They just left. Now what?

Tell us the day they leave and we will email you through basic training: what is happening each week, how base access works at their installation, what to pack, and the photos worth taking on graduation day. It is free, and you can stop anytime.

What lands in your inbox

• Week 1Reception: paperwork, shots, haircut, gear. Why the first letter takes a while.
• Week 2The first phone call, and the one thing to write down when it comes.
• Week 3Planning the trip, and why refundable matters when dates move.
• HalfwayBase access: whose ID works, and what cannot come through the gate.
• Two weeks outConfirming the date, the livestream for family who cannot travel, what to pack.
• Three days outThe ten photos families are gladdest they took, and holding the phone upright.
• The day afterWhat to do with two hundred photos before they get buried.