navy's not what he wants and he's willing to quit, then...
Boot camp is intended to be a rite of passage, a beginning. Completion, success is an accomplishment and opens more opportunities.
It's easy enough to fail or be put out. If the Navy's not what he wants and he's willing to quit, then...