Two weeks in

[Benice661]

My sailor left for Great Lakes Sept. 13. Yesterday I really had the blues. Not being able to talk or text with him is harder than I thought it would be. How much longer will it be till I receive his address so I can mail my letters to him?

[tequilla (ship 11 div. 363)]

Hello , call his recruiter and he should be able to give u his address
But you should be getting that graduation letter soon, u will recognize
Your sons handwriting (all caps),
My daughter left 9/11, I haven't received a written letter from her yet,
I hope to this week tho!! The separation and non communication is very hard!hang in there!

[lemonelephant]

The form letter should be coming soon; it sometimes takes 3 weeks although most receive it within 2 weeks. Keep writing those letters and numbering them.  If you do get the address from the recruiter, be sure to double-check it against those at http://bootcamp.navy.mil/contact_recruit.asp. Recruiters sometimes give a generic address for the RTC and if the street address is not correct, then mail can be delayed for up to 3 weeks.  Know that letters mailed before you get the form letter do not get to your recruit much quicker, if at all, than letters mailed after receiving the form letter because the recruits cannot receive mail until they are in their ship and a Recruit Mail Petty Officer has been trained in how to handle mail, which means it is usually sometime in the third week or later when they start receiving mail depending on when P-days ended and the division formed. Recruits can write only on Sundays at first and cannot write until the first Sunday after they are in their ship, which is usually the second Sunday they are there, but could be the third Sunday, depending on how quickly the division forms. They later MAY be able to write, and maybe even mail letters, on other days as well. Once your recruit can receive mail, Mail Call is every weekday evening (M-F).

[debnchris]

My son just left yesterday from Orange County California.  I received a phone call last night from him, and I was so excited.  I had no idea after I left him yesterday in San Diego that I would be able to hear from him again.  I am so very proud of him, but the tears just keep coming.  I too will be looking forward to receiving a letter so that I can write to him.

[lemonelephant]

You may want to check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvKAhmgkoj4 and http://www.navydep.com/forums/showthread.php?t=433. They will give you an idea of what is happening.

You may want to join, or at least check out, Boot Camp Mom's, PIR Reference Information, and New Members Stop Here. Once you know his PIR date and/or division number, watch in Boot Camp Mom's and/or at http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/groups-listed-by-pir-date and join the group for that once it has been created.

(Group names within this reply are clickable links.)

[Benice661]

Thanks to all of you. This is so reassuring. For those of you whose recruit just left, for me it was the second week that it really hit me. So hang in there!

[lemonelephant]

Benice661, do you know your SR's PIR date and/or division number yet?  If so, please go to http://www.navyformoms.com/forum/topics/groups-listed-by-pir-date and join the group for it.  You may also want to join the other groups mentioned above.

(To join a group, click on the group name and after the group page opens, click on “+ Join...” in the upper right.)