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Bill,

We have received a letter from our son, Jerry.  It was not a completely hand written but he filled in the spaces to the questions.  the phone call last week was great.  he is really enjoying this experience and is doing great.  I hope your son is adjusting well to the new style of life as well.

Talk to you soon,

Jay Nolan

You are dead on.....and the pleasure is mine!

Hang in there, Bill. The isolation is part of the process. You should be hearing from him this week! Consider it "Dad training" for deployment time.....

I saw tis on another board which may explain why we haven't received letters.  (Certainly by this time in my boot camp experience I was wiring letters). . Bottom line they were unable to post letter until Saturday.

Here is the post:

"Just a heads up for division 197 they are brother divisions to 198. So they attend classes together! Both divisions are push divisions. They were both on a hold for a week. Mothers and wives of division 197 (& I'm assuming 198 *dont quote me*) my husband was not able to send his letters until today. So anticipate a letter sometime this week. Or letters I should say as my husband said he anticipated being able to send out earlier. Some of your recruits are in the wisdom teeth removal stage! My husband said he does not know when they're allocated a phone call so maybe next week? I received my call due to having to send extra information."

Bill,

Have you received any personnel letters from your son yet?  We have not received anything yet?

Hope all is well.

Jay

Bill,

They are not together.  My son, Jerry, is in ship 02 division 929.

let me know if you will be at the meet and greet at a local bar.  I will get the information from my wife if needed.

Jay

Bill,

we have received the letter as well, with all of the graduation information as well.  Looking forward to the graduation and hear how he is doing and adapting to the Navy life.  it will be here quicker than we think.

we will be attending the meet and greet the night before

hopefully we can have a drink together.

Jay

Bill,

we have not received anything as of yet.  my wife heard from another recruits family, that is in the same class, received the letter with the address on Saturday.  hopefully on Monday we will get the letter.

Anxiously waiting to hear from Jerry, our son.  to see how he is doing.

Jay 

Hey Bill,

My son, Jerry, left from Brooklyn, NY.  we did not get his address yet, still anxiously waiting for it to see how he is doing.  Jerry is our oldest child, of three kids, he has done the Navy Sea Cadet program which helped us and himself get ready for this journey. The swearing in was amazing watching all the recruits taking the oath and preparing for their journeys.  It was tough for us watching him get in the van heading to the airport, but I could not be any prouder of his decision to join the NAVY

We did receive the box with all of his personnel belongings and a small note on the back of a receipt. LOL.

I will let you know once I receive his address and could you do the same if you hear from our son first.

Thanks

Jay