Mail and phone calls

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Permalink Reply by Dan F on December 27, 2011 at 8:39am

Thanks  for your post Jim it really does help to hear this as it seems some  get letters and phone calls and others don't, We haven't heard from our son except for his official fill in the blanks letter from the Navy. Were hoping to get a letter soon and will try to continue to write him as much as possible.     Dan

Permalink Reply by Philip M on December 27, 2011 at 8:41am

Jim... GREAT POST! I agree completely. Write them. Something. Anything. But they NEED the upbeat, positive and encouraging. There are not a lot of smiles and laughs in Boot Camp. Especially the first half. Give 'em a reason to smile if you can.

 

My handwritting is not the picture of penmanship so I type out my letters (I try to make each one a single typewritten page) but each one gets a handwritten closing and signature.

 

Jim, my very best wishes to your daughter. My own daughter will on her way to the fleet before very long. I share your sense of pride.

 

Permalink Reply by Robert C. Williams Sr on December 27, 2011 at 2:30pm

Philip M said:

Jim... GREAT POST! I agree completely. Write them. Something. Anything. But they NEED the upbeat, positive and encouraging. There are not a lot of smiles and laughs in Boot Camp. Especially the first half. Give 'em a reason to smile if you can.

 

My handwritting is not the picture of penmanship so I type out my letters (I try to make each one a single typewritten page) but each one gets a handwritten closing and signature.

 

Jim, my very best wishes to your daughter. My own daughter will on her way to the fleet before very long. I share your sense of pride.

 

Permalink Reply by Jim Harris on December 27, 2011 at 2:46pm

Pictures of the family, pets, friends whatever. My daughter said all pictures were shown around to the shipmates. On the NavyMoms website there is a bootcamp group. My wife got the idea to send a questionaire letter to our daughter from there. It was a huge hit with her shipmates. She was reading the questions out loud and they were answering, she said they had a blast with it.

Permalink Reply by Philip M on December 27, 2011 at 3:14pm

Jim,

May I have your permission to copy and paste your message to another Forum I belong to (for a specific ship & Division)? I think it has great value for letting family members know why there may be some delay in mail as well as the importance of sending letters to Recruits.

Phil

Permalink Reply by Jim Harris on December 27, 2011 at 3:18pm

Phil, I give you permission to use anything I post here at NavyDads.

ps: Welcome Home!!

Permalink Reply by NavyDads Co-Admin, Gary on December 28, 2011 at 11:31am

Jim thanks for sharing this info! :)

I'd also like to reiterate to lookout for that (847) area code and please don't miss your SRs phone call like I did...

Permalink Reply by Gregory Johanson on January 5, 2012 at 10:13pm

Only one day in, how do we get her mailing address there?

Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on January 5, 2012 at 10:14pm

you'll get a form letter soon with that info......

Permalink Reply by Jim Harris on January 6, 2012 at 5:25am

You can call the recruiter a couple of days after your recruit reaches Great Lakes. The recruiter can go online and pull up the correct address. We had mail underway to our daughter before the box with the clothes and form letter left Great Lakes.

Permalink Reply by NavyDads Admin (Paul) on January 6, 2012 at 6:32am

that used to be a reliable way to get the address info...a lot of times anymore though, until final ship and division assignments are made at the end of the P-days he may not be able to give you updated info.  You can try, though some recruiters will not give that info out due to privacy issues as well.  The form letter is the recommended way to get addresses according to RTC.

Permalink Reply by Robert C. Williams Sr on January 6, 2012 at 7:45am

I am a bit concerned. The last letter we received from our daughter was on 12/13/11. Today is 01/06/12. We have all written several times but have not gotten any responses. I guess that i just miss my daughter and i am praying that nothing is wrong

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