Hey everyone! Just talked to my recruiter today and got my ship date for January 31. Anyone else on here have that ship date?

Hello Ant445,
 That my ship date also! I'm prior service(Army) and that doesnt even matter because I'm nervous and a lot older now but hey, I wanted to be Coastie.  I'm from Maryland and yes a girl.  I started on my swimming now need to practice running in the cold.  Congrats to both of us!

Very nice good to hear! Yeah I've been running and doing a lot of work outs but I can't really practice running in the cold yet it's 100 degrees out here in California right now lol. I guess ill try mixing the colder weather training when i get closer to basic! Anyways, good to hear from someone else best of luck to both of us and congratulations!

Oh wow! from Cali, yeah your body is going to have to adjust to the climate but it will.  Have you started memorizing the chain of command and all the other stuff in the Helsman?  make sure you do.

leaving the 31st too!!!!!!!! super pumped.. i got moved from december 6th to january 31 cause of that hurricane up north :/ but i finally DEPOT today!!!

nice man congrats! where are you shipping from?

Miami

anyone else shipping on the jan 31?

Hey! I too am shipping on jan 31st! I hail from chicago and am actually getting married tomorrow! Super pumped as well!

Swingerwc,
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! that is awesome! Coming from Chicago huh? Then that Cape May weather in Feb should be nothing for you. Jan 31st here we come!!! nerves and excitement

Congrats on the marriage! have you guys done your final sighnings yet with your recruiter?

signings*

I sign my contracts and the other paperwork next Tuesday. My recruiter said it should be done 45 days prior to my ship off date. I can't believe it's next month! It took a lot of work to get here...anyway - I think its a great way to start off the new year right?

Yeah definitely. My recruiter told me that we are going to sign my final papers after the first of the year he keeps blowing off my final signing. Hopefully it doesn't mess with my ship date.

Ant445,
I feel you on that - it probably won't - but just in case try to schedule a appointment with him to sign those final papers.

How has everyone been doing?

4 more weeks!!!!! i am super excited yet super nervous. they days are getting shorter here in florida and i can barely sleep from how anxious i am. But enough about me lol... how everyone else doing??

I feel the same way latley. Some days im excited to leave and other days im wondering what am i doing lol. but just staying up on workouts and getting everything memorized lately. its going to be gnarly to pull up to cape may on the bus lol

Do you have facebook? if so send me your facebook link thru private message. like that we can meet up in boot camp

hey ant.. what rate are u going for?

I want to strike BM if possible what about you?

i was going for BM too, but now am leaning more toward ME now... i see greater opportunity's for me.

i kind of did the opposite. i was going for me at first but now im more interested in bm lol

BM is allot of grunt work, and i was really interested just in coxswain but then i started thinking about ME and its allot more action and i can still become a coxswain.

yeah we'll have four months out of basic to decide so im still not set in stone. how are you feeling about basic

am pretty pumped. a bit nervous and just ready to get it over with. am only 19 so am good were ever the coast guard needs me. pretty much ready to start a new life

Wow I am friggin nervous lol! just got back from my honey moon and gained unwanted pounds ugh! I have been training with a personal trainer and doing strength training on my own, but I still dont feel that I'm where I need to be. I really need to drop some weight and get more conditioned.. im good on running, swimming, but the pushups are what will be challenging.. sets on 50 ahhh thats going to be tough for me. I got a lot to prepare for still including memorizing the helmsman, but i dont have a job and all i do now is work out, eat right and study. i just turned 28 also so i have a feeling that im going to be one of the older ones lagging behind lol

If your not working you'll have plenty of time still just make it an everyday routine. Do pushups or situps everytime a commercial comes on if your watching tv too. If you stay consistent which it sounds like you are you'll have no problem

2 more weeks!!!! wow its almost here!!! going to my recruiter tomorrow for one last time... finishing my final paperwork

I know man its starting to trip me out! got one more normal weekend!