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Im wondering at what point we will recieve his mailing address.
Thanks for your help,
Navysis
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Permalink Reply by TN Navy Mom (Stennis Nuke Mom) on
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Typically the first thing to arrive is affectionately known as "the kid in a box". It is a cardboard box delivered with everything in it he left with (clothes, shoes, cell phone, etc - look INSIDE his shoes for the cell phone). Ours arrived about 5 days after he left home. Then a couple of days later came an envelope stuffed full of info about hotels and stuff. There will be pages stapled together which includes his mailing address, ship and division numbers (which are required for mail) and a password for downloading the parking pass for PIR. The date of PIR is included. At the very bottom of the last page is about 4 lines for him to jot a quick note.
When you get his Ship # and Division # and PIR date, join those groups and that will help you meet up with others in the same group.
They typically start receiving their mail about 3 weeks in BUT start writing now and mail them as soon as you get his address. The delay in their receiving mail is due to getting squared away and training a recruit to distribute the mail.
Good luck and enjoy the roller coaster ride of bootcamp!
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Permalink Reply by vk12392 on
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Hi My son's address came in about 12 days. The box comes first. Good luck.
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go to his recruiter he should have it by now... that is how i got my husband mailing address
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Permalink Reply by navysis on
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Got his address in the mail today!! Stoked to finally be able to contact him
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Great!!! Write him every day. I wrote at night, after dinner, just general chit chat stuff, almost like writing in a journal and my sailor loved it!! He said that even though it made him miss home, it made him feel connected.
I would print and cut out funny road signs that I found on jokesgallery.com and tape them inside a card too. They all got a chuckle in their short down time. My sailor kept every single card and letter that was sent to him. (I never thought of him as that sentimental). He now keeps them in a box in Goose Creek.
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