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Received the box today :-(
I came home from having lunch with some friends and the box was sitting on my coffee table, my youngest son had signed for it. I have to say I broke down. I was reluctant to open it but I am glad I did. I don't know how I am going to make it the whole 8 weeks. It is much harder than I thought it would be. I have had 8 months to prepare for this and I still can't handle it. I contacted his recruiter this morning and he gave me my son's address so I mailed him a letter with some stamps and some calling cards. I know I was supposed to wait for the form letter but I could not stand it anymore. My son has only been gone for 4 days but it already feels like an eternity and I am looking forward to his graduation I have not received his form letter yet, but I have an idea of when it might be so I am starting to look at travel arrangements to go to the graduation. Once I get the form letter with his graduation date I will firm up the plans.
I just pray to God that it gets easier.
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Comment by lemonelephant on August 23, 2013 at 11:16pm
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I'm glad you got "the box". I know it is hard to wait on the form letter, but do wait on it to mail any more letters. See Letter Writing & Fun Stuff/Questionnaires to send to your Recruit for more on that.
Reasons to wait on the form letter:
1. The PAO at the RTC asks that loved ones wait on the form letter before mailing letters.
2. The recruiter does not always give the right address and letters that do not have the correct address may be returned or may be delayed several weeks in getting to your recruit since it will not be a high priority for those in the mail room to look up the correct information.
3. Even if you do have the correct information, your recruit will not receive letters that are mailed before receiving the form letter much quicker, if at all, than letters mailed after receiving the form letter because recruits do not receive mail until they are in their permanent ship and a Recruit Mail Petty Officer is trained. The first Mail Call is on day 1-3 or 1-4 DOT.
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Comment by DavidsNavyMom (Ship 11 Div 396) on August 23, 2013 at 11:47pm
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What does 1-3 or 1-4 DOT mean?
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DOT: Day of Training; once P-days are over, each division has 6 weeks of training that consist of 5 weekdays; DOT refers to which day the recruit/division is in on the training schedule. For example, 5-1 DOT is week 5, training day 1. Weekends and holidays do not count when figuring the DOT and there are 5 days in each week of training. If your SR reports that Thursday is 3-5 DOT, then if Friday is not a holiday, then Friday is 4-1 DOT and the following Monday is 4-2 DOT if it is not a holiday. The DOT will begin with 1-1 DOT on the next weekday after the division forms. See Arrival and What Happens at the RTC.
(To save me typing time, I went to What does ??? mean? (A Guide to Navy Abbreviations and Terminology). That Page may help you with other terms that you will be comig across.)
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So now I am worried that the letters I sent to him will not get to him. If the address or division is wrong do they send the mail back?
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If the address is wrong, most of the time the letters get put aside and when someone has time to check then they correct the address and the letters get to the recruit. This may take a while and letters have been delayed several weeks. Sometimes letters are returned to the sender.
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