| Im a Navy Girlfriend
Posted: 9/14/2009 4:09:49 PM | | I met a guy on here and we talked for a couple weeks then decided to meet! From the first date we both felt something real and decided to be exclusive! I fell for this man very quickly & him for me then he was off for Basic Training in the Navy! Im very proud of his decision and find it very attractive that hes in the Navy! He left on Friday and I havent gotten his first letter yet (I know it can take a while until he gets time) but I just wanna know how long it should take for that first letter? and I guess I just would like to know people who have been in my situation or can give me advice on what to expect! | |
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| Im a Navy Girlfriend
Posted: 9/14/2009 4:27:30 PM |
I just wanna know how long it should take for that first letter?
There's a lot of military forums out there that cover these types of questions. What to expect in boot camp, and how military life impacts relationships. | |
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| Im a Navy Girlfriend
Posted: 9/14/2009 4:28:51 PM | How long would it take him to write you a letter and mail it to you?
Or how long would it take for the postal service to deliver a letter to you?
Anywhere from a week to forever. | |
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| Im a Navy Girlfriend
Posted: 9/14/2009 4:30:41 PM | | more like how long until he will get free time in Basic to write! I heard the first week is hell week but beyond that I dont know! | |
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| Im a Navy Girlfriend
Posted: 9/14/2009 4:31:00 PM | | From what I remember of basic training in the Air Force, I got to write my first letter around day 3 or 4. It was very quick and simple affair. The TI sat us all in a room and then wrote on the board our address to receive mail. We had time to really only write one letter so we could give that person the address. I think it was about another 5 days before I had any time after that to write another letter. | |
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| Im a Navy Girlfriend
Posted: 9/14/2009 4:33:39 PM |
From what I remember of basic training in the Air Force, I got to write my first letter around day 3 or 4. It was very quick and simple affair. The TI sat us all in a room and then wrote on the board our address to receive mail. We had time to really only write one letter so we could give that person the address. I think it was about another 5 days before I had any time after that to write another letter.
Thanks :) | |
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| Im a Navy Girlfriend
Posted: 9/14/2009 4:57:09 PM | | I was in the Navy and I have to be honest. I was able to write 4 letters. One a week after the first two hell weeks and it was barely enough time to write but one letter. It usely took a week for my parents to get their letters. Just hang in there and know that it's killing him too. After those tough six weeks he will have a school and it will be much easier for him to write 18 letters a day if he chooses. The biggest suggestion I can give you is to write, write, write you will be surprised at how much it just made you feel more love for a person while they are so secluded from the outside world. He will get them and he will be so excited. As for you cherish every letter you get. hint*** make sure you spray those letters with your perfume he will sleep with them in his pillow. | |
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| Im a Navy Girlfriend
Posted: 9/14/2009 5:20:57 PM | | Thanks Deb :) Do you know if there is a way to find out his address before I get that first letter so I can go ahead and write him first!? | |
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| Im a Navy Girlfriend
Posted: 9/14/2009 10:43:02 PM | I am going to assume that he went to Great Lakes. This is the best I can do for you. These letters may take a bit because I'm quite sure you won't know his unit # yet. If he's going as an enlisted you would put SR in front of his name if he's going officer you need to put ENS in front of his name.
NAME: SR John Doe (Example)
UNIT
Great Lakes Naval Base
Great Lakes, IL 60088
However, not sure if you know his parents or what not. But, I'm certain that he may have had to mail personal belongings back home that they don't allow in the barracks. Not sure you were at the "meet the parent stage". Not too sure how long it will take to get to him without a Unit Number either. I hope this may help a little. And hey it never hurts t write him a letter everyday and then when you get your first letter send him all at one time. Because just think he has to wait a week longer than you to hear from you. So he will be feeling even lower than you and that would most def. brighten his day. Good Luck to you both | |
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| Im a Navy Girlfriend
Posted: 9/15/2009 4:44:34 AM | I agree with all the sentiment about writing letters every day. It really sucks to have mail call and have no letters lol.
I'm not sure how it's like out in the real military, but when I went through cadet basic training, we weren't allowed to have newspapers or anything like that, so aside from writing about how your day went and how much you miss him and stuff, you might also want to put in some newspaper clippings from your local newspaper. I mean, I'm sure he doesn't know that Patrick Swayze died recently!
Oh and lastly, I don't know how creepy this sounds, but it reminded me of home-- my then girlfriend at the time always used this hand lotion that I associated with her (some Dolce and Gabbana lotion) and so I guess whenever she wrote her letters, that scent would get stuck onto the paper. Even before opening the letter, I could pick out the scent and would make me smile. If you have a scent you always use, I'm sure it would make him smile too if you somehow got it stuck on the paper! (I'm not suggesting you spray the paper as it would make the paper wet lol).
Hope that helps! And thank your boyfriend for me for serving! | |
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| Im a Navy Girlfriend
Posted: 9/15/2009 6:27:57 AM | My son is in the Army. He had zero time during basic training to write -- he didn't even have time to write to his wife. And they don't even get phone privileges for a couple of weeks.
You have to be very patient to be involved with someone in the military. You probably should know that from the git-go. | |
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| Im a Navy Girlfriend
Posted: 9/15/2009 12:59:24 PM | OP, I'm confused. Your profile states your married, yet you say your a Navy gf?
Just be patient and wait. He'll write when he can. | |
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| Im a Navy Girlfriend
Posted: 9/15/2009 1:33:34 PM | When I went through Marine Corps Bootcamp the first few days were processing. Besides not having time to write during that period, we didn't have an established address yet because we hadn't been picked up in a training company.
A day after Black Friday, the drill instructors handed us a sheet with a pre-written letter on it. Its message basically said, 'I've arrived safely and have been picked up in X training company. My mailing address is ....'. This letter could only go to your parents or wives. No girlfriends or friends.
As such, I would suggest contacting his family for the mailing address as they'll most likely be the first to have contact with him (assuming you've met them before).
Keep in mind that it was the second Sunday before we had any time to write our first letter. In my 13 weeks, I think I wrote six or seven letters total. Don't be surprised if you're sending 3x, 4x, or 10x more letters to him than he writes to you. That's the norm. | |
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| Im a Navy Girlfriend
Posted: 10/4/2009 12:12:22 AM | My daughter went through Navy boot camp in Great Lakes last winter, and I believe it was almost a month before I got her first letter. I got a (very short!) phone call when she arrived, and her belongings were mailed home a couple weeks later, but there was no return address for her on the box, just the general base address. So I just had to wait until she wrote so I could get her address. After that, I wrote to her every day, sometime several times a day, because I did not want her to ever have a mail call and not receive any mail. I also passed her address to family and friends, so they could also write.
When my other daughter went to Air Force boot camp recently, it was pretty much the same--short phone call saying she got there safely, and then about a month before I got a letter and address. They did not even mail her belongings home, so not even a clue there. LOL
I think both of them might have been given a little time for writing home on Sundays, but they sometimes "snuck" it into other stuff they were doing (especially the Air Force one, as the A.F. gave them much less time for writing and calling home than the Navy did). One note: if the group he is in has problems or anything to get disciplined for, letter writing time may be the first thing taken away. So if he does not write sometime, it may not be because he did not want to...
As to his address, you will probably have to get it from his family (unless you are married to him, as your profile says you are married....?). The addresses for both of my daughters were very specific, and nothing I could ever have "worked out" or guessed, even though I knew which bases they were at. | |
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| Im a Navy Girlfriend
Posted: 10/4/2009 12:48:06 AM | | You'll never get a letter. He didn't go off to the navy, he's just not hanging around you anymore. He played the ole "going off to war" trick on ya to get some. I can't believe they still use that one... But no shet though! | |
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