No letter this weekend, but today Tammy found a use for Facebook (#60days), a Facebook page related to Mike Company. On this page there are posts from other relatives of recruits in Mike Company that will graduate on Sept. 12, 2014. There are many photos of Mike Company recruits, not all from Platoon # 3064 but still gives us an idea of what is happening on post. From this page, she has found the photo below, Warren is the recruit in the 2nd column looking to his left..
It is very interesting to see how technology is used to bring together people for the cause of supporting these recruits (and I don't mean just taking a selfie holding a sign #supportourrecruits). and discussing the experience of having a recruit at Parris Island. People that 20 years ago would only have met at the graduation and that's about it, we can talk with and read about their experience as a parent (perfect example, this blog). Now there is just as big a support matrix for the parents as there is for the recruits, maybe bigger. The difference now is that we can now see their schedule, understand what they are training for and get some insights about the Parris Island experience. 20 years ago it was sit by the mailbox and wait for the letter and find out when the graduation is and hope they are surviving. The recruits from our recruiting sub station were given every opportunity to be ready for the physical nature of boot camp. Thanks to SSGT TJ, SGT Barlow, SGT Aiken and SGT Hobson for their hard work with all of their recruits to give them the best possible chance to be successful at Parris Island (not to mention the family atmosphere developed from all of this PT time together). The bottom line is that we can use these outlets to gain a better insight and find out that we are not alone in our experiences at home waiting to hear from our recruit.
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