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Hi, my son arrived at Great Lakes Monday night and we still have not been contacted with his division or ship. Is anyone else out there found out anything about this most recent group?

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It's great that you have a new recruit or SR.  There may be information within DEP-Leavin for bootcamp in September from others with loved ones who arrived on the same day as your recruit. 

It can take up to 3 weeks to receive the form letter with the address and PIR date, although most will get it within the first 2 weeks.  You will receive "the box" sometime in the next 2 weeks, usually in 10 days or less.  Some call the recruiter and get the address, but if you choose to do that, be sure to double-check the address the recruiter gives you against those at http://bootcamp.navy.mil/contact_recruit.asp. Recruiters sometimes give a generic address for the RTC and if the street address is not correct, then mail can be delayed for up to 3 weeks. 

Know that letters mailed before you get the form letter do not get to your recruit much quicker, if at all, than letters mailed after receiving the form letter because the recruits cannot receive mail until they are in their ship and a Recruit Mail Petty Officer has been trained in how to handle mail, which means it is usually sometime in the third week or later when they start receiving mail depending on when P-days ended and the division formed.  Recruits can write only on Sundays at first and cannot write until the first Sunday after they are in their ship, which is usually the second Sunday they are there, but could be the third Sunday, depending on how quickly the division forms.  They later MAY be able to write, and maybe even mail letters, on other days as well.  Once your recruit can receive mail, Mail Call is every weekday evening (M-F).

You may want to check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvKAhmgkoj4 and http://www.navydep.com/forums/showthread.php?t=433. They will give you an idea of what is happening.

I see you have joined Boot Camp Mom's; you may also want to join, or at least check out, PIR Reference Information and New Members Stop Here. Once you know his PIR date and/or division number, watch in Boot Camp Mom's and/or at http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/groups-listed-by-pir-date and join the group for that.

"No news is good news!" Here are some things that you do know: he is safe; he is physically fit or getting there; he is learning new things that will help him throughout his life; he is being fed well; he has any medical and dental needs taken care of; he is making friends, and you know where he is since he is at the RTC. If there was a problem, you will be called and that is not a call you want to receive. You have placed him in the best hands of all--those of God and the US Navy.

(Group names within this reply are clickable links.)

It is SR...which means Seaman Recruit...they are not a Sailor until the day the get their Navy ball caps. Also there is no such thing as Sailor Recruit

Dang it! Can't believe I typed sailor recruit. Ok, I'm an idiot. BTW, I knew that, just went brain dead.

Drop and give us twenty, mister!

Aye Aye.

Thank you so much for explaining everything so well. Patience is a virtue and just waiting can be so hard. Staying busy and putting together those letters will be the focus to get through these weeks of not being connected. Connecting to God through prayer is the biggest focus and as you said no news is good news. Thanks again for sharing words of hope!

You are so welcome.

From what I have read I think it will be Monday when they mail a letter with their address to us. My son arrived Tuesday night. I don't think they were assigned their division or ship until today.

It is very possible that your SR is still in P-days through at least Monday or Tuesday since P-days are around 5 days (not including weekends), but could be longer.

Thanks, I forgot they don't include weekends. I am not very patient to begin with :). I am just anxious to be able to start sending him the letters I am writing. I am used to texting and/or calling him every day.

 

Just keep writing and numbering the letters, and when you get the form letter, you can mail them.  Hopefully, that will be soon.

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