QUESTIONS (MISC.)
My son is having his 20th b-day at MCT(Geiger). Can he recieve a package and what are somethings they can recieve? Thanks Lynn
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I can tell you that my son needed flip flops for showers, and they were hard to find the night before he was going to MOS. We bought last two pairs on clearance rack at a Walgreens.......LOL! He...
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I was just at Old Navy buying flip flops for my daughter yesterday...LOL I guess I should have picked him up a pair. I guess I will be running back to Old Navy on my lunchhour today. Thanks for info....
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How much time do they have for liberty, can we see them on Sunday before grad, how about on Monday, is it on base liberty only ??? it is my understanding that they are ready and waiting to leave on...
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We did not go on base Sunday! They do have time to shop on Monday during Liberty. They have hoodies there. In fact I picked up one this time. The MCX is not quite as big as Parriss Island, but they...
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ohmompeh Make sure to give yourself extra time when driving down. Our GPS routed us around Washington, but we lost at least an hour to an hour and a half because of traffic.
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You are not allowed to visit on Sunday. Liberty USED to be on Sunday, but it is not on Monday instead.
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Thank you so much for all the information. I think we are going to try and leave on Sunday evening and drive part way then finish the trip Monday morning so we have plenty of time to get checked in at...
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I knew we were not going to be allowed on Sunday, when we were talking to our son, he said that someones parents were on base on Sunday. I told him we were told not to be there and that I would never...
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My son actually was hoping we brought food from outside base so he didn't have to spend time waiting for food, but he forgot to call and tell us before hand. terribob, can you tell me where off base...
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there are plenty of food places on the way to the base. There is Chik-fil-a, Pizza Hut, as well as fast food. Also they have Olive Garden, Applebees and sit down restraunts. They have grocery stores...
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Thanks terribob for all the tips and tricks. LOL on taking the boy out of the Marine. Leaving around 3 a.m. to avoid any traffic through N.Y. and N. J. but it's Sunday so it shouldn't be too bad.
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Thanks for the info, I am planning on traveling sat & sun so I can familiarize myself with the area.
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I will be leaving this Sunday for MCT graduation next Tuesday. I was hoping that somebody could give me better directions to get onto the base from Jacksonville. The maps I have found online have not...
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If you don't find any better directions before then, go to Camp Lejeune's visitor center and they can direct you. We had trouble finding it last year also and that's what we did. We also got our car...
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Our PFC Chris graduated PI on Sept 4, had 10 days leave and went off to Camp Grier on Sept 16th. He's talked to mom (briefly) maybe 3 times so far. All we have gotten from him is that he would like it...
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Our PFC Chris graduated PI on Sept 4, had 10 days leave and went off to Camp Grier on Sept 16th. He's talked to mom (briefly) maybe 3 times so far. All we have gotten from him is that he would like it...
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It sounds like your son is at ITB which is for infantry Marines. From the main page of the board scroll down to the ITB - Camp Geiger section.
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I was there, that is where I found the info I do have. We are wondering once he finishes that school will he go into MCT, or some where else - not sure what his exact MOS is to be. Will there possibly...
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MCT is for non-infantry Marines, and then they proceed to an MOS school after graduation. ITB is for infantry Marines and contains both the information learned in MCT as well as their MOS...
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