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Comment by elise_denise2514 on April 22, 2015 at 10:45pm

For the weekend of PIR, May 29. Not this upcoming weekend!

Comment by elise_denise2514 on April 22, 2015 at 10:44pm

Hello there. I am looking into flights for this weekend. Right now I've found it cheaper to get two one ways instead of a round trip. My question, if anyone can help, is on the Saturday after PIR what could be the times of departing flights for those flying to A school in Texas? I have seen many say they would get to the airport around 2am, for an 8am flight, while others say they didn't fly out until later in the afternoon. I will be getting a flight out of O'Hare anyways, but of course wanted to spend as much time with my SR as I could. So just wanted to see if anyone had any advice on what I should do. Thanks in advance!

Comment by diannep on April 22, 2015 at 7:25pm

Michelle:  Bootcamp gets progressively more challenging for them, so hoping that your letters will start arriving regularly for that part of Bootcamp as that is when he really will love all of the encouragement!

Comment by Michelle on April 22, 2015 at 6:43pm

Thank you all for your thoughts and words of encouragement.I haven't received a letter from him and worried. Hoping I will here from him soon. I spoke to mailroom today and they have said there was one that came in this morning, UGH! One really. I have now sent over 30 items to him between cards, letters from me and sister. Where are they??

I followed all the rules, waited for form letter. Recruiter verified address, and said he did not move. My Sr said he did not move. The mail room said the computer said he moved, Hmm interesting. I have no idea where all this mail went.

I understood the fact they had the delayed two weeks mail.But others had received mail, and he had not! My heart was just broken for him. The mail may catch up, but we all know that every day of encouragement is priceless.

Thank you all for the support this site has been very helpful to me in this process!

Comment by ellen0502 on April 22, 2015 at 4:19pm

Michelle and Cupikake, My guess is the mail will catch up soon, since they arrived around the 30th it has been just a little over three weeks. Your letters may have all arrived before the recruit was trained to handle the mail, so all mail received goes into a "later" pile.

I understand the recruits have a last in first out rule, so that later pile us sorted after the current mail arrives. It can take a few days to get caught up.

Got my fingers crossed this is the case for your letters, and this week they receive an abundance.

Comment by smcw on April 22, 2015 at 4:16pm

At least he knows now that you HAVE been writing! Hopefully he can ask someone there for help finding them. Even if they never surface, he at least knows you wrote them and of course he knows how very much you love him :)

Comment by diannep on April 22, 2015 at 3:45pm

I am so sorry for the mail mixup.  That is strange that so many letters have been "lost" or at least not delivered yet.  The mail is held for about 2 weeks after they arrive until the Recruit Mail Petty Officer can be trained for a division, but once they get this initial mail delivery, they should be receiving it M-F, and have their outgoing mail collected on Sundays/mailed on Mondays.

Michelle:  Who told you that your son's division had been moved?  The recruiter?  They do sometimes move a division into another ship, when their ship may be down for maintenance, but your son would certainly have the correct info so wondering how the info got so mixed up from whoever told you?

Comment by Michelle on April 22, 2015 at 12:51pm

It's aweful! I know he is grown, but letters life them up. As grown women we also need to be lifted up. Everyday I wonder if he has received any?? It's frustrating because his voice was so sad. I felt so bad. They have told me twice that he was moved since form letter. When I asked my son, he verified address and said he was not moved? My heart just breaks knowing at least 25 items are out there floating!

Comment by Cupikake on April 22, 2015 at 12:41pm

Michelle,

Something deifinitely went wrong with my son's mail as well because he spoke with his GF and asked if we'd written at all last Saturday.  I've mailed 27 envelopes to him so far!

He too had said others were receiving mail.  My heart just broke for him when I found out he'd not gotten any.  ;(  I hope he writes me soon and I find out that he's now receiving our letters and cards.

Comment by CatMom509 on April 22, 2015 at 10:42am

Michelle,

I am wondering if perhaps there is another recruit at Boot Camp with the same or similar first and last name to yours?  Praying that all your wonderful letters will be found and given to your SR pronto!!

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