Hello

[Penelope]

 Hello, 

Today I received my son's box home. It had all his possessions in it.  I called the recruiter and he said that I should have received a phone call from my son, but i didn't.  So I hope to hear from him soon, miss him a lot. The recruiter gave me the information of where to send my letters.  The recruiter said the 1st line you write this, the second line this, and the third line you put the address, does anyone know if you put the entire address on the third line, or do you address at like a normal letter?

Need some input, please

Thank you,

Penny 

[FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW]

I agree with MidwestMom...cause I did not get that call from RTC either! I DID get a call from the AP twice...and the last one was when he told me it was the final call. I said, "Are you sure, I thought you would be calling from RTC?" "Nope, last call now they said." Then "I love you's and Good Bye's"

Did I still wait up? YES! LOL No call. He was granted a call five days later...this is NOT common and rarely happens though. I was very thankful for it though. I think the reason was because he did not get that call from RTC...but I also think it was because he was pretty homesick. The RDC's know what they are doing...and in his case a call home may have been what he needed to boost him up.  Just my opinion!

He will be fine...so will you! See you on your PIR group!

 

 

[judy r]

First off we have found that the address the recruiter gives is not always correct The best thing is to wait and I know that is hard until you get the letter from your recruit that will be the correct address. It will go something like

last name, first name

ship#  Div#

Great Lakes Il

Now I know if there is more the other moms will help us out with that info. Mainly just be patient for now.

[Denise-- Seabee Mom]

CONTACTING YOUR RECRUIT
Because of the structured nature of training, your Recruit will not be able to contact you regularly. We understand how difficult this will be at first, so here are a few things that might help ease the anxiety of being out of contact:
Mail:
 Recruits will mail home a letter with their address during the first week of training. The Privacy Act prevents RTC from releasing Recruit addresses. Only your Recruit can provide you with that address.
 Once a Recruit arrives onboard their ship (barracks), they will begin receiving their mail, usually around week 2-3. To help avoid delays, please wait until you receive your recruit’s official address via mail.
 While you can write to your Recruit every day, your recruit can only write to you a few evenings each week and during “holiday routine,” meaning Sundays and federal holidays.
 Recruits can receive anything that can fit into a standard-sized envelope and news from home might help ease some of their homesickness as well.
 Resist the urge to send a care package or write on the outside of the envelope. We know you want to send your Recruit their favorite homemade chocolate chip cookies, but Recruits cannot receive these. Also, remember that the envelope will be seen by their RDC, so putting stickers or writing all over their envelopes might make your recruit uncomfortable.