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Where is my generic letter?
My son has been in bootcamp a week and no generic letter yet with his address and grad date?
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Permalink Reply by FireTeamLeaderWife aka FTLW on
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Have you received his box of belongings?
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Permalink Reply by proudmom on
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I received my daughters belongings but am impatiently waiting for the mail every day for the form letter or a real letter from her. I know it takes time but I really am anxious
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Permalink Reply by JessicaB-Sailor Mom on
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proudmom here is the link to your PIR group
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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Double-check the address you were given against those at http://bootcamp.navy.mil/contact_recruit.asp. Recruiters sometimes give a generic address for the RTC, so check the address against those on the RTC website and use that address in the format on that website to keep letters from being delayed.
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Her recruiter gave me the address and it matches up to the one on the website. I remember waiting for my sons letters when he was in boot amp for te Army. I was just as inpatient ten too! LOL
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Permalink Reply by Denise-- Seabee Mom on
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CONTACTING YOUR RECRUIT
Because of the structured nature of training, your Recruit will not be able to contact you regularly. We understand how difficult this will be at first, so here are a few things that might help ease the anxiety of being out of contact:
Mail:
Recruits will mail home a letter with their address during the first week of training. The Privacy Act prevents RTC from releasing Recruit addresses. Only your Recruit can provide you with that address.
Once a Recruit arrives onboard their ship (barracks), they will begin receiving their mail, usually around week 2-3. To help avoid delays, please wait until you receive your recruit’s official address via mail.
While you can write to your Recruit every day, your recruit can only write to you a few evenings each week and during “holiday routine,” meaning Sundays and federal holidays.
Recruits can receive anything that can fit into a standard-sized envelope and news from home might help ease some of their homesickness as well.
Resist the urge to send a care package or write on the outside of the envelope. We know you want to send your Recruit their favorite homemade chocolate chip cookies, but Recruits cannot receive these. Also, remember that the envelope will be seen by their RDC, so putting stickers or writing all over their envelopes might make your recruit uncomfortable.
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Our daughter went in May 1st. We got her box a few days ago and we got her generic letter yesterday. I don't know when your son went in but if it was May 1st their graduation is June 29th. When the letter came in our daughter's handwriting we were so excited until we opened the letter. It was the generic letter with the graduation date. It was such a let down. I'm sure you will get your letter, if you haven't already, any day now. Good Luck
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