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@ Stephen Phipps 

Sadly it probably does. Tell your son to send you the names of the recruits who are not getting mail and forward them to the admin who runs the callsforrecruits.org website. He says he will forward them on to people who have agreed to write to recruits.

Is there any special reason why mail coming OUT of RTC would be especially slow? My SR told me on the phone last Saturday that he had mailed a letter AND a form that he needed me to see but it's Thursday, nearly a week later, and the mail just came and NOTHING. This is a bit disconcerting.

speed of the system.......Thursday's are the typical delivery date for stuff mailed from RTC on the weekend.  They can send Sunday, but the mail doesn't go out until Monday.

received our letter today with our sons ship and div.....Can anyone tell me how many divisions there are per ship?

hang tough Cody....you've made it this far....so has Siera....if she gets to the fleet you can go long times without comms sometimes though the Navy is working to give all the sailors WiFi access....keep focused on the prize at the end

understand bro...she must be getting close to ending phase 4 isn't she? Know awhile ago you posted she was in phased 3 so that was a great indication she was doing better and had the determination to make it!!!

step outside for a minute Cody...take a deep breath and maybe say a little prayer!! It cannot hurt....we're all praying and pulling for ya!!!

Cody Im right there with you man. Im waiting for a message from gina too. Ill keep hoping that we will get some info soon. At least by monday if mail keeps coming in as it has in the past.

anyone with son/daughter in ship 14 div 031?  

DIVISION 422

Oh so close. Our Son is in Division 421.

just got a phone call.. im like  kid allover. great to hear the boy

DIVISION 021

Does anyone have a picture of Division 020?

My step-son has his PIR 11/22/2013. I have sent him a card each day but when is the last day I can send him correspondence to the Great Lake address? I am not even sure how long it takes for the mail to get to him from the day I send it.

The only pictures available from RTC are those posted by RTC and occasional random photos. The winners of the Trivia Tuesday contest get to request a photo-those are the ones we post after they are posted to the RTC FB page. The random photos have no caption or information so division assignments are almost impossible to make.

matter of fact photo requests have become so totally ridiculous, that RTC posted this on their FB page:

As Recruit Training Command's facebook page grows, we have noticed a few trends that need to be addressed.

The purpose of this page is to connect family and friends and to provide a forum to pass official news and messages. Constant requests for pictures of individual recruits and divisions is not what we're here for. Your recruit is here to prepare and train for the Fleet, not pose for pictures. If we were to honor every request for a picture, it would certainly become a distraction to their training. Please help us by informing new fans of our page of this policy.

With that being said, Trivia Tuesday is the only guaranteed way to see your recruit posted on this facebook page. In this past, Trivia Tuesday has gone away due to responses that reflect poorly with what we are trying to accomplish on this page. Two new rules to Trivia Tuesday will start tomorrow:

1. Edited answers will not be accepted. We are able to tell if a response has been changed and if this happens, it is no longer a valid entry.
2. Our determination as to who is the winner of Trivia Tuesday is final.

We really do enjoy doing Trivia Tuesday, but only as long as responses remain positive and it enhances the overall message of this page. Thank you to all the family and friends for your continued support!!

I would stop sending at least 7 days before his scheduled PIR and would feel safer it it were 10 days-- no telling what kind of mail delays there might be.

In the immortal words of Yukon Cornelius, Wahooo! Just received the I'm a sailor call from our son a little while ago! He sounded tired and his voice was worn out but he is feeling good! can't wait to see him graduate next week!

I guess we have been getting spoiled, our SR has called every weekend after P days, but no call this weekend.  Hope they were just to busy.

Captain's Cup...posted today by RTC:

Captain's Cup...posted today by RTC:

Is there any way to tell which ships and divisions are participating in the Captain's Cup?

All the divisions in a training group (TG) compete typically during week 7 of RTC. If you are asking which divisions the photos are of, they are not captioned by the Navy.

In that case, somewhere in that sea of yellow and blue is my SR.  Cool!  Looks like a lot of fun.  Nice way to spend a day.

Feelin' for you Cody...know how much you've been missing her!!!

Division 905

am confused....BS21 occurs for each Training Group in the week prior to PIR.  Holidays mean essentially nothing at RTC...they might get the day off from training, but that is all

Most A-schools close up shop Christmas to New Years, but life at Great Lakes goes on...they may get the major holiday day off if they are in the final few weeks of Boot Camp and are "adopted" so they can get off base....otherwise nothing really changes.

the holidays play havoc with plans Cody....each A-school handles the holidays just a little differently....she MAY get off-base for the holiday day only even though she will have not phased-up, but I'd be flexible for the first couple of weeks.....

bro...you're just having terrible luck!!!!!  First rule- don't keep that stuff in a car!!!!