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Permalink Reply by Sharon (CTI and Nuke Mom) on
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Here’s the timeline as it applied to my daughter (everyone is a bit different – depending on where you live (i.e., how long it takes for mail to get from Great Lakes to you) and the RDC (Recruit Division Commander – the Navy’s version of a drill sergeant) your kid has:
Our daughter left on 1/6. We received her “kid in a box” on 1/9. Catie received our first letters (5 of them!) on 1/14. We received our “form letter” on 1/15. Our first real letter from Catie came on 1/22. Our graduation information came on 1/26 and we got our first phone call (20 minutes for us, but the time varied from division to division) on 1/29. Catie was a rather prolific writer – we got a nice long letter every week, but not every recruit writes as much as she did! I’m actually missing my weekly letters now that she can call frequently (yippee! for phone calls!), and told her that she needs to write occasionally because I’m having withdrawals!
We received one other short phone call before the 1-hour “I’m a sailor” call after Battle Stations – she was able to call when she received a perfect grade on a written test. -
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Permalink Reply by MidwestMom on
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As Sharon said, it will be different for everyone. We are one state away from GL so I usually get my letters a day before most in my PIR group. My son arrived in GL 5/17, Box came 5/20, Form letter with address and PIR info 5/23, not sure when he received my first letters but said he had 8 of them, and his first letter came 6/2. He (shockingly) has also been a prolific writer! Typical has the form letter arriving about 10 days after they get to BC. If they arrive early in the week, they are more likely to be able to write on their second Sunday of BC. If they arrive later in the week, often they aren't allowed to write until the third Sunday. Most letters arrive the following Thursday...depending on where you live. Use this time to get to know your soon-to-be inlaws. Sometimes in our own misery, we don't realize that others are feeling bad as well. I'm sure his mom is worried he'll spend more time writing you than he will her so hopefully you can share your letters!
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Permalink Reply by Soon2bNavyWife on
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Thanks for all the info. Great Lakes, IL is like 700ish miles away from where I live so it will be a little different than it was for ya'll. I got his address last night and sent my first "test" letter today (I have several more to send, I have wrote him every night since he left but I am just wanting to make sure it doesn't come back) It will probably be next week before I get my first letter from him considering I have been told it takes 10-12 days for letters to get back and forth from Great Lakes and here where I live. I have been told that the first time they write (the 2nd Sunday) that they can only write one letter, do you know if that is true?
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I received two, but it was probably because of the Memorial Day holiday which was treated like a Sunday. In that letter, he said some in his brother div got into big trouble that week because they were caught writing letters. I don't think they want them writing home too much at first because, let's face it, much of the first two weeks is a lot of yelling and adjustment. Apparently the next week everyone was allowed to write letters after Taps. He wrote 5 different nights and sent them in 3 envelopes. My SR has mostly positive things to say about BC and the people he's met. He actually liked it from the beginning.
I love Wednesdays! You'll probably love Thursdays! :)
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I hope I will love Thursdays lol...I cant wait to hear from my SR, I hope he likes it like yours does
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