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navygurl413 · 04-10-2012, 06:00 PM

Just a quick question? Is it mandatory in basic to attend some kind a service every Sunday or is it optional?

prop827 · 04-10-2012, 06:22 PM

It is entirely optional. Which service you go to and even if you decide to go at all or stay in the compartment is entirely up to you. The only mandatory religious thing you'll do is have a brief with the chaplain who will tell you about your religious options and what his job is and let you know you can come to him if you need help. Its not very religious. Services are a personal choice, so if you want to go you can and they won't deny you the chance and if you don't want to go, you don't have to!

navygurl413 · 04-10-2012, 07:23 PM

Thank You!

Laworlo · 04-10-2012, 09:52 PM

What happens if you don't go? Free Time?

sweetmtn · 04-10-2012, 11:30 PM

Sunday is the only day you really can write letters home and to friends, as mail is only posted on Mondays. You get to do laundry and ironging!

Craig · 04-11-2012, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Laworlo

What happens if you don't go? Free Time?

You don't have free time. Even if you are not religious very much, it's actually kind-of fun going. Try it a couple times. It might just break up the day. It's not like your missing out going to the mall.

blueberripie · 04-11-2012, 12:59 AM

My son told me before he left he wasn't going to attend church service and I thought to myself 'yeah right you'll end up attending' LOL. My DIL got a letter from him on Monday and low and behold he has decided to start attending services

prop827 · 04-11-2012, 10:53 AM

Sunday's is "Free time" which is Boot Camp talk for talk to people in the division quietly, take a long shower, write a few letters, shine boots, iron and clip gear adrift off your uniforms. You don't miss anything going to services, but its up to you. I never went, I wrote letters showered and shined boots.

04-10-2012, 06:00 PM	#1
navygurl413 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: hampton roads, va Posts: 49 Rep Power: 11	Chapel Just a quick question? Is it mandatory in basic to attend some kind a service every Sunday or is it optional?

04-10-2012, 11:30 PM	#5
sweetmtn Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: N. CA Posts: 3,787 Rep Power: 390	Sunday is the only day you really can write letters home and to friends, as mail is only posted on Mondays. You get to do laundry and ironging! __________________ Proud Military Mom, Navy Vet Justin(MM2n), and Army Vet SSgt Clayton "*Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude*." Thomas Jefferson

04-10-2012, 06:22 PM	#2
prop827 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 633 Rep Power: 71	It is entirely optional. Which service you go to and even if you decide to go at all or stay in the compartment is entirely up to you. The only mandatory religious thing you'll do is have a brief with the chaplain who will tell you about your religious options and what his job is and let you know you can come to him if you need help. Its not very religious. Services are a personal choice, so if you want to go you can and they won't deny you the chance and if you don't want to go, you don't have to!

04-10-2012, 07:23 PM	#3
navygurl413 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: hampton roads, va Posts: 49 Rep Power: 11	Thank You!

04-10-2012, 09:52 PM	#4
Laworlo Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: San Diego, California Posts: 322 Rep Power: 39	What happens if you don't go? Free Time?

04-11-2012, 12:59 AM	#7
blueberripie Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 45 Rep Power: 11	My son told me before he left he wasn't going to attend church service and I thought to myself 'yeah right you'll end up attending' LOL. My DIL got a letter from him on Monday and low and behold he has decided to start attending services

04-11-2012, 10:53 AM	#8
prop827 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 633 Rep Power: 71	Sunday's is "Free time" which is Boot Camp talk for talk to people in the division quietly, take a long shower, write a few letters, shine boots, iron and clip gear adrift off your uniforms. You don't miss anything going to services, but its up to you. I never went, I wrote letters showered and shined boots.