Yay another member of our company. It still doesnt feel real to me!!!

where are you from? How old?

i was so excited to find this forum its nice to know some people. my names erica murphy im from new york im 18 this will be my first time away from home for this long so im really looking forward to experiencing something totally new! i think i might be starting to get cold feet tho are you guys getting nervous?? also hows your recruiters i havent talked to mine in months besides a 5 min phone call a few weeks ago kind of confusing

I am not that nervous but i have been on my own for a long time so that probably helps. It is so hard to get in the coast guard so for sure don't back out. You will do fine. What exactly are you nervous about? My name is also Erica. As long as you remember that what the company commanders are doing is to help you and it really isnt personal it will be fine. Every once in a while when the amount of days we have left pops in my head I get a twinge of terror, but I just remember that we are starting one of the most awesome adventures of our life, and I am ok.

Oh and the recruiter thing....Some are better than others. Mine has me call every month. I call if I have questions but other than that we dont talk.

i deffinetly am not going to back out ive been so excited about this for over a year now i guess now that its getting so close i just started realizing im gonna miss everybody that ive grown up with but i know that it will be worth it. i wish my recruiter was like that! im not even sure of what im suppose to be bringing with me and im sure im going to have to buy some stuff sports bras etc and were getting low on time i called him today and he never called back. i estimated that we would be graduating on octrober 12th do you know if thats true?

I thought it was october 19th. Every graduation is on a friday. Yes You need a lot of stuff. I can't believe he never told you. Did he give you a helmsman because there is some stuff your required to know when you get to basic. I am looking in mine and this is what you need.

. org on calls for recruits

First welcome to the forums. Second, if you haven't gotten a helmsman yet I'd get it ASAP! Call your recruiter, and bring exactly what the helmsman says, I was told nothing less and nothing more from my recruiter. I have met up with my recruiter a couple times, but I am going into the reserves so I got to see where I am going to be stationed.

I was also told that our exact graduation date is Oct 12 from my recruiter, thats what I've been telling my friends and family, I am gonna call my recruiter tomorrow to double check now.

I'm on my own too, but I still live fairly close to my parents and all of my friends, I was feeling more nervous about a month ago than now. Now I just feel like its coming up so fast that its going to be over before any of us realize it(boot camp), it will be like the blink of an eye. I remember when I first set up the count down timer on my phone and it said 90 something days. That feels like yesterday. Boot camp is going to absolutely fly by and its going to be the best experience of our lives (so far) in my opinion.

http://www.uscg.mil/hq/capemay/docs...mannew.pdf

Also here is the helmsman.

The what to bring and 11 general orders are the most important things to learn I was told.

See all you guys in philli in 2 weeks!

thank you both so much!! im really glad i joined this forum

No prob...Make sure you start studying your 11 orders because I only have 5 or 6 memorized lol.... 14 days and counting

Thank goodness I finally have all of my required knowledge memorized!!! Those eleven orders did not defeat me lol

haha yea im gonna check those out right now the only thing i have memorized so far is the alphabet

I set up autopay on all my bills so they will be covered while I am gone. Cant believe how close we are

I have to do that too. Less than 2 weeks

did you get ahold of your recruiter or a helmsman murphy? it will be easier on you if you know that required knowledge when you get there.

i still havent heard from him i called him again today hopefully tomorrow ill be able to get ahold of him but i have been studying the 11 orders i wish i had started them sooner some of them are pretty long

This is true. I just said one out loud and then said the first and second and then 1,2,3 and so on until I had them

almost at 8 days where I am We are almost there

are we suppose to pack a suitcase or a duffel bag? what are we suppose to wear on tuesday?

Duffle bag I believe. Some people just use a backpack but all mine would not fit in a back pack. Wear something that doesnt stand out to much and comfy. I am wearing jeans and a t-shirt. Dont wear flip flops wear tennis shoes. Dont forget you have to wear full bottom undies to meps.

i never thought about a back pack i think ill use that since im planning on buying most of my stuff when i get there do we get to wear the shoes we bring the whole time or they have specific ones for us? it just seems like new shoes are harder to run in than broken in ones

they will give us a pair of new balances. They want everything we were to be the same so that no one stands out.

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Remember you sleep in what you wear the first night so dress comfy, I'm goin in gym shorts and a t shirt, 8 days!

So everyone that gets there the 21st is in the same company right? I think that is how it works

We are Delta 187 and we have a facebook page

How did you find that out? I thought we didn't get assigned till the end of week 1?

See you all in 6 days!

We dont get officially assigned but they know who we before we go. A coastie mom that knows a big guy in basic told her. I asked her to ask him. So thats us Delta 187. Already a Facebook page for us.... Almost 5 days here