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Navy Bootcamp Mailing Address Format
Hi everyone!
I just want to start off by saying I am very grateful for this website, as it has been a great way to gain insight into the Navy/Boot camp process.
Ship #, USS _____, Division #
XXXX (Address of Base)
(City, State XXXXX-XXXX)
I have been reading that including the "USS _______" or the specific ship name is additional information that is not needed, even though my SR specified verbatim that this is the format of his address.
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Permalink Reply by Chipmunk on
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vmcjnocturnal - First of all, I apologize that no one has replied to your message.
I want to clarify something also - Your son is a seaman recruit not a recruiter (that is who was at the Navy office and recruited him to join), so I was a little confused at first when I read your message thinking the recruiter had given you the format. We also generally shorten seaman recruit to SR when we post comments on this site, to help you out.
If you have not joined the BC Mom group - BC Moms group I would encourage you to do so. (Click on the blue letters, it should link you to the main BC Mom group page - I believe in the upper right hand corner there is a little grey box that says, join. click on that.
Once you join the BC Mom group, be sure to come and introduce yourself and where you are at in this journey. Scroll down through the information pages, past the discussion, till you come to the comment wall. That is where we post a lot of our information and answer questions for the new members. I just posted this earlier this evening, it is a page from RTC (Recruit Training Command's) website for BC. It shows the proper format for addressing mail to send to your SR. RTC - Contacting Recruits
If you notice, they do not indicate that you need to include the name of the ship. I believe they tell the SRs to put the name of their ship on their return address, because I think that is so that we know what ship they are in - but other than that, use the address format as they have it on their website. (click that link above.)
If you are really concerned about him getting your mail, you can make duplicate copies and send one to one and one to the other. They also have to train a mail petty officer from among the SRs in his division to learn how to handle the mail and distribute it back, so it could take a bit for him to get it anyway.
Hugs!!
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Permalink Reply by vmcjnocturnal on
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Hi!
I hope your day has been going well, thank you for the response. I caught onto my mistake prior to posting but thank you for clarifying and letting me know.
I just received the formal letter from my SR and the address is identical to the address I have been mailing to, so that's a plus. Thank you for your suggestions, I do appreciate it! I will take that into consideration when mailing my next snail mail.
Take care!
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I am having a good day! Thank you!!
I am glad that you have received your Form Letter, so you should have a PIR date.
If your sailor is graduating in January, be sure to join the - PIR January 2021 group. There are a few members already and they should be able to help you with some timeline information as well. It is a closed group, unlike the BC Mom group which is publicly visible.
I encourage you to join BC Moms group as well the link is embedded above in my previous comment.
Also, here is BelovedbyHim's blog - First Things First-- The Quarantine Edition
It gives you some information on what is going on to the best of our knowledge.
More of the members will notice your comments and post on the BC Moms group if you have further questions or need a place to just share how it is going.
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