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Comment by sammy1990 on March 27, 2014 at 11:37am

tell her to go to nex and buy a "go" phone for $25. she can donate it once she gets hers. well, when she finally calls. lol. welcome to "hurry up and wait". :o)

Comment by kkjetz on March 27, 2014 at 11:17am

Leannesmom - sammy1990 is correct, but there are addresses posted somewhere here.  It depends on whether your recruit was over or under a minute or didn't pass the swim.  My daughter was in Ship 03 and the actual address of 3600 Ohia stayed the same.  What changed was Ship 04 DIV 2444 (over 1 minute) and the +4 on the zip code.... 60088-7103 was the new number.  Scroll through this site or join the FIT Facebook page (which I'd suggest anyway oif you haven't done it already).  I don't recall if maybe that's where I saw the new addresses.  You won't hear from your recruit for a bit when they first get to FIT and they can start getting mail asap.

Comment by kkjetz on March 27, 2014 at 11:13am

Hey Sammy1990 - It was a long time to wait and now I find myself still waiting.  Although my daughter is now in THU and supposedly has more freedom (i.e. phone calls), I have not heard from her since Sunday.  I thought she was headed down to Pensacola as early as Wednesday (my guess) but since I haven't heard anything I'm assuming she's still in Great Lakes.  I would have thought they'd want to get the THU sailors out of there to make room for more.  My daughter is not waiting on any kind of waiver anymore so I have no idea what the holdup is now.  Unfortunately the longer I wait the higher the airfare to Pensacola so I went ahead and purchased my tickets.  I'm sure Southwest and the Navy Lodge are loving me because every time I make a reservation I change or cancel it.  I tell you what, my patience levels are really being tested and stretched to the limits.  ;-))  I'm afraid to write because I expect her to leave any day now.  Maybe they're waiting for this Saturday so she can travel with all the new graduates... who knows.

Comment by sammy1990 on March 27, 2014 at 9:22am

Leanne, your SR will send you the address, but until then, use the old and put (now in fit) in bold letters under the name. they will forward the letter.

Comment by leannesmom on March 27, 2014 at 8:49am

Does anyone know how we can write Sr. in FIT

What is the address

Comment by sammy1990 on March 24, 2014 at 9:12pm

wow, kkjetz. she passed bs Fri am and didn't call until Sunday afternoon? that was a long wait! congratulations. I know it's a big deal! when is she leaving gl?

Comment by Anchors-A-Way☆Class 1429 M on March 24, 2014 at 7:14pm

Favored, was your SR IN DIV 102 prior to FIT?

Comment by kkjetz on March 23, 2014 at 4:33pm

FavoredLife - the not hearing is the worst. I hated it. I became completely obsessed with my daughter, waiting for mail, waiting for a phone call - it was not good for me and I knew/know it. It was my experience that FIT had less calls (about every other week) and for some reason mail also got slowed down. Thankfully my daughter's positive letters raised me back up again once the evil postman delivered them. But you know what? It wasn't her job to encourage me and I made sure to keep myself in check when writing to her. Between the two of us we survived. I think positivity was the number one factor in getting out of FIT. I decided to consider the fact that my daughter is stronger now for her time in FIT than she would have been otherwise. Maybe that's why it seems so awful. The Navy is building the FIT recruits in other ways - stronger physically AND mentally. I'm now convinced my daughter can tackle whatever they throw at her because SHE really wants to be there and fought hard to overcome obstacles. She had to work for it. My daughter was in FIT about 3 weeks and she succeeded - your son can too. Stay strong mom and visualize how great he's going to be in his new job as a U.S. Sailor!

Comment by FavoredLife on March 23, 2014 at 4:03pm

kkjetz  - Congratulations proud mom! Also, thank you so much for those words of encouragement because I've had some very discouraging days not hearing from my son. Praying hard!!!

Comment by kkjetz on March 23, 2014 at 2:16pm

I have a sailor! My daughter finished BS-21 on Friday morning and unfortunately wasn't able to call me until late last night. Everything you read about random times for phone calls, and watch duty overriding phone call times is true.... you never know - just keep your phones charged and handy. Thank you for the supportive letters to my daughter and your prayers and wishes to me. Don't lose hope or faith that your child can make it out of FIT. Stay positive and keep that positivity going to your child. Encouragement and faith moms are the keys to success! Best of luck to all in seeing your recruit succeed. Thank you again for your support.

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