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Correct Address?
My boyfriend recurtier called me this morning to give me his address but there was no Ship only Div, is this correct?
(Last Name), (First Name)
USS Kearsarge
Div (_______)
Great Lakes, IL 60088
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Permalink Reply by bittersweet914 on
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I thought so, thank you a ton!
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Agree! I thought it was very weird.
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Permalink Reply by Denise - browns57 on
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It's really best to wait for the form letter. The correct address will be on there along with the pir date. Make sure the letter is saved it has a password for you to get your gate pass to park on base for pir. The box will come first & then the form letter about 2 weeks after he left. Real letters start coming in about 3 weeks. Just start writing and # your letters, send them when you get the real address. Sending letters now won't make him get them faster. The have to train new SR's to sort the mail.
Welcome to the Navy family.
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I dont have a box to look forward to beacuse he didint take anything with him, not even his cell phone, and the clothes that he wore, he said that he was just going to donate them. I think that waiting to get the correct address is the best ideal as well, I was just afarid that all of his shipmates would be recieving mail and he wouldnt. I dont want to rush and then my letters never make it. I have been labeling the letters by days, I'm on Day 6 now. Thank you for your answer it was very helpful.
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Permalink Reply by lemonelephant on
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The USS Kearsage is Ship 11. You can go to http://www.bootcamp.navy.mil/contact_recruit.asp and get the address and the correct format to use, but it is best to wait on the form letter. 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.
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Thank you for the information.
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You are very welcome.
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He proved me wrong, I guess he changed his mind because I got his box earlier this week. ;-)
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