Day 6 Sunday 17 October 2010

Every recruit's experience of bootcamp is different.  But the Marine Corps gives both recruits and parents a variety of tools to learn about their potential experience.  Here are a few links:

Twelve Weeks - Recruit Training
http://www.marines.com/main/index/making_marines/recruit_training/marine-bootcamp
This link is a side-by-side comparison of a recruit and drill instructor's view of the 12 weeks of bootcamp.  If you reference this link, you'll have a good idea of what Zach is experiencing during that week. 

This first week has been mostly administrative, medical and evaluative.  Tomorrow will start the real meat of bootcamp. 

Another source is
http://www.lifeasamarine.com/
I spent several hours today reading through the various links under this page.  There are some eloquent and touching stories about the young men and women who have joined the Marine Corps.  I would recommend them to you if you wanted to learn more about what Zach is doing, and possibly about how you are feeling about what Zach is doing.

Thanks for your prayers.

Tim