68W Medic

 

Your Name (as you would like it to appear): Jessica

Your Soldier's MOS (please include code and description, for example "11B Infantry")
68W Healthcare Specialist

When did your soldier attend?
Nov 07-March 08

Where was he stationed for AIT?
San Antonio, TX

How long was his AIT?
16 wks

What was his training like? Normal schedule? Did he train on weekends? Late at night? Classroom or field based?
training was in the classroom mostly. He would be released in the evenings around 6-7pm. The last week of AIT was field training. It was a solid week of training in the field (FTX) with ZERO contact.

Did you get to see him during AIT?
I went to see him twice not counting Grad. However, he wasn't allowed to have any overnight passes. This was a rule that was enforced for his cycle and following cycles as well for security reasons. They had an 11 curfew on the weekends.

How often were you able to communicate with him? By phone? Email?
every night on the phone until lights out and then all day on the weekends. he had internet access every night and all day on weekends

Describe the graduation ceremony.
There was a dinner the night before grad for family and friends of the graduates. It was $10/ticket, but it was a pretty good meal. They had a slide show of pics from the grad as well. It was a nice time. Grad was at 9 am. It was brief considering there were about 300 graduates. We were able to video and take still shots. After it was over they had to get their packets with their records and then see their sgt briefly. He was released at 12:30. And we were FREE TO GO!!

Any other tips or information?

Set up travel arrangements as soon as you can get a copy of orders. Allow DH time to study in the evenings even if you do want to talk all night! A lot of his peers failed out (for whatever reason) so remember, that they need time to study.