From my expereince they complete A School first.  My son is CTI so he went to A school first in Monterey and then he goes for an additional six months in Cryptology in Georgia.  I believe they do A School before specialized training.  You can double check this with FireTeam Wife.

If you go to main page on N4M and hit link for Newbies you will find a Map of RTC that has all the Ships, their number and locations.  Letters should be addressed as follows:

SR  Last Name, First, Middle

Ship #    Division #

Recruit Training Command

Address of Ship Location ex. 3600 Ohio Street for Ship #3

Great Lakes, Il    60088-3156

Let the letters begin!

Hey there Julie!!  It's Michelle.  How are you liking this site so far?  Have you looked at the page where some parents have posted some of their letters from boot camp?  Some of them are actually pretty funny to read.  Once you find out Jordan's ship and division as well as PIR date, you may want to see if there is a group formed and join it.  I joined the one for my son and it was really helpful.  You will be able to have the support of a lot of people going thru the same thing at the exact same time.  It was a great blessing.  Have fun and hang on for a fantastic ride!!!!   :-)

Hi...my son left May 15 so I feel like a veteran now 6 weeks in.  Okay...here we go.  Make sure he has a phone card, prepaid visa card, identification, wallet, a few snacks,  and address to send the box and form letter (some SR's get so nervous they forget).  Start writing letters the day he leaves-letters are there lifelines.  You won't get his address for a week or more after he arrives, but I didn't have this information and my son did get a letter till almost the end of the third week-he was so depressed.  Then he got 5 in one day.  Write or send pictures on back of computr paper, make sure letters aren't to thick or Recruit Commanders will read them, keep letters upbeat, humorous, and send things like jokes and inspirational quotes.  When he get there tell him to make sure he knows chain of command, never call RT's sir, never look RT's directly in eyes, and say as little as possible.  One group got extra phone calls and priviledges by waking up before RT woke them for the day.  Also, they should try to help fellow SR's when possible, but if it is a female they must make no physical contact.  Keep phone with you at all times- first call comes when they arrive, then second is usually week four unless they need info from home or there is a problem(no news is good news is the motto), but if they have done well you could get a call at anytime so watch for that 847 area code.