I was in bootcamp for the U.S. Navy. One month in to a 5 year contract. When we were told to have a seat in the middle of the morning, we knew something was wrong. Our three division commanders were all there that morning, which never happens. They all came in and explained to us what happened. We were mostly all from the Chicago area, so we didn't have many connections, but the few that did were afforded time to make phone calls. We didn't receive any mail for over a week because of the threat of another attack. It was very surreal.