Birthday at bootcamp

vabchsue · 10-01-2012, 08:23 AM

My son turned 19 at BC and nothing was said/done. We sent him a card and just made up for it once he finished there and was back here.

jhampton002 · 10-01-2012, 07:34 PM

Ha no his shipmates will turn him in and say it is his birthday. I wouldn't tell anyone when his birthday is. And they don't check your record for when your birthday is.

Seabiscuit · 10-05-2012, 01:58 PM

Send him cards, even if he gets "caught" with them the worst they are going to do is a short IT session (8 counts and mountain climbers are no longer allowed I believe) all in good fun. It's the closest he's going to get to a Bday party while in there. We had three guys have birthdays while in and even though they had to do a 30/30/30 the got double dessert. Let him have the experience and a story to tell.

jaxx10 · 10-06-2012, 09:06 AM

I totally agree with you Seabiscuit... Though im still waiting for a ship date ... If i leave this year i will be having a bday and turning 37.. jawdrop:

not afraid !!!

Storytime : My brother had had his 19 bday while at marine bootcamp and he retells WITH A HUGE SMILE everytime.. that that morning the DRill instructor lined everyone up and announces that today was a SPECIAL day ... some one was having a bday ... and that they would be having a little birthday party... he had to pick 4-6 friends (cant remember) ...then got IT the hell out of him and his friends ...LMAO ... his friends were hating him ...but at graduation. The instructor asked him if he had liked his unforgetttable Bday party ..

til this day he tells it and says it was an experience he's glad he had! and his buddies still laugh and curse out my brother ...

Dianakit12 · 10-07-2012, 08:22 PM

I know in my DIV we had a few people that had birthdays... Someone told our RDC's about it and the whole day we worried we were gonna get IT'd just because it was her birthday. It came time for taps and we were all pretty confident we weren't gonna get IT'd. Ha! Right as everyone was ready to mount racks, one RDC called out, "LOCK AND LOAD!" So much for not getting IT'd.

Another time, our RDC's waited until taps to announce it to the rest of the DIV that it was our MA's birthday. We thought we were going to get IT'd like last time, but no. He just told everyone to sing happy birthday XD One time, it was our third RDC's birthday and our second RDC came out right before chow and told us to all sing happy birthday to her really loud, 'cause she was over in brother DIV's compartment. Great times x3

culp7 · 10-07-2012, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Seabiscuit

Send him cards, even if he gets "caught" with them the worst they are going to do is a short IT session (8 counts and mountain climbers are no longer allowed I believe) all in good fun. It's the closest he's going to get to a Bday party while in there. We had three guys have birthdays while in and even though they had to do a 30/30/30 the got double dessert. Let him have the experience and a story to tell.

both 8 counts and mountain climbers?? damn people must have been getting hurt or something, cause they ain't that hard lol...

tcmartin1994 · 11-04-2012, 06:59 PM

After I signed my contract I asked my recruiter about it, because I will be turning 19 at the halfway point of RTC. He said if I have some of the more laid-backs RDCs, they might let me get an extra phone call home, but dont count on it. I guess it just really depends on your RDCs.

Sbrennan188 · 11-26-2012, 02:28 PM

A buddy of mine happened to get a birthday card with conffeti inside of it at RTC. His buddies got to do some extra PT while he ran up and down the line tossing the conffeti singing "It's my birthday and I'll cry if I want to!" Then when they were done he had to clean up the conffeti, picking it up one piece at a time and running it over to the garbage can. So be carful what you send.

10-01-2012, 08:23 AM	#1
vabchsue Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,295 Rep Power: 137	My son turned 19 at BC and nothing was said/done. We sent him a card and just made up for it once he finished there and was back here.

10-01-2012, 07:34 PM	#2
jhampton002 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Indiana Posts: 42 Rep Power: 11	Ha no his shipmates will turn him in and say it is his birthday. I wouldn't tell anyone when his birthday is. And they don't check your record for when your birthday is.

10-05-2012, 01:58 PM	#3
Seabiscuit Newbie Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Send him cards, even if he gets "caught" with them the worst they are going to do is a short IT session (8 counts and mountain climbers are no longer allowed I believe) all in good fun. It's the closest he's going to get to a Bday party while in there. We had three guys have birthdays while in and even though they had to do a 30/30/30 the got double dessert. Let him have the experience and a story to tell.

10-06-2012, 09:06 AM	#4
jaxx10 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 40 Rep Power: 11	I totally agree with you Seabiscuit... Though im still waiting for a ship date ... If i leave this year i will be having a bday and turning 37.. jawdrop: not afraid !!! Storytime : My brother had had his 19 bday while at marine bootcamp and he retells WITH A HUGE SMILE everytime.. that that morning the DRill instructor lined everyone up and announces that today was a SPECIAL day ... some one was having a bday ... and that they would be having a little birthday party... he had to pick 4-6 friends (cant remember) ...then got IT the hell out of him and his friends ...LMAO ... his friends were hating him ...but at graduation. The instructor asked him if he had liked his unforgetttable Bday party .. til this day he tells it and says it was an experience he's glad he had! and his buddies still laugh and curse out my brother ...

10-07-2012, 08:22 PM	#5
Dianakit12 Active Duty Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: SoCal Posts: 68 Rep Power: 15	I know in my DIV we had a few people that had birthdays... Someone told our RDC's about it and the whole day we worried we were gonna get IT'd just because it was her birthday. It came time for taps and we were all pretty confident we weren't gonna get IT'd. Ha! Right as everyone was ready to mount racks, one RDC called out, "LOCK AND LOAD!" So much for not getting IT'd. Another time, our RDC's waited until taps to announce it to the rest of the DIV that it was our MA's birthday. We thought we were going to get IT'd like last time, but no. He just told everyone to sing happy birthday XD One time, it was our third RDC's birthday and our second RDC came out right before chow and told us to all sing happy birthday to her really loud, 'cause she was over in brother DIV's compartment. Great times x3

11-04-2012, 06:59 PM	#7
tcmartin1994 Newbie Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 5 Rep Power: 7	After I signed my contract I asked my recruiter about it, because I will be turning 19 at the halfway point of RTC. He said if I have some of the more laid-backs RDCs, they might let me get an extra phone call home, but dont count on it. I guess it just really depends on your RDCs.

11-26-2012, 02:28 PM	#8
Sbrennan188 Newbie Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Howell, New Jersey Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	A buddy of mine happened to get a birthday card with conffeti inside of it at RTC. His buddies got to do some extra PT while he ran up and down the line tossing the conffeti singing "It's my birthday and I'll cry if I want to!" Then when they were done he had to clean up the conffeti, picking it up one piece at a time and running it over to the garbage can. So be carful what you send.