Basic Training

Matthew will be leaving for Basic Training in only a few more days. He will be going to San Antonio Texas for the first 8 1/2 weeks until he leaves for his job training. As of now we do not know what job he'll be doing or where his training is going to occur but most likely the training will be in several different locations across the country. We expect that his training will take anywhere from 4-6 months on top of the 2 months he is in basic- so a total of 6-8 months away from home.

When Matt graduates from Basic Training at the end of October, Emmaline and I will have the opportunity to visit him for a few days. Then he'll come home for a few days around Christmas and if we are lucky we can schedule for me to visit him some time in Feburary. That'll all depend on his training I guess.

Around week 8 Matt will find out what his job will be and a few weeks into that training he'll find out his permanent station. We are hoping for something overseas as we would love the adventure but we are great with the idea of living around Utah as its closer to a lot of family.

This blog's purpose is to post any and all information regarding Matt's military experience so that friends and family can know what is going on. I will post letters and phone call synopsis when it is appropriate and keep you all in the loop the best I can. You are more than welcome to send Matt letters or well-wishes at any point in this journey, I believe he'll really need them at some points.

If you have any questions, feel free to comment!