Birthday

[Zandra]

I will turn 18 halfway through boot camp, will I be allowed to speak to my parents?

[Auridan]

Not because you turned 18, no. You might get a phone call if your division earns one, but they won't give you anything special for your birthday.

[LT Guppy]

Generally it's wise to not make it widely known it's your birthday in boot camp.

[ares25]

Don't make it known that it's your birthday. In MC JROTC we did a lot of pushups on our birthday. I dont know if its the same in boot camp, but best be careful, unless you want more pushups :)

[BonzerAsp]

HA! Don't let your RDCs know. We had several people have their birthdays while in basic in our division. One of our RDCs put the orange IT card in one hand and a small piece of candy in the other. Then he would put his hands behind is back and you would have to pick a hand. If you got the hand with the card, you had to do the entire card. It was mighty entertaining :)