How to Avoid Homesickness | Boot Camp

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How to avoid getting homesick at basic training. First and foremost, write letters home often. Everyone does it, there's no shame in doing it, you should do it often. Another tip, bring a wallet sized picture and wrap them in a sheet of paper. Open one whenever you get the urge. Right there, here's my picture of my girlfriend. You might have recognized her from some movies, Jessica Alba. In all honesty though, you should bring a little picture with you. It's okay to bring friends and family just no pornography. Another tip, leave gifts around the house for your loved ones. A part of not feeling homesick is knowing that your loved ones are taken care of too. So if you leave one a week for them to unwrap you'll feel a lot better about yourself. Another tip about relieving homesickness is to talk to others about who you're missing. And listen to others too. A lot of times talking to other ones about your loved ones helps a lot. Most importantly, acknowledge that you're homesick and it's natural to feel that way. Everyone feels that way. Even drill sergeants are away from their family. Lastly, use the homesickness to motivate you to be the best that you can be. Hurry up and graduate and get home to your loved ones.

[daniel]

I'm shipping out to the army in a few weeks and I've been so worried about how homesick I'm going to be. This video really gave me some good tips. Thank you sergeant!!

[kenu]

These are some great tips! I'm getting ready for USMC Boot Camp and the thought of leaving my girlfriend and my family has been relatively difficult. I just have to get my waiver for my shoulder then I'll have my enlistment physical at MEPS. Then I will be DEP. I'm looking forward to it! Thank you for the video!!!

[Spankydaham]

lol. No brother. AIT stands for Advanced Individual Training which is your school where you go after you graduate basic. you sign up for this specific school at MEPS when you sign your contract. I just happen to have the longest school in the Armed Forces. which is about 2 years total time in TRADOC. (US ARMY Training and doctrine command) while others can be as short as 12 weeks. If you cant pass a pt test at the end of basic they send you to a fitness company for about 1-6 weeks.

[erinlambdin]

I went to basic long ago but 2 yrs in and still needing this

[Spankydaham]

Shit I'm in AIT and I haven't seen home in 9 months and I wont for another 3 and half.

[yushaumeri]

lol they make you do 10 to 20 pushups per letter, especially if your misses has hearts on the envelope. Packages cost an additional set of pushups (ours was 50 each package). One guy got a confetti present that his one night stand got pregnant with a boy, and so he had to do 100. We all laughed our asses off at him and the entire platoon pitched in to "help him reach that number"

[gtarules]

That is a lie, I did not get sent to anything like that. :( I wish I was though.

[bowyzoie]

Please help : ( don't care about my age) I'm in school and we're goin to Scotland and I live in Belfast I don't know if I should go because this is my last chance to go.... And I'm going with my class so I get really homesick... Please help me out

[TenchiSanada]

@miiichaella Yup! I agree 100% I went threw basic it was way to easy and fun

[longsolid]

For a second I seriously thought his GF was Jessica Alba. Hahahaha

[kayx]

that was because he got into Army so Jess broke up with him ?

[miiichaella]

good advice, but I'd say: SUCK IT UP AND DEAL WITH IT.

[Spankydaham]

Well if at the end of training you are not fit enough then they send you to a unit where they just pt the shit out of you until you pass the pt test. During if you're not fit you just so the training and suffer the consequences of being a fat body.

[dawgsnsuch]

Guys come on please please please please give me the top comment!