When can SR send out mail or get mail as well

[Theresa C Leal (09/DIV 279]

Does anyone know when the SR can send out mail or Get mail my SR has been gone only 7 days as of today. :( Waterworks mom

[Denise-- Seabee Mom]

Mail:
 Recruits will mail home a letter with their address in the first week of training. Unfortunately, neither RTC nor your local recruiter can give you their address any sooner because of the Privacy Act; only your recruit can give you their address. But once you have it, start sending those letters!
 Once a recruit arrives onboard their ship (barracks),they will begin receiving their mail, usually around week 2-3.Please don‟t be alarmed if your recruitwrites home asking why they haven‟t received any mail when you‟ve been mailing them consistently since you received their address. Because the recruitsmove around in their first couple of weeks at BootCamp, it takes a couple of weeks for the mail to catch up to them. Don‟t be alarmed; they will get their mail!
 While you can write to your recruit every day, they can only write to you a few evenings each week and while they are on “holiday routine,” meaning Sundays and holidays. We know it‟s hard, but please don‟t sit near your mailbox waiting for the mail each day. Just keep writing to your recruit, and they will write back when they are able.
 And now that you have that address, why not include family photos; a funny snapshot of their pet; or newspaper clippings of their favorite sports team or comics? Recruits can receive anything that can fit into a standard-sized envelope, and pictures 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 (they‟ll be thrown away). Also,remember that the envelope will be seen by their RDC, so putting stickers or writing all
over their envelopes might make them uncomfortable.