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Permalink Reply by Mjh363 on
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I had the same issue. They hold the mail for I think 2 weeks while the recruit that does the mail gets trained. Then there's a back up of mail so he will get letters you sent later first while they work on the backed up mail. It took a while for my recruit to get his mail and I write to him everyday. He'll get them eventually. Date your letters so he knows he's reading them out of order.
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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Yes, that is pretty much how it is. Mail first goes to the Post Office in Great Lakes where it is sorted into tubs by the ZIP+4 and delivered to the RTC where it goes to the Mail Room where it is sorted for each ship. The Mail Room is only staffed Monday through Friday, so tubs may get sorted out of order. Add to that, each division has a Recruit Mail Petty Officer who must be trained in handling the mail for the division, which means the first Mail Call for the Division is usually on 1-3 or 1-4 DOT. Some will have mail during that first Mail Call, but many won't have mail until nearly a week later depending on where the mail is coming from. Mail is delivered to the recruits during Mail Call before Taps each evening Monday through Friday. It is very common for recruits to indicate in their first letter and/or call that they have not received mail, but by the next week, the mail is starting to come in and many times several letters at a time. (See Letter Writing & Fun Stuff/Questionnaires to send to your Recruit.)
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