Felix “So, we leave in a few days. We will take a bus to Dallas and fly out to San Diego. Get your affairs in order and make last-minute plans with your loved ones. Basic will last thirteen weeks. During that time, you will not have any cell phones, but you can write to them and I advise you to make sure the ones you’re writing to write down your rank and information correctly or there may be extra pushups in your future. You will receive your phone back on the last day, in the morning before graduation, so you can reach the family and friends that are coming.” Our recruiter told us. There were about five of us from the school going into the Marines and we were at least going together for basic. After, who knows what will happen. We did our last bit of training before we were let go to g