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Well it's been it's been 11 days and I woke up today so missing him. I had hoped to receive his information on where to mail letters by now. I'm feeling like he is waiting to get mail and thinking I don't care :( His sister is having a much harder time than I ever expected with his leaving. So sad. Does anyone know how long it takes before we find out where and when we get the information on his address? When we find out about PIR? I also saw something that we are supposed to ask him when (I can't remember the acronym)his testing is? Will he know at this point. I so want to know how he is doing. What he is going thru. I feel like I need to send him letters of encouragement. I'm so sad!!
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Permalink Reply by Belle's mom S11 D193 on
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Hope this helps... I was told before my daughter shipped out to BC to call her Recruiter on that Friday and they would give me her address info, I called and got it right away. From reading these boards I see not all info is the same BUT I would reach out to your sons recruiter for any info - our local recruiters told us they were there for families as well. Moms, we're all in the same boat!
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Permalink Reply by lori on
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Proudtobehismom, I haven't been on this group in a very long time. I mostly hang out on my son's ships site. I still get notifications though for this group since I was where you are now 4 years ago this month. When I read what you had written my heart went out to you. The feelings that you expressed came flooding back from 4 years ago. I remember the anguish of wondering how my baby was doing. Of wondering if he was ok and if he was missing me as much as I was missing him.
Let me try and calm your fears, at least a bit. You will receive a letter within the next week or so and he will provide you the address. It will be a form letter basically saying "I made it here ok and here is where you can write to me." He will have written it in Indoc which takes several days to go through. Yes he misses you, and everyone from back home. Yes he will probably have been questioning his decision in joining at least once [though he may never verbalize it]! The RDC's do not allow them to receive mail until the 3rd or 4th week [all depends on the RDC]. So when you do get the address you can write every day if you want but they will hold their mail until such time as they allow all the recruits to have the letters from home. So he maybe waiting to receive mail but he won't be the only one! Everyone in the devision's will be in the same boat [sorry!]. In the form letter will be everything you need to know about when PIR is. There is a purpose to all this.
When you get that sweet letter [that will have nothing personal in it I have to warn you] you will read it over and over again hoping to find some cryptic message from him. There won't be. They are watched and it is all part of their training.
When you write to him, fill your letters with lots of newsy bits from home.Try to be upbeat and stay away from depressing news. Lots of love and encouragement instead. He will read your letters over and over. He will hang onto any news from you he gets. At this point he will miss home but he will be training so much that he will be too exhausted to spend too much time in thinking about things. I think as moms we spend more time worrying and missing them than they do. They really don't have the time to spend on it!
But when PIR comes you will see a proud sailor standing before you! He will stand up taller, and look more confident than the last time you saw him. He will fold his clothes and clean like someone took over his body! When that day comes proud mom you will cry at the man standing before you.
I know as I have been there. My son is not the same boy who went in 4 years ago. I couldn't be more proud of his decision to have joined the Navy. He is a man who stands taller and who has a skill that he is proud to have. He has one deployment under his belt and his Golden Shellback certificate to show for it!
Hang in there proudmom. It's harder for those left at home than for the one who has willing made that step to serve his country.
Bless you for letting your boy take this step. If you have any questions I will be more than happy to tell you how I survived!
Lori
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