Posting on Facebook

[MM3 Proud Momma]

My son is leaving for MEPS tomorrow afternoon. He'll swear in on Monday and then off to Great Lakes.

He intends to leave me a mile long list of friends and thier phone numbers so that when I do finally get an address to write to him, I can pass it along.

Most of these friends are on his Facebook friends list.

Would I be going against any protocol if he left me his Facebook password, and I posted the address through there? I don't mean as a status update but through thier email system. Or maybe I could do a status report stating something like 'if you want to write to him, contact me personally, and I'll give you the address'.

If I can do that, then it would knock about 90% of my list off, and the rest of the people I can spend the time to call personally.

Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance y'all!!!

[RED (Ship 11 Div 317)]

I posted my sons info in the notes section of my Facebook page. As long as his profile isn't public, it should be fine. Btw, good luck to you & your SR.

[Kat (MM Nuke)]

You can send private messages to them on facebook, many at a time, so I might do it that way instead of posting it on his wall.  Then you just have to type the message once but you can pick the names you want that message to go to.  My son has been in for a year now and all we ever hear is be careful, be careful, be careful, don't use your real names, not even as the mom, don't say where he is, where he'll be.  It might not be so serious at first, just for bootcamp, but a good habit to get into.  Best of luck to him, and to you.

[KarenF (Ship 04/Div822)]

Great question as I would like to know the answer as well. My son left for MEPS last Monday. Since most of what I have read from N4M says that the recruits need letters from anyone and everyone, I was going to post my son's address, when I got it, in private fb emails to his friends. I have told  everyone that the letters, notes, cards, should be encouraging, upbeat, and positive.  Thanks.

 

[jacketfan24 (corpsman mom)]

what I did was post to his page that I had his address and anyone that wanted it could ask for it; I sent it in a private message to everyone who asked.  That way they could get it and it was not public. 

[AmyS]

My son leaves on 10/04/11.  He is going to give me the names of friends that he wants to have his address and I'm going to send them a private message on facebook with the information.  That way it's not on his page for all to see.

[Maggs]

Keep it PRIVATE!   Any one can get the address and pass it on, to anyone else. Say you have the address, and who wants it, contact you. When you send it, let them know, not to pass it on. Unless you know who is writing.. also rules. Plane white envelopes, even cards need plane white envelopes. Most card stores let you switch, if you tell them why. NO stickers on the outside of the envelope, no cards that play music, and ask then to send a stamped return addressed envelope, if they can. This is a time saver, your sailor will only get to write home on Sundays. Also, I asked friends to write questions, leave a space, and let him answer on the same paper, and send back, also time saver. That way, he can write a couple of individual sentences to everyone.

[Nuke Mom 11 Ship 3 Div 335]

If you have a facebook acct go into yours and post his address on the his page for them or you can go into his acct and message the friend he wants with the address. that should be no trouble.

[Kimberly P]

I sent his address as a message to his friends he requested and just posted on his wall that I had it if anyone wanted it. Then as he went through bc I posted updates like I got a call today, everything is going good. I even posted on his wall that if anyone wanted to post a message on his page I would print them put and send them to him which I did and my son told me that was pretty cool and thanks after he got it.

[WestonsMom (FL A School)]

My SR really wanted people to write him. After weeks of harrassing everyone including family, I found myself even more stressed out. I posted his address on his facebook page so that was one less thing I had to worry about. That way everyone could write him if they want to. I've heard of other moms doing it also.

[Diana (Proud Navy Mom)]

Kimberly P - That is such a good idea, I'm going to do the same thing so that my son's friends can get in touch with me if they want his address.  I think that is great about printing any of his facebook messages and mailing them to him!  Great idea!

[Angie]

You can also have his FB friends post on his wall and you print it out and send it to him

[ProudMomof4]

This is just the information I was looking for.  Thanks for all the great ideas!  My SR left for Boot Camp last week and I hope to get his address soon and now I know how to handle passing this information on to his friends.  Thanks again!