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My son was just assigned 2nd FAST at Yorktown, Va; anyone else new out there?

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Does anyone have any info on when my son will be able to have a vehicle once he gets to Yorktown? He will be with 2F5, getting there around March 24th.

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Our son (3rd FAST) picked his up the same week he arrived. He did have to get the base sticker.

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he can have his vehicle as soon as he is checked in (or should be able to). if he can't get the decals right away (like if it's a new car or he doesnt have time or they give him a hard time for any...

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Thanks for the info about the vehicle thing. He is hoping that he will get a leave for a few days to fly home and then drive his car back. What's the chance of them getting a short leave after they...

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Vehicles... Make sure your son has his registration and car insurance info. Of course, he'll have his driver's license. They're pretty proud of themselves when they go to the 'Pass and ID' office...

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My son will be disapointed about not getting a leave. He just purchased a new car here at home and has not even got to use it yet. I guess that will be a good chance for us to visit Yorktown to take...

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if he gets there near easter, he may be able to get a 96 for that. a lot of the time they do a lot of sitting around lol and he may be able to ask for some leave if he still has some saved up. it just...

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Does anyone have the address for Yorktown. My son graduates SF school this Wednesday and he wants to ship a few things ahead, hehas accumlated too many things while in Chesapeake. He was going to ship...

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as long as it hasn't changed (Don't know how it would have), it's this format: Rank Last name, First name Middle Initial (and I always put the last 4 of his SS #) 2nd FAST (unless they are using Bravo...

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As always thank you for the quick response. This board is the" google "of The Marine Corps. Hope its not too late for me to send him the address, hopefully he hasn't already shipped it home. dj

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Justinsmom... Hi, its dj. Just found out Travis and Justin are roomies. I thought that was pretty cool, because they have been together since bootcamp. I talked to Travis last night and he sounded so...

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DJ....It is so great that our sons are roomies. I also talked to Justin last night and he told me that he thought that you and I had been using the same parent website. He also was very excited about...

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Justinsmom... to be honest I have no clue. I have received messages thru my yuku account but the only way I know how is by replying back. I'm sure someone on here has the answer.It has to be simple...

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to write a message, go to where you would open a message from (the envelope on the top of this screen). at the top right of that page, there's a button that says "compose new message." i would...

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Does anyone know why the Corps would need my sons' birth certificate at this point? Also is there more than one kind of birth certificate. My girlfriend said something about a registered one with a...

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i cant think of why they would need it if he's already been in, they should have it but unless he was born out of country, there should just be one. i got mine from our dhec office.

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I've got a quick question. My son has now been in the Marine Corps since July 6 2009. He has been thru his training is now in the fleet. My question is he was promised and was on his contract a $5k...

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My son is getting his in monthly increments (not all at once). I have no idea how much/month and how many months to get it all.

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HilliardMarineMom... Was he notified when it started or did it just automatically start. Also do you know if they get a choice on how they receive it. Can you remember about when he received it, I'm...

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I think it started automatically. I don't think he asked and I don't think there was an option. I did ask his recruiter about it while he was at SOI and he told me that it would be paid in increments....

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