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First letter home.
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Permalink Reply by NavyMum on
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The first letter home will be the form letter with the address and the PIR (graduation) date. That should arrive next week or possibly the week after - my understanding is it is sent towards the end of processing days (p-4 or p-5).
I don't think they write personal letters until they are in training days
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Permalink Reply by Navy wife for life on
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OK, I just received his box on Friday, so does it usually cone shortly right after that? And do you know if they use the same address used for the box? Or does he have the choice to send the letter elsewhere. Do you know if when I receive the address to his division, will he get them during the week and be able to read them?
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I believe that the recruit has the choice of who to send both the box and the form letter to - they don't have to go to the same address.
I think the form letter usually arrives about 10 days-2wks after they arrive - my son shipped the 17th so I haven't received it yet.The Thanksgiving holiday may delay it a little
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I found this that explains the Sunday/Holiday routine - sounds like your husband and my son will only have the opportunity to write tomorrow if they've already been moved to their permanent ship out of the processing days which isn't too likely.
"Holiday Routine: the time between 7 am and 1 pm CST on Sundays and federal holidays such as Christmas when recruits have “free time” to attend worship services, take long showers, shave (for females), write letters, catch up on studying, do ironing or other tasks, and get to know their shipmates and help each other with the things they are learning among other things. Holiday routine begins on the first Sunday that the recruits in the division are in their permanent ship after completing P-days. This may be, but is rarely, the first Sunday after they arrive, but is often not until the second Sunday. For some recruits who arrive on Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and have to remain in P-days while waiting for additional recruits to arrive the following Monday or Tuesday to fill the division, it could be the third Sunday before they have holiday routine for the first time. Federal holidays that are not religious holidays, such as Labor Day and Independence Day, are treated more like a Saturday than a Sunday and the recruits may still have some training (5-6 hours) throughout the day, but these days do not count as a DOT."
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Do ypu knpw if once i reciSo basically I might not hear from him until maybe next Sunday? Did your son leave the 17th as well?
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yes- my son shipped the 17th and arrived at RTC in the wee hours of the 18th due to flight delays. I got his box Friday and don't anticipate an actual letter from him for a couple of weeks - hoping for the form letter by the end of the month.
I figured there's a tiny chance he'll be in a training division already this weekend and be able to write Sunday - if so I might get a letter late this coming week.
There's a good chance he'll be place in a training divsion some time next week and be able to write next Sunday (and possibly even on Thanksgiving) which would mean a letter the first week of December.
And there's a chance he'll be stuck in P-hold and not make it into a training division until the following week (1st week of December) and not be able to write until Dec 6th which would mean I wouldn't receive it until sometime later that week.
The way I figure it - I'll write a letter or card everyday - I've already started and will mail those once I get the address. If I get a letter from him - that'll be wonderful but he's the one undergoing training, away from home, away from family and friends and everything he's used to...he needs letters MUCH more than I do and I have much more time to write than he does.
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Yes, that is very true I've already written a ton of letters just; waiting on an address. So thanksgiving could delay them both because bootcamp has to get threw the holiday first before they can actually start anything with em'? Now I haven't been placed on his insurance yet so do you know if when he gets to A school if right away they'll have classes to help him set everything up with insurance and putting me down as his spouse and all the living situations? His A school goes for nine months and we plan to fly me down to South Carolina to live with him. We weren't told how he was supposed to go about setting everything up. The only thing I was informed on was that he has to be the one to do it all because he's the one that is enlisted in the navy.
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Thanksgiving could delay because it doesn't count as a training day but also it's a postal holiday.
He should be able to put you on the military insurance and everything while he's at boot camp - http://www.netc.navy.mil/nstc/military_spouse.asp has more information.If he hasn't already gotten to do so, it'll probably happen this coming week from what I understand of the timeline.
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Although he doesn't have our marriage certificate with him or my social security card. Does he need all that inorder to put me on?
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That I don't know - I think sometimes they end up calling home for extra information for security clearances so maybe he would get to call you for that information.
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Oh ok, now paychecks, how much will he make monthly in boot camp and will his paycheck get deposited right away when his paycheck is in for that month?
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He'll start getting paid as of the day he enlisted (swore in) but the first paycheque doesn't get issued until they've been at boot camp at least 3 weeks, I think. Pay is deposited twice a month
Information here will be helpful http://navyformoms.com/group/bootcampmoms/page/when-will-the-recrui...
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